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I THE reOPlJ^'S EDITORIALS. j I C?Rtnb?tions From The State's j Readers. \ ii E?fiiisB??H oi IMIIGMTIOIT^^ ?.F MAN C*R -i- Then recall the famous men whom Hts Views on the Method? That Must the State has produced. Their very *, ~ i_{ names are an inspiration and awaken _ Be Employed to Brin? lmmi- the noblest aspirat?ol?s 0f manhood. groats to South Carolina. ln the roster of South Carolina's emin f ? the Editor "of The-^tate: . ent sons in a past generation, 1 note - I Have been much interested in read- ; high in the list of immortal ones Hon. x ?John Caldwell Calhoun, an incompar in|r reports in the newspapers express-? aWe statesman, scholar and philoso ing'public opinion on the question ofjpher; Henry Laurens, honored above t?tr?duein*? into, the State of South most men, an accomplished diplomatist TT , 4, r,".^Mn ?rnrn; land the friend bf Washington; then C?rcltea a class of European immi- ? there w&? ^ Andrew Jackson, the gratis-farmers, who in some respects. seVenth presidentiof the United States; are1 less ambitious than American j another' honored name, an advocate iarmers-a class of people who will be and jurist of great renown, likewise co?tent with small farms, say 20, 30 statesman, scholar, diplomatist, Hugh tfr SO acres of ground. I am told that Swinton Legare; the Hon. Francis W. f8e* south has enough even now of Pickens and the Hon. William Aiken, common laborers, and that- the need of the early governors of the State, is simply those who will enter the I mention with the highest regard the Stat* and buy up the large tracts of names of Gov. Robert Young Hayne, lands and convert them into small the most accomplished orator the ~ farms. . State ever produced, a match in for .. IShe peasantry of France have small ensic debate of the great Massachu farme which they till with artistic setts Demosthenes, Daniel Webster, skill- and reap excellent harvests for And may I mention the names of W?e industry. They are a thrifty Generals Wade Hampton, the older and ^ ??wue - save their money and at times the younger, both effulgent stars in ?^reat financial depression have sav- the diadem of the commonwealth. ??%e government from impending These are but a few names to conjure hlnferuptcy ^hese French oeasants by. Such a galaxy of honored ones fiw^a^rural villages and go daily to casts a halo of glory not only over ffcW tittf* farms, which may be dis- their native State and their own times, f^t-from" one to three miles from the but they-belong to all time and to the domestic roof" " Under prevailing ? cir- universal brotherhood of man. Strug et?stanees it would hardly be prac- gling men in this generation may look ??iSe to introduce such a system in j to those great ones and gather strength fMS'i?unlTy. It would be better to ur their efforts to accomplish worthy ?So^??t the American method, a undertakings-imitating such noble H^b. for .each farmer of say 50 to 100 Uves. Sres with the dwelling in which the! Frederick A. Salaman. ft to abide on the farm. Booms 1305-6, Vincent BuUdlng, New ^BuT how wiir the better class of York City. jbmsfeean immigrants be attracted to ",.. -- l^^^^^rmuiit not .be forgotten THE RUS SI AX IX HISTORY. E?St?u?^!^ American Syn^athy Shonld Lie ^^V?i^tSS^whS? < -m ***** * cresent Conflict lamions of acres cr* yet unoccupied; To the Editor of The State: -Kt western Canada is attracting set- It is difficult to understand how any B5&-? by furnishing free farms and one who is at all ?acquainted with Eu t?mefl for all who will come. By rail- ropean history, especially the part of it fc?tf jsompanles sad local'communities that relates to Russia, can sympathize g^y, nf dollars are being ex- with that country} in its struggle with tended to get these settlers on those Japan; for viewed from any stand ikcda Vow the south has ho free4POh*?t, except that pf brute force, Japan ?meateads/but every-one who enters if by far the more highly civilized na ??SIateand secures a farm must pay ?on ot the two. ?From its very first ^ jtJ The western people reckon contact with civilization Japan has S?ry healthy, laboring man who ?ade a progress that is almost-mar m?s a permanent home in a com* velous, while Russia has remained Sanity tobe worth to the place a Practically barbarous despite the fact Sur not less than $2,009. That is, If gatijetas keenan Intimate associa Srable-bodied,-industrious and enter- ?ou with the civ?zing influences of the ^Agm^^ould settle in a fanning <*?fr countries of ? Europe. Slmmn^they add to the perman- .Jbe tn^of tteiaatter is that Rus .mt^??lth of the locality $200.000. I baa a ?pretty black record behind SPUM say. such an estimate is very A*J%????{ fpanny' oppression conservative for there may be among ?Jj duplicity thatkimost surpasses be STS(Niatt-.* dozen men who alone ^f* ,u 13 eaflly ^th?n <*? memory of SSj?di a?dmore than twice that sum Pe?Ple now hving when it was a not lo tfie taxabll wealth Tf tSt com- uncommon occurrence for ladies of the rny.ffZ wea?t? 01 uat com Polish nobility to j be stripped to the St haw ?tu?i the immigrants be waist and w?iPPef *n Public by offl ogmore acres for sale cannot afford to W^R^aieat^ Kg* ?un~? ^^^^yf^ 7J^iJ^SS^ A fere T*th the language or local gov ?^^^?^^?^^^Sr?nt eminent of the-peopte. This promise S^fi^?^^SSS^SiSSSS?r?^ has been most shamefully violated, and S?K ^n^}*j?^tJ?^x?^?T the virtuous, enlightened and patriotic tff?nSriS? Finns have been subjected to almost ^?%^S^^^????2^Si?5? ?ver^ indignity that Russian ingenuity ggggg^ record is found in Siberia, distribute them through the mafls all . countless thousands of its own citi over the fend. They wm do somegood zens and from its p^inces like Poland ?g -S-??8 ?1^, !.0I?e ^P?' and Finland have teen consigned, for ^JBfft tf?f?t.i* not all -which is needed. no offense whatever, at least nothing I.rejnember once spending a week on a that would be considered such in a civ ectton pianta?on ? short distance out ? ilized COuntry, to ai living death in the trom Yazoo City, Miss. The Planter mines of Siberia, without the slightest was a native Alabamian.. He had a hope of relief except: by death, held as lieautiful place of many thousands of they are by the iron hand of a despot aeres and one of the finest in the State. ism would have hardly been ex 0ne morning his good lady said they cusable in the dark) ages must se?tf;~to a distant orchard for rm,?M ??! enwiatv.-l ", , ... Suit and to a garden for vegetables TTP^S?S^W1! M?ST FARC1CAL M ^ the table, I^aid tb my friend, SjJl? ?l'T ASSU^ .AS S^vtr io^+s^rV mvr /JA nnt rm tts? champion of ciUihzation and Chns 2r*^?^?5r^vft?? ?J??:'%? civilization herselfTnd, in act at least, 2&-5?^>??S? Tt, i,?? is a stranger to thl precepts of Chris ^rS*^,**w/?SL ?rny tianity- Wnat ^asjthe conduct of the and your own corn fields? By pro- Russian ?uriig the recent trou UlS^J^n ^f^^^PT? rf ole in China? by wholesale h2^e/y?Fn WP ?? ^TfJ; 8 Jrtt and th8 murder of thousands of help . X??n? maSe ^^'^ ^ less and inoffensive Chinese, driving want to kindle, a.^re with the sun's them into a ? A j t ' if h ? - "i^n^sutf-glass to concentrate Were wild beasts. ?Siie the Russians " ??LS&^u L M SUN AT CN? SP0T were joting like savages, the Japanese itNwin^sr^rctt^K. - . ' troops maintained their splendid dis I would apply this process of ana-iClpline> and returnrd to their own logical reasoning to secure people to country with clean} hands and with beeome permanent residents of the out a single blot upon their record. But State of South Carolina, I think it patting all other questions aside, Rus w^uld he. unwise to waste money in Sja & the aggressorjand this being the initiating a plan , of work and then j case deserves to lose. Japan clearly suffer it to languish for want of sup- sees that the time has come when she p?f?t An agricultural commissioner must make a supr?me effort for na Wlth a secretary to begin the business tional existence and ?she can be counted ii- only a first step. The department on to struggle to the bitter end. Rus must be amply supported. This work sja has no need of additional territory is-hot only to get immigrants, but while Japan, with ivs dense population they must get thern^ They must .go stands in sore need bf an extension of where these people Sare to be round its land area. 23? S^n?^iiS ^?US?S Jt is very easy to bake comparisons, ^te nost suitable. Tog don t want DUt ^ present struggle is being waged f&^S^^o? ZJSSt Jn? ^ under eonditions that have nev^er here fmm?2S!&S^^S^?J!Si ^? 'tofore existed' In *he South African ' ?"?S^S?i^S CP? S'war England had to transport troops in t?ie capital, of the State, but he!aid munitions of war 6,000 miles, but toust haye an office in the city of there was not a hostile vessel to inter New York. No matter what the cost fere with her transports. It will be im may be, even $100,000 in this work will possible for Russia Ito send a single be.a.^fitabif inve!t'5ent Whfn 70U man or gun by water and her sole de *et 5,000 or 10^00 of these people into pendence is on one ?ingle line of rail your State and they are' content, they road, and this is a very long one. Ex will advertise the advantages of the perience has demonstrated that a sin State ail over Europe without cost. | gie line, even for ^ comparatively short . But the expense at the start must be distance, is not adequate for the trans borne by the State.: The newspapers i portation of large bodies of troops of the State, publishing gratuitously i Germany has probably about eight sep communications like this and others arate lines leading *o the Rhine and descriptive of the' country-, are doing about the same number in thc direc ' their part most liberally. Every lo- tion of the frontier, facing Russia. In cality and every individual should do lease of hostilities breaking out between a part. . France and Germany) they would each As the Alabamian said, "focus the have a million men bn the frontier in sun's rays." Owners of large tracts less time than it would take Russia to of land, some improved and some not put one-tenth that jnumber in Man irnprovecL want to sell so as to be couria. Unless something entirely un g?tting an income. They are getting j expected happens Riissia will be con n?thing now. They better sell these i fronted with very mdeh the same con ? lands to the immigrants, if they be of ? ditions that prevailed during the Cri the right kind, even with a very small | mean war. She had pl mty of troops and payment down and in small yearly j resources but could not, owing to the payments and at a low rate of interest. I lack of transportation facilities, get It will take pretty much all the re?dy j them to the front quiok enough. This money the immigrant has to get a j being the case, baffled but not crushed, start with implements and stock for j she had to accept the? terms offered by his 'little farm and to_ buy needful ; France and England, Japan cannot, supplies until he can grow and market'; of course, exhaust the resources of a crop. Hence he will need the advice, j Russia but stands a good chance of sympathy, and often forbearance of ! exhausting all the resources that Rus thbse with whom he deals. With a fair j sia can make available, chance he will be able in a few years ? To call this war a (struggle between to pay for ail. But the intelligence, ? Christianity and heathenism is the the kindness? and generosity of south- j veriest nonsense. Russia today is more ern communities need no suggestion j a barrier to the propagation of Chris? in this regard. The State of South j tianity than is Japan, por a nation, just Carolina Is broad enough in area and ; as it with an individu il. that professes ample enough in resources, yet unde-' to be Christian and vho, at the same v?loped, to afford homes of wealth and : time does the greatesr violence to the abundance for 5.000.000 to 7.000.000 of i teachings of the Master, is a greater an industrious and enterprising people. | enemy to Christianity than an avowed WiH this generation, the present pop- j disbeliever. If it could be accomplished uiation of the State, seize the oppor- j without bloodshed the partition of the tunities afforded of increasing their ! Russian empire would bf a tremendous Individual wealth and adding revenue i gain for the cause of civilization, for to their native commonwealth? South i then the Russian pepple, steeped in ! Carolina is worthy of the greatest j dense ignorance and ! ground beneath efforts of her people. J read in an \ the heel of an iron despotism, would encyclopedia spread out before me that j breathe the air of freedom and happi "the soil is highly productive, yielding ? ness and be given th*- opportunity to such staples as cotton, indigo, rice, ! emerge from a positimfr that is but iit tobacco, sugar, tea, the cereals, hemp, j tie superior to that of the beasts of flax, hops, and many varieties - of j the field. fruits and vegetables; and en- ? The people of the south at least ought joys a climatic temperature corres- I to hold in everlasting remembrance the \ oonding with that of Italy and the j fact that while they were engaged in south of France. The mineral re- their great struggle for independence ? sources of this State are considerable, Russia used her influence to the < comprising.. gold"_ iron, lead, copper, uttermost to pr went the recog manganese, coal, bismuth, plumbago, nition, by the othtr countries of Eu soapstone, limestone, granite, china J rope of the Confeder ate. States. This ?was but in keeping with her national j policy for oppression and against lib- j erty. The people, however, who have the greatest cause to execrate the very name* of Russia are the Jews, that ls if they care anything for. the honor of i the women of their race. W. D. Woods. Darlington, Feb. 20. LOCAL OPTION VS. THE DISPENSARY Some Questions Concerning the Evil i Fruits of Latter Syntem. To the Editor of The State: Allow me to submit a few pertinent : questions to your readers and the re- ! tiring general assembly: 1. Is it right and does it show al democratic citizenship, not to say a, spirit of justice on the part of our j lawmakers, not to allow a free (?) peo- j pie to vote the whiskey evil from their midst, when in fact in many instances the people did not vote or petition its J establishment? 2. Is it not an apparent fact that the ? whiskey element-ring if you choose-is j getting a firmer and deeper hold on our State institutions and using it for po- j litical ends to the extent that ere long j it will dominate church, society,- busi- j ness, .morals, politics and every insti tution in the land and throw around them the mantle of corruption that is j sure to lower us in the scale of state- j hood? 3. Are the ministers of God's holy j writ doing their duty by their passive- I ness in accepting prevailing conditions instead of inveighing against them on ; all occasions? 4. Can any man, be he friend or foe of the system, in truth lay his hand upon his heart and in presence of his God say he does not know that the j dispensary as it is managed is a de- i moralizing agent to every legitimate business or institution in the Sta:e: de? basing its manhood, making drunkards of its youth, yea, of its children even? Doing this, does it not bring woe and ' misery, suffering and hardships untold ! to a. helpless and innocent class-the ! women and children? 5. Is it for political and sinister gain that our wise men-masters, not ser? vants-can shut their eyes to glaring facts and refuse to trust those whose suffrage placed them in their exalted ! position, and force them to be un- i willing particeps criminis to the trafile? r I 6. Does the revenue derived offset i the evil it generates? Has it mate-? rially contributed to the State's 1 finances, or reduced taxation? Is it not j one of the potent factors calling for j more judicial circuits to relieve the* congested dockets of those in exist- ! ence? Is it right to apply any por- ! tio? of the revenue (blood money) to j the education of our children? Has it \ not created a stronger ring than that I the great (?) Tillman claims to have1 overthrown a decade of more ago? Is it not a little strange that, in the j light of after events, the palmetto tree ! was banished from the wiskey flask? Justice. St. George, Feb. 17, 1904. Betting: on Cock Fight*. To the Editor of The State: In several sections of our fair com monwealth the practice of cock fight-| ing is indulged in and ordinarily the! usual accompaniment of betting pre* j vails on such occasions. As a lover of my fellowmen and seeking, always their highest welfare, I concluded it might prove helpful if the general assembly enact a law forbid ding the custom, and accordingly I| wrote onp of the- representatives about i it. He replied that a bili was intro- ? duced last session which would have ? given entire relief from this evil, but ! sports in the senate- killed it, though passed to its third reading. He adds! that the senate has at the present ses- ? sion been polled touching the matter and that it cannot be passed. Disappointed in securing help from that quarter, I wished to secure advice of some wise, good man as to the best way of getting the matter on the con? science of individuals who indulge in tile baneful pastime. A letter from Dr. James H. Carlisle of Wofford college contains information I beg to share with your readers. He says: "The great subject of crueltv to an? imals is now attracting more attention j than before. It is v?rv important. This is one starting point. To take the beautiful, spirited bird, and make j him kill or be killed, to excite and; amuse some coarse, hardened men, and i to decide where some piles of money I must go-this is sad! But tender ap- j peals are not felt where there is no ! tenderness; still, these appeals, wisely! urged, may in the end make some im- j pression. A lift up religiously, of' course, will generally settle many of j these questions that cannot be met on a low plane." Now, Mr. Editor, let me ask the kind aid cf your own skilled pen in encouraging the introduction and pass? age of a bill affording relief in some; degrr ? But the enactment of a law j forbi?v. % the sport is only uart of our j duty; *? must have an increasingly ' strong sentiment current, such as will be possible alone by intelligent agita? tion of the subject. Tours very truly, : Civis. Piedmont, S. C. THE CHARLESTON HUD GET. Damage Snits Against the Consolidated ! Railway Company. Special to The State. Charleston, Feb. 20.-A number of damage suits were filed' today in the court of common pleas against the Consolidated Railway comnany. Thos. Smith wants $3,000 damages for having been ejected from a car and forced to walk two miles to the detriment of his health. The same sum is wanted by Health Detective Nipson, whose buggy was run into by a car. Frank Norh- j den is suing for $5,000 because,he was j run into while riding his bicycle and j former Conductor Reeves Ford, who I was hurt in a collision between two j cars, asks for $3,000 actual damages and $5,000 punitive damages. Isaac, j Coughley has entered suit against the I American Pipe company for $1,975 for injuries sustained in digging a trench, i The approaching term of the court ot| common pleas will be noted for the ! number of like suits which have been j filed. The laying off of a number of field men at the navy yard has caused some: disappointment and no little dis quietude, but it is said tha t the laying j off of these men furnishes the only foundation for the rumors of a general suspension of work. No statement could be gotten from the local officials of the navy yard in regard to the rumor that the secretary of the navy had ordered the unexpended balance to be turned into the treasury. It was said at the navy yard that the men were only laid off because they were much ahead in their work and the rules of the de? partment are against keeping men on the payroll who are not actually at I work. Advices received here state that the; course of the dispatch boat Mayflower j may be changed, and in this event Ad-| mirai Dewey and staff will not visit. Charleston on their way to join the j North Atlant io fleet for the manoeuvres! in the Caribbean sea. The temperature tumbled early this morning to a reading of 3!? degrees, a: fall of ",1 degrees from the maximum j reading of yesterday. The wind was] high, reaching a velocity of 36 miles from the northeast at 1 o'clock today.! -?? ? ? Orator* Selected. Special to The State. Ninety-six. Feb. 20.-At the clo*:i;,T of the Ninety-Six high school, to be held June 5-7, Rev. S. H. Zimmerman of Newberry will preach the annual sermon, and Hon. Charles F. McKes? son of Morganton, N. C., will deliver the annual address. 'V . >>rr <?-.. .." . V".".??- ' - - J_ DAILY PEN SKETCHES ! OF CAROLINA LIFE.! I What People of the Middle and Pee Dee Country Are Doing. ! TWO FIRES OCCUR IT DENMARK! The Railroad Signal Station Burned, j Other News from the Town Where Railroad* CroNM. Special to The State. Denmark, Feb. 20- The telegraph ot* flee at the junction of the . Atlantic Coast Line and Southern railroads, in this place, was destroyed by fire this morning at 7:30 o'clock. The structure was a two-story wooden building, gen- j erally known as the tower. All trains j over the two roads were signalled from ! this office and could pass oniy when \ the tracks were thrown open by the j opera?or in the tower. The fire started in the ceiling and owing to the fact that there ls no water near, could not be extinguished. The trains were delayed only for a few minutes, and will stop at that point as they do at other junctions. Another fire alarm was given yester? day at about noon. In some way a curtained closet in the residence of Mr. Fuller caught on fire. The room was closed at the time and became filled with smoke, causing every one to think that the house would neces? sarily burn. However, the fire was soon put out, there being considerable loss from removal of furniture and damage to the house by water. AT BEECH ISLAND. A Delightful Entertainment for the Benefit of the School. Special to The State. Beech Island. Feb. 21.-On last Satur? day night all the good people of Beech Island were assembled at the Downer hali to obtain some of the pleasures of a delightful Valentine party, given by Miss Helen Brice, for the benefit of the Downer library. By the little sock arrangement and the serving of re? freshments the neat sum of $25 was raised. With this and our pro rata share from the State the management hopes to make some valuable addition to the already well equipped library. There has been some discussion about establishing an agricultural experi? ment station in each county. If this is done we see no reason why the Downer institute should not be the central station for Aiken county. We are well equipped here, the school owns enough land to start an excellent ex? perimental station. We are interested in this and trust that, our board of trustees will pull for it On last Monday night Mrs. James Hammond gave a delightful pit party in honor of her sister, Miss Nita Black of Atlanta. Among those in attend? ance were: "Misses Helen Brice, Geor? gia Galphin, Helen Davies, Harriet Davies. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Fair, Mr. and Mrs. Seth DuPuis. Messrs. R. B. and W. B. Dunbar, Henry Lake, M. E. Brockman and Dr. P. H. Eve. Mrs. Ed. Atkinson gave a delightful oyster supper last Tuesday night in honor of her cousin, Miss Belle Bailey of Ellenton. Miss Helen Brice has gone to her home in Blackstock for a short visit. DEATHS UV ED GE FIE LD. Popular Young Physician's Wife-A Child Choked to Death. Special to The State. Edgefield, Feb. 21.-News has just been received here of the death at McCormick of Mrs. Fuller, the youthful wife of Dr. R. M. Fuller, a lady well known and much beloved, a daughter of Mr. Edgar S. Reynolds of Long mire's and a sister of Mrs. A. E. Pad? gett of-this town. Dr. Fuller is also a young man of Longmire's, but moved to McCormick six or. eight months ago as a wider field for his profession. The untimely death of this popular young woman will bring deep sorrow to a very wide circle of relatives and friends, j She will be buried at old Bethany church, near Longmire's, tomorrow. Another sad death in our section and very sudden was that of a little 2-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Tandy Cul breath of Rehoboth. This child was by some terrible mishap choked to death. L. W. C. l Pleasant Hill Notes. Special to The State. Pleasant Hill, Feb. 20.-Mr. Tom Peach, a resident of the Russell place, died yesterday of pneumonia after a short illness. On the 18th the Rev. S. N. Watson performed the ceremonv uniting Mr. Lewis Cole and Miss Alice Beckham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Beckham. Mr. Edmund Tiller and wife of Til? ler's Ferry are visiting Mrs. Tiller's brother at this place. Mr. W. A. Beckham and wife of Kershaw are here on a visit to Mr. Beckham's brother, Mr. M. L. Beck? ham, of*this place. Owing jto the very cold and rough weather very little farm work has been done as yet. It is generally talked that there will be no increase in the cotton acreage. As a matter of fact the farmers cannot afford to do it, for the presumption is that labor is going to be scarce. Hopkins Happenings. Special to The State. ' Hopkins, Feb. 20.-After several days of excessive cold the weather is more favorable and farm work is pro? gressing. Oats are small, owing to the bad weather. County Superintendent of Education E. B. Wallace was in town Thursday on a tour .of inspection of the country schools. Invitations have been issued by the primary department of the Hopkins graded school to Washington birthday exercises. The invitations are in the shape of a small hatchet decorated with cherries. This department is un? der the very efficient management of Mrs. Whitlock. There have been sev tral additions to the school, which is in a nourishing condition. Mrs. "Brandenburgh is much improv? ed, after her recent severe illness. Pinewood** Ronds. Special to The Stat.*. Pinewood. Feb. 20.-The public roads in this vicinity are being repaired by the county chaingang, which is well equipped with proper implements for the work. Their advent has been hailed with delight, as places on the different roads leading into town were almost impassable, and could never have been effectively worked by the public. Mr. R. TT. Johnson, a farmer living near here, was married on Thursday evening to Miss Norvelle Stukes, of Paxville. The Rev. Mr. Huggins offi? cia ted. The continued severe winter has re? tarded farming operations and for the same cause the small grain crop is very backward. ? ? ? The weather bureau in its forecast issued Saturday had this ominous pre? diction for yesterday: "Rain!" And the prediction was verified from 6 a. rn. until 6 p. m. without a break? THE HILL CO?flTRY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Events of Greatest Interest in the Busy Piedmont Section. FEDERATION OF WOlftWCLUBS: The State Executive Committee Meei? ? io dewberry-Delegates to the Xa- j tiona! Gathering in St. Loni*, j Special to The State. Newberry. Feb. 21.-The State exeeu- j ti ve committee of the Federation pf j Women's Clubs of South Carolina met j here Thursday -night at the residence of Mrs. P.. D. Wright for the purpose of arranging a programme for the : State federation, which will convene here on Tuesday, June 14th. The meetings will be held in the auditorium ?Of the new building of Newberry col? lege. On Tuesday night the meeting i will be opened with an ? informal re I ception. Wednesday night will be given over to the art, music and civic committees. Thursday night the crown? ing event of the session will be a very large and elegant reception. The following delegates were ap? pointed to represent South Carolina in the National Federation of Women's clubs, which will convene in St. Louis, Mo., in May: Mrs. Julius Visanska of Charleston; Miss Blanche Jones of Co? lumbia; Mrs. M. F. Ansell of Green? ville; Mrs. Joseph Roddey of Rock Hill and Mrs. L. T. Nichols of Chester. Mrs. James Orr Patterson of Greenville, president of the State federation, is a I delegate by virtue of her office. The alternates are: Miss Helen I Mower, Newberry; Mrs. L. M. Cole i man, Charleston ; Mrs. A. Robertson, j Columbia; Mrs. Ira B. Jones. Lancas ; ter; Mrs. J. R. Vandiver, Anderson; Mrs. S. Li. McLaughlin, Spartanburg. \ Four new clubs were federated. They j were the Fortnightly club-of Newberry, ? Rotary Book club of Greenville, the Old Homestead of Darlington, the Alumnae association of Mrs. Smith's school, Charleston. After the business of the committee had been disposed of Mrs. R. D. Wright gave a delightful reception in honor of the visitors. At a joint meeting of the federated clubs of the town, Mrs. S. B. Jones, president of Woman's club; Miss Ber? nice Martin, chairman of Bachelor Maids; Mrs. L. W. Floyd, president of Fortnightly club, were made a gen? eral committee to arrange for the en? tertainment of the State federation. Mesdames T. C. Pool, W. H. Hunt, O. B. Mayer, C. D. Weeks, A. T. Brown, . Misses Fannie McCaughrin, Lalla Mar ; tin, Cora Dominick, Nina ' Carlisle, ? Helen Mower, were appointed chair . men of the sub-committees. Their I committees will be appointed nearer I the time for the meeting. jlMERSTlTE Y. ?..C. L G.I?BEBI?G There Are Two Hundred Delegates in Attendance at Spartanburg-Bad Weather Prevail*. Special to The State. Spartanburg, Feb. 21.-There are 200 delegates attending the interstate Y. j M. C. A. North and South Carolina are well represented by an earnest, active body of workers, young men who are directing their efforts to the advance j ment of moral and religious thought j and life. Today's weather has been the very j worst of a season of unchangeable mid i winter time. The sleet fell first, and i the ground was frozen over in a slip ! pery condition; an icy rain succeeded. Despite this inclemency, large congre? gations were at the several leading Protestant church this morning to hear instructive and helpful addresses from the prominent workers of the Y. M. C. A. in atendance on the meetings. A mass-meeting for men was held this afternoon at the opera house. C. 'C. Michener .was the speaker of the occasion. He is from New York and a leader in Y. M. C. A. work. Ke made a strong address, emphasizing the adherence to Christianity along all j lines of business, and asserted that the man with the right kind of charac? ter has a decided advantage over oth? ers. Gambling, drinking and impur? ity were touched upon and in an earn? est, effective manner Mr. Michener dis? coursed for an hour or more to one of the largest male audiences ever as sempled in the opera house. As a re? sult fully SOO Christians expressed their intention of leading better lives, and 150 "sinners" sigpified that they wished the prayers of the Christian people. In a brief meeting, held after the address, at least 35 of the latter professed con? version. Dr. Yan Dyke, the lecturer, addressed i the convention at Converse college this J evening. P. H. F. ?THE 8E1E EIS?Efi? TROUBLE Bulgaria Trying to Keep Out of a Fight, According to Their Agent in Paris. Paris. Feu. 21.-M. Zolollovitz, the Bulgarian agent in Paris, made the following statement today: "I can give the formal assurance j that Bulgaria has more than ever re ' solved to do nothing to compromise ; the peace. It is with great satisfac I tion that Ave have seen the powers elab j orate a plan for reforms in Macedonia j and we wish, without reservation, the reforms realized. Above all. with this i moment when the powers are follow I ing with anxiety the events in the far j east. Bulgaria will avoid doing any ; thing that would cause the belief that she proposes to profit by the crisis. The ; Bulgarian people have unanimously I expressed warm sympathy with Rus? sia. ; ""It is unfortunate that Turkey per ; sists in her regrettable hostility. Be I sides the annoying poliee measures she ! has taken against our people our com ? meroe suffers serious obstacles; and i finally/ tho continued concentration of Turkish troops along our frontier and ] the mobilization of troops at strategic points is menacing us." M. Zolollovitz said there is a war party in Constantinople which bns a 1 preponderating influence moted from consular reports to ,; that j the Turks fear a milita:? ? ?g if : war with Bulgaria is ii? ' ' -. . r< I. 'Tn the ligbt of these facts," M. ; Zolollovitch concluded, . it is natural I that Bulgaria, too, should be prepar? ing." Late Senator HillN Widow Dead. Washington. Feb. 21.-Mrs. Hill, the widow of the late Senator Ben H. Hill I of Georgia, who has been ill here for some time, diod here today at the res ! idence of her daughter, Mrs. H. H. i Thompson, in the TiUh year of her age. At her bedside when the end came also were ber daughter and two sons. Ben ? H. Hill and C. D. Hill. Accompanied ; by them the remains were taken to At > lan ta. whore tbe funeral services will ' be held on Wednesday at 11:30 a. m., J in St. Mark's Methodist Episcopal ? church. SU Hulda's Bca?tmy. Sp?cial to The State. Aiken, Feb. 20.-Thmo annual enter? tainment of St. Angela's academy came Off on Friday afternoon and evening j before a large and appreciative audi- ! ence. That the numbers were varied, high classed and superbly rendered is as sented to by all who were present. Es? pecially is this praise well founded and ? flattering in view of the fact that in the brief life OL' the academy there j have been no pupils as yet beyond the j third term In music, declamation and 1 voice culture; indeed, the great ma jority are first and second term pu- j pils. Thes oles and choruses were ex- I cellent, as the most fastidious could | expect under the circumstances. The boys and girlsclasses made their j first bow to the public in pleasing ? chorus. Before many years they will figure successfully in person as they did last Friday evening '"in gobs." For brevity sake, the special points of excellency of individual pupils, or j numbers, cannot be emphasized in de- j tail. It is but fair to point out in pass- ? ing, however, the elecutionary profici ency displayed in teh scene from j Schiller's "Mary Stuart:" the beauty of the arias and recitations in Longfel- : low's "Wick of the Hesperus;" the j control of voice and breath in the "An- j j gel's Serenade," "Grass and Roses," j and the selected Terzette; then the i general excellence of the instrumental j : numbers. I St. Angela's is rapidly becoming a j ?stronghold of intellectual power among ; i the youths of this ection. Judging | j from the splendid exhibition of last j Friday it is safe to assume that, as the iwork progresses, the patrons and I Mends of the school will be welcomed j again to still a better programme and ; a more excellent rendittion. . ? ? A Fatal Wreck. j Kankake, UL, Feb. 21.-James Mar I tin of Kankake, UL, was killed, and five i other passengers were injured in a : wreck of a Knights of Columbus spe I cial train today on the Kankake and j Seneca railway near Wauponset, due to . a spreading of a frog. One passenger : coach containing 25 people turned com . pletely. Martin was hurled through a i window. The special was en route to ; ! Morris, where the Knights of Colum I bus were to participate in an installa I tion. t -? ? ? A Government Victory. San Domingo, Feb. 21.-Yesterday a i French merchant steamer entered the i river, convoyed by a launch from the I United States cruiser Columbia. The ! rebels abtsained from firing on the ! vessel. . This morning the government troops i attacked the rebels outside the city i and severe firing ensued, lasting many ' hours. The rebels were rfoced to re ? tire, leaving many killed and wounded i on the field. The ?ctlon resulted in ! a complete victory for the government ! . and the siege of the city is considered j . to have been raised. - ? ? ? - ^ I Suspicions Circumstances. New York, Feb. 21.-Following the j : death late tonight of Mrs. Florence; ! Myers. 46 years old, from morphine j ! poisoning at a boarding house in West j Forty-sixth street, the woman's hus- j j band and a colored nurse were arrested, j ' They are said to have administered morphine tablets to Mrs. Myers. This Uley admit, according to the police, but I : allege that the woman was addicted j ; to the use of morphine. The husband is ; j Col. Frederick Myers., a veteran of the j j Civil war 71 years old, this being his I ; birthday. The dead woman is said to | '. have been Col. Myers' fifth wife, i _--:- _ "PISGAH FOREST" RESERVE* J A Vast Primial Wild Xow an Adjunct to Biltmore Estate. ! ? i Charlotte Observer. Raleigh, Feb. 6.-No greater interest ! has ever been felt in any hunting pre . serve in the south than in the magnifi- ! j cent one of George W. Vanderbilt, j which is know as "Pisgah Forest," and i j which embraces a large section of the J j county of Transylvania, in one of the . j most exquisite sections of all the noble j j mountain country of which Western ! : North Carolina affords. It is certain j i that this park or preserve has had j ! much to do with the now great move- j j ment for the national part to be known ; j as the Appalachian Forest Reserve, j j This originated in Vanderbilt's two ! j great developing ideas, shown first in I i his Biltmore estate and next in his j i Pisgah Forest. The latter is a true j ! forest, Mr. Vanderbilt having been so i fortunate as to discover a place where I j nature had been almost unmolested ex- ! ; cept by occasional fires, and then to i secure this and gently aid her in work j ing her own sweet will. Everybody ! j knows about Biltmore. and its chateau, j ; the finest private residence in all Amer ! ica, but few know anything about Pis I gah Forest, and so this will be a story i about the latter, the writer having ? spent a fortnight there in the most de- j . lightful manner in the world. i Pisgah Forest is about 45 miles long ? and embraces something over 100,000 . acres. It takes its name from its domi ; nating peak Mount Pisgah, the most ; perfect mountain amid the hundred ; of mountains in Western North Caro I lina, beings a true cone, ^ landmark : amid all the peaks in the vast, irregu ' lar and lofty plateau betweeen the j ; Blue Bridge and the great Smoky j i Mountains. There are various way of j ?getting into Pisgah Forest: one by j ! Asheville and Biltmore and by a very j I fine road constructed by Mr. Vander- . ; hilt to Pisgah Dodge: the other by way ' ! of Hendersonville and Davidson's riv- j j er, up a rather steep and rough road, j i but one full of charms and surprises. | ! along the French Broad. Davidson's : ! river and Avery's creek. To the na- : I tives Pisgah Forest is know as Mr. j Vanderbilt's place, and its boundary is j : marked by a three-strand barbed-wire t ! fence. The best way to see Pisgah J j Forest is on foot or horseback, prefer I ably the former, as in this way the full ! beauty of the place can best be seen, i j Go where one will there is ever the ; : sound of falling water, the rush or the: I fall of the mountain streams, which ! I most of the lime is invisible, high over- | head or in a gorge, perhaps a thousand ; j feet below. Going by the Davidson \ river way. when the crest of the "gap" ! . in the great mountain wall is reached, ; ! there is a glorious view to the south- ? ward, far into South Carolina, and to j the northward over the Vanderbilt do- i main. The heart of this great forest has been known as the "Pink Beds" ever since white settlers went into that 1 mountain region. The origin of the name is in some dispute, but very ' probably comes from the color of the j : rhododendron, which is so profuse as ; to make the whole region look like a j? conservatory during the months of ; i Muy and June. The mountaineers cali i the place tue "Pink Beds." and under i tin's name it appears in the geological i maps. It is a sort of table land, be- < tween high and nearly parallel ridges, i threaded by streams as bright as a : looking glass, all running in beds of solid stone, literally like flights of li steps, and which seem like quicksilver j i as they flash or fall from under their lofty sources. Pisgah Forest cost Mr. Vanderbilt something like a quarter of a million dollars, or about $2.50 per acre. Mpst : of it he secure?! at one?-, and the other , portions were bought in large or small tracts, so that now his rangers are the < only denizens of the wide area. There are live of these, ali picked mountain-j* eers, good riders and dead shots, to , whom the mountains are like an open J book. These men have many duties, j i They must see that the boundary fence, SOO miles long, is all right; must keep ; out poachers, look after the game, j t whether in fur or feather, and also j j after the trout, and further keep an j eye on timber stealers. Poachers i1 would come from near and far to seth he trout, with which the streams are upernly stocked, killing: them by ex coding dynamite In the dep pools, /here the big trout lurk, or to kill he deer, the turkeys or ; the grouse, i'h?ch are known in the mountains as iheasants. The trained ears of these angers hear the explosion of dy na? ni te a great distance, and they track he offenders as a bloodhound wou3d rack them, into other countless and ven into Tennessee. Through this great Pisgah reserve, vhich now is leased for use by one >f the most exclusive hunting and risi? ng clubs in this country, there are 73 niles of wagon road and 275 miles of rails, the iatter leading alongside each rout stream. These roads and trails ire always kept cut out and ready bj' use. There are miles of what are cnown as . '.shooting paths" 15 feet vide, which branch out right and left rom certain of the roads, so that when leer are driven by the dogs they must :ross these paths, and by means of the atter alone can they be seen in time to tfford a shot. Deer can stand in the "hododendron thickets in 10 feet of a tunter, and yet be absolutely invisible, ;o dense and so perfect is this paradise >f game in which there is so much of vild -animal life. The foot prints of :he deer are constantly seen, and once seven superb specimens were noticd in x group, drinking from Looking Glass :-reek. High overhead a golden eagle vas soaring and later on the ranger 3howed a mounted specimen of this noble bird, which he had killed with bis revolver as he sat in a tree top SO yards away. Mr. Vanderbilt began to acquire Pis? gah Forest 12 years ago, and he promptly began the work of restocking the streams with trout, in the simplest manner, that is, by protection, without any artificial protection. In some of the streams rainbow trout have been placed, but these are not nearly so satisfactory as the native trout- The number of trout in this particular re? gion was years ago incredibly great. In the old days, before there was any protection, there were caught in two days by th ee fishermen 1,650 trout, and most of this needles slaughter was ab? solute waste. Pisgah Forest has large? ly been chosen as the place for the study of forestry, under the direction of the very talented Dr. Schenck, who succeeded Gifford Pinchot, now the head forester of the United States. As all the world knows, Mr. Vanderbilt has at Biltmore, which adjoins and with its 10,000 acres forms in a way a part of Pisgah Forest, an arboretum of over 300,000 trees and shrubs. Pis? gah Forest is the complement of this arboretum, and in these magnificent woods Dr. Schenck has a lodge, where he spends much of the summer with his class, making a tree study under wonderfully favorable conditions. In these classes are youths of wealth and high social position, who study forest? ry, a study sorely needed in this coun? try, where there is so much destruc? tion. Nowhere east of the Pacific slope are there nobler trees-tulip trees or poplars, Spanish and red oak, hem? locks, chestnuts, black walnuts, cu? cumbers and pines of half a dozen kinds, rise in stately symmetry, this being one place where the lumberman has never injured the primeval forest. It is this great covering of woods which gives that tender blue to the - mountains, which is the reason for the name of the Blue Ridge. There is a trail to the very peak of Pisgah, and on the mountain crest are found lovely meadows, lush with ten? derest grass and studded with dwarf trees, wind-blown and indescribably picturesque. The trail along this crest leads by Pnsgah lodge, the finest col? lection of log' houses in this country, built in imitation of Swiss chalets, only the finest selected logs being used, and the furniture being all of native work and of mountain woods. Sportsmen will be charmed with this lodge, with its stately dining hall, the walls cf . which are covered with dressed skins of the deer, fox, wild-cat, skunk, etc, mainly those of the wild-cat, all these animais having been shot or trapped in Pisgah forest, while great eagles peer down from the beams upon the visi? tors. The view of Biltmore house from Pisgah peak or front from this lodge is nearly like a vision of. enchantment. The house seems to hang in the middle distance, like Aladdin's palace, snowy white and vast, and quite near it is Asheville. Four counties corner on this peak. Southward there spreads the unbroken mass of Pisgah forest, to the eastward is the rich valley of the famous French Broad river, bounded by the cloud touching wall of the Blue Ridge, while to the westward there is a wild and rugged view of mountain piled upon mountain, finally bordered by the Great Smoky range, which towers like the wall of a world. "Within the sweep of vision one sees the culmination of the great Appalachian system with no less than 43 peaks exceeding 6,000 feet in altitude, there being the Smoky, the Balsam and the Black ranges, Mt. Mitchell in the Black dominating them ail with its 6711 feet. In its entirety the view is the very noblest which the eastern part of America affords. The conseiwation of game in the for? est will be promoted still further, as great care is to be taken in limiting the "kills" whether of fish or fowl. The grouse have greatly increased, hardly any hunting having been done in the dozen years, and there are many turkevs. Squirrels are, of course, abundant, both the gray and the small? er brown ones, the latter being univer? sally known in the North Carolina mountains as the "boomer." There is another kind of game in this region, which is not so much esteemed, this being the rattle-snake, which shares with the general public the appreciation of the Pink Beds. The rattlers are of the black variety, and while short are unu'suallv large, three inches in diam? eter sometimes. One of the rangers keeps a tally-stick with a cut for each rattler killed, and said that during one season he killed 26 himself; his three employes saying they had killed as many more. A watchful eye is. therefore, neces? sary when one is out of a road or a trail. The rattlers, as a rule, are "very peaceable," as the mountaineers say, so much so that when they think per? sons do not see them they lie quiet and do not coil and rattle. That there is reallv little danger from these snakes is shown by the fact that surprisingly few persons are bitten and of these but few die. whiskey being instantly taken as an antidote. Mr. Vanderbilt has other holdings of lands, not connected with Pisgah for? est or with Biltmore and its forest, some of these holdings lying to the northwestward. There is another game preserve in this State, this lying along Linville river, which is over in an? other mountain plateau, the owners be? ing perhaps a score of gentlemen, some of whom are New Yorkers; others be? ing residents of this State. The streams there have beer, restocked with trout. Dne way into this preserve is by Blow? ing Rock and along the Yonahlossee turnpike, which is considered by good judges to be one of the finest mountain hoads in America and over which old time stages ran. Fred A. Olds. -??????? Troops Landing in Corea. Paris. Feb. 22.--In a dispatch from Harbin the correspondent of the Matin ?ays Gen. Velkoff, who is on guard tlong the Mongolian line, has arrived here with Gen. Dasilevski, of the en? gineer corps. Half of the Japanese fleet, the cor? espondent says, is covering the land ng of troops in Corea and the othei lalf is seeking the Vladivostock squad* 'OZU _ _