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THE ST AllS SCHOOLS Hy 1'ivj*. \\ILLIMM U. lUki>. I <>f '.it. ? I'm HI' Nni?i?-f Today in bouth I arolina are to hp found very few people who would tdmit that they mo unfriendly to popular education. and fewer Kt ill who. would admit that they are not friend* to ,ow common schools. The ? people of the State have .just passed through a somewhat vigorous* polit ical campaign. Jn this, as in almost ivery *ueh campaign, many of the candidates for ofliee have taken oc casion to deelar, then* deep interest in the common schools, The caudi , date "ilotli protect loo much, me thinks," but most of them arc en tirely sincere in ihcii declarations. Home of these men will soon otvupy positions which will enable them lo demonstrate their interest in our schools, and their capacity ,1'or im proving them. From the outside it would seem thai very few of these men have made any careful analysis of the conditions of our schools, and eciiaiuly- wry feu have offered any definite, practicable plan for their permanent improvement. By no means do 1 intend to cast any nlur ?t these men. Perhaps it is a-king too much of men. busy with their own affairs and the affairs of the public; tp stop to study the problems of edu cation? -a Held biond and rich in vex atious question*. Perhaps, too, those who have studied these problems, and are familiar with The conditions, have been rcmi.ss in not telling the people frank)#* what they see and know. For fifteen years this writer taught in the common schools of this Stale, and for Kg|jtcen years lie has tried to at udy conditions which make for pond iwffui rvtt in the Tdnrntionai* system of We St nt ??. During the past twenty-six months he has travejed more than" thirty thousand miles- in side the State, driven hundreds/ of miles fii rough the rural districts, and visited not far from three hundred schools in the Stale. Tie claims no wider.. or richer knowlcdgo of the con dition^ than is possessed by scores of his fellow workers. Vet he fools that he knows something of (hose conditions, and that lie owes it t.o the people to set those conditions fiank }y hefty e thvm. Let^me say at the outset <hat I <li.-D')s^i"ii to forget or to <u?rep^^B(Ho man^Koml things in our schools, or to withhold merited commendation anywhere, yfct it in not ray duty to tax the reader's * time and patience with platitudes and empty eulogies, so frequently in dulged in by those who strive so diligently to blind themselves to our patent weaknesses. Our schools have been vastly improved within recent years. .We should rejoice at" their growth, apd even htynor those who have C(-y ^rifcttted to that growth. But we^fnot afford to stop at that. It would be folly to assume that our schools, and our school system,:, are anything ? like perfect. Let 'us-;dis <over some of the glaring weaknesses, admit what we discover, and set ourselves resolutely toward improve ment. Some of the most conspicioua weaknesses in our schools are these! ' 1, Lack of funds sufficient to main tain high-class schools. 2. Beggarly salaries paid to teacb era. - 3. Too many incompetent teachers employed in our schools. 4. Short fchool term, especially in the rural distriots. 5.- Poor school house* --and poor) equipment. 0. Neighborhood jealousies and neighborhood quarrels. 7. Too many little half-supported pcbeols. . . V 8. Inadequate supervision of vil- : lege and rural schools. t). Non-attendance * and irregular attendance of the pupU?. 10. The miesing Unk?? the high, school. 1 wish to dieeuis these feature! of pur school system frankly, somewhat fully, and Altogether dispassionately. I wish to avoid anything captious or hysterical. In these discussions, . 1 beg to offer, m unobtrusively as . I may, some suggeitions as to remedies, For he is a poor physician who tells his patient that he is sick, but offers neither to teJJ him what the diseaM is, nor to presoribe any remedy. Lack of Funds. To maintain good schools requires money. They can not be run on ebullient sentiment, nor will spasmodic charity keep them at a very high standard. Money is ab solutely necessary to build- comfor table school houses, to furnish these house?, .to pay competent teachers, and to /keep the schools open nine months jn tb* year. What is South Carolina putting into her common; sehCols the training school of the future ritteensbip of 'ihe Statot In 5907, the State enrolled in the eom ~ jnon school* 314.399 pupils, or about " 18 per cent pf her total population. On these pupils was ipent $1,413,724, or *4.50 per pupil. This $4,60 in* eludes the expenditures on school houses, furniture, apparatus^ libra sehoola ?was, n &!?l|l?oQ. amount spent per ~ attendance wae fond $31.32; Wisconsin, 128.34; Mi'j .u-koIu, New Yolk, $47.40. In 1007, South ( arolina spent for I'om.iuon school education 04 cents ?ker rttpHn of her (o4?l population - ii 15)00 Georgia spont OrtcenU; Vir 'iitiii hjn-iit $1,12; Mississippi, $1.15; Kentucky, $1.10; Tennessee, $1.40; i'Horida, $1.00; Maryland, $2.51; Wis ?on^in, $.1,70; Miniu'bola, $4.41; Nevv Vork, $0.27! Most people will admit that our school fund is insufficient, How are wo to increase it! Several plana have b*en offered, and several ways are ?>pvn. Some of them, however, do not appeal to men of experience. Not a few people insist upon increasing the school fund by private subscrip tion. This plan is inadequate and vicious in its effects. The public ?diooln are Mipi>orted primarily for the benefit of the State, rather than for the benefit of the iudivi<UM& Frequently it is proposed by a few ?o increase the 'common school fund by direct appropriation from the State treasury, Utiles* such approp riations were made upon the ConJit- ; ion that each district receiving it# part should first make a specific local effort, the result would be hurtful, as the district would soon come to look upon themselves as beneficiaries of the State, and would foase to make any effort fo help themselves. Only a few years ago ono house of the General Assembly passed a bill (knowing (hat it would fail to pass in the other housp) appropriating $200,000 to the common schools. How, much relief would such sura give (o th<j schools t It would increase the fund only 63 cents Ver PuP'l on l{is^ year's enrollment, .or $15.7? to a school of 2.3 pupils. An annionrin ion of .$200.00 disbursed in such way ?h to require the district* to raise in ablegate something likn $400,000 u local taxes, would be equitable and tiiiT'ni arp 'I1, onco '? plan would not entirely relieve I strain ? fevv of J)ooj.cr P an of collecting nnd apportioning he constitutional 3-mill school tax is not n democratic one. TlVat tax i? collected and apportioned by coun S k?roe counties with poor land, . .jn(yof P?wcr for manufac and with no railroads to tax, ? e at a decided disadvantage. It S'l( ,m7 ,)0e" ""-just to have col ected and apportioned that 3-rniI! tax as a State tax, but it would have been just and democratic to have made two mills a county tax, as at haVe nmde lhe otlior mill a. -Slate tax. Then the stronger counties would have been contribute nm./ pT. !Uflriiar^d' lax. f?r the sup weak counties. -o far in this State at least, local taxation has proved to be the best means of increasing the school fund. It is equitable, it is stable, and it is certain until a majority of the neonle fW ? I li compels the unwilling few to bear their proportionate prn't a legitimate and necessary com munity ^expense. ? Tlie_ dit rict which levies a local tax knows just where XvhJrl J?nes fr?m' 0,1(1 j"St where every dollar goes. Moreover ? is usually not very difficult to levy a local school tax, if there is only some safe person to lead, for as a rule the wealthiest persons in the district are the readiest to vote , a local sohooMax. ' j:rrnilIly 1 ,nm. confluent th.at the most just, equitable and reasonable way to increase our school fund is o inaugurate a fensiblo and honest ? ?{^rninff our property for taxation. When you compare the amount of schodl tax raised in South Carolina on each , $100 of taxable property, with that of other States the showing ig very good. But when you stop to consider that our prop erty hag been Returned at perhaps twenty-five per cent of its true valae the showing is not good. The habit ' of returning a piece of property at f.ne"fo.urtb.,|t8 true value, then taxing it at 4 mills, instead of returning it at something like it* true value, then taxing it at one mill, to raise the game amount of money, is not only childish business practice, but it is a training school in dishonesty, #cn who offer to return their prpperty at something j 1" i?6 Vfllue ar 6 actually laugh fid at -for their artleisneas! Civic honesty must decline under such vic ious system. a, Ye !u? roal flnd Person<tl prcjv a i te returned * ?ome. n n*ty /?r cent why no,tf) of its true value, the -mill school tux alone would practi* t? io/v?U!u8 <Jur en^re school revenue. In 1907, the land outside the incorpo ated town* in the prosperous, pro ductive, and wealthy county of An derson was returned for taxation at an average of $6.51 per acre. Marl boro, one of the finest farming coun ties m the whole South, returned her land at an average of $5.28 an acre. Orangeburg is justly prt)Md 0f hei farm land, but she returned hers at -$3.54 an acre. Williamsburg has some =poor land, but ha. 3EF58B finest fields of eottpn and tobacco tc be found in the SiJ?; on the tax e?*o oor I8 an average of $2.00. In these very countie*fj have been shown land whose owner* it* Inowinsr the tax levy .while we reduce fho valuatiop of our property reminds osfe of the poftey of the jnaster who $idertook SECOND PRIMARY fill URNS Smith Lead* for Senator by Substra tial Majority. Columbia, Kpeeiat.-As a result 'of Iho Iknocritie State primary, Mr. I'!. I). Smith, of Florence, bus been nominated for the United State* Senate, and Mr. John K. Swruringen, of Edgefield, will bv the State 'a next Superintendent of Education.,, For railroad conmiissioner, Mr. Bank* L. Caughraan, the incumbent, and Mr. James Camder are running neck and neck and it may tiike the ofllcial count to determine the winner. United State Senator. Abbeville .. . . 873 1,334 Aiken.. 1,386 1,803 Anderson,, .. 17ft 2,021 Bamberg., .. 17ft 0fi3 Harnweli., ft()3 1,301 Beaufdrt 133 228 Berkley., Oft 52 0 Calhoun,. .. .. ft 9 2ft3 Charleston 1 ,230 2,050 Cherokee. . < 723 l,2ft7 Chester 502 1,3)3 Chesterfield. , .. .. ... ftOO 0S0 Clarendon.. .. .... 470,^ &H5 Colleton 187/030 Darlington 033 v'f,827 Dorchester 71 200 Edtff field 078 870 Fairfield 4ft4 78S Florence. 230 1.4^8 Georgetown.. 42 827 Greenville,, *. 3000 2.407 Greenwood.. .' 1,032 1,457 Hampton . . i . ...... 442 08,') Ilorry.. . . 205 832 Kershaw ...... 205 401 Lancaster. 180 1,443 Laurens 1,252 1,410 Lee.. .. .. 381 800 Lexington .... 080 1,082 Marion 853 2.001 Ma rlboro .-. 030 1 |>99 Newberry.. .. 1,010 1,252 Ocoftco. . .. .. 823 1.207 Orangeburg.. 1,103 1,802 Pickens. . . . 78 1.344 Richland. . .. 1,000 2.43."> Saluda.. ., .. , 320 707 Spartanburg 4.220 ? 3,1104 Sumter.. .. .. 023 OSO .Union. . . . .. 1,573 1.101 'Avillianu?burg 3^2 1,137 York.. 1,418 1,820 Total. . ... .32.15S 5.T.W Grand total vote reported. ,5S,040 Oconee Boy Kill3 Woman. Anderson, Snccifll. ? Mayme El rod, a white woman, about 40 years old, died in the hospital here at 0 o'clock Thursday morning as the result of a jntnahot wound inflicted at the hands 0* Calhoun Donald, a youth of 18. The shooting occurred in the Town villo section, just across t lie line ii\ Oconee County, and about 25 miles I /rom~ Anderson, and the wounded woman was brought here. The Capital of the State. L Columbia, Special. ? Comptroller General Jones stated that "the license fees collected from corporations in 1008, under the corporation license Act, will amount to $83,774, which is over $5,000 more than the amount colected in 1907. Of this amount $51,<J53.4S is paid by domestic cor porations, whore combined capitali sation is $94,703.09. The figure* for the past four years are as follows' Total receipts for corpora tion license in fees in 1905 $ 63,345.19 Total receipts for corpor ation license fees in 1900 69,298.33 Total receipts for corpor ation license fees in 1907.. ,, 78,355.94 Total receipt^ for corpor ation license fees In 1908.. .... 83,774.00 Total amount collected for four years. . - ..$294,773.43 Medical I College Beneficiaries Columbia, Special. ? Governor Ansel hps announced his appointments, one from each congressional district, o t benefloiaries to the South Carolina Medical College, as follows: W. M, O 'Bryan, Manning; J. H. Cannon, Ridgeway; E. E .Epting, Williams* ton; John M. Beavdon, Enorec; Phil* lip W. Hunter, Yorkville; Floyd D, Rodgers, Lake City; George H. Hen* ?nles, Columbia. The Governor passed upon foui pardon petitions, refusing all. The petitioners are John Clyborn, Green* ville, two years for housebreaking; Robert Beaty, Horry, three years foi the same offense; Bose Cook, Hamp ton, ten years for manslaughter; Lee Gardner, York, nine months for dis pensary violation. Enormous Loss in South Carolina. Columbia, Special. ? Reports which Commissioner Watson has so far re ceived from various parts of th? State, in response to a circular of in* quiry cent out, indicate that the to* tal damage, throughput the State .from the recent flood - to crops, failroadi and bridges rr?H far exceed all expec | tation. Mr. Watson - said that it would) not surprise him if the total wweedo-lwenty-flvo million dollars, ; -U . ? X-'. r^-v- ? ? ' - ?? yzz'1 '* ? ! '.f " laTwttfttiai fin ecitLr? In MMnraB ett*Btfo& to the Are inwrtft?-f?tei fejevailing in the Kite. fJie is seek in* the rates 6f uwarapce that have obtained on various classes of property in the State over a number of year*, his idea being to moke a comparative Columbia, Spadil? Insurance Com* missioner McMaaters is turning hie Items of Interest Gathered By Wire and Cable GLEANINGS FROM DAY TO DAY JJro Items Covering Event* of More or Lett Interest at Home and . Abroad. Foreign Affairs. Gregori, who shut Cuptaiu Dreyfus in the Pantheon at the Zola glorifi cation, was acquitted. .Grand Turk's Island was devastat cd by n hurricane. and inan.v 'lit** aro believed to have been lost in Grand Tu?k, the capital. Tolstoi '? , birthday was generally observed in Russia. A vast multitude gathered to watch the prccshion of the Kucharistic Con gress and the prelates were jostled by t he mob. Cardinal Gibbons preached an elo quent Hern. on in Westminster Cathe dral. An Italian ofliciol delares the wed ding of the, Duke of the Ahm/fti and Mi?s Kjitheriuo Klkinx will take plae?j but that the American attitude must change. The It ussian volunteer fleet is de clared a failure. ? Political. Candidate Bryan made a campaign spccch at Wheeling W. Va. Republican party managers regard Taft as gcod as elected. Thomas Parran told Chairman Hitchcock that Taft would carry Maryland by 10,000. Bryan spoke in Baltimore* Md'., to an ?iidH'nai-juf?.2?uDP.Q and received quite an ovation. John Temple Graves was notified of his nomination for the Vicc-Presi deney by the Independent party. Mr. Bryan replies to President Roosevelt 'a praise of Taft, and Mr. Taft answers Bryan- and declares that he has made hinlself plain on all the issues of the campaign, and that if Bryan does not understand him it is his own fault. Anti-Taft negroes in Washington propose to raise a large Bryan and Kern banner. ^ Bryan spent a quiet day at lieer Park and left at midnight for Balti more. President Roosevelt, aroused by W. J. Bryan's claim of being the Presi dent's heir, wrote a letter pointing out why he desires the election of Taft. Hot fights are in prospect in both the Republican and Democratic Stalo conventions in New York. Maine 'voted Monday and the pro hibition issue is the principal one at stake. National Affairs. Tho three new scout cruisers, the fastest large .vessels in the navy, ar? to undergo speed tests off Rockland, Maine. ^ John Mitcholl stated that anti-la* bor detectivcs have shadowed him for years. Maryland is expected to send a del egation of 400 to the International Tuberculosis Congress. Throughout the South. While he was having a tooth pull ed, Senator Adam Littlepago, of Charleston, W. Va., had hie jaw broken. ^v- ? - yrhe last man to be hanged in Vlr gipia, Lee Strother, was executed at Madison. Defending his home, Michael Low. en, of Montgomery, W. Va., was kill, ed by ft burglar. i Eleven colored men were arrested in South Carolina for planning to "shoot-up" the town'of Ninety-Six. Henry Harvey, of Roanoke, Va., war sentenced to hang for the murder I of Hugh Price of Rockingham. A snake she received in a mail package hit the face of Miss Grace Perry, of Hinton, W. Va. James G. J*. Reed, assistant pea'. matter at Newport News, accused of embezzling ?6,462, was held for triul. While Manuel A. Blevins was walk ing along a road in Raleigh county, West Virginia, with Miss Lucy Browning he was shot down by his rival, Joseph Williams. . Altus Flower, said to be the son of 1>?. R. C. Fiower, had n talk with Mia. Hagaman, who is held by the po?ce in Richmond. Miscellaneous. . ;\n0> )?on ore deposit, containing - 6flii-,AOA.OOO Uuis, is said to exist in New York State. Chailes E. -.Davis baa been re arrested on thib charge of killing Dr. Frederick Rustln, at Omaha. Drouth is causing ft suspension of many indttstriw in the Pitteburg die* trict. " ?/;" ' At Pitteburg, Pa., Arnold Roberts of Hcnstclair, y. J., a ywsiig eales man traveling for his father, 'ret? Be"b?rts, of Jfcntclair, N. ? drank carbolic acid while sitting on the steps the Denny Methodist Epie <*roal church, Thirty-fourth and Xig onier jteeeivjind died at ? hospital ? aho5 time later. He hair been in THREE KIIUD } THIRTY HURT Passenger Train on Yazoo & Miosis eippi Valley Railroad Jumps the Track, tho Chair Car ?n4 O it Coach Falling Over Embankment, Killing 'Il rco X'ersons and Injuring 50, Memphis, 'IVnn., $peeiat.?? Patwen gcr train No, 314, on the Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Itailioad, waj badly w reeked near Clark* ^ale, Miss.. Mondday afternoon. Thpto persons were killed und about thirty injured: Tho dead : Yirgio Graham, wife of Hon. 'f. A. Graham, of Glendora, Miss. j Unidentified girl, 10 years, ticket leading to Memphis. Unidentified woman. Seriously injured: John H. Perkins, of Memphis; Conductor K. -K. Sharp; Miss Annie Lubkin; Miss Katharine McLean, of Lexington, Miss. ; Miss A. J. Jack more, of Matitfon, Miss.; Miss liattic West JohiiKon, of Greenwood, Miss. The train was running at a high rate of speed, when at Durham, a Hinu 11 station near Clarksdale, it jumped the track. The chair ear ^nd ono of (ho passenger conches, both filled with people turned over an em bankment and were badly smashed. The Wrecked (rain left Jackson,' Missi, at (J:2$ in the morning and was due at Clarksville at 1 :20 p. m, Log Train Wrecked. Montgomery, Ala., Special.- A spe cial from Sampson, Ala., says: By the derailment of a lotf train of the Henderson -Boyd Immber (Com pany near here early Monday, threo persons were killed and twenty others injured, three of whom are not ex pected to live. The dead: (). Stephenson, a convict guard. JT>e~ Wi|i, Will tu luUurer. Albert England, colored laborer. Probably fatally injured;. Frank Williams, wood boss. Oscar Powell. ?Will .Jackson. The wreck occurred on a trestle at the bottom of a dip. ..An engino was pushing eighteen ears over now track, which, it is said, had no! been properly tested, when a ear in the center of the train buckled, de railing the entire train. Mr. Kern's Itinerary. Chicago, Special.- ? Governor Has kell, of Oklahoma, treasurer of the Democratic * national committee, stated that miscellaneous contribu tions to the campaign fund ranging fiujn $1 to $100 were being received at the rate of $3,000 a day, exclusive cf funds gathered by the finance ccmmittec. Vice Presidential Candi date Kern spent the whole day at the national headquarters diBeussing de? tails of his itinerary. He left for Indianapolis. Mr. Kern's itinerary was announced as follows: Chicago, .Jefferson Club banquet* ''' September 17th ; Evansville, Ind., September 1 St h : Maryland and West Virginia, September 19th-24th, at points to bo fixed by tho central committees of those States i Mansfield, O., at formal opening of the Democratic campaign in Ohio, September 20th | points in northern Ohio, September# 28th and ,20th; Saginaw, Mich., September 30th; Birmingham, Ala., Octobev 2dj Macon, Ga., October 3d; Ashevllle, N. C., October 0th ; Greensboro, N. C., October 6th | Winston-Salem, N. C? October 7th; Roanoke, . Va., October 7th; Finncastle, W. Va., October 0th; Huntington, W. Va., and other points to be named beginning (October 10th. October 8th has been left open to permit Mr. Kern to visit his sister near Roanoke, Va. It was in Roan okc that Mr. Kern's parents lived before they migrated West, and ho will spend as much tipfte as possible there. Honor McKinley'f Memory, Canton, O., Special. ? Monday was the seventh anniversary of, the death of President McKinley and was ob served with every evidence of sor row in his heme city. Many tributes were received from pronurient men and many Canton people visited the tomb where the martyr President ami his wife sleep side by side and left flowers and wreaths. Mr. S. L. Patterson Passes Away. Lenoir, N. C, Spscial.? Mr. Samuel Ij. Patterson, Commissioner of AgrU ' culture of North Carolina, 'died nt his home Palmyra, in the Yadkin Val ley. _ He was chairman of the board of commissioners of Caldwell County from 1886 to 1800. Hp was elected a member of the House lof Representa tives in lPiK),, elected Sta^c Senator in 1802 ana served as Comtuissione r of Agriculture from 1803 to 1897. He was again elected to thp legislature i?v 1000 and Commissioner pt AgtJeulr ture In 1005, which oflloe bp held to tho time ot hii death. ? - ?? ?. ?iii-uw U r.;~ Governor Smith's father Dead. Atlanta, G*., Specia)~H. IJ. Smith, father of Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia, and one of tag frwt?fc*owa? educators in the Eoutji, died at hie home in this city, * native of New Hampshire add fe a4 lived ir various California cities, in Baltimore and-.pirts .of JfJorih CarolinA. Mr. Smith came to Atlanta^abont fifteen years ago. Jle was 88 yea? oM. State Goes Republican But By Retuced Majority PROHIBITION THE LEADING ISSUE Bert M. Fernell, R^p itlicaa, Chosen Governor Over Ob?/Jiah Gardner, Democrat Republican Elect Four Congressmen ml fe'ate Av.dilcr. Portland, Mev Special. ? Although tho Republican* came off victorious in the State election Monday, Bert !.I Fernahl, of Fortland, being chosen Governor over Ohadiah Gardner, of Rockland. All four Republican candidates f ?r Congress were elected ami for Statn A tul ilnj' ( baths 1*. Hitch, of Auguv la, Republican, defeated his oppgu* 'cut . At 10:30 returns for Governor from aH of the cities and 400 towns and plantations out of -100 Rave: Fernald (Rep.) 68, B00. flarduer (Detn.) 01,010. Saino places in 1004 gave: Cobb (Hep.) 70,882. Davis (I)etn.) 40,712. This shows a Republican loss of 40 per e*nt. and a Democratic gain of 32 per cent. On thin bar-In the Re publican plurality in the State was. estimated ?t about 8J)flO. The rostllt which was much closer than any of the Republican leaders hand anticipated, showed not only the warmth of the contest, but the popu larity of Mr. (.Inrdne dthroughout- tlrs State, in the eilits as well as in tho | little rural districts, where his fame as the head of the State grange proved a. great vote gainer. The Republicans weie on (Tie 'de fensive throughout the campaign, seeking to hold the State by the usual plurality by answering the various Democratic arguments, which wero mainly for resubmission of the pro hibitory law, taxation of the wild lands and reform in administrative method*. But little was said of na tional issues, although the Republi cans, through outside speakers, sought nt various points to bring j such subjects to the attention of tho I people. Wounded Two; Killed Self. Laurinburg, N. C., Special. ? Enrag ed bocauBe his wife, with whom ho had failed to live peaceably for sev eral years, would not go bnck home with him, Henry Moore, colored, shot both her and his mother-in-law about 8 o'clock Monday morning, inflicting ugly though not . serious wounds on each. Then thinking he had killed them he walked off a Rjjort distance and, putting his pistol to his throat, took his own life. His wife is shot through both hands and the right ear, the latter shot striking the skull and glancing oft. The elder woman was shot in the mouth, the bull coining out at the lower ,1aw. t * Germans Celebrate, Washington, Speaial, ? Bcnnlngi race track was the scene of a biff German Day celebration under the auspices of the United German 80. eietics of Washington. An extensivo literary and athletic programme was carricd out. The celebration com memorates the anniversary of the landing in America of the first Gcv man immigrants headed by Fransls Daniel Pastorius, who founded ft colony' at Germantown, Pa., in 1683. The actual anniversary of the land ing is October 6, but it wag decided to hold the festivities curlier this ypr, Colored . Odd Fellows. Atlantic City, N. J.? 8peolal,--A black cloud is hovering over Atlantlo City, occasioned by the invasion of colored folk from all over the land for the convention of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, an in* ternatlonal negro fraternal order, The convention will extend through the week and the visitors will be en* tertained in an elaborate manner. Mexican Veterans. San Francisco, Special. ? Although few veterans of the Mexican war re main to observe the day, celebrations, will be held in several Western and Southwestern cities to %mark the sixty-first anniversary of the entry of General Winfield Scott and the Amer ican army into the City of Mexico, September 14, 18-J7.. The triumph of the American army confirmed by force of arm# Uncle Sam's title to tho vast conquered territory of, Cali fornia, Nevada, Utah. Wyoming, Col orado, Arizona and New Mexico. ? ? - ? - Untbli to Looftte HasbAAd. w Detroit, Mieh.. 8peoia].? The local police have received several telegraph messages aiicned "Mrs. M. W. cone," Koenoke, Va.. askjfig. about | who, tic ' t4<yria explains, was reported t? baa* toau atebb^d ia^Detrosit. ..Mrs. BeonVs in formation waa teceiyed free Detroit by telegrams signed C. R. "Wilson. The Detroit noli? hr\t>r\ ?ii*KU Louis Lfppman, Bani< employe, Caught In 'Buffalo M(l!c of Stealing* T .til ? :u7t < t Only n .Small Amount < ku^Kl-. j-'inir* |<p?f May ltr?i?h 8;iou,GO$; K#ir York CUy.-~*"Thc stociu wert n\y downfall. They went wron , I manipulated the book* to ahn*y that the accounts balanced, but Ueforo ! could mover my Iocs I found that I was tripped atid bad to get away." This statement was Hashed ovar the wire from Buffalo with the an nouncement th^t Louis Liouman. a trusted bookkeeper of the h!* lxutk* In* Arm of Knauth. Nrchod P Kuhn*, of Nq. 15 William aireet, had t n n. * reated in that cUy*^ Finding blmaelf In tho to U ??: ' ? polio# he tptd of hla downfaP. WhlH the technical eharpt on which he wan locked Hp wai the laveeiw of 5)f?i i on April C last. It was naid tb*^h*^oU talned between 200,000 ami 000 from hi* emMoyeru by olivet* manipulation of 'hla book*. Llppman la a well educated Ger man of tbirty-threo years. He came to thla country five years ago and en tered the employ of the banklnc? firm* He epoke good English and bore scare of a dozen or more duels In hla native land. In a short (line ho worked hla way into tho trust of hla employer*. He waa neat In appear ance, alwatyg willing to accommodate hla friends with a loan and called a "good fellow. v Three weeks ago an orroi* In hi* acoount* whh detected. lie disap peared, and the Plnkertons were no tified. They traced him to Albany, to Buffalo, to Toronto and then back to Buffalo, where they found him living under tho name of Meltxer. "I had too ninny friends." LI op man declared after he v?i arrested. Detective Cassasss. of Police Head quarters, left for Buffalo to bring: ihe prisoner back to this city. Only a few dollars of the fortune he Is ac cused of stealing were found on him by -iUngjL|ilnrH - 4 CJHAVKS NOTIFlKDr Independence Party's Candidate Ccn tre of Rally In Atlanta. Atlanta, Ga> ? Two thousand peri ?ooh listened to- the formal notiflca tlon of John Temple Grave* as nom inee of the independence party to* Vice-President of the United State* at. the Catdno Theatre. Presidential Nominee Hlsgen, William Randolph Hearst, nnd a score of others promi nont in the party were on the pint form. Mr. Graves was given hearty; cheering. Claronce J. Shear n. of New York, took occasion to criticise Joseph M. Brown. Democratic nominee for Gov ernor of Georgia,, with a resulting fifty seconds' cheering. The mention of Hearst's name :in all, the speeches caused repeated cheering, at did that of Hisgen's. The climax came with the mention of Colonel Graves. While the band played ."Dixie" the, 2000 persons cheered until Graves stopped them by raising his hand for qulot. LILLKY *CQ? JftJTMISa GOVERNOR# ne Wins the Nomination Easily From Lake nnd Woodruff. New Haven, Conn. ? After a one sided contest, George L. Lllley, of Waterbury, was nominated for Gov* erno%by the Republican State Con* vention here With Lilley, the full ticket is at follows: Lieutenant-Governor, Frank B. Weeks, Mlddletown; Secretary oC State, Matthew H. Rogers, Bridge port; Stat* Trtasurer, Freeman F. Patten, Stafford; State Co&ptrolleA Thoma* D. Bradstreet, Thomaston;\ Representative-at-Large in Con|r?M? John Q. Tllion, New Hsven, TWO MEN KILL THlSMSKLVRg, A. J. Hart nnd Edward Wiillnms Com# in it Sulfide at Wilmington, Pel. < , Wilmitfgton, t)sl,r^Alexls J. Hart, thirty ycT*rs 'old/the wealthy secretary, and treasurer of the A. J. Hart Com pany, wholesale grocers, shot himself at hi* mother'* home. He bad beeu married lea* than three month*, and DO- reason for hi* deed -is known. Edward Williams, sixty-flvo year*., old, a wealthy real setats owner, killed himself by blowlof off the top of his head at hit summer home, Chtstbut Croft. Williams wss strick-. sn with paya lysli ricentty, and this If ? thought to kayo caused dcspondtucy, -ptTIt'- ptQgflJWX PERISH# Suffocated In Burninf Farmhouse ? - ? Near New Brighton, Minn. Minneapolis, Minn.? Five children of J. C. Burdette were suffocated In a farmhouse fire near New Brighton, Minn., while the neighbors, ignorant that the little one* were in the place, were! endeavoring to save the house-*, hold effects. The parents had spent the evening with friends, leaving the children at home. v f 40,000,000 Lost in Champagne. The vineyards throughout the en tire ehampsgne regions of France have been devastated by mildew. The crops have been practically destroyed, and the Wine output'wtll be only 8,* 000,000 bottles, instead of 45,000, 000, which represents a loss to tht growers olzilnoiV 1 ' < "? " Philip XiUienthai Killed. 1 Philip K. LllienthaL president o t 1 theAnglo-CAIlfomta BankLa?d_ I of the mo*t prominent 1 cisoo's capitalists, was ? |"4l?ht. H- Jffiiv ff