Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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? JILL ARP ON SPRING ? ? - Pleasant Days Seem to Arouse the Philosopher. AND HE GOES INTO POETKV The Sage of Bartow Finds Pleasant Thoughts When the Sun Shines Again. tHow inspiring is the earliest breath spring when nature like a blushi .,; wai'i is puttiDg on her pantalets and preparing to bang her silken heir. What harmonious feelings spring up in one's bosom and gush forth to all mankind. A balmy day fills all the chambers of the soul with music tha: is not heard and poet!7 that is not expressed!. Spring is uniociuug uk flowers. I see sweet viole's peeping from their leafy beds and jonquilis lifting their yellow beils to catch :h 1 sunshine. What c rebuke to man is the innocence and b?.au:y of the flowers?what a contrast .0 cruelty and strife and selfishness. The love cf flowers is refining and draws a mm nearer to woman and *o heaven, and it is safe to say whatever a woman loves, a man had better love, or try to. Flowers, music and 'birds are given for our happiness. They are the extras of crea/'on designed for our special pleasure Providence weuld have withheld ilum if He had not loved us. Or He might have given us only the sowling of the winds for music and buzzards for birds and dogf.-nnel for flowers. The love of flowers is clase akin to tho love of children. Madam DeStnel said that music wa the only thing upon the earth that vrwould find in heaven, for it was common to angels ami to man. but she iident know. If there are beautifui tensions and golden streets and gatc'j tf pearl a-n-d trees whose leaves are for the healingo f then ations. why no: flowers Spencer in his "Farie Queen' says: "And is there care in heaves and love in heavenly spirits for the fowers?" Wadsworrhi says: ' It is my faith that every flower that blooms Enjoys the air it breathes." ?. o n-1 nnrAfin^tl 3 l ne more imvunui? ??a uu. ? man is the less he care> for flowersand music and birds. Cowper says he would not number on his list of friends the man who would uselessly tread upon a worm. Shakespeare says the man who has no music in his soul is fit for treason. strategems and spoils. Some years ago I was trying to sell a cottage home to a rough man who wanted .0 buy. and I pointed out the beautiful roses that adorned the front yard. H-1 turned away carelessly and said: "I don't earo anything about them sorl oi things. If I buy your house you no'edent add ary cent for blossom-." The po t says. "The nuniD:est nuwer that blooms gives thought too deep for tears." But there are folks who care no more for a beautiful flowe/ than for an ugly weed. "A Primrcs? by the river's brim A yellow primrose was to him. And it was nothing more." The ports in ail ages have paid tribute to the flowers. One of the most beautiful poems e\er writtm Is the "Ode to the Flowers." by Horace Smith. It is among the classics ol old England. "Your voiceless lip> are living preaca ere. Each cup a puilplt an<l each loaf a took. ? ? "Floral apostles that in dewy splendor 'Weep without woe and blush without a crime." Mrs. Hemans says: *"fbe flowers whisper the ail fostering love That clothed them into beauty." Ivongfellow says: "They teach us by persuasive reasons How akin they are to human things. * ? v-v?c r-"i'nc resurre.-< Lii. I ' "4 u?. . tier. of the hrigh: and berte: land." Di:t Mrs. licr.ar.s sir.gs the mo.-i fascine..i;g sorgs io ll.wers?who: she tires of ether * ibjtats she take; on flowers: >Jring f.:-wc i ?fresh flowers for tin ividc to w-ear. They x\ re lo:n to blush in her shining hair. 4 Bring Co-we.-s?pale flowers o'er th( | ier 'to shed. A crown fdr the i./ow of the earl> dead. * "Bring flowers to the shrinew here w< "kneel in prayer, Tfcoy aiv nature's offering?their placi is there. * 4 ? * ? "Bring flowers to th> eaptive's lone': yell. Thw have ialco of the jovons wood! ' to t'Jl." Sha-'tespcaro had a great heart fo: fio*ven?. ard he knew them lika a bat Th.re is not a etintnon c . familiar one that he dees not bring to , pleasant use in some of hLa plays. How IJ pathetically he lameuts the death of Imogen: _ fi i A\ I'll THlIPtt HOWers 1 u awc;iru iu? sad grave. Thr.ii shalt not lack the flowers that's like thy face. . Pale primrose?nor ill" atur'd harebfil 1 like thy veins?nor the leaf of t eglantine That ortsweetened not ihy breath." ^ [ There was a long time ago a ballad .Vacnt two lovers for whom two flowers were named. Margant ana Sw< v n Wiiliara. We have margarets among P the fiowfrs now. ar..l sweet William.- v are very common. What became A ^ the lovers is quaintly told In the old- ci ; time verses: n t; "Margaret was buried in the lower 1 chancel. v And William in the higher: 1 Out of her breast there sprang a rose " bush. And out of his a brier. They grew till they grew to the ? courco iuji. I And then they could grow no hg.-'U" ' ' And there they tied a true lovers' kn.:t | ' Which mad? all people admire." i t I l4 As stern and solemn c? was Moses the lawgiver, he was not unmindful c*' . the beauty of flowers, for when Ik, j t planned the first sanctuary tha: wa;;f set up in the wilderness he direv" i | that his cunning workmen shouiJ ; ? 1 ornament the golden candlesticks j 5' with carvings of flowers?open flow- I , trs. When Solomon d signed liis a magnificent temple the molten brass li ; was ornamented with representations | b i of flowers, and so was the cedar carv J 1< with figures of open flowers. The Bible \ e i makes mention cf flowers, but not by e name, except the lily aTvn the ros^- I "I am the ro-:e of Sharon and the liiv c of the valley." "Consider ihe lilies h :\x c they grow. They toil not?neither do 1< i they spin; but Solomon in all fit; r [ glory was not arrayed, like one cf a i these.". I f( I notice in a late New York paper v ! that the culture ar.d sale of flowers j c > i has largely inrre.os d in that city; n . that forty year? a; o the sale amoun*- t , cd to only sixty thousand dollars a ; year, and that for the year just passed c the sale of roses alone was nearly six j ^ million-. an I that it was not uncom- : y mon for a millionaire to sp=n.1 ten j c thousand dollars for flowers for a j & single enter:<luaaent. This is a grol | p sign, ar.d may be help to save So.lom ? \ L I mean Gotham?from destruction. I j ij wish that all our public schools would j ' [j encourage the pupils to study flowers, i r : i There is a little simple botany that j J 11 even a child can understand, and it i 1 ! | will tell them why the kindly house of c the Plantagenets took its name from , a flower?the Scot hb room (plan.a r , j genestha) with which Henri" II had ,j himself scouragod for a heinous crim*. l' And why the geranium means a c ,j crane?oill ar.J eglantine a ne?dle and a nasturtium a nose twister, etc. The j F ' origin of the names of flowers is a ; F funny book to me. ! r I These school bevs and girls keep me ; e , pretty busy answering their questions I i and doing their perplexing sums, and c i mcsc of thcra inclose s amps in their s letters. 1 will conclude this letter by j i i giving them a sum: c A man s*old a sow and pigs for t I eighteen dollar.-. He received rs f ; much for nine-tenths of a pig as he < j did for one-terth of the sow. Hov: ; s ! ~-m. -:cr- aiJ c>o ha.v?'?Rill Aaru I e | ilia.i.i ?. v . .... . ,! In Atlanta Constitution. i j Danish West indies. ' London. by Cable.?"The iviti.-*' ' i States gcve: nnier.t has aiJressiJ t 4 noce to the DnnL-h governrncr. almoi. 1 ; thrratir.g in tone." says the Copenua ! ( 1 gen correspondent o.' the Daily Mail. I } "to the effect that it will ao. permit 1 l any transfer of the Danish West indies to any foreign power an:l thr.t in 1 the event of Denmark infusing to sell 1 . .he Un-ited States will require that in- c land and marine neutrality shall be j properly guaranteed and the I'nitea J Sltnuv;' sphere of influence be rts.pec- ' ted." Will Not <io to Cuba. J Washington. 1). C.. Special.-Ti e i naval trial hoard bsS beta o:de-aI to i conduct the final trial of the Alabama - <V inctfijrf nf Lrom I'frta1 u.? vu .11 ?.v.: at Havana. The order is due to the J agitation caused at Havana by the an- j " nounced ir.;<.nt:on v. the Department > to conduct the Alabama's trio1 from ; hat point, which of course involved rlie attendance of the whole North Att iant.c .squadron. < > Brlt'sh Steame l.os*. Bilboa. Spain. By Cable.?The Rrlt5 L-h steamer Avolana. C:p*. Lennox, has been wrecked at the BLbca breakwater. All onboard were lost. Silt was of 1.140 tons net regis:er 2S4 f^e. deep. She was built at Dundee, in ) 1880, and was owned by the Alvoua Steamship Company, of Ayre. The Prohibition St?.te Convention , at Kalamazoo. Mich., refurti to indorse the saloon-smashing crusade o' ; Canie Nation. The question of lighting railway r coaches is now under consideration in Europe. The choice lies between Pin5 tsch gas and electricity, in view or the fact that an explosion of a gas tank under a passenger car has been r reported from Germany, with the loss " of many passengers, the call would ' seem to be in favor of electricity. THE ANDERSON SENSATION. Report of Jury in the Famous 4,SIpv? ery" Cases. Much interest has centered recently i the so-called Andersen slavery eas. 3. It will be remembered that Judge leoet ordered an Investigation by the rand jury, which was duly made, and he report of that body was r?-od on 'bursday. The court ioom was packed. Th' lain floor wu occupied by while p?o le. and the little gallery was crowded rit.h negioes. Interest was most inemse. for not j. word of tho pa.pcr'1 ?ntert3 had be* n divulged. The foreian. Mr. R. A. Sullivan, handed up he paper, which was read. When the reading W23 completed, it ras tinr: Jor dinner recess. Gn reonienir.g. Judge Hen'?t addressed the 1 rar.d jury: JUDGE REN'ET 3A1~>. "Mr. Foreman and Gentietnen of the urv: Your presentment affords me rofound satisfaction. You have dene J our duty, not only ably and fe.irle^e- i y. but fairly. I am struck with the ! tatemer/. that you ..ave refrained j - - -J : ~ ~ ? v ? nturnoiorc CAIIO nf l rviu l van l kin U?r 'hieh have published sensational stor;o. and that you have re.'rained from ' eeing or hearing any comments that ! rould prejudice yon in your investi- 1 ation. It will surprise you. therefore, j o know how much excitement there ' as been all over the State and the cuntrv. SENSATIONAL NEWSPAPERS. ! t the north have forgotten that the nvfurtigation was ordered and was ring convicted. They conveyed the I dca that the newspapers had discov- j red the scandal through their own fforts. "Your work and the work elf the ! ourt is not referred to in these artiles. It does say that "happily some i seal efforts are beng made." but the eader would infer that th?f efforts re due to the newspapers. 1 '.title is ound in these accounts beyond what ?Via romnH; r>f the > lillVfil liVSlII l?? v * v-vx,. ?. ouit. ami that little is false. These | ewspapers would rather be sen^n- I ional than just. "In ordering this investigation thi$ ourt was only doing its plain duty, uietly. unostentatiously, but earnesty: It is peculiarly the work of this ourt. but the court will do its duty, nd does not propose to be interfered rith by political busyhodies in cr out j -f congress. When the charge wa? nade three wrcks ago the court had i 10 idea of doing more than showin.2 ' ou grand jurors your duty, and it had j 10 thought nor expectation that, the j harge of the court would be heard be- j and the four walls of rhis court oatn. STATE PRESS COMMENDED. "Thioagh the journalists enterprise ! i? your local paper, the Daily Mall, ctuated by the purest and most nameworthy motives, tne cnarge w<is , tublished. It was done not after the j oanner of what is called, in newspap>r slan.g. 'yellow jou^nalis-m.' but sim- | >ly that the good pebple of Anderson I oucty might see that the inqultous ; yc-tcm would be thoroughly looked nto and put an ead to; for the enouragement of the Law-abiding and a error to evil doers; that it might be ieen and known of all people of this ounty. white and black, that the ;trong arm of the law would be ( tretched out to protect the humblest ! logro against oppression and wrong. J "Other newspapers throughout the :tate acted in the same way. not ?? lensation-ir.ongers. but as good citi:ems and champions of a righteous ause. There wpre no faming headir.os. no startling scareheads. But ?? ? AAAm nani A 1 with lie pUDUCiUlMl naa aivuiut/? .trong words cc condemnation of the i r.human treatment of the negro. and : vith equally strong word; of commenlation of the charge of the court. "It W3S to be expected that newgwpers in other Stales would take notice of a matter cf eo much public interest?nor had we any desire to hide .his ugly thing from the eye* o. our Mster States. Newspapers were cabining their duty in giving it the uttr.Pit publicity and in condemning it m scathing terms. "It gives me pleasure to say that, leith few exceptions, the great journals in all parts of the country did rheir duty in this regard: but sonu. newspapers, and notably one. went !ar beyond the propor limits of journalistic criticism. 1 refeT especially to The North American. a Philadelphia newspaper. "It seems that thai paper sent a staff reporter to this county, and while t J cx /liconn r-i pp tif. we nave no ursnc m uio^u.?s. sending of special correspondents from Philadelphia to Anderson county for the purpose of finding out the exact truth, let 'them t^Jl the truth; let them treat a serious subject like this with all fairness and candor. "FACTS WHEN DISTORTED are n:ore-mischievous than falsehoods. I do not say that the special correspondents of The North American deliberately wrote wh3t was not true, but I do say that his account was greatly exaggerated, far too highly colored, essentially misleading and grossly unjust. NOT A RACE ISSUE. "It 1s foolish to talk of the necessity of interfering by congress and the federal courts. They ignore the fact that the court and the grand jury have n ought the matter into public attention and were busy investigating it We are able to deal with this matter without any outside help. We do not wiefo to wash our dirty linen in the federal laundry. There is xn> politics in this matter, no party issue, not evA it en a race issue, not even indirectly. It is purely and simply the righting o? a grievous wrong. We protest against the very idea of outside interference. It is untrue, as this paper states, that the testimony of negroes is not believed in our courts." The judge here cited several cases berfore him recently, in which bevcu Ures.r "with arNd 6hrdlu cmfw THE EVIDENCE OF NEGROES had been, aocepted by juries in preference to that of white men. Judge Benet also mentioned that this matter " - J A ? * 1 -/^ 1/vn, tho had been caiiea to iuk aaouuwu ui governor. who had forwarded to the solicitor a letter received by him. The judge said that he had not heard of the matter until the trial of the Newell case, and was astonished beyond measure by the disclosures therein. Turning to th* audience he said thait he wanted to advise the negroes not to belrieve rumors whch were going about as to the invalidity of all labor contracts. He said the court will e?"\>roo all lawful contracts, and that negroes should not make the mistake of bek-vrng the investigation meant that all rontraots were void. Taking up the presentiment, Judge Pen ft read the names Mentioned and said that some of ^em at least had been prosecuted for false imipiritsani ment, while others were liable in dam* ages civilly as well as for criminal prosecution. The solicitor, he said, will do h-is duty, and it will be left to the petit jurors to do theirs. Good work had already been done, and the evil is almost stamped out; public sen. lim n; is practically solid against the system, in which oniy a few men have participated. Judge Penet declared that tne prefer.-! meet brought pitiful details. "It tcld of illegal arrests and imprisonment of cruel whipping, of prolonged imprisonment without even the farce of a trial, df kidnapping negroes from other counties, and even from Georgia, of fear to give testimony, refusal to testify, and. most pitiful of all, of poor negroes professing to being satisfied and contented." His honor warned the jurors that the}' must not divulge any of the testimony. which he turned over to .he clerk of court and ordered him rot to make it public. The presentment he turned over to the solicitor for his help and guidance in preparing the cases'. He then referred to the jury's remake as to the convict leasing system, and said he was glad the jurors concurred with him. The legislature had already taken steps to ?top this system "There is no likelihood that this stockade slavery, with its shackles, whippings and arm6d guards will ever be seem again in this or any other count)'-" In closing, Judge Benot said: "I thank you, gentlemen, moat sincerely for the excellent work you have done. South C-aroJna thanks you. Anderson county especially will thank you for having relieved her of this shameful burden and freed har good name from the ptigma that a few of her misguided citizens placed on it. Your county has cause to be proud of her grand jury. You certainly have amply justified the confidence I reposed in you when I ordered you to make this investigation." By Wire and CiDie. St. Piteisburg police arretted 200 University students who vigorously insisted cn entering Kasan cathedral; where a service was being held in celebration of the aniversary of the emancipation of the serfs. Gecrge Gardner, middleweight champion of Great Britain yesterday issued a challenge to Tommy Ryan, (for a fight to settle the middleweight championship of the world. General Aaron S. Daggett, recently KHtra/lipr general of the UU a _ . army, has been retired on his own application. iLs.'e imprisonment was given Solomon Reigard, a civil war veteran. c? Toledo, 0.. for the murder of his young wife. The eleventh annual convention o* the Independent Order of Ahawas Israel was held in New York, 500 delegates a. tending. In aic.rdar.ice with the previsions of the Naval Appropriation bill, as it pa sc 1 the Senate the six year.-' course at the Naval Aearjemy at Annapolis, M\1? wiil bo continued. n leak in th? German stpam-T Pioneer, from Bee ton for Norfolk, v ? reported as the vessel was leaving the former port. Judge Elbridge Haney. of the Cir?n!f Pnnrr of Cock County, was uomi nated for Mayor of Chicago by the Rejmblican City Convention. Ferdinand W. Peck. Commissionei General to the Paris Exposi.ion ha* j delivered his final report to the Presi dent. Time sets his chisel a little deepet whenever there is a frown upon th< face Negro Tortured in Illinois Duquoin. 111., Special.? Ferdinand French, a negro. W3S strung up by tb< neck,four tmei and beaten with club: ! and fists Friday night in an attempt ol | five masked men to get from him i ?s U?13 C1 I confestaa q; criuif. X" 1 nt?l vmw peeled of knowing something of tin robbery of Henry Grossman's jewelr] store, "which was entered Wednesday and plundered of articles worth $751 Th> men who tortured h-im are bud posed to be residents of the town. THE GAVEL FALLS And the Extra Session of the Senate Closes. NOMINATIONS ARE ALL RATIFIED 0 No Business Other Than That of An Executive Nature Was Transacted-* Adjournment. Washington, D. C., Special.?Mt?r proceedings lasting only six days, the extra ordinary session of the Senate was declared adjounrned, sine die, at 1:55 p. m., Saturday. During the session practically no business except that of an executive character was transI Acted. The session was called by the I President in order that the Senate might have an opportunity to confirm appointments made at the begnning of the new administration. That business accomplished, there was nothing i fourther for the Senate to do. At the j opening of ithe day's session, the Prei sident pro tem, Senator Frye, of Ma; ine. was induced into office, the oath being administered by Vice President Roosevelt. Hon. John H. Mitchell, the recently elected Senator from Oregon, was presented by his colleague. Senator Simon, and took the oath of office. He was given a cordial reception by his colleagues on the floor, many of whom had servpd in the Senj ate with hm, and by his friends in the j galleries who greeted his appearance > irltih Jioarttr J " V Ti"** Through the committee of the Senate, consisting of Mr. Hoar, oC Massachusetts. and Mr. Cockrell, of Missouri, the President informed the Senate that he had no further communications to make. He conveyed to the Senators his cordial wishes for their welfare and his hopes that they might have a happy return to their homes. Without ceremony the session was then declared at an end. For a considerable time after final adjournment, many Senators remainj ed on the floor of the chamber exchanging cordial farewells, some of them | making engagements for outings during t>-e long recess. It was an interi estlng scene that was eagerly watched : by the hundreds of persons who had I poured into the galleries at the con J elusion of the executive session. A Trades Co'lege. Austin, Texas, Special.?A legislative committee appointed to investigate the mo.it practical way of building up North American trade with ' South America Through Texas, I recommended that a donation be made by Texas of 1,000 acrc3 of land and 51,000,000 in America through Texas, recommended that a donation be made by Texas of 1,000 acres of land and $1,000,000 in money to erect an international trades college at some point along the gulf, to instruct the youths of both North and South America in the mercantile and manufacturing industries and needs of both sections. Federal asa'stance and co-cperation will be asked for the movement. The President as Peace-Maker. Washington, D. C.. Special.?The:? are signs that the friction which has | been engendered between Secretary I Rrtnr .uid Senator Piatt over the an nounceJ determination of the former to appoint Colonel Facger as a&slstan: Secretary df War, regardless of Mr. Piatt's objection, will scon be re^ 1 moved. Mr. Piatt, who U now in New York, has made an appointment for a talk with the President on the subject as soon, as the former returns to Washington, and meanwhile, it is ! understood that Mr. Root will withhold his ae ion in the premises, the intimation being thrown out that Ch:s misunicrstanding can be epceiilv adjusted upon a free exchange of view* The Germanic Behind Time. New York. Special.?The Et?aT.sIiij> Germanic had cot fce-n reported as sighted from Fire Island up to 9 o'clock 9undry a.'ternoon. She was ex' pected to arrive on Thur d,y evening. Incoming vessels report extraordinary heavy-weather on the AtJa-ntic, amd it i is probable that the Germanic ran into a storm and was obliged to slow down. 3 Seized For Illegal Trading. Manila, by Cable?It is reported that the small steamers Orient? tnd Carman, plying on the Pasig river and I Laguna de Bay. have been seized, ft i being alleged thai they were trading ? with the insurgents. Contraband art tides w ere found aboard the 6leamera. i The Crieate had been seized prevously - but had been realcsed, tbe evidence J again?: her not being sufficient to juar tify her being held. This time, howr ever, the evidence of illegal trading i^ D stronger. The authorities are de'.er j mined to stop smuggling on Laguna I de Bay, and other arrests may follow.