The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, May 13, 1898, Image 7
I GOOD ROADS NOTES. |
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The Problem Sol veil.
'Wo warn Rood roads," tho cyclist cried.
Suitl tho farmer, "Mo do wc:
With you of tho whool and saddle
rDo wc ruralites agree.
Now, what shall wo do to get thorn?
Horo'a a plan that's simple, quite?
Wc meu of four wliools, you of two,
Each one claims an equal right ,
j To half tho tracts; that is lovol. *
? And each ought to have his share?
kf A road-hod should be wide enough
* Eor us both, with room to spare;
It should be both hard aud solid , '
With a gently rounded top;
In short, it should be perfect.
And we ll build it so?but stop!
Much line highways cost money?
You arc usUiug half tho road?
Wliou it comes to paying tor them, 1
Will you carry half the load?
aiu'io ? :i KrutYiuK army or von.
Koine say liulf'n million strong,
Will you oaeli chip in a dollar,
l'or to help Clooil Hon<ls along?
If you will, and <lo it yearly.
We'll have solved ilio problem quite.
Ev'ry time you pay your 'mighty'
We will also pay our mite.
Which we'll pay instead of working.
As our habit is to do.
And when your side is finished up.
You'll find ours finished too."
?Will Tejnnlor, in Amcrieuu Agriculturist.
ttrtimiiiieudnii in I! It ode Island.
Governor Dyer, of llhode Isluml, is
n thorough believer in good roads, and
has done ntueli to aid the good work
for them in his State, lie comes out
in favor of a Highway Commission and
continuous work, in his message to the
legislature, as follows:
"The question of improved highways
has ceased to be one that can he
-disrogitrded. Every educational and
materialanterost of the State requires
it. HettfVr rural schools, increased
value of fai'fy products, inerensod value
of property, possible rural postal delivery.
elieapcrHrunsportation?all enter
as important factors into this question.
in short, the'welfare of our
people demands that good roadssbould
bo made and maintained throughout
the State. The presence here of Mr.
K. G. Ila/rison, Government, lload Engineer,
and his work of road-lmi!ding
at tlic Uhodo island College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts, has been
most helpful to tlic cause. During
il.4*. . 1 I 1 - i ? *
IUC I.ill JUKI cany willil'l- i;ii)ll\lis moi'lings
to consider the subject have iiccii
hel l in e. great i?i:niy of the towns and
the greatest interest has hoen manifested
'"I'm! v the proviso 11s of Chapter
7d of tlie (ieneral haws, three sample
half-miles of macadamized road have
been completed during lit past year,
making a total of twelve, which have
been built at a cost of i?S;>, lot.Oil, and
applications for seven more have been
made to the Highway Commissioner.
The agitation of the subject of good
roads hc.s brought out the fact that
the present law for the improvement
of highways i< defective and expensive.
The State w ishes no more sample
half-miles. h cannot all'ord to appropriate
any more money simply for '
object -lessons.
"I uder a commission proceeding
upon carefully considered lines, the
work o improving the principal high- j
ways < f the State should be me.de con- !
tiiiMon . It soeios to be the feeling (
throughout the St at e that, i 11 the im- j
proveni-eg of these pri icipal high !
ways, ti..- State should a> mine threequarter*-.
an I th-'tov, ns through wliiidi
the hivl.a. y- run one-quarter, of the
cxpens*1.
|>y making the work upon the high
way > ? it i: mi oils t he State will be i n a
position to M'eure nore favorable bids. 1
and fi (>l:j Irt.gc eontraetor*-, well
equipp I v.it'-i tli lutot road machin- j
cry an I apjilian s. hi the general i
ini])io\em nt of our higinvsiys the j
rongii labor, the manual work, should
I>0 given to our own fiti/.fir. ami :i! ]
fair an I honest wage " j
Kami Mail l??-liwr\ iinil liimil lioitiK. j
There is prospect that Cue National
Government may get behind tin* good j
roads movement in a peculiarly effective
way. If the pace of free mail <le- i
livery to the fanners is to ho the eon- i
at ruction ami lnninienunce of mac- I
adami/eil country highways it is he- j
lieveil that the thrifty agriculturists ,
will not hesitate to pay it.
The indifference of Congress to ap- |
peals tor interstate highways and tlie
disinclination of farmers to construct
Voads "for the henetit of the city
vheelmer." have operated as serious
undieaps to the good roads moveout
in this country. In spite of i
tobstacles. Iu?wever. substantial
plgi-ess has heen made in r.uid hnihl
n,in tsiates where the farmers have
"Mo-ned to the fact that while: month
highway. may add to the pleasures of
winding the greatest henetit is reaped
I'.v igneaiilni ist s in heing brought
t'losg to proiitahle markets.
Ihn the strongest stimulus to road
hni1.1ng [s yd, to come. If 1 in* oxperiinpjf
; in free rural mail delivery
inaiigifuted by tie* postal depart meni
'O'e a Miccess, they wiil csrnhlish a
?nis:s of co-operation and reciprocity 1
hot wren the Government and the
homers that will lead to a gcneriil l
luovoment in the building of inter- j <
urlnm highways all over the country. ' i
v\ith the view of testing the olli- I '
oioiiey of dilVerenl slyh i of roadbed <
I'o t master General Gary has,author- j
jfit'd the opening of routes for free I
/. I .: I II .1
f I til ill in.:: i ucnvery Ilirollgll port UMIS j
New Jersey and Pennsylvania, I
Avliieli embrace macadami/a d. {'ravel, i
eliiy and eommui dirt roads. 'I' 1 it* i
routes are intended to lie experimeii- i
till, and will show relatively upon 1
what character of roads the best re- i
suits (an he obtained in Jthe way of I
prompt and efficient service. t
There is little doulit t^:r free mail j
dolivery is just as prai ticublo in many I
of our more thickly populated rural \
communities as it is in Ihiglund. The ! (
colliinuauee of the service, if success- j t
fill, should he dependent upon the t
proper maintenance of the roads. If I
the farmer wants hi", mail delivered at \
his d? or he must contribute his share j I
to tin building of passable highways. I
?Chicago Time; Herald. , I
Domy Follow* S?Rl?ct.
A Columbus (Oliio) engineer states
that his city has spent $5,000,000 on
improving 114 miles of streots, but
that they lmvo beon allowed to get
into such shape that an expenditure
of $250,000 for repairs would hardly
put them in decent condition.
Unless the roads aro constantly
watched and repaired, just as regularly
and carefully as tho great railway
compauies watch their road-beds, they
will deteriorate very rapidly and practically
have to be rebuilt every few
years. Thjfre is no use in building
expensive [roads, and leaving them to
go to ruin from neglect.
In a recent address, E. H. Thayer
stated on this subject that "a man
with one horse and cart, working
eight mouths of tho year, can keep
seventy miles of good road in constant.
effective and complete repair at
iliu UUt^Ult* t'.\|K!U^ UI Wil 11*11 IS
$5 per mile, while the cost of oven attempting
to make passable the ordinary
country road exceeds $M5 per
mile. . . A dirt, cart is loaded
with crushed rock or gravel. With a
hoe, a shovel and a rammer, the repairer,
as frequently as the task is assigned
him will permit, starts out on
the road. Every washout he repairs,
every rut lie lills up. loose stones he
throws out, rough plaees ho levels,
obstructions in water courses ho removes,
and his tireless efforts day af!
ter day result in keeping the good
road in good repair and making happy
every man and woman who drives over
the highway."
It is only by following the example
set by railway companies in the care
of their road-beds, and acting upon
such suggestions as those above given,
that the highways can he efficiently
maintained and properly preserved.
*V?'liy Hron?l-Tlre?l Wheel* Pay.
A wagon going up lull requires
more force to draw it than when it is
moved on a level. When a wheel
sinks in soft soil there is an elevation
of the ground in front of it equal to
the depih of the sinking. When a
narrow wheel sinks three or four ,
liie'ies in the ground the elVoet is pro- I
eisely the siimc as it' the wagon was I
going up the stuuo incline when tlio
broad wheel is used, but it' it does not
sink in the ground this obstacle does
not exist. The surface of tin; wheel
does not interfere in the lofts' with the
draft of a wagon even on solid, hard
ground, and it must be evident that
the broad wheel will not cut into a
road a< a narrow one will, and thus
on soft roads must be easier draft.
I?y the u-..? of a broad-tired wagon
when a new road is being laid out, it.
will soon be rolled hard and solid, so
that even a narrow-tired wagon will
not out in. but attempt to make a
road during the average harvest, winter
or spring season with narrow-tired
wagons and the job will usually prove
a failure.?Hoy Stone.
It:u1 Itoaitfi :t ('?:itiniinii!> Tax.
Favorable results are reported from
all mi; .male- mat Have systematically I
taken uj> t!u> wor!; of rond improvemeat.
The rnbj-.vt i> one iliat will
mailt! its way ii* earnestly considered.
Nti niu1 cmi say e.aetly what a fjmttl
road it worth, but all who wso roads
know that a ha 1 one is a heavy eontiunoiis
tax. St. Louis < tlobe- Doiuoera!.
million" l.ir l?n:i?l".
Senator lloar recently introduced
hy request in the Initial Slates Senate
a hill appropriating : "10.01)0,000 to he
expended hy th Secretary of War in
construct ing military and post roads,
the purpose being to relieve the
exigency of the times hy giving employment
to labor.
.lilim:it ?r Woiiiro.
Naturally there are no ligtircs more
perfeet than tliose of the Japanese
young women. The ehildren, lip to
th 5 age of fourteen, or as long as they
have the free use of their linihs, are
models of symmetry. About that time
they hegin to fasten long garments
</hout their hips, the elt'ect of whieh is
to impede their gait and give them an
awkward shuttle. In eonr..e of time it
does worse, and interrupts t he development
of the legs and thighs. Among
the laboring elass an additional misshaping
is accomplished hy the praetiee
of carrying hardens from an early age
upon the Intel;, for t he support of whieh
broad straps are passed over the
shoulders and crossed in front, pressing
directly upon the breasts. When
a Japanese girl r< aches the age of sixteen
w ithout having undergone either
of the processes of deformity, she is a
womtcr to the eye. and remains so until
twenty live,'or possibly a little later;
then she ceases to charm for a certain
period in any way, excepting by her
manner, and that is generally preserved
lo the lust. I> 111 as she grows old. she
has a chance of becoming quite delightful
again. Tin re is nothing nicer
than a dignili"d and while-haired old
Japanese lady. Slie is always, happy,
for f ile is always much respected and
cherished l?y her juniors, and at a certain
age the natural high breeding of
1 he race appears in her to attain its
. rystalli/.ation. -The Ledger.
Tlic Ureal Towns of I'.urope.
While the population of Furope, estiiu.tteil
at 177,000,000 in the hegiu11
i 11 it of the century, rout' to J10,000,000
ill I still. ;too.000.000 m I.STO, ami
is now nearly 070,000,000, there has
heeii a st:ll more reinurkahle increase
in tlie number of towns with over 100,100
inhabitants. There were only
twonly*ono of these in ISO! (with 1,
(00,000 inhabitants), U in IS,70, 70 in
1070 (with 'JO,000,000 inhabitants),
mil IJI in 180(5 (with about .'17,000,)t)0
iiiliabitants). In 1801 Franco bail
liree towns with over 101),000 inliabiants,
while l-'nglund and Germany
uid two eneli, but in 1870 the figures
vcre: Fngluud, 18; (lerinany, 10; and
[ 'ranee, 0; while in 180(5 they stood
'upland, 00;Germany, JS, and France,
0.
PENSIONS? PAID OUT.
The Pensioners Can Call on Their
Clerks of Court.
?
rur lAimntA/o Mnor MiinjirnAiio
inn vviuuiYo munc numcnuuo.
L'ousldcrablo Increase In the Total
Number in the 8tuic?-Tlils and Last
Year's Figures Compared.
The widows of veterans of the Confederate
army seem to bo very much in
svideuce this year in the distribution
>f the State pension fund of 5*100,000.
The State pension board has completed
its annual work of distributing the
pension fund of the State, reserving a
mflicient amount to meet incidental
accessary expenses ?nil a few cases
dill being held up. The total amouut
low being paid out as fast as the wnr-nntscnu
be issued is$05,55o.80. Kuch
pensioner in Class A will, under the
1 istill rKnintiii t ?(>< S'? n ?< 11 in ('limit
1$, SIS.1(1, uud in tht ilifl'ereut grades
)f < Mass c', SlH. so.
Last year Class i got S?-2 each,
.'lass It, $*>1.80 each, itdClnssC, $10.35
iaeh.
The total number of pensioners in
:hc State is 0,011 ;his year against
sis last year. Theprincipal increase
in totals is in the passes devoted to
.he widows of soldiers?CM aud C4.
The following shows the divisions of
the i-'ousious in the entire State.
( 'lass A 4(?
(Mass It 358
(Mass CM 1IH
(Mass C3 3,407
(Mass Oil 14
(Mass C4 2,578
Total (1,011
The following shows the total number
of pensioners in the several comities
of the State as compared to the totals
for last \ear:
1808. 180T.
A 1 tl ?OV ll I A * ?ll! I I
? * I I 1 - 1
Aikcu ITS lt'.T
Auderson 4! is 4itt)
Bamberg -11 ...
Baruweli ItHi 1 'J.*?
Beaufort T! II
Berkeley 11 r? 10:5
t 'hurleston 104 01
Cherokee 174 140
Chester 70 ?5'4
( hesterlicld 100 ISO.
Clarendon 110 110
Colleton '47'4 000
DarlingtoU 104 100
I loveliest er u0 ...
F.dgetiold 1'4'4 110
Fairlield 00 0a
Florence 100 10a
(Jeofiretown 01 '41
(ireenville 07a 0IN
< Ireenwood '77 01
Hampton 170 17s
Horrv la I 100
Kershaw 07 so
l.nncusier '.MS '4U4
1.aureus x?l7 140
Doxiiigtou 117 U'4
Marion 140 110
.Marlboro 1 vl'.t OS
Newberry 170 10.1
Oeouee 100 100
?Irungchurg 110 10S
Fickona ',"40 '410
Kichlaud 1S."? 170
Sulitda 1'4'4 0a
Kp:u*B'?tbnrg lis Oils
Sumter X:00 1S?
Cniou 107 100
Williamsburg 10^ so
York ',?0J *4 la
Totals 0,011 a,sis
"Immune" Doctors Named
Surgeon (lenoral Sternberg, ol" the
army, has appointed the following
named persons, who are "immnnos"
from yellow fever, for servico in tho
arm}, and who will bo stationed at various
places in the South aud may accompany
the army when it umlertakes
ttio occupation of Cuba: i>r. John
(iuiteras, of I'hilaticlphin, and Drs. \Y.
K. Barker and \Y. NY. Calhoun, of New
Orleans, who will he statmucd at 'J'ampa;
Dr. Barnard il. Baker, of Charleston,
S. (!., who will be stat ioned at Key
West, and Dr. Aristides Agrainonte,
who is connected with tlie Health Association
of New York city ami is a Cuban
by birth. His assignment has not
yot bctui determined upon, Further
appointments to these positions, which
pay $ 1 o() per month, will ho muile.
The. Surgeon tSeneral is completing
preparations for utilizing tlies convent
at Key West, which was ilonatetl by tho
Sisters, for ho- nitul purposes. Accoiuliualations
will he made for ".'oil beds.
Kct'iiseil to ( rant An Injunction.
\n A thmtn l u<L'c refused to grant an
injiinction to restrain the city from enforcing
tlio ordinance requiring canvassers
for orders in the city to pay S'J't
liceiiso foe.
Itotiei't
C.. I.ee, .Ir., Orator.
Mr. Hubert I bee, dr., of Fairfax
county, \ a., a soil of < Jen. Win. H. I*'.
Leo and grandson of (Jon. Hubert H.
Lee, has accepted an invitation to bo
the anniversary orator of the Abbeville
IS. ('. ) County Confederate Survivors'
Association. Mr. Lee is said to be an
cloijuent speaker.
? - ? ?
\\ a-- a Mistake.
I'ho item published in our iskuo last
week stilting that St. David's Kpiseopnl
church, ( heraw, an autc-Kcvolutionury
building, would bo moved from its
present sde to a site nearer the center
of the town is a mistake.
-? ?PertIncut
Pointers.
A Chinaman eats twice as much meat
as a Japanese. .
liootblacks are seldom seon on the
streets ot Itcrliu.
in the wlioloof (Jroeco tliero aroouly
Ifiti newspapers.
A kaflir's religion consists mostly in
singing and dancing.
In indin tliero ia a ilv which attacks
and devours largo spiders.
It is?stimateii that at least 1,000.0(10
pounds of ruhirer is annually used in
the manufacture of bicycle tiros.
CONDITION OP CROPS. <
What the Fourth Wt'pkly Hnllotlu j
Suys Young Crops Are DoIiikThe
follQwiug is the weekly bulletiu
if the couilitiou of the weather ami I
jrops of the State as issued from tho
I'mted States weather bureau at ColJihbiabyJ.
W. iiuuer, section diree:or:
I
The week opened with seasonable
warmth, but by tho middle of the
week the temperature fell to almost rj
freezing over the t;eatral eouutios. Ice
was, indeed, reported, from various
points ami as far Southward as Hampton
and Barnwell counties, with,beovy
white frost on the morning <Vpril
2Sth over tho Stnto generally, tud
ing ine vicinity 01 i uanosiou. \r mat t
morning the temperature was as t?W, t
or lower, than the previous records of
the weather bureau, extondiug over a 11
period of 11 years, show for the third t
decade of April. t
The cold weather did uot last long
aud tho week ended witu temperatures
considerably above the uormal.
The average of 48 places reporting 1
meau temperature was .r?b for tho week. ]
whilo the uorinul for tho same period ,
is approximately lib. Tho temperature ^
ranged between n uiiuimuui of 114 on j
Iho '28th at Suutuc and Little Mountain ?
and a maximum of t>0 on May 1st at (
iiatesburg.
The cold, heavy rain of April '20, j
27th was general over the State, and in 8
placos uccoinpanicd by high winds, s
sleet and hail. In the southeastern
portions of tho State the rain was need- ,1
ed, auil in the vicinity of Charleston t
more would prove beneficial, but gen {
srally this rain fell on an already satu- N
ruted soil, causing minor ereoks and H
brunches to overflow, aud in Edgefield t
county damaging lands washing them. g
Considering the area and topogruphical
diversity of the State, the raiufall was ,
remarkable for its eveu distribution, j
Four plaees only, out of 47, roportod ,
amounts of less than one inch; 1'2 of r
from one to two inches. Hi of from '2 to -j
5 inches, uud 1*2 with 13 inehes or more.
The following excessive measurements ~
wore reported: Mont Clare4.00, Oak- j
land '2"?; Alcolu /i.M), Sliiloh fi.tifi ,
inches. The average for tho State was r
2. :f7 aud the normal for the same per- t,
iod approximately 0.7d. I
The sunshine averaged 14 per cent.
. of the possible. Tho prevailing winds
wore from noathwest to northeast, c
generally colli, and at times luirli ?
uucl were an important factor in mak- ^
ing tho weather unfavorable to crops.
All correspondents, without except |
tion, characterize tho past week as jhaving
been unfavorable on tho
growth of crops, by reason of too u
much rain or too low temperatures, or (,
both, as the bad ctlects of high winds j
in places. ?
Little progress was made in planting j
corn, and germination of recently j
planted corn is slow. It is coming up ^
to irregular stands, although some sec v
tions report fair stands. Much re j
planting is necessary and worms are
damaging corn badly in places. The
cool weather caused it to look yellow
and checked its growth. Larly corn is ,
receiving its second cultivation. Some
bottom lauds have been planted, but
the recent rains made them too wet,
and stopped plnntiug operations on
them. Tho recent fjost did not kill
any corn.
\Vet mi<1 cold weather have had a bad
I .1. LiMi lml-.. l.nu
stopped growing. Some cotton wan s
killed by tbo frost, although sueh dnm- |<
aye was conliued to limited areas, but
the frost ell'eetually checKcd its growth |
everywhere and gave it a setback. Seed j
recently planted are slow in coming up H
and much replanting necessary. Some c
field* where tiiu cotton failed to come j
uj> or was killed by frost are being
planted in corn. Little progiess was
made m planting, and over the western j
and northwestern counties much land \
already prepared, remains to bo planted t
to cotton. (
Transplanting of tobacco is nearly t
finished in the more Southerly districts f
and is well under way in .Marion and j
Marlboro counties. The ground is in r,
good condition in regard to moisture, j
but too cool for the young plants. In- \
jury from cut worms is also reported.
.Melons were killed by the frost ol
the J^th1, in places, and badly set back
everywhere. The reports indicate a
very poor stand of melons and point tc i
a late crop. I
The fruit outlook is 011 the whole 1
very promising, a few localities only 1
report total destruction by the frost of c
early April, while a few scattered re- t
ports indicate that peaches and plums I
are dropping badly. The frost of the o
week did no injury to fruit. First crop t
of tigs evidently destroyed. lloavy t
shipments of strawberries from Flor- a
mice. Marion, Darlington, and Marl- t
boro counties were made this week. s
(tats continue to look promising, ex- a
eept in dotlVios Creek section, where v
they are a failure. Wheat is heading <j
and grow ing nicely, although some i
what yellowed by the cool weather, i
I 'natures have improved rapidly, liar- I
ileus are Inter than usual, but are yielding
early vegetables enough to supply
local demands over the w hole State.
Farm work is well up to the require- s
luents of the various crops (
Alaska has its public schools. Hut ,
Instead of large, finely equipped school f
buildings, which accommodate several a
hundred grade scholars, the school '
children there study their lessons in *
rough frame houses. The missionary,
who is often the teacher, also lives in
part of it. 'I here is only one room in c
the school, and. except in Sitka, the j
capital, there is only one grade, the t)
primary. for the ICskimo children are I
just beginning to understand our
language. The liehavior of the st hoi- '
ars during school hours is absolutely
correct. They rarely have to he reproved.
They are obedient to their r
parents as well as to their teachers, t
The ICskimo hoys and gil ls never want n
to play "hookey." In fact, they are It
very much disappointed if anything
prevents their attending school. They
like to work, and they are naturally
industrious. They prefer writing and li
drawing to anything else. They have v
a natural taste for both. Many of their r
drawings are excellent, and far better
than those executed by the average y
American child of the same age. They 8
draw the objects that tire near at hand. 11
Their sledges, dogs and the queer lit- ^
tie huts they live in. They are. as j
well, fond of mechanical pursuits, and
they invent tools to tire in their work rj
or play.
UIIWOIEMW
Mo Effort is Being Spared to Make
the Men
f
HAPPY AND COMFORTABLE.
I ho First Thing the Volunteers llutl
lo I)o Was to tie Vaccinated As It
Id an Army Herniation.
There are now iu camp at Columbia
>ver 1,801) voluuteor soldier boys, uulor
tho recent call of tho l'resideut,
ind things aro beginning to look dolecidedly
like war. The tii-.it thim?
be voluuteerB bail 10 do was to bo vacillated?it
is an army regulation, and
bero is no dodging tlie "point." Jt
tas been iutiuated tbut vaccination will
ikoly iutcrfero with tbo drilling and
iso of a sun. It is said thut for a long
iuio tbo men will bo given inarching
novemeut and "settiug up" exercises,
md tbut their arms will bo well by tbo
imo there is any occasion to use a gun.
Tbo mustering ollicer, Capt. Fuller,
'J. S. A., gotliis medical board, conistiug
of Assistant Surgeon Lewis, 1'.
A., aud Assistant llagiiueutal Surgeons
Lawson aud Young, together,
md started the work of examining tbo
nun in ranks ou tbo 5th, preparatory
o mustering them into the l*. S. serice.
This work, takiug iuto eouideration
tbo recruiting that will be
locossary, will more than likely coummo
about one week.
C'npt. Fuller will probably bo in Colimbia
for two weeks at least. He ex>laiuod
bow tbo men will be mustered
11. After all the 111011 in aeomi.mn- mc
cady, thoy will bo called up in line,
rheu the mustering ollicor makes n
reueral inspection. The com pauy tliou
threes upon its organization, delecting
ts otlicers. This done the oath :s adninistered,
each man liohliug up his
ight hand. Then the men have to
01110 in one by one and sign their names
o the muster roll of tho company. The
oil will be quite au elaboiate one. It
s made in triplicate, one going to tho
aptain, another to tho War Depart nent
and tho third to tho adjutuut of
ho regiment.
Abflolutoly no effort or expense is
teiug spared in muking tho men comortable
and happy.
A considerable number of voluuteers
.re being turuod down and rejected beause
of physical disabilities. This is
ho principal featuroof thedailv events
,t tho camp now, and will continue to
>e until the work lias becu completed,
daily of tho enthusiastic young men
ixprossed the deepest regret wlieu thoy
rero informed by tho authorities of
heir rejection.
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Stokes Shows Up a Uogus Sorlcly.
In answer to complaint from his
listrict of au alleged begu, oiganiznicjii
which iii-Hi-Hi'itwr
r. uvwvilif, * 111 lis
ipon the farmers Congressman Stokes
ius issued the following stuteiucnt,
rkich he asks be given publicity
hrough the South Caroliuu press: "A
e\v days ago I got information of an
fl'ort in my district to collect momtership
fees in an alleged farmers'
ecret organization company, witL
teadipiarters at Columbia. S. C. 'l'liis
oinpanv. it ir? alleged, was originated
>y tlie Cotton Convention, representor
the entire cotton belt. In couideraton
of the fee, and the promise
m the part of the farmer to cut down
lis cotton aereuso, tlio coinpuu.v
;uarantees ten cents for cotton 111 fa'.i'.i
aid indemnity to tlio farmor. I have
undo an investigation, and want to say
0 the farmers that no such orgnnizu1011
has been authorized by the Cotton
1 rowers Convention. Any claim of
hat sort is an imposition on the
urmcrs, without the possibility of
lenelit. As similar etVorts may be
roiug on in other districts and States.
deem it my duty to oppose it through
he public press. .1. M. Storks. "
W ashington, l>. C., May -I, lN'.is.
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Henry Trescott l>eud.
'i'lie Hon. Wm. Henry Trescott, for
uanv years connected with the State
department in Washington, and a
ending American diplomatist, died at
'endletou, S. ('., on the 4th. At the
iponing of the war ho was acting Secreary
of Stateof tlio I'nited Statos, under
rumueui. micuuuuu. no rosijrued and
aiue South during the war, but sinoo
ho war charged with numerous imporant
missions for the government,
imoug them being that of pleuipoteniary
to Clntia to revise treaties of tnso;
poeiul envoy to belligerents in l'oru
nid Ciiiii, in issi, and plouipotonliary
villi (Seneral (irant to Mexico, in An;nst,
ins-,', lie wrote a number of
ookson Anieriean foreign policy which
ire considered the staudnrd. lie was
torn in is-.".'.
l-'ariners* InslitiKcs to lie Hold.
Arrangements liave boon made to
end out livo parties of teachers from
loiusou Collcgo simultaneously to
o ld farmers institutes during the sumnor.
A number of places are booked
or meetings and if any community not
ilready provided for wants a nieetimr
'resident Hart/.og will be glad to hear
rem them.
Cotton .Hill Chartered.
The Secretary of State lias granted a
barter to the Victoria cotton mill of
Jock Hill. The capital stock isrfiA,00.
The directors chosen aro J110. It.
jondoti, \Y. b. Itoddev, II. T. l ewoll,
1. Krcidheun, (). I', it 11IV and A. K.
unit h.
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Smallpox Situation Improved.
Tbo Columbia State fays tho sinalliox
.siluation in that city is considered
o bo much improved; that' vaccination
ontiuues, and that a nuniborof patients
avo been discharged.
4*?Palmetto
Leaves.
Thos. I'.. Miller, president of the colego
ut Orangeburg, says that ho is
tilling to organize and lead a negro
egiinent hitnself.
Over v*(H> of tho Clcmson College
onng men desired to voluuteer thoir
ervices for war, hut I'residout Hartzog
inds them inelligiblo.
Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotto,
i. ('., has resigned ns president of the
''airfield Cotton Mill, at Winnsboro.
Jr. T. W. l.amlerdalo succeeds Mr
['oiupkius.
HELD WW mil
Governor Ellerbe Has Relieved the |
Suspense.
THE SELECTIONS ARE GOOD |
Anil Meet Willi (iPiicrnl Approval.
Full IJuotu of Stales Share of the
Call for Troops Keecivctl.
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(lovernor Ellerbo on the ltd ended nil
speculation as to who would ho the i
regimental and lield officers from this 1
State in tho I'nitod States volunteer i
army, by making the following ap- (
pouitmouts: 1
Regimental Colonel?Joseph K. Al- i
stou, Columbia, at presont major l'al- <
motto regimeut, State militia. i
Lieuteuaut Colonel James II. Till- 1
iuuu, Kdgetiold, at present lieutenant t
colonel of the First regiment, Stute 1
militia.
Senior Major Marcus B. Stokes, I
Hampton, at present second lieutenant, I
U. S. A. ,
Junior Major John II. Karle, (ireeu- i
ville, at present lieutenant colonel s
Fifth regiment, State militia. .
Adjutant John 1>. Frost, Columbia, ]
formerly captain, State militia. ]
Quartermaster J. F. Jaruegau, Marion,
until recently United States con- i
sul to Honduras. <
Surgeon A. S. Hydriek, (Grange- ,
burg. ,
Assistant Surgeons?.T. 1'. ^ ouug, ]
Clicstef, aud J. M. Law son, Union.
Sergeant-Major ? b. M. llaseldeu, (
Marion, at present student South Carolina
College.
Chaplain?Rev. <1. \V. Hussev, l'arkville,
Baptist pastor.
Battalion?Major Henry'J'. Thompson,
Burlington, at present captain of
tlm l)iirlin<rtm<
Uoveruor Klierbe lias received tho (
full quota of tho JStato's share of tlio
call lor troops and more. The follow- 1
injr aro tho companies'- Tho Kdisto 1
Killes, of Orangeburg; Hamburg! luards, 1
F.dgotield Killes, Kichlaud Volunteers, ,
(ioveruor's (luards, of Columbia, and
Catawba ltilles, of Kock Hill; Darlington
(Inurds,,Manning (luardsand Sumter
Liirht Infantry; Kutler (1 nurds, of
(Ireenville; Anderson Volnntoers, Nowberry
Killes. Johnston Killes, of Union;
Abbeville Killes and a heavy battery of
artillery from Charleston.
It is tho intention to order tho various
cam panics to Columbia by threes or
gradually until they ull arrive. This
course became necessary on account of
tho lack of tents. There will not ho
enough of them available as it has been
found that oniy 1(50 can bo obtained.
This is all owned by tho State and tho
nutioual government has none it can
spuro just now. i
In accordance with army regulations
as soon as tmi soldiers are mustered in
they will ho given baths. This wilt bo
quite enjoyable in tho hot weather.
Hut what will not he so acceptable will
bo the vaccination which must go along ]
with tho hath.
Tho Columbia State had this to say
of tho soldier bo\'s' march from tho
train to tho camp at Hyatt's 1'ark, on
last Tuesday, theJd: "When you see
coumryiiiau ircsn 1101:1 ijetwoon tlie
plough handles, costless, wearing only
a faded llanncl shirt upon his body,
marching 111 ranks alongside the gallant
young man from tho city, wlio has
for tho time deserted his law oflice,
each hearing a ritle, luarchiug side by
side in ranks to answer to tho call of
his country for volunteers to defend tho
Hag of Ins nation, there is 110 longer
room for doubt that old JSotith Carolina
would come to the front as she has ever
done when the sound to arms was made.
Such was tiio picture presented on tho (
principal street of tho main thoroughfare
of the capital city of tho I'almetto ,
State yesterday and tho picturo made
men who saw it feel proud that they
were South Carolinians.
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To Destroy Spain's Navy.
Tho Brooklyn (X. Y.) Eagle has received
a letter from Hudson Maxim, of
Eondou, ling., containing a remarkable
ofler to the I'nited States Government
to furnish it at 11 cost of half
million dollars, u ship which ho claims
to ho capable of destroying the entire
Spanish navy. Tho plan involves tho
uso of aerial torpedoes, invented by
Mr. Maxim. Tho inventor is a brother ,
of i!irnm Maxim the famous inventor
of weapons of destruction, and I10 says .
0110 cruiser, built and equipped complete,
with torpedo guns, would ho suf- '
iieient to destroy every Spanish war
ship which it might encounter at sea.
Tho cost of such a cruiser would he
about .< ?(?>.(MM). Mr. Maxim holds that '
if his inventions are nut into practice
armor will be rendered absolutely uso- j
less.
Koru Kreil Douglas Monument.
Tho Department of Stato, ut Wash- ^
ington, has boon informed by Minister
I'owoi), at i'ort an Prince, Haiti, that | 1
the Hation Republic )ms donated tho
sum of $1,000 toward tho erection of a I 1
monument l?y tlio citizens of Rochester, '
N. V.. in that city, to tho memory of
tho lato Frederick I tony lass, at one
timo Minister Resident and Consul 1
(ioneral to Haiti.
Spain's I".nil Fighters. 1
Spain's bull lighters inadonionoy last
year. Mazzantini, in 00 lights, killed
'](is bulls, and mado HUM,000 pesetas;
lleverto's score was 7 1 lights, 100 bulls 1
and 270,000 pesetas, while (Suerrita,
with 70tifchtsand 117 hulls slaughtered. 1
earned *150,000 peseta*, or $01,000. '
First to <?o I'p Ilie Spout. '
Tlio Ituena Venture is destined to
prominent mention in history. She was *
the first vessel to po throuph the Sue/, *
Canal after it was opened for trnftie, (
and tho first one to po up the spout in 1
tlio Hispano Cubo-American war.? 1
Charleston fS. C.) News and Courier. 1
The Number of Distilleries. '
The number of distilleries in opera- (
tion in tho I'nited States in March was '
502 of pram and nine of molasses, pro- J
ducinp :1'.'1,214 pallons of prain spirits ,,
"TKl 0, h>I of molusses spirits daily. '
IBKIfflifli
Large Portion of the Volunteers
Being Rejected.
FIVE COMPANIES' RECORD.
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\ Kino Opportunity is Now Presented
for Those Who Wish to <?o to the
Front in the Katiks.
The Register of the 7th says it is not
svory man that can enter the army of
LIuclo Sam. Patriotism, willingness
in even strong desire to serve the
country aro not tho only requisites
accessary to welcome a 6oldier. AJ
sound mind in a sound body is a brief
jpitomo of tho qualifications required.
\ud the way in which the medical'
aoard is turning down applicants fairly
istoni8hos tho nntives of Houth Caroina.
Tho boys thought that all they had
to do was to come hero and tell the
"oiks that they wanted to light, and'
looncr than it takes to tell it, they
would bo hustled oil'to Cuba, there to
day Spaniards, sei/.o treasures and
jaiu fame. All these visions fade,
lowevor, when the recruits go before
Rrs. Lewis, Mood and Law son.
t\ canauiaic lor martial honors is
ushered into the examining room
where ho linds three able bodied, serious
looking doctors in thoir shirt
sleeves and the perspiration pouring
rroin tlioui. The embryo general hands
liis slip to tho clerk. Dr. Lawsou
catches him by the arm niurches him to
(he scales and ascertains his weight If
the beam buluuces at the correct tigure,
the applicant is then turned over to i)r.
Lewis, who manages tho evo test The
thoroughly embarrassed volunteer is
then passed to Mr. Mood, who beats,
tups ou tho bare skin of the uufortunute,
punches him in different parts of *
the body and then gives hint a rest
The throe doctors then put their heads
together and as a result of their cogitations
tho pathway to fame is either laid
open or irrevocably closed to the ambitious
disciple of Mars.
The examination is no child's play,
as will bo show 11 by tho fact that
nearly thirty per cent, of tho applicants
are turned down, ami of .the live
companies examined, not one lias retained
suiliciout men to be mustered
into service.
In order to give sonio idea of the
rigid manner in which the examinations
are carried on, tho results thus far are
given: /
Tho Abbeville Volunteers arrived iu
camit with 118 men. Tim ili^tnmnwoni. I
ed 78 and rejected 2(5. /
The Richland Volunteers presented I
82 men for examination. Of this
unionut 58 were received and 8i%were
rejected.
The Ijee County Itilles presented 89
men. < )f this number 58 wore accepted
and 8(1 rejected.
'The ('atawba Hides presented Sid men,
Seventy-one Mere accepted and 25 wert
rejected. j ~ Tho
Newberry Utiles presented- 9|
men. (>f this number 58 were acceptel
and 48 rejected.
The Under Guards, of ttreenvilU
were being examined when the day
busiuess euded. Tweuty-livo men ha
been presented and nine were rejoctec
The prevailing cause is delect ivo ey
slight. A total of 4511 men have be<
examined, and of tho number 801 ha*
been accepted and 15N rejected. So
much for aspiring genius.
t'liiinco for .More Volunteers.
Governor T.llerbe, who has been
watching the work of examination very '
closely, makes tho announcement that
anyone who desires to volunteer in the
South Carolina regiment, thus making
up tho full <piotu for each company,
would write him immediately, and he
would arrange for their transportation
to Columbia and for their return to their
homos in case of rejection. The United
States government pays all the expenses
of transportation in all such cases.
This is tho opportunity that many have
been waiting for. It is not anticipated
that there will bo any trouble whatever
in getting nil the men necessary to fill
up the ranks of the several companies,
w hich, as mustered in, lose their local
names und become known as company
"A," company "11," etc.
The main camp is cullod Camp EllerI
m in linmiii nf On T-Mi?i
..w, ... uvuu. ui ..viviuui r.iierui', XUO
two branch camps have not yot been
named, auil probably will not bo given
titles unless it is found that the tents
[ nnnot bo gotten for some time.
There is very littlo complaining and
the men are taking everything as it
pomes in good humor. Home bad to
put breakfast out of the basins in which
they washed their faces, but they took
it us n good joke, and said that luter
they might get no breakfast at all.
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Dller Their Services to <-ovcnmieiit.
I'ive Clomsou graduates of the electrical
department have reported to
w ushington to secure positions as electriciaiiK
on warships. President Hartf.og
has received advicos from Washington
stating tliat there aro more vacancies.
If any CJfcnison graduates of
I ho electrical cottTao desire positions
they should go at once to Washington
nud call on Senator Tillman for further*
information. A graduate of the mechanical
course at CleniHon will find no
trouble in passing the examination.
Mcl>onol<l
Lieutenant Colonel.
Lieut. .1. B. McDonald, recently instructor
at tho South Carolinn Military
Academy, has been appointed Lioutenint
Colonel of a regiment iu Alabama,
tiis nutive State.
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[{ejected Continue. About One Third.
The first week of camp lifo for South
''arolina troops ended with last Saturday.
By afternoon every company
if men that wr.s needed from tho State
nilitia and citizenship of the State had
oported 011 tho grounds ready to J obey
>rders. The i'almetto Kifles, from
\ikeu filled tho eutire quota, so fur as
ho number of infantry companies aro
oncornod. All of tho Hi infantry coin anies
are now* here, and all who coma
vill have to take places in some one of
ho companies already "on the hill."
L'lio proportion of rejected continue
bout ono third.