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' '* ' VOL. 2. ABBEVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1886. NO. 23. , . , ___ * j ' s- * * T ' " " "" k Yankee Doodle Doo! u Tuk Xkws and Couriku Bitueau, i 108 Mais St., Oolumdia, Jan. UO.f Some lime ago a Kansas or Missouri 1 man Seriously inquired of the Secretary v of State whether the tune of "Yankee ** Doodle" had been interdicted in South F Carolina at the beginning of the war. The question was smilingly reproduced v in the jWetcx and Courier as a curiosity c of igronance. The problem has now * reached Boston, and ns it seems to have excited a newspaper controversy there, 0 k the Secretary of State hns undertaken ^ to disprove it. The papers in the case j 0 1 . are reproduced below. {Copy.) Aj.i.sos Station4, ) Bohtok. Mass., .lanuary 12, 188f>.? To the Honorable Secretary of Slate of South Carolina?Sir : Wo have a 0 little dispute, part of which has appear- ^ cd in the Boston Glnbc, over these j( questions; Was "Yankee Doodle'' in- ^ terdicted in South Carolina in 18(51 ? ? Has the interdict been removed ? To t| this Apple to n's Encyclopedia says \ **yes" to the first query. A Globe cor- j, respondent thinks the interdict was re- (j pealed by "Reconstruction" along with f. all "obnoxious" laws. c Some laws of 1801 must be valid to- a day. The proscription of "Yankee ? Doodle" cannot be truly obnoxious to any, and might be agreeable to many. ?. Will you kindly give me the fact.*, {j or'pass my inquiry over to some one who c can aswer it and has opportunity ? 1 * will gratefully appreciate the favor. n Respectfully yours, ^ Aim. D. Smam . h State ok V>outh Oauomxa, } s Offick ok Sechetauy of State. > r Columbia, January 14, \88(?.S c Dear Sir: Enclosed I send you u copy of ? . letter seeking "facts" as to a charge that the tune of "Yankee ^ Doodle" was interdicted by either c Legislative or Executive authority in v 1861. That year you were IMcase give inc in writing your recol l?^twim,>-ttnd w-hother any such- "interdict" ever was made. Very respectfully, J as. X. Lll'scomb, Secretary of State. f Tlte Recollection or Chief* Justice " Simpson. e Coi.umnia. S. C., Jaimarj' 10, 1886. Hon. J. X. Lipsconib : Your letter of inquiry as to the "tune of Yankee ^ Hoodie" being interdicted by Legislative or Executive authority in 1801, has ^ jlist been received. In response 1 can say that I was a meiubor of the State Senate in 1801, ^ and that I never heard of anv such in* o terdict. If it was done bv Ijegisla. , t< tive enactment of course it would Pj appear upon the statue book. Xo such Act can be found. The Governor has no authority to proclaim such an interdict, nor was such proclamation ever made. The whole thing is ridicul- j. ous and absurd. Very respectfully, W. 1). Simpsok. ^ ri Justice MuGowan Knows Nothing 0 About it. t| Columbia, S. C., January 16, 1880. r Hon. James N. Lipsconib, Secretary C of State?My Dear Sir: I have received p your note, asking for "facts" as to the v charge that the **tune of Yankee Doodle ti was interdicted in this State by Legislative or Executive authority in 1861." o I can hardly think it necessary to notice a in any way such a ridiculous and absurd tl statement. But as Mr. Small, u-ho F makes the inquiry, may be animated a by the desire to brand false- ?? hood, and vindicate the truth n of hintory, even in so smalla matter,'] tl answer that I was a member of the tl Legislature in 1861. and I can sav most tl positively that 1 never even heard such (. a thing suggested, cither publicly or r< privately. Any statement that there k ever was such "interdict'4 by authority 1 of the State is simply false. I have the w honot to be. Ac., \ Your sincere friend, S. McGowan. C State Treasurer Richardson. Columbia, 8. C., Jan. 18, 1886. Hon. James N. Lipxcomb, Secretary of State, Columbia, S. C.?Dear Sir : o Yours of the 14th enclosing a letter from 2 Aug. M. Small containing the inquiry : q "was Yankeo Dooodle interdicted in f South Carolina in 1861," received to- t day. I was a member of the Legislature at c the time mentioned, and can assert posi- $ tively that no such "interdict" was ever f made in this State, either then or at any J % ther time by the Legislative or Kxecu- | ive authority. The removal of such "interdict," j herefore by Reconstruction or other- : iriso la equally chimerical with the un- | ounded author of Appleton's Encyclo>edia that it was ever made. A statement so absurd is scarcely rorthy of reply, and should utterly disredit any republication giving currency o such a wholecloth fabrication. A prompt correction by the publishers if so gross a fabrication of history is lue to truth, due to the public, and specially due to themselves. Very truly yours, J. P. Hichakdsok. Col. Simonton. Chaki.eston, S. C.r Jan. 16, 1880. Hon. James X. Lipscomb, Secretary f State, Columbia, S. 0.?Dear Sir: 'our letter of 14th inst. conveying copy Biter of Aug. L>. Small, Esq., of Allston itation, Huston Mass., of date 12th Janarv, came to-dny. I was a member of he House of Keyrcsentntives of 18(K)-G1. io Actor resolution was passed rospect?g "Yankee Doodle," nor was it intericted by Legislative authority. Xor as u* as ! know was it forbidden by Exe- : utive authority. The Acts of 18G0-<>1 re before me as I write. I was also a ncmber ot the convention of September, and of the Legislature of "Go-GG." Yanke Doodlo" was not mentioned, or iscussed or legislated upon either in the onvention or legislature. Indeed the whole statement is of the ?ost absurd character. When this late passed her Ordnance of St cession, er people felt the gravity oflKhe occaion. They did not repudiate the histoy and the glories of the past. They lung to their inheritance and the strugles and victories of the Revolution, 'hey believed that they were following he example of the colonies, and they laimed Yankee Doodle as a tunc in hose ownership they had a title. Yours respectfully, Ohahi.ks H. Simonton. TlKTCIfeflc or "tlie House. Coluvnia, S. 0., January 18, 188G. Hon. James X Lipscomb, Secretary f Suite?Dear Sir : Yours of the 14th istant, enclosing copy of a letter signd, "Aug. I). Smalls,*' received. Mr. Smalls asks these questions:."Was Yankee Doodle' interdicted in South Inrolina in 18G1 ? lias the interdict eon removed V" and states that Applet's Encyclopedia says "yes" to the rst query. Upon examination I was mazed to find in Appleton's Kncycloedia (page 770) the following : "In 18G1 he Leffislsitnri' i?f South 1>? -o- - - - 1 " } nactment. prohibited the use of the uno 'Yankee Doodle' in that State." 'his publication is untrue?a fabrica;on. As you say. I was clerk of the House f Representatives in 1861, and ! maj' dd that [ had the honor to fill that ofce continuously from 1854 to 1808 ; hat I ?in now clerk of the House of Lepresentatives and save been continuusly since 1870; that I was clerk of he convention in 1805. The journals i> ports an? resoiuuons^ana Acts of the ieneral Assembly, together with the roceedings and ordinances of the conention of 1805, |are complete and exint in the legislative library. Not one word can be found in either f them m reference to 'Yankee Doodle nd I have no hesitation in saying that lie matter was never alluded to in the lonse of Representatives. As to such 11 inteodict having emanated from the xecutive department, no one can give lore positive testimony as to its falsity tiati yourself. You were a member of lie House of Represntative in 1861, tie son-in-la*' of the then Governor. Hon. F. W. Pickens.) Your intiuiato Nations with the department, (well nown to myself ) precludes the postiiility of such prohibition being irfsued rithout coming under your observation, "ours very truly, Jons T. St,oan, Jlerk of thp Hnnsn nf PnnroDnnt.l!./.... Corrobaratlye Testimony. Hodokk, 8. C., Jan. 18, 1886. Hon. James N. Lipscomb, Secretary if State, Columbia, S. C.-*-Dear Sir : not appreciation the importance of the |U48tiona submitted to you by "Aug. D. itnall." of Baston, Mass., I answer only hrough respect to your request. If the tune of "Yankee Doodle" was iver interdicted by the authorities of South Carolina, I am not aware of the act. I feel confident that neither the .legislative nor Exeoutive authority ev or thought of so small ft mutter in 18G Bv common consent our people luloptc "Dixie'-" ns their popular air, but I ai sure there never was any concerted < forced interdiction of "Yankee Doodle Very respectfully, J. X. Cociikan* Anderson, S. C., January 28, 188G. Hon. J. X. Lipscomb, Columbia, S. ( Dear sir '. I regret thnt the within inqu ry and my answer to it should have r< maincd on my table so long unmailei I penned the answer as soon as the pi per was received, and Sunday intervei ing before the next mail, it escaped m attention. I certainly have no reco lection of any such legislation as thi referred to in the above innuirv. 1 ^ * Yours truly, IJ. F. Whitkf.r. Coi.i'mbia, S. C., January 20, 188U. Mr. Aug. 1). Small?l)eur Sir : I sei copies of your letter to me, inquiring i to the charge that the tune "Yank* Doodle" was interdicted in this State i 1801 by Legislative enactment, to number of gentlemen who then occup ed positions in which they would ha\ been obliged to know if such a thin was done ; and now hold positions i the State showing their character an standing. I send you the replies whic I have received. T was a member of tli House of Representatives in 1801, an can certify that I know of no such "ir lerdict" or any thing like it. Now si injustice and fairness, I ctaim that yo publish what I send 3'ou in full, thi contributing to the truth of history an doing onl}' simple justice to a much m: ligned people and State. Very respectfully, &c., .James X. Lipscomij, Secretary of State. Cnndlemuss Day. From a very early, ineed unknowr date in the Christian history, the 2d t February has been held us the festival < the Purification of th'"* Virgin. At Ron the Pope every year officiates at this fe tival in the beautiful chapel of the Quir nal. When he has blessed tho candles 1 distributes them-with his own hat: Ainong.it tho^o In the Church. each i whom, going singly up to hint, kneels i receive it. Tho cardinals go first; the follow bishops, canons; priors, abbot priests, A-c., down to the sacristans an meanest officers of the church. At tl Reformation, the ceremonials of Candl manss Day were not reduced all at one Henry VIII proclaimed in 1539 : UG Candlcmass DayJ;it shall be declarc that the burning of candles is done i memory of Christ, the spiritual ligh whome Simeon did prophesy, os it is rot in the church that day." It is curios i find it noticed ns a custom down to tl time of Charles II, that when lights wei brought in at nightfall, people would sa "God stnd us the light of heaven Considering the importance attached i Candlcmass Day for so many ages, it scarcely surprising that there is a un versal superstition througout Christer doin that good weather on this day ind cates a long continuunce of winter and bad crop, and that its being foul is, c the contrary, a good omen : "If Candlemasa Day be dry and fair, The half o' winter's to come andNnair If (lanillomnac Hntr it'nf fn?l The half o' winter's gane at Rule." Mr. Bayard to Resign. Washington, January 13.? There a rumor current to-night that Secretai Bayard will shortly resign his place i President Cleaveland's Cabinet. Th determination, it is said, has been read ed several days ago, when it became a] parent that Mrs. Bayard uju^t die. Tl secretary was on the point of tenderir hit, resignation 011 the sudden deafh < his daughter* but was persuaded not. 1 do so by personal friends and by tt kind attentions of the President. Th secretary was very fond of his chilcm and of his wife, whose illness has bee long and trying. He is a very sensiti\ man and has been worried somewhat b constant pnblic criticism. This itsel however, would not have seriously a fected him, but in connection with h family afflictions it served to add perce] tibly to his burdens. Just now, on this second bercavemen ho probably feels that retirement froi the public eye and public criticism woul be the most welcome thing to him. '1 one in his present unhnppy^aituation tf political game in not wortlr the candl He is.not only sensitve, but highspiritc< and will go out of office with dignit; mourning only his beloved dead. Ti sad event of to-day while not sudden ar unexpected as that of a fortnight ag will throw a gloome over the social wor of Washington which will not be easil dispersed. Near friends of Mr Bayai are of the opinion that he will real( within tho week'. vq; ..v., . .... 1. An Agricnltural College. (Georgetown Enquirer.) )r It wns with much pleasure that I read ? Mr, Tillman's article on the importance of establishing a purely agricultura college, and also the letter receivei from Gen. Lee on the same subject. I j. seems to me that the facts present j. ed are deserving of the earnest ant j. prompt attention of our representa x_ j tives. My purpose in writing you is to cal y | attention, through your columns, to th< j. fact that there exists to-day, ns a saeret lt trust of the State, property which mighl be.most advantageously utilized us th< ''foundation stone" of such an institu* tioti. I refer to the I)u la Howe bequest The munificent gift of this distinguishes ls savant and large-hearted man is to-da\ (e in existence, thanks to the wise provisn ions of the testator. The Act of 1781 a (Statutes, Vol. V. p. 359,) recites th< j. terms of the will : "For the purpose o rC establishing and supporting on tin ,g Lethe plantation in Abbeville County, i 11 seminary for the education and suppor d of orphans or the children of poor peo h ple.M e By the terms of the will the Agricul j tural Society of the State was namcc trustee, and by the above mentionei r< Act the Society was invested wit! u power to sell all of the estate but tin Lethe tract, and to invest the proceed: il for the carrying out of tho above pur x. j poses. i lt.r tit a A a* 1Qf>S rV?l V i-'J vnv; wi AVJV/V ^ l wi? * , p. *Z 7?^9 the resignation of the Agricultura Society as trustee was accepted by th< the General Assembly of the State, an< the property was vested in trustee! elected by the General Assembly. Thii ( action on the part of the State virtually made the State the the trustee of th< will and the testament of Dr. Dc li l(j Hov The purpose of the bequest was t< j provide instruction in scientific and prac tical farming also in practical housi j(j wifery and domestic economy and labo for the indigent and helpless?a nobl( t0 charity. ,n I cannot now follow the fortunes o ^ this deed of love, nor is it necessary foi present purposes. Suffice it to say th< le school was maintained for many years educating twelve boys and twelve girls the peculiar feature of practical farming I ana housewifery was gradual!}' elinn nntcd by the thoughts and fashions o ! the times, and the wisdom of the pro t jector was overborn by the prevalent of negro slavery. to Since 1880 or?81 the school has beei discontinued, for wliat cause is unknowr re to me, but there still remains the Letlu y land, 1.500 acres in extent, of ex t? cellent quality and of goc1 locality ii to the fork of Long Cane and Little River js One of the complaints in former yeari was its inacessibility. This is now hap 1_ pily removed by the construction o j_ the Augusta and Knoxville and the Sa a vannah Valley railroads?the latter run >n ning within, I think, two miles of th< lands. Buildings for school purpose} and the farm are already there and ir good repair. The entire plant invite! the State to found there the Agricultura College, which should disseminate fa and wide the most'useful of all worldly knowledge, how to "fubdue" and ron is der tributary "the earth." Thus th< y State would be carrying out in th< in highest degree the noble-hearted pur is poses of this eminent physician am ti- philantropist, and perpetuating hi: p. name and generosity to remote genera ic tiors. )g In the educational scheme of the Stati of there is no high, no low, no rich, n< to poor. All are equal before the law. ant ?e all alike entitled to the full benefit V ,e the best instruction she can give. Yei ^ the distinct purpose of the benevolen re founder, in his provision for the orphar >y and the poor, might be kept in view it providing some special assistance foi f~ those of each county who would other j. wise, perhaps, be debarred from reaping all the advantages of a free education ii the arts of agriculture. m. Unless the State, through her prope] officers, concerns herself more vigilant ?e ly in the matter of the Do la How< trust, will sho not be open to the chargi of dereliction in the dicsharge of hei duty to her children, as well as to th< id solemn obligation she incurred in ac o, cepting the trust ? And let mo ask what other scheme of fulfilling the ob r~} ligation can compare in comprehensive rn and beneficent action, and in executing not the letter, but surely the spirit o the will of the patriotic Do la Howe, with this, that is now suggested, and for which times and conditions are every ' way favorable ? ! The agricultural department of the ' South Carolina College, the agricultural I bureau and all other agencies which 1 j now absorb the money which is sup* posed to nourish agriculture and its ' peculiar interests within the State might ' with great propriety and advantage be concentrated in the foundation and sup' port of such an institution. ! Mr. Tillmanrs proposition that the * several counties should bid for the location of the institute within their bounJ daries is excellent, if the State had not " already such a liberal gift and such a * plain duty. But the county of Abbc1 ville might well supplement the gift of the generous dead by offering to erect " the necessary buildings and thus disarm ' all opposition. J The presence of such an institute ^ (where happily managed) could not fail : to give an impetus to all agricultural * interests throughout the State, but more 1 especially so through the section of " country in which it is locnted. It would become the centre of agricultural thought " and progress, stimulate industry and I enterprise, guide experiments to useful I ends, and be a poweful factor in elevat? ing morally and intellectually the farmi ing community and in enriching the > State. Another important end, which formed a part of the original design and is most ) worth}' of our attention, is the practical 1 education of our women in all the arts 3 and science of housewifery. Nothing i so contributes to the well-being and pro* 5 piiety of farm life as the intelligent and s cheerful helpfulness of wife and daughf ter. Here as elsewhere the home must b be made attractive to ensure peace and * contentment. Let the master be evef so enterprising and successful, if the 7 mistress is uninterested or incompetent,] - nnd household and kitchen, dairy and i poultry yard are no*, kept in line nnd r harmony with his own extended opera} tions* there must follow a drain upon the resources and a loss of means, to say f nothing of that inculculable loss which r comes from want of intelligent syinf pathy and interest. , One of the arts most conducive to ; health and consequently to mental and ; spiritual activity and well being, is the - art of cooking. More ill-heart and illf temper ana ill-ordered lives are attribu table to bad cooking?improperly prei pared food?than is imagined. And the education of the wotn??n in the arts i essential to judicial use of material and 1 the proper preparation of it for the table is second only to the education of * the men, to honor and intelligent^' value i and work the farm. Whenever 3roung men shall learn to * regard farm work as honorable and - praiseworthy, nnd that true labor comf prises the'labor of the hands as well as * of the brain, and shall find therein profit - and independence, and the the young ? women learn to esteem the cares and j conduct of the house and yard, reither i vexatious nor burdensome, nnd that no * legitimate duty is or can be degrading. 1 and learn also the art of beautifying the r home within and without, nnd take an f intelligent and co-operating interest in - tho progress of every department of ? farm life?then, and then only, will s agricultural life regain its true pnsi tion in the social estimation of the 1 world. ^ There was a time when the farmer de - facto was a peer of any in the social world by reason of his intelligence, his ? independence and his culture. Th?s, > owing to various conditions, is no I longer the case, the fanner himself conf tributing. by pushing his sons and t daughters forth into other walks of life, t to keep his own in the rear. But it wns i not thus in the beginning, and it may j not be so now, if men and women would but agree, to recognize the dignity of r labor and value of culture. This is what the Agricultural College r would bo a potent factor in teaching, , and hence would excercise a vast influence for good upon future generations of the State. To effect this is worth r the honest, hearty effort of every son of . Hnnth Harnlinii Huvi i t i ?. iyr#ii?n i?UUOi\ZA* A Captain's Fortvuate Discovery. 1 Capt. Colcmum, scbr. Weymouth, ptring r between AtUntio Caty and N. Y., hud been troubled witb a cough bo that he was unable to Mleep, and was induced to try Dr. King's New - Discorarr for Consumption. It not only gave bim instant relief, but allayed the extreme soreness in bis Dreast. Bis children were - similarly affected and a single doso bad the seme happy effect. Dr. King's New Discovery J is now the* standard remedy in the Coleman r household and on board the schooner. Pree f Trial Bottles of this Standard Rwniedjr at 1 Cothrau A Perrin drug stvre. "^?* t Stranger than Fiction. In 1856, on tho 8th day of May, Arthur Mitchcll, of Mississippi, enlisted in Company F 100 Louisana Volunteers, for the Mexican war. He hail been , married a few month before to an heiress*. as was supposed, the parents of whom' were opposed to tho marriage, and the young couple had eloped fron the domi-. cile of the parents. In the fall of the yoar*' after the Doctor's enlistment, Mrs. Mitchell advised him of the birth of a daughter, whom she had named Francis Soon after this Mrs. Mitchell died, and the fact was communicated to the Doctor, also that the child had died. After the, war closed them w#s nr?tK?n?r <! ???? the Doctor to his former home, and he went North and lived in different cities and finally went to Washington, D. C., where he engaged in buying, fitting up, and selling fine horses. He made his ' permanent residence at a suburb place, Langley, Fairfax Co. Some time during last year, a friend in Mississippi wrote to Dr. Mitchell, stating to his certain knowledge that Francis, his daughter,, was still living, and that she lived somewhere in the Western Carolinas. The Doctor was not ready to encourage any blackmailin scheme and was skeptical; but something urged that his child was in fact still alive: that she had been taken on the death of her mother by her grand-mother, who was i;o opposed to the marriage, and had caused the information to be sent to the father, that the child waB deadFrancis had married one W. B. Cook in? Clark County Tenn., and that thoy had moved to Gowansville, Spartanburg- , County S. C. All these facts being well established,,on Christmas day Dr? Mitchell left his home near Washington, at the urging of friends, to visit hi* daughter. He arrived in Gowansville -? ? ' * * uj uuc buui.it: ui rmirunu iraiispuruillOli ami was blessed with meeting hip daughter who lives a half a mile north' of Gowansville. in unpretentious circles of soeicty, the wife of W. B. Cook a respectable citizen, and the mother of nine children who are bright and lively and whom the Doctor says must receivebetter education and bringing up them , was accorded their mother. I The Editors of America. The executive committee of the Internal Editorial Association of America have fixed the time aud place of the meeting of the Association at Cincinnati* Ohio, on February 23. next. The mem- \ bership of the Association is made to include any person who is a member or the Press Association of any State * ' the properly accredited representative; , of such association. Each State Awso^ ciation, in order to make the attendance purely representative in character, has been asked to send at leust one delegate from each twenty members, or one from 1 each Congressional District, and two at > , large. The topics to be discussed at the meeting are of wide range and of great ' importance to the'press of the country, #>' Major M. B. McSweeney. editor of the Hampton Guardian, and President of I State Press Association, will act as one?' of the delegates at large from this State. He has appointed Capt. P. \V. Dawpon, of the News and Courier, as the other , delegate at largo from South Carolina. Major McSweeney has appointed the following delegates from the various Congressional Districts: 1st District, J. L. Sims, of the Orangeburg Times and Democrat ; Sd District, Col. Chas. . E. It. Drayton, of the Aiken Recorder ; 3d District, Col. M. L. Bon ham, Jr., of ' the Abbeville Meksexokr ; 4tb District, Col. T. B. Crews, of the Laurens vi He. Herald; 5th District, Capt. T. H..Clarke, of the Camden Journal ; 6th' District, Capt, W. J. Montgomery, of the Pee Dee Index; 7th District, .Btr.. 8. H. Hodges, of the Palmetto Post. ? It is to be hoped that Sooth CJaroline will be well represented, and that steps may be taken which will insure to the benefit of journalism in this State and throughout the country, '*? . fei D ivid K. Atchison died sat his home in Clinton county, Kansan, on Thursday, a ?ed 79. The deceased wm United State* ^ Senator from that State from 1843 to 1855, ^ and was Vice-President of that body. / M He alfio bears the aingnl ar distinction of having been President of the United States for one day. He wan born in v -Jj Payette county, Ky., and early in life ^|j removed to Kansas, settling In Plattn .i'-jM county,