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FHX SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. "Be Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRDE SOUTHRON, Established June, 13*6 New Series-Yoi. XT?I. No. 23 Perished Erory TSTedncsiay, SUMTER, S. C. TSRH3 : $1.50 per annum-io advance. ADVERTISSHEXT: One Square first insert ion....?.$ 1 00 Every subsequent iosert ion........ ......... 50 Contracts for three months, or longer wil be made at reduced rates. AU communications which subserve private interests will be charged for as ad vertiemeots. Obituaries and tributes of respects will be charged for. CLEMSON COLLEGE Tfce Annual Report Sub? mitted. The annual report of the trustees aod professors and managers of the various departments of Clemson col? lege has been received by the soper intendent of education. The receipts for the year amount to $58,067 62. and the expense ?coonot was $54, 293 06. leafing a balance of $3,774 - 56 After paying expenses of cotteotioc refonding $10,000 to the state treas? ury and soma other expanses, the pri? vilege tax netted thc college, $42, 058 29. In the expense acsonot the largest expenditures vere for salaries, $8, 468.38; mechanical department $8, 792 40: agriealtnral depart ment re? pairs and construction, $7,144.81 ; cadet labor, $3,262 84 The total namber of students is 337. Tbs fol lowisg is the report in detail : Receipts for the year 1897, ending DsceiDber 31, 1897. Balance on band. $ 474 40 Interest on Clemson bequest, 3,512 36 Land scrip fond, 5,754 00 Cash- from insurance on barn, 3,000.00 Tuition fees, 810 00 Bents, 232 50 Electric plant* 140 58 Chemical laboratory, 14.37 Teams and teamsters, 76 07 Dairy, . 1,208 16 Mechanical department, 231 55 Fans products* 399 79 Veterinary division, 8 38 Police magistrate, 26 00 j Con viet division, 76.65 Experimental station, 30 15 Miscellaneous, 10 40. Clerical errors, 3 90 Privilege tax 60,600.00 Lsss expense?, fer? tilizar department ?\>d eoHeotioo, 6,546,71 Befund state, 10,000.00 Treasurer's error, 1,995 00 Lee land, J 8,540.71 Total, 42,05329 Total, $58,06762 To balance. $3.774 56 ? EXPENSE ACCOUNT. Salaries. $3,468 38 Mechanical department, 8.792 40 Electric plant, 2.750.50 Dairy, 1,162 75 Agricultural department, 6 835.75 Veterinary, ' ; 361.83 botanical, 906 03 Convicts, 1.089 44 Office. 1.015 63 Travel. 1,493 81 Repairs and construction, 7,148.84 Furniture, 791.56 Heat and water, 2.661 33 Military department, 377.24 Library, 981,41 Mathematical department, 203 63 Dike, 324 64 Geological divinion, 374.96 Cadet labor, 3,262 84 Farmers' i ne ti ia tes, 673 66 Physical division, 740 91 Insurance, 1,979 76 Campus, 12417 Cadet exchange, 200 00 Miscellaneous labor, 871 61 Unclassified accounts, 595 90 Balacee, 3,774 56 Total*. $58,067.62 MORRELL FUND. Balance on band, 1896, $ 33.75 Annual cash installment, 11,000,00 Available for year ending. Jone 30, 11.033 75 Disbursements-Agricultural sala rice, $616 12 ; mechanic arts salaries, $3,166.55; mechanic arts apparatus, $6 50 ; mechanic arts, material, $106 58 ; English language, salaries, $1 391.62 ; Mathematic, salaries $1, 660 63 ; Physical science, salaries, $2,566 70 ; physical science, ap paralos, $369 36 ; physical science, books. $8 75 : physical science, materials $145 49 ; economic science, salaries, $950 00 ; total. $10,944 90 ; balance,. 88 85. TRUSTED REPORTS. The report of President Hartzog, which is hereto attached, is so full and explanatory of all matters of general interest, we do not deem it neces9ary to make any extended re port We aek a careful considera lion of the report of the president and of the heads of the departments, tbe secretary and treasurer, and of J. P. Smith, secretary of the fertilizer department. j At the anneal meeting of the board ; I of trustees in 1896, a plan for th'* re | I organization of the college was adopt j j ed. This plan divides the college ? into five departments, with necessary ! sub divisions. It was not practica? ble at the time to change the system of bookkeeping, so as to show the cost of the departments and divisions separately, only the cost of the dif ferent departments. Hereafter a sys tem of books will be kept so as to show an itemized statement of the expenses of each division and a total cost of each department, as well as au itemized statement of every other amoont of money expended during the year. This itemized statement accompanying the treasurer's report, necessarily for this year is not so divided. The treasurer's report shows the total amount expended by each de part rae nt. Much of this was for plant and permanent improvements. The health of the college is good The outbreak of sickness last Jone was mach regretted, bot everything has been done to obviate, if possibe, any re-occurrence of the trouble. - The college and all of its depart? ments are now, with a few minor ex? ceptions, are practically equipped, at least for the present, but additions will have to be made from time to time as the knowledge of the sciences and the application to practical purposes tn crease. The cost of maintaining an agricul? tural aod mechanical college most not be compared with the cost of a literary college. The expense of such an in? stitution is large, and the only way io determine whether the amount expend? ed at Clemson i$ too Ia. ce br too small, i* to compare it with ene cost of other similar institutions. Such a compari? son will show that the appropriation to Clemson is below that *o almost any in stkutioo of like character The aciioaots heretofore appropriated, we confidently believe, have been wisely ano profitably expended. This belief on our part has been endorsed by every one who bas taken the trouble to visit the college and inspect it? workings, and we respectfully request your honor? able bodies in person to visit the college and judge for yourselves of its benefits and necessities. It was claimed by some that there was a mistake in the amount appropriated tc the college in 1894, of $10.000 This amount has been refunded to the state treasurer duriog the year. By resolution, the board of trustees was required to pay from the college appropriation the annual installment doe on the Lee lands. One installment was paid last Janu? ary and tho next will be paid next January, which will bc the last pay? ment The fertilizer deparment U economi? cally, and satisfactorily managed by J, P. Smith, the efficient secretary of this department. Farmers' institutes were held in as many places as practi? cable. We are pleased to report that they are growing io popularity. The oh?oge in the vacation from winter to summer will enable the college force to do more work io this direction in the future, at a time that will best suit the people generally and that will noe inter? fere with the college work.-Columbia Register Camden, Dec. 28.-An inquest was held yesterday over the body of Thomas Missoni and tbe verdict was that be came to his death from a gun shot wound inflicted by James Mc? Leod McLeod was arrested and placed in jail The evidence shows that Thomas Missoni and James Mc Leod. two colored men who live a few miles southeast of Camden, were in a house together Sunday night McLeod pulled out a pistol and said he was going to shoot a potato in the fireplace. Missoni said the pistol would not shoot, then some words arose and the lie was passed, where? upon McLeod pointed the pistol at Missoni and fired, the ball entering the head of the latter, who died shortly afterwards McLeod claims that it was an accident. St. Louis, Dec. 29 -Thomas W. Seymour, founder cf the Benevolent Order of Knights and Ladies of Hon? or, and grand reporter for the State of Missouri, died at his home in Maplewood, St. Louis county, to-day, as the result of a paralytic etioke. He was born in Ireland in 1830 and came to thia country when three years of age Later Mr. Seymour moved to St. Louis and in 1877 he founded the initial lodge, No. 1. of the order, which is now known ail over the country. London, Dec 29.-This being the 88th birthday of the Rt. lion Wm. E. Gladstone, the usual congratula tions were sent to flawarden and Cannes, where Mr. Gladstone is im? proving though still suffering from neuralgia Columbia, Dec 28.-Joe Jenkins, colored, who holds a commission as a state constable, was arrested here yesterday He was working on colored "blind tigers," and bad just made au arrest io the up country of a lot of negroes. Republicans Urge "Currency Reform." But They Still Stick to Gold Standard. Indianapolis, Ind., D?c. 28.-Five hundred representatives of the Repub Hean party of Indiana, outside of the city of Indianapolis attended to-day's conference. The meeting was for talk and little else and wes thc largest "off" year that the party ever held. The meering was held a little later in the year tn order that the United States senator from the State ?nd the Repub? lican representative might be here, and they all came. The influential men io the party were encouraged by thc statements of the senator and representatives that there is hope for corrrcocy reform, not medi? cal legislation, but action that will tend to set the party right before the people. The 'unanimity of the party in the State on the proposition that the cur? rency must be reformed was a surprise to a good many of the men attending the conference Thc Democrats it was averred, will declare for free silver in th?ir next State platform, and the Re? publican wiil, of course, take the oppo? site ground. Io the event of the failure of con? gress to take action looking to the re? form of currency, members of the party said, the party in this State would go into tho State campaign em? barrassed and on the defensive from the start. Io the hotel lobbies there was a great deal of talk against the civil service iaw, but it came largely from the men who made application for office imme? diately after the nomination of McKin? ley and have been disappointed. The prominent men of the party agreed that oo ooe need fear that the Republi? cans of Indiana will ever declare against the law. The chief speakers were United States Senator Charles W. Fairbanks and Governor James ?. Mount. Sen? ator Fairbanks paid a high tribute to the President He said : "Io my hum? ble judgment a more patriotic citizen never graced the chair of the chief executive." Senator Fairbanks expressed the be? lief that the Dingley law will bring the people blessings and prosperity equall? ed only by the McKinley law itself. "Some of our Democratic friends say that it will not raise revenue sufficient for the government-that it is not rais? ing sufficient revenue cow This is true as to the present. Why ? Because previous to the enactment of the Ding? ley law millions and millions of dollars io products made by foreign bands were sent into this country. Foreigners knew the best friend to them was the Wilson law and that its doom was seal? ed by the Republican congress. After these products sent to us by the swift? est ships which plow the seas are con? sumed we shall have sufficient revenue from the Dingley bill. The bill will vindicate itself. It will speak more eloquently for itself than any Rep?b? licas can speak for it." Oo the subject of currency reform Senator Fairbanks spoke as follows : "Our Democratic friends said to the gold Democrats : "Toe Republican party will not keep faith with you ; when the Republicans d eel ard in favor of sound money at St. Louis they did no: mean it.' The Republican party, with McKinley as its leader, intends to keep faith, to preserve the gold stand? ard unicpared to the American peo? ple. The ourrenoy question is a grett question and to it the President of the United States and his advisers are addressing themselves with ardor and intelligence. I saw the President but a day before corning here. I asked him if he bael any message for the Republi? cans of Indiana He commissioned me to say to you tbat he gratefully re? members the encouragement and as? sistance which the Republicans of this splendid State have given him hereto fore aod be further said, '1 am going to keep the bond I am going to vin? dicate the sound money plank in the St. Louis platform. "A party which keeps with the American people will io my judgment, be supported and sustained by them. No party can afford to vary from its platform pledges the width of a soli? tary hair. At the coming session of congress the great currency question will be in debate I cannot foretell what will be the result of the issue for unfortunately we have a majority only io the house, [n the senate the free silver Democrats, free silver Republi? can and Populists constitute ?he ma? jority Whether we can pass through the p?nate aoy measure that will com? mend itself to the conservative judg? ment of the American people, I cannot say But I do believe the Amcricoo people will give us credit for an honest, determined effort and 'bat effort they wiil surely witness If we fail, it will cot be because of any la;k of determina? tion aod perseverance in purpose oo the part of the Republicans of the United States senate." Charleston's (rift to the! Citadel. i Five Scholarships to be Main- j tained by Council. Charleston, Dec. 28.-The city council decided to night to appro? priate $1,500 annually for five scholar? ships in the South Carolina Military academy, provided an annual ap? propriation of $20,000 or a sufficient sum to maintain the Citadel be made by the legisleture. The appointments are to be made upon a competitive examination-no two appointments to go to any one ward, th? beneficiaries to be bona fido residents and to be appointed upon affidavits of the patents that they are not financially able to give their eons the trainining at the Citadel. The ordinance which was passed provides for an examining board which will have tbs appointment of the beneficiaries in charge. The measure caused considerable discussion, but was passed by a vote of 15 to 8-Mayor Smyth voting against it because he did not believe the appropriation legal under 'he circumstances and the conditions im? posed Ruiz Another Andre. As the facts abont the tragic death of Col. Ruiz come to light they strong? ly suggest a parallel to ihe melancholy fate of Major Andre, whose execution as a spy was ordered, though sadly and reluctantly, by Gen. Washington. It now appears that the errand of Ra?z, as proved by documents upon his per? son, was to offer to the Coban ieader, Col. Araogoren, a bribe of $100,000 in cash and a high office in the propos? ed new administration of Cuba, in re? turn for his desertion of the cause of independence and the acceptance of autonomy. In addition, the proposal involved the corruption of aoothcr Cuban officer by Aranguren. Bearing these propositions of treason and bribery, formally authorized by Cen. Blanco, Ruiz doffed bis Spanish uniform, donned civilian dress and entered the-Cuban lines. He was not, as the Evening Post asserts, "lured" "to be shot down in cold blood." On the contrary, he was explicitly warned by his Coban friend not to come as the bearer of any proposal of autonomy, aod was informed of the order for bis execution in that case. He himself, it is now made clear, went to his death with eyes wide open, tn obedience to the order of his snperior officer, Gen Blanco. With equal obedience to orders, Aranguren could not avert his fate. The death of Ruiz was not the murder of a herald or the assassination of an envoy. It wa9 the execution of a spy. It was a stern military necessity, and, aa Delegate Tomas Estrada Palma weil says, the blood of Ruiz is upon the head of Bianco. AIrea?y the wisdom of this stern re? jection of autonomy and of answering proposals of bribery with death is shown by its effect upon the Spanish cause. It is now seen that the policy of Blanco, offering a flimsy pretense of self-government with one hand and bearing in the other a sword, cannot succeed. The Cuban patroits who fight for liberty will accept nothing less. To Spanish emissaries who visit them with promises of office and of gold, they sternly reply with the bullet and the machete. The uncompromis? ing Span ?i party in Havana now really. .inpossibility of autonomy so thoroagniy that they have openly re? volted against the policy of Bianco and have renewed their allegiance to the ferocious Weyler's plan of e~*ermioa? tion. Their action must be reflected in Spain, where Robledo and Weyler are plotting the overthrow of the Sagasta Ministry. The Weyler method of warfare by whole sale butchery and the starvation of non combatants has chocked the world. Thc Bianco method of warfare by bribery and corruption will be despised by the world. The Cuban armies bare proved tbat they cannot be conquered. The Cnban ieader? are demonstrating that their honor is not for sale. What third method can Spain devise to 2C complish that restoration of peace, so temperately bot. Grmlv demanded by the United States ? There can bc bat one answer-thc acknowledgement of Cuban independence -N. Y. Mail and Express. Bombay, Dec. 29.-There has been a fresh outbreak of plague, especial ly in the Manvie district, where the inhabitants are seeking safety iu ? flight. There were 54 new cases of plague and 3T deaths from that disease today. The total plague returns from Bombay up to date are 14,257 cases and 11,882 deaths Saratoga, N. Y.. Dec. 29 -The thermometer dropped to 9 degrees below zero at North Creek, 10 below at Saratoga, 12 below at Rouse's Point and 15 degrees below a Blue Mountain Lake. Killed at the Door of the! Jail Special to The State. Kingstree, D?c. 29.-The readers j af Toe State are already acquainted with ! the facts of the killing of Philip Posten I at Johnsonville on Saturday last. People who had visited the scene of the tragedy reported from time to time that the people of the vicinity were arneb worked up. It was not thought ihat any further violence would follow, but sacb views have not proven cor? rect It will be remembered that io the shooting affray as reported at the time it was thought that both Postoo and -be negro were killed outright It sow seems that only Poston was killed ind that thc negro, although mortally wounded, did not die of bis injuries. The whole affair took place at Price's Store, io Georgetown county. The aegro. Sam Turner, was shot through . he abdomen and it was said could only ive a few boors. He was put io a ?mall outhouse near Price's Store and here lay lingering between life and leath until yesterday evening, when it was decided to remove bim to tbe conn? ey jail hire. He bad been uoder a ?trong guard from the time of the shoot? ing until then, when the magistrate jrdered him carried to Kingstree jail ind be was put in tbe care of Cannon, Dennis and Hazelden, who were special? ly deputized tc carry and deliver Turner :o the sheriff at Kingstree Accord? ingly bis body was placed nn a mattress ind put in a wagon and the fatal jour aey began. The trip was made with? >ut incident, the party arriving here iboat 10 o'clock p. m., and going ?brough town direo? to the jail. It seems that the jailer was net in at be time and one, or perhaps, two, of :be deputies went to hoot bim. He pas found at last and went directly to ;he jaii, bot before he could get to the jrisooer he heard a volley of pistol shots )utside the gate leading to the jail and )y the time he and the guard got to be negro he had breathed his last. The deputy who had the negro in marge states that a crowd of men came >y the wagon where Turner lay and sith pistols shot him to death. Some >f the pistols must have been placed lirectly against thc negro's temple, odgiog from the gash made io his lead. He must have died instantly md without a struggle. A Nation Desiring Peace. There is one all -sufficient reason vhy the leading powers of Europe ire averse to trouble with the United States, and it is that they are anx ously and jealously watching each )ther. England, Russia, Germany, france, Italy and Austria are not building navies and drilling their irraies to be on guard against Amer can aggression or ambition. The 308sible foes they dread are in Eu .ope, and they are not inclined to waste any of the strength intended ?r defense or offense in the old world in fighting against the leading jower of the new world Their newspapers may threaten, and their statesmen may strut and fume, but it s safe to say that nothing is farther 'rom the guiding thougbt of any ?reat European Cabinet than armed lostility to America. They reccg lize the fact that we have no part in ;heir rivalries, that we have no de lire to share in the partition of Africa )r of China, and that it is all one to ;he United States whether the Hin 300 is a subject of the Queen or of .he Czar. The issue which Europe '?gards as vital do not touch us, and war with the United States would jnly impair or destroy the ability of i European power to take part in the settlement of those issues. Therefore, Mr. Smalley or any one ilse to the contrary notwithstanding, here is no danger of a collision be :ween the United States, on the one land, and the leading powers of Eu? rope, acting separately or in concert, m the other hand. There is no dan rer that the Kaiser will bombard ??ew York or that a hostile British ieet will anchor off Fire Isiar.d. The yreat nations of Europe are quite billing to let us alone, and to reserve heir arms for the Armageddon which s believed to be coming in Europe tself. It is different, however, with Spain rhat country is hardly up to the ank of a second rate nation. It has ung ceased to have any direct inter? est in the strife for supremacy among he leading powers Nobody wants ?pain, or any part of it It has be :ome the lazaretto of nations, im )overished and diseased, bare of ali hat goes to constitute the wealth ind strength of a people, and rich mly in the recollections of a mag tificent past War with the United ?tates could hardly reduce Spain to i more desperate condition than now xists there, w?;?le it might offer an xcuse consoling to Spanish pride for he loss of the remaining American olonies Trouble with that nation i s therefore within the range of pos- ! sibility, and it ia the only European country with which trouble is to be apprehended ?t 13 wei! to be ready in case the Spaniards should be foci hardy enough to assail !he United States, but th^re r:ef>d be no fear that a conflict with i?pai:>, even should it be forced upon us, would spread any further, or involve us in serious diffi? culties with the great powers of Eu? rope.- N Y Mail ard Express. ?-I? i I -mai - A Queer Man Brooklyn, remarkaV:e already for many things, comes forward with one of the queerest characters on re? cord. He is the Rev. Dr. James Farrar, who-for several years has been pastor of the First Reformed church of Brooklyn He receives a salary of $6.000 and is very popolar with his congregation and the public general? ly To the great regret of hie church Dr. Farrar announces his determina? tion to resign. He does not do this because be has secured a better place and a larger salary. On the con? trary he leaves his present pastorate and gives up a ?6,000 salary and a fashionable church to serve a village congregation for nothing. Be intends to remove to bis hum? ble country home at idlewild, Ches? ter county, Pa., and take a pastorate in a community which does not be? lieve in a paid missionary. Dr. Farrarbas joined the "Keswick movement." so named from a town in England, where preachers are said to preach without pay, and claim that the rule is enjoined by the scriptures very distinctly and without qualification. Of course the Brooklyn preacher does not claim that it is possible to live without money in this age, but he does claim that he can live on an income of $500 a year and support himself and family in the country, and that when be has arranged bis private affairs so that this sum will be practically assured to him, he will take up bis new work. This story seems to be ont of date. How did such a man as Dr. Farrar happen to live in the nineteenth cen? tury ? There is clearly something the mat? ter with him In the days of the apostles such conduct as his would not have been wonderful, but in these days it arouses suspicion as to the mental equilibrium of the man who is guiity of it.-Atlanta Journal Rudyard Kipling a Plagiarist? eBi!F Awkins' and a 'Coon' Song. Mr. Rudyard Kipiiog selected a queer sor* of mod?l for one cf bis poems, ' Bill 'Awkins," published in "The Sevon Seas.*' says :be Louisville Times. Thc poem rans io rbis wise : " ' 'As aojbcdr seen 3i!l 'Awjkios?' 'Now 'ow io the devil would I know V 1 'E's taken 037 giri oat walkin' An' I've got to tell 'ira BO Gawd-biess'im 1 I've got to tell him so.' *' The critics seem to have missed the source of this inspiration, bei there is a certain ''nigger*? song that, in this part of the world, certain'? ante-dales Mr. Kipling's verges. The first stanza is as follows : 'Has anybody seen ray Lalo ?' 'Now how in the devi! do 1 know ?' 'You'd know her by her apero-strincs An' h?.T shoe-strings drsggin' on de flo' - Dog-go ce her ! An' ber shoe stricgf: draggle' 00 de flo'." This is qake io the Kipling manner -so much so, indeed that on hearing it the tuneful melody and happy con strnc'if.n seem to have so caught his oar that, perhaps withent bis knowing the fact, they worked themselves out io to "Bill 'Awkins" by a sort of un? conscious cerebration. We believe that i? what thoG5 unfortunates call it who are accused of plagiarise. BUCXLEN'S ARNICA SALVE. 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