The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, July 18, 1900, Image 8
(Dreadful Words For Gov?
ernment Employees.
"8TAND AND DELIVER I"
(High Handed Methods of Repub
lican Campaign Managers.
IDEM1HD 60 PEE OEHT OF SALARIES
'Otneaboldern Moot Giro Vp or Loa?
Tbelr Job? ? ( abaa Scandnl Kol
( ?nlnod to the Poitottec-How the
Boer Knvoyi Were Received by
Mr. Brynn?Snorsreetlon For n Joint
Debate?lourernlng the Open Door
la thlaa?The Democratic Lenders.
I8peclal Washington Letter.]
"Stand and deliver!" was the ominous
Kmraand which Paul Clifford and his
bber crew used to thunder Into the
?ears of travelers on Ii out) slow heath
and In the pleasant lanea of England.
?Stand and deliver!" are the Jrcadful
,worda whispered In the ears of govern?
ment employees at Washington and,
as for that matter, all over the country,
/or there Is no Republican officeholder
big enough or small enough to escape
the modern highwaymen?the Repub
Ucan campaign managers. Rsthbone,
Necly ?t Co. steal oo a huge scale in
Cuba; the Republican campaign man?
agers bold up and aaudbag the defense
leva employees here at homo. Civil
service rules don't count when a cam
pa gn la on?no. not on your life, they
don't!
Blsckmnllers appear to grow with
what they feed on. In 1SS0 oao Jay
Hubbeli made his name loathe-1 until
It became a hiss and byword by black?
mailing employees out of 10 and 20 per
cent of tbelr vages In order to raise
the slush with which to buy Garfleld's
?lection. The hatred of the American
people drovo Hubbeli Into private life,
but Hubbeli was timid at the business
compared with latter dny Republican i
managers, who demand and get 50 per
cent! "'Tis true, and pity 'tis 'tis
true!"-thnt Is. If the Washington Tost
la to be believed, and remember that It
la a stanch friend to McKinley.
Robborr nad Blnckaaall.
Here Is a short extrnct from a two
column expose which The Tost makes
of a transaction which Involved both
robbery of the public and blackmail of
the employees:
OoogTeas took SSO.OOO out of the treasury Juat
before ad)ournmoSt at.d presented It to the em*
ployeee of the senate and house. This was in
pursuance of sn old established custom?I custom
n?or? generous than, creditable?of voting an ga>
tr? month's salary to each man or> the capitol
pay roll. Nobody has ever seriously contended
that there ts any real Justification for thia give?
away of the people's money, but both political
parties) do it. and it has b<-en done so oftin and
eo leaf that .he big annual gift?it I? sVgSSSf
Oift?has ceased I ?? provoke more than a feeble
and passing protest from even the watchdogs of
the treasury.
But (his year's presentation to the force of cap?
ital employee* has l.ad a seq'.'cl more scandalous
than the presentation itself. Congress having lib?
erally \oted tSO.OU) in O ? sii i;?? t f sa uric*,
the llcpul'llcan eongrvrsiona, committee has stop?
ped in and as**** the b*neflciarics on the house
roll to give up one naif of the sum they received
lor use In the campaign. In other words, an >???
?art has been made to utilise bo pt-r rent of a
large appropriation of public money as a ni clous
of a fund needed by the c>ni;re*juoP"'. committee
to aid in the election of KcpuKicatis to the I'ifty
orveoth congress. A failure to rvfpond freely by
the employcea has BtSVSBSSt] the complete con
?ummation of this remarkable project, but it is
no fault Of the rongrvsiiional committee th it it
tailed to get hold of a considerable share of the
SSO.OSO ao generously donated. There was a teilet
that Slo.OQO at least would be foluntarily eur
readered. but It ts understood that less than hslf
of this ajBOuot srlU be realized.
Glvo 1 p or Got Out.
IIow do the taxpayers of the land
like to have $80.000 of their money pre?
sented In one gob to a Job lot of Repub?
lican ottlceliolders and then have the
officeholders plundered of one-half of
It to bold the freclwotlng administra?
tion In power for four years more? It's
a pity that a resolute prosecuting at?
torney does not get hold of the black?
mailers atid send them to the psSJsttSSV
tlsry! We hud to pass n new extradi?
tion law In order to get Rnthbone und
Neely back here from Cuba, but these
blackmailers nre carrying on their ne?
farious operations In the full light of
day at the Raleigh hotel, on Pennsyl?
vania avenue, in the nation's capital.
We are told that r*. F. Schr?der, w)io
Is doing this precious business for the
Reptibliean congressional committee,
assures a startled public that no coer?
cion Is used. Oh. no! Perish the
thought' Hut there Is not an employee
who res|K?nds to Schroder's Invitation
to wnlk Into his parlor at the Raleigh
who does rv>t know that If he refuses
to come down with the dust to the
tune of 50 per cent of bis salary he will
lose his official head. Ho rather than
give up his Job he whacks up.
Schr?der has been caught In the act
and In history will Join Jay IlubbelU
of odoriferous memory, but no doubt
tbere are others at work In every de?
partment of the government, busy as
beea bleeding the employees In order
to re elect this administration of puri?
ty, sweetness and light. Assassination
In Kentucky, blackmail In Washing?
ton, plain but colossal stealing In Cuba,
ere toe starters In a campaign destin?
ed to be the corruptcst In the history
of the republic. All deceit* * dk will l>e
compelled to bold their no.> s long be?
fore the frost of November nips the
Republicans on election dny.
l ike Snnqan's CJhrtet.
The Cuban scandal*, like the ghost
of tbo late lamented Itan<|iio. will not
si jwn. The stench Is so strong that even
s >me of the McK.idey orgnns are com?
pelled to give a lusty and far resound?
ing snort occasionally to keep from
bursting. For example, that perfervld
McKinley shooter, the Indianapolis
Newa, bee a Iis vans correspondent
who, among many other warm things,
ears:
j It wen? a Utile unfair that the department ot
posti In Cuba should be made the scapegoat for all I
I the corruption on the island's administration {
when it is well known in Havana that the postal
I irregularities and defalcations tN hut a bagatelle
I tn comparison with Mio ?tupondous frauds that
I bave t'ocn perpetrated and judiciously covered up
I In this city alone, to say nothing of suburban
I military railroads, etc. Havana has always had
I the reputation of being a warm place, hut if the
I political pot continues to boil over much more it
I will toon he pronounced too Itot for comfort.
The military muddle is getting thicker than
I ever, (ieneral Adna It. Chaffee, late chief of
I atari, got away Just in time, Before leaving he
remarked to a friend: "We all knew it would
I have to come, and I thought the sooner the bet
ter, but those tem'.r toes up there in Washington
I wanted the cyclone staved off till after election.
I 'Keep quiet down there or tlx- Democrats will
I ratch on. and then the devil will be to pay.' So
I we kept quiet until some jay squealed to congress,
and theo?well, now the fat Is in the tire, and no
1 body know* who stole the fish."
I For many months?in fact, since January?the
military authorities tn Cuba knew of the gross
I extravagance, the criminal carelessness and the
I glaring inaccuracies,, not to use stronger terms,
I that existed In the department of posts, but they
I atso knew of tin amar.ing rottenness of the city
government, which waa under military jurisdio
I tion and for which army officials li Cuba were re?
sponsible, snd they hesi atesj to stir up auch a
cesspool ot corruption, realizing that all the vir?
tues ot the $125,000 electrozone plant and other
I disinfecting fakes would not be sufficient to de?
odorize Daws' doings, let alone purify tho city
I expense account.
Besides, the constant admonitions from the
I White House?"Keep Cuba out of politics"?could
I not be Ignored, to the military authorities in con
I trol followed as long as possible the advice of tho
late Colonel Ingersoll. "Never look for what you
I don't want to find," and were happy.
On the Stool of Repentance.
Now, mark you, The News has been
a atancb supporter of the McUanna
administration. But rats desert a sink
log ship. The same correspondent gets
off this startling paragraph for the
amazement of a gaping world:
I The real facts are that the present admlnistra
I tion lacks the foresight to discover, the courage
I to denounce and the ability to bring to Justice
I the real thieves a*?J political parasites, both civil
I and military, that bave disgraced our occupation
I ot the Island.
Whereupon the agile editor of The
I News, determined not to be caught
as the snip goes down, makes a brave
leap for the shore, remarking on the
way thrtugh the air:
i Bui the p. M)!e will not have it to. They will
I insist on knowing the worst in order that the
I proper remedy may be applied. Tho president
I cannot afford, no matter how completely some of
I his friends may be involved, to ignore this mat
I ler. and we cannot believe that L '.11. When
I the whisky ring *< andals touched tne most 'inti
I mate friends ot QsSSSfil Grant, the members of
I his own official household, he said, "Let no guilty
I man escape." Here is a precedent for President
McKinley.
j Evidently The News is on the stool of
rcpetunnce, and it may seem ungra?
cious to Jog its memory with unpleas?
ant tilings, but the fact is that, not?
withstanding General Grant's tine epi?
gram, several guilty men did escape,
among them his military secretary.
General Hancock, and at tho ensuing
election the Democrats swept the coun?
try, electing Samuel J. Tilden presl
lent by n popular majority of a quar?
ter of a million nod by a substantial
majority of the electoral college.
Two Picture*.
It will bo remembered that when the
envoys of the two bravo little South
African republics presented themselves
at Washington to seek tho sympathy
of the greatest republic uudcr the sun
in their heroic but unequal death
struggle with the vastest monarchy
upon the face of the earth, the admin?
istration, headed by President McKin?
ley, gave them the cold shoulder and
the marble hand. Mr. McKinley and
his premier. Colonel John Hay, receiv?
ed 'them as private citizens only and
turned them away empty handed.
Gaze first on that picture of heartless
BjsjM and then on this of American
cordiality. When an ovation was given
these same envoys at Omaha, William
J. Bryan ffSj the chief orator. During
his speech, which was American
throughout, he uttered these noble
words, which thrill the heart like
strains of martial music:
1 trust the day will never come when a nation
fighting for liberty will look in vain to the
American people for sympathy and aid. These
envoys have honored us by coming to teek our
sympathy, giving us as Americans the opportunity
to assist them to gain that liberty which is so
dear to us.
It is to our honor tlut the Boers have come to
us to receive our sympathy. It is hard to under
atand the feelings of the man who haa sympathy
for the'Boer cause, but who is concealing it for
political reasons. When a young roan, 1 Iteard a
very able sermon which haa always clung by me
on the text. "As he thinketh, so he is."
Why should any American citizen who feels for
the Boer fail to express himself as auch? 1 do not
See how one can do other than to choose the
cause ot the two republics in preference to that
of a monarchy.
Essence of Amcrleanlsm,
Those words were fitly spoken and
nre like apples of gold in pictures of
silver. I humbly and fervently thank
Almighty God that America is still
able to nurture I man such as Bryan.
His career demonstrates that the breed
of men who formed this republic has
not run out. "1 do not see how one
can do other than to choose the cause
of the two republics in preference to
that of a monarchy." That is a simple
statement. It contains the very es?
sence of Americanism. Two years ago
to those words and to that sentiment
there would not have l>een a dissent?
ing voice In all this broad land; now
official America?Murk Hanna \meri
cs?dissents toto endo. 1 doubt If any
other nation since the morning stars
I first sang together for Joy has traveled
the r >nd from republic to empire as
faat as has America in the last IS
months. Which represents most truly
the great body of the people In this
Boer matter ? Bryau or McKinley?
There can be but one answer.
Reran nod McKinley.
My more or less esteemed and always
amusing contemporary, the St. Louis
CRol>c-Dcmocrat. suggests that a Joint
leimte between William J. Bryan and
Theodore Itooscvclt would be a fetch?
ing performance. Teddy's friends
ought to have The (I. D. urrested under
the statute ag?ilti*t cruelty to animal*.
The G.-D. otn;ht to suggest somebody
of Bryan's alze. or. falling that, whh li
Is Impossible, somebody who measures
up somewhere to his intellectual stat?
ure. He Is easily the greatest living
orator, perhsps the greatest that ever
lived, itoosevelt would have about as
much chance with him In an oratorical
slugging mnteh mh Terence McGovcru
would have had with John Lawrence
Sullivan when "Sully" was In his
prime.
I have not eeeo Brvau since Anril.
and am no more authorized to speak
for him than is any other Democrat In
good standing, but if The G.-l>. is really
hankering for a joint debate in which
Brjan shall figure 1 can suggest one
which Will add to the gayety of na?
tions. Let William McKinley and Wil?
liam .1. Bryan have one Joint discussion
in each of the 45 states of the Union!
I am absolutely certain that Bryan will
accept. Can The G.-D. bring William
of Canton to the scratch? 1 trow not,
and why not? Because The G.-D. knows
full well that McKinley can't hold a
candle to Bryau In a full and com?
prehensive discussion of the issues
now before the American people.
I feel so certain that Bryan and
Democrats generally would favor
a discussion between the presi?
dential candidates that, while I
am not authorized to speak for the
Democratic natloual committee, and
while that committee Is not burdened
with funds, I feel perfectly safe in say?
ing that rather than not have these 45
debates between Bryan and McKinley
the Democrats will defray the entire
cxpeuse of the performance. If we
can't get the necessary money any
other way, we will raise it by popular
Democratic subscription. The poorest
Democrat in the land would be willing
to contribute his mite in order to see
the peerless Nebraskan thump the
present occupant of the White House.
This Bryan-McKiuley oratorical
scrapping match would attract more
attention than any debate that ever
took place on earth, and The G.-D. will
miss the greatest opportunity of its
career if it fails to join me in the ef?
fort to pull it off.
The Open Door In China.
A recent declaration by a high Ue
publicau official at Washington recalls
the famous lines which Bret Harte
puts into the mouth of Truthful James:
Do 1 slrop? Do I dream?
Do 1 wonder and doubt ?
Are thing* whet they seem,
Or are vbious about?
It our civilization a failure,
Or is the Caucasian placed out?
The aforesaid declaration of the high
Republican ollicial is, in words and
figures, as follows?to wit:
"The so called guarantees relative to
the 'open door' in China are not worth
the paper they are written on."
Jupiter Olympus! What are we com?
ing to? For many moons we have
been told, with frequent and monot?
onous Itei on, that the achievement
of the "open door'' was of itself alone
amply sutlieicnt to secure an immor?
tality of glory for this Republican ad?
ministration. At the annual banquet
of the merchants and manufacturers
of Baltimore last spring I heard my
brilliant and expansive friend, Hon.
Charles Emory Smith, postmaster gen?
eral of the United States, laud it to
the skies as the sum mum bouuin of
all diplomacy aud In a rhapsody of
iridescent rhetoric place William Mc?
Kinley and Mr. Secretary of State
John Hay on the pinnacle of fame for
having negotiated it. General Smith is
a handsome man, a prepossessing gen?
tleman, an artist In the use of word ;,
and he enthused his audience and car?
ried it off its feet, or, rather, out of its
scats on to its feet, as lie pictured in
gorgeous colors how we were, one and
all. to be made rieh beyond the dreams
of avarice by reason of the "open door"
policy. 1 confess that 1 was so wrought
upon by his flights of imagination and
eloquence that 1 began In my mind to
figure out the date when 1 could quit
practicing law and lecturing aud go
to living in clover on my part of the
divvy of the Illimitable wealth to come
to us through this much vaunted "open
door." 1 lived iu ecstasy for weeks
afterward. Now comes toll cold blood?
ed, heartless, uuimaginatlve, matter of
fact "high Republican official" at
Washington and pulls the underpin?
ning out from under General Smith's
air castles In China as ruthlessly as
blind Samsou pulled down the temple
by pulling down the pillars that held
It up. I feel a sad sense of personal
bereavement as 1 see my Individual
portion of wealth through the "open
door" receding In the dim distance.
And so "the guarantees of the 'open
door' are not worth the paper on
which they are written?" Too bad!
One by one the roses fall. "The high
Republicau official" who ruined Gen?
eral Smith's speech and blasted my
hopes ought to be prosecuted for lese
majesty.
The Ticket.
It is useless to say that Bryan's nom?
ination is n strong and i>opular one.
Also the platform is strong and popu?
lar. It Is generally conceded that the
nomination of Adlai K. Stevenson for
vice president strengthens the ticket
greatly in that section of the country
where It most needs strengthening.
A conservative estimate of what would
happen were the election held today
Is that the Democrats would carry
Kentucky, Indiana. New York and
Delaware, thereby electing Bryan, and
by a haudsorne majority, and. as the
tendency is constantly In our favor,
he may sweep other states which voted
agaiust him In 1800.
S|inrro?v CnrrltTN.
A man in Uc*orglu some time ago
OJtnght sonn- sparrows and trained
them so that he can open their cage
and they will fly back again without
any other Inducement than the love of
their hone'. This trainer watched the
birds carefully and made up his otlnd
that spatn?ws could lie trained to do
the work of carrier plgeotni and that,
an they were smaller, they would be
more valuable In ease of w ar. He gave
OH? of his sparrows to a friend who
was going a distance of 150 miles and
told him to free the bird when he had
reached the end of his Journey and at
the same time to telegraph him when
he did SO. The bird reached homo and
went directly to Its cage, making the
journey in a little over an hour and u
half.
From Lieuccnan S. Carson.
dipt. K. Scott Carson, father of
Lieu tenant Ii. S. Carson, has receiv?
ed from him the following letter
which wo are permitted t?? publish:
Bnroute from Manila to Masbate
on board l\ S. A. T. Indiana, May
1, 1900.
My dear father:?We left Manila
on 21st ult., en route to the islands
of Marindugue, Ticao, and Masbate.
We left the bay of Manila on the
Indiana, accompanied by the Hele?
na, Villebois and the Baltimore.
We carried the 1st Battalion, Col.
Hardin, his stab!, and Maj. Case went
with us. Our trip was to capture,
and occupy these islands. We took
Marlndugue with little resistance
the enemy Hying before us, scarcely
in sight. Boac was the first city we
readied. It has a population of
111,000 people. There are several
cities on it. Santa Cruz, the next
largest, has 14,000. The island has
48,000 people on it. Companies B.
and C. landed and inarched up
through the jungle to the city,
Boac, the capital. They had some
fine trenches, and about 200 Mausers,
but they did not have the grit to face
us. The tcwn and country was
completely devastated; excepting
chickens, hogs and empty houses,
there was no other sign of the in?
habitants; every thing fled before
us. We tried to get them to return
after we got in town, but having
been once badly treated by the Span?
iards, they mistrusted us. We
made an erTort to get the colonel of
the insurrectos to surrender, but he
refused and was allowed to return
after his interview with our colonel.
He was sent for, for an interview.
We inarched across the island 24
miles to Santa Cruz, expecting to
meet with resistance, but saw about
12 people in the whole trip. Every?
thing had fled to the mountains.
Our trip the first half was a very
hard one. We crossed a small river
about 24 times within a distance of
5 miles. We' bivouaced on top of
one of them. We were all wet and
had to sleep or sit up on the ground.
It was impossible to carry blanket
rolls. The men could not stand it.
As it was, several gave out and had
to be helped along. It was about as
hot a day as that was you saw at the
review at Chattanooga.
We readied Santa Cruz on the
other side of Marindugue about S.00
a. in., the next day, but as usual,
everything had departed and the
town was comparatively empty.
Plenty of White Hags were out. We
rescued two Spanish priests who had
been captives for two years. They
wore certainly glad to get away. We
left Santa Cruz the same day and
joined the boats which had been sent
up the buy for us from the Indiana;
the latter went around the island to
meet it and shell tiie town if they
resisted. They had some fine breast?
works but no one was in them. I
got tome nice curios to bring back.
While on our trip to Bosc I got a
fellow's gun, and cartridge box tullof
cartridges. It is in line order. I
think the fellow was too hotly pur?
sued and dropped it. No one was
wounded in this capture.
We are now on our way to Masbate.
We will get there in the morning,
aud will land. They have entrench?
ments on the shore there too. I un?
derstand, but I guess they will be
empty as usual. The insurrectos
have a powder manufacturing estab?
lishment on this Island? 1 und erst and.
We expect some resistance, but don't
thinu this will be much.
1 have been appointed Captain of
the Port, Inspector of Customs, and
Internal He venue Collector by Col.
Hardin, for Masbate. Maj. Case,
knowing that I had been appointed,
called me in his state room und ask
me would I be his quartermaster and
commissary. This is quite a lot to
do, but I considered it a compliment,
and said, "Yes." I have a clerk,
interpreter, and will get a caramot
ta if 1 need it. I will be excused
from all duties with my company
except when there is a "scrap," and
then I will be allowed to go into it.
Most of the otHcerB of ports newly
opened over here are filled with offi?
cers of the army. I will stop now,
will finish before the Baltimore re?
turns to Manila.
May 2, liKX).?We arrived in this
bay early this morning and saw in
the trenches and fort along the water
front about 200 armed insurrectos.
The Helena was in the bay and
cleared for action. We boarded
sma'l boats and as w? were going to
make flank attack, the Helena let
go and shelled the fort, tearing it to
pieces. They stayed in their trench?
es and as we landed they gave us a
volley and scooted ; noons on our side
was hurt. We got a few of them and
captured several prisoners. They
can get through the jungle like a rat
in his hole. I took 30 men and fol?
lowed them about ', nfile through
the jungle but could only get a
glimpse of them, when we let them
have it. The attack while we were
going up to the bay by the Helena
with her rapid (Ire guns and our at?
tack was simply grand. They left
aud are said to be at the capital
about 5 miles away.
As soon as we are done unloading,
we will take that town. It is said that
all of the insurrectos have assem?
bled on this island?Masbate. They
are at Moba, the capital, and I guess
prepared for us. If they run like
they did to-day, we will make a short
order of them, ?o, B. captured two
small brass cannons. We expect to
present the Indiana with one of
them. The insurgents here are arm?
ed with Remingtons and they use
brass tip cartridges. I suppose these
are some of tii" guns Dewey placed
in the hands of the insurgents before
the latter turned against us.
Along tin' water front are some
film warehouses used by Spanish
people, but who now live in Manila.
I have one large one for my (J. M.
and Com. stores. The residence is
quite flne. Headquarters will oc-'
copy this. I have my offices in it.
Well, we will get through unload?
ing in about two days. We will
likely go up to the capital to-mor?
row.* Wo want to give them time to
prepare for us. There won't be
much left of them when we get
through with them. We have two
Nordenfelt guns which we may use.
Weil. I will close for to-night and
will finish after the battle is over.
Good night.
May 7th, 1900.?The colonel of the
iiiKtirrectos, well-dressed came in to
see Col. Hardin on 3rd inst. He had
heard of the proposed attack. Of
course ho came under a flag of truce.
Considerable time was spent in con?
sidering the matter. The Ineurrec?
tos Colonel said he was willing to
surrender, but the men were not, and
that before they would bring in their
arms, they would have to hear from
15 Presidents of various barrios.
They wanted 16 days for this, as the
island was quite large. The Gov?
ernor came with him. They are just
the slickest diplomats, you ever saw.
Military men, I mean professional?
ly, make poor diplomats. At the
end of 15days we will be just 15 days
behind time. They have no idea of
surrendering, and it will be impossi?
ble to get 15 Filipinos to agree to
anything. They have about 300 well
armed men up at Moba, but they are
poor shots and don't amount to much.
They are very scared of the gunboat,
Helena.
It transpired the other day during
the conference, that these Filipinos
knew the day we left Manila, and
the object of our trip. It is aston?
ishing how quick they get the news.
They have a fine code of signals.
They burn signal lights on: the
mountains at night. We see them.
We are anxiously awaiting these
15 days to be out. when the capital
will be ours. It seems that all the
insurrectOB have assembled over
here.
In Luzon they are pretty well sub?
dued. There are so many islands it
will take quite a number of soldiers
to hold and garrison all of them,
which will be required.
We are occupying all the ware?
houses along the water front. They
are owned by Spaniards, who have
deserted them and who live in Ma?
nila. I guess they will come back
now. We live in one fine dwelling
rijriiton the bay. The tide here
rises about 7 feet and comes right up
to the back steps. It is pretty hot
here during the day and at nights
when it is still, but soon the breeze
springs up at d we feel very cool and
nice.
"Will somebody please set a stand?
ard for the spelling of Chinese names ;
For instance we see it : Chefoo, Chee
Foo, Cheefo, Che Fa and Che Foo ; sod
TsuDgiiysmen, Tcung Li Yamen,
Tsuog It Yamen ; Prince Cbir.g, Cheng
Ch'iog. These a*o only a few samples
o the endless variations of those celes?
tial tongue-twisters."?Raleigh Post
There cai and will be no common
standard until the learned men of the
world gives us an International Diction?
ary of Geographic Names and it is
accepted as authority in the effices of
all editors and publishers. Io the case
of a language whose written characters
d tier from ours each original writer on
the country attempts to indicate the
sounds of words by meios of his owo
alphabet. He sorxcitmes misses, some?
times hits ; but whether be misses or
bits bo usually rjpreeents the sounds by
a combination of letters differing from
other combinations. The long e sound
is variously represented by e, ee, and
i; the 6ouod by u, by oo, by c. ee, and
i; (be sound of u by u, by go, by o,
by uh ; syllables are joined or disjoin
od, or hyphenaicd. So it goss ?The
State.
R^v Dr. J 13. Shearer, president
of Davidson college, has secured pro?
perty at Fayettcville, aud will establish
a high school a? s preparatory feeder
to Daeioson. Most cf the better col
legos bave feeders now Randdph
Macon coiiegc the excellent Meihodist
Virginia college has two great feedcrp,
one costing ?80,000 sod the other
885,000. One is at Bedford City and
the other at Front Royal?Wiiming?
too Messenger.
The eultivatioo of the sugar bset
atill interests Americans as well as
Europeans. In 1889 Germany bad
1.090.521 seres. Franoe G85 391
aeres, Russia 1,356,075 aores, Bel?
gium 170,028 acres. Hollaod 112,878
aores, Sweden 71,271 aores and Deo
mark 34,594 acres What the figures
are for this country we are not able to
give. But a great deal of beet sugar
is produced io some of the western
states.
William E Curtis, writing to the
Chicago Record, says:
"Senator Tillman exercised a great
influence in the convention, and now
ranks second in importance to Jones
among the Democratic leaders He
will take an active part in the man?
agement of the campaign and spend
most of tho summer and fall at Chi?
cago No man in cither party has
advanced so rapidly in prominence of
late years as Mr Tillman When be
came to the senate four years ago he
had only a local reputation, aud
that chiefly as the author of the dis?
pensary law in South Carolina, but
be is now s fullfledged public cbsrac
ter, whose name aud influence are
known and felt in every etate of the
unfou "
The Chinese residents of Berlio have
kept carefully under oover tioce the
news of Baron voo Kettleler's murder
was oonfirmed. They have adopted
European attire, eveo sacrificing their
pigtails, end are proouriog wigs Tho
Chinese minister is said to be frighten?
ed worst of all. He is reported to be
sick abed.
Within the next twenty days an?
other brave South Carolina soldier
will be fightingp uon Chinese soil
An order was recently ieeued moving
one of tho companies of the 7th
infantry, of which Lieut Ben Tillman,
Jr , is ranking lieutenant, from
Alaska to China He is a son of
George D Tillman
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The fact is, ss (he New Orleans
Times Democrat puts it, the Repub
licsus have no Philippine policy and
do not know what to do They very
likely meditate a colonial empire, the
overthrow of constitutions! liberty
and a new era of steeling, but fear
to say so in their platform
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Schedule No. 4?Io effect 12.01 a. m , Sun?
day, December 24, 1899.
Between
Camden S. C, and Blacksburg, S. C
WEST.
EAST.
2d cl 1st cl
*35 *33
Eastern time.
1st cl 2d c
?32 ?34
p m p in STATIONS. p m pa
8 20 12 50 Camdon 12 25 6 3:
8 60 1 15 Dekalb 11 02 4 bZ
9 20 1 27 Westville 11 50 4 2Z
10 ?0 1 40 Kerehaw 11 35 4 1c
11 20 2 10 Heatb Springs 11 20 3 15
11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 0C
12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55 2 25
1C0 2 fO Riverside 10 40 1 00
1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 4c
2 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 12 M
2 50 3 20 Ltelie 10 iO 11 0C
3 10 3 40 Rock Bill 10 00 10 40
4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 2C
4 45 4 02 Tirzab 9 30 8 CC
6 30 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 7 30
6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 6 5c
6 25 4 CO Hickory Grote 8 45 SM
6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00
7 00 5 20 Blacksbarg; 8 15 IM
pmpm a m a ai
Between
Blaokeborg, S. C, aod Marion, N. C
WEST.
EAST
2d cl let cl
?11 *33
Ehelern time.
lot cl 2d c
?32 ?12
a m
8 10
8 30
8 40
9 20
iO 00
10 10
10 25
10 50
11 15
11 35
11 45
12 05
12 25
12 50
p m
m
30
45
50
00
M
2o
38
55
10
35
40
5?
7
7
8 15
p m
STATIONS.
Blackcburg
Earls
Patterson Soriogt
Shelby
Lattimoro
Moorr?boro
Htotistia
Forest City
Rutherfordton
Millwood
Golden Valley
Thermal City
Glenwood
Marion
a m
7 48
7 32
7 25
7 15
G 55
6 48
38
20
05
65
40
37
17
00
p tu
6 40
6 20
12
CO
50
40
30
a m
3 5C
3 05
2 6C
2 4!*
1 20
2 O -O
p m
West. GatToey Division.
let Claee.
15 I 13
EASTERN TIME.
STATIONS.
East
1st Cles*
14 I 16
p m
I 00
1 20
1 40
p m
a m
6 00
6 20
6 40
a tr
Blackebnrg
Cherokee Falls
Gaffney
a m
7 50
7 30
7 10
a m
p u.
3 M
2 10
'2 2C
p m
?Dany eicept Sunday.
Train No 32 leaving Marion, N C, at 5
a m, making close connection at Blarksburg, B
C, with the Southern'* train No 36 for Char?
lotte, N C, and all point* East and connecting
with the Southern'* vestibule going to Atlanta.
Ga, and all point* Weet, und will receive pas?
set gere. going Kart from train No 10. on the C A
N W K K, at Yorkville, S C, at 8 45 a in.
connects at Camden, S O, with the Southern <*
train No 78. arriving in Charleston, 8 17 p no
Train No 84 with pnornger coach attached
leaving Blacksburg at 5 80 a ni, and connecting
at Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida tra: =
f<>r ill points South,
Train No IS leaving Camden, S C. ?t 12.5^
p in, aftftf the arrival of the Southern's Cha
leston tr:iin connects Rt Lancaster, S C, wtti
the 1. A OK R, at Catiiwba Junction with
Iba i A L. going Fa t, at Rock Hill, S C, wi?
the Southern's trail, No 84. for Charlotte, N
P, and all points ??st. t'tnnects at York?
ville. S C, with trai. No 9 cn the C ? N IK R
R, tor Chester, B C. At Blacksbutg with the
Southern's vestibule going Fast, and the South?
ern'* tiain No 35 going Waes, and connecting
at Marion NC with the Soulhern bota Fast ana
Wast,
SAMUEL HUNT, President.
A. TRIPP, Superintendent.
8.B. LUMPKIN, Gao'i Passenger Ag-nt