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THE BATESBURG AD1 . _ . ' .k >* <?- 4 "J VOL 1. BATESBURG, 8. C? WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1901 VA AQ * 1 SOME PAST HISTORY Ex-Qov. Chamberlain Writes <1 ths Reconstruction L-.wi AS HE SAW THEM Dui>g ths Good Days cf Good ( tsaling and Pil ago in 8c u'h Carolina. Hampton as a Leader. That the reconstruction measures of tho Republican Congressional leaders immediately after the war were a mis take was maintained by this paper at the time. That they were directly re sponsible lor the era of corruption and miegoverameut which atllioted tbo South up to the end of the efforts to . maintain a black or Republican tupro maoy through tbo use of Federal troops and denial of politioal rights to tbo rebel or white leaders has been abundantly demonstrated in the passago tf time. Of the nature of the blunder and its doplorablo constquereos no one is better qualified to speak than Daniel H. Chamberlain, of this State, former Governor of South Carolina, who most fittingly heads a list of Atlantic Monthly contributors on rcconstru otion in tho South, fiis artio'e in tho April number of that magazine is well worth attention. Tho purpose as well as tho effects (f the reconstruction measures devised by Thaddeus Stevens and Oliver P. Mor ton were to unite tho blacks, wholly regardless of their utter ignorance and inexperience and unfitness, and secure to them, and the party they were allitd with, that supremacy in Southern government which their numbers alone entitled them to. Thus tho natural rulers of that section were not merely ignored, but were sharply antagonized and embittered to tho last degree. The inevitable consequences to the negro himself wero the worst possible and are conspicuously felt to this day. ' Governor Chamberlain was not by any means a sympathetic agent of tho Congressional extremists in their measures of the time. Ho had enlisted from Massachusetts and was in command of colored troops during tho lat ter part of the rebellion, settling in South Carolina afur tho war. Ho had peioeived the folly of tho plans of the l^^tf^^ongro&sional leaders in reconstruction and in his visits to WashH Bor about the year 1867 he had H^^^^^^^^wviows on tho with ^^^^^^^^^^Hlorton. Of tho Thaddeus Sieveus most s that limited the bim leader H^^^H^^B|^|^H|^H^Biected Cover |^BB^^^^H|^BBrceumptuou9 the State which thoimduea^Pm^P^^tbility and experience eajtiiled W ~ them to. His refusals to commrtai?n two Judges nominated or diotatcd ov a Republican caucus is a o&te in pcick which is historical in South Carolina^ That Governor Chamberlain failed to gain the confidonoo and support of the whites, who turned to Wade Hampton in 1876, is very far from tclliDg against . the ability, impartiality and honesty of his administration. Under tho cirsum I staDoes it was hardly to be expooted, t and the settlement of the disputed results of tho State election of 1876 by L Mr. Chamberlain's withdrawal of lis claims and tho passing of the State into i the hands of the whites was tho wisost I possible and and reflects orodit upoa I him. It is interesting to note that he I has, in this article, only appreciative r words for his old antagonist, Gen. Wade HamptOD, whom he characterizes as tho one true leader South Carolina had had after Calhoun. Tho etrenghth of his leadership, Mr. Chamberlain sa>s, lay not in his intellectual or oratorical 1 superiority, "but in high and forceful character, perfeot courago and real devotion to what he conceived to be the wolfaro of South Carolina " Of the general oharacter of the reconstruction measures Governor Cham berlain says: "It is now plain to all that rec>nstruction under the Acts of 1867 was, a* any rate, a frightful experiment, whioh never could have given a real statesman who learned or know tho faots the smallest hopo of success. Government, self-government, tho care of common public intorests by tho people themselves, is not so easy or simple a task as not to require a modicum of experience aB well as a modicum of mental and moral oharaotcr. In tho mass of 78,000 colored voterB iu South Carolina '.n 1867 what elements or forces could have existed that made for I good government? * * * Added to this obvious discouragement and impossibility iu South Carolina was tho fact that these 78,000 colored voters woro distinctly and of design pitted against 46,000 whites, who held all tho proper ty, eduoation and public experience of tho Stato. It is not less than checking to think of 6uoh odds, such inevitable disastor. Yet it was deliberately planned and eagerly welcomed at Washington, and calmly accepted by tho par ty through the country." And again in concluding his review HB ?a most valuable historical chapter? of South Carolina's ten-years' experienoc under reconstruction, ho says: m "The chapter of rocent events e>v m^B ered by this paper is mado up largely EailSW\of the rooord of mistakes and orimes I followed by tho suro, unvarying retri buttons whioh alt history te&ohcs aro tho early or lato result of evil ocursos in nations and States a.> well as in individuals. To whom, humanly spoaking, aro these woes and wastes charge able 7 Tho answer must be. to thoso ^^Mho devised and put in oporation the SBH^BiOngresHional scheme of reconstruction 3H|JB-to their unspoakablo folly, their ^^^^^ ind party greod, their insonsato atm^flmpt to rcvorsc tho laws which control BMB^Biman society." gBiflgmHTho condemnation is unqalificd and ja3?M||BmeH from one probably moro compoto speak impartially on tho tubHggjra^Bct than any man now living. ISBBlSn'ho Republican leadership which ^^^^^Hve through tho moasures of 18(>7 was lacking in high ability for Stato craft. I(s fault was that it had become the rnoro or less unooni oious victim of blind party feeling which sought to rui.ko perpetual in tho nation a party F position of unparalleled stroogth.? Springfield ltojublioan. A Narrow Escape. 05 Two Young ladies bad a cairow es- w capo from drowing at Arlington Mills jj at Greer's Wednesday afternoon. _ Misses Wood and Armstrong, who live 1 I not far frcm tho mill, v ere driving in a 1* luggy going homo. While crossing h the biidgo ever tho ri-'er at the mill, tho mulo got freightcncd at tho rush and roar of tho rive r and oommcnood , backing, and before it oould bo stopped, " baoked tho l uggy off tho bridge, the , two young women, buggy and mulo oi falling twelve feet into the river, in six 1 feet of woathor. Tho river was swollen ^ by tho heavy:ains of the past two days, and tho ourront wnvir/ swift. The p< buggy with its oocupauts was swept w fifty yards dowrnn str< am. Twoyouug 0] mon who saw tbo accident, aud kno*ing 0j tho helpless and almost hopeless pesi- % tion of tho girls, ran down the batks ^ of tho river, dached into the stream, w and euo^eoded in resouing tho girls t\] about fifty yards below tho biidge. 0, Messrs. Armstrong aud Ban well wero b, tho men who sived tho lives of tho girls. Tho mulo and luggy wcro rolled it and dashed out into tho btrcam and tho mulo was drowned. Tho young ladies p, wotclaken to a residence near by and bi givon every attention. It is feared that y they aro badly injured by the fall and fc sl-ook. pi A Great Ship. Tho now White Star lino steamer Celtic, tho largest veesol over built, was successfully launched at Brlfast, QJ Thursday morning in tho prosonoo of a largo and representative gathering. Tho ^ christening was pcrformca by tho ^ Marshioneus of DufferiD. Tho arrango ments for the laurchirg were similar Q| to thoeo of tho Ocouio and tho new .> vessel glided from tho wa/s and was pulled up within her own length by dropping three pairs of anchors. Tho launohiuz occurred admidst cheers of tho people and tho blowing of sirens and fog herns. Tho Celtio has Dino si decks und a oapaoiiy for 2,8")!) pass^n hi gcip. She will carry a crow of 355 cf men. Her tonnage is 3 <500 greater re than tlatof the Oc avio and nearly lo double that of tho Kvscr Wilhclm dcr to Grosse and her diipUcomont is 12 500 tr greater than that of the latter ves-ol, w whilo hrr displacement and tonnage aro cs 10 300 i vcr that of tl c Qriat Kastcro w; The Celtic's dimensions are as tollows: ti Length 6S0 0 foot; beam 75 fret, depth: oj 41 1 feet. Gross toncago 20,880; pet si tonnago 13 650. Tho Celtic will have di a displacement of 33 000 tons. wi Kev. Jasper Dead. ; m Bcv Johu Jasper, of Kiohu>?nd, died Saturday. Tho face of his aor j tr mon, ''Do Sun Do Move," did tho: oa worthy oltL man touio disirjdit. th Althouch ilVeraterhe was rot ignf-ast. th or uneducated There is cfton afmis- so conception as to.what oonstitutrsUdu- hi cation. It islcotbook learning, me&lv, so although many of tho most impomnt. pe facts a man can know arc treated o^in oo books. 11.v John J*9pcr was not ttio ignorant noisy pounding nr^ro preacher merely that tho famous sermon he i reached friqucntly indicated. jE lie had a strong mi(id naturally, which, di improved by crpcitenoo and obscrva- ft tion '.'uided by a kindly heart, \\ htm in a position of immcncao 8p 'I ii fluenoe among the negroes and gain th .U LI. .. v..w FWI'IC "o til was a worthy and wiso man.?Newport wi News Ilerald. ye McLaurin (lets it. r1' The government exhibits at tho Huf- 0f falo exposition will be brought to Char- jj( leston for tho South Carolina Interstate w and West Indian KxpoP;tition. Tho arrangt ment to hsve tbe (I ailed States j represented at the Charleston show was made by Senator John L MoLaurin Soveral days apo Sinator McLaurin tcok up tho question of securing the exhibits for Charleston, as was told in Tho Evening Post several days ago. Ho ^ had several confrronocs with tho heads Qe of of several of tho dej artmonts,and tho Qj matter of securing tho exhibits was dis- w ouesed, and ho was told that tho matter m wruld ho given consideration Thurs- ar day morning the suV j iot was taken up again and Senator McLaurin was informed thai tho exhibits would bo sont to Charleston if tho exposition company furnished tho buildings. rc m Will Issue a Manifesto. pi Aguinaldo has tho assistance of rf Chief .Justice Arellano and Fisher, Gon. Mao Arthur's private secretary, in ' preparing his manifisto 'Pho work is . not ocmpletcd and tho tenor of the V1 oontcnts is not divulged Chief Jus- T tico Arellano had a long conference l' with Aguinaldo. Ho says Aguinaldo 9 is realizing tho futility of furthor ro n' sistancc and is desirous of trusting to * tho justioo and generosity of tho Atneri oan peoplo. Tho chief of tho revolution will urge tho insurgents to cease lighting and accept American sovcr cc cignty. i?cro" Are'lano says that 01 Aguinaldo 9 manifesto is not yet pre 10 pared for publication aDd that ho is uo- D< ablo to furnish tho text Tho authori- P' tics assert that a for in al announcement ar will be made when anything de'inito is ai accomplished. w ci Swollen Ifivers. Local Forecaster Jcsunofsky, of Charleston, sent out tho following "warning" Thursday: M Tho Watereo at Camden, 15 foot 11 abovo tho danger line; the Poo Deo at d( Cheraw 15, bearing the danger lino; re tho Uongsree at Colu nbia 15.4 foot oc abovo tho danger line. gi Tho Pee Doe at Okeraw and Watcreo re at Camden will rise <> to 10 feet addl- b] tionally, and will begin receding late w Thursday. T Tho Congarco at Columbia will riso w 5 to 11 feet additionally and will begin d< slowly receding lato Thursday. ol Tho lower streams in South Carolina oi will rosoh danger linos by tho 9th or v< 10th. tl Otint Keep Down Fight. Tho London Daily Chroniolo publishes tho following dispatoh from Berlin: "Count von Waldorste has w sent an urgont telegram to Kmperor di William, imploring him to endeavor to m hasten tho negotiations for tho with- gi drawals of tho allied troops on tho li ground that it is impossible to prevent n quarrols between tho soldiers of differcnt natioaalities, which might at w any moment lead to serious trouble." bi A GHASTLY FIND. he Dead Body of William Mayner Found in Hii House. Information has been received in the ity of the death of Wm. Mayner, a hite man alout 50 years old, who ved abont 10 miles north of the oity. ho man was fonnd dead in his house >st Sunday, and it was evidont that 0 had been doad for soveral days, as ^composition hid already set in. Mr. layner lived t>y himself, although ho ad a wife and several ohildien. Thoy id not live with him, but are employ1 in tho cotton mills in this oity. Sunday a neighbor went to oall on layner, but fouod the htuso scouroly eked, and no ono replied to his reja'td knooks. Looking through a indow ho saw Mayner stting in a lair with his hoad bowed down on his i?st and ono of his hands grasping ohair round Breaking down tho door, was <iuiokly discovered that Mayner as dead and had been for some time, lagistrato Kabun held the icquost, wing to the coroner not being able to 3 prcsont, and tho verdiot was that layner oamo to his death from nairal causes. Tho last seen of him was on Tuesday receding the day of tho finding of his 3dy. lie was in Columbia that day. o ovidently intended to jomo back, 1 L2- r ii ii >r ma wagon was iouna loaaocl with rodujo for salo in tho oity. Ho had ' po killed a hog, and it was found half it up in tho room whore tho dead man as. It was while performing this ork probably that the fatal attaok tme on him. As stated, Mayner's 1 ituily did not live with him, and Tho eoord's informant states that a few ?ys after tho inquost Magistrate Itibun arricd tho widow Mayncr to a man imod Morris. Mayncr owned about 10 aoros of what is said to bo good ud ?Columbia Hsoord. No Lard for Her, "Mrs. Pullman, tho widow of tho i coping oar magnato, is fair, fat and I is grown sons. She also has millions i dollars. Si o rpont some time in Kuipe rcoently. While tl oro an Knglish rJ saw hor, and learned approxima | ly how muoh sho was worth. Ho itd t>? bo pri seated, but hor widow's eeds preventsi. Nevertheless ho bet no deeply :n love. All he desired as an opportunity to lay his hoart, his tie and his oastlos at her feet. Tho ^portunity failed to eventuate while , 10 was on the other side, so tho other ty he sent her a cable message of 150 ords (paid),'in which ho laid bare his ' art and asked for hor hand. So uch in earnest was ho that be cabled ' 15 for an immodiato return message* om tho objeot of his affootions. Tho1 1 He ra'e to London is something liko roo words for $1, hen'e he conoludodi at seventy welds, of the rightf ' rt, would bo enough to make him, 1 tppy. But tie prepaid reply was not nt. "A pieoo of unwarrantable imirtinenjo," was Mrs. Pullman's onli mmrnent." i Some Solid Truths. ( President and Mrs BooktcrT. Wash- 1 gton were the guoetB of honor at a nner, given by the Now York Social iform Club Wednesday n ght. Mr. 1 ashington was introduced as tho first 1 eaker. He said: "Id dealing with 1 0 negro raoe wc must boar in mind 1 at it cano from a land where thero as need for labor. Then for 250 >ars it was forcod to labor in a way itle calculated to givo itlovo for work, believo that in siavory tho solution tho problem was really laid and I be:vo if wo oould havo taken it up just hero it was left off when slavery ended would havo boon better for our peoe. They felt that to hold office was io highest thing thoy oould attain and | lev put moro emphasis on the politioal an tho industrial side of hfo. They lought tho objoot of education was to it thorn in a position where they ould not havo to wirk. Eighty per mt. of the pcoplo in tho south dopond 1 agriculture for a living and ho began ith that as a basis. Wo havo tried to ako our farm an objt ct les-on to those ound us." i Tito Real Issue. The spcaial significance of eleotion 1 suits in tho prinoi[al oitios of tho iddlo western states lies in tho omsa'.ic viriict which tho voters have 1 gistcrrd against continuod corporate >utrol. In Cleveland, Columbus and olodo, thrco of the four largo oities of hio, tho Dcmooratio candidates woro ' ctorious; in tho fourth of tho Ohio larlottc, Cinoinnati, thero was no eleo on. In those three cities the issue was tarply drawn. Tho Republican nomi20* were well understood to stand for ' to corporations which hold or hopo to 1 )ld municipal franchises, while the 1 emooraiio nominees stood squarely for to causo of tho pcoplo as against those irporations and their oonticuid do mi moo. The liepublioans endeavored i dodgo the ist-uo, bat the peoplo would , )t havo it. They knew that tho liolbl'.oan party stands j ra-enjincntly id essentially for thoso corporations, i id in each instance a ltrgo majotity as registered against tho ltopuolioan indidato. Scandal Among Nuns. Mercy Hospital, at Iron mountain, iioh , has clorod its doors by orders of ishop Kis, and the nans havo beon orlied to leave tho diocoase. This is tho suit of an eclesiastioal scandal which ourrod last January whon Klien Horn, a novitato in the hospital was arfctod on an insanity ohargo, preferred 1 tho Mothor Superior. Miss Ilogac as adjudged-sano bytha probate court, ho mother Superior also charged her ith theft. After being released by or irofJudg) B.-rger, Miss Ilogan mado iargon against tho Mother Superior, is of which was drunkeness. The instigation by Bishop Kis resulted in 10 closing of tho institution. A Bud Man. T. K. Ilennigsr, of Memphis, Tonn , ho was arrested oharged with the mur or ot his wife, was Wednesday ocmlitted to jail to await tho aotion of tho rand Jury. It developed at tho prominary <xamination that Mrs. lion igar oarried a life iosuranoo polioy for 20,000 payablo to her husband, upon hioli a three months' premium had son paid the day boforo her death. * THE SIMPLE FACTS , About Annexations of Territory to the United State*. SOME INTERESTING TRUTHS That Should be Read and Remembered by Seme Benighted Editors in South Carolina. i > FORMER ANNEXATIONS. | So muoh has been said by the im- 1 periAlists to tfco tffeot tbat tbo admin- 5 istration's Philippine policy is identical , with the annexations of tho past that it , is important that the stndent of publio i (fairs should clearly andorstand tho 1 facts relating to annexations. NORTHWEST TERRITORY. Tho territory now forming tbo States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Miohigan and Wisconsin, was called tho "North- t west Torritory." Now York, Virginia, j Massachusetts and Connecticut several- f ly laid claim to this torritory, but finally v oaoh stato ceded, its interests to the r general government. This may bo 1 called our first annexation. In 1787, f congress trtvided for tho government of this territory. It provided that after c 1800 slavery witbin this territory should t bo prohibited. It was also provided that ] no property qualification should bo .re- | quired of olcctors, A temporary gcv- . ernment was authorized to exist until j tho malo population of tho territory | reaohed 5,000, at whioh timo a per- c aancnt representative government j would bo permittod, with a rejrofenta- v tivo in congress possessing tho same c privileges that our territorial delegates \ do today?entitlod to debate, but not t to voto. It wa9 also provided that ? whenever tho inhabitants of any one t section of tho territory numbered GO,- j 1)00, that ecotion should bo admitted as a state. THE JAY TREATY. j Tbo first annexation treaty was with t CJrcat Britain, and was known as tho y Jay treaty. This a as mado Feb. 29, g 17DG It contained this prevision: t Article II.?All sellers and traders <] within the preoinots or jurisdiction of [ tho raid posts * * * Shall not be com t polled to become citizens of the United d States, but they stall be at full liberty to do so if thoy think proper, and thoy s ahull make and dcolaro their election t within a year after the evaou&tion afore- ? A r,.l .11 ? I- _ -.-11 j?4U. 4 4uu 911 ^uiouua ??uu ouiii i'uu- i ^ tinue there after the expiration of tho laid year withou\having dcoUred their r intention of remaining but jeots of hit* ( Uritannio majesty %hall be oonsideroi , is having footed t<Aheoouv> chiivns of t tho Unitea States. ^ y LOUISIANA PURCUA8E. ( The seoond treaty was the Liuisiana 1 Purchase treaty of Ootober 21, 1803, t made with Frauoo. It provided: i Article III,?Tho inhobitant* of tho r seded tirritory shall be ineorporoted in t the union cf the United Slates, and ad s mittcd as soon as possible, aojordirg to i the principles of tbo Federal Constitu- 1 Lion, to tho enjoyment of all tho rights, c advantages aud immunities of the citiEcns of tho United States, and in the j meantime they shall bo maintained and f protested in the free enjoyment of c their liberty, property and the religion } which they profess. t THE FLORIDA CESSION. J The third treaty involved the cession 6 of Florida. It was made with Spain Feb. 22, 1821 and provided: Article VI.?The inhabitants cf tho territories whioh his Catholic majesty f cedes to tho United States by this treaty rhail bo incorporated in tho * union of tho United Statc6 es soon as 0 may bo consistent with tho principles c of the Federal Constitution, and admit- 1 tod to tho enjoj msnt of all tho privi- ' leges, rights and immunities of the ' citizens of the United States. j' OUR TREATIES \vn II MEXICO. The fourth and fifth treaties wero t executed July 1 184S and Jute 30 1851 1 Thoy wero known as tho Mexican t treaty and the Gadsden Purohaio treaty j and provided: j Artiolo IX.?Tho Mexioans who in s tho territories aforesaid shall not pre- j servo tho character of citizens of tho s Mexican republic ahall bo incorporated ( into the UDion of the United States and ( bo admitted at the proper time (10 bo ? judged of by tho congress of the United . States) to tho enjoyment of all the t rights of oitizens of tho United States t aooordirg to tho Constitution, and in . tho meantime shall bo maintained , and protootod in tho froo enjoyment of their liberty and propiriy and sooared in tho frco < xeroieo of their religion without restriction. < ANNEXATION OK ALASKA. I Tbo sixth treaty involved tho Alaskan ' purchase. It was made with Russia 8 June 20, 18(17, and provided: Arliolo 111.?The inhabitants of tbo c coded territory acoording to thoir ' ohoioo, reserving thoir natural alle- * gianoo, may return to Russia within ' throe yoars, but if thoy should profer 8 to remain in tho ocdod territory, they 1 with tho exoeption of tho unoivilizod c nativo tribos, shall bo admittod to tho * enjoyment of all tho tights, ad van \ tages and immunities of oitizons J of tho United Statos, and shall be I maintained and protcoted in tho ftoo 1 eojcyiuont of their liberty, proporty c and religion. Tho uncivilized tribes ( will bo bubjoot to buoh laws and rcgula- i tions as the Unitod Slates may frrm time to timo adopt in regard to aboriginal tribos of that country. THE CASK OK HAWAII. Tho next instance of annexation was Hawaii. This accomplished by joint j resolution of Congress, whioh joint r resolution providod as follows: > All whito persons, including I'ortu ( gucso and persons of African dosoent, f and all porsons dosoondod from a , Hawaiian raco, on either tho pr.tornal f or matornal sido, who wcro oitizens of : tho ropublio of Hawaii immediately f prior to tho transfer of tho sovereignty < thoroof totho United States, are hereby , declared to bo oitizens of tho United , Statos. I THE TllKATY WITH SPAIN. I Tho soventh troaty was mado with ( Spain December, 10th, 181(8. It was f tho poaoo troaiy. This troaty provided: i Article IX?Spanish Fubjcots, nrtives of the ieninsula * * * may proserve tbeir illegianoo to tho orown of 3pain by making bcforo a court of record, within a voar from the dato of tho exohango of ratifications of this treaty, a declaration of their decision toproseivo sush allegianoc, in default >f which declaration ibey shall be held to havo rcnourcol it and to have sdopted tho nationality of tho toriitory in whioh they may reside. Tho oiv>l rights acd political status >f tho native inhabitants of tho territories hereby ceded to tho inhabitants )f tho United S ates shall be determined by tho Congress. It will not bo diffioult for tho student :o determine the difforeooo between the idministration's Phil'ppino pol'oy and :ho policy adopted in all former inlexaf'ons. In all other instances oiti scnbh'n for tho nnnnln r. f inTrlln*** lcxcd was contemplated and provided 'or. In this instanoo citzmship was rot guaranteed to the people of the inn? xed territory, but the civil rights ind political ttalufl of the native iniabi:ants were left for tko dctrrmina,ion of Congrors. TUB M'ENERY RESOLUTION. Tho difTorenco between tho adminis ration's Philippine policy and tbo nlicy adhered to withrospcet to a I orinor annexations was emphasized vhen tho United States Senate, after atifying tho pcaoo treaty, adopted tho dcKnery resolution, whioh provided as ollows: That Dy tho ratification of the treaty if poaoowith Spain it is not intended o incorporate tho inhabitants of tho Philippines into citizenship of tho United States, aor is it intended to loimanently annex said islands as an ntegral part of tho territory of tho United Stater; bat it is tho intention if the United States to establish on said slands a government euitab'.o to tho vants and conditions of tho inhabitants if raid islands, to prcparo them for ocal f elf government, and in duo time o mako suoh disposition of sa'd islands is will best promote tho interests of ho citizens of tho United States and ho ich ibitants of said islands. T1 is resolution was adopted in Feb uary, 181W Two years lnvj elapsed, md insttad of getting nearer to tho raditioi nl polioy of this government rith re'pect to annexation, wo have one considerably farther by conferring ipon persons to bo named by the Preei lent "all military, civil and judioial owtrs" in the Philippines, said powers o bo exorcised under the President's lire c'.ion. It is important that wo carefully ob eivj tho marked difference between Lo administration's polioy and the raditional policy of this government (itk respect to annexation. Iii every instanoo, previous to that elating to the Philippines, tho iohabiantH of tbo acquired territory were o liccomc citizens of tbo United sbila tho leirUrrjt was to iccoc e part and parcel of the Initod States. In the casr of tho 'hiUppines Jthe political status was to 10 d( fined by Congress. And in ratifyng the treaty tho Senate Baid: "It iB lot intended to incorporate the inhabiants of tho Philippines into oitizon hip of tho United States. Noris it ntendei to permanently annex said is and as an integral pirt of the territory i uiu uuiil'u oian o. The people have been deceived by tepublioan pretenses?they have reused to believe that a revolution in mr form of government was it tended Sash daj makes clearer the purpose of he admioistation to discard American irinoiples acd mouldcur institutions to uit European idc^s?Tho Commoner. Testing and Reforming. G.-orgo Towcscad, an Indiana farmr, believed in "Christian Science" and lis wife did not. Wo arc told that ho larno homo from town in a muddled londition, ard tho warm room soon put him to sleep Then tho wife, by ray of testing Lis Christian Scienoe aith, tied him fa:t to his chair with i clothesline. She t^en weot to tho tarn and returned with a blacksnakc rhip, which she applied vigorously to ho ha k and thtulders of her liege ord. Ho writhed und:r tho suari of he lash, hut the more ho begged the tardcr sho laid on tho whip. "There s no such thing as pain," said she, as he continuo the rastigation; "it's all maMnation. You are Christian Science; nothing can hurt you. You lon't feci any pain at all, do you, loorge? You aro fooling first rate, ain't rou, George?" The wife not only exploded his Christian Sjienoo theory, put, it is said, also workod a roformaion in his drinking habits. This is a practical way of testing a roan's faith ind incidentally roformiog him Souvenir Wanted. Tho women's department of tho louth Carolina Interstate and Wost ndian exposition will givo a prizo of flOfortbo best original design for a i souvenir to bo sold in tho womans's puiiding during tho exposition. This louipotition is open only to women of louth Carolina. Etch design must be ent to tho undersigned by July 1st, 901, and must bo accompanied by nislifinttinnH fnr its nnn.tmnlinn "'P r- ?' *v* * *" VWUUHUWVIVM, "uu ho real name of oompetitor in a ?calod invclopo, and not appearing ehowhero, o that the narno of oompotitor will not >o known until tho award is made. Ko ootcd designs will In returned upon ap dioation (with pjstage enclosed) mado vithin thirty days after tho oIobo of tho lompotition- Thoexooutivo oouiinittco if tho woinon's department will bo the udgos of tho oompotiton. Mrs. K. Withers Mtmininger, Chair'n Committee on Souvenir, U I 'it t Rtroet, Charleston, S C. Tho Needs of Epwortli. A slip outlining the followirg, was oo?ely inserted in tho March is?uo of The Kpworth O phanago Hcoord: 'There aro Hi'.* fatherless children at ho Kpworth Orphanage, who aro being tuportcd by tho voluntary contribuions of tho bonevolent people of tho itato. Scvon hundred and fifty dollars s needed cvtry month to proporly oaro 'or, cduoato and train thoso children. ?cnd a liberal offering this glad K aster ,ime to holp oarry of this Ohristly vork. Money is greatly needed for a louse that shculd bo build at one], and 'or the support fund. I.H all make an jfforing. "Worship tho hord with thy lubslaco. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty." I !_ AN EXCITING SCENE Caused in a New Yoik Theatre by a Runtway TWO HORSES MAKE A DASH. They C u'd Not Be K pt on the Stage and Plunged Into the Audience. A Heroine. The Now Yoik Journal Bays a woman ?.i J ?J i ? m ' uaiiu ?uu oiviu> aunu k panic?vv ca nesday night stopped two hoiees whioh dashed over the footlights from the 6tage of the Aoadomy of Music, where tbey wero us d in the production of "UncleTom's Cabin." The struggling animals p'unged into the audience. Tho horses wore a magnifioent white team. Tho animals oamo right over the footlights. Tho hcroiro who stopped them was Mrs. Edward 8. G. Fearing of Helena, Mont. It is duo to her that this story is not tho story of a tragedy. F.ve persons wero hurt during the panio in the general rush for tho doors. Two women fainted. David Poyserof No. 158 Hudson avenue, the driver of the team, sustained a fracture of three ribs and severe injuries about the head. Samuel Michaelscn of No. 137 Eldrigo street, had his arm broken. Three other men were injured. One of them, a musician named Metztr, had a close call for h<s life, for he was direcetly in the path of the maddened horses as they slid ovtr tho footlights. It was in the first eoono of tho tl i d act that tho aooident took plaoe. The rotne represents St. Clair's house and garden. On the stage wero E*rle Browne, playing the ohart oter of Sr. Clair, and Aiioe EvaDS, playing the part cf Mrs St. Clair From an cntranoe far baik on the ecuih tide of tho stage appeared a pratcirg team of white horsos drawing an open ctrriago, Peyser was on the driver's teat and ssatod in the oarriago were G J >hn Kcllercd, as Unole Tom, Georgio Fiorenoo Olp, as Little Eva, and Mrs. Annio Veamans as Aunt Ophelia. The carriage should havo stopped in tho centre of tho stage to allow the actors to alight. It did cot stop Wednesday night. Tho horecs wero restless, but Mr Kellord mansgod. to get out and assist Mies Olp to tho stagn. Mrs. Veamans was unable to leave tho carriage. At a point probably ten feet from the exit through which the team was to have gone, the horses became frightened at the flapping of the traces and began to plunge. Tn o^der that they might not harm the stage^-fbey_were shod with smooth shoes, and it wasTrnV a few seoonds until they wero skating around in dangerous proximity to the footlights. Peyser was powerless to hold the soon frenixed animal* and il beoamo apparent then an accident was inevitable. The musicios left their pit in a rush. This alono precipitated a panio. With heads high in the air and sawing from side to side as Peyser yanked on tho reins, the horses slid to the footlights, through tho footlight chain, breaking it and several of tho inoandesoent globes, then over tho edge of the stage and into the orchestra pit, alighting partly in the pit and partly in the sido aisle on the south side of the houco. The oarriage toppled over, with Mrs. Yesmans in it, but tho two hind wheels remained on tho stage, and the veteran actress was draeed to safety by Karlo Browne Peyser was thrown on tbo stiuggliDg horses and they kicked him vigorously. A Royal Separation. Whon the Kirg of Portugal wont to London in oonneolion with tho Qieen's funeral ho received a deputation of Protestants, to whom ho nude a speech, promising a continuanoo of tho enlivht ened policy of religious toleration in his dominions. Tho speech was manly and courageous and was wide ly reported. It was oouimented upon in Portugal, and whilo it elicited tho enthusiastic approval of tho Liberals it served to aoocntuatc the facd between tho King and tho religious orders, which was originally oiused by the alleged interference of the Jesuits in the seoular affairs of tho government of that country. Tho unhappy result of this friotion was trouble in the rojal household itsolf, the Queen taking sides with the ohur.'h. According to adviois just fo ocived from Lisbon, this breich was widened and there is said to bo a probability of a separation of tho royal oouplo. Alivo Without a Stomach. At tho German Hospital in Wiliarrsburg N. Y , it was said Wednesday that Jacob Weiohmann, who recently underwent tho operation of having his stomaoh removed, was in a good condition. 1 iio attendant whom Col. Louis Kinklemeir, superintendent of the hospital, delegated to give information regarding thooaso, said: "I spoke to him this morning and Wichmann told mo that ho felt well. He said there had hem no ill effects from the operation Ho is a little woak, but that is all." It was said that there was no fever. What the result of tho uporation will be ncbody o?n toll as yot. Many of tho doctors who woro presents', tho operation were at the hospital today to watch tho patiect. Killed in a Wreck. In a wrook on tho Durham and Char lotto railroad near Gulf, in Chatham oounty N. C., Friday, tho engineer and two negroes were killed and another man was injured. The train ran off tho traok into a ornek. mlnhinir th? thrnn mnn under it. The bodies have not jet been rocovoiod. A General Strike. A die pat oh from Ubaarlotto, N. t\, nays a general strike of all operatives in tho textile mills of tho south will bo ordorod unless the demands of President Gompcrs for a ten hour day is acooded to by tho Riverside mills, at Danville. Va. The general strike will bo ordered on May 1. J ' THE IRRIGATION OF RICE The Census Bureau is Getting up Statistics A boat the Vatter. i 'iiii'rul Fin.-. ... Rice is:the piit cipal eternal. product of the South AtUotia aad Gall -States. Its oultiva'ion b:gau first in SouthUsro lint and Georgia nearly two hundred j years ago. Within the last decide Louisiana acd Texas have engaged in | growing rioe on a very large soale, and today tboso states famish nearly three fourths of all the product of the ocuntry. Recognizing the importance of this agricultural product, which today forms the principal food of one-haif of the nnrinUtinn <vf (Ko???il> r*:. ? -? ? . r,r?v> uvuuiu, tug 1/M13IUU II I Agriculture of the Twelfth Census is making * special effort to oollcot tod tabulate important datarelaticg to rioe, and the various methods of irrigation which aio practiced in its cultivation on the delta laid] and inland marshes of * South Carolina and Goorgia, the alluvial < landsof Louifiana, Mississippi,and other u state, the broad prairies in shoutheastorn Tcias and southwestern Louisiana. The sohcdulu now being mailed to the c rice planters oontains a number of important questions oovering methods, costs, S otc. From tho data thusoollceted together ? with the statistics gathered by tho ccn- t bus enumerators, it is hoped to compile a bulletin which will oompbrohen- c sivcly show the oztont and value of the f irrigation plants, the aoieago cultivated I under them, and many other important 0 fact* oonnooted with this industry. As j, tho volume and valuo of these statistics r: will depend upon the interest shown in y tho it quirks by those engaged in the r cultivation of rice, the Director earnest- f ly requests that all to whom the toho dulea are addressed will make a prompt f and careful reply. q Owners of plantations and seoreta- t ries of companies who do not reoeivo a tho itquirios within a reasonable time, F are requested to wiito to L G. Powers c Chief Statistician in cbargo of Agrioul- L ture. Ueneui Office, Wasbiogton D.O , t and blanks will'bo mailed to them at b occo. A oomprebonsiyo oompifaiion g of the faots relating to this rapidly a growing branch of agrioulture will have li no tmall it il tenoe.on the futuro pro a grrss of rice cultivation in ibo sou.h. k anitto oons'.qaent devolopemcnt of v largo areas of new territory thcreir. a : I A Thrifty Sailor. li A dispatch frcm Beaufort, S. C , to 1 the Augusta Chronicle, sa\s: Among T tho crew of the United States mc niter v Amphitrite, whioh has been hero for ]j gunnerr prajticc during tho winter, is t an enlisted man by the name ltand. 1. 11 is pay as a tar amounts to $16.00 per . month and yet notwithstanding this p fact, he stowe away the snug) sum of t abcut $500 per month Rani, is the ^ ship a barber and receives $1.00 aquar- e ' ' 1 * *kj- 'i(U1 -|n pnmlifia. I ing tho ship's crew, and $2 00 from eaoh each of tho thirty petit and ward room v officers for their shaving and hair dress ^ ing. In addition to this tho cnterpris j ing sailor lends money to his impeou c nious shi; mates at 25 percent inteiest ^ A day or two ago Mr. Hand was rela 0 ticg his experience in Cuba tb tome a oitiz-ns on Bay street, when he was ap 0 prochtd by a drunken sailor who rcquc?- ^ ted the loan of $40.00. The barber pro ? duotd a $1,200 roll of greenbacks from j tho depths of hi-* navy blouse and count j ed out tho amount asked for, which ttie happy Jaok hastily {ocktted and made off with. Faster Titan Steam. c Ilcrr Kuhcneau, tho head ef tho '' General Electric company in Europe, has given a description of tLc e.'eo rio 1 train whioh is to outpacs the fastest cz- ? press. ' The lino between Berlin and I Zczzon has been ohosen for the experiment. Tho electric ourrcnt of twelve r thousand volts will be carried from tho ! works eleven miles distant alor glide , the line on supports. Then it will bo transferred to tho vehicle of which two 1 have bteo built. Each of tttesc is b:x ' ty-six feet long standing on two trucks of three axles, each. Four of the axles aro driven by a throe pfcatc motor eaoh ( of whioh is capablo of seven hundred ' and fifty her.e power. A compartment J in tho oenter of I ho vehicle contains tho entire maohinery which is controll ed by-adr.ver standiog in front and * m an i mil at i in & l/?xrnro Tim ? mill accomodate fifty passengers. Bloodshed in Greenville. The Rev James Wa'ker, a negro preacher, was shot and almost instantly killed by Dan Smith, a negro rough, at Centra), on the Smthern Railway, cn ' Sunday night. Walker was standing 1 near his clmroh talking with a friend, ] when Smith and his oompanions came along and began using vile epithets to a woman related to Walker who was ! standing near. Walker remomtratod, when Smith drow his pistol and shot 1 Walker, tho bullet enteiing above the ' left eye, killing him almost instantly. Smith esoaped. Walker is highly re * spcotcd by whito and oolored citizens. John Rigdon,. white, shot Bill Fisbcr, ' a negro, on Sunday evening, near Trav- 1 ellor's Rest, in t"hts county. Rigdon 1 shot tnroo limes, otio bullet hitting Fisher in tho breast. Djotors think J that tho wound will prove fatal. The ' oauso of the difficulty could not be ascertained. A Wondering Boy. Mrr. C. F. Fishbarneof Aiken county has writton to Gov. MoSweeney asking him to aid hor in loeating her son. , Tho young man left home two woeks ( ago to come hero to enlist in tho army. Siqoo then she has heard nothing from , him, and isvery anxions to kno v what has bcoomo of h in An investigation , will be made, and if the younsr man j has enlisted and started for the Philippines sho will be so informod'. - : A Ghurch Demolished. A to-rifio wind storm which swept over Charleston Wodnesdsy morning out a swath through Maryville, just i over the river from here, and demol- i ished Kinanuel Methodist ohuroh, i where a Negro congregation was gather- ' ing for night sorvioe. The church oollapsed, but by some miracle tho sexton and the flrst members of the oougrtga lion to atrfowwere not hnrt. No other damage has been reported. 1 ai y, (AL? Xjj - | A HOODOO DOCrpjl M * jfl \r rested In Ch'arfeaton for Kiilirg a N*grn Girl. .DIED IN CONVULSIONS. fl| t Wa? Proved H< waver That the Admlrfstering cf Herb Medicine Did Not Cauee the Death Tho death of Viola Simmon*, olored, aged 9 year?, of No. 3 Herts ow, whioh occurred Wednesday morn- Dg at an early hoar, has csusod tho rrest of Joseph Heyward, an old . olored man, who lives near the Simoons house. Tho Negro was held for cvoral hours at tho Btatiou house at ho request of Deputy Coroner Qreen . ntil an'investigation could be made. Viola Simmons, an idiot, the 9 yearId daughter of William Simmons, was ikon violontly ill Tuesday afternoon, he was in ooLvulsions and Joseph Heyrard, a root and herb dcotor who is said o have made wondeiful cures in giving - A ut powdered wood and liquids made torn roots of certain trees, was sent for. >r. Heyward, as ho is known, lived nly a short distance, and seising two ottlcs containing a blaok liquid, buried to tho Simmons homo. The ouog Negro girl was on tho bed, twistog and turning like an angle worm rom convulsions. llcyward went to work to bring 1 cr rom under tho spell and gave her a uantity of his root medicine. S.>nii '> imo alterwards the girl became quiet nd the members of the family bledaod ! ley ward, declaring that he had sueoedrd in casting out the evil spirit. Relieving that the mcdioine was g ring o euro his patient tho phytician took lis departure. During the night the irl was again seised with convulsion* nd Wt dnecday morning she died. Wiliam Simmons, her father, bee me larmcd and charged Heyward with oiling his daughter. The police got ~"" rind of the matter and arrested Heyrard. The ooroner was nolifi d and >oputy Coroner Green ordered ihe poioo to hold Heyward until he oonld inuire fully into the death of the Negro. Before holding the examination he isited the station house and talked I nth Heyward. He asked to see his 1 ioense giving him the right to prao- 1 ico mcdioine, and inquired at what eolsgc he studied medicine. The old Nero replied that he was licensed to ractico by the Almighty and that nauro was his college.' He declared H lad a Divine power and^ha^jpyyjJpMHl^pm^P^HBflH xtraoted from roots aj^BB^^csisted ~ 1 nuffru uiI Heyward was badly frightened and vhen he was being searched he tremilcd liko a loaf shaken b7 the wind. )r. .InhnHtnn IPiiat hair) !,????? vcr the Negto girl and discovered that [rath was not caus-cd by the treatment if Hey ward. She had been an id:ot >11 her life and death was caused from V onvulsions produced by cyst in the J train. Hey ward was released and he 1 ralkcd out of the station house in a I tappy frame of mind ?Charleston I r'ost. I Ohio Bank Robbed. ' J A gang of half a dczm robbers Turs- I lay morning blew open the safe of the 9 citizen's Savings Bank at Chardon, 9 >hio, and after a dcipartfes fight with I right watchman Fomeroy and citizens, | luooeeded in making their esoape. It I s believed they secured less than $200. The night watchman discovered the I ncn at work in the bank. He ?vas ? teized. bound and gaggod, but not until - I 10 had shot one of the burglars. Dr. \ 9 Hudson was aroused by the neue and - Jj vent to the scene. He was also seized 1 ind tied, hand and hot. It required 9 hrco big eharges of dynamite to blow I .ho safe door off. The robbers suoceed- 9 d in gaining entranoe to only ono oom- 1 lartmcnt of tho big safe. In another I lart, which was cot roachcd, it is tired ? o plaoes of safety, leaving Fomeroy I he night watohman, after shooting one 9 >i the burglars, was badly clubbed over 9 .ho h*ad. At eaoh explosion the rob- 9 jers retired to plaoes of safety, leaving I I'omcroy in an exposed plaoo. The rob- 9 Dcrs esoiped oh a hand oar. 9 The Christian Neighbor. 9 Tho obliteration of a newspaper is | j<ji uiioDuuun voiumaruy, dui we navo id insi&noo in this state that is unique ?nd unparalleled, so far as we know. Fhe Chrrstian Neighbor was established April 2, 1868, by Sidi H. Browne, in idvooaoy of Christianity and peaoe, and for marly thirly-threo years it has been mailed from Colombia, S. C. Two weeks ago tho Neighbor was discontinued by the executor of its f< under, jditor and proprietor, in accordance with tho will of Mr. Browno, who made provision for its publication for a period t)f six months after his decease. Not in til the books aro opened in another world will there be a revelation of the tood accomplished by Mr. Browne and his co labcrcrs for this third of a century, with its trials and straggles for the advancement of "peaoe on earth good will toward men."? Greenville Mountaineer. Express Robbery. A paokaste containing five hundred lobars was stolen from the oxpress rfiioo at l^aurens Saturday la>t. Stewart * Miller,, in charge, receipted for the ? paokasc and plaocd it in a drawor. He i was oalled off for a few minutes and J when abbut to mako up his shipment a Tew minutes lator missed the package. It was to have gone to Simpsonville. A egro emplojed at the depot is under arrest. Veiv Scrimifl Mat^. . .yV??v\?u iUUlWV.1, , m A second explosion of a 13-inch shell a in the bcro of naval gun is having I the effect of causing s-?m*? anxiety as to ^ Lhe safety of this type of ammunition. J Tho accident occurred aboard the Ken- a tuoky about six weeks ago. The ord- I nanoo officers are very reluctant to talk I about tkeso mishaps, but assert that in ? this oaso the projeotilo burst just as it jg left tho gun, doing little damage. I