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XVI. MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY'4 90 O1 A SOUTHERN SONG. The Hemsspun Dress Written by Miss Sinclair. A SOUL STIRING BALLAD And Its Histo"y That Wile B Read With interest by Mary Old Confederate Soldi -rs and O:hors The fol'owing story of a popular bal lad of the war for southern independ ence, which we clip from The State will prove interesting to those of our readess who sre not old enough to hive heard it sung when its loyal words meant much, as well as to the men and women who remember with what good will it was sung in that time. The ac count is contained in the report of a committee appointed for the purpose of ascertaining the authorship of "The Homespun Dress:" '1E REPORT. When the Confederate General Kirby Smith invaded Northern Kentucky, John Uui Lloyd, in common with sev eral other villagers stool in f:ont of the grocery pictured in his bock, "Stringtown-on the Pike," a group of Morgan's cavalrymen awaiting orders being the at rac:ion. Daring the in terval one of tne party struck up a song beginning "Oh, yes, I am a southern girl," the others joiniag in the chorus Wisling to incorporate it in "mStrrg town," the ballad was sought, but with out avail- Finslly memory was trust Ed for the two verses rn crded in the bock Subsequently, however, Profess'r L'o, d made a pritted r quest under date of Januaey 5, 1901, !or the full poem and the name of its author, offering a re ward of $100 to the perse'n first t) sup ply the oadad and tne c( r.ect name of the author. U(spee~ediy, the off:r resulted in a mass of correspondence and a rumber of claimants for the honor of author ship. In this dilemma, a second offer of $50 was made for the indisputable es tablishment of the authors's name to tne satisfaction of a committee ccm posed of three judges of the Cincinnati court who kindly consented to act. The result, as pronounced by the judges, is as follows: "The ballad and the correct name of the author were first given by Mr William J. Bryan, No, 1113 St, Gregory street, Mt. Adams, Cinc:nnati; received January 5, 1901, 8 40 p. m., delivered personally, award, $100 00. "The first per;.on giving uncontro vertible proof of the authorship sup plied by the above correspondent, was ,Mr. Charles W. Hubner, Carnegie Li brary, Atlanta, Georgia, reeeived Feo ruary 16, 1901,. awar d, $50 00. "The total number of correspondents in this contest is over 400 The names of forty-eight different authors were presented, of whom thirty-two could be ruled out at once. As to the remain ing s:xteen unimpeachable evidence gives the credit of authorship to MISS CARRIE BELE SINCLAIR, of Savaunah, Georgia. This name in connection with the ballad was first given by Mr. Bryan. The conclusive evidence was supplied (first via Mr. Hubner, and subsequently Mrs. N V. Randolph, of Richmond, Va ) by Mrs. C. I. Walker, of Summerville, 8. C., a sister of the author, and was confirmed in all details by Mrs. Sarah 0. Mason, of Philadelphia, Pa., another surviving sister of the aut tor. Respectfully submitte, Aaron McNeill, David Davis, May 31, 1901. Howard Ferris. HISTORY OF THE HOMESPUN DRESS. This ballad was written by Miss Sin clair in midsummer, 1h62 (1'estimony of her sister, Mrs. Mason ) "In this connection, the date is con firmed in print by G. N. Saussy, now of Brainb~ridge, Ga,, a lieutenant colonel of the Confederate army, who was home in Savannah on furlough after being wounded in the Sharpsburg battle (September 16 and 17, 1862). He was favored with a manuscript copy of the poem by the author, Miss Sinclair, and also heard the song sung to the popular air of "The Bonnie Blue Flag " by a lady members of the "Q ieen Sisters," an English family, then nold ing the boards of the old Savannah theatre. Evidence from R N Harris, Atlanta, Ga., kindly submitted by Mr. Habner, of Atlanta, throws light on the history of this song and the personality of the talented autho:: Atianta, Ga., March 24, 1901. Charles W. Hubner. Dear Sir:-As there has been some doubt expressed as to the author of "The Hom,.spun Dress," 1 can g:ve you a few facts wrQo I know to be true. In August, 1863, I was detailed on specras duty in iravsanahn, and remained there unti thme city was surrendered to Sherman's armr. I stink it was in December, 1863, that I first met Miss Sinciarr. S&e remained in Savannah several months, and it was my good for tune to meet fler -sany times; she was a very gaiet litLde woman; ar d vcry rarely spoke of her a rarzge, but I re memoer once is paricular when she told how she came to write " -The H ome spun Dress." Sue said it was in Augusta, Ga. There was quite a riv alry witir the girls ss to dlo should have the neates:. hamapan dress, and from this incident she took the idea and wrote that old war song. It was -first published in an Augusta paper and was copied in the Savaznah Merning .News. It was also set to music and published by Blackmar, who at tbat time had a music store in Augrusta. ~These are facts that I know to be true from my own personal knowledge. .I don't wish any newspaper notoriety in regard to this controversy, but as Miss Sinclair cannot speak for herself, I want to see ,iustice done her. Yours truly, R. N. Harris. No. 16i Marietta street. The fact that southern soldiers often received copies of the song from their friends, led to many claims of author ship, as the baiad was frequently found on the persons of southern sol diers slain in battle. To thi~s may be ade that several parodies and an swers were made of the verses from the northern side. 1. gives the author of "Stringtown on the Pike" great satisfaction to feel that a subject that for a time seemei likely to prove a matter of endless con test-has at last been settled bevotd controveray, ard he hereby extends his thanks to the press and the many frierds who have cintributed toward the accomplishment of this object. BiOG iAPIIY OF MISS SINCLAIR M:s Carzie Sell Sinclair was born on the 22d of May, 1839, at Milledgeville, Ga., being the fifth of nine daughters tf the Rev. E: jah Sinclair, a Metho diet preacher and a man of consider able note, from whom Miss Siaclair in herited her talent a4 a poet. He was a member of the Gan rria conference and delegate to the general conference which met in Baltimore in 1340. Hts mother was a sister of Robert Fulton, the femous inventor of the steamboat. Owing to failing health, Mr. Sinclair afterward retir.d from professional work and removed with his family to MLoon, G , where he founded the Macon Female college; then he. went to Savannah, and fic' ly to Georgetown, S. C , where he did in 1847. While residing in Augusta, Ga , the poetic talent of Carrie Ball Sinclair be came manifest to the publc at large through the Georgia Gazette, her first poem, "The Storm," being written w'en she was but fifteen years old. In 1860 Miss Sinclair issued her first vol ume of poems (Augusta. Ga., 1860). which she dedicated to her nrier d and adviser, the Hon. Alexander H. Steph ens, vice president of the Confederacy. During the Civil War Miss Sinclair wrote a number of inspiring southern poems comm morative of inc d nts of the w: r; many of which were set to music. They were so enthusiastically :eceived that they son won for their author the name, 'Song bird of the Sou .h.", Among these poems are: The Sol iir's Suit of Grsy, Fing forth our 3rthern Banner, The Homespun Dregs AI: Q tiet of the Savannah to iight, Grorgt-, my Georgia, etc. Hi.r in ease interest :n the adairs of the war recounts for the fact that wita her own nand Fhe made thirteen flags f silk, presenting them to different onfederate regiments. After the war M ss Sinclair continued writing for Augusta pap-rs and also be same a regular contribusor to the Basto a Plot, acd ott er journals of the south md north, writing s imetimes under the nom de plume "Mollie Marsgold," aer earlier pseudonym was "Clara." Later Miss Sinclair removed to Phil idelphia, bat her secotd volume of poems, which she named '-Heart Whis ;ers"or ' Eshoes of Songs" 1872) was ievcr published, and unfortunately nay never be, for after her death the nanuEcript was stoIen. The later life of the talented author teems to have been clouded by disap pointrnent. She died in Philadeidhia ,n 1883, writing poetry to the last; '"ehe oved her pen," as her surviving sister, Irs. Mason writes, and as her poems attest. TUE IO3IESPUN DRESS By Carrie Bell Sinclair. Written in Savannah, Georgia, in mid Summer, 1862. )h, yes, I am a aouthern girl, And glory in t~he name, and bo ist it with far greater pride Than glittering wealth or fame. [ envy not the northern girl Hecr robes of beauty rare, IEough diamonds grace her snowy neck Andi pearls be.'eck her hair. 3horus: Burrah! Hurrah! For the sunny south so dear! Three cheers for the homespun Our southern ladies wear! My homespun dress is plain, 1 know, My hat's pal.metto, too; But then it shows what southern girls For southern rights-will do. We scorn to wear a bit of silk, A bit of northern lace, But make our homespun dresses up, Ant wear them w.th such grace. Chorus sw northern goods are out of' date; And since old Abe's blockade, We southern girls can be content With goods that's siuthern made, rhe southland is a glorious land, And her's a glorious cause; rhen here's three cheers for southern rights, And for the touthern bog s! Chorus We send the b.-avest of our land To battle with the foe, and we would lend a helping hand We love the south, you know, We send our sweethearts to the war; But, dear girls, never mind I ur soldier-love will net forget . The girl he left behind. Chorus. h soldier is the lad for me A brave heart I adore; and when the sunny south is free, And fighiag is no more, i cheose me then a lover brave From cut that gal ant band; he soldier lad 1 .ove the beet $hati have my heart and hand. Ceorus. Ad now, young men, a word to you: If you would win the fair, 3 to the die.d where honor calls, And win your lady there. Remember that our b ightest smiles Are for the true and brave, and that our tears tall for the one Who fills a soldier s grave. Chorus. The Corn Crop. Corn h:as become the greatest and most valuable crap of the Umited States, and is therefore watched every year with great anxiety. Roports of a gen eal bad condition of the growing corn have therefore caused much alarm, and it is grau~fying to know that the prei ins of damage to the crop have been Lxaggrated. The cora scare was un doutedly designed by speculatora and the effect of their misrepresentations have been to a great deg~ree counter acte d by impartial and reliable in forma tion. It is undoutedly true that corn has suffered terribly in parts of the west, especially in Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska, but the drouth in those states has been broken by the rains of the past few days and the condition of corn improved very much. The Federal departmernt of agriculture does not be lieve that the crop mil fail below 2.000, 000,000 busheis. It must be remem bered, toe, that a very large amount of corn was left over last year. It is prac tically certain that the country will have ample corn for all its own needs and enough to meet the demands of other countries which are taking tmore of tat articl every year. THE COTTON CROP. The General Outlock Not So Enco uraging. CONDITIONS MUCH VAR!ED. In Some Sections It Was Too D 1; In Others Too Wet for the Crop to Flour'sh. The report on cotton covering the last week are not of an encouraging nature, although they are more in cined, to anticipate than to chronicle positive itjury. The extremely high temperature that prevail d over the central and western portions of the belt, in connection with a contirued absence of rain where it is most needed chetked the growth of the plants and induced some shedding of leaves and fruit. Ia a few sections excessive pre cipitation caused too much weed, while in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and portions of Mississippi a slight but general improvement in condition, both as to growth and fruitage, is noted. Picking has begun in Texas but will not be general for some time. General rains over the belt would quickly change the present gloomy outlook into a brilliant prospect for a big crop. In North Carolina, in many western and northern counties, crops mace favorable progress, but in the east and south too much rain interfered again with farm work, but has start d grass to growing rapidiy in most all cr ps. Bottom lands are in very bad coaal Bion, and hardly any resuits are expect ed from them. The weather has been a liL.le cool f ,r cotton, and :hs rainy, damp conditions since the 12,h is causing it to cavelop too much woeo. In South Carolina cotton inproved with cultivation, and altbougt still very small, looks hesithy and is fruit ing better than last week. Msat of the fields have been cleaned of grass, and the plants are growing slowly. In places cotton continues to hive a yel low color, and there are reports cf shedding leaves and equ'res. Sea island is thriving, but the plants are dwarfed, and blight is present in Ep)ts. In Georgia, except over limited area?, the week passed with little or no rainfall, attended by high temperature. While such conditions favored cultiva tion of crops, they are detrimental to corn and cotton, and the later crops are badly in need of moisture. A hot wind on the 12th parched vegetation to a considerable extent. In Florida the week has been favor able over the greater portion of the State, and a general improvement is noticed in cotton over the western dis trict, where the staple has been well ult vated and is now fruiting more freely. There is much grass to con tend with in northern and central cis tricts, and where some fields have been abandoned. In Alabama prachecally no rain was eeived, exoept insamcient showers in xtreme eastern and southwestern :ounties, and the drought ia becoming serious in its effects. Cotton is hold ing up fairly well though it would be benefitted by rain; it is still small, but lean, well formed and fruiting fairly satisfactorily. In Mississippi the week was intensely hot with a high per cent. of sunshine. he mean temperature ranging from 4 to 8 degrees above normal and the maximum reached 100 degrees or more in all parts of the State. kEept a very few light scattered showers in some of the southern connties, no rain fell during the week. Many correspondents report no rainfall of any consequence since June 6:h. Cotton is being laid by and on bottom lands contir~ues to do well, while on uplands the growth of the plant has bcen retarded by dry weather and it is blooming to the top. Da the whole, the staple is withstand ing the draught remarkably well. in Louisiana, over that portion of the State lying south of a line drawn through Avoyells, Rapides and Vernon arihes, refreshing and benedecal showers were frtgaent during the first dys - of the weer, and lighter, local showers occurred at 'scatftered places north of that tier of parishes. Cotton is doing well wherever rain has fallen and has stcod the drought well wherever 'grown, but is very small and in many places has Ett pped grow ing for the want of moisture and is fruiting at the top at a height of 12 to 8 inches, where ordinarily at this sza son of the year its height is two to four feet. In Tennessee generally hot, dry eather, and high percentage of sun shine prevailed during the week with amaging effect on growing crops. In a few sections were local rains fell :o:tly in the northeastern portion of the eastern division and the eastern portion -of the middle division-craps are, as a rule, in good condition, but :snhre, especia?!y in the cerora1 ad wesi~ern portions of the w~stern ivisioni, thle drought is getting a beI very serious on al growing crops, secinlly early upland corn, which is pidly faiilng. Gotton has made fLiir proress towari fruiting until thuc s ew days, and it is now beginning to ow tae effect of the extremely d:y eather. In Texas a marked deficincy in rain ali for the Szae is again noted. While ~howrs, arnd in a few instances hcavyl rains, occurred on the 10th 11th and 1h over the soutawestern pordon and ong thc Gulf coast, there were omiy afew localitice where the droughty con litions were relieved. 0 :er the nonth in, central, westan, and, notabi , ver the northeastern sections, the rought is practically nobroken: the rew scattered showers that fell over hese districts did little more than ampen the ground and were of no bene t to vegetation. In some localities it as been seven weeks sincie rain fell, d in a great many sections the drought has romained unbroken for over a naonth. S:ock water is failing fast and the ranges are dry and barc; wells and small water courses are drying ap, and in many places where crops are rriigated this work has been abandoned on accouat of insuffioient water supply. n portions of the State where rain fel, crops that were not too far gone reviv ed rapidly, but over much of the great er par:. of the State a serious drought is prevailing, Cotton, that has withstood the drought so well, is beginaing to fail. That planted on uplands is shed ding badly and in many others ways shows the effects of fry weather. Low land cctton is doing fairly weF; it is fruiting rapidly, but the crop needs rain badly and unless it is relieved soon much less than an average crop will be made. In the southwestern per tion of the S:ate some cotton has been picked, but it will be scme time before this work will be general. In Frio county one bale of cotton has been ginned. In Arkansas gentraliy very high temperature revailed thronghout the State. No rain of any consequence was reported. Crops of all kinds have been damaged by the continued dry. hot weather. Cotton has bean badly injured in most sections and is gen eraly suff ring for need of rain. In Oklahoma and Indian Territory the draught conditions are very se vere ard threaten injury to moat crops, but cotton has withstcoi the dry weather and high temperature very well, except that the plants are beginning to shed their fruit. Italy Takes Matter Up. A special from Washington says: The Italian govarnment has taken cog cizano of a recant affray at Erwin, Miss., in which it is claimed two Itali ans were lynched and a thir seriously rounded. The facts have been com municated to the foreIgn cffie at Rome, and the Italian embassy here has made representations to the state department. As the same time, the Italian authori ties ere pursuing an investigation of their own through their ecuansel at Ne Orleans and their consular agent at Vickhurg, Miss., which is not far from the scene of the alleged trouble. Thus far the r ports rLceived fron these ofii etals establish two essential points in what is coridered a rather serious con dition of affairs. First, it is reported positively that the Italians were killed by Ig.ning, an not through any acci dent or chatca affray. S.cand, tne Itn iar authorities nearest to the scene tf the trouble hive established to their eatisisction that the persons kidted are Itaiia::i subjects in the fuli sense. not havintg taken out naturalization papers. Thus iar the case is in s state of inquiry both on the part of the state depart ment and the Italian authorities, but thiere is every indication that the fact will constitute an international inci dent similar to that with Italy growing out of the k.liing of Italians in Louis iana. New Storage Rules. The S:ate rail road commission Wed nesday gave the railroads a final hear. ing in regard co its nsw storage rules. There were present M:. Paddle for the Southern, Mr. W. G. Smith for the Atlantic Coast Line, Mr. H. D. Hey low for the Plant syutem, Col. J. C. iaskel. of Atlanta :representing the car service association and the other lines save the Charleston and Western Carolina which was represented by Mr. Wright. There was a full discussion of the w.hole matter. The. rules change the time limit for removal from depots from 48 to 72 hours after notice, and al low a man resi1inig mnoie than four miles from a depot "a reasonables time" af ter notice to get his goods away. It was developed at the hearing that the roads have generally refunded charges when good excuses were presented. The new storage rules will be issued in1 a few days, the board having finally adopted them. No Weather Flags. The Oharleston Post says the daily weather singals have not been display for several days and the reason given is that the chief of the bureau has re cently issued instructions that in cities of over 5.000 inhabitants, no flags, ex cept the cold wave signa[, be hereafter displayed, but that the forecasts be made available to the public through the daily newspapers and by positig them at prominent points They will be displayed as formerly if the flags are provided without expense to the bureau as the money appropriated for flags wil be spent for th eqipment and main tenance of forecast disply stations in rural c:>mmunities. In South Carolina, this order will affect Charleston, Columbia, Spartanburg, Greenville, Sumter, Andernon, Orangeburg, Rock Hill and Union. Deserts His Family. Dr. R. V. Da.kes, a prominent physi cian and druggist of Pulaski, Miss., who has a wife and six ohaldren at that place, and Miss Sadie Harsha, a young woman who has been keeping books for him, were arrested as they were boarding the train for Oina, Tex. The step-fa ther of the younxg lady supected that ali was not right and he appnal~ed to an ffier who made thle arrests. Dr. Dakes is in jad on a charge ot deserting his ife and ecK.dren, and the young wo man we. turned Gver to her relatives. See chs:m.d that she was goirng to a buiness callege in Shreveport La., but ieter . the pecrson of the doctor show cr1 tnat an eiopnument had been arrang Our New Prison. The new 1nain building at the state pnitetitry has been practieahy coin pie-.d. is o'e of the handsomess a.d best uippe prison buil~ngs in te sout . .in a sheit tims the con cre.:~ fiacr wil )b. completed and the .orkr wai he doe Lsa week m:st o rte cvnces w re moved fr.om the old huag nte ave been quar tcid:.ice 'I: a.1 an they are newi s couLfo:tablyfd e a 5et of prison- i ers could te . e "ew building hras ai modern a a up- to d.ate equ:pments 1 :d canvnience. a. ..Al as being as 1 esre as nit pa' i ic to make it. A Good Cause. We pubish wvith pleasure the follow ing frein Dr. Jacobhs: We are build ing an intermcdiatc school for the use o the orphans of the Thornwcll orpha age with ias 200 jpupils. A generous Cristian woman who knows the needs I of this institution, has offered to give 3 $1,000, if 'ecverybody else" will give t the rest nee&rd, $50. A kind friend v has just hande inhis dceei for $100; I and twent? other friends have made up p $125. Every dollar given, means three. f The worK must begin at once. Send v your gift, "for the building," to Rev. p r. W. P. Jacobs lintn, S. (. r DEBARRED PROFITS.J Charleston's Dispensary Profits Taken Away nn Account of LAW NOT BEING ENFORCED. 1 Text of the Preamble and Res3lution Adopted by the State Board Wedneslay. The State of Thursday says the directors of the State dispensary Wed nesday afternoon passed the resolut..,n which takes away from the city of 1 Charleston wha ever profits may ao- i orue from the operation of the local dispensaries. This resclution will con tinue of effect until the city authori ties indicate that the illicit sale of t liquor is suppressed-if not eradicated. Mr. Williams was feeling unwell, but he formed the following as the reply of the board to the municipal authorities a of Charleston: t THE ULTIMATUM. "The State board of directors having carefully considered the defense of the oi' y government of Charleston, pre santed through the honorable mayor, Mr. Soyth, and Chief cf Police Boyle, to show cause why the dispensary profits accruing to said city should not 2 be withheld under section 9 of the dis pensary law, to be used for the bet:er enforcement of said las,' find as fol lows: "First, That defendanfs failed to show, and in fact admitted, that the , dispensary law was not properly en forced in the city of Cha leston. "Second, That defendants succeeded apparently in eetablisting the fact that the couaity governmen, of Charleston is largely responsibie for the non-en-. forcement of the dispensary law in the city o! Charleston. "'Third, That the city government (through its representatives) admit] its primary responsibility for such failure, in that council has failed to enact an rdinance forbidding the illicit sale of liquors, providing ad( q late penalty for the violation of such ordinance, to be imposed by the re c-rder, in case of convictions; therefore be it "Resolved, That the disnen.ary profits accruing to- the said c.ty of Charleston are hereby withheld to be used for the pay of State constables for the better enforcement of the dispen :a y law in the city of Charleston, un til such time as the State board may be convinced that the city authorities have discharged every obligation rest ing upon them. "Resolved, second, That the Charles- B on county board of control is hereby F instructed to remit to the S.ate treas arer the portion of the profits that would go to the city of Charleaton, bu for the passage of the above resolution, t and that a copy hereof be sent to the t mayor and chairman of the county board of control." THE LAW ON THE SUBJECT. The resolution under which the State ~ board rcquested the Charleston offijials t-o sappear before the board was adopt I ad July 3;1. It reads: ' Rssolved. That the mayor and chief of police of the C ity of Charleston are hereby accord- I ad the privilege, and are so re queste d ~ to appear at the offics of the State ~ bcard of directors in Columbia, S. C., ' on the 16th inst., at 10 o'c'ock a. in., to show cause, if any they have, why the dispensary profits accruing to said ity should not be withheld und ei see tien 9 of the dispensary law, to be used 8 ror the better enforemient of said law." C The board gets its authority for ~ Wednesday's action from the fillowing section 9 of the dispensary law: "All ~ profits, after paying all expenses of the sounty dispensary, shall be paid one half to the :nunicipal corporation in C which it may be located, such settle nents to be made quarterly: Provided, C rhat if the authorities of any town or ity in 'the judgment of the State board >f control ao not enforce the law, the I State board may withhold the part go ing to said town or city, and use is to ( pay State constables or else turn it into the county treasury." - 1 The resolution depriving the city of ' Dharleston of he r dispensary profits 6 was passed unanimously and without C mny fireworks or speeches. The definite purpose of the board as to the means 2f carrying out the provisions of these. resolutions is not known, but it is be ieved from the trend of the examina- I ion of Mayor Smyth that the board E wants Charleston to pass an ordinance a inposing a heavy fiae upon illicit 1tj'uor ~ lealers. Tne aleged non enforcemenct 1 >f the law could not then be said to be t ine to the routine of swearing out war- b ~ants before making searches. a Columbia has no such ordinance, ' hnd a member of the board intimated hat this city had better be so fortified r profits will b3 hed up here until il icis hiquor dealers are triedi and con rited in the mu'scipal ecurt. Haw- ~ ~ver Chairman Hiihams may be qu ted C m saying that if the law were enforced t n Charleston as it is here he would be i atiefied with Uharleston. t Killed Themselves. Ida and Edith Yooiand, actresses, a: wenty-six ands Lwenty-one years old, ej e ectivel) ; commit ed 3uieide togethe g) y taking poison iai their rooms in Lou- a: on. Ahout noon Eiith called their h a~diady and told the latter the and her it ister had taken poison. She asked the andlady to get a cab and put her and as ter sister in it, and promised they e, ruld leave the house witout a oreat-, r g a fuss or a scene. Upon going out athe stars the landlady found Ida a ead. Edith died on the way to the y opital. -__________h Ne wspaper Change James T. Harris, president of the ti lank of Spartanburg and manager of the Vhite Stone Lithia 8Springs, has bought he Spartanburg Herald. The paper till be e~5ntinued as a morning paper. er t is annonnced that the policy of the ra aper will remain the same as under fe rmer ownership. J. C. Garlington, u; rho has been for several years the pro- cf rietor and editor of the Herald, will ti mamin as erditr c0 TILLMAN IN CHARLESTON Ee Meets the Famous Chico and is offered a Drink. A special to The State from Charles on says Senator Tillman, Mrs. T;ll nan at d Miss Tillman, who have been he guests of Sheriff Morrison, of Beike ey county, at McClellanville, for some lays, returned to Charleston Wednes lay morning. The party er.joyed their tay at MoClellanville, and the senator, specially, had a good time. He is onsiderably sunburnt as a result of his ishing trips Senator Tillman and )arty spent the day at Capt. Martin's iospitable home on Rutledge avenue, eavsng for Trenton in the afternoon. The senator did not have any start ing, sensational interviews to give out. le has been out of touch with the sews centers, he said, and consequent y had but little to say.- He said that re was not sufficiently posted on the Jnarleston blind tiger situation to ex >rcs3 an opinion beyond the statement hat when he was governor, Charleston ras a much drier town, and he did not ave a metropolitan police, either, to nforce the law. When asked about Senator McLiurin ud commercial Democracy, he said hat he could see no good in McLsurin's >lities, and could not understand what deLaurin was after, unless it was an 'fice by President McKinley's appoint ment. He laughing'y referred to the mprovement in McLaurin's health inte his resignation was withdrawn. Senator Tillman was driven over the ity, taking in the points of interest, ,nd he expressed his pleasure with what le saw. While out strlling Wednesdaymorn ne, Senator Tillman ani Vincent hieco met in the market, and the two rere introduced ay Capt. Martin, who ras escorting the senator about the city. "Well, are you the Chic that I've Leard so much about?" said Senator iliman. 'Mi do tam Chic," was the reply, 'and you ata me de only whiskey men n South Cariina J )kingiy, Senator Tillman reminded Jhicao that he had never sent him that amous brand of Tillman Chicca whis :ey which he had promised. Chicco aid he would send a bottle immediate ', and also a box of Chicco-Tillman igars. Daring the conversation something ras said about taking a drink, but enator Tillman said he never indulged. "You look like a man who takes a rink," said Chicco. The members of the party laughed eartily and passed on through the iarket. Government by Injunction. Judge C. D. Clark, of the United tate s district court at Cincinnati re used the motion to dissolve the tem orary injunction issued against the trikiog machinists, indicating very lainly to counsel for the defense what is opinion would be on certain princi les involved. He said that for picket. g an injunction would be granted, but hat acts of violence and even boycot ing were not to be met by injunction. le said: "I have arrived at the conclu ion, beyond all shadow of doubt, that icketing is unlawful; that it is immoral nd wrong. Counsel for the defense inst understand plainly that I am op orel to picketing in any form and that will promptly make the power of this ourt felt against it." He described icketing as intercepting men while go og to or from the factory-anywhere, en miles away-by one man or by ire than orne, and any interference rith ingress and egress of workmen. Medical College Scholarships. The following appointments to the holarships in the Charleston medical allege were yesterday announced by be governor: First District-Miss Marion Robert on Macmillan, Charleston. Second-S A. Morrall, Edgefield. Taird-Leland 0. Mauldin, Pickens ounty. Fourth-0.car Laborde, Riohland ounty. Fif th-Elwood F. Bell, York county. Sixth-Thomas Chalmers Johnson, 'lorence county. Seventh-Holland McTyere Carter, loleton county. Miss Macmillan is the second young ily that has ever been appointed to scholarship in the medical college. Fv. McSweeney appointed her prede eneor also. A Good One. The following is a copy of a warrant sued by an Alabama justice of the eace: "to any lawful cfieer of the .ate Complaint on oath having Bene iade before me that the offense of a lsinz E. I. Whelar By Coming in iar HI us Cirsing Rear and threating > Knee her down & for her to sheat er own mout & drawed Bach his arm d sead he woid Knock hell out of her ;then .iamp on Uhappel and got out ars Das appeared for one hoar & Come lack agir & Did Kick her Dor & Brook se loet & dusted che:Dore in too places :Saad if dho did not open the dore he uid Brake hit D.>wn so any lawfuel Sier of the State ycu are Commanded >Bing frsak Steveans Before me this ~prial the 13, 1898 F. M. Prica Jus e of the Peace." Can't Help Them. The authorities of Yoik county have pin written the governor stating that t glanders is steadily spreading in it county, and asking in view of the 2noneement that Dr. Neasom cannot ave Clemson on account of sickness ihis family, that certain Atlanta ex tst, who are named, be sent there toI d in checking the spread of the dis we The governor has no funds Wit a hichio pay for such service, and has ritten the York county authorities at about all they can do is to write resident Hart z g of Clemson, and if acan do nothing, then employ the tperts them elves. He regrets, he ,ye, that he is powerless to render te desired aid. Hot in Kansas. Kansas is about burnt up. For sev al days last week the mercury has nged from 106 to 109. While the ling oflutter helpiesnese attendant on the drouth has passed, the people the State do not attempt to deny at the fall crops are in a desperate GEORGIA JUSTICE. Two White Men Punished for illini a Negro. A dispatch from Atlanta says the Shell Cochran case, which was decided by the Georgia supreme court Thursday against the convicted men, is one of the most interesting oases that has eves come up from Campbell county. Shell and Pegram Cochran and one of thei companions, a man named Hester, are now convicted of murdering Sterling Thompson, of Campbell county, during January of the present year, and they all three face life sentences ih the pen itentiary. Indictments are in existence spinal Steve Cochran and men named Mc Kenzie, Deaouney and Reeves, wh( will doubtless be tried at the next term of court, The case came up from the superior court of Campb.ll county, Judge John S. Candler presiding. The story of the murder is perhaps best told from the evidence of Hester, one of the convicted men, who turned state's evi dence. Sterling Thompson was an old ,negrc man, who held a lease upon a farm which had been purchased by old man Chohran, the father of Shell Cochran. The state gave as a motive for the crime the fact that the Cochrans wan ted to occupy the Thompson farm, and alleged that they adopted murder as the best method of riddidg tbemselve of him. Hester testified that the Cochran boss had asked him to join in a con spiracy to' whip cid man Thompson, as the negro had been talking against the whites. Hester stated that he. Shell Cochran, Pegram Cochran and McKenz'e, DeMouney and Reeves went in buggies to the farm of the old ne gro. At a store they stopped to ask for a light. The storekeeper reoogniz ed McKo zie and so testified at the trial. When they arrived at Thompson'e house, said Hester, M< Ketzie, whc had been elected' c:ptain, called to Thompson to e-:me out and help him in attending his team. Thompson ie fused to come because his wife advised him not to, she believing that she had heard footsteps around the house. Hester testified that the men told Thompson they would batter down his door if he did not come out. He again refused and with tools obtained from a nearby blacksmith shop they batter ed down his door. As they entered, said Hester, Thompson fired at them with a shotgun, filling the door facing with squirrel shot. They then fired a volley at the ne gro, killing him. His son attacked the white men with a hoe and several shots were fired at him. Afcer being kicked for several times he was left for dead, as he did not move. Hester testified that the party had gone to Thompson's house for the pur pose of whipping him, but had been forced to kill him. Hester also testi fied that Steve Cochran was not in the party, but the state contends that Steve Cochran was the ringleader of the whole business, having induced his brothers to do the work while he remained at home. THE HOT WAVE. More Disastrous to Human Life Than Any Recent Epidemic. The recent hot wave with its hun dreds of deaths and thousands of pros trations has bein more disastrous in its effects than any epidemic that has visited the country. Cholera, yelloa fever, smallpox, each have also claimed hundreds of victims, but not within the space of so few days. The direct faalities have been enormous, but the scourage cannot be judged by these alone; the increase in the number of deaths from other causes must also be attributed to the excessive heat, fatal in its results on a system en fee bled by disease. In the future hun dreds of those prostrated who escaped immediate death will succumb to com paratively mild attacks of disease and thus the mortality will go on for months In the large cities ambulances and pa trol wagons were insufficient to convey the sticken to .the hospitals and these were unable to respond to all the de mands made upon them with every bed occupie d and extra cots in the carridora and physicians and nurses overtaxed, sometimes failing beneath the strain. The strenuous iife is inevitably con qured by the strenuous thermometer. In such crises nothing can be done save to treat each case ~ individually and instruct the populace how best to accommodate themselves to condition. In cities the permitted free use of wa ter to cool burning pavements, the oc cupancy of the parks during the night by those whose sleeping places were akin to ovens, the -free distribution of ice, all had effect in keeping the death rate from soarine still higher but the chief wo~k to be done, the chief lesson learned, is that of prevention the improvement of housing of the poor, the devising of means to pre vent factories stores and street from becoming infernos, the modification of cation work hours, the abating of some of the hurry and rush of our usual temperate zone to the dolce far niente more in keeping with the occas siona' torrid experiences. All this until the day when man will have is in his power to modify atmospheric conditions to produce cooling showers by explo sive force or otherwise, and to lower temperature in large areas by the use of some agent such as l'quid air Amer cean Medicone. A Cowardly Act. A special to The G-lobe D.:mocrat jrom (jordova, Mex , sass: A train on :e Vera Ctiz and Pacific railway was ittacked recently by a large force of irmed men at Tierra Blanca, a small tastion. Seven men on the train were tilled. As soon as the news of the at acked reached Cordova a force of ru 'ala was sent to the scene and is now in ,ursuit of the mob. The cause of ar ack is not known here. It is said to tave been made by men who were for nerly employed in the construction of he road. Election Day Set. The Governor has issued his pro lamation ordering the election for successor to the late Congressman J. 1m. Stokes to be held on Nov. 5 next. ~his is the general election day, and it s thought best to have the election ake plae at that time. OUR TRADE LOSSES. Result of the Administration Pol icy in the Orient. EXPORTS HAVE INCREASED: In Those Sections Where We Have Stuck Strickly to Business. Aggressive Policy Does Not Pay Us For years past, especially since tle purchase of the Philippines we have heard much about the splendid pros pects of extending our commerce in the Orient. It is a remarkable commentary on the these rosy predictions that the statisties for the 11 months which end. ed with May, 1901, show that the quarter from which such a vast increase of trade was to come to us is the only part of the world in which we sustained a loEs of commerce. While we gained everywhere else we lost heavily in the region which has been so volubly proclaimed as the promised land of American commercial enterprise. Our exports to South Ameriea in creased $6,000,000; to Africa $6,000,d 000; to countries of North America $10,000,000 and Europe $100,000,000 in 11 months. Daring the same period, our exports to Asia and Oneanica actually dearessed $25,000,000. It is - claimed that the troubles in China account for this big falling off but that explanation will not do for several reasns. In the first place our loss of exports to eastern countries is greater than the whole volume of our exports to China has ever been in one year. In the second place th chief Chinese ports were constantly open during the time when this shrinkage of our ex ports to the east occurred, and in the third- place we 103t heavily in oriental trade outside of China which could not have been affected, by the rebellion in that country. Daring 11 months ended with .May 1900 our exports to Asia and Oceanaica amounted $101,000,000 and during the 11 months ended May 31, 1901, these exports reached a total of only $76,000,= 000. Itis also claimed that a large part of our exports to Hawaii during the period referred to are not included in the figures for our Pacific trade as Hawaii is now considered a customs disirict of the United States. But even if we exclude the entire volume of our ex ports to Hawaii, which for the 11 months taken in this comparison did not exceed $16,000,000 we stiR-have a loss in exports to the east of faily$100, 000,000. It is a remarkable fact that while the the total volume of our exports during the fiscal year just closed increased im mensely of $1,487,656 544, we lost heavily in trade with Asiaand Oceanica. The great increase of our exports is due almost entirely to larger sales of agricultural and manufactured produiess to Europe. The nations of Europe are not only still by far our best customers bus they buy more from us than ever Weore more the aggregate and a greater variety of articles. We may eventually build up our trade in the Orient to much larger pro portions than it now has but Europe must continue to be our biggest and best market for our exports for a long time to come. Our policy of territorial expansion in the east has not so far availed to in crease our trade in that quarter, and it never will if it depends merely upon establishment of military power there. - Constable Removed. Governor McSweeney has discharged Constable Rowell, stationed at Fior ence. Monday night of last week this constable telegrapzied the governor a sensational message from Florence in timatin, that there was real trouble over there and saying that he would leave Tuesday.. The governor ordered him by wire to report tue nature of the trouble, and no reply was given. The telegrama were published Wednesday. Rowell went to Columbia and called on the governor Wednesday morning. The "trouble" was found to be onlya little personal matter between the con stable and some one els,. The gover nor forthwith removed Roweli from the force for sending sensational telegrams and refusing to explain when ordered to do so. Granted a Pardon. The governor has granted a pardon to Benjamin Barril of Greenville, who was convicted of assault and battery with intent to kill and sentenced in March, 1895, to 10 years in the peniten tiary. He has served six years which is a remarkably long period for such an effense. He was pardoned because of the certificate of the superintendent of the prison anid others that he was non compos mentis, or very weak minded, a constant sufferer from dropsy, and to tally incapable of any work. Capt. Griffith said the man was a charge upon the State. Senator Dean was among those asking the pardon. A Strange Story. Irena Canning, 16 years old, from Galveston, Texis, claiming to be an heriess a.o $300,000 in southern banks and securities, is in the custody of the sheriff awaiting instructions from her guardian, the Rev. George Tarbox, of Savannah. She claims to have been under hypnotic influence of a doctor who abducted her from a boarding school at Holyoke, Mass. She got off a train at South .Band Ind., recently to escape the man who was follo.wing her. She is quite attractive in appearance and has traveled all over the United States. The police are investigating. A Man in Disguise. A detective a few days ago placed un der arrest a supposed young woman who had been teaching a private school in the Kings river neighborhood, Arkan sas. It turned out that the school teasen er was in disguise, that his name was Sears and that he was wanted in Texas on the charge of murder, committed