The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, September 23, 1904, Image 1

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"DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." VOL)?XIX. BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 23, 1904 NO. 89 A PULL REPORT Of the Battle of Liao Yang Tells How Plans Failed AHD CAU3ED DEFEAT General Kuropatkiu .Toll? ol His Movements and ltetrcat to Mukden. UlamcH General Orlon- for Defeat. A dispatch from St. Petersburg says the long expected repurt ol' Gen. Kuropatkiu on the hattie or Liao Yang has been received. It is dated September ll and is as follows: "It ls nt w possible, from details of tile battles since August 20, in which various army corps particip?t d. to furnish ye ur majesty tue following re port of operations: "On August 20 the Manchuiian army cccupitd three groups of pr si ti?os, the dist at Pettsu and Anping on the left Hank; the st c it tl at Llan diausian, in the centre, aid the thud ut AnsbaDshan on the right flank. The sume day the .Japanese a*sum< d the offend ve along the wdiole front. At Liai diansian all their attacks were repulsed, and ou the left we re tained our principal postilen atAnp lng. After a desperate battle the Japanese, however, suecc d? d in secur ing the position at Pettsp, thus threatening the line of retreat of the corps along the Tau river. Simulta neously a turning movement by con siderable forces of Japanese was ob served on the left Hank of our position at Ansbansban. "Taking advantage of our position at Liandiansian and Anplng in older to gain time and ic?bct severe losses on the enemy, 1 withdrew all the army corps from advanced positions to Liao Yang. "In consequence of the mountain ous nature of ""of the country on our front and the bad condition of the loads towards the south, the two days' march towald Liao Yang was of the most dithcult kind, atti only the devotion of all the troops on the east front enabled it to be carritti out in good order. Only after incredible difllcultlts was it found possible to drag all the guns without exception and all our baggage through the passes. Some of the guns wt re ear rie d through the mountains hy infan try. Ditlicult as was the retreat through the passes ucder pressure from the enemy, the march across the open country was still more auburns The left and center columns succet ded in getting all their artillery anti bag grge to Liao Yang. MAK0UINQ Ul FKIOU LT. "The march of the right column, which was cbllge tl to cress westwaul ^ to the railway, wuere the country bad -?.txff?itesl.^ y^tromjcalns. was especially difficult. CotslderitbTe foices of the enemy followed thc rear guard, which maintained a stubborn resistance. The guns of one of the retiring batteries began to sink in the mud. Every effort was matle to save them. Twenty-four horses were hitched to each piece, companies of infantry ass!ting with ropes. The horses anti men, however, sunk so deep it was necessary for the comrades of the latter to haul them out. (?en. ltutkovsky remained so long, cover ing the extrication of the guns that his force lost heavily, ai.d the general himself and Col. Haben, commanding the fourth regiment of East Siberian sharpshooters, were killed. Notwith standing ali ell< rbs, it was finally necessary to abandon the guns. "On August lin the army concen trated at Liao Yang. < me c. rps ti ok a position on tlie right bank of the Taitse river, while another held the le^fc bank. "Un August .'lu and 151 the .Japanese attacked our atlvat ce positions with great energy, but evt ry where were re pulsed with enormous losses. Then: was desperate lighting on our left flank and centre, accompanied hy a number of counter attacks, resulting In bayonet fighting and I was com pelled to reinforce the lighting line with special reserves and the general reserves. "During August 31 lt could clearly be seen that a considerable force of Gen. Kuroki'sarmy had crossed tx? the right bank of the Taitse river. Owing to attacks on our left ou August 110 and 31 was to he suppered that bile main hedy of Kuroki's anny bad been told to turn the left Dank of our posi tion and attack our line of commun! .cations. In consequence 1 resolved .to withdraw the advai ee trot.ps bu ithe main position and conc?ntrate a ?large froce against Kurokl and at .tempt to hurl his army back upon the Taitse river. Only at certain points was tliis carried out successfully. EVACUATION ( < I .M M I .Nt Kl?. "At nightfall, undisturbed by the Japanese, we commenced bile evacua tion of our ad vane-d positions, which already had rer.cb red great service in weakening the enemy by enormous losses. Thanks to the sulllcient num ber of bridges and the matine.- in which the toa J leadiug to them Iud been laid out, ...1 the troops destined to take the ofienslve were safely on the right bank of the river on the morning of September 1. The enemy ditl not occupy our abandoned advance positions until the evening of Septem .ber 1 when they opened an artillery ?lire upon Liao Yang. No trophies of \war fell into the bal ds ol' the enemy. "I adopted the following plan of .operations: Having crossed to the right bank of the river the army had taken upa position between the vii l?ge of the Sykwantnn and heights near the Yentai mines, which it was intended to occupy with all our de tachments composed of 13 battalions. Taking the position r.e:ir Svkwantun as a pivot, it was intended that the army effect a movement to flank the .Japanese positions, which extend tl I rom the Taitse river near thc village of K wan tun towaitl the Yentai col le rles. Offensive operations began .when all the troops had taken up their allottt tl positions." "The night of September 1st, thc commander of the corps on the right dank sent a dispatch stating that the Japanese having taken the offensive and occupied the district northwest ward of our Sykwantun position, hich was of great Importance to us, tbcUu*sian regiment holding the dis trict! waa forced to retire and 1 was obliged to dianne my plans in order to retake thc lost ground the following day. It was not until the evening or September 21 that the entire munn, tain village of ?Sj k wan um was In our bauds. At Urst cur attack did not succeed, but the lighting was con tinued with unabated vigor, even af ter darkin s< bad set in. We repeated ly gained postes-don of the heights hut were dually compelled to wlthr draw temporarily. Many of our de tachments became mixed up and'bl the disorder unity of command was rendered dilllcult. Leaders ol' Indn vidual detachments, however, contin ued the attack time after time and at last succeeded in occupying tba de sired position, thereby attaining the object of the operations of the right dank. As soon as the li ft Hank in the vicinity of the Yeutai mines on September ii (.Orlon's detachment,) occupied the heights to the north ol the mines, hold og a strong position facing south, he opened lire with two batteries and engaged the army In an artillery duel. Orlolf's right Hank was then four miles from tho left Hank and the remainder of the army, lo order to aid our troops holding tos tions near Sykwautuu, Orlon* sent part, ol" his fo: 03 from the hills and at tacked the enemy in the direction e>f Hie village or Sakhumoon. This movement was carried on lu com lields. Oar men with a frontal and llank lire, and, hising their hearing in the corn tields, began to retire. The troops remaining in the hills also re tired westward. ' ' Hy thc time Orloll's detachment was within a mile anil a third of our 1 other forces, Orien" himself was j wounded, as was also Gen. Fomln, who subsequently died. 1 "After the evacuation of the posi tion which had been Intended to serve as a hase for our attack, the Japanese 1 extended northward and occupied the whole range of hills and the Yentai ' mines. Samsonolf's sotnia of Cossacks |1 dismounted and defended our position with the utmost courage, but were gradually driven hack. KN" KM Y'S STUONG POSITION. I "The enemy was now established ' in an extremely strong position on the 1 bills, and it would have been too haz ardous for our left Hank to attack ! them, in view of the losses sustained in the previous five days. We there- 1 fore withdrew to the village of Tal enko, and 1 decided to retire to Muk den, the retreat being accomplish! ? ou September 7til. The evacuation of Liao Yang began and was con cluded the morning of September 4th. All our equipment was moved and there was no time to save commis sariat reserves, which was sulllcient to last the whole army eight days. These were all destroy? tl. The pon toon bridges were dismantled and car ried oil' by tbe troops, while tempor ary pontoons were burned and the rail *Wu*y DYiugesSvrefckerJ. - Tue -army'Te- ' tired in perfect order. The enemy 1 attempted to pursue, but were re pulsed. 1 ''Precautions were taken on Sep- I tendier A and I to prevent a turning movement from the e;ust. Tue Japa nese tu the southward took no vigor ous initiative, hut den. Kuroki as sumed the offensive to the eastward. Our detachments I olding positions at 'i'alienko sustained a fur ous night I attack, which, was particularly desper ate on September 5. We retained our position, but suffered heavy lesses 1 one regiment, which bore the brunt I of the light, U sing in ?uu killed or ? wounded. "Ky evening of September 5 the I danger of a simultaneous attack on ' our front and left Hank had disappear- 1 cd. The removal of our artillery, I transport and baggage trains was I effected in the face of immense didi- ' culties, but was successfully conclud- ? cd. eiur retirement on Mukden on September 7 was covered hy a strong i rear guard of cavalry. 1 "We abandoned nothing from Aug. . :io up to the time of our arrival at I Mukden. Our engineers worked with 1 the greatest devota n. Throughout all the lighting they rendel ed invalu able service in making and repairing roads and assisting in the railway traille. A Peculiar Kitoapo. Wiley Gibson, a youth being held in the Lee county jail at Jonesville, Va., to await conveyance to the pen af Itichmond to serve a live years' sen tence lor robbeiy, male good bis cso.ipo by departing from the prison c ad in the dre.-s and bonnet of his aged mother, who had Leen leif alone with her si n, t hat she might say good bye. Gibsons' escape was discovered when a fellow prisoner marking the departure of his mother went to the young robber's cell to comfort him, and th) re lourd the aged mother dressed in the clothes her son had discarded. * S<:1 li ll t> Seed Coll?n. Thc Attorney General is receiving a large number of inquiries as to the law of selling Reed cotton. This matter is governed by each county, and many ?f the counties impose a licence of ?H00, so as to discourage the business, 'l here ls u general Slate law forbid ding the pale between sunset and sun rise, which was passed to prevent the stealing of seed colton by laborers and selling lt Lo merchants of shady character. The counties govern this matter till mselves, and those desiring the information are referred to the count y law. An lOvaiijccliBt Murdered. Simon Thalheim, fora- number of years engaged in evangelistic work, was murdered athis home on West Antietam st ri et, 1 byerstown, Md. His lifeless lindy was found lying on the Moor by bis son-in-law and daugh ter, who had gone to see the old man. His skull was crushed in and his head frightfully battered. Itobbery was the motive. Ile was seventy yeats old. Uurncd io Heath. Ki ve children were humed to death and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Sapp, fatally injured af Holly Adair county, Ky., Thursday In a lire which partly destroyed the .Sapp home. As Sapp and his w ife aro not able to talk, the cause cf the lire cannot be learn ed. THE RACE PROBLEM. An Open Letter from Ex-Senator John L.McLauren. | IN WHICH HE DI8CTJ33ES IT. Attributen MOM, ll Nut All, Our Troubles to (Jiving (bo liml lot tu the Neuro ' Too Soon. Mr. Wm. It. Luke, Nashville, Tenn: Dear Slr-Yours of August 2yth to baud und contents noted. Your in quiry is legitimate and one to which you have a r'ght to expect a reply. The nomination of Dr. Crum for collector of port?t Charleston was not referred to me by the president, nor dol recall tbatl made any recommen dation as to tilling this office. My recollection ls that the presi dent withdrew the appoint meut when be found there was opposition, and, as the matter at that time was purely local in its character. 1 am satibtied tbat bad the contest buen limited to tbe fitness, etc., of the applicant Dr. Ci um would not have received the appointment, in the face of the al most unanimous objection of the busi ness interests of the city of. Charles ton The- eolor question, however, was squarely pre^?ented, aud the president found himself hi the. position where to decline the appointment was to admit that thc color of the appli cant constituted au insuperable bar. What a striking illustration of the sase with which every trivial matter ls converted into a race question. The oilier of Dr. Crum dwindled into iusignilieauca beside the other i.ssuse Involved. It seems to me that before lung a jrlsls will be reached where the sub terfuges and expedients wbicb have served in the past will be in-lTective ind this race question .will have to bc mol aud settled squarely on its merits. The sooner the better; each day only adds to the complications and dangers. Patience, courage and self control are the cardinal virtues of a Uhristlan civilization, and when these are cast aside the social structure itself will fall. Yet we all kno.v tliat ?io long as one crime is committed lynching will occur, this to be follow ed, it seems, by "Hcforeday clubs," Indiscriminate slaughter, the over turning of courts and military. Lynch ing does not lessan the crime nor does the crime limit lynching. The great underlying questions belong to the realm of the spiritual, where moral principles have their birthplace and borne. Ex-Gov. Chamberlain in a very able paper says in effect that the first step ls for the negro leaders to begins a stern crusade against this crime and stamp it cut and that lynch law will disappear; he may be right, but there is a work for both races to do and fchei? munt- bo aomo or.nraou starting point and concerted action. Gov. Chamberlain is a striking ex ample of how certainly every intelli gent and h orable northerner who takes his resiaence south changes his views and becomes more extreme, if possible, than those to the "manner born. " Tbe danger is in just what I refer to in the Cru in case: no matter what happens the is ne is made one of race. A division on race or religion is the most cruel, deadly and dangerous that cm divide men. The honest and liigh are held responsible for the crimes of the ignorant and degraded, i An average oitizsn speaking to me last week of the Statesboro adair, where an entire white family we.e murdered without provocation and ;. btien burned by a '\Bcforeday club" <aid; "If one of my family were ali victim, 1 wouldn't care who, I would ! I dmply go out and kill niggers." When this sentiment is lolly cristal- i ?zed in both races you have all the < material to make the records of thc ; ?iepoy insuriection and Indian warfare : pale into insignificance. I cannot be- I lieve that all of this fever ol' rae. i Hatred, suspicion and distrust, can lie laid at the door of any single crime. lt is too deep and widespread, nor eau I think that the rare question would ? be settled if such a crime were never again committed. The crime is an aggravation and only one of the dite streets of a third of a century's false doctrines and teaching. These dis- ; jrders are the symptoms, not the disease, just ns the Hushed check and quickened pulse only point to Hie in ward fever that is consuming the pa- ; tient. Tbe roils of thc tl i-.case Iii amid t he passions and erro s of the Reconstruction period when full citizenship was suddenly thrust upon a rae.: e?f ?da\es I .tally unprepared for such ureat moral and political re sponsibility. We are only gathering the second harvest from the s cd then sown. Thc lirtfc harvest, was in that sad day when Hie south to maintain I its civilization had to ignore and defy j the constitution of the United sta'es. We are still struggling with the near by effects of our Civil war and the heavy burden put upon both races is beyond their strength, for new conse quences are continually cropping up lu national life. I lead with great interest a very thoughtful article by a Mr. Thoa.as or Ohio published in The North American Review, in which he a I vocates the repeal of certain portie ns of the Reconstruction amendments l" thc costitution. I do not know, bul it is possible that we may hive yet to go back to this quest ion where Lin coln left lt and McKinley took it up. and as nearly as possible right cverj wrong. The constitutional restric tions of suffrage in Hie Slates must bein harmony with spirit and letter of the constitution of the United States; so long as they are not it gives the entire machinery a sinister twitch. Then we can safely rest upon the i nly enduring foundation by making the true test of citizenship moral and intellectual worth, apply ing every restriction fairly and honest ly without regard to race or color. Thc. rate question would disappear from politics and when it disappears th.-re lt will elsewhere, and not before. The standard of citizenship would lie so high that' instead of the ballot oox being regarded an a danger, it would become the true safeguard of properly and liberty. For 30 years, forced by these conditions in the south to vote as a unit, there has been no room for the discussion and settlement of honest differences of opinion. The b illot, box at a general election has merely been a machine registering the color of the voter, nut his' political opinions. When you take into consideration the m'ghty forces at work, and the inevitable trend of events 1 ejannot see how auy thinker who believes in God and recognizes that uplifting, evolu tionary foice, ever at work pushing nations from one epoch Into another, can have confidence in the makeshifts which surround us or believe that they can long eudure. 1 know not what the immediate future may have in store, but I believe in our country and 1 know that the democratic ideas, upou which it Ls founded are surely working us toward that condition, where liberty and justice will be the birthright of each unit composing what we call government. 1 know that tile race, labor nor any other of the great issues of the day can ever be settled except in harmony with tlie catholic spirit of the age, and that in time e very false doctrine and flimsy pretext which impedes this onward march will be crushed out of ex istence. Conditions are likely to grow much worse before they get better, on the principle that out of chaos comes order, if some power could bar out the politicians of the north who traillo with the U( gro vote in national convention aud those of the south who "holler nigger" every time there is an honest difference of opin ion, and then call Into a great conven tion the wisest and safest men of the nation without regard to race or party these great issues might be consider ed upon their merits and a way be found out of the wilderness which would save much sorrow and suffer ing. I know too much, however, of pub lic life to expect anything to be done until conditions become unendurable; then the good S2tise and awakened conscience of the American people will lind a solution for this and other problems affecting national life which now seem well might hopeless. Yours sincerely, JOHN LOWNDES MOLAUKIN. Benncttsville, Sept. I, ?004. RI PUBLICAN ELECTORS Aro Tut in itie Field, hut No Stnto Ticket. The State Republican executive committee met Wednesday night in Stenhouse Hall at Columbia for the purpose of considering the advisability of calling a State convention and nominating an electoral ticket to be voted for in the coming election for President and Y ice President of the United States: The following resolution was passed by tlie committee: ."Resolved, That the conditions in this ?State'at the present timo renders it inexpedient to n m?nate for State 0 Ulcers, and there ls no necessity for a State convention at tlie present time, this committee having full power according to tlie precedents of the party to put out a full electoral ticket." A committee was then appointed to nominate an electoral ticket. Tin: following ticket was nominated and adopted by the committee: Electors at Large-L. W. C. Bla !ock, Goldville; E\ C. Aldridge, of Batesburg. First district, J. R. Nolan, of Charleston; 2d district, (?co. G. But ler, of Barnwell; :id district, E. H. Barton, of Kisley; 4til district, M. li. Robertson, of Greenville; 5th district, John P. Jones, of Blackb?rg, ?tu dis Lric", James Ll. Bevy, of Florence; 7th district, Aiiial Lithrop, of Ol ange li urg. A campaign committee was appoint ai for Hie purpose of conducting the campaign, and a committee to write to ad Iress to the l; 'publicans of the state, setting forth Hie reasons why it is not advisable to put out a State l ink? t or to call a State convention. RESCUED AT SEA. i'iiroe ('harlcHton Fishermen Picked Up hy a Steamship. A dispatch from Jacksonville, Pla., says Captain Ingram and the crew of Hie Clyde Line ship Huron rescued a part of the crew of the tish lng smack Grey Hagle, of Charleston, Wednesday morning and brought them to that city. Captain Ingram said tiiat Iiis ship was t il the Charleston lightship Wednesday morning when he was given signals from the lightship that a boat was near there lu distress. The ho.it was soon located and thc captain wanted to take them on the Huron. There were eight men in the boat and the .s a was running high. Tlie men refused to go on tlie steamer and ask ed that a line be given them and they bel owed to tlie lightship. A tow line was putout with great ditliculty and shortly after getting the line Hie rud der of the lifeboat broke and the small craft was left to the mercy of the sea. The boat got away and soon went down and the eight men were plunged into the ocean. Pour of them gol near the steamer and they were thrown life preservers until a life line could he gotten to them. Three of the men were taken safely on board the Huron. While drawing the fourth on bjrad the steamer tlie line broke and he fell back Into the s>a and sank out ol sight. The rescued mer; were brought to this port and transferred to the^8teamer Apache, which sailed Wednesday, and were taken te? Char leston. These rescued were M. Smith, W. Simmons and ll. ll. Cadden Thi.se drowned were P. Butler, J. Han ison, A. Johnson, I!. Anderson and Ed Middleton. Tlie men all lived in Charleston. Collin Filled n itli Hillas. A remarkable story was told In A mertens, Ga., recently of a fake funeral occurring in a little country town nearby quito recently. The corpse came by express and a swell negro funeral followed tlie sime day. Thc weight of the collin surprised many onlookers, requiring che strength of a dt zen stalwart negroes to carry it. Suspicion waa aroused and late that night an investigation was made by curious white citizens. The collin was Ulled with rides. A FEGTEST ?gainst the Accepted Doubla Stand ard of Collegiate Conduo t, ' BY DR. JAMES H. CARLISLE. All Arl lelo That I : very Yuiiiii; Man Should Head Whother He IN III College ur At Work. Daniel Webster looking back to un 'ucident in Iiis l?tb year (171)7), when hts father was taking him to a school six miles from the home, writes: "On the .way my father intimated to me his intention of Bending me to colic ge*. The very idea thrilled my whole frame. Ile said he then lived for but his children and if 1 would do all I could fer myself he would do what he could far me. I remember that I was quite overcome and my head grew utzzy. The thing appeared to me so h'gh. and the expense and sacrifice lt was to cost my father so great, 1 could only press his hands and shed tears. Excellent, excellent parent! 1 cannot think of him even now, without turning a.child again." Perhaps 100,000 young men may he in American co"leges tills year. Let us speak to one ol them early In the session. "Is it ycur purpose to be a gentleman while in college?" Per haps be is at first, disposed to resent the question as an Insult. Hut give him a few moments to collect? his thoughts, and he may give us a frank answer. "Ye?, of course, I expect to be a gentlemen, that is, as much of a gen tleman es a student can be. You know some things are excused in a student and expected in him, that can not be done by ordinary young men ot our age. 1 expect to be a uentleoian. minus the studeat, a gen tleman" except in the things where my student character makes me fall short." Unfortunately lhere was a time when an answer like this was natural. For generations a student was looked upon as a privileged wild animal, not subject to the written laws oj. college, city or State, or to the equally important unwritten laws of relined; or even civilized society. Col lege laws, at one time, seemed to recognise a peculiar college code, in the lt??b century tines were imposed on American students. The grades of linea and otlense, seem strange to us now! For playing cards a Hue of ave shfilings might be imposed while one shilling and a half would do for play Inn any game for money. "Going upontAe top of the college was an of fense t^ual in gravity, to drunken ness braying, lt ls not surprising that ULder a system like that, the collegpjSoys bad rather a confused creel' V> morals and manners. Vu- St?a not go back to the rules of tbat.uay to learn what it is to be a gentleman In college. We shall not try to give a full detinition of the worii. We may safely take for granted, that truthfulness, honor and kind ness are included. Does the fact that a young man has entered a college campus release him from any of these traits? "I was a truthful boy and man until 1 enterered college. 1 ex pect to be truthful in vacation and after 1 leave college. Hut during the session time, some who meet me offi cially must bc satistied witb a little lower standard in me." Will any student deliberately adopt a creed or a practice like this? Take the question of honor, cer tainly a wine, all-embracing word. Will Hie student claim the prlvil ge to play fast and loess with it while in college? "There are certain kinks of property, in Hie possession of certain people, which I w ill most sacredly re spect. There arc other kinds of property which my ideas of honor aud right allow me lo handle without any sense of wrong or shanie." lt may he extreme to say that a student who will take an article from one person, will take any article from any person, wherever he can do so willi safety. Hut lt is not extreme to that this same student hits a very defective, color-blind conscience and sense cf right. Take the trait of kindness. The name of Philip Sydney is a household word in all lauds where the English language is spoken. When a hoy at school, 12 years of age (liHMl), he wrote two letters to his father, one in Latin, the other in French, ile was rewarded hy an answer in which j were w se maxims, that helped to forra the boy's character and life. Here are two short sentences, worthy to he read and practiced by every English-reading Loy. 'He courteous of gesture and ail al tic. lo all, willi diversity of reverence, according to the dignity of the parson. There is nothing that wkinclh so much willi so little cost." Does the student of today approve this, with the reserva tion that this high standard must be revised to sui', thc public sentiment of our campus? Let us suppose a case. A new student, on lils way to college, stops for a night with a I young man already In college. All that a sincere relined hospitality and c. turlesy can suggest is offered to Hie guest. Tlie two go on to the college, in a few days or so the former host joins with fellow stud-nts to annoy, mortify, harass and a LU iel his late guesi. If there is chivalry, honor, manliness or nobility here it ls that of the A rabian host, who entertains his wayfaring guests with all possible politeness, bidding him farewell with profound bows and repeated wishes for a tafe journey then hurrying on hy a direct path, waylays him and robs him of all his money. "I expect to he a gentleman, con sid?rale and tender, except in my special relation as student. " Can you let .down In your retinc ment, courtesy, manners and morals for four rich years of your life, and then let up, with no permanent loss In character or reputation? Coarse fun, jokes that wound, may suggest a change In Sir Henry Sydney's maxim Nothing does so much harm, causas so much suffering to one party, with so little real satisfaction to thc other. It is your duty and your privilege to be a gentleman plus the student When you came to college, most of your classmates went Into tho walks of business life, farms, stores, offices. They are expected to show tue ir gen tlemanly character In their spheres. You have some helps which they will not have. Your Intercourse with men and books will enable you tn put Into your character and life traits, tones, colors, graces beauties, which may not] be In their reach. Will you, for the Meeting, unsatisfying amusement of a thoughtless hour, lower your standard below theirs? Lob us approach uuotber student, with a still more important question. "Is it your purpose to lead a Christian lfe in college?" Here again, the frank student may give a quail tied answer. 'Yes, of course, 1 expect to do this, mi, y ju know I am in a peculiar posi tion for a few years. It is not possible or a student to be a consistent, all ound Christian, ills student associa tions make that impassible. 1 must of ?urse, follow the crowd In some ihingfl, Vrfhich ordinary church mem )ers of my age could not du without oss of self respect and the respect of )the rs. I expect to be a Christian ulnus the student. In this important lareuthesis of four years in my life I nust lower the type of piety which 1 ntend to resume when I get my dl iloma. An inconsistent, campus' <nd d Christian is all that I can aim at or a few years." This is certainly unfortunate. In hese years when your piety and char .o'.er might be taking their, p.Tena ient shape, all disturbing, enfeebling ntluences should be avoided, lt. is rour duty and privilege to be a Chris iian plus the student. Your student elation, duties, associations should >e wings to you, and not weights. Jhllips li rooks has a tine sermon on 'The Mind's Love for dod," Here are ome golden words: "Love God with .11 your m'nd, because your mind, like .11 the rest of you, belongs to Him, .nd it is not right that you should [ive Him only a part, to whom be ongs thc whole. Wheu the procession if your p iwers goes up joyfully slug ng to worship in the temple, do not lave tue uobiest of tnem all behind to ook the dinner and to tend the house, rive your Intelligence to God." Here is one great mistake easily and ften made by students: "The tie that tiods me to my fellow students ls tronger than all the ties binding me o the college, the community, the hurch, my parents or my Maker." ["his short creed is the idol, the phan om of the campus den that has dis urbed the religious creed, poisoned he moral sense and wrecked the life f many a noble young fellow. To ba a Christian gentleman pius he student will not make your college [fe barren or joyless, lt is an irrev rent, if not a blasphemous thought, hat our Heveuly Father allows no eu 'jyments to his young followers. A ollege campus is the place where gen lemanly and Christian character may ie found In full richness and com ileteness. It needs no wrong or ques ionable amusements to make a happy ollegecourse, no hours spent in scenes hat are to be recalled in later life dth a blush or a tear. Take another sentence from Sir lenry Sydeney: "Give yourself to be aerry, for you degenerate from your atlier, if you do not lind yourslf most ble in will and body to do anything dieu you be most merry; but let your airth be ever void of all scurrility nd bitiug words to any man. Kor a /ound given by a word is oftentimes ladder to be cured than that given by I J sword. ' ' To every student who may read hese lines, a merry, gentlemanly, uristian, college life. Welford Cillege. WEATHER AND CROPS. 'he Conti it ion ol'Cotton Not Su Good mts ItRHt Report. The following ls a report of the eou itiou of crops in tile state for the ast week, as compiled by Section l)i ector Hauer: The week coding 8 a. m., September J, had a mean tempen'*.iire ol T l de recs, which ls ;i below uormal, (lue 0 unusually cool nights. The tem ?rature deficiency was greatest in he interior. The extremes were a Qinimum of ~>~ at Florence on the th, and a maximum or 9U at Yemas ee on the (1th. The precipitation was excessive vcr most of the southern and eastern ?ortlons, and it was deficient in the lorthern and western ones. The rain all was confined lo the eaily part of he week, the latter part having been ;cneral clear and dry. In the parts hat had excessive rains the amounts anged from about au incl? to four in ibes; tlie other parts from less than in inch to no iain, the latter in Green ,'ille count y. from work was delayed early tn the vcek by cloudy and rainy wether over 1 large part of the state, but it pro gressed rapidly during the latter por ,ion throughout the entire state. As * .e season advances, it is seen ?bat the condition of early con is bet ee than heretofore reported, while ate corn, was slightly damaged by ex :t ssiy ; rains in the extreme northeast; ,he crop as a whole! is the best in nany years. Fodder pulling is practi sally finished except from very late :orn. There are numerous reports of de .erioration of cotton due to continued ust and suedding, and, In the eastern ?unties, from the ravages of caterpil ers, which have recently increased in lumbers to a damaging extent. On '.lay lands, cotton has attained a too auk growth, causing some rotting of ,he lower bolls. Cotton ls opening ast in tlie eastern and central coun ties, where picking has mape good )rogre88, while in the extreme north* vest there are but few bolls open and licking has only begun, Sea island :otton is in excellent condition and s heavily fruited. Tlie weather was favorable for hay ng during tlie latter part of the week md much grass was Ciit and cured in lue condition. The forage crops are inlformly good. Sweet potatoes are ioor in places, but gen- rally very pro uising. li ce harvest was Interrupted jy rain, but latterly made rapid pro ;re*s; the late rice crop ls well head- ' id. Minor crops are, as a rule, very iromislng. ? IN tho third and last battle of Ma lassas the blue fellows, as In the other Avo, got Hoked. Wearing a blue uni 'orm on the battlefield of Manassas ls ,o count defeat. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Some Important Fact? and Borne* thing About Doubtful States. The following are some facts of in terest In reference to the forthcoming presidential election: Total number of electoral votes. 470 Necessary to elect . 239 Republicans are sure of. 183 Republicans must) secure. 50 Democrats sure of. 102 Democrats must seoure. 77 The Doubtful States. Colorado with. 6 Connecticut, with..'.. 7 Illinois, with. 27 Indiana, with. 15 Montana, with. 3 ' New York, with. 39 [ New Jers2y, with. 121 West Virginia, with. 7 Utab, with:. 8" Wlcoasin, with. 13 Total. 131 - Before the campaign Is begun it is I usually possible'to say just how many votes in the electoral college each party is sure of. Some states are safe ly Republican, others safely Demo cratic. Trey never change. In others, the independent voter thrives. A study of the trap shows that the] Republicans have strong holds on the New Kurland states. Their strength, however, begins lu the Ohio valley and spreads westward. All the] "white" states are Republican. Tue Democratic tide begins in the \ Soutb arri sweeps northward and east ward. Its states are black. Scattered all over are the great de batable states, in which the independ ent voter thrives and which are bat tle grounds of both big parties. This is the subdivision: Republican. California. 10 Delaware. 3 Idaho. 31 Iowa.:. . 13 Kansas."10 Main.' 0 Massachusetts. 16 Micbigau. 14 Minnesota. ll Nebraska. 8 New Hampshire. 4 Ohio. 23 Oregon. 4 Pennsylvania. '.. 34 Rhode Island. 4 South Dakota. 4 Vermont. 4 Washington. 5 Wyoming. 3 North Dakota. 4 Total.183 Democrats. Alabama. ll Arkansas. 9 Florida. 6 Georgia. 13 Kentucky ..-,. i? Louisiana. '9 MissliSlppl. 10 j Missouri. 18 North Carolina. 12 Soutb Carolina. 9 Tennessee. 12 Texas. 18 | Virginia. 12 Marj land. . Nevada. 3 Total.102 Thus it stands that if Rcosevelt| can carry Illinois, and one other de batable Htate be will be pretty apt to be elected, or if he carries Illinois and Wisconsin he will likely win in enough of the smaller debatable states to elect | him. On the other side, Parker must carry New York, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Indiana or their equiva lent. He must carry both the East and the West. If he should carry New York, New Jersey, Connecticut | and West Virginia in the East, he would lack 12 votes, unless he carried some of the Western states, if he should lose all these and carry Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin lie would lack 22 votes. The issue of both parties were made to suit the debatable states, and while the Republicans have slightly the best of it, the tight is an open one. In assigning tlie dltferent states to thc ditferent columns, the experience ot previous presidential years bas been the guide. Duly where a state has been overwhelmingly and persistently Democratic or Republican has lt been assigned arbitrarily to either column. Tho Storm at Wilmington. Thc northeastern of which warn ings were sent out by the weather bureau Tuesday night struck Wil mington Wednesday morning at 2 o'clock. The velocity of the wind was SH miles an-hour, aud by 10.40 a. m. a maximum velocity of 4f> miles had been reached. There was a tre mendous tide In Cape Fear river, and the harbor was so rough that naviga tion was dangerous. The beaches | were .swopt by heavy tides, but no | damage was done. In the city ten tent shows of a carnival compauy were blown down and damage done to thc extent of ?2.500. Two Usher men who went out at Wrightsville Beach are missing and it is probable that tliey were drowned. At Mount | Olive Wayne county, 20 small dwell ing houses and two ginneries in the | suburbs were blown down. The dam age ls istimated at $25,000. Will vet; Ate thu Hermit. The body of Elon Virgil, torn and eaten by wolves, has been found near Vivi, Okla., by a neighbor. Virgil was old and feeble, bad wandered from his eave and had been missing for several days. He was a hermit. To cultivate his intellect and com mune with nature, years ago he took up his residence in a cave and lived on herbs and wild fruits. Lately lt was thought his reason was affected, but he resisted being removed from his cave. Itepulilloan Prosperity. Thc Pullman Car works, of Pullman 111., were shut down Thursday, and practically every one of the company's 7,OOO employes are Idle. The closing of thc big car works at tho "ModolOlty" came when the 1,500 workers in the repair department were laid off. That bad been the only branch of tho plant in operation for some time. It ls bald high wages brough about the closing of the works. A FLORIDA FEUD, ?. Bailiff Chased Und.ir a House and EUlled by a Mob. EIGHT MEN UNDER ABEBBT Two Murders Have Resulted From Excursion Train How, in which Two Men Were Cut to I)catli. Another chapter luis to be written in the sensational ocourences that have marked tlie little town of Bax ter Florida, during the past few days. Thursday night Bailiff R. T. Thrift made an effort to arrest the Altmans for the murder of Jackson Duncan aud James Riley on the train last Sunday t night, but he met with such a warm reception that he went to his house and gave up tlie attempted artest. Later a crowd gathered at his house and wh<m be came out he was ?red upon, lie returned the Are and killed one of the men, said to be a white man namad John Dowling. Then Thrift, bis gun being empty, ran under' the Louse to escape the crowd that was alter bim but he was pulled out and shot to death, his body being riddled with bullets. Reports from Baxter stated that more trouble was imminent. Citizens asked that the military be sent there to protect them' and some have lelt the place rather than be mixed up in the bloody riot which seems imminent. A message was sent to Valdosta, Ga., asking if a military company could be sent there but tue local officers were at Camilla and besides that the trouble happened / in Florida beyond the reach of the Georgia authorities, lt is said that the dispute over the State line is one of the reasons the Altmans give as to why they did not want Thrift to ar rest them. They have said all along that they would not submit to arrest by any but authorized officers. They claim that their crime was committed in Georgia, in a strip of territory formed by a bend in the St. Mary's river and they will not ba arrested hy Florida officials though they live in Florida. It was understood that appeal had been made to Gov. Jennings for mili tary protection or aid in arresting tho Altmans and the governor promised that the militia would be sent there. Baxter is policed by two companies of Florida militia following the killing of four men resulting from the feud between the Altmans and "ivuncans. Shortly before dark Sheriff llernd?u and his posse brought in eight prison ers alleged to be implicated in the killing of Jackson Duncan, the negro and Rufus Thrift. 'The men arrested are: Bartow Crews. Berrie row.;. Bil H?Ueti; " balley '"j.lOueiv, -?rru---r?rofcOTi John Eddy, Jesse Sapp and Homer Eddy. Some were arrested In Florida and others In Geornla. These men are stretched out on the door of a shanty resting under ' the guard of the Suwanee Rilles of Live Oak, the WU- . son battery of artillery and the sher iff's posse. There are 11 others of tho gang. Men who were sent to see them have just returned and report that they have agreed to surrender them selves and will come In voluntarily and give themselves up. If they do not violate their pledges this places all of the gang in the custody of the oUicers, with the exception of Jesse Altman who is still at large and his where abouts are unknown. Ile was seen in Baxter Friday but disappeared shortly before the sheriff arrived from Mc Clenny. lt is thought that he too will surrender when he linds that the others have taken that course. LIAOYANG LOOTED. InhaliitantH at Mercy of Th reo Dur?r ent Armies SuU'orod Severely. The looting of Liaoyang has few parallels in Hie annals of warfare. Three armies on three different days had possession of Hie city and engaged in acts of depredations. When the Japanese drove the Russians out the Russian soldiers realized that the town must fall and forgot all discip line. They looted the town, sparing neither Chinese nor European stiwps, destroying what they could not carry away. They wantonly destroyed great quantities of food stuffs and other goods, ripping open bales, bags and boxes with tlie ever-ready bayo net and scatL.ring their contents over the streets. Muon liquor was found and the soldiers becoming drunk, committed further excesses. Dining the interim of the departure of the Russians aud Hie arrival of Hie Japa nese tlie Chinese soldiers and police finished the work the Russians bi gan, pilaging the shops that were not I found by the Russians. When tho Japanese came they completed tlie looting. They had been fighting for five days without food except dry rice and broke l0i,se on entorlng Hie town. The Japanese looted right and left. The shops having already suffered the Japanese turned their attention to the private houses. They wanted food principally but overlooked noth ing. This was the first time In this war that the Japaneso were guilty ot looting a captured city, and their officers were much disturbed by Hie outbreak. When order was restored the Japanese soldiers were taken out of the walled city and now are not allowed inside without a special piiss. The Russians burned great quanti ties of supplies. Food in tuc Chinese city ls very scarce. Burned uis wile. A horrible crime is roported from Cortes de ia Frantera, in the province of Malaga. Francisco Ferez ( iotege, a man of bad antecedents, han mar ried a beautiful girl, although her mother resisted it. On the wedding day tho mother committed suicide, because she would not see what she thought was te> be tho ruin of ber daughter. A few days after thc wed ding the torturo of the youLg wife bo gan. It culminated in tho husband putting hi* wife into an oven, the the poor woman suffering a |borrible death.