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VOL XXIV-
BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20.1900.
NO. id
IT It! MA&VBI<OU8 HISTORY.
GREAT RECORD' OF TEE PAST.
The lined ins One Hundred Event*
of the Nineteenth Century.
Christian Herald.
An 'eventful century truly ha* been
thi* nineteenth century of the CLrl*
tian era now wlthlh a month of it* close.
F om whatsoever standpoint it is re
warded, it* history is martelous. la
the knowledge we have gained during
ila progreM, of our owe globe, U fttaDas
unparalleled. There has been wonder
ful progress also in science, in educa
tion, and in the adapution of toatural
force* to human purpose*. Political
and territorial change*, too, have made
this a very different world from that
of 1800. It was not possible In sma&
Qptce to even mention theesents which
make the century memorable, but it
may b* interesting to recall a hundred,
which, if not the most Important, are
those that have had the greatest in flu
enoe in shaping and uereloping the
condition of the nations.
WABS AND R*VOMJTION8.
Battle of Austerll *. Nspolron de
feats Austrians and Russians, 1805.
Battle of Trafalgar, Nelson sinks
French fleet, 1805. •
Mutoow burned br ibc RMSiM§ to
entrap Napoleon, 1812.
Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon van
quished, 1816.
Betti* of Navarlno, securing Greek
independence, 182*.
Crimean war, Great Britain t ranee
and Sardinia against Russia, 1363-55.
lodle mutiny, in which native sol
dlers ma**a< re Cogtleh men women and
children, 186*.
Franco Austrian war, 185#, fcl owed
r Garibaldi’s campegn unifying Italy.
1
The great elvtl war la America,
1881 -86. Surrender of Lee to Grant at
Appomattoi. April#, 1M6
Austfe PrumUmwer Decisive bat
tle, tladowa, July13dfl
Franco Prueeia* ear. DmUltubat
tin. Anuaa. September 1, IBTO followed
by federauoe of Geretaa atot«s la Ger
man smplre ,
Ruauo Turkteh war. Bstt.euf 1 evna.
December 10. liT!-
Bomba'dmeat of Aleieodrla by the
Britieb. 1381 followed oy toeoocepo-
UoeofKtypt. '
War betweea Chlaoeo aad Jaoansse
IflN. , w
asss'too-apaalsh war, Msalla, May
1, 1W8 ,Eeatiago. July 3, IMM.
W*r oy Great B it* • eaetast Sooth
Afrteaa repuhtMs, IWO 1IM)
Kreace hseomss ee smplre, 1801! a
rope el ic, 1840 ; aa^ empire agels, l«6t;
third repeo.u. 1370.
Geesrai uater- ah of revolalloi*
throagboat Eumpo. 1843
Rome, t* s*>d from *t^s tooe, 8ecv»iiic*
capital of Gelled Italy. 1870.
* UPLOAATIOW.
Ie the Arvtw. . Esp^titioa of Sir
Johe Freslita. 1846; D L *eg 1878:
G*eoly. 1881. Psary, KM: Naasse
1904, OuB« of the Amsaa* (larthcet
aortal 1V00
la ti«e Aetasetlc • U •one. 1831; B *1
18JS; DU-vllte, 1840; It •. 1841;
W«ikes, le43; Borcagr«**a*. 13W9
le Afr ua . Liviagstuae, I34o-*3;
Btaalef. 1876 37; Speke aad Great.
1883.
ta America Joha C. Frawaat’e jwir-
aay eastward u> the P«c*Ac, 1842 48
iNvgyrriON.
Flret steam bust tad Clemool, made
a voyage from New York to Albaoy,
1307, too flret ■teamboat to croee tbs
Atieatle, the bavaeeah, 181#
Flret railroad, htncktne eod Darllng-
toa. Keg 1 aad, 1826: Ba>"more aad
Oala, fourteen miles tong, I8J0.
LlghUag the street* by ges, flrsl ex 7
penmoat 1* Loadoa, 1307.
Klee trie light produced by Elisoa’*
issued, 1881; Old Testament, 1885.
Organisation of the first Young Peo-
p’e’s Society of Christian Eqdehvor,
1881.
Organization of the Order of King’s
Daughteis, 1886.
DISASTERS.
Earthquakes: Caracas. 1812; India
(2,000 persons killed) 1819; Canton,
China. (6.000 perisreo) 1839; Calabria
(1 000 oersons burieH) 1835; San Dorn-
1 r i;o (5.000 killed). 1842: Southern Italy
(14400 liv.g Id) 1852; Calabris(10000
killed), 1857 ; Qilto (5 000 deaths), 1859;
Mendoza, Sou in Amt nca (7 000 deatbc),
1860 ; M nulla (1,000 deaths), 1863; Mlty-
lene (1,000 deatbr), 1867 ; Artquipaand
district (25 000 deatbr), 1868 ; 8su Jose,
Colombia (14,000 deatbs), 1875 ; Solo
(4,000 death*), 1883; Charleston, 8. C.
(property worth $5,000,0C0 destroyed
and 41 lives los’), 1886; 10 the R vera
(2,000 deatbr), 1887 ; Japan (4,000 dead,
5,000 wcoodeu) 1891.
Famines : I eland, 1846; Russia
(America contributed through The
Christian Herald a cargo of corn, sent
on the hoard the Le**) 1891; In I'tnla
1837, I860, 1865, 1868 !87«, 18#7, 1899.
la the last two named years, there
were largo American contributions In
money and grain th'ough The Chris
tian Herald. In 1897 these contribu
tions amounted to #409,000, Including
corn on board the City of Everett; in
1899 and 1900 1600 000, Including corn
on board th*- Q tile
The great fire In Chicago, 1871.
Tbs Cosemaugh flood, destroying
John-lown. Pa., 1889.
Tidal wavs at Galveston, Tex., 1900.
Tidal wavs in Jnpan sweeps sway
50 000 houses aad kilts 2,41# persons.
1899.
- LITERATURE.
Goethe pubiisbes Ksust, 1898.
Victor Hugo writes Lea Miserable*,
1862
Thomas Carlyle’s History of th*
Freaeb Revomtloa published. 1837.
Ralph Waldo Vmsrsaa* Kamtys*
1841-71.
Jons Ruskla’s Mpdera Painters
published. 1843 WIT * -
Whitler’s Pueow, 1836 75
Harriet iJr«cr>sr Stowe s UeclaTern’s
CeNs, 1351 62
Liar Sib’s U Ufta of Agrclsa, 186#.
ut treats* n ah ip,
Presidsat Moarvs propounds th* doe-
tries thut bears his name. ISO
tMr It h>r« Peal Premier of Great
Bntaia, 1834
Jona haermaa, U. » sacretary of
teweeary, resumes specie pay meets.
187#.
Abraham L'ac-le elected prwsldeet
I’eited btalcs. 1P*W.
W. A Giadetoe be com vs premier of
Greet B-ilala. ISEn
II.•mark mad t*r#eldeal of the cabi
aet. Premia, 1082
Coeat Cavoer, finwrasorof Italy, ap-
nolatad premier, 1853
Lstele K jeeatn diesator of He agar y
;** •
W lie BLLA N BDC#.
Gdd discover-«t ta Ca*lforals 1813;
le Ausir*.Is 1851 ; la *ks> Traas****.
1987 ; ta the Ktwadikv. 18#7.
U eetned m.ets worked la the Traas
▲N INCREASE OF SUICIDES.
A RARE EVENT AMONG NEGROES.
| Q
ag of the Moat Ceals tuasel
U
1871.
Last spike •* the
road drives, 136#
Traas h.bcr .en railroad
L’atoa Pec is rail
unrated.
>f th* Bert eaael. 186#
dad by IteMla to the U al
emperor from Bra-
1834.
Howe’s tewing machine, 1846.
Tbs electric telegraph, Betnusl F.
B. Morse. 1337. First tins In tbs (Jolted
Stales, 1844. .
The Ulepbone first ribtblted, 1876.
Tne pnonograpo, 1877 38
Cable laid acroes tne Atlantic 1867 ;
perfected 1866.
Electric railroad at Edison’s home
at Menlo Park, 1880.
Photograph: F.ret experimeot by
Daguerre, 1829; first successful por
trait by Morse, 1939.
The spectroscope, first used, 1802;
perfected, 1859.
Roentg.-n rays found to penetrate
solids, 1896.
SOCIAL AND HUMANITARIAN.
Slavery abolished in tne British do
minions, 1833.
Alexandria II, emperor of Russia,
emancipates twenty-three million serfs,
1861.
Lincoln’s emancipation proclama-.
t(on, 1862
! First International exposition in
Hyde Park, London, 1851.
First settlement of an International
quarrel by arbitration Instead of war
(Alabama claims of the United States
against England). 1871.
International Peace Congress sum
moned by Russia meets at The Hague,
1899.
Organization of the Red Crots
Society at Geneva, 1864.
Organization of the Wnman’s Chris
tian Temperance Union, 1873.
First college settlement established,
1866.
The Christian Herald adopts 5.000
obt 'dren orphaned by the India famine,
1900. * r
RKLIOIOC8.
Organisation of the American board
of commissioners for foreign missions,
1810. First missionaries sent out, 1811
Organization -of the fi-st Sunday
school union la London, 1803. Ameri-
cao, 1824 - -
British and Foreign Bible society
fousded, 1804 ' JL **
American Blbla society organised,
1816.
First Young Men’s Christina associa
tion aatabllabnd by Georg# Williams
la Loadoa. 1844
Tba Inquisition abolished by the
Bpaalsh cortee. 1830
Bflaalag of th* Salvation Army,
IflM.
Doetrlee of Paoal lafalllMIlty form
•Uy »sdorsad by the Kao maa leal ooaa
Ml, 1876
Maw Tsslamsat
led
« ■ ^ n r. k -
Alaska e*
Sletas, l*'>’
First eeesloa of tba pari lam—t of
Ueited Caaada. 1867 .
Tbs Auetraiiae under ooe govers-
meat, 1900.
Mssimlili— eneeeted Is Mesiea,
18
Eino'sloa of the
|slf, 18?#
Aaeae** 1 nations L'nools, 1365: G*r
6-id. 1981; Emperor AivsaaUer II.
1861 ; Ca* ool, prvMeat of Fraaoe, 1894:
of Italy, 1900.
Eipuitioo of Jews from Kustla. I* 4 ##
#1
Massacre of missionaries and 00a-
verv* in China, 1900. . ^ _
Army draft riots in N* w York, 1863.
Chloroform flret used, 1842.
Vaccination legalised, I808.
P-steur discovers rem-dy for hydro
phobia by inoculation, 1884.
The Rosette Stone furnishes key to
hleroglphs, 1841.
A Clean Sweep.—It was the noon
hour and tbero wore a dozen “ hands ”
gathered in the tobacco warehouse—
all very blat ic. Various forms of petty
gaming bad been tried without fully
satisfying tbelr gaming Instincts.
Then Steve, who was big und fat, said:
“ Boys, less make up er puss. Lees
all put in er nickel, and den let de pile
go to de pusson what names de bes’
eatings. Marse Jimmy’ll be de jedge.”
This was agreed to aad soon there
was a little heap of nickels on the box
round which they were gathered.
A Now;’ 1 said Steve, “ we’il draw fer
de fust go.” The next moment- he
grinned with delight as he drew the
marked slip from Marse Jimmy's bat.
He paused for a space as he gave the
weighty matter adequaie considera
tion : then he said slowly :
“ Um, yaes; de bes’ eatings ! Well,
I says, ’possum, tatirs, watermillloob”-
A small black bknd shot forward and
snatched up one of the coins.
J “ Whatcher doin’, Charlie, you
sneakin’ hound dog ?” roared Steve, in
rage.
. n Shet up, you blam’ fool nigger !”
answered Charlie defiantly. ” Yo’-
think Le gwlne to stay in dls yere
game wnen yo’ don&gone nameal) dey
ls , i , ”
—A coal field of ext* aordtnary large
dimensions has been discovered in the
Rinat district, on the Danube river,
in Southern Hungary. . The fle d has
a length of about thirty-four miles by,
five mllee in width. Tbe ooal is said
to be of first-class quality, aod that
thousand* Of mUtton* of tour can be v e r ds kl1
mined there, and that even at tbe
greatest output poeetbie the deposits
will last tor centuries. Another ad
vantage le that tbe field Is situated
very favorably, not far from th# Hun
garlaa Stale. . Railway iiaee, aed
rigbt la the great navigable river of
tbe Austro Heagarlea monarchy, the
D«eeb». A svodicate with a capita:
of S 000 000 lories le aow being or
■r the early exploitation of
Bill Arp keys They Have no Remoree
Sell-Deetrnoi Inn was Onoe an Evi
dence of Insanity.
1)he rapid increase of suloldes In the
South Is alarming aod provokes the
parlous study of our thinking people.
Fifty years ago a suicide was a rare
event amoug the white race, and never
beard of among the negroes. When It
did occur, it was considered an evi
dence of insanity. I do not recall but
one Instance m my youth and that was
a woman who jumped Into a deep well
when no help was within reach. But
nowadays almost every dally paper
contains an account of one or more self-
murders, and even negroes have taken
the Infection, for they will Imitate every
vice and frailly of the whites. Old
Lewis, who is my wood chopper, asked
me the other day bow it was that tbe
white folks kill *' derselves so much,
and the niggers dldenL”
” Because/ said 1, ” white folks are
more easily overcome with grief or,
remorse, or .distress, than negroes
Yeu negroes don't borrow trouble, nor
lake it bard when it does oome. You
don’t give yourselves much anxiety
about tomorrow, or next week, or next
year. You don’t grieve long over a
death la the family ; your emotioaal
nature Is of a low grad*; your marriage
relation Is loose ; In fact. It is on the
decline since freedom same. Tne mar
riage records show that your legal
marriages are 60 per cent, lees, accord
lag to population, than in the white
race, and ths dnertase gets lees and
less nvnry year. Your young men nod
women don't marry ; they just taka up
aod quit whan they please, aed so the
men don't care ver* much about tbe
welfare of tbelr cbilurt o If they have
soy/ Besides all this, UaeU Lewis,
your race has a trait of sualleg little
tbtage, a*d ihie aocouou la a great
measure for tbelr ted 1 Hare ace to the
lay lag ep ef someth lag foe the (store :
tomeinisg for th* wtster or the ratay
days, or (or old—*, if the woret oomos
to tbe worst, they keww they eaaatea.
or h»g. If yoer youag folks, mes asd
womsu, haven't got bat a dollar la ths
world, they will spaed It lor a water-
asetoa, or as ssoursioa. aad Uke ta*
chaaevs Now, Ueoie Lewis, you re
member eaea there wesa't a chela
gaag ia the ttoeib. aor aheiaowscrlme
aor a brutal outrage, committed by
yoer people, from tbe Potomac river to
ta* U u Oread* N »* mere are la
Georgia a*oo* over 4 UUO of your people
io 1 h* cOaiogeog#. aad there would be
4 ODu more if a*l th* littlo slaeilag*
*rr* paoiebod.’*
Uoale Lewi* bad stopped cetileg sad
a aa tree tag oa hi* ax halve. ” Dst'e
alt so. ‘ said he. **aed bo*e 1 kaows it,
asd buss what 1 weals to koow is dlo :
Waal meet we peur aiggere do ataiol
it P* Tear* to the rat. T oouida’t ta I
him, bat 1 did say. ** Gaol* Lewto, yoa/
race bas got some mighty good Gall*
aad I like to have you about a*: you
are klad-beartad. rood aatured, easy
U p sass. aad doe'l carry malum or
revaogs .a y—r hearts ; you stuwi, but
you doa’t chuet any tody. Thu while
race wuo'l tleai. hat they will choal or
lass advantage 16 a trad*, asd that to
worse If you trust a aegro with aay
thisg be elii sol eo jec your oouflduaou,
but a wait* maa will embus.e aad do-
fraud aad eves th* ca*blare of beaks
•Hi appropriate the bask'* mossy, aa.
falsify th* books for taoeiba aad year*
Every race ha* its race traits, both bad
aad good. Soma of your bad oass were
almost raa out by slavery, but they
have oomo back agate, aod oil your
ooilof* sducatios does sot stop IL It
makusltwores Tbers to aotLiag will
stop it but work, co aa tent •ork, every
day, uader some good employer. Wore
00 tbs farm is your best safeguard, or
work as mecbaaic* under good con tree
tors. Your people .make good meeb
logiy as they do whit* mechanic*.
Tbe negro blacksmith* aod maeoosgot
good employment hero aod everywhere,
end as for cooklag and washing ana
nursing your women, have it all. Tbe
two races would fit together nicely If
it wasn’t for politics and Idleness ” An
idle negro i* n dnngerou* creature aod
•hould be takda up and put to work.
He i* much more daogerou* than an
idle white mao, for he ha* no •home,
nnd fear* not God nor regard* man.
If I were n law-meker, I would make
continued idleneas n crime, for, as Bon
Franklin any*, “ It 1* the parent of
rich.” *
I started to write about suicides, but
got to preaching Uncle L^wl* a sermon
end got off the track. Nineteen hun
dred years ago Plutarch, tbe Greek
historian said that self-murder was
cowardice for a brave man would suffer
rather than take tbe life that God gave
him. Self-murder was a heinous orlme
under the old English law. The estate
of tbe felo de se was confiscated, and
taken away from his family. Hta body
was buried on the highway without a
ctffia and a sharp stake thrust through
it to mark the accursed spot. Suicide
was under the ban of the church, and
no prayers were said for his soul. In
no civilized country has suicide been
justified, except in such cases aa that
of Saul, who fell ou his sword because,
as he said; “ List these uoclrcumclsed
Philistines tbrust m*^through and
abuse me.” Or perhaps that other
notable case tbe Scriptures record,
that of Judas, whose remorse was so
dreadful he preferred hell or anything
that would be a change. But generally
It Is “better to endure tbe Ills we have,
than fly to those we know not of.”
Almost every day we read of young
men and young women killing them
selves because of disappointment or
dissipation, or about love or money.
They must believe there is no hereaf
ter, or all punishment endr with this
life. Surely no Christian man or wo
man would think of self-murder. Walt,
wait, young man, young woman ; wait,
I say—suffer and be strong : only oow-
Tll themselves- The soul Is took
ed up la this casket and God only has
the key. Walt and trust Him. Re
morse for a great orlme may atone
comewhat for self-murder. Mis* Mor-
rlsoe might have killed herself after
she killed ber rival, and It ^nild have
ee-med heroic. When Othello dleenv-
ered hie great mistake In killing Dee
his peroration was greed a*
“ I took th* circumcised flog
by the throat aad smote him thus,
aad thea stabbed himself aad died, (or,
as Shakespeare says, " He was great
of heart. ’ In ancient Greece and Rome
heir notable warriors sometimes killed
themselves, rather than •utter the
•t(og* of defeat in battle. In Japan
military officers commit what 1* called
harakarl (ripping open the abdomen)
t • avoid personal disgrace. But in our
land the pistol or poison has superceded
all other means of suicide. It would
save thousands of lives if the pistol
was abolished by law. Not one should
be allowed In any household ; they are
entirely too oonvenlent for murderer
suicide or robbery or revenge. And
tbe sale of poison should be so iegu-
lated that no one could buy it except
upon the most careful inquiry as to its
intended use. Human life is too sacred
to he endangered by pistols and poison,
for, as St. Paul says, “ We are made in
the Image of God.”
Weil, we see that Mr. Crumplcker,
or Stumpsucker, or some such name,
from Indiana, has opened the ball at
Washington with his usual screech owl
howl agaiust the South. He was in
such a malignant hurry that he got in
the first bill, aad it 1* to reduce the
representation of th* South In Congrese.
He reminds me of Hamao, whoee stom
ach would not digest his food as long as
be saw Mordecal sitting at the king's
gate. He has begun to build a gallows
for us. Let him beware, for it wa* He-
man who was hanged. Some of these
rabid Republicans remind me of old
Cato, tne R >man censor, who heted
the Carthegenlaosso bad that he never
voted on any question in tbe R^msr
Seoete without adding, “ Aed I also
vote that Carthage be destroyed ” But
nobody cares: we will yet have a school
book commission lo every Southern
State. The South to moving right
eloeg in spit* of Northern Insult* aa
Northern lltereture. 1 see mat ** Bar
bare Frletcbi*'' Is to be played le At
lanta I wonder if mat dramatic lie
will he patronised by Buy ealf-reeoect-
ing Southern maa or womaa ? Many
•ears ago a Yaakaa troupe cam* Mi
R>me with ‘ Uocle Tom's Cenle.** aed
• # egged them out of tows. That'*
wbatwsdoaa. Tbsy may abuse us from
afar off. but may sbaa't *»>•« d«*wt
bare aad mb It la. BILL ART.
tX6M*\r<>K JOHN U M. IRBY
A H-wsarkab s Carver Ended le III*
t*.y »*riat- of MaebMd —toe
lee ov*e..ls-r to Iso uev- Ural*
aed Impetasto lb* Msfurm SSove-
Cei Joha L. M. Irby, former Halted
States Seaatov, a protolaeat lawyer
aad dtotiagaisbed eltia-a of lato State,
died at bto bod** ia Learaa* oa tb*
#.h ia*L. ia tba 47th year of bto ag*
Joes Lasraas Maaalag Irby •** bat
46 years old, bevies base bore la Lea
reas, SapL 10, 1364 Ilia fatbar •*■
Cot Jam** U tray, a dtoUagaiebe*.
aoetb Cerolialaa. • bo for years rspre
seated Laurea* Cuealy la tb* S-aL
Seaat* aad as* later lienleaaat gofer
aor, at lb* time Juba L Maaalag »e>
governor Oa aoouael of tba frtsad
saip of these i» i tb* liruleuaat gov
•raor earned bis soa forGev. Mass or
Tba yoeagev Irby's toolbar eae Mu*
Uearistta Ksric, a daughter of aaotber
dietlaguisbed Soatb Garottea famuy
Senator Irby aa* tba* a near raiativ*
of bis suoocseor ta tb* Uaitad butr*
Seaato, tb* late Judge Joseph H
Cerls. Both of tbrs* who ImssadlaiBt)
■ noosedsd Wade Uaaptoa bavs paseet
ssny, •bile ms graau old Coalsderate
cbleftalo survives m*m
Sesator Irby sp. at bis bovhood a<
tb* old Irby homes lead ta Laurens
Tbls to a picturesqu* spot—a grov* of
tea *cr*s surrouootog a mans.00 of ool
oalal dcsiga, bout ia tb* early part of
me onatury. Tb* dim*a*toa* of m.
Irby horn* are ids all cal aim tbus* o*
Solomon's tempi* Irby Hill o**rioos>
tb* oily of Lsnreas. nod tbe to«ptt*iil)
ol its bonrd bas been enjoyed bt many
Senator Irby aod hi* fatbar before btm
war* Ibvlsb •otertaiaars.
•Tillf UMMU ■ ta— *♦
It was into thi* breach that Irby threw
himself with ardor and enthusiasm,
and his activity on the floor and th*
energy and force of hi* personal ap
peals changed an Imminent fiseco Into
a potential success. Tbe conversion by
him of a few votes in favor of the ‘sug
gestion’ secured the nomination of Till
man for governor, thus furnUbiog the
hitherto disorganized force* with d
leader aod giving the movement a
name, a battle ory aod solidity. Tbe
broken rank* which were practically
closed and reorganised by him moveu
on from that day to the overwhelming
victory In November.' Had there been
no movement, there might have been
no Irby, but had there been no Irby It
U tqually true that there would have
been no organization.”
Hi* abt.ily to organixd the force* lo
the "March convention” placed him in
charge of ths campaign, aod be was
the field marshal who carried Tillman
to ■uece*r.*-'AY'Ctt6Tftiiaa of the execu
live committee of the reform move
ment lo 1890, be we* “Tillman’* lieu
tenant,” and his knowledge of Elate af
fairs aod of people, hi* political acumen
and sagacity and hi* acknowledged
fidelity to tbe Reform perty made Mm
next In prominence to Tillman.
He was re-elected to the Legislature
In 1890, and became Speaker of tbe
House. A man of ability, of fine ap
peeranoe and of good voice he was
capable to ah tbe poeltian.
What ha* by some been regarded as
a gr»el political crime 00 Ibt part of
the Reform movement was tbe defeat
of Wada Hampton for re-tle< t on 10 ihr
United State* Senate. Wnen Gen
Hampton's Mrm* expired In 1890, Irby
was elected to succeed him. Irby’*
career in the Ueited State* Senate
cannot be said to bavq been a* brilliant
aa was exp «c ted after the cam
pelf a of the R-form movement.
He made bis maiden political speech
le tbe United State* Senate during tb*
debate oa th* repeal of tbe purchasing
clanee of the Sbarman law He op-
poard tre post it or taken by President
Ctevelaed aad hie cabinet a*-the sliver
le the tariff fignt b* twice beid
HOW JOHN SHERMAN GOT RICH. THE PENSIONERS OF TBM ST ATM.
f »*•
education as well as of keae judgment
and strong intellect. He wa* prepares,
fur ool lag* at the local school* aod
afterwards attended tb* University 01
Virginia aad Prlaoetee. la 1876, e
memorable year le State history, b
wee admitted to the bar after reading
law under Henry Mclver, of Cherew,
tbe present chief justice of the *uprem<
court of South Carolina, and Joenua U.
Hudson, ex-judge.
Hi* first venture in the practice of
lew wa* lo the city of Lauren* with W
L Gray, E?q , as his partner. Liter
be was associated with Joseob T. John
son, Congressman elect. Young Irby
entered with enthusiasm into the greei
campaign which broke down the rule
of the robber barons of the radical
party and placed Wade Hampton at
tbe heed of the State government. He
was a lieutenant colonel on Gov. Hamp
ton’s staff. In 1878 he practically gave
up the law to look after his extensive
farming lotereete.
Irby took no active part In State pol
itic* until 1886 when be was elect* d to
tbe House. This was at a season of
political disquietude. Capt. B R. Till
man having the summer before sowed
the seed* of discord in his memorable
speech at Bennettavllle. In 1888 Irby
was returned to the House, and again
in 1890 His political career may be
said to date from that latter year. For
it was then that the Rjform movement
was inaugurated and without Irby It
could not have beeq. a* successful ah it
was. He was the motive power In the
March convention of 1890, which nomi
tutted Tillman for governor,
7^/6 biographer In writing of this pe
riod of his life says : “ Ail the forces
which contributed to this political up
heeval were/concentrated at the March
convention. Thi* convention was a
practical declaration of war upon ex
isting political institutions.”
“Everything that could secure sue
ecs* was present and all that was need
ed waa that all the element* should be
fused or crystaliz^d. It was at the
most critical moment in tbe proceed
logs of the March convention that
Irby flat appeared •• a master of
political tact aod organizer of victory.
Notwithstanding that revolution wai
Intended by this convention, it nar
rowly escaped pa sing into v hlstory a*
an Inoperative and Impotent body.
“The delegates were abonl'eqnally
divided aa to whether the revolution
should proceed by the ‘saggesttoo’ of a
candidate for governor or whether th*
- aeeemhlage should coo tent iteelf with
as had been doaa before—
of the people la raoolnUoos.
the balaace of power, aad though dto
approving of sons* feaiurr* of th*
measure, be voted with the Democrat*
u> save ibem from Igaomiai* us dt feat
When Cuagrwe mes Latimer aao
diralt were DieckHstwd ead cias
I’opuiUU by ta* uostoSc* departmeet,
toraator Irby mw* • e •pintrd dwfeeo*
of them before Wi.ewa 6. Bisesll, post
maatar geesrai, wad had Utem re*lor*u
to thwlr rights a* D-moerat*. Irby ••*
bet 36 y« er* old wbsa b* look bto sea
.a tbe Ueited 6 a lea 6*aata oa lb*
aem« day shat W J Bryea waa swwri
iaU> tba House of R preseatetivaa. an.,
like Bryea, bs wee aa edvooe** of f a
'roe ooiesgs of sliver. Ia 1862 be *ea
s delegate at large to taw awtioaa
DimwcrwUc contention at Cblcwgu.
• nick somlsslwd Grover Cleveland Tor
prwwtdeaL
Senator Irby was a member Of *h
oeatituUoeai oooveat oa la I "95
Tbere, as ta tbe State I. glslature, a
J eel lead to take part la pwrtiaae e*o
foolhardy toguiatloe, aad waa eegegeo
at Umaa ia spirited debates with otb«r
seder* ia that body. It oas bto fata
o canes ta* displ-asur* of Saaator
Tilimaa, aad la 1866 be did aul staau
for re otecUoa.
Ia ta* summer of that year, tber*
see a heated cam pel* a between Got
J »bo Gary Evwae, Judge Joseph B.
Etri* asd Mr. John T Duecau. Judg*
Esri* woe tb* eomlaetloa la tb* pri
mary, but had hardly taKsa his sewi
•aea be was out does by death, aad a
career of usefulness ended aad a Ilf* of
oromtoe fall sbort of its possibilities
Joha L McLaurla Congressman from
be Sixth district, was appointed by
Gotcrnor E iarb* to tamporarlly supply
•be vacancy caused by Senator E .ne *
dratbi An election ewe bold. Erse*
• as again a candidate, as was Me
Leurla. Irby Ibis time became a can
Jidate, bat be loet end McLaurla was
cboeea
4s*f
-rww
mtoaossto
oolUtcdl defeat,' aad be thee itotl
the practice of lew at Laurea*. He ha*
'-epeated y refused to be seat to tbe
Legislature or to become a candidate
for governor, a* be was urged to do
lest spring. He bas been unusually
tucoeeaful Id his law practice lately,
end bas beau retained In several not
able cnees. He he* bed assm-iwted
with him in his practice since 1896 two
young lawyer*. R A. Cooper, K<q.,
end R. E. Babb, K q.
Hu wa* the last of the Lauren*
seder* of tbe R. form movement. G
W. Shell, who issued tbe mwolfeau-
wblch brought about the March con
vention ol 1890, served two terms in
Congress and died last year. Hugh S.
Farley was adjutant general icuryears
und aspired to suoceei, Shell In Con
gress. Gen. Farley died In 1897. Sen
a tor Irby is the last of tbe three.
About four year* ago he became In-
terested In the ancient order of me
sonry aod at the time of his death was
high priest of Rising Sun chapter, No.
6, Royal Arch Mason*, of Lsuren*. It
was bis purpose to go higher in ma
sonry.
He was Interested in a number of
enterprises in Laurens and was a
whole aouled, public spirited man. In
that community be waa personally
very popular, having a magnetic charm
wbleb brought friends to him and hi*
fidelity toward others kept his friend*
true to himself. A friend in writing
of him several years ago said: “The
salient characteristics of irby are a
keen and clear insight into men and
measures, and the abWity to take a com
prebenslve view of ,a isit^iation or an
emergency. AlihougK&'an impetuous
nature, be is cool and deliberate in (he
face of danger. His sagacity and pru
dence-in political emergenoie#, bis un
swerving devotion to Tillman aod tbe
cause, and his ability as a speaker
have qualified him both as a cabinet
(ffi^erand field marshal. His advicr-
around the council board is always
heeded, aod bis victories in the field
speak their own prel*i s ”
Senator Irby married Miss Ntnoi'-
Macferjand, of Cheraw, a woman of
much grace and loveliness of character
and of rare physical beauty, To Uiem
seven children were boro, live sons aod
two daughters. The eldest son, Mr.
W. C. Irby, Is principal of the Ltureos
graded schools- Ml-s Jnila, tbi eirfe*’.
daughter, Mended school at the U'stf-
line Convent la tbto oity aad after
wards became a trained nurse. Sue |»
aow dhvotlag ber life ministering to
th* alck aad suffurlag and ia beloved
by maa/ (rleads okac the State.
He Waa a Bold Investor and Not a
kpeonlator In the Common Uee ol
that Term.
Eteryone knows that the late John
Sherman died a rich man, but tew are
perhape, acquainted with the ln4ustry
and practical far-sightedness which
made this accumulation on the part of
tne old statesman possible.
Mr. Sherfnao, according to ooe who
knew him from the earliest period of
Ms life, acquired saving habits when
ne was a boy and very poor. He also
at that time gained a reputation among
hi* relatives and neighbors for his suc
cess as a collector, and persons having
hills out landing in his neighborhood
against debtors who were “ slow pay ”
used to employ him. even while he wa*
•till a bare-foot lad, to dun tbe delta*
quents. He always came back with the
cash. Although his first speculative
venture, with a cargo of salt, was
wrecked by an accident, he had accu
mulated before he was 24 years old, the
*nug sum of 810 000. Tne greater part
of this money went into ooe or two
budding manufacturing eoterprieee,
one of which duveloped Into a sash aod
blind factory aod was often referred to
by him as one of the most profitable
direct Investmento of liis life.
Shortly before he entered Cong
having a fa# thousand ta ready moaey,
ne put moat of It Into mortgages 00
ihe outskirts of what was then the
•m*U city of Cincinnati. To* panic
of 1157 found almoet all hi* debtor* ua-
abte to keep up tbelr payment*,
Mr. Sb^rman, fear tag that uader th*
hammer the property would not brief
the face value of the tncu
went to th* *her ff's sal* himself
bid It all 1a. Before he bad felly mad*
up his mind what to do with It, the
elty’i popu'atloo began to spread Into
tba suburbs, and bis lead roea ta vale*
•aek by »*ek. Tbe rwealt of this
wbol* trebseciioe was a vary large ad
eittoa lo bto foriueo. -
He foresaw *1 s very early day the
(store eoco^s* of the Pi«t«bo*tr. F*
Weyao aad Cbtoago railroad aod be
came oee of Its •trusgeet backers, gala
mg a band•utoe profit from bto lavaet
'ii. ou o It* stack aad boade. Ha
*i*o bad great faltb ta tba sma*ler
aaaufaeiurlag tadustrtee started la
O no altar tba civil war, aad bad f
•idweble moaey lava«ted la tbaaa, 1a
•«ell late •taauleg ta the aeme of tne
•to k bold* r*. wbo shared tbe prod I*
• ltd kirn aa a basis previously or
ssgeo betwaaa tbem.
I. bas gea« rally bsea •upposad that
M* t> isrmsa bought gw are
wads largely dartag tb* rafeeaiag
usriod . bat, if so, tb*r* era *0 noard*
ie tba treasury dspartmaat to lad lea ta
It, aad tb* • ubard 1 sate iffloer* wbo
•ervvd under bto secretbrysbip br*
grecrelly of tba opleloa that ba 1
•to lavastmaoto ta tbeea fuads bt tbei
urn* Us did, buwavar, bund Moth*
J 46 brick boa*## of b else wh>en
sow td root for oa avsregs of
*00tb, aoba of whiab pvuoably
nlm more tbea 62 UUO. la tba aalghbur-
nud of tba goverameal priatlag oMoa.
Tea vipaaslacot tba pubile printing
uiaatof ooe re* greatly eabaacad tb*
>a>se of tbe*a bouses, wblcb were
rrated to prlster*
v Direvtly after the cloee of Boa* Hbvp
•ru'« regime ta Weebtagtoe, Mr bber
aaa became ouaviac*d that •ubarhaa
6 ropery bare was a *af* iavaetmjoL
le aoourdiagly bougbl two large farm
raCU oa tbe aor .bars border of toe
oity at low prices, by tbe acre, aw of
• blob waa afterward plattad a* “Joha
8 ermaa'seundlvtoloe of Mt P essast,”
sad tbe other aa “Jobq doorman's
•ubdlvtoioa of Pisasaet Plata* ” Tbaaa
era known aow as Meridian Hul
GotambU Heights. They ae*s
< xtremviy valuahis. Mr. Snarmaa of
fered to rome of Me thriftier m* to bar*
of tbe treasury staff a cbeaoe to inraat
• a lots le these suodlvtoloo* at 10 sad
12 aad 15 oenlc a »quare foot. Tne
» dMHtoMM 16UI kblH.Ofc Inw M Wi
lo t*-* » »qusrp foot, sou Mr ^utrnj.u
urooabiy oettad a minion or more from
Tbe Rwlee aad Ho«aUtloM Us
New Aet-Nsw AppltcaUaaa
quirrd. -
This year tbara are t aumbar of
changes la the pension departmeat ef
the State government which ebouM
receive tbe careful attention of all mam*
bars of county board* bad appllobate
as well. In the first place aaoh pea*
•loaer ha* to make aa entirely new
application. Ia ordsr that tba pas
sinners or those intending to* got oa tba
list may fully undemaad tba require*
S ente tb* But* board has prepared aad
med the followlag “miss for tb* guid*
auoe of county board* ol peustoae, as
author'zad by the act approved F#b. It,
1900,” which are given tor tbeiaior-
mstion of the vetoraas.
(1) The county pension board* will
meet as n q iired by law la JaaaafT bt
tbe couaty seat*, for the purpose of ex*
amlatag the epplloattoos of tb* vartoue
ex Confederate soldiers and saltan aad
widows who are applioanto for paa*
•inns under act approved Fab It A,
1900. Bald applications must have tb*
approval of tb* oouaty board before
tbr State board will approve.
(2) Tbe attaattaa of tb* aouaty pea*
sion boards to directed to the oertllual*
of the two wltuemee, which rvqsires
that bey shall not be oa tb* pretfri
roll. Tbls is a change from tbe old
glv-0 to it.
(3) Du not seed to
proved epplioettooe
(4) Do not us* olJ
this offloe
dssIgBalad by
1900.
Maaks,
W0. Th
Appuoattaa,
prepared uau*r not 1900. Tbey will b*
Ignata* ' MM
1* new applications ex-
applying lor tba
(6> It will h*
pasaiooer to ma
aotly as If they
S-t time.
(6) Tbe eouety I
to provide the aaplicaata wlta Maaks
settable to bis or car ladividaai ease.
Tb* Stake Board will act eawldar ap*
p«ieatlaaa wbore tbto rata baa act baas
ob**rv*a.
(7) Claes A —Those ah* aa a reaait
of wouads received la tba war era
obytioeliy helplasa, er wba wbita la
scrvlaa last kptb arms, or hekb
>«gs or eight; or abo are diaaMai by
paralyvto aad are unable to make a
living, ead wb<«< taeems doe* aasax-
oaad 911000 Tale doe* not laelada
sotdiere waoea dtoaMiiUaa aria* Iran#
Clam B.—Taos* wbo have task aaa
ClaasC.
9160.06.
*A 1.-17
»oltor» due Med by w
war. wboa* Income
9160 00
C.em C. Me 1-
reacbed tbe age C
C am G. No I —Widow* of tM
toettwir lives wbUo ta tb*
of ta* State or tb* C^ a federate
sad •boae iaoom* doaa not
9100 00
Clam C. Mm 4 —Widows ah
eg* of 00 veer* abas* Income 4
riooeti •100 06
Ooe stj buord* eaaaok ha to*
ia tbsae matters of
“phyelool 000411100.“ Ho la
poor maa
anor. rest
rsoesd 17660, or
that *tl» not orodae* tbto
Property wBoloai to
•pplicaat'* er hie wife’s
Mm. Where
twee of tbolr property bv glvlag er
mlllag to tbolr oblidrsa
oorved.
W idows of peaslooore
are not • 2titled aay taafar ta paa-
emaa.
other Stats are ao longer oattttad tarn
poos too. Those who bare me red tp
aootber oouaty must have th
transferred aad draw tbelr
fsam Ihsi aaaalp ..
IL
Fur a long whll* his Columbia
Ueigbts property lay oomporaUvtly
idle, owing to restricltaos which bo
nod foresrou to put Into tb* deeds,
fnese inquired, for tastbDOO, that a
building line should be observed which
•ould make each of tbe it rest* 110
feet wide, end prohibited liquor
taloont, m .nufaoturing eetabllsbmeou
and all form* of nuisance*. Tbe wis
dom of *ucb provision* became ap*
parent later when some other aubdivi-
•ion failed to amount to anything and
Mr. Sherman’* began to forge straight
anead.
Most of Mr. Sherman’e friends wbo
knew anything about his affair* dis
card the notion that be has ever made
anything by speculation in the ordi
nary tense of that term. He hae been
a bold investor, tbey say, but an in
vestor in tbe meaning that his stocks,
bonds, deeds, etc., could be locked up
in a safe and left there until he got
ready to sell. They also refer, a* he
used to ta his llfdtime with much glee,
to bis wonderful “ luck ” in several in
stances.
A notable one was bis Mantfidd
farm. Tne capitalists of M*o»tteld
were organizing a hank a good many
years ago, aod Mr. Sherman took some
■lock in it. He afterwards wanted to
increase Ms holdings, and while look
log about for some ooe who wished to
sell, he c%m« across a stockholder wbo
said. ' “ I will not sell my stock, but I
• ill buy yours, if, in paying for It, you
will let me turn over to you my farm
on the edge of tbe town, for wblcb I
nave no longer any use.”
Mr. Snerman bad not thought of
buying a farm up to that time, bat tbe
let ms offered by bis friend were such
that be could hardly beqr to let the
bargain go, and he consented. A year
or two later tbe hank went ail to
pieces, but the farm had begun to
grow, more vsluahle by the Increase of
tne djwn. Mr. Sherman further added
to Its value by presenting a piece from
-me end of it, which he could spare
just as well as not, to the city for *
probably 10 time* the
s-oted by tbe stock he
Washington Times.
FI**** nova very eerofally the follow
ing: Lit oouaty board* not promptly
aod fairly, glviaf tb* Sim* huard fall
Information with oompiets reports by
township* for seek oouaty, aad writing
tb*
Mpbabelicaii
f. tail aad
clear, aad begtaatag with Claes A, aad
giving tbelr reasons for approving. Ia
making report* to th* State board tba
sports ■hould be signed by 1
ber of tbe aouaty peoeloa Oto-d.
J. p. Deuum,
Comptroller General, rm
W. D. STARLING,
W.K. James,
W. H. HaBMN.
public pork. Tbe farm is today worth
mousy res
gave for li
' —The latest divorce stetlsttas for
Parts 4^ow a steady I err ease, Tbe
number of case* aow reorh t aa aver
age of 300 monthly, of wbtaa SlOare
from tb* working
—Th* lata Senator Cush maa K.
Davis was not only a flea lawyer, bat
a deep student of lltaraUra M well.
He spoke, read aod wrote French aad
Italian fluently, and nothing delighted
him more than tb* Greek aad Letia
poets ta their originals. He was
known m one of the foremost stadsala
of Shakespeare of the present day, aad
ta hla home ha had b magatfioeat
library. A remark able thing about
this library wm that tbara was not a
single law book lo the collection, for
during the last twenty years of hia Ufa
ha made it aruli never to bring his
business cares to bis flreside.
-Ex-Senator Jamas W. Bradbury,
of Main*, who at 96 is the olderst formar
United States Senator, has never
tasted I quor or tobacco, aad Is today
able to attend to hla oousidarubla our*
re>. pond enoe without the aid of UU
amanuensis.
—The late Senator Davis, of Min
nesota, died from blood potaoatag
caused by th* dye from bin bos# getting
into a bruise oa bis foot.
OUR GREATEST
For 30 years Dr. J. Newton Hathaway
has so soeos—fatly treated r*
es that hs it acknowlsclged
at ths hsad of bis professio
Bis sxclusivs method ef _
Var.oocsls and Stnetue, without toe aid
of knileor eautaryeuree la 9U par eaub af
all oass*. la ths treatment of ths tom ef
Vital Foroea Ns ~
and Ur
SimpSuBm ta uamau. ke g
***** Dr.
Hamabm no sbaam Mr
si