The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, May 22, 1896, Image 1
Uod 11 iif( W* ? Mil^o
VOLUME, Ylt
CAMi)KiV, a. ,c.( FRIDAY, MAY 21',
f
TEACHERS OF
" iS STATfi
*11 B ANNUAL mkktino of ii?
As 8 lie I AT Hs i
?? S ? - * ^
the (iomi>l?l? i*rog(Amme Has Heen
Arranged Uoveruor Kvniia to Ad
lirosa Them-- Cheap ltttllrottd
titles Secured.
The twenty-fifth annual meeting ol
ihe State Teachers' Association is to bo
held Hi KoqH Hllll in tho Wiuthrop
(jbllogo builditig; cbmmeucihg on Jtyue
80, and continuing through July 3.
.For sonic iimo the executive committee
^ has beeu preparing the' programmo.
Tlib Wttrk btts bebu completed autl tho
brUgrfliH; which ift bno of, the beet
thai hda bfebu arinnged in recent yoars.
Along with the programme tho follow
ing information in furnished:
** Teachers who ho desire, will be
t>oarded in Wiuthrop College at 75
bents a day provided they Wing bed
*'ng(t*ith ftiem; stteh hs couiitetpahee,
aiiu pillow .eases, tirjil towels.
Wheels*
tiiecb
college is tiol propat^ed/to furnish
thesfe articles. Nb deduction will be
2 Made fot absbhbo from menls.
? i . Thofifc desiring to board in Wiuthrop
College must notify Mr. It. li. Cun
- ningham, Rock Hill, S. C., nt least one
week beforo the meeting.
Hoard may be bad also in tho city at
75 cents to $1 per day in privato
families.
j Certificates of membership in tho as
sociation must bo presented in settling
f for board, else regular hotel ratgs will
be charged.
I Special rates liavo been scourod on
all tho siil roads. 'The tickets will ^!c
on aalejfroin June 29th to .July 2d, in
t olusivo, with final limit of Jiily 4th.
The rates for tho round trip from
? the principal points in the Stato areas
follows, rates from intermediate points
being in proportion:
Abbeville via S A L #f> 20
Anderson, via Ho Ry, Pll&WC 7 10
Auguata, via So liy, P U A- W 0.. 7 15
Blacksbnrg, via O IK' 2 00
Camden, via OH C 3i25
Calhoun Falls, via SAL 5 80
Carlisle, via SAL 1 80
Catawba Junction, via O R A- C.. 50
Charleston, via S C A O, ACL. 9 (30
Chester, via Sq Ry 05
Clintou, via S/A Ju . 3 45
Columbia, via So Ry, S C Sr G... 4 05'
* Darlington, via SAL 8 10
Denmark, Via F C & P G 80
Fairfax, vfa F C ?V I\ 7 00
$ Groenvillc, via So Ry, P1UOWC 00
? Greenwood, via S A L . . 4 70
^Lancaster, via O R St C, C A C 1 15
Laurenfe, via CN St. L .... ;.3 95
Newberry, viaC N St L, So Ry. ...4 55
OrasgCburg, via S C A- G, A C L . . 6 80
Prosperity* via C N St L, So Ry . . 4 55
Spartanburg, via So Ry 3 95
Sumter, via O R St C *. 6 30
Yorkvilie, via O R AC.:.. 79
Tuesday, June 30.? 8:30 p. m.? Ad
dresses of welcome, aunual address by
the president, organization, appoint
tnent of committees.
^Wednesday, July 1?1 (fa* m.? Bot
_ ... any in the rnhooln. Mi?i tt t, Honk, |
Orangebnrg graded school ; discussion.
II a. m.? Intermission. 11:15 a. m.?
Business. 11:45 a. m. -Ante-bellum
*? and modern methods compared, Presi
dent 8. Lander, Williyuston Female
College. * Docision. 900 p. m,? Ad
dress by Dr. J. W. Babcook, Superin-i
tendent of State Hospital for the In
sane. ? j
Thursday, July 2?10 a._9>?-The
* new constitution and lulM^qnent legis
> lation as related to ^hcrpublio schools,
Superintendent W. F. Moncrieff, An
derson graded school. Disoussion. 11
V *. m. ? Intermission. 11:15 a. m.
y Business. 11:45 a< m.? The spoiling
problem, Prof. E. P. Moses, Winthrop
College. Disoussion. 8:30 p. m.? Ad
d teas by Governor John Gary Evans.
JMday, July 3,-10 a. m.? Depart
mental' teaching. Supt. L. C. Glenn,
Darlington graded school. Disous-t.
sion. 11 a. ra. ? Iutorinission. 11:15
a. m. Business. 11:45 a. m. ? Verti
cal penmanship, Supt. E. 8. Drehr,
Columbia city schools. Diaou8si<jb.
8:30 p. m. ? Musical evening by Prof.
Wade R. Brown, Winthrop College.
1 In conformity with what seems to
be the general desire of the members
of the association Jand on account of
the eatisfactory experience of tbo last
annual meeting, the number od sub
ject in the programme have been re
duced in order to afford opportunity
? for fuller diaonsaion and allow mort
time for social interconra. Otar'l
v features will be these: '??
Wednesday, 4 p.m. ? *r ? hMK
partmente ? President, Supt. E. 8.
Dreher, Columbia.
1. What is tho True Ksaenco or
Function of Super virion ? Supt.
W. H. Wallace, Newberry. Discus
' sion.
2. Child Study and lt? Relation to
the Superintendent? Supt. Thos. B.
Hamby,' Georgetown. Diacnision.
v - 3. * Report of Committee on School ^
Blaaka and Forma ? Cbfctrma,:, Saper
inlendantrE. L. . Haghes, Grcennlla.
piaeuasion. Buaineas. ,
\ Thureday, 4 p m? School ^tnda
Monera' department? Predidatf t, . Tboa
W. Kaitt, Newberry. -*-4 p m? Call to
order and roll eall. 4K>5-4:15--Bead
< ipg ninutes of laat meeting. Subject
moat important duties of the
mh/wti commissioner. 4:15-4:30? V. |
P. Martin; Oconee. 4:90-4:45-0. W.
Hearaey, Marlboro. 4^45-5 :15--Dia
ooaaioD. 8?bjec*~WM?qo?litm .and
attaiamanta baa the pWic a right to
* lMM*d la a oandidata for school co*
5:1W^O--O.P. WilMama,
: r
... 4
me^i? President, Mitw Sarah Wither*.
IfarlinatonV/s.
/ 1. iwoejkiv. aiaouBsiona of number
Sieftohto^ Pty. fMtoraon Warldlaw,
fcoulHUJafoJiua Cbtlege; JJisOussioH.
ih"-Nfcture ?t?dy tot 6nch lessou.'
Miss JElwaTfott^. Falls, Parlingtou;
DisonbtAon. Business.
Friday, 4 p m ? Collego department,
? PjrCWdenkt Ds-James H. Carlisle,
Wfrffohl Cdllfcgoi i
Atl English coiitflo ih ntgh sfchoolsj
preparatory fov collogo- Prof. C. *?*.
Furmau, Ulomaon Collego. Discus
sion. Business.
CONDITION 1>K TIIK 4) 1(61*8.
Kiioouraglng Weekly Bulletin Issued
by Mtate Weather Observer llauer.
The following is the weekly bullurfu
of the condition ot the weathot/aud
tho oi-Opa b^ Stato Obsorvor ttawr.'
Although tho avorago teiyi/rature
for the past week was just thwsarae as
for tho preceding, yet, *e l/lively, it
was slightly coolor, as the season's in
crcaao ia teniporatui'o averageo about
two dogroes in May. Thejffe wore sov
eral cool nights, and m/rnimum tom
perritures of 50 or bolow<wero reported
from tho high lands of tho western and
northern counties. The minima for
the week ^orb 49 at Rjdgowayj 48 at
Chcraw and Elloroo, ftll On Friday,
the Htb. Tho tortxlmuni temperature
was 94, reported froni Oheraw on tho
6th.
The muati temperature for the Statoi
for tho week? being \ho average of 36
wockly mean temperature ropiitts
was 69, and tho normal for tho samo
period iB approximately 69. Tho high -
est mean was 73, at Poverty Hill, .Edge
field county, and tho lowest 6 1, at
Held, Greouvillo county. Th'jpmean
temperature for tho Stato einco March
1st has been about 1.5 degrees perfclay
above normal.
Thoro woro quito general ?howers
over the entire
Miotn nn tllG- 'J * ! r 4ih
and 5th, but the roiufall was ucvertho
less partial, and in cousoquencO' there
remain largo portions of the State
whoro drought is not relieved only
surface wpttfng. Over a strip of
country about six miles wide, iu I'iok
ons county, tho rainfall exceeded fo ;r
inchos on the 3d, and wftH accompanied
by largo hail that, \p tho,, vicinity of
Looper's, . destroyed all. vegetation in
ltb path and stripped tho treva of fruit.
The path of this destructive bail was
narrow and abort. The heavy rains
washed lands badly in Pickens and
Edgefield ^counties, and newly planted
lands have since then crubtml over.
0*er tho greater portion of the area
CQmprisod by Aiken, Lexington. Kioh
land, Sumter, Fairfield, York, New
berry, Union, Kershaw, Chester and
Lancaster counties, tho raiufall re
mains deficient. Over tho romainder
of the State enough rain fell for tho
immediate needs of orops.
Crops, as a rule, mado satisfactory
progress during the i,week, except that
a few cool nights seem to put a decid
ed ckeek on the growth of torn and
cotton, bnt fortunately ^ t^f weather
soon turned warmer. >Vith tho ex
ception of tho territory already noted,
there seems to be sufficient moisturo
for moBt crops, but grains would bo
benefited by more rain. The plant
ing season is practically cvor, except
ilor sOtye of tho minor crops and for
Tthe. bottom, land ?9?, apdj,bis.js mak^l
ing satisfactory progress. Tbo fol
lowing brief summaries express tho
general conditions of tbe various crops
named, and when a particular crop is
|not mentioned it may be Assumed that
|tho reports on it atjo in the main favor
able. ,
I Corn continues to do w^ll; it is gon,-^
erally woikfed cieao, haa 'good color,
and stand* are satisfactory.- Kepdrts
on corn, without exoeption continue
favorable unless that some report it
amim for the season, and that cut and
bod or heart worms are damaging tbe
atand in a "number of counties.
') Cotton received a slight check to
growth during the few cool njgbta, but
.without sustaining any material injury.
Stands are reported -the best ever
know/i in AnderapOj Darlington and
Chesterfield counties, and over the en
tire Stato tho stands are good. Some
complaint* of grass in Edgefield and
Pickens counties, where" the ground
was too wet to work. Cotton is re
ported aa having a good, healthy color
generally. Sea- island cotton has a
good stand and is thriving. Chopping
to a stand continues actively, and in
places cotton has been plowed the sec
ond tiriie. Planting has finished.
| Transplanting tobacco was pushed
during the week. Somo farmers are
Obliged io ' water tho plants to save
thtfm, it being neccssary to transplant
regardless ot tho condition of tho
ground, on aoooUnt of the sizo of the
frianta. The scarcity of planta will
essen tho contemplated area devoted
/o tobacco.
I Irish potatoes are geperally reported
to be very poor, almost a fatluro over
a large portion of tbe,8tate, owing to
the dry weathecr, and aye needing more
rain everywhere. ^Potato ? bugs aro
reported from a number of counties,
being moat destructive in Charleston
county, where some fields are practi
cally rained by them. Grains have
made great improvement, but spring
oats ere generally considered a failure,
attboogh in pfawea the rains started a
vigorous growth. Oate are about '
re?dy to hirref t io the eastern portion
of tbe State. Fall oats are short, bnt
beading welL ^ ?
DKATB IN A CYCLONE.
Sixty-Right People Killed. at Sherman,
Texan, and VlelsKj.
. A cyclone streak Sherman, Tous, at 4:30
Tboradey, ktlllatf many people and doing
great data eg*. The number ot dead la now
believed tobenbont IS? IS yd unidentified.
It la aakl Owjjdow at reck the bell, park
flirt nf
a.Aateado teaoM and
w_ billed. AH telegraph
wires to Bhsnaaa are down. Dead ?mWte>
have been fowd latfeef. ft*v, Xr. Shearer
THEY TALKED
ABOUT TEETH.
DOt)TOR8 v,noi>K.\ii with somk
, DKMAI, 1KMTKINKS,
?" ^ 4
'thi Au/lual Session of the Stats nei?J
tul Asaoehitloii- Ofllcfra Kfeotod.
Dental association entered
wenty-sixtli annual hobkiou
in the hall of Capital l^ddgCj
uighta of Pythias, at Columbia. |
Dr. Wingard opened t,b6 &chklou i
prayer. ^4
for. Pi But lodge? (h& president, call
ed tho association to ordof^ rffter which
tho privileges of tho floor woroo*tend
|pod to visiting dentists from othorStatoffl
Vis. II. R. Jowott and J. A. Chnpplo,
of Atlaot. , and li. 0. YottugQ, of An
nhton?. Alei., wero prosonk aud it was
to them that this oonrlgfty .was ex
tended. v ,
, ^
The minutes of tffc last meeting were
load ai\d adopted.
Dr. Thotnf)soh of Newberry read a
paper advocating tho geileral support
of the Dehtal l'Sbteetito association in
itd warefaro on trusts. Othor meni-..
bors spoko on this subject, aud afc tho
conclusion of tho romurks several new
members were elected.
A,, communication from 1'rof-, II.
Itfbrgpu, of Nashville, Tenn., called at
tention to tho request of tho curators
of the army medical museum, Wash
ington, D. C., for contributions in tho
shape of cash, specimens, etc., illus
trating abnormal cases coming under
tho notice of tho Doutal Association.
The. subject on operative dentistry
boing called, Dr. Ii. P. Dotterer spoko
on tho subject of tho care amd treat
ment of children's teeth.
The groetings of tho association aud
tho privileges of the floor wero extend
ed to Prof. D% It. Kublelicld, of Van
derbilt. University, Nashville, Tenn.,
who addressed tho .^iioetiOg on tho
subject. Dr. Yonug) bf Andorson,
and Dr. I. Alexander also spoko on
this subject. j
Dr. E. O. Kidgoll read a paper enti
tled "Approximate lllliiig in incis
sors.
A method for adjustiug gold crowns
wiuj treated br Dr. Alexander, who
exhibited specimens of tho work
question.
Tho president appointed tho follow
ing committee as tho notional surgical
museum committee: DrcP*E. C. Kidg
ett, of I3atoBburg, It. H. Teagne, of
Aiken and C. B. Colsou, of Charles.
ton.
Dr. Young made a very interesting
talk on* antiseptics. Afterwards quite
an animated, discussion took place oq
deutal legislation, tho association try
ing to determino the best' means of
protecting itself and tho people against
the 'inoompetent and violators of oh*
tablished law. Violators of dental
ethics were reported by tho board and
two of these, .were given time to either
desist or be stricken from the roll of
the association. A case reported at
the last meeting was acted upon and
tlie parly's name was dropped^ from"
the roll.
Tho socretary was authorized to
have 500 copies of a "revised list of
legitimate practioners stricken of! 4ntl
sent to the school commissioners aud
dentists of tho State within throe
n onthe. *
The c 'mmitteo on deceased members
reported, offering a resolution of re- j|
spect to tlio memory dO^r. W. P. |
C Nvill, of Charleston, fend setting
aside a blank page in tho minute book,
to bo suitably inscribed, sacred to his
memory. *
Drs. Jowett and Cgapplo of Atlanta
extended a warm and bordial invitation
to the association to attend the Georgia
State making on .Tune 0. Tho associ
ation returned its thanks and expres
sed itself pleased at having theso
visitors with it.
Dr. Dick read the following list of
licenses granted by the board of ex
aminers: A. Weinberg, Manning; F.
L. Parker, Johnson; J. C. Whitfield,
Anderson; D. I*; Boozer, Jr., Colum
bia; H. L. Todd, Simpeonville^ J. C.
Patrick, White Oak; R. L, Parker,
Annie; IIifB. Tjindsey, Columbia.
The following beneficiarics wero an
nounced, aud they will bo sent to the
institutions named: Shcout, Univer
sity of Maryland; A. B. Wardlaw,
Caltimoro Deqtak college; ? . An
derson, dcpartm<mtof dentistry South
ern Medical college; Parker Teague,
Atlanta Dental oollege.
The election of officers for the asso
ciation for tho next year resulted a q
follows: President., G. B. White,
Chester; First Vice- President, HfvJl
Ruv, Aiken; Second Vice-President,
Vfm. Karle, Columbia; Corresponding
Seoretary, E. A. Gasque, Marion; Be
coming Secretary, B. Atma Smith,
Charleston ; Treasurer, G. W. Dick,
Sumter. l)r. G. F. S. Wright was re
elected a member of the board of den
tal examiners for five years, to succeed
himself. Dr. Butledge, the retiring
president, here read a valuable ad
dress before giving op the gavel to bis
successor. 0
The following committee, on motion,
was' appointed to make a selection |
from the following places for the next
meeting: Sullivan's Island, Glenp
Springs and Harris Lithia Springs:
Drs. B. A. Smith, G. W. Dick and H,
J. Bay.
Fits Lee SeestbelhreaUleat.
Oea. Fttsbargb Lee, the wm eonsai gen
eral at Ha vaaa, bad a ocalw?f wftb Secrs
Hiy Olaur aa< lbs ruslimt latasisp j[a
I Uw views of I# edaUaMratfoa id
to Csbas affair*. Ova. Lee's de
X KLKQRAPlllO TICK'S.
\ ,
(ho fV^Jdentlttl nominations
i huraday, Robt. Lea JenkipS; ,<?f ff,
wkh appointed consul of the t nitM
Ktatos at I'titrw, Qroooe.
Seven hundred stonemAsonsiu Pitta
purg; I'rf. , v^oi)4 ofl it strike Thursday
for Hii advance ia \Va g6s.
v L, liussolf, of Wilmington',
*>. C., was nominated for Governor ax
tho State Republican CouVentioh, at
Knloigh Friday.'
Tho British miniate* at Pekin, has
protested to tho Chiucso government
against its oeaaiou of f6reah6ro at Cho
foo to a Rua?ian firm.
Attfiistant Soor6tary MMdoo, of tho
Navy Department, will probably leave
,)V?Hhington on the Dolphin on Jun6
I5th and spend two weeks inapooting
tho nrival militia organization of Geor
gia and North Carolina.
. A-} Ciucwnati," ()., Thursday thti \
Odd follows' Temple Company as
ajgned. Tho rtssots are Dlao&d at $659, ?
000 and tho libilitios $2(50.000. The
causo given ia tie ,).?ek of capital ana
failuro to sell tho stook Aodnoudsof
tho company, which waa bni'ding a
now home for tho throe lodgoa of Cin
cinnati.
Tho Jatesl news in connection to the
oyolono at Sherman, Texas, Friday, is
that the (load now number 150, It ia
feared ti^t the restoration of t?le
graphio communication will bring in
formation of the loss of life and prop
erty in tho surrounding towns greater
than already estimated.
* By a voto Saturday the General Con
ference of tho African Methodist Epis
copal Zion Church, at Mobile, Ala.,
decided that tho next quadrennial ses
sion bo held in tho Metropolitan Afri
can Methodist Episcopal Zion church,
Washington, 1). C., on tho first Wed
nesday in May, 1000.
J. B. Kornegay, of Van Doru, Alo.,
is uudcr arrest, charged with the
fraudulent use of tho Hp is
said to havo ordered somo $2Saj00
worth of - goods from 120 different
firms in tho North and West and dis
posed of tho goods at a big discount
and mado no effort to settlo. lu De
cember last ho mado an assignment,
transferring previously all of his pro
perty to his wife.
Tho total visiblo supply of cotton
for tho world is 2,481,1(51 bales, of
which 2, <14/, 961 bales aro American,
against {1,7896, 127. bales respectively
last year. Recoipts of cotton this
week at nil iuterior towns 18,047 bales.
Roceipts from tho plantations 12,221
bales. *s Crop in sight 6,71:1,144 bales.
Bernard Koch Saturday drowned
himself in a reservoir at Irwin, I\fH
after poieoning his brothor-in law, his
wife and two children.
_ Two hundred union car builders
went out on a atri^o for higher wages
at tho Eneigu Car Works, Huntington.
W. Va., Saturday.
Saturday an unsuccessful attempt
was made to hold up a Norfolk and
Western train in West Virginia.
Ilamlin a fast mare, Nightingale
valued at $10,000, fell dead Saturday
at Louisville, Ky., on tho race track,
while going at a tbreo-minute clip.
Two boy a confess that they have
been tho perpetrators of the many re
cent fires a,t Waltham, Mass., in which
Blv5Q0?(J^0^iaiIQP^f^wa?_deatrqyodi
tho reason for theifrincendiarism being"
"a desire to see the flame."
' T,1? Bock fort Watch Company, of,
Rockfort, 111,, mado an assignment
Saturday. The capital stock is f!&80,
000. The last inventory taken shows
assets of $400,000, and liabilities o i
$110,000. Cause of the assignment is
tho depression of the watch trade.
Tho prisoners in Newpttft, Ky., jail,
sawed tho hinges off tho rear door
Saturday night and all escaped exoept
Jacksou and AValliug, the Alleged mur
der ars of Pearl Bryan, who refused to
leave, thinking it a plan to lynch them.
i
rUK KUttOKS -IN TJ1JC ACl'S.
Secretary \ot State Tompkins has
made . public tho following state
ment in regard to the blunder in the
new Acts, whereby tho corporation
law of 188(5 wan printed therein Ifor the
new law.
"Jn reference to the mistako in the
publication of tho corporation Ac*, I
. desire to stato that tho Secretary of
State had absolutely nothing to do
with tho publication of tho Acts, t
gave Mr. Breazealo a copy of the
act of 1896, which I had printed for
tho use of tho office. If the publio
printer sent later and waa given a copy
of tho act of 1886, ho should not hare
? been decoivcd'by it, aa the dato of it?
approval by J. P. Richardson, aa gov
ernor, was printed at the end of the
act, and tho date /bt its Ratification,
with the name- bf W. Til Manldin,
president of tho senate, 'and Jamea
Simons, speaker of th^fhoaae, waa alec
there."
In the aot of 1886 aa printed the
date io omitted, being the only
date so omitted, and several amenda
tory 'act# >re incorporated therein. Mr.
Tompkins, also calla attention to the
new' aet creating the. office of code
comuiiaaTober, which- makea it part of
that officiate duties, in aeetion 2, "to
collect and revise all the general atatne
lav of the State now of force aa well
a* -that which ahall be pasaed fronr 1
time to time.
Uoele Sam Bays Watt.
The State Department at Washington gave
out tho following Wednesday: "Ia Com
petitor case it cab be authoritatively stated
(hat at the request of the United
Sbealsh government will postpsne wSetilos
iltli liMlMmaMM apse laMsy^m.
tnttt the vtewa of tbeUi
wapec(ia| the application to Mr eaaas of
ihe treat/ of l?t6aad the protocol of HflJ
can be prsssajed aad nwllirii
t ' ?'*
MX ARP'S letter.
^SfPAQinON IIRTWKRN PRIMU
T1VK AND) titOVb MKTIIOD9,
So Me .^AiitpTe Products of the Old
Wheel ftiM ht torn.
'hua. is a groat goVornmont. We
don't kndw very much abotft i* until
wo go behiurt tho sOenoa ? behind th$
screens as it were - and boo what is go
fng on, Tho doiugs of congress as wo
road th'cm in tho papors aro very n^itty
and exciting, but it iH mostly routine
work and tells us nothing of what is
going ofx fh tjio various dopartmoCt*"
soientifio anft industrial. We Usod to
got tho patent office report* that had a
world of ourious information aitfff ex
planatory pictures, but they scorn to
have stopped coming. And there wero
books on agriculture and noftiotfltnre
and postifcrotts insects and books tha(
told about battle and slicop and all the
diseases to whioh tho? \^oro subject.
All these usod to be distributed aitfou ft
jtho pooplo liko the gardon seeds aro
Itiatributed, and protty much for the
same voto-6'astitlg purpose, bnt they
oost a big lot of moneys and , now aro
given only to tho scientific. Thfetffett
of soiouoe mako but little noitya in the
*orld. *f hoy oaro bnt little for famo
or fortune, but thov are over at work
studying nature and solving thyateries
and lessening tho burdens of life. It
does seem to bo a dispensation of pro
vidonco that great men caro but little
for inouey. What ?thoy discover or
invont soon beoomos common proper*
ty. I am not speaking of tho small
man who takes out a ''patent on flub
hooks or hairpins, but of great men,
i liko ilewner and Pasteur, AgueBi/,, Ful
ton, Watts, Newton or Morse.
Hut I waB ruminating about n visit
I had today? a visit from Profossor
Tucker, tho United Hlates agent for 1
tho labor department. Ilo oamo to
And out about how tho silk business
was conducted iu (loorgia fifty years
ago. Ho 1 told him how my father in
1M7 got fcomo n <,rus multicaulis cut
tings from Washington and in two
years had novcral acres of yoftng trees,
and then built a hcuso forty feet
squaro aud two stories high, and filled
it with hurdlo frames aifd got somo
silkworm eggs, and when they hatched
tho worm goon filled the hoUHOfinfr eat
up all the mulberry leaves and wanted
more. Wo got onoiigh from a neigh
bor to finish up with, and wo. boy^j
were glad onough when tho nasty things
^gau to wrap up in thoir mummy
liko shrouds.
But my curiosity was excited. What
does tho United Statos waut to know
all -this for? Bo bo explained by say
ing that his department is oompariug
the old with the new ? the primitive
mothods with the ^modern ? and tho
oost of each, and wliich was the bost
and gave more happiness, and other
economio questions. He had a leather
grip full of samples of the handiwork
of the' women of western North Caro
lina I and northeast Goorgia. Kvery
littiO square or scrap was pinnod to a
printed sheet, that gavo 'the name of
the weaver and her ago and rcsidenoe.
There wero samples of woolen and cot
ton and linen and silk, samples of lih
sey and jeans and counterpanes and
quilts and wagon sheets and curtaini|
and table olotbs, and souio of thorn
were gems of beautiful fabric?, and in
those mountain oounties the bumble
people are still spinning aud weaving
in the old-fashionod way and &re hap
py. In mauy families their handi
work is pilod up on the shelves
and olotjhes presses, awaiting the
marriage of sons and daughter*, to
whom they were to be given as bridal
preaenta. Professor Tucker had some
specimens of silk sewing thread and
flax thread that were made at home.
He found good people Up there who
seldom bought anything and were able
to givo a strangor a good bed and
plenty to cat andasin cere hospital i t y .
He told me of an old man in^Ilabun
who aaid he never fell out with thai
United Stalrf until the revenue officers
began to sneak around his little ?til),
whero he had been miking peach
brandy for fifty years, and had the re
apeot of his Maklr and his neighbors,
and bo told them that the United
States wasent big enough to stop him,
for tho right to mako it was handed
down to him from his father and
grandfather. ' Ho said they threatened
him every timo they came about, but
ha kept two pitchtorke* in the house?
one under the front door aud
the other at the head r- of his
bed, and they dident , daro to
arrest him. But after worrying with
{hem for three years things kept get
-ting hotter and hotter, and his. neigh
bora advised htm to quit stilling and
he did, for he was getting old and
wanted to live in peace, but it was a
bad government that would lot a rich
man atill and not let a poor man.
Ttreeebig diatilleries, said ^e, awindMf
the government out of more tax money
than all our moonshine atilla jnit to
gethea^AU they have "to do ia to bribe
the atorelfcaaner. I know of one over
in North Carina that aold 8,800 gal
lons in one year-end never paid a dol
]?* ?** on it. A He, told Professor
Tucker that the rdveJiue men broke up
forty atilla io tbatVegion last year, but
to hfa knowledge there were about a
LauJred that were still running on a
entail aeale. "The boyeeorter like the
dange?Aof it," aaid he, "and the in.
former eatehea it when fonnd out He
Generally leaves this pert of the oonntry
aeeoon ae hepooket# Hie bribe. The'
.mountain people are not ae honeet and
honorable ae they need io be, nod ftnlT
?p?ee of thie bribetaking boeieeaa.
Tb# United Btataa ought to be aehamed
of it" *rum rUu<iji
poaeible to oonviaee thoae noanttta*
eerawhoare eeveaty-flve milae froaa
it i| to ?o?T>rf
their ooro ft tV ***#' J1?
bushel will make tlii'eA K??]2*V^
titer nan haul ft hundred dolWf?
with ft li<?lA yok? of kteers. But the?
ortu't ruu .? Hti/l oft ibe goverutuont
plau, for it would cost or if* L
hftodrod dollars, ftnd they ha? ? got
iiie rtrofte*. Me wanted to know If
there an* oM-faohioned wheels
aud looms uau<1 ?n this Abu u try- ? *oa.
a good many. A good eld mtfn ?M?
*ear here lft?t year whose fanlity toi**
wore m\f other olothes as long as Ho
lived. I kAOW another man who was
<tuite Veil off tot ft farmer, who
was * deacon in the church and some
time. fofOiuatt Of ft g<ftud jury, who
nevor bought stoVo eloltaca and ^e
alwato ?oo&d well in hi 3 hoirtb-mado
jeans. Ho Itanned leather and w??e
Mhoes for Ida family Ilia sooka aiid
auspenders >u,d turkey red ha,u^er.
chiefs wero\tH tiatfe at home am so
was the bod\tioking J h? father
beda aOd mattresses. Xla!#e your
girls to wort," said he, and thojJ 1tt
raako good wives ant? flood ^\\otH.
Ditring the war th$, women of Uolum
bus Oa., atfofo off from wearing
yaukoo goods, but rflino do the same
way in peace." * T
That is prottv hard on the girls, ru?
should think ttoffld 1U them for a con
tent or to l>3 sisters of cfotfUj. ?
n tenant onoo who believed ho slfMig
in Working tho children that tlioy grow
up without rtnt schooling. rh?y
dident bavolany U<ott*olfes ?nd dident
*oo tho need of aitf. ?y hli ? "
bright littlo girl whom the.t called
Thelbv. "What is that child's uamo7
I afckcd the mother, and sho aaid:
"Her name is Othello." "Why, that
is a boy's name," said I, but she insist
ed that somo rnftn who staid all night
at their house snid it was a purty name
for a girl. "What is your bo.y s
name?" snid t, "tlieono yoncairOoo?
"Oh, his iiamo is Deadomony, bu t wo
call him Deo for short." The poor
? i,?,i ?0f Uja names mixed?
Othello and "Desdemona. Homo of
these rude pooplo aIo actually lovo to
work. They got up boforo day and
cook and cftt broakfaat boforo euonno
aud aro off to tho field. Ono of my
tonauts told me he whs always sorry,
when Sunday came, for it was a mighty
long day to him.
But the old-fashioned wheel and
loom wero very usoful and pleasant
things to work with. , My wife still
lores to tell her children how sho usod
to Bpin and wcavo on Saturdays aud
sometimes when she came from school
iti the evouings, and how Ailsey? A ?!? ?
? other? was the best weaver and could
ako ion yards of plain cloth a day or
six yards of jeans. Becky was the
brau spinuor and my wife was taught,
to spin and weave by theso family ne
groes, NSr they all loved her and were
good 'to lier and sho was good to them.
Bho used to spin ftwhilo and *ellV6
awhile and thon practice awhile on
tho piano and it was a ploaaant mature
of music all round, and sho looked
mighty pretty in her home-made Hi/
Sey dreeses ? she did? that's a fact.-*
Biiib Ahp in Atlanta Constitution#
DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
A Compromise of the Dispute Over
tlie Salaries of the District At
torney an<l Marshal.
The conference committee of the two
4lou*?? at -Washington on -the lfgia>
lative. executive aud judicial bill have
*ome to an agreement on tho matter of
tho judioial districts in this Htafce.
-following is the language whioh war]
adopted: "For tho Dfctriet Attornoy
of the Eastert aifd Western Districts
of Houth Carolina, $4,500, $2,500 of
whioh shall bo for the perfoitnanco of
tho duties of the Distriot Attorney for
the Westortl District," and the same
provision was made as to tbfl Marshau
Congressman Elliott says it makes w
chango whatever in the present law,- as
that uses the same language,
Eastern and Western District of the
District of Houth Carolina," plainly
showing that thero is but ono district
iu tho Htate, consisting of two divis
ions As to the supposed division of
the salary it amounts to nothing, be
? cause it can have nd effect until a law^j
is passed providing for the appoint
ment of another District Attornew and
Marshal, and tho fact*/>f the. appor
tionment of tho salar^ affords no ar
gument in favor of such a law, because
tho present law provides that the Dis
trict Attornoy and Marshal of tho East
ern, shall perform the duties of their
ofllco for the Western Distriot.
tub industrial south.
The Manufacturers* Record XReport^
Developments Within the Mas^Weeli/
The Manufacturers' lleeord's weektV sum- .
mary of Southern ^ndustrlsl news reportyj
that notwithstanding the efforts of cotton
milt companies to curtail production on ac
count of the market conditions, the organisa
tion of new mills gees on without abatement
During th? week new mill enterprises hav?
t>e??n proJ?ct^d at Cartersvllle, Oa., with
000 capital stock; a ?150,000 Vompany at
I I? xiglasvllle, Oa. : ft fl2ft,000 company at
f Austin, Tex. ; * #20,000 company to mtabllsh
' a thread mill at Atlanta; a #200,000 company
* at Monroe, La. j the proposed enlargement ol |
a Charleston mill at an eipendlture of about
#100,000 and an addition of 8, fiOO spindles
to a mill at Foreat City, N. C.
Among o*her important enterprises r?"
?ported for the w*ek b%ve been the origina
tion of an English company with a capital ol
#600,000 to purchase large iron works at
Middleboroug^r Ky., and put them In tpfly
operation; a projected Weycle
Janta haamaterlalbsed by the Inconwiatlon
of a company with #100,000. which will ee
taMXthe Drat bleycfe works south Of Mary
U^fs aVompanv to manufacture, lire brick
and ball ding brick has been started at Blacks
beco; a #10.000 water works eompanjr at
Blehaood, T?m
asitfssasr
LATEST NEWS
]N BRIEF.
tif/fOANINGS FIlCJI MANY POINTS
r. ? .
Important Happenings, Home
and FOrMgtt, UUiy T0&.
Southern News Notes. ;
Much damago dono to property by a
oyqloue in Virginia Tuesday.
A groat- nephew of Jefferson Davis
wax *hot and killed in Kontuoky Tuea^
day. i
At Chattanooga, Tenn., Wednesday#
the ?ixth annual session of the South
ern Hardware Jobbers' Association
met. ' J
Tiro national assooiation of police
ohiefo which mot in Atlanta Wednes
day decided to hold thoir next meeting
in Pittsburg. J
The Bupteito Court of Georgia has
rovoraed the finding of the lover court
by wldoh Hoventh-day Adventista were
lined tar working on Sunday. t
Ernest A. ]^lan, of Florida, his bekn
Hj 'pointed eonsul to Borgon, Norway,*
and Robf. Hansom, of North Carolina,
secretary of legation at Mexico*
A company of Khoxville capitalist?
haw boon formed to work tne gold
mines rocently discovered at Eco, in
Monroe county, Tenn. |
At Vickab'urg, MioS. . Tuesday,'
efoteO persons wore killed and six in
jured* with two others missing, by t^e
exploftloh of ? tow -bout on the Missis
sippi river. ( v
Texas and Kubrnaka wa? visited by a
ey clone and heavy, rain Tuesday. At "
Naeona, Toxas, thrty poraon^ were in
jurod, and at LincoJiVlffilM'many per
sons were injured also, but no lives
lost. N? j
The strike which has existed at the
yards of the Nowport News Shipbuild
ing and Dry Dock Company, ended
Tuesday, the men returning to work
on the oompany's tonus. They agree
to givo the "clerk" Mine system a trial
of thirty days.
Tho famous Montvalt 3pr\ngj Hotei
at Montvalo Springs, Blount county,
Tennessee, *hs destroyed by fire Tues
day. Tho proporty was owned by
Bobort Bonner, of -New York, and
other Eastern capitalists and was val
ued at $00,000, with $15,000 iueur
auco. f
-
Northern New? Items.
Twenty buildings were destroyed by
a cyclouo at Worthiogtou,,-. Minn.,
Tuesday. / "
Eugene 'Akors, a confectioner of
New York/ had $20,00p worth of dia
monds stolen Wednesday. ?
A Boston jury gave a man a verdict^ '
against a street railway for $85,000
damages for thevloss of a leg. <
A company has been organized at
Chicago, 111, to exhibit tho X rays in
the important cities^f the country.
The fa-e at L'Anse, Bfich., Tuesday,'
destroy?3>#750,000 worth of property
and renrtored 800 person* homeless."
The Bp^pisli oaravals which oame
over during the WorldV Fair, have
been given the Field mhseum, and will
hereafter float
A federation of six orders pf railway,
employes, including firemen, trainmen,
Engineers, switchmen, conductors and y
telegraphers, h^t been formed at St.1/
Louis. A proposition to admit the
American llail way Union was voted
down. -v- ' - I
Washington.
A b-rr/.v ctstne to Gen. vHenooek
was ufiveilo'.i Washington Wednes
day. !
Tho convention of the Supreme
Council of the A. P. A. met in Wash"
ington, D. Q, Tuesday. 1
Tho action of the President in sum
moning Hon. Alexsnder W. Terrell*
United States minister to Turkey.'
from his Texas home to Washington,'
was not based on any new or serious
developments in tho Turkish situationO*
Thc Senato finance oommittee
appointed Harris, of Tennessee *'
of Missouri, and Waltham, of
sippi, Democrats, Piatt, of C
cut, Republican, and Jonee? of M
Populist, as a sub committee to
tigatc the bond issues. Harris will be
chairman. , \
Foreign. .
Tho German Reichstag has died the
export bounty on sugiar at 5) marks
per hundred kilos.
Dr. Balmon, the oldest Freemason
in tho world* died in Iwndon Tuesday.'
He waa 106 years old.
It is officially denied that Gen. Wey-r
ler has resigned or been dismissed 4m
Captain-General of Cuba.
Rassia has tsken possession of ter>
ritory st Chefoo, China, to whieh Bag*
land lays claim, and trouble is antiei
patecL
Thb signing of a protocol between
tho governments of Argentina and
Chile has removed a threatening sft
uation and exchange has risen to 17|.
Berlin advioes frosa Pretoria
that the death eenteneee of Jet*
Hammond and the reformer e
tors there have been comm
five years imprisonment.
Japaa's Ta
Japan's new Impo
power has Ibcwm<
cent., the amount td be raJasd
xwacblag |liO|ftW,OOft. ? But aiHl|
fdatkm of 45.000,000 11
fifth la tbla reapact.
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