The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, March 26, 1902, Image 1
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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. ('.
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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
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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.
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