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VDL- XXII- A True Story. BARNWELL.SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. APRIL*37, 189Q. * , ' NO. h fiv Harry STILLWELL EDWARDS. t A negro convic!, lay on his back in the log barracks, awake. He was only a boy when the shncklos were riveted upon his ankles; his crime an error born of ignoracue and the lack of moral training. Six yoirs Lad passed since ■ then and be was still due yhe State of Alabama fourteen ytarsof servitude. Life for him bad settled into the dull routine of a camp bottler, the days of ' his bygone freedom a dream. The freedom to come was too far for bis imagination to chmpaes. . To the right and left of him the , chained forms were out stretched in heavy slumbir. Sleep with the con vict is rest in the full and perfect significance of' the word, and he plunges into it <\s ti to b tide. That which kept the boy uwakjjk was some thing novel. It was not pain—had he not felt the larh ?• Nor sorrow ; for ’ behind him among the far away Geor gia hills was a cabin. "Nor was it mere yearning for fre.dous; that bad passed into a dull despair. All these had been his compan'ons in many a night of gloom "The strange companion of his solitude this night was Hope. As he lay, the darkness whs illumined by three facesdbut shone outin memory as clear as tne white c.oudlets in the blue of thesummer skies. Sunshine, Moon beam and S-iarlighi stood by his side. Sunshine, Moonbeam and Starlight! When all the branches and depart ments Of government refugeed into the G^bighlands, away from ,lhe" fever and f beyond the vexations of quarantine, the ' convicts came to Wetumpka; and on days when the Commissioner came to the camp, with him were the three'; all less than a dozen years of age ; and „ Sunshine was the youngest of them all.' “ Take care of them, Shadow,” ho said to the hQstler convict; and the black, boy. with tho memory of his '•‘own white folks” far away filling his heart with joy, took care of-them proudly and gratefully. He rigged up swings for them, margoti off hop-scotch diagrams, made jumping rOpcs out of plow-lines, and laugbt them to rule upon the back of L)uf J) 11a, a superaa- * ■ ntiated mule. liiMi led ihe hours with excitement and pleasure for them, and whbn they weaned of exercise, lying under the sha le of a great oak, be touched their beans w ith the history of his misfortunes. He drew for them graphic pictures of his terrific labor in the coal mines; ofthe men who worked where eternal darkness reigned, and the accidents in which men’s live* went out like-snuffed caudles'; And he told, too, of that cabin where he was born, of his Mammy and' the '* little misses” who came down to the big white house .in 1 he summer time ,and played in the heaped up cotton at the gin. And Sunshine, Moonbeam and Star light looked into the black face of their friend, touched with t .e divine pity which is eloquent in the hearts of wo men, old anu young. “Goodbye, Shadow,” they said when the quarantine was lifted .“Goodbye! We are going to get you fred by Christ mas (July you inust pfomisd to be good always. W r ill you '■ And Shadow, the tears upon His cheeks from eyes long dry, pledged himself beforedhe good God looking down upon his messengers, to be perfect forever and fprever ! And the memo y of it all filled the darkness with a tleod of beauty, as though Sumuinc, Moonbeam and Star light were indeed by his side. Not for a moment had he doubted them. So Hope furled her wings above him on Christmas Eve, and he lay with wide open eyes—waiting. Sunshine, Moonbeam and Starlight ! Where were they ? * “ Give us a letter to the judge, then,” said Sunshine sturdily. “Goodl” said the great man. "Goqd! Yes, he U the mac you are after.” And he smiled wickedly as he wrote. “If the judge says you may let him go,’’said Sunshine —...»II. !<■ 1th a tremulous note in her voice, “will you do it?” For the Instutiou of a female child paiseth all knowledge. “ Aha !” said .the Governor with ap parent irrelevancy. And yet it was pertinent and relevant. It meant that the logic of the situation had arrived back, and was with him. He must say yes or admit that he was insincere. Then he remembered that a great murder trial was on, and that even a telephone message could scarcely make Its way into the courthouse, sp dense was the crowd. “Yes,” he replied guardedly, “if the judge says so I will do something for Shadow ! But,” he added, pitying their situation, “you cannot seethe judge for many days yet. He is en gaged in trying * man for his life !” Serenely the trio went forth. A friendly policeman, seeing they bore a message from the Gcvernor, escorted them to the courthouse. Eve^y cor ridor, every foot of court-room space was occupied with excited men, and the way was blocked. But-a whisper ran .through the crowd, " A message from the Governor,” and they looked with wonder upon the three dainty messengers and opened up a lane for them. Then the sheriff, lifting his hand at the entrance to the bar, waited until the court’s gavel fell and said : “ A message fro nr* His Excellency the Governor, your Honor 1” And. up the aisle trudged the children, while a strange silence fell upon the great throng, and in open contempt of court they climbed up to the judge, and pre seated their credentials, all talking while the bewildered official read over tbe message. A smile dawned upon his stern face at last and echoed gut through the crowd as bis gavel fell again. ” Suspend for fifteen- minutes,” be said. With the children by his side he examined tkey-record handed^up by his clerk. “ Twenty years for grand larceny ?•> Well, yes, his sentence is too severe— too severe, when his youth is remem bered 1” His pen swept across .the Governor’s - note a few times, a path opened up through-the throng and 0* It was tbe day before Christmas and nothing had been accomplished. Free ing a convict wa? not tl^o trivial thing imagine-. The Commissioners, weari ed out of discretion, after many laugh ing refusals, referred them to the Gov ernor. And the Governor was never “ in” when they called; at least, he was never in sight. Then they charged Capitol Hill once more. Terrace and portico fell quickly before their assault. The historic spot where Jefferson Davis delivered his inaugural over the cradle of the great Confederacy and- launched the war which was to end in freedom for the glaveg. was ' simply space to bj crossed : and they crossed it. They carried their advance into tbe Governor’s worn. They came without ceremony, and with the red of tbfcir country's* ilag upon their cheeks, its blue within their etger eyes and within their parted lips its gleaming white, they stormed his great chair, planted iheir victorious arms about him and de manded an unconditional surrender. The Governor seemed to yield. They made a transient summer in the still co<d room and awoke a youth that long had slept within his heart, a youth full of romance, and of love. Romahce love ! Are not these born ever under the sunshine, the moon’s beams and the tender starlight? -- “ Pardon a convict ? No !” The man had not surrendered. He had simply vanished before their very eyes. In h'is place was the State’s Chief Executive, grave, kind, cour teous, pitiful—and firm. But in the .sunshine the ico is melted at last, and under the beams of the moon and the light of the stars, love finds a way. Reason was powerless refusal impotent. The illogical trinity sat upon his knees and the arm of his chair and admitted all that he urged to be true. They agreed with him in his conception of 1 what the duty of his office required. They eves-recognized the claims of good public policy as being against them." And then they put their arms about him and asked mercy for thoir friend, Shadow. How potent is innocence, how weak is wisdom, at time 1 Driven from; his positions ope by one tbe beleaguered "Governor took refuge behind the iudi cial ermine. Shadow had really b put In prlson.by tbe judge. The judge was really the man to be petitioaed It would never do for the Governor to -arbitrarily reverse the aclloa of xi judge. And theh he sighed in relief, i- Why bad he not thought of that hie n fore? ' : — or each girl ‘Your friend, , The Governor.” • Late that night - Sunshine’s father succeeded in getting connection by tele phone with Wetumpka, and Shadow was brought into the superintendent’s office. “ Dj you know who this is, Shadow?” The child’s voice annihilated space as it had annihilated opposition. Yes, little miss, hit’s Sunshine at last!” How he had waited ! Well, Shadow, the Governor says you wllThe free in the morning, and I am so glad !’ Hack over the wires came a great voice shouting : Thank God ! Thank God! Thank God!” And then the sound of a falling telephone trumpet. Sunshine turned away with hi r eyes full of tears. The city clock rang out clearly through the night upon the stroke oi twelve. Glaj) ping her hands, she cried alodd : *f“_ “ It Is Christmas !. Shadow is free !” BILL ARP AS A PESSIMIST. HR IS GLOOMY ANU AtOROSK. Troubled About tbe Situation in the Philtppinee—What’s the Matter With the World ? . ' .r r Bonus mellor optimus—good, better, best. Malus pdjor pessimus—bad, worse, worst. I remember that much L&tin. Some days we are optimists and look on the bright side and think the war is about over and the millen- Lum will begin with the new century. Then again the news is bad we are ob liged to be pessimists until it changes. I am a pessimist right now, for every thing looks dark and gloomy abroad, though the geniaLspring sun is shin ning and everything is lovely at home. What is all this about pne hundred thousand more men wanted to subdue the Fiiipinoi and our soldiers saying they didn’t enlist to fight negroes ; and what about the Samoans athoushing our boys and cutting their heads off and parading them through the streets; and what about a rupture with Ger many while our, navy is all engaged ever there in those far dreiant islands? If Germany is fighting mad, what bet ter opportunity does she want than to turn her navy loose upon us right now ? and how do we know that Johnny Bull would help us. And then again there seems to be no real peace in Porto Rico, for one of tneir late papers says, “ We observe with sorrow that tbe United .States troops are a mass of base and shame less people, a drunken multitude who daily buffet and maltreat our suffering people. They rob our servants as they go to market ; they enter our restur- ants and take what; they want by force and then preak up the crockery ; they rob the peddlers and refuse to pay the cabmen and sfeal everything in sight: they insult our women like savages, and to complain to headquarters is like barking at the m<x>n. If this is our .destiny, would' that we could sink this fair island in the depths of Ihe sea.” Another paper.say^: “Our people are daily insulted by these ruffians, and we Ti'ave not the patience of Job nor the meekness of the Man of Calvary to bear these things without xetaliat ing" Another paper says" “"We suffered much under tho Spaniards, but our __ new liberators are committing greater Sunsfilhe," Moonbeam and Starlight, ft’ffen-es and oppres^Uns tban did our fading from the scene, left Justice at work in the chill and the gloom. Thirtj minutes after leaving the Cover nor’s room they re entered stormily, gleefully, and planted their victorious colors over tbe citadel and its van quished custodian. He behra their story amazed and looked with comic gravity on their flushed faces. “The Republican form of Govern ment is a failure,” 1 he said at length. The infantry hak usurped the Ex ecutive and 8uspended!the Judiciary.” And may we tell Shadow he is free ?” said Sunshine. “Yes. Let freedom be his Christ mas present.” The child's eyes swam suddenly in soiter light. . Write it' down for me. please-^** And taking his pen tbe Chief Execu tive wrote this, tbe strangest, sweetest, gentlest public document »hat ever issued from Alabama’s Capi tol : Dear Sunshine—I have looked into the case of your friend, ‘Shadow,’ from Crenshaw county, and am inclined to think that his sentence is too severe. His term is twenty years from Septem- bcr^T, lb93. I have about made up rqy mind to cut his sentence to le^s than one-third. You can let Shadow know this and save this letter to show if needed. He had three mighty nice girls to beg for b’m and you see 1 am freezes and zero cold. We bad sixty-six rose bushes, all of choice varieties, and have taken a world of comfdrt in their beautiful fiowers, but this last winter they yrere all killed—killed dead to the ground, and I cut them down and found no sign of life. It made us all sad and I wrote about it, and a good man, a florist, of Chambersburg, Pa., Mr. William B. Reed, read my letter, and surprised me by sending sixty-six new plants of the best varieties, and I planted them carefully between the dead ones and they are springing up beautifully, aad now, lo and uebold, the old ones are sending up strong and vigorous shoots from near the surface and most of them are above the budded joints. So if all of them live and grow, there will be a wilderness of roses, and we can take our choice. I am ready to certify that Mr. Reed is a great big- hearted man.. And now Mr. R K. Robertson, of Chickamauga, has sent me 300 strawberry plants. Lady Thompson and Louise and Gandy vari eties. All are fine, and the Gancys are especially wanted, for they are a very late Variety and bear bountifully after all other kinds have passed away for the season. I’ll bet he is a good man, too, and my wifo makes it a rule to be lieve that everybody is good who is good to us. So now let the wsr go on. It is none of my doings. For a good while I was in hopes that McKinley A Co., who let slip the dogs of war for political purposes, would see their mistake and call off the dogs, but most of the preach ers tell them that Lis God’s will and "manifest destiny and that the doors to tbe heathen must be opened and be kept open. And so we common folks S n’t'do anything. I beard preachers Ik (bat way Tor war thirty-seven years ago and we thought they bad the Urim'and Thummim in their breeches pockets, but they dident. One thing is . certain. This war has done the nation no good morally or financially, and it has lowered our re spect for the army and for military af fairs in general, and army beef in par ticular. When our boys once get out of it they will be apt to stay out and if we have to send 100,000 more troops to fi^btniggers in tbe Philippines they wilbno*. go from this part of tbe coun try—oervain. Bill Arp. The Protect Knlffc CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY. f former masters, and we cannot submit quietly to this new tyranny. Never befofe has there occurred in Ponce such outrages as are happening today. There is safety nowhere, and our ladies are at alLlimes exposed to_tbe insults of drunken soWlers.-’ How is that for the. American soldier, the brave patriots w horn we laud in song and storyj^ JNor do we have to go to 'Porto U.oo to had them. Oaly a few days ago a New Jersey regiment was mustered out at Greenville, S. C , and immediately began their devilments and their jourgey lumo was a reign^t terror. A negro writes to me and wants to know wherein the .colored troops were worse than the whites. What is the matter with this genera tion* white and black ? What is the matter at Puna, and why can’t the two races work together in peace?. Wuat is the matter at Welhersford, Coon., and why won't the white people there let the negroes build a home for old and invalid negroes ? Carrie Steele, a colored good Samaritan, projected a similar home for negro orphans in At lanta and the whites bade her God speed and subscribed liberally and nelp.d her, and. it is doing igooti wortr that is commended by all our people. Have the Yankees forgotten .acnat they fought for, or pretended to fight us for V And besides all these things there are more fires and awful casual- suicides and muvders thin ever before known in so br\ef a time, and. it is enough to make a hbpeful man almost despair of peace and good will ever returning to this effixted land.. This is why 1 am a pes simist today, but 1 live in hope and maybe I will be ax ootimist next week. Hope is a blessed thing. Tne first com- posion I ever heard read 1n-school was written by a tall, freckled-faced red headed girl and it was on " Hope,” and the first sentence was: “Hope is a good invention, and if it were not for hope man wouid die and woman would give up the ship.” “ fciot only so, bat also,” said Jim Alexander, and George Lester whispered a part of his speech: “ Hope f 01 * a season bade the world fare well, ' And Freedom shrieked when Koscidsko fell.” And Rennely Butler quoted a line from hie sp ech : “ Hope springs eter nal in the human breast.” And I had to lift up my voice, of course, as 1 re peated : “ Twas ever thuYih childhood's hour, I’ve seen my fondest hopes decay.’ ” L-- Wo smart boys had'power of fun over that retL-headed composition, and it is stili a pfoverb among us tljal “ Hope AoA“iK) we will not utterly despair, but live inJiope. worked in tbe garden yesteiday fbr it was a blessed uky. 1 have been sick My back ached and my left kidney was on a boom and my legs were on a strike and wouldent carry one with alacrity, but work in tbe garden got me all in sweat of perspiration and l feel better. My wife said 1 Would and she knows She has got but two laws for me. One is, I must work in tbe garden if l am well, and the other is 1 must be well. The war doesent bother me while I am at work, but 1 hoe and dig and ponder while I dig. I am perplexed right now about a very mysterious force of nature that I do not trnderstand. It is the lifting power of little tender plants, never have understood how it is tftat the pea or a bean or a {iotato paten or an okra seed can crack the cloddy ground and lift the clods and part them and find a way upwarj. Those little tender shoots that will bend and break at the touch can lift a weight of pounds and 1 am satisfied that there is some mysterious force that helps tb .m do- some electr}o influence that emanates from the plant—some dyuaifiic power What farmer has not wondored tLat shooting grain of corn could upheave and.splitasunfle’r a clod That he could hardlj^break with hid Eorny hands.. Thenf, again what'a picservauve Judge Davis, a new occupant of the bench on tbe Lafayette County (Mis souri) circuit, has set aside the long followed practice in that' jurisdiction of locking up juries. At the conclusion of the evidence and argument in a , „ criminal ease a day or two ago thep 9 ® judgesaid : “Mr. Sheriff, ebow the members of the jucjiL.to their room, and give them the key and let them lock themselves in. There is no more reason why a jury should be locked up than that a judge should when he is Considering a case.” —Constable J. B. Coleman, who was with Constable Grawford on tb$ night of the Stuart homicide, has been rein stated on the constabulary after having been suspended'pending trial. Con stable Horn will not again be given his commission. J. B. Cooley was never on the force, but is still trying to get a commission. The Governor has re duced the force by discharging four con tables There are still fifty-six in the employ of the State. Their sal aries for the last quarter aggregate $12,600. ; ' —Admiral Dowey is a stern warrior of the old school, who performs his duties with conscientious thorough ness. Not long ago it is said that he was offered $5,000 to write a magazine article. He sent this reply by cable : * Thanks, but I am too busy.” —Maj. Jas. M. Pollard, who died in Washington the other day, was consid ered the best authority on explosives in the service of the government. At Wimbledon, England, hjs once made th*x world’s record for long-distance pur mother earth.—How safely it keeps The Yorktown’s Crew are Ambushed and Taken Prisoners by the Fili pinos. The navy department has Ijeen noti fied by Adnfliral Dewey in a dispatch from Manila of the strange disappear ance of Lieut J. C. Gilmore and four teen members of the crew of tbe United Slates gunboat Yorktown. On Satur day last tbe Yorktown anchored off l> i.i-r. (irr the east coast of the island of Luzon about two hundred miles from here, where there was a Spanish gar rison of about 5d men, which bad been defending itself against several hun dred Paitippine insurgents for months ast. Lieutenant Gilmore, Ensign W. H. Standley and a boat’s crew were sent up the river from Haler to communicate with the Spaniards, the town of Baler ing situated some distance inland, indgn Standley, who landed at the mouth of th-» river, reports that he • ard three volleys, a bugle call andT cheers from up the river, but that the automatic gun, which was part of tbe quipmentof the boat,' was not heard tiring. Standley later paddled to the York- low n in a ooeoe.c A search* was made for the Yorktown’s boat and her crew, but no trace of them was found and the Yorktown sailed for Hollo, from which place her commander cabled to Admiral Dewey his theories that the Filipinos had captured or sunk the boat or that the Spaniards had rescued the American party. Lieut. J. C. GilmoCe, the officer who was captured, is well known in Wash ington, where his wife and family live. He was born in Pniladelphla,, July 10, 1854, and was appointed a naval cadet frm'Arizona in September, 1871, He reached his present grade of lieuten ant in 1891. HU main service has been on the Munongahela, Marion, Bancroft, Vesuvius, and Machlas, besides con iderable service on boards. Just t year ago he reported to tbe St. Paul, then cgmmissloned as an auxiliary cruiser, and served on that vessel under Captain Sigsbee throughout the war On January 14, he was ordered to the hospital ship Solace, which was about tosaUJor Manila, and on arrival there was assigned by Admiral Dewey to tbe Yorktown. The capture of the Xorktown’s mep was discussed with much feelcng lo naval circles. The misfortune >ras felt with added keenness as the navy has prided itself thus far on immunity from reverses. The admiral’s dispatch was the first knowledge the department had that the Yorktown had gone on this special mission to relieve tbe Spanish garrison at Haler. That the capture should have been effected while tho American forces were on a mission of mercy toward tbe Spaniards rather thafi in the prosecution of a campaign ied to tne belief that Spain .would have no further ground for questioning the good faith with which the Americans were seeking to relieve the condition of tbe Spanish prisoners. Although the dispatch gave ho indication that Lieutenant Gilmore and his men had lost their lives, yet great anxiety was aroused by the mystery surrounding th|ir fate while in the hands of an un civilized enemy. This is the first cap ture of any Americans, military or naval, to that it is unknown how the insurgents will treat our men. If civilized methods were pursued an ex change could be quickly effected, as General Otis has a large number of Filipino prisoners, but the insurgents have been averse, thus far, to exchang ing Spanish prisoners, and this raises a question as to what they will do with the Yorktown men. The purpose of the officials is to spare no effort to secure tbe speedy release of our men. rifle shooting. the roots of vegetation from frosts and GUARDING THE PRESIDENT. or utiona Him Gan that are Taken to the AsMMiQ'a COLORED INDUSTRIAL HOME. The Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Journal says (f any one thinks that the President of the United States is allowed to go about unattended he Is or she. is greatly mis taken. The President himself is Igno rant of the great precaution which is taken to preserve bis life and to pre vent his person being reached by such a fanatic as Booth or crank as Gulteau. It has recently come to my know- edge just to what extent the officers of this government do go to prevent any tragedy such as has twice marred the history of this republic. A good deal used to be said about the number of detectives which .were wont to ac company President Cleveland and some sheering comments were ipade by those who ought to have known bet tor, but there was no more precaution taken to protect the person of Presi dent Cleveland than is taken during this administration or was taken in that of President Harrison. President Cleveland was not as lithe of limb as either Mr. Harrison or President Mc Kinley and con.equently was not seen abroad as much as either, but he was as unconscious as either to the sense of danger. This I learn from some one who knows what he is saying and who Is thoroughly posted on the ways and means provided to Insure our chief ex ecutive from assault. This country, a little over a hundred years old, has had almost as many rulers assassinated as BYance with her thousand years back of* her, and one more than Englapd. I am not taking into consideration those princes and rulers who were murdered after they were deposed and imprisoned, but of actual bona fide assassinations such as that of President Lincoln, President Garfield and President Carnot. Ai 1 said, the President himself is ignorant of tbe precautions taken to protect him. He w,ould deny that such precautions were taken because he is ignorant of them, and If tbe secret service bureau was asked the plain question if it had a force of men de tailed for this work its head would doubtless disclaim it for tbe reason that there is no law which authorizes tbe treasury department to detail mep for such duty. " If any one doubts that such precau tions are token let him imagine the preposterous proposition of a govern ment of sixty or seventy millions of people permitting their head to go un attended through the world at the mercy of cranks. It is said that if the secret service men detailed to guard the life of Garfield had done their duty'properly his life might never have been sacrificed to the pistol of a mad man. From the standpoint of the European our executive U absolutely unguarded. In this is bis chief sifetv fur, where there are fewer evidences orfbar vhSYb are less incentives to crime. The very absence of guards is protection. But it is tbe crank that has to be watched and for this work six of the ablest men in the secret service branch of the government have been selected. They are absolutely trustworthy and have an almost unlimited amount of moaey to spend. They have to report to no one save to each other, one of whom is chief, so I understand, and in this way their comings and goings are con ducted without suspicion. They ar rive in town as do other travelers, put up at the best hotels and wear the smartest clothes. Sometimes they come with large tourist parties and take in the sights, going through the White House with as keen an appetite for bits of gossip as the veriest “ hay seed ” in the party. They will assume any disguises they want, hut they usually go as well equipped gentlemen. Tbey mingle with crowds and watch the vagrant end the loiterer about the White House grounds with trained eye, roving in every direction.—They know their business as thoroughly as do any men in their profession in the world, it is said, and their disguises are impene trable. It makes no matter who is Pre sident and what the executive wish may be on the subject, the silent and ever watchful vigil continues. The President himself would scorn the idea that he needed protecilon of any kind, but for all that he is pro tected when least suspecting it. The system has been continued slcce the time of Lincoln. Up to that time It was not thought necessary to throw safeguards about our Presidents. The system had become a little lax when toe assassination of Garfield made It evident that tbe rigidity of this pre caution must never he allowed to re- laps.e into an indifferent state again. in other countries this secret service precaution is carried to a far greater extent than here, but it is doubtful if it is more effective. In England, for instance, it Is said that so many are the disguises assumed by tho detec tives about Victoria that that poor lady’s life is made miserable by won dering who these people are and by what right they are permitted to roam about her estates. In France the system is carried on very much as It is here, save that the secret service is increased by officers and guards in uni form, and sentinels stationed at every door and gateway. ^ Rev. Richard Carroll, who waft chap lain of the 10th Immune regiment, has returned home and has taken Up the work of organizing “Tbe Industrial School for Boys and Girls,?/and he gives tbe fo.lowing outline of his work : 'The Industrial Home for Boys and Girls” -is an assured fact. Before this ill appear in print we will have started tbe farm, as arrangements are already madq. * Tbe Murray Drug Company will fur nish all seeds free of charge. One gentleman donates two tons of guano, another gave twenty-five dollars on a mill. Tbe people of Columbia are taking hold in earnest, laying tne foundation. I have received three invitations from-White pastors saying, “Come to my town and you can .address my peo ple in my church.” One business man asked' me to come to his town and he will secure tbe court house for me to address tbe white citizens. The invi tations from the preachers mentioned come from Eastern, Middle and- West ern South Carolina.- A prominent citi zen asked me to come to Greenwood. »f Intended for Colored Boys and Girls on a Farm Near Columbia. “I and others will help you,” he said. While 1 have not asked to speak in any white chnrcb, and did not intend to, tbe Invitations given me alreapy show that the white citizens of South Carolina are anxious to do something for the unfortunate people of dolor among them. The pastors mentioned above are among the leading preach ers in the State, and tbey are preach ing to ex-slaVe owners and their chil dren. Nearly two years ago I traveled over the State in the interest of a “reforms lory for juvenile criminal*'.” I spoxe at tbe white Baptist Convention at Rock Hill and the Methodist Confer ence sA Florence, and .1 ’must say 1 would not have received better treat ment in Massachusetts. Bjshop Dun can and Judge Hudson introduced me to their respective assemblies most cordially. Now, I wish to ask for the cobperation of the people of South Carolina, especially Columbia. I will handle no money. Mr. J alius H. Walker, of the Qsfitral National Bank, will receive ail funds. Later we will have a board of trustees, com posed of the beat business men in Co lumbia and elsewhere, who will care fully guard tho interests of tbe institu tion and see that aot a dollar is wasted gr misspent. 1 believe I am led of the Lord. More than six months ago Pre- ceived letters from five prominent white persons in South Carolina urg ing me to leave the army and come home and do this work. These letters came from ministers and.ladies. One of these women is the daughter of an old and wealthy seacoast rice planter. Mr. J. W. Payne offers to donate one hundred acres of land at Chappell’s, S. C.‘ After prayer and thought I de cided to take up this work. Lam not trying to create a job fbr myself. X served ihe American Baptist Publica tion Society eleven years and they are ready to employ me again. 1 will settle all my debts and dedicate my life, time and tmang to tbe cause of. God and tbe young g&erattonof my race unreservedly. The negro’s great est opportunities are in tbe South. He must be taught to seize them. We cannot solve the race problem until we solve the Individual problem. We must lay hands on the individual in the cradle and train the heart, head and hands at the same time. WewiHhave to produce great mothers before we can hope to have a great race. The home is the greatest Institution on earth for good or evil. The home-builder and maker is wo man. She is the educator, preserver, guardian and moulder of the race. It is the Anglo-Saxon woman that rules the wor’d. It is the “supremacy” of white QUARTER* FOR 40,000 GUKftlM, Charleston Will Take Core of All ’ 'Visitors Daring t'onvenilon-Reasoa- able Kates for Board and Lodging. the committee on information In Charleston has prepared an official statement ai to the accommodations that Oun bn furnished dur.ng the Con federate reunion, winch takes place in that city May 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. The statefnrnt shows that tbe committee is prepared to furnish board and lodging to 4u.000 visitors at very reasonable rates. Tbe accommodations ate mitch better than those usually offered on such crowded occasions by any city, because Charlestonians, realizing the need of sustaining a long enjoyed.! re putation for hospitality, have thrown open their homes for the entertain- " meat of tbe visitors. Th. prices that will be charged during the reunion are very reasonable, and any attempt at extortion will ' be given publicity enough to make it ineffectual. The pr'eas arranged for by the committee aro as follows: L>dging and tnree meals from $1 to $2 5U per uay ; lodg ing, breakfast anu supper, $1 to $1.50 a day ; lodging and breakfast, 75 cents to $1 a day ; lodgings in parties of from lour to live in room or hall, 50 cents to $1. Dormitories fur men Lave been Opened at convenient points about the citv, wiiere sleeping quarters Can be secured at 50 cents a nigut. At some • of them breaafasl will be served a« the cost ol 50 cents. For tbe accommodation of ladles omy, ail the public school buildings nave boon secured for the week, and these handsome, modern buildings, wttn every convenience, will be con verted into comfortable-dormitories. Tbey will be In charge' of committees from tbe ladies of tne Auxilary asso ciations, day and mgbt. i'ue charge for quarters wiii~Oe 5ocuuts anight. Brea*last wilt also Oj furnished (or oU cents, and. upbi lunches can he bad lor from 10 cents to 25 cents at all hours of the Uay. All who Intend visiting the city during the r union "tumid apply by man. or lo person, to Chairman R. P. Evans, of toe com mittee on information, and thus secure comfortable^ prices. The committee on restaurants, in ad dition to tue large hotels and boa. ding hounesgpare prepared for furnishing 18,000 meals a uay at an average oust of 35 cents a meal. These, temporary restaurants wilt furnish good meals, and will be located at convenient points about the city. There will be no lack of accommodations and at reason able prices. in addition to the accommodations which Will be provided by the commit tee on information at the rates named, the Confederate executive committee will provide absolutely free quarters and food for 3,QUO old Confederate sol diers. ■t. ,5 - Y T; . Samoan Question.—The joint Eo Married men, according to a Ger man investigator, live longer than bachelors and are less likely to become insane. Another argument for matri mony is found in the fact that there are 38 .criminals among every 1,000 ‘Bachelors whll,e among married men ~the ratio Is only T8 pier 1,006. ’ —An orange tree that will flourish and bear fruit as far North as St. Louis is promised by Secretary Wilson, of tbe agricultural department. The destruction of the orange groves in tbe South during the past three or four years bv severe weather greeted Mr. Wilson’s attention to the^matier, and he went to experimenting. Tbe result of his work is that he has crossed the orange tree with the Japanese trifo liate, a hardy variety nf fruit, and has obtained an orange tree that will live through severe frost. Several thou sand of these trees, will be planted this spring, and in case the experiment succeeds the nation will owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Wilson^. Alligator Liniment conquers the pain of Khehmatisa, Neuralgia, Backache, Toothache, Cramps, Hprains, Bruises, Burns, reduces Swollen Tonsils and drives out inflammation. It’s guaranteed to please. Sold everywhere, • the white woman, and not the white man, for white men are very m ich like colored men “by nature and practice.” The colored woman should be encour aged, educated, protected, respected, helped, and it will not be long before we will have a race to be proud of. We will not establ’sb an orpbanage The Rev. Mr. Jenkins has one, but an Industrial home for the homeless cbil dren; those who will be criminals if left without a trade : religious training and soma education. The streets are full of boys and girls who have no home or training. The most needy and the poorest will be taken. The$ will be taught farming and other ind strict*, wherein there is life and a living. The white people are coming to the cities and leaving the plantations to grow up in grass and weeds. The co) ored people are following the whites to the cities when they should stay (most of them) on the farms and lay the foundation of wealth and bappi ness. There should be an industrial school ( n every county for colored peo ple, a county fair once a year. The white peop>e should encourage and help them. The “South Carolina In dustrial Htmits” is the begtnntngy and we hope to see such a school in every codnty in South Carolina and the South. The best instructors will be employed at our school, but no one will be employed even to drive a nail who is not a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ. ' ' ' x We intend to send them awayXf'bm the home at tbe age of 16 or IL-years, and seek homes for each gae some where in the United States, where they can make a living. Prof. Shep ard, of ^umroervilie, has promised to give a fine cow and a South Carolina Senator will giveA cow aLo. Others promised chickdns, hogs and sheep as “breede-s.” Mrs. E H Little, who gave the first decided momentum to the school, is still in tbe city.- Mrs. Little gave a clear title for 80 acres of land, near the city* which she purchased at a cost of $4,000. The bigti commission, representing Eng land, Germany and America, is now on its way to Samoa, instructions were given to tbe Nimmicsioners by their respective gov< Foments before they left Washington, and these instructions are substantially as follows : l - The commission is given complete authority to carry on a provisional government for Samoa. Induing this tbe Instructions carefully prescribe the preservation of order and the security of life and.property as a first requisite. It is provided that tbe duties of ail of ficials heretofore exercising authority in Samoa shall be suspended la order that tbe high oommisaion shall have complete authority over the affairs of tbe Island. The comml-slon is re- 'quired to make report upon a variety of things, including the recent collis ions and tbe causesjeading up to them ; also as to the administration of the is lands, the rights of the several claim ants to the kingship; also as to what changes are desirable in tbe methods provided by tbe treaty of Berlin. The instructions call for unanimity in ail action by tbe commission. Tbe action taken by tbe oommisaion, when unani mous, is to be conclusive, without ref- , erendum, except when it suspends a provision of tbe treaty of Berlin. In that case also a provision of the treaty may be suspended by unanimous agree ment of tbe members, but the suspen sion is ad referendum and is not finally binding until the three governments approve or disapprove it. Tbe exact extent to which tbe treaty can be tem porarily suspended is out quite clear and one of . the corntnl-siooers said day that it would requlrd consultation among the commiftsionhrs to make this point certain. The instructions are broad enough to include tne recent troubles, tbe bombardment, figutmg, arrest of a Cuban citizen, esc., so that these acute phases, as well as the gen eral government of Samoa! will be ad justed without further p6t.fltut between tne three governmei , ♦ - -- y m —The heirs of Peter Cooper have signed deeds which will eventually add $55C,(J0U to the endowment fund of Cooper Union in New York. TbU will bring the total amount given to tbe institution bv the Cooper family up to more than $2,000,000. —George MuAger, formerly a corpo ral iu the Fourth Michigan cavalry, aud the mao who arrested Jefferson Davis, is reported dying at Macellus, ■Mich. T" K —RopresooUt. v o Livingston, of Geer gia, recently recei/ed a cane which tms a most interesting history. The cane Unmade of oak, and was cut from the tomb of ex-President Thomas Jef ferson mure than forty years ago. It has engraved upon it the name of Jef ferson, the statement that he wrote the declaration of independence and founded tbe University of Virginia. Upon it is also recorded the dates of the . birth and death .of Jefferson. It is the intention of Representative Liv ingston to have the c^ne mounted in "ilv. r and have the words “16 tol” engraved upon the head. He will then present Xt to Bon. William J. Bryan. —The friends of ex-Speaker Reed in Washington have been informed that he intends to retire from Congr and not take his seat when the Boufe .meets next December. Mr. Reed is going to practice law in New York. Tbe ex-speaker expects to spend the -summer in Europe, and it is anoounoed that-before he goes he will make pub lic his intention to rcwlf n. - On tbe occasion of tb« the cornerstone of the new postoffiue building Gen. b i marshal of the .parade, and Wheeler will command a division. 8ecr**ta'*y Long will be one of tko speakers at tbe oanquet. and Postmas ter Coastal’So.ith Wil address.