Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r The New W< By Annie Boo Pr eident Tennessee ALIZATION in self-ci principle which underlies 4 aize that there has been of living until, evolving tained to a normal place has been actively conceri ceded. It is iikewise tru and opprobrium is due this "mcana to i motor in reversing the status of womf the transition period clubs were inevita of the home and family life. In no ol been so firmly fixed by tradition and home-maker, the home-keeper (in the from contact with practical participati times this relationship proved fallacious Enchanted with the new stimulus to J Southern woman entered upon an or g was always the limit of her club m reversal of the lever of enthusiasm. Xo ?she who, having learned ner limitat economy. The stage of restlessness an After floundering in an apparently presenting papers on topics which had mental horizon, debating an assort me LL.D., won a a has at last grasped the i fanatic In the expenditure of her unbol epecific talent or work in the home or a ening the faculty that counts. The lit sharpshooter which blazed the way f o club, the history club, the philanthro p the civic club, the business woman's clul The di.ference between woman's a and her attitude toward the club to-day and the homeopathic schools of medicii Bibiiity of injury. Carlyle said, "Thou canst not kno and do it." Has not the club been th this consummation for woman? The sc established herself with lass of neitbe witness to 'he value of altruism, specia Woman has found her work, and is r5v> JS JKN ^ The Primiti Ry Henry Smith \\' oldest books in existed nians; but the great prem ieria! of which the'y are } ?mt follow that they were th that the Egyptians emplc historical periods, and tb books at a very early da discovered, at ihe very dawn cf its h of book-making. It is impossible to decide the quest from another in developing the idea of Limiting our view strictly to the said, the five types of books in g<m< briefly the distinguishing characteristic on to note the steps of development evolved. First let us give attention to ; has been sa'd, this type of book was en of the historical period. As is well kn paper?the ^vord "paper" being, indeed, made of strips of the papyrus plant pi the fibres cf one crossing those cf tb thin. Arm sheet with the aid of glue ai papyrus were usually from eight to foil feet to several yards in length. This i have been expected, for the insertion of A moment's consideration will make it created difficulties both for the scribe a more convenient method was adopted o so placed as to form transverse columi ular sequence from the beginning to the -car am&n. tli McKinney, Women's Press Club. ilture or in direct labor is the basic the modern life for woman. We recoggradual upheaval in woman's scheme from the abnormal stage, she has atin the social economy. That club life aed in this readjustment must be cone that au equal allotment of enconium in end." Club life has been an efficient in. especially in the South, and during bly held responsible for flagrant abuses her section had the position of woman custom as in the South. She was the passive sense), to be shielded by man on in the vital affairs of life. Often. but it paved the way for final equation, dip the sheath of mental lethargy, the y of clubs. Not one, nor two, nor six ombership. There resulted satiety?a w we approximate the ideal club-woman dons. finds her niche in the universal d exaggeration has passed, limitless sea of literary inconsequence, never touched the outermost rim of ber nt of themes which would appall an dea of specialization. She is no longer ttled energies. She is seeking her own broad, following a single bent, strength:erary club was pioneer?the picket or r its followers, the art club, the music ic and reform club, the mothers' club, x the working-girls' club?specialization, ittitude toward the club ten years ago is the difference between the allopathic ie?the possibility of injury, the imposw thyself . . . but find thy work, e most active factor in bringing about hool. the shop, the office, where she has r self-respect nor social standing, bear lization. individualism. ; doing it.?Woman's Home Companion. W 0 ve Book. illiams, LL.D. C2 are, doubtless, those of the Babyloaneaey of these is explained by the macomposed. and it does not necessarily c first books to be made. We know jyed a papyrus roll from the earliest at the Hindoos made their palm-leaf y. In short, every civilized nation ia istory, in full possession of a system ion as to whether one nation borrowed book-making. historic period, we find, as has been ?ral use. We have now to consider s of each of these types before going through which the modern book was the papyrus roll of the Egyptians. As nployed in Egypt from tub earliest day own, papyrus is a species of primitive a derivative of "papyrus"?which was aced together to form two thin layers. ie other, and the whole made into a id mechanical pressure. The strips of rteen inches in width, and from a few scroll was not used, as might perhaps a single continuous column of writing, clear that such a method would have ,nd for the reader: therefore the much f writing lines a few inches in length, is. which followed one another in regi end of The scroll.?Harper's Magazine. P & What Will Be of the Su By C. W, S*nleeby. 0 alterations now oecurr I system have led Piofessc i J[ moon will ultimately retui Pmmwn birth so many ages befoi that the planets and the CESsS the gravitationl influence ) the bosom of their parent tem of to-day, then. as gathered into around that point which, from the be gravity. And what will be the stage < dark star, a tead sun. There are myr Ball has saiu that to count all the brigh are all there are" would bo like count and saying "this is the total number, just such another as millions more. T taot conceive the terror of its cold, for : In the form of light and heat, into th aver since the first hour of its longteva What is the des'iny of this dead s remember, will be those in the printei the eyes themselves? Are they forevei has it?to be borne onwards through globe, the common tomb of Sun and Ej great that once breathed there, may li embrace of such another voyage and in The force of their impact will suffic ano'her cloud which will repeat the hidead suns will determine the position form the ground-plan of the new svste <g Should Wive I Be B By the Editor of Ha @FEW weeks ago the news the question whether a C less than a thousand doll that the main question \ bride would be willing to question has been discus" N. Patten, of the Univers the social problem of thousands of mar wife to continue a wage-earner during two young people who are earning t marry, Dr. Fatten would have both of t the husband's income increases to twe it is better that the wife should give 1 should live on <he husband's income, persons of small wage-earning capacity tinue wage-eirners. Dr. Giddlngs of Columbia Universit though he feels it to be desirable that far as possible fro-m a money-earning < maintain the home, he points out that usually a st >pkeeper or manages a r< family life aaywhere than in the midd he finds that the wife of a foreigner is American women have no tendency .to their husbands. Another Variable Asteroid. The Harvart Observatory announc- i es the discovf ry. by Professor Wen- ! dell, that the asteroid Iris, which was first seen in 1847. exhibits a variation light resembling that of the new j ; * come n and Moon ? ing in the distribution in the solar >r George Darwin to predict that the n -to the earth which gave her sudden e; and it may further be prophesied ir satellites must ultimately yield to of our dying sun and must return to . We must conceive of the solar sysone central mass, closely aggregated ginning, has constituted its centre of t>f this shrunken object? It will be a iads such in the heavens. Sir Robert it stars that we can see and say "these ing the red-hot horseshoes In England This dark to-be will therefore be' here will be no life upon it. We canhe nebula has been dissipating energy, e chilly depths of intersidereal space 1 shrinkage. ;un. amongst whose constituent atoms, r's ink before your eyes and those in r?"stable in desolation." as Stevenson infinite space? No; .this shrivelled irth and Mars and of the bodies of the ve again. Give it tut 'the consuming a moment a new nebula will be born, e to evaporate their substance Into story of the old. The path of the two i of the "principal plane" which will m.?Harper's Magazine. ? & s breadwinners ? rpei-'s Weekly. papers discussed somewhat profusely Ihlcago bank clerk ought to marry on ars a year. It was not difficult to see vas how much work the bank clerk's do, or be capable of doing. A kindred ed more recently by Professor Simon iity of Pennsylvania, who argues that ried couples would be solved were the the early period of marriage. When en or twelve dollars a week apiece hem continue to be wage-earners until nty dollars a week. Then, he thinks, lerself up to the home, and that both It is desirable, thinks Dr. Patten, that should be married, provided both coay seems to have kindred leanings, for after marriage the wife be relieved as >ccupation and have plenty of time to the middle-class Frenchman's wife is jstaurant, and that there is no better lie classes of France. In this conutry nearly always a breadVvinner, but that i become wage-earners independent of asteroid Eros, which \va^> > Vi - u in j SOS. The periodic change in the light of Iris takes place in about six hours, and amounts to two or threetenths of a magnitude, which is much less than the amount of change exhibited by Eros.?The Companion. 1 AT THE PARKER RESIDENCE I Preparations Being Made to Carry o* the Campaign. Esopus, N. Y., Special.?Rosemount, the home of Judge Alton B. Parker, | for the first time, began to show outward signs of the coming on of the campaign. The lodge house at the gate is being ararnged for use as the I campaign office, and linemen WednesI day put up the special telegraph and j telephone lines which are to be in use | from now on. One of the large rooms i is being fitted up with many convenj iences for the newspaper correspon! dents. More than 200 letters from Judge Parker went in the first outgoing mail, most of them being replies to letters and telegrams of congratulation. More than 200 arrived in the first incoming mail and every mail since has shown a marked increase over the one before. A force of stenographers under the direction of Judge Parker's private secretary. Arthur E. McCausland, will be installed within a day or two in the new offices. Davis Likes the Platform. Elkins, W. Va., Special.?"Of course I'll support the platform; I aip perfectly satisfied with it.' This was the j first statement which Henry G. Davis fit i j IirNRi* o. DAVIS. has yet given relating to his views on nnti ^ 1 {conna Pflrlror'a Ct?nri tiailUUCll JCOUCO, *UI, A Miftv. w? will undoubtedly strengthen him. When the time comes, the whole party undivided will stand for the judge and his ticket," Sketch of Ex-Senator Davis. Henry Gassaway Davis, nominated for Vice-Fresident by the Democrats, at St. Louis, was born in Howard county, Maryland, November 16, 1823, receiving only a country school education. At an early age be was left fatherless, and was forced to begin work for his own support, working on a farm until 1843. For fourteen years after that period he was in the employ of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, working his way up from brakeman to station agent at Piedmont, which is now his home. Mr. Davis has one son John T. Davis, of Elkins, Md., and three daughters, Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins, Mrs. R. M. C. Brown and Mrs. Arthur Lee. His wife died in 1902. j He was formerly United States Senator | from West Virginia. Evacuates New Chwang. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?Colonel Novitsky, of the general staff, in an interview said: "The result of the loss of Kai Chou will probably be the evacuation of New Chwang. General Kuropatkin's nosition is more difficult than that ! which confronted Lord Roberts in j South Africa. It is as if Lord Roberts received his supplies by rail via Constantinople, Cairo and Central Africa It will be a long time before General Kuropatkin will have enough supplies and men to assume the offensive. In the meantime he will nave to fight rear guard actions, perhaps giving up important positions, like New Chwang, which are of vastly more consequence than Kai Chou." . Gautemalan Ants Effective. Washington, Special.?The effectiveness of the Guatamalan ants in checking the ravages of the boll weevils in the cotton fields has been tested and Mr. Cook, the expert of the Department of Agriculture, in a telegram to Secretary Wilson announces that the ants promptly destroyed the weevil and the Texas red ants as well. The telegram, which was the subject of great satisfaction to Secretary Wilson, was from the chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry and is dated Victoria, Texas. It Is as follows: "After four weeks of captivity and of sugr.r diet, the Guatemalan ants J ' i 'Awn rt KAI 1 promptly ueatroyeu luu iww weevils and also the Texas red ants, the harmful species which It was feared they might resemble." Georgia Bankers Elect Officers. Chattanooga. Tenn., Special.?The Georgia Bankers' Association adjourned Wednesday afternoon after a two days' meeting on Lookout Mountain. The following are among the officers chosen: President, MPler S. Bell, Milledgeville; first vice president, Jas. T. Orme, Atlanta; second vice president., Jos. L. Davis. Albany; third vice president, B. S. Walker, Monroe Signed an Agreement. London, By Cable.?The Foreign Office announces that an agreement was signed by Foreign Minister Lansdovne and the German ambassador providing for the settlement by arbitration of differences which may arise of a legal nature, or relating to the interpretation of existing treaties between Germany and Great Britain. The terms of the agreement are identical with those recently concluded with France, Italy and Spain. 20 KILLED ON TRAIN Gay Crcwd of Excursionists Meet With Horrible Accident A COLLISION SOUTH OF CHICAGO Running at Forty Miles an Hour, a Picnic Train Plunged Into a Freight Which Was Backing on to Another Track. Chicago, Special.?Twenty persons were killed and about twenty-five injured Wednesday night in a collision on the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad, at Glenwood, 111., 23 miles scuth of Chicago. The collision occurred between a picnic train from Chicago, which was returning from Momence, 111., and a freight train, into the rear end of which the excursion train dashed at high speed. The picnic train was coming north, and the freight was on the south-bound track. A misplaced switch threw the picnic train on the south bound track, and before the engineer could apply 41? v ??? of fortv miles an IUU uicaua, Ik 1 uu i?v hour into the rear of the freight. The engine, baggage and several coaches were demolished, and the injured were in two of the coaches. The picnic was the annual outing of the members of Doremus. After spending the day on the picnic grounds at Momence the train load started on the return trip, running in as the second section of the regular passenger train, which is due in Chicago at 8:25 p. m. When the picnic train reached Chicago Heights, fcur miles beyond Glenwood, where the accident took place, i; was switched to the regular southbound track, and although it was coming north, it was given a clear track by the operator at Chicago Heights until it should reach Glenwood, four miles away. The train, after leaving Chicago Heights, gradually increased its speed and when half the distance between the two stations had been covered, it was plunging along at the rato of 40 miles an hour. Just half way between Chicago Heights and Glenwood, there is a sharp curve. As the picnic train tore around this on the south track, a feright train was nacKing fiom the south bound to the north bound track. It was partly on both tracks, and no train could have passed It in either direction. The bend is so 6harp that the engineer of the picnic train did not see the freight until he was almost on it. It was too late to do anything but set the brakes, but before they could take effect the passenger train smashed into the freight at full speed. The locomotive and the baggage car of the passenger train went through the freight and were piled up in a heap of wreckage on the further side of the switch track. The first coach of the picnic train plunged into the wreckage and buried itself in a mass of kindling wood. Nearly all of tne passengers in the first coach were caught beneath the mass of debris and it was here that the loss of life occurred. The people in the rear coaches were hurled from their seats and many of them were bruised, but all of the serious casualties occurred in the first car. The uninjured passengers and the trainmen at once hasten~J "* ~ ^ s\f fhsicA whn WAfP tfU IV LUC l CUCl V/a " -v pinned under the wreckage. The wreck was two miles from anywhere, and much delay ensued before some of the Injured, who were held down by heavy timbers could be extricated. Nothing could be done for them until lifting machinery came from Chicago Heights. The first train to arrive at the wreck came from Chicago Heights, and it carried six physicians. A short time afterward a second train arrived from Glenwood, bringing additioncl physicians and a number of nurses. Darkness had fallen and rescue went on by the light of bonfires. Oku Advancing. Che Foo, By Cable.?A dispatch received here from Lloyd's agent at New Chwang says: "Japanese scouts were seen this morning at Blackwood's Pond six miles south of here. Gen. Oku, with 50,000 men, is advancing rapidly between this place and Ta Che Kiao. Shipping and trade are progressing as usual." Guardship Attacked. Tokio, By Cable.?Admiral Togo reDorts that at midnight July 11 torpedo boats approached the boom which blocks the entrance to Port Arthur harbor and attacked the guardship Diana with torpedoes. The result has not been ascertained. The Japanese boats returned undamaged. Japs TaK, Another Port. Che Foo, By (,/At? A Frenchman who arrived here on a junk from Port Arthur Tuesday morning reports that on July 7, the Japanese captured Fort No. 14. Successful Electrocutions. Columbus, 0., Special.?A1 and Ben Wade were electrocuted shortly after midnight at the Ohio penitentiary annex for the murder of Kate Sullivan, at Toledo, in 1900. A1 Wade went to the chair first . Only one shock was administered and he was pronounced dead at 12:11 o'clock. Ben Wade was strapped in the chair at 12:16 and only, one shock was given. He was pronoun-1 ced dead at 12:26. Both electrocutions were successful. PAUL KRUGER DEAD Former President of the South African Republic Succumbs to Old Age. Claxens, Switzerland, By Cable.? Paul Kruger, former President of the Transvaal republic, died here at 3 o'clock Thursday morning from pneumonia, and supervening heart weakness. Mr. Kruger lost consiousness Monday. His daughter and son-in-law were with him at the time of his death. He had been out only once since his arrival here, at the beginning of last month. The ex-president's body was embalmed, and this evening the remains were placed in a vault, pending funeral arrangements. Application will be made to the British government for authority to transport the remains to the Transvaal. In the meantime they will be temporarly interred here. S. M. Jones Dead. Toledo, O., Special.?Samuel M. Jones, the golden rule mayor, died at his home Tuesday evening at 5:07 o'clock as a result of a complication or disease. The immediate cause of In is ueain was an uuatcss <ju u? mn0-> The death cf Mayor Jones ha3 caused the greatest sorrow ?ail over the city. He leaves a widow and three sons, Percy, Paul and Mason Jones. Armour Branch at Richmond. Richmond, Va., Special.?According to a telegram from Norfolk, Armour & Company will open a branch slaughtering house here to relieve the meat situation in Virginia during the "Western packing house strike. At the local branch of Armour & Company, however, nothing had been heard of such, a contemplated move. The prices of meats here have risen very little so far. Pork remains at the anti-strike figure. There are various and extensive slaughtering houses already at this I-oint, and the work there is practically unaffected by the strike in the West. Great Flood Near Manila. Manila, By Caule.?A cloudburst over tho hills northeast of Manila caused a flood which has destroyed San Juan Del Monte. Two hundred lives were lost. The low-lying districts wero inundated. The homes of Americans and foreigners are isolated. Transportation through the streets is - - * V* n carried on in ooais umy. nam ua^ fallen for 27 hours, the total being 17 1-5 inches. This is unprecedented. Communication with outside places is interrupted. Tho damage to property is estimated at $2,000,000. Bloody Repulse for Japanese. St. Petersburg, By Cable.?An official communication from the Russian general staff says: "According' to information derived from Japanese sources and received by Admiral Alexieff's staff, the Japanese attacked the Russian positions at Port Arthur during the night of July 10. They were repulsed with enoratemous loss. It is difficult to calcu- ' late even approximately the number of Japanese casualties, which amounted, it is said, to 30,000." British Steamer Lost. London, By Cable.?Lloyd's Sydney, 1 N. S., agent wires that the British steamer Nemesis is supposed to have , been lost in the gales which recently swept that section of the sea. It Is i feared all on board the vessel were lost. The wreckage has been washed achore. Japanese Lose Heavily. London. By Cable.?The Morning Post's Shangai correspondent says that the Japanese casualties by land mines at Port Arthur Sunday night are reported to have been 28.000, but none of 1 the many other special war dispatches mention a Japanese disaster/ at Port Arthur. . ' Mormon Headquarters. Chattanooga. Tenn.. Special.?President Benjamin E. Richards, of the Southern States mission of the Mormon Church, purchased substantial buildings in this city for the permanent establishment of headquarters for the Mormon Church in the South. All the Southern States will be in his jurisdiction, and missionaries will be sent out from here. These headquarters are moved here from Atlanta. . Telegraphic Briefs. Ecclesiastical and commercial interests in China are said to desire the removal of John Goodnow, American Counsel-General at Shanghai. rTH^ now hottlftoMn OVlIn will hp ready to go Into commission in three months. Santo Domingo is being treated to a display of American naval strength. Russian official dispatches tend to confirm reports that the Japanese lost 30,000 or 40,000 men in a land attack on Port Arthur. ! A cloudburst northeast of Manila caused a flood which destroyed the suburb of San Juan Del Monte, 200 ; lives being lost. , The Anglo-American arbitration treaty was severely scored by some of the British newspapers. Socialists attacked army officers in Belgrade, Servia. and it was reported I that 20 of the civilians were killed. i The decree establishing a United J States custom house in the canal zone ' creates excitement at Panama. Judge Parker will confer with P. H. McCarren with a view to harmony among New York Democrats. j J. H. Schuettler, former member of 1 the St. Louis Municipal Assembly, ! pleaded guilty of bribery. 1 MEAT PACKERS OUT Fifty Thousand People Walk Away From Their Situations FOOD SUPPLY MAY BE AFFECTED Employes Numbering 45,000 Quit Work at Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Joseph and Other Cities as the Result of Stubbon Disagreement, Chiefly Over the Wages for Unskilled Labor. . Chicago, Special.?As the result of a stubborn disagreement, chiefly over wages for unskilled labor, one of the most extensive strikes in the history of the meat packing industry began Tuesday morning in Chicago, Kansas City, Omaha, St. Joseph, Mo., and other cities where large packing plants are located. If prolonged the strike is expected to cause widespread inconvenience, possibly equaling the anthracite coal famine of two years ago. The unanimity of the strike was complete. More than 45,000 employes are directly involved. In Chicago alone 18,000 men are oq strike. The effect of the strike the food supply of the country and the prices of meats is being earnestly discussed, notwithstanding the announce- ' ment that the packing houses, contiary to the somewhat general expec tation, will continue operations without any closed door, employing whatever help may be obtained. How much alleviation in the furnishing of supplies to the public this course may afford is a matter of wide variation. The packers declare that, hundreds of men who could not be provided with places have been applying daily for work. The walk-out here was started bf the employes of the killing departments at' various packing houses. The killers were followed by the workers in other departments as fast as current work left by the slaughterers could be cleaned up. Thug as the workers in each department disposed of the their part of the work they threw off their aprons and departed. This consideration was shown the packers, the labor officials an *- **- 1 il* ja nouncea, Decause it was nut uie ucBire of the men to cause the employers any financial' loss as a result of neglecting meat that was on hand to bo dressed. Watched by cordons of police, the strikers filed briskly out of the packing houses, carrying overalls, rubber boots and knives, cleavers and steels. The strikers were greeted by crowds of women and children, many of whom joined hands with the workmen on the outward march. Whatever the future may have in store In the way of riots, there was absolutely no sign of diso^M. A picturesqu^fwene was presented when tho sausage factories and canneries were left by their forces. There are 1,000 girls employed in these two departments of the meat Industry. Clad in the variegated garb of factory girls, this army of feminine^-' strikers tripping along the thoroughfare of the stockyards, were roundly cheered as they emerged through the gates and distributed themselves in the crowd of men who had awaited their coming. "We're with you to the last," the girls exclaimed, smiling an they stood around and talked over thfl situation with their male companions in the movement. Arthur Meeker, of Armour & Company, said: "We consider the demand * of tho union for an advance in wages of unskilled labor entirely unwarranted by industrial conditions. We could not concede it and proposed to submit the question to arbitration, which the union declined to do and called a strike today at all our plants. Every Ui-partment is kept running, however. Wo have had applications from hundreds of unemployed men for positions at less wages than we have beer paying and every day expect to increase our output." President Donnelly, the strike leader, said: "I wish to make it clear that we are not fighting for an increase of wages, but against a decrease. Our original demand was for a minimum of 20 cents an hour for laborers. This demand was amended our second conference with the packers in June. We then agreed to a scale of 18% cents an hour, except In Omaha and Sioux City, where the scale is 19 cents. The packers, on the other hand, refused to pay more than 17% cents an hour and declined to sign any agreements at all except with a small proportion of the workmen. The question of wages to skilled men was not discussed. To unskilled workmen the average wage was 18%, but when we asked that this be made the minimum wage they cut It to 17% and 15 cents. A man could live on 15 cents if he could get steady work, but at some plants the men have been able to make just 13 hours a week at this wage scale. They could not live on it. No one could. Another Wage Reduction. Fall River, Mass., Special.?It was \ practically settled that a general re> ductlon of wages in the cotton mills of Fall River would be ordered to take effect July 25. It is expected the proprosed reduction will average 12 1-2 per cent. More than 25,000 operatives will be affected. The reduction is the second made in Fall River within a year, the last having been a cut of 10 per cent For nearly four months the mills have bee) running on short time.