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PAGES .3 TO 6. WINNSBORO, S.hC., WEDNESDAY, MAY 7,1902. PAGES3TO6. BOLTS TilE PRIMARY McLaurin Says it *las Outlived Its Usefulness, WILL KEEP OUT OF CONVENTION lie Will Not Subject His Friends to Subscriblag to an Oath to Support Men and fleasures Which Do Not Represent Their Views. Washington, Special.-Under date of May 3, Senator McLaurin, of South Carolina, has issued the fol lowing address to the people of South Carolina: -My Fellow Citizens of South Caro lina: The great doctrine of represen tative responsibility is the foundation stone upon which our republic 'rests, and no one more keenly than I recog nizes his accountability to the people of South Carolina for all official acts. At the same time, no people who in sist that their representatives adhc.e to political policies and traditions long since dead and declare them vital issues, can ever become truly great. Every advancement in the his tory of our race has been the direct result of independence of thought and action. In most of the States of this Union, this is secured by the presence of two political parties and the resultant discussion of every pub lic question before the people, who are thus enabled to form an intelli gent opinion and give a verdict at the ballot box. Unfortunately in South Carolina for nearly 40 years we have been unable to have two parties for fear of negro dcminaticn, and for tea years, after the Hampton revolution In 1875, our people took no interest in public affairs, beyond maintaining a 'white man's government.' About $the 'year 1890, however, began what was known as the 'farmers' move ment,' which was nothing more than an instinctive effort on the part of the people to preserve the principle of self-government. With S ell, Irby, Norris, Tillman, Donaldson and oth ers, I contributed what I could to 'wards -its success, simply because- I felt that agitation was better than stagnation, and it is passing strange, in that connection, that the leader of that movement, ,B. R. Tillman, was x7 h dnuA - w -qE -4. - uncedi for attempng to Sdh oneze. the State. The freedom of thought and -wer -which followed the 4T or ev ry hite'a n evei.nero' who voted for Hampton in 1876,' and they could advocate whatever views they cared to express, provided only that they took an oath to support the nominees of the primary election. Men who voted the national Republi can ticket were allowed to vote in the primary for State and county off! cers, and I have heard from the same platform men claiming to be Demo crats, advocating Cleveland and the gold standard, and others, Weaver and free silver. And since then no at tempt has ever been made to exclude those who bolted with the indepen dent Haskill movement, the Populist Rowden movement, or the Republi can Pope movement. "I was elected to Congress in 1892, after a heated canvass against able opponents and yet on every stump in the district, I proclaimed my inde pendence and announced that upon national questions I would follow my own judgment and not be bound by the caucus of any party. Although my Democracy was assailed at that time. I was elected four times upon the same declaration of principles. Carry ing out my pledges to the people, I -began a systematic study of the ques tions of the day with the result that I changed my views upon many of them. The first marked difference with my party associates arose over the tariff question while I was in the House and a memebr of its ways and means committee. Again, In 1897 when I. was a candidate for the Sen ate, I was charged with being a Re publican, but I disrtgarde dthe char acterization, and resolutely contend ed that the policies which I advo cated were for the material advance ment of the people, regardless of how they were labelled. "My attitude was endorsed by 30o per cent, of those voting in the pri mary, and I came to the Senate. The issues growing out of the Spanish war -idened .the breach between myself and the ]lemocratic party leaders, for Icould only follow the dictates of my conscience and stand by American soldiers fighting upon a foreign soil. At that time the war was not a party question and I hoped It would not be come so. In this I was disappointed and was soon-confronted by the alter native of retracing my steps, or find * Ing myself in opposition to a majority of the Democratic party leaders and1 excluded from their caucus. I con * chuded that not even a seat in the United States Senate was worth a 1 surrender of my convictions and that Sopinion is unchanged. There is not a -speech or vote of mine upon any question growing out of the Spanish American war that I would change, C even if I could, and which I do not take pride in, thus proving my loyalty to my country. "I have ever maintained this ine pendence of thought and action. Last summer, recognizing my responsibili ty to the people, there being no cam-f paign in the State, I announced myv intention of gcing before them for the purpose of discussing these nat.ional issues, I was immediately and vi'olent can doctrines and branded as a Re piblican in Democratic disguise. The State Democratic executive commit tee met and under the dictation cf my colleaguo in the Senate, form ally declared that I was not a Demo crat, which formed the basis for sini ilar action on the part of the Demo ci atic caucus of the United States Se-nate. The policy of ny opponents ha' been to belittle the real issues into a personal quarrel between 'Till I-ai and McLaurin.' This issue I am not willing to accept, as I do not pro pose to be influenced in my public course by personal spleen or petty jealousy. The public interests should never he subordinated to purely per sonal ends. Now, the proposition of my political enemeis is to exclude me from the primary as a candidate. -nd to exclude all candidates of of ice who entertain my vie-, and thus preveni the people from ::caring me in -justification of my course and in advocacy cf the a!orbing public measures now confroming the Ameri can people. I am convinced and fore warned of this purpose to exclude me and my friends, because I have read the speech of Senator Tiliman, the acknowledged dictator of the Demo cratic machine of South Carolina. de livered at Manning, in which he di rects revision of the rules and form and oath of the party for the purpose of excluding myself and friends from l.articipating in the primary. I resent the suggested exception of myself. for of course I would not make my race for the Senate, or proclaim my views under conditions which were not equally applicable to those who entertain and advocate my views, I have an abiding faith that it will yet, be 'hown that the dictator of the ma chine is not the exponent of the views "f the majority of our people. The primary system adopted in our State through the farmers' movement has betn prostituted and perverted. into a political machine for the purpose of exclluding all candidates who are n-. in full accord with the views and wishes of the dictator. The question. therefore is, will the people of the State submit to disfranchising the ii telligent people and excluding them frcm our elections? "With such a system I have no sym pathy and feel impelled by a strict sense of duty, to warn the peopl: against such-tyranny as it encourages a.nd establishes. With these facts be fore me, and my convictions as to the riginal purpose of the primary sys tem, I am driven to the conclusion ihat it has subserve.l its purposes and hag outflyed,,. _Lts agefulnesa.-It .Is, therefore, a matter c no concern to re what may be the action of the May convention as to the rules of the primary , a,revision of ita pledges. oP' frie 'speech and independenie -Vacti",y? such means renders it impnossibIe for any ?c.f-respecting citi7en holding my views, to become a candidate in the Democratic- primary in South Carn ina. It is apparent that the system as been warped and twisted so as to serve the one purpose of throttling tree speech, free thought and liberty f action. The primary system in South Carolina has been sacrificed pon the altar of partisanship and personal malignity, and has there 'ore become unpatriotic and useless and should be ignored and finally repudiated by our people with a pur pose similar to my own, to look hope [ully to the results of a fair and just general election under our State and ational laws. "A party yoke has been placed Jpon our people and it has become too ;alling for further endurance, and et I realize that many of my loyal iends would even on;ce more hold n check their resolution not to again ?lter our system of primary elections n order to again vote for me, but I :ave reached the point where I will .ot subject them to subscribing to an math to support men and measures w hich do not represent their views 1pon the issues of the American peo rste. "-Respectfully, "JOHN LOWNDES McLAURIN." Physician Kills Town flarshal. England, Ark., Specal.-Town Mar hal Sam B. Weaver was shot and kill d by Dr. Win. E. Allen at 7:1C- Wed 1esday night. The right arm of Ar ;hur Young, a by-stander, was broken >y a stray bullet. Dr. Allen had been urested about 10 days ago by Weaver. Witnesses state that the two men met nd after some angry words Allen alled his pistol and shot Weaver. As Weaver fell he pulled his pistol and hot Allen in the hip, then expired. Funeral of Amos Cummings. Washington. Special.-In pursu mece of the resolution adopted by the Rouse Sunday memorial services were ield over the remnains of the late tepresentative Amos J. Cummings, of iew York, in the Hall of Representa ives, this afternoon. Only twice in ecent years has such an unusual ionor been accorded to a deceased nember, those occasions being the state funeral of Representative Wil iam D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania and >f Representative Nelson Dingley ,of laine. The excises, were very lux >rssive. English as our great-grandmothers spoke it would surprise us today. They aid -'lay" at a place, when they meant they had slept there, and spoke of using the potticary," when they ex peted . a call from the physician. Diamond" in the mouths was "di mand." and they were constantly CAPTURE OF MORO4 Insurgent Stronghold Succumbs ti American Forces A BIT OF REAL WAR A. LAS' Fort Defended by 300 Natives and Shelled by Four Mountain Guns. Hand-to-Hand Fighting in tha Ditches. Manila, By Cable.-General Davis the commander of the American forces in the islands of Mindanao, cables that the 84 Moros who survived the attack and capture of the Moro fort.by Ameri can soldiers, in Mindanac, have sur rendered and that the Sultan of Bay an, Balah Muda, Sultan Panda Padtc and a number of the leading Dattos, were killed in the engagement. The assault on the principal fort, reports General Davis, was one of the most gallant performances of American arms in the Philippines and the regi ment of Lieutenant Colonel Frank D. Baldwin, the Fourth Infantry, deserves the greatest credit of its conduct. The men of the Fourth Infantry had a hand-to-hand struggle with the Moros in the four lines of ditches under the walls of the 12 When the position was captured these -itches were found to be lined with Mori dead. General Davis characterizes tht rifle fire of the Americans as excellent aid says he has never witnessed a performance excel ling the capture of the Moro fort in gallantry. General Davis says also It is his nainful duty to announce that the overthrow of Moro power was not accomplished without severe loss to the Americans. One officer and 7 men were killed, while 3 officers and 37 men were wounded. After the 84 Mforos who survived the assault had marched out of the fort, 3 others who were concealed there made an unsuccessful break for liberty. Some of the Moro wounded tried to stab the American soldiers, who were caring f9r thera.fI is of Moro dead, as a number of lying in the tall grass. The fort a defended by 300 men. Its capture aves a siege, as it would have been impos sible to ' carry the position without scaling ladders. General Davis further reports ills In tention oftretaining his prisoners until the few adjacent Moro forts are occu pied. Then, with the consent of Gen eral Chaffee, he will retain ten of his priscipal captives as hostages and re lease the others. The American forces who attacked the fort numbered 470 men and four mountain guns. It rain ed hard during the night preceding the attack, and the men were without blankets. The battery fired 120 rounds at a range of 1,400 yards. General Ds.vis adds that he Is send ing the dead to Malabang for burial. He intends to invite the Sultan cf Tarac to an interview. His fort Is of the s:ame strength as Bayan, the one captured yesterday. General Davis io urging the people to return to the'cul tivation of their rice fields. He be lieves the Mioros have learned a lesson which will prevent further trouble. Washington, Special.-The President has sent the following dispaten to General Chaffee, from whom he had re ceived a cablegram confirming the As sociatrA Press dispatch from Mlanila: "Washington, D. C., May 4. "To Chaffee, Manila: "Accept for the army under your command and express to General Davis and Colonel Baldwin especially, my congratulations and thanks for the splendid courage and fidelity which have again carried our flag to victory. Your fellow countrymen at home will ever honor the memory of the fallen, and be faithful to the brave survivors who have themselves been faithful un to the end for their country's sake. (Signed) "THEODORE ROOSEVELT." Cigarmakers Fleet. Cincinnati, Special.-The annual convention of the National Cigar Leaf Association began here Monday and continued for three days. About 100 delegates, representing associa tions in various cities throughout the country were in attendance, and in addition many members of leading firms in the trade were present. The pending measures before Congress looking to reductions on import duties on Cuban leaf tobacco and cigars came up for extended discus sion and a strong protest against any reduction in the tariff schedule, was adopted by the convention. Wreck on New York Central. Clyde, N. Y., Special-New York Cen tr-al fast mail No. 3, west-bound, col lided with a fast freight going in the opposite direction a quarter of a mile west of the station here at 5 p. in., kill ing the engineer and fireman of the mail and seriously injuring thirteen mail cle-ks. LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS, Many Matters of General Interest In Short Paragraphs. The Sunny South. The Masons of Memphis, Tenn., mo nopolized Admiral Schley's third day's stay in that city. A re volver duel in a gambling hall at El Paso, Tex., resulted in the death of "Sheeney" Harris. A jump from a third-story window ended.the life cf Mrs. Martha A. Fen nell, at Baltimore, Md. After killing his grand-daughter Mary Awfieid, at Butler, Tenn., Vil liam Rogers committed suicide. A ne'w hotel at Alburguerque, N. M., has been offered the Seventh Day Ad ventists for a sanitarium by the Santa Fe Railroad. J. A. Diffenbaugh, Passed Exalted Ruler of the Elks of Baltimore, Md., and a prominent Mason, attempted sui cide by cutting his throat and wrists. An engine and 12 cars ran away down a mountain near Saginaw, west ern North Carolina, and William Bur ton, engineer in charge, was instantly killed. The ;Dmocrats of Manchester, Va., have nominated H. A. Maunce for May or; Chades. L. Page, for Common wealth's:Attorney, and J. G. Saunders, for Seaygeant. News has been received in Peters burg of the burning of the stables and barns of. Mrs. Rosa Bowers in Sussex county, #ith a large quantity of feed and all farming implements. Three fine horAs and two cows were burned to death. The fire was of incendiary origin. Great Ealls Cotton Mills Co. of Falls City, Tenn., is repairing the damage to its plant caused by the floods of last month, and' expects to have the plant in operation in two months. Mill has 4000 ring spindles and 130 looms. At The National Capital. Revenue collectors during March were $21,227,535. The Government has ofilcials at Boise, lidaho, investing .Surveyor General Ferrault. . A co imen d was given a the -D,' by hb D. C to dsk the Preei ent to be its guest nert Tall. At The North. The-Granite Trust will purchase the six quarries of Wisconsin. Goverior Odell, of New York, start ed on a long Western trip. Burglars secured $700 from the safe of Brand & Wubben's store at St. Paul Minn. The jury trying Walter N. Dimmick for stealing $30,000 from the mint at San Francisco, Cal., failed to agree. A gas explosion in Sunnyside coal mine, near Louisville, Col., killed one man and injured three. Edwin S. Cramp and John B. Drex el, of Philadelphia, have been elected Directors of the American Diesel En gine Company, of New York, control of which has been acquired by the Inter national Power Company. The First National and Metropolitan National Banks, of Chicago, Ill., are about to merge, the united Institution to be the .aecond largest in the country. Mrs. Sarah Lynch was found shot to death at Cleveland, 0., and her hus band, who protests his innocence, ia charged with the murder. Miscellaneous Matters. The Fins are stoutly resisting Rus sian recruiting. J. C. Cain, formerly accountant and registrar in Winnipeg, Manitoba, has been arrested on - charges of forgery, amounting to $10,000. In a fir.e which destroyed their house, Thomas Hill, his wife, three :hildren and a hired man were burned to death at Hull, Quebec. The schooner yacht Hildegarde ar rived in.New York from Havana, With her owner, E. R. Coleman, of Lebanon. Pa.; his wife and several friends on board. The- reunion of the United Confed erate Veterans closed at Dallas, Texas. The Southern Educational Confer ence, in session at Athens, Ga., re elected Robert C. Ogden president. At the execution of Henry Schaub, in Newark, N. J., the murderer's head was almost torn from his body. The plan for issuing 5 per cent. bonds Instead of 7 per cent, pre ferred stock of the United States Steel Corporation was announced. MIss Ida May Hubbell died at New Haven,' Conn., from a spinal injury caused by 'a practical joker five years ago. William Rogers, of Johnson county, Tennessee, killed himself and his granddaughter, Miss Mary Awfield. Four girl.s have been awarded the estate of ;Daniel Conklin in White Plains, N' Y. -The workingmen of the Chicago and Alton a"'ps, In Bloomington. Ill., to the number of 2,000, have signed an agree meat to abstain from meat for thirty days. Thoy are hopeful that every woringman in the country will follow their example. The promoters of the movement think that the plan v.il] strike a blow at the .Beef Trust. PRESIDENT PRESENI President Roosevelt Talks to Cadet at Annapolis SPEAKS TO GRADUATING CLAS. Outline of the Duty and Responsibil, Ity of the Men of the Navy - The Speech of Dr. Winston. Annapolis, Md., Special.-The spe cial train conveying President Roose velt and party to Annapolis to attenl the graduating exercises at the Naval Academy, arrived here over the Penn sylvania Railroad. As the President alighted from the train he was re 2eived by Superintendent Wainriglit and his aide, Lieutenant Seibmeier. A battalion of marines, under corn mand of Captain Lucas, was drawn up at the station. The party prcceed ed in carriages to the Academy grounds. The President walked across the campus to where the cadets were lined up, and passing down the line, looked each cadet suarely in the face. He was then presented to the officers of the Academy by Comman der Wainwright. While this was go ing on, the shore batteries fired the President's salute of 21 guns. At the sound of the bugle blast the cadets stacked guns and marched by fours to the chapel, where benediction was pronounced by t'e chaplain. In the meantime, the President had been es corted down the aisle by Commander Wainwright, and was shown to his seat on the platform, the battalion of cadets, the officers and others, re ceiving the President standing. Commander Wainwright then intro duced Dr. George T. Winston, a mem ber of the board of visitors, who deliv ered a short address. He was loudly applauded when he referred to Dewey as the hero of Manila and Sampson the hero of Santiago, and at the con clusion of his remarks was congratu lated by the President. The gradu ating class discarded their guns and accoutrements and advanced close to the platform. President Roosevelt then addressed them, his remarks be ing frequently. interrupted by, ap plause, The ent said is part: henceforth the e aen se' - responsibility whiclt must' come with the knowledge that on some tremen dous day it may depend upon your courage, your preparedness, your keen intelligence and knowledge of your progression, whether or not the nation is again to write her name on the world's roll of honor, or to know the black shame of defeat. We all of us earnestly hope that the occasion for war ray never come, but if it has to cone, then this nation must win and the prime factor in securing victory over any foreign foe must of necessity be the United States navy. If the navy fails us then we are doomed to defeat, no matter what may be our material, wealth or the high average of our citizenship. It should, there fore, be an object of prime importance for every patriotic American to see that the navy is constantly built up and above all that it is kept to the highest point of efficiency both in ma terial and In personnel. It cannot be too often repeated that in modern war and especially in modern naval war, the chief factor in achieving triumph Is what has been done In the way of thorough preparation and in training before the beginning of the war. It Is what has been done before the out break of the war that Is all Impor tant. "Officers and men alike must have the sea habit; officers and men alike must realize that In battle the only shots that count are the shots that hit and normally the victory will lie with the side whose shots hit the of tenest. Seamanship and markman ship-these must be the two prime objects of your training, both for your selves and for the men under you." At the cr'nclusion of his address and the distribution of the diplomas. the Fresident requested that he be taken to the hospital where Cadet Emery S. Land, of Wyoming, a. mem ber of the graduating class, was lying Ill. Sitting up In bed, the sick boy received his diploma from the Presi dent, who made a few appropriate re marks, in which he expressed the hope that he would soon be out. The President was then given an oppor tunity of witnessing the customary prank of the plebes throwing the grad uating class out of quarters, which af fforded a great deal of amusement. After lunch, the President and his party a ent aboard the torpedo boat Gwynn for a short trip on Chesapeake Bay. Squadron Anchored Off the Capes Old Point Comfort, Va., Special-The North Atlantic squadron is anchored just outside the Virginia Capes, where the battleships will be inspected by the naval board of inspection, headed by Admira 1 Dewey. The squadron will spend ten days target practice outside the Capes. The battleship Alabama: came up to Old Point, reported the ar rival of the ships in the capes,- and after taTing on the mail and provis ions for the squadron. prceeoded back~ to the spot where the big fighters are anchored. The Cincinnati arrived in Hampton Rcads from Galveston, Ten., and vwill remain here waiting sailine SOUTIIERN INDUSTRIAL Raleigh to Tidewater. At a meeting of business men held recently at Raleigh, N. C., $21,000 were sub:r'hed for building the pro posed Raleigh & Eastern North Caro lina Railroad, to extend from Raleigh to Washington, N. C., via Wilson and Greenville. This line would be about ninety miles long, and would provide a very direct route from Raleigh to tide water on the Pamlico river. James H. Pou, E. B. Barbee and Josephus Dan iels are among the subscribers to the fund. It is estimated that the line can be constructed for $1,000,000, and the necessary shops can be built for $50, 000. The line would, it was stated, traverse one of the richest and most fertile sections of North Carolina. Pro vided the necessary subscriptions are raised, bonds will be floated to build the road. In this ccnnection it is interesting to note that a line is proposed between Stantonsburg and Wilson. Regarding this project, Dr. S. H. Croker of Stan tonsburg writes the Manufacturers' Record that citizens of the two towns propose ccnnecting them by a railroad. Continuing, he says: "We had about enough money pledged to build the road, and the delay is due to the con templated Raleigh & Eastern North Carolina Railroad from Raleigh via W.lson and Greenville to Washington, N. C. If so, that road will be on our line, and we are now working in har mony with the Raleigh & Eastern North Carolina. The road will rn through the finest timber and agricul tural belt in the State, and we see no reason why it will not pay from the be ginning." Industrial Miscellany. The large lumber plant at Hitch cock, near Emporia, Va., operated by the Hitchcock-Trego Company, will under a contract pass upder the con trol of the Emporia Manufacturing Co., which will utilize a large portion of the output of this mill at its planing mill and box factory in North Emporia. The Hitchcock mill will cut from 44, 000 to 50,000 feet of lumber a day, and under the new management will be op erated at its full capacity. A syndicate of prominent Maryland " andi West Virginia financiers -have o ganized a company in Hagerstown, Md., with a capital of .$100,000. Tke company has -rchase& beat 10,000 acres- of timber land-spruce,.hemlock :lVY e1 Te on e v~.-h Cated at Hagerstown, with H. H. Alvey, Jr.. the local representative. Governor Montague of Virginia has signed a- bill granting to Mr. H. L. Page and his associates the right to build a t'unnel under the Elizabeth river in Virginia, so as to connect. Nor folk, Portsmouth and Berkley. It is provided that the work of constructing the tunnel must begin within ninety days, and it is expected that cars will be run through it within a year from the day the work is begun. Textile Notes. The Vale Royal Mills at Savannah, Ga.. have been sold by Mr. H. P. Smart to t.he Hilton-Dodge Lumber Co. The mills are located west of the Centrai Railway & Ocean Steamship Co.'s ter minals, and are among the most mod ern and best equipped plants in the State. These mills have made a spe cialty of cypress lumber and shingles. The Hilton-Dodge Lumber Co. will continue to operate the mill, having leased from Mr. Smart large lumber In terests along the Savannah river. It i understood that the price vald for th mills was $30,000. Work Is progressing rapidly on the construction of the Alexander City (Ala.) Cotton Mills, and the buildings will be completed soon. The main structure is of brick, ~three stories high, equipped with electric lights, wa ter and sewerage system, fire equip ment, etc. There Is a spindling-room4 on the second and the third floor, each 128x165 feet In size. The picker-room is on the third floor, and is 46x128 feet, The company is capitalized at $200,000, and will operate 10,000 spindles. Tavora Cotton Mills of Yorkville, S. C., has ordered between $5000 and $10,000 worth of additional machinery, the funds to be -obtained from its re cent increase In capital from $40,000 to $65,000. J. L. Bond of Ruston, La., Is endeav oring to form mill company; $25,00' has been subscribed. A movement Is on foot at Monticell Ark., for the organization of a $35,( company to build a cotton-rope mill. Bowling Green Knitting Mills ol Bowling Green, S. C., previously re ported, is completing its buildings, and has ordered the machinery to equip. Ladles' underwear will be the principal, product; investment $15,000. In correspondence last week from Charleston detailing the names and exhibitors at the exposition, W. J Dickey & Sons of Baltimore were cred ited with an exhibit of "all-wool jer seys and cotton duck." It should have. read "all-wool kerseys and cotton duck." The directors of the Humbolt (Tenn.) Cotton Mills met during the wert They arranged to secure estimates on the additional machinery that is to be installed. It was announced In Janu ary that the company intended to add 1240 spindles, 50 looms, etc. Present plant has 4000 ring spindles and 100 looms. A movement is on foot for the organ ization of another mill company at Dillon. S. C., and a capital of $500,00C is proposed.