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READ THE OTHER SIDE, j . . ^ ?t/"-r j \/l r .A/Q OV i CON jKfc&SMArM ^ PROTECTING COTTON. { t | He Antagonizes the Position Xak<n by J Congressman McJ.iurin oa the iutj?ctj and Says It Is a Dangerous innovation j cn Democratic Principle*. Having published Congressman McI-aur- j in's speech in Congress oa a proposed tax | on foreign cotton a few weeks ago. we pre-I sent this week Congressman Stoke s speech j on^the other side of tiie suoject m vi ^u our readers may have both sides of the <iuestion Here is Congressman Stokc-s; speech: Mr. Chairman: The discussion of :i mere theory can never be a popular discussion, it is rarely the case that the speech or the speaker can command the continued atten- j tion of even the more thoughtful, ifrii! less | if possible, is the history likely :o enlist nnd I ot^ntion. even when the theory it- J " * -V ? .AAV self lies back of so absorbing and J.-ir-reac^-1 ing a subject as a tariff tax upon the msny for the benefit of the few. And yet, Mr. Chairman, no discretion of the tariff question would proceed upon logical or statesmanlike lines, un".ess it recognized both the theory and the history of tariff legislation in this country. And he who looks into the history with unbiased mind, an earnest, sincere searcher for truth, must soon recognize that there is :a theory, or rather theories, on this subject, and that the practice of the two leading schools of thought on j 1 -nM.lolv from the the- I this subject variea. vwj -?ories which they hold, or are charged with I holding. On the one hand, the Republicans charge the Democrats with favoring free trade, and hence, they say, we arc in positive opposition to the industries of our country. On the other hand, the Democratic party retorts with the charge that Republicans favor protective or prohibitive duties on ini-! oorts. thus enforcing the exclusive use of) American products at a mgaer ynw ....... the same goods can be bought in the markets I of the world. i As is usually the case, the truth lies be-1 twee a these two extremes. Measured bj the ! tariff measures offered or enacted by each party from time to tirue, when intrusted with power, the correct statement of the Democratic position has been in favor of a tariff for revenue only, with incidental unnvoida-; ble protection; from the Republican side the contention has been tariff for protection of; certain industries, with incidental revenue. I W wr-h- in vracticc has varied widely at j times even this modified statement 01 position. For instance, the I'tmocratic tariff" j measure of 1S46 was projected more closely j _ on free trads lines than any that preceded or j followed it. Indeed, it was passed by the Democratic party with the avowed intention ! of putting in operation as far as possible the J principles of free trade, and yet an average J duty of 30 per cent, was imposed on iron j and iron manufactures, wool and woolen manufactures, and cotton manufactures; i while tea and ccffee which are purely revenue articles, since ihey are nyt produced in this country, were admitted free of duty. The same policy was continued in the act of tc.Kr. a lateral sense these meas J J VW ures were by no means free-trade measure?. It is a fact worth nothing, however, that the period covered by the life of these two bills, which went farthest in the- direction of free trade, was characterized by the most genera! and pronounced prosperity in the history of our country. It is equally true that Republican tariff measures have not. in all tneir schedules, been uniformly protective. Bat he would be blind to truth who should arise from the study of this question without the impression that history has borne out the contention of the Democratic party against protesuuu. -respect to the breeding of TRUSTS AND COMBINATION. It is curious to note in this connection that the protective feature of our present system, as such, was not suggested by the manufacturers themselves, who have been its chief beneficiaries. It was introduced by the Congress as a compensation to the manufactures which were made the subject of direct inter nal taxes to carry on the war. The nation was in peril. Money was needed, and it was raised by thu quickest and most ccrtain methods; i. e., by excise duties.'on iron, cotton, woolen, and other manufactures, incomes, J rsf etc. But once these industries gu<. uwua public legislation, for private gain, they combined to retain their advantage, and they still retain thirty years after the income taxes "were removed. They have grown to such powerful proportions that they have the Government practically by the throat; and the present tariff bill is but. a compilation of the schedules submitted to the Ways and Means Committee by the several combines interested. The circle of protected industries has been steadily enlarged until it includes almost every necessary article in general use by the people. So much for the j historical side of the subject, and what it reveals as to the actual attitude of each political party toward this question. The main point to be borne in mind all through this discussion, the practical point . Tver. r!,">r>uh!ie;ins is tnaitne lanu is iisu. ? are found frank enough to admit that; aud ! that the effect of that tax is, in most instances j to increase the price of commodities to the consumer. Taxes are direct and indirect according to iho mode of laying and collect- J ing them. It is perfectly plain who pajs a J direct tax such as levied in the States and J counties and municipalities of onr land. It! is also quite clear who profits by the payment. The party who pays a direct tax takes the itemized receipt of the person designated bylaw to receive the tax., the amount of which is ascertained pursuant to law; and the beneficiaries of the law are likewise dis- j tinctly designated by law, and how much j 1- J. CD?r;MC norfnrmed for I CciUU JL3 ty iVi. taw public good. There can be no mistake as to the payer and the payee. Both are in the open, and the amount and each item of the amount, are definitely fixed by the laiv. It is not neccssary to say that a tariff is not this sort of tax. In the case of Tin: dift"T rvx it is only by the closed scrutiny by expert j minds that in many cases the tax can be { traced from the pocket of the payer (vrho is | usually the consumer) to its final destina-! tion in the pocket of some unlicensed collec-1 ^ 1M ? ? J } tor 01 tne tax. xue tu,i;, (mu. wau > does feel the burden without realizing whence it cones or -who is the beneficiary of his ad- j ded load. That is the very essence of a tariff tax. If the payer could trace always and unmistakably the tax he pays upta salt, i sugar matches, woolen and cotton goo^s cut- j lery and almost every item of daily .iving from his own pocket until :t lands in the pocket of the protected trusts and monopolies that control all these necessaries of life, does any man believe the existing system could stand? Does any advocate of the protective system dare trust his pet scheme to such a test? You do not dare do it. You ; know and everybody knows thai your system would not stand a year, certainly not longer than the nest general election. It is inherently a vicious system; and positively pernicious in the temptation which it oilers to shift the burdens of taxation from the strong to the weak, from the alert to the less watchful, from those able to resist unjust exaction to those less able to resist ot make themselves heard. But I need not take up more time upon the general aspect of the question. We have the indirect tax with U3 in its most vicious and pernicious form. It is the condition in which we find ourselves, rather than the theory with which we are concerned. What of the pending bill'.' It is obnoxious, of coru?e. to oil r>r>in?oit m-f rr. in_ direct taxation in general?in most items in < an aggravated form. It will be impossible, within the scope of! this dicussion, to consider the virions sched-1 ules, covering thousands of items, in de-! tail. It most suSice to say thai almost every j conceivable article that enters into the living j of the poor is taxed in this; bill?salt. I matches, sugar, liour. shoes, woolen, and cot- j ton clothing, medicines aUth?*e and thous- j and others of like character invite criticism. j and it is a temptation to enter that sort of I consideration of this bill: but the time and utility suggest, a different course. I desire to be entirely practical and to iitn;my discussion to present, living phases of the. question: and so I will pass at once to that phase which most immediately concerns my section and consider it in the light of the general truths already developed. 1 retcre to the bill in their relation to the COTTCX-rAEMIXC- I NOV-THY easily tlic most important, factor in the in'lus- j ??ai B? nBaagg?ca< * f trial problem of my section, whether con- j sider ia point or numbers, or of sturdy independence, or of value of product. Xot that 1 J underrate the cotton-maruficturing. tobacco, lumbering, and other industries of my State. c..? w (?;? T'r>t.v arc ?,-> I r ?ii uyui it. i i- io ^ ? _ . linked with ihe favored industries of like character in the ?a=t that they are fairly "well eared for in the genaral scheme. The cotton farmer is not in that situation. Not only (Joes he bear hi? full shr-.re of the tax on the thousands of articles referred to already a? entering into the daily living of all citizens alike, but almost every article used by him in the production of his crop is taxed for the benefit of some industry, while his products ! - m-.ra-p.rs fit' th* world in Ill US I iA' Ail IUV ? w? ^ competition with the world's products. This bill imposes a tax on trace chains of from i ; to cents per pound: on agricultural implements. 40 per cent ad valorem: on plows, cotton sins, mowers and reapers, JO r?er cent: on cotton ties, seven-tenths of a cent a pound: on bagging i>0 per cent ad valorem, and so on all through an extensivelist. And how is it proposed to compensate the cotton farmer for these iniquitous exactions? What remedy does this biil propose for the admitted inequality'/ So far as the bill itself is concerned, it proposes absolutely nothing. Uutan amendment was voted clown in the Wajs and Means Committee, we arc told, imposing au import duty of cents per pound on cotton brought to this country from abroad. We are told further that this amendment will be offered in the House and as the opportunity may not present itself, under the rules lor full discussion of that proposition, I Trill discuss it ;it this time. Some adjustment of the wrong to the cotton growers is necessary. It is infamous thai be should be so discriminated against, i atu anxious to vote for and support every measure that promises relief to my fellow cotton growers, that does not involve a sacrifice of principle; and 1 feel sure that they will | neverasKany thing of their representatives i or for themselves that involves moral or po! litical turpitude. Let us examine closely proposition to put an import tax on cot-1 ton. Who Joes it mean'.' What does it imply? What benefit Joes it confer if adopted? How docs it square with, our principles? These are the questions I shall attempt briefly to consider and answer. To my mind' this is one of the most momentous propositions, the most far-reaching in its consequences, that have confronted the Representatives from the cotton growing States and the cotton growers themselves, in the :ast quarter of a century. Mr. Chairman, in behalf of the cotton producers in my section, I raise my voice against the imposition of the proposed. TAX U'OX COTTON. I The great majority of the cotton farmers | down ihcrc are Democrats by tradition, as 1 well as by intelligent conviction. They bej iieve that food morals and good political i economy go hand in hand, and that upon this particular point, both are imbedded in the tenets of the Democratic party throughout its history?particularly in that Democratic doctrine enunciated at Chicago in 18'J-, as J follows: ' "We denounce Republican protection as a fraud, a robbery of the great maj ority of the American people for the benefit o* the few. "We declare it to be a fundamental principle of the Democratic party that the Federal Government has no constitutional power to impose and collect tariff duties except for ) the purposes of revenue only, ana we aei mand that the collection of such taxes shall { be limited to the necessities cftheGovernj ment -when honestly and economically ad! ministered." I And aj:ain, in 1S06, the Democratic party, after re-aSnning the principles laid down in former platforms enunciated this doctrine: ' We hold that the tariff duties should be j levied for purposes of revenue, only such duj ties to be so adjusted as to operate equally j throughout the country, and not discriminj ate between class or section, and that taxaj tion should ue limited by the needs of the j Government honestly and economically adj ministered.'' ! .\ot only Giu we suoscnue to mese uut;j trines when enunciated by the national par1 ty, but before the convention net in Chica! go, the farmers of my State had imbodied ! in the platform of the State Democracy the i demand of the Farmer's Alliance upon this I point: I "Lelieving in the doctrine of equal rights i | to all and special privileges to none, we de-' mand that our national legislation shall be I so framed in the future as not to build up one industry at the expense of another. We demand further a removal of the existing heavy tariff from the necessities of life that | tie poor of cur tana must nave." Upon these declarations of principle: the I issue, so far as the tariff question is concerned, was pitched in ourS:ate: and upon these ] issues we were s.'nt as Representatives to | this Hall. [ For my part, I believe the Democratic I party of ray State was honest in its profes* sion of principle. I believe the farmers who compose the bone and sinew of that party, i and who control its destiny were sincere ] | when they embedded those principles in the i platform of the party, I refuse to believe ! that they said cue thing and meant another; I or that tte can truly represent them by prom| ising one thing before election and doing a | different thiDgafter election. | There is no concealment of the purpese of a tax on cotton. It is to protect the home producer of a certain staple of CDtton from imports of Egyptian cotton. That is the avowed intention. It is not pretended by any one who has accurate information on the details of the subject that it "will or um on orktwixvflhlo rArprmrv Thp rmr pose is distinctly stated. It is to shut out Egyptian cotton?that is." protect the hoiae producer of corresponding staple. This is the vety essence of the PROTECTIVE DOCTRINE. It is protection for protection sake without even the incident of revenue. It is a protection pure and simple and its advocates are protectionists, Aud yet our platform says in unequivocal language: ' \Ve denonncc Republican protection as a a ?V>a r vy> /\ i f tt iiciuu, O. i \J iJUCi J Vi HH? AA1C.j XJXIK/J VX IaIV American people for the benefit of the few. We declare it to be a fundamental principle of the Democratic party that the Federal Government has no eonjtitutional power to impose and collect tariff duties except for tuc purposes of revenue only, and we demand that the collection of such taxes shall be limited to the necessities of the Government when honestly and economically administered." If that be a true utterance, when the Democratic parly went before the people in 1802 and in 1S0G, it is eternally true, and it cannot be displaced by any considerations of mere loss or gam. If it was robbery to take from the farmer his hard earnings in the shape of a tariff tax on bagging and ties for the benefit of the manufacturers. is it not, equal robbery for the farmer to as.- " tax on his products at the expense of otuers? If it is unconstitutional to levy and collect a tariff duty except for the purposes of revenue only, as held by the Democratic platform, how can any Democrat defend a proposition for a protective duty pure and simple? This proposition is a subtle approval to that most sordid and masterful of all human passions?selfinterest?coupled with an implied sneer at the "sentimentality ' that has, they say. kept the South back in the race for dollar prosperity. I remind those who sneer, that her sentimentality has been the crowning glory cf the South in the past. It 12 uie ruuuci tuiit, uciu ixci iruc \.o litr j traditions and her principles in the past, unshaken, and unmoved amid the mad struggle for ruer_e money and prosperity. 1 would remind the scorlers that there arc. in the South, other standard1? of excellence besides the dollar standard. it is but his just need of praise to say that today the Southern cotton farmer has T>re 5CTVCU liitct VSlliUiUTO j in purer type, perhaps, than any other class j cf our fellow-citizens. Ia the South, a* else-! where, he is the great moral, social, and j political break-water against the tide of sor-j didness that threatens to engul:'society and j merge all standards into that of the American dollar. 13ut, Mr. Chairman, even if heeding the r' Y. D VCTIV K l'.V> UISTItY jonceaie l under the plausible appellation of business i.icthuds." we should deliberate Irsi: down to compound vrith. principle and juggle with conscience, v.-ha: o:' substantial beneit'is ori'ercd the cotton farmer in the proposition to place a tariff o:' - ! - cents on cotton imports'; [ Dut. i: it be not icc violent an assumption." assume sentimentality aside; assume princi-; pies and platforms and morals thrown to the wind for the time, and we sitting down ia cold biood to consider this proposition from the standpoint purely of '-business method." Assume all this, and what is there in the proposition for the farmer'.' Let us look Lrr.1? rrt for it" w<- ar<- : -> consider in cold blood this proposition to sell out cur platform for pecuniary gain, let us he sure nut to sell too cheap. Let us not sell our birthright for a mess of pottage, and less than a mess of pottage. If we embrace this proposition of the tariff robbers to divide tho !iswag7' with us if we will not squeal. let us be sure the '-swag'' is worth the sacrificc demanded of u3. What do the promoters of this tax offer us as compensation for the abandonment of our platform, as an inducement to compound our principles, as a sedative to our sense of honesty'.' What do they offer? 1 assert here and now, and I defy contradiction, that so far as the bu'k of the t .1 - cotton farmers are concerneu, uie imposition of an import duty on cotton "will not help one ten-thousandth of a ccnt. It would not touch the staple cotton producer it all. It would touch to a very .?mal! extent the producer of lowtr grade sea-island cotton, it would touch directly only a small class, engaged in producing the intermediate grades: and, as 1 shall show presently, it would not efi'ect any rise of price to them, but if it should result in an enhancement of price to those few, it would mean just so much tax levied upon the growers of shortstaple cotton. who compose the great bulk of our cotton farmers, for the benefit of those few. A more AESl'KI) CONTENTION* never emanated from a sane and at the same time serious course. I3ut suppose, for sake of argument, that it did raise the price j of the home products 2 1-2 cents, who will ray that additional 2 1-2 cents? It will be paid by the consumer of the goods manufactured from that grade of cotton. The great mass of the cotton farmers will pay their share of that 2 1-2 c&nts per pound in proportion as they use that grade of goods; and thus the great majority of the cotton farmers will be taxed for the benefit of 'he very few engaged in producing intermediate sta| pie. And yet this is the result of the boastI ed business method" oflaying a tariff. | Eut 1 said above I would shew that not I even the grower of cotton irith which the | Egyptian product compete would be benefitI ed. Why, Mr. Chairman, even the average I farmer knows that the price of cotton is fixed in Liverpool. lie has an object lesson on : this point each recurring season, burned in! to his memory by hard experience. [ The farmer in my section knows that this i is in obedience to an inexorable law of com{ merce, that when any crop is produced in excess of the home demand, the surplus I must be sold, if at all, in the markets of the \ world: that this surplus will be sold at the i of the home IHV1XU O Viniv consumption will be regulated in the main by the world's price on the surplus. It is also well known that in fixing the world's price on cotton the entire production of all countries and all climes in its relation to probable demand has been considered. The American crop, the Egyptian crop, the Indian crop, .'he Chinese crop, the Peruvian crop?all are footed up anu constitute the world's crop upon which a world's price is fixed in Liverpool, and not a pound can be bought or sold anywhere in the world that is not bought or sold upon the basis of the world's price in Liverpool, less freight. Anu it makes absolutely no difference whether the ninety thousand bales imported here last year were sold in the American market or in the antipodes, the price would be always and everywhere the Liverpot! price, iess ireigat. now, men, can m# purposed import tax of 2k cents help the price to the grower of the grades affected by Egyptian cotton? Is it not perfectly plain that this is sheer pretense? It is a false pretense upon its face even to the very small class of farmers affected by it, in- that it does not, and can not, accomplish what it promises to them: and if it did such beneat as is conferred would be at the expense of the great majority of cotton farmers along with those who consume the goods manufactured from A Ck /\T ATI Can any further demonstration be necessary to the unbiased mind? If corroborative evidence of history in collateral cases be desired, it is ready to hand in the Statistical Abstract issued by the Agricultural Depart, meat. The McKinley Act placed a tariff of 15 cents per bushel on corn and 25 cents per bushel on wheat, both of them, like cotton, raised largely in excess of the home consumption. The pretense was to compensate the growers of corn and wheat for the burdens laid on the farmers of the West, for the benefit of the protected industries of the Tocf TV/-? 1V10 imnm f rlnfv helt) the <?r0W i J .T o ers of corn and -wheat? No. Although the production of both corn and -wheat decreased for several years after that tar -went into effect, the price of corn went off from 40.0 cents per bushel in 1891 to 25 3 cents in 1895. Similarly the price of -wheat -went off from 83.9 cents per bushel in ISO! to 50.0 cents in 1895. It was a pretense and a fraud upon the Western farmer, in fact, just as this will prove to the cotton farmer. The price not only went down to the farmer in spite of reduced production and the protective tariff, but there was no revenue to the government, as there never had been any appreciable imports. Hence, I repeat, if we listen to theseductr^ViT^cor-lntrv nf (Tpnflpmnn who assura us ? ' ^ w ? C that it "will be good business method to even up our losses from the tariff robbery by join-1 ing the robbers and dividing the "swag" let j us throw off all disguise, proclaim ourselves I protectionists, and openly demand something substantial. Let us not sell out too cheap. Let us have some real benefit. "What shall it be'/ How shall the cotton farmer secure a bigger divide with the tariff robbers? Th.-it is the business question. "Will it be by dc- j manding a still higher import tax on cotton I ?say, 5 cents, or 8 cents or 10 cents? >"o; it is supreme absurdity to expect any enhancement of price to the producer from a tax on imnorts so Ion:: as the bulk of his product is exported. Reason demonstrates this by infallible proof, and experience verifies the demonstration. There is but one possible way to benefit the producer of an export crop by any legislation, and that is by a bounty on exports or on home consumption. I think even our protectionist friends will hesitate long before committing themselves to the bounty iniquity again. Now, if our friends, the solicitous friends of l the farmer, who profess to desire to compensate him by legislation for the unjust exac- { tions laid upon him by legislation, if these I friends sincerely desire to do something for j the cotton farmer, something worth the cot- [ ton farmer's while to consider, let them urge J a bounty on exports or on home consump- s tion. If they are sinccrely trying to h-dp J the cotton farmer, and not talking merely for buncombe or to fool the farmer let them offer him a bounty, which is the only possible way to reach the farmer's present distress. This is just as consistent as the doctrine they now exploit, and it is also just as pernicious; but why take two bites at a cherry, even though a rotten cherry? They say if protection is to be the policy of the government, then let us go on in for our full share of it by asking a -i cent import tax ! on cotton. It is iust as rational, just as ] proper, to say, "Since protection is to be the policy of the government, give us something that will really benefit us; give us a bounty.7' It. is more uucuusuiuiiuuii: i;i&e iuc u:yuey out of the treasury to pay a bounty to cotton growers than it is to take money out of the people's pockets for the benefit of the cotton growers. Tills novel asd delusive plan of operation, glossed ever with the seductive appellation of business methods, translated into plain, practical, every day transactions, means simply this: They say the tariff is a rob', or; that it robs the farmer, therefore the farmer SUUUisA IU1JU ?UU 1U LUlU XV*-> Ul'l v^VCV, r who prey upon him, but others who are in-1 nocent, perhaps, of harm to him. Translated j into the every day transactions of the farm, j this proposition means, if a thief breaks into I your barn, you may even up your loss by j raiding your neighbor's pigeon. If your j pantry is robbed, then under the ethics im- j plied in so-called business methods you are J justified la robbing your neighbor's smoke* j house or henhouse. Away with such casuistry! .Away with j such downright dishonest j! If we believe j in the principles upon whicu we made our fight before the people. let us adhere to them; if we have changed our minds upon this great economic ouestion, let us have the frankness to say so, and defend the change as best we mar. >"o. Mr. Chairman. ih? cotton farmer is Miaii n tim i ?g?MMg?- - 11 a j not dcmnndiii^ the protection of the govern- j ! roonr Krf^l tfi l:if i?ir?f 1ir\or?rv 1 and free institutions, with a sturdy self-reliance and a simple faith, begotten of daily, hourly struggle vrith :iie njighiy forces of nature, he stands out iu ;iie perspective of our hi.-tory as the great conservative force of J the nati"n?the largest contributor to her prosperity, the largest paver of her taxes in I time of peace, and* her surest defender in I time of vr;ir. What he does ask, and all that I he a-rts. at trie lianas o: the government is a fair field and no favors?"C-jual rights to all and special privileges to none."' II e "will scorn the temptation to compromise that doctrine by going into the robber combine, lie has already impressed his demand. It is evidenced by the elfort to do something though that something is a fraud and a pretense. This artful device to fool the farmer is most conclusive evidence that tariff robbers hear and fear the.just protests of the farmers. Let us not falter by the way U"r ailow ourselves to be entrapped by cunningly devised remedies that are intended to deceive. We reject with scorn the invitation to r>ut our hands in other T>eoT>le's and indignantly serve notice upon others to keep their bunds out of ours. But enough of this, Mr. Chairman. The tariff cut no figure in the last campaign, and yet Congress is called in extraordinary session to deal v;ith the tariff. We have already aided our opponents too much in emphasiz: icg this question and correspondingly, ob! scaring the real issue of the campaign?the I financial question. In 1 S'Jli tb? old parties | insisted upon the tariff as the main issue and sought read out all who discussed the money j question. Yet vrhen the extraordinary ses sioa of Congress Kas called it dealt, not "with the tariff, but with the question of finances, and for this trilling with the verdict of the people at the polls the party responsible wns overwhelmingly defeated in lS'J-i. In IS'.'G the controlling issue was the money question, and this Congress is trit'.ing with the verdict at the polls last November, by tinkering at the tarill". Let the Republican party beware! The fate of the Cleveland dynasty awaits them, as it a\;aits every party that dares tritle with the verdict of the polls. I refuse further to be diverted from than issue. 1 ! insist now, as 1 have insisted upon every | stump since Ib'JO, that the farmer's trouble | has been brought upon him. by the unjust j unci vicious financial system. Tin; farmer of ! the South, equally with the farmer of the West, can never be prosperous un.il the i money of our fathers be given back to their j children, but it can never bring prosperity to j the farmer. Facts From Hon. J. Win. Stoke:?. Editor Register: 1 am just in receipt of : your issue of April 7, containing my argu| merit on the tariff, in relation to the cotton i growers and a stirring editorial endorsement of the same. It is very gratifying to me, of course, to merit the commendation of so staunch and consistent a Democratic paper. The Register has always stood for the standards of Democracy with unfaltering fidelity and ability. As I do not wish any misappre I hension whatever, I ask space simply .for the j j statement of a few facts. The argument as } j printed by you was prepared by me primarily for use in committee whenever the con-. temp:ateu amendment proposing an import tax on raw cotton should be offered to the C-itton schedule of the tariff bill. Under the special rule regulating the discussion of the bill, however, the section relating to cotton schedules was not reached in the regular order of reading, before the time fixed for taking the final vote on the bill and all amendments thereto. There beins neither time !nor opportunity for the use of the argument in committee, and being a matter of some mo' inent, it has been printed under resolution oi the House, adopted March 19. for the information of the public. The Register, I take it, understood the situation, as did all who followed closely ths proceedings in the Record; but as many hs/rc not opportunity to inform themselves, 1 deem it proper that the facts should be stated. J. William Stokes. April 10, IS'.fT. Saved by i\ Iraap. | Spartanburg, S. C., April 10 ?The \ | poor, lone, friendless, homeless and j | hungry tramp seldom gets a good wr.rH in Oiis vt'orin. "Rut it ccas 2 ! plain everyday sort of tramp, with} clothes begrimed and tattered, who I saved a hundred lives and got a hun-1 drcd dollars on Thursday, though j this is the first mention ever made of the fact in the newspapers. The vesti-1 | bule from Atlanta on Thursday was j several hours late, but the cause could { not be ascertained. Yesterday morning it was given out that a landslide ! was the cause, bi^ nothing more, j Last night, however, The Herald's j grapevine brought a most interesting- j story. A tramp whose name is not j known was making his. . ay after the i terriffic rains towards Atlanta. He was just beyond Mt. Airy, Ga., emerging from a deep cut when he heard a rumbling noise behind and looking he beheld the embankment cavins in and saw the track completely covered with boulders of massive rock, tree* and dirt. He was safe beyond the debris, but he remembered that within a | few moments the .Limited trom quanta would be speeding aioog and runI niag into this mass of obstructions, j W j21C Q. tjjt ear.t death to perhaps a hundred innocent per-ons. It was the j work of a moment. Off ca.me his j | tatiered cc?t and for more th.rn a mile j I he ran as fast as his feet would carry 11 | him. Stationing himself at a point j J where he had the track before him in J | plain view 'or a. quarter of a mile, he ', | stood betwen the rails and llagged for j his life. Frantically he waved back j and forth his tatterrd coat up and < ! down and across he swuog it and as I the engine came within a few feet of ( ! the man he heard the brakes and he Knew n;s missiuu waa cn;uum?;.us.ucu. ? Breathless with exertion and excite- j ment he told the conductor of the ; landslide. He^ot on the train and j went back, when the passengers learn- j ed the iacident every hand went in stinctively to ihe owner's purse and j more than $100 in cash was placed into < the hand of the penniless tramp, while j His name went mio neacquarters xcr a i mileage 'oooir which will enable him to j goon vestibules hereafter.?Herald, j iDdimaity for Italians. Washington, April 14.?The State department has struggled in vain for months to escape the necessity for assuming reponsibility for the lynching of Italian citizens .it Kahnville, La., August S, last, anJ in the attempt it has been aided by the authorities of the State of Louisiana with cDpious reports to establish the assertion that the Italians were killed not because they were Italians, Put because they x were suspected of having committed t a murder and also that they had lost!' their Italian cationality by exercising J the rights o' citizenship in LouisianaThe Baron Favs, the Italian ambassa dor, on these points are regarded as i excellent manifestations of the high- , psi. fiinloinatic stand and argument. When Secretary Olney retired he left I c the case as a legacy to the incoming f administration. He had taken the J ^ grourid that the killed were not Ital- j * ian subjects, but the Italian ambassador, by direction of his government, asserted its right to protect the raen, , and through the -evidence collected and through the Italian consul ai Xew Orleans has so fa:: established the soundness of its contention that when Secretary Sherman came to take up the matter lie was obliged to accept the Italian contention as proper and , to decide to recommend an allotment 1 for indemnity to the families of the men, and President ileKinley will so j J rccommend. j| All lack of love, all indifference to j ] others all sharp, hasty judgments, all temper, touchiness and irritation, I' all bitterness and estrangements! 1 j have their root in pride. Xo man need expect to play on a I golden harp in heaven who only contributed to the church collection on a ' mouth harmonica biisis. SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION j ! Nam's of the TTho Wilt R?i>re- j I s*ut :bits State. Below vill be found a. list of the; Ji1 elates vrbo will represent South! Carolina in the Southern Baptist Con-! vention "which v."ill sooa convene in { VV liming ton, is. (J. Tue delegates! are distributed into three classes, as! follows: 1. Those appointed by associations under the provision of the constitution which gives each district association one representative. Abbeville?W. E. .Johnson, Bamberg; alternate, W. L Durst, Greenwood. Aiken?E. E. Bcmar, Aiken. Beaverdarn?W. W. Leathers, Tu?alco; alternate, J. M. Sanders. Y/alnalla. iJArnv^eii?u. l. .hrvic. weiiiora; alternate, J. D. Hugsins, Wiilkton. Bread River?J. D. Biiley, Cowpecs; alternate, T. J. Brock, Pacolet. Colleton?S. W. Ackermaa. Round; altercate, B.IJ. Padgett, Waiterboro. Fairfield?H. K. EzelJ, "Winrsboro; alternate, E. A. McDowell, Strotkers. i Florence?R. vv. Sanders, Grecnvilie; alternate, F. P. Covington, Florecce. Greenville?J. B.Marsh, Piedmont; alternate. W.L Richards. Greenville. North Greenville?D. P. Montgomery, Spartanburg; alternate, R. F. Whilden, O'Neal. Lexington?M. J. Kyser, Brookland. j ilcriali?'L'. A. Dabney, Kersnaw; altercate, D. A. Williams, Lancaster. Oranjecurg?W. C. MeCali, Orangeburg; alternates, B. M. Foreman, Orangeburg; R. P. Galphin, St. Matthews. Piedmont?L T. Welcon, l iberty. Reedy River?Gr. A. Yv right, Newberry; alternate, J. D. Mahon, Newberry. Ridge?W. E. Thayer,Ridge Spring; alternate, W. H. Simpson. Saluda. Saluda?il. McGee, Honea Path; alternate, W. E. Hawkins, Anderson, j Santee-C. 0. liro^n, Sumter. j. Southeast?W. X3. Hoilasds, Rhecns; alternate, H. F. Oliver. Friendfield. Spartanburg,?-Li. 0. Ezeil, Woodruff. Twelve Mile River? J. M. Stewart, Pickens. Union County? L M. Rice, Unioc; alternate. J. H. Crosby, Carlisle. Welsh Neck?R. W. Lide. Darling- j: ton; alternate, B. E. Peele, Una. T T71 T" "i^ir-iT-Tv>>.if t<1 "NT 1 JLUXXV %J m XJJ. JU.VAiiU^, IV^W'.CA, .fc. 1 # | C., alternate, F. 0. Kickson, York vilie. 2. Those appointed by Associations | as delegates at the rate of one for each i $250 contributed to Home and Foreign j Missions. Bavnwell?W. D. Rice, Denmark; W. D. McMillan, BlackviUe; Arthur Buist, Blackvilie: Thos. P. Lide, Barnwell; Win. Haynsworth, Denmark: ; J. D. Huggins, Williston. Charleston?G. T. Gres'nam, Tiadal; j D. M. Ramsey, Charleston; G. B. | Buell, Charleston; W. J. Snider, Elloree; A, J- White, Foreston; alternate, A. McA. Pittman, Lake City. Chester?J. H. Yarborourra, Black. T u< ~? n ? \/r i , .blUUfc ] O . XU. JLL^ VJ1CCJ5, -U.. I W. Gordon, Fort Lawn; or B P. Esies, | Barksdale. Edis'.o?H. L. Baggott. Wagener; H. W. Cooper, Sally; J. A. Gunter, |' Warner. Edgefield?L. R Gwaltaey, Edge- j field; John Lake, Batesburg; G. W. j; Bussey. Parksville; J. P. Mealing, Augusta, Ga. Greenville?M. AI. Riley, Green- J viUe;C. S. Gardner, Greenville, C. ! H. Judson, Greenville; D. W. Key, Greenville; P. J. Vermillion, Simp scnville; T. H. Posey, Greenville;;1 alternates, J. A. Hcyt, Greenville; < W. R. "McMillan, Fork Shoals. Pee Dee? Rufus Fcrd,Bennettsvil!e; : F. M. Satterwhite, Bienheim; E. P. 1 Easterling, Tatum's Station; J. I. Al- i len, Dillon; W. L. Hayes, Marion;! W. A. Humphrey, "Marion; delegate ai large, Joseph Allen. Saluda?0. E. Horton, Williamston; J. F. Singleton, Townville; W. F.!( Ccx, Anderson; J. J. Beck, Anderson;!: -.i. * ? r < t->. u: tv.? -\XT?(..I auerniues, o. .a.. xvjumavu, jl/u^ yvcsi,, j A. J. Sitton, Au:un. Santee?A. T. Jamison, Camden. | Spartanburg?R. B. Monk, Spartan- ! burg; D. A. Switzer, Swiizer; S. T. D. ' Lancaster, Paulino; W. J. Laasston, i< Pacolet; W. H. "Waters, Woodruff;] J. L. Ouzts, Inman. Twelve Mile River?C. L. Craig, j btewart. I Welsh Neck?J. W. Perry, Hartsville; J. W. Bishop Dovesvilie; N. X. Burton, McCull. 3. The following are appointed by the Executive Board of the State Convention, on the money basis, from those whose names were_presented as likely to attend: J. H.Hudson, Bennetts ville; J. A, Bro^n, Due West; E. J. Forrester, Greenwood; F. 0. S Curtis, Ninety -Six; J. L. Sbinn, Clifton; W. C. Lindsay. Columbia; J. D. Pitts, Laurens; J B. Parrott, Clinton; ^ J. H. Boid ridge. Lancaster; M W. r Kankixt, .Loagsaore; a., vj. vviiKins, Batesfeurg; JVBeiton Watson, Anderson^. L.Martin, Anderson; C- M. Billings, Packsville: D. N. Wilburn, ^ 3ross Key;;. c The Executive Board have not felt ^ authorized to make changes or acdi- ^ ;ions in any case where an association j 2iade its appointments. Those there"ore from such associations, who apolied to the Board for appointment, : ire respectfully referred to the executttp r>ommTtt.pps nf their associations, i Dr to the Convention itself for recog- j i aition as delegates, ia accordance with j c :he arrangements allowed by the cos.- s 3tit?tion cf the Convention. j J The meeting of the Executive j}' Board was held, as previously an-1 iaounced, on the Oth instant, and the t ist herewith given was then prepared, c Iny change in it must be made by the r ielegates present a1: Wilmington. A t aumber of applications for appoint- s sent came_in after the Board had ad- j t lourned. The Board was embarrassed l :>y the iact that a number of associa- t ,ions appointed a greater number ol d lelegates than thay were entitled to. c Any brother in the above list of P lames who does not expect to go to J he Convention will please notify the jorrespon dinar secretary at once so hat other brethren who desired ap iointment may be substituted in his c jlace. c I desire to call special attention to i ? i ' ii- ? -* - - - * T if lie I0ii0'<vi0g notice given vy ilic j :ommi:iee on hospitaiity. j ? "The delegates to the Convention , ? 'rom the Slates and Territories must j j? )e certified to the entertainment com-1 nittee by the corresponding secreta- f ies of their respective States." Delegates from the associations must e De certified by Dr. Lansing Burrows, a )[ ^ugusia, u-3 By order of tae Executive Board. T. M. Bailey, Cor. Sec. j a i Two Brothers Salclde. f St. Louis, April 16.?A special to vj ;he Post Dispatch from Fayettville, I 'D irk., says: Two young sons of a r MLr. Herson, living aL Greenland, five a nile south of Fayettville. age 0 and 15 j jrears, committed suicide while their J 2 parents were m jc nj eiuviic tiau-iiig. tne boys were a:ogry because they j ^ were left at home. Both took a bath,! Pressed in their best clothes, wrote notes to their parents, pinned them on j Lhe door, took strychnine and went to ! i bed. Bo*h died before the parents re- j f turned home. The notes bade their j a oarems ffocd-byo and expressed the | i hope xb at they would meet in heaven. \ -i TiST CN THE TARIFF. An Indictative Vote L'a<xp?ct?d3y Ileach< d Iti the Seucite'. Washington, Ap*-il 14.?The nrst skirmish on thy tariff question occurred ic :he seoale tcasy. It vcss foliowed by a vote vrhich served as a ?est of strength of the various elements of the senate. The vote occurred na a radios.of Mr. Morrill (Rep) of Vermont, chairman of the committee on finance, to refer a resolution by Mr. Vest, one of the Democratic members of that commi'tee This made the issue between the representatives of the two leading elements in tne senate. A^ide from ?his the resolution was in the nature of a c.-!tici?m of Secretary G*ge and dtcbied illegal his recent order relative lo go;ds imported after April 1, when, according to the retro active clause of the pendice Dingley bill, the new tariff rates are to apply, j ilr. Morrill's motion prevailed by the clo^e vote of 24 to 23. Prior to the vote a breezy discussion occurred on several phases of the tariff. The subject came up first when Mr. Mantle presented a memorial from the wooi growers urging ample pro | lection to their industry. Hertferred 1 in this connection tojeports that Secretary North of the Wool Manufacturers' association was acting as secretary of the finance committee. Mr. Morrill denied the statement, saying this gentleman had been summoned as an expert to give information on the v/col question. Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts, Mr. Hazrley of Connecticut and Mr. Gray of Delaware j participated in the debate. Mr. Mor- j rill succeeded in cutting ofi: the debate j by calling for the regular ort?er. He j expressed the hope that there would j ? u,n I U" iiu ^rcuiaiurc UvUaiv ui <x iin uixx | not before the senate, adding tbat he j expected the bill would be reported at i an early day. _ j Debate scon carr.e up again on the j resolution of Mr. Vest, declaring ille ; gal the recent Tder cf Secretary Gage to customs oiEcers, relative to goods | imported after April 1 Mr. VtSi declared that the duty of the secretary J was to execute the existing law. In effect the order nullified ohe existing j laws. He said that no intelligent law- ! yer would declare the retroactive j clause cf the Dicgley bill to be a Jaw-: ful exercise of authority by congress, j Ic was an act of intimidation against; imnorters. I Mr. Morrill again expressed, regret; that the tariff bill was being discussed j before it had been perfected and pre- j sented to the senate. Some of these provisions now under discussion might ] be changed before reaching the senate. \ Mr. Vest answered that he had not i precipitated a tariff debate. It was! the secretary of the treasury who precipitated the question by his illegal j order. Must tne senate remain dumb, j asked Mr. Vest, while this secretary j ''drew his swoid and directed it agairst Americaa citizens!" It was an unjustifiable act against the importers, Mr. Vest asserted. Mr. Morrill moved to refer the reso- j iiuiuu iu buc iiuaiics cymoiitwc. xuis precipitated a tariff vote. Great interest was manifested in the vote and the roll call was closely followed. The vote was as follows: Yeas?Baker, Burrows, Cartor, Clark, Callom, Davis, Foraker, Frye, G-allinger, Hawley, Hanua, Hansbrough, Hoar, McMillan, Mantle, Mason, Nelson, Piatt of New York, Pritchard. j Proctor, Quay, SpDoner, Warrin, j Wellington?24. Nays?Bate, Bu Cannon, Chandler, Chilton,Coci ll,Grormau,Grray, ] Harris of Kansas, I citfeld. Lindsay, McEaery, Mavtin.' .u's. Morgan, Pas- ] rt c fTTilnC . I X 1 CL XC, i.1.^ iliio, AWiii' f sr. Turpis, Vest and Walthal?23, The only Republican rote cast against the motion was that of Mr. Chandler, while the Democrats voted sjjialy against it. They had the assistance of all the silver Republicans and Populists present except Mr. ManLie, silver Republican of Montana, who voted with the straight Republicans. Mr. Cannon (silver Republican) and Messrs. Butler and Earris of Kansas, Keitfeld, Pettigrew, ?nd Tur aer (Pop.) were recorded against the motion." Messrs. Teller and Jones and Stewart of Nevada were absent. Senator ]y?le, whose position is a question d' interest, and Senator Allen (Pop.) were also absent. A History of South Carolina Troops. A northern firm has perfected arrangements by which it will publish i history of the South Carolina iroops during the late war, written bv James r eu..~ tt ? t~ + I u. oltcuii, u: u luuu u'-juuiy. jlu lwcu;y years Mr. Strain has been gather.ng historical data for this wor?, and :ow has ready for the pr^ss one of the laest compilations of southern his to y that can be found anywhere. It is he fruit of years of indefatigable lajot on the pari; of Mr. Strain. He has levoted all his time *.nd labor to this work. Mr. Strain was urged by his rieuus ior ma posiuou. oi state uisio ian at the time Gen. H. L. Farley vas appelated by Gov. Evans to take sharge of that work. Had he been ippointed the worfc would no doubt lave b;en finished loDg ago. The >tate, being so slow to recognize his corth and ability, iias missed his services altogether. He is a poor, one egged confederate soldier and is to be ongratuiated upon the success of his mdertaking. Tinkering WItii a Pistol. New York, April 15.?Wolls Clinch, a flour broker and a member >f the produce exchange, accidentally hot and killed himself this afternoon rhile apparently cleaning a revolver n his oilier. He was found dead late a the afternoon'by a porter in the 'Uilding. The body was seated in a hair at a desk, one hand clutchiag a evolver, of which one chamber had een emptied. On the desk was a j crew driver and a bottle of oil and [ hp rlAari man had evidfirflv heen \ inkering r'ith the revolver. Between he feet of the corpse was a cigar hol.er, coatainicg a partially smoked igar. Flinch was a member of tie troduce exchange for more than 3D ears. Drivon frotn their Som??. Memphis, Tenn., April 15.?The onditioa of the people ia Bolivar cuaty, Mississippi, is deplorable. Tne Jailed States ollicer detailed there ound twenty-two thousand persoas ependent upon charity because of ligh water. It will b2 many weeks teiore taese ocupie can jju iu wum uu arms er eara a living. Six monthe go fifteen thousand of them were in independent circumstances. The rivr at*ilemphis is forty-five miles wids nd stationary. Tragedy at IJreakfast. Chicago, April 11?5V"hiie seated. ,t breakfast this morning. Matthias : )uster, 22 jears old, vras shot aud , netantlv L-i!!pH hv .Tnhn Formiller. lis father in-law. Before ni? body ! Lad fallen from the c'.iair, Formilier laced the weapon to his own head ,ad fired. He was removed 10 St. Elizabeth's hospital, but died a few ainutes after his arrival there. The hooting wss trie result of a quarrel vhich arose during the morning meal. The time lo do a good thing is when oucan. Unimproved opportunities ^ re a _ j Lever reiuru. n yuu. uuu. n iu yvur lower today and here to help a stru^ ;iing soul, you are guilty before God f you fail to stretch out your hand, tomorrow will be too late. mtmammmmb "tw i r.onrim i cavcc vr.nw^ D2inc , ' s/w.w * j i Mrs. Yancey, of Charleator, Goes to Covington in Search of her Hatband. j Covington, April 15 ?There arrived in Covington last night a very pretty and attractive young woman, whose coming has revealed a romance of raost interesting proportions- She is the tv7o-months? bride of young Dr. W. B. Yancey, of this place. She came alone and the object of her visit is to join her husband, from -whom she is separated by reasons strange and mysterious. She is the daughter of a wealthy citizen of Charleston, S. 0., j o-nr? tjtoc yy-?oy*>"oH tr* "Pi t* "Y~ a r> n&xr xxr Ti 11a 1 V4 1 Tt*j liiaiiivu kV . i. au\/V/j ? j be was on a visit to that city in February. He is a newly graduated I physician and is about 26 years old. I He is now at Carrollton and it is said | that his young wife has just ome j from that town. Just why the young | couple have separated so soon after [ marriage is not clearly known. The Journal's correspondent called on the bride today and asked her for a statement in regard to the matter. She talked readily' of her trouble and seenssto think that the whole difficulty has been caused by Dr. Yancey's familrr She is pretty and well educated, and I her father is said to be a man of large means. Mrs. Yancey said: I was married on February 19, 1897, at the home of my parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Ken| nedy, at 13 Cumming street, Charlesi ton, S. C. My husband had intended [ to start a practice in Augusta, Ga., | | and made arrangements to board with | a private family on Greene street, in i good circumstances. Instead of doing so, he -took me to the Arlington hotel, where we stayed three days, then boarded at a place on Broad street kept by very nice people. I was ill from nervous prostration brought on by worry in the preparation for my wedding. Then he was trrtHr.Pcc Ksit. si?II TftfriXftd j hang out his shingle. I begged him I to start in Charleston, but he refused to go there on account of my father's wealth. He was full of what is termed 'pride,' and did not care to 'hang on to nay father's back gats'?those were his words. I then agreed to come to Covington with him. Ee brought ! me to his father's house in Covington, j I am a strict Roman Catholic, and j Ben professes no denomination and i had agreed to leave me to my belief, ! bat not so with certain other members ! of his household, who quoted Scripture | and made harm. It is simply a case i of too much people in the twentieth i century fighting against the eighteenth | century. I love my husband, and i still care for him. All he needs is the 'get up and git1 his wife has, and which she is noted for in South Carolina. That is all there is about it. I nave seen mm in uarrouion. ne is wholly under the influence of a Dr. Hitcbccck, who told me himself that I had no right to marry a poor man. All I want is my husband. Nobody has a right to interfere between man and wife. I married him for better or worse." Dr. Yancey, the young husband, went, to Carroll ton about a week ago and" is said to have begun the practice of his profession there. He is a son of one of the most prominent physicians in this section, and is well known. Dr. E. H. Yancey, father of Dr. W. B. Yancey, says his son's wife, Doilie Kennedy Yancey, is of unsound mind and reckless. He is not in favor of his sen living with her longer.?Atlanta Journal. The Wounded Slayer Dies. Laurens, April 14.?Samuel young colored, who lulled Jesse Wiatt in a Oght on Sunday, died last night of pistol wounds received in that fight. The Piano for a Lifetime, The Piano of the Sonth, The Piano Sold Most Reasonably. That's the popular Mathashek, sold for a Quarter of a Century past by the old reliable liudden & Bales Southern Music House of Savannah, Ga. Its a great Piano everyway, and one of the many reasons for its popularity is ine iact, conceaea oy an, mat it is more specially adapted for our South, era Climate than any other Piano made. Ludden & Bates are now interested in the LIathusees Factory, and have largely reduced Prices on their Latest Styles. See their new advertisement in this issue, and write them. Indigestion. From which springs, directly or indirectly, nearly every form of headache, and sick tieadaone never seperated therefrom, is surely acid speedily relieved and cared by the use of "Hilton's Life for tie Liver and Kid ? r\ . ? nr. : 11 ueys, uac to: ujluc win of its merit. Try it. Sjld by dealers generally. < The trustworthy cure for the Whiskey, Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Habits. For further information addres3 Tie See'ey Institute, or Draper 27, (J.iiuiubla, S. C. WE WANT APARTNER IN EVERY TOWN. Puitraisi^rs, Kallro.vJ Amenta, 'recers store Keepers, Clerks, Ministers, or any V%^w5^r> r#rt ^4-!^ in<ar. Mr umui. v/oiovu, IUUJ \ji "uv w?^ devote a little or all of their time to om business. We do not want ?ny money It advance, and pay large commissions tc those who work Tor us- We have the bea Familv Medicines on earth, and can Dro isca lots of testimonials Crom oar borne pa^pie. Send for biank application and circular, Address BKAZLLIAN MEDICINE GO., BfA Broadway, An? sta, (ia SEE HERE. IS YOUR LIViR ALL RIG IT? J Are yoar Sidneys la a 'ie il'i/ condition If so, Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys will keep them so. If not, Hilton's Life for the L ver and Kidneys will make them sc. A 25c hottle TiJl V/UUVIUW*? you of thl3 & fact. Taken regularly 3'ter meals It is au aid to ^ digestion, cures habitual constipation, and thus refreshes and clears both body and mind. SOLD WBOLESAIE BY 5?u??ay Dfu^ \ COLUMBIA, S. 0. AND] Or. E. BASK. Uaarieaton. a <J. Advice to Mothers. We tafce pleasure in calling your alien tlon to a remedy so long needed in carrying children eafeiy through the critical stage of teething. It is an Incalculaole bleS3ing to mother and child. If you arc A^ n f ntrtVf rrrff H o c?nV ! \a :nyn - ? v ftav&j. ? sl'wzk, jl4.cci-u-lj Seetblrs-g child, use Pitts' Carminative, It wlL' give Instant relief, ana regulate ttie 7 bowels, and make teething safe and easy. It will cure Dysentery and Diarrticoa. ?itte Carminative is an instant 'elief for colic of infants. It will promowo digestion, give tone and energy to the stomach and bowels. The glcJc, puny, suffering child will soon become the fat and frolicting; joy of the household. It is very ple^aan-r to the taste and only cost 25 cents per b jJtle, sold by druggists and by THE MCJSisAY DBUO CO., Columbia, S. 0. Machinery AND -m supplies. n Engines, Boilers; Saw Hills, Corn Mills, Wheat Mills, Planers, Brick Machines, - x Moulders, Gang Edgera. And all kinds of Wood Worfcinsz Ma cbinery. ITo on^ in t&e South can offer you higher grada go ids, or at lower prises. Talbott, Llddell and Watertown Engines. We are only a few hours ride from ycu. Write for prices. Light, Variable Feed Plantation Saw Mills a Specialty.,' , J V. 0. Badham. General Agent, *911 COLUMBIA, S. C. goT?T?T?T???T<3^^^^ I'lf^nnouwi iiiiiiiiiuijiiim The Piano for a Lifetime, Tte Piano of tlie Souti, | Tie Piano Sold Kost Seasonably. I ? The old, original Mathushek, sold by us | | for over a quarter of a century and the 3 g delight of thousands ofSouthernhomes. I | More Math asheks-used South than of j % any other one make. - s | Lovely New Styles at Reduced Prices, < | cheaper than ever before known. Styles once $435, now $325. } . | $100 saved every fcuyer^ j, g How, because we are now interested in \ || the great Mathushek factory,' supply- j a purchasers direct, and save them all in-1' j? termediate profits. Write cs. I LUDDEX &, BATES, ? * . , j. |j Savannah, Ga-, and New York City. j HOT MliLEiOmOK 3 0 "" !* ^ ^ No Danger, in Curing One Habit, or Fofisi-u.:15G ANOTHER. 1 ' .. OPIUM (Morphine, Laudanum) Etc., Ccazp.;v ix fsox Foce to Six Weeks. > LIQUOR DISEASE ' . J Cured Usually in Four Weeks. Also Tob vcco Habit and Nervous Diseases v The Cure has been endorsed by the Legis. lature of six States and one Territory; by ' the National Government in the Soldiers' ': Homes and in the regular army; by many ; local authorities in the cure of indigent drunkards (morphine and liquor); by Miss . " i Wallard, the W. C. T. U.; Francis Murphy, * ' Neal Dow and the I. 0. G. T.; by prominent men all over the land: by 300,000 cored patients, more than 20,000 of these being physicians. _ The Leslie E. Keeley Company and the Keeley Institute of S. C. are responsible corporations which couid not afford to pat forth any claim that the} are unable to prove. For printed matter and terms, address, J THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, or Drawer 27. Columbia, S. C. -:-J Mention this paper. : I?\TMli\JEV " A ; BOILERS,:;; SAW MILLS,. :., gristmills; " 1 AT FACTORY 1 PRICES. "i E. W. SCREVEN, | COLUMBIA, P. O. J j ' <?SS