Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Men ^^^Ba^BaaBaadsr^?iM ? there here been It term, i? t* asmvufOctore frhe t utM tfcaten and t* tnd f?*r this oil on T *t these attempts >f lets otd tenure la it\.) tact that until very >f'v peanut oO Mut been com iclvely unK town4 oh our markets, i " mt off the pure food he* secu a factor in bringing otl to the attention of the and public la general, as un? shoe* Iowa It could not be mixed ei *4d as olive *l without prop oil hod tor mahy yearn 0 standard commodity as a salad mdaing oil m European coun ahd the oil mills off Marseilles, and ether cities hate for a oen moVe been rannufactnrlng the osne from African-grown pea ?im present European war has on|y curtailed the production of set but increased the demand for as a result shipments to the mates have practically ceased, hno opened to the oil of this eeuntry a wonderful for the establishment of and should the preiset fee S period of bo no doubt regarding of the peanut otl in United States. Important factor that Is t> the eeUbllshment of net-dfl industry ie the high animal fists mud the scarcity LlML Tee dfiortage of lard fryuig and shortening faU 8^a^ sewsSA^^eV^ Qs&os^ss^fc sTQY p^oa'Q ^aeo^aSa)* of the peanut otl industry, add the fast that the cotton eel mills of the, South are only opor 1 five or six months each year en off the scarcity of cotton seed. mills represent a meat moi their enforced idleness for of the year la serloneiy la*) with the payment of dtvi hp*** It otl proposition fits late very nleety, be peaauts whan nrenochal and the mush Ian ad need sot bnrin uuui the is vnrii ely out of the way. AM .ur cottin Kjed oil la necessary to convert our m\ Ms lor the production off oil, merely a shutdown of a to of sen the equipment and ige tor handling the peanuts. During Ahe past four or flvs years the Sappls; off cotton coed has become ex? hausted by April 1, and offton earlier. *?mc of the miWs have only had a * run mending euer three or four months* Ts>e addition of the peanut to the system will prolong the crush? ing ported well Into the summer, oi even patll ootsea seed again becomes svatiaV Qsje deter mining factor in the tu? rnt the peanut nil Industry in the will be the relation be M| price that the otl mills can to pay the farmers and the cost freeing the crop. It is roaaoneb ty certain, under present conditions, thai the prices paid the farmers net be algb as compere. 1 with thorn seid by the rejndar peanttt trade dur? um recent years, it te also certain that the entry of the eil mit* t?te the neonat proposition w^ftl serve to stand ; erdrse*prleee and control speculation - The great rn Stesse of production that will follow the establishment of the 00 Industry will take tho control of , art am out off the heads of the usual treble; la fact, so far as the Spanish variety Is concerned, prices will be gevur^ed qy those paid by the oil sails* During recent years the de maed for clean shelled peanuts foi saanofactuiing purposes 1ms increas? ed hV leaps and bounds, and new use* sre being found for them almost ov ery day. Many of the oil mills are al reetfy preparing to put in equipment for turning out a certain quantity of met class shelled 8pen|sh as a side la one to Increase the profits of the bus Aaefaer phase of the situation is the relation of profit per acre to the ferater between cotton and peanuts. The average yield of peanuts Is about 40 bushels to the acre and three-quar? ters off a ton of splendid hay. The maximum value of the peanuts for oil production is, under present condi? tions, 10 cents a busnVt, or $tt an adrw The value of tin qay ie $13 a 'ton. or t- sn^acre, making a total of the I oh of i te aottc to the " re, >get ^.er will 'Id 132. Figured ob of a dre (h it ihs CO Mtnutl K n :r* wf oof. Lween 11 id el isjii the farmer is approximately |10 great? er for peanuts than for cotton. When I these facts ars dearly understood by the farmers of the sandy land dis? tricts of the South there will be little difficulty ao far as their attitude to? ward the peanut crop is concerned. The main difficulty Is going to be with the bankers and th emerchants in the matter of extending credit to the farmers who plant peanuts. For ftunafaTy, the dil mil! owners and the bankers are closely related or iden? tically the same, and there should be little difficulty with the credit prob? lem. In many sections Spanish pea? nuts are now on a parity with cotton [so far as the extension of credit is concerned, and the Crop has come to be recognised as just as safe from a security standpoint. Following out the figures given [above, relative to tho production and lvalue of Spanish peanuts from the farmers' standpoint, let us see what results are obtained In oil production ar.d profits. Forty bushels, 1200 pounds, of first-class Spanish peanuts I will vleld approximately 40 gallons of loll ai'd ISO1 to too pound's of cake, ac ; cording to the amount of hulls ground with the meats. The greater the amount of hulls allowed to remain with the meats to form a binder, ths lowsr will be the production of oil, owing to the absorptive power of the hulls. The hulls of Spanish peanuts contain from 3 to * per cent; of oil. and the difference between this and the percentage of oil In the cake will re^rsaeot the loss. On #ls tfa& with oil selling at 68 cents and cake at $30 fa ton the gross, returns'would be $15 [aw acre, and* foV"1 which'* tne' "?lt mill pays $H, the-hay remaining in the \ [possession of the farmer and constitut? ing a portion of. his profits, , On this basis the peanut-oil industry has. * certain future In the ?nited Sialee so long as the market for the* j>11 and cake can be founA J The value of the peanut oil cake win depend somewhat on the amount of shells left in it But It Is equal to cotton seed cake, and in one or two respects Is superior for feeding pur posea Great quantities of this cake jCan be -utilised lee-ehe fattening- of hogs, for which purpose it is superior to peanuts themselves, djre to the fact that the gtaeaier part of the oil has-| been removed and .tea porif la not soft and. oily, as Jp:the case where whole nuts are fed."' ?s" ~ the * industry be? come* esiabllafcTed; and the .people H?arn. (the value of the, oil for salad and cpOking purposes there is certain to >v a greatly increased demand and the oil vlil become a standard coin '"^lIHWS^ peanuts tn>t could be utilised by tne oil mills of the South Ml problematical. The oil miffs of tue State of Texas alone crush about 2,000,100 tons of cotton seed annually, yielding approximately 75,000,000 gallons of oil. To pro? duce a similar amount of peanut oil will require 1,500,000 tons of peanuts or approximately 100,000,000 bushels of 20 pounds each. In Texas Alone there are about 12,000,000 acres of land annually planted to cotton, pro? ducing nearly 4,000,000 bales of lint and 2,000,000 tons of seed. If the farmers of Texas were to plant 2, 500,000 acres to peanuts and make a yield of 40 bushels to an acre they would produce 100,000,000 bushels of peanuts, or sufficient to yield more oil than Is now obtained from the 2,000, 000 tons of cotton seed. In other Vi *e, 2,600,000 acres of Texas sandy lands will yield more oil than Is now obtained from 12,000,000 acres of cot ten. With these approximate figures before us, we are safe in assuming that the farmers of Texas may very soon produce peanuts to an extent that will put the production ?f peanut oil on a parity with that of cotton seed oil. FIVE afE* WOtJNlHBD. One American Seriously Injured in right at Guerrero San Antonio, April 11.?Gen. Per shlng reports five enlisted men wounded ht the Villa fighting at Guer? rero on March 27. AH are members of troop C, Seventh cavalry. Privates Thomas P. ?rtfwn, wounded on the cheek, back, shoulder; V. P. Mander vllle, wounded twice In the left fore arm; Joseph K. Bennett, in the ankle; Joseph Garbell, In the left forearm; Walter N. darner, in the left hand. Brown la the only one seriously wounderd. Tho report came from Namtqulpa. THE DFX RIO RfOT. Sheriff Almond Reports That Negro Soldiers Attacked Rangers. Del Rio, Texas. April 11.?Sheriff Almond's report of the clash between Texas rangers and tho 2 Ith infantry? men says that Private Wade who was killed, had leaped on Ranger W. L. Barler, who attempted to quiet a riot In the red light district. Twenty five negro soldiers commenced shoot? ing and Htoppod several people. They said they were "after the whites." Military headquarters sent assistance and quieted ths rioters. At least one hundred shots were fired by the sol dlro* at civil officers. "The Real Lincoln." (By Mrs. Anna C. Ancrum, John Kennely Chapter, Camden.) Some time ago I was given a small pamphlet to read called "The Real Lincoln" (from which all my quota? tions are made) by Charles Minos and Lyon G. Tyke. It was edited by Kate Mason Rowland of Richmond, and I presume the Jauthors wore also Vir? ginians. The facts compiled were seemingly most carefully gathered, and every sttaement was painstaking? ly verified and chapter and verse given in every instance so that those who doubt the evidence of Lincoln's short? comings will have to refute the tes? timony of those who were nearest to him, and those who were well known to the world as Republicans of the deepest dye and in perfect accord with him, politically, if not socially. In the back of this little pamphlet there is an appendix, which includes the names of the most prominent men of that time with short sketches of each, who are quoted in those pages and a partial list of them will prove conclusive evidence that from their prominence, political proclivities and intimate association with Lincoln, none were more fitted to testify as to the character of the real man. I specially ask you to note that not one Southern authority is quoted in all the evidence against the character of this mgn?* This goes to prove his unfitness for the hero worship which is lavished on him above Mason and Dlxon line In greater degree each year that passes. Some of his critics who are quoted are his"' cabinet ministers, Seward, Chase and StantOn. The latter was his secretary of war and one of his bitterest critics. He often spoke of Lincoln with withering sneers and he wrote many letters to President Buchanan since published in Carter's life of Buchanan in which he not only spoke of Ltncolu with the utmost contempt but criticised his "painful imbecility" and the "venality and cor? ruption o.f..the jrqvernment,'' and it is an open secret that he advised the . revolutionay overthrow of the Lin? coln government, to be replaced by ? MeCellan as dictator. These publish? ed lettersw>f- Stan ton are by no means the wofetPwrtften;. some of them wCre so violent-in-their expressions against Lincoln>.tba.t .they were charitably withheld' from the public. Stanton syrttated TOp;- Lincoln on one occasion as Ms>-*eW)-cunning clown/' Ida Tar beli, one of' Lincoln's greatest- admir? ers, says "Chase.was neVer able to realise his greatness' and was one of the most bitter, contemptuous und persistent of all 'Lincoln's critics. Seward treated him wffti con? descension and superiority, but was not as open and bitter in his criti? cisms as the other two cabinet minis? ters; he, however, accused the presi? dent of a cunning that amounted to genius. Wendell Phillips says of Lincoln: "Who is this huckster in politics?" and historians record that ho was most severe in his censures. Thaddeous Stevens was an unmerciful critic, and Ida Tarbcll calls Charles Summer, Ben Wade and other contemporaneous Republicans, who were powers in the political world, "maln-ious foes of Lincoln,' and further mukes *he re markble concession that aoout all the prominent leaders of that day were actively opposed to him and men? tions Horace Greeley as their chief. The latter criticised the president boldly and bitterly and tried most faithfully to accomplish his overthrow iq his struggle for relection in 1864. Xot even Lincoln's tragic death abated for a day Qreeley's hatred of him. The authors of "The Real Lincoln" (call attention to the fact at this junc? ture that "Lincoln's first four years' term was nearly over, so that all this bitter censure from his associates was based on full knowledge of his character. As to Lincoln's religion, one his? torian (Holland) says that in Spring Held, 111., his hown town, 20 out of 20^ ministers of different denomina? tions of Christians, and a large ma? jority of the prominent'membors of their churches cast their votes against him for president because he was not ja religious man, and the pious utter? ances In his farewell address to his fellow citizens were thought to be "Weak and hypocritical" and were tossed about as a joke. The closing words of the emancipation proclama? tion were added at the suggestion of Secretary Chase. Lincoln was never known to make any profession of re? ligion and it was said when ho went to church at all "he went to mock and came away to mimic." He wrote a little book trying to disprove the Bible and the divinity of Christ, and It was burned without his consent by friends who thought it might ruin his political career. He was accused of being an Infidel, if not an aetheist, and ho never denied it, and said he could and would prove all he had written und would die before he would deny it. A letter written by his wife "confirms the ubove testimony as to his attltudo of hostility toward religion." The vulgarity of Line dn's jokes and stories is well known and one of his historians says ho wus ihu foulest mouthed raconteur in the -country. Don Piatt says none of his' stories would bear printing, and Lamon, the historian, adds that he was not re? strained by any company or occasion. When ho went to Gettysburg battle? field to mnke his celebrated address ho asked for and had a sung a ribald song. "Was ever so sublime a thin.; ushered in by the ridiculous?" asks Rhodes. He wrdte a satire, called "The First Chronicle of Reuben," also some verses which Lincoln himsoif circulated, and which Lamon said were too indecent to be transcribed to his book. Lamon was his close friend and testified that not even the high position of president changed him in any way. His clownlshncss and lack of dignity was proverbial, and some of us can remember the silly joke he per? petrated when the Marquis of Harting ton, a distinguished Frenchman, was presented to him at a White House reception. His salutation was "Ah! the Marquis of Hartington, rhymes with Mrs. Partington!" It is not hard to imagine what the foreigner thought of the backwoods wit of the head of a great nation. In forming an estimate of what constitutes a great man one surely would not leave out personal cour? age, yet Lincoln his been called "great" without this essential, if we are to accept the testimony of those who tell of his stealthy midnight en? tree into Washington a day or two before his inauguration, accompa? nied by his lifelong friend Lamon, heavily Vrnietf.. Lamon expressly de? clares that Lincoln's fear of violence was without the slightest foundation. Horace Greeley likened him to a 'hunted fugitive." Ida Tarbell says that on inauguration day he not only had platoons of soldiers at the street comers, but had groups of riflemen on trie housetops and artillery at given points. She says he entered the capital through a board tunnel, with 50 or 60 soldiers under the platform, lamon and Vice President Hamlln record that he was bitterly ashamed ever afterwards of his fright, and Hon. Henry L. Dawes sys he never altogether lost the look with which he met ine^cTSffous and not very kind? ly gaze ojf jjphe house of representa? tives on ttf first morning after what they deemed "his pusillanimous creep" into WasTTtflgton. When Baltimore had . stopped* 4he Massachusetts sol? diers and Marylnd troops from go? ing Into Washington and the capital seemed at" 'the mercy of the South, Miss TarbajU and others give a curi? ous account uf Lincoln's panic and quote hlh as saying, "Why don't they come, oh: why don'i they conic! i hegjn tAv believe there is no Nortl and the Seventh regiment Is a myth." Russell wrote to the London Times, after the' defeat at Bull Run, that "Lincoln sat listening in fear andf trembling for the sound of the en? emy's cannon." B. F. Butler says: "A careful reading of that descrip? tion would almost lead one to infer that Lincoln was In a state of abject fear," in Which opinion I most heart? ily agree with him! When Charles Francis Adams visit? ed the president to get his instruc? tions before he left as minister to England, he declares himself to have been "half amused, half mortified, and altogether shocked" at Lincoln';} be havior,1 and his unconsciousness of fhe gravity of the crisis. Charles Ji Dana says that "the lack of respect for the president In all parties is un? concealed," and he wrote Adams minister to England,* that Lincoln had no admirer, and did not act, talk or feel like the ruler of a great em? pire, in a great crisis, and that "it was a calamity to have him where he is." Gen. Don Platt In his "Reminis? cences of Lincoln" says that he was not of a kindly or forgiving nature, and showed the greatest insensibility to the ills of his fellow citizens and soldiers, when the miseries of the war were at their worst, as well as to the codnition of the negroes. In fact, this writer claims that their welfare did not enter Into Lincoln's policy at all. His hatred of slavery and slave I holders was natural, as he came from the "poor white" strain hetweer. whom and the negro thero was al? ways bitter hatred. This class hated I the negro because they could not command his respect, and they hated the "poor buckra" because a negro Is naturally a snob. Fred Doug? las, the most prominent negro politi? cian of that day, must have had some of this feeling, as he conspired with Fremont, Wendell Phillips and Horace Greeley in a very nearly successful effort to defeat Lincoln's second election. One has often heard It said that if Lincoln had lived, the South would never have been treated as she was after the war, but after a study of "The Real Lincoln," many doubts arise in my mind as to whether it would have, made any difference for Lincoln was more of a politician than a patriot or humanitarian and ho would never have risen abovo his party or would most probably have given his sanction to all the indignities put upon a proud people. It will forever be a debatable question whnt his attitude would have been, for there Is nothing to show he I would have been "the friend in need" 'to the downtrodden South, t Now, why has this Irtan been put on such a pedestal at the North and why are the people of the South fall? ing into line and talking about his "greatness?" One Southerner was heard to clays him with Lee and Washington?those noble gentlemen, who walked in the fear of God, whose lips were never soiled by vile jokes, whose courage was sublime and whose patriotism would have risen far above party politics and personal considera? tion! Our youths should he taught the difference between true greatness and a shoddy imitation of it and I should be taught to know the real Lincoln from the idealized one that one hears of from the Northern press and partisan historians. I once list? ened to a debate at the Camden grad? ed school on the query "Were Cal houn, Clay and Webster America's greatest statesmen?" and the nega? tive won and proved to their own sat? isfaction that Clay gambled, Webster drank and Calhoun tried to ruin the senate because he couldn't rule it, and that America's greatest statesman was Abraham Lincoln! It is claimed that a Southern minister was heard to de? clare that he was the greatest man who had walked the earth since the Nazarene! I confess I do not know what Lin? coln's fame as a statesman rests on, as I was not old enough when he was president to understand just what he did to win the title, and this phase of hie character was not dwelt on in the only book of reference at my com? mand, but I hope, for his admirers? sakes, that it is better founded than the claim to his being a "good man," made by his champions. It would be anomalous to call a person "good" who scoffs at religion and whose word was not his bond according to well authenticated history, who was "low, tricky and cunning," according to the estimation of a brilliant mem? ber of his cabinet, the contempt of which member for his chief made him insulting to him at times. This contempt seems to have been shared by the other two members of the cab? inet, and as Miss Tarbell admits, by most of the prominent politicians of I the day, and was doubtless engender? ed by intimate knowledge of the man himself and not by scorn of his 'humble birth or from the uncouthness of manner for which he was notorious i?his undeniable Intellect would have made them pass over his origin and charitably pardon his manners because of the lack of social training k was almost impossible for Uim to have had In his ear)> youth. What i was probably unpardonable was hiej ciowniishness, his vulgarity and his general uuiuness Ul be the cTpleJ of a great nation. A very tyro in logic could prove that Lincoln's emancipation proc? lamation didn't make him "great," because he was simply the mouth? piece of the Northern people, yet I am persuaded this proclamation has been accounted to him for righteous? ness by thousands of both black and white who believe he was indeed the "great liberator." Now we must dig about this pedestal that Lincoln has been put upon and see if there are good and true reasons for placing him there before we simply follow the lead and accept a myth and legend for^ truth. And if we lind he has a .right there upon his pedestal, I am sure my colleagues of the U. D. C. will be as willing as I am to "give the < devil his due" and allow him to stay there. But in the meantime Jet every organization dig until we get at the very root of the matter! Meeting of Children of tlio Confed? eracy. - The children of the Confederacy met April 6, and had a very pleasant meeting. Miss Ruth Lyon was elected Cor? responding Secretary. Miss Edna Boney read a paper on "The Battle of Gettysburg." Miss Blanche Spann and Master Louis Lyon read an account of the battle of Shiloh. Miss Isabel Jennings read a poem from the Confederate calendar. The chapter has decided on an Easter Egg Hunt, and we hope many will be present, as we are trying to raise money to send*to the Shiloh ' Monument Fund. Miss Isabel Jennings was appoint? ed to put a notice of every meeting in the paper. Miss Armida Moses gave a very Interesting talk on the Battle of Shi? loh. The meeting then adjourned until the first Thursday In May. Ruth Lyon. Reporter. Meeting of Prcsbyterial. The Presbytorlal of Harmony Pres? bytery will meet in the Kingstree church April 16th to 18th. All churches in the Presbytery are re? quested to send delegates. The United States navy recruiting stations are accepting no recruits who cannot prove that they are na jtivc borq citizens. ENGAGEMENT ANNOIXCKD. Miss Tally Atkins of CntMbm, Ga., to Pcooanc Bride of Colin McLaurin or MuUius. Cuthbert, Ga., Leader. At their home on Church street Wednesday evening, Mrs. A. H. At? kins and Miss Atkins entertained a few guests at a delightful tea party. The entire house was beautiful In its decorations of woods flowers, great vases of dogwood, honeysuckle and wistaria blending their mingled per? fumes and greeting each guest with spicy fragrance as she arrived. In the dining room, where supper was served at 6 o'clock, the decora? tions were symbolical of the Easter season and the table was beautiful and artistic in every detail. Dainty, hand-painted cards, in the shape of Easter rabbits, marked the place of each guest and around the center? piece of japonicas and Cherokee roses, tiny bunny rabbits and downy Easter chicks gave the appropriate Easter touch. A delicious four-course supper was served, at the conclusion of which while coffee was passed, Mrs. Atkins, In her gentle, sweet, manner made the informal announcement of her daughter's approahing marriage. Early in June Mr. and Mrs. Atkins will give in marriage their daughter, Tully, to Mr. Colin McLaurin, of Mulllns, S. C, the marriage to be solemnized in the Cuthbert Presbyterian church. Best wishes and many hopes for happiness were showered upon the blushing bride-to-be and those pres? ent felt honored to have been chosen as the first to be told of the approach? ing nuptials. Miss Atkins taught In Sumter coun? ty for two or three years and has many friends who will be interested in her approaching marriage. Mr. Mc Laurin is a Sumter county boy, having been aised at Wedgefield, and has been county demonstration agent of Marlon county for several years. The News of Rcmbert, Herabert, April 10.?Yesterday was blustery and cold so we feared that If those folks came from Sumter they would find a sr. .all crowd to talk to. They came sure enough In a jit? ney, and were ahead of time and tho people began to pour in from the four corners so that the little church was almost filled to overflowing. Mr. Hurst, superintendent of the Sunday school of Trinity took charge of the meeting and after one or two ! ang?j Miss Eloine ?Sanders at trie or? gan, and prayer by tho faster, Mf Derrick Introduced It. D. Epos. E*s4 who after a few lining remarks as to the prime requisites pi * successful school discussed to the Instruction of all the lesson of the day. After him was introduced Dr. R. S. Truesdale who in a splendid address discussed, to the delight of all, com? munity work, emphasizing the im? portance of getting together, staying together in the great work ot the Sunday school. Mr. Hurst also made a few fitting remarks as also Mr. Stubbs, secretary of the county organ? ization. Besides these brethren, Mr. L? E. White and son were present from your city. Every one expressed himself as pleased with the success of the occa? sion. Many representatives were pres? ent from the Episcopal church and McLeods at Rombert, also two from New Hope Baptist church. Until folks are more concerned about the honor of Christ, being more pained at any reflection on His name and cause than about the family name and honor they are lacking in the proper amount of godliness. The other day passing down Main street of your city, we saw what might easily have caused a serious conflagration. A little tot with its nurse, struck a match-and threw It on the edge of a scuttle hole. Look? ing In we saw dry paper and other inflammable matter that could easily have been set on tire. We spoke to the nurse about it and cautioned her to watch such things. Whether she gave the child the match I do not know. It. E. Atkinson was in your city Friday. W. H. Freeman and S. W. Allen arc there today attending a Sunday school conference. Miss Courtna\ Atkinson spent the week-end with Mrs. T. M. Crosswell of Dalzcll. "Hagood." Mr. J. Mims moved his fwmHy to Sumter on Monday where they will make their future home. He will build a house later to replace the one recently burned to be rented by Mr. Laurie Griflin.?Paxvtlle Correspond? ence to Manning Tintes. Great Britain and her allies have recently closed contracts in Arfwm tina for $20,000,000 worth of wheat. $16,000,000 worth in Australia, and $50,000,000 worth In Roumania. Rev. R, L Grier, of Mayeevtlte, will preach at Baker school house next Suudny afternoon at 4 o'clock.