The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, April 22, 1904, Image 4
SOME MOKE PBOOF.
Watson Comes Again at Cleveland on
Sooial Equality Charge.
NEW YORK MIXED SCHOOL BILL
Was Signed by Grover Cleveland Not
withstanding His Denial ol
Doing So. Other Charges
Are Proven Also.
Editor Augusta Chronicle: In ray
article of last week, replying to the
emphatic denials of Mr. Cleveland,
the statement was made that I would
investigate further, and como again.
The investigations have been made,
and I am now ready with full proofs.
There were three charges made bj
me, originally in the Atlanta Daily
Nevis, to prove that Grover Cleveland
praotlced social equality while presi
dent.
TUE NEG 110 JUN 1ST Kit.
First: Ry the appointment of a
negro to represent this country as
minister to oue of the white republics
of South America.
To this no specitic denial bas been
made. C. H. J. Taylor was tl c negro
minister, and Bolivia was thu South
American republic alluded to.
This act of itself proves what Cleve
land then thought on the . jject of
social equality, else bc would never
have named a negro for such a posi
tion.
TUE MIXED SCHOOLS.
Second: I stated that lie fa veted
mixed schools while Governor f New
York.
This he denies. He says I hat bc
not only did not fa-or mixed ?chpols,
but that he opposed the meas ne" a nd
it failed to pass.
By telegraphing to New York, I
have been able to verify tl:': published
statements, made in 1892, upon which
my charge was based. Although 1
remembered distinctly thc copy of the |
New York law which then went the,
rounds of the Reform press, and al
though a loyal friend at Dallas, Ga.,
promptly mailed mc a copy of thc act
in questione, Mr. Cleveland's denial
was so explicit and positive that J
waited patiently until I could make
the prout which would convince al!
Impartial men.
1 now declare that thc law I ; r . s
tion was passed May J5th, I83.-I am
to-be fou nc on page 307, chi ter 218
of thc New York Laws, and that
Grover Cleveland oillcially approved
and signed that act.
Up to coat time thc c lorcd schools
of the city of New York were sepa
rated schools. By the terms ol the
act of 1684, these separate schools
wore merged into ward ". nd
shall be open for the education of pu
pils for whom education ls ?
without regard to race or colt r.."
There are the v. ot els of the law.
There is thc date, the page, the chap
ter. I have verlti tl them, and any
ether citizen who seeks thc truth can
do the same.
Yet Mr. Cleveland not only denied
Signing such an act, but declared be
opposed it, and it was defeat' cl. Not
only that-be declared my statement
to be so utterly false that 1 myself
had no reason to believe it true.
Happy will lt be for the fame bf
Grover'Clcvelaiid it' IJje opie who
have f'-iio wed "this dispute .ill now
' extend to him that charity of opinion
which be haughtily denied to me.
SOCIAL EQUALITY AT WHITE HOUSE.
Third: Is it true that Mr. Cleve
land treated Fred Douglass on a fo
lng of social equality at thc While
House?
My statement was that thc news
papers had made thc charge and i hal
it had not been denied at the ti ne.
Furthermore, 1 olFcred in evidence
certain extracts from thc bock of
Douglass himself, published nine
years ago, in which book Douglass
praised Cleveland to the skies foi thc
manly way in which this Democratic
president bad detied thc "malignant
prejudice'' ot thc .South upon thc race
question.
I now oller what will bc taken as
overwhelming proofs of the facts
which I asserted and Cleveland de
nied.
Remember, he not only denied; but
he said that I could not have had any
reason to believe that t u statements
were true when 1 made them.
COL. JAS. It. UANDA LL AS A WITNESS.
During the period alluded to, the
most brilliant stall corre: ou li ul then
in Washington City was eui. James R.
Randall, knowni throughout the land
as the author of thc Inspii d ivar
lyric, "Maryland, My Marylai d."
Col. Randall was tie.: privai ? secre
tary of Alexander If. Stephens, and
thc paper which lie represe) .ted
The Chronicle, of Augusta, Ga., then
conducted by Hun. Patrick Walsh.
Col. Randall had bi cn a Dem ic ral
his Hie; Mr. Walsh was a 1 mi :j it
all bis life; The Chronicle bai been a
Democrat ali itsl fe.
I do not otTer in evidence anything
that Col. Randall says no v. \ r do
loller anything The Chtoii'elo says
now. What 1 oiler is thc iccord of
Col. Randall and The Chronicle, ?nade
in 1880, when we were all g< nd Dem
ocrats, and all staunch foll .vos . :
Grover Cleveland. At that time v/e
all believed in him. and thc c llicisms
lovcled at him were thc criticisms of
friends who were surprised ?ind dis
pleased to linda Dcmocrrtic presid? nt
doing things of that kind, In Iiis
letters to The Chronicle, Col. Randall
alludes to thc fact il Mr. I eve
land was retaining in dulce Fred
Douglass, "thc apostle of miscegena
tion;" and mentions that thc olilec
was worth 8?15,000 per year. (.Jan.
13, 1880.)
In at,<.t ii . r li tthr, written In Mareh
188?, Ceil. Bundall says that <
land hail appointed as RTCCCSSOI to
Douglass a c lored man (James Mat
thews, of Albany, N. Y.J, arid tiltil
"the new appoihteeTs an ardent adv -
. cate pf mlx< M schools."
Col. Randall expresses Lhc opinion
that Douglass is very resentful al the
prospect of being removed from Ofilce,
but that be will probably c?ntii nc to
receive special invitations to the
White House' ri i ;
To prove that Col. Randall's proph
ecy was correct, and that Cleveland
did contin?e lo fend special invita
tlons to Douglass, I quote a subse
quent letter which be wrote td Thc
Chronicle:
"Fred Douglass was once made mar
shal of thc District of Columbi i. elcs
pltc the protest of thc thar Associa
tion. The Republican president,
Hayes, although his heart prut', sscdl.
bled for the poor negro.1 instantly
declined to permit thc colored mar
shal to officiate at the White House.
He had no white wife then. Under
the present administration, which is
Democratic, the same Douglass and
his wife are prominent and selected
guests. Perhaps, l should not men
t.lcm such facts. . It might depress
somebody. Perhaps, too, I ought uot
to mention that now. while congres
sional dinners are in vogue, white
members from the South are much
disturbed lest Smalls and O'Hara be.
sandwiched among them at an execu
tive banquet. I hope tbat this will
not unduly depress anybody. "
To remove all doubt as to what was
thought, of Cleveland's conduct at the
time, I quote au editorial which must
have rellccted the opinion of Hon.
Patrick Walsh himself. v
On the editorial page of The Chron
icle, August 12, 1830, this Democratic
editor quotes without contradiction
that very same compliment or Fred
Douglass to Crover Cleveland which J
?piotecl from the bcok. "Cleveland
was bi ave enough wheu public senti
ment set against me-bc was brave
euougb to iuvite me, not once, nor
twice, but many times to bis grand
receptions."
Think of this-impartial reader!
Herc was the negro, Fred Douglass,
tn tim year 188?, praising President
Cleveland for defying social prejudice
against the negro; and herc ls Pat
Walsh, as true a Democrat as ever
breathed, quoting the words of Doug
lass without denial; and yet this same
. Jrover Cleveland dares to say that
things ofthat kind never happened.
Thc negro was grateful, he thanked
Mr. Cleveland then, thanked bim pub
licly at thc time when the praise of
Fred Douglass was worth its weight
in gold with thc negro vote.
Not only did the thankful negro
give to Mr. Cleveland the full benefit
and value of Ills praise then, but when
he came to write, the record of bis life,
at a time when ho could not have been
moved hy any selfish motive, be erects
an bumble monument, in words which
iii intended should outlive memorials
of marble and brass, to thc brave
manly Democratic president wboliad
i ison above "malignant prejudice,"
defied the South, and continued to
write him special Invitations "with
bis own band. "
And now at this late day, eighteen
years since Douglass made the public
ststcment, eighteen years after Pat
Walsh quilted it as an evidence of
l ?loveland's courage, and nine years af
ter i? was published io book form, Mr.
?levi ?and makes a ?lat, insulting de
nial.
. Vet we all remember that there
WL!C few leaders among thu Demo
crats of Hie Smith who stood clejser to
M . CU v< land than that faithful Irish
tnau, !'.Ulick Walsh.
,1 wish to say that my attention
called to this evidence in The!
?bri nielo by one of the most promin
ent I > murals in Georgia -an honored j
ill./ :n of La Grange, who is against
me politically, but who loves truth
and fairplay. Ile has my heartiest
thanks.)
lill: !.. <;. r. WASHINGTON EPISODE.
In ISS'I Mr. L. Q. C. Washington
was named as Democratic nominee
for secretary of thc senate, at a time
when there was no chance to elect
bim.
In lS93 when the Democrats bad
secured a majority, It was felt that
Mr. .Washington should be a?ain
minuted, and thc caucus named bim
for tho place. In April. 1893, bc was
suddenly dropped and Mr. Cox was
elected. Why wash. Q. C. Washing
ton thrown ou r?
According to a story published in
the Washington Post, it ssas Cleve
land'^ protest which knocked out the
caucus nominee.
Tin: story published wai. that thc
president bad summoned certain
Democratic senators to the. white
house, had shown them a circular
which Washington had used against bis
nomination, in which circular Wash
ington liad opposed Mr. Cleveland's
renomination upon the very ground
that lie bad practiced social equality
at Un; white house.
Mr. Cleveland did not deny the
facts. He merely found fault with
Washington fur the reason that ''he
bas tried to Invoke upon nie the cen
sure of my countrymen because I ara
man enough to treat every cititi/.en
according to bis merit."
Mr. Cleveland was so indignant
against Washington for condemning
tin; social equality practices that he.
told iii': senators that ii they election
Washington,
"l WILL II ? VE NOTHING TO nb WITH
ll!.M."
All the world knows thal thc seu
ate secretary is the go-between who
carries and fetches from senate to
while house, hence Cleveland's threat
amounted to a flitting ol? of friendly
communications.
The Washington Post was thc lead
ing newspaper of tin: city; its story
was bound to have come to the presi
dent's notice, lias beever denied it?
Not-thai 1 ever heard of.
Now Inasmuch as Washington made
practically thc Yarric charges as those
I made bj me,and Inasmuch as Mr.Clcve*
I land not only failed to deny Hiern but
resented criticism of them -claiming
that ho had been "man enough" to
iio right my amazement grows that
Mr. Cleveland should declare that
Hu re were no reasons fdr any such
bell I as that held by mc. When
tint sweeping si rial was penned where
was be on his heels or on bis head?
'?MAT WEDDING RECEPTION.
1: Lhere was one point upon which
Mr. Cleveland was more coarsely em
phatic than another, lt was as to thc
attendance of Fred Douglass upon the
reception which was held after bis
m irria gc.
Mr. Cleveland was married at thc
I white house on .lune 2, I8S?, in the
picsence of a few personal friends,
went upon 1 ls bridal tour, and upon
H bis return, held a "?r uni reception Hie
tiist .duce lils wedding, and therefore,
I alluded toas his ''wedding reception."
T.ie regular "season" was over, hence
tl is si eiil i linell m was considered to
lu.ve i len giver in honor of bis mar
riage.
'J ue Washington Post, gave an elab
orate account of that reception-in
its i i .in- of June Ki, 1880.
T ie list of gu.st included some of
!.. mos! distinguished people in the
world. There was present Prince
Leopold, or liriizil, the celebrated
Archibald Forbes, of langland,, Com
modore Schlcy, Colonel I? maparte,
and General Sheridan. There were
also the justices of the supreme courJ.
and thc senators of butti parties, ?md
many other eminent citizens and so
cial leaders. A more brilliant/ occa
sion was never known at the white
house, and the invitations were not
con tined Lo placeholders. And amid
this glittering throng, mingling with
it on tonus u| social equality, moved
Frederick Douglass and bis wife.
Now. Mr. Cleveland, was this your
"wedding reception
If it, was not, you held no wedding
i ccptlon at all, and you should have
said so. if it was, then you should
have admitted that Fred Douglass
and wife were there. No friend of
yours, anywhere, can read your card,
and/tnen read these proofs without
feeling ashamed. Have you fallen
f
away from the manlier spirit of 1884,
when you ceuld telegraph.your friends,
concerning a certain question touch
ing your morals, "Tell the truth?"
fiad ybu forgotten your record on
mixed schools? Had you forgotten
thc attentions you paid io Fred Doug
lass, and to that Albany pet of yours,
James Matthews?
Let. us hope so. And let us hope
that the next time you Blgn an article
for publication you will be more re
gardful of dignity, as well os of trutb.
Thc man who bas led the kind of life
you have lcd, and made the record
you have made, is not the man to as
sume the airs of disdain and supercili
ous superiority which you are so prone
to affect In your "card."
Tnos. E. WATSON.
Thomson, Ga., April 9, 1004.
l\i S.-Thc blunt, positive and con
temptuous card of Mr. Cleveland was
published in each of the four dally pa
pers! which come to my hons?.
For each of the four papers I pre
pared a type-written copy' of my
answer, and those four were malled
from Thomson at the same time. 1
hereby tender my thanks to the two
afternuon papers of Atlanta, the
Atlanta News and the Atlanta Jour
nal -and also the morning paper of
Augusta, The Chronicle, which
promptly published the article.
1 regret that the Atlanta-Constitu
tion refused to allow me to defend
myself in Its columns. As Mr. Clark
Howell claims to be my friend, I am
the more surprised at this lack of fair
ness to a fellow-Georgian.
A COLD HAVE.
It Came Up Very Smldcnly^on Last
Saturday Afternoon,
The sharp cool wave which took
this section by surprise late Saturday
afternoon, developed in the northwest
Friday following a storm which ori
ginated o IT thc Pacilic coast, passing
over the New langland States into
the Atlantic Saturday.
Section Director Bauer said Satur
day night that it would not greatly
surprise him to dsscover that killing
frosts had occurred at points in thc
upper tier of counties, but he thought
this doubtful. The wave would be of
short duration and would do practical
ly nb damage to growing crops In this
section of the country.
The cold wave covered practically
the m ire northern half of the coun
try Saturday, scoring freezing tetn
peratures west of thc Mississippi as
far south a- Arkansas and T?x03 and
east ot the Mississippi as far south ns
thc Chlo river and at points In Ken
tucky and Tennessee. Saturday night
freezing temperat ures occurred in the
mountain districts of Georgia and
North Carolina.
Preceding the cold wave was a
heavy storm, which passed from the
central Mississippi valley out over
thc New England States into the At
lantic, producing nales in the north
ern Atlantic States, a 72-milcs an
hour velocity leing recorded in New
York. Thora was snow Inuppsr New
York and lathe New England States.
Snows after the middle of April are
rather unusual in those State, though
snow storms have been known there
as late ns tile 1st of May.
Aside from checking the growth of
cotton in Texas-which is not, by the
way, so inconsiderable a' matter since
thc boll weevil became so important
a factor there-and the probable
''yellowing" of young com, the cold
wave will probably, do no damage to
crops. The rainfall accompanying
the wave his been extremely benefi
cial in this State, as the ground bas
been dry all over the State with
droughty conditions prevailing along
the coast and up to the northern cen
tral portions. Rapidly rising tempera
tures In thc northwest Saturday in
dicated that the wave would be of
short duration. The storm which
produced the falling temperature ori
ginated off the Pacitic coast on the
13th, tine of an unusually large num
ber sweeping the country from ocean
to ocean this spring.
THE OLD VETERANS.
Charleston Getting Kendy to Give
Them a Grand Reception.
The Charleston Post says the com
mltte.es in charge of the entertainment
of the Confederate veterans decide:)
not to change the dates that have
been tixed for holding thc reunion.
The reunion will therefore be held on
May IT, 18 and 19 and the work of
advertising the dates and the rail
road rates throughout the entire
Stale will he commenced Immediately.
The question of providing accom
modatlons for the veterans and visi
tors during reunion week was dis
cussed. There will be no trouble in
providing ample quarters for all who
go to Charleston. The committee on
free quarters and commissary were
consolidated. Mr. R. J. Morris ls
chairman of the committee.
Thc committees took up the matter
of decocratlons and it was the opinion
of all that the merchants and busi
ness tuen should decorate during re
11 tii< ii week. Mr. J. M. Connelley,
who was appointed chairman of Ihe
committee on decoi'cttlonB, stated that
he could not serve owing to business
engagements. Mr. J. F. Rafferty was
appointed chairman in his stead and
he and his committee will take up
the work.
Rev. Dr. John Johnson, Dr. T.
Grange Simmons and Major A. W.
Marshall were added to the executive
ct mi i t tee and Capt. W. S. Lanneau
and Capt. F. E. Robson were added
to the committee on hotels and hoxrd
int. houses. Tue rates from points to
Charleston on account of the reunion
will be as follows:
Abbeville.$4.65
Allendale. 2.f>0
Anderson. ii.35
Augusta, Ga. a.OO
Barnwell. 2.30
Blacksburg. 4.80
Calhoun Fulls. 4.?55
(Ja m de n. 2.7.r>
Carlisle.3.90
Catawba. 3.85
Cheraw.V. 3.10
Chester. 4.00
Clinton. 4.15
Columbia. 2 85
Denmark. MO
Fairfax..:':. 2.10
Greenville. 5.10
Hardeevlllc. 2.10
Greenwood.?. 4.66
Lancaster ..................... 3.55
Laurens..':.'..'!.'; . 4.35
Newberry..". 3.70
( irangeburg. l. H5
Prosperity ..'.". 3.65
Rock lilli. 4.00
Spartanburg. 4.70
Sumter. 2.16
Yemassee.?... 1.50
Yorkviile. 4.30
GHOST STORIES.
Peculiar ?ondnot of Borne Restless
Spirit? from the Other World.
GHOST BE VEALS BURIED CITY.
Some Spooks |Thnt Stoned a House.
Strange Reappearance of a
YOUDK Woman in M aine
Haunted Spot.
Coadepec, a little village in the
State of Mlohoacan, Mexico, has al
ways bad amputation for ghosts'and
spirits, In the past year, especially,
inhabitants ot thc air or tbe streams
or the graves of the many dead that
I Ile burled all about tbe village have
been wandering about like a colony of
I reckless nlgbt owls.
i They have not been the least shy,
like ordinary ghosts, for they have
I been seen by hundreds. I? fact, there
ls hardly an inhabitant of the place
[ that bas not made an acquaintance
with some spirit or other from the
past.
Jose Miranda of ad the people
seems to have profited most by their
acquaintance. One night several
weeks ago as be was raming home
from a neighboring village a ghost all
in white, its gray cowl falling baok
from its shoulders leaving its head ex
posed to view, met bim. It was
standing between him and the moon,
which was shining brightly through
the hollow sockets ut its eyes and a
bullet hole in its skull.
It stood Btill and pointed with one
bony hand toward the mountains.
Moranda was unable to move, but the
horse, aa soon as it caught sight of
the ghost made for the vi'lage as ?ast
as it could run.
A week later Miranda was riding
along this same road when tbe ghost
met him in thc. same place. This
time it seized the animal by the bri
dle with one hand and pointed with
the other in the direction of the hills.
Jose thought he had better humor
the ghost, and turning round went in
the direction indicated.
In about a quarter of an hour they
arrived at the foothills. The ghost
stopped and pointed to a huge stone
at the foot of a tall tree and then Sm
mediately disappeared.
lt was two weeks before Miranda
could persuade any person to go with
him to the spot, which he had mark
ed by a cross. He succeded at last in
persuading an Indian and a mission
ary from Mexico City to accompany
Illili.
When they got to the place they
tried to move thc bin stone, but could
not. They theu dug under one side
of it and let it roll down the hill.
After about an hour's work they
came upon a circle of skulls, stone
axes and relics of a long past age.
Examination showed that the big
stone had' carver., upon its surface a
gigantic hand and that the Circle of
Skulls, as the place is now called, was
part of the remains of a great ancient
city which had been burled by laud
slides.
At Nasonville, In the town of Bur
rillvllle, R. I., there wa?a large house
which had for some time been-bom
barded with showers of stones. The
people of the wrought-up village, af
ter weeks of careful investigation and
many conferences with ?bel; neigh
bors, are at'? loss to explain where
the stones could have come from.
Tiley had all heard the bombard
ment often, and as many as fifty men,
women und children had surrounded
the house, looked behind every tree
and stone wall within a hundred
yards, and had even scoured a distant
grove of trees; but they had n<-.ver
been able to catch a glimpse of any
kind of being either llesh or In spirit
that could have been suspected of
throwing stones.
. Finally, the owner of the house of
fered a reward of S25 for the solution
of the mystery. Then the bombard
ment ceased. Many people ar
gued that a human being was at the
bottom of the whole affair, contend
ing that ghosts'would not stop their
devilment simply because a price had
been set on their apprehension.
"?ut if it isn't ghosts," arks one
man who isn't afraid of being called
"bughouse," what then ls it?"
The "North Woods Cemetery, at
Haines street and York road, Phila
delphia, was tho scene of much ex
citement among the residents of that
neighborhood. Many people declared
that they had seen spooks.
The supposed ghost appeared regu
larly as soon an darkness fell, and
with an uncannj motion of walking
upon air, tlitted from?one gravestone
to another. There was no conven
tional groans or clanking of chains,
but Its appearance was so uncanny as
to draw crowds of awe stricken people
night after night.
A horseman nuned Edward Hogan
awaited the spook's arrival, and when
it appeared ran toward lt. The ghost
proved to be the reilection'of an asceto
lene lamp. The light reflected on a
large polished gr mite monument, was
distributed about as the gasolene
nickered and gave the appearance of
a ghostly moving picture.
About two miles from the village of
Canton, Me., is a cosy, old-fashioned
farm house which is located directly
opposite a graveyard, with no other
house in sight. From the window of
this lit tle house nothing can be seen
except the graveyard with its gleam
ing stones, and the hills and moun
tains round about.
The family that has been occupying
the house moved out not long ago,
declaring that they could not stand it
any longer, that they were wellnigh
distracted by the demonstrations.
When they 'told their story a former
resident, who now jives in Hartford,
announced that h? had known for
years that the place was haunted. He
had not told any one for fear of the
ridicule of his neighbors. .
The demonstrations Were not only
In the house, but in the barn and
around the premises. Regularly every
night at 12 o'clock a team of horses
rushes from the direction of the vilr
Iago, rumbles over the little bridge
at a slashing galt, and then disap
pears, lt never reaches tho house.
Instead, ghostly voices address the
members of the family who have the
temerity to live there, the voices
coming from all parts of the house,
but nover. sp clearly that they can be
located.
On one memorable night a member
of the family went to the barn Just at
dusk without a lantern. A figure
stood at the corner of the building,
and he ran to learn what the straggler
wanted about thc the place. The
figure silently and mysteriously molted
into .the shadows and was gone. !
The foundation ol' thc 3tory was
laid seventy-live years ugo. At that
time a young woman, handsome and
apparently happy, was betrothed to
marry a neigt1 bering farmer.
One evening ?be went Into the vil
lage and later that night she was
found dying by the roadside In front
of the house. She was burled In the
little private burial ground, and the
general opinion seems - to be it is her
unquiet spirit which ls disturbing the
peace of the dwellers in the old house.
Two districts in Ulster, Ireland,
are In a state of great excitement
owing to supposed supernatural visita
tions. In County Cavan no one stir*
out after dark, aud the people are said
to be in a state of ?error, as for weeks
past the most unearthly sounds have
been heard every night.
In the farmhouse of a man named
Thompson In County Tyrone, stones
and bricks have been burled through
the windows, and churns, milk pans
and other utensils have disappeared
from the dalry, although the doors
have been locked and strict watch
i kept.
A college story that is often told at
Harvard is cited sometimes as show
ing the effect of an apparition upon
the one who beholds lt.
The story is of a youth who took it
Into his wise head to endeavor to con
vert an infield companion of his by
appearing as a ghost before him. He
sed rdlngly dressed himself up in the
usual ghost attire, having previously
extracted the ball from a pistol which
always lay near the head of his friend's
bed.
Upon first awakening and seeing
the apparition, Brown, the youth who
was to be frightened, very coolly
looked his companion, the ghost, In
the face and said:
"I kuow you; this is a good Joke;
you see I am not alarmed. Now you
may vanish."
The gnost stood still.
"Go on now," said Brown. "That
is enough. I shall become angry.
Get out of here."
Still the ghost did not move.
"By-," burst forth Brown, "if
you don't get out of here in three
minutes I'll show you."
He waited the time stated, deliber
ately leveled bis pistol and tired.
When he saw that the Immovable lig
ure stood stock still Brown uttered a
BhrieR- of fright, became convulsed and
soon afterward died.
The very moment he believed it to
be a ghost his human nature gave
wav.
In Columbus, Ga., thc Fortune
Hole, a place where the city carls
dump Its garbage, was infested hy
negroes who would search there for
articles which they might be able to
use, but which had been discarded by
the people of the town. But the
"ha'nts" are on the place now, and
no colored man will go within blocks
of lt.
1'he old pine coffin which contained
the body of Charley Sparks a negro
murderer who was hanged, had been
thrown Into thc bole. His mother
bought him another collin, and when
the colored undertaker refused to take
the old pine one In exchange, she
dumped lt Into Fortune Hole.
A little negro boy secured a piece
of the Sparks collin and, congratulat
ing himself upon having such a fine
piece of kindling, carried it home. As
soon as his mother found out that lt
was a piece of a collin, she had it
thrown into the river, and ever since
.has"resorted to divers voodoo methods
to conjure the evil spirits away from
her house.
GOOD FARMING.
WI) it An Anderdon Man Did On a
One lloro Farm.
The State says Mr. J. H. Cox, who
lives between Belton and Honra Path,
ls a successful farmer. Ills success
last year was so great that his neigh
bors have prevailed upon him to give
some figures to your correspondent for
publication.
Mr. Cox runs a one horse farm. He
owns his own land. Last year his
work netted bim over 81,300, and the
expenses were not over 8200 or 250.
Ills farm work shows what can be
done by Intensive farming,
i Here are the figures as furnished by
himself:
200 bushels corn.$ 200 00
2,000 bundles fodder. 40 00
250 bushels cotton seed. 75 00
Nine bales cotton. 494 77
Truck and vegetables. 417 58
Peas. ? 25
Total.8 1,233 GO
Mr. Cox employed one negro during
the year at a cost of 805, outside of
his board. He compounded his own
fertilizer and use five tons of cotton
seed meal, acid and kainlt, at a cost
of 870.
Some of the land he worked had
been brought up to a high state of
cultivation previously, but most of it
was ordinary poor land. He made
81 US. P>0 on one acre, the yield being
three one horse loads of onions arid
707 pounds of lint cotton. Mr. Cox
planted the onions early In the spring,
sowing them in rows live feet apart,
and later planted cotton between
the onions. The onions matured and
were gathered before thc cotton need
ed deep plowlnig, so Mr. Cox made
two paying crops on the same ground.
He made 70 bushels of his corn on
one and one-fourth acres and the re
maining 200 bushels he made on 17
acres of poorer land.
When farmers can do that well in
Anderson county there really seems
no reason in thc world why anybody
should go to Texas or anywhere else.
Killed in Hattie.
A dispatch from Bcnncttsville says
the relatives of Sergt. Ernest Rey
nolds have received a cablegram bear
ing the sad intelligence l hat ho was
killed In battle near Manila last Mon
day. He was torn to pieces by a can
non ball and died instantly. Sergt.
Reynolds was a native of Marlboro.
His father, William T. Reynolds, liv
ed in this county a number of years,
but is now at Rock Spring, N. C.
Earnest Reynolds had been in the
Phillippincs but a few months, having
geno there last fall. He was at first
stationed at Camp Jessman, Guilma
ros, but went to Manila a few weeks
ago.
Killed Them All.
Henry McDaniel, colored, went to
the house of bis father-in-law, Rev.
A. B. Flood, at Delhi, La., on Mon
day and calling his wife to the door
shot her dead. He then killed moth
er-in-law and ended by killing him
anif
Two weeks ago whilo ill at her
home, 163 Whitehall street, Atlanta,
Mrs. Dan Coursey dreamed that she
would die on April 16. Friday morn
ing at ll o'clock she passed peaceful
ly away. Mrs. Coursoy waa 59 ytNirs
old and leaves a husband.
. * WEATHER AHD CROPS.
S?ctiou Director Bauer'd Report fur
W'eilt Ending Wednesday.
The following is Section Director
Bauer's weekly climate and crop re
port for the week ending the 11th:
The week ending 8 a, m., April
Ilth, had a mean temperature of
about 68 degrees which ls nearly 3 de
grees below normal, due to cool
weather at the beginning and the
close, and warm during the middle of
the week. The lowest, temperature
along the coast ranged .from 40 de
grees at Charleston to 31 degrees at
Conway, with an extreme minimum
for the'week of 28 degrees at Liberty,
Pickens county. Thin ice was noted
generally on the morning of ihe 4th,
and light to heavy to killing frost on
the 5th. The frost was very damag
ing at places, killing, or seriously in
juring peaches, figs, plums, corn and
garden truck. lu many localities
fruit escaped serious injury, and in
the commercial peach orchards of the
"ridge" section, it is estimated that
three-fourths ol a full crop remains.
Apples and cherries suffered only
slight injury, although some corres
pondents report both destroyed. Corn
and white potatoes were nipped, the
latter killed in places. The frost was
not destructive in the commercial
truck raising districts, except to cu
cumbers that will have to be replant
ed, and was also ruinous to straw
berries in the Interior that were left
exposed. Timely frost warning made
it practicable to cover a largo part of
the strawberry crop.
Hains fell on the Otb, 7th, 8th and
9tb, but the week's rainfall was com
paratively light, averaging less than a
quarter of an inch. Scattered locali
ties bad amounts ranging from half to
over an inch. The rainfall was entbe
ly insufllcient along the coast where
droughty conditions prevail, and in the
north central counties were the ground
is becoming too bard to plow. A gen
eral rain would prove very beneficial.
Farm work made very rap'd prog
ress, and the preparation of lands is
well advanced. Planting operations
were confined largely to corn, rice and
sea-island cotton, although some up
land cotton had been planted in all
parts of the State. The soil is in ex
cellent tilth, but the temperature has
been too low for a favorable germina
tion of cotton.
Corn planting is nearly finished in
the eastern half, and is well ad
vanced in the western parts. Consid
erable ls up to fairly good stands, with
exceptions where worms and birds
have been destructive, ncessitating
considerable replanting. Some corn
has received its first cultivation.
Pice planting made uninterrupted
progress. Lands have been prepared
for tobacco, but none will be trans
planted until the moisture conditions
are more favorable. The acreage will
be much less than last rear. Plants
ure plentiful in beds.
Wheat and oats continue to im
prove slowly, but, with few excep
tions, are in good -condition. Ship
ments of early vegetables are heavy,
and truck iooks very line, but will
soon need rain to prevent deteriora
tion.
Apple and cherry trees are now In
full bloom in the northwestern coun
ties.
Kill Them Out.
The Hartsville Hoard of Health
give.} this timely advice to the citl
zens of that town, which we com
mend to all our readers.
Djn't forget that if you are trou
ble;! with mosquitoes lt ls probably
because you are neglecting thc proper
workaround your pre ilise for destroy
ing their breeding places. Mosqui
toes do not Hy far. Watch your water
troughs, your wells, rainsvatcr barrels,
old cans and bottles lying around.
Use a little Kerosine oil evey two
weeks upon water in tanks and other
places wblcb cannot be emptied.
Little pools and puddles are favorite
breeding places, but a little kerosene
on the water will kill the young mos
quitoes in half an hour. Protect your
self at night from mosquito bitns, by
using nets and screens. The bite of
the mosquito is known to produce
malaria and other disease*. A little
thoughtful and intelligent work now
and throughout the summer will do a
great deal towards ridding our town
of these pest. *
A (iront Discovery.
A dispatch from Washington says a
discovery * which may prove to be tbt
most benetictal to mankind since that
of chloroform has been made by thc
scientists of the Department of Agri
culture and will probably be placed at
the disposal of physicians and beal tl
Otllccrs of tho country within the nexl
few months. By Its use lt is regarded
as probable that tyboid fever and chol
era will become things of the past, and
only the malarial mosquito and thc
germs that affect mankind and thc
lower animals by being introduced
into tlie blood through other channels
than water will be left for science tc
lind thc remedy of the preventive. I!
the discovery proves to be all that it
is expected the germ of tyhoid will be
a simple thing to kill, and all vegeta
ble germs that are harmful to man
kind will he at the morey of the chem
ical that has been found to be theil
most deadly enemy.
Wildcat liiHiiraiice.
The Columbia Record says there ba.c
been so many complaints recently to
the comptroller general about wildcat
Insurance companies that the bc will
shortly issue a black Hst, containing
the names of the companies who h ive
not paid their license of il ut) for thc
year. Citizens taking insurance in
these companies will in case of loss
and refusal of the companies to pay,
sue the home olllce whereas in case ol
loss in a licensed company suit can bi
tiled against the agent named in tin
papers on tile in ithe comptroller'!
olllce. Should an adjuster for an un
licensed concern come info the state
be ls liable to arrest. Comptroller
General Jones is determined that thc
present insurance lav/ shall have thc
widest possible publicity as there ari
so many complaints lilied from farmers
and others who have been swindled.
Kill Out thu Rats.
Here Is a farmer's mode for ridding
his premises of rats and mice: "li
you will sprinkle sulphur on your barr
door and through your corn as yoi:
gather it, there will not bo a rat noi
mouse bother lt. 1 have done this sever
al years and have never been bothered
with rats or mice. 1 have some ole:
corn In my crib at present and not n
rat nor mouse can be found. In stack
ing bay or oats, sprinkle on thc
ground and little through each loac
and my word for lt, rats or mice can't
stay there. A pound will besuthoienl
to preserve a large barn of corn, ant
t ls good for stock and will not hurt
he corn for bread.
BEGINS WORK With the first dose,
cleansing the blood of all thc poisonous
.dds that produce RHEUMATISM, driving
?mt ?Il the dangerous germs that infest the
body-th^t is the way cures arc effected by
Other medicines treat symptoms; Rhiumacidt nmtvu tb*
taun, and, therefore, its
CURES ARE PERMANENT.
Helps the digestion, tones up the system. Sample bottle
free on application to BOBBITT CHBMICAL CO., Pro
prietors, 316 West Lombard St., baltimore, Md.
Everybody Should Read This.
We soil tho best goods for tho least money that they can legitimately be sold at. If
you need anything In the machinery supply line write us for prices. Just receiving two
car loads of pipe and car load of iron. Cheapest place in stato to buy pipe and Iron.
MA. G?lQNARD, Pres. COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., C Atkinson, Sec and Trias,
Columbia, a. O.
GET OUT OF THE RUT
By using some of our high grade ready-mixed paints on your house in
stead of the home made lead and oil mixtures, they are more thorough
ly ground hy machinery and will, therefore, give better and more last
ing results.
COLEM A N-B ALL-MARTIN PAINT AND OIL CO.
3?7 King
Wholesale and retail dealers in everything in tho paint line.
StrfM?t, Charleston, S. C. Palmetto Stamps, Automobile
Tickets.
Iii r\ c\ WI T f/"V? Don't think that every ono who hangs out a sign as a "watch
ill C VVciLCH maker" is corapotont to repair your lino watch, ftopairore who
. . are fully competent are scarce Wo d') work only ono way,-the
IP PTiT 1 VI tl O' best-we can mako any part of a watch, or a completo watch.
lVC/ jJttll tll^. Our prices are of toa no moro than you pny for inferior work.
When our charge for work Is $1.50 or over wo will pay expross charge ono way. Sand uwoiir
watch, P. H LAOHIOHOTTB Jfc CO, Jowolors, 1424 Alain St., Columbia, S. C.
Whiskey I Morphine I Cigarette All,Drug and Tobacco
Habit, I Habit | Habit Habits.
Cured by ICeeley Institute, of G.
1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspond
ence solicited.
Southeastern Lime & Cement Go.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Roofing
"RUBEROID." Write for prices.
jLvini? Cement, Plaster,
Terra Cotta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Car lots, small lots, write
Carolina, Portland Cement Co., Charleston, M
6Cr
The Privilege T*x.
The Columbia State says with the
close of the first quarter, the receipts
for the privilege tax amount to $99,
097.15. The total amount resolved
lust year from January to December
was ?98,909.00, and between the first
of April and the last of December the
amount received was over $8,000. With
this as a baslr, it ls thought that the
receipts for this year will run up to
9110,000! The privilege tax is the
revenue paid to the State by the
fertilizer companies at the rate of 25
cents on each ton of fertilizer.
'KA* ^JW-yjosed to cover the
cus* or inspect! ngine"<T?9TtiUzcT, bub
the actual cost of inspection ls much
less than the tax. For this sum the
State, through the department of
agriculture of Clemson College, is
sues togs to be placed on the bags of
fertilizers and for this reason the tax
is commonly known as the tag tax.
When the State in 1890 adopted this
system of taxation to insure farmers
against being sold Inferior stuff the
Income from this source was but $53,
000. This year that amount will
be doubled, so great his been the In
crease of Intensified farming.
There may not be as many acres
under cultivation now as there were
In 1890, but the farmers are trying
to get out of each acre the very best
that is in the soil. The introduction
of tobacco culture also required the
use of additional fertilizers, and thie
year, lt is almost needless to state,
the upward spurt In sales ls due to
the circus performances of the bulls
and bears, in the arena in Wall street,
where cotton prices tumbled and
agidn tumbled, and Sully, the most
daring of the trapeze artists of the
exchange, finally met his defeat.
The following comparative figures
will be of universal interest: The re
ceipts to the tirst day of April this
yee.r are $99,097.15; for the same
peiiod last; year, 890,069; 1898, $59,
301.33; 1890, $51,509.50; 1?00, 863,
037.?0; 1001, $70,950.08; 1902, 805,
140.55. The first of April is the end
uf the tax year, practically, until the
last two months of the fall, when
there are again heavy sales of fertili
zer.!.
The total receipts for the respec
tive years since the tax has been In
force are as follows: 1890-01, $53,
! 285.85; 1891-02, $30,108.98; 1892-03,
$50,243.95; 1893 94, $43,423.88; 1894
' 95, 830,153 93; 1895-06, $54,524.37.
At this time the fiscal year was so
altered that the date of final settle
ments came on tho 31st of December
. instead of the 1st of November and
since "1890 the receipts have been;
1897, 859,352.35; 1898, $65,494.33;
1809, $1)2,12,1.83; 1900, $75,214.34;
1001, $81,073.43; 1902, $81,744.94
i The State.
Itutter Milk and Cheese.
An interestieg monograph lately is
, sued by the national department of
; agriculture observes that "Iowa is
conspicuous as a producer of butter,
New York of cheese, . Wisconsin of
both butter and cheese, New York
p again of market milk and Illinois of
, condensed milk." The osagnitudo
; of the daily Interests of the country
, is shown by the fact that of the
] 5,739,057 farms in tho United States
' 4,514,210 keep cows, and of the latter
' 357,578 derive 40 per cent of their In
? come from the dalry and are properly
; classifiable as dalry farms. There
; are 07,822,33? cattle In the country,
; of which about 18,000,000 are kept
' for dairy purposes; nearly a million of
the latter are what are called "town
cows." In the total cow population
100,000 are "puro bloods," or about 7
I per cent; 16 per tent more havo at
r least one-half improved blood In them,
i Tho averago value of a dalry cow is
i about $30. lt takes 237 cows to sup
r ply 1,000 persons. Sixty years ago it
? took 283; that is a proof that improv
I ed brooding ls Increasing the milk pro
I duction of thc animals. Thc anuna)
i milk production ls 7,728,583,340 gal
. lons or 101 gallons for every Amerl
? can. The annual value of our dally
I products is $005,315,341, of which
J butter accounts for about $203,000,
; OOO, cheese $28,000,000 condensed
I milk 812,000,000, milk consumed
; $217,000,000 aaa bv-pr*?u?t> 841,
I000,000.
Josh Billings on Marriage.
By all means, Joe, get married If
you have a fair show. Don't stand
shivering on the batik, but pitch rite
in aud stick your head under and shiv
er lt ont. Thar ain't auy more t'ick
in getting married than thar is in
eating peanuts. Many a man bas stood"
shivering on the shore until the river
bas run clean out. Don't expect to
marry an angel-they hav been picked
up long ago. Remember, Joe, you
hain't a saint yourself. DD not ruar
ry for beauty exclusively; ueauty^ii"'
like ice, awfully slippery and tliaws
dreadfully easy. Don't marry for luv,
neither; luv is like a cooking stove,
goal for nothing when the fuel is out..
Pub- |?t. the mixture be some b(At?r^-<
becou M????eu -?n?wau^^s>.^';:
in her pocket, a go id spoiler, baddy
and neat in her house, pleb ty of go jd
sense, tough constitution and bylaws, '
small feet, a high step; and to this
sound teeth and a warm heart. The
misture will not evaporate. Don't mar
ry for pedigree, unless its backed with
banknotes. A family with nothing but
pedigree generally lacks sensj.
New M nilli?; for Kural Carriers.
The Senate has decided to deal
more liberally with th? rural flee
delivery carriers, says the Charlotte
Chronicle. His pay of S720 per year
is to be uniform and be is given privi
lege to do a parcels delivery business.
The amendment, tbe effect of which
will be to greatly ben?titted the pat
rons of the carrier, provides that ''the'
bald carriers may carry merchandise
for hire and receive subscriptions fe
and deliver newspapeis, magji^fies,
and other periodicals for &y(d upon'
the request of patrons residing upon
their respective routes whenever the
same shall not interftftV with tne
proper discharge of their official duties
and under such regulations as toe
Postmaster General m^y prescribe,
and not otherwise; and, provided fur
ther, that no carder shall refuse to
deliver or take orders or subscriptioas
for any merchandise, newspaper, or
periodical, requested" by any patron
on bis route, subject po the laws of
the United States and/the regulations
of the Postmaster General.'' Under
thiB ruling, the free/delivery service
will be more of a blessing ?nan ever.
Killed by |L Trolley.
John EngelmanA, af-d four years,
was run over by a trolley car In Char
leston on Wednesday and both legs
were cut off aboves the knees.
THE citizens of (Greenville will erect
a monument to Pa? Tucker, the brave
policeman who Was killed on Tuesdiy
n>ght in the discharge of Ids duty.
ieiB?iiSomei?
who arc in need ol th?
bret medical treat
ment should not (all
to consult Dr. Hatha
way at once, as he I?
recognised a? the
leading and most suc
cessful s pec 1 a 11st.
You are safe in
placing your case In
lils hands, as he 1? the
longest established
and has the best rep
utation. Ile cares
yr h ero others fall;
there 1? no patchwork
or experlincnt'.ng In
y/A his treatment. Fer
lai annal attention by Dr.
?/?wnuKiwnw Hathaway, also ape
DR." nATnxwAT.' olal counsel ?r?? "J
associate physicians
wheiLnecessary. which nnot^r "
you can not call, write for free booklets and
question blanks. Mention your trouble. Bf
.rything strictly confidential. J. Newton
Hathaway, M. D. ??? . r
28 Inman Building,:22i \PHno{\d St
Atlanta Ga.
^W??AT^SlAKES
A GOOD PIANO?
Good Materials, Skill, Knowlodgc,
Caro and a lot of little things you don't
see, all cost money-pay aa much as
you can.
We hm factory representatives ror
the most celebrated Pianos, viz:
Chickcrlng, Knabe, Fischer, Vose,
Behr, Mathushek, McPhall, and oth
ers.
Whatever you pay us, you are suro
of a GOOD PIANO and a saving of ?25
toU76. Address,
Malone musi? ?iouse
Columbia, S. G., will entitle you to
catalogue. Pinnow -Sc Orgft.ua