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??' _ _ _ _ _ VOL. II BATESBURG, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2<>. 19G2. NO. lO. | GEN. MILES IS MAI). He Declares that He Will Resign if a Certain Bill Passes. SECRETARY OF WARS SCHEME To Promote Interest of Personal Friends Without Howard to Kank for Service. Ml lea Charges Favoritism Gen. Nelson A. Miles Thursday told the senate committee on military affairs tiiat if the bill introduced by Senator Uawky at t lie instance of the wnr department for the organization of a general statT for the army should become a law lie would decline to longer hold his commission. The reason he gave for the statement is that the hill is utterly subversive of the Interests of the military establishment, and he said that lie would not. hn ?i ivirti. in onoH ?. .t:.... ... I Washington. Cass and Grant to show the necessity of having one head to the army and of controlling authority. His own experience and observation had, he said, had the effect of confirming these views and lie gave an illustration of iKs beneficial effect in time _ of i iuergency, instancing the Itegini"' midnight.- lie "ft. "if "m7\T dsli fleet had been ^ / hastened to tli?*lL e of ScY?,:i7 / r,.M.r ,..1 .. ,i was confirmed. LiOng, where t he neCT ^.,... d , Miafter was then at ' J k sat down there, in the s<?j.Cfjlu, house and wmto ? <w8pafcch, <iiiL ' , , him to shirt immedtutely foiv^P ,?r' with tin result t liatS^j?p',|inv 7^1 f soon on its way to the pp- where its presence was needed Suppose, he added, exhibiting Vrc message which be had sent to r- IK Shatter, 1 had been compel'-'1' ?tround to a dozen or i>- ,r? majors, as many eoloncis^ii?-?? uiy number of generals conjivifuLiny general staff." SCItl MKOK TilK SKCItKTA I1Y. - ? Ther no added that, in all probability tl.e senior general of the army won/ not under the provision he had , qur/vd have been in position to do anything, and he called attention to thi clause relieving him (the senior . general) of command and making it ^possible for any other officer to be ;ippointed. He declared that under section 7 it would be competent to one day promote a captain to the position of a brigadier and the next day to' make him chief of staff, thus practi|^P cally placing a captain at tlie head of the army. Warming up somewhat he Mm asserted tliat the bill was calculated to accomplish no purpose except toallow the secretary of war and the adjutant general to promote the interest of their personal favorites. WHY Tin: OKI,AY AT TAJfPA. V Gen. Miles was questioned as to the reasons for locating the American army of occupation at Tampa and holding It there so long with the re I suiting congestion. Replying to the B first, quest ion. he said that it wasbe? cause of the order to occupy llabana. i The delay was due. he said, to the i fact that the American army was sup-! plied with only <54 rounds of nmmuni- ; tion which would not have been sutficient for more than half an hour of j fighting. Considering that llabana was one of the best fortified cities in the world, he said that to have attack- i ed it would have been foolhardy in 1 the extreme. He declined, however, to criticise the then secretary of war. Gen. Alger, for the condition of affairs, saying that probably any one else in the position would have done about what he did. He laid the general blame for th I scon (lit ion of unprepared-, ness at the door of congress. KNOWS TIIK KAVOKITHS. In the course of his remarks Gen. Miles told the committee in confidence that with the bill a law lie could now name tlie men who would hold the places of honor provided under it but the cornmi. ee did not ask for the names. HOOT'S KN IMIKSKM KNT. The printed report of the testimony of Secretary Hoot before the military committee on this bill was made; 1 public Thursday. In his statement the secretary stated that tin; general staff of the army as it is proposed to organize it under this bill would be simply an advisory board and that Its principal duty would be that of an advisory lx>ard. Asked as to tin- place the commander-in-chief would occupy with reference to this Ixiard, the sccrctaryreplied: "The plan of the bill is to have the chief of staff selected by the president as commander-in-chief, and to have it a detail so that he will come in with the president and go out with the president." Senator Hate? I)o I understand that ,,v/w ? V UV OU^II CI |F1 C ?v V.l ? I I I in 141 the extent even of continuing to hold nis place. The statement was made in the course of a prolonged hearing hy the committee which was conducted hehind closed doors, and in which (Jen. Miles touched upon a variety'of subjects connected with the army. The portion of the hill to which he directed his especial criticism is that contained in section T, reading as fol-; lows: MAKE GENERAL A FIGUREHEAD. "That from and after the passage of this act the senior general ofllcer <>f the army shall lie assigned to command j such portion of the army as the presl- j dent may direct, or lie detailed to duty in the general statT corps. All duties prescribed by law for the commanding general of the army shall lie perform-1 ed by the chief of general stair or! other general ofllcer designated by the j secretary of war. Provided, that so | long as the present lieutenant general j of the army continues on the active list he shall lie tlie chief of the general staff, and upon the separation from active service of the said lieutenant general of the army, said ofllce, except as herein provided shall cease and determine." WOULD DESTROY UNITY OK AllMY. Gen. Miles said that if this provision should become a law it would have the * effect of destroying the unity of the army and lie read numerous authorities, including Napoleon, Wellington. would serve not only t >?iirf*cfest. but to inst ruct the children of the schools and tluj people of the community. In i**der to assist tl>t> teachers in devising an attractive and significant programme, lie will issue a pamphlet, which Miss Withers is now preparing with the assistance of several teachc.sj of the State. < )f eoursp, Jefferson Davis's birthday would be tlie best i time for such an exercise, except that j it. comes after most of the schools will have closed. Memorial day. the loth of May. will, therefore, he designated. As many country schools, however,! will close much earlier, they are asked to tlx each a day for Itself in connec- j tion with its closing exercises, and give the children of the school and the people of the neighborhood the opportunity to contribute something towards this monument to the soutb's great leader in the Lost Cause. Kescuo of Criiw, A special from Morchead City N.C., says the United States revenue cutter Algonquin, stationed at tins port, has just arrived there with ('apt. flaray and crew of 27 men from the Spanish i steamship "La." I.iibl tons of Milhao. I The La sailed from Letnandina, I'la., I March Ut, for New York with a cargo j of 2,.*>00 barrels rosin and 2..">00 tons I phosphate. When otT Cape Lookout shoals. March 1">. at 0 a. in., she went aground and high seas and brisk southeast to northeast winds prevented assistance of life-saving crew. The steamer broke in two this morning and is a total loss with Iter cargo. Ity a combination of the efforts of the life-saving crew and the revenue cut tor the crow < f the Ea was taken at the last minute ntT the bridge of the vessel after having remained without food and water since Sat urday. S w a in Through lee. Ed Dameron paid a bet t hat he lost on the Mctroverii-Sulllvan tight by taking a swim In the < Hiio river at Louisville wit h t lie thermometer hovering around zero. I>arncroriswam 7 *?ft .through the iey waters and when he reached the hank his mustache was frozen stiff and icicles hung from his hair. Dameron made a bet with Henry lluncr. a fellow employe <>f the Norinan Lumber company that Sullivan would win and made the proposition that the loser shotld take a swim in the river on St. Patrick's day. As Mctlovern landed the big end of the purse Harneron paid the bet according to the agreement. < inly n DimIjc. Senator Penrose's attempt to head ! off the movement f"r popular election of senators by proposing ati inerease of senators, based on populat Ion, was too transparent t>? amount to anything. The people of this country de- | inand popular election of senators, and they will get it some day, but they j will never stand for giving the big States a larger representation In the! senate 1 ban the small one:,. IMr Polluter llnnter*. Manuals said t?? lie the choice <>f the southern lie publicans for next president. Audit must lie admitted says the Atlanta Journal, that, the average southern Itepuhlieau comes pretty near knowing where the pie counter is located. A there is:i limit to their power so that ' they will not interfere with the lieui Le**ant general? Secretary lloot The proposition is j to have the lieutenant general to deI cide. As to tlie work of this oharactc| during t he war with spain, Secretary ' I toot said; UIVKS countN 'I'llK CUKDIT. I ''That work was done during tiie j Spanish war practically t?y the gentleman in the adjutant jreneral's ofllee. ! If We had not had an adjutant ^aerial with the strength of ten men. with J a wonderful physique and cxtraordi nary executive capacity the whole sys\ teni would have been broken down absolutely. You cannot depend on hav| in<j such men." '"1 want to say," he went on, "that | 1 Ik lieve that with the oi^.ui/ation as it was at the outbreak of the war l with Spain and is now. the outbreak j of any war would irretrievably ruin | any man who was secretary ? ! war. 1 think the organization is such that it | is impossible that successful results, may ho produced until they have been J worked out by most painful and ex-1 pensive ex pi rience." THE DAVIS MONUMENT FUND/ The School Children of till* State to Help Cot It I'p. Some time atfo State Superintendent of Education MeMahan received a letter from Mrs. Alice A. (billiard Palmer of Charleston on the part of the committee for South Carolina to represent the Southern Memorial association In an clTort. alonjj with the United Daughters of the Confederacy, to further the collection of funds for the erection of a monument to JelTer-1 son Davis. Mrs. Palmer suggests that the school children be given the opportunity to contribute to the monument. Tills would he most appropriate, especially in the State of South Carolina, the leader in 1 lie organization of the Confederacy, which will forever tie symliolizcd by the name of JelTerson Davis. The chief reason for the contribution is the sentiment, rather than the money. Mrs. Palmer says: "We feel confident that every man, woman and child will consider it an honor and a privilege to contribute to this fund. 1 write to ask if it would he possible for you to appoint some day and have a collection taken up in all the schools for tills fund? If each child gave five cents. 1 am sure it would amount to a goodly sum. There is a rule In our city schools that no collection shall tie taken up. hut I am going to make a special appeal to the hoard, and have the sanction of the! chairman to do so. It is the desire of the women of i he south that the monument shall lie unveiled on June 15)0.1. and each State is earnestly re-! quested to act promptly fn adding to' the funds now on hand." Superintendent McMalian thinks1 11 hi t in connection with the taking up! of tlie contributions, there should Ik: j exercises commemorative of JelTerson | I ):! vis :t in I nf I lii I Vmf.'I'll ! A (IRANI) SUCCESS Was the South Carolina Day at the Charleston Exposition. VISITORS WARMLY RECEIVED. Itjr the Good People of the City of | ClinrleHtoii. The Gov. and Other* Make Speeches. The Charleston correspondent of i the Columbia State says South Carolina Day has been a ureal success, while tiie crowd in attendance should have numbered not less than 2.">,000 yet there were iiuleet 10,000 (teople in the grounds. This fact In itself i> not an indication that theextxisition mannirnntnttf !e /Ho?? /wl #? -. > ? v^vuiv IIU ir? uiDii^^;iuwuu, IUI III?" illtendance of such an enthusiastic crowd as was lie re Thursday means brighter days fur the exposition. For those who were here will go out and do "missionary work" for the great show. Last, week a prominent county official came down from Columbia and was so thoroughly delighted with his visit that he has been urging all 11is friends to come. The result of his efforts was apparent, because several Columbians who had thought of the exposition as a "failure" were hv him persuaded to conic, and these "converts" declared that, they were going home and urge others to come. It is strange that home people must he persuaded to licllevc that this exposition is A OKA Ml) srrCKSS. from an aest hetic and artistic standpoint. The exposition has had many things against which to contend and the one which has. perhaps, in Hue need the people of South Carolina to distrust the exposition is the fact that, the exposition was opened before it was ready. Had they been admitted free they might have had no kick to make, but as t hey paid their way to see an unfinished show many of them went away with a feeling akin to resentment. it isu great pity, and it is difficult to overcome whatever impressions were made at that time. However, the visitors who are coming here now declare their gratitication at seeing the exposition not only completed but complete. There is nothing lacking to make it a success if not successful. The crop year has been a bad one, hut there are people who are able to come here for a few days of recreation and for enjoyment . TICK LAST OI'COKTI'NITY. They may not have such another opportunity for 10 years or longer. It may l>o many years before a southern | city will have the courage to under-i take what Charleston has earricd to completion. For the reason that tindelighted crowds who were lierej^hurs- i the to he snjunW"^1" ' warm enough to he in<*i*1irjL < >n account of the very se vcre wcauicr 01 ino past two (lays, tne exposition authorities feel very glad that the trains brought alroiit 4,000 people to Charleston Wednesday ami Thursday. THE DAY'S KXKUCISKS. There was an exchange of eompliments between the representatives of Charleston and the representatives of the State government. At noon a large crowd assembled in front of the |K?rtieoon the west front of the South Carolina building. Major .1. C. Hemphill. a director, took charge of the exercises. He declared his pleasure at. the presence of so many visitors and introduced '"the one man in Charleston who has had the pocket I wok big enough and the back hone big enough to make this exposition the success it is" Capt. F. \V. Wagoner, the president of the exposit ion. Capt. Wagoner welcomed the. visitors in his characteristic manner. His face beamed with pleasure when he invited them to make themselves at home in Charleston, lie hoped that they would enjoy the day and would go back and say that the directors of the exposition had done their part, lie hoped that the visitors would bo. the moans of bringing others. "Nature has not been in our favor," he said, "and the attendance is not what it ought to have been." Hon. .lames P. Johnson, mayor protein, made a few remarks of welcome on behalf of the city of Charleston. He spoke with a warm cordiality which was apparent. Till-: STATE IS A I'NIT. Judge C. II. Slmontonof the Foiled States court, then introduced the speaker of the day. Coventor McSwecney. Judge Si moot on referred with earnest nest to the fact that South Carolina lias 1 recti made a unit and lie complimented t ho Gov. In his part in that pad Ileal ion. He presented "the. I governor of the whole people. (lover! nor McSweeney was well received. 11 is was the only prepared speech and he followed the manuscript closely after making a few remarks appropriate to the occasion. The governor said: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: It Is peculiarly appropriate that I one day during the progress of this exposition should beset apart as South 'Carolina Day. For this exposition is a a State enterprise, conceived and carried to a completion in the metropolis of the State, and this day has been fixed when the people of South Carolina may come together to do lienor to their exposition and to the city which made it. a success?to see here displayed the resources and advantages and possibilities of their own State, and of nearly every other State in the union, and other parts oft lie world. And it is most appropriate that South Carolina should have an exposition. to which she may with a just pride invite her brethren of every section of the country. 1 hellcve that Unpeople of A merica are peculiarly interested in tliis State, and I have noted with t ho keenest interest and delight the kind and eloquent words spoken hy the governors and representatives of other States upon their visits to this exposition. No hotter indication could he sought that at least one of the ends for which this enterprise was undertaken lias been accomplished the hrintfhitf of our brethren of other sections of the country into closer touch with our people, to giv them the hand of welcome and assur them of our interest in the people o the States which they represent, am 1 believe they have gone home with i new and broader and fuller concept ioi of South Carolina's position in th galaxy of States. Some of them wen from that section which less than i half century ago were lined up on th other side of that dark and deep chasn which was opened wide in '01, bu across which is now clasped the hum of brotherly love. It is useless to deny i and 1 would not, that the memory o those days still lingers, sadly thougl sweetly, in the hearts of the northeri | and the southern people, but 1 repeat ] that on account of the visits, as i i were, of those States to tills exposi tion. ami tlieir reception in the clt; I where in the *ti'ts Suniter heicliei f ?rt,h its ll imo and steel against tin. j nort hern,tleets. Hie hand on the elocl of time is pointing nearer t lie lioui I when the last remnant of any aulug j onisin must ho obi it orated, and t lie 4.' . States of this union shalll bo knit to aether by ties closer and strongci than ever before. Hv tlie efforts am 'i the untiring energy of the promoter! i of tiiis exposition we have greatly ad vanced tiiai time, and should nothing more he accomplished, It will hav? deserved the well-done of eves-y true American e'tizen. The sons of South Carolina havi ever st riven for what they believed l< lie right, doing tiioir duty as they saw it. and leaving to tiioir (rod the e >nJ sequences of their aetion. Froin tlu time when the lirst permanent setDement was moved from Port Hoyal t< the banks of the Ashley river In lt?7C until today, slie lias played a prominent part in the history of the western world. As far hack as 1711? a revolution directed against the proprietary government, had been successful, and tiie colonists in tiiis State had placed themselves under the direct care of Die P.ritish crown beeausein this way they believed tliey could secure greater political and religious liberty. And when the tyranny of the crown had become oppressive and it had made encroachments upon that liberty, and the thirteen colonels had revolted. I need only to mention the names of Francis Marion. Thomas Sumter, Pickens. Hut ledge, Pinkuey, and a thousand other heroes who claimed Sout h Carolina as their mother to r*call the memory of the part she played in that conflict. And after the war was over and Die victory won, when South Carolina thought her rights were again being trampled upon by the government she h~w helped to make, unsupported alone she nullified the laws of that government, and put before Die world her position in Die famous declaration of States rights. At that time the tiery ami eloquent Huyne represented her lntlie senate of the United States, ami ipon his retirement and election to the of lice of governor there went to tin nate one of the three great men who have ever been considt^^ Americ > geeat est. slut ??, ,v [well, and to whose memory there, on I Citadel Square, stands a monument I erected by t he people of tiiis historic i city. Witli such men at the head of i her affairs she could not but command i the attention and respect of the world, arui wiiimi tins irying ordeal tor her and for the country and had been safely passed with honor to both, and a reunited country battled with Mexico, the deeds of tire Palmetto regiment in that struggle have hardly been equalled in the annals of war-fare, even should you go hack to the time when Lconidas and his hundred Spartain gave their lives at the pass of Thermopylae. and never surpassed' The historic Hag they bor to victory iti Mexico was not long since unfurled by another South Carolina regiment in Cuba on the walls of Morro Castle. Not long afterwards followed the Civil war that war precipitated by the action of South Carolina in seceding from the union because she thought it her right and her duty t< sever her connection with her sistei States. There is no need fof me t< speak of that conflict; the names ol tiic men of South Carolina who took part are engraven in the hearts of tin southern people, and when it is desired to point the children of America ; to the record of deeds of courage and self-sacrilicing heroism worthy or emu lation, they arc taught in infancy t< lisp the names of the men who from Manassas to Appomattox bared theii breasts to the belching lire of tin enemy for a cause they believed to b< j just. And when the arbitrament ol i arms had decided against us, wher i Lee had surrendered there were n< J vain sighs and regrets from our peo pie, hut "with a heart for any fate' they renewed their allegiance to tin union and went to work to rchuilr their lost, fortunes. Since that time since the Stars and Bars wore forevei furled at Appomattox, South Caro Una has time and again proven her ai lcglanec to the government, and sht is as t rue to the old tlag today as i i those stirring times had never been i South Carolina has liecn no less greal and illustrious in peace than in war I i.. -i ... i ? - * ' 111 imiu>11 ini in-w-iujiuii'iii ami pro grcss. she has kept pace with her sis ter States, and many of them she ha: far out readied, as the manufaeturliu enterprises which stand as sentinels it every city, town, and hamlet from tht hills of of the I'icdinoul to the low : lands the coast, will hear testi I inonv. This t eautiful I vory City in her me ; tropolis attests the pluck and the per j severance of the people of t he pahnctt* i and t In* pine. Hut the most heautllul Jewel In lie I crown is the loveliness, the devotion t lie sclf-sacriticing fortitude, and tin stainless character of her women Without these she could have accoin pUshed nothing. The women of Soiitl Carolina are the ones who have cheer I ed and encouraged her sons in time, of peril as well as in the days of peaci and prosperity. And without thci encouraging words and helping hand this beautiful exposition ceuld neve have been. God bless our women! VIIK STATIC'S I'AHT. The State of South Carolina gavi ; $*>n.000 to the great exposition, am j tills should lie a mat t er of pride fo every patriotic son oi the Stale. Thi money was wisely expended by a com j mission consisting of Gov. McSween cy. Capt. ! '. W. Wagoner, Col. ,ino. It e Cleveland cnator LouisO Appeltand e Mr. Th? mas Wilson of Clarendon counf ty. At their direction was erected [1 the spleidid structure known as the a Palace ?f Agriculture or South Caroti Una binding. Acting with them Mr. j e Karl SlQtn, the State geologist, and j e Mr. A. >V. Love, t lie State commis-1 a sinner. have arranged an exhioit ! e which it rcpresentat ive of every'class j a of induttry in this State. This exhibit' t is displayed in tlie handsome building 1 which Vas designed by Qtlie architect, . Mr. Itracf'ird L. -tlilhert. The decorf ations in t,his building are admired l about as much as are the exhibits. Mr. j I August 'iohii. the secretary of the , commission was also present. Hisadt vice was s-rvicablc to the commission | on more 1 tan one deration. y j ? _______ 1 Tl XAb HAY FEVElt. p itrrc<l>TK in (liin Sl;ilc I.tisr Thous? hikIh Annually By It. Since the stock law went intociToct, '. 'and tids have disappeared In many pai ls of the Stato, Texas fever has be' come n/ to a common disease. It is estimated tliat the lirecders of the State are now losing annually more than *to.o io from 1 his disease, and it has been shown to be so important that the South Carolina experiment ! station has undertaken the work of ' combat.ill); its ravages by a process of inoeeulation 1 vaccination.) la tla fall of 11100 twelve calves were liought by the veterinary division, of which l>r. C. 1C. Nesom is ' chief .n .i Dr. Shealey assistant. All I oi ; hi in wore subject to the disease, as ; thoy had never carried links. They 1 were inti'K hated with blood from a , cow that was immune, and In a fewdays they developed a light case of the | disease from which they soon rccover! ed. lairing the summer of 1801 they were kept in a lick-infested pasture! and n'1111 of them contracted the f; al form of tlie disease. l;?it m ire important work is now be-I lug (1 tie in the same way on Northern cattle. llvcr\ one who has purchased cattle from the North and exposed them to the Sout hern catt le tick knows that i ?3t >f them die the tirst year of "acclimation fever," another name for Texas fever. Sixteen head of beef cattle were brought *1 iwn from Indianapolis In November, lool, and have been In-! noeulated^ They are doing well so j far an l w In the work Is finished In ; the sprinJthey will be tested In tlck! infested plstures. It is hoped they will prove xminunc. If this method j proves em successful It will estahlisli t Inljfaet that u great obstacle in the \vayl,)f iutreducing l>etter cat- i tie into ilil*. State has been removed. ! In this >a imeetlon Dr. <1. K. Nesom ' has sent oyit the following circular let- j ler to Warners and cattle raisers in South (/arolina: n ;s f-ireular letter is sent you in i >" i ^rfMMMssist he securing T fever. ^ I niiig n: st few years the disease lias belen prevalent in many sections of tint State, hut since the passago of ihemrcscnt stock law it has become very common, especially in the upcounti/\ and in the pastures and pens of stock buyers and feeders. Texas fever is known by a number of names, but the most important of these art-splenic h ver. splenetic fever, accliniati >n fever, Southern cattle fever, tick fever, red water, bloody murrain, blood> uri le. distemper, mountain distemper aud many local names , Toe symptoms are readily recog 1 niz?d by any on.- who has soon rattle ' suffering t r- in this fever. At lirst the i animals lierome stupid and leave thel 1 herd for some secluded and shady part! of the pasture. They appear listless! and droop, as if all energy had forsaken them, the ears drop, the nose is more or less dry, rumination (chcw'' ing cud) suspended, the urine light to *'dark red in color, and constipation ; marked, only small quantities of very ' dark, dry dung being voided. They tare highly fevered, the temperature i running fiom'lO.'l to 107 decrees F. in ' I in ilk rows the How of milk is almost ' j suspended. All of the symptoms in1 : crease in severity until the animal be' comes almost or quite unconscious. ' walks round in a circle, groans and ' seems to suiTer real pain. Then con1 vulsions set in. t lie animal falls, unconscious and snoring in tlie intervals 'j between convulsions, until death en'' sues. Calves rarely develop the severe ^ j symptoms or die from the disease, but 1 j in cattle over a year old t lie death! ' j rate is possibly 50 to 00 per cent, in-1 "! creasing as the age increases. Post mortem examination of the | ' carcass shows the Mesh to he almost ' bloodless and pale in color, the spleen j (melt) hla k and easily torn, the blad-1 r der tilled with bloody urine, the liver and intestines yellowish and the gall bladder tilled with Idle. ' In all rises an examination of t he ^ skin a Foul the thighs. Hanks, neck and ; other parts of the tmdy reveals the 1 preseneo of ticks, which always go with Texas fever. The *.ause of l ie i disease is .1 sroan annual organism " (protozoan.'which seems at all exist "" in the body of the times to tick. When ; the tick irserts its hill through the 1 hide these lit tie nerms naln access to ! lie blood ol t he enw aiul there develop, producing jI case of '1 exus fever In ten " t?? twenty Jays. Death results from tin* destrue. loii of the reel blood cells, - the refuse rolnn to the spleen and the 1 coloring nutter to the bladder. > t\nttlc tint have had ticks on them [ when they were calves arc Immune to r I the disease and will not have It anahi. < Cattle th 1 have not had ticks on ' them unit a year old, will develop the dlseav as mKill as they net the ticks. 1 The experiment station ofilclals de-. - sire to assi.t thestoi kinen of the State J s In nettliiK the disease under control, l> ami prcriit severe hisses In future.! r Innoculatloi experiments are now in s pronress. aid it Is hoped that iinmunr tty to It nny he produced hy aril tidal ! means. ,, You 11 ri requested to answer tiie 8 questions 01 the enclosed postal card ' and return ts soon as possible to the r vetcrinarlai, who wishes to thank s you in ud\?icc for your co-operation in the mat it. Yours truly, ij. 1. Nksom, Veterinarian. Clemson Millene, S. ('. ( ( THE BLOODY SHIRT. The Republicans Raise it Aloft in Con gress Once More. WILL HELP THE DEMOCRATS. Crutiipucker'N Itewolutioii for mii In vestlKUliou of" Ihr Suffrage truest ion in I lie South Will Be l?iiKh?Ml. A special dispatch from Wasliiii^t ui to tlie Atlanta Joiiurnal saj's since tin llcpublican leaders have determined t? f ner through the Crumpacker resolution for an investigation of tlie suffrage iquest ion as it, aiTects the southern representation in the house, it lias become clearly evident that this move of the majority means a repetition ol the old Force bill tight and a revival of tiie sectional bitterness of reconstruction days. The supporters of the measure have made no concealment of their desire to utilize it for purely partisan ends. This is particularly true of certain western representatives, who seek to sjlidify the negro voters in their districts. Conservative Republicans, such as Cannon, at lirst arrayed themselves stoutly against any such legislation, and the speaker himself took but a perfunctory interest in the proposition and only ceased when a policy of conciliation became necessary on account of the row over the Cuban lariiT. The Democrats will light the resolution vigorously, beginning with the presentation of the rule of the house. They believe that if so radical a step Is at once taken the majority will not hesitate to go even to greater extremes to insure control of the house in the next congress. The Democrats will probably consider their plan (if action in caucus, and it is said they may agree to stop the regular procedure of the house bv ttlllbustering. The sudden change in the attitude of tlie Republicans toward this resolution is regarded as full of significance, coming as it does at a time when the prospects of the Democrats electing the next house are admittedly bright. The Post today publishes views on the action of the Republican leaders; as follows: David 11. 11111 says: "The proposed investigation will be fruitless, and will not injure the Democratic party. <>f course it should be opposed because it is partisan and unnecessary. It indicates a desperation which is ominous. If tlie investigation should Ik* followed by an attempt to enact a federal election law. the effect will be to unite the Democratic party noryh, south. of he'punhcan national rule." W. J. Bryan says: "If the investigation of electio i methods includes northern elections as well as southern there ought to be no objection, but an investigation that brnnr?>ft ttm frnui practiced in the ilanna senatorial election and in tlie Pennsylvania elections would be unfair. The committee should also in vest igatc the coercion practiced bv employers and bankers, a> well as fraud practiced on black men. An investigation to be valuable must not be partisan." Senator (lorman says: "The entire country will be amazed at the. extreme radical partisanship embraced in the action taken today. It is promised to stir up sectional animosities at a time when all thoughtful men of every party in the country recognize that the problem of the sutTerageof the south must be adjusted by the people of the states where the great negro population exists. The business interests of this country will resent this effort to create political strife as they did when it wad attempted during the speakership of Mr. Itlaine and again in 1800, when the. whole country protested against the force bill: This latest attempt can only be accounted for in one way. The Republicans fear the defeat of their party in the next congressional elections of the issues they have made, growingout of the Philippine question and the enormous expenditure of the government. Therefore, they have seen lit to array the north against the south. Business interscts will resent this wanton and unnecessary agitat ion The Pemocrats must tight this proposition from now until the end of this congress. They must tight, and tight, and tight." Henry Wattcrson says: 4,I have thought and hoped the Republicans were done with the bloody shirt, at least as far as far south is concerned. It. has always done them more harm than It has done us. The only effect of its revival now will be to unite the Pemoerats and frighten the conservative element of the. north and east. Millions of dollars have gone south the last tivc or six years. This movement will i?e regarded as direet attack upon those millions. Both sections yearned for peace. At last they have got it. This proposal to rip open the old wound is an assault upon the peace of the country and for what? I'nrier what pretext? Whj, the negro vote a fungus vote ?carrying no moral weight, hut on the other hand, the occasion of incalculable corruption." The I'reehlent In Charleston. The Columbia State says news has t>ecn received in Columbia that President Roosevelt will leave Washington for Charleston April 8th and will spend tlie Uth at the exposition. On the afternoon of that day will be the sword presentation. President Roosevelt has expressed himself as pleased at the prospect <?f handing to "one of the most gallant men with whom lie was associated"?MaJ. Mlcah Jenkins -a testimonial of the appreciation of South Carolinians for the officer and gentleman "tile worthy son of a noble sire." The exposition management lias provided 011 the programme for tilts presentation. The sword will i>e ordered this week. Its value ami licauty will l?e governed somewhat by the additional contributions made to the fund In the next few days. THE JURORS DRAW. To Serve In tin* Culled Stales Court A at Charleston In April. The April term of the I'nitcrl States Circuit Court will convene in Charleston on April i. There Is a full docket I and many important cases will coine . j up for trial. Jurors for the term have ,f i been drawn as follows: (I HAN I) J IT HO H8. Thomas .1. Nichols. bethel. Thomas Whitaker, Camden. Mason C. Seaborn, Wulhalla. Pnilip Carter, Prilehurdville. 1 Joseph liennett. Spartanburg. II '! J.'C. Stoudemire. Cone Star. >, (>. 1'. Field, Pickens. S. (J. Wlngo, <iowersville. .. W. K. I.juds.iy, (ileiidale. A. M. llo'/.ard, Orangeburg. <5. Henry Moore. Abbeville. th . V. A. White, Powers Shop. be A. Mi Aiken, Coronaco. I mi I. A. Moody, Marion. S. K. Hoynion. Green pond. K. \V. I>abl>s, Goodwill. I hi A < la in Goodlel colored, Greenville. | de \V. Allen Parmley, colored, Conway. T< 1 II. P. Weekly, Early Itranch. tii F. M'. Shumpert, Utopia. co J. S. Connor, Connor's. Frank I >eMars. Orangeburg. pt .1. L. Nelson, VaruviUe. ar i i.ii1 . mil > I IHIIIS. I II I MI CO .1. II. Lesesne. Manning. ja) J. It. O'Neill Holloway, Pomaria. ^ It. McLendon, Florence. John Eve. colored. Barnwell. /!, Tom Jones, colored. Abbeville. w'i E. F. Heed, Varennes. ,IS .1. Thomas Power, Stewart. J. A. Kennedy, Govan. nr John I.. lluggins, Columbia. W. J. Hunter, Itapley. ve John A. Easley, Greenville. ,l( .1. Wilds Wallace, Mars Bluff. W( W. S. Lungford, "Newlierry. .1. P. Phillips, Ninety-Six. jQ J. C. Land, Foreston. I>. C. Smith, Waterloo. gc C. F. Moore. Bennettsville. H. It. Johnston, Elko. ou J. L. Gibson, North. ^r; George C. May, Union. jn! W. P. Counts. Shell's. W. Hampton Dukes. Orangeburg. .^ C. W. Evans, colored, Walterboro. W. 11. Owens. Dumbarton. -j-j J. it. Holland. Clinton. ^ Prince Cannon. Laurens. W. T. Dorroh, Young's Store. Joe Lake, Phoenix. jjj Thomas Stevens, Pendleton. IJV C. T. Stone, Thnmonsville. David N. Smith, Orangeburg. (j, John It. Bart. Hopkins. y, Fred Duncan, colored. Darlington. jM1 C. J. Carroll. Columbia. to 1>. D. McCall. ltennettsville. E. It. Perry. Sellers. j0j Emmet. Plexico. King's Creek. js A. Ktlleil by (tie Cars. The Newberry observer says "on th jFnda^ii^ht two VK5.Uleft tln'-?F comfortable and j re happy homes in Newberry to seek for ee . adventure. Their po pie did not know tl: whither they had gone, and of course I) we re greatly worried about them, pr Nothing was heard from either until vc I Tuesday morning, when Agent ltur- pt I ton of the Southern received a dis- di . patch from the agent at Toccoa, Ga.. tl , conveying the intelligence that one of ui , tiie hoys had just been run over by the ; ears at tlv.it place and was in a dying j S( condition. The nttmr n.>a *..io 1 ? >'? ?.w? wj iltlU tVMU I L the agent the name of the unfortunate tl boy and that he harl a step-father who , is a preacher living in Newherrv. Mr. C< Burton at once communicated the sad pi news to I lev. I >r. Charles II. Arm- et strong, the poor hoy's step-father, and to , lie with the heart-broken mother took hi t lie midday train for Toccoa, leaving Newherrv at l ?just as t lie . son si , was breathing his last. The name of fe , the young man was Hoyt King. lie g't , was IT years of age, and was a mem- cc , her of the Freshman class at Newberry dc college. lie was clever and popular in with his college mates, hut did not take much interest in his books, lie- tl ing of a restless and roving disposi ra tion. wanting to see something of the cc world and not having the patience to in wait." This*shouId be a warning to g< boys \n1k? may want to leave home and la > lie their own masters. er Mixed on llis \ oxvels. He was a short, corpulent, important-looking man, and as lie walked down the aisle iu the church in which he was a much respected and honored member lie seemed fairly to radiate. * self-love and' self-ftpproVaL, says the. U< New York Commercial. Tie stopped ' a few paces from pew No. r> to allow ' 1 liis matronly-looking wife atid three ar stunning-looking and blooming dntigh- w tvrs to precede him. to his disgust arid tn 1 amazement, lie disccovered that--ft hy was already tilled to overflowing with 1 1 some strangers. Hastening to the W back of tlie church, where the negli- h;i gent ushers were engaged in an ani1 mated conversation concerning the l'1 spring styles, he demanded in a voice tilled with indignation and ire: P<> "Who's oecupewing my pie?" ^ pa Who Is lie ? MMioha L. ,WO.. uru v ? " tlili i.-v imv, 111 ?? I IIIIMMIIU il ilJIilllj ' white hoy that no one there knows any tiling about, and so far inquiries, about him h;ive brought no informa- at! Lion, lie came here Friday mbrriing, and soon succeeded in arousing the ~ sympathies of a lady in town to sueh c an extent that sh<- has since cared for s| 1dm. lie gives his name as A rid lie s!' I>. McCoy, and says that he is from Rockingham. N. C. lie is about 12 years old, and apparently a right bright .hoy. Any information' that will lead to ids identification will l>e cheerfully received hy Winnshoro's L< chcli' of police. - ed eh hynvheil u Murder. 00 John WiKKiward, the negro murderer of Leonard Calvltt, a white Pr planter at I'nion Point, Concordia Parish, La., was lynching Thursday ao i morning at 2 o'clock within ;k)0 yards of the parish prison in Vidalia. La. i The negro was about 25 years of age and had stolen dome col ton from Cal- of jvltt. On February 17th lie confessed cc the theft and promised Calvltt to Ch make restitution if tlie latter would eo i go to his (Woodward's) house. Cal- Ik vitt did so,,hut when lie appeared the pi [ negro killed litm. - di t ?1 ? ? OUR OLD HEROES. General Order from General C. Irvine Walker. ABOUT THE TEXAS REUHIOH. u (.*!-<? ?? tt I.argc Attendunce of South < 'ttrnliiitniift, and Given Much \ itluublc Information A hoot the Trip. cadtpiarterK South Carolina Division. United Confederate Veterans. Greenwood, .S^jC.JUsrch 14. 19U2. eneral Order Xo. .07. 1. The Twelfth Annual Reunion of ic United Confederate Veterans will s held at Dallas, Texas, April 22-25, ?:?2. The Division Commander urges >"T) all the Camps of the South Caroii Division tlie sending of large legations to this grand lteunioD. jh'.w many of us, will it be the last me we shall clasp hands with our mi ados. II. The rate of travel will be 1 cent :r mile. As this will be long trip, rangemcnts have made by which jurists Cars, with all the substantial ra forts of tiie Pullman Car. but only 3king their elegance, will be run by e SouthJ.'n Railway from South iroiina to Dallas, and such Tourists irs as may be chartered by Camps 11 be parked while there for use homes for the Veterans. The ecial rate for the same will be an>utired by tbe railroads. III. Thinking always of the con niencc and comfort of his comrades, e Division Commander has carefully ighed the advantages presented by e various routes to Dallas, considerg not only the advantages of the icial train going, but the regular hedules or trains returning, to bring e Veterans easily to their homes, tside of and including the official lin. and has derided that the route the Southern Railway is by far the st. and the official train will go by is route. This train will carry the jurist Sleepers from South Carolina, le official train will leave Columbia, C., about mid-day, Sunday, April th, 1902, after the hour of the ar?al of trains from Fort Mill, Rock ill, etc.. from Charleston; and trains the A. C. L. from eastern parts o e State. It will go via Newberry, eenwuod, etc.. to Greenville, where e trains from Charlotte, Soartanirg. etc.. will join it. and thence ou . i Dallas. The comrades from points the western part of the Mate Arill d in the official train at A .uta, scheduled to arrive at Dallas, fi M.. -April 22d. This movement vers more, nearly the whole Statj^ :uuyjis. Division Commanae^^^^^g cognizes t hat he h^s no right, and rtainly has no inclination, to require le comrades of ihe South Carolina ivisl n to go by any one route, and irticularly if at any personal incon:nience to the comrades, but be apsals to them to support him In his eision of a route, and to patronise le "Southern," the official route. He trpC fltlC l>Aj?onn?. nvu buio) iTvuiunu. 1st. The t rip is a long one, and alll >uth Caroliniansgoing together places mm in pleasant communion during te .'id.hours of the trip. 2d. Parking the chartered Tourist irs from South Carolina together, aces the many South Carolinians ocipyiug such cars when there, at home gether. It gives our State a local lbltation at the I>allas Reunion. 3d. It the Veterans of the State dere that their influence as a body be It in the State, they must act to>tht-r as a unit. They can show their immon bond of comradeship by en>rsiug their otlicial head and moving mass. The 1 >i vision Commander feeling all lis, most earnestly urges the comdes of this Division, for their own nnfort, their own pleasure, and the tcrest, of the Division, to stand toither. and all make the trip to Dals by. the otlicial route on the South n Railway. Ry order. C. IRVINE WALKER, S. 0. Div. Commander. JAMES Cr. HOLMES, Aajutant General, Chief of Staff. Hought a Chnrcli. Juhu F.. .Walsii, the Colorado milmaire. who is buying much property 0^ "r> Washington, had liis eye on the >uodry Mellnxlist church building, Kl dropped into the church one night hile an iue oceans social was tn proess. lie astonished the young ladies the prqdlgaUly of hisexpendituros. inalfy'the pastor came around. Mr.' alsh introduced .himself. "I'm. iving'a good time," he said. "I ve to buy things. Have you any- ?. linir f..r V...V ?vr* OdlCi .^<'1 IIIII^ l'I* pi the church property," replied tho ,stor . "Alt right.' Teplied Walsh, I'll .lake tluiJL fcgo.'l,? And he did ylng $201,000 therefor. Wanted Dnmaftci. A New York womjasued a hospital e ot her day for having performed an t<>psy ort the ImkIv of her husband Hi out her .permission. She asked .'>.000 damages, and the jury awardher $.100. The subject of the.&ufcop.bad a very large and peculiarly aped head, and the hospital author!>s eon Id n<>t resist the temptation ItiigaKs A II<k Salary. It is said thai the Rev. Raker 1'. kv * e.'of Kentucky, who has been offer?the pulpit pf Urace Episcopal urch, Chicago, at n salary of #15,0 ..per year, docs exactly as he sascs. The Atlanta Journal says he dftabljr also- allows his parishioners do the same tiling, which would count for the size of his salary. Tliry will Cntch On. The Atlanta Journal says graduates the Tuskegee Institute have sucpdod in teaching the natives of .Tinan West Africa how to grow tton. And pretty soon they may ' expected to learn how to refuse to ck It -for less than Til cents a huned. >. . ? 1 - : ' K * t > i *