?SC;.ji'?de?t?pd,- 1V? inoV? . U?Qfi8 .;
\??o??^ atid We
? Nob understood. ,We gftfc?ic?' i'iUse lin- ?
. pressions ? hi- *. ? v -VA '
v' .;'. Ancf hug them closer os th?-^Oars go
.?/.':! . by,' '. ',
. j ^ Till virtue often seems to us trans
,\ -gresslons, . . '.. -..r- -.
And th?'s men rise and fall and live
and die, .> . . .
.. ', : "i;Not.understood.
Not lin de vs too ci. l'oor 'souls with
stunted vl?loii < .
Oit measure giants by their harrbw
gauge.
The poisoned shafts of falsehood and
derision' '? . > ? .'
Aro oft impelled 'gainst those who .
mold the age.
Not Understood.
Not understood! The secret springs
'. of action
Which lie beneath the surface of the
show
. Are disregarded', wi th self-satisfaction
We judge our neighbors, and they
often go
Not Understood.
Not understood. How many hearts
- arc" aching
For lack of sympathy! Ah, day by
day
. now many cheerless, lonely hearts are
breaking!
How many noble spirits.pass away
Not understood.
O God, that men should see a little
.clearer.
Or judge less harshly when they can
not sec!
O God, that men would draw a little
nearer
To one another! They'd be nearer
Thee
And understood!
[Continued from page r.j
party in the Philippines. But in com
monwealths where whites and blacks,
although races profoundly distinct
from one another, nevertheless live to
gether, 1 should bs sorry indeed to
Ijave the government controlled by thc
^ blacks, The whites ol' no northern
State would voluntarily submit to ne
gro government. Even if negroes be
In a majority, is it not idle lo expect
southern States in this respect to do
what northern States would not? If
in southern States tbe refusal of white
men to be governed by black men
means that black men are to be gov
erned by white men and against the
consent of the black men, 1 dislike thc
result as a calamity to both races, per
haps the worst of all the calamities
born of tho iniquitous slave trade.
"Whatever, however, be our grief at
\ . dllllculties or inconsistencies, what
ever be their practical evils, it is idle
to ignore thc vast racial difference be
tween whites and blacks, or the vast
superiority of tlic white race. So it is
idle to discuss whether white superiori
ty be essentially and permanently in
born, or whether it represent achieve
ments of relatively short time which
the black race'may likewise, and in as
short a time, accomplish. In spite of
many exceptions honorable to the
black race and dishonorable to the
white race, the fact of thc racial dif
ference and of tile white superiority
ls, for our generation and for genera
tionc > comew open to no doubt what
ever, bliese exceptions do not make
the rule. The really great relative
.. . . ..-progress of the negro since his escape
from slavery does not alter thc fact.
The problem in the south is unique.
There we have two races dwelling to
gether in closest industrial relation,
pity and country alike-races not far
from, numerically equal-races of
which one ou the average is very sup
erior to the other, but, nevertheless,
both races entitled and subject to a
jegal theory of perfect and Democratic
political equality. No like problem
exists in any northern State or in any
Democratically governed community
of which 1 know. If, on the one hand,
pegroes be systematically excluded
from the franchise while while men of
like qualifications arc admitted, then
clearly the white man rules the negro
Without thc latter's consent, and thc
foundation doctrine of thc Declara
tion of the Independence and of
American government and thc
express law of the land are
violated. Such a result is lamentable
aud demoralizing, like many another
inconsistency or anomaly. If, on the
other hand, there bc no such exclu
sion ol' negroes from suffrage, then in
some States at least negroes will rule
white men, willi tue result that, so
long as the conditions of negro life
are what they now are ai tho south
and what they must for generations
remain-civilization itself will be un
dermined and decay. The rule would
inevitably bc what it was in corrupt
carpetbag days-a rule of adventur
ers and demagogues kept in power by
_'; ignorance, unspeakably disastrous to
v~^vN. whirs and black .alike.
," As between violation of American
doctrine and law and surrender of
civilization, the southern states wit h
large negro populations have seized
the horn of the dilemma 'which thc
White ol' any and every northern State
would In like situation seize. Thc
southern whites stand for civilization
as against political theory of legal
right. And so tiley will stand. Nor
do 1 believe that the nor til will effec
tively lind fault. For only effective
faultfinding would be tho enactment
and execution of a force iaw such as
has been nowhere more severely con
demned than on the editorial pages of
the Evening Tost. Mor will President
. Roosevelt or his par.. / go further in
faultfinding that they deem useful to
their hold upon negro delegates from
the south or negro voters at the north.
Doubtless, in some of the northern
States whose political divisions are
nearly even, the negro voter is impor
tant to the Republican party. Hut
even there I venture to point out that,
wi til rare exceptions, negro delegates
arcas effectively excluded from Repub
lican conventions and from the tickets
proposed by thc republicans at the
polls, as they arc from the franchise
in any southern State. Thc Republi
can administration boisterously up
holds the refusal of political rights to
dark-skinned men in Asiatic islands
who would, if tiley enjoyed such
rights, rule themselves to a result of
solid though slow progress to their own
higher civilization, and, while so rul
ing themselves, would not rule white
\ men to the prostration of Caucasian
civilization. Is it nob an audacious in
consistency willi which lins very ad
ministration preaches a contrary doc
trine for southern States, and only for
those from which they do not hope for
a single electoral vote? Nor do 1 be
lieve that tlie Republican party will
responsibly and sincerely propose a
single practical remedy for thc south
ern dlt?lculty. Tlie more, practical
such a remedy thc more forcible lt
would have to lie, and thc more forci
ble it should be, tho more its proposal
Lliu cobdomhftUori o? PfttrlQlld wea,
ru5L?epi"bUti?.a party ;faiu]M6H8 that
Mio-bBt1b?AY?'bla:r?jcOb4a*?.8!f<)fb: to
reeotttt?ll?? bbhaitlonj? ot.iivll ^ar iii
s?ycr?t ?t?'tea ndw i? ?luto??d peal'?r
in.enjoying ? ?ar eeM*d h d us trial prbs
perltv":ndr: vvlli;tuab jiartv dak tile Vcr
[Hot Of northern* ReiiUdjehiv lipoo '??this
tj?eatl?rt! v i
i -1 nous wer to your tirsb (juestion, 1
?eclare unreservedly uga!nst congres
sional action to enforce negro suffrage
In tl?n southern States. v
To your ?third question I. answer
that there is not the sllghtestt dinger
that forelgn'-bbrn^ypters at the .north
will be prejudiced by the failure of ne
gro votiug at/ the south. Is it not
astonishing thafc"able.arid high-mind
ed men do not perce! ve the absebce of
likeness between tile two cases?
Foreign bor h voters at tho ndrth soon
become, if they have not already, be
come, an integral part of the whole
white population. Tho white immi
grant soon shares the 'instincts and
prejudices of the native whites, he
worships in the same churches; he is a
member of the same unions, orders and
lodges: He socially mingles with
white natives, subject only to the
limitations imposed by tastes, habits
af life, fortune, creed business, and
the other categories which determine
thc social relations of citizens of pure
white American descent. The second
generation of white European immi
grants is generally indistinguishable
in appearance or speech from the de
scendants of thc May Ho wer pilgrims.
The third generation Is completely
part of the American race. How radi
cally different the relations between
Whites and negroes. The two races,
have lived together in South Carolina
for two centuries.aud a half. Hut thoy
remain today separate and distinct.
It is thc wisdom and the aspiration of
tim noble and intelligent men of the
black race, no less than the intense
and profund instinct of the white race
that the two races must not, for thc
safety of both, fuse In sex or family
relations?
And now for the second question.
If constitutional guaranties of penal
ties fail to indue; -and will not be
used by courts and congress and
presidents to compel- thc dominant
white race to enfranchise the blacks
in States where thc latter are in a
majority, pr so numerous as with a
relatively small white minority to
make a majority-then upon what
other guaranties and penalties can wc
count to secure political rights to the
blacks? To this I answer that we
shall count upon the wisdom of white
men and black men. . Wc shall count
upon the progress of black men in in
dustrial intelligence, thrift and
wealth. Wc shall count upon the iu
iluence and stimulus of their own high
minded leaders. Those leaders sec
with heaven-directed vdsdom that Jt
is not thc ballot which gives strength
but rather strength which brings thc
ballot. Negro conventions of late are
much more full of encouragement than
is your catechism. The carpetbag gov
ernment of blacks, however great
their majorit?s, fell wheu thc bayonets
of northern white men were with
drawn. Thc plain reason was that the
black men lately in slavery and hav
ing ages or aeons of Africa instead or
western Europe behind their slavery,
were inferior in the skill, industry, in
telligence, self-restraint which makes
thc strength of white men. Black men
are, however, acquiring thrift, intelli
gence, well-ordered industry, property;
and with these they will acquire
strength in their relations with ali
men, white and black. If the pro
gress must bc long-so hTHTwliite pro
gress been long. Thc black man can
not justly repine if to compel tho
average white man tp "respect thc
abilities and virtues of his race, it
shall take as long as it took to convert
the typical Augio-Saxon hand who
tilled the soil a thousand years ago in
practical slavery, to become the typi
cal American or English mechanic or
farmer of the Twentieth century. Nor
ought he to repine if It shall take
much longer. As strength and ability
cone to black men, industrial success
will come to them-and in this indus
trial republic that success will com
mand thc deference of white men.
Tlie dollar of the black man will come
in time-and no long time-to lia vc
tlie power of a white man's dollar.
With patience and tact white men
will, 1 believe, at the south as at thc
. irtli; come to wish that thc black
kian whom he respects for thrift or
ability or property shul) vote, and to
take care that Iiis voting is not ob
structed.
So it is that wc may count upon the
white man-upon his enlightened self
interest. And we may more safely
count upon him if we recognize thc
fact that, whether we will or not, this
problem is to be solved by the domi
nant race at the south. With its con
trol of the solution nothing bu? civil
war can interfere and ever this we
shall not have civil, war. Lately 1
ventured in Alabama-and what 1
said was must*, hospitably received
to present this truth. 1 pointed
out the- enormous interest which
the (Juif States had, in tlie in
dustrial progress of thc negro. One
half or more ol' their labor is negro
labor. Thc productivity of those
States, their progress in wealth, the
success of the white man in using
their natural resources, the whites
man's fortune and powt?r-all these
must in large part depend upon the
industrial productivity of the negro.
That productivity will in the long
run, with blacks as with whites, de
pend upon the conlideuce of tlie labor
ing masses io thc justice of their
neighbors and ol' tlie law under which
they live, lt will depend upon the
laborer's hopefulness and buoyancy,
thc energy and resolute self-denial
tliey create in him. And tho labor
er's hopeful buoyancy depends upon
his belief that, if he. do well, lie will
bc important and respected, This in
stinct exists in both "races. So it is
that thc interest of thc southern
white man, Iiis own industrial success,
the peace and security of his country
and his home, all are inevitably wrapt
up in Iiis treatment of thc negro. The
white man will-in fact, ordered as
tile world is, lie must-assure to tlie
negro as thc latter progresses in thrift
and ability and self-command, a larger
recognition. This will, J trust and
believe, come to mean A strictly equal
administration of property and intelli
gence quail libations for suffrage like
those prescribed by the new Alabama
constitution. Tlie black witli pro
perty or able to demonstrate his in
telligence will vote, and will be aided
hy dominant white sentiment to com
pel thc acceptance of his vote.
So it is that we may count in the
solution of tlie negro suffrage question
upon thc inspired labors ol' the south
ern and northern men, men blick and
men white, who for tlie present preach
to tlie southern negroes industlal pro
gress.
These seem long remedies, and they
are long. But they arc sure remedies;
and there are no other. Thc hallet
has never yet effectively gone to bod
?th,-. m?t?Har aaa .rnorat,:.; Of :
the. suffrage agitations 4v . Eug
oi?er sumoicut probt , So" lt was '
t^monstratcuVwliim the glitte mtuorl
tV^in iSoUtli Carolina, toqk: from tho
black: majority a ti?arter century ago
thoNpc'ltlcal power as??erted fdr. thom :
b'y .th? cntlrp.ppwor of tho nation. ; -
'T - venturo to,Ignore Yhe plan t? re
duc? i southern representation. . It
would . not enfranchise a single black
man;, it would practically extinguish
the hopes ot the blacks; it would bc
futile to any good end; it would be a
flurigerous source of sectional irrita
tion and jealousy. It would separate
black interests from white-a sepurd
tton ??lamltbu8 to both,-while they i
live together, but far more calamit- 1
ous to tho weaker race; a separatlod
fatal, indeed, to the beueflcent and 1
hopeful future now opening to. the 1
American negro. ' !
Edward il.-Sbepard '
Lake Georga, N. Y., Aug. 20.
Ho Comes High.
Public. attention was recently at- i
tracted to an' Imposing incident that .
took place at Oyster Bay. The com- 1
bined squadrons of the United States
navy were assembled in order7 as the '
Washington correspondent for thc
New York World puts It, "to make a i
holiday for President Roosevelt, his ?
family, and a few invited friends." I
Tho World correspondent says chat f
the bringing of thc ships to thc pres!- <
dent's summer home Involved the ex
penditure or a huge amount of public I
money amounting almost to a quarter !
of a million dollars and all for the pur- '
poseof providinga holiday for the pres-,
ident, the members of. his family and
his guests. The World correspondent
says: "Naval oll?cers are especially
critical and point out that the Oyster
Bay meeting resulted not only in valu- i
abie loss or tiree to- thc squadron,
.which was interrupted for one whole
week in the summer maneuvers, but 1
also in serious damage to several of
tlie ships and 'small craft. During
the review 2,004 shots were fired from '
thc six-pou miers. Tlie cost of the
saluting charge bf a six-pounder is 40
cents." On tlie occasion or this re
markable exhibit at thc president's
summer home, an accident occured to
thc Massachusetts, lt ls said that
this great, vessel was hurrying out of
Bar Harbor in a fog to catch up with
the other ships, and that it ran onto
Egg Rock,, and that had it not been
for the captain's anxiety to reach
Oyster Bay with the rest of the fleet,
thc Massachusetts would have.stayed
at anchor until the thick fog lifted.
The Barry and Decatur collided and
this thc World's Washington corres
pondent attributes to "the en
thusiasm of the president to call for a
Hying wedge." It is estimated that
to repair the damage caused by this
maneuver at least $20,000 will be
necessary, lt is claimed that thc cost
of coal in this utterly useless holiday
affair will amount to a very large sum
and altogether lt is said that the peo
ple of the United States expended
very nearly one quarter of a million
dollars in order to provide President
Roosevelt and his guests with a day's
entertainment,
A. Stu tem c ut.
WHITE STONE Stun NOS,
August 2?, 1903.
Editor of The Mountaineer:
We, the undersigned, guests of the
White Stone lethia hotel, having no
j ticed in the various papers thrqughotit
the State numerous^ articles concern
ing thc recent' robberies fromfthc
rooms of this hotel, we believe that
great Injustice has been done Mr.
Harris. At thc earnest solicitation
of thc guests from,whom articles of
value had been taken, he was induced
to make search of tlie effects of one of
thc'guitsts, who was'suspected by al
most every guest in the hotel. While
none of the lost property was reover
ed, wc are informed that sufficient
evidence was secured by examination
of thc trunks of the suspected party
to warrant thc suspicions and to
justify Mr. Harris in his search. We
feel confident that Mr. Harris did all
he could to recover the lost property
taken from his guests. We heartily
approve of his actions in this, matter
and believe in tlie coming trial before
the courts that he will be thoroughly
vindicated. And we further state
that up to thc time of the arrival of
the suspected party no valuables were
missing from the rooms, and since tlie
departure of thc suspected party we
have not heard of a single article be
ing missed. ,;. >
T?. lt. Easterlii!?,'Barnwell.
D. IL Sali?/, Salley, S. C.
L. B. Polk, Columbia, S. C.
Ben. F. Townsend, Union, S. C.
. J. J. Nichols, Augusta, Ga.
L. C. Stephens, G reen vile.
Thomas Taylor. Columbia.
B. B. ClinkRcales, Sparenburg.
J. J. Fowles, Columbia. S. C.
G. M. Eastcrling, Barnwell.
D. T. Brown, Atlantic City.
Qi C. Fuller, Laurens, S. C.
' W. C.' Bates, Chester, S. C.
.1. M. Witherington, Dublin, Ga.
Ijong Slay He Ijlve.
Sometimes whcn-tlie editor's mail
receipts have consisted principally
fdr several days o? those ominous
blue cards which the department per
mits country postmasters to shy at
defenceless newspaper men postage
free, bearing thc name or some suo
scriber four or liv?! years in arrears,
stating that said subscriber's paper is
not taken out, but remains dead in
that ellice, and giving as a reason
therefore that il has been refused, he
feels that his labors have buen in vain,
unappreciated and unremunerated,
and longs to lie himself away to some
deep sequestered spot where ink, type
and print paper are unknown, and
there in thc unbroken solitude of pris
tine nature forget for a time thc week
ly struggle lt) make ends meet and
silently meditate upon thc ingratitude
of man. But when he ls just ready to
do tho "hieing" act-when the prin
ters are clamoring for their last week's
wages-the groceryrnan insisting that
he ought to come through for thc
groceries hellas eaten-thc woodpile
vanishing and only thirty-live cents in
Righi with to buy another load -then
comes along tlie broad guaged, whole
souled big hearted, prompt paying
subscriber, plumps down a I iii, shin
ing, silver dollar, and joy and gladness
tinco more dispel thc gloom. Thc
prompt paying subscriber-long may
he live and his kind multiply.
M KN may write and write and mon
may think and thinkjj but without
tlie printer their thoughts would be
of little value to thc Vorrat Among
all the trades there is hot one more
honorable or Important than that ol'
thc printer the man who edges up the
men tah ic messengers of thought with
numble lingers or who manipulates
with dexterous hand the key board of
that marvelous Invention which con
tinually excites intelligent wonder
and admiration, thc linotype.
ihUi With a Pistol Ins??t?i ?? ?&
lng the Pr?sident,
B?T WAS NOT ALLOWED TO DO SO
Ho Galled Threo' T?nica Liato ht'Xi ?lit
Saying Ho Had au ?hig/agc
n?oiit willi tboi?re?
. Merit.:-,
>. Aj dispatch from Oyster Bay saya^a
ma? g I vi rig his hame as Frank Weil
t>renuer, : was arrested Jut ' Sagamoro
Hill late Wednesday night while mak>
lng a persistent de*mand"to see Presl^
3ent Roosevelt.- -' The'" map. was armed :
with a revolver fully loaded. He Was
baken-to the village and placed in the
bown .'prison. . ... :
Shortly, after 10 o'clock Wednesday
night Wcilbrenner drove tn Sagamore j
QUI in a buggy. Ile was- stopped by
the secret, ser vice operatlve-on duty.
Wellbreuner.- said he hada personal
mgagement with the president end
wished to.see him*.', As it was long -
if ter the. hours iwhen visitors aro re
ceived, the otliccr declined to permit
him to go to the house. Themanlnr
dstcd but - thc officer "turned him
away. ? ?? ? . .
Soon after Weilbrenner re til r ri "d
ind again'insisted that he be allowed
bo see, the president for. ? minute. .
This time, ho was ordered' away and
warncd'uob ' to-.returp.- Just before :
fl: o'clock the- niau "reLuruod ? third
time and demanded of the officer'that
lie should' -bc permitted, to sec the
president at 'once. The olllcer's re
sponse was to take the man from his
buggy and put- him in the -stables,
where ho was placed, under the guard
of two stablemen. A revolver was
found rn the buggy. Later Wcilbren
ner was brought to the village' and
locked uri. ile is.5 feet'8 inches high,
28 years old, has a medium sized dark
moustache, dark eyes and evidently
ls of German decent. He resides in
Syossct, about live miles inland from
Oyster Bay. Ile was well dressed lu
a su it-ot dark material and wore an
old fashioned derby hat.
While Wcilbrenner talked rationally
to trio officers last night, it seems evi
dent from his conversation today that
lie is demented. Uc.saldrthat he had
received a telegraphic communication
from the president directing him to
call at Sagamore Hill.
Wellbrenner's buggy was taken to
a local livery barn. When asked what
became of the rig, Weilbrenner re
plied: "Oh, the president has taken
care of lt. That's all right."
Weilhrennor, several years ago, had
a nervous attack which rendered him
mentally helpless for a day or two but
his family supposed that he had been
quite restored by the medical treat
ment he received at the time. Since
then he had manifested no symptoms
of mental aberration. - He had no so
cialistic or anarchistic tendencies so
far as known, never having been in
terested-in any questions bf that kind.
He was employed dually on his father's
farm.
Wcilbrenner was arraigned today
before Justice Franklin on complaint
of tile secret service operatives who
placed him under arrest. Weilbroii
ner's brother, William .was present nt
thc examination. J ustiee. Fran'.-'
questioned . the . prisoner r bou':^--^
movements last night. ' !
His replies were made, in a quiet
tone of voice but they indicated,[ap
parently, beyond a doubt, that'thc
man is crazy. Asked why he wcap to
Sagamore Hill, he replied:
"I went to see the president about
his daughter, Alice."
"Had you an engagement with the
president?"
"Yes."
"How was tho engagement made?"
"I talked witli the president last
night," replied Weilbrenner.
"How did you talk with him?"
"Oh, I just talked."
"A sort of wireless talk was it?"
"Yes, that is it, a wireless talk."
"Why did you want to see the pres
ident about Miss Alice?"
"1 wanted to marry her."_
"Did you ever see Mjss Roosevelt?"
"Yes, 1 saw.iier night bel'ore last."
"V'herc did you sec her?"
..'.'"At my house."
"Did she go over there?"
"Yes, she came In a red automobile."
"Who accompanied her?"
"Her brother, Theodore."
Justice Franklin after thc examina
tion concluded he would hold Wcil
brenner until an inquiry ol lunacy
could bc held upon his case.
The examination of Wcilbrenner
was continued Wednesday afternoon.
Dr. George A. Stewart and Dr. Irv
ing S. Barnes conducted the examina
tion. Wcilbrenner was declared by
them to bc insane, ile was placed in
the custody of Sheriff Johnson of
Nassau county.
Weilbrcnner was taken to Mine?la.
L. 1., on an evening train and placed
in tlic custody ol' the county authori
ties.
lt appears that President Roosevelt
was aware of the trouble the secret
officer had with Wcilbrenner, Wed
nesday night. After the man had
been turned back tile second time
despite his insistence that he had an
engagement with the president, the
officer to make assurance doubly sure,
inquired of thc president about thc
fellow. Mr. Bosseveit was in Iiis
library only a short distance from Hie
spot when.' the officer had stopped
Wellbrenner's horse. Ile told thc of
licer he had no engagement with any
body.
When Wcilbrenner returned a third
time with a demand that he bc|per
mitted to sec the president, the of
tlicer seized him and threw him out of
vehicle, over the front wheel. Thc
noise of thc seri!file attracted the
president's attention. Ho appeared
at the door overlooking thc driveway
from thc veranda, as Wcilbrenner was
being taken into the stables,"but re
turned to the library almost im
mediately.
Wcilbrenner has been practicing
lils revolver but he would give no rea
son for ids interest in marksmanship
?md Wednesday g said he could not
shoot very well.
A MICHIGAN genius lias invented a
candle which burns slowly and gives
off an ordor which he claims, is pleas
ant to the human senses hut death to
mosquitoes. If true, this man lias
made a fortune and brought a great
boon to humanity. The mosquito ls
one of tile most annoying pests a.> well
as one of the most prolillc carriers of
diseases with which we have to con
tend.
During Hot Days and Cool Nights.
Take Dr. Biggera Huckleberry Cordial
for all Stomach and Bowel Troubles;
Children Teething,etc; At Druggists
25Q and 50c
"r aver Mticciuo W?yiWfilol'tJBrM '
pfQpb?i?icd thal, ib?re ?hould tvrls?. ?
raise teachers, say? the A.tl?pta.Jo?it'?
hal some cl^itji.lDK eVen .to be Mes- i
B.lali) there has ?eeh a regular succ?s*
Bi?TnI bf such impostors, differing only" .
in tile boldness bi? their claims and
the BuccessbT their deceptlobsi The
present ttge'-rallke skeptical, uud cre
dulous-has produced an unusually
lai*ge number of ?uch false claimants
to divinity. * in America wo have not
ohly ?owle, with bis long-bair for
appearance und long head for busl-'
ness, but*'a multitude of lesser pr. ?
phets, setting up similar claims. In
England, however, is perhaps the
most r?m?rkable/o'xample of, deluded
fanaticism in "*tile' history of such
movements. Gaunt.aod huge on the
bare eminence of Chatham bill, near
London, stands an unfinished build
ing one hundred and forty feet square
and about one hundred feet high-an
unsightly cube, with three square
towers-rooftless, and with the many
score of windows unglazed and yawn
ing. It was begun by a sect of religi
ous enthusiasts who.fancied that it
would afford them security from the
terrors of the Last Judgment. Twen
ty years ago, according to a writer lu
thc Strand Magazine, one John White
obtained a' vast following as a divine
personage, churning to be a second in
carnation.of the Messiah. Under hiB
direction this enormous building,
which was designed to reaoh to the
clouds, was begun aud carried for
ward, largely by private subscription.
Forty thousand .pounds, or 8200,000;
had been expended .on thc structure
when the leader of the sect died and
the |t-ork came suddenly to an end.
ills disciples scattered as did those of
Theudas in the days ot the taxing.
Thc great tower, like that of babel on
the plain of Shinar, was' left unfin
ished, a monument to the credulity of
tlie multitude and thc foolishness of~
fanatlcisi.:. It is a strange psychic
def cot in the character of many per
sons which permits them to bo thus
duped and played upoti by manifest
impostors, lircquently, too, the very
people who most stubbornly reject thc
true gospel are those who arc most
vulnerable to every fairy talc of sup
erstition.
Tanning Skins.
Many farmers, who sell the skins
of farm animals, would bo glad to use
them, if they knew how to make them
usable. The following directions have
been sent in, as reliable:
Take one-half pound of alum, one
pound of saltpetre, livo pounds com
mon salt, two ounces corrosive subli
mate, and two gallons of water." Put
It in a vessel that can be covered, so
thal no animal can drink it. If there
is any llcsh on the hides, lay them on
a hoard, flesh side up, and rub with a
brick ur a dull knife, until it is re
moved. After all the ingredients are
dissolved, put thc pelts into the ves
sel of liquid, and allow them to remain
two Qr three weeks. Large skins will
require more liquid, as they must be
covered all thc time, but make it in
thc above proportions. When they arc
taken out, ruo and wuiK 'them until
they are dry, when they will be very
soft and pliable.
A cow-hide, with long, black hair,
makes a handsome laprobc." Sheep
skins make handsome rugs tanned in
this way, and dyed with the ten-cent
packages of dyes for wool.. Prepare
the dye and put in a large vessel ic
which the.hide may be immersed, ant
when it is the desired shade, rinso aw
.i?ry, ^T^^nte^jn?y. b?-made of jory
'.ii?i??',r rt'ni?Ci'-.tjn? . border .may .be "of an
other of a different shade! In sewing
thc .pieces, together, sew- the scam!
from the back, loosely, over and over
so it will lie Hat. Line thc rugs wltl
some heavy material. These are warn
easily-made rugs, and if bought, wouli
cost quite a sum.
Hugs may he made of the skins o
dog, wolf, fox, or other animals, am
left their natural color. In piccini
these skins, be careful to have all th
hair lie the same way, and the seam
will not be noticed. Very pretty trim
mlngs may be made by tanning youni
; lamb skins that are still curly, an
dying them "a desired color with tin
dyes. Nice sets of furs may be mad
for children in this way, lining th
skins with some pretty material. 1
j cold latitudes, these tanned hide
might be made ' Into warm wraps o
overcoats for men and boys.
To-Prevent County snortIIRCS.
The Columbia correspondent of th
News and Courier writes as follow
concerning an important matter: ]
would certainly be most importar
and valuable if the taxation commi
mion would, in connection with its ri
port on tiic best plan to iucrease tl
revenues or the State and maintain
cash basis, take up the matter of tl
better enforcement of the presei
laws and the avoidance of compile
tions in tile accounts of the counl
olllcers. Of course it is only natur
to expect that olliccrs should get liv
trouble, hut thc .system pf ma King sc
tlements seems to be wrong in son
way when, years after thc shortai
has occurred, experts go behind tl
records of Hie county treasurer ai
lind shortages amounting to thpusam
of dollhr. If .settlements were mat
every year only after an examinait?,
of thc-books'by an expert all this tro
ble would bc saved. The law provid
that each and every voucher should 1
examined by the county auditor ai
foreman of the grand jury or a repr
sch tat! ve of thc grand jury. Tl
county auditor and the foreman of tl
grand jury ave responsible for the co
redness of the settlement and that ?
ol' the vouchers are correct, and tl
Comptroller General or his represent
j live simply "witness the settlement
Tlie Comptroller is not supposed to j
into details and examine all'vouchei
ami would not have the time Lo do f
If the county auditors and foremen
the grand juries do not do what is c
peeted under tho law, largely from I
competency, and years afterwards
expert lias to be employed to
around and straighten out things a
discover and settle shortages, would
hot bri better and more business-ll
to have these examinations at the ot
set find have settlements that amou
to a (i nal i ty?_
Mullet! Mullet! Mullet!
and ail kinds of Fresh and Salt Wal
tish and oysters. If you are dealing
Fresh Fish or intend lo deal in tlx
Write' for pri?es and send vour ord rs
TERRY FISH (JO., Charleston, S.
or COLUMBIA FISH & ICE (
Columbia S. C. We ship only frc
caught tish and our prices are asl
as tiley can be sold at. Write
Try us, and be convinced
Killed-? by ealniiH Woman.
Mrs. Thcadbfo Kruzc, of Dcnv
Col., wife of a bookbinder, was si
and killed Thursday at her home
Mrs. Kate Barnardine. The won
declined to make any statement 1
thc cause is suppsocd to be jealou
Mrs. Krnzc was attending her b;
when called to the door by Mrs. I
nardine who fired through thc w
netting.
tjanc^stcV 6d?hty. ttl allotter tb^tk?f
Uanbaster ^respondent o? tile News1
iud Courier coDUrrris tlio publlBiJ?u-Re
ports of :the damage belog done td fclip
jotted crop I n that State by tile bbil
worms. Ile says: "The boll wbn?
:ins played havoc with tho Texa? cot
ton efop. It ls Impossible to evadtj
ind useless to -d?ny the patent fact}
In-many sections ot?Cexas a great
mange has come the aspect of the cpt>
ton crpp In the past ten days. Alary
lelds fiat were being estimated ao
i yield or a bale to tho acre have been
;o devastated that it is 'impossible to
make any estimate of the yield. * ThfB
?hows now quickly a man's hopes muy
be darkened when they are based on
lotton prospects. Bolls about ready
to open are attacked and within a
week these bolls have been destroyed
JO the extent of: two-thirds of a bale
per.acre. - While many previous sea
mus have been marked by the destruo
ii ve work of tho boll worth and Mexi?
ian weevil, I have never seen a sea
son or Urae~"when the work of tho
pests was as sudden and as destructive
is it has been the past two weeks.
My individual crop two weeks ago
promised to make a bale per acrd
Now I have literally nothing to ?base
in estimate on. If we make any cot
ton it will be a September crop, and
that ls very uncertain. It is a fortu
nate thing for us that we have a
record-breaking cor'u crop. I am afraid
the making of cotton ls a tblng-of-the
past with Texas unless we get some
remedy to control the pest."
A Volcano l'or Sale.
Tho Mexican Volcano Popocatepetl ls !
for sale, its owner offering to sell it
for $0,000,000. The value of this vol
cano lies in thc immense deposits.of
sulphur it contains aud the mountain
was originally given by the govern
ment as a gift to General. Gasper!
Sanchez Ochoa In recognition ol' cr-r
tain services rendered by him. Re
ferring to the value o? this volcano as
a sulphur ni!ni, Page's Magazine says:
Two parties arc ?eol?ied lo bj bid
ding for it, ono backed by John D.
Rockefeller and the other liv .lohn P,
and Samuel Grem, ot' 1 'ii Isl iiiVg,
There arc two schemes by which it is
proposed to work thc sulphur minc.
One is to tunnel into thc volcano at
about.GOO yards below the crater, and
to remove the sulphur by a cable con
veyor carrying buckets 100 feet apart.
These will dip into the red hot molten
sulphur and bring it gilt,' the buckets
travelling 200 feet per minute. The
estimated cost of this equipment is
about 8500,000. The other scheme
proposes to send a cogwheelcd railway
over the Hp of the crater down Into I
thc sulphur lake, but it is questionable
if sullicient foundation is available to
sustain thc heavy support that would
bc necessary. For many generations
this sulphur has been mined in a crude
fashion, and it is believed to bc in
exhaustible. Ita market price ab
present ?3 340 per ton. Volcano sul
phur from Sicllly has in the past fur
nished the principal supply."
No Ubo for Such.
.Occasionally one will hear tlie re
mark; "Iwish 1 was out sf this town"
and then one feels like saying, "I
wish you were, too," for a man who,
stands on the street comers, chewing
and spitting, telling obscene stories,
cursing the town, finding fault with
bis . grand mother because she was a
woman, claiming that the merchants
are a lot of thieves, that the" lawyers"]
arid newspaper men Would skin a man
tb. a ?ulsh and a whole lot more, is a
nuisance and au abomination. Ahy
town pestered with one or more of '
these worthless' would be justified in I
exercising cowhide authority on thc I
bosom of their pants. No one ls
obliged to live where lie is not suited.
If one hasn't a helpful word for the I
business enterprise and institutions!
of his town he should "go way back
and sit down." If things don't suit)
you, move to where they do. A growler
and a sore head in a town is an en
terprise killer every time. It would
pay a town to donate $5 and tell him
to move.
TnE Charleston Post says: "Bryan
ism seems to be in pretty full swing in
Ohio, under thc radical Tom John
sons' direction, but the nominee for]
Attorney General on thc ticket with
Tom is a Democrat who supported Mc
Kinley in 18!)l>, and thc convention's
choice for United States Senator is a
man who was a Palmer and Buckner
Democrat in thc same year. Col.
Bryan is due in the State very soon to
speak foi'the ticket, and he will ap
l pear first on thc same platform with
the candidate for lianna's scat. It
will be very interesting and amusing
to sec how he will endorse thc 'assis
tant Republican.' " Very likely the
assistant Republican has repented."
"GovicuN'on Bliss, of Michigan,''
says tlie Ru if alo Express, "lias refused
to honor a requisition for a negro who
is wanted in Georgia for murder. The
likelihood that thc man would bc
lynched if returned to Georgia is be
lieved to bc the reason. This is thc
way a State pays the penalty for a
lawless reputation." Which Stale?
asks thc News and Courier. Our co
temparary then says Georgia would
haye nb particular reason to complain
if Michigan welcomed and harbored
all her fugitive elimin?is. If Gover
nor Bliss covets ihat order of citizens
for his Commonwealth let, him have
all lie wants.
BKKKKICTAIIY cadets at t he Charles-1
ton citadel are required tosign a bond
that they will teach two years in thc
public schools of tile state. This agree
ment is often violated and a case came I
before Superintendent Martin recent
ly of a young man, who after gradua
tion did not teach for two years.
When tho authorit ies look thc matter
up tlie young niau-claimed that he
was now exempt. The assistant at
torney !general, however, advised Mr.
Martin that the young man could still
he made to teach and would be liable
fur lour years tuition at ??riO per your
should he refuse.
Tim hotel at Hamlet, N. C., that
served breakfast to Booker Washing
ton and other negroes recently, while
white guests among them A. Qi. Bacon
of Georgia, waited outside; refusing to
sit in the same room with thc negroes!
will ho boycotted by tlie traveling pub
lic. Tile affair is considered by drum-.
mers_a?>H-disgrace to tile state and- an
insult to thc traveling fraternity.
Already a protest and pledge not to
ever patronize that hotel again has
been signed by over 3.00 travelling
salesmen that travel through North
Carolina.
ner **,
Buccc? to 0. I
" THE ANS WER To;'??if QUES'P ?'<
IS, THE . BETAIL DEALER
TH EY 'ARE }? GAIN} M ARE Y
CliASSlKXOA'
From NEW \romc, N Y. vun 100 J
TO 1 2 3 4"
Cn AHLESTON, S ti ? ?0 "40 31 '28
Can Ohartestoh buy her goods fron
We Do Not Deceive
If you aro s?clc and tv
but be sure that your r
; Wff'do not believe In.ai
EitB?i MEDICINE sehen
under ourytreatment 1
lar.Need be paid Until
tlsts who have C3tablis
. and colley tl ug the feo t
?KJS^^3r0??*. lf yo" want HONEST
form'of.Chronic Diseases, write us-Torr/!
has never beeu excelled. '>'?:$ &?g ?jg
DR. REYNOLDS
BOX Z, Al
rounded in 1850.
MEDICALS'
. , Write for Free G
MEIMOAL DEPARTMENT UN
CurriciUuin included twenty-three
thorough review qui/.; seven )al>oratory
work daily. New building elaborately i
appliances. Tuition SO?.CO. Address,
. .-. :: : . 041
COL LIMB J
: Building and Re-fressed B.riok. S^c
ra Cotta Fine Linings.: Prop ir-d te lil
Jp re ab vj teriwa Gallega
j'.OAR?). il?'OM-Ki'^T. ?ii ? .
for ij>L<H?.<)o. jtf'ex'r. Session
For ?*:italu?He ur iur\im;i
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Prepare yourselves to meet the dem
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MACFEAT'S BUSINESS C(
W. H. Macfcab, olllcial Court Sten0{
Whiskey I Morphine I Cigaretl
Habit, I Habit Habit
Cured by Keeley 1
1320 Lady St. (or P. O. Box li?) Coln
ena; solicited.
BOIL ALL THU WATER.-A patient
recently came down with typhoid
fever, in whose household it had for
years been the custom to boil all the
water used for drinking purposes. As
the patient had not .drunk any-, un
boiled water away from home, her
family could not understand how she
could have acquired the disease, lt
was, howover, ascertained that, while
the drihking water had been boiled,
the family had not boiled that used
for washing lettuce, fruit, etc. lt is
this point that should be impressed
upon the -community.- If the. water,
contains typhoid germs, all the water
used in the kitchen should be boiled,
whether it be for drinking, for wash
ing articles of food, or for cleansing
dishes. In cleansing the teeth even
the same precaution should be used.
TUE News and Courier says: "Pa
triotism" has acquired a new signifi
cance in this country in thc last forty
years or thereabouts. A Brooklyn
regiment is claiming a month's wages
under the Act of 1891) giving to soldiers
who rendered service after the expira
tion of their enlistments for the
Yanko-Spanko war. Thc claims of
the regiment, as explained by a local
paper, " consist in its having appaled
for one muster at its armory before
dismissal. The muster consumed an
hour and a half."
Ii you ure no
"I .vant to k;.'.,v tlif
.rt tli ubiiUi your
(reline, serin tor my
free booklets- >,nd sefl
exii initiation binnies.
Wo. 1, Servons Debili
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Hr?, ii, Vnncocele, No.
?-..Striutui?, No.?.Kid
;ieycnd ft'addcrCom
plnittts. No. 6, Disease
of Women, No. 0, The
Poison King (Blood
VMsoni, No. 7, Ca
r^rrli. These books
sb du ; .1 bc in the hands
of s very person nflllct
cd. vt Dr. Hathaway,
the author, is recoir
ntfcpil ns the best ntl
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Atlanta, Ga
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Greenvale, S. C.
College of highest, grade. Degree
courses and specials. Faculty of 18.
(ireatly improved equipment. Pure
mountain water. Climate rarely
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write Ri C. .TAMES, LITT. I)., Pres.
CHARLES C. LESLIE,
_.-Wholesale Dealers in
Kiii^li and Oysters.
8 & 20 Market St., Charleston, S. C.
Consignmeivts of Country Produce
arc Respectfully Solicited, Poultry,
Eggs. &c.
Fish packed in barrels and boxes for
country tnide a specialty.
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President. Nine professors. Four
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Gymnasium under director. Athletics
Grounds. Course of lectures by the
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Thc Quality, Terms and Prices will'
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