The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 20, 1899, Image 1
VOL. XIV.
THE SUMMERSCHOOL
For Teachers Closes Its Succssful
and Valuable Work.
IT WAS A MARKED SUCCESS.
The Final Day Devoted to Exam
inations in the Several Departments.
A Closing
Concert.
The Stato summer school at ltock
Ilill for teachers closed Wednesday
night. The last day was a very busy
* ouc and a very interesting one; it was
the day of examinations. Written ex
animations were held in all the class
except political ethics and primary
methods. It was not considered advisable
to hold examinations in those subjects.
The examination ia Victorian
poetry was held Tuesday. There were
enrolled in all t ho classes !l7tl students;
all save a half dozen or so were teachers.
Of these not more than ten or fifteen
dropped out, so that about !><>()
stood the examinations Tuesday and
Wednesday. The results of those examinations
will bo published later.
At dinner the last day Mr. .J. Frank
Fooshe called the large body to order
-.nd offered fur consideration the following
resolutions:
Whereas we, the teachers in attendance
at the State summer school at
Winthrop, feci that the great pleasure
and profit received by us during the
past month calls for a public expression,
bo it resolved, that our thanks are hereby
extended.
First. To the general assembly of
South Carolina for its liberal appropriation
for the improvement of the teachers
of the State.
Second. To the State board of education
for its judicious management of
this appropriation.
Third. To the lion. .Ino .1. McMa
nan, htate superintendent ot education,
for his enthusiastic and successful
cirorts in arousing a deeper interest
in the cause of education throughout
the State, for his efficiency in all
the duties devolving upon him, and for
his devoted and faithful attentions to
all our interests.
Fourth. To the authorities of Winthrop
college for their financial aid and
to President 1). 11. .Johnson for his
most hearty cooperation in organizing
the school and for his faithful supervision
of all interests entrusted to his
care; and also to all his assistants for
their valuablo services.
Fifth. To the members of the faculty
for their very efficient labors in our
, behalf, for their uniformly kind and
j courteous attention, and for their
great interest in the success of our
, work, and also to the lecturers who
contributed so largely to our pleasure
and profit.
Sixth. To the citizens of llock Hill
for tho continued interest they have
manifested in our work, and for their
many kind and thoughtful contributions
to our enjoyment.
fJSeventh. To the press of tho State
for its aid in bringing the meeting
prominently before the people, thereby
adding largely to the possibilities of its
success.
Fighth. To the railroads of the State
for reduced ra'cs to and from Kock
Hill.
The resolutions wore seconded by Mr.
Drchcr of Columbia and passed by a
> standing vote.
[ On Wednesday evening there was a
f\ grand concert gi\ea under the diree
tion of Frof. Wade 11, lirown, the professor
of vocal musio of the school.
This was in every rospect a brilliant
? success, delighting the audience of botween
700 and H(M) people. It was an
t unusually appreciative audience, being
composed of the very exponents of ed
edition and culture.
The following was the program me
rendored:
Chorus?Gloiia, frmi "Twelfth
Mass." (Mozart.)
\'ocal quartette "O, For the Wings
of a Dove." (Knight ) Miss Ida M.
Wronan, Miss Sal lie S. Bailey, W. Z
-McGliee, Hugh C. Ilaynsworth; Mr.
lirown at the piano.
Sopranosolo?Sancta Maria (Faure )
Mrs. Wade It. lirown.
- Chorus?"O, Hush Thee, My li.ihie."
(Sullivan.)
I'iano solo--V also do Concert.
(Wieniawski ) Miss Margaret Hope
Jtoach.
Vocal trio Forget Mo Not (Rotoli.)
i M iss Cronan, Mrs. lirown, Miss Zulu
A. lirock.
Chorus ?Under lilossoniing Branches.
Serenade. (Moycr-IIelmund.)
Baritone solo -Lochiel's Song, from
{- "Hob Roy." (Do Kovcn.) W. M.
^ ' Clyde.
Fart song Good Night, Good Night.
Beloved! (Finsuti.) Mr. lirown,
Miss lirock, G. li. Toole, I1'red A. Cum
mings.
/ Choral ballad The Miller's Wooing.
(Failing.) The State summer school
l/IIVSI IIOi
Mrs. F. N. K. Hailey presided at (lie
piano.
At the conclusion of the programme
President Johnson arose and made a
few very cordial and appropriate remarks
concerning the marked success
of the school, congratulating the teach
ers assembled on their excellent and
faithful work, lie assured them of
welcome to Winthrop, and hoped that
it would be his pleasutc to have them
again.
After President Johnson, Superintendent
McMahan arose, and, mounting
the rostrnm, said.
*"* "I do not coiiic forward to present
*1 you with diplomas. You deserve
them, it is true. Hut you deserve
more. A diploma does not always represent
what it should. The true reward '
1
of effort is achievement, and you have
what jon Qdcserve. A public testiino
nial is not the prize for which you put
forth intellectual effort; the true prize
is the added mental power the increased
capacity that results from honest effort
? the real benefit whether or not it receives
the world's recognition.
"The past four weeks impress upon
us the truth that life is measured not
by the lapse of years but by the variety
and extent of our activities As you
look back upon this month aud compare
it with the many months that have
gone before and become indistinguishable
from the others, you realize how
llllioll vnil Imvn livixl ilnrimr ilinun OVi
days, which shall stand out in your
lives forever. You have more than you
can toll at home for mouths tooomc.
You have much that you will remember
with pleasure for years. Your lives
have been enriched.
"When on the morning of the loth
of Juno, but a little while ago, we gathered
on our lirstday, you felt that you
were about to enter upon a doubtful
and adventurous voyage. 1 am sure
that, with me. jou now feel like returning
thanks that we have come to so
pleasant a haven, so worthy a goal
though not the final goal.
"And now we have reached the end.
Yet it is not the end. Kvery end is but
a new beginning, ami the end of our
summer school is the beginning of a
greater professional spirit and ambition
among our teachers, of a higher standard
of the intellectual and moral attanments
for which the teacher must
strive, and of better teaching and better
s -liools in our State. You go forth
from here as apostles of light for South
Carolina. This ending will he the beginning
ot an educational awakening
of the people throughout the State and
of better oducational conditions. And
it is the beginning of sweet memories,
bringing back to us the scenes of a
month of delight; memories that, as
time passes, grow stronger and sweeter,
brightening our lives and binding us
together injthe strongest bonds through
the years to come. We will closo by
singing 'Cod ho With You Till We
Meet Again.' "
The audience then arose and all
joined in the song, "(lodbo With You
Till We Meet Again." After this the
summer school was at an end.
A few teachers left on the 11 o'clock
train that night, hut the most of them
remained till yesterday, when there
was a grand dispersion. The ticket
aud baggage agents had been up one
.1 1 ? -
uay una part oi another selling tickets
and chocking baggage, so as to avoid
the rush and confusion at the station.
ADDRESS TO THE SONS.
Division Commander Weston Makes
Announcements About Reunion.
The following has been issued to the
South Carolina camps, Sons of Veterans,
from the headquarters of Mr. F.
II. Weston, commanding South Carolina
division:
Columbia, S. C., July 12, 1890.
It is needless to urge upon the sons
of South Carolina Confederates the
great work before the organization of
United Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Nowhere else is the Confederate soldier
more loved and honored than in the
l'alinetto State. The sons of South Carolina's
brave soldiers can never do
enough to perpetuate the glorious history
ol that memorablo struggle for
which their State was so largely responsible
and in which their fathers
boro such a worthy part.
The annual convention of the South
Carolina division, Sons of Confederate
Veterans, is to he held in Chester, July
2(1. At that time and place the veterans
will hold their rcuivion, and the occasion
will bo one of thorough enjoyment
and valuable instruction. Every
camp of Sons should ho fully represented,
and to that end attention is
called to special order No. 1, recently
i sired. Camps are again urged to elect
delegates and send their names at onco
to the division commander at Columbia
and to Arthur E. Canton, adjq fnt of
Camp .J 110. It. Culp, at Chester.* This
is very important and should he Attended
to at once.
Ivich camp is also entitled to one
sponsor and as many maids of honor as
may he desired. The names of these
should also he sent to Comrade (Jaston
at Chester. Preparation for their entertainment
in fitting stylo is being
made and a grand hall in their honor is
proposed. It is very important that
the Cheater comrades know how many
aro to he provided for, and the camps
are earnestly requested to aid our hosts
in this way.
hot us all \? "to our efforts with those
of the Chester comrades so that the
convention may he a success and the
deeds of our fathers he appropriately
honored in the eyes of the world.
Hy order
Francis II. Weston,
Division Commander.
()flieial:
das. A. Iloyt, dr.,
Division Adjutant.
Right Then, Wrong Now.
(Jen. Wheeler's eagerness to join in
the conquest of the Filipinos docs not
command much applause in South Carolina.
The reason is given in the following
extract from the Anderson Feoplo's
Advocator "He is going there to light
a people who are lighting for the very
same principle that ho gave four of the
hest years of his life to maintain, and
he must feel when he gots there that he
is occupying a very anomalous position.
[t is impossible to reconcile the two.
If what lie fought for in 1SIJ1 (!."> was
right, then what he is lighting for now
is wrong. These people only claim the
light to govern their own country in
their own way. just what we claimed
the right t* do AH years ago. If (Jen.
Wheeler keeps on it might have been
fortunate for his history if he had
stopped a Mauser bullet at El Caney."
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CONWAY. S. C..
STICKS TO BRYAN.
Ex-Senator Pugh, of Alabama, Disagrees
with Senator Morgan,
WANTS SILVER DROPPED.
Must Renew the Fight of 1896. j
Party Cannot be Harmonized
by Dodging the
Great Issue
While in Washington fhursuay KxI
Senator Hugh, of Alabama, was asked
if he had read the interview of his old
c dlcaguc, Senator .John T. Morgan, on
the question of what sort of man the
Democratic convention should nominate
and what sort of platform it should
adopt next year to increase the strength
of the Democratic party in the election
of a president.
"1 have read the interview and was
greatly surprised and mortified," said
the ex senator. "Senator Morgan says
no man can question his fidelity to the
free coinage of silver, or deny the no
eessity for its restoration in mr money
system.
'"flic question he asks and answers
is: 'Mow is thi? most important result
to be accomplished?' He answers that
the first and indispensable thing to 1e
done is to unite -bring together and
solidify the divided and antagonistic
elements of the Democratic party now
existing in the lOast, South and West
011 the money question and, secondly,
that such union can best be elfooted by
nominating a man who has no 'extreme'
views and has expressed no 'ex
trcme' opinions on tho coinage quest
ion.
"1 do not question the sincerity or
honesty of Senator Morgan's convictions,
hut I feci constrained by my
sense of duty to the Democratic party,
and the country to enter my earnest
protest against and condemnation of
Morgan's interview.
"W'liat arc we to understand l>y an
'oxtrcmu position on the money or
coinage question?" Is that part of tho
Chicago platform extreme? l>oes an
indorsement of tho Chicago platform
put a Democrat in an oxtrcmc position?
What shall the next Democratic convention
do after it shelves Dryan? To
be consistent the convention should
amend the platform of 181)(j so as to get
the party out of its so-called present
"extreme' position on the coinago question
and place it in harmony with the
conflicting elements, and especially so
as to accommodate itself to the clastic
and broad gaugo position of the new
nominco on the coinage question.
How is such a feat to be accomplished?
"My conviction is," said ex-Senator
I'ugh, "that if the conflicting dements
of the Democratic party can be united
and brought into harmonious action on
the coinage question, which is a manifest
impossibility, by shelving Uryan
and making a new platform, broad
enough tc take on and satisfy all gold
standard advocates, and be endorsed by
any nominee who may have to renounce
his life-long opinions against free coinage
and pledge himself to approve any
bill on that subject the Democrats
might pass through both houses of con
gress, the party cannot be very much
divided, and can certainly bo very
easily united, as it would show itself
without any fixed principles on any
subject.
"If the Democratic party would secure
more strength by trusting a nominee
who had been a lifelong enemy of
free silver coinage on his pledge to
waive the veto power and approve such
a bill if passed by the party that elected
him, it would be n spectacle unprecedented
in history, but it would prove
there would never be any free coinage
of silver if such a president were
elected.
''.What influence would a Democratic
president with gold standard convictions
that he had waived to insure his
election exercise in his great oflicc?
Would he be silent ponding a free coinago
bill in congress? Mow would he
distribute bis appointments? Mow
many Democrats who had urged liryans
nomination and favored the Chicago
platform would receive appointment?
"No, si;r it is a grave mistake of my
old colleague. 1 have bad much political
experience. I have watched parties
and know their history. My political
career has ended, but I am as much as
over devoted to the Democratic party
and itr principles as declared in the
Chicago platform.
"I bclicvo that William.). Mryan is
the best organized and wisest and most
reliablo Democratic statesman now living,
and ho is now better established in
tho confidence of the American people
as such a statesman, and is now stronger
than hoover was. and can be elected
when nominated, as he will surely by
tho next Democrotie national convention.
"As to tho next Democratic plat
form, with additional declarations
against the manifold trusts growing out
of tho existence of the gold standard
and prohibitory tariff duties; also in
favor of a vigorous prosocution of tho
existing war in tho Philippine Islands
until pea 10 and order is established and
the governing power and jurisdiction
of tho I cited States is fully recognized
throughout the archipelago, also that
peace and order and the governing
power of the I'nitod States is to be cs
tablished, not for territorial exoinsion
i i? i if , in. . i
or dominion 01 mo united antes, out
for tho sole purpose of socuring to tho
people of those islands bettor nod more
stable goverain ;nt, with all tho right*,
liborty and privileges tiny show themselves
by trial to bieipablo of oxeroising
and enjoying in a c iddition of indoi
i i lit self government."
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.THURSDAY, JULY :
COUNTRY'S CROP CONDITIONS.
The Weather Bureau's Weekly Summary.
Texas Cotton.
The weather bureau has issued the
following summary of c?o|> conditions
for lust week
The weather conditions of the week
ending 8 a. in., .July 10, 1890, were for
tho most part favorable for farming
operations and crop growth in tho districts
east of the Kooky Mountains, being
especially to in the States of tho
upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys
and in tho Atlantio coast districts. The
week has been marked by the absence
of high temperatures east of tho Kooky
Mountains. Kxcessivo rains of the
past week have caused some damage to
grain in shock in Kansas, and similar
damage is reported from Texas as a rosult
of the unprecedented rainfall of
tho previous week.
Drought continues in the central
(Julf States, Tennessee, portions of the
Ohio valley and southern Michigan, being
very severe in central Tennessee;
rains are also needed generally through
out the Kooky Mountain districts, but
on the Pacific coast the conditions have
been seasonable.
While rainfalls amounting to onehalf
or three fourths of an inch are reported
over a considerable portion of
drainage basin of the Kra/.os river in
Texas, the conditions of the whole have
been favorable to the subsidence of waters
in the inundated digtriets.
This has been another favorable week
for corn in the principal corn States,
and the corn has generally made rapid
growth. I Icavy rains and high winds
have blown down corn over a considerable
area in Iowa, slight damage from
chinch bugs is reported from Missouri
and drought has checked growth in
portions of Ohio and Kentucky, and
caused serious damage in central Tennessee.
Cultivation has been delayed
by rains in portions of Michigan and
Wisconsin; but on the whole the crop
is clean and is largely laid by in the
States of the central valleys.
Winter wheat harvest is finished, except
in.theextreme northerly sections,
where it is well advanced, although delay
cd by rains in portions of Wisconsin
and Michigan. In Kansas and
Texas some damage has resulted from
sprouting in shock. In California
i.. i ?' ??
?i ?up, laiiuui iy unittocu aim wncai
is ripening in Oregon. N ) unfavorable
reports respecting spring wheat liavo
been received from the spring wheat
region, except from the central and
eastern portions of South Dakota.
A good crop of oats is being harvested
in Indiana and Illinois, and the outlook
in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania
is promising. Dodging is reported
from rust in Missouri and drought in
South Dakota.
In tho central and eastern portions of
the cotton belt cotton has made good
progress, although injured to some extent
by insects in portions of Mississippi
and (icorgia. In the Caroiinas it
is reported as small but healthy. In
South Carolina the Sea Island crop was
never better. Outside the flooded region
in Texas cotton is doing well and
fruiting nicely, except in scattered localities,
where too rank growth and
some complaints of insects are reported.
It will be two weeks yot before
the damage to cotton in the flooded district
of Texas can be determined, or to
the extent which cotton will bo replanted.
In l.'i counties in <thc southern
half of the Pra/.os drainago basin
the loss rosulting from the flood is estimated
at from one-third to ono-half tho
crop.
<),ving to drought, tho tobacoo acreage
in Tennessee is much reduced, and
the prospects for this crop in that State
arn nnnr In unpllnna nf g-nl...!.. on.l I
Ohio tho growth of tobacco has also
been chocked by dronght, butgcncrally
the crop in doing well in that section.
In the Carol in as, middle Atlantic States
and New Kngland the general outlook
for tobacco is improved, tho crop being
in line condition in Maryland.
Wont Retire Under Fire,
Secretary Alger Wednesday made to
a representative of the Associated Tress
his first personal statement concerning^
tho reports that he is about to resign
from the cabinet. When askod as to
the truth of tho rumors, tho secretary
said: "Whatdo you mean, exactly?"
"I mean to ask whether or not tho
stories that you arc to retiro from the
cabinet in the near future aro true.
There is nothing in these reports but
air," replied the secretary. "I shall
not retire this year certainly, and cannot
say as to the future. My private
business and the state of my health
will govern my future course. Thcso
constant assaults and repeated baseless
reports aro, of course, very annoying
to me and extremely distressing to my
family, but I have nover yet retired under
fire and do not proposo to do so
now. Nothing that I have overheard
or know of has been so cruel as these
attacks upon mo. If my critics can
point to one thing in my official career
I have done that I ought not to havo
done, or 1 havo not done that I should
havo done, 1 shall be very glad to surrender
my official duties."
To Honor Dewey.
It is proposed to erect in Now Orleans
a monuuutnt commemorative of
tho valor and achicvments of Admiral
Dewey, and a committee oonsisting of
Associato Justice Monroe of the Louisiana
supreme court, and ot .cr civil and
military officials of the stato has been
formed to carry out the design. Popular
collections of 2f? cents are requested.
In their request for subscriptions
the citizens having the matter in char go
say: "In thus honoring the son of Vermont
in Louisiana, the scntimont of
rioh and poor from all parts of tho
country may bo ooncontrated in tho
Southland.
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I RECRUITS SCARCE.
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Very Few Have Been Accepted
in This State So Far.
ALL FOR THE REGULARS.
Somo of the Qualifications for
Becoming a Soldier. The
Composition of a Regiment.
Tho recruiting station in the Kendall
building is not packed and crowded
with young men eager to otter their
scrvioos to their country, Perhapstho
would-be volunteers are waiting for the
late First regiment to volunteer as a
whole. There have boon nine recruits
accepted within the past ten days, all
for the regular army. All but two of
these were colored.
l iuler tho new call for volunteers
there are to be ten regiments. liecruiting
olliees have been established
all over the country, and when a volunteer
passes the medical examination
and is accepted, he is sent to the near
est regular army post, headquarters for
the regiment being organized. South
Carolina is in the department of the
Uulf, with headquarters at Atlanta, or
Fort MoPhorson. (la. When a recruit
is accepted here, he is sent to Fort Mel'herson
to join his regiment, the
Twenty-ninth. North Carolinians are
sent to Camp Meade, Pennsylvania.
Georgians, Alabamians, South Caroli
nians, etc., will compose tho Twentyninth.
While Uncle Sam wants men, and
wants them bad, still healfcetsa lordly
air and demands that the men to be
sacrificed in the Philippines must not
be vagabonds. When a youth applies
for admission to the army, the first
question put to him is "Are you a
minor?" If the young man is not 'J1
years old his parents or guardian are required
to make cortifie..to that they do
not object to his enlistment. Tho certificate
rends in part, "I do hereby fully
give my consent to his enlistment as a
soldier in tho volunteer army of the
lf_!i . 1 Mi. ? " 1
unucu maics lor tno period Juno >",
This permission having hern
obtained, the hoy is Tree to enlist.
The next Htcp is to get a recommendation
of character. I nclc Sain claims
that he doesn't want dissolute and
worthless characters in his army. The
character gauntlet having been run. the
relentless physician gets in his work,
and the physical examination is not as
"easy" as one might imagine. Kxccpt
iu special cases none hut unmarried
men will he enlisted for this service.
OROANl'/.ATION.
Kaoh of theso regiments will consist
of 1,359 men, of whom f>0 will ho commissioned
oilicors. The following is
the make-up of an infantry regiment:
One colonel, one licutcnunt colonel,
three majors, one surgeon with the
rank of major, two assistant surgeons,
one of whom shall have the rank of
captain and one that of iirst lieutenant,
fourteen captains, two of whom shall
he available for detail as adjutant arid
quartermaster, sixteen Iirst lieutenants,
of whom one shall ho available for detail
as commissary and three for detail
as battalion adjutants, twelve second
lieutenants, one sergeant major, one
quarter master sergeant, ono commissary
sergeant, who shall have the rank,
pay and allowances of a regimental
quartermaster sergeant of infantry,
three hospital stewards, three battalion
sergeant majors, who shall he senior to
and havo the pay and allowances of a
first sergeant, ono hand, and twclyo
companies, organized into three battalions
of four companies each.
Kaoh infantry hand shall consist of
one chief musician, one principal niu
sician, one drum major, who shall
have the rank, pay and allowances of
a first sergeant, four sergeants, eight
corporals, one cook, and twelve privates.
QUALIFICATIONS Foil RKCRUITS.
The term of service will ho for the
period ending Juno 20, 1!)01, and, as
provided in seotion 12 of the act of
March 2, 18911, these enlistments may
bo made "without restrictions as to
citizenship or educational ^|ii:i1 itieutions."
Appl ioants for original enlistment
must ho between the ages of 18 and 2f>
years, of good character and habits,
able-bodied, free from discaso, and
must be ahlo to speak the Knglish language.
No person under 18 years of age will
be enlisted or ro-enlistcd, and minors
"between the ages of 18 and 21 must not
be enlisted or rccnlistcd without the
written eonsent of father, only surviving
parent, or legally appointed guar
dian.
Married men will not be enlisted or
recrilisted without special authority
from a regimental commander or from
the adjutant genoral of tnc army in
the absence of a regimental organization.
Applicants will be required to satisfy
tho recruiting oflicer regarding age and
character. They must defray their own
expenses to tho place of enlistment;
their fitness for tho military scrvicocan
determined only upon an examination
at a recruiting station.
For infantry tho height should bo
not loss than live feet four inches, and
weight not less than ono hundred and
twenty pounds and not more than one
hundred and ninety pounds.
Itceruiting officers are however, au
thorized in their discretion to accept
desirable applicants who arc ten pounds
or less overweight or underweight, or
who vary not moro than a fraction of an
inch from tho required height or chest
measures, if thoy meet all other requirements,
and their enlistment is
lit.
rcoomtuendcd by tho medical examiner.
Irievery.suebea.se I bo variation from
tbc normal standard should lie careful]}
noted on the enlistments paper. The
| State.
THE TEXAS DISASTER
An Earnest Appeal to the People
for Help.
Kcprcsontativo II. II. llawloy of
i Texas, who is now in Washington,
Wednosday mado public the following
statement with roforenoo to the flood
situation in that State: "The disaster
which has overtaken the communities
in Southern Texas is without parallel
I in our country. At some points the
precipitation was three and a half feet
in liO hours, resulting in a flood of enormous
proportions, covering an area of
many square miles to a depth of from .">
I to 20 foot, and a loss of froui $25,000,000
to $ 10,000,000.
"No less than '20 populous towns have
been inundated as well as thousands
of well established and well ordered
farms, which today arc in a complete
state of desolation. Practically every
work animal every milk cow, together
with all stock cattle and evory vestige
of vegetation have been swept away,
leaving the country completely devastated.
Within the influence of this aw
ful disaster resided over 100,000 people,
I almost half of whom are in a state id
helplessness today, except as they may
be provided for by those who arc gen
crons and able to assist them.
"The State of Texas is doing io
utmost to relieve the suffering. It is,
however, impossible for the State alone,
within the time necessary, to succoi
these people and conic to their relief.
"When the great Johnstown flood oc
enrred Ponnsyh auia could have easily
taken care of their own if given time,
but as time was, as it is now, the essential
factor, they were obliged to appeal
to a generous public in every part
of the Union, and at every quarter the
relief was immediate on a scale commensurate
with the disaster.
"To the public the Hood district of
Texas appeals today to supply
the necessities of life until the horrors
of the flood shall have passed, and the
people shall be in position to again address
themselves to the task of' reestablishing
their homes.
"For this purpose it is urged through
the press, the different commercial authorities
of every city of the Union
that this appeal be answered.
"For the distribution of this relief a
system is ocing organ i/.eu inrougitout
the flooded district immediately iindei
t ho direction of the govornor of Texas,
to whom all contributions should he
addressed at Austin, Tex., and undoi
whose euro every dollar will he judiciously
and olToctivoly expended."
Some Figures that Dazzle.
A biblical student in the city, says
the Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Itccord, declares that if the
descriptions of Solomon's tcmplo are
accurately given in tho Bible and bj
secular authorities, the total values nl
that cdifieo and its contents must have
exceeded $50,000,000,000. In the
first place, the value of the materials in
the rough is estimated at $12,500,000,000
and the labor at $3,000,000,000.
According to Villalpandis, 10,000 men
were engaged in cutting cedar lumber,
HO,000 were engaged in cutting stone
and 00,000 in bearing burdens, for a
poriod of seven years, who, in addition
to their wages, roooived 50 cents a day
for food. According to tho same authority,
which is corroborated by .Josephus,
the vessels of gold were valued ai
140,000 talents, which reduced tr,
American monoy, is equal to $2,320.
181,015. Tho vessels of silver arc cal
culated at $3,231,715,000, the vest men tt
of the piiosts and the robes of the sing
ers $10,050,000, and the value of tin
trumpets of gold was $'.,000,000.
Killed by a Wall.
A dispatch to Tho State from I'iod
nioiit, S. ('., says: "0. W. Sheltot
was killed here this morning, .losepl
Austin and W. II. Bryant were proba
bly fatally injured. It. A. I'orter hat
Ium log broken. Kobt. Freeman had
his shoulder dislocated and arm broken
Calaway Smith, N. 1\ Fleming ant
.lack West wero painfully injured
They were all at work on a warehouse
being built for the Piedmont Manufae
taring company when at about 1
o'clock tho centre brick wall, whicl
was fully .'50 feet high, suddenly cavot
in, burying Shclton, who was instantly
killed, and inllictiug injuries on tin
the others as above stated. All tba
medical skill can do is being done I'o
the injured. The verdict of the ooro
nor's jury was that tJ. VV. Shclton cam<
to bis death by the accidental fallini
of the lire wall. '
No Danger.
The ColumH? Kocord says: "Thcri
will be a session of congress before the
next national platforms are made b;
tho great parties. The Kopublican
will ba.\" a clear working majority ii
that sd ,.ion. If the Republicans ar
in eariljst in'their anti-trust protests
tions, they need not wait until the tim
of their convention to inaugurate ai
antitrust crusade; they can start tli
ball a-rolling in congress." Tlie trust
need not fear. Thcro is no danger o
tho Kopubliian par*y interfering witi
them.
Roxa
" absolutely 1
Makes the food more dc
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NO. I.
JTRIKI) TO KIlVuilM.
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A Greenville Fanner Shot and
Seriously Wounded.
'VOICE SAID, "SHOOT HIM"
. Followed by the Report of a Gun.
Shot Was Fired Through a
Window. He May Lose
His Arm.
Tho (Jrccnvillo News, of July Kt,
sajs: <i. 15. Van I'atton, a fariucr ami
, storekeeper living two miles southeast
of this city on the Augusta road, was
fired, upon by unknown Negroes at 1
oflock yesterday morning in his homo
and wounded in the right hand and
right, forearm and right hip. Twolve
No. 7 shot entered the h:p, but it is tho
opinion of Dr. J. It. Karlo, who attended
Mr. Van I'atton, that theso
' wounds are not at all serious. About
i lifty of the same number of shot entered
the hand and forearm. Some
passed out but many of them lodged
among tlo- small bones of the hand and
wiisl, and not boing aide co got them
out otherwise Dr. Karlo considered it
' best not to out open the hand. He
strongly suspects that the arm will
have to be amputated between tho wrls.
' and the elbow.
Some four months ago Mr. Van I'at
(oil li:i*i u difficulty in Itih store with :i
' Negro named Silas Wilson, who got behind
Mr. Van I'atton's counter and
drew a revolver upon him. Wilson is
known as a worthless loafer in that
section, hut he says he works on the
liirnic place near there. Several burglaries
have been committed in that section
lately. Wilson was arrested yes!
tcrday, and at his relative's, where he
was found, there was a shot gun, hut it
evidently had not been recently fired.
lie was released on a $200 bond, which
was signed by a Negro by the nam* of
i I'. T. Harris. The charge against him
was assault with a deadly weapon, this
being based on the affair happening
four months ago, when he threatened
the life of Mr. Van l'atton at the timo
he drew a revolver upon him and told
him on leaving that lie "would git
hi in.'
About 10 o'clock Tuesday night Mr.
i Van l'atton says he heard some ono
i "fooling about" in front of his store,
" which fronts on the road. Ho went
, out and saw Wilson move olf rapidly,
s Wilson says he was just passing the
r place. At 1 o'clock yesterday Mr. Van
l'atton was aroused by the breaking of
a pane of glass in his kitchen window,
lie arose, went into the kitchen with
his pistol and fired through the window.
1 Then he went baek into his bedroom,
! slipped on his shoes, obtained a light
1 and started out for the kitchen door,
1 with the light in the left hand and the
[ revolver in his right. As he got to the
centre of the room heard a voice just
1 outside the window through which he
1 had shot say, "Shoot him; damn it,
shoot him." lie was in the act of raising
his revolver to shoot through the
window again, but was not quiolc
enough. There was a terrible report,
the glass was shivered and Mr. Van
1 I'atton's revolver dropped upou the
1 lloor. Mr. Van l'atton yelled for help,
which came to him quickly from his
neighbors. Hy this time the assailants
had made good their cscapo.
Tho Negroes had evidently mado up
' a plot to inurdor Mr. Van l'atton, who
1 was alone in tho house at tho timo; his
wife and only child wore visiting in tho
city. Tho assailants had made no at
tempt to outer the store, and from this'
ii is surmised that they did not intend
5 steal but murder. Tlioy broko into a*
bedroom, but this was locked off from
till! one Mr. Van l'atton wa* nnc.nnvini/
? ? ? rs --o*
Tlic kitchen window where they broke
the pane could easily havo been raised,
1 so it is thought that the breaking of the
1 pane was for no other purpose than to"
attract Mr. Van l'atton into thc room so'
as to get a fair chnncc to shoot at him.
' The assailants could hardly hope to coiiu
mit robbery after shooting Mr. Van Cat
1 ton, bcoauso there aro several houses in
the immediate neighborhood and tlio reJ
port could not fail to ho heard.
Several barefoot tracks were found in
I tho yard, but they were not distinct
? enough to give a clue of any value*
1 The escape of tho Negroes again ill /
ustratos tin- great need the county has
J of a pair of good blood hounds,
t
r Money Can't Buy Them.
? An oiler from a prominent firm of
, ship brokers, doing a large foreign busis
ncss, to purchase the Uciua Mercedes
and any and all of the other war craft
captured during tho late war, has
aroused a suspicion that Spain is trying
R this indirect manner to obtain posses!
sion of tho vossels and thus remove tho
f ofTense to Spanish prido caused by tho
s floating of tho American Hag ovor her
I ships. Tho navy department will not
c sell any of these vessels and that an"
swer will ho returned to tho writer of
e the letter. Secretary bong has decided
II that it will not pay to attempt to rono0
vate tho Mercedes and uso her as a
* warship. She will bo loft as a show
' ship, like the old Constitution, to gratil
ify tho patriotism of tho American dco
I pic.
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