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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-17
STEPHEN D. LEE IS
C0MMANDER.M.CHIEF
SUCCEEDS THE LAMENTED
JOHN B. GORDON.
The Old Soldiers Have Been Having
A Glorious Time In
Nashville.

Nashville. Tenn. June 14.-Under
every condition tending to success
full reunion. Nashville today officially
welcomed the United Confederate
Veterans and their friends constitu-
ting host conservatively estimated
at 10000 people.
The exercises of the day took place
in the tabernacle and every bit Of
space was taken long before the vet
erans were called to order by Gen. w.
Gordon. of Memphis, commander Of
the Tennessee division. 1t was the
first convention in the history of the
organization that the Sons of Veter-
ans sat with their fathers, and the
cheers from the throats of the young
er generation at almost every express
sion by those who took part in the
strife 20 years ago made it plain that
the spirit of 81 would be perpetuated
in generations to come.
After General Gordon had called
the veterans to order, Chaplain Jones
delivered the invocation. Governor
J. B. Frazier welcomed the delegates
TO Tennessee in a splendid address.
Twice he started to his seat only to
be recalled and urged in behalf Of the
veterans.
After Col. a. S. Williams, mayor OF
Nashville. had extended the city's
welcome. Gen. Gordon brought for
ward Gen. Stephen D. Lee as the per
,nanent presiding officer and COM
mander-in-chief. Gen. Lees appear
ance was the signal for remarkable
outburst OF enthusiasm. Cheer after
cheer greeted him. Hats. canes, hand
kerchicfs and coats went into the air
N all parts OF the auditorium and the
gallery added its vociferous voice to
the demonstration. The band took up
the spirit of the occasion and Gen.
Lee was kept bowling from side to
side for several minutes.
Hon. Thomas NJ. Owen. of Mont
gomery. Ala, commander Of the Ala
bama division. Sons of Veteransl
spoke in response to the welcoming
for the Sons. He was heartily ap-
plauded
General Stephen D. Lee was on
Wednesday chosen commander-in-
chief. and Louisville, KY, was named
as the place Of next reunion.
Col. O. L. Schumpert.
. Col. o. L. Schumpert, was appoint
ed South Carolina's representative on
the committee on resolutions.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-17
Big Oil War.

Augusta, Ga. June I6-Thcre is a
big fight on here between the Stand
ard Oil Co. and the Peoples Oil Co..
in which the Standard Oil people
have forced the price down to three
cents gallon in thousand gallon
lots.
This oil sold FIVE days ago for four
teen and half cents.
Forty thousand dollars worth was
sold yesterday.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-17
What do you consider the hardest

What do you consider the hardest
scene YOU have ever acted?"
1T is difficult to say off-hand," an
swered Mr.. Stormington Barnes.
"One of the most difficult was the
scene in The Merchant of Venice re-
Gently when I had to refuse thousands
of imaginary df1cats when l didn't
have thirty real cents in my pocket
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-17
Clemson College Scholarships.

All applicants for the scholarships
will apply to the County Superinten-
dents of Education, who will give full
information concerning the terms OF
the law and the conditions required
for entrance to the College,
The examinations will be held IN
Tulv. before the County Boards Of
Educations.
P. H. Nell. President.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-17

General Slocun.
1t is a temporary and hideous
monument of the scene where nearly
thousand persons. most Of whom
were women and children. lost their
lives in fire and water.
Today there are grave rlsrmurings
and charges that the horrible sacri-
flee Of life was needless. and that the
officers OF the boat, though brave, ad-
mittedly erred when they drove the
vessel half mile before beaching
her.
There is also the charge that the
life belts were rotten and unservice-
able and that the construction Of the
upper works of the boat was faulty,
inasnauch as they were all of wood so
as to give free sweep to the flames.
Today all is gloom and the people
refuse to be comforted, for Ave hum
dred homes have been visited by the
Angel of Death. while as many others
contained loved ones burned and 9TH
erwise injured.
Crepe, some white and some black,
hangs from many doors today, and
the death emblem is constantly being
added to.
sse Recovered at Noon.
New York, June I6.-Up to noon
today four hundred and sixty-nine
bodies had been received at the NOR
que, and seventy more were on their
way there aboard the city tug
Fidelity
This brings the list of recovered
dead up to $50.
There have been 1o5 identihcations
up to the noon hour, and permits for
tire removal of these bodies have been
granted
Early Yesterday Morning.
New York. June 16.-Up to S.3c
o'clock this morning four hundred
and eighty-nine bodies of victims OF
the disaster on the steamboat Gen.
eral Slocum had been recovered Eight
bodies in one group were picked up
on North Brothers island.
The divers at dawn resumed their
work in the sunken hold.
They have by their efforts added
to the CHASTITY horror, which steadily
grew during the night.
The total number of dead, it is now
estimated, will reach at least eight
hundred Some estimate that the list
will go as high as one thousand.
Grief-stricken crowds thronged the
morgue and the vicinity Of St. Marks
church and the shores near the wreck
all night last night looking for loved
ones
One mother who Unidentified tho
burned body OF her child at the NOR
que this morning tried to jump from
the pier on which the body lay.
She was restrained with difficulty
from uttering the serious charges
made by the supervisor that the
steamboat was supplied with rotton
life preservers.
The authorities are investigating
these charges.
Among the bodies identified at St.
Marks church last night was that of
Mrs. Anna Haas. the wife of the pas
tor OF the church.
Dr.. Haas is among the rescued. He
his wife and daughter got outside the
rail of the Slocum before the steamer
beached. He cannot say whether they
jumped or fell or were pushed into the
water He sank and when he rose he
found scores about him fighting for
life. He failed to find his wife and
daughter With great effort he kept
ahoat and was about to give up in
despair when a man on one of the
tugs picked him up. Of the scores he
saw about him when he rose, one by
one sank.
Thn fnllou.inn teleoranhic 1ressaoe
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-06-17
TWICE A WEEK. 81. so A YEAR
'ul expense to the city.

tul expense to the city.
Our street lighting system also is
as unsatisfactory to us as it is to
the citizens generally. and the dyna-
mo being loaded to its fullest capac-
ity. it is impossible to make any of
the much needed extensions or addi-
tions to the number OF lamps which
we would like to make
The proposed new type Of street
lamp is in general use all over the
country. Its light is better diffused
and has not that binding glare which
characterizes the open arc (our pres
ent type). its light does not flicker,
and is almost as steady as the light
of an incandescent lamp, and above
all other reasons, it is much less ex-
pensive in operation. There are many
other reasons why this change in our
plant should be made and be made at
once.
The board. from the revenue de-
rived from the sale OF water and
lights from July Ist. 1908. to June 1st
1904. at the increased rate to patrons,
have bought and paid for complete
deep we'll pumping outfit. an air
compressor. and all necessary piping
and equipment at cost OF S1,525.oo,
and on July 1st expect to have on
hand $4,000 in cash. (This includes
$500 we had on hand June goth, 1903,
before the raise in rates went into
effect.)
With an enlarged new up-to-date
electrical equipment and an engine,
we are positive that we can serve the
city and all Our present patrons with
much better service at at least ST ,ooo.-
90 a year less expense. as we'll as
enabling the board to increase the
present number of lights very mater
tally. and with this increased light
ing increase the revenue therefrom.
Our superintendent estimates that
the cost OF this equipment will be
about S5.ooo.oo for electrical equip
ment. and a new engine about. $4,000
90. The board has every reason to
believe that they can arrange terms
with the manufacturers whereby they
can get this apparatus by making a
cash payment and having them carry
the balance for terms of one or two
years at 6 per cent.
Now. our proposition to you is
this:
That if you will authorize the
board to make these purchases and
will give the manufacturers from
whom we are to buy this equipment
such securities as they require that
we will, out of the income from the
sale OF water and lights, make the
cash payment and guarantee to meet
each time payment with the interest
thereon as they become due. This
debt can be paid in three years or
possibly sooner and the sooner this
equipment is installed. the sooner
will the city OF Newberry be placed
as regards it's public works, on an
equal footing with any town in the
state. an the sooner will the rates be
lowered and the debt for same be
paid.
Very truly yours,
James Mcintosh.
6. E. Summer.
The Washington times., 1904-01-12
A Fans Lament.

70 The Editor Of The Washington Times:
Washiagton's ball team is in enough
trouble as it is. Tho enforcement Of the
law requiring G0V,te4eent employees
10 work until 400 ocloc,s viii fur
Their cripple it. as in order to attract
Government patronage it will be neces-
sary to start the games at ; clock, half
an hour later than usual In the fall
darkness viii set in by the time six
innings have been played, and under
these conditions. finarcia1 success for
the club looks anything but promising
In the summer baseball is the only
sport in which Neutrality-suspicious. are in
terested to any great extent. and unless
The law is modified. next season may see
the last Of the local club. It has been
advocated that Government Office hours
be changed from $50 TO O'Clock This.
1 think. would &c a satisfactory adjust
ment 20 everyone concerned. and would
help along an already dowatrodden
baseball team in which nearly every
Washingtcnian is interested.
IAN OLD BASEBALL FAN
The Washington times., 1904-01-12

der to make modern warfare effective
on the Oriental coast modern methods
must be used to a much greater extent
than Russia has yet used them. Eng
lands strong point in such frontie,
warfare Is precisely the point which
would be strong with us If we were
ever mixed up in such troubIe-tha
ability to make the engineer re-en-
force the work Of the soldier. Eng
lends sappers and bridge builders
have done quite as much to make
England safe in all the corners Of her
empire as her army has, even if no,
50 much noise has been made about
them. In considering the resources OF
. country in case of war in these DAYS.
when a few hours gam in time may
make or break a general, the work OF
the engineer must be taken into ac
count There Is record IN our civil
war history of a regiment of Federal
troops which halted on the bank of a
rlver, where a bridge had been either
destroyed or carried away L was
necessary to cross that river The
regiment was composed of Michigan
lumbermea. They cut down trees and
built a bridge on the spot. Many
Federal regiments We're resourceful IN
similar ways. Nearly every one had
men in it who could do things useful
in war besides fighting. An Iowa regi-
ment landed in a town where there
had been daily paper The editor
had fled. The printers IN the ranks
took possession of the "plant" and is
sued a paper inside of twelve hours.
There were telegraphers and engineers
and mechanics all through the ranks
Much the same was true of the col
onial troops from Canada and Aus
tralia who saved the British cause IN
South Africa. Modern warfare needs
not only the trained soldier, but the
man who can do other things and can
be trained 10 be a soldier Russia will
End that the army proposition in the
East Is more complicated than Ii was
III The days of Peter the Great. Doubt
less she has already taken steps to
meet its needs, but SO has Japan. The
world will see. in the event of war.
how much the diminutive islanders
have absorbed of the material eiviliza-
ton of the West.
The Washington times., 1904-01-12

feet gentlemen as there are perfect
men. But, AT any late, there are GER
tain broad basic ideas which are rec
ognized as the ideas Of gentle breed
inc, and the president and professors
of college ought not to violate those
traditions, or do anything to make
them less revered.
No college president would, j; Is to
be supposed, become a partner III a
gambling business, a saloon, or dive
IL Is not to be imagined that he would
do anything in Business which might
be regarded as cheating, dishonesty,
or sharp practice. II nc did, ne would
lose the respect of the students, and
lower their ideals, a thing which is,
perhaps, the greatest misfortune
which can befau a youth of half
formed character How, then. can he
dc for his college what he would not
dc for himself? How can he, who
would not compromise his personal
honor by receiving gifts from doubt
full sources, compromise the honor Of
lis college by such an actl 1t is Idle
TO argue that the students do not sec
and understand these things. 1t is
idle TO suppose that the public docs
ret. The bald, fiat, plain fact Is that
the intelligent public sees men who
have made their millions by every
kind of sharp practice bordering on
dishonesty, and sometimes crossing
The line between honor and dishonor,
bestowing a part of these millions on
some college or charity as a sort CT
bride to secure kind words and good
opinions. 1t sees them actually
chuckling over the fact that their SUI
periors III birth and education, their
interiors in business acumen, are
willing to condone the deed for the
sake of the result, and they argue, not
unnaturally, that the only reason the
college president does not 90 out and
fleece the lambs in the market and the
shareholders in the business Is because
he cannot. This is not a nice spec
tacle.
The Washington times., 1904-01-12
The Soldier and the Engineer.
The Difference Between Theory and
Practice in War.

In 1896, it is said, Gen. Alexeieff.
Of the Russian army, boosted that he
could land eighty thousand men at
any point on the Korean or Chinese
frontiers within three weeks. and
doubtless he believed what he said.
The event Of the Boxer uprising
proved that he could do nothing Of
the kind.
The hostile Chinese intercepted the
lines Of communication and delayed
matters indefinitely. The season. as
we all remember, was dry-indeed. it
was said that spots on the sun were
responsible not only for the dryness
of the climate. but for the Boxer
frenzy and the Amur and ShiIka
Rivers became so shallow that nothing
could be foated on them.
This proves one thing; that in or
The Washington times., 1904-01-12
Thinks Order Unjust.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
Please allow me space in your val
uabie columns to express my ideas on
the extension Of the work day for
fcierka and employees in the departments.
Personally. the order does not affect
me, as my own hours have averaged
more than seven for good many years.
There are thousands. however. who viii
be affected. The effect Of the order is
practically the same as a reduction Of
salary. as il compels department en-
ployes TO give more service for the same
pay
il is hard 20 see the justice Of a cutting
OF wages when ~orkingmen in all
parts of the country have been forcing
their wages up in the last few years
IL is commonly said these are 'good
times. So they are-but not for the
saIaried man or woman. The price of
living is now 35 to 30 per cent higher
than it was a few years ago. Have
the salaries OF department. employees
Kept pace with that increase? Ger
tainly they have not; being just where
they were before the rise in prices Of
food and clothing took place.
Now, TO make matters worse, this
order extending the day half-hour
practically reduces wages still further
than has been done by the rise in the
cost Of living. It may be good poll
tics on the part % the members of the
Appropriations Committee. who have
forced the new order; but 1 can see
no Justice in the change-and espe-
cially ct this time.
JONAS a. TYNE.
The Washington times., 1904-01-12
Business and Religion.
The Question Whether Colleges Should
Accept Money From Doubtful
Sources.

There Is some discussion nowadays
over the question whether colleges.
universities, and other institutions ,of
undoubted moral influence ought to ac-
cept large gifts of money from men
who make their money by means moi
consistent with the higher notions Of
ethics. Some OF the best men and
clearest thinkers in the country say
no. Other folk argue that all colleges
dc (which, by the way. is not quite
true IN the sense that any college
president will get money wherever he
can. Still others, with a refinement Of
sophistry which IS a delicious illustra-
ton of the lax and vague morality
possible to an intelligent man. argue
that since the money is good and no.
counterfeit II does not matter how IL
was made, that without these gifts
the colleges would be leseeaicient. and
that oil colleges have received be
quests and gifts Of money not made in
a Sunday school sort of business. For
instance, the money Of old Matthew
Nassar was made in a brewery.
But money made in the honest
manufacture Of good ale. if that was
tie way old Vassar made his, Is some
what different from money made by
putting the price Of a necessity up a
cent or two, so as to wiring a few
thousands ont Of the wages Of poor
folk Moreover, old Nassar lived be-
fore the tire when the teaching of a
college necessarily involved the dis
evssion Of public questions. and there
fore his viii did not hamper the con
sciences OF the teachers. That is an
ether important point As to other IN
stances Of the kind, the fact that a
thing Is common does not make il
right.
A college Is supposed to be a place
IL which the ideas Of gentlemen pre-
vail Whether every college graduate
j. a gentleman or not, is. of course.
hardly a matter for discussion: every
body knows that there are some men
who are born cads, snobs, or Doors.
and could not acquire gentlemanIy in
stmets anywhere; and these men are
sometimes found IN good families.
Character s tie only test Of a gentle
Fan. Perhaps there are as few per-
The Washington times., 1904-01-12
coLoNEL IRIsH,s CoLLAR.

One man in the United States IS not
worried in the least by change in the
style Of neckties and collars. He IS
Col John p. Irish the distinguished
Californian. who never wore a necktie
and has never had collar which was
not fashioned after the open-front sort
so fashionable in the days OF Henry
Clay.
Colonel Irish always wears an i'm
maculate white shirt bosom. beneath
vest cut much too low 10 have n place
in modern fashion plate. And this
broad eSpanse of shirt is always sur
mounted by the old-fashioned collar
held in place by large gold button.
Colonel Irish is now i'm Washington
looking after the settlement OF the cele-
brated Salvador Improvement Com
pany's claim against the Salvador gov
eminent He is attorney for the com
pany interested i'm this case. and has
managed to look after this and many
other cases while holding the Office OF
naval officer of customs at San Fran
cisco. a $500 position. TO which ne was
appointed by President Mckinley.
Republicans have tried repeatedly TO
Gust Colonel Irish. who Is a gold Dem
ocrat. but the colonel and his immacu-
late white shirt have always come out
of the fray unSOiled
The Washington times., 1904-01-12
MT. RoCkefeller'S Bible Class
The Practical Results of the Associa-
tion of Rich and Poo.

The Bible class of young John
Rockefeller has been, as was almost
inevitable, the subject of more or less
fippant comment ever since IT started.
and of late the comments have been
especially pungent. Mr.. Rockefeller
laid himself open to jokes when he re-
Guested the class to save up its pen
MES to meet the SO a week expenses ;
and the class uneonsciously contrib
uted more to the amusement OF the
public when 1t decided to give Mr..
Rockefeller no Christmas present OF
tangible value, but to give him the
best attendance at Sunday school ever
On record. Now comes what the es-
sayist would call an appreciation CT
the class by an unconseerated report
eT, who went there to observe its
methods, and came away with the
conviction that he should not want to
90 therc regularly.
The most significant thing he found
out bout the organization was that
according to the evidences. half Of the
class, if net more, were in it partly or
altogether because they hoped for
some material advantage from the ac-
quaintanee with young Rockefeller.
As one young man frankly expressed
III, If any member Of the class hap
pened to attract the millionaire's at
tention, II would be a great thing for
him, and anyhow, you met big men
there.
This is a form of Sunday school
work not to be commended from any
point of view. If there is anything
respectable in going to church and
joining IN alleged religious worship IN
the hope of reaping from the connec-
tion a better job and more money, the
merit of it has not yet been discoy
cred. We no longer talk Of the value
which deeds, good or Indifferent, may
have at the Day Of Judgment, but 1t
Is to be considered that every day IS
ia a sense a day Of judgment-a day
IL which the formation Of character
Is going on-and if a man deliberate
~ subordinates his religious feeling 10
the ends Of business, his character
will suffer in way not pleasant 10
contemplate.
The Washington times., 1904-01-12
The United States and the East
This Country viii Not Be Mixed Up in
the Oriental Trouble.

There Is likely to be some rejoicing
ever the announcement that the Ad-
mmistration will not allow this coun-
ny to become entaneled in the trouble
between Russia and Japan. but really
any apprehension on that score would
have been rather foolish. There is no
reason for the United States to inter
fere in such a difficulty, for although
We have interests in the Far East.
they are only remotely affected by the
question whether Russia or japan
shall dominate Korea. 1t Is impor-
tant,N to be sure, for people in this
country to take an intelligent inter
est In the situation, because it is al
ways possible that England may be
drawn into any difficulty that con
Germs Russia, and in the event of n
struggle between the two we should
have 20 make up our minds where VIC
stand; but If anybody thought that
President Roosevelt was 50 blood
thirsty and .'impulsive'' as to rush thia
country into an mcalled for war in
the Orient. it was a gross biundef, so
gross as to be rather funny.
When argument Is made that every
civilized country, for the sake of the
preservation Of civilization and The
advancement Of lis highest interests.
should be ready for war, should be
thoroughly equipped end disciplined
10 that end, there are always howls
about military ideals" Such an ar
Sument does not mean that the time
OF hostilities Is TO be moved up into
next week, or that war Is to be rashly
undertaken; II means that war, if ii
becomes a necessity, can be under
taken without rashness. Preparations
of this sort cannot be made after hos
ulities have become open.
Likewise it may be said that Amer
leans should be able to weigh the re-
spective merits of Russia and Japan
as factors in the worlds affairs. with
out jumping TO the conclusion that
they must actively support either the
enc or the other IN every quarrel
The Washington times., 1904-01-12

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
Let all the clerks OF Uncle sam
Unite and sing this ditty.
The girls say Darn" and boys say -
Our Congress subcommittee,
Was il for this we left the States
And a private situation.
To dwell within the District gates
And operate the nation?
For this we burnt the midnight oil.
TIL eyes grew weak and nervous,
With writing answers like a Hoyle,
To p-ss the civil service.
Oh you that heightened out our job,
Beware the tread-On worm,
Complaining, Ike COxey mob.
Wen shorten up your term.
a CLERK