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The advocate., 1894-04-18
Anarchy in South Carolina.
fairness.

Since the end of last month the state
of South Carolina has been the theatre
of @ wonderful performance.
The liquor interests have banded to-
gether with other capitalist concerns
and capitalist individuals to oppose the
so-cslled dispenssry law, law by which
the liquor business was intended to be
taken from private hands and placed into
the hands Of Che state for the purpose of
diminishing drunkenness. The opposi-
tion to the enforcement OF this law finally
came to a head at Darlington. The con.
stables appointed to prevent it's viola
tion, were mobbed by the "respectsblss"
Of the place, and one was killed, being
riddled with bullets. Nor did the re-
bellion end there. Governor Tillmsn
called out the militia at Columbia, and
these virtually mutunied. The elite Of
the place, constituting the "crack" regi-
ment of the state, refused to obey the
orders Of the governor, and when called
before him threw down their arms and
disbanded the regiment.
But the real features of the event is
the attitude taken upon the subject by
the capitalist press Of the land. The
dispenssry law was enacted by the South
Carolina Legislature and signed by the
governor. In endesVoring to enforce the
law, the governor is simply fulfilling his
oath Of Office. Nevertheless, this identi.
cal press, which would fare up at any
so called violation Of law by the workers,
denounce them as anarchists, and de.
claim upon the necessity Of being law
sbiding-of course only when the law is
twisted swry for the benefit Of the cspi-
tsliStS-this identical press virtually sp-
plsuds the law breakers and murderers
and condemns the governor!
There is hardly an event that takes
place during the closing years Of this
century, but is bound to converge
towards the social catastrophe whittier
the capitalist system is rushing. The
attitude and the language of our "edu-
Gators" the capitalist press, will be re-
membersd in the near future, and their
dying mouths will be stuffed Herewith
when the long patient people will have
ceased to submit to be humbuggsd, and,
having swept away capitalists rule at
the ballot.box, will, in their full majesty,
exercise that retributive justice upon
the country's betrayers that has been so
long withheld.-The People, April 8.
The advocate., 1894-04-18
A LABOR DECISION.
A Judicial Decision Which is Stirring POlltl-
cal Circles.

April & in the matter OF the Union Pa
cifc wsRe schedule, Judge Caldwell, OF
the United States court, favored the en-
ployes as against the orders OK Judge
Jenkins and others. He said
''The relation Of these men to the COM
pany and their rate Of wages were deter
mined in the main by certain written
rules, regulations and schedules, some OF
which had been in force for more than q
quarter Of q century, and all Of which
had been in force, substantially az they
stand to-day, for a period Of eight years
or more.
'SThese rules, regulations and sched-
ulss were the result OF free and volun-
tsry conferences held from time to time
between the managers Of the railroad
and the officers and representatives OF
the several labor organizations repre-
sentipg the men in the different subdi-
visions or branches of the service, viz:
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engin-
GERS, the Brotherhood Of Locomotive
Firemep, the Order Of Railway Con-
ductors, the Order OF Railway Tele-
Rrsphers, the Union Pacific Employees
association, and the Brotherhood OF
Railway Trainmen.
"These labor organizations, like the
rules, regulations and schedules, had be-
come established institutions on the sys-
tenn many years before the appointment
of receivers. Two Of the Rblest railroad
managers ever in the service OF this syS-
tenn, and probably ss able as any this
country has ever produced-Mr. 8. Fl. Fl.
Clark and Mr.. Edward Dickinson, now
general manager Of the road, testify that
these labor organizations on this system
had improved the morals and efficiency
of the men, and had rendered valuable
aid to the company in perfecting and
putting into force the rules and reguls-
tions governing the operation Of the
Union Pacific railway, which contessedly
have made it one Of the best managed
and conducted railroads in this country.
"AmoDg the rules and regulations re-
Herred to and in operation when the re-
ceivers were appointed was one to the
effect that no change should be made in
the rules and regulations and rate Of
wages without first giving to the labor
organizations, whose members would be
affected by such change, thirty days no.
tice, or 6ther reasonable notice"
Judge Caldwell then recites how the
receivers went into court last January to
force q reduction on the schedule Of
wages and states Rll the legal steps
taken down to and including the hear
ing just ended. The court then says:
"At this conference an agreement was
reached ss to the rules, regulations and
schedules relating to the train dispatch.
ers and operators which have been re-
ported to the court and confirmed. This
was one Of the most difficult schedules
in the whole list to adjust, and the salts.
factory agreement reached in the confer
ference shows the great value of the
good tempered, calm and intelligent in
quiry in which both sides are repre-
sented, and in which both sides learned.
perhaps for the first time, the ground on
which the demand is made by the one
and resisted by the other.
"The receivers had declared to the
The advocate., 1894-04-18

and was abandoned, and rules and regu-
lations governing telegrsphers' wages
adopted"
Judge Caldwell then goes on to say
that when court Of equity takes upon
itself the conduct and operation Of d
great line of railroad, the men engaged
in conducting the business and operat-
ing the road become the employees Of the
court, and are subject to its orders in all
matters relating to the discharge Of their
duties and entitled to it's protection.
"There would seem to be no equity in
reducing the wages Of the employees be-
low what is reasonable and just In order
to pay dividends on stock and interest
on bonds of this character. The recon-
mendstion Of the receivers to adopt their
schedules can not be accepted by the
court for another reason: That schsd-
ule was adopted without affording to the
men or their representatives any oppor-
tunity to be heard. This was in viola
tion Of the agreement existing between
the company and the men, by the terms
of which NO change Of the schedule was
to be made without notice to the men
and granting them hearing. I his was
O fundamental error.
RECEIVERS BROKE THE CONTRACT FIRST.
"I'he receivers were the first to break
the contract between the court and it's
employees, but il the converse had been
the case, the court could not have di-
rected, or enjoined the men to continue
in it's service. Specific performance of
contract to render personal service can
not be enforced by injunction, by pains
and penalties, or by other means. The
period OF compulsory personal service
save "a a punishment for crime, has
passed in this country.
"It is not unlawful for employees to as
soclste, consult and confer together with
view to maintain or increase wages, by
lawful and peaceful means, any more
than it was unlawful for the receivers to
counsel snd confer together for the pur-
pose Of reducing their wages. A corpo-
ration is organized capital; organ
lied labor 10 organized capital; what it is
lawful for one to do it is lawful for the
other to do"
"a system Of rules and regulations by
which the company has been able to
bring into it's service and retain for
twenty.fv years, in some instances, the
class Of men who had appeared before
the court at this hearing, 10 certainly
cOmmendabls, and it meets the entire
approval of this court.
sin the opinion Of the court the al
lowRnces made by the schedules now in
force are just and equitable. The en-
ployes, under the present system, share
the burdens Of diminished business.
"When property is in the custody Of
receivers the law declares it to be con-
tempt Of the court appointing them, for
any person to interfere with the property
or With the men in their employ. No in
junction order can make such unlawful
interference any more Of q contempt
than the law makes it without such Or
der. Such orders have an injurious tend
ency, because they intend to create the
impression among men that is not an
offsnse to interfere with property in pos
session Of receivers or with the men in
The advocate., 1894-04-18
The I'SOlidD Sections.

Secretary Turner, Of the national com.
mittee, gives US the following figures
with comments:
At the the last general election, the
twenty eight states west of the Mis-
sissippi, and south Of the Ohio and Poto-
mac rivers, polled 5,O74,52O votes, divided
between the three parties as follows:
Parties. Total Uote Per cent
Democrats s..............,.2 .2,279,547 449
Republicans s................1 .1,876y8S5 1863
Peoples party.......,....... 91S,O88 1872
II we further snslyze the election re-
turns of the two sections we find that
the fourteen states south of the Ohio
and Potomac rivers, including Missouri,
Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, polled
in 1892, 3,157, 1888 votes, divided as fol-
lows:
Parties. Total UOte. Per cent.
democrats .l,16I6O3 559
Republicans .............. 97O,45O SO7
Peoples party............... 419,7S5 1874
The fourteen states west of the Miss
lssippi river, which until recently had
been solidly republican, polled at last
election, 1,216,682 votes, divided as fol-
lows:
Parties Total UOte Per cent.
Democrats ................. 5l1,9A 267
h0puDllc6nS. ....,.,........ JOO400 4I5
Peoples party. 49S,3O3 $50
The Peoples party in the western
states pollsd almost as many votes as the
democrats, and had the attitude Of this
administration toward silver been known
then as now, 80 per cent. OF those who
did vote for Cleveland would have voted
for the POpulist ticket, The same is
true of the South; in spite of the demo-
cratic election methods we polled nearly
one-hslf million votes. Nothing but the
frantic cry, "givs US chance" kept the
South in line. The South and West are
debtor sections, they demand more
money, and will accept nothing else.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-01
A Dismantled Monitor.

The monitor Saugus, that took part in
Admiral David Porter's bombardment
of Fort Fisher in December, 1864, now
lies dismantled at Philadelphia wharf
awaiting purchaser who needs coal
barge. Her armor has been stripped
off and the spinning turret removed.
The Saugus was one of the monitors
that, casting anchor within range OF
Fort Fisher, opened fire upon it, and
in little more than an hour demolished
all but the bomb-proof portions of the
fort. The attacking feet consisted OF
thirty-five regular cruisers, five iron
clads and reserve of nineteen other
vessels. According to Gen. Grant
it was 'sthe most formidable armada
ever collected for concentration upon
one given point" The Saugus was
built during the latter part of the war.
In 1891 she was sold by the government
to Philadelphia firm, which made the
purchase with the object of reselling
to some South American state in need
of a secondhand warship. The nego-
,tiations failed, and the Saugus was then
dismantled. She had been built to last,
for 1T was necessary to use dynamite in
the work of unsheathing her hull.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-01
A GERM.DEsTRoYtNG ELEMENT,
Healthy Blood Said to BE Sure Death to
Bacteria.

bacteria.
About ten years ago medical scien-
fist advanced the theory that, in it's
normal condition, blood contained an
element that instantly killed many
forms of bacteria. In this healthy
state blood has been injected into the
veins of diseased persons for this pur-
pose, and has begun the work of de-
struction. The results had not been
satisfactory, as the amount of blood
required was SO great as to make con-
tinued experiments unwise. Recent
Investigations have confirmed the
original idea, and a series of expert
ments of late conducted at the univer-
sity of Michigan reveals most inter
esting possibilities. The destroying
principle has been separated from the
blood, and with it germs of cholera
and anthrax have been killed. This
element, to which the name of neuclin
has been given, is colorless and trans
parent. The vital essence of it seems
tenacious of life, as high degrees of
heat, even to the boiling point, do not
seem to diminish it's activity. If this
discovery does all that it promises, it
marks an incalculable advance in med
ical science. Injected into the veins
of persons suffering from many forms
OF germ-poisoning, it Immediately be-
gins it's beneficent. task of Kidding the
system of the enemy. Thus a new
field in medicine is opened, the ulti
mate results of which even the most
comprehensive mind can scarcely esti-
mate.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-01
HUNTING WITH TURKEYS.
Tame Birds Used to Capture the Wild
Ones.

Ones.
''Tame turkeys can be trained to
hunt wild Ones" said a st. Louisan re-
Gently to a Globe-Democrat man. 81
owned one called Dick, down in Polk
county, Tenn, that obtained state
reputation. I was offered one hun
dred dollars for him at one time, but
then thought he was a phenomenal
bird. Since his death, however, have
wild turkeys is not uncommon among
tame ones. The call of the wild fowl
differs from that of the domestic one,
but the latter can easily learn the for
mer's calls if the hunter is patient
enough to teach him. The tame tur-
key can be taught so that he can be
taken into the woods, and will then
send forth the challenge call. If a
turkey cock is within hearing an an
swering note of defiance is invaria blv
made. This is replied to, and finally
the wild turkey will come very eau
tiOusly until he sees the tame one, as
he is suspicious creature. But when
he sees the turkey his fears are gone,
and he starts at once to do. battle.
Then the trained turkey runs and the
hunter shoots.
'The advantages of this method of
hunting are very great. While a
hunter can initiate a turkey call pref
ty closely, there is an accompaniment
made by striking the ground with the
wings which cannot be reproduced,
and without this the game is sus-
picious. The hunting turkey must be
taken in hand when very young and
constantly drilled, but beyond the pa
thence required very little skill need to
exist upon the part of the trainer"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-01
IakinE to Bad Language.

Ii in We olden days milady 'sswore
her pretty oath by yea and nav the
modern dame of fashion. with the
frankness of her world and period,
uses the big, big D. quite openly.
Smoking seems to be an accepted fact
among the young married women be-
longing to the snartest set in New
York, and according to the Tribune
swearing is the latest development
1t : no uncommon thing of late to
hear pretty women use among their in
Inmates very strong language indeed.
Curiously enough, !:owever, and for
tunately, too, for the general good,
these little indulge ces are confined to
the vie intime'' OF the inner circle,
while to society at large the modern
woman OF the world is model of cold
propiety. There has grown up in Lon
don-and of course New York has
adopted this latest innovation-a lati-
tude OF speech and action among the
truly initiated of certain set that is
somewhat appalling to those who hold
the old-fashioned standard of what a
lady may and may not do.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-01
A CHINESE SAMSON,
wonderful Feat OF Chinaman at a Mill
tia Examination

wonderful Feat of IA Chinaman at n Mill
tia Examination.
"A HankOw correspondent gives an
account of the discovery of a Young
Samson at the militia examinations
Inere were about nine hundred can
uloatea, OF whom siXty-three gained
the degree of promoted men They
are tried in archery, lifting, sword and
spear exercise, etc, also in writing.
Inc senior wranglcr was young man.
only twenty-two7 years of age, from
hlnhua. His particular success was in
hitting. and his strength is estimated
at eight hundred catties (the cattle is
about one and one-haif pounds).
though, really they say it is only six
hundred catties. This is tested bv
lifting square stone of three hundred
cattles weight as high as the breast.
This man not only lifted it to that
height, but gave it little toss up and
caught it as it came down.
The governor was astonished and
asked him to repeat the feat. The
young man supposing that he was sus-
pccted OF having some secret help.
threw off his coat, exposing his bare
body, and repeated the feat to the en-
tire satisfaction of the Judges.
Though in archery and other practices
his skill was not conspicuous, he was
awarded the 1rst place on the list of
successful candidates. and the gov
ernor did him the honor of asking who
had been his teacher and trainer. He
replied that it was his father, who was
himself military officer and had
served at Ningpo and elsewhere.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-01
An Eariy Account

The following extract from the
world Encompassed more especially
pears upon the points covered in the
inscription, giving an account of tho
service held and making record of the
words OF the very early American mis-
slonary prayer: Our general. with his
companle. in the presence of those
strangers, fell to prayers: and bv
sisnes' in lifting up our eyes and hands
20 Heaven, signified unto them that
'nat God, whom we did serve. and
whom they ought to worship, was
ABOVE; oeseeching God, if it were His
gooa pleasure. to open by some meanes
their oinded eyes, that they might in
due time be called to the knowledge of
MN, the true and everything God. and
OF Jesus Christ, whom He hath sen +
the salvation of the Gentiles. In th e
time OF which prayers, singing of
Isaimes, and reading of certaine chap
tiers OF the Bible, they safe very atten-
lively,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-01
PRAiR.: DOGS.
They Are Small ;>uG ::xcos iingiy Annoy
Ing to l. s5jcra-r3.

They Are Small :>ua ;;xcc. iingiy Annoy
lag to i.e5tcrners.
''The prairie dog" said traveller.
sis apparently a very harmless little
animal, but. although it, bite Is not
poisonous, it can vrec'r more goods
and chattels with its little teeth than
an animal twice it's size Three Or four
years ago. says the St Louis Globe
Democrat. iu&t after the opening OF the
first portion Of Oklahoma. the country
was infested by tens OF thousands Of
prairie dogs. and one source Of revenue
among the settlers was catching the
little animals and selling: them TO
visitors, who seldom bothered Wit, them
more than three Or fo;l' hours ride and
then let them go IL disgust. The prai
RE dog can eat It's way out OF almost
any box that is made. and it has q
fondness for leather. which seems TO
show its appreciation for a popular
proverb. l remember one night i, the
early history OF the territory Crlcr:up
carriage from the livery stable 10
drive me to Kingisher. The con-
veyance came round very early in the
morning all right, but noticed that
when the driver got cut to attend to
some defect in the harness he wore
but one boot, and although this was
large and long enough to make I'D for
the deficiency, was curious to know
why he favored one foot and leo at the
expense OF the ether lis explana-
tlon was ludicrous, if profane. The
night before he had caught four prairie
dogs to I'LL an order from a tourist. and
mad placed them in a small box in his
solitary room. As usual, they had
gnaWeo their way Out of the box dur
ing the night and had so mutilated one
OF his boots that it was impossible f.
wear it,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-01
I WHY TfiE 9I9ST TREMBLED.
AsSistan. Chanted to Him guring Service
- That Ne He'd Drawn q Prize

AsSistan. Chanted to Hin, I,uring Service
-. That Ha Had Drawn q Prize.
- An interesting incident has lust oc-
cured ia Lima, Peru, awakening
sScqrally lu nan sympathy and fanatical
fury. a Dominican father celebrating
mass in LA MERGED. having reached
2 the most imposing part of the cere-
mony, whcn the Gloria was resounding
through the lofty arches OF the Oldest
temple OF thc continent, was seized
with violent trembling and would have
fallen but for the service of an as
sistant.
lnvcStiGa ton shows that while the
service waa proceeding an altar boy
had conveyed q piece of news to the
assistant ard lie. profiting by the noise
OF the Gloria. had ci1aatAa. so as to be
heard by the father. You have drawn
the twenty thousand dollars being
the iarterly grand prize of the ma
ito, lottery.
TIE poor friar had been in great pow
crty and Suddenly saw himself pro-
vided with the means of supporting
the mother CT his children. a iov too
great for HIS simple human soul The
assistant has been sentenced to 'se-
clusion" for three months and the friar
{ to one month. The woman has already
been made comfortable by the friends
OF the priest, who have taken charge
OF his fortune. to save it from the ra-
pacity of his superiors.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-01
THIRTY MILLIONS.
Speculation Ecgardinr the Population c
London Half Century Hence.

Speculation Regarding the Population OF
London Half Century Hence.
The London county council has been
studying into the growth Of that city,
whose population seems TO be decreas-
ing, because the people are moving
into the suburbs. The investigation
has brought out some remarkable
figures, says the Westminster Budget.
If we do not add any more to the popu-
latiOn than the amount per decade that
has been added since 1881 it seems that
we should have population in 1871 of
close upon 10,000,000. If we allow for
a growth at the rate of the natural in
crease of births over deaths there will
be nearly II, 200. 900 in London in that
year. If we reckon that London will
grew at the average rate of the last
three decades we shall 4e ever ID, OOO,-
600, but if inner London and outer Lon
don go on together growing at the rate
they have been growing for the last
three tens Of years we are to expect a
London population in 1911 of trifie
over 1850 900. If we look at the mat
ter in another way and ask what popu-
lation greater London will contain
when it has attained throughout the
mean density of well-known areas.
we get the following appalling calcu-
latiOn:
If greater London were only peo-
pied as densely as Hampstead, it
would contain population of 49,.
100000
If it were peopled on an average as
densely as Fulham is now, the popula.
ton would be 20,CO0,O0
Ii it were peopled at the rate of ST..
Georges, Hanover square, the total
would rise to 80. OOo, 900.
Nhitechapel is three times as dense
~ peopled as St. Georges itself. The
m oral is obvious.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1894-06-01
j. PreciGys Relic.

The oldest Christian fan which is in
existence dates from the sixth century
having beloD ged to Queen Theodelin-
Ga. q princess who possessed nail of
the box cr',ss, which afferyvar-i was
set Il t.:ejl'ac crown of Lon b.sr. J. his
is l:.essei'vSi in the castle OF sIonzs..
near = i.,lii. and shown &, the s2lrist
as q rei--c. This is an interesting spcci-
men Of 3 folded fan, as it l.; made IN
two leaves which shut on each other
by means OF a spring It isgilded and
ornarnelatcsl with pearls and rnbies,
and bears races of Latin prayer.
The handle is Of solid gold, inlaid with
gems. The Ioung girls Of Milan go to
Moaza On certain day in the year
simply to touch this magical fan, as it
is supposed TO bring about speedy and
happy marriage