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ll?tt'ofettoottve. From tho hilltop of man's sunny noon, Wo oiist a backward look along Ufo s rugged way, , , And deeply wondor li tho road ls ' strewn " , With wrecks of lives wo failed to holp or stay. Or did Vate decido tho course for tho^c whose trend Seemed downward, and who slip ped from virtue's path to roam Thc world about, devoid tho smile of God and friend, On tho weary highway 'twixt earth and a better homo? Ono thing is sure, my duty now I see. Which ls to succor those who need my care. And do iny Master's will, whate'er my it bo, "In tlie quiet homo, abroad or any where. G. Warren Hootman. T), CLINCH HEY WARD. Who timi What tho Now Governor of South Carolina Is. Duncan Clinch Ileyward, who has been 'selected by the Democratic voters of this state to he governor of South Carolina for the next two years, comes of an honored and historio family, says The News and Courier. Ills father was Edward Barnwell Iley ward of Colleton County and ids mother was Katherine Maria Clinch, a daughter ol' Gen. Duncan L. Clinch of Georgia. A few years before the war between tho states his father moved to lils plantation on the Waterco river in Richland Comity, and there tho future governor was borne in 1801. Shortly after thc war his father returned to Colleton County, whore Do engaged in rice planting, in which business his ancestors had en gaged for many generations before him. A few years after thc removal of the family to Colleton County Mr. Hoyward's father and motlier both died and the rest of his childhood was spent with his grandmother, Mrs. Clinch, who resided in Charleston during the winter months and in tho mountains of Georgia during the sum mer, Ml\ Ileyward was educated at thc Washington and Lee University, Loxington, Va., and in 1800 married Miss Mary Elizabeth Campbell of Rockbrldgc County, that state. Im mediately after his marriage he moved to Waltcrboro, Colleton County, where ho has slnco resided with his family, there being born of his marriage lour children. Since 1880 he has devoted himself exclusively to thc cultivation of rice, in which business he has been very successful. , Prior to the campaign just ended Mr. Ileyward had never been a can didate for publie ollice. although he had for many years evinced a deep Interest in public affairs, and had al ways been most active in tho discharge of the duties devolved upon him as a prominent and Influential citizen of the county. Having but a limited acquaintance throughout tho state, and being op posed by men of consummate skill and wrdcr^Wiperlcncc in practical politics, there wore many who believed when his candidacy was announced, that it was doomed to failure. This ap prehension, however was not shared by those who knew him best. Being a man of pleasing and attractive man ners, of line personality, oNiTcproach ?UL vntfUctoi,Yihu'posscaslng unusual intollcetural ability'his friends be lloved from the first that he would so impress himself upon the people | of tho state as to insure his election. The splendid endorsement given him by the people of thc state has fully justified the faith of his friends. Thc endorsement given him by thc people of his own county is a notable one. They gavo him probably the largest per cent of his home vote ever polled by a candidate for this ollice in thc face of strong opposition. This sup port at home is, indeed, a high com pliment, showhing that ho is loved and trusted most by thc people who know him best. Tho character of his administration ls best indicated by lils public declara tions and deportment during thc re cent campaign. 'Those declarations mark him as a broad and progressive man, anxious for tho welfare of the people of his state, and determined to do all that he can to build up the state's many in^Ui'.tr'.e.v. in his pub liojittciances he pointed out many in "?ustries which needed fostering and development, and pledged himself, if elected, to use Iiis best efforts to that Ond,' He laid special stress upon thc improvemnt of the common schools and the public highways, and the sup pression of trusts. In addition to thesointerests, his administration will be devoted to thc building up and en largement of thc states resources, agricultural, industrial and commer cial._ A Foolish Conclusion. The Charlottco Observer says: "? communication signed 'York' appear ing.tn today's paper, and which is a study of thc two primary oleotions in South Carolina, is of unusual inter est." The Columbia State says "thc communication referred to is unusual ly foolish and fallacious. That ls all. Its author undertakes to show that 'Senator Tillman ls doomed,' accord ing to tlic Observer's headlines, and that 'tho two primary elections in South Carolina prove that tho Conser vatives aro in tho majority.' The elections prove nothing of thc sort and nothing could be further from the truth. What the elections do prove is that the 'Conservatives' arc not. Or that thc'Reformers' are not. In other words that these two factions aro forever dissipated in South Caro lina politics. As for Senator Tillman, ho was not a tactor in the campaign one way or thc other and thc results have not the slightest bearing upon his political fortunes. As a matter of fact, it so happens that thc recent primary has divided thc olllces evenly between tho two former factions. I f tho campaign of 1902 has had any fac tional significance at all it is that factionalism is ended." TUKUM is no more preposterous ad monition than that which has been dingod into thc ears of innocence for centuries, "Childrenshould be seen and not heard." Tho healthy, active child is full of impressions, and that he should express himself is just as natur al as for a bird to sing. 11 is nature's way of giving growth- no one knows a tiling for suro until he tells it to sonic one else.- Wo deepen impressions by recounting thom, and to habitually suppress and repress tho child when he wants to tell the curious things he has seen, is to display a two-by-four acumen._ Tim typhoid cpidomlc in Washing ton continues. At noon on Friday there* were 373 cases reported In thc city. Thoro wore 27 now cases report ed on Tuesday. Tho death rate ls not largo. Typhoid scorns to lie epidemic all Over tho country. ROOSEVELT SIT? f o Thousands who Hot Him tit Ash villo, N. 0. HIS SOUTHERN ANCESTRY. Tolls of tho Valorous Doods ol'Murlon and His Mon and ot* tho llor?os o?'linter Days. Ashville, N. C., extended a warm welcome to President Roosevelt when he visited that city last week. Fully 10,000 pcoplo occupied tho court houso square, where the president addressed them from an Improvised stand, lie was met by a reception commit! ec of willoh Chas. McName was ch!'.'.mian. Mayor Miller, Senator Pritchard and Congressman Moody wore among those who greeted the president, tho room hers of tho committee being intro duced to thc president in his car hy Senator Pritchard. Carriages were in walting and under thc escort pf tfob. Vance company, Confederate veterans, carrying battle Hags, apd two compa nies of State militia and t)io First regiment hand, the party Blurted for court house square. At Battery Park the school children wore assembled on the lawn and sang "America" ns thc party passed. President Roosevelt stood In his carriage barchoaded. The city was elaborately decorated and hundreds of people had come In from thc country to greet thc president. Tim president was introduced by Chairman MoNapie; lie was enthusias tically greeted. Thc President said, "Mr. Chairman, Mr. Grudger, and you, my fellow Americans: It is in deed a pleasure to have thc chance or saying a word of greeting to you tills morning, to speak here In tile midst of your beautiful country of western North Carolina in this beautiful city in front of the monument raised to Senator Vance (Applause), and to bc addressing pcoplo whose forefathers have borne a distinguished part in every great military or civic struggle through willoh tills country has come. (Applause.) lt wus not far from here, as we measure distance in America, that tho Mecklenburg declaration of independence was formulated. (Ap plause.) The gentleman who Intro duced mc spoke ol' the great deeds of thc men who in tho Revolutionary war followed Marion and McDowell. Tl 115 1?MJJS AND TI??S HUFF. "My forefathers fought under Mar ion. (Applause.) My forefathers fought with tlic Georgia and South Carolina troops who battled through dark days when Cornwallis and tho Ked Dragoons of Tarleton overran the Southern States. They were present at King's Mountain, at the Cowpens, and tliey saw the ll nal triumph when thc men in blue and buff who followed Greene wrested victory out of defeat and when at last the Hag of the 13 Union States who had been tho 13 col onlos waved without a rival along the coast and along thc foothills of tho mountains. (Applause) It has been a great and peculiar pleasure to bo with tlic men who served in tile Confeder ate army. Yesterday and today I traveled through a- region which sent itS'Kons, some to wear the blue, some to wear thc gray, all to servo with courage and self-devotion the right as lt was given to eacli to seo it. Day before yesterday I went over tho bat tlefields of Chickamauga and of Chat tanooga; over that space of territory willoh saw for two months one of the gigantic death wrestles of thc Civil war, thc territory partly in Tennessee, partly iii my mother's State of Geor gia (applause),and I feel that thc men would bc but poor Americans who did hot come from tho seencs commemo rating tlic valiant deeds of those ar mies a better American than when he started. T1I1C BLUE AND THIS GI?>'<. "While I was there a delegation of young men from thc State of Georgia came to presont mo a cane cut from tho battlefield with tho names of three Utdoh and three Confederate gencruja'on lt. One of the Union gen eralsr'Gen. Poynton, was showing mc around the Held. One of the Confed erate generals, Gen. doo Wheeler, had been my chief in the Spanish war. (Applause.) Yesterday wc stopped at a little station in Tennessee and among those who gathered to greet me was tm old fellow who had worn tho gray, lie saki: 'I was one of Wheeler's boys.' .1 said: 'So says I.' (Laughter and applause") "It is a good thing for an American president to havo the chance to travel through tho different sections of tho country, because lt is a mighty good thing for any American to meet his fellow Americans at different parts of the country in order that lie may real ize how trivial are the points of un likeness and how essential are the points and'points of likeness. (Ap plause.) A good American is a good American, and I don't care a snap of my linger whether lie comes from thc north or the south or tho east of thc west. If lie is a straight and decent man I ara for him, and if he isn't I am not. (Applause.) Tilla L1CSSON OK HK0TIIKUH00D. "Oh, my friends, tlic lesson of broth erhood, the lesson that is taught by such a greeting as Tam receiving-at this moment, thc lesson that ls taught whenever you seo valiant and true men who wore the blue meet valiant and true men who wore tho grey and shake hands with them, that lesson applies through all our national life, and it applies just as much in form ing a judgmont between class and class as between section and section. Wc never can succeed it making this country what lt can and shall bo made until wc work together, not primari ly as northerns or southerners, east erners or westerners, not primarlally as employee or employed, townsmen or countrymen, capitalists or wago workers, but prlmarllaly as American citizens. (Applause.) To whom thc right of brotherly friendship and com radeship with all other decent Ameri can citizens comes as thc first and greatest of privileges. Wc need good laws, wc need honest and upright ad ministration of thc laws, but wo need as thc fundamental prerequisite for good government a high avorago stan dard of citizenship In thc men who make tho laws and stand back of them. (Applause) Tho best law by it self will not bring good citizenship. A bad law will do incalculable harm and no greater damago can bo dono to any community than maladminis tration, dishonest or unfair adtnlnls tlon of law. A law badly adminis tered can do great harm and ofton most harm to thoso who at any given moment may think that it 1$ to their Interest to have tho law violaU ?J or to havo lt put upon tho statute books, Bad l?jjttii t?o no Harm, Q?od lrtW?] ?ivu do 'i '?"'i?*uy?> rrf ?nod, Hlifc it, is tho I ?nun bo?Til? tho law who will ulti mately Dy thc way in which ' ho per forms lils ii utica (lotormino whether this coitnbry ls to go up or down. (Applause.) Oharacter is what counts. Tho men hero who fought In tho Union army, thc men who fought 1^ tho Confederate army, let them loo),, back. What did they caro for most in tho men who woro their comrades, who fought on their right hand and their left bund in time of action. Tt was not as to tho man's antecedents, it wa8nob as to whether ho was rich or poor, or what his social position had boen, lt was to know whether when tho time of orisls carno ho would stay. (Laughter and applause.) If tho ueed carno to go forward you wanted to ho suro when ho moved that ho would movo In tho right direc tion. "You wanted to know that you could count on his being thom aaa good friend, and as a foe to look out for. You wanted to havo blur de voted to his country, dovoted to his Hag, loyal to lils regiment, but I don't caro how line his feelings were, If ho ran away ho was no good. (Laugh ter.) It is so in olvll lifo, for If a citizen ls to bo woy th his salt ho needs eli .noter, and Into character many clenents cn'tor. if a man is not de cent, theil thc allier ho is tho more dangerous hp ls t9 tho community. In tiie revolutionary will' ono of tho bravest and most brilliant soldiers during tho carly ycays of tho contest was the man who has loft hi? name as a byword of infamy to tho nations for ?ll time, tho map who fought with distinguished gallantry lu Canada, tho man who lcd nil tho American forces In tho groat hattlo at Saratoga and loft hi8 leg on tjio Held of victory. That man with all hts courage, all his daring, all his superb military gen ius, burped because th? \'PPt pf right eousness was not iii him, sought to be tray his comrades for monoy, and left bheit???? c?f J?ei??rtict A^rppjj? ns a hiss ing forevermore. HONESTY AND COUItAOK. "In civil life thc danger ls not so patent, but lt is Just as great, If abili ty is not accompanied by a rightful sonsc of accountability to the moral law. In addition to honesty and de cency, you must have courage. I want to see every one a good man, and in addition to that I want to see hima man. Wo must havo tho man ly virtues deeply imbedded as part of our national characteristics If wc are to do our work aright In peace or in war. But honest and courage to gether aro not enough. I care not how hrave and how honest a man is, if he was bom foolish you can do but little with him. (Laughter and ap plause. Wc need honesty, wc need courage, we need In addition the sav ing grace of common sense. There is no patent dovlco by which wo can make thc average citizen a credit to thc country; make him hold higher tho standard of good government, The average citizen must make himself a worthy citizen of the republic, Thc average citl/un must realize that it ls upon his shoul ders that tho ?htjro government struc ture Tests. Wo get In thc habit of sneaking of tho government as If it were something apart from us. Now thc government ls us, wo arc thc gov crni.KVt, you and 1. (Applause.) '?And the government ls going to do wuil or ill accordingly as wc, with sanity, wi oh resolution, with broad charity and sound common sense, make up our minds how tho alf ai rs of tlic government shall bo managed. No man can take thc burden of gov ernment off tho shoulders of a people fitted for self-government. No man can make lt easy for any people to govern themselves. They have got to determine for themselves what thc government shall be, and in the long run the government will represent their wishes, their wishes for good or their wishes for evil, or else they aye indifferent to gowd orevil. (Applause.) And so my plea to you, my follow Americans, as to every olti/.en in every section of the country is, remombcr that in this country nothing, no law, no leadership, can possibly take tho place of thc ex ercise hy thc average oltlzen of the fondamental viitues of good citizen ship, tlie exercise of tho fundamental qualities of honesty, courage and com mon sense." Tho president was given three hearty cheers as he finished lils speech. Tho lt ural Hchool. Mr. Branson of Georgia has recent ly told in tho World's Work thc story of the modol rural schools which thc Federation of Women's Clubs is help ing to establish in that state. In speaking of one ho said; "Thc com mon school subjects will lio taught, of course. But cooking, tho cultiva tion of school gardens, a half dozen forms of remunerative handicrafts, a school library, a mothor's club and a fortnightly institute for thc teachers of thc country will bo some of the features of this school." Yea, verily; why not Include lu thc work of tho sohool so much of the work of thc community as the children can appre ciate and employ in their own educa tion? A school is a placo in which children should live and move and have their being. It should reflect the larger lifo without and prepare its pupils for a better life In thc future by helping them to live a truer, more normal life In tho present. That which ls treated vvil.'n respect lu sohool, whether lt be arithmetic or grammar, cotton picking or hog raising, religion or politics, will rarely be an object of contempt after school. Time and ex perience will eliminate what ls useless or harmful in tho curriculum and methods of such experimental schools. lOlootrooutod. Edward Parsons, white, of 34 Mid dle street, a member of tho Charles ton fire department, 31 years of ago, was electrocuted at 12.10 o'clock Wed nesday morning on Wentworth street near Meeting, by coming in contact with a livo wiro of tho Gordon Tele phone Company which had fallen across an clcotrlc wire of tho Consoli dated company at thc comer of Moot ing and Wentworth streets. Death was almost instantaneous. A Imdy Killed. Mrs. Wm. M. Stowart, wife of tho United States senator from Novada, was killed Friday at Almeda, Cal. Mrs. ?Stewart was riding in an automo bile with Henry Foote and a young mian named Taylor. Through an ac ?idont tho machine ran into a tele graph pole. Mrs. Stowart was thrown igainst tho pole with great force and was so seriously injured that death soon followed. Ilor homo was at Washington, D. 0. Some cotton experts in Now York prcdlot that cotton will go to ton ?cnts and thoy advlso tho farmers not A> rush his cotton to markot. ?Ul UI1?,?fcl|\ i J? Mn M HOW lill) Counties Yojort .in <|$ Two j Primmies, v.- y I ?iidel' tho above caption The State saytt thero arc many very inUVcstt'nff i'om :wo lor, .''lot iles who ary. ot in ovci facts and conclusions to bo drav a study of tho figures in tl primaries for senator and go' T'For lustauco," says Tho MM us compare tho numhor oH" carried hy each of tho candi^ were voted 'l'or In tho second ?Bi In thc gubernatorial race T?| tho first primary had a nv*' all in only ono county, his h?nl?.cdun ty of Edgollold, and had a plurality In each of Aye counties, vi/.: Aiken, Barnwell, LaurenB, Marlon. '.".. a<nd Saluda. Hoy ward in thc'll rst; prim ary received a majority over all In eaoh of sixteen counties, Charleston, Colleton, Hampton, Hurry, Marlboro, Orangohurg, Beaufort, Bamberg, Borkoley, Chester, Clarendon, Darl ington, Dorchester, Florence; George town and Sumter. In eight other countlos Hey ward had a plurau^, tho eight being Cherokee, Newberry, Richland, York, Williamsburg^ L,an-. easter, Spartanburg and Unldjn. Ju tho il rst primary '^'albert's YO^? ex cccded th?t for Hayward in nina c;v.n tics of Abbeville, ?4u?e$ Banwell, Edgcileld, Greenwood,, Laurens, la ington, Mariqh and Saluda, \vhl\n Hey^ ward's YOto exceeded that tor Talbert In the 32 remaining counties ot"''Ander son, Charleston, OhoroUoo, Choster llcld, Colleton, Fairfield, GreonvUlo, Hampton, Hurry, Marlboro.'. New berry, Orangeburg, Plokoos, Richland, Williamsburg, York-, Daluucig, Beau fort, Borkeloy, Chester, Clarendon, Darlington, Dorchester, Florence, Georgetown, Kershaw, L?noas ter, Lee, Oconooj Sumter, 'Spartahbu,rg an$ Union,. " '' "Exceeding his competitor by 10, 333 votes in tho first primary and leading him in 32 out of tho ll coun ties, with majorities in sixteen of tlioso counties, Hey ward's defeat | would havo been little less than mar velous, As it turned out, Hey ward held his own remarkably well despite the fact tliat Talbert increased his vote by 7,97? more than Hoy ward's increase, reducing ileyward's majority over Tal hort In thc drat primary from 20,000 to 10,000 in the second, Iley ward's total increase being l i,221 and Talbert's 22,199. By counties, it is1 interesting to note that in tile second primary Hoy ward rocoived a majority In each of 20, ten move than in tile first, and Talbert lu each of 15, four teen moro than In tho first. Thc 20 counties gtvlng Hey ward these majori ties were: Anderson, Bamberg, Beau fort, Borkeloy, Charleston, Cherokee, Chester, Colleton, Clarendon, Darling ton, Dorchester, Florence, George town, Greenville, Greenwood, Hamp ton, Horry, Marlboro, Newberry, Oeuncc, Orangeburg, Picketts, Sumter, Spartanburg, Williamsburg and York. Only two of thc counties which gave Hey ward a plurality in thc first failed to givo him. a majority in tho second, these two being ?ancaster and Union. Tills examination of tho vote for gov ernor show principally how general and scattered was tho support of Mr. Bey ward In his nou-faetlonal and non sectional campaign and how futile wore any efforts that may havo been made to defeat him on tho old lines. Ile comes to tho governorship after a clean, creditable candidacy, with his aspiration ondorscd by every portion of tlio S ta to and overy class. No gov ernor hus taken the ellice under such conditions for years. . "A similar comparison In tho sena torial race ls even moro interesting. With four strong men in the lirst race Congressman Latlmer secured a major ity in only one county, his home, An derson, but this majority was 1,030 In a total vote of 1,758. Evans lacked 298 of a majority in lils homo county, Spartanburg, which cast 0,002 votes. But Latimer had a plurality in cadi of twelve counties, Abbeville, Chester Held, Greenville, Horry, Laurens, Lex ington, Marlboro, Bickens, Clarendon, Marlon, Oconee and Saluda. In the second primary Latlmer carried these twelve counties and Anderson besides 22 others In willoh ono or thc other of thc four defeated candidates had plu ralities or majorities th tiip first pri mary. In other words, Latlmer in thc second election carried 35 out of the .il counties, vi'/..I Abbeville, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, IJorkclcy, Charles ton, Cherokee, Ohest?r, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dorchester, Edgeiicld, Fairfield, florence, George town, Green ville, Greenwood, Hamp ton, Dorry, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lau rens, Lexington, Marlon, Marlboro, Newberry, Oconee, Orangcburg, Pick ens, Richland, Saluda, Sumter, Wil liamsburg and York. "That Latimer carried these 35 counties Is all thc more noteworthy when we consider that In the first pri mary Latlmer had a majority over Evans In 20 counties while tho vote for Evans oxcecdod that for Latlmer In 21 counties, showing that In the beginning Evans' strength was much more evenly distributed than Lati mers but that Latlmer gained suffi ciently in 15 countlos to glvo him a majority in cadi willie Evans, whose vote in tho first oxcecdod Latlmor's In 21 counties, secured in the second pri mary a majority in only six. Latlmer went into thc second primary with a lead of 5,251 votes over Evans and his, majority In- the second election was1 17,818, an increase in Latimer's ma jority ovor Evans of 12,591. Latlmer increased lils vote from 22,938 in thc first to 64,105 in the second primary, a gain of 31,227; willie Evans in creased from 17,084 to 30,317, a gain of 18,033. Thus Latlmor's gain was 12,594 more than Evans', .as stated above In another form, and Latlmor's total gain was only 5,090 votes less than Evans' total voto hi the second primary." What hi n Sloopor. Here is a d?finition which is as dlf flcult to read rapidly as "Poter Plpor picked a peck of pickled peppers," and yet ls more scnsiblo. In fact, lb ls an actual statoment of facts, as you will find If you read lt slowly: A slcopor is ono who sloops. A sleeper Is that in which a slcopor sleeps. A sleeper ls | that on which tho slcopor runs whilo tho sleeper sleeps. Therefore while thc sleepor sleeps In tho sleeper thc! sleeper carries tho slcopor over tho sleeper undor thc slcopor until tho sleepor which carries tho slcopor Jumps thc slcopor and wakos. tho sleeper in tho sleeper by striking tho slcopor under tho sleeper on tho sleeper, and there is no longor any sleeper sleeping in tho sleeper on tho sleeper._ Tm? 'Newberry Obsorvor saye: ult tho ballot-box corruptlonlsts in Charleston escapo punishment then thoro is no value to suffi ago in that city and olectlons will dopend not on tho votes of tho pcoplo but on tho ras cality or tho wishes of corrupt man agers. Lot no guilty man escape.'? To wplch wc say arnon. Postmasters Itt Politics. . T?ie Post?nico Department has ?iiilde1 I a very due distinction un to the deg?vO I of political activity permissible to post t-Sustem. A postmaster, In view of tho i Warnings that had been Issued against "pernicious aotlvlty," asked the de partment to mako a closer deilnltlon of tho of?ence and asked these ques tions: "Atti 1 prohibited from Joining a political club? Can I make voluntary financial contributions for tho good of tho party? Would I bo prohibited from acting as a delegate to a county. Congressional or State convention/" Thc assistant postmaster general made this reply: "In reply to your lottor, you arc Informed that you aro not pro hibited from Joining a political duh, nor making voluntary llnanclal con tributions outsldo of a government office or building, nor from acting as a dolegate to a county, State or Congres sional convention. You should not, however, serve as chairman of a ?State or county committee, nor take aotlve part in conducting a political conven tion, nor make yourself, unduly pro minont in local political matters." Tho Charleston Post ways "the Uno ls v?ry tine and lt will bo hard to keep from orossing lt. Por instance, a post master may go to a convention but may not take active part lu conduct ing it, What ls tho uso of going if ono can't have a hand in the doings of the convention, unless, of course, the postmaster should happen to bo a Platt ora dorman and can sit behind tho seonos and pull tho wires without appearing in tho public oyo at all. If ho should happen to bo a Bryan, though or a Roosevelt, who must got on tho stage and have plenty of open Hold for action, ho would nover bc able to make any headway under thc re strictions ot tho Post?nico Depart ment. However, the important privi lege of contributing moiioy to the party's campaigi\ fund ls carefully ex empted fro.tn tho list of indulgences I forbidden tb postmasters tvnd that ls tho main thing." Cheap Teuchel'?. ''Thc day will como when the great majority of taxpayers will pass by chlap teachers as the into] ll gout far mer now pasaos liv inferior stock and seed; as ho would pass by , thousand joltwagons or stage coaches to take thc passenger train. In the mean time, it is the duty of educators of clear Insight and devotion to courage ously insist upon a higher standard to do what tl\ey can to place tho licens ing pf toachers in the mast competent hands." So says an oxohange. This ls true, but that day will not come un til tho tax-payors aro willing to pay salaries that will command good teach ers. As long as schools aro turned over to those who will toaoh for thc lowest amount, tho opportunities of tho ch lld ron will continuo to be wast od. Tho licensing of teachers should be placed "In tho most competent hands," but the employment of teach ers should be placed in hands equally competent. Above all, parents with children to educate, should give more attention to the education of their children. They should visit thc schools and become acquainted with the teacher* who has neon entrusted with the training of the minds of their chil dren. This ls an Important work, and nono buta good man or woman should bc entrusted with lt. A drinking or profano man should not bo allowed ii Uie schoolroom, Yet many parents do not scorn to regard the moral quali Ueatlons of the man who teach their children at all, so long as ho ls willing to work for an amount barely sufficient to pay Iiis board and buy whiskey to go on an occasional jag. Parents and trustees ncod an awaken ing on tho educational Uno. Every township In Orangoburg County should have at loast one high school taught hy competont, well-paid teachers. Hurrah for the Farmer! Piping times of plenty these should be for thc farmers in our great West if the recent government crop report ls to be trusted, says the Spart anburg Journal. According to the figures, wc shall have Invested, when tho fields are all cut and the shocks all gathered in, the greatest crop ever known in the history of our agriculture. It will consist, so the official estimate runs, of a cern crop of 2,422,000,000 bushels, 034,000,000 bushels of wheat and 80G, 000,000 bushels of oats, an aggregate of I 3,802,000,000 bushels for the three grains, The general effect of thc crop prospects ls reflected In thc way mer chants In all sections save those in Texas, where tho crops were damaged by thc recent droughts, arc in the market s as free buyers of goods. Their stocks havo been allowed to run down, and they arc buying frooly for the trado and taking a bet tor .class of goods than heretofore. Tho feature of tho trade ls that goods aro wanted earlier than In previous seasons. All tho factories aro said to bo busy. Railroads are having a larger movomcnb of merchandise to thc agri cultural soctlons than last year, and trafile generally ls fully as heavy as last I year. Money ls plenty and cheap, and tho West never had so much prosperi ty in sight. So, hurrah for corni hurrah for wheat! hurrah for oats! Hurrah I for all of us, but cspcolally hurrah for tho farsighted, hardworking farmer who planted tho crop that has broken tho record! In bhfs connection wc would ask why should not tho South ern farmor show in this great prosperi ty that ha) overwhelmed thc farmers of tho Wost? There ls but ono an swer, and that ls that our farmers stick to ootton, while tho farmers of tho West diversify their orops. While the guns of Fort Wright, on Fishers Island, N. Y., wero firing on tho fleet in the mimic war Wednes day, Kdward Roy was instantly killed by tho premature discharge of a 12 Ineh gun, Harry A. Davis died later at the hospital from Injuries received, and a third man, Samuel Clevenger, was severely wounded. Several others suffered slight Injuries. All the men wero privates of tho second company, coast artillery, of tho regular army. Roy was No. 2 man at thc gun and was handling tho powder. Ho had put a 30-pound ohargolnto the gun, and had Just pushed the breech block into place without locking it when tho' explosion occurred. It ls supposed that a pleco of burning rag had been left In tho gun. Roy was literally blown to pieces. Davis was hit In thc chest by a piece of flying bono and sustained fatal Injuries. Mn. Rn VAN says that Representa tive Babcock has crawled so far Into his hole on thc tariff question that only the tips of his cars arc visible Mr. Bryan has a vory comprehensivo way of putting things. The World's Greatest Cure for Malaria, x . For ?tl tonna ut Malarial p?t(urn ing Uk? Johnson'* Chill ?nd Paver Tonte, ? taint ?i Malarial ?olson, lng to yonr blood we? o s mlcor r ?mt fftinud. BloodnodlciBOsaAn'touxe Malarial poUoMntf. Th? antidoto ffr,?tv"1A<>iH?'*OW,0 TONIC G?fc * bottle to-dayr Btftta $. {oatt gt Jt (?proa. Marriage ith'yiiies. TO bV?ry woman tho subject of illili rlage ls Jnteresting', says tuc r/niiadoi* pula Enquirer, and therefore no apol ogy is needed for recalling some quaint sayings and customs relating to it. When a malden ls asked by ber lover to name tho happy day which wll make her his own, of course she thinks of what will ho a suitable time. She avoids tho season ol' Lent, for if mar rlod in Lent you are sure to repent; and then If she be prudent she remem bers the following adage: Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday for tho best day of all; Thursday for crosses, Friday for losses, Saturday no luck at all. There aro countless sayings about marriage which have como down to us from long ago, many of which still lind favor, such ?is "Marry in haste and repent at leisure," and, though it ls not so well known, "Great Joy shown in a bride's faco presages misfortune." in tho lattor sayings, praise of that old-fashioned virtue of reserve is evi dently intonded. "Hapyy is thc bride that tho sun shines on" ls a saying of ten quoted by anxious gazors at the weather on thc morning of the day whonsomc fair friend of theirs ls to bo married. "Thrlco a bridesmaid nevera bride," is remembered by many a fair damsel who has twice acted as bridesmaid, and who is again asked to attend a brido to the altar, hut modern girls aro strong-minded enough to defy fate and to undertake timothee of a brides maid as many times as may bo desired. Tho choice of color in tho matt er ot a wedding dress is most important, hot merely because one color is more be coming than another, but because Married In white, you have chosen all right; Married in gray, you will go far away; Married in black; you will wish your self back; Married in red,you will wish you were dead; Married in green, ashamed to be seen; Married in blue, ho v.'?ll always be true; Married in pearl you will live in a whirl; Married in yellow, ashamed ol' your fellow; Married in brown, you will live out of town; Married In pink, your spirits will sink. Spoaklng of marriage reminds one of tho bridal orange blossom, and of how thc custom of wearing it originated. The following is an ancient Moorish tradition. A Moorish king sent a line orange tree In magnificent blossom to a Spanish monarch. Never before had such a wonderful plant bloomed In the royal gardens. Everyone wanted a slip of lt, hut In vain; thc slips were loo precious. At last ono day a spray of thc gloosy leaves and beautiful blossoms was acci dentally broken oil", and the gardener gave it to lils poor daughter, who was jbctrothod to a poor man. Thc ghi had no dowry, and accordingly her en gagement seemed a hopeless altair, She still was not too out of heart to take delight In enhancing her charms, so she fastened tho spray of orange blossoms In lier hair. Just then a for clgn ambassador was walking In thc garden, and noting thc lovely spray of Mowers and leaves in tho girl's dusky tresses, ho desired to have lt. I n ex change for tito Howers he gave her a sum of money sh lucien t for her dowry, and soon afterward hoi" marriage was celebrated, Since then the blossoms Haye been in such favor for bridal wreaths that lt lias almost oust ed the bridal rose-its Greek rival-from pop ularity. POWER OF SUPERSTITION, Now York Worker AmoiiR thc Ignor ant Fln?M It Hard to Combat, Superstition is a force lo bo reck oned with und not despised by those \vho labor /or tho good of tho poor on the East side, ns all college set tlement workers will testify, says the New York Tribune. A-philan thropic woman tells the following experience: A poor Italian housewife, living in Mulberry street, had a swelling ot the knee. Sho told me of her trou ble, and I gave her the address of a free dispensary, whore she went for treatment. The treatment cl id not cure her, and she drew out from the savings hank a large part of her lit tle hoard of savings, and in spite of all my protests paid it to a gypsy woman on the outskirts of Brooklyn for a charm. This charm consisted of a piece of parchment, on which were written some queer characters. The whole was tied up in a little hag and waa suspended by a Rt ring around the patient's neck. When sho showed it to mo I laughed thc thing to scorn and tried to show her how foolish she waa 1o pay hard earned money to a miserable, quack, f contd not convince hor of lier folly, however, and so gave up the effort, trusting to time to prove me right. The neighbors of tho woman with the swollen knee soon heard of her gypsy charm, and one of them who liad an eruption on tho skin which had long defied the power of medi cino to remove it begged for a copy of thc chaVm. The first woman was ready lo do this favor to her fellow sufforer, and as neither could road nor write they used a ton-year-old son of ono of them to make the copy. This boy had been attending a public school, and his parents were exceedingly proud of his ability to rend and write "American." lint the lad could make nothing of tho gypsy writing on tho parchment, lie was equal to tho occasion, how ever, and showed ho had tho making of a true American, for ho would not acknowledge defeat. What ho wrote was: "This is know good." It was not until some time, after ward that I heard of this, when tho woman with the skin trouble was showing mo the copied charm. When I saw tho trick thc boy had played on both of thom I thought my vin dication had truly come. Hut when I explained it all to her, she met mo with thc knockdown argument: "Well, miss, it cured us both." What could I say lo that? Stuffed Turnip!,. Chooso turnips of a uniform size, pee* thom, cut off just enough of tho small end to make them stand firm, then cut off the stem end and scoop out the inside. Ch - fine, a Bermuda onion and cnoug' ditton to fill tho turnips; add two tabk?spoonfuls of well washed rice, a tablespoonful of minced parsley and salt and popper to taste. 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