The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 12, 1902, Image 3
GREAT COAL STRIKE
I Sunday Was a Quiet Day Amnog the
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President Mitchell Sper.t the l)av in
Hearing Iveports on the Progress
of the ilovement.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Special.?Strike
headquarters of the anthracite coal
miners were very dull Sunday and presented
a deserted appearance. There
were no mine workers about the place
excepting President Mitchell and his
secretary, Most or Mr. Mitcnen s time
was given up to hearing reports from
his men in the field. He said he has
nothing of any importance to make
public, his information being of a satisfactory
nature. Among the reports
sent in were several to the effect that
additional engineers had stopped work
and that several fire bosses who had
| taken the places of strikers also had
' quit. At a meeting of engineers at
Pittston. Saturday night, 30 engineers
who had not obeyed the strike order
decided not to go to work Monday.
The few union men who are still at
work, Mr. Mitchell says, will be out
during this week. Most cf the general
superintendents of the big coal companies
were seen but as a rule they had
nothing to say on the subject. They
admitted that a good many companies
are working pretty hard for competent
men to run their engines and pumps.
Any number of volunteers have come
forward, but the men desired are net
so plentiful. The coal companies have
been favored by a long spell of dry
weather. A heavy rainfall might overwhelm
many pumps.
President Mitchell was in telpphonic
communication with National Secretary-treasurer
W. B. Wilson, of the United
Mine Workers, at Indianapolis, over
the situation in the West Virginia
soft coal fields, where a strike began
Saturday. Mr. Mitchell said there was j
nothing to be given to the public at
this time, because he had not yet received
ful particulars of the situation
in that region. Mr. Wilson, he said,
did not know any more than himseif.
The national president also talked over
the long distance 'phone with persons
In different parts of the West. These
conversations, he said, related to general
business of the organization and
had dc bearing on either the West Virginia
cr Pennsylvania strike. Monday
began the fifth week of the suspension
of anthracite coal mining and the settlement
of the dispute seems to be no
nearer than it was when the strike be
g2n. May 12.
The house-to-house canvass of the
miners' committees in an endeavor to
bring out those who nave refused to
strike and also those who have taken
(the places cf strikers is still being vigorously
prosecuted. Many of the men
who aio still working complain that
their houses arc stoned almost nightly.
The police department of this city today
ordered the removal of all effigies
that have been strung up since the
strike began. A large number had been
removed, but the police managed to
find IS of them in the city. Twenty of
them were seen in the region above
"Wilkesbarre as far as Pittson. A new
method has been found for holding up
to ridicule those men who refused to
stop work. At Fortyfort and at Miners'
Milfs mound were built in imitation of
a grave and on them were placards
containing these incriptions: "Death to
scabs." "Here lies the remains of
the cards giving the name of the
man held up to ridcuh
Refuse to Handle Trains.
Hazelton. Pa., Special.?At their
meeting at Freeland, the employes of
the Delaware, Susquehanna & Schuylkill
Railroad refused to handle any
trriDS cariving special officers, deputies
or non-unionists. The following
resolution addressed to Luther C.
Smith, superintendent of the road, was
adopted. "Resolved. That owing to
the strike of the anthracite miners, we,
the employes of the Delaware, SusqueL
hanna & Scuylkill, will refuse to hanL
die any trains carrying deputies, coal
nnd iron * olice or non-unionists during
t'i<- continuance of the present, tr-.uI-"
^ Lynching Prevented.
Cnooiol An O f _
naiiivsuuig, .moo., ? <>u uvtempt
was made by a mob late Saturday
night to attack the county jail
here, in which was confined Walter
Blankhead, a negro, charged with having
attempted to assault Mrs. Garner,
a white woman living near Hattiesfcurg.
A company of military ordered
out by Governor Lcnglno, dispersed
the mob. Further trouble Is feared
and additional troops have been dispatched
to relieve the militia on duty.
At the request of the Governor a preliminary
trial will be given Blankhead
soon.
Death of Dr. Brantley.
Macon. Special.?John F. 'Brantley,
D. D.. LL. D., died here Sunday. He
iwas for 35 years professor of languages
in Mercer University. His
father was a Baptist minister in Philadelphia
and in honor of his brother,
the late Wm. T Brantley, Baltimore
pamed a Baptist church. Dr. Brantley
spent his entire life teaching, and
was one of t>e most accomplished
liDguie's In the South.
THE SUMMER SCHOOL
Important Announcement From the
itate Superintendent.
The following announcement maio
by State Sueprintendent of Education
Mehlahan about the State summer
school soon to open at Hock Hill will
be of special interest.
The entailment in the State summer
school this year is not yet as large
as many people suppose. Letters come
to this oiiice asking is there Gtill
:oom. I have impressed the fact, however.
that we wish only the serious
-i a ?.l/~. work
IlllUUi'U, v. i:u liiuuii iu uw
and stay to tlie end. As Wintitope has
increased her domitory accommodations
there will probably be room for
all that wish to attend.
Application from the teachers in
many of the city schools are just beginning
to come in, as they have been
waiting for their boards to elect and
also to determine finally the question
of giving financial aid. Appropriation
for financial assistance of the teachers
attending the summer school h3S
been the policy of most of the graded
school boards, but this year a slight
increase is made in many cases. Supt.
H. P. Archer has just written to me
that the Charleston beard on the 4th
inst. "voted $15.00 to every teacher
who will certify to the State superintendent
that he or she intends to attend
the sessions of the summer school
from the beginning to the end, and to
take advantage of every .opportunity
for improvement; and. also, voted an
additional sura of $5.00 to every teacher
who may make 90 per cent, as an
average on the subjects taken up." This
additional $5.00 is an increase on what
the Charleston board has heretofore
given. Moreover, the Charleston board
has closed its schools a week earlier,
in time to permit the teachers to attend
the State summer school?the
Charleston schools having heretofore
continued their session until the end
of June.
In Sumter, which last year gave its
teachers $15.00 each, the board has this
year given $20.00.
The Laurens graded school, which
last year did not aid its teachers, is
this year giving them $5.00 each.
Chester last year rendered assistance
by raising the salary of each teacher
who attended the summer school $3.00
a month ($27.00). This year, upon the
same condition, the salary is raised an
additional $2.00 ($l$.C0i. These are
only a few instances of what is a general
movement throughout the State to
encourage more substantially than ever '
the attendance of earnest minded
teachers upon the summer school.
In Columbia, which led off three
years ago with the policy of giving its
teachers their actual expenses, the
board this year voted an unconditional
raise of salary of $20.00, with the mere
reminder that its teachers would use
their own judgment as to whether or
not to attend the summer school. It is
recognized that the teachers who have
tested the benefits of summer school
work will be eager of their own motion
to continue the enjoyment of its benefits.
Many of the Columbia teachers
are going to the summer school of the
south at Knoxville. which will draw
considerably on their own purses. One
former summer school student writes
me from the country in Marlboro:
"The prospectus of the State summer
Rnhonl is like n snort dinner. Thousrh
I have marked certain subjects, one
would like a bite at all."
Out of the 259 students classified the
enrollment in certain classes may be j
of interest:
' In Miss Annie Bonham's observation
and practice work 70; iu Prof. Pattison's
draw'ug S6; in Supt. Evan's'
Frye's geography 40; in Prof. Snyder's
poetry of the south 34; in Miss Mary
Leonard's methods in language training
34; in Supt. Hand's school supervision
31; in Prof. Snyder s normal i.terature
29; in Prof. McCain's literature
for third to sixth grades 26; in English
composition 25; in Prof. Bain's Beginner's
Latin 14.
The representation of some of the
colleges by their graduates in this
summer school is thus far: Winthrop
41; Due West Female college 15; Converse
9; Erskine 7; South Carolina college
7; Furman university 6; Greenville
Female college 6; Wofford 6; Peabody
Normal 4.
Two county summer schools have
opened. The reports the first day were
that the Sumter summer school had enrolled
24; the Horry school 40.
Another Lynching.
Walterboro, Special.?Cain Ford,
one of four negroes implicated in the \ t
murder of Railroad Section Master W.
W. Jones' wife, at New Road, on April
21 last, and who from the day after
the commission of the crime has been
confined in Walterboro jail, was
lynched about 2 o'clock Saturday
morning.
riore Pledges Filed. _
The pledges of candidates for State
offices, the senate and congress are
now being rapidly filed with State
Chairman Jones, each man of course
sending in a check for his assessment
along with his pledge. The following
additional pledges were filed Thursday
and it is now settled that Mr. Ansel
will make the race for governor: For
the United States senate, A. C. Latimer
Anderson; for congress fifth district,
D. E. Finley; for governor, M. F.
Ansel, Greenville: for lieutenant governor,
Cole L. Blease, Newbsriy; for
secretary of state, J. T. Gar.:, Spartanburg;
for railroad commissioner, H.
J. Kinard. Greenwood.
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IS A GREAT SERMON]
Bill Arp Reviews Some Humor of
Lens Ago.
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A FLATDOAT PREACHER'S TALK i
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?'An/1 H.. UPnvoil on rt H.irn flf a ThfiU? I
sand Strings -- Spirits of Just Men
Made Perfect."
(Uill Ai p in Atlanta Couetitution.)
I have had an occasional request to
reproduce and save from oblivion a
sermon that went round of the southern
press some fifty years ago and was
known as the ""Iarp of a Thousand
S:rings." Not long ago I quoted a paragraph
from it and a friend writes me
from East Foliciane. La., and says that
the author of that quaint old sermon
lived and died in thai parish and his
daughters and grandchildren live there
now and are his near neighbors.
Strange to say, the aut lor was a minister
of the gospel, serious, solemn and
devoted to his calling and for a long
time it was not known that the humorous
writings over the signature of
"Zedekiah the Scribe" came from his
giften pen. But some preachers can't
help seeing and enjoying the ludicrous
side of human natur?. Sidney Smith,
the famous English divine, was as solemn
as the grave on solemn occasions,
but he inhaled a great deal of merriment
without a smile He provoked
others to the most convulsive laughter,
but gave no sign save in the twinkle of
* ' T?' T V>o onii.
ills eyes, juu^u Luii^snccb, ^uv v**?- .
nent jurist, the learned preacher, tto '
dignified president of two colleges and
a university r.nd the author of "Georgia
Scenes," was similar type. I met
him often during my youth, and do not
recall that he indulged in a humorous
anecdote. The last time I met him was
during the war in the office of the Columbus
Enquirer, when he indulged in
bitter sarcasm against some Georgians
whom he called traitors abstrnetionists.
I could hard';;.' imagine that he it was
who molded the inimitable characters
of Ned Brace and Ransey Sniffle.
Johns Hooper was not a preacher, but
always a sedate and very dignified gentleman.
He was secretary of the embryo
confederacy that assembied in
Montgomery and there was no sign of
"Simon Suggs" or "Taking the Census"
in his solemn deportment. My observation
has been Ciat the best story J
tellers and convei. tionalists have the
least inclination to write or publish
their own scintillation. It was common
to say of my old partner, "Oh! rare
Judge Underwood," but I could never
induce him to put pen to paper in that
line. He said that good story or a flash
of wit and humor lest its relish by
writing it. for the tone of voice, the accent,
the piquancy, the facial expresho
ropnrflOfi
DiUIld IUU1U nwc WW
When the Rev. J. T. Lewis wrote this
sermon it was not uncommon for amateur
preachers to perform up anil down
the western rivers and thus advertise
their business, which was principally
flat boating and peddling their produce.
Lorenzo Dow took continental journeys
from Maine to Texas, but he wag
a pretty good orthodox preacher. These
Bat boat preachers were a rough and
tumble set and tangled up the scriptures
awfully, but they could draw the
crowds and their whiskey was a good
card. It was an ortnoaox pruuact iucU
and preachers and the people were as
fond of it as old Father Noah, who was
a preacher of righteousness. Rev. Mr.
Lewis does not give this preacher's
name, but his scrr-ion has been sent me
by my friend and I give it to your
readers as it was given to me. When it
first came forth we thought it inexpressibly
funny. It is not so funny now
to the old people, but the younger generation
are more easily amused than
the veterans and for their sake I append
it. A pretty school girl recited it
last week at the commencement exercises
of our public school and she did
it well and brought down the house.
This sermon was said to have been
preached at Port Hudson, where the
amateur divine had "tied up" for the
double purpose of observing the Sabbath
and selling whiskey.
I may say to you, my brethering,
that I am an edieated man. an' 1 am
not one of them as believes that edication
is necessary for a gospel minister,
for I believe the Lord cdicates His
preachers jest as He wants 'em to be
edicated; an' although I say it that
oughtn't to say it. yet in the state of
Indianny where I live, thar's no man
as gets bigger congregations ncr what
I gits.
Thar may be some here today, my
brethering. as don't know what persuasion
I am uv. Well, I must say to you,
my brethering, that I' a Hard. Shell
Baptist. That's some folks as don't like
the Hard Shell Baptists, hut I had
rather have a hard shell as no shell at
- " inilav mv hrpth
all. lou see ue uuc
ring, dressed up in good clothes; you
mout thiuk I was proud, but I am net
proud, my brethering. and although I
have been a preacher of the gospel for
twenty years, an' although I'm capt'in
of the flat boat that lies at your landing,
I'm not proud, my brethring, ah.
I am not gwine to tell edzactly whar
my text may be found; suffice it to say
it is in the leds of the Bible, and you'll
find it somewhere between the first
chapter of the book of Generations, and
the lost chipter of the book of Revolutions,
and ef you will go and search
the scriptures, you'll not only find my
tex thar, but a great many other texes
as will do you good to read, and my
tex, when you shall find it, you shall
find it to read thus, ah:
"And he played on a harp of a thou
sand strings?sperits of jest men mad<
perfeck."
My tex, my brcthering, leads me t(
speak of sperits. Now, thar's a greai
many kinds of sperits in the world?ir
the fuss place, thar's the sperits some
folks call ghosts, and thar'3 the sperits
of terpentine, and thar's the sperits
as some folks call liquor, anu I'v<
got as good an artikel 0? them kind cl
-?-i'" " "> rn?' Iinit na PVPr WAS
njJL-mo un iii, ......
foch down the Mississippi river: but
thar's a great many other kinds o)
sperits, for the tex says: "He played or
o v.m-n nf n t-h-o-i:-s-nad strinns. SDcrits
of jest men made perfeck." Anc
thar'3 a great many kinds of fire in the
world. In the fuss place thar's the
common sort of fire, and then there'?
foxfire, and camphire. fire before yci
are ready and fire and fall back am!
many other kinds uv fire, for the te>
says, "He played cn the harp of 3
thousand strings, sperits of jest mer
made perfeck."
But I'll tell you the kind of fire as i.c
spoken of in the Bible, my brethren, is
Hell Fire! and that's the kind of fire a?
a great many of you'll come to of you
don't do better nor what you have beer
doin'?for "He played on a harp of a
thousand strings, sperits uv jest men
made perfeck." And that's the kind of
fire you can't dodge, my brethring, ah,
for it's the fire that won't bo quenched.
You may fly to the mountains of Hepsldan,
where the woodbine twlneth and
the lion roareth and the whangdoodle
mourneth for Its first born, but you
can't hide from the unsquenchable fire,
for It is the fire of hell and damnation,
ah! And he played on a harp of a
thousand strings?sperlts of jest men
made perfeck.
Now as there are many kinds of
sperits and many kinds of fire, ah! in
the world, ah! jes so there are many
kinds of Christians, ah! In the fuss
place we have the Piscopalian, and they
are a high-sallin', hlgh-roostim, naraiutin
set, ah! and they may be likened
unto a turkey buzzard that flies up into
the air, ah! and he goes up, and up,
and up. till he looks no bigger than
your finger nail, and the fust thing you
know, he comes down, and down, and
down, and goes to fiuin' himself on the
carkiss of a dead hoss by the side of
the road, ah! and "He p ayed on-a harp
of a thousand strings, sperits of jest
men made perfeck."
And then thar's the Methodis, ah!
They may be likened unto the,squirrel
runnin' up into a tree, for the Methodis
beleeves in gwine on from one degree
of grace to another, afinally on
^fontinn orrl thp ennfrrpl eoes UD.
ty l/tl iV/W 11VLL, UU\t w?-~ we.
d up, and up, and lie jumps from
.imb to limb, and braich to branch,
and the fust thing you know he falls,
and down he come3 kerflumix, and
that's like the Methodist, for they is
allers fallin from grace, ah! "And he
played on a harp of a thousand .strings,
sperits uv jest men made perfeck."
And thar is the Presbyterians, my
brethering, with their long frock coats
and high shirt collars and dismal
swamp faces, but they never cleared no
new ground nor burnt no brush nor
deadened no timber, nor killed no bars.
They always waits for us hard shells
to do that and settle up the widlerness
and then they will slip in and go
to plantin' and put on heavenly airs
and claim to be the only people that
are elected and shore of eternal salvation?and
they play on a harp of a
thousand strings?sperits of jest men
made perfeck.
And then, my brethring, thar's the
Baptists, ah! And they have been likenn/1
? 'nnocnni /-in o cimmtlTl tTPP find
cu tu a yocu&u vu U
the thunders may roll and the earth
may quake, and the lions roar and the
whangdoole mourn, but the 'possum
clings thar still, ah! And you may
shake one foot loose, and the other's
thar, and you may shake all feet loose,
and he laps his tail around the limb,
and clings and he clings furever, ah!
for "He played on a harp of a thousani
strings, sperits uv jest men made perfeck.'
Evils of Pleasure Seeking.
Pcughkeepsie, N. Y., Special.?In the
baccalaureate sermon at Vassar College.
President Taylor spoke of the
"Deac'ing effect of pleasure-seeking on
all the higher activities of life," and
expressed the opinion that all that is
good in our live3 is threatened by the
pleasure-seeking spirt of the present
age. Many students, he said, feel that
the best thing to be gotten from colicnro
is thr> chance for a good time.
Thi3 spirit undermines the physical
vigor and dulla the mental power.
Refuses to Serve.
Denver, Col., Special.?The annual
convention of the Western Federation
of Miners adjourned sine die, shortly
after midnight. Saturday night. Edward
Bcyee refused to serve as president.
and Charles Moyer, of Lead, S.
D., was elected in his place. The other
officers elected follow: Vice president,
E. D. Hughes, Butte, Mont.; secretarytreasurer,
W. D. Haywood, Silver City,
Idaho.
A Lynching In South Carolina.
Charleston, S. C., Special.?Jim
Black, a negro implicated in the murder
of the wife of J. K. Jones, a section
master of the Atlantic Coast Line,
was lynched late Wednesday night by
a mob of men who secured him from
a posse of officers while en routo to
jail. Black committed the crime some
weeks ago and escaped but was captured
near Savannah and was being
brought to Ravenel for confinement
when apprehended by the mob. The
negro confessed his crime, naming
another negro as an asseccory.
: OPPOSED THE GIFT.
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I Unmlinao HUlnrinA in Droconf
i ii.mi muuocid uurcucu iv iiwovu*
to Lord Kitchiner
; WILD SCENE IN THE PARLIAMENT
I .
| The Government Leadeas, However,
Were Able to Carry Through the
\ Appropriation.
: London, By Cable.?In accordance
with XiDg Edward's message to the
; House of Commons the government
i leader, A. J. Balfour, in the House,
i asked for a vote of ?50,000 ($250,000)
to Lord Kitchener. Mr. Balfour, in.
; supporting the motion, referred to
| Lord Kitchenor's rapid promotion. He
i said it had been given to few public
servants to compass so much work for
1 their country in so short a time as
1 Lord Kitchener.
Lord Kitchener had to meet with
unique difficulties. He had erected no
fewer than 4,000 miles of blockhouses,
and in the conduct of the campaign had
shown the fertile range of his recources,
boundless courage, energy and resolution,
and to these qualitltr, Gieat
D.iinln awafl Via tarm in nHnn r\f thft
war. The Liberal leader, Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman, who seconded
the motion, paid a warm tribute to
Lord Kitchener as a soldier and statesman.
John Dillon, Irish Nationalist, led
the opposition in behalf of the Nationalists.
Mr. Dillon said he and hif
friends absolutely objected to the vote
because they were opposed to the poli
icy of the war in South Africa and thf
conduct of the campaign which
volved wholesale devastation of the
country, the burning of farms and sacrifice
of life. Henry Labouche also opposed
the vote.
William Redmond, Irish Nationalist,
caused a scene of great discord by remarikng
that Lord Kitchener would go
down in history as a general who had
"made war on women and children."
This remark called forth loud cries of
"withdrawal," and appeals to the chairman
to call Mr. Redmond to order.
The chairman said the expression used
was not disordeerly, but a majority of
the House refused to listen any further
to Mr. Redmond and interrupted him
with all kinds of shouts. After a quarter
of an hour speent by Mr. Redmond
in furitless endeavor to gain a hearing
the closure was mover.
The closure was adapted by 273 to
138 votes and the grant of ?50,000 to
Lord Kitchener was carried by 380 to
44 votes. The minority consisted of
Irish Nationalists and two or three
Radicals.
When Mr. Balfour vose to move a
vote of thanks to the officers and men
of the army or Soutn Airica, me upruai
was renewed by the Irish Nationalist*
as a protest against the treatment on
Mr. Redmond. *
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman seconded
the motion, which was adopted,
382 to 42.
Boy Shot By Guard.
Wilkesbarre, Special.?The spirit of
unrest that has been manifesting Itself
more or less in this city and vicinity
during the last few days broke
out in earnest at two places in this city
and as a result a boy was dangerously,
if not fatally, shot by a guard at the
Stanton colliery and a considerable
portion of the property around the colliery
was destroyed by fire. Several
nights ago a part of a fence surrounding
the place was burned and also a
small frame building on the clum bank.
Since then other attempts jvere made
to fire the fence. The guards as a re|
suit kept a close watch, while Chas.
| McCann, aged 13 years, was walking
along the field outside tne rence, u is
said, a guard on the inside fired a revolver
or rifle at him. The bullet struct
the boy in the back. The shot was
heard by the people in the vicinity and
it looked for a time as though there
would be serious trouble. The boy was
quickly removed to the Mercy Hospital
and the police notified. The guard
was arrested but the crowd on the outside
was so great and threatening that
the police did not dare to take him
from the place. Shortly after the shooting
the crowd sought vengeance on the
company's property and some one sel
fire to a trestle work. The fire department
was summoned and with considerable
difficulty put out the fire. At the
Murray colliery, also operated by the
Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Company, in the
eastern nart of the city, a crowd of
boys succeeded in burning about 400
feet of a b gh board fence that surrpunded
the company's property. The
fire department extinguished the
blaze.
Terrell Wins In Georgia.
Atlanta. Special.?Incomplete returns
received from the Democratic primaries
held throughout this State Thursday
nominated the following ticket for
Governor and State officials: For Governor,
J. M. Terrell; for Secretary of
State, Philip Cook; for Comptroller,
General, W. A. Wright; for State
I Treasurer, R E. Park; for Attorney
General, J. C. Hart; for State school
commissioner, W. B. Meerritt; for
commissioner of agriculture, 0. B. Stevens;
for prison commissioner, Thos.
Ason; for associate justices of Supreme
Court, A. J. Cobb and Samuel Tumpkin;
for United States Senator, A. S.
Clay was renominated for the six-year!
' term.