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BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER '2,.1890. A OR8AT OVATION TO BRYAN TFXA»‘*lfrlfOCR VHO CARNIVAL. m » that. The aext mao tells you that It 1% not time to dlsoess it yet because the Filipinos have not laid down their arms. And the third one says that while he does not know what is going to be done, that he has Implicit confidence In the President. (Laughter.) It is hard to get a man to defend Imperial Ism, bu't when you get a man wbo has the audacity to .defend an imperla policy, you will find that he will make one of three defenses. I have never heard but three defenses of imperial ism. The first is the financial argu ment, that there is money in it. The second is the religious argument that God is in it. The third is the polltl cal argument, that we are in it, and can’t get out of it. (Laughter.) These are the only three reasons that I have ever beard given. Let me say a word the Texans Yell Until They Are Hoarse When Brvan Appears—He Makes a $irvtiijc''8peeeh Against Impervialism. •v The Democratic carnival at Dallas, Texas, was a great success. Fully 10,000 persons *ere in the grand stand at the fair groun.l* when the speakers ipade an appearance, and Mr. Bryan re ceived a grand ovation upon his en trance. Il<« spoke at night to an im mense auiieme, and was greeted with the utmost enthusiasm. He said ih part; “ Lincoln ir^p me s tage to Congress, in the earlj sixties, said that no man was more to be trusted in our govern ment than tho man who tolls in pover ty. I km not Battering you when I tell you that when the supporters of a De mocracy—a government where the people rule, a government of the peo ple, by the people and for the people- must find its support among the peo ple who work, among the common peo ple, if you please, and there is no better indication of the departure of the Republicau'party from the people than Is to be found in the fact that whenever a man now speaks of the ,plain people as Lincoln described them, he is aenounced as a demagogue. That man is a statesman whose ear is strain ed to catch the slightest pulsations of a poekeibuukj while he is a demagogue who tries to-listen to the heart beat of humanity. ” But pardon me for dealing so long with what you may call old issues. 1 want to speak of new Issues, if we could go to the country today ou the very same platform that we had in 1B96, and have no other issue pre sented, I believe tbnt we could win our fight; but Pros Idence has been good to us, and in the last two years issues Pntlipplne question seta forth so that have been presented to us m addition no Republican can urge that about it to those we bad in IhlM. We have The position is this: Tnat this coun- only grown on the old Issues, but try cannot afford to do wrong, no mat- we have grown on the now ones. The ter bow much it pays.” Republican par .> unlay, sleode for a CHAMP CLARK TALKS UKMOCEAOY largo army, in IhUfi we bad 29,0U0 Among the »peaters at the carnival soldier* in the regular army, and in wa. Champ Clark, of Missouri, and a UdooBber, Iw, a Rjpublicgo Pros!- part ef what he said is as follows :| dent ascid for- luu.uuu soldiers in tho Little by little Republican-leaders standing army, making four times at are throwing off the mask and snowing ffr^tt as that of l»y»i, a, asked for by a their utter contempt lor the principles President in Iwfl nod If any Rjpnbl • of representative government and for can toils you itiaithe President wanted the interests, the withes and the wol those raid ten to boat down an up- faru of the American people. Day by rising In the 1 nilippine islands, >ou I day tney are demoottratlng their com- ■ fw, 111 * U.publican usked for [ plele surrender and servility to trusts, 100*000 eolsiet# two months before imperialism, mltliarism and the sioglo there wut any uprising la the Pnillp- gold standard—the Inexorable Moloch pine Islands At the time the Proei- of the nineteenth century. They are dent sent h,s mesaage to Congress in growljg rapidly not In grace aud good the early part of LVcember, them was 1 works, but in disgrace and bad works, no uprising asjwovre. The treaty (> The process of ramming the single with Mpa:n was practically agreed gold standard down the throat of the upon, and there was no evidence of any | Republican party gobs merrily on, with aeoesslty for a lar*e army, except as Lyman J. Gage, secretary of the troas- aapermaneut Policy of this govern-1 ury, wbo ratted to the Republicans for meat; so that when Mr. McKinley j a cabinet portfolio, ih the roll of ram- asked for the - my it was not for an mer-ia chief. One virtue doth Lymap emergency, but it was fur the perma possess—he is m candid, out-and-out aeat, continued policy of tba United gold bug. In bis philosophy, might States. In o.ber words we are to | makes right, and having tne power to choose between »n s. my of 25,0U0 and establish the gold standard, be pro- an a^my of luU.WM i will vontn *e the poses to do it without delay, without assertion tbst lu a-y of the nations palaver and without mercy, la the ead that have gone to muitarls^i you can- Lyman and bis coadjutors will have not And an lasieooo where such n large their way, and will play ruthleasly and increase . was (Li'S t2ued. Consider a heArtl'iesly the part of Juggernaut for moment. Crani ae increase of dtiu per such timorous souls as Senator John cent at the very first step. How easy I M. Thurston,of Nebraska, whogouoan it will be to give them 100 per coot j out moaning piteously about that ao- and double It, and then one hundred aodooed plank of 1806 In favor of la- more and dotiD.e it, and make It four teruationai bimetallism, hundred per cent. When you start on "If they do whip in all their men about each. “Hy friends, I do not like to discuss a great question upon the low plane of dollars and cents. If I were to ask you what you thought of the 00m- mandment, "Thou shalt not steal,” would you get a lead pencil And paper and try to figure up the amount to be stolen and the chances of being caught before you would give me an answer un the subject ? To me it seems to be as absurd lor a man to begin late in dollars and cents the wisdom of an imperial policy. In 1886 they de nounced the Chicago platform. Some minister said that the platform was written -in bell; another said that the devil' wrote it, and the last remark 1 felt to be a little personal, because I helped to write a part of it. 1 do not baileve a single plank violates the ten commandments or the moral law, and if you can show me a plank in tbnt platform which violates any of toe commandments or any moral precept, I am willing to abandon it and never again advocate it. Rut there is no matter what you may think of that P latform, the party’s position upon the ,, — -firBUdir acted Jh.Abe.chndlLloa aLaffalxa the road from (’epeodeoce upon the people to dep oaeeoe upon profee stoaal soldiers, there is no place to slop unt.l you reach the endurance of the people. In Europe they have an armed soidter riding the back of every toiler. Tbere were men In the Re publican party that a acted a large army. They have wanted It for years, but tney could not get it because there was no necessity for it, but the mo ment the Philippine question came, how quickly did they take advantage of it, and hiding behind what they called a necessity, they then demanded this Increase that they have wanted for many years. 1 do out believe the laboring men of this Union will look with favor upon this attempt to make a great military establishment, which, when created, will not oofy be a bur den to the producers of wealth, but will be a menace to tbelr government Itself. ** Some one has referred tonight U> the case of France. When you find a great army demanding the conviction ' of an innocent man, my friends, the French President bad to immediately pardon the convicted mao out of re spect for-the protests of tbe clvil’sed world against militarism. (Cheers.) And when la this Union we have a greet standing army, we would have a fTTidEde of life-holding officers. When we have a horde of soldiers, we will \not only have the burden that is borne in other nations, but a grave menace to tbe very principles of the life of our government Itself; and also, my friends, if we have an imperial policy we will have a large standing army. You never can reduce the army below 100,000. It will ba constantly aug mooted if this nation, enters,upon an Imperial policy, and let me say a word here about that word Imperialism. Our opponents do not like to be called Imperialists. I am not surprised. I have known them before to object V> words that described thehi. I remem ber that in 1896 they did not want to be called gold bugs ; they wanted to be called advocates of eound.money and of an honest dollar; but they did not want to be called gold bugs. It was not until after the election that they blos somed out as gold bugs and pointed to the victory, gold ‘standard. And now they do not 'want to be called Imperia lists. They say they are expansionists. Well, they do not seem to be expan- ■lonlstk. The word does not fit. If .* we were going up in the wilds of Canada and tak<^ a stretch of country to be settled by American citizens, it would be expansion. It would be ex tending the limits pf a republic ; but when we cross the ocean it is not ex pansion ; It Is imperialism. It is im- P lalism and no other term.describes What defense do they give for mo imperial defense ? Not one in ten will five any defease at ail. The first mao K meet tel is you that R Is now too to disenss the question because the ratification of the treaty settled and carry the Atlantic City bill through Congress, 1 make bold to predict that artificial. Upon this broad-* this difference of $151.30 should be ■unaLttutlon’of order* ha* h*,.n m early Republicans deluged the contin- •notber Republican Congress will never sit in the capilol at Washington, for the bulk of the American people are opposed to ‘more thoroughly eslab llehing the gold standard, opposed to retiring the greenbacks, opposed Vo a new issue of Interest bearing bonds and unallerab! y opposed to farming out the paramount and dangerous power of ex pending and ' ' currency to any er natural or artificial. Upon this broad er financial issue of whether the gov ernment shall retain the function of Issuing money or shall abdicate in favor of the National Hank Association, thousand* of honest and patriotic men who fought us in 1896 wii) rally under our banner, and, with Thurston’s dis gruntled free silver McKinley Repuh* 1 leans, give us the victory. ’’The piain, unvarnished truth is that the Republican party resembles a hill of potatoes more than anything else, for tbe best part of it is under ground. The newfangled and un-American doctrine of Asiatic laperiaUsm has led the Republican party into repudiating every Idea tor which Lincoln stood. u How are the mighty fallen.* The v ent In hlood to emanctp: In black latter day Republicans pur sue & policy which reintroduces human slavery in the Sulu and Hawaiian is lands under the protection of the American flag, hitherto fondly called ‘the banner of the free.’ “James Buchanan, the last Democra tic president, sent an army to thrash Brigham Young, the great Utah p _ gamut; William McKinley, the latest and, lot us hope, the last Republican president, pays tribute to the Sulu po lygamist. "Imperialism has led us into tolerat ing a press oeusorship, into scoffing at the declaration of independence, into spilling upwn the constitution, into a practical abandon mant of the Monfoe doctrine. “Under Republican maladministra tion we are to sacrifice every principle which we have cherished, every princi ple which has tended to make ns great and honored as a people, in order that we may bully a helpless people, fight ing for the inalienable right to govern themselves as they please—on their own ground—seven thousand miles from our slbfrps. For the sake of hu man freedom, and in the name of the proud race to which. I belong, I protest against auchTnfemal idiocy. It is not our duty (o carry liberty to ail the world; it U our duty, and should be our pleasure, to attend strictly to our own business, keep out of world politics, steer clear of world quarrele and pre serve the blessings of liberty to our posterrty." —Hiram Crook, of New York, is the only surviving pensioned soldier of the war of 181$. He is 89 years old. SENSATION. THIS BOARD DROPPED DOUTH1T. Two Hundred Pages of Sworn Testi mony Brings to Light Some Ugly Transactions—LpOS0 Methods Oen srally In Vugue. The State board of control has acted upon the report of a special committee, consisting of Messrs. Haselden and Rokinsdn, who were appointed a month ago to investigate the management of contraband goods, and this report re sulted In the removal of Commissioner J. B. Douthit, of Anderson, who was formerly a member of the State board. A synopsis of tbe report is as follows : The attention of your committee was of the contraband at tbe Slate dispen sury building and all matters connect ed therewith. We are constrained to say that tbe difficulties your committee encoun'er- ed in its inquiry have been many, but we are able to present the facts em braced in affidavits from those in a position to know from their personal knowledge and from official figures ob tained from the bookkeepers of the in stitution, which are herewith filed and made a part of this re|tort.- Your committee summoned Consta bulary Clerk Harris and requested a statement from him showing all contra band goods reported to him nsaelzed and shipped in by the constables dur ing Mr. Doutblt’s administration. Tne statement requested was fur nished 1 and it covers tbe'receipt of goods for a period of time commencing 10th March, 1898, to 12th Beptember, 1899. We find that if Commbsioner Dout hit is charged with all contraband goods seized during bis administra tion. as reported to Constabulary Clerk darns as having been sent in to the dispensary, this will amount to ♦4,333.- 72, and after giving him the proper credits, there tin deficit di'$1,155.82' worth of contraband goods unaccounted for. Bat the receiving book at tbe contra band room, kept by U. K. Walts, shows that during tbe same period of time covered by Clerk Harris’ statement, that Commissioner Douthit is to be charged with only tbe sum of $4,069.77 a difference of $262 96 between Harris’ statement and Watte* books at the Slate • Isponsary. After bharging Con>mt#«loner Dou thit with the sum of $4,069.77 of con traband goods, aecording to Watts’ books at the State dispensary, and after giving blm tbe proper credits, there is a deficit of $741 57. ‘ But tbe committee find that the pro par deficit Is $1,155.92. for the reason that there are coatrabaad goods found elsewhere in the building for which no records have been kept of tbelr re ceipts at tbe contraband room or else- here. Wo have sworn testimony of tne receipt of contraband goods, at the dispensary which were stored away In the commissioner’s office and else where on the.pr mlses, but as the con sUbles were warned that the State commissioner would examine content* of packages of contraband liquoM shipped to him, ana compare .tbem 1th the contents as reported 0$ the label attached to the package, and as we have sworn statements from tbe chiefs and others of tbq constabulary force that this order was given to the sales made from the State dispensary building in small quantities to "a num ber of parties of ail ages and color who brought pitchers, buckets, etc.," we refer you to the sworn testimony. We desire also to direotyour careful attentlop to the evidence, showing that the building has been found open at night ; that, on one oooasioo, three barrels of whiskey have been found at night on tbe platform, and allowed to remain tbere that night, the next day (being Sunday) and the following night. " Another feature of our investigation into matters pertaining to contraband seizures, not considering the contra band liquors which are dumped and bottled and shipped to the various ^dis pensaries of the State, we find that the sales of contraband goods are largely confined to tw» local dlapenaera in. the. city of Columbia, and we further find that BU.h goods have been sold cheap er to the consumers by local dispel sera than they are Invoiced to dispen sers. We woiihl invite the consideration of the boara to a practice which, ac cording to tbe sworn testimony o( the dispensary employees, has been car ried on during tbe administration of Commissioner Douthit, known as “changing* of labels’’ on whiskey whipped to the local dispensers. It seems, from tbe testimony, that under instructions from Commissioner Douthit, that one firm's labels were ordered to be placed on anoiber firm’s whiskey, aud that high grade labels have been placed on lower brand of goods. In this connection Superintendent Bryant says : ** Yes, 1 put up whiskey in bottles with one firm’* whiskey with another firm’s labels, but it was under instructions from Commissioner Dou- tnit.” He further testifies that Lma- ban's labels were placed on the good* of the Wilson Distilling company. Gantt says: “Yes, whiskey Is bot tled with one firm’s label and with another firm's whiskey. I have never known him to ptK a iab«T on Whiskey where the label wm cheaper than tee hlskey. We put X corn whiskey with labels of XXX n . King taeiide# that whiskey was put up last Saturday, and XXX label was used, but tho firm name, “Wilson Distilling Co.,” was struck off. Barnhardt, tbe assistant superin tendent, testified that: ** 1 have never known him to put a label on whiskey where tbe iahei was cheaper than the whiskey. Have known him to put on as high as XXlabel on Grover whis key—which 1 have heard it X goods. I have kept the record of these cnanget. This has been in practice during Mr. Doutblt’s ad ministration. They put up Grover’s whiskey Saturday morning with Wilson’s labels, but tho name Wilson was struck off.*' C. H. Charles, assistant bookkeeper, states “that Grover's whiskey Is classed as X corn whiskey, and the difference In tbe price of X and XXX corn to con sumers is $1 per gallon.’ We conceive It to he our duty to re port tbe fact* to the board as they really appea r , but In our findiog the conclusion cannot be escaped that IhR scheme of changing tbe labels on whiskey shipped out could have been devised for no other purpose than to create a way for collecting more money foy the goods sent out to tho local dis pensers than the same were invoiced for to the oommlssloner ; rod, further, to create tbe Impression on the mem- men, your committee is irresistibly her* of the board that certain brands removed him by vote 6f the rd ; and, whereas formal demand has been made by his attorneys, Messrs. George Johnstone and George E. Prince, (or a rehearing, be it Resolved, That the board, realizing its responsibilities, and cognizant of its official duty In the premises, de clines to reconsider its action, and that as far as It Is concerned the incident must be closed. Resolved further, That from this date and pending ti.e election of a com missioner all checks issued qn account of tbo business of tbe board will be is sued and signed by the clerk, B. C. Webb, and countersigned by tbe chair man and no other pe‘ son or persons. Resolved further, That all papers re lating to the said investigation be turned over to the attorney general (ec-aueh action as-be-deems- proper-to protect the interest of the State. Resolved further, That a copy of these resolutions be served on Coramls- slone'* Douthit at once by the clerk. Under the advics of bis attorneys, Mr. Douthit has declined to relinquish the office, and tbe prospect is that the courts will have to settle the matter. led to the oonciusioo that Commission er Don bit received tbe $262.95 worth of contraband goods, and he is charged with this item. Watts’ books at tbe contraband room •how that he had released the sum of $320.20 worth of contraband goods to be returned, yet when your committee requested a statement from tbe com missioner as to tbe amount of contra band gogd* actually return d, it shows only tbe siim of $168 90 worth returned difference of $151.30 between charged tibbk Wthe-commlssioner. Adding the $262 96 to the $151.30 makes $414-25, p.us the sum of $741.57 makes the sum of $1,155.92 which veri fies the Harris statement. Your committee was unable to find any statemont on the book* showing tbe amount of contraband goods ac tually turned byer to Commissioner Douthit when he succeeded Commis sioner Vance, consequently Mr. Dou thit is not charged with any goods turned over to him by-Mr. Vance. We noticed from the records that the following contraband goods have been reported qs seized, and turned in: 248 glasses, 4 waiters, 12 ice tubs, 14 crates, 4 refrigerators, 25 bottles, 3 glass boxes, basket and beer glasses, 2 stills, 60 gallon capacity each, 2 copper still-,'one lot of still fixtures, 5 mules and one horse, 2 wagons and harness, basket, 1 faucet at $12. We have not been able to thoroughly look into the disposition of such articles as above enumerated, on account of pressure of many other matters, but we direct ;rour attention to an unauthorized pri vate sale made by Commissioner Dou thit to Constable LaFar of a horse. We reler you to LaFar’s testimony on this subject. We cull your special attention to the oose way of doing business in regard to the disposition of empties. We earn, from tbe testimony of Superin '1 tendent Bryant, that at * least two hundred and fifty 'kegs, fifty jugs and demijohns were sold by him during Ar. Douthlt’s administration, and be states in his affidavit that this does not include sales made by other officials at the dispensary building; that Bry nt received for sales made by him at least the sum of $50^and turned the irooceds over to Bookkeeper Ouzts. We requested a statement from Com missioner Douthit, showing all sales of kegs, jugs and demiiohns since he has been in office,.and while.his statement a indefinite because he <efer8 to sales made in the plural number, and sets opposite the amount, but be closes his statement with a showing o( the snm of $64,75 worth of such articles sold, which, he says, includes all sold dur ing his Incumbency, ipties sold as high ch,. We find that fifty cents “are becoming more popular, they being hard to keep in stock.” We finds that this practice of chang ing labels Is not only done for tbe rea sons stated, but it is absolutely inde fensible from any staodooiot, and con iravenes the splrr. and letter of the law, and oandot compels us to aod it has unquestionably worked a fraud on the people of South Carolina. We suggest Immediate action in this matter, and if this practice Is now being carried on that it oe forthwith suostltutlon’of orders has been fTvogue under Mr. Doutblt’s administration- orders have been substituted when re ceived from tbe city of Charleston and elsewhere in the State. We find that, on tbe order of tbe commissioner, without authority from tbe board, or without the commission er ever having reported his action to the board, slxty-nlne cases of wines were .transferred from Dispenser Sto- thart to Dispenser Stalling, in Char leston, on July 11th. The price was re duced to one dollar per case when L .be transfer was made. Aod exclusive of this, by order of the commissioner, a further unauthorised reduction was made to the extent of $287.15 in sales of Brook Hill and Moore wines. These matters resulted in a dear loss to the State of the sum of $402 65. We find that the commissioner changed tbe price list, issuing a new one of August 1st, without any author ity from the board and without even ever reporting his action to the board for its approval or disapproval, result ing In a loss to tbe State of twelve per centum. J. Dudley Haselden. T. C. Robinson^ l Committee. The Springfield Rifle —The old- fashioned Springfield rlflj has proved a most effective weapon against the Filipinos to the astonishment of army officers, wbo could . not believe^ the modern gun hal an equal. A report Is now on tee with the ord nance department Dftilch shows Ibat every volunteer regiment equipped with tbe old typo of gun has rendered equally as effective service on tbe fighting line as the regulars, armed with the Krag-Jorgenseo, and between tho two pieces tho natives have great er fear of tbe Hprlngfield rifle. Sur geons’ reports Indicate at close range the large calibre flullet generally kilis when It bits in a vital spot, while the smaller, with terrific striking force, passes through the body and often falls to slop a mao. The Springfield stood the test of bowdsr*tim*V ks lYYc KVktr Jorgensen. Of 16,000 guns Inspected only three were found to he Injured. This rotord was a surprise to too ord nance officers in Washington, who had net anticipated such a favorable show ing. Naturally, the question Is again brougnt up, whether the larger or the smaller caliber rifle is the most gen erally effective, all-around weapon In action, and the subject will no doubt be agalu agitated by army men. Ills not probable that tbe experU will allow their deep-rooted opinions to be changed, fur it would be to acknow ledge they had been guilty of a grave mistake in ever adopting for the army a 3<> caliber rifle. The destructive quality of the two guns can scarcely be 00n-pared at taogesof 2,000 yards, tbe superiority of tbe older gun being greater (n all A larger bullet done Bill Arp Pays a Pine Tribute to an Esteemed Friend—HU Office Wan a Favorite Place In Atlanta, “ Friend after friend departs. Who has not lost a friend?" I don’t know wbat word the next mail will bring) but I expect that my old friend is dead. For more than fifty years George Adair and I have been friends—g<x>d friends. He was always glad to mart me and hold my band tight and lung, and smiled a pleasant greeting. Of late years we have drawn closer together, for we knew that we were approaching the gOAl r and that but few of us were 3ofV The momuries of old men are sweet, but they arc sad, and it was a comfort to George and to me to get close to gether as oft as I visited Atlanta and commune about old times and the old people who have passed away. He wm never gloomy njr did he ever bring a cloud to darken the sunshine of our meeting. Where shall I go now for comfort when I visit tbe Gate City ? Where will Evan Howell go? es, I was a college boy when George Adair was conducting tbe first train tbnt ever ran into Atlanta. 1 traveled with him sometimes, ana since then our warm friendship has been unbroken. Hit warm Scotch blood beat more kindly to bis friends as tbe years rolled on. He was as frank as be was genial. Qehadopinions and convictions, and did not tuppreee them to curry favor with anybody. Hit life was an open book, and every body wbo knew him. at alt knew him well. Astranger would diagnose him in half an hour’s conversation. Sincerity was''hls most'Striking characteristic; Scotchmen are always sincere , they dodge responsibility. 1 don’t hether George carried any never know Indian blood or not, but bis u respects. more XM<Adolrs e£ Cffierbfcs'i - akin to him, and they were half-breeds or quadroons, aod ail went west with the trjbe in 1836. Tbelr descendant* are out tbere now, (or 1 take an Indian paper and see tbelr names among tbe leaders. It U singular bow those Scotcbmen mated with tbe Indian maidens early m this century, and every one of them wanted a obief’s daughter, and generally got her. Wncn tbe old chiefs died these Scotch men just stepped Into their places and groomed the tribes, and so did ihelr sues after tbem. Tbere was no En glish ur Irish or French in it; tne Scotch alone had secured the Indians’ reipect and confidence. There was Rues aod Ridge and McIntosh aod Mo- Giilvary ana Barnard aad Vann and many others who became chiefs or sub chiefs end governed all or a divi sion of the tribe. Oshbola was the sue of a Scotch trader. ' I suspect that Smith and Cousin the Confederate But George wm tho tbe center of in need and a ... granted-his favors with aod a willing heart, wanted an indoreer on a a few dollars and h« all “I ,rien<5 ' of ooarea If I shall ever need not kcow where to go. I hive a . sand good friends in Atlanta, bat are not of that kind. I was ruminating about the erence between bis domestic mil logs and my own. He dies at with wife and all his children at bedside. HU eyes can look npon theu. *11, and perhaps his ears can hear their lovleg voices. ... BuTnay wife and 1 are llvlag ootMr days in sad apprehension of the com ing stroke, for four of oar dear hove are far away-too far to reach m even at the call by telegraph—osw ia New ^ York, one in Texas,' Okie ia Florida Md the baby boy. at hii load mother call* him. ia 3 000 mllee awaylp Mexico. This is the hardest part of Hfo—these scattered children, pose that one pf tbo unmarried should approach the door of death aad his earnest telegram shoald be for hie mother to come to hie *Mx*.i*t aad soothe his lest moments, what could she do bat stay at home aad weep ? _ Ob, for another life in another world 9 where all is love without affliction or grief or separation. Farewell, good friend. I would that you might be spared to os yet awhlla— •pared to read your own epitaphs aad to realise wbai a noble life Is worth to aman. Would that tbe rising geaara* tioaa might learn a lesson from yoor example. The approach of oar disso lution is vary stealthy. When Last I •aw my friend he was as bright aad renUi as a boy and showed no alga of eillng health. f thought be would outlive me, for nowadays I get <ch or give way, aad U again. I oan't bold o. What’s thFmatter »y to log qualities and more.ccuracy. flod ^ u JZ _ _ *>y myself end my sons-io-iaw—“ Wo- The Limestone School of Hir- man rules bere’’ is wbat the rooster TORY.—The trustees of Limestone Col- says when he crows in this family, but lege have determined to established as Lhe rules well. I told Uncle Bam a feature of tbelr Institution a depart- yesterday to clean meot of history, in which, without he got th'-ou neglecting other branches of the sub 1 got back jdet, particular attention will be paid | night,' aod he was raking ail around *eii. 1 miiu uncio cam u clean out the pit when ugh catling wood. When from town It was almost fJK naii-oreeas wmt busy planting out strawbem plants, aad it was bending work aod ever and anon 1 had to straighten ap lowly aad oare/nlly for fear something would break or hitch or gtva way, and then I would try || out like 1 used to. with me, anyhow ? Why shoald l wear oat? Why ebouldeat a healthy man live on aad oa ? If be has got to die, why dual he die all over at oeoe and turn to dost like the oae-horee •hay ? Why should the heart gat sick woen all the rest U well ? I raekoa we will all know by waiting. This moraleg I weet out peruse my new straw harry sure enough there had beaa a dogs la there last night, aad they held e carnival aad a circus aad played m aod teg aod aaddog all over my pretty beds, and tore up a lot of my plants, and bow I mb not calm and serene, aad my wife wool lot me put out strychnine, for she says It Imat fair nor neighborly, aad so J have stretch T more wire aloeg __ There are about forty doys with la eaey reach of my house aad they are eo ac count— For 16 this town more dogs are found Than ever you did see. Both mongrel, pappy, whelp and hound. And dugs of low degree. Confound 'em—dog00 'em. Bill Aju*. of the Southern States, to make Limestone Got- of historical investlgi- to tbo history It is proposed lege a center tlon. A large historical library Is being rapidly provided, arrangements have bceiKmade to secure Instruction of the highest character by men trained in university methods of original re search and the fruits of the studies made both by professors and gradu-' sled students will be^>ublished by the college In n series of historical mooo- 3port of tho committee was kftarhfearlng a statement from hit! Man The re; adopted a Mr. Douthit! Messrs. Haselden, Robin son and Miles voted to adopt the report and Messrs. Williams and Boykin against the motion. Subsequently Medffa. Geo. Johnstone and G.- E. Prince, as attorneys for Mr. Douthit, appeared before the board, and requested that he be given a full bearing, urging thpt the Investigation had been ex parte, .and that be had a legal and moral rijht to be confronted by his accusers. The board declined to. reopen the matter, and adopted the following resolutions by a vote of 3 to 2 as already given, namely : Whereas, under the dispensary law It is provided that the commissioner snail be subject to removal for cause by the State board of oontroL, and Whereas the committee duly ap pointed to investigate the receipts and disbursements of tbe contraband room has in Its report formally charged the commissioner, J. B. Douthit, with gross each. Mr, Bryant states that tbe re- irregularities and official misconduct celpts were turned in to Bookkeeper which, In the opinion of the board of Oozle for the same to be repprded, . control—based upon his own admissions Without any comment as to them- —i* sufficient cause for his removal, lawful selling after hours, and the and for which cause the said board erected fos^Vhls departm will be called* the Winnie Davis School of History. The Institution believes that no trlbpte could be devised more acceptable to the Daughter of the Confederacy. President Lee Davis Lodge has laid the plan before Mrs. Jefferson Davis and has received from her a full indorsement -of the project. The matter will be pushed with vigor. Anderson’s New Plan.—The An- dqrson correspondent of The State Bays: “Wednesday afternoon as a young lady pupil of the. graded school, a daughter of one of our most highly respected citizens, who lives about a mile and a half fron. town, was return ing home from school about 3 o’clock, and when in sight of home, she was accosted by a negro by the name of Tom Jenkins, who made an indecent proposal to her, followed by an inde cent exposure of his person. The young lady fled,* screaming, toward home, and outran the negro and escap ed his clutches. “The affair did not leak out until today, when a party of determined men set out to capture the negro, which they did. They gave him his choice of lynching or submitting to a certain surgical operation. He accept ed the latter, and the operation was thoroughly, successfully and sqjentlfi- cally performed. The negro was car ried back to his home and told hs must clear himself of these parts as soon as he was well enough. This is the An derson plan, and beats lynching.’’ —Corn brought from Porto Rico and planted in .V iscogaltj. in June has reached a helgbXr&f'nearly 14 feet. —The efficacy of the automobile in mountain climbing has been proven by Mr. ahd Mrs. F. O. Stanley of Newton, Mass., whose'ailtbmoblle made-the as- centof MOuat Washington, 6,300 feet above sea level. '—Dr. C. J. Hoadlay, the Connecticut State librarian, has in his possession an old placard or “ dodger ’’ which was distributed tea days after the death of Washington and announces a memorial service in Hartford. —Mrs. Mary 8. Wilson, who recently celebrated her. 9ist birthday at Oyster Bay, L. I., Is living in a house which is nearly 800 years old. and on the porch of which George Washington •hook hands with the people of tbe town. the beck yard aod burning up the ao cumulated litter aad trash. u Uncle Sam,’’ said 1, *• I told yon to clean out toe pit, for I must put some of tbe flowers in there, I’m afraid it will frost tonight.’’ The old man raked on and ■aid; “ She tole me to ao dls." aad be never got to the pit at ail. But my wife came out and explained, ana -said the back yard looked so dread ful bad and she knew that the'pit- could wait a day or two and it wnsent going to frost no bow, and so forth, and Alt department, -which myself. teeath oeatory will ead with the last Yes, I remember when George Adair and J. Henry Smith started a news- S por ia Atlanta, called The Southern nfederacy. I wrote for it sometime* just to give our boys some comfort and our enemies some sees. When the foul Invader rMi my numerous wife and offspring out of Rome I wrote of it on tne wing, or the fiy, and told how we passed “ Big John ” on the way, and he was driving a steer with the steer’s tail drawn through a hole in the dashboard and the end tied up in a knot. 1 indicted a small poem to his memory, And gave the mournful elegy to my Iriend Smith, and he published it; George hid got all fired up before this and joined General Forres t’« cavalry. He proved to be "m Treat favorite with Forrest, and as the ad miration was Tautual he named his next boy after the general, and it •ticks to him yet. I told George some time ago that in Appleton’s biography of Forrest, which was said to be writ ten by Colonel Jordan, his adjutant general, it was recorded that he was very illiterate, and that his dispatch announcing the fall of Fort Pillow was •til) preserved at Washington, and read as follows: “We busted the fort at ninorclock and shattered the niggers. My men is still a seUanem in the woods. Them as was notched with spoons and brest- pins and sicb we kilt. The rest was payroid and told to git.’’ George was indignant when I showed blm a copy of it aod declared that it was some devilish lie that was made up on him. ^“1 know,” said he, “that Forrest was no scholar, but he never spelled that bad. 1 have letters from him that l know he wrote, and whUe he mis spelled some words, they were- fairly well written. I don’t believe that Colonel Jordan wrote any such thing about Forrest. Some of these biographers are just like some news- G per reporters. If they can’t hear a 1 they scratch their heads and make one just for a sensation.’’ If George diee from this stroke, and I reckon he will, where will 1 go to while awgj an hour with a friend. His office in the Kimball was so con venient and his chairs so comfortable and his welcome so cordial that l will feel lost when I visit Atlanta. Tbe boys wont hare time or inclination to talk to me. It wan the rendezvous of other valued friends like Dr. Alexand er aod Eran Howell and J. TUB infr sac lag k acta Matter and iha TakePtao* The Scientific American considers it necessary to advise its readers that the twentieth century begies with January 1,1801, and not with January 1, 1900, as some of them suppose. The Scientific American U a nd ou bl ed ly correct, but it is strange - century day of December, this year, aad that the first moment of January, 1800, will be the beginning of the twentieth eeo- turv. The fact that the great Paris ex position In to be held next year has le- s' creased the erroneous belief that the twentieth oentary begins with the year 1900, but the Paris exposition * will celebrate the cloee of iha ulnar teenth oentary, rather thaa the open ing of the twentieth; The twentieth century will open on a Tuesday and close on a Sunday. It will have tbe greatest number of leap years possible for a oentary—twenty- four. The year 1804 will be the test one, then every fourth year after tha$ to and Including the year $900. Feb ruary will three times have'five Sun days ; in 1820. 1848 and 197$ The twentieth century will 36,626 days, which looks one day of being exactly 5,218 week* The mid dle day of the century will be Jas nary 1,1961. Saveral announcements are made of changes to be inaugurated with the beginning of the aew oentary. Tho first of Importance is that Russia wIH adopt the Gregoriao calendar. This will be done by omitting thirteen days, the amount of error that will have ac cumulated after the close of F< 1900. The Russian will then January 1, 1901, instead of 19, 1900, or rather, instead of both, se conding to the dual systam now J* vogue in that country and in Greece. The other important announcement is that it is not at all aalikely that the astronomical day, which now begins at noon of the civil daj the civil day at ml ent method of having., . r day to begin twelve hoars after tba beginning of the ciytl day Is apt to ha confusing. In many countries f< brations of various kinds being projected and arranged la of tbe, oentary which will i "m •V ;■ LI aalikely that ti which now begins 1 lay, will begin wK ildnight The pn lag the astronomic le, century fore most of us are lanta Journal. ready dava | for It.* —At a reproduction of tho San Juan HIU, given at the 1 grounds, at Columbes, O m the fair, Charles in th the heart aad