The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 08, 1904, Image 5
FOR THE SCHOOLS.
A Concensus of Opinion on the Sub
ject of Libraries.
WRITT2N BY J. PRAKE FO0QB3S.
ShouLl Wo Kead by All Parents,
Guardians or Othor? Who Aro
Intcreatsd In tho Wol
fhreorChiUlren.
The following is the first part of an
article written by Mr-, J. Franki
Fooshe'i editor of the Winnsboro News
and Herald, for The State. The second [
part will be published next we?k:
As Important as ifs tho school'libra
ry as a factor In the dovelopment.of j
the very best In school work, the se
lecting of the books that are to go |
therein ls of far greater importance!
Theme:tsure of success .that will at
tend any efforts in the direction or
the establishment of a library will de
pend in no small measure upon how
well tho details of this di?Hoult task
are carried out. The getting of the
most books for the least money or the
getting of the books that will he most
ornamental will not atone for any er
rors that may be made in getting
those books that will not bo read or
In getting those that ought not to bc
read. As most school libraries have
to be started on a very small scale,
there is a great temptation to make
the flrpt of the two blunders men
tioned. But lt is well to bear in mind
that a few well chosen books that will
be read over and over, that are .stimu
lating in the matter of developing
the reading habit, are worth many
times*over any number of those that
may fail In these two most important
respects. And even where the first
hooks have been found to be well se
lected, the problem of selecting those
that are to be added is still a diflieult
one.
Within the past six years about 400
volumes have been bought for thc
library of Mt. Zion; and as to how
well this law of selection has been ob
served the list that is appeuded below
will attest. In keeping with the prac
tice of the past few yea *s about 50 to
100 volumes wtll be added thereto in
the next few weeks. The committee
that has huchurge thc selection of the
ixKjfcTthat are to be purchased decid
ed that it would be better to spend a
part of the funds that will be avalla
ble In getting the views of uthers as
to what books shouli be added. Ac
cordingly they prepared a list of the
books that are now in the library and
Kent tho. same to about l?O teachers
and a few who had taught school. No
lists were sent, out of the State for the
simple reason that the committee de
sired Its Information fi om those who
were .personally known to them and
ad had to do with pidieras
most Bindiar to those confronting
them.' Then, too, they, had already
made a very free use of thc many pre
pared lists that are o 'ten sent, out.
The questions were not only for sug
gestions as to thc best books to be ad
ded to the list, but also in regard to
certain phuses of library work. While
the number of answers that have been
received thereto has not been as large
as had been hoped, yet many valuable
suggestions were contained therein;
and a study of these might bc prylita
ble at this time. Especially is thh
true at this time, for lt is getting U
be more and moro a custom to direct
the proceedings arising from the usu
al Christmas entertainments toward*
the establishing of a library. And
when the proceeds are in hand the
teacher has that difficult problem of
n?3kJng the best select ion and cherish
es any helps that may be given from
any source in the solution of the same.
The following is a list of those who
answered thc questions: Dr. J. 1
McCain of Erskine, Prof. H. T. Cook
of Furman, Prof. W. S. Morrison and
J." S. McLucas of Clemson, Dr. 1). I).
Wallace of Woflord, .~>upt. ^f^y-'
Dreher of the Columbia mVy"scnooi8i
Supt. W. A. StucJ?afcC? the Newberry
schools, Piriric-Vai E. C. McCantsof thc
derron Graded schools, Editor Zach
Ghee of the Spartanburg Herald,
Prof. Patterson Wardlaw of the South
Carolina cdiego, and Kev. J. H. Bold
ridge of Lancaster. The above Hst
includes live college professors, two
graded school superintendents, one
school principal, one editor and one
minister.
HOW TO STAUT A LIBRARY.
/ Inasmuch as the matter of estab
lishing a library is one that is likely
to bo of the greatest Interest their an
swers on this point are given lirst.
There seems to be a unanimity of
opinion that the best way to get this
work started ls by getting the chil
dren of the school interested In thc
matter, lt is not so much the getting
the funds with which to start thc
work as it is in awakening an interest
that will result In the free use of the
books when they have been purchas
ed. Dr. McCain suggests that it is
best to raise the necessary funds by
means of "entertainments In which
the children, themselves take a pro
minent part," and "hy such enthusi
asm on the part or the teacher as will
awaken a desire for literature in the
school and in the community, and
lead patrons to contribute money and
books." Dr. Bold ridge takes' thc
view that "a careful explanation or
the need or the library will create a
willingness to give to its establish
ment;" and adds that In his experi
ence in which he established several
libraries that "I secured the coopera
tion of the students." Prof. Ward
law follows up thc same idea in thc
following suggestion: "by contribu
tlon or nrntiey, or books br or old peri
odicals by citizens; entertainments;
donni nais by the lend-a-hand society;
contributions of public documents by
congressmen, appropriations by the
board." To the above suggestions
Prof. Cook adds one that is most prac
tical and is certainly within the reach
of all, as it is without money and
without price: "If 1 were in a rural
section I would secure papers on farm
ing, stock raising, bulletins which are
free from the experiment stations,
and also the consular reports, which
are free. Our State is largely agricul
tural, and 1 would try to Interest
children in the farm and In the light |
??w bel?g thrown ou the calling by
exoperts. Consular reports give a|
bird's eve view of things not seen In
other papers-our trade uad market
for our goods."
THE SCHOOL LIBRARY KSBKNTIAL.
In answer to the last question as to I
whether the public funds phould be |
expended In equipping the library
two very Imp irtantpoinus are brought
out-that the library ls an essential
part In the equipment of a well order
ed school and that the success of the
library depends more largely upou the
interest the teacher takes in directing
the reading of the pupils.
Prof. Wardlaw ls very emphatic in
bis answer about the essentiality of j
Lhe library In tho following statement:
"Since the library ls an essential part
ot "the apparatus of a properly equipp
ed school, there ls the same reason
for expedlng public money on lt aa for
buying desks, blackboards or churts."
Mr. MoOants ls no leas'ompbutlc in
his statement on the Bamo point: "I
know of ho other plan whereby a
school board can get so great a return
In real good to a community with ko
little expenditure of money. A school
without a library ought to bo placed
In the same category as the school
without a teacher-, as lacking In
a very essential particular. Wherever
possible school boards should make a
yearly appropriation-no matter how
small it must be-for tno library."
Practice ls tho basis upon which
Supt. Dreher endorses the expendi
ture of public funds In this way:. "I
am heartily in favor of this. Our
board does lt every year."
What Is moro needed than any
thing else, according to Mr. McGhee,
is brains. "First or all, regardless of
any and all other considerations,
trustees should spend their money on
brains-that is, get good teachers
and pay them well.. If there ls any
money left," provided you have a com
fortable schoolhouse, then it should
be expended on the library."
The most important of all, accord
ing to Prof. McLucas ls tho teacher:
"It should be remembered that a
library not used ls worthless. More
Important than a library even ls a
teacher who knows something about
books for children and is anxious to
Interest thc children in them."
The person who . Is to direct the
reading is not to be overlooked as an
essential part in the successfull work
ing of the library in the opinion of
Dr. Wallace: "For some competent
person to guide the reading is almost
as important in most cases as to have
a library.
THE TEACHER'S DUTY.
Not only is the teacher to take an
Interest In the reading of the pupils,
but must also be doing some good
reading. After naming several of the
strong books printed In the list else
where, Dr. Poldrldge very pertinently
remarks: "Of course these are mostly
for teachers und they ought to be
read by all teachers. The advanced
scholars ought to see them enough to
know what they are and to have their
value explained to them."
while it may be a new Idea
with many teachers, Prof. McLucas
in the following statement makes lt
very clear as to what should be expect
ed of f?a ;hers in respect to the
library: - "1 have had no experience
in this matter and none in public
schools; but I should like to suggest
that ir. ls the teacher's main business
to introduce children to books, and
that they should therefore not wait
till a library can bo established to in
troduce them. For as little as 25
cents from eacli child a whole year's
reading can be provided for a class by
thc method of rotation. A circulat
ing library of this sorb should be
established in each class from the pri
mary grade up, the teacher selecting
such books as thc children would like
to read."
The value of the library is not as
highly esteemed by Supt. Stuckey
as by thc others: "Thc value.of an
extensive library to a school ls, in mj
opinion, very much overestimated.
Had 1 money to expend for such a
purpose I would simply purchase n
' few books to be used as parallel read
' lng - in the lower grades. For thc
high school department 1 would pur
' chase selections from the various
1 in thors whose lives and writing the
course of study might embrace, say
'? such pamphlets as are published bj
Houghton, Mithin & Co. After I did
lilis I would then purchase an en
cjclopedia^-"d an unabridgc dict'ou
arv. jp* " rv J.we;
hut ijrfn> ..?value to
the ms, .~? contains some
veruE .^OKS."
JPr ' -<L ?r tne successfulness of
ff?* ~^tfy ls the use that is made of
~>&?-*SH!Prhg on this point Mr. Mc
Cants makes the following very per
tinent suggestions: "There are
libraries and libraries. In some the
books are too clean-too nicely kept.
I like to see books get a wearing out
under fair and legitimate usage."
NOT FOR SOUTHERN CHILDREN.
Not only were suggestions asked as
to books that should be added, but
there was also a question in regard to
books that should be taken off the
list that was sent out. The answers
to this question were of a unit in re
gard to the eliminating of "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" where the matter was
touched upon at all. Then, too, it
was found that there were some other
books that did not meet with approval
on tile part of some.
Prof. Wardlaw made the following
objection: " 'Torn Sawyer' and
'Huckleberry Fin' are excellent books
for adults to laugh over; but In spite
of what has been published on the
subject, 1 believe that they are not
good reading for children, as they pre
sent tlie wrong sort of boy for imita
tion. 'Uncle Tom's Cullin' is not a
book for southern children to read."
In regard to certain books that
should be lort ol?, any Hst that might
be made up, Prof. McLucas has the
following to say about "Thelma,'' one
of thc list that was sent him: "I
think almost any reading better than
none, provided the book is not dis
tinctively immoral; but boys and girls
should be discouraged from reading
such books as "Thelma," when there
are so many that are better. Healthy
adventure and romance ls good for
children; but books whose Chief charm
lies In mawkish sentimentality and
absurd pscudn-rcieiitiflo inquliy into
the unknown had better be excluded
from a library intended for the usc of
children."
EXCLUDE THESE.
Thc "Elsie" books, which are so
much approved by some who make up
lists of books for children to read,
have no friend in Mr. McCants:
"Naturally In such an exceedingly
miscellaneous collection you have
much that is of doubt lui value. 1
notice that you have a few of thc 24
so-called 'Elsie' books, I regard these
as distinctly harmful, because the
children drawn there arc Impossible,
and because as books they have no
literary merit. They are about as
unhealthy for girls as those of the
'Deadwood Dick'series arc for boys.
A lie ls a lie even though told in a
good cause, and the point of view of
these books is essentially false."
The title of a book is no safe guide
to what it contains, and a book is
not to be read merely because of Its
title. Mr. McGhee makes some very
valuable suggestions on this point:
"1 have never read Stepping Heaven
ward,' but judging from its title I
fear that lt is an Immoral book; and
unless Its contents greatly belle its
title I should take lt out and send it
a few steps In the other direction. I
am serious about this. A schoolboy
or girl bas no business Btcpping
\
beaven ward. He ought to OG step- ]
ping pretty lively on mis earth, auu 1
with a broad Hat foot.UK?, trying, to i
be honest and useful and loving and <
true, ?Otting hls.roward out of this
kjnd of living, not putting his eyo on
harps and rose-bods and idleness.
Don't misunderstand me. ?I believe
lu religion, but this ls my religion -
and mind you what ls too namby
pamby and sentimental for boys is
too much so for girls too. I have no
patience with tho idea that a girl ls
to be fed on honeysuckle tea and kept j
in an 'aviary' till she ls married, hoing
then 'innocent' which means ignorant
?and totally unlit for the companion
ship of:a man with brains.- So strike
out your sentimental nonsense and
put something human into the hands
of your children."
By an oversight Mr. McGhee failed
to note that the list contained several
of the Alcott books and this called
forth from him the following in re
gard to these books which are so gen
erally put Into every school library:
"I notice that you haven't Miss Al
cottfsibooks. I never read these book .
and 1 never expect to-neither ara I
sorry for that great omission, for I
have au idea that they are namby
pamby. But I have never - before
heard ot a school library without
them."
A BOOK FOR ALL AGES. .
By an oversight on the-part of the
committee In printing the Hst "Plu
tarch's IJ von." was left off, and this
called forth the suggestion from sev
eral that this should by all means be
in the list and also the following very
valuable suggestion from Dr. Bold
ridge In regard to the value thereof:
"By all means get 'Plutarch's Li ves.'
This author helped to make Shakes
peare, Napoleon, Emerson, Franklin,
Alexander Hamilton, Nathaniel
Greene and manyCothers. Mable is
right in saying he furnishes past r
age for noble minds. Much can be
absorbed!frora bim."
Through a similar oversight Web
ster's, International Dictionary wah
omitted from the Hst, and that
brought forth from all the suggestion
tbat no library was complete without
a standard dictionary.
REDUCING TO A PERCENTAGE BASIS.
The effort to get everything down
to a percentage basis* does not always
take. Mr. MeCants hit a death blow
at this percentage craze: "I teach
mathematics, but I never think in per
cents. In fact, lt doesn't so much
matter what per cent, of fiction, as
what fiction, how good travels, whose
history, biography, etc., and what is
contained in your miscellany. I could
nnke up a library correct in percent
ages and otherwise worthless."
Prof. Wardlaw finds it easier to
place the relative values of the differ
ent divlsion-of reading that should be
In a library tfiftn to reduce the same
to a percentage basis. He suggests
; the following: "I cannot give the
per cent., but the following would bc
tho. order or realative fullness; stories
(whether fictitious or true), biography,
history, travel, miscellaneous."
There- ls a considerable difference
io the answers that were given in
which the.precentage basis was made.
? Prof. MeLuoas suggests: Finction, ot
. per cent.; travel, history, biography
, and miscellany, 10 each. Supt.
. Dreher: Fiction, 15; travel, 30; his
tory, 30; biography, 20; miscellaneous
\ 5. Dr. Wallace: Fiction, 3C; travel
[ 10, history, 10; biography, 15; mis
. ce ll a ii cous, emphasizing puetry, 35,
; Prof. Cook; History, biography, travel
[ fiction, 10 per cent, each; miscellany,
; GO. Mr. McGhee: Fiction, 10; travel
; 20; history, 20; biography, 30; miscel
- laneous, 20. Prof. Morrison: Fie
i lion, 30; travel, 20; history, 20; bio
I graphy' 20; miscellaneous, 10. Ne!
ther Dr. McCain nor Dr. Boldridgt
found ^themselves able to reduce theil
- 7niSvVers"~to -a. .percentage basis, bul
each makes a good sugesti?n. Dr
McCain: "Thc answer tt> Ujjs- quos
lion would depend very much upot
the age of the children." Dr. Bold
ridjre: "I should not like to be posi
tive in my answer to that question.
Each scholar would be a special study.
One would need more of these divisi
ons than would another. I believe tn
a good portion of each, but ?ill should
lead up to the higher study of history.
There is one qnesfion the answers
to which never fail to interest, and
that ls the one lu regard t*> those
books that have made a lasting im
pression. On this point there is a
very considerable variation always not
only on account or the -Inaccessibility
to certain books, but also on account
of varying tastes that are always tc
be found in children. The answers tc
the question as to thc three books
that had made the most lasting im
pression were as follows:
Dr. McCain: Bible, "Pilgrim's Pro
gress" and "Weem's Marion." Dr.
Wallace: ' Pilgrim's Progress," "Tom
Brown's School Days," "Sanford and
Merton." Prof. Morrison: "Pilgrim's
Progress," "Tom Brown's School
Days," "Eutaw." Supt. Dreher: Bible,
"Tom Brown's School Days." "Mother
Goose Melodies." Prof. Cook: Blue
back speeling book, Milton, . Bible.
Prof. Wardlaw: Mayne Reid's "Ran
Away to Sea," "Young Marooners,''
"Swiss Family Robinson," Weera
"Life of Marion." Mr. McCant'
Bible, "Rollinson Crusoe," miscellane.
ons lot of old histories. Dr. Boldridge:
"Life of Henry Martin," "Tom
Brown's School Days," Shakespeare,
Bible. Prof. McLucas: Bible, "Ae
sop's Failles," "Robinson Crusoe."
In answer to the question as to thc
10 books that should bc lo ever}
school library, the variation was so
great that it would require the nam
ing of nearly as many books as there
aire answers. This was no doubt due
to the fact that several seemed lt
contrue this to mean the 10 best not
on the list, lt is therefore best t<
take t he answers to that question lr
connection with those to the question
calling for thc naming or live book.'
not on the list that should be added
out of the funds that were to be in
vested. That list contains the follow
ing: Seton Thompson's "Wild Ani
mals That 1 Have Known," Thc
Guerber Books, "Boy's Town," "Whc
Goes There?" "Les Miserables," ".A
Child's Garden of Verse," Homer'*
Odyssey (Bryant's translation), "Ac
sop's Fables," Fairy Tales (Anderson,
Grimm), Miss Andrew's "Seven Sis
tors," "Ten Boys," "Prince and Pau
per,11 Lamb's Tales from Shakesparc,
"Ethics of Dust," "Bush Roys" (au
thor not given), Craik: "Bowow ant
Mow-Mew," "Little Lathe Prince.,'
"Jackanapes" by Ewing, collection ol
of famous verse by Anges Rippl'er
Kipling's Jungle Books, Hanson'.'
Stories of Homer, .Rome and Artmn
(3 vols.), "Goodie Two Shoes" bj
Goldsmith, "Major Jones' Courtship,'
Child Book by Scudder, "Little Lort!
Fauutleroy," James Lane Allen:
"Cardinal," "Aftermath," "Flute anti
Violin," "King of the Golden Rivers,'
Lang's Fairy Tales, "Bird's Christ
Carlo" by Wiggins, Child's History ol
England, "American B< y's Hand}
Look" by Board, "Boys of Other Coun
tries" by Taylor, Brooks' "Stories ol
:il!id und of Odyssey," "S\ory of a r
iad Boy','by Aldrich. "MaJvWlthout
i Country" by Halo, ''CounU of Monte
Jrlstp." \; :
SOME BIG SALARIER
Enormous Bums Paid, lilut Merit ^
Always Counts. } ^
Salaries paid to public o, ttlolals In
the richest countries often \com pare
poorly with those which public) func
tionaries receive In the realen? nearest
bankruptcy. The Turkish Iminlster
of finance has $40,000 a yeajif. Even
he, bo?ever, ls less well p/ald than
tho official who is In char(fce of the
admiralty, lils salary ls ?85,000 a 1
year, and the pickings are ?o pleut I- (
ful that the present holderhs said to 1
have piled up the neat little) fortune t
it $12,000,000. I 1
Without doubt, however, Jtbe best I
paid statesman on earth is tibe grand
vizier of Morocco. Ben Hamed, the (
recently deceased holder off ino viz- <
terato, lett a sum equal to neiirly $20,- ..
000,000. lt was stored in gold bul- 1
lion in the cellars of his palace at 1
Marakesh. (
Compared with rlcbestfuch/as those
of these eastern statesmen,] the $50,
000 which the President of the United
States receives is a poor tfura, even
though it ls backed by free (residence
in the White House, and a handsome
allowance for entertaining foreigners
of distinction.
A very few years ago the grvit-in
comes of state officials were looked
upon with envy as quite unapproach
able by salarled^workers In private
life. Today there are a number of
the latter whose emolumenta absolute
ly dwarf even such a salary as that of
the President of the United states.
There ls a man who received au
oiTer of thc large salary of $200,000
a year, and, incredible as it may seem,
refused it. This is Herr Ballin, the
gifted German, who is managing
director of the Hamburg-American
line of steamers.
A dozen years ago the public had
never heard of Clinton Dawkins of
London. Then he became Mr. Go
scben's private secretary, aud in 1895
secretary of iinance in Enypt. There,
and later on in India, he made a great
name as a financial expert. His fame
attracted the notice of J. P. Morgan
& Company. He nciw draws $200,000
j a year in their service. His is said
j to be inc biggest ?aiury paid by airy
bank. There are not more than three
' bank managers in England who get
otic-fifth of Mr. Dawkins' salary.
The great life Insurance companies
pay very high figures to the men who
control their investments. The two
largest lu the world each allow their
president's $150,000 a year.
The richest corporation in the
world is said to be the Stundard Oil
Trust. John D. Rock feller is its
president. But the $15;000,000 which
forms his yearly Income from the oil
holdings is not salarly, but interest.
His vice iresident, however, Alexan
der McDonald, a Scot with a marvel
ous head for finances, receives a reg
ular salary o? $200,000 a yearvand has
his fare raid to Russia or .Burmah
whenever lie wishes to inspect the oil
fields of ri val companies.
Railway companies are not stingy.
J. Pierpont Morgan paid Samuel
Spencer $50,000 a year to give^expert
opinions on the railway properties
he was buying up.
As managing director of the Con
solidated Goldfields of 8 .. h (Af rica.
Limited, Mr. Rhodesus?d about
$225,000 a year.
The suguar trust pays its cflloials
well. A notable instance is Hie $50,
000 a year which their chemist, J. O.
Donner, gets. But Mr. Donner has
to work hard for his money. Sugar
from every part of the world, cane
and beet, comes before him,^and he
has to exercise expert opinion on it.
The great experts in all j of the
principal commercial lines ?ire well
paid. Fifteen thousand dollars a
year is the salary of the chief; tea-tas
ter and blender of one great British
tea iii oi. This gentleman has all the
expenses of a three months'holiday
paid yearly. He needs it badly, for
tea-tasting is most trying to the
nerves and beith.
Twenty thousand dollars a year is
tho remuneration of a laborer, A. J.
Day, who is employed as "loller" at
the Pittsburg mills of the Steel Trust,
He is thc best man at his special
work-the rolling of steel rails-and
is paid accordingly. I._?j
Creat singers like Patti have made
the astonishing record of 35,000 a
night. This slie did at New Orleans.
But neither she nor any other prima
donna ever kept up that sort of thing
at a steady income.
The amounts to be made by lec
turing rival the salaries of prima
donnas. Ian Maclaren once made $50,
01)0 in six weeks. Sir H. M. Stanley
did even better.
MISSIONARIES MASSACRED.
Gruesome Tale Tolls ol Crime Com
? milted Three Years Ago,
At Washington, I). C., Minister
Lyon has reported to the state depart
ment from Monrovia, Liberia, under
date of Nov. 4, last, the details of the
massacre in the depths of an African
forest of a white missionary named
John G. Tate, with all his following,
eighteen in number, lt appears that
the massacre took place as far hack as
March 15, 1901, yet this, the first de
tailed account, has just come to hand
in an affidavit by Mrs. Mary L. Allen,
a white missionary at Nouna Kroo,
Liberia. She had the story from
some of the native Doo tribesmen,
who knew of the killing. Tate had a
large mission farm, abd, beside he
maintained a considerable school in
the jungle, and altogether nineteen
people were in the mission when il
was surrounded in the night by the
Doos. The first man who answered a
knock at the door was shot. The in
terpreter next was shot and as Tate
appeared and tried to protect the
body of tin interpreter, he too, was
shot and ( ut to pieces. The Doos
then killed all the remaining inmates
of the house, cut off their hands and
placing tho bloody members ip a
collin, sent them back to their people
as trophies. In explanation of their
action the Dous said, "We have no
light with the white man; but if we
do not kill bim now he will bring his
country to make war upon us."
Minister Lyon on the strength of
this affidavit, has communicated with
the Liberian secretary of state, with
a view of securing fuller information
and perhaps the punishment of thc
perpetrators of tho mcssacre.
The State says the authoiitles c f
Cross Hill, Laurens County, have sent
Henry Brown, a footless negro larmer
of that section, to the county Jail to
serve a sentence, of 30 days for being
drunk and disorderly and resisting ar
rest. Brown is about 35 aud hist his
feet several years ago hi a railroad
accident. He walks on his knees and
is a rough character when drinking.
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EHE MILL TROUBLE.
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Che Reorganizion of the Columbia |
Mill? *Ta ' Kow Proceed.
DECISION FILED WEDNESDAY.
IVhat tho Olympia. Mill Manage-j
ment I? Required to Do.
No IlocclTcrsbip for
tho Present.
In the United States circuit court |
it Charleston Wednesday Judge Sl
nonton and Brawley rendered their
>p]nions in the suits against the Co
rnubia cotton mills, which wee ar
med last week, the opinions allowing
jhe plan of reorganization of the. mills
;o continue.
In the llrst case, commonly spoken
>f as the Doarlngs suit against the
?rauby and Olympia mills, which pro
dded for the Granby and _tbe Rlch
and mills to be recognized as erodi
ons or the Olympia, the Judges sign
:d the compromise agreem -nt drawn
ip by the attorneys representing the
Dearings and the defendant., provid
ng for the scttiug aside of 50 per
:ent. of the mills' holdings of Olympia
.tock, $100,000 in the case of Granby
md $75,000 in the case of Richland
nills, in the first mortagage bonds,
.vhlch are to bc Issued according to j
ho plan of the reorganization, the i
mire to be held by the court, pending
:he adjudication of the olalms and
inferences between the mills, which
ire In process of adjustment, the mills j
io share like all other creditors in all
'urther proportionate distribution ol
jonds and settlement of the pending
.lal irs. ^
In the Pblnizy suit, for a receiver]
'or the Olympia mills, the court re
served Its opinion on the appointment
if a receiver but will grant the tem
porary injunction, unless the defen
iants enter a bond to the sum of $20,
iOO, the amount of the holdings oil
itock by Phinizy and Hull, for the I
performance of such decrees as may
se issued in the case, which is now to j
tie given a full hearing.
The decision of the cour? allows |
r.hc plan or reorganization to proceed
ind the promoters of the scheme are
niven the opportunity to demonstrate
Its successful working.
The decision in the Phinizy case
read as follows:
'This case comes up on a bill for an
Injunction and receiver, a rule to |
show cause, the return thereto, ano
i nula vi ts Hied on both sides.
The case as made by thc bill ls thal
the t-nmplainnnts purchaser! preferred
stock in tho Olympia mills from the
Agent of thc mills in Augusta, that
ls to sny, Leouard Phinizy 12 shares
for $12.480. and Mrs. Alice S. Hull
eight shares for $8,320; that before
they would purchase they required
assurances that the Olympia milli
company would never execute a
mortgage of its property ^o as to]
create a Hen antecedent to the pre
ferred stock. That this assurance
was given by the production of a cer
Lilied copy of a resolution of tlu
stockholders ol' the Olympia mills to |
this rffect fortified by the opinion of
W. H. Lylcs, Esq., counsel for and a
director in the mill company, as to
the binding force of the resolution
and Its enforcement by Injunction
wero it violated. Thin having been
shown them,-and in consideration
thereof, they paid their money which
went Into the treasury of the com
pany. The bill then charges that |
notwithstanding this resolution and
contract on the faith of which alone
complaints purchased and paid for
their stock, thc directors proposed to
the stockholders and the stockholders
resolved to execute a mortgage on all
the property of the Olympia mills fori
the puipose of funding its debts to |
the amount of $1,750,000.
The bill does not deuy the solvency
jf the company. It charges gross
mismanagement on the part of the
il rectors, all of whom, but two, have
resigned, and, others have been ap
pointed in their stead.
The return is voluminous. It denies I
the allegation of the bill as to the
purchase of the stock from the com
pany, and denies the validity of the
resolution and contract under which
t-hc stock was purchased.
To go Into a detailed statement of
the atlidavi:.s would be as tedious as lt
would be unnecessary.
It is enough to say that complain
in ts'prima facie have made out their]
..ase as to the purchase of the preferred
stock from the company, the assur
inces under which it was purchased,
the production of the resolution of a
meeting of the stockholders agreeing
not to put any mortgage upon the
property of the mills, so long as any
preferred stock was outstanding; that
Lhis was the moving consideration for
the purchase by them, and that the
money they paid went into the treas
ury of tlie company.
Under these circumstances, as the
matter n^w presents Itself, they aro
?ntitled to a temporary Injunction Un
less they are piotected from loss on
their purchase.
lt ls, therefore, ordered, adjudged
md decreed, That a temporary in
junction as prayed for in the bill do is
me, unless the defendant, the Olym
pia cotton mills, do, within 15 days
from the entry of this order enter hi
lo bond, approved by a judge of this
iourt, to stand to, abide by and per
form such decree as may be entered
u favor of the complainants, and each
)f them, as the result of a full hear
ng of this cause.
Thc matter of the appointment of a
receiver ls reserved.
CHAULES H. SIMONTON,
Circuit Judge.
WM. II. BUAWLEY,
U. S. District Judge.
Dec. 20, 1003.
Firo in Manning.
A special dispatch to The State
from Manning says while the town
.vas quietly worshipping lu the
?burches Sunday about ll-o'clock and
i high wind prevailed, lire bi eke out
n Tnoraas & '.'.radham's stables, de
itroying the stables, barn, sheds, etc.
leight horses, including a tine stallion,
ibout 150 wagons, besides many bug
ties, mowing machines, a lot of hogs,
:orn and many tons of hay were de
itroycd. The loss cannot be estlmat
id yet and was only partially covered
iy ins?irance.
Knowledge from Exp rience:
Ls what wo understand whon Dr. (Spalding
in oniiiioiit Baptist divino, of Galveston, Tex
is, writes "send nu? two bottles of Taylor's
?hor?koo Remedy of Sweet Quin and Mullum,
t ia /or a friend xufToriug from consumption,
t ls a preparation 1 know from expcrlonco to
HS good. At druggists ?5 and 50o bottle.
A Cowboy named Wilson discovered
AVO men floating on a cake of icc
lown the Republican river, In Nn
iraska, and, riding close to the shore,
ast his lariat over one and then thc
ither of the men, drawing them
shore to safety.
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Recognized as the Leading and r'e?^
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His line In the United States.
ai ? _ x? ??? *ty care for this disease Is p
NTriflllli fi nocuttingordangerous HUI
'JU ?UIUI V?. uaiattenflor4i andtreatltsi
on and ?-orones* ls allayed and tho canal boals
.? This dUcaso ls the cnlart
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a' IUUUB,W form certainty just as qui
ny ?thor disease, and their strength is being;dr
rt, mid learn the cauae of your trouble, ?eudfo
-> j_i Thia horrible disease
'"ilnOfS rOiSOn know just what my i
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will t?*H von frankly whether or not you aro at
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Diseases of Women T*g
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28 Inman Pulhiinc 21 ? S. Hrnnrl ^
SHOCKING RECORD OF HOMICIDE
There Were 222 Oases in This Slate
the Past Year.
There were 222 cases of manslaugh
ter reported to the attorney general
during the year 1903. The record is
appalling. And it is possible that
thp.ro are some homicides which are
not reported by the clerks of court.
In 1807 and in 1!)00 the number of
cases reported was 225, exceeding t he
record of 1903. Mr. Gunter has been
examining the records of other States
and linds that South Carolina shows
up badly. Only ill homicides were re
ported in North Carolina last yeal-,
and that number was thought to he a
fearful record for the adjoining State.
The following figures show the num
ber of crimes of various classes com
mitted in each year since 1888, the
lirst figure being for 1888 and each
succeeding one for the year following:
Assault and battery: 291. 309, 451,
f>04, 4(i8, 417, 541, 568, 700, 602, 61?,
535, 512, 529, 598, 454s
Burglary: 132, 112, 79, 48, 53, 90,
195, 212, 152, 89, 139, 10S, Ttl, 1 J 5,
107. 73.
Larceny: 247, 19?, 271, 228, 278, i
297, 30!),. 296, 193, 210, 299, 304," 315,1
337, 305, 401. ?
Rape: 18, 16, 33, 24, 12, 19, 23, 18, '
14, 34, 22, 32, 19, 8, 14, 16.
Perjury: 14, 2, i2, 18, 7, 8, 13; 22, ?
24, 10, ll, 7, 4, 6, 3, ?.
Forgery: 25, 29, 13, 28, 15, 18, 15,
18, 21, 34, 30, 20, 37, 42, 17, 35, 27,
24.
Resisting officer: 23, 27, 29, 31, 38,
28, 30, 23, 31, 33, 28, 25, 20, 22. 21.
23.
Obtaining goods under false pre
tenses: 13, 22, 29. 25, 15, 26, 37, 33,.
30, 24, 38, 53, 15, 29, 38, 33.
Adultery: 57, 80, 88, 18, 46, 2o, 74,
32, 49,65, 60, 44, 34, 48, 34, 31.
Murder: 107, lil, 120, 143, 105,
131, 141, 210, 202, 225, 247. 213, 222.
192, 190, 222.
Violation dispensary law, from 1804:
117, 159, 027, 433, 311, 373. 301, 307,
224, 169.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
The Saturday Evening Post says the
recent discovery of a met hod by which
any ordinary cott on cloth can be -made j
as waterproof as sheet tin ls regarded
asa marked achievement Iii chemistry.
Subject to the new treatment tho
flimsiest of fancies becomes st) impervi
ous to water t hat if buklged or folded
in the shape of a bowl or pocket it will
hold wate; for days without letting a
drop escape through its meshes.
The significant process in the new
treatment is liberation of a gas, such
as carbonic dioxide, simultaneously
with the precipitation upon the fabric
of various chemical reagents.
Thc result is that this gas, in a line
ly divided slate, merges with the inso
luble compound employed and is held
iixed in this chemical coat ing in such |
a way that water, even underpressure,
cannot pass through it.
In the tests cotton cloth was passed
through two baths. The Hist ol'tnese
was prepared by adding.to loo parts of
water 10 parts of st?aric acid, one and
one-half parts of sodium hydrate and
two parts of sodium bicarbonate. This
mixture was then boiled until it was
in complete solution. Then 500 parts
of water were added and acet ic acid
comprised the second bath.
In the reactions caused by the meet
ing of the ingredients of the two baths
j two insoluble compounds, aluminium
! st?arate add aluminium hydrate, were
precipitated upon the fabric, while at
the s?iine time carbonic dioxide was
liberated and was found to be distri
buted and held by thc chemical coat
ing that, as stated, water could not
pass through t he fabric.
It is predicted that the new process,
which is protected byjpatent, will work
a revolution in the manufacture of
water-wroof garments, inasmuch as it
will enable thc people engaged in this
industry to turu out a much gre?tci
variet y of mackintoshes and Other-rain
garments and at a lowor cost than is
possible in thc making of waterproof
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