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UBLISHED WEEKLY. WINNSBORO, S. C., WEDNESDAY ESTABLISHED 1844. "DEMOCRUACY 15 UNDYING." The Masterful Oration of R. L. Pat rick In Oratorical Contest at Green wood. The following is the oration of R. L. Patrick, of Erskine College, winning the first prize in the in tercollegiate oratorical contest held at Greenwood April 2Sth. THE DESTINY OF DEMOCRACY. The principle of Democracy is an ancient principle. So ancient is it, in fact, that not even the most hoary traditions relate to its beginning. So ancient is it that mot even the oldest dynasties go back to a day when it did not exist. .- j ancienf is it that only the ne.-. of the poet can revert to the long ago and read in the mind of God its destiny-the destiny of government of the people, by the people and for the people. All our language, gathered from far and near, rich in ideas that tell of love and home and liberty, contains no other word in -which these ideas appear fuller or more forceful than they do in the Greek term, Democracy. The spirit of ancient Greece-the spirit of her people and her institutions pulses with life when Democracy is invested with her rights. The spirit of true Democracy is the spirit that pervaded the tiny host at Thermopylae; it is the spirit that beat back the multitudinous ihordes at Marathon; it is thel spirit that characterized Themis tocles at Salamis, and established Greek superiority on the sea; it is a spirit, fostered in part by Greek institutions, but antedating all human life and eclipsing every purely human feeling. It is a heaven-sent spirit that God re leased when His hand sent the worlds forth into space. It is the spirit that characterizes rule in Heaven, where all gradations of rank are swept away and where service finds no explana. tion save in love. It is a spirit that emanates from the Deity; and, like all other things that are born of God, it is eternal in its mature. Long before the rock ribbed earth appeared and lonn. before the silvery expanse of sea lay mirror-like upon the bosom of the recumbent world, while the shapeless mass of incongruous, materials still whirled in hopeless confusion, even then this prinei ple lived, and in the mind of God existed the determination that man should rise nearer the divine image only when be realizes this principle and makes it his. THE BlED ROCK. This principle, and no other, munstbe the bed rock on whichf all safe and sane government rests. No other principle has ever been, or ever shall be, the j criterion to determine the world's grasp on things that make for civie righteousness. Throughout the ages as the world's ever ts have filed past the great review ing tand of Heaven, as the thun derous tramp .of the ,conmuerer s hiosts has kept timne wvah the~ wvorlds laudations, the .peoples. hopes and the people's rights lhavre been another marching force. 'Thie has been no army with ban vers, no host led by laurel-crowned eenquerers, their gaily capari goned steeds ornate with barbaric' gold. This has been no force1 that eaga to possess the rairest provinces of tha~ earthi . through diplomatic treadiery This has1 been that inspired its worship g with the madness of song; anda .de them shout forth paeans of raise~ as did the ancient Is-) arealites he they brought their. ark back in impi~jh from Phil .listia. No; it has rather been a ore Wha Jas moved in silence and Swass. As Democracy has rted imi.? and at last in these dass ri~ad itself in the und of aahe y~ri44'spolicies, have been my a.nd .Only the gritm a4 d faces that were seti against the crushiug -ptse; only the mute with~ which men 1:are did de i; Holland of Alva; only the d in men's hieart~ he world was draw-I arer the true and - ideals of Jesus ngs ia one the luli et p uy portunity for sai(; ass in at the ear of' et red~ i. been the ow as we stand ) nst; ewayof a new cend tion and the rejuvenation of Democracy. The principl3 that rose with the foundation of the world must not set until the world shall pass away. A star may be occulted, but seldom in the mystic mechanism of the spheres is one destroyed. The principle of Democracy is hidden in the clouds that hover over it, but behind those black banks still shines undimmed the star of the people's hope. UNDYING DEMOCRACY. Democracy can never die. It can come to what is almost aissolution, but the principle is itself immortal. Just as the Swiss believe that Tell is not dead, but slumbers till the clarion of Switzerland's duty summons him to her need, so will the souls of our great dead return to aid their country. As the country writhes in its strug gles for life, there is a renewed determination in the face of the watchers. The leaders of the past reach forth to the pres ent and tender their aid. Folk in St. Louis, Clark in Min neapolis, and Guthrie in Pitts burg are but the reincarnated souls of the past, burning with love of the people and the desire to perpetuate the people's cause. Then let us believe, as we stand engaged in this glorious cause that the past stands with us; that past achievements wrought fo:< civic righteousness are attendant, upon us and bespeak for us a future blessing. Let us believe that the hosts of Heaven, con cerned always in the cause of right, lackey us unceasingly. Let us believe that the God that smote the countless hosts >f Assyria tvill also smite the serried hosts of corruption and stand victor with us in the over throw of civic vice. In his matchless speech at ettysburg Lincoln said: "It is rather for us to be here dedicated o the great task remaining be ore us, that from these honored lead we take inc:eased devotion to that cause for which they gave he last full measure of devotion; hat we here highly resolye that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation under God hall have a new birth of free om, and thAt government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth." Likewise it is for us too to edicate ourselves to the cause that concerns the nation's wel fare. It is for us to break down he despotic dominion of the dol ar, to crush out foiever the rot en reign of the moneyed element, ad lift into perpetuity all just ad wholesome government by he people. Then let us stand -:;l in our repective place, iuching at ro 'eset, however evere, shrinking from no digty, owever exacting. Let uLs stand rayerful and resolute till the msullied banner of a triumphant Demoracy is unfurled through ut the world. And in that strife. un whieb man and God are alhke ogged, let each be 'One who never turned his back, but ..... e} ibrg.:t forwuer'1 (ever do uitedl cloudsi would break; ever dreamed, thougli riglgt wverg wvorsted, TronZr would trium h! -ver hlvd, we fall to rise, are haflied to fight better1, sleep to wake." To this end,'I hn, let us liveK nd. if need be, die; and in "the pnrliament of m-m,~tbe federation > the world," may America be ~ble to stand fesrth and sav-, in he leanuguage of the great Ne bras-1 a; "Tog may dispute whether I aave fouggt a good figt~ you may diiputo ivhether~ I. have1 inised( my course, but you can t deny that I have kept the ~aith." "Death was fast approaching," rites Ralph F. Fernandez, of ampa, Flt., describing his fear Ful race with death, 'as a result i liver trouble aud h eart dis ,ae w*hich ha. reMbed me of deep and of all interess inlfe . had tried many different do c :rs and several medicines, but got no benefit, until I began to use Electric Bitters. So wonder ful was tl-eir effect, that in three 4y-~ $ fpit like a new man, and to-daty . am Gured cf all my tgou bles." Guaranteed at McMaster Co.'s, Obear Drug Co.'s and .John H. Mc Master & Co.'s drug stores; p~rice 500 fle-.. m h Kn Have Aiway B000bt tury, we stand on a new Patinos| and read the glories of a new' Apocalypse of liberty. No reve lations delivered to a rapt and visionary soul; no disclosures born of a reformer's trustful nature; no mere hopes conceived of faith in things eternal, has been this development. The eman cipation of the world from tyran ny's fetters has partaken of the nature of these far off feelings,, but with it all there has been something so real, so substantial. and so enduring that millions of| free and happy households pro claim the birth of an eternal law as surely as did the hosts of Heaven announce a Savior's birth on the starlit plains of Judea. The force of Democracy, thus introduced and fostered, is being felt througbout all the nations. It is unceasing in its work in America. It is upsetting tradi tions in the British Isles. It is destroying the foundations of Absolutism in Russia. It is mak ing-lese majeste no longer a crime in Germany. It is opening the ears of Chiua to the sounds of progress. It is awakening the Japanese to the highest enlight nment. It is knocking at the :loor of heathen, darkness and, ashering in the torchbearers of ternal truth. And yet, grand as has been the riumph of Democracy's forces, mide as has been the sweep of ier surging phalanxes, close and erried as has been her front to lhe foe, there are forces within he camp of the people's cause ;hat are making for destruction. orever gone, it seems, is the dimplicity of the patriarchs bat simplicity which caused Cin innatus, the greatest of the Eomans, to toil in his fields like L common ploughman, and that simplicity which even in the his ;ory of our owr land actuated >ur Washington and our Jeffer ;on. Forever gone is the old lislike for pom- and the old in lifterence to ga The old sim licity has bee- - acceed e by the notlern imperialism and desire of tping royaltf, till now the na :ion's capital resembles a strong iold of monarchy, and the Presi ient's house a monarch's palace. Not in outward display of pomp.1 d glitter, however, lies tle chief lauger. Repugnant as that is to he natioa'r taste, there is a reter daigear coufronting our overnment and our Mfure. Enemies of the R-publie' it wvat Lincoln Steffens terms those sho are debauching municipal ;overnmen ts b~y the wholesale, ad who, if not arrested, will by Lad by make attempts upon the1 purity~ of the nation itself. St. Louis, Miinezp~olis, Pittsburg he tale is everywhc~re blJie same :e dethronement of pristiua han ~sty and purity in governmental iffairs and the installation of all hat is debased and besotted. PANORAMIC sLIDEs. These are glimpses of American ife chosen at random from the >anoramic -slide that sets forth >uir passing history. They dr got raggerate or too highly ~olor what migl~t 4.etgaily come o pass if .certei4 ten deeigs are lot arrested or sappressed. [hey but truly foreshadow darker i]ys which might come when in h heigigt of4bsolutism run mad,1 nen should have to suminder as ost the once bright hope of opular government. Sad would >e the scene if the passing bell ;hould ever toll the knell of dying Seorecy. Sad would be the scene if, as the jog;rpe~v's end is 2eared, the narro w ho&s~ 40on14 Fawn for this prcious habitant. Sad would be the scene if hell's nmates should ever be allowed I a Jhugh in ghoulish glee over the riump of tlleir forces. Sad ould be the asuen igg pf the aeople from which the light ofj ope had fled forever. And sad, ibove all picturing, would be the heaving of the breast, as with ;opr:wful faces and tear-dimmed eye th ;.; ,trgrue from the rave. Great is the spread or debai'i-6 cry; all over the hills and~ valleys of cur fair country res tsI its baleful influence. It hans tai;M the nation's history; it has wreanc i;-.o us the possi bility the nation itaa eh!!p in its infancy. But let us hope that~ the country is only diseased and not dead; only temporarily im potet, and not forever without foreCo and. utslity. Faith in the oracles of oIld; ita in the in tegrity of the Amaericaui p.le. faith in the principles for whi men have died, nor deemied theirj s a sacrifice, bids us belie vel Ode to Confederate Dead, il'ri;k (,or vk norv~' /)i/ Ii / O W, of the Srtreir11ingFr,) The imumfied drum's sad roll has bean The soldier's last tat too; -No niore onl life's parade shall mneet The brave and daring few On Fame's eternal camping ground, Their silent tents are spread; And glory guards with solemn round The bivouae or the dead. No answer of the foe's advance Now swells upon the wind: No trouble though at midnight haunts Of loved ones left behind. No vision of the morrow's strife, The warrior's dream alarimis: No brayiau horns nor screaming firfe At dawn shall call to arms. Their shivered swords are red with ruis, Their plumed heads are bowed, Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, I Is now their martial shroud. And plenteous funeral tears have washed The red stains from each brow; And their proud forms in battle gashed Are free from anguish now. The neighing steed, the flashing blade. The trumpet's stirring blast, The charge. the dreadful cannonade, The din and shout are past. No war's wild note, nor glory's peal, Shall thrill with fierce delight Those breasts that never more shall feel The rapture of the fight. Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead, Dear as the blood you gave; No impions footsteps here shall tread The herbage of your grave. Nor shall your glory be forgot, While Fame her record keeps, Dr honor points the hallowed spot, Where valor proudly sleeps. Ecur marble minstrel's voiceless tone, In deathless songs shall tell, When many a vanquished age hath flown, The story how ye fell. No wreck, or change, or winter's blight, Nor time's remorseless doom, shall dim one ray of holy light That gilds your glorious tomb. May 9, 190->. J. H. N. A RUi1OR CORRECTED. flr. Hollis Makes a Statement as to His ,lanagemtnt of the Ridgeway Dispensary. ' 3r. .Editor. If .ou will allow ne a small space in your paper, ;lease publish the following: Having been called to Winns :oro on Monday last, I happened ;o meet an old friend, who in ormed me that a report was be Eng circulated that, when I set led with the Ridgeway dispensary ast December, I was short in mi ecounts to the amount of $500. Now, M'r. Editor, in justice to myself and to relieve the pres- I mnre that such a report would >ring to bear on my bondsmen (it ~vas a personal bond), please pub ish the following affidavit from SIr. Nickles, inspector: "This is to certify that R. WV.1 Eollis, dispenser at Ridgeway, ias made settlement in full with >oth State, town and county. "R. W. Nickles, i "nec. 1., 19)04. Inspector. 1 C.N. B.-This settlement is per 'ecty simsfactory and I~ had to $a i ncs 243 ahewas on nhis account to that mount. RI. W. Nickles, "Inspector." t The above is a verbatim copy < >f the statement of Mr. Nickles, be inspector, who checked me~ e nit, and I havo uow the original e o my possession and it can be 5 ;een by any one whosoever de iires to see it. In conclusion, I beg to say that. :was in charge of the IRidgeway lispeinsary S years and 24 days L:ad my accounts were checked >y the county board of control >nl the first day of every month nid by the State inspector some alf dozen times, and I was never hort in my accounts to the m~oujnt of aisything, which I can >rove by every one of them and ~very book-ke'nar at the State ispensary in Columbia; and any uch report is groundless and alse. R. WV. Hollis. A Good Suggestion. Mr. C. B. WVainwright. of Lemon i.v, Fla., has written the mnanufac urers that much better results ar >b ined~ frorn t he use of Chamberlain's Xlie, Cholera aind Diarrhoa Remzedy ni e:ltm Of iln~ NI te tonngla ealie mIIt OlnGcf.4 may~bus by tiIamg itm vater' as hot asa ean be dIrank. Tha t *vt~en taken in this way the effect i Ioble ini rapidity. "It seems to get .t the right spot instantly,'' he says. For sale by Obear Drug Co. The second blow makes the ray, but~ not jU th frst is well 'laced, Will Cure Consumption. A. A.lerren, Finch, Ark., writes:< 'Folev' Honey and Tar is the bestI )rep'ration1 for c-oughs, colds and lung renli'. I knorw that jt ln' cured Lon ,upIIt Iuln 6 te 'hrd stages."' You neer heard of any one using Foley's EIoney and Tar and not being satistied. 41,1 he \h Master Co. Avon News. This section was visited last week by a very heavy rain. Corn is looking fine where planted early. Cotton planting is about finished and the stand is flue. We do not think there is as much cotton planted in this section as there was last gear; but there is more corn. While a good deal of guano was used, some went under corn. Gardens are looking very prom isimg now. Fruit, from present appear ance, will be plentiful. Capt. Jim McKeown of Corn well passed through last week in the interest of his company, to which several of our boys belong. Mrs. Jno. Brooks and children paid her parents, near Winns boro, a visit recently. Mrs. Rena Dunbar, after spend ing a few days in Yorkville, has returned home. Mr. Adam Dunbar recently spent a few days in Richburg on a visit to his sister. A guest at the home of Mr. R. C. Sterling- a fine boy. Mr. Editor, we think the farm rs should stick together and try to raise the price of their pro lucts, for now everything that they consume is far above what they as a working class get for Lheir products. J. May 8, 1905. Why Suffer fro~n Rhetmatism? Why sufler from rheumatism when me application of Chamberlain's Pain Balm will relieve the pain? The quick elief which this liniment affords nakes rest and sleep possible, and that done is worth imany times its cost. MIany who have used it hoping only 'or a short relief from suffering have >een happily surprised to find that ifter awhile relief became permanent. SIrs, S. H. Leggett, of Yum Yum, rennessee, U. S. A., writes: "I am a ,reat sufferer from rheumatism, all ver from head to foot, and Chamber ain's Pain Balm is the only thing that vill relieve the pain." For sale by )bear Drug Co. A Revelation. If you will make inquiry it will be a evelation to you how many F.uccumb o kidney or bladder troubles in one 'orin or another. If the patient is not )eyond medical aid, Foley's kidney ,ure will cure. It never disappoint3. old by McMaster Co. Mr. Ford's Writings Appreciated. Eitor of 27te ,L'ows and ierald: You have my warmest appre iation and thanks for publishing Ir. M. L. Ford's traditions and iistory of the Rocky Mount sec ion. That vicinity being my 'native heath" and Mr. Ford my iext-door neighbor nearly all of >ur lives, of course makes his >apers particularly interesting to ne; but aside from this, so many iave inquired of me to know who ~fr. Ford is, and have expressed pleasure in reading his articles, feel the general interest of your eaders has been promoted and or the author's encouragement .s well as yours, it gives me >leasure to mention bow agree ,ble it has been to read these >apers. I am induced to believe he history and traditions of t her sections of the county would ie equally 'as pleasant gnd profit-: ble reading ii given with the ame industry, skill and comn leteness. Respectfully, J. Austin Scott. Monticello, S. C. rthe (Oause of Many Sudden Deaths. There is a disease prevailing in tis oumnry most dangerous because so decep,-. ill is: tire. Many sud - . ljhs ar caused by h it-heart dis -epneumonia, heart failure or rapoplexy are of ten I> the result of kid ( ney disease. If Iikidney trouble (a ~~ ~6 blood00 will at ack the vital organs, causing catarrh of he~ >laddIer, or the kidneys thiemselves >reak down and waste away cell by cell. Bladder troubles almost aiways result rom a dlerangenment of the kidneys and .cure is obtained qiuickest hy a rp r atment of the kidneys. If von gg.rp nir badhiv you em;' uma acnstakte by dV;U Drt Rilinr fwa'mp-Root, the reat kpiev, liver and bladder remiedy. It corrects inaility to hold urinc and cldinlg pain in pa'ssing it. and over omes that unleasant necessity of bemg~ omineel to go often through the day, od to get up many times durin.g the. SIih The mild and the extnmr~ingt-t ITect of SwamnpRoot is soon, raliit-e n4 ptu ouwsi disitessmg cases. Non, Root is ileasant to take and is o l byal druggists in fifty-cent and medollar. size bottles. You mar hare a 'm,1iottle of this wonderful new dis over and. u a boo0k that tells all aboiut i >"h &en fre by mailto N\-s '. nil -.rnog; me.Inuat remang this generouts drte ma this paper. Dou't ma~ke any 1istake, but remember the name, Swamp oo't, D.. Kilmier's Swanmp-R act. and the ddress, Binghamton, N. 3 ., on every 0 DROPS) AVegetablePreparationforAs simiating theFoodandfRegua 1ig theStomaclsandBowelsor Promotes Digestion,Cleerful nessandRest.Contains neither OpiumMorphime norifineraL NOT NARCOTIC. Aperfect Remedy forCons*p Ton, Sour Stoach. Diarrhoea Worms,Convulsionsleverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. TacSunite Signature of NEW YORK. Exec conr wuAne, Largest Horse and Mule d A large supply BABCOCK BUGGIES GREGORY-RHEA JNO. WV. CON H arper Btables, Plai St., Special We are glad to announce i than ever before for doing all R EPAI F and that we shall be glad to1 may have. When needing ar or phone us ini regard to sami All busiuess entrusted to i to. R. T. Matti Timely We are Hea Call in and examine our s Dres~sers and Centre Tab Dressers at actual cost to Now is the time to get yc Try o'e of our Felt Mati We have a complete lin Stoves. All guaranteed'i We have in stock also Lounges, Our UNDERTAKINi complete. All calls pror R W.P H CASTORIA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Nave Always Bought Bears the Signature of ' In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTIOlA MULES, HORSES, BUGGIES. ealers in South Carolina. now on hand. THE BEST MADE. WRITE US FOR PRICES. MULE COMPANY. DER, Manager. - - coL..JNM IA, s. C. Notice. at we are now better prepared kinds of 2 WORK be favored with any work you ything repaired bring it to us s will be promptly attended iews & Son. Topics. :Iouarters for tock of Iron Beds, Suites, les. We have six Cheval clear our stock. ur Summer Cots. *resses-tne best in towvn. e of Little Dandy Cook :o give satisfaction. a complete line of Bed DEPARTMENT is nptly attendei to. ILLIPS.