Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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He Ktciunan aub Southon WBDIHsSIAY, JUNE 20, 1894. Tba South Carolina College. Is an Institution to be Froud Of Its Macy Advantages Told by a Friend. From-thc Newberry Observer. Messrs. Editors : It was roy good fortune to visit last week the South Carolina College .and to have the opportunity to inform myself, by personal inspection, of its most ex? cellent equipment and of the great advantages it offers to young men and women desiring an education. I bad thought that the institution bad the appliances and apparatus necessary for thorough work, but my expecta? tions were more than realised. lu all the class rooms are found naps, charts and such other appliances as are needful and helpful in illustrating and impressing aleasen. Physical training goes hand in hand with mental and moral training, and to attain this "end there is a completely equipped gymnasium in charge of a thoroughly competent instructor. We witnessed the per? formance of the class in physical culture and were much pleased with the evidences of thorough training. The chemical' department is thor? oughly organized under a most effi? cient head, .and is said by those competent to judge to be equal to Heidelberg or any European univer? sity. From the making of the simplest experiment ito the assaying of ores and soils, everything is at hand. In the department of physics ever tb; ng necessary to illustrate na? tural phenomena is at hand. In the class room of Professor Davis we saw something which especially pleased us, and which set tas to thinking. It is a home-made stereopticon. ? By means of a mirror, two lenses and a slide properly arranged he is able to project a picture upon a sheet some forty feet distant, and in this way most beautifully and impressive? ly illustrate historical events, bring? ing as it were the historic personages and places immediately before the eyes of the pupils. Cannot such an apparatus be in every common school bouse in the country ? lt is cheap and most efficient. I hope every teacher from Newberry County who attends the summer school at the South Carolina College, and I hope all will attend after attending their own institute, will request Professor Davis to exhibit this apparatus. The department of mineralogy, geology and biology is fully equipped with all that is needful for thorough training along this line. We had been under the impression that the ?oath Carolina College is an expensive institution. Such is not the case. Good board can be obtain? ed at the Steward's Hall for $8 per month. AH necessary expenses need not exceed $ 110 per annum. The water, obtained from a well far removed from contaminating sources, is clear, cold and pure. This is au important matter, and the excellent health enjoyed by the students is in a ' great measure due to it. The facolty is composed of gentle? men who are at the top in their respective branches. They are able, enthusiastic sympathetic. What more can be desired ? With all of these advantages of personal, equipment, location and cheapness, why is It that our youths do not go to the South Carolina Col? lege? Simply because they are ignorant of the excellent oppoituui ties with their reach. This grand old institution is his? toric and deserves; patronage. The proud rank which South Carolina has taken among her sister States was made possible by the South Carolina College and has been achieved by her alumni. She bas a proud record. It is said that out of the college bred men of the United States who have attained to positions of honor, trust and eminence, 20 per cent, bas been furnished by the South Carolina Col? lege. Let not this proud record be lowered. Let not this historic insti? tution die for lack of material upon which to exercise its beneficent in? fluence. Respectfully, Tnos. W. KEITT. --mm>- * ? * mt - GOT. Tillman bas offered a reward of $250 for the arrest of the partie* who ly oohed a negro io Lancaster Couoty last week. He's safe io offering that reward. But why hasn't he offered a reward for tbe negro wbo brutally mur? dered a white mau in this county about a mouth ago.-Newberry Observer. It is estimated that the Southern States pay to the East ten miliious of dollars for insurance in the excess of tbe amount returned to our sectioo io pay? ment of policies. This should not be. If we had invested all the money that bas been paid out in premiums right bere io Anderson for the past twenty years, we would now have a strong com? pany that would have paid big dividends to the stockholders. Suppose we organize a borne company now, and I ind ace all of our people who carry j insurance to put their shoulders to the wheel and make it a success. We ; believe it can be done. We would like to have tbe questions discussed, and offer the columbs of tbe Intelligencer to any ; of our citizeos who may feel disposed to j express their ideas. The Georgia Home Insurance Company, we believe, j started as a local enterprise and it has ; been a success.-Anderson Intelli? gencer. Beads Like a Novel. The Case of J. W. Hodge, of Clarendon. From The State, June 15. A case was brought to the at? tention of Governor Tillman yester? day, the details of which read like I the plot of some good novel. As a j result of the presentation of the mat? ter to the Governor a small, quiet looking white man, who went in? side the penitentiary walls only two days ago as a common convict, came forth again yesterday afternoon, after a brief experience of prison life, with a full pardon in the pocket, of his coat. His brief stay in prison had changed his appearance very materially, for his hair had been clipped and bis face had been clean shaven. The strange part of it all is that, even though pardoned, and a free man, be does not even know what legal relations he bears to the young woman whom he some? time ago wedded. It is truly a most remarkable case. The story, as told to the Governor, is romantic in extreme. The man in the case is John W. Hodge, of Clarendon County. The woman is Hester Hodge, nee Gibbes. It seems that about two years ago Hodge married the girl, who is said to be strikingly pretty, the ceremony be? ing performed by a trial justice They lived together as man and wife and things went along without any trouble until a short time ago. About four months ago a child was born to the couple. It,.appears that there was another man who himself j1 wanted to marry :he girl. She pre- j < ferred Hodge, however, and the other j i suitor attended the wedding. The statement matre/to the Governor was that this jilted suitor, alleging that j '. the girl had colored blood in her < veins, bad a warrant issued for her and Hodge charging them with "un lawful intermarriage." They were i arrested, tried and convicted. Hodge ! was sentenced to one year in the . penitentiary. The woman was sen- '. tenced to pay a fine of $500, but, i owing to the illness of her child, 1 the judge released her from imprison- i men temporarily without the pa}'- i ment of the fine. < Upon the showing made to the . Governor, there is no doubt a? to Hodge's being a white man. The i girl's grand mother and mother were 1 of pore white blood. Ou the father's < side, however, there seems to have i been a strain of Indian or some other kind of blood, 'the interjection of 1 which into the family extends back i beyond the Revolutionary War. To ' all outward appearance, and as far 1 back as the neighborhood history goes, no trace of any other blood ' but this can be found. The girl's family has always been considered white and has associated with none but white people. Her father fought as a Confederate soldier through the 1 recent war The family has always 1 stood well in the community. These are the facts of the remarkable case 1 as presented to Governor Tillman 1 yesterday and which he considered j justified a pardon. Now the question arises whether, 1 after conviction, in the court of Gen- 1 eral Sessions, the parties to the mar- 1 riage contract ca? now be considered 1 legally married and whether their 1 child is legitimate or not. It is un? derstood that some effort will be 1 made to have this question decided 1 hi the courts. ' - mwm II ? - - I Kerosene for Killing Insects. I The kerosene emulsion is the cheapest, safest and best of all in sectiside8. It will kill any insect ' or caterpillar that it touches. The j emulson is made as follows : Dis solve three-quarters of a pound of hard soap in one gallon of boiling soft water and add one gallon of ' kerosene. 1 Poor the whole in one old fashion- 1 ed dash churn or something of the ! kind and churn violently for fifteen 1 minutes When cool the emulsion ] will form a white jelly not at all oily. In this condition it will keep for any length of time. When wanted for use dilute the jelly, using niue parts by measure of soft water and one part jelly. The di? luted liquid must be sprayed or dashed upon the infected plants with a broom or wisp of twigs, lt is harmless to the plants. Flies on the ceilings of rooms may be killed by sweeping them off at night with a broom wet in this liquid. Dogs and other animals may be relieved of fleas and lice by bathing them with it. Every one who grows field j j or garden plants should keep on hand I a supply of the jelly and use it freely I upon the plant lice, caterpillars and ! other noxious insects. Hatched a Cracked Egg. Mr. P. B McAfee, who lives near Yorkville, sent to some place in Ohio for some bronze turkey eggs to set. Fifteen eggs came back by express, but one of them was crack? ed. They cost too much, however, ! to throw away even one where there was the slightest chance of getting 1 a return, so Mr. McAfee pasted a piece of paper carefully over the! crack and set it with the balance under an old hen. He was laughed at, but a few days ago the old hen : came off with thirteen turkeys, and one of them was hatched from the cracked egg.-Yorkville Yeoman. Some Important Railroad Rumors. The Greenville News, of June 12th says, a gentleman who is in a position to know and who says he has it dead straight, told one of its reporters recently that the South Carolina and South Bound railroads are going to stir up the railroad situation In this State and they are going to do it before very long Here is the story as printed by the Greenville News : "The Parson brothers, of New York, who,bave a barrel, of money, have bought the South Carolina rail? road and cut the Louisville and Nashville cut of a million, dollars second mortgage bonds with which it hoped to control that property The result is the Louisville and Nash? ville, jointly with the Coast Line, will build a road of its own to Augusta from Charleston and the Coast Line branch, jost completed from Sumter to Denmark, will be extended to Barnwell to connect wltli the new line from Charleston to Augusta. The SOTO? CaroHna.s'1 owners, m order to hold their business, will shorten their line. ThejT can and will do it with a road from Sumter to Middleton where on ; the , Colum? bia branch it will run to Orangeburg. From Orangeburg it will build 'a short line to Blackville, thus taking a short cut to Augusta, where it will have straight connection with the North over the South Carolina, Charleston, Sumter and Northern and Seaboard Air Line. The South Carolina will buy ihe Cumberland Glap railroad from Aiken to Edgefield and extend it to Easley and Green ville via Abbeville To keep, the pot boiling the R. and D. and G. C and N. will play for each other's territory. The latter will be the purchasers of the Port Royal and Western Carolina when it is sold and will extend it from Sparenburg to Rutherfordton, N. C. It will also extend the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens, making the shortest through 1 ine -from Columbia to Greenville. The Three Cs will also take a lia nd and upon its reorganization' w fl 1 extend from Cam-, den to Sumter amt; from Catawba Junction to Charlotte." This is an. important railroad rumor, indeed, and we hope it is true. It will give Orangeburg a direct route to Augusta which will result in a great benefit to this place. We want all the railroad connections we can get, and if the present strained railroad conditions continue we believe that the predictions made hy the gentleman quoted by the News will become realities-Orangeburg Times and Democrat. --^mm>-. ?- -mum- . . ? - A Southern Experiment. A -Memphis paper calls, attention to aaucccssTul farming experiment near Sycamore, Ala., It seems that two brothers are operating ou a five-thousand-acre tract of land. Tliey employ eighty four whites and not a single negro. They raise ?lt the food crops acces? sary for the people and the stock in their community, and all the meat they need, but cotton is their princi- j pal crop. But they do not ship their cou ?ii to Northern markets to be worked up in eastern mills. A mill on the plantation manufactures the cot? ton into yarns and another mill grinds the seed into oil. The yarn mill [jost $113,000 and pays a handsome profit. The success of this experiment should convince northern farmers who aire seeking southern homes that they can come down here and ^et along prosperously with white labor alone, if they prefer it. This, however, is not the main lesson taught, by the Sycamore enter? prise. The two brothers who are running this large plantation have made it plain that it is possible to establish small farming communities in the South that will be self sup? porting and practically independent. The experiment suggests new pos? sibilities for southern agriculture.-^ Atlanta Constitution. Don't Clean Bottles With Shot. It is surprising, says Doctor F. Sawyer, how many people persist in cleaning bottles with shot after frequent cautions that have been spven. Nothing cleans bottles so easily as a handful of shot, which can be shaken into every coiner until the glass fairly shines with cleanliness ; but the danger of lead poisoning is great, even when the bottle is rinsed out with clean water, and is doubly dangerous when there is no rinsing out at ali, as is usually the case. Clean sand is a convenient and thorough bottle cleanser, especially as the particles of sand which adhere must be after? ward to complete the process. When time is not un object, a bottle can be well cleansed by the aid of the potato parings, but as they must be corked in and left to ferment, the plan is not expeditious enough for general use. The framers of the new constitution for Hawaii didn't intend that the natives should take much of a hand in ruuoing the ship of State, for it. provides that as a requisite to citizenship a uative must own $200 worth of property, while a Senator must be v?orth ?5,000 and a Representative $1,000. This cuts out nearly all the native Hawaiians. Sheiling Shell. _ Tiie war still rages in Laurens ? The esteemed Herald of that city, which, like The State, is a loyal sup? porter of Johngaryevans is literally "stomping the life out of the once immaculate but now recalcitrant j Wash Shell. The Herald employs no less than 27 distinctly offensive adjectives in describing the author of the Mani? festo, and declares that "the proud banner of Reform which was en trusted to his keeping, is, by reason of his polluted hands, tainted with corruption, bribery, political treason and dishonesty/' Weare truly sor? ry to hear it. But the Herald is not content with 'generalizations, lt says that Con? gressman Shell's first act of treach? ery, "so far as has been found out," was "the hatching and personal management of the disgusting scheme to sell out his brother Alli? ance and Reform candidates in the campaign of 1892, and his dastard attempt to prostitute the principles ?of Reform to the level of barter .and sa!e." His second; act of poli? tical treason, it says, was "his self confessed sell-out by being bribed to deliver his party into the hands of its enemies for $12 OOO." After c?aiming as the proof of this last charge a statement made by our j Congressman in . a speech at S a rd is, and citing other, but minor, acts of "treachery," the Herald proceeds to say that Bro. Shell lately wrote to one of his former supporters declar? ing that John Gary Evans, Governor Tillman and Stanyame Wilson must be beaten, Wilson especially ; that he later telegraphed his quondam friend that Tillman "most certainly should he defeated," and urged him to go to the people, and that he arranged a cypher code for him, in which "Crops are good" meant a prevail? ing sentiment against Tillman, Evans and Wilson, "Crops are ruined," meant a majority sentiment for them, and "In good shape" meant an evenly divided sentiment. These ace shocking revelations, if they are indeed revelations, and at most tempt us to be glad that we supported D R. Duncan in 1890 and J. t. ?ph?9pn in 189?2 instead of Capt Shell. But perhaps the one? time triumvir will make a satisfactory defense. It would be an imperti? nence, anyhow, for an "old ring-rule paper" to interfere in a domestic difference between the truly patriotic -State. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, sie cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castorfs ? m HKillillA F0R EITHEB SEX. This remedy I V RR UN S ***** inj?^ diree?y to the se*; of I? BJ UBI Viv %r those diseases of the Genitourinary Or ^--ff?nKf requires no chin fe of diet or ns ta eon-, me retrial or poisonous med? ici a? to be takes internally. When j med - AS A PREVENTIVE j by eitbef *?it Uimp?vriibieto<ygitr?rt ! any venereal disease ;hnt in the case of i those already UxiaarnzATKLX Anuax? with Gonorrhea and Gleet, we gu*r<ui? tee a cere. Price by mail, postage pai?., I ?I per box, or 6 botes for 8?. Forsaleby Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme, Sumter. S.C. LADIES DO YOU KNOW DR. FELIX LE BRUN*S STEEL IND PEHNYBOYJH PILLS are the original and only F RE N CH. safe and re? liable cure on the market. Price $1.00; sent by mail. Genuine sold only by Dr. J. F. W. DeLorme, Sumter, S. C. VITAL TO MANHOOD. Da. E. C. WEST'S NERVE AND BBAIN TREAT? MENT, a specific for Hysteria, Dizziness, Fits, Neu? ralgia, Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental Depression, Softening of Brain, causing insanity, misery, decay, death, Premature Ord Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power in either sex, Impotency, Leucorrhcea and all Female Weaknesses, Involuntary Losses, Sperma? torrhoea coaled by over-exertion of brain, Self abuse, over-Indulgence. A month's treatment, fl, 6 for ta, by mail. With each order for 6 boxes, with $5 will send written guarantee to refund if not cured. Guarantees issued by agent. WEST'S LIVER PILLS cures Sick Headache, Biliousness, Liver Complaint, Sour Stomach, Dyspepsia and Constipation. GUARANTEES issued only by J. F. \V .DeLorme, Sumter, S. C. OTTO F. WEITERS, WHOLESALE GROCER, AND LIQUOR DEALER, OFFICE AND SALESROOM : 183 East Bay, Charleston, S. C. Nov. 7-0 BOOK- KEEPING-, SHORTHAND AND PENMANSHP. We have recently prepared Books on the above, especially adapted to "Home Study." Seut on 60 days trial. Hundreds have been benefited hundreds of dollars by ordering our publications. Why not you ? Should you later decide to enter our Col? lege, you would receive credit for the amount paid. Four weeks by our method of teach? ing book-keeping is equal to 12 weeks by the old plan. Positions Guaranteed under cer? tain conditions Send for our free illustrated 96 page catalogue and "state your wants." I Address-J. F. Draughon, Pres't.-Draugh I on s Practical Business College and School of j Shorthand and Telegraphy-Nashville, Tenn. ll Teachtrs, 600 Students the past year. No j vacation. Enter any lime. Cheap board. ?N.B. We pay S3.00 cash for all vacancies ; as book-keepers, stenographers, teachers. I clerks, etc., reported to us, provided we fill ? same. Mav 9. for Infants and Children. " Castoria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription :.zcvrz to me." H. A. AECHER, 3L D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. "The use of 'Castoria is so universal and its merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation" to endorse it Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach." CARLOS MARTY*-, D. D.., New York City THE CENTAUR COMPACT, 77 MURRAY STREET,, KEW YOKE: OTT. Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di? gestion, Without injurious medication. "For several years I have recommended your 'Castoria,'' and shall always continue to do S3 as it has invariably produced beneficial results.'' EDWIN F PAEDES, M. D., 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. SCHWERIN 4 CO. New Orlean? Molat??e? In Barrels, Half Barrels and Kegs. Flour, Sugar, Coffee, Crackers, Meat, Lard, Cheese, Starch, Soap, And everything nice in the G-rocery Line WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Call and See Us. Our Retail Department is Complete. Schwerin & Co. Feb. 7. _ " JE WE LR I*. Watches, Diamonds, Sterling and Flated Silverware, LARGE STOCK SUITABLE FOR WEDDING PRESENTS. Clocks, Optical Goods, Fine Knives, Scissors and Razors, Machine Needles, &c. FOLSOM. SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH. ESTABLISHED 1868. Sumter. S. C. THE INTERNATIONAL CYCLOPEDIA. A Modern Work of reference for the Home, Library, Office or School. 15 Royal Octavo Vols., 50,000 Titles, 125 Double Page Maps, 150 Double Page Illustrations. Cash or easy payments. Write for terms to CHAS. H. CHAPMAN, P. 0. Box, 195, Charleston, S. C, General Southern Agent. Feb 14-x ' . *_ LOW FOR CASE, A OAR LOAD OF Fine Buggy Horses. A Full Line of OLD HICKORY WAGONS, BUGGIES. CARRIAGES. HARNESS, WHIPS; ETC. ALL FOR SALE LOW FOR CASH. W. M. GRAHAM. Jan. ll. I RETAIL White Corn at 75c. per bushel in sacks, Mixed Oats, at 55c, " .? 44 Ship Stuf, at $1.25 per 100 lbs., in sacks. Choice Timothy Hay, $1.20 per 100 lbs., io bales. Cotton Seed Meal, at $1.30 per sack. Cotton Seed Hulls, at $4 50 per too io bulk. Lime, $1.25 per barrel. I ALSO SELL Rosendale and Portland Cement, Plaster of Paris, Fire Bricks, Flue Pipe, ADd Other Building Material. Cow Hair, Sewer Pipe, Special Prices on Large Lots, H. HARBY.