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THE DUTCH FORK.
BY DR. O. B. MAYER, SR.
No. 5.
at thy commanl,
Again the crumbled halls shall rise;
Lo! as on Evan's bank we stand,
The past returns-the present fies.
CADYOW CASTLE.
There are two considerable stretches
of original forest remaining in Dutch
Fork, to indicate what was the natu
ral appearance of the country in the
far past. One of these is the tract of
one hundred acres of superb oak-land
that surrounds St. John's church, and
belongs to it;the other contains about fif
teen acres of heavily timbered land, and
lies in front of the Pomaria residence,
at a distance of three hundred yards
from it. There are many other small
remnants of primitive woods scattered
about, but they are not suflieiently ex
tensive to aid the fancy in picturing
the "boundless contiguity of shade"
that once extended so widely over this
fair region. When the white people,
following John Adam Summer, came
into these wilds, they found that the
Indians had made a few small clear
ings, and had been cultivating them
rudely for the production of a large
kind of grain, since a time to which
their memory did not reach. Botanists
have given to this grain the name,
Zea Maize, but in common language,
it is called Indian Corn, from the fact
that it wa first found among these
Indians. They, however, must have
used it very sparingly, in the form of
hominy (an Indian name, according to
Webster), or by simply parching the
grains, since their little fields probably
did not yield all together more than
three hundred bushels. It is easy to
infer that the white settlers, accus
tomed, as they were, to eat bread with
their meat, and soon discontented with
jerked beef and venison dried in the
sun or smoked in the chimney jamb,
speedily brought into tillage much
larger fields, which under the plough
share yielded prodigious crops of this
new grain, as well as of wheat, rye, and
barley: so that it was not long before
the face of the country beamed with
the smiles of civ'hzation.
When we walk through such memo
rial remnants of woodland as I have
mentioned we sigh over the destruction
of the forests,-the desolations which
the natural strength of the soil has so
beautifully struggled to repair by means
.of the old-field pine; and we say within
- oursetves: The of ks have been need
lessly wasted!
The tilling of the ground to supply
man with necessary bread would not
require the yeomanry of the Dutch
- Fork, nor of any other section of coun
try, to destroy the vast areas of original
growth which we see to-day abandoned
to the broom-sedge, wherever nature
has failed to reforest the waste places
with the old-field pine. Nor would
there have been a necessity for any
prodigal clearing of land even by the
introduction of cotton, so long as the
young people for pastime separated
from the seed, with their fingers and
thumbs, su'icient lint to aid the flax
and the wool in supplying raiment for
the families; but when the cotton-gin
was patented in 1793 by Eli Whitney,
and gin-houses and screws were erected
all over the land to supply the world
with what had suddenly become a
great staple,-then, and not til then,
did the murderous attack upon the
glorious forests begin.
Before cotton came into use in the
Dutch Fork, Bax and wool were the
materials from which ordinary cloth
ing was obtained, and altogether by
domestic manufacture. The cloth
woven upon the simple primitive loom
was wonderfully durable. To illustrate
this quality as well as to publish a fine
moral, I venture to introduce here this
Prose Song of a Sirt. When I was
eight years old they made me a shirt
*out of flaxen cloth which bad been im
perfectly bleached by being spread
several nights upon the grass. After
it had taken on the shape of agarment
it became as white as snow, through
repeated washings during my intimacy
with it, inasmuch as every other Sab
bath for four years (from my eighth to
my twelfth) we wvent t o chur':h together
in the closest companionship. Those
were the days of ruffled shirts; and this
one (made for me, the favorite of the
family) had a profusion of ruffles that
engendered pride in my young breast
pride which, like all other instances of
it, had its fall. It happened in Colum
bia, on my first visit to that city, and
when I was ten years old. The shirt
was done up in the best style, two days
before my departure. The ruffles were
crimped most delicately, and were
starched so rigidly for this occasion as
to stand out in front like the quadrant
of a glistening circular saw. The shirt
was carefully folded and placed in a
time honored, blue bandbox, in which
it was to rest undisturbed until the
morning of leaving camp (for I went
'with the plantaion wagon), wvhen I
was to be dressed in my ruffled shirt,
my striped waistcoat, my jacket died
brown in a decoction of walnut-bark,
my copperas-hued breeches, and my
little straw hat. It was a bright, hot
day in June. We had camped at the
"Forks of the Roads," the . si-knowvn
camping place for wagoners, about five
miles fron- Columbhia. Thbe season for
the cotton narket was over: but we
had one 'e.l.e-the last of the crop-in
our wagon. The other loading consist
ed of three barrels of new flour, a large
coop of fine poultry, several buIshels of
well preserved sweet potatoes, and a
Muscovy drake of such terrible physi
ognomy-his head and neck being em
bossed with fiery red 'carbuncles-thiat
noon would purchase him. I wna
dressed according to schedule, and to
prevent any premature derangement
or soiling of my clothes I was placed
upon the top of one of the flour barrels,
until we should enter the city. Near
by me on the top of the poultry coop
and tied to it by his feet was the indig
nant drake. He seemed to "view me
with a critic's eye,"-extending his
plethoric head at one time towards the
left of me, at another towards the right
of me, and then straight at me, utter
ing each time a hideous hiss prophetic
of disaster, until I was really glad when
the time came for me to be removed
from his scrutiny. We entered the
city a little after sunrise. At my re
quest I was lifted from the wagon; and
I began at once to strut along the side
walk, gazing in wonder at the magnifi
cence by which I was surrounded. I
saw many boys of my size. They
looked at me and laughed; but as they
had no ruffles under their chins my
pride blazed high. I tossed my head
and protruded my chest so as to thrust
forward my ruffles conspicuously.
Then came my fall. I approached a
group of three boys somewhat larger
than myself. They observed me closely;
and smiled, as I thought, contemptu
ously; but these like the others wore no
ruffles. So I gave them a haughty
look, and passed on; but, alas for me!
not until I heard one of them remark
quite audibly to his companions:
"Well, he has pretty black eyes; and I
must say that he would certainly show
off well with his ruffled shirt-bosom,
if he only wasn't bare-footed." It was
the mortifying truth. My friends to
whose care I was entrusted had given
no more thought than:I myself gave to
the preposterous manner in which I
was dressed; and there was I, with a
flaunting shirt-bosom, standing in the
town where the Governor lived, and
not only bare-footed, but with my feet
and ankles covered with the red clay
dust so abundant to this day about 'o
lumbia. The inconsistency of going
bare-footed while wearing a ruffled
shirt did not strike me or any one else,
as Sunday after Sunday I went to St.
John's church. It was then as it still
is, the custom in the Dutch Fork for
boys and girls to dispense with shoes
and stockings through the summer
months, with a view to comfort and
economy.
When I returned I-me, and with
tears of mortified feelings recounted my
misadventure to my people, I derived
consolation from their advice to treas
ure up my mishap as an experience
capable of teaching, that whenever.one
is puffed up with vanity; or ambition;
or spiritual pride accompanied by her
sister, hypocrisy; or covetousness lean
ing on her daughter, idolatry, all one
has to do is to look down at one's feet'
I have often followed this advice, and
feel that it has saved me from some
vanities and vexations of spirit which,
if I had been puffed up with them,
would have been too much for me:
they would have overwhelmed me.
From thLs digression I return to a
further consideration of the durability
belonging to the fabrics manufactured
on the old-time looms, by the banging
of which the belated stranger might be
guided on his way to some home three
quarters of a mile off when the sun
went down and the need of hospitality
was first felt. The shirt that clung so
closely to me for fonr years was as free
from decay the last time I wore it as it
was the first time. Unless it has been
burnt, every thread of it is in existence
somewhere, to day. I can, however,
call up a witness-one which I inter
viewed not long ago-a witness of such
reliability, in regard to the durability
of the tex.tures used for raiment in the
Dutch Fork long, long ago, that there
will be no need to question any others.
This witness has a history which de
serves to be made known; and it is as
follows: Among the Lutherans of
Dutch Fork, before and several years
after the erection of the present St.
John's, and while Geisselbart preached
in the little church that once stood just
within the grave-yard gate, there was
a custom to have a Communion Hand
kerchief, or towel, or whatever other
name it bore, for the purpose of wiping
the Communion Vessels after each cele
bration of the Lord's Supper. It was
made of the finest domestic linen that
could be produced in those days.
There never was another; because this
first one is to-day (in 1S91) as durable
as it was in 1788, when in one of its
corners the grand-daughter of the pio
neer Summer embroidered her iuitials,
E. M. S., and gave it to the church.
A t this moment it is in the drawer of
the altar in St. John's, into which it
was transferred from the preceding
church-building. There it remains in
its retreat, applied no longer it is true
to the use for which it was first in
tended, but serving as a witness, more
than a hundred years old, to the last
ing quality of the home-woven textures
in those remote times, just as the woods
surrounding the church-building serve
as a witness to the grandeur of the
primitive forest. This handkerchief,
or towel, after serving its purpose at
each Communion, was taken home by
one of the lady members of the church,
whose duty it was by rotation with
others to wash and iron it for the next
occasion. It happened that it came to
be the turn of one M1rs. Son to "do up"
this wonderful piece of cloth. She
carried it home with her, and the very
next day washed it and hung it upon a
clothes-line to dry, but being three feet
square, one of its corners very nearly
touched the ground. Having some
thing to attend to in the house Mrs.
Son left her little daughter to watch
the venerated linen for a few moments.
She had scarcely passed within the
door when she heard her daughter
seram, andr1 loudany1 for help. In
great alarm she hastened back to the
yard and found in the mouth of a huge
sow the handkerchief, which the ani
mal was shaking to and fro for the
amusement of nine pigs. The dis
tressed lady went in pursuit and soon
took hold with her bands upon the
stolen property, but it required all her
strength to separate it from the an i
mal's teeth. At length it tore loose;
and Mrs. Son fell triumphantly to the
ground, waving as a trophy the rescued
go -I. Although this happened in the
good, utilitarian days of darning, the
rent was never repaired, and that is
the reason why it is still visible, ragged
and jagged, in the corner of the hand
kerchief opposite to the one where were
embroidered a hundred years ago the
initials, E. M. S.
This-attempt at a "digression within
a digression," in weak imitation of
Swift, has been so much more than I
was capable of doing, that I find myself
in the necessity of pausing here, and
making effort to recover the simplicity
of narrative with which I began. In
my next number, I shall endeavor to
exhibit more fully and methodicaily
what I remember, and what I have
gathered from satisfactory sources con
cerning the industry of the people of
Dutch Fork, from an indefinite past to
the introduction of cottou among them.
A NEW REFORMATION COMING.
Editor McClure Talks to Roanoke College
Students on the Next Century.
SALEM, Va., June 9.---The Hon.
James W. Marshall and M. T. Keedy
delivered addresses this morning be
fore the Alumni of Roanoke College.
This evening Col. A. K. McClure, ed
itor of the Philadelphia Times, deliv
ered the annual address before the lit
erary societies. His subject was "The
Twentieth Century."
He admonished the students against
accepting the belief so often taught in
politics, journalism, and the pulpit,
that this is a degenerate age, and that
the great task of the educated young
men of to-day will be its reformation
to old-time putity. He said the world
never was as good as to-day ; that pol
itics, society, and religion were all bet
ter now than in the past, and that,
while the world always needed, refor
mation, it never needed it less than
now, and that it was better and greater
in heroism and state manship than
ever in the past.
The speaker then pointed out the
grave problems to be solved. Among
these he mentioned the issue over
church creeds, which he predicted
would produce a new reformation
during the twentieth century, and one
that would make religion stronger than
it is to-day. The great battie against
centralization, the.race-issue. and cap
ital and labor 'he also indicated as
problems which might be manfully
met and solved. He also discussed the
need for educated men in the depart
ment of mechanics, which he said was
opening a wider and better field than
he professions. He closed with the
prediction that the new century would
see a new South, equaling or surpass
ing the North in her diversified in
dustries.
Go tell it, ye breezes, from desert to
sea.
The "Prescription" has triamphed,
fair woman is free !
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
the princely remedy above all others!
Made expressly for women. It is
adapted to her special needs, an fulfills
every requirement.
No conditic.n so critical as to defy it!
No emergency so great as to baffle it!
As a woman's restorative and reg
ulator, the "Favorite Prescription" is
master of the situation. Positively
guaranteed to give satisfaction in all
cases, or money paid for it returned.
The only medicine tor women sold on
trial !
The Cadet Camp at Spartanburg.
[Carolina Spartan.]
Captain W. W. White, quarter
master of the Citadel academy, and
Lieutenant Towers, of the United
States army reacbed the city Saturday
to select a place for the summer en
campment of the cadets.- Dr. Fleming
and Colonel Walker showed them
various places, but they finally selected
the Dean grove for the camp. The
company drill ground will be on the
vacant lot opposite Doctor Fleming's.
The cadets will come July 2, and be
here two weeks.
Alger is for Blaine.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 9.-Gen. Thus
sell A. Alger of Michigan arrived here
yesterday. In an interview he said:
"If Mr. Blaine indicates to the Repub
lican party that he will be a candidate
for President, I believe he would be
nominated in a moment. I believe he
would be the strongest man the Repub
licans could place in nomination."
The Witty Irishman.
when told by a d->ctor that his liver
was almost gone, said, "Faith, it's glad
I am. it's allers bothered me !
The liver more than any other organ,
is the index of the body. With a mor
bid liver the whole system is out of
gear ; Most powerful for the restora
tion of this "citadel of health," is Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
Its action is direct, prompt, effectual!
Recommended by eminent physicians,
it has gained a universal reputation as
the "Great Liver Regulator !" Correct
is warranted in all cases of liver disease
and blood disorders to benefit or cure,
or money promptly and cheerfully re
turned.
The War for southern Independence.
RicIIoOr>, June 9.-The Grand
Camp of Confederate Veterans will
meet in Fredericksburg to-morrow.
Cl. H. P. Smith, Grand Commander,
will present his annual report. This
will show that there are fifteen camps
m the state of which six have been
organized within the past year. The
Grand Commander favors the adoption
of a name by the Confederate veterans
of the late war, and approves the sug
gestion made in Charleston (S. C.)
newspapers that it be called "The WXar
Southern Independence."
The benefits of vacatiopiseason may
be greatly enhanced, if, at the same
time, the blood is being cleansed and
vitalized by the use of Ayer's Sarsa
parilla. A good appetite, fresh vigor,
and buoyant spirits attend the use of
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yed to Newber- with will give the reader who has not
d the faculty at seen the buildings some idea of them.
T W. Holland, The present faculty is Rev. G. W.
n, G. _.D.._Jalti- Holland, Pb. D)., D. D., president, Rev. 'f pic .B o,Foes, i,adW .X6v .J h is orSih .B
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President Holland's Report to the Trustees.
f the college 92 The following is the annual report of
i graduated and President Holland to the Board of
s avocations of Trustees at their meeting on Monday :
acquitted them- The catalogue of the session of 1890
ieir alma mater. 91 shows a roll of students as follows:
1utiful location Collegiate department 58; Preparato
king the town, ry Department 27; Business Depart
uilding. There ment 29, of whom nine were exclusive
elected library, ly in the Business course. Total en
ng collection of rollmnent 9::. The enrollment for the
tural history session of 1889-90 was 122. This loss is
Sifley museum, due to the opening of the Graded
PREsIDENT HOLLAND
Of Newberry College.
hical a pparatus school in New berry, which affected a
hich meet week- reduction in the Preparatory Depart
halls and other ment from 52 names to 29. Had this
-department been as ful! as in the pre
sthorough and ceding session, our roll for this session
pare favorably now closing would have 116--only six
titutions of the less than for the preceding session.
The prospect for the next session is
ever in a more encouraging. The admissions to the
than at present. collegiate classes are as follows: Sen
all hut the pat- iors 8, Juniors 1:2, Sophomores 19,
ld the outlook Freshmen 11. Total 54). With the us
and encourag- ual accessions to the Freshman class,
able and hard- the next session ought to show the
erves and should largest enrollment of collegiates in tile
>nort at least of history of the college.
i South Caroli- The faculty recommend that you au
T he college is thorize the conferring of the following
ot sectarian, and degrees:
vidence suficient Bachelor of Arts upon V. Y. Boozer,
*rthe churcih. C. A. Fellers, A. W. Fogle, W. A.
yet it should be Shealy, and D). M. Varn, who have
r>e endowment successfully completed the prescribed
tneeds more -tu- classical course. A certificate of profi
them. ciency on H. E. Rlast who has success
rsthe chlurchl has fully finished the prescribed Latin and
zfor t he college. IEnglish courses.
uses have been IAlso that you authorize the president
ampus-one for of the college to confer upon 0. H.
> for the profes- Duncan the degree of A. B., when he
ater is called the shall have completed the prescribed
Alumni Associa- classical course, and maintained a sat
ed at its meeting iisfactory examination upon certain
. Two of these studies hitherto not pursued by him.
nd are now oc. The shafrpeI competition caused by
rs. The third is the S uthi Carolina College, now an in
il be occupied by stituitionl parallel to the denomination
t session. There al college in its courses of study, and
more houses built hvb the establishment of the Clemson
cut print he,.e- (~ollege.calIled the Farmer's College,ealk
for increased loyalty to Newberry Col
legeon the partof theLutherans ofSouth
Carolina and Georgia, and the citizens T
of Newberry town and county. New
berry College deserves and must have
this support. She exists for the church
and for Newberry, and to these sources
she must look for patronage and in
creased equipment.
The time has come when. an enlight
ened zeal and a liberal policy must b
characterize the counsels of those who o
-ire charged with her interests. 1.
The college endowment must in the o
definite future be raised to $50,000. ti
The faculty must immediately be
strengthened by the addition of at least
one full professor-if possible by the
addition of two professors.
Steps should be taken at an early a
(lay to provide another college building n
for Library, Laborator' and Museum
purposes. - t
The erection on the college campus o
during the past year of three residences o
for professors at a cost of $6,000 is cause s,
of sincere congratulation. The college ,
property is much beautified in appear- tj
ance and enhanced in value; the inade- ti
quate salaries of at least three professors p
bave thus been increased about 25 per U
cent., and about $10,000 invested at t]
6 per cent. per annum added to the en- v
dowment of the college. The election e
of a fourth professor may at an early it
day bring with it the necessity for a
fourth residence on the campus. a
The following methods for the im
mediate strengthening of the teaching
force are suggested for your considera- n
tion:
1. In the event that the Board of Di- b
rectors of the Theological Seminary fc
decide to nominate to the synod a Pro- e
fessor of Theology in the Seminary, a
that you ratify said action, and give
said nominee the chair of it
in the college, and that you for pledge o
said professor a salary of $1,000 a year. tj
For this plan thesum of $4,600 would j
be required-no provision being made tl
for the business course. - t
2. In tbe event that no seminary o
profess(r is nominated, that you divide
the chair now called mathematics and
natural sciences into two chairs: (1) ~
Mathematics. (2) Physics, Chemistry
and Astronomy, allowing the present
incumbent of the chair as it now is his
choice between the two chairs, and that
you elect a professor of the other chair a
at a salary of SS00 a year. That the
business department be provided for c
as follows: Book-keeping and kindred n
studies to be taught by the professor of
mathematics, and telegraphy and short
hand by Prof. A. J. B..'ers.
For this plan, the income of $4,400 ?
would be required.
3. The interests of the college and S
seminary might be served by adopting
plan one, and in addition, electing an as
sistant in the preparatory department a
a
at $400 a year, thus allowing the princi- a
pal of the said department time for in
struction in certain departments of the
college, proper. This scheme would a
cost $5,000. 0
4. The faculty concur in recommend- si
ing a combination of plans 1 and 2, viz:. t
the Seminary professor at $1,000 a year, f<
with an assigned chair in college, and a
a professor of mathematics,or ofphysics, n
as may be deemed best. The- cost of
this scheme would be $5,400.
The income to the board from inter
est and tuition fees for the past year is ii
about $4,500. Plans 1 and 2 are feasi- e
ble from a financial point of view. 1i
Plans 3 and 4 would necessitate the j<
creation of additional income to the tl
amount of $500 and $900 respectively. n
To meet the additional expense in- o
curred by the adoption of plan 4, it is e
recommended, ra
(I) That you ask the Synod of Southp
Carolina for an appropriation of $600.
(2) That you urge upon synod the n
importance of putting a;college financial 8
agent in the field, who, in connection c
with other duties, shall raise funds for t
the current expenses of the college. t
It is the request of the faculty that at t
least the following prizes and medals be 'J
provided for the session of 1891-'92, viz:
Senior Essay Medal, Junior Orator's o
Medal, Sophomore Greek Medal, Ju-t
nior Mathematical Medal. Prize of $10f
worth of books to best admitted Sopho- s
more in the classical course.t
Prize of Websters International Dic
tionary to best admitted Freshman in d
classical department.
It is recommended that you directd
your treasurer to settle in full with the
faculty for the year' now closing-nota
later than July 15th proximo.
Trusting that your deliberations may
result in increasing the efficiency of the
College. 1
I am yo,ur obedient servant, i
G. WV. HOLLAND, President. c
June 15, 1891.
PEFFER GIVES IT UP. C
He Thinks There is No Chance Lor the Sub
Treasury Scheme.
RALEK;ar, N. C., June 10.-The
Chronicle will to-morrow publish an
interview with Senator Peffer upon the
sub-treasury bill or plan. He regards
the principle as all right' but the meas
ure as of secondary importance to that
of putting more money in circulation
and reducing the rate of interest. He 1
is inclined to the opinion that the best
way to put the sub-treasury into actual.
operation will be to allow the State leg
islatures or alliances to do it instead of1
the general government. He does not
think there is any chance for the meas
t:re at any time in the near future.
When We Get There.
[From the Yankee Blade.]
On the thirty-second day of the thirteenth
mionith or the eighth day of the week.
On the twenty-fith hour of the sixty-fir.et
minute we'll find all things that we seek
They ar e there in the lim bo of Llilipot laud,
a cloud island resting in air,
On tire Nowhere side of the Miountain of
3Mist it, the Valley of Overthere
On the Nowhere side of the Miountain of
Miist int the Valley of Ov-erthere.
On a "olid vapor foundation of cloud are pal-)
neecs grand and fair ;
And there is where our dreams will come
true and the seeds of our hope will grow
On the thitherward side of theHlls~ of Hope
in the hamle-tof Hocus P0. -
On the thitheward side of the Hill of Hope,
in the hramlet of Hocu- Po.
We shall see all the things thtat we want tol
see, and knowv all we care to know,
For the.re the old mnen will nev-er lament,
i,the be wlll never sqjueak.
In the uro-" Road CorTers of C'haosv-ille, int
the Count y of H ideangoseek
In, tihe Cross Rtoad Co,rnerd of Chaiosville, in
the County of H idlecaugoseek,
On the thijrty-second day of the thIrteenth
mionthi or thre eighth day of the week
We shall do all tihe things that we please to
do, and accomplish all that we try
On the sunset shore of sometimeorother, by
the beauti9flBay ot Bimeby.
No greater triumph in medicine or
chemiistry has been recorded than
Hall's Hair Renewer to revivify and
restr.e gray hair to the color of youth.1
HERE'S MORE OF A MESS.
he Enterprising State After Superinten
dent Mayfield and Mr. Thackston
Two Circulars and an Interpreta
tion.
[The State.]
The following circular letters have
een sent to the school commissioners
f the several counties of South Caro
na by W. J. Tbackston, the chief clerk
f the State Superintendent of Educa
on:
"OFFICE OF
"PAL3IETrO SCHOOL JOURNAL,
COLUMBIA, S. C., June 4, 1871.
"DEAR SIR: The State board of ex
miners, at their meeting in April,
aade the Palmetto School Journal the
iticial means of communication be
ween the trustees and the department
f education. The State superintendent
f education designed to aid and In
truct trustees in the department
hich he will conduct. In this way
rustees will not only have their atten
ion drawn to the laws governing the
ublic schools of the State, but will also
e helped and encouraged to improve
beir schools in many ways which he
rill indicate and make practical. The
nclosed letter, whieh fully explains
self, I beg you to sign and return to
ie at once. I will have copies made 4
nd mailed to each board in your coun
"Your cordial assistance is-most ear
estly solicited in this effort, believing
bat the interest that will most surely
e aroused will repay you an hundred
)ld in the help it will give you in your
forts to improve the schools corn
itted to your keeping.
"You are especially invited to send
ems of interest concerning the schools
f your county. I send you a copy of
be Journal. As each number of the
ournal will contain vital information
at will appear only once, it is impor
int that'you give attention to this at
ace.
"Very truly,
W. J. THACKSTON,
Editor and Owner Palmetto Journal.
(Enclosure.) ==2
"DEAR SIR: The State board of e
miners has adopted the Palmetto
chool Journal as the official' means of
ommunication between the deprt-.
2ent of education and. school ofcers.
special department will be edited by
be State Superintendent of Education,
i which school law-and improvement
f the schools will be discussed.
"The State board, with ourselves,
iost earnestly desire that every trustee
bould receive the Journal, and by re
)lution of the State board, trustees are
uthorized to subscribe for the same
nd issue an order on county treasurers
i payment for same.
"Enclosed you will find claim parti
1ly filled out for the three (3) trustees
! your district. Have these claims
igned by your board and return them
) me in order that your name may .be
>rwarded to the State superintetdet
d have your names put on the ma
ig list of the Journal, - -s
- ..Very-4 ilyi, t
This is a very interesting situation
ideed! The State superintendeotof
ducation. and his chief clerk have a
ttle alliance among themselves, and a
)urnal is issued by the latter, of which
be former edits a department. We do .
ot know whether the superintendent
f education is a "silent partner" in the
nterprise or not, or whether he is to
eceive compensation forediting his d
artment or not. That is a side Issue.
Ve do know th i an attempt is being
2ade to make one department of the ~
tate government at once a public
fice and a private "trust"-to take
be money of the people and put it into -
be pocket of an officeholder-to make
be taxes of the counties support Mr.
backston's journal.
The declaration that the State board '
f trustees has passed a resolution an
horizing this provision of the public
unds does not come directly, It will be
een, from Mr. Thackston. He puts Itin
he mouths of the county school com
nissioners. If it be true, the board has
one an act which it will find very
ard to justify. If it is true, there is
Leception as well as jobbery.
But no matter how it stands, this
ifair is scandalous. It compels the
aking of three copies of the Pal
netto School Journal in every school .
listrict of the State at the expense -of
he tax payers, and the money goes
nto pockets of Mr. Thack.ston indivi
ually, or Mr. Thackston and his
>ackers. It is estimated that the sum
bus proposed to be drawn from the
ounty treasuries will amount to from
3,000 to $.5,000 annually.
GORMAN IN THE RACE.
(aryland Democrats Will Push Him i
the National Convention.
~ratic state committeeldecided to-day to
iold the state convention for the nomi
iation of a candidate for governor 9
uly 30. The indications are that .
~rank Brown will be the noeeHe
s the choice of Senator Gorman, the
arty leader.
Several significant facts were devel
>ped at the meeting. One was the de
~ermination of the state Democrats to
ush Gorman in the National presiden
ial convention. A friend of the sena
or said to-day that the latter was in
:he race sure.
POLK AND THE PEOPLE'S PARTY. -
SCall for Mass Meetings Kansas Takes I
Hold ina Hurry.
TOPEKA, KANs., June 10.-President
Polk, of the National Farmers' Alli
ine, has issued a circular to all State'
illiances requesting them to make ar
rangements for holding a number of
ass meetings, one in each congres
ional district, some day in September.
cting on the advice of the national
president. Secretary French, of the
Kansas State Alliance, will in a few
lays issue a cirsular designatinga
place in each district where meetings
shall be held, and suggesting the de
:ails necessary to success. I; is also
part of t plan to have these district
neetings . 'lowed, by county meeting
o give all the opportunity to4
and participate in the boom w
they are intending to give the tiew
people's party.
A Costlv Kiss.
Special to the Charleston World.]
ATnANTA, June 9.-John Brown,
te Greek, who kissed i~angfI
bis employ against her
tined $100 and costs in
to-day. "It no worth
Brown to his intepetr4~d
the money.r