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"pO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR LIVES IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY OR OUR HEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY OAUSP "
VOL)(XIX.
BENNETTS VILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1904
TsTO 3ft
A F?LL REPORT
Of the Battle of Liao Yang Tells How
Plans Failed
AND CAUSED RUSSIAN DEFEAT
General Kuropatkln .Teilt) ?I Hin
Movement* anti lleireal lo
Mukden. Blames General
OrloO" 1'or Defeat.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg says
the long expected repurt ol' Gen.
Kuropatkin on Hie battle ol' Liao
Yang has been received, lt is dated
September ll and isas follows:
"It is now possible, from details of
the battles since August 2(1, in which
various army corps particip?t ti. te)
furnish ye ur majesty tbe following re
port of operations:
"On August 2(i the Manchurian
army cccupii d three groups of posi
tions, the lirst at l'ettsu and Anping
on the left hank; the st o ir d at Lian
diansian, in the centre, and the thiid
at Anshatishan on the right Hank.
The sn nie day the Japanese at su m> d
the offensive along the vah?le front.
At Liai diansian all their attacks
were repulsed, and ou the left we re
tained our principal posithn at Anp
lng. After a desperate bettie the
Japanese, however, succe* di d lu secur
ing the position at l'ettsu, tims
threatening the line of retieat of the
corps along the Tau river. Simulta
neously a turning movement by con
siderable foicesof Japanese was ob
served on the left Hank of our position
at Ansbansban.
-.. "Taking advantage of our position
at Liacdiausian and Anping in older
to gain time and inll'ct severe losses
on the enemy, 1 withdrew all the army
corps from advanced positions to Liao
Yang. \
"In consexjuence of the mountain
ous nature or lot the country un our
front and the 'bad condition of the
roads towards Che south, thc two
days' march towaid'Liao Yang was ol
the most difficult kind) and only the
devotion of all the troops on the eas;
front enabled it to be carried out lc
good order. Only after incredible
difllculties was it found possible tc
drag all the guns without exc?ptica
and all our baggage through thc
passes. Some of the guns we re cir
ried through the mountains by inf an
try. Difficult as was the retreat
through the passes ur.der pressure
from the enemy, the march across tin
open country was still more aiduous
The left and center columns.succet dei
in getting all their artillery and bag
grge to Liao Yang.
MARCHING DIFFICULT.
"The march of the right column
which was obliged to cress westwaie
to', the railway, waere the country hue
?i\F?Xs? mn<itL.8e,vf;relK_fjrQm.iain3. wa?
especially dillicult. Considera bU
foices of the enemy followed the rea:
guard, which maintained a stubbon
resistance. The guns of one of tb?
retiring batteries began to sink in tin
mud. Every effort was made to savi
them. Twenty-four horses wen
. bitched to each piece, companies o
infantry assltiug with ropes. Tl?
horses ariel men, however, sunk s<
deep it was necessary for the comrade!
of the latter tu haul them uut. Gen
Rutkovsky remained so ioug, cover
lng the extrication of tlie guns that
his force lost heavily, and the genera
himself and Col. Raten, commanding
the fourth regiment of East Siberian
sharpshooters, were killed. Nut with
standing all efforts, it was dually
necessary to abandon the guns.
"On August 29 the army concen
trated at Liao Yang. ( ?ne c rps ti ok
a position on tlie right hank of the
Taitse riv?r, while another held the
left* hank.
- "On August 30 and 31 the J ap??ese
attacked our a el var ce positions with
great energy, but evt rywhere were re
pulsed with enormous losses. There
was desperate lighting on our left
Hunk and centre, accompanied by a
number of counter attacks, resulting
in bayonet fighting and 1 was com
pelled to reinforce tlie fighting line
with special reserves and the general
reserves.
"During August3 1 it could clearly
be seen that a considerable force ul
Gen. Kuroki'sarmy had crossed tu the
right bank of the Taitse river, < > whuj
tu attacks on our left on August .it
and 31 was to be supposed that t u
main hedy of Kuroki'sarmy had beei
told to turu tlie left (lank of our pi si
Hon and attack our line of commun!
.cations. In consequence 1 resol vet
.to withdraw the advai ce troops ti
?the main position and concentrate ;
large iroce against Kuioki and at
tempt to hurl Iiis army back upon tin
Taitse river. Only at certain point:
was this carried out successfully.
EVACUATION ( O.M.M i:.N< i'.J).
"At nightfall, undisturbed by tin
Japanese, we commenced the ?vacua
tion of our advanced positions, wine!
already had rendered great service ii
weakening the enemy by enormou
losses. Thanks to tlie sufficient nuin
ber of bridges and tlie. manner ii
which the roads leading to Hiern hc<
been laid out, nil the troops destine
to take the offensive were, safely ol
the right bank of the river on th
morning of September 1. The enem
did not occupy our abandoned a dyane
positions until the evening of Septem
?ber 1 when they opened au artiller
tire upon Liao Yang. No trophies o
\war fell into tho hai ds of the enemy
"I adopted the following plan o
.operations: Having crossed to tb
right bank of the river the army lia
taken upa position between Hie vii
l?ge of the Sykwantun and height
near the Yentai mines, which it wu
intended to occupy with all our th
tacbments composed of 13 battalion.1
Taking the po ii tion near Svkwantu
as a pivot, it was intended that th
army effect a movement to Hank t h
Japanese positions, which extend
Hom the Taitse river near the villag
of Kwantun toward the Yentai col
lerles. Offensive operations begai
when all the troops bad taken u
their allotted positions."
"The night of September 1st, th
commander of the corps on the righ
Hank sent a dispatch stating that th
Japanese having taken the offensiv
and occupied the district northwest
ward of our Sykwantun position
inch waa of great importance to us
Lue Russian raiment, holding tho dis
trict; wau forced to retire and I was
obliged to change my plans in order to
retake the lost ground the following
day. It ?as not until the evening ol
September 2d that the entire mouu.
tain village of Sykwantun was in our
bauds. At Bret our attack did not
succeed, but thc lighting was con
tinued with unabated vigur, even af
ter darkin s ; had set in. We repeat ed
ly gained poshes.ion of the heights
but were dually compelled to wltlit
draw temporarily. Many of our de
tachments became mixed up and ha
the disorder unity nf command was
rendered dilllcult. Leaders ol Indi
vidual detachments, however, contin
ued the attack time after time and at
bust succectled in occupying the de
sired position, thereby attaining the
object of the operations of the right
think. As soon as the left think in
the vicinity of the Yentai mines on
September 2 (OrlotTs detachment,)
LCCUpitd the heights to the north ol
the mines, hold ug a strong position
facing south, he opened tire with two
batteries and engaged the army In an
artillery duel. Orlolf's right Hank
was then four miles from the left
Hank and thc remainder of the army.
In older to aid our troops holding
{.os tiens near Sykwautuu, Orlon" sent
part ol his foie.-1 fi om the hills and at
tack! d the enemy in thc direction or
the village of Sakhumoon. This
movement was ca-ried on lu com
Heids, our men with a frontal anti
(lank lire, and, losing their bearing lu
thc corn Heids, began to retire. The
troops remaining in the hills also re
tired westward.
' Hy thc time Orlolf's detachment
was within a mile anti a third ot our
otber Torces, Orlctl himself was
wounded, as was aiso Gen. Komin,
who subsequently died.
"After the evacuation of the posi
tion which had been intended to serve
as a base for our attack, tlie Japanese
extended northward and occupied the
whole range ol' hills and the Yentai
mines. Samsouolf's sotnla of Cossacks
dismounted and defend?.;', our pcsltiou
with the utmost courage, but were
gradually driven back.
KNKMY'S STUON'O POSITION.
"The enemy was now established
In an extremely strong position on the
hills, and it would have been too ha/,
ardous for our left Hank to attack
them, in view of tlie losses sustained
in the previous live days. We there
fore withdrew to the village of Tal
enko, and 1 decided to retire to Muk
den, the retreat being accomplish^
on September 7th. 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 reservts, which was sulllcient
to last the whole army eight days.
These were all destroy? tl. The pon
toon bridges were dismantled anti car
ried ot! by the troops, while tempor
ary pontoons w ere burned and the rail
^vtty-bridgc^-wnrcked.'^'T?e army ie
tired in perfect order. The enemy
attempted to pursue, but were re
pulsed.
"Precautions were taken on Sep
tember .'5 and I to prevent a turning
movement from tlie east. Tue Japa
nese to the southward took no vigor
ons initiative, hut lien. Kuroki as
sumed the offensive to tlie eastward.
Our detachments folding positions at
Talienko sustained a fur ous night
attack, which, was particularly desper
ate on September ">. We retained
our position, bul suffered heavy li sses
one regiment, which bore the brunt
of the light, losing in 500 killed or
wounded.
"Hy evening of September 5 the
danger of a simultaneous attack on
our front and left Hank had disappear
ed. The removal f our artillery,
transport and baggage trains was
elf ec ted in the face of immense di 111
cullies, but was successfully conclud
ed. Our retirement on Mukden on
September 7 was covered by a strong
rear fri?:>rd of cavalry.
"Wc abandoned i.othingfrom Aug.
ito up tn tbe time of our arrival at
Mukden. Our engineers worked with
the greatest devotit n. Throughout
all the lighting they rendel ed invalu
able service in making and repairing
roads and assisting in the railway
traille.
t\ 1'cciiliar lOHcapc.
Wiley Gibson, a youth being held
in the Lee county jail at .louisville,
Va., to await conveyance to thc pen
at Richmond to serve a llvcyenrs' sen
tence lor r.ibbciy, made good his
escape by departing from thc prison
ead io the tlrei-s and bonnet of bis
aged mother, who had been leif alone
with her si ii, that she might say good
bye. Gibsons1 escape was discovered
I when a fellow prisoner marking the
'departure of his mother went to the
i .veiling robber's cell to comfort him,
; and otu re foin tl the aged mother
dressed in tlie clothes her sun bad
discarded. "
Sellin? Seetl Cotton.
The Attorney General is receiving;!
', ! large number of inquiries as to thc law
of selling seed cotton. This matter ls
" governed by each county, and many
. of thc counties impose a license ol
! $300, so as to discourage the business.
? There is a general State law forbid
ding the sale between sunset and sun
^! ri--e, which was passed to prevent the
* stealing of seed colton by laborer.
and selling it to merchants of shad)
character The counties govern this
.f matter thi nisei ves, and those desiring
the information are referred to tin
' I count y law.
;
An kvaugeligi Murdered.
jj Sinon Thalh?lm, for a number ol
-<41 years engagi d in evangelistic work
was o urden d at hts borne Oil Wesl
Antietam si not, Ilagerstown, Md,
His lifeless body was found lying oi
the Moor by his son-in-law and daugh
ter, who had gone to see the old man
His skull was crushed in and his heat
frightfully battered. Robbery wa:
the motive. Ile was seventy yean
old. ?
Burned to Death.
Ki ve children were burned to deatl
and their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jessi
Sapp, fatally injured at Rolly Adali
county, Ky.. Thursday in a tire whlc)
partly destroyed thc Sapp home. A?
Sapp and his w ife aro not able to talk
the cause ff thc tire cannot be learn
ed.
THE RACE PROBLEM.
An Open Letter from Ex-Senator John
L. McLauren. |
IN WHICH HE DISCUSES IT.
Attributes Must, ll Net All, Our j
Troubles to (Jiving the Hal
lot to the Negro Too
Soon.
Mr. Wm. R. Luke, Nashville, Tenn: .
Dear Slr-Yours of August Jtfth to
hand a:id contents noted. Your In
quiry ls legitimate and one tu which
you have a right to expect a reply.
The nomination of Dr. Crum for
collector of port at Charleston was not
referred to me by the president, nor
do I recall that 1 made any recommen
dation as to tilling this office.
My recollection ls that the presi
dent withdrew the appoint ment when
he found there was opposition, and,
as t!ie matter at that time was purely
local in its character, 1 am satisfied
that had the contest been limited to
the Hitless, 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- color question, however,
was squarely presented, and the
president found himself io 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 thc
ease with wi deli every trivial matter
is converted into a race question.
Tile otllce of Dr. Crum dwindled into
insignificance beside the other issuse
involved.
lt seems to me that before long a
crisis will be reached where the sub
terfuges and expedients whieli have
served in the past will he Ineffective
and this race question .will have to be
m?t and settled Bquarply on its merits
The sooner tile butter; each day only
adds to thc complications and
dangers, 1'atienee, courage and self
control arc the cardinal virtues of a
Christian civilization, and when these
are cast aside the social structure
itself will fall. Yet we all know that
yo long as one crime is committed
lynching will occur, this to be follow
ed, lt seems, by "Beloreday clubs,"
indiscriminate slaughter, the over
turning of courtsand military. Lynch
ing does not lessan the crime nor does
the crime limit lynching. Tba great
underlying questions belong to the
realm of the spiritual, where moral
principles have their birthplace aud
home. Kx-Gov. Chamberlain in a
very able paper says in effect that the
lirst step ls for the negro leaders to
begins a stem 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 racts to
do and thm? muHb- bo aomo OG an non
starting point and concerted action.
Gov. Chamberlain is a striking ex
ample of how certainly every intelli
gent and honorable northerner who
takes his residence south changes his
views and becomes more extreme, if
possible, than those to the "manner
born."
The danger ls in just what 1 refer
to in the Crum 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 can divide men. The honest and
high are held responsible for the
crimes of the ignorant and degraded.
An average citizen speaking to me
last week of the Statesboro affair,
where an entire white family we.e
murdered without provocation and
then burned by a, '"Bcforeday club*'
said; "If one of my family were a
victim, 1 wouldn't care who, 1 would
simply go out and kill iirg/ers."
When this sentiment is lolly cr>stal
ked in both races you have all the
material to make the records of the
Sepoy insurrection and Indian warfare
pale into insignificance. I cannot be
lieve that all of this fever ol race
hatred, suspicion and distrust can be
laid at the door of any single crime,
lt is too deep and widespread, nor c tn
I think that the race question would
be settled if such a crime were never
again committed. The crime is an
aggravation arid only one of the tlire
effects ol' a third of a century's false
doctrines and teaching. These dis
orders are the symptoms, not the
disease, just as the Hushed cheek and
quickened puls.; only point lo I lie in
ward fever that is consuming the pa
tient. The roils of Un: disease lie
amid the passions and erro s of the
Reconstruction period when full
citizenship was suddenly thrust upon
a race of ?daves t ,tally unprepared for
such great moral and polit ic il re
sponsibllity. We are only gathering
the second harvest fi oin the s cd then
sown. Tiie lirtt harvest was in that
sad day when the south to maintain
its civilization had to ignore and defy
tiie const itution of the United States.
We are still struggling willi the near
by effects of our Civil war and the
heasy burden put upon both races is
beyond their strength, for new conse
quences are continually cropping up
lu national life.
1 read with great interest a very
thoughtful article by a Mr. Thomas
[ of Ohio published lu The North
I American Review, in which lui ad
! vocates the r'ieal Of certain porticos
( of the ReC0! miction amendments to
, the ct astin ?ion. I do not know, but
', lt ls possible that we may hive yet to
go back to lids question where Lin
coln left lt and McKinley took if up,
and as nearly as possible right eveiy
, wrong. The constitutional restric
tions of suffrage lu the States must
' bein harmony with spirit and b lt i
' of tiie constitution ot the United
States; so long as they are not it gives
1 the entire machinery a sinister
twitch. Then we can safely rest
: upon thc tidy enduring foundation
by making tiie true test of citizenship
' moral and intellectual worth, apply
' lng every restriction fairly and honest
ly without regard to race or color.
The race question would disappear
from politics and when it disappears
i there it will elsewhere, and not before.
3 The standard ol' citizenship would be
r so high that? instead of the ballot oox
i being regarded as a danger, lt would
i become thc true safeguard of properly
, and liberty. For 30 years, forced by
- these conditions lu the south to vote
aa a unit, there bas been no room for
"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 PUOTEST
? gainst the Accepted Doubla Stand
ard of Collegiate Conduo t, .
BT DE. JAME8 H. CARLISLE.
An Article That IO very Vomit: Man
sinmM Head Whothor lie
ls lil fullear or At
Work.
DaulubWebster looking back toan
incident In bis 15th year (17!)7), when
bis father was taking bim to a school
six miles from the borne, writes: "Ou
the .way my father Intimated to mu
his iutentlon of sending me tocullrge.
The very Idea thrilled my whole
frame. Ile said he then lived for but
his children and If 1 would do all I
could fi r myself he would do what be
could for mc. 1 remember that I
was quite overcome and my head
grew at/.zy. The thing appeared to
me so high, and the expense and
sacrilice lt was to cost my father so
great, 1 could only press his har'Hand
shed tears. Excellent, excellent
parent! 1 cannot think nf. til iii even
now, without turning a child again."
Perhaps 100,000 young men may be
in American CO'lfges this year. Let
us speak to one ol them early in the
session, "ls it ycur purpose bo be a
gentleman while in college?" Per
haps be ls at tirst, disposed to resent
the question as an Insult. Hut give
him a few moments lo collecte his
thoughts, and he may give us a frank
answer.
"Ye?, of course, 1 expect to be a
gentlemen, that Is, as much of a gen
tleman as a student can be. You
know some things are excused in a
student and expected in him, that
can not be done hy ordinary yoting
men of our age. 1 expect to be a
gentleman, minus the studcut, a gen*
tletnain except in the tuiugs where
my student character makes me fall
short." Unfortunately lhere was a
time Wheo, an answer like Ibis was
natural. For generations a student
was locked upon as a privileged wild
animal, not subject to the written
laws ot 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
thc 181 h century lines were imposed
on An arican students. The grades
of tine* and offense, seem strange to
us now For playing cards a tine of
live shillings might be imposed while
one sbi ling and a half would do for
playinj any game for money. "Goiug
upon'tA6 top of the college was an of
fense tiual in gravity, to drunken
ness pVjlying. lt is not surprising,
ibat tader a system like that, the
collega'Soys bad rather a confused
creeVd*morals and manners.
W W&uVetJ not go back to the rules of
thatxlay to learn what it Is to be a
gentleman In college. We shall not
try w give a full definition of the]
word. We may safely take for granted,
that truthfulness, honor and kind-1
ness lire included. Hoes the fact that j
ayouny man has entered a college
campus release bim from any of these
traits? "I was a truthful boy and
man until 1 enterered college. I ex
pect to be truthful in vacation and
after I leave college. Hut during the
session time, some who meet nie offi
cially must b2 satistied with a lillie
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 the student claim the privil ge
to play fast and loi.se with it while in
college? "There are certain kinks of
property, in the possession of certain
people, which I will most sacredly re
spect. There are other kinds of
property which my ideas of honor and
right allow me to handle without any
sense of wroiitf or shame. " 11 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 tlo so with safety.
Hut lt is not extreme to that this
same student has a very defective,
color-blind conscience and sense of
right.
Take the trait of kindness. The|
name of I'uilip Sydney is a household
word in all lands where ibe Knglish
language ls spoken. When a hoy at
school, 12 years of age (I?OU), he
wrote two letters to his father, one]
in Latin, the other in French. Ile
was rewarded by an answer in which
were w se maxims, that helped to |
lunn the boy's character and life.
Here are two short sentences, worthy
to he read and practiced by every
Knglish-reading boy. 'He courteous
of gesture and affable tu all, with
diversity of reverence, according lol
the dignity of Hie p rson. There ls
nothing that wlnneth BO much with]
so little cost." Docs the student of
today approve this, with the reserva
tion that this high standard must be
revised to suit the public sentiment!
of our campus? Let us suppose a
case. A new student, on his way to
college, stops for a night with a]
young man already bi college. All
that a sincere refined hospitality and
courtesy can suggest is offered to the
guest. The two go on to the college.
In a few days or so the former host]
joins with fellow students to annoy,
mortify, harass and afflict his late]
guest. If Hie re ls chivalry, honor,
manliness or nobility here it is that I
of thc Arabian host, who entertains!
his wayfaring guests with all possible)
politeness, bidding him farewell with]
profound bows and repeated wishes]
for a ^afc journey then hurrying
by a direct path, waylays him and
robs him nf all his money.
"I expect to be ti gentleman, con
siderate ami tender, except in my
special relation as student."
Can you let .down in your retine
rueiit, courtesy, manners and morals,
for four rich years of your life, and
1 then letup, with no permanent loss
in character or reputation? Coarse
! fun, jokes that wound, may suggest a
cnange In Sir Henry Sydney's maxim.
Nothing does so much harm, cause.", so
much suffering to one party, with so
little real satisfaction to the other.
It ls your duty and your privilege to
be a gentleman plus thc student.
When you came to college, most of
your classmates went into the walks
of business life, farms, stores, otllces.
They are expeoted to show their 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 o? a
thoughtless hour, lower your standard
below theirs?
Let us approach another student,
with a still more important question.
"Is it your purpose to lead a Christian
life in coll?ge?" Here again, the frank
student may give a quail lied answer.
"Yes, of course, 1 expect to do tbis,
but y JU know I am In a peculiar posi
tion for a few years, lt is not possible
for a student to be a consistent, all
round Christian. His student associa
tions make that impassible. I must of
course, follow the orowd in some
things, which ordinary church mem
bers of my age could not do without
loss of self respect and the respect of
others. I expect to be a Christian
minus the student. In this important
parenthesis of four years in my life I
must lower the type of piety which I
intend to resume when I get my di
ploma. An inconsistent, canipusmind
ed Christian is all that 1 can aim at
for a few years."
This is certainly unfortunate. In
these years when your piety and char
acter might be taking their, perma
nent shape, ali disturbing, enfeebling
Influences should be avoided, lt is
your duty and privilege to be a Chris
tian plus the student. Your student
relation, duties, associations should
be wings to you, and not weights.
Philips Brooks basa tine sermon ou
"Tim Mind's Love for Cod," Here are
some golden words: "Love Cod with
all your m hld, because your mind, like
all the rest of you, belongs to Him,
and it is not right that you should
give Him only a part, tu whom be
longs the whole. When the procession
of your p iwers goes up joyfully sing
ing to worship in the temple, do not
leave the uoblest of them all behind to
cook tue diDncr and to tend the bouse.
Give your Intelligence to God."
Here ls one great mistake easily aud
often made by students: "The tie that
binds me to my fellow students is
stronger than all the ties binding me
to the college, the community, the
church, my parents or my Maker." i
This short creed is the idol, Ute phan
tom of the campus den that has dis
turbed the religious creed, poisoned
the moral sense and wrecked the life
of many a noble young fellow.
To be a Christian gentleman plus
the student will not make your college
life barren or joyless, lt is an irrev
erent, if not a blasphemous thought,
that our Hevenly Father allows no en
joyments to his young followers. A
college campus is the place where gen
tlemanly and Christian character may
be found in full richness and com
pleteness. It needs no wrong or ques
tionable amusements to make a happy
collegecourse, no hours spent In scenes
that are to be recalled lu later lite
with a blush or a tear.
Take another sentence from Slr
Henry Sydeney: "Give yourself to be
merry, for you degenerate from your
father, if you do not Und yourslf most
able in will and body to do anything
when you be most merry; but let your
mirth be ever void of all scurrility
and biting words to any man. For a
wound given by a word is oftentimes
harder to be cured than that given by
the sword."
Tu every student who may read
these Unes, a merry, gentlemanly,
christian, college life.
Wotlord College.
WEATHER AND~CRO~PS.
Thc Condition ot*Cotton Not So Good
:>.-. Last ltcport.
The following is a report of the con
dition of crops in the state for the
past week, as compiled by Section Di
rector ?saner:
The week ending 8 a. m., September
12, had a mean temperature ol T l de
grees, which ls ;i below normal, due
to unusually cool Dights. The tem
perature deficiency was greatest in
the interior. The extremes were a
minimum of ?7 at Florence on the
Sith, and a maximum of un at Yemas
see on the titi).
Tile precipitation was excessive
over most of the southern and eastern
portions, and it was deficient in the
northern and western ones. The rain
fall was confined to the eaily part of
the week, the hitter part having been
general clear and dry. In the parts
that had excessive rains Hie amounis
ranged from about an inch to four in
ches: the other parts .'rom less than
an inch to no iain, the latter in Green
ville county.
l-'rom work was delayed early In the
week by cloudy and rainy wether over
a large part of the state, but it pro
gressed rapidly during the latter por
tion throughout the entire state.
As the season advances, it is seen
that the condition of early con is bet
tee than heretofore reported, while
late corn was slightly damaged by ex
cessive rains in the extreme northeast;
the crop as a wliold ls thc best In
many years. Fodder pulling is practi
cally finished except from very late
corn.
There are numerous reports of de
terioration of cotton due to coutinued
rust and suedding, and, in the eastern
counties, from tlie ravages of caterpil
ler, which have recently increased In
numbers to a damaging extent. On
clay lands, cotton has attained a too
rank growth, causing some rotting of
tlie lower bolls. Cotton is opening
fast in the eastern and central coun
ties, where picking bas mape good
progress, while in tlie extreme north
west lhere are but few bolls open and
picking has only begun. Sea Wand
cotton is in excellent condition and
is heavily fruited.
Tlie weather was favorable for hay
ing during tlie latter part of the week
and much grass was cut and cured In
linc condition. The forage crops are
uniformly good. Sweet potatoes are
poor In places, but generally very pro
mising. 1! ce harvest was interrupted
by rain, but latterly made rapid pro
gress; Hie late rice crop ls well head
ed. Minor crops are, as a rule, very
promising. *
ls the third and last battle of Ma
nassas the blue fellows, as in thc other
two, got Hoked. Wearing a blue uni
form on the battlefield of Manassas is
to count defeat.
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Sumo Important Faots and Some*
thing About Doubtful States.
The following are some facta of in
terest In reference to the forthcoming
presidential election:
Total number of electoral votes. 470
Necessary to elect. ?39
Republicans are.sure of. 183
Republ:cins must secure. 56
Democrats sure of. 102
De mc c rats must secure. 77
The Doubtful States.
Colorado with.'_ 5
Connecticut, with..'.. 7
Illinois, with. 27
Indiana, with. 15
Montana, with. 3
New York, with. 39
New Jerssy, with. 12
West Virginia, with. 7
Utah, with:. 3
Wiconsin, with. 13
Total. 131
- Before the campaign ls begun it is
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. Tl: ey never change. In
others, the independent voter thrives
A surly of the map shows that the
Republicans have strong holds on the
New England states. Their strength,
however, begins in the Ohio valley
?and spreads westward. All the
"white" states are Republican.
Tue Democratic tide begins in the
South ani sweeps northward and east
ward. Its states are black.
Scattered all over are the great de
batable states, in which theindepend
ent voter thrives and which are bat
tie grounds of both big parties. This
is tho subdivision:
Republican.
California. 10
Delaware. 3
Idaho. 3
Iowa.;. 13
Kansas.^10
Main.. 6
Massachusetts. 10
Michigan. 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
Nortli Dakota. 4
Total.183
Democrats.
AlLbama. ll
Arkansas. 9
Florida. 5
Georgia. 13
'Kentucky,. .-.
Louisiana. "9
Mississippi._ 10
Miss mri. 18
North Carolina.. . . 12
South Carolina.. 9
Tennessee. . 12
Texas. 18
Virginia. 12
Maryland.
Nevada. 3
Total.162
Thus it stands that if Rcosevelt
can carry Illinois, and one other de
batable state he 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 Bast
and the West. If he should carry
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut
and West Virginia lu the East, he
would lack 12 votes, unless he carried
some of the Western states. If he
j should lose all these and carry Illinois,
Indiana and Wisconsin lie would lack
22 votes.
The issue of both parties were made
to suit tlie debatable states, and while
the Republicans have slightly the best
of it, the light is an open one.
In assigning tlie dilferent states to
the different columns, the experience
[of provlous presidential years has been
the guide. ( )nly where a state has
been overwhelmingly and persistently
Democratic or Republican has lt been
assigned arbitrarily to either column.
Thu Storm at WUmtiinton.
Tlie northeastern or which warn
ings were sent out by the weather
bureau Tuesday night struck Wil
uiington Wednesday morning at 2
o'clock, Tlie velocity or the wind
was :i0 miles ah"hour, and by lu.40 a.
m. a maximum . velocity or 45 miles
had been reached. There was a tre
mendous tide In Cape Fear river, aud
the harbor was so rough that naviga
tion was dangerous. The beaches
were .swept by heavy tides, but no
damage was done, lu the city ten
tent shows or a carnival company
were blown down' and damage done
to tlie extent or $2,500. Two fisher
men who went out at Wrightsvllle
Beach are missing and it is probable
that they were drowned. At Mount
Olive Wayne county, 20 small dwell
ing houses and two ginneries In the
suburbs were blown down. The dam
age is estimated at $25,000.
Wolves Ate tho Hermit.
The body or Elou Virgil, torn and
eaton by wolves, has been found near
Vivi, Okla., by a neighbor. Virgil
was old and feeble, had wandered
from his caye and had been missing
for several days. He was a hermit
To cultivate his intellect and com
miine with nature, years ago he took
up lils 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.
llepuMlcan Prosperity.
Tho Pullman Car works, of Pullman
111., were shut down Thursday, and
practically every ono of the company's
7,000 employes are Idle. The closing or
the big car works at tho "Model City"
came when the 1,500 workers in thc
repair department were laid off. That
had been the only branch of the plant
in operation for some time. It ls Said
high wages brough about the closing
of the works.
A FLORIDA FEUD,
A Bailiff Chased Undar a House and
Killed by a Mob.
EIGHT MEN UNDER AEREST
Pwo Murder? Have Resulted From
Excursion Train How, in
wbiob Two Men Were Cut
to Death.
Another chapter hos to be written
n the sensational ocourences that
lave marked the little town of Bar
er Florida, during the past few days.
Thursday night Ballin II. T. Thrift
nade an effort to arrest the Altmans
or the murder of Jackson Duncan and
ames Riley on the train ladt Sunday- ?
light, but he met with r,uch a warm
eceptlon that he weut to his house
,nd gave up the attempted arrest,
jater a crowd gathered at bis house
,nd wnon he came out he was tired
ipon. He returned the fire and killed
ine of the men, said to be a white
nan na mad John Dowling. 1
Then Thrift, his gun being empty,
an under1 the Louse to escape the
irowd that was alter him but ho was
mlled out and shot to death, his body
>eing riddled with bullets. Reports
rom Baxter stated that more trouble
vas Imminent. Citizens asked that
.he military be sent there to protect
;bem' and some have left the place
ather than be mixed up in the bloody
dot which seems Imminent.
A message was sent to Valdosta,
3a., asking if a military compauy
.ould be sent there . but tue
ocal officers were at Camilla and
asides that the trouble happened. /
n Florida beyond the reach ot tbe
?eorgla authorities, lt is salt! that
,he dispute over the State Une ls one
if the reasons the Altmans give as to
vhy they did not want Thrift to ar
est them. They have said all along
hat they would not submit to arrest
>y any but authorized officers. They
laim that their crime was committed
n Georgia, in a strip of territory
ormed by a bend in the St. Mary's
iver and they will not ba arrested by
florida officials though they live In
Florida.
lt was understood that appeal had
)een made to Gov. Jennings for ruili
ary protection or aid in arresting the
Utmans and the governor promised
hat the militia would be sent there,
baxter is policed by two companies of
florida militia following tue killing
?f four men resulting from the feud
>etween the Altmans and Duncans,
ihortly before dark Sheriff Ilernddn
ind his posse brought lu eight prisiiu
rs alleged to be implicated In the
dlling of Jackson Duncan, the negro
,nd Rufus Thrift. T/he men arrested
?re: alar tow Crews, Berry Crews. Rt!
??enr^iniey ~iroueuV ?n^^?s?^
"olin Eddy, Jesse Sapp and Homer
Sddy.
Some were arrested in Florida and
thors lu Georoia. These men are
trete heel out on the Hoar of a shanty
estlng under the guard of the
iuwanee Hilles of Live Oak, the Wil-.
on battery of artillery and the sher
H"s posse. There are 11 others of the
ang. Men who were sent to see them
tave just returned and report that
hey have agreed to surrender them
elves and will come in voluntarily and
ive themselves up. if they do not
iolate their pledges this places all of
he gang in the custody of the otllcers,
?lth the exception of Jesse Altmau
vho is still at large and his where?
.bouts are unknown. He was seen in
laxter Friday but disappeared shortly
lefore the sherid arrived from Mc
kenny. It is thought that he too will
urrender when be linds that the
ithers have taken that course.
LIAOYANG LOOTED.
Mimili um i;-, at Mercy of Three Differ
ent Annice* Siillui-od Severely.
The looting of Liaoyang has few
parallels in the annals of warfare.
Three armies on three different days
lad possession of the city and engaged
u acts of depredacicus. When the
lapanese drove the Russians out the
itusslan soldier.? realized that the
jown must fall and forgot all discip
line. They looted the town, sparing
aelther Chiuese nor lOuropean simps,
Jestroying what they could not carry
iway. They wantonly destroyed
jreat quantities of food stuffs and
jther goods, ripping open bales, ba gi
ind boxes with the ever-ready bayo
net and scattering their contents over
the streets. Much liquor was found
and the soldiers becoming drunk,
committed further excesses. 1 turing
the Interim of the departure of tho
Russians and the arrival of the Japa
nese the Chinese soldiers and police
ti dished the work tbr? Russians bigan,
pilaglng the shop:, that were not
found by the Russians. When the
Japanese came they completed tho
leotlng. They had been fighting fur
five days without food except dry rice
and broke louse on entering the town.
The Japanese looted right and left.
Tho shops having already sullered
the Japanese turned their attention
to the private houses. They wanted
food principally but overlooked DO til
ing. This was the tirst time in this
war that the Japanese were guilty of
looting a captured city, and their
otllcers were much disturbed by the
outbreak. When order was restored
the Japanese soldiers were taken out
of thc walled city and now aro not
allowed inside witnout a special pass.
The Russians burned great quanti
ties of supplies. Food ip tuc Chinese
city ls very scarce.
Burned Hi? Wife.
A horrible crime is reported from
Cortes de ia Frantera, in the province
of Malaga. Francisco P?rez Oetege,
a man of bad antecedents, had mar
ried a beautiful girl, although ber
mother resisted lt. On the wedding
day the mother committed suicide,
because she would not see what slio
thought was to be tho ruin of her
daughter. A fow days after tho wed
ding the torture of the young wife be
gan, lt culminated in the husband
putting his wife into an oven, tho
the poor woman suffering a ihorrlble
death,