The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, October 28, 1897, Image 4
MANUAL TiAaNiNG mN,C1UOLS
No Detraction from the 01(1 SysteRn
of Education--As I[onorable to
Forge a Bolt, as to lolivor a Greek
Oration.
To the Editor of Tho Nows and Cou
rier: The subjcot of manual training
haor hosu rtly advocated by many
has been recnoducator"scofctho State,
of the loading UCtOoftetae
who ccogliZo its merits, and desire to
wngat it into the public school sys
tem. ''heso farsighted mon see
the South of :o-day not the South of
forty years ago. Now conditions exist,
now phases of life havo forced them
solves upon us, and the education of the
past will not satisfy the conditions of
the pr0Sent.
With mills rising on every stream,
with industries multiplying, the boys
of South Carolina need something
more than a literary education, some
thing more than a proficiency in math
ematics, Inglish and the languages.
Manual training does not seek to de
tract ftom, but rather to add to, the
old education, The good points of the
old atre preserved, and, with addition
to mneet the present needs, we have the
new system.
Our schools to-day must become in
etitutions of imanuli as well as intellee
toa.l ,raining. 'T'hey must inculcate
tht dignity of labor, not by precept
alone, but by example. .'hey must
render it as honorable to forge a bolt
as to deliver a G(reek oration.
Manual training schools seek to de
velop a whoic man. Not one filled
with learning, yet -inable to apply it;
not one trained in manual skill alone ;
hut a man who has mind and body
trained together : who is able to see
aright and whose hand i6 capable of
executing what he sees.
ilanllal training is not a new fad
created by soeic visionar.y ftnatie, but'
the type of edueation that .i:eke
dreamed of, that l.ord Iiacon wished
for, and Coir.enius, of IHoheinia, sought
in vain. to estabhlsh in Holland.
Manua.l training >:chools are more
than their name -ignilies. The train
ing in manual dexterity is only one
atn' t'e sinallcr part of the instruction
they o for.
'1'he aim of the manual training
school system is not to teath a man a
trade, but to educate b1 in. Not to make
muechanics, but men.
Tite primary object IS to =c:euroi a
heal thy phyisical and mental d.velop
mlent, xvbile its ecoltlaily object is to
..ecurc general dext rity useful in
every vuCation1. The method of in
stroction is hakd upon the prir.ciple
that a harm1oitous mental development
is' bIe'st St cured by i harn-oilious physi
cai dev:o iment. It proceeds Iiiest to
call thme physica! activities into play
and be stilmlu]lating, ste-1gthening and
traini'n:r these it se'.ks to awaken, o
Velop and enltivate tile pow ers of the
minid.
'ie trainin Consists mt ainly in per
fornin I t e rtaiQ rgradled exercises cal
clatt t to clvi .: neral xterity, pro
motIO lth t! ari strength, and at the
"amet t.i,+t+ :! .p the per ceptive favn
ulti , in: c etn2lt of citraitruction, eon
cuntratetd attent i, ), e of exactness
and arth-tie tie
Blut do !lot curi ound imnual training
schools with uar:l iah: r schools.
The latter aitm t:; ai a -Irdent in so
culrillcg al eti'aation by a 'J1lw g him to
labor a certait, :..)It) t ut hours in a
shop at -o01e tradt., by w t means he
can pay plart : i xpenscs.
There is no i:dulcatiuta:: ;i t ,t e in tlheir
lIn add itioin to thue juos tamu;:ht in
school enivrs I h- two d.'jects of draw
i ng and tool wor k. These two go handI
in hand. Ibach ii dependenlCft upon the
othier. Drauwinig la invaluable. It, forms
the t .,tep in manual traitining. it is
a hwitgu age that all must read Ilu2ntly.
It is based on geometry, and deals w ithi
form. i t is las necessary to man as writ
iungs Nj i2ducatedl man can any moure af
ford to be w ith;out skiti1 in dirawing than
h- (caln in penmanTh ip. Neither can he
alfIord to ed ucatte hiis head leave and
his hand untrained.
Carlyle says : "Man without tools
is nothiirg, w ithl tools all. This is the
text upon which the advocates of man
ual training base their faithi, the truth
ulpen whiiichm tht-y builId their ,yste:m,
and the ,iuccess,ful schools oif l3ostoni,
New York. Toledo. Chiicago, St. Louis,
San l?rancisco and many other cities
.bear witness th at they have not builded
in vain. In fact, in all the larger'eities of
the Nort h andl W\et, and in some of
the N..*uthi, the: pu i . ch l emi
not considertd( omufltc unless the
mnanuail traininig feature forrr s lb part.
But in South Car,oina you tlnd no man
uial traini. g schools, save at Clemson
College, where mabnual training is em
lOyed as a most important factor in
tbo train--g of the engineering stu
(lent. In his shop work the student
is taught the names r d uses ol
tools, taught to in his he neat con
Btruttion, careful in his exercises,
accurate in his measurements, and
above all, to take an into: est in hi1
work.
Hie learns to manlpulati bo0th wood
and iron, to know their structure ani
their properties, to use the bench anD(
the turu img lathe.
.Wood turning is a fi.o ar-t in whicl
judgement and tastes are cultivatted
while the hand is trained. No subjeel
arouses greater interest. Look at th<
student. He has learned to observe
and now notes with isterest forms un
seen before. No pillar, post or balus
trade escapes5 his eye. He. studieo
their curvyes andl notes their form. I
pleased, he sketches them, and late1
produces them in material form. An'
after noting him you must at.mit tha
this work demands and develops no
manual dexterity alone, but attention
observation, imagination, reason inj
and judgment.
And similarly withl the othei
brancs of tool woirk thu Value of thi
training to the mind is greater thari
thle skill acquired by t,ei hand. Ani
though the student never- uses the eo
ments of mechanics he acequired, he hat
obtained habbits of accuracy, methodi
of observation, reasoning, judgmeni
and tnought that are invaluble fra
every p)rofession.
Tihe director of the artisan school at
Rotterdalm, IIolland, says : " An ex
perionce of seven years has demon.
strated that boys who are occupied1
one-half (lay with books in the school
room andl the remaining half day with
tools in time shop make about ais rapId
progresp as those of equal ability who
spend the entire day in study and re
citation."
If the student in the manual traIn
ing school makes as rapid progress in
tellectually as the p)upil In the public
school of corresponding grade, it follows
that whatever skill in the use of tools
is acqjuired, and whatever knowledge
of practical mechanics is seecured, is a
net gain to the pupil of the new system
of education.
Then, why not make our public
schools manual training schools ? All
that is necessary is to furnish a well
lighted room, with $300 worth of tools,
benches and drawings, and a compet
begin work, ready to'make school life
more pleasant, to furnish the boy with
the gratification of his highest ambi
tion, I. o., to use tools, and1 mako some
thing.
By allowing only thbse who make
good progress in their studies to enter
the manual training classes an incen
tive is furnished for better work,
and the pupil flrds that earnest effort
at his books has its reward in the
privileges of the shop. Try it and be
convinced. We have many examples at
Clemson of boys.who have improved in
their literary - subjects after having
their minds set at work by the shop
exercises.
If you have any doubts as to the pos
sibilities of such instruction visit the
State Fair next month, and examine
closely and critically the exhibit of
student work in the engineering de
partment, and then remember that as
Clemson cannot train all the boys of
the State, thousands must of necessity,
be debarred from the advantages of
this tyne of education.
Why not, thon, make manual train
ing a part of the high school course ?
The experience of Europe and America
bears witness that you will make no
mistake.
AI,1ERTi BARNES.
Clemson College, October 18, 1897.
GEORIMI M. PUL,MAN.
The lamons .I0Palac , Car Manufatc
turer and Bnilder or u. Model Town
Passes Away.
George M. Pullman, the millionaire
palvco oar builder, died on the 19th inst.
at his residence in Chicago.
Mr. Pullman, who. was in his 60th
year, had not been onjoyin"a his usual
good health during the osummer. The
extreme heat of last week greatly ag
gravated his disease, known to medical
science as angina pectoris, but no sort
oas trouble was anticipated. Mr. Pull
man was at his ollico in the I-'ullman
building daily and dined the day before
with friends at his club. LAter in the
ovenin g he remarke(d having a slight
pain in the back. He retired at his
usual early hour. At 4 o'clock in the
morning members of the household
were awakened by a'disturbance in Mr.
Pullman's ohanber,' and on entering
found him standing in thecontre of the
room dazed and apparently suffering
excruciating pains in the region of the
heart. Rev. R. M. Eaton, .vho was vl:
iting Mr. Pullman, called- 1)r. Frank
Billings, the family physician. I sto
ratives were applied, but to no purpcse,
and at 5 o'clock the millionairo manu
facturer and philanthropist paed
away without speaking and with scarce
ly a struggle.
Mrs. Pul!man, who,' with two sons,
Georgo and Sanger, has been on an
ease"rn tour, was wired at once and the
funeral arrangements will be made af
tr she arrives.
George M. Pullman came to Jhicago
in .185. He at once took a prominent
place in business circles. In 1880, owing
to tae growing demands of his manu
facturing interests, he put into ex,_cu
tion a pet theory for the establishmut
of a "model town" as a home for his
car works and the thousar.ds of em
ployes. A site was selected on the
shores 7f Lake Calumet. twelve melies
south of Chicago. Mr. Pu lman dev(t:
ed his personal attention to tire erec
tion of the little city and succeeded,
even beyond his own expectation", in
making it a model town.' Pullman now
has a populatio' of 11,000.
Mr. Pullman's wealth is variou=ly es
timfatedl at from $12,000,000 to $:30,000,
000. ii finaancial intereostswrocn
fined to a few corplor'ations, thoe.bul.1k o)f
the holdings beinrg stock in the 1Pu
man Palace Car Company, of whieb he
owned abcutone-hifth. Somne stock was
also held ini Diamond Match and Newv
York Biscuit. Trhese securities were
somewhat affected by the news of Mr.
P-ullman's death, but the declines were
(Iniicklyv recovered.
M r. Pullman was married In 1867 to
M\iss ilattie Sanger, of Chicago. F'our
(hilidren are living-George, Sanger',
Hi rriel, and lIoronce. The latter was
married to Prank 0. Lowden, of..Chli
cago, two years ago.
Mr. Pullman, like ninety-nine out of
ever-y hundred men who have mounted
to greatness in this country, was horn
poor. Likewiso he sulfr,ed the hard
ships of poverty, goold mor-al seasoning
fra character that was afterwards to
be strong to carry (out great undertak
ings. At the time wvhen mtany of our
Sooni g men are at eol egc Mr. P-ull man
was sup)por'ting ihimself. Thie tfnnt.ien
who have written about Mr. Pullman
ina the encyclop)edias say be began todo
this when lhe was fourteen. He had no
col lego train ing, and while no one-wou1ld
discount the advantages of lear'ning, not
a reason can be found in M1r. Pullman's
career to cause regret that he never
went to college. Education would not
have strengthened his wi'i or- his char
acter, sharpened- his ambition or im
proved his heart. lie was one of those
anen born with a heritage of power
that neither education nor the lack of
it, illuence nor the lack of it, can
greatly help or hinder in the long run.
Mr. Pullman was naturally a strong
man, healthy in both physique and
mind. Hie had a keen eye for life's
economies and his w.holo eharacteir par
took of the utilitar.ian i.lea. When he
was riding westward one night the idea
camne to him that traveling across the
magnificent distances of thil~ country
could be made va4tly mdroecaseful and
luxurious if r'ailroaad qw.a might be so
arr'aiged that passengers could comn
4fortably sleep in thoem. Hie did not
lose the idea, daring as the venture was
in pursuing it. Itailway travel was then
by no means so great or so advanced it
t improvements as now. But the ideca
I stuck in his brain and ho linally mod
cled "The Ioneor," which was theo first
of the 2,428 magnilicont sleeping car's
now a wheel in this co.untr'y with the
I'ullman seal on themn.
The history of the compan'y was 'the
hiistory rep)eated of every other success
fuil enterpr-iso, prIogressing f rom a s'mall
beginning and ,gradutally broadening
amnd accumumtlating and growing until
Its power and extent amaze even its
projector-s. It was the history of a r'os.
oluto will woi'king out its purposes in an
undertaking based on a great hutman
need.
Mr. Pullman was a man of 'remark
able vigor. lie was as straight as an
indian at, nearly seventy and .his face
had the ru(diness and his eye the
brightness of youth. Hie retained uin
til the last day of his life the livoqt in
terest in the great affairs of his com
pany. Tihe ex ensivo ramifications of
the business wore all familiar to him.
lHe had an oflico In N'ov York and an
olhice in the Pullman building In Chi
cago and divided his time between the
two p)laces.
lie p)resided at the last annual moot
ing of the Pullman .comptJany. Some
figures which were presented at that
meeting sLow theextent of the p)rese'nt
oper,ations growing out of Mr. Pull-1
man a sle,eping car idea. f at year thei
company' e ars earned $'7,743~ 3'44.03 andi
it carried 4,852,398 Passengers. Thc I
amount of wages paid by the Pullman -a
company last year Was $4,400,151.74.i
At Pullman. the prety itte tow. o
,he Illinois prairo owned by the Pull
nan company, there is abavings bank
or ei ployees .with deposits aggrega
,ing $503.438.90, and the public schools
t Puliman have an enrollment of 1,920
)upihi.
"T IERE'S MII LIONS IN 1T."
liark; Twain's Famous Expression
Originated in Goorgia-A Former
Citizen of Oreonvillo Tells The
Story.
Ily Kathleen (iray Nelson.
The quaint, picturesque old town of
Dahlonoga has for nearly a century
uestled among the mountains of north
Jeorgia, creeping so quietly and so
gradually up the sides of the green
hills around it that the busy world has
hoard but little about it. Rapid tran
Ait had not taught the dwellers in this
tranquil villago to rush frantically
about as if death and destruction wore
Imminent, and telegraphic dispatches
dio not whot their curiosity nor destroy
their nerves.
Situated twenty miles from a rail
road the rumble of a locomotive is
never heard there, and the convenience
of the street car system has neither
developed booms in subu,r'oan ronI
estate nor given birth to alluring land
companies. But on the tops of the
surrounding mpuntains, in the valleys,
on the hill sides, along the roads, and
in every by-way and nook you will and
abaudonou pits, whore the gold scekeri
have been busy, for the region is rich
in the precious metal, and some of the
mines are older than the town itself,
having been originally worked in a
rude fashion by the red men. That
the Indians were fully aware that gold
abounded hero is evident from the
name they gave the settlement, which
was Tau-lau-no-ca, meaning yellow
metal. Since the white man has
claimed the land as his rightful pos
sessioun numerous mines have tWen
worked in this locality, aid many are
now in operation, yielding a goodly
supply of the shining treasure. It was
while on a trip to these mines as the
representative of a Northern paper
that I mot Colonel W. P. Price, whose
life is woven in the history of Georgia.
The towering mountains could not
shut in his greatness, nor conlino his
hsefulness. to a narrow sphere, and
starting out as a member of Bullock's
" carpet hg " legislature, he soon be
came a prouminent ligure in politics, and
linally went to Washington as congress
man from his district,. where ho ably
represented his section for many years.
Now in his old age he lives quietly in
his native town, his mind a vast store
house where are garnered all the poli
tical happenings of the last thirty
years. it was from him that I heard
the interesting account of the coining
of lark Twain's famous expression
" there's millions in it." It is not
generally known that this world re
nowned phrase originated in Dahlonega
and from that obscure, isolated town
swept over two continents, and is to
day quoted wherever the E0nglish lan
guage is spoken. Like the circles in
the water when a stone has been east
in, it reaced out and out, and finally
struck toe tide of popular favor and
was carried over toe ocean. As the
colonel said : "It is one of the few
things born in Dahlionega that has ever
become famous."
It all came about., too, in a very
simple way, and its originator had no
idea that he had said anything re
markable. In 1850, when the gold
rau sweptover1 thecountry, the news
of t he fabruious finds in the far wvest
Ii nully penetrated toe Dah bonega, and
seen the stories that wm-e told of the
miners who had struck it lucky andi
were now rolling in wealth were on the
tongues of all the inhabitants of the
village, from the vcieist youngster to
the antiquated grandsire. There was
not a man In the county hut had spent
days climbing the rough mountains
and pios pectin g, fondly dreaming of
the time when he would be a rich mine
ow ner, and for this very reason they
were all the quicker to take lire at the
tales of the marvelous wealth of Cali
fornia. Mest of them carried in their
p)ocketS smail nuggets as mementos of
these expeditions, which did not gen
erabiy pan out as they had expeted,
and the subject of goldl minin~g
piossessed ar. Incx hausti bie fascination
for thenm. When they commenced to
hear these accounts of tuo gold in the
west their enthusiasmi was boundless
and infectious, and soon every able
bodied man in thut region was plann
ing to set out for the new 10l Dorado.
In the stre.et men gathiered.in little
groups- discussing it; a' the corner
grocery they stoppled playing checkers,
for they now had an absorbing top1ic of
conversation, and the idlers who had
been went to sit out in fr-ont of the
stores, whittling diligently all the day,
now abandoned their sole occupation
and sat close together-, talking anud
nodding their- heads empllhatical ly.
One and all they were resolved to try
their fortunes in this new and richer
land.
Trho government had in 1838 establ
lished a mint at Dahlonega, and up to
Febihruary, 18h1, when tihe war neces
sitatedl closing it 1,381.781I pieces were
struck, valued at $6,121,9Lt), which goes
to show that gold mining had proved
very p)rol table there. D)r. Stephenson,
the assayer, was one of the prominent
characters of the section and also a
i1ning expert and his op)inions had
hectofore had great weight with his
neighbors. l'v.,n In those early days
the lame of Guinpkin county- as~a gold
region had gone abroad, andi synd icaites
often sent representat,ives to look into
the mines with the idea of purcha. ing
one andl developing it on a large scale.
Whenever- one of these dist,inguished
strangers invaded the peaceful pre
cIncts of the village ai committee of
citizens at once waited up)on him to
(ixpatiato on the wealth of their mines,
and Dr. Stephenson was always elected
spokesman for the par-ty. -Although
small in purse, Dr'. Stephenson was by
no means j overty st,ricken In regard
to ideas and he talked of money with
the glibness and InilTforence of' a mana
whlo was accustomed to handlIng vast
quantities, lie never doeigned to men
t,ion an amount, smaller than a million,
and sometImes is follow townsmen
would oXlpostlate with hiim. "'Don't,
talk to thoem of millions, doctor. You
scare them off. Say what could be
(lone with a few himndriedl thousand."
But Dr. Stephenson scorn fully refused
to discuss- such palt,ry sums and eon
tinued to speak of millions wIth an
airy inconseqjuence that was both fdsci-1
nating andl depressIng. It usually3, 1
must,.confess, had the undesired eifect
of frightening off p)robable In vestors,
but the doctor wvas innocent of any
cause of olfense and his neighbors ait
tributed i.t all to the b)lindness of the
syndicato representatives. is ear
nestness could( not, be qjuestlonedl, for
D)r. Stephenson had unbounded faith
in the'resources of the little mountain
own antl In the hidden gold of the sui
'ounding land, and when ho heard of
ho impllendjfn g hogiri he wa's greatly
istressed1. ie. talked, p)leaded and (i
irgued with t.he excit,ed people0 of the
mommunity, but all to no purnose.
rhey merely laughe a i a -vi.e
and went on with their preparations
for their journey. But still Dr. Ste
phonson did not despair, and so ho an
nounced that oi the following Satur
day, when all the country people were
In town, he would mako an address in
the courthouse square. This news was
at once oirculatet throughout the on
tire county and all looked forward
with interest to the appointed day.
So when Saturday came a large
crowd gathetred to hear what ho had
to say, and listened respectfully as he
made an eloquent appeal to them to
stay at home umu devolop the resources
of their own town. But, thoy shook
their heads as ho spoke and were still
unconvinced. Finally heistraightened
up and pointing his liugor dramati
cally at Crown mountain, that loomed
up in tho distanceu, he cried earnestly:
"St,ay at home and work your own
mines. Look at, Crown mountain ; I
tuli you, boysl tltoro's millions In it."
A good-natL.red laugh was the only
answer" to th is assertion and the doctor's
oloquenco wt. wasted, for soon the
Daihlounega party set out, on thu long
overland jourt ey to the land of golu.
But. they did not forget good old Dr.
Stephenson, and when toe way was
long and di asters many some one
would point to thu west and cry on
couragingly : " Boys, there's millions
in it."
And after t,hoy reached California,
when luck wunt against a miner anti
he was ready to throw down his plck
and (qult, o?.te one would sry : "Never
ii nu , thir, aiillicos in it," and the
utspirited t-orgian wou'd sinilu and
go to work wttb renuwed energy. Thus
Oid Dr. Stephenbon's earnest 8t,atu
muit becoaLU the by word of the camp,
and one oay a certain gentleman,
James Sellur,, by name, full in with
the Georgia tnountaineurs and soon
picketl up their lavoritu expression.
So pleased was he with it that Ihe
quoted it incessantly, and later, when
Mark Twain mnadie te acquaint,anceu of
Mr. Sellers, no was impressed with
tue friquency with which this unique
1ndiviuual announced to hlis coraues
that ' tito'es millions in it." When
"The Gilded Ago' appeared Mr. James
Sellers was incorporated in it ani his
pet x pression immortalized.
It haw olten been told, however,
What Me'. bulters had no desire to be
como famous in thuis way, and did not
apl>rt elate the honor conferred u, on
htim. On the contrary, he was in
tensely uinugr,aut wittl the humorist,
and fi ceiy asserted that Ito " had it in
for hiin " when next they met,. They
did meet, too, in the course of events,
but the genial writer succeeded in
pacifying the irate Mr. Sellers by
proniatng that in the succeedtng edi
tiens of The Gilded Age ie would
allude to him as Mulberry Sellers and
thus forevor erase James Seilers's
name from the book and from the an
nalp c." fatue.
lIe kept, his word and now James
Sellers is forgott;snt and Mulberry
Sellers ht.s risen phoenix like from his
ashes.
- -e...
14OI.U 'JON 0P 111E i E)I'1'lIt.
The Tratnslos'b.r;it Ion ol' the Ieport.
er attn th" Changes in Modern
Journstlismt.
George S. W1elu]hons, one of the best
knownt and wittiest of 'ennsylvania
n' wsp.er''t' ., recently delivered
himsclf o; the following in response
to the toast, "' The lepor'tr," to the
atmumman" t of t.e l'ittsburgh I'ress
lub :
"'''I* Tb o ar O g rand d'ivisions in
er's a d ~ito,i. SpeaIkinig more a<.
eurat,'y, Llhm~e are b~' th ' g\' of
developinent. A j.turnalist is a c i
r'eporter. He is a reCporter' in the
iminiatuto taidpole stage, when hiis
head is so hig that it takes all the
rest of hiis perisonl to shove it around.
if he is lucky, by and byv he hecomews a
r'epot'ter. A fter a treport,er's legs wear'
out they make an editor out of him.
T1he Ii nal stage of a.ft'og, you know
L,id extrcmne r'emioval from the tad'
polto- -is the bullfr tog ; tot) stilf to jumpll,
Lt)o old and tough to e.at, who just, sits
in the bank and' bellowvs. That, is an
aditor'.
"Lin the old days the editor called a
man a ehicken thief, now-a-days the
'epor'ter' Iinds the feat,hers in his bacek
yarud. T1he weapon of the old time
aiditor was the epithet ; that of the
modermn replorter is the evidence. What.
the oditor' used to assert the rep)o'tur'
tow proves.
'"If the people wvho complain of
what the r'eportei' writes of them
would only consider what he does not
wVrit,e abouit them, they would enshr'ine
Stnm ini the dearest tcon' of their
beart,s. The waste baskets of a daily
r..wspapertit in any town do mro to
keep its Citizens ini good repu)tte than
Liny othet' agency excilpt the feai' of
the law and the hei'eafter'. Nt)t all
that a r'eport.or writes Is tr'ue. He is
not infallible h i itself, and of thoe
wvho are the sourmco of his In foi'mation
many are less oo. There are vei'y
many~ men who can not tell a straight.
story. 'The mant who tells the stor'y to
the r'epoterU is usually anf inter'ested
ptarty. Lie has a purpose to serve In
mletamorpi'lhos ig thtis or suppressing
that. Th'le r'eporttr hats no desli'e ex
seplt tot get the troth accurately anid
JitmleItely, amtd to wr'ite it quickly anid
Jfnter'tiningly.
"All iment (10 not love the r'opor'ter',
hnd I amt glad of It. The feat' and
hati'ed of bad tmen is a chaplet abo0ve
his brows. It is the aesuranlice of his
honesty to his badge of hoiiori as a
:mrivan)t of truith. II atL tme evOer coim's
:hen all man~i byov"1 the reporter', it
will he timie to bui'y him. lHe will
have for'gotten hiis mnission, betrayed
his trutst and shamed the noble fel low'
sh ip of men whlo h,.ve made the whtite
Jross of the Pittsbumrg r'epor'ter' the
:leor'ation of the leg ion of honor.''
1lTho int lamented ll! Nye once
sai n : " D o not attemnpt to chbeat an
adlitor' out nof hiis y eatu' subhscription to
hils paper, or any other stum. Ch''at
.te nminister', eat arny body and overy'
biody, but if you have any regard for
furo ti consequencnes, dton' t fool the
>ditor'. Y.out will bte put iup for olilece
omeyi timre, or' wvant, somle putbl ic favor
ror youriseilf or frIends, antd when your
uck is a thing of beaty, a joy for'ever-,
hc editor wvIll rpen uptou you. and
cnock y'our eastles into a coeked hitt
&t the liest liro. HI o'll sub ldute you, and
.hon you'll cui-s your' stu'pidlity foi' a
cnock you dlownt and kick you for fail
4Lwr'ence Watshtiinglton, oh A lox
mdr1 ia, Vau., ha~s been appoltinteud an
assist:.pli .in thweconigressionaul hbrar~tmy at
if '. Wamshiiintdon i sa grei-griantd
lelphewv of' the first, Prmesidlent.
The largest nluigget of gttlt found in
lie Klondike regioni is valuted at .%00.
-Nevada htas a petrifIed tree over
00 feet high and (60 In diameter.
BOB TAYLOR ON NIeW YOBK.
The Fanmous Lcoturos" Tolls One or
His Jokes at the E,xpeiieo r (Jo.
' liarrt.
Governor Bob Taylor's welcomin
address at - Nashville on Now Yor
Day, October 12th, is good reading out
side of Tonnossee. Since the Exposi
tion opened, Governor Taylor has made
on an average about three welcoming
addressos a week. He never repeats
himself, and his resources never fail.
Of eloquence, wit, humor and pathos
t'e Governor scoms to have an inex
baustible " original packago." We
give an extract from the Now York
Day address :
Mr. President, Ladies and ('entle
mon-Now York is the Empire State
of the Union. She is the heavy end
of North America ; she is the great
throbbing heart of tho Relpublic, and
every time she throbs thu life current
of the nation liows back and forth
through the arturi' s of commerce and
trade. She is the mighty whale of the
Western hem1spher, which swallows
all the .onahs who come within her
reach. She is the stupendous colossus
of the world, leading its thought and
straddling its politics.
'T'ho city of New York is a perpetual
exposition of the triuurphs of thought
and Industry, and one of her grandest
pro.luots is men. She is the puradiso of
millionaires and enjoys a considerablo
sprinkling of poor folks.
Now York is not only great in wealth,
great in population, great in all the
elements of mu'lern civilization, but
she is great in the knowledge of where
the green pastures lie. 11cr relations
w61h the South remind me of an old
s'cry which has been often told. Two
I arklos sat on the bank of a river fislh
ing. One was an old darky, the other
was at boy. The boy got a nibble, his
;oot slipped, and le fell headlong in
the surgi-ng waters. The old darky
hetitated a moment, and then plunged
in after the drowning boy. There was
a terrific struggle, but finally the old
man succeeded in landing his half
drowned charge. A paserby, woo wit
nessed the scene, ran up and patted
Uncle Iastus on the back and said :
"Old man, that was a noble deed in
you to risk your life in that way to
save the lif" of that trilling boy." ''Yes,
boss," sat i Uncle Rastus, " I was
bleegod to save that nigger, he had
all the hait in hik pocket." N-tw
York was tue old man, the South is the
boy.
Nevertheless we love the old brother,
and we open our hearts and our bottles
to the distinguished Liutenant Gov
ernor and every som of that proud com
monwealth.
Mr. Uhairnan, it is believed by many
of our brethren of the North that our
people I, re in the S-uth are not as
vigorous as we should be, that we lack
the snap and push necessary for t'ie
quick and permanent growth and de
velopment of our country. But they
forgot that we can raise three crops of
potatoes in our soil in a single season,
that our cotton grows without much
persuasion, that we can fatten our
hogs on acorns, and pasture our cattle
the year round. They forget that our
persi inmoe trees yieId tons of pers in
mons per annum, an I that our 'possrums
hang like sug.r pu'ms of glory hallele
juh from the bending limbs of the
aforesaid and the same. Tiey forget
that, we cat labor half the time and
rest the other h>if and live better and
happier than any other people on the
face of the earth.
I think if we could get, our New York
friends to see the point and furn!sh
thre money to develop us, we could
seon pay the expecnseo of the whoee
government, feed iand clothe the en
tire Unit,ed .Stat-es, have money left. io
throw at the birds and est, all th'e
time.
Thlere is cine branch of business in
which we areh as vigorons asocur North
ern brethren, and that is politics. Our
annual crop of Polhticians is eqlLual Lto
the eros of cottoin hales, not in weight,
but in numbhers. Now aind then wve are
blessed with a statesman, but many are
called, w bilhe few ar-c L,bosen. We pro
dueco more miajors and coloncis in
times of peace thtan any other country
in the world, and somctimes we raise
a little of that sulphurous article,
which begins with an1 ni and ends wit,h
an il.
But,, Mlr. Chiaiman, whatever the
ditfeecs between the North and the
South may be in climat,', in wealth, in
condit,ions and environments, we arc
all one peop)le wit,h common hopes, and
a com:n on destiny, and may God bless
our people of every section. Again I
imp lore you to fet I that, you arc wel
come to the capital of the old Volunteer
Stat,e.
-A return theat.er check in Japan
di if cm's from the occidental pasteboard.
The saunterer betoveen the acts in the
land of the chrysanthe mum marches
to the door-kepler and extends h is
right hand. The ollieial is armed wvith
a rubber stamnP bearing the pri
vate mark of the th( ater and on each
hand tbus held out to him he deft,ly
impr)iints the house's mark.
A SECA OF FI,AMIC.
On tire eveniing of Novetber, 28th, 18-?8,
a fire b)roke ot in thre British ship Maelanie,
loaded wvith Soo barrels of petroleunti. Air
awful tuass of flarines shot uip frotn the enair
hatch antd tire vessel uivered fronm atein to
stern with exliosioni of tire barrels. Tier
seatnsii opeined and( tire blazinig petroleutni
porrted out inito the river, sp)readineg a helt
of fire around her. Thie iiuaste'r anid searrien
jtilped overhoard. Caprtaini Sita p, whose
vessel was initg close-by, propeCil a siiuall
boat throuight tire blazinig river anrd after a
severe scorcing and iturrtniet peril, saved
tire seaiteii firtn a horrible dleathi.
All over civilizationi there are throttsnds
of tirenr iii iruore iturtninent darurger thnr were
those sentuenr. 'lThey are thrreateredl withr
coirsuitpion or are alreadly ini tire clutch of
that dleadly disease. If they onl1y knew it,
hlpli is at hantd. D)r. Pierce's Ge'ldeti Mied
ieal D)iscovery'crrres <f per centi. of all cases
of coisutptin. It also cures broehiitis,
aisthrrua, thrroat ati(d nasal trorubles arind all
diseases of the auir passages. it is tire great
blood-mraker, flesh-builder, arid inerve-tonie.
It imakes tire appetite hecatty, tire digestion
perfect aii(d tire liver active. Tihe "Goldenr
AMedical D)iscovery "' Is tine >roduct of that
eiiient specialist, D)r. R. V. P'ierce, wiro,
duiritig tire thirty years that hre has been
chief conrsutlting phy~siciai to tIre great
Invalids' Hlotel and Surgical Inistitute at
IHirffarlo, has treated more cases thanr f~ily
ordlinary phiysiciants treat it a lifetime.
Thottsands givenr upi by dloctotrs, have tes
tified to cotulete rec-overy urtnder tis miar
velous inedicitie.
Coinsti pat ion caurses aind aggravates mttry
serious diseases. It is speedlily curredt by
Dr. Piere'sa Pleaatees
'rIIE SOUTII's COAL IN DUs'RY
NO SECTION OP CO;NrIty N st' U
PASS 1)\I1i--.T 1" 11 . , l (l TI- tl
COAL I-:XION.
Atiinta Constitution.
Editor lacGowati, of '1'hc ('h(((((-.
1o04/a 'imces, las receitly comiiilerd a
iinlber of interest ing figures he:u in,
tipol he r-apid (levelopmneujt of thIe
col: iiiiistr-y in ihiis section. To point
out briefly some of the most, significant.
of (hse 1itues, th etditor sitties tuat
out of 200,000 squaie miles embrated
wit ll (lie lg"regiate coial arct of tih(e
('le<d SIates, the Southi alone couiilins
SO,(llft funre uihiles, or 410 per cclli. of
the eilire i'area.
'h Soulclie coI be<ds aire listrib
uted( oV(1' Ilie St:ites of Alabama, Ai
hals, (1oria, Kenticky, i;iryl:tuld
?1issotlii, N I.rIi ('alllil:l, ''eitiessee,
exas. V egitli;l anid West \irginiti.
l1o fte, L.otlisi:1t11, ' fltl C1trolina anti
I' Ioi,i;t ti: t I ie ii 5 t(e l States
which do not I,:ricip:te to sldo ex
te1t il tlt, (o:t In l , : b ti n tirl
ill her royfihiilr:i.. isiill'o
these Saites with ihc( re",ur('e,.
(1i4el d oilly (i,52 . 0,y1)I) t( iis (1' e0:1 ae
e"ollin t o the i il'-es .i i b.y E(lomr
Male(;ow:tll, or b:lrel un>ore tb:nu II
e'r ntt. f ' 11ie ii .of (lie :li, Intl :a
na owilet. ioii how (ile et.or.nlu -(
vlop nent, howevv.1-, whic j a . ;(1
111tate lil t iliiNo Iil th e :I- i l i t i o
that. thililese( lirtes for it; shim.
1thatS thie SouithI pro<lue<I :3:,17. -014
tolls, or' 24 pei ceII. of the i .ir(t";Ilii
nuitionalil p lrttct. W'hiles tje out. l ofi,i ,
tall the coil tlirei itl the (ountiee h:
slel)ily ilres!< dit.ritui~ 1fhe (,t 1)-t
yeatrs, te. Solliern iidii li oas <1i
velopel at a i iitb greaiter raiuili> 1ia
halit of illy ollcr scitisi, Iintleed, ;ii
thle pr1eserllt Iinei, (he Scn(th is tlot onil\
Supp]lyinig Its ow1'n uecls, butt is c1vei
sut}}plyin! ;fge l }uatitiesi of co:al t
fo'e<igi tl markets.
Of cotrse in s("Ine of the Stites of
this seclion the levelopient of' tila.
coall linilustr'.Y hais hceuel ullu(cl 11orr
r;p>i(l than : otlers. For e::tuple, i
thie Stalte ol' Alhab:ama onu11 :;:,I)OI tomu
of eoall wer'e pr-fduiced ii1 b;0,l>trc:l\
Tluiglh to f.liak(;.tiv il'.-.iou ?w]i
('Ver' 11}><>n the tin:trket : buit ill 1 '0 thle
<nnl(nlts t,g!galtte of .137-3.00)( t_ np
wiel'e prudcla;df in tihe .1tat( <of Al1a
6OUTHERN RAILWAY.
'Condensed Kchednle In Etreet
JU l Y 4, 1807.
8TAT10O.' B. I o.T
.~na..................... T a m
" Prosperity..................... .1 opra
" N..w.erry........................ 12292p M
" N nety-U x .................... 1 t p a
Ar.Greonwood......... 1 p i
' Hodges .... F.......... _ n
r. ATinev .
r.eltonA....... ......... .. I m
Xlindiron.......................05 a n
. lire on . . .. i a
r~~..Atlan..........................T p
,v. G11 eenvi ...................... aii
SA ot......................1
' Williamsto......,......,...,.... 11 1 m ,
N. nderysn.................... I 2$ p m
v.etone.........................It85 am
Prouiey........................ U~ p m
tAv. (uodgosb........~.......... 8 E
a)jfafl STATIONB.
Sepi' 7 10aLfa;.. Oh ariantun. . Arl 8 T 60
907.al 21p ' ..Ason........"2 465 8 53a
10 04 2Lf' " ..... Uion.....2 14 8 7
1 9,a 228 " .... onesvlil..12 6
1 26a~ Sl Ar.. Apartanburg.. Lv II 4 6 J
1 45aeenp v . Spartanburg.. Ar 11 18. S p
____p___90p Ar.... Asheville..Low 8 SuaM
"P," p. im. "A." a. mn.
Train. 9 and i10 carry elegant Pullman
sleeing arsbetwen olumnbia and A.hevile,
enrutedaiy bt wen ackson,vile and Ciaein
pati.
Trrain. leave Slpartanbur g. A. & 0. division,
niorthbound. (1:7 a. mn., 8:47 p. m.. 8:18 p. mn.,
(Vestibule Limited); southbound 12:M a. mn.,
w:15p. mn., 11:187 a. mn., t Vestibule Limiftad.)
Traiins leave (.rmnvil),, A. and CI. divisien,
vorthbound, 5 :45 A. mn., 2 :b1 . mn. and 6::00 p. ma..
(V e:,ibuied ,imited) *4,1 sontbund, 1:26 a. a..
.40 p. mn., 12:8k0 p. mn. ('est ibnted LhnI)ted)
i'ullmnan Sorvice.
Puinan palace aluapling enira on Tains 63and
2(o, 87 and 88, on A. and C. di vision.
W. HI. GRIClON, .1 Si CULP'
Wlnsa hmglon, 1). 0. Warhingtoa, ). O.
W A. TUR K, S. H. Ti AlIDWIL
doen. P'asse. A g't. A& s'iaeu. PassB.A
We.
On Pianos, Organs ant
dive our' butsiness these hai
Prices. We (lon't sit dlowni
of' money Ilke the 01(1 fossil
on whien they won't pay the
want to puvechase a Piano 0i
us and1( we will sell you. V
anid best selected stock of' I
some of the best makes on t1
to sell them. W'e guiarant
than) any other reliable deahI
limfe p)urchIasers are easy. (
req(uired an d we make
Spot Cash Buyers we will e
Organ chieapjer from us tham
butsiniess. We keep consta
of small in)strulments, cons
antdolins, Autohiarps, Violi
parts, strings and suppllies
Sewing Maichinles at ridict
want one, just intimate it, ar
low you can buy one. Our
vocal and inlstrumfental, is ke
of the popu1lar andl up1-to-dati
time. Yours t:
ALEXAN DER
GREf!mTVT1
l>Iama alone. Tounessce is another
Statie wihich has shown rapid deyclop.
Inelt in the coal inulustry. In 1880
the outiit of the '1einesspe mnes
iteiectl oily 41.1l,000 tons, b>ut in 18916
eitcher 2,;t3,o00. In 1880 West
1'ii gini wa1s tl( ielhst oal_ prodicing
'tate in the South, its total outp)it, for
that clit beilig 1 ,74I2,oO0 ons; to-day
11 est iir"ni; is still in the lead, pro
Vl. I (eorgia the
extlisit ' ha deVelopted to sonic
exten ui u 1 t I'e pa'1.t I ew Veals; hutL
the wealtlh of lt i; i;ie lies plmt'ilily
i l s tc h d 1 t,its a s n a r l ', iiLi y
gold, ir-on, eoI c'r utul (ither nlietils.
1'h i lie area of the South('i coat
liels is oily 4t) per celit )' the,i.
IolIas oiggregatte, miit ot IIhln tire ft'
ritcher 1111<d1 Ic)re protli ttve. As y et
the suIrice of our Soutt- coal litl(ls
has h:trl(!y beeut scrateched, ; tiiti nillionis
of culbie feet of the line't (o:al ii exist
cce still w..it to he iptii-ncil - tie
nina,er's pic k. storedl a way nii thle
inlepths of our mlountains there is <<al
eliouigli to linet the denii ;s of lie
wollti 'or generations to come; blt
(e:al is ont ly oie of tlie coi lit.less re
Sottrces which the Souti holds ont as tI
t:arldin., inducement to c:l itial andl iln.
1i1'i:trtionl. Ill niattural wealth anl la
telit tiossihi!lties there is 110 seetion of
Hit liountr which Cat vie stiecessfilly
wil i I );xie.
Needs No Exipli>aat ton
, NI IsoN, N. C., Aug. 4, '117.
Gooe t rt'at: I iiiiment Co., Greens
loro, N. C.
1).rar sir!,. I'iease ship 11s at once
o ) < 1 i s j- re i n ithinent.. We
are c)ntil'1y i t. Uoli't, fail to ship) at
ouc(:. lausc -ivu u-; jobbers' prices,
It s the t,e,t thing we have ever seen
\'c,r=' truly,
. C. JoN E:s & Co.
DUTHERN RAILWAY.
Gentral Timo letwe,rn C;olutnbia and .e.o
sonville. Esastern Trime lietween (U"
lubnhia and Other 'oints.
EFPECTIVE JAN. 19, lSy.
Northbound. aly. Daly.
Lv. J'ville, F.C.&P.R4y.. 6 6355 8 't 9 A
Savannah ....... 11 A) p 12 '' p ! -
Ar. C-slumobia .. .... . (, a 4 ly E 4t
Lv. Char'ton,SC&4I}:. 6 8i1p 7 I .. ....,
Ar. C lunbla.......... 10 1) 10 b ... .....
Lv. Augustta, So. Ity.... P it0 l 2 10 b 00p
(" raniteville ........ )0 12p 2 :I9p1 . ( $
" Trenton............ 10:, p (cpi p
Johm-tuns. .... I Up ' t lp- C
Ar. C.lun:ini t'n. dep't. 2 1a 4 5p ..
v C'ol'h1in Iiland'g .. F, 6lu a 5 ip1 $
Winnisboru...........3 1I a 6 Ip 1 0i47
(l _."ter ...... .. 7 ri ' w 1 i ) 0 2y p -
It"~>k i!i ...........7 4' ti i p l0 p
Ar. <'harlottc..... .8 ba 8 ',.') t p
" linvIlle.. .... 1 ttP. 12 (t.n 00 ti
Ar. l1 amnond . ii p 4P w)a .. a..
Ar-. Wa':shilngton . 9 40p 6 42 9 45 a
" i;! un" ' Pa. .. 1,.. 11 2.5 pi 8 00 11 08 a
'" 'hiaIf'lelhia..... _. H W r 10 15 a I 1p
" New York.. ...... .. 2ua 1 243p 8 63p
southbou,d. No. 35 No. 87 N'.e 1
Daily. Dally. DAiy.
Lv. New York,Pa. 11.11. 12U5nt 4 Wp 10ua
" 1'hilndrlphi, ........ 3 S a 6 58 p 1 8, p
" a!ttm,re.. ....... 31a 20p 1 ap
LY.V W arsh'ton, Mo. 3y. 11 1a 10 41 p 620p
Lv. Richmiond .........12 5p 200a ...
ILv.IDaivyille........ ... . O 6 1350a I I me
"Charlotto.......... 120p 9 iSab 515.
" ILk Hill..........11 liSp 10 20.a 6 67 a
" Cheter ............11 :int 10. 5 aj 8 26 a
" Wnahor'o....... ..1? 2i1 a 11 415a 7 14 a
Ar Col'hia BlIand'g at ..1137 a 12 50nn 8 17 a
Lv. Columia Uni. dep't. 0 (1 a? I 15: . ...
"Johsnstonis..... ..... 651 a 2 53p 10 b0 a
"Trenton........ .... fl 5a '4 08 p 10 18 a
" Graniteville ........ 6 7 a 3 8 3 P10I 4.8 a
Ar. Augusta...... ......7 45.a 4 15 p 11 20a
Lv. Colhia,SC&G.Hy7 o 40|~~ .
Ar. Charl.'eston... .. . ... 11 0J r.1 8 101.
Lv. CoI'hia. F.C.&1'.Ry. I12 47 al 11 5 ' i27 a'
"~ avan:nah.. . 00 i 4 i'llp I11 82,
Q._Jacksonvillo. 9 <I0 tti 9 12RlLft
SLEEP..i N( CA R~ SICICvi(R,
Triple daily patsengeer service bat,w.en Flop.
Ida anid New York.
'Nose. 31 and 1-3-New York and Florida Lim
ited. Through v.eibuled trasin betwon 06.
A.uguistine and New Y ork, lea bc ach termi
li point (St. Auigustine and Now York) daily
except Sunday, compowd"f'( of Pullman comtpar -
ment sleeoping caBr.. P"ullmian drawing rooae
Bleepinig cars. Puillman obsorvation cars and. ..a
otel dining enra. A lo Pulhnain drawing
bfet lepinmg cars bot woon A ugusta and ee
No.87 and 88-Washington and Sonth w9tm
Limuited. Solid Vcetibu.n td train with di.a
cars and first ciass "onehes north of Oharlo660.
Pullmain dirawin ag rooleeping on 'a be tyreen
Wampa,Jakonvblei, havannah,' .aakto
Puillmani sleeping car betwoon Auguist. and
Richmond.
N~os.815 and 13-U. 8. Fas.t. Mail. Thr.eqgh
Pulnman drawig room buiitYet sling he
twveen Jac'ksnvj ll and New York aieiA.
gusita andi (harloitte. Pulhinani .loopiuat Oars
het wen JTacksioniilliIo and CoInumbiia, ex roue.*
daily bet woon .Jacksonville and Uinainns e, vis
W.H. GRIEE0N, J. M. (IUIP,
W. . TRK,8. HI. HIA RD)WICE,
. G.2. A.. WVashington. A. . P. A. Atlaat
rices
I Sew ing Machines. We
d times by selling at Cut
and( croak about the scarcity
s who let puLrchlasers pass
mi great long p)rofits. If you
an Organ come andI see
le have on handl the largest
~innos in tho State, includling
te market, and( we are going
ee our prices to b)e lower
r will make Our terms for
nly a small cash . payment'
thue sailing smoothl For
ay, you can buy a Piano or
from any concern ini the
ntly on handl a falil stocK
isting of Guitars, FJmIjos,
nis, &c, Also the vatriotus
for samei. Wi~e are sellinlI
ilously low prices. 1f you .
dI you will be sulrprised. how
stock of sheet mflusic, both
pt lull, and1( you canu get any
a songs and mlusic at any
ruly,0
BRO)S & CO
4LE. S -a