The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 31, 1906, Image 6
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K'i"? 'p.'.t* '? I'or.vr.
fT'.-.n... js ; .vver in i^rrieultaro
r.s well as in other professions. The
more a farmer knows about the facts
of agriculture. an ! the more h ? prae1
i.-vs what he knows, the more su avssfnl
he becomes. The wide awake
farmer is observant, ant! profits by his
failures as we"'as his successes.
11;suits of Ferdlnc.
Tn the selection of cattle foods tlio
fanner ikouhl keep in view the results
to be onpecto;!. Some foods are more
valuable, pound * w pound, than others,
because they f. r in the relative proportion
cf dry substance and its composition.
The digestive capacity of
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farmer. ai:d ho should endeavor 10
supply its wants.
rill the Pork Carrel.
The farmer who raises a few pigs for
his pork barrel may count the cost and
afiirm Ik at pigs uo not pay. but where
a few pigs are raised they will consume
a large amount of material that
> would be of 110 value except for their
use. When the pork barrel is full the
farmer is at least fortified for the
winter with meat and in many cases
where 110 pigs are kept there is a waste
of material that could be utilized with
the aid of at least one or two young
and thrifty pigs.
To Keep Meat lu Summer.
My way of keeping pork through the
summer season, says Louis Campbell,
of Pennsville, Ohio: I smoke it well as
early in spring as I can and usually
market all side meat as eariy as possible.
.After I have it niceiy smoked I
take it from the smoke house and hang
it on stout nails around the sides of a
garner in my wheat granary. I just
hang it up without anything over it,
being careful to let one piece hang so
as not to touch another. I keep the
granary dark so ns to keep out nil j
flies. I have tried this plan for sev- i
eraf years and have never yet had (
any trouble from flies or other causes.
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II0-8 in Orchards.
As scavengers, or for consuming
refuse that cannot be marketed, hogs
are almost indispensable in an orchard, j
The fattening of hogs on appl33 may i
be considered a successful method, it .
being certain that this fruit possesses i
a value for that purpose that has been (
overlooked, and the destruction of in- ]
sects by hogs in consuming the fallen .
apples has given a new value to
orchards and will probably check <
their destruction, which in some sec- (
lions of the country has already pro- ?
jsgressed to a considerable extent. The <
-animal should be allowed in the ]
- orchard from the time the fruit be- ;
. -gins to fall until it is time to gather <
apples for the winter, and they will.
* in most cases, be found in good -condi- j
~ tion for hardening with grain arid <
~ slaughtering, and the meat will be j
- lender and of an excellent flavor. ;
'When it is necessary to put them into
~5the pen, boiled apples mixed with a
-small quantity of corn, oats, peas or
buckwheat meal will make them fat
in a short time and fill the farmer's J
pork barrel -with sound, sweet pork of
the first quality. ... .v.. i
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X- The Hen an 1 Her Brood.
'When it comes to surety, safety and
comfort for both the hen and her ,
i; . keeper, the pen system of managing
the hen and her brood is the best and j
3n the long run it is much the cheapest. (
We have written on this subject before,
but it is so timely now and it is
such a good thing?such a great help 1
to the management of the hen mothers
and their Uttle ones during the growing
season, that we are writing on it :
once more.
The chief idea is individuality and
comparative isolation of each hen and
her chickens and in this alone much i
is attained, for the more we divide
the growing stock the more of it we
will raise.
In carrying out this plan, obserYes
H. B. Geer, a good, stout, weather and
varmint proof coop is the first essential,
for the chickens must have protection
at night The next necessity is
a pen made of slats or wire netting,
this to enclose the coop, say a space
about ten by twelve feet all around
it and the fencing should be six feet
high aud then the flight feathers of one
wing of the lieu should be cut so that
she can not fly out, should she be of a
flighty turn. A gate at the front is,
of course, necessary.
Within a small yard of this kind one
hen and her brood should be placed,
hut the fencing should not be so close
that the little chicks cannot pass in
aud out, for it is not intended to confine
them, but their mother. This
makes a security reserve for them?a
place of refuge for them from any
danger, and yet they may enjoy free
range at the same time. It also makes
it possible to feed each beii and her
brood separately, which is a most desirable
condition, as it prevents mob- '
bing up and overcrowding. ;
Another thought?when the showers
come up, and we are busy, we need
not chase all over the place, dropping
everything else, to get the hens and
their chickens in out of the wet, for the
ben is stationed where there is refuge
nil the time, and the chickens can
quickly scoot in through the cracks to j
ber.
In fact, this system minimizes work, j
worry and the percentage of loss, and ,
it really makes the raising of chickens
with hens a pleasure, as well as profit-'
able.
Rape For Sheep.
It bns been well attested that rape
aaakes the quickest and one of the best
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>ke?p and bog pastures tliat can be
grown. One of our correspondents, Mr.
L. C. Reynolds, says of rape:
Rape has wen for itself great popularity
as a food for sheep in recent
years. It is grown to-day more or iess
upon every farm where sheep or hogs
are raised. I have grown rape for
sheep pasture for more than twelve
years, and the more I grow of it the
more thoroughly I am convinced it is
one of the best sheep feeds the farmer
can grow. While it does not come on
as early as rye in the spring, its hardy
nature makes it one of the best of for
age crops. When sown under favorable
conditions it will supply a large
amount of palatable pasture at six
weeks of errowtb, and the fact that it
can be sown at any senson'of the year
makes it one of the best general forage
crops for the fanner. No sheep owner
can afford not to grow rape. It can be
sown during every growing season of
the year and produce excellent pasture.
I prefer to sow rape in drills instead
of broadcast, as many do. A better
stand of plants can be secured by this
method, and the stock does not tramp
the forage down nearly so much., I
sow my rape with a band or grain
drill in rows twenty inches apart. Sow
about four pounds of seed per acre.
Care should be exercised not to sow ihf
seed too deep.?Indiana Farmer.
Fertility ?ncl Fruit Growing.
At a meeting of horticulturists Professor
John Craig, of Cornell University.
said:
"Every modern system of cultivating
fruits recognizes as a first principle
the right of the fruit tree to be considered
a specific and sufficient crop
under the soil, or at least to be regarded
as a crop quite as exhausting in
character as any grown by the farmer.
Unless the fruit grower realizes and
puts into practice the essential part of
this principle lie "will fail as a cultivator
of fruits. Experiments in orcharding
conducted some years ago at the
Cornell Experiment Station proved conclusively
that it cost the soil more to
produce twenty average crops of apples
than twenty average crops of
wheat. In other words, more fertility
was extracted from the land in growing
an acre of bearing apples for twenty
years than in growing twenty consecutive
crops of wheat. As a rule,
the farmer recognizes the food needs
it the wheat plant, but too often does
be look upon the apple or fruit tree as
i mere tenant of the soil, and one
which is not to be regarded as a specific
crop. Having recognized the principles,
the particular method of orchirding
much be worked out by the fruit
grower himself. This method will depend
upon soil conditions and climate.
Nevertheless, it is safe to say that in
eight cases out of ten that method
which employs clean tillage for at least
part of the season will be most successful.
It is also safe to say that
ill secondary crops in orchards are in*
jurious."
Farm and Garden Notes.
Much labor and expense may be <
saved by planning ahead.
Only a few varieties should be planted
in the commercial orchard.
Exercise has a decided value in lowering
the cost of egg production.
The more litter in the manure, the
lower the process of decomposition.
Celeriac is a plant similar to celery,
Put more easily crown and more easily
cooked.
Too large quantities of fertilizers
applied at one time will kill tender
plants.
But few plants will thrive in a wet
soil. A good drain is sometimes better 1
than manure.
There are few times of the year
when a good pair of pruning shears
can not be used to good advantage.
Don't forget the stock water in the
pasture. Stock must not be without
good water, not for a day nor half a
day.
When a better price for better fruit
is obtained, the difference in price pays
for handling. It pays to grow the best,
for that reason. *.
In nearly all cases animals in lew
flesh are more liable to disease than
when in fine bodily condition, and it
costs more to keep them.
Thinning fruit is proving such an
advantage to the quality that the plan
is gaining ground everywhere. Better
prices for better fruit is the result.
Some fires have occurred from eare1/N^a.iAi.e
in Vioniilinit inMlhntm'9
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brooders. Possibly we might encase
the incubator, if in cellar, in light
framework covered with asbestos
paper. The latter is cheap and a suie
protection from overheating.
Barring all the differences that may
be in individual birds .and strains, it
may be said that Wyandottes are now
considered to be among the very Post
of all-purpose fowls. They are hardy,
active, good layers, good mothers and
of good size and good table quality.
The world would do a bad job of
getting along without the grower of
live stock, and that same world ought
to be willing to remunerate him for his
labor and risks. Indeed, no class of
people is vnder any obligation to feed
and clothe another class without pay
for it.
That bone has great value as a ration
for poultry, both for egg production
and for growth in chicks, is not a matter
of dispute. The fact is generally
recognized that in no other way can
eggs be produced more readily, or
growth made in young stock more
quickly than by the liberal use of
cut bone in the ration.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO IT VVA!
Chemists Will Celebrate the 1
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BY producing delicate tints from
the ugly black tar. a hitherto
waste by-product of coal gas,
William Henry Perkin. an EnglJcV*
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unappreciated at the time. His discover}
turned the manufacturing industry
of the world into new channels
ami chemistry leaped to the front
rank of the professions. That is why
the chemists of England, Germany and
the United States are now planning a
fitting memorial to celebrate the
fiftieth memorial of this remarkable
discovery.
Ferkin is not to be memorialized
alone for his color discovery. The
knowledge of his use of coal tar
opened the way for other chemists to
bring their learning to bear, and in
rapid succession the world was given
artificial perfumes,. flavors, carbolic
acid, medicines and compounds employed
in developing photographic
plates. Chemists are now so well acquainted
with the properties of coal
tar that they can almost make a color
to order. In perfumes their best
known product is ionone, which is the
basis of imitation violet; in medicinal
products acetanilid, sulphonal, phenacetine,
analgene and antiprylne; and
the oil of bitter almonds and saccharine
are perhaps the best known of the
artificial flavors.
Before Perkin created his sensation,
chemists from the beginning of the
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nineteenth century, anu even ueiurt-,
bad been "working for these results.
Synthetic or constructive chemistry
was their subject, and the years they
put in on tedious research made them
a secluded, reserve^, class of men, who <
to-day would be known as "grinds." j
Their labors brought them little re- <
turns, financially. The gay outside i
world regarded them as hermits, i
looked patronizingly on, and wondered, <
maybe, at the sacrifice. )
But all this weary toil was not a i
waste of time. Years later, profiting 1
by the studies of the pioneers, a man i
appeared who hit upon a solution of i
the problem. Artificial color was the 1
result. The article he made had been 1
known to exist in indigo, and its con- 1
stituents were known, but no one be- 1
fore had ever put them together in a
laboratory. The beauty and the cheap- ]
ness of the color Perkin made excited 1
great admiration, especially among <
those engaged in supplying the market 1
with fabrics, and development was 1
rapid. 1
Other products followed in quick sue- 1
cession, and the manufacturing world 1
received an impetus such as it had <
never known. Results of the chemist's j
research work still continue, and each j
year sees brilliant discoveries added t
to the records of science. There is no i (
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should not be synthetically made If 1
chemists can And what its composition i
and structure are. The only reason <
they cannot make an egg is that they i
do not know how to build the fabric. \
Tliey have each composite part, but i
they cannot put them together, and, i
as one chemist remarked to the
writer, "Building the structure doesn't <
properly belong to chemistry, any- s
way." - ? i \
Synthetic quinine is the aim of the <
large body of chemists engaged in re- 1
search work just at present. Others 1
are working to produce sugar, and the i
men who find these formulae will j
make their fortunes. A way to pro- t
duce synthetic quinine has been found, 1
but it is yet too expensive for commer- l
cial purposes. Chemists have just begun
to be appreciated in this country. 1
Forty-five years ago, when the sugar ]
industry was begun here in the United ;
States, Professor Chandler, of Colum- 1
bia University, then a boy still at his 1
studies, was given a job by a friend :
in the storehouses over in Brooklyn, j
The position was more to help the boy \
through his scientific course than any- <
thing else. . ]
"But what shall I do?" asked the j
student.
"Do?" his benefactor replied. "Oh. i
do anything, but keep out of the way j
and don't ask questions!" ]
He who was some day to add his' i
contributions to science took the pat- i
ronizing friend at his word and did i
what he wanted to do without going <
to a superior every day for permission. J
The experiments and formulae learned i
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into practical use and soon "the boy
out in the back room" began sending
in recommendations to headquarters
as to savings here, expenditures there, ;
a mass of economic detail that sur- i
purised the older heads.
That was years ago. To-day each
sugar plant in the country has a laboratory
and hundreds of chemist3 are
employed. They are being taken into i
factories generally and put at research
work and analysis. In competition the
house that can produce the cheapest
and the best is the successful one and
here economy counts?therefore the research
chemist.
In Germany, where the profession is
farthest advanced, manufacturing establishments
usually have a group of
chemists. Maybe they -will work for
years without accomplishing any results,
still their pay continues. Then,
some day, the long-sought process or
solution is obtained, and thousands of
dollars saved. That is one reason why
the Germans and the English excel us
in chemical industry. They recognize
the chemist's worth, and have forged
ahead through his ingenuity.
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Magic Has Done.
S A WASTE BY-PRODUCT.
Perkin Discovery, Which Die
ion in the Front Rank of
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William Henry Perkin, F. K. S., LL.
D.. Ph. D., D. Sc., V. P. C. S., is still
alive, although this string of abbreviations
after his name might lead
some to think differently. He is working
patiently in his laboratory in re
search study and experiments with
just as much zeal as before the day
when lie made his "strike" in coal tar.
Dr. Perkin was born in London on
March 12, 1S3S. and studied chemistry
under Dr. A. W. Hofmann at the Royal
College of Chemistry, where he was
afterwards assistant in his research
laboratory. It was here Dr. Perkin
:ade his coal tar. sensation by the
discovery of the mauve dye in 1836.
He was then only eighteen years of
age. Subsequently he became interest*
oil in the manufacture of coal tar colors,
and continued in this work until
1S74. Since then Dr. Perkin's time
has been occupied in research work
and writing. His publications are numerous,
and include a circle range of
subjects.
Although an Englishman discovered
the value of coal tar and English manufacturers
were the first to put the
country's large deposits of the raw
material to practical use, Germany has
succeeded in taking the) industry away
from the Britons, and is now importing
the raw material to keep her factories
supplied and running. Germany lias
taken tlfe lead, because the Government
has done everything possible to
encourage the profession as well as the
industry, and her chemists are masters
who lead the world.
Amon'oo ni?A^tinAO nnon
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ties of coal tar. It is formed from the
old-fashioned process of making ooai
gas, and although this system is now
out of date, it is still used to make the
coal tar now instead of the gas. A
story is told and vouched for by an
eminent authority that illustrates how
highly this by-product is valued. It
seems that not many years ago on the
banks of the Schuylkill River, in Philadelphia,
was a gas works. That was
in the days prior to Perkin's discovery.
The gas men had no use for the coal
tar, and its rapid aocumulation soon
became a nuisance and a burden to
them.
The city would not permit the company
to run the tar into the river, so
the gas men put down a drain, which
ostensibly was to empty into a big
underground reservoir, but which really
discharged into the river beneath
the surface of the water. Coal tar 19
too thick a substance to mix with
water. It congeals just Tike molasses
candy, when in making it you drop it
into a glass to see if it has boiled to the
proper consistency. That is just what
:he coal tardischarged from this Philaielphia
gas works did. When it flowed
Prom tlio nines of the eras works into
the river it sank into a pocket in the
river bottom, and formed a hard, solid
leposit, gradually accumulating in size
is the years rolled on. ' Then the new
process of making gas came into vogue,
md the old works on tlie Schuylkill
rvere abandoned.
Several years after the value of the
lespiscd coal tar became known, a
sharp-witted chemist, in hosing around
the old gas works on the Schuylkill,
liscovered the drain pipe, and followng
it up found that the output of coal
:ar for years had been emptied into the
river. It did not take long to,engage
i diver and set him to work, with the
esult that the rich deposit was located,
inally brought to the surface 'and
utilized to a considerable profit.
The chemical industry is on the gain
lere in America, and is coming up with
ragid bounds. One thing that has
icted to keep it down is the present
tax on alcohol, which, it is expected,
frill be removed by this session of Congress.
Alcohol is a great solvent, and
in the different processes of manufacture
and research work is used in great
luantitles. Net in the United States,
however. Here at $2.30 a gallon it is
prohibitive.
Alcohol can be made for fifteen cents
n proof gallon, yet the tax on it here
is $1.10 for every proof gallon made.
[t seems strange, out ir is nevertheless
time. In England .and in Europe there
is not this handicap, and "with such a
difference in the price existing in favor
of the foreigners, one advantage they
hold in re mrch -work is plain to be
seen. Sentiment and a popular agitation
on intemperance has helped greatly
in influencing the Government to
maintain its tax on alcohol. The
United States has been against any
policy which should encourage the production
of alcohol as a beverage, and
the enforcement of the law has cost
the Government a lot of money. The
moonshiners in the mountains and the
illicit distillers in the crowded cities
have been the transgressors.
Chemists acknowledge the danger of
taking down all bars and permitting
the wholesale manufacture of all kinds
of alcohol. They have, however, at
last made It plain to Congress that the
sort of alcohol they wish to use In
their profession is as different from
rum alcohol as whisky is from water.
The New York section of the Society
of Chemical Industry, which has done
so much to advance all branches of
the profession in America, is the group
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01 men WHO aie uun ?? uiaiuj iv# iuia
a Perkin memorial in the form of a
scholarship to encourage chemical re
search.?H. J. C., in New York Foat,
Indiana paid $72,17S,2TG in wages In
factories in 1905.
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he" was "not a patriot.
Cniii He Caught Sierht pf the FI*?, nnrt He
yth? hypnotized. ?
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'T am :ioi a patriot," 'said the
grouch: "that is not the 'my-eoimtryr'ght-or-wrong*
kind. That sort of patriotism
is only an enlarged egotism?it
w founded 0:1 the mere accident of
birth. The owner of it loves his country.
and believes in it solely because he
vas born in it. He thinks it must be a
treat country to have produced him.
Xow. I iret itt my patriotism?if you
can call it that?the other way .round.
1 love and honor my country for the
ideals and ideas it represents, and after
having compared it with other countries
and found it better. If comparison
had demonstrated that the cause
of lininanitv Was better served bv some
other country, I would rank that first
in uiy esteem. I was b.orn human by
tiie law of heaven?boundaries established
by man governed my American
nativity.
"Eur. as 1 said. I love this land for
what it is doing for humanity. I believe
in it. and would fight to extend its
boundaries over the whole earth, so
[ long as its lofty ideals are maintained.
My country is an idea?the American
idea?and knows no boundaries nor
rules. It isn't a government; it is a
people, a people striving toward a subi
lime eud. The government may be
| vested for a time in the hands of unworthy
men; an oligarchy of special interests
that seek to exploit the nation
may use it for selfish ends. The ordinary
4my-country-right-or-wrong* kind
of patriot is as wax in the hands of
such schemers. He thiuks that the government
is the country. Thank heavens!
there are enough reasoning pa-1
tricts to offset the machinations of the
schemers and gullibility of that kind
of patriot?or there have been, heretofore.
and the American idea marches
grandly on.
"Sometimes it has to do bloody deeds
to win its way. It has to kill a few
hundred Mcros in order to benefit millions.
Some chicken-hearted persons
call this cruel. Tliey would not call it
cruel if the few hundred Moros were
suffered to check the ousweep of the
great ideal and savagery were permitted
to work its evil will because we
refrained from interference. They
would call it 'Providence/ Those people
always blame God for their sins of
omission. They are not patriots of
any kind, being false even to humanity.
'As for me, I discriminate; I?" and
just then we came in sight of "Old
Glory" floating from the flagpole of the
high school. The grouch doffed his hat [
and a wrapt and reverent expression
came over his rugged features. "God
bless the flag!" he said devoutly. "I
reckon I'd follow it wherever it led.
It kinder hypnotizes you."?St Loui?
Globe-Democrat.
WORDS OF WISDOM. ,
T/et past errors serve as warning
guides to future excellence.
When duty coincides with interest,
. honesty in office is made easy.
The battle is never to the strong
where brains are given half a show.
In the last analysis, most human
lore is mainly simile and metaphor.
Most of us want to cast our bread
upon the waters with a string tied to it.
Not all is harmony that sweetly
chimes, nor yet all poetry that aptly
rhymes.
"Strait is the gate and narrow is the
way," to those who would the moral
law obey.
When we speed to the devil's honse,
woman takes the lead by a thousand
steps.?Goethe.
Riches may "shrivel the .soul," but
poverty is equally hard on the suppers.
?Chicago Tribune.
When joyous, a woman's license is
not to be eudured; when in terror, she
is a plague.?Aeschylus.
Modesty in woman is a virtue most
deserving, since we do all we can to
cure her of it.?Lingree.
An optimist is a man who always
hopes for the best, and when he gets it
hopes for something better.
There are a great many times in our
lives when our "strength is to sit still."
Motion is good in its time, but so is
meditation, so is quiet study, so Is patient
waiting on God. If a bucket is to
be filled from a spout of water, the best
place for that bucket is to keep it uu
der the stream until it is full. We
soon run empty of grace, and need replenishing,
need to be ''filled unto all
the fullness of God.''?Theodore Cuyler.
All llercgnlzed H< r.
The four old captains oi Salt Marsh,
after carefully studying the attractions
ottered by the iniud .eider who'j
was to hold forth in the town hall,
decided to attend the entertainment.
"We can #;o right f~oin the post office
when mail's in," said Captain
Gregg, most adventurous of "he four,
"and there .'.oesn't seem to be any need
to consult our women folks, so far as,
I know. Most likely we shan't stay
more'n a lew minute?."
They were all agreed as to the advisability
of this plan, and the next
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row, with interest written on their
faces.
After a few preliminary exhibitions
which caused the scattered audience
to gasp and wriggle, the mind-reader
said in a solemn tone:
' There is one person in this audience
who has been thinking ever since
he came in here of a person who is
perhaps the strongest influence in his
life?a small, determined looking woman.
with eyes that snap and "
At this point the four old captains
rose as if moved by a single spring and
filed from the ball. When they reached
the safety of the steps, Captain Gregg
turned to the others and spoke in a
hoarse whisper:
"Which one of us do you suppose hmeant?"?Youth's
Companion.
COURT CANNOT INTERFERE
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injunction Sought by Presbyterians
Denied Because Religion is Beyond
Pale of Jurisprudence.
Tlie application for an injunction
to restrain the union of the Presbyterian
churches Vas deckled in court
at Decatur, 111., Wednesday by Judge V
Johns. .. .
He refused to issue the injunction.
He said that the case has no parallel
in the jurisprudence of the United
States. He treated the church as "a
vAtuntflfv rtrjrnrirflTlrm tkf> a*?ts " of X
whose highest tribunal are binding *
on all members, and will not be interfered
with by the courts if the acts
are fair and honest He held that
courts of equity will not pass on doc- # ^
.trinal matters, the decisions of eccle- Q
siastical judiciaries being binding on
civil courts as to matters of faith.
The decision sets forth the various
acts of the Cumberland general assembly
and says:
These actions of the assembly
must be held to be a determination ^
of its right and power."
As to doctrine, the court held that .
"whether the doctrines of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church are wisely
variant from those of the Presbyterian
church, is an ecclesiastical
question solely, upon which, having '
decided by an ecclesiastical judiciary,
the civil court is powerless to in.
V v j > *?
quire."
The decision adds: "No court has
ever enjoined an ecclesiastical body
from considering what action it should
t^ke. This application is without pre- ^
cedent."
Thr> oninion was read in the \
assembly. Dr. Steele introduced ,a
resolution ttet in entering the union
the Cumberland Presbyterians do not
surrender any integral part of their
dotrine. He read a statement made
by the original Cumberland presby ^
tery, which said that the exception of
fatality would not affect the Cumber* ^
bind doctrine. The resolution was
adopted 1C2 to 108.
Dr. \V. H. Black, president of the /rJ?p
Missouri Valiey college, chairman,
read the report on . fraternity and
union, which was adopted. The antis
filed a protest.
TRAGEDY BROKE UP MEETING.
Two Men Killed at Political Speaking
in Chipley.
' In a pistol duel at Chipley, Ga.,
Wednesday, Joe Hasty, a farmer, was
instantly killed and Irvin, the slayer, .
was shot to death as ha ran-from the
scene by several persons who pursued ' ^
him. < *"
The first shooting occurred on' the
outer edge of a grove, in which w^a
an audience listening to a political ; v ^
speech by Hoke Smith, and the sec- -3&B9
ond killing took place about three ^
blocks away. ". ;-|||
The speaking was abruptly term!-' '
naied.
There,had been bad feeling between
Hasty and Irvin over an alleged debt ^lli
or 15 cents, which the former Is sail 'J/M
to have owed the latter. The two
men met in the crowd at the speaking |s
and excl^anged hot words. Soon they
began shooting at each other, the
crowd falling away in an effort to es- :vl?$
cape danger.
Hasty soon fett mortally wounded,
and expired Immediately. Irvin ran
end was pursued by several men,
whose identity is not yet known. The V
pursuers opened up a regular fusilade
of shots, and before he had gone f
more than three blocks Irvin fell and
died, having been struck by a num- ber
of bullets. In all, about sixtyave
shots were fired. It is said that .'f,
others beside Irvin fired at Hasty
while the difficulty in the grove was
in progress. Two spectators in the /
?cMorhtiv wounded by bill
giO.C J
ic-ts, which grazed them. Irvin was
25 years of age, and was married jVJ
about six months ago. Hasty wa3 SI
ye-.irs oi age, and unmarried.
Sale cf Union Cotton Mills.
Union cotton mills at Union, S. Cn
were sold Wednesday to the Union
and Buffalo Cotton Mills Company. J
It was bid in by William Elliott, ot
Columbia, for $l,239,490--only one V'
bid. The mills will continue in oper>
tion.
GUARDS KILL CONVICTS. |
White Man and Negro Shot Down In ^
Attempt to Escape.
jonn B. McMillan, 25 years old, who "lwas
convicted in Greensboro, N. C., .
iui cuiu w tnj
. - '.^3
years' imprisonment on the county
roads, was shot to death near the city
Thursday morning while making a ' .
dash for liberty. McMillan, with four
other convicts, got away from the
guards, who opened fire upon thein, .
killing Jesse Thomas, a negro, instantly,
and mortally wounding Mc- . a
Mil lan.
BILL FOR FREE ALCOHOL.
Measure Adopted in the Senate as Reported
from Committee.
The senate Thursday passed the so- - ^
calied free alcohol bill as It was reported
from the commit to a cn finance. - ">
The bill has already passed the house
and amendments which the senate
has adopted do net materially change
its scope, it does net go into effect
until May 1, 1907.