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- - i'";..~--,~- -~ --~.<r: ~ 4 10 lIlly *,~ rnnl NEWBERRY. S. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1902. TWICE A WEEK. $1.50 A YEAR ever mn sneak around er the innocent. art is, that decent people and give credence to such '4 How much nobler would it be would demand of these low '-ing gossips the proof or an ithey fail to give it If two could be made examples theilying tongues tongues could female liar is stalking abroad , but sooner or later she en down." the appearance of these items, ~e,letalked of the matter and night of the 20th a citizens' was had. At that meeting e and resolutions here set unanimously adopted: ameeting of the citizens of of Saluda, S. C., held in of Mr. B. B. Smith, county xw,--on the evening of the 19th Deenber, 1901, the follow and resolutions werp adopted: i the Saluda Sentinel 18th, 1901, two articles e*eoting upon the ladies of of Saluda appeared and it - A articles came from 3H S.' Cunningham, editor r of said paper, and, we consider the state mae in said articles to be and fe.t that same are snd uncalled for: be it resolved by the ofthetown of Saluda, S. C.: ~That a committee of three, - ted by the chairman of wait upon H. S. Cun as soon as convenient and Sohim that in the next issue pper he publish over his sig apology for and retraction wstiles above referred to, -aaid apology and retraction pre~redby said committee. Tht ifthe said K S. fails, neglects or re pe gn and publieh the above and retraction above men that then .and in that event ai committee demand of the ES. Cunningham the name or of the female or females re gwsed to in the next issue of his # r,That the report of said Sthis meeting who shall have - Ispower to call this meeting to gether again if he deems it neces i~~ha.resolutions were signed by 2leiiuans, among them being the two ministers of the town. Messrs. E. C. Turner, J. B. Cole anand J. B. Crawford were ap. paited on the committee and on the Aaaoingmorning they, with Dr. J. V.Pitta, chairman of the citizens' eeting, called on Mr. Cunningham sa~d presented the resolutions. Your correspondent is informed by Dr^. Patte that Mr. Cunningham agreed to publish in the coming issue o f his paper the apology and retrac 1tion -demanded. -On Tuesday night last, just as TIn' B entinel was going to press, Messrs. ~itts, Turner and Coleman having learned that the apology and retrac -tion was not in the paper, again isldon Mr. Cunningham. They dmaded the publication of what hek resolutions called, either the re 'bato and apology, or the name or ~namaes of the female or females re i ferred to. It is said Mfr. CThni, kam agreed to name the Wales, a~ informed the committee that there -are three of them. anatio: The Senti at the publicatio: e referred to in the resc ve have been so miscom to call forth the above pre d resolutions. And, in th of this statement will sa; adies of Saluda, that I hav h a regard and esteem fo as to impute any such charg em. On the other hand, I wa ronted with a rumor, a mere ru jr, so it seems now, that could no -e located by those who told me o the rumor, except that it must hav started from the gossip of women. failed utterly to locate the soure and those who told me of it, informe4 me that they are as ignorant of it source as I am. Therefore my sol reason for writing the squibs, was t, let the designing person or person know that sooner or later their evi report would be run down. "Since the above has been put il type, I have been informed by thre prominent business men of Saluda that they are satisfied in their owi minds that the report did not origin ate from any woman, and we apolo gize to the ladies for anything that have said in the issue of the 18t] that may possibly have been con strued as reflecting upon. them.-B S. Cunningham." After this last call the three gen tlemen left the office of The 6entine and announced that the names o three ladies would appear in the pa per as the females referred to in th locals of the preceding issue. Ever: one was on tiptoe with -anxiety an longing for the paper to be published It was announced that this was t be done Thursday night. But at th appointed time po paper came froin the press. Finally on Friday after noon those interested found in Th Sentinel the resolutions above se out, the apology of the editor an< the following additional: "The readers of the Sentinel wil attribute, no doubt, the delay in get ting out this week's issue to Christ mas. Such is not the case. Thb paper was being issued on time laa Thursday evening when I was inter rupted in my work by Dr. J. W~ Pitts and Messrs. Ed Turner an< Joe Ben Coleman, who demande< that I take out the explanation an< apology I have given and insert in stead, a typewritten apology pre pared by a committee. They for thermore demanded that I put not word of explanation of my own il my defense bearing on the subject I kept cool and tried to reason wit] themi upon the high handed meas ares they were taking. They sait the citizens demanded it, but when called on them to give the names o the citizens, they refused to do s and said that nothing short of pub lishing the retraction and apology a they had written it-or the names c the female or females-would satis fy them; that if I published it asi was I would do so at my peril. "I told them I had carefully frame my explanation in order not to brini to public gaze the name of a moE highly respected lady in Salude whose sole and only purpose in gel ting mixed up in the false rumor wa to put it down as false. "Since thinking the matter over have resolved not to make public th lady's name, especially now thati is conceded that the malicious slan der did not originate among women "So I thought discret!on the bet ter part of valor, and since I coul' not go on peaceably with the publi cation as it was, but would bring o: a clash that may have proven fate to my innocent daughters at wor with me in the office, and as it wa Christmas eve night and a nois; crowd on the streets, I quietly close my office door and took my gir] home. "I have submitted the charges an my reply to two of the best lawyer in the State, and to Gov. MeSweene himself, who say they cannot se why any reasonable minded ma wno : t be satihna. A ithL 'am a law-ab-Ng een have done all that a self-respectin a planation is not satisfactory, thei - there is a redress in the law. "Through justice to those citizeni who did not take part in the citizan meeting, I will state that there ar 50 or more prominent citizens of thi town of Saluda who did not take an; 9 part in that meeting.-H. S. Cun ningham." e Your correspondent called on Dr r Pitts and inquired of that gentlemai e as to the intention of the committei s in the matter. His reply verbatin . was this: t "The committee, in my opinion, wil f call the citizens together again. a feel that this is proper under th [ terms of the resolutions. I have no 9 seen all the members yet but this ii I the opinion of those to whom I hav 3 mentioned the matter." 3 "Let us also say," stated the doe y tor, "that this committee had no idei , of doing any violence to Mr. Cun I ningham when we called on hin Tuesday night. We went to him a I gentlemen and he had no reason t< a believe that any personal injury wai to be done him, or that a clash wouh 1 be had. Individually I have alwayi felt friendly towards Mr. Cunning ham, but I do not think I or the mez [ of the town should permit theii , wives, daughters and sisters to be in sulted by an article in a paper or b any other method. This is a matte: for the citizens of the town alone ani we do not care for the advice or opin ion of any outside lawyers or Gov f McSweeney in regard thereto." "I would like," continued the doc tor, "to make this statement also ir regard to Mr. Cunningham's state ment that 50 prominent people o the town did not take any part ii the meeting held. Two or three di( the inviting and as the meeting wai gotten up hurriedly, we did not havi time to invite all the citizens. 0: those invited all came, except on t gentleman who was sick, and he af terwards sigr -d the resolutions. 0a man alone, a close friend and nex door neighbor to Mr. Cunningham refused to sign the resolutions." TEE CoMMITTEK ENDOBsED.-SALUDA CIT IztENS FAss RESOLUTIONS APPRovING THEIR ACTION. -[Special to The State.) Saluda, S. C., Dec. 31.-Anothe: act in the Cunningham drama wa Splayed last night. About 30 citizeni met in County Treasurer Smith's of fiein response to the call of Dr. J -W. Pitts, chairman of the citizens committee. SIt was stated that the meeting wa 1held for the purpose of hearing thi report of the committee appointed t< wait on Mr. Cunningham. The re port was submitted by Mr. J. B. Cole man. Then Mr. R. L. Ramey offere4 the following resolution: " 'Resolved, by the citizens of th town of Saluda, in meeting assem bled: First, That we endorse the actio1 of Dr. J. W. Pitts, chairman, an< Messrs. E. C. Turner, J. B. Colemai and J. R. Crawford, the committee who waited on H. D. Cunningham. S"Second, That we tender ou thanks to the above named gentle men for the faithful manner in whici they discharged the unpleasant du ties assigned to them, and for thei gallantry in defending the good la I dies of the town from insult and slan s der." t B. W. Crouch, Esq, moved t - amend by striking out all after th -word "gallantry." He stated tha - he was glad he was present at thi former meeting, - "But you left too soon," interrupte< 1 Mr. H. C. White, a brave old Coru 1 federate soldier and good citizer Which remark received loud applausE (Mr. Crouch did not remain at th former meeting to vote on the rest i lutions adopted, and afterward re fused to sign his name thereto.) Judge of Probate W. S. Croue: favored the amendment. s Messrs. B. R. Smith and E. E y Blease opposed it and the latte e moved to table. This motion w~ carried by a votfb of 21 to 5. and tb this resolution: "Renold That we endorse an 1 approve the action of the trustees of Saluda school district in demanding a the resignation of H. S. Cunningham as principal of the Saluda school." a Trustee Foy stated that Mr. Can Sningham's resignation was asked for r and advised because a number of pa - trons had- said they would not send their children to him; that the re signation was not demanded. i Several remarked that they failed ) todistinguished between a "forcible i request" and a "demand," and the resolution was unanimously adopted, I or at least no one voted "No." The meeting then adjourned. There is no excitement this morn ing. It is thought that the matter has ended and will remain so. How ever, the opinion is that all depends on what will be published in The Sentinel of Wednesday. Nearly ev i ery citizen has expressed the hope - that the affair will be hushed now, L and all regret the publication of the i few words that caused the trouble. HOW DAVID WARFIRLD BECAME "THE JEW." From the Autobiographical Sketch in Frank Leslie's Monthly for January. I hit on the idea by chance. Down on the East Side of New York I had seen hundreds of the picturesque Jews, with their beards and queer hats and queerer dialect. It struck me that there was a striking charac ter type that never had been done on the stage. It may seem a strange statement to make, but the fact is I never devoted much time to study ing the Yiddisher in his haunts. That is, it didn't seem like study, for I was simply using the powers of ob servation. I took a mental kodak picture of him, and was enough of a mimic to catch quickly his gestures and mode of speech. Then, with my subject photographed on my mind I familiarized myself with his views of life, put myself as much in his place as I could, and fitted my stories to accord with his nature. Some of the stories were founded on fact, and more were wholly fictitious. Since I first acted the Yiddisher, I have been developing and retouching the picture, until now, though essen tially my original conception, its Spresent state is very different from Sits first. System. 'What is called "a good memory" is probably a natural gift, though s the power of recollecting can no s doubt, be strengthened by practice and effort. It is curious to note - the way in which our minds will - sometimes cling to a store of trash and let slip the things we wish to I rememb>er. Some silly rhime, cas ually heard in the street, will cling a to us for years, while the poetry we - labored to learn and hoped to re member has long been forgotten. 1 Many systems of memories, as the I art of cultivating the memory is 1 called, have been invented, but all ,of them, so far as they pretend to 'assist one in any other way than by r strengthening the power of memo - ry, are quite useless. A laughable 1 story is told of a man who attend - ed a "memory school." r "Hallo, Tom!" said a friend, "I - hear you are attending this memo -, ry school. What do you think of it, anyhow?" 3"Greatest discovery of the age!" B says Tom, enthusiastically. "I tell t you it's a great thing. Why, two 3 months ago I couldn't remember anything a day. Couldn't remem I ber names and dates at all, and -now, since I've taken up this sys -. tem, I can't forget anything. No, ,sir, I really can't." e "Is that so? I must look into the thing myself. What's the teacher's name ?" "Oh' his name's -um-um-um a let me see. 'What is his name? I know it as well as I know my own. L Odd sort of a name, but common r enough too. It's-it's-I had it at s my very tongue's end just now. P T+' something lik'--like--han,'ed ca or nd let pu so0w. I never could remember names, anyhow?" A HEAVY LOSS TO ELECTRIC COMPANY. DAM AT FORTMAN'S SHOALS YIELD TO THE FLOOD. The Damage Is at Least 8100,000-The Loss Also alis Heavily oa Cotton Mills and Other Industries Using Electric Power. [Special to The State] Anderson, Dec. 30.-Part of the dam of the Anderson Water, Light and Power company at Portman shoals on Seneca river ten miles west of the city was washed away last night. The dam was 700 feet long, 44 feet high, 30 feet wide at the base and 8 feet wide at the top. About 150 feet of the dam in the center is gone; it is not thought that the ma sonry is washed away clear to the bed of the river. It is thought that about 10 or 15 feet of the bottom remains, buG it cannot be told yet whether it has been too badly injured to be used in rebuilding. The dam was built by G. 0. Tenny of Spartanburg and had been pro nounced by a number of engineers who had examined it to be sufficient strength and solidity to withstand an emergency volume oi water. The washing away of the dam was a great surprise and it cannot be told yet whether it was due to a defect in the building or not. Seneca river commenced rising very rapidly late Sunday afternoon as a result of the heavy rains of Satur day as was apprehended. The crash came at 11:15 last night and was en tirely without warning it. Is thought by some that a log or raft came down the river at high speed caus ing it to break. The power house containing the dynamos, etc., sets on the east side of the river at the base of the dam. Three of the employee of the company were in the power house when the dam burst, and the water flooded the house with al:.st incredible rapidity and the flowr was soon covered to a depth of 13 feet, submerging all the machjnery. Two of the employee escaped at the door, and the others swam out the window and some distance down the river and landed on the bank. The dyna mos and the other machinery were submerged, but it is not thought they will be seriously damaged. The dam, with the machinery, etc,. represented an investment of $400, 000. It cannot be estimated yet with any degree of accuracy what will be the cost of rebuilding the broken dam, but the cost cannot be less than $60,00to$75,000 or perhaps greater. But the greatest loss, and this can hardly be estimated, will be in the loss of time to the power company and to the cotton mills and other in dustries using electric power. It will be several months before the dam can be rebuilt, and in the mean time many of the wheels of industry in the city must stand idle. The An derson cotton mills, employing 1,300 hands, had the greater part of its machinery driven by electric power. The mills, however, have a 300 horse power engine and dynamo and yes terday decided on running as many looms and spindles as possible both night and day, thus giving continued employment to possibly 600 of em ployes. The others must necessarily remain in ideness or seek emphe y ment elsewhere for the time being. The mill will start up about 500 looms and about 17,000 spindles to morrow. The Orr cotton mills, em ploying about 500 hands, used elec tric power exclusively and this mill is necessarily closed down in all de partments. It may be decided to in stall an engine but this has not been settled yet, and even if this is done it wll take time to get it in place. Un til then the employes must remain idle. The Riverside mill and the Cox yarn mill use steam power and are not affected. The Cox mill has rcently installed machinery to double its capacity, and was to use electric power for the new machinery. One of the planing mills, the roller and :h&r small-r: oncerns -~ tec Itrio power. These will have to make temporary arrangements by using etam npower. This afternoon a conference of nearly all of the business men of the city was held in the office of the power company and the situation was carefully gone over. It cannot be denied that the city of Anderson has received a severe blow, but the peo ple are hopeful and determined to make the best of the situation. Sev eral experts from different parts of the country have been telegraphed for to come and look over the situa Lion and advise what is best to be done. The exact extent of the damage can not be told until the water in the river subsides, probably tomorrow or the day after. it is thought that possibly a coffer dam can be put in until the large dam can be rebuilt, nd by this means secure sufficient power to run the best part of the machinery in both mills. If this can be done it will take at least six weeks' ime. The sudden rise of Seneca river was wholly unexpected. There had been heavy rains here, but not 3uch as to cause apprehension. It is thought that there must have been evere rains in foothills of the moun tains, or else there was snow in the mountains which were melted by the rain and the warm weather the last day or two. Earle's bridge which stood several hundred yards below the dam, was swept away by the immense volume of water. The bridge, which was of iron, was built several years ago and ost $5,500. So far no other dam age has been reported in other sec tions of the country by the high wa .er. The Water, Light and Power coin pany also furnishes the electric lights for the city. These are, of course, not running tonight and the streets are in darkness. The business houses and residences are using ker sene lamps and candles. The com pany, however, hopes to install an engine in a few days which will gen erate sufficient electricity to run the Lre and incandescent lamps. The water supply is not effected, as the pumps are run by steam. Business men here request the statement that while the city has received a blow the people are not disheartened. Ar rangements will be made here for the cotton mill's operatives who are tem porarily thrown out of employment, and the broken dam will be repaired just as speedily as possible. There i a general air of cheerfulness and determination to make the best of the situation. The two Armies. By HENRY TIMROD. Two armies stand enrolled beneath The banLer with the starry wreath; One, facing battle, blight and blast) Through twice a hundred fields has passed: Its deeds against a ru.ffian foe. Stream, valley hill and mountain know, Till every wind that sweeps the land Goes glory-laden from the strand. The other, with a narrow scope. Yet led by not less grand a hope, Hath won, perhaps, as proud a place, And wears its fame with meeker grace. Wives march beneath its glittering sign, Fond mothers swell the lovely line; And many a sweetheart hides her blush In the young patriot's generous flush. No breeze of battle ever fanned The colors of that tender band; Its office is beside the bed, Where throbs some sick or wounded head. It does not court the soldier's tomb, But plies the needle and the loom; And, by a thousand peaceful deeds, Supplies a struggling nation's needs. Nor is that armys gentle might, Unfelt amid the deadly fight; It nerves the sor.'s, the husband's hand, It points the lover's fearless brand; It thrills the languid, warms the cold, Gives even new courage to the bold; And sometimes lifts the veriest clod To its own lofty trust in God. When heaven shall blow the trump cf peace, And bid the weary warfare eease, Teir several missions nobly done, The triumph grasped, and freedom won, Both armies from their toils at rest, Alike may claim the victor's crest, But each shall see its dearest prize Gleam softly from the other's eyes. The above very beautiful old war poem went the round of the south ern press in the early sixties. I reproduce it because it has gone out *..iterature of the war be tween the states. Henry Timrod was one of the best of the war-time oet.-.ournal. IN T TEAIR AMOUNTING ROUNDLY TO ONE BUN DRED MILLION DOLLARS. - In Exces of Expenditurea-The Available Cash on Hand ti About $30,000,000 More Than a lear Ago. Washington, Dec. 31.-"The treas ury is in a condition of unexampled strength," said Secretary Gage to day when asked to briefly review tLe treasury situation at the close of the year. "Only a month ago in my annual report to congress I reviewed these conditions. The figures for the last month have made but little change. For the calendar year we show re ceipts in excess of the ordinary ex penditures amounting roundly to one hundred million dollars. Such an excess might have resulted in serious embarrassment had not the depart ment been able by rr.eans of this sur plus to reduce the public' debt in large amounts. Since April 1 last the treasury has redeemed and can celled United States bonds to the par value of $58,714,700 which have been applied to the sinking fund and the disbursement resulting therefrom was $72,225,845. The available cash on hand is therefore about $30,000, 000 larger than the amount a year ago. "Comparing the situation as it is today with April 1st. 1897, the re sult is most gratifying. On the lat-, ter day the treasury held money of all kinds to the amount of $250,873, 000, including $100,000,000 as a gold reserve, leaving, therefore, $150 000,000 as a cash balance. Today in money of all kinds the treasury holds $296,659,000, and if we deduct the $150,000,000 now held -s a gold reserve the balance stands at $146, 000,000 or $4,000,000 less than it was April 1, 1897. It will be seev, therefore, that substantial equili brium'has been maintained. There has been a very material in crease in the money in circulation since March 1, 1897, awell asin the amount per capita. The volume of money on that date, outside the treasury was $1,675,894,953 and the amount per capita was $23.14. "On the first of December the amount of money outside the tress-. ury was $2,250,256,230 and the amount per capita was $28.73. The increase in amount, therefore was $574,581,277 and the increase per capita was $5 59. "The amount of gold coin and gold certificates in circulation in creased from $553,860,515 on March 1, 1897, to $914,300,089 on Dec. 1, 1901. Every other kind of money in circulation is greater in amount now than it was on March 1, 1897, with the single exception of the treasury notes of the act of July 14, 1890. The amount of these in cir culation, Dec. 1, 1901, was only $40,012,622 as against $85,546,621 on March 1, 1897. . This reduction in volume grows out of the natural operation of the act of July 14, 1890, and the aet of March 14, 1990. The increase in the amount of na tional bank notes in circulation dur ing the period in question was $132,731. This increase is mainly attributable to the act of March 12, 1900." The Ivory City. The exposition buildings and grounds proper at Charleston, have been dubbed "The Ivory City," because of the peculiar blend of col ors used in the ornamentation. There will be many visitorsto witness the beautiful effect the sun's rswill produce upon the exterior of tnese buildings, by day, and be hold the magnificence made -' ibe by electricity at night. This, and all other cities made man, pale into insignificance compared to "The city that h need of the sun, neitther of moon, to shine in it ; for the g of God did lighten-it." When a man borrows m man who lends it to him bo enmity.