The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 06, 1901, Image 1
MILLS MAKE GAINS
Lalcrl Development in Strike Sit*
uatlon.
SKILL! D MtN GO BACK TO WORK.
A Number of Insertions rrom the
Ranks of the Amalgamat sso
Plttsburg, I'd., Special. ? Develop
ments Tuesday in the steel strike
show decided gains for tho munufa:
turcrs. The accesion of 31! sk'll** I
men to the Star plant, the Increased
production at^* Painter and the
Lindsay an<? McKutcheon Mills, the
defection from thorMJLrikers' ranks oi'
75 m ft c h juj/i litfKfft pipe outtei s at tho
^...U?fl?lttlflental Tube Works and 50 at the
Pennsylvania Tube Works, the impor
tation of 12 men Id the Monossen
Steel IIoop Mill ami tlie installation
of three mills on nlghl turn at tho
Clark Mill, all point to an early re
sumptloa all along the line as viewed
by tho steel officials. The Amalgamat
ed officials, however, make tho elai^ff
that everything is progressing s?fis
factorlly aild say much of the*' sup
posed advantages of the manufactur
ers Is bluff and cannot be made goo:l.
As an instance they cite the Lindsay
and McGutcheon plant, where tho
company claims to have as many men
at work as they can accommodate aud
turning oijt merchantable product.
Tho Amalgamated people claim that
.Tames Hurley, vice president of tho
first district, visted the Lindsay and
McCutchoon M-ill in the guise of a
roller seeking work. He made an in
spection of the mill and according to
the report there are 20 men at work,
six of whom are skilled. The strikers
also claim that at the Monessen plant
-the product turned out last weea
amounted (o 2f)0LlH)0 pounds, whereas
before the strike the daily output was
1,000,000 pounds.
Matters at MeKeesport are ?iuiet ,
and to all appearances unchanged.
Strikers point to the fact that ?,tho
machinists who were' persuaded <0
cleave the National Tube Works did
not go in as a victory for them. ' The
much-talked-of start of the Demmler
plant Is still being discussed and the
attempt to stall ;s now scheduled f'>r
the latter part of the week. The man- j
agement claims that the only thing j
holding them back is adequate pro- 1
tcction for the workers, a full com
plement .of whom they say are ready]
to go in. Mayor Black is still holding
^ back his final answer to the request
for police protection. It was- reported j
Tuesday afternoon that tho strikers
at Duquesne intended to make another 1
effort to close that mlant by getting
the open hearth menvout, but nothing ,
definite 011 the subjeek>can be learned. J
1,000 Coal niiicrsQti t. I
) Oliver Springs. Tenn., Special ? I'nlojU
roal miners of this district a: e ojif^w.
ing to their failure to reach an asrec- 1
?meat with -the operators for a new ,
scale. The scale for the past year ex- j
pircd Saturday night. No disorder is '
anticipated. The number 0* men out j
Is 1.000. A few men arc at work in tho
Tennessee Coal Company's and tho.
j
Knoxvillc Iron Company's mines, but
. V
the Coal Creek Coal Company's and
the Black 'Dkuncful Coal Company's I
mines are completely shut down. Tho
ftoyal Coal and Coke Company is op
prating with its full force of men, hav
ing .entered into arbitration with tho
miners, a? did the Jellico operators.
elation.
Q
Heavy Betting on Boat t<accs.
New York. Special.? J. Montgomery
~ ?? Smart, of the produce exchange, has
' received a dispatch from J. H. Kings
Icy, the agr-nt of tJ^e lfn?:lsh syndi
4..u..cute, which placcd $1 "i0,C00 on Sham
rock II, at Pittsburg, saying he was
r?a: ly with another $150, (.00 at tho
same odds, or half that >?m. Mr.
Smart immediately communicated
wilh a Broadway broker, who arrang -
ed the former wsg r and has*slnce P'H
nil J1Q.QQU a^aiust. $S,000 -lhaL tho
Shamrock will not lift the cup.
Big Racing Prizes.
Charleston, S. C.. Special.? The rac
ing pr I v 'leges nt the South Carolina
Jjiter&tate and West Indian Bxposl
tloli Vere disposed of hero for $35,
OOd fa W. Brooks parley and Co. As
sociated wft h Mr. Harjey are H. C.
Jordan and W. 'P. Nuckols, of nieh
mond, Va. Thp Wagener* track will
- be put in excellent condition and
ampin facilities such as stables, grand
^t*n?L .:CU'~ wiU,.Ue^u?U&hcd. . Mr.
' U.irtcv <id that his associates and
himself' ?wftmld $186,000 in purses
dTrringthe continuance of the exposi
tion and that he was confident they
wo"!d be. able to provide the visitor^
to lho9cxpr?sit,?n with excellent sport
i i i.O'.t'T? rad pacing events!
To Xlo Out ot Commit ?l?it.
Boston, 'Mass.. 'Special.?' The yacht
frid<Sp*ofl^nc* practically went out of
; r-r- comarl^Bian Tuesday afternoon after
she u<l raced over a course in Mas
; lattmaetts lUiyttfd hsaten a fleet of
fish emeu tea miles on * ZS-mHe
courts. After the exhibition, the Jn
- 1 Cdsps?dsece sailed dOwn the ship
chattel to Hall to- await the disposi
<|A| of herjwrfnsr. It 1s believed that
~ " for dlounKIln*
DIFFERENCES COMPROMISED.
1 he Columbia Mill Operatives Bcc!:
at Work.
Columbia, Special. ? An undost. il l*
i >?:< has been reached by whirl) the
striking textile operatives will return
to work. This is a concession to or
ganized labor. Boir.e (imo ago the tex
tile operatives of the Richland; Gran
by tan<) Olyinpla Mills asked /or a hol
iday on Labor 1 + y. Nothing was
heard from this request until a week
a?ro last Saturday, when the opera
tives ware (old thai they could n.H
have (hour half-holiday on that Sat
urday or the next Saturday, ns (hey
would have to work over t i mo (<? make
up for Labor Pay. They were also told
that if they did not make u)> this time
(hoy would tie suspended for a week
and their back pay would be withheld
a week. Irrespective of organization
hundreds of operatives refused to do
over time, contending that they had
worked CO hours a week, (he legal
limit, and that they wo a Id n >t be
f/DVP/l i/> jjj) ii ))n))/)tir ivhi^b
thoy had not yet been g.ven. The fol
lowing Monday morning the opera
tives presented theiisleves for work
and ail were refused except those who
had worked the Saturday afternoon
before. /v
Later (ho mill ivhtuvrltios announc
ed that they would' take( back all except
the members of /the Textile Workeis
Union. The louk-outf then bo?ame a
strike. The unlon^ctvllcd out all of Us
members when this it-sue was raised.
It Is estimated (hn( nearly a thousand
operatives quit work. The (hree mills
employ about 1,700 hands. Jhe un'on
initiated 450 members last week, it is
said. The mills were nol seriously af
fected but tb? operatives If^gen to pre
pare to move away and tht? alrl)<e be
came r serious proposition. Tjae oper
atives behaved in the most beeom'ng
manner and had cool-headed arivisers.
There was no intemperate speaking.
Monday business men of the c.lly
talked the matter over with the direr
tors of the mills and it was decided
that the operatives could go to work in
the morning. The members of the ulcn
regard this rathar as a truce than as
a victory, as ii merely means the ccg
sation of hostilities against the union.
There ahes never been a demand for
(he recognition of the organization.
The growth of organized labor lu this
State has has been remarkable in the
past twelve months. The Labor Day
exercises here Monday -showed to what
extent labor is urga^iS%?tl In this city.
There were over a thousand people in
the parade and fully 2,500 were ad
dresed b ythe mayor, the Governor,
the Adjutant' General and Mr. \V. W.
Lumkin. The striking textile opera
had offers of transporatlon and work
in a number of other places. Many op
eratives coming here froifc. other mil s
joined the uOion or returned to their
homes. The Textile Union will not re
lax its vigilance, as it is understood
that the truce is temporary but may
be made permanent.
It Didn't Work.
^ Columbia. Special.? The strike of
textile operatives was not settled
Tuesday and affairs are nlore chaotic
than eveivJXpesday morning- the strik
ing ejnployrs returned to work, over
tures having been made through reli
able parties. The operative^ were tuld
that they would not bo required to
abandon their organization befonub
they- decided to go back to work.-dBL,
appears that theso terms were . livt
made by the directors' meetings, al
though it was stated In the leading lo
cal papers that thfl di e.-tors, or some
of them, were willing for the emp'oyeu
to come, back to work. When the op
eratives presented themselves at the
mills ^ach was H3ked if ho were a
member of the union, and informed
that no union labor was wanted the
stiiking operatives walked out. At
night, the Textile Union had a meeting
and the members decided to get their
back pay from' the mills at^d leave the
city at cnee. 'it mnain^^^foX be seen
whether or not there will be V< general
ext-dus. The union Is said to have a
thousand members. The Palmetto an!
Columbia Mills are In no way affected
and Capital City .but little.
The Olympia. Oranby and Richland,
known as the Whaley Mills, are the
ones In which the trouble Is felt raont.
The whole thing soama to be. a:i nnfor
tunate misunderstanding.
jj Roanoke Stores Close, v
Roaftoke, Va.. Special.? Labor Day
was celebrated here on a much larg:r
scale than ever before. All business
houses were closed. Labor parades and
union trades, display embraced 1,500
persons. Including 100 ladies. Athletic
sports at Crystal Springs Park includ
ed yacht races between miniature
boats representing the cem-'estants in
the international ?-aces.
Filipino (tats a Job. . .
Washington. Special.? The Preildont
has apoplnte.i Jofl. fi Abfeu, a Filipi
no, an assistant in the ofll^e of the di
vision of insular a flairs in the Wax
Department, He will be given charge
of work relating to the Philippines in
the division over which Colonel Ed
Wards presides.
United State* to Oet.tlM Isles.
London, Spe^tfl.? A dispatch to a
ndWs Mgency^trom Copenhagen, says
the new Danish ministry has decided
to accept the United States' offer of
10,000,000 kroner tor the Danish West
Indie#, thus announcing as an accom*
pi is bed fact what the dlspatchesof the
Aasoclsited Press said the ministry
would do.
LABOR DAY SPEECH
fton. William Jennings Pryan M^os I
Characteristic Speech.
LABOR DAY GENERALLY OBStBVED
Mr. Bryan Advocates Close urbani
zation and Opposes Striken A\..k. s
Vigorous Speech.
? ?
Kansas City, Special.? I.al.or Day
was marked by the latest and most
Imposing |>a*ade of labor unions ever
seen here and by the pai tlcipution
of Wm. J. Hryan In the process!. it an I
exercises. Kight thousand men mucli
ed tluough the st^eeti groupod in
their Unions and each union we.ir.n;
a distinguished uniform. Mr. Bi\v:u?
occupied a carriage at the lira a o L the
line and was cheered as he was recog
nized. A striking feature of tlft* parade
was the hod-carriers' uniou. jj.m/ju. jv .
men, led by a negro band.
The orator of the afternoon was
Wm. J. Hryan, who was preceded by
Mayor llced.. The pavilion at the park
was crowded to suffoeition, Mr. Lirjuu
took for his text the M.ble vers?,
zle not the ox that treadeth outTSfcaL
corn." ^
Mr. Bryan said VRach dc-ade of our
history shows greater production or
wealth, and the men who proline it
have less to show for ii. Is this ii go >d
condition? a right condition? The
lutlon of the problems that confrrnr
uh is in legislation, not In le?*slatlcn
for or against classes, but for equal
justice before the law. The strike is to
day the only weapon the laborer has.
but it is weak and ineffectual, if the
laboring men were hulf as activo en
election day as they are enforce
ment. of their strikes, , they would
wield a force that would right the evils
which beset them.
"Tiro ..great danger of today is pri
vate monopoly. Not that any monopo
ly Is worse 'than others, but the prin
ciple is bad which tolerates any private
monopoly. I have heard that the true
solution of the problem is f<5r the la
boring mail to divide profits with the
trusts. That has been given as an ar
gument for the trusts. Such a thing
would be immoral and Impolitic. Jt
would be like dividing the spoils of tne J
highwayman. It would be permitting ;i
man to rifle your pockets and then qf* J
for tn divide the proceeds with yon.
Today the only people who sympathise
with you are the Others who toll in
other parts of the LorcVs vineyard. In
the present great steel strike, where
did the first 'expressions of sympathy
come from? From Texas. They have
no steel mills there; they are farmers;
they are tillers of the soil and labor
ers. like yourself. I want to warn you
to resist4'the overtures of tne trust,
Beware when corporations ask you to
join them. The farmers can stand the
encroachments of the trusts longer
than you can. The farmers live off
their farms. "When trust prices pet so
high that the farmers cannot buy, they
will eat the products of their own in
dustry. Their wives can even go back
to the prlmative method of inakinuf
clothes by weaving. But when the
farmer can no longer pay trust prices,
then there, will be no more demand for
the products of your toil, and you can
make no more wages.
\ The offer of the trusts to divide with
Hhe laboring man is a pitfall. Can you
trust the aprporations to divide hon
estly? No'? v How many of you would
line to try a lawsuit, when the judge
on the bench is the opposing party to
the suit ? There are gooil judges, good
Jurors, yet do yju want Judges and
Jurors to try your rases ?vheii they are
InteresleJ In the outcome thein?e v s?
When you permit private monopoly to
dictate terms of division, then you
place yourselves wholly at their mer
cy. You "allow them to wa er their
stock and then expect thorn to divide
with labor on a Just bases. 'You are
witnessing a battle between labor t?nil
the great steel trust. Thisj ^trust was
willing to unionize some of its mills
but would hnve others open 10 non-un
ion labor. Why? Hecause the trust
wants some mills that It can depend on'J
In the event of a slrike. It Is an un
equal struggle, for thcr.trust can close
down Its mills for yeara. but laboring
men cannot live a year without work.
It Is your duty to crush monopolies
wjth the best resources at your com
mand, the ballot.
?'Government by Injunction is an in
iquitous system, and one of the ques
tions demanding attention at the
hands of the American people. The
courts arc the servants of the p%opl?,;
and for a court to rule by injunction.
Js for a court to dispense with a Jury,
flrnd to condemn a man for violatiog.
a law that the court ItscAT made. Ifcider <
the process of government by Injunc
tion the court constitutes itself the
power to make the laws, execute them
and "pSss JuagmfffinTifi tTTB "WCTrmn'.
Th? whole thing la . wrong.. Under the
system a number of employer# can or
ganize! themselves, go into court and
gj?t an order prohibiting others from
organising for the same purpose. They
can get an order prohibiting working*]
men from getting other working men
to refrain from working. The employ
era can organise to crush labor, but
, others are forhilien to organise. I am
l.opposed to government,. by injunction,
not tfiat it is derected especially
l6atest-thfe laboring man. but that It
does away ulth trial by Jury. It Is
menace, not only to one class, hut to
all. It la within the power of the la*
borlng man Jo do away with the b/b
tem."
Ota e rally Observed la Texa?.
TMk, Special.? Labor Day
jfr nearly every city la
a maimfi ? <M*eh mute
has haen Um case la tke
rton the parade fqelvM
pm Worth' jvysMsd Umm '
Tli'E COMING STATE FAIR.
Arrangement* Progressing Kapidly
For a Good Show.
Mr. T. ^1. I.amotte has boon noli Hod
fhat ho Imu boon appointed assistant
secretary of t ho State fair. Mr. La
Motto baa been connet t?ni with the as
k niation ninoe its organization in 1S7S
and is familiar with the details of i ho
office, lie began at onco to distribute
the premium list*.
'1 ho lato Col. Vance, who was assis
tant jnerov^py, was also a moinber of
the executive committee. chairman of
tho committee on grounds and hulld
i ? i R s and a nionibor of othor ?<)mmit
Tcm t lh< vyas> deeply Interested in the
f'iir. li wK.i/niainly to his offorts that
the sue e'y secured a nleo sum from tho
Seaboard Air l.ine for a right of way.
and Col. Vance gave mu<;h time to tho
rxponding of this money on now build
ings, sheds, etc.
Tho offh-ers of the State Agricul
tural an".! Mechanical society are:
W. i>. Evans. Cheraw, president; J.
Wash Watts, Laurens, president pro
tern.; Thus. W. Ilolloway, Pomaria,
secretary; T. J. Lamotto, Columbia,
assistant secretary: A. Gamewell l.a
I fctittto. Columbia. treasurer; \ W,
| rSpwo, Chester, general superintendent.
'I he vice presidents by conxi esslonal
(.!: tri. -s nrr: A. T. Stnvith, Charleston;
K. H. Watson. Ridge Spring; T. J.
Kin<yd, Ninety-Six; J. Wash Watts,
Mor.ntville; .1 W. Dunnovant, Chester;
H. F, Williamson. Darlington; W. (J.
Ninson, Charleston.
The executive committee consists of:
C. FltZnlmoiis! Columbia; M. T>.' Don
aldson. Greenville; A. Porter Haskell,
Columbia; T. O. Sanders, Hagood, It.
P. llamer, Jr., Hamer; J. 12. Wanna
nnker, St. Matthews; S. J. McCaugh
rin. Newberry; J. 0. Mobley, Winns
boro; C. KX Moore. Uennnttsvllle; A.
IT. While, -fu)cK Hill; J. H. Wharton,
Waterloo; D. (1'\ Eflrd, Lexington; J.
\y ) ^ 1 1 j* I ? 1
The followljnjr, ail of? whom art* ??x
presidents of the association. are ex
officlo members of the executive com
mittee: Tins. W. Woodard, Rooktori ; I
J. 1$. Humbert. Princeton; Thomas !
Taylor. Columbia; 10. R. Melver. Pal
metto; H. F. Crayton, Anderson; It. A.
I.ove. Chester: 1>. P. Duncan. Colum
bia; Thos. J. Moore. Moore; 'J', j. Cun
ningham, Clowncv. ^
The following departments, of the
fair are presided over by the superin
tendents named: Field crops. M. L.
Donaldson. Greenville; Stock, Jno. H.
Wharton. Loupes: grade cattle, A.
Porter Hasffell, Columbia: horses,
mules, etc., D. F. Eflrd of Lexington,
and It. P. Mamer, dr.. llamer; sheei)
and goats. -J. Wash Watts. Mountville;
swine, J. G. Mobley, Winnsboro; poul
try. A. H. White, Rock Hill and Geo.
L. Dellihn; household department. J.
W. Drcher, I-^xingtoii* manufacturer's
department. R. H. Watson, e Hidg
I Spring; mechanical department, J. W.
Dunnovant. Chester: agricultural Im
Nolements, C. F. Moore, Jlennettsvilie;
1 (Ti^mtrs-ils, minerals etc.. C. Fizsimons,
Columbia; fruit and iioral department .
H. F. Cra.vtoh, Anderson; needle and
fancy work. Dr. T. J. Kinard, Ninety
Six: fine art, H. F. Williams.
Dry flood# Market.
New York;' Special. ? Tbo improve
ment In volume cf buiocii this week
. bHn pialatalned f cottoa good*
Tii ere ftare bora no cbaxfu ta quota
tiont,-^ut t|i tone roka geoor *!?y
Ana. Priit dotka an ?na tor bo*k
tMTOW Mtf Odd, COOrf*. JJMM ill
THE
The races t year will be very In
le rest ins: as the purses are larger than
ever, and the track at the fair grounds
1 3 becoming rcoognized as one of 'he
fastest in ti?e country. For that rea
son northern men who brings brings
of fine horses south for the winter are
setting it|> a circuit of southern trtwns
with Columbia as thn most attractive
The following races and purses are an
-ouiiced in the premi?uh.-ljM :
FIRST DAY ? TUESDAY, " OftTOHKR
29, 1901 .
No. 1 ? 31 .Mile dash, weight for age,
$ir.o.
No. 2 ? 2. ttf Class, trot or pare,- $2:*>0; ?
No .1 ? 1-2 Mile dash. South Cnrol'na
raised saddle horses, $75.
,No. 4? Gentlemen's roadsters (trot
or pace, owners to driven; $100.
SECOND DAYr WEDNESDAY, OCTO
HKIt 30. L9(h.
N(>. 5? 3A Mile heat, weight for age,
$130.
No. 10 ? Free for all, trot or pare,
$100.
No. 11?3-4 Mile dash, owners' handi
cap, $75.
No. 12 ? 5-8 Mlo dash, weight for
age, $75.
J) No. 13 ? 12 mile heats, weight for
age, $100.
IcFoiJRTIl DA Y^~ FRIDAY, NOVEM
BER 1, 1001.
No. 14 ? Mile heats, weight for
?age.
No. 16 ? 2.20 Class, trot or pace. $250.
"No". 16? 3 4 Mile dash (2 and fl year
olds, weight for age), $75.
No. 17?3-4 Mile dash, consolation
(for horses not 1, 2 or 3 at this meet).
$75. ..
No. .6? 2.25 Class, pace. $200.
Not 7^-MUe novelty/ weight for age,
one-quarter of purse to horse leading
each quarters); $150.
fto. 8?2.30 Clasr., trot, $200.
THIRD X>AY ? THIIRSDAY,OCt6bRW
31. 1901.' J-?*
No. 0?1 Mile dash, we'ght for
$200.
TRIE!) IT LONG AGO.
Manual Tracing In The Days of Bill
Arp.
HOW IT PtfOYfl) TO BE- A FAILURE
Hoys Could Not Be Kept at the Plow
or With the tloc The Old .School
muster I la J Haul Time.
? ? - ?
.Manual training Is no now filing
About sixty years ago we boy a bad It
ill I he Manual I .aln/'r sc hool .*iu old
dwinrU'M. Wo hu4\to wyrtc with our
hands three bonis a day; Wo worked
wlili iiio lino Di tirt* u* or plowed corn
anil i niton or haoli'd wood or did homo
kind of farm work and the throe
hours of manual labor was intended
to pay for our hoard. Hut that was a
mistake. Tlio boys didn't do one hour's
faithful work; tlioy frolliekcd. Captain
t;.n m o. v ii... >.# .fivx'iv; r.J '? .
plantation during the Creek war. wa*
the overseer and luj said he liftd
rather fight Indians than watch those
boys. Ho was a good hoartod, brave
man, but he couldn't managu u bun
I red boys who hadn't been raised lo
work and whoso father's -were rlrh
and had negroes to work their farina.
Most of these boys luid been wild at
home and had been sent io this school
to bo tamed and reformed. Poor Cap
tain liurmany. He pleaded with them
and took the foremost row and show
ed them how to bold the plow or split
rails or grind the ax. but when be was
watching and training one squad in
one Held another squad lu another
field would slip off and go In a wash
ing. The old-fashioned wagons ha 1
lynch pins to bold the wheels on and
sometimes the boys would lose h
lynch pin on the way to the woods and
the wheel would como off and the.v
would go back to the blacksmith shop
to get another pin and fool away the
time until the three hours were out
and not a lond of wood hauled. Cap
tain (iarinany gave up In despair bo
foro Uio year was out and thoy tried
another with no better success. As a
general rule a rich man's son Is not
going to work with his lmndB. We hud
a very fin# lot of boys from the best
families, such as the doublings and
llolts, of Coluuibus ; the I.intons, ol
Athens; tbf Miens. of ClarUeavllle:
the Hendricks, of Butts, and a lot ol
Harrises and TFoylos and Woffords and
Johnsons, but tlioy.ent more than they
earned and so the experiment proved
n failure and the manual labor feature
was abandoned and my father who
bad Inaugurated it and was president
of the board, had to foot the bill ol
$3,000 for Hs failure. Since that day !t
has been set down as a maxim that
three hours of work of a rich mun't
son won't feed him. Hut these bpy*
didn't turn out bad. Most of them
made good scholars and good citizens
Thomas Allen became comptrollei
general of t ,ie stat<*. Ned Oouldln.w
was colonel of the Ninth Georgia and
William T. Wofford a brigadier gen
eral, and Dr. Jlni Alexander and Dr
Hendricks stand high in their pro
fession, (lib Wright and Hill Wright
and Ramsay Alexander and Jainef
Maltble became judges of the circuit
courts,
I was ruminating about good olc:
I)r. Patterson, our principal? how fai
1*0 was and how faithful and Indul
gent and sometimes of a hot sultry af
ternoon. while we were blundering
along through Caesar's commentaries
ho would go fast asleep In hi? chalt
and wc would skip a whole paragraph
and keep on reading and skipping tut
til his book would fall on the floor an<J
wake hint up. Then he would hunt all
about to And out where we were at
but he never complained or made an*
pslgn of suspicion. I remember out
debating society and how once ?
month on Friday evening we hod tc
take sides and discuss some great
question. About a dozen of the oldei
boys were engaged in it and though )
was the smallest, I was right smart
and my. father helped me and I held
my own with the big boys. I remem
her when the question was who was
. the. greatest man that ever lived an<
each boy had to choose a different mar
and advocate his claims. If two ot
more wanted the same man Dr. Pat
terson had to settle It. My father told
me to choose Hen Franklin and I have
n.ev('r changed my oplnitfrf since, "fot
L convinced myself that he was th<
best all round man that histoYy tell*
of. Ho. was the fifteenth, of seventeen
children, never went to school aftei
he was 10 years old, was apprenticed
to his hrothor, who was a printer; ran
away from hint when he was 17, hired
to a printer In Philadelphia; next
year was sent tfc London to buy stock
for a new printing office, but the
promised money was not sentf- so he
hired (o another printer; after twe
years returned to Philadelphia, in
vented a copper plate press ? the first
In America ? married Miss Deborah
Head in 1830, when he was 24 ynart
old; founded The Pennsylvania (Ja
zette and rose to competence and re
the PM&flolpfalb jjl
brary in 1831; published Poor Rich
ard'a almanac for twentyflvo years;
in 1736 was chosen postmaster ol
Philadelphia; in 1843 founded the Unl
verslty of Pennsylvania; in 1744 foun
ded the American Philosophical So
elety and the Academy of Sciences
investigated electricity and took rank
with the great discoverers and wst
elected F. R S. of London and Edin
burgh. In 1753 wan appointed post
master general of the colonies^ He mu
? the defender or alt colonial tnVfMgrr
rwas sent to England to h^e th?\pmp!
act repealed; labored hkrd to prevent
war. but failed; came home mad
signed the Declaration of Indepen
dence; was sent to France to spears
aid and recognition and succeeded;,
alaned the treaty of peace at Paris it
died in 1790; on mdtloa ol
Vlrabesn the national assembly of
France pnt on mouralaf for Ma, Is
tbe constitutional coaveetfcm ?f 1717
bis Ipst aurtfba was tktt ~c 1 ?
?uuini upen lis ?sssimis sltb
aad IMs le done to ttil* A ?
Wbat a record Is Itat
I ? T>
Franklin anil for throe years It hort.
that nauic the state of Franklin. . In
I7>f>, after North Carolina lia-l toiled
it to the I'nlted States. congress g<?t
t<> quarreling over the name and
couldn't agree on either Washington
j or Franklin and compromised on the
name of that loni(v crooked Indian
river. Wasn't thai a thame? It
should he Franklltw now.
Well, I gained my case 'u that de
I'-tto at loai-t my father did, for he
(rained me. 1 gained it |Over Na
poll-on and Washington and Jefferson
and Shakespeare and Newton and
I lemoBthenes and others and am still
proud to i m all the vletory.
Hut the faet remains that there Is
no greatest man. There Ik the treat
est orator. the greatest philosopher J
ami poet and preacher and statesman
ami genoral and dlsfo\oror and in
ventor and painter and sculptor. hut
eaeh of these is greatest only In his
own profession. Outside of that most
of great men wore weak and childish
and some of (.hem corrupt, l.ord Ma
con was perhaps the greatest writer
on political economy and public morals
hut he accepted billies while on the
honch and publicly confessed it. and
was deposed and fined 1 0.000 poumls
V.-.V.N MWV.S VO. Y-S WAVi ? v W ft* N ^ '
that ho was the wisest, brightest and
meanest of mankind. Sir Isaac Now
ton whh so ahseut-mlmli*! t.Uat It made
hitu appear ridiculous. When the lire
burned him he called his servant and
told him to move It back. It. did not
occur to him that he could move l ack
himself, His favorite cat tamo Into
his room through n hole In the bot
tom of the door. When she had five
kittens he ordered live smaller holes
out for them to pass In and out. Zerah
Colburn was no ? doubt the greatest
natural mathematician who over lived.
When he was lOycars old he could
multiply any number of numerals In
his head and give the answer in
stantly, but he was almost an idiot
about other things, and when 23
years old lost his faculty in figures.
The ad olrabTe Crlchton when 10
years old was the most learned classi
cal scholar In Europe and could con
verse fluently In twenty languages, but
could not do a sum In tla? simple rule
of, three. Goldsmith hittl no superior
atf a writer of pure English. both In
prone and poetry, but he could n t utter
a respectable sentence in converoa.
tion. Dr. Johnson said of him: .Vile
wrote like an angel and talked like a
parrot." John Wesley was a very
great preacher and a writer of sacred
hymns, but he was not wise enough
to choose a good wife nor great enough
to Bubdue and keep her after ho had
chosen. When she left him he said:
"1 did not forsake her, 1 did not dis
miss her. 1 will not recall her."
Potruchlo dJd not tame his Katf that
way,, l.ord Bryon was an unprinci
pled rake. Napoleon h*ft a diyk cloud
over his fame by divorcing josepume.
In fact almost every great genius had
some defect or some foul blot in the
make up of his character. Our Heaven
ly Father did not choose to create one
perfect man or woman, not one. Just
think what faculties It would require
in a man to be as great or oratr?i as
Demosthenes or Webster, as groat a
poet as Milton or Shakespeare, as
groat a philosopher as Plato or Socra
tes as great a preacher as Wesley or
Jonathan Edwards, as great a com
poser as Mozart or Meethoven. as great
a painter as Raphael or Michael An
geio. as groat an astronomer as New
ton or Galllleo or as great a general
and patriot as Washington ? wouldn't
he be a wonderful man? If there was
such a man and lie could live on and
on the world wouldn't need kings or
armies for he would rule it wisely and
well and all the people would say
amen.- Mill Arp In Atlanta Constitu
tion.
Brief Mention.
Mr. Joseph Uryan ,of Richmond has
bought his father's old homestrai. in
Gloucester county, recnnte'.y owned by
W. M. Withers, for JIC.CO?.
At Williamsburg Wednesday Dr. L.
S. Foster, superintendent- <?? th*1 10. s;
ern State Hospital, wis attick<d tnl
very badly beaten by H. T. Clowes, a
discharged employe.
Mr. C. M. Randolph, who bni?ht t' e
Atlantic Hotel. Norfolk, on We : 1103
day for $300,000, says it is his ln:l vi
rtual purchase and not for a ItU hmen 1
syndicate, as at first reported.
Lyncher* Clet 10 Yenr/C
Wotumpka, Ala., Spoct&l. ? Friday
nlgjit the, jury hearing the eases of
John Strength and Martin Fullerr
charged with having participated in
the lynching of Robert White, a ne.jio.
returned a verdict cf guilty of murder
In t?e second cgree and sentenced the
defendants to ten years in tho peniten
tiary. Tho case of John Thomas, the
white man with w-hem Robert White
and his brother, Wlnf-ton, had the dif
ficulty. which resulted in the lynching
of Robert, is now ?* trial.
Observed In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Special.? Labor Day
was genorally observed In this city.
Btwitmw- * ww t?r?Hiti**Wy ? suspended |
and the atock exchange, commercial
intitutlons and municipal depart in untft
were,c.losetfT' There was a big demon
stration by the trades unions at Wash
ington Park, on tho Delaware river,
where sports, speech-making and jolli
fication were the order during tho en
tire day. Among the speakers was
Max 8. Hayes, of Cleveland. It Is ??*
t floated that 100,000 union workmen
participated In the celebration.
^fjoer markmanship ha* convinced
Bmh^iwar authorities that swords,
lances Ttnd bayonets arc of little use si
weapons of modem warfare, and that a
soldier who can't ?hoot straight is- en
tirety useless except as a target for the
bullets of *it tntmy whose soldiers out
shoot better. Hereafter the British tot
jditri wW bt drilled in long distant*
f iwilmifchray ihr mortewatal km*
TTWvBWVg, ' %> ffJH mW
txcfciiitt have ? Ibmh - Aalt
A GREAT CORN CROP
Bradsfrcet's Figures for the. Current
Season.
A YIELD OF 1,109,000,000 BUSHELS
Wltli An (Estimated Value of $750, ?
000,000- --There Will Ho ??Broad lit
The I. mid" I'or Another Year.
? ? ? > ? ???
Now York, Special. ? Hractstreet
says: I .ft to advices (is to the prob
able 00111 crop yield and as to tho in
sulting effect upon tho general busi
ness of tho country have made for a
rnthor saner view pf tho subject than
could linvo boon taken soino six woeks
or two months ago. With tho Ulon of
Rotting n clearer view of the actual
situation in the chxiing week of An
gusniraastreet Kent inquiries to aft "txa
pJHeers and correspondents not only
In tho surplus corn growing States,
but In tho loading Middle titd South
ern States as well,
t A consolidation of the replies from
tho stfvcu HurpluH States or Iowa, Kan
sas, Nebraska, Illinois, Missouri, In
dlana and Ohio, percentages of In
creaso or decrease by Statea being
bared upon tho reported yields as in
dicated by the Department of Agricul
ture. point to a reduction in tho yield
of tiioso States of not far from flfitV
000,0m) but* hols from a year ago.
Smaller decreases are likewise linff
cated in the smaller corn producing
States, llko Texas, Tennessee and
Kentucky, suthcent to swell tho short
age by perhaps 25,000,000 bushels.
Airaliist this is to be noted I&fgfiF Pt'O
duets reported in such States ua rs'ow
York. Maryland. Virginia and South
Dakota, which, while uyt sttlllelent to
offset these decreases, still limit the
f al 1 1 ??k off so that a shortage of not to
exceed (175.000,000 bushels in tho coun
try's crop Is to bo looked for. A. yield
of not less than 1.400.000.000 bushels
is Indicated for 1li0l, a drop of about
30 per cent, from a year ngo.
Replies to the questton of farm
prices being out Ihe fact thai tll0
present prices per buslud are fully 40
per cent, higher than a year ago. The
farm price for the entire United States
a year ago as reported by the Depart
ment of Agriculture was in the neigh
borhood of 30 cents, and a 40 per
cent, increase in price would point to
at ieast f>i ce^s per bushel being re
alized this year, which, applied to a
total yield of 1 .400. 000. 000 blishcls,
would net a total return of about $715,*
000.000 tills year against $7o 1 .000 uo<)
a year ago. a docrease of only $'30,
000.000 or less than 5 per cent.
Special Interest of coftrse attaches
to the answers as to the probable cf?'
feet upon general buelness tho com
ing Season of the shortage in corn,
and/, ft Is in a high degree encouraging
to Ijparn that, Bradsfreet's agents the
country over in the majority of in
.stances look for little that is Hurt
ful Jto flow from the corn shorUgo this
year. The fact, seems to be that tho
agricultural interests are in pretty
good shape at present. The whoat
yield is large, and prices received have
been very good. Thojje cections send
ing the poorest corn reports, in fact,
send tl^e best advices a? Co wheat
yield and returns. The result's pt ,thu
inquiry are, therefore, to indicate that
far from being the failure earlier in
dteatcd, a fair crop of corn will bd
gatherod and that, thanks to the gooa
wheat and other crop yields, and to
the- pr?sprous condition of the farm
ing interest, what would In years of;
depression be regarded as a very good
crop outlook- exercises little adverse
J>:t. * "
affe
Extension of StMiboard Atr ferine Rolf
wav S.'svics.
Effective August 25th. train service
was commenced on the Brunswick A
Birmingham Ruilroad, operating from
Thalmann, Oa., on the 8e.Tboard Air
Line to Brunswick, Oa.; oa -Saiitemheyr.
1st, through trains w! (Pfco inaugurated
between Brunswick and Savannah' Oa.
This gives the Seaboard Air Line an ?
entrance to Brunswick, St. S:?taon Is
land, Cumberland Island, and Jckyl "
laiajiiLand forms the short line be
tweeneHvannah and Brunswick and
between ftvunswlck and ?
Fla. \
V.r ? ?? ?? i -? * -
DsL'ma Case Reviewed.
Washington, D. C., Special,? -Mr.
Trace well, the comptroler oLffie^Vroaa- '
ury, has rendered a decision wjiicip d'a
poses of the famous De Lfma case. Hs
holds that jtfltfer the reccnt decision of
the United States Supreme' Coui t the
judgment obtalnod by De Lima & Com
pany for $1 4^97 from the United States
on account oflfilWea paid by them onT
goods shipped from Porto Rico to the ?
L'nlUd Slates. .between, the data
ratification of the treaty of Parts and
that of th? approval of the roralter
act, may be paid out of the general ap*
propriatlon of th<? Treasury
ment without further action by Co*?
fren.
? Pour Killed In Teseawat Fbt
New York. Special.--""
werfc killed and seven a
ed Hi a tenets at Are In
day night. The detad are;
Rothgleer, 17 years of nj
from fourth story window;
It year?; Tlllle B*4k, "'-1
Bad. infant. ? iWr