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GOVERNOR TILLMAN'S ADDRE88 THIS NORMAL AM) INDl'STKIAL COLLKOK. The Kdiu-nlliiii of Woman for llrr True* Sphere in Ltlb?A Review or the W ork uml I'mnrcsN o I II.-In . LourniiiK in South furoliim?An 'Appeal tor I'eneo Anions the People. Ladies and Gentlemen : Thin Is u treat and glorious day for South Carolina. It is a day of promise and bright hope for York County, but the men and women whose breasts should swell and throb with deepest emotions of gratulation and pride are the men and women of Kock Hill?those whoso pluck, Bolf-reliauco, far-sighted business iustincts uud patriotism made them enter the race for the prize and eoiue out winners. If, as is already eleurly apparent, the prize is a greater, more valuable one than they themselves ever dreamed, then 1 know every one of you who comes to celebrate the public installation of this trraiwi i lisiitut ion will i.ilt, mn in ? ? *"x"' " Jv*" ,1,v IM VVIJ gratulations to the people of this ambitious, progressive little city, and your heart sympathy is shown ^>y this outpouring of people to witness her triumph. \Ve havo met to celebrate with lilting ceremonies the laying of the cornor-stone of this grand State institution of learning. It is, us it wore, the public and ollioial birth of the Woman's College. As chairman of the Hoard of Trustees the task has fallen to mo? and I perform it willingly?to make a few introductory remarks. And lirsi let me say that in casting about in my mind for something lilting the occasion I thought it would interest you to know something about the ceremony itself, uml I went to work to look up the subject. 1 soon found that I had gotten into very deep water?so deep in fact that 1 havo never touched bottom?for although 1 havo ransacked encyclopedias and Masonic dictionaries, 1 can find nothing very clour on the subject, ami absolutely nothing as to its origin. Wo read every day of the laying of the corner-stone of this monument or that edilice or church, and it is always done by the Freo Masons, but the Masons themselves, whiie thev iinnlov a most iumosino ritual and use (symbols thut aro very impressive, uro equally in the dark with ourselves as to when, whore, or by whom the ceremony was instituted. In tracing the matter up 1 got as far back as the Hook of Job, one of the oldest books in the world. He lived more than lifteen hundred years before Christ, according lo the accepted chronology, and in that remarkable poem occurs this awe-inspiring query, propounded by God himself to the Man of Many Sorrows : " Whore wast thou when 1 laid the foundations of thn earth ? declare if thou hast understanding. Who has laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it Y Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened ? or who laid the corner stone thereof, when the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy V" Here we lind mention made of the corner-stone of the earth, as though it were an edifice built by God himself ; also of tho " line " which Masons use for their measuring. Of course the Book of Job was written by a man and necessarily his similes had reference to pre-existing conditsons and customs, and tho beautiful ceremonial which you will shortly witness will excite in your hearts and minds sensations ai^ thoughts of tho mobtsolomn and inspiring nature. Tho mind will dwell upon the idea of a great First Cause, a sure foundation and a wiso adaptation of means to ends, whilo the heart will ho lifted in gratitude for the blessings we enjoy in tins world and the hope of u higher life in tho next; and, then, the imagination will picture brightest dreams and anticipations for tlie future of tlie institution which we propose to erect hero, and tho boundless benefits that are to accrue therefrom to our Stale and people. Victor Hugo, in speaking of tho the pyramids, describes thwin as "so /.l.l ?!...? *\ 1 i A\ uiu i/tiut tnu^ iiuvc luruuvien uiu names of their founders," and while, as wo hare soon, there is nothing in history touching the origin of tho ceremony of laying tho corner-stone, the first beginnings of Masonry, the origin of tho order, are equally a mystery. It is claimed by some that tho Musonic fraternity first became an organized or corporate body at the building of Solomon's Temple, which was dedicated nearly 2,900 years ago. "Whether this be true or false, tho re is absolute proof that the Masons are tho most ancient guild or order in tho world : and, while 11 ugo's apothegm is applicable to the fraternity, it is certain that a ceremony similar possibly to the one which you will witness to-day, was performed at the beginning of the erection of that magnificent edifice, which David's son erected to the Most High. In the days of old it is true that the Manson was tho man who hewed tho stone, fitted it to its place, tried it with his level, measured it with his square, fixed its perpendicular by his plummet,'and placed it in position as u basis and starting point of tho edifieo. Hut while tho stone-cutter of to-day may he a Dree Mason, ti^c Free Mason is no longer necessarily a worker with the hammer and the chisel. The history of the transition from the active, practical workman to the speculative, mysterious philanthropist and door of charitable works might interest you, but I must hasten on, and you will doubtless ho more than willing to have your minds brought back from this ox< ursion into the dim past, with its unknowable mysteries and its inspirations, to the present with its duties and high purposes. The history of higher education in South Carolina for men is one of which our people may well be proud. The South Carolina College at Columbia was founded in 1801, ninety three yeurs ago, and it has always deserved and received a handsome support from the State. The Citadel, another sehool for boys, was established fifty-one years ago. Until within the last eight years these two colleges which were promptly re-opened as soon as tho white people regained possession of tho government in South Carolina in 1870, were considered ample by those who had eurnroi wj suppiv au me neeas cu our people for lusher education by the State. But the whocls of progress wcro moving, even in South Carolina, and, after a somewhat protracted and bitter struggle, another school for boys? Cleinson College?was established in 1881), by Act of the General Assembly, and opened its doors to students lust July. This school is a new departure. The three fundamental ideas which have actuated those who plead for it. i nd who have opened it so successfully, i re chca mess, the dignity of lubor, i nd the application of upplicd science to praoticul affairs. It is a "bread i nd b liter" school in every sense of the v.ord, set-kin.,' to lit men for the occuj i>tions they intend to follow, while I rlag a good practical drill ia tha English brunches. It wus contended t by Those who opposed its being foun* 1 dud, that tho man should bo educated t first and leave him to acquire toehni- t cal or tpcciul training afterwards. Tito < fundamental idea of the Clemson cur- \ riculum is that iliu two siiail go to- t gether; that while the mind is being t drilled to reason correctly and tho ( brain cultivated by tho acquisition of i knowledge, the band and eye shall 1 also bo trained, and that, instead of ] wasting time in physical culture in tho ] gymnasium, or the baseball ground, or i the tennis court, the lx>y shall receive i all necessary muscular development by < performing lal?or which is educational I on the farm and in tho work shop. That this college has mot a long felt i want and that our pooplo have faith 1 and hope for the new system of eduea- * tion, you have ocular demonstration in ] LUa .*.1 1 I I # ' * uiu n|iiuuuiu corps 01 eauets, milliner- < ingb(k), who have paid their own way < to coiuo across the State to give an < earnest of the pleasure they feel in ad- < ding eclat to the occasion which lias I brought us together. Consider thut ten months ugo every one of these 1 erect, manly looking youngsters, was i u gawky, slouchy country lout or city | dude, while half of thcin have only i been at Clemson since February, and , you will give due credit to those iir < charge of it for the transformation i which has been wrought. I have reason to know that the transformation going on in their minds is equally i marked. These youths are the seed ; corn of our country. They are being taught that God helps those who helps ( themselves; that success in life re- , quires self-reliance and labor ; that | work is honorable; that work is nec- , ossary, and that South Carolina will never achieve greatness except through | the efforts of her own children; that j knowledge of books is good, but not the only Knowledge that is necessary; , that knowledge of things is better; , and that skill, energy and persever- j auce, with diversified pursuits, will j alone make South Carolina great and , prosperous. ( We find, when wo come to rocapltu- . late, that the South Carolina College, ( hoary with ago and rendered illustri- , ous by the famous men it has educated, ] stands strong and sturdy among itsclus- , toring elms in our Capital City. The , Citadel, equally honored by its alumni, | is llllilllf i(.? Ulmoilll uilll'lf in I 'litlslnLtnn -> ^ UWI IVOWU. J C'cinsdii, which is spanned by such a | bright rainbow of promise, is fanned t l>y the mountain breezes of Oconee, i All for boys. j What have wo done for our women ? Where does the State educate its fu- 1 tare mothers? The answer to the one | question is " nothing the answer to j the other is alas! too often, " no s where." Hut, thank God, this threat ( wrong will soon lie righted. This re- t preach on our justice and our states- y manship will no longer cause us to | blush. Wo have waited long?too , long?but tardy justice will be done to . the sisters of the boys for whose edu- , cation the State has spwnt hundreds of ( thousands of dollars, while the girls . have rocolved nothing. , Grander in design than any or all of i them, larger and more elaborate in \ architecture, more beautiful and orna- . mental, as is iitting, the Winthrop ] Normal and Industrial College of South , Carolina will ere long pierce the sky ] with its stately spire, and the sky of , York will be snunncd by another t bright rainbow of promise, that will | attract the gaze <if the people, not ( only of this State, but of many States. , The building, whose corner-stone wo j lay to-day, is ono of the largest single . school edifices in the South, and, when | the two dormitories, which are required to complete the plan, are erect- j ed, it will be the largest female col- , lego of its kind in the Union. t ltt> it. Hiiid In In, .,f fli., i\t the State that, whether from shame at _ their long neglect, or from a sturdy realization of the necessity and importance of the system of training which we propose to inaugurate here, that there has not been one dissenting voice thus far raised against the building and equipment of this college, since the idea first took shape three years ago. Hoforo 1 proceed to give a brief outlino of the scope and plan of the institution as it has been mapped out by the hourd of trustees, 1 would go back a little to speak of Clemson. As you all know, that college is located at fort Hill, the old homo of Carolina's greatest statesman, John C. Calhoun. The history of its endowment by Mr. Clcmson, whose name it bears, is not necessary to be given as you are all familiar with it. It is of the connection of the school with Calhoun's memory and spirit, which is its presiding genius that I wish to speak. .In 1800, Daniel Webster, Calhoun's great compeer in the Senate, wat made Secretary of State in Fillmore's cabinet, and his place was filled by appointment of the Governor of Massachusetts. In March of that year Cullioun passed to the land of shadows, and this successor of Webster, a man of noted ancestry, of ripe scholarship, the highest integrity and character, the broadest statesmanship, eloquent and every way fitted to do the sub ject justice, pronounced a eulogy upon t the dead Carolinian in the House of i Representatives of which ho had boon i a member for ton years previous, t which was eminently worthy of both, t This is the bond of union between the two men. Disgusted with the trend i of political affairs, for he was a friend I of the South, this man retired from i public life and devoted himself to such \ other pursuits and pood works, as I have made his name a household word i in America. I So that, when Georgo l'ealmdy, the I celebrated philanthropist who has 1 done so much for education in the < South, died, this gentleman was ap- I pointed chairman of the hoard of trus- 1 j ices to carry out his will. This was i more than twenty-five years ago, and ' you can readily see that ho must he i very old. At his home in lloston he is calmly awaiting the call of the Master. It was our hope and purpose, and we i used every effort to have hi in grace this occasion with his presence, hut his physical condition did not permit. In response, however, to our urgent in- ! vitation, he has sent us a letter, which i I will read : Hoston, Mass., 3rd May. 1804. i llis Excellency Governor Tillman, the Hon. W. 1). Mayticld, I'rof. Edward H. Joynes, Committee Gentleman : Your most obliging letter of the 30th It., reached me last evening and 1 i I novtuix tu uritnowii/ wii/ii niy 1 sincere thanks. Whin my illustrious i I friend, Mr. l'eabody, to whoso memory | all the tributes of Southern schools and colics# rightfully belong, placed i in my band bin great instrument of ; endowment more than a quarter of n I century ago, and appointed mo the I permanent chairman of his trusteos, I ? did not dream for a moment of the 1 duties or distinctions which that ap- ? pointmont would involve. My heart, < like that of Mr. Peabody, was wholly I engrossed with the welfare of the i childr< n of the South, and with the . restoration of brotherly love among i the people of the Union I could not j havu imagined that I should outer my i Mghty-sixth year, if at all, to bo so ilghly honored as your communioaion announces, in tho old State of , South Carolina. Conscious of having j ;o-operatod to tho extent of my ul?ility ,vlth iuv fellow-trustees and with our successive general ugents, Dr. Sears ind Dr. Curry, in promoting the vital ;auso of edueution in all the Southern States, which were included in Mr. L'ealnxly's endowment, I have repeatedly excused myself from any personal recognition. 1 have found an implo reward for all I have done or ittempted to do iu tho signal success ?vith which the elTorts of our board liavo been attended and blessed. 1 cannot, however, bo insensible as ny life Is drawing so near its close, to die distinguished compliment urrnngjd for my approaching birthday. Most heartily do I wish 1 could he with pou at Keck Hill personally on that toeasion, but age and intirmities compel me to deny myself and 1 can >111 y assure you of my heartfelt gratitude. The Normal nrwl 1ih1hu(hIhI with which South Carolina lias honored my name had already fulfilled the expectations and hopes of its friends under the devoted care of President lohuson. May it continue to he for centuries to como an ornament and support to the State which has so wisely and liberally founded it. Ilelieve mo, gentlemen, respectfully and faithfully your obliged fcllow-eitisen. KohuutC. WlNTintor. 1 will say here, by way of parenthesis, that it was through his fostering are as trustee of the Poubody fund, that the training school for touchers, darted in Columbia in IHKii, began the work which laid the foundations of Lho institution which weare now erecting. i know I voice the sentiment of [ivory man, woman and child in this audience and in South Carolina, that it is altogether lit and right that we have honored Calhoun's friend and julogist by giving his name to Clomjon'stwin sister. And 1 know you will ill unite with me in the prayer that this grand, good old man may be quired at least to see the fruition of our hopes in the assembling within those walls of the 000 South Carolina girls for whom we are preparing. Neither of .hose men can receive any honor from die association of their names with he two colleges. Let us hope that the youths of our State from association will emulate their illustrious exwnnlo. This school is to bo known as the Winthron Normal and Industrial Colego. 'Ihoso two words, "normal" ind " industrial" aro the two lead itars which must guide our people out >f the wilderness of poverty, ignorance md stagnation which surrounds us. iVithin their meaning lies our only iope?the one says educate, the other ncuns work. I would not be underitood as claiming or intending that the women of our State do not now work >r that they are all ignorant. In fact, $01110 years ago, in discussing the muses of our depressed financial condition, 1 made the assertion and I stick to it yet, Vhat only two classes of our lopulation did their share of work. l*Jo observant or fair-minded person tvill deny that our wives and daughters liave mot the changed conditions wrought by the emancipation of the davos with much greater success and 'ortitudo than the men, and that they lo a much larger portion of work than ve do. On the other hand, it is equally >atent that the luilk of the labor imong the colored people is performed >y men. But to return to the scope and purlose of the two lines of teaching which 1V0 expect to pursue here. We desire .0 say that we fully realize and underitatid the great need of better teachers ?teachers trained specially for that vocation. There are hundreds and thousands of fairly well educated wonen in our State, many of whom are 'ollowing the noble avocation of tending. But the mcro possession of tnowlcdgc does not carry with it the iiower of imparting it, of exciting unulation, of making study interestug, of training children how to think md exercise their reasoning powers. I have often thought that teachers are lorn, not made; and we occasionally ueet with those who have a genius for imparting knowledge. But the imiroved systems which have been idooted in the Winthrop School and acility with which all the graduates >f that school obtain positions at more emunerativo wages than others of 'qual education, who have not had its idvantages, is proof that normal trailing is an absolute necessity and invaluable. Without reflecting in the ilightest upon the work which has litbeito 1 utnti flnno in ! ? I vtv/Mw in in in j nil?) 11 1 >ur purpose to enlarge and improve >n that work, and it will he our ambition to have sueli professors and inuigurate such a curriculum as will not mly furnish faeilities for persons ul eadv educated to get this normal raining, but to take the young girl 'rush from homo and carry her through ill the classes up to tho*highcst proleieney in the normal department, onfurring degrees for the varying legrees of prolieiency. Thoro will lever be any restrictions as to the lumber of normal students, but wo will -ako all who apply for this specific training. But along with tho normal, co-ordilated and of equal importance, will ho die industrial feature of the school. Somebody long ago said " knowledge .vas power." In these latter days, we Have also come to learn that knowledge is also money independence. And knowledge coupled with skill, backed by industry, will always insure any woman, however fragile, absolute exemption from want and poverty. Kvery father who thinks aright, would have bis daughter, if thrown on her own resources, able to earn her own support. The elTeets of slavery upon our habits iind customs are still plainly visible, however. Wo are disinclined as a people to have our women leave homo to rieek their fortunes or enter into industrial life. Tho consequence is. that with the system of education which has liitllPrlii ni'ounllnil i......... . . . r. w . .w? , j/I * j m i i (i WUIIM'II solely to adorn the drawing room and shine in society, our women huvo been altogether helpless and our system of education have been a fatal blunder. How many thousands of our women, tenderly nurtured, carefully trained at the expensive board in# schools, have found themselves by the death of father, brother or husband thrown on their own resources, left to battle with the cold, hard world by the loss of their protectors ? Kvery day we come across <onio of these, and while an increasing number have found positions of late Vi ars, as clerks in stores, the vast army tiave had no other avenues open to them except work as seamstresses or in :otton factories. In these latter, owing to the fact that the manufacturing mlustricsof our State have only devolved in tho coarser fabrics, their labor ia? not been very remunerative, and it s only sought as tho dernier resort. Any one who has visited the Northern dties and factories is struck with the tainful contrast in the dress, demeanor, ntclligcnco and ovidont prosperity of the skilled female labor, compared with that which wo see hero in the South. We can and must change this. In the industrial department of this college it is our intention to teach everything and have the students pruetico every industrial art that will lead to independence. Music will bo taught, but only as an industrial art in other words, with such proficiency only in singing and playing as will insure livelihood. As an ornament it will not he taugnt at all, and those lucking in special talent will not receive tuition in it. lint don't understand mo as meaning that we intend only to lit those who enter the industrial departments for making their own support. Wo will have a laundry, where the girls will do their own washing and ironing. The chemistry and practice of cookery will be taught and everything connected with housekeeping. The dining-room and dress making departments, and ail that goes to make < ?i?? i/utj?u tiidiiMkiiu iiiui ono limits, i which 11 woman has to do to mako a 1 pleasant home, will ho taught in the > best manner possible. They will bo < taught, by having them done by the | students themselves, for wo will haveno servants except for the drudgery work. All the distinctions of wealth will be done away with. 1*1 very pupil in the school will be required to wear a uniform, and a girl's whole clothing outfit, for a year, will cost not exceeding $20. I'm getting in deep water hero, for I'm not altogether skilled in this department; but 1 know every , father and husband will sympathize , with our aspirations along this line, s I will simply say, as a corallary that I t have a daughter oil' at boarding school, , who has been gone nearly a year. Sincarried oil'a big Saratoga trunk full, j and her mother has sent her so many , dresses since she left that she will | have to buy another trunk to get back , homo with?and I am determined that no girl shall over leave the Winthrop , College with or bring to it, a Saratoga [ trunk. Thero will be no conflict or rivalry j. between the Normal and Industrial l departments. In fact, the normal t students will bo required to take in- i dustrial training in order tbut we may . bo able to have manual training taught t by the Winthrop graduates in our free common schools, when this feature | shall be grafted on to our school sys- j tern, as we hope to see done ere long. v Now, I'm going to do somo very {, plain ta king. While our aspirations f and ambitions are all in the direction 8 of fitting women for self-support, both as teachers and as followers of Indus- i trial avocations, 1 want it understood ? that I, at least, am irrevocably op- t posed to anything being done or taught , hero Unit will tend in the slightest (l degree to rub the bloom olY of the | peach. Clod forbid that this school i s 11 a 11 over send forth a w oman who has n been unsexed. Wo would have the i clinging, hoipless croture able, to stand t. erect and walk: wo would have the f birds given wings?to fly from homo? j, sock avenues of indopondeneo; but , never, never, never havo any of the daughters of South Carolina who shall \ be trained in those walls, by reason of j the strength and self reliance which we hope to impart here, become other c than helpful wives and happy and self respecting mothers. Woman's special c. providence in life is of a home- a maker. Her greatest glory, her proud- p est distinction, the object of her erea- f, tion in fact, that is that of motherhood. (> " Woman, Clod's last, best gift to man.'' is associated with all that is $ brightest and noblest and best in men's c lives. Asdaughtcr, sister, sweotheart, $ wife, mother, she is inspiration and a , solace. As a wife she doubles man's (J joys and halves his sorrows, simply by t sharing them : hut the highest, purest, ii most solf-sacritlcing love in the world t is that of a mother. It is to lit women o to he mothers?high, noble, properly a trained mothers, the natural and proper a guardians of children, that this school t, is founded. We will start it in that h path, give it the bias and direction to ? which it should be held, and thus best I discharge the high duty imposed upon t us by those who have placed us in I > , control. o Contrast the picture I have drawn v of a woman trained in all the domestic tl arts and economies, and some breadwinning occupations ; self-reliant and n strong, yet withal modest, self-respect- a ing and lady-like, with what we sometimes see, oftener read about a strong d minded, hold bra/.en, port, self-assert- p ing female, prating of " woman's rights," " man's tyranny and selfish* ness," the "degradation of nursing pj children," and so on, ad nauseam. The si first a picture to illustrate Words- f< worth's noble lines : p '' She was a phantom of delight, n When llrst she gleamed upon my sight, tl A lovely apparition, sent C To be a moment's ornament; n Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, ti Like twilights, too, her dusky hair, u Hut all things else about her drawn b From May-time and thoohcerful dawn. |> " A creature not too bright or good H For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, I'raise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles, The reason firm, the temperate will, n Kndurance, foresight, strength and ? skill ; q A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort and to command. j Of the other 1 have no lit description, n for poets have never sung her praises. a These composite, unnatural, unscxed d women, striving to be like men, have tl lost all the finer graces and charms, o which have always made men the r slaves of the sex, and have gained a nothing in exchange except their own c morbid self-esteem. Such women are s "simply horrid," and it will be. the g ambition and care of all friends of this u college that it shall never send forlb n in* lun iMM uin- ( i uiese " iioithi crea- a turns. Evory true man ucknowldogcs ti the existence and pays duo respect to |' " woman's rights." Wordsworth gives t her the right to " command,*' and all a men sinoe Adam sot us the e xample in e obedience, even to do evil, have obeyed when the behest was given by a true n woman in a womanly way. h The young men who will be trained n at (Jlemson, in the manner 1 have in- p dieated. will naturally look hither and seek among tho students who will k lloek to Uoek Hill for their future help- a meets. They are even here now reeon- p noitcring the ground. And after Win- r throp gets fully under way, 1 think t that it ought to be the lixed policy of 1) 1.111? niiinnirAiiii ??f / * f I Ko I n-?\ ?l i ? I wi v"W ?nv vviiukub |i> ii have frequent migrations to and fro, is for it will inspire and help the boy.- o to eomu hcio. and the girls will Ik- S~ ?qually bene tit* d by an occasional ox- p cursion to Clcmst p. The alliance it n ? natural one and the two schools rut h into each other, and are just as much -> hone of one hone, |io?h of ( no (loth as s though already married. e Heforo closing I want to givo cmpha- > sis to one thou, lit, have mil < t y pointed out the unanimity with winch p men of all el cm conditions and id< as t l ave joined harms in aiding to erect h this school. It is tho one thing and \ tlu- only thing tsj on which tlie men of f< South Carolina at o atprts. at uu.lcd. b I Only nllutlin^ in passing. to tho division und bitterness which exist among uur'people, allow mo to expresa tho hope that this point of union may grow and spread : that the inspirations of this day may prove a harbinger and help to hasten tho restoration of that harmony atid friendiy fooling whieii nice existed and which iihi.4 necessarily return before we can have any great degree of prosperity. Our interests are one, our ancestry is tho sumo ?let us yield to the rule of justice and reason and the govt rnmcnt of the majority, for we be brelhorn. Why not dwell together as brethern? As in the days of old tho ancient Sahines were brought to peace with the llomuus by the women who bad been seized and born off captives to become the wives of tho latter ; so may the women of South Carolina become jur peacemakers. Lei them take hold of the work in jttriium kuiobii v 110 campaign mooting in full force to make their fathers, husbands ami brothers behave theinjelves ; ami at the eml of the summer iVo will have something better than l>rohibition or the sub-treasury : ' l'eueo in all our hearts. lVuee in all our homes." I*| TJIICOLI) llMI.lAltlAO." 1 be I'll! m o ol' llio Itoad?Receiver Chamberlain to Retire?Ho Goes Itaek to Now York. The News and Courier has interviewMi Kx-Governor I >. II. Chamberlain in egurd to tlie recent trausfer of the south Carolina Railway, and he makes ,he following statement as to its future nunngoiuont: " No disposition of the property of ho South Carolina Railway Company uuilil alloril mo more personal grutiication, or in my judgment give strongr guarantees of advantage to Charles(iii and South ('arolina, than its present wnership by the Messrs. i'arsons and heir associates. I say this as a warm md constant Iriond of this city and state. There is no community in the and whose prosperity 1 more greatly lesire than that of this city and State, f tho Louisville and Nashville Com any or some other large railway sysem could have obtained tin* South larolina Railway and used it for tho >enetit of the locality in which it lies, t is possible that greater advantages vouiu nave come ilom such ownership ban from si iuoro private ownership or roiu continuing it as a private and eparate railway. " I tut the Louisville and Nashville uivo seen lit. after investing more than . million dollars in the junior scout iit s of the South Carolina Railway, to Jlow this great interest to he wiped lit and the property on which they uul expended so largo a sum to pass nto other hands. Personally I am uore than content with this result, for he property is now owned independntly by gentlemen whom I have known or twenty-live years, who are exporeneed business men and practical rail* oad men. They know what they have ought : they know its value, its udantages, its dangers, its prospects and ts possibilities. "They have not made a hasty purhuso, but have taken ample time to anvass the whole question of its purhuso and its management. They have bundant means to carry out their dans without resorting to 'the street' or loans and starting without a dollar f floating indebtedness. They have ut upon the property a mortgage of V-5 >,000 at 5 per cent. The annual barges, therefore, for Interest will ho 2(if?,f>00. This will he the only lixed barge, and the records of the South .arolina Railway show abundantly hat in no year have the earnings been usullieient, under decent management, o more than meet this charge. Whatver, therefore, the road may earn in < ddition to this charge will be directly .pplicublo to a dividend on the stock, 1 f which *.">,000,000 have been issued ; y the new company, four million of rhich, it is understood, is held by Mr. 'arsons and his associates. I venture i ho prediction now that this stock will ecotvo u dividend from the lirstyeur i f tho now company, and that this di- ; idend in good time will he equal to ? ho dividend upon tho mortgage debt, i " Tho railroad is now certain to ho | lunagod with the utmost enorgy, skill nd economy?especially economy. " In enforcing this policy it will un- I ouhtedly he the policy of the new coin- ( any to enlist the cordial sympathy * nd support of Charleston and of the ' isvoral communities upon which tho 1 lilroad must largely depend for its 1 ipport. Not only tliis, hut equal ef- 1 jrts will bo made to attract to this 51 ort a heavy volume of Western bust- 1 ess, such us has already begun to move ' trough Port Royal, a business which * harleston can now compete for as she f ever could before by reason of tho , lagnilieent success of the dotty work inter Capt. Abbot at Charleston bar- 1 or. It is significant and full of good remise that simultaneously with the } M'lnutiou of the new South Carolina 1 nd Ceorgia Railroad Company it is ! uthoritativoly announced that there ire twenty-three feet of water on tho ( Charleston liar. " As a part of tho pel icy of tho now Din puny it has already been announced ut may well be repeated, that no rude r rapid changes will bo made in the orsonnol of the otllcersand employees, 'he now company will put all these ion upon their merits and will deal rith them precisely as 1 liavo tried to oal with them, fairly and justly upon heir merits, always giving preference, thcr things being equal, to those uluady in the employ of tho company nd drawing for future wants upon tho ommunitics in which the railway is ituated. There will doubtless boohanes as there has boon heretofore, but rhat 1 moan to emphasize is that tho ow company will take lip the property ml its oiticors and omployeos as they ml them, and continue them until exerlcnce shall show from time to time hatchangesareoxpcdient. Mr. VVurd s is already known will remain as gon- ' ral manager." 1 (lovornor Chamberlain was here re- ] limled by a reporter that many people ad expected to see him occupy a proninent otlicial position in the now comany. To this he replied : " Y68, a great many people have boon 1 ind enough to say that they had hoped ,nd expected such a rcsu.t from the iwrchase and reorganization of tlo ] oad by the Messrs. Parsons. The ruth is there has never been a possi* 1 >iui>y or an expectation on inv part of 1 ioltl.HK any hitch position. Kailrondirp s 11 t my profession and I tun quite ti o ' Id to change. No company owning the ^ louth Carolina Railway property could t lOt-H.bly alTord to pity mc a f-a.aij . licit would make it to my interest to 1 i avo my profession in New York. I ] hould n vol* have taken the rcce vei? ' liio if I l.ud supposed that it woult , ontimn; moro than ono year or twi ears at most. ] ' 1 am u<l now that in the courst 1 robahi.v t,i a un tit' I can a ?rtd tip nl 1 e . lTairs of my throo rocoivo hip j rt^ . nd return to my j>r a. .-.don i k iii Now Nor.;, i o ufoss I an ' jnd t>f lurleston and Sou in Curtdin. , 1 ut particularly of Charleston of hei 1 I climate, In r people, and her social and public lifo. 1 liuvo foil and 1 shall always feel, the deepest interest in ti.o prosperity of hor people of both races and of ail parties. Strange th.ngshavo eoine and gone between mo and the people of South Carolina. F? w men have seen and felt greater contrasts of sentiments and relations. The result on my part is, as I believe it is on the part of the people of this community, that we each have a cordial respect each for the other. That respect I hope always to have and to hold, and I expect always to be judged by this community with grace and kindnet-,." KTA It VIX<< IN IlKAl I'OltT. Sl\ Hundred While People Are SulIcring lor 1 tread. (Governor Tillman lun received a letter from Blulft >n in Beaufort County, showing a tcrribio slate of destitution among white people in that township owing to tho cyclone last August. Thousands of dollars and provisions were sent to the afllictch people of the stoi'ill-KWelit kpi'I inn uml t!<. . I i ..t l.n tiou was made under tho direction of the Ued Cross Society. it appears that there was something w rong in this distribution. Many worthy white people were entirely ignored and negroes got the benelit of most of the money and supplies. Whites only got about $.'t00 in money and the letter further states that there are lot) families or about (100 souls iu tho township in absolute need of tho necessaries of life. Tho farmers can't go to work because they have no farm animals or anything to feed them with if they had them. They themselves are in dire need of food. They have rccoi.w ouiuo i.eip from j neighbors who, though they themseves I lost nearly everything, still had sonic- | thl*.g left. Tho relief committee of [ the New York Evening 1'ost also sent money to them. An appeal is made to the (lovernor for immediate help and farmers in tho up-country are culled upon to help their brethren on tho coast. Donations should bo sent to Charleston in euro of tho steamer Pilot Hoy and they will ho pr '"pt'y delivered to the sulTerers at Hlutlton. (lovernor Tillman will also rocelvo money and send it to tho afllieted people. The case is an urgent one and a most prompt and liberal response should bo made to the appeal. Only a Printer's Dream. A printer sat in his office chair, his , boots wore patched and his coat thread- i bare, and his face looked weary and , worn with euro. While sadly thinking of business debt, old Mornhous slowly around him crept, and before ho knew it ho soundly slept; and sleeping ho dreamed that he was dead, and from i trouble* and toil lii.s spirit bud Hod, uud : not even a now boll tolled for the peaceful rest of the cowhide soul. And as he wandered among1 tho hades that smoko and scorch in lower shades, lit) shortly observed an Iron door that ' creakingly bung on binges ajar, hut the entrance was closed with a hot iron ! bar, and Satan himself stood pooping i out, waiting for travelers.thereabout, and thus to the passing printer spoke : ] " Coino, my dear, it shall cost you i nothing, and never fear; this is the place where I cook the ones who never pay t heir subscription sums, for t hough ' in life they may escape, they'll lind i when they're dead it's not too late. I i will show you the place where 1 melt i thorn thin, with red hot chains and I scraps of tin, and also where I comb their heads with broken glass and melt- i ud load; and if of refreshments they uuly think, there's boiling water to drink, the red hot grindstone to grind I their nose and the rod hot rings to wear an their toes, and if they mention they don't like fire, I'll sew up their mouths t with red hot wire; and then, dear sir, . you may see them squirm, while i roll i them over and cool to a turn." I With these last words the nrintnr iwoko and thought it all a practical ( joke; hut still so real at times did it < 30cm, that ho cannot believe it was all ] i dream, and often he thinks with a < hueklo and grin of the fate of those 1 .vho save thoir tin, and never pay the < winter. < ? No th Carolina is having some , practical experience in working her , jonvlcts on the public roads. The | Jharlotto Obsorvor, commenting on tho improvemontof an important highway near that olty, says: "Tho work lone on these roads challenges the ad- ? niration of roadbuildors from every t section. This month l,7<>0 yards of 1 oad has been completed ; this, too, in iddition to tho moving of tho camp iovcral times. A mile a month is tho 1 standard now. Formerly the work ' ivas thought to he going well when ( ?nly ono-fourth of a mile was finished ' n a month." ?A statue to the memory of tho ' ,weat South Carolina surgeon, Dr. .1. Marion Sims, is shortly to bo placed in * llryant l'ark, New York city. This J statue is by Dulfois, one of the greatest " )f living sculptors in Franco. IT PREVENTS THE ENTRANCE c of disease?pure blood or an activo c liver, llow explained? Tho circulation of the blood is tho great high- r way over which the germs of disease 1 travel, tho liver is tho quarantine t through whoso gate any aread disease may or may not pass, as the , liver chooses. 'I Are you watchful? Is your blood in order and your liver active, so as \ to repel disease? If not, you will find in I)r. l'ierce's Golden Medical Discovery just the help you need. It comes to your nssistanco when vou have such warnings of impure blood and inactive liver, as pimples, ? boils or carbuncles ; or a feeling of K lassitude, weakness and despondency. 8 When your flesh is, from any cause, ' " reduced below a healthy standard," L you've only to take tho " Discovery," which will set all the organs into r vigorous action and builds up both t flesh and strength. Avoid nauseous I preparations of Cod liver oil. They J idd fat, but not wholesome flesh or < tiealthy tissue. ( A NARROW^SCAPE! How it Happened. The following remarkable event In ?. 11rt* will interest tho roador: "For a long time X had a terrible pain at iny heart, which fluttered almost Incessantly. 1 had no appetite and could not sleep. 1 would bo compelled to sit up in bed and belch gas from my stomach until I thought every minuto would b? my last. Tliero was a feeling of oppression about my heart, and I was afraid to draw a full brenth. 1 couldn't sweep a room without sitting down and resting; but, thank tied, by the help of New Heart Cure all that is past and I feel liko another woman, lloforo using tho New Heart Curo I had takon dilTercnt so-called remedies and been treated by doctors w ithout any beneiit untiled was both discouraged and disgusted. Mv husband bought mo a buttlo of Dr. Miles' New Heart Curo, and am happy to say I novor regretted tt. as 1 now have a splendid appetite and sleep well. I weighted 125 pounds when I Ikjgan Hiking the remedy, and now I weigh 130Mo Its elTect In my case has l>een truly marvelous. 11 far surpasses uny other medicine 1 havo i vi r taken or any beneflt 1 ever rocolved from physicians."?Mrs. llurry Starr, l'ottavllle, I'a.. October 12, 1MK5. l>r. Miles' New Heart Cure Is sold on a positive guarantee by all druggists, or by tho Dr. Miles Medical Co., Klkhart, Ind., on receipt of price, $1 per bottle, si x bottlesf3, express prepaid. This great discovery by tin eminent specialist in heart disoaso, coutulus neither opiates nor daugorous drugs. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Dru^jrist. A CltHIHTAllIjK SHOWING. Antiual Mccliiig ol'llio Storkholders of (lie Port (loyal anil Western Carolina Kail road. Special to the News and C'ourb r. Augusta. May 15.-?Tho annual c#jP vent ion of tho stockholders of l'ort Uoyul 'Hid Western Carolina KtCiOi road was held hero to-day. Receiver J. B. Cleveland, who has been in chargo of tho road since tho 5th'of last Juno, mado a report for tho past ten muiiui-i. me expenses of tho road woi'O $291,489. 14. Amounts duo tho road $95,010.51. Tho gross earnings wore $.'110,487.42. Tho railroad owes MO,552.2d. Tho not earnings woro >49,048.28. Superintendent Anderson reported having spent $14,811.82 for extraordinary expenses for permanent improvements. The steel bridge over North Tiger River cost $5,082.51, tho stand pipe at Anderson $219.09, 1.829 feet of duo tracks $920, additional equipment M.200. F.ighteen miles of road has been ballasted and the road is being put in safe and better condition than ever bofero. This year a steel viaduct will bo put across South Tiger River, which will be completed by Octobo.*. There nromoro miles of trestle on this road than any other road in Carolina, md they are a great drain on its resources. Nearly all of them can be filled and this great burden lifted, and it is the intention of tin*company to do so. The company purchased last year 18.980 tics at a cost of $14,805.82. The following ollieers were elected for the ensuing year: I'resident, 11. It. Coiner, of Savannah ; Directors, \V. L. Manhlin and John Ferguson, of Clroenvillo, S. C.; F.ugene F. Verdery, lames 11. Alexander, Joseph R. Cumin ing and James T\ Doughty, of Aujusta; \V. 1.. Gray, J. A. Barksdalo, J. f. l'luss, of Laurens, S. C.;T. J. Moore, >f Spartanburg, S. (J.: Sylvester Blcck3y and .1. A. Brock, of Anderson, S. C.; Messrs. Brock and Doughty were elected to fill vacancies on the Ixmrd caused !)V t.hn rlmi.t.0 r>f \\T \\T T-i ? ...... ... .? . inuu|?njy?r if Anderson, and Ernest It. Schneider, )f Augusta. Notice was given at tlio mooting of in intention to amend tlie constitution jo as to increase the number of directors from twolvo to sixteen. Not a Candidate.?The following inrd from Senator W. I). Evans settles .he question about his retirement from die race for Governor : Columiha, S. C., May 1 f>, 1894. Editor Register: While 1 sineeroly ippreciate the many hind expressions 'rem friends of the Reform movement if the State, desiring nio to become a candidate for the position of Governor in the ensuing election, I have eoniluded after a thorough canvass of tho dtuation, that the interest and tinal tuecoss of the movement, as contemdated in the beginning, wilJ hp better inbserved by my deelina^ni than itherwiso. It therefore becomes my luty to announce to the public that I vill not he a candidate for the position if Governor of South Carolina. I will give my cordial and undivided inpport to tlio candidate who best opresonts the interest of the farmers ind Alliancemeu of the State. Beieving that the interest of tho Alianco will bo best subserved by this om se, T hope that my friends through>ut the State will tuko the same view if tho matter. Respectfully, W. 1). Evans. 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