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VOL. XVI. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAYN LEAVES CLEMSON. Sixty-Nine of the Sophomore Class Quit the College. TWO MORE ARE DISCHARGED. An Attempt by the Faculty to Eu Force a iule or the Cotege Was the Canue of' the Trouble. Last Tuesday t9 of the 74 members of the :ophomore class of Clemson col lege quit and went home. Two of the remair:ng five secured discharges and left also. and it is understood that the remaining three will leave Wednesday. The action of the students in eay ing was the result of the action of the facutyz in suspending Cadet Thorn well (.f Fort 'Mill a few days ag-o. When Thornwell was suspended the sopho(more class petitioned to have him renstated. This the faculty re tused to do and therefore the class agreed to leave. Tuesday afternoon this correspon dent visited the college for the pui pose of getting at the facts of the case. lie talked with President IHartzog a.id a number of members of the facul ty and also with a great many of the students. Both sides of the story agree very closely though there are some ditferences. TiE FACULTY NiET. Wednesday afternoon after the stu dents had gone there was-a meeting of the faculty at the close of which the following statement was given out. It was was written by Col. R1. W. Simpson, chairman of the board of trustees. and was endorsed by Presi dent Hartzog. It is as follows: "The faculty last week awarded punishment to a student of the sopho more class by suspending him until the end of the session. The sophomore 7 petitioned the faculty to rein te the student. The faculty met, again and heard a committee of the class but saw no reason to grant their request. Thereupon a number of the class left and went to their several homes. While the faculty regret this action on the part of the students they feel compelled to maintain discipline. TOOK GLASS TUBEs. The offense Cadet Thornwell was guilty of was taking four glass test tubes from the chemical laboratory without pemission. The members of the facuity say they have been trou bled a great deal by action of this kind and determined some time ago to break up the practice. Notice was given- that the next offender caught would be severely dealt with. Cadet Thornwell was caught and his suspen sion followed. These tubes which are small glass cylinders with little or no value may not have been taken with any wrong intent, the faculty say, but the taking of them was a violation of the rules. As a matter of fact the faculty say the college has been an noyed a great deal by the disappear ance of a number of small articles such as tools, wrenches, etc.. and it was so considered absolutely necessary to put an emphatic end to the busi ness. STATEXENT FROM STUDENTs. The students side of the question is this. They admit that there is a rule that no test tubes or other college ap paratus shall be taken for use by any of the students without the consent of the professors, but they say it has not been observed generally. Cadet Thornwell did take four of the tubes from the general store to his desk or :stand, as it is called, in the building but that he took them for use in class work and they consider his suspen sion an outrage, as no wrong was in 'tended. The students say they thought the facts had been' misrepresented or exaggerated to the faculty and peti tioned for a rehearing of the case in order that all the circumstances might be brought out. When the faculty refused their request they felt that loyalty to their classmate demanded that they should leave the college In a body and this was done. The main point urged by the stu dents is that the punishment intlicted on young Thornwell is in excess of that warranted by the case. For in stance they say there is a college rule that a student found with mess hrLll property in his room shall be given 10 aemerits, yet here was a student who simply violated a rule and unwitting ly took certain college property for use in his class work, without remov ing it from the building and was sus pended therefor. This correspondent Wed nesdayv af ternoon talked wvith a great many col lege students on the campus. The .students are very much wrought up and are overwhelmingly in sympathy with the sophomores. The senior class met Wednesday morning and adopted a resolution of sympathy for the sophomores. endorsing their ac tion. A copy of the resolutions will be sent to the family o.f each of the students wvho left. Who~ the repor ter was leaving the graands a notice 'was being sent around caliing a meet ing of the senior class for the same purpose. MONEY ADVANCED BY CoMRADES. When the sophomores decided to leave many of them did not have money enough to get away on. Money wvas furnished them by thle members of the other classes and the college societies exhausted their treasuries. The departure of the cadets wvas con ducted in a quiet anid orderly manner and there was no demonstration or ex citement but a great deal of feeling and determination. President Ilartzog and the other members of the facuty said Wednes day afternoon that they regretted the matter very much. but they felt that they had simply discharged their d uty as required by the circumstances. "It was simply a question." said Col. Simpson. "ais to who would run this college, the faculty or the students. The faculty felt that they wvere tihe ones to run it and have proceeded ac cordingly. No aIEETIN; oF BoA BD. "There will be no meeting of the board of trustees," said Col. Simpson. in idI while vry nnch deplored hais occurred and has ended. and the college 'will proceed as though noth ing had happened. We deeply regret ie lasty action of the students and w helieve no one will regret it more than, the student themselves when ther realize what a mistake they have made." TEXT OF COMPLAINT. The following is the text of the complaint by the sophomore class: To the Faculty and President of Clem sOni College: The sophouiore class has asked for a reconsideration of Cadet Thornwell's case, and we herewith present our rea sons. Our action is based upon the belief that we consider Cadet Thornwell's punis hent greater than his offense deserves. For example, it is obvious that te faculty does not consider Cadet Thornwells oiTense the same as that of stealing, else they would have expelled him. If not stealing. we con sider that his punishment should not be iade so much severer than that intlicted for sinilar offenses. Cadet Thornwell only took the test tubes for use in the laboratory with out the professor's permission. We can cite no case of exact parallel. We do know. however. that two years ago when bottles and chemicals were taken from the laboratory, not even were re ports entered against the boys in whose rooms they were found. In cases where property taken from the mess hall is found in the student's possession, the penalty is not suspen sion. but only ten demerits. In both of these instances we con sider the offense evidently worse than that of Cadet Thornwell, inasmuch as the articles taken were for private use, and not for class work. Cadet Thornwell is not guilty of an unusual or peculiar crime. He simp ly did what has been the practice of the entire class during its course in chemistry. We, therefore. believe that the fac ulty laboring under the misunderstand ing, or has been led to regard with great seriousness an offense which has not been so regarded in the past. We appreciate the positicn of the. faculty. when it takes the stand that the college should be protected. But we do not believe that this position should be maintained at the expense of one cadet, when so many others have committed similar offenses and been released. It is because. therefore, of a deep conviction on the part of the sopho more class that the faculty has been led into some misunderstanding. pos sibly through the failure of Cadet Thornwell to present his case in the proper manner that we ask for a re consideration. Clarence Norton. Chairman Committee. V. 1. Hall. 0. M. Roberts. THE JUNIORS' RESOLUTIONS. These were the resolutions adopted by the juniors: We the members .of the junior class do hereby resolve: First that the sophomore class has been treated unjustly by the faculty and that the steps taken were taken in. defense of their rights and honor. Second, That after considering the action of the sophomore class we hear tily commend every step that they have taken. Third, That we commend the sopho more class on the gentlemanly manner in which they acted on this occasion: furthermore at no time was any mem ber rash or ungentlemanly. Fourth, That a copy of these resolu tions be given each member of the sophomore class. Class '(03. To Be Held in 1904. The following statement was giv en Thursday by President David R. Fraincis of the Louisiana Purchase Ex position company: "'The sundry civil bill which passed the house several weeks ago and is now before the sen ate. contains an appropriation of S1, 048,000 to provide for a government. exhibit, a special Indian exhibit and. the additional cost of the government. building at the Louisiana Purchase. exposition. It was deemed advisable. to have the date of the fair definitely ixed in that bill, in the ev-ent any change from 1903 should be decided up on. For many months past the fair virtually has been postponed for one year. A decided majority of the directors prefer 1904 and have for six ronths or more. The repeated re quest of both domestic and foreign ex hibitors for postponement. evidences from foreign governments that they had not sutticient time in which to make preparation for a representative exhibit in 1903, and the fact that the general public have for months past considered postponement a foregone conclusion, were some or the reasons. that moved the executive committee to authorize me to inform the national commissoner that any action of con gress changing the time of the expo sition from 1903 to 1904 would be ac eeptable Tried to Kill Each Other. Dr J M Spence has received informa tion that his cousin: James Spence, wa killed in a tight at Pine Bloom N. C.. with a log contractor named Smith.. The two men had quarreiled some: time ago. Wednesday morning they met at Pine Bloom and each pulled a. revolver and bega n shooting. Young Spence was shot in the neck and died almost instantly. Smith received one or more bnllets through the stomach. and is reported Wednesday night to be dying. Spence was prominently connected ini this State. Smith is a. native of North Carolina and is con nected with a large lumber company. A Young womxar, ?nisppears. A special from Lenoir. N. C.. saw that Miss Cordie Childers who disap peared from the home of her uncle near Lenoir Wednesday riight under ircumstances similar to those that surrounidedi the death of Nellie Crop sy of Elizatbeth City. has not been. fond. It is said that. she was~ seen. at Chesterricld a little, town between. Leoir and Mo rganton Friday on her way ti the .latter phece. Later it is. said she was at the southiern railway stationl in Morgantoni. wher'e she told. some one that she was on her wayV t. Iildebran, a village five milies west of~ T icory, where sho harl tought sc-hool.. A GOOD SPEECH. Sibley, a Republican Roasts General Jacob Smita and Says He Is A BRUTE IN UNIFORM. His speech Applauded by Demo crats and Met With Eviden ces of Approval from the Republicans. Representative Sibley of Pennsylv;t nia created something of a sensation in the house Wednesday during the i general debate on the agricultural bill by severely denouncing Gen. Jacob II. Smith for the orders he issued in the Samar campaign. Mr. Sibley's speech was enthusiastically applauded by the Democrats and was received with some fevidences of approval on the Rtepuhli can side. The speech was considered the more remarkable in that it came from a Repuolican who left the Demo cratic party on the issues raised by the Spanish war and who has since been an ardent supporter of expansion. Mr. Wiliams, Democrat of Mississippi, endorsed what Mr. Sibley had said. fr. Sibley said he had been an ex pansionist and defended the policy of the administration in the acquisition of the Philippines: that duty and lion or justified our position there: that the commercial welfare of the nation demanded that we should control that archipelago, which stands as the gate way to the oriental world. 'A BRUTE IN UNIFORM." He then continued: "Therefore. when I am compelled to xaud utterances contained in mili tary orders that make the blood of men run cold, when I have heard the state ments made that we were cruel in the conduct of that war. I have thought perhaps the partisan was speaking. But when I have read, as I have with in the past 48 hours, that a general wearing the uniform of the army of the United States, one who stands under the shadow of our tag, issues orders, not to conciliate a province, but to leave it a howling wilderness and to kill all above 10 years of age, tben it seems to me that humanity must have marched backward for IS centuries and that Ilerod again ap pears. I have read of Timour, the Tartar. I have read of Achilles. I haue read of the Saracen scourge, but I thank God that since the tragic scene on Calvary, it has taken IS centuries to produce a Smith, I have read of the water cure. I believe that was exaggeorated. Can any man whose blood pounds in his pulses, any man who had read his Bible or who has been reared at the knee of a Christian woman, justify the perpetuat ion of such cruelties upon another man who wears the guise and the image of his Creator? And yet, we hear this man attempting to justify acts by which men are pumped so full of water to I nearly drown them and then brought back to life by thumping them over the stomach with the butts of mus ets. That is not civilization that is not Christanizing the world. I am thankful that these are sporadic cases. WILL NEVER PACIFY. "'They will never pacify any race of human beings on this earth by first drowning them and then bringing tem to life with the butt of a mus ket: and against that, as a member upon this side of the chamber, against that, as a man who belongs, I hope, not alone to the Republican ranks but to the w.hole brotherhood of man the wide world round, I want the mem bers .o~ tis house on this side of the chamberied on~that, to voice their protest, and agairst all such meas Iured. -(Apguse.) A friend of mine said a few :mmutes ago, 'Oh, you had better wait and bear his defence.' I hope the presideztof the United States will have the coua~e, upon what the man admits, to disehrge him dishon ~orably from the serace that he had disgraced. (Applause.) EQUA LS KING HE99 "IIe admits that he issued itlhe order to leave the province a howling waste and to kill all above ten- years of age, tahe innocent with the guilty. TWhat man never ought to be permittd 14 stay in the service of the United Sotes until thae sun goes down. ie la a dis grace not alone to the party. but to every xnm who ever wore the uniform of the United States, and he is a- blot and disgraee to our present civilization. Wait and hear what his justitication may be. That man does not live who can justify sre orders. (Applause.) There is no justificationl. 1 care not how adroitly his kawyers may frame their plea or how4uktle be their rea soning. The fact adrtgtted by his own mouth that he issue such orders is sufcient for the hqpg that there is "the courage atud npatgiordsm and the humanity angle -,Christianity at the other enti of the avenue .that will not let him w.ear the faderal .ntiiormn :4 hours hence." Mr. W'iliards of Missisippi heartily endorsed Mr. Sibley's onsiaught upon ten Smith -whom he described as a "brute inanuiformn." "But I am a little afraid."~ he con tinued, "that he does not strike the ei in the right quarter'. It is the sytemn which should be struck at not the man who cons~ciously carries out the spirit of the system. Wherever there is a war of conquest against a weak and Inferior colored people deeds of brutality naturally occur. The Schief danger is not the injury to the Sweak race, but that the temptation to tyranny will react uponl the strong race and make brutes of its soldiers. For that reason such wars should be aoidl I agree with ahe gentleman Ifrom Pennsylvania that there can be no justficationa for a civ-ilized man to issue an order to lay waste a whole country~ and kill everybody, inucludinug *child rin over ten years of age." To Be Hanged. A special f'romu St. Petersburg says HalshaneLt the man who assassinated M. Sipiaguine. the Russian minister of the interior, April 15. has been sen .enri to rdenth. lie will be hanged TO MEET IN CHARLESTON A Call to the Parents of' the Sopho more Class. The following letter, mailed t( every parent of a member of the Clem son sophomore classs whose address could be ascertained, is self-explana tory: Charleston. S. C.. May 2. 1902. iear Sir: You have doubtless beer as much concerned at the unfortunatt occurrence at Clemson college, as our slves. We take the liberty of addressing you this letter.after considering all th( circumstances of the case, believing that it is equally to your interest as ours, to take further steps in regarc to this matter, and ascertain whether the facts do not warrant the parents of the members of the sophomore classi asking for a hearing before the board of trustees of the ollege. We think you will agree with us that for the members of the sophomore (lass at this Important juncture of their college course to be denied the right of continuing their studies. will involve not only a year's loss of time to each man. hut also considerable ex pense to them. which an investigation may show to be unjust. We notice by yesterday's paper that the sentiment at the collere was sc strong that.the members of the junior and freshman classes had determined to leave. and only after an address by C03. Simpson, president of the board of trustees, were they persuaded to re main at college, upon'his promise that the whole question would be taken up by the board and thoroughly investi gated. We also note by today's paper that Col. Simpson has stated that he ex pects in a few days to publish an in terview. setting forth the facts of the case, and we believe that before this statement is published, it is fair to the members of the sophomore class as well as to all the studeuts of the col lege. that their side should. be heard. and that any interview published should be only after all the facts from both sides have been placed before the board of trustees. Our suggestion is that a meeting of all the parents or guard:ians of the members of the sophomore class be held at the earliest possible date, and we further suggest that this meeting he held in Charleston on Friday the 9th inst. We recommend this city for the meeting because at prese at very low rates can be obtained to Charleston on Tuesdays and Thursdays cf each week, and in order to give all parties ample time to make their arragements to come we have suggested the above date. As we do not know your address we have enclosed this letter to the cadet whose name appears on the roll of the college as a member of the sophomore class, and who we understand was one who left the college on Tuesday last. requesting that he deliver it to you promptly. As some of the adresses are not known; the college catalogue only giv ing the counties in which the cadet lives, we have requested The Charles ton News and Courier, The Columbia State and The Greenville News to pub lish this letter. If therefore, any of the parents or guardians of these cadets, for reasons given above, have not re ceived one of these letters, a reply to either of the undersigned by such parties, stating whether or not' they wil[l attend the meeting in Charleston, will be appre ciated. Yours truly, G. Walter Mclver, 21 B::oad Street. Henry Schacte. - 38 Broad Street. Ralph Elias, 184 We atworth St. HT. HI. Muler, 55 Lau rens Street. H. M. Manigault, 12 Hasell Street. Read This, Boys. "It is apparent," said a Charlotte man a few days ago, "that a man cant drink liquor and keep up with the procession. Temperance is preach ed from the platforms and pulpits, but the ruthless, merciless tight on drink ig ahd the dringking man is being ade in the business world. In this warfare there is no cant or sentiment. The drinking man gradually lags be hind and then he is shelved. Ten years ago it might have been said that all the young men in !Charlotte dranla and the business world forgave occa sional intoxication. Now the heads o1 commercial houses in this city, in their reckonings, divide the sober men from~ those who drink, and no man in the latter class escapes silent criticism 01 a judgment that will hurt him ii it be put to the touch. Everybody in Charlotte has seen the noiseless work Ing of the system. The man whc drinks simply steps down and out, and a sober man takes his place. The first might not have been a constant drinker, but the later surely tinds the highest premium placed on teetotal lsmu. And you must notice that among business men here drinking men are becming more and mare marked and hurt in reputation. The creed of the business world demands the survival of the fittest. and no cd rin king man ih it for the fight. He simply can't keel up with the procession." Reward Ofr'ered. The Governor Wednesday received an application from a number of re sidents of Colletyn county asking that a reward be offered for the capture o1 one Jim Black, alias Bud Black, alia: im rown. as the murderer of Mrs. W . .Yones at Ravenel. The petitionert say they are advised and believe tha1 a chain of proof almost conclusive lixe! the crime upon Jim Black. It is be. ieved that the fellow has left thE State. for a thorough search has beer made for him by the ottices. and thE people of Colleton county are exceed ingly anxious that this trutal crim' not go unpunished. The governo: promptly otfered a reward of $100 The negro is about 19 years old. i: oal black, weighs about 170 pounds has a "dragging" walk and frequentl: fes the expression "natural born" it onvertion. J UMPED THE (GMlIE. McLaurin Tells Why He Will Not Run in the Primary. AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE. He Is Unwill.ing to Take the Pledge Required of Him and Anticipates Action of the Convention. Senator McLaurin has Issued the following address to the people of South Carolina: My fellow citizens of South Carolina: The great doctrine of representa tive resonsibility is the foundation stone upon which our republic rests. a"d no one more keenly than I recog nizes his accountability to the people of South Carolina for all oflicial acts. At the same time, no people who in sist that their representatives adhere to political policies and traditions long since dead and declare them vital is sues can ever become truly great. Every advancement in the history of our race has been the direct result of independence of thought and action. In most of the States of this union this is secured by the presence of two politi cal parties and the resultant discus sion of every public <uestion before the people, who are thus enabled to form an intelligent opinion and give a verdict at the ballot box. Unfor tunately in SouthCarolina for nearly 40 years we have been unable to have two parties for fear of negro domination, and for 10 years, after the Hampton revolution in 1876, our people took no interest in public affairs, beyond main taininga "whiteans government." About the year 1900, however, began what was known as the "farmers' movement," which was nothing more than an instinctive effort on the part of the people to preserve the principle of self government. Witb Shell, Irby, Norris, Tillman, Donaldson and others, I contributed what I could to wards its success simply because I felt that agitation was better than stagna tion, and it is passing strange, in that connection, that the leader of that movement, B. R. Tillman, was then denounced, as I am now denounced, for attempting to Mahoneize the State. The freedom of thought and action, a however, which followed the "farm ers' movement," opened the doors for every white man and every negro who voted fcr Hampton in 1876, and they could advocate whatever views they cared to express, provided only that they took an oath to support the nominees of the primary election. Men who voted the national Republi can ticket were allowed to vote in the primary for State and county officers, and I have heard from the same plat- t form men claiming to be Democrats advocating Cleveland and the gold standard and others Weaver and free silver. And since than no attempt has ever been made to exclude those who bolted with the independent r Haskell movement, the Populist Row den movement or the Republican Pope movement. I was elected to congress in 1892 after a heated canvass against able opponents and yet on every stump in the district, I proclaimed my indepen-] dence and announced that upon na tional questions I would follow my own judgment and not be bound by the caucus of any party. Although my Democray was assailed at that time, I was elected four times upon the same declaration of principles. Carrying out my pledges to the people. I began a systematic study of the questions of the day with the result that 1 changed my views upon many of them. The first marked difference with my party associates arose over the tariff question while I was in the house and a member of ~ its ways and means committees. Again, in 1897, when I was a candi date for the senate, I was charged with being a Republican, but I disre garded the characterization, and resolutely contended that the policies which 1 advocated were for the material advancement of the people, regardless of how they were labeled. My attitude was end ese' by SO per cent. of those voting in the pri mary, and I came to the senate. The issues growing out of the Span-1 ish wvar widened the breach between myself and the Democratic party leaders for I could only follow the1 dictates of my conscience and stand by American soldiers fighting upon a1 foreign soil. At that time the war was not a party question and I hoped it would not become so. In this I was disappointed and was soon con fronted by the alternative of retracing my steps or finding myself in oppsi tion to a majority of the Democratic party leaders and excluded from their1 caucus, I concluded that not even a seat in the United States senate was worth a surrender of my convictions and that opinion is unchanged. There is not a speech or vote of mine upon any question growing out of the Spanish American war that I would change even if I could and in which 1 do notI take pride in thus proving my loyalty to my country. I have ever maintined this inde pendence of thought and action. Last Isummer. recognizing my responsibility1 to the people, there being no campaign in the State, I announced my inten tion of going before them for the pur pose or discussing these national is-1 sues. I was immediately and violently assailed for advocating Republican doctrines and branded as a Repulican in D)emocratic disguise. Thle State Democratic executive committee met and under the dictation of my col league in the senate formerly declar ed that I was not a Democrat which formed the basis for similar action on tepart of the D~emocratic caucus of teUnited State senate. The policy of my opponents has been to belittle real issues into a personal quarrel be tween "Tillman and McLaurin." This issue I am not willing to accept as I do not propose to be infiuenced in my public course by personal spleen or petty jealousy. The public interests should never be subordinated to purely :1personal ends. Now the proposition of my political enmest excludea me from the pri DRAWING TO A CLOSE. The Exposition Will Have Man Attractionz this Month. The special correspondent of th expositlon bureau of the Columbi State says the expositson is drawing t a close. It is generally thought tha the show will close on the 1st of Jun although there has been no definit action taken in regard to this mattei The weather is getting very warm ani the ventilation of the buildings is ng such that it is conducive to comfor in the summer. The success of th month of 1,lay promises to be ver; gratifying to the promoters of the ex position. The trains coming into th city Thursday were packed and hun dreds of people had to stand in th aisles. Since the beginning of th new scheme of rates offered by th railroads, the city of Florence ha sent over 1.500 people to the show. There is every indication that th festivities of German Week will be at tended by thousands of visitors. Th occasion will come towards the clos f the show and there will be a grea many South Carolinians here for tha reason. Then the visitors from a dis ance wilrbe Germans come here to d onor to Capt. F. W. Wagener, tb president of the exposition company Dapt. Wagener has shown himself to b i man of nerve. le has held up th, 3rooping head of this exposition an( as administered financial succor whei therwise it would have perished. An( this is not the only thing in which hi progressive spirit has asserted itself Look around and it will be hard to fin n Charleston anything which has nol elt the inspiration of his example an( here are many industries which art uccessful because of his connectiot ith them. Even the militia of th ity feels his influence, for he is th4 aptain of the German Artillery; ii nercantile matters he is one of th( nost progressive men in the city; he i onnected with the management o: eading banking institutions and is a1 he head of manufacturing enterprise. Ele is a man of personal graces whici nake him esteemed by all who knovi im and the German people of' the :ountry will come here to make Wag mer day a great success. May 22d I agener day and will be the great da3 >f the exposition. Col. Averill is pleased with th >rospects of the success of 'Wes1 [ndian Week."- The days set apart foi ,he trade convention to be held i ,hat on May 16 and 17. The prelimi ary announcement of the conventior 1as attracted a great deal of attentiot md the director general is now in re eipt of a number of letters of inquiry Che plans have not been matured, and t is yet two weeks until the holding )f the convention, but Col. Averill ex >ects to have everything mapped ou >y the first of next week. Col. Averill came into his offic' Chursday with a great bunch 01 rasses and other specimens of forage rops. These he had gathered on thE ,vernment's grass "farm" nearby thE outh Carolina building. Nobody hould miss the opportunity to visit his place. It will give farmers nev mnd very valuable lessons in how t< ake care of their lands by changing ihe crops occasionally. The govern: nent has spent lot of money here anc dr. Beard, the gentleman in charge, vill be delighted to explain the ex ibit to visitors. TRUSTEES MUST MEET. 1 Wholesale Rebellion at Clemson i: Narrowly Averted. A telephone message from Clemsor: 011ege Thursday afternoon said that verything was quiet there but ther< was a good deal of excitement thi: norning. The junior and freshmer lasses met last night and resolved t< eave the college this morning in tbody unless the faculty called for neeting of the trustees and had the ntire sophomore class includini J adet Thornewell reinstated. The college authorities got wins of what was going on and got Col I. W. Simpson, the chairman o: the board of trustees, to deliver talk to the students in one of thi :lass rooins. Ccl. Simpson reasone' with them and finally persuaded then o defer action until the trustees bel! i meeting and took action. It if tated that there will not be a specla neeting of the trustees, but that theil oext regular meeting will be held earl: n June. Col. Simpson has a greal deal of influence with the students. The outbreak at ClemIson, it ap ears to those conversant with th4 facts, is the culmination of a trouble which has been brewing ever since th( pening of the present session and ossibly longer. The students are rery bitter againsit certain members o1 he faculty and openly charge thenr vith vascillation and inconsistency md unfairness in enforcing discipline. This feeling is not confined to a fey ;tudents but practically the entire ;tudent body is involved. Col. Simpson. aided by other cool jeads, has succeeded in diverting 1urthr trouble for the present, bul ;he matter is no yet ended and 1 w'ill require a very thorough investiga on by the trustees to satisfactorily ;ettle the ditliculty. A Fire in Norfolk. A special from Norfolk, Va., say: ire started Thursday in the buildint f the Virginia Candy company stor' nl Commercial place and gained suel oadway that at one time it wa hought the entire block bounded b: lommercial place and Water streel Lnd Roanoke avenue would be destroy 3d. The losses aggregate $83.000 ully covered by insurance. The prin ipal losers follow: Virginia Cand: :ompany, $20.000: 1l. W. 31cIonald. .00: M. Hlofheimer & Co.. 84,500 U. P. IRoberts & Co.. $5,000: Dispatcl Printing company, S4.000: Old Domin on Paper company, $ 1.500: other firs1 ..>00 nnanage to buildings 844,000 m try as a candidate-and to exclude all -andidates for office who entertain my iews and thus prevent the people rom hearing me and from hearing ihem in justification of my course and Li advocacy of the absorbing public measures now confronting the Amer :an people. I am absolutely convinced tnd forewarned of this purpose to ex :lude me and my friends because I iave read the speech of Sentor Till 'nan, the acknowledged dictator of the Democratic machine of South Caro .ina, delivered at Manning in which he lirects a revision of the rules and form ind oath of the party for the purpose of xcluding myself and friends from par ticipating in the primary, I resent the ;uggested exception of myself, for of )ourse I could not make my race for! he senate or proclaim my views under onditions which were not equally ap licable to those who entertain and ad ocate my views. I have an abiding aith that it will yet be shown that ,he dictator of the machine is not the xponent of the views of the -majority f our people. The primary system adopted in our state through the "Farmers move nent" has been prostituted and per erted into a political machine for the >urpose of excluding al1 candidates Yho are not in full accord with the iews and wishes of the dictator. The ital question. therefore, is will the >eople of the State submit to this dis ranchising the intelligent people and xcluding them from our elections? With such a system I have no sym aty and feel impelled by a strict ense of duty to warn the people Lgainst tyranny as it encourages and stablishes. With these facts before ne and my convictions as to the origi ial purpose of the primary system, I Lm driven to the conclusion that it ias subserved its purposes and has out ived its usefullnesss. It Is, therefore, .matter of no concern to me what nay be the action of the May conven ion as to the rules of the primary and revision of its pledges. The sup >ression of free speech and independ nce of action by voting such means enders it impossible for any self-re pecting citizen holding my views to >ecome a candidate in the Democratic rimary in South Carolina. It is ap >arent that the system has been varped and twisted so as to serve the me purpose of throttling free speech, ree thought and liberty of action. he primary system in South Carolina ias been sacrificed upon the altar of artisanship and personal malignity, nd has therefore becom3 unpatriotic .nd useless, and should be ignored and inally repudiated by our people, with . purpose similar to my own, to look topefully to the results of the fair, ust and general election under our itate and nationl laws. A party yoke has been placed upon ur peopleand It has become too gall og for further endurance, and yet to ealize that many of my loyal friends 7ould even once more hold in check heir resolution not to again enter our ystem of primary elections in order to gain vote for me, but I have reacned he point where I will not subject hem to subscribing to an oath to sup ort men and measures which do not epresent their views upon the issues wcing the American people today. John Lowndes McLaurln. Couldn't Stop Train. An attempt was made at 9 o'clock hursday to hold up the northbound 1 risco express No. 6, between Selig-1 aan and Washburn, Mo. T wo men oarded the blind baggage car at the ormer place and after the train pulled ut climbed over the tender into the ab and covered the engineer and fire ten with revolvers. They ordered he engineer to increase speed, but to top when they gave the signal. Two illes beyond Seligman they ordered im to stop. Seven or eight men ap eared at the spot designated as the rain a'pproached. Meanwhile the en 'iner had pulled the throttle wide pen and when ordered to stop was aking more than a mile a minute own grade. It was impossible to top within half a mile. After leav ng the confederates out of sight the obbers abused the engineer for not topping and ordered him to let them f at Washburn, a way station. The ngineer obeyed and the would-be obbers escaped. One Thousand Lives Lost. News by cable received Friday says hat over a thousand lives were lost pril 18 by an earthquake in Gua emala and over thirty thousand peo >le were rendered homeless. a majori y of whom lived in the town of ueztenane. An appeal for aid has >een made and merchants here have irganized to contribute supplies. The nerchants want assurance that the upplies will be admitted to the coun ry free of duty. The Guatemalan onsul has cabled the president, and he merchants are awaiting his an wer before taking steps for donations. 'ollowing the shock came a fire and torm and the populace is panic tricken. Damaged by Hail. A special from Savannah says a eavy rainstorm, accompanied by hali, assed over this section Wednesday .fternoon. The precipitation was one nch in about 30 minutes. Ihail fell .t three separate times during the dis urbance. There were frequent shocks f lightening. Reports from the truck arms tonight are to the effect that onsidyrable damage was done by the iail to young vegetables. The extent f the damage cannot be ascertained I efore Thursday. l)uring the se rest part of the storm a negro far nr named Post was struck by light iing and instantly killed. An Alston Mystery. Thursday afternoon some children< laying (in an old deserted farm near 1 lston found a newly made gravej Chey immediately reported the grue-1 ome discovery and the coroner was ummoned from his home 20 miles Lway. The grave was opened only ,o find that it was empty. It could >e readily seen. however, that a small :otiin had been buried, but had been removed. The entire police force of lston. consisting of one man, is hot' n the trail and determined to un sart te mystry.-The State. SITUATION SERIOUS. Y Presidents of Mills in Horse Creek Valley Firm. a OPERATIVES IN DISTRESS. 0 t e They Must stay Locked Out Until e They Induce the King Mill Gperatives to Call Off t the Strike. e No relief has yet come to the op y pressed mill operatives in the Horse - Creek Valley, in this State, and. it e would appear that the lcckout will . prove of equal duration with the strike e at the King mill in Augusta, by rea e son of which the lockout was declared. The oneratives of all the mills in e the valley are said to have notified the s mill presidents that they did not in tend to strike, no matter what the re e sult in the King mill; and would be glad to go bick at the same wages they e were receiving when the mills closed. 8 The mill presidents refused to accept t the terms. President Hickman, of the a Graniteville Manufacturing company, has stated that he does not see how 0 promises can be carried out "so long as the lockedout operatives are mem bers of a labor organization which is e controlled by the authorities in Fall e River, Mass., the mandates of whom must be obeyed." Wnile he regrets I the condition of things, he cannot see I any hope for relief unless the men and 3 their superior officers bring their in fluence to bear and induce the King mill strikers to go back to work at the same wages. Mr. G. W. Croft, of Aiken, attorney for the employees, says the condition in the Horse Creek Valley is bad and seems to have been brought on by want of feeling as well as judgment on the part of the mill presidents. "Many women and children are suf ferine for bread and desire and ask to be allowed to work. A large number of people were induced to quit their farmsand come to the mill under the promise that they would have regular work as long as they were orderly. They promise has been brokeq by the mill presidents without cause. Many of the operatives are, moving away, a number to North Carolina and some to New Jersey. They will now move more rapidly after they see they have nothing to expect from the mini presidents but oppression. In my jugdment all of these corporations are liable in suit for damages, which will be brought in a few days. The dam age should be exemplary in these cases. "The mill operatives have done everything in their power to settle this trouble, and had they been met half way by the mill presidents the condition would have been relieved and the mills at work. "The cotton mill men do not seein to be in any dread of the injunction case that has been put against them for conspiracy in closing the mills, but Solicitor Thurmand says he is going to make it warm for them." She Smashed His Face. Last Tuesday a genuine sensation occurred at the Southern depot near the baggage room, in Spartanburg. IA comely looking young white woman . by the name of Mrs. Fannie P. Good son walked up to Mr. Sam. W. Wood, who was standing near the- baggage room, and struck him a very severe blow in the face with -a bottle. The man was fallen instantly and lay stun ned for about a minute or more. When he arose and attempted to de part his assailant administered several kicks u1 pon his person. Officer Mulli gan, who was nearby, arrested the be ligerent and she immediately gave bond. The blow received by Mr. Wood is a very painful one,a gash being in flicted on his forehead over the eye. and his head is considerably swollen. The woman claims that Mr. Wood had been talking about her, and thereby ' attempting to injure her. Mrs. Good son came to this city from Greenville some time ago and for a while resided at Mr. Wood's, who runs a boarding house near the depot on Magnolia street. For a month or more she has been boarding at Mr. Pearson's on Magnolia street. A New Invention. A special to the Birmingham News from Jackson, Miss., says: The first regular contract ever made in the world to to pick cotton my machinery was closed in Greenville a few days ago since, and the first experiment with the machine will be made on a plantation in Washington county next fall. A Pittsburg -man is the inven tor of the device and for the past ten years has been conducting experiments in the vicinity of Greenville. He now claims that the device has been model ed on a practical working basis and feels confident that he will revolution ize the cotton picking industry in the south. *The machine, he admits, is valueless except on the level, uplands, low valleys and prairie grounds, but even if it should prove successful with this limit, its effect on the labor ques tion in the south will be very marked. --Honey Let Me in.". A good story is told on the better half of a couple who went from a cer tain county to spend the honeymoon in a large city. One day the bride, find ing that she needed to purchase a few small articles, left the young husband and hotel to go shopping. She return ed shortly and made her way upstairs to the door she thought opened into her own room. Knocking gently at the door: "H1oney."' she called af fectionately. " let me in." No re sponse came and she knocked again and called in insinuating tones, "Honey please let mc in." "Madam," answered a gruff voice from within, "This is no beehive, this is the bath room."~ The railroads have decided to con tinue the cheap rates to Charleston during the month and have even im proved on the situation a little. Dur ing May the low rates will be in force Son both Tuesday and Thursdays of eac-h week.