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MKBWMWI.HI ' * '?' 11 * " _ ' ' />Tm i -rvn i /1AM CMT Is LTi'AV&lj lyUlUiUI'iiV'UiUUlJ ?- I j ? r (OONTINDBU) FJtOM I'AUK ONK. | be on equal terms with other foreigners. s Think you, that England, under simi n lar circumstances, would content her- n self with deplomacy while British E property was being confiscated or de- I stroyed and her citizens imprisoned s without trial? Our whole people sym- jj pathize with the brave patriots, whose p women have even formed companies a of Amazons, preferring this to the n fate which awaits them under Wey- a lers brutal decreees. What a strange p struggle it is against the barbaric des- \ Sotisru of the 13th century for freer?rr> fnr> fhot fnoailrtm which should fi be the birthright of the 19th century? a Maceo and Gomez, have made cam- v paigns that have equalled the "rally t! campaign." Illustrated by the daring g genius of Jackson and Stewart, and v yet, we halt aud hesitate about even t! according them the rights of civilized s warfare. Silent, while brave men are y shot like dogs, little children butcher- t ed and tender women turned over to v the brutalities of the "South Com- c pauy." The imagination sickness, the s mind revolts, civilization shoulders, ti andturnBits eye upon us, "Land of Q the Free and the Brave," she asks why s do you permit these atrocities? Is n tnai wnai me aionroe .uocirine means: s You were struggling1 under a foreign yoke, whose "Stamp Act" was a be- 8 ni to the lightest touch of Wey- a lers cruel hand. France sent you La n Fayette. Have you sent the gal- c lant Fitz Lee, to veturn the debt that tl you owe the Goddess of Liberty?" If so. you should have sent him not y alone, but clothed in lightning, and to g speak in the voice of thunder. You h say the people rule? They have said 0 "Cuba must be free," and yet your Executive, halts and hesitates^JisTt' ^ because, Spain thetoothless g Wolf' has moi^teeta than vou have? I Yes, Spaiji^ifavy outnumbe rs ours, i ?- ___ ^^SiSner standing army is more than i we my iiujcs as g ran,. nu& 10 uui- ^ thine war is another. The time is at t hand, when in self defense, it must c truly be "America for Americans:" v When the Monroe doctrine" must be- 5 come a living tangible reality, not an t' "irredscent dream," received abroad v with a contemptuous sneer. p ** WHAT SHALL WE DO? g I maintain that in Naval affairs, we ^ should follow the example of England, P who while making provision for the a army by annual appropriations, pro- e vides for her navy by permanent 2 statue, thus taking it clear out of the * 4 ?" -fi domain 01 pontics, xne navy can *' only be used for public defence, and 6 theprotection of our citizens in a for- 6 eign country. In land forces our pres- a ent system improved and perfected is P safe, and can be made efficacious. A small compact standing army, a well ? organized militia, kept up and owing " allegiance to the various States, is the a only way to prevent the centrilization b of the military power of this country in the hands of one maD. The mill- " tia force of the State however must be r< effective and fully able to suppress all disorder within its borders. If an il- " lustration is needed, recall tne "ueos " Strike" when the President sent Federal troops into the State of Illinois against the protest of her Governor, n the excuse being that it was an insur- ^ rection beyond local control. The f< fact that a large and conservative class ? in this country approved this violation y of State rights, renders the precedent f only the more dangerous. If, howev- 11 er tne States are to provide an effective militia nnt nnlv for nolinn duties. s' but really to take the place of a standing army, they must have trained and a educated officers. It will not do to 0 trust to chance or liap-hazard. For- ? merly, men built temples to Fortune, ? the Goddess whose eves were blind- b folded. They waited for her to pass, ^ trusting by luck or boldness to seize her. But a new era has begun, a day " of specialities, where no amount of ei genius or luck can supply the lack of * special training. " Now men, and nations depend on t' tha Mrfoctad instrument, science and ? labor. P The National Government, depends on West Point, to turn out the perfected soldier. If the States would _ not have the Federal Government . absorb and centralize all the Martial Spirit" and military power of this j riniintrrr t.hev must nAvn similar insti tutions, Qwing allegiance to, and depending upon State bounty for sup- ? port If we would hand down unim- ? paired to posterity, the priceless heri- 9 tage of republican liberty, if we mean that that the civil shall continue to control the military arm, in both peace t and war in adversity as well as pros- . perny, men lei us iosier an eacn oiaie a citizen soldiery, ready at all times to . defend the national honor, but who . are trained in the belief, that the best j means of preserving national life, is by the preservation of individual rights and local self government. If the Federal government, would send out from West Point the perfected instru. ment and fit type of the national soldier, then let us, from similar institutions in the States, send out his compliment, the perfected instruments, the fit tyDe of the citizen soldier. TWO STATE WEST POINTS. There are two State West Points inthe South that should forever command wiikli/i /(ATtfi/lannQ onrl oiinnrvtii tlio \ " i *? puuuu wuuuwuvv, auuouj/puiv buu * n ^ ginia Military Institute and South Carolina Military Academy. Standing out bold and unique, the "military set up"isas destructive as that of West Point. True nurseries of the citizen soldier, the safeguard of the republic. Long may they live. In every town in the South, their young men are found as officers of militia imparting scientific and technical knowledge as a laborof love. THE CITADEL FORMER. Young men, you may well be proud of your alma mater, here is a glorious record and it is for you to see that the high standard of excellence is maintained, where a Hagood, a Capers, a Coward aid a Thomas placed it. On one occasion after Rome had been sacked by barbarians, there was a meeting :>f the Senate to determine the question of removing the seat of empire to another place. The coun- 1 sels of the weak and demoralized were ( about to nrevail whrni snmn hold old i Roman exclaimed, "Rome forever." i It was electrical in its effect. < Do not permit ,the seat of your em- \ pire to be removed to another place. < Her home is the "City by the Sea," i fanned by the gentle ocean breeze, and i the soft breath of the Magnolia. A few heroic exclamations, "The Citadel forever," and she lives.; Scarred by battle, torn by earthquake and devastated by fire, she has survived it all; what shame and ignominy to permit her, in this the noonday of lire, to wither and die, a slow, / ure death by starvation,her beautiful imb^ like the beggar stretched by the oadside. STATE SUPPORT. There it must be confessed a deep eated and just conviction among the lasses, that we are spending too nuch money for higher education and lot enough for the common schoob. t cannot be denied that our education ystem is top heavy, but there is no nstitution in the State performing the peculiar work of the citadel. There re few in the South so well Gtted for rtllliowfr inoiil niiAnc Yinw co Tha li'foi*. LftAilbCVl J I UOblbUVlVUO U<JI OU AilU A A VU1 ry tiaiuing is duplicated in many ilaces, but the military at few save Vest Point. If I thought the destruction of every itatecollege was necessary to give us complete common scnool system, I rould be in favor of doing away with hem all, for I believe in the greatest ood to the greatest number. This should not however increase one iota he efficiency of our common school ystem Indeed I think the contrary rouId be true, for a careful study of he census -will show, that the States nth the best facilities for higher eduation, have the best common school ystems. In South Carolina, it is cerainly true, for since the building of 'lemson and the agitation upon the ubject of schools there has been a aarked improvement in the free chool system of this State, and there i plenty of room for more. Some uperficial thinkers imagine that State ia for colleges and common schools, est upon different governmental priniples, because they claim one is for fpro thA nt h?r fnr thfi man v. Thin I > partly true as a fact but the man rho uses that as an argument against tate aid for colleges, fails to compreend the basis upon which rests ihe bligfttiOn of a government to educate ls children. He confounds the indiidual, with that great complex aggre ation of individuals, called the State, le utterly confuses private with pubic rights. Individually, I, John L. McLaurin, lave no more right to demand that he State pay for the tuition of my hildren, than I have to expect it to iay my doctor's bill, or other items of nmeotiV ovnAnaft Tfc is the Dllblic. not be individual interest in the matter, srhich creates the duty and gives importance to education as a matter of overnment policy. Viewed in this ight it is easy to see that the same rinciple applies to common school nd college. Another has said, "State ducaiion rests upon great public rounds, its foundations are political nd moral, and it is only permissible rom the close relationship, which the xperience of ages has demonstrated 1 xists between the public welfare and 11 the elements of traditional pros- i erity on the one nand and the en- i ?atenm=mt of the population on the i er." It is not for the rich that tate aid is wanted they can get it i ny way either in or out of the State, ut many a poor lad has made a great ] lan, through a collegiate education, om State aid, when he could have I iceived it in no other way. i There should be ample educational icilities in this State so that none i eed go abroad for an education. ! A MILITARY SCHOOL. 1 There is something peculiar about a I nlitary school, the uniform, the > ?gular routine, the discipline aud ' jrmalities, is fascinating and for < >me natures no place will so well de- i elop the best that is in them. I know needed just such training to hold me | 1 check. i I often laugh now at how much we ! x>od in awe of Colonel Thomas, his i )rmal politeness, dignified bearing i nd military promptness, absolutely verwhelmed us. He was a bigger lan to us than the "Czar of all the I Russia's." How every boy that had i een up to some devilment trembled i rhen we were drawn up in line and i le Colonel walked slowly up and < own and looked at us. I have sull'eri the tortures of trial, condemnation . ovoonlinn fnr> T {ftli hfl wfl& Innlf. ig right straight at me, and knew i lat I broke gareison last night. What sigh of relief, I heaved when he assed, and what a mental vow I wore. Never, never, to do so any- i lore. To tell the truth I haven't got ntirely over it yet. I remember i leeting the Colonel a few years ago a Columbia, with a cigar in my aouth, and boys, before I knew what was doing, I slipped it out of my nou'h, eased it round behind me, ana ut into the gutter. Perhaps I ought o say however that it wasn't a very ood cigar, but if it had been a 50 cent ull havanah, I would never stand up nd smoke in Colonel Thomas' face, .nd he is the last man on earth that would wish to know that I was guil y of a dishonorable or mean thing, ind there is no treasure I value more han his conlidence and respect. A eacher and a school like that is what ! want for my boy. PROBLEMS OF THE HOUR. Coming fresh from the great centre )f political activity, a few thoughts on ,he problems of the hour will not be imiss. Mo man of intelligence doubts ,hat we are in a period of rapid political and social evolution. Everybody 'eels that there is something out of fear in this huge governmental ma;hiDe, because it does not respond eadily, as in days of yore, to the popular wish or need. The rapid growth of executive power is fast jrystalizing a contest between Congress, representing the people, and the Executive, representing entrenched monopoly. It is the same old fight of Parliament and King, waged by our ancestors. Political scicnce has not kept pace with the inventive genius of the age in physics. There has been do political Morse or Edi3on, to turn X rays into the vitals, lay bare the secret cause and cure the disease which affects the body politic. Every quack in the nation has scratched his head, looked wise and prescribed a nostrum, hut. the natient is no better than she was three years ago, when heroic treatment was prescribed. The people feel that something is wrong. You cannot put it into words, that vague, troubled unrest pervades the masses to day. If no statesman rises up to blaze the wav, the instinct of the peo pie will in tne end lead us aright. That OTisHnm which comes from the concentrated thought of many people may commit excesses follow false light and go astray for awhile, but in the and truth and right prevaileth. God's gift of instinct to the uneducated masses is something more wonderful than the light of reason. The trained orafr?r mnv dflsrant innolished periods on the beauties of the situation and prove that everything is all right, but the masses?the mob?while he talks, sullenly say everything is wrong and nothing will ever be right until we rise up and right it. Obedient to this instinct, thrones, dynasties, church and State have gone down before the wrath of the people. They couldn't tell in words why, for like the tiger pierced by the arrow, the sullen hate and fury of a people's wrath can find no words and Lath no bounds?a cruel wrath, that makes no distinction between the good and the bad, the false and the true, a foolish wrath, which makes an ideal to-day of the demagogue who best plays upon the fierce frenzy of the passing whim or caprice, u hila to-morrow they cut his head off and set up a new idol; a dreadful wrath, whose inad breath withers justice, and sends mercy trembling out of sight, while vice and virtue guilt and innocence, patriotism and selGshness, are swept into a common grave. Then, exhausted, slowly and painfully society struggles on its feet again, old abuses ancl worn out traditions have ieen shattered, :ind out of chaos comes order, and humanity makes another milestone. The last century behold the changes and phantasies of the French Revolution, when with a common instinct the masses rose and went in search of equality, and liberty, leveled all ranks, trampled in the dust thrones and crowns, only to seemingly establish a despotism more profound. Yet the seed sown in the bosom of each nation then, in these latter times have borne fruit. A Lafeyette came to fight for American independence. A jefferson returned bearing the grand simple message,''all men are born free and sq'ual." Not equals in courage, intellect and ener* 1 ' 1 1 . f gy, dui equais in opportunities Deiore the law?no specially favored classes or individuals, but each man, each class, with exactly the same opportunity to make the most of God given gifts. a grand conception. What a grand conception these fathers of the young republic had of the function of government! Here was realized the dream of liberty, for which through many a tragic century the lowly and oppressed had yearned and fearlessly fought and proudly died. How is it now? Special legislation has created specially favored classes. Giant trusts ana monopolies laugh at law, and all property steadily gravitates toward the possessors of wealth. Toilers increase, while labor saving machinery passes into the control of capital, and worker competes with worker for work. The tyranny of party caucus and faction has well nigh robbed the masses of the power to govern, by arraying in hostile camps those whose interests are identical. The people feel this, they ' --j -?? nAtTTOwlaCC frt opt KLLUW, ttuu jrci. acoiu punonwxi w There is some hidden force struggling for expression and Hading no national exponent or depository, which shakes the fabric like some mighty gi ant straining to break his bonds. A vague, troubled unrest?that is what the Alliance,the Knights of Labor and kindred organizations mean. The people are all right, and were it not for the selfishness and meanness of those who thrive by playing on ignorance and prejudice, the problem would soon be settled. New tools, new methods and new institutions must be devised to take the place of those that are worn out or have served their purpose. It is ever thus in the evolutionary progress of humanity. The will of the people will find some channel if, like the river, it must leave the bed and cut its course anew. We talk about the stability of our x 1 j ? - ? government uaatu uu a wnnou ^institution; this amounts to nothing, for like quicksand it is forever .?hifting and changing to suit new thoughts and new times, either to bless or curse. A. great Italian statesman has said: "The actual state of society is war, active, irreconcilable war, on every side and in everything. Never has the struggle, as old as the world itself, between fact and right, fatalism and liberty, assumed a character more universal than at present." Never, perhaps, on the one side, in the history of man has there been such a period of social, political and moral uneasiness; never did the conflict between labor and capital appear more irreconcilable, and never greater the discontent with existing conditions, nor the distrust of the governing power. On the other side, as a counterbalance, never has there been more true charity, never mnre earnest elforts for the abatement of human suffering, woe and sin. Social wounds were never so fearlessly probed, their origin sought and cure attempted with brave compassion. Political rights were never more fearlessly expounded, nor more earnest efforts made to strike the fetters from the soul and mind of man, as shackles have been from the limbs of the slave. Upon us, young men, and upon our generation is devolved the duty of settling these complex problems. Oar destiny as a nation is in our own hands. We can make it what we will. Our salvation lies in educating the people to an intelligent and patriotic use of the ballot, when men shall vote not for faction or party, but for country; not in narrrw prejudice, but from enlightened self interest. There is a disease which means death. First, a small spot on the hand; it spreads to arms, limbs and face; the tlesh wastes away and the eyes glare in fleshless sockets; the once beautiful body becomes a living corpse, filled with corruption; and with a shriek of mad despair, the leper llees irom the haunts of men, to die amid the tombs, with parched tongue and dry eye, crying, "Unclean, unclean." POLITICAL LKPROSY. There is a disease as deadly and as dangerous to national life. When men vote to gratify hate and envy, or in sullen despair and disgust remain away from the polls and refuse to participate in the affairs of government, it is the small spot on the hand, whose ravages unchecked, will spread like a dry rot to all parts of the system. It means abandoning the country to the professional politician, whose horizon is bound by the dollars and cents he can wring from the public treas ury. Iu means, that henceforward we have abandoned regular and will adopt irregular methods of righting wruuga. xi xiicuua t&uarcujr. u mcaus revolution. The man who remains away from the ballot box is as culpable as the man who makes a bad use ol a God given privilege. When men shall use the ballot as a high and sacred trust, then, and not till then, will the dream of the early fathers of the Republic be realized and every ill and woe tbatafilicts the nation find a sure and safe cure. John Davis well says, "the ballot is our River Jordan, the quiet and simple healer of all our political maladies, A ?ilr /-? r iliik pAnan o n i on/1 {Via LUC m & Ui uiu vwvuuaiu, aim biic uuij hope and refuge from anarchy and tyranny." Like Namaan, the leper, we must dip in the River Jordan, or perish as nations have done before of a loath some leprosy, crying to God, "Un- ] clean, unclean." Let none shirk the duty, for all ] alike are called to labor in behalf of J peace and civilization, and it is this in- ( spiration which marks the boundary ] line between the statesman and demagogue, the philanthropist and hypocrite. Your life or mine is but a drop of water to the mighty ocean of na- 1 tional, but both have our work great or small that God intends none other shall do; we must do it ourselves, or through all eternity it remains undone. Your lines may lie in easy places, mine amid thorns and briars, but duty done, it is all the same in the end. The "Well done, good and faithful servant," will bless us both. Let us not deceive ourselves by a blind fatalism, crying, "Oh, the country will takecareof itself." God only helps those who help themselves. "The price of liberty is eternal vigilance." The old Roman cried, "Roman forever," and yet the Appian Way of the "Eternal City" resounds no longer with the shouts of freemen Once the home of whatever was great and brilliant, sold at auction by her Praetorian guard to the highest bidder, she is now the seat of whatever is base and ignoble in human nature. Once the proud mistress of the Universe, she speaks to the world onlv through crumbling porticoes and moss grown J ruins. s Her once great rival, Carthage, per- 1 ished and leaves scarce a vestige of her ( ruins to remind us of that once migh- j tv sovereign of commerce. Greece, ! the mother of arts and sciences, lies prostrate under the cruel yoke of igno- J ranee and barbarism. The slavish ten- j ant of the harem bas succeeded the ' Spartan mother, and serfs and slaves ( people the land of Leonidas and Peri- ' cles. Let us learn from the lesson of 1 the past. This is God's school to teach ! nations the way of wisdom. TO THE YOUNG MEN. Pardon me, ladies and gentlemen, for overstepping my time; a word to these young men and I am done. Tomorrow, you begin the real battle of life. It is a struggle in which, untiring energy, sell denial and persistent application can alone win success. No amount of genius will succeed like hard work. The most successful men are the hardest workers. I have a Iriend who was born in the same town and went to school with Edison. This man has the genius of work himself, and he says Edison is the hardest studeDt and worker that tv>ere is in the world. He told me that when Edison had some great idea praying upon his mind and striving toburst forth in some wonderful invention that he was like a man in a dream, thought of nothing else, retired to his study or work-shop, where food and water were brought from time to time, but were hardly tasted, until he accomplished his work. Sometimes days were spent in that ! manner. The world sees the phonoeranh. the telephone and the electric , light, but it knows, nothing of the days of toil and disappointment, of the sleepless nights with their expenditure of brain and nervous energy. No laborer, dependent on daily toil for bread, no convict within the walls of your penitentiary, toils as do some of the statesmen that I know in Washington. I often look at Dingley or "Old Joe Cannon," and wonder how many hours a day they nave worked all these long years to master all the details of legislation and acquire their vast fund of information. Real success, true greatness and happiness mean a life lived for something out of ourselves, whose ideals are broader than our petty ills and woes. "Through all the thronging marls of life, Where men rush to and fro, In battle scene or mortal strife, Forever come and go; Some lag behind, some go astray, Some lead the marching van, Thank Qod! 'mid thousands on the way, There's once in a while a Man. "Among the countless millions of the past, ' Who swept like phantoms by, Cowered, beneath each rising blast, And all forgotten lie, A few loomed up like tall pine trees, Bore every curse and ban, To float some banner on the breeze, There's once in a while a Man. "Thousands in greedy haste for gain, In panting after gold, Wreck all at once a noble name, Their honesty is sold, Here and there a few stand firm, From truth and right they never turn, Shine like stars, over all the land, There's one in a while a Man. "Some bind their hearts with bands of steel, To piteous calls they never yield Their money, love or pride; But here is one and there is one, Willi heart to give and plan. omiiica iu iuc suui, naiui mc niiu, There's once in a while, a Man. "A (rembling cause to save the lost, To lift, the mo9t forlorn, Wins from the crowd, Who count the cost, The ready sneer of scorn; Just then, some noble Soul, Will bring his wealth, power and hand, And every angel harp will ring, There's once in a while a Man. Young gentlemen, fame and riches are to be desired, hut if all of us instead of devoting our lives to their mad pursuit would more cultivate and practice those simple courtesies, humani ties, ana virtues wnica auorn ana beautify human life, we would be happier, and the world better. Fame and riches may be secured by low cunning and rapacity. Arrogance and pertinacity may raise you far above your intellectual and moral superiors, and place one in the chiefest seat of ambition, but vulgar admiration can never atone for the conscious lack of those simple, but grand attri butes, that constitute the ideal of the modern gentleman. These fertilize the lowliest glades of human existence and best adorn the mountain tops. Mr. McLauren's address was well received and he was liberally applauded at its close. Colonel Coward then introduced the first honer graduate, Cadet S. P. J. Garris of Colleton. Mr. Garris took for his subject, "What is to be my future V" Cadet B. J. Murphy of Union was the other speaker, holding up as a model for young men the life of Robert E. Lee. Colonel Coward then presented the chairman of the board of visitors the graduating class of 17 young men, to whom Gteneral Hagood then presented diplomas. The names of the graduates in the order of graduation are as follows: S. I\ .1. (Jarris, Colleton ; 13 J. Murphy, Union; T. W. Carmichael, Ma rion; A. II. Marchant, Orangeburg; P. K. llolman, Sumter; S. W. Carwile, KdgeGeld; E. J. Rogers, Abbeville; S. M. Martin, Barnwell; J, P. Galvin, Charleston; E. C. Wilcox, Polk count v. N. C.; P. A. McMaster, Richland; G. L. Dickson, Sumter; J. E. Taylor, Richland; .1. S. Matthews, 1 Barnwell; E. Croft, Greenville; J. P t 3-uess, Barnwell; G. II. Kaminer, \ Richland. t REPUDIATE M'KINLEY. Jj ? a Die Mliinenota Silver Republican* Will C Not Support Him. j St. Paul, Minn., Julv 2.?The most i lensational manifesto in Minnesota's *] listory was that issued this afternoon \ ly the Silver Republicans, who refuse \ l/\rr frtH PnaQI/lant aupput l lUUIVlUJCj IVI X ivwimvuv, I Plough for governor, or any of the , [Republican candidates for congress. c rhe prominence of the men signing it ^ ittracts to it wide spread attention, t ^.mong the number are Lieutenant t Governor Prank A. Day, Congress ( nan Charles A. Towne, ex-Congressnan John Lind and several State Sen- ] itors. The address is issued to the Re- j publicans of Minnesota and says: "The greatest issue which has arisen j a this country since the abolition of , African slavery now confronts the t American people. The common peo- j ?le have viewed with increasing alarm ( he attempts of a foreign money aris- t ocracy to fasten upon this nation the j linglegold standard of value. In the v jast they turned with the inspiration j )f faith to the Republican party for t jrotection against that power which t leeks to strike down one half the re- s lemption power of the world that the i )ther half may purchase double the ^ imount of the products of toil. They e ladaright to expect such protection, rhe Republican party was born of the jommon people. Its mission nas been o dignify labor, to secure to him wIid ? oils in the field or mine the just fruits )f honest labor. From the day of the c jarty's birth until the present time no i irticle of Republican faith has been } nore pronounced than the belief in i jimetalism, It has been written in : ts platforms and taught by all its jreat leaders. In its national conven,ion in 1888 it condemned "the policy )f the Democratic administration in its jfforts to demonetize silver." "In 1892, in its platform adopted in Minneapolis, it declared in favor of < 'old and silver as standard money. | Ln 1894 the Republican party of Min | iota reaffirmed its belief in bimetalism, < ind that the restoration of silver as lltimate money to the currency of the world is absolutely necessary for the srosperity, proper rate of wages and he welfare of the people. "Nearly every Republican State contention in 1894, condemned, either !n express terms or by implication, ,he single gold standard. James Gr. Blaine well expressed the belief of ;he Republican party when he de jlared: "I believethe struggle was joing on in this country and in Jtber countries for a single gold standard would, if successful, produce widespread disaster in and throughout Lhe commercial world." "The action of the national Repub lican convention at St. Louis has repudiated the fundamental doctrine of 3ur party. The single gold standard has been endorsed. The Republican party no longer stands for both gold ind silver as primary money, but for ?old only. We cannot accept the new faith, and we will hold steadfastly to the old, The policy of gold monometilism means prolonged and intensified depression; an endless and hopeless ira of falling prices for our farmers ind other producers; continued uncer tainty of employment for our workingmen, with lessening wages follow ing the fall in the prices of the products of labor; discouragement of all snterprises, and in the end universal bankruptcy and gravitation of all money into the hands of money broksrs. It means the obliteration of the i great middle class, the yeomanry of the nation, and the division of the , people into the very rich and the very poor. These Republicans who believe in the use of both gold and silver as the money of ultimate payment and their free coinage in our mints must Bither submit in silence or speak out boldly in condemnation of this policy so disastrous to the people. On matters - ' * 1 ? I 1 I oi viiai principle no uaaucau ue oskcu to submit to party dictation. Every man who places country above party, and whose sympathies are with the producers as against the money brokers and bond holders, owes a duty to his conscience and to his country which can only be discharged by put ting forth every effort in his power that the blight of the single gold standard may not be fastened upon this people." L.udden & Bated ?re Your .lien. If you want to buy a Gne piano direct from factory, and without paying middlemen's profits, write the wellknown Southern Music House of Ludden & Bates, Savannah, Ga., about it. They are your men. They manufac ture the new Ludden & Bates piano. They own an interest in the great Mathushek Piano, sold by them for twenty-five years past They control almost the entire output of the facto ry and have just opened lan?e whole sale warerooms in New YorK City. They sell from factory direct to puram/1 MHM/tnAnaMa oil i n ox. l/iiaacra auu aavc puicuaooio an iuuu I mediate profits. They are your men. Read their latest advertisement in tcis issue and write them either at Savannah, Ga., or New York City. A Terrible Accident. By the collapse of a large part of a coal mine near Pittston, Pa., early Monday morning, over 100 men wtre entombed and probably killed. A night force of miners were engaged in attempting to brace up the roof of the mine, when the cave-in occurred and was followed by an explosion. The superintendents, foremen and other olhcials, including the mayor pro tem of Pittston, are buried in the pit, and therefore information concerning the accident and the number of men who were in the mine at the time, is not known. The woric of rescue was being carried on yesterday. ICepiiUed by Women. Cleveland, 0., July 4.?The striking quarry men at Berea have quieted do svn somewhat. Wednesday night some of them tore up some water pipe at quarry No. 0, crippling it. Today workmen tried to repair it but were beset by a crowd of Polish women with clubs and stones who compelled them to seek refuge in a .shed. Two special ollicers went to their rescue and only succeeded ia dispersing the women by drawing their revolvers and threatening to shoot. KI Ilea by it Cave In. Laurens, July 2.?Christopher (Jasey, a young white man, was killed at Master's lime kiln, this county, on yesterday, by a rock caving and falling upon him. Two negro men were senousiy mjurea. ?? ???aammmmmj?i i nil m i i ?iyu Teller's Belles. Denver, CoJ., July 4.?Senator lenry M. Teller will go to his mouaain nome at Central City, Col., for a veek or two to recuperate. During he campaign he will deliver a num>er of speeches in the interest of the ilver ticket in Illinois and Indiana ind probably also in Ohio and several >ther Eastern States and in California. 'Just now it looks as if Bland or 3oies were in the lead, with Bland a ittle ahead of anything," Senator Feller said today when asked regardng the situation at Chicago. "1 be!o<t> Iknl tu. rt nn.trr mill IDVO tuat I Lie ivcuiuuratiu paitj nut leclare for silver at 16 to 1. The silver people are too uiuch in earnest to illow a straddle. "I do not think the jold Democrats will bolt the convenion, but they will knife the ticket at he polls. The gold forces of the :ountry will be a unit in November." "What would you advise should the Onmocratic party declare unequivocaly for silver?" was asked. "I would advise all the silver forces o support it, for that is the oaly wav ve can win," he answered. ''We nust meet the enemy with a solid ront. I believe that if the silver for;es unite and there is a genuine silver ,icket in the field on a straight silver jlatform we will succeed in November. Jilver is gaining strength with amazng repidity in all parts of the cjun,ry, and I am sure it will continue o grow from now on, it is the oaly mbject discussed and the adherents of t will gain. The tariff has beed relegated and the battle will be on the tinmcial question." Tired of Li viug. Easton, Ph., July 2.?John L. Spring, ageut of Adams Express Comany here, committed suicide in his >tfice todao by shooting himself in the nouth with a revolver. He was 49 ?ears of age and unmarried. Bad lealth is supposed to be the cause. j i ! I The trustworthy cure for the VhUkey, j Jplurn, Morphine and Tobacco Habits. [Tor further information ad tress The j Kenley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columbia, j 3. O. ; i | IIV A GREAT ] | MEASURE j Feop e have to depend j 00 tbe word of the dealer as to tlie quality of tfroc41 lea it Is very easy to j " make tbe prhe cheap at i tbe expense of tbe quality -Easy to bide tbe cheat, too. Oaly sa'e way Is to deal at a re labie bouse, sucb as ours Is. We call attention to tbe le* Items below, i These are our Ketatl prices: j WELCH & EA?ON "PEtllfKOTION" FLO JR. Finest Flour Mine, ? Barrels 94.75, Half Barrels |2 50. WELCH & EASON'S "BEALITtf" FLOUR, Next Best Grade, ?4 50 barrel. Choice Family Flour f 1.25 barrel. HAVK EVER SEEN iJUOd PRICES BEFORE? Best Leaf Lard, 50 pound caas, 6!4c pound Best Leaf Lard, 20 pound cans, 7c pound. Best Laaf Lard, 10 pouad cans, 8: pouud. u Compound Lard, 50 pound cans, 5pouua ii Compound Lard, 20 pouad cans, 6^c pound Compound Lard, 10 pouo 1 cans, 7? pouad. 9 in rice ' Wlfi AKK HEADQUARTERS. t We have It at 2l/ic, 2%c, * ' 3c, 3Kc, 4c and 6c pound . Id any qurntity less than a barrel. Samples mallei * free od application. 1 coffees ; We bave all grade* at 18c, '4)0, 22c, 25c and 30c puund to suit all lovera of y a good cup of coffee. c TEAS ' a Green and Biack at 25c, 50c, 75c and fl.00 per pound. Granulated Sugar Best quality in 100 pound Backs at 5%c poun 1 by the sack or 5%c pouud in smaller qu lutituia. Seco id quality >?ud veiy lice, in 100 pnuud sacks at 5 1 2c pound by tbe sack or 5 3 4c pound L. Mualler quantities a Cheap Biscuits 1 By ttie Box ONLY o 20 to 25 pouu '9. 0 Ginger Snaps 4 1 2c pound ? Leuaon?t>weet -5 l 2c pound g Nlc Nac*?sweet 5 l-2c pound j Soda XXX?plain 4 l-2c pouud > Pianiatlou 6 1 2c pouud 1 Kluled Vanilla 6 1 2c pound : Lunch Milk 7c pound We have the largest and mo.-t varied assortment of canned goods, tic., to be had in the South. Get a copy of our ? rice List and peruse it carefully?you'll then tind it to your advantage to send us your orders. One order will make jou a customer of ours. Our guarantee stands behind everything we send out an,d we live up to p it in every instance. Your inouey Isn't , our money until yon are pleased. WELCH & JflASON, UNIVERSAL PROVIDERS, 185 and 187 Meeting and 117 Market Sus., CHARLESTON, S. 0. Moiej's ffortn or Hone} Bact 9-Tenths of all diaeises arise from impure blood. I have a receipt for the best blood MBDici.NK IN KXisTKM'K. You make it yourself at a cost of only 10c a pint. If made and ^ takeu according to directions is a sure cure. ( Vou can sell it to your neighbors at a big * profit. Agents make big money. Send $1 j and 1 will send vcu by return mail the receipt with full directions and enough medicine to , make pints. Send your order at once to (I. K. HAYDKN, Orangeburg, S. j 1 OSBORNE'S | turned,i ,' AMD V I ohool of flh.ortb*ud ! AUOUMTA, OA. books mi< Aotavl tailnai tnm i*r ?t mtmus. BaiiaaM MP*n, eoil?g* nmiy ul l'H<l mi B?m4 l? lundiorr.t.r UlaftntM Mto- I ' A $25 Cooking Stove WITH A COUPLET* OOTTTT VOS J OKFLTZT $12.00, Delivered to your railroad dtpM, all freigli^ charges paid. Read Ali description carefully. This spleadH4 Cookiug Stove is No. 8; has (oar S inch pot holes; 16x16 inch ores; II inch fire box, 24 inches high; SlrS I & inch top; nice smooth castjag. I have bad this stove made (or mj trade, after my own idea, combiaiaf all the good point* of all mediaa priced stoveti, and leaving out objectionable features. Beyond all doubt the best Na t Cooking Stove made, (or the prita Pitted with 2 pots, 2 pot eoTwa, 1 I alrollAf O ri i^laa Q Kalrfaff MM Dikwiiwwj, ? gi luuiva^ u 3 joint* of pipe, 1 elbow, 1 collar, 1 lifter, 1 scraper, 1 cake poliak, 1 toea tea kettle, 1 hovel. We vttt te make customer* and friends ia every part of the South, for the fnifom of introducing onr buaineaa to mam < people, and to renew oar inq?ai?4 ance with old friends. We will ship this splendid OmUsi Stove and the above described wan to any depot, all freifkt ohaem paid, for only $12.00 whan me cash comes with the erdar. life stove is a good one, wall aa4e, aad will give entire satisfaetioa. Oar illustrated catalogue of PaisMwtu. St.ive? end Baby Carriages Malted tree. Address X- IT PADO-ETT, :<i?o m) Stkkit, Auousta, ? . P^f^ou^V^nt^Rne^lar ^ ^ I; B From Factory direct and alt M; ' 8 m Intermediate Profits saved i 4 I j HIDDEN & BATES: They have sold Pianos in the Sonth sines 1870 and are still at it. ^ They don't get old-foeyiah or tired, bnt al- A ways keep ac the head of theoccasion. _ They have iust opened Wholesale Head- * | quarters ana Warerooms in New York City. M They manufacture the I,udden ?Jt Bates ( Piano and also own an interest in the gTeat ^ Mathuahek Piano Factory,with control V ; of nearly its entire oatpat. m They Supply Purchasers direct from m: Fnctory at Wholesale Prices, thus _ > saving large intermediate profits. M , They will save you |50 to $100 on a Piano. 4 They are your men. Write them, either at m Savannah, New York,or any of their South- ^ | em Branch Houses. 4 ; LUDDEN & BATES, C 91 & 93 Fifth Ave., N. Y. j Main House, - - Savannah, Ga. J; Branches?Macon, Colnmbns, Waycrosa, G*. ; m ! . Jacksonville, Fla.; Mobile, Ala.; NewOrleans; Columbia, S. 0.; Charlotte, Rale if ht N. O. ^ Advio? ti Mothers. We ta>re pleasure in calling your atten Ion to a remedy so long needed in carrytig children safely through the ciit'cal tage of teething, it Is an incalculable ilessing to mother and child, if you are ll-turbid at ni^bt with a sick, fretful, sathin* child, use Pitts' Carminative, it ill! glvi lostaut relief, and regulate the towels, and make teething safe and e<sy.. t will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea,. Pitts Garmiaatlve h an Instant relief fotolic of infants, it will promote digestion,. ;lve tone and enargy to the stomach and< bowels, ' he sick, puny, suffering child' v ill toon become the fat and frolicbibg Joy, '( tbe Household. It u WIJ pl,?Mt tM,e ,nd 00 M?t SI cents p.r bottle, I Old by drujgisfcjjand by ' I THE MURRAY DRUG Of1., I Oofutnhia. 8. 0. I |there ! a Preparation that ean oompare MB f 9 wUhHlltoa'sLlfe for the Lhrer I B and Kidneys, In the mildness I | of itk action and the certainty H| I i of its effects, in tbe relief and I ft core of Dyspepsia and Indlgea- I gj tlon, and all their attending I ji ills, duch as sick headache, I sg aoer stomach, vrant of appetite, I * etc., and as a regulator in I Si Habitual Constipation. A few I g| doses will tell something of its I |S merits. No need of a long eon* I (ggf tinned course before its bene- I * "Tnnrfint. I fits Dewma Bfi BB HSr$Sb convincei^^B ?Md wholPxaU* ?>v The Murray Drua rc. COLUMBIA, S. O. AND L)r. H. Uaer, Ctiarlentitn, S.C. "COTTON GINS. Complete jiioninn system* eontraete 1 for with Thomas Elevator, Liat Kme, liatte-y Jondt-naer, .self.p,ichintf Revolving (.'ox Steam Cylinder Pre s-s anil all improvenents for nn up to d tte 18UG ginnery Buy 10 other until you get pnrei hq riiomas. INGINKS, BOILEKK, HAW MILLS, JANK MILL!*, KICK MILLS, GKlaT MILLS. Write for Prices V, G. Badliam, COLUMBIA, S. C.