Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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AFTER THE FLOOD. Busy Scenes Along Pacolei Riv er. Wrecking Companies af Work. A busy scene greets the visitor today along the banks of the recent turbulent Pacolet river, where the fury of the waters worked such extensive de? struction. At the Cliftons and at Pacolet scores of laborers are busy cleaning away debris and recovering cotton and the mill products from the mud and wreckage. The Hitt Salvage Comany has fifty to seventy-five men at work, scouring i;be river banks and the recesses of the stream, looking for cotton, many bales of which are being recovered. J The. plan of the Clifton Company for securing what machinery they can from the river is to drain the big pond ex? tending from tiie site of the destroyed Mill No 3, to Mill No. L The work wii? be in charge of: a salvage com? pany from New York who will put a force of men to work at an early date to drain the pond and search in the mud and debris for any machinery that can be found. The same company will also recover as much of the property of the electric railway as possible. The electric com? pany wiU lose at lease one mile of track at Clifton. The trolley wire and rails are, however, being recover? ed as rapidly as possible. The machinery on the immediate sites of the Clifton Mills .will be re? covered by J. B. Garfunkel of Colum? bia who will begin work on next Mon? day morning. Mr. Garfunkel has purchased all the scrap iron that may be found among the wreckage while the mill company will retain such ma? chinery as can be used The big fly wheel at Mill No. 3 which weighs about 100,003 pounds has also been purchased by Mr. Garfunkel. The wheel was broken to .pieces by the force of the flood and is absolutely useless to the company. By next Monday the banks of the river wiU be crowded with busy work? men who will repair as far as possible the storm's work of destruction. Later on work will be started by the mill company repairing Mills Nos. 1 and 2. The Southern Railway was one of the heaviest losers in the county by tiie flood of June 6. A prominent rail? road man says that the Southern alone will lose half a million . dollars. The roads will lose more than their net earnings from the entire state for the current year on account of the flood damage, trestles washed away, etc. It is now estimated that 25 per cent, cf the mill operatives have left the Clifton Mills and Pacolet, having secured other jobs. At one time last week there were no less than seventeen mill representatives at Clifton and 'Pacolet who had come to secure mill < labor from the ranks of the opera- < tives: It is said that some of the : operatives'have evinced a marked de- : gree of unwillingness to leave their homes* for other mills, thinking that if they remained they would be the ^recipients of aid from the relief com- : mittee. The time of the year at which the Sood occurred has proven a very for? tunate dren ms tance, for had it occur? red in winter or early spring much i additional suffering would have been 1 entailed. The cars of the electric company continue to carry many visitors to i Clifton, but it will probably be only a .' few weeks before the signs of wreckage are completely obliterated and the big storm will have been a thing of the past.- Spartanburg Journal, June 17. .Seid at a Big*Profit. " It is an ill wind that blows nobody good.'' While many of the cotton mills of the South are in a pinch over the matter of securing cotton and of making a profit on their'goods at the present high price of the raw material, says the Spartanburg Jour sal, the Clifton Manufacturing com? pany has gone ahead and disposed of ?tWO bales of cotton on which it is ?aid that the net profit was $150,000. The company had on hand nine thousand bales of cotton when the flood struck their warehouses. Six. thousand bales were saved, while most cf the remainder is scattered down Pacolet river for miles beiow the mills. This success in selling cotton at a high profit is especially fortunate ior the mills at this time in view of their recent heavy losses caused by the flood disaster. - **- - Bampson, N. C., Democrat: "Clin? ton alone shipped 12,000 crates of strawberries this season, and Sampson berries ar* shipped from a dozen or store other places. The twelve thou? sand crates from Clinton brought ap? proximately, thirty thousand dollars and all that were shipped from the county probably three times that." New York, June 17.-Because Rus? sell Sage made a mistake in the date cai which "swearing off" the correc? tions could be made in taxes, he will have to meet personal taxes this year cuan assessment of $2,000,000. Us? ually he turns in $600,000. St. Louis June 21.-Sandford North? rop, until recently secretary and gene sal manager of the American Refriger? ator Transit Company, committed suicide today at the home of Claude Xennerly vice president of the Repub? lican1 Railway Appliance company -where he was stopping. Mr. Northrop, who was about 35 years of age, leave a widow and one child. He was a cousin of George Gould and stood* high ia social and financial circles. About az weeks ago he resigned his position ?pith the American Refrigerator Transit company. No cause for the deed is known. Paxville, June 19.-The Harvin lamber company has sold out to a company of gentlemen from the north and the business will be rm under the uame of the Paxville Lumber com? pany. The saw mill has been removed from the woods back to Paxville where the dry kiln and planing mill are. Tram engines will be used for most of the log hauling. Cleveland, June 21.-In an interview today Senator M. A. Hanna reiterated his recent statement thr.t be was not and would not be a candidate for the vice presidency and if hi s nomination was made that he would decline to ac? cept it He said further that his am? bitions did not lie in the direction of the White House and ;;hat nothing could induce him to alte? his decision in the matter. WATCHING RUSSIA. Naval Demonstration in the East Show America, Japan and England are Alert. Victoria, B. C., June 17.-The steamer Victoria, from the Orient, brought news of a navaL demonstra? tion being held in connection with the situation in the Far East by the Japanese and British at Che Foo. A number of United States warships were also present. The Tien-Tsin correspondent of The Tokio Axalli says some of the Ameri? can warships have entered the Yellow sea and landed several engineers at New Ch wang and Yalu river for the purpose of surveying these districts. It is also stated a large number of Americans have lately been entering Manchuria to inspect the territory and watch the movement of the Russians there. . The Chuo says Russian naval maneuvers are going on in the neigh? borhood of Dalny, May 15 fifteen Russian warships which were taking part in the maneuvers sailed for Port Arthur. A- portion of 4ihe fleet plays the part of the Japanese navy while tlie ships that came to the Far East recently play that of the Russian navy. The Shanghai papers give the fol? lowing translation of an alleged tele? gram on May 12," from Chang Chin Tong, at Peking to Acting Viceroy Wu Chang Tuan Fang: "As regards the Russian condition the government is in a state of great perplexity. In my opinion these conditions should be formally rejected. If the Russians maintain their demand we should beg thc court to transfer the seat of gov? ernment to Nanking and declare "war on Russia. ?3 Crop Damage Hysteria. Louisville Courier-Journal : Judging from the attitude of the Wall street speculators, the entire wheat, cotton, corn, hay and oats cops have been de? stroyed. In the Southwest and in the West floods and long protracted rain? fall have been credited with the pros? pective elimination of our principal agricultural products and in the Eas? tern States it has been the drouth, though this, by the way, was broken up with general rains Sunday. Here? tofore it has been the conviction that the territories of the United States are so diversified in climate and soil that what was bad for one part of the country was good for another, and hence there could be no general crop failure. Now the assertion is being freely made and seems to be credited : that either read the season takes leads to destruction. It reminds one of the : dilemma of the old darkey who heard a stentorian revivalist make the state? ment that the broad way leads to hades and the narrow path to eternal damna? tion. 1 ? In dat case, ' ' said he prompt- < ly, "dis darkey'Il take to de woods.". No alternative now appears to be : presented to the man who reads the re? ports in the daily press or, what is < worse, listens to the flying rumors of > the street. And yet we are now pass- : ing through only the crop scares that i come every year. Rain has fallen and i drought has smitten since the day of ' Adam, and yet in spite of occasional i famine the Scriptural promise that < seed time and harvest shall not fail 1 has been verified. The truth is that while in isolated i sections damage has been done by floods and storms the heavy rainfalls have greatly benefitted the whole country. The ground has been so charged with moisture as to strengthen the young plants against the hot, dry days that must yet come through the Summer just beginning. This is true of cotton, corn and even oats. Mean- , time the harvesting of Winter wheat has now begun, and the lowest es? timate is of a greater production than last year, while the Spring wheat crop is in the best of condition. The American Agriculturist of June 6th fixes the average percentage of the Winter wheat crop at 88.9 against 93.9 on April 1st. The Spring wheat acre? age is about the same as last year, being 20,176, OOO acres against 20,125, - OOO for 1902, but the condition on. June 1st .was 94.7. per cent, a remarkably good average At St. Louis dispatch was published yesterday from an observer who said he had traveled carefully over the great agricultural States of Texas, Kansas and Missouri, also the Indian Territory. The writer, after admit? ting that thousands of acres of bottom land in Missouri, Kanas, Iowa, Ne? braska and Texas had been swept away, added that the net result of the rains would, be the addition of mil? lions of bushels of wheat and corn, and he never saw better conditions for cotton. In particular is the crop out? look good in Texas. Wheat lias made double the yield of last year and corn could not be excelled. Oklahoma has also the largest wheat crop her fertile soil has ever produced, and the in? creased acreage in wheat, cotton and corn is very marked. The Financial Chronicle, which has been collecting cotton crop statistics for forty years, takes the same op? timistic view. It holds that condi? tions are much better than in 1901, and that the season is such that by no means can it. be certain the yield will be late or small. The acreage, it says, has been increased 6 per cent, and the possibilities favor a large yield. The Chronicle is one of the most conserva? tive of journals, and its conclusions with regard to the other staples are the same as with cotton, and are much more entitled to credit than the hysterical utterances of amateur ob? servers and Wall street bears. Some how or other we shall have plenty to eat and to wear just as we have al? ways had in former yers. Finally let it be remembered that Norman B. Ream, the great grain merchant, said: "Whenever I hear the bridges have been washed away I sell my corn." i ? ? - - Norfolk, Va., June 19.-Advice from North Carolina to Virginia revenue officers says that within the next two weeks 150 distillers and possibly more will move their plants from the Old North State to Virginia. The Carolina distillers are being driven out by the Watts liquor law, which becomes operative July L The law provides tiiat no distilleries shall be operated in rural districts, and as a tax on business is practically prohibitive 1 in cities, distillers have been left with but one alternative. BREATHITT COUNTY MURDER TRIAL One Juror Held Out and Pre? vented Verdict. Judge Redwine Changes Venue to Cyn thiana, More than 100 Miles from the Mountains. Jackson,, Ky, June 19.-But for one juror Curtis Jett would have been convicted here today for the murder of J. B. Marcum, and a majority of the jury also favored the conviction of "Thomas White. Both are tonight al? most 100 miles from home in jail at Lexington, and their next trail will be at Cynthiana, more than 100 miles from Jackson, away from the moun? tains and the Blue Grass region, under very different conditions from those existing in Breathitt County. The interest in the change of venue today was seconded only to the ver? dict. "When Judge Redwine refused to hear arguments on the change of loca? tion it was stated by many in the Court House that the presiding Judge had heard from Governor Beckham, who is generally believed to have had something to do with the change ' of venue to Harrison County, which is in the 18th judicial district of Kentucky, where J. J." Osborne is the Circuit Judge, L. P. Freyer is the Common? wealth's attorney, and the sheriff and other Court officers are also favorably known. With such general confidence in the surroundings of the next trial there is a general belief that "Every? thing is for the best, after all." If the verdict had been one of conviction the residents here feel that violence would have followed and that it would have extended to others than witness? es, jurors and those who had taken part in the prosecution. Col. Williams is at Frankfort tonight conferring with the Governor regarding the with? drawal of the. troops. It is under? stood that he has advised the Gov? ernor that no number of troops can stop the lurking fire bugs or hidden assassins, but that at least one com? pany should be kept in Jackson as long as Provost Marshal Longmire is kept in charge of the town. There is a feeling of relief here to? night so far as old scores are concern? ed, but there is still a reign of terror because it is believed, that "others have been marked." DETAILS OF THE CASE. Jackson, Ky., June 19.-The jury in the case of Jett and "White, charged with the murder of Lawyer James B. Marcum, was discharged today, hav? ing been unable to agree. At S o'clock the jury filed into the Court room and Foreman Richard Millard said: "Your Honor, we find there is no chance of coming to an agree? ment" Judge Redwine said: "I will have to keep you gentlemen together until Saturday unless you get a ver? dict soon. There is no reason why a verdict should not be reached in this case." Foreman Millard said: "One man has as much right to his opinion as another and he may stick to it." It is believed from this that there was only one man between the verdict of guilty or not guilty. Later the jury again reported it was unable to agree and shortly after 9 o'clock it was discharg? ed so that there will be another trial. The dominant faction evidenty expect? ed acquittal, but there was at least one juror who would not so report. The scene after the announcement was in no wise exciting. Some started to clap hands, but were stopped by the Court The guards took immediate possession of the prisoners and they were closely guarded back to jail. Peo? ple gathered around the Court House in knots, discussing the case, but there was no disturbance nor outward signs. Attorney Byrd, after consultation, made a motion for a change of venue. Judge Redwine refused to bear argu? ments, but of his own accord changed the venue to Cynthiana, Harrison County, at the next term of Court. Cynthiana is not in "Judge Redwine's district. He surprised the spectators by ordering the prisoners sent to Lex? ington under a detachment of soldiers and accompanied by Jones. Important Dispensary Decision. Columbia, June 19.-The Supreme Court has rendered an opinion of much importance in connection with tho seizure of liquor by constables. It was a case from Spartanburg entitled Mattie Moore vs. Ben W. Eubanks. The constable had seized a vehicle alleged to have been used in unlaw? fully transporting liquor and, accord? ing to the usual custom, confiscated it. An action, of claim and delivery was instituted in the Circuit Court, which decided that such action could not be ta&en, but that if the property was recovered at all it would have to be through the Governor or State board of control, which had been the procedure in such cases. An appeal was taken to the Su? preme Court which holds that an ac? tion of claim and delivery might be brought to test whether the seizure of liquors by dispensary constable was in accordance with law or not, no other remedy for an alleged seizure being provided in the dispensary law. This upsets the whole procedure heretofore and it is likely that many cases will arise on the contention that vehicles and liquor had been illegally seized. There is a case of that sort in Columbia now. Augusta, Ga., June 18.-Dr. W. Sterling Wilkinson, after fifty days, broke his fast yesterday at 2 o'clock. He says he enjoyed the meal with gennine childhood hunger, digested it perfectly, and feels better than he has done before in years. In a statement for publication, setting out the above facts, he announces that he will not be interviewed by friends for two or three days, as he needs to exercise care and adjust his system again to eating solid food, and must have com? plete mental and physical relaxation. Noblesville, Ind, June 21.-George Marvin, said to be from Chicago, is in the county jail here in a dying con? dition, as a result of an alleged at? tempt to blow the safe in a general store at Jolietville. Citizens of the village, who were awakened by a ter? rible explosion found Marvin lying un? conscious near the store, with one arm blown away and his body other? wise so terribly mangled that be can? not live. When the citizens approach? ed another man ran away, making his escape. The accidental dropping of a can of nitro-glycerine was the cause of the explosion. HESTER'S COTTON STATEMENTS. Foreign Exports so Far 6,528, 060, Against 6,307,244 Last Year. New Orleans June 19.-Secretary Hester's weekly cotton statement is? sued today shows for thc 19 days of June an increase over last year of 4, COO bales and a decrease under the same time year before last of 42,000. For the 2.92 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is ahead of the same days last year 356.000 bales. The amount brought into sight during the past week has been 32,569 bales, against 39,394 for the seven days end? ing this date last year, and for the 19 days of June it has been 115,189 bales, against 110,751 last year. The move? ment since September 1 shows receipts at all United States ports of 7,639,853 bales, against 7,445,644 last year ; over? land across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to Northern mills and Canada 1,062,846 bales, against 1,088, 502 last year. Interior stocks decreased under those held at the close of the commercial year 7,576 bales, against an excess of 385 bales Jast year ; South? ern mill takings 1/772,500 bales, against 1,577,150 last year. The total movement from September 1 to date is 10,467,623 bales, against 10, ll 1,681 last year. Foreign exports for the week have been 33,661 bales, against 46,296 last year, making the total thus^far for the season 6,528,060 bales, against 6,307, 244 last year. The total takings of American mills, North and South, and Canada thus far for the season have been 3,856,581 bales, against 3,667,251 last year. Stocks at the seaboard and the 29 leading Southern interior centers have de? creased during the week 44,192 bales, against a decrease during the cor? responding period last season of 38,676. Including stocks left over at ports and inierior towns from the la3t crop, and the number of bales brought into sight thus far for the new crop, the supply to date is 10,682,607, bales, against 10,471,368 for the same period last year. THE WORLD'S VISIBLE SUPPLY. . New Orleans, June 19.-Secretary Hester's statement of world's visible snpply of cotton shows the total visi? ble to be 2,374,599 bales, against 2,470,- ! 8S0 last week and 2,608,753 last year. Of this the total of American cotton is 1,270,599 bales, against 1,361,880 last week and 1,700,753 last year, and of all other kinds, including Egypt, Brazil, India, etc., 1.104,000 bales, against 1,109,000 last week and 908,000 last year. Of the world'? visible sup? ply of cotton there is now afloat and held in Great Britain and Continental Europe 1,326,000 bales, against 1,515, 000 last year; in Egypt 38,000, against 89,000 last year; in India 700, 000, against 495,000 last vear, and in the United States 310,000, against 509,000 last year. England and the United States. The London Statist recently re? marked: "It is to be recollected that if matters go on as they are going at present the United States will each year have an immense balance due to it from us on account of our imports from it of food and raw materials. This immense balance will enable it gradually to redeem its debt, and in the course of a comparatively short time that debt will be wiped out, and then the whole immense balance will be at the absolute disposal of the Unit? ed States. It may leave the money represented by it to finance operations in London, or it may insist upon being paid every year to the uttermost farthing. In any event, our money market will be under the absolute control of the capitalists of the United States. Just as at the present moment our capitalists are able to send gold from London to Buenos Ayres so as to avoid sending it direct from Lon? don, in the future American capital? ists will be able to send gold from Lon? don to any part of the world they de? sire, no matter what the consequences may be to the London money market. Thirty years ago or so a very large part of the government debt of the United States was held in Europe. Now the amount of the debt so held is hardly worth talking of. Ten years ago the amount of industrial securities of all kinds held in Europe was enormous. Ten years hence the remnant that will still be held by Europe will in all probability be quite trifling. The United States in another ten years will be a great shipowning country, will own its own securities and send its goods on board its own ships, and we shall not only have to pay for the goods, but we shall have to pay freight, insurance and commissions likewise. When our imports from the United States exceed our exports to the United States by ?100,000,000 or more, what will become of our money market, and how shall we make the payments which somehow or other will have to be made" Geneva, June 21. - King Peter this afternoon gave an audience to the Ser? vian deputation and in the course of the proceedings expressed his approval of the programme for his reception in Belgrade, which will include a gala performance at the theatre June 25. Charleston, June 20.-The county delegation to the legislature fell into line with the recommendation of the State board today and made another nomination in the place of L. Arthur O'Neill for membership on the coun? ty board of control. J. C. Merhtens was nominated and the State^ board will probably accept him and his com? mission will be sent to the new offi? cial. Spartanburg, June 20.- The con? tract for tearing down and removing the debris at Clifton mills Nos. 1 and 2, and for the erection of two large factories at these two places has been let to the big contracting firm of Thompson & Co., of Birmingham, Ala. This firm built the Olympia mill in Columbia and the Buffalo mill near Union. Paris, June 21.-Several riots aris? ing out of collisions between Clericals and Anti-Clericals, are reported from several towns in the provinces in con? nection witli religious processions. At Brest an Anti-Clerical mob attempted to seize the Host from the hands of the priest as the procession was about to re-enter the cathedral. A free fight ensued, in which fifteen persons, mostly women, were injured. Less serious troubles cccnrred at Nantes and Angers. STATE TEACHERS IN COUNCIL. Address of Mr. S. H. Edmunds on Co-operation and Co-ordi? nation of Colleges and Schools. White Stone Springs. Jnne 19.- In? terest grows apace in the proceedings of the State Teachers' Association. This afternoon at 3 o'clock the college department resumed its sessions, and proceeded to a discussion of the ques? tion "How Can Colleges and ?Schools Aid Each Other?" The meeting was presided over by Prof. R. Means Davis, of the South Carolina College, who introduced Dr. J. L McCain, of Erskine. Dr. McCain spoke upon the need of co-operation and co-ordina? tion in the educational system of the State, emphasizing the facts that the colleges and schools must both work apart and together-apart in the sense that each has its separate and distinct work and place in the system : to? gether in that they must be properly articulated so as to fit into each other, supporting the one the other. He was followed by Superintendent S. H. Edmnnds, who discussed the matter from the point of view of tiie schools, particularly. In discussing the subject Mr. Ed? munds said : "The possibility of a sane solution of the problem under discussion rests in the recognition of the truth that the whole school system is a unit. Theoretically the truth of this proposi? tion is received ; practically, it is not. In a graded school system, wisdom demands . a closely consecutive con? tinuity from the lowest through the highest class; in a college the effects of the same systematic graduation are manifest; the strength of the chain is measured by the tenacity and con? necting power of the weakest link. Wisdom makes the same demands of the relation between schools and col? leges: her voice has not been heeded. "There should be a feeling of perfect harmony between the school and col? lege ; but it is not desirable that har? mony should exist only in feeling. .There should be an harmonious inter? action and cooperation, whose results shall be made clear by the presence of that power that is possible only from united efforts. To be wrisely planned a college course of study should look back of the demands of its freshman class to the schools that are the feeders of colleges. With those whose duty it is to shape the curricula of colleges this question should always be pre? sent: 'Have we so arranged this course of study as to give to preparatory schools an objective that is at the same time ideal and attainable? "There should never occur to a col? lege the idea of diminishing the de? mands of entrance examinations in order to muster more matriculates. The hopes of higher education hang upon the requirements of entrance to the freshman class. It is this that determines the standard of any college and touches the preparatory school at its vital spot. The schools derive their inspiration from the colleges. "While the truth is recognized by school men that preparation for col? lege is by no means the sole purpose of the school ; still the influence of the college curriculum is pervasive and in preparing for college the school feels that it is preparing for life. How great then is the responsibility of college men ! They exert a power that pervades life! Through them the prospective citizenship of our country receives its training and direction. I have a reverence for higher education, a supreme respect for those who are its votaries, and I feel a distinguished honor in being permitted to stand in your presence and to say, that to you South Caroilna is looking for the well directed destiny of her sons and daugh? ters, and this honor is gladdened with pride when to this call to duty, 1 may add the faith of her assurance that she does not look in vain. May I be allowed to say that as a school man it rejoices my heart to realize that the men of our colleges are more tho? roughly awake today than ever to the demands that the " schools make of their time and talent to the solution of this vital question. This question that is more far-reaching than any educational concern of today: How may we, college men, exalted by the positions that we occupy and exalting by our worthiness the positions that . we fill-how may we by the influence our positions and worthiness give us, exert that influence so that the whole school system-a system that we re? cognize as a unit-may be benefited, inspired, lifted to a clearer light, a better view, a more deserving destiny? "To the school man who realizes his responsibility, the proffered coopera? tion comes like a clarion call, awakes in him an eagerness to welcome as one welcomes a burst of sunlight on a dreary day this extended hand clasp of college"men, and makes him rejoice as a strong man to run a race-re? joicing the more, because in this race for the education of the young of his beloved State, he shall not run alone. There is that delightful comfort that a southern soldier felt when he knew that back of him there was an intrepid infantry, that never learned the signal of retreat, and just ahead mounted upon chargers that pawed the air there was a Hampton, a Jackson or a Lee. Faith is the founda? tion of all effort I How great will be the faith of school men in the just? ness of their cause, and the certainty of sucess, if through the whole line of fighters for education there can be felt the elbow touch of perfect accord and harmony. "The first and best answer that I can give, then, to this question is that between the school and college there should be perfect harmony harmony in feeling, harmony in pur? pose, harmony in action. "In order that this harmony-this threefold harmony-may exist there must be on the part of school men a just recognition of the duties, res? ponsibilities and ability of college men ; and on the part of college men a re? cognition of tiie same requisites and qualities of successful school men. The arch enemy of harmony is a want of appreciation-a feeling that one'4 burden is greater than one can bears an underestimate of the duties of others, a failure to weigh the responsi? bilities of a position not one's own. In order that there should be harmony in feeling-harmony in purpose and harmony in action, I would say to the college men: Recognize the school man as your brother; give to him the inspiriting below touch of *a fellow in arms; lend him the inspiration of your influence, the lifting power of your learning, the wealth of your wis? dom, the power of your personality. Say to him in all sincerity, J give you the grasp of a brother's hand. What is mine is yours. Our calling has but one purpose-the uplifting and betterment of mankind. Be it ours to spurn all envy, all jealousy, and let there be between us perfect harmony forevermore. "To the school man, I would say: The college man has not had the ex? perience in practical management that you have had. Perhaps if the op? portunity presented itself, he would make a greater success than you have ever made or will ever make"; perhaps not-what matters it? He is your brother. He fights the same battles that you are fighting, he has the same purpose that animates your life, he dreams tue same dreams that nerve your soul by day and fire it by night. Call on him, look to him, cheer him. Say to him always. 'Help me. Kow can I help you? We are parts of a system that is a unit, let us crystalize these parts. ' My frends, my heart is in this matter. I have written an ex? hortation rather than a paper, but I am thoroughly convinced bf the-truth that the future of education in South Carolina is so entirely dependent upon the presence of harmony between the school and the college that I would engrave it upon the hearts of every school man and college man of this State in characters ineffaceable, that the object of our professional life should be to create between the school and college such a feeling perfect ac? cord that one need not look far to see the fulfillment of one's brightest dreams and fondest hopes-a fulfill? ment that will usher in the day of good things, of tidings of great joy-a day that will be marked by * the harmonious interaction of college and school, a day that will stand forth as the ultima thule of educaional aspira? tion- a day that will be marked by she blessings of enlightenment, the broadening influences of education, she sympathetic grasp of mind and feelings, that ?3 possible only under she benign influences of a Christian civilization, a 'fulfillment not of that prophecy of Him who spoke as never man spoke, that 'a house divided against itself cannot stand, ' but of that other saying of His, so full of the power of truth and promise : "The rains came and the floods de? scended and the winds blew and beat upon that house and it fell not; for it was founded upon a rock.' " The discussion was participated in by Profs. E. Means Davis, A. G. Rembert, J. J. Daragn, F. H. Colcock and others, each presenting thoughts and practical suggestions helpful to one another. THE FINAL MEETNG. White Stone Springs, June 20. The final meeting of the State Teach? ers' Association was held this evening in the parlors of the hotel. President Cromer presiding, introduced Miss Gena Dargan, of the Chiquola Club, who recited beautifully that pathetic poem, "Furl That Banner," as being a very appropriate prelude to the ad? dress of Mr. McCullough, who was then presented to discuss the "Duty of teachers toward the teaching of the history of the Southern cause, in par? ticular, and the influence of the teach? er in general. " The teacher, he said, touches man in his work, from every standpoint, and should, therefore, be a strong man, fortified by the truth,, and by character. .As one phase of the teachers' in? fluence he discussed as the principal point of his speech, the teachers' op? portunity and duty in teaching the youth of the South, the South's part in the war between the States, em? phasizing the fact that the South was only using her constitutional rights in withdrawing from the Union, and that, therefore, it was not a ' * War of Rebellion," but a war between States, each independent in sovereignty, the Confederacy after its secession and organization having as strong claims to nationality as did the Federal Union. His speech was strong in its argu? ment and logic, and persuasive in its earnestness and eloquence and his audience greatly enjoyed and profited by it, and many have a better appreci? ation thereby of the South in the secession, as well as a stronger deter? mination to justify to tlie children the fathers who fought for their constitu? tional rights. The committee on resolutions, through the chairman, Prof. A. G. Rembert, presented resolutions of thanks, first, to the officers and mem? bers of the association, who by tceir special work and papers and discus? sions helped to make the meeting of 1903 so successful; second, to Mr. Harris and his associates of the White Stone Lithia Hotel for the entertain? ment of the Association : third, to the newspapers of the State, which are so ably aiding in the cause of the promotion of education ; and fourth, to Col J. J. Daragn and daughters of the Chiquola Club, for their enter? tainment and instruction in presenting local history and methods of teaching it. The commitee on nominations, through the chairman, Dr. J. I. Mc? Cain, nominated as officers for the fol? lowing year: President, Superintendent S. H. Edmunds, Sumter. Vice presidents, Prof. L. B. Haynes, Leesville ; Prof. J. J. Dargan, Darling ton; Prof. T. A. Sharpe, Darlington. Secretare and treasurer, Superinten? dent L. W*. Dick. Executive committee, Prof. A. G. Rembert, Wofford ; Superintendent E. B. Wallace, Richland. Prof. H. C. Davis and Miss A. A. Dunbar hold over as members of this committee, and the president and the secretary of the Association are ex officio members. These nominations were confirmed by unanimous election. Before ad? journment Mr. S. H. Edmunds took occasion to commend to the teachers "The Educational," edited and pub lishedby Mr. W. Z. McGee, as a school journal worthy of strong support At 10.30 the Association adjourned to meet in 1904 at a time and date to be fixed by the executive committee. The new army musket will pierce six human bodies or a foot and a half of pine wood at 500 yards and will kill at 2,000 yards. The use of such guns in quelling riots would endanger the lives of non-participants within that distance. A "mob" cartridge for nie in the new musket has 34 grains of powder, two round balls which weigh 42 grains, and are coated with paraffin. The fire of this cartridge is effective at not more than 200 yards.