The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 08, 1904, Image 6
FOR THE SCHOOLS.
A CoaoeuBua of Opinion on the Sub*
jeot of Libraries.
WBITTEN BY J. FRANK F008H?,
Should 3u Head by All Parents,
Guardians or Others Who Aro
lntcreated Itt tho Wol
lare ol'Children.
The following IB the first part of an
articlo written by Mr-, J. Frank
Fooshe, editor of the Winnsboro News
and Herald, for The Stato. The second
part will be published next week:
As important as is tho sohooliibra
ry as a factor in the development of
the very best in school work, tho se
lecting of the books that, are te gd
therein is of far greater importun?e.
The measure of Buccess-that will at
tend any efforts in the direction of
the establishment of a library will de
pend In no small measure upon bow
well the details of this difficult task
aro carried out. The getting of the
most books for the least money or the
gettlug of the books that will be most
ornamental will not atone for any er
rors that may be made In getting
those books that will not be read or
in getting those that ought not to be
read. As most school libraries have
to be started on a very small scale,
there is a great temptation to make
the first of the two blunders men
tioned. But lt ls 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 fall In these two most Important
respects. And even where the first
books have been found to be well se
lected, the problem of selecting those
that are to be added is still a difficult
one.
Within the past six years about 400
volumes have been bought for the
library of Mt. Zion; and as to bow
well this law of selection has been ob
served the list that is appended below
will attest. In keeping with thc prac
tice of the past few years about 50 to
100 volumes will be ad'led thereto In
the next few weeks. The committee
thal bus iii-Cburge the Selection of the
bo?kTtl?at are to be purchased decid
ed tbat it would be better to spend a
part of the funds that will be avalla
ble in getting the views of others as
to what books shuni.1 be added. Ac
cordingly they prepared a list of the
hook* that are. now in the library and
sent the same to about 150 teachers
and a few who had taught school. No
lists were sent out of tho State for the
simple reason that the committee de
sired its information fi om those who
werejoersonally known to them and
md had to do with problems
"most Bindiar to those confronting
.them. Then, too, they, had already
'made a very free use of the many pre
pared lists that are o ten sent out.
The questions were not only for sug
gestions as to the best books to be ad
ded to thc list, but also In regard to
certain phases of library work. While
the number of answers that have boen
received thereto bas not been as large
as had been boped, yet many valuable
suggestions were contained therein:
and a study of these might be profita
ble at this time. Especially is thl:
true at this time, for it is getting U
be more and more a custom to direct
the proceedings arising from the usu
al Christmas entertainments towards
the establishing of a library. And
when the proceeds are In band tb
teaober bas that difficult problem of
making the best selection ami cherish
es any helps that may be given from
any source in the solution of thc same.
The following is a list of those who
answered the questions: Dr. J. I
McCain of Erskine, Piof. IL T. Cook
of Furman, Prof. W. S. Morrison and
J. S. McLucas of Clemson, Dr. D. D.
Wallace of Woflord, Supt. E^S?
Dreher of the Columbia o.ty\sonools,
Supt. W. A. StucJi^giiT the Newberry
schools, Princ-V'-i E. C. McCantsof the
.der*on Graded schools, Editor Zach
?Gbee of tbe Spartanburg Herald,
Prof. Patterson Wardlaw of the South
Carolina ollege, and Rev. J. H. Bold
ridge of Lancaster. Tile above list
includes five 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
/ liBhlng a library is one that is likely
.... to be of the greatest Interest their an
swers on this point are given first.
There seems to be a unanimity of
opinion that the best way to get this
work started Is by getting the chil
dren of the school interested in the
matter. It is not so much thc getting
the funds with which to start the
work as it is in awakening au interest
that will result In thc free use of the
books when they have been purchas
ed. Dr. McCain suggests that lt is
best to raise the necessary funds by
,?\ means of "entertainments In which
> the children, themselves take a pro
minent part," arid "by such enthusi
asm on the part of 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 the
view that "a careful explanation of
the need of 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 sama Idea In the
following suggestion: "by contribu
tlon of mmey, of books or of old peri
odicals by citizens; entertainments;
donations 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 arc
free from thc experiment stations,
and also the consular reports, which
/ are free. Our State ls largely agricul
tural, and I would try to interest
children in the farm and in the light
now being thrown on the calling by
exeperts. Consular reports give a
bird's eve view of things not seen in
other papers-our trade aad market
for our goods."
THE SCHOOL LIBRARY ESSENTIAL.
In answer to thc last question as to
whether thc public funds should he
expended in equipping the library
two very imp irtant points are brought
out-that the library ls an essential
part In the equipment of a well order
ed school and that thc success of the
library depends more largely upon the
interest the teacher takes in directing
the reading of the pupils.
Prof. Wardlaw ls very emphatic In
bis answer about thc essentiality of
the library In tho rbllowlngstatemcnt: 1
"Since the library IK an essential part i
of the apparatus of a properly equi pp- <
ed school, there la the Batne reason 1
for expecting public money on lt as fur 1
buying desks, blaekboardsor charis."
Mr. McCauts Js no less emphatic in
his statement on the same point: "I
know- of no other plan whereby a
school boara can get so great a return
io real good to a community with so
little expenditure of money. A sohool
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 tho library,"
Practice ls the basis upon which
Supt. Dreher endorses tho expend!
I turo of public funds in this way: "1
am heartily in favor of this. Our
j board does lt every year."
I What ls moro needed than any
thing else, according to Mr. McQhee,
is brains. "First of all, regardless of
any and all other considerations,
trustees should spend their money on
brains-that ls, get godO 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 the teacher:
"It should be remembered that a
library, not used ls worthless. More
Important than a library even is 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 us 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 ls 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 bc doing some good
reading. After naming several of the
strong books printed In the Hst else
where, Dr. Poldridge very pertinently
remarks: "Of course these are mostly
for teachers and 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 thc following statement makes it
very clear as to what should be expect
ed of teachers in respect to the
library: . "1 have had no experience
in this matter and none in publie
schools* but I should like to s,j,r,Tei:L
that it ls the teacher's main business
to introduce children to books, and
that they should therefore not walt
till a library can bo established to in
troduce them. For as little as 25
cents from each child a whole year's
reading can be provided for a class by
the method of rotation. A circulat
ing library of this sort should be
established in each class from thc pri
mary grade up, the teacher selecting
such books as the children would like
toread."
The value of the library is not as
highly esteemed by Supt. Stuckey
as by thc others: "The value of an
extensive library to a school ls, in roy
opinion, very much overestimated.
Had 1 money to expend for such a
purpose I would simply purchase a
few books to be used as parallel read
ing-in the lower gradi s. For the
high school department 1 would pur
chase selections from the various
authors whose lives and writing the
course of study might embrace, say
such pamphlets as are published hy
Houghton, Milllln & Co. After I did
this I would then purchase an en
cyclopediaan unabridge dict'ou
"v-?trv. ?\mj,
S value to
.-j contains some
.^oks."
..?ti of the successfulness of
is the use that is made of
-^^^-J?rWr^,T^lg 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 FOB SOUTIIRHN CHILDREN.
Not only were suggestions asked as
to books that should be added, but
there was also a question In renard to
books that should be taken off the
list that was sent out. The answers
to this question werf J a unit in re
gard to the eliminating of "Uncle
Tom's Cabin" where the matter was
touched upon at all. Then, too, lt
was found that there were some other
books that did not meet with approval
on the part of some.
Prof. Wardlaw made the following
objection: " 'Tom Sawyer' and
'Huckleberry Fin' are excellent hooks
for adults to laugh over; but in spite
of what has been published on the
subject, I believe that they aro not
good reading for children, as they pre
sent the wrong sort of boy for Imita
tion. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' is not a
book for southern c.iildrcn bp read."
in regard io certain books that
should be left off, any Hst that might
be made up, Prof. McLucas has the
following to say about "Thelma," one
of the 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 is good lor
children; but books whose chu i" charm
lies In mawkish sentimental it y and
absurd pseudo-t-cichtitle inquiry into
thc unknown had better be excluded
from a library intended ^or the use of
children."
EXCLUDE THESE.
The "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 doubtlul value. 1
notice that you have a few of thc 24
so-called 'IOIsie' books, 1 regard these
as distinctly harmful, because the
children drawn there are Impossible,
and because as books they have no
literary merit. They are about as
unhealthy for girls as those of the
'Deadwood Dick'series are for boys.
A Ile 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 oontalns, and a hook ls
not to he read merely because of Us
title. Mr. McGhoc makes some very
valuable suggestions on this point:
"1 have never read Stepping Heaven
ward,' but judging from its title I
fear that It ls an Immoral book; and
unless its contents greatly belle its
Lltle I should take it out and send it
i few steps In the other direction. I
un serious about this. A schoolboy
>r girl has no business stopping
I
heavenward. He ought to be step
ping pretty lively on this earth, und
.villi a broad flat? foot too, trying to
be honest and useful and loving and
true, getting hlsjreward out or this
Lind Of living, not putting his eye on
harps and rosebeds and idleness.
Don't misunderstand me. I believe
In religion, but this is my religion
and mind you what ls too namby
pamby and sentimental for boys ls
too much so for girls too. I have no
patience with tho idea that a girl is
to be fed on honeysuckle tea and kept
in an 'aviary' till she is married, being
then 'innocent' which means Ignorant
and totally un?t 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."
Ry 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
eraUy put Into every school library:
"I notice that you haven't Miss Al
cotfsibooks. I never read these book ?
and 1 never expect to-neither am 1
sorry for that great omission, for I
have an idea that they are namby
pamby. But I have never before
heard of a school library without
them."
A HOOK KOK ALI, AOES. .
Byan oversight on the part of the
committee In printing the list "Plu
tarch's Lives" was left off, and this
called forth the suggestion from sev
eral that this should by all means be
In the Hst and also the following very
valuable suggestion from Dr. Bold
rldge in regard to the value thereof:
"By all means get 'Plutarch's Lives.'
This author helped to make Shakes
peare, Napoleon, Emerson, Franklin,
Alexander Hamilton, Nathaniel
Greene and manyi .others. Mabie ls
right in saying he furnishes pastr
age for noble minds. Much can be
absorbed!from bim."
Through a similar oversight Web
ster's^ International Dictionary was
omitted from the Hst, and that
brought forth from all the suggestion
that no library was complete without
a standard dictionary.
KBUUOING TO A l'EUCKNTAGK BASIS.
The effort to get everything down
to a percentage basis" does not always
take. Mr. McCants lilt a death blow
at this percentage craze: "I teach
mathematics, but 1 never tblnk in pet
cents. In fact, it doesn't so much
matter what per cent, of fiction, as
what fiction, how good travels, whose
history, biography, etc., and what li
contained in your miscellany. I coule
mike up a library correct In percent
nges arid otherwise worthless."
Prof. Wardlaw finds it easier ti
place the relative values of the differ:
eut divislon-of reading that should bi
in a library tfian to reduce the sami
to a percentage basis. Ile suggest!
the following: "I cannot give tin
per cent., but the following would bi
tho order of reahitive fullness; storlei
(whether fictitious or true), biography
history, travel, miscellaneous."
There ls a considerable ditTerenct
in the answers that were given ii
which the.prccentage basis was made
Prof. McLucas suggests: Fiuction, <ji
per cent.; travel, history, biograph;
and miscellany, 10 each. Supt
Dreher: Fiction, 15: travel, .'IO; his
tory, 30; biography, 20; miscellaneous
5. Dr. Wallace: Fiction, 3C; travel
10, history, 10; biography, 15; inls
cellaneous, emphasizing poetry, 3;"
Prof. Cook; History, biography, travel
fiction, 10 per cont, each; miscellany
GO. Mr. McGhee: Fiction, 10; travel
20; history, 20; biography, 30; miscel
buieous, 20. Prof. Morrison: Fie
lion, 30; travel, 20; history, 20; bk
graphy' 20; miscellaneous, 10. Nel
ther Dr. McCain nor Dr. Boldridg
found themselves able to reduce thei
T?iiswers^to-a...percentage basis, bu
each makes a good~sN^rgesti()n. Di
McCain: "The answer tfrthis- ques
tion would depend very much upo
the age of the children." Dr. Bold
ridge: "I should not like to he posi
ti ve in my answer to that question
Bach scholar would be a special study
One would need more of these di vlsi
ons than would another. I believe ii
a good portion of each, but all shouh
lead up to the higher study of history
There ls or." question the answer
to which never fail to interest, an<
that ls the one In regard to fcnos'i
books that have made a lasting im
pression. On this point there is ?
very considerable variai lon always ho
only on account of the -inaccessibility
to certain books, hut also on accoun
of varying tastes that are always ti
be found In children. The answers ti
the question as to the three hook
that had made the most lasting Im
pression were as follows:
Dr. McCain: Bible, "Pilgrim's Pro
gress" and "Weem's Marlon." Dr
Wallace: "Pilgrim's Progress," "Ton
Brown's School Days," "Sanford ant
Merton." Prof. Morrison: "Pilgrim',
Progress," "Tom Brown's Schoo
Days," "Eutaw." Supt. Dreher: Bible
"Tom Brown's School Days," "Mollie
Goose Melodies." Prof. Cook: Blue
back speeling book, Milton, . Bible
Prof. Wardlaw: Mayne Reid's "Rai
Away to Sea," "Young Murooners,'
"Swiss Family Robinson," Weera
"Life of Marion." Mr. McCant'
Bible, "Robinson Crusoe," miscellane
JUS lot of old histories. Dr. Boldridge
"Life of Henry Martin," "Ton
Brown's School Days," Shakespeare
Bible. Prof. McLucas: Bible, "Ac
sop's Kables," ''Robinson Crusoe."
In answer to the question as to th
1,0 books that should ba in ever,
school library, the variation was st
great that it would require the nam
lng of nearly as many books as ther
?re answers. 'Phis was no doubt du
to the fact that several seemed t
^untrue this to mean the 10 best no
MI the list. It is therefore best t
take the answers to that question ii
jonnectlon with those to the questioi
billing for the naming or live book
not on thc list that should bc addei
jut of the funds that were to be in
vested. That list contains Hie follow
ing: Seton Thompson's "Wild Anl
nals That I Have Known," Th
Sucrbcr Books, "Boy's Town," "Wb
joes There?" "Les Miserables," "i
Child's Garden of Verse," Homer'
Odyssey (Bryant's translation), "Ae
?op's Fables," Fairy Tales (Anderson
rrimm), Miss Andrew's "Seven Sis
ers," '"Pen Boys," "Prince and Pan
jer," Lamb's Tales from Shakespare
'Ethics of Dust," "Bush Roys" (au
jhor not given), Craik: "Bowow an
View-Mew," "Little Larrie Prince,
'Jackanapes" by Ewing, collection ci
>f famous verse by Anges Rlppl'ci
iipllng's Jungle Books, Hanson'
stories of Homer, .Rome and Arthu
3 vols.), "GoodJe Two Shoes" b
loldsmiti), "Major Jones' Courtship,
mild Book by Scudder, "Little Lon
fauntleroy," James Lano Allen
'Cardinal," "Aftermath," "Flute,itu
/lolln," "King of the Golden Rivers,
sang's Fairy Tales, "Bird's Christ
Jarlo" by Wiggins, Child's History p
england, "American Boy's Hand
look" by Beard, "Boys of Other Couu
rles" by Taylor, Brooks' "Stories o
-,-,-?
Iliad and of Odyssey," "S u'ry of a
Bad Boy" by Aldrich "Mai*. 'Without
a Country" by Halo, ''CounU of Monte
Cristo.'1 , U
SOME BIG SALARIAS.
Enormous Suma X'uid, Hut Merit
Always Countfl/j
Salaries paid to public (< fflcials in
the richest countries often \ compare
poorly with those whioh pubsic* funC-.
tioharlea receive In the realm? nearest
bankruptcy. The TurklBh {minister
of nuance has 840,000 a yeafr. Even
he, however, ls less well p/ald than
tbe otllclal who ls In cbarwe of the
admiralty. His salary ls ?85,000 a
year, and the pickings are ,<BQ plenti
ful that the present holden ls said to
have piled up the neat little) fortune
of $12,000,000. " I
Without doubt, howevcr,:'che best
paid statesman on earth is tjhe grand
vizier of Morocco. Ben Hajmed, the
rec?ntly deceased holder ou the. viz
lernte, letta sum equal to nc: tri y $20,
000,000. lt was stored in (gold bul
lion in the cellars of bis palace at
MarakeBh. . .t
Compared with richest/inch 'as those
of these eastern statesmen,! the ??50,
000 which the Presldeut of the "Coiled
States receives ls a poor sun , even
though lt is backed by free (residence
In the White House, und a handsome
allowance for entertaining' foreigners
of distinction.
A very few years ago the great in
comes of state officials were looked
upon with envy as quite unapproach
able by salaried^workers In private
life. Today there are a number of
the latter whose emoluments absolute
ly dwarf even such a salary as that, of
the President of the United '.States.
There ls a man who received an
offer of the large salary of - $200,000
a year, and, incredible as it may seem,
refused it. This ls 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
fichen's private secretary, aud in 1805
secretary of linancc 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 now draws $200,000
a year in their service. His is said
to be the biggest salary paid by any
bank. There are not more than three
bank managers in England who get
one-tifth of Mr. Dawkins' salary.
The great life insurance companies
pay very high ligures to the men who
control their investments. The t.wn
largest in the world each allow their
president's $150,000 a year.
The richest corporation In the
world is said to be the Standard Oil
Trust. John D. Rockfeller is its
president. But the $15,000,000 which
forms his yearly income from thc oil
holdings it; not salarly, but Interest.
His vice t.resident, however, Alexan
der McDonald, a Scot with a marvel
ous head for finances, receives a ng
ular-salary of $200,000 a year; und bas
his fare \ aid to Russia or Burmah
whenever he wishes to inspect the oil
fields of ri val companies.
Hallway 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 or S " 1 (Africa.
Limited, Mr. Rhodesusedl ? about
$225,000 a year.
The suguar trust pays Its ?Alel?is
well. A notable Instance is the $50,
000 a year which their chemist, J. O.
Donuer, gets. But Mr. Donner has
to work hard for his money. / Sugar
from every part of the world, cane
and beet, comes before bin-!.' and he
bas to exercise expert opinion on lt.
The great experts in all \ of the
principal commercial lines ?ire well
paid, killeen thousand dollars a
year is the salary of the ebie j tea-tas
ter and bleuder of one great British
tea linn. This gentleman, has all the
expenses of a three mont hs' holiday
paid yearly. He needs it badly, for
tea-tastln? 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 "toiler" at
thc Pittsburg mil's of the Steel Trust.
Ile is tlte best man at his special
work-the rolling of steel rails-and
ls paid accordingly. I_I
Great singers like Patti have made
the astonishing record d' 35,000 a
night. This she did at New Orleans.
Hut 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, lan Maclaren once made $50,
000 in Rix weeks. Sir H. M. Stanley
did even better.
MISSIONARIES MASSACRED.
Gruesome Tale Tolls of Crime Cora
i mit ted Three Years ARO.
At Washington, D. C., Minister
Lyon htiH reported to thc state depart
ment from Monrovia, Liberia, under
date bf 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 back as
March 15, 1901, yet this, the first de
tailed account, bas 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 tho killing. Tate had a
large mission farm, and, beside he
maintained a considerable school In
the junule, and altogether nineteen
people were in the mission when it
was surrounded in the night, by the
Doos. The llrst 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 the interpreter, ho 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 lu a
collin, sent Lhem back to their people
as trophies. In explanation of their
notion the Doos said, "Wc have no
light with the white man; but if we
clo not kill him now ho will bring his
country to make war upon us."
Minister Lyon on the strength of
this affidavit' has communicated with
Lhc Liberian Secretary of state, with
ri view of scouring fuller Information
nnd perhaps the punishment of thc
nerpctrator.s of the messacrc
Tho State says the authorities c f
Jross Hill, Laurens County, have sent
Henry Brown, a footless negro farmer
jf that section, to the county Jail to
serve a sentence or 30 days for being
irunk and disorderly aud resisting ar
rest. Brown is about 35 aud lost bis
feet several years ago fn a railroad
iccldcut. He walks on his knees and
s a rough character when drinking.
THE MILL TROUBLE.
The Keorgani^-on of the Columbia
Mills ria . Now Pro?ced.
DECISION FILED WEDNESDAY.
What tho Olympia Mill Manage
ment Is Required to Do.
No Receivership for
tho Present.
Io the United States circuit court
at Charleston Wednesday Judge Si
monton and Brawley rendered their
opinions in the suits against the Co
lumbia cotton mills, which were ar
gued last week, the opinions allowing
the plan of reorganization or the mill*
to continue.
In the lirst case, commonly spoken
of as the Dearings suit against the
Grauby and Olympia mills, which pro
vided for the Granby and the Rich
land mills to be recognized as credi
tors or the Olympia, the Judges sign
ed the compromise agreem nt drawn
up by tlie attorneys representing the
Hearings and the defendants, provid
ing for the setting aside of 50 per
cent, of the mills' holdingsof Olympia
stock, $150,000 in the case of Granby
and $75,000 in the case of Richland
mills, in the first mortagage bonds,
which are to be issued according to
the plan of the reorganization, the
same to be held by the court, pending
thc adjudication of the claims and
differences between the mills, which
are in process of adjustment, the mills
to share like all other creditors in ali
further proportionate distribution ot
bonds and settlement of the pending
claims. y
In the Phinlzy suit, for a receiver
for the Olympia mills, the court re
served its opinion on thc appointment
of a receiver but will grant the tem
porary injunction, unless the defen
dants enter a bond to the sum of $20,
800, the amount of thc holdings of
stock by Phinizy and Hull, for the
performance of such decrees as may
be issued in the case, which ls now to
be given a full hearing.
The decision of the court allows
the plan or reorganization to proceed
and tlie promoters of the scheme are
given the opportunity to demonstrate
its successful working.
The decision in thc Piilnizy 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
affidavits tiled on both sides.
The e-ase a3 marie hy thc lilli is that
the complainants purchased preferred
stock in the Olympia mills irora the
agent of the mills in Augusta, that
ls to spy, Leouard Pblnizy 12 shares
for $12.480. and Mrs. Alice S. Hull
eight shares for 88,320; that before
they would purchase they required
assurances that the Olympia mills
company would never execute a
mortgage of its property ^o as t*<
create a lien antecedent to the pre
ferred stock. That this assurance
was given by the production of a cer
tilied copy of a resolution of tlu
stockholders of the Olympia mills to
this effect fort i tied by the opinion ol
W. H. Lylos, "Esq., counsel for and a
director in the mill company, as to
the binding force of the resolution
and its enforcement by Injunction
were it violated. This having been
shown them,-and in consideration
thereof, they paid their mon?"v 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, the directors proposed t<>
the stockholders and Hie stockholders
resolved to execute a mortgage on all
the property of the Olympia mills for
the pul pose of funding its debts to
tlie amount of $1,750,000.
The bill does not deuy the solvency
of the company. It charges gross
mismanagement on the part of the
directors, all of whom, but two, have
resigned, and, others have been ap
pointed in their stead.
The return ls voluminous, lt denies
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
the stock was purchased.
To go into a detailed statement of
the affidavits would be as tedious as it
would be unnecessary.
It is enough to say that complaln
ants'prima facie have made out their
case as to the purchase of the preferred
stock from the company, the assur
ances under which it was purchased,
the production of thc 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
this was the moving consideration for
the purchase by them, and that the
money they paid went into tlie treas
ury of the company.
Under these circumstances, as the
matter now presents Itself, they are
entitled to a temporary Injunction Un
less they are piotccted from loss on
their purchase.
lt is, therefore, ordered, adjudged
and decreed, That a temporary in
junction as prayed for in the bill do Is
sue, unless the defendant, the Olym
pia cottou mills, do, within 15 days
from the entry of this order enter In
to bond, approved by a judge of this
court, to stand to, abide by and per
form such decree as may be entered
in favor of thc complainants, and each
of them, as the result of a full hear
ing of this cause.
The matter of the appointment of a
receiver ls reserved.
CHAULES H. SIMONTON,'
Circuit Judge.
WM. II. BU AW LEY,
U. S. District Judge.
Dec. 20, 1003.
Flro in lunn iiln;-. .
A special dispatch to The &t;ite
from Manning says while the town
was quietly worshlpolng in the
churches Sunday about 11 o'clock and
\ high wind prevailed, tire biokcout
in Tilomas & Bradham's stables, de
stroying the stables, barn, sheds, etc.
Eight horses, including a line stallion,
o II tut, 150 wagons, besides many bug
gies, mowing machines, a lot of hogs,
;orn and many tons of hay were de
itroyed. Tho loss cannot be estlmat
?d yet and was only partially covered
by insurance.
Knowledge from Exp rience.
IH what wo miclorstnnd when Dr. Spalding
in omiiicnt itaptiHt divino, of Galveston, Ter.
ui, writes ''aeiui me two bot Hos of Tuylor'e
Jhorokco Remedy of Sweet Quin ?nd Mullein,
lt in for a friend suffering from consumption.
It I? ft preparation I know from experieneo to
JO good. At druggists '25 and 50c bottle.
A Cowboy named Wilson discovered
,wo men floating on a cake of ice
lown the Republican river, in Ne
braska, ?nd, riding close to tho shoro,
.asl. lils lariat over one and then tlie
ither pf the men, drawing them
ishorc to safety.
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SHOCKING RECORD OF HOMICIDE
There Were 223Crises in This State
the Past Year.
There were 222 cases of manslaugh
ter reported to tlie attorney general
during tlie year 1903. The record is
appalling. And it is possible that
there are some homicides which are
not reported by the clerks of court.
In 1807 and in 1900 the number of
cases reported was 225, exceeding t lie
record of 1903; Mr. Gunter has been
examining the records of other States
and linds that South Carolina shows
up badly. Only bl homicides were im
ported in North Carolina last year,
and that number was thought to he a
fearful record for the adjoining State.
Tlie following ligures show the num
ber of crimes of various classes com
mit ted in eacli year since 1888, the
tirst ligure being for 1888 and each
succeeding one for the year following:
Assault and battery: 291, 309, 451,
504, 408, 417, 541, 5(i8, 700, 002, 01??
j 635, 512, 520, 508, 45 k
Burglary: 132, 112, 70, 48, 53, 00,
105, 212, 152, 80, 139, 108, 70, 115,
107, 73.
Larceny: 247, 100, 271, 228, 278, i
207, 300, 200, 103, 210, 290, 304, 3I5p
337, 305, 401.
Rape: 18, 10. 33, 24, 12, 19, 23, 18,
14, 34, 22, 32, 19, 8, 14, 10.
Perjury: 14, 2, 12, 18, 7, 8, 13; 22,
24, 10, ll, 7, 4, 0, 3, 9.
Forgery: 25, 29, 13, 28, 15, 18, 15,
18, 21, 34, 30, 20, 37, 42, 17, 35, 27,
24.
Resist ing oflicer: 23, 27, 29, 31, 38,
28, 30. 23, 31, 33, 28, 25, 20, 22. 21.
23.
Obtaining goods under false pre
tenses: 13, 22, 20. 25, 15, 20, 37, 33,. ?
30, 24, 38, 53, 15, 20, 38, 33. '
Adultery: 57, 80, 88. 48, 40, 20, 74, i
32, 49,05, 00, 44, 34, 48, 34, 31. !
Murder: 107, 111, 120. 143. 105. i '
131, 141, 210, 202, 225, 247, 213, 222, 1 .
I 192, 100, 222. I
Violation dispensary law, from 1894: ,
117, 150, 027, 433, 311, 373, 301, 307, !
224, 109.
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
Tlie Saturday Evening Post says tlie
recent discovery of a method by which
any ordinary cotton cloth can bc-ma do
as waterproof as sheet tin is regarded
asa marked achievement in chemistry;
Subject to the nev.- treatment tho
flimsiest of fabrics becomes so impervi
ous to water that if buldged or folded
in the shape of a bowl or pocket il will
bold water 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 tlie fabric
of various chemical reagents.
The result isthat this gas, in a Brie
ly divided state, merges with the inso
luble compound employed and is held .
tixed in this chemical coating in such I
a way that water, even under pressure,
cannot pass through it.
In the tests cot ton cloth was passed
through two baths. The Hist of these
was prepared by addingXo 100 parts of
water 10 parts of stearic acid, ono and
one-half parts of sodium hydrate ami
two parts of sodium bicarbonate. This
mixture was then bolled until lt was
in complete solution. Then* 500 parts
of water were added and acetic, acid
comprised the second bath.
In tlie reactions caused hy t he meet
ing of Die ingredients of the t wo bat hs
two Insoluble compounds, aluminium
st?arate arid aluminium hydrate, were
precipitated upon the fabric, while at
the same time carbonic dioxide was
liberated and was found to be distri
buted and held hy the chemical coat
ing that, as stated, water could not
pass t hrough t he fabric.
lt is predicted that tlie new process,
which is protected by "patent, viii work
a revolution fn the manufacture of
water-wroof garments, inasmuch as it
will enable the people engaged In this
industry to turn out a much greater
variety of mackintoshes and other.rahl
garments and at a lower cost than is
possible in t he making of waterproof
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leposited before noon. April 1,11)01. This marmor of awarding tho automobile will bo loft to
he ticket holders nt tho placo of drnwing.
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