The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, February 05, 1914, Image 6
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I DISCUSS THE RACtS
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M'KBERS OF THE HOUSE HAVE
A LONG ARGUMENT OVER
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WHITES TEACHING BLACKS
I
Some of the Speeches Made l?j the
UcprcsoiitHtiuTu of (he State on the
Hill Prohibit ig White Teachers
l'roni Tench in * in Schools of This
SI ate.
The argument n the lTonso for the
passage of the hi 1 prohibiting white
teachers from t aching in no ;ro
schools in this St \to was opened by
Mr Porta r, in fa 'or of the hill, and
he took iho j >s.it on that edncatioji
fnr ! * f\ ti do t n u oc (DO 11 hnrtn fnl %*%/!
that 00 per coat, of the negroes In
prison to-day wore of the educated
class. Ho insisted that his bill was
demanded by the p ?plo of tho State
and that public set timent wished to
call h halt on white women teaching
In colored schools and ho feared that
the present situath i might lead to
social equality.
Mr. James of Kishopvillo said that
he favored a segrega tion of tho races
not only on tho trains, but in tho
schools, and that he had lived long
enough to see that the coining of tho
race* together was a ^ad thing. Mr.
Ritlenbo.rg asked him if ho wished
to throw more than fifty young women
in Charleston out of employment.
#r. J am ok suggested that Mr.
Kitten! erg's "friends" would have to
find something else to do.
Mr. I^ilos of Orangeburg, who is
bless <1 with a remarkablo voice,
thre r himself into tho, breach and
inai'j a vigorous speech against the
me ifium. Ho took the position that
thj best results would he gotten by
p rmittlng white men to manage negroes
lu tho schools, but that ho was
opposed to white, women teaching negroes.
The burden of his argument
was that as it took white men to
isanago negroes so imperative was it
that white teachers should bo employed
to teach tho negroes subserviency.
Personal!} he believed that tho negro
rvn.t? uui n, uewii aim was possessed oi
a soul, and that if taught right by
white men and shown that which was
right that they would ho less troublesome
and more obedient. He wished
it understood that he was not in favor
of any form of social equality and
that any demagogue that undertook
to twist bis position into favor of social
equality told a lie, but he Insisted
that he felt It his duty to oppose this
bill, because bo frankly believed that
the best results could bo gotten by
having men Instruct the negro. Mr
Ulos reiterated bis position and said
he regarded white supremacy above
all else.
Mr. Stanley of Horry created something
liko a consternation by this
amendment: "Provided, that the
proviosions of this bill shall also apply
to negro waiters in hotels and
eating bouses, negro servants it1
white hospitals and negroes working
in the same establishments that white
women are employed, negro nurses ii
private homes?to tho extent that the
two races shall not ho permitted tc
entraero in samn wnrU nt iim a-mw
time at any plana or in any mannei
whatsoever." This was not a joker
Mr. Stanley insisted that the Stat(
might as well face complete negrt
segregation, and he did not want th<
races to mix anywhere, lie even wenl
so far as to take the position that ne
gro farm labor was worthless, and in
sistcd that the sooner the white peo
pie realized it the better, lie sait
the only way to avoid danger was tc
meet the situation fairly and square
ly, as he proposed.
Mr. Barnwell of Charleston pre
seotod a logical argument, and begai
by stating that he came from a sec
lion that had a problem that was no
so conspicuous in the up-country. Hi:
people had met the situation by whit
people undertaking to some exten
the early training of the negroes ii
the schools, and that the result hat
boo* subservience, discipline am
obedience. Of course, there were ex
coptions, but ho argued that th
teaching of whito women in colorei
schools had not been harmful. Th
first idea that the colored child gol
ana was maue 10 gei, irom ins wiut
teacher, was respect and obedlencf
and to realize that the white toaclie
was his superior. Either this woul
have to ho done as it is now down i
Charleston, or the negroes would b
taught hy negro preachers, who ver
often wore of the most insurgen
typo, or hy Yankee women, abou
whom complaint was now raad<
Speaking for Charleston, ho felt tha
the races there got along as well, o
bettor, than elsewhere, and ho b(
lievod that this condition was largel
brought about hy tlio colored childre
bolng taught In early life that the
must recognize the white people, a
exemplified by the white teachers, a
their superiors. Mr. Barnwell wishe
It understood that ho was always 1
favor of white supremacy, hut ho r<
gardod the pending hill unwise an
inexpedient.
Dr. Wyche of Newberry said it wa
a very easy matter to arouse rac
prejudice. Some almost would mak
It a crime to speak to the negro. ]
THIS STATE'S GINNING
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I lea Ki:s FOR THE COUNTIES OF
SOI Til CAROLINA.
Census llurenu'.s Figures (jiren Out
For Number of Bales Turned Out
Prior to January 10.
Cotton ginned In South Carolina,
of the 1013 crop, prior to January
1G, amounted to 1,308,804 bales,
against 1,192,574 bales for the same
period in 1912, according to tho figures
given out by tho bureau of tho
census, which also shows tho number
of balos ginned in each county, In
running bales, counting round as half
balos and not including linters. dinning
by counties follows:
1913. 1912.
Abbeville . . . . 33,308 28,050
Aiken 4 7,200 3 0,1 02
Anderson .. .. 70,588 53,131
Hamburg .. .. 27,457 1 9,720
Harnwell . . . . 50,554 4 2,7 71
Beaufort . . . . 7,732 5,583
Berkeley 13,356 1 0,740
Calhoun 27,031 20,838
Charleston .... 15,700 1 1,553
Cherokee .. .. 17,631 13,960
Chester 32,022 3 1,075
Chesterfield. . . 29.822 20 904
Clarendon . . . 4 0,013 3 4,4 15
Colleton 1 9,23 1 1 4,777
Darlington .. .. 37,440 39,502
Dillon 36,062 38,409
Dorchester.. .. 16,607 1 3,251
Edgefield . . . . 32,476 27,047
Fairfield 25,826 25,796
Florence 43,480 37,863
Georgetown. .. 3,732 3,090
Greenville .. .. 41,710 32,554
Greenwood.. .. 31,60S 29,300
Hampton .. .. 1 9,443 1 4,5 1 2
1 lorry 10,022 9,884
Jasper 6,143 5,0 69
Kershaw .... 26,861 25,527
Lancaster .. .. 24,188 25,277
1 .an ren s 4 3,273 35,189
Lee 37,498 32,993
Lexington . . . . 25,509 22,505
Marion 1 7,698 1 8,24 9
Marlboro . . . . 52,4 10 66,905
Newberry . . . . 38,904 33,683
Oconee 1 9,794 1 4,51 5
Orangeburg.. .. 77,81 1 59,1 71
Pickens 1 7,935 1 2,914
Richland 22,336 21,055
Saluda 25,072 23,083
Spartanburg. . . 69,889 5 6,2 60
Sumter 4 0,533 3 4,1 88
Union 20,393 1 7,383
Williamsburg .. 26,491 23,569
York 39,980 3 9,54 6
Total 1,368,864 1,1 92,574
wo have erred it has been in not
teaching the negro enough, particularly
of morality. Some wanted tho
i negro to go to tho depths, and if ho
1 lui U' h i f a moti \t? I 1 1 on Tblr.
v?v/vi> i uw tiuu titu.il tun nu net . 1 IIIO
is too serious a matter to joko about.
If the issue is to be squarely met it
I must bo more serious?deportation.
. The way to settlo this question is
without lav/. Public sentiment will
. rogulato such matters. In bis coun?
ty, for instance, thero aro no white
. teachers in negro schools. The negro
. lives in contentment in this tSat
I and he, therefore, believed tlio white
, men were able to handle the situa
r tion. This is a white man's country,
>
? therefore, why fear? It. looked to
, him like an effort to use it as a polit>
leal move. This was an inopportune
) time to raise such questions. If the
? situation must be met let it bo by
. race segregation, absolutely. Who
fears social equality in South Caro*
Una, except the thoughtless or the
, man on very infirm foundation. lie
? believed in teaching negroes or any
I one else to be good and respectable,
. Ignorance is a basis of evil and that
. is all thero is to it.
Mr. Vanderhorst, of Charleston opj
posed the bill and offered personal
) testimony, so to speak. So far as be
. could gather the objection to white
teachers in colored schools was pure
ly sentimental. Ho saw it from s
( practical standpoint, and ho paid i
glowing tribute to tho school systen
t in Charleston. Ho thought the ab
sonco of race friction in Charlestor
R was largely duo to white teachers in
A sistiner nnon rennoct for th?
I ?1- ~ ? "" *
,x race and cleanliness. Ho personal!}
j know teachers in tlieso colore(
j schools, and there wore no women o
better antecedents or character, am
' they taught in these schools as i
,j matter of duty. No one has eve
heard of any ono of the white teach
ers of Charleston being degraded he
^ causo of such teaching. The test ha
been made in Charleston and the bos
p results, in every way, is gotten b;
(j competent white teachers in colore*
M schools.
Mr. White of Clarendon saw bu
, one advantage from white teacher
( teaching in colored schools, and tha
^ was to get the money for teaching
, There aro a few Northerners wlv
iovo mo negro necauso moy do no
understand conditions. The effect o
whites teaching in negro schools i
y so bad as to havo members froi
Charleston and Orangeburg oppos
y this bill. Ho could not comprehen
8 how white men could opposo this bil
s The only way to account for it wa
(j by a loss of the sense of proportior
n
i- Was IFolr to Mother's Wealth.
(* Julia Flake, the 19 year old gii
of Galesburg, 111., who plotted t
3 havo her mother killed that she migli
o wed her step-father, was the solo bor
e eflciary of her mother's will whic
[f was read Monday In her presence.
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JUST FIUHT TICK?:
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STRUNti APPIAlS IN BtHALF OF [
IHt FARMLRS ?
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SOME STIKMNG TALKS
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Several Speakers t'rgo the General
Assembly to Help Fight the Cattle a
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Tick?Ask Members to Appropriate 0
Forty Thousand Dollars to Fight '
the Cost in This State. tl
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The I'nited States government rep- ,i
roosntatives and Cleinson collcgo {
joined in appealing to the general |
assembly to unite with them in tDo jwork
of fighting the cattle tick in j,
South Carolina, to prepare for build- fl
ing up a live stock industry, and ?
thus preparing for the dreaded boll ,
weevil, which leaves devastation and NV
want in its wake.
"You \\ill have to climb the moiin- t<
tains of prejudice and wade through o
seas of ignorance and misinformation e
in impressing upon the peoplo the $
crisis which confronts them." drji- *.
matically exclaimed Congressman A. a
F. Lever In a masterly appeal for the o
passage of the appropriation of $40,- o
000 to help in the fight to free South a
Carolina from tho cattle tick. 01
Congressman Lever drew npplause n
when ho declared that If tho general r<
assembly would appropriate $4 0,000 w
tho Federal government would supplemont
the fund with a like amount, tl
and thus help in saving one million .4
dollars a year to tho cattlo growers 1'
of this State. "This is a little, but cl
ambitious, State," declared Mr. Lever a
in saying that he did not believe *'<
South Carolina would lag in the progressive
legislation now being enacted
all over the country. j,
The members of tho legislature h
and visitors broke into mighty cheer- w
ing when the Seventh district con- a
gressman spoke of tho dawn of a tl
new era which had come with the ad- li
ministration of President Wilson and tl
in predicting a great era of prosper- 1
ity and advancement. h
Mr. Lever referred to the passage y
of the Smith-Lever agricultural ex- c
tension bill by congress, and said t<
that it, would mean a great boost for p
tho agricultural Industry of tho na- 1
tion. He called on tho legislators to p
help the farmer, and said that ho was
convinced that would display states- f
mansliip by preparing for tho coming 1:
of tho boll weevil by passing the ap- f;
propriation for lighting tho cattlo c
tick. i
President W. M. Uiggs of Clemson 1
college told of the work which the t
collogo had done in assisting in the 1
work of tick eradication, hut allowed *
(lull the $40,000 could not lie taken t
out of the fund of tho college for this t
work without crippling other public 1
advancement which was being car- 51
ried on. Ho showed that tho college (
was now appropriating nearly $S,000 c
yearly for the tick eradication, and 1
how in the last six years it had spent 1
about $50,000 in this work in tho upcountry
in conjunction with about t
$108,000 spent by tho Federal gov- '
eminent. llo said that the college t
, was ready and willing to do anything *
, it could to advance the interests of 1
tho farmers and tho people, but that f
tho budget for tho coming year call- *
, ed for $200,000, while tho income I
t from the fertilizer tag tax amounted c
r to only about $22 0,000. He told of /
whero tho money was spent, as in
carrying on tho farm demonstration
work, in providing for scholarships
at Clemson, in fertilizer inspection *
, and analysis, in carrying on the work
of tho branch stations at Summerville
and Florence and in running the
collogo and teaching tho eight hundred
and fifty young men at tho institution.
He thanked tho general
assembly for tho consideration they
had always shown Clemson college.
j Shows Value to State
Dr. TO. \T. Nighbort, tho inspector
3 in charge to tick eradication work,
/ wit h llliniiniuirtnra 1 ? A 1 - ' J
vvto All /\UtlULcl, 11)1(1
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1 of how tho work of eradicating tho
f cattle tick had begun in North Car1
olina 20 years ago, liow tlie general (
i campaign in 1006 had been carried '
r forward with such (inn results, and *'
- how tlie cattlo tick prevented the 1
- building up of a livo stock industry. '
s lie estimated that South Carolina was
t producing enough cotton seed meal to (
v feed and fatten 2f>0,000 head of cat- (
1 tlo annually, and by carrying on the (
campaign in a systematic manner the
t tick should he eradicated in a short 1
s time. lie said that Tennesseo was
t freed from tick at tho cost of about
$2.r>0,000 and had saved over ^.2,000,- '
r> 000 yearly. 11 o stated that an area of 1
t 200,000 square miles h d been freed '
f since 1906, and that the little farmer! '
s was the ono interested, as lie was 1
n the ono who fed and clothed the na- i
o tlon. Ho said, "First free the conn- i
d try of the cattle tick and the livo i
I. stock Industry would bo developed." 1
9 Vrgos Prompt. Action. '
' Mr. R. H. Uftwl, of the bureau of
animal industry in tho agricultural
department at Washington, brought
.] homo in a clear way tho need for
0 prompt action in fighting the cattle
it tick. He showed that whereas tho
i- West formerly grew more corn and
h raised more cattle than the nation
could use, that ranges had disappear1
(1 and now tho nation was looking
o tho South. Ho quoted statistics
o show a decrease in cattle raising,!
nd stated that whereas in 1890 beef
attic in Chicago sold for I 1-2 cents
or pound on the hoof, it now brings
ine cents a pound. Ho stated that
outh Carolina can raise grass and
ther feed necessary for the cattle inustry,
and they must first get rid of
lie cattlo tick. Ho said there were
hirty counties below the quarantine
In?, others having been freed front
lie cattle tick. These comprise the
ounties in the middle and southern
actions of the Slate, and ho quoted
tatistics to prove his assertions of
lie enormous cost these people were
ndurlng from tho infection of the
Ick.
According to Mjr, ?wwl the counlos
below the qpatfantine line cornrise
2 1,8? 4 squitre miles, tho cotinlos
which have been cleaned of the
Ick amount to 8.(115 square miles,
le said that estimates made on careMi
experiments showed that the cost
i these 30 counties from the prevalnce
of tho cattle tick amounted in
lilk production to $422,000; reduclon
by tanners in the prices of hides,
rhlch had come from tick-infested
attle, at $1.26 per hide, amounting
:> $25,000; the loss in selling value
f cattle from the tick-Infested area,
stimated at $5 a head, equalled
101,000; detah loss, tho majority of
rhich came from the ticks, $297,000,
ii out I m n t nH lnua von /vP i An A
.a v?.'v?itttvvv'u *wno j vu i i jr 1 f 1 j'/VVj"
ft0. Ho said this represented a loss
f G 1-2 cents an acre: that It took an
verage of 1.8 cents an acre to eradiate
the tick from the 2 1G,ftftft square
liles, and the average cost In the
aunties cleaned In South Carolina
as 2.8 cents per acre. In Darlinghi
and Marlboro counties, he stated,
le ticks were eradicated at costs of
I and .6 cents an acre, and that the
lfested area in the State can be
leaned at an outlay of 2.8 cents an
ere, or about $ 100,000, and thus
ive 2.7 cents an acre.
lioll Weevil Is Coming.
Telling how the boll weevil came
lto Texas some fifteen years ago,
laving ruin and desolation in its
ake, and how it had steadily crept
cross the South until today it is on
lie western border of Georgia, Mr.
'.awl estimated that it would roach
his State at the outside in five years,
le showed how cotton production
ad been cut from 1,000,000 bales a
ear in ouiLsiana to 100,000 with the
oining of the boll weevil, and how
en counties in Mississippi had droped
from 202,486 bales of cotton in
DOG, the llrst year the weevil apicared,
to 3 8,133 in 1912.
The weevil, ho said, had travelled
roil! Western Tev;t? to hr? CnnnrU
>oundry, a distance of Gr?0 miles, in
ifteen years, and that it was certainly
tuning to South Carolina, as it was
nipossible to kill it or stop its march,
io appealed to the General Assembly
o prepare for the dreaded boll weevil
>y eradicating the cattlo tick and
has building up a live stock indusry,
so when the weevil comes and
he farmers are no longer able to
also cotton they can turn to cattle
ind thus save them from ruin and
Insolation. Tie painted a vivid and
onvincing picture and his earnestless
clearly made its impress upon
ho legislators.
The House passed a rising vote of
hanks to the speakers. Congressnan
Lever held a regular leveo after
ho adjournment. Every legislator
ind visitor pressing to shake his
land. Tho other visitors were given
t cordial welcome and there is eviience
in Columbia that tho approbation
for $40,000 for lighting the
attle tick will likely go through.
SHERIFF IS ATTACK El).
Mekens Prisoner Makes Desperate
Effort to Overcome SherilV.
What came very near a jail dellv ry
was frustrated at tho IMckcns jail
>y the timely arrival of Sheriff Rourk
mil the. refusal of somo prisoners to
ake part. Just before retiring last
,Vednesday night, tho sheriff started
in his usual round through tho corrilors
of tho jail to seo that all was
veil. Just as ho entered ho was atacked
by one of tho prisoners who
<nlloil fr?r Hir?
For snmo reason tho other pris>nors
did not respond and tho sheriff
leing tho better man soon had the
iggressor in his cell. Had tho other
nen assisted there is no doubt but
;hat they would have gained their
iberty. With tho spring out of an
>ld shoo and a pocket knife they had
jut tho lock to tho cell and bad succeeded
in cutting a very largo liolo in
Iho wall of tho building, but despairing
of getting out through the wall
tho sheriff was attacked.
The man who attacked tho sheriff
was Coleman Caudle, who was sent
from Faslev for rnhhnrv nrwl r? I
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coincident Sheriff Koark had his
hands full of fruit, which the boy's
father had sent to him, and it was
about to bo delivered. Caudle has
served one sentence on the chain
sang and had been out only a short
time when arrested on tho above
charge.
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Kills Tlrldo and Mother.
Angered by the refusal of his
bride of two months to go on a trip
with him, Will Simons Wednesday
killed her, her mother and himself
at the homo of Mrs. John Calvin
Wiggins, his mother-inlaw, about
four miles south of Hamlet, N. C.
II
The Victrola o]
to all the music
The hostess who
home can entertain hei
(-1 1 *
r>uc nas at ncr conn
est opera artists?alvvay:
their arias and concerted
She can entertain 1
band music or superb i
'can at will furnish the
add to their enjoyment.
Wouldn't you like a Vi
can easily get one. There
Victrola from ?15 to $200, ;
to suit your convenience, a
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Expert!
StlimPS nnfI Boulder
Blasted; Swamps and
/ Holes and Trenches 1
\ d|\ Yd Trees' Vines, Shrubbc
1 V\t\ \ I Trees Rejuvenated; P<
\ \l^A
\ lifSjJj^Ice and Log Jar
W/fW/l Sewers, Gutters
MMr iiira from Itoads;
ffC ^^wr/A Animals Exterminc
If-ItV Blasting I Do It,?
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J. TT ULl JL.
Agricultural Engineer ami Blasting
(MAIL 0
No need to send to the hi^
you want. We have it here at
er. You owe us a trial anyw
require and let us figure on it.
selves out to execute mail o
prompt attention.
L0R1CK & LCh
HARD1
COLUMB
BEATS XKCillO OF E. |
Yorkvlllc Man I'scs Whip to Successfully
liesist Attack.
While returning in ills buggy Saturday
from Loekhart, J. A. Shannon,
who lives near Sharon, York county,
was cursed by a negro whom ho met
in the road. Ho got out of his buggy
and asked the negro what ho meant.
The negro continued to advance to-1
ward Mr. Shannon with a knife or a
ra/,or in his hand. Being unarmed,
Mr. Shannon threw rooks at him and
kept him off with his whip for some
time. Finally ho struck the negro
between the eyes with the heavy end
of the whip and loft him stunned
and bleeding. Just about that time
somo other negroes came along and
took the negro to a nearby house.
When officers wero sent to arrest the
negro, ho could not ho found. It is|
thought that the man was crazed
j with cocaine, as Mr. Sannon had
| never seen him before. Mr. Shannon's
clothing was considerably
slashed.
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Kills Himself at Depot.
Sherrod Warren, an employee of
the Atlantic Coast Lino railroad at
Ilot Springs, Fla., committed suicide
at tne passenger depot Thursday by
sending a pistol ball through his
head. No cause Is given for tho act.
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Killed Brother and Self.
Rosecoe Beasley of Nashville,
Tenn., lato Thursday night shot and
killed his brother, Ollie S. Reasley,
and wounded his wife, then killed
himself.
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pens your door
of all the world ,
has a Victrola in her j
guests regally. r!
mand the world's greats
ready to oblige with
.1 numbers.
her guests with stirring
instrumental solos, and
latest dance music to
ctrola in your home? You
: are various styles of the
and terms can be arranged
TORE
Blasting rA/i
s Removed; Ditches wvv m / r*
Wet Spots Drained;
hasted for Planting |
ry and Hedges; Old jj>
ost, Telephone and
les Prepared; Wcdls iw?l|
ns, Cellars, Trenches,
Blasted; Mud Holes Eliminated
Gophers and Other Burrowing
itcd; Charges Reasonable.
-With Red Cross Dynamite j
ORANGEBURG S. C.
Contractor. Phone 241-L.
rders"!
; mail order houses for what f
the same price?if not cheap- .
ay. Send a list of what you 'r j
We have specially laid our- , i
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VRANCE, INC.. I
WARE I
IA, S. C. 1
TO RETl'1IX PISTOLS.
Jefferson Davis' Weapons to IW? Re*
turned by Government.
Secretary Garrison Wednesday directed
tho return to tho heirs of Jefferson
Davis, of two duelling pistols,
a double-barrelled pistol and appurtenances
seized by Union troops near
tho close of the civil war. Mr. Garrisison
took this action upon receipt of
an opinion from Attorney General
McReynolds that tho President of th?
Confederate States had never been
legally deprived of his ownership on
tho property and that all his rights
in it had been restored to him by
President Johnson's amnesty proclamation.
The pistols which have been in th?
custody of tho War Department for
nearly 50 years will bo turned over
to Joseph A. Hayes, of Colorado,
... t- " ~
\> i id ho who is Jefferson Davis' eld eat
daughter. The shawl and raglan belonging
to Mrs. Davis and aaid to
havo boon worn by Davis when he
was captured, were not included in
the articles for which Mr. Hayes asked
but it is presumed they will be relinquished
if the Davis heirs reonent
them.
Student Meets Sudden Death.
The third student of the University
of Pennsylvania to die from unnatural
causes in the last eight days was
found dead Monday at Philadelphia
from asphyxiation. He was Raymond
p. Feldman, of Tunkhannock, Pa.,
and was found in a gas filled room
at his boarding house.