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."TABnLISHED 1 . NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 7,1898. -TWICE A WEEK GENo "JOHNSON HAGOODS DX&TH1 OF TH1E EMIM.CINT SOUT 1 VUOLINIAN. An Honorable Career-8ucefsful Farmer, Drave Confedirato Commander, Wliso Oblet Eroutive and .High-Toned Gentleman. General Johnson Hagood died at his. home in Barnwell, S. C., Tues day afternoon, at 1 o'clock. Gen. - Hagood was born in Barn well County, February 21, 1829. His early education was received at the Richmond Academy in Augusta, and at the age of sixteen he entered the Citadel, where he graduated in 1847 with the highest honors of his class. Hestudied law and was ad mitted . to the bar in 1850. In 1851 be was elected commissioner of equity for Barnwell county, which office he held until 1861 when he re signed to enter the Confederate army. He was elected colonel of the First South Carolina volunteers and took part in the bombardment of Fort Sumter. He was promoted to a brigadier generalship in 1802. At the termination of the war he returned to the active supervision of his planting interests. In 1871 he was elected a delegate to the tax payers convention. In 1870 he was nominated for comptroller general, on the ticket with Hampton, and he contributed largely to the. great political vic tory which freed the State from radical rule. During the time of the Ellenton riots lie was appointed by the repubican Judge Wiggins in charge of a possee to repel the dis turbance. In May, 1877, he for mally took possession of the office o! comptroller general and applied him self to thoroughly organizing and systematizing the department. He was re-elected in 1878 and continued in office two more years, when he was elected Governor. His 'idniinistration as 4overnor was a success and notwithstanding the efforts of friends to induce him to accept a second term, he resolutely refused. Since then he has not taken an active part in politics. As a citizen, he has done his duty to his country and party. His atten tion has been given chiefly to agricul tural pursuits and the development of enterprises in Barnwell. He took great interest in education, and at the time of his death was chair man of the board of visitors of the Citadel. In 1854 he married Eloise, daugh ter of Judge A. P. Butler, and he has one son; Mr. Butler Hagood. CALENDAR FREE. THlE ATLANTA (OA.) JOUItNAL--DAILY AND WEEKLY. I)any S5 a Year--Weekly 50 Cents a Year. The Weekly Journal is a large paper, containing ten papes of seven columns each. It is filled with the LATEsT NEWA of the day, both domestic and foreign. Owning its own leased telegraphic wires, which are used for no other purpose but to bring the latest newvs to its editorial rooms, The Journal is prepared to get all the news up to the latest moment. In addition to the news, it contains more special features than any other southern weekly. Among other things it-has a weekly letter or ser mnon from Rev. Sam Jones, a contri bution from Hon. John Temple Graves, letters of travel, biographies of distinguished men, and many other attractive features. The Weekly Journal is beautiful ly illustrated by its own artist. In fact neither energy nor money is spared to make it the GItEAT SOUTH Eaxl WEEI.Y. oALENDAR FEE. And the price is only Fifty cents a year. To every subscriber send ing fifty cents for a year's subscrip tion and a two-cent postage stamp extra (to pay postage) a beautiful lithographed calendar for 1898 will be sent free. Specimen copies free. Address THE JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. NEOI EMIOitATI6N. View- of Ilishop Turntr, ani Euthuulast oi the Subject--Africa the Natural Home of the Itaco-Perpetual Enslaveinent of thoa who Rnittin Here. Whites Itign Suprente. (From the Washiigton Star.) Bishop Henry M. Turner, -o Georgia, who is one of the bost known and most highly educated negro ministers in. the United States was in Washington a fow days thik week, and gave the Evening Star the following interview touching th( emigration of negroes to Africa, it which ipovement the Bishop is the recognized head, and with which he has been identified for a number o: years. Bishop Turner ig an nnthu siast on the emigration question, ani does not hesitate to say that it is only a question of oxtormination or emigration for the negro. He has given the question years of study, and has been censured and abused by both the white and colorei races, but this has not caused him to depart one iota from his beliefs and purposes regarding African emigra. tion. Replying to a question Bishop Turner said: "Some of you gentlemen of th< press have seon fit to give mot at occasional roasting, but I am pleased to say that in most instances th( press has boon ready to give my fol lowers and mysolf .ustico. We havc done nothing in this matter excepi in an open and straightforward man nor, ad we have kept no one in the dark about anything concerned wit the movement. It has boon our aiu to give it the widest publicity possi ble, and I am even willing that I should be caricaturod and lam basted by the pross if by so doing i will aid in any way in spreading the truths of our mission aud our work THE NEOnO's NATURAL HOMM. "I think the future of the negr< race lies in Africa, his natural home and the richest country on earth Africa is the negro's fathorland, and the sooner he goes the better fo: him. This movement is far-ronch ing, and will chango the entire his tory of our race. It has simply comi down to exterminatiou or emigratioi for the negro. Any intelligent mat who has given the matter conside ration realizes that. Why is it sol Simply from tho fact that statisticE show that the negro race is dying out. It is not growing healthier happier, wiser or anything els( which goes to make life worth living. "God Almighty, in His infinit< goodness and wisdom, made Africt for the negro and1 the negro fo: A frica. I bolievo this just as muel as I do that the sun shines. If ] had $5,000,000 1 woulid invest over3 cent in ships, and would see thai every negro who wishedl to go t< Africa got there. I believe I an needed here, but the very moment: can get fifty thousand or one hun dred thousand negroes to go witi me, I am off like a quarter-horse, an( I wvill think it the best dlay's wvorkj ever accomplished." wUITEs wIL.L ALwAYS IRION. "Yes, but the negro race can nove: be more than howers of wood ani drawers of water hero. The gian: race-the wvhite race--w ill al1wayt reign supreme in America. Johr Temple Graves, a gentleman fo] whom I have the highest regard aait in one of his speeches that the negr< would never be allowved to control ir this country, even where lhe has n majority. Mr. Graves also said thai the price of the negro's peace wat his subordination. "T'his being true, how can th< negro ever hope to attain here th( full stature of a citizen or a man 1 Intnlligent negroes wvell knowv thai Mr. Graves has nmot uttered thest truths from personal prejudice, fom he has plead the negro's cause a~ but few men in the South have. "And what does the great states. man, Senator Morgan, of Alabama, say P lie says the negro will nevm receive social recognition bere, and that the negro had better be a slav< than a free man without social recognition, if lie expects to remain in this country" 'Has the African emigration move. went met with the approval of a ma jority of the negro race?" "No, indeed, but, on the cont- a-y, a lot of ignorant negroes have op posed it from its very inception. They prate about the sickness of Africa and miany ohter things of which they are in denso ignorance. The thoughtful and intelligent of the white race ondorso the emigration policy, and it will yet prove a suc coss and of untold blessings to the negro race. MAY BE HIE-1NsLAVED. "There is some chance, too, of the negro being ro enslaved if he prefers to say that this kind of talk comes from a disordered brain, bat that kind of sfuff does not annoy me in the least. "Africa is one of the very richest countries on earth, and with a line of steamers owned and controlled by negroes, jr1ing botween that great country and th(j United States, the negro would soon grow rich and prosperouR by selling to the whites of this country minerals, precious ores, gems, ivory, and a thousand things wbich are found in abundance in that rich land, and which would fetch good prices hero. I believe that the press of this country would be doing incalculablo benefit to hi. manity by giving this African emi gration policy caroful study and then giving the facts as wide publicity as possible." "Is the movement growing sat isfactorily ?" "Of course, with others, I am naturally somowhat impatient, but I can say that everything presents an encouraging look. The move ment is one of vast magnitude and cannot be carried through in a hurry. It will be a glorious day whon the first steamers sail for that land, which will be one of peace and plenty, and which/vas intended as tho home for the negro race." COAST LINE'S '8oo0r. 11no More Mileage Than Any Other Road. The purchase of the Oharleston and Western Carolina by the Coast. Line is the sensation in railroad cir cles. The negot-iaticns wore evi dontly conducted with the greatest secrecy. Chairman Evans of the railroad commission, who was in the city yesteriday, expressed the great est surprise, and said 'that he had not oven suspected such a thing. By the purchase, the Coast Line becomes the largest railroad in the stato at least as far as mileage is con cor-ned. It owns about half the mile age in the state, its total trackage being somewhat over eight hundred miles. The0 Southern heretofore owned the greatest mileage, the amount being about five hundred. The Charleston and Western Caro linai has about twvo hundred and fort.y-oight miles of track. In con nection with the purchase, the fol lowing in reference to the business of the road will be read with interest, it being taken from tho Augusta Chronicle: Discussing passonger earnings, it is pertinent to remark that there is one road runnmng into Angusta that has every renson to be gratified at the result of the business of .1897 in the passenger department. General Manager- W. J. Craig, of the Char leston, and Western Carolina re marked yesterday to a Chronicle re porter that his system had shown a steady increase for the p)ast year, the average increase for every month being one thousand dollars. Trol)e is no railroad property in the south that has showni such (de cidod improvement in uall depart ments as has the Charleston and Weostern Carolina. After his talk with Mr. Craig the reporter happened later in the day to be in a group of railroad men and they wore discussing the long dis tance telephone feature above men tioned1. He cited the case of the Charleston and Western Carolina passenger earning for the year, when one of the railroadlers remarked: "Now that is one of the finest rail. way system, in the country." "Yes; if it had a direct western connection," another said. "It doesn't need any western con neetionI," the first speaker rep)lied. "Its local business is the very boat." --Rgister, Jan. L. HARD ON MR. HANNA DEEATED IN ?ELIMIINAILY SKIlt MISil1 FOR 01110 SENATO4sil1P. The Cotn,lMe Agaiest, the tepubiucan Boss Capture s the Organiratiots of the Legis lature-A Hot Thno. Columbus, 0, Jan. 8.-The sena. torial contest in the Ohio legislaturo has becomo desporate. The combino of 10 anti-Hanm repuhlieans with the democratic members won at the caucuses last Saturday night and again today in organizing both branches of the legislature in the interest of the "combine," opposition to the ro election of Sonator Hanna. There are two dates for tests of strength-the joint senatorial cau cuses next Wednesday night and the joint balloting for senator one week from next Wednesday, January 12. With the complications of the logis. lativo organization and its patronage disposed of, the Hanna men tonight. began a most desperate fight on the senatorship. The Hanna men deny that they will form a coalition with Calvin S. Brice,- a gold democrat, for senator, rather than be beaten by a free silver republican, or that they will do any thing else but fight it out if it takes all winter. While they are not able to give a list long enough to elect, they claim that Hanna is stronger than Boxwoll and the other regular re publ-can candidates in the organiza tion of the legislature, and that the opposition has not enough votes to elect a senator. The Hanna men concedo that they have lost the power of the organiza tion of both branches, can name no chairman, place no members in do sirable positions on any of the comi mittees or disposo of any other state patronage, but they have carried the war into the homo counties of the bolting republican membors and ex pect the necessary changes before next Wednosday night. The developments of last Saturday night and today have caused the Hanna men to admit they were out done in the preliminary organization for this contest aind that they under estimated the opposition, especially the extent of it since the November elect ion. DEMoCaATIC ACTIVITY. While ex-Chairman Kurtz was thought to have been organizing against Senator Hanna ever since the republican state convention at Toleto, yet the participation of Gov ernor Bushnell and others had not been fully anticipated. The demo cratic state headquarters have been kept in operation by John R1. McLean and others ever since the Novomn ber election, ostensibly to prepare a grand free silver carnival here on Jackson day, January 8. It now transp)ires that the demo cratic state headquarters were kept open to get all the democratic mem born in line for what took place to day and for the defeat of Hlanna. Meantime Mr. Krutz was marshalling overy possible republican in ine against Hlanna and communicating with the committee en arrangemients for Jackson day. When this fact was no longer concealed tonight by the opposition, thlere wvere more republi cans openly complaining against Senator Hanna's managers. Sena tor Hanna did niot arrive here till last Friday evening, arnd wvas in WVashington till tho hioliluy recess. He heard comp)laints about his own absence and about under- estimating the organization of thle op)position in a very good natured manner and1 inpisted that lhe would yet wvin out. sUPER[OR ORtoAN1ZATrION. T1hie superior or.ganiizationi of tile opposition was shown in the conibine soecuring today nearly all of tihe doubtful votes. TIhe oppo.sit ion has had an army of wvorkers here for a week, who hamve kept close to eachl one of the doubtful republicans. The opposition marched to the state house in line like troops and worked for weeks like soldiers under orders. They had been dlomlg picet duty, s'.irmishing and walking guard lines, and they had their t.riumplhal march in tha most unusual matter, because of the confidnce in their organization. The wives and daugh tors of the managers o! I he "combino" secured choice seats in advance in the legislative halls, awaiting the arrival of the anti-H1annaists and the most elaborate floral dosigns were on hand for the occasic.n. The feeling of the republican members who voted for their caucus nominees is openly expressed against.GovernorBushnell more than against Mr. Kurtz or othor republi cans who combinud with the domo crats. The State Jo,--nid, the republican organ of Central Ohio, prints a large picture of Governor Bushnell, with heavy black borders. Some republi can clubs have cancelled their on gagement, of quarters here for Whe inauguration exercises next Monday, and many protests aro being recoived at the state house. Col. T. W. Moore of Marietta, another afpoin tee of Governor Bushnell, today re signed as trustee of the state insane asylum at Athens. FEELING OF REvExGE. The feeling of revenge was shown oven in the routine legislative pro ceedings. Representative Brambloy, of Cleveland, introduced a bill to ro peal tho fifty year franchise law for stroot railways, in which Senator Hanna is largely interestod. Brain ley is a contractor who has large contracts under the municipal ad ministration of Mayor MeKisson and other members from Cleveland, who are supporting Hanna, are said to have measures ready for changes and investigations at Cleveland that would affect Brambloy. Representativo Jones of Stark county, a republican who is opposing Hanna, has been frequently rominded that the county convention that nom inated him adopted strong resolutions instructing him to support Hanna. Mr. Jones was chairman of the com n,ittoo on re-olutions in that county convention and declared himself then for Hanna. To-day Mr. Jones offered a very strong Cuban resolution, that is in conflict with Senator Hanna's vote on the Cuban question in Ihe senate. Representative Scott, of Fulton county, who voted with "the con bino" to-day and who is opposing Senator Hanna, was also instructed by resolutions at the county conven tion. BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT. Both sides are spending the night in close conferences. All the changes that are being sought are anticipated from repor ts. It is conceded that Senator Burke, one of the republi can senators from Cleveland, wvho has not yet appeared, will bo hero to vote againstEHanna. His attorney today presented his certificate of election to Lieutenant Clovernor Jones just before the senate convented. The sonato will cast 17 votes for Hlanna and 19 against him. If Hanna is no stronger in the house than the Boxwell ticket was today wvhon I3ox well received 53 votes andl Mason 5(1 for speaker, then Senator Hanna would have only 70 votes on joint ballot, and 73 are necessary to elect. Notwithstanding the results of the organizations of both housea, both sides seem equally confident in claiming the senatorship on joint ballot. 'rho senate stands I8 dlemocrats and 18 republicans. With party lines drawn in thE senate, Lieutenant Gov. Jones r-epubl icani, would have had the tio vote to cast, and( lhe had been considered as opposed to Hanna. The houso stands (12 roepublicans andI 47 demnocrats, the former in cluding four fusionists from Cin. cinnati. Johnson's Chill and Fever Cures Fever In One Dnv. THE SAGE OF ENOREE GIVEs MOUND ADVICE TO SOUTHEIRN PL,ANTE114. A tipo Uxperiouce-Pianit All that is Conn um1ted--Whenl Crop Is Made, Neil It. Don't Wait for Higher 'rices. To the Editor of The Register: The father of the writer devoted his life to agriculture. Io made fifty-five crops. Io mado every thing on the plantation consumed on it that it was posFiblo to make. Ie made all the grain and mont, con sumod on the plantation and always had some to soll. Ie had a flock of shoop that yielded enough wool for the clothes of all his slaves, whieh woro homo-mado. The shoes of all the slaves wore made on the plantation. He always bought hats and caps for the mon and boys. Tho writer know him to haul his cotton to Charleston, 80 miles, in 1843, and soll it at 4 conts por pound. Ie was a successful planter. His plan tation was solf supporting, and that was his socrot of success. Tho writor has made forty-five crops. He has never failed to make somo monoy each year. He grows as near as he can what is consumed on his plantation. Ho does all his busi ness for cash. He has no outstand ing obligat.ions and is on no ono's paper as security. Standing security has wreckod more men than any one other thing. Avoid it as you would poison. Be just to all alike and true to thyself. If the farmers of the south would be prosperous and happy, lot each one strive first, to make all On tho farm they can that is consumod on it and some to sparo. After that, plant all the cotton possible and make every pound possiblo. This is the determination of the writer. When he started life, his fathor gave him the following advico: "Always plant fur dry weather. Give good distanco. Never phow the ground when it is too wet. Nover stop plows becauso of dry weather. When you have everything roady for market, sell it. Never- hold for higher prices." I havo done this for fifty years, and have beaten all who hold for higher prices. ELLI.o S. KNrr. Enoree Plantation, Jan. 1. WIN'HiPtoI PURE WATER. Frof. Clark of Masachusettm Also F4rinds It All light. Prof. Moses, the acting president of Wiuthrop college has trauismitted to Gover-nor Ellorboe tihe copy of another expoert rep)ort Oin the water in use at the college. When a sami pIe was sent on to Prof. Stokes of JTohns Hopkins another samnple was sont to Prof. H. W. Clark of the Massachusetts board of health. Horc is his repor-t: Lawrence, Mass., Dec. 31, 1897. Sanitary analysis of water from WVinthrop Normal college, Rlock Hill, S. C. (Parts peor 100,000.) Sediment............. Verysalight Turbidity............. None Odor................None Color................020) Total sohdl (1.. .. .. .. .. 14.9000 F"rno ammonia .. .. .. ....0)10 Albuminoid ammonia. .0028 Chlorine.. .. .. .. .. . ...2000) Nitrogenas nitrates....0140) Nitrogenas nitrites .. .. .0000 Oxygen consumed..... .1400) Hardness.... .. ......500 Bacteria por cub)ie coniti. moter..............None 'IH. W. CLAnK. The letter to Prof. Moses was as follows: Dear Sir: 1 enclose the result of the analysis of the water r-eceived from you ])ec. 27. 'The analysis shows tihe water to be0 of goodl quatl ity', safe and snitable for all (10m11s tic purposes. The entire abusenco~ of bacterial life is remarkable andI quite unusual, bult, non1o hiavo'yt grown on our culture plato. No tests mnade for poisonous mot als. Respect fullyv, H. WV. CLAnKo, (Ji ~tluutao Cough (' roe ur-'a quicklky. MEETS IN COLUMBIA EARLY IN FEBRUARY. FACTS AnOUT T111H COMING STATE Y. M. C. A CONVENTION. Law Raitlroad iates Secured-Som of the Prominent Prekers Who Winl be Pre Sent--F.xcellnot Programntue 1so Been Arranged. The 21st annual State conveti. of the Young Men's Christian Asso ciation of South Carolina will bo held at Columbia, Feb. 10.13. Tho Stato coinmitLoo hus boon for some timo giving careful thought and hard work for the preparation of this con veition antd they now havo one of th strongest programmes arranged that has over boon given at any form. or convention. Mr. Georgo A. Warburton, for niany years the elicient gonoral sec rotary of the Grand Contral railroad departmont in Now York city, will be present. Mr. Warburton is one of the most cultured and oficient secretaries now in association work. Mr. 1-. P. Anderson, field secretary of the international committeo, who has boon connected with the work for the last eight years, will also havo a prominent place on the pro grammo. One of the collogo sc.o taT ios of the international committee will be present an( assist in the work of the college dolegation. Prominent business and professional mon all over the State have tccopted places on the programme. Reduce(d railroad rates have boon soeured from all points in the State . The rate secured over the Stato is tho usual one and onethird first class fare. Reduced rates have boon secured at the hotels in Columbia. The now Columbia hotel will be the headquarters for all desiring to on tertain themselves, although tho cit. izens of Columbia will ottertain in their homes all dologates who so desiro it. Considorablo time will be given to the discussion of the work in the collego associations as that is a very powerful featuro in the work of t.e Young Men's Christian Associations of South Carolina. Tho collogo men are now wvorking for a diologation of 100 1men fromi the difrorent institiu tions and it his hoped that they will bo successful .in bringing them. Christian young men all over the State, whothor meinbors of the Young Mon's Christian Association or not aro invited to attond this gatirwing, that they may there so he great work being done for t.he young mieni of South Carol ina anid learn morro of the methods being used. hei pasters or the dlifferont evan gelical churches are also cordially invited to be present. Any desiring information about the convention should wvritoe, either to Mr. James Dillingham or Stato Soc rotary WV. M. Lewis, Charleston, S. C. Aphorims Kindness out of season destroys author ity. -Sandi. It is never wise to slip the bands of discipline.-Lew Wallace. Age is a matter or fooling, not of years-George William Curtis. God alone canI bind up a bleoding hoart.-Joseph Rtoux. Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself; you will never err if yon listen to your own suggestions. -Cicero. TVhe firmest frieondshmips have been formed in mutual adlversity, as iron is t he more strongly unmited1 by the fiercost flamo.-Colton. TJhoro is a healt.hful hardiness about real dignit.y that never dreads contact and communionu with others, however huiumbl)I.-Washinmgton Irv ing. Other blessings. may be taken awvay, but if we havo acqluired a good friend b)y goodness, we have a bless. ing which improves in value when others fail. it is oven heightened b)y su fferings.-Chmanning. .J. A 1'.rkins, ofAn,t'1uity, o , wna~ for thirity ye-ars a.oettIEaSEy torinc, il bay phiyHicOiLs for the cure of a'czen,ii lie wias qiui(kly curr-l l-y using DOwitt's wVitchi lije dalve t ii a10 mOnatlbu(r uvn tar nua..~ a..d *kri. .nio