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THE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL
VOL 11.-NO. 8. PICKENS. S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 19o. ONE DOLLAR AYEAR
G.UN. BIUNJAMIN HARRISON
Interesting Sketch of His Life
and Character by a Southerner.
F. H. Richardson in Atlanta Journal.
It may be said of Benjamin Iarri
son that he gave as much to his family
fame as he derived from it, if not
more. The campaign joke that he
wore " his grandfather's hat" iwhen
he first ran for President was evidence
either of ignorance or malice on the
part of those who made it. The grand
father was a good old Virginia gentle
man, who became an accidental Pres.
ident, and by the mercy of God was
transferred to another sphere of ac
tion a month after his inauguration.
Benjamin Harrison was as much abler
man than his grandfather as the great
Napoleon was abler than his nephew,
who mesmerized Europe with his name.
Benjamin Harrison certainly was one
of the ablest men of the Republican
pai ty for fifteen yeais before his death,
and that period lapped over into the
careers of Conkling, Blaine and Sher.
man. le was as great a lawyer as
Conkling, as good a debater as Blaine
and a better all-round political leader
than John Sherman ever was. As to
his legal ability, I heard Daniel W.
Voorhees declare, "If you (10 not think
Ben Harrison is a lawyer, pick out a
man to meet him either before a jury
or the supreme court of the United
States. I have tackled him in both
places, and have had enough of him."
As a deb iter he proved himself the
peer of any in the Senate, and lie was
there when Ben Hill, Allen G. Thur.
man, Matt Carpenter and William M.
Evarts adorned that body. His Re
publican colleagues had stense enough
to put him in the lead of their assault
upon President Cleveland in 1880,
when the benate demanded the reasons
for the removal of Presidential ap
pointees. Of course, Cleveland did
not comply with the demand, but the
incident led to one of the most in.
teresting and most brilliant debates
ever heard in the upper house of Con.
gress. Harrison closed for the pros
ecution of the then administration.
His speech was full of eloquence and
power. le surpassed Edmundi, lie
distanced Sherman, he made Hawley
seem insignificant.
That speech made Harrison Presi
dent. le went into the Republican
convention of 1888 with a vote smaller
than of two other candidates, bat was
the second choice of a majority ot
both the Blaine and the Sherman men.
The cool-headed men of his party re
garded him as the atrongest candidate
they could present. le had an im
measurable advantage of Blaine in the
cleanness of both his public and private
life. He was never a gusher, bt Le
appealed to the masses far more than
Sherr.;an. It is now an open secret
that the nomination of Harrison in
1888 was an alarm to the Demociatic
leaders. They realized that the wicked
Republicans had put up their most
available man. They have a mean
habit of doing that.
Harrison's election to the Presi
dency was due to the advanced stand
President Cleveland took on the tariff.
The Harrison administration was clean
and strong. When he left the Presi
dency General Harrison retuo ned to the
practice of law and has followed it ever
since with great success. His practice
is said to have been one of the most,
lucrative in this country.
General llariison had a highly suc
cessitil career as a soldier, enterinig
the Union ai my as second lieutenant
of Indiana volunteers; served through
the war, receiving the brevet of bri
gadier general January 23, 1805. Hie
was a fighting officer, lie took a con
spicueus part in the camp~aign about
Atlanta. lie always had a turn for
politics, and soon after the war became
a leader of the Republican party in his
State.
He was first brought into national
prominence by his nomination for
Governor of Indiania in 1870. God
love S. Orth was the oi iginal nominee
of the Republicans for the oflice that
year, but some objectionable things in
his record were brought out and he
withdrew. Harrison was then put
against " Blue Jeans" Williams, and
was defeated by 7,000 votes.
In 1880 he was elected United States
Senator, and soon became one of the
foremost men in the Senate. D~uring
the six years lie was there no man in
the Senate took a more active part in
the debates of that body, or was held
in higher resp~ect by both sides of the
chamber.
Personally General Harrison was
admired by all who knew him. His
character was above reproach and few
men had more dlevotedl friends. In
Indianapolis, where lie lived almost all
of his mature life, lhe was hioiioired and~
beloved by his fellow citizens of all
parties.
The somewhat general notion that
General Harrisoni was an austere, cold
natured man was far fromn correct, lie
possessed groat, dignity and~ deggised
pretense and gush But lie was always
appronchable and his nature was cor
dial, lie loved society and was one of
the best table talkers in t he country. He
had a keen sense of humor, which
often displayed itself In a very attrac.
tive manner, lie was, in fact, a very
compamioa able, sympathetic man, who
won the affection as wvell as the con
fidence and~ esteem of those who knew~
him well.
General Harrison had not been in
sympathy with his party, as repre
sentedl by the present ad ministration,
Ho made no concealment of his con
demna~tion of its policies regardingr the
Philippines, Porto Rico and Cuba,
On the contrary he condemned then:
in very strong terms in several notabh(
public addresses and~ review nrticles.
Hie was a dlevout Priesbyterian ani
took a frequent part in the councils (
his church. lie was a strong, cleat
highminded man, who won a pure ai
IsRSing fame and left a unMe that wi
long be honored.
Blenjamin IlLarrison, son of Joh
Scott Harrison, Senator, was born 11
North Bend, Ohio, August 20, 1831
Passing through Farmer's college ii
Cincinnati, he entered Miami univel
,ity in 1852, studied law, and in 185.
-emoved to Indianapolis, Did., wher
he has sinlce resided. In 180l he wa
elected reporter of the State suprenmi
couit, and in 1862 entered the Unior
army as second lieutenant of Indiain
volunteers. After a short service I(
organized a company of the Seven
tieth Indiana regiment, was conunis,
sioned colonel on completion of the
regiment, and served through the war.
receiving the brevet of bpricadier gen.
ertl of the volunteers on January 23,
1865. He then returned to Indiana
polis and resumed the positiol 01
stupren)e court reporter, to which l
had been re-elected during his abence
in 1864. Inl 1870 he was the Republi
can candidate for Governor of Indiuna,
but was defeated by a small plurality,
Ile was a member of the Mississippi
commission in 1879, and in 1880 wm
elected United States Senator, taking
his seat March 4th, 1881.
Ile had only one tern i the Senate,
being defeated for re-election in 188C
by David TL'urpie.
In 1888 he was the Republican
itoininee for President and wias elected
over Grover Cleveland, by whom he
was defeated four years later.
HARRISON AS A SOLDIER(.
Moses 0. McLain, of Indianapolis,
who served under General Harrison
(luring the civil war and was more o
less intimately assoaiated with him,
pays the following tribute to his coin.
mander's war record:
"When it came to battle he would
never ask or command his men to go
where lie was not willing to go himself.
in the battle of Resaca he led the as
s ulting columns and was at the front
with his men. After the battle it was
either General Ward or General Butter
field who exanmined: -Colonel, you
have won your stars today.' At this
ba-tie General Ward was wounded and
Colonel HIrrison took charge of the
brigade, which he commanded through
all the succeeding battles to Peachtree
creek, before Atlanta, where he con
manded the division in that battle.
"Many ilmes he was seen, when oil
a loni match, to dismount when lie saw
a weary soldier who seeied to be well
worn out, take his gun and oroier him
to monnt the horse and ride Nwhi!e he
walked and carried the gun of the
soldier. As another evilence of the
great esteeiii i which ie has been
held by his old command, I might say
that lie was the pi esident continuously
of the regimental organization and was
re-elected as such at our last reunion
last summer.
"A little incident showing his
thoughtfulness after the war occurred
while he was in the United Statts
Se-tate. [He called me up one day and
said lie undeistood that Fred was i
the poorhouse-Fred was a little Ger
man Loy who enlisted in his coipany
out near Cuinberland, in this county
and wanted to know if I would not go
out with him Sunday to see him. On
Sunday I drove up to the general's
house to get him, but before coming
out, to the hiuggy lie wvent backc to the
grap~e arbor in the back part, of the
yard and gathered a basket of grapes
to take with us for Fred1. ie as
certainedl from Fred the cause of his
trouble, and in a short time had him
removed to tihe soliers' 1home1 at
Dayton, 0."
BILLT ARP ON THE SE~ASONS.
He Rejoices in the Sunshine of
Spring and Drops into Poetry.
How inspiring is the earliest breath
of t-prinig whien nature like a blushmin
maidl is putting on her pantalets and
prepairing to bang her silken hair.
What harmonious feelings spring up iii
one0's bosom11 and gush forth to all man
kind. A baslmy (lay fills all the chamn.
bers of thie soul with music that is not
heard andl poetry that is inot expressed,
Spring is unlocking the flowers. I see
swveet violets peeping from their leafy
betts and jonquis lifting. their yellow~
bells to catch the sunshine. What a1
rebuke to man is the innocence and
beauty of the flowers-what a contrasi
tol cruelty and1 strife andI selfishness,
The love of flowers is refining and
dlraws a man nearer to woman and1 tc
heaven, and it, is safe to say that what
ever a woman loves, a manl had bettei
love, or try to. Flowers, music an(
birds are giveni for our hlappiness
Thley are the extras of creation de.
signed for our speCcial pleasture. Pro.
vidlence wouldl have withheld thlemi i
Hie had nlot lo~ved us. Or Hie mighi
have given us only the hiowhieg of t~h
winds for music andl buzzards for birdi
andl dog-fenniel for flowers. ['hie lovi
of fl .wers is close akin to thle love o.
chlildreni.
I Mdam dleStael said( that music wvai
the only thling upon thle earth that wi
would find ini heaven, for it was comn
mon to angels and to man, but shi
dlident know. If there are beautilu
mansions andn golden streets and gatel
of pearl atnd trees whose leaves are fo
the heahing of the nations, why no
flowers?7 Spencer ini his " Faerii
Queen"' says : " And is there care ii
heauen andl love in heavenly spin its fo
the flowers ?"
Wadsworth says:
" JIt is my faith that every flower tihe
blooms
Enjoys the air it breaths."
Thell more uinculluredl andl unrefine
a man 1s the less heo cares for flowei
andl music andt boAds. Coprsays bi
f would not number on his list of friends
, the mianI who would uselessly trend
I upon a worm. Shakespeare says the
I man who has no music in his soul is
fit for treason, strategems and spoils.
a Some yeats ago I was trying to sell a
t cottage hone to a rough man who
wanted to buy, an'd I pointed out the
beautiful roses that adorned the front
yard. lie turned away carelessly and
said: " I don't care anything about
them sort of things. If I buy your
house you needent add ary cent for
blossoms." The Ioet says, " The
humblest flower that blooms gives
thought too keel) for tears." But there
are folks who care no more for a beau
tiful flower than for an ugly weed.
"A Primrose by the river's brim
A yellow primrose was to him,
And it was nothing mor e."
The poets in all ages have paid tri
bute to the flowers. One of the mobt
beautiful pocmis evet written is the
" Ode to the flowers," by Horace
Smith. It is among the classics (f old
England.
"Your voiceless lips are living preachers,
Each cup a pulpit and each leaf a book.
Floral anostles that in dewy splendor
Weep without woe and blush without a
crime."
Mrs. liemans says:
"The flowers whisper the all fosl ering love
That clothed them into beauty."
Longfellow says:
''lhey teach us by persuasive reasons
How akin they are to human things.
* * e * * *
"Emblems of our coming resurrection,
Emblems of the bright and bette-r land."
But Mrs. Ilemans sings the most
fascinating songs to flowers-when she
tires of o'her subjects she takes a rest
on flowers:
"Iring flowers-fresh flawers for the bride
to wear,
They vere born to blush in her shining
lair. C
Bring flowers-pale flowers o'er the bier
to shed,
A crown for the brow of the early dead. 1
* * * * * *
Bring flowers to the shrine where we
kneel inl prayer,
They' are nature's offering-their place is
there.
* iee * * * * *
"Bring flowers to the captive's longely
cell,
They have tales of the joyous woods to t
tell. e
a
Shakespeare had a great heart for
flowers, and lie knew them like a
botanist. There is not a commiion or
familiar oie that lie (foes not bring to
pleaaant use it some of his plays. How
pathetically lie laments the death of
Imogen :
With fairest ilowers I'll sweeten thy sad
grave- i
Thou shalt not lack the flowers that's like a
thy face,
Pale primrose-nor the azur'd harehell t
like thy veins-nor the leaf of eglan- I
tine that outeweetened not thy
breath."
There was a long time ago a ballad
about two lovers for whom two flowers
were named, Margaret and Sweet Wil- v
liam. We haitve margarets among the c
flowers now, and sweet williams are 8
very common. What became of the t
lovers is quaintly told in the old-time
verses:
Margaret was buried in the lower
chancel,
And William in the higher;
Out of her breast there sprang a rose- I
bush,
Ani out of his a briar.
" They grew till they grew to the church
top,
And then they could grow ito higher:
And there they tie(1 a trute lovers' knot
Whicb iiade all people admire,' {
As stern andl solemn as was Mloses,
the lawgiver, lie was not unmindful of
the besitty of flowers, for when lie
plannied the first sanctuary that was
set upl in the wilderness he dlirected
that his cun ning workmein should orna
ment the golen candlhesticks with
carvings of tlowers-open flowers.
W~henu Solom otn designe'd his maginifi
cent temle the molten biass was orna
mented with representlationls of flowers,t
atnd so was the cedar cat vedl with
figures of open flowers. Th'le Bible
makes mention ot flowers, hut not by
niame, except the lily atid the rose.
"I am the rose of Sharon andl the lily
of the valley." " Consider the lilies
how they grow. They toil not-neith
or (d0 they spm10; but Solomoni itn all his
glory was ntot arrayedl like Otto of
these.''
I notlee im a late New Ycork lipane
that the culture and sale of flowers has
largely increased in that city ; that
forty years ago the sale amounttedl to
only sixty thousand dlollars a year, and
that for the year just passed the sale
of roses alone was nearly six millions,
andt that it was not, uncomimon for a
millionaire to spend ten thousand c ol
lars for flowers tor a single etntertain
ment. This is a good sign, and~ may
help to save Sodom.-I mean Glothiam
-from destruction. I wish that all
our public schools would encourage
the pupils to s'udly flowers. Thter3 is
a little simple botany that, event a chiild
can understand, and it. will tell them
why the kingly house of the Plantage
nets took its name from a flower-the
Scotch broom (planta geneatha) with
which Henry I1 had himself scourged
for a hteinous crime. And why the
geranium means a cranes-bill andI
eglantinie a needle and nasturtium a
nose twister, etc. T1hte origin of the
names of flowers is a funny hook to
me.
These school b~oys and girls keep
me pretty busy answe: ing their ques
r tions andl doing their perplexing sums,
and most of' them itnclose stamps ini
their letters. I will conclude this let
t ter by givinig them a sum:
A man sold a sow and pigs for eigh
teen dollars. He received as much
I for nine-tenths of a pig as lie did for
s one tenth of the sow. How many pigs
o did she have." BILL AnRP.
ROSbER'S ESTIMATE OF LIER
Strategy of the Great Confederate
leader Who Defeated Grant.
Gen. Thomas L. Roseer, of' "tugby,
Albermarie Co., Va., has been enaget:
in writing IId publithmitg it seties oj
papers on the war between the States
uand his concluding article is as fol.
lows:
" The wisdom of General Lee's in
vasioni of Pennsylvania in 1803 hat
often been questioned by military men
is well as staitesmena, but when You
remewiber that at that time Grant held
General Pemberton by the throat at
Vicksburg, and the hope of the ulti
mate success of the Southern Confed.
3racy' was faint, and flickering, you will
igree that the situation called for
lesperate action. .
" General Lee had gained an easy
rictory over General Hooker at. Chain
xilorsville in early Alay, and( having it
nw estilate of his military ability, lie
relt, that a victory over him north of
.he Potomac was 'ot beyond the bound
>f reason'ible hope, or even probabilht,
m( the prospect was too tempting to
)e disregarded.
Lee had lost his lieutenant, Stone
vall Jackson, andt while Longstreet
vas with him, neither Ewell not Hill,
vho had recently been promoted from
najor to lieutenant-general, lad ever
,omumantded a corps in a battle, Intd
vhile Lee must have felt 'omae anxiety,
f not misgivings concerni ng them, he
i( confidence in his Superbi army aid
'esolve(l to take the move, not as Na
)oion marcihed on Moscow in 1812,
ut as Seipio (Atricanu,) went to Car
hage in 201 1B. C., ill onler tU) loose
he hol( on Viirgiuia of the lva(ing
triny, and itt. the same tane stiike at
dow which would awaken an echo to
w heard in Europe an( through
iplomacy, end the war in favor of the
ouihern Confederacy.
General Lcc platnied to give battle
s near the range of South IMountain
s he couald, so that Iam the event of dis.
ster, ias was the case, he coulI (irop
'ack through the narrow mountain
asses in which lie could resist the
nemy and avert pursuit.
IlId General Lee declined battle on
me 2d of July at Gettysburg, as Gen
ral Longstreet claims lie atdvised him,
nd Meade had been forced by a flank
love of Lee, back onl Washington.
nd a battle fought, ano Lee defeatell
ear Washington, his army woull
oubtless have been destoyed before
e could have reached a safe reftuge iin
ic mountains or recrossed the Poto
Iac at the nearcst ford, Which wao
est. of the mountain. Therefore, Let
ete(l wisely iu fighting where lie (lid,
nd the only mistakes he mae(l were
tctical, not strategic, as shown in mti
revious letter.
Hlal General Lee died at Gettysburg,
e would not have rankul inl histor3
s a ureat general. His victor.es oveL
leClellan, Pope, Burnisiude and 11 oker
oul have been ascribed to thie geniu
f StonewahI .Jackson, who par icipated
o giliously in all of them, for we al,
ememuber that in the winter of 1861-2
keneral Lee (ld not acquit himsehu
vith credit. in his caimpaignt agaiinst
tosecrans in West Virgitaai, aIIn(d the
ailure at Gettysbmg with the danger
>us halt at Falling Water and William,
>ort, waiting for a fre'shet to run out
>f the Potomac so tlhat he might pan
is ai'mny over it, occaisionied very un-'
avoramble commnat fr'om imaany of out
lighest otlicers.
G1eneral Lee was doubtless a great
~encral, but. his great mtilitar'y taleam
bd( ntot shine ott fully in all its radi
nt splendor tintiilahe met Geaner'al
J. S. Graant an the Wilderness in the
prIing of 180.
General Lee had mer'ely played with
dcClelaa, P'ope, Blurnside and Ilookei
-taking great liberty with them anad
'iolating every maxim of war in lisk
ampaignms against them -such, for in
Lance, as going oft' after Pop)e and
eniving MlcClellan and his fine army oia
he James within sa day's mairch of
liehand , andl in leaving Hlooker' ini
lutne, 1803, with aan army double his
)ntn in numaber at Fi edericksbuarg, andi
narchaing arounttd hinm to C;ulpepier-~
iherties whtichm poor llood mnistook for
itrautegy, and inm tryinig to imitate tliem
eft the road openi to Sheramn, which
h1e acceptedl, and maarch up~on A tlanta
mad the seat, while lie, poorV fellow, wase
lefeated at Frankhni, T1enmn., antd htad
to be relievedl of his commamil~ by Genm
iral .Joe .Johnstoai.
L ee floes not aippear' to have gottei
striictly diown to buisinaess until he wai
aon1fr'ontedl by (Grant in the WVildeminest
in the sprinig of 1804.
General Grant wuas greatly surprised
wh~en Genecral Lee p~ermnittefd him, tai
n iolested, to cross thle Raplidanl ont th<
Ith of Maty, 1864, with am armiy o
1 54,000 mean andl a triun of 41,000 wa
Seeing nothing of I .ee or his army
Girant beiehived that he lad fled, aim
all lhe hiad to dlo wits to pur isueC, o)ver
baul and1( destr'oy him. l e little undmfer
stoodl his great adver'sar'y. L~ee wat
thoroughly inifor'med ats to every movi
Grant made, andf whiena Graant begunm
ont the miornting of the 5'th of May, t<
uncoal his gmreat army, which lay ia
manty folds ar'oumnd (Germania Ford
and serpent-like, extemd its fiery amt
hristliing htead through the fdark juangle
of the Wilderness, Leo, who wias hold
ing his lhttle army of 50,000 nien mnassc<
and well int htand oan his flank, fell upoi
him wit h the fuary fof a cyclone, beatini
him at every pofinit, iad compelling hiti
to recall his adfvtancedl corps) and1 to p)ri
pare aund fight the two-days' battlesc
the Wildierness in wvhich General Le
and hits little army most signally tr
umnphed.
General Giant now saw that in Ul
game of skillful mantoeuvering lie wi
not a match for Gene'ral Lee, and fee
nu that ha could not drive him outa
, his path, hie beguti a series of the mos
remarkable tact ical evolutions ever em
ployed (II a ibattlelleld.
Griant's army was at much larget
than Lee's that lie could easily covet
Lee's entire front, which he did, but
fearing Lee' superiority iii general
ship, he entrencheld himself with as
much care and caution as if lie were
the defensive, instead of the offelisive
leader. llol(litig at cotmuous ei
trenched line all along L.ee's front,
and pressing with at constant. strain at
every poiit, lie htoped to le able to
mli s reserves from the rear and ex
tend them to Lee's rigiht so a1s to get
ill between ii id flichmontd anid cut
him off from his supplies. But as4 lie
ptirstel this "1earth-worm-like"t move
ment of extending his heal, and dri Iv.
ing up his tail, Lee kept pacee withi him,
and wherever tlhe head of his army all)
plearedl, Lee was thetre to strike it. Tlhus
Gratit eigedI along, and fought all tle
way to Cold liarbor, where otn the 1st
of Junu, he foiutd himself at at point
whence he would eitiher hive to force
Lee's lines, or1 give tip the cry of " On
to Iichimonld " which had been the re
frain of the Army of the l'otomac for
the past thirty (ayls.
At Col llai hr, Lee occupied the
positionI which McClellati held on t Ie
27th of Juie, IS62, ttd (rat the po
sition which Lee held at I lie same time,
and from wti'hi lie ititacked anid drove
MICClellan, Hlere (Granlt nule( Imany
unsuccessful I assaults (oi Ivee, an([ linl
ly despaiiniig of success gave tip the
job andot entreichltdt in I'ce's firoItt.
To leave Cohl Hathor witl I .ee in
possesoi of it was to turn atwav from
Richmtiond; to persist ill assauti t i tig Iee
wias liilianl butchery without com11pel
satory puishiment of Lee---iherefore
lie gave 111) the assaulit, ordered up siege
trains inid took up McCle1in's met iis
of zig zag approaclies ahs is onl1y lope
of dislodginog LIe and his little half
starvel aid half-clad t irmy. MIt lie
was SO fa' frota Ihis bIase of niaviga ble
vater that lie son gave the siege up.
(rnit , ill his M emo a irs, page 276,
Vol, 11, says : I have alway s re
grettedi that the assault at Cold liar.
bor was mad-tj." 1I p losses here were
so very heavy is the reason of his
regret, no doubt.
Grant, had beei out -generalel by
Lee at every turi, atid leavitig Col
Hai bor lie resut mdl his ", crahlike
si(te movemett, which enablei hi to
reach Petersburg, where lie found Lee
con fronting hinm as usual, and whiere
le was compelled to resort to the zig
zag m11et1hod of approachi an1d millig,
with the hop of makitig a breacli in
Lee's ilies, it, failmg, catly inl the
Spriig of 1815 Ie resumied his 11 crab
like, cart-h-wori " ' niovement by the
laik, atd )Tssed On to Five .Forks,
where lhe succeeded in breaking the
last Iine over which Lee cotild gather
up -lies for his my111, nild thus by de
stiiiig tlie kcitche i - starved the
great andh immortal artimy which witi
all his migity host lie could not whip.
rtMAs L. iossi-:n.
"SLAV.RY BY CONTRACT."
Senator John L. Mcl4aurin Inter
viewed on the Anderson Matter.
%'ashiIgtol Post.
A inmber of promiietit citizeis of
South Carolita hiave been ititerviewe(
in the matteri of the stockitde labor ex
piosutres int Andehrsoni Coutyt. Senaitor
others have givetn their views, atid
thecre has bieiten no defentse of thle coni
ditioni of1 affairs, althbough being fatiil
iar' wvith the local sit uat-ion, these gen.*
tlemenci htave been able to show that not
thlat its operationi was con iin'ied to An
dlerson Coutiity.
A repiresenitative of TIhte Post had a
tial k withI Senator John11 L. Mc Iaurin,
ol South C arolina, yesterdolay 1inring,
andio while the Senator ini nowise de
fends the Anderson Couuty outrages,
lie offered some newii suiggestionis,
which ate mnost interesting in that colt
"' in thle fir'st place,"' said the Scina
tor', "' the P'hiadelphlia Not'rih Amercii
cant has unwiti tigly done the colored
race a greait inijustice in its r'epr'esenta
tions tha~t as ia ra~ce its memberticts in
South Carolitna atre wilbntg to ' comn
I ract.' thiemselvyes mio1 pr'act i('al slavery,
or to submiit to4 such a thinrg under ci the
dur ess of a f'ew mtena mt onie of thle
tority-iv e coutiens ill Soul th(~ Carlinta.
As a maiztter ofl I act, the trillhu1g, va
rag'int, criminial class oif negt'oes who
lease themtiselves out ' ar'e ver'y poor
represenitatives of the sel f-i'especting,
induItstriouis and1( thrifty negroes ini Soth
Cairolina and lthr'oughout theu South,
*Jutst thiniik wvhat kind of m1en1 they at
wh Io wvotuld, eit her volun Itarily ori undlel
Fonie-mtan d ures, debiberatehy sign a
cotract agreeinzg to be0 worked with
conivicts, or without conivicts, unde:l
,guai'd, and1( stiptulaie that their em
I ployerns are to) lock them up at night
No WVesternt or Northern malt knowvs
evena remotely, what this clatss of nie
t eroes ar'e.
'' VTe negroes North and1( West, are
as a rtule, hotel waiters, bar'ber~
) 4 driversI ; this is abso5(luitel y true ot th
agreat malijoirity of ntegroes ini the South
, bothi in thei towns and11 int the coutryi'
I We in the cotton State hatve, howvevem
s a class of tutterly worthless, degradled
-thievmtg negr'o boys who run awa
I from their deserving piarents andic r'
a litlives on the farms and~ go into th
!g townis andt~ cities, wher'e theoy lian
n auroulnd anid soon bC'ome not only vi
-grants, but, crimninals. TLhe police soo
of find them out, aind after a triial befor
0 a justicec of the 1peace or at matyor, th
i- tare senitencedl to a term in jail. A
strange as it, may seOIm, they frequienl
to ly greet such a sentence with intent
us grattilieation, as it, relieves thlem, for'
I- .time, from their usual tin~comlfortall
f midnIght sleeping places on1 cotto
I
platforins, in dry goods boxes, oile
hiallways, etc., and gives ther slielter
a cot and two or three meals -I day
none of which they would work for. I
is from their condition and from thi:
class of the colored race Im the cotton
Stato that the abuses in Anderson
County have arisen. Men with large
farins to Inanage, in sonie instances
will go on bond for one of these boys.
get hin out of jail, and work him oui
his farmi under contract. Evei that
idan, by no means defensible, if the
labor contract is like those in Ander
soil County, is not so hard in vie.v of
the class of the raco (not the race) it
involves, if kind treatment and just ice
were meted ott to the theretofore va
graunt critninal.
"is it any vonder, however, that
the class of ne gro I have described
Wouhdigree to wiork with convicts?
under gtuard, and consent to be locked
up1) itt ntiglIt?
" flow mnainifestlyv unijust to the
colored race iII tlie South and in the
nation it is to Class this low elenient of
the race Wiit iiegrmoes of tle .1 uudson
I lyons and Ito'oer Washinigton type
'Ilins low element do's not represent,
the characterist is, the hopes, or the
pOsibiiities of tle r'ace as it is known
iand appreciatet in the Southi. It is
not at race question. It niay as well
he sait, that because thiusands of
Chinanien are dirty, low, offensive, and
igioraint, Minister W i cantot he a
gentlenauo. 0I that tile dago ainar
chists of l'atterson, N. .., are as prop
er representatives of the Italian race
as Ailassador Fava. Oi that the
'ennsylivanil soldiers, Who. on in
auutiOtoil day, Cominuitted so inany
oultniueous aid disgi'aceful acts iII
Wshingto, are the proper repre
sentat ii'es of the white people of
Pemsylvanili. No, indeed. Only
Southerin people, including respect able
col fored Ilen and womieni, Ippreciato
that there are classes ainong the
colored race, as well as among the
white rae, be they Anericans, Ger
uuiiunn, French, Italians, .lapaiies, Or
Clunest-e.
"One other thing which oCIr to
me," continued the Senator, " is I he
haet that it is not appreciated outside
of the Suth how absolutely depeil
dent the coton planter is up ,n the
iglorant, InI * iOraniii1zed coiored laborer,
Where labor is organized the rules
requirernents, character, and esprit dr
corps of he imeinberlsip ituelf ino1
tects Ihose who hire labor and such :
thimig as guarding lalirers o)r lockin,
theln up to keep them from runnin
away or froni setting your gin, stable
or house on Ilre is unheard of and un
liecessary. But the i responsible
ignorant and niiorganizell negro hel'
requires, at least in a measure, a stron;
and restrainiohng hanid.
" As the better element of negroci
increase in their iniluence over the
lower class of their race, and a great
responsibility resta upon them, and as
the Northern and Western people be.
come, more genuinely familiar with the
conditions which actuahly exist inl thc
SoutI, the Situation will becorne bet-ter
and hetter, and the colored race more
responsible and useful inl exercising its
Citizenship.''
NIGRO BURNT AT THIE STAKIU,
Texas Mob Captures Fiend and
Crenates Him for Brutal rime
A i Corsicana, '.I e xas, onl thi 1 3th
inst.,* a niegro'l named Jolin llenide rson
was buiirined at thle stake hv~ a niob1 in
the presen~ice of mior'e thanil. 5,000i pier
sons. The A ssoci. iteud l'ress acco uii
is as followvs:
.1 lohi Ilender'iSOni. thle negro iwht
niurdered Mr's. C oiwa Yiu)'ounger, neau
this city \Vedn iesdaiy afltern'i oon, wias
broughit liere this morn ing iat '7 o'cloci,
and bhoded in jail for safekeeping.
Six of the leainig citizens of thiu
county~ effect 12( the caurlue, acdting, or
behualfI of the ci tizeins of Navarro Con
fy. Ileiiderson had been coinmed ni
BeltOil .1 un ct ion aiid cIlicer's were tak
ing hiim to Fort \VorthI. ShierifIf Baker
of WVaco, irfisimg to receive himn.
Te'leuraph w,~ires2 liuil beeni tapp~fed a
II illIsboro andiu the cit izeins' pocsse iwa
eiiistaintly informed of the mnovemient
of thle (iflicers with llendelrsonl. TPh
tr'aiin was boarded at, 11:l& boro and n
aittempnt madi~e to capt)1uire ll ender'so
until near10 Ithaca.
Whenm the party starlted to enter tli
car* the coniduictor tiied to prevent, t hei
and1( tried to run to Fort, Worth withiot
stopning. lie was treatedi roughly am
tne meni entecred thle car and securm
the pr'isoiner anid otlicer's in charge.
A ,1 liuison County ofhicer pulled
revolver on thle collmmittecc, but. wu
diamdbet (ore lie could shoot,.Af
a lively light. the comniiftee conmpelbi
the oflicers in chiarec of I ieniderson
aIccompajnyi thiemi acro- s the country
-miles to Corsicania, chianiging hors
- and1 teamis at Frost,.
, I tide rsoni miade n o attem ipt to resi
- w hemi captured , amid atlthough lie kne
that sure death aiwaife hlIim, guave
, sign of fear'.
, IThie negro miade a fiull con fssuc
a after arr1l iing lierme, telling how l
,iwen t to thle Yountger hiomiie an d at tetril
.ed to aissaul t ; how Mr's. Youngemr (onig
for her lionor'; hiowv fiinaly an igered( ii
,her resistan ice lie at taicked her withl hi
y' knife ; hiow the cliiren i screamted i
Iifrighti lhen thmey suaw t heir mobther'
e blood cimusoin g thle wa Is anmd floo
g aund how Mm's. yountger fell across thi
(fo:rstepJ. lie thmentiedIoi, 1but looki n
ii back saw i his victimii staggerminug d:ow
e the road aitilessly, faheinigly. Sh
y' fell anid laiy still, then lie turned amn
s ran.
,-A connnit tee that had been app)ointe
0 to see the acecused secured the follo v
ii ingi confession from 11lend~erson , wivii
u wnsB sigted and alttestedl by .Justice <
'ui the P'eace G. G. Rtoberts.
T11 humired bushels of po
reilove eighty pounds
of "actual"Potash from the
soil. Unless this quantity
k returned to the soil,
the following crop will
Materially decrease.
We have books telling about
composition, use and value of
fertilizers for various crops.
9 They are sent free.
- A GERMAN KALI WORKS,
93 Nassau St.,
Now York.
"L1, Jolin Ienderson, colored, 22
years old, murdered an unknown
white laid(y three niles north of Corsi
cama the (thj of March, 1901. There
Was n1o one present but myself, the
woman and two little children. I
murdered her anid left her in (lie house
without any intention of robbing her.
I doii't know why I did it.
(Signed) "JolHN IIENDERSON."
''he first train this morning on the
Cotton Belt froi II illsboro wis so
(TOW(led that it could .carry no more.
Ilinuniers were sent over the county
announicing the arrival of Henderson
hore and the people had been swarmu
ing to tle city to take part in or Wit
ness (he execution of the penalty to be
inllicted ol the negro.
After his confession it was decided
to burn him at, the stake at 2 o'clock,
but news was received of rangers and
troolp en route from Dallas, due here
at 12 o'clock, and lirried preparations
erc ma(le to anticipate interference.
A tailroad rail was (Iriven into the
gr'otnd im tle corner of the courthouse
lot and boxes anti wood piled around it
anid sailtuiratel with oil.
The crowd had increased to about
2,0110 It i I o'clock. About, 40 made a
rush from the jail across the street to
the coirtlihouse. In their midst was
the negro, hiainufed. The mn form
ed a circle, holding to a chain which
completely surrounded Ileiderson to
prevent an attempt of the enraged
people to get at him ai( tear him to
pieces. ''hey ruslied to the pile of
woo(l aiii fastenied the negro to the
iron rail with wire an( chains. Cans
of oil were dashed over his clothes and
diozens of lighted matches touched to
the inlznllnable material. At that
time the lire alarm bell was rung and
an( the stores of the city were desert
el and the streets were full of men
rushing to the court house to witness
the burntng.
.1ist before the p1 was fired Con
way Younger, husband of the murder
ed woman, juipe(d at Henderson and
slashed Ihim across the face with a
knife. As the flames encircled the
negro and ran over his clothing the
crowd yelled and Younger again at
tempte(l to cut tile murderer with his
knife.
At no0 tiime during the burning (lid
Iliendersoni give aniy inidicationi of pain
or suff'ering. Ie iolled his eyes sui as
to get a glimpse of tile sea of angry
faces which surrounded him and his
hiads movedl slhghtly. It, was about ten
inuiites before he was dead, duriug
which timne the movements of his hands
were beoinig feebler. At no time
dlid lie make any outcry other than once
a giroan.
F'A 101 lts ANT) FEITi LIZEns.-Just
now farmers are hauling ouit their for.
I lhzers. The maizjority of them will
buy imnipulatedl goodls ready for dis
tibut io'i. The orinmary kind contains
8 pier cent phosporic acid, 2 per cent am
mnonia, 2 per cent. potash. That, is
kiiown as 8, 2, 2. The November
price of such fertilizers is $20 to
4 $23, according to the varying per
a cenit of ingredients. if one has
a the cottoni seed meal lhe can mix his
a own fertilizer, and make it a little
a cheaper thamn the above. There is a
gener.d impression however that the
e ammonia from cotLtoni seedl meal is not
n as goodl for corn and cotton as that
t which is made from aniiimal matter. So
d if you buty the finished goods get that
cI whose sou1rce of ammnonia is from b)lood,
tanikamge, fish scramp and1( the lhke. But
a if you have the cotfon seed mieal use
Ls that and1( (do your own! mlixingi.
3r 2 ,000 p)oundiS acid phosphaite, 14 per
i cenit.
I) I,(0li001ounds cottonl seed meal.
5, 1,(Jl poundils koimit.
~s l ix t hemse thoronghly amid you will
haiive 7 1 *, , 3, an1 excellenit all-round
4t fertilizer'. Thie cost per toin, cotton
w seed meal countifed ait $23 a ton cash,
oj will be $17 2.5 to $17.75 a ton. The
farmeris will have the trouble of mix
im ing and1( re5ackinlg.-.~Sartanl.
'The salt production of Michigan last
t .ear filled .1,820,8(;5 bat rels, a gain over
tthe prece~lhug year of 4,516 barrels.
A NICE 8IPRING SUll OF OLOTHIRS
a Will hie given free to anyone who will
r sell only (i00 packets 80e(ds for us at Oc.
chil No money requiiredt in advance.
Write us a piostal say inig you accept this
otTer, and we will mail the 8oeds to you at
onieo. T'. J. KiING CO. Seedsmen,
IleHMOND, VA.
MO0NE~Y TOi( LOAN
IOn farmtr g lands. Easy payments. No
-comnneasiomis charged. Borrower pays ae
hi tmial coat of perfecting loan. Interest 7 per
cenit. up, according to soeurity.
JNO. Ii. PALNI IR & SON,
Oolumbia. 8. a.