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ev e8be talb Ao tES. ESTA BLISHED 1865. NEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1893. PRICE $1.50 A YEAR THE PRINCIPLES OF EDUCATION. An Interesting Address Me fore the Teach era' Association, by Dr. G. W. Holland. We take pleasure in calling especial attention to the su-toined paper on "The Principles of Education." No words from us can atil force to the! paper, it speaks for itse i. This paper was read before t he Tea<-her- Assoeia-! tion on Saturday Ias, by Dr. G.. P ~Holland. Thoe of our teache teawerse ab sent will se what a treat they missed by not being present. Excellent p-A pers were read and talks made on theo her subjects up for discussion. The Association was a splondid success. Iat We hope that not only the teachers oft a Newberry County will read carefully .this paper, but every p:atron of schooxls also. Come out fellow-teachers. Come ,I and teach and be taught. T. W. K. g A bright-eyed, blithe-heartEd little cO boy, when reprovtd by his mother for t his rather boisterous sport at play, a astonished her with the question, "Ma, r2 were you ever a boy?" That boy was ft an unconscious philosopher, and in that question is found the answer to d, the question assigned for this morning, g What are the principles of Education? SE The philosopher Locke in his day e could say that there was no such thing It as physical science in existence. For st thousands of years the human race had cl lived in ignorance of the simplest laws d of the world it inhabited. Butthetrue li Baconian method once' introduced, d physical science has made such mar- s vellous advances that to-day there are St some philosophers-so they are termed g1 -who are ready to assert that there is Y no other science. So we might say of 0 the science of education. Until re- T cently, we may say, there was no such d science-at least not a science that was I capable of practical application. t Plato laid down certain principles of education; he specified certain studies ci and certain methods, and so did other tl ancient philosophers. But progressive it educators claim that the principles of education-such as are practical-is a h late discovery-or at least a very much ri desired rediscovery. t We are all interested in the approach- ti ing Columbian Exposition. Some of tE us hope to visit it-a very few of us sc e.pect to do so. The praises of Colum- d bus, like the nc;tes of the turtle dove in IM spring, are heard throughout the land. g( All honor to Columbus, of course. Let Je the school-boy and the college sopho- te moreound aloud. his name and fame. W, Brit would it not be just as proper to a commemorate the names of Froebel te and Postalozzi. who made the discov- tt ery of a new inner world-the t-hild- w soul in its real nature, tendencies, de sires, and characteristics? Strange, is t it,not, that a world of snch romantic, r thrilli ng interest, should have remained eI so long unknown!a This discovery hzas led to the knowl- tC *edge and pract ice of principles of edu- a cation.v What did Froebel discover in the te child mind? Seven instincts he called d them.- ai 3. The instinct of activity.t 2. The instinct of working in the soil. w~ 3. The instinct of invention and imi- a tation. 4. The rythmic instinet. B 5. The instinct of investigation, a 6. The social instier-t. al 7. The religious instinct.'w Upon these discovered characteristics, a after a method outlined by Froebel, has ti been built the kindergarten system, in i13 its principles, methods and aims, truly fi philosophical, or rat her psychological, - a system based upon the natute, the er instincts of the child-mind. c. We are upon the threshold of a very al broad and extensive discussion. We oi can take but a glance at this capacious se structure. How does nature proceed y to instruct and train tile child-mind? ur We cannot improve upon her methods. u -Let us study. them and follow them. w~ Proceeding upon true philosophical, or b natural principles, she accomplishes ft her purposes in the best and sho,rtest ti way. Under her guidance, thle infant a learns to see, hear, touch, taste, walk, to run, jump, and climb, to. know ob- tl jects as round or angular, hard or soft, b to know air, earth, water, fire, to oj know the near and the distant, and to t< talk-a most wonderful accomplish- t< ment-to think, to remember, to im- ti agine, to Judge and to reason. i How does mother natture so success- y fully teach the infant mind? I can do t nothing better in answering this ques- st tionl than by quoting some of the prin- bi eiples of education as set forth by the tI profound thinker, Herbert Spencer, c who has given us perhaps the best an- a alysis of the method of nature. t * The true method is: -"1. From the simple to t be complex, ~ in the subjects taught, and in the way each subjefct is taught. Begin with few p subjects, and succe-ssively adding to r these~, carry all sul,jgets abreaist." d The principle of usinlg the known in c teaching the unknown, is so simple I that all teachers who really endeavor g to make anything understood naturally a adopt it. For instance, the traveller ..-'iho would portray what be has seen p to us who hav'e not seen, tells us that S it is like this or that, or unlike this or S that, whiebh he knows all have seen. b To give this thought a very practi- a cal turn, the teachecr should "use the o knowledge which the pupil brings into s the school-room so as to connect it with T1 what he is to learn there." The rest- t less, constant observation of thbe child, a instead of being ignored, or rebuked, should be diligently ministered to, and made as accurate and complete as pos- c si ble. The ey e and the ear and the t thought should ie gven. not t:> that ~ +ieh is repugiant or incomprehensi le, but to that wilich falls in with the aily expeirince. and through this led > that which is higher and yet to be nown. For example, the first reading books dight be nbout animals, then about lants and trecs, and so on by means f pictures, then to t h- livesof the good nd the true ai:d the heroic, &c. This rineiple seens axionatie. Yet if time Ilowed we might show its almost con :ant violation in.the school-room. 2. Another principle laid down by Ir. S. "Our lessons ought to start from he concrete and end in the abstract." iowledge begins with individuals, nd passes to the general;by combina on. "No child generalizes at first," nd so education does not begin with xles and formulas. In arithmetic, )unting. by balls or marbles or objects iust precede tables and rules. In rarmmar, correc6 ianguage learned by nitation must precede any rules of neord and government; therefore, ie school-room must have appliances, 5 maps, gloibes, black-boards, appa ttus, &c., &e. These are not only use 11, they are a necessity. 3. "Pupils must be encouraged to self evelopment." Here tact and intelli mene on the part of the teacher are es mtial. Ignorance and indolence are irses anywhere, and if anywhere ore than anywhere else, they are ich when found with the teacher of iildren. From such teachers let us evoutly pray to be immediately de vered. Intelligence and untiring in ustry and a loving devotion are neces try to lead the pupil to work for him if, to do some of his own thinking, to rasp at and reach some knowledge not et known, to love to solve problems a his own account. How to do this? he intelligent, earnest, painstaking, evoted school teacher will find a way. ; would do no good to show the way i one of the, other kind. 4. Another one of Mr. Spencer's prin ples (and this may help to answer e inquiry just made,) is that "learn g must be made pleasnrable." The teacher, to succeed, must find is work pleasant. Shall not the same ile apply to the pupil? Yet itis much > be feared that many teachers prac caliy reject this principle. Some will 11 you that it is impossible to make hool-room work interesting to chil ren. If so, there is an end of the latter. But is it so? We will hardly ) so far as that. There are some sub cts taught that some pupils like bet r than others, and there are different ays of teaching these subjects. There e subjects and subjects, and there are achers and teachers. Perhaps with te right kind of both, the difficulty ould be largely. ovErcome. I know that there is much limit to te choice uf subjec's in the school om, when the work must be done in asses composed of all sorts of likes id dislikes. Yet it is not impossible -select subjects in somne way meeting majority of tai.tes; and then the v*i aious movement, the speaking coun na nce, the em phatic voice of a teacher rply interested in the subject taught, id thoroughly in earnest, will inevi bly infect the pupils. Few of them ill escespe the contagion. A kodak of teacher and class at such a moment ould catch a most interesting picture. ut some tell us it is not desirable to ake study pleasurable. Life is rea! id earnest; hard work, undesirable ork must be done in the days to come, >d thbe discipline for such stern reali es must be acquired in childhood and Ssebool. Mastery of dull books ,will tfor mastery of life's painful routine. There is something in this, but not ;ough for us to make the life of the ild in school consist in hard benches ad repugnnut studies. "You want ly a sorry nag to draw a sand-cart," aid Carlyle. But the majority of lung colts in our schools will not be ed for such labor. Some of them ill be the high spirited Arab courier hose proud neck and swift foot will e an admiration and a praise. There >re we nteed no dull routine, but some ing that will stimulate intellectual tivity, and quicken mental energy. I know just as well as I know any sin-g, that thbeory and practice are very a.rd to bring together in this matter making learning interesting. Easy >recommend this, and most difficult >arry out the * mmendation. And ais is exactly what you teachers are ow saying within yourselves, those of ou not hirelings. But I am also sure at the principle is worth your earnest udy and your constant effort. It has een said, "The great difficulty of ~acing well is but a 'poor excuse for mtentedly teaching badly, and it ould be a great step in advance if chers in general were as aissatitled ith themselver as they usually are ith their pupils." It is the teacher of the elementary or rimary schools, or primary depart ents, upon whom comes the onerous uty of applying the principles of edu ttion. And in closing this little paper cannot retrain from quoting a para raph that a day or two ago I found in clipping from t he N. Y. Recorder. "Lift your hat reverently when you ass the teacher of the primary schooi. e is the great angel of the Republic. he takes the bantling fresh from the ome nest, full of pouts and passions, i ungovernable little wretch, whose wn mother honestly admits that she mt him to school to get rid of him. 'his lady, who knows her business, kes a whole car-load of these little narchists, one of whom, single handed d alone, is more than a match for is parents, and at once puts him in e w'ay of being a useful and uprigh t itizen. At what expense of toil, pa-' ence and soul-weariness! Lift your Report of Grand Jary. To his Honor J. J. Norton, Presiding Judge: On the close of Iheir duties for this term of the Court, the Grand Jury would submit the following as their Report: All Bills handed us by the Honora ble Solicitor have been acted upon and returned. Committees have visited te Couuty Offices and have to a lim ited extent examined those oficPs. Those committees rtlport that every thing in the conduct and arrangement of the offices, books and papers, were found in good style, showing the (Mffi cers to be careful and painstaking in the discharge of every detail of their duty. The funds in the custody of the office:, were all shown to be properly deposited and vouchers were exbit'ited for all disbursements. As the Foreman of this Jury is required to be present at the settlement of the County Treasurer with the Comptroller-General, we have deferred a more full examination of this office until our next meeting in July. The examination of the School Com missioner's office was entirely satisfac tory. In this office we found everything neatly kept'and papers filed in order. We think the county may well be prr,ud of her officers. Thesamecarein books and papers was found in the office of the County Commissioners. An examination of the Master's office has been deferred until our next meet ing. The county jail was examined. The cells and in fact the entire jail is in a good, clean and healthful condition. The prisoners look to be well cared for. There are some glass broken from the v-indows in the second story that should be replaced. The pump used for pump ing water into the second story for cleansing purposes is out of repair and should at once be repaired; the health and comfort of the inmates require it. A ditch is needed in the back yard to prevent the injury done to the yard by the great flow of water through it. The Poorhouse has also been exam ined by committee. The new buildings lately erected for the use of the Keeper and paupers are neat, commodions and well arranged. The dining and cook rooms to the Keeper's house have not been finished. Those rooms should be eiled at once. The county is to be congratulated on having so excellent buildings. At present, there- are 14 inmates or paupers there, three of those being white, !.he balance colored. Our committee is of the opinion that there is no one there who is not a proper ubject of charity. No complaint has been made to us of the condition of the roads and bridges of the county. We therefore flatter ourselves that all are in good condition. We find a room in the courthouse now unoccupied by an.i officer. With a small amount. of labor, this room could be repaired and made comfort able. We recommend that this room be at once properly repaired and fitted up, and that it be assigned to the School Commissioner for an office, and thus save to the school fund the amount now paid out for rent of an office for the S'chool Commissioner. On examination we tind that many of the Trial Justices do not report every month to the County Auditor as re quired by, law. Som.e of the Trial Justices entirely ignore the law and make no report. We note that very few fines have been paid to the Treas urer, and in the absence of reports to the Auditor, we have no way of deter mining if any fines have been.imposed. Unless all Trial Justices are strictl'- re quired to report to the Auditor the amount of fines imposed, and also be required to submit their dockets to the inspection of the Grand Jury, there will be no way to determine whether or not they discharge their offices as the law and justice requires, or mainly in their own interest. We desire before closing to express our thanks to His Honor for the full and plain instructions given to us in his charge and for his uniform kind ness during our session. Our thanks are also due and are hereby tendered to the Hon. Solicitor f ir his kindness. We ask that the usual fee he allowed our clerk for services. J. H. SMrrH, Foreman, A. J. Gibson, L. M. Speers, H. E. Todd, N. E. Tay lor, D. WV. Kinard, John A. Nicholls, J. C. A brams, J. B. Cromer, Thos. A. Setzler, J. C. Cook, Jno. A. Summer, J. D. Sheely, T. H. Davis, A. L. Parks, P. B. Hutchinson. With but little care and no trouble, the beard and moustache ean be kept a uniform brown or black color by using Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers. Eikd by the Grasp of a Frienid's Hand PHILA DELPH IA, March 22.-There was death for aged Dennis O'Leary in the hearty grasp of a friend's hand. O'Leary, who was 93 years old, was to day buried at Bristol, where he lived. One day last week in Boston he met a young friend, who clasped his hand warmly and shook it. A finger nail broke the skin on the old man's hand when blood poisoning set in and caused his death on Saturday last. "Brace Up" Is a tan talizing admonition to those who at this season feel all tired out, weak, without appetite and discour aged. But the way in which Hood's Sarsaparilla builds up the tired frame and gives a good appetite, is really wonderful. So we say, "Take Hood's and it ~vill brace you up." For a general family cathartic we cnfiently recommend Hoor>'s PILLs. JACKSON BROWN, FARMER. He Says There is No Buiness Like Farm ing-Neither Tillman Nor LegiLlation Nor War Can Make a Farmer Poor. [From the Greenville News.1 Jackson Brown was in the Greenville News business oftice yesterday, having come for his copy of the semi-weekly, wbich be cals for about as regularly as clock work. Ja-kson Brown is seventy six years old, and nearly everybody in Greenville knows him. A few ques tions led hiiii to talk about farming. He has been a fraier for about sixty years. Wheni he began work here in GreenvilleCounty on his father's farm, cotton was five cents a pound and corn thirty cents a bushel, and the market place was Hawxburg, 12) miles away. When Jackson Brown was 21 years old those were the prices and conditions and he wei t to work for his father as manager for a fifth of ihe yield of the fields. Later on he r'eeived a third. When he married a few years later he had a thousand dollars in cash made and saved by working for the fifth and the third. He has supported comfort ably a large family, and all his sons and daughters are now taking care of themselves. He owus 240 acres of land five miles out of town and does n t owe a dollar in the world. He says there is no business like farming and no better place for farm ing than right here. He has tried it sixty years and ought to know. He has never asked anybody to endor e for him, has never been harassed by debts or creditors, and is always the first man to hand in his property for taxa tion to the auditor and to pay his taxes to the treasurer. His face is ruddy and strong; he walks into town five miles and out of town five miles, and hopes to live to 8.5 years. Age has made him distrustful of a horse, riding or driving, but he trusts his own legs, although he com plains that at 76 his knees are getting a little-stiff. There are two or three reasons why be thinks farming here is the best busi ness a man can be in, giving the surest profit and the most comfortable life. Ele began, under his father's advice, with the rule always to make a living at home and to depend on cotton only as a surplus. He has sold cotton at five cents a pound and at twenty cents a pound, but no matter what cotton was selling at he never planted an acre until he had provided for meat and bread and feed for his stock for the year. When that was secured, so far as human foresight could secure it, he gave some land and labor to cotton, and every pound he sold of it was profit. The thousands of pag s in which liens are recorded have never had Jackson Brown's name written on them as lien giver. He does not believe that Tillman, or national legislation, or war or any thing else can make a farmer poor. He has been through them all, has abund ance for his simple needs and lives coRfortably. Raising cotton to buy food and pay liens will, he thinks, ruin any farm and any farmer, and he has observed scores and generations of thbem and in his hard and common sense way has traced out cause and effect.,He has sixteen sheep a'id he dresses in home spun woven from.the wool of his own sheep. It does not wear o'ut, it keeps him warm, and the big double blue jeans overcoat he wears, spun, woven, cut and sewed by his wife,turns rain like rubber, and he hardly paid out a dollar for it'. Plenty of clothes, plenty to eat, plenty of good land, some money, good bealth, and no debts, is the'condition of Jackson Brown at seventy-six and. he asks no odds of anybody and what ever happens he is safe. Jay Gould died between fifty and sixty years of age. He amassed between one and two hundred millions of dol lars. He probably nev.er had a com fortable or happy day from the time he began to be rich. He hated and feared and was hated and feared, and lies dead in a big marble tomb which cost half a million dollars. Jackson Brown hates and fears nobody. He enjoys his life. He "loves" to plow, he says, because he knowvs he plows well, and it is happi ness to his heart to tramp between the plow handles and watch the damp earth turn up from the plow point just at the right depth and in the right way. He has all the pride of a master and an artist in it and is alive, strong, hearty, hopeful and happy. DeLesseps is eighty years old. He dug the Suez canal, riches and decora tions have been heaped upon him by all the kings of Europe and his name was glorified around the world. Now he is going to jail to spend a five years' term for bribery and is overwhelmed with shame and ruin. JamesG. Blaine narrowly missed being president of the United States four times, but he died a young man in years compared to Jack son Brown, but far older in fact-a broken, disappointed, diseased, miser able old man leaving a great reputation and a million dollars behind him. Jim Fisk, the Vanderbilts, Rufus Hatch, Grant, Sherman--scores and hundreds of men in this coun try and in other countries have risen, rolled in riches and died ruined and unhappy and with tarnished names, while Jackson Brown has been tramping cheerily between the plow handles, proud and happy in the proper lining of his furrows and turning of the fresh earth, watching his crops grow and gathering them year by year, meeting trouble when it came with stout and hopeful heart, asking no more than to have his toil rewarded with comnfortablecom petence, doing his duty to his neigh bors and his country and looking the world fear lessly and ~frankly in the face. At seventy-six he steps his ten mileq a day comfortablv, looks around his little do main with'the knowledge that it is all his and all paid for, and has an honest man's honest pride in the work of hon est life. It is not very brilliant, but it is very satisfactory, and if to be happy and to do a man's duty in life, and to go to his grave in comfort and honor be the purpose of life, it looks to us as if Jackson Brown has the best of it compared with the great folks we have spoken of-decidedly the best of it. We are willing to put him up as evi (lence that health, happiness, a modt aid sufficient share of prosperity and comfort, a pleasent life and peaceful death in good repute can be secured on a farm among these rolling red hills of old South Carolina; and that the best life is not by any means that which fig ures constantly in the newspapers. We are likewise willing to put him up with white beard, clear eyes, sturdy frame and all homespun clothes as an object lesson to his fellow farmers-the lesson that go to make the farm yield food and clothes first and cotton for money profit is the secret of successful farm ing. A.0NG THE 400. Gossip About the Women of New York Society. [New York Press.] Mrs. Pelham-Clinton's manners are charmingly affable. Mrs. F. Egerton Webb has a costly necklace of old enamels set in pearls. Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins gives the most enjoyable musicales of any one in town. Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt never takes off her gloves except to sign a check. Mrs. James Barclay and Mrs. Wil liam Osgood have most int;resting collections of Chinsse slippers. - Mrs. Forbes-Leith has a wonderful table cover-cloth of silver-which is used when she gives a tea. Mrs. John Jay Knox has a huge mas tiffthat wears a fine Russian leather col lar with silver edges and clasp. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt is vice president of the Ladies' Missionary Society of St. Bartholomew's Church. Mrs. Whitelaw Reid wears a decora tion-gold and precious stones-pre sented to her by the Sultan of Turkey.. Mrs. Pierpont Morgan has a marve lously gorgeous dress of primrose yel low silk, embroidered in white and gold. Mrs. Lindley H. Chapin has a dia mond necklace that cost $10,000, and which can be worn in a tiara if so de sired. Mrs. W. D. Sloane, with her family, will occupy twelve rooms at the Hotel Richelieu when she visits the World's Fair. A Virot hat, trimmed with "wind mill" bows, ini soft shades of brown, was worn by Mrs. Butler Duncan the ether day on Fifth aven..e. There are few handsomer women in New York than Mrs. Sumner Wise, and but few who entertain so delight fully and are such perfect hostesses. One society belle has a mirror framed in solid gold. One of the prettiest pairs of garter clasps worn in this or any other time belongs to Mrs. Richard P. Lounsbery. They are gold, set with diamonds. Mrs. Leiter, mother of the beautiful Miss Leiter, is tle saleswoman's de light. Particularly was this the case one day when the lady ordered $150 worth of assorted ribbone. Mrs. Paran Stevens uses 1,000 visiting cards during the year. Mrs. Astor never pays less than $25 or a pair of shoes. [They come high, ,iut where's her shoe store?] Spring Noveles for Ladle. Novelties Innumerable greet the shop per this season at every step of her journeyings from shop to ealon, from bazaar to emporium. Never was the variety greater or the materials more beautiful in texture, colorings and de vice. The woolen textiles of to-day, if one cohfine her attention to them alone, have reached such a degree of rich beau ty that it would be an easy matter to de sign an entire outfit, or indeed, a whole trousseau with them. Among other elegant fabrics are grenadine rayee, and mirior, ombre, camaeleon and nacre vel vet to 'ase in combination with hand some silk or wool, tissues. Bengaline ondine is very effective. Eglantine royale is another handsome textile, likewise French taffeta in delicate tin tings, brocaded with Pompadour bou quets in natural colors- The Oriental dyes also are noted in many of these fabrics, the gay mixture catching the eye of the shopper at once. Indeed one would lose her way in his labyrinth of novelties unless she possesses a reliable guide. The McDowell Fashion Jour nals are precisely a sure companion, for they contain the best and the most practical information. "La Mode de Paris" and "Paris Album of Fashion" ere unique in taste and style, and cost $3.50) a year, or 35 cts. a copy. "The Fren ch Dressmaker," $3 per annum, or 30 cents a copy, ought to please every practical dressmaker. They contain beide invaluable lessons on dressmak ing "La Mode," which is intended to find its place in every home, is only $1.50 per annum, or 15 cents a copy. If you do not find them at your news dealer you can be supplied with them by applying directly to M:essrs. A. Mc Dowell & Co., 4 West 14th Street, New York. FURY OF THE STORN KING. A Cyelone Sweeps Up the Mississippi Val ley Leaving Destruction In Its Path. MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 23.-Scat tering reports coming to Memphis from points in West Tennessee and North ern Mississippi indicate that a terrific cyclone whirled up the Mississippi Valley from the southwest this after noon, crushing and sweeping away everything int its path. Telegraph wires in every direction were twisted into tangles, and communication with the storm-swept localities was exceed ingly difficult and unsatisfactory. Trains from the east reaching the city late in the afternoon and evening brought reports of widespread destruc tion. Passengers on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train told of the destruction at Turica, Miss. The Bir mingham train due in Memphis at 5:30 o'elock could not get to Memphis until 8 o'clock, the men being com pelled to chop and remove trees off the track between here and Kelly, which is about fourteen miles from Memphis. The swath of the storm as it crossed the Kansas City, Memphis and Bir mingham road seemed to embrace the territory between Cooperville and Olive Branch. Trainmen on the Kansas City, Memphis and Birmingham rail road report that Kelly, Miss., was wiped off the face of the earth, not a soul being .left to tsll the tale. A special train left memphis for Kelly at D:30 p. m. A special from Tunica, Miss., says: At 3.30 o'clock this afternoon a cyclone struck this town and left wreck and ruin in its wake. The Masonic and Knights of Pythias building is a total wreck. The white Presbyterian church ,nd the Colored Methodist Episcopal ahurch are total wrecks. The court house roof was blown off. The school ror negro children, in which were 150 children, was wrecked and several were badly hurt. A number of other build ings were badly damaged. Well authenticated reports say the town of Tupelo, Miss., the home of Congressman John Allen, was de stroyed by the severe storm to-day. THE STORM IN INDIANA. INDIANAPoLIS, March 23.-A wind storm of remarkable violence visited this city at 8.30 o'clock this eveniag, doing, so far as can be learned, about p100,000 damage and injuring two per sons. The damage was confined to the suburban district northwest. One of the big mills of the Crealine Company was unroofed, and'the roof, in falling, struck Charles Myers, a workman, breaking his leg. The third story of the Indianapolis coffin factory was blown off. Next to the factory is a boarding house owned by Charles Benke, which was unroofed, and Mrs. Benke had her foot crushed. BOwLING GREEN DEVASTATED. LoUISVILLE, Ky., March 23.-It is reported here that a cyclone has devas tated Bowling Green, Ky. All the wires are down to that point, and noth ing definite can be learned concerning the disaster. THE STORM ELSEWHERE. CLEVELAND, Miss., March 23.-A cloud-burst and storm destroyed con sideraqle property in this vicinity to day. No lives lost. A ~VICKSBURG~ ACCOUNT OF THE STOBM. VICKSBURG, MISS., March 24.--Ad diLional cyclone news received from passengers on the midnight train from Memphis is that the storm spent its force between Tunyea and Shaw's Sta tion, which are about seventy miles apart. At Shaw's some stores were blown down and a few citizens were wounded. At Tunyea the Court House was seriously damaged, a church and other buildings were destroyed and a school house full of negro children was blown to pieces, and many children were hurt, hut none were killed. It will be two or three days before the full extent of the disaster is known. LATEST DETAILS rROM KELLY. KELLY, MISSd, March 24.-This morning a more thorough investiga tion was made regarding the damages made by the cyclone yesterday, which showed that matters we're worse than expected. Reports were numerous. Every countryman who came in added horrors to the situation. Kelly itself is only a small place of about thirty houses, of which twelve or fifteen were entirely swept away, and there remains nothing to show that ever a residence was there. The debris was scattered in all directions. As far as can be learned the~re was not a house left standing within a scope of the cyclone, which ranged from a quarter to half a mile in width, south west of Kelly. Trees were blown up by the roots or mover as though a scythe had clipped them. The list of casualties known em braces thirteen negroes injured and one killed. One white chi:d was fatally injured. All sorts of singular freaks oj the storm are reported. The Weight of a Dancer's Outfit. [From the Lond'on Million.] The average weight of a professiona: of a premiere danseuse is as follows : 1 pair of silk tights.............4 5 ballot skirts, including tucks...9 1 pair of slippers................4 1 bodice............................. Total weight of ballot costume..25 ozs A perfect cure! Mr. Edward E Broughton, 140 W. 19th St., New Yorl City, N. Y., says this: "I have use< several bottles of Dr. Bull's Cougi Syrup in my family and find it a per fect cure. .1 cheerfully recommend it.' A NEWBERRY CENTENNIAL. A Suggestion That the Centennial of Judge O'Neall's. Birth be Celebrated-A Very Timely Reminder. [From the Newberry Observer.] It will be one one hundred years on the 10th of next month since Judge John Belton O'Neall was born, and I suggest that some time during April a centennial celebration be held in honor of his birth. Let us see who Judge O'Neall was and if his memory does not deserve a cen ten nial celebration. First, he was a devout Christian and his influence as such was far-reaching. Another has told us that "no man, cer tainly no layman in the Baptist denom ination, nor in any other, has exerted so wide-spread an influence for good." The Soutb Carolina Baptists honored him with the highest office in their gift-the presidency of the Baptist State Convention. Five times was he chosen to fill this responsible position. As a jurist he was made Chief Jus tice of the State, which exalted office placed him at the head of the South Carolina Bar. He was an earnest temperance ad vocate, and probably rose officially higher lin this cause than any other citizen of the State has ever done ; for he was installed as the head of the Sons of Temperance of North America. Four times was Judge O'Neallelected to the Legislature and twice was he chosen the Speaker of that body. We must now allude to him as a writer. His "Annals of Newberry" is a model work of its kind. Another work of his which will do-ibtless be of incalculable aid to the future historian who desires to learn about the old slave days is the "Digest of the Negro Law of South Carolina." His "Bio graphical Sketches of the Bench and Bar of South Carolina" is probably the work by which he is best known as a writer. In compiling this admirable work, he proved himself the Plutarch of the South Carolina judiciary. Such was John Belton O'Neall-a devout Christian, a learned jurist, an eminent temperance advocate, Speaker of the Carolina House of Representa tives and a writer of ability. I will not attempt a full sketch of him, but have hastily noted what appeared to me to be the salient points of his char acter and career. Does not such a man merit a centen nial celebration in honor of his birth ? This question needs no answer. New berry County -would honor herself in honoring Judge O!Neal's memory. A good way to celebrate the centen nial would be to have a basket picnic of the white Sunday schools of New berry County. If- all these Sunday schools could not take part, certainly many of them could. Let the officers of the Newberry Baptist Sunday school be the committee of arrangement, and select some pleasant spot near the town for,the picnic grounds. The centennial exercises could consist of singing those grand old tunes like "Hebron,'' also an address by some prominent gentleman on this subject : "John Belton O'NealI, His Public Career and Private Charac ter." Such a centennial celebration may seem rather unique to your readers, but none of them can say that it will not be a pleasant occasion to the Sunday school teachers and scholars of New berry County ; nor can any one deny that a centennial in honor of Judge O'Neall would bring before the minds of the rising generation a grand char acter for emulation. MCDONALD FC7RMAN. Ramsey P. 0., Sumter County, S. C., March 14th, 1893. O'NEALL CENTENNIAL [Editorial in the Observer.] The Observer concurs most heartily in Mr. Furman's suggestion of a cen tennial celebration of the birth of Judge John Belton O'Neall, and will gladly co-operate with the people of Newberry in any way open to us for making the occasion a success. We agree entirely with Mr. Furman that such a cele bration should be under the auspices of the Baptist church here, and if the suggestion meets the approval of the members of that church we hope they will take the initiative in the matter. We feel sure the other churches and the people generally will join them in any plan of proceeding they may adopt. It is a happy coincidence that the "Annals of Newberry" by Judge 0' Neall is published just in time to con tribute to the commemoration of the centenary of his birth. Death of a Noted Bohemian Oats Kan. [Chicago Daily Inter-Orean.] BArrLE CREEK, Mich., March 17. Jay M. Orcutt, the widely known Michigan Bohemian oats schemer, is dead. Orcutt operated in the country from 1883 to 188.5. The scheme was to sell fifty bushels of seeu oats to fifteen farmers in each township at $10 a bushel, jaking one year 7per cent. notes in payment, the sellers bonding them selves to sell double the quantity of crops at the same figures, keeping 25 per cent. It is estimated that the Bo hemian oat scheme netted $100,000 profit. Orcutt's share being about $25, 000. He was extravagant and spent his money as fast as received. Ayer's Cathartic Pills are known to be the safest, surest, and best piirgative medicine ever offered to the public. They are mild yet certain in their eff'ects, give tone and strength to the stomach, and keep the system in a nrfectly healthy condition AS IT SeULD BE. The Young People Brought the Congrega tion to their Society Meeting at the Pas tor's Residence-Two Facts Proven The Pastor Wears Wen and the Young Not Yet Tired of the Company of the Old. [From the A. P. Presbyterian.] The Young People's Society very often holds its monthly meeting at our house. It is always pleasant to us when they do so. At their meeting this month the exercises were so differ ent and the whole occasion so very pleasant that we ask leave to report the proceedings for the Presbyterian. The Society brought the congrega tion to this meeting and their merry faces betrayed the fact at once that they had arranged to surprise us with "h poundiig"-and they did so perfectly. So much was this the case that' we were considerably confused-for a time. We soon found, however, that we were in the hands of our friends and were most pleasantly entertained for several hours by the older persons while the children and youth to our great gratifi cation made themselves at home in romping and hearty merriment. Our only regret was that they did not come earlier and stay longer. We found that they had left us quite an amount of goods and chattels, and dollars and dollars till they amounted to a pile. The prayer from our hearts and from our family altar was that the Father in heaven would remember and reward each one of those present and also those absent in person but present in their gifts. And we hope that it is no perversion of our gentle Saviour's saying, "Inasmuch as ye -have done this to 6ne of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it to me." We have been with this people along time as pastorates run now. A generous Presbyterian elder who sent us a barrel of flour said, in discussing this feature of the case, "you have been here since '32. We corrected him by saying from time immemorial, for we have really not counted how long it has been. We do know this, though, that through all these years the unwearied kindness and generous thoughtfulness of this people have knit them very closely to our hearts in Christian esteem. In these years we have had our sorrows and our joys and they have always shared them witfi us, and whenever we have been in straits of any kind they have come speedily to our relieL While always thoughtful and generous, there is one feature in their kindness that is iot as common in the -churthes as it migli be. The wife of a pastor has many duties as onerous as anyof his. It is generally the case that she does the economis ing and the stinting and the staying at - home, and he and the children get the outings and whatever good things are going. I am very grateful that my people have- the grace of gallantry. When our Presbytery was to meet at Bartow, last spring, they not only kept up their custom of sending their pastor to the meetings of the church courts but sent his wife that she might enjoy the meeting and the pleasures of a visit to the land of flowers. And during her recent illness their tears and prayers showed unmistakably that they 7 fully shared the torturing anxiety of their pastor about a life so invaluable to him and so precious to them. Such experiences make the pastoral relation next to that of the family. E. P. MCLINToc. March 16, 1893. IS TOM WATsON REPENTAN(T? Indications teat the People's Party Want to surrender in the.south. ATLANTA, Ga., March 22.-In an interview to-day with Thomas E. Winn, the People's party ex-Congress man from the Ninth Georgia district, he said there is room for only two great parties, and if the Democrats carry out in good faith.their platform the Peo ple's party wili give them full credit - and act occordingly. Thomas E. Watson, the most notable Third party leader in Georgia, takes the same position, saying that if the pledges made by the Democratic party in their national platform, on which the party won, are carried out the pea pIe ought to be satisfied. 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