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LANCASTER ENTERPRISE Published fcvery Wednesday and Saturday BY The Enterprise Publishing Company A. J. CLARK. Kdltor, One Year $ 1.00 Six Months, . 50 cts Three Months, ^ 25 cts In Advance. Wednesday, June 14, 1899. MISTRIAL AGAIN. Jury in Hughes Case Cannot Agree and Mistrial Ordered. The three speeches delivered Friday afternoon?by 11. J. Bavnsworth for the State, and J. A McOul'ough and B. M. Shuman, for the defence, were followed yesterday morning by four more?by Oapt. J. A. Mooney, for the State; Col. George Johnstone, for the defence; A. H. Dean, also for the defence, and Solicitor M. F. Ansel, for the State. Judge Gage's charge was brief and pointed. He devoted most of his time to the law of manslaughter. He exhorted the jury to come to an agreement. He did not mean to disregard, but he wanted them to make an effort, commensurate with the ofTorts of counsel to present the facts in the case to reach a conclusion before they pave up. The jury took t ie papers in the case and filed into their room at 2.1 G p. m. and the court, adjourned for the day and with the intention of adjourning sin<- die as soon as the verdict was obtained. The soeeches of all the attorneys in the case were favorably commented upon and all were listened to with great attention. Particular interest, however, centered upon the address of (Jo'onel .Johnstone, whose elTort before the jury was a masterful piece of oratory full of striking and lofty flights of eloquence When it be came known that ho was about to begin his address the court room filled up promptly with the lead ing people of the citv. Standing room was at a premium and some ^ who came late had to he turned j away. The trial of Mrs. Mattie A.l IIughes, of (ireors, for the murder of her husband, George W. Hughes, has again, after four j days of the most exhausting labor ; in the severest heat, of the sum-| mer, resulted in a mistrial, and I the last jurv se tried to be as! hopelessly far from a verdict as! the former jury. In fact it looks I as if no jury can be found in the ' county to either convict or acquit j Mrs. Hughes, so great i? the interest in the case and ?o stronglv ! have the people made up their | minds on the case, although the1 poll of the last, jurv shows a slight change in favor of Mrs. Hughes. The jury was out on the! case this time nine hours and forty-seven minutes, filing in ar j 12 :0.'{ this morning wiih the announcement tha* it was impossi-. ble for them to agree. During Summer we are liable to! Stomach and Bowel troubles, such as Diarrhoea, Colic, Cramps, etc., for which Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine is highly recommended. 4 ? ? * ?New Richmond, Minnesota, was destoyed by one of the worst s tornadoes that ever visited that locality, Sunday night. All of the business houses were wrecked, killing and wounding between 250 and 500 people. fol 4 . R|/ | DOWNFALL OF FITZ8IMMONS Jeffrie* Defeat* World's Champion at Coney Island. New York, June 9.?James J. Jeffries, another sturdy younp giant, has come out of the west to whip champion pugilists. At the arena of the Coney Island Athletic club tonight he defeated Iiobt Fitzsimmons, world's cham- , pion in two classes?middle and } heavy weight?in 11 rounds of ^ whirlwind fights. He came tp the j ring a rank outsider and left it the acknowledged master of the man he defeated. He was never t at any time in serious danger, t and after, the size up in the earlier rounds of the contest, took r the lead. He had the Australian whipped from the ninth round. It was acknowledged that Jeffries would have an immense advan- . tage in weight, height and age, ( but the thousands who tipped and \ barked his opponent to win were $ sure that he was slow, and that. t he would in that respect be abso- 1 lutely at the mercy of the past- ( master at the science of fighting * that fie was to meet. AS FAST AS F1TZSIMMON8. He proved, on the contrary, j that he was just as fast as the ( man he met, and beat him down i to unconscious defeat in a fair ! fight. He is a veritable giant in 1 structure, and marvellously speedv for his immense size. Less than a year ago he appeared , in New York a great, awkward, , ungainly boy. Today he is the | lithe, active, trained athlete. The men who prepared him for his 1 fight worked wonders with him. i They taught him a nearly perfect ' defence, improved his foot move- ! . . I , nient and instructed him in the I methods of indicting punishment. The transition Rince he appeared last lias been little short of mirao- . ulons. At 24 he has defeated | Kobert Fitzsimmons. Tom Shar- . key and Peter Jackson, and if he t cares for himself he will probably 1 he able to successfully defend the < title for many years. < Fitzsimmons Lost licit, hut (iot Thirty-live Thousand. I New York, June 10.?The Times , tomorrow will say : The division 1 of the firmila of t-lm liill'i-ioo C'?.? I Simmons fight was as follows: 1 Half of tlm recepts wont to the } Coney Island sporting club and 1 half to the contestants. The amount taken .n at the door was $85,270 Half of the admission money amounted to $42,635. Of this ( Kitzsimmons received ?(> per j cent., or $2"),581, and Jeffries 40 1 percent, or $17,054. The purse \ said to have been offered by the 1 club was $20,000. In the event * of .JefT>ieS winning this was to be t fully divided, thereby making I Kitzsimmons' total receipts $35,581 and .Jeffries' $27,054. I | 1' is declared that Kitzsimmons 1 would not make the raatcn until he had been guaranteed the largo end of the purse and the gate money, owing to his reputation and position. Manager Brady j accepted 40 per cent, for his man, believing that in the long run | , such an amount and a decision ( were worth more than 00 per f cent, and a defeat. ? Hanker .John A. Benedict is t still missing. No trace of him 1 can he found. 1 What is Kodol Dyspepsia Cure? It is the newly discovered remedy, the < mo*t affective preparation ever devis- | ed for aiding the digestion and assimilation of food, and restoring the deranged digestive organs to a natural t condition. It is a discovery surpassing ? anything yet known to the medical profession. Crawford Bros. ( F ROM OA HOI.IN A TBACHBBg' JOURNAL, JUNB NO* ATTENTION. BY 8. II. EDMUNDS, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, SUMTER, S. C. There are many points in the educational development concerning which teachers differ: there are others upon which they all agree. It is always more pleasant, if not so profitable, to talk about those things that are accepted by all disputants ; especially is this the case alien the thermometer registers 98 deirees in the shade. It is conceded by all that attention is ibsolutely necessary on the part of one hat wishes to learn. However thorough he teaching may be, there can be no earning without attention. To be truly at entice one must put forth mental effort, rhis mental effort may be the result >f the listener's determination : more frejuently it is the effect of the mode of presentation. It is 6afc to assume that he listener will put forth very little effort of his own volition to learn what is jeing taught unless the subject is pre.,1 i> .. ....... ... * * >Clliru ill RUl II >1 V> it V ill HI ill irM 211 11'II ion or unless by careful training the istener's mind has become an attentive me. This places the responsibility upon he teacher, adding another item to this white man's grievous burden. We may :onsider this rather a double form of tax ition upon the teacher's physical revenue ind mental income; but the condition dill stares us in the face, a teacher cannot teach without an attentive learner ind that he must by training and by his method of teaching make his learners ittentive. The mode of presenting a lesion implies the teacher's using every means at hand or that may be acquired to make a lesson attractive thus inducing the pupil to put forth that mental effort that must ever precede true attention. The training of a pupil necessary to make liim an attentive learner suggests that ittention is not an involuntary frailty; hut one that must be cultivated. It iometimes happens that inattention is wilful neglect : this is simply disrespectful disobedience and must he dealt with accordingly. But inattention does not always imply a wilful determination not o learn or a spirit of rebellious defiance; >111 it simply shows that this faculty, this lbilitv to stretch the different powers of he mind in one direction is dormant and leeds awakening. The awakening process is a gradual one and requires skill >n the part of him that would instruct, bet's bring the matter nearer home, i'ou have read thus far in this paper, I lope without much skipping?do you ememher even thing that you have road ? [fyou do not. then it must follow that he subject as presented by the writer ias no interest lor you fir your ability to lttend needs cultivating; or it may be bat both difficulties have been in the way of your acquiring anything bv this useless expenditure of your time a dif ienltv that frequently eonlrontsa teacher h tft distinguish real attention f'rnm flint vhich is apparent. The listening attitude loes not necessarily imply the attentive nind. A pit pi 1 may good naturedly and azily appear to drink in the words of visdom as fast as they llow from the eacher's mouth; but let the teacher ipply the test and he will he forced to :onclude that like'the Bay of Portugal hat pupil's mind has no bottom. While an attentive altitude on the art of the pupil is desirable, it does not bllow that, because a pupil is apparenty inattentive, he is really so. You have leard of the teacher w ho kept a pupil in or inattention during the lesson that re ated to the use of the ditto character? lo punish him she told him to write one Kindred times the sentence, "I was inittentive today." Jn a few minutes the pupil returned with the sentence written >nce ana rne auro marns neiow 10 reprelent the other ninety nine sentences, ['here was another person in that room >esides the pupil who had learned somehing that day. Tins fable teaches us, noreover, that in order to have our pupils truly attentive we must consider heir .individual needs, aptitudes and labits. No general prescription will ;ure all diseases even in the same man. [low can we hope to minister to minds variously diseased by using the same reatment. The proper understanding of he child is at last the key that opens the loor of most educational difficulties. 4 \ LITERARY OUTLOOK IN THE SUNNY SOUTH. BY MARGARET H. ftlON LIBRARIAN OF 8. C. COLLEGE. It would seem from the slim quota of Southern librarians at the recent conference of the American Library Association at Atlanta, that our people prefer to find their "books in running brooks, sermons in stones, etc." It was the design of Miss Wallace in inviting the A. L. A. to Georgia, to give an impetus to library work in this seclion, and the great body of librarians descended upon us full of the missionary spirit. The reception given them by Atlanta was so cordial and enthusiastic, that the people of that city received a baptism and a blessing of the library spirit, which assures the development of the librrry as an aggressive educational force in that community. John Temple Graves say*, that Atlanta's devotion to the Youi.g Men's Library "has always kept the thoroughbred of culture in the lead of the packhorse of progress"; and Georgia, with its Woman's Clubs, Study Clubs, State Free Library Commission, and Traveling Libraries as postillions, keeps up with the procession which Massachusetts leads. The number of delegates to the A. L. ^ A. m*na nhnnt 000 As fur na known at present, the delegates from the Southern section were the following: Miss Campbell, Augusta, Ga.? " Hardorave, Oxford, Miss. " Rion, Columbia, S. C. . Mrs. Bell, Jackson, Miss. Prof. McPiierson, Athens, Ga. Dr. Bkkr, New Orleans. La., and two young ladies from Fort Worth, Texas. Perhaps this does not evidence such a lack of interest, but it shows that organization and a spirit of cooperation are totally lacking. We need organization to stimulate us to a realization of the part that the library has in a system of general public education We need an organizer like Miss Anne Wallace of At lunta. We need a place and part in the coming Chatauqua at our Isle of Palms. We need to have a Library Institute at the Summer school. We need a library in every community. Above all, we need trained librarians, who only can make a library the potent lanlnr fnr i?nml lli.it it nun n lwm .....I.. ...Vvw. . V II IV Villi ? ?V M I I V > 11 U llliri earnest and intelligent management. South Carolina should be proud of her old and very valuable libraries : Winyah Indigo Society's, Georgetown, 17f>7; Charleston Library, Charleston, 1748; South Carolina College Library, Columbia, 1802; Cheraw Lyceum, Cheraw, 1850. Also several recently established, but nourishing small ones. 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