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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-10
A CENTURY OF PROGRESS,
The Inventions and Discoveries of
the Last Hundred Years.
Grcenvillc Mountaincer.

Grcenvlllc Mountaincer.
The Scieutitic American contains a
noteworthy article upon "a Century of
Progress in the United States" which
it would be profitable to transfer in its
entirety to our columns. but on account
Of its length this is impracticablc. 1t
may be we'll, however, to cUllatc some
of the facts cited merely rs an lntroduc
ton to the Twentieth Century upon
which we arc now entered The writer
says: " In no period of human cndeavor
has the work of man been 50 built into
tangible and enduring things of a useful
qua lty rs III the century just about to
pass into history. In a few days the cal
cndar OF the Christian era Will be ad-
justcd to new figure: the greatest
cycle OF The worlds progress will have
completed It's round, and the wheel Of
| time will have started on new reyOlu.
| ton. In the evolution of history the
thoughtful student is impressed by the
great change in methods and subjects
wrought by the nineteenth century. An
cicnt and medieval history dealt with
| bloody wars, limiting crccds, cunning
| politics and tn greed of conquest
| Modern history must leave these to a
subordinate place, and substitute for
them, as Of greater imp rtancC, the
agencies Of industrial progress, and the
arts of peace" The great pioneer to tho
progress along all lines has been invcn.
| ton. and he says: "TnC ninclccnth ii
century was to mark in this field great
| rcVo!ullOn: spec llatlyC philosophy was
TO belctt to the dreamer; and the thought
or man assumed new and concrete
shape. The railroad, the Icle-
graph, and the steam vessel annihllatcd
distances peoples touched elbows acru uss
the seas, and the c0ntagiOn OF thought
stimulated the fcImcnt OF civil ZatIun
until the whole world broke out into an
epidemic Of industrial progress"
The catalogue Of inventions has been
grouped by decades, and in transcriDing
we VIII only note the m st important.
In the hrst decade, QSJO.lSlUJ Volta
Iol LAZY, gave the world the chemi
Cal battery which bears his name ;
Louis Robert, OF France, devised ma
chlne ior making cont inuOus webs Of
paper which was the forcrunner of the
Wcp perlectlng printing press; Trcvi
thick, an Englishman, built the first
steam locomotive, and his cOuntryman
Wlnsor, organized the first gas company
In our own land, John Stevens and Rob.
crt Fulton successfully established stcam
navigation, and thereby laid tn, founda-
| tlon 1or the present grca. commerce and
splcn lid naval equipment Of the world.
QSlO.2U) konlgs rotary steam press
make great advance in printing /;
| stephens built his first ioCom live ;
tulton the first steam war vessel Nicpce
invented photography, the pion CT 5 .ep
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-10
,lGli,S
GI&y.sAGu ~..u -, ~,'>.'\
such awakening . roI. ~. !"

such awakening - 49,.
-...,es.-.>, ..AvL ior tCn months III
Ak ytar, shutting down only during
July and August, aud one week Christ
mas. Our attendance for tho year end
ing July /, 1900, was 706 Our No
school house, which was completed ten
or eleven months ago cost $4,000. and
attached to it is u large hall, or audi.
torium, with stage, scenery, etc., in
which the school meets for pubic excr
Ciscs and which we also used as q lecture
hall, and which has seating capacity Of
over one thousand The school build.
ing is equipped with modern school fur.
niture, maps, etc, and is owned entirely
by tho Pelzer Manufacturing Company.
and is used for our school. The Pclzcr
School is open to all children in the
Pclzcr village, and we also take in Il
nuMbor Of children living outside Of the
village Of Polzcr, both in Anderson and
Grecnvillc counties. The Pclzcr Comp
any paid three mills school tax last year,
5000, and directly paid the PclZcr
the treasury Of the company $4,000. In
addition to this our teachers receive
their proportion of public school money,
which does not come directly through
our hanCs.
Bclton Mills The Bcton Mills en-
| ploy 500 operatives. and arc not yet IN
| full operation, having only started IN
July. This mill is in the town or Bel
ton, and we expect the chilGIcn living
| in tho mill village 10 attend the graded
schools in the town of Bolton, and we
do not propose 10 have any mill school
at BcltUn or to separate the children or
the mill people from the children OF the
town people As This mill is ardly yet
under full swing. am unable to give
you Tao information as to the amount
paid by The Rclton Mills for the support
of schools, etc.
Ii may interest you to look at the con
tract slgned by people moving into
pclzcr and Bclton mill villages and you
will sec how auXiously We work 10 cn
courage the children of our employees
to attend school, both at PClzrr and
| Bolton. If we had compulsory at,cn
Il nee school laws it would help us very
much in mill villages, but any laws at
tempting to regulate labor arc Cangcr
Ous.
| started this term 4 kindergarten III
connection with school. Have fifty
little tots so far and two teachers in THAT
| department Yours truly,
ELT,lSON a SMlIU i'rcaidCEt
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-10
President and Treasurer.
Pacolct Manufacturing Company.

Spartanburg, s G October 13, 1900.
Mr. John j. McMahan, Columbia. s.
C.--Dcar Sir: have answered most of
the questions you ask and herewith en-
close the circulars
You will notice the attendance at tho
Spartan Mill School is much moro re-
gular than that at Pacolct Mill School
Likely some of the Spartan mill people
send their children to one Of the other
two school buildings in town.
We are proud OF our school at the Pa
colct Mills there is not u better one in
the up.country. The school building
cost about sd ,000-all at the expense Of
the company. -Four female teachers -
one OF them principal. 1t would be a
great pleasure TO me, for you to visit
that school in fact, both of them, and
any time you are in Spartapburg |
shall be more than pleased to visit them
with you. Very truly yours,
JOHN III. Monte 0MERY.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-10
Victor Manufacturing Comnany,

Grccr's, :. G.. November ., 1900
The Hon J j McMahan, Supcrntcn.
mt Of Education, Columbia, ). c.
ear Sir: | wrote you on October -,
delayed mailing the letter in order
make " canvass Of the mill, to ascer
/ the number who could not read
Elm If had been ask d this qucs
otlhand | should have replied 10 or
| was, therefore, very much sur.
when, after the canvass, it vas
ned that there were SO that could
.d Such II condition Of affair )
a My dcplorAblo BY great
parties it would be pointed to TO
lc tho illitcrAcy Of tho mill opera
and as indicating Il degradation Of
-, class. The fault, however, does not
with The mill operative. That is, the
rlldren who cannot read, as rule, arc
ivsc who have lived in the country,
ID moved to The mill village in the last
" years.
Tro lack Of education is not, there
re, ascribablc to the occupation in the
il but, on the contrary, in my judg.
cut, aS asCribablC to tho conditions in
country. a very small percentage
tue mill hands in this mill have been
mill work longer than two or three
Nrs; and, therefore,, their illitcracy
~ previous to their becoming mill
crativcs.
| do not think that you, and others
40 are leaders in the educational mat
IS Of the State, can do too much to i'm
css upon our white people the ncccs-
y OF educating their children. re.
ri as almos, criminal those who preach
Q doctrine that the viii c man will al.
'ys be superior by virtue of his skin.
=" far from pleasant to sec how ambi.
the negro is to secure an education
ow littlo ambition tho majority Of
hitcs show in this direction. | be. |
;ho white people arc to maintain !
Drcsent superiority it is to be dono .
y virtue Of their superior intelli. !
and do not think that too great
ort can BE- made to impress this /
hem. When papers and leaders
the doctrine that the white man
ways be superior by virtue Of his
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-10
tant part of worship and in prals'

= -. ~E;nf nara mmst -
months. ...... $176, ,0l2 IS
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1901-01-10

Grand total profits $474, ,l7S 46
Hero Is statement Of tho not profits
to towns and counties from tho beor
dispensarics' sales during the o,evon
months throughout the State:
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and hardly go wrong. We should say that
the St Gothard is the fuller of attractions
from flueiien up the Reuss and down to
Bellinzona. Nothing can surpass the sun
Unity of the entrance through the Gorge
OF Gonda on the Simplon But for a per
Iect nature picture. framed in rugged
southwark from the Splugen. when I.on,-
bardy. with its lakes and trellised vines.
hrst bursts on the vision. bathed In the
glowing lights Of a Claude landscape. You
nao broken your fast at some hospice on
menklsh fare; you supped In the WiIeuse
on partridges and maGaroni, with the des-
sert OF grapes. melons and figs. and the
straw-bound TASKS from the Tuscan yine-
yards,
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Washington stock Exchange.

a. 1891. 800 iI2F National Safe Deposit. 10
Columbia Title Insurance, Is at IL. wash,nstssn
Gas - at 02, at 6ei1. Mergenthaler Linotype,
District Of Columbia Bonds-a65s 1921 1s5 hid.
Miscellaneous Bonds--CapitsI Traction As IOSH
IRIS con- as s2a bid ss.s ASKED Me ana Titan
iaa ss ile bid Mstropolitan Railroad cert.
indebt. b. 106 bid. Columbia Railroad 6s, lis bid.
Columbia Railroad I'd mort. S. los bid. Washing
series los bd i9S gd ,,c 1st Gas Is
6s. lo5 bid U. s. Electric Light cert indebt. Is.
1eS bid los asked Chesapeake and Potomac Tele.
phone Is, 10Th bid American Security and Trust
4s 100 bid Washington Market LIST 6s. 10 bid.
Msashinston Market imp. Is. ITO bid. Washington
ton IS. lo4 bid American Graphophone deb. IS,
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.-Nationai Safe
Deposit and Trust. i49 bid. ISIS asked. Washing
ton Ioaa and Trust. 1I3 bid. IT'S asked American
Security and Trust, 2l5 bid 80 asked. Union
Trust and Storage, 10Tls bid, ito asked.
National Bank stocks.-Bank of Washington, $40
Farmers and Mechanics 235 bid second. las hid
Citizens t65 bid. Columbia. 'l65 bid Capital
$50 bid. West End. 10 bid. Traders. 40 bid
Railroad stocks.-Capltal Traction Com,snv-
.aosls bid. los asked City and Suburban, 10 bid,
Insurance stocks.-Firemen's Is bid, 27,s asked.
xrankiin. 40 bid. is asked Metropolitan. 10 bid.
lneton. 20 bid. German-American. as bid Ma
tional Union, IA bid. asked. Columbia. 10 bid.
asked. Commercial, 4 bid. asked Oh o'a' ''a
Title Insurance Stocks-1Real Estate Title 50
Ms.h s ssSee ,e M ~, dit ~ ba asked
Title 3 bid
Telephone stocks.-ohesapeake and Potomac ssx
Gas Washington Gas, s1x bid, esx
asked- Georgetown Gas. s. bid
s1sT bid. 1851 asked. Lanston Monotype 12Is bid
- ssked- American Graphophone conn., bid 81
ssked American Graphoph0ns pfd.. on bid. ID
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TROOPER DEvINE TO SUFFER-.
Expressed Satisfaction at President
Mckin1ey's Assassination


A most unusual case has just been re-
ported to the War Department. 1t is that
of Private Peter j. Devine, Troop H, 18th
Cavalry. who was recently tried by gem
eral court-martial at Fort Ethan Allen, VT,
on the charge Of using disrespectful words
against the President of the United States,
IN violation of the nineteenth article of
war"
1t appears from the evidence that when
the news of the shooting of President Nc
kiniey was received at the garrison at Fort
Ethan Allen Devine expressed great satis-
faction over the event and applied an I'M
complimentary epithet to the late President.
His comrades became very much incensed
at his language and he was roughly handled
before he could be secured in the guard
house.
He was found guilty of the charge by the
court and sentenced to be dishonorably dis
charged from the service of the United
states, FORGETTING all pay and allowances
que MIN and to be confined at hard labor
for one year.
The record Of the case having been re-
Ierred to Major General Brooke, at New
York. commanding the Department Of the
East, he Endorsed it as follows:
1t Is the opfaion Of the reviewing au-
thOrity that the punishment adjudged by
the court Is not a sufficient penalty for the
nagftious act the prisoner was found to
have committed. 1t is not within the power
OF tns reviewing authority to increase the
punishment; but in order that the prisoner
may not wholly escape punishment the SEN
tence Is approved and will be duly execut ed
at Fort Columbus. New York, to which
place. the prisoner will be sent under proper
Gen: Brooke's action in this case Ia final
ana the record has simply been sent to the
war Department for fling
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-30

From the Saturday Review.
We shall never enjoy these Alpine passes
as we were wont to do ere the railway ran
the diligence on the roads. Nothing could
be more picturesque than the descent Of
the Gents by night. when lamps and q
waning moon. wading through cloud drift,
were flashing fitfui lights on the rocks
and the brass ornaments OF the mule team
Now the 81. 0othard line. with Its mar
velous windings. burrows beneath the sub
lime scenery of the Rhone sources. and you
rush into q restaurant to hurry through
breakfast many hundred feet beneath the
romantic DEVILS bridge. Scaling Splugen
or Simplon there was-and II stfli-an ex-
hilarating pleasure In getting down to fol-
low the conductor, who was stretching his
legs on the short cuts that strike across
the xigxags OF the carriage road The air
was as the breath Of life. At each corner
you were face to face with the waterfall or
looked down upon the torrent rushing out
OF the glacier caverns. Or on some emerald
BIT OF Alp you gathered bouquets of the
blue gentian or admired the flush of GRIM
son In the shrubbery Of Alpine roses. Then
came the views of Sunny Italy. when you
dipped beneath the SHOWS OF the Col and
had paused the frozen watershed. You
might taks your choice Of these prospects
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-30
TREATMENT OF ANARCHY.
DR.. .ThOmpsOn's Method of Dealing
With the Lawless.


With the Lawless.
At the Methodist preachers meeting. held
this morning at Foundry M. E. Church, che
topic for discussion was THE Attitude OF
the Government Toward Anarchy" A
large number Of the local clergymen were
present at the session and close attention
was paid to paper entitled What Should
Be the Attitude Of Our Government Toward
Anarchy" by Rev. A. H. Thompson, pastor
Of Wilson Memorial Church.
DR.. Thompson quoted extensively from
the publications of the day on the subject
now attracting the attention Of the world,
and his remarks were favorably received by
the assemblage. He advocates radical
change in the immigration laws Of the
country and believes that all avowed an
archists should be kept under perpetual
espionage. He also advocates legislation
which shall make an attempt on the life of
the chief executive a capital offense, and
says IL anarchists shall set up the plea of
insanity that they should be treated as
dangerously insane and incarcerated in
asylums.
He recommends the formation Of an an
archtst colony, where all the avowed an
archists shall be confined; the cooperation
OF all the civilized governments for the
suppression Of anarchy; legislation speedily
enacted for the prevention Of the spread Of
anarchy I'm this country. and also providing
that the attempt to propagate anarcnistfc
doctrines shall be met with instant Inn
prisonment
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ABSENT SECRETARIES.
Mr.. Long Expected TOnight-Date OF
Mr.. Roots Return Unknown.

Mr.. Long Expected TOnight-Date of
Mr.. Roots Return Unknown.
Secretary Long who has been spending
several days with his family at bingham.
Mass, is expected to return to this city
this evening.
Nothing positive il known at the War
Department as to the date Of Secretary
Roots probable return to duty.
The latest reports from him indicate that
his health is improving and that there may
be no necessity for operation for the
removal Of a number Of boils which re-
Gently appeared on his body.
Secretary Root has been in rather a poor
state Of health for several weeks past.
being run down by the duties Of his office
and the grief and excitement over the
assassination of President Mckinley.
The news that he is improving Is very
gratifying to his Official associates In this
city. They are encouraged to believe that
he win be able to resume his important
duties at the War Department In short
time.
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WILL FILED FOR PROBATE.
Last Testament Of Capt. Charles ]
Thompson, u. 8. A.

Last Testament of Capt. Charles b.
Thompson, U. s. A.
The will of Charles B. Thompson, late
captain and assistant auartermaster in the
army. was filed for probate today. Matilda
G. Saxton, wife of Rufus Saxton, brevet
brigadier general, u. 8. A., retired, and
a sister of the testator, is made trustee
under the terms of the will. and all of the
property Of the testator is bequeathed to
her for the following purposes: All Of the
household goods and private effects of the
testator to go to my beloved niece Caro-
line;" the money, stocks and notes. bonds
and real estate are to be held in trust for
the same niece, who rs to receive the In
come therefrom.
The trust provision is made as explained
In the will because the beneficiary is a
married woman. but divorce is contem-
plated. When she becomes free woman
the trust will terminate and she will be-
come my sole heir and .legatee."
The testator records his desire that his
brother James shall Atways be remem-
bered by his niece Who Is requested to
see that he does not lack the comforts of
old age.
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Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, Nd, September 30-Flour dull,
unchanged-rcceipts, 41.0S4 barrels; exports 2 s23
barrels Wheat weak-spot. the month and DC
tober, I1EaI1A; December, I3LaaI3A: steamer No.
red. 6I1aa6I; receipts, SO, 101 bushels; exports.
10000 bushels: southern by sample, 60a72a;
southern on grade. 6Sa 72E. Corn dull and L,wc--
6Oi2aGoA; year. 56Aa561a; steamer mixed, 59Ea
59ts; receipts 20 696 bushels; exports. S571 bush
corn, 61a64. Oats steady-No. white. a9as9k !;
No. mixed. 3sa3sh; receipts. 10,484 bushels;
exports, none. Rye quiet-No. nearby 55a55t. !;
No. western. SEX; receipts, Ill 800 bushels;
exports. none Hay steady-No. 1 timothy. 1880.
bushel. Id. October Cork. for orders. per quarter
Is. I'D, October. Butter frm-fancy imitation.
1Sa19; fancy creamery, %; fancy ladle 16a17;
store packed, 13a15. Eggs frm-fresh, 19n20.
Cheese firm. unchanged-large. 9Ma1OA; medium.
10Aa10k; small 10laa10A. Sugar firm unchanged
fine and coarse granulated, 5.25
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-30
NAVAL WAR COLLEGE,.
The summer Course Considered
Have Been Highly Successful,

The summer Course Considered to
Have Been Highly Successful.
Acting Secretary Hackett has received a
report from Capt. Chadwick. president of
the Naval War College. announcing the
close OF the summer course of instruction
for officers. Il think I may say justly"
says Captain Chadwick. that the course
has been highly successful, and the officers
in attendance. all OF whom were Of supe-
rior rank. and number of high rank have
left with feeling OF Its great utility TO
themselves personally and of it's tmpor-
lance to the service. They have expressed
themselves In this regard very freely, and
II Is pleasure to me to convey their opin
ions to the department"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-30
GEN. BELL TO RETIRE.
Col. Bisbee May BE Appointed to the
Vacancy.

Col. Bisbee May BE Appointed to the
Vacancy.
Brigadier General J. NJ. Bell, who was
promoted to brigadier general about week
ago to I'LL the vacancy caused by the death
OF General Ludlow. viii retire tomorrow on
account OF age. leaving a vacancy In the
grade OF brigadier general Of the regular
army. It Is said at the War Department
that no appointment viii be made to this
place until Secretary Root returns to Wash
5ington.
There is q keen competition among the
colonies Of regulars for the place. It is
said that Col. William NJ. -Bisbee of the
18th Infantry was to have been given the
post had President Mckinley lived Indeed
his commission was at one time made out.
and he would have been appointed a brig
adler general at the time Funston was pro-
NOTED.
Col. Bfsbee Is a native Of Rhode Island
and enlisted as private in the Union army
at the outbreak Of the war OF the rebeIlion.
He was brevetted twice fop gallantry. and
In action finally secured an off1cer's COM
mission for distinguished service. He
reached the grade OF colonel In June. 1870
and Is now with his regiment in the Phil.
ippines. -,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-30
A Question of Practical yaIve.
rom the Providence Journal.

There Is a movement to substifute Span-
ish for French In the Massachusetts pub
Tic schools The reason b clear enough.
with the expansion OF the country IN Span
South American trade the demand for
clerks familiar with the language win nst-
uraily increase Thus Spanish WIN be a
more practical study than French. There
- something In this argument. although the
proposed change can hardly be made with
out q vigorous contest. It might be wen
perhaps IL both languages were more gene
srally known among Americans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-30

Miss Anthony, the Western Champton,
Among the Number.
CHICAGO, September 50.-At least four
women from Chicago golf clubs viii 90 east
to the women's national championship.
which IL to be played on the links of the
Baitusroi Golf Club. Short Hills. N. J.. Oc-
tober 8 TO II
Miss Bessie Anthony OF Glen View, who
won the western championship NJ oaveot-
STA Saturday; Miss J. Anna Carpeuts~ Of
Westward Ho. one OF the semi-nnalfsts:
Miss Elizabeth Congdon OF Glen View and
Mrs. r. Z. Donohue of Edgewater will be
In party which win leave Wednesday.
Miss Martha Wilson OF Onwensia who
made second best low score in the qualify
ing round for the governors cup last year
mas been abroad this summer and is ex-
pected to return and be In the east al the
time OF the tournament
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-30

eral Of the Turkish government at New
York. Besides having honored Mr.. Webb
with this position, which is permanent, the
sultan has given him medal Of merit.
which in Turkey is considered high honor,
This decoration carries with 1t the title of
bey
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-30
Prospect. for wind Tomorrew.

The weather bureau issued the following
bulletin this morning regarding prospects
for wind for tomorrow's yacht race:
On Sandy Hook Tuesday the weather will
be fair, with light to fresh northerly winds
in the morning. which will be diminished
In force and become variable In the after
noon. CARROT,
Forecast Official.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-30
The Point of view.

From Pick-Me-Up.
Mrs. Splashe-"Isn't that dreadfully real
istic? The actors are actually shooting at
each otherw
Mr. Splashe-"It isn't half realistic
enough. None Of them are getting killed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-30

Crosse, from New York. via Cherbourg for
Bremen.
At Bremen-Koenigen Louise, from New
York. via Southampton.
At Cherbourg-Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
from New York for Southampton and Bre-
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-30
DEATH OF NAVAL oFFIcER.


tired. Passes Away.
Daniel Angel Smith. pay director, re-
tired. o. 8. N, died at his residence. 1901
sd street. this city. Saturday last. Funeral
services over his remains win be held al
the family residence tomorrow at 1890
O'Clock. Interment will be private.
Pay Director Smith entered the MAYA,
service August 81. 1868, being appointed
from New Hampshire. He was commission-
cd pay direct or. with the rank Of Captain.
January 20, 1900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-30

Italian Minister to Chile Dead.
SANTIAGO DE CHILE. September 30. via
Gaiveston.-count Greppi. the Italian min
lister. died today.