The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 04, 1901, Image 5
iltl? FREE SCHOOLS.
Supt MoMahan Points Out De
ficioncie8 in System.
RECOMM EN DATIONS MADE.
Homo of tho Nooda Are Crying
One?. Should be Reor
ganizad on a Scien
tific Basis
Tho anuual report of tho Stato aupor
intondont of oduoation has boon oom
ploted and is now in tho hands of tho
public printer. Tho report is full of
information about oduoation in South
Carolina and it ia prosontod in an at
traotivo manner. Tho extracto found
bolow from tho intrcduotory portion
will bo found of oonsidorablo pubiio in
tcrost; tho rooommondations made
havo boon givon by Mr. MoMahan af
ter a oaroful study of oxiating condi
tions:
When wo rdlcol on the complexities
of modern lifo in moral, social and in
dustrial relations, and tho problems
that aro pressing for solution, wo roal
izo that ono's opportunities and obli
gations in lifo aro meosuiod only by
tho equipment and training of tho
mind and oharaoter Siuoo tho Stato
has n.cooptod her pro por insk of pro
viding for tho education of her pooplo
nbc cannot dieolmgo lu r responsibility
by anything a ort of buch au oduoation
a-; tho timos demand. Mor pledge ia to
pr?vido for all tho pooplo nu cduoation
ndtquato to tho demanda of lifo. To
redeem thia pledge ia now rooognizod
as tho primo funotiou of*a State Tho
enlightened opinion of today gives to
it a broader and dooper meaning than
that understood whoo tho plodgo waa
first givon. Tho oharity witton in tho
past gonorationa gavo freo school cd
uoation to tho indigent helpless for
their own wolfaro was a aeod which
lins gorminatod and grown, until now
it io tho rooognized duty of hooioty aa
an organic whole to pr?vido a auoooa
aor to itsolf tit to tako up ita burdon
of hil man nrmri-nuo at..I nrr.ug QGWSrd.
It is a misnomor to say that wo havo
a system of publie sohools. In tho na
nni working of tho great majority of
tho sobools in this Stato thuro is no
bjfltcni, no orderly organization. JOaoh
county Bupports it own sohools, with
prsotioally no help from tho Stato as a
whole. Eaoh district has as poor
aohoola aa ita pooplo will tol?ralo-and
in nomo districts anything will to tol
erated. Each teacher worka along in
hor own way, whatever that may bo,
almost unintluonocd by thc txiatonoo of
any other behool or school authority.
Isolation roigna. Thia ia not inspiring
--OF-stimulating. If, on the other hand,
a toaobor wero fil.hg her a'aignod
place in a eyBtom, she wt ubi know
what Was expooted of bi rand feel her
accountability to noe. m pl inti it, and
abo could look with cm tide lice ft-r tho
aid and onoouragemont that hbo might
need.
If wo had an adequate sj atom of edu
cation from kiudergnrlou to university,
or evon Buohiajatoui as our financial
resources justify-und tho boat thought
of tho Stato appiovca under tho oir
oumstanoos, it would,not bo in thc
province of thia report to rooommend
legislation. "Lot well onough alone*'
is a safo rulo where conditions aro toi
* - orablo, and limo and growth will bring
tho remedy. Char gos in tho law should
not be mado unno?ossnriiy. Fully
recognizing thc so facts, and oontout to
trust to timo for many im pro vernen ts,
I am, nevertheless, convinced that our
?-educational BJ stem has oortain fatal
"!'?fqots, and that all elf orin atimprovo
Orn.muH fail of tubstanlial results
?rjy tho necessary legislation thoso
dofoots aro removed and tho system is
put on a sound and safo basia for growth
and dovolopmont.
The stato superintendent of educa
tion might satisfy tho public and mako
lifo moro agrooablo to himself if ho
would confino bia energies to tho don
en! and routino dutioa of bia ofiioo. Ho
might mako no ri comme editions but
thoso for which pu olio opinion is idly
frropnrcd. But thou ho would bo of
ittlo sorvioo to tho Stato. If ho puta
his heart and his oonaoionoo into his
work-whon tho system ho ia doaling
with is as dofootivo aa in South Caro
lina-ho will find himself face to faoo
with dutioa whoso importanoo is bo
yond computation or expression and
whoso oxtont is porhaps boy?nd tho
power of any ono man to comprehend
or accomplish.
The law proBoribos that "it shall bo
his duty to visit ovcry county in tho
Stato as ofton as practicable for tho
purpoco of inspecting tho sohools,
awaioning an interest favorable to tho
oauae of cduoation and diffusing aa
widely as possible by pubiio addresses
and poraoDal oommuoion with school
offioors, teaohors and paronts a knowl
edge of existing dofoots and of desir
able improvements in tho government
and instruction of tho said schools."
(Section 2 ) lt furthor diioots that ho
ahall roport to tho gonoral assembly
plana "for tho management and im
provement of tho sohools and for tho
moro porfoot organization and cfli
oionoy of tho Ireo pubiio schools."
(Sootion 3 ) Upon him ia thus laid the
apooial duty to investigate tho way to
bettor sohools and to urgo its conclu
nions upon tho minda and oonaoioncos.
of tho legislators and tho pooplo. ito ia
ahargod with loadorship in oduoational
improvomont and ia recreant to his
trust of. through indifforonoo or through
{lolioy, ho dooa not strenuously Book to
ead whon ho knowo what ia noodod.
Tho law assumes that ho is qualified to
lead in thoso mattora. However in
ferior in personal qualifications, ho has
by virtuo of his position spooial and
poouliar opportunities aa woll aa obliga
tions to acquaint bimsolf with condi
tions and nooda in his Stato and wfth
tho oourso of oduoational oxporionoo,
thought and improvomont in other
Statos. Whon ono is thua appointed to
make a spooial investigation of a spo
oial subjoot, and ia afforded tho facili
ties for poraonal intorcourao with ox- ,
ports in that department and for study
of tho litoraturo of tho suv joot, ho ia
expected to apoak with moro authority
than otb ors whoso labors and studies
and thought have not boon thus direct
od into this particular lino. ,. ty'jfl pos
sible for a physician to bo mistaken i
his diagnosis of a caso and Iiis prescrip
tion of tho remedy; hilt tho patient
who has omployod him will minaliv ac
cept his judgment, v
It is, theroforc, with a j?olunn sonso
of duty to tho,tiuat committed to mo
thatl mako recommendations; to. yeur
honorable body thouohing the-"moro
perfoot organization and dlio.iondy of
the froo pubiio sohools." X?boliovo
that as legislators of a sovereign Stato,
responsivo to tho progrossivo domands
of tho timos as wolf as-to tho oommand
of tho constitution, you will give atkin*
oat thought to ?ho quoaiion of provld*
iog "a libo-ai syatoro of freo publio
pohoola," which, now, wo havo not.
All Hohool authoritioa aro agreod
that tho ono primary essential to an
oiUoiunt aohool ayBtem ia tho guaran
too of export suporvlaion, and thoy
aro furthor agroed tt?at a skilled pro
fesaioual suporintondont or iuspootor
nf ?fthool" OSj?MOt bo ??nnrrt?l whorn (1)
tho Balary ia inadequate; (2), tho ton?
uro short or unocrtain, or, (ii), tho
ohoioo is by popular olootion. Our stat
utory law for oounty suporintondonta
of education oombinoB all throo of
thoBo dofoota. Until thoy aro romovod
thodutioBof inapootion and supsrvis
ion oannot bo properly dono through
out tho Slate, and it would bo a waato
to pr?vido more aohool money. I know
that many friondo of oduoation do not
BOO thia. Thoy havo not studiod tho
question. But thoy ought to pul oom o
faith in tho conclusion roached by ali
studonta of tho sobool promlom boro
and in othor oountrioa. Lit tho sobool
systom pr?vido export suporviaion and
all othor wantB will , bo Buppliod. It
is tho ono thing noodful, tho overshad
owing nood.
Salary.--Tho avorago salary paid
oounty suporintondonts of oduoation
in South Carolina ia $423 75; tho usual
salary ?B $300 or $400. Thia is prepos
terous. Tho o?ieo ia regarded and
made by law insignificant, subsidiary
to tho incumbent's private business, or
a small pension for a good citizen.
' Poor pay, poor proaoh." In my an
nual roport I urged an inoroaBO of tho
salary of this c nicer in ovory oounty,
and diaousssod tho qualitioa and work
of a oapablo superintendent, stressing
(1), his exeoutivo dutioB as a buainoaa
and financial managor; (2), hia profoa
sional work ns an expert, inspootor of
schools and teacher and trainor of
tonohors. I shall appond to this roport
some extracts from what I thcro said.
Tonuro of Offioo.-Tho Bamo argu
ment tlint holds for tho ooniinuation
of a faithful and efficient teaohor,
gradod school euporintondont, oollogo
professor or preaidonls, applies to tho
euporintondont of tho sohools of tho
oounty. A chango of management ev
ory two or four years will retard any
systematic work. A. now managomont,
however intelligent, requires nomo
timo to booomo aoquaintod with and
adjuatod to conditions. Mea uti mo thcro
is friotion, and friotion ia waato. Just
when a faithful and oapablo officer be
gins to get everything tonod up, un
der control, roady to bo brought to
high efficiency, ho must abandon tho
managomont to ono to whom the wholo
business is ontiroly now and strange.
Possibly ho suirondora tho work
though oongonial and inspiring, bo
oauao ho oannot afford to give hia
timo for BO small a Balary. Possibly
ho is dofoatod booauso ho "has sor ved
his two terms" or "has had it long
onough." lt may bo that ho is dofoat
od booauBO ho baa refined to prenti Luto,
tho o iii oo to tho onda of a politician,
and his opponent ia a demagogue that
playa upon low passions and narrow
prejudices, or makes unscrupulous
combinations. Ile may bo dofoatod
morely booauso ho is known to bo ablo
to maso a living without tho salary
and his opponent is in nocd of a pen
sion, or booauso his opponent has moro
kin in tho oounty, or ho is a jollier com
panion.
This is not tho way a mill or rail
road or other successful bini ness is con
ducted. Nor is it tho mothod for
schools in ?States where public aohool
oduoation bas provod moat successful
Nor is it by this method that our town
schools are operated Only our coun
try aohools aro thus sacrificed. Like
wise thoy aro subjootod to the frequont
charging of teachers This ia tho
fatal woaknoss in tho country sohools.
This ia tho vital difforonoo botwoon tho
oountry schools and tho town sohools.
Aro our oountxy schools not worthy to
bo givon tho samo advantageous
managomont that is provided for tho
town schools and thocollcgob?
An oduoational system ia a great
businoBs. A business, although con
ducted by tho Stato, should bo con
ducted on business principles. Tho
faot that thcro is a tondonoy not to do
this but to lot small politios control, ia
tho oauso of tho Btronuous opposition
>f so many intolligont citizens to the
jonduot of any buainoaa by govorn
nont. Improvement has always hoon
iffootod by aboil-dung tho methods of
politico. Tho ollioionoy of tho United
Hateo Boionti&o bureaus, and of tho
metal aorvioo, has boon obtained
brough an organisation which ox
dudoa politics and guar?ntoos thc par
nanont omploymont of oompotont work
irs In tho dispensary aystom of South
karolina the neootsity haa boon ex
(orionood for tho application of the
arno prinoiploB. Shall wo do loss for
iur publio sohools?
Popular Klootion.-The law pro
oriboB. no qualifications for tho offioo
>f oounty suporintondont. Only in a
ow oountios is thcro a eontimont
vhioh insures that ho must have boen
teacher. But ho may bo tho poorest
rhito teaohor in tho oounty, In many
ountioB it ia not oxpootod thar,ho shall
0 an oduoatod man. In a fow ho is
ttorly incompetent. Ho may be a col
J go graduate and yot by tomperamont
oiuttorly unlit for tho work, In
loorgotown, whoro tho whites havo an
grooraoot to give somo offioo? to tho
ogro majority, tho offioo of suporin
>ndont of oduoation ia aolootod aa ono
) bo giVon to tho nogrooa-a fit indi
?tion of that oounty's oo :ooption of
io aasistanoo tho whtto toaohors
lould rcooivo from a euporintondont
' cduoation. Tho odored inoumbont
an. intolligont man, and has dono
uoh to bonedt tho toaohors of hia raoo
1 bia oounty. In Hamborg tho aupor
itondont of oduoation ia the auditor,
hia ia consistent with tho idea that he
is none but olorioal duties. Tho rule
i tho Stato ia that he shall bo no more
ian a businoss man; but ho may not
) even that.
As long as tho position is eleotive, it
politioal and oxpootod to bo rotated,
the suporintondont doon his: duty
rohuouely ho will frcqiiontly seem to
> hastening tho rotation prooonn. Ho
ight to sottlo,,. l^i.vfeyAboiity - whore
tat 1B tho only 'fromc/ty, tho. numerous
fcooliqu^ 'tho ed-,
?tiohal interest in many oountry dil
io't^G/IaelouWit to put his foot down
i tho noodloas multiplication - :of
?teolS^whfoh fritters' away' the in
oaaod sobool fund and hoops ?tho av
ago aohool weak, and worthlOns. He
ight/t<y, doo .that tho diatriots aro
rmcd and tho schools located in ao
rdanoo with tK?iliwotie^''efi'the'Von-'
ifuUoh io. tho .bqBt. int0fcoats-<Ofy * the*
!0p)b, whothor 'ojf uotit., anit?^oV?ry
dy afc tim timo. lie ought-to seo that
cry now^-.eejJOol houao ia built upon
<V:bdut platff jtoiho' money, M lUt
i trasteos shall bo impoaod Upon wtVh
)rthloBS or noqdleaaly oxpenaivo
hool flupnljos,^but ths.t tlroy shall bo
foriAod ?ud?d?rootod'laft'to tho best
r their partioular oirpur?sJahoflB. Ho
ght to soo that no borliftoato of
alifieation to toaeh shall bo grantod
oon tin nod to an. in oompotont teaohor,
on though she be.'tho aiator or tho
tighter of tho strongest politician in
tho oounty. He ought to BOO that eaoh
toaohor shall mako tho propor roportB
and loavo a proper record of tho work
accomplished by each pupil BO that the
Bucoooding toaohor may know what eaoh
pupil has dono and should next begin,
lio should bri og prossuro to boar upon
tho lOaohorsto do bettor work, to nu
provo tbemsolvos. Ho should diaoovor
and uiuator out of aorvioo tho uooon
sotontieus tesohers, tho tiuis-servers,
who ?morely "koop sobool for tho
monoy." Ho should look af tor overy do
tail ol tho school businoBs of tho oounty
and hold a tight roto, though with a
kindly heart and a broadly, sympathotio
intelllgonoo. Hat, would ho bo ro
olcotod? Would tliero not bo a host to
olcotioneor against him?-thoso whoso
potty notions or sol Uah intorosts he.
with a largo viow of tho educational
intorosts of tho county, has orossod or
balked? Hardly doos ho got his dutios
woll in hand beforo tho campaign for
ro oloolion is in sight. Ho is tempted to
try to aocommodato ovorbody, to bo
polito rather than to do his duty and
mako a fow onomioB. Polioy diotates
inaotion-do nothing, risk nothing, and
you may bo ovorlookod, and allowed to
oontinuo io oflioo.
A MYSTERIOUS (JASE
The Pitiable Condition of a Young
Man in Columbia
Tho Columbia Stato sayB thoro is a
young man in ono of tho boat rooms at
tho Columbia hotel who will probably
havo to aooount, as soon as ho regains
his sonsos, for tho appoaranco on his
person of oheoks aggrogatfng in value
about $4,000. Tho namo is not givon in
viow of tho faot that ho may havo ro
gistorod under an assumod ono. Tho
wholo story is a poouliar ono though
tho polleo and o thom inter, ?tod aro
kooping their mouths shut about it. Tho
young follow, who is about 30 yoars of
ago, and who is said to havo boen iu tho
employ of Soutbor Expr?s* ooinpany
at Oharlotte, N. U, until ree, nt ly, carno
horo a day OT two ago. Tho hotel pooplo
say ho had probably $1,000 in ons h.
What has become of it nono know,
On.Thursday night from hoavy drink
ing tho young man got into a torriblo
atato. Ho had boon trying to commit
euioido. Somo gentlemen who woro iu
tho hotel about 1 o'clock Friday
morning saw him go out. Thoy followed
him, and acquainted a polioo ofiioor
with tho statements thoy hadhcard Tho
man was soon io ohargo of tho oinoor
and takon to polioo headquarters. Lator
on ho was oarriod baok to his room at
tho hotol, owing to his condition. Pro
yiously a bottlo of laud.mum was takon
from Lis pocket. On getting him to his
room an offnor was derailed to provont
him from oomuaittlng suoido. Thia offi
cer prooeodod to put him to bod. " Tho
man aeemed to bo uneasy about a grip
that waslooked, concerning tho key of
whioh ho told several tales. Whon his
trousers wore being lulled oil throo
oheoks that ho had stuffed in tide slip
pod out Ono was fir $2,200. anothor
for $1.000 and another for $377 All
woro signed by tho prosidont of Bovcral
Union ootton mills and wiro payable to
ibo ordor of tho Souther i railway agent
at Union, who had endorsed them.
Southern railway officials woro sum
moned, along with otooT and an in
vestigation started. About all that
could bo learned as to tho rusult is that
those ohook8 wcro tumod over to the
Sou.horn Express oompiny at Un'oi
to bo shipped to CliMdotio, on Dooom
bor 3 Thoy woro addressed to a bank
in Oharlotto, and, it is said, tho reoord
shows thoy woro dolivorod. How they
ouno to bo found hore is tho all im
priant question. Tho mattor is ono
of mystory and somo pooplo aro looking
sloop over it. It is ocrtainly & oaso of
many poouliar foaturos. Tho young
man has boon able to say nothing sinoo
tho finding of tho oheoks, his condition
boing pitiablo. Suporintondont Sadler
of tho oxjross ooinpany arrived hero
Friday morning, and ho and Boute
Agent Richardson, who roaohod hore
at 9.30 p m , wcro in oonau/lotion
during tho night_
A Greater flout h.
"Alabama, Mississippi, Goorgia, tho
Carolinas, Virginias, ovon Tosas, aro
rapidly rising to a position in tho in
dustrial world rivaling that onoo oe
oupied by Massachusetts and othor
Now England Statos," says tho Phila
delphia Manufacturer. This is an hon
ett oonfodsion on tho part i f tho Manu
facturer, which goos oi to say that
"tho roBOurocs of tho S >uth, roaching,
as they do, untold, almost untellable,
millions, mako pojsiblo u' position for
boyond tho boundaries of our host mon's
ambitions in tho days boforo our ooal,
iron and othor minos wero oponod.
With all hor natural wealth, tho South
is not safo or socuro. What is wanted
is boing urged upon hor by hor best
businoss mon and by hor most thought
ful Btatosmon. Tho groat need now is
teaohnioah industrial art and oominor
dal education. This is being urged by
tho loading lights ia tho editorial sano
tums of tho South. Tho building of
mills will bo a botter paying business
by and by if thc South is wiso onough
to antioipato tho rivalry and oompoti
tion that is bound to como. It is tho
old story. Captains of industry, so
nooosaary for success, must oomo in
from tho outside Thia is irritating to
a proud pooplo. Naturally they ask if
others aro able to organiao and intro*
iuoo higher forms of industrial, indus
trial art education, why not tho South?
Tho South aituatod as it is on tho Gulf,
Atlantic, and not far in its wostorn parts
from tho Paoifio, with its wondorful corn
mtton, rioo, poanut and potato fields, of
dion* kinds tho beat in tho world, with
mal, iron and limo contiguous to oaoh
)thor, with a wator supply peronnial
ind powerful, with wator-w?ys cxtond
ng far inland in ono ORSO, tho Missis
dppi cutting into tho heart not only of
.his oontinont, but running through
mo of tho ri oben t, if not tho rioheat
'alloy on earth, must make groat
ifforts for tho ono thing it nooda to put
t into ? position to oompoto porma
lontly. with not only Now England,
mt with tho outoido world. What
?thors havo done, say el o quo nt South
'rn men. tho South oan'Mo, and the
louth will do. Tho toxtilo, iron and
grioultural intorosts of tho South
hould soo to it that all kinds of schools
tcoOsBary in tho toxtilo and iron linos
ro added to tho oities and towns of tho
louth. With thom BUCOOSB, progreso
nd prosperity aro cor tain; without
hom tho South will havo to orawl
'hilo oihoro movo forward ore ot, with
onstantly-aobolorating spood." Tho
boyo is sound sonso and tho gratifying
art about.iit. is.wp, Southornors have
tamed td \\ndors>.an;d, appreciation and
refit by n.ueh .ploasarU locturos.
'-'Xi , '"'ft'*' .?
,., ? Smaeiipd Mirrors.
Mts. CandoNation,' proaidont of Bar
or oounty Kappas W. O; T. U. ontor
i trio Caroy Hotol barroom today ned
i th a stope amashod a $300 tainting
nd a' mirror valuod at $100. Mrs. Na?
on..Moke mirrors in two saloons at
dov/rt, somo months ago and doolar
Uhore ia no law undor whioh si o eau
oJpfQ?obutcd. Sho was lodgou'in tho
)-rnty j tdl thia aftoraoon ohargod with
lUlioiOus dosttnotion of proporty.
THE YEA R'S RECOlil)
Groat Ru?h of Oupitol Into lall
K?nd? of Enterprises
FACT8 AND FIQURE8 QIVEN.
Cotton Oil Mills, Banks* Manufac
turing and Other Concerns
Classified Olficlal State
ment Is Oiven.
Sooretary of Stato Uooopor's report of
tho KO nc ral assembly, tho oopy of
whioh will be plaood ia tho hands of
tho printer in a few days, will not only
bo tho host over issued from that offioo,
but will mako a romarkablo showing
for South Carolina's businoss activity
during tho past yoar. Tho incorpora
tion of privato companies was plaood
upon the soorotary of Stato's ornoo in
1888, and daring the 12 years about
2,300 charters have boon isssuod. It
is a romarkablo faot that onothird of
that numbor has bonn icauod within
loss than two yoats. Tho romarkablo
showing of now o?pital in oct ton mills
published sovcral days ago, consequent
ly, is not tho only ovidonoo of progross
and entorpriso whioh it will show. Tho
comparativo statement of ohartors
?ranted during 1900, by oountios is as
ollows:
Num- Capital
bor. Stoolc.
Abbovillo . ;. 3 $ 80,000
Aikon. 5 367,000
Bamberg. 1 25 000
Barnwell. 3 40,000
Beaufort. 3 72.500
Borkoloy. 1 10,000
Charleston .34 2 140 000
Cherokee. 4 222,600
Chostor . 3 105,500
Ohostorfiold. 5 255 000
Olarondon . 5 78,000
Darlington. 4 292 500
Edgofiold. 2 1,000 200
Fairfield. 2 6,000
Flor?nos . 2 27 500
Gcorgotown. 5 251,000
Groonvillo.22 862 600
Groonwood. 6 200 600
Korry. 4 18 000
ltorahaw. 2 202 5?0
Lanoastor. 3 40,000
Laurens. 5- 237,000
Loxiogton. 2 80,000
Marion.10 223,000
Mar'.boro. 5 265,500
Nowborry. 7 265,000
Orangoburg. 5 222.200
Piokons. 3 330 000
Richland......22 1,476,000
Sumter. 4 208,500
Spartenburg.16 1,860.600
Union. 5 921,000
York. .6 234,000
Total.209 $12 724,000
Tho above doos not inoludo, tor 1900
ohartors grantod to churches, railroads
lodgos, sooiotios, or eleemosynary oor
poralioof; nor doos it takointo oonsid
oration thoso partially formed.
Tho ab Dvc array of ftjuros represent
iog tho birth of a number of corpora
tions that will booomo important fao
tors in tho fu'uro prospority of tho
State. Inoludod in tho list aro th? fol
lowing man nf ac'ur ing corporation?
(exclusivo of ootton mills)
Fivo with a oapital stook of $202,000
Tho Poroival Manufacturing ooci
pany of Charleston, $16,000.
Caroline Portland Comont oompany
Charleston, $10,000.
Carolina Door, Sash and Lumber
company, Charleston, $20,000.
Intorehengoablo Window Display
oompany, Chostorflold, $100,000.
Laurons Ku m i turo Manufacturing
oompany, Laurons, $25,000.
MoOoll Novelty Works, Marlboro,
$15 000.
Nowlory Handlo a?d Shuttlo oom
pany, Nowborry $10,000
Union Hardwood Manufaoturing
oompany, Union, $6,000
Three with oapital stook of $13,000,
as follows:
OharloBton Iron Works, $5,000
Chorokoo Foundry and Maohino
Wt rks, $5 000.
Q?b?wey hon Works, $3,ooo
Two with oapital stook of $240,000,
as follows:
Riverside Paper Box Fto'ory,
OharloBton, $15,000.'
Royal Bag and Yarn Manufaoturing
oompany, Charleston, $225,000,
Two with oapital stook of $30,000 as
follows:
Spartanburg Loom Harness oompany,
Spartanburg, $15,000
Andrews Loom, Rood and Harness
Works, Spartanburg, $15,000.
Willard Manufaoturing oompany,
Riohland, $10,000.
Citizens' loo oompany, Charleston
$5o,ooo.
Southern Harrow company, York
$5o,ooo.
Throe notablo companion eroated aro
tho Goorgia-Caroline Manufaoturing,
Anderson, tho Twin City Powor, com
pany, Edgofiold; and the- Catawba
Powor oompany, York, with an aggre
gate oapital stook of $l,2oo,ooo
Throo mining oompanios have boon
oreatod as follows: >
Standard Kaolin company, Aikon,
$15(ooo
Now Cut Mining oompany, Chorokeo,
$2,500
Palmetto Gold Mining oompany
Spartanburg, $1,000,000.
Tho ootton sood oil and fortilisor
oompanios obartorcd aro as follows:
MoCormiok Cotton Oil oompany, Ab
novillo $15,000.
Pondloton Od and Fortiliser oom
pany, Andorson, $20,000.
Andorson Fortilisor oompany, Andor
son, $100,000.
Farmors' Oil Mill oompany, Ander
son, $25,000.
Cotton Oil oompany, Bamborg, $25,
DOO.
Etiwan Fertiliser oompany, Charles
ton, $125,000. *
Manning Oil Mill and Illuminating
lontpany, Clerondon, $30,000.
Fermors* Cotton Oil eompeny, Clar
endon, $30,000.
Poo Doo Oil end loo oompany, Dar
ington, $30,000.
Farmors' Cotton Sood Oil Mill end
Ginnery, Groonvillo, $15,000.
Tho now tolephono end oleotrioal
lompinios ero ton in numbor end havo
m eggrogete oapital stook of $766,500.
Thoy aro as follows:
Soe Inland Tolophono oompany and
slehd Tolophono oompany, Charleston,
110,000 end $1.000. rospootivoly.
Ashworth Elootrioal oompany, Ohos
ot hold, $100,000.
Goorgotowa and North Island Tole
?bono oompany, Goorgotown, $1,000.
Ninety-Six Tolophono oompany
Iroonwood, $1 000.
B lon hoi m ?fe Brow ovillo Tolophono
ompany, Marlboro, $500.
Consolidated Tolophono oompany of
OUth Carolina, Riohland, $100,000.
' South Carolina Long D?atenos Telo
bono oompany, Riohland, *Rft,^fta"
Glonn Springs To?0no. ?0WP?V.
p'artenburg, $500. '
Oitiaons Tolophono ?ud Tolograph
oompany, Spartanburg, $50,000. ^
Ton building and loan asBOoiations
with an sggrogato oapitat Btook of
$1,355,000;olovon banks wltbjao aggro
gato ospital H tock $-115,000, and fif*
tuon roal OB'a'o, savings and invost
mont ?ouipaniof?, with an aggrogato
oapilal stook of $841,?oo aro inoludod
in tho year's record.
Colored College Cloted
Tho Columbia Hiato sayo Friday
aftornoou Prcaidout Thos. 10 Millor
of tho Siato Colored college at Orango
buyj oallod on Gov. MoSwoonoy and
prosontod ibo following for tho gover
nor's approval, it boing priv?n as soon
as tho govoroor bad road Dr. Lowmen'a
slatnnoni:
Hon Thomas IO Miller, PrOBidont
Stato Colorod College
Doar Sir: O ving to tho presenoo of
fcstivoaulumnal malaria in tho teaob
ing foroo of tho State Colorod oollcgq
and of la grippo among tho students'
and also on aooount of tho insufficiency
of tho heating arrangemontB in Morroll
Hall, produoing a muoh moro aggra
vated form of said ailmonts, I rospeot
fullv r'oommond through you to tho
board oftrustooB that tho Christmas
vaoation be extended until Fsbuary 1,
1901, *t which time I am convinced
that tho atmospheric ir ll uenoo oausing
tho cxtonsivo indisp >aition will havo
boen dissipated,
Sinocroly,
J. W. L>winau, ML D.
Physioian t> the Stato Colored Collogo.
Approved:
0. 1). Kortjohn,
W. R Ljwman
lOxocutivo Committco.
M. IL MoSwoonoy,
Govornor and Chairman.
Thoro havo boon tbroo doatha during
tho past month in tho oollogo, tho first
to ooour oinoo tho institution was opon
ed The atudont body being somowhat
panioky, tho faoulty boing shorthanded
and tho boating applianooa bad, tho
abovo aotion was doomed nooossary.
Terrific Explosion
Ono of tho most disastrous aooidonte
in tho history of railroad building hap
pened at Bakor oamp noar Durbin, Po
cahontas oounty, W. Va., on tho lino
of tho Coal and Iron railroad now build
ing out from 101 kins. As tho result of
a dynamito oxplosion six mon aro dnsd
and sovoral othors aro not cxpootod to
livo. Tho aooidont happouod at noon
Friday whilo tho mon word at dinnor.
Somojdynaaiito bad boon plaood about
tho stove to thaw out, a?dnhortly after
a torrifio explosion wroobed tho oamp.
killod throo mon outright and injuroa
oight othors, tbroo of whom havo B?OOO
died. The doad moro blown into atoms,
logs, ,arm? and hands, and otbor parts
of tboir bodies boing found in diffor
ont dirootions from tho little building
in whioh they lived among tho wild
mountains. Phyaioians hurried from
Greenbank and worked all n'ght with
tho woundod, somo of whom beggod
tho dod ont to shoot thom instead of
holping them to livo to b) blinded or
maimed for Ufo. On aooount of indi
rect connection1! with the oamp it is
impossible to secure tho oomploto de
tails._
A Rare BirdT
Tho most striking Christmas prosont
ia said to bavo boon that of Russell 10.
Gard nor, of St. Louis, a looal manu
faoturor to his employe*. Wo aro told
that in winding up tho yoar's businoss
Mr. Gardner dfsoovored that tho pro
fits for the twolvo months oxoeodod his
expectations and nooda by $10.000. Mr.
Gardnor oonoludod to divide that
amount among, thoso whose industry
Mid application to his businoss had
mado it possiblo for him to roalizo BO
woll on hie invostmont^. Ho announood
to thom that he would Uko to mako
them a present of tho $10,000 on a
basis of tho timo they had boon in his
employ and tho worth thoy wero to the
oonooin. Thoro was no murmur of dis
sent. Drawing out his ohoohbook ho
gavo away tho ontiro $10.000 within 20
minutos, one omployo reeoiving $1,000.
Mr. Gardnor is 31 yo&ra old and bas
aooumulatod a fortuno of $250,000 in
14 years. Although riob, ho noorna
greatwoaltb. Ho says that money-raak
ing is tho oasiost thing in tho world,
and boliovos that every man at tho ago
of 35 should bo ablo to rotiro with all
tho monoy ho will evor nood. Ho does
not boliovo in pooplo ohaining thom
Bolvoa to business after they have got
enough.
Chips.
"Maw, I guess I don't have to ?ut
any lttnlin' this winter," ventured lit
tle Willie.
"Que?? again, ?on.'
"Well anyway, I hoard paw tollia'
Mr. Blake tnat ho bought $36 -worth
of ships tho other night, ?4 I thought
that ought to 1 fi f* t quit? a apell. '-Den.
ver Tl mea. '
Too Satrsaatl
Firat Theatrical Manager-I thought
you wore going to put on "The Win
ter'? Tale," and now you nre billing
"Midsummer Night's Dream."
Second Manager-Yea; I didn't like
the nam? of the other piece. It sound
ed too much like a frost.-Philadel
phia Itecord.
Wireless Telearrnphy.
In an ascension made recently by
Messrs. Vallot and Jenn and Louis Lo
carme it wns found that it is possible
to communient? by wireless telegraphy
between the earth and a freely rising
balloon at great distance?, without.any
tonductor from tho balloon to th?
f round.-Cosmo?.
To Se* Herself.
Mr?. Qlvom-Isn't Mr?. Loudlelga
rath?r ostentatious about her charita
ble works?
Mr?. Roa a Um - Oat-en t allons? I
mould cur ao. Why, that woman would
i ko to have a pier glas? ev?r her ment??
vi oharlty.-Baltimore Axnerlean.
Clearer Vision.
She-Befor? w? wer? married yon
toed to say I wa? tb? apple of your
?ye.
n?-Maybe I did; but I've had my
yo peeled ?inc? then.-Philadelphia
bulletin.
Pabilo Spirit.
"Mr. Blggleson is quito a phllan
hropist, lan't ho?"
"Ye?. II? always draws up the sub.
crlpt ion .papero ot lier po o y lo ar?
?ked to sign."-Chicago Tlmes-Her.
lld.
Verdi's New?.
Verdi i? (Hooting- a home for enper
mutated Italian nrtists of nil classe?,
ilthough almost 00 years of ago, ?ay?
ho Washington Star, he ls himself
ar from being eligible to admission
o ?uoh an Institution.
Tho no oro t ?wy of the troasury has re
livod from a town in the south a eon
lenee contribution of $100. In tho
ur HO of his letter tho sondor says that
) dofraudod tho' government out of
vonuo tuxes on tobooeo for that amount
1871 -72 73. It is a pity that the eon
Sion ooo tff those pooplo who have
?alon usrtUit of the subscription to
ifm could not bo awakened.
f
m
?0*
THE i
Grove's'
Thc formula
know just what y<
do not advertise tl
their medicine if y
Iron and Quinine p
form. The Iron
malaria out of thc
Grove's is thc Or
Chill Tonic? are ir
chat Grove's is s
arc not experimen
and excellence h
only Chill Cure s
thc United States.
To Improve the Ltaple.
Tho Boston Journal of Commoroo is
authority for tho statomont that tho
United Statos doparlmont of agri
culture is now ongagod in a sorios of
oxperimonts with a viow to producing
a spooio of hyhrid cotton that will havo
a staplo of a flnor quality and greater
length. Tho experiments aro being
oarriod on at Charleston, 8. C. Tho
objoot of tho tosts is to produoo a cot
ton that will havo a staplo as long and
firm as Soa Island and ono that* can bo
6rown in tho cotton holt, Tost aro alao
oing mado with all variotios of Egyp
tian ootton. Tho dopartmont is very
rot loont in regard to the suoooss of tho
oxporimonts, hut it is rumorod. with
how much truth wo oannot say, that tho
tests aro mooting with fair suoooss and
should they bo as Bucoossful as is ho pod
will be tho tho oaso, our southorn
plantors will bo ablo to produoo a oot
ton that will havo a staplo tho oqual ol
any now hoing grown in Egypt or in
any foreign oountry. From what wo
havo boon ablo to loam, says tho Jour
nal of Commoroo, wo asoortain that tho
now varioly of hybrid ootton will not
only havo a longer and furor grado sta
plo than our upland ootton, but that it
will also possoss Bovoral other advanta
ges ovor our prosont staplo. It is re
ported that these plants possoss muoh
woro vigor than do tho prosout ones.
That tho bolla havo muoh moro ootton in
thom, and that those boll) aro muon
oaaior to pick. All of thoso advanta
ges, if oorroot, should mako tho ootton
tho suporior of tho prosont Egyptian
variotios. Tho nooossity whijh has
lod to those oxporimonts is tho alleged
fact that our up\'*nd cotton is of such
short staplo that it oannot bo successful
ly used in making tho finest linos of]
ootton goods. Tho tondonoy of ootton
manufacturing is towards flnor grados,
and it is stated by tho Jot mal of I
.Commoroo that "wo havo not got a|
singlo truly Amorioau colton that oan
bo used to spin good yarns abovo 80 s
Sea Island ootton oan bo used for yarns
as fino aa 10O's; and Egyptian oan oasily
bo spun to 180 sj but whon wo como to
tho host grado of what is classed as
truo Amorioau ootton it is hard for tho I
spinnor to go ovor 7fr's to 80'e." Tho1
Augusta Chronicle says tho dosiro for
finer goods has made tho demand for a
cotton of floor fibre, and m&nufaotur
ors it is claimed, look to Soa Island
ootton or to Egyptian ootton to got tho
staplo that is noodod. It is in tho of
oultural department is now experiment
ing. It is vory ooi tain that tho vast
bulk of ootton in tho world is our
American ootton, and it is usod not
only in this country, but in all o-mo
nies whoro ootton manufacturing is!
known. Can it bo possible that it isl
not suited for tho finorgradoB of oloth?
Talking* Through Bia Hat
Viotor Smith-"Tip of tho Tongue,'
in tho Now York Prose-carno south on
a Christmas visit to bis father, "Bill
Arp," at Oartorsvillo. Ga., and Bonds
to his paper, a Republican organ, somo
Georgia impressions, We give the fol
lowing samples:
Whorovor I go mon are discussing tho
cow whito man's llopublioan party in
tho south. It is tho settled belief that
al) the negroes aro to bo turned out of
offioo next March and that their places
aro to bo givon to rospeotablo whito llo
publioaos. Tho wholo south ii alivo
with good oitizona who will join tho Re
publican party as soon as tho disfran
chisement of tho colored brother is
completed. Thia is no idlo thorory;
it is a condition.
Gotrgis ia a stato of a singlo party,
and hor legislature is perhaps tho rot
tenest aggregation of ambitious states
men this proud ropublio could furnish.
A member of assembly from Gwinott
county is so ashamed of himaolf and
so disgusted with tho lato eosoion of
this body of law breakers (trot maker*)
that ho has refused to amopt his hono
rarium of $4 a day from tho stato. Ho
declares ho has not earned it. This ia
a proceeding hithorto unhoard of in
Goorgia politios- Tho strange man's
mino is Perry. To rosoue Goorgia from
hersolf and hor 80,000 demooratio ma
jority is tho ambition of many domo
orats who will join tho ropublio tn par
ty in tho noar future. Whenever a
ootton mill or a faotory of any kind is
built in tho south tho domooratio ma
jority is reduood.
Tho Augusta Chronicle, from which
paper wo clip tho abovo Bays it gives it
without comment. Nono is noeded.
This Goorgia born gentleman BOOS
through a glass darkly. Wo should
Uko to havo a photagraph of "Bill Arp"
whon ho roads somo ot tho son's pro
ductions.
$100 Reward, 9100
The madora of this paper will be
pleased to loam that thoro is at least
ono droadod disoaso that aoienoe has
hoon ablo to ouro in all ite stages, and
that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Oura
is tho only positivo ouro known to tho
modioal fraternity. Catarrh hoing a
constitutional disenso, requires oonsti
utional treatmont. Hail's Catarrh
Ouro is takon internally, aoting directly
upon tho Wood and mucous surfaoos of
tho ayatom, thomby destroying tho
foundation of tho disoaso and giving tho
pationt otrongth by building up the eon?
Btitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. Tho proprietors have so
muoh faith in its ourativo powers, that
they offer Ono Hundrod Dollars fer
any oaso that it fails te euro. Soul for
list of testimonials. Address,
F. J. CHENEY & OO. Props.,
Toledo, <).
Sold byDrugglsts, 7Bo. \ j
mi
Hall's Family Pilla ara tho ba
fkinf
3 ? i
av?a, Chills ^
JEST PRESCRIPT
Tasteless Ch
is plainly printed on cv?ry
oil arc taking when you take
icir formula knowing that y
ou knew what it contained,
tit up in correct proportions a
acts as a tonic while thc
system. Any reliable druggis
Iglnal and that all other
nitations. An analysis of oth<
uperior to all others in cv
ting when you take Grov
aving long been cstablishe
old throughout the entire i
No Cure, No Pay. Price
The Terrors of War. <
Tho Augusta Chroniolo vory truly
nays people who woro uoablo to find
words in whioh ndcquato'y to
exproas thoir o ndoncmatioa of Sher
man's burning of Columbia and
Atlanta, and many hous?s along his
"marou to tho eoa," hear with muoh
oomplaisanoo of tho looting in China,
tho work of dosooration and doVABtation
in tho Philippines, and tho brutality
and inoondiniisin in South Afrioa.
Winston Churchill ?ofenda tho dostruo
tion of homos in South Africa, and
says "if you havo a right to kill a man
you oortainly havo a right to burn
his house" War doesn't givo tho right
to murdor help'.caa non-oombantants,
and though savages maseaoro womon
and ohildron, it is not rogardod as log
I iniato warofaro by onlightonod nations,
j To say that soldiors have tho right "to
j burn homos and dovastato landd, loav
I ing womon and ohildron, houioloss and
boggarod, to dio of want, is to oarry
modorn war baok to tho standards of
barbarism. Cbarlos Williams, who is
a veteran war oorrospondont of olovon
I campaigns, and ono of tho most din
jguishodmilitary journalists in Eagland,
?writing in a rooont numbor of tho
Spoakor, ha9 thin to say: "it has per
haps osoapod notioo how many senior
?oilicors bog*nto oomo homo justas soon
I as thoy understood thc now polioy of
"donuding" tho country; or burning
homcstoads booauso a railroad Bovoral
milcB off was brokon in.tho ordinary
courso of war; of looting farms of all that
oould bo oarriod and burning or blowJJ j
ing up tho rout; of leaving womon ana
ohildron on tho baro, oold voldt; of
foroing folk against whom somothing
j was suspootod, but nothing oould bo
provea1 tfJCfjPt tho absonoo of thoir malo
adult?, to oonoom';vk'nv in tho towns
whoro thoy had no moans or*subsistence;
Bonding out bands, without an otoo jr,
with ordors to burn ovory homo thoy
oamo aoroBS-for all whioh thor? is
abundant ovidonoo ovor tho signatures
of tho vory mon who woro so disgustod
with tho j )bs put on thom that they
oomplainod to thoir fathers* and moth
ors at homo? I do not say all tho of
floors roferrod to oamo homo booauso
thoy doolarod thoy oould not stand that
sort of work; but thoro woro sonia.
And I fifty, with Homo exporionooof half
barbario warfaro, that many a Turkish
goneral in 1877 would have boon
ashamed to oarry on a oampaign as
Homo part of ours has boon oarriod on
in South Afrioa.
THE Constitution follow tho
flag said Mr. Bryan in the late
campaign, and ex-President'
Harrison now says the same now
then Mr. Bryan was right I
thing. If Mr. Harrison is right)
two months ago, and I^r. Mc
Kinley wag wrong.
Saw Mills,
Corn Mills,
Cane Mills,
Rice Hullers,
Pea Hullers,
Engines,
Boilers,
Planers and
Matchers,
Swing Saws,
Rip Saws,
and all other kinds of wood
working machinery. My Ser
geant Log Beam Saw mill is
the heaviest, strongest, and
most e?&cient mill for the
money on the market, quick,
accurate State Agent for H.
B. Smith Machine Company
wood working machinery.
For high grade engines, plain
slide valve-Automatio, and
Corliss, write me: AUa?,
Watertown, and Struthers
and Wells.
V." 0. BADHAM,
1826 Main St., Columbia, S. 0
Murray's
Aromatic
Mouth
Wash
Whitens the Tooth
Cleanses tile Mouth
Sweetens the Breath
Murray
Drug Co.,
(CQJUI;MBIA,?. ?o
..i ?n? anfl^?^w^l
..a?ng ?t?tr An
,/Ar?to thom. All thj
^-gr'oos. i
'ION l$i
ill Tonic.
bottle--hence you
Grove's. Imitators
ou would not buy
Grove's contains
ind is in a Tasteless
Quinine drives thc
t will tell you that
so-called Tasteless
:r chill tonics shows
'cry respect. You
c's-its superiority
d. Grove's is thc
malarial sections of
5 oe.
to Bett our Line
of Machinery anti
Mill Supplies.
--LEADERS:
L*ne, Chase, dog?, Lid.toll ami High
l'oint saw milla
The Murray Cleaning and Distributing
System. ..
Liddell Automatio and ptain Hughies,
"filoux" Oorllw Engines.
"New South" Brlok Machinery.
Farquhar Throshers uud Uraln Drlli?.
Dlsston Sans and Files.
Pearle?? Paoklngs, SjeTene Honor Pipe,
and Supplies genorally.
Erle Oliy Engines aud Boilers
Igen Woodworking Maohinery.
"ijaeen of the Boutn" Urlst Mill?
Kelley Duplox Feed Mills <
Bundy Traps and 8team Speolaltlos
Magnolia and Columbia Babbelt Metal?.
.Y. H. Sibbes * Co.,
MAOHINERY and MILL SUPPLIH8
804 Gervais Btroot,
COLUMBIA, H. 0.
TBL LEADER INDEED.
The New Ball Bearing
Domestic
Sewing Machine.
lt Loado in Workmanship, li o au ty,
Oapaoity, Btrongth, LigbiRunning.
Every; Wom*z Wants One.
Attaohmouta, Needles
Par tn for Sewing Machines
of all makes.
When ordering needles send
sample. Price 37c per dos?n,
postpaid.
Agents Wanted in Unoeoapied Torr!
tory?
I, L. Bli ULL,
1219 Taylor Street,
COLUMBIA, 8 O
5 " !/
OLD NORTH STATE OINT
MENT, the Great Antiseptic
Healer, cures Piles, Eczema,
Sore Byes, Granulated Eyelids,
Carbuncles, Boils, Cuts, Bruis
es, Old Sores, Burns, Corno,
Bunions, Ingrowing To?nalls,
Inflammatory Rheumatism,
Aches and Pains, Chapped
Han As and Lips, Erysipelas.
It is something everybody
needs. Once used always used.
For sale by all druggists and
dealers. At wholesale by
THE MURRAY DRUG CO.,
Columbia, 8. 0 ?
Ortman fays
the Express
Steai^ ?yeiug of every
defjoriptlon. Steam, N^p
tba, Ftenoh Dry ; and
chemical cleansing. Send
for our new. price list and
oironlar. AU work guar
autoed or no charge.
Min's Steam Dye Works
1810 Main Street
COLUMBIA, B. 0
A. L. Ortman, Proprietor.
PITTS' ".7'^"
Gare? La Urlppe, dyspepsia, ladtae?Uon
Ad all stemaeb and bowel tro ubica, ?oilo o?
helera morbus, teething troubles with
Mldren, kidney. trouble?, bad bleed and
di torte of ar ?, rjoinga or felon?, eu? and'
wrns. It \\> *? gooden tlioptlo, when lo fe? Hy
,pp?ed, as anything on tho harket.
Try lt a*d you wi? pra}?? 1? t* others.
I your druggist doesn't keepit, write lo .
MURRY DRUG COMPANY,
COLUMBIA, S. 0.
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