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THE IEOPLES R VOL i.-NO. 2. PICKENS. S. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1Qo'- ONE DOLLAR AtYEAR THU GENERAL. ASSIEDMBL.Y. Winthrop's Board of Trustees Gets Talked About. The following summary of legisla tive proceedings during the past week gives some of the most important dis ctissions upon pending measures: After preliminary matters had been disposed of, Mr. Moses calletl tip the special order for the day-Mr. Elder's bill to provide for the completion of Winthrop's now dormitory and to ap propriato $20,940 for that purpose. Mr. Weston said that, at the last session, the house was asked for $30, 000 for the completion of the building. The house gave $35,000. le wanted information why this additional ail propriation is now asked for. Mr. Moses said that the author of the bill is sick but does not care to have the bill jeopardized by his ab sence. Last year Winthrop asked for this $30,000 and the use of a hundred convicts. The honse would not give them the use of the convicts and the hired labor had cost a great deal more than CXpected, as the price of labor had advanced. Ife read a statLement showilng the estimates for completion as furnished by the president of the college. There had been no motion before the house up to this time, but Mr. Dorroh here moved to strike out the enacting words. Mr. Blease wanted to know how much time President Johnson had spent in Columbia lately. M'. Moses and Mr. Wilson replied that President. Johnson 1111( appeared before the ways and means committee by invitation. Mr. Blease replied that lie just ask ed for information, as lie understood that, President Johnson was bore at great deal when lie had duties at the college. Col. It. B. A. Robinson, of Aider son, who his never failed to stand by wcman, came to lier aid in thia mat ter. Millions of dollars had been spent on higher education of young men before one dollar had been spent for young women. In the state col - leges there is dormitory room for 800 boys and but 260 girls. Is that fair or right? - 'Brass buttons cut a mighty shi:ne, but you just ought to see those pret ty girls at Winthrop and you woul(t vote for the hill." Mr. Wilson, chairman of the ways and means committee, said that i[ the convict labor had been given last year the building would be completed by this time. le warmly defended Presi. dent Johnson against the imputation of lobbying and spending too much time in Columbia. AIAIGNs TE nOARD. Mr. Weston then gave his reasons for opposing the bill. Ile said: "My recoid swice I have been a member of this house is consistent in voting liberal appropriations to every worthy insti tution that has come before this 0(body. I deny, sir, that this is a question of helping the women of South Carolina. 1 heartily favored the establishment of Winthiro: college for women, and I think it was a tardy recognition of .their claiti on the State. 131ut, sir, I was a member of the ways and means committee of the last house and that committee was assured by the author ities of Winthrop that $35,000 was sut lcient to comnplete this dormitory. One .did not know their business last year, or they misnianaged the appropriation. I am informed that 1no advertisemenit foir bidders was asked for; this was a violation of business p~rinciplhes. While I shall vote for the approp~riaitioni, the authorities wh~o are responsible for this blunder (deserve the censure of this house." THEI CONvICT ISSUE. Mr. deLoach of York favored the bill, lie showed the necessity for t his expenditure, as the building is not comipleted. T1he refusal of thre legis * lature to give the board convicts last year caused the necessity for more money. Mr. Coggeshall of Darlington D~idn't, the board of trustees know be fore it started wvork on the building that it would not get, the use of the con victs? Mr. H~ardhin of Chester asked-Did the board of trustees ever advertise for bids? Mr. deJoach was not informed as to this. The building should be coin pleted, he said, beeause it, belongs to the pecople of South Carolina, and niot to the president and~ trusteces of the college. Mr. Lever wanted to know why the convicts were not given last year. Mr. Wilson replied that, the Senate had killed the bill. Mir. Prince saidl tihe question before the house is--" The (dormitory ia in an incomplete condritioni, andl what, must we do?" .lle dleclared that the board deserved censure. lie denied that the board had asked for the 100 conivicts in addition to the .$35,000. The ire quest for convict labor liad conie later. He (disliked to appr~iopriate the addi tional $20,000. But, we are in the prie (dicament where we must go forward. The Incomplete building cannot 1)0 al hewed to standl. Mr. Hiardhin wanted to know what; guarantee is there that, there will not be0 a icquest next, year for still further applropriations for thiis niattr. Mr. R~obertsoni wantecd the boar'd to request bIds for thle completion of the work, lie offered an amenoidmienit to that, effect. Mr. Dorroh satid that the very word ing of the bill was apologetic, " to ac commodate the overilow,"' etc., "thle only institutoinimaintaiinedl by the Stiate for the highie education of gir'ls." etc. Such phriases were apologetic. Mr. Dorroh said that lie knew hiE motion was useless. Ile representd2 the minority on the floor who felt that this expenditure wouhl not be justified. lie knw that lie would be (lei ided for his opposition, but lie wanited to ex press lis disapprobatjion of the work of the presieut and the trustees. Air. Blease offered an imjendiiment to insert $5,000 for $12,000 in the amount specified for the Completion of the buildiug. 'Tlie amendmlliient was tabled )v a vote ( f 91 to 15 oi imlotioni of a r. Bennguat id. Air. Blease wanted t) amend further to reduce the requisition for furnishiing from S8,000 to )$2,000. Ar. Kiiard, of Greenwood, said that his record here had shown him to be on the side of economy. Yet it would be false economy to let this building go to ruin. Ile knew that the board. deserved censure if it had not called for bids, but, that was no reason why property should be allowed to go to ruin. The Robertson amendment was I lien adopted. It adds a proviso at the end of seCtioln 1. Air. AMcGowan offered ani amndcil ment inserting the words "6 if so much be necessary."' This too was adopted. The bill then passe second readinig amt the clincher was put on by Mr. Mo ies. This prevents any more amend mients in the IIouse. The bill as amend ed reads : Section 1. That, to complete the new building now bemng erected to accom modate the overflow of students l) plyin; annually for admission to Win throp College, the only institution mair-Aaiinel by the State tor the higher 3ducauton and training cf her girls, Lhie sum of 612,940 be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, if so much be iioeesiary; lrovidcd that. the trustees shall first adverlise for bids and secure 'responll.ible parties who will do such work at a sum not exeeding tho imount herein appropriated for the :omuipletion of the building and furnish ng the same. Section 2. That to furnish the new muilding and to enlarge and further (quip the different depariments of the :ollege, and to care for the increase of students provided for in tie new build ng the sum of $8,0O he, and the same s hereby appropriated. Section 3. That this act take (ffect md - in full force from and af' er its )ssage, and all acts and parts of acts liconsistent with this act are hereby epealled. NO .MIAiulIAWl' iCEN'al. Alr. Dean's bill to provide for issu. .ng marriage licenses was killed. Al'. Deanl, whose appeaiaMnce would suggest that iarriage is a happy state A' exisiec, imau im appeal to throw tronud the home the potection of hav ng marriages recorded. Mi. I. B. A. llobinson opposed the iilh. There is nothing in holy writ to Ihmiv the necessity' of a marriage fee. AIr. C. P.-Sanders said this wmas a erious mat ter. i1e had seen tle evil 4feels of this loose way of gettimg narried. Ile cited ilistanllces of chlihf narriages by a notary public in a cot on mill commnumity. 'hie oung pwo >IC would soon tire of each other and his was sometimes the first slep to ngamny. This is the only State w ..1cl ias no divorce law, anid a marriage lere is a nimrriage foi'ever,auid for that -eaor. should lhe more binding. JBy a 'ote oif 5:8 to 37 the bill was killed. No) MA~liulIA (l LICIENSEC. Alr. Beamg uard's bill to provide f r' nuarriaige license was next taikeni up. AMr. Beamag:iard explained that lie liad initrodulcedl thle mea~surie at the reC auest of numbers of pe'ople ini York County. There ar'e anniully hunedre'ds of people comling downl into this State from Noi'th Carolina to get' married. lie was iiot wedd(ed1 to the provision of the bill charging a license fee of 91I. lie would accept an amiendmient i'educ ing the fee. Mlarriages should lbe rc cordedc(. There was no reason to 811s pet that this bill would lead up to a divorce law. Mlr. R. B. A. Robinson ohposed the b~ill ini his characteristic way, adinig a little spice and humor to comnmon sense. Mir. lIarin(iu, of Chester, as an uiimar ried man wanted no obstacles il the wvay of matrimony and opp~osed the bill. Mir. Wingo feared that the enact ment of this bill would lend up to a priop)osi tion in the fut~ure to amend the conisti tuition so as to grant divcreces. Ml'. C. E. Robinson "on behalf of' the widlowers and~ ulinimrried member ios of the Ihouse" moved to indefinitely piostpone the bill. This was (done by an overwLhe~lm ing vote. SA IAIIY INCIllaASIC D)WICATi'D. Th'le next bill dJis9cussed was that of Mi'. Sinkler to incicase the salary of' the cler'k to the superintendent of' ecd ucation from .9900 to $1 ,500, and to give the clerk thle rank of assistant State suiperiintendent of education. The committee offered an amndci~ ment to make1( thle salary $j ,200. Air. Sinkler, who is chairmani of the committee on edhucationi, stated that the bill seeks to change the ofhiec of cler'k to that of "assistant .superin-, tenideiit, of' education,' and to give him a i'ank and salai'y comiimstirate withI that oif otheri dbepariment, oflicials in the State House. Th'le State supcrin ont had stated that, the work of the ollice is increasing and t hat lie wanted the oflice of assistant to lbe ciented in order that, wheni the' superinitendegl,. is out of the city his dluties iiiay pr'oper'ly deovolve upon01 the aiisistant. Mir. Ashley wanted to kiiow if the cler'k is not teaching foi' pay in the night schools in Columbia. Air. Sinkler said that hid nothinig te do with thn merits of the cnasc muich li more crledit to ile ymotung mat1 who is now assisting the State super intenident of education. Air. Jiardin wats willing to let th( l.erk he called "assistant sutperintteni dent," bil, utIt he vanted the salary to re main att t00. Mir. Winigo opposLied the lill onl tihe ground of piling up utmitecessary ex penlse. Ar. Moses, of the ways aid meam caninittee, favored the bill. Just lat year the Legislature promoted the clerl of the adjutant general .1o the rank of colonel and assistant adjutant general with an increase from 900 to 1,200, rl'e clerk of the State super indent of educationt gets less than any other de paritient olicial an I has exacting work which lie dispatches with credit. Air. Kinard said that he would offe anl amencidmlent to provide that the State superindent, employed no othei cle ical foroc than the assistant whose salary should be $1,200. Mr. Kinard stated that, the oflice now eniploys a stenographer at a salary of $4G0. Ile wanted to (10 away with this positiont it the clerk's salary be raised. Ile con tinned that tle oflice of State Auperin' tendent of education has indeed done a lot of work since Mr. McMahan had been there, but. it had to a great extent been unnecessary work. lie then went, on to say that the ollLe had exceeded its appropriation in having a great amount of special and unnicc'es sary pi inting done. No otlicnd in South Caroiina has a right to exceed its appropriation. This olice has gone from $1,000 to 61,200. Mr. lucker was opposed to the bill and also to Mr. IIardin's amendment. For if the ollice of assistant superin tendoit be created, even with a salary of $900, it will not be a year before another increase is asked for. Mr. Lide, of Orangeburg, opposed the hill. It had not been shown tl ,t tle clerk was unable to to the work for the salary. i.t had not been shown that an increase inl sahtaty would secure more and better work. On motion of Alr. C. E-l. lolhinsoi the bill was in.lclinitely postponied or killed by a large majority. CilAViLESTONS 1-FERRY. There was a shoi t btit interesting debate over a biul intro(hiced by Mr. Bacot, by request, relating to the char ter of feiries. The hil proposed to amiien(d the law now in force by de ularing that each alnlt every public, ferty inl this State shall operate daily continuously from (; a. im. and ending not later than ) p. m. Mr. 0 )Irrohi of Greenville, represent ing a minority of the incorporations connitittee, submritted a substitute bill. The majority of the connittee have reported untavorably uponi the ori-i nal bill. The original bill applied o all kinds of ferries-the substitute to "steamit ferries" alone. The substitute o('no tained the provision of the original bill that the ferry should be operated until i o'clock at night., and, it any peson neet with an unnecessary delay at the hands of the lerry, the sum of -10 for every hour of such delay coulu be col teted bj the parties kept vaitinig. The imaxiimii rate of' toll was i xed at 10 Cents for a single passenger for a trip. Mr. Crosgrove movcl to table tihe substitute bill. Mr . MceLeod, of Santer, also a met n her of the comm ittee on ineorporationis, cxpliained Ithe issune at stke. 1., had been represented tto the commnittee that the busiiness initerest~s of the town of Mlt. Pleasantf were involved in the bill. A few years ago a hine of ferry boals f oam Charlestoni was z it to Mount l'leasant to connect with the street car line from the latter la~ce to Sullivani's Island. The constructoi of that st reet car' line had been of uint old beehit to loun lt P'leasanit or'110 peol fronm Charleston begana to move thiere its they could fot' 5 cents go to the city andit could retmii oit the It o'clock even tag boat. Sinc itt h t itimte, hiowever', the Charleston Conisol idat ed compqan y hadt raised the larie to 10) cents antI had taketn off' the ii o'clock boat. 'The da. age to the townt of AMt. leasant is estimated at 4t per' cenit. Tiis bilf allows the ferry conipany what it hadl asked for, to plaice the maximulm fare. at 10 cents, anid on the other handiu it had given the peop)1le of Mt. P leasanth what, they desire-a boat at I) p. mi. By tmakinig off' this boat, the company had hurt Al t. Pleasatnt , because thet' residenits who worked in Charleston were forcedl to move to the city, not being able to catch a uiightt boat. Mir. Cosgrove opp)osed the bill. I Ie hars a resnlencee on Sullivati's island which is seven inilCs fr'om Chtarlestona antd four miles fro~m Mt. Pleasanit, being reached from Charleston bly thue lorry to Mlt. Pleasanit,. U p to three. years atgo there had beent but thiret boats it day to Mt. Pleasatt, now thiere. are seven. This bill is wvronig biecause it fixes an arbitrary late of 10 cets a ti'ip). T1his wotuld prevenit a rival cor par'atioin fromr coiming into the field, for Sullivan's island is sevein mniles from. Char'leston amid a bo)At coultd inot operate betweent those localit ics for tein cent fare. -Th'le -'J o'clock boat, to Alt. Pleasant is olidra td throtugh some seasons 01 thre year. If it, were to be0 runt at other seasonis it, woituld be at a loss of .i0 a mionth. 1'Te ferry company would operate sutch at night boitt throughiout the yecar if it. would 1pay3. By a vote of 7 1. to :4 the substitut< bill was adopted aitt passetd secont retading. 'The Charleston <telegation excepit Messrs. W haley ant'h Logan voted ag~uinst the bill. Alt'. 1)orrioh, Mr'. Williams and Mr McLeod wer'e conigiatulated utpont thiei victory by Char'leston geuttlement pres~ eitt who were iiteteslmd in the bifi QUEMIN WAS GEMAN BLOO: Bill Arp Goes Into the History < Evngllsh Rulers Who Came fro: Hanover. It was a ]l!g jumlp-3.l Years fI'0 tle death of Kinig Ei'dward Vi to I accession of Albert, now Edward VI The good Queen Victoria dident Ia ilucl En':gii li blood in her veins. TIl Georges were Gertnais by birth< adoption. Three of tietu lived ian died in IHanover and the house of lar over ruled Eiigland for 200 year Victoria's father and iotlier live there. She got her husband there ain her son, the prillc of Wales, got h1 wife tlere. If it hnd not been for 1i1 Salic law wilicl forblid it woallin roi reigning over- Hanover, Rihe woiiild pr< bably have lived and died tiere. B4 sides lhis preponderance of Geria blood, she had a stain of Italian bloc ill her veilis and was pleaIsed to ell herself a (ielpli. Ii0r Elnglish mi cestors were a hard lot. Indeed, LI kings of Etngland, especially the 1let rys, tho Edwards and Geor'ges, were disgrace to royalty. Tlhcy were crue heartless, sellishli and depraved. The were worse than our kidiapers or Li hazing cadets of West Point, for the put, to death tieir brothers and moll e's to got them llout of their way. O:11 two or three kings have behaved wit credit to the crowi. But the queci have illustrated womanl's superior vii tue and kindliness of heart. Queen Victoria is lionored tliroigl out the world-not for her force rutling power or political sa:gacity c superior widom, ebut for her voniaiil vir-tue, her teleiness, her gentle e: ample, her Clirisiianity. E ven (G1a stone conisuilted her and if shic had ha her way there iwuld hiave been no Iwa o) the Boers. Neither would our gim ernmiiieit be trymg to subjugate th Pliippines if a ,ood woman had bee: president. It is the milel who get u iearly alil the devihlnelit ill this world I would rather risk ouri own Mrs. ILw as.,; a president 111an McKiicy. Lm) whit teIclers they nmke. Tiiie wa vhe n we claimed that a woiliom coult nt) head an ins titution of learn ini but t here never wer e better president of, femiale colleges Ulam Mrs. Wilhin M\iss Baldwin and Miss Ruilerlor!. I ailmst in despir' about th caplacity ( toen togovern uinr'uly ioy, We have but one college in Ihe Stat wheric tiis tomfoolecry called athl tic is under tlie han. In fact, base-ha ind football and golf and rowing c boats is (ie I ggest part (f' flit eurict In in nii i early all tlu mlale callueiges tl union. We fathIiers (on' t care bauible wletihel (IIr boya canl kick ball or not, and iobody else cares. I 11o education. Some (lerokee in dians came here f'rom North Caroliin a few yer ao and pflayed ball an, cIbl ieat, tese collee imys out. tleir btoots and thwy dalent go otT ai get (11unk a so as tll. ,'.iie wa 0ove (! r. Tlbh orvs in our day ball, but ilihy playcd it inl Ile campiu groundt ad phlyed it d!04 I'll aiid Il body was ever killed or hurt. Nflwa day's the coIlege bo~ s baterci the hioy Atlanta a l l tIh 11lie :inwll' :1 hiri 1ii SOmic professional ai4 lave a big tii :11d then wind up wili a iruikel roItIi and 11un over tle piolie and breal tie glass ont of lie Kimball hois< door01s and)1 go back tr'ituniphlanit am (lon't studyI~ any morei lotr a1 week an the faculty inkl at it andt calf it miodlei etducat ion. Ouri oldl-fashionlt towii ball was saferi anti bet ter' game thai baseba] and1( our' shlintny was bet ter' than golfI We calledl it toiwn ball because we 1ha< boys who could knock the ball out 4) town, an id ne Cal11led lt shinniy because I le thIiins were' in dan1ger wvhen yo, crossedl the ime, aind that iswihier'e Lli sayling "'shin iny oin your own side caime from. We had enough exercisi at play time wvithiout luninlg off' t< A thainta andh wastinig teln oi' fifteen dl lar1s of thie (old mani's moiiey and leav inig someW boy dead or tb'iadly wVoundied1 Why, they hiavett got enioughi police tutu mi Newi Yo'k eity to ieguilate o ~intiitett the boys of Yale and liar -var whIivlen tey ineel thei'e to play gamie. An 14 the only t'ecue eve given by li the faculty is:'' Oh, boy wvill be boys.'' Now, it. seitm that LII hitzers hiave apologizted andt prom11ise< to g1ut. That is well enioughll, but dIaesenlt r'elieve thiem fromi tlihe pubi 1hindinatioti. A reflormt t hat ciomen fro fearii d ii'eserives no cr'ed it. Th'los boys are the samel briuites9 they were ht f'or a, and( shioul d no't be r'ecogize i ai gend4I~een aniywhier'e oultsidle of' ai bu fight in Mexico. I was r'iluitinlg aboliut those til kings (f tiuglatid andl howv two' of tht pinices weeit 1(1 smotered illnh th towe tandt Ed wardt V I had threie stepmo'thlen who tretateid himii like at dog, andh hm( subdtued lie was all of his brief' life, ft hie dlied when 'i sixtLeeni yeats obI afi er boy ishi reign of sev'ein yearis. A 't thos Ge or'ges were' ill at ('tilmuiious stcandatl for' histoi'y says that George I, wh f'ounded the I housc of IIlaniotvet', wn fond of' nlothmlg sav'e punch ati fat wvomuen, atnd Welhnigtotn say of Geoi'ge I V that lie was cui'ous compihoundc of inlconsistienie Th'le othler' two wver'e no0 bet ter, ait there were' thet Ihenrys, sotne o)f whiot wiere wor' se Lhain murder'erci'ms. Siince th had nto qjueens such a1s illiziabIth ant iln ev'ery vocal tion. Thbis r'emti nds mle that I have I I cieied a let te 4.fmmi n aiin Ohio man11 wl wvants a w'ift'. Mlaybie soiie Idiotic i as flllows verbil~a iti et, literatim: I '' P'ahtiyia, (Ohlio.---Mi'. Bil Ar r Goi'gy: l'I tas wr'it e iln your' pap~ler - Ithe Best f yiour' kuolage the hystry the moon01 fr'orni a lihnil SIamIlanil D [las it got at lite of its own and(I if lot whar do it ge. its lite? Does this eaLth yf revolv tord the sun or 101? Vi the suln a stashenery or not? What efekt do the 1110oo have iol aniamuels? What efekt on hogs at lButcherini time about. fryin lnmeat and Imakin gravy? Does the Ileat inkr-ease in tihe fryin pal if butche1ed at full m1oon ? " 1 Ir. Arp, 'm a Widower and wIant you to filid ie a good woman for a mail. o)o th in 3oon efekit potatos and i makinl lie sopap, and when forlks git I- a ried should they marry in I hie newe 3- m1oo or the old mo0on to live happy? Don't tih liibul ";ay the m1oon is to be I SaIgn to God anIt aini, and if yolu I know of a good woman down in ( or.y V Who bankers after at northern man tell n her to write to ine. 1)o thet moon Chaige front newe to old onst a m1onth, or is it thle soinoe m0oon Shadld by a p plalate? I would like Ia woiall who Shas' Some h.okod land and is not over. 4.7 I yearl4 old. 1 that a 1shore v'1nuf1 111111 ill the 111(o1? Ihve got sin n1oney e ald want a good-he-ated, kind wonmni -(t) love mie, but I don't wvant a1 fraud, IL Youlr frend and amir1er. 1 " '1 1). S.---I will. I ood land for boo1 Y to eveni ll with Imly ioney." V Now, I will sell this 1i1an1's 1name11 3' for aL dollar to ally bankerin wollmanl Sandl 'll giv the dolhar it) Mr. Hemp Y hill for the orphanlage, h -I .,A . FIXING A RESPONSIBILITY. Our Government Actially Foster ing Immorality in the Philip pines. YSpringfiehl Riepublican. . While tile SenIIIe 111s agree to the : Ilouse provision( o w he army hill, ahol r ishilg the sfale of liqu1orm. in tile. po-i ex - chages om canteens - therle reunt liin to 1) b( dealt With at alina whit NA1r. Lodge well des:cribed us a1 far worst, , evil. Tiis is the Amevricail salomi es tablishel! by the hindireds since the e American ote -ation -in(l duly licensed k by th iny 3' ut1hiles at 11binila. The m drunkenness mnd devimrabzithi awli I ieaego ig o% or the location ()f this A lnerican illsiti1u1t4 ill a1 tropical s clinnit torned the subject A som dis elIssioll d11 -Z th1e 'iIvulte (14tm'i ()InI the, armlly 1, last week, a111l bo'01'44a. e out Mnuch evidence il lihe way of* let . tIMS, newspaptr correSpInlenVICo( :and e statements of almly olliert , repcting s the Ilature' of the " Civilization " we 1 lhave been introducing to the' l'hilip.. f pme inhinds. - Many senmtors.! inchiding" adiinlis f t rl i4n iingeriaiist , strongly denoine.. a el this feature of our rul0 in Ille is 1 ,1111- aiI declared theinilves to be t in, far of prohibiting th Aiciican - s:11oo there. Some ameundments Io a Ohe army bill wNere iintnrI'14el having .I 'ffect of revoking all hpinor hcenses a. f aiila and prohlibiting the graw ig (it' I any lore, .1nd these ainnei1niments are S yvet. to he ac(d o. Tins 1u01ter is Inow I fully innliler lhel( presidelit's control as 1o1nninler-inl-hi~jef of the arIly. - tiong:-48s is not inning the I'iliip pine venl n il0. It is tie president s af s fair, and is kept soh-ly ill his ban1i by h1i17 o1wn (l desirc. .\S Seimtllor' Telk, r A waid, in rejily to Mir. I lg'denia.. (ion of ithe AlercallI :'aloon evid at MaIhi., "1 it is inl the( powt r of the(. preidllf to Close every. on1e1 (?f thern (the salo >is) as <quick us a teleg!raph I canl rea1ch M lan1ihi."' 'Ilhe jpesident,4 is I ~i)l5 lepnible for the situaition)4, Ii need1101 i not wa it for (Congrs to8 4 force froml him11 aln a~c f proitoli on44141 the4 gayV OPi ering 31u111oriities iII at1Manila. I I uit furthe ev11 0'il or' 141Icanda l attached1 to the0 American11 cuaton11141 of the I f'hiilippinies was br'ouight upf Inl the1 1 course0 of the Senat~c debailte. It is not), 111n agreeable)1 subj ect to brinI g Ibefore1 I lhe gene 0ral 1readeru, hut th people10)1 haveo a righlt to kno14w, ai114 they ought 'to know, winlt isL bein0 g done11 under0 Ste auth iority of (lieir1 goverIo nent ini - lng of thlL l'ilipp)Iines. We) clled at. - tenltioni toths4)e din 1111 ig th11le pres1 .idential camlpaign, 4o1 the stren1g4h of01 - statlemen~lts madecl by the4 lih~li cor 043 r' respondentlf of thle NOw Voice ; but it .. all app~jeared~ so incoredible to atf least, 1 01ne gool, innocen011t soul helreabouts t tionl to) that sourcePO of all truth13 during1 >1a priden~(L)tia llavass--th 11naItionlli I con1nnittee ('o(f hi s parIty. Theli aniswer I was,4 mI 0eff4e4t, that,1 the st atemient s (1 were' a tiumped..up131 (11l campign1 lie1. s M r. Tlell1er3, of' Colorad4 o, hm Iye(ver, 0 produced044 further01 test Inuony in the4 Suni liate deba31te, whose$ trulthl was iluestion1 8 141 by 1no 4one. Thus1. ~ li.s .\fice ft. Il Cowlhiet, a' py51iian and1( Isionary1I' of the4 M4lethdist church 111 MlilaI, ha1s I wr'itte the 11 following : e "' Se~4vera'l missionlaries here'c halve re r'01 cetly rece1 ~ ie letter f(1'rom theo home11 I, hun4( iin11ui11ing as to the truLth1 of a1( v counlIts litshed( inI the0 United1 Slates r oif the1 ilsin o14~ f houses41 oif pro4stitu13 0 "ttes sobber(Is. I have'~ accor0din~gly , been 11naking1 imies'I1 1414 1nt ( lil y 0 (chagrin11 tha lt these'1 shloekinug reot)s 1' are( on1ly too trueI(. I am14 forcoed to wite 11 [I it. O~ur'II Iited ~1 Sttesgovermne 11 . s oflicers have establ)1ishe he4(1Iore re'glar11 aL houses841 for' prlostite 1 women,4i (I1 (exain u. ing them V~' erywee:k , a1nd( givinig 4111'ch ni 4)n it, 14) secueily identi1fy' thei irlf whom( is election 1$ over'I m 114he linited States8 dl the militar'y auth~orities thlink of' hav. case I11100 sy53sten1iicallyV11 carried 4)fut S ) 1 lrtty muiich ever b(3 odly wVhil know)Is )- anything at, all knows that drunken&1I of every5 vl <3l sir and propnsit y are4il 4 4)1th ntural and1441I ineitably atte41)inla1414 to) of armliy >perations44. "' W\ar is hllf;" of .v w r ill its m:.a1' hie Insh rarmi 8 14) be4 aggreio n111)011 pople of another color for wNhom anl for win)o rights thle colinuc'rorenetan a pr-ofoumi conitemptl. There 11Lways follow ill tile wake of such ani arI ll4 the roving ploititutes of (h ristelinlom , au I it h)a4 been so in this case ; aid delabicery and sh1ami1e less orgy inevitalle enlsute ill colllec tionl with thel armIly. ]'utl thle point here is tlat the U'nited S;tates aluthor ities at Mlani'a mait amin ml orarllize Sybttem of panidering to %ice, uider a1 supervision and recoglnition wich, 8o far as we know, no() Ci oP ColliillIity inl the United States 114s everi been di4 posed to gr3lal t ; and anl estpecially (amin l able fe.altiure of thle business is that the(" institultion 1h11 ollicially e1Stablislied is 4anI( to be as 81rango to the natives a8 ithe A iericanl saloon, and possessed of vpital lpover to corrupt a A dueioralize ! 1 le hit( l hetlo unl1touched by these b 1 l inprovillg featirLIs of westurtIl Ir. I'ele fur'(I therP brought forward2I'4 the testilmny, it) thu smiml offect, or lIer . '. II. tlorg n, a A elliodist Illis Io r n O who goes oI inl ls 2tatment to dle'lare that 11t llimtss of disri(epltie I tsit hlishui by tile Allieie:it 2 grrnis.oml ill SoIll are filled with WiienCII, Inlostly ,lpallse, Sbrought there with thie knowledge lid e tis t11 , it i141 the 1114oval, 41 the at11 horitis,' ,andi they are "a reco inzed illstilitin )oI mll. lu' 1itlitatV Iy 4cciI pat lo 1l.,, And tihe (I2t flatives look oil with dis gust amod aversionl we are told. BIut, as Senlatol TeLer sI S, we have taken1 from theimi 111 power to act. They are impotelt to (,-lose tI.se places if' they would ; and if Ile pr:sidevat of thle Un 11it ed Shites, declared Mr. Telleri, haviig full powler to ac, fais to do ";o, a114 to " mallintai ite 111pern1ce(' o114 (I(! ee ' inder (lhe A meriealm ILkig inl the sigit ( h1 sc34u. p4oplc, Ohwn Congress iloul act, - and it' we d.14) no() do it we, M1ught1 tO receiVe theil dincotep Af the Amelricanl peOle." Ih rie'l--ident co1t1111 abolislh 111 oP Ally oIsiderabhle 1part of tile evil a1141 ig ()t 4f this w%.Ir (' coIIque'st , wilholit h1lilil tlh war itslf. Talhey are a ineCvital4 4'4n11'nl4.ee of renI~i4ving' inen 1n4tn the re4'st1llnts Ill imIiie Socie. '11)41 sltti t her al. Work bir aw;ty ill dte . .a . ai ic n et. Ihit it woubl seem that he ca, v al 1- 4.. . flnth t! . enhI1 it4, prolIhit tthee acts of his silbrdiales inl tle lilippinies hv which tIle AmliIcaif Ivernmen14'ilt j' nidi21Ie II w t a 1ea b)re at 1411prime1e203 bine.luvi 21111 sSc itive 11ivv IIIo) 111 ion tlliilly sanelinil :111d su1ppring thee ag cies of initem 3 j)er~lice :n114 iindet(I'ncy. TIlE SITUATION IN CHINA. The Chiinese Problem Fromn the Staidpoint of a Missionary. liev. .1. W. Dlavis, 1). D).. :1 Pro S'-sOlr ill (1te 1'resbytevian'i Tl4hlogical wierilaly it ('O lil11a11 , haS deliVe4 1 if) il terstinig |e Illnre (.11 '' The t Inter )lvis .4pen1t twenty-tive, year)is 21 a inis iow12ry ill China, m,1fill his experience i ves weigit I') Ils opin1ion1s ()In llt 'iituation w-t . The State t2ll the ,ollowingrpr f l.lai.lcue flis Inutil ppIo11( was to shoitLv why 11ii2.oliry wor.0k in hJiiia (shoud he4 lire. 1143 deicj4(ted ini stron)g. color1s stunig to deepef)4st grief andi( 1'age wihen heI seesC is rulersi' dril from1 thejir lthrone 4 t Cleing to d1isitanti inliin 14 cit ies, andt 11 buria1l pic of(3 ancien11 eml1.Vlperor41s turnedV~ into a1 Lpast1i-ing gr'ound for1 the4 Pavlr horses' 10'.43 of 111( hlated foe;' tile hw34C41 cutr'y desp4lised as w..ell113 as defeat - nd41; outrai'2ges comi 1 tted1 uIpoln defense10 (3ess peasants b18 y thei Russ8in sOlier s, 111nd Cina 1bound111( to servo tile wor1ldi f'or 143(cad1(s 1to COmeC inl pa1ying her warl1 iln In this2 gief atl~l rage therie canI he bu11t on1e Way' to soften1 hiis heart, and that1 is by Iss28ionary~ e3ffor't, bly hoi-~l' tal workJ wh1iichi commends..'211 ChIristiai2ty Lo the1m( e i n11115Il2 a11moet.effec(t2ive waly, b~y 8(chools1 whic(h will give needed(3( in. LelhIgen(Ce to) the( p)eoi14, and1( by3 the 1oe and8 2111comforts' of tihe gosp~ei. Ini lead4ing IIp to) this conclCusionl the( he1( ni 212v( Chr Iistians1, exibiited1 by heir21 her3oic faith and1( cour age dliin'Ig he re43cent hhlod ~))I'jl3persecutioni s in) whiich non31, women13i o1114 ch1thhen31 me4t, dea32th I )r. I )alvis, while14. fully priesenit ing 1the. sa loss 14 of) 1501 de(3voted4 4. i sevats of God1, done14 1to death1 withl indescibabhle outr ages, (emphaillsi zed 1the factI2 ta 2,700 (Ithr I8were' preser31ved 1t) carr'Iy ('I11n 1f the appoted4 work of (.h 1)4. Ano)th - (3'1r)1 poin emii zed2'.44 was th1e4 fact thaft h owedI to. ari24 Ino4w, liv year'.'11s after3 lIe said 11( th Chine11(3ar full( o111(f prlide4 a111( of1 intensel3y an1ti-for3igni spirit. They' lonig 14) ann1iilate14 all Iorignersi4f' ill China2; t(oe4xpel3 them11 uitterlyV. .12apan1 did4 this ill i'1(1, aiint she3 was'2 81hu1 lny 8(4 far' a1 fore3igne(rs were2i concernedIil4 for1 2001 y(ears. CThina~ woubtlt do the4 82mne4 If 81h4 had1( the power.4'i. If allowed to) fully arm11 bll4:4l this antL.i-forignl m~ovement(3I1, wh'lich has recentlily been(1 crulshed by t he 1)14 lie1s4, waiit illlt've a1s 81umed3( greaCt propor44tions1), and( tile lega Th'lis I ionhl4 com4ing1 notw will lead( to iilllunIg moreli wit2isfnetory internla. VCitnal( hiws, 'lioi that foeignH 11( cpl in will he 3'afer than11 it couhl1( he under(3 )presen Icond01(ition111. Th'le warls for tum 1b131 50 y(313 i)( 098 ,t , (1 S- crop gr-fown \ 7 without Potash. & Supply -41Y enough Pot -0 ash and your P\ rofits will be laie; without \ otas11 your crop will 'be W111l~iiil of) t. wr , Our booksl,, t-l in'''' 'ee '..m t- e o lo iertie,'.rs d .taLpted foIe' n .e - e'. i' raeers. U -~I.A I N F.A Wi e)11} iN- .New \%v rk. tween h(lin and western powers have ill every caise resulte( in opening up Chinia more fully to foreign commerce ll( missionary effort. After (lie first war in 1842 there were live treaty ports. After the war with .lapan in 1895 there were 30. History will repeat itself after the new treaties resulting from the present war aI inaditle. The opportunities offered ter IIi sioniar1 work will be greatly multipliedl. I n (lie course of the lecture this ques tien N was iaised " W hat vill bc 'loue in the niatter of tle partition of China?" Hussia will hold Manchuria, but China proper will probably not be divided at till. Rusiaji has team Counitnication to the I'acifie oceani. Only 1,500 mhiles ire :it present traversed by ateam boats. The Trans-Siberian railway is iot). complete'd. Vladi-Vostock is not sat isalctory as atin occai port because of a fiinge of ice that girts the borders onl (e coast during the winter. The Ermack, a steel clad steamer that cuts its way through ice 14 feet thick, is lint able Io retrieve the situation. Ilence li'usia will never let go her hold iupo Ieiot Arthur, which she ro cetiyiv seized. ltiussia is now allowed a rsiec~e at Monkden, practically controlling the Mlanetu rulers. This I" a m1141st significant move. Russia will do as England did i India--irst rle bcy 1native princes, then directly; irst i t the power beh ind til e tlrone, iien he Ihe power on the throne. The Manchus will lose utterly the power which they have maiiitinied for two cenlturie~s. The Valziszi valley with its 150, o(o,mi0 people is such nlii important 14rkel Ihiat England and thie United Stteis, altioiglh leaving the lRussians list I rbed in Manchuria, will fight rather than allow ItiSsia or any other power to obtaini exclusive control of it. In Dr. D avis' opinlion, this broad re gion \ wll be opened to the great, con Mercial world. Its vast, deposits of iro ii -.ii1 coal will be developed. Rail ways will be built hinding together its great cventires of Chinese life anld in <h uist ry. New ships larger mid better thani any now oin the Pacific will be built . Th'le Nicaragua caiinal will be eemnpllet ed. Th'le Iranis-Pailjle cale4 from11 Caif niaIIi to the Ph ilippine isl ands, which we have "' benevolently apprioprpiat ed " will he laid. All this nnlely means greater and fuller moans timt thle iionar4)i~ly can use in the pro (ecuitloln of1 his work. THl'Ei Sexmtowli PIAN'r.-In re sponse to a large and growing popular mtterest in regardl to (lie growth of suni iilowers for econiomiical purposes and thle manuflac tre oft (i1 from their seed, uni( fotr the purpoI~se of' giving to those mte' rest ed mn the miatter all the informna (ion available, (lie U. S. D~epartrment of Agricultutre has made some investiga I ions as to thle composition of the sun flower, the mnethids of culture, and the manlufacture of oil from (lie seed. The results of' these investigations aire cion taiiinedl in lulletin No. 610, Division of Chemistry, enii tled "'The Sun ilower Plant: Its Cultivation, Compjosition, andio Uses," 1now in press and soon) to be issuled by (lie Department. Th'le bulletin shows that (lie sunilower cant be grown sucessfully over large arcas in the Umlted States; that it is a crop which makes a conisidlerable dlrain on the elemnits of soil fertilizers; that olice of (lie most valuable constituents 4)1 te planit is (lie oil which exists in large (luanltitles in thie seed ; that the econlomic prFoductionI of (lie sunliowers is now coniinied almiost exclusively to Ihussia, where it is ani agricutural In elustry of C.l~e~mierale importance; that in th liited States it is grown as an orn'Iamient and for the Production ot' seeds, winch ale used chiefly for I' ultrIy and~ beird feeding and for con.. limen'lt al 1414 Idimedicin~al p)roperties with fatrmc ainimls; (hatL the oil of the suniilowier' seed is not prcduced coin imeriemilly n (lie IUied States; and thait in the cultivation of tho sunfloweor lie methods puirsued for growing I midian corn are to be followed, and the lantlt is capable of cuiltivaition over al umost as wide an area as Indian corn. TIhe bulletin will be illustrated wvith - one( pilate and1( two text figures, and a hinute'd mtuiber of copies will be for sale by thle Superinitendene of pocu mnente, Union liuilding, WVashington, I). C., at 5 cents. M~ONE~Y TO LOAN (in farmir g lanids. Easy payments. No Comn lil8Rion8B charged. Borrower pay. as tual coest of perfecting loan. Interest 7 per centi. up,~ accordting to seourity, aNO. B. P'ALMEAR & SON, Columbia, ..n