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4 t ■> ' ' > r ) . _ IiBT ITS HAVE PEACE, A PAT RIOT 1C-AP REAL TO THE PEOr.. RLE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. tli* White Mm «>f the M»te «et To gether end Stand Together They did " In 1*70. To the Editor of tlip News and Cou rier: Brothers, embittered and estran ged with high indignation that scorns reconciliation, meet at the sick lied of their mother, mingle their tears and prayers, and are friends forever more. No explanation, noadjnstment.pf jmst differences*, only a solemn recognition in the private sanctuary \>f each soul, or the nothingness of a petty pride and resentment when compared with the immutable bonds fixed by Nature —the awfuI responsibilities of living- In voting for the Constitutional Con vention I cherished the hope that th^ solemn duty of Constitutionmaking would prove the means of reuniting our distracted people, ns a foreign war calls all Frenchmrn to-hut one-iove and but oue duty. An* South Caro- , linians less loyalBlood is thicker than water, and though, in this com mercial age, fellow-citizenship has ceased to mean blood-relationship and the sentiment of patriotism is growing weak, yet no other people-have a more “national" character and spilit than South Carolinians, for none have a more pronounced agreement of "minds and of interest, which is the condition that is the efficient cause and rational basis of harmony and patriotism. Henfce South Carolina has always stood as a unitj guarding zealously her interest against the. rest ;«ftheworid. SOLID roa SOUTH CAROLINA ' Though of late her citizens have been arrayed in two hostile factions, yet while their passions were inflamed ■ their understandings convinced cate a work, necessarily a compromise of many views,containing possibilities of which experience alone can prove the good or evil, could hardly meet the approval of the people in every detail before it had been tested in op eration ; and hence, were it the most perfect of Constitutions, the costs of making it would probably be. wasted if it must be referred back to the peo pie.. But if accepted it,must lie as it conies from the Convention, without adding to or taking from. If, there fore, the people are to have their my in regard to their Constitution it should be not after the work is done, but before? the delegates should no where lie named by meetings, ’for in these part- and. ah they cun not be agai n inflamed and convinced against each other, all-.at tempts to bring them to open party division have nevertheless failed. The verdict is unmistakable. In their an griest moments the great body of our people have clung to the semblance of unity. They would not cross the Rubicon. And why should they < Could we know where lies the pktli to the highestwelfareofrntrtitate-‘whff would follow another path! If we go different ways we am lagging in the race. All our honest differencesjre due to want of information andtorr h*. - rors of judgment. As riitional men our one duty is to search diligently,,, to reason together, and thus finding, shoulder (o shoulder pursin' the true path to the welfare of us all. --—- With isdignation exhausted a ul passions now cooled, with understand ings sobered and disposed to grapple rationally with the causes of the dis tressing conditions that arc now upon us, with a wider range of view now than when, live-mile post below in our ascent of this century, we formu lated opinions and went to battle upon them, there is ampng us a growing consciousness of the groundlessness of 'continued formal division, and a yearning for unity. To this desired result the near approach of the Con stitutional Convention has contributed no little, and the renewed fraternizing of our people should find its consum mation in the election of delegates to that Convention and in the conduct of these on its floor where many a cour tesy ran be shown by chivalrie gen tlemen. How shall these delegates lie electee is the absorbing problem. Patriotic „ promoters of unity have suggested a f dan, but the task is more delicate.tin uncture in our affairs is more eriticu than seems to be fully appreciated. There is a niethiKl which will leave nature to take its course, whereu|M>n the wound will heal, on first inten lions,' and there is a method which might mistakenly inbfft'fere with na lure’s work, keep Itfe wound a run ning sore and jKlwiibly make of it n lasting scaiy^A^-blunller here would be a crime: Be sure wp are right, and then gp^htead. ‘" NKiyMKR FAlfKnfc Hlfol'l.lt ItU K‘Kt*>)U- . SIZED.*. The plan of prorating delegates be- twwm. the Conservatives and the Re formers was naturally the first to be thought of, «n.d, therefore, is but a step towards the discovery of one leas crude. Such discussion and approval as it has received have done much to cultivate and further disseminate that spirit of unity which has been slowly spammg.. among us. But-jet. na™imt, beguile ourselves into believing that a county should select its delegates as Conservatives and Reformers. Ijet not this Convention go down in history as one in which delegates acted as I'ill- manites and Anti-Tillmanites. Let us not push an artificial and personal division to a result so belittling to the State. I jet there not be parties,' and consequent caucusses ami drove-like voting. Let each member be free to. speak to the reason and conscience of tne others with expectation of win. ning, with no recognized impassable gulf between—no lurking prevailing suspicion that every proposition is a Trojan horse.' If the Constitution l>e the product of such a Convention* it will be an. enduring monument of shame to our Stale. Let Inch stand not on past* but ofHiving issues, not on personal or factional, but on ra tional agreement, with one agreed premise on which all appeals may be based—supreme loyalty to South Car olina. Thus only can the Convention be a deliberative body or afford to suc ceeding generations an honorable and dignified exam pie of patriotism, us a Convention in which men met.as South Carolinians, knowing in their counsels no party affiliation, hut fho- tie of South Carolinians. NO PLACE FOR FACTIONS. Not only is tha-presenee-iu the Con vention of Conservatives to lepresent their faction and of Reformers to rep resent their faction essentially wrong as well as calculated to keep o.ur pet) S le in opposing camps, but to elect elejfttes on such a basis of mathemat ical division is to count for naught the personal preferences of the individual voter and the views of the intended delegate on the vital questions that may or should come before the Con vention. Let us not ‘ forestall the will of the people,” “convert the primary into a mere machine to register the will of the bosses,”.or in any way cur tail the opportunity for free and ef fective use of the ballot. The time has passed when a Conservative or a Re former is willing to lesave it to lead ing men of his faction to do his thiuk- SHOULD NO! BU PASSED UPON BY THE PEOPLE. Especially should those who insist that the Constitution stiould be' refer red back to the people for approval advocate the selection of the Constitu tion makers by the free and antrum mellod individual suffrage of the peo ple alter, tha-fullestpumic discussion and interchange of opinions. How ever thc dfilfgatps lie selactad, so deli \ COMPROMISE OF' INDIVIDUAL lONk | OWN The Constitution must be made and put upon us by one hundred and-sixty nil'll, and must l>e largely a compro mise of the individual opinions of this small number. The character of the Constitution would he^ as uncer tain as the turn of a die were delegates selected with regard simply to their personal prominence and worth. But as long as we do not depai t from our theory of representative government we shall run no such risk. If all the tiic-ii of a county with tlu*. prerequisite qualifications of character, to be true to their trust and intelligence, to be competent to carry out their purjKises, are urged to go liefore the people as candUnites and present their views -backed by every bulwark of tratfr they can bring to their support, in structing the people in thq principles, of government and becoming them selves instructed by the new thoughts which debate develops, the minds, of the opposing candidates, of the people and of the press will all he stimulated, and the result will be that any one hundred and sixty of all these candi dates in the State could then make a better. Constitution than they could have made without this friction which S enerates thought. But the one bun red ibid sixty elected (reason is permitted to rule) will unquestionably make -best posatbl^ ConatiTiitUrn for South Carolina in this last decade of the .nineteenth century. A I'PNSKNSUH 5).F SOUTH CAROLINA THOUGHT. They will he the exponents of the consensus of South Carolina thought as to South Carolina needs and pur (loses. What they agns' upon will spmveto have been the tesnltaut of the various intellectual and moral forces of South Carolina—the high-water mark of her governmental develop ment at this time. And we must re- metnber that no State should have Constitution for which she is not by internal evolution pre|M»red. More's Utopia, like Ijficke’s Institutes of Oev- qrament, would lie a dismal failun That government is best which is the product of the gqiius of its people. MERE LEGISLATION SHOULD BE EXCLU DKD. In illustration of the justness of these principles, consider the disposi-* tionof many to incorporate into Con stitutions matters of mere legislation. All legislation is experimental and liable to early repeal or modification! Whnt folly it would bo to one hun dred and sixty men, whose opinions on this head had not been thoroughly sifted, the power to embody in the Constitution statutory laws which would be almost as unchangeable as the laws of the Medes and Persians Proper discussion before the' peopie should rasult in a general .acceptance of the only safe juile, which is to put in the Constitution only fundamental principles and policies on which all agree, and are confident of continuing to agree, leaving the people ample power to deal through the Legislature with any problems that may arise. Matters oi legislation should 1h> left for future political and legislative forensic contorts, ax physical, social. intellectual and moral conditions shall unfold. r—on Elbe.-—L-am-utterly wretched, for I became separated, from them and hardly dare hope that they have been saved. I went abroad to visit relatiVesin Germany, and during, the last four months was accompanied bymjrwife and boy. We hjft Bremwrr for home oh Tuesday. I was asleep in our state room when a^%oise like a gunshot woke me. I jumped out of the bed and spoke to my wife who had been aroused as suddenly. I asked her what she - "thought, the trouble was, but she seemed to pay little attention toil, I waa not greatly alarmed, klthough I heard scuffling feet and hoarse shouts on deck. 1 hurried into a few of my clothes, how ever, and weiit to the upper deck. I saw only too clearly then what had happened. I rushed below and helped my wife and boy throw on a few clothes and we went on deck together. The excitement and confusion cannot lie described. I never saw anything like itl’e very body seemed to have lost his head. The scene was distressing be yond anything else I ever saw. Men; woman and children—were runing r the PUT CANDIDATES ON OATH. If such a canvass and such an elec tion as above indicated can be held, then the_Constitution will Ik? the pro duct of the best thought of the State, vindicated as such l>efore the culm reason of the people. In such a can vass present divisions would be oblit erated*antt ItFtvItif(t - teru'po1 : ary al igti meats would be made, as should be the case if debate is not a, mockery. But such a canvass is impossible un- leas wo can keep otF both evil and ill- advised quack remedies. Fortunately we have at hand the means of doing this—the primary provided for State officers by the new Democratic Com stitution. By requiring of the candi date an oath that he is not put for ward by any faction or cliques it brees him to stand on his merits and the merits .of his views, and leaves the voter to exercise his free choice. This Amendment of the party Constitution is worthy of admiration, for it is a ong step towards jierfeoting popular government. Now of all times uo we need its beneficial operation.-^- _— A PRIMARY SHOULD BE HELD. The State executive committee should provide for the nomination,_of delegates to the Convention by a pri mary held in all the counties on the same day after a canvass, and pledges f similar to those refpiired'bf State can vassers by 1 he new Democratic Con stitution. The distinguished patriots who com pose the party doubtless contemplate such a canvass,and they and the Con vention they have called can concen trate in its behalf’the moral forces of* the State. STRONG AND SIGNIFICANT. * If I seem to regard the Democratic party as “the people,” that is my meaning. I am not prepared to say' that in I860 the South fought for mere slavery and for no principle- and the results of forcible violation of consti tutional limitation have ripened into right, that we owe any moral obliga tion to the war atnendments to the United States Constitution,that “pros perous and successful crime shall be called virtue." JpHN J. McMahan. Columbia, S. C., January 25, 1895. State Superintendent of Education Mayfield, who is the. secretary of the board of trustees of the Winthrop Nor mal College is now dail y receiving ap plications from professors and teacn- ers in all parts of the country, for post tions as members of the faculty of the college. The election of the faculty does not take^place until July next. The superintendent, however, is to be elected on February 19. A TERRIBLE DISASTER. - - | CONTINUED FROM-PAGE ONE.f - • - of leg waw hurt aevepaly white lie was changing boat*. The survivors cannot say too much ip praise of the Wild Flower’s crew, who gave, theift every possible atten tion. UpoiL landing the survivors were taken in ‘cliarge by B. & BratU ber, the German consul at Lowestoft, who sent some! to. the Sailors' Home and others to the SulFolk Hotel. Miss Bueeker, who took passage only to Southampton, will probably be able to c go to I^ondon in a clay or two. CARL HOFMANN’S HTGRY. Carl Hofmann, who came ashore in the Wild Flower, said in an interview “My home is Iii'Grand Island, Neb raska. 1 had my wife and boy of 7 the survivors was IobwhI at the mercy M in a -bitter southeast wind until 11 o’clock. Meantime they sighted several vessels, while Ihem- sejves unseen. The scantiness of their clothing made their sull'erings more intense. When they - sighted the Wild Flower frantic efforts were made to attract her attention. Sails, shirts and underclothes were waved sometime before the fishing smack an swered their hail. . The exact place of the collision is forty-seven miles southwest, of , the Hook light ship. , Mr. Neusel, tile first, engimu r, told a Daily News'rejiorter Ihat it wHs onTy the position the vessel assumed when the water made its volume felt that prevented the launching of more boats. Dispatches from Germany suy that Bremen is in a stale of consternation and the. whole country is oxciteu by about madly, the women screaming with terror and every maa getting in the others’ way. The darkness increas ed the confusion and fright. Sudden ly I hear shrill, desparing cries from the women. There are no more boats!' I then saw the men at the davits. **1 noticed that the ropes were frozen so hard or were tangled so badly that the ■sailors had to chop them frantically to get, the boats clear. The sailors were doing their liest, however, and worked with might and main. They finally got out the aftquartor boat on the port side. I could see that It was full of pe ople, hut the sailors could not lower it. Meanwhile the steamer was settling perceptibly. I took qiy boy-in my arms and got into the second Ixiat. My wife was close liebind-when some- body shouted •.All women and child ren go on the ffliip.’ I believe the cap tain give the order. My wife started to run across the deck and that is the last I saw of her. I clung to my boy, but some men seized us an dragged us out of the boat, and my place was taken by one of the crew. This boat clear of the steamer. Before the men at the oars could get full com mand of her a big wave almost dashed her against the steamer's big foremast, which had gone by the board at the time of the collision. It was almost miraculous that the Isiat was not swamped. Another boat was got out. 1 took my boy into it and supposed that he had remained by mv side, but just as the boat was lowered, I found That he had disappeared. Ho had been torn away in the rush and scram ble for places. I tried to. get back, but the boat went down with a jump and the moment we reached the water the saillors pushed otF.” OTHER ACCOUNTS. Miss Buecker says she was in bed when the. cpllkion wcurred. When she reached the deck two qf the life boats wen* being lowered She got into one of them, hut it was capsized. She was picked up by another lifeboat and five hours after was taken* on board the Wild Flower. - Fuerst, a stoker, said in an inter view: “I was iirthe boiler room at the time of the collision. The water rushed on immediately through a big gap in the side. It poured in at a tre mendous rate and soon extinguished the fires. EveryIxxiy in the boiler room knew that the vessel must founder. When reached the deck I saw the captain on the, bridge, but did not see the pilots. I do not know where the pilots were." Seamen Singe says that the Ella? was struck-just aft tne engine room, rtenr ~of"tin*-! itlTRjr steumT'T fTnstu" ing in the second cabin. Thin! Officer Stollberg says that he cannot explain the collision, and that it is unlikely that any adequate ac count can be obtained, as all the deck watch on duty at the time were drowned. The captain was on the bridge when the collision occurred, and Officer Stollberg heard him -shout-, ing in a loud firm •’ voice that thq women and children were to Ik? saved first. The captain's voice reached a considerable distance. His order Was repeated by the chief officer, and must have been heard by everybody aboard Officer Stollberg expressed the warm est gratitude to Skipper Wright and the crew of the Wild Flower. The roughness of the sea, he said, made the work of rescue extremely perilous. The fishermeu gave the survivors the use of everything aboard the smack and fed and clothed them. Tfaere is some hope that the missing boat has been rescued, inasmuch as lillpe^Wepe Several smacks in the vi cinity of.tll&ttollision. Probably sotae women and children got into the imss- g boat. ' The steamship company has defer red uatil morning its decision as to sending the survivors'to New York. In answer to a dispatch from the Uni- ted Press, the North. German Lloyd sent the official statement from Bre men tonight. , The third ollicer of the Elbe re ports from Lowestoft that the vessel was struck on the port side in the way mail room by an unknown steamer, sinking in twenty minutes. Stormy weather^ watch in, order. Hope a second boat which was lowered may be safe, as several ishiug vessels and a steamer are in the vicinity.. Good done that was in discipline; everything possible to save life.” The first official report received by the owners was dated at Lowestoft and said: “The mail steamship El be, which left Bremer ha ven yesterday for New York, sunk after being in collision At 6 thi» morning. A boat has landed twenty-two. No news of the remain der.” Then followed the statement given above. These reports seem to prove that only two boats were lowered, Respite the varying statements of passengers some of whom said that as man}? as eight werecut loose. The boatcarrying the news of the wreck. TIh- paswen gers came from all parts of the Em pire. A steamer has been ordered sent from Lowestoft by the North German I Joyd*to search for the other life bout. Sonnible h'arniMK. The farmers of Abbeville County recently adopted tba following pream ble and resolutions at a public meet ing: V “Whereas, we, Ui^. farmers of Abbe-, ville*county in convention assembled, fully realizing the financial depression which is paralyzing all the industries of the country and especially' laying its blighting touch upm agriculture, “the art of all arts, the science of a'll science, the life of all life.” rin earn- estly appeal for the co-operation of all farmers in the adoptiow-of such meas ures as may avert impending bank ruptcy and ruin. Instead of the cheer ful song of contentment and happi- tga uess .wtfic.li should hlc.v; the, huuie-of the American farmer, we find agricul ture. the basis Of all national prosp ri ty, languishing and dying, white the" universal wail of hard times and suf fering is heard al Lover the laud. That this anomalous condition of af fairs should exist during seasons of abundant harvest is evidently the re sult of corrupt financial legislation in the iDteresta-ol capitalists.. While we art? powerless To remedy the evil; save through legislation, yet it becomes us as husbandmen and pat riotic citizens, who cherish.Jhe love of home and country, to adopt such meus ures in our agricultural pursuits as may enable us to meet the emergenev now confronting us. Therefore* be it Resolved 1st. That the excessive areadtew'tofore devoted Atvthe- produc tion of cotton be greatly decreased, and instead of making it the principal crop increase the acreage of coni, so as to make it supply the demands of the farmers. Resolved 2nd. That farmcraNleTote more attention to tlte production of .sorghum, potatoes, peas, bay andother od cr fix Ml crops. Resolved drd. Instead of having our meat bouses in St. Louis and Chicago, let us erect them up>n our own prem ises and till them with home produc tions. Resolved 4\h. That the excessive use of commercial fertilizers be discon tinued and when purchased, it be upm the cotton option basis. Resolved 5th. That tin? rail road commissioners Lake immediate stepa to have a.reductiou on- all freight for fertilizers at Tin? rate of 40 per rent. ou all through freight .and 50 per cent, on local freight. Resolved 6th. That we encourage erection of cotton factories and all other enterprises in our midst, which will employ labor and utilize the raw products of the land. Resolved 7th. We pledge oursehips to carry out the foregoing resolutions and call upm the farmers of SquUi Carolina to unite in doin-r likewise Resolved 7th. That the press of the State? be requested to give publicity to these resolutions. THr Money for Ilig Pik*. The News and Courier will pay $100 in gold to the two farmers or other persons who shall raise the two heavi est hogs in South Carolina during the year 1895. This amount will lx- divid ed into two prizes. The prize for tlie biggest hog will he eighty dollars in gold, and for the second biggest bug twenty dollars in gold. A third prize for the hog showing the largest gain ailTTie Towcst'cbst, will be a complete set of the Americanized Cyclopa'dia Britannieaj*. bound in moroeCb and consisting of ten volumes. . The only condition of the contest ijj that every contestant must be a yearly subscriber to The Weekly News and Courier. The contest will close on December 25, 1895, and the prizes will be awarded as soon thereafter as it is possible tocom- mare the returns and ascertain who have raised the winning hogs. 'Con testants will Ik? required to send to The News and Courier not later than Jan uary 1, 1896, a certificate signed by three witnesses, and sworn to before the nearest Trial Justice, giving the age, gross weight and net weight of tlieir hogs, arid stating as nearly as possible the methods employed in mis- ing and fattening the hbgs, tin- cost of raising them and the breed of each. The contest will be open to every man, woman and child iii the State wIk) is a yearly subscriber to The Weekly News and Courier, and who can. own and cultivate a pig. The purpose 'of The News and Courier in offering the prizes is to encourage the people of the State to raise their own meat and to show that South Carolina leads in the production of hog and hominy, as it leads in the manufacture, of cotton goods. In making the above announce ment The_News and Courier says: “The reports from all parts of the State which we have published show that while the people have little money they have more home-raised hog and hominy than in any year since tlie war. Some of the reports of big hogs that we have received are almost start ling, so big were the bogs,, and grown at so little expense. It has been de monstrated that bacon can be produced in South Carolina At an average cost of thrae cents .a pound. " The News and CourierAvill pay onehundred dol lars in gold to the two men, women or children who shall grow the' two biggest hogs this year. Every farmer in Um- State should enter for the con- tesJL town in the State should tryronelusions with its country ueigh- bofs. raise the heat two and a half degrees an hour to 1.I5 and remain till leaf in upper tiers is cured. • Then advance five degrees every hour to 145 or 150, where remain until the sap is all out of the stems and they snap like glass. Remember to kjll the stem at lowest temperature- powahlo, iiover go beyond: 150, and as much IkTow this as possi ble. To go beyond the temperature indicated, you detract from weight damage the general quality of the leaf in its texture, and drive out tlie oil it should contain. AVe-hear of theilavor that high heat gives. My observation in this jKirticular has been loss of weight from 15 to20 percent, damage to the quality of the" TeaF and many burns destroyed by tire. Always ex amine the barn carefully on the wind ward side and see that stems are all dry before stopping the fire. <'ONsTItU''TION OF CURING BARNS. There arc two kinds of barns used for curing tobacco, one constructed of poles amt tlie other an ordinary fram ed building. The log barn is notched up in the ffsnirt manner of log cabins, close built, fifteen feet high from the ground to the plate and can lx? made '"frilliri? IC.xlO.or 18x20.with single roof. The cracks hetwepu the logs are lilted in with lime, mortar or clay, and made as near air tight as possible, Dcxir in oneend should he left four feet wide.' Shed over the dqorend..under '.At Twelve Lives Lout. London, Jan. 25.—The British stea mer Escurial, from Cardiff for Fiume, has been wrecked off Port Reath. Tlie ship went to pieces-and only seven out of her crew of 19 were saved. TOBACCO CIiLTBRE. : CONTINUED FROM f'AGK ONE.-; •SUl KEKING. i— Suckers will make their appearance less expensive than the old I thorough work than with grub hops, by going over ihe. ground three ^ or four times. Then pulverize throughly *WTtb'*nw goo«i-nnMK)thing harrow and lastly with a hand rake. This mode ef preparation is much Ix'ttcr and far a-few days after the plant is topped. These should be. taken'rifi' once every WPpk at least—oftener. if they grow rapidly. - \ . GATHERING AND CURING TOBACCO. Take the leaves from the stalk as they ripen, and place ihem carefully in light liaskets. Carry them to the barn and string the leaves, accord in lather methods you have adopted! will here state that the Show stick is without question the best contrivance on which to hang^the leaves for cur ing, within my knowledge; .while many ways have been resorted to, none ha ve ever been so-satisfactory in result. Place from three to five leaves on each point, more or less,- according to the size of the tobacco, but never crowd it. Each h-af must lx* properly spacid. To make a successful cure you unlst have good ventilation. When the barn has been filled, start the heat at about 95 or jOb degrftes. Watch the leaf closely, follow it w ith all the heat it will bear without tucking the tails of the leaf, till the tobacco becomes a uniform greenish yellow, not solid yellow, for in the latter case it would be impossible to cure clear in color. Now comes theoritical period, advance the heat from two to three and a half degrees an hour, according to the ap pearance of the tobacco. To advance the heat too slow causes the loaf to as sume a dingy, brown appearance. To advance the heat too fast causes it to redden or splotch. No directions, no matter how minute, will suit every bang -because—no two are exactly jilike, or will resjamd to beat m the samte manner. It is only by experi ence that we learn to cure successful ly. Advance the heatups directed till 12H degrees are reached, where re- mtwn tnroe hours'* proceed .as-Wfore-,— j-ryr- ■ '. , y— to KW, when* remain till the^ leaf In ministr.itive ability mamlested on the two lower tiers are killed! tliffc.^ 18 occasion gives, an increased sens* L-o' n ,wl n htelf ,term*os of security for the future discharge of way now* in practice in, North Caro lina and Virginia. * F. M. Rogers, Jr. ’ THE FEMALE COLLEGE. . : \. Th« Recent l ire Mny Have Hccn a IJIen*- tolny if) ftiggtiUei, -The follow ing address to the Mctlin dist people of the State, piM'paredift a recent meeting of the hoard of trustees of the Columbia Female College was issued yesterday,. Tilt* addresS has been issued in consequence of the r<- ec-rit fire at the college: II might he added thrit the trustees are now pre paring tu repair the' dninago as rapidly as possible: . ... Columbia, t*. C.. Jan. 26, 1895. To the owners ami Patrons of-fte*** Columbia Female College: Acting for the executive committee oCthe Columbia Female College. 1 beg leave t?o set forth the following facts: ••‘January. 18, our college building sustained considerable damage by lire, and by injuries incident thereto, hut this fiery ordeal has not been w ithoiH its blessings and henelita. The fire occurred in the daytime, and under good management there Was no danger of loss of life, and but little danger of loss of the personal property of our wards. The presidenUofthe college ami Lis worthy faculty proved themselves equal to the emergency. Under their wise,, vigorous and courageous con duct of affairs, dangers ami loses were •reduced to the minimum. Tlieir ad NEYEU Trifd Avbtch to string the tobacco leaves and keep if out of tlie ami. Also a narrow shed on furnace end to protect the fire, , . .. -, , in rairiv weather. This completes the tlI , ( I^ n5i f f but one ct.i.ss (Ur-— outside work. The tier poles on insid" ,1* a £ d ■»?! on which the sticks of tobacco are placed shoulddx' made of s^vwed scant- luig.‘>x4. The brackets into which the jxdes are fastened are 2x6. Stuff nail cd uprightly, (irmly against the sides of. the building, four feet apart in the elenr and into which notches cut 4x4 inches.. The tier poles let into these. The notches are cut eighteen inches part Thu Ixittom row* of <4i'»r ixiles should lx-seven and a half feet fropL tlw? ground. As will he seen from this, burns eighteen feet higte would be five tiers high in the' nody, with room left for two short ones in the rimf. The frame building referred to.is.Of course, a neater and better building, but more expensive. It is weather boarded outside, ceiled inside and walls filled in with saw dust, with sheds back and. front as before * des cribed and built 'eighteen feet high. The inside fixtures are just the same. The furnace, in which the lire is built that generates the heat for'drying the leaf: iit-t+re small barns are placed -in the centre of one end. In'the large barns, two furnaces are better and are built twenty-two inches from tlie sides, extending eight or nine feet in side. Flues arc placed in these*furna ces twelve inches in diamter, which conducts the heat through the build ing. and which is increased or less ened according to the lire in them. PACKING. After leaf is cured out. allow it to hang in tlu?-barn, with door open*a day and night. It will become pliant and can be handled without breaking. Take the leaves from the sticks and carry in baskets to pack house. Iku-k in bulks, turning tlie eiid of .stems out and.lapping tails together. Two or three thousand pounds can be safely put in .these bulk-Sj'and if put down in safe order will keep well and improve in appearance. . : ASSORTING. The number of grades vary accord ing to the quality of the tobacco. In average tobacco there will be one grade lungs two of cuttefcs and three of wrapper. If tobacco is heavy, lugs will run light, and perhaps one grade of cutters will have to be made. The leaf iS assorted according to its color, body, size and texture. The lugs and cutters are tied in bundles of eight and ten leaves each. Wrappers five or six. Never handle your tobacco if in dry order, and always offer it for sate in pliant, suple condition, if you expect it to bring its value—at the same time, never allow it to get too soft as it will mould and rot in a short time.^ - *"• , i/U/fAiA ts I** ISISjSlS-f* M IS IS ISLS'I SI SI SI* Florencf, S. CL,-Jan. 24, 1895., P. S. -lu regard to burning plaint iK'risj 1 have found, since writing this bookf-tliat by rising corn stalks for the purpose great labor and expense can be saved. The -best plan is to pile them over the plant lied about three or four feet deejtand set on lire, and, if they are.dry, tne work wilkbe quick ly and thoroughly done. Do not put on stalks till just before ready to burn, in event of getting wet through would not do well. _ - 1 ^ Later experiment has also shown that in preperation of bed. a new ground plow, or if that is nqt obtain able, an ordinary turn plow with the wing taken off, will ijo much more •r . their duties and responsibilities. Tii have proved to all concerned that our interestssafe in their hands. The ypufig ladies acted commend ably. We are sure that they deserved the encomiums pronoupdijd upon them by those who w i L11 ('.vii ?il 1 Lu? ir ; spi L'lnl id behavior. The'citi/.ensofi Columbia have viudi cated their claims to haVi'.the. college in their midst. As soon us* it \va> known that tlu? fire alarm meant- t!:« burning of the Columbia Female-Col lege their interest concentraed there They came to rescure in large numbers not to stand idly by in mute sorrow, but to extend whatever aid might he needed there and to open th-'i'r homes to the inmates of the coltegc. t o an almost incredibly short time every young lady was safely and pleasantly domiciled in one'of the i>p-f homes that the city could afford, They.’ were urged to stay until the emergencies, were all fully passed without limit as to tilne. Well done for. Columbia. They deserve and we hereby tender ’them our most hearty thanks for tiicri' great, kindness and generosity. The lireitepjfrtim'iitdid some of ilici; best work in their line: it was thro -gh did not ojnmbia depart- NEVER AY El) \ c PAYMENT. \ T" COMPROMISED CLAIM. NEVER HAD LAWSUIT Such is fie r Coi-l-of tlio' SI'Al'NTON LIFE INvULANCK . company; ~ •• - s V.mVis o ; LienefioFtfies Ti-stlfy to Evlmatiiess au I snuDilue-is. Its aura liiain-'j on the «io» ?.pan>v,*l ticy” i-f the SUun ■p'leriv. lua-Wi- their ollieieney That ite' -fire make greater head way'. ( might will !x' proqdof its tin' ment. Arrangemtiits atthecolh' p- promptly prefei'ti back in tlie bundiiig arid II d»* repaired immediately. The Soutlr Carolina (‘on fere nee agrei d that tve should have tins year.for n- pairs and for necessary ('lila-geilfenb;. I >ur dapSiters. the girls of South Caralina. have been exec<?di!igly mod .ist in asking for help in belurif of their education. You will pardon us for reminding you that they have askecfTbr but little •and have ivceiM'd tes,?;—wbicb ua u;!',-' th'atjh^y had to assirme 'u dpbt c-vu t racted bya former-generaliotiToi: brick and mortar arid burbling -site, and they had to pay all current expenses, repairs, insurance and incident il ex IX'iises^ but the. time hits c u •• when something must be done for our girK Tardy justice should linger m^Iorig'-r arid iNte-ferred claims should cea-c.. The Columbia Female < fullego— is r-e idling .out hcFc’narr. dam! hlisie'n d hands pleading for help. Oh. we are willing to huivi if the fire that consum d brothers and sisteri.unto Ucl pi lil jyAu pat by with us. Tlie call for help forth-- educarioii "of our girls, as well as for our hoys, can no longer be put aside as a fad. < Hiier Christian cominunities have regarded the call with favor, and within tlie last few years colleges for women have been handsomely equipped and amply endowed. < >ur commonwealth, for logical reasons, has heeded civil ami the call. which statement lias been verified by the extensive preparations now going on at R<H*k Hill. S C... in. thri hphalf. Shall . Christian peopte. professing principles.which demaiid the highest elevation of humanity, any longer deny ns a hearing: Do not wait for the coming of theiteoflege agent.". He .caimoLhe ubiquiLuiisa iu .the— m'curi time our needs are calling loudly for imipcdiate help. We beg every preach er of, our church to urge thisclaim upon bis cpugregatioii now. We ask any individual to help, if but a littbv We ask every charge to send up its $5. ^10, ^20, $100; then all will ffe iVetl. and onr misfortune will-liav^ proved a blessing in disguise. Then the pillar of smoke by day will have proved the pillar of lire unto us in the long night of our waiting. Forward all contributions to Rev. M.-J )argan, financial ageirt Colnruhia S. r C. A. J. StokEs, I’yesHh iit. RR>E MILLS. W- , (T r • C'.ti i one riii h : F " " "Fir p!., • ■ hopqel ctenn "1 i * y *i»'-» : tie \t--. . V ai riuo* e 1 witn ror-e a I0Q bimti*!? ot rotrvb K iii f- / !(1 . rn*>* '.as .l.-atli ty -f p. *i t, "t ill t‘l i ll.e-t -a n T W A Ill'll*'! <»( * tl.thr best f- At io". of modern life it proiidi-s lo- the p iy meat ot u.xm” l MM EDI VTELY after WitiuuU "TT-TIre nr ilie forniall- % - i vfs. Tne ‘rmp m’^covers 10 per t-i'-'..?: tli p 6and is In »d- L>Vr! t0 v • tie L .i'wrvl *U )-u>nlot m ; * 1 !*. i -t-y. U 3. 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