The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, July 24, 1901, Image 1
l VOL 1. ^ BATESBURG. S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1901
A SOUTHERN SONG.
The Hcmetpun Dtms Written by
Miss Sinclair.
A SOUL fiTIRING BALLAD
And Its History That Will Bo Rsad
With Interest by Mary Old
Confederate Soldiers
8nd O.hersTho
following story of a popular ballad
of tho war lor southern indopendcnoo,
whioh wo olip from Tho State will
provo intorocting to thoao of our
roadoss *.vho are not eld enough to havo
heard it sung when its loyal words
uiu?ui muuo, 8m won as 10 mo mon ana
women who romomber with what good
will it was Bang in that t'mj. Tho to
ooant is contained in the report of a
oommittoo appointed for tho purposo of
asoortaining tho authorship of "The
Homespun Dress:*'
HIE REPORT.
Whon theConfedoratc tJoners! K:rby
Smith invaded Northern Kentucky,
John llri Lloyd, in common with sov
oral other villagers stood in front of
the grocery pioturcd in hia book,
"Stringtown on tho Pike," a group of
Morgan's cavalrymen awaitiDg orders
being tho attrition. Daring the interval
one of tno party struck up a song
beginning "Oh, yes, 1 am a southern
girl," tho others joining in the chorus
Wishing to inoorporato it in "StriDgtown,"
tho ballad was sought, but with
out avail. Finally memory waH trusted
for tho two verses reejrded in the book
Subsequently, howevor, Professor L'ojd
mado a printed rcquoet under dato of
lanuaoy 5, 1901, tor tho full poem and
tho natun of "its author, offering a re
ward of $100 to tho person first t > sup
ply tho ballad and the ocvoct name of
tho author. Unexpectedly, the off.'r
resulted in a mass of correspondence
and a number of claimants for tho honor
of authorship.
In this dilemma, a seoood offer of
$50 wap mado for the iodisputablo establishment
of tho aulhors's namo to
tbe satisfaction of a oemmiltco ocmposod
of tbroc judges of tho Cincinnati
court who kindly consented to act.
The result, as t renounced by tho
judges, is as follows:
44rni_ - L.n i a *
i no umiau sea mo corrcat namo o'
tho author were first ttiven by Mr
I William J. Bryan, No, 11 111 St. Gregory
* stroct, Mt Adams, Cine nnati; reoeived
January 5, 1901 8 10 p in., delivered
, . personally, Rg&rd. $100 .00, _ ..
~ first person ivir-g uncoc^ao
vertin.o proof of tho authorship suppliod
by tho ab^^ oorreapoudent, v?s
Mr. Charles W. HuVner, Parnegio Library,
Atlanta, Georgia, reoeived Fobruary
lt>, 1901, award, $50 00.
"Tho total number ot correspondents
in this oontost is ovor 100 Tlio names
of forty-eight different authors were
presented, of whom thirty-two could he
ruled out at onco. As to the remain
ing sixteen unimpeaohabio evidence
gives tho crodit of authorship to
MISS CAIIRIE HELL SINCLAIR,
of Savannah, Georgia. This namo in
oonnootion with the ballad was first
given by Mr. Bryan. Tho conclusive
ovidenoo was supplied (first via Mr.
Ilubner, and subsequently Mrs. N V. ,
Randolph, of lliohinond, Va ) by Mrs.
C. I. Walker, of Summervillo, S. O., a
sister of the author, and was confirmed
in all details by Mrs. Sarah C. Mason,
of Philadelphia, Pa., another surviving
sistor of tho author.
Bcspeotfully submitted,
Aaron McNeill,
David Davis,
May 31, 1901. Howard Ferris.
HISTORY OF TIIE HOMESPUN DRESS.
This ballad was written by Miss Sinclair
in midsummer, 16G2 (Testimony
of her sister, Mrs. Mason )
"In this oonnootion, the dato is confirmed
in print by G. N. Sauasy, now of
Brainbridgo, Ga., a lieutenant colonel
of tho Confederate army, who was home
in Savannah on furlough after being
wounded in tho Sharpsburg battle
(Soptomber 16 and 17, 1862). Ho was
favored with a manuscript oopy of
tho poom by the author, Miss Sinclair,
and also heard tho soDg sung to tho
popular air of "The Bjonic Blue Flag."
by a lady members of the "t^iocn
Sisters," an English family, .hen Holding
tho boards of tho old Savannah
theatre.
Evidence from It N Harris. Atlanta.
Qa,, kindly submitted by Mr. llubner,
of Atlauta, throws light on tbo history
of this soDg and the personality of tho
talented author:
Atlanta, Gv, March 24, 1901.
Charles W. ilubncr.
Dear Sir:?As there has boon somo
doubt expressed as to the author of
"Tho Homespun Dress," I can g:vo you
a fow faots which I know to bo trno.
In August, 1868, I was detailed on
special duty in Savannah, and remained
there until the city was surrendered to
Sherman's army. 1 think it was in
Dooembcr, 1808, that I first met Miss
Sinclair. She romaincd in Savaouah
several months, aud it was my good for
tuno to meet her many times; she was
a very quiot little woman; and very
rarely spoke of her writings, but 1 remember
onoo in particular when she
told how sho oauio to write "The Homospi
r. Dress." Sho said it was in
Augusta, Ga. Thero wsh quite a riv
airy with the girls as to who should
have tho neatest homespun dress, and
from this incident sho took the idea
and wrote that old war socg. It was
first published in an Augusta paper and
was copied in the Savannah Morning
News. It was also set to music and
published by It'.ackmar, who at that
time had a mnsic etore in Augusta.
These aro facts that 1 know to bu liuo
from my own personal knowledge. I
don't wish any newspaper notoriety in
regard to this controversy, hut as Miss
Sinclair oannot speak for herself, 1
want to sec justico dono her.
Yours truly,
K N. Harris.
No. 164 Marietta street.
Tho tact that southern soldiers often
reoeived oopics of the roog from their
frionds, led to many claims of authorship,
as the ballad was frequently
found on the persons of southorn soldiers
slain in battlo. To this may bo
added that several parcdios aud an- ,
ewers wcro mado of tho verses from the
northern side.
It gives tho author of "Stricgtown on
tho Piko" great satisfaction to feel
that a sub)jot that for a timo soemod 1
likely to prove a matter of endless contest
has at last boon settled beyond
controversy, and he hereby extends his
thanks to the press and tho many
frionds who have contributed toward
tho aooomplishmont of this objoot.
MOORAl'HY OF MISS SINCLAIR.
Miss Carrie Boll Sinclair was born on '
tho 22d of May, 1839, at Millcdgovillo,
Qa., being tho fifth of nine daughters
tf the itev. E. jab Sinolair, a Mothodiet
preacher and a man of oonsidorablo
note, from whom Miss Siaolair inherited
hor talent as a poet. He was
a member of tbo Georgia oonforcnoo
and dologato to tho gcnoral conference
which ruot in Baltimore in 1840. IIm 1
mother was a sister of ltobort Fulton, D
the famous inventor of tho steamboat, o
Owing to failing health, Mr. Sinolair p
afterward retired from professional ti
work and removed with his family to '
Macon, G i, where ho founded tho 0
Macon Female college; then he wont to b
Savannah, aod tiaally to Goorgntown, a
S. C., where ho dii d in 1847. 0
While residing in Augusta, Ga , the
poetic talent of Oarrio Bell Sinclair bo- "
oamo manifest to tho publio at largo '>
thiough the Georgia Gazette, her first ?!
poem, 'Tho Storm," being written "
when sho was but fifteen years old. Ia 8
18(50 Miss Sinclair issued hor first vol- 8
umo of poems (\ugu3ta. <ia., 18G0), a'
whioh sho dodioatod to her 1'iioid and ^
adviser, tho Hon. Alexander 11. Stoph- n
ens, vioo president of tho Confederacy. ri
During tho Civil War Miss Sinolair 0
wroto a number of inspiring southern a
pocius ocwuvmorativo of inoidonts of
tho w?r; many of whioh woro sot to a
rnusio. Tbey were bo onthusiastioally ''
received that thoy soon won for thoir 81
author tho naino, "Song bird of tho w
South." ?
Among these poems aro: The Sol- ^
dior's Suit of Gr*y, Fling forth our t]
Southern Manner, Tho Ilom-cspun 01
Dress, MIQiietoa tho Savannah to- a
uight, (?i;orbia, my Georgia, eto. f
Her intenso intorost in the affairs of 16
the war accounts for tho fant that with
her own band ehc made thirtoen flags w
of silk, presenting them to different ?
Confederate regimor.ts. "
After tho war M .ss Sinclair oontinued "
writing for Auguala pap-rs and also bo- l'
came a regular contributor to tho B isto n P
Pilot, and otlcr journals of tho south
and north, writing scmctim s nnder tho
nom do plumo "Mollio Marygold," "
her earlier pseudonym was "Clara." a
Later Miss Sinclair removed to Philadelphia,
but her second volume of s'
poems, wl ioh sho namod "Heart Whispers"
or * &ihoes of Sings" 1872) was \
never published, and unfortunately 11
may never be, for after bor dental tho c;
manuscript.K*JM-Jcloii: ~ b
Pnc later life of tho talented author 0:
seems to have boen clouded by disap- 01
pointrocnt. She died in Philadcldliia
in 1883, writing pastry to the last; "the a
lovod hor pen," ad her surviving sister, ?
Mrs. Mason writes, and as her pooms n
attest.
o
THE IIOJI KbPUN DRESS
Hy Carrio H >11 Sinclair. t<
Written in Savannah, Georgia, in mill ti
Summer, 18(52. H
Oh, yes, I am a aouthcrn girl,
And glory in the name, rt
And boast it with tar greater pride e
Than glittering wealth or fame. 0
I envy not the northern girl 6(
Ilor robes of beauty rare,
Though diamonds grace her suowy neck
And pearls be leek her hair
0
Chorus: Hurrah: Hurrah! B,
Tor the sunny south so dear!
Three cheers for the homespun
drees "
Our southern ladies wear! 1
My homespun dress is plain, 1 know,
My hat's palmetto, too;
Gut then it shows what southern girls 11
Tor southern rights will do.
We scorn to wear a bit of silk, 0
A hit of northern lace, d
Hut make our homespun dresses up, I(
And weir them with such grace.
Chorus a
Now northern goods are out of date; v<
And since old Abe's blockade, t.
We southern girls can he content ?
With goods that's southern made, C
The southland is a glorious land, jl
And lier's a glorious cause;
Then here's three cheers for southern rights, ^
And for the southern boys!
t;
Chorus p
We send the bravest of our land g
To battle with the#foe, d
And we would lend a helping hand?
We love the sou'.h, you know,
We send our sweethearts to the war; n
Hut, dear girls, never miud?
Yiur soldier-love will not forget h
Tne girl he left behind. w
Chorus. *
A soldier is the lad for me? !'
A brave heart I adore; '
And when the sunny south is freo,
And fighliog is no more, si
I 11 choose me then a lover hrave f
From out that gal aut hand;
The soldier la 1 1 love the l>esl w
Shall have tny heart and baud.
Chorus. d
Anil now, young men, a word to you a
If you would wiu the fair, u
(Jo to the field where honor chlla, t]
And win your lady there. D
Remember that our b iglwest smiles
Are for the true aud brave,
And that our tears fall for the one c
Who tills a soldier's grave. *
Chorus. ^
V
The Corn Crop. oi
Cum lias become the greatest and n
most valuable ornp of tho United Statos, {.'
and is thoroforo watched every year .
with great anxiety. Kuports of a gen- sl
oral bad condition of the growing oorn w
have therefore c\used much alarm, and
it is gratifying to know that tho prodio f'
tiins of damage to tho crop havoboen ?l
txagg ratrd. The orn Boaro was un- rt
doubtedly design id by speculators and 1
tho ttfect of tht ir misrepresentations ?i
have been to a great Cooroo counter *
aotid hv impartial ard reliable inforata d
tion. It is undoubtedly truo that corn ti
has sullerod lombly in parts of tho o
west, especially in Missouri, Kinsas d
and Nebraska, but tho drouth in thoso ft
states has been broken by tho rains of tl
tho past few days and tho condition of d
corn improved very much. Tho Fedoral fi
department of agriculture doos not be h
liovc that the crop will fall below 2,000,- a:
000,000 bushels. It must be remom- h
bored, too, that a vory largo amount of n
corn was left over last year. It is prat a
tically eortaiu that tho oountry will w
havo ampin oorn for all its own needs u
and enough to meet tho demands of it
other countries which aro taking moro oi
of that articlo every year. li
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THE COTTON CROP. :
rhe Q?n?ral Outlook Not So
Encouraging;'
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CONDITIONS MUCH VARIED.
i
n Some Sections It Was Tc*>
i
Dry; In Others Too Wet
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for the Crop to
Flour'sh.
I
The report on ootton oovoring tho j
est week are not of an encouraging '
ature, although they are moro iftlincd,
to antioipato than to cbrouiole
ositivo injury. Tho extremely high (
smperature that prevailed over the
ontral and western portions of tho 1
eic, id oonnootion with a continued
bsonco of rain whcro it is most needed (
becked the growth of the plants and <
lduoad some Bhodding of loaves and 1
ruit. In a few sootions exooseivo preipitation
caused too mnoh wood, while
1 South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama (
nd portions of Mississippi a slight but
enoral improvement in condition, both 1
a to growth and fruitago, is noted,
'ioking has begun in Toxas but will 1
ot bo general for somo timo. General
line over tho bolt would quickly 1
hango the present gloomy outlook iuto !
brilliant prospeot for a big crop. 1
In North Caroliua, in many western
nd northern oountios, crops made 1
ivorablo progress, but in the cast and 1
outh too muoh rain interfered again (
ith farm work, but has started grass
> growing rapidly in most all crops. '
Eottom lands are in vary bad ooadi- '
ion, and bardly any results aro expcot- '
d from them. Tho weather has been 1
little oool f>r cotton, and tho 1
liny, damp conditions sinoo tho 12ih 1
i causing it to develop too muoh weed. '
In South Carolina cotton improved (
ith oultivation, and although still
ery FnialJ, looks healthy and is fiuit- (
ig better than last week. Most of tho '
elds havo born oleanod of grans, and
ho plants aro growing slowiy. In '
lacos cotton oontinuos to havo a ycl>w
color, and there aro reports of 1
hodding leaves and squires. Sea 1
daud is thriving, bat the plants arc 1
warfed, and blight is present in spots. 1
In Georgia, except over limited '
rea*, tho week passed with litMe or ro <
linfall, attended by high tcinpcratnro. 1
iTtailo euoh oondi'.ons favored oultivaon
of ciops, they a-o detrimental to
orn and cotton, and tho later crops ar?'
adly in need of inoisturo. A hot wind !
n the 12th parohed vegetation to a 1
ensidcrablc exlert. <
In Florida the week has boon favor- '
blc over the greater portion of tho
tato, and a general improvement is
otiocd in ootton over tho western dis
riot, where the staple has boon well
ult.vatod and is now fruiting more
reely. There is much crass to oon?nd
with in northern and oentral eiericts,
and whero some holds havo been
bandoucd.
In Alabama practically no rain was
Eceivod, exoopt insufficient showers in
xtremo eastern and smith wpnstorn -
ounties, and tho drought is becoming 1
srioua in its effects. Cotton ia hold 1
ig up fairly well though it would bo 1
ouefittod by rain; it is still small, but I
lean, well formed and fruiting fairly
atisfaotorily. J
In Mississippi the week was intensely
ot with a high per oont. of sunshine,
'ho mean temperature ranging from 1
o 8 degrees above normal and the ,
laximum reached 100 degrees or more |
a all parts of tho State. Kxoept a very j
ew light scattered showers in aooio
f tho southern counties, no rain fell (
uring tho wock. Many correspondents (
eport no rainfall of any oonscquenoe (
iboo June Hth. Cotton is being laid by ,
nd on bottom lands oontinuss to do t
roll, while on uplands tho growth of \
ho plant has been retarded by dry (
ruather and it is blooming to tho top. .
)a the whole, tho staplo is withstand .
sg tho drought remarkably well.
In It luisiana, over that portion of tho ,
tate lying south of a line drawn
brough Avoyells, ltapidosand Vorcon ,
anshes, refreshing and benoioial (
bowers wcro frequent during tho first .
ays of tho wcox, and lighter, looal '
howers occurred at soattared places
orth of that tier of parishes.
Cotton is doing well wherever rain
as fallen and has stood tho drought
rell wherever grown, but is very small <
nd in many places has stepped grow '
ag for the want of moisturo and is
ruiting at tho top at a height of 12 to
8 inches, where ordinarily at this seaan
of tho year its height is two to four
oet.
In Tonncssco generally hot, dry
'cather, and high poroontago of buohino
prcvailod during the week with
amaging effect on growing crops. In
few soolions wcro local rains fell? |
joitly in iho northcaHtern portion of j
tio eastern division and tho eastern
ortion of the middlo division?crops
re, as a rule, in good condition, but '
l.sowhcro, especially in the couiial '
nd western portions of the western
ivision, tho drought is gotting to bo
cry serious on all growing crops,
specially early upland corn, which is '
ipidly failing. (Joitou has made fair J
rogrosB toward fruitiug until tho last 1
jw days, aod it is now beginning to (
how trie tlfootof tho extremely dry c
oathcr.
In Texas a marked defioinoy in rain
ill for the Sta'e is again noted. While t
bowers, and in a few instances heavy .
tins, occurred on tho 10th 11 eh and
-ih over iho southwestern portion a id
iong the Gulf coast, there woro oniy '
few localities where tho droughty con
it ons were relieved. O/er the north
ra, central, western, a'd, notably,
vur tho northeasttrn sections, the
rought is practically unbroken (ho
?w scattered showers that fell over J
3CH9 districts did little more than >
ampon the ground and woro of no bene c
t to vogotation. In some localities it *
as bcoD seven weeks sineo rain foil, '
od in a groat many sections tho drought c
as romainod unbroken for ovor a i
lontb 8.ock water is failing fast (
nd the ranges are dry and hare; 1
oils and small water courses aro drying a
p, and in many places wlic.ro crops arc ?
n gated thiH work has boon abandoned I
n account of insufficient wator supply, y
n portious of tbo Siato whoro rain foil. 1
orops that were not too fir gone revived
rapidly, bat over umoh of the greater
part of the Stato a serious drought is
prevailing, Cotton, that has withstood
the drought ho woll, is beginning to
fail. That planted on uplands is shedding
badly and in many others ways
shows tho effects of dry woathor. Lowland
cotton is doing faiily well; it is
fxuitiug rapidly, but tho crop nooda
rain badly and unless it is relieved
soon mnoh less than an averago crop
will bo made. In tho southwestern por
tion of tho S'ato somo ootton has been
picked, but it will be soma time beforo
this work will bo general, la Frio
oounty one balo of ootton has boon
ginned.
la Arkansas generally very high
temperature prevailed throughout tho
Stato. No rain cf any cocBcqaenoo
was reported. Crops of all kinds havo
been damaged by tho continued dry
hot woathor. Cotton has bejn badly
injured in most sections and is gen
sraly Hutt jring foi noed of rain.
In Oklahoma and Indian Territory
tho drought conditions aro vtry severe
and threaten injury to most
arops, hut cotton has withstood tho
Jry woathor and high temperature
vory woll, except that the plants aio
boginning to shod their fruit.
Italy Takes Matter Up.
A spcoial from Washington eays:
The Italian government has taken oognizanoe
of a rccint affray at Krwin,
Miss., in which it is olaimcd two Italians
wore lynched and a thirl Boriously
rounded. Tho faots have been eomOiunieatad
to tho forniirn r ftinn a? Itnrna
mil the Italian embassy hero has made
roproscntatioQS to tho state department.
A? the same time, the Italian authorities
are pursuing an investigation ol
their oad through their ocunsul at Now
D.-lcans and their oonsulai agent at
Vicksburg, Miss., which is not far from
the soodo of the alleged trouble. Thus
far the reports r -ccivjd from th?se offi
jisls establish two essential points in
what is coandered a rather serious condition
of atlairs. First, it is reported
positively that the Italians were killed
by lynching, and not through any acoilent
or ohaace affray. Second, tho
Italian authorities nearest to the sccno
>f tho trouble have established to their
;aUsfaction that tho persons killed aro
Lallan Bubjnots in the full sense, not
i&viog taken out naturalization papers,
i'hus far the case is in a state of lcquiiy
soth on the part of the state departneat
and tho Italian authorities, but
;hcrc is every indication thai the fact
will constitute an international incident
similar to that with Italy growing
)ut of tho killing of Italians in lmuiaaua.
New Storage Rules.
The Sia'.o rail road commission Wed-i
icsday gave ihe railroads a final hear
ng iu regard to its new storage ruiee..
Fhero wcro rrosent Mr Foddio for ti e
iouLherc, Air. \V. G. Smitii for tho
Atisniio Gcan Line, Mr. II. 1). Heyow
for the I'lant system, Col. J. U.
llaskcll of Atlanta representing tho
sar service association and tho other
ines save tho Charleston and Western
Jarolina wlneh was represented by Mr.
IVright. There was a full discussion of
ho whole matter. Tho rules change the
imo limit for removal frcm depots
rom 48 to 71 hcurs after notice, and alow
a man residing more than four
riles from a depot "a roasonab'o timo"
liter notice to got his goods away. It
was developed a: tlhearing that the
oadti have generally refunded ohargas
when good excuses wcro presented,
rhe new storage rules will be issuod in
k few days, the board having finally
idopted thenj.
No Weather Flags.
The Oharlostoa Post najs the daily
weather singals have not been display'or
Bcvrsl days and tho reason given
8 that tho chief of the bureau has rojently
issued instructions that in cities
)f over .*> U00 inhabitants, no flags, cx
lept the oold wave signal, bo boroafter
lisplaycd, but that the forecasts be
tnado available to the public through
tho daily newspapers and by positig
them at prominent points They will be
lisplaycd as formerly if the fhgs aro
provided without expense to tho bureau
is tho money appropriated for flags
ivil bo spent for th eqipment and main.ccanec
of forecast disply stations in
oral communities. In South Carolina,
.his order will afloat Charleston,
Jolumbia, Spartanburg, Grecnvillo,
Sumter, Andcison, Orangeburg, liook
11 til and Union.
Deserts His Family.
Dr. K. Vr. Dukes, a prominent physician
and druggist of Pulaski, Miss., who
las a wife ani six ohildren at that plaoo,
ind Miss Sadie llarsha, a young wouian
who has been keeping books for him,
wore arrested as they wcro boarding
.ho train for Orna, Tex. Tho btcp-fahcr
of tho young lady supootcd that
.11 -e. 1 L ...
111 rrlis uui n^iii anu no appeaioa to an
.ffiier who i.ado tho arrests. Dr. Dukes
s in j *il oo a ohargo cf deserting his
*ifo aad ohiidroa, aud tho young wo
nan was turned over to her relatives,
iho claimed that sho was goiog to a
)usines* oollego in Shrcveport La., but
otters on tho porson of tho dootor showid
that an-elopcmcnt had been arraag
d.
Our New Prison.
Tho now uiaiD building at the state
imnitontiary has bocu practically completed.
It ij opo of tho handsomest
md best tq lipped prison buildings in
ho eout'i. In a short titue tho oon;rcto
tloor will bu completed and the
fork will bo done. Last weok most of
,ho convicts were moved from tho old
milding, whrro they havo boon quaretcdniuoo
las' fal1, -and thoy aro now
is comfortably fix d as a sot of prison:rfl
could bo. 'i no new building has
dl modern and up to-dato equipments
ind conveniences, as well as hung as
leouro as it is po^siole to m&ko it.
A Uootl Cause.
Wc publish wi h pleasuro tho followQg
ftom Dr. Jacobs: vY'c aro buildng
an intermediate school for tho use
if tho orphans of the Thorowcll orphaigo
with its 200 pupils. A generous
Jhristian woman who knows tho needs
if this institution, has offered to givo
>1,000, it "everybody olso" will givo
ho rest needed, $500. A kind friond
las just handed iu his oheo . for $100;
.Dd twenty other friends havo mado up
025 Kvory dollar given, moans threo.
Too wirK inuit beg n at onou. Send
our gift, ''for tho building," to llcv.
>r. W. P. Jacobs, Clinton, S. C.
DEBARRED PROFITS.
1
Charleston'* Dispensary Profits
Taken Away rn Account of
t<
LAW NOT BEINO ENFORCED. "
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Text of the Preamble and
<1
Resolution Adopted by
the 8tate Board (l
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W^dnes'iay. ?
Tho Bute of Thursday says tho h
directors of the State dispensary Wednesday
afternoon parsed tho rosolution jj
whbh taken away from tho city of E
Charleston w'ua evjr profits may ao- n
orua from the operation of tho local ^
ditpcDsaries. This resolution will oon- (j
ticun of effect uatil tho city authori- p
tics indicate that the illicit Bale of t!
liqaor if suppressed?if not cradioatod. *
Mr. Williams was fcclirg unwell, but
ho forme! the following as tho reply of
the l oard to the municipal authorities a
of Charleston:
THE ULTIMATUM. ?
J
"The Stato board of direotors having c
carefully conaiderod the dofense of tho u
oi'y government of Charleston, pro- j,
scutcd through tho honorable mayor, s
Mr. Smyth, and Chief of Rolico Boylo,
'to 6how cause why tho disponsary c
profits accruing to Eaid city should not
be withhold under section 9 of tho dis- ^
prnsary law, to bo used for tho better
enforcement of said law,' find as fol- j,
lovs:
"First, That defendants failed to ^
show, and in fact admitted, that tho w
dispensary law was not properly en
forced in tho city of Cha-lcston. k
' Second, That defendants suooocded p
?rr*r<?ntly in establishing tho fact that
the county government of Charleston ?.
is largely responsible for tho non on ^
foroement of the dispensary law in the
oily of Charleston. ^
"Third, That tho city government p,
(through its representatives) admit* its ^
primary responsibility for such failure, fl|
in that council ha* failed to enact an j.
ordinance forbidding tho illicit Bale of cj
liquors, providing adrq late penalty for
tho violation of such ordinance, to bo w
imposed by tho recorder, in ca*o of g
oonvic.ions; therefore bo it
"Resolved, That tho disoon ary ^
profits accruing to the said c ty of
Charleston are hereby withheld to be ^
used for iho pay of Stato constables for n
tho better enforcement of tho dispenea'y
law in the city of Charleston un
til such time as the S'ato board may
v~ :or "'-ic?d that th" city authorities g
li\avo difchnrgoi every obligation rest- p,
ingupon thctfi.
"Resolved, second, That the Charles
ten county board of control is hereby ?
instructed to remit tolhcS:ato trcas ^
ifer the portion of the profits that p
would go to tho oity of Charleiton, but j
for tho passage of the above resolution, t]
and that a copy hereof be sent to the ,j
mayor acd chairman cf the county p
board of oootrol." Bj
THE I.AW ON TIIE SUBJECT. p
The resolution under which the State B
board rcquestod the Charleston offi jiils u
to appear beforo tho board was adopt P
ed .July Hi. It reads: ''Rjsolvcd. That *
the mayor and chief of police of tho 0
oity of Charleston are hereby accord- P
od tho privilego, and aro so requested 11
to appear at tho offica of tho State 0
board of directors in Columbia, S. C., u
on tho ltiih inst., at 10 o'c'ock a. m., w
to show cause, if any they have, why
tho dispensary profits aacruing to said
oity should not be withheld under sec
tion 9 of the dispensary law, to be used
for the better enforcement of said law." c
Tho board gets its authority for l!
Wednesday's action from tho following
section 9 of the dispensary law: ''All
profits, af or paying all oxponsos of tho
9 maty dispensary, shall bo paid onehalf
to tho municipal corporation in 0'
which it may be located, such settlements
to bo made quarterly: 1'rovided, c
That if tho authorities of any towo or
city in the judgment of tho State beard
of oontrol do not enforce the law, the 1'
State board may withhold tho part go
ing to said town or oity, and use it to C
pay State constablos or else turn it into
tho county treasury." 1'
The roaolutiou dopriving tho city of a
Charleston of her disponsary profits C
was passed unanimously and without c
any fireworks or speeches. Tho definite
purpose of tho board as to tho moans
of oarrving out tho provisions of theso
resolutions is not known, but it is bo- it
lioved from tho trend of tho oxamioa- p
tion of Mayor Saiyth that tho board S
wants Charleston to pass an ordinance n
imposing a heavy ti ic upon illicit 1 quor t
dealers. Tho alleged non ouforcemont 1
of tho law oould not then bs said to bo t
duo to tho routine of swearing out war- h
rants before making searches. a
Columbia has no soon ordinance,
and a member of the board intimated '
that this oity had better be so fortifi-id '
or profits will bs held up hero until il- 1
licit liquor dealorsare tried and con ^
victcd iq the municipal oourt. How- w
ever Uhairinau -Yilham-i may bo quoted 0
as Baying that if tho law wero enforead *
in Charloston as it is here ho would bo
satitfiod with Charleston.
Killed Themselves.
Ida and Kdith Yooland, actresses, a
twenty sis and twouty-ouo years old, p
ot pcotivolj , commit od suicide togotOe t
by taking poison in t!;oir rooms in Lon a
don. About noon Kiiih called their j(
landlady and told tho latter the and her j,
sistor had taken poison. Sho askod tho .
landlady to got a cab and put hor and %
her sister in it, and promised lhoy c
would leavo tho houso without a oroat- w
ing a fuss or a soouc. Upon go ng out w
onlho stairs the landlady found Ida i;
lead. Kdilh diod on tho way to the p
hospital. h
Newnpaper Chautfo
James '1. Harris, prcsidont of tho tl
Hank of Spartanburg and manager of tho
White Stone Lithia Springs, nas bought
1 tho Spartanburg Herald. Too paper
| will bo oooiinuod as a morning paper, oi
It is announced that tho policy of tho ri
paper will romain tho same as under f<
former ownership. J. C. Garlington, u
who has boon for sovoral years tho pro- oi
priotor and oditor of tho ilorald, will tl
romain as editor. - oi
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i ^
TILLMAN IN CHARLESTON
le Meets the Famous Chico and is
Offered a Drink
A special to Tho Ststo from Charleson
says Senator Tillman, Mra. Tillltn
and Mips Tillman, who have been
be gueets of Sheriff Morrison, of Beike?y
county, at MoUlellanville, for some
ays, returned to Charleston "Wodnosay
morning. Tho party enjoyed their
tay at MoClellanvillo, and the senator,
specially, had a good time. He is
onsiderably sunburnt as a result of his
shing trips. Senator Tillman and
arty spont tho day at Capt. Martin's
ospitablo homo on Rutlcdge avenue,
?avsng for Trenton in the afternoon.
The senator did not have any staring,
sensational interviews to givo out.
lo has been out of touoh with tho
ews centers, ho said, and consequent
t had but little to say. Ho Laid that
e was not sufficiently posted on the
liiarloston blind tiger situation to ox
res* an opinion beyond the statement
bat when he was governor, Charleston
pas a much drier town, and ho did not
avo a metropolitan polioe, either, to
nforoo the law.
When asked about Senator McLaurin
r.d oommoroial Domooraoy, he said
bat ho could boo no good in McLiurin's
olitics, and could not understand what
loLaurin was after, unless it was an
ffioo by President McKinloy's appointient.
He laughingly referred to tho
improvement in McLaurin's health
iDoe his resignation was withdrawn.
Sonator Tillman waB driven over the
ity, taking in tho points of interest,
d he expressed his pleasure with what
0 saw.
While out strolling Wednesday mornig,
Senator Tillman anl Vincent
hiooo met in.the markot, and tho two
ere introduoed Dy Capt. Martin, who
as escorting tho senator about tho oity.
"Well, are you tho Chic that I've
card so much about?" said Senator
illman.
"M j de iam Chio," was the reply,
atd you ana me do only whiskey men
1 South Carolina
Jokingly, Senator Tillman reminded
hioso that he had never sent him that
in.ous brand of Tillman Chiccj whis
cy which ho had promised. Chicoo
lid he would send a bottle immediater,
and also a box of Chicoo Tillman
igars.
During tho convocation somothing
as said about taking a drink, but
cnator Tillman said he never indulged.
"You look liko a man who takes a
rink," said Chiooo.
The members of the party laughed
eaitily and passed on through tho
larkct.
(ioverument by Injunction.
Judge C. D. Clark, of the United
bau s cislfiet oo irt at Cincinnati relscd
the motion to dinsnlvt ??
oriry iojuaction issued against the
inking intohinists, indicating very
Uinly to oouoscl for the defense what
is opinion would bo on certain princilea
involved. He said that for picketig
an icjunotion would be granted, but
hat acts of violence and even boyootDg
were not to bo mot by injunction,
le said: "I have arrived at the oonolulon,
beyond all shadow of doubt, that
ioketiog is unlawful; that it is immoral
nd wrong. Counsol for the defense
lust understand plainly that I am oposei
to piokoting in any form and that
will promptly mako tho power of this
ourt felt against it." He dosoribed
ioketing as intercepting men whilo goig
to or from the faotory?anywhere,
ven miles away?by one man or by
lore than one, and any interference
'ith ingress and egross of workmen.
Medical College Scholarships.
The following appointments to the
ohoiarships in the Charleston medical
ollogo were yesterday announced by
he governor:
First District?Miss Marion Roberton
Macmillan, Charleston
Second?S. A. Morrall, Kigcfiold.
Third?Lalaod O. Mauldin, Pickens
ounty.
Fourth?Oicar Labordo, Richland
ounty.
F.fih?K'wood F. Boll, York county.
Sixth?Ttiomas Chalmers Johnson,
loroooo oounty.
Seventh?Holland MoTyero Carter,
lolioton oounty.
Miss Macmillan is tho second young
tly that has ever boon appointed to
scholarship in tho medical college,
'rjv. MeSwoonoy appointed her prcdeessor
also.
A Good One.
The following is a copy of a warrant
oued by an Alabama justice of the
eacc: "to any lawful officer of the
date Complaint on oath bavins Bene
iade before ma that the offense of a
lusintr K L. Whelar By Coming in
lear 11JU9 Cursing Hear aud throating
0 Knoo hor down & for her to sheat
er own mout A drawcd Bach his arm
nd scad ho wc.d Koook holl out of her
1 then jump on Chappel and got out
>ors l>.a appeared for one hour & Come
tack agio A Did Ktok hor Dor A. Brook
ho loos A: Busted thejDjre in too places
: Sead if dho did not open the doro ho
rould ltrako hit Djwq so any lawfuel
ihoor of tho State you are Commanded
olfiingf:aik Stoveans Beforo me this
tprial the 13, 1898 F. M. I'fici Jujioo
of tho Kaoe."
Can't Help Them.
Tho authorities of York county have
gsio written tho govornor stating that
he glanders is steadily spreading in
hat county, and asking in view of the
nnounocmont that Dr. Noasom oannot
save Clemson on account of siokness
i his iamily, that oortain Atlanta exerts,
who aro named, bo sent thoro to
id in ohnoking the spread of tho d'sa.e.
The governor has no funds with
hioli'.o pay for such service, and has
tit ton tho York oounty authorities
hat about all they can do is to writo
Resident Hart/. >g of Clemson, and if
o oan do nothing, thon employ the
sports thctniolvos. Ho rjgrots, he
ays, that ho is poworloss to ronder
ne desired aid.
Hot in Kansas.
Kansas is about burnt up. For sovlal
days lest week the mercury has
tnged from 106 to 109. While the
jeliug of,utter holplosnoss attendant
pon tho drouth has passed, the people
f the State do not attempt to deny
hat tho fall orops aro in a desperate i
hndition.
GEORGIA JUSTICE.
Two White Men Pnnlahed for Killing
a Negro
A dispatch from Atlanta says the
Sbcll Coohran cajo, whioh was deoided
by the Georgia supreme oourt Thursday
against the oonvioted men, is one of
tho most interesting oases that has ever
oomenpfrom Campbell ooanty. Shell
and Pcgram Coohran and one of their
companions, a man named Hestar, are
n ii' A J "
UU<1 avu'lUktlU U1 UiUIUCrillg owning
Thompson, of Campbell oonnty, daring
January of the preaent year, and thoy
all tbreo faoo life sentences in tho penitentiary.
Indiotmenta are in existence against
Steve Cochran and men named MoKonzie,
DjMouney and Reeves, who
will donbtleas be tried at the next
torm of oourt. The ease oame up from
the superior court of Campb ll oounty,
Judge John 9 Candler presiding. The
story of tho murder is perhaps heat told
from tho ovidenoe of HeBter, one of tho
oonviotcd men, who turned state's evidence.
Sterling Thompson was an old negro
man, who hold a lease upon a farm
which had boen purchased by old man
Cbohran, tho father of Bholl Cochran.
Tho state gave aa a motivo for the
crime the fact that the Cochrane wanted
to oooupy tho Thompson farm, and
alleged that they adopted murder aa
the boat method of riddidg themselves
of him.
Hester testified that tho Coobran
boys had asked him to join in a conspiracy
to whip eld man Thompson,
as tho negro had been talking against
tho whites. Hoster statod that he.
Shell Coobran, Pegram Coohran ana
MoKenzie, DcMounoy and Reeves went
in buggies to the farm of the old negro.
At a store thoy stopped to ask
for a light. Tho storekeeper rooogniz
cd MoKeczic and so tc6t.ficd at the
trial.
When th-.y arrived at Thompson's
house, said Heater, MoKetzie, who
had been elected captain, called to
Thompson to ccmo out and help him
in attending his learn. Tnompaon rc
fused to oomo because his wife advised
him not to, sho believing that she had
heard footsteps around the house.
Hester testified that the men told
Thompson they would batter down his
door if ho did not oomo out. Ho again
refused and with tools obtained from
a nearby blaoksmith shop they battered
down his door. As they cntorcd,
said Hester, Thompson fired at them
with a shotgun, filling tho door facing
with squirrel shot.
They then fired a volley at the negro,
killing him. His son attaoked the
white men with a hoe and several shots
wero fired at him. After being kicked
for several times be was left for dead, as
ho did not move.
HeBter testified jhat tho party
gone to Thompson s House for the ih#
poso of whipping him, but had been
forced to kill him. Hester also testified
that Steve Cochran was not in the
party, but tho state oont-eatla-thsfc-SUjTo"
Cochran w?? ' lie ringleader of the whole
business, having induocd his brothers
to do tho work whilo he romaincd at
homo.
THE HOT WAVE.
More Disastrous to Human Life Than
Any Recent Epidemic.
The recent hot wave with its hundreds
of deaths and thousands of prostrations
has been more disastrous in
its effects than any epidemio that has
visited the country. Cholera, yellow
fever, smallpox, each have also olaimod
hundreds of victims, but not within
tho space of so few days. The direct
faalities have been enormous, but the
scourtge oannot be judged by those
alone; the inoreaso in the number of
deaths from other causes must also
bo attributed to the excessive heat,
fatal io its results on a system enfeebled
by diseaso. In tho fnturo hundreds
of thoso prostrated who escaped
immediate death will succumb to comparatively
mild attacks of disease and
thus the mortality will go on for months
in tho large cities ambulances and patrol
wagons wore insufficient to oonvoy
tbc stioken to the hospitals and these
were unablo to respond to all the demands
mado upon thorn with evory bed
occupied and extra oots in the corridors
and physicians and nursos overtaxed,
sometimes falling beneath the strain.
Tho strenuous life is inevitably eonqurcd
by tho stronuous thermometer,
in suoh crises nothing can be done
save to treat each ease individually
ana instruct tho populace how best to
acoomniodato theuisoh'ea to oondition.
in oitios tho permitted free uie of water
10 oool burning pavements, the occupancy
of tho parks during the night
by those whoso sleeping places were
akin to ovens, tho freo distribution of
; ioo, all had effect in keeping the
death rato from soaring still higher but
the chief vtotk to bt> done, tho ohief
lesson loarned, is that of prevention?
the improvement of housing of the
poor, the devising of moans to prevent
faotorios stores and stroet from
becoming infernos, tho modification of
cation work hours, the abating of
somo of the hurry and ruth of our
usual tomperato zooo to the dolce far
nionto more in koeping with the oooassiona'
torrid expencnoos. All this until
ike day when man will have it iu his
power (o modify atmospheric conditions
to produce cooling showers by explosive
foroo or otberwiso, and to lower
temperature in largo areas by tho uso
of some a.'ont such as 1 quid air American
Medioone.
A Cowardly Act.
A spooval to Tho Globo Domoorat
from Cordova, Mex , sajs: A train on
tho V'ora Cruz and Pacific railway was
attacked recently by a large force of
armed mon a. Tiorra B'.anoa, a small
station. Seven men on tho train were
killed. As soon as tho news of the attacked
reaohed Cordova a foroe of rurals
was sont to tho soene and is now in
pursuit of tho mob. The oause of attack
is not known hore. It is said to
have beon made by men who w re formerly
employed in the construction of
tho road.
Election Day Set.
Tho Gcvcnor has issuod his proelr.mation
ordering the elootion for
a successor to tho late Congressman J.
Vm Stokes to be held oo Nov. B next.
This is tho general eleotion day, and it
is thought best to have the eleotion
take placo at that timo.
4b
OUR TRADE LOSSES. J
Result of ths Administration Pol* J
icy in ths Orient
EXPORTS HAVE INCREASED
In Those Sections Where We Have
Stuck Strickly to Business. 1
Aggressive Policy Does fj
Not Pay Ut. ,-i
For years pas*, especially sinoe tl e
purchase of the Philippines we have
heard muoh about the splendid prospects
of extending our oommeroe in the
Orient. It is a remarkable commentary
on the these roav nrr.di
statistics for the 11 months whioh ended
with May, 1901, Bhow that the
quartor from whioh such a vast inoreaee
of trade was to oomo to us is the only
part of the world in whioh we sustained
a lots of oommeroe.
While we gained everywhere else we
lost heavily in the region whioh has
been bo volubly proclaimed as tho
promised land of American oommoroial
enterprise.
Our exports to South Amerioa Increased
$6,000,000; to Afrioa $6,000^
000; to oountries of North Amerioa
$10,000,000 and Europe $100,000,000
in 11 months.
Daring the same period our exports
to Asia and 0joanioa actually decreased
$25,000,000.
It is claimed that tho troubles in
China account for this big falling off
but that explanation will not do for
several reasons. Ia tho first place our
loss of oxports to eastern oountries is
greater than the whole volume of our ^-1
exports to China has over been in one 1
year.
In the second place the chief Chinese
ports wore constantly open during the
time when this shrinkage of our exports
to the eaBt occurred, and in the
third plaoe we lost heavily in oriental
trade outside of China whioh oould not
have been aff soted by the rebellion in
that oountry.
Daring 11 months ended with May.
1900 our exports to Asia and Ooeanioa
amounted $101,000,000 and daring the
11 months ended May 31, 1901. these
exports reaohed a total of only $76,000,000.
It is also olaimed that a large part of M
our exports to Uawaii during the period \
referred to are not included in the
figures for our Paoifictradea^l^gH^^L^^^ g^k
now
the United
tho
months
loss
'OOu.uuO.
It is a remarkablo faot that while the
the total volume of our exports during IBD^H
the fisoal year just olosed increased im- ^^^k
mensely of $1,487,656 544, wo lost ^^^^k
heavily in trade with Asia and Ooeanica. ^^^^B
The great inoreaae of our oxports is
duo almost entiralv to larger sales of
agricultural and manufactured products
i. n
io r,urope. IB
The nations of Earope are not only |H
still by far oar best customers bat they
bay more from as than ever before more
the aggregate and a greater variety of "
articles.
We may eventually build up oar J
trade in the Orient to much larger pro- M
portions than it now has but Europs
must continue to be oar biggest and i
best market for oar exports for a long J
time to come. _ I
Oar policy of territorial expansion in * I
the east has not so far availed to in- M
crease our trado in that quarter, and it
never will if it depends meroly upon
establishment of military power there.
Constable Removed. A
Governor McSsveoncy has discharged 9
Constable Rowell, stationed at Fior- fl
enoe. Monday night of last week this fl
oonstable telograpnod the govornor a *
sensational message from Florenoe intimating
that there was real trouble
over there and skying that he would
leave Tuesday. The governor ordered ^^H||
him by wire to report tno nature of the
trouble, and no reply was given. The
telegrams were published Wednesday,
ltowell wont to Columbia and oalled
on the governor Wednesday morning.
The "trouble" was found to be only a
little personal matter between the oonstable
and some one else. The governor
forthwith removed Kiwoll from the
force for Bonding sensational telegrams
and refusing to explain when ordered
to do so.
Granted a Pardon.
The governor has granted a pardon
to Benjimin Burril of Greenville, who
was convicted of assault and battery
with intent to kill and sentenced in Bj
Maroh, 181)5, to 10 years in the peniten- B
tiary. He has served aix ????
is a remarkably long period for such an
offense. He was pardoned beoanse of
the certificate of tho superintendent of I
the prison and others that he was non 1
compos mentis, or very weak minded, a J
constant sufferer from dropsy, and to- I
tally inoapable of any work. Capt. 1
Griffith said tho man was a oharge
upon the Stato. Senator Dean was
among those asking the pardon.
A Strange Story.
Irena Canning, lt? years old, from
Qalveston, Texts, claiming to be an
herioss .0 $MOO,IHX) in southorn banks
and securities, is in tho custody of the
sheriff awaiting instructions from her
guardian, tho Rev. Goorgo Tarbox, of
Savannah. Sho olaims to have been
; under hypnotio influenoe of a doctor
who abduoted her from a boarding
sohool at Holyoks, Mass. She got off a
train at South Bind Ind., recently to
escape tho man who was following her.
She is quite attraotivo in appearanoo
and has travolod all over the United
States. The police are investigating.
A Man in Disguise.
A deteotivo a few days ago plaoed under
arrest a supposed voung woman who
had been teaching a private sohool in
the Kings river neighborhood, Arkan- J
sas. It turned out that the sohool teacher
was in disguise, that his name was
I Soars and that he was wanted in Texaa
on the oharge of murder, 00m mi tied
| seven years ago.