The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, August 07, 1901, Image 4

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mi ill ri M ONE WHO SAW IT. Inside and Outsida Facts Atnut * Battla of Santiega. PRESSAQENTGRAHAM, Ravaals tha True Inwardness of tha Persecution of Schlay and Shews Up the Intriguers. to a New York journal for publication'/ Did Itobley Evans, ho of tho lighting cognomen, first person tho autobio graphy ho wrote? Did Sigsbeo daro tc do it exoopt to stultify himself by deDying conditions whioh ho had previously detailod in his reports to tho department? EXl'OROATKI) REIORTS. "Maolay, it is asserted, wroto hit oritioism lrom naval reports. What naval reports? Tho expurgated thingf that have been foisted upon tho puD licor, or tho real reports of commanding effioort? I have in my possession the report of tho battle of Santiago written by two officers of the oonvcricd yaoht called tho Vixen. It is signed by L;eut. Alexander Snarpe, and it was his ao count of the fight as he taw it at short range, the only naval eyewitness not engaged in fighting. 1 placid it along sido tho navy department's book pur porting to print it, and 1 find it has been expurgated so as to give but little oredit-APr'tte .Brooklyn, and bo as Dot to djyfcloBe thoQN&l position of Sampson's tho Nowwfe?jj that Hie itaj' H Vjry Maolay to be boldly the example Let me be as bold as Maolay. 'coward' to bo the us draw the linh sharply. 1 havo supreme confidence in our navy. 1 don t bolieve a ooward would stay in it a year. There are none in it now. There arc men with unearned fighting sobriquets. There was one with us. His name was EvaDb. Ilia ship was never oloser to tho enemy than one rnilo. It wat not hit, hut 'Fighting Bob' orawlcd into the oonning tower and watehed the fight from a fi inch by 1 inch slit. '"Schley was on tho deck of the Brooklyn. (Japt. Cook was near. A man's lifeblood splashed their olotbeB. The ship quivered under firo. Still they stood there. Capt. Claik, on the Oregon, was on his bridge. Capt. Phillips, of tho Texas, stayed on his bridge until part ol it was shot away. And when it was over Evans had the largest Btory to toll, a story lie would not liko to sco now bocauso of its gross inaoouraey. And, pray, who waB tho coward? SAMPSON TO 11 I.AM K. "The history of tho batilo of Santiago told exactly as it ooourred, it seems to me, is an absolute condemnation of Admiral Sampson's vaunted ability and a tribute to Sohley aud his offioors. The happenings ol the twonty-houis preceding tho battlo will go far, 1 think, lo demonstrate that Sampson was rcpro hensiblo for deliberately weakening tho lino of battle and deserting tho lino himself when ho know that tho firBt time in several weeks, or sinoo the establishment-,of tho blockade, extremely suspicious movements were going on in the harbor. "On tho afternoon of July 2 it was notiood from all tho ships that movements were oocurring in tho harbor, there being visible distinot columns of smoke, conoedod by praotioal men to be from war ships, "That Sampson himself recognised j this is cvidont from tho fact that ho B9nt tho Vixen around to tho ditloront ships of the squadron to announce to them that ho considered the movements insido to be suspioious, and that ho dosired a oloae wutoh kept. HAMI'SON DBSiRTSTIIE FI.JCIlT. "The next morning at daybreak the j columns of smoke were soen again, and j it was notiood by an tflioor on watch on tho Brooklyn that thoy were nearer tho ontranoe, and it was, therefore, ' surprising to evorybody when, acting under orders: tho Massachusetts, one of the heaviest battlo ships of tho lino, 1 and tho Newark, a protected cruiser, carrying Commodore Watson's flag, j left the line for Guantannuio for coal. But deoidodly more surprising wcro j iuiuro events. At :? o clock, while (Japt. i'hillip and Admiral Schley wero 1 disousBing tho suspicious movements, ' through tho modium of sigual Hags. Sampauu suddenly signalled, "J>isro gard tho movements of tho commander ip-ohiof," and moved away from the lino with tho Now York. Tho New York was tho only other ship, bosido tho Brooklyn, in tho lino with tho acoroditod speed of tho Spanish ship, and |, thore wcro present the Gloucester and tho Vixen, two oonvortcd yachts, ! , eithor ono of whioh would havo made a i . special dispatoh boat, witnout weaken- | ing tho lino. , flClfl.EV in command. When tho battlo call was sounded Ad miral Sohioy mado the signal, "The < onomy is escaping," and thon, dotcr ( mining that tho Now York was out of eight, mado tho signal, "Snips oloso , ' in." With a good, strong pair of field ' glasses, and standing upon tho cxcop- 21 > In conneotinn with thn nnntrnvernv over Admiral Sohloy's actions during the naval battle off Santiaga, opened afresh by tho ohargo of cowardice made by Maolay, author of the Naval Academy text book, the Cincinnati Enquirer asked George K. Graham to fumish an unbiased account of tho battle. During the Santiago naval campaign Mr. Graham was correspondent of the Associated Press, noted for its impartiality and faithfulness in giving facts. When Admiral Sampson, on tho Now York, loft tho tquadron Mr. Graham hastened to tho Brookl>n. During the battle ho stood on the bridge bcBide Capt. Cook and Admiral Schley, and was the only oivilian spectator to witness every movement and know ol every order issued by tho Admiral. Mr. Graham give tho following oironmstantial story over his signature: THE REAL DEFAMERS "It has been and ia still hard forms to believo that Historian Maolay wrote his attack upon Kear Admiral Schley except by instigation and at tho urging of the navy department oliquo. lie it in oloso touch with those who have pro vided tho prosa and the oivilian hoad of the department with tho material that has boon intended, diro failure at it has boon, to change the publio view of Admiral Schley's character ae an oftioo and man. "At least Maolay is honest in one thing. He haB dared to do oponly what these sneaks of tho naval oliquc have not had the moral courago to do. When has Capt. Ohadwiok, Sampson's flag officor, dared to assert that Sohloy was a coward? When has ho dared tc do othnrvina than nnnnnn * V, ? mm DUtvu.guru 1 lllllniuy nigm 'u to tho homo of .Juiia W hiitiold, a ro spcotablo woman living ucar tho fort. > ' A vaoant house adjoining alto was burn- W1 id. No cause is assigned for the troublo. W1 iiovcrton is hold at, tho tort aud tho ?? military officials aro trying to finu wc mother soldier said to havo been im- a" [dioatcd. Arson is punishable by doaih ii Georgia. Ye Lhi A man in Tennessee got four or?ls of wood, throe gallons of ^ia ioney and live coons from a sin- ** fie troo. "Take care of the forists if you want to got rich," |,UI :oinmoiits the local paper which ga mnounccstho man's good luck. r knuuikvu uio uiuu miu ci5un;iuu UID : thanks to cvory cjmmandor under him. When Sampson arrived ho offered no 1 congratulations to any man or any of- ' floor, although ho did oondosoend to offer congratulation to the public for 1 tbo splendid manner in which the fight 1 that ho did not take part in was conduct; od. i "Lit me cloho with, perhaps, a now ' , statcmont. The men who are rcspon I siblo lor theso viotous attacks arc Capt ' | K ! ; Chad wick, who commanded ttio Now York the day of the fight sho fail ' ed to get in; Roar Admiral Kobley i>. Evans, tho only captain in the fight ! who hid in the oonniDg lowor; Hear 1 Admiral Crowninshi-.-ld, of tho Luroau , of navigation, and ludireotly, became be dare not come in tho open, Koar 1 Admiral Wm P. Simpson, who should | bo Court-martialed lor his ajlion be- ' fore Santiago, July 3, 181)8, in weak , cning our battle lino. "Goorgo K Graham." | Time Wasted. 1 1 wo of our prominent citizens who j livo within a thousand milci of where ' tho writer is dnmioilud met in the pub- 1 lio road tho other day, when tho following conversation o eurrod: 1 '"What's the news?'' "They've captured Aguinaldo."' ' "Captured who? ' 1 "Aguinaldo." 1 "What's ho been doing?" - s I warn?. (Excitedly) "Who haa he killed?" ' * Oh, lots ofpcoplo." "Whero ia the scoundrel?" "He's in jail." (Muro exoited) "Lot's get a crowd ' and lynch him. ' 1 "It would bo too expensive." ? "Expensive! What a going to mako c it expensive? ' c "lie's too far off." c "Why, ain't ho in Moultrio jail?" * "Not a bit of it." ? "Well, whoro is ho, then?" "He's in jail at Manila." > "You mean Camilla, don't you?" ^ "No, 1 mean whatl say." c "How far is it?" s "About eight thousand miles." "Get up, Jack!" As he moved off ' he was heard to ejaculate: "Got no 1 timu to talk with every fool I meet in J,1 the road. Eight thousand milesl Why, *' that's clean outsido of Georgy, Agui- 0 i naldo? Don't believe there is such a h man in tbe world. Never hoard of suoh B a pDoo as Manhiller beforo. These * fellows what don't do nothing but read 0 newspapers arc mighty smart. Get up. 0 Jack! lost half an hour talking with l' that slophead when 1 ought to bocn 0 homo planting taicrs."? Moultrio, Ga., Observer. ? Deafness Cannot be Cured y by local applications as they oannot w roach tho diseased portion of the ear. ii There is only ono way to cure doafnuss, ff and that is by constitutional remedies, ai Djafness is caused by an inffamod con- oi dition of tho* mucous lining of tho n Eustaohiao 'lube. When this tube is u intUmed you uava rumbliog sound or p< imporloot hearing, and whoa it ib entirely closed, Doatnoss is the result, st and unless tho inflammation can bo st taken out and this tubo restored to its w normal cond.tion, hearing will be dc- fe stroyed forever; nine oases out of ton are oauscd bv Catarrh, whioh is noth- bi lug but an iLflamod condition of tho h; mucous surfaces. b] Wo will give One Hundred Dollars for any oaso of Dcalness (oaused by " oatarrh) thai uannot bo cured by Hall's D( Caiarrn Curo. Send for ouculars, iroe. ca F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo,O. m. Sold by Druggists, 7f> coots. Hall's Family Fills arc the best. A Soldier in Trouble. Frivato K. L. Lcverton, company D. Twonty aevcnth regiment, stationed at y? Fort McFnerson barracks at Atlanta di Ga , has been placed under guard 7? PL?. 1 ? ? I ? ^ tionally high bridge of the Brooklyn. 1 looked for Simpson and the Now YorV, but ho was out of sight. Wo never saw . him again until ono long hour after the surrender of tho Colon. It is olaimod that the Brooklyn ran from the onemy during the 6ght, and that in that movement Sohley displayed oowardioe. At the outset let me say that the movemont of the ship showed tho greatest good judgement, and probably Bavod tho cruiser from being Bunk or disabled. When the onemy was sighted ooming out tho Brooklyn moved straight for tho entrance at the rato of about seven knots an hour and oontinually increasing hor speed. THAT KAMOUB LOOl\ "Tho ships of tho onemy were moving out toward us at tho rato of about 11 knots an hour, and tbo distance to travers was only fivo miles. Wo had opened firo with our port battery, tho guns being trained almost directly forward. Tho turning oirolo of the Brooklyn is 1,000 yards, and if we had turn od in toward tho shore that would have allowed tho Visoaya to have gono betweon ua and tho Texas, and would havo oponcd our unprotooted sido to i tho conoentratcd firo of tho Spanish vessels, and also havo interooptod the fire of our own ship9. 1 stood on the top of tho for war I eight inoh turret i locking direotly over tho bow, and 1 i know that wo woro cover noar onough i to tho Texas to hurt her, and we did not blook her firo for an instant. "if Capt Phillip backed his enginos when ho saw us turning it was because through tho smo&ko ho oould not quito toll now wo woro moving, and ho know that ho had to follow tho motions of our ship, and not do as bo pleased. The fitg ship always has tno right of way. j Up to tho tituo wo turnod wo had boon hit only twioo. After wo turned wo . wcro nil ~i times oy projoouios aud li) i ' times by Hying pioous, and after wo I ' turned wo left tho marks of fi7e-inoh shells upon every Spanish ship. I KUI.ATE S TlllBUTE i "To thoao who oritioiso Schley's turn, ' on the ground of.oowardioo, 1 commend tlio statement of Capt Kalate, of tho Viscaya: 'If tho Brooklyn had not i mado that beautiful manoeuvro in turn ' ing I oould have rammod and s>"nk her.' i "To thoso who oritioiso u tho ground that tho Texas was Btoppcd for i a minute or so, let mo say that a little ' la'or tho Oregon crossed the bow of the i Texas and blanked her tiro fcr ton I minutes, but oc-rtainly uo ouo will Hay ' tbat tho Oregon, in view of her splen; d.d fight and chase, was not justified. "When tho battlo was over Schley i i 1 Kan lr/ rl Kio ?* ?,?* Kan ' >?^ 80HE GOOD ADVICE in Article Every One Should Read and Remember Stand by your friend, your home, our town, couity and Stat}. Patron? A ? I? 1^ -'- ?J u uvuia uoatvia. i/ja I DCDU yOUT aoacy away to soma mail order house ust bcoauseit happens to bo tho oheapat supply house on earth; theroare five lucdrod more of that kind in the Uaitod itates; but upend it with your home Dorohant, who ia your friond, and in ho long run aolia you your gooda just >a cheap. When you Bpend a dollar rith your home merohant, you know ?hat you are getting, and you are dealng with one who has stood by you when rou norded help, and still stands by rou in sickness, when tho crops fail, Then out of work, and when the ioy rand of death oroops into the homo and ilaims ono of your lovod ouos. Staud iy your morohant, for he is an integral <art of tho oommunity, lending his aid .o pnblio enterprises and oharitablo, as Toll as helping to boar tho burdon of azation. Who has done more for you, 'or your town, your county, and all rour public enterprises, than your lotne morohant? Who has helpod noro pooplo, boon w?irso imposed upon, ind more abusod thaa you* home mcrihant? Tho real faois aro, ho is ono if you, eating your ohiokons, butter, ruitB, vegetables and othor things that would prove a loss to you if it were not for him. How is it with tho big mail jrdcr man? lis has nothing in o>m mon with you; no interest in you, yonr ;own or oounty, othor than areuriag four trade?cash in advanoo. Ah, my brother, tnrn tho tables and let your morohant Send his mom y away, tni buy all ho oonsumos, and lot your produoo and other bartorroton your rands, what would you Bay? Lei's look fairly at both sides. If you want anything your morunant hasn't got, ho will glauly order it for you, and tho lit lie profit ho makos, you wi.l get back in some way. He has to eat and have work done, all of whioh ho pays out of tho little profits he mskosin selling his goods. How about the money you send eft? You novcr soc it again, and if you were really in nood and should mak j known your wants to Mr. Outsider, ho would say, "NO; I have as much of that kind of business as 1 oan attend nearer hoino." Does your homo morohant deny you when in distress? Be honost. isn't your name on morohants' books all over this oounty for goods you have worn out and provisions you hive saton? Has Mr. Outeidor ever sold fou anything on ^ oredit? Dj you bo liovo ho will do it? No, you know bettor than to ask it. Ttioso aro ovorv lay, oouimou tcuio questions, staring you in the faco, and an honest answer ironi you will put you on our aids of Lhc question. Come up eq tHTely and fairly and bo a pillar in tho oiiuroh and a rafter iD so sicty. l'ay your honoBt debts, oven if ycu have to suffer to do it. The only aitteronoo that we c in see in not paying your honest debts ( vhon j ou ctn) and stealing, ono is a broad, open, daylight, faoe lo-iaoo stealing, and tho other is a iiy, don't-want-to tc caught at it (stealing. Just Btop ami thintc before you begin to get mad. Isn't it so? In the light of justice, answer tho qieetion, tnd then read on. If I were to bey your goods ami hide behiud the homonead act and not pay, you, what would you call mo? Oh, n?y brother, as sure is Goi is the Judge, wo need waking ip along these linos. A thief is a will, if you go* another man's proper.y and p an ways to beat him by uidiLg oehiud the puny arm of tho law, you ire a thief. We arc cot af.cr tho poor, poverty itrioken, down-trodden lao^ror, who has perhaps soiuo excuse for dtdgtog ins obligations, bu. wo aro after .he man who wears tailor madoolothos, ooth p ck shoos, standing collars, smokes from three to ten oigars a day, roes on excursions, goes to tneaters ami shows, sends his ohiidron to dancing choois, pays for having thorn taught to ianoe, and owes the poor grocery man or the meat and bread thai have kept lis ohiidron alive, and the dry goods nan for tho clothes they have worn out, iod tho poor furniture man for the beds in which they sleep; and, if pcienanec inc has died, tho undertaker for the loffin in which tho loved ono sloops. If 'ou arc a church member and running m thetio lines, your luttuonce for good sn't worth the snap of your tiago:, and ou had better ropent or pull out. 11' ouaro a sinner out of the ohurch and atoring to these things beoauso some inner in the church is guilty, for God's ake call a halt, rotraoo your step9 and ollow some honest man's example. If ou havo gono to a inond and i ersuaded lim to go your security for monoy or or goods, and, through mismanagement r extravagance, caused this friend to avo to pay your dobt, do you feel easy pending money for thingsyou could do ,ii I '? 'ni ? i . ? miuuii xuc v. r j oiaiu r oi tno hoots f that horse, tho rattle ot the wheels f that buggy, tho licks of tho hauiiucr liat drove tho nails iu the construction f that bw allowed homestoad, thai owny bod, that book-caso, that wonerful library you are piling away in oat book oaso for your ohildrou to road; oa, it may bo tho ohildron themselves ill all roll ovor you liko mounthins of on to sink you down, down, in tho nines of perdition, unless you rcpeDt ad scttlo this sido of etornity. You in't bido behind the homestead aot or the bankrupt law and stai d acquit id in the sight of God and honest soplo. If you oan and don't, or won't raighton up, oven if it oalls for real ilf-donial, you aro dishonest, and you ould say the same thing about your I i o w in a Li should ho treat you likewise. If you praotioo suoh ways, you will ) foui d out, and your abominable Vpocrisy will be hjotcd and hissed at f all honest people. If you aro in :b: and oan't pay, go and tell your iend that you oan't pay, give hitn your no, promise him to do tho best you in, and thon do it; and if you have onty to spond, go and spend it with m. Show him that you approoiato s kindness and help. D.d you evor op to think that that friond did not ivo to go your soourity, did not have sell you thoc., goods on a credit? ou wcro the party boing benefitted, iu wero tho beggar when you wanted oso favors. Mow you havo turned ur nark upon him, and liko a sneak* i g our, dodgo him and say ugly things out him. Aro you not ashamed of ur wicked soil? Somo who read this II bo guilty, and wo aro fearful you i 11 not profit by what you road. If i u don't, you arc a dishonest man or < man, and you would say tho samo of > y ono else who would thus troai you. 1 When arc you goiug to straighten up? < iu must do it this side of doath, for < a grave shuts iff all opportunities. 1 wo go to tho judgment crooked and ihoncst, wo will havo to wear that 1 b tnrough tho stnrohtng fires of t rniiy. As Josh B llings would say, t idvioo is liko castor oil, oa y to give, ? t hard to lake." For you own good, t d, Sis, you had bottor tako it. i old Trutu. i \ 'Tli i i. i - - ?nTHE COTTOH CEOPT~ Bom? Improvement in all Bat Two of the States. With the ocourreme of 'ain whore drought previously prevailed, cxocpt io Teonoflfoo and Arkansas, where it oontinuoB dry. and with generally dry. weathei whore heretoforo there ha* boon an esc as of prooipitation, there has been a decided improvement in the oondition of cotton during the past week. Picking haa begun io Texas, and bolls are beginning to open io certain looalities throughout the Atlantio SUtea. As compared with reports of previous years, there is loss shedding tban usual, bat the pleats are smaller. Ovor tho eeatral portion of the bolt tho cot ton crop is exceptionally promising. If ootlon oontinuos to improve, during the eritioal month of August, or oven holds ita prosont condition, tho yield will bo equal to or abovo tho avoraKe, over tho whole belt. In North Carolina, very favorablo woather conditions prevailed generally throughout tho State. Tho influonoe of the hot, dry woather was immediately apparent in tho improvod condition of cotton, ospcoiaUp where it had reooived good cultivation; laying by ootton is under way. la somo places cotton has too much weed, in orthors it is very email, and generally it is not fru'ting very rapidly; in somo northern oouoiics it is only just beginning to blocm, tho bolls do not seom to be maturing very well; oouiplaints of lioo on oottou aro very fow. la South Carolina, ootton imrrovod steadily th.oaghcut tho State, and in most places is fruiting well, ospcoially on stiff, clayey or red lards, while on whi o or sandy lands the improvement is )e.?s prouonocfid. Most ootton re mains small and late, but is groon a jd growing. Somo fiolds are still grassy. Ltoo aro reported from a tew localities, bat havo done no great darnago. Cater pillars infest ootton in O aogeburg county. Open bolls aro reported from Hampton county. Sea island is in good condition, with tho exooption of blight in spots. Laying by ootton is noaring completion. In Geargit, tho woather of tho past week was goucrally favorable to growing crops, although partial drought prevails over limited areas in tbo southern portions of tho Stato. In tho niaj ority of the oonnlies tho rainfall was suf fioient for present needs, lloports on tho ootton orop aro of a more oncourag ing character than for some timo past. In a few southern sootions iho orop is suffering for moisture and is scalded, wilted, and blooming at tho top from tho ? ff.ots of tho drought. Klsewhoro tho p ants havo taken on a vigorous growth and aro fruiting and boiling heavily. Somo bolls aie opening in early fields. In F;orida. rainfall has been genor ally l eal ovor norther and central portions. The distribution was uioro general in tho northern and over por tions of the western d.strict. Iu seeiionn <">f Snw?r?n - *? - ? - r / . ? with the HoasonB. A few aomplamts of Bhedding are reocivod, and in some sections it iH blooming to tho top. Cot Ion has begun to opon rapidly in tho south and eouthwost, and eomo picking ha-t been dono in thotio sections. Tho :oru orop in Texas is about mads, and ;X septing tho lato planted, was not oon> tiled by tho rooont rains. In Arkansa", tho toinperaturn cininuos high. Losal showers ccourrod hroughout tho R ate, but as a tulo hey wcro of very httlo benefit to corn md cotton. Cotton is being injured by he dry weather. In most sections it a blooming at tho top and nquaroa fallng ell, aau tho plant in very out all. \ i w?*-fxivv v UUVJ uv AO&U 11HD fallen during the last four week;: ad j )ining scstions report ample precipitalion (Jo I ton advaaoed during the week, alth< ugh there is oomplaut of ruit and sheddmg where precipitation w.m ex o.'ssivo. It i9 bi-iog well cultivated. In Alabama, conditions were gjner 11/ favoravle, except in northern counties where hot aui dty weather pre vailol; in middle and southern counties showcis fell on severs^ iays, be n' copious in some plaooe.Wid rather ox -tOiives in extreme southwestern coun t.09, particularly so at Mobile. A gou oral rain would bo beneficial. Cotton is ole&Q and generally healthy, and, while small, is now m&kiDg good growth and fruiiing sati.sfaotorh; there are a few scattered r< ports cf rust, mostly in southern oounties; some cHton continues to die from ' black root" or ''root rot" in southeast portions of the State, but damage from the oautes is or a local nature as yet. In Mississippi, except in the northern portion of tho State, the week was quite favorable for all crops. Whero goods rains have fallen cotton has mado a very rapid growth and is fruiiing well. A little snedding isreportod from some sections. In the northern counties lowland cotton is doing fairly well, but on uplands it continues to show the ill effects of dry weather by blooming to the top. Iu Louisiana, plentiful showers and reasonable tcuopoiaturce havo prevailed generally throughout the Stale during the week just ended. In many places, especially in tho southern ptrishes, moro rain foil than was noeded, and ! moro, iu faot, than is good for tho staple crops whero tho land is not well drained. Cotton is roported doing well in all scotions, except in a few in stances whero tho rainfall was exoes rive. Old cotton shows singns cf a second growth, which it is thought will causo some shedding, but tho increased a:z3 of the stalk, it is anticipated, will compensate for an/ loss from that CAM*/*- Vfllincr ftAlUn ?a mabinn ? o ?v.vv? 10 HUUU ;nd rapid growth and fruiting nioely. In Tonnessoo, tho disastrous t'roughl which was prevailing over tho greater portion of tho Siato at the last report ho oontinucd during the past week with iroreased intensity, except in two rr threo oountios in tho oastorn portion, whero good local rains brought ro lief. Generally, however, conditions are fast approohing the serious stage?and this is cspcoially true as to tho western division, and portions of tho middlo division?whero tho later oropa that havo, up to tnc last week, boon holding up fairly well, arc now beginning to show signs of rapid deterioration, ana unless reliof comes very soon they will provo entire failures. Cotton, which has stood tho drought fairly woll, and although small, has been fruiting satisfactorily, is notj beginning to shed its forms. In Texas, tho woathcr conditions during tho past wcok havo te:n generally favoiublo to all agricultural interests. The long oontinuod drought has heon cither partially or completely broken in portions of the Stale. A great many localities still need moioiuro, hut even whore no rain ocourrod tho prevailing cloudy and damp conditions havo afforded at loast temporary relief. The outlook for ootton is improVed, although reports from distrio s where tho rainfall was insufficient iodioato that many fields arc still in a precarious oondition. This orop, even under tho most i'avornblo omditions, is below tho avorage, hut it is fruiting well, and whore auf fioioct rain foil is raniilv <r ?? ? II Id Oklahoma and Indian Territory, heavy raiaa occurred mo'.tly over the ootton belt, aad as a oooeeqaonoe the orop is now in fair condition and looking muoh hotter, especially so over the Indian Territory and the southern of Otlahouii oouotiesINTERNAL REVENUEAnnual Report Showing Receipts from All Sourcss The aanutl preliminary report of Commission- r of Internal Itovenuo Yorkes for tho fiscal year end >d .Juno 30, 1001, shows that receipts from all Bourooi of intoroal rivnui fcr the year aggregated $300,071,000 an inoreaso of $11,555 501 over tho receipts for the fisoal year ended .Juno 30, 10JO. Tho expenses of the buroau for tho fiscal year will approximate $1,737,102 and tho pcroontago of oost of collection, predicted on tlico figures will bo 1 55 a redaction of 03 in tho percentage of oust of collection as oompar d with tho preoeding tlroal year, whou the poroontago of oost was 1.58 Koooipts wero in part as fellows: Spirits $110,027 073; tob?oi), $62,918 997;907 f< r ueaieO iiq tors, $75,600,907; sohedulos A acd 11 (proprietary and documentary stamps), $39,241,036. 1 he quanlios of distilled spirits, (o baoeo, oigtrs, oigarottos, etc., on whioh tax was paid during tho iast fiscal year are as follows: Spirits distilled frim materials other than fruit gallons, 09,- | 267,732, incroaso, 5,766,802. Fermented liquors, panels, 40.517,078 increase 11.86,220. Cigara weighing more rhan three pounds per 1,000 ou Tiber 5,770 034 369, inoreaso 454 660,808 o'gsrs weighing not more than three pounds per 1 000 number 684,504 050, inoreaso 70 670,230 Cigarettes weighing not more thr.'o pounds per 1.000, number 2,271 626, decrease 363.828,767; cigarettes weighing nor? thao three pounds per 1 000 numhei 5 447,102. inoreaso 998.800. Scuff, o iuUs, 16,601,844, inoroasa 1,774 426. Tobacoo. ohowing and smoking, pounds, 294 101,715, increase 15,124,680. Collection in southern States: A!a hnma $573,254; Florida $804 708; Georgia $024,370; Kintuoky $25,181,305; Louisiana and Mississippi $2,399,081; Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia anl two counties of Virginia $9,630 133 Ntr.h Carolina $7,126,740; South Carolina $310,590; ToDnosaeo, $2,406,180; Virginia $5,623,608. To Die. It is to bid the warning world good night, To say good morning in brighter sphere; To pass from darkaetss into eternal light, To shed no more the buruing, bitter tear. It is to hear no musio or lull at play, To feel no touoh of e'en a loving hand; To know no longer weavy night or day, To go with gladness to the hotter lAnd. It is to tako no kiss that love may give, To need no bread that yet this life may be; To sink into the grave and still to live. To lie in silence and a mystery. It is to have our ta'ents counted o'er, To garner all that we have ever sowed: To reach at last the solemn Hopeful hour, o cast aside for o'er life's heavy load. It is to leave the tlowers, the birds, the tro.-s. To behold no more land or aea, or sky; To listen (o no ouund of voice or biceze, To answer to no call, or morn or cry. It is to look no more on gold or dross, To rest beyond all hope or fear or pain; To welcome the crown and blest the cress: To lose all ties of earth and yet to gain. It is to close the eyes in deepest deep. t Uatn of t'ollnrn. A wholesale city house making collars has adopted a novel plan to increase sales on Its goods. These manufacturers have retail agencies in first and aecond-class cities throughout the United States, through which their brands are marketed. The consumer pays $1.50 /or 0110 dozen collars in a box, and 35 cents additional for an "exchange ticket." The customer returns tile dozen collars soiled with the ticket to any dealer who acts us agent for the producers, and gets u dozeu new collars of any style desired, in exchange, by the payment of 35 cents on every dozen. If the original box is not returned live cents extra is charged the purchaser. The linn relatinders the eollam and puts the in iu regular stock again and again, until wear shows.?N. V. Herald. Creoy Son p. "Scrape some nice red carrots and boil them in well flavored broth till tender enough to press through a sieve. Mix enough broth with this puree to make it rather thinner than the soup should be when finished, in a small saucepan dissolve an ounce of butter, stir into it an ounce of flour, when blended mid half u pint to the soup; stir till it is well boiled? tlmn use it for thickening the sotip, which also should be hot. Stir together till it boils op; tub! pepper and salt if required. Sliould tiny fat be on the surface draw the pan to the side of the tire, let it cool a little, tilt t he pan toward you and skim it ofT. Servo with bread that, has been dried in the oven till light brown and cut into small dice.? Washington Star. IikIImii llo?|ii tnl It y. JIow to stop the Indians of the South Dakota reservations from eating eaeh other's food is an amusing but perplexing problem with which the indbin bureau is now denling. It is nil unwritten law of Indian hospitality that a guest may stay as long as lie likes, and that as long as the guest remains the host must provide the food. It has liecome the custom among the Sioux, who have a feast with their two-weeks' ration as soon 'as they receive It from the government, to go to the more provident Indians and live on them until all their food 1s gone.?Indianapolis News. I'll it I n li eil for < mine. Church ? I understand the jury stood eleven to one in favor of acquittal at first? Gotham?That's right; we did. "Well, how in the world did the 11 ever come around to think as the one man?" "Well, you see, the fellow who was alone for conviction knew the prisoner pretty well, and he told us that the fellow bad a lot of interestir?i? children, and be wan forever tolling stories about their marvelous sayings, so we thought It wouldn't hurt to look him up fur a few weeks."?Yonkers Statesman. hforjr of Colin, it poor widow In Koethen hna been i put In a quandary by a generous donor. Me used to be a coflin manufacturer, and when he broke tip hie 1 business he made her n present of a 1 beautiful coflin. It was delivered, but the neighbors of the widow In the tenement house object to Its presence. Now she will have to move, snd she is short of funds. Nobody wants to buy the coflin, as the coflin ' manufacturer spoiled the market , when he sold his goods at auction. The donor refuses to take his jfift ' back.?Wiener Tagehiatt. ik Slt't Ways* To a Chinaman the idea thai a judge should take bribes seems as natural us that a duck should ffcike to the water. And yet the Chinuuian will not, unless he knows he is on the right track, brutally push his bribe under the judge's nose. Either he or J one of his countrymen will from the j judge's urrivul have rendered him good service. Does the judge want a gardener or a cook? Ah Sin soon provides nn excellent one who never usks for his wages. Have some visitors arrived at the alculdia? Ah Sin sends in a dozen chickens, a turkey and the best fruits, is it the judge's name day? The wily Celestial nresents n few eases nf win* nml boxe? of fine cigars. Is tho roof of the ulcaldia leaking? A couple of Chinese carpenters will set It right without sending in a bill for It. Then, having prepared the way, should Ah Sin be summoned before the alcalde, he may confidently hope that his patron will not hurriedly give judgment against him, and that he will probably get a full opportunity to present substantial reasons why the suit should be decided in his favor ? "Inhabitants of the Philippines." Klialng (Jurrn Victoria. Apropos of presentations is un anecdote illustrating the queen's tact end kindness. An American debutante, who was both young und pretty, in making her court curtsey committed the error of kissing the queen. Instantly realizing her blunder, the , poor girl nearly fainted, and hurried home in a most distressed state of mind. Next day the American minister was asked by her parents to i present her apologies through the proper channels. Simultaneously there i reached the legation a note for our minister from her majesty's secretary stating that, comprehending the young American's embarrassment, ] Victoria sent her nn invitation to a state dinner. Needless to say that this kindness not only sileneed ad- i verse criticism but gave our fair countrywoman an open sesame to tho London season.?Anglo-American. Idrnli. Still they regarded the Armless ? Wonder distrustfully. "The money ull parsed through your | hands!" they insisted. "Ah, yes," rejoined he. "But don't i you see that I should have been false ] to my professional ideals had I per- i initted nuy of it to stick to my fin- i gers?" ; Hereupon, with these high aasur- | aiices, they were content; all except the Circassian Princess, who had been 1 reared upon n New England farm and i had accordingly but an inadequate < conception of genuine devotcdness to ] art.?Detroit Journal. < 1 Arn?u nncl It* Compnnljui. ' Since the discovery of that new eon- i atituent of the atmosphere, argon, a i few years ago, four other previously j unknown gases have been found, and Prof, Ratnsay recently gave an account of their properties before the Royal society. They arc helium, neon, i | krypton and xenon. Of these, xenon ] is the heaviest and helium the light- i est. In the vacuum tube they are i very beautiful, neon being extremely ? brilliant and of an orange-pink hue, i whily krypton is pale violet and xenon 1 sky-blue.? Youth's Companion. 1 'The MarriiiKe Knot" In !*ot m Myth. f How few of those that talk of the J "mnrriage knot" realize that the knot ] was over anything more than a mere ) tiguro of speech. Among the Baby- t lonians, tying the knot was part of the t marriage ceremony. There the priest t took a thread of the garment of the J bride and another from that of the bridegroom, and tied them into a knot, which he gave to the bride, thus symbolizing the binding nature of the t union which now existed between her- j self and her husband.? N. Y. Herald, i Potato Illdcutt. Boil, peel and mash fine one quart , of potatoes: rub them into one quart j, of sifted flour and one teaspoonful of a snlt; work in one teaoupful of lard, ^ then add enough sweet milk to make t a moderately stiff dough; roll out to i a quarter of an inch thick, cut into *] cakes and bake in a quick oven, t Sprinkling sugar over the top is to many palates an improvement.?People's Home Journal. c Ilonent l.abnr. ], "Look at those, these, them!" said ]( Weary Wat kins, proudly showing two v dollars. jj "I hope you ain't been working!" 8 exclaimed his friend and partner, e Hungry lliggins. ? "No, not 'xackly; been posin' as a t horrible example." "Temperance spieler?" -t "Naw. Soap fakir."?Tndlnnnnr?H? ? Presn. l.onoo in r. When small Hobby had worn his n first pair of trousers for half an lioui j, ho went to his mother and begged tc j. have on his Kilt again. "What for?" she asked. t "Heeause," replied Hobby, "I feel sc lonesome in pants." Lcwiston Jour- B nal. ? o The I mini Sonrcr, Assistant Kditor on London Cotnic Paper?Isn't this joke rather far fetched? j, Kditor in Chief?Well, nit her. The B postal service brought if clear across j, the ocean in a Yankee paper. Somer- jj ville Journal. if Anlurnlly. ^ Hicks See that woman there? She j, is a clairvoyant; travels all over the country giving scoanees. It'oks A circulating medium, 1 suppose.?Judge. tv n tlrnlnl l>i Mpcpnin Envy is the dyspepsia of the mind, na ?Chicago Daily News. w A Hrmnrknblr Invalid. A St. Petersburg correspondent says an invalid who has reached the remarkable age of 140 years is nowlying in the hospital of Tomsk, lie ft still rmh?Tnti?fa Poll 11 ? . J I.. (111*1 AI talks of 11(lvinp buried his wife 100 years npo and his son i?0 years l>aek. tj His record was n* ??rl\ approached by ^ n (leorpfnn, who died a few days apo in Tiilis at the ape of 128 years.? Tit-Hits. Cliniiep for a tncntlon. Ill "I fear," said the physician to KnI?eck, as he came from the sick room-. u: "that your wife's mind is entirely c< polic." "Well," replied the other half, with a siph of aeeniliip relief, "I'm not at nil surprised. She has been givinp me *s n piece of it daily ever since we were married."- Chicago Daily News. _Vj The Auilnhlc W Ife. f" lie hn?i a fearful head the next morninp, and his conscience smote i hint likewise. I "John," remarked his wife, meekly, , 'I want to apologize for a lie 1 told last light when you left. I said: 'You'll )j[ he home soon, Johu,'and you weren't." ?* ?Philadelphia Times. a j^'wl * iftfil lftoi m?MAN UNiVKUmiY, A. P. Montague, Ph. D, L. L. D., - - President. H9 Two ooursee are offered leading to the degree of Bachblob or Aets (B. A.) and Wastkr or Art* (M. A.).Library and Reading-Itoorn. Physical. Chemical and Biological Laboratories. Judsor-All-mm Hall, containing Auditorium ahd Socirty Halls. mat completed aad furnished at a coat of twenty Ihouaand dollars. Nsw Foarr Roou Dormitory Expenses reduced to a minimum by the Mess system. Catalogue and :iroularsof information on request. Address Dr A. P. Montague For rooms apply to Prof. H T. Cook, Greenville, 8. C. Greenville, 8. C. - - - ? ? - ? mm - m.m.m m,m.m in. ? ?????_?? "--"JU Presbyterian College of Sooth Carolina. Next Session opens Sept. 2*1, 1901. Special rata to boarding student*. Limited number can be accommodated in Dormitory, $100.10 will pa* for boa d, room-rent matriculation, and tuition, for Collegiate year. Fife professors and one instruotor in faculty. Moral influences good. Courses of study leading to degrees of B. A. and M. A. Fine Commercial Course. Write for catalogue or information of any kind to A. F. Bl'KSCER, Clinton, 8. C. A Valuable Klad. | n\Kifmr^ Information received at Covclo, in ^ ** Mendocino county, Cal., from Caspar, , co*,ctsnt cer p a seacoast town and post, 35 miles v away, gives the particulars of a vul- STtNosBAPHt* liable find of uiiibergris afloat, discov- C \j \ ered by a lumber steamer on her re- ? Y .A R, turn from Skngway, Alaska. The gLjOVw-"*A / na.no of the vessel Is not given. A \l ImL I small lump of dirty, gray, greasy #?*iNtss NANActsKjfK )\ ?/!> /^* j stuff was picked up by the crew six *p*T,"ut'?cT*" weeks ugo after discharging a cargo - ?V ''amjlY yAflflr of lumber at an Alaskan port. The <r?#> wbajw lump weighed about 75 pounds, and XT1 J' when taken on board was found to be ? \ w- jM pure ambergris, more valuable than ? V^1 gold and worth $27,275. Ambergris M is supposed to be a substance formed i by a disease of the stomach or the i gull ducts of the sperm whale. It is YoSl They're Wanted. ejected by the animal and floats upon the water or is cast upon the shore Bumums activity create* a demand far and burled in the sand. It is used to Duaine?a experts, and those who hold diploflx valuable perfumes, and for that roaa from our college are business experts, reason us well as for lt? rarity and They hsve little trouble finding pltoea, and the diflieulty of encountering it Its no trouble keeping them. Sjch diplomas price ordinarllj' ranges from $370 to *re guir?lees time**. It* not guess$400 a pound. Gold is worth about wo,k'. ?d ,he P???bility of dissppointten dollars an ounce and $256 a pound j"?}? * *"""* 1 tee from us to your anility, avoirdupois. Kansas City Call. For full infjrmall0ai hend now tothe The raitoi lltrd. Columbia Business College, The most entertuining resident of COLUMBIA 8 C tho xoo's birdhouse is a "pastor" bird from New Zealand. This bird has a W. H. NEWBERRY, President. dark-green plumage, relieved by a ????? ???? white feather growth at the throat SHERIDAN greatly resembling a cravat, and with Its sedate appearance very ' OUCllCrs ^ K'CIICy 9 naturally suggest, its name. But ap- Greenwood. 8. C. DP a run ops nrp dppnii fni */\? ??? ' ? has a song that seems to combine the DEPARTMENTS musical features of a minstrel troupe. Teachu's Aobxcy? We supply schools. It whistles a couple of nute-like bars, colleges, and famines with teaoaers, without fives utterance to a metallic speech charge. We aid competent teachers in sethat sounds very much lil-e a tarn- curing positions. Taose wishiog teachers bourine, and winds up by manipulat- an<t teachers wishing positions should write [ng Its beak in a manner suggestive us once. of a bones solo. After each musical f,, PNITUBK beaks, Maps, Charts, performance the bird will do a couple G1?b"-&< , at lowest prices We are Gen' ., eral Agents for iargesi factory in U. 13. Local of Jig steps on the perch to further Agents wanfd. Everything strictly firstbelie Its sanctimonious appearance. ciaaf. Tho pastor likes to be noticed, and fccuooL ash Colikuk Books by mail at will go through its little act as long publishers prices?new anu secondha 4. is an audience is on hand.?Philadel- We take old books in exchange for new or phia Record. secondbanded ones, saving half the oost to jou. We a'so supply books recently A I'alr of RansKRy Kites. adopiedbythest.tr. Two kites which were the leading J,VJ^8AVK YOU TROUBLE AND members of a flight of five sent up M0NLV' F* M. dheridan, Mgr. ast summer from the roval aeronaut- """"" North Greenville High School. dragging n long wire which touched nnPRVrr r p u r :lio ground and extended two miles llUt.lt , jehind thern, fled before the wind al- Xh h> ch and beauiifally located, most 100 miles before they were MounUiu Sceuerj; Good Water; Military wrought down to the earth. Ihe re- feature, uader auspices of Citadel graduate, list a nee of the wire trailing over the Students from eight counties, and sufficed to keep the kites promer- .... . . v presented to the wind, and their No U?h ,tcho?l \ mo" thorcofeh . , . . .. . course. Diplomas awerde i toaraduvtee. ?ue^^| lasted through an en- hundied alud lir ^B night; When the kites on 8flp9awardpd annually. V heir remarknble break for liberty ~ ^ bey were at a height of more than a m0Dth-to l'/t miles.?Youth's Companion. * * year. An illustrated Catalogue will tell you all. Hrnre Tommy Atklni. Buason ipens t eptcmOer 12 1901. Let it not be forgotten, however, Come to Greenville and telephone to 1 igerhat the "exqyisitc humor" displayed n tho name Tommy Atkins belongs ?????? miier lo the war offlce than to the TUT YOUNG BLOOD mblic. That institution used to issue 1 u 1 t/uiiuui.uuu ittlo pocket manuals, in which each . Miinpn nnK/IDAMV loldiev'a name, age, date of enlistment, LUMPLn UUIVlr AN I enifth of service, etc., were entered, knd the method of filling 'n the form AUGUSTA. <sr\. vas explained by the use of a hypo- ()m(.B ANJ) WoBKa> SoBT1I AroiTgTA 8. C. hetlcal name, not John I)oe of the egal profession, but?Thomas Atkins. DOORS, SAtill, BLINDS AND BUILDER'S The books were first so called, and HARDWARE hen the soldiers.?Acndemy. _ FLOORING, F1DING, CEILING and INOreat Llttl. .Men. BIDE FINISHING LUMBER IN The Instances are certainly numer- njoon A DIHB itis In which the most successful GEORGIA rINE? eaders in the field have been far be- Ap Correspondenoa given prompt atten ow the averages both in height and eeight. Why, the "Little Corporal" tion. July 2?ly ilmself would never have become a _ - _ oldicr mavbe if his fate had dependd on one of these war office boards, .. Klderly Kln?. nd it is a question whether the na- With one excepthm, never since Tigion would now have been honoring bert the first king of England Little Bobs." It all seems so funny, came to the throne has a successor he craze for bigness. ? Army and ascended it who exceeded, or even lavy Qaxette. approached, the p esent king in years. The Saxon and Danish soverIIim snlnry Inadequate. eigns had short reigns, and for the "I should like a slight increase in most part died young. Even Alfred ay salary," remarked the sad-look- the Great, who made England and ag young bookkeeper. "I have a ruled for 30 years, was only 52 at his irgc family to support." death. The very first of our mon"Why, you've only been married archs to attain the nge of three-score wo years," said his employer. and ten was our first great queen,! "I know that," was the reply, "hut Elizabeth, and she was 26 when shej onp oi iiiv wue 8 people nave done came to the throne. All the house] nytliing since."?Philadelphia Roc- of Hanover, of whom the present] rd. * king is the seventh, have been long lived, George I., who died at G7, being industry. the youngest. William IV. did not "That young man is one of the most succeed his brother until he was 65, idustrious people In the establish- and he was older than the king by nent.," remarked the proprietor. "I six years. George IV. was a trifle iever see him when he is not working younger when he cnine to the throne, ard." ?London Chronicle. "Yes," answered the manager, "ne ? always in n hurry to get through so "W hat Prehistoric Men Ate. int he can play golf."?Washington Our modern microscope has been tflr* looking back some 5,000 years and Taking So Chance*. examining the food of our savage anPractical Father?Has that young cestors when they were but little lan who wants to murry you any above the beasts whose bones we find loney? * mixed with theirs. Charters White, Romantic Miss?Money! lie gave ot the Royal Odontologieal Society ic a cluster diamond ring studded *' Great Ilrltain, has recently placed rlth pearls. under his microscope, teeth taken "Yes, I know. Has he any money from human skulls dating back to ift?"?St. Louis Republic. the Btoue age. and earafully exam- ^ ined the tartar on tliem after it had r?nnda'i Wild linffnlo. been dissolved in a weak acid. hopCanada still has a herd of wild buf- Ing to find traces of the food that ilo. Traces of the existence of the they hud masticated. He was ennitnals were found in the woods at tirely successful, and found com ?e west of Sluvc river. It was ascer- husk particles, hairs from the outlined that the bullalo was being side of husks, spiral vessels from icrcilcssly hunted and destroyed by vegetables, pnrlicles of slarch, point le Indians.?Indianapolis News. of a fish tooth, oval cells from fruits, barbelcts of down, portions of wool, altar Tendencies. an(l pieces of quart/, and flint.?-Sci"Do you feel nervous after you havg enca. ad your dinner?" "No; but I'm sometime* nervous Bvcvy Maa His ows rwt Ms|?, I ntII I know where niv dinner is in v i 1- 1 - " ? -- 1UUI imiiua llliu M1UIS Will niUKe] >ine from."?Chicago Record-Herald. pood substitutes for a foot-rule or a| tape measure. The first linger is usujndici"K t?y the other*. ajj^ four inches long, two inches from I he \Vife Hie new cook is very tall, tjie ^nuc^ie fQ the next joint, and two n t she.' ^ inches more to the tip. From the tip '1 lie Husband?\ es; hut it isn t like- Qf middle linger to the elbow is 1 ' sin- II Ntay I""" 1 opica. about 16 inches on un areruge, and the distance from finger tip to finger tip /r) ~ ?of the outstretched bonds Is about si* ( .i/rt+if JdIkO 1 I *''et- Individuals rary in these re^ QS ^ '*IK spccts. Hut if once for all you ineas SnciNc^^iiR^iiioT^. urc the exact length of your finger, SCHOOL" SHORTHAND your arm, your outstretched hands iciual Business}? s-A/r^t/vr^Yiji nn,! y?ur #oot or boot- y?" vsil1 b*v? Cheap Board ^situations sccu.,tp. j ^'"an^t^measurcs always with you.