The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, July 27, 1899, Image 1
VOL XXII*
BARNWELL,SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, |ULY 37,189Q.
COUNTRY SCHOOL PROBI,RM. |
ADDRESS OF SUPT. J J. Me MAH AN
How the Public School System Gen I
be Cheniced end Improved in this |
Sente.
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The following 1» the eddreea Of Su
perintendent of Education McMehen et
Herrla Springs on iho country school
problem:
The country school problem la the
most Important problem of our civlli*
xetlon today.
1. It Is the problem of our agricul
tural emancipation, of our industrial
prosperity, if the truth be told, we
are In a bad way agriculturally. The
country Is being deserted, plantations
are being eaten up by mortgages,
dwellings and barns built before the
war are going to decay,, and if de
stroyed tomorrow could not be re
placed. We are living on the accumu
lations of the past, and fast using up
the little capital' of our possessions.
This is true of many neighborhoods. I
am thankful that it is not tru* of all.
But men now (arm witnout hope. The
way out must be through more intcut-
gent methods, better education.
2. The country school problem is
the problem of good government. The
terms u ward politician” and "city
boss ” have acquired a meaning that
tells of some of the evils of govern
ment In cities. Although " crossroads
politician” Is also a term of disrespect,
it has not suggestion of vlciops purpose
or of venality.. The crossroads politi
cian is charged with narrowness, mis
taken seal, fie is a patriot, and all he
needs is education. There Is among
the people in the country an Indepen
dence and an individuality that are a
safeguard to the State. It will be a
bad day for us when we no longer have
this sturdy constituency to appeal to.
We must, therefore, by education
solve the problem of how to make a
living In the country, and we must
provide adequately for the education
of children reared In the country.
3. The country school problem is
the problem of diversified life, of all
round Interest. Thus far, nearly all of
out city people have had relatives in
the country wtu>m they at times
visited. Hence all our people have some
experience of country life—there are
none but have been brought under the
influence of this ontactwitb nature.
This can no longer be so if the exodus
from the country continues, If we con
tinue to have poor country schools
that fail to fit bo>s »nd girls to live
prosperously and bappiiy la the coun
try—such poor schools that pareats
see no hope for their children there
and go to town, to live from hand to
mouth, at uncertain imployment, in
search of schools.
4. The country school problem Is,
moreover, the problem of our national
vigor. The msj >rity of the leading
business men of our cities were reared
oa the plantations, bo it is la each
generation. The city S'*ma to requiM
a back country to draw upon for rein
forcements. When these can no longer
be supplied the end Is at hand.
The country school problem is Indeed
the problem of tbo preservation of our
Caucasian civilization and purity of
blood. If the country be abandoned to
the negroes, then that which makes a
people great will be theirs and not the
white man’s. The hardihood, the in
dependence, the courage that country
life develops wilt t>n lost to the Cauca
sians, who will have gathered into
congested centres, where strength and
vigor of mind and
sapped. The country
men'that dominate
beR
Bat I am expected to point out what
may be done for the Improvement of
the country school. The special prob
lem of the schools in the country is
due to the sparsity of population and
the poverty of the people. The chief
difficulty Is the distance apart. The
school money Is apportioned according
to enrollment, and each school is at
tended by so small a number that Its
share of the public found supports it
only pitifully. There are manv needed
improvements*.' What are they? 1
would not, if I could, present to you
a finished theory of how to solve this
promblem of the country school. You
would distrust any theory. All Im
provement must be n growth. My the
ory might need to be modified as con
ditions develop. In aspiring to the
ofBoe which I now hold, 1 undertook
to solve this problem, at least in a
measure. But it was not my choice to
attempt to solve it here in words. This
subject was assigned me. I am glad,
however, to give, you some of my
thoughts, and I want you to think on
thane questions with me that together
we may solve them yet.
The current opinion seems to be that
the one thing needed for Improving
the country schools is a longer term. I
Irish to say emphatically that In my
opinion the longer term Is the last
thing needed. It is needed, but there
are other things needed worse.
1. The first thing needed is better
teaching, more intelligent effort to
ward the moulding of character. I
have been trying to Impress this. The
summer schools are working toward
this* end. This association has for
years labored to improve the teachers I •omethi;
of the Bute, and has done much.
2. We need a better course of study
in our schools. This is closely related
to better teaching, and together they
would transform our schools. This im-
provemept is need in all the schools
and In the colleges too. There Is too
much purposeless teaching. Subjects
are taught as if they were an end in
themselves. They are not made to ap-
child's Interests. There is
universality and the immutability of
cause and elect. Then they will know
that" a wrong done can never be
. that it cannot be undone.
Teach a man to recognise In all spheres
of activity the orderly processes of
nature, and so to feel his responsibility
to be In harmony with the Divine
will, to promote the good and not the
evil.
Education does not consist merely in
developing in us mental power. It
should also supply us with useful
knowledge of our environment. This
cannot be acquired In a day, and It u
folly to lose the years of our schooling
In exercise merely for the strengthen
ing of our minds, as dumb-bells strength
en the muscles, Instead of strengthen
ing our minds by acquainting us with
the great truths that are Involved In-
the life about us and with the problems
that will soon press upon. Life Is too
short. Duties are too pressing. We
should learn what we need. In the
last half century. there have come to
the front social and Industrial problems
overshadowing all else. Some sage
has said, “The only good is knowledge;
the only evil Is ignorance.” In the
last analysis, every good goes back to
knowledge as Its basis. Every evil
may be resolved Into Ignorance as Its
cause. We must know the right la
order to do the right.
But education should do more than
fit one to grapple with the problems of
life. The whole man should be devel
oped to the fullest. Our course of study
and our teaching should cultivate the
artlstle side of our nature, that we may
be In full harmony with th«, creation.
Otherwise, these potential pleasures
remain unknown to us—there is an
Irreparable lose to the sum-total of
human happiness. We should teach
music in our
riment at the State summer school
art and music In our schools. 'The ex-
per:
has satisfied me that anybody can learn
to draw, and that anybody can learn to
sing.
The school should not aim to prepare
wnere sirengm ana W . >hoi
1 body are at last lrf ^
tr, wQl/supp 1 /thel J^. mI
#. Who shall ihe»e horhood
> prepai
for dollege ; it should prepare for life.
The college should take the boy that
comes to It and prepare him still bet
ter for life. ■ It should not make an idol
out of what it calls a “ college course,”
All education should prepare for life;
should help to give us a true attitude
towards life.
3. Better moral support from local
authorities Is the next most Important
need of our country schools.
The trustee and the parent, 11 well
ae the teacher, need to be educated as
to their .duty. Their attitude may de
stroy all discipline. Above all they
should not change the teacher unless
there Is a certainty of getting better
teaching. The good teacher should be
kept permanently. Thus may the
teacher learn the children’s disposi
tions, win their hearts and train their
characters. Moreover, a new teacher
doesn’t know where the children are
prepared to take up their studies. A
large part of the seesioa is practically
lost while the teacher Is experimenting
with the children.
4. Better supervision Is another
need. The county superintendents are
usually paid too little to support them
and permit them to devote themselves
to the work and study of supervision
as a profession. They must pursue
other occupations for a living. Some
perform no more than certain clerical
autlee that might ae well be performed
by the county auditor. All this should
be ebaaged.
fi. Better organisation and division
of the school Itself is a pressing need.
We should seek to cultivate our ooun-
schools. Instead of four or five
schools scattered over a* neigh
we should have one strong
school, with two or more teachers.
The children could be graded and
taught better. The teachers would
stimulate each other by association
aad code pence. The monthly salary
could be higher aad the employment
longer. But how shall the children
( 'et to the school ? Here is the prob-
em. I insist that they can walk
great deal farther than their too Indul
gent parents are now usually willing
for them to walk. We now have many
neighborhoods in which It is possible
to dispense with several schools and
patronise one without serious inconve
nience. I am glad to observ^some
tendency to this.
In the Northeastern and Northwest
ern States they have resorted to the
practice of employing a driver act
team to bring to school and carry home
the children who live beyond a certain
distance. I hope within the next year
to look into this system It is very
possible that with the money-saved by
abolishing just one of our weak county
schools the more-remote chlldron may
be hauled to the big school house
which will be supported by the many
of the three or four other schools sup
planted by it.
tly «
ly we need better finanola
longer terms, better
peal to a
no attempt to show their bearing upon
' ‘ b details
life, A boy Is harrassed with
about political geography when the
names of the nations are meaningless
to him. Years are wasted in drill la
the rules of grammar, and the boy
goes out to the play ground and vio
lates every rule. He has never sus
pected that those dry rules hare any
thing to do wltb ihe speech - that - Is so
indispensable a part of life.
We should teach a man to know not
passively but actively; to be not a
mere receptacle of Information, but a
potent factor. We should teach more
of science, and especially should there
be In all our teaching more of the sol
eatifle spirit. We should develop In
the children a love of truth and a self
reliance. Teach them to realize the
6. Las
support, longer terms, better equip
ments, better salaries. This must come
by levying a special local tax. I put
this last because I believe that with
ous present resources we can do much
oh the lines above indicated to give us
better schools. When these things are
done and the people see that the
schools are not a humbug, they will be
readier to pay more money to support
them. But until there is evidence
thing being done, nobody Is wl
ling to give more money. I believe
that a good teacher will In the end
bring everything else. We see it lx
many localities.
One thought more. There are those
who condemn universal education.
They think that education belongs to
the select feir and unfits the ordinary
man for his station In life, makes him
discontented with his lot, threatens so
cialism. I will only say that as long
as there is room (or Improvement it is
a.ourse to keep men’s minds contented.
To doubt that It is good for all men to
know, la to believe that darkness Is
better than light—It is to doubt that it
la good for us to know the wondrous
truths In the midst of which Ood has
placed us.
ring near
which to
—Frltx Pries, a farmer Uvln
Baltimore, had no ooffin In
bury his sister, so he disinterred the
body of hia brother, lifted It from the
coffin and. wrapping it In a quilt, placed
It hack In the grave and covered it.
Then he took the old coffin to the barn,
repainted it and put toe body of his
sister In it.. The coffin was then placed
la the new grave and covered up. .
MORGAN MAKES STATEMENT
NOT PLOTTING AGAINST BRYAN.
The Chicago Platform tbs Grandest
Presentation of Democratic Prtn-
ples Ever Made.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has
given his views on politics to a repre
sentative of the Atlanta Constitution,
explaining the circumstances of the al-
‘eged interview with him not long ago
Washington. His statement Is as
follows:
“That interview ? Yes, I see they
are making a good deal out of It or try
ing to,” said he, as I led tha-oonversa-
tlou up to the matter that had taken
me to his presence. "Well, It is hard-
neceseary for me to say that I am
making war on nobody or thal there is
no deep and dark plot back of anything
have said or done. I am not In the
mbit of making war on Ddmocrats
and if Mr. Bryan Is nominated, I shall
be found supporting him with all the
enthusiasm at my command.. As for
le delegation from this State, if the
lemocrats—the majority of them—
think Mr. Bryan the best man to nom-
nate, I will tbrow up my hat as high
as the highest. I have said nothing
that can fairly be oonbtrued as a fight
against the brilliant Nebraskan—nor
as a fight for any other of the many
food Democrats who may or may not
mve presidential aspirations. The
deas I have advanced are given solely
or the purpose of contributing toward
Democratic victory. I want the party
to win, If it can win without surrender-
ng any of its principles. I would not
sacrifice principles In order to gain a
victory, for such a victory would be
hollow and would mean nothing in the
advancement of true Democracy; but
would like to see the party win, and
think now is the time to carefully
consider what one of all the true anu
oyal Democrats of the country will be
the best man to nominate. I have no
body to suggest, but the party is big
ger than any one man and surely It
Hi not hurt to consider calmly and
soberly what is best to do under all the
circumstances.”
I asked Senator Morgan if the inter
view published in Washington was a
carefully prepared document given out
as an authorised statement or bow it
came about.
“Oh, no, if was nothing of the sort,
have said nothing about it, because
do not care to say anything that will
look like a reflection upon a newspaper
friend with whom 1 did talk ; but it all
i;rew out of a casual conversation oa
the street one evening. That was on
the ftth of July. 1 had forgotten all
about It until the 11th, when It ap
peared la toe papers. 1 do not now want
to be understooa as repudiating It, al
though as printed it only partially rep
resents my views, and much of the Ian
;uage put la my mouth I never used,
(ucn that I did say was omitted—
some things that would have changed
the geoeral trend of the interview bu
lag forgotten by the man with whom I
talked, and Instead of its being a care
fully prepared pronunclamento, as some
of the newspapers have endeavored to
make out, 1 told my friend at the out
set that 1 did not want the nutter to
be used as coming from me, but gave
it to him rather with the idea that he
elaborate it in bis own way and as his
own matter. After we had talked he
beeeeched me to let blm use my name
connection with the suggestions 1
had advanced, and as he had said it
would greatly add to the value of the
matter to him, I finally said he might
so, as I am never afraid to father
any views which I hold. I did not
think he was going to put me in quota
tion marks or I would have seen to it
that all I said was presented just as 1
said it, but again let me say that 1 do
not repudiate the young mao who did,
iu a general way, get down some of my
views as 1 gave them."
Wnat particularly was not pre
sented ?"
“'Well, for one thing, what I had to
say about the Chicago platform. I am,
as you know, a great believer In the
Chicago platform, word for word aad
letter for letter. I have studied that
latform in the light of Democratic
ilstory more than most men, and I
have always maintained that it is the
grandest presentation of the true prin
ciples of Democracy that has ever been
made. I believe in every plank in that
platform and have always advocated
it, not in a general way merely, but in
every way looking td the enactment
into law of any of its principles. 1 see
some- of the gold organs say my talk
Indicates a weakening on the platform,
and they-ane proclaiming that they
have caught me. Well, all I’ve got to
say about that Is they’ve caught a tar
tar, that’s all.
“The whole idea of my talk,” con
tinued SenatarMorgan, "was that we
bught to all get together and elect a
president if we can. I find a lot of
good Democrats—as good Democrats
as anybody, as loyal, as earnest and as
true—who do not believe it Is possible
to win with Mr. Bryan as tbe nomi
nee. Even those who are talking most
enthusiastically for his nomination are
Inclined to take that view of it. In
deed, it is difficult to find a Democrat
familiar with this situitlon throughout
the country who believes Mr. Bryan
has much of a chance for election,
“Now, some l people may cry out
against this talk as heresy, but If it is
true that there Is scarcely a chance to
win with Mr. Bryan, I am sure it is
not heresy on the part of other Demo
crats to look around and see if there is
not some other man upon whom al
Democratic elements might unite, and
—on the Chicago platform -elect him.
i feel sure-that if Mr. Bryan were sat
Isfied that any other Democrat had
better chance of election he would not
let personal ambition stand in the way
of party success. I do not say therd is
any other man who does sten$ a better
chance; but what I do say Is that It is
oar privilege as Democrats, and indeec
our duty to the party, to look arounc
usjsnd see whether there~it -s~ good'
chance of bettering our outlook b:
considering whether some other cand
date would not be even more available,
consldera-
influence of thoughtless enthusiasm |
or ardent hero worship. I greatly ad
mire Mr. Bryan and have always paid
my tribute to the splendid campaign he
made In 1896; but what we have to
think of it not the campaign of 1896,
but the campaign of 1900, bringing, at
it must, new conditions. It Is no re
flection on Mr. Bryan that we should
look carefully over the field and con
sider other men; It it rather a reflec
tion upon ourselvet'df we jump Into!
this thing blindly, taking it for grant
ed that because be was the nominee
three years ago he mast of necessity
be the nominee next year.”
“The partof your Washington inter
view most criticised, Senator,” I ven
tured to suggest, “was that in which
yeu were made to intimate that the
only thing that Ought to be required of
a nominee that he pledge himself not|
to veto a silver coinage bill.”
“That is one respect in which the in
terview does not do me full justice, it
is a sin of omission rather than of 00m-
rr lesion, however. Tbe failure to pre
sent the context of Pur talk at this
SECRETARY ALGER REBIGNN. THE DEATH OF 1NGERNOLL,
tary
oabli
His Presence In the OaMnet Was Not
Desirable—He Formed an Alliance
with Plagraa.
Gen. Russell A. Alger, the Seore-
of War, has resigned from the
inet, to take effect at the pleasure
of President McKinley.
The resignation of Secretary Alger
Is believed to have been sought by the
President, as public opinion h*d al
most orystalized In a desire for the
Secretary’s retirement. The feeling
began with the .first charges of Gen
eral Miles that tbe beef furnished the
army of invasion In Cuba had been
chemically treated, or "embalmed.”
It was at once apparent to many that
tba contracts entered into between the
war department and packers were
irregular, and so strong were ther criti
cisms that the President ordered a
board of Investigation, which, after a
long aad tedious hearing, dismissed
the matter by simply criticising some
of the acts of the war department, but
exonerating the Secretary or General
Eagan, the chief oommltsary, of suy ir-
point has the effect of clouding my
ideas on that subject. I was talking I regularity In awarding the contracts,
particularly about Cleveland’s repudla- f n this mat
tion of all the pledges which bis party
had made, and in this connection, my
»iy«
he reached the house he
Ingersoll had died
suggestion was that any
‘edge
man who was
nominated should pledge himself to
stand true to every plank In the plat
form. All the troublous times through
which the Democratic party his been
called upon to pass were due to Cleve-
land’s repudiation of the pledges made
the country by the convention which
nominated him. We want nothing
more of that kind. In talking, further,
of probable Issues and of the legislation
upon which a Democratic president
elected next year would have to pass, I
suggested that, with the Republicans
in control In the Senate, there is prac
tically no chance for the passage of an
unlimited coinage of silver bill; and If
a man could be found more available
than Mr. Bryan on the other great is
sues, it might be enough to know that
he would obey tbe will of his party as
expressed in whatever silver legisla
tion it might be possible to get through
Congress.'
“I believe we will be able to get a
start toward silver restoi atlon In the
legislation that is necessary for the
new possessions. It may be possible to
force through Congress at its next ses
sion such recognition of silver as will
prove a material beginning toward
complete silver restoration. If in fur-
ni«htng currency fqr those countries
which have been large silver users and
in which our money s sure to take the
place of the Spanish money, we open
the way for the coinage of five hundred
millions or a thousand millions of sil
ver, tbe demand for that metal would
surely raise the price to such a point
that there would be a practical resto
ration of the commercial parity of the
two metals, and the oogte which bas
frightened the business world would be
dispelled. I think we should do the
best we can toward that end. When
we can get an ‘Unlimited coinage bill
through Congress, we should do so;
until we can. we should do all la our
power to pave the way for the Increased
use of sliver, because it will lead to
the desired end of complete restora
tion. If we can do that, we will have
have done much. If some other Dem-
cratthan Mr. Bryan can bring about
the victory that must necessarily be
the forerunner of any such legislation,
it Is our right and our duty to ffnd such
a Democrat. I do not say tl)et there Is
a better man, bat I do say that we
should carefully consider whether
there Is or not. ;
"We should consider men in tbe light
of the issues of the coming campaign.
I trust the Chicago platform will be
reaffirmed in its entirety. If there is
any attempt to change the declarations
on any of the points covered in that
document, I am sure it wonld only be
for the worse. I do not care to criticise
Mr. Bryan’s utterances on tbe territo
rial question and I have certainly had
no idea of misrepresenting his views
in any particular.. The newspapers
may have done this, for some of them
have certainly reported me as advocat
ing the immediate withdrawal of the
troops from the Philippines, which
seems to mean before peace and stabll-
are restored. I do not at g)l agree
Mr. Bryan In his advocacy of a
protectorate over those islands, for
such a protectorate as he baa talked of
would bring us a maximum of responsi
bility . for the acts of a government
over which we had no control, and that,
[t seems to ms, is the most dangerous
of all the plans that have been pro
posed for the disposition of the Philip
pine question. However, I do not care
to criticise Mr. Bryan or start a con
troversy over this question. - It only
series to Illustrate tbat we cannot be
too careful In the selection of the man
who is to be the party standard-bearer
in that campaign.
“Governor Johnston says he is going
to make a fight for a Bryan delegation
to the convention,” I added.
If the Democrats of Alabama think
Bryan the right man to nominate; they
will find me joining them In shouting
or him. I have great confidence In
their wisdom; and for that very reason
believe that it should be U ft to them to
00k carefully over the field and, un
swayed by any consideration save the
>arty good, decide who, hr their opln-
on, is the man to load the party to vic
tory, In all I have said I have not been
talking for Mr. Morgan or Mr. Any
body else; my one and only idea Is that
the party should do what is best for
tself.”
>g
matter the President stuck
squarely by his Secretary of War and
defended him whenever opportunity
lous death
offered. Then the tremendous
rate from sickness in the ai my caused
a general complaint extending from
ocean to ocean, and whatever explana
tion was offered was quickly eclipsed
by the startling figures showing that
disease thinned the ranks a dozen
times more than Spanish bullets. The
criticisms along this line werd joined
in even by army officers, who reoognlz
ed and charged that the army wasln
many instances officered by men wild
knew nothing whatever of army rules
or methods, aad that the disease was
due in many cases to incompetence on
the part of the regimental command
ers and the surgeons, whose appoint
ments were made through polltiosl in
fluences.
With one of these charges at the
door of the war department, a tremen
dous crusade a>alnst so-called " Al
gorism ” began, and as the Secretary’s
determination not to retire increased,
public demand for bis removal in
creased, nntll the most powerful of the
Eastern newspapers were almost uni
ted in a determination that he should
surrender his portfolio.- Through all
of this the Secreta-y declared he would
not retire under fire. But recently he
announced for tbe United Statee Senate
in Michigan against the incumbent,
Senator McMiliaa. In doing this he
wpenlv formed an alliance with Cover
lor’Ptngree, who Isa declared anti-
Republloan. S
strong MsKlnley
Senator
advo
nor' rmgree,
administration
McMiliaa Is a strong
cate.
This last act was tbe straw that
broke the camel's back so far ns Mc
Kinley is concerned. In the storm of
criticism tbe President had stooJ by
him, but to hold a poeltlon in the Pre
sident’s offlflal faraljy In national poli
tics aad be allied #lth the President's
enemy in Slate polltloe was a double
that the friends of the President
openly resisted, aad while McKinley,
himself, has acted with the utmost
diplomacy, It Is known that he deter
mined then aad there to make a
change. The announcement of the
Secrttarv's resignation, therefore, 1s la
line with what correspondents have
predicted for a month past.
Ttiers it much (peculation an to who
will suooeed Secretary Alger. General
Harrison G. Otis, Governor Rxwovolt,
General Leonard Wood aad others are
mentioned for tbo place.
Secretary Alger was horn in tbe
township of Lafayette, Medina county,
Ohio, February 27, 1836. Hla parents,
Ruseell Alger aad Caroline Moulton,
were from New England stock, whose
ancestry were Scotch and English;
was educated at the Richfield academy
In Richfield, Summit county, Ohlo,at-
tendlsg the autumn and winter terms,
working on a fang by the month the
nalndc
The Mom Noted Infidel aad Agaoe-
tlo of the Nineteenth Century Hae
Pe enert Away Suddenly.
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll died sudden
ly at his country home at Dobbs Fsrry,
N. Y., shortly after 12 o'clock oa
Friday afternoon, July 21st.
Mr. Ingersoll went to his sammer
home la Dodds Ferry two days before,
apparently In good health. Shortly
after his arrival there he complained
of a slight Indisposition. Ho spent the
morning In his room, and shortly be
fore he was stricken, his wife offered
to have a loaoheon sent up to him so
that he would not have to walk down
stairs to the dining room below. He
laughingly replied that while be did
not feel quite as young ns he used to,
he guessed he was not yat an invalid,
and he would go with the others. Ae
he finished spenklng and was about to
rise he fell back into his chair. A
physician was Immediately summoned,
out when
found that Mr
almost Instantly
The physician did not give the sause
of death, but the family oelleve It was
due to apoplexy. Mr. Ingersoll's wife
and two daughters were with him
when he died.
Robert Green Ingersoll, lawyer, was
born In Dresden, N. Y.» August 11,1833.
His father was a Congregatioual cler
gyman, With aoch broad views as fre
quently to cause dlseentlon between
himself and his parish.
The son’s boyhood was speet la Wis
consin and IlTloois, where the family
reafoved in 1843. Afftr studying law
he opened an office in Sbawneetown,
ill., with his brother, Eton, who was
subsequently a member of Congress.
Both engaged in politics, but tbe sur
roundings were uncongenial, and in
1867 they removed to Peoria.
In 1860 Robert was a Democratic
candidate fur CongreM, but wan de
feated. In 1863 he became colonel of
the Eleventh Illinois cavalry, a«d a
K ir and a half later netted with the
publican party. In 1866 he was ap
pointed attorney geoeral of Ullaots.
At the national Republicae oonven
tion in 1876 he proposed the name of
James G. Blaine for the presidential
nomination in a speech that attract d
much attention. From that tine hla
services as a campaign orator have
been la demand throughout the oous-
L 1877 he refused the post of minis
ter to Germany. He has taken part In
numerous noted lawsuits and wasooun-
tel for the so-called star route con
spirators. whose trial ended la acquit
tal In 1883.
He is well keowe by his books,
pamphlets aad speeches directed
against the Christian religion. He
has published “The Gods.” (Washing
ton, 1876); "Ghosts,” (1879); “Some
Mistakes of Moses,” (1879); ' Lectures
Complete," (1883); “ Prose Poems and
Selections,’’ (1864); n large number
minor
Urn for
Thinkers.” compiled by van
Deslow, (Chicago, 1861); aad “The
Ural 11 aad the Bible,” by Edgar C.
B mil, LUtnclnnatl, 1881)
fiTANYARNE WHEOW VIEW*
He Predicts Use ' Ra-EUctt
fiaaator TUlmah—Bvyaa Cine
i tte la oar fMeta,
- Hoa. Stanyeraw Wilson, of Spartaa-
burg, has boon oa a visit to Washing
ton, and la answer to a query toaohlag
the pollttoal and Industrial sltaatioa
la the Palmetto State, Mr. WHnoa,
•aid:
“ Politically, South Cerollaa is Vnry
quiet and tbe bitter feeling aad fric
tion that existed between the factions
of the Democratic party three or four
years ago have completely disap
peared. Not so long ago there was la-
uose hatred between the ‘ Conserva
tives’ and the ’Rsformers,' the latter
being enlisted under the banner of
Senator Tillman, bat now this spirit
of enmity has about died out. Senator
Tillman maiutalns his prestige and
popularity, ih spite of all predictions
to the’contrary, and I have no doubt ha
icted to 1
will be elected to succeed himself.
“ South Carolina la for Bryan first,
last and all the time. Of this there
Is no doubt. Nobody else Is thought of
down our way In connection with the
Presidential nomination. The negro
vote Is practically nil and few of the
blacks care anything for the ballot.
In my opinion the ell mine tion of the
negro as a voter goes a good way to
ward settling the race question, for
when he Is do longer able to figure la
I clitics the negro Is content to settle
own to the status of a contented la-
oorer
“There is a vary satisfactory con
dition In South ChtftliWt JHlSLJkoln-
dustrlal standpoint. Our ootton wins
are paying handsomely, some of thorn
ns high ns thirty per oost. A great
deal of foreign capita! Is oomkag into
o aad new factories are belag
Iture
expeedlt
the government of 8260,000 for the
started. The sxi
constantly
by the go'„
removal of obstructions la the Coo
garee river, so as to allow uninter
rupted navigation from Columbia to
the ooeaa, Is going to be of • nor moos
benefit to our people, and will make of
Columbia a port of great importance
and give It the benefit of water rates
la the transportation of goods by rail.
“ Though I am a Democrat, I am re
joiced at the prospective election of
Colonel Henderson to the Speaker-
■hip, aad 1 believe this sentiment will
be general emoag Southern repreeea-
tell tea. Colonel Henderson Isa snaa
of such broad-minded views that he
will look to the benefit aad welfare of
tbe whole ooentry, aad the South will
not be discriminated against Mr.
Reed was not always (air la his tree!
moat of the treat-Potosnao Slates, bat
tbs Iowan, who foaght bravely to bring
thorn book lam the Union, oeaeed
fighting a third of a century ago ”
WEEKLY CROP BCLLSTtfi.
Columbia, 8.0., Jnly 18th, 1889. .
At the beginning of the week ending
July 17th, the temperate re was lower
one, uwjsj; a targe eumoar 011 1716, the tempsratore V
works, aad latroduolorv chap- then usual, but with steadily
’ two books, entitled "Modern i Bg beat up to Saturday (16) <
irs.” compiled by Van Buren g^ta It rasa to from 96 to 1U6
hjga-
The
(ty ar
with
If It Is thought, after due
tion, that Mr. Bryan Is the beet man,
his chances for success will not have
been injured at all by the fact of other
men having been thought of; Indeed,
they will have been strengthened If It
appears that he has been chosen after
due consideration and not through tbe
V
1
It Is related of General Nathan
Bedford Forrest that on one occasion
a loquacious widow asked him why his
beard was still black while his hair
was turning gray. General For
answered that he could give no ex
lunation unless that “he had used
is brain n little more than his jaw.”
It was this very quality that made
General Forrest one of the greatest
soldiers Of his time, the soldier, .of
whom General SheFmnn said, “After
all, I think Forrest was the meat re
markable man our civil war produced
on either side. In the first place, he
was uneducated, while Jackson tod
Sheridan and other brilliant leaders
were soldiers by profession. He teemed
always to know what I was doing or
Intended to do, while I am free to con
few 1 could never tell or form any
satisfactory Idea of what he was trying
to aooomplinh.'' V
\
Paul Jon as' Grave —Whether the
tooaee of Paul Joann, the greatest naval
hero of the revolaWoo, rest la an hon
ored spot or lie le the obscurity of the
potter’* Held Is a quosttoa In dispute
The French nation, which burled the
dead hero with the highest honors n
little over n hundred years ago, la to
day unable to point out the last resting
place of the American commander.
Paul Jones died In PatIs la 1782,
1 and was burled by the French govern
ment. The secretary of state reoeotly
[ addressed a letter to Mr. Henry Vlg-
nnud, of the United States embassy, In
Parta, asking whether the grave of
John Paul Jones In Paris Is known
orn h. IK. r-kAniK tK.i“ d “UH’ked. He has received a reply
remainder of the ylar to enable him to LT^^ilf^roSt ISfd'fSq'Siirfn-
do so; taught school two 1 . .
Studied law with Wolcott
Akron, Ohio, during 1867
Lp 1869-until admitted
practiced law but a little time; re
moved to Michigan January 1, 1860 :
commenced lumbering in a small way
on borrowed capital; at the breaking
out of the war he enlisted In tbe volun
teer service September 2, 1861, end
mustered Into service to date October
2, 1861, ns captain, Second Michigan
cavalry ; was promoted to be major of
tbe same regiment to take effect from
April 17, 1862, lieutenant colooel of
tbe Sixth Michigan cavalry October
30, 1862, and colonel of the Fifth Michi
gan cavalry June 11, 1863; resigned
Septembor 16, and was discharged
September 20, 1864; was severely
wouded at the battle of Boonsboro,
Md., July 8, 1863, and received the
brevet oommiMiona of brigadier gen
eral and major general of volunteer for
I ;allant and meritorious services dur-
ng the war; returned to Michigan at
the close of the war, and with bor
rowed capital re-engaged In the lum
bering business, which has steadily
increased year by year In volume; has
extensive business Interests of various
kinds in other States than Michigan ;
was Governor of his State for the years
1883 and 1886; was appointed Secre
tary of War March 5, 1897, and con
firmed the same day.
—The Chicago Tribune says : " Up
to the present time 33,000 dog licenses
havs been Issued in 1899. Before the
season Is over It Is estimated that seven
or eight thousand more will be. taken
out. It is estimated by tbe kennel
editor of the American Field that
about one out of every five doge In the
city is provided with a license. Figur
ing on this basis the total canine popu-
,tion of the city Is about 200,000. A
fair , estimate of the oost of keeping a
dog is twenty-five cents n week. Tak
ing Into account not only the dogs for
which licenses ars taken oat this would
give n total of $10,000 a week, it is also
estimated theta obi Id can be supported
In comfort for as little as 83 a week. In
other words toe money spent weekly
In this city for the maintenance of
dogs would keep nearly 3,500 children
for the same length of time.”
It ip a pleasanter way tq.huy a medicine
that saja on its face: “I guarantee to give
you satisfaction.” Very, veiv few medi
cines are *old this way . Alligator Lin*
I meat has been sold and guaranteed for
yean and no Complaint, only praise. It
cures all pains. Hold everywhere.
thing establfsned by his Inquiries,
however, he says, is that John Paul
Jones was not buried in the cemetery
where the remains of LaFayette lay,
as has been supposed by some people.
In another quarter ft ia Intimated
that owing to a custom prevailing in
Paris the remains of John Paul Jones
were deposited In a rented grave for a
term of years, and that upon the ex
piration of the lease, a great many
years ago, the bones of this distin-
G tlshed Ajnerican patriot were thrown
to tbe potier’s field. . -
Aids to Feminine Beauty.—Elder-
flower water is famous for its cooling
properties, as is also lavender water.
Avoid tight lacing and any form
dreMlng which
of tbe body.
comp
any or
oa whloh
1U6 degrees
except on the immediate coast. The
extreme ssaxlmum of 108 le
eat over recorded at Goismbia.
tropic heat continued to the nlnee of
the week.
With the exception of qalte l
bat light showers throughout
Slate on the 8th, aad la a few _
oa the 10th, there has base no rale of
aay consequence la two
over the greater portion of tho I
the need of moisture Is orgeat to 1
tala the condition of tho various crops;
indeed, over the oeatrai am'
counties, crops are (act (all
the com bleed lafiteaoe of
torrid heat aad extreme dryi
Water ooureee are vary low 1
water Is becoming 1
winds, too, aided in drying the soil 1
vegetation, but
endurable lor as I mala
For the first time this
majority of the reports ars unfavorable
on cotton, relating that growth has
pi eetleally stopped, that tho pleats
are losing their prevloas healthy
color, and are sheddlag loaves aad
squares, and are blooming to tbe very
top. Generally, they are well fruited
with bolls. In Mar loo, Marlboro, aad
Cherokee counties the orop is Balm-
paired. See-Island cotton continues to
do well, but la places Is blighting.
Old corn Is suffering severely from
dryness, aad much Is injured ceyond
recuperation even ihoula it rein soon.
At n few points only, is com up to an
average condition. Young corn has
not reached Its eritlcal stage of growth
and generally maintain* its color, bat
Is not making seasonable growth.
Tobacco Improved. Gathering
and curing has made rapid progress.
The crop Is yielding wall, and some
fields excellently.
Nearly all but the very latoet plant
ings of Vice have been laid by, hod as
Nevergoout In blustry a eatbetwltn-1 caterpillars are no longer troublesome,
it a veil unless you wlsb a tanned tbo crop ia In fine shape. Upland rice
J 1 Uf however, suffering for rain.
Melon vines are falling. Pen* dying,
nod acreage reduced. Pastures aad
gardefaa are burning up. Peart, apples,
grapes and figs are plentiful in Char
leston County, but the commercial
crop of fruit tnroughout the State Is
•mall. Grapes are ripening over the
eastern counties.
tigbi shoes If you de-
sful carriage; no woman |
out
skin or freskles.
Do not wear
■ire a grace!
can walk comfortably or well in shoes
thaPnre too small for her feet. Dj not
wear too small gloves.
Do not forget, when drying the face
after wMhlng to rub upward toward
the nose. This will prevent wrinkles,
and will help to smooth out to a great
extent the crease alongside the nose.
Use neither hot nor cold water ex
clusively for bathing. A good role to
follow Is a hot bath at night and a cold
one In the morning, but be sure to take
a bath dally if you wish to keep your
•kin In good condition.
A good cure for sunburn is made by
slicing and soaking a cucumber for a
few hours In mJUk, bathing the
two or three times n day with it. Dry
the face carefully afterward, using a
•oft towel.—Ladles Home Journal.
—Mary B. Kemper, of Bntto, Mont.,
sixteen years old, was in swlmi
it NKntasket Bench, when her younger
sister went beyond her depth aad was
seen to sink. Mary quickly went to
the rescue, and with difficulty brought
her sister la close to the shore. Then
Mary suddenly fall prostrate In the
water, and was dead when assistance
arrived. While many believe she was
drowned as tbe result of exhaustion la
saving her sister's life, some think
that she died of heart failure before
dropping in the water. The body was
reoovsrsd.
—Major A. H. Drawry, one
oldest and best known basin
of the
men of
Virginia, died in Richmond, In that
State, last Thursday. % He owned
" Westover,” the handsomest estate oa
the James River. This was the home
of William Byrd, the founder of Rich
mond, and also of many of Byrd’s des
cendants. During tho civil war, whan
n strong attempt on the part of tho
Federal forces was msde to reach
Richmond by the Jnmen River, Major
Drewry planted "a formidable battery
on Drewry's Bluff, which he owned,
and resisted successfully the Invasion
Federal forces, thus ‘
y effort to reach
by ths river. This battery wan. aqi
ped at Major Drewry’s own expense,
and the battle of Drewry’s Bluff,took
Its name from him.
—William Oxloyi
president of Ohio State University,
•pent tea years la getting his "
from Mnsklngum College,
[poor that 10 getoaa veer’s
had sometimes to won three
save the money required.
t