The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 26, 1901, Image 2
ST. JOSEPH'S COMMENCEMENT.
Interesting Exercises at ihe
Close of the 38th Year.
The 3Sth annual commencement of
St. Joseph's Academy '.vas held in the
Opera House last Thursday evening,
there being a large audience present,
in which were a number of the clergy
and many of the friends, patrons and
graduates of the institution from other
towns and cities.
The exercises were interesting from
Srst to last and were throughout of j
that high order of excellence that has
ever characterized St. Joseph's Acad?
emy in all its work and for which it
has always been esteemed as a model
institution for the education of girls
and young ladies.
The music, both instrumental and
vocal, was particularly good and the
young ladies acquitted themselves SQ,
creditably of their difficult tasks that
they more than merited the liberal
applause given them by the audience,
and the many beautiful floral offer
. ings that they received from their
friends and admirers.
Miss Sara Beesley was the salutato
rian of the class and she discharged
the pleasing duty of welcoming the
large and interested audience most
gracefully.
The Valedictory was delivered by
Miss Pauline Jarecky the subject of
her essay being "The Light of Other
Days." The essay was marked by
thought, happy phrasing and clear for?
cible English, while the delivery was
all that the most exacting teacher in
elocution could have wished, and
teachers of the Valedictorian have
reason to be not only satisfied with
but proud of their pupil.
There were but three young ladies
in the graduating class, Misses Jessie
Blitch, Pauline Jarecky and Sara
Beesley, Miss Blitch having attained
the highest percentage in scholarship
was awarded the class medal.
The following medals were also
awarded :
Amiable Deportment-A gold medal
v donated by Rev. A. J. McNeill, Miss
Marie Cobb. A gold medal donated
by Rev. D. J. Berberick, Miss Annie
Bawls.
Politeness-A gold medal, Miss Jes?
sie Gibson. A gold medal donated by
Rev. J. D. Berberick, Miss Daisy
Dixon.
Hygiene-A gold medal donated by
Dr. Van Telburg-Hofman, Miss Jes?
sie Blitch.
Gold medals for Attendance, Misses
Florie Ramm and Maggie Carter.
Mathematics-Gold medal donated
by Bishop H. P. Northrop, Miss Flo?
rie Ramm. A gold badge, Miss Pau?
line Jarecky.
Church History-Bishop Mona?
ghan's gold medal, Miss Jessie Blitch.
Catechism-A gold medal, Miss Car?
rie Klein.
Painting-Gold medals, Misses Caro
Hogan and Marie Cobb.
The programme was as follows :
Hymn- ' Ave Regina' '-Klein-By
the pupils ; piano, Miss Florie Ramm.
Salutatory-Miss Sara Beeslev.
Drill-"St. Joseph's Cadets. "
Instrumental Quartette-" Mardi |
Gras"-Schubert-Misses Cora and
Annie Rawls, Daisy Dixon and Florie
Tfcamm.
"A Juvenile Orchestra," Piano,
Autoharps, Triangles, and Castanets
Misses Pauline, Edna and Louise Ep
g?rson, Lulie Edwards, Marie and
arrie Klein, Lotta Walsh, Lois Rol?
lins and Katie McKiever.
"Santiago March" - Mandolins;
Misses Gertie Linehan, Jessie Blitch,
Pauline Jarecky, Florie Ramm ; Piano,
Miss Birdie Austine.
Song-" Merry Gypsies"-By the In
ienaed?ate Classes ; piano, Miss Pau?
line Jarecky.
Instrumental Trio-. ' A Rustic
Dance"-Meyer-Misses Pauline Ep?
person, Birdie Austine and Carrie
Klein.
Instrumental Solo-"A Romance"
Ganz-Miss Sara Beesley.
Instrumental Duo-"Allegro Marzi
ale' '-Smith-Misses Florie Ramm and
Birdie Austine.
Vocal Solo-Hernani-Verdi-Miss
Gertie Linehan ; piano, Miss Florie
Ramm.
Valedictory-"The Light of Other
Days"-Miss Pauline Jarecky.
Instrumental Solo-"Rigoletto"
Verdi-Miss Pauline Jarecky.
Sacred Tableau-"One Sweetly Sol?
emn Thought."
A BIBLICAL PLAY IN 3 ACTS
"THE QUEEN OF SHEBA."
Cast of Characters.
Solomon, King of Israel : Jessie
Blitch.
Lybia, Queen of Sheba: Pauline
Jarecky.
Ladies at Solomons' Court : Sara,
Gertie Linehan : Dinah, Sara Beesley :
Mara, Caro Hogan : Deborah, Florie
Ramm.
Ladies at the Court of Lybia : As
traea, Annie Rawls: India, Jessie Gib?
son : Jessonda, Cora Raw-Is : Nubia,
Hattie Stukes: Hippolyta, Blanche
Aman; Miriam, Maggie Carter.
In Solomon's Court: First Servant,
Nell Keenan : Second Servant Daisv
Dixon; Third Servant, Ethel Cobb
O'Donnell.
Jk Child ; Lucy Smith.
;A JELcssenger : Marie Klein.
-An Ange?: Ethel Cobb O'Donnell.
-King-SoHomon's Pages: Pauline Ep
? person, Carrie Klein. Clyde Durant,
May, Rowell, Lulie Edwards and Lil?
lian Floyd.
Pages of the Queen of Sheba : Edna
Epperson, Katie McKiever, Tillie
Morris ; Eleanor Mason.
?adies of the Court : Lotta Walsh,
"Mar? Dixon, Edith Wyllie. Mary Free
"..'lanCL Beniah Hill, Rubie Rohe?, Lau
;ra Chester, Caroline Mayrant. Er
>mine DuPont, Leila Rotereau, Loui.v
iPurant, Lois Rollins.
Address-By Rt. Rev. H. P. North?
rop.
Food Ciiargcd to Poises...
S'urr?',r?:? food in the intestine- produce j
?Sfecti Uk? those of arseni?. but Dr Kins'? New
i?:fe Pifo espe (he poi^n? from cloged bow.
%1s, gently, easily but surely, curirg constipa
tioe, biliousness ?ick headache, fever?, all
fiver. Kidney a*d bowel troubles. Only 25c at
JFW BeLormeV 4
Dayton, Ohio, June 19.-After sev
real "weeks' suspension, owing to a
strike, work was resumed today at the 1
cash register plant here. All depart?
ments were filled except those employ- j
tag moulders, carpenters and machin?
ist and 1.800 men Vere given employ
i FIRE IN GRIER'S RACKET STORE.
Serious Fire Prevented by Good
Work of Fire Department.
At 10.45 o'clock last Wednesday
night Policeman McKagen noticed
smoke issuing from Frank B. Grier's
Racket Store on the corner of Main
and Republican Streets. Making a
hurried investigation, he ascertained
that the store" was burning on the
inside and he then gave the alarm.
The fire department was on the
ground within a few minutes, and by
quick, systematic and intelligent work
the fire *was soon gotten under control
and what threatened to be a serious
and costly fire in the heart of the busi?
ness part of the city was nipped in
the bud. The fire was fought from all
sides and from the roof. The fire start?
ed near the floor on the side of the
store adjoining L. W. Jenkins _ store.
When the fire was discovered it had
extended to the shelving, up to the
ceiling and was burning in the ceil?
ing under the roof. The firemen soon
located the fire under the roof and
cutting holes through the tin poured
a stream on the fire. The flames were
kept from spreading and were soon
extinguished. The fire within the
store was also quickly extinguiished.
The stock of goods was badly damag?
ed by smoke and water and a portion
of it was burned.
Mr. L. W. Jenkins, next door suf?
fered considerable loss from smoke
and water damage, the two stores being
under one roof.
Mr. Grier values his stock?t 810,
000 and had it insured for 85,500. Mr.
Jenkins values his stock at 87,000 and
it was insured for 82,900. The build?
ing is the property of Capt. John Reid.
The damage to the building is fully
covered bv insurance.
Thousands Sent late Exile.
Every year a large number of poor sufferers
whose langs ar? sore and racked wich coughs
are urged to go to another cl?sate. But this is
costly and not a.lways sure. Don't be an exile
when Dr King's New Discovery for Consump?
tion will cure you at home It's the most in?
fallible medicino for coughs, colds, and ?ll
throat and lung diseases on earth. The first
dose brings relief. Astounding cures result
from persistent ase. Trial bottles free at J F
W DeLorme's. Price 50c and $1 Every bottle
guaranteed. -1
Newsy Natatorium Notes.
The warm weather of the last few
days seems to have been instantly felt
by" the natatorium, as was evidenced
by the full appearance of the register.
"This book looks like you have been
doing a good business Mr. Sanders. ' '
"Yes sir, the warm weather is run?
ning them down to beat the band. All
during the cool weather I had a snap
though, read dime novels to a finish,
but gee whiskers ! yesterday and to?
day, they haven't given me time to eat
my meals."
In a talk on the street with the
manager this morning, we learned
that the installation of a swimming
professor is to take place in the imme?
diate future-probably by next Mon?
day. This will be a fine thing and one
especially appreciated by the ladies
who have been for some time asking
for one.
Mr. Winburn, the photographer, was
at the natatorium this morning when
we arrived there. He is making vari?
ous inside views and outside for the
purpose of sending them to New
York city. There cuts will be made
from them and the cuts will be printed
in the shape of a little 8-page booklet
and in that shape they will be distri?
buted as an advertisement.. It will be
something neat and elegant.
The Telephone to Camden.
The South Carolina Telephone Com?
pany is fast completing its line of long
distance wires from Camden to Colum?
bia. The poles are up as far as
Blainey, S. C., about twenty miles
north of Columbia. It is claimed
that connection will be perfected with?
in the next two weeks.
WRECK AT EAST0VER.
Trains Delayed Last Night and
Today.
A freight train loaded with rock was
.wrecked near Eastover in the early
part of last night and blocked the
track. The passenger train passing
this city at 9.15 p. m. could not go
through ^ to Columbia last night nor
could this morning?s passenger due at
8 o'clock come through from Colum?
bia. The train last night was held
up at Eastover and the passengers and
mails were transferred. The passen?
gers and mail on the morning train
from Columbia were transferred and
the delayed last night's train backed
in to this city more than an hour later
than the regular morning schedule.
The Charleston-Columbia train No.
52 was sent through to Columbia this
morning over the Southern Railway.
The extent of the damage resulting
from the wreck at Eastover is not
known, but there is no report that any
of the train hands were killed or in?
jured.
Plymouth, June 19.-The Hamburg -
American Line steamer Deutschland
arrived here at 8.15 a. m. today, hav?
ing beaten her own speed record. She
covered 3.082 miles in 5 days, ll hours
and 51 minutes, at an average speed
of 23.38. against 23.30. her best previ?
ous record. Her daily runs wen- 449.
540, 542. 552, and M) knots, non*'
of which equal previous best day's
runs. Her -best previous day's run.
made in Augsut. L900, was 552 knots.
. London. Juno 20.- -The Copenhagen
correspondent of the Daily Mail cables
his paper saying that tin- United
States have sent another not** to Den?
mark in the matter of the sale of the
Danish West Indies to the effect that
if Denmark is HOT willing to sell the
islands the United States mus? de?
mand that Denmark for?ify and gar?
rison the island of St John, which
would command the Nicaraguan
Canal. The situation is regarded seri
ously here.as Denmark cannot dream
of undertaking th?' erection of fortifi?
cations and the maintenance <>f garri?
sons which would cost several mil?
lions.
BIG FIRE IN GREENVILLE.
Said to be the Most Disastrous
in its History.
Greenville, June IS.-The most dis?
astrous fire that has ever occurred in
Greenville started at 11.55 'this morn?
ing. A conservative estimate of the
loss is 8125.000. eight of the most prom?
inent stores in the city, located in
North Main street, having been total?
ly destroyed. At half-past 2, after an
hour of fierce burning, it was feared
that the fire would leap across the cor?
ner of Washington and Main and be?
gin on a fresh block, either with Lewis
? Hartzog's building or the Windsor
Hotel. It was reported at that hour
that an offer had been made by the
Southern Railway to take a car to
Spartanburg and bring back as many
fire companies as could be obtained,
but this offer was declined. It looked
then as if there was danger of destruc?
tion of the entire business section of
the city.
The roof of the Beattie building had
crashed four stories to the basement,
through a vortex of flame, and the
sparks had been sent showering over
the buildings. The Greenville Light
Infantry was called out at 1 o'clock,
for the stocks of jewellers, haberdash?
ers and other merchants were being
stacked in the streets and a great
crowd of all sorts and conditions of
men was gathering. Every policeman
in the city was on duty, but these
were not enough to handle the crowd
and protect the goods from sneak
thieves. The soldier boys were put on
duty in side arms and with bayonets
fixed and were assigned posts through
the burning district.
CROSS-BRED FOWLS.
A correspondent makes inquiry as
to the advisability of crossing white
Leghorns and light Brahmas.
This is a cross that I have never
tried, but it ought to be a good one,
as the two breeds are alike in color of
legs, skin, etc., both being of the de
: sirable yellow tinge. They also har?
monize to a good extent in color; but
not in the color of their eggs, as the
light Brahma lays a deep yellow-color?
ed egg, and the Leghorn a white
shelled one. This is a minor differ?
ence, however, of no special conse?
quence.
The females of such a cross would
doubtless be nice, plump fowls, of the
Plymouth Rock type, and most excel?
lent layers. Taken as a whole, the
cross bred fowl would.be a better all
round chicken than the thoroughbred
of either variety from which it should
come. The Brahma is rather too tall
and sinewy, and the white leghorn too
small for the table, where weight is
desired, together with plenty of breast
meat. The chicken bred from the two
would doubtless be a good medium,
where the parent stock is radically
deficient.
I have tried the partridge Cochin
brown Leghorn cross with satisfactory
results. But the progeny, after all,
was just what the Brahma-Leghorn
cross would be-a mongrel outside the
pale of the standard of perfection.
So, the question naturally arises, why
cross-breed any thoroughbred varie?
ties? For we have them now bred down
to most any type desired. In the Ply?
mouth Rock and the Wyandotte classes
we have in an advanced state of perfec?
tion varieties that breed true to color,
and possess at the same time the meaty
qualities that one might obtain from
the crosses mentioned in the forego?
ing: while the breeder would,, in
breeding the standard breeds, be
within the scope of the standard and
so have the double advantage of good
table fowls that are at the same time
thoroughbred, and hence worth much
more than the cross-breeds.
Crossing pure-bred males on common
hsne is advisable, because the breeder
by so doing gains much and loses noth?
ing. The common flock may be ad?
vanced both in table and laying quali?
ties by so doing: The mere introduc?
tion of new blood is of itself advan?
tageous. While a fixed type and simi?
lar characteristics may be attained by
the selection of a rooster of the same
variety for two or three years in suc?
cession. Thus, any common flock may
be bred up pretty close to the Leg?
horn, or the Brahma, Plymouth Rock,
or any pother standard variety by this
system.
But in cross-breeding thoroughbred
classes of distinct type there is noth?
ing in it but "projecting" so far as I
can see it-H. B. Geer in Southern
Cultivator.
SUICIDE IN COLUMBIA.
Mr. J. Frank Clyburn, of Lancas?
ter, who has been in business here
for nearly a year and a half, commit?
ted suicide early yesterday morning,
selecting as the place Elmwood ceme?
tery. There were no witnesses to the
shooting. The coroner's jury returned
a verdict to the effect that the deceased
came to his death by a pistol shot from
his own hands, and assigned as the
supposed cause melancholia. Such
are the cold facts in one of the saddest
tragedies that Columbia has had for
a long time-a young man of promi?
nent family suddenly bringing his
promising life to a close, apparently
after due deliberation..-The State
June 22.
Denver. CoL, June 19.-The Times
says: A gigantic scheme is under
way to transfer the railroads of the
United States to the government. A
Western financier declares that within
a few years the Rockefeller, Harri -
man. Vanderbilt, Gould and Morgan
interests would turn over to the gov
erament every line of the railroads
in the counrtv, the government to pav
The total value of about $10,000,000,"
<M). a string of banks tn be controlled
by the same interests and to financier
the deal.
Anderson, June ls. Eugene Petti?
grew, aired ls years, son of G. P. Pet?
tigrew, was drowned Saturday after?
noon at Jackson's Mill, twelve miles
south of ln-r?-. The river was very
high on account of tho freshet and the
water was an ?und the mill. Young
Pettigrew and two other young men
attempted to swim to the mill to pro?
tect some of the machinery from the
water. The <?th?-r young men reached
the mill safely, but t he current carried
Pettigrew past the mill and he sank
and was seen no more. His body was i
recovered the next day a short distance !
below where he was drowned.
A SECOND BEAUMONT.
: Gushers Discovered in Florida
!
Are Creating Excitement.
Tampa. Fla., June IS.-Judging
j from the present prospects, there will
I soon be almost as much excitement in
the lower part of Florida as eixsts in
Texas. Within the last few days the
reported discovery of oil around With
lacoochee, about "fifty milos from this
city, has developed into a positive
fact.
The section is thronged with pros?
pectors who are locating all possible
tracts of land where a "gusher"
might be bored and buying options at
fabulous figures.
And there are still more prospects
of some persons "striking ile," and
that almost within the limits of the
city. Places have already been located
where bodies of water are thoroughly
impregnated with petroleum, so much
so that animals will not drink the wa
[ ter, cloths have been dipped in the
water and wrang out and oil of con?
siderable quantity detected by igni?
tion. This has caused still more
inve tigations to be made, and the re?
sult will soon be some very important
announcements.
In almost the same territory there
will soon be announcements made of
large iron ore beds. One place has
already been located with an area of
18x12 miles which is declared to be a
bed of the finest ore from which Bes?
semer steel is made.
Land almost within the city limits
of Tampa is now known to be impreg?
nated with iron ore, where it is found
upon the top of the ground in consid?
erable quantities.
These iron and oil discoveries have
been kept a profound secret, and only
made known by an accident on the part
of the writer, who stumbled upon the
news in an unexpected manner.
While the oil discoveries may cause
great surprise, yet the discovery of
iron will not be quite so much of a
surprise. It is a well known fact that
during the civil war iron was mined
in Florida, from which the Confeder?
ate government made many of its
shells and munitions of war- The ore
which has been located this time is
believed to be the outcropping of the
same vein, and is thought to exist
in largely paying quantities.
Capital will be at once interested in
the development of these iron and oil
discoveries. There is no doubt about
the existence of these things although
many will perhaps scoff at the idea
and "feel that it is a great joke to hear
of such things coming from Florida.
The State is already rich in phos?
phate mines. Fuller's earth and many
other valuable clays, and there is no
reason why iron and oil should not be
added to the products of this most
wonderful State.
It is expected that development in j
oil and such matters will begin in a
short time and that there will be great
excitement over the development of
both.
The Withlacoochee developments are
considered splendid so ,far and new
ones will be in keeping with the best
that has been announced from any sec?
tion.
How British Soldiers Fight.
Washington, June 21.-Capt. S L.
H. Slocum, Eighth cavalry, who was
military attache with the British
army during the early part of the
Boer war, has made his report to the
war department. At the time of the
British defet at Colenso, December
25. 1899, Capt. Slocum said he con?
sidered the situation of the British
most critical. They had been defeat?
ed all along the line, and had the
Boers assumed offensive operations
the English army with long and
thinly guarded line would have been
placed in great jeopardy.
Capt. Slocum also was with Lord
Roberts, and describes in detail the
movement toward Kimberley. He
says that Roberts was confronted with
a crisis which would have staggered
and been the undoing of many com?
manders-in-chief. His advance to
Kimberley and beyond was successful?
ly carried out and the surrender of
Gen. Cronje changed the situation and
relieved the critical position of the
British army.
Speaking of the Boers. Capt. Slocum
says they were splendid on the defen?
sive but did not consider offensive
movements as part of their proper tac?
tics. He speaks of the British people
as a nation exemplifying the phrase
"brave to a fault," and adds:
"If they were less brave, there
would have been many less faults and
more victories in this war. Caution
they have not, but just bunt ahead,
and* take the consequences. Lord Rob?
erts is a shining and glaring excep?
tion to this rule, All in all, I con?
sider him to be remarkable man and
general.
He says the English artillery had
tremendous preponderance over that
of the Boers, who rarely ever used
their artillery. Capt. Slocum says
smokeless power enables an army to
conceal itself, although artillery may
be located by the flash. Balloons and
powerful telescopes must be used to
locate the enemy.
Speaking of the march of the Brit?
ish army from Bloemfontein to Preto?
ria he dwells on the indifference of
the officers to enforce order for safety
and the reluctance of the soldiers to
entrench themselves. The infantry
never rush in their attacks, but
march calmly forward. Capt. Slocum
saw mounted men waiting for orders
to advance, sit erect, making perfect
targets for the rifles at short range.
He adds:
"They have not the individuality
and resources of our men, but for in?
domitable courage. uncomplaining
fortitude and implicit obedience, they
are beyond criticism."
Molteno, Cape Colony, June 18.
Kritzinger and Fouche the Boer com?
manders, are busy placarding Cape
Colony with a proclamation to the
effect that in accordance with the
powers assumed when the northern
pari of Cape Colony was annexed to
the Orange Frc.- State, twenty months
ago, any persons reporting, the where- 1
abouts of any Hoer command will be j
lined ?;.".<'. or in default will be coir,
pel led to accompany the command on
foot for three months. According to!
the best inform?t ?or. there are about
2.100 armed Boers in Cape Colony;
and they continue to secure a few re- :
! PHILADELPHIA FRANCHISE THIEVES.
! Three Millions are Offered by
Wannamaker for the Privilege
the City of Philadelphia
Has Given Away.
Philadelphia. June 2L-Following
his offer to Mayor Ashbridge last week
to pay 82.500. OOO for the street railway
franchises granted to certain capital?
ists in this city by the city council, to
which he received no reply, ex-Post?
master General John Wannamaker to?
night sent a communication to Con?
gressman Robert H. Foerderer, one of
the capitalists to whom the franchises
were granted, offering him a half mil?
lion dollars for the franchises
in addition to giving to the
city the sum already offered. A
few days ago Mr. Foerderer,
in a newspaper interview, is al?
leged to have stated that Mr. Wanna?
maker's offer to the Mayor was not
sincere, and that it had a "string to
it."
Mr. Wannamaker. in his letter to
Mr. Foerderer, denies the imputation
and continuing, says:
"I therefore renew the offer which I
made to the mayor to pay, as therein
stated, to the city of Philadelphia,
two million and a half dollars, and
in addition thereto I will add a half
million dollars as a bonus to yourself
and your associates personally for the
conveyanace of the grants and corpo?
rate privileges you now possess. There
is^ surely no string to this proposition.
When you and your associates assign
to me the capital stock, ownership
and control of the corporations you
now possess, with the engineers'
plans. I will pay to you the sum of
8500,000 and I will pav to the citv of
Philadelphia the 82,500,000 under"the
conditions stated in my letter to the
mayor. In addition to this I will
agree on the surface roads covered by
your charters and the ordinances that
3 cent fares only shall be charged be?
tween the hours of 5 a. m. and 8 a.
m., and 5 and 7 p. m., and not over 5
cents for the other hours : and I will
further agree that any time within
ten years the city of Philadelphia may
resume the franchises upon the pay?
ment of the actual money expended
and invested in the varions enter?
prises covered by the charters and. or?
dinances, with 6 per cent, interest. It
is not my desire to enter upon the busi?
ness of railroading or to make any profit
out of any municipal franchise. I
merely desire the people to see how
badly they have been wronged and the
magnitude of the value of the proper?
ty of which they have been despoiled.
If you should accept the offer of this
letter, I will cheerfully put the fran?
chises up to auction and give the city
any sum bid for them in excess of that
which I shall pay under this proposi?
tion. "
Here is a story credited to Pierpont
Morgan concerning Mr. Carnegie and
Mr. Schwab: * * Mr. Schwab astounded
me by telling me that he was receiving
a salary of SI.000,OOO per year as presi?
dent of the Carnegie companies. "I
know no man can be worth that much
salary," said he, "but I'll tell you
how it happened that such a salary
was given me. About a year before
the reorganization of the Carnegie in?
terests or about two years ago, I refus?
ed astonishingly liberal terms to sever
my connection with the Carnegie in?
terests and take charge of some large
manufacturing interests in Germany.
It came to Mr. Carnegie's ears, and
one day I was astounded to receive
from him a contract assuring me of
a salary of SL 000, OOO a year for five
years. "I told Mr. Schawb," contin?
ued Mr. Morgan, "that I had never
heard of any such salary as that and
that to assume the contract along with
the other obligations of the Carnegie
j interests might in all probability be
! impossible to the new corporation.
1 He drew a paper from his pocket and
said : 4 ' Mr. Morgan here is my con?
tract. It has been in force for two
years, and in that time I have drawn
only 8200,000 against my salary ac?
count. I am fully aware of ? the fact
that sentiment and not business, led
Mr. Carnegie to draw that con?
tract. I appreciate now that it
offers an obstacle to the con
summation of a project which is
vastly favorable to the Carnegie in?
terests. " " Thereupon, ' ' continued
Mr. Morgan, "Mr. Schawb tore his
contract to pieces before my eyes. I
told Mr. Carnegie of the matter. He
said: "I shall send him my check for
the amount he lost when he destroyed
the contract." Mr. Carnegie drew
his check for 84, SOO.000 and sent it to
Mr. Schwab.
APPELT ON BUCHANAN.
Judge Buchanan was very severe in
his criticisms of Magistrate Youman's
ruling in a case of Andrews Manufac?
turing Co., against X. C. Stack, in i
which the company had brought suit
against Stack for a small amount, a
part of which the defendant held a re?
ceipt for. The case was set for a cer?
tain time, and neither of the parties
appeared, and Magistrate Y'oumans
dismissed the case. The attorney for
the plaintiff appealed. In sending the
matter back to the Magistrate, the
Judge spoke very sneeringly of the
boldness of the "little fellow" who
had the nerve to dismiss this case, and
went on to express himself in lan?
guage which, in our opinion, was un?
necessary and totally unjust. Not?
withstanding Judge Buchanan's tirade
calculated to mortify a man, good law?
yers say that Magistrate Youmans did
right.
We do not think it proper for a
judge to indulge in sneering and sar?
castic remarks about an officer with
inferior jurisdiction, even if that offi- j
cer did make a mistake in his ruling, j
A magistrate getting a salary of 8300 ;
a year cannot be supposed to know as
much, law as a judge who gets 83.000,
yet .the records of the Supreme Court
show that the magistrate's decisions
are confirmed about as many times as
the decisions of some of the judges.
It is not smart in one clothed with
authority to speak in a manner to
humiliate, when he knows that the
party spoken of cannot tiefend himself, j
We heard Judge Buchanan's remarks '
concerning Magistrate Youmans and
we are surry that he spoke as he did. i
if he continues in that line on all of j
the circuits his judicial career will
not Inst very long after the next ses- !
sion of the Generally Assembly, be
canse people will resent an injustice.
-Manning Timts.
PASSENGER TRAIN WRECKED.
Accident on Charleston and West?
ern Carolina Road.
Special to The State.
Spartanburg. Jane 20.- This after?
noon the passenger train from Augusta
on the Charleston and Western Caro?
lina, Conductor Colcock. jumped the
track this side the trestle over Tyger
river, two miles from Roebuck, while
turning a sharp curve at the rate of
about 30 miles an hour. All the cars
save the Pullman coach were thrown off
the track. The locomotive turned
over and the cars tilted. There were
about 25 passengers on the train. En?
gineer Henry Zeigler and Fireman R.
P. Turner, both of Augusta, were the
worst hurt, the former having severe
cuts in head and internal injuries. He
has been unconscious for hours and
his recovery is extremely doubtful.
Fireman Turner's face bruised, left
arm and shoulder burned and thighs
badly injured. W. E. Schauefele,
news butcher, 15 years old, . had left
leg broken between ankle and knee :
face slightly bruised. Wm. A. Wal?
lace, of Laurens, baggage master, was
internally injured, right foot bruised
and face scarred up. M. J. O'con?
ner, of Augusta, a veteran express
messenger, was bruised on the head.
Ben Nance, colored postal clerk,
bruised somewhat.
Washington, June 18.-The Russian
ambassadaor, Count Casini, has com?
municated to the state department that
in consequence of the action of the
American government through a treas?
ury order of March 9, last, applying
tariff restrictions against Russian pe?
troleum imported into this country,
the Russian minister of finance, M. de
Witte, has issued an order, dated June
7, imposing the high tariff rate of the
Russian schedule on certain American
products.
London, June IS.-Former Governor
Hazen S. Pingree, of Michigan, is
dead. Mr. Pingree died at LL35 to
night. His son was the only person
present. The body will be taken home.
The fatal disease was a cancerous af?
fection of the intestines.
TOO MUCH FOR BEANS.
A good many years ago I was con?
nected with a morning newspaper in
an Illinois city, and our custom was
to go to the restaurant in the railroad
station for our midnight lunch, that
being the only place open at that time
of the night.
There were three morning papers,
so quite a number of the newspaper
boys made the place a rendezvous, and
we used to sit and talk over the things
that had happened and a good many
that had not.
This restaurant was run by a man
named Cull, and he had held up
enough trains with his lunch counter
to make himself pretty well fixed in
this world's goods.
One night when we were all gather?
ed there the 12.07 train* pulled in and
among others was a passenger who re?
galed himself with a plate of beans.
The lunch counter, in Cull's ab?
sence, was in charge of a young man
who had his eye distinctly on the main
chance.
The conductor called "All aboard!"
and the man in great haste asked
what he owed.
"Fiftv cents."
"What! Fifty cents for a plate of
beans?"
"That's the price."
"'You're joking-how much?"
"Fifty cents goes."
"Well," said the man as he paid the
money in with little evidence of tem?
per, "that's a thundering price for
beans. ' '
And again as he went through the
door he turned and said impressively
"a thundering price for beans."
Cull's troubles began with that mo?
ment. While we were still sitting here
the railroad operator brought in a tel?
egram to Cull, who had come in in the
meantime, and was chuckling over the
profits of those beans.
Cull read the telegram. All it said
was : " A thundering price for beans.
John Q. Smith," but on the envelope
was the significant inscription "Col?
lect 25 cents."
This was the opening shot. From
every station between that town and
St. Louis came the wail to Cull, "a
thundering price for beans,'" and each
time Cull got madder and madder
over the "collect 25 cents." In the
morning Cull notified the boy not to
receive or pay for any more telergams,
and also read* the riot act to the tele?
graph company.
The next day our friend John Q.
Smith started* on a new game. He
would pack a dozen choice brick in a
box with the same old message inclos?
ed and ship them to Cull. This he
did by both freight and express,
"charges collect," until Cull was
fairiv frenzied with rage.
Now, at that time Cull was playing
the market through a Chicago broker
and it happened that there was a sud?
den and severe slump. The broker
wired to Cull to put up more margins.
Cull's boy under instructions, declined
to receive the message. Getting no
answer to his telegram the broker
closed Cull's account at a whopping
loss.
This was the last straw. _ Cull went
plumb crazy in earnest this time. He
was taken to the asylum and spent the
rest of his days there.
He used to sit day by day with his
head between his hands, repeating by
the hour the five fatal words: "A
thundering price for beans!" "A
thundering pricce for beans!"-St.
Paul Dispatch.
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