Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HOW IT WASDONE. The Story of the Battle of the SeaofJapajL with hla boot flghtloff material, dle- tribated In two iqaadrom of elz fw> eels each, hie owe •qaadron eonelet log of four battleehipe and the eraher Nlehld and Kaenga; Kamlmual ■qaadron, ooneletlnf of six armored oruisera. Tooro was steaming at a speed of 14 knotSt Kasai mara at 1ft knots. ▲t about 1.S0 p. m. the fog thlnlog BolMtveoskr sighted Togo’s HOW ADMIEAI T060,|“^ , 'S! , ^"iXbto., bearing down on hla port bow. Shortly afterward be sighted Kamlmnra I roue ding the sooth of the Island and [ Cartfally covering his stem on the same side, while the dceoy squadron, strongly A NOBLE HERO Who Wu Murdered hv Order ef Oen. F. P. Blair. OF SEAMAN’S AAMT. r" Tie Japasese choc gun r Over the Resiao Fleet, The Tarpede Attack was the Climax of the Battle. ▲ special cable dispatch to the Kew York Times fromTokioaays it ls now poaslhlr to .wHte the story of the bat tle of the Sea of Japan Ind of the movements uf the belligerent fleets preparing for it. From first to list Admiral Togo never wavered In hi* conviction that the Baltic fleet must the Tsushima passage, his ar gument being that no commander would attempt to take a large squad through the northern straits in the season of fogs and at great dis tance from neutral ports end refuge for damaged ships. There was also danger from mi Qe8 1° Tangaru strait and Soya strait, whereas no such ap ons need be felt with regard Tsushima. Bojestvensky apparently reasoned exactly as Togo anticipated, though ssany.of his officers advocated the northern passage. Some strongly urged the advisability of seiilngx a base In Formosa and compelling Japanese to some thither to fight. This question was earnestly discussed on board the flagship In Kamranb hay, where Nebogatoff arrived on May 6, receiving a tremendous welcome from the sailors of the second squad ton, who drew most favorable omens of ultimate victory from tbe success attending tbe safe voyage of tbe two squadrons, and Che Junction at a plane thousands of miles from tbs European base. • ' Bojestvensky, after hearing the ar guments of his officers, announced tbe intention of entering the Paoifio, thereby gaining the advantage of a double objective, then of returning to the China sea, via the north of For- mesa, and steering direct for Tsushi ma. The decision was welcomed with acclamation, the officers embracing and drinking to the success of the plan. ; 1 Bojestvensky. having allowed nine days for the third squadron to reou perate, steamed out olKsmranh bay, May 14, passed Ballintang unobserved on tbs night of May 17, and coaled off Blataus, where he stopped a Norwe gian steamer consigned to a Japanese Arm, and Informed tbe captain that tbe squadron's destination was Tsui This was for tbe purpose of deceiving Togo, who would naturally Infer that some other destination was intended. Bojestvensky meant to strengthen this infsrsno^by delaying Buaslane Immediately formed in double column, line ahead. The east column was lad by the battldsblp Imperator Alexander, the west Has was composed of oruisers. /whlle the auxiliaries were between Qie columns in the reer. y Theses now was vftry rough, with s strong southwest wind blowing, so that tbe Japanese had not only ifit of the sun at thslr backs, but were also assisted by the heavy smoke whlob poured dowa upon the Busslans. The heavy seas, too, were eminently in favor of tbe Japanese gunners, who habitually practice In stormy weather with the refult that their aim was not disturbed by tbe unsteadiness of the gun platform. Farther they were able to take advantage of tbe expos ure mf the enemy’s Jvltal parte occa stod^by the rolling and tossing of the ships. The Russians opened fire at 12,000 metres, but It wee wholly Ineffective. The Japanese reserving their fire until the range was 7,600 metres, when they fired six trial shots and scored three bits. Tbe battle nop became general. Bunlana perpetually essayed to A Ladd aad ThrHUag Access! of Oee ef the Orest laceadiary While Maraadisf la this Stele Dwrteg As War. of The Sunday Newt: with Interest the articles of Mr. Ford and others In recent issues of Tbe Sunday News, In reference _ the shooting of Jamea Miller by Sher man's army, In March, 1866, In retali ation for the killing of a Federal sol dier by supposed bushwhackers. Mr. Miller livtd near Jefferson, in Chester field County, S. O., and I knew his brother, the late Major Jno. 8. Miller, and many pf his neighbors and friends among them sesas of those who- parti cipated with him in the casting of lota. Some yean ago a newspaper was placed hr my hands by a son-in law of James Miller. In which was an account of the ■hooting of Mr. Miller, purporting to have been written by an officer con nected with the affair and present et his death. I have forgotten the name purer patriot or more unostentatiously brave man than Jamea Miller. ; BOW A If SO BO 8KB VXD BIS MA8TBB. But the Federal cavalryman, for whose killing Mr. Miller teas shot, wi not killed by a Confederate or bush- wbaoksr at all. Mr. Gilliam Sowell, of BRAY HEROES 4 THERE IS FRAUD A Northern Kan's lyes Wet Opened named Ephraim, and entrusted him to hide his bones and mules from tbe mi emy while Sherman’s army wu pass ing and he wu found in Lynches Greek Swamp by a soldier, who Mixed them and sonde the negro go wlthhlm.^ After they had gone some distance tbe sun came out, tbe first time in quite a while, the trooper wdd he wu very tired and sleepy and suggested that he »6uM lie 'dptin sad 1 negro would keep watch for him, and aronu him If anyone approached. He wu soon asleep, and Eraphaim, not relishing that manner of appropriat ing hie muter’s property, proceeded to repoaeass It by killing the trooper with | a lightwcod knot. He carried his mas ter’s hones nod mules, u well u the | soldier’s hone, back Into the swamp, and they were all rescued. Mr. Sowell, Ephraim’s owner, wu _ father of Mr. James M. Sowell, the | well known supervisor of Kershaw County. PATH OK THK AMERICAN ATT1LA. Sherman’s inarch from Savannah to Balelgh, and especially through South Carolina, wu a belt of absolute deeo- Ipondltlona of five yean ego, when tl lation, forty miles wide, where black- record breaking rains prevailed during ened ruins and lone chimneys stood u the entire period of tbe reunion and silent wltnesme to show where peace even caused a postponement of the end plenty and happy homes had been. | parade on the lut day. The deoora- The Inherent grit end self-reliance of of tbe effioer, and of the newspaper, their waT northward, bat- the] which I think wu publiehed, In Lan- Japaneae, steaming at a higher speed, ‘’“teror Chester field, S. 0., AP^te; constantly beaded tliem back, so that produced the article from a Western the Russian course dssorlbed a loop, l»P* r - Th* 1 F** 1 ®*"**. my the ships filing put tbe Japanese who rolio > which wu mislaid, lost or stolen poured In a deadly Are from thru dl-1 about two years ago. Gather Again to Talk of the Dayt j ~~~ That Xi*m “^ THE BOYS IN BLUE I !• J** OM EmuiIm. The Cosveatiee City Crowded to Overilowisf With Visitors aad Old Veterau. All the Old — t - . — - - f Officers Re-elected. For the second time In five years the United Confederate Veterans and auxiliary organlxittons gathered In Louisville for their annual reunion, their reception Wednesday under e biasing sun and with miles of bril liant bunting flying In the breese bs- ing in strong contrast to the weather at Chapel Hill. Ooecrewmaii Bowtell, Takes Oppor tonltv to Say Nice iblng* Ahoet the South and Her People.- la the Crop'Reports of the Agri cultural Departments. Congressman H. S. Boa tell, of UH~ THK HUMORS AFLOAT him vuKrt wa41 m a1 <wawAsI ^ nois, who recently delivered the oom- ehoei mm rodent address aV Chapel Hill, N: 0., before the State University there, uw many things during hla visit which gave him a better Inalgbt Into conditions in the South than he had ffrevtously enjoyed. Tbe tnstitatiooffw* et whlob President Polk, Senator Ben ton and many other prominent South ern statesmen graduated, wu fougged, in 1776, and maintains a high stand ard of merit In all its departments. Yet It bu not lost the flavor of tbe old times, uld he, spMklug of Its at- moephara as a ceuter of plain living and high thinking. This, coming from a Harvard graduate, la praUe worth nothing, u wu hla opinion thsl It would be a good plan If some Northern young men would go there to study. | One of the striking revelations dl&oloa ed to him wu that a leading member of the graduating clan, whom be jadg ed from hie courtly bMrlng and fine p rese uoe to belong to the old erletooney of the South, proved to have oome [ from a Ohe room cabin In the North Carolina mountains, who bad arrived la WasMaftes Are ef a Meet Secret Service : Hsfi Male ^liBf i, SaMte Start- *''*Wfca 1 the Southern character have reclaim ed the deeolate fields and largely made them blossom u the rou. The chim neys end blackened ruins may be for gotten by those who are to oome after us, but the hereto duth of Jamu Mil ler and of others who perished In the spring of 1866, will be remembered. Wm.'D. Tbanthab. Camden, S. C., June, 1, 1906. DISAPPEARS THOM HOKE. hto progren. so that htf nonarrival within a reasonable time might sug gest that the Russians had really headed for the northern paaaagu, but this device did not deceive Togo, who ^Bremained steadfast at Tsushima. Meanwhile Bojestvensky had wholly fatted to obtain trustworthy informa tinn of Togo’s wbereaboata. The se, — — eret which wu so carefully guarded which the battle wu fought weie 0b- remained unknown even to tbe Jm viously unsulted for them. Meanwhile end. On reotions. Bojestvensky’s gunners maintained a much higher rate of lire, but their projectiles nearly always flew high or buried themselves in the see, eutdentiy owing to tbe gunner.’ want of experience In gunleyhig In rough weather. Before evening five Russian warshl had been sank, including three battle ships, which apparently lost their stability, owing to the planing of their water tight compartments on one side only, and the action of tbe fore end aft bulkheads. Meanwhile the Ruaetan formation bad been bro ken, but tbe ships were still confined to the southeast comer of the Sea of Japan. Thu for Togo’s strategy had work ed perfectly, but tbe most Important part of hie work remained, namely, tbe loosing of 16 squadrons of torpedo boats upon tbe Busslans during tbe night, when their were partially dis abled and oonfuaed. There were great fears at (ne time that this would be Impossible, ai the sm wu too rough for torpedo boats. However, towards evening the wind end wavu subsided, the night beoame quiet, and the star light exceedingly well suited for the work of the torpedo boats, which rushed In from three q larton, re serving their missiles uotil within 300 metres at the most, and making a practice so deadly that It redeemed til prevlouitalluree. ^ • r*--; The Japanese deny any uu of sub marine*, and the conditions under KXCtrSB fob milxjcb’b bvbdkb. , It stated that ttjs dead body vi a Federal soldier, belonging to a West ern cavalry regiment, I thick from Michigan, wu found where be bad ev idently been murdered by busbwbacx- ert, that the Federal commander had determined to resort to retaliation to t such killings, and Gen Francis P. Blair, who commanded the 17th army corps, Issued orders for the out- v . ggg sum to be put to killing of the cavalry- A York County Wurmrr Deaerts Hla Wlia and Children. Erwin Carnes, a farmer living on the Jim Mom plantation near Tlrsah, left his home early last Tuesday morning and nothing hu been bMrd from him since. Carnes hu been married throe times, his tost wife be ing a widow living in Oonoord, N. 0 , when she married Carnes Her mai den name wu Harris. She come of a good family and hu relatives HTthe county. Mrs. Games awoke Just be- My Informant* did not know all who I fore day Tuesday morning and mtse- psrttoipete* In tbe outing of lots, but tD g her husband, called him several - - — 'times and'Malms be answered her from the plaxu the lut time she called, and thinking he would return in a few minutes, she gave tbe mat ter no further concern at the time. But If Games wu on the polish when bis wife called for him, be made good of the tow minutes while the wu paneu public to the very May <6 six Russian transports and auxiliary cruisers entered YangUxe, which greatly perplexed the public, but wu interpreted by Togo u e sure Indioetlou of Bojestvensky’s presence intheGblnssea. ■ - —afeeeiAN flbxt siohtU£“.i m " i ?' At 6.30 a. m. May 27 Japanese ■ooute lying north of Q lelpart Island reported by wireless telegraphy that the Busslans were drawing dp toward Tauahlma, but the fog oonbeltod tbe sxaot ebaraeter tf tbs squadron, whether It wu tbe main ffghUng force or only s few weak craft sacrifi ced In order to attract tbe attention of the Japanese to the south while Bojestvensky himself passed by-the northern avenues. »Tula question re mained uncertain until noon, when the InteoM anxiety In TCklo wu re lleved by a telegram from Togo an flouncing that the whole Russian fleet wu In eight. Meanwhile Togo pursued his plm unwaveringly, keeping his principal squadrons carefully concealed In places still secret. For the purpose of promoting tbe belief among tbe Ruslans that Tsushima straits were weakly guarded and drawing them through the euterh ohanuel be sent out a number of second class ships, which, tfcough slow, carried gnus suf fletonfiy lieavy to prevent the enemy in. The fog helped b presorts theu vessels, which never theless Togo wu not unwilling ti Morlfioe on the altar of his main pur pose. . . Bojestvensky, untiMn the vicinity Of Tsushima, kept hla auxiliary orals SOI to front, but Immediately before entering the channel recalled them, which the lead wu taken by i battleehipe Imperator Alexander, fovarin and Knias Sowar off. Tbe wind now freshening, the su alread) rough began to ran very high. Tlx. fog began to lift. Togo signaled that tbe fote of the smplro depended upon this effort, ftnr the JspaneM sighting squadrons had dropped off to the north, tearing the field free for the torpedo craft. By midnight only nine Russians remain ed with the formation under Neboge- toff. These struggled northward with tornado boats clinging to their flanks aad ooQStantiy subbing, so that found only five remaining, tbe ■hips Orel and Nikolai, two oout de fense ships and the cruiser Isumrad. Having lost his bearings owing .to complicated manoeuveres, Admiral Nebogatoff decided to steer westward until be p'oked up seme future of Korea's oout that be oould Identify. Presently tbe Izumrad, which wu •coating, reported that she made out tm utnvny. Islands (Lianoourt rooks), whereupon the Buaslane, recovering heart, shaped their courts for Vladi vostok, but almost Immediately they observed two rqaadrons of Japanese approaching at full epeed, ahead and recognizing the flags of Togo and Dewa.’ —' The Izumrad steamed off at top ■peed, but Nebogatoff'■ ships encum bered with wounded, with ammuni tion lacking, decided to haul down their colon. Other still floating fragments ef the Russian fleet were pursued end destroyed by the Japa nese, who had been organised In view of tills contingency, Into groups of homogeneous ships. The battle shows no novel feature. The Busstans fought with Jdevoted valor, but were outelaaeed at every point. Their shooting wu Inoompar tbly inferior to that of the Japanese, who scored an extraordinary number of bite with their IS-inob guns. Tbe Japanese projectiles also were orach more effective tfiaa Mnse df ~Cha Bus- dans. Nothing wu more no than the Japanese skill to using tor pedoes, contrasting markedly wl previous 111 succi, and svtMray re- ftitiog from the special oouru of iramlng recently pursued sad from he teachings of experlesaoe among them were Mr. B. B. Clanton, now living In Chesterfield County, Mr. Robert Griffith and others who knew jamea Milter. I have talked with and corresponded with others about the pruel tragedy, and from them and tbe aeoonnt by the Federal officer befoi mentioned my Information wu ob tained. DRAWIMa LOTS TO DIB One or more of the partici pants said It came u a gnat surprtee to all who were made to out tote, end one of them deelared that he never before or after found it snob a task to stretch forth his right heed to drew a little piece of paper out of a hat. James Miller drew the fatal lot. He wu a man between forty-live and fifty yean of age and had been oeptarqd a dey or two before eomt distance west of Ohe- raw, while on hla way home on fur lough from Florence, S. 0., where he had been engaged In guarding prison ers. He proterted thate* white he tym path! zed with hie State In her strug gle.' and had given of his means for the support of the Oause, he wu over sge for active service, end had not fir ed a gun in the war. But he wu told that tbe order wu imperative. He beg ged to be allowed to oommuntoete with wife and children, but this privi lege wu denied him. He then uked to oooferwlthsuohof hie neighbors and friends u were captives with him self. To those be gave directions for hla wife, asking that she be told he wu not oomlng home, end advising her about hie farm and about the chil dren, just u if he were going off on a Journey to be absent for a time. XILUEB’S LAST KXqUMTS. He tbenmade some requests of those who were about to shoot him. He asked, In the first place, that he be not bound either hand or foot, saying be wunot going to run, that he wu pre pared, and not afraid to die. He then asked that he be not blindfolded, my- lug be wished to look Into the efes of thoM who were to shoot him. And lutiy, he begged that he be not shot In the fsee, declaring that God had given him hie face, and that In til his life he had never done anything of which he w«* ashamed. HU lut wish es were respected. He wu marched off a short dUtenoe, the firing squad drawn up, tbs guns discharged u one end James Milter lay dead, u much a hero u If he had died at the cannon’s mouth at Gettysburg, in the charge up Snodgnm Hill at Obtokamauga, or at the bloody angle et Spottaylvanla. "Dent shoot me la tbe face, for God gays am that, and In all my life I have done nothing to be ashamed of” - „ ' What a eenthnent, whit a model! X1LLBB 8 HUXBLK GRAVK. At Five Forks' Methodist Church, to OheeterfleM County, on the road from Lancaster to Chesterfield tbe man must do their utmost. Tb« TUflins. still confident, held theli coarse at a uniform speed of iff knots, a docultory fire with tb« iuadron, which withdrew tc| L p. m. Togo entered the Ajl Tuoumari, N. M , JCia. George Campbell, becoming kilted her five children with a riffle, after i husband from their home on a '.O' House, and Jtolf way between the two, U the little mound that marks the last rafting place of James Milter. I have ' there a few times, but never without dtesaonnting and going softly with uncovered head to the spot and fuelling the manner and oause of his ChsftstfisM County hu pro i of the frost ssan of Sooth waiting for him to oome in, for wu no where In sight when a wu made fqrbima few minutes later. 1 b He left i letter for his seventeen year old son and one to hte wife in whlob beetated that be wu forced to teave on account of his son and his wife’s daughter giving him so much trouble. Mid neither one of them would work and he oould not control them. He carried nothing with him except a gun and a few clothes pecked In e valise. His wife Is much wrought up over the matter and bke tried hard to find some trace of Carnes, bat all in vain.. Oaroee, it Is said, left bis first wife twice but returned on both oc casions and lived with her until her death. He wu married to hls lut wife leu than a year ago.—Beck Hill Herald. r. Saved Guard’* Life, v Frank Davis, a negro convict on the Fairfield obalngang, hu been reward ed for Mvinff a guard’s life, by being released. Davis wU sent up tn 1962 fox housebreaking and larceny and bis sentence wu live years. The other day ona of the negro convicts on the same gang with Davis planned to es cape. While the guard’s back wu turned the negro rushed at him with a pickax and only tbe quickness of Davtt.prevented a tragedy. Tbe other negro fought desperately, but Davie finally overpowered him and the sup- ervlaor of Fairfield at once took steps to have Davis set free. <> Governor Heyward signed a commutation of sentence to the present time and the order for freedom wu sent on at onoe. Georgia At The Head. Members of the class of 1906 of the United States Military academy re ceived their diplomas from the hands of Col. Albert L Mills, superintendent of the academy Tuesday morning. Tbe bead of the graduating class this year ie Dewitt 0. Jones, of Georgia. The four next highest In the order of their olaae standing are Ernest Graves, of North uarollna; Francis P. Wieby, of Masubuietts;, Clarence B. Riley, of Indiana, and Alvin B. Barber, of Oregon. Prominent among the other members of the class is Calvin M. Titus, who u a volunteer soldier wu the first to the wall at Pekin, China, during the Boxer troubles. ... ' MXUhlpm— Prowuud. A dispatch from Annapolis uyt s wireless message wu received at the naval academy Tuesday night from mmander C. J. Badger, oommand Court ling the U. S. S. Newark, conveying Qraottafl, tat mvw gave torib to a I tmt, ot news of the death by drowning of Midshipman L. L Vertices of the sec ond olaae. The Newark Is one of tbe vestas note engaged in the navy Joint exeraiaee aad wuataaober off Haokett Point when young Ver tices was In swimming with some eompanVmn. Young Vsrtraas wu 19 years of sge and a non of W. I. Vet- Hons this year are on a lavish scale And It is remarked that the American flag predominates. The reunion wu officially opened shortly after the noon hour, when Gen. Bennett H. Young, commander of the Kentucky division, called the perspiring mass of humanity in the horeeehow building to order and in- t rod need the chaplain general, J. William Jones of Richmond, Ve. Dr. Jones in hie Invocation prayer that the bleuing of Almighty God may rut upon the president of these United States, and “that he may en abled to be the pruidentof this whole country and every section.” A few moments later Gov. J. 0. W. Beck ham, In speaking Kentucky’s welcome to the old men in gray. A rousing reception wu given the commander-In-chlef, Gen. Stephen D. Lee, when he arose to respond for the veterans to the addremee of welcome. Tbe general wu In splendid voice de spite the long wait In the heated tall fl ing and hte speech wu interrupted many times by cheering. Cheers were given the few remalnln great figures of the Confederacy uthey made their appearance. They venerable Simon Bolive Buckner, who Is approaching hls 80 years, wu heartily greeted and delivered e speech which would have done credit to a man half hls yurt. Lieut. W. L, Gabel, commander of the Trane Mississippi division, wu helped to the platform by many will jg hands and hls appearance wu the Igual for a prolonged outbrust of iSndeUpplng. The reception accorded Gen. Joe Wheeler wu second to none of the day. Tbe famous cavalry officer wu cheered from the time hls grey-topped head wu discerned In tbe great throng until he uoaadxL^he rostrum and motioned for silence. He thanked the veterans for tbe beartiueu of their reception and secured them that their greeting went deep into hte Heart. Efforts to arrive at the exact num ber of veterau aud visitors In Louis ville Wednesday night were necessari ly futile. Railroad toon who have had experience in the handling of crowds at other reunidns assert that the num erous special trains arranged for the Louisville meeting were more crowded than at any other reunion in the put five years. A conservative estimate would, however, seem to set the figure at near the 26,000 mark. Tbe convention the old officers u follows: Oommandetf n chief, Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, Mississippi. Commander trans Mtesteslppi de partment, Gen. L. W. 'Jabell, Texts. Commander Army of Tennessee de partment, Lieut. Gen. Clement A. Evans, Georgia. . Commander Army of Northern Vir ginia department, C. Irvin Walker, South Carolina. New Orleau had little difficulty In securing the convention for 1906. Fraternal greetings were read from the State enoamptuent of G. A. B. of Indiana in session at Madison The following wu Introduced and adopted: “Whereas, the bill before oongreai for the care of the graves of Goofed erate soldiers hurled near hospitals and prisons in tbe north huso for failed of passage by that body; “Be It resolved, That this associa tion of United Con federate Veterau In convention assembled, urges the passage of this bill, u a matter of right and duty, not only on the part of the senators and representatives In congress from southern Statu tat also on the part of thou from all other Statu of the United States, In that the government to charged with the upotebre of thou who died prisoners In ft* hands, according to tbe usages of dvRisstlon; of whtah-the United States forms a larva competent part. After the transaction of much rou tine buslneu on Thursday tbe con vention adjourned etna die at half-put six o'clock. The Washington oorrupondent of The News and Courier says sous very seuatlonti dteoovertu are befog made u the Invutigatton of tbe “teaks in the orop reports” from the agricultur al flepartment progresses. A Govern ment official, who te taking an active part In the investigation. In oonvezsa- tion with The News aad Courier cor respondent to day, said in snbsfonu: “Chief Wilkie, of the sunt service bureau, who has tbs Investigation fo hand; hu made some startling dteeov- at Chapel Hlll wlthotit a dollar and artu, which may Involve not effly As- earned hte way through oollrga. Theu exourilou into tbe South by Northern statesmen should be made often, r. It would be well to send them then, when young for a^more ll orough oomprehen slon of the country and people, but there are few, however advanoed in age, who would not profit by a tetter acquaintance. Mr. BoutelTs visit, agreeable u It wu to him in its revelations touching tbe standard of educational Institu tionain the South, the oouiteelesshown him and bis recommendation In regard to sending Northern youth to Chapel Hill cannot but bear good fruit la pro moting a' more national spirit. Hte velws are dlreotly In tbe line of thou whlob have been icoently expressed by tbe Ojurier Journal upon tbe subject end Id keeping with the Spirit of late addresses by Presidents Badly, of Yale, and Eliot, of Harvard. Especial ly enlightening to the North te the incident related by blm of the young graduate of bumbleanteoendents whom be mistook for one of aristocratic birth. It will serve well to correct an impres sion toerprevaleat In tboNorth tba wealth and high birth are ueential for success in tbe South, and that tbe poor man te practically barred from hope of rising In life. There never wu a more ground lees idu, u the history of men who have attained eminence In that flection abundantly proves. Andrew Jackson wu tbe son of poor Sootob-Irish emigrants and be WU born in tbe Waxhaw settlement, near the dividing line between North And South Carolina, hte father dying In hte infancy. He wu a red-haired, fo'^d, barefooted boy who carv ed hte way to fame over all hte more aristocratic associates. Henry Clay wu known as the Mlllbov of the Slashes, a locality near Hanover Oourtbouu Va , where be wu born. Yet no two men were of more distinctly Southern and American type. The list oould be extended indefinitely to prove that In the South personal merit and capacity are quite srdtetinctively the which win tucoeas as in tbe North. The result of Mr. BoutelTs visit cannot but prove beneficial in tending to deKOttouellze education and pro mote a better underataodlnf among the educated class lu the North of con ditions u they exist in the South, only In regard to education, tat In all other material foots There te no part of the Union in which education te commanding more attention, not only as to the w&lle, but also the black race, as to whlob, with limited excep tions, there 1a equal interest with equal support from the public treuury. Wbat Is especially needed now te just such enlightening of the Northern mind u has resulted from the visit of Mr. BoutoH to Chapel HilL That one of snob otherwise wide information aud long prominence In public life should not sooner have become Inform ed npon the subject, te .the key to much of the lingering sectional feeling which exists between tbe North and the South.—Louisville Courier Journ al. Ola—ed aa a Fraud. \ The postal officiate have issued an order debarring from tbe um of tbe malls Dr. Winfield & Co., of Rich mond, Va., who advertised a com pound which would turn the skin of the blaoxeal of negroes to a Illy white. The story Is related titefc several yean ago Dr. Win field-unet a celebrated French scientist, who gave him hte arWto,”; with which be guaranteed to chaBge red, blue, blink, green or yellow to a beautiful pinkish white. Department chemists My “marwln” te oomposed of blclorid of mercury, benzoin, glycerine end dl% tilled water. “While tho oompouhd has a temporary bleaching effset, It is not permanently beneficial, but it Is ultimately lniiutouii»” ..l6Zft^t|w. de partment fraud order. ste’ant Stettettotan Holmes, tat Chief 8 Tatiatteiaa Hyde, whs Is now In Europe, end one of the female clerks In tbe sfrtculturial deprrtment who handle the date upon which the cotton orop reports en baaed. “While aome of tbe evldaoee Is cir cumstantial, enough has already been disclosed 40 show that advance infor mation on the cotton stop report, end also other reports whtah offset speoul- loo. has reached a tew stock broken irtagb the medium of 'a women' The woman in tbe eeee te mid fee be one of the three persona to handle 1 figures for the test tisse fldaf report te promulgated. This wo man, who, It te said, receives Mft a month salary, has reosntty bought a comfortable residence la this city aad furnished it In floe style. On Uw same authority It >te said that Astiefoat Statistician Holmes hae In vested tape* fo suburban reel estate, from hte agra salary, Mr. Holassa la now oause of the fo. and ths refisettona upon him. / The progress of ths investigation te being kept a profund meret, pending the ihntnoi ttf fhirlf Q>j * J ** i, »***» — who salted for Europe a tew days be fore the charges of leakage fo the de partment were filed. Ssosetery Wtt- ‘ son, who te slneere In hte sadeevosa to • probe tbe matter to the requested Mr. Hyde to European trip aad return to Wa toast once. That for Mr. Hyda has sands ao reply la tha suaawaaftL ant some of Uxae who are foieefofod Ip the investigation declare that bia baa no Intention of returning to foes am specially favored by the of agriculture la the way for their respective ~ deavorlng to emetber the ttoo, claiming that It will to Injurious to agricultural Interest federally It have the expartasaatal tebunements by too olraoly At Athena Theodora F. Delyannte, tha popular premier of Greses was ■tabbed aad mortally wounded by a professional gambler named Qhaea- karte, at the main en trance of the chamber of deputies at 6 p. m. Twee- day. The premier died within tinea hours. The smatan who wee Imme diately arrested, said tbe deed In revenge for the measures taken by Premier Delyeanls against the gambling bouses, all of which recently closed. The premier arrived at the entnooe of tbe eho» her in a carriage. Gbenkaria approach ed, saluted the premier and opaaad the carriage door. Tbe premier was In the act of thanking Gbenkaria fog hte courtesy when the gambler ptnng- ed a long dagger Into M. abdomen, infitoting a frightful' The murdered was immediately over powered by the attendants. Workman a—aeto. What te believed to be tbe sequel to a feud of long standing resulted at Val dosta, Ga, Wednesday night fo tha Assassination of the 17 y*ar-old sow and the 16 year-old daughter of W. L. Carter, formerly a Baptist minis ter. Tbe young people were attracted by the barking of a dog in the yard surrounding their home and to investigate, followed by a L child. They were fired upon by soww. one from bshiad the emokahOQia. Tha young lady fell dead, the yooag man crawled beck to tbe boose, wtmn to lied, and the younger child won wounded. Carter fired upon so— <— prowling In hte yard early Wsdwss day. He says the Intrudsr was a no. gro. He believes tba [ungxoea^ tat jan others — been Instigators of tha ori—. Standard Oil Oanght. A dispatch from Columbia Mys that the Standand Oil Company bM been trying to dodge the license tax by making a part of Its returns under the name of tbe Standard Oil Co. of Kentucky, which has a few plants in the state. The comptroller ganer- ald has raised tbe amount from 817,- 000 to 1126,000 tor this company. The the passenger station wMMved. The ^ of ^ origin of the ftrw te a oomotote mn- pravtoualy on a valuation of 1200,- A dispatch from Blacksburg mys te enliw freight plant erf the South ern railroad at that pteoa was wlpet oat by lire Tuesday morning at I o’clock and It was with dlffloulty that Through wbat tel been the i boat from whtah they bad lag three and Newt and Denah near, • ; :r,,