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The Weekly Ledger. VOL. I, NO. 3. GAFFNEY CITY, S. C., MARCH 2, 1894. ♦ *1.50 A YEAR. THE SOUTH THE GAINER. THE FINANCIAL PANIC MADE US STRONGER. An Interesting Subject Interestingly Discussed by One Interested in Our Interests—It Should Interest You. A few years ago, when the success of iron-making in Alahmu an<l of cot 4 on-manufacturing in tin* Caroli- nas and Georgia hau given to the peo ple of the South some conception of the wealth-creating possibilities of their resources, there was a rapid in dustrial development which naturally brought about a fever of real-estate speculation. Throughout the history of the I'nited State the latter has al ways followed the former. Wher ever manufacturing growth is very active, furnishing a basis for a large increase in population, new values are necessarily given to land. With the disposition of the Anerican people to discount the future, to he too enthu siastic over prospective prosperous times and too much frightened over threatened periods of depression, this speculative interest in parts of the South ran wild and we had a “boom.” There wasa solid foundation for much activity and for a marked increase in the real value of land, hut the excite ment ran too high, and just when it had reached fever heat the great crash of Haring Bros.’ failure came. It was a critical time in the history of the South. Many able financiers who had never studied that sect ion, and who knew little or nothing about its inher ent strength, had looked upon all the progress of the half decade from J88f> to ISJXt as unsubstantial, and as merely the outcome of real-estate spec ula! ion. They honestly believed that Bout h ern furnaces hud only been built in order to sell town lots: they freely predicted a most disastrous collapse of all business interest in the South when once “the bubble was pricked,” as they expressed it. To be suddenly arrested when at the full tide of speculation was a crucial test of the South’s sta bility, but to have added to this the lowest average price for cotton ever known, one exception, doubled the severity of the blow. It was prop hesied that failures would be almost numberless, and that the South would not recover for many years. A lead ing banker, an officer of one of the big banking institution of the country, often said to the writer that the whole industrial development of that section -LnsoTfmi. “Wait,” said he once, I'until this boom is over, ami then you will see trouble. Why, I have just been to Roanoke” he continued, ‘and everything there is unsafe, and r before long there will be a fearful crash, and the whole place will be bankrupt.” During the late financial stringency his bank had to refuse to pay out currency, and had a hard struggle to stand the st rain. I n Roan oke times were pretty hard and mon- ey scarce, but every bank in the town, was able to supply currency for ail I demands and to tako care of all cus- u tomers, and there was no serious finan- * cial troubles. And thus it has been with the whole South. For three years it has faced the worst condition of depressed trade, of abnormally low prices of iron and cotton, of timidity on the part of out side capitalists who have withheld I the financial support previously ac corded to Southern banks,and,finally i*f I the late acute money scare, and out of all this it has emerged with such credit as to have surprised the financial world. Through it all its planters and farmers have gone on increasing their production of foodstuffs, diversifying their crops, reducing the cost of their cotton, and are now on safer ground than the farmers of any other section of the country; its cotton mills and cotton-oil mills ami most of its woodworking industries have been 1 fully employed, while old mills have ibeen cnlar-- 1 and many new mills ^constructed; its iron interests, though without accumulated capital ipon which to fall back, have wcath- jered the depression with fewer fail- lures than those of the North and peet; its coal mines have steadily id enormously increased there out- juid^bnilly, its banks have prov- ^ ^"^jportion to number and lire stronger than the other part of our country Je of failures having bet n |ther sections. Hitch, in ray in which the South [drain of the last three than it did defore low prices forced the managers of its iron furnaces to study -very point where a few cents -mild <• aved either by improved me biner or improved methods of hand tg Ji.e raw material; it has learn- I how to produce cotton goods to tin oest advantage. In fact, every branch oi i;'* , us*ry and of generally huisness has been put upon a mor< solid basis than prior to this era of low prices. Tiider these condition the South is in a stronger position for suc cess in its future industrial develop ment than its ever was before. — —» • WANT TO GO TO PEABODY. STATE NEWS. Cireulor About the Scholarship—What is Offered. South Carolina is ent itled to twelve adbolurships at the Peabody Normal College, tit Nashville, Tenn. The purpose of the education is to spec ially prepare young men and women for the work of teaching. A Peabody scholarship is worth $100 a year and the student’s rail road fare from his home to Nashville and return by the most direct route, and is good for two years. The col lege year consists of eight months, beginning on the first Wednesday in October ami closingon on the last Wednesday in May, and scholarship students receive from the president of the college $2o the last days of October. December, February and April. In the award of scholarship, prece dence is to be given to students who have been in the college jor one or more years, at their own expense, and have there given proof of their fitness for the vocation of teaching. The qualification for becoming a competitor for a scholarship are as follows: The applicant must not be less than seventeen years of age, nor more than thirty; of irreproachable moral character; in good health; with no physical defects, habits, or eccentricities which would interfere with success in teaching; and must ! take a pledge of intent to teach for at least two years after graduation. | i March Weaihcr. Irl L. Hicks in Words and Works. We begin with a repetition of our warnings of a hard and stormy March, j About the 5kl, the beginning of a | storm period will show itself in west erly regions, by a falling barometer | f continuous progress and buld scarcely have accom- uch for thi 1 future of the ?»e three years of reputa- hg. The whole business idmits. as it never would led except after such a test that there is a strength in business interests, a foun- rhich to build, in the way fes and resources given by t has no parallel, ame is more to be desired es, in this ease especially, from a material standpoint r nume which the Houth has be worth many millions more ■lid have been the increase of ad the three lean years been 8 During this period of de- ie Houth has learned to not so much in the cost of vbaf was already prettj well |m but in the cost of pro. and rising temperature. The winds will shift to southerly—the thermom eter will continue to rise and the ba rometer to fall until extremes of both are reached, and until general and violent storms develop and start on their eastward career. The iirst storm period would end, under nor mal cond itions, about the 7th, but the new Moon falling on that date, and combined disturbing powers of Mars, Earth and Venus being so near the crisis, a series of hard and dangerous storms will most likely center alwHit the 7th, with continued storminess past the reactionary dis turbances, central on the 8th and bih During all these disturbances there will be violent conflicts between the t •opical and polar storms, with heavy rains ami strong probabilities of tornadoes in many places—es pecially southward. and turning to blizzards and snow blockades in more northerly regions. .Sudden and ex treme cold must he expected and preparations made for it in the rear of these storms, or stirpiise and suf fering an- sure io follow. On and touching March Uth is the annual crisis for magnet ie and elect -’eal per- t ubuiions. 1 he J4th is the center of tin* next regular pci od. A day or two pre vious to that date indications in wes terly parts of the continent will plainly show that energetic storms are brewing—watch the tempera- lure, the weather reports, your own euroireterand the clouds. During ‘ l.hhto 17th, the storms will reach their eri. is and make* their sweep from the western to the eastern ex- ' tremes of our continent. At the close of storms, each section in itsturn will hi- struck by a polar waveof great se verity, for the season, (Vnterii) ,r on Hie 20th, 21 and 22d, we have t lawful I moon with partial eclipse of same, the equinoct ial centers of Mercury, Ear. h Venus, Vulcan's reactionary distur bances, and the direct pressure of t lie Mars equinox, which is central on February 28th. He who will care fully read our chapter on “Founda tion and Facts” in our almanac will understand our reasons for admonish ing the public of great probable dan ger at this time on land andsea. Eu less this unusual centering of so many dist urbing forces, right at Hiie Vernal equinox, shall have neutralizing, bal ancing effects that we do not* now fore see or understand, many violent phe nomena are sure to result. Except cyclonic storms of great extent result ing in tornudie features along the southern tangent, and blizzards to the north, ulltobe followed hyagen- eral cold wave that will he felt to the coasts of Florida. Earthquake per- tuhations, and volcanic eruptions, will be notural, but not neccssurly dangerous or fatal. The last storm period for March will run from 2.>th to 2‘JtJi. inclusive, and the storms of |lu* perils! will show t he same character's— ties as those of earlier periods of the month. \\ here March storms culmi nate in very high temperature, heavy luiil with thunder and lightning may be looked for. The month will close cold and fair generally. Items ot Interest Gleaned from Our Ex changes. Newberry is to have a new Metho dist church. There arc nearly, if not quite .'>00 cadets at Clemson College. Tonight at Columbia Gen. John II. Gordon, of Georgia, will deliver his ' now famous lecture “The Last Days ; of the Confederacy.” John \V. Young, a shoemaker of Marion got into a difficulty with Ham - Caps, a farmer, last Friday and ! stabbed him to death. Young lias | been placed in jail. Rev. H. T. Sloan, I). 1)., died at his ; home, m ar Cedar Springs, on Tuesday of last week. He had been in the ministry of the Associate Reform Church for nearly fifty years. Governor Tillman last week respited Foldo Tyson, sentenced to he hanged for the murder of his wife, to the Jlith of March. 1 n the meantime petitions wid he presented asking for Tyson’s pardon. It is almost a certainty that the South Carolina Railway will be sold at public auction on April 12th. The property has been offered for sale be fore. hut was withdrawn a short while before the day set for the sale. Dr. E. J. C. Wood, one of Aikens, most useful and respected citizen died in that city last Sunday morning. Mr. M ood leaves a wife and four children. His death is a great blow to Aiken as hi* was one of its formost citizens. C. G. Young, a jewelry, hook and stationery dealer, of Camden, has made an assignment. The business was probably the oldest of the kind in the State, having been established over :y years ago by the father of t be a. s'gm e. The ceond quarterly statement of the Slnii dispensary lias been pub- I'sbed and the commissioner figures out a profit of $!i'J,337.](S since last Jn'y. 'Ibis statement includes the itueanicd profits on liquors in the hands of county dispensers. The Supreme Court has refused to grant J. W. J. Morgan a new trial. Morgan lias been convicted of the niuider of bis father-in-law, and sen- tern cd to l.e hanged. He claims, however, that lie has new evidence, and believi • when it is presented to the eouri bat tribunal will reverse its deeds’ >n. grant him a new trial, the iv - a of which will be an acquit tal. LEAVE OUT THE DEITY FROM THE CONSTITUTION THE UNITED STATES. OF Letters Protesting Against the Reso lution of Representative Morse to Recognize the Deity. College The t re-tees of Clemson ouglii to arrange for the employment of a legidar chaplain in that institu tion who would look after the relig ious wel are of the students, Under the present plan there are no adequate safe enards for the four or five hun dred young men in attendance, and the parents who are sending their sons to Clemson cannot render them n better service than by urging the trusiees to make a permanent ar- : rangemenfi for religious services.— Greenville Mountaineer. Freight conductor J. II. Raborn, of the Columbia and Greenville road, was killed on Sunday morning last, near Greenwood. It seems that his train broke in two placbs, and while haborn was trying to aarest the mid dle section, which was running hack, lie was caught and horribly mangled, ilolb !i s wen* crushed, his right arm broken and Ids head badly bruised, and toe skull thought to he frac ture.1. The body was eared for by Dn* roul authorities and the Knights a l I ^ I bias and was shipped to Colum bia. Tin- A nd'Tson Journal says: “The h.” v barn and crib full of corn on Goi. II. J5. Crayton’s farm, two miles w cm of thcei about three [Atlanta Journal.] The Haptist ministers of Atlanta are opposed to having the name of the Deity in the eonst’Dition of the United States. Recently a dispatch.from Washing ton announced that the judiciary committee would give the first Tues day in March to hearing from differ ent people on the resolution of Rep- resentatiAe Morse, of Massachusetts, to secure recognition of the Deity of Jesus Christ in the Constitution of the United States. The ilaptist ministers of Atlanta recently appointed a committee to enter their protests through some of the members in Congress before the judiciary committee. The committee enclosed a slip con taining the news to Major J. C. C- Black, the representative from the tenth, who is a strong Baptist, to gether with the following letter: Hon. J. 0. C. Black, House of Repre sentatives, Washington, I). C.: Dear Sir and Brother—At a confer- of the Baptist pastors of Atlanta and vicinity, attention was called to the subject matter of the above slip, and we were directed by said conference to take such steps in the premises as will protect the position which Bap tist must always occupy on such quest ions. Me do, therefore, most solemnly protest against the proposed change as being had polities, and in direct violation of the great principle of re ligious liberty. There will he no gen era! gathering of Baptist Ik*fore the proposed meeting of the judiciary committee. We cannot, therefore, produce a protest, from any larger body than our own, but we are very sure that we express the universal sentiment of our denomination when we ask that no such resolution Ik* al lowed to pass. J. II. Hawtjiokvk, J. L. Hillykb, I. T. Tichknok, Hknky McDonald, Hahvky Hatciikk, Rev. J. L. J). Hillyer, for the com mittee, enclosed the letter to General Gordon, together with the following letter: Atlanta, Ga., February 20. 1894. Hon. John II. Gordon, .Senate, Wash ington, D* G.; Dear General—I enclose a letter to you for the consideration of our Sena tors. It is a copy of one prepared by the committee at the instance of the Bapt ist pastors’ conference of Atlanta and vicinity. I send this to the Sen ators at the request of the Atlanta Baptist pastors’ conference. r l he Baptists are bound to watch zealously the safeguards of religious liberty. We regard the projsised measure of Mr. Morse as a direct mcnancc to that great principle. Why GENERAL NEWS ITEMS From Almost Everywhere andAbou. Almost Everything. Cleveland believes in a third term for postmaster Mowry of Charleston. He appointed him eight years ago President Harrison kept him in office and last week he was reappointed* Lmisc Kellogg, an actress, formerly a member of the “Alvin Joslin” Com pany, but which had disbanded for the season, was shot by Pitcher MeNabb, a member of the Baltimore Club at 8:30 o’clock, Wed* nesday night in the Hotel Eiffel, PittsburgM’a. MeNabb then killed himself. He had become infat uated with the actress. Miss Kellogg will probably die. It is reported that the steamer Brother Jonathan has at last been found, after being almost 3<> years at the bottom of the sea. The Brother Johnathan was lost on July,3,186'), about 10 miles north west of Cresent City, with 147 passen- engers and crew and $1,000,000 in treasure onboard. Numerous unsuc cessful attempts have been made to locate her. The story is appar ently substantiated by the production of One of the ships fixturers bearng the name Brother Jonathan in brass leters, which was said to he picked up on the deck of the wreck. A Frenchman, presumably an An archist, about thirty years old. was blown almost to pieces. February 16, in Greenwich Park. Near by were found fragments of a bottle which evidently contained explosive mate rial. The park keeper heard the ex plosion and found in the observatory a man kneeling on the Hoor, covered with blood, his hand and wrist blown away, his face and body covered with wounds, and a horrible wound in his stomach. He was taken to a hospi tal where he died half an hour later. Papers found on the body indicate that the dead man was a leader among Anarchists, and lived on Tot tenham Court road. The house has been watched constantly, as a club of desperadoes of all nations frequented it. CALLED FROM HIS WORK. Sudden Death of Presiding Elder Boyd, of Spartanburg. Correspondence of the Daily News. Rev. J. Marion Boyd, presidihg elder of this district, died very sudden ly at the residence of A. J. and J. S. Foster, near Rich Hill, Sunday even ing Feb. 2. r )th about dark. He drove there Saturday morning to hold a quar terly meeting at Lebanon chuch and spend the night’ with the Fosters. There was no service at the church Sunday on account of the snow. In the afternoon Mr. Boyd concluded to return*homc, a distance of seven or eight miles. After talking the matter over he concluded that it would be wise to remain. About suiyset he walked out to the lot a few minutes and when he returned to the fire said he had taken a slight cold on his trip. He sat down in a rocking chair before.the fire and was talking to Mrs. Foster when his head suddenly fell hack and he ceased to breathe without a word or struggle. Hcjlcaves a wife three daughters and two sons. The yongest child is about 10 years old. He joined the South Carolina con ference in 1869 and he was entering on his 25th year’s work. He was on circuits thirteen years and was filling out the twelfth year as presiding elder. He was a faithful, good earnest man living for his family and his chuch. As a preacher he was always accepta ble and as presiding elder he was care ful and exact in all the details of the work. He will be much missed in the South Carolina conference and his family has suffered a very great loss. SEMINARY SCINTILLATIONS. MURDER MOST FOUL. LEXINGTON SAND-HILLERS COMMIT THE DEED. Gage Roberson, an Inoffensive Negro Called to the Door to Re ceive His Death Wound. Mesdnmes Lehna Behrens and Ar- telia Mohril were returning from S un- Berlin Texas, to Brenhain last day afternoon, they having gone there to clean up the burying ground. About two miles from town two ne groes sprang out of the woods, and one seized end held their horse while theother attempted to get into the buggy. Seizing a shovel Mrs. Behrens felled the brute to the ground. Get ting out of the buggy the plucky wom an continued to beat him with the shovel until he was unconscious. Meantime a dog they had was engag ed in mortal combat with theother ne gro. The faithful beast was getting the worst of the battle v hen Mrs. Beh rens went to the rescue and with her trusty spade, felled the negro to the earth. She administered to him also a fearful heating, hut not wishing to kill them, drove to town. She says the first negro cannot possiby live. Officers have gone to bringthe brutes in. y. was destroyed by fire o clock last Sat urday morning. The barn was stored witli ita.v and forage, and in the stalls were li s bi rd of fine Jerseys and a number of r ia'I-fi ! eatf Ie, forly in all. Twelve D 1 ' '•alt!** were gotten out alive hut c!< ven of them were so badly burned that they had to he killed. \' mules and three horses were burned. I wo of the horses were thorough-bred trotting mares lately brought from Michigan at a cost of $IXMJ.” nui t these people see that it is sacri lege for a secular government to as sume religious functions? Let no profane hand seek to steady the ark of God. Respectfully, J. L. 1). Hiij.vkk, For the Committee. The letters were forwarded yester day to \\ ashing!on to he used before the judiciary committee. The < * hoard of Normal Rock HVi ecutive t rust ccs committee of the of the Winthrop ai'd Industrial College at I held a meeting last week to consider tlie plans and locations for the dormitories. Two dormito ries will he built, each containing 150 rooms, and the main college huihlii*:' will l» * one-third larger than (’lem- .<>n. Tl* : s building is under way, and \m:1 he built without any eost.to the Slate as Rock Hill gave $63,000 in cash for its erection. The corner sG.nc of the main building will he h appropriate ceremonies the month of May, and on occasion Hock Hill will he crowded with the frinds of the insti- t ut ton. hdd durim t hat with t. To Make Good Coffee. A coffee |M>t that fillers is best if One \h insxpernccd In that art, hut f ho old black Maryland cook can make the beverage in plaid common pot and have it fit for the gods. KJie puts the ground doffee In the pot and shakes it about on the stove till throughly healed, and (lien pours on Iho boiling water, Jn this way the heated ground J. < liENEV A- CO., Crops., To- • i *, has learned how to make I coffee imparts to the fluid antra tlftr or two a ton cheaper j geucy of flavor amLlichness. pun- How’s This. Mi* offer one hundred dollars re ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot he cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. ledo, o. " e the undersigned have known F. I. Cheney for the lust 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all bit mess transaction and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. M cst A* I max, \\ holesale Drug- grisls., Toledo,O. Maiding, Kinnan A Marvin, M holesale Druggists, To ledo, <). Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken Jn- tef-i illy, acting directly upon the idood and mucous surfaces of the system. I’riei 75e. per bottle. Hold by ail Dnu/vist* T< •*! i IVIM •»••• !«J f I Why B« Ran. Tho grim humor of the camp waged eternal warfare on the general de spondency, said General Gordon. On one occasion a prayer meeting was held in camp, and one of the soldiers was called on to pray. “O Lord,” ho said, “we are in the midst of a terrible battle and in an awful lot of trouble. We hope you will take a proper view of the matter and give us the victory." In the midst of a battle the general saw a man running from a very close situation. “What are you running for?” de manded the disgusted general in a stern voice. “Golly, general,” said the fleeing man, “I’m running because I can't fly.” General Gordon also told an inter esting story of how it happened that a Federal soldier bore the last order that be ever sent to his men. “But,” he added humorously, “I had to send a private Confederate along to vouch for his veracity.” Th« Scorpion. “The principal pest of Mexico," said E. P. Brewer of Central Amer ica, “is the scorpion. In damp or wet weather he is omnipotent, and in hotels can be seen to run up nnd down the walls. He is only about 4 to 6 inches in length and is not par ticularly repulsive in appearance, but his sting generally results fatal ly. I was in a hotel at one time where two other salesmen stopped in the same room, and as we went U> go to bed I saw the scorpions chasing each other up and down the wall. I called my fellow travelers’ attention to them, but they thought that they could protect themselves, and we all went to bed. I put up a shield, as is common in that country, but my friends were not used to this protec tion, and in the morning the man who thought he was safe was dead. I never go to lied in Mexico without thoroughly protecting every exposed portion of my Irndy.”—Kt Ty.'.iis Globe-Democrat. An Architectural Arc of Steel. The Eiffel tower, built wholly of metal, is an example and a good ex ample of a step in the direction which architects will be driven to follow in future. Tlie great railway stations, exhibition buildings and other struc tures of steel, concrete, pajier and glass which the needs and inventions of our day have called into exisb*nce show which way flows the shear* of tendency. The new building nu. 13- rial has come to stay. In anotlx-r century houses may not merely b*> built with steel girders. They may be made of metal frames bolted to gether and gripping walls of papier mache. Then the age of the tent will return. A man will buy bis house from a manufacturer and will hire a site to set it upon. When he moves from one place to another, he will take his home with him. Building leases will die a natural death. Towns will wander about, and a great many curiou. -esulta will arise.—Pall Mall Gazette. How Long Cm Wo Remember Voice*? The following is told of the lato esteemed minister of Congleton church, Rev. Joseph Moore: As is generally known, Mr. Moore wasa friend of Livingstone. On the return i , i... ( , to London of tho groat traveler oS 0 ' '•»'->>*>» eran absence of nearly 30 years in : u "' 1 ' Africa, he was visited by Mr. Moore. Having found the address of his old friend, Mr. Moore knocked at the door and inquired of the servant if Mr. Livingstone was at home and was much surprised to hoar a voice call out from an ir • or landing: “Halloa, Moore! Is that you?” It was indeed remarkable that a voice should be recognized in that way after not being heard for about 30 years.—Congleton (England) Cbron icle. ’Twould Lock Ferfectljr Awful. “It v'ould never do for women hi beat the head of the government,” said Mr. Sne.ggs. “Why not, pray?” asked his wife. “Suppose an unmarried womau were secretary of tho treasury when bonds were to be issued." “Well, suppose that we. 1 © the case. What of it?” “How would it look for her to issue a circular headed, ‘Proposals in vit edl”’ — Pittsburg Chronicle * le graph. Know the llrotbei*. Struggling Pastor—Brother Skin flint intends to give our new chapel a beautiful memorial window Wife—He probably wants some thing to look at when the contribu- tion box goes around.—New York j Weekly. “Stand close to all, but lean on none. And if the crowd desert- you, Stand just us fearlessly alone As though a throng begirt you, And learn what long the wise have known, Self flight alone can hurt you.” M'e have been approached by Mas ters Tankersley McArthur, Malcome C’oudelock, Clarence Jones, Claude Owens,Robert Lipscomb, Kyle Daven port and Howard Gaffney and re quested not to mention their names in the paper. M'e respect their wishes and promise that in this issue ut least they shall not he mentioned. That gifted poet of the class of ’93, Mr. Sydney .Surratt, after months of absence, has returned to Gaffney and announces that he has come to stay. This is well, for here, as of old, he will listen for the voice of the muse 'n the rustling leaves of the sacred oaks—‘.though why crokery (oaks) J never could tell.” (Dickens.) M'e regret to state that one of the brightest and best students. Joe Lit tlejohn, bus been quite ill and is not yet able to he among us. All of the students have enjoyed the beautiful snow. As we write faint echoes of merry girls snow-ball ing reach our ears. Our hoys are hoys arc fqnd of snow-balling. In the advanced arithmetic among l>oy.s almost twenty-one, and girls— well we suppose tt>4^d better not in sinuate their ages—hut nearly young ladies, one of the smallest hoys in the class, about twelve years old, was seated, swinging his feet contentedly, "lien Prof, said, ‘‘Go to the hoard. Edgar.” On going to the hoard, hav ing Ji is example read, and studying for fifteen minutes, he turned to Prof, saying. “I can’t work.” Prof.—“Very well, Edgar, st iy in and work it after school.” After taking his place in the class he smilingly remarked to the one next to l!':ii, “I am going South for the winter.” But our little friend Edgar is now fourth from head in u cl.:'MrO 0 v t * • * ^ ^ Mr. J. M. Niiith paid us a visit last week. Job'i was one of our most popu lar students and has been one of the hoys in different terms. He loves (he Seminary. He brought us tidings player er among his fellows—MTU Sniith. M e hope to see them often. M e expect to send out some first- class young business men in June from the bookkeeping department. Georgia's representative, Mr. Morti mer Griffin, intends to be prepared for his father’s desk in Rome. Me find one of our dear little school mates busily engaged in the printing office. Master F. L.« Hopper was a pupil much loved by us. M'e are glad that he finds his station so pleasant. Me here make an appeal to the 1 ankorsly Monumental Association to he uj* and doing. Wcask where can tho work of Prof. J. K. Tunkersly cease. I he answer comes reverberating, I ntil the world becomes a bonfire and out of that blaze pass into li” heavens never to bait as long as Tvcs.” Come, fellow students, let i.s honor our dead. Let us place in marble our small offering«.• / 3£ the ground where his life accomplished remembering the subject* of his ones he loved *1 h’r. A horrible and brutal murder has been perpetrated near Gaston, in Lexington county. A party of mask ed men went to the home of Gage Roberson, called him to the door and filled his body full of shot, which re sulted in death. Appeals have bceo made to the Governor and he ordered an investigation which resulted in arrest of four persons. The follow ing is an ex’raet of a private letter to the Governor giving a history of the troubles which led to the murder: “I know that ere this you have heard of the murder of Gage Roberson by some unknown .parties. I will tell you what I have heard about it and you can say in print what you think best. Gage is one of 5 sons of Abra-, ham Roberson, who died a few months ago, and was considered one of the best colored men in this sec tion of the country. All of his boys have the reputation among the de cent white people of this neighbor hood of being good, honest, straight forward fellows, and the boy Gage was an exceptionally good hoy, with a wife and two children, “Several years ago he bought a small piece of poorsandhill land from Mr. A. A. Molfe, of this section, and built himself a log cabin on it. It adjoined a tract of land owned by a white man named M’esley Hawsey. It seems that Hawsey did not like the neighbor, their houses being only a short distance apart and tried to make it unpleasant for the negro; hut the hoy was there to stay. “Lust spring there was a fire got out during the windy weather., when people in the country were burning up the trash that falls from the dead trees. Hawsey lost a few panels of fence by the{fire and tried to put it on Gage, saying he did it purposely: hut everybody knew that it was not so. A few days before the murder one of Huwsey’s sons—he has two about growu-rode across Gage’s wheat field, and Gage told him he must not make • a road over his field of wheat. Young Hawsey stopped his [horse and told Gage that he would get him in a few days.” “The day of the night of the mur der Hawsey hada logrolling, and hud a good party o * nig, ruffians from out in that half civilized country, in the neighborhood of Huckabee’sMilJ, ami that same night the poor negro was called to open his door and admit a friend and when the door was opened two men stepped in and shot two loads of buckshot into the poor boy, and he fell dead in his wife’s lap. T never in my life heard of a more brutal murder, and sir, I tell you that if something isjnot done to put a stop to such acts as this I do not know what will he the consequence. I have heard what I have written you from ■» good, reliable neg: nd I thought it my duty to givi : a newspaper man who could s; .i*; thing to the people iTi a way that might do good.” A Scoundrel Caught. Ben ( ragg. has been arrested in Col- uinh'a for the abduction of Marian M illiams from (Tiarlesotn. Tho fol lowing account is from the Columbia State of Thursday; The man brought the child in here on the night of Febuary 15th t hey -pent the night at the Hill House, on G rvais street. The next morning i i* ;, .vent on to Newbery and tried to u* work in the factory there, and failing in that, proceeded to Green wood trying to get work in the factory at that place. They failed there too, and yesterday afternoon returned to this city, via the Richmond and Dan- He road. Conductor Roche of t]ie South f’nrfVin* bajipeued to be standing nearby when they stepped off the train. He recognized the cou- ple and informed Officers Griffin and ( lark of t lie police force that they were the parties wanted. In the mean time, the couple had started off to wards the river bridge. They were soon overhauled and taken into cus tody. They were forthwith taken to the station house, wliere the man was placed in a cell and t he girl was kept in theante room. An officer will take them hack to Charleston. A CiiliiM* Cuiumbuz. Tho belief in a Chinese Columbus was first allowed by scholars only about 50 years ago. Tho claim is that a Buddhist priest in the fifth century crossed the Pacific to the continent and returned, making a written report of his discovery. The report still exists. It was translated into French in 1791 by M. de Guignes. It gives a narrative of a voyage east- ward by a priest for 20,000 li, where he found a country which he named Fusang. People similar to the Indians were described as well as American plants. 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