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WADE HAMiTON. Col. Hoyt'- Eulogy On the Gre, -%nd Good Man ADOPTED BY OLD C0MR a The Fine Tribtite to tie (allant :mi Peerl'e soldier Unanimtously AdIopted by Veterans in Convention. The following is the memorial pre sented by Col. Hoyt and unaniL is> adopted by the United Conf'e:a:t Veterans in their convention a t c ren ville on last Thursday. as a t riblut t: the memory of Gen. Wade i Tim 'a Col. Hoyt said: The Confederate hosts aure marching on to victory : The world looks back ward to App.>mattox to hear a nation': death cry: The dark and awful night of the Confederacy had then come, and men were unprepared for the tina shock of the contest which had beer waged for four years. it was an era more event:ul thar any period in the world's history where more battles were fought wituir a given time than on any other port ior of the globe-great and terrible bat ties. in which hundreds and thousand: were slain on both sides. Our great leader said the time had come to sur render: yet even at that moment. whet the flag of truce was going forward some of Lee's ragged. half-starved mer were driving the enemy in front o them. In altogether another sense the thir gray line that disappeared at A ppo mattox has achieved victories that ar not less important contributions ti the world's history, and today. for passing moment. amid the sacred plea sures of reunion we pause to recoun1 the virtues of the slain who died ir vain for freedom on the field or wh( have made a record since that ha challenged the admiration of the mer ard women who have known the Con feleracy only as a memory of tli pest. HA3IPTON'S CO3IPATRIOTS. In memorializing our own greal chieftain in war and in peace. let u: recall some of those who were hi! compatriots in the triumphant tid of war and in the hours of bitter an guish, when the stoutest rate tha1 ever fought was brought low to the dust of humiliation, and in tht brighter days that came with hops and reconciliation to take the place o: haggard waste and supreme despair Let us enter with Father Ryan thi wondrous woodland where he heard , grand memoriam strain that came ir solemn measure till his soul, wit] comfort blessed, "Sank'down among the lilies With folded wings to rest." "Through the forest's twilight aisle Passed a host with mutiled footsteps. In martial rank and tile: And I knew those gray-clad figures, Thus slowly passmng by. Were the souls of Southern soldiers Who for freedom dared to die." ALBERT sIDNEY JOHNsTON. Look yonder at Albert Sidney Jlohn ston, who on Shiloh's bloody tiel yielded up his noble and unseltish lif even when wicked and' cruel slande was dragging down his name. and hi vindication swiftly came to rebuk and silence the vile tongues of hi traduc~rs. He was among the nobles and bravest, and the South will eve cherish his glorious memory and un stained character.* Swift as the eagle's wing there goe Stonewall Jackson, in whose ears ran; the victorious shouts of his own sol diers at Chancellofsville, as he passe< to his reward, with a crown of glor; won and his warfare accomplished The civilized world recognizes the fac that the supremest attribute of hi character, though renowned as a mPIl tant soldier, was the inflexible devotiol of his soul to the cross of Christ, al humble, faithful, intrepid follower c the lowly N'azarene. . POLK AND HILL. The warrior priest, Leonidas Polk the great and mighty leader of met who counted it joy to meet his Maste while battling for the right and whos life was freely given for the land h loved so well. A. F. Hill, whose pure and nobl spirit joined the martyred host on tb last battle plain, as it were: .Teb Stu art, the bold and daring cavaliei whose funeral knell pealed forth ami the boom. of his own artillery; gallan Ashiby's stalwart form was laid in a early grave under the shadows of hi own Blue Ridge. where the murmui ing waters of the Shenandoah singr requiem over his earthly remains: th matchless Pelham and the peerles Pegram: the dashing, resourceft Morgan and the incomparable Forrest SPLENDID CAROLINIANs. J enkins, glorious Jenkins, with hi fearless, steady eye, that laughed wit: triumph when the battle-storm wa raging; Kershaw, the chevalier witl: out reproach: Kennedy, the generous lofty spirit that knew not fear: Ba: nard E. Bee, an otticer of tried cour-ag and undoubted capacity, whose gk rious career was ended at Manassas where he gave his first orders in bat tle: Milledge L. Bonham, of nobl bearing and soldierly mien. who ha served in three wars: James Conne: kindly, genial, chivalrous and tru< Stephen Elliott, .Jr., famous for darin and skillful fighting: N. G. Evans. th -hero of Stone Bridge and Leesburg. commended for "dauntless conduct an imperturbable.coolness:- Maxcy Gregg. the brave soldier and true patriot. wh when his ammunition was exhauste said he would hold his position wit the bayonet: Johnson Hlagood, distin guished for gallantry and recommend -ed for promotion by I eauregard as brave and meritorious omeerci:" A bne M1. Perrin. who fell dead while leadin his brigade through a-destructive ti: at the "bloody angle" on the 12th May, 1864: Clement H1. Stevens. know as the "iron-nerved" and renowned fo his mechanical genius applied to th art of war. Win. Hi. Wallace. whos service in war and in peace was witi honor and tidelity: Samuel NeGowan the lion hearted, who won lasting hun or and matinction in civil life and 0o the field .>f battle: Bratton, the belovel comman icr and tenacious soldie whose gallantry was never surpassed Anderson, reticent and almost stoical whose soubriquet of' "Fighting lDirk best describes the estimate of his mnn Mart Gary. the intrepid. dainties soldier and born leader of men: State: Rights Gist, the fervent patriot. ant Manigault. the cultured gentocma. and accomplished warrior. wVARItoIs AND P'ATR:I( Ts. Thes men died bravely f'.r thi Ti1!e1:11 a11 ~ found 1)1'pic' * \\ -a.i froi Our gaze nli ,Ilaslii! ineteors. 1:. lost in glor's hlaze. Y iisi \v pusz-d, 'Lhat nole arm111Y ie pad to ' ieet their Loni. nid a voice wiin me. wi ser~:' The( \butt mnar1cd to I hiir nto id. 'unni' S uth. weep 0: 1 Th' son illustrated1 thet sirit ('1r heU' lres'i thers. uit :v :l t back f.irm Apprlomlatt"x wi ut ha O and w1ere ' t (1m''l at th .,sk tia li be forethe. vag thaey look u'por -igne * i'a e li ias quenched. :;ndl thei'r mremocries were lilled with '1 ' gaes vitilout a stone. the ft-d ed lag. the broken sword." the gun without its Yidier. 'et raise thy he ad. ai: d -The lo ild !!ag is stainless st ill. tha broken sword is bright. No b ot on 11by record is found, no rea son soils ihl fame. T here is ,et hope to tare us on i ireater victorics. wh1ere couragr erL oa higher tipe wii he required anc wheacre ma" nhio(i's strength wi 11 ll ov us on anti. the world shall once mor he d raw' to witness achievements ir the arts of peace that are indestructi bly iked with the genius, the energy the perseverance, the unconquerabl spirit that vrestcd victory on an hun dred fields of war. -mulT OF TnE CONFEDER ACY. An artist has recently embodiec Tihe spirit of the Confederacy" in roup where poses a supernatural he " ng a: a viti in the garh of a far nt r. whsos tatters and patches reean the %1le Of hardship in a campaig! that ends in failure. in this "victor( for the vanquished" is held out a lau rel wreath in token of the fact that there is a consolation for the con quered which has a liner. more spirit ual essence than is afforded by th material results attained by the sue cessful foe. We are met here to pay homage t< this "Spirit of the Confederacy," but we do not forget that there was an other guiding star in the talismani( DJuty," which our own peerless Robt E. Lee srid was the sublimest worc in the English language. It was the incomparable leadership of such mer as Lee and Hampton that UROUGHT ORDERI OUT OF CHAOS. that restored plenty where waste anc want had prevailed. and that inspire( the hands and the hearts of the mer and women who have made this fail land of ours to bloom and blossom-a: the rose, and to foretoken the time when the garden of its wealth shall re appear. Lee, the vanquished chieftain. turned with weary pace and .addene< 1 features to the desolation of Virginia but he went not back to sullen mac tivity. He said that all had beer done which mortals could accomplisl against the power of overwhelming numbers and inexhaustible resouarces and tat the duty of the future wa to abandon the dream of a Confederac; and to render a new and cheerfu allegiance to a reunited government This was the record of his own stain less life and his moral greatness wa: developed in the five years he lived t< lead youth of his native land int< Ithat realm where he dwelt constant lv. rH11w BEAUTIFUL THlE LIFE OF LEE 5The greatness of his achievement Sin war wvere almost equalled by th< simplicity and grandeur of his afte life, which closed without the uatter rance of one word of bitterness. Cheer -ful even under defeat. how unseltisi the character that absolved all other Sof blame at Gettysburg' 3Iajestil Sand dignified in all his career. he wa -greatest and grandest in the hour o Sdefeat and discomiiture. "In every hour of living force His grand example bides. t Of courage, valor, wisdom rare. s The modesty that hides The hero in the hero's deed, 2 The soldier in thle man." 2wADE HAMPTON was not unlike ha great conmmande in many respects, and in the provine of God i: was called upon to pas through perilous scenes and endur trials that were akin to his experiene in the tide of war. As a soldier h ewas the egnal of any man in gainr the confideuce and respect of his f& lowers. anC like Lee he could mak love for his person a substitute ft food and clotinig when a naked -starving band was to be transforme into a tighting host. I Hampton came back to a dlesolat home, where he found a fair city lai awaste and in ashes by the ruthles ihand of an implacable enemy. and al most the first words that fell from hi: lips were wise patient. gentle coun sel to the emancipated race that wer around him in poverty, ignorance an prejudice. Iis tender, compassionat heart w'ent out in sympathy for thei needs. and even unto the last hour c his existence came wvelling up fror heuaang bosom the faltering cry: " imy people, white and black." wI RARE FIDELITY. No element of his nature wa deepr ingrained than sympathy an afl'ection for the people whom he love and w.hom he served with rare tidelity and it is not difticult to understan poignancy of woundls that for a tim bore the impress of alienation froi his person. But if his eyes coul have looked upon that unexample scene when his precious remains wer laid away in Trinity's churchyard. th remembrance of seeming ingratitud w'ouldI h ave given $lace instantly t the joy and erstaey of a great hear tochd by the genuine loyalty oIf: saddened people. wvhose trib~utes of at f ection arnd reverence were the ex pression (of bruised and grateful hearts inked forever with the nmemolry C his service and sacritice in wvar and i His FITNEsS FOR THlE TAMK. - outh' Carolina made one of thi randistu conltribuitionas to the spirit c unit'. and concord as supplanting strif andI~ discord ini the person of WAad rHa~ mpton. ad ina every emergzencv h was- found bearing at ft the banner o 2pee with the tldlity~ which market his caeer when the Stars and ilar i ated above hima in the hoiar of vic tory. Iit wa s his undoubted titness for thi rscue oft a prostrate and (oppresse< state that led men to turn with eage impulse toward him when dire necessi ty said that wickedness in high plare: should no longer make a people mourtn and it ws his calmness. placidit yv ana un'.ieldinir trmness thaat drove baci the mar;auders andi~ advturer Os. ala' p't to aiiht an a rmly of parasites mai plunder ers. Is wisdom anld discre tion wvere mranifest oIn every hanmd adthe 'reemptin of his down-t rod ahe oice ao is fr1 tb thev neare;'~. and tae tesdingf rc'l'k nC;r ( r ! :11i h (!: t .:i. .' tt. l11 tt'!n ill S2 lit '.N ''. who x* '.:: ()ii e\. a~ 1-~\ I :1: alli alncSC"1 (1' \%:: l i0~ law a~n . 1 )1 ? ...:i.i :f;, li I S'il~ l lier. st~+: 1 !!2. capitol an(i ;11i'1; faller uc a 'i ie military rule. 1t W1is the \i)i~c of Hamiiptonfl j:i:i tile iii steps ciths capitol that kept th peac and stayedl the shedding of h aou, and it was his superb conduct on that anc other days which brought enduring peace Zo the land of his birth. ti All tinishe(d now that noble life. a And ended, too. a toilsome strike: I Hushed the voice and stilled the heart That bravely bore so long its )art: tFinished well. the tale's co: plete. I Who can e'er that life repeat?' e This sketch would ue incomplete in s the presence of veterlns weie the ob- '1 vious duty of South Carolina not to be s inentionedi in t his connection. a The nounment to I lampton is yet to p be built, and in the next few months b will be detcrmined the fret whether o or not the love and affection of his s people are to be crystallized into a \ memorial worthy of his name and a fame. e I will not dwell upon the reasons I or prepetuating in tangible form the s devotion of his people to a mcmry that b will be ever blessed in our State, but v on this occasion it should he urged that d procrastination will inevitably bring failure to a movement that seemed to ' have the unanimous approval of the people. The committee in charge pro poses to place this :atter upon the hearts of his friends and admirers. t and the monument in whatever shape ci it may come must he the volunteer- n testimonial of their alection and d esteem. the last expression of their s generosity and sacritie if need be to n the worth. the patriotism. the nobili- e ty of mind and heart, the greatness o and goodness of Wade Hampton, the t knightliest gentleman of his day and generation, the humble Christian, the t staunch friend. the generous foe, the v warrior and the statesmen. D A PROFESSIONAL NUPTIALIST n On the Border Between the Carolina's Seeks More Dignity. 0 c t From a man who styles himself Squire and "a professional nuptialist," t who is evidently operating in the r backyards of both North and South Carolina, has written the governor as follows, in the effort to secure addi- 3 tional dignity: t Pineville, N. C.. Aug. 4. 1902. To the Hon. Governor of South Caro- U lina: a Greeting. t Whereas, we have a new election d precinct in this upper corner of Fort t Mill township for the converience of C Severybody, being six and a half milesl from Fort Mill and out of the way. We want to know if we are not en- - titled to a magistrate or justice of the I peace at his new precinct. If so, we want it and need it as badly as we do. ( We have already last year petitioned ~ the legislature, and right here, please - just let me ask. is that the right or proper thing to do? Can't you appoint I -a man recommended for the office or sallow us to run such a man at our b~ox ( Sor boxes at this term of election' lie, E rI know, would put up with a small ~ -salary. My name was given more than C -once and I know I would. The farm ers are the mnudsills of the whole con Sstruction and I think they deserve . more convenience, credit and legisla- 1 Stion. fPlease let me hear from your honor without delay. and oblige. Very rcspectfully, W. 0. Bailes. C Accompanying the above was a most unique card of what Squire Bai ies calls "A Matrimonial Psalm," a composition as unique as the contents of the card itself. The card reads thus: I r Go to Squire Bailes to get married. ~ The greatest of all ambitious phil- I antropists and professional nuptial ists. e".Marriage Yees-To those that Ccant pay more. $1.00: common fee, I $2.00: secret service. $5.00: ad vertis ing price. $3.00: rich man's price, $10.00. "Printed marriage certificates in different styles and sizes free. Have nob~ody but Squire Bailes. "ltis more popular to be married by him now a days than all the license you can get. Don't be married at home- it is no enjoyment. More peo pie get married in South Carolina to its population than any other State I inj the Union. "It . is nothing unusal to see a half dozen couples get married there any CSunday. Sunday is his biggest day and he Is therefore always at home. ie marries nearly 200 couples every year. .1-'ie is situated most conveniently,. just across the State line, eleven miles south of Charlotte, and one west of thle Ville of Pine. Call and see me, 1I' am not hard to find. My ceremony is easy but binding and treatment kind. 'Phone, hotel and livery accommoda tions. HIere's a sample verse form the psalm: "I-Tell me not in idle jingle. 'I hMrriage is an empty dream: eFor the girl is dead that's single, Andt things are not as they seem. A Serious Accident. In a serious and very unusual kind of accident, four white and five col ored trainmen were badly injured near Trenton Tuesday. They were mem bers of the crew of a work train which wa ngaged in huilding a fill abouti thre~e miles above Trenton. A load ot dirt wa.s being hauled to the fill : cross the train was stretched a long wire cable. such as is used in operat ingr ,t the steam plow. The front end of j this (able became detached and drop-| ping~ to tihe ground became entangled! in the trucks. The train was moving p t a rate of 85 miles an hour. and asir the rope drew taut the men who were seated on top of a car of dirt wereli sna tched to the ground. All were more or less seriously injured. Thea whites were taken to the Augusta5 hospital : the negroes to Lamar hos- e pital the same city. Thiree may die. but the others are not seriously hurt. The whites are Capt. 11. 5. (regory. L. II. Matthews. E. A. Drake and T. The Ikest Wav sensibl~e Georgia edlitor says: a --''-me ofthe aut hors who devot e their s tme to the writing of tedious his- ti t'ries of the devil, couldl better em- il ploy that time in pointing out a safe C ntor Tiiiman Gives is Reason;s for }Iis Let ter BOUT GEORGE E. VON KOLNITZ. Charleston Wants Republican. Let Her Look to thie Grand Old Party liar Favors. On the publication recently of Sena >r Tillman's letters pronouncing a nst the candidacy of Mr. George . Von Koinitz for 1 he State senate -om Charleston county, the question as raised as to whether Tillman sought Yon Kolnitz should be barr I from the primary or whether he ould be admitted to run and be de ;ated by Democratic votes. It was id that a protest might be tiled ainst the candidacy and it was re rted by The Evening Post's Colum ia correspondent that some members the State committee would vote to stain such a protest and exclude on Kolnitz from the primary. To ;certain Senator Tillman's attitude zactly, the editor of The Evening ost asked him for a definite expres on on the essential point which had een made. The following answer 'as received from the senator Mon a V. Trenton, S. C.. Aug. 2, 1902. 'hos. R. Waring, Esq., Charleston. S. C. Dear Sir: I have your letter of July 0. asking whether I am of the opinion hat Mr. yogi Kolnitz "should he enied entry to the Democratic pri lary on the score of his Republican isposition in 1896, or whether he .ould be allowed to run in the pri lary but should be defeated by Demo ratic votes for presuming to aspire to tiee so soon after his ati iation with he Republicans." When the State Democratic conven ion met in May this whole subject as carefully considered by the com ittee of which I was chairman. In iew of the peculiar conditions exist ig in South Carolina, it was unani iously agreed that there would be no ledge exacted of any candidate in the emocratic primary other than the ne which we have had all along, ex ept for candidates for congress and he United States senate. It was bought that the fullest freedom of ac ion should be permitted and for that ason I have never considered for a oment the propriety of denying Mr. .on Kolnitz the right to run, just as unningham or Ensor or Geo. W. lurray might run if they would file heir pledges. My attitude in the matter is easily nderstood if it be remembered that I m a member of the national commit ee for this State. charged with the uty of watching for the interest of he party. Had 1 not been national ommitteeman, I would rnot have tack ad McLaurin at Gaff ney. The election to the State senate 01 Ir. Von Kolnitz with or without op. osition would indicate to my mind hat a majority of the citizens o: harleston are no longer Democrats, nd I should be bound to take steps tc ee that the Republicans who elected im were barred from the Democratic rimaries in the future and should t be recognized in the next Demo ratic State convention. We have ot to draw the line somewhere and at ome time. and we had just as wel] it now as any other. En passant. allow me to say: The ditor of The Post may be a better )emocrat than I am, in his own opin on. but he would not find many peo le in South Carolina who would gree with him in saying so. The votiong for McKinley in 1896 y gold Democrats was an act of war n the Democratic party, and so far s I am concerned such Democrats .re Republicans, and ought to be shamed to claim to be anything else; >t when, in addition to voting, there ras service under the Republican com ittee, as in the case of Mr. Vor olnitz, and an effort to get office, he Democrats of the State havea ight to expect the people of Charles on to repudiate any such Democracy, .nd if they fail to do so, without then ossibility of a doubt the other Demo rats of the State will repudiate then .nd cease to ottiiliate with them. I note what The Post has to say bout my not beimr in earnest about his matter, and that if Charlestor lects Von K~oln itz, 1. ''could not afford o neglect her interests." I never was noe serious in my life than when] aid what I repeat now, that if Char ston is a Republican city I shall leave he Republicans to take care of it ii ational legislation. I represent the entire people 01 outh Carolina and have tried to d( ny duty b~y all of them, but there is iference between working with zea: .nd earnestness and allowing thing o drift, If the people of Charleston re so indifferent or have undergonea hange of heart, they should have the nanhood and courage to come out ii heir true colors. If they will organ r~e a Republican party in the city and 'apture it like brave men. it would nake no difference te me. but to sneali ,round with D~emocratic colors on an( .d the Republican party is too low a ype of manhood for my liking. Yours truly. B. R. Tillman. A Plucky Brakeman. The southbound fast express on then lock Island road was boarded at Thikashaw, I. T., Wednesday morn g. by a man who made a determined ifort to hold up the train. The robbei nountered Brakeman Carpenter or he rear platform of the last car, and desperate struggle ensued. in whici :arpenter was shot thrice through thn and. In the scumlie the pistol was :nocked from the robber's hands tt he track. The man then managed o pull the automatic air valve. Whet he train slowed down he dropped oil nd escaped, without securing any oot y. Money in Potatoes. .James W. MIc(ee. a farmer living eac Orrick. Mo0.. took a chance or otatoes this year and used 200 acres raising them. His venture has roved a great winner. F-rom sever creas alone he has taken about 2. 00 bushels and lie expects to sell his atire crop at 30 cents a bushel. Hec stimates his expenses per acre at 43,39 and his net profits at 812.472. An Old Feud. .Jim Hlighpeach and Brooks Carter crer killed. John Carter is supposed have been serio'uslv wounded, and man of the name of lUichmond was mot through the wrist Thursday In a ght in Jackson county Tenn., result g from an old feud between the SOUTH CAROINA FARMS. 1:1.4eni11urL' Statistics -as Shown b: the Census Figures. The farms of South Carolinft. .June 1. 1 909, numbered 155,355. and were valued at $12;.7t01.530. Of this amount $2i.955.6i70. or 21.3 per cent. represents the value of buildings, and $99,805.860. or 78.7 per cent. the value of land and improvements other than buildings. On the same date the value of farm implements and machinery was $6.629.770, and of live stock. $20,199,859. These values added to that of farms, give $153, 591,159. the "total value of farm pro perty." The products derived from domestic animals, poultry. and bees, including animals sold and animals slaughtered on farms are referred to in this bulle tin as "animal products." The total value of such products, together with the value of all crops, is termed "total value of farm products." This value for 1899 was $68,266,912, of which amount $9.376,499, or 13.7 per cent. represents the value of animal products: and $58.890.413. or 86.3 per cent. the value of crops. including forest products cut or produced on farms. The total value of farm pro duct s for 1899 exceeds that for 1889 by $16.928.927, or 33.0 per cent. The ''gross farm income" is obtain ed by deducting from the total value of farm products the value of the pro ducts fed to live stock on the farms of the producers. In 1899 the reported value of products fed was $5,736,550, leaving $62,530,362 as the gross farm income. The ratio which this amonnt bears to the "total value of farm pro perty" is referred to in this bulletin as the '.percentage of gross income upon investment." For South Carolina, in 1899 it was 40.7 per cent. The number farms reported in 1900 was over five times as great as in 1850, and 35.1 per cent greater than in 1890. The total farm area, as shown in the above table, decreas ed over four million acres in the two decades from 1850 to 1870, and during the following 30 years there was an increase of but 15.5 per cent. Except for the civil war decade, the area and per cent. of improved farm land in creased throughout the half century. The rapid increase in the number of farms and the very slight increase in the total acreage involved a decrease in the average size of farms, which, together with increase in per cent. of farm land improved, indicates a pro gressive division of farm holdings and a more complete utilization of the soil. For the last decade increases in the number of farms as shown for all counties whose boundaries were not changed. An increase in the acreage of farm land is reported in three fourths of the counties, and the in crease in the acreage of improved land is still more general. The average size of farms for the state is 90 acres, and varies from 48.2 acres in Beaufort county to 187.7 acres in Georgetown county. Between 1890 and 1900 the value of farms increased in almost all coun ties, tim average value for the state in 1900 being $816. Increases In the value of Implements and machinery and of live stock are reported from nearly all counties. The average expenditure per farm for labor varied greatly, being high est in the eastern and lowest In the northwestern counties. In Marlboro county the average wasS$100 per farm. In the number of farms, value of gross products, money paid for labor and fertilizers Orangeburg leads with 8.408 farms, valued at $4,994,810, less the buildings, producing in excess of stuff fed to live stock $3,609,441. $401,060 is paid for labor and $321,210 for fertilizers. In number of farms the order is Orangeburg, Spartanburg, Anderson, Sumter, Greenville, Beaufort, Laur ens, Colleton, Barnwell, Williamsburg, Abbeville, York, Darlington, Claren don, Aiken, Charles ton, Berkeley, Marion, Greenwood, Edgefield, Fair field, Lexington, Newberry, Chester, Horry, Hampton. Oconee, Florence with 3,173. Georgetown has the few est farms, 1,414. Anderson leads in the values of farm lands $6,405,226 and buildings $1,344, 870. Spartanburg is next, Orangeburg third, Greenville fourth. In value of farm implements and machinery Or angeburg leads, Anderson next, Green ville, Sumter, Spartanburg.b In value of lands and buildings Florence is well up towards the lead ing counties, 8816,040, buildings 548, 250. Implements and machinery 115,070. In gross products the order of the leading counties is Orangeburg, Sum ter, Anderson, Spartanburg, Marion, Barnwell, Laurens, Darlington, Green ville. Florence is nineteenth. In pay ment of labor Orangeburg is first. Marlboro second, Pickens last. Marl boro is second to Orangeburg in value of fertilizers used. Labor in Florence is paid $204,260, fertilizers used $118,720. For the several classes of farms the average values per acre of products not fed to live stock are as follows: For farms whose operators derive their principal income from Ilowers and plant-s. $264.29; nursery products $12.52: vegetables $10.60: fruit .86.82: tobacco $6.27; cotton $4.94; dairy pro duce $4.45: sugar 81.31: miscellaneous $3.20: li ve stock S3.23l: hay and grain 3.22: and rice $261. There are four farms whose princi pal source of income is flowers and plants, ~3 nursery products, 19 surgar, 11$ fruit. 442 dairy produce, 1,953 tobacco. 1.206 rice, 9,549 hog and grain. 2.332 vegetables, 3,376 live stock. 112,822 cotton, and 23,460 that have no " princi par' crop. There are 155.355 farms in th~e state. 69,954 are run by white farm ers, 85.401 by colored, 52.6;23 are run by owners. In 1900. 45 per cent. of the farms in the state were operated by white farmers and 55 per cent. by colored farmers. Of the white farmers, 57.8 per cent. own all or a part of the farms they operate. and 42.2 per cent. operate farms owned by others. For the colored farmers the corresponding per centages are 22.2 and 78.8. The average value of white people's farms is 8995. of colored $353. Iluild ing, implements and live stock in about the same proportion. Gross in come: whIte 542. colored 289. Sixteeni Killed. Sixteen men are known to have been killed a.nd some others are reported missing as the result of an explosicn of gas In one of the mines of the Unit ed Coal and Coke company at Bowen. Coo., at 7 o'clock Thursday night. The work of rescuing the bodies was begun at once and four had been taken out at 10 o'clock No names are ob tainable at this time. Most of the ded men arc said to be married. Only i;'ti1Jrd Of a mii: of 1i9 ;.v0r1 mind has shown up in Nemphi-, in the per'n r.1 a c(oioir'd individrfi who dares L speak: his hones;, opinion to his race. regardless of the fact that his views are very distasteful to his brethren of color. This man. whose name is S. P. Mitchell, is the presi dent of a "National Industrial Coun cil." an orga nization sompused of ne groes and attempting to do work along lines indicated by its name. In oTie or more public addresses delivered in the interest of this organization, this man Mitchell has had the audacity to declare that Southern white people, especially ex-Confederate soldiers and their sons, are the best friends the negroes have. This sentiment expressed before negro audiences caused no little stir, and a great deal of indignation was manifested. This. however, was but a gentle zephyr compared with the cyclone that followed the announce ment that Mitchell's speeches contain ing the sentiment were largely made up from the advance sheets of a book he had in press entitled "The Confed erate Soldier." Thereupon persecu tion of the author commenced in dead earnest, and diligent effort has been put forward by the negroes to make Mitchell' life miserable. A man nam ed Greenway, whether white or black does not appear, and does not matter, but who is said to be a postal otlicial, has threatened to adopt some means to exclude Mitchell's book from the mails. This, of course, he cannot do if the book is decent, but it shows what efforts are being made to bull doze and frighten the author. How ever, Mitchell does not become very much frightened, and says he thinks now he will write a second volume or sequel to the first, to be entitled "A Negro Persecuted for Paying a Tribute to Confederate Soldiers." In a letter to the Memphis Scimitar Mitchell reiterates what he has said in his address.and concludes as follows: I want to say Mr. Greenway may be a good Republican, but his idea of free speech is entirely opposite to the so-called principles of his party, for be intimates, that my mails must be stopped for the tribute paid to the "Southern Confederate," who is the best friend the American negroes have. While the ex-Confederates and their sons are in the South helping tc educate the negro, the good old Re publican Yankees are in Illinois run ning the children of color from the schools and killing the negro men hunting for work. While Mr. Green way denounces a negro for paying trib ute of respect to the ex-Confederates who are taking care of the old and infirm negroes that were turned losse by the Yankees empty-handed and barefooted, I am an outspoken enemy to the varmints who are continually dogging after the heels of our best Southern whites, who understand and aid the negro. Good Schools AndGood Roads. In his message to the Vitginia as sembly Gov. A. J. Montague brought together the advocacy of two impor tant undertakings closely related tc each other which, if carried to com pletion, says the Southern Farm Mag azine, will solve more than one weighty southern problem. He al luded to the impairment of the effici ency of rural schools through the ten dency to multiply them. He said that stronger schools. with longei terms were needed; that they would command better teachers, and would admit of the classification necessary to insure the best results from the money spent for educational purposes. Quality rather than quantity was need ed in education, he said, and he argued that the state could better afford tc transmit its children to one good school than to place an indifferent school near the home of every pupil. Further on in his -message he made an earnest plea for the im provement of the public highways. Virginia is spending about 8500,000 annually upon its roads without any appreciable improvement of them, he said, and he expressed the conviction that the desired end was to be reached through construction of roads in ac cordance with improved methods and nder responsible, capable and scien tific supervision. " If his suggestion as to the t-rns portation of children to school is to be adopted." says the same authority, "good roads are an absolute prere qusite, for while it is cheaper tc trasport children to good schools than to build poor schools within reach of all the children, it would still be a wast of money to build a good school as long as the condition of public high ways forbid transportation. Good schools and good roads are necessary for good results fr-om taxation for public education." This is well said and fojr a majority of the counties of the South it is true. But why should not many of the counties adopt the plan used in Bun combee county, North Carolina? The schools there are open in the late spring, summer and fall for the small children and the attendance is splen did. Th~le roads are alway good in good weather. A Brutal Killing. Daniel Sweeney. a watchman, in the employ of the D~elaware. Lacka wana and Western Coal Company at Bliss colliery in Hanover township, Pa., was found dead in a field Wednes day morning. He quit work at mid night and was followed by a score of men. The men were making threats and Sweeney took refuge in a saloon. After he thought the crowd that had followed him had dispersed, he left the place for home. This was the last seen of him alive. The supposi tion is that the men followed him from the mine, lying in wait for him, and as he approached the spot they assaulted him with pick handles and eat out his brains. Reign of Terror. The escape of the sixteen prisoners from the state prison has created a virtual reign of terror in the country for many miles wvest of Nashville, Tenn. W omen and children are afraid to venture from home and most of the men go armed. Convicts or men sup posed to be convicts in all styles of dress and some practically naked have been seen in that section since Mon day night and the people are giving every stranger a wide berth. The store of N. ID. Holmes at Vaughan's Gap, ten miles wvest, wvas robbed Wed nesday night, presumably by the con victs. Emery Hunter, one of the con victs. was captured by a farmer Wed nesday morning. Caught On a Trestle. A dispatch from Hopkinsville, Ky., says an excursion train on the Illinois Central caught live young ladies on a high trestle at Dawson Springs on Wednesday afternoon. Two were rushed to death and the others. jumping. were probably fatally in jured. All were young women who SCHOOLS FOR CRiMEA i Fault Pound with Jail System of the United States. Indiscriminate Mixing of Prisoners Breeds a Vicious Class-Oar County Jails the Worst Institutions in the World. It is to be hoped that the period of self-examination upon which we have entered will lead to a true ap preciation of other social menaces than that threatening from the an archists' camp. If the suppression of those who incite to violence against government be a necessity what shall be said of measures to prevent the multiplication of the brood of ordinary criminals who threaten the life and property of the common man throughout the land? asks the Boston Transcript. Our tol eration of anarchistic propa-anda is hardly more culpable than the gen eral indifference to conditions which directly foster criminality in the o dinarv sense of the word. We are reminded of this by the severe con demnation of our prison system by the Howard association of Enn, :nd in its latest utteranoes. After a thorough examination of reports from a majority of our states the ex perts of this association pronounce our county iails "the worst institu tions of the kind in the world," and the conclusion is based upon studies at first hand by men qualified for the work. The chief indictment which the lnrlish experts find against our county jails (and it should be re membered that the overwhelming number of prisoners are housed in them) is the indiscriminate herding of inmates of all aces and grades and their enforced idleness. In oth er words, the county jails supply the very best conditions for the culti 'ation of criminal instincts and the graduation of resourceful crooks. This is an oft told tale which could easily be elaborated, yet the county jail, in charge of an appointee whose chief qualification is of a political na ture. remains as a monument to pub lie indifference about a vital subject. There is small comfort in the reflec tion that the county jails of this com monwealth are on a higher level than some others, or that the worst hotbeds of immorality and crime are to be found in some benighted south ern state. An abundance of recent evidence has been published showing local shortcomings. It is not to be wondered at that the Howard association views with sus picion our general methods of treat ing wrongdoers as tending to in crease rather than to diminish crime, although it seems questionable how attributable to the so-called "severe although it seems questionable how justice of British punitive measures." At all events our critics are more than justified in pointing to the need of prison reform in the United States if it be our aim to diminish crime. This is said with a full knowledge of the progress already made. In reformatory work we have sot some notable examples, and in the wider field of penal reform we have hit upon some discoveries of in estimable value, such as the indeter minate sentence and the probation system. Yet, as a whole, our prison system is bad. . . Even Japan shames us. Aucording to Kiego Kiyoura, ex-minister of jus tice, Japan has realized some ideals in prison administration which we still hold merely as theories. It has centralized its prison administration. securing the advantages of uniform ity and economy which centralization affords. It has established a school for the training of higher prison oli eials, with a programme in penol ogy, prison hygiene, criminal psy chology, statistics, anthropometry. the maintenance of ex-convicts, meth ods of ref ormation and practical drill in prison management. It has an association with more than 10,000 members for the purpose of improv ing persons, not to mention local committees and societies for the aid of discharged convicts. Some of the things we most need little Japan has already realized-foremost among them what corresponds to state con trol as opposed to county control and a higher training of prison offi cials whose tenure of office is di vorced from local politics. An Expensive Telegram., Punctuation, which used to be re garded as a very essential part of composition, does not receive the same attention to-day which was for merly given to it. There is, how ever, one man who, if he were askced, would be likely to concede its im portance. He is a Wealthy business man of New York, a man of large liberality, and very generous to his family. During his absence from the city his wife desired to make a purchase of laces amounting in value to $2,000. The sum was large, and, although she knew his generosity, she decided to telegraph to him for his sanction before buying. In reply to her telegram of inquiry came the answer: "No price too high." Touched by such liberality, and stimulated by the cheering mes sage, she proceeded to buy not only the laces which she had in mind, but other goods to the value of $8,000. When the husband returned and his wife showed him her purchases he asked to see the telegram which she had received It was something of a surprise to him, but he said nothing. What he had written was: "No. Price too high."-Youth's Coin pamion, A Good Platform. "To see that no town is discrimi nated against, and that every citizen of the State shall receive equal protec tion." This is the platform of B. L. Caughman, candidate for Railroad Commissioner. It is enough, It means a whole lot, and, if adopted by the Railroad Commission, will save many dollars to the farmers, merchants and all other classes of our country. Senator Caughman is the very man to help carry it out-The Barnwell New Sentinel. They Ride Free. It is a great mistake to suppose that the possesion of great wealth necessarily shrinks men's souls. Henry M. Flagler of Florida who owns many miles of railroad, many millions of dollars and a young wife, never chargesan Indian railroad fare. The six hundred Seminoles in the state of Florida can ride anywhere on the East Coast railway system. free of charge. Mr. Flagler is very popular with the Indians. Fourteen Killed. An explosion occurred Thursday in an iron works at Camargo, Spain de stroyed five houses. killing 14 persons "Beltirtg" a .ree--that is, killing it by destroying the bark in a circle around the trunk--injures it for lum ber. Stat istie recently published in Paris show clearly that good surroundings afford cun:parative immunity from pul monarv tuboerculosis. The 1:i t>h black rat, almost entire ly tx t r: ..a'ed during the last 100 years I :he brown Norwegian'ret, is careri.y pruteectd and preserved on a:: estate at Greenlees, Montgomery. The mnir.ntg of phosphate rock is one of the important industries of Flori :;: an'd .,:h Carolina, and it amounts to 1.C'J.C.00 tons a year, valued at ;5.2r.OU0 at the point of production. U::der the auspices of the Institute of France further researches are be ing made in the famous grottoes of Metore. on the Riviera, where bones ar:c other remains of prehistoric men have at various times been found. Late ly three entire skeletons have been dis love red. An American syndicate has just bought the old McKenzie concession to. ~pply the City of Mexico with water. The water will be brought from the Aimoloya 'springs. 40 milss southwest of the capital. The work will include. S16 r'iics of canal. six miles of steel pip ing and the installation of motive. power. The Chicago board of local improve ments has decided to use creosoted block for pavemet is in that city. Dif ferent kinds of trterial for paving were looked into 1 y the board. but the decision was in favor of the wood. The first order of this kind of pavement will aggregate about 150 miles of streets to be paved. Everything we eat and drink and wear runs the gauntlet of germs to an extent which nervous people had bet ter not contemplate. Far too much fuss is made of them. If we listened to all these scarce there would be nothing left to do but to get into a bath of car bolic acid and stop there until starva tion freed us from the dangers of life. NOTED HUNTRESS REPENTS. Lady Florence Dixie, Reformed Rim rod, Now Writing About the Cruelty of Hunting,. Women do not seem likely to en croach upon at least one of wan's pleasures, that of hunting. The most celebrated shot among English women has abandoned hunting entirely and published a pamphlet on "The Horrors of Sport." She knows what she is talkdng about, says the New York Sun. Her husband was an ardent hunter, butshe was such an enthusiast that his shoot. ing preserves did not satisfy her and she would rent a Scottish moor or dee forest for her own use. She was called by her friends the female Nimrod and her house was full of trophies of her skill. Now she has taken up her pen to decry her old weapon, the gun. Lady Florence Dixie is this reformed Nimrod. She has kil'ed lions in Africa, gazelles in Arabia, bears in .the Rock ies. With her brother, Lord James Douglas, she took a journey-through Patagonia. A good manr years ago another brother, Lord Francis Douglas,ldst his life ini the Alps. This intrepid womnan later climbed the very peak in whose ascent he was killed. Shesays thatfew men have done "a tithe of the hunting I have done both at home and in for eign la nas.;" so that her renunciationof the sport seems to mean that here, at any ra te, women are not going to con test with men for privileges. She says: "Many a keen sportsman will- ac knowledge that a feeling of self-re proach has at times come over him as he stood by the dying victimof his skld. I know that it ha's confronted me many and many a tim'e. I have bent over my fallen game and seen the beautiful eye of the deer grow dim. I have ended with the sharp, yet merciful knife the dying sufferings of creatures that never harmed me. I, too, have wit nessedj the angry, defiant glare of the wild beast's fading sight as~death de prived him of the power to wreak his vengeance on the human ~being that had taken his free life. The memory of those scenes brings no pleasure to my mind. On the contrary, it haunts me with a cruel reproach, and I fain would- that I had never done those deeds of skill--and cruelty." - New Zealand's Island Federation. Another step in the realization of Mr. Seddon's dream of an island fed eration apart from the Australian commonwealth, of which New Zea land should be the acknowledged. center, was taken during the last month, when that statesman pro vided in his budget for a lower rate of taxation on goods imported into the Cook islands-the only group whiech New Zealand has so far an nexed-than on Australian. goods, and declared that goods from New Zealand would ultima'tely be admit ted free. In view of the determined effort by New Zealand to amalga mate with the Fiji island group this action is regarded as an indication of the anti-commonwealth policy that would be adopted if Mr. Sed don's scheme is carried out.-Chi cago Inter Ocean. An Interesting Relic. In the matter of diminutive~ bank notes a correspondent sends an- no count of a curious note which he has" in his possession. It is a card ineas uring :2x2%/. inches, on one, side of, which is twice printed .the ~word. "'Twopence." while on the other the sumn is printed in words- and figures rour.d the border. In the middle' is the following: "I promise to& pay the bearer, on demand, 2 pence. By order of the Corporation of the City of New York, Feb. 20, 1790. D. Phoe nix, City Treasurer." - London Graphic.__________ Dead at the Throttle. The coroner's inquiry into last Sun day's wreck on the New York, Ontario and Western railroad at Horton's in which four men were killed, is now in progress before Coroner Johnston. From evidence already adduced it is believed that Engineer Ady O'Neal, whose disregard for Orders is alleged to have caused the wreck, was dead' on his engine when passing the sched-. uled stopping point. It is believed he received a fatal blow on the head by coming in contact with a bridge or other obstruction some time after re cei ving the order, as he did not slow up at either Chiloway or Horton's, al though Conductor Ducotton tried every means to. signal the engineer. stolen Years Ago. Charles Gardner, who was kidnaped ten years ago at the age of 12 years,. at his home near Quincy, Ill., by two tramps. met his father at Wichita, Kas., on Wednesday, by accident.. Recently Gardner's parents moved to' Andover. Father and son met at the postotlice and recognized each other. He had been taken to Fort Worth, Texas, where be wascopenledr to beg.