The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, September 18, 1908, Image 1
THE ST AllS SCHOOLS
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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.
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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.
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- 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 -
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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
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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 ?
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