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Laid To Rest With iiary Honors. Tbe Last Tribute of Respect to Johnson Hagood. x Speciai ?O Tbe State. .- y "Barnwell, Jan. 6 -Gen. Johnson Hagood wis bulrTea^To 'day at 12 m. in tbe EpisTOpat^cemetery. All day long on Wednesday sorrowing friends and acquaintances viewed the re? mains at Sherwood. This morning at 10 o'clock the body was brought io and lay in state tn tbe court bouse V-;-. ?ntfl the arrivai of*the II o'clock train Large crowds'from the sur? rounding country began coming in early during the morning. The pebhe sqare from the bank to tbe court houee waa soon packed with men, women ano*^children, all bearing traces of sympathetic sorrow op?n their cotint?h?nc?ar^so the Ejah to whose memory they had come to pay respect-a man venerated in death as he bad bees beloved in life. Upon the arrival of the train, which was com|>08ed of five through coach? es; from Charleston and two locals, the Citadel cadets, 130 strong, fol lowed by the camps of .old Confeder j ate veterans 75 strong, marched from the depot one mile through Main street into the public square facing ; the court boase. After executing a few manoeuvres anns were stacked, and the cadets and* th? veterans in squads filed through toe ground hall, up the rear entrance, and passed the bier of th? dead g?n?ral in the court room, each -in turn looking hie last upon the noble countenance of " J ohnson Hagood, soldier and statesman. The general ?ook?d perfectly natural. Some thought his features were slightly careworn, but ryfog in the handsome casket he seemed to be quietiy- rest inj: in slumber only At 1130 the military were re? formed and the casket was. brought down stairs and placed in the hearse ?lSe lise of procession io the ceme? tery wan aa follows : Confederate veterans. Th? Citadel cadets Ileane . .'."7 : .X:arrog?s cairying the family. >??t?aer vehicTes. . ^People dh foot. The military halted a square from" tue church, and the funeral party p3?$ed on through lines of soldiers; and citizens on either side -and en t&red the chairen nader ^the sad ?n-: eviration of ari appropriate selection^ bythe choir. The active pallbearers were : Ca? det* P M Bllerbe, J McGee, J B. SaHey, S. A Canley, A BramleU, g -B; Collins. '. ;v The honorary pallbearers were : Kobe rt A ?di ich. W Gilmore Simms, - P. M. BuckinhaV P C? Butler, C ? Calhoun; W. H Hagood The Kev S. E. Prentts read the burial service of the Episcopal church and the remains were escorted to the " y grave, wh^re the committal service H'.": was read, the sod thrown m and the three volleys fired The following distinguished visit ors attended the funeral : . Col. C. S. f; Gadsden, Major R. B Smith, Col Jas G Holmes, F. M Parker,-Jas. Brodie, Cot Asbnry Coward, Major W. St. James Cummings, Lieut. Donaldson, ?. S A , Lieut. John ?on Hagood, ?. S A , D H Sally; P W P.urteli The floral tributes w<>re numerous and exquisitely beautiful fMm ^One thousand people attended the funeral It was the largest ever herd in the county, and the first 6ince the war with military cpremoniee. Tbe whole c??or,try mourns the death of Jobson Hagood. His place cannot be filled. ^Already steps are being taken to* put the preparatory work of the twelfth census in train to be done. A bill bas been framed which pro vid?s for the appointment of a director, who is authorized to appoint expert statisticians to assist in arranging the necessary preliminary work Under the provisions of the bil) the employ? ees of the office are to be wi Indra wn from the operation of the civil service regulations If the purpose of this feature of the bill is what appears upon the aarface. it can only be re garded as furnishing another strong argument io favor of the contention of those who have for some years advocated the establishment of a per? manent census bureau. There is no sound reason why the taking of the decennial census should not be made a part of tbe work of a continuing governmental office, with a perma aeni staff which might form the nucleus of a force, to be enlarged whei necessary, for the actual work of census taking ll is of less con? sequence what the name of such an office should be, though perhaps it won id be preferable to designate it aod to make fe in fact a permanent central statistical bureau; m whose worl: the taking of the census would be only an incident, through doubt? less ihe most important.-Bradstreets Tbe rapidity of the development of Sonta Africa is hardly credible. Teo year* ago there was hardly a white mao ip Robdesia. Last mooth the railway to Bulawayo was opened and the town was lighted throughly by electricity. Six hundred miles of railway bad been constructed io ninteen months. Southern Money Did it. It is a com moo (hie g with the Re publican organs in the North to rem io d tbe Sooth '?hat if Northern capital is desired in . io this section we most get more in accord with Republi? can policies and show less disposition, to kick against them. And even some of ! the so-called Democratic gold organs are indulging more er less in the same kind of talk as far as it applies to the I money question. They both assume that Northern capital is absolutely necessary to Southern progress and de velopment and that without it the wheels of enterprise and industry would cease to revolve. Perhaps some of them really think so, for they do not seem to be aware of the faot that as great as Southern development and industrial progress have been, especially within the past two decades it is the result ! mainly of Southern effort and of South* ern money. They think it is strange, perhaps, that in a section which bad given its attention so largely to agricul? ture, that a manufacturing spirit aod talent should so soon be developed, and perhaps they think it strange, too, that in a section where the facilities for pro? curing money through banks are so lim? ited, so much oapital oould be com? manded tc put into manufacturing en? terprises, but till Southern men have shown their ability to successfully mao-, ufacture and that, too, without North? ern, instruction, aod they have shown the ability to command a good deal of money to put into them. In a resent communication of Mr. W. W. Watt, oif Charlotte, published in the Observer, he showed what a small figure Northern oapital invested io Southern enterprises outs compared with the Southern money invested, and be took m ooh care to secure the facts and figures. He did this for the com? mendable purpose of showing the people who believe that the South is entirely dependent upon the North for capital to build up industries that they are mis? taken In North Carolina 90 per cent, of home capital is employed to 10 per cent, of Northern capital ; io South Carol ina, 80 per cent, of home capital to 20 of Northern capital ; in Georgia, 85 of home money to 15 of Northern, and io Alabama, 75 of Southern to 25 of Northern. He gave special attention tb the cotton manufacturing States, for io these ?he greatest manufacturing progr?s has been made, but says the per ceo tage in other States which ap? parently nave not f o much attracted out? side attention the per cen tage in favor of home oapital is still more favor-J able According to him the cotton manu? facturing industry in the Sooth repre? sents $80,000,000, only 12 per cent, of which bas been invested by Northern Capitalists, and roost of this has been in - conjunction with Southern capital aod bai been under the management of Southern men, and he says tbe money tnos invested -aod thus m&oaged has brought more satisfactory results than the money separately invested and man? aged by Northern agents. This will be interesting information to the northern organs which have an idea, or at least talk as if the Sooth was utterly dependent upon Northern help to build mills, turn their wheels, open mines and smelt iron, &c, and perhaps it may be agreeable new? ro a good many Southern people who bad Utle idea that their own section had done so well. But rbi* suggests another iine of thought. If the South with her limit? ed capital and inadequate mean?? for procuring and distributing money bas done so well what might she oot haye done if money were as readily supplied aa it is io some sections of the country, j We have millions of assets compared to thousands of money within reach, and if these assets could be made available in supplying the money needed tbere would be no occasion to go from home to'borrow or to look to the banks of other sections to supply the currency to tide over emergencies. The South wants State banks ; it seeds them ; they are the only kind of banks that will folly meet the requirements of this section heir oppooeats io the sections Twbere banks are numerous enough and money more than abundant enough talk about "wild cat" currency, abone unsafe banks and all that kind of thing, bot what is it their business if the people who want these banka and desire the kind of notes they would issue, are satisfied with them and willing to take the chances 7 If any one lost by them it would not be the people in the States which have all the banks rb?v want and all the money they need Why, then, should they persist in opposing letting the Southern people have such a bank? ing system as their judgment will approve: The currency of the banks they would establish, if the obstacles to their establishment were removed, would build mills,buy machinery,pay for cotton, or any other material used, and would perform every office that a coin? ed dollar, a National bank note, a Gov? ernment nrte would at borne, and that ia all that would be expected of it It would answer tbe home purposes and that is all it would be needed for, sim? ply a home money, to perform thc ?ni? ces of money at home, and stay at borne, or come back soon if it weot away. If we bad such a banking system to supply the currency, for which tbere would be demand to the South, the in? dustrial progress of tbs past co manu? facturing lines wouido't bear compari? son with the progress that would be wit? nessed not io ibe cotton ioduMry only, but in iron, and io other industries which have as yet made little or no showing in this section of the country Iaside of a decade there would be hun? dreds of millious tuvested in varied industries Wi? h all our great re sources, and with all that has been ac? complished, the Sooth is still handi? capped for the need of the money she could use and could supply her? self wirb if the shackles were taken off -Wilmington Star. Another Solution. The News has little hope that tbe j agitation about carrying weapons will i accomplish any great or even apprecia? ble deorease io crime We do not thick that the law can be enforced, as wc have said before many a time, and we are inclined to believe that a resolu? tion of the general assembly disapprov* tng of the habit would have about ?s much effect as a law forbidding it. But while the legislators and the press are prolific in suggestions. The News would make this one-tenta? tively, only tentatively. Let tho gen oral assembly enact that everv male person twelve years old and upward dis? covered without a pistol oo his person shall be fined one hundred dollar? ox be ooofioed to the penitentiary for six months or both Lot it be additionally provided that any person suspected of not having a pistol or, not showing bis pistol, shall be subject to iostant search by law officers or private citizens and that any person objecting to or resisting such search shall be subject to fioe and imprisonment. Is there any reason why this meas? ure would not enhance the general safe? ty and happiness of the people? If every man knew that the other follow bad a pistol and was prepared :o return the fire, there would be great reluctance to open a fus?ade. If all men were known to be in'armed neutrality to? wards each other, there might perhaps be decidedly less quarreling and display of temper than under preseot condi? tions. We suspect that people would rapidly and greatly improve. It will scarcely be maintained that the legislature bas hot the right to en? act a law of this character. The legis lata re may enact that every mao must have a tooth brush.-it being bad for the teeth to be with such an instru? ment Or the legislature may enact that citizens shall carry pocket knives for cutting nails, watermelons and corns It may therefore compel the people to tote pistols for protection against snakes, highwaymen and book agents. Incidental to this subject, it u pleas? ant to note that the bill to be intro? duced, by Mr Mccullough does not contain any objection to the hip pocket. Hip pockets are very useful for carry? ing handkerchiefs, ero. Both handker? chiefs and etc frequently oome bandy. -Greenville News. GOOD RESOLUTIONS. "Now is tbe time of year when the Southern cotton planters get together aod edopt r?solutions to limit the area of lai d to be devoted to that crop io future,'* said Mr. E. W. Glasaoook. of Mississippi, at the Riggs. "This is an old story, and has been hearci with variations for the past 20 years. The resolutions are adopted, the planters relieve tbeir minds, feel better hy it. go borne and forget what they solemnly agreed on, and the next ?priez plant 10 per oent more cotton tbao they ever did before. It would be a glorious thing if they would stand by the resolutions, but it is folly to think any ?officiently large number will ever abide by any agreement to curtail the acreage given to the production ofwbaH has h'et? tbe only 'cash crop* of tbe Sen? li. "I; is sadly true that the South is raisicg au over supply of the fleecy sta? ple If she prodoced only one-half the arnot t of this year's yield there is no doab that the price would be double, at le:.st, what the planters have receiv? ed in 1897. No matter how low the price go?s no ooocrrt of action can have the desired effect of reduoiog the yield, for et erv man will reckon that if bis fellow farmer plants less, then it will he U s golden opportunity to plant more "There is'a political phase to the question that may he mentioned, and tbat U that the low price of cotton has solidi ed the free silver sentiment of the rural Southerners. It bas been the death of Populism and will make the ag? ricultural vote nf tbe Sooth solid for a silverman in 1900-Washington Pott. FROM FOOT TO KNEE Ohio Woman Suffered Great Agony From a Terrible Sore-Her Story of th ; Case, and Her Cure. . u For many years I was afflicted with a milk leg, and a few years ago it broke out in a sore and spread from my foot to my knee. I suffered great agony. It would born ind itch all the time and discharge a great deal. My health was good with the exception of this sore. I tried a great many kinds of salve, but 3ome would irritate the sore co that I could hardly stand the pain. I could not go near tho fire without suffering intensely. Someone sent rae papers containing testimonials of cures by Hood's Sarsaparilla, and I told my husband I would like to try this med? icine. He got mo a bottle and I found it helped mc. I kept on taking it until ray limb was completely healed. I cannot praise Hood's Sarsaparilla enough fer the great benefit it ha3 been to rae. lt cleanses the blood of all impurities and leaver it rich and pure." Mus. AKITA E. EAKEN, Whittlcsey, Ohio. Yoi:, can buy Hood's Sarsaparilla of all druggists. Bc sure to get only Hood's. ** i % TTk-ii arc thc favorite family liOOd'S Pl?S cathartic. Price 25C Spain in Despair. Invokes Good Offices of Uncle Sam in Cuba. Chicago, Jan. 6 -A special ro ibe Tribune from Washington says : Spain is considering a formal request to ibe United States to ose its good offices to stop fighting in Cuba. Intimations have bpen received at the state department that tbe Saga^ta grovenroent had become convinced that the only way to save Coba waa to accept the often proffered good offi? ces of the United States Canova* re? peatedly replied to President Cleve? land, declining these good offices, aod Sagasta did the same last November. Now the prime minister has become completely disheartened cvor the evi? dent failure of autonomy. All efforts of Spain to bribe the sub? ordinates of Gomez to surrender on the ba^ia bf home rule bas proven futile. Bianco has completely failed in bis efforts ro open up conomuoicaiioo with the insurgents, and Pando bas likewise b?en defeated in the field The Span? ish minister now feels that the only thine left is to accept the good offices of Uncle Sam, in spite of the humilia? tion involved They hesitate only be? cause they feel that a public announce? ment of this fact would result io a re? volution in Spain. Secret negotiations with the state department now are actually io pro* gress 'the Spanish government bas lost the confidence of the localises in Cuba, and it. recognizes the fact that the ??land itself is lost entirely unless rbis country will at this late day ne gotiate with the insurgents for some basis of peace The Spanish propose that the United States should propuse to the insurgents ao actual armistice, pending negotia? tions for psace on the basis of Amer? ican guarantees of tbe integrity of borne rule, or even of independence on a money consideration. While no snob formal proposition bas been made by Minister de Lome, the state department bas been given to nrjderstand that only the fear of r?volu tion in Spain stands in the way now of accepting the friendly offices of the United States, which bave been reject ed so often It bas been even intimated that if this country bees fit, on its motion, to j open up communication with the in sorgents, Spain will not throw ob slades in the way. Any such move would be practical recognition of tbe insurgents as belligerents, bur things bave reached such a crisis in Coba th?t even rbis contingency mu** be faced 1" i* understood that the Cuban ie public will int-ist on formal recognition before undertaking any negotiation with the United States, claiming that ir can not tr*at with a power which regards it only ss an organized conspiracy of riot aad piracy Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic \ Cures Fever in One Day. Church and State. Judge Rouse's decision, practical? ly, in the Qoigley-McManus case, that the State courts have no juris? diction over questions affecting I he canons of the churches, but have only to do with the criminal and other statutes of the State, while a very self-evident proposition, is liable to become a .precedent since the qnestion is a-somewhat novel one to be introduced into a State court at all Thus is one of the fundamental principles of our government again declared and upheld, that the church and State must forever remain sep? arate and distinct. No man may commit any act to disturb divine worship without being held to ac account for offending againBt the peace and dignity of the State. But any act of insubordination or hardi? hood against the ecclesiastical auth? ority not amounting to a breach of the peace, constructive or overt, is matter entirely for the ecclesiastical authorities concerned to pass upon, and it remains for them alone to dis cipline the offender against the church laws.-Charleston Critic You Must Now be Able to Readacd Write. Wednesday, January 5th, 1898, was the last day of the so called "understanding clause" in our new State Constitution. The said clause will now be stricken out, and henceforth to become a voter one must be able to read or write, or own property to the amount of three hundred dollars Many white men j are unable to read and write and do not own three huudred dollars worth of property. These men, if, unfor? tunately, they have not registeied, will probably never be allowed to vote, South Carolina now stands squarely on au educational and property qualification for its voters THE LAR?-EST AND BEST STOCK -OF FURNITURE The J. D. 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