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EP OI F4 * THE_ -PS JOURNAL.__ VL 5.N-3-I IC1KINS, S. C., THURSD)AY, AUGUST 29, I895- ONE D)OLLAR( A YEAR.. A New Woman of the Right Sort. BILINT TRIUMPH OF A MiS SISSII1PI QUEEN. How This Southerai Girl Smalseti a Political Ring-Ier Love flor Fatlher and tie TrutI. The latest " new ' woman is a bril liant daug htor of the conservative old State of Mississippi, who, during the exciting days of the past week whon all eyes were centered upon the Delmo cratic State convention, was herself' a central figure, and, with no Intention whatever of a pun on her name, was a decided power. " New" you may call her by courtesy perhaps. but she is ohi In the sense of being womanly ; and it was no desire whatever for personal aggrandizement which led her to enter into the whirlpool of politics, but was, inutead, that sweetest of sentiments, a daughter's love for her father. The story comes to m-3 from Morid lan, where one of the most ox ,iting State conventions known to the Demo cracy of that famous old State of chivalry has just come to an end. Al most overy county in the State had a candidate and every candidate was oin hand with his friends and a' tive workers. l0xcitement ran h.igh. Many distinguished men were there tmd the halls that resounded with the miatch less eloquence of Prentiss, McClung, Lamar and Davis were converteil into lobbies where the politicians were at work. 1t was a convention notabe in many respects, but notable inl uniine was it from the fact that for the Iir -st time in the history of any Southern State a woman took au active palrt in a political canvass. That wotman is Miss Katherine Markham l'ower, of Jackson, who so successfully conducted the canvass of her father. .1. L. Powcr, for Secretary of State. 1Fverybody is singing praises and the most expe rienced politicians are telling of her work, describing it as being truly mar velous. Miss Power is a young vomann who bas, by reason of her exceptional per sonal and mental gifts, been widely k;nown since entering the state of 3ung womanhood. The ditighter of a father born in the Emerald isle and a mother in whose veins ilows the blood of the passion t I Scu1h, Miss Power's qualities are, .perhaps, " more mixed " than is usual in on 3 frail fUame. Tali, siender, dark, " with shinning black crown " adorning a beautiful head splendidily poised and eyes of a marvelous depti of color, she is a typical specimuen of Southern wo manhood, physically, mentally and so cially. As a girl Miss Power was a student brilliant and ambitious. While still very young she entered Miss Baldwin's seminary in Stanunton, Va., where she studied three years, coming home at last with numerous rolls of par'chment and a little badge of gold given for excellence in English comnpositiol." in that lay the guide of her future. Her return to her' native city might have been marked a social triumph had her tastes been in that. But they were for more rerious pleasures. While full of life aLd aL the qualitics that give youth and happiness, even as .a child, Miss Power was fonder of a book than of a card, more partial to drives through nature's gardens than to a dance neath ilaring gai; and to quoto one near to her, ininit ly ronder .of "reading" men and the stories they 'have to tell, than of listening to them, no matter how prepossessins; the nar rator or romancer. Immediately after her return from echool this brave - entered her' fa ther's office, he then being editor of The Clarion, the ollelal organ of the State, since which time she has illed every position in a newspaper' ollce f'om proofreader .p to editor. She is now editor and prIolwrietor of Kate Power's Rleview, the Oaly paperW on theo gulf coast owned by a woman, edited by a woman and p~ublishedl for' women. 'lThis paper has had a p'ienomenally successful carreer, hav inug attained -the fourth place in circulation among the State weeklies and having kept. u p an exalted lit wrary standard. Trhree weeks ago, while in an ex hausted condition from the summer's work, Miss Power' left home for a va ce~tion. She had beensabsent two days when recalled by a telegr'amn announc hig her' father'r serious, perhaps fatal illness. LIn great dIstress she returned to find the father, who has been more of a brothe' and companion to her', ly lng- at death's door, hope having bee n a >andoned by family and physi cia, 3. But not so with the daughter. l*'or nine days and nights she never ift her father's bedsidos except to / her Pstudy and with her younr- ,sters take up the pen in her fat) .tofonse In the can vans then at J Attost for state oilces. Power' w' candidate for Secretary of Sta, as illnoss, coming as it did in the raidst of his canvass and before he had vislted more than a half dozen counties, scomed to put an end to his chances, ho having two young and very vigorous oppo-0 nents. The position of his daughter' was difficult in the extreme. Grieved al most to distruction because of her' la ther's sufferings, she still kept herself so well in hand that *never' for one hour did the work of flooding the State with circular and pei-sonal leotters fal ter. She had in this most able assist nats in her brother's and two younger 5rsters, willing to execute her dieision ,~ ~, n the direction of the canvass. At the most critical time in his ill S ness certain complications arose In his own county by which it seemed that : ~ the county would be wrested fi'om him for some political reasons. Miss Power was for days holj - i ~her father's death being prIobable at any hour; but when, on Wednesday befor'e the county election on Thumrs ~ day, the beloved faither. p i-;esd t b, ceisis, this girl with a lion's courage in a tender woman's heart, kissed the b~row o'f her' father' and with that kiss gse a benison, started for'th on her labor of love. After traveling in a day one hun dred miles by r'ail and road combined. vIsIting every one of the 125 delegates to the county convention at their homes, and "etur'ning late at night~ to the bedside of lher' father, she wo'uld spend several hours plianning the next day's corresp~ondence to be executed by her sisters. Once during the week of intense heat she covered sixty-two miles in one day In a jumper. Horm course wna dig-ntaned he' rn,.tn royal anti every deferenco paid by tho ruen, and though many a strong man would have fallen under the strains of tr'avel, heat and work, this girl know no fatigue, nor was over heard to mur mur. in less than five days she had visited every pr'ecint in the county ox copt four, and this lailure was due to an unfavorable change in her father's condition requiring hor presonce near lim. And, through it all she never let her father suspect that tere was any tight In the county, putting her ab.aence Idown to imllPortant business of her' own, lost it increase hIs illness. This piece of work Is tuparilalleled in our Southeron Uountry, and wihile Aliss Power is, and always has been, avowedly opposed to female sulfrage, L venturo the assert'ion that, if the men of IHinds County, N1issis-jippi, could have tLheir way L1by would neve- ob joet t o polities " Its tley lierdi froxn hetr. l''Xcedinlgly womanly and gracious a iII appearance, this girl seems equally charming in a palace, anti in a little log cabin hioni. The genuine spirit of courtsy anid kinntiess that is one of i ni'r chief attractions served her' well in this work, ani tho fact that t.hrt'oughout her' life she has been able Lo recognizo true imianhilool, wiether< in jeans o' broadcloth, and do it honor, waits good as a life's superlicial train ing in tbe school of politics. IIr work did not coase in I inds, but into every county she could reach] shie went, never heeding her own com fort, but getting u) atall hour'sos night, riding on palace car's, inl freight ea boo0ses or on work trains to make her points. It is said of her that she so filled the crew of a certain freight with admiration and sympathy that I the conductor waited his train at, the ; various stattions one day until the dol- I egates could be talked to, thus aidinig her to cover live towns iL one half day. flor work as a canvtia.gor. ended, she< sat tihe day of the convention in a p'i- < vate olice surrounded by the best and i brainest men of Mississippi. directing < w iti a tClearness and wisdom that i amazed those wilo obeyed lier behests the convention work. No imtin itt Mlississippi could have done the work better, and ver'y few as f well, as it hits been done by this brave I and loving girl who says, '' I have only I two weapons ir. this hard light-my I love for my fatier, and the truth.'' Telhing of the way they worked, M ibs . Power said to the friend who tells me I the story: "'The desk in the libra'y I was nevci' vacant. One of the girlsi would write until the 2 o'clock a. tn. trtaini, then rouse tmy brother. wIhio wouldlly to the train oi his bike, mail < the hundreds of letters, maybe, and, I returning, tke his place at the desk, I wruking up the etrly morning itnail. At, fi o'cloc tiis was sent, ot, and an olhier sister took lier tur'ai until the It) O'clock maiti went ol. After that, "'all hands" feil to giving such time as they could sp)we. And tbius, itt those foutt' weeks of ceaselebs nuising, with a pa pe' On our hands also, and latter mlly constant traveling, the clildlretn sent out thir'ty thousand citiculis's axid wrOte twelve hundred letters ! Prtt good work for .July. don't you think Y" Miss Power gives a funny doscxip tion of the stage fright that, attacked i her when she lir'st essayed to olection- I eer. " thoug I I should faint," said I she. " Everything swam in a sea of blackness before me. Telt, floor' went up 01' the roof came down ;my kns shook frightfu.1y, and tmy ustitallv glib toxigue clave to the roof of my mouth : and its long is I live I shial regard tlhe clever merchant who catme for'ward and broke the ice by inquir'ing for my father's health as my deliverer ! Ugh it makes me shudder to recall it." That is otno scence here is another " If you like exciteientt,," says Miss P'ower', in descriing the momient wvhen success came, "' yout should have been In the caplitol when thbey niomii natedi -apa !The noise of theo shaking buildinig, the echoes of the thiunder'ous applause and the utneniding str'cam of men llying back and for'th miade a scene of r'ar' excitement. Andl at last, wvhen, as [ sat at the desk in my hieadquiat'tei's axid heard lyixng feet ruish downi the hither'to deser'ted hall, and heard my br'other's voice, ar.d knew that the bat' tle was over' and that victory was mine, I thought, I should (lie of sutlfocation; i could niot got, my3 breath. Anid then, singly, in couples, trios, doenes, scor'es and tmobs, the meni wvho hiad stood by tme catme to tell ime the tnews. Atid, alb, they told it gladly !Somue strong moen laughed, anid other's, str'ongerC, c'ied. Seine knelt right there and thanked the divine leather' fox' lis xaid; and at last, wh len I i( ad poudly clasp ed ovet'y hontest hantd ini all that thr'ong, I stxarted home to tell the news to my fatther' and itothier ; and as I flew alontg with one of theogi'and younhg sons of Mississippi, who, forgetful of care's aind ttroubles of his own, had stood close at my side atid istade a mnagnihicent~ light,, ftulI hal f a hunid rod mn, besides ladies and child ren, fol lowed me inito thtis glad home, wvhere the childr'on ' ini their' joy htad forgot, ten the biLtet', toilsometc weeks, and wvho'e may father, though still, I thattk God, unconscious of the hitter light ont him, lhad thatt in his eyets a lie r'each ed out is ar'ms to inc that, made the hior'iilox mionth just~ pas-d (chanig, atid at once, ito the happiest, of may li fe.'' Mis lh'I ower, who has made this vail laant light, was eartly apptoited ats onte of tite dir'ecrs foi' the Sttate of M issis sippli fox' the Atianita (Cottoni St~ato attd Itercinational Expositiont, anti, wilie she has had to employ mtlb of hor' time otherwvise, shie has been~t worIkinig diligently thrxoutghiout the State itn the interest of the exhibit, front M ississlit >i1, anti she Is coiidet that, even now MIss issi ppi1 and herti wtonient will c(mto nobly to the fr'ont wvith a xtredlI itihlo oxchibit. --New Yoirk J1ottrntal : I ,orc's a stan ntamed~t 1<;hm b,-':tKsIla x R hd1 by lihtting in the nig storm of thri'e ni1gb ts tago. Got upi whteni the sti'trm was ait its height and v-enit Lto the windolw to cloae It. It is an old saying, keep) aiwaty frotm the dr'aughits whIiiloe1 Ligt - nlang 18 going on. Dohn't knttow ansyth i ng about It, bt,1 al ways toild tittat it wvas a bad thIng to get in a drautght. Iljt'tr shut down a wintdow hefoie the storm gets to wor'k. One thinug surse. Ipp was killed. Might have be'en killed if lie had been In any eote plate, h~at it so happened that lie was att ant openfl Iwlidow and In a dt'auight,. --Twvo meon have beent arrtedtt int N'ew York for sollling Cofedtlrate' n~omitl to imtf~sams BILL ARP ON THE FASHIONS, NOT IN FAVOt 01' TlICH ISA IOON SIICVICS. ie Appreciates a Good 1Igure-Op. postt t1 o Mohl lIer filubbards anl( t sie1b Lating. L don't believe that the oilst sensi ble woman in the world can be whollv a indiffelrent to the tyranny of fashion. t If they don't follow it neal' they (o afar oil. Woman seems to be bilt I that way and I reckon she enint hlp I it,. 'T'he men have been fussing about I it for ages, but it, don't do any good. f ionime Say that the devil is at tibe bot- i Lom of it, and that fashion is woman's c !esett,ing sin and is the devil's trap V hat he sots to catch them, but I don't, 1 clieve it. I've noticed my female 8 olks making these big sleeves and I ' (now they havO had no bad effeet on l ,heni. TIhey go to ch urch all the same, y oxd to the missionary ilet,i ng, and i ,he Sunday school and sing in the t -hoir, and are just as kind and in- v lustirious at home as they ever were. Il 4ow t,he big sleeves were really right i )retty and becoming until they swelled t ,heui out of all reason, and now they a tre horrid. iPor about a y3ear tihe style i f woman's dress has been pret,tier .han for many years before. It lit her )eLrson and showed the grace of her' orm and mo .ement, but this balloon V ileeve business is deforming her some. a don't think it will last long. But I s vill comiprom isO on most any fashion a .xept hoop skirts. I never was re- d toneiled to them i and never will be. remember when they came into 0 ashion, and they were quite decent at mnd well buLaved, but in course of s ,ime they got bigger and more wider I Lnd spreadier until a man dident, have t nuch showing on a sidewalk or the treCt cars, and a woman with a full grown tilLer on coulldent get into a hurch pew with any grace. She 'oulident lean uP again st the conteIr ' ni a store, but had to stand of a foot >v so to keep the tilter fr-oml rizing rom a horizontal to a perpendicular. L'hat was away hack before the war ti vhcn GJeorge ). Il'rentice was running t l'he Louisville .ournal, and he wrote I. uch a sarcastic poem about them that s he ladies got ashamied and reduced t heir circumference. 3ut they came h1 )ack again a few years ago, though o lot, to such an extravagant extent. I y vas ia young man when thev first cOmeiI r und the rage was so infeetious and ii iniversai that poor .folks who couldent c uy theil got tle boys to ialk) thei c if white oak splits like they made the t :otton baskets. But they were right I ool in um1mr time, I reckon. They v ooked very cool when there was a Weeze. 11 'Th is hlloon sleeve is 110 new thig, v, hough I don't think they were ever i tu1ite so large as tWhe3 arc now. The I pro1phet, Ezekiel took a dislike to them boit 2,'-!,0 yeatrs ago, for he says, " Vo to the wolenl who sew pillows Lo their armiholes." 'They were stutfed, i L reckon. iut, Isaiah made a clear i sweep of all kinds of fasoions that I IpreaLiled amolig those 11ebre w WOmen. I 1-e proclai med a cur se 111)011 "tie 1 incling ornaments about their feet .Lnd their eauls and round-tires like I ,ie moon," and the chains and brace- 1 ots aid iniillrs and bonnets and head I ands and tablets and earrings and lhangeable suits of appearol and big )rnalments and rings and nose jewelo t tid mantles and w iliplos and Curling a )ins an1(d glasses and hoods and veils. f Pretty hard On then, wasn't, it 8 rlhe poor creatures dident have much eft, not even a dress to cbange in vhen company camne--not Ia ring nort a losegay. I reme uber those " round-tires like ,he moon," like the new moon when it is a1bout three days old. I wore one svhlen I was( sweet5X siteen. I wais as Unrim and pirotiy as a girl andI had to tL aL gie's parit 1n a plamy on the st.age LIn commhienctemeniIt ni ght.. I was to bie I IL fashiionable young lady and Bill I Maithic or .hlm A lexander, I've for- 1 got wh~'ch'one, was the dude. Some of the girls made me1( a round-tire, which was thien called aL bustle. All the 1 wvomen wore them, but I tihink mine wvas aL trille larger than the average . ft held a half peek of bran and made my hindgear stiek (out aL foot. As I wriggledi about with my long train 11ress a rude boty slipped up belhi nd me tand droppied a quid of tobacco on tihe bustlie, w hielh caused mu ch laughter. That bustle was as big as a big man's lirm1 and tapered down aLt both ends, like the hor'ns oif the muoon. Some wom~en wore thmeim nealrly Ias iLarg.e anid I tile humpuh behind would have'C madett aL c3omlfor'table seamt for aL smailil hoy,' Somnet imnes the stulili ng lea kedi and1 youi couild tralck Lie girl allI ar'ound~ townm by the branlf she1 drloppledl. A1 town hotg w'ouild keep) fat. on it. Sonme L~imes they cameI4 un it,it2 andil dIropped offl, v" hichl was very miorti fyi ng. One (lay I picked tip onie in tile store w her'e I was clerking. I hung it, upi in sight, but , I never' cold Iinrd the owne1r. But l ini courisei oif Lime1( busties went, out and I when tile 111Ihump ('amel back again they I Vwe not made biy Lilhat kind of a round i's, liut, made4 (of Ia si lf grass cloth Lhait was ciiped ui~ P andit gave a mnore gralceful slopo0 to the driessing. it was a kindl (of diorsal (plel~4tte3 and1 was ,om~timres tmadte of religious news papeirs, such as The Ch ristlian a~t Wor'k I Ir Tihie Elvangelist. I dlon'L believo thaIt the lad(1ies lace I is muchiei as they used( to. I havtent seeni but one1 girl ini a log timie who Lexci tedl my fearis, and I am still con Leernied for fear she will break In two,) right at the coupjl ing, or hbecome unl )oaled some11 of those dalys. A goodl he4althy3-siz/ed wvaist Is absolutely neces n'ry to a healthy wife, anld nobodIy but in idliot woulhi marr'y aL womani with a Ii",-dauber body. Nevertheless, I lika t toi see women fixed up nicely with i'orsets oni. In facet, with anyting on samve Mother Ilubbairds. Specakinlg about these old hoe wvri toers whoit were so har um'l ipoin ..'men1 remindis mie oif a ph11ill ipie (of Nathaniel Ward. the author of time fir st coide (If Miassachuisetts huw. lie was aL preach-' eri, kt)o, ando iddtiled the lash ionamble women of thait, timie after this fashio : mi "When I hear am nugiper'ous damelil inquire what dress the q 'i-enl is in thi I weekc ori whait is thme nludiaster'tianl fashion of thle court with tihe desire'( to be in iL at a11llhaste, f loo0k uiponi her its the very gIzzar'd of a tr ile, the pirodt, of a quairter aif a eltiher, the epii t.omei of nothinlg ; fiore fitter to be k ickedl than honored (or humor'ed. Sonic of those women have so little wit or vith oxotic garbs that dismantle thoir iative luster ind tranlsclouts them into antbatr geese or illihapen, Ilishotton ls hell fish Or Egyptiana hieroglyphics or "roneh flarts of the pastory. They Coll vear drailes on the hinder part of S heir heads, having nothing on the " tr oropart. I can make myself sick no omparing the splendor In which our dist ,entiewomen used to be dressed with the he gut-foundered goosedown where- and lith they are now surcingled. When the see any of them accidentally I can- any ot cleanse my faney of them for a boa month after. I have been a widower mal ir twelve years ami purposel to look I 're round for a yoke fellow, but when I spol onsider how those women have tripe- son rifted themsolves with their clod- and ients it works sorely . upon my " tr Loniach. The tailots ought not to be T ,d about by such minic Marsuosts- sett or mnake fiddle cases for futilous wet romen's fancies-the pettitoos of in- boa rmity-tho giblets of porquisquillan if t iys. I point not my pen at those dist romoen who follow fashions siowly-a be L ight. shot off-but at those light- E coled beagles that lead the chase- tha hose ape-headed pullots which invent sori itiqUe fool fangles merely for fash- nati >n's sake." con This is only a saml)le of his s)len1. out lo wonder he coulder.t find another the 'omtian who would marry him. No but ,onder his wife died young. lut if C nybody wants to shoot some more busi tnall shot at woman's fads and fash ions but ud can't find language enough in the the ictionary, lot them read Ward on to i The Frivolities of lashion," but look Opp ut for lockjaw. Women's long waists the] nd short skirts and men's long hair app -oim to have demoralized him utterly. is I [e walnmts tailors and barbers compelled wel: do their duty. lIt LL A uP. ly a sen1 hut CHEAP ilFRUIT CANNEItIlES. l3ut wihi (nninu111g Ouit 11l'or 1Ten l)ollar-s- it is Valuable Suggestionis Baised onl EX- grp, periencoe. inei The Seaboard Air Line is greatly in 3rested in the development of the ilHe irritory along its line, and is contant- S4 on the lookout to receive and give tori .chi information is will accomplish int io object aimed at. Their agents con4 ave all received instructions to co- not po-ate with the people in devising 1, i Ins for the general good of their ing !sipectivo sections, and arc respond- prol 2g heartily to the intt uctions i-C- Sen eivedt. They frequently hand out cir- woj ulars containing important informa- cha ion, and in many other ways contri- thal ute to the uphuildinig Of tl aces in do 'hich they are17 located. A T'he Nowberry Voice prints the fol- (len >wing letter on fruit canning, which bce ,as in rebponse to a ceircular from the for idustr'ial departielt of the Seatioard bee ir line : of t I'ois'eiury, S. C. .July 25. IS%95.. tha Gentileni: Your agent at this place, bf Ir. Cavinaugh. handed ime one of your mel irculars on canning : woIld like to give me< ny experience in that, line. I am a wit inner by trade an.d for several years pr ad holi making my own cans. and by S he use of the cook stove and a tin ner's woi oldering iron nputting up our own inl ru it, which was a slow process. b t as hcaC could mako miy own canis, like it Say >ittei and thought it cheaper than foil 'ass jars. But when the Prosperity f janning Co. started I worked with hat hem two scasons ats capper and tipper, Oe nd bouoning familiar with the busi- p)0 ess I could see no reason for it costing ter, o much money to can fr-uits and tha egehables. So last seasol I concluded Of V o try mIy hand. I miiade my outhit my- don Olf, as I ami1i SOIleWhat a Carpenter as the veil is a tinner. Por the boileir I use hou .0 Galva iroi 11 inches ly 11 feet in stal ength. Th3e sides, ends, and Ial-ti- tihe ions I made of 2 byI 1 inch poplar, the naki ng th e boi le- , feet long, :1 feot faci v ide and I18 inchles dleep in three the Lpatmen~tCts. One for scaid inig tomaht- eve ,es, one for- exhIaustinag and one for digv >rocessinzg. The c raites, tr-ays, &-c, 1 L~lso mad~oe of woodl, which is much Cle ighter- to handle than iron. I use a Th< rane for- lifti ng the craias out of thme me< loiler- which is ver-y simple, and I hca hink is an imrprovemnent on the one in the ourii cirmcular. VTo furnace for heat- hov nig the i rons 1 made of sheet ir'on some it, a marger- thtan lb tinncer's furnace. T1he its, vhmole outhi t, hoiler, crates, trays, iand dot urtnace I can maIke for- $10. I have and mlilt thre-e outfits this s0oason for- this i Octioni (If .coutntry3, atnd I feel sure that so ther-s wvill go into the business next the enson1. I anii djoing abll I can to en- ill ourtage the itdustry, as I aim sureO it tays. ilettet- goods can 1)0 put up), lbs t iot-c care is taken, in thn.s> smll som anfneios, &c. I put up) twenty-seven the. iundlrod the-pound cans) of tomatoes j aist sealsoni, and soldl every cani in Now- wri eIrry Coiunty. and coutld not supply the coll emnd(. The fabrmh I think is the priop- to r- place for- the cannotry. The time bro u~r canning is genmerablly a leisiure time nov vith thme fabrmmor. Hie can wor-k up hiis wi uiiplus ftruits, vegetables, N\se., with is own help, nlot only giving wor-k to is laborers at a timoi when there is no .ok on a fatrm, but saving thec fruitt ndl ve'getbles that wvould other-wise A I to wastedl, andl miaking a pr-ofit, (lit, of A hem for- h imself, also supplying ils il able with fruits and vegetblesditrinig he winter ad eabrly spring. when he bee~ votuld1 be unable to supp1ly3 it fr-om the ',en ardoen and or-char-d. 1 If a farmer (lid not w ishi to go inito or-< he business alone or- does0 nto t have WA uillicient force to r-utn it lie cian get, Itis to ecigh b:t- or neighbor-s to join hmitm and its ach can ias umuch for' thitr o(wn mio as8 agamh hey wvould neood ando suCpply thoitr mIn omoe market vety prIoitlably. mui Anyone wishing to go into the and maformation or any e.xpierienedi person Not .o start, thtem, I will tabke gr-eat leafs~ fori ure in fitrinish Ing eithter as far as I o an, if persons wr'i tinmg me will enelolse ins1 tamp! for r-eply. Wr~ey little experience tm-il S necessaHiry to Ica-m how to can. in I tesprectfully, in~ S. L. l01.:6Lm-:mns. i-ic Mr-. Pcilhers' bettt'tr speatk for- itself. ta t is explicit, mate shows the fatrmors 'j m(w ti) sabve thteir- surp-lus fruiits abnd mi: ,eg~etabl(s. if it doos not awken an wit laterest in the cabnnilag indumstr'y, wo wal ihall1 be very tmuich sitrpr~misefd. Mr. fioi 'el let-s has ?um-n ithed Mr'. S. P. Cr-ot- wat volI iIth anl Il uthit,- and o lis noiw har-d acc ,t work cannIng abnd tolls its that he am s well pleased. it. is not too late, If cr1 laompilt action is taken, to get an outfit tha mi timno fotr the present fruit andl No veg~etable crops. Othters biesides Mr-. ava irotwell have purichased an outfit ros from Mr. ellers, bitt we hmave not had th< lan ano,.mtin t t fl talik w ith t hamt p TH, CLEMSON TROUBRL. sension A tiong tio Faculty to be Investigated. unbia Register. enotor Tillman, in speaking of the oubles " at Clemson, said there was doubt about it that there were ension among the facu!ty, and that board would investigate then, intended to do so before this, but trouble was nobody would make direct charges and thorofore the rd could do nothing. Senator Till 11 is however a firm believer in sident Craighead, and when he ke of dissensions he meant that t) of the professors didn't like hii wore creating all the talk about ouble." he board would like very much to , the whole matter and would comile Ily direct information. The rd will thoroughly investigate and here is really any reason for the Lgrooment the proper reniedy will Lpplied. ionator Tillman, however, denies L. the board of trustees have been ously quarreling. lHe says they irally diffor as to the best way of lucting the school and they speak their minds on these subjects and usual wrangle naturally follows. that it all. 1ov. Evans also says the whole ness is due to certain professors, that it might be well to stir up board also, some of whom appcar tct solely from a belief that by )sing what Tillman wants, they leby show their indepondence. It ears then that the so-called trouble lot serious enough to affect the rare of the college. There is hard faculty in the country whero dis ons and differences do not exist nobody pays any attention to them. Clemson being a college over ch a big political fight was made natural for its opponents to lay Lt importance by otherwise trival (lents. Stnte, 22nid inst.. 3uator Tillmnan was inl the city yes lay. As usual he had something resting to say. This time it was -erning Clemson Colleoge. He does secm to agree thoroughly with Mr. N. Simpson that everything is mov along serenely at that young and nising State institution. In fact ator Tillman indicated that there id have to be some important nges before he would feel assurod the college would be plrepared to uccessfully the work laid out for it. nd from what ho said it is very evi t taat the board of trustees have a cognizant of this for bome time, an investigating committe has n appointed to seek out the cause he trouble, and the Senator stated 1, the committee would have mot >re this but that other engage its prevented his attending the ,ting. The conmittee will meet hin the next ten days or two weeks bably. enator Tilliman said very' much thiat id proVe mighty interesting read , but the Senator farbids its pul)1i ion. What Senator Tillman (lid for publicationi, however, was us ows: There is surely treublO and lack of 'mony and unity in the faculty at maon. A committee has been ap nted to investigate the ent.iro mat and what I want is any thread t will lead me, and the committOO vhich I am a member, to any cvi cc that will expose the trouble and cause of the lack of unity. A so divided against itself cannot id, but you must romomber that roi are many excuses to be made for shortcomings of the board and ilty, because of the magnitude of work, the newness of the collone to ry member of the faculty and the iersity of the work (done. The last meeting of the- board at mson was, I can say, a stormy one. 3re is always wrangling at the itings, the members are a hard (d0( set of men and always express ir' views. The way to aid the school, iever, is to let Its friends criticise nd not its declared enemies, or, if enemies then let them produce evi ce to substatiato the indictment igives the names of the par'ties mak the charges of whatever' nature, that the committee can summon im before It and so, if needs be, open the whole thing. It is quite ecar that either Mr. ,ighead should not he president or eor the professors should not hohld Ir positions." 'urning to Mr. McMastor, who had tten the article to the State on the eogo, he said :"You may pr'ove be a benefactor In that you have ken the lee In a thiin place, so that we will be enabled to find out 3re the trouble lies." lcelmie to 1indu1co imii i gration Corporation Wh i c h P'rop~oses to ii a (Great, Deal for the HouthI. L'ho following circular letter has a sent out to a large number of citi su in this State car Sir : Capital, which for years od the tide of immigratie-i to the at, strenuously resisting all elforts livort it Southward, is now turning attention to the latter' section as r'ding the best promise for invest it. Immigration will follow. It st be intelligently controlled, guided disturbed. in Juno. 1894, a number of patriotic 'thorn and Southern business mon nied the " Southern iExchange As iation," a non-stock, disinterested bitution, to aid In dlirecting andl dis >uting settlers, as well as facilitat the movement of capital, encourag the establishment of manuifacto and increasing and improving neportation. 'ho plan of that association was a ture of sentiment and business, ,h patriotism predominatling. It a the result of I deas not then suf ently matur'ed ; anid the ouitcome satisfactory In that there .vasn umulated, in New York, a "amt ount of information both as to prop. ios, resources and po~ssibil ities of South and liquiries from the rth and from abr'oad, but wilthiout Iilab~le means of accomplllishming uilts. This failure accrued from inability of our 1)0opl1 to establish mm. burauns in the South. They could not afford to give their timo and I labor to this without reasoaitble comit- 14 pouSatiol. t This association served, however, to a provoko thought that is about to crys- t tall/o into an orgatnization based solely upon business principles, to be known ii as the Southern Development Corpora- 1 tion. Only a limited number of South orn Status havo as yet been given op- I portinity to coimo within the scope of this mnovemliint, one of which is South 1 Carolina. This appointment in itself eCmonstrattes thi.at Soutitlh Carolint is highly regarded as a field for opera- C tions such as are colnte Iplated, and t a also means the lprospect of ia re bon - o fit to this State. In order to finally S secure the place thus offered her among prefered States, it is necessary it that she subscribe at least $10,000)in n prefored stock of tle corpoIttion. Alabaia, Georgia, M insissippi, Te'n iesseo, Kentticky, I oli isitla and 1 Arkansas ire Iromptly avaiIling them- Y selvos of at 1imilt'r ol)l)prttui t y and st South Caroliia Cannot ratin inl the . background. IIn aL r1cenlt com11iunientionl, (!nyt. I]ugh It. Garden of New York, says : " All unite in the opinion Litat the I establish ment of a market in New Ii York and Chicago for Southerien bui nless enterprises canl only le done by b the colibinled effort of the Southern I )0o)le interested in the subject,. Ne w 'ork will resipond when it is sattfieu by a substantial Southern comnbinatioi for that purpose, that the South dt sires such a market. It will take no a interest in the muatter otherwise : and while iniividual c Ifort accomnplishes L bOmeOtlinilig 11ere and therO inl 00 South, the wisest businci-s and ifinancial men declare that a vat, amionitt of inOney I and energy is now being wasted in i that directiton by ind ividuals and firnis Which, if combined to establish a i market whero capital and suttlers are 0 to be found, will bring great profit to t the organizers and rapid developmen I, o of the South. This is the opinlion of it such men as William Butler Duncan, b LPredorick 1'. Olcott., Stuyvesant, l'ish, V William Clarke, Chauncey I'. Black P and a host of other Northern men of aL equal prominence. One of these ' gentlemon saiLd hie Would fe one of it tweuty-live to subscrilbe $5,000 to $10,- t 000 each to the capital of a company orgaLnized 111 a poer basis to carry a out such a work and t0,at, undet' iroid, a vigorous anitiagemieint it wotld sue- r, cod. i " An agent, at the South will be ex- '% pected to bring to tie company tihe i luost attractive business in his terr- e tory :an agelt at the North will be expected to bring to the company the t, best, people who are looking for or enni f( be induced to make investments in the a South of any character or description " The New York and Chicago offll t Will be places for armangemient and * dislaiy, and for all'o rdiig accurate in- w formation respecting the b)1usi ie v which is olfered. After various) con ferences wt Iali VtA e1n capitalists t d Stuthe'rn IbSIM 4S len), and a very careful cionsideration i of the whole matter, we feel conivinticed tliat the poI)osd corporation will At- I complish its purpose aid that tho it-. tOlligent hIsiness 11101 of South Cao in will aIpprec1 ile ithe ti) terrsl'iSe a a good investment, independent, of flit great good to restIlt to our Statoe. We therefore beg thiat you will bestow Lipon the enclosed prospectus alefu I study atid give us your1 co-operatioin at well ias a su!bscripLin, w bich you wih note, is tonlditionial. Your truly. .-T. BARRnON, Cohlbia, S. C., A. G. ''UHMA N, G reen-lville, s. C.. A.M. RICtH.\RDSON, Colum11biat, S. ('-. A STItA NG141 S1J-Y. Abaltaan lidneol is (ltinsect a. Nat ive( or NortIla Carolita. T1he following stra nge and i unilIkely story is jpiint~d in the Carolina Spar' tin : Acco rdl ig to priise5, I g iv aO brliief Statetmint abuItiI, the birmth phi~co of Abraaintit lincoln0, hointimg that future .nvestigationi will he madtie. Tlhere. hams bien muichr s peenliiatLion anid miore exaiggerat ion a1s to Lihe bi rth place of Ablrtahaitm ,aincoln i thantm aniy othbor great, mani ini thme annials of hi tory. Barnes, ini the hiittory oif ,i ii Un ited States, hIays on page 21:. in a foot note, lihe was birni in)h Ketinicky, i'ob I 2th, I1809 ." lie also says "A ba ham IL incolin's fatherta was unabtlle to I read or write" Tis soundizs very I much like fiction ,o those wh Io know the real fatek ias to his nattive heaItih -' and the intelletual aecti irements of la his fatthier. l''romn the best, cv idienie ob tained0( her-o Abra.umi n nlo was the fathier of Abraham L incoln and lived in hley wood County, N. C., ILL the time10of Li'n col n's birth :bitt thIs piart, of iley wood has since boeon cut offT to Swain County. A br'aham l'nloo li vedl on Ocona lbuI La river now in Swain County and ac (fuired considlerabhlo prIopetrty, consist ing of slavos and a liargo biody of landi in the fortile valley oIf Oelona LuftaL. Mr. Abrahat I~lool wits inetellIigent and educated for his day. Ile~ was tallI andi dark comnileeted, w ith iough itn tur'es, and was the father tif live stons, all of whom11 he3ar the ::amte proiinenit characteristic physiognomy. The mother of Abraham 1,1 inoln iwas Nancy Ilanks, a niativye of North Cati lIna, aiid was cm ployed by AIlwaha~m IEnloe its a (domlestic. M. r's. A brathtami Enhoo soon) becamite jeatlous oIf her3 do mostic giril, w hiich resutlted ini thet re mnoval of M iss Nancy links to a M1r. Moody's on Jonatthani's ( reek ini lIey wood0( County, it distttanco of ambout la~ miles, whero shte remainedC( untilI the( bir'th of at soni, which shte nuamed after i his father', A br'aham Inloe. The re- I mnoval oif Miss Natner failed to irecon (:i1( M rs. Iunloe. 'l'hir i domiestic ( taroubles(3 grew fromt had to wvor-se unitil Abrahiam Knmloe empjloyed IL mano to cam-ry MIiss Nanicy andi hter babec aicross the Ii ne into TPen nessee wvhere she livedh with oneit of his ,"'Igitivt's tntil H ito married Th<I mas L icol n. TIh us Lie namei of1, O hiein wah eng raftcid toe the alreacidy sir* ninoi of A brhiih am, w hiIch ever' followed him to the I 'resi -t dential seatt. Westly M . Enhoe is now the only living sont of Abraham IEnhoo and lives in Swain County, uiear. the .i'd homnestead iand claIms to be the halt brother oIf Abhrahatm L incol n and they are as imuch alike as twin broth cirs. lie Is an intelligent, prospeou~s, goodtizonICI. Tniomas Lincoln, thbo step)-father (of Abr'aham Lincoln, was a distiller in East 'I'nnnaann Vallr-y it ninan nox-I Inity to the Kontucky line, and had )Iiie thrilling experiences in shipping hlk! products of his industry. There Is it abuindaince of proof all supporting heSe stateients. I publish this that an investigation iny bb iatde tnsd the true history be rogtto light. 'O TIMI WOMi:CN 01 TI'C St'ATI. Cr1lar11441 INSsutit' by the Ioard of liatly Managers. Thie bard f 11111 rs for the South arolint ruoui in the woman's building t tbe Atlanta iExposition have sent [it it circular to the wom5en of the wiato saying : STie women of the board fool that, is the privilogo of overy other wo tan of the State to share with them a rsonal interest and right in t icir )om ; thberefore they wish as many as .sible to contrilbuto to It personally. ol are asked to scnd 20 conts in ail . ()I- dimes in the enclosed on .lope." This is to creato a fooling amongst w wonit of the State that each one its a right and rhart, in their room Id tile boltd wish any woman who its not, had a circulatr sent her and oubl liike to contributo her mito to 111d it o tIhe tresustirer, Mrs. W. C. eneS. A bhWvjille, S. C. A vetry desirahl location has been eurtd for thieQ South Carolina room, id plans foli a most attractive ex ibit have boeen per1ifected. It is so ituateud ts to be specially conspicuous, ,nd we want, it to at,tact tle adms.ira i0n Its Well Is tei tttiention of all. It s so desi red now that the women of the Aut co-opei ate inl this patriotic effort. lejides there is the consideration that creditaole display will undoubtedly *e of benefit to the Stato generally as , will induce outside investment by .li~tlists who will visit 16h exposi ion for the purpose of locating and igaging in various manufactures and )(iutrLifeS. We wivdh to display the !st productions from field and farm, agvttbles and fruits, preserved and lcceled. and specimens of the skill rid ingentuity in w hich the women seul in artis'ii work and embroider mS, pailtinlg, etc., besides old and his i'it. relies. All this display will show to those ho should desire to nake their homos m1s)1ng us the degree of culture and hlinemsient of our women. It is to to oped tlhat the wonien of the State 'ill respond at, olco and lose no time i making ready their exhibits. The hlisirmIan of the boar'd will appoint, a [ly inl etelh county seat of the State > take chargo of the collection and wward ing of exhibits. A list of these tinmes will be published later. The railiroads will take exhibits to i11 womassstn's building fiee of charge. xpress charges oil all loan exhibits ill he pa id by the board of woman inlingers. ':'vry reon-jsonable care will be taken f th art '-les loaned, and especial uiar 1. 1ibe placed oves them in tiasntMa, aid evry procaution observ 1i otr tUlsir safe~t from injury or fir'o. 'lit mtiost vail uiable relies and paintings iII he in t i re proof building. So we ope no tint' w ill hesitate to send any Itd anl vithiable reli's that will add i ih e rir e col hoction. A I ready a large ui'her of such have been tendered. di nmoders'i and ingenious work is 1uch de.sired. 'riz!s will be awarded by the board f imiLgers to the btst wor'k in the aniouls depari-timenit,s. Oln application t) Lit.' ltdy agent at each county seat ;s1, will be given and directions fur iSiSetl to ea11s (xIhibito' aS to the best vay.N to SenId herI ar-tiAce. Sppi ng tie leaves from t-he O !sitndlngN a icoi'in whlileI in theirs best green ' ronit iorllC'-,j'i ite a c'~i fommo prau~ctc la H01lio st'ct-iIons Ohf contsty' WV hen ri'oper~ly curled anid MIa in bundles mdt it is generally considered that in' 151lling of the leaves cause n)o decrease nl produi ction of graini. To test the ii. stloii oif loss or' gatin, e3xperimeniets vori' made on 15 piats at the Georgia tLationi. l'roim cne -hal f of each the eaves were stipjped anfd the fodder atrefully' cured and( died. Thie laits fromil wvhich the blades wetr'e stl'rjpped yielded 2:3.9 bushels of hllled corn'5 per acri'. The unstr'ip eud plat, gaLvO a yiefld of 27.31 bushlels n'ser nere, ia 1os (If :3. I bushells as the re ilt, tf psmlhing shbe fodder. But the icld (If fodder wias 27~0 pounds 1per ere. :i atL cost for Ims~iling and cur ing ;I ci ets. [in othber wosrds, there was loss eq uail Lto 10.4 po~suds of coi'n and gain oitf 270) poun15ds of fodder. ht'rum the above and a similar trial witreding it, the conclusion is reached hat the strongest argumient ag ainst Ihe pracltice3 is the mesager' resul ts In cidder' compaIlredl with the amnount of abors involved. The same labor em Iltyed in imotw ing grass or any other .~xICt forage crtops, even without the List (If liJitprved harvesting mrachiner'y, wtoul yI~ieldl vastly greats'errsts. --enteiral John11 11. inmbodon1, the ramiouis Con federate caivalry gener'aI, lied ons Libo I5, .inLiIast. at A bingdon., Virginia. Ile wats a nattive of Augusta 'ountiy. vai, and at graduate of the Virginia M ilitasry institute. He rep -e'senited( that county In the Legisla -isre. AL Litbs begi nning of the civil var he rsaised It comSpany and entered lie Con fedcnet army. lie rose rapidly ,) thbe command osssif Ia csavalry brigade mdlt pari'tic ited in all the principal isttles. Aftesr the was' he engaged atrge ly in mnin g and s'ailIroad enter wiises. ieo met w ith frequsent reverses sowever,. and tiled at poor man. He va1:* sevtiy-iivo yearss 01ld and had >eern miari'sed fourt times. ils last vi fe sand sever'al childrten survive him. - New I'nglansd has a greater pro I rtitn (If wage earners than any thler' section oif the counti'y, in Rhode slandt thse l~proortion reaching 42 per tint., os' noai'ly one-half of the entire >ipul Iat ion. TIhis r'omar'kabl e state of sings Is duse to the employment of vmllen and childr'en in the mills. --1x-.Jsustico Strong, it Is said, gave pl anl incomoit of $50,000 a year from his atw plractic to accept the place on the unpremne J~lonch offered by President iirant. -There are 71,8$95 d ivorced women in hs a countr'y.