Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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* the largest Circulation of Any Newspaper f in the Fifth Congressional District o'f S. C. 4- DGER SEMI-WEEKLY-PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. The Reliability of Every Adver tiser Who Uses the Col- umns of This Paper. A Newspaper in all that the Word Implies and Devoted to the Best Interests of the People of Cherokee County. ESTABLISHED FEB. 10, 1894. GAFFNEY. S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1901. $1.50 A YEAR. MRS.CARRIE NATION fOMES TO GRIEF ' i Joufit-Smasher Is Banished / From Kansas City, Mo. ^OR OBSTRUCTING STREET I ( 311s8uurl Atmosphere Is Not Adapted For Long-lluired .Mon, Short-Haired Women and Whistling Girls,” He- mark •oliee Jinlgc. Kansas City, Mo., April 15.—Mrs. Carrie Kutiou, who was arrested yester day, charged with obstructing the fctreet, was arraigued before Police .Judge McAuley this moruing, fiued 1500 and given until 0 o’clock this even ing to leave the city. The judge warned Mrs. Nation if she was found In the city after that hour she would be arrested jrud placed iu jail. She ugi-eed to leave Mwu and 15 minutes later boarded a treet car for Kansas City, Kan. Mrs. Nation appeared in court <2arly, accompanied by her brother and a wo man friend. The court room was liter ally jammed with people and the people filled the doorway and crowded the hall. Several cases were called before Mrs. Nation’s, and she watched the proceed ings with manifest impatience. When Judge McAuley finally asked Mrs. Nation what she had to say to the charges against her, the little woman arose instantly and delivered herself of a fierce tirade against the police and the court. Site pleaded that she was merely waiting for a car when arrested and was making the best of her time iu the meantime by talking to the crowd that had gathered. Currie’s Ire Aroused. i A policeman testified that several cars Ifed passed without Mrs. Nation at tempting to get aboard any of them. This caused Mrs. Nation’s iro to rise and she flatly denied the statement. “Thwo was no cur iu sight,” she snapped, “and 1 want you to knbw that / I am a lady and tell the truth.” Jude McAuley then gave his decision and warned Mrs. Nation not to cerne to town again. The line will be held over Mrs. Na tion ip case siie returns to the city, and until she is released from the court’s or der she is practically barred from visit ing Kanias City. Mrs. Nation pleaded that she wished to go to Leverty, Mo., within a few days, and asked if she would be permit ted to pass through Kansas Oity-ouroute. Judge McAuley answered iu the affirm ative, but warned Mrs. Nation not to stop on here. y^Missouri atmosphere,” said he, ‘‘is lot adapted for long-haired men, short- haired women and whistling girls.” The crowd clapped loudly at the de cision. Mrs. Nation submitted mildly and promised to leave the city immediately, remarkfllg that “the town was filled to overflowing with hell broth.” A crowd of several hundred followed the joint-smasher as the left the court room and made for a car and soon saw her started for the Kansas side. JOHN G. CAPERS APPOINTED United IStatcs District Attorney For iMiuth Carolina. Washington, April 15.—Among the appointments made by the president to day was that of John G. Capers, to be attorney of the United States for the listrict of South Carolina. Mr. Capers is a sou of the Right Rev. Ellison Capers, Protestant Episcopal bishop of South Carolina. He has held au attorneyship in the office of the at torney general at Washington for the past eight years and was at one time pri vate secretary for former United States Senator M. C. Butler, who secured for him his position iu the attorney gener- el’s office. • The appointment of John G. Capers to be United States district attorney of South Carolina was a great surprise to residents iu that state, although rumors of it have been afloat for some time. Mr. Capers will succeed Abial La- throp, the present district attorney for South Carolina. In 1S96 ho refused to support Bryan for president, and again worked against the Democratic candi date iu IbfJ >. Ho never has aligned > himself fully with the Republican party, however. Lathrop was appointed four years ago, upon the recommendation of E. A. Webster, Republican national commit teeman from South Carolina. It is said charges were made against Lathrop. BRITISH BAGGED BY BOERS Reported Capture of General French and 500 Soldiers. London, April 15.—It is said that a .private telegrrm has been received to •be effect that General French,with 500 British troops, have been captured by the Boers while his force was enveloped in a mist on the hills. The war office has uo knowledge about the rumored capture and entirely dia- credits the report. h Shot In a Saloon, RidDUbborovob. Ky., April 16.— John Martin ahot and killed Wea Tur ner, aged n, sou of one of the old Tur ner feudists, at Martln'a saloon. The •aloon was shot full of holes a abort time after Turner was killed by un known parties, supposed to be Turner! Martin has closed his place, but baa not been arrested. PostofHce Robbed. Washington, April 15.—Chief Post- office Inspector Cochran has received a dispatch announcing that the postoffloe at Washington, Ind., was robbed last night. Stamps and money order funda were stolon, but the amount is not yet known. __ The Festive Hank Cashier. Vkrqknrm, Vt., April 15.—Cashier D. II. Lewis of the Farmers National hank of this city was arrested today on ! charge of misappropriating the funda of the institution. The bank did not r“ for business this morning. OVER THE STATE. N«mv»v Items from Other Counties tlroupeil Together. Saturday Isaac W. Hayne, of Greenville, won the scholarship to Annapolis, with J. T. Barron, Jr., alternate. Mr. Homer Roebuck, a well known young man of Spaitanburg, accident ally shot himself in the arm Friday night. He is not dangerously wound ed. Superintendent Walker, of Cedar Springs Institution, has been ap pointed by Gov. McSweeney a dele gate to the twenty-eighth national conference of Charities and Correc tions at Washington on May 9bb. The site for the Confederate monu ment at Anderson has been located. Col. James Armstrong, of Charles ton, the Irish orator, will deliver the address at the unveiling, which will be some time after May 17. Saturday afternoon a young negro man named Mills was taken to Spar tanburg from Landrum by Constable Maybry. He is the slayer of young Harrison Durham, son of Deputy Marshal Mark C. Durham. In a difficulty, either late last night or early this morning, young Durham was killed by the negro. The direct cause of the tragedy is not known. Governor McSweeney has become suddenly interested in that ‘‘bunch of money” that is lying idle in Eng land waiting for several thousand heirs to qualify and spend it. Mrs. McSweeney was a Miss Porcher of Charleston and the governor has been notified by one of the heirs who is looking up records that Mrs. Mc Sweeney comes in for a share of the $149,000,000. The Batesburg ginnery and planing outfit was destroyed by fire last Wed nesday afternoon. The entire Win- ship improved plant and planing and other expensive machinery was burned. Nothing of the entire lot was saved. The fire caught from the smokestack and in five minutes en veloped the buildings beyond all power to control. Loss $4,000; no insurance. A petition for the pardon of Robert Ellison, colored, of Fairfield, and sentenced to five years, has been re fused. The only reason the pardon was asked for was that the convict had a sore leg and could not work on the chain gang. Solicitor Henry rec ommends that the convict be trans ferred to the penitentiary for treat ment until cured, and then that he be sent back to the Fairfield chain gang. The Governor will carry out the recommendations of the solicitor. A petition for the pardon of Humph rey Miles and Robert Coleman, sen tenced to nine months on the Aiken chain gang for riot, has been refused without conditions. Solicitor Davis having declined to endorse the peti tion for pardons. A negro boy, eight years old, was killed Thursday afternoon about two miles south of Dawkins, on the Southern road, between Columbia and Spartanburg. He was asleep on the track and the roadbed here made a sharp curve. When discovered by the engineer he was about thirty yards distant, with his head near the rail and one foot over the rail. His head was severed completely from the bGdy, bis arms and legs cut off and only the headless trunk remain ed The train was stopped and it was ascertained that he was a little son of Scot Anderson, who lived very near the railroad. The body was taken care of by the section master and the superintendent and coroner of Fairfield county were notified of the fatal accident. The dead body of W. 8. Lee, a merchant of Whitmire’s, was found Friday morning in a room be occu pied at the back of his store. Ao inquest was held Saturday. It ap pears from the testimony that Mr. Lee had been selling illicit whiskey. He was found lying dead In the mid dle of the room on the floor, evidently having been struck in the head with some kind of a blunt weapon. His skull was crashed in and Dr. R. R. Jeter testified that the wounds were sufficient to cause instant death. His watch, two pistols and some money were missing and it is supposed that the murder was a cold blooded one and was committed for the purpose of robbing Mr Lee. The verdict of the coroner’c Jury was: "That W. 8. Lee came to his death by blows on the head inflicted by parties unknown to the jury.” The governor will be asked to offer a suitable reward for the apprehenioD and conviction of the murderer or murderers. The Governor commuted a sentence Thursday, the outcome of which ii somewhat uousual. Henry John- Iton, colored, was tried and convicted of manslaughter, at the February term />( court In Fairfield. The charge against him was murder. On the first trial the jury disagreed. On the second trial he was found guilty of manslaughter and the jury rec ommended that the lightest sentence possible be imposed, which would be two years. This was imposed, but in the petition for the pardon the jury said that If it had in their power they would have recommended that the prisoner be given the alternative of going to prison or pay a fine. They suggest that the sentence be commuted so that the prisoner may pay a fine of $200, which he Is will ing to do. Judge Townsend concurs in the recommendation. The statu tory punishment does not allow the infliction of a fine, >ut the Governor in the exercise of his pardoning power makes the payment of a fine ae a condition upon which the com- (BUtttiOD ib'll be grtuied. CAMP JEFFERIES.U. C. V., Meeting at Wllklnavllle Saturday and Flection of Offirera. (Correspondence of The Ledger ) Etta Javk, April 9—Farmers have gone to work| this week in real ear nest, and if health and weather are but favorable there will be a consid erable amount of planting done with in the next few days. We regret to learn that Dr. L. J. Ward, of Kelton, was badly hurt one day last week by his horse. Miss Sallie Fowler, of Kelton, is on this side of the river visiting friends and relatives. No doubt her depart ure for home will cause some hearts to ache. She is one of Union county’s most attractive young ladies and we will trespass upon her modesty by saying she will make any deserving man a good wife. Rev. J. P. Marion preached at Sa lem last Sabbath. His discourse was an Easter sermon and it was, by no means, a disappointment to his hearers. His text was John xx:16, "Jesus saith unto her,‘Mary’; she turned herself and saith unto him, ‘Rabboni’;|which is to say, ‘Master’.’* He also administered>the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper to a large body of communicants. Camp Jefferies U. C. Veterans met at Wilkinsville last Saturday and elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: Commander—G. Wash McKown. 1st Lt. Commander—Wm. L. Goudelock. 2nd Lt. Commander—Jno. D. Jef feries. fird Lt. Commander—Jas. G. Love. Adjutant and Treasurer—J. R. Poole. Quartermaster—D. M. Peeler. Commissary—T. 0. Goudelock. Chaplain and Historian—J. L. Strain. Color-bearer—John R. Peeler. 1st Color Guard—Mike Sellers. 2nd Color Guard—W. J. Vaughn. Vidette—John A. M. Estes. G. W. McKown and T. D. Goude lock were elected as delegates to the Memphis reunion, with Miss Bonnie McCiuney as sponsor. G. W. McKown and J. R. Poole wore elected delegates to the Colum bia reunion, with J. L. Strain and Wra. Jefferies as alternates. Miss Sallie G. Ingram was chosen as spon sor. The camp resolved to take steps at once looking to the procurement of a list of all the soldiers who went to the war from the territory now em braced in Cherokee county, together with the name or letter of the com pany, regiment or battalion to which they respectively belonged. In this the camp most earnestly solicits the aid and cooperation of all surviving comrades, friends, relatives and acquaintances to come to its as sistance with any information that will lead to the procuring of an ab solutely correct list of the croops that what is now Cherokee county fur nished the Confederate army. These resolutions are most respect fully submitted to other camps throughout the county and State as well as the ex-Confederate States for their consideration and adoption. We are sorry to say that the offi cial records in the adjutant and in spector general’s office at Columbia are very incoippiete and unsatisfac tory—they are scarcely an apology for what they ought to be and can be made if everyone will do hia doty. When this work is done by the counties it will be turned over to the division headquarters and arranged into regiments, brigades and divis ions, thus completing a work to take the place of the stupendous humbug the State has spent large sfims of money to procure—a bona fide list of its soldiers. This work can only be done by the camps each taking jarisdiction of the territory embraced within their re spective bounds and wording it up. J. l‘. s. A Tourist Printer. The following from Mr. E. M. Bar rett, a tourist printer, was taken from the "Caught on the Curb” col umn of the Spartanburg Herald: Mr. E. M. Barrett, a tourist printer, struck me just as I was turning in my copy for The Herald last night. He was a typical tourist,but I soon noted that he was intelligent beyond tbs sversge and soon be said he had writ ten a poem that had never been pub lished. His home is in Montgomery, Ale.,but this poem was written in the office of The Herald and News al Newberry, S. 0. It Is as follows: Tbe tourist printer’s future state is not easy to be itueued, "Tie obvious that he will not be numbered with tbe boat) With angel bunds and truthful choir, 1 know he'll never mix, • For hecan not beat old Cbaron'e bout across the river Styx. The railroads ruuniuR Uirougbout the land, he seems to think he owns, And he wouldn't swap his careless life for all tne kingly thrones. For riding bumpers, rode and boxcars, he's up to all the tricks. But he'll never beat old Charon's boat across the river tttyx. Thousands Kent Into Exits. Every year a large number of poor sufferers whose lungs are sore and racked with coughs are urged to go to another climate. But this Is costly and not always sure. Don’t be an exile when Dr. King’e New Discovery for Conbumption will cure you at home. It’s tbe most infallible medi cine for Coughs, Colds, end all Throat and Lung diseases on aartb. The first dose brings relief. As tounding cures result from persistent use Tilsl bottles free at Cherokee Drug Conopany. Fries 60q and $l,pO. boitJ« lutisQtesfl. ORGANIZED LABOR AGAINST CAPITAL United States Steel Corpora tion Has Its First Trouble. STRIKE IS MOMENTOUS Head of Amalgamated Association Threatens to lie Up Every i’lant of the New Combine Unless Demands of strikers Are Conceded. Pittsburg, April 15 —As a resalt of a a dispute that lor u week past has in volved the employes of the W. Dewees wood plaut of the American Sheet Steel compauy at McKeesport and tuo com pany, about half of tho men are on a strike today and operation of the plant is badly crippled. Tne cause of the trouble was tho recent discharge of seven men, who, the men claim, were dismissed because they were members of the newly organized lodge of the Amalgamated association. The strike was ordered at a meeting of the local lodge yesterday afternoon and went into effect at 1 o’clock this morning. All is quiet about the works today. None of the discon tented workmen are loitering about the mill, and there is uo pros pect of trouble. The members of the firm say that they will continue the operatiou of their plants, and that if they are troubled by tho strikers at McKeesport they will shin their mate rial elsewhere for manufacture. The mill employs about 800 men and about half of them are now out. .Momentous Event. Tho event is looked upon us moment ous throughout the irou and steel trade of tho country, from the fact that it is the first conflict between organized la bor and the United States steel corpora tion and because of the announced in tention today of President T. F. Schae fer, head of the Amalgamated Associa tion of Iron, Steel and Tin workers, to tie up every plaut of the new combine, steel, tin, tube, irou, wire and all, if necessary to win the tight. As to the chance that the men in all the mills of the United States Steel corixiration will be culled on to come out, uo one counecred with tho manage ment of any of the organized plants iu the new corporation will consent to be quoted. Tho only underlying compa- hies iu the new corporation whose mills are entirely independent of tho Amal gamated association are the Carnegie interests and the National Tube com pauy. The mills of the American Steel Hoop compauy, the American Tinplate com pany and the Republic Iron and Steel company are all organized, while most of those of the American Sheet Steel company and the National Steel com pany and a few of tho National Steel, American Steed and Wire and American Bridge plants work under the Amalga mated association. Most of the Ameri can Steel and Wire plants are controlled by the rod mill men. The Central Kullroud Trouble. Cleveland, April 15.—Grand Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers, stated today that ho had received no official confirmation of the reported settlement of tho grievances of the engineers and firemen on the Cen tral Railroad of New Jersey. ‘‘If the newspaper reports are true,” said Mr. Arthur, “and the engineers and fire men have settled, leaving trainmen and telegraphers to shift for themselves, a great mistake has been made. The chiefs of the five organizations repre sented on the road entered into a writ ten agreement to work together iu the matter. ” Victory For the Girls. Shamokin, Pa., April 15.—The Sha mokiu Silk Mill compauy started up to day, after an idleness of six weeks, caused by the 800 employees being locked ont because they insisted on hav ing their union recognized. The com pany notified the girls today that their organization will be recognized. APPROVED BY KINO EDWARD New German Army Uniform Sent to Him For Inspection. * London, April 15.—King Edward re ceived General Von Moltke, nephew of the former field marshal, and Lieuten ant Usedom at Marlborough House to day. The German officers were accom panied by a sergeant wearing the new German field service uniform sent by Emperor William for King Edward’s inspection. The uniform differs little from the nsnij colonial equipment. The knapsack and other pararhernalia are so arranged that their weight falls entirely upon the wearer’s back, and the whole equipment can be released whenever re quired by unclasping a single buckle. King Edward expressed warm ap proval of tbe uniform and made Gen eral Von Moltke a knight commander of the Royal Victorian order and Lieuten ant Usedom a commander of the same order. Murder of a Detective, Pittsburg, April 15. — Edward Wright, who killed Detective Patrick Fltigerald last Friday, while resisting arrest for the alleged mnrder and rob bery of Grocerytnau Kahneg,ls still con fined in tbe Mercy hospital. He is rap idly recovering, as he occasionally asks about his wife and shows great devotion to her. Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Wilcox, tbe two men, Robert D. Wilcox and John Wright, who were captured with Ed ward Wrlgbt, tire still iu jail The po lice bureau is using every effort to fasten the murder of Kahuey Upon tbe ac cused, and almost every hoar the labors of tho detectives are rewarded With the discovery of some fact of importance in tbe web which they are weaving about them. Nobleman a ini Actress Slurried. London, April 15.—It now seems cer- taiji that the Marquis of Heudfort and Miss Rorie Bootc, the actress, were married iu March and have been stay ing quietly ut tbe Hotel Metrppolc, Folkestone, for three weeks past, THE POETIC GIFT. Tbe Hun of‘-That! Oliver" Kerefves Innplni- tlon from HU Noted Father. Florence, .April 12, 1901. Editor Gaffney Ledger:—So far as there is any inheritance in me of tbe poetic gift of the author of "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight,” lovingly and familiarly known in large regions of Georgia and Ala bama as "Thad Oliver,” it should in dicate itself by pellucid diction as well as by tbe record of emotions that delight in the near things that are as clear as they are dear. The almost weird • rhymes, "Earthly Glimpses and Heavenly Gleams,” you lately did me tbe honor to pub lish, have puzzled me who wrote them far more than they could have any reader of them, for they excite the most eager personal inquiry on the writer’s part as to the intellectual and moral condition they reveal, as for Instance: Is there indicated the stern joy of fulfilling God’s will in living the appointed life of peculiar suffering and trial? More than all external things pertaining to the world whose fashion passeth away, does the heart, possessing, prize an absolute faith in God, an uncompro mising submission to His will? Or does the rest of heaven, with its peace and music, too much allure, and the loved ones in the skies too strongly draw upon the neart-strings for the faithful doing of the duties due today and here? I enclose two poems, "A Bonny Love in Youthful Days,” and "A Remembered Mockingbird,” already several times in print, which I think my father would approve. Please let me have the privilege of being in troduced by them to your readers. Hugh F. Oliver A Donoy Love iu Youthful Days. [K«v. Huifli F. Gllver.l My love, my love was like a star That glistened on the evening’s hrow, But, oh. the Joy! no more from fur Her blessed beams are falling now. KRFItAIN: A Ismuy love in youthful days. A sweetheart once, a wife fore'er, Maturing charms shall add their grace With every lustrous, passing year. From far, from far away she's come, Ky loving wishes borne along, And now she shines within my hum* Amid the breath of holy tong. To God be praise for every ray! No more from far, O not from far, On life's perplexed, weary way, Forever shines my lovu-brignt star. A Remembered Mockingbird. I Rev. Hugh F. Oliver. Upon a high tree's topmost limb’s extremest height, As almost scorning earth and planning heavenly flight, There sat a mockingbird; unseen until hts song Compelled my eyes to seek whore did its fount belong. The bird is dead and by all others long for got. But from my mem'ry's loving thought he passeth not; And there he Is not mute, but alngclh ever more, Aud Itfteth up the low and maketh rich the poor. For poor and low am I and many times dis tressed. But ever comes again, unto my heart oppress ed. That song so rapturous sweet, 'twas gather ed melody. From all the fields and flowers their honeyed ecstacy. And there's an Unforgetting One who will not lose My Jeweled word and work, and will forever use The best I do for Him and Ills, and give a crown To me, exalted high, who was so oft cast down. A Mean Man. [Exchange,] Bill Nye often spoke his witti cisms laden with tbe greatest truths. Among these is the following: "A man may use a wart on the back of his neck for a collar button, ride on tbe back coach of a train to save in terest on his money until the conduc tor comes around, stop his watch nights to save tbe wear and tear; leave bis ‘i’ and 'f without a dot or cross to save ink; pasture bis moth er's grave to save corn, but a man of this kind is a gentleman and a acholar compared to a fellow who will take a newspaper, and when asked to pay for It puts it in the of fice and has It marked ‘refused.’ ” He Kept HU Leg. Twelve years ago J. W. Sullivan, of Hartford, Conn., scratehed hie leg with a rusty wire. Inflammation and blood poisoning set in. For two jean be suffered intensely. Then the best doctors urged amputation, "but,” he writes, "I used one bottle of Electric Bitters and 11-2 boxes of Buoklen’s Arnica Salve and my leg was sound and well ss ever.” For Eruptions, Eczems, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Sores and all blood disorders Electric Bitters hss no rival on earth. Try them (Cherokee Drug Company will guarantee satisfaction or refund money. Only 50 cents. There are over 1 000 000 square feet of glass surface Id Great Britain exclusively devoted to the cultivation and production of tomatoes for mar ket purposes. Spring coughs are specially dan gerous and unless cured at once, se rious results often follow. One Minute Cough Cure acts like magic. It is not a common mixture but is a high grade remedy. Cherokee Drug Company. The best evidence that we can give that we are ploun Christians, and heirs of eternal life, Is the earnest desires of our hearts and labors of our lives for the salvation o! sinners. Skin troubles, cuts, burns, scalds and chafing quickly heal by the u^e of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. It Is imltatfd. Be sure you get De- Witt's. Cb«rok«« Drug Compsty. SARRATT SIFTINGS. A Nrgro Frolic Mini tt lta<l Nigger With a Guo. (Correspondence of The Ledger.) Sakkatts, April 0—We are having a great deal of rain at the present and it is causing tho farmers to be behind. J^There has been some corn planted in our settlement. Our old friend, Uncle Jacob I’rid- more, is sick at this writing with chills and grip. The people in this settlement were very glad to hear that the Three C’s Railroad is to be completed soon and if it runs up Broad river on this side it will certainly open up some fine water power. There was a very peculiar lawsuit before Magistrate Rufus Fooie some time in January. Some time ago there was a negro shindig on W. R. Walker’s plantation which Man Par ris, Jim Sanders and Rob. Davidson, white, attended. One, big black ne gro man, by the name of Bud Walker, came to them, at the same time pulling his pistol, and said that all men who were not his color must get out of the house. The three white men pulled their freight at once. These men got even with the negro, Walker, however, as he was arrested and tried in two cases; one for assault with intent to kill and the other for carrying concealed weapons Tho Magistrate found him guilty in both cases, and [sort‘me 1 him to forty-five days on the chain gang or to pay a fine of $35 00 and, as Bud did not have the money, they com promised it by his paying the cost and giving the three white men $2.00. W’hen a white man gets so low as to visit a negro frolic he is about out of it. If all the colored people would x treat the white men as Walker did, it would be a good thing, for a white man has no business at a colored gathering of any kind. Our Ledger failed to come to Sir- ratts today. We hope The Ledger will see after the cause of delay. Wheat and oats are looking fine. I was in Gaffney on the 4th, but did not go down to The Ledger, as I think some men go there to get their names in the personal column. To see a man’s name in every paper is somewhat disgusting. although I like to see it occasional!v. Cun. CROP BULLETIN. Condition of Carol inti Crops hm Reported tty the Itureau. (Correspondence of Tbe Ledger.) Columbia, April 9.—The week ending Monday, April 8th, averaged about seven degrees per day cooler than usual, with light frost on the morning of the.dth over practically the entire State, that retarded growth of vegetation, but waa not otherwise injurious. There was a deficiency in sunshine. The rainfall was excessive over the whole State, and the amounts for the week, at different points, ranged from one to nearly four inches. In the up-country, lands were badly washed and lowlands flooded. The wet condition of the soil stopped tbe plows the greater part of the week, thus delaying the preparation of lands and planting operations, although farm work is well advanced for the season.’[It has been generally too wet for plowing, over the western half of the State, since March 25th. Corn, rice, melons, cane, gardens, and minor crops generally, have been extensively planted over the eastern and central counties, but germination is slow, and corn is coming up to poor stands. Over tbe western counties opera tions have made less progress, al though some corn, minor crops and gardens, have been planted. Most of the lands for cotton have been made ready to plant, aud some cotton has been planted, but the latter work will not become general until tbe middle of April, or until the weather conditions are more favorable, except that much sea-island cotton la al ready planted. Tobacco plants are unusually small, plentiful in places and scarce In others, but none have been trans planted. Wheat and fall sown oats are both promising, but are small, having only recently started to grow; spring sown oats are poor. Some keasiau flies are reported on wheat. With tbe exception of Edgefield county, where lees than a full crop of peaches Is indicated, the fruit pros pects sre unimpaired, and the trees are in bloom from tbe mountains to tbe sea. The moisture oondltiooe are favor able in tbe coaet track fields, but the temperature hat been too low for quick germination of seeds, and for rapid growth of tbe young plants, although truck looks healthy. Some potato bugs have appeared on whits potatoes. Heavy shipments of oab- bsges, and a few shipments of straw berries, have been made to northern markets from Charleston. In gene ral, truck Is from one to two weeks later than usual. School at Mt. Tabor. Mt. Tabor, April lltb. Editor Ledger:—Please allow me to say through the columns of your valuable paper that our people have succeeded in establishing a graded school here, or rather one on the graded school plan. Tbia school will open at Mount Rowell and will run eight months in tbe year. Elijah Rkid. Those famous little pills, DeWitt’a Little Early Risers, will remove all impurities from your system, cleanse your bowels, maks thsm regular. Obsrokvo Drag Company. CUBAN CONDITIONS ARE IN CONFUSION Observations of Prof. Schur- man of Cornell University. IGNORANCE OF MASSES e Opposition to the Platt Amendment Comes From the Poorest and Most Ignorant Clashes—Educated People Appreciate Its Necessity. Havana, April 15.—Professor James Schurmau of Cornell university, who tailed for New York, has been iu Cuba for ten days, studying tbe political situation. He visited four provinces of tbe island and was closely interested in public opinion. President Schurmau in au interview said: •‘The people of Cuba are less excited over the menace to Cuban sovereignty supposed to be contained in the Platt amendment than are the Republicans of Havana. Indeed, business men aud owners of property universally favor an immediate acceptance of the amend ment, although many told mo they did not dare say so publicly. “The present political uncertainty is paralyzing to the movements of capital, which are indispensable for tho recov ery of the prosperity of the island. So, too, a majority of the educated men of the country recognize the necessity, from the Cuban point of view, of tho protection and security guaranteed by tbe Platt amendment. The opposition comes from the poorest and most ignor ant seetion of the community, although how far they have views of their own and how far they aro influenced by wire-pulling politicians it is very diffi cult to determine. “I have talked with both white and colored men—and one third of the popu lation of Cuba is colored. Many of these have no ideas whatever on the subject. On the other baud, I have been sur prised by the earnestness with which both white and colored—colored, [ier- haps, more than white—have declaimed to me against the amendment as a men ace to their liberties, as au insidious scheme for reducing them to colonial dependence as oppressive as that from which tho war with Sj>aiu delivered tflew. Imaginary Ills. “Of course the knowledge of these people is ill-proportioned to their zeal The measure they oppose has uo exist ence-such is their idea of tho amend ment and such their attitude toward the product of their own imagination. Nor can you argue them out of this state of mind—tho less so as they represent the class that fought both insurrections against Spain for the independence of Cuba. Nothing but the fact of a self governing Cuba will convince these peo ple that their liberties are not in danger. "Our military government has pre served order, established sanitation, built public works, opened schools aud contributed to the restoration of prop erty, but, like every other military gov ernment, it is incapable of generating confidence, sympathy aud affection be tween rulers and people. “The great desideratum in Cuba is tho immediate substitution of civil gov ernment of Cubans, for Cubans, by Cu bans, for the military government of the United States. But such a govern- meut will have no chance of success at home or abroad without the guarantees carried in the Platt amendment, which, I am fully persuaded, is desired in its essential contents by a majority of the peop^p of Cuba. Proposed Solution. ‘•The United States must insist upon acceptance of that amendment. Oppo sition of the Cuban delegates must be overcome. I believe both ends can be attained by a conference between a com mittee of the convention and President McKinley. The Cubans will then state their desires to the highest authority in the republic, aud the very opportunity to do so will predispose them to be con ciliatory, and the tact and diplomacy of the president, combined with the self interest of the Cuban delegates, will discover a way, either by defining the conditions of intervention or abandon ing the Ise of Pines, or specifying the number of coaling stations, or by some other formal concession to reach an ad justment which will save the face of the delegates and enable them to return to their political parties, bringing peace with honor. At the same time, the firmness of the president may be equally trusted to maintain the substance of au act of congress, the terms of which he is required to substantially enforce. “Then will follow civil government in Cuba by Cubans aud a renewal of cordial relations with the United States, and this consummation is devoutly to be wished.” THE LATEST IN TELEPHONES Important Inventions of a North Carolina Man. Durham, N. C., April 15.—0. R Egan of the Interstate Telephone company baa placed on the market an invention Of hit own which teachea telegraphy. With hia little inatrument It la claimed that a beginner can learn to “receive” aa finally aa be can learn to Bend, and that, too, without having to pay a teacher. Mr. Egan baa m&da aeveral important inventlona, among them being a wire* leea telephone, which waa raoently pat* anted. The telegraph teacher haa been examined by the Poatal Telegraph com pany and it ia highly indoraed. It will make learning telegraphy easier and the student will be more accurate, it la claimed. Greenwood Municipal Election. Greenwood, S. 0., April 15.—At the municipal election here J. B. Parks waa elected mayor by a vote of 888 over the opposition of J. G. Jenkins, who polled 69 votes. The aldermen elected were: J. S. Chlpley, A. S. Her, J. F. McKaller, J K Durst, IL F. Hartaog and J. W. Bproloa. _ _ Kcd Had For Marllnelll. Rome. April 15.—At the oonsiatory held today, Archbishop Martiuelli, the pupal deb-gate iu the United State#,waa precounisod a cardinal Eleven other caidinals w<ge created.