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hawit^eaksti
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) red- jcbjot. lived but a fow short we s.
Governor Kllorbe tendorcd me tho nomination.
1 realized the -adioal nature
of pomo of my utterances and votes, and
while I oould not foresee w ia< has ha)>
pn.ed, 1 knew my ca ure well cnoaph
to fool certain that having once enlisted
ia the fight 1 would cover tun hack
while life lasted. I, therefore, rtfusod
to aooopt tho appointment at the hands
of Governor Ellcrbc unless ho would
guatanteo that the Kxcoutivo Coiumittoe
would ordor a primary and permit
the people to pais ujon tho issues
whioh 1 had raised.
CAMl'AION OK 181*7.
It is unnecessary for me to refer to that
bitter fight. You all remember tho mceiitig
in Greeuville, whoic I was insulted, bullied
and baited like some wild beast, it was a
sample of some of the rest. For myself 1
am willing to "bet the dead past bury its
dead." 1 have no ill 1'eeliDg towards any
one on account of it. 1 spoke, 1 believe, in
every county in the State outsido of my Congressional
District except three. 1 advoiated
my views not only on the .'arid but on what
1 considered tho real line of polioy to be
pursued by Southern Representatives. 1
earned about eighty per cent, of the vote
cast and every county except three, which
were lost from local considerations by suia'd
margins. 1 w sh 1 had time to recount to
the people what the rice schedule, which I
got into that hill, has done for the rice planters
on the coasts of South Carolina, the
waste places it has redeemed, the thousauds
of dollars it has brought into this State.
What the duty on pino has done for the lumber
interests, which were being sacrificed to
the whi'e pine imported freo of doty from
Canada. The North, which is almost bare of
timber, instead of going to Canada, bin been
forced to go South, and that has put thousands
of dollars into this State. There is no
telling what an arrangement of the schedule
on cotton goods as as to prevent discriminn
tion against coarse favrics, has meant to the
cotton mills of the South.
COTTON I'LANTKRS SACRIFICED TO A SKNTIMKNT.
This is not the place to explain what the
retention of the home market means when a
manufacturer seeks a foreign outlet. I will
refer, however, to the duty on raw cotton,
which 1 advocated st the time Cott-n, corn
and wheat are our great exports. Now 1
want to ask any man of reason, why it is
that a duty of twenty five cents per bushel
is put on wheat, and fifteen cents per bushel
on oorn, while nothing is put upon cotton?
The three Btand exactly upon the
same basis. It is this, Northern Rep
resentatives protect coin and wheat against
importations from Canada andelscwhere,
while ootton has been sacrificed to a
mere sentiment. 1 think that 1 am the
first Representative in Congress to point out
the danger to tho cotton p anters arising
from the importation of Egpytian cotton.
Ten years ago there were no importations to
speak of. The year 1 made this speech
there was in round numbers tifiy-six millions
of pounds and last year there was almost
seventy millions, an increase of nearly twenty
per cent. Since '.hen two mills have been
built in South Carolina (in one of which 1 am
interested) using nothing hut Kgpytian cotton.
Now 1 contend, if tbe cottou farmers
were protected like the wheat and corn planters,
we could produce any kind of cotton
that is needed. South Carolina is the homo
of the cotton plant. No cotton comes
into competition with our Sea Island
ootton, and common sense tells me.
that we can develop any grade needed
between that and the short staple. Ten
years ago the "Allen long staple" was
planted all over upper South Carolina, and I
know of some men who bought gins especially
adapted to ibis cotton, but they had to
throw them away. Egyptian cotton has
uriTtn mem om ui loe nu^inoM. i no reu
hills of this up country are the very place
where this cotton should he grown, hut how
can we develop it in *ompeutifln with the
of E&jpt? What awe?wedoisg
resolutions to ro^xMi^^^^^^Pip^wTiileKiglish
engineer:- arc
constru^HPgdams in the valley of tho Nile,
|L which within two years- will add one million
J and one half bates or one eighth to the cotton
crop; while we are reducing the acreage here
P our competitors are increasing it, aud we
are to furnish the market for the increase.
1 eay, away with the impractical statesmanship
which will Hftcritice the crtton planters
ofttauth Carolina to those of I'.gypt. After
1 was elected to the Senate 1 attempted to
pursue the same line in everything, hut I was
very ill for a long time after my campaign,
confined to my bed at one time for seven
weeks. These terrible campaigns of ours in
the heat of summer, making speeches day
after day, sitting for four or five hours, your
clothes wet with perspiration, in the sun,
and one-half the time without dinner, there
are but few men who have gone through with
it and not had their health impaired. 1 have
no doubt but that it shortened i he days of the
gallant Earle and even rugged John Irby.
TUB TREATY WITH St'AIN.
While I was in this physical and mental
condition, the wnr with Spain came on and I
had to grapple with tlieso new questions. I
was sick, henrt, body and soul. All (hat 1
wanted was peace and to be let alone, The
cruel taunts aud sneers of "Republican and
traitor hurt me tlieD, while 1 can laugh at
them now. I made up my mind not to create
any further issues, but tamely fall in and
follow the lead of Jones, Tillman, Pettigrew
& Co., and then to quietly retire at the end
of my term. My intimate fiieuds know that
this was my intention. When they conHk
eluded to defeat tho treaty, 1 could not seo
what great harm could come to the country
from forcing the Republicans to call an extra
session. It would only postpene matters
by one month. At the request of some of
the Democratic leaders, I made a speech, not
against the treaty but against Imperialism,
which speech was at the time, and with the
lights before me, my opinion. 1 bad not
drawn the distinction between expansion and
Imperialism, aod 1 fully intended to vote
against the ratification of the treaty, I was
so tired of being abused and accused of dis
loyalty to my party. At that lime, how
ever, 1 contended in private that the
rejection of the treaty was unwise
even from a party standpoint 1 had
then, as 1 have now, very little confidence in
the political sagacity of Senator James K.
Jones, and I believed that Senator Gorman
l.-? : ? l i
n?o Ml iivai i nu liAjmiioiuuini, i'C< innu ntJ
voted for the acquisition oflhe Hawaiian
Is'ands, and 1 suspected him of an ambition
after Mr. Bryan advised I lie ratification of
the treaty, to defeat it and thus suppl tnt
him in the leadership. Not that I objected
to this, for Gorman a a conservative man,
and might have hem elected ('resident the
last time, could he have commanded the nomination.
However, on Hunday afternoon,
the day before the treaty was to be voted
upon, the news was Hashed over the wires
that our troops had been fired upon by the
very people whom wo had freed fioin the
tyranny of Spanish oppression.This presented
an entirely new situation and before I had
finished reading the "extra" the correspondents
of the New Vork Fun and 1 think of
the World, called at my house before I had
consulted with any human being, aud 1 expressed
this opinion, as the files of the newspapers
will show. One month of delay might
mean serious consequences to the people of
the United States. It must be remembered
that Hpain bad the sympathy of ent re Kit rope,
and after the battlo of Manilla noth
ing but the tact of Dewey and the attitude
of l'.ngland prevented us from being forced
into a war for which we were totally unpre
pared. To defeat tlr treaty meant that w<were
still at war with Hpain, and that our
soldiers were intruders in the 1'hilippine I
land. To ratify the treaty meant n?t a stale
of war, but a mere insurrection and deprived
Other nations of nu excuse for interference.
It seems tome any way, that no matter what
the situation or causes may be, that the on'y
position for a man to take when we aro en.
gnged in a foreign war is to slnnd by his own
oountrv. riffht fir wiraio !-??
situation a moment. In the first place, i
had not, as long as it could ho avoided, heou
in favor of the war, and had hut little sy injathy
with the inflammatory addreint a made
in L'ongrem, which end arrasned the President
in his humane (florin to avert the war,
1 could not hut look with dintrunl upOL those
men who forced the war on hy frantic appi-a'n
and then, the very moment that hostilities
r \
' were begun, ctiiicUcd ever? movemtttlt node' "
to bring ear to a speedy and successful end. fr
It was a small and pretty patt for reunion* h
to play. Agulcaldo bad many wnrmsjmpa- f<
thizers In Congt .we, who compared him to o
George Washington" and hie half naked tl
followers to the heroes of King's Mountai t d
and Buuker *11111 Seme of them nowcan
not conceal the chagrin which they feel at t
the capture of Aguinaldo and the cessation of ii
hostilities. It is charged that my vote rati p
tied the treaty and stoppel the wa\ If so, f
1 aut proud of the fact, and I am thankful y
thill had the strength to do my duty and a
cast that vote I fear that 1 would not have n
had the courage to doit, had 1 not felt that f
nty vote was abtolutely necersary; hut realiz
ingiDo mrrcwniuK envoi una mv learim responsibility,
1 cast rnv vote accordingly. 1
have never nee-* the Jay when 1 regretted it, t
and my children will remember it aft. . 1 am (
dead, with pleasure and pride, as the most c
glorious act of my life. 1
8
EXPANSION.
I will not undertake to demonstiato the '
wisdom of expansion, but will oontent my- 1
self by simply saying that wo are a nation of &
expansionists. We have expanded during 1
the last one hundred yeats on this continent
from eight hundred thouiand io four mi'lion t
square miles. Expansion is the bed-rook of [
Deniocraoy. Thomas Jelferson, the first 1
expansion President, added 1,122,000 square t
miles to our area. The annexation of Tex w, >
California Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada 1
were by I) mocratio Administrations. An- t
drew Jaokson would today be denounced as
an Imptrialist by the very same people who t
eat '-Jackson day dinners" and worship at j
his shrine. Old Hicko-y said ou this sub- to
ject, ' 1 have thought with the ancient Ro- 1
man, that it is right never to cede any ter- "
ritory within the boundary of the Republic, 8
but always to add to it by houorahle treaty, *
thus extending tho area of freedom." All ?
this talk about imperialism is l>osh. The a
people understand it as the cry of 'wolf," 11
when there is no wolf. When Mr. Bryan g
abandon) d the money question and at b
tempted to substitute Imperialism," lie stood h
about as much chanoe of being elected as a b
a split-foot bull-'rog did of kicking nil the 8
water out of bake Michigan. At least, that ^
is the opiuiou of a friend of mino. Tho price b
paid for these islands has been given as an *>
objection This it absurd. England, Prance, r
(let many, liussia or Japan would pay ten 8
times as much to occupy our position in the 8
Phi ippine Islands. bying as they do along H
the Asiatic coast, they are the gateway to the
Orient. g
The people of the South are vitally inter)
sled in the trade of China; so far, we 11
have oo'y touched one of the provinoeB 0
Minister Wu, the other night in Charlotte, *
old of the teemiug millions in South China, ''
and said tho great problem was to clothe the
people. They are forced to use silk to make 0
.heir clothes, but that this was expensive and o
almost an impossibility. I am told that,
for fear of wearing them out, tho Chinese
very rarely wash their clothes. 1 have
heard it wittily said that tho chief difference *
between the Chinese and Japanese is, that '
the former never wash their clothes and the 0
latter never wash their body. I believe it ?
was Mr. Wu who said the other night, to *
teach ihe Chinese to wear cotton shirts and ^
then get the emperor to issue au edict to make *the
tails only one inch longer, and the cot- ^
ton crop of tho South wou'd ha exhausted by 1
that one inch, and none left for Europe. If 8
any argument was needed to show the im 1
portance of these markets, tho effect of 8
reccot troubles in t hina is sufficient. Cot- 1
ton goods are slacked u< in the warehouses 1
unsalable, and when the best judges thought *
last fall that cotton would be twelve and one '
half to fifteen cents per pound it has declined 1
more than three cents. 1 am an expan 1
sionist?1 ftvor the prlitictl, commercial and 1
religious expansion of our country This is 8
along the line of progress. We ca-not at- '
tain a ceitain growth and then stand still. 8
as in the nullvnlual, ho in the nation We 1
either move forward towar is perfection, or 1
hack wards towards decay. There are cr- H
tain crises in the life of every mau which r
seized leads to success, let them pais and the "
chanco is lost forever. The capacity to take '
at vantage of the opportunity constitutes the f
difference between the man who succeeds 1
and the ono who fai a, and so it is with J1
nallms. Si's have grandly seized our op- 1
portunities, and I for one am in favor of
pushing it to the limit. During the past t
century we l>a?e been absorbed in testing t
the great <piestion of constitutional reprrsen- v
tative government and the development of i
America. The time has now come when we t
must have foreign trade, and not merely 1
subsidiary to our industrial development at *
borne but as necessary to our continue! r
prosperity Our resources and population p
demand wot Id-wide avenues of trade, and c
we cannot separate the commercial and 'I
political eleneuts involve 1. What arc we to
do wiih our surplus product.-? This is the c
piestion engaging the attention of all the e
civilized nations of the earth The only t
tiebl unoccupied is in the Orient 1 believe 1
that the time is near at hand when the cot ii
ton trade of the South wil he with tho Ori f
ent. When our commerce on the Atlantic i
will he iusgimficant compared with that of a
the Pacific Minister Wu gave us some J
valuable informa'ion at Charlotte. Our '1
manufacturers are reaching out for this 1
trade, and what better cm 1 do as you Seaa- r
tor than help thorn. No 8tate will reap a r
richer reward than South Carolina, with all i
the water power and manufacturing develop- a
nieLt in the Piedmont reg on, and with three [
such harbors as Charleston, Georgetown and f
Port Royal, llow can 1 better sirve the s
farmers of this State? They will share in the i
benefits of this trade Here is the United t
.States midway between Europe and Asia b
Almost an island when the caoal is cut? f
with Hie Gulf of Mexico on the South and s
the Great Lakes on the North; the Atlantic e
on one side and the Pacifio on the other, and v
with the people of two continents lidding
for our products, the possibilities dazzel the
imagination. It is no idle dream I believe
that most of the people witbin tho sound of #
my voice will live to tee it realia- d We have '
become a pacific power with 6,(HH( miles of '
coast on that ocean; with the Hawaiian 0
Islands and Aleutian Islands as resting *
r,laces, and it.M Philinrvinna oa .. ? 'u ? *
. i-r-? ? -*v w .
Open l>oor," we are lite only nation Htrong
enough to compel Russia, with her trans- D
"ilierian Rai road, to respect the integrity 1
of the Chinese Umpire. Ah long as the ''
United States and Japan say "No," the Chi- 1
neHrt Umpire must remain intact and the door "
be left open to our products When 1 think. '
of how strangely it has all come about I can "
not but believe that the hand of Uod is guid P
ing this government, and that he has watch
ed over and directed us along the path
where liegreatucss, ppaoe and prosperity. 1
cauuot undertake to discuss the question of
a government for these otnlyitrg possessions; '
we have settled other problems of a more
coniples nature, and I cannot hut believe 1
that a solution will be found just; humane 1
and satisfactory to all concerned. My vote 1
on the Army Kill has been att eked. e
v
NOT IIIB HHST TIM! SOUTH CAltOIJMA II AM
c
HISKN AUOVB TABTY.
It was a lot g the line of supporting the 1
foreign policy of this government. Let me s
sty tight here, that 1 am ml the first Con 1
gri ssman from South Carolina who hns voted ?
again it his parly an J supported the 1'resi
dent when it ca ne to a question of a foreign 1
war. Three of the greatest men that South i
Carolina has ever produced, Calhoun, i
Lowndes and Cheves, supported the govern- i
rm iit against their party during the war of 1
IHI ?! Cheves used these words, which I re v
peat from the bottom of my heart: "Irre- 1
speotive of party, for the great interest of I
the nation." o
In connection with the fight now in pro- u
gi ess against me, the tirft protective tariff t
hill ever introduced was t?y a South Carolina S
Mopresent dive, Lownden, ant advocated t
liy Mr, Calhoun in one of the grateit speeches I
of his life, i hie in not the first lime that our n
gallant iltle Htato han risen ahore section I
aid acted for the Interest of the nation. a
The Army Hill provided for a maximum of n
one hundred thousand men and a minimum p
of sixty five thousand, and between these c
amount* the discretion was left to the Presi- V
dent. At that time the insurrection was in
progress, and my common sense told me
there was hut one of two things to do.
Dither put enough men in the held to crush a
the rebellion; or quit and come home. 1 e
believed in the former plan, ami so voted. t
Fellow citizens, there is a great deal of o
clap-trap talked even in the United States /
Senato. About ono half of those mournful t
speeches on the great danger of "Imperial- fi
ism ' and "Militarism" were for homo con- d
sumption and the most of them were made v
after comfortable neefstcak and a bottle of c
' " ... ii i.i >n .?? . ?. rr
Muram's Eilre Dry." I see that since the ft
ebelllon la over, the President says thu Is
e will lake the minimum auuuot. Surely. A
allow citizens, I onu'd mfTjrd to tru?t * man fo
n a question of that kind whom tne people ei
he United Slat-s bad elected to the l'resi- E
ency Why not exeicise a little oomi'nn p<
en?e?it is a simple applic ?tion of the iu e al
hree. If an army of thirty thousand men T
* required for a population of 85.000 00 ? pt
>e,pie, is an army of 06.000 men too much ai
or a nation of "ti.OOO OOOT Congress ban for
'ears been spending money along the c"an p,
.nd buying expensire guns, and absolutely
uany of tneiu are lying out and rusting lt
orwantolinon ej
THE SUBSIDY BILL. ^
St
Now, fellow-eitixene, this brings me to the c,
ouch-discussed Subsidy 15x11. lu the first w
lace, it is astonishing to nie what a mis- ?
conception there is as to this matter. There ai
ias never been a vote on the Subsidy Bill, ml
md yet, even my good friond, General liut- ^
or, whom 1 love like a father, speaks of w
'MoLauriu's vote on the Subsidy Bill." a,
There never was a vote ou the Subsidy Bill, j,
in4 it was well understood a the time that w
made my speech that there would not be a c<
rote at that session. If 1 desired to deceive j,,
he people and play an unworthy part, I a(
uig'it just as well have kepi si eut and not c;
tad that issue in this osmpnign; bat 1 felt n
hat the people shouli be educated ou this p
mportant measure. My vote was of no 0(
radical value under any circumstances, tI)
eoauso, if it cOu'd have been brought to a c,
ote, there was a msjority of eignteen to
wenty in favor the bill. I did not intend ^
net at that time to make a set speeoh on the
ill. 1 arose tn my seat te present the resoution
of the Cotton Spinnors' Association, ^
,nd before 1 knew it 1 had drifted into a ^
peech cn the general principles of the bill. (
Vhat is Itnowu as the liauna l'ayue Bit has ^
.lready boon changed so much that the r|
utliois of the bill would not know it if they j'
let it in the road. There was at the time a
re:it many ameuduients pending, and noody
ever hnows what a bill of th*t s^rl will u
e until it pusses the Conference Committee
et weon the two Bouses; this bill never went
o far as to get a vote, h t alone a conference. y
lo far as 1 am concerned, 1 do not profess
9 be a winter of the subject. When you
Ller the realm of ocean freights, with tho J
elative cost of high knot and low kuol 1
peed, tonnage aud wages it takes au K
ert to understand, &c. Senator Frye is c
, very able man, and 1 do not believe tterei ^
s a more honest oue ia the American Conress.
He has devoted twenty-five \ears to ,.
he s: udy of these <{uesi ions, and yet 1 have ^
10 doubt that you could find some members
f the South Carolina Legislature who never
aw a bigger ship than a canoe on a mill f
ond, wnoknow more than Senator Frye, or 8
nybody else, on the subject of eh pping and j?
ceau freights !
JtLY A "HTKAI." WHEN Not coming tiieib
WAY. t<
One of the great objections to 'he subidy
is they call it a "steal." Well, fel- *
ow-citii'ns. that it a very poor argumentpponeits
of the river and harbor, pestoflice, n
i.* any other bill can make t1 e saaie charge. c
was a little amused to sec the bead.lines of
ho News and Courier, "The Ship Subsidy
Meal," when in the same week the Mayor of |
lha> lesion and the edtior of that paper were
11 Washington wanting nine million dollars ^
pent on a naval station, and a subsidy of a
quarter of a million fo' the Fxpositton. It ^
eenis thai a subsidy is onlv a "steal when it ^
a not coming their way. By such foolish ^
lenunciations of tbe subsidy principle it has ^
icon difficult lo get a fair consideration
^alk ab 'Utlobb'es There never wa< a m ire (|
owerful lobby in Washington than that op oeed
to the enbaidy forme i by the greit
ratis continental railroads and the foreign
iteaniship owners. 1 may say something t<
titer on this subject which will emtiirass u
tome people, but will refrain at this time. 1>
There is nothing in the principle of the bill e
(self which involves stealing, defrauding the f<
;overntnent of sectional advantages. Thtrre b
nay have been some abuses in stunting sub- li
idies when it was ia the experimental stage, p
>ut there is no reason now why there should 1
>e abuses. In Old ailmininlrutinn ,,f to ?
here is a chance of abuse, and yet (lie law h]
nay he a good one; lite abuses being merely li
nci.lent to Ttrexeotfriotf. rtn
This is what the friends of prohibition and
ho dispensary each claim. Subsidies are
10 new theory in the South. Conventions ?
vere held during the twenty years pieced- v
ng the war to incourage the building up of J.|
he < oiumcrce and industrh s of tho South ;l
layne, Calhoun and McDuIhe were leadii g
pints iu these enterpr.ses. The establish- ]j
uent of railroad and steamship lines by ,,
rovernnient aid was advocated. South Car- ^
iliott subsidized railroa s before the war. -,t
'wo m llion dollars were given to construct ,,
he li'ue Kidge Road, which has never been ,,
oniplced 1 think I cm sa. thai nearly ti
very line of road c .nstructed in this State
lefore the war was subsidized, either directy
or indirect y. The Legislature of Liuis ?j
aua gra-iiei a subsidy of $o.t)0 per ton (]
or ev?.ry vessel of more than 100 tons built
n the Sivte Alabama gave $4.00 a ton,
,nd exempted from taxa ton all goods im?orted
into the State from foreign couutries.
'he National Government connected the Atantic
and the I'acifio by subsidizing rail- \
oads and in this policy we have une-iualed td
uiltoad facilities, and have divelope-i our u
uterrtate trallic to such an extent that we tl
ire now forotd to seik an outle; for our sur w
dun produ:ts. All that is proposed, is to j-,
ollow in developing our foreign trade the >
a me prinoiplrs that have succeeded in our ji
nternal development. Is there anything jr,
lew or strange in this? It is good common h
lusiness sense. What difference in princi ti
lie is there between tho State Government
uhsidizing railroads, and the Federal Govruiuent
steamship lines'.' p
rilAT DOKS 11 it VAN T1IINK <11 II IS POLITICAL t)
I'ARTXKR or iHltfl? it
I have in my band an artie'e advocating ''
ubsidies by Mr. Sew all, who was ou the a
iryan ticket in 18Vt>. 1 would like to know
rhat Mr. Bryan thinks of the 'l?eniocracy
f his recent political partner, since he has
.Hacked mine." Twenty years ago, when J.(
re wished to develop manufacturing in South y
barotitis, dil we not subsidize - very cotton %s
sill by exempting it from taxatiju? What M
regressive town or couuty has not subs-i (|
lixeJ railroads or other euterpiises esseaial
to its developincni? 1 never saw an in
li vidua), who ever amounted to an>tbiug, H
rl.o was afraid ti spend money ou himself J
,i.-l so t is with towns, conn i s States and
;overnments l(
VOTINU SIBSIIUKS TO RAILROADS ANI> c
NBWSI'A I'Kttfl. tl
Wk- -k 1 - .L- U .? *t
t. 11 j buuuiu iug aou>ugru people, in the u
ace of these facts, repudiate the spirit of six nl
y years ag^ if What a gross iiicorslateiicy ,j
or Senators anii It 'present Hires to denouooe ,|
he subsidy ptiuciple an?l endeavor to ar -udO j,
he prejudices . f the people, when nearly
very one of them from the South tacli year
otos a subsidy to the Southern Kailroad for t,
arrying the fast ma 1 to New Orleans.
Why, fellow citizens, they voted for a
'ostotlice Appropriation Kill at the la^t i-es j
ion with a subsidy of thirty five million dol M
ars for carrying lae mails, it is really a ,|
ubsidy to the magazines ami newspapers of |(
he country, for the receipis are that much ,|
ess than the expenditures for that class of w
oft.I. A subsidy of sine Million* per year |
s much more defensible, in iny judgment n
n the development of our foreign trade.
Ve spend millions of dollars building naval
'eseols, useful only in times of war, woy not
mild vessels useful bjth in war and peact''
'very vessel accepting the gubshly is a part
if the navy in time of war. The .|uestion it
tot as to the principle of tho subsidy bill, 1'
hat ia a part of our established policy, both *
State an National, but it is whether this par
ioular subsi ly is for the general welfare. ,l
s it expedienl? Is it wise? I shall devote ''
, few moments t > this aspect of the case 11
'here was a time when by government aid :t
,nd encouragement, we had a merchant "
uarine, and carried ninety per cent of our I*
iroducls abroad. Last year only nine per il'
ent. was carried in Americau bottoms.
Vhy is this? K
1?
triors vs. t sited states.
It is because in this contest of Kurope 'j
gainst the llu'ted States, foreign ship-own- ^ 1
rs get a subsidy from their Qovert'incuts of w
wenty million dollars besides the advantage
flower wages, and have thus driven the li
imerioan tlag from the high seas. We pay o;
his subsidy to the foreign ships in increased ct
reighb rates over ami over again. We are ti
rained of two hundred millions a year whioh ? ;
re pay foreign vessels in freights. No other c?
ountry could staud such a drain. After all, ti
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H. .1 i ?
ten, we are paying a subsidy, and hebce
a question of whether we will snheidit
nieii'jwnor fjreiga vessels U is a*ele<
r me to discuss before this intelligent and
ice the importance of our foreign trade. I
urope sud the United 8 at en are to be eon
?titors in the markets of t to world, can w
lord to put ourselves entirely in their haod
he power to fix freight rates gives tlieat it
> w e r 10 m mo price or our cotton, whei
id manufactured produo's.
Suppose there should be a general Can
earn war, and the merchant marine <
ngland, Germany and Norway waa press?
i 1 irtranepott service, What would be tl
feet on ooltou and cotton goods! I tell jc
tat you would eee ootton hauled into tt
reels of Greenville and not sold at thr<
ute, but simply hauled back home. Tnei
ould be no buyers, because there would t
0 ships to canry cotton or ootton goo*,
oroad, business of all kinds would lauguisl
id there would be failures on every ban*
onditions have changed?before tbe war a
ere buyers abroad, now we are sellers. V
re asking foreigners not to exohangc or
nets, but to como here to buy. Nothii;
ould suirer in case of a European war lik
>tton. They would have to oorne here I
ly wheat, corn, bacon, mules and horse
1 England did in the Boer War, but tli<
mid do without oott m for a year or so. A
le skips would be needed for war use
oodslutls high and no sale for cotton, whi
>uld hurt the South worse! What, then,
tore dependent on American ships than tl
>tton crop?
Does any man of common sense suppose i
lis great contest for the trade of the Griei
tat tho ships of Germany and England ai
ling to give us tho same advantages th
ley do their own merchants! As M
hurber, of New York, recently said, "Kvji
lip is a missionary of trade, and stea
nes work for their own oountries just i
til way lines work for their terminal point
lis as absurd for the United States to rel
pun foreign ships to distribute her gor<d
s it would be for one business house to rel
pou the v/agons of a competing house
take its deliveries." There is no section i
itally interested in ships as the Sout
Ihy, Charleston, Mobile and New Orloai
tiould rival New York, sifar as harbors ai
oncerned We have already felt the hen
ts of our Asiatic trade, and in it lies tl
ossibilities of our future, but we must ha1
heap freight, rapid transportation, and tl
restige of the American tl ag over our o*
hips. Our Southern ports are discrimin
d against hy the same great railroad lin
lat are fighting the opportunity for t
merican merchant marine We must ha'
Southern commerce, nut aS uthern trad
oat same intluence has prevented the oo
'.motion of rhe Nicaraguan ('anal, and
redict that there will be no cinal, until i
'iends and the advocates of a merchant m
inejoin forces and work i i harmony. Tl
wo are inseparable. They will either fs
igether or succeed together. W^en th
me comes, freights will move North at
oulh, inste id of East and West. Our por
i 1 be the gateways, and the South will d
elop with unequalled rapidity. Cannot at
lan of sense see that the money power hea
J by 0. P. Huntington and Mill, with pre;
ail way systems running East and West.t
ot want freights dettecUd South? W th th
liauge, the Seaboard, Coast Line and Sout
rn would rival in greataess the three tran
onlinental lines. The producer of is
laterial will prosper, just in proportion
le demand for bis product. All that oi
ou.hern people have to do now is to be wi
nd conservative anil favor the great pu
c measures looking to the promotion of tl
interial and industrial interests ofthocou
ry and the honor and glory of tbe nation
l?u YOUIt OWN THINKING.
Fellow-citizens, with so many thin;
? talk about, it has not been possible f
te to do more than skim tbe surfac
ut i hope I have been so fortunate as
xcito :i desire on your part to invostiga
>r yourself ami not let some old 1110s
ack, who does not know that tlio w;
as ended, do your thinking. These a
radical vital issues. As your Senate
have frankly stated my position. The
re two sides to those questions. I r
poet an honest difference of opinio
ut no man can impugn iny motives Jsu
?ssfiltty. * f?
NOT AS AUTOMATON.
I never could answer tLo ends l.f s
utomatou in politics or busines^.
ield to tho dictation of no man. It
liaracterisfic of a Scotchman to tliir
ud net for himself. I have asserted at
ill always assort my personal and p
tieal individuality. 1 have blazed 01
iv own path more than once in Count
tato and National polities, and follow*
. without regard to popular applause,
lado "Peace ami unity" very popul:
nee in this State?too popular, in fact
>r Homo of thoso who once douounct
10 "Leader of the Movement," 110
rovel in tho dust at the feet of their ol
1110 toe, humbly content with (he cms
nit fall from his lips, for tho sake of tl
nv criirnhs that drop from tho table.
ltEKUSKS TO l'RKACIl Till: OOSl'EI. OK
IIKSI'AIR.
If re-elected, as far as in 1110 lies, 11
oice and vote will ho used in behalf
ioso measures which make for hi
inn progress and human happiness
10 present world; measures wliic
ill unite and knit men ltilo a wid
-cognition of tho hrothcrhoo*! of ma
ly yoico will go, not to invoke party pi
idicc ami party passion, not to preach
ospel of despair, not to help to crea
ittcruess, hut to assist in its eli 111 in
on.
The rancor of party prejudice, tho f
lent of party spirit, the agitation f
ublic spoils and selfish ends, these ai
10 fetters that clog, tho manacles tin
npedc our national development, at
ircntcu our national life.
COMMISSION' TO STUDY CHINA IM.'O
TANT lO TUB SOUTH.
When a measure is before Congre
reposing tho creation of a noil-partis;
0111 mission of trained business men
isit China, to investigate ami report ho
'ider markets for American prodtic
lay be obtained among tlie eight hu
red million of people who live in lli;
ortiou of tho globe, a measure wlii*
on 1 < 1 be of more beuelit to ttio cotti
idnuers of the South than almost ai
ingle economic measure eve:- inlrodiiet
it > Congress, shall 1 blindly follow tl
*ad of tlio modern apostles of Deinocr
y and vote against it because the inea
re originates upon the Republican sid
lid beeause a Republican 1'reside!
'oiild have the naming of such coin ini
ion? For one, 1 have a higher conco
on, not alone of my privilege, but n
illy, to stand by and advance by ov*v
onorablo effort the interests of tlio
eoplo through whoso favors 1 liavo
lace in the halls of legislation. Wlu
> lie a successful politician one must e
r alone to prejudice and follow hlii
assion in its leadership, I shall, even
muted by the latter-day saints of l>
locracy, prefer to believe that my coi
net is in strict accord with the police
f those grand old Democratic heroes
iu past who in their day and age, gift*
ith patriotism and wisdom, made tl
'einocratie party known throughout tl
at ion as party of progress as vvcl as tl
arty of power.
i 1MbiSt'EKITY so IIUOIITI I I. A I'll.V
t< >>i r
Whenever |iii?s|ierlty is so frightful
hantoni that I must cither get scared ;
at phantom or stand by the issu
iiat promote prosperity, you need in
>ar that I nil all (lodge. Whenever ce
tin "latter day saints attempt to for
it to the a< ceptanco of the doctrine tin
dead issue of the past in a vital for*
i the living present, I shall make ir
crsonal protest. Whenovor, to ho 11
oeptublo lieinocrat, according to tl
etinition of a party led by Allen, I'ctt
row and Toller, I must attaek and oj
oho every man and every moan* re tin
i not marching backward, I shall resort
> myself the right to state that Soul
arolina turns her face with hope an
ith courage towards the future.
Whenever, in tho face of a ponding p
tieal contest, one must have a cold chi
ich time cotton goes from Hvototweh
snts or wheat to a dollar a hushol; eac
me cattle or hogs go up a cent a poum
tcli tlmo ho reacts an advance of ten p<
mt. in wages; each time lie sues a in
co in the papar of "Mon Wanted" i
I
L_
it 1 our Teat industrial army; each time that T
t? ati old, lingering mortgage Is cancelled; I
each time that he sees a ne ar roof put
i- upon the house ami a few more comforts
If for the old mother at the fireside; each .
i- time ho sees the burdens of domestic toil A
'* lightened for the weary wife, to bo corn>?
polled to have a chill for fear Mr. llryau's
ic chances would be hindered by each ami
it all of these varied circumstances during
the last three or four years, would have
j. kept mo In a perpetual shiver. For my-,f
self, rather than bo a sufferer from an
imaginary ague, I shall prefer to glory in
ie these evidences of prosperity ami liappl- ?
|U ness, rather than conjure them up as
ie specters even if some politician's chances
.<j are thereby lessoned.
0 When to bo approved by "tho lattor)o
day saint* of Democracy" a? a consistent
Is party man, one must turn liis back to the
ii, rising sun and watch alone its setting,
1 and when, instead of viewing tho glories
? of the morning, lie must conjure up tho gt
ft phantoms of night, i shall rest content J,
s to place my faith in those immortal priu- ^
ig ciples, which tho fathers of Democracy . *
te promulgated, at tho "f rotation of our
10 government and which have been sealed ?
s, by tho devotion of patriotic inen and conty
socrated by tho blood of heroes. P'
11 When inarching from a condition of
s misery, when tleuing from a land of F
at Sodom, must one needs look hack with 1q
is yearning? w
le When, like the chosen of God, escaping Qj
from tho task-masters of Egypt, and
in marching towards the land of promise 8*
flowing with milk and honey, with wealth '
ro of corn, vino and olives, abounding in dt
fatness, must wo still attempt to satisfy tc
r tlio morbid cravings of that appetite
j which yet yearns for tho tleshpots of tl
m Egypt.' ft
*8 GIVE TI1E YOUNG MEN OF THE SOUTII A <j]
8. CHANCE.
'7 When pig iron was stacked up in lie ni
9> yards at Chattanooga and liirmingliam, Q
v unsalable at six dollars per ton. furnaces j
10 cold, men idlo, and 1 now find furnaces ^
90 blazing, yards empty, men working, and
k- customers knocking at tho door to buy
,9 that iron at prices which havo ranged
rt from sixteen to twenty dollars per ton;
c" when, instead of four cents. 1 sold my b<
10 cotton this year at eleven, shall 1, as a w
loyal citizen of this glorious Southland,
ie with tho visions of the greatness that lio v.
11 before her, standing as she does at tho
a open door of opportunity, shall I follow .
e9 the leadership of a I'ettigrew, Altgelt, or 1E
1,1 Tillman; or shall I exert every honorable J31
,e ciTort in my power to make the present 1>
* measure of prosperity but as a faint o!
n' glimpse of the coming inotn, compared a
' with the splendor of tho stui at its inet9
ridian?t
* Am 1 to bo turned from my course, ^
'* conscious of the absolute unsellisluieHs
of my purpose, to do all that may lio in ,
my power for the welfare and happiness
lv' of the people whom I love; am I to bo E
deterred from my course, because some U/
e" political wolves are heard howling upon
iy my track? ec
I see before me a Mother, who over fc
ftt and again has with bowed head and in w
. finite yearning asked herself. "How may ,
18 1 so rear my son that he may g?> out into
k" the world and achieve success?" This '
*" has been a sterner problem in the South U
|W than in Hie North. Tho diversity of ir
10 manufacturing industries has left the* tl
I avenues of success wide open for the fi
,e younir men of tho North, while to tho
h I : - . .. c .. - ?
young men m me aiuiin mere nave ueen
,ie but few avenues open for those rightful
n ambitions which fire the heart of every S1
youth, i would, if in my p iwer, before "
1 am called home from my labors, pro- w
mole a condition where I might Si these a:
,,r hoys?one, perhaps, the president of a J
0 great factory, the other perhaps the trea- a
p) surer or secretary, another the manager, tl
and another perhaps as the sales agent?
s_ establishing markets for South Carolina
ar products throughout the world. All ,
ro men cannot he lawyers, clergymen or ?
hankers, hut every hoy with tho training
rti of a good mother, and the education at- tt
p. forded hy our public schools, has a rca- o
n ponable right to aspire to the proudest a
c! positions of eiuiuence in tho world, fiiiau- j(
?4atr^tdusU;ial-:uid commercial. 1 would t(
if in my jiower, promote the condition
where your sons might go out into the
in broad avcuuos of life with every impend- a
I iug harrier torn down, where tho hoy 61
!S upon the poorest farm in South Carolina, b
or the son of tho least paid operative at V
'd the mill, could march out with hope and b
?* courage, and, having been taught those p
1,1 lessons at tho mother's knee which must jy
y. ever l?o his guiding star, find that oppor- ^
Jd tunity for success and eminence which
^ his qualities command.
ar With the great race problem, which a
? has for so many years confronted us, 8t
'd happily settled, as I said at Charlotte, b
w "why should we ho miserahlo slaves of la
d- one party and a foot-hall for the other?"
L>H Let it be understood that tho industrial
10 and commercial interest of tho South
come before the interest of any polilician.
1 cannot believe that narrowness, *
bigotry, prejudice or tho arts of the wily
politician, sh mid ho permitted to swerve
us from a course which leads to the at"
tainment of these objects, which bring
1 in their train blessings to every farm ami
J." lireside, to every hearth and home, in our
' grand old commonwealth. 0
l'r Why should tlio achievement of some c
11' narrow political ambition stop, the young d
e" men of tho South from the opportunity o
of winning the same success which is 0
1 open to tho young men of the North? a
,l~ Some twelve years ago, ahoy of Gorman ^
parentage just out of a little school near
?* Pittsburg, went to work in an iron mill. c
yuick, active, willing, obliging, ho was ^
ro soon promoted to a position in the c
draughting ofllce. A short time after- u
'd wards ho was promoted as assistant fore- o
man, then as foreman, then as superiu- *
u- teudent, then as manager, then as prcsi- y
dent, and to day lie stands as president v
of the largest corporation that the ?
world has ever known, and hy common
111 report draws a salary of one million did- 15
_ lars per year. This is an extreme ease, 0
but merely an example of thousands and a
,s tens of ihouands of similar cases in the p
"" North. 1 canno* heiieve that there are b
' higher intelligence, greater capacity or
truer worth, to lie found anywhere than ^
among the youth of our State. The dif- .
' N. fcrencoarises alone from conditions and j!
' environment. *
What father or mother, what good pa- o
IV- i...? ni--*- * - ----- ^
i I i"l I' I I VI/if 111 11,11 V I11IMIUII 111 It 11, I'K'II, II
would censure me, realizing as I do tho o
marvelous advantages that South Caro1
Una possesses for manufacturing, and M
M* recognizing the inlinite possibilities of
development, if I hope that t hat development
shall come speedily as a blessini' !< 1,1
7 you and yonrs. ?
fan there he a coiniiierei.il triumph, a
*' an industrial success, that will not bring o
" pleasure to my heartV I believe that the c
. intelligence and the Christian patriotism |,
"l of the people of this State will arise to w
' a conception of our grand possibilities, y
1 If my life shall ho preserved to witness
this marvelous triumph, do you think ^
the attacks made upon me hy selfish, ig- '1
" no rant men, with their own purposes to o
' serve, will not l>? forgotten, or, at least, h
the wounds they may leave will have o
" healed, and even those who condemn to r,
10 day will join with mo in a shout of D
thanksgiving that will stir every heart ^
*> capable of lofty sentiment,
A Village Swept Away. Bi
1 A di-patoh from Oharlotio, N C ,
(l.fl says roports frotn remote counties in *
[)t the mouuta'D districts show great dc u
r- fctruotion by the storm. In B*k( ravtl'.c 11
co six-eon rofriloDooa aid tho Baptist 0
it ohurch wtro washed away. Qrintcr '
Mooro and his son were drowned. ?!
' v Kvery homo in Magnotio City, a vil- 1
lago in Mitoholl county, was dostroyed. ?
r? At Koan Mountain station, 20 rcsi- (
p. donees were swept away. Six largo 1
it stores on Big Kick c ook woro carried J*
ro away and ono man, John MoKinnoy, '
h drowned, whilo an unknown man was
1(1 killed by a landslide. 8<
e:
o- Heavy Losses. oi
Tuodamago to tho Ashovillo division w
l" of tho Southorn railway oy tho rcoont 01
,! Hood is ostimatcd at a half milliou dol- ^
ur la-s. For sovoral days Ashvillo was *
i>. oomplotely out of! from tho ou'.sido ''
Iu world. *
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HE WAGES OF SIN.
9<<nsai>n?l Affair in * Ph I
ds'phU Hotel.
WERE TO DIE TOOETHER,
ut the Man Changed Hi* Mint
and Tried to Kill the
Woman. Sin and
Insanity.
A Honnttional attempt at nmrler and
lioido took place at a hotel in Philaslphia,
Pa., Friday night, when Jobs
Jonkino of Hrooklyn, N. Y-, at
mptod to kill a young woman Darned
lao Barber of that oity and then blow
's brains out wbito in tho grasp of i
oliooman.
.The oouplo registered at tho bote!
r.dav evening as man and wifo. Twe
tiers wr.ro found in tho room, on<
ritton by tho young woman and the
.her by Jenkins. Tho voung womai
iys sho was forood to writo her letter
. tho point of a pistol. It was ad
ressod to her landlady on North Thir
nnth strcot, and read aB follows:
' Kincly look after uiy body and pay
io loBuranoo. They have failed to eat
>r it. Tho money is in tho bureau
rasor. You may k:op some of mj
lings and give the romaindor to Hanah
A Nobor, 1700,south Seoood street,
ivo mo a Koed burial. God bless you.
ack and I die in love and i i the
in nph of love's death. Livinvly,
"Mao,
"21'J North Thirteenth St."
Tho address given is whore tho girl
oarded. Tho letter Itf - by Jonkins.
ho is said to liv j at 236 Prospect
lace, Brooklyn, was prefaced by a
3"so of pootry. This was fol'owed by
le words, "kindly notify my brotheri
law, John 1 Murphy, of thii happy
7ont, No. 265 Prospect Plaoe, Brook
n, N Y. This is tbo ultimate result
gambling and a dissipated lifo aud it
warning to young men
Signed John A Jinkius."
ThiB is followed by inoro pootiy and
ion came the following:
"God help my mother. This on a ur<
as ruinod my life and I am putting
or out of tho br lines* io save other
ien."
It wsb jutt about midnight whet
sreams weio hoard coming from the
?urth fl^or of ihe hotel. A wo mat
as seen to b s hanging by her dross out
f tho window. A policeman ran u;
io stairs ana met a man rushing down
lo grabbed him and was return
ig with him up tho stairs whet
le man suddenly drew a rcvolvoi
ooi his hip pookct and blew out hit
wn braius Leaving the prostrate
lan on tho stairs, tho tffiier aid sev
ral hotel servants wont to the roon:
?ui tl c window of which tho woman
as hangicg and dre w her in. As soot
i sho stw she was saved she fainted,
enkius' body wis sent to the uior^u
nd Miss Barber was seat to the ccn
al btation.
Miss Ba-b.r made a statement say
ig J nkins threatened to either shoo
er or throw her out of the window.
"Ha said he oould not live withcu
io and that L would bo dead before 11
clock. 1 pleaded with him to spare
ly life. But ho was obdurate I'lac
ig tho pistol at my head ho forced m<
> writo at his diotaiijn the letter t(
iy laffdlady. Then 1 thought 1
light savo my life by resorting u
raie/y. i aikad him tor one drinli
efore 1 died and ho ordtrod beer
ir'ben tha waitor appeared with th<
oitlo L sprang to iho window and at
'mpted to jump cut into iho street
ly dress caught and held me and thei
know no more."
Jonkins was about S3 years of >g
od Miss BarDer 23. dtio was hand
>mo and dressed well. She is said u
0 a waitr bs in tho restaurant of i
irgo department store in that city.
TBE SLCEETS OF rUCCESS
'.samples Which Go to Show Tha
Courtesy P^ys.
Socoess says a young went inti
gentlemen's furnibhing house in St
1 uis, and asked to i co a ocrtain stjl
f cottars. The loruly oletk behind thi
ouatcr looked at him indifferently, ant
rawled: ' ilavjn'i got any; they'r
ut of style, anyhow.' 'iho would h
ubtomcr turned on Lis Lcdand sough
nother etore, where ho mado knowi
is warns in tho same language, the al. r
Icrk replied, courteously: "I'm afratt
'e are cut of those, but I'll 6eo." 11
ante back a uinute later to the ycuni
lan, bringing with him bovcial style
f collars, and &aid: "I m sotry, bu
'o aro entirely out of thoao. 1'ertiap
ou could wear some of there." Th
ouog man decided tt.at he oould, am
ought a dozen. Meanwhile the cler!
ailed his Attention to ties, ha dker
hiofd, and hoso that were "just in,
nd, while it had not ccourroi to th
urchaser that ho needed these things
c bought several, also shirts aud ur.
crwear which ho had forgotten that h
'anted till the shrewd and gentleman
i clerk called tho fact to his mind
'ho tirm was richer by $20 when th'
lerk bowed tho young man out; am
hat storo secured tho btetdy j atronagi
f & good customer, who, had the coun
>r bccnioiharge of a different man
'ould have goao to the first lira].
A u an wentcu: to take the cen
lis. Ho had never worked for th
overnmont before or worn a badge
nd tho weight of it, tho importaaoi
f it, worried him, ami he wantet
vorybocy to know about it. II ? found
owover, that "tha masses'' diln't car.
'ho ho was or what ho represented
yhon ho threatened irato females will
ho penitentiary, told them iinproesivo
/ that he wad a "government offi
ial," and requested them to lcok upoi
is insignia of office, they set the doj
o him, attacked him with a broom, e
quested him to "wait oatii the ouh
ion gits home," which ho declined t
o. Now, any ono is aware that refus
jg to answer tho census man is a vorj
inibtcr crime, but the federal officer
>oked ov, r tho report which th
oung man brought in from a tono
rent district oontaroing a wondcrfull;
lizcd population, and quietly sent an
ther uiaa over the same route. Thi
wcet-tcmpercd gon:us u u illy at pear
r! at the tack door, being a varo tha
s generally voxes a woman to be call
d away from her work to answo
)olish questions, but ho was alsi
uiok to rooognizc places whero i
ould he an un| a:don*Mo sin to enter
y tho rear door.
This census-taker was sunshino it
jlf. Usually ho had askod half a doz
n q lost ions and got tho answers ro
creed before tho viotim disoovcrcd wh<
ho was, as ho had carefully oonoeal
d his badgo and buriod the fact tka
o was a "gt.Vdrnmont offioial." Hi
as tactful with all mon and women
lo rccogn / .d an eduoatcd person
atcvor tho surroundings, and did no
1 as in ro many words if such s roe could
read and wrilo. Neither did he fi id it b;
advisable to itqaire of * rcJ-hcaded r?
irsh woman whether t-ho was w bi o or f
ooiorcd He it ado lovo to the little ai
ohildrco, oomplimcrteU the mot he re, D
and patted tho dogs. When the cen- di
pus ?n finished, out a mau, woman or K
chi!d had e cap id hitn An assess or gi
went out to ahBe>-8 taxes He worked hc
bard all day, and brought in reports it
from forty families, which he lad ho- bi
i eurcd through muoh tribulation, arid b<
with the firm oooviotioo that these peo it
plo had hopelessly perjurid themselves, di
There was anothor assessor who wsrked ai
three hours, and secured honest reports jt
from eighty eight fan ilirs; and, when m
ho lifted his hat and said * God nxro
ing," people wero sorry ho couldn't f(
stay longer, and it was all beoause of 01
the diffuicnoo between tho two rum. (J
There was an ixjtcpb agent who ]
I called a lady's attention to tho fact
r that he "understood his baiinops," bo U
. oauso t-h? insisted th-ro was an ex
press officiat a placo of whioh the
I agent had never heard, and he hadn't
t tho grace to apolog'zj after finding d,
, that tho lady was right. There was r(
) another man, iu the shinr i ffioe. who
! reooived a wrap which a lulpless
. woman b ought in huiging cv^r her
arm beetueo "'-ho eou'du't in-ko a
package to save her life,'' aud fo d d it,
tied it, and biakd it, milling like an
r angel all tho while, wha evjt he th-u ht
I and?but why multiply instates.
t There is a ruls that still holds good in
r public and private lifa "The a.oro cx y
alied a man's position, tho more
o nvtcouB is his manner.' His j osi- a
lion is tho result of courtesy. p
1 .
Knights of Pythias.
Tho following cffioerB wiro rl.c'td
by ihn Knights of 1'jthiaH at their
' mooting in Sp?r;sQburp:
Grand Otiancollir?M L B nb&m, J
1 Anderson.
i Grand Vice Chacocllor?Geo. ?. o;
' Mower, Nswborry. P
Gasd i'reUte?J M Knight, Sum v
ter. B
Grand Keepor of It oonls and Seal?
Dr. J. H. Thorp well, Fori Mill.
1 Graid Mvuer at, Aru??Loncl K
Ardei8->n. Spartanburg. w
Grand Master of KtchcquT?Wilson m
1 G. Hatvey, Charleston.
( Grand Inner Guild?J H D. Wig
ger, Charleston. vt
Gra'd O iter Guard?G. W. Beeves, ^
Branjhviilo.
i Supreme Be present stive?D C Hoy
) ward, Walterboro cl
i d
t A Rtiae. ]j
> "What's them?" inquired Mrs. Corntossel
us the farmer opened hl? carpet r<
hag- and let the contents drop on the k
1 fl<>nr.
r "Them Is two gold bricks."
i "Swindled I"
5 "No, sirree. I paid 25 cents npiece ?
fur 'em. I'm goin' to leave 'em around *
i the house so that when folks come 81
i along with cash to pay fur country
i board they'll say we're sech simple, ?
vnwordly people It's a pity to take ad)
vantage of us." Washington Star. "
The I'ldllnr'n Miatakr. k,
Great Statesman?You were in rathi
er a sad condition when you left the
banquet the other night,
k Kcuorter?Yes; I drank more than
> was good for me.
. Great Statesman?SoT noticed. And
it showed itt your report of my speech.
. It was terribly mixed up. Didn't the
. editor raise a row about it? |
Reporter?No; ho didn't blame me. J
lie thought you were drunk.?N. Y.
. Weekly.
Very I.uteNt.
3 Mrs. Rounder says her husband
Is strictly u|> to date;
In other words. In coming home I
He's always rather late.
1 ?Chicago Dally News.
TOOK IllCIt AT IIKR WORD.
t -X ^ \
3
g "Why, Mabel, 1 hud to punish you ^
s the other day for not knowing' this,
t and now } on seem to have forg-otten it J
s again."
0 "Well, mother, you told mo to for1
give and forget?and 1 did!"?Ally
k Slopcr.
,, Ho \\ an On It.
"I'm stt ting on the style, Mary;
0 1 surely am upon It."
^ She shrieked to nee his massive form
t'pon her new spring bonnet.
?Chicago Post.
Sonic Itmrniblnni'O.
"What nre you doing!" groaned the
0 victim in the chair, who had dropped
1 in to have his teeth examined for pos0
sible cavities. "This Is no prize fight."
"Perhaps not," replied the dentist,
, "Hui I'm sort o' sparring around for an
opening, just the same."?Chicago
Tribune.
Confliln ntve. ^
Fay- -I wouldn't tuake Madge my
1 confidante, if I were you. She told me
that secret of yours.
' May Why, I didn't make Madge in\
0 confidante. It was Kitty I told it to. C(
Madge must he Kitty's confidante, or
1 her confidante's confldaute.?Catholic F
Standard and Times.
3 To* Well Done.
g Employer (sternly, to clerk) I'm
r not ut all satisfied with your accounts,
i llugstcr. "
0 Clerk -Why not, sir? Aren't they
well done?
j Employer Yes, too well done;
j they're cooked.? Tit-Bits.
P forever Too I.nte,
"How much did your baby weigh?"
^ "Oh. dear! Do you know, I'm so i
provoked! They for pot nil about. j
9 weighing the dear little thing until it
t was nearly two hours old, so we'll 1
never know."-?Chicngo Hecord-Her^
aid.
9 Method with Iter. d
t Jngglea?P\e noticed ttrnt when ?<
your wife serves tea she always brings P
In the dishes herself.
Waggles?Yes. She is afraid of the
servant making a bad break in company.?Town
Topics.
Short Memory.
Patience?l>o you know, when Will
went to put the engagement ring on
B my finger, ha didn't really know whloh
finger it should go on.
Patrice ?Well, he must have a very /
' poor memory.?Yonkers Statesman.
' t
1
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^ <5 *tw/WB&Br
? *R H
m *. H
Deafness Cannot bo Cured
y local applications, as they cannot
aoh the diseased portion of the ear.
here U oalv one way to cure deafness,
ad that is bv oouai national remedies,
oafco'b ib OkUHod by an inflamed oonicon
of the oiuoota lining of the
iuataoh'.au Tabo. When this tube
sts inflamed you have a. rumbling
mad or imperfeot hearing, and when
is entirely closed deafnoss is the relit,
and unless tho inflammation oan
a taken out and this tube restored to
s normal condition, hearing will be
sstroyod forever; nino oases ont of ten
re caused ly catarrh, which is nothig
but an inflamed condition of the
luoous surfaoes.
Wo will giva One Hundred Dollars
>r any ease of Deafness (oaused by
itarrh) that oan not be oared by Hall's
.a t. /l a. ?J m ? i m
*v>rru v>ur*.' ocna luroiroaiin, irto.
V J CHENEY & CO , Toledo, O.
Bold by Drupgietii, 75c.
lall's family Pilla are tho best.
Great Damage Done.
The recent heavy rains did great
imago to bridges and mills and rail)ida
in the upper part of the State.
VoIudim of Them.
How many volume* they would All.
What tomes of pondrous weight.
The smart thins* that wa do not think
To say until too late.
?Philadelphia Press.
Uli Heaioa
"What makes you put so much of
our writing In dialect?"
"Well," answered the novelist, "it la
sure way of pleasing a great many
eopla who are bo proud of being able
> guess the pronunciation that they
on't bother about the sense of it all."
Washington Star.
Miking Illruaelf Popular.
Friend (to saloon keeper)?Why do
ou treat your friends so often, Hans?
Hans?VelL, yer see, I vant ash many
f dem ash possible to surrount mine
ier ven I'm det und gone, und I t'ought
mype dey might pe more apt to do it
! 1 ox dem to surrount some of It ven
m still allfe. See??Judge.
In the Children'* Playground.
Muriel Mulligan?Rupert Itafferty
ranted mo ter elope wit' him yestlddy
fternoon.
Fitt Flannlgan?Why didn't yer?
Murle. Mulligan?I wuz afraid I
'ouldn't git back in time fer supper.?
own Topics.
In Kentucky.
The Colonel?It's amaain' how the
illdren growl It seems like yesteray
when that boy of yours was a
aby. +- '
The Major?That's sol I can hardly
adze that he's carryin' his own corkire
w!?I'uck.
Urulhrrlg Advice.
Miss Fuzzle?I want to break my enagement
but don't know how to do it
dthout driving the poor fellow to suiido.
Little Brother?Why don't you 1st
Im see vou In curl papers just once?
-Tlt-BIta.
Saw Mills,
Corn Mills,
Cane Mills,
Rice Hullers,
Pea Hullers, ^
Engines,"
Boilers,
Planers and
Matchers,
Swing Saws,
Rip Saws,
,nd all other kinds of wood
forking machinery. My Servant
Log Beam Saw mill is
he heaviest, strongest, and
aost efficient mill for the
aoney on the market, qniok,
ccurate. State Agent for H.
J. Smith Machine Company
food working machinery,
^or high grade engines, plain
lide valve?Automatic, and
Jorlias, write me: Atlas,
Vatertowu, and Struthers
,nd Wells.
V. 0. BAD RAM,
326 Main St.. Columbia, 8. C.
TANDING ON
YOTTR ftWltf MTPTTfl
With a diploma of our College in your pospssion,
you need no political pull" or louential
frieuda to help you to succesi, hut
ftn stand on your own meriti and advanoe
urely to the tr >ut. lm't it worth trying,
or further information address,
IEWBKKRY'3 BUSINESS COL
LKUK. Columbia, 8. 0.
~ 7^5 ILLS
J ^ I | $ED BuGS.RoAeHW^HTs.
o- V J r o CROTON5UG5.
. .. TLIE6. FLEAS.
:*. - . j A>:j ALL insect art.
; ' ' i\ V \ " ' * 0f * T0 lN^CT^
- V , I > AND CENTS
> * *T"f d ' 'ALL DEALF.RS S??
. .?* ? . k' v < APirouro* fa
? - 1 t*L riMone-, MD. ?
If Death Dust in not for sale hy your
ealer, we will upon receipt of 26 cent*
itnd you the large package ty mail poetAid.
April-16. 81.
ljV / (;/!c\e/<7&
Lddr?BS, B. W. G?T8INOtR,
Box 105, Spartanburg, S. 0.
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