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I ' SOME GOOD ADVICE | 1 Qiven the Negroes by a Colored Man ON EMANCIPATION DAY. Ha Appaal to Hit Race to Fit Themselves for Citlzershlp. Oppoaaa Reduction in tha outh's Repraaantation. Emancipation Day was oelobrated in great style in Beaufort. The grand f marshal of the day was Joseph Dais. There was a street parade of oolored Veterans of the late war, oolored militia and business men and oitisens. The exeroises were held at the sohool house. The emancipation proclamation was J 1 W*t- t m m wa aa ?? hh rasa 07 Aawsra mayors, nev. r. r. I Watson was master of ceremonies. HD Robert Smalls delivered a short address reviewing the first emancipation oelebration wbioh was held at Bdaufort in I^P 1863. Gen. Rnfns Savon wired oongratulations, as he was present in Bcaufort at the '63 oolobration, whioh wore road by Rev. WataoD; after whioh ho Y introduced the orator of the day, Prosident Thomas JS. Miller, who spoke in Bf part bm follows: H Mr. Chairman, veterans and fellow eitisens: 1 am here at my old home, having been honored by yonr oommitV tee with an invitation to deliver the ad dress on this the thirty-sevonth anni vers ary of oar emancipation. It is not in my power to express here f % or elsewhere the heartfelt gratitnde that J I owe yon and how docply I appreciate this oall to be with you on this day?a . day that means bo much to us negroes. J It is indeed our passover, for upon it the pronunoiamonto that made us men and oitiiens and that sovcred tho chains that bound us in fetters that wcro galling indeed went into effect. Every nation weak or strong has had its passover day; and the more loyal they are to their oountry, the moro patriotic they are to their birthland, tho more faithful they have been in commemorating the day of their delivoranoo. And this magnificent display of oitixenB and soldiery and especially that solid phalanx over there of battlo-soarrod veterans who fought that this day might not be robbed of its hallowed blessings, remind me of the full measore of loyalty, patriotism and self-saorir fioing devotion to principles that are the embodiment of the Amorioan No\ gro. While in the state senate, ont of the greatest compliments that was over paid to the head, hand and heart of Lthe American negro fell from the lips ef that splendid Confederate chieftain, Gen. Mart Gary. Said he: "Tho negro is ignorant, but he is loyal to a cause, he is fattnful to a trust, and there is nobody of men found anywhere who will follow a leader with moro confidence, love and fidelity than tho negro." "Give him leadership," paid Get-.^Gary, "and he becomes blind to everything other than to tho call of < v ' **." ^^^Tes, dr. Obau'iiiifi, OUf pUuplA"ul?4yd ^^^^^^^j^^etrayed a trust, whether the fields, in tne work shops the battle field. History rooordu him as never a oarping hypocrite with foul treason in heart. Standing here amidot tho very first moments of a new century, having been permitted to livo during the last ( half t\9 fho Acn^tiwn . ?~ JUDfc JI?5BUU , \ iw>7, I am able to reoall many events 1 ?some of whioh aro reoordod history 1 And u I stand here and draw aside the enrtain, and peep down, away down the i vista of time, 1 see the events, as if L with magio, passing before my vision I all the way down, down the vistfc, porK tiona whioh are onsouxed on aoooant ol hoary age. Can I, mast I stop for a moment and point oat a few of the things we suffered Rrevious to this, the birthday of our doveranoe? No, oh, no. Most of thorn are engraved upon oar hearts as if bornt in by hot steel. Nevertheless this is not the time for me to indulge in the temptation to reoall them. There is another task?a self in^ dieted task assigned me, and it is to B deal briefly with present conditions, B and from -them take a reckoning so as to present to yoa a birdseye view of the blessings that are to be ours in the future?blessings that must come if we W oanonly continue to bear and forbear; blessings that we will enjoy if we will only labor, prepare ourselves, and wait for their ooming. Henoe, 1 have ohosen for my subjcot "At spes non fraota." Translated lit erally my subject is, "Neveithless hope is not broken." At present oar situation is not what we would like to have it. To one who sees an objeot superficially the outlook is gloomy, but after all the sun is still shining, and the fog, the mist, must and will disappear. Bat, fellow oitisens, we mast lift ap oar hands and eiecute, for no people has ever prospered by waiting ? supinely waiting?for outside assistance or for outside interference. Where aio we? Where are the ten millions of negroes looated? We are prinoipilly in the slave holding states, ?a^MMfcJulthere we mast and will remain un lesTlre fiy-'roL. mder the Amerioan to a land over whioh tho Amerioan v eagle spreads not its wings in majesty and power. The north does not want us. Why, even the great state of Illinois, which famished oar emanoipstor, through its present governor, Tanner, tolls us wo mast not oome. Have yoa forgotten that not two years agoheforbide negro L laborers entering into the state of llli- \ nois to labor in the mines? ilo oalled h as aliens and said that if we persisted t In ooming there to work?not to vote? r to labor in the mineB, the lowest of 0 labor, to earn broad by the sweat of our <j brow; if we persisted in ooming there Q to labor and to work he would moet us t at the border with Qatling guns and a shoot us to death. Yes, friends, he was so reported in t the daily papers, and 1 have novorseon u it oontradioted. Nevertheless ho is ono ? of oar Kepublioan governors. t In every Kepublioan oonvontion, up j, to the time Garfield was nominated, . something was said in the platform D favorable to the necro. But sinoe then v oar great national Kepublioan oonven- ^ tions have not had men in them who . were loyal enough'to?us to plaoe in the j fdatform.one word of 'hope and oheer 0 or the negroeB who had boon faithful j to them at all times and on all oooasions. v The nation has just suoceedod in eleoting a republican president, Wm j MoKinley, and he has written a long t messago to oongress. I know a nogro \ preaoher who grows frantio ovory time 0 he sees the word negro printed with a ^ little "nl": but on tho night aftor j President MoMinley's rooont message , was printed, I heard a negro woman ex ^ olaim?"I wo'i'd have boon tKarkfal t* Preaidout MoKinley if ho had ab'.e to remember the negro with a little "n " The troth is fellow oif'sons, ho did not remember to write ua with any kind of an "n".in his message. The troth is, tho national rcpoblioan party, through ita officers, havo served notioo on ua thai they havo grown tired serving ua, and that they do uot intend to interfere with or a?Hst ua. When President McKinloy rnado his southern tour ho Bsid in Ueorgia that every Confederate gravo wan a nnnu uient to "American patriotit :u." Fellow oitizena, lot mc quote Presi dent McKinloy again: "E?ory Con ieuoraio gravo is a inuuumuui iu niucrioid patriotism." Do you doubt it? If you aro republicans, which I know you are, you do not daro doubt it, for our republican provident, who is the official mouth-pieco of the rcpublicau party, said bo, and the party at the list eloo tion endorsed it by ro electing him; henoo, it is truo. It is useless to livo if you intond to livo in blindncsBs. Every utterance of importance falling from tho lips of nothern republicans, with very few ox oeptions, tends to show that tho republican party is getting in doubt on the subjcot of who was right or who was wrong during tho last war. What is a patriot? What is patriotism? Can the graves of men who were guilty of doing wrong bo monuments to patriotism? No, follow citizons, wo must accept Win. McKinley as authority on this subjcot. Oao of tho soro subjects with us negroes, particularly tho negroes of Beaufort oouotv, is tho matter of our partial and temporary disfranchisement, and wo blame tho white peop!o of South Carolina for it. In part they aro to blame, but only in very small part. They have accomplished this act with, through, and by the permis-ion of the national republicans of the north. If tho north did not want it so, the hand ful of white people in tho south could not make it so A re| ublican supreme court, by refusing to interfere and asrist us have said that thoy were right in this act. The rcpublicau congress by refusing to scat rej ublioan congrcsstut n 1 rum South (Jaroioa have further ciuphasz d the faot tbat tho whi e people of South Carolina in this act have been right Tho truth is but the tri:?h, and I am hero to tell ycu the whole truth, anl ii is this; the national republican party has deserted us, has abandoned u ; and with a very few oxo' ptions, the} show by their failing to act, and afteu by their utterances, that thoy need the forgivennoss of the south lor ever hav ing assisted us. Wo have a few friends loft, but they arc in a woeful minority. Chandler, Mason, Allison, Tom Heed, and Ben Harrison aro still with us, but whore aro their backing? When it comos to tho negro thoy stand almost a'oncl from time immemorial (as mnasuroi by tho life of tho American republi ) the negro has been the bono of orptootion. In the early part of tho centu-v tho faot of his being in tho sou'h, and thereby was counted hv the smith in in u a |>ui|ivm 111 in it & u mis s lunuana ho homo of free men. Remain here intil tne <lay oornes when, with the as istancecf the white people, the law of ho lind will drive out violent)?; remain icro until, through and hy the whim icople, the lav will ho sufficiently ad ninistercd that the hu ubl< at black or rhito oitiz n will, at any and all tim-s, 10 protected in his life, liberty and irosperity; remain hero in tho south and, that by our ironcnco, and on ao ount of our great numbers, great, politoal power will corno to and remain nth the south. Yes, General MoUrady saya we oamo icro from Rarbadoes, ono year after he whito man, with tho guu in one land protecting tho life and property four masters, and with ax, pick and toe in tho other, roolaimiug and cl-nr ng tho swamps and f -rests to make his fiae habitation and abodo for free oro, pcaoo and happiness. claim to and pos^ci-sion of political rcptescntation iu ilio national council was a cause of a long and bitter strife between the north and south. The southern masters said that though he was a black slave, ho was human, and for that reason insisted hat He stl'outcH-ibc counted in the ap )ortionmcnt of tpoliiioal representation imong the stately; and they did sucoend n having oountoa tful ffi p"XTt?*-\Jft~niVT ither hand the nrrth said that although ic was human being ho was only a ihattcl, hcuco in tho political appor ionment he should not be oountcd at ill; and that only free white men should )c counted. This sul j'ct of political rcprc-onta ion for the n< gro agitated tho nation rom its earliest birth, and was tho ihief and dir ct cause of the firing of the irst shot at Fort Sumter, and the surender of that n b c ohiefiain at Appo natox. It was the chief cause of the {mancipation proclamation that was ead here today;and today, thirty sc7od rears after our emancipation, it is the >ono of contention. The question that oococrns ur rnoro ban any other one question is tho fifty lODgressmon who arc accredited to the louth on account of the p oscnoc of en million negroes in tho south. Nearly ev.ry negro politician, nearly ivery negro preacher, neatly every hinking, well meaning negro through >ut this glorious southland of ours, say hat tho south should lose those fifty longrcssmcu because of our partial and cmporary disfranchisement. "A prophet is not without honor save n liia own eountry;" and why so? Be tause he is a beer?one who unv? ils the uture, and shows to hia fellow ouuutryuon things that arc for their bo->t good, >ut seldom in accord with their ihoughta ir wished. Follow oitizens, that i- my losition before you today. I have tuiicd well thia subj -ot. an 1 as I sec t, for my own good, my oouotry'a good. ,nd eapecially ihe good of my race. 1 eel that 1 am not in accord with the houghts of thai raoc, but, oh, country nen, negroes, have patience, g'vo me 'our HVmpat iy and 1 ear mo; lor the lauae of negroes unborn. I am unalterably oppo-ed to the eating down of the souths representation hat is given her on acoount of the ten mllion negroea within her ooiifioes 1 mi opposed to it, first, because I am a legro; sooond, beoau o i am a southern icgro; third, because it is my expeota ion to live and die tare, and oo> sole on rish is that all who are connected with no, as negroes, should remain in this outhlaud?the bcBt place m tho world or negroes. Remain here and bear th? oppression; omain hero with a heart full of love for ho oppressor; remain h< re doing tho ighl; remain hero making and saving uoncy; roDiain hero with a pu-poso to totter your condition regardless of tho nrrouudings; remain here clinging to ho land bccau c it is <ur birthright; amain here resting upon tho promise if God, praying to God for a better lay, asking God to open the eyes of iur white oitizent that they may sco hat it is to their interest to assist us in dl our undertakings, to unilo with us ? ... L- At:. .ii i I Ml*. I l? . "At spca dod fraita"?novortaeless hope is not brokoD, aud let us rest up ou tho anchor of hope, f ir tho day wboo every right guaranteed to oitiz u whip by tho constitution will bo given to us by aud through tho white uian of tho Huuih. G >d can inoro mountains. Wo aro not any worse sill oiod iu our citizen ship a .d rights than have buou other nations. I have stated that 1 aui opposed to the cutting down of tho representation of the south. Why am I opposed to it? lijoauso it would bo wrong, aud if it is a wrong to temporarily disfranohise u i, tho taking awav of tho south s rourcscn tation for that r. aion wiu'd b j a greater wrong Two wroug9 oao never make a right llavo vou over stopped to oouut tho cost to m negroes bhoald the touth Iobo its fifty ootigrcRB'uen that aro allotted to her on aeoount of our prescnoo here? If tho representation were taken away it would mean absoluto and to:al disfranchisement of tho peoplo who had no representation in tho general government. For a timo tho whito poople wonld mtfer, but if tho representation wore taken away from tho south tho negro would bo praotioally killed for one hundred yearn. Some go so far ?b to say that they do not oare what happots to -43 nog oes so long as tho south loses her fitiy representatives, but let us stop and count the oust before wo j jia the hue aud cry: "Cut down tho representation, cut down tho bouth s ropresen tation." It is argued that it is no use to have a thing that you cannot use; a right that you cannot ct j >y. Bat that does not hold good in ail ea^cs. The ohildren of Israel were given the ark of the oovcDaut, and after they had crossed the Jordan tho) f- rgot ti:c teaohings of Moses, anl for them tho urk oi the covenant lost its power, but it was the insignia of JeboVa's prom so lliatkd to do service for the sinful Israelites aud the Canr& iini es carried it away, and placed 11 in their temple, in the midst of their idols to unke it a thing of dctision in its helplessness in that touiplo of blit.dn'-ss. wickedness and t.in; but whe-u they wont back to look at 11 in derision, surroundeu by th? idols of llitl, what di I thiy behold? Why all their idols hvd tumbled to the ground aud were crushed; and in that sight the heathen saw that the ark of the covenant, which was tho magna oharta of tho Jews, hal in it the aticngih aud protection to the Jews. Let our ruin to Vote bo locked up temporarily in tho temple of prejudice, but do uot seek to destroy it ny asking congress to cut down the representation of tho South, whioh was givtn on aooourit of our prescnoo hero. A right (ic.00 given is never annihilated, and should tho Eouth lose tho representation given on account of our presence wo will bo disfranchised forever ?we, and not the whito man, will be the sufferer t jt all time if tho act is per petrated. No, follow citizens, let tho south I,.,. . 1..1.1 1. . L . Iiatu UVl l< !'iClClit4l(JU, ?|llI<JUgll III?T right id looked up ia iho temple of blind prejudice; but if the right remains tho time will one, and ojino it limit, wheu the whi e rneo of the south will invite uh to et j >y it with them Let us prepare ourselves for its ci j ?ytnent, for it wi.l eruio tuck to us iu its fullness and its right. Let us resolve to use it with our white neighbors for the benefit of ourselves and our white ne'ghb >rs. Let us resolve to fit ourselves educationally, <puiluawju ana"m'WJ. 1 ulj' tor its use" and enjoyment. In short, let us look to the south.abso lately to tho south to assist us in the crjjyment of every right that belongs to free ci '"aunt-hip. If they do not give it to us the north will nevrr inter fere or assist us to get it. We l ave been theb>nc of oontcntion betwem the two siotions too long It is time for us to eouoatc ourselves that we may soo the truu in wardness or motive of this po ideal agitation. Tho Jews had been disfranchised ia Europe for hundreds of years, but ihcy remained a virtues aspirii g.aohi- v in*, God fearing, neighbor loving p o i lc; an 1 toJav on aeo unt of their in teliigenoe, high moral dovel ipement, integrity, and wealth, they dictate al most any terms of peaoeor war to the crowned heads of tho world. G >d is God and n^hi is light. "Justice, like a volcanic lire, may t-lcep awhilo .-uppr -St d, but can't expire.' Live right. L>) right. God is not dead "At spes nou fraita." Wo must possers ourselves of technical education, commercial education, industrial education We must prepares ourselves to oc upy every avenue of thrift and legitimate gain Get mo noy, but got it honestly. Keep money nut do uot hoard it. Keep it to assist you ia di vel >ping the southland Keep money to a-isint you io bettering vour condition, and scouring h mos K:op mouey for a niny day. Keep up your churches; support your preachers; sup port jour school-; teach your girls t?? work ai homo, ana by so doi?g >ou ? II strengthen tiieir morality. And lot us not foTxvt that wo owe a dut>:first to South Carolina; second to the natior ; third, to our-olv.s; a^d last, but nut b ast, to O id Kr in the report of Superintendent MuMahaa we see that moro negroes attend pub io schools than whites It is true that we get loss than one third o' the money appropriated for the public ichools of the state, but whew wo consider who the ruling ehi-s cs are, and are reminded of the pohii oil antagoui-ui that has existed bo twoen the two races, I am r. ally sur pri-ed, cd.fi.d and gratified to ste that our political antagonists have treated us so we!i, and arc spending ai much as ihey do spend on ihe negro for i lie purpose of education. Mysulj ot, "At rpes non fracta," is the mo.to of tho Hope family, but their court, of arms is more striking than the motto. If I had the power of a great artist I would throw that ere at oat of arms on canvas thai you might behold it; but as I csnnftt draw 1 will present you a pin picture of it. At the bottom of the picture is a representation of our world?the globo on which we live?but it is oraoked nearly in half. On each side of the yawning abyss separate 1 by tho ohasm, arc tho two Hope sisters, each ono of thrm with the end of a chain thro wn over tho should* r that ii ringb l ed to the oarih, and at tho othi r crnls of tho chains are aech ?rs tha are he! 1 a o't by tho right hsrdofcaihsi ter Out of them is the picturo of despair; but tho oountonanee of the o her beams with smiles as she points totho rent in the tarth that separates thorn, and she casts her ei cs away i ff to the sun thot is just ris ingp'o not moan on account of this) a vn ing ab>ss that separates us, for nevertheless hope is n ?t broken, and God's own timo tho strength <f the sunlight will olose the breach in our sphere that par s us and wo will ho united again. And, oh! fetlov citiz m, lotus take courage, aid posies our elv. s of tho faith of Abraham, tho oonfidmco of j Daniel and Nohouiiah, that sonio day, I homo how, only in God's own timo will j ^ f tho bualight of liberal education, the sunl'ght o? loving forb^aronoe, the sunlight of determination aud patienoo will drivo, yea, drive away tho raneoor and prcdjudioe that divido our raoo from tho white raoo. Yos, if wo live right, give and take, tho day will oomo when the gulf that Bcparate ui will bo bridgod across Then lot uh look to the southern white n?nnl? I for ht l| ', a-k them by ourhfe,to help us I to o 040 up the rout that no* exists in I political spbeiv; and uatil it c unoR let us not forget this beautiful motto, "At apes non fraota"?nevertheless hopo is not brokon. The Now Appjrtionmwnt By a voto. if 165 to 102 tho houtc Tuesday aoooptol tho roappotioniAint pUu propisod by tho Barloigh bill whioh moreaios tho momborship of tho houbo during tho next dcoado from 357, tho prcsont membership and tho mom oorship proposed by tho oommitteo or llopkins bill to 336. The rosult w&s largely brought about by tho infiuonoo of certain senators from aevoral of tho larger northern states who throw tho weight of their influonoo in tho soalo in I favor of tho larger momborship. When it booamo apparent that these factors were at work against his bill Mr. Hop kins attempted oompromiso by giviag an additional representation eaoh to North Dakota, Colorado and Florida, but his adversaries refused to oompromiso after complote vioiory was assured ! l'ho Cruiupaoker prosposiiion to reooni I mil tho bill for tho purposo of a'Ojr laining what states abridged tho jight to voto to an extent which would email I I rcduood representation was dofeated 13') to 110. 1'horo was no roll oall on the I voto but a Dumber of itonublicans vot ed with th j Democrats. Under tho bill as passed today no Btato loses a ro I presentativo and tho following make gains; Illinois, Now York and Texas ttiree each; >liunesota. New Jersey and l>jnnri> Ivai.ia two caoh; Arkansas, Cal- I iro nia, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, I Louisiana Ma-Bachuotts Mississippi, Hisouri, North Carolina. N >rth Dakota, 1 Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin ouo each A Strange Case Despondent because hor lovo for Mrs. I Juhu White must bo oonfloed within the l ound of friendship. Miss Katherinc K. Gorhara, < f Wiohedoa, Mass., oom milted suicide Wednesday evening by I shooting herself in tho head while sit I ting in a room with her mother. The infatuation dates bank two years, when I they livid in adjoining houses. Tho I intiimoy was not p'ea-ting to Mrs Gor ham, but there sccm< d no way to stop I it. Liit fall, when Miss Gorliam went to B >ston to study elocution, Mrs Wlnto hired a room thoro so as to bo I near her friend. About a year ago Miss Gorham went to a sanitarium in I'hila- I delphia for treatment for a mental trouble, an! came baok apparently cured. Miss Gorham b?? 91 ?!.? ' the ttcncral assembly. Il was dotcrmin? d la call the present county board up lor a hearing, that charges of official misconduct aro to be formulated, aud thai if the resignations of tho members aro not forthcoming, tho board will try tho;u according to law The legislative d< Ic^ali in ii u idi rt >od to bo in ayiu path/ with tho board, and il looks as if the old oouiity board must go. The Siate board has determine 1 to probe the Kingstrco matter, so (ho members say, 10 11 very bottom, and do everything possible to havo j isiioo mitcdout l>.r oior D ikes, at tho rc<| test of tllniruian Williams, wont iu person to K.U gsirte a id direotod tho arrest of the amused dispe iscr, taking tho pro li uinary steps in tho prosecution. Tno afternoon s ssion of tho hoard was ed prinoipilly to tho consideration if various r. n icsts for the return of l.qa <rs seised oy tho dispenrary oouolabi-.s as contraband. daughter of Mrs. Marian Gotham, Grove street, editor and proprietor of tho VVinohendoD Courier. MissQorham spent the greater part of the day with Mrs. Whito, going with her tohcr home on L'nden street. Mr. White, who did uot ai prove of tho intimacy between the wo lien, ordorod Miss Gorham out of the huu-o. Sho wont direct to a store and b ught a revolver She had gone to the Hotel Winohcndon and hired a room, to which she was accompanied by Mrs White. Tuey remained in the room until 7.30, when thoy left, for their respective homes. Arrangements for tho l'un^ral will not be coit^id . '1 - ti! .1 e ar.-iv .1 of Mrs. (io.-ha^M^r ~ Mrs Smith, from I'ui.addlphia 'White is a traveling salesman for WhilciRros , cotton manufacturers. W Force Hauua'a Hand According to the Washington correspondent to tho Atlanta Journal Senat r H?nna is u-ing the threat of~?n tra session of congress to foroe action on his ship rubsidy bill. Ho is reported as having appealed to Sena or Cla*'? tho leader of the minority, to allow th^bill to conic to a vote in order to prevent '.ho ncccfsity for an extra aost>ior;to which appeal Senator ''lay, very properly. turned a deaf ear. This is as it -Jiouid be, and it is to bo hoped tnc op position to this imxiusablo grab will stand fi'tn throughout tho presort session be eailed if Hanua and his crew insist upon it; ?it will only make this -ubsidy iniquity stand out in its t'uo light. It is siuiplv a determined cf fort on .lie part of llanna and the administration to rewaid certain syndio.'cs for their contributions to the Republican campaign fund, aud they i? i.. .- f..ll " iiwutu >m lutiuu iKJ auuuj'b lull icopuusibi'ity for it. The people may wake up To a full realization of the situation when they sicthat the people who uow havo ctctrol of tho government are oven willing to 'oroo an extra session of congress if ncc.SHary in order to ox tort this immense tribute forthobeno* fit of a few millionaires. Trusts Beat Him. The defeat of Senator Chandler of New Hatui shire for renominaiion by tie It i uMioan cuoua of his Statu legislature is pvssrilv more of a sur i rise to tho people of tho oouotry than o tho senator himself, who has indi rated forcb jdings of this r< suit. It is not often that a s -nator who-o service lias b n o long as Mr. Chaudler's is re jeoted by his party, and very seldom that his defeat is accomplished by so overwhelming a iuaj ?rity. It is p >s-ible that his altitude on tho silver question lias som? thing to do with ?eoucing bis pot u arity, but the senator himself has deolared that powerful railroad influ-no; s were devoted tohis It feat. It has become a very ticklish milter wiih Republican statesmen to tf mi railroads and trusts. Attorney General Monnett of Oiiio prosecuted t he Standard Oil trust and his head fell in tho ba-ket According to Ohansllt r the railroads of New Hampshire i.re in charge of the Republican guillotine in thai State.?Tho State. The Kingstree Matter. The Columbia S^ato says the board of directors of the State dispensary mot Wednesday and took up tho Kingstroo shortage matter. A oonfcronco was held urilh ill.* W it I in rwi-Kliril ?l,.ln<.??mn in SPECIAL MESSAGES From Governor McSw*en?y 1c the Legislature EXPENSES OF THE MILITIA |rcu-r*d in Suppressjrg th? Threatened Uprising In Oeo'gtown, 8oma Valued Relics. Tho governor Friday transmitted tt the general assembly thrco mofBtgof upon matters ot some interest. Ont is aocompanicd by tho cxpenso aocouni of tho soldiery Boot to Qeorgotown tc put down the alleged trouble. Tho t-eoond messago relates to the flags of the Palraotto regiment in Flor ida, and tho vase presented Androw Jackson by tho women of S)Uth Caro lina and left by him at his death to the last survivor of tho Palmotto regiment. This was referred to tho oommittce on military in tho house. The message as to tho expense of the troops went to the ways and meant committee of tho houso, and the third whioh r ferrcd to tho O'ding of oertain lands on Sullivan's Island to tho Uni led States government was sent to the judiciary committee of the houso Tho following is tho text of the throe messages: EXPENSES OK TROOPS. Gentlemen of the Goneral Assembly Oa two occasions during tho past year it becamo necessary in order tc maintain tho reaoo and prevent mob violence to call upon the strong arm ol tho militia. The promptness with whioh tho volunteer troops res "mied and tho hea'thful influence o. heir presence is strong cvidenoe of tho effi cicncy of the servioo and tho wisdom of proporly maintaining a well organized, disciplined volunteer soldiery. There was necessarily some expense oODBeotcd with the calling out of the militia, and I bog to submit herewith the item z d statement of oost and re oommend that you make provision tc j ay the samo. In the Florence trouble I paid out of my oontingent fund all the expenses except tho amount due the railroads for transportation. In tho Georgetown matter only ono item has been paid, that of transporting the Sumter oompany from Sumter to Georgetown, and whioh had been advanced by tho oaptaia of tho oompany. I could havo arranged to borrow this money but there was no authority of law for it, and I thought best to lot it stand utjtil an appropriation could be made by you, My contingent fund was inadequate to pay it. Proper vouchers aro on filo for tho various items It is a just and proper charge against the Sta'c, a-id 1 am suro will receive your favorable oonsidcration. Hero arc tho items for whioh an appropriation is asked, and also a statement showing what has been paid: OEOBOKTOWN TROUBLE. First battalion of infantry: Two days for 177 men $ 531.00 Hauling guns, oto . 5 52 t^arreTbocr2 75 Bread, eto ....... 5 58 Transporting 17 7 men and guns (Charleston to O mrgotown and return ( V. C. L ) 9?i 00 $1.465.85 Sumter companx '"* Three da>s for 36 men ' 157.53 Transporting 36 men Georgetown t o 8jlmter(.\ 0 L) 87 75 213 25 . Trjorgetown companies: Two days 37 men troops K 8. C. V. ealary Ill 00 Four days, 45 men, Co 1,8 C. V. 1. 270.00 381.00 Total amount due in Georgetown troublo 2,090.10 Amount paid out of contingent fund Transpotation 8 im ter to Georgetown 85 75 Total cost of State to Ge orgetow a trouble $2,175.85 FLORENCE TROUBLE To amount duo the A. C. L. railroad f'?r special 'rain . $ 416,00 Paid out of contingent fund: Tim mom vtlle Guards.. $200 62 11 MoL nd <o, sheriff .. . 98 75 11 MoLeudoo, Sheriff.. . 15 01)314.37 Total cost to State in Florence trnub'o $ 760 37 RECAPITULATION, Amount duo by Siato in Georgetown trouble $2,)90 10 Am >unt dun by Stato in Florocoo truublo 446>.00 To'al amount f jr which appro priatinn is a-kod $2,536 10 Yours v ry respectfully, M. B. MoSweoney, Governor. II a UIAIVA.I 1T/VU ntl.lUI Gentlemoa of thotlcneral Assembly: In tho early put of iho past yoar Col. Tames 1) It aridity pros'doil of tho I'a m tto K.'gimeat Survivor.' a-^sioiation, addressed iuo a loiter as governor turning over to tho S.ato of South ('arol>ua in porpituo ono of the two Higs carried by tho regiment in tho war with M< x oi, togother with the regimental rcoirds Ho also submitted a request of tho ixeoutivo cimmittco of tho survivors association that they bo allowed to p'aoo tho ' Jaekson vaso" in tho lcgislaiivo library under a glass case and under oare of the Heorotary of stato or of tho librarian; so that tho survivors may know, at loast, whero it is. Both wore accepted as the correspondence hereto attached will show. The flag was plac.d in tho Siato library and tho vaso is in tho office of thi secretary of stato. Thcro is no glass case uador wh;oh it may bo placed. Uodcr a resolution of tho Burvivors' association tho vaso is to bo kept by tho cxeoutivo oommittco for and to bo tho property of the last survivor of tho rcgimont. Thcro arc still about 40 survivors as tho records herewith submitted will show Thcso are preoious relios and havi a history whioh all true Carolinians should be proud to oherish. Tho records should bo preserved in somo place where they oould bo easily a?'0t si iblo in oase it should bo desired to refer to them or have tho history published and thcso records put in inoro permanent form. 1 beg herewith to submit tho oorroapondoncc and tho records for such dis - ^a| THE B Grove's! > The formula i; ' know just what yoi do not advertise the , their medicine it yo Iron and Quinine pu form. The Iron malaria out of the s Grove's is the Ori{ Chill Tonics arc im that Grove's is su are not experiment) and excellence ha only Chill Cure so the United States position as your honorable bodies may ' deem proper to ir.ako. Res* ectfully submitted, I M B. MoSweeney, , Governor. 5 tiie su li. van's island fort. t Gentlemen of the General Asi-embly: t 1 brg to band 3011 herewith a letter ' which I rociivcd from the Honorablo I J K'ihu Root, sroritaryof war which ex I plains itself. Al-o a draft of a bill 1 which hcsuige-ts bat to woul 1 like ; to havo passed by the general assent- t bly. I ask for this matter your con t federation and such action as in your s wisdom may seem proper. 1 Respectfully submitted, s M. B. McSweenoy, 1 Governor. ) 1 Mr. iCIihu Root in his letter to the ) governor says: i Sir: By an act approved February v ' 9. 1900, tho legislature of South Caro- ) 1 lina ceded to the Uoitcd States title * and j iri-diotion over cortain traots of 1 1 land in the town of Moultrievillo and Sullivan's Bland, South Carolina, rx 1 cepting from tho acres described "those portions which are occupied and in use by tho public as highways, known as Central avenue and Beach avenue " fc B aoh avenue, within the limits of the 1 reservation, is impassable by vehiolcs ' True Uliivalry. < A little ragged, dirty, typioal negro hoy was riding an old wornout, broken ( down mule that wouldn't trot if a looomotivo were to pu?n it along The boy held a hurdle in his hand and wa< using hia ooat as a saddle Tho tnulc had almost stopped in tho muddy atrrot and iu hia efforts to coax the animal, he dropped hia bundlo and hia coat fell in to tho mud below. A prominont bank ' president of Greenville was en tho street 0 nearby at tho time noticed tho disoom * fituro of tho black Afrioan. With the ^ kind and tender heart, eharao'.oriatio of a truo southerner, this moneyed , man waded through mud and with tho saute motive he would have had had ho been wailing on Prosidcot McKinloy handed thia little ooon his bundle, as aistcd him artanging hia coat and with the aid of a switch managed to coax thjmulo on. Thia act of the well known bank president is worthv'of im- ' itation.?Greenville News. on aooount of s?nd drifts; and tho clrs t ing of this avenue is essential to tho i proper laying out of the nrlitary post, d Central avenue is a winding street with 2 a narrow shell road ani is not properly s kept up by the town on aooount of laok 2 of funds. It would seem desirable that title and jurisdiction of that portion of t Central avenue wiihia tho resevation 1 should be in the United States in order 1 that it may be improved and main- c tained by tho govenment s I have the honor, therefore, to irolose tho draft of an ant providing for the cession of title and jurisdiction over those portions of Ucaoh avenue and Central avenue, excepted from the ( lauds heretofore grantod to the United ? States, for the closing of Beaoh TPknd n for a h!^nway, and for the keeping j open of Central avenuo as a public , street, and to reepost your good offices j in recommending the same to the set- \ ato and house of rcprcient?tive9 cf s your State. jp Under seotions 71 and 72 of the g^n n oral statutes of South Carolina, 1882. the title of thco streets is in the State of South Carolina. Very respectfully, Klibu Hoot, ' Secretary of War Dcp't. The Tea Industry The sue lessful expi rimed of United States Commissioner of Agriculture Lo Duo, followed by the successful plant . mg and macufacture of tea at the l'mo J hurst farms, Summerville, near Char iaston, baa attracted northern capital [ ists: who will go into the business on _ 1 t J -L In mm" mjnc ar,u who cipeu to raise 30W,0t)0 pounds annuilly f ir tho Am ircm market. Col A C. Tvler aad M.?j R DTrimbleof New Lmdon, Conn., and the Baron A. von Brunig, formerly of the German legation at WashingtOER are leader* of the enterprises and have 1 already bought 4 000 acos of pine land * along tho linn of the Charleston and . Savannah railroad, 15 miles from here, Messrs. Tyler and Trimole were in oamp at Summervillo during the was with Spain and the success of tea oulture at Pmchurst M j Trimble,will, it is said.by tho active head ol the com pany. It is said that Dr. Shepard has had this year twioo as many orders for tea as ho onuld fill Tho Tax Extension. The time for tho payment of taxes has been extonded after all. As thing now stand the taxpayers who have fail cd to oorne to time will havo umtl Fob. 1 to do so. Friday morning the special commission in whom is vested tho right to extend tho time, consisting of the governor, the comptroller general and the attorney general met aud it was de oided to extend the time till the day named. Tbo State says this action was the result of the action of tbo house in adopting tho Ashloy resolution provid lug for tho extension until March 1. Tho oommission has b'en strongly against any e xtension this year, but the legislature seemed determined to pro vide for one. The comptroller asserted that an < xtension till March 1 would tanglo up the books all ovir tho Stato thai it would be a serious matter. The r- au t was tho aotion taken Friday, whioh. it is said, will prove satisfactory to the senate. Thoso who havo failed to pay their taxes will bo glad to hear of this aotion, but ovory treasurer and auditor will hear of it with regret. 'I*** irifli Chills ^ maarn^ ipnssKg EST PRESCRIPT r asteless Ch ? plainly printed on every u are taking when you take ir formula knowing that y hi knew what it contained, t up in correct proportions a acts as a tonic while the vstem. Any reliable druggis {final and that all other itations. An analysis of oth< pcrior to all others in c\ ing when you take Grov ving long been establishc Id throughout the entire No Cure. No Pp v. Pric< The Pen Must Go. A stationer is thus quoted in the Philadelphia Record: as thn linetecnth oemury brought the steel >en in plaoe of the quill, so will the .wrnticth century s^e the typewriting Eacltino take he p'aoo of tho p-d. I'lic < ff< ot is already very noticeable. Last year wo didn't sell half as many >eos as w? gidd five years avo, aid th> Icoreasa has been steady caon year dome large buisness houses have a hyaena of keeping books with typewriting n c iincH, and when this becomes more amplified it is bound to be universal. [ shouldn't be surprised to see the pen unufae urrrs go out of bu-inrst w>th n a few years. ltd cd, it is not hart-nd the range of possibility bat a hundred years from now handwriting, f not exaotly regarded as a lost ar, rill at. least b ; looked upon as a re'io f amiqui y, and spcxinons o? handvri ing will bo treasured at curio?iics " A Busy Life Emled. Col. Wto L IVonholm, who w?p eotnroller of the treasury duiiog Cloveand's first administration, died at hie tome in New York Friday of pneumjlia. Col. Trenholm was a native of jharlcs'on but bad lived ia Now York or several years, where he was engaged n business. In commenting cn bis loath The State says during hts stay iu s'ew York Coi. Trenholm was the oon ant friend and advisor of those iouih Carolioiais who appealed tibim itid we have Been it stated that be icver permitted an irquiry or request 'rom his old State to pass unheeded. Thus, although absent in body, he g*ve lonstaDt evidence that his heart was till with the people of South Carolina. Money for Schools. At a m'-cting' f the hoard of direotors ?f the dispensary Friday asteraoon Chairman Williams stated that the G uiDnij] condition of tr***wAtitution iow warranted the payment of $100,000 to the schjo! fund aid a tesoluti >n to his iffeot was immediate y offered bv i\.. i --J ? 'iicumr i/unca anc aaoptea. Mr Villiains further stated that tho diapenary wou'd be ablo to pay iuto sohool und 150,000 additional within the icit thirty days. THE LEIOEB INDEED. rhe New Ball Bearing Domestic Sewing Machine t Leade in Workmanship, Beauty, Capacity, Strength, Light Banning. Every Woman Wsnt- Ono. \llachiuenf8, Needles and Parts for Sewing Machines of all makes. When ordering needles send tample. Price 27c per dozen. ;n>e? paid \<on*? Warned in I'ao^eup: >d I irri i?rv. i i, bin I?L, _ I 1_M? lay lor Street, <'OLDMBIA S C! ? #3?. % TRALIB ySjT MAWW. * OLL) NORTH STATE OINT ViENT, the Great Antisepth dealer, cures Piles, Eczema. Sore Eyes, Gianulated Eyelids. Jarbuncles, Boils, Cuts, Bruis *s, Old Sores, Burns, Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Toenails, Inflammatory Rheumatism. Aches and Pains, Chapped dauils and Lips, Erysipelas Lt is something everybody leeds. Once used always used. For sale by all druggists and lealers. At wholesale by THE MURRAY DRUG CO Columbia, S. C PITTS' tNllSEPIIC INVIGQRATOR! i'ma a.i t oai voh hud l>owci u.>uoloe co.io or hclero morbus, teething trouble! with ihl'idren, kidney trouble*, bad blood And ill tort* of tore*, risings or felon*, ouu nnJ turn*. It i* m good antiseptic, when looni! j ipphed, at anything on the market. Try It and you will praise it to other* f your druggist doesn't keep it, write to MURRY DRUG COMPANY. imHjIimria s n -' M [i\Stj COCAlwF.^"WHISKY i ' l?i '4 IkC^ ?V1 lluhltM Oared xt mr 8?nitnr 1 kJ H ?1P iun,. In Jto dn,?. Ilundrwt* M H of r- fereiii-on y> jri.re n reclnitr Hoo* on JS WW llome Tre ilmen! ?^nf I HKK. Addreee H. M. WOOLL5V. M. D.. Mlsntn. Ca. I 1 l</ 1 I ('<V ION IS ill Tonic. bottle?hence you Groves. Imitators ou would not buy Grove's contains tnd is in a Tasteless Quinine drives the ,t will tell you that so-called Tasteless cr chill tonics shows /ery respect. You e's?its superiority rd. Grove's is the malarial sections of :. coc. Saw Mills, Corn Mills, Cane Mills, Rice Hullers, Pea llullers, Engines, Boilers, Planers and Matchers, Swing Saws, Rip Saws, and all other kinds of wood working machinery. My Sergeant Log Beam Saw mill is the heaviest, strongest, and most efficient mill for the money on the market, quick, accurate. State Agent for H. B. Smith Machine Company wood working machinery. For high grade engines, plain slide valve?Automatic, and Corliss, write me: Atlas, Watertown, and Struthers and Wells. V. C. BADHAM, 132ft Main St., Columbia, 8. C. Hard to Beat our Line I of MaShinnry mi 1 Mill Supplies. " LEADERS: Lane, Chase, liege, LidJell and High Point saw mills The Murray Cleaning and Distributing System. Liideil Automatic and plain Enginej. "Sioux" Oor.iss Engines. "New South" Brick Machinery. FurimU. Tk V. J '1 ?* ' * ....{UUKI iuicaucre tftUUL unua L/ruiB. Diss ton Saws and Files Peerless Packings, Sjeesns Sewer Pipe, and Supplies generally Brie Oily Engines aud Boilers Egsn Woodworking Machinery. "Queen of the Siuth" Grist Mills Kelley Dup'ex Feed Mills Bucdy Traps and Steam Specialties Magnolia and Columbia Babbett Metals. B. H." Bibbes & Co., M A.0H1 NKUV and Mil. I, 3Ui'FLIKS w>4 (iervals 3t.e-i, COLUMHIA, 8. C. Ortman Pays m the EXpress 3ihaui Dyeing of every description. fSiHtm, Nap tha, Wrench Dry sad chemical cleansing. dead for oar aew price list and circular AM worK gnar aateed or no charge. , Crtman's Steam Dye Works I UO Main Street bill.! * Kl A. u A. L Ortman Proprietor Murray's Aromatic Mouth Wash W hiteus the Teeth Cleanses the Mouth Mw*??tens the Breath The? Murray Drug Co., COLUMBIA,S. C. MONEY TO LOIN On improved real estate. Interest eight per rent, payable semi annually. Time 8 to 5 years. No commissions charged E. K. Palmer, Ontr&lNttional Hark Huildinj*, 806 Plain St-, Colnmbia, S. C.