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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-06-08
FIRE AT SaLUDA.
Il. w. Able Loses His X Residencc-Partly In
surPd.
Correspondence Of the Greenvillo) }
NeWs.)


News.)
Saluda, S. c., Juno 3.-Last night,
between IL and 1 o'clock, tho citizens
Of our town wero awakened by an
alarm of fire. 1t was soon discovered
that the dwelling house of e. w.
Able was afire, and despite tho faith
full work Of number of citizens it
was entirely destroyed.
The fire originated at one corner Of
the store coom, but az such q place
that it was impossible for it to have
caught from a defective nue. When
discovered it had made so much hoad-
way that it was impossible to tell
whether it originated on the inside or
outside of the house, and therefore
could not be ascertained whether it
caught accidentally or was of incen-
diary origin. The greater portion of
the furniture in the house was saved,
and by hard and desperate work a
small tonant house and all tho out
buildings were saved. Mr.. Able car
ried some insurance.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-06-08
MONUMENT SITE SELI;CrED,
INC "ouih CHrollnn Park Com mission Left
Fhtrknmnuga YeStortlay.

Chattanooga, June 4.-Tho South
Carolina park commission, consisting
OF Governor McSwooney, Adiutant
General j. W. Floyd, Colonel j.
Harvey Wilson, General G. Walkor
Captain G. H. Henderson and Bishop
Capcrs, Of diocese Of South Carolina
accompanied by General Boyntop,
president of tho Chickamauga Park
commission, and Engineer f.. T..
Bolts, are spending today at tho
park selecting Il sito for tho South
Carolina monument which will be
ready for dedication during tho
coming winter. Tho South Caro-
linians will return homo this evon-
ing
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-06-08
TO DO Hanged According to Law.
lNoWs and Courier. }

Beaufort, May 3l.-Tho negro,
George Thomas tried today for Grim
mai assault on Mrs. Rosa Dourbley,
vas convicted nnd sentenced to be
executed on juno 20. Solicitor
IowDscnd was assisted by j. E. My
rick, Of Savannah. w. j. Whipper
appeared for the defendant put up
no witnoss and was not put on the
stand himself. This onds the Cou,t
Of Sessions.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-06-08

writing letter to decline tho suy-
gostlon Of tho conference, as Mr.. II.
Y. Williams proposed, for | am
pledged already to mako tho race,
and L am not in tho habit Of going
back on my plcdges. Tho Dial res,
olnt'on: which has been rcaflirmcd,
WAS intended as Il straddlo between
tho two constructions Of tho required
pledge, and was SO accepted two
years ago.
ii regard tho outlook extremely
favorable for prohibition victory
this summer, if tho Indications arc
to DO relied upon. Tho voluntary
expressions from my comrades who
were in attendance at Louisville havo
been most gratifying, and they as
sured mo that tho prohibition scnti
ment was stronger than cvcr before
These men were from every section
of the State, and their assurances are
strong and confident. Letters arc
coming by every mail with similar
declarations, and L consider that
there is every reason to be hopeful
of the result. ] cxl oct to DO at Or
angeburg on Tho 1lth instant with
my pledge duty filed and in every
respect ready FOR The fray.
81 do not accept tho decision of
the committee as comforting any ia
vor upon mo or giving me any right
not already mino rs Democrat. nor
DO understand the action OF tho
minority in that light They havo
simply avoided promulg lgnting an Off,
cial doliveranco upon tho point raised
by Mr. Appolt against prohibition
Democrats making suggestions for
Office within tho purity line. Tho
State convention was we'll aware Of
the probable action Of the prohibit,
tion conference, and there wore somo
newspapers urging that the convcn-
tion make the rulo imperative go as
to shut us out, but the convention
wisely abstained from taking any &C
ton that would cast discredit upon
tho prohibition Democrats or Torment
any discord within the party. This
is not the time to excite animosities,
and tho liquor issue docs not mean
undue agitation among the people,
but it does mean well defined pur-
pose to ascertain the sober Judgment
Of the Democrntic voters rs to wheth-
or or not the State shall continue in
the liquor traffic. | shall endeavor
to bring out the honest, fearless
opinion Of tho people on this ISSUE,
and expect to conduct tho campaign
on the highest plano of which I am
capable"
Col. Hoyt is rapidly dovolopin
strength in the upper part Of tho
State. 1t cannot be said that his
candidacy is received with rampant
enthusiasm hero, still tho city and
county rs a whole look upon 1t with
strong and substantial favor, and not
word against him has beon heard.
If there is any political enthusiasm
hero at all it has heen aroused by
his candidacy. Ho will without
doubt poll Il rousing vote at his
home, which will bo high compli-
mont to him because he is about the
best known man in the county.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-06-08

gentleman if h" hiss AEON who would
DO able to support hilraolr witLou;
bciur II Dan,;o,:cr on his conntrv
(Crics Of 't..,." and M.siny on thc
Erpuhlic&n Ilr) Wnl the gentle.
mNu explain aA.'nt hj+ other son :"
(R 'uowol hi.siu.; un lI:v R,Dublica.,
sid".)
Mr.. lill--"l would If il had any
connection with this nuttcr."
Mr.. LcItx--"Is hc noI Sucking the
public tcht:' (I;cncwcd hlsscs on
tho Republican Sido)
Ar. Brown q ONO ay$alrl NIr.
hN'hz. i. "oUIl BIKE, no s";I to
SEQ some o." or something thai
would commend the patriotism of
that Gc"tlo:MEn.
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Hay OF Virginia, IN OPPOSITION to the
pTopo*ltIoH :" promn:" G"n. Miles;
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-06-08
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1900-06-08
Sam Jones IL Funny.
(DaltOn Argus

In last Sundays Journal Rev. Sam
p. Jones, in speaking of tho hard
row tho negro has to wood, says
"Iho public wont let hlm edit O. pa
per, though | think somc negroes
might boat somo white editors |
know." Wo don't know, Sammy; wo
have seen but fow negroes try edit
ing. But we have seen lots of them
try preaching, ano some negro prcach-
er" DO beat some whito preachers
especially n]ong tho line Of saying
fewer rough things in the pulpit and
in being frcor from gratuitous nings
at Tho mombcrs Of other high call.
inGs.
The age-herald., 1900-12-29
An Extra Session,

Mr. Hanna, who is something more than sion will be summoned of his subsidy steal of $23O000,000 be not rammed down the threats of taxpayers; and if he finds that he must call an extra session for that pur- pose, he will order his henchmen in the Senate to delay either the army reorgan- zation bill or some of the appropriation bills, so that the odum of one extra ses- sion shall not fall on the ship scheme for footing the treasury.
 He proposes to put the Nicaragua bill over also. but as he had probably promised to do this to his trans-continental railroad subscribers, no one will be deceived by or disappointed in his plans. Care was taken at Philadelphia to leave out any endorse ment of the Nicaragua canal, thus en- abling the Panama people to contribute freely to the campaign fund and enabling the railroad lobby to utilize the Panama scheme to it's fullest extent. The great MT. Hanna, caller of extra sessions and ram pant boss of legislation in general. is at heart an enemy of the Nicaragua canal. He has bargained 1t away so far as he could, and were 1t not for public sentiment he would kill it outright. He hesitates to do this, but he will utilize it in passing his subsidy grab in every way he can. The country must endure him four years long, dropped with a thud at the end of that time. In the meanwhile the subsidy rape be done in an extra session. All things in Washington will hereafter turn upon the progress or delay of the subsidy scheme.
The age-herald., 1900-12-29
BOLD ROBBERY.
Mail Sack Stolen Containing $1oo,o00
 of Negotiable Papers

Detroit, December 2S-The Michigan Cen tral depot at Wyandotte, a suburb of De- troit, was the scene of a bold mat robbery sometime last night, when a pouch contain ing, it is estimated $10O,0OO of negotiable pa- pers, check and money was stolen from the waiting rooms Two sacks of mail and a pouch of second-class matter were dropped on the platform by a southbound Michigan Central train at 1O:2S Night operator Rich CT took the two bags into the waiting room instead of the ticket office. While busy with other duties, one of the bags was stolen. An old peddlar named Bessy found the mail sacks belonging to the Standard oil com- pany about twenty feet from the depot.
The age-herald., 1900-12-29
Alabama Jails and Prisons.

The special committee of the General As- sembly of which Representative Leslie E. Brooks of Mobile Is chairman, appointed to. investigate and report as to the conduct of the penitentiary, must begin it's labors at an early day, and nothing that the press or individuals can suggest will be malapro- pos to the occasion or offensive to the con- mittee.
 The Age-Herald has before now called at tention to the recommendation of the physi- elan on the board of convict inspectors, Dr. Blake, that separate hospital be estab- lished for consumptives among the convicts Hill and many other physicians of the State as well as perhaps most of the medical journals of the United States, have en- dorsed Dr. Blake's view in the most em- phatic terms. Authority could no further go. The substance of the argument is that consumption of the lungs is an infectious disease; that a convict consumptive com Ing in close contact with other convicts
  sound; and in evidence of this conclusion pr. Blake cites the State authorities to the fact that this disease is increasing alarm ingqy. Nearly one-half of all the deaths of county convicts is due to consumption. In cideptally the physician inspector points out that Prison No. 2' at Speigner's has been abandoned leaving ample buildings now unused for the purpose of the hospital sug- gested. The committee will consider doubt aess the subject, and report as to it's feasi- bllity.
 But, as Dr. Blake points out. there are other reforms needed. He says the convict hospital at Wetumpka needs surgeons operating table, and no one knows why the need continues to exist when it is so mani
The age-herald., 1900-12-29
Hours in Cotton Mills.

The Riverside mills of Danville, Va, have shorter hours-that 60 hours week is bet ter than 72 hours, or even 66 hours, and the mills of that company will hereafter be run ten hours a day. This Is the New England plan.
 The Riverside mills believe their output will not be thereby lessened, and they fur ther believe that by so doing they will be able to check the inroads of labor agita- tion,sa to take a hand in labor legisla- tion The question is many-sided, but it is certainly better for both mill operators and for this section as whole that labor troubles be headed off for a few years longer by wise concessions, if that result be possible on any reasonable line. It is Riverside mills will take from the operatives the chief complaint they have to make that not enough will be left to justify in this section prolonged labor agitations.
 The HlNerSlQe cOnceSSlO1lj lOSStlleI NitH a reasonable solution of the child-labor prob lem, would put an end doubtless to labor legislation in the South, and certainly it is better that mill operators handle these questions instead of labor agitators. It should be remembered that mill history will repeat itself in the South, and that the mills should act promptly and unitedly if they desire to have a voice in the legisla- ten that will sooner or later be adopted in all cotton milling States
 The length of mill day is probably the most difficult of all the mill labor problems, and the Riverside mills have, by the adop- ton of the New England hours, solved it very effectually in one direction. The new departure in Danville deserves careful study.
The age-herald., 1900-12-29
WHAT CHRISTIANITY HAS DONE

From Harper's Weekly.
 The achievements wrought by Christianity in the social conditions of the world are luminous. Mackay, twenty years ago, wrote from Uganda describing the terribly cru city of a people as yet unreached by Chris tian ideas. So might every other Christian missionary have written when in 1925 or later he first entered heather lands. But today the results wrought by Christianity in ameliorating or destroying vicious social customs roll up such returns as pronounce Christianity blessing to the home and to the individual from Natal to Point Barrow. The number of its adherents does not nec- essarily indicate the condition of a cause. But when one feature of a cause is its 150 societies in the heather world, whose mis- sionaries count GOOD, and whose native preachers. teachers and helpers are 6S,5OO and whose converts are over 100000, the capabilities and aggressive nature of the cause become apparent.
The age-herald., 1900-12-29
HE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN ALABAMA
Isthmian Canal Outlook.

The most that can be gathered from in- formation that has come to hand 1t that Great Britain will act deliberately upon the amended Hay-Pauncefote instrument. The foreign office will not take up the sub jeot at all until the proposed treaty ar rives in the mails, and then it Is more than probable that Downing Street may take considerable time and may even ask for amendments, thus putting the subject over the present session. Great Britain is in no hurry to come to a decision over a canal in which she is to have no voice.
 Too much delay on the part of Great Britain would lead to a>direct abrogation by this country of the Clayton -Bulwer treaty Such an act is authorized by the treaty itself. Either party to 1t can de- mand it's abrogation, and this will be the the Hay-Pauncefote document extend be- yond the present session of Congress.
 The Senate has by its amendments of the Hay-Pauncefote document probably delay ed the beginning of the work of construct ing an isthman canal year. Behind these amendments, be they good or bad, neces- sary or unnecessary, turk the Hobbies that are fighting the Nicaragua canal. The in- terests they represent are we'll satisfied with the situation, whether those interests be those of the Panama project, or of the Transcontnental Railways. The Senate by its action has served both, for it has in- definitely tied up the Nicaragua canal, and 1t has done so so cunningly that the coun- try is not angered by it's action.
The age-herald., 1900-12-29

fest. This hospital needs also one or more windows and the need remains although the salaries of penitentiary officers do not remain down to former figures. The hos pital at Wetumpka is dangerous to health and life of patients for the want of suf- fiolent number of cubic feet of fresh air, and yet it Is well known that there is abun- dant space nearby that goes unutilized. of- hclal neglect is the real obstruction, as 1t is in almost all instances of faulty govern ment of prisoners in uhe State.
 Dr. Blake in his biennial report admits that the jails of the State are responsible for much of the consumption among con- vicls.
 Here we come to a practical suggestion. Would not a new office namely, the office of jail inspector be an economical and hu- mane creation of law? Would 1t not be timely to suggest that the office of associate Inspector be abolished, thus saving salary of s2250 a year and of an equal amount of expenses perhaps. Let the jail inspector have as salary $1OOO and a fixed sum for expenses. Possibly two jail inspectors at $500 year each would be better, the one to act as a spur to the other, both to re- port regularly the condition of each jail to the resident of the convict board.
 Certainly aM testimony will admonlsh the committee to inquire we'll into the condition of the county jarls; An educated white man released from one of the State prisons was heard to say: "I feel the disgrace of the stripes, but would stay ten years in prison rather than six months in the Jail of - County, where I was first confined That jail nearly killed me-"
The age-herald., 1900-12-29
--------------------- BRITISH COAL FIELDS.

From the Youths Companion
 A French author, Monsieur E. Loze, has recently discussed again the question of the probable duration of the British coal fields Assuming that the prosperity and power of Great Britain depend upon her supply of coal, he thinks that ''the end of Britain is due within the coming century. He fixes the date 1850 for the complete exhaustion of the attainable supply of coal in the British Isles. To this statement the Eng fish scientific journal, Nature, replies that Monsieur Loze has failed to take account of recent investigations proving that min ing can be economically carried on at much greater depth than 2OoO feet-the limit as- stunned by the French author-and conse- quently that the British coal supply will last indefinitely longer than his calculation shows
The age-herald., 1900-12-29
THE LAKESIDE.

By John Greenleaf Whittier The shadows round the inland sea
 Are deepening into might; Slow up the slopes of Ossipee
 They chase the lessening light. Tired of the long days binding heat,
 I rest my languid eye, Lake of the Hills where, cool and sweet, Thy sunset waters lie! Along the sky in wavy lines
 Der isle and reach and bay, Green-belted with eternal pines,
 The mountains stretch away. Below, the maple masses sleep,
 Where shore with water blends, While midway on the tranquil deep
 The evening light descends.
 So seemed it when yon hills red crown Of old, the Indian trod, And, through the sunset air, looked down Upon the-Smile of God. To Him of light and shade and laws
 No forest skeptic taught; Their living and eternal cause
 His truer instinct sought. He saw those mountains in the light
 Which now across them shines: This lake, in summer sunset bright,
 Walled round with sombering pines. God near him seemed; from earth and slxie4 His loving voice he heard, As, face to face in Paradise,
 Man stood before the Lord. Thanks, o our Fatherl that like Mm.
 Thy tender love I see, In radiant hill and woodland dim,
 And tinted sunset-sea- For not in mockery dost thou fill Our earth with light and grace: Thou hid'st no dark and cruel will Behind Thy smiling face.
The age-herald., 1900-12-29
Located by Calculation.

Lord Kelvin once surprised his class by the quick and amusing manner in which he solved a problem on 'sound," says the London M. A. P. In the midst of an ex- periment Lord Kelvin had ceased featuring, and was silently watching, along with the most of the students, the progress of an experiment. There was a dead silence, which was suddenly and rudely broken by the sound of a marble, which an inatten- tive student had purposely dropped, and which continued to roll and drop, drop, drop down all the tiers of benches till 1t reached the ground floor. Meanwhile Lord Kelvin had quickly turned around and ob- served where the marble emerged on to the flcor. He counted back the number of times he had heard it drop, and then announced:
 MT. X--, of the seventh tier, you may report 10 me after the lecture"
 The eminent scientist had correctly spot ted the culprit.
The age-herald., 1900-12-29
SHORT STORIES
 OF THE DAY
Host Thouqht She Wanted More.

Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson is a woman Of more than local fame. Her book. called A Dream of Empire" dealing with Maximil- ian's ill-fated reign in Mexico. brought her before the literary and historical world Her studies in. and papers on. archaeology have made her a figure in the scientific world. She has added to this theoretical knowledge by recently making a trip to Egypt in the interests of the University of Pennsylvania, of whose archaeological de- partment she is the only woman member, relates the Saturday Evening Post.
 Her trip to Egypt put her in touch with the people. the excavations, the political life and archaeological researches of that coun- try. She says the most interesting meal she ate was grand dinner given by the great est shek in that part of the country. His invitation came to her with great formality. and she looked forward to the dinner with delight. She felt it would be a unique sen- sation.
 But she could not eat one-quarter as much as they served to her. She enjoyed the first few courses and was satisfied. Dish after dish was served by the Bedouin servants; on on went the dinner, and the others ate, but it was impossible for her to do so. She touched the food slightly up to the fif- teenth course; then her nature rebelled.
 At the last course the powerful shelk arose. He was obviously irritated and con- cerned. Making her a sweeping bow, he said:
 Madam, you do not eat because you are angry that I have not served you more dishes. I want not to offend. I have served twenty-two dishes, madam, the highest honor we can possibly pay. It is exactly the same dinner, madam, that l served to your great war lord, General Grant, when he was my guest"
The age-herald., 1900-12-29
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN Moes

From the Louisville Dispatch.
 That Indiana mob was the most blood thirsty ever known. It was unlike a south ern or western mob in that 1t not only acted on the impulse but also after mature deliberation. Two negroes were hanged be- fore the lynchers had time to reflect on the atrocity of their deed. The third was hanged the next night by the same men, who, after deliberation, decided he must be summarly disposed of, and went in true military style to get him. And this, too, when the employer of the victim, rep utable hotelkeeper, said he could prove an alibi for the negro. Southern mobs never hang men who are known to be innocent
The age-herald., 1900-12-29
THREATENED EXTRA SESSION.
From the Boston Herald

From the Boston Herald
 Like not a few other measures of im- portance in the policy of the national ad- ministration, gossips are now imputing the talk that there Is to be an extra session of the next Congress to MT. Hanna He is charged with using 1t as a threat to Senators and Representatives in order to procure the passage of the shipping sub sidy bill this winter. It Is to be hoped, however that nobody will be seriously scared in this way. It is well understood that MT. Mckinley likes to please MT. Hanna; we presume that he would not himself deny the soft impeachment; but there is point that he will not be willing to pass here. He does not like extra ses- sions of Congress. If ever one of them was appropriate in was in the spring or summer of 1899, yet the President shrank from calling 1t, and We have the firm con viction that nothing but the absolute neces- sity of passing appropriation bills will in- duce him to do so next spring.