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THE PEOPLE'S Contributions From AN EXGLISHMIN ON hIMJIGRUTION Bis Views an the Miethods' That Mlust Be Employed to Bring 1mni grants to South Carolina. To the Editor of The State: 1 have been miuch Interested in read aing reports In the newspapers express ing public opinion on the question of ; introducing into the State of South;: Carolina a class of 'European immi grants-farmers, who in some respects are less ambitious than American farmers-a class of people who will be content with small farms, say 20. 30 or 50 acres of ground. I am told that the south has enough even now of common laborers, and that the need is simply those who will enter the State and buy up the large tracts of lands and convert them into small farms. The peasantry of France have small! farms which they till with artistic skill and reap excellent harvests for their Industry. They are a thrifty people, save their money and at times: of great financial depression have say .d the government from impending bankruptcy. These French peasants live in rural villages and go daily to their little farms, which may be dis tant from one to three miles from the; domestic roof. Under prevailing cir cumstances it would hardly be prac ticable to introduce such a system in this country. It would be better to follow out the American method, a 1 farm for each farmer of say 50 to 100 acres with the dwelling in which the family it to abide on the farm. But how will the better class of European Immigrants be attracted to the south? It must not be forgotten, that the farmers and immigrants from Eturope have been attracted in vast numbers to the great northwest, where millions of acres are yet unoccupied: that western Canada is attracting set tiers by furnishing free farms and homes for all who will come. By rail road companies and local communities thousands of dollars are being ex pended to get these settlers on those lands. Now, the south has no free homesteads, but every one who enters the State and secures a farm must pay for it. The western people reckon every healthy, laboring man who makes a permanent home in a com munity to be worth to the place a sum not less than $2,000. That Is, if 100 able-bodied, industrious and enter prising men should settle in a farming community, they add to the perman ent wealth of the locality $200.0'. I should say such an estimate is very conservative for there may be among. the 100 half a dozen men who alone I would add more than twice that sum to the taxable wealth of that com munity. But bow shall the immigrants be obtained? One man having a thousand or more acres for sale cannot afford to equip and maintain an immigration real estate office for the purpose of finding purchasers for his lands. A town, county, immigration association and the State. acting In conjunction with railroad companies. may adver tise the agricultural, commercial and manufacturing advantages through newspapers, circulars. folders, etc.. and distribute them through the mails all over the land. They will do some good and in time will bring some people. But that is not all which is needed. I remember once spending a week on a. cotton plantation a short distan,ce out. from Yazoo City. Miss. The planter was a native Alabamian. Hie had a ] beautiful place of many thousands~ of acres and one of the finest in the State. One morning his good lady said they must send to a distant orchard . for fruit and to a garden for vegetae for the table. I said to my fri d. "Why is this? Why do you not ~nI yonder rising ground plant your orch ard and cultivate your garden vege tables; have your meadows for hay and your own corn fields? By pro - ducing these necessary supplies at home you will save money." He re plied, "I only make cotton. If you want to kindle a fire with the sun's rays, use the sun-glass to concentrate all the rays of the sun at one spot and; it will scorch it."1 I would apply this process of ana logical reasoning to secure people to become permanent residents of the State of South Carolina. I think it would be unwise to waste money in initiating a plan of work and then* suffer it to languish for want of sup port. An agricultural commissioner with a secretary to begin the business is only a first-'step. -The department must be amply supported. This work is not only to get immigrants, but; they must "get them. They must go where these people are to be found and must select just such families as will be most suitable. You don't want all that come out of a ship. You want them selected. Of course your coin missioner will have his principal office in the capital of the State. bu the must have an office in the city of New York. No matter what the cost may be, even $100,000 in this work will be a profitable investment. When you get 5.000 or 10.000 of these people into your State and they are content, they will advertise the advantages of' the State all over Europe without cost. But the expense at the start must be borne by the State. The newspapers of the State, publishing gratuitously communications like this and others descriptive of the country, are doing their part most liberally. Every 1o cality and every individual should do a part. As the Alabamian said. "focus the sun's rays." Owners of large tracts of land, some improved and some not Improved, want to sell so as to be getting an income. They are getting nothing now. They better sell these lands to the Immigrants. If they be of~ the right kind, even with a very small payment down and in smali yearly payments and at a lowt rate of interest. It will take pretty much all the ready money the immigrant has to get a start with implements and stock for his little farrn and to buy needful supplies until he can grow and market a crop. Hence he will need the advice. sympathy, and often forbearance of; those with whom he deals. With a fair chance he will be able in a few years to pay for all. But the intelligence. the kindness, and generosity of south ern communities need no suggestion in this regard. The State of South Carolirna is broad enough in area and* ample enough in resources, yet unde veloped, to afford homes of wealth and abundance for 5.000.000 to 7.000.000 of an industrious and enterprising people.. Will this generation, the present p'oi ulation of the State. seize the oppor-: tunities afforded of increasing the"' individual wealth and. atdding r'evenue to their native commonwealth? Sut~h Carolin~a is worthy' of the gr.ates efforts of her people. I r.""d in an encyclopedia spr'eadl out before m" ihait "the soil is highly productiv, 'yieldi such staples as cotton. indigo. ri'e, tobacco, sugar, tea, the cer'eais, hemp, flax, hops. and many varie-ties- of fruits and vegetablos: ad C. :joys a c'limnatic temnperature corr01 ponding with that cof Italy 'and the south of Fr'ance. The minera re sources of this Statte are c'onsider"able. 'omprisin~g gold. iron. leud. copper, mnangancse. coal. hismuth. plumba"'o. EDITORIALS. A The State's Readers. 'lay:. et. rt . The heart of nlkfn can tsk or nothing mcore. Then recall the famous riea whom he State has produced. Their very lames are an Inspiration and awaken he noblest aspirations tf narhood. n the roster of South Carlina's emin *nt sons in a past generation. 1 noM. -igh in the list of immortal ones Hon. [.hn Caldwell Calhoun, an incoipar tbie statesman. scholar and philoso >her: Henry Laurens. honored above nost men. an acconplished diplomatist tnd the friend of Washington: then here was Gen. Andrew Jackson. the seventh president of the United Stales: !mother honored name. an advocate and jurist of great renown. likewise statesman. scholar. diplomatist. Hugh swinton Legare: the Hon. Francis W. Pickens and the Hon. William Aiken. )f the early governors of the State, mentIon with the highest regard the tames of Gov. Robert Young Hayne. he most accomplished orator the ,tate .ver produced, a match in for 'nsic debate of the great Massachu setts L'emosthenes. Daniel Webster. And may I mention the names of senerals Wade Hampton. the older and he younger, both effulgent stars In he diadem of the commonwealth. Chese are but a few names to conjure )y. Such a galaxy of honored ones asts a halo of glory not only over heir native State and their own times. )ut they belong to all time and to the mniversal brotherhood of man. Strug gling men in this generation may look o those great ones and gather strength n their efforts to accomplish worthy indertakings-imitating such noble ives. Frederick A. Salaman. 3ooms 1305-6, Vincent Building, New York City. THE RUSSIAN IN HISTORY. Why American Sympathy Should Le With Japan in Present Conflict Co the Editor of The State: It is difficult to understand how any me who is at all acquainted with Eu opean history, especially the part of it hat relates to Russia, can sympathize vith that country in its struggle with rapan: for viewed from any stand >oint, except that of brute force; Japan s by far the more highly civilized na ion of the two. From its very first ontact with civilization Japan has nade a progress that is almost mar relous, while Russia has. remained >ractically barbarous despite the fact hat she has been in Intimate associa :ion with the civflzing influences of the >ther countries of Europe. The truth of the matter is that Rus ia has a pretty black record behind ier, a record of tyranny, oppression tad duplicity that almost surpasses be ief. It is easily within the memory of >eople now living when it was a not incommon occurrence for ladies of the ?olish nobility to be stripped to the vaist and whipped in. public by offi ,ials of the Russian government. When >weden was practically forced to cede ?inland to Russia. the latter country )ledged itself that it would not inter ere with the language or local gov rnment of the people. This promise tas been most shamefully violated, and he virtuous, enlightened and patriotic inns' have been subjected to almost very Indignity that. Russian ingenuity ould devise. But the darkest blot on ?ussia's record is found in Siberia. Dountless thousands of its own citi :ens and from Its provinces like Poland tnd Finland have been consigned, for io offense whatever, at least nothing hat would be considered such in a civ lized country. to a living death in the nines of Siberia. without the slightest 1ope of relief except by death, held as :hey are by the iron hand of a despot sm that would have hardly been ex ~usable in the dark ages. There is something almost farcical in :he attitude that Russia assumes as :he champion of civilization and Chris ianity. for she stands in sore need of :ivilization herself and, in act at least, s a stranger to the precepts of Chris :ianity. What was the conduct of the Rlussian troops during the recent trou le in China? Looting by wholesale tnd the murder of thousands of help ess and inoffensive Chinese, driving :hem Into a deep river just as if they vere wild beasts. While the Russians vere acting like savages, the Japanese :roops maintained their splendid dis :ipline, and returned -to their own yountry with clean hands and with >ut a single blot upon their record. But >utting all other questions aside, Rus ia is the aggressor and this being the ~ase deserves to lose. Japan clearly ~ees that the time has come when she nust make a supreme effort for na :ional existence and she can be counted >n to struggle to the bitter end. Rus ;ia has no need of additional territory ivhile Japan, with its dense population stands in sore need of an extension of .ts land area. It is very easy to make comparisons. aut the present struggle is being waged ander conditions that have never here tofore existed. In the South African var England had to transport troops 1.nd munitions of war 6,000 miles. but :here was not a hostile vessel to inter ~ere with her transpcrts. It will be im yossible for Russia to send a single nan or gun by water and her sole de pendence is on one single line of rail road, and this is a very long one. Ex Jerience has demonstrated that a sin ile line, even for a comparatively short listance, is not adequate for the trans portation of large bodies of troops. lermany has probably about eight sep trate lines leading to the Rhine and about the same number in the direc :ion of the frontier. facing Russia. In yase of hostilities breaking out between France and Germany they would each iave a million men on the frontier in less time than it would take Russia to put one-tenth that number in Man ~huria. Unless something entirely un expected happens Russia will be eon ~routed with very much the same con litions that'prevailed during the Cri tiean war. She had plenty of troops andl -esources but could riot, owing to the ack of transportation facilities. get :hem to the front quick enough. This being the case, baffled but not crushed. the had to accept the terms offered by F'rance and England. Japan cannot. )f course, exhaust the resources of Russia but stands a good chance of -xhausting all the resources that Rus tia can make available. To call this war a struggle betwveen ?histianity and heathenism is the teriest nonsense. R ussia today is mnure t barrier to the propagation of Chris lanity than is Japan. for a nation, just is it with an individual. that professes :o be Christian and who, at the same ime does- the greatest violence to tihe eachings o. the daster. is a greater anemy to (Christianity than an avowejd lisbeliev e. If it could be accomiplishedl 'ithout bloodshed the partition of the Russian empidre would be a tremendous edin for the cause of ti vilizat ion. for Lhen the Rtussian people, steeped in lense'~ ign,.o ltanand grounid benteath th hel of01 anl iron despotii'mf, would jreat h' the air of fr eedom and happi less and he given the <.ppiortunity to amerg" fromna position that is but lit tiaperior~ to that of the beasts of the field. The people of th.e soumth at least ought 0 nold in <-rvIrai ng- remmbrance the act that wil theyv were engaged in their great struggle for independence Russia used( her in1t'ren"' to ihe .ltermnost to prevecm thle recog aition,. by the other cntries of Etn was but in keepmig mith lair r. tiara pic l Itl' op:pre Si..i atid :igaitiSt Jill erty. Thle r,:op'.;",la; h Ys,-era, whoi~ nay the greia.te-st 'an i- i uxe rat: the ver narie of Rossis: al-- the Jws. that i if they .t:re anything for th. honor I the" w-omn-" 44 tirS Sr- . \\. D. \oods. Dalngo.Feb. ?1I. LO CA. OPTiON % S. THE uIPENSAR Saie Qutes 4nlin concerniing the% E Fruits or Latter Systemi. To the Edito' oa T'he State: A\ow mr to submit t few pertiner ru.>stiur to your readers and the re t iring gene'al assembly: L Is it right and does it show d:-miociratic citizenship. not to say spirit of justice on the part of ou lawmakers, not to allow a free (?) pea ple to vote the whiskey evil from the midst. when in fact in many instance the people did riot vote or petition it establishment? :. Is it not an apparent fact that th whiskey element-ring if you choose-i getting a firmer and deeper hold on ou State institutions and using it fOr p litical ends to the extent that ere Ion it will dominate church, society, busi ness. morals, politics and every insti tution in the land and throw aroun them the mantle of corruption that i sure to lower us in the scale of state hood? Z. Are the ministers of God's hol: wwrit doing their duty by their passive ness in accepting prevailing condition instead of inveighing against them o: all occasions? 4. Can any man, be he friend or fo of the system, in truth lay his hang upon his heart and in presence of hi God say he does not know that th dispensary as it is managed is a de moralizing agent to every legitimat business or institution in the State: de basing its manhood, making drunkard of its youth, yea, of its children even Doing this. does it not bring woe an< misery, suffering and hardships untol to a helpless and innocen:: class-th women and children? 5. Is it for political and sinister gait that our wise men-masters, not ser Wants-can shut their eyes to glarin; facts and refuse to trust those whos suffrage placed them in their exalter position, and force them to be un willing particeps criminis to th traffic? 6. Does the revenue derived offse the evil it generates? Has it mate rially contributed to the State finances, or reduced taxation? Is it no one of the potent factors calling fo more judicial circuits to relieve th congested dockets of those in exist ence? Is It right to apply any por tion of the revenue (blood money) t the education of our children? Has I not created a stronger ring than tha the great (?) Tillman claims to hav overthrown a decade of more ago? Is it not a little strange that. in th light of after events, the palmetto tre was banished from the wiskey flask? Justice. St. George. Feb. 17, 1904. Betting on Cook Fights. To the Editor of The State: In several sections of our fair com inonwealth the practice of cock fight ing is indulged in and ordinarily th usual accompaniment of betting pre vails on such occasions. As a lover of my fellowmen an seeking always their highest welfare, co:*ciuded it might prove helpful if th general assembly enact a law forbid ding the custom, and accordingly wrote one of the representatives abou it. He replied that a bill was intro duced last session which would hav given entire relief from this evil, bu sports in the senate killed it, thoug: passed to its third reading. He add that the senate has at the present ses sion been pulled touching the matte and that it cannot be passed. Disappointed in securing help fror that quarter, I wished to secure advic of some wise, good man as to the bet way of getting the matter on the con science of individuals who indulgei the baneful pastime. A letter from D1 James H. Carlisle of Wofford colleg contains information I beg to shar with your readers. He says: "The great subject of cruelty to ar imals is nor; attracting more attentio than before. It is very importan1 This is one starting point. To tak~ the beautiful, spirited bird. and mak4 him kill or be killed, to excite an amuse some coarse, hardened men, an to decide where some piles of mone Imust go.-this is sad! But tender ap peals are not felt where there is n tenderness: still, these appeals. wisel urged. may in the end make some hr pression. A lift up religiously, course, will generally settle manyC these questions that cannot be met o a low plane." Now. Mr. Editor, let me ask th kind aid of your owvn skilled pen i encouraging the introduction and pass age of a bill affording relief in somr degree. But the enactment of a Ia' forbidding the sport is only cart of au duty; we must have an increasing] strong sentiment current, such as wi be possible alone by intelligent agita tion of the subject. Yours very truly. Civis. Piedmont. S. C. THE CHARLESTON BUDGET. Damage Sulis Against the Consolldate Railway Company. Special to The State. Charleston. Feb. 20.-A numberC damage suits were filed today in Ut court of common pleas against th Consolidated Railway comnany. Tho: Smith wants $5,000 damages far havin been ejected from a car and forced 1 walk two miles to the detriment of hi hat.Te same sum is wanted b Health Detective Nipson, whose byigg was run into by a car. Frank Noart den is suing for $5.000 because he wa run into while riding his bicycle an former Conductor Reeves Ford, wh~ was hurt in a collision between tw cars, asks for $5,000 actual damage and $5.000 punitive damages. Isaa Coughley has entered suit against th American Pipe company for $1,975 fi injuries sustained in digging a trenc1 The approaching term of the court common pleas will be noted for th~ number of like suits whic~h have bee filed. The lay ing off of a number of fiel men at the navty yu rd has c'ausedi sonm disa1pp)ontment and no lit e dis quieltude. hut it is said that the layin off of thes-e awn furnishes the oni foundation for the rumors of a generi suspension of wor'k. No statement coul be gotten from ihe local officials of th' nav'y yard in regard to the rumor thn the secretai'y of the navy had ordere the unexpended balance to he turne into the treasury. It was said at thi nay yard that the men wtere ontl laid off because they were much ahea in thelir work and the rules of the de* partment are against keeping me ~m1 tihe p~ayroll w;ho are not actually work. Adv'hes rece'ived here state that th *our-se of the dispatc h boat Maylt'w may be changed. and in this event Ad mii'al Dewey' an~d staff wviil not visi ('harlesto~n on thej~r wvay to join th North Atlatitic fle'et foi' t' manoeuvre in t ( 'aribbean seai. The temperature tuml.i earily thi minig to a r'eading of :n degrees, fall of :1 de'gtrws from the nmximtn reain of yesterday. Th~e wind wa hight,i ahing avelocity of :36 mile Ora~tory Seleted. S*pecialt to The State. Nin1'ty-ix. Feb. 20.-At the c'losini of th' Nin'oty-Six high sehool. 1o ib held June 5-7. Revr. S. B. Zimmei'mo of Newberry wtill pr'aeh the annue sermon, and H{on. (Tharles F. t3d'ee son of Mor'ganton, N. I'., will delivet the. annual address. 'DAILY PEN SKETCHES OF CAROLINA LIFE. What People of the Middle and Pee Dee Country Are Doing. TWO FIRES OCCUR IT DENMARK The Railrond Signal station Burned. Other New from the Town r Where Railronds Crom'. r s Special to The State. S; Denmark, Feb. 20.-The telegraph or e fice at the junction of the Atlantic s Coast Line and Southern railroads, In r this place. was destroyed by fire this! morning at 7:30 o'clock. The structure was a two-story wooden building, gen - erally known as the tower. All trains over the two roads were signalled from this office and could pass only when the tracks were thrown open by the operator in the tower. The fire started in the ceiling and owing to the fact that there is no water near, could not be extinguished. r The trains were delayed only for a s few minutes, and will stop at that point as they do at other junctions. - Another fire alarm was given yester e day at about noon. In some way a s curtained closet in the residence of Mr. Fuller caught on fire. The room 3 was closed at the time and became filled with smoke, causing every one e to think that the house would neces sarily burn. However, the fire was 1 soon put out, there being considerable' loss from removal of furniture and damage to the house by water. e : AT BEECH ISLAND. e A -Delightfil Entertainment for the. Benefit of the School. t Special to The State. - $eech Island. Feb. 21.-On last Satur s day night all the good people of Beech t Island were assembled at the Downer r hall to obtain some of the pleasures e of a delightful Valentine party, given - by Miss Helen Brice, for the benefit of - the Downer library. By the little sock o arrangement and the serving of re t freshments the neat sum of $25 was t raised. With this and our pro rata e share from the State the management hopes to make some valuable addition e to the already well equipped library. e There has been some discussion about establishing an agricultural experi ment station in each county. If this is done we see no reason why the Downer institute should not be the central station for Aiken county. We are well equipped here, the school owns - enough land to start an excellent ex-: - perimental station. We are interested e in this and trust that our board of - trustees Will pull for it. On last Monday night Mrs. James Q Hammond gave a delightful pit party I in honor of her sister. Miss Nita Black e of Atlanta. Among those in attend - anee were: Misses Helen Brice. Geor I gia Galphin, Helen Davies. Harriet t Davies. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Fair, - Mr. and Mrs. Seth DuPuis. Messrs. R. e B. and W. B. Dunbar. Henry Lake; t M. E. Brockman and Dr. P. H. Eve. s Mrs. Ed. Atkinson gave a delightful s oyster supper last Tuesday night in; honor of her cousin, Miss Belle Bailey r!of Ellenton. Miss Helen Brice has gone to her n home in Blackstock for a short visit. t DEATHS IN EDGEFIELD. nl Popular Young Phyxiein' Wife---A .Child Choked to Death. e Special to The State.- - e Edgefield, Feb. 21.--News has fust -been received here of the death at IMcCormick of Mrs. Fuller, the youthful; wife of Dr. R. M. -Fuller. a lady well known and much beloved, a da~ughter Cof Mfr. Edgar S. Reynolds of Long mire's 'and a sister of Mrs. A. E. Pad d gett of this. town.. .Dr. Fuller is also a young man of Lonigmire's, but moved to McCormick six or eight months' ago as a wider field for his profession. The untimely death of this popular young woman will bring deep sorrow to a very wide circle of relatives and friends. n chrc will be- bur'ied at old Bethany cucnear Longmire's, tomorrow. Another sad death in our section and very sudden was that of a little 2-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Tandy Cul breath of Rehoboth. This child was by some terrible mishap choked to r death. __ _ _ L. W.C. "IPleasant Hill Notes. -Special to The State. Pleasant Hill, Feb. 20.-Mr. Tom Peach, a resident of the Russell place. died yesterday of pneumonia after a short illness. On the 18th the :Rev. S. N. Watson performed the ceremony uniting Mr. Lewis Cole and Miss Alice Beckham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Beckham. IMr. Edmund Tiller and wife of Til ler's Ferry are visiting Mrs. Tiller's fbrother at this place. e Mr. W. A. Beckham and wife of eKershaw are here on a visit to Mr. Bekam's brother, Mr. M. L. Beck g ham. of this place. o Owing to the very cold and rough 8 weather very little farm work has y been done as yet. It is generally talked Y that there will be no increase in the - cotton acreage. As a matter of fact s~ the farmers cannot afford to do it. for d the presumption is that labor is going 0 to be scarce. S Hopkins Happenings. c Special to The State. e IHopkins. Feb. 20.-After several r,: days of excessive cold the weather is more favorable and farm work Is pro I ressing. Oats are small, owing to e the bad weather. County Superintendent of Education E. B. WXallace was in town Thursday d on a tour' of inspection of the country C schools. - Invitations have been issued by the g primary department of the Hopkins y graded school to Washington bdrthday tL exercises. The invitations are in the d shape of a small hatchet decorated e with cherries. This department is un .t; der the very efficient mnanagesnt of di Mrs. Whitlock. There have beei ser di tral additions to the school, wbdch is e in a flourishing condition. 7' Mrs. Br'andenburgh is much imiprov ed, after her recent severe illness.. n Pinewood's R~oads, t Special to The State. Pinewood. Feb. 20.-The public roads Sin this vicinity are being repaired by r te coumty chaingang. which ist well -equippewd with proper implements for' t the w.ork. Their advent has been e hailed with delight, as places on the: oudifrent roads leading into town were -alnmost impassable. andt could nev'er have ben effectively worked by the ptlublic Sir. R. H. Johnson. a farmer 3iving: near hl. was married on Thitrsday. ev eninug to Miss Nor'velle Stukee, of Pa.xvilie. The Rev Mr. -Huggins offi einted. The continued severe winter has re tatrd.d fa rmng operations aind for the samne cause the small grain crop is very backward. 1The weather bureaut in its for'eena 1issued Saturday had this ominous pre - diction for yesterday: "Rlain!"' An'l r the predittin wa verfid from t a. THE HILL COUHTRY OF SOUTH GAROLINA Events of Greatest Interest in the Busy Piedmont Section. FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS The State E'ecutive ('ominittee MeetM in Newberrr-Deleg.ates to the Na tional Cathering in St. i.nuln. Special to The State. Newberry, Feb. 21.- The State execu tive committee of the Fed-ration of Women's Clubs of South ('arollnr. met here Thursday night at the residence of Mrs. R. D. Wright for the purpose of arranging a programme for the State federation. which will convene here on Tuesday, June 14th. The meetings will be held in the auditorium of the new building of Newberry col lege. On Tuesday night the meeting will be opened with an informal re ception. Wednesday night will be given over to the art, music and civic committees. Thursday night the crown ing event of the session will be a very large and elegant reception. The following delegatesr j ap pointed to represent South 'r--lina in the National Federatior. o:nen's clubs, which will convene in:. Lo.uis: Mo., in May: Mrs. Julius Visanska. of, Charleston: 'Miss Blanche Jones of Co lumbia: Mrs. M. F. A osell of Green ville: - Mrs. Joseph Roddey of Rock Hill and Mrs. L. T. Nichols of Chester.' Mrs. James Orr Patterson of Greenville, president of the State federation, is a delegate by virtue of her office. The alternates are: Miss Helen Mower. Newberry; Mrs. L. M. Cole man, Charleston: Mrs. A. Robertson, Columbia; Mrs. Tra B. Jones. Lancas ter; Mrs. J. R. Vandiver. Anderson; Mrs. S. L. McLaughlin. Spartanburg. Four new clubs were federated. They were the Fortnightly club of Newberry, Rotary Book club of Greenville, the Old Homestead of Darlington, the Alumnae association of Mrs. Smith's school. Charleston. After the business of the committee had been disposed of Mrs. R. D. Wright 'gave a delightful reception in honor of the visitors. At a joint meeting of the federated clubs of the town. Mrs. S. B. Jones, president of Woman's club: Miss Ber nice Martin, chairman of ' Bachelor Maids: Mrs. L. W. Floyd. president of Fortnightly club, were made a gen eral committee to arrange for the en tertainment of the State federation. Mesdames T. C. Pool, W. If. Hunt, O. B. Mayer. C. D. Weeks. A. T. Brown, Misses Fannie McCaughrin, Lalla Mar tin. Cora Dominick. Nina Carlisle, Helen Mower, were appointed chair men of the sub-committees. Their committees will be appointed nearer the time for the meeting. INTERSTATE Y1. * C. ., G4THERING There Are Two Hundred Delegatex In Attendance at Spartanburg-Bad Weather Prevails. Special to The State. Spartanburg, Feb. 21.-There are 200 delegates attending the interstate Y. M. C. A. North and South Carolina are well represented by an earnest, active body of workers, young men who are directing their efforts to the advance ment .of moral and religious thought and life. Today's weather has been the very worst of a season of. unchangeable mid winter time. The sleet fell nerst, and the ground was frozen over in a slip pery dondition: on icy rain succeeded. Despite this inclemency, large congre gations were at the several leading Protestant church this morning to hear, instructive and helpful addresses from the prominent workers of the Y. M. C. A. in atendance on the meetings. A mass-meeting for men was held this afternoon at the opera house. C. C. Michener was the speaker of the occasion. He is from New York and a leader in T. M. C. A. work. He made a strong address, emphasizing the adherence to Christianity along all lines of business, and asserted that the man with the right kind of charac ter has a decided advantage over oth ers. Gambling, drinking and impur ity were touched upon and in an earn est. effective manner Mr. Michener dis coursed for an hour or more to one of the largest male audiences ever as sempled in the opera house. As a re sut fully. Z00 Christians expressed ther intention of leading better lives, and 150 "sinners" signified that they wished the prayers of the Christian people. In a brief meeting. held after the address at least 35 of the latter pr .'s-."I con version. Dr. Van Dyke. the lectw--. : ssed the convention at Con vem ." 'a-:; thi evening. P. -I. F. THE SEAR EASTEBD TROUBLE Bulgaria Trying to Keep Out of a Fight, According to Their Agent in Paris. Paris, Feb. 21.-M. Zolollovitz, the Bulgarian agent in Paris, made the following statement today: "I can give the formal assurance that Bulgaria has more than ever re solved to do nothing to compromise the peace. It is with great satisfac tion that we have seen the powers elab Orate a plan for reforms in Macedona and we wish, without reservation., the? reforms realized. Above all. with this moment when the powers are follow ing with anxiety the events in the fa east. Bulgaria will avoid doing any thing that would cause the belief that she proposes to profit by the crisis. The Bulgarian people have unanimously; expressed warm sympathy with Rus "Tt is unfortunate that Turkey per-' ists in her regrettable hostility. Be-: ides the annoying pouice measures sie - has taken against our people our coin-. merce suff.-rs serious obstacles: and inally, the continued concentration of Turkish troops along our frontier and: the mobilization of troops at strategi ~oints is menacing us." M. Zolollovitz. said there is a wa party in Constantinople which hasa preponderating inlluenc'e and (IiOted from consular reports to the effect that the Turks feai' a military uprising it war with Bulgaria is not declared. "In the light of these facts," M. Zolollovitch c'oncluded, "it is natural that Bulgar'ia, too, should he prepar Late .enator Hill's Widow Dlend. Washington. Feb. 21.-Mrs. Hill. the wido~ of the late Senator Ben H. Hill f eogia. who has been ill here fo om time, died here today at the res-I ience of her daughter. Mrs. H. H. Thompson. in the 79th year of her age At her bedlside when the end came also w er~ her daughter aind two sons, Ben H. Hill and ud. D. Hill. Accompanied y them the remains were taken to At lnta. where the funeral services will he held on; Wedlnesday at 11:30 a. mn.. St. Angela's RcadenY. 4pr-oint to The State. Aier . Feb. :U.---Thme annual enter-, :ainment of St. Angla's academy carne ! t aff on Friday afternoon and evening , efore a large and appreciative audi Loe. r That the numbers were varied, high-1y 21assel and superbly rendered is as- t ;efnted to by all who were present. Es- t pecially is this praise' well founded and rlattering inl view if the fact rhat in the brief lifr. of the academy there have been no pupils as yeL beyond the ! third term in music. declamation and voice culture: indeed, the great ma- r ority are first and second term pu-|t ils. Thes olos and choruses were ex- I cellent, as the most fastidious could ? xpect under the circumstances. The boys and girlselasses made their first bolw to the- public in pleasin chorus., Before many years they will; figure successfully in person as they did last Friday evening "in gobs." For brevity sake, the special points r~f excellency of individual pupils, Or I: numbers, cannot be emphasized in de tail.. It is but fair to point out in pass ing, however, the elecutionary profici ency displayed in teh scene from Schiller's "Mary Stuart:" the beauty of the arias and recitations in Longfel- t low's "Wick of the Hesperus;" the. control of voice and breath in the "An- I' gel's Serenade." "Grass and Roses," ' and the selected Terzette; then thei, general excellence of the instrumentaly numbers. St. Angela's is rapidly becoming a'* stronghold of intellectual power among the youths of this ection. Judging from the splendid exhibition of last Friday it is safe to assume that, as the work progresses, the patrons and1 friends of the school will be welcomed again to still a better programme and a more excellent rendittion. A Fatal Wreek. /Kankake, Ill., Feb. 21-James Mar tin of Kankake. Ill., was killed, and five other passengers were injured in a wreck of a Knights of Columbus spe cial train today on the Kankake and Seneca railway near Wauponset, due to a spreading of a frog. One passenger coach containing 25 people turned com pletely. Martin was hurled through a window. The special was en route to Morris, where the Knights of Colum bus were to participate in an installa tion. A Government. Victory. San Domingo, Feb. 21.-Yesterday a French merchant steamer entered the river, convoyed by a launch from the United States cruiser Columbia. The rebels abtsained from firing on the vessel. This morning the government troops. attacked the rebels outside the city ? and severe firing ensued, lasting many hours. The rebels were rfoced to re tire, leaving many killed and wounded on the field. The action resulted in a complete victory for the government and the siege of the city is considered to have been raised. Suspleioun Ciremaitances. New York, Feb. 21.-Following the death late tonight of Mrs. Florence Myers, 46 years old, from morphine poisoning at a boarding house in West Forty-sixth street, the woman's hus band and a colored nurse were arrested. 1 They are said to have administered morphine tablets to Mrs. Myers. This they admit, according to the police, but allege that the woman was addicted to the use of morphine. The husband is Col. Ftederick Myers, a veteran of the Civil war 71 years old, this being his] birthday. The dead woman is said to have been Col. Myers' fifth wife. "PISGAH FOREST" RESERVE. .. Vast Primlal Wild Now an Adjunct to B~ltmore Estate. Charlotte Observer. Raleigh, Feb. 6.-No greater interest has ever been felt in any hunting pre serve in the south than in the magnifi cent one of George W. Vanderbilt. which is know as "Pisgah Forest," and which embraces a large section of theI county of Transylvania,. in one of the most exquisite sections of all the noble mountain country, of which Western North Carolina affords. It is certain' that this park or preserve has had much to do with the now great move ment for the national part to be known as the Appalachian Forest Reserve. This originated in Vanderbilt's two great developing ideas, shown first in his Biltmore estate and next in his Pisgah Forest. The latter is a true' forest, Mr. Vanderbilt having been so fotunate as to discover a place where nature had been almost unmolested ex cept by occasional fires, and then to secure this and gently aid her in work ing her own sweet will. Everybody knows about Biltmore, and its chateau. the finest private residence in all Amer ica, but few know anything about Pis gah Forest, and so this will be a story about the latter, the wvriter having spent a fortnight there in the most de lightful manner in the world. Pisgah Forest is about 45 miles long~ and embraces something over 100.000j acres. It takes its name from its domi nating peak Mount Fisgah, the most perfect mountain amid the hundred of mountains in Western North Caro lina. being a true cone, a landmark amid all the peaks in the vast, irregu lar and lofty, plateau betweeen the Blue Rridge and the great Smoky Mountains. There are various way of getting into Pisgah Forest; one by Asheville and Biltmore and by a very fine road constructed by Mr. Vander bilt to Pisgah Lodge; the other by way of Hendersonvilie and Davidson's riv er. up a rather ste~p and rough road, but one full of charms and surprises,I along the French Broad. Davidson's river and Avery's creek. To the na tives Pisgah Forest is know as Mr. Vanderbilt's place, and its boundary is* marked by a three-strand barbed-wire fence. The best wvay to see Pisgah Forest is on foot or horseback, prefer ably the former, as in this way the full: beauty of the place can best be seen. Go where one will there is ever the sound of falling water, the rush or the 1 fall of the mountain streams, which] most off the time is invisible, high over' head or in a gorge, perhaps a thousand feet below. Going by the D~vidson river way, when the crest ot' the "gap"1 in the great mountain wvall is reached, i there is a glorious view to the south-1 ward, far into South Carolina, and to the northward over the Vanderbilt do main. The heart of this great forest has been known as the "Pink Beds"] ever since white settler's went into that mountain region. The origin of the name is in sonme dispute, but very probably comes from the color of the] rhododendron, which is so profuse as to make the whole region look like a cosevtory during the months lof' May and June. The mountaineers call the place the "Pink Beds," and under i this namew it appears in the geological1 maps. It is a sort of table land, be tween high and nearly parallel- ridges, threaded by streams as bright as a1 looking glass. all running in beds of: solid stone, literally like flights of1 steps, and which seem like quicksilver as they flash or fall from under their lofty sources. Pisgah Forest cost Mr. Vanderbilt something like a quarter of a million dollars. or about $2..30 per acre. Most' of it he se'ured at once, and the other portions were bought in large or small tracts, so that now his rangers are the only denizens of the wide area. There are live of these, all picked mountain ees, good riders and dead shots, to1 whom the mountains are like an open book. These men have many duties. They must see that the boundary fence. 300, miles lonig, is all right; must keep out poa.chers. look after the game.;1 whether in fur ori feather, and also aifter the trout, and. further keep an, eye on timber stealers. Poachers woul ome from near ndarn to get he tront, with which the streams are uperbly stocked, killing them by Fx iloding Iytainite ins the dep pools. Cher' the big trout lurk, or . to kill he deer, the turkeys or the grouse, rhich are known in the mountains as pheasants. The trained ears of these angers hear the explosion of dyna rite a great distance, and they track he offenders as a bloodhound would rack them. Into other counties, and ven into Tennessee. Through this great Pisgah reserve, vhich now is leased for use by one f the must exclusive hunting and rish ng clubs in this country, there are 75 riles of wagon road and :75 miles of rails, the latter leading alongside each rout stream. These roads and trails xre always kept cut out and ready or use. There are miles of what are mown as "shooting paths" 15 feet ride, which branch out right and left rom certain of the roads, so that when leer are driven by the dogs they must ross these paths, and by means of the atter alone can they be seen in time to fford a shot. Deer can stand in the -hododendron thickets in 10 feet of a iunter, and yet be absolutely invisible, ;o dense and so perfect is this paradise if game in which there is so much of ild animal life. The foot prints of he deer are constantly seen, and once even superb specimens were notied in . group, drinking from Looking Glass reek. High overhead a golden eagle mas soaring and later on the ranger ihowed a mounted specimen of this ioble bird, which he had killed with is revolver as he sat in a tree top 80 rards away. Mr. Vanderbilt began to acquire Pis gah Forest 12 years ago, and he romptly began the work of restocking he streams with trout, in the simplest nanner, that is; by protection, without Lny artificial protection. In some of he streams rainbow trout have been )laced, but these are not nearly so atisfactory as the native trout. The iumber of trout in this particular re ,ion was years ago incredibly great. n the old days. before there was any rotection, there were caught In two lays by three fishermen 1,650 trout, and nost of this needles slaughter was ab ;olute waste. Pisgah Forest has large y been chosen as the place for the study of forestry, under the direction f the very talented Dr. Schenck, who mucceeded Gifford Pinchot, now the read forester of the United States. As ill the world knows, Mr. Vanderbilt. as at Biltmore, which adjoins and with its 10,000 acres forms in a way i part of Pisgah Forest. an arboretum Af over 300,000 trees and'shrubs. Pis ,ah Forest is the complement of this rboretum, and in these magnificent woods Dr. Schenck has a lodge, where he spends much of the summer ith :s class, making a tree study un r wonderfully favorable conditions. these classes are youths of wealth and nigh social position, who study forest y,'a study sorely needed in this coun try, where there is so much destruc tion. Nowhere east of the Pacific slope are there nobler trees-tulip. trees or poplars, Spanish and red oak, hem locks, chestnuts, black walnuts, cu :umbers and pines of half a.dozen kinds, rise in stately symmetry, this being one place where the lumberman has never injured the primeval forest. (t is this great covering of woods, which gives that tender blue to the mountains, which is the reason for the name of the Blue Ridge. There is a trail to the very peak of Pisgah, and on the/mountain crest are found lovely meadows, lush with ten derest grass and studded with - dwarf Lrees, wind-blown and indescribably picturesque. The trail alqng this crest leads by Pnsgah lodge, the finest col ection of log houses in this country. built in imitation of Swiss chalets, only the finest selected logs being used, and the furniture being all of native work and of mountain woods. Sportsmen will be charmed with this lodge, with its stately dining hall, the walls of which are covered with dressed skins of the deer, fox, wild-cat, skunk, etc., mainly those of the wild-cat, all these animals having been shot or trapped in Pisgah forest. while great eagles peer down from .the beams upon the visi tors. The view of Biltmore house from Pisgah peak or front from this lodge is nearly like a vision of enchantment. The. house seems to hang in the middle istance, like Aladdin's palace, snowy white and vast, and gyite near It is Asheville. Four counties corner on this peak. Southward there spreads the unbroken mass of Pisgah forest. to the eastward is the rich valley of the famous.French Broad' river, bounded by the cloud touching wall of the Blue Ridge. while to the westward there is a wild and rugged view of mountain - piled upon mountain, finally bordered by the Great moky range, which towers like, the wall of a world. Within the sweep of ision one sees the culmination of the great Appalachian system with no less than 43 peaks exceeding 6,000 feet in ~ltitude, there being the Smoky, the Balsam and the Black ranges, Mt. iitchell in the Black dominating them all with its 6711 feet. In its entirety the view is the very noblest which the astern part of America affords. The conservation of game in the for est will be promoted still further, as great care is to be taken in limiting the "kills" whether of fish or fowl. The grouse have greatly increased. hardly any hunting having been done in the dozen years, and there are many turkeys. Squirrels are, of course, abundant, both the gray and the small er brown ones, the latter being univer sally known in the North Carolina mountains -as the "boomer." There is another kind of game .in this region, which is not so much esteemed, this being the ,rattle-snake, which shares. with the general public the appreciation f the Pink Beds. The rattlers are of the black variety, and while short are nusually large, three inches in diamn ner sometimes. One of the rangers keeps a tally-stick with a cut for each rattler killed, and said that during one season he killed 26 himself; his three employes saying they had killed as many more. A watchful eye is, therefore, neces tary when one is out of a road or a :rail. The rattlers, as a rule, are "very peaceable," as the mountaineers say, o much so that when they think per ions do not see them they lie quiet and lo not coil and rattle. That there is really little danger from these snakes s shown by the fact that surprisingly ew persons are bitten and of these but tew die, whiskey being instantly taken as an antidote. Mr. Vanderbilt has other holdings of ands, not connected with Plsgah for est or with Biltmore and its forest, some of these holdings lying to the sorthwestward. There is another game preserve in this State, this lying along Linvite river, which is over in an fher mountain plateau, the owners be .ng perhaps a score of gentlemen, some )f whom are New Yorkers, others be ng residents of this State. The streams there have been restocked with trout. )ne way into this preserve is by Blow ng Rock and along the Yonahiossee urnpike, which is considered by good judges to be one of the finest mountain oads in America and over which old time stages ran. Fred A. Old.s. Troopa I.unding in Coren. Paris. Feb. 22.-In a- dispatch from ~arbin the correspondent of the Matin ays Gen. Velkoff, vwho is on guard long the Mongolian line, has arrived here with Cen. Dasilevski, of the en ineer corps. Half of the Japanese fleet, the cor espondent says, is covering the landi g of troops in Corea and the other