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Woman Suffrage. Views of its Leading Advo cates as to its Success. Io a conversation with some of the representatives of the Equal Rights association, tbe following remarks were elicited : j Mrs Neblett says she has spoken to j half a hundred or more of the dele gates, and the gentlemen who have at tained years of thought fu I dps? say they have been considering women suf frage for some time and, have noted the advance of the movement and al- ? most every man admits that in the ab- ! stract, the principles of justice and Democratic government demand that woman be given the ballot, but the de tails of tbe practical operation of vot ing troubled them, considering the large number of negroes among us. Mrs Neblett remembers scarcely any? j indeed only one man who denies that I women have political rights. Some of { tbe joonger meavbera admit that the subject is new to them and feel unpre pared to decide for or against Two committees?municipal and suf frage?have given the representatives of the Equal Rights association hear ings. ? number of the strongest men in tbe convention are pronounced in favor of extending suffrage to women with educational and property qualifi cations Oo the whole the outlook is hopeful. % Miss Clay said : I have strong hopes of success in tbe convention. I have had personal interviews with a number of the members, and have found them willing to admit the abstract claim of women to equal political rights with { men. This much being admitted, I feel that it will be impossible for men with any adequate sense of their duty in their high ofices as framers of the or ganic law of the State, to ignore or ne glect the plain rights of one-half of the people, though that one-half bas been voiceless in electing representatives to the convention Many of these gentle men expressed very plainly their re pugnance to seeing women in politics, but as such feeling is purely personal to themselves, nowise effecting the right of woman to tbe ballot, [ be lieve that these gentlemen will finally subordinate their personal objections to the plain right of the people, which it is their office to maintain. The favor ite exouse for a disposition to disregard the rights of women is that no large number of South Carolina women have asks* for the ballot I know not how to '-iswer this objection better than by recalling the very able argumente | on th<* fi>?>r the day the governor's ten- l ure of office was discussed. The gen tleman thought two years was the proper term?thought he reflected the views of his constituents. The one wbo approved a four years* term was equally confident that be reflected tbe views of bis constituears ; and he added with E&?ch energy that the people who had not mach opportunity to think on the subject or to study it, were not the best judges, but that they were here to represent tbe people. So it is with women. The mass of them have had little call or opportunity to study their claim to suffrage and its benefits to themselves, but those who have thought deeply of it are claiming it, and hun dreds <>f those wbo are doing so have sent their representares, and their ; petition is before the Constitutional con vention, and it cannot in justice be denied to them, because of tbe ignor ance or ap%tby of others?The State 1 The Clemson College. _ _ i A White Washing Report Given Out to the Press. Tiie board of trustees of Clemson college held a meeting in this city ? last night, and passed upon a num ber of matters which came before them among other things the report of the investigating committee, upon the recent reported troubles at Clem- , son. The board, as a whole, gave ! out nothing for publication concern- j ing the actions decided upon, but President Simpson, of the board of ji trustees, gave out the following in- I terview this morning: "Have you anything to give out : ? with reference to the work of the ' committee of investigation appointed at your last meeting ?" Col. Simpson replied, "Yes, we ! wish to say in the first place that: under the circumstances it was un fortunate that the word "investigai ! ing" was used, for the committee really was appointed more for the j purpose of inspection in order to j satisfy the board that the depart- ; ments were working together har moniously It will be remembered that the committee was appointed prior to cert-.ni newspaper criticisms. While the committee was not charged with the work, it did give especial investigation to the departments criticised, namely, agriculture and mechanics. They found that while much remained to be done before they are completely equipped and . developed yet they are progressing in such a way as to meet all reason able expectations. We are glad to state further that most of the recom mendations of the committee were adopted by the .board of trustees ; that the vari?os departments and branches are now so arranged and co-ordinated as.to ensure,, we be-^ lieve, good and efficient work in the j I future. The college has been put i into five natural divisions, and the ! head of each charged with and made * responsible for the proper conduct of 1 his department, and the president ! charged up and held responsible for ! the supervision and management of j the whole " j "Has any change been made in the ! faculty ?" "Yes, Mr Williams Welch, the in structor of drawing, has tendered his resignation. It was accepted by the faculty. Oh, there has, doubtless, been more or less indiscreet talk, but no more than perhaps can be found in all college communities Upon the whole, the faculty of Clemson College is a strong one, and we be lieve compares favorably with any college in the country."?The State A New Departure. Great Reilroad System Deter mines to Shar its Profits with its Employees. Railroad men hereabouts are dis cussing with a deal of Interest a re cent speech made by M. E. Ingalls, president of the Big Four and the Chesapeake and Ohio systems, Presi dent IngalU, speaking to some of his employees, said : "Our directors have determined that with the improve ment in business they wiil establish a plao by which the employees shall receive a fair share of the earnings after the fixed charges have been pro vided for. This was agreed upon two years ago, but owing to the panic of 1898 and the hard times there has been nothing to divide, and therefore the scheme could not be made effective, but with the imp;ove ment in business i 'nope that in the next few years this can be made effec tive. and that we can show to the world by the results upon this road that strikes and troubles between em ployers and employees are unnec essary, and that they shall be part ners and all work together for the common good." A well known local railroad men said yesterday : "It has long been the desire of all pro gressive men of our profession that an experiment of this kind might be tried. You will find that the scheme is in great favor among railroad em ployees throughout the country, and I have frequently heard the belief ex pressed among them that in such au undertaking lies the germ of the solution of all the labor troub Ies known to the railroad business " The roads represented by Presipent Ingalls are probably in a better posi tion than any others in the countrv to make such experiment, and men here and elsewhere will watch with keen interest for the time when he puts his plan into practice. To Attack Spanish Com merce. Hrooklyn, Sept. 26.?The evening pap eaya : In the attempt ro tree Coba by means of expeditions of meo and arms sent from this country, i>n/k lyn has not been neglected. Wt<hio the past two weeks the city has ben the recrui'ing grounds for a most bumnesa like and determined effort to enlis men for the patriotic cause. During this time, several agents of the revolution ary party have been actively at work in this city. Their field of operation has been along the water front, in the cheap boarding bouses aod saloons fre quented by tougshoremen. stevedores &nd sailors. Three agents have been at work and have used the utmost caution in their efforts. These have been of a round about nature and the enlisted ojco have been given no information >? the ulti mate destination of the expedition. The facts come from a man who enlisted, but discovering the dang^rou* nature of the enterprise, backed ?.ut at the last minute. From Brooklyn alone about 250 men have been engaged. ?n in?!*: cases these men are Germans. A< a mie they have been longshoremen, suiors aod stockers. men used to hard work and to hardships. There is very little doubt, hut that this enlistment, which has ap parently been successful, is iuteuded for the armored vessel which the Cu ban revolutionists are said to have ?ow in England, being out fitted out for an aL'ack upon Spauish commerce?* Shaky State House. Jackson', Miss , Sept. 26.?The condition of Mississippi's capital is becoming a serious matter. The governor and all other officials a e really afraid to occupy it and do so under protest There are hundreds o? people in Jackeon who will not go inside, no matter who is to speak, what sort of convention is holding or how strong the attraction. The house was built on a side of a bluff more ? than f r*y years ago and has settled till the rear wali is a foot out o? plumb. The roof is supported by immense new timbers put in the sec ond story five years ago which have afforded temporary relief There is a strong demand for a new capital just now. Every newspaper in the State is urging its necessity. The opinion of local and foreign architects has been secured and while most of them recommended a new building, some say the present otic can be made almost as good as new for $150,000. Bass -Sails and Bats, all prices, for sale by H. 0. 0stesa & Co. A Cup, a Kingdom for a Cup. The Frantic Cry Goes Up From England to Australia. London, Sept. 26.?The Yachting World in an article on the yachting situation says : "The fi-nco at New York seems to have whetted cupidity for the cup to an extraordinary de gree. Lord Danraveo's yacht has not even started homeward before another challenge is issued and accepted 'This matter is certaiuly a matter for congratulation and stultifies in a practical manner tbe absurd comments upon tbe impression said to be produc ed upon British yachtsmen over tbe contest. Matches between p]ng!i?h and American clubs should be greatly en couraged as such, but imbuing them with international importance is just | as absurd as to seek for political mo-1 tives in the lord mayor's visit to { Paris." The Yachting World also prints the j following note from a well known col onial yachtsman : "I know that I am expressing the feelings i?f many orders of Englishmen abroad and at. home when say Ameri ca's cop should have been brought back to the old country. I am pre pared to form a syndicate to build a yacht to be called Westralia to bring the cup baek to old Englaud. and sub scribe 500 pounds. (Signed ) Herbert Moir." The Yachting World, commenting on this note, says : "Mr. Moir, who is very much in earnest, has been simply astounded at the responses to his let ter, lie has been inundated with of fers to subscribe ranging from 50 to 1,000 pounds, until at the present mo ment, he has been promised over 50. 000 pounds 'or tbe purpose of challeng ing for the cup Mr. Moir's idea is to build a boat on lines Kimtlar to those of the Britannia, but with a larger sail-spread. It. is probable that Mr. Moir will shortly interview Mr. Wat roo, in which case it will be safe to assume that the order for the boat will go to the Clvde firm. Opened as by Magic. Raleigh, Sept. 26.?The drought continues all over the State, and ail reports received here are to the effect that the cotton crop is injured 33 per cent this month Such rapid open ing was never before known. At the State farms on the Roanoke river bot tome where ten days ago only ten bales were open, 700 bales are now open. The suprintendents of the Stated farms declare that in three weeks all the cotton worth picking will be open Picking is going on rapidly. Shedding of bolls and leaves continues, and the estimate is that there will be only half an averasre crop in the State. Told in a Dream. Asheville, N. C, September 26.? Yesterday afternoon tbe 17 months 2firl baby of James Green, living 5ve miles south of Asheville, sud denly disappeared. By dark hum ireds of persons were searching for ;he little toddler. One of tbe search 3rs was Jacob Morris, employed on Lhe Vanderbilt estate He searched :ill midnight and then went home ind to bed, where he had a vivid iream to the effect that the child was ying asleep in an old field three quarters of a mile from her home. Morris started for work this morning, out soon felt compelled to turn back Hid visit the location indicated in ??s dream There he found the baby deeping soundly, where it had wandered, rag doll in hand, head j j billowed on a stone. She was uu larmed except that her legs were :orn by briars. Giant Powder Exploded. c a Lead ville, Sept. 26 ?Sixty-five : wunde of giant powder exploded j c ;his afternoon in the Belgian mine in j s Adelaide park, five miles from this ; ( 3ity, killing six miners and fatally ; injuring two. Ten miners were at ; c work in the drafts at the time, and it i 1 is believed that a miner carrying s powder from one draft to another, let : { it fall and the explosion caused a t sav?in. The six were instantly ! e silled. Help was sent, from the city | r is soon as the report of the exp?o- c ?ion was received and the dead and i injured were brought to the surface. ^ riie only miner who can tell how the : < explosion occurred was brought to t [ha city to-night so badly injured ihat ! t ie cannot talk and will die. t Impaled on Iron Spikes. Savannah, September 24.?John j Hodges, a painter, at work on a wall \ ihirty five feet from the ground, was j killed to-day by the fulling of the t platform upon which he find another ] painter were working Hodges was impaled on a barbed iron picket of a a wire fence, which pierced his body, a striking the heart Five inches of | the iron entered the man's body and v wan held by the barbs so that it was ^ with difficulty that it. was lifted from the fence. Death was almost instan taneous. Charles Burnham, another * painter, was seriously injured. The , s accident was due to the ropes which * held the platform being eaten in' ? acids used in washing the walls. ; t Sawed Through the Bars. ; ! _j Two Bold Escapes From the ? S. C. Penitentiary. i Somewhere between 1 and 4 o'clock yesterday morning a bold escape was ; made from the South Carolina peniten- I ?iary by Garland%Good and Lmdrum j Williams, tw<> white prisoners who j have been serving out sentences at that institution. It seem that they succeed ed during the night in sawing through the in.u bars of their cells, which were located on the second tier of the male prisou, which is about ten feet from the ground. They carried their blankets with them, and by this means made a rope to let themselves down to the grouud, and then securing a ladder they made their way over the outer wall to liberty. The authorities of the penitentiary are making diligent search for the men, and have published a de scriptive list and an offer of reward, which leads a follows : Garland Good ("white), age 25, crime burglary and larceny, county Spartan burg, place of nativity North Carolina, term six years; received February 9, 1895 ; height 5 feet 11J loches, black hair, blue eyes and fair complexion, small scar on forehead, long nose and crooked to left ; escaped September 26, 1895 Landrom Williame,.alias R. L Wil liams (white), age 24, crime shooting into railroad car, aod assault with in tent to kill, county Spartanburg, term four years ; received February 9, 1895; height 5 feet 11 inches, black hair, browu eyes and fair complexion ; ecar over right eye, scar uuder right j shoulder aod on right arm above elbow; escaped September 26, 1895. We will pay a reward of ?50 each for the capture and delivery at this since.? The State. The members of the swell clubs have ! been talking and laughing over a good "tory that has to do with the young story-writer, Richard Harding Davis, ays the Philadelphia Record. Out at Bryn Mawr last week there was a horse ihow, which was attended by air. the fashionables It being, therefore, an eminently fit and proper event for a ?oung man of his celebrity to adorn, Mr. Richard Harding Davis went He entered the Bryn Mawr hotel aod with the quiet dignity which so well becomes aim, be opened the register and in scribed: "Richard Harding Davis, Esq., and valet.*' The ink was scarce ly dry on the register when Barclay Warburton drove his four-in-hand un ier tbe portecochere with a dinner jarty from town on board. Mr. War Dur.'on glanced at the hotel register, j ind noticing the jlaest inscription upon j -he open page he smiled. He smiled Droadly ; in fact be laughed. Then be ook up a pen and wro- : "Barclay Harrison Warburton, Esq md valise." rhe clubmen, knowing th indignation bat Mr. Davis must bav felt upon earning of Mr Warburton'e fling at iim, are hourly expecting to hear that Vir Davis has called Mr. Warburton >ut. Can They Fight. Austin, Tex.. Sept. 27.?At *;iid- ? light last night Governor Culberson is- i lued a proclamation for a session of tbe ? egislature to pass a law prohibiting )rize fightiog. The session of the egislature is to be convened in the city ' )f Austin, beginning at noon Tuesday, | J Dctober 1, for tbe following purposes: , 1. To denounce prize fighting and ' kindred practices in clear and unambi guous terms, and prohibit the same by ' ippropriate pains and penalties, putting . he law into immediate operation aod . akin g necessary provision for its en- 1 orcement so that the proposed exhib?- t ion of this character within this State j < nay be prevented, the undoubted will j < ?f tbe people on the subject respected j - md this affront to the moral sense j ^ md enlightened progress of Texas j iverted. ? j 2. To consider and act upon such ! ' >ther matters as may be presented pur- j ' uant to section 40, article 3. of tbe ; , Jonstitufion Austin, Tex., Sept. 27.?-The pro-; damation issued by Governor Culberson ate last night couvening a special ses- ; ion of the legislature next Tuesday to ? ( )a?>8 another law against prize fighting, vas the popular topic to-day. it was ? i?id to-day that ?opulists and other jolitical opponents e the governor may It-feat his plans by enacting a law to go ; nto effect in 90 days. Representative | >Vard said that the legislature uo loubtediy would pass a law to go into ! Feect immediately, and that it would ; nake prize fighting a felony. He thinks ho law will be passed within a week j ifier the legislature meets i New Orleans, Sept. 27.?Fitzsim- j unns and party left here to-nigbt for 1 [Oxas. Ilo will not accept L>>uis louseman, of Chicago, as referee. He s in fine condition and believes Brady s writing to Governor Culberson so hat. the fight will be intcrterred with. ?itz boxed with R icher to-day ?t the toung Men's Gymnastic club. He cored Lawyer Friend and assert? his {fairs aro now in the hands of Howe & rlummell. If Corbctt backs out, he vili fight Maher or any man in the vorld. It your child is puoy, fretful, troubled citb glandular swellings, inflaaied eyes, or | >M(.- OQ the head, face, ' bo?\ , ? coti??c of Tver's Sarsapurillft i? needed to expel i:u crofuloua humors ?rom the blood". The1 ooner you begin :o give ibis -?n?dicir.e the; letter. Philadelphia Offers Gold. Pai?adewiha. vS'pt.? The national banks of Philadelphia have offered dep?it $1,5 0.000 io gold with the United Slates sub treasurer in this city iu exchange tor greenbacks. Sub treas urer Bigler stated to day that negotia tions are pending and he thinks it pro bable that tbe money will be ac cepted by the government in a fewday? Meanwhile he will not disclose the naines of the banke. Kobert Battey Dying. Atlanta. Ga., Sept. 24.?A special to the (Konstitution from Rome, Ga . says that Robert Battey, a noted sur geon, is dying. He has been uncon scious for two days. Few names stand higher in the world in tbe Draciice of medicine and surgery than Robert Bat tey's. As originator of the famous operation, that now bears his name, for the removal of the ovaries, remedy ing in women certain maladies that were otherwise iocurable, he suddenly leaped into worldwide fame. He has been successful in a number of difficult sur gical operations, using methods original with himself Skirmishes in Cuba. Havana. Sept. 24.?Reports have been received here that Col. Hernau dez, commanding tbe government troops in the Sagua district, overtook a baud of rebels on the plantation of Caridad and routed them, pur.<uing them, be attacked them again at Libano, killing three, taking three prisoners and cap turing a quantity of horses, arma, am munition, etc. It is also reported from Sancii Spir itus officially that Lieutenant Colonels Cavas and Cave-tany. with their com bined forces had a bat? le with the re bel.-* at Oleita ou September 12 in which four rebels were killed Fight or no Fight. Austin. Tex., Sept. 25 ?Before Justice Denman of the supreme court to-day, tbe attorneys who are fighting the Corbett-Fitzsimmotis interest, filed a petition for a writ to compel State Comptroller Finlay to issue a prize fight licence. Supreme court meets at Tyler the first Monday of each month, when the petition will probably be acted on. Maodamus papers were nerved on Tax Collector Williamson of tbis county to compel him to issue a license. This is tir test case of i Lie county officers. Major Oppenbeimer said to day that bft did not believe the militia would be or dered to stop the fight. Another Cup Challenger. New York. Sept 24.?The secretary ' of the New York Yacht Oltib yesterday ; received by ble a challenge from the : secretary of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club for a series of matches for Amer : ica's cup. sect io (he nume of Charle? I D. Rose The cablegram stated a let ; ter would follow. The aoswer was sent I this morning stating that the cha?eoge ' would ba regarded as formal and be ! acted upon at a special meeting of the club upon the. receipt of the letter. The following cablegram has been j received at the New York Yacht Club house to da^ : Newmarket, S?pt. 24. I J V S. Odie. Secretary New York j Yacht Club, New York : Your message recived. I confirm ! personal challenge sent through Royal i \'ictoria Club in my name. Confirma j tory letter will follow immediately, and ! I make no restrictions as to conditions. (Signed) Charles Rose. * S? W.. i : ?/ ?/ Great and thorough' re liable build ^!.:?1 m ?cine, nerve 'conic, ?.: and ? 00 c a at riti or Before the people today, and which stands preeminently above all other medicines, is arsapanila It has won its hold upon the hearts of the people by its own absolute intrinsic merit. It is not what we say, but what Hood's Sarsaparilla does that tells the story:? Hood's Cures Even when all other prepar ations and prescriptions fail " I have b :eii a?l?cied ? ; r over twenty years with a very sore limb, caused by bad blood. I berr-n '^'cing Hood's Sarsaparilla and b.:ve boen getting better ever s:;.ce and can truly say that it is the Lest medicir. 3 that have ever seen." ARRENA Kitceing, White Pond, South Carolina. Cet HOOD'S liUUU b a 11*5 ?Ve. A (iru^sis. 25c SOUTH CAROLINA Co-Educational Institute, (Formerly known as the Williston High School.) WILLISTON, BAOTELL COMY, SOUTH CAfiOLM Next Se? Bps Ttalay, September 26, M For the past four years this School has been knowa as the Williston High School. Vear by rear its patronage bea steadily increased, during the past eession students attending frona almost every section of South Carolina nod also from Georgia. The patronage being 30 large the Board of Trustees at their last annual meeting decided to put up larger build ings, increase the number of teachers, raise the standard of the .School and change the name to the South Carolina Co-Bdcatiooal Institute. The Institution has been gmnted a charte; by the State and is the largest boarding school between Augusta, Gh., and Charleston, S. C Last December our Dormitories were destroyed by fire We take pleasure in announc ?Dg to the public that larger and commodious buildings of modern architecture are now be ing erected on a beautiful Campus of eight acres. These buildings will be completed and comfortably equipped in time to accommodate 150 boarding Student? by the opening of th* ?essioo. Our ooarding arrangements for the next session will be far better tbau ever before ind will not be excelled by any school in the State Separate buildings for i.oys and girls. Teachers live in same building with students. Our teachers are all specialists in their branches. Faculty consists of five Professors and four Lady Teachers. Ali students are re quired tc attend the church and. Sunday school of their choice. The Institute is divided into five classes, Freshman, Sophomore, Intermediate, Junior ind Senior. Besides the usual English Course, instruction is given in the following branches: Aocient and Modern Languages, Music, Art. Elocution, Typewriting, Calisthenics and Mili tary Tactics. We guarantee that any young man c?n enter the Literary Department of our School and \teend the en tire session of nine scholastic months for from ?105.00 to $125 00 according to :la?s entered. This amount covers Board, -TuiMon, Washing, Lights, Fuel and in fact, ivery expense except books and clothing. Si 15 00 "o S125.00 covers similar expenses for a roung ladv. Reduced rate? given to two or more students from same family and also to the children of ninister3 One scholarship of fiee tuition is given in each county. One scholarship worth S100 is jiven in the State at Urge. Competitive examinations will beheld in each county between :he 1st and 20th of September. It you desire to try the elimination apply to the President )f tbe South Carolina Co-Sducational Institute. By paying cash at beginning of session ter he whole nine months students can get discount of 15 per cent, off of tbe ahove price, which will reduce the expenses to ?n amount less than $100. Music, Vocal or Insuumental, per session.$35 00 Art. 35 00 PALMETTO BUSINESS COLLEGE. ^^"ZZZZ Connected with the South Carolina Co-Educational Institute is the Palmetto Business College. The course ol study is tbe same hs in any first class Business College. Tuition, full Business Course, unlimited scholarship.$30 00 Tuition, complete Course Stenography. 30 00 Send for circulars and write for full particulars to R. B. CAIN", Sec, Williston, S. C. F. . . BAILEY, . F. RICE, President. Supt. Military Department. I S?pt. 4. Pi ! OT1 irrive Sent? ? See 11