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I VOL. XVI. j > y \ (JEN. MILES IS 11AH. | t * ; # _ . '* 1 * . 4 ; x He Declares that He Will Resign if a Certain Bill Passes. , . : SECRETARY OF WARS SCHEME To Promote Interest ol" Personal | I'Vlenrts Without Petard to Kank I'nr Service. Miles Clinrces Favoritism . I (Jen. Nelson A. MilesThurs lav to' I xh'e,.sella Id commit Ice on militarv at- 1 Vaiip. t Ha,! if the I>i 11 introduced l?y j Senator llawley at the Instance of the war department for the organization : of a general stall' for the army should * become a law ho would decline to i longer hold Ills commission. The reason he gave for I lie statement Is that the hill is utterly subversive of the interests of the military establishment, and he said that lie would fiot.be a party to such a proceeding to the extent even of continuing to hold his place. The statement was made in tlie j course of a prolonged bearing by I lie i committee which was conducted he- j bind closed doors, and ifi which (Jon. j Miles touched upon a variety of subjects connected with the army. The ! Murt lint f.if t lin 1.111 I.. *?!.!.?!. 1*.. jli f | ed his especial criticism is that oon" > tallied in section 7, reading as follows: MAKK OKNKKAL A FIOUUKHKAI). "That from and after the passage ! of this act the senior general officer of the army shall be assigned to command such portion of the army as the president may direct, or be detailed to duty in the general stall' corps. All duties prescribed by law for the commanding general of the army shall be performed by the chief of general stalT or other general olllcer designated by the secretary of war. Provided, that so long as the present lieutenant general of the army continues on the active list lie shall be the chief of the general stair, and upon the separation from active service of the said lieutenant general of the army, said office, except as herein provided shall cease and determine." WOULD DKSTltOY UNITY OKAItMY. (len. Miles said that if this provision should become a law it would have the elfect of destroying the unitv of the army and ho read numerous author!- , ties, including Napoleon, Wellington, Washington, Cass and Grant to show the necessity of having one head to | the army and of controlling authority. | His own experience and observation had, he said, had the effect of confirming these views and he gave an illustration of its beneficial effect in time of emergency, .instancing the beginning of the war with Spain. '1 heard at midnight," he said, 'that the Spanish fleet had been located definitely at Santiago, and 1 hastened to t lie home of Secretary Long, where t he news was confirmed. Shafter was then at Tampa, and I sat down there, in the secretary's house and wrote a dispatch, directing him to start immediately for Santiago with the result that the army was soon on its way to the point where its presence was needed. Suppose," lie added, exhibiting the message which he had sent to Gen. Shafter, "I had been compelled to get around to a dozen or more majors, as many colonels and any number of generals constituting a general staff." SC1I KM E OK TIIK 8K0HETARY. Then he added that in all probability the senior general of the army would not under the provision he had quoted have been in position to do anything, and he called attention to 1. ! U l.? I uiiu 1'iaum; i^iiumn^ iiiiu \UI1U M'lllUl general) of command and making it possible for any other ollleer to be appointed. He declared that under section 7 it would be competent to one day promote a captain to the position of a brigadier and the next day to make him chief of staff, thus practically placing a captain at the head of the army. Warming up somewhat lie asserted that the bill was calculated to accomplish no purpose except to allow the secretary of war and the adjutant general to promote the interest of their personal favorites. WHY TICK DKLAY AT TAMPA. Gen. Miles was questioned as to the reasons for locating the American army of occupation at Tampa and holding it there so long with the resulting congestion. Replying to the first question, be said that it was liecause of the order to occupy Hahana. The delay was due, he said, to the fact that the American army was supplied with only 64 rounds of ammunition which would not have been sufflcicnt for more than half an hour of ilghting. Considering that Habana was one of the best fortified cities in the world, he said that to have attacked It would have been foolhardy in the extreme, lie declined, however, to criticise the then secretary of war, (?en. Alger, for the condition of affairs, saying that probably any one else in the position would have done about what he did. lie laid the general blame for this condition of unprcparcdness at the door of congress. knows tiie fayoiiitks. In the course of his remarks (Jen. Miles told the committee in confidence that with the bill a law he could now name the men who would hold the places of honor provided under it but the committee did not ask for the names. root's kndorsrmfnt. ? The printed report of the testimony of Secretary Root before the military committee on this bill was made public Thursday. In his statement the secretary stated that the general TO stall' <?f tile army as it Is proposed to organize il under this hill would Ik* simply an advisory board and that its principal duty would be that of an advisory board. Asked as to the place t lie commander-in-chief would occupy with reference to this hoard, the secretaryreplied: "The plan of t he bill is to have t lie chief of stall' selected by the president as commander-in-chief, and to have it a detail so that he will come in with the president and go out with the president." ~ Senator Hate ?I)o I understand that there is a limit to their power so that they will not interfere with tlie lieutenant general? Secretary Hoot?The proposition is to have the lieutenant general to de cide. As to the work <?f this charade during tlie war with Spain, Secretary : Knot s:ii(i: UIVKS COltHI N YiIK CltKIUT. "That work was done during the I Spanish war practically l>y the penile- ! man in the adjutant general's olUee. | If We had not had an adjutant goner- 1 al with the strength of ten men, with a wonderful phystqno and extraordi- i nary executive capacity the whole sys- , tern would have been broken down ah- j solutely. Vou cannot depend on having such men." "I want to say," he went on, "that 1 believe that with the organization as it was at the outbreak of the war with Spain and is now, the outbreak ; of any war would irretrievably ruin I any man who was secretary ot war. 1 think the organ iza I ion is such that it is impossible that successful results may be produced unt il they have been worked out by most painful and expensive experience." THE DAVIS MONUMENT FUND. The School Children of tills Htnte to iicip wet 11 t p. Some time ago State Superintendent of Education McMahan received a letter from Mrs. Alloc A. Gal Hard Palmer of Charleston on the part of the committee for South Carolina to represent thcSouthern Memorial association in an effort, along with the United Daughters of the Confederacy, to further the collection of funds for the erection of a monument to Jefferson Davis. Mrs. Palmer suggests that the school children he given the opportunity to contribute to the monument. This would be most appropriate, especially in the State of South Carolina, the leader In the organization of the Confederacy, which will forever he symbolized by t he name of Jefferson Davis. The chief reason for the contribution is the sentiment rather than the money. Mrs. Palmer says: "We feel confident that every man, woman and child will consider it an honor and a privilege to contribute to this fund. I write to ask if it would he possible for you to appoint some day and have a collection taken up in all the schools for this fund? If each child gave live cents, I am sure it would amount to a goodly sum. There is a rule in our city schools that no collection shall he taken up, hut 1 am going to make a special appeal to the board, and have the sanction of the chairman to do so. It is the desire of the women of the south that the monument shall he unveiled on June .1, 100J, and each State is earnestly requested to act promptly in adding to the funds now on hand." Superintendent McMahan thinks that in connection with the taking up of the contributions, there should be exercises commemorative of Jefferson Davis, and of the Confederacy. These would serve not only to interest, but to instruct the children of the schools and the people of the community. In order to assist the teachers in devising an attractive and significant programme, he will issue a pamphlet, which Miss Withers is now preparing with the assistance of several teachers of the State. Of course, Jefferson Davis's birthday would be the best time for such an exercise, except, that it comes after most of the schools will have closed. Memorial day, the loth of May, will, therefore, be designated. As many country schools, however, will close much earlier, they arc asked to fix each a day for itself in connection with its closing exercises, and give the children of the school and the people of the neighborhood the opportunity to contribute something f/\WO I'/lo hlo " 4 h " I tvtfiuu.i u111r> iiiuimiiiriii* iu LllU nUlllll ti \ great leader in the Lost Cause. Swam TliroiiKh Icc. Ed Dameron paid a bet that lie lost on the McGovern-Sullivan fight by taking a swiin in the Ohio river at Louisville with the thermometer hovering around zero. Dameron swam 75ft.through the icy waters and when he reached the bank his mustache was frozen stiff and icicles hung from his hair. Dameron made a bet with Henry Haner, a fellow employe of the Norman Lumj her company that Sullivan would win and made the proposition that the loser shotld take a swim in the. river on St. Pat rick's day. As McOovern landed the big end of the purse Dameron paid the bet according to the agreement. Only n Dodge. Senator Penrose's attempt to head off the movement for popular election Of senators by proposing an Increase of senators, based on population, was too transparent to amount to anything. The peoplo of this country demand popular election of senators, and they will get it some day, but they will never stand for giving the big States a larger representation 1 n the senate than the small ones. if ?if / >1/ \ it iir a ^ r i a * > <JVJfN W JY I , >. V THE JURORS DRAW. To Servo In the United SIiHcn Court * at Charleston in .April. The April term of the United States Cireuit Court will convene in Charles* ton on April 1. There is a full docket and many important cases will come up for trial. .Jurors for the term have been drawn as follows: Grand jurors. Thomas J. Nichols, Hetliel. Thomas Whitaker, Camden. Mason ('. Seaborn, Walhalla. Philip Carter, Pritchard vilie. Joseph Helmett. Spartanburg. J. C. Stoudemire. Lone Star. <). P. Field, Pickens. S. (J. Wiii^ro, Gowcrsvllle. W. 10. Lindsay, Glendale. A. M. Uoxard, Orangeburg. <I. Henry Moore. Abbeville. V. A. White, Powers Shop. A. M. Aiken, Coronaco. J. A. Moody, Marion. S. 10. Hoynton, Greenpond. 10. W. Dabbs, Goodwill. Adam Good let, colored. Greenville. \\ ' all iv 1 . . .1 1 i ? (y, .'\nrii i uriniey, ttuini'd, vainway. II. P. Weekly, Early Itranch. F. M. Sluunpcrt, Utopia. J. S. Connor, Connor's. Frank DeMars, Orangeburg. J. L. Nelson, Varnville. pktit .) wnous. .1. II. Lesesne, Manning. .1. It. O'Neill llolloway, Pomnrln. R. McLendon, Florence. John Eve, colored, liarnwell. Tom Jones, colored, Abbeville. E. F. Reed, Varelines. J. Thomas Power, Stewart. J. A. Kennedy, Covan. John L. Hoggins, Columbia. W. J. Hunter, Uapley. John A. Easley, (ireenville. J. Wilds Wallace, Mars RlulT. W. S. Langford. Newberry. J. P. Phillips, Ninety-Six. J. C. Land, Foreston. I). C. Soiltli, Waterloo. C. F. Moore, Ilcnncttsville. R. R. Johnston, Elko. J. L. (iibson, North. George (J. May, Union. W. P. Counts, Shell's. W. Hampton Dukes, Orangeburg. C. W. Evans, colored, Walterboro. W. R. Owens, Dumbarton. J. H. Holland, Clinton. Prince Cannon, Laurens. W. T. Dor roll, Young's Store. Joe Lake, Phoenix. Thomas Stevens, Pendleton. C. T. Stone, Tlmmonsville. David N. Smith, Orangeburg. John R. Mart, Hopkins. Fred Duncan, colored, Darlington. C. J. Carroll. Columbia. 1). I). MoCali, Bcnnettsvillc. E. B. Berry, Sellers. Emmet I'lexico, King's Creek. HeNCue of Crew , A special from Morchcnd City N. C., says the Enited States revenue cutter Algonquin, stationed at this port, has just arrived there with Capt. Garay and crew of 27 men from the Spanish steamship <4Ea," l,0U-i tons of Bilbao. The Ea sailed from Eernandina, Ela., March l.'h for New York with a cargo of 2,.">00 barrels rosin and 2..">00 tons phosphate. When olT Cape Lookout shoals, March 1 ">, at o a. m., she went aground and high seas and brisk southeast to northeast winds prevented assistance of life-saving crew. The steamer broke in two this morning and is a total loss with her cargo. By a combination of the efforts of t lie life-saving crew and the revenue cut ter the crew of t he Ea was taken at the last minute oft the bridge of the vessel after having remained without food and water since Saturday. Hoiixlit a Cliurch. John E. Walsh, the Colorado millionaire, who is buying much propert y in Washington, had his eye on the Eoundry Methodist church building, and dropped Into the church one night while tin ice cream social was in progress. He astonished the young ladies by the prodigality of his expenditures. Finally the pastor came around. Mr. Walsh int.rfkdiiend htm???lf "I'm having a good time," he said. 4'1 like to l)uy things. Have you anything else for sale?'' ''Nothing except tiie church property," replied the pastor. "All right," replied Walsh, "I'll take that too." And he did, paying $201,000 therefor. Who 1h Ho ? There is now in Winnsboro a small white iioy that no one there knows anything about, and so far inquiries about him have brought no information. He came here Friday morning, and soon succeeded in arousing the sympathies of a lady in town to such an extent that she has since eared for him. He gives his name as Archie 1>. McCoy, and says that he Is from Rockingham, N. C. lie is about 12 years old, and apparently a right bright boy. Any in formation that will lead to his identification will be cheerfully received by Winnsboro's cheifof police. A Hi# Hillary. It Ik said that the Kcv. Baker P. Lee, of Kentucky, who has been offered the pulpit of Grace Episcopal church, Chicago, at a salary of $15,000 per year, does exactly as he pleases. The Atlanta Journal says lit probably also allows his parishioner? to do the same thing, which would account for the size of his salary. They will Catch On. The Atlanta Journal says graduate? of the Tuskegee Institute have succeeded in teaching the natives ol German West Africa how to grow cotton. And pretty soon they may be expected to learn how to refuse tc pick it for loss than 75 cents a hundred. X i p It*? \ THURSDAY, MA A GRAND SUCCESS Was the South Carolina Day at the Charleston Exposition. VTCTTOT) C WABMTV T)fnPUrT?Tv * aua a vsx.vu ii nuiuui Y AjU. lly the (aOixl INnipIo ??I" tlie City ot Chm-lcHton. The <Jov. autl OtlirrH .Make Speeches. The Charleston correspondent of the iColumbia State says South (' irolina Day has t>oeu a great success, while the crowd in attendance should have numbered not less than 2o,000 yet there were indeed 10,COO people in the grounds. This fact in itself is not an indicat ion that the cxposit ion management is disappointed, for the attendancc of such an enthusiastie crowd as \% is here Thursday means brighter days for the cx posh inn. For those who were here will go out and do "missionary work" for the. great show. Last week a prominent county otlicial came down from Columbia and was so thoroughly delighted with Ids visit that he has boon urging all his friends to come. The result of his efforts was apparent , because several Columbians who had thought of the exposition as a "failure" were by him persuaded to come, and these "converts" declared that they were going home and urge others to come. 11 is st rnntrc t lint liomn nnnnli? mn?l be persuaded to believe that tliis exposition is A OKA N I) SUCCKS8. from an aesthetic and artistic standpoint. The exposition lias had many things against which to contend and the one which has, perhaps, Iniluenced the people of South Carolina to distrust the exposition is the fact, that the exposition was opened before it was ready. Had they been admitted free they might have had no kick to make, but as they paid their way to See an unfinished show many of them went away with a feeling akin to resentment. It Is a great pity, and it. is ditlicult to overcome whatever impressions were made at that time. However, the visitors who are coming here now declare their gratilication at seeing the exposition not only completed but complete. There is nothing lacking to make it a suc<^*> if not successful. The crop year lf$W?een a bad one, but there art; people who arc able to come here for a few days of recreation and for enjoyment. 'THE LAST Ol'I'OKTUNITY. They may not have such another opportunity for 10 years or longer, it may be many years before a southern city will have the courage to undertake what Charleston has carried to completion. For the reason that the delighted crowds who were here Thursday will tro back to their homes and speak kind words for the exposition, the /South Carolina day was a success. The weather was ideal, cool enough to he snappy and warm enough to he inviting. On account of the very severe weather of the past two days, the exposition authorities feel very glad that the trains brought about -1,000 people to Charleston Wednesday and Thursday. TIIK DAY'S EXKUCISKS. There was an exchange of compliments between the representatives of Charleston and the representatives of the State government. At noon a large crowd assembled in front of the portico on the west front of the South Carolina building. Major J. C. Hemphill, a director, took charge of the exercises. He declared his pleasure at the presence of so many visitors and Introduced "the one man in Charleston who has had the pocket lx>ok big enough and the back bono big enough to make this exposition the success it is" -Capt. F. W. Wagoner, the president of the exposition. Capt. Wagoner welcomed the visitors in ids characteristic manner. His face beamed with pleasure when he invited them to make themselves at home in Charleston. He hoped that they would enjoy the day and would go back and say that the directors of the exposition had done their part, lie hoped that the visitors would be the means of bringing others. "Nature has not been in our favor," he said, "and the attendance is not what it ought, to have been." Hon. James I'. Johnson, mayor protcm, made a few remarks of welcome on i>ehalf of the city of Charleston. He spoke with a warm cordlalitv which was annarent. TIIK 8TATK IH A UNIT. Judge O. H. Simon ton of the United SfcatCH court, then introduced the speaker of the day, Governor McSweency. Judge Simon tori referred with 1 earnestnest to the fact that South 1 Carolina lias been made a unit and he complimented the Gov. in his part in that pacification. He presented "the governor of the whole people. Governor McSwceney was well received. Hh was the only prepared speech and he J followed the manuscript closely aftei ' making a few remarks appropriate t< the occasion. The governor said: GOV. M'SWBHNKY'S ADDRESS. i Mr, President, Ladies and GentleI men: It is peculiarly appropriate that one day during the progress of tills ex position should be set apart as South Carolina Day. For this exposition Is i i a State enterprise, conceived and car rlcd to a completion in the metropolis ' of the State, and this day has beer r fixed when the people of Soutli Caro - Una may come together to do honor t< > their exposition and to the city which . made it a success?to sec here dls played the resources and advantage! Urtal .G> 1U II 21, 10O2. and p tssihtlities of their own State, and of nearly every other State in the union, and other parts of the woi I I. And it is most appropriate that South Carolina should have an exposition, to which she may with a Just pride invite her brethren of every section of t ho count ry. I hclieve that the people of America are peculiarly interested in this State, and I have noted with the keenest interest and i delight t lie kind and elouuent words spoken l>y t he governors and representatives of other States upon their j visits to litis exposition. No hotter indication could he sought t hat at least one of the ends for which this enterprise was undertaken itas been accomplished the. bringing <?f our brethren ' of oilier sect ions of the country into elov r touch with our people, to wive 11ieiu the liand of welcome and assure them of our interest in the people of t he St at es which I hey represent , and I believe they have gone home with a new and broader and fuller concept ion 'of South Carolina's position in the galaxy of States. Some of them were | from that sect ion which less than a half century ago were lined up on the ot her side of t hat dark and deep chasm which was opened wide in '(JI, hut j across which Is now clasped the hand of brotherly love. II Is useless to deny, and I would not, that tie memory of j t hose days st ill lingers, sadly t hough sweetly, in the hearts of the northern and the southern people, but I repeat, j that on account of the visits, as it : were, of these States to this exposition, and their reception In the city where in the 'Mils Sumter belched forth its llame and steel against the northern Meets, the hand on the* clock of time is point in# nearer the hour when the last remnant of any antagonism muSt be obliterated, and the t."? States of this union shalll be knit together by ties closer and stronger ! than ever before. Hy the efforts* and t he untiring energy of the promoters of this exposition we have greatly advanced that t ime, and should nothing more be accomplished. It will have | deserved the wolhdonc of every true. American citizen. The sons of South Carolina have ever striven for what Ihey i)elieveci to be right, doing thel.* duty as they saw it., and leaving to their Cod the consequences of their action. From the time when the tirst permanent settlement was moved from Port Royal to the banks of tin* Ashley river in 1(570 { until today, she lias played a prominent part in the history of the western world. As far back as 1710 a revolution directed against the proprietary government, had been successful, and the colonists in tills State had placed themselves under the direct care of the Hritish crown because in tills way they believed they could secure greater political and religious liberty. And when Alio tyranny of the crown had become oppressive and it. had made encroachments upon that liberty, and the thirteen colonels had revolted. I need only to mention the names of Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter, Pickens, Itutledge, Pinknoy, and a thousand other heroes who claimed South Carolina as their mother to recall t^he memory of the part she played in that conflict. And after the. war was over and the victory won, when Sout.li Carolina thorn/lit her liirhtK | were again being trampled upon by j the government sbe bad helped to j make, unsupported and alone sbe nulliI tied tim laws of that government, and put before t he world her position in the famous declaration of State's rights. At that time the fiery and eloquent llayne represented her in the senate of the United States, and upon his retirement and elect ion to the office of governor there went to the senate one of the three great men who have ever been considered America's geeatest statesmen, whose dust now mingles with Ids parent earth in the State which he loved and served so well, and to whose memory there, on Citadel Square, stands a monument erected by the people of this historic | city. With such men at the head of her affairs she could not but command the attention and respect of the world, and when this trying ordeal for her and for the country and had been safely passed with honor to both, and a reunited country battled with Mexico, the deeds of the Palmetto regiment in t hat struggle have hardly been enual led in the annals of war-fare, even . should you go back to the time when Lconldas and Ids hundred Spartans gave their lives at the pass of Thermopylae, and never surpassed" The historic flag they bore to victory in Mexico was not Ion# since unfurled by another South Carolina regiment in Cuba on the walls of Morro Castle, i Not long afterwards followed the , Civil war that war precipitated hy the action of South Carolina in seceding from the union localise she t hought It, her right and her duty To , sever her connection with tier sister Stales. There is no need tot me to l speak of that conllhitf the names of ( tiie men of South -Carolina who took , part are engraven In the hearts of the southern people, and when it is de, sired to point the children of America to the record of deeds of courage and j self-saeriticing heroism worthy or emu, latlon, they are taught in infancy to . lisp the names of the men who from , Manassas to Appomattox bared their breasts to the belching tire of the enemy for a cause they believed to lie Just. And when the arbitrament of arms bad decided against us, when ' Lee had surrendered thero were no vain sighs and regrets from our peo1 plo, but "with a heart for any fate" 1 they renewed their allegiance to the union and went to work to rebuild their lost fortunes. Since that time, 1 since the Stars and liars were forever furled at Appomattox, South Caro> Una lias time and again proven her al1 legiancc to the government, and she ? [CONTI If IT ED ON PAOH 4.} J 1 TEXAS HAY FEVER Iti'CCtli't'n iii tltix Stall' I.iiso TIhmistitula Annually lly It. SIiht I lie stock law wont intootrect, and licks have disappeared in many parts of the State, Texas fever has be|coino(|u te a common disease. It is | estimated t hat the breeders of the State are now losing annually more man *io.uuo trom I ms disease, and it has been shown to ho so important that the South Carolina experiment station has undertaken tlio \v >rl< of combating its ravages by a process of inocculation (vaccination.) In tlte fall of 11)00 twelve calves were tHHight hy tin1 veterinary division. of which Dr. <J. 10. Nesom is chief and Dr. Shealoy assistant. A11 of them were snhject to the disease, as they had never carried ticks. They were innoculated with Mood from a eow that was immune, and in a few days they developed a litfht ease of the disease from whieh t hey soon recovered. During t he summer of IHltl they were kept In a tick-lnfestcd pasture and none of t hem cout rae.ted t lx1 fatal form of the, disease. I tut more import ant work Is now holm# dotlP io I lie u'tmo v ..>> V..-. I,...... cattle. Kvory <?ti<> who lias purchased catt 1?- from tin' Nortlr and exposed I horn to t lie Southern cat t le I lek knows that, most of them die the lirst year of "acclimation fever," another name for Texas fever. Sixteen head of hoof cattle were brought down from Indianapolis in November, 11)01, and have been Innoculated. They are doing well s?? far and when the work Is tinished in the spring tfioy will he tested in tiek111 fested pastures. It is hoped they will prove, immune. If this method proves entirely successful It, will establish the fact that, a great obstacle in the way of Introducing better cattle into this State has been removed. In this connection l>r. (!. K. Nesom has sent out the following circular letter to farmers and cattle raisers in Sunt h Carolina: rills circular letter is sent you in the hope that you will assist the veterinarian of the expt riment station in securing some Information regarding the cattle disease known as Texas fever. During the past few years the disease has been prevalent in many sections of the State, but since the passage of the present stock law it has become very common, especially In the upeountry and in the pastures and pens of stock buyers and feeders. Texas fever Is known by a number of names, hut the most Important of these are splenic fever, splenetic fever, acclimation fever, Southern cattle fever, tick fover, red water, bloody murrain, bloody urine, distemper, mountain distemper and many local names. Til,. ? >? -- j iiv njinail; rcaony recognized by any one who has seen cattle suffering from this fever. At first the animals l>ccome stupid and leave the herd for some secluded and shady part of the pasture. They appear listless and droop, as if all energy had forsaken them, the ears drop, the nose is more or less dry, ruminat ion (chewing cud) suspended, the urine light to dark red In color, and constipation marked, only small quantities of very dark, dry dung being voided. They are highly fevered, the temperature running from*10.'l to 107 degrees K. In milk cows the flow of milk is almost suspended. All of the symptoms increase in severity until the animal becomes almost or quite unconscious, wants round in a circle, groans and seems to suffer real pain. Then convulsions set in, the animal falls, unconscious and snoring in the intervals between convulsions, until death en| sues. Calves rarely develop the severe symptoms or die from the disease, but In cattle over a year old the death rate is possibly 50 to 00 per cent, increasing as the age increases. Post mortem examination of the carcass shows the llesh to be almost bloodless and pale In color, the spleen (melt) black and easily torn, the bladder filled witli bloody urine, the liver and intestines yellowish and the Kali bladder filled with bile. In all cases an examination of the skin about t he thighs, Hanks, neck and other parts of the body reveals t he presence of ticks, which always go with Texas fever. The cause of the disease is a small animal organism (protozoan,) which seems at all exist in the Isuly of the times to tick. When the tick inserts its hill through the hide these little germs gain access to the blood of the cow and there develop, immuring h case 01 Texas rover In ten to twenty days. Death results from the destruction of the red blood cells, t he refuse going to the spleen and the coloring matter to the bladder. Cattle that have had ticks on them when they were calves are. Immune to the disease, and will not have It again. Cattle that have not had ticks on them until a year old, will develop the disease as soon as they get the licks, The experiment station ottlclals desire to assist the stockmen of t he State In getting the disease under control and prevent severe losses In future. Innocul&tton experiments are now In progress, and It Is hoped that immunity to It may he produced by artificial means. You are requested to answer the questions on the enclosed postal card and return as soon as possible to the veterinarian, who wishes to thank you in advance for your co-operatior In the matter. Yours truly, O. E. Nksom, Veterinarian. Clemson College, 8. C. ? NO. 35. OUR OLD HEROES. A General Order from Oeneral C. Irvine Walker. ABOUT THE TEXAS REUNION hi" I'rgr* a ijurgo AiIcihIhiicp of Soulh < 'nrolliilanH, ami (iivrn Much Valuable InCorinallmi About tlie Trip. Headquarters South Carolina Division. I*nilcd Confederate Veterans. (i recti wood, S. C. M irch 1 i. 1902. < ieoeral t >rder No. AT. I. The Twelfth Annual Reunion of (lie 1'nllcd Confederate Veterans will lie held at Dallas. Texas, April 22-115, IU02. The Division Commander urges upon all the Camps of the South Carolina Division t lie sending of large delegations to this grand lleunlon. To how many of us, will It lie the last time we shall clasp hands with our comrades. II. The rate of travel will lie I cent per mile. As this will bo long trip, arrange incuts have made by which I Tourists Cars, with ail the substantial comforts of the Pullman Car, but only lacking their elegance, will lie run by the Southern hallway from South Carolina to Dallas, and such Tourists Cars as may he chartered by Camps will be parked while there for use as homes f< r the Veterans. The special into for the same will tie announced by the railroads. ill. Thinking always of the con I venience and comfort of Ids comrades, the Division Commander has carefully weighed the advantages presented by t he various routes to Dallas, considering not only the advantages of the olllcial train going, hut the regular schedules of trains returning, to bring the Veterans easily to their homes, outside of and including the otlicial train, and lias decided that the route by tlit* Southern Hallway is by far the best, and the otlicial train will go by tills route. Tills train will carry the Tourist, Sleepers from Soutli Carolina. The otlicial train will leave Columbia, S. C., atioiit mid-day, Sunday, April 20th, 1902, after tin; hour of the arrival of trains from Port Mill, Rock Hill, etc.. from Charleston; and trains by the A. C. R. from eastern parts of t he State. It will go via Newhorrv. Greenwood, etc., to Greenville, where the trains from Charlotte, Spartanburg, etc., will Join It, and thence on to Dallas. The comrades from points in the western part of the State will Join the olllclal train at Atlanta. It Is scheduled to arrive at Dallas, ft A. M., April 22d. This movement covers more nearly the whole State than Is possible by any other route. 1V. The Division Commander recognizes that he has no right, and certainly has 110 inclination, to require the comrades of the South Carolina Division to go by any one route, and particularly if at any personal inconvenience to the comrades, but he appeals to them to support him in his decision of a route, and to patronise the. "Southern," the ortleial route. He urges this, because: 1st. The trip is a long one. and alll Sout h Caroliniansgoing together places them in pleasant communion during the .'to hours of the trip. 2d. Parking the chartered Tourist Cars from South Carolina together, places the many South Carolinians (Occupying such cars when there, at home together. It gives our State a local habitation at the Dallas Reunion. 3d. If the Veterans of the Statede i sire i.nat uicir influence as atxxly lie I felt in the State, they must act together as a unit. They can show their common bond of comradeship by endorsing their othcial head and moving in mass. The Division Commander feeling all this, most earnestly urges the comrades of this Division, for their own comfort, their own pleasure, and the interest of the Division, to stand together, and all make the trip to Dallas by the official route on the Southern Hallway. By order. C. IRVINE WALKER, S. C. Dlv. Commander. JAMES G. HOLMES, Adjutant General, Chief of StatT. Lynched a Murder. John Woodward, the negro murderer of Leonard Calvitt, a white planter at Cnion Point, Concordia Parish, La., was lynching Thursday morning at 2 o'clock within 300 yards cof the parish prison in Vidalia, La. The negro was about 25 years of age and had stolen some cotton from Cal vili. vjh reoruary 17tn ne confessed the theft and promised Calvitt to make restitution If the latter would go to his (Woodward's) house. Calvitt did so, hut when lie appeared the negro killed him. Wanted Haniagea. A New York woman sued a hospital the other day for having performed an autopsy on the body of her husband without her permission. She asked $2"?,000 damages, and the Jury awarded her $500. The subject of the autopsy had a very large and peculiarly i shaped head, and the hospital authorities could not resist the temptation I to investigate. IMe Counter Hunter*. I Ilanna is said to be the choice of j the southern Republicans for next ; president. And it must be admitted i says the Atlanta Journal, that the average southern Republican comes pretty near knowing where the pie counter is located.