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YOI ; XXVI 'Do Thou Liberty Great. Insiere Our Souls and Make Our Lives in Thy ou Happy, or Our Deaths Glorious in Thy Just Defefcoe." BENNETTSVli-L?, S/C./ERIDAY. MAY 10, 1901, A GOOD PAPER tfead Bofora th? F?deration of Woman's Clubs RECENTLY !N GREENVILLE. "Tho Consumer?' Longue" and What lt Is Doing to Help Women and Children. - ^ Wage Earners Wo publish bolow o paper road bo foro tho Stato mooting of tho Fodora tion of WomaVs Clubs reoontly hold in Greenville by Mrs. Calvert, a talontod Spartarrburg woman: Ton yoar? ago, tho Womon'a Work ing Sooioty of Now York inauguratod a movomonb in tho interest of tho women and ohildron ?mployod^io tho rotn.il fltoroB pf that city.- Thoir investigation provod that tho working boura wore cx oessivo, that overtime was not paid for, finoB wer? exorbitant, wagoo woro low, ohildron under fourteon woro omploycd contrary to law, and all sanitary and physical conditions woro unnoticed, fcluoh surprising conditions wero found to exist,- that a publio appeal was made, which resulted in tho oonsumora Loaguo of Now J?ork ' oity. Somo time after ward, a Stato Loaguo waa organized, and oo oonfidont and persistent have tho workers in tho movement boon, that now th oro aro loaguos in oloyen StateB, all'unitod .under Tho National Ooo sumor'e Loaguo.? $ Tho .word "oorteumer" hero, for want of a moro speoifio .torm, io. unod as eynonomous with tho word "buvor." A." consumer's league, or a lcaguo of ? b.?yor? is -o? atsooiation of persons, .who" purp?s?'to do thoir buying in suoh Ways aB will'bottor tho conditions of thoso who^make audthoso who diatributo tho. thingsbought. in, tho ten m m ute ti limit allowed mo . by our; ?rosidont, I oan morely outlino, tuet,.?li? toaobioga and principios of tho league, and poe end ita practical aims-ap applied to individual effort. Tho'g?n?ral .principles ns stated in tho constitution aro: 1. That tho .intorost of tho commu nity demands "that all workora should roooivo fair living wages. 2. .That tho responsibility for some of"the.'worst ovila from which, wage earners suffor, rests with tho consumers Wbo persist ia buying in tho oho ape st market,' regardless of how that oboap ness is brought about. ^./.That itis thoroforo tho duty of consumers to find out under what con ditions tho artioles thoy buy aro pro *d| and to insist that thcBO eondi: *j3mfo^>.'<?iaitat. MA consistent ivivu'.ft ??spootahlo rotiaxwico Ort fciib '-?4*^ of tho workers. ' ?f?Ws Tho imrncdiato aim of tho loaguo is first,'to ,'oxt?nd >among all classes of mercantile houses ' tho , oom uc n dable conditions now existing in tho host; and second,.to abolish tho sweating tystom --this jaat boing tho speoial task of tho National Loaguo. Tho loaguo practically applies these principien by promoting tho standard of a Fair House, and a White Hat by tho uso of a Consumers' Lcaguo Labol. and by promoting more humane labor laws. Tho-advisory Board and various oom inittocs work continuously with tho faot?ry inspeotors and by patient in - sistenoo, succoood in somo moasuro in having tho labor laws onforood. Thoir standard of a fair homo regu latea'the wages, working houses, finos, holidays, vaoatioha' and pbynjoal eon dit??n? of all" employoa. Tho white List is a* published list of all retail houses, which Conform most olosoly to tho Standard of a .''fair house. ThQ',OpiiHumers' League labol ia thoir tindo mark, as it wore-and is used to enable tho purohaser to distinguish gar mentsmado in faotorioe approved by tho.league from thc so made under othor oonditiono. Tho National Loaguo, loaving tho looal organizations to adapt suob lines oPwpooinl work as soemB-moBt needed in its'locality, has confined itself tonn in vestigation of tho- conditions of tho manufacture of whito muslin underwear to tho prc motion, of tho uso of tho labol and most largely to ibo education of purchasers bv means of lectures, litera ture, and organization. Twenty-two faotoricii'havo adopted tho- uso of tho labol-r-nnd a glanoo at their namos is convincing proof that 'tho very bent goods aro made by them." The work of creating a steady do maud fdr label goods dovolvon upon tho State leagues; and upon tho effort of individual,membors. This work is be ing most thoroughly accomplished in New England, Massachusetts and Rhodo Island boing far in advanoo of othor States. In Pennsylvania, tho Stato Loaguo is making 'Constant effort toinduoo mer chants to uso label bearing goods-and is doing much educational work among tho shoppers.. .?> In Illinois, tho State Loaguo has di rooted itt) host effort to tho discussion of tlio powor and duty of tho purohasor. I&aaa vigorously - supported tho t if ort ow t ho: .cu >tfom tailors ..td so o u rc 1 from tl ?Mr cyiploj o rs -th o m orch a n 11 n i \ o rs, th o flob.oosijio.i? of Comfortable ; workrooms, thus obiing most effectively in their feVfiUuv^ai?'fet t?nernenfc hoiujomanufao t??r<*^> ....>' !0> :> (?> .'? . ,~ Li Kentucky, tho loaguo is attempt ng,;)^addUiOn'lo tho usual work of (Ae^ganixfttion to.quietly -find a j ast sofution'of.- that ptoblpm whiob .in . j mt rid w ?fa?vonti ?g to* m any of.our So u th &i?^/?t?^3bild'??b0r question. " .".;Hri?n,K??v:br1ef' is an outline of tho .90W^i* .J?MiBtto,'a|i t> exists today, .ffit$)$f?&4f its work ils aims and ro .B^ofiBiblhtioR. ?'V.Tfee .Uaguo .has now ebown ns that Vmiirm urgontuocd of icform ?nd holp oVelif?rro! Oau?da nails thc?o toilers-and.thoquestion arises how oan WOVad individuals holp thom? ?)oos our orolnary buying of things oarry with it *ny moral rospostbility? ?ff "WA buy sp: 'ag to inoreaao tho M&m^t]0f!^ mWwon ito bad ifWj? tb? last fow yostfl, poolat economists have-dovotcd much timo to tho quosiion of "consumption." They emphasizo wealth using a, fully as they do woalth- making, and tho toxt-books now toaoh in natural aequonoe produc tion, distribution and oxohango, Thoy lay o m ph at i o s trows beth on tho hilluonco of consumption upon produc tion, and ot tho moral dutios involvod upon sooioty and tho Individual. Thoso questions, as to individual re sponsibility OMI bo most oloarly answer ed by tho economists tho m aol voa. Prof. Patton tho most loomed authority on ooosumption in A.morion says: 'Tho principle upon whioh tho Consumers' LCSRUO is based, is sound. I have great faith in educating tho oonsumor, and in tho social ohangos whioh a higher typo will bring. Tho produoor is merely an agent of tho consumer, and if tho lattor is per sistent in demanding better things and conditions, sooioty will bo nt length re modeled and transformed." President lindley of Y alo anya: "As years go on, I am moro and moro im prossod with tho idea that economic to form is likoly to oomo through tho agon oy of tho onsumor, rut her than from any othor Bouroo." Prom a Gorman sohool wo road: "Tho producing man is cane ii ti al ly tho sor vant of tho consuming man, and tho fi nal direction of industry lies with tho oonsumors." And again, "Tho in dustrial world is our servant, and liko any good servant ?B only forestalling our wishes." Suoh oomolusions, fr^inBuok authori ties provo that tho con bumer is thc crea tor. Tho artietio boot-makor, who ad mires tho normal foot, hatos to mako tho pointed high heeled boot, but his ouBtnmoiB domand this atv lo and his du ty is to servo thom. If tho public did not road tho yellow journals, thoir pu bhoation would soon ooaso. Tho Audu bon Sooioty is leaching womon tho oruol folly of wearing birds on thoir hats, and so tho preservation of birds is accom plished. Tho BtoroB aro yoiy sensativo to thc domands of tho buyer. They keep in stock what you ask for. ff then, tho morohant is BO koonly olivo to tho Whims of every ohma of buy ora, would ho not bo moro so to tho insistont intelligent demands of an oduoated public? And BO tho league purposes to odueato this public, the BO every day consuuiors, by mooting*, by lootures, by leaflets, and by Bystomatio investigation. It must bo made plain that tho oonsumors hopo to movo on vory slosvly at first, from awcat-abop conditions to such factory industries aa exist under tho humano laws of Bomo Northern States. It must also bo mado plain to all olasBos that fac tory n?tido producta aro not moro expan sivo than sweat shop goods. Tho league ia not a movomont against ohoapnoBB SB ohenpnoes. Tho modern factory with labor aaving npplianoos oan produoo cheaper articles, even with higher wages and aborter hours, than oomo from tone mont industries. A groat varioty of goods can bo traood dirootly to tho best paid workoTS. Would not suoh prioos aa hemstitched hankorohiofs for five oonts, finish, knoo-pantsfor twonty-fivo cents, and trimmed ooraotoovors for eight oonts, satisfy oven tho most por -a??tW .1?'?<*B*?*" "w)'?* iu' tl/TTU?' Tho next quoHtiou ia, .do wonood tho, loaguo in South Carolina? Aro wo roady for suoh an organization or ban this work bo oarriod on with our Club work as it ia in othor piaoos? In this Stato, wo do not find such oxtromcs of wealth and poverty as wo soo ' in othor States. Thoro aro no swoat-ahops. Our mer chants, as a gonoral rule, all live up to tho standafd of a Fair hou?o. Itseoms to mo that primarily in thia Stato tho movomont whioh I havo attempted to describo must tako tho form of a co operative educational movomont. Two ycard ago, whon Markam's won dorful poom "Tho Man with tho Hoo" was first published, I hoard it most effectively reoitod in a sermon to toaohors by Mr. Kershaw of Charleston. His sympathetic rendition brought out all tho points of tho poom, and tho patioaoo, tho pathos, tho hopohmsno3s of it all mado mo vory uncomfortable. My nummer vacation won not all rest, and BO I wont to a vory wiso friend, who ono alwayB help mo, and said, "1 wish Mr. Kershaw had loft that poom alono. I can't forgot it, and yot, what ia thoro that I oan do? ' Ho answer ed ''Pay your oook m?ro monoy. That's about tho only point at whioh tho problem touches you," And this is tho o sn o ti oe of tho spirit of tho loaguo. It is tho Goldon Iluio SB applied te BOOial ?conomie.), In this education, wo must toaoh ourdolvos to "want" right thii gs, right ly mado. Wo munt loam wbcro and how to buy so that tho "Soog of tho Shirt" will bocomo a moro memory of a sad pioturo of by-gono days. Wo must learn, (a vory hard lesson for us womor of frugal minds) (o avoid tho bargait table, whioh, is as wo all know, a moro advertising Bohemo, and is blind geno rally with Bwoat shops gjods made Rpooially for this oloaranoo salo. Whilo wo aro learning thoso thing? ourslvos, wo must toaoh our mcrohante tho objoot of tho loaguo. Toaoh thom what a Fair Houso is. Toaoh them thc uso of tho labo), and oall porsistontlj for lab ol ed goods. Patron)/, o tb, oar bouses, whioh pay tho higho'st wagoe and whioh think that work woll dom by a woman is worth just as muoh as ii dono by a man. Support them in th< oarlyolosing movomont. and urgo th? observance of all holidays,". You will find in thoso shops, tho boat sorvioo and tho boot "ohoapnoss." And noxt I oomo to a olass of whiol I know not how to speak. It is by fal the largost olass of toilers in this State that noeds our holp. I rofcr to Un children of thoootton mills. I knov it is not a popular subj cot. Wo soaroo lydaroalludo to it in our olub-thor< aro BO many mill presidents in Spartan burg, and thoy havo so many relatives I roaliao that thoro aro many sidos t< tho quostion, and tho answors oanno bo found in a day. I know tho ovils o labor laws. In faot, I havo not vor; muoh faith in legislatures, composoi of moro mon, whon it oomos to social istio questions. Pul'tho-child ron ar in the mills, working clovon hours day. Thoso ohildron aro growing int mon and womon, just as our ohildrei aro, and thoy oannot writo thoir namoa In a jury of twolvo mon, drawn fror ono of our oity mills last month, nin of tho juriours had to mako thoir mark Thoso aro Amorioan oitizons, growi up undor this wonderful civilization which having aooomplishod suoh won dorful things for its own, io Booking t onlighton tho uttormOst pails of th earth. Io a fow years, thoy will ooas to bo oitizons, for tho timo is rapio 1 approaphing whon tho right of suffragt whioh moan tho Divino right of on opinion, will bo a quostion of oduot lion. How oan Tho: Oonaumora' Loagn touoh this olass? Tho aaino anawc io givoD. By cduoation. Ooinraonoo at tho top. and oduoato tho mill.pros idonts. If all ; prosido?ls v/dro liko your own Jamos L. Orr, and Lewis Parkor, tho ?ask wore not BO ^dif fioult, Thoy havo inado a'Uno bo Sinning in establishing froo kin ergartons and Ano ochoolS, and in many ways showing thomBolvoB tho ohildron's friond. Tho oompromiso cf footod by tho mill president and thq logiBlaturo of North Carolina ?B a stop in tho right dirootion. Lot tho pro* idonts ot South Oarolioa unito with' thom in a Presidents' League if you will, and lot thom deoido that thoy will not omploy a child undor fourtoon, thov will not omploy a ohild that can not road and writ? and that further moro thoy will with what hoip they oan get from tho State, maiutain good sohdolB, tho quostion, will for a limo at loast bo kopi from tho politicians, Abovo all things koop tho quotion from our legislators-until jou oduoato thom. You may'not bo ahlo to oduoato all tho presidents at ono J. I rathor think it will rc-quiro time, but in tho moan whilo you aro moulding publio opin ion, whioh after ali io tho primary con dition of all f.ffcotivo Booial logistation And tho laat losBon for us ia pntionoo. All sooial reforms dove lop slowly, bo oauso new habits tf thought muse bo patiently tondod, and wo must learn to await thoso Blower roiults whioh aro tho nuuk of laating go >d. Your duty ie, whilo you aro waiting an opporlu uity to join tho South Carolina Loaguo. to bo j mt, bo kind, bo watohful, bo pa tioot, and always koop ol oar your own littlo oornor of oroation. mun unj?i Weekly Bulletin Issued Last Week by Prof. Baner. Tho following is tho weekly bullotin of tho condition of tho weather and orops i?suod laut weok by Dirootor Hauer of tho South Carolina aootioo of tho olimato and orop sorvioo of tho Unitod Statos woathor bureau: Tho weok onding Mond ay, April 29th, averaged from 10 to 13 do?rooB por day onldor than usual, with an ox tromo minimum of 34 dogrooB at Greenville. There woro light frosts on tho 22d, 23d and 24th in place?, and a tr&oo of ioo in Colloton oounty. Tho frosts killod cotton that was up, ou oumbora and melony, yollowod, oom, ohcokod tho growth of truok and gar dons, but was apparently not injuri ous on fruit. Thoro woro light, soattorod showora on tho 22d and 23d ovor tho oontral and wostorn oountios, and snow flur ries on tho samo datos in tho extremo northwestern portions. Tho ground was too wot to work, from tho pro vious wook's hoavy rains over tho wostorn half of tho State, until tho middlo of tho wotk, and only from dono/, Aa /fha., soil dtios, it beoA??? bakod and hard, Along tho ooaatj and for about fifty milos inlahd, therevi's" need of rain to BUpply moisture to germinating soeds and growing crops, and for transplanting tobacco. Bot tom lands aro not yot dry onough to plow. Thoro was moro than tho usual amount of aunshino, and the winds woro go ncr Ally light, but woro chill ing. Corn has poor and irrogular st?nde, owing to poor germination and tho ravages of birds, and in plaoos wholo fields havo boon plowod up and ro plantod. Tho oool woathor ohcoked its growth aud oauaod muoh to turn yollow. In tho (?out boas tern counties only has cultivation booomo gonor&l. Upland oom is not all plantod. Cotton planting made slow progross, and muoh romains to plant in tho wostorn coundon, whilo over tho east om and oontral oountios first planting ia about finishod. Stands aro very poor. A largo portion of th J ootton that wan plantod provious to last woek'B hoavy rains and subacquont oold woathor will havo to bo roplantod, as tho young plants that wcro up havo died to a largo ox to nt, whilo nowly sproutod and uosproutod sood aro rot ting in tho grouad. Thoro is a gon oral soaroity of seod for replanting. Tobacco plantB continuo nmali, and aro soaroo in Willamsburg oounty. Transplanting progrossos slowly ox oopt in Marion oounty, whoro it is noaring completion. Rico made slow growth gonorally. In tho Georgetown distriots, tho rivora and tidos woro low onough to pormit planting oporations to bo ro?umod. With limitod exooptions, whoat and oats oontinuo to look promising and aro stooling woll. Oats aro hoading ovor tho southeastern oountios, - arid ovor limitod looalitios olso whoro. Sweot potatoes aro . rotting in bods. Whito potatoes appoar to bo doing woll. Molona.havo poor ?tanda. Truck noods warmor woathor arid moro mois turo, but shipmonta of poa?, boan? and strawborrios aro going forward, tho lattor riponing slowly. Tho aoroago of strawborrios is smallor than usual. Tho oommoroial poach orop will not bo as largo au / expected, but gonorally poaooos, pears and plums havo boon only slightly injured by tho prevail* ing unseasonable woathor. Gardons look well, but aro backward. Another Black Friday. llusBoll Sago of New York, who somo days ago raisod his YO os in warning against- the wild speculation io. Wall street now predicts another j - Black Friday" in tho near futuro. "Fho pub lio has booomo strangely spooulntivo mad," said Mr. Sago Thursday morning, 'it is unprooodonted in tho stook mar kot. There is nothing- to Warrant this romarkablo inflation of st?ofcs, Another 'Blnok Friday,' is ponding. It. will bo tho worst our financial, world has ovor known. Any one Who knows tho valuo of stooks and studies tho prices at whioh many of them aro soiling to* day oannot fail lo realizo this. Whoo tho drop sots in and tho public havo had thofr fill the consequonoos will bo awful. It may moan ruin for thousands, I don't think this is vory far away, oithor. Thoro is no reason for this re markablev advanoo in stooks. Why, ooino things,' soiling,on Chango today could bo repvoduood for half tho prloo now rcooivod. As.'? said before, tho speculative orazo that has now soizod tho publio will soon ond and thon will como a torriblo reckoning. Tho publio of those who. have r nabed madly into Wajl stroot with thoir monoy in frantic ondoavor to win millions, .will pay tho eoht. It is (ho history of ?nanos." . ? a CITY WIPED OUT. M & Fifteen Million Opilara Givon os ? . ." ? j* fi " ? J il- ?'. Sacrifice to Firo Fiend. v- . . r . .-?./ j) jj| v THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS. Not Siro tho Destruction of Co lumbia Has A Southern City Boen 80 Terribly Af flicted by Firo. A disp?toh from Jackson WU 0, Fla., says tho most disastrous firo ia tho his tory of thai city bogan Friday shortly af tor noon in a small factory, from a dtfootivo wiro, aooording to tho boat' boliof, and burned for nearly ton hours. In that timo a property damago esti mated from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000 was 0 Hoot od. Aooording to tho pity map, ono hundred and thirty blocks woro burned, mauy of thom in tho heart of tho businoBB and residonoo aoo tion. Tho OBtitnulo of houioa to tho block is 10, honoo 1,300 of thom wont up in smoko. Many of tho finost publio and privato buildings wcro destroyed, including hotols, thoatro, ohurohos and rosi don?os. Tho oasuahios oannot bo no ouratoly ostimntod tonight. That thoro woro Bovornl sooms to bo woll authonti oatod. Among them was that of tho Oro chief, who Riwfcainad a had fall. Tho mayor ordorod all of tho saloons olosod, and has improssod holp to oloav tho wrookago. Tho mayor at a late hour stated that ho ostimatod tho loss at $15,000,000, aod that 10,000 to 15, 000 pcoplo woro homeless. > Mr. W. W. Clovoland, in whoso promisos tho firo originated, and who was ono of tho hoavioBtloBors, dropped doad from oxoitomonl. A stalwart nogro, bringing a trunk on MB hoad from a burning building, wont orazy from tho horror of tho situation. Ho iran around io a oirolo with tho nuuk on his hoad until ho sank exhausted and died. Womon ran througb tho stroot tearing t hoir hair and olothos, and in sovoral iostanooB had almost donuded thom SOIVCB when thoyworo caught by friends and lcd to plaoja of safo&y. Horses hitohod to truoks o?uld not bo out loone quiokly onough and many of thom ran ?i d through tho donioraliz?d throng, At night tho military was ordorcd out to guard tho household goods piled high in vacant lots. A Trusty Trusty. Tho Columbia State says Alonzo Capors, a mulatto m?mbor of tho*county ohaingang whioh omplov'od neat To t mathy station on tho Charleston and , attempt in broad day light CB capo from tho gang. Tho . plained to tho guard, Mr. J, Hi Cooler, that ho was too ill ip work, and , the) lattor accordingly ohavnod him in a room adjoining his (Cooler's) sleeping' quartors and loft him in tho day timo' in ohargo of a nogro trusty named Clovoland, who aoted an cook for tho oamp. Cleveland had econ tuon to leave the stookado for a tow moments Tues day at about 3 o'olook p. m., and whoa ho rotured found Capors in Mr. Cooler's room garbod in tho guard's bostsuit of olothos. As a loaded doublo barreled shot gun wau in tho apartment tho trusty did not voniuro to she fl himself, but stopped noislessly around a oornor of tho building and prosontly saw Capors emcrago from tho doorway smoking a oigar and cooly walk off; ho also notio<d che guard's gold watoli and oham aitaobod to tho oonviots vest and a gold modal whioh Mr. Cooler was aooustom od io war pinned to tho lapol of tho man's coa*. Clovoland quiokly noted that Capors was unarmed and ovidontly not noticod tho gun, and hastonod intJ tho building and scoured tho woapon! Emerging a moment latter ho oalle] upon tho escaping convict hilt. Ofr pers refused to comply with the cooks donaud and tho lattor lot Ap a eharp of duok shot with suoh good effoofc tho. it struok tho oonviot in his loft shou der. Nothing douatud, however, th desporato man continued on his wr until a socond . load from Clevelands gua brought him to tho ground. Cl pori had broken tho look to tho bj irons whioh hold him And. entered tl, guard's room whoro ho broke opera trunk and holpod himsolf to variola artiolcs. It is likoly Clovoliod will ip hboratod for his good oondifot. Capita is not Boriously wounded./ w Slayer of Gaptair Griffin, il Banard B. Ev?ijs W boon allowed bail by tho supromo o?>rt, tho amount boing fixed at $15,000. Ho was ohargod with killing Captain ?hn J. Griffin on April 13. Tho a Hid* it of Evans, tho first hu has madp, wa'intorosting, Sotho ono had sont him e*og of liquor and ho invited Captain Griffin to his room. Tho kog was ?po/id'by a portor and thoy drank and taM. Captain Grif fin invited him toJno at a restaurant. Tho oap tain tool/a drink, and wbilo Evans WAS takit ono proparatory to going to dinnorio heard Griffin ro poating poetry ^nothing Uko- "It is not ignoblo to dfthus." Looking arou? ho saw Griffin with hi? (Kvans) pii>l poinlod at himsolf. Evans oxolaiuv that tho weapon wan loadod. Griff continuing to point it Evans trlod trako it {rpm, him. Grif fin old not r*oao' it'and whilo thus ongaged tho ?toi flrod. Griffin said: "I am shot,,Go fora doctor." Evans' says ho'imn/istoly wont to three tolo phonos, in unoi8hborheod to oftll for s doctor, Gnn was his warm porsonal friond, Joseph/ Griffin, a son of tho doad man, swp ho loft his fathor after ll o'olook a' flaw him put a large roll of bills in / pooket and that after hil doath bf>no tilvor dollar was found on his /son. Di. Port W. Gibbos testified that tho fW tho dooonsod was bruised Ss If it h boon struok hard blows with tho fli* A blunt inntrumont. Thoro woro '/dor marks on tho baok of tho rightest- Prom pxporionos, expori mQn|snd tho boat autho'ritlos ho thm/t tho pistol ojuld havp boon rio noa' than 5 foot whon fired. Ex? Q0hor Evans, Major W.T.Gary, N7 Evans and otbors of tho family w;'o on tho bond. W wi >s n ()i oil do lot f 0 vc ha otl th< no foi ; HAMPOON DECLINES. w ' 8ay? ' jko Doe? Not Caro to bs Post !1 master at Columbia. Tho,, Columbia Stato, of Friday, Bays: For no'voral days it han boon rumored in Columbia that Goo. Wado Hampton lind-Icon nppronohod by a friend of 8ena?or MoLaurin to know wbothor or not G on. Hampton would aooopt tho positon of poutmastor for Columbia. A roproaeritativo of tho Stato oallod on Q?n. Hampton Thursday afternoon at. his oorafortablo homo on Sonato Str?dt and was received with tbat kind cordiality whioh ha? won so mauv hearts to tho grand loader of South Cftvotioians in war and poaoo. Goo. Hampton was informod of tlio report abovi^ montionod^nnd asked for romo ox prc asi on upon it Ho soomod roluo tani 'tu Bay anything for publioation in ro?a]'d to it, but when told that tho infoymatiou had oomo from ono who is known to bu in oloso touob with Sen ator) Mol-aurin, tho gonoral in his usual flrmVjyay, said: ' t would not aooopt anything in tho world from that non roo." Moro ho paused and after a momont continued with signifioant omphasis: *'ThVpooplo of South Carolina ought to know by this tim? that I oannot bo bought." That ii all OOM. Hampton would say in regard to tho poa tomoo rumor, ox oe pt to intimate that it might bo woll to apply to Senator MoLaurin for in formation on tho subjoot. Howovor, ho didi not seem sure that suoh an appli cation would bo aooordod a roply that would ht? ontiroly voracious. :' . It aan bo a in tod, howe vor, thai ID woll informed oiroloa it ia' boliovod that Gen. Hampton has beon approached moro' or loss dofioitoly with tho off jr of tho Columbia poatmastorship. . That it would bo rofusod if it oamo through Sonator MoLaurin oannot bo doubted after what tho gonoral has said, nor is it boliovod tbat (lon, Hampton would aooopt any favors at tho banda of Presidont MoKiuloy. though it is bo liovod that tho president dermod'to re tain Gon. Hampton in tho offioe of Unite? States railroad oommissionor. Ho/ was unable to do so, howevor, for political reason a. Tho reforonoo whioh Sonator Hamp ton mido to tho man who now hold tho, s?natorial soat ho o nco oooupiod reoaljs a faot that has boon known but i ciV pubjiflhod. Whon tho ltoform movement of ?890 bogan Sonator Mo l^nrin. jit will, bo remembered, was rather late gotting oh tho band wagon but finally, landod oafoly. Whon tho njfmo of Hampton's suooossor was brought out, Sonator MoLaurin, thon in tho" legislature, roraarkod to a Co lumbla gohtlein?n-that was going too Var, that ho could not follow tho "movo moot1', ia that, dirootion. / -when t?V! nominations woro mado, ??^Q-w,';M0w?i?mado a spoooh soo ^vnbminatio^Vof tho mai} who r?a\npVoh ino f?Wvoryna^ui-ally drifted to tho.reunion aud ono of tho gontlo men suggosted that Gon. Hampton would doubtless.bo woaried by having no many old soldiers to call on him and to shako bin hand in public, aa all would want to do. , "Oh no/' intorjooted tho great cav alryman, "I won't mind that. I am al ways glad to moet a man who fought through the war without donutting and has not deserted sinoo." Exposition Oponed. Tho J?uffslo Exposition was thrown opon Wednesday morning and notwith standing it had raiuod all night and tho loather condition? were had, largo arowds assoiublod at tho gates to ontor ns soon as they were thrown open. Tho {rounds woro well patronized by thoBo who dosired to be prosont at tho opon ing. William F. ILmilin was permitted by agroemont to purohaBo tho brat tiek it, he having offered some time ago to pay $5,000 for tho privilogo. The ticket was cont to him. At noon tho paid ad nisaions ?ggrogatod about $1,000, tho na jority of tho visitors boing orup loy ea >r othors entoring on passos. At 2 >'olook a saluto of 45 aorial bombs was ired a&d simultaneously hundndi of lags woro raiuod on tho buildings and ;rounds. Murdered His Wife. 0. it. Armstrong, a well known gro ory morohant at Jacksonville, Fla., hot his wifo four times at 8 o'olook Thursday night. Tho shooting took ilaoo in front of tho rosidonoo of tho iotim's mothor. Hbo will die. Who Armstrong firod tho first shot his wifo oil forward on her faoo. Ho thon firod breo shots into hor body. Armstrong rovo his wifo away from homo, t breo rooks ago. Sho wont to tho homo of or mothor. Ho visited hor Thursday ftornoon and again ot night whon sho ad gono to-ohuroh. Ho waited for hor nd shot her boforo sho got insido tho ato. '.Armstrong wasarrostod immodl tojy,. ; Pension Fund Tied Up. Tho Columbia Stato says "until the ipromo oourt aots upon tho quotion i to tho right of tho comptroller gon ..al to issuo his warrants for tho pay lont of tho porndon appropriations in mdtod to bo provided for by tho logisla uro no warranta oan bo sont out, 'In hor words tho mudd lo that tho pon on appropriation m'oasuros woro got n into on tho last night of tho In at (inion of tho gonoral assembly has ado it nooossary for tho oupromo lurt to handlo tho mattor bofore any msionoron tho rolls in this Stato oan ?oouvo tho. ponoion monoy ooo temp tod." Tho Poor Filipino. Gonoial Bell who has lust arrived in ashjngton.di e jtfroai tho Philippine^ loro ho waB in command of four do rtmonts of sou thom Luzon, isquotod a spooial from tho oapital m saying: io-sixth of tho nativos of Luzon havo dior been killod or havo died of tho nguo fovor in tho last two yoars. Tho is of lifo by killing alono has beon very ?at, but I think that not ono man has sn slain oxoopt whoro his (loath sor* i tho logitimato purposes of war. It H boon nooossary to aooopt what in ior oountrlos would probably bo ought harsh measures for tho Filip.? ia trloky and oratty and has to bo lghtin his own way. A A?D GOVERNOR Ohnndlor, of Q ?orgia, Pays His Warm Respects to SOME NORTHERN EDITORS And Denounces Re ports that Have Been Made Regarding Re emt Expressions At tributed to Him. Gov. Chandler, of Goorgia, ia hot via dor tho ooUiu. ttooontly io an intor viow with tho Atlanta Journal Keportir ho gavo out for publioUionnfu.il and oomploto reply to tho aooounts of his into)viow that havo boon printed throughout tho oountry regarding tho Ogdon Parkhurst p?rty that reoently oarao southon i spooial tour of inspco tion of tho educational advantages of this Booti on. In tho intorviow Govor nor Chandler wan ropertod assaying that Dr. Parkhurst who WAS a ino rab or of tho party, WJB a crank and from that roport thoro grow a porfoot torrent of donunoiation all orodited to tho govor nor. Tho statement furnishod by Gov ornor Chandler Wodneuda? sots at rest somo of tho expressions that had boon charged tohim and goos to show that ho has hoon the rooipient of lottors from porsona who havo denounood him and tho ontiro Bouth. Tho statomont follows: "Lifo is too short for a public man to follow up and oorroot ali tho slander ous statomonts made about himsolf, his aotions and hie uttorauooa. Moun tains aro mado out of molo hills, words aro put ia his mouth that ho novor thought of uttering, and falso colorings aro put on what ho dooa say and bis uttoranoos aro paraded under lurid and misleading hoadlinoB by sensational paragraphors. I have lonrood to sub mit to all athiB, but thoro is a point at whioh forboataooo ceases to bo a virtue, and I havo about roaehod that point. Tho roport of what I said about tho Og don Parkhurst party as printed in Tho 8avannah PreBS, though somewhat highly oolorod, was substantially oor rc ct, and waa good humorod and harm less, but aa it wont farther north it was exsggoratod and ombolliahod by false hood till I would not havo recognized it if my name had not boon oounootod with it. IQ tho oonvorsation whioh 1 had with Tho Pro BU man, whioh has boen dignified aa an "intorviow," I said nothing that could give offonse to thu most sensitivo, unless porhaps my jooular rofcronoo to Dr. Parkhurat as a crank could do so. I "oritioised" no body; I ''roastod" iiohodv;I "donouno ed" nobody, I said not a word about "d-d yankee me?oy?" I impugnod no-; body's moMyoa; I soo Dr. Parkhurst is reported to have said in his Bunday's : sermon '"had tho governor of ...Georgia, 5^4UJ?l??-5?W?'?a?* ??- -North ?lar?lina, oomo into diroot oontaot with the pbir sonel of tho eouforoaco" tho oritioi?in would not havo been mado. ''This seems to bo tho hoad and front of my offending, that I did not danoo attondauoo on this party at ita mooting in tho oolorod ohuroh in this oity. I bog to assure tho reverend doctor that no discourtesy was intondod. Had it ooourred to mo that thia waa a oourtouy oxpectod of mo I would oortainly havo gone, at whatovor saorifiee of other du ties, booauso I do not doeiro to bo dis oourteous. Tho doctor saya "tho South does not altogether lovo un, bat no ono thoro hatos ua." Tho lattor part of this statomont ia unquestionably true There is ho* o and thoro in tho aouth a crank, for wo havo some oraoka hore too, who thinks ho hates tho northorn people, but this spooios is raro, much raror, I foar, than tho mon of tbo north who hato che peoplo of tho south. ''Tho amiable dootor may differ with mo in this but he would not if ho oould seo tho hundreds of donunoiatory and vilely abusivo lottors in my poBSosBion, some of thom from his own oity, in whioh tho vilost opithots are applied to tho south and southern mon and even Bouthorn women, suoh as ''you oannot raise mon in the south, you raiso brutes," ''your Btato ia a disgraco to tho nation." "snuff dipping sluts," "d-d daughters of sin," otc "Thoh.o vilo denunciations and slan ders have not omanatod alono from ignorant fanatics, but some of tho nor thorn nowapapors havo been lust as bit tor and aland or ouB. For instan oo tho Philadelphia Press a fow days ago, on ragod by my innooont failuro to moot these tourists when they wont through boro inspecting tho negro sohools, oharged that I havo 'givon my tacit jonsoot to lynohing and'Bat supinely in my offioo whilo a human boing was imrnodalivo by ft mob,'and that I re* Joived from tho lyn oh oin a pi ooo of tho marred flosh as a souvonir.' Tho 'athor of lios oould not have invented a )a;or or moro malicious flaiohood. Phero has boon only ono negro burnod divo in G corgis, and no twi thu t anding his vas tho most diabolical crime in tho ainals of orimo. I did everything pos ible to provont tho lynohing. Tho aoment I hoard of tho arrost of tho tegro I erdorod tho shoriff by wiro to ummon a suffioiont forco if it required vory man in his county, to prevent iolonco. Ho replied that bo found it mposiiblo to resist tho mob and that bo negro had alrondy b jon lynched. Nothing short of omnipotence could, in he brief interval botwoon tho moment 'hon I was informed that HOBO had oen apprehended and tho moment nt rhioh tho torch was appllod, havo pro* onted tho lynohing, "The oh argo that I received a piooo I tho charred flesh as a souvonir is so nnoly, monnly and utterly false that it i humiliating to havo to refer to it. No* ody but s broto would off or or re?oive loh a grown om o 'souvonir,' and had tere boon a man in Georgia bruitish lough to off tr it to mo I would havo tokod him out of my omeo. And yet toso base ohargoo are mado in tho odi ada! columns of a daity uowspapor pub shed in 'Tho City of Brotherly tove/ nd those aroonlyapooimonnof tholovo ?mo of the northorn peoplo and papors ho complain of 'diioo'irtosy' havo for losouthorn pooplo and southern o f?l ala who are doing tho Jr utmost to pro* ot all of their pooplo in life and libor* ' without regard to raoo or color. "Tho New York Times hus boen Uttlo BO abusivo. Without stopping to in ti vo for fae tn or truth thoy ol thor fab* oato or a ?sumo as truo slanders f abri ? oatod by othors and donounoo tho south ern pooplo and southern oflioiala an 'savagos' abd 'buttes'. Thoy ?ook to lash us into loving thom. Thoy rogard us ao oriminals whoa wo dissent from their viens. MoBt of the r?od friotion that has over oxls'.od in tho south ia oh argo abl o to thom and their intormod dling. Tho southern whito pooplo and tho southern negroos understand eaoh Other and do not hato each othor whoo lob alono. "ThcHo inisorablo assassins of -ohav aotior.and of tho peace of oommunitios are oharg? ablo with all tho raoo friotion that exima.- Wo had nono of it boforo they intormoddlcd Thoy have abuBod the liberty of tho press and havo con strued it into lioonso, to slaudor and acuso thoso who, knowing tho situation in tho south better than thoy do, daro to dia-iont from their dogmas born of igoorano'and prcjudioo or to ron jut their inbuilt* and slanders. "They brand na knaves or fools or brutos all who diflttr from them and j whilo thojupolvos Bpurning the negro, thoy damn us booauso we have establsh cd Boparato Bohools for tho two raoos and have prohibited their intermarriage. If thoy would oura Uto tho example of Booker Washington and ?ounoil and southorn nogroos of that typo who prc a oh and teach tho doctrino of (ruth and honesty and poaoo and good will, instead of tho gospel of bato, thoy Would bo respected by tho southorn pooplo as muon as Washington and Oounoil aro. But they cannot do this booauso thoy aro tho lineal doBocndants of thoao who, ?coing from tho old world to enjoy re ligious froodom in tho now, oallod a sort of town mooting in tho little boat in whioh thoy sailed, tho day boforo thoy landed, and paoBod a resolution that thoy would bo govorned by the laws of God until thoy oould find timo to on net better ones, and when they had land* od prooooded at onoe to enjoy roligioua freedom by burning witohos and scourg ing Quakers and Baptists and Papists at a oart's tail, and from that day to this they have busied thomsolvoB in at tonding to othor poop)o'a business. This is tho poouliar charaotoristio by whioh this brcod whioh aoeoids to every ono tho right to think for himself-provi ded ho thinks aa thoy do-may always bo known. They (but nobody ol so north er south) will donounco mo as a Bour bon alul a blackguard for whioh I have said about thom, for tho truth hurls. Thoy will distort it and torturo it into an attaok on Dr. Parkhurst and Ino party and upon all tho pooplo of tho north. This is tho way this brood always doos. But tho ohargo will bo basoly falso. "I have nob and dj not intend a word that I havo said for tho amiable dootoi whoso intentions I believe ara good, not for his party, only two of whom, W?3h ington and Ourry, aro known to me por sonally. Thoso two oro good mon ant arc, as I havo on ovary occasion said doing good. It is intended solely fe such oro a turo a as tho mendacious eu who penned't^o vilo slander m tho Phil adolphia Proas roforred to abovo W/rotohos who haying no manners no morals of thoirown constitute thomi elvo SK?^ibovH of tho mau'uorp and mor.il? o Others^ oan como to tho south and ospooiaily t ?loorgia whonqvor thoy ploaao, and wi! n tho futuro.as in Um pase, ?JG u'Cr.t'; with tho utmost courtesy, and whilo th Sooplo of this state are not m?ndicanti egging alms of anybody, thoy may. t long aa thoy treat us aS thoir equals st oially, morally and intellectually, o: tond to our schools, white and ooloroc such aid aa they ploaao and it will Y roooivod in tho spirit in whioh it is o: fcrod. Bat wo have nover y ot loarnod and God forbid that we should ov< learn to bo sycophants and boot Hoki licking tho hand that smites us, or ( 'crook tho proguant hinges of tho kne that thrift may follow fawning.' " Allen D Candlor. Opposed Marriage Settioinenti Just bofore Calhoun's marriage li had a long talk with tho legal oouns ofilia swoothoart's mother rogardii Florido's marriago sottlomont, and d rtotly thorcaftor, says Qcorgo Wols( S3 monda iu tho Ladies Homo Jourhi wroto to hie proBpootivo mothor-in-la on the subject: "From prejudice, reason, I havo always boon opposed marriago s ettie m on ta. I think expo enoo and -reason provo them to ho u friondly to tho happiness of tho ms riago state; and that they tond to pr< duop poouniary ombarrassmont. In th state thero should bo ono intorost, 01 happineo and ono doa ti ny. That on ti oonfidonoo, whioh is reposed by a fem?! in tho object of hov ohoioo, in pinch both hor honer and hor property in h custody, gives riso to tho most sr.or< and tondor regard, A marriago sq tlomcnt implies a diutruat. It ia ii safety against inevitable aooidont. is a guard against tho imprudence i misconduct of tho husband only. . luoooBsful in life thoro ifl,no "-'benefit i Mio; if unisuooesiful, what moro di ?grooagblo than to have Property, bi not to bo ablo to pay just dob tb? j would-to mo bo wretched. ' lt would 1 iplondid poverty." Tho"Difference.... Roforring to tho estimation in whi( ho people of tho south and thoso of tl lorth hold thc hogro, Dr. Patkhurs if Now York, recently said in a so non: "Tho southerner does nob dil ho n ogro any bettor than tho. avoraf lorthornor doos, and tho tv arr y t li o ni a el voa toward tho nogrc /itu just about thc samo amount ? Ihristlan consideration-only < ho two, tho southorn whito man hi lorh?ps this advantago, that ho dot tot mako quito so flamboyant a pr< onso of loving tho negro ay his no horn con fro ro doos; Tho s ou th ci dd to man dislikes tho uogro, and owi P to it. Tho whito man in thc oort islikos tho nogro and Hos about it." A Sanitarium to bo Built, Tho Spartauburg journal Bays it sported on good authority that a hv( ?nitarium is to he built at Flat Boo f. 0., noar Hendorsonvillo. ?this pla i ahvjadv hoted as a health resort ai fino institution of thia sort would at roatly to its famo and Value Dr. A liur Guorard of Now York, is to bul bis sanitarium. Ho has a fino esta b Flat Book and tho sanitarium will oar his proaont au m m ox' homo. T itiovftrd ia a native of Charleston IP as had a distinguished o?roor aa oho it and surgeon. ' BREAK FUR U BERTY Ufo Term Convicts Overpower a Qu a rd and Escapes. . . . .. ... A MAN HUNT FOLLOWS Man in a Tree Shoots at Purfi^er*? But ls Brought Down With Pistol Shot. Oniy Ono Escupas, '??.m A dispatoh from llagood to Tho Stato says ono i'f tho most daring esoapos that waa ovor mado from tho Stato farm waa mado by tlftoo convicts Wednesday morning Tho plow dotait' was at work noar a thiok branch when Israol Sima, a lifo prisonor from York oounty, slipped ap behind U u?rd M. O. Burkott, struok him a stunning blow on tho nook and took Ms gun from him. Aftor getting tho gun Sims attomptod to shoot Burkott, hut did not know how to manipulate the rifle. Ho im mediately took ref ugo in tho branch, carrying tho rifle with him and Was fol lowed by two othor dosporatb* oonviotn, Girant McNeill, sontoiioed for life from Charleston, ?nd Tom . Haystack, aontonood for 20 years, from Saluda. Tho other prioonors mado no effort- to osoape, though it is said that others wore in tho plot. As soon as it Was . possible Mr. Gardner,.tho. manager of tho DoSauBsuro farm, Was notified of the osoape and as ia tho oustom, ovory ? ff v?t W?S ?li?u? ty ?i?ool tuOtc OuplUiO. It was not long boforo tho guards und and trustios had tho OBoapos surrounded in tho swamp.v With tho odgos well guardod on ail sidos, sovoral ontorod and soarohod tho almost iropenotrablo swamp. It was not long bot'oro Iflaao Sims, tho ring loador, was disoovorod 1 up a troe. Ho still had tho ri?o with;, him and on being commanded to sur render, opened fire on Mr. Morris, the tnanagor of tho ttoid farm, and another man who was with him. As there was inly one load in tho riflo. Morris know Lb (it no harm could thon bo dono, ?a he jovorod Sims with his, pistol? and of feotod his capturo without any further trouble. Sims was thon uoouroly liod, turnod over to one of tho guards and ?van Boon landed in the stookai?. v Tho pursuit of McNeill and HayBtaok was., then oontinuod. Anothor drive was mado through tho swamp when MoNoil? was discovered. .', He broke and ran and ?ttemptod to mako his escapo abroas on open fl old, but Mr. Gardnor, who was mounted on his horao, tcon overtook bim. On hoing commanded to halt, McNeill showed fight, turned on Gard- , nor and' had to bo shot boforo ho' would ?urrbrider. The wound, ho wovor, is in th? atm and not considered .a. dan gerous ono. ko was roturuod to tho v stockade and tho pursuit was contin ued for. Hoyfltaok. With tito. swamp;-' wolt guarded on all sidon, oesre??::??i<# SCaroh-,.vV/R?.--)nado, hn> ." could not m ?'?U>Y(V.: .*> force waa kopt on' duty alt this writing - Haystack ;$ A ?S?"*3?? H, ifl W^osod ?au mad..' (;obd his osoapo', It is simply niarvo.v oas. how ho offootcd it undor tho oit oUmBtanoOB. Tho plot to osoapo waa Well laid ?cr the prisoners. captured wero supplied with rations suffioiont to last two or three days and also had a small quantity of turpentine which they use, it is said, on their foot to koop tho dogs from trailing - thom. Whoa Sims took Mr. Burkott'a gun,. Burkott attomptod to shoot him With his pistol and after snapping overt cart ridge it rofuaod to fire Drowned by Their leather. A pardal oonlirmation of tho suspi oion that William lt anon fold drowned his fcur ohildren aud himslf ono week ago in tho Mississippi river, was obtain ed Thursday whon tuc body of tho niuo yoar bid llosonfold boy was taken jfro?n tho riVof noar Fort Snelling. Besen* feld is nllogod to havo nbduolcd his children, who wore in tho oustody of thoir mothor at Minnoapolis, sooured a rig and drovo with thom to tho ri vor whoro all aro supposod to havo -boon drowned. Tho father is supposed to havo committed'suicide also by throw ing hirasolf over tho bxidgo?.r.Thoir dis appearance " wap an ..unsolved mystery until a watohman found tho,body Of a boy floating in thc Mississippi. Boson fold had for nomo'timo boon separated from his wife, who Ima boon living in Minnoapolis. whilo ltosonfold lived in. 3b. Paul. A week ago ho birod ? oar riago and got tho ohiWon from the rela tives who wcrb kooping thom.' Hb'U'iod 10 ' provail on his wifo to' accompany ?hem'but shorofuaod? r Tho.no^t mora ng tho horso was foU?d nbar tho,. |dar hall avenue, bridge, all traoo of tlip oo upants of tho oarriago having disappear* d until Thursday. Six H?ndrocf 'Arr.estofl^ 1 { A dispatoh:.from .Bor^n.rs.fe^ ort has hpon reosiyea thoTQ. of-Wo 'dis* ovory of a gteenUo ?o^spir?Ayli??u? lan Poland w%h: hafr.b?f?'ioftB?py;; largo number; ot 'infofafflistx ilitin^ red porsonp. who w^ su?fic^d'of-'bo ig anarchists Wore iVajMso^od ''in.?ho itadol at Wa?saw.'^Tho?b- ?ttolUdcd 11 tho vs'BBQiig'eitt,ou-Mi?YA?ft/^sj?b?rT' ig 200. Tho dia.trJlQts.of S.oahovioo, iotdioo' and DombroVa havo boon* ec? ipiod by Cossacks. Tho nrsturo of tho >n?piraoy in not known. , Women of tho South. Sarah Bernhardt sailed from Now ork for, ??uropo on WodnosdSy. Tho ush at tho pior prior to her departure KS terifilp. Bornhordt was caught ra io crowd ?nd pim hod h'oavily againBt io railing of tho gangplank. She roamed and throo poiieCmon rescued ir ttQ^iurt. In diflou?siitg American amen, Bernhardt prainod highly nxihom womon/flaying that they wore delight to tho oyo, possessing good ste. good looks, good mannors aixd niab?ospirits, . Sligh Quita, Tho announooment m's^o Wednosday' ght that thc attorney genoual had ?tv ptod tho -resignation bf M. Brook? igh.( and appointed ox-Shorl^ Goorgo MoOrary, of Laurens; ?nitod St?ice; iputy marshal for South Carolina will usp surpri?o. in this state. I^Oplo ll bopnxglod'to figure out Just whorb b administration is loading to. lip this MoOrary h?s boon a Bemoorat,