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eHRQNieLE. ( JTLV 2*, 1890. NO. 2!>. :Jm si* problem. i th-3 System Can bo Changed and Bettered In This State. (PRESS OF SUPT. W'MAHAN, sral fhinfs, Including Intelligent Teach |ijf, Needed More than l onger Terms - A Itron# Presentation. [he following 'is (ho address Su Jntendent nf Education McMi. ;n at Lrrls Springs on tho country sc hoo! j^pblem tl'he country school problem is th* H>t important problem of our civili lion to-day. M It is the problem of our agrieul jral ?maneipalion. of our industrial roapority. If the truth be told, we in a bad way agriculturally. The nmtry i?, being deserted, plantations Ire bring fatcn up by mortgages, dwel jUfiS and harm; built,; before tho war j^re Kolng to dcav, and if destroyed to lorrow could not be r?placed. We llvinR 011 the accumulations of the >?"t. and fn?r using up the little capi tal of our possessions. This ip true >f manj neighborhood?. I am thank ful that it is not true of nil. Hut men flnow farm without hope The way )ut must he through more IntPlHsent Methods, better education. ?. The country school problem ir> ? h e tprobleni of good government. The perms "ward politician" and "c'tv [bos<sv have acquired a meaning toat foells of some of .the evils -rtf govern ment in cities. Although "crossroads politician" is also a term of disrespect. It has.uio suggestion or vinous purpose or of vpnality. The crossroads poli tician Is charged with narrowness, mis taken zeal. He is a patriot, and all he needs is education. There is among the 'people in the country an independence "and an.. Indiv iduality that are a safe guard to thp State. It will be a bad day for us when we no longer have this sturdy constituency to appeal to. We must, therefore, by education solve the problem of how to make a living In thp country, and we must provide ade quately for the education cf children reared in the country. 3. The country school problem Is the problem of diversified life, cf all-round interest. Thus far. nearly all of our city people have had relatives In tht country whom they at times visited. Hen to ??? li our people ha.ve>some expo rience of country life ? there are none "but have lieen brought under the in t fluenee of this contact with nature*. Th,' /on no longer he so if the exodu* frf jf the country continues, 4f we con tinue tu have poor country Eehools that fall to fit boys and girl? to lh> ?prosperously and happLly in the coun \ ry ? such poor schools that jjarents see no hope /or their children ttiere and go to town,, to live frop^snd to tnoutU. at uncertain empUf^em. In search of f rhools. 4. The country sehcol r problem is. moreover, (hp problem of our national vlp,r>r. The majority of - the leading business men of our cities were reared on the plantations. So it Is in each Feneration. The city seems to require a back country to draw upon for rein forcements. When these ran no longer be supplied the pnd Is at hand. The country school problem is Indeed the problem of the preservation of our Caucasian civilization and purity of blood. If the country be abandoned to . the negroes, then that which makes a people great will be theirs and not the " white man'*. The hardihood, the Inde pendence, the courage that country life develops will be lost to the Caucasians, who will have gathered into congested centres, where strength and vigor of vnind and body are at last sapped. The country will supply the men that domi nate. Who shall these be? L'ut 1 am expected to point out what . .may be done for the improvement of the country school. The spcaial prob lem of the schools In the country Is due to the. sparsity of population and the poverty of the people. The chief diffi culty Is the distance apart. The school .money Is apportioned according to en rollment. and each school Is attended bv f-o email a number that its share of the public fund supports It only piti fully. There are many needed 'im provements. What arc they? I would not. if I could, present to you a finished theory of how to solve this problem of the country school You would dis trust anv theory. All improvement must be a growth. My theory might need to be modified as conditions de <'Hop. In aspiring the office which now hold, I undertook to solvs thin problem, at least in a measure. But It was not my choice to attempt to solve It here In words. This subject was assigned me. I am glad, however, to give you some of my thoughts, and .. I want you to think on these questions with me that together we may solve the in yet. The current opinion seems to be that ^he one thing ncded for Improving the country schools le< a longer term. I wish to say emphatically that In mv opinion the longer term Is the last thing needed. . It is needed, but there . are other things nftcled worse. ST* T. The first thin* needed la better teaching, more Intelligent effort, to ward th* moulding of character. I have been trying to Impress thtoN^The summer schools are | wklng towirt thls end. JHSts iwsorfStlo? baa for ' years laJxved to improve the teachers of the KtaWand hA* done much. 2. We need a better course of study " Invonr schools. TTUs la closely ntated to better teaching, and tccetfor mey ? * woiittl vrnvr* - * 'rv| L improvement Is needed In all tM j* "boots and In the colleges too. There do with the. speech ths* I* ?o imispfn sable a part of life. We should teach a mart* to know n " passively but ?r t i v^iy ; to bo not n mors receptacle of Information. but a potent factor We- should teach nioi. of science, and especially should thr he in all our teaching more of the . entltic spirit. We should dev?-b;p in the children a love of truth and a wolf reliance. Tea- h them to realize the universality and the immutability of causa and effect Then they will know that a wrong done can never lv righted, that it cannot V undone. 'Teach a man t ? ? reeoefcize in al! spheres of activity the orderlj* Pv> ce. -,es (' nature, imd t?o to feel Ms re v?o:if 'hility to lc m harmony with the nixli > will, tn pn-moto the good and not th? evil mutation doc* not consiist merely In develrj i g in u.-> mental power. It should also supply us with useful knrwle.tf^e of cur environment, This canrrt b? acquired In a day and it i.-. folly to lose the years of our school ing in exercise merely for the n'.if nrth jilng of our minds, ar< l^l's fiiengthen thn muscles. invert of strengthening our minds by a riualnttng us with the grea* t rn * hs that are involved in the life about u> and wjt h the problem? that will soon pre^s '1 P' ' 1 us. Life is too short. Dutie.n are too pre -sir sr. We should lea^n we n*ed In the last ha if century there havo.com'" io the front soeia' and I nd 1 -la I problems overshadow ing all else Feme m?rc ha? - T'ne only ^o'" 1 >s knowledge, th? orb ?vii i'j ignorance." In tir- la^t onnlvri? fv \ good bark to knowledge its bo^ls. Kvery e\ tl m-v I rosolveu ?nto ignorance as Its cause. We ue^t fcriew the right in order to r}o the rig ht I lit education should do more than fit on? to grapple with th? problems ? f l i f The w??c!e man t hould be de veloped to the fullest Our course of study and our If aching should ?-n? * 1 - vate th? artifti-' fide of our ne.tnre, thit v.e may be in full harmony with creation. Otherwise, t he:-e potential pleasures remain unknown to us ? there is an irreparable loss to th? ?nmi total of human happinc-s. Wr should le?*h ert and music In our schools. The experiment at the State summer ; e h??ol has me that finvimdv can learn to draw and that anybody can learn to sing. The school should not a<m to prepaid for college; it shotuld prepare for lift. The cci'egp should take the boy that comes io i? and prepare hint c- 1 ill bet ter frr life. It s-hauld not make aii idol out of ?' e.i!l;? ;i ".o'llt?'' course." All education should prepare 'or I iff; rhould help to rive us a true attitude toward life. o Hett^r moral support from local ai:: horlties, ic> the n*xt important need r.f our country sclioolc. Th? trustee and the parent ar^ well a* the teacher, need to be educated a* to their duty. Their attitmlr mr-y de stroy all discipline. Above all they -Would not ehn.nge 'h" teacher unlc.-s thehft is a certainty of getting better t? awning. The good teach?r should be kept permanently. Thtts may th? trachrr learn tlie children's disposi tions. win their heart? nnd train their characters. Moreover, a new teacher doesn't knew whTo t h^^-cMl/Hen are prepared to t?ke up their studies A large part of the ses?i m is practically lost while the teacher is experimenting with the ohddren. 4 TVtt^r supervision Is ano'ner need. The county superintendents are usually paid too little to K'ipport then and permit thfm to devoi* thernseivop fo the work find otu'i r' supervision as a profession. They must pursue other occupations for a living. Sorrc r"rform no more than certain clerical duties that might as well be performed (>y the county auditor. All this should he changed. K Tletter organization and division r.f the school Itself is a pressing need. We should seek to cultivate our coun try schools. Instead of four or five tfoor schools scattered over a ?ielgh horhood we should have one strong :chool, with two or more teachers. The children could he graded and taught better. The teachers would stimulate cach other by association and ronfer rnce. The monthly salary could be hfgher and the employment longer. Hut how shall the children got to the pchool? Here Is the problem. I insist that they can walk a great deal farther than their too Indulgent parents are now usually willing for them to walk We now have many neighborhood'' in which it is possible to dispense wkn several jrhools and patron ire one with out serious Inconvenlcnce. I am glad to observe some tendoncy to do this. In the northeastern and northwest em States they have resorted to the practice of employing a driver and team to bring to sohool and carry home ihe children who live bsj'ond a a rertaln distance. I hope within the next year to look Into this system. It is v*ry possible that with the money saved by abolishing Just one of our weak county schools the more remote ehildren may be hauled to the big rchool house which will he supported by the many of the three or four other schools supplanted by It. Lastly wo need better financial support, longer terms, b/tfer equip ment, better salaries. This most ron.e by levying a special local tax. I put thfs last because f believe that with our present resources we ean do mu. h on the line* atove indicated to give us better schools. When these tilings a^e done and the people aec that ihe whools are not a humbug, they will he readier to pay more money to support them. But until there Is evidence of aomethlng bains done, nobody Is wil ling to giro mm* money. I believe that a food teacher will In the end bring everything else. We aee ft Ifc many toenlftfee. Ona thought more. There are those who condemn universal education. They think that education beiongg to man for hla e tat ton Id life, makea him discontented with hiaJot. threatens so cialism. I will ooly say that as tons ?j. there to www for Improvement it Is a caraa to koe? men's minds oootented To donbt that H 4a good for all maw to know, to to haitcfre that darkneas I, better than Miht- lt Is to donht th*t H ** pood for us to know the woadr nws truths in the midst of wfttofe Ood has 1 he Correspondents Still Down on Otis. CENSORSHIP IS TROUBLESOME j T>c> (ii\e Instances of flow 1 heir News lias j Been Suppressed No Ftid of the War io Sl*ht. London, By Ca ble ? A priva* :> w ,,,t received he ip f r a cor ?(> .?ron-doni ?' Manila, and datad lun? 17 sav*: 1 hor ft scpjijs to bo no ond c\f the war in eight, The c&v.' Tshl-p ts 'on.^air ly becoming more troablcswJis. Gen era! Otis recently es-taibtlUhei ? ru!^ that any matter relating to the navy must be taken io the C Mimnndn of the fleot for hp approval and '? f 1 c r wa>rd pubmittei ti the mi'1 larv ?nsor, thus aiding to oui>* d.Uffleult'es . FV>r some reason. wbt'ch th? een t<r woul 1 not explain, General Otl? refused tn allow i? 3 to ?end 'h? d?a'h of th? M ? r-vln^ok's oaptaln (Nichols), for tw? dava after it* oorurrenoe Th* K-ntral also refused to allow u? !io b."v 1 new => of 'he <1l5-apprii an?"e of Captain R :ek cfpller t April 28?. on the ground tint I' would worry h 1 * fimily, or of itho k tolling of f'apiain Til ley. . c<r t:h? T-'gnal C>" ps un til the next day. The correspondents are tired of thin arrangement. which ?lmply moan? that thev must go out and nin largo chances of goMing shot, several tinier a week, with no chance of making reputations, because th?>!i stories must always reflect Otis' view? It is impossible to wrltp th^ truth abut the situation. The resource* and fighting qualities of the natives ar<^ quite mlsunderntood by Hie American papers, and we cannot writ? the facts without beln? accused of treason. nor can wp tell of th? practically unanl mous opposition to. and dislike of. tb? war among the Anjreican troop:-. The volunteer?, or at lea?t a portion ??f them, wero at one time on the verge of mutiny, and unless General Otis had begun sending th^m homewards there ?vould have been sen.-atiOnal develop nicnts. We have be?n absolutely le fuped all hospital figures." Yellow Te>er in Cuba. Wa?ihin?ton, D. 0., Special . ? Pur aeon Genera) Sternberg ha? received che following fr^m Major 0'R?llly. a' Havana: "'Harvard reports from Sa,!i".'>-ago. duly 22. ?on yollow f?ver situatic-n; 10t;h, ro now canes: threft do2?thP. two enllstfd m?n. one olxiiian. 20'th., three new rases. one enlisted ma.n. one female nurse, ^rie civilian. >no deaths: 21st, no case, no death*." Airai-Jtrong ftrom Puerto Principe. ie pcrts: "July 21, four case?, two sol drters, residing incity. one ?t.e'a.mster, on civilian; July 22, nothing nrw." Bryan Wi'l be a Delegate. i Washington. D. C., Special. ? T!ir> j Post says: "Bryan will "be a d*!pgafe to .the next Democratic national con vention . This statement vis made Ig a Post t't porter Tue.-^day by Con gressman Clayton, of Alrbama, who reptfients his State upon the Pcano cr&tlc national committee, and who has Jurt. returned from meeting of that commttt?e In Chicago." ? v A Klondike Steamer Arr ves. San Franolsco. Cal.. Special. ? The steamer Bertfha arrived ih^r*4 from St.* Michael's with 97 passengers und 1. 000,00) In gold. 'I !;c largest amount owned by one person was $75,000. The 'pur?cr say? thaKffjere la weailt.h in >he Oa.pe Ncm? di$.t'ricft. and declares that (.here is no truth in he story of failure to find gold there. Funeral of Col. Injfcrsoll. New York. Special. ? The funeral of Lhe late Robert O. Tngersoll occurred Tuesday afternoon, from Walsolon , Dobb's Ferry, where he died on Friday last. No clergyman was present to con duct the service; there was no music no pall -bearers. The body lay on a cot In the room wh*re Col. Ingereoil died Tt was shrouded In white and one red roie was placed on th*? breapf. Alatkan Boundary Dispute. London, Special. ? Despite disquieting reports. It is believed at the British Foreign Office that the Alaskan bound ary dispute Is tending toward settle ment. The TTnit.ed States embassador, Mj. Choate, has forwarded to Wash ington Important dftalled di?patch*? embodying Canada's position with re ference to the Lynn canul scrip. Sir Julian Pauncefote's return, it is ex pelted, will advance matters, owing to his knowledge of both the American and the Canadian position. Mitt Appeal la Arms Ottawa, Ont., Speslal. ? fa the bouse of commons Saturday Sir Charles Tup par bro-ght up the qn:a ion of th t jLlaoian JmanJ3iry. Iic.?sid tjie_j;n^d States bad puraued a^ uoJustlQible course In tkii matter. is4 spoke of the unfair attitude of ike America* press In praaalng upon tbelr lenisrn that Oraat Britain and the United Statea would of thwaaalraa hare bean able to rrxcb a eatleftoetory eonelinlon.bwt tbat Canada stood fa the way. Continuing, be hwiialed that onJjr an appaal to arsn ootll aettla the Ikpitt MORF GEORGIA I YNCHINGS. Rsfiit and Robber* caught. And Will Meet the I'suat Fate. Balnbrldgo, Ga., Special. ? Charles Mack, the.feoond of the Oglctree rap ists, was lynched Tuesday morning a Saffold. His crime was committed in Karly county, and citizens of this (IVeatur) r on n t y refused to lft the mob bring the man Into West Bain bridge, pinrc it waa desired that an Innocent county should not 6ufter ?in odium of a lynching committed by cit tzens of another county. Mack was* therefore taken to Saffold, th<* toone o' his crime, in Karly county. When that place wa= reached the moi? found t bo botlv of I ouIr Bammin, who had been lynched IS hours before still swinging to the limb on which If had been loft Mack was carried before Mrs Ogled?* She iecv:gnUed him at once, as did also her hu*l?an<t Maok then u>ad?< a i on fesslon to every faet except holding a pistol to Ogletree'p head while Simnvn committed his assault. Mack wa? then taken to a tree n^ar that on whi<h hung the body of Sammin. and strung up As he was pulled oft' the ground hl> body was riddled with bullets. Sale of Columbia Canal. Columbia, P C . Special -?It Is re ported on excellent authority that t Columbia and Saluda canals, having .1 total of 23,000 horse- power, have been purchased from their New England owners by W. B. E*. Whaley, of this city, and J. L. Cokor, of Darlington, P. C. The belief Isthat Mr. John E. Carles president of the American Cotton Coin pany, which owns the round bale pat ent, is behind the deal. The price paid is said to approximate $800,00i?. Populists \N III Nominate Brown. T.oulsvllle, Ky., Special.? -It re ported t h n t the Pcpullst Stat" conven tion at Frankfort, this week. I? likely t<? nominate for Governor John# Young Hrown, who in the prospective uomlnei* [of the nntl-Coebel I )emocratp I' Is be lieved to he certain that the platform adopted bv thft Popullt.tR will contain an anti-f?oebe| declaration. Texas' First Bale. Nsw Orleans La.. Special. ? A b,ile of now Texas cotton classed as strict mid dling. one anrl one-eighth inch staple, was shipped bv H. B. Deer, Tuesday, to the president of the New Ynrk cot ton exchange, to be $old for the benefit, of the T ?xa^ flood sufferer*. Jeffries Will "TaKe on" McCoy. Tolfido. O.. Special. ? Champion Jim Jeffries boxos here to-night three rounds with his sparring partner, Jim Daly at the bake Krie park and casino. Jeffries. i'i teJKing of hi? future fights. saJd that he proposed to fight McCoy as he had agreed todaaftr t ho. mill with Shar key. "Personally I do not think Mr <"oy is eligible to heavyweight honors, but I will take him on because I have promised to m*>et all comors,'' said the champion. Funeral of Ingersoll. New York. Special. ? Simple funeral exercises over the body of the latp Rob ert O. fugersoll wpro held at Walston. the Ingersoll summer home, at Dobb's lrerry. at 4 o'clock Tuesday afternoon Dr lohn Clarke Ridpal h, who was fot many years a close personal friend of CoMngQrsoll. read the eulogy delivered by Col. Ingersoll upon his brother. Clarke. Dr. Ridpath will also read "My Creed," the last poem written by In gersoll. Reserves Called Out. The naval reserves were called ont In Cleveland. O., for strike duty. A barn of the sitre.o? car company was partial! ly wrecked by dvnamite. Four Men Buried Alive. Akron. O., Special ? Foiir men weie burvjd under 410 tons of clav In a bank at the Buckeye Sewer F'lpp company, *??st of Akron Saturday. The dead: : Daniel Callahan. Andrew Ploa?ky/unknown onlooker, unknown German. The fall was so sudd?n Hint the men had no ehanee to escape. rrng of the Ital .. recaps similar rrf<in the past. Italian Comments. Rome, By Cable.? The F^anfulla.com-, rnentlng upon the lynching of the Ital ians at Talluiah, T.#a. cas os whloh have occurpB and while stigmatising such savage acts, deplores the indifference of the 1'nited Stale* government, which. The Panfulle WJjt'n, has not the strength to vanqu^i fanatical prejudices' and sometimes the <*a$e of the shoot ing of miners at Hazelton, refufes all explanation. The paper expresses the hoflf# that the Italian government will ?<"mand and Insist upon an explanation of and satisfaction for the lynching Georgia Mill fa lecreate lu Stack. Columbus, Oa., Special ?The direc tor# of the Eagle Phoenix Cotton, Mills, one of the larg eet in Georgia, bars decided to Increase the capital stock from HOO.fW tor *750,000. The pres ent stockholder* wtN be el totted 25 per ?ni. of their present hnMtngs, thiM betas liven the first opportonlty to bvy the xv stock. The grille will ... . - . C. it*-: Mfiiiffiirimi . Appointed to Succeed Senvh-y J Alger. ALGER THANKS NEW SECRE1 AKY ? ? *- ? ? ? Head of War Office it a Natiw V w ^ ork ami a la\*\cr of Yen II i;h Sia::j ''?J? Appointment Made Saturdav ? ? Wv- hi nr. ton. l>. O.. Sp< Ma) Khtnj It-:' of N't w York In? a Ofp'cil M> uai pmifolu in Pu\ Ithmt MrKii.lt \ tn I > ! 1 1 c t . ||i.> idt'jjniiii nf at ceptHiirf was rerei vod hiMilyaf 1 01 noon t-itur utlt, w lit:** Miitii-v l ong w as w it h the niisidoui S?Mi<;:ti> Al?i?"-r h.itl J'k-i !cfl. * | i 4.<- under t*. lliu Mai oortfolUk *\iia i imrfp t<? \j; Knot Friday night n ff ?t ' ' '*>?? '? ? oil he \Vhl-? Hon -v J *' *' ^ piv- t ier: ? will l'nvo for \,|| i k - Wt Inesdiv fir Hon .. lay of r''ls wrcK u lsh-it d!v pinli,ib!r that Mr H-t.? will oonif. In Wa diinrton to o j i r*? r ^ Mil liini b.'foio tliMi i i hi" it is l 'v'inU'l ?)?; more llkeiv rin* Mr. W<m ; v ill nu-ci the pte-ldou! ;,t |4;h? 1 hnnip.'rtin ?il|o l.i'i^r part of t ho wrrk. Iliv aunoutinment of Mr. Koo'.'s ap i"'ij 1 r" " ' made at the war de l"'"n' ;i If was stated that Son * tor Piatt .lino to Wooing1? on Thursday '-ning nnu?"l with authority from iM r. !? ) pf. in hi.-, name Ihn war Put I fol io. |r |0 not oxpoetod that ? ii< f*oplain? will inn kr any chang* In the plans of Seirolary Aiger. and ho will to mo In on duty hero until the j end of the pro-en* tnon'lt. Itping assist fd l?y Mr. Melklndohn. t-'et.rrtary Alger had confidently cf1' P*fto | ;ho appoint men! of Mr. Hoot and wan wiy nun h pit a.,t d at H e preside nt s ( hoire. Thl<? wm.-. evldene o.l in tho following loiter whMi Sfr rri'ary Atfyr add-rrs.-cd to^. his puo ( eisor ; V/nr-liit'-iU;-1. .1 III V 21. ISM, 10 am Mv Hoar Mr. Hoot: All I know is what Hi o newspapers .-ay tint you are to sncc < d nv a* soorrl.'iry of waH .?hoiil<l It i ome to von 1 nio l o.nnft-tiv nrjio yuu ft ninko <;ho j-ai-riticp and a ooop'' tlio 'prvs.ii ion. W'i'h your great knowlodnc rrf law nrtd venr oxo^lloiit hoalt;!i. you ran servo the < onnt ry in a \\'i\ pivon to ffw men. Sitx cr<?ly yr?nr?. H A ALCiKH. To Hen Klihu Moot. N'ow York. ^ori-pViry A!por o;illed.<i' Dif White !lou?p and for a sh-oi-t Hino disenK.std wlt'h t.hp pr?-4i<l?>nt f-om#> appnintmonts ?t'."? oommlsoions In tlir volunteer army Hp drovo from th* White House di re* i. to Lh? station, where tip met lilp wifp. Together Ihfy lew for Tliorn dalp, Pa to ?ppnd Sunday with ihoir daughter. F.yriPtary Algpr addressed the fol lowlrg tplesrnm to Mr. R-r^' Pitili h a nipt on. "Aen?pt rrv nonzrainlrttionf and thanks." Proletary Algfr l? in rrroip' o' a gro-T tt ar y letlrrA ?nrl telr^ranis from per f)ii< in ovory flat ion of l!fp, all tourhinu tiprn hi* roi.ir^niont from 'ho r?,l)inoi?. So niimtniti? aro th^y that the 5e?r$;tary Mnd? hlm.*rlf phvp.it illy unahlo to makp propor po.j>arrj,? ro. Fpo.'isr., and Ins ren,if'F,l"d t }i ** A**:5*) cial'-Ml Pn*S5 to convey an .*?? knnwio 1k nier.t nf l.ls dof-n n.ppr' .riation of the f-pntinton s rxpreKfiod. Eli.hu Hojt was b">rn Kr.h. 1"? 1 ^ 1 r? . at ' C!in( lnto/1. Oneida ronr.ty. N*. Y. He ccradun/ed front Hamilton (olir^o in l.iir r.lafc nf 16,lt and ontf * 1 ths Nev-' York 'unive?r.slty law school. Hp was admitted to t ho bir In 1&r.7, ln<e which Hino he lias hcvn in the aitive practice of hi? profos.^ion In Naw York. He wap Hn-'trd Sta'es at 'or Ttey for tho nrjiit.liorn di*U*lii' "f N^w York from March. 1SS3, to July. He -^'as vice pividdent of tihe a9-ir.li tlon of tho> bar of -tihe rlty of Now president of the firar.t Monument a'soolnt Ion. e? mo timp prr ^ i d <"T> t ';f the Repohlloin <~1 u and its tho pr'.vnt piPFid^nt of the T'nl'-.i i^-o-"1 '? 1 ? i ! ? Ifo ha.s hwn a iriiFde? of HamM'on oolkvge fdncc 1 8S3 and ha? r?ervH an president of the NVw England pn^jf.'y In tlie city of Npw Vorl<. >fe was on< of th^ mo*? promlnrnf mfnltus of t.he la?t NVw A'otk :'ia'p constitu tional ronvrT.:,|-n. * ho frvel as ' t'rman of th" Vtdiolary cr>mmltte?. \ Nojfro Ravl?!n>r Captured. Cfco rJof.Lp. N. I'., Spo^'nl Th<* r'^ro Capel. who assaulted t.'h< ?v- * ??? k : r 1 at Albemarle, N. ('.. whs ^apturpl nt Antionvlllr and imprisoned hi Albe marle Ji'll. I( is pai!d fbat thp n?*gro ba.s been secretly take n from 'h* jail and hidden in ?mtn plaro of pnfrtv by the authorities to prevent lynching. The Rijht of Cubans. Washington, P. C.. Special. ? G<>n . Carlos Garcia, a ^on of Gen. Cilixto Garcia. saw the president for a few minwtee Saturday by appointment. Gen. Garcia represent? the Cuban re publican league and h If mi.-sion to Washington is to Explain to ths president the ampliations and purposes of the league. The league desire? the complete political Independence of the Island at theea*lle>t possible moment. ILs alrti, however, at present Is to fe ! cure authority fdr holding conv^nM^* And elections ? for municipal - offlccri* and bp d^rmnjitratlng their capacity , for holding pi?rMom and for local self goveriVtnenf of preparing the way for complete control of the Inland. Th v derlro the authority for tihe municipal elections early this fall. Five Itsliast Sfrssf Ho. Tallulah. I,a., fipeelaJ.? rFlTC. Ital ians were lynched here Thursday night for tha fatal wounding of Dr. J: Ford Hodge. The dead men are of a class which has been traabtoRoae for sons Urn*, and It Is heller ed that they had , planned to kit Rbe doctor. Some of thsm. It As aald, have fassiUsa la R?- ? ropa bat bars no nlstirai hers. Ths <Wad mi are: Frank DefMfa, I Cfcaibi PsHiH, JoPsCatta. 8j Deffsr m r tPUTH C AROLIN A'S INDUSTRIAL GROWTH 1 T? am. McSwecne) tell* Strangers Something j About I?. A few day* ago Governor MeSwoeney i received an Invitation to attend the ' proposed Industrial convention at I r r.un 1 1 1 ?-? Ala., on Sept. 4 Governor ; MeSwfvney never lets an opporunlty 1 pass !?> let the people <>f other States ! know Of South Carolina"* wonderful i I i im.in.tiiil growth and will attend tho t tiM v?mi' ton utiles prt vented l?y officii lntitj. He has. written th* foMowinx ! i : : r Mr N 1 Thompson ije^re'ary, Huntfi vtlle. \ | n 1 *? ?:i r Sir -1 have bffotr ine your fa vor intending an invitation t * ? attend and parturiate in the proceeding.* ?f aoi Industrial ( omentum in If- held in 1 1 nn f t-\ 1 ! lo on Sept. 1 It will fcjtYi" mo plea fu rn I" attend and If oflirit.1 duth* ?'i' .1 I. 1 will he clad 'o te ,\ith j'i n and t>) If n. I mv aid and uuiin n- loj any i?io\eir??nt that will ;>dvan< <? t!tr>\ industrial dov eiopnioni of the Sotii'i. We have unlimited nat'iral itvioureen a nil liH\e (lie advantage ? ? \ ? i anv other ?see t Ion hi?!h In soil and illtnale and we. flmnlil long ago have aroin-ed our pfn pit td the importance of inannfartltr in?; our raw material instead of petid inc. it to other ?r<don.; lo be manufar mvd and th^n buying ii bieU ncaln 1 am Kind to say, however, that In the Iu=?t few vents; there ha* been a won ilerful nwakoning along this line In the South at the present rate <>f |?i o - gic and with 'lie proper tnrourai.-e ii) ? lit i? win not be long before we will equal If not Icui any other mm ! 'on In manufacturing enterprises. Yottr niove lnent haa my most heart y sympathy and I t r iih4 your ronvontlon will be a piu cess. 1 am, Yours truly, M. 11. MoSWKKNICY. \ Dying v\ife Slaver. Hit hor a. peculiar application for pardon reached Hip Governor's offirp Thursday and an investigation reveal ed the fai-l thai tho applicant had nut yet. even been lonvlcted or tried atjld consequnntly was no! elig,l Ip to apply for executive clemency. The pel it Iran ?-pl forth that Jessie Kohl). of Klorcni*-, county, whs brought to the county Jail on .Inly I. having killed his wife near Timmonsville. County Physician P. C^ Green cortiftpp thai. Mip man Is In a terrible condition with a loathaomn disease (hat has eat'-n the honp of his nos" and his palate; that. he also has ri bad case of tuberculosis; and that tf not rp!|p\*pd of confinement will not I1vp plxly days. Hp further considers his presence In thp Jail a menace I" the 14 vps of ol hpr prisoners now h?<1 hereafter. Th? only Authority th.?t <an iclrasr? the men is a circuit Judge who ronld allow ball "on his own rcognl* r.ance." T rcljfht Tra ns Collide. Thursday mo<rnlng t>ho regular fro dlght train over the Southern railway from Crriumbla to Auguf-ta and an ex tra waiermelon train from off t he Carolina Midland branch bound for Hip north camn together at Ilarr'f, in Lex ington county. Uoth trains had or ders to pa.^s at Barr's. The regular train was pulling into tho sidetrack and hid not qui-te cleared Mip main line when tho extra bore down upon hpr. Engineer Powell of tlve Ca.rol.iia Midland, who was in tihe ea<l) scorned unable to control h!<s train I or noma reneon and it wpnt into that portion of thp. regular train that had not cleared. The locomotive wha turned ovnr and some six or seven box cars were d?m<VTI$ihod. T<*n.gine?r Powell wwr slljahtly wounded, but no onp pIko. fortunately, was hurt. The t.ra^k was blocked for fomp houra an^l pa-nsengftr train were delayed. Contract Let. The city of .Abbeville has lot out th*> contract for 'its elotrie lights. The Wheat Growers' Convention will in pet in Greenwood, August 15th. The Hcdncttstille Cotton Mill to Increase Its Stock. The Secretary of State ha.s been no tified that the Hennettsvllle Manufac t tiring Company, a comparatively new cotton mill enterprise, had Increased it's capital slock from flAO.MO to $200, 000. The Railrral Comnrsslon. The numbers of thp State Railroad commission met in monthly se-ssion In Columbia Thursday. The l>oard re mained in fesslon the greater portion of the day cot>~id**rlng many matters of Interest t> ln?*i i Iduals In var ioiJ6 mor ions of the Stnte. Nohing of general Interest was done. Tine commissioners expert tolMvc abeul the 5th or Amc'??1 9 \ for the far northwest to attenjl the an' nual convention of the nUlrcuM com missioners of America. It Is lk?lj that all the members as wall as Secretary Duncan will main the trip. . As Important D^!fba. Among the decWonsjfllad by t^ Su preme Court was that in the^/much ] talked of Laureoe cottoa mill exemp Hon case. Tba principle tnvolvsd *as mietber the elt j orttowi eteapthn the alii applied. Tba eoort la brief holds thai tbe oouUtntlos taken prece dence of sir aaeb ettj uidlisaie. and tba taxes Mat ha paid Par tba 1 m aad im. m jlllf CHI BOM DUO; Robert G, Ingcrsoll Suddenly Passes Away, DIED OF HEART DISEASE. ? Mis Work of Sowing L nhclie f and Doubt Is 0>er. and lie Has Passed to the Realities of An (ternil> He Professed Not to Be lies In. Now York Special.? Col. Robert Q. tngorsoll died at his lioino, Walston on-t.ho- Hudson no.tr Hobli's Ferry, Fri day. lli.A doath w.i:> \uiddcn and unex pected ami resulted from heart disease, from which ho h:id suffered since ISS'6. In that your, durum tin* Republican imtlt'tml convention, ho w?s ttikon ill and had In roiurn homo, tin novor ful ly reeo\ered from tin* a Muck of heart disease nml was under tho care of physicians constantly. For the last throe days. Col Ingorsoll had not heon foiling well Thursday night bo was In hot lor health and rpont a portion of tho (?veiling pla.\ i n k billiards with Waleton Tl Hrown, hision ln law. and 0. 1*. Farrall, bin brother-in-law and private secret ary. Ho seemed to ho in bettor health and spirits when ho re 1 1 rod than ho had hoen for eeveral days. Friday morning ho rose at the usual hour and Joined tho family at breakfast, ile then said ho had spent a bad night, but folt hotter. Ho had boon suffering from abdominal pains and tightness about tho ehost. llo did not think his condition at all danger ous. Colonel Ingersoll .*i> nt tho morn ing swinging in a hammock and sit ting on the veranda with tho mem bers of the family, llo said ho was bet tor and had no pain. At 1 2 HO he started to go up stairs. On reaching the In-n.d of tho stairs, ho turned into his w^i?'s room. > Mrs. Tn soll whs Chore. Tog^thnr thoy dlscuss od what thoy would b.avo for luncheon and Colonel Ingersoll said ho had bet j .i much, owing to tho trouble, with Mr. stomach, lie t e<Mifod 1n good spirit? th"n. Aft?*r talking for u few minute.-, ho r rossod the room and sat. down in a rocking rhnlr. leaning hit* vhoad upon tho back of tho chair. Mrs. p'lngeiBoll asked him how lio was feel llng, and ho replied: "Oh, JLicttor." There were his I art words. A second after thoy were uttered ho was dead. The only *ign noticed by Mrs. Inger boII was that tho whites of his eyea suddenly showed. There was not even a frigh or groan death caino. Hoc tors worn hastily Hilled, bntjholr vei d.'ct wis that don tli had coin" Ujytint.ly Tho Interment will he in Sleepy Hol low Comet ory. at Tarry town. MrR. Ingorsoll was tho only person in tho room with him when ho died. Heath came to him as ho had recently expressed a desire that it should, rt^ oimn. in old times, said he wished to die slowly with a full coiiBolousness, no ho might tell those about him bow Jt I oil. Recently he experienced a change of do-ilro to die painlessly and without warning. In the Front Rank. When it comc? to making improve ments In all bramdhos of railroad ser vice t.he Rait I m ore and Ohio railroad doo.i not have tx> retire from the front rank. As "nothing is too good for the Irish," ho notihing Is too good for Baltimore and Ohio rail mad patrons and a progressive stop In dining car Service Ls being taken. The Royal Illue line dining cars arc being shop ped as rapidly as po$tlblo to change * tho interior so that each car will have a 'table dc' hote compartment and a "* cafe, where tho servloo will b a'la* carte. This part of the car will hare easy chairs, tables and other conven iences of a first class eafe, whe^e gen tlomau can smoke and oat without in terferlng with those Who profer a dif fer' nt .state of things. Jcrrible Crime in Georgia. AL thb little etartlon of Soffold, In Petal u/ county, Oa., Thursday night, a man named Ogletroo a country mer <Oiant was robbed by tnvo negroes^ and his wjfe a^sanilte:! . ?%ovetrnor Cand ler ho* offered a regard of $500 for the apprehension of thf negroes. An arm ed pos-e went imraedlft'tely In pursuit of tham.v It eanfifht the fate of Sam Hose will bo meted out to them. Root May Succeed Alger. Washington. D. Ca Segclgt . -The 1 name of the ouocesssor 'to enerafrWlger will br announce:! soon. The presi dent has made his election, and It is understood that Rllhu Root, of New York Is his choice. The question of appointment of a sucoossor to Oor.eral Alger wa? considered at a con..'erei?ce a't tho White House, be tween tfhe provident, and Senator Thoe. C. Piatt, of N* York, who oame over on a late train. The conference lasted _ about an hour and afterwards air. Pla?tt sa!d ifiat tfhe preeklenrt. had ahoqt decided upon he person to w&om he WiW tend?* the position* and that an annonjoafrnertt of his name w|U be made very soon. j t a g|"f"yriY ?* JiafTi-"* * 4 . ? . 'jiijcrf vv^t w>? Washington. Sp?cial.? SecreUly Al jicr will rollnoalgh thu wiur portfolio before Au|?flt i.TTe wflW ipoSimr* dent McK laity At tb? White Hmw Thursday Monlii ftbortt? Mow MOk. - and few mtaoteo. W?m* bo loft ki aMwradikiriB *xo*nmt spirits, lite tee* vaf.vmdiH to ! amltea arht wirxirt loV^wfl wrw?