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WHY DEPRESSION IN AGRICULTURE.
The industrial Commission Re?
views Some Evidence.
Washington, Nov. 12:-The Indus?
trial commission today made public its
review of evidence taken Before the
commission on the subjects of agricul?
tural labor. Among other subjects
discussed is that of agricultural de?
pression, of which the commission
speaks as fololws :
"The cause most often assigned for
the depression of agriculture in the
eastern States is the increased produc?
tion due to the opening of western
lands'ia advance of the natural de?
mand, especially through their agency
of liberal laud laws and . grants of
land, in aid of railroad construction.
The competition of the west has been
rendered especially severe by the
policy * of the railroads in making
freight rates relatively long for long
distances. The old staple products
having thus become unprofitable in the
east, it has been necessary for fajmi?
ers to change their methods and vary
the character of theincrops, taking up
especially the culture., bf products
which are not easily transported long
distances. Thus truck farming has
largely superseded cereal growing along,
the Atlantic coast, but farmers in "he
north Atlantic States now complain of
the severe competition of the States
farther south in this industry, and
much the same" m ay be said of fruit
growing. Even so imperishable a
commodity as milk is transported a
much longer distance than formerly
since- the introduction of refrigaiior
cars.
The Blue and the Gray.
Special'to The Stafe.
Meriah, Conn.,. Nov.. 12,-^-There
was a grand reunion and c?l?bration
by the Blue and. the Gray there this
evening, the occasion being the return
to Capt Waterman of a -Connecticut
regiment of the sword captured from
him by Capt. J. K. P. Neathery of'
the Confederates during the 1 Civil
war., Capt. Waterman .of a Connecticut
regiment-was ' captured -.-by* the Con?
federates "of Ejnst?n, C., and gave
up his sword to Capt.' Neatherry. Capt.
Neatherry, who lives at Columbia, S.
C" recently ascertained that Capt.
Waterman lived here and offered to re?
turn the sword. By invitation of the
Grand Army pos}; to which Capt.
Waterman belongs, Capt. \Neather::y
came north a3 its guest, and the re?
turn of the sword to Capt. Waterman
was tonight made a joyous occasion.
Several out of town grand army posts
participated.
West Paint Should be Rebuilt
Washington, Nov. 12.-Themost im-j
portant feature of the report of the
borad of visitors to the West Point
Military Academy is a recommenda?
tion that the Academy be rebuilt.
The report says :
44It has been nearly 100 years since
West Point was founded, and from the
birth of the institution nearly all the
improvements have been on the patch
work plan. There is one building con?
structed by the government at the post
that is in harmony with this day and
generation. It can be truthfullv said
that there is a pressing necessity for
the complete tearing down and a new
building up. The policy pursued in
this regard at Annapolis should -be
speedily adopted at West Point. Noth?
ing can be gained by postponement.
Indeed, it seems to the board that
almost every dollar spent in the future
for'enlarging here and altering and
patching there' is so much money
thrown away.
"The West Point Military Academy
should be a model, perfect to the
minutest detail possible, having every
advantage and improvement which the
new century affords, and entire har?
mony with the grandeur and dignity
of the mission which our armv is to
fulfill.
"Putting the matter in a few words,
it can be truthfully said that the
barracks ir; which the cadets sleep and
study and live when, not in recitation
room or on the drill grounds, are little
better equipped than the barracks at
the average county poorhouse. Ir:
many of the rooms three cadets are
crowded. The ventilation of these
rooms is in accordance with hygenic
notions of a century ago and is simply
execrable. "
The report takes up the subject of
discipline and sates that the board is
satisfied that the practice of hazing
has been eradicated. Full credit is
given to Col. Mills for this discipil
nary measure, and the breaking up of
hazing organizations.
The fertilizer trust has bought out
the Southern Chemical Co.
A young .man killed his sweetheart
and then ki lied himself at Elizabeth
town, Ky., on Monday.
A nego has been arrested in Atlanta
charged with stealing 84,700.
In a duel at Jasper, Ga., between
two farmers, one was killed and the
other fatally wounded.
EDITORS COMMITTED TO JAIL.
For Publishing Criticisms of a
Judge's Decision.
Chicago, Nov. 12.-On a charge of
contempt of court Judge Eanecy today
sentenced Andrew M. Lawrence, man
aging editor of Hearst's Chicago
American, to 40 days in the county
jail. The sentence of H. S. Canfield,
who wrote the article objectionable to
the court, was fixed at 30 days in jail.
The cases against S. S. Carvalho,
financial manager of the paper, and
John C. Hammond, assistant city edi?
tor, were dismissed. Judge Hanecy
declared that the cases against "W. R.
Hearst, majority stockholder of the
paper; Homer Davenport, cartoonist,
and Clare Briggs, also a cartoonist,
would stand until such time as these
respondents could ' be brought into
court by the sheriff.
Former Gov. Altgeld, one of counsel
for the "respondents, entered a formal
exception to the decision.
"This case, I may say" the court
remarked, * * is not appealable. You may
file a bill of exceptions for a writ of
error, however. I am wililng to delay
the serving of papers on Mr. Lawrence
and Mr. Canfield till yon have drawn
your bill."
. " We do not feel that we have any
favors coming from this court," Mr.
?ltgeld answered, "we are much ob?
liged." -
The courtroom was crowded to the
limit when Judge Hancey entered.
The article in The American upon
which the proceedings in contempt
were based was a criticism of the
court's decision on an application for
the forfeiture, of the charter of the
People's Gaslight and Coke company.
Judge Hanc?y said if the matter
published was allowed to go unnoticed
by the court, it paved the way for oth?
er attacks, and that the judiciary,
if not held in respect, would fall with
all democratic srOvernment. The arti:
cle, the court stated, was not merely
an attack fcn the people and on the
j court, but a bold threat to every
court. It should, therefore, not go
unpunished.
A few minutes after the rendering
of the decision and the imposition of
the sentencesfas to Lawrence and Can?
field, Judge Dune, upon application,'
issued a writ of habeas corpus as to
them, returnable immediately.
FOGS AND HAPPINESS.
: : f * ?'V rffli f? h V .
The list of deaths from the recent fog
in London is still growing. The loss
of life appears to be due not only to
the accidental drowning of those who
?incautiously walked off docks into the
river, or those other unfortunates who
were run down in the streets, but
especially to the great increase - of
troubles which owe their origin to the
respiratory organs. *-;
Richard Cobden, the great political
economist and agitator, died from
bronchitis, which was aggravated by
a London fog. In Cobden'sday science
had not advanced far enough to enable
the public to see where Divine Provi?
dence began and human folly left off.
It was the custom then to attribute
London fogs to the abominable climate
of England, and it was taken as a
matter of course from which there was
no reasonable ground for escape and
no just ground for complaint. Today
we know that though the damp - and
humid climate of England largely
increases the risk of fog, yet the chok?
ing and horrible oppression of that
murky pali is due more to the amount
of smoke from soft soal than from any
malign dispensation of nature.
The immensity of London and its
great influence as a mere centre of
population and finance is apt to
obscure its importance as a centre of
manufactures. But it is none the less
one of the great industrial centres of
the world, and though it does not
boast of such iron industries as Pitts?
burg, for example, or cotton mills like
those of Birmingham, it has an aggre?
gate of small industries, wrhich is enor?
mous and each of these gives its little
mite of soft-coal smoke to the already
choking atmosphere. The exigencies
of modern civilization, the cry for
greater comfort and the clearer un?
derstanding of how that comfort may
be secured all impel us to the conlu
sion that the smoke nuisance of Lon?
don will be abated. It may be that
hard coal will be forced upon the
manufaturers or that electricity will
largely supersede the present use of
steam. Be that as it may, there is rio
reason why helpless people should be
choked to death openly by the suffo?
cating smoke of bituminous coal, when
there is a possible remedy for the situa?
tion by laws sensibly enacted and
strongly enforced.
We can never be too thankful for a
climate like that of Richmond, .which
bas, with two exceptions, been sun?
shiny, bracing and delightful for the
past month. There is a little snow and
rain, to be sure, in February, but
taking our winter climate through
and through we do not believe that it
is surpassed by that of any health
resort, and, after all. among the
causes that go to make up happinness,
surely good health and clear skies are
not among the least.- Richmond
Times.
Washington, Nov. 10. Secretary
Root has issued an order changing thc
regulations relative to admissions to
West Point so that, the board may
accept as candidates those who arc
graduates of high schools without re?
quiring them to pass the mental
examination prescribed by thc depart
ment. One of the important para?
graphs .added is: "The Academic
Board will consider, and may accept,
in lien of the regular examination, the
examination papers of high school or
college graduates."
Henry Ellis, a negro, was strung up
by a mob and afterwards driven out
of a mining camp in Nevada.
In Michigan, the female teachers
receive an average salary of $43.20 per
month, while the males receive an
average of S70.86 per month.
DISASTROUS FIRE AT DILLON.
Long Row of Wooden Buildings
Destroyed Wednesday.
Special to The State.
Dilion, Nov. 13.-This busy, hust?
ling little city has received its bap?
tism of fire. At 8>30 this morning
flames were seen issuing from a small
frame building near the north corner
of what may be called postoffice block,
a range of wooden buildings on Rail?
road avenue, running from Harrison
to Cleveland street, and in about one
hour the whole was reduced to ashes.
Had the wind been blowing either
north or south the extent and damage
resulting would have been appalling.
North of the fire district was the resi?
dence of A. K. Parham, then in close
proximity came the large store house
of Dillon & Son and just beyond the
oil mill plant.
The southern limit was Harrison
street, fortunately lined with beau?
tiful shade trees. Their sacrifice
stayed the progress of the devouring
flames in that direction and saved the
main business portion of the town.
The wind was forunately blowing
from the west, across the wide Rail?
road avenue and thus the fire was
confined to the limits mentioned.
Herculean but fruitless efforts were
made by white and black, and most of
the contents of the stores were remov?
ed, but fearfully damaged.
The origin of the fire is a mystery,
the store in which it started not hav?
ing been occupied for some time, and
the hour at which it occurred pre?
cludes the suspicion of foul play.
Mr. Bryan on the Negro.
In the last issue of The Commoner
Mr. Bryan gives his views on the race
question and they will be read with
interest in all parts of the country.
The main part of his editorial is as
follows :
"It was to have been expected that
northern papers would wax wroth and
grow bitterly sarcastic in replying, to
southern strictures upon the president
for entertaining Booker T. Washing?
ton at-dinner. But the southern pa?
pers are replying by asking some perti?
nent questions and citing some perti?
nent facts. They point out. the fact
that northern love for the negro is
confined to election day. How many
business oipces in. the north employ
negro clerks? How many negro train?
men are employed' on .northern rail?
ways? How many negroes have . been
appointed to postmasterships in- the
north? How many northern states have
elected negro senators or congressmen?
How many negro mechanics are em?
ployed in northern mills and factories
alongside white mechanics? North he
is limited to. the .positiion-of porter in
hotels and on trains, or to waiter
ships in.'hotels and restaurants. -r-Ts
there a negro linotype operator.cn.any
great daily paper in the north that fis
so roundly denouncing the south for
its attitude for toward ,the R?ose:
' velt-V ashington . dinner incident?
Does any one of these northern Re?
publican, daily newspapers employ a
negro pressman, a negro, reporter, or a
n'egro city editor? Some of these days
the negro will realize that he has
nothing to gain from the alleged
friendship of men who sek to use him
for political purposes only.-?'
This puts it squarely v upon the pre?
tended champions of the negro in the
north. It exposes the hypocrisy of
those who rail at the south because it
1 refuses a social equality to the negro
which is denied him by the people of
the north with very rare exceptions,
j It emphasizes the more important fact
that the south is the only part of the
country where the negro has a chance
to improve his condition by engaging
in the better lines of industry and
rise above menial service.
Mr. Bryan has stated the case well
and there is no answer to what he
says.-Atlanta Journal.
Cotton Seed Oil Men Indicted.
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 13.- The fed?
eral grand jury of the United States
for the southern district of Mississip?
pi tonight indicted a large number of
cotton seed oil men, directors and
other cotton seed oil officials for al?
leged violations of the federal statutes
July % 1900.
Thsi statute denounces combintions,
and the inidctment alleges that the oil
mill officials have conspired in writing
to control the prices of cotton seed
products.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Commercial Advertiser
steps into the field with this an?
nouncement of how the president will
deal in his message with the subject
of reciprocity: "He will remind con?
gress that several trade treaties are
pending in the senate, but he will not
in so many words urge the ratification
of them. He will dwell on the advis?
ability of establishing reciprocal
commercial relations, but he will re?
commend that what ever legislation is
enacted in that direction shall be
based on the principle that American
industries are to be protected and that
no industry which needs protection
shall be subjected to unnecessary com
petition by foreign products." A most
oracular announcement that, and a
most oracular message it would l>e.
President Roosevelt may deliver him?
self of such bosh, but if he docs he
will have greatly changed since enter?
ing tho White House. Courier-Jour
nal.
James Eads How, a Harvard gradu?
ate, a resident of St. Louis, who has
refused two fortunes, one left by his
grandfather, another by his father, is
now trying to dodge a third, a small
one of 81,000,000, or thereabouts.
He prefers to consort with the news?
boys and shouts as lustily in selling
papers as any of them. There are
freaks of various kinds, but fortune
dodging freaks are quite rare.-Wil?
mington Star.
AFTER MANY YEARS.
Mother Finds Kidnapped Daughter
in Columbia Wednesday.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 14.- After
having been kidnapped and lost to
her mother for nine years, Loula
j Wilson was found by her mother
here yesterday. When only six years
old, Loula Wilson was stolen by a
man named Miller. She was living
in South Florida then. After a year's
elapse she was found and taken home
but was stolen again very soon after?
wards. _ Since her abduction she has
been living in convents in several
places, until she came to Columbia
last July. She has been living with
a private family in Columbia who
took care of her. By some means she
began communicating with persons in
Flprida, which at last brought her
mother to her yesterday. The happy
mother and child returned to their
home yesterday morning. It is cer?
tainly an unsual case and seems like
a story of fiction.
A Scientific View of Trusts.
Mr. James B. Dill, of New York
city, delivered an address on Saturday
evening before the Merchants' Club,
of Chicago, in which he discussed
the uses and abuses of trusts. Mr.
Dill did not deal much in theories.
He confined his remarks to existing
conditions. He recognizes that the
combination of capital is a force, and
so he said he would spend no time in
asking why it was here further than
to say that it was a part of the best
growth and sound expansion of the
American nation, essentially a part of
the aggressive American policy Jof
commercial supremacy.
He compared the trust movement to
the development of electricity. Half
a century ago, said he, every habita?
tion bristled with lightning rods in an
esdeavor to avert electricity, whereas
the house of today is not equipped
wi th, instruments to avert this force,
but is wired to receive and uitlize the
electric current. %he great object of
science in this day is not to suppress
electricity but to control and utilize
it as a working force. He thinks that
that principle should be applied to
trusts. "Many of the attacks upon
combination," said he, "have had as
their aim the. suppression of the move?
ment rather than the elucidation of
the subject and the utilization of the
force. Such attacks, legislative or
otherwise, while dangerous to,the com?
bination react against the public.
The tendencry of ' industrial * opera?
tions to enter the -?field .;-of' legislation
and thence to go-in to politics isa most
imminent danger. Unwise legisaltiori
against industrial combinations, legis?
lation in many .instances .enacted in
response to ill-advised popula^ clamor,
invites and sometimes forces fthe in?
dustrial corporation to enter the field
of legislative competition, and when
once in 'that field "the corporation
learns by experience that it can not
only, defeat an tr-corporate measures in
the usual.way, but can. even procure
pro-corporate legislation. Any attempt
on the part of industrial organizations
to enter, voluntarily or defensively,
into the field of legislation is a ten?
dency which is to be regarded with
grave apprehension.
This seems to-us to be one of the
most sensible presentations of the sub?
ject that have seen. Combination
is undoubtedly a great factor in our
modern economy and is recognized as
such. It is absurd to talk about
abolishing corporations. In this day
of great enterprises they are absolute?
ly necessary. If we should abolish
them we should go back a hundred
years and should be unable to compete
with the nations of the earth with
which we are now in sharp competi?
tion. Corporations are here and here
to stay, just as surely as electricity is
a. working force in the industrial
world. It is wisdom, therefore, for
the people of the land who rule to use
the corporations for their good, just
as they employ electricity for lighting
and heating and moving machinery.
We have for years had an abiding
faith that this problem would finally
solve itself. We have more faith to?
day than ever before.-Richmond
Times.
More Convicts Captured.
Kansas City, Nov. 12.--Three more
of the 26 fugitive convicts who ecsaped
from Fort Leavenworth prison were
captured at Bazar, near Cottonwood
Falls, Kas., late today by penitentiary
guards, after a fight in which one of
the convicts was shot. The captured
men are Gilbert Mullen, white: Fred
Robinson, mulatto, and Sol. Souther
land, Indian. Southerland was wound?
ed today but not seriously. He was
also shot while making his escape from
the prison last week. Only nine of
the escaping convicts are yet to be
taken, and the whole country is on the
lookout. Three men supposed to be
convicts stole a horse and buggy from
a man near Atcbison, and robbed Iii ni
of what money he had but final'y Dan
doned the buggy after bei nc pursued
some distance. Lawrence Lc ?s was
returned to the penitentiary .. ?rons
today and is in the hospital in ci " * i -
cal condition from his wounds. / ,:nk
Thompson, when brought in, vas
found to be <>nly slightly wounded.
When the latter recovers a 25-pound
ball will be chained to his ankle as
punishment.
Work on thc new cell house, stopped
at the timi? <>f the outbreak, was re?
sumed today. Oberlin M. Carter,
former captain of engineers, serving
a five years' sentence, is busy prepar?
ing plans for some of the new build?
ings.
Forest fires are causing great de?
struction in Arkansas, Missouri, and
1 llinois.
Frank .jomes, the noted bandit, will
go on the stage. He will make his
first appearance at Zanesville, Ohio,
on Nov. 25, in "Across the Desert."
COTTON SPINNERS IN CONVENTION.
The Association in Session in At?
lanta- McLaurin Speaks.
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 14.- The South-1
ern Cotton Spinners' association met j
in annual convention here today. This
is the fifth yearly gathering of "the as?
sociation and the attendance was
large, many people from New York,
Pennsylvania and the New England
States inscribing their names on the
register. A business session was held
in the morning, and the afternoon was
given over to sightseeing, the delegates
being the guests of the Southern rail?
way on a trip around Atlanta.
After the welcoming addresses this
morning Dr. J. McAden, president of
the association, delivered his annual
address. He recommended a declara?
tion by the spinners in favor of a mer?
chant marine "upon a basis that will
give all American citizens an equal
chance, prevent favoritism to entrench?
ed interests and recognize the produc?
ing clasess in the reduction of freight
rates."
He also favored the building and
construction, as soon as possible,fc of
the isthmian canal. On reciprocity
Dr. McAden said:
" The immense balance of trade in
our favor creates the necessity of our
finding a market for our surplus pro?
ducts. We should do all that we can
to advance both the letter and the
spirit of reciprocity. We especially
desire closer commercial relations
with South America and the orient.'
At a "smoker" in the Kimball
house tonight Hon. Hoke Smith of
Atlanta spoke on '1 Development of our
home talent" and United States Sena?
tor John L. McLaurin on "Extension
of our foreign trade."
Senator McLaurin said :
"We are at the dawning of a new
day of progress in the history of the
world. A better day is fast approach?
ing when all people will have a more
perfect understanding of the brother?
hood of man and the independence of
nations. Until very recently com-;
merce was hot deemed a proper sub?
ject for governmental consideration.
There is no direct department of com?
merce in any government -except that
of Germany. The moving considera?
tions prompting the settlement cf the
business trouble were commerce. The
time will come when the best minds
of every country will be called upon
to adjust, the complicated question of
foreign trade and the consular officers
at the leading ports of commerce will
equal in importance the diplomatic
ambassadors."
In connection with the extension
of ?the south foreign trade. Senator
McjLaurin's advocated an American
merchant marine.
Typographical Union Denounce
Coi. Breckinridge.
Lexington, Ky., Novi 13.-After a
turbulent meeting the Kentucky Fed?
eration of Labor adopted a resoultion
this afternoon denouncing. ex-Con?
gressman Breckinridge. for sentiments I
expressed' last' night, expelling from
'the federation and convention and
denouncing Vice President F. . C.
Leming of the federation and presi?
dent of-the local Typographical union,
who arranged the meeting and pre?
sided, and calling another meeting
for Thursday night at which the
views of the dissatisfied delegates may
be expressed publicly during the day
and preceding the adoption of the
resolutions.
The question of adjourning to anoth?
er city to conclude its labors was con?
sidered but defeated. Coi. Breekin
ridge's speech was considered courte?
ous and in the vein of a supplement
welcome to that of the mayor. Col.
Brecknridge said he was the friend
of labor organizations: that he
heartily favored it, but that he
thought that its battles should be
fought with reason and not with force,
that the day of strikes was over,
citing and criticising the big steel
strike. He said further, that he did
not believe it conducive to the best
interest of labor, but unjust and was
an abrogation of personal liberty for
unions to say to the employer: "You
must employ only whom we choose,
pay them what we demand," and say
to'the working man "unless you join
our union you cannot work."
This expression of opinion was not
pleasing to a number of the delegates
and several wanted to make speeches
when Col. Breckinridge had con?
cluded. The chairman, Vice Presi?
dent Leming, announced that the
programme was concluded and de?
clared the meeting adjourned. Agita?
tion of the grievance committee today
led the dissatisfied delegates to de?
clare that organized labor had been
insulted and deprived of an opportu
nitv to defend itself. At the meeting
of 'the Blue Grass Typographical
union tonight resolutions were adopt?
ed withdrawing from the Kentucky
Federation of Labor. The resolutions
accord to Col. Breckinridge the right
to hold and express opinions, though
they declare it is not necessary for la?
bor" to endorse his position if it does
not coincide with their opinions.
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EXPLOSION ?NO FIRE IN MINES.
Five Killed and 25 Rescued at
Pocahontas, Virginia.
Bluefield, W. Va., Nov. 14.-Five
d' ad bodies have been taken from the
Baby mine at Pocahontas, Va. ? sev?
eral other presons are. .unaccounted
,for, and 25 persons have been rescued
more or less severely ? burned. At 3
o'clock this morning it .was discover?
ed that the Baby mine of, the Poca?
hontas Collier company, at Pocahon?
tas, Va., was on fire. ?n alarm was
sent in and the fire company respond?
ed promptly. In a shprt time after the
fire fighters had reached ?he mouth of
the mine and the men and were
attempting to extinguish the
fi?mes, some of the . -fire men
and others having rnshed inside
the mine to ascertain the extent of the
trouble and to. assist miners entombed
therein, a terrific explosion occurred
and many miners and their friends
were more or less injured.. It is sup?
posed that the mine caught fire from
a defective electric light .wire.
Five bodies had been recovered up
to 6 p. m., and it is? uncertain how
many more are dead, though it is
known that there are several, perhaps
8 or 10, still in the mines unless they
succeeded in making their escape
through the Tng River entrance.
Twenty-five persons, h a ve been rescued,
all more or less burned, some serious?
ly and perhaps several fatally. The
injured were carried to their homes
in wagons and the doctors in Pocahon?
tas have been busy all today attending
them. One or two other explosions
have followed that of the morning
and others are hourly expected. The
mine is still burning ajad, clouds of
smoke are constantly issuing from its
month. The fan has 'now peen stopped,
I and as soon as possible to do so the
! mine will be reentered in the hope of
i extinguishing the fire. ",' '..
In 1884 Pocahontas experienced ' a
like occurrence in which oyer 100 lives
were lost. /-': .?..
The dead so far recovered* are : Louis
: Wollwin, John Barnhard jf?il Mont?
gomery, M. D.' "Koontz,'*/" Hungarian
named Urico. ' ' . *
Woolwin, Montgomery; Ind Koontz
! were killed while attempting Jo rescue
? and bring out a dead body. 'At this
time it is impossible to secure the
names of those injured;*" As yet the
estimate of d?m?g?cann?t "fj?, obtained.
, ).'- iu mmm\ -
Trouble at ?rei^so?.
... . ?.. ?.. . * ? *'. *
Serious . trouble - is reposted from
Clemson College. A. representative of
i this paper has secured reliable in?
formation of an uprising ?f ?students
[ and of an assured victory of the stu?
dents, it is thought the-trouble will "
cause one of the professors -who is
well known here to cease-to bo-a mem
Joer of the faculty.
It seems that recently Prof;. W. S."
Morrison, teacher Of-.. history,' gave
great offense to some members of the
senior class and that the professor had
become very obnoxious to naany" mem?
ber's of the student body. ?&r?*a late
instance some of the seniors ^consider?
ed themselves grossly insulted and
Cadet Lister, a football leader, or?
ganized himself into ? .grievance com?
mittee and demanded an.apology. An
animated conversation occurred be?
tween teacher and pupil. Professor
Morrison carried. the ..case- to the
faculty and, it is claimed by the stu?
dents, suppressed some of - the facts.
Lister was suspended.
The students, particularly the senior
class, were angered by this action. It
happened that it was time for a meet?
ing of trustees and the "matter was
brought to their attention^ Notice was
served in a dignified manner by the
seniors that if Lister was not imme?
diately re-instated, the. entire class
would leave, and the juniors made a
similar announcement.
It is said that the trustees ordered
Lister reinstated at once and ordered
Prof. Morrison to apologize to the
boys, which he did. The trustees!" are
also said to have assured the Boys
that they w;ould have to accept .apology
as a temporary expedient, from which
it is inferred Prof. Morrison will
resign.
Prof. Morrison is well known in the
city and county, having been educated
at \Vofford and having lived at Well
ford. He is a fine teacher and is gen?
erally respected. It seems, however,
that*he has always been somewhat
severe towards his pupils, "and upris?
ings against him by the boys have
been narrowly averted several times.
While superintendent of public schools
at Greenville he was attacked by May?
or S. A. Townes because Townes' son
had been very severely whipped by the
professor.-Spartanburg Journl.
How dear to cur hearts is the cash
on subscription when the g?nerons
subscriber presents it to view: but the
one who don't pay, we refrain from
description, for perhaps, gentle reader,
that one might be you.-Abingdon
Virginian.
There was a 8100,000 fire in Cleveland
on Tuesday.
States Gov
port shows
e Powder to
purer and
any other.