The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, April 16, 1897, Image 4
1 PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM
i
Radical Changes Made By the State
Board of Education.
NEPOTISM NOT TO BE ALLOWED.
Protection Against Vendors of School
Supplies?Third Grade of Teachers
Abolished.
The State Hoard of Education is
something quite new, und tlio body lias
recently adopted rules for the publio
schools which indicate tho importance
of the board. The rules adopted make
radical changes in tho school system.
School trustees are forbidden to employ
any teacher related to a member
of tin* board of trustees or the principal
of the school. Tho relationship is confined
to the second degree. Protection
is given the schools against vendors of
Ochoot supplies, as a record of the con
wafts ims to lu' mailt) witu tlie superintendent
ot' Education. The third
grade of teachers is abolished. Those
now having third grade certificates are
to he continued in the service. There
arc other changes of similar and equally
important tenor which are to bo
found in tho rules adopted by the
board. There were present at the
meeting of the hoard Governor Kllerbe,
Mr. .lulian Mitchell, lTof. W. N.
Marchant. Prof. A. K. Hanks, Prof. A.
M. Ihinkin, Mr. W. F. Clayton and
Superintendent of Education Maytield.
Perhaps tho most important work of
the board was tho adoption of the following
rules:
STAT P. BOARD RUBES.
The Stato board of education shall be
winjirfl1 JhSe'Ka
thirds vote of the board:
Section 1. The Govornor shall bo
chairman, and tho State Superintendent
of Education secretary, of tho board.
Section 2. Tho board shall meet in
January, May and September of each
year, and at such othor time as the
chairman may designate.
Section :t. l'he secretary shall keep a
record of the actions of tho board in a
"book provided for that purpose.
Sectiou 4. The order of business shall
be as follows: Calling to order, reading
of minutes of the previous meeting,
unfinished business, reports of committfiOS.
rt?ltf 11*1 tlw? clniirtnim rnn/nd t\C
nonrotary, now business.
Section *?. All resolutions shall he
' Minced to writing hy the mover, and
i. owise all uineudments.
Section ?. A motion must receive a
second before it shall bo entitled to consideration
by the board.
Section 7. The chairman and secretary
are authorized to till all vacancies
that may occur in the county boards of
education, and to report their action to
the board at its next meeting for its
consideration.
Section s. Should a vacancy occur in
the office of county superintendent of
education the other two members of tne
oounty board shall perform the duties
of the office until the vacunov is tilled
hv board, and the chairman am5
Sw'rptii/y .a .?i . v i- ...... .jl ..
Section All vacancies in the office
of count \ superintendent of education
shall be Si le I by ballot and a twothirds
vote oi tile members present shall
be necessary to till the vacancy.
Section 10. \ teacher's State eertitieato
shall be awarded to all applicants
who stand a satisfactory examination
before this hoard at a regular meeting
of the board, or upon special order of
tlio chairman of the hoard the State
Superintendent of Kducation shall hold
OI4VU ? \uiiimillniii mm ruporx xiii5 ^111110
to the hoard ut its next regular meeting.
fur its consideration, or present a
full diploma trom somo college or university
satisfactory to the board.
Ill all i'iim's tlie applii'auts shall furnish
satisfactory evidence of good character.
1 lie certificate shall ho signed
by the president ami secretary of the
hoard, undor the seal of the oHico of
thu Statu Superintendent of Fdueation,
continue in force two years, entitle the
holder to teach in the public schools of
any county in the State upon the registration
of the certificate 111 the olliee of
the county suj crintendcnt of education
for the county, and may he renewed at
tin- discretion of this hoard. A State
certificate shall not ho issued to any
person under years of age.
Section II. All scholarships in State
institutions shall he awarded on competitive
examinations held by or under
the <liKcrotu.il el" I lie
ftriA I irf-ryf r n' i || 11 III Kill CATION.
Section 12. 1 he county hoard of education
of each county shall meet on the
third Saturday in February, June and
September of each year for the purpose
of examining applicants for a teacher's |
county certificate ol <|iiulitieution. and 1
iho transact ion of all other business
that nun eos,.e before it; ample public
notice shall he given of the time and
place of all sucii meetings.
> < >i vrv i;\ a \i i s a rr< >ns.
Section l:t. Fvury applicant for a
* 'OH 111 eertitieate shall stand a satisfactory
written examination before a
county hoard ot education, on uniform
<|itestioiis prepared and furnished by
the State hoard, the examination to he
held in all the counties oil the same
day, or he or she shall present t<. ?t>?.
emity Imui'il :i full diploma from some
repntal?1 ehartered college or university
of this State I.now ii to be of oooiI
Maniiiny \o ciTtitii'iito shall lie issued
Oil H ili|'loMia showing that the holder
has completed the course of only i
some particular department of a
school; the diploma must show that
the full college course has been com
ploted
Section I t. Only one mado 0f ex.
amination ?|itestioiis shall bo prepared
and furnished for the county examinations.
ON I. V I W O < K \ | >KN OP TP\< It I.US.
Section b"i. There shall he but two
grades of teachers; County eertitieates,
first trrade and second {trade, this not
to effect third {Trade certilieates, now |
outstanding.
Section lit. To obtain a lirst "rude j
certiticatc, ail applicant must make a
renerul average of not h i>- than 1 > i ;-r
cent. on the questions submitted, and
lint le-s than hit pin- eent on any
braneh. an ! to win a - econd made ecr
tifieate tlic applicant must make a yen
oral average of not lesa than 70 per
cent., and not less than 50 per cent, on
any one branch, algebra being excluded
in marking for a second grade.
Section 17. No person shall be permitted
to take tho examination who is
not at least 18 years of age, and before
taking an examination each applicant
shull satisfactorily pass such oral tests
in reading and language as the board
may impose.
Section 18. A certificate may be renewed
by the board issuing it. Provided,
that if a teachers' institution is
held in the county a first grade certificate
shall not be renewed unless the
holder atteuds the institute; and, provided
further, that if the holder of a
second grado attends the institute, a
.1 A mat* Kn VA.
BtJUUIIlk cct viutaiv maj uu i v
newed.
Section 19. The county board shall
I issue to eaoh applicant making the required
per cent, a certificate signed by
each member of tho board, and under
the seal of tho oflico of tho county superintendent
of education of the
county, and showing on its face the
per cent, mado on eaoh branch and
the general average. The certificate
shall run for two years from its date,
and tho teacher shall bo deemed competent
to teach in tho public schools of
the county.
NO MOKE scnoon noy TRACKERS.
Section 20. No certificate of qualification
>hall bo granted by any county
board, under any circumstances, to
any person who is under IS years of
ago.
Section 21. Tho county board of one
county may recognize ft certificate issued
by a county board of another
county, but in each case they shall
register the name of the holder, county
from which issued, date and number of
the certificate, and when so registered
it shall have the same force as if issued
in that county.
Section 22. F.acli county board shall
keep a register in which shall bo
recorded the name, age, sex, color
and postoffice of each person to whom
a certificate is granted, and also the
date and grade of tlu^.c^rtitieate.
Section 2d. Every claim or warrant
bsuod by a board of trustees shall be
signed by at least two members of the
board, ami should not be approved by
the County Superintendent of Education
until the clerk of the board of trustees
has entered it in a book kept for
t lint tMictioan
llKtk |'ltl J'Unu,
Section '24. No teacher shall ho employed
by a board of trustees who is
related by consanguinity or affinity,
within the second degree, to a member
of the board or to a principal of a
school, nor shall trustees employ a
teacher holding a certificate issued by
a board of another county until the certificate
has been duly registered in the
oifice of the County Superintendent of
their own county.
rritrHAsn of school supplies.
Section fin. That no school supplies
shall bo purchased by school officers for
use in the public schools of any county
in the State except such as are authorized
by the State board to be sold. The
vendors of all such supplies authorized
to be sold by this board shall enter into
a written contract with the board in
which the prices of the supplies shall
be stated, and eopic of the supplies
shall be placed ?u the otfieo of the
State Superintendent of Kducntion,
and the supplies sold to the schools
shall r" ; UJ'u"u saniand
the prices shall notexeeed the
prices agreed on. The county boards
may allow or disallow such supplies, or
any of them, the same to he sold in
their counties. In case they permit the
same to be sold they shall give the vendor
a written permission to otter the
same to the trustees of their counties,
the prices of the supplies to he named
in the written permission, leaving the
purchase, or not, of such supplies to
the good judgment of the boards of
trustees. In ease the trustees purchase
any of such supplies they may give a
warrant against the school fund of their
district in payment therefor, hut in no
case shall the county superintendent of
education countersign or endorse any
such warrant until the supplies have
been delivered; the county superintendent
shall hold all such warrants in his
possession until the delivery of the supplies
is made. All persons purchasing
any such warrant before the same has
been countersigned by the county superintendent
of education do so at their
own risk.
Young .Men's Popularity.
To the oiirrv. "Arc voting men wlic
cannot, from religious convictions
play cards, dance or attend the theater,
apt to he popular with young women ot
refinement and education who do i*?
dulge in such aiuusen*?<TIlipr Men, '
w .. -^iionie Journal, responds:
Why, certainly; why not? The
amusements in which a man indulges
have nothing to do with his outward
attractiveness or popularity. It is the
way in which a young man carries
himself in his deportment that makes
or mars his popularity with girls or
men. the most popular and delightful
fellows I know in New York
has never been inside of a theater, although
In is years of age. Nor litis
lie ever danced or played cards. He
was a personal friend for ten years before
I knew that his religious principles
precluded his indulgence in these
amusements. His secret is that he
docs not carry his convictions on Ids
sleeve for everybody to rub against.
And of his popularity with women,
young ami mature, I can assure you
absolutely. |(e reads about the new
plays, and can. therefore, talk about
them if they come up in conversation.
If asked if he litis seen a certain actor
or play lie merely replies in the negn
t l'.? Vol-..- .1 .... I. "
i uiirn mi- iiircp mi eonvii
linns ij| 11 oilers. A \oiint: nmn"-*
|h>|?hI:i ill \ wiili i i: In:* si \ n-sts npxi
koiiii'111111 lc 11 :?>:'< linn his l'> i ri i is i I" !
nmiisiiiuiit; amiability of m;i
Kindliiii ss, a pleasant address. a manly
outlook mi llfo. honorable i?riii?-ij?1* -* nil
those jjo far toward Insuring popularity."
Atlanta. i!n.. is a hilarious old town. 1
whore (<ui\ivialii> ivimivs the year
round. In 1NJMJ tin- jioliro of that ? ity
tnadi' over arr? sts. olio in every
I'm- lining drunk. Mon? arrests were
inad'' of Imp. and girls between the
ages of 1 and "J" than there won' of I
ini'ii and women between d<> and 10. I
i Rikts 11 awl 11
Circular From State Board Which |
Will Make the Work Uniform J
IN THE SEVERAL COUNTIES
For tho Government of the Pension '
Hoards ? Intended to Simplify the '
New Law.
At last the State board of pensions
has oonstrned the complicated new
pension law and issued some rales and
instructions "for tho guidance of town- <
I ships and oounty boards of pensions as j
j authorized by an act with reference to 1
i pensions," whioh is intonded to simpli- j
I fy the new lav* to suoh an extent that
I the boards will be able to carry out its
| provisions without muoh difficulty. It
is earnestly to bo hoped tint the rules
drawn up will provo effective in accomplishing
what is desired. They are being
printed iu circular form and will be
sent out by the comptroller to those interested
in all parts of the Stato.
Here are the instructions:
The pension boards organized in 1896
will ut once cull togother the soldiers
and sailors resident in each township in
their respective couuties, fixing the
time and place for such meeting in each
township. those soldiers and sailors,
when assembled, elect one of their
number ohairman aud another secretary.
Ton days after this township organization
the chairmau of these township
boards meet at the county seat and
elect four of their number ana one physician
as a county examining board of
pensions. 1
Pensioners now applicants for pen- J
sioi s opnnot ho elected a member of
township ponsiou uoarus. When old M
soldiers cannot be found in tho towtifJ
ships, roputublo resident citizens may
be elected. If any township shall fail
or refuse to organize as required by
this act, thou the county boards should
recommend three good men, not pensioners,
to the Stat6 pension board,
who will appoint such township boards.
All iHjusioners resident in the townships
must appear iu person before the
township boards. Those already on
the pension roll need not prepare and
[ tile new applications. All new applicants
must be preseuted to aud have the
approval or disapproval of the towuship
( hoards ami oonnty boards before the
maws uoaru can approve. xownsnip
boards can drop from tho roll of pensioners,
as now constituted, the name
or names of any party or parties which
in their judgment are not entitled to a
pension under the laws, and add to the
roll only such names of new applicants
as may tile such applications, with proof
1 of service thereon, as indicated by the
blank forms prepared by tho State
' board.
Applications defective or not filled up
correctly in each particular, although,
approved by township and county
1 boards, will be disapproved by the Stato_
board. ^kl0ll!j approved or disapproved
by tho State board cannot be returned
1 to tho county or township boards after
money has been pro-rated and paid out.
Township and county boards will notice
that tho law provides three classes.
"A," "11," and (with sub-divisions
of class "C," as follows:
Class A Those who have lost both
arms, or both hands, or both legs, or
both eyes, or whose absolute disability
arising lroin wounds aro equivalent to
the loss of either. This does not include
soldiers whose disabilities arise
from dieases or causes arising since the
war.
Class 11?Those who have lost one
arm, or one leg, or whose disabilities
from wounds are equivalent to tho loss
of an arm or a leg.
1 ('lass C (No. 1.)?Those soldiers
and sailors disabled bv wounds, but not
1 sutficient to be placed in Class 11, whose
incomes do not exceed
Class C (No. Those who have
1 reached the age of sixty years and whoso
incomes do not exceed .*100.
('lass ( -(No. a.) Widows of those
who lost their lives in tho service of
the State or Confederate States, and
whose incomes do not exc ed $2"j0.
Class C (No. 4.) -Widows above the
age of sixty years, whose incomes do
, not exceed _ i*mi-"i
( lass C (No. G.l-*rW.idc mentioned
ai~ncr piTTlTeif acts sent out, but by the
act approved December, 1894.
lilauks for the reports of township
and county boards in accord with these 1
nuMttn nun HUD-d vihi 'Tin hav* been
prepared and mailed to auditor* to din- j
tribute amontf these boards. Class A ,
tfets S?> per month or 872, and wil\ be
paid in full this amount; Class It $4 per
month or $4H, ('las C, with oach of its j
sub-divisions, >:? per month or
After ( "lass A is paid the halanro will j
be pro rated between It anil C on the j
basis of;<1 to This money will bo
sent to the clerks of eoiirt as In retofore
provided in the appropriation acts each
year, and will be sent just as soon as ^
the roll for the State run bo corrected
and completed.
Township boards cannot be tooeare- x
ful inth.se matters of "income" and j
"physical condition." 11 is a very poor (
man wlioaei;rossincoiin J 'rom labor, rent A
and other sources, doe* not exceed v
81 no, or | our lands, if any that will not
produce this amount. Property in applicant's
or his wife'a name debars
them. Where soldiers or widows dis- <
pose of their property by j^ivin^or sell
mo to their children, they aro debarred t
from receiving n pension, f
The ipiestion of service to the State t
in connection with the various classes \
of resei ves called into the service of the
State just at the close of the <vnr, will
depend much on thcevidonce submitted
to the Statu board. When real sorvico .
w as render** I, the pension should be allowed.
\nv citizen of the State over t
si \ t v years of njje, and otherwise ipiali- s
lied. 1-- as much entitled to a pension as
t). . . I'.s- ..ft - ' -?
rm/.t'iiswim lucrei
a.i ' an! nr^iini/t"! on nil, without v
i ?' ! \ . .
I ft i 11v 11i| ami county lionrils not '
1 > ..11?tI\ u'i 1 fairly, mvinj; tho v'tutn e
hoar.I full information v ith complete
it >t.l?y township for each county,
uiun.^' names full ami clear, with pnr- h
tiouiii- tor approving or (Unapproving i'(
fin . f < I'ownship lioariN mir t tirst 4.
in : .? or ili approve, in writmp;, each ' \
ncu application, uml then county
wards, ami afterwards the State
x>ard.
When the boards (1896) have acted
mder laws then of force and approved
>r disapproved applications for pennons,
let such applications be Bent to
ownsliip boards, then to county boards
o be approved or disapproved under
lie act of 1897 amending former acts.
D. H. Tompkins,
Secretary of State.
W. A. Bakdbk,
Attorney Goneral.
jakkh nohton,
Comptroller General.
State Board of Pensions.
LilVKS BY H1MSKLF.
rhe Remarkable Story of a Confederate
Soldier?Knows Nothing About
Courting.
"McD. F." writing from Privateer,
Sumter county, to the News and Courier
says: "Ina quiet, out of the way
part of this township is a very old-looking
settlement, which is very near a
swamp. The only person who now lives
there is au ex-Confederate soldier, aged
between 46 and ?>0 years. At present no
other person lives nearer this settlement
than three-quarters of a mile, llis
mother, an aged widow, lived there
with him until her death a few years
ago. 'lliis old soldier may lightly be
called the hermit of J'rivateer. '1 here
is probably not another instance just
like this in South Carolina, so an account
of the hermit is sent for publication.
Your correspondent visited him
one afternoon recently. He agreed to
allow himself to bo "written up" on
condition that his name should not be
mentioned.
"Inside his house looks like any
other farm house. He showed his bed
room, 'things are better kept about
his house than one would imagine,
four correspondent sat in an arm chair
w Inch he said was U.O years old and had
belonged to his mother's father. A little
negro lad, who was werkintr
lip*? i tne only other person in
|Bight. His story, as he told it, is a remarkable
one ami is hr follows:
" '1 was in the war four years and
was captured at Hlackeley, Ala., and for
threo or four w eeks was a prisoner on
Ship Island Hinee my mother's death
1 have lived here by myself. I do my
own liousewojk and get my sewing
done as I can ? generally
buy my clothing ready - made,
t do my ow n ixioking. 1 don't know
anything alsmt courting that is one
hing I nevcr'learnt. 1 reckon it has
been twenty years since T have been inside
of u church. I don't go to Sumter
more than two or three times a year,
out 1 used to go regulary. I plant
about twelve or 16 acres, and formerly
did all the work myself, but now 1 have
it done. 1 s(*end my time in reading
now spaj>ers and feeding mv hogs. My
life ie not much happiness to me.
* "I can't answer the question why I
never married; it is too hard for me.
I clou t think I ever had any idea of
marrying. I have not cast a vote since
the war, and believe this government
will finally go to destruction. " '
CAROLINIAN'S CLOSE CALL.
Spanish Soldiers Relieved Him to bt
a Spy and (.'an?? Near Klllin}
Him.
w 'Jit. I*'. ?. muingsXvortn, Oi Lauren,
coucty, who represents a lruit import
ing house in Hnltimore, was in Spar
tanburg lust week on his way to T.nu
reus having just returned from Europe
Mr. Killingsworth is a VVofford College
hoy, having graduated with (iovoruoi
Ellerhe, unci is pleasantly remembered
in this city.
For a number of years he bought
fru?t in California for his house even
winter, hut this year he whs senl
abroad. He left Baltimore last August
for Italy ami Spain aud had quite an
adventure at Madrid a few mouths ago.
He had bought a quantity of fruit in
various countries and his firm chartered
the Cannula, the steamer that was supposed
to he carrying ammunition t<
Cuban rebels, to collect this fruit and
transport it to this country. It was on
the program for the l.uurada to touch a
Spanish port to tuke on 4u,000 Ixixcs ol
oranges. This reqiort got out and .Mr.
Killingsworth was charged with, being
a Cuban spy. He appealed to the governor,
showed "him his passports aud letters
of credit, but got no sympathy.
'1 he governor said he had not soldiers
enough in Spain to save him. One night
1 -Av,iti5?V"rr""ut^t 1 Hotel and .Sir.
If? appoaled
consul and spent $12!) that night
-;ffag to this country. Ho finally took
quarters at the home of the Consul until
He could satisfy the authorities. The
Clovernor tried to get him to go aboard
b Spanish man of war with OOO Spanish
Roldiers, but he told him ho would clio
first. Mr. Killingsworth says ho is
sure he would have been disposed of f
tie had trusted one moment to the
-qakniurds.
He says that the Spanish soldiers had
;reat quantities of dynamite at the
..i.,../ .?i.ii
mj mow up mo lifiiiradd if
die had touched that port. lie managed
o impress upon his house the supremo
luportanco of keeping her out and of
jetting the oranges to this country hy
tome other steamer.
He is very severe on Mr. Olney and
hinks that if Cuban independence
ould he established, Spanish bonds
vould not he worth the paper upon
vhieh thoy lire printed. lie talks most
ntercfitiug of foreign ntfairn and evilently
studied political conditions ns
veil as fruit while he was abroad.
t?urtnnhnrg Herald
To Al<l Flood Sufferers.
Nearly $13,0<H) has heen raised in
U. Louis, Mo., to aid flood sufferers in
he South. The Terminal Hail way Aslociation,
composed of the railroads en
ering St. Louis, gave notice that it 1
vould trftnsjKirt supplies free.
New Press Association.
There has been formed in New York,
he "Publishers' Press Association,"
emporarily to furnish a general news
or vice '?v icnseu wirnor otherwise.
"Toll l!!s;o to hurry! If slio
ro'JI miss tho Mrs! not on;ir?'!y!"
You're iiit! to ^<?i her thoro ?-;ir!y
> liifTh!. Sho'.s ^'ot .1 11 < ,V Jul t."- Chi;ii{o
Trihtme.
"Now u. ! I turn ov? r :i now Ion!":"
o ropontoit '' ??:?111ily . ? .1. with about
nir Mmrors. l-'.hV" with n start. ro1II01I
111tusoli to his surrouti'liu?w
York I'ross.
MKltT'S RtlltF ISSMi
He Reviews the Situation in the
Flooded Districts.
THE GREATEST ON RECORD.
? ?_
Confessing Their Inubillty to Further
Cope With the Situation Congress
Appropriates $200,000.
The following message in relief of
the flooded districts of the States of
Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkunsas
was sent to Congress Wednesday by
President McKiuley. The House und
Semite agreed to $200,000;
To the Seuato and House of ltepvcsoututivos.
Information which lias recently come
to mo from the (lovcrnors of Arkansas,
Mississippi and Louisiana, and from
prominent citizens of those States and
Tennessee warrants the conclusion thai
widespread distress, involving the destruction
of a largo amount of property
und the loss of humau life, lias resulted
from the floods which have submerged
that section of the country.
These are stated, on reliable an thereto
be tho most destructive floods that
have ever devasted the Mississippi
Valley, the water being much higher
than the highest stage it ixas reached
before. From Marion, Ark., north of
Memphis, to (Iroenville. Miss., more
than 250 miles of river, it is reported
that there are now at least 50 towns and
villages under water, and a territory
extending from 100 milos north of Memphis
to 200 miles south, and from live to
forty miles wide, is suomergod. lluutli
mln ut tllOUSUllds ot Hori\H of Clllti
1 vatod soil with growing crops are included
iu tho sulmiorgou territory, lu
this section ulone there are from 50,000
to 60,000 people, whose proporty has
boon destroyed and whose business lias
boen suspended. Growing crops have
been ruined, thousands ol cattle havo
beeu drowned uud the inhabitants of
certain arcars threatened with starvation,
as a great majority of the sufoutnnll
furmnra Iiiiva 1>aad
left entirely destitute and who will bo
1 unprepared for work even after the
' floods have subsided.
The entire Mississippi Valley in Arkansas
is flooded und communication
with many points cut off. In Mississippi
a like coudition exists. The levees in
Louisiana, with a single exception, have
1 held, but the water is rising, and the
situation there is reported as being extremely
critical. Vnder such circumstances
the citizens of these States look
for the co-operation and support of the
national government in relieving the
pressing cases of destitution for food,
1 clothing and shelter, which ure beyond
? reach of local efforts. The authorities
who liavecoiumnnieutad w ith the executive
recognize that their first and most
energetic duty is to provide, as far as
possible, the means of caring for their
c ow n citizens, but nearly all of tin m
' agree in the opinion that after their resources
have bet?i exhausted, a sum ugj
izr^irating at least ijfh >1},WW, and possibly
fciOU.O'JU, will be required for immediate
" use.
Precedents are not wanting that in
such emergencies as this ('ongress may
, take prompt, generous and intelligent
, action, involving the expenditure of
I considerable sums of money, with satisfactory
results. In is;.| j>V.H),000 was
t appropriated, and in 1SM*? gtt5.),0U0 was
also appropriated for relief in the same
. direction besides large sums in other
years.
The citizens' relief committee, of
Memphis, which lias taken promi t aci
tion has already eared for O.ooo or 7,00 i
I refugees from the flooded districts und
they are still arriving in that city in
( largo numbers daily. Supplies and proI
visions have been sent to the various
points in Arkansas and Mississippi by
this committee; but tho utmost that
can bo done by those efforts is to partly
relieve tho most acute cases of suffer
ing. No action has yet been taken for
the great majority of the inhabitants
living in the interior, whose condition
has already been desribed.
Tnder these conditions, and having
uaci iru iiitMiiMJivtjs 10 iiieiuiirst extent,
the local authorities have reluctantly
confessed their inability to further cope
with thin distressing situation, unaided
1 ny (DIID/ nuiu Clio
therefore, seemed to me that the representatives
of the people should be
promptly informed of the nature and
extent of the suffering and needs ot
these stricken people, and I have communicated
these facts in the hope and
belief that the legislative branch of the
government will promptly reinforce the
work of the local authorities in the
States named.
Wlt.iilam McKini.ky.
Executive Mansion, April 7, 1897.
kkmovind <;kn?";uant's body.
Workmen Engaged In <'uttlng the
Civets from the fit eel Case.
A New York special of April 7 says:
The preliminary work of removing (teneral
< limit's body from its temporury
resting place was begun this morning,
when carpenters began to build a fence
in front of the small tomb, to close it
from view, while the men engaged in
cutting open the steel case enclosing i
the casket ur?? jit uhpL a t.?.? - '
.. II HPII I1 1)1 lour
men will 1??? k?*i>t busy several days,
cutting the rivets holding the case. After
tlui ease is opened the casket will be
taken out and transferred to the sarcophagus.
.lust at what time this w ill be
done will not he mat o public.
Must ltavc Their Consent.
The New York Senate has passed the
anti-cai toon bill, which prohibits newspapers
publishing the portraits of any
person w ithout
I.OOli INti A It K.\l> TO 1DOO.
Itrynn and Scwall ( Inlis in Nnv York
City Ora? ni / I an.
Kcprcsentativos of one hundred clubs
that supported Bryan and Sewal last
fall recently met in New York and or
Kam/cd the .iTo^rcssivo l>einocratic
league of New York City. Aside from
the single tax clubs and labor organize
tioiis which took part in the last cam
pai^n, there were about VJOO Hryuu \. |
Mowul clubs organized
NEWS ITEMS CONDENSED.
Southern Pencil Pointer*.
At Macon,(la.. Charles Reid killed L.
W. Hulstead for insulting his wife.
I The American Railway Association
met at Richmond, Va., in annuul session,
with eighty roads represented
[by 125 delegates. The executive committeo
reported that the association embraced
2+4 companies operating 157,906
miles of railway.
The exports at Newport Nows, Va.,
during March aggregated $2,848,902.
Th second convention of the industrial
agents of the Seaboard Air Line
railroad met in Charlotte. The attendance
was very large.
Clark Howell has succeeded his
father, E. 1*. Howell, as editor of the
Atlanta ((5a.) Constitution.
Efforts are being made at Norfolk.
Va., to have Congress erect a monument
at Hampton Roads to the memory
of Commodore Maury.
Mrs. Nobles, who murdered her hus<!.,
i,llu f,?. jiw.
In I'ittsburg, IV. a bridge collapsed
and a freight train fell tifty feet. Two
of tlu; erew were killed.
Highbinders in the Chinese quarter
of Sun Francisco, Cal., have levied an
assessment of $15,000 on the merchants
and a renewal of personal violence is
exjH'eted.
A gold miners' convention will ho
held at Denver, Col., June 15 and Hi,
together with a mining display.
The largest manufactories of harness
in the country those at Columbus, <>.;
Syracuse and IhiHiilo, N. Y. have combined
in the United Homo Company of
i'utValo, N. Y.
There wilt tie more Federal troops
assembled in New York on (trant
memorial day than at any point in the
Fast since the war.
The Creator New York bill will probably
be passed over Mayor Strong's
vetor
A Cheyenne, Wyo., dispatch says
that the losses sustained by cattlemen
during the recent storm will range
from 5 to 'JO per cent. Anxiety is felt
for .liany persons reported missing.
A cyclone destroyed the town of Chandler.
Okla , east of (iutlirie. A
dozen or more ia;ople were killed and
probably 150 were injured.
Mrs. Margaret J. I'reston. "the Mimosa
of Southern literature, died at her
home in liultimore, Mil., 011 the 'J'.itli of
March.
?
M Iseellaiieoiis.
Maj. Sandoval, of the stall" 'of the
captain general, left Havana Friday for
Washington, on a special mission.
| Secretary (lago has issued a circular
instructing officers of customs to delay
further orders and final liquidating ?>f
entries of any merchandise arriving at
ports after after April tst Tl.;?
. (! nun
is heentiso < ! the retro artive clause of
tlm ponding tariff lull.
Tim Southern ltuilwav company, it is
stated, is eonsideriug tlio pliin of establishing
railroad hospitals at various
points on its * vat inn, sajft tho Manufacturers'
Record.
Small green hugs in abundance are
appearing on the apple trees of central
M issonri.
Tho President sent the Senate Tues<lay
the following nominations: ,I. Tyler,
of I etiliessre, to lie ( 'olleetol' of ill
tnrnnl revenue for the mmmumI district
of IVnu">ser; Park \gnew, of Virginia,
to li?v collector of internal revenue for
tin sixth dis'riot of Yiiginiu
Win. I. Pi van eallod on President
Meixinley Tuesday. It is the lirst tiiuu
the two gentlemen have met since they
were in i'ougress together.
I fourth time been sentenced to death,
and will he hanged April 2!ld.
At a Charleston (S. C.) meeting of
the City Railway Company, the now
electric lino now being built, it. was determined
to issue $850,000 of coupon
bonds and $850,000 in stock. The
charter of tho company is to he amended
accordingly.
The latest reports from the flooded
districts along the Mississippi are moro
eneourgiug and a more hopefnl feeling
prevails.
Milt Hager, Blackburn's silver Democrat.
has been elected from the 84tli
senatorial district of Kentucky. Ho
succeeds Senator Salters, gold Democrat.
the question is raised that many
convicts in tho Virginia penitentiary
under life sentence are improperly iuiiiriwnmJ;
the point is to ho decided by
the courts.
The Richardson building, the largest
in Chattanooga, is burned; two men
lost their lives in the flames.
Twenty miles south of Vicksbnrg,
Miss., extra train No. 1M! ran over a mule,
tearing up the track, ditching tho engine
and ki'ling Cireman Russell, of
Now Orleans. No other persons weio
injured.
Tho banking firm of John O. Tandy
k Co., of Morgan, Tex., closed its
doors Saturdaj*.
tlin vmmrr lmliou iitf
ing thi? Lucy Cobb Institute at Athens,
(iu., will lie sent home on account of an
All Fools' Day escapade.
At Huntington, W. Va., a riot between
Democrats and Republicans occurred
over eitv politics, and fifty
people fought with knives and clubs.
It is not believed that any of tho injured
will die.
All About the North.
The I'oughkeepsie (\. V.) glass
works has been burned. Tho loss is
fully insurance, SttO.UUO.
At Albany, X. Y., the Northern Associated
1'resM, a corporation, has been
formed for the purchase, sale, collection
and distribution of news, and tho
conduct of the business of a press
association in nil its branches.
The next convention of the Republican
National l.eagne is to he held at
Detroit, Mich., July l:t, and J,000 dele
gates are expected to attend.
Four thousand men have been forced
out of emhlovmeut by the closing of
work by the Illinois Steel Company at
South Chicago. This action was taken
by officials to head oil'a strike.