University of South Carolina Libraries
-I? FO? ?HE SCHOOLS. A Coa?entmB of Opinion on the Sub ject of Libraries. -j WHITTEN BY J, FKAf?K F008HE. flhould Bo Itoad by All Parent?, Guardians or Otliern Why Aro Interested tn thc Wei; fore of Children. The following is the flrst part of an article written by Mr. J. Frank Fooshe, editor of the Winnsbbro News and Herald, for The State. The second part will be published next week: As Important as ls tho school libra ry as a factor in the development of tho very best in school work, the se lecting of the books that are to go therein ?B of far greater importance. The measure 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 the details of this difficult task are carried out. Tine 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 be read or lu 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 flrst of the two blunders men tioned. But it 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'?ver any number of those that may fall in these two most impartant respects. And even whore 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 thc library of Mt. Zion; and as to how well this law of selection has been ob served the list that is appcuded below will attest. In keeping with the prac tice of tho past few years about 50 to 100 volumes will be added thereto in the nert few weeks. The committee ^__that has i_n-Charge the selection of the ~bobl?TtI?at are to be purchased decid ed that it would be better to spend a part of the funds that will be avalla ble in get ting the views of others as to what books should be added. Ac cordingly they prepared a list of the books tuat are now in the library and sent the same to about 150 teachers and a fow 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 werej^fionally known to them and ad had to do with problems most ?jmllar to tho.se 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 Hst, but also in regard to . certain phases 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 be profita ble at this time. Especially ls this true at this time, for it is getting to 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 hand the teacher has that difficult problem of making tlie best select ion and cherish . es any helps that may be given from r' any source in the solution of the same. The following is a list of those who answered the questions: Hr. J. I McQliu of Erskine, Prof. H. T. Cook of Furman, Prof. W. S. Morrison and . J. S. McLucas of Clemson, Dr. D. D. Wallace of Wofford, Supt. . ~ Dreher of the Columbia ?fltXscnoois, Supt. W. A. Stuckip^ftlie Newberry schools, PrJnc'r ai E. C. McCantsof thc der*on Graded schools, Editor Zach . Ghee of thc Spartanbury Herald, Prof. Patterson Wardlaw of the South Carolina cfilege, and Kev. J. H. Bold ridge or Lancaster. Thc above list includes five college professors, two graded school superintendents, one school principal, one editor and one * minister, HOW TO STAUT A LIUKA KY. / Inasmuch as the matter of estab y lishing a library is one that is likely 5 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 ls by getting the chil dren of the school interested in thc matter. It is not so much the getting tho funds with which to start the work as it is in awakening an interest that will result In the free use of thc 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 "by such enthusi asm on thc 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 tho need of the library will create a willingness to give to Its establish ment;" and adds that in bis experi ence in which be established several libraries that "I secured the coopera tion of tlie students." Prof. Ward i law follows up the same idea in the following suggestion: "by contribu tion of nmney, of books or of old peri odicals by citizens; entertainments; donations by the lend a-band 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 I would try to interest children In the farm and In the light now being thrown on tlie 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 SCnOOL, LIUKA lt Y ESSENTIAL. In answer to the last question as to whether tho public funds should be expended In equipping the library two very imp irtant points are brought out-that the library Is an essential part In the equipment of a well order ed school and that thc success of tlie library depends more largely upou the interest the teacher taliesin directing the reading of tlie pupils. Prof. Wardlaw is very emphatic in his answer about the essentiality of \ i wi IB lilli inn i^niiii mn"! i III i"-r^i-. Lhe library lo tho following statement: 1 "Since the library ls an essential part i of the apparatus of a properly equipp ed school, there ls the same reason fer cxpcdlng public money on lt as for buying desks, blackboards or charts." Mr. McOants ls no less emphatic In bia statement on the same point: "I know of. no other plan whereby a behool board can get so great a return in real good to a community with so little expenditure of mouey. A school without a library ought to be placed in tho same category as the school without a* teacheir-, 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 is the basis upon which Supt. Dreher endorses the expendi ture of public funds in this way: "1 am heartily in favor of this. Our board does it every year." What is moro needed than any thing else, according to Mr. McGhee. is brains. "First of all, regardless of any aud all other considerations, trustees should spend their money on bralns--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: "lt 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 whorls 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 is almost as Important in most cases as to have a library. THE TEACnKK'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. Holdrldge 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 arc 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 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 publh' schools; but I should like to suggest that lt ls the teacher's main business to introduce children to books, and that they should therefore not wait till a library eau bo established to In troduce them. For as little as 2?. cents from each child a whole year's reading can be provided for a class bj thc method of rotation. A circulat ing library of this sort should bf. established In each class from the pri mary grade up, the teacher selectinj such books as the children would like to read." The value of the library is not ai highly esteemed by Supt. Stucke; as by thc others: ''The value of ai extensive library to a school is, in m; opinion, very much overestimated Had 1 muney to expend for such ? purpose I would simply purchase ? few books to be used as parallel read ing-in the lower grades. For tb high school department 1 would pur chase selections iron thc varlou authors whose lives and writing tin course of study might embrace, sa; such pamphlets as are published b; Houghton, Mithin & Co. After I dl< Lins I would then purchase an en ci cloped i a jv vd an unabridgc dict'ou ary. ~~^*'-~\>ry J.vru hut i^it, lvalue tt the ?s, .-vThontains sonn venft .ooks." JJ?f^' ..IL of the successfulness ol -"^v \^tti& *s kne use tnat '8 made ol ?j?S-*Wrrrng on this point Mr. Mc Cants makes the following very per tinent suggestions: "There an libraries and libraries. In some thc books are too clean-too nicely kept, I like ti) see books get a wearing oui under fair ami legitimate usage." NOT POIt SOUTHERN CHILDKEN. Not only were suggestions asked af to books that should be added, but there was also a question in regard tc. books that should be taken off thc 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, ii was found that there were some othei books that did not meet with approval on tho part of some. Prof. Wardlaw made the following objection: " 'Tom 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 the wrong sort of buy for Imita tion. 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' is not a book for southern children to read." In regard to certain books that should be left off, any list that might be made up, Prof. McLucas has the following to say about "Thelma,'' one of the list that was sent him: "1 think almost any reading better than none, provided the book ls not dis tinctively immoral; but boys and girls should be discouraged from reading suoh books as "Thelma," when there arc so many that are better. Healthy adventure and romance is good foi children; but books whose chit f charm lies In mawkish sentimentality and absurd pseudn-scleiitldc inquiry lute the unknown had better bc excluded from a library intended for the use ol children." EXCLUDE THESE. The "Elsie" bonks, which are sc much approved by some who make iq 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. ] notice that you have a few of thc 21 SO-ca?led 'Elsie' books, I regard these aa distinctly harmful, because thc children drawn there arc impossible, and because as books they have nc literary merit. They are about at unhealthy for girls as those of thc 'Deadwood Dick'series are for boys, A lie is a He even though told in a good cause, and the point of view ol these books ls essentially false." The title of a book ls no safe guide to what lt contains, and a book h not to tv read merely because of Itt title. Mr. McGhee makes some very valuable suggestions on this point: "1 have never read Stepping Heaven ward,' but judging from Its title 1 fear that lt ls an immoral book; and unless its contents greatly belle Ith title I should take lt out and send lt ii few steps In the other direction. J am serious about this. A schoolboy jr girl has no business stepping aeavcnward. He ought to be step ping pretty lively on Ulla ?arth, and with a broad dat foot too, trying to be honest and useful and loving and true, ?etUng hereward out or thia kind of living, not putting bia eyo on harps and rosebeds and idleness. Don't misunderstand me. 1 believe In religion, but this ls my religion and mind you what ls too naraby paenby and sentimental for boys is too much so for girls too. I have no patience with the idea that a girl is to bc fed on honeysuckle tea and kept in an 'aviary' till she is married, being then 'innocent' which means Ignorant and totally unfit 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 for*b from him the following in re gard to thean boobs which are so gen erally put Into every school library: "I notice that you haven't Miss Al cotfs?books. I never read these book i and 1 never expect to-neither am I 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 FOK ALL AOK3. . By an oversight on the part of the committee lu printing the Hst "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 list and also the following very valuable suggestion from Dr. Bold ridge 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 many Lot hers. Mabie is right in saying he furnishes pastr age for noble minds. Much can be absorbed;from him." Through a similar oversight Web ster's^ International Dictionary wah omitted from the list, and thal1 brought forth from all the suggestion that no library was complete without a standard dictionary. 1 HEDUCINQ TO A PERCENTAGE llASIS. The eflort to get everything down to a percentage basis' does not always j take. Mr. McCants hit a death blow lat this percentage craze: "I teach mathematics, but I never think in per cents. In fact, it doesn't so much matter what per cent, of fiction, as what iletion, how good travels, whose history, biography, etc., and what ls contained in your miscellany. I could mike np a library correct In percent ages and otherwise worthless." Prof. Wardlaw finds it easier td place the relative values of the differ ent divlsion-of reading that should be in a library bflan to reduce the same to a percentage basis. He suggests the following: "I cannot give the per cent., but the following would be tho order of rcalative fullness; stories (whether Uutltious or true), biography, history, travel, miscellaneous." There- ls a considerable difference in the ao?wers that were given in which the.precentage basis was made. Prof. McLuoas suggests: Finction, til) per cent.; travel, history, biography and miscellany, 10 each. Supt. Dreher: Fletion, 15: travel, 30; his tory, 30; biography, 20; miscellaneous, 5. Dr. Wallace: Fiction, 3C; travel, 10, history, 10; biography, 15; mis cellaneous, emphasizing poetry, 35. Prof. Conk; History, biography, travel, fiction, 10 per cont, each; miscellany, GO. Mr. McGhee: Fiction, 10; travel, 20; history, 20; biography, 30; miscel laneous, 20. Prof. Morrison: Fic tion, 30; travel, 20; history, 20; bio graphy* 20; miscellaneous, 10. Nei ther Dr. McC'.?.. nor Dr. Boldridge found themselves able to reduce their L!*nswers"*ti/--a._percentage basis, but each makes a good^higgestlon. Dr. McCain: "The answerth th.is- quos-, tion would depend very much upon the age of the children." Dr. Bold ridge: "1 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 in a good portion of each, but all should lead up to the higher study of history. There is one question the answers to which never fail to interest, and that is the one in regard tr> those books that have made a lasting im pression. On this point there is a very considerable variation always hot only on account of the -Inaccessibility to certain books, but also on account of varying tastes that are always to be found in children. Tile answers to the question as to the 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. Droller: Bible, "Tom Brown's School Days." "Mother Goose Melodies." Prof. Cook: Blue back speeling book, Milton, . Bible. Prof. Wardlaw: Mayne Reid's "Ban Away to Sea," "Young M a moue rs," "Swiss Family Robinson," Weera "Life of Marion." Mr. McCant' Bible, "Robinson Crusoe," miscellanea ous lot ol' old histories. Dr. Boldridge: "Life of Henry Martin," "Tom Brown's School Days," Shakespeare, Bible. Prof. McLucas: Bible, "Ae sop's Fables," "Robinson Crusoe." In answer to the question as to the 10 books that should be in every 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 to con true this to mean the 10 best not on the list, lt is therefore best to take the answers to that question in connection with those to the question calling for the naming or live books not on the list that should be added out of Hie funds that were to be in vested. That list contains the follow ing: Seton Thompson's "Wild Ani mals That 1 Have Known," The Guerber Books, "Boy's Town," "Who Goes There?" "Les Miserables," "A Child's (Jardell of Verse," Homer's Odyssey (Bryant's translation), "Ae sop's Fables," Fairy Tales (Anderdon, (Jrimm), Miss Andrew's "Seven Sis ters," "Ten Boys," "Prince and Pau per," Lamb's Tales from Shakcspare, "Ethics of Dust," "Bush Roys" (au thor not given); Craik: "Bowow and Mew-Mew," "Little Lame Prince," "Jackanapes" by Ewing, collection of jf famous verse by Anges Rlppl'er, Kipling's Jungle Books, Hanson's Stories of Homer, .Rome and Arthur [3 vols.), "Goodie Two Shoes" by Joldsmith, "Major Jones' Courtship," Jhlld Book by Scudder, "Little Lord Fauntleroy," James Lane Allen: 'Cardinal," "Aftermath," "Flute and Violin," "King of the Golden Rivers," Lang's Fairy Tales, "Bird's Christ Jarlo" by Wiggins, Child's History of (Cngland, "American Boy's Handy Book" by Beard, "Boys of Other Coun tries" by Taylor, Brooks' "Stories of Hind and of Odyssey," "Story or Bad Boy*' by Aldrich. "Maf. Wli/?m a Country" by Halo, l'CouuU ot Monti Cristo." h -_-;-^ 80ME BIG SALARIES. Enormous Sums Paid, Jj'tut Merit . il ?A! wa vs CoimtH. j Salaries paid to public t.fficlals In tile richest countries of len ..compare poorly with those which pubsir* func tionaries receive in the realm? hearest bankruptcy. The Turkish Jminlster of finance has 840,000 a y ea fr. Even he, however, is less well p/aid than tue official who ls in charit? of the admiralty. His salary ls 1)85,000 a year, and thc pickings are ^BO plenti ful that the present holder, ls said to have piled up the neat little) fortune o. ? 12,000,000. Without doubt, howevcr,.|the best paid statesman^ on earth is the grand visier uf Morocco. Ben Hammed, the recently deceased holder off the vlz ierato, left a sum equal to ne; i ri y $20, 000,000. lt was stored iu gold bul lion in the cellars of his. palace at Marakesh. Compared with rlcbeatf.uch/as those of these eastern statesmen,] the 850, 000 which tho Presldeut of the United States receives ls a poor t|urja, even though It is backed by free i residence in the White House, and 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 thc President of the United 'States. There ls a. man who received an offer of the large salary of 1 $200,000 a year, and, incredible as it may seem, refused lt. 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 schen's private secretary, and in 1895 secretary of linance in Egypt. There, and later on in India, be made a great uamc as a financial expert. His fame attracted the notice of J. P. Morgan & Company. He now draws 8200,000 a year in their service. His is said to be the biggest salary paid by any bank. There are not more than three batik managers in England who get one-fifth of Mr. Dawkiqs' salary. The great life iusurance companies pay very high figures to the men who control their investments. : The Lwu largest in the world each allow their president's $150.000 a year. Thc richest corporation in the world is said to be the Standard Oil Trust. John U. Rockfeller is its president. But the $15,000,000 which forms his yearly iucome 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 ng ular salary of $200,000 a yearjund has bis fare i aid to Russia or Burmah whenever ne wishes to inspeot the oil fields of ri val companies. Railway companies are not stingy. J. Pierpont Morgan paid Samuel Spcucer $50,000 a vear to gi ve ^expert opinions on the railway properties be was buying up. As managing director of the Con solidated Goldfields or S- h (Africa. Limited, Mr. RhodesusejL about $225,000 a year. The suguar trust pays its Officials well. A notable instai.ee is tile $50, 000 a year which their chemibt, J. O. Donner, gets. But Mr. Dormer has to work hard tor his money. / Sugar from every part of the world, cane and beet, comes before him,i and he bas to exercise expert opinion on it. The great experts in all j of the principal commercial lines are well paid. Fifteen thousand dollars a year is the salary of the cbie^tea-tas ter and blender of one great British tea firm. This gentleman has all thc expenses of a three months' 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 "roller" at thc Pittsburg mills of the Steel Trust, He is the best man at his special work-the rolliug of steel rails-and is paid accordingly. |._9 Great singers like Patti have made the astonishing record i-f 35,000 a night. This she did at New Orleans. Mut neither she nor any other prima donna ever kept up that sort of tiling at a steady Income. The amounts to be made by lec turing rival the salaries of prima donnas. Ian Maclaren once made $50, 000 in six weeks. Slr H. M. Stanley did even better. MISSIONARIES MASSACRED. Gruesome Tale TOIIB ol Crime Oom Itnittcd Three Year? A>*o. At Washington, D. C., Minister Lyon lias reported to the state depart ment from Monrovia, Liberia, under date of Nov. 4, last, the details or the massacre in the depths of un African forest of a white missionary named john G. Tate, with all bis following, eighteen in number, lt appears that the massacre took place as far backus March 15, 1001, yet this, the first de tailed account, has just come to hand in an atilda vit by Mrs. Mary L. Allen, a white missionary at Nouna Kroo, Liberia. She had the story from some of tlie native Doo tribesmen, who knew of the killing. Tate bad a large mission farm, and, beside he maintained a considerable school in tb*? jungle, and altogether nineteen p. pie were in the mission when it was surrounded in the night by the Duos. 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 thc interpreter, he too, was shot and < ut to pieces. Tho Doos then killed all the remaining inmates of the house, cut off their bands and placing bb? bloody members in a collin, sent them back to their people as trophies. In explanation of their action tlie Doos said, "We have no tight with tho white man; but If we do not kiii him now he wiil bring his country to make war upon us." Minister Lyon on the strength of this affidavit, bas communicated with tlie Liberian secretary of state, with a view of scouring fuller information and perhaps the punishment of the perpetrators of the messacrc. Tho State says the authorities cf Cross Hill, Laurens County, have sent Henry Brown, a footless negro farmer of that section, to the county Jail to serve a sentence of 30 days for being drunk and disorderly aud resisting ar rest. Brown is about 35 and lost his feet several years ago in a railroad accident. He walks on his knees and ls a rouyh character when drinking. i Y THE MILL TROUBLE. Tb? Beorganis^-on of th? Columbia Miilt ???' Now Proceed. DECISION FILED WEDNESDAY. What tho Olympia MU! Manago ment la Required to Do. No Keooi vcrablp for tho Present. In the United States circuit court at Charleston Wednesday Judge Si monton and Brawley rendered theil opinions in the suits against the Co lumbia cotton mills, wblch were ar gued last week, the opinions allowing the plan of reorganization of the mill* to continue. & In the tlrst case, commonly spoken of as the Dearings suit against- lihe Granby 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 the attorneys representing the Dearings and the defendants, provid ing for the setting aside of 50 pei cent, of the mills' holdings of Olympia stock, $150,000 in the case or Granby and *75,000 In the case of Richland mills, n the- first mortaguge bonds, whlcL are to be Issued according to the plan or the reorganization, the same to be held by the court, pending the adjudication of the claims and differences between thc mills, which are In process of adjustment, the mills to share like all other creditors in all further proportionate distribution ot bonds and settlement of the pending claims. 'yi. In the Pbinizy suit,, ror a receiver for the Olympia mills, the court re served its opinion on the appointment or 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 the holdings of stock by Pbinizy and Hull, for the performance of such decrees as may be issued in the case, which is now to be given a full hearing. The decision of the court allows thc plan or reorganization to proceed and the promoters of the scheme are given the opportunity to demonstrate Its successful working. The decision in the Pbinizy 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 filed on both sides. Thc case aa made by the bili is that the complainants purchased prcfcrrel stock in the Olympia mills from thc agent of the mills in Augusta, that ls lo say, Leonard Pbinizy 12 share* for $12.480. and Mrs. Alice S. Hull eight shares for $8,320; that before they would purchase they required assurances that the Olympia rnillt company would never execute a mortgage ot Its property ?,o as t< create a lieu antecedent to the pre ferred stock. That this assurance was given by the production of a cer tified copy of a resolution of the stockholders or the Olympia mills tn this effect fortified by the opinion ol W. Hi Lyles, Esq., counsel for and a director in the mill company? as to the binding force or the resolution and its enforcement by injunction were it violated. Tbl? having been shown them, - and in consideration thereor, they paid their money which went Into the treasury or the com pany. The bill then charges that notwithstanding this resolution and contract on the raith or wblch alone complaints purchased and paid r their stock, the directors proposed uo the stockholders and the stockholders resolved to execute a mortgage on all the property ot the Olympia mills for the pul pose of funding its debts to the amount or $1,750,000. The bill does not deny the solvency or the company. It charges gross mismanagement on the part ot the directors, all or whom, but two, have resigned, and, others have been ap pointed in their stead. The return is voluminous. It denies the allegation or the bill as to the purchase or the stock trom the com pany, and denies the validity or the resolution and contract under which the stock was purchased. To go into a detailed statement or the affidavits would be as tedious as ti would be unnecessary. It ls enough to say that complain ants *prlma fade have made out their case as to the purchase of the preferred stock from the company, the assur ances under which lt was purchased, the production of the resolution of a meeting of the stockholders agreeing not to put any mortgage upon the properly of the mills, so long as any prererred stock was outstanding; that this was the moving consid?ration for the purchase by them, and that the money they paid went Into the 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 piotected from loss on their purchase. lt ls, 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 cotton mills, do, within 15 days from the entry of this order enter in to bond, approved by a judge of this courl, to stand to, abide by and per form such decree as may be entered lo favor of Hie complainants, and each of them, as the result of a full hear ing of this cause. Thc matter of the appointment of a receiver Is reserved. CHAULES H. SIMONTON, Circuit Judge. WM. II. BHAWLEY, U. S. District Judge. Dec. 29, 1903. Fire In Manning. . A special dispatch to The State from Manning says while the town was quietly worshipping in the churches Sunday about ll o'clock and a high wind prevailed, Ure broke out In Thomas & Bradham's stables, de stroying the stableii, barn, sheds, etc. Eight horses, including a line stallion, about 150 wagons, besides many bug gies, mowing machines, a lot of hogs, corn and many tons of hay were de stroyed. The loss cannot, be estimat ed yet and was only partially covered by lusn rance. Knowledge from Exp rienoe; ls what we undorstnnd when Dr. Spalding an eminent liant ?Ht divino, of Oui veston, Tex as, writes "send mo two bottles of Taylor's Chorokeo Remedy of Sweet Quin and Mullein. It Is for a friend Hu(Toring from consumption. Jt Is a preparation I kuo'v from oxperienco to bo good. At druggists :'.?> mid 50o bottlo. A Cowboy named Wilson discovered two men floating on a cake of Ice down the Republican river, In Ne braska, and, riding close to the shore, cast lils lariat over one and then the other of tho men, drawing them ashore to safety. I OR. HATHAWAY. 7? Recognized as the Leading and reij Most Successful Specialist in thc His line In the United States. ?"??A_* ?.. "_ My cara lor thia disenso la p ^TPiiiTlIifi nu cutting or dangerous mu .JU IUIUI V ualattentlon, andtreattla. .ni and t-oreneaa ls allayed and thc canal ?soul s . ? ?__l_ This dUcoso ia tho cnlarj vAriOfl??l? the vitality. It weakens ??*C IWUWO'W form certainty just as qui. riv ?thor disease, and their strength la bein? dn . I, ond loam the cause ot your trouble. Bend to 3_I n This horrible disease '^Sfinn rOISOSl know Justwhatwy I .JflUUU I UIOUII bones, falling bair,O' wtllt^ll yon frankly whether or not you aro ar -up- tn ?va iiulok. tf not quloker, tirun than, any I 'llP.be eradicated from tho system forever. Sen Worn1 ninth down . health tliouaamls ot suffering women. Send 1 3iseases of Women Shronic Diseases ?$?? equipped with tho most approved X-RaylCiid c lome Treatment ountries. Correspondence confidential. J. NEWT 28 Inman Ihiildlni*. 21A fi. Rrnnd fi SHOCKING RECORD OF HOMICIDE There Were 222 Oases in This State tile 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 i "nut there are some homicides which are not reported by the clerks of court. Iii 1897 and in 1900 the number of cases reported was 225, exceeding tho record of 1903. Mr. Gunter has been examining the records of other States and linds thal South Carolina shows up badly. Only 91 homicides were re ported in North Carolina last, year,' and that number was thought to bc a fearful record for the adjoining State. The following ligures show the num ber of crimes of various classes com mitted in each year since 1888, thc first ligure being for 1888 and each succeeding one for the year following: Assault and battery: 291, 309, 451, 501, 108, 417, 541, 508, 700, 002, 61?, 535, 512, 529, 598, 454* Burglary: 132. 112, 79, 48, 53, on, 105, 212, 152, 89, 139, 108, 70, li5, 107, 73. Larceny: 247, 199, 271, 228, 278, j 207, 309, 290, 193, 210, 299, 304,' 315, ' 337, 305, 401. Rape: 18, 10, 33, 24, 12, 19. 23, 18, 14, 34, 22, 32, 19, 8, 14, 10. Perjury: ll, 2, 12, 18, 7. 8, 13- 22, 21, 10, ll, 7, 1, 6, 3, 9. 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, 20, 37, 33.. i 30, 21, 38, 53, 15, 29, 38, 33. ' Adultery: 57. 8u, 88, 48, 40, 20, 74, . 32, 49,05, 00, 44, 34, 48, 34, 31. I Murder: 107, lil, 120, 143, 105, i 131, 141, 210, 202, 225, 247, 213, 222, 1 192, 190, 222. I Violation dispensary law, from 1891: 117, 150, 027, 433, 311. 373, 301, 307,! 224, 109. IMPORTAN!? DISCOVERY. The Saturday Evening Post says the recent discovery of a method by which any ordinary cotton cloth can be made as waterproof as sheet tin ls regarded asa marked achievement in chemistry*, Subject to the pew treatment tho flimsiest of fabrics becomes so impervi ous to water that if buldged or folded in the shape of a bowl or pocket it will hold 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 i with the precipitation upon the fabric of various chemical reagents. The result, is thar this gas, in a line- ' ly divided state, merges with 11 io inso luble compound employed and is held . fixed in this chemical coating in such | a way that water, even under pressure, cannot pass through il. In the tests cotton cloth was passed through two baths. The first of ttiese was prepared hy adding to 100 parts of water 10 parts of steane 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 acetic acid comprised the second hath. In the reactions caused by the meet ing of the ingredients of the two baths two insoluble compounds, aluminium st?arate add aluminium hydrate, were precipitated upon the fabric, while at the same time carbonic dioxide was liberated and was found to be distri buted and hold by the 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 pf water-wroof garments, inasmuch as it. will enable lite people engaged in this industry to turn out a much greater variety of mackintoshes and pthetawlh garments and at a lowor cos1, Iban is possible in thc making of waterproof clothing at present. tts BOTA M IC IDIDIBLOOD BALM The Great Tested Remedy for the ?peedy and permanent cure of Scrofula, klieun.a 11 ?i,.. Catarrh, Ulceri, Eciema, Sores, Erup. lions. Weakliest, Nervousness, and all BtOOD AND SKIN DISEASES. It it by fer ?he best building up Tonic and Blood Purifier ever offered to the world. It makes new, rich blood, imparts lenewed vi tality, and potseisci almost miraculous healing properties. Write for Book Ol Won-. dtrf_! Cures, ssr.t ?ros o., ?pp?c?iion. If not kept by your local druggist, send $1.00 for a large bottle, or $5.00 for ?ix bottles, and medicine will be sent, freight raid, by BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, Qa. .Tho specla'lat li now Indispensable. lu alt walk? ot life them Ss >? du tiling fur io cii< doonoprnU-nlar Otu ; bo .ter than ?ny ow elB?,apdaueh A maul i one wUo lia* .;i>,. i endeavor to, and centered all ot bis energy ?Hil ability on Hie jpoelalty ?io hay chojeii for b"ts> e'? work. Early in .ny professional career I realized that Cliroul? Dl6-!a3ej wen? ivit'ielr. : r-ivri thc eniio:i which tbcli Importance warranted. I ea-.r that, these diseases rpijuirxd ti spccl.il Hi ss wh'.o?? the buwy practitioner could never acquire. For more fian twenty year? 1 havo'<b>. ted-mycelf exclusively to tho study and treatment of these disease*, and ibo fart thicphysl na recommend rue to their patients ia aa evidence of ruy ah ll I and ability r.x oyfriiwliil Hu?, 1 ro special counsel to phyaletans vrlth obstlnatoand obscure cases. 1 haw'divoted particular attention to chronlo diseases ol men nn<) won. en, an-1 no other sa of disease rehuiros moro Intelligent and oxpert treatment. It ?3 u fact that a majority cf mowo 'Ito seriousness of their condition to Improper treatment, and a ialluro to realize tho portance cf placing their case In tho handB of a skilled and oxpert specialist ervous Debility Overindulgence, indiscretions and exeespos aro not the f?nly causes of an impairment of scxu.tl ?trenttth. Hueh a detanso inen t frcu.uon tty comes from worry, overwork., mental ot min. willen gradually wcaitens ?nd injures tho pystom before tho unfortunate vtcliui reaitws s'truo nature of his trouble. Nervousness, weak back, dizziness, loas of memory, fi*.ts befort? i eyes, despondency, etc., often are the first symptoms of an impairment of manly visor, and if ? Ulected serious results are Bure to fellow. I want to talk toovery man who hosnnyof ttiese pptorus ot weakening of lils maniv (unctions. , I can promptly correct all IrrcRulnrli?e-t, and der my skillful treatment you will havo restored all of. tho strength and glory ?.f ymir man ad. Whethervnu consult mo or not, do not Jeopardize your health by experimenting wltu' idy-made medicines./reo samples, so-called aulok cures, etc.. as thc most delicate r>r?-ansof i body are Involved, and only au expert should be entrusted with your case. Bend for free >klet, " Nervous Debility and ItsTarnlly of Ills." ;entle and painless, and .often causes no detention from business or other dut lc It involves -Rtcat operation. Improper treatment will result lu serious injury. .Iglvo each en?fc Individ every requirement. .Every obstruction is removed, and all discharge spun ceases, inllatuma up promptly aud permanently. Send for freo book on Stricture. cement of veins of tho scrotum, which fill with stagnant blood, causing a constant drain upou the entire system and sap? away allbexual strength. .1 cure this disease vrlth the same uni ck as consistent with medical sulence. Probably moro men aro afflicted with Varlcoeol? than lined away without their knowing tho cause. Come to me at once if you think youJ?yV*/ulo,fc r free booklet on Varlooccie. .. ??- --- . .'' . " y-: ?I/A?J-;*-; - i is no longer Incurable, and when I say that I can onre the most severe case I du sc because I :reatment has accomplished. If you haye sores, pimples, blotches,'nore throat, pilnsln th? r any symptoms which you do not understand, lt ls important that.you consult me ot once, and unfortunate victim, i will guarantee to euro -you without th?ru<ie of strong an'.f injurious nown treatment. My cure li a permanent one, and U not ine/c patch work..aud tho disease d for my free booklet, "Tho Poison King."' on who suffer from tho nil mon ts peculiar to Mio.tr sex are cured by my Kentle and painless od of treatment, which avoids all necessity for Marginal operations, li you suffer from bearlns pain's, backache. Irregula-itie?. lnuchorrhea, etc.. write mo about your caso. 1 hu vc restored tor my free booklet on Woman's Diseases. y also includes nil other chronic diseases, such as Rheumatism, Catarrh, Diabetes, Bright - mnch, Liver and Kidney Diseases, Piles, Fistula, Rupture, Paralysis), Locomotor Ataxia. S i, etc., and all who want skillful, expert treatment should write me about their case. My oiUce .toot .-leal apparatus, sc that my patients get thu benefit ot thc latest discoveries ot HC?CUCO. yono to consult mc without charge, and win refund railroad fare one way to all who take If you cannot H>>C me in person write for symptom blanks and full Information about my euc if home>treatmcm by which I have cured patients in every State lu tho Linton and in foreign ?"' ON HATHAWAY, M. D. troot. Atlanr.-i. Ga. First sign of RHEUMATISM- Dann??;,. ?? u ran. Easy to euro now. A singlo bottle ot ^ Will probably do the work. Uzi cuet requlremore. RHEtmACrbr eurea by getting rid ol the ciuie, to thu no trace of the dlieaae lloren In the lyatem. lt pnjlfiea the blood, rellerea the inflammation of the kid ney!, the chronic conitlpation asd the catarrh that follow? turir a condi tion of the tyitcra. I Thoofh Mn. Marr B. Welbora. of High Point, fi. C.. ta SO ycara old ?nd had tuflered from rhcumatlam for 20 yean, abe wai completely cured by RI?EUMACIDE, and declarea alie feelt "yean younger" and la anxloui for all who ?ie tuflerlng from any ol the forma of thia dread diicaae" f try RHEUMACIDB and be cured. ?-".? n REV. J. R. WHEELER, a noted Methodiit minister, of Relitentcwa. Md., wrllei enthuilaitically of RHKUM ACIDS, which cured him. Ucla 73 rear* old and hat been In the rainlitry SO yean. CAMPLE BOTTLE rnCC FROM BOBBITT CHEMICAL CO., PROPRIETORS. BALTIMORE, MO. 'Orrs AT THC JOINTS MOM TM I INSIDE." A Wagener, Pres. Geo Y Coleman. VicePrea. I G Ball, Sec'y & Trea8 Coleman-Wagener Hardware Company, Successor to C. P. Poppenhclm. 363 KING STREET, - - - - - . CHARLESTON, S O $650.000 GIVEN AWAY FREE. FOURFIER SEARCnMONT AUTOMOBILE, at .1.30 p. m.* April 1st, 1904. Al tho Armv Cyclo Company's store 22 Hrond St., ono ticket wilt bo niven fr?* with cach"50o mail order, fdehtiflc?tiqn of tickets will be by name, heneo nil tickets mu- bo signed and lopbsited bofnro noon. April 1, 11)01. This nuuutor of awarding tho nutomoLllo will bo loft to lh<-ticket holdors nt tho placo o? drawing. Tho machino is on exhibit nt our store and wo will bglno d to have you mapeetit. Do you suffer with pninful monstruntion? Either rotnrded, excessive, or insufliciont If so, coinmonco nt once to tnko Ol toman Femnlo Regulators, nml they will givo prompt and permanent relief. These pills euro pninful monthly sickness, whites, agonizing pains due to suppressed menstruation, regulnto Uio bowels, stimulate tho heart, incronso tho appetite, aid i!kinsli?ud OTTOMAN FEMALE REGULATORS. tZ$A and ucl us a general tonic to tho female generativo organs. They uro eapeciutly u?eiui a? ti tonic after child-birth mid will speedily restore the pntient to\her normnl condition. Full particulars of thia wonderful remedy sent with each box of pills.\_Price_?1.00 per box. Sent I j mail In plnin wrapper upon receipts of price. _ ~ ^lU? WE ARE LOOKING *s FOR YOUR ORDERS 3 COLUMBIA LUMBER & MFG. CO. COLUMBIA S/t. Wk Wedding Presents Christmas Presents Sterling Silvor, Cut glass Jowlry, Wntclias, Chains .Rifigs, all the numerotts urticles suiUtblo for presents of nil kimi ;, wo now have ? illustrated hy photographs direct from tito articles in our catala gtto ot over 100 (inges, of which wo will bo pleased to sond you oui' on request. Wo deliver all goods freo by mail, oxpress, or freight on all otdera with cash, und guarantee satisfaction. ? P. H. LACHICOTTE & CO., Jewelers, 1424 Main St COLiUMRIA, S O Xviiiie Cement, Plaster, Terra Cotta Pipe, Rooting Paper, Car lots, small lots, write, Carolina, Portland Cement Co., Chu rles? on, r*. G. Morphine Habit Cigurot to Habit AU -I>rug-T.?>.ii Tobacco Ilabits. W.iiskjy II ibit, Cured by Keeley Institiit?; o? O. 132'J Lady St. (or P. O. Box l?) Columbia, S. C. Conlidential correspond ence solicited. YOUNG MEN, YOUNG WOMEN, WAKE (JP Prepare yourselves to meet tho demand for Stenographers, typewriters and bookkeepers. Write for catalogue of iMACFKAT'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Columbia, S. C. W. H. Macfeat, oflloial Court Stenographer, President. HIGH GRADE PI?NOS, I?HT ??? TURNING BEST ORGAM. The QUALITY, T? RMS and PjBLU$S wffl please. -Call or' write Hi ii L O ors music QQUS?, Establlslicfi 1884. Opposite YMCA COLUMBIA, S. C. We can make you close prices on Balusters, Columns, Newels, Spindles, eta, etc SHT BUILDERS SUPPLY co,, Un^ncrt to Death. At Troy, N\Y" Moses T. Clough,, one of Troy's olttest lawyers, and Wil liam Shaw, a/?o one of Troy's best known lay/rycrs, lost their lives In a fire willen destroyed tho Troy club fciirly^-^ Wednesday morning. Mr. OK^Muas president ot the chi'.,, ncluded among its members Silliest mon of the city. Ch) Plain St Columbia. S 0 CHARLES C. LESLIE, -Wholesale Dealers In Kitsh and Oysters, 18 & 20 harket St.. Charleston, S. C. Consignments of Country Produce ure Respectfully Solicited, Poultry, Eggs. A?. Fish p&oKcd in barrels and boxes for Country trade, a specialty. GUANO Riplds is maintaltiing ita repuiatlon of being a rapid city-;for boodlers.