The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 10, 1896, Image 1
VOLUME. VII.
GLIIPSlsS
OF TRAVEL.
A LKCTL'ItE DKlflVlCIIKI) AT THK
. WJNTllKOl* NOHMAL COLLEGE
Atlloclc 1IJI1, C., March 27, 18WJ
By l'rof. K. s. Joy n en, of tbo
South Carolina College.
- , ? ? - ? ??' ? -
?r? frien<^? my you up friouda of tho
\\ inthrop Normal ami Industrial Co1>
lego especially, andWleuda and fellow
citizens;-*- It is for ino a proud and
delightful event to staud for tho first
Mmoou this platform. Tho Winthrop
.Normal Collego in my latest love, and
*s ia usually tho cfiao with an old man,
it is my darling,
^ /X'o bavo used my influence, however
small, toward tho erection of thin
school, artd to bo nldo to look forward
to spending perhaps tho remainder oi
tiny days in watchin- itn growth, is the
richest reward for which I can look as
the roanlt of a laborious and not en
tirely an unfruitful lire.
J oun still say that I feel that my
befit work has been tlr.t douo in the
sorvioo of this school, and my richest
row aid is that which X havo gathered
in seeing its progress, nnd am now
gathering.
Tho young ladies at tho Winthrop
Normal Collego in Columbia used to
call mo "( Iraud- fatlior. t" f. suppose,
? then, as thia' CoJIego ia tho daughter ol
that institution, that I am these girls'
grcat-grand-fatlier, aud that thoy are
my great-graiid-daughters, 1 nm as
tonished at tho wonderful inereaso ol
my posterity iu bo short a time. It it
amazing.
I am sorry to o?y that their grand-pa
i.cftn givo tliem uo other portion thau a
heart full of lovo and good wishes for
each aud every ouo of them.
80 when I was requested by the
President to como hero and givo a
lecturo relating <0 my recent summer
trip, how ojul.d 1 refuse? Beside my
.lovo for tho eollft&o aw u moniber of the
v. Board of Trustees, I wished to visit the
school in an unoUicial capacity; to set
the President in his great work of car
rying out tho lubor which ho has un
dertaken.
?So hero T nm. And it is nql-jfl'thc
^ character of a travi Her -t>r^sightseei
that 1 hnvo como. Tor - in my recent
journey 1 took nbQuotes, aud it would
bo impossible for me to describe aftiiyl
trip. I can only tell you my pcrsonaTr
experiences as a traveller, and if 1 ust
tho perpendicular pronoun of iho lirsi
person, singular, too often, I beg you
to cxcuso mo. 0
; ~ It waft a pecTiliar sensation to revisit
tho old scenes and country with whicl)
1 had beou familiar forty years ago,
when tho world and T woro young to
gether. For over thirty years I had
dreamed of this visit; butwhen at lasl
I' was pecuniarily able to go, I had
?waited too lon^l i. had become too fai
separated old life. Butoi
this purely personal feeliug, I think
yo?yL^i? hardly expect mo to spe<ftr.
My intention of going was formed
by an accident. A friend wrote, 4,1
am going abroad this summer, can vou
not go with me?" My wif0 said "Win
not?" I repeated, "Why not?" and sc
jt was dccidod thut I should go. I had
wished to visit my old hnnuts before
but was unablo, financially; but-now
through the kindness of tho Presideni
and faculty of tho Honth Carolina Col
loge, thut diflicnlty was romoved, and
I f on od myself milking preparutioitf* tc
gb. I hardly realized ."that I wi^Tgo.
i^Tt and it was only by repeating th<
fact again aud again thot I discovered
that I was actually about to revisit my
beloved college home.
.On the 15th of ,Tuuo I embarked on
tlio steamer Feliciana from New York
to Hamburg. Tho line was one ol%t
best, though it had no greyhounds oi
tho ocean in it. Consequently tin
voyage took ton days instead of thrct
or four. Tho thip was not crowded
With passengers,* bnt wo had onlj
enough to be pleasant, nud they were
all intelligent rind kindly. It has
como Co pass that tho ocean voyaj^iit
one of tlio most pleasant parts of the
modern European tour. It is delight
ful to bo on board a ship with noth
_ing, absolutely nothing, to do. There
are games of nil sorts on dock and bo
l??w, aud a splendid 1 b?*ary for the
thoughtful. " \\ hen tho great ship
passed majestically -oni/qf the noblest
harbor in tho wOrlil, there tvas a great
waving q/ handkorchielh to friends on
shore, aud I thought of niy own dist
ant home. At last wo faw tho great
StatuA of Liberty, enlightening Iht
world, pass from sight/ and wo wore
fairly started on tho voyage. Of that
there if) not much to tell, except that
it was intensely pleasant, for lifo on
?'?ch a steamer is always delight- 1
1 hero were all kinda of games,
amnsements and music, while the fresh
air ?tres--OFO nn-Tippfriito which,
though supplied flvo times a day with
delightful food, never satiated.
Sweet music Charms the dusk v twilight,
aoa^jjlh pcrfcct rent day after day,
sweet sleep nlRLt aflor night, with the
cool fre?li air aln ay*, I thought pity,
r ugly of tho poor creatures at ltome,
sweltering in tho heat, and song tc
walccfuIucM by the ubiquitous mos
qrfito. ,
Ypn tuko no note of time or of tlr*
?osa, ? "But ail pleasant things >uu?t
oo?ne to an end, and at last we set thd
Ant lighthouse on the shore of . Eng
. land. W* /Wave at last reached the
?other KL
? We soon pss^d into the North 8e%?|
a short time we saw thf |
1 of Dover and Calais. Here
t a *4 franca fa nnlrtwantr.
tbeae two countries aoi
u4 leading the
Btill w? go r
ahi|? rtwti ?$>
of Hs?
lmrg, at about 8 o'clock in tho mora*
>"g.
Thou wo land, and onco mure .1
pkoo juy foot on torru ilrma. .Onco
inoro I am iu the -city 1 loved no well.
There in tho caelum houao to.
through, ' and after much ecnrch 1
found n big German woman hitting ol
my modest trunk, and I paid a big tux
on half a dozon cigars, wliilo another
pnHHongor wont through. scot free with
u whole box full in hiH poekot. lie
couuoled me, however, by oftcring mo
a handful.
I am onoo more in Hamburg, but
tho difference between tho Hamburg
ot to-day. and tho Hamburg of forty
years ago can hardly bo described. II
\v?b thiiu the centre a tunall king
dom;- now tho gVeat city uf a great
c<;i>r?try.
*1 am driveu to tho Hotel Alintio. It
was tho hotel wliero I x?*>ed to board in
tho long ago. To my surprise ifc is
etill standing, but bo surrounded by
now httucturcs that I hardly recog
nize it.
a * '?
A l> r a nob of tlio rivor Elbo, has beer
made into a sort of bike, ftnd in honoi
of the reeont vinit of tho Crowj.'
Prince, ft vast floating pavfllion lnu
been erected. Every night this woi
thronged with people coming iu scarel
of auuiseme^tf^-JUmlies nro always
among tho parlies, M,v window I6okoc
oiit on this hike, and I u'eod to wutci
tho vast numbers of pleasure-seekers.
Thero are other pleasure resorts, too.
Beer gardons wlioro tho people conn
to rent unci ilrink th?fr hcer. But, 3
think, where are tho workers? Ah.
there is whoro the Germau peopl<
show their thrift. ' These arc tho work
evH. They havo tho happy faculty oi
working nil day aud resting all tin
evening. Those pleasure resorts arc
their resting places. Tho whole fam
ily, when tho day's work is done, conn
hero for rest, amusotnont and cnf<r>y
jnent. Tho husband brings his news
paper, the wife lrer sewing, tho growc
daughter her uovel, and tho children
their toys. Hero they find what thoj
seek, namely: rest, fresh air, music
aud enjoyment.
But for mo tho chief interest ol
Hamburg was in tho splendid indus
trial schools for potli boys and girls.
Tho induiHxiul school for men,' witL
the great mdwuuo, laboratory, librarj
,and othor places for work, occupiet
one of tho most beautiful places in the
city. I spent ono morning in thit
Hchool. I went through room aftei
room with ever increasing admiration.
1 cannot describe it at all, for it woulo
4^ko a book of largo sizo to tell all 1
Baw*" tlral morniug. Everything that
wealth or experienco'could suggest was
thero. Models, appliances for science,
art, everything for Urn training of th<;
mind, heart, will and strength wat
there.
It was with still growing interest
that I visited tho industrial school for
girls, for always beforo mo was the
ipiage of tho Winthrop Normal Collogo.
It is on ft much smaller Bcalo than the
ono ?f liko character for boys. At
(his school I spent two entire days. 3
taw everything that was done, and ex
amined it with much caro and interest.
Of this, however, I havo already writ
ton-at length, for tho good of this es
pecially, and other industrial schoole
iu general. '
I am happy to say that my work on
this subject was approved not only
here, but ftbroad. Tho observatiom
thero recorded ftro full of iustructiou,
for'in them I put down nil my reeol
lections and. experiences of both
schools. These schools of course made
mo think of our own schools. The
United States is behind these f6Yoign
conptrics in tho matter of tho educa
tion of her daughter?, but wo Honth
orne.rs_J0J:o far behind the other por
tions of this country in this matter.
Now that the chief obstruction to that
education, negro slavery, is removed,
we should wake' up aud make up for
our lost time. Tl^ industrial school*
for girls in the Soflfh havo not only to
tit women for tkoir work, but also to
mako thcif work honorable. I wir.licd
that tho President of this institution,
nith his experience, his lioon insight
into tho working of such schools, could
havo been with mo when I was in Ham
burg; but I shall mako it my duty as a
member of tho B^ard of Trustees to
urge that wo find houio way of raising
the ncco-?sary funds to serfd him- to
Europe to visit these places of iustruc
tiou. Wo would not- only bo willing
and ready to pay his expeneop, but
those of a travelling companion, whom,
I regret to say, ho has not yet choscn,
eo far as I know. ?
But Hamburg was not tho end of
my journey. It was only ?>n the way
to Berlin, which was my destination.
It- was a beautiful summer morning
when I took passage from Hamttorg to
Berlin. Tho -country through whioh
I passed was., at first flat, but it soon
began to get billy. ' The "Crops wero
jinn ted id May squares and were ut
different stages of growth, bo that tlio
efifect was very beautiful- Not a fenoe .
was to be seen and the whole county
seemed to-be under cultivation. But
of these thinga I then tbonght but lit-,
tie. Mftfieart was in BcrHu. I look
ed wM?;breathlesH interest for o*e*y
sign of the approach to the ?ityr The
conductor soon began to call out the
name# 0 1 the suburban totrlfc and I
waited impatiently for Berlin. At
tftgjljKifh ? aenee of utter atrangcncee
tstepped off the oar. The old Hlm
btwg station, thirty-flve yeara ago wae
well known to me. I felt like a stran
ger in a strange land. Aa I looked
? round me I wae atruck -by the vast
umber 0 1 new bnildings bnilt both of
4ikrbMna .top* I ??
Rod ?U diina tan" J oM hot*).
?lre?ta. that Iinwia the place where I
used to walk eo JSMUL 7**? ?J
my euTfptee tho old hofcl
standing though tho o*tkw *aa only
? 4* . . **
before tearing it <lowp. The landlord
who niei mo was tho son of the odo
who kept tho hotel thirty^oven year!
a go and when ho heard who 1 whn he
gavo mo the brst room in tho house
for hull price. I et),u hardly desoribe
my feelings when. 1 sut down
in ' the samo room, at tho same
table, wliero 1 hud sat thirty*
gown years ago. I went to tho
old house where I "Red to lodge, the
old house itself stood quito uninjured,
but it was kept by a straugor. The
landlady who had eharg8 of it when 1
was hero before, i found living m the
oountrv with a nioco who hail >* fumil\
'of hi n ail children. This lady had been
a soi t of second mother to mo during
my college days, and 1 was very mud
attached to hor, and when I met hei
out in tho country 1 beoanio as focid ol
her relatives aSil was of my own fam
ily almost. This was tliq only ono ol
I my formor friends I?? met during my
! whole trip. It was very queer to walk
in my old bedroom and find it to bo ?
busy insurance office. 1 saw eovei a)
times familiar names on tho store sigm
but it always turned out to bo tho sou
or tho graudson of tho liwiu who had
been there in my time.
When I had been in Berlin beforo it
was a small cnpitol of a small kingdom.
Now it wos tho largo eontro of a great
empire. When I was thero beforo il
had a population of about a quarter ol
a million. Now there were at least
two million inhabitants.- What i>
wondorfnl. growth in thirty-seven
yooJ'k. Bismiirk and Moltke are tin
/'ftYcliite.ctH of this great country. Hit
inhabitants aro proud of their growth,
and they have every reason to bo so
Berlin is now tho third city in tin
world An population., I n some respects
it is tho first. Tho finest garden in
tho wo^ld is situated just outside ot
Berlin, in the general distribution ol
wealth, health and happiness, Berlin
ranks foremost. Of this groat city,
' fnore than ono half is self supporting.
But I would toll you something ol
tho groat University. This alono is a>
it was when 1 wnS a student attending
its lectures. The only, difference was
that not ono of tho students whom i
knew were thero and of all tho pro
fessors, only ono of them was there
when I was thirty-eertcn years ago, ana
1 only know'him slightly, never having
been to any of his lectures nnd I did
not moot him. If I had more time 1
would try to describo this great Uni
vorsity to you, but now this is inipos
sible. It would bo as impossible for
me to describe this to you as tho grout
oitv itself. Turning to tho catalogue,
however, w'O find tho following facts.
in thiK theological department w<
find that IheroJuro: Professors, 17;
Lecturers, J. 2 ; /Courses of study, 37;
Students;
In tho Jaw department: Professors,
17; Lecturers, 9; Courses or study, 51 ;
Students, 1,017. . .
Iu tho medical department: 1 rofes
sors, G0; Lecturers, 13; Courses ol
study/227; Students, 1,100,
L?tho school of philosophy^ Profes
sors, 95. Lecturers, HT*t Courses ol
atuilv, 374; Students, 1,551.
In tho school of Oriental languages:
Professors, 19: Lecturers, 49.
Total, Professors, 179; Lecturers,
J9.0; Courses of study, 738.
This shows a total of 389 teachers,
with a total of -1,807 matriculated stu
dents, and 3,845 unmatriculnted,
which makes 8,052 students altogether.
Now there aro no less than forty -six
dilTerent Seminaries for tho. teachers
of tho sciences, etc. Some of
theso aro froe, while spnio charge tui
tion. The student is free to take /by.
bourse ho wishes, to atteud lecturA or
not, as ho pleases, nnd to apply fo* ?
degree anywhere. But^f-ho wishes his
dogreo ho must be regular. This laxi
ty is allowed in tho largo Univorsity,
but, in the , schools moro regularity
is required ilmu even wo have. The
schools of lower grades aro yery strict,
and no ono is allowed to- enter the
University, or to be matriculated un
less li'i has passed through theso lower
riOhools.
' None of these colleges allow women
to matriculate Iu a few cases, tacit
permission has been given but in no
east) is it allowed" by the rules of the
college. Most of those who have en
tered ha\o been Aniericautf, or German
women following thcir.exaraplo.
Theso Universities aro supported
by the government, as aro all tho edd
ciUioual institutions lor men for the
liyfumua rocogmzo tlio gieul luc? tliul
Education is government. None of the
Schools for girls aro supported by the
government, however, not oven the
industrial schools. Thero i? no comple
tion between any of tho schools, not
oven between vrivate schools, because
they aro all under government protec
tion. Every teacher in publio and
private schools must bo a graduate of
tho government normal pchooi.
Tho universities' of Germany nr6 hor
glory. Without her schools she would
never httvo rison to that height which
she has attained. ?
MaySouth Carolina too, learn that
eduoiuion is power, and as fche has
Wcted this noblo bnilQing for tlieT
^dncfttion of her daughters, m?y ihoy
all; in after years, rise and bless her, ,
and spur her on to still greater achieve- J
meats. - f i
The Cotton Crop Movtnxn^
Socrctary Ureter'* Now O^wm p&ion ex
change atatootcDl: 8<,uilAv^l^'rna?ernent
at thirteen leading Interior Wwij*: /For '06,
ncolpta 16,516 hftlftc; *hlr>ro?nta 2$a&3 bal<'?,
fttock 240,419. For M r*y>lpt? 29,767;
rnflftu 54, 3W bale*; stoalc- 241.041. For '06,
ro-olpta 11,047; ?blpmoutfr 16,020; stock 206,
173 bake.
Beoretary n$K*r'? dtotion crop movo
ra*ot rrc.m 6#p<AT>b*r l*t, 1895. to Sftrcb
?lw. 1806, chow*: IVifrt rardpta 4,786,?
JM'bala* Against 7.337,601 lant y?ar, 5.
!?0,003 yrar before U#*t ?n4 6,53*, 616 for
ttac Mne titac In 1699] oVArlaod* to mills ami
Caoato 735,676 *?AI not 074,526, 730,537 and'
" " * " ~ *- * h ? -- " t
3>5,363, Boutbfrn* m!H taking '*c?u?Tto ol
' oon4?(ni*tf<?n nt H <nth?fm ontf ort<, C30.M1
affAturt OOO.W, S
*1 'W at c.o6"ol
6,104.637. 6,616,
PALMSTTO. .'er_
POINTERS.
OIVK Ul? Til hi IK J in.
New Kiifilatid Mills Kind They Ciui'l
, Ooiupoio With tin* South,
vNow England cotton mills aro giving
up tho tight against competition in
Georgia ami tho Carolina* ami will
soon ocaao to manufacture coarse
cloths.
Tho Lawronoo Mauu'taotnring com
pany of Lowell, Mass. , ?/> no of tho big
'gest plants in that, taction, stopped
making cloth out i rely. Tho diroetora
decided to rofnnd to tho stockholders
half of tho capital stock, shut down
half of tho mill and make nothing but
hosiery, ?
This is only the .'Irst of a sericn. Other
Now l'.uglaud mills will very soon liavo
to shut down. 'JJeeasurer Baker of the j
Luwrrtnoo company says that this is a
I crisis which hun been ponding for tlireo
years. Ho says that tho low wages
[mid for Southern mill labov in tho
?auso of tho trouble hero. Tho cost
:?f the labor thoro is 3D per cent, lower
('?linn it is hero. Consequently the
Southern manufactnrorft an advantage
.iver those of tho Noith of from 1 1-2
to 2 cents per pound.
Most of these mills aro located in
the Caroliuus and Georgia, although
nil tho Southern status aro manufac- !
taring cotton.- '.'Mr. Baker Kays that
tho Lawrence Manufacturing company
never expects to return to tho niaiiu
faeturo of coufso cottons, as thero is
inch a Hurphrs of labor in tho South as
to last for a generation at least, mak
iug it iinpgssiblo for muny years to
manufacture hero at ?a profit. Ho
says that tho Southern mills <lo not)
manufucturo enough to supply tho
American trade, but th'jy make cnougb
to control thoprico and that tho North
em mills Lave to meet it, aud that
manufacturing in tho South is increas
ing fast enough to disoourago it hero
j for good.
OoTcrnoi Urr fM Ml
?nt (vi IU* vti
U?M?
Hend ii^^'our C -luiins.
The^pomjitrollcr General desires nil
those who uetod as munugors of elec
tion throughout tho State for the elec
tion of delegates to the Constitutional
Convention to send in their claims for
pay. Tho Legislature appropriated
$7,500 for tho pay 'of tho managers,
bat. it is thought that this mi in is not
sufficient, and for that reason it -in ur
gently requested by tho Comptroller
that all ehiim8 bo nt once presented ho
that tho delist, il any, may bo known.
?
DemanKled a Speedy Trial.
Tho counsel of Mr*. Ellen Anderson
of Blacksbi rg took tho solicitor at
Yorkville, by surprise by bringing
Mrs. Ariddraon, who is eharged with
be,iug an n?2oew;ory before tf?o fact, in
th'o killing of Chas. T. Williams, into
court and demanding a speedy trial, or
dismissal from tho court*, according
to tho law:) and constitution of South
Carolina. The defendant liaa boon. out
on bail. Tho tgatter was postponed a
day at tho solioitor'a requej^,
? A Hoy a 1 AVcek fa Charleston.
ft' Charleston' is -arranging to havo a
royal occasion during tho third week
in April, tho most delightful so ison of
the yoar to visit the grand old City by
tho Sen. It is the week of tho Floral
Fair and Sehutzenfest, aud tho Con
federate veterans of tlie State will havo
a big reunion there. The South Car
olina editors will also hold their meet
ing thero the same week.
Cotton >1111 at Scncca.
The clearing and grading of tho site
for n 820,000 spindle cotton mill in
Seneca^ has been , commenced. This
mill wilTBb'built on the water known
as tho Concross Shoals, tho property
of Mr. W. C. Coleman, of Scnoca,
who is tho primo mover in this enter
prise and to whoso enorgv its Hucceee
is duo. '
: ?
A I'olleo Commissioner.
Governor Evans has appointed Mr.
G' orgo A. Norwood; Jr., a wealthy
cotton buyer of Charleston, chairman
of tho board of polioo commissioners
for Charleston, to succeed Mr. James
M. Eason, rcsignod. Tho position ie
an important one and has a per diom
attached.
Floral Knlrfn May.
Tho Agricultural Society, of Char
leston, have decide 3 to hold a Floral
Fair about the 1st of May in that city.
Nothing has been- definitely settled
about it as yet, but tho announcement
lias been made and that will bo in
teresting news to many.
I'ublh: Lands.
Col. James G. Gibboa, of the laaid
commission ofllce, reports that the
State now ha* on hand about 25.00G
acres of land in various sections, but
that owfng to depression in real estate
no kaIpr will bo irin/l?? tor *nmA'fJmA
Large Arnouatof Contraband Liquor
Captured.
Ofilcers Toales, llrabham and Pet*
erniau of tho dispensary service, made
a raid on Long JolaniL about six miles
from Charlr-ston, andnfound 1,000 gol
Ions of liquor for their tionblr. This
haul is tho biggest- yet made aud thft
value of tho contrabrand liquor c#o bo
plaeed at least at 82,0i?0.
The inv'adiug officcr* went donn-lb*
harbor in two rowbouts and *>t tt?> tb.it
thry knew i hat- their pnroe \\0i4M b?
big. X*h? ?rrft'ft xi* xab'. ? ti.e bti
52, .',00, ? . U
Th? 1,$0O piTais *??
h.ilf barrels ?? ?* o
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SOI .il ('AKOMN A \i i MiONV.
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Every Interest in t lio Mnto Should 1><
Keproovnlril at tho Simvtauhut'A
Convention.
With their uooustomed energy the
p<H>| lo of Spartanburg have determined
to make a 9UC00&& of tlio Convention to
l>e hold in that city on April lo, in aid
of tho Chicago-Southern States Impo
sition. Thoy lihve appointed a looal
eommitteoof arrangements, of which
the lion. Arch R Culvert, mayor, is
chairman, consisting of: Arch R Cul
vert, A. II. Twitohell, John R Cleve
land, w. A. Law, AV. 11. Jinmetnmd
J. R Lee, and this committee bus wont
out. tho following circular letter:
Spartanburg, S. (5, , March 2^, 18.M5.
Dear Sir: Avconvontiou of tho people
of South Cunflina in tho intorst of a
Stato.oxhihit at tho Southern , States
Exposition in Chicago next full in to be
i& iho city of Spartanburg on Wednes
day, April 12, proximo, for the' pur
pose of forming a plan by which tho
said State exhibit can bo oollected and
shipped to Chicago.
Mr. 10. L, Kochc, the duly appointed
commissioner for the State of/ South
Carolina, has issued an addiess request
ing tho mayors and intendeuts of cities
find tow us each 1 1? appoint threeVlclo*
putt's to represent their rcsyectivo
municipalities. Ho ulao -*.equt\jts all
innnufucluring enterprises and rauWmd
companies to send re*>rcsenbi/tivoH. It
is specially d< sifcdlhtit the agricultural
Interests of tljo. Stiita bo rcproscnttyl,
and tho supervisor of eaol> county is
hereby requested to appoint one deh
Kate.
We now take pleasuro in seconding
Mr. Commissioner ltoclie's request,
and hereby invite you directly to !>?>
with us by representation on the loth
proximo. It is unnecessary to em
phasize the importance of a hearty and
enthusiastic acceptance of tho oppor
tunity Chicago has offered tho South
ern States to udvauco their ma
terial interests. All concede tho de
sirability of an appropriate South Car
olina exhibit.
Wo are arranging frootrnnsportation
over tho various roads. I'leaso bo ml
in promptly tho names of your, dele
gates who will attend, and wo will try
to provide transportation for nil.* The
hotels will givo reduced rates to dele
gates. Convenience required that we!
should hear from you as soon ?ih pra<^
tioablc. Yours very respectfully,
Arch R Calvert, Chairman/
Mr. Calvert, Mr. Twitchell, Mr Jjawr
aud Mr. Duructt wcro all dch'uuttvi n
from Spartanburg to the Convent fon
held in Chicago in FobrinVry, /flol are
fully informed of the scope ^tid pur
poses of tho Exposition, ylhey were
impressed when they were^n Chicago
with tho importance Exposition
to the industrial wc^aro of South Car
olina, and it is hopea that there will
be u general uud hearty response to
their invitation. There is moro for
South Corohim in the exposition at
Chicago than in any exposition ever
held in this country. South Carolina
needs capital and population, and will
get both by faking a full and credit*
oblo exbibiVbf its resources at Chicago.
IjAURICNS almancic
Will Follow Tllliuaii to Cxtiiueu If Nee
. coR'ury? Irby Not In If.
The Laurens County Allianco in< 1
with tho Lisbon Alliance and tho lot
lowing red-hot resolutions speak foi
thomsclves:
' ''Whereas, eortaiu interested ml
^If-aeeking politicians aro attempting
to blind tho peoplo as to'thogreai
burning and paramount , issue of the
national campaign now ponding, to-'
wit: Tho question of finance, by
magnifying tho nnrno of Democracy,
whilo lliey appear to ignore its true
principle h and to bo oblivious to the
vital interests of tho peoplo involved,
it is becoming in this County Alliance,
which cloima to represent in part, tho
producing clauses in tho contort now
waging, to givo a publio cxprcfasion of
opinion. l*o it therefore,
. "Resolved, 1 ht. That we value tho
name of Jeflorsonmn Democracy for it)
graud achievement's in tho past and it j|
unwavering loyalty to tho truo inter?:
eats Of tho poopleuuder ?ho leadership'
of JcflerPOli*. Jackson und Calhunn, I
whilo we spurn, lopth and ? abhor tli<| j
name of a -spurious democracy
dominated by gold-bugs, who, instigat
ed by &l fish greed, would epslavo the
peoplo and confiscate their/property.
"2nd. That the National Democratic
party is soon to undergo ( tho crucial
teat, by tho attitudoit shaty assume on
the question of financial reVorm nt it?^
moeting in Chicago to lay dnwtf'a plal-tj
form an.d nominate a Democratic can
didate for President of thcsK United
States, and ahould it, by its notion,
provo false and on enemy of the in
terest* of tho great producing classes,
we, as JelTerSoniaii Democrats, are
henceforth absolved from all obligation
to givo it further support.
"3d. That it i? tho duty of every
whito Democrat of Houth Carol in \ to
go to the election and (select delegate*
to tbo May convention at Columbia
who aro trno to our ^llianco demand*
and 'the principle* we have been con*
tending for.' The HUte convention
ehould send a trusted delegation to
Chicago with a platform of piinei-pU*
clearly laid down aa a basis for th- it
action. And on the ano overpdw?NVJg ?
and 7 burning question of ttn*ne?, J
should demand of the National Demo
cratic party a clear and unmistakable
utterance for free silver at Id to l,Jlw
lasne of all paper money by the
^MHi^nt in x oiuive*
>y?teat>?t banking whu* w?it pro
ujtfua'4 corftMuitiou
LATEST NEWS
IN BRIEF.
CiIil?:.\MN(iS l?'liO.>l MANY POINTS.
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Important 1 lappeiiings, liotli Home
ail(l (''orcl^n, ItUlly Told.
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Southern News Notes.
. It. is believed that tho Rents of at
h>nst thrco-fourtlH of tho delegates to
tho Hopuhlic'uu. National Convention
from Alabama will bo coutcsted%
Formation i> f tho iitee! trust hau al
ready canfioil no advauce of #2 per ton
in billots ami 81 in Ucfiscmer pig.
After it peace of nealy two years tho
ohl Hat llejd McCoy feud in Kentucky
breaks out again.
The most sudden nod destructive
flood in xoi'rs v. in Kentucky, and &*x
teeu persons aro drowued and much
property ^lestnvvod.
Miko Nealon, who brutally rtiurderod
M r?. Mary Parcell, of New Orleans,
in a hovel in the French quarter Octo
ber last, and who was confined in tho
j?a i i t- U 1'iirton awaiting trial, was found
dead in his cell.
In a circular to "tho. fuder, Supremo
President 'J'ravnor assures tho A. P.
A. that it holds the balance of power
in tho IVepidential clcctiou.
Spunibh inhabitants of Tatnpn, Fin.,
]'de?i|;o themselves to (nise 852,000,000
within the next ten years to enablo
Spain ti> construct two first class and
twenty second class warships.
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Northern News Items.
Tf. ('. thinner, editor of Tuck, is
very ill.
Tho boiler of a saw mill at Kaslaud,
W is. , explodes aud hills three men.
Savings Dauk at Whitinvillo, Muss.,
robbed by three burglars.
During tho month of February 1 1,
K'.Ji! immigrants were landed at Now
York, aiv, inercasu of about 05 por
<v.id. its compared with tho Ha in o months
cTart yt4?r. *
Threo nifti killed aud two injured by
torriiio mino explosion in tho (hies
mine, Colorado.
Tkos. Wortou, Sunday editor of
tho Philadelphia Tiihos, fell from tho
fourth story of his house and was
instuutly killed. '?
Total bank clearings in tho United
States for week, $051,000,788} por
cent, increase, 0.0; exclusive of Now
York, $130,988,754; per cent, increase,
3.5. ' &
Populists of Portland, Oregon, havo
noniiiiatcil ox-Ooveruor Ponnoyer for
mayor.
(locernor Hughes, of Arizona, re
fuses tn bo 'turned out of offico by tho
^President; and the W. C. T. U. ro
Commend t hut hobo rctaiued.
Tom lleed will r?tire from pnblio
life and begin the practico of law in
New i- York city if ho is not aleotcc}
President. lie has had a number of
tempting offers ^ntrngeut upon his
not winning tho presidential nomina
tion.
Senator Sborman has proparod a
paper ill which ho pronounces Mc
Kinley.
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Washington.
'J'lio roport in revived in Washington
that Hccrotnry Carlisle will onnounoe
his candidacy for the presidential nom
i n/ition l>y means of a letter to ono of-,
tho Kentucky members of Congress.
The Senate has confirmed llio^nomi
nation of Win. A. Littlo, 6( Georgia,
to 1)0 Assistant Attorney-General.
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Foreign.
gff '
The French Senate rvfter refusing to
pass a vote of conlldenco in the gov
ernment adjourned.
Tho government of Venezuela de
cides t<? erect a bronze column in
honor of tlio Americans who aided
Venezuela in hor first ntrngglo for
independent co.
PKN8IOX KUMNGS.
l'olley of tlio Interior Department
I>nl<l Down by Assistant Sec
rctary Reynolds.
%Th? polley of 1 lio Interior Department iu
eflWH involving reimbursement to thegov>?
eminent for fraud or mUtalce of peurioa
(claimants in laid down in several rulings ol
tlio A?sfctant Secretary of the Interior Rey
nolds just promulgated. In theoo It Is held
t hat tli'i government cannot withhold t'nu )
pension granted under the ?et of June 27. j
tOJttliiif'urse Itself for moueye orrono* ,
oufely pension money under- tte j
Konernl Inw when .such jwusaoa
not procured through fraud or
take, but was uHowed tu th??
of ?i? trrou<te?is fwdgmeut
evidence. 'I'Ue dt-wlsipu t ?
action of th?? '?oauui??4oa?*<ott
esse of Christina May*,*a
In the esse of Ja?n??
la tho Ttvuiii>-Iourt4!rK4
folio winu ruiluK f*n*a4?v
under |lio li^uvrmi It
left !un^ <<>u$
fact that iu?
pilorto hid eujl*
ti;e lWQj*. .dl|WM?k^,v
oa l?l-* P#lVu
wtfVtfokl
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THK MKI'Y.H)rWTlI ( ONCUtKHS.
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A Synopsis oT tho l?r< cacdlog? of ISotli
^ 1 1 O IISCS.
V THE HKNATK.
\ WK.ON i:kj?av.
In tuoBohnto on Wodm jRtl ty Mr. llntler, of
North Carolina, introduced it bill, which wo*
referred to t ilnauco committee, providing
tlmt payment of notes, bills, chocks, etc.,
shall bo lit legal tender. monoy, irrespective
of any stipulation iu tho contract. lio ex
plained that his object was to stop gold
mortgage* and gold notes. It did not affect
existing contracts,
A o<>mmlttoo of conferonoo was o*dorod on
tho legislative appropriation bill, utul Messrs,
Culluui, Teller and Cull were appointed ooivs
foreea of tho Mitaato, X
A resolution heretofore offered by Mr. Call,*1
for tin Inquiry by tho committee on public
lands as to the patontlngof unsurveyod lands
in Florida, was laid before tho Hunato and
referred to the committoo on public lauds.
Tho postoOlce appropriation blOWns taken
up, the question oelng on tho amendment
reported by the appropriations committee,
allowing $"80,000 additional compensation to
the Oceanic Steamship Company foT carry
ing tho maf!s from ban FraueiaOo to Now
Zealand and New South Wales. At thoaug
gistlon of Mr. Allison, chairman of tho com
mittee on appropriations, tho umeudment as
t- the Oeeauio Steamship Company waa pass
ed ovor without notion and the rest 6T tlio
bill was prouoo otl with and agreed to. Mr.
A'llson said, however, that )to expected to
havo Until notion on tin* bill Thursday as it
was expootiul that the, S"iiuto would not bo
in session on Good Friday.
'I BUQBPAYi
Most ^f tho tlinoot tho Sonnto Thursday
was devoted to tho discussion ot tho right of
Air, l>opont, of Dolcwaro to a seat in that
body. No voto was takon. ?
Tho remainder of tho day's session waa
taken up in the dlncusaion of an amendment*
to tin* post oft loo appropriation bill, relating
to tho consolidation of suburban postolUces
ami changing tlteni Into stations and sub
stations. No result was reached aud tho
HonutujMtywirucd until Monday next.
r MONDAY.
lit the Senate on Monday Gorman, Domq
crat, of Maryland, attacks' tho l'ostmustor
Cloeoml iu connection to small postoftloea
nl'Ur large towns, A lUCMOgV announcing
theactioii ot ttio liouso on tho Cuban reao
lutlouu wits received by tl o B uiuto,
TDKSDAY. ?
In thr Senate on Tuesday Mr. Hutlcr(Pop),
of NortU Caroliutt, introduced a joint roaolu
tion ptoooying tin amendment to tho conHti
tutiou oPtlio United States, limiting tho Proa
ident'H veto power. It proposes that (^pres
idential veto may bo overcome by n majority
vote (Instead <+{ a t wo-tiilrda vote), in both
houses; also thai, all orders, resolutions and
votes to?, which a couourroooo of both hou?v?
may bo iTecosssary. except on tho question of
adjournment, shall be preso ted to tho Pr si
deut, and shall bo approved by him beforo
tltoy take effect. It was r<;/erro\l.
? .v THF. llPUHK,
WKftNlPlMt,
The Ilouaodovotuvi Hie whole of Wednesday
to thte consideration 'of thosimdry chil ap
propriation Mil. , '?
tuubkday.
Ou-U'liursdny t hu consideration of tho sun
dry aiVil appropriation bill was practically
?closed in tin* House, ii iid tho bill wan passed
l4ip reported (romtho committee of tho whole.
Mr. Hltfc reported from tlio committee on
foreign affairs tho renolu'Iou asking iho Pres
ident to transmit to yu/igress all correspond
ence In the Hitito Department since becem
bcr 1st, 1M>3. relating to offers of mediation
or Intervention by tho United States lu tho <3
alTalrs of Yoilflssuelu, mid It was agrcod to.
rKTDAT.
On I-'rlday bOforo tho Cuban mntter ramo
,up. tho House passed JJ8 private pension
Ji/lls, vyhleh had boon ft vol ably acted upon
f-at^provioiis Friday nlgat sessions. In the
course of this part of tho proceedings, Bpeak
or Jlocd reversed his famous ruling la tb?
Fifty-Hint Congress which has boon the sub
ject of so muoh controversy, and declared
that a majority of tlio actual membership of
tho House couHlitutcd a quorum. In tbo>
Fifty-first L'ouglotb lie held LluU. itraquirod ? >?
majority of tjio actual mombecship of tho '
House constituted a <pjorum. In^tho Fifty*
llrst Congress ha lu-ld that it re(pnrod a ma
jority of all tlio members <Jl<oted to tb?
House to make a quorum irrespective Of
vacancies.
Mr. Ilooker, of New York, -reported tho ?
river aud harbor appropriation bill tor tho
year ending Jua^Wth, Wil, which will bo
caliod up Moaday.
^ bill was panned asking tlio coast ruction '
of a bridgo across tlio Mississippi river at St. ,
Louis.
Mr. Hltt called up tho report of tbo eon
f ore a c? commtttco oil tbo Cuban resolutions.
Tho report 'recommended tho adoption of
tho resolutions as passed by the Senate. l%a
report was discussed at leugtb, but no toU
was taken. It is probable that tuo reooiytio?
will bo adopted Saturday.
; ^ BATCBUAT.
fa tho IIouso on Saturday Mr. HI**,
Illinois, called up tho confervas* report om
the Cuban i evolutions.
Mr. Turner, L/vmocrat. of Georgia, i
?omowbnt elaborately agKioat the, rant
llo soul: "My rejrret la tnat iBMjpnm *
matter, involving delicate forHgn
have so little information oa
dlcnte u.ur action. I *i<Md to
sympathy for any paopk* i
rre?xl<)ni.t>nt it is not auptiaaio* rf nymnnrtUy
It ft a question wbi?h oar omtx,
terost* uad wb;?V? r- ita our tttttW'W '?
mom bur of tfc* family at tiKHuiuh. Db I
resoincona. ?w??*S8?SS Sji
11 r. l':rui r rv?i >j. lut* - ? ? ?
kloacet In vriiich *.ib?
?luring tho rwcou?trm;i?>tti gwetflwkfl
iho rvtMUhiu. <utd. oaiifel'tta*
House to ttto IWrt tiiitt TjfiS * JB
a condition Wftiotk iMfci
Southern Stat?. Rut ,
Lhu instinct of govt
timHtin ueuriy tm. i^ne*
t'*uttoa for tho ?
races :a Cutm,Mfc2
wrttnbio; ffawnjc:'
?ouatxuo'.ion.liv wo?
a iignin no/~ <lo
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