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XVI. MANNING, S. C. WEDNESDAY, JULY'4 90 O1
A SOUTHERN SONG.
The Hemsspun Dress Written by
Miss Sinclair.
A SOUL STIRING BALLAD
And Its Histo"y That Wile B Read
With interest by Mary Old
Confederate Soldi -rs
and O:hors
The fol'owing story of a popular bal
lad of the war for southern independ
ence, which we clip from The State will
prove interesting to those of our
readess who sre not old enough to hive
heard it sung when its loyal words
meant much, as well as to the men and
women who remember with what good
will it was sung in that time. The ac
count is contained in the report of a
committee appointed for the purpose of
ascertaining the authorship of "The
Homespun Dress:"
'1E REPORT.
When the Confederate General Kirby
Smith invaded Northern Kentucky,
John Uui Lloyd, in common with sev
eral other villagers stool in f:ont of
the grocery pictured in his bock,
"Stringtown-on the Pike," a group of
Morgan's cavalrymen awaiting orders
being the at rac:ion. Daring the in
terval one of tne party struck up a song
beginning "Oh, yes, I am a southern
girl," the others joiniag in the chorus
Wisling to incorporate it in "mStrrg
town," the ballad was sought, but with
out avail- Finslly memory was trust Ed
for the two verses rn crded in the bock
Subsequently, however, Profess'r L'o, d
made a pritted r quest under date of
Januaey 5, 1901, !or the full poem and
the name of its author, offering a re
ward of $100 to the perse'n first t) sup
ply the oadad and tne c( r.ect name of
the author. U(spee~ediy, the off:r
resulted in a mass of correspondence
and a rumber of claimants for the honor
of author ship.
In this dilemma, a second offer of
$50 was made for the indisputable es
tablishment of the authors's name to
tne satisfaction of a committee ccm
posed of three judges of the Cincinnati
court who kindly consented to act.
The result, as pronounced by the
judges, is as follows:
"The ballad and the correct name of
the author were first given by Mr
William J. Bryan, No, 1113 St, Gregory
street, Mt. Adams, Cinc:nnati; received
January 5, 1901, 8 40 p. m., delivered
personally, award, $100 00.
"The first per;.on giving uncontro
vertible proof of the authorship sup
plied by the above correspondent, was
,Mr. Charles W. Hubner, Carnegie Li
brary, Atlanta, Georgia, reeeived Feo
ruary 16, 1901,. awar d, $50 00.
"The total number of correspondents
in this contest is over 400 The names
of forty-eight different authors were
presented, of whom thirty-two could be
ruled out at once. As to the remain
ing s:xteen unimpeachable evidence
gives the credit of authorship to
MISS CARRIE BELE SINCLAIR,
of Savaunah, Georgia. This name in
connection with the ballad was first
given by Mr. Bryan. The conclusive
evidence was supplied (first via Mr.
Hubner, and subsequently Mrs. N V.
Randolph, of Richmond, Va ) by Mrs.
C. I. Walker, of Summerville, 8. C., a
sister of the author, and was confirmed
in all details by Mrs. Sarah 0. Mason,
of Philadelphia, Pa., another surviving
sister of the aut tor.
Respectfully submitte,
Aaron McNeill,
David Davis,
May 31, 1901. Howard Ferris.
HISTORY OF THE HOMESPUN DRESS.
This ballad was written by Miss Sin
clair in midsummer, 1h62 (1'estimony
of her sister, Mrs. Mason )
"In this connection, the date is con
firmed in print by G. N. Saussy, now of
Brainb~ridge, Ga,, a lieutenant colonel
of the Confederate army, who was home
in Savannah on furlough after being
wounded in the Sharpsburg battle
(September 16 and 17, 1862). He was
favored with a manuscript copy of
the poem by the author, Miss Sinclair,
and also heard the song sung to the
popular air of "The Bonnie Blue Flag "
by a lady members of the "Q ieen
Sisters," an English family, then nold
ing the boards of the old Savannah
theatre.
Evidence from R N Harris, Atlanta,
Ga., kindly submitted by Mr. Habner,
of Atlanta, throws light on the history
of this song and the personality of the
talented autho::
Atianta, Ga., March 24, 1901.
Charles W. Hubner.
Dear Sir:-As there has been some
doubt expressed as to the author of
"The Hom,.spun Dress," 1 can g:ve you
a few facts wrQo I know to be true.
In August, 1863, I was detailed on
specras duty in iravsanahn, and remained
there unti thme city was surrendered to
Sherman's armr. I stink it was in
December, 1863, that I first met Miss
Sinciarr. S&e remained in Savannah
several months, and it was my good for
tune to meet fler -sany times; she was
a very gaiet litLde woman; ar d vcry
rarely spoke of her a rarzge, but I re
memoer once is paricular when she
told how she came to write " -The H ome
spun Dress." Sue said it was in
Augusta, Ga. There was quite a riv
alry witir the girls ss to dlo should
have the neates:. hamapan dress, and
from this incident she took the idea
and wrote that old war song. It was
-first published in an Augusta paper and
was copied in the Savaznah Merning
.News. It was also set to music and
published by Blackmar, who at tbat
time had a music store in Augrusta.
~These are facts that I know to be true
from my own personal knowledge. .I
don't wish any newspaper notoriety in
regard to this controversy, but as Miss
Sinclair cannot speak for herself, I
want to see ,iustice done her.
Yours truly,
R. N. Harris.
No. 16i Marietta street.
The fact that southern soldiers often
received copies of the song from their
friends, led to many claims of author
ship, as the baiad was frequently
found on the persons of southern sol
diers slain in battle. To thi~s may be
ade that several parodies and an
swers were made of the verses from the
northern side.
1. gives the author of "Stringtown on
the Pike" great satisfaction to feel
that a subject that for a time seemei
likely to prove a matter of endless con
test-has at last been settled bevotd
controveray, ard he hereby extends his
thanks to the press and the many
frierds who have cintributed toward
the accomplishment of this object.
BiOG iAPIIY OF MISS SINCLAIR
M:s Carzie Sell Sinclair was born on
the 22d of May, 1839, at Milledgeville,
Ga., being the fifth of nine daughters
tf the Rev. E: jah Sinclair, a Metho
diet preacher and a man of consider
able note, from whom Miss Siaclair in
herited her talent a4 a poet. He was
a member of the Gan rria conference
and delegate to the general conference
which met in Baltimore in 1340. Hts
mother was a sister of Robert Fulton,
the femous inventor of the steamboat.
Owing to failing health, Mr. Sinclair
afterward retir.d from professional
work and removed with his family to
MLoon, G , where he founded the
Macon Female college; then he. went to
Savannah, and fic' ly to Georgetown,
S. C , where he did in 1847.
While residing in Augusta, Ga , the
poetic talent of Carrie Ball Sinclair be
came manifest to the publc at large
through the Georgia Gazette, her first
poem, "The Storm," being written
w'en she was but fifteen years old. In
1860 Miss Sinclair issued her first vol
ume of poems (Augusta. Ga., 1860).
which she dedicated to her nrier d and
adviser, the Hon. Alexander H. Steph
ens, vice president of the Confederacy.
During the Civil War Miss Sinclair
wrote a number of inspiring southern
poems comm morative of inc d nts of
the w: r; many of which were set to
music. They were so enthusiastically
:eceived that they son won for their
author the name, 'Song bird of the
Sou .h.",
Among these poems are: The Sol
iir's Suit of Grsy, Fing forth our
3rthern Banner, The Homespun
Dregs AI: Q tiet of the Savannah to
iight, Grorgt-, my Georgia, etc.
Hi.r in ease interest :n the adairs of
the war recounts for the fact that wita
her own nand Fhe made thirteen flags
f silk, presenting them to different
onfederate regiments.
After the war M ss Sinclair continued
writing for Augusta pap-rs and also be
same a regular contribusor to the Basto a
Plot, acd ott er journals of the south
md north, writing s imetimes under the
nom de plume "Mollie Marsgold,"
aer earlier pseudonym was "Clara."
Later Miss Sinclair removed to Phil
idelphia, bat her secotd volume of
poems, which she named '-Heart Whis
;ers"or ' Eshoes of Songs" 1872) was
ievcr published, and unfortunately
nay never be, for after her death the
nanuEcript was stoIen.
The later life of the talented author
teems to have been clouded by disap
pointrnent. She died in Philadeidhia
,n 1883, writing poetry to the last; '"ehe
oved her pen," as her surviving sister,
Irs. Mason writes, and as her poems
attest.
TUE IO3IESPUN DRESS
By Carrie Bell Sinclair.
Written in Savannah, Georgia, in mid
Summer, 1862.
)h, yes, I am a aouthern girl,
And glory in t~he name,
and bo ist it with far greater pride
Than glittering wealth or fame.
[ envy not the northern girl
Hecr robes of beauty rare,
IEough diamonds grace her snowy neck
Andi pearls be.'eck her hair.
3horus: Burrah! Hurrah!
For the sunny south so dear!
Three cheers for the homespun
Our southern ladies wear!
My homespun dress is plain, 1 know,
My hat's pal.metto, too;
But then it shows what southern girls
For southern rights-will do.
We scorn to wear a bit of silk,
A bit of northern lace,
But make our homespun dresses up,
Ant wear them w.th such grace.
Chorus
sw northern goods are out of' date;
And since old Abe's blockade,
We southern girls can be content
With goods that's siuthern made,
rhe southland is a glorious land,
And her's a glorious cause;
rhen here's three cheers for southern rights,
And for the touthern bog s!
Chorus
We send the b.-avest of our land
To battle with the foe,
and we would lend a helping hand
We love the south, you know,
We send our sweethearts to the war;
But, dear girls, never mind
I ur soldier-love will net forget .
The girl he left behind.
Chorus.
h soldier is the lad for me
A brave heart I adore;
and when the sunny south is free,
And fighiag is no more,
i cheose me then a lover brave
From cut that gal ant band;
he soldier lad 1 .ove the beet
$hati have my heart and hand.
Ceorus.
Ad now, young men, a word to you:
If you would win the fair,
3 to the die.d where honor calls,
And win your lady there.
Remember that our b ightest smiles
Are for the true and brave,
and that our tears tall for the one
Who fills a soldier s grave.
Chorus.
The Corn Crop.
Corn h:as become the greatest and
most valuable crap of the Umited States,
and is therefore watched every year
with great anxiety. Roports of a gen
eal bad condition of the growing corn
have therefore caused much alarm, and
it is grau~fying to know that the prei
ins of damage to the crop have been
Lxaggrated. The cora scare was un
doutedly designed by speculatora and
the effect of their misrepresentations
have been to a great deg~ree counter
acte d by impartial and reliable in forma
tion. It is undoutedly true that corn
has suffered terribly in parts of the
west, especially in Missouri, Kansas
and Nebraska, but the drouth in those
states has been broken by the rains of
the past few days and the condition of
corn improved very much. The Federal
departmernt of agriculture does not be
lieve that the crop mil fail below 2.000,
000,000 busheis. It must be remem
bered, toe, that a very large amount of
corn was left over last year. It is prac
tically certain that the country will
have ample corn for all its own needs
and enough to meet the demands of
other countries which are taking tmore
of tat articl every year.
THE COTTON CROP.
The General Outlock Not So
Enco uraging.
CONDITIONS MUCH VAR!ED.
In Some Sections It Was Too
D 1; In Others Too Wet
for the Crop to
Flour'sh.
The report on cotton covering the
last week are not of an encouraging
nature, although they are more in
cined, to anticipate than to chronicle
positive itjury. The extremely high
temperature that prevail d over the
central and western portions of the
belt, in connection with a contirued
absence of rain where it is most needed
chetked the growth of the plants and
induced some shedding of leaves and
fruit. Ia a few sections excessive pre
cipitation caused too much weed, while
in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
and portions of Mississippi a slight but
general improvement in condition, both
as to growth and fruitage, is noted.
Picking has begun in Texas but will
not be general for some time. General
rains over the belt would quickly
change the present gloomy outlook into
a brilliant prospect for a big crop.
In North Carolina, in many western
and northern counties, crops mace
favorable progress, but in the east and
south too much rain interfered again
with farm work, but has start d grass
to growing rapidiy in most all cr ps.
Bottom lands are in very bad coaal
Bion, and hardly any resuits are expect
ed from them. The weather has been
a liL.le cool f ,r cotton, and :hs
rainy, damp conditions since the 12,h
is causing it to cavelop too much woeo.
In South Carolina cotton inproved
with cultivation, and altbougt still
very small, looks hesithy and is fruit
ing better than last week. Msat of the
fields have been cleaned of grass, and
the plants are growing slowly. In
places cotton continues to hive a yel
low color, and there are reports cf
shedding leaves and equ'res. Sea
island is thriving, but the plants are
dwarfed, and blight is present in Ep)ts.
In Georgia, except over limited
area?, the week passed with little or no
rainfall, attended by high temperature.
While such conditions favored cultiva
tion of crops, they are detrimental to
corn and cotton, and the later crops are
badly in need of moisture. A hot wind
on the 12th parched vegetation to a
considerable extent.
In Florida the week has been favor
able over the greater portion of the
State, and a general improvement is
noticed in cotton over the western dis
trict, where the staple has been well
ult vated and is now fruiting more
freely. There is much grass to con
tend with in northern and central cis
tricts, and where some fields have been
abandoned.
In Alabama prachecally no rain was
eeived, exoept insamcient showers in
xtreme eastern and southwestern
:ounties, and the drought ia becoming
serious in its effects. Cotton is hold
ing up fairly well though it would be
benefitted by rain; it is still small, but
lean, well formed and fruiting fairly
satisfactorily.
In Mississippi the week was intensely
hot with a high per cent. of sunshine.
he mean temperature ranging from 4
to 8 degrees above normal and the
maximum reached 100 degrees or more
in all parts of the State. kEept a very
few light scattered showers in some
of the southern connties, no rain fell
during the week. Many correspondents
report no rainfall of any consequence
since June 6:h. Cotton is being laid by
and on bottom lands contir~ues to do
well, while on uplands the growth of
the plant has bcen retarded by dry
weather and it is blooming to the top.
Da the whole, the staple is withstand
ing the draught remarkably well.
in Louisiana, over that portion of the
State lying south of a line drawn
through Avoyells, Rapides and Vernon
arihes, refreshing and benedecal
showers were frtgaent during the first
dys - of the weer, and lighter, local
showers occurred at 'scatftered places
north of that tier of parishes.
Cotton is doing well wherever rain
has fallen and has stcod the drought
well wherever 'grown, but is very small
and in many places has Ett pped grow
ing for the want of moisture and is
fruiting at the top at a height of 12 to
8 inches, where ordinarily at this sza
son of the year its height is two to four
feet.
In Tennessee generally hot, dry
eather, and high percentage of sun
shine prevailed during the week with
amaging effect on growing crops. In
a few sections were local rains fell
:o:tly in the northeastern portion of
the eastern division and the eastern
portion -of the middle division-craps
are, as a rule, in good condition, but
:snhre, especia?!y in the cerora1
ad wesi~ern portions of the w~stern
ivisioni, thle drought is getting a beI
very serious on al growing crops,
secinlly early upland corn, which is
pidly faiilng. Gotton has made fLiir
proress towari fruiting until thuc s
ew days, and it is now beginning to
ow tae effect of the extremely d:y
eather.
In Texas a marked deficincy in rain
ali for the Szae is again noted. While
~howrs, arnd in a few instances hcavyl
rains, occurred on the 10th 11th and
1h over the soutawestern pordon and
ong thc Gulf coast, there were omiy
afew localitice where the droughty con
litions were relieved. 0 :er the nonth
in, central, westan, and, notabi ,
ver the northeastern sections, the
rought is practically nobroken: the
rew scattered showers that fell over
hese districts did little more than
ampen the ground and were of no bene
t to vegetation. In some localities it
as been seven weeks sincie rain fell,
d in a great many sections the drought
has romained unbroken for over a
naonth. S:ock water is failing fast
and the ranges are dry and barc;
wells and small water courses are drying
ap, and in many places where crops are
rriigated this work has been abandoned
on accouat of insuffioient water supply.
n portions of the State where rain fel,
crops that were not too far gone reviv
ed rapidly, but over much of the great
er par:. of the State a serious drought is
prevailing, Cotton, that has withstood
the drought so well, is beginaing to
fail. That planted on uplands is shed
ding badly and in many others ways
shows the effects of fry weather. Low
land cctton is doing fairly weF; it is
fruiting rapidly, but the crop needs
rain badly and unless it is relieved
soon much less than an average crop
will be made. In the southwestern per
tion of the S:ate some cotton has been
picked, but it will be scme time before
this work will be general. In Frio
county one bale of cotton has been
ginned.
In Arkansas gentraliy very high
temperature revailed thronghout the
State. No rain of any consequence
was reported. Crops of all kinds have
been damaged by the continued dry.
hot weather. Cotton has bean badly
injured in most sections and is gen
eraly suff ring for need of rain.
In Oklahoma and Indian Territory
the draught conditions are very se
vere ard threaten injury to moat
crops, but cotton has withstcoi the
dry weather and high temperature
very well, except that the plants are
beginning to shed their fruit.
Italy Takes Matter Up.
A special from Washington says:
The Italian govarnment has taken cog
cizano of a recant affray at Erwin,
Miss., in which it is claimed two Itali
ans were lynched and a thir seriously
rounded. The facts have been com
municated to the foreIgn cffie at Rome,
and the Italian embassy here has made
representations to the state department.
As the same time, the Italian authori
ties ere pursuing an investigation of
their own through their ecuansel at Ne
Orleans and their consular agent at
Vickhurg, Miss., which is not far from
the scene of the alleged trouble. Thus
far the r ports rLceived fron these ofii
etals establish two essential points in
what is coridered a rather serious con
dition of affairs. First, it is reported
positively that the Italians were killed
by Ig.ning, an not through any acci
dent or chatca affray. S.cand, tne
Itn iar authorities nearest to the scene
tf the trouble hive established to their
eatisisction that the persons kidted are
Itaiia::i subjects in the fuli sense. not
havintg taken out naturalization papers.
Thus iar the case is in s state of inquiry
both on the part of the state depart
ment and the Italian authorities, but
thiere is every indication that the fact
will constitute an international inci
dent similar to that with Italy growing
out of the k.liing of Italians in Louis
iana.
New Storage Rules.
The S:ate rail road commission Wed
nesday gave the railroads a final hear.
ing in regard co its nsw storage rules.
There were present M:. Paddle for the
Southern, Mr. W. G. Smith for the
Atlantic Coast Line, Mr. H. D. Hey
low for the Plant syutem, Col. J. C.
iaskel. of Atlanta :representing the
car service association and the other
lines save the Charleston and Western
Carolina which was represented by Mr.
Wright. There was a full discussion of
the w.hole matter. The. rules change the
time limit for removal from depots
from 48 to 72 hours after notice, and al
low a man resi1inig mnoie than four
miles from a depot "a reasonables time"
af ter notice to get his goods away. It
was developed at the hearing that the
roads have generally refunded charges
when good excuses were presented.
The new storage rules will be issued in1
a few days, the board having finally
adopted them.
No Weather Flags.
The Oharleston Post says the daily
weather singals have not been display
for several days and the reason given
is that the chief of the bureau has re
cently issued instructions that in cities
of over 5.000 inhabitants, no flags, ex
cept the cold wave signa[, be hereafter
displayed, but that the forecasts be
made available to the public through
the daily newspapers and by positig
them at prominent points They will be
displayed as formerly if the flags are
provided without expense to the bureau
as the money appropriated for flags
wil be spent for th eqipment and main
tenance of forecast disply stations in
rural c:>mmunities. In South Carolina,
this order will affect Charleston,
Columbia, Spartanburg, Greenville,
Sumter, Andernon, Orangeburg, Rock
Hill and Union.
Deserts His Family.
Dr. R. V. Da.kes, a prominent physi
cian and druggist of Pulaski, Miss., who
has a wife and six ohaldren at that place,
and Miss Sadie Harsha, a young woman
who has been keeping books for him,
were arrested as they were boarding
the train for Oina, Tex. The step-fa
ther of the younxg lady supected that
ali was not right and he appnal~ed to an
ffier who made thle arrests. Dr. Dakes
is in jad on a charge ot deserting his
ife and ecK.dren, and the young wo
man we. turned Gver to her relatives.
See chs:m.d that she was goirng to a
buiness callege in Shreveport La., but
ieter . the pecrson of the doctor show
cr1 tnat an eiopnument had been arrang
Our New Prison.
The new 1nain building at the state
pnitetitry has been practieahy coin
pie-.d. is o'e of the handsomess
a.d best uippe prison buil~ngs in
te sout . .in a sheit tims the con
cre.:~ fiacr wil )b. completed and the
.orkr wai he doe Lsa week m:st o
rte cvnces w re moved fr.om the old
huag nte ave been quar
tcid:.ice 'I: a.1 an they are newi
s couLfo:tablyfd e a 5et of prison- i
ers could te . e "ew building hras
ai modern a a up- to d.ate equ:pments 1
:d canvnience. a. ..Al as being as 1
esre as nit pa' i ic to make it.
A Good Cause.
We pubish wvith pleasure the follow
ing frein Dr. Jacobhs: We are build
ing an intermcdiatc school for the use
o the orphans of the Thornwcll orpha
age with ias 200 jpupils. A generous
Cristian woman who knows the needs I
of this institution, has offered to give 3
$1,000, if 'ecverybody else" will give t
the rest nee&rd, $50. A kind friend v
has just hande inhis dceei for $100; I
and twent? other friends have made up p
$125. Every dollar given, means three. f
The worK must begin at once. Send v
your gift, "for the building," to Rev. p
r. W. P. Jacobs lintn, S. (. r
DEBARRED PROFITS.J
Charleston's Dispensary Profits
Taken Away nn Account of
LAW NOT BEING ENFORCED. 1
Text of the Preamble and
Res3lution Adopted by
the State Board
Wedneslay.
The State of Thursday says the
directors of the State dispensary Wed
nesday afternoon passed the resolut..,n
which takes away from the city of 1
Charleston wha ever profits may ao- i
orue from the operation of the local
dispensaries. This resclution will con
tinue of effect until the city authori
ties indicate that the illicit sale of t
liquor is suppressed-if not eradicated.
Mr. Williams was feeling unwell, but
he formed the following as the reply of
the board to the municipal authorities a
of Charleston: t
THE ULTIMATUM.
"The State board of directors having
carefully considered the defense of the
oi' y government of Charleston, pre
santed through the honorable mayor,
Mr. Soyth, and Chief cf Police Boyle,
to show cause why the dispensary
profits accruing to said city should not 2
be withheld under section 9 of the dis
pensary law, to be used for the bet:er
enforcement of said las,' find as fol
lows:
"First, That defendanfs failed to
show, and in fact admitted, that the ,
dispensary law was not properly en
forced in the city of Cha leston.
"Second, That defendants succeeded
apparently in eetablisting the fact that
the couaity governmen, of Charleston
is largely responsibie for the non-en-.
forcement of the dispensary law in the
city o! Charleston.
"'Third, That the city government
(through its representatives) admit] its
primary responsibility for such failure,
in that council has failed to enact an
rdinance forbidding the illicit sale of
liquors, providing ad( q late penalty for
the violation of such ordinance, to be
imposed by the re c-rder, in case of
convictions; therefore be it
"Resolved, That the disnen.ary
profits accruing to- the said c.ty of
Charleston are hereby withheld to be
used for the pay of State constables for
the better enforcement of the dispen
:a y law in the city of Charleston, un
til such time as the State board may
be convinced that the city authorities
have discharged every obligation rest
ing upon them.
"Resolved, second, That the Charles- B
on county board of control is hereby F
instructed to remit to the S.ate treas
arer the portion of the profits that
would go to the city of Charleaton, bu
for the passage of the above resolution, t
and that a copy hereof be sent to the t
mayor and chairman of the county
board of control."
THE LAW ON THE SUBJECT.
The resolution under which the State ~
board rcquested the Charleston offijials
t-o sappear before the board was adopt I
ad July 3;1. It reads: ' Rssolved. That
the mayor and chief of police of the C
ity of Charleston are hereby accord- I
ad the privilege, and are so re queste d ~
to appear at the offics of the State ~
bcard of directors in Columbia, S. C., '
on the 16th inst., at 10 o'c'ock a. in.,
to show cause, if any they have, why
the dispensary profits accruing to said
ity should not be withheld und ei see
tien 9 of the dispensary law, to be used 8
ror the better enforemient of said law." C
The board gets its authority for ~
Wednesday's action from the fillowing
section 9 of the dispensary law: "All ~
profits, after paying all expenses of the
sounty dispensary, shall be paid one
half to the :nunicipal corporation in C
which it may be located, such settle
nents to be made quarterly: Provided, C
rhat if the authorities of any town or
ity in 'the judgment of the State board
>f control ao not enforce the law, the I
State board may withhold the part go
ing to said town or city, and use is to (
pay State constables or else turn it into
the county treasury." - 1
The resolution depriving the city of '
Dharleston of he r dispensary profits 6
was passed unanimously and without C
mny fireworks or speeches. The definite
purpose of the board as to the means
2f carrying out the provisions of these.
resolutions is not known, but it is be
ieved from the trend of the examina- I
ion of Mayor Smyth that the board E
wants Charleston to pass an ordinance a
inposing a heavy fiae upon illicit 1tj'uor ~
lealers. Tne aleged non enforcemenct 1
>f the law could not then be said to be t
ine to the routine of swearing out war- b
~ants before making searches. a
Columbia has no such ordinance, '
hnd a member of the board intimated
hat this city had better be so fortified
r profits will b3 hed up here until il
icis hiquor dealers are triedi and con
rited in the mu'scipal ecurt. Haw- ~
~ver Chairman Hiihams may be qu ted C
m saying that if the law were enforced t
n Charleston as it is here he would be i
atiefied with Uharleston. t
Killed Themselves.
Ida and Edith Yooiand, actresses, a:
wenty-six ands Lwenty-one years old, ej
e ectivel) ; commit ed 3uieide togethe g)
y taking poison iai their rooms in Lou- a:
on. Ahout noon Eiith called their h
a~diady and told the latter the and her it
ister had taken poison. She asked the
andlady to get a cab and put her and as
ter sister in it, and promised they e,
ruld leave the house witout a oreat-,
r g a fuss or a scene. Upon going out
athe stars the landlady found Ida a
ead. Edith died on the way to the y
opital. -__________h
Ne wspaper Change
James T. Harris, president of the ti
lank of Spartanburg and manager of the
Vhite Stone Lithia 8Springs, has bought
he Spartanburg Herald. The paper
till be e~5ntinued as a morning paper. er
t is annonnced that the policy of the ra
aper will remain the same as under fe
rmer ownership. J. C. Garlington, u;
rho has been for several years the pro- cf
rietor and editor of the Herald, will ti
mamin as erditr c0
TILLMAN IN CHARLESTON
Ee Meets the Famous Chico and is
offered a Drink.
A special to The State from Charles
on says Senator Tillman, Mrs. T;ll
nan at d Miss Tillman, who have been
he guests of Sheriff Morrison, of Beike
ey county, at McClellanville, for some
lays, returned to Charleston Wednes
lay morning. The party er.joyed their
tay at MoClellanville, and the senator,
specially, had a good time. He is
onsiderably sunburnt as a result of his
ishing trips Senator Tillman and
)arty spent the day at Capt. Martin's
iospitable home on Rutledge avenue,
eavsng for Trenton in the afternoon.
The senator did not have any start
ing, sensational interviews to give out.
le has been out of touch with the
sews centers, he said, and consequent
y had but little to say.- He said that
re was not sufficiently posted on the
Jnarleston blind tiger situation to ex
>rcs3 an opinion beyond the statement
hat when he was governor, Charleston
ras a much drier town, and he did not
ave a metropolitan police, either, to
nforce the law.
When asked about Senator McLiurin
ud commercial Democracy, he said
hat he could see no good in McLsurin's
>lities, and could not understand what
deLaurin was after, unless it was an
'fice by President McKinley's appoint
ment. He laughing'y referred to the
mprovement in McLaurin's health
inte his resignation was withdrawn.
Senator Tillman was driven over the
ity, taking in the points of interest,
,nd he expressed his pleasure with what
le saw.
While out strlling Wednesdaymorn
ne, Senator Tillman ani Vincent
hieco met in the market, and the two
rere introduced ay Capt. Martin, who
ras escorting the senator about the city.
"Well, are you the Chic that I've
Leard so much about?" said Senator
iliman.
'Mi do tam Chic," was the reply,
'and you ata me de only whiskey men
n South Cariina
J )kingiy, Senator Tillman reminded
Jhicao that he had never sent him that
amous brand of Tillman Chicca whis
:ey which he had promised. Chicco
aid he would send a bottle immediate
', and also a box of Chicco-Tillman
igars.
Daring the conversation something
ras said about taking a drink, but
enator Tillman said he never indulged.
"You look like a man who takes a
rink," said Chicco.
The members of the party laughed
eartily and passed on through the
iarket.
Government by Injunction.
Judge C. D. Clark, of the United
tate s district court at Cincinnati re
used the motion to dissolve the tem
orary injunction issued against the
trikiog machinists, indicating very
lainly to counsel for the defense what
is opinion would be on certain princi
les involved. He said that for picket.
g an injunction would be granted, but
hat acts of violence and even boycot
ing were not to be met by injunction.
le said: "I have arrived at the conclu
ion, beyond all shadow of doubt, that
icketing is unlawful; that it is immoral
nd wrong. Counsel for the defense
inst understand plainly that I am op
orel to picketing in any form and that
will promptly make the power of this
ourt felt against it." He described
icketing as intercepting men while go
og to or from the factory-anywhere,
en miles away-by one man or by
ire than orne, and any interference
rith ingress and egress of workmen.
Medical College Scholarships.
The following appointments to the
holarships in the Charleston medical
allege were yesterday announced by
be governor:
First District-Miss Marion Robert
on Macmillan, Charleston.
Second-S A. Morrall, Edgefield.
Taird-Leland 0. Mauldin, Pickens
ounty.
Fourth-0.car Laborde, Riohland
ounty.
Fif th-Elwood F. Bell, York county.
Sixth-Thomas Chalmers Johnson,
'lorence county.
Seventh-Holland McTyere Carter,
loleton county.
Miss Macmillan is the second young
ily that has ever been appointed to
scholarship in the medical college.
Fv. McSweeney appointed her prede
eneor also.
A Good One.
The following is a copy of a warrant
sued by an Alabama justice of the
eace: "to any lawful cfieer of the
.ate Complaint on oath having Bene
iade before me that the offense of a
lsinz E. I. Whelar By Coming in
iar HI us Cirsing Rear and threating
> Knee her down & for her to sheat
er own mout & drawed Bach his arm
d sead he woid Knock hell out of her
;then .iamp on Uhappel and got out
ars Das appeared for one hoar & Come
lack agir & Did Kick her Dor & Brook
se loet & dusted che:Dore in too places
:Saad if dho did not open the dore he
uid Brake hit D.>wn so any lawfuel
Sier of the State ycu are Commanded
>Bing frsak Steveans Before me this
~prial the 13, 1898 F. M. Prica Jus
e of the Peace."
Can't Help Them.
The authorities of Yoik county have
pin written the governor stating that
t glanders is steadily spreading in
it county, and asking in view of the
2noneement that Dr. Neasom cannot
ave Clemson on account of sickness
ihis family, that certain Atlanta ex
tst, who are named, be sent there toI
d in checking the spread of the dis
we The governor has no funds Wit a
hichio pay for such service, and has
ritten the York county authorities
at about all they can do is to write
resident Hart z g of Clemson, and if
acan do nothing, then employ the
tperts them elves. He regrets, he
,ye, that he is powerless to render
te desired aid.
Hot in Kansas.
Kansas is about burnt up. For sev
al days last week the mercury has
nged from 106 to 109. While the
ling oflutter helpiesnese attendant
on the drouth has passed, the people
the State do not attempt to deny
at the fall crops are in a desperate
GEORGIA JUSTICE.
Two White Men Punished for illini
a Negro.
A dispatch from Atlanta says the
Shell Cochran case, which was decided
by the Georgia supreme court Thursday
against the convicted men, is one of
the most interesting oases that has eves
come up from Campbell county. Shell
and Pegram Cochran and one of thei
companions, a man named Hester, are
now convicted of murdering Sterling
Thompson, of Campbell county, during
January of the present year, and they
all three face life sentences ih the pen
itentiary.
Indictments are in existence spinal
Steve Cochran and men named Mc
Kenzie, Deaouney and Reeves, wh(
will doubtless be tried at the next
term of court, The case came up from
the superior court of Campb.ll county,
Judge John S. Candler presiding. The
story of the murder is perhaps best told
from the evidence of Hester, one of the
convicted men, who turned state's evi
dence.
Sterling Thompson was an old ,negrc
man, who held a lease upon a farm
which had been purchased by old man
Chohran, the father of Shell Cochran.
The state gave as a motive for the
crime the fact that the Cochrans wan
ted to occupy the Thompson farm, and
alleged that they adopted murder as
the best method of riddidg tbemselve
of him.
Hester testified that the Cochran
boss had asked him to join in a con
spiracy to' whip cid man Thompson,
as the negro had been talking against
the whites. Hester stated that he.
Shell Cochran, Pegram Cochran and
McKenz'e, DeMouney and Reeves went
in buggies to the farm of the old ne
gro. At a store they stopped to ask
for a light. The storekeeper reoogniz
ed McKo zie and so testified at the
trial.
When they arrived at Thompson'e
house, said Hester, M< Ketzie, whc
had been elected' c:ptain, called to
Thompson to e-:me out and help him
in attending his team. Thompson ie
fused to come because his wife advised
him not to, she believing that she had
heard footsteps around the house.
Hester testified that the men told
Thompson they would batter down his
door if he did not come out. He again
refused and with tools obtained from
a nearby blacksmith shop they batter
ed down his door. As they entered,
said Hester, Thompson fired at them
with a shotgun, filling the door facing
with squirrel shot.
They then fired a volley at the ne
gro, killing him. His son attacked the
white men with a hoe and several shots
were fired at him. Afcer being kicked
for several times he was left for dead, as
he did not move.
Hester testified that the party had
gone to Thompson's house for the pur
pose of whipping him, but had been
forced to kill him. Hester also testi
fied that Steve Cochran was not in the
party, but the state contends that Steve
Cochran was the ringleader of the whole
business, having induced his brothers
to do the work while he remained at
home.
THE HOT WAVE.
More Disastrous to Human Life Than
Any Recent Epidemic.
The recent hot wave with its hun
dreds of deaths and thousands of pros
trations has bein more disastrous in
its effects than any epidemic that has
visited the country. Cholera, yelloa
fever, smallpox, each have also claimed
hundreds of victims, but not within
the space of so few days. The direct
faalities have been enormous, but the
scourage cannot be judged by these
alone; the increase in the number of
deaths from other causes must also
be attributed to the excessive heat,
fatal in its results on a system en
fee bled by disease. In the future hun
dreds of those prostrated who escaped
immediate death will succumb to com
paratively mild attacks of disease and
thus the mortality will go on for months
In the large cities ambulances and pa
trol wagons were insufficient to convey
the sticken to .the hospitals and these
were unable to respond to all the de
mands made upon them with every bed
occupie d and extra cots in the carridora
and physicians and nurses overtaxed,
sometimes failing beneath the strain.
The strenuous iife is inevitably con
qured by the strenuous thermometer.
In such crises nothing can be done
save to treat each case ~ individually
and instruct the populace how best to
accommodate themselves to condition.
In cities the permitted free use of wa
ter to cool burning pavements, the oc
cupancy of the parks during the night
by those whose sleeping places were
akin to ovens, the -free distribution of
ice, all had effect in keeping the
death rate from soarine still higher but
the chief wo~k to be done, the chief
lesson learned, is that of prevention
the improvement of housing of the
poor, the devising of means to pre
vent factories stores and street from
becoming infernos, the modification of
cation work hours, the abating of
some of the hurry and rush of our
usual temperate zone to the dolce far
niente more in keeping with the occas
siona' torrid experiences. All this until
the day when man will have is in his
power to modify atmospheric conditions
to produce cooling showers by explo
sive force or otherwise, and to lower
temperature in large areas by the use
of some agent such as l'quid air Amer
cean Medicone.
A Cowardly Act.
A special to The G-lobe D.:mocrat
jrom (jordova, Mex , sass: A train on
:e Vera Ctiz and Pacific railway was
ittacked recently by a large force of
irmed men at Tierra Blanca, a small
tastion. Seven men on the train were
tilled. As soon as the news of the at
acked reached Cordova a force of ru
'ala was sent to the scene and is now in
,ursuit of the mob. The cause of ar
ack is not known here. It is said to
tave been made by men who were for
nerly employed in the construction of
he road.
Election Day Set.
The Governor has issued his pro
lamation ordering the election for
successor to the late Congressman J.
1m. Stokes to be held on Nov. 5 next.
~his is the general election day, and it
s thought best to have the election
ake plae at that time.
OUR TRADE LOSSES.
Result of the Administration Pol
icy in the Orient.
EXPORTS HAVE INCREASED:
In Those Sections Where We Have
Stuck Strickly to Business.
Aggressive Policy Does
Not Pay Us
For years past, especially since tle
purchase of the Philippines we have
heard much about the splendid pros
pects of extending our commerce in the
Orient. It is a remarkable commentary
on the these rosy predictions that the
statisties for the 11 months which end.
ed with May, 1901, show that the
quarter from which such a vast increase
of trade was to come to us is the only
part of the world in which we sustained
a loEs of commerce.
While we gained everywhere else we
lost heavily in the region which has
been so volubly proclaimed as the
promised land of American commercial
enterprise.
Our exports to South Ameriea in
creased $6,000,000; to Africa $6,000,d
000; to countries of North America
$10,000,000 and Europe $100,000,000
in 11 months.
Daring the same period, our exports
to Asia and Oneanica actually dearessed
$25,000,000.
It is - claimed that the troubles in
China account for this big falling off
but that explanation will not do for
several reasns. In the first place our
loss of exports to eastern countries is
greater than the whole volume of our
exports to China has ever been in one
year.
In the second place th chief Chinese
ports were constantly open during the
time when this shrinkage of our ex
ports to the east occurred, and in the
third- place we 103t heavily in oriental
trade outside of China which could not
have been affected, by the rebellion in
that country.
Daring 11 months ended with .May
1900 our exports to Asia and Oceanaica
amounted $101,000,000 and during the
11 months ended May 31, 1901, these
exports reached a total of only $76,000,=
000.
Itis also claimed that a large part of
our exports to Hawaii during the period
referred to are not included in the
figures for our Pacific trade as Hawaii
is now considered a customs disirict
of the United States. But even if we
exclude the entire volume of our ex
ports to Hawaii, which for the 11
months taken in this comparison did
not exceed $16,000,000 we stiR-have a
loss in exports to the east of faily$100,
000,000.
It is a remarkable fact that while the
the total volume of our exports during
the fiscal year just closed increased im
mensely of $1,487,656 544, we lost
heavily in trade with Asiaand Oceanica.
The great increase of our exports is
due almost entirely to larger sales of
agricultural and manufactured produiess
to Europe.
The nations of Europe are not only
still by far our best customers bus they
buy more from us than ever Weore more
the aggregate and a greater variety of
articles.
We may eventually build up our
trade in the Orient to much larger pro
portions than it now has but Europe
must continue to be our biggest and
best market for our exports for a long
time to come.
Our policy of territorial expansion in
the east has not so far availed to in
crease our trade in that quarter, and it
never will if it depends merely upon
establishment of military power there.
- Constable Removed.
Governor McSweeney has discharged
Constable Rowell, stationed at Fior
ence. Monday night of last week this
constable telegrapzied the governor a
sensational message from Florence in
timatin, that there was real trouble
over there and saying that he would
leave Tuesday.. The governor ordered
him by wire to report tue nature of the
trouble, and no reply was given. The
telegrama were published Wednesday.
Rowell went to Columbia and called
on the governor Wednesday morning.
The "trouble" was found to be onlya
little personal matter between the con
stable and some one els,. The gover
nor forthwith removed Roweli from the
force for sending sensational telegrams
and refusing to explain when ordered
to do so.
Granted a Pardon.
The governor has granted a pardon
to Benjamin Barril of Greenville, who
was convicted of assault and battery
with intent to kill and sentenced in
March, 1895, to 10 years in the peniten
tiary. He has served six years which
is a remarkably long period for such an
effense. He was pardoned because of
the certificate of the superintendent of
the prison anid others that he was non
compos mentis, or very weak minded, a
constant sufferer from dropsy, and to
tally incapable of any work. Capt.
Griffith said the man was a charge
upon the State. Senator Dean was
among those asking the pardon.
A Strange Story.
Irena Canning, 16 years old, from
Galveston, Texis, claiming to be an
heriess a.o $300,000 in southern banks
and securities, is in the custody of the
sheriff awaiting instructions from her
guardian, the Rev. George Tarbox, of
Savannah. She claims to have been
under hypnotic influence of a doctor
who abducted her from a boarding
school at Holyoke, Mass. She got off a
train at South .Band Ind., recently to
escape the man who was follo.wing her.
She is quite attractive in appearance
and has traveled all over the United
States. The police are investigating.
A Man in Disguise.
A detective a few days ago placed un
der arrest a supposed young woman who
had been teaching a private school in
the Kings river neighborhood, Arkan
sas. It turned out that the school teasen
er was in disguise, that his name was
Sears and that he was wanted in Texas
on the charge of murder, committed

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