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Evening star., 1901-04-27
South Cardinals Ubiquitous System
of Contract Labor.
SLAVERY IN ITS WORST FORM
Ignorant Negroes InveigIed Into
Lasting Bondage.
HOW IT WAS BROKEN UP

Written for The Evening Star.
Within a few weeks the whole country
has been aroused to anger over a system
of slavery in South Carolina which has
been operating and Increasing for years
and which now, at the first touch OF the
hand of justice, has crumbIed away, leav-
ing its terror stricken upholders to seek
what means of escape they may from the
ruins. South Carolina a state, has Suf-
fered criticism because slavery, in this
twentieth century. more Iawless and cruel
than that when the war ended, has been
permitted within her borders. But the
stockade system was devised and practiced
by a small body of unprincipled men in
Anderson county alone. and never got be-
yOnd It's border. The negro victims of it
are. as rule, the idle ignorant and dis
solute of their race This, of course. is no
palliation of the StOckade crimes; but the
system could have prevailed originally only
over those who We're too ignorant to re-
sist it and too worthless to enlist the SYM
pathy and interest of any one else. Later,
the Stockade men, embOldened by success,
extended their captures to the better class
of negroes.
The stockade owners are few and are
a class apart. They are the large farmers
of a section where small farms have al
ways been the rule. For years they have
been the employers of convict labor, and
Evening star., 1901-04-27
HOW JAPANESE TRAVEL.
Carry Rugs and Eat and Smoke
Great Deal.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
The second and third class railroad car
riages give the foreigner an opportunity to
study the life of the Japanese people. On
entering the first thing one notices is that
white lines are drawn across the glass WIN
dows, and upon inquiry the information is
elected that some of the people who travel
in the cars are unused to glass, which per-
haps they have never seen before, and that
they are apt to put their heads through If
there is nothing to indicate that a SUBJ
stance bars the way.
In cold weather all japanese travellers
carry rugs for the cars are heated merely
by long steel cylinders filled with hot wa
ter and laid on the floor. Since the pas
sengers are always pulling open the win
dows japanese cars in mdwinter are a
menace to the health of every individual
who has become used to an even tempera-
ture within doors.
The smallest incident Of travel is enough
to break the ice, and If person has a
wrong ticket has lost anything it is a
matter of interest and solicitude for every
body else. Many of the passengers are apt
to behave with the same unrestrained free
dom as in their own homes. If they are
starting on long journey they at once
proceed to make themselves as comfortable
as possible. A rug Is spread out on the
seat, for they are particular never to sit on
anything that is not perfectly clean. Then
they shake off their geta, or wooden clogs,
and curl their feet up underneath. The
next thing is a smoke, in which both men
and women indulge, sometimes lighting
cigarette after cigarette, but more often
they use the tiny pipe, which never con-
tans more tobacco than a wisp the size of
a pea, and affords one sometimes two
pufrs to the smoker The ash Is then
knocked out on the floor and another Wisp
stuffed in and lighted from the smoldering
ash which has just been thrown away,
This is kept up, off and on, for hours
When not smoking, eating Is going on.
At every station there are venders of the
little mandarin oranges. Every passenger
buys dozen or more, and eats them In a
short time, throwing the skins about the
floor. Boys pass by with tea in tiny earth
en- pots, cup placed over the top and this
may be purchased for 3 sen G cents and q
half), and the teapot is left in the car Be-
sides leaning out of the car windows to
buy these the passengers have little wood
en- boxes filled with lunch. In the unper
part is closely packed rice In the lower a re
all sorts of little pickles and bits of cake.
Attached are two wooden chopsticks.
The japanese throw all sorts of refuse
about, and from the appearance of a car
after the passengers have been In It a LITTLE
while one would imagine that the neonIe
are very untidy in their way of living
Porters enter at some of the stations and
brush up whole pans Of refuse and on
some lines of the road q small bow in
spruce uniform comes to the car door at
each stop with a clothes brush in his hand
makes a deep bow to the occupants and
inquiries If there is anything that thev
want.
Evening star., 1901-04-27

abruptly to the bed of a frolicsome stream.
in whose shaded waters a flock of ducks
may be seen padding. The shines on
the stucco wall of the little house with
great br1liancy, concentrating the color
in an admirable manner and making an
interesting contrast OF light and shade A
third is of wood interior. the ground COW
eled with the brown leaves dead from the
past and many other seasons, and the trees
themselves are gray and gaunt. growing
bluish-brown in the distance, with only
faint bit of color suggestive of renewed
life. These are all done in gouache on
gray charcoal paper. and in many respects
resemble oil paintings. though possessing
the freshness of water color. Mr.. Nichols
mas also a portrait on hand and some il
Illustrative work.
Mr.. Hobart Nichols brought home with
him from France last fall a little sketch
which mayhap some day be made into a
picture, but as finished painting it could
scarcely possess more charms than now In
its bold unfinished state. 1t is of quaint
old road bridge over a tiny stream Just
outside of Paris and is likewise done in
Souache. a flock of geese are wandering
up the road which turns abruptly from the
foreground on past house or two across
the bridge. The whole is not only pic
turesque, but big. and done with that SIM
pllclty and calm that lifts a picture
stfalshtway above the mediocre level
MISS Aline Solomons is painting some
hoWers and stil-life studies. Two are of
La France roses. and are in pastels: an
other is a study of Japanese ounce bios
sons in all their gorgeous, flaming color.
large rose bunch has been gathered and
placed in an ornamental bronze receptacle,
Whlcn stands on copper tray. and all are
seen against rich background of dark
hued red. 1t is extremely artistic and de-
lightful in color and composition
Miss Perrie has just finished a miniature
Of an elderly lady, which is strongly mod
eled and clear in color. and thought by
some to be the best she has yet painted.
Mrs. E. T. Andrews is going to Richmond
next Wednesday, SHAY l, at the invitation
of the Ladies of the Richmond Art Asso-
Evening star., 1901-04-27

Charitable old lady-"Poor woman, And
are you a widow
Begsar-"Worse than widow ma am.
Me usband's Twin, an l have to support
him. .''-Tit-Bts
Evening star., 1901-04-27

Mr.. Spencer Nichols, too. has been doing
some out-of-door work and has a number
of attractive sketches to show. One of
these is of road, over which horseman
Is riding, between open green fields toward
a distant wood, which is still dismantled of
foliage 1t is simple, bright and sunshiny-
qualities, however, which are common in
all Mr. Nichols sketches Another is a.
view of a country cottage set on the brow
Of Little hill, which dips in the foreground
Evening star., 1901-04-27

tween ........, landlord. party of the first
part, and ........, labOrer, party of the sec
ond part, witneSseth: That / agree at
all times to be subjected to the orders and
perform all work required Of me; ........ or
his agents shall have the right to use
such force as he or his agents may deem
necessary to require me to remain on his
farm and perform good and satisfactory
services. He shall have the right to lock
me up for safe keeping. work me under the
rules and regulations of his farm, and, IL
] should leave his farm or run away, he
shall have the right to offer and pay re-
ward of not exceeding 80 for my capture
and return. together with the expenses or
same. which amount so advanced together
with any other Indebtedness / may owe, at
the expiration of above time, l agree to
work out under all rules and regulations
of this contract at same wages as above,
commencing ........ and ending
The said 49,. shall have the right to
transfer his interest in this contract to
any other party, and l agree to continue
work for said assignee same as for the
original party of the first part.
In Lasting bondage.
Once his name. or, rather, the cross
which indicates his inability to sign his
name. had been affixed to this. the unfortu-
nate negro ceased to be a free man and
passed within the walls of some stockade
No man would note his absence from the
drunken tnfOnS Indl tIo"tS tliN Stiec''
from Saturday noon until night; no man
would miss his labor; never again would
the, magistrate call his case. Somewhere
his wife or his mother. perhaps. would
weep for season, and then forget, anu
that was all.
The contract, of course, ended some time
but then he must ds sign another III
he did not there was the strap ana
ready hand to WELD it. This, however
seldom occurred. Sometimes the dates Ill
the contract were left blank; sometimes
the amount of Indebtedness. The landlord
kept the books. and the negro knew moth
ing of accounts. Generally, the contract
perpetuated itself. The labor thus cheapiN
acquired proved profitable. and the system
was extended to increase the supply
Always a ma iority of the neighborlng
farmers were opposed to the Stockade sys-
tenn because the effect of the stOckades
was demoraliZing to free labor, and their
tenants evinced desire to move farther
away from the Enclosures When the state
convict leases expired some of the leSSeeS
did not even seek to renew them. prefer
ring the other plan. because it was cheap
er and bec~uSe no prylnS inspector Wouiu
Evening star., 1901-04-27
A Lost Type.

From the Detroit Free Press.
Oh. fol- glimpse Of a natural boy
boy with freckled face
With forehead white meath tangled hair
And limbs devoid of grace;
Whose feet toe in, while his elbows fare:
Whose knees are patched all ways;
Who turns as red lobster when
You give him 4 word Of praise
A boy who's born with an appetite,
Who seeks the pantry shelf
To eat his piece" with resounding smack
Who isn't gone on himself;
Robinson CrusOe' reading boy,
Whose pockets bulge with trash;
Who knows the of rod and gun,
And where the brook trout splash.
It's true he II sit in the easiest chair,
With his hat on his tOusled head;
That his hands and feet are everywhere,
For youth must have room to spread.
But he doesn't dub his father ''old man.
Nor deny his mothers call,
Nor ridicule what his elders say,
Or think that he knows 1t all.
"A rough and wholesome natural boy
OF good old-fashioned clay;
God bless him, II he's still on earth,
For he'll make q man some day.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13
8 WOMEN JUMPED
Into Firenen's Net, at Cleve-
land--Others Rescued by
Ladders.
ONE DIED OF INJURIES.
Were Working In Corset Factory, In
Filth Story OF Building That Was
Rendered a Mass OF Wreckage by
Fire.

Cleveland o., Nov. 13.--A fire that
started in the shoe store OF N O.
Stone &c CO., 46 and AZ Euclid avenue,
caused loss of $4,000 TO that firm,
of which $4,000 is on stock and $685.
0O0 ON the building; insurance about
so per cent of that sum. The jew
elry firm of Arnstein Brothers IL
Mier, on the second floor of the Stone
block, lost $4,000; insurance not
stated. The upper stories were occu-
pied by physicians, photographers and
other tenants A corset factory
owned by Miss Graham, employing
about 20 girls, was ON the fifth floor.
When the fire broke out all the girls
made rush for the fire escapes and
ladders. The fire spread so rapidly,
however, that they could not use the
fire escapes, and number of the girls
were rescued by firemen on ladders.
while three of the women, including
Miss Graham, jumped from the fifth
story into net held by the firemen
below.
When taken to the hospital Miss
Graham was found to be fatally hurt,
her side having been crushed in, spine
fractured and an arm broken. She
ulEh IliG AOoPlIebl idSL blShb. othIi
occupants of the building injured
were Miss Jeanette Stratton, who
jumped from the second story ane
sustained a broken hip. She will re-
cover Kate Mulcahy jumped from
the third story and received spinal in
juries and a broken leg, not serious.
Several other persons were run over
or trampled upon by the crowds, but
no serious injuries resulted.
DIR. Dowd dentist, and Chestnut
Bros, photographers, were other ton
ants, and their loss is total, the en-
tire building being mass of wreck
age. Lieutenant Granger, of Company
No. 81, Farrell English, Of Company
No. 2, and Superintendent of Machin-
cry Reikert were incapacitated by
reason of injuries received. Reikert
was cut by flying glass and English
overcome by smoke.
The stores of Fuldheim Bros, shoe
dealers, and Goodhart & Co., furni-
tHfe dealers, adjoining the Stone
store, were considerably damaged by
smoke and water
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13
SOME NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Pittsburg Coal company's sur
face plant at Port Royal, Pa, was
burned, entailing loss of SEQ, 900.
Nearly a score of men lost their lives
through an explosion in his mine 4
few months ago.
Mike Porowski, Slavish miner of
Seottdale, Pa, killed himself after
shooting three times at his wife, who
escaped unframed.
Four persons were bitten by rabid
dog near Morgantown, w. Va, before
the animal was killed.
Announcement was made that the
National Salt company, known as the
salt trust, had absorbed the CONT
mental Salt company, of Akron, o.,
md which, it is said. was backed by
the Armour and Swift Packing com
panies, of Chicago
Cattle thieves are operating. extern
sively in Westmoreland and Indiana
counties Pa.
Uniteo States Steel corporation
mills at Youngstown, o., will coop
crate with the mills of the Republic
Iron and Stce! company to effect a
saving in the handling of heavier
grades of steel
Mrs Levi Altman, the wife of a
farmer near Wooster O., fell against
tab e end burst a juguar vein. dy-
ing within a few minutes.
ONO G Barber. president of the
Diamond Match company, win build
and equip a library for the town or
Barberton, o., which was named for
him.
Citizens Of portion OF Kingston
TOWNSHIP near Wilkesbawe. Pa.
cave petitionee the coart TO incorpor
ate the district into borough. to be
called Mckinley.
Heavy simbers which had been
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
R'y.

Many people unacquainted with the
geography OF the West imagine that
because the names Chicago, Milwau-
kee and st. Paul" are used IN the cor.
porate title Of the railway owning the
Short Line between Chicago and Oma-
ha. they must go via the cities Of Mir
waukee and st. Paul to reach their des.
tination and Il il be Omaha or west
thereof. This is Il mistaken idea.
On map the line running directly
east and west would look like this:
maha-----.-- ----- Chicago
There is nothing more simple than
that, and It is less than 500 miles be-
tween Chicago and Omaha. Two
through trains daily in each direction
with The best Sleeping carand Dining
Car Service, and al regular travellers
know and appreciate the merits OF the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st, Paul rail.
ways Short Line between the East
and the West.
Time tables, maps and information
furnished on application to John r.
Pott, District Passenger Agent, $40
Park Bldg, Pittsburg,
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13

placed ON the Baltimore and Ohio
tracks near Kent, o.. to wreck an ex-
pi ess train were discovered and re-
moved by the crew OF a freight train
running on the time o. the passenger
train, which was late.
The churches, schools and theaters
OF Newark, o., have been closed on
account of an epidemic of smallpox.
Elijah Gates, a negro, was bound
over for court at Bedford, Pa, on the
charge Of attempting to burn sec
ton OF railroad track.
Irwin, Pa, Council No. A, Jr. o. u.
A. NJ, will, on Nov q, present the
Irwin high school with an American
flag. Exercises attending the pre-
sentation will take place in the opera
house
Nd, while out hunting, was killed by
the accidental discharge of his gun
The city councils of New Castle,
Pa, and the county commissioners of
Lawrence county, each offer IS, 900 re-
ward for the arrest and conviction of
the murderers of City Treasurer John
Bleyins, OF New Castle, in 1899
Dominick Peris, charged with shoot.
street boarding house Sunday, at
Pittsburg, was held to await report
of the mans condition, which is criti-
cal.
Carnegie volunteer hose company
No. 2, Of Carnegie, Pa, will serve a
banquet in their new headquarters at
Third avenue and Fourth street, Car.
negie, this evening. George E. Eos.
ter, chief of the fire department, and
John II. Conner, assistant, will have
charge of the affair.
w. w. Mcechling, president of Nun.
hall borough council, Allegheny coun-
ty, Pa, has announced his candidacy
for the legislature. He will oppose
Robert McWhinney, candidate for re.
election.
All the mines of the Pittsburg Coal
company at Port Royal, Pa have been
opened and now about 200 naA1ers are
at work
Edward A. Kloman, of Pittsburg,
was killed in a battle with Filipino
insurgents on the island Of Samar.
William Abraham, Of South Wales,
a preacher-statesman arrived In
Pittsburg to study Industrial condi.
tions.
Superintendent of Building Inspec.
ton J. A. A Brown ordered an old.
time tavern ia Eleventh street, Pitts
burg, torn down.
An officer OF the postoffice depart
ment investigated the conditions in
Pittsburg with the probability of in
creaslng the force of carriers,
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13
MANY BUILDINGS BURNED.
West Virginia Mining Town Visited
by Fire.

by Fire.
Cumberland, Md, Nov. 13.-The
mining town of Thomas, w Va, on
the West Virginia Central and Pitts
burg railway. was almost wiped out
by fire, which started under Gels
berger's hotel The town was abso-
lutely without fire protection and the
houses, being mostly frame, fell easy
prey to the flames, urged on by a
brisk mountain breeze. Twenty bust
ness houses and 20 dwellings, were
consumed, also the Catholic church.
the opera house. the Geisberger and
Reynolds hotels. the lookup and the
water station, besides eight houses
belonging to the Davis Coal and Coke
company. The loss will reach nearly
100000. The town was promoted
mainly by the Davis Coal and Coke
company and the West Virginia Cen
trail railroad. The latter has given
the residents all the box cars they
could to store their goods in. The
principal four business blocks were
destroyed, the fire ravaging the whole
east end OF the town. Many drums
mers lost their samples and money
and scores of people were driven from
their houses in their night clothes.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13
NEW STORY OF RATHBuN.
Said He Plotted to Kill Goodman, bu
Didn't

Louisville, Nov. 13.-Newell G.
Rathbun, who, according to the police
has confessed that he planned to de-
frapdn an insurance company out of
$4,000 by pretending that a corpse
shipped to Little Rock, Ark, was his
own dead body, yesterday admitted
according to the authorities, that tho
man who accompanied him to the ho-
tel IN Jeffersonville, Ind, and was
found dead the next day, was Charles
Goodman, who is said to have come
from Evansville, Ind
When questioned Rathbun denied
having given Goodman laudanum and
said he would have made use of
chloroform, but Goodman died of alec
holism '''No
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13
BALANCE DUE M'KINLEY.
Warrant For 1886 Made Out For Al
n1inistratcr.

Washington, Nov. ia statement
OF account was made by the auditor
1or the state department charging the
late president Mckinley with the
warrants issued to him on account OF
salary from the beginning Of his in.
cumbency of the Office OF president
TO the day OF his death and crediting
him with the amount due him on &C,
count Of salary
A balance due of $1,S56 was found.
warrant in favor of the admins.
traitors of the presidents estate was
drawn by the secretary of the treas
ury.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13
Monsignor sbsrrettl.

have read in the newspapers that the
vatican is. sending me to the Philip
pines to endeavor to arrange an
agreement between the Filipinos and
the American government. Other pa
pers speak about the settlement OF
the friar question, whatever that may
mean"
The bishop of Havana was formerly
auditor of the papal delegation at
Washington. He is an Italian.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13
sBARRETTl GOING TO ROME.
This viii Precede His Journey to the
Philippines.

New York, Nov. 13.-Bishop Sbar,
retti, of Havana, who has been ap-
pointed special apostolic delegate 10
the Philippines, arrived here on the
Ward liner Mexico. 1t was expected
that Mgr. Sbarretti would go to
Manila via. San Francisco, but that
plan has been changed. and he is
going to Rome before proceeding to
the Philippines The bishop, while il.
this city, will be the guest of Arch
bishop Corrfgan
Il am going to. Rome to get instruc-
lions as to my new post, said. Bishop
Sbarretti, and until then will not
know what my duties are tor be. I
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13
Three Men Blown to Pieces.

Bluefield, w. Va, Nov. 13.-Thomas
Sykes, Sam Davis and William Wood.
son met horrible deaths in the coal
field near here. The men were en-.
gagged in opening keg of powder,
when a spark from miners lamp,
worn by one of them, fell into the
powder and the men were blown to
pieces. The explosion was felt for
miles.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13
r OU T {:
and Scenic Line.
Tourist Car via Southern Routes leaves
Chicago every Tuesday.

Daily First Glass Sleeper Through Between
Chicago and San Francisco.
Crossing the best scenery Of the
Rockies and Sierra Nevadas BY DAY
LIGHT Direct connection to Los
Angeles. Best Dining Car Service
through.
Write for information and litera-
ture to PERRY GRIFFIN, T.. p. A.,
415 Park Building, Pittsburg, Pa {
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. ?. A., Chicago.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13
Union Improvement 60.
SuppIiers Of Natural Gas & Water.
PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING

All VINO contemplate having plumb
ing or gas fitting done should consider
that little saving in first cost Is not
always economy. We buy our goods
at first hands, strictly for cash. We
have expert plumbers and will guar
antee all work, at prices as low as
consistent with flrst-class material
and workmanship, We will be here
TO protect our work as long as gas
lasts and people use water.
This is point worth considering
Remember everything first class and
work guaranteed to be according TO
the most approved sanitary regula-
fious
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13

Via New Orleans and the Sunset Route.
THE ONLY TRUE WINTER ROUTE
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-11-13
Welsbach Lights Reduced to. H.25

Large mica chimneys 40c extra. We
are the only authorized agents for
the genuine s'Welsbach." All other
incandescentl lamps are infringements.
5000 reward for the conviction OF
my one selling spurious burners as
w.