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Weather Report
For South Carolina
Fair Tc-Night. Sunday Showers with
Colder in Extreme Northwest Portion.
VOL. I.
FLORENCE, S. C„ SATURDAY AFl’ERNOON, MARCH 19, 1904
No. 84.
FIGHTING ON
THE YALU RIVER
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Russians and Japanese Are After
Scalps.
Report Denied.
1,800 JAP PRISONERS CAPTURED.
Russians Claim Many Prisoners—Advices by Way
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of London.
Special to The Herald.
London, March 19.—The Chefoo
correspondent of Reuters Telegram
Co. states that a private dispatch
received there reports that there
is fighting between the Russians
and Japs on the banks of the Yalu
River. The Russians it is claimed
captured • eighteen hundred
prisoners. .
RURAL LIBRARIES
Instructions Sent to County
Superintendents.
Russian Torpedo Boat Destroy
er Not Blown Up.
pedal to The Heftdd.
St. Petersburg, March 19.-
The report that was current sever
al days ago that the Russian tor
pedo boat destroyer Skosi was
blown up and sunk by a mine in
the harbor of P^rt Arthur has
been officially denied. #
Sully’s Failure
High
Official
In Disgrace.
Inokoff Sells Military Secrets
to Japan.
Special to The Herald.
Berlin, March 19. Vossischs
Zeitung reports that Major Inkoff
of the Russian headquarters staff
has been discovered selling valu
able military secrets to Japan and
has been publicly degiaded and
shot.
Russian Troops
In Fine Fix.
Typhus Fever Raging in the
Japanese Ranks.
telegram
announces
Special to The Herald.
| Paris, March 19.—A
from St. Petersburg
that Russian troops continue to
pour into Northern Korea. They
are in excellent condition says the
dispatch, while the Japanese are
in a bad state owing to the pre
valence of typhoid fever in their
ranks.
Negro Brute Hanged.
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Roanoke, March 18.—The negro
Henry Williams, whose capture
aud trial were attended by many
sensational features, including the
calling out of eighteen companies
of militia to prevent mob violence,
was hanged today.
On January 30th last, Williams
assaulted Mrs. Geo. J. Shields and
her three-year old daughter w ith
a hatchet, razor aud pocket-knife
and left them for dead. After
hacking and fracturing the skulls
of his victims with a hatchet,
Williams cut Mrs. Shield’s throat
from ear to ear w ith a razor and
locked her in a clothes closet. He
escaped to the coal fields w here he
w as captured a few' days later.
He confessed to the crime aud was
rushed across the state of Virgin
ia on a special train to Richmond.
He was brought here for trial on a
special train, under escort of more
than one thousand soldiers, and a
heavy guard was maintained about
the court house during the trial.
Miss Mamie
more, Aid., is
E. Johnston.
E. Frost of Balti-
visiting Mrs. Lola
The following letter in regard to
the rural libraries has beeu re
ceived by Superintendent^ of
Education Gasque:
Columbia, March 18.
Superintendent of. Education A.
H. Gasque, Florence, S. C.
Dear Sir:—The state board of
education met March ' 11th and
adopted a list of 200 books and
rules and regulations suitable for
rural school libraries. The books
were adopted at certain, prices and
from difierent publishing houses.
Just as soon as .possible, I shall
have the law', the rules aud the
list, with prices, etc.; printed in
pamphlet form and sent to you.
The general rule of adoption wajj
20 per-eont. discount from ILt
price, with one cent a book added
for freight, provided the jobbers
who get the contract should furn
ish a substantial bookcase free
with each $30 order. This case
wull come in sections and the books
w ill be shipped in them, so that
part of the problem is very much
simplified. The Educational
Publishing company, with head
quarters at Atlanta, Ga., made the
best bid; so w e gave them the con
tract. It w'ill necessarily take a
few' days to arrange the contract
and the bond, aud to get up an ap
proved design for the bookcase.
In the meantime, I am sending
you a form of voucher which I
muslgfile w ith the comptroller gen
eral. AVe have decided that it
will be necessary for the district
trustees to draw the warrant a nd :
that it is to be approved by the j
county superintendent as security!
of the county board. The county j
board must authorize such ap
proval. The law provides that
the funds shall first focus on
the county superintendent and
that he is to turn them over to
the trustees w ho are to do the
purchasing. I hope you will give j
this matter your most caretul su-!
pervision ami see that the orders
are properly made. The regula-
lations of the state board requires
that the county superintendent
and teachers shall advise the trus
tees in making orders tnd in the
management of the libraries.
Sincerely yours,
O. B. Martin,
Superintendeut.
MRS. H. H. HUSBANDS ILL.
Liverpool Cotton
Market Lower
Special to The Herald.
Liverpool, March 19.—The cot
ton market opened‘ forty points
below last night’s closing quota
tions.
Another Failure
On Exchange
| Special to The Herald. ?
New York, March 15.—The
failure of J. J. Garrison & Co. is
announced on the cotton exchange.
British Boat •
Goes Down.
Special to The Herald.
Portsmouth, Eng., March 19.—
British submarine boat which was
rammed and sunk off Nab , Light
ship by a Dowal Currie liner yes
terday was raised at ebb tide to-
Cause for Much Joy Across
the Water.
Special to The Herald.
Manchester, Eng.,
March 19.-
Thexotton manufacturers and op
eratives here are openly jubilant
over the failure of D. J. Sulley,
the cotton king, yesterday, and the
town wears an almost holiday as
pect. The Manchester Dispatch in
a leading editorial says: “It is
with feelings of intense satisfac
tion that we record the failure of
D. J. Sully. For several months
past this man’s operations have
4 n the main cause for the deadly
rganization of the British
on trade, and intense anxiety
and privation in thousands of fam
ilies in the county of Lancashire.
day
DEATH OF MRS. J. C. BASS
Sully & Company
Make Assignment
Special to The Herald.
New York, March 19.—Daniel
J. Sully & Co. made an assignment
this morning to Joseph H Headley
for the benefit of the creditors. The
Liverpool cotton market closed
thirty-five to forty-two points
down.
Later: Following the official
statement issued by Sully & Co.:
D. J. Sully & Co. made assignment
with Joseph H. Hoadley assignee
Mr. Hoadley upon the advice of
his counsel has taken charge of
the fil m offices und is examing the
accounts. At present he is un
able to make any statements re-
gardku-x the assets or liabilities of
the firm although he hopes to give
out information in two or three
days.
CALHOUN DAY
IN FLORENCE.
Splendid Appearance of Calhoun
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' Light Infantry.
ADDRESS BY REV. H. THOMAS.
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Citizens, Military and Municipal Authorities Unite
to do Honor to the Memory- of the
Great Carolinian.
End Came in Norfolk, Virginia,
Today.
Mrs. J. C. Bass, wife of ex-Cor-
oner Bass of this county, died in
Norfolk, Va., today at 1.30 o’clock
p. m. The funeral aud interment
w ill tdke ]>lace in Norfolk, w here
Mr Bass expects to make his fu
ture home.
COUNTY TE/iCHERS’
Association Will Meet Satur
day, March 26th.
The
announce
that the
social iou
Evening
II oral <1:—PI ease
through your columns
County Teachers’ As-
will hold its monthly
Physicians Consider Her Case
Almost Hopeless.
The friends of Air. and Mrs. H.
H. Husbands will- be pained to
know' that Mrs. Husbands is dan
gerously ill. The physicians in
attendance consider her condition
almost hopeless and state that the
chances of recovery are very
doubtful. Blood poisoning has
set in and unless they can keep
her alive until they can expell the
poison from her system she cannot
live. Under the most favorable
light she will be ill for a long time.
meeting Saturday, March 2<>th, at.
11 o’clock. Yours truly,
J. S. Fair.
Ebenezer, S. C., March 18.
Cotton Market
Falls Again.
Special to The Herald.
New r Orleans, March, 19.—Wild
scenes w ere enacted on the floor of
the Cotton Exchange when trading
began this morning. Excitement
reigned supreme. Brokers went
madly to the pit when the gong
rang. Before trading began every
one w as excited. Nev er in the
history of the local exchange were
such scenes«enacte(lf At first the
market was steady, with prices
firm down to 20 up. Then May
took a leap going thirty seven points
higher than yesterday. July also
took a brace, gaining 40 points.
Then weakness set in. No failures
reported here but plenty of excite
ment.
Mr. E. Hutchinson of Effing
ham is in the city today.
Yesterday was “Calhoun Day”
in Florence and the citizens and
soldiery invited to do honor to the
great Carolinian who so ably rep
resented his State in the days
when Her rights were invaded and
the provisions of her constitution
violated by legislation hostile to
her interests.
All day the U. S. flag was kept
at the mast head of the weather
jole and at six thirty the Calhoun
ight Infantry, under command of
Capt. R. Lee Brunson paraded the
streets and then marQhed to the
Auditorium where a crowd had
ass 'mbled.
On the stage were Mayor Mal
loy, Rev. Melton Clark, Mr. W.
A. Brunson, Capt. R. L. Brunson
and Lieut. H. M. Ayer. Lieut.
Ayer explained that Governor
Heyward and General Frost had
been invited to speak on this oc
casion but had found it impossible
to be present. Tie then introduced
the orator of the day, Rev. Harold
Thomas, Chaplain of the Company
w T ho delivered the following‘elo
quent address:
Upon the roll of the statesmen
of the Old South who defended her
civilization aud her institutions no
name stands out with greater pro
minence than that of John Cald
well Calhoun. This name of magic
power is indelibly engraved upon
the hearts of the men of the New
South, because in the life and
works of Calhoun are reflected the
lofty virtues and'sentiments of our
fathers, and because in his re
solute nature w e find embodied
that devotion to principle and that
deep love of truth, of honor and of
independence characteristic of the
men’of Old South. Much that was
highest and best in the past found
expression iu this heroic patriot,
this uncompromising statesman,
this incorruptible man, the purity
of whose private life accorded w^n
With his splendid public services,
j Perfectly identified with the
thought and the sentiment of his
people, and ever seeking their
highest good, no wonder they hon
ored him as political leaders sel
dom have been honored, as their
guide and champion. In an epoch
of distinguished men unsurpassed
in the history of the country, he
stands in acuteness of intellect and
in greatness of soul for the “glory
that was Greece and the grandeur
that was Rome.” He was our
Aristotle ami our Cato, om Burke
and our Chatham.
Though many of the doctrines
which Calhoun advocated with all
the energy of fire of his native
genius have beeu forgotten, and
many of the principles against
which he hurled the thunder bolts
of his logic have since* been in
corporated into the Constitution,
years of the Revolution. His pi
ous parents, a few* liberty loving
loving countrymen, the field and
the forest were the preceptors of
his early youth. •
He was prepared for college un
der the instruction of his kins
man, the well known teacher, Dr.
AVaddell. He entered Yale college
at tfie age of tw enty, and was
graduated two years later with
distinction, in 1804. His rise to
prominence was rapid. In il807
he was admitted to the bar. In
1808 he was elected to his Stato
yet the future may ultimately
vindicate the correctness 6f his
political philosophy, and, above
all, will show' the wisdom iu mak-
Legislature. In 1810 he took his
seat in Congress.
STATESMAN AT TWENTY-FIVE.
.When the ,young Carolinian en
tered the councils of his country,
it looked as if the political world
was to be overturned. War had
been waging for twenty years. It
was at the time when the great
Napoleon had reached the zenith
of his power. In our country
two hostile parties divided the
land; one looking upon Napoleon
as the champion of liberty, the
other as the incarnation of despot
ism. Neither of the contending
parties respected our flag.
They seized our vessels and im
prisoned our seatoen. This spoli
ation of our commerce did not af
fect the South. But Calhoun,then
ns always, was zealous for the
honor and welfare of, the Union.
He denounced the insults that
England was then heaping upon
us; he protested against the non
interference of Jefterson and Madi
son, aud raised his eloquent voice
for war. The speeches of the fiery
patriot were read in the army and
the navy, and the soldiers and sea
men were cheered on to victory.
The advice of the youthful states
man w as sought by the Cabinet in
a crisis of utter/ despair, and his
solution of the difficulty was
adopted. In a word, no • one did
more to bring the war of 1812 to a
successful and honorable conclu
sion than did the •distinguished
Congressman from South Carolina.
After the war President Monroe
invited Calhoun to a place iu his
Cabinet as Secretary of AYar. AH
branches of the department were
involved in the utmost confusion.
But Calhoun did not hesitate to
assume a task that four secretaries
had giveu up in despair. AYith
his clear perceptive and his keen
pow'ers of analysis he soon brought
order out of chaos. During his
seven years of office he completely
revolutionized the system of in
struction at A\ T est Point, he did
much to improve the condition of
the Indians; and finally left the
impression of his genius on all
branches of the military system of
the coitntry.
He w as next called to the office
of Vice-President, and he presided
over the Senate with such dignity
; and impartiality that, as said, it
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The M&.n of Destiny.
iug this iu name and in reality a
“Republic of Republics,” which
was the sum and substance of
political creed.
But we do not have to look for
the fruit of. C^alhoim’s genius in
times to come. It bore abundant
ly during his public life, extend
iug over a period of forty yens.
Calhoun was born iu the back-
woods of Upper Carolina, amid
the exciting scenes of the last
w as worth a visit to AVashington
to se him in his chair, where he
sat enthroned like some master
spirit; presiding over the destinies
of his native land.
The attention of the people of
his the South w as attracted by the
alarming growth of the tariff sys
tem at this time. They saw clear
ly that this nefarious scheme of
increasing beyond its needs the
revenues of the country benefited
the North and met at the expense
of the South. The avaracious
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