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be on equal terms with other foreigners. .
trnn tlmt England. under simi |]
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Jar circumstances, would content her- j
self with deplomacy while British \
jr property was being conliscated or de- ]
stroyed and her citizens imprisoned <
without trial ? Our whole people sym- j
pathize with the brave patriots, whose j
women have even formed companies }
of Amazons, preferring this to the |
fate which awaits them under Wey- ;
lera brutal decreees. What a strange |
struggle it is against the barbaric despotism
of the 13th century for freedom
for that freedom which should ?
be the birthright of the 19th century? <
Maceo and Gomez, have made cam- <
paigns that have equalled the "rally j
campaign." Illustrated by the daring ,
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genius 01 jacKson ana oiewari, <*u?
yet, we halt and hesitate about even j
,, according them the rights of civilized ?
f- warfare. Silent, while brave men are
shot like dogs, little children butcher- |
ed and tender women turned over to '
I the brutalities of the "South Com- <
pany." The imagination sickness, the <
mind revolts, civilization shoulders, \
andturusits eye upon us, "Land of i
the Free and the Brave," she asks why <
do you permit these atrocities? Is ]
" ' that what the Monroe Doctrine means ? i
You were struggling under a foreign j
t yoke, whose "Stamp Act" was a be- j
ni to the lightest touch of Wey- j
E. lers cruel hand. France sent you La ]
|?: Fayette. Have you sent the gal- <
lant Fitz Lee, to .eturn the debt that i
you owe the Goddess of Liberty ?" If j
so. you should have sent him not alone,
but clothed in lightning, and to <
speak in the voice of thunder. You ]
say the people rule? They have said ,
"Cuba must be free," and yet your j
Executive, halts and hesitates. Is it
because, Spain the "Old toothless ,
Wolf" has more teeth thac you have? ]
Yes, Spain's N&JT' outnumbers ours. ]
while nerji?iitung army is more than
, twenty^times as great. Talk is one ]
unngwar is another. The time is at j
J hand, when.in self defense, it must ,
truly be "America for Americans:" ]
When the Monroe doctrine" must be- ,
come a living tangible reality, not an j
Sv "irredscent dream," received abroad
with a contemptuous sneer. j
WHAT SHALL WE DO?
I maintain that in Naval affairs, we
should follow the example of England,
who while making provision for the
army by annual apDropriations, prof?-v
"vides for her navy by permanent
statue, thus taking it clear out of the
domain of politics. The navy can
only be used for public defence, and
the protection of our citizens in a foreign
country. In land forces our present
system improved and perfected is
safe, and can be made efficacious. A
iv small compact standing army, a well
organized militia, kept up and owing
^. allegiance to the various States, is the
?; only way to prevent the centrilization
of the military power of this country
in the hands of one man. The militia
force of the State however must be
Eg- effective and fully able to suppress all
disorder within its borders. If an il- *
[lustration is needed, recall trie '\ueos J
Strike" when the President sent Federal
troops into the State of Illinois
against the protest ol her Governor, 1
the excuse being that it was an insur- j
ration beyond local control. The 1
fact that a large and conservative class s
in this country approved this violation '
of State rights, renders the precedent }
only the more dangerous. If, ho we v- 1
er the States are to provide an effective
militia not only for police duties, 5
but really to take the place of a stand- '
ing army, tbey must have trained and 1
educated officers. It will not do to (
trust to chance or hap-hazard. For- ]
merly, men built temples to Fortune,
the Goddess whose eves were blind- '
Bgf folded. They waited for her to pass, 1
trusting by luck or boldness to seize 1
her. But a new era has begun, a day (
of specialities, where no amount of <
genius or luck can supply the lack of |
g? special training.
Now men, and nations depend on 1
ft. the perfected instrument, science and 1
labor.
The National Government, depends 1
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fected soldier. If the States would
not have the Federal Government I
L absorb and centralize all the Martial
Spirit" and military power of this
s Country, they must have similar institutions,
owing allegiance to, and depending
upon State bounty for support
If we would hand down uniinpaired
to posterity, the priceless heritage
of republican liberty, if we mean
that that the civil shall continue to
??-: control the military arm, in both peace
and war in adversity as well as prosperity,
then let us foster in each State
a citizen soldiery, ready at all times to
defend the national honor, but who
KC ', are trained in the belief, that the best
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 institu iAna
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pliment, the perfected instruments,
the fit tyr>e of the citizen soldier.
TWO STATE WEST POINTS.
There are two State West Points in the
South that should forever command
public confidence, and support the Virginia
Military Institute ana South Carolina
Military Academy. Standing out
bold and unique, the "military set
up" is as 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 &re
found as officers of militia imparting
scientific and technical knowledge as
t a labor of love.
THE CITADEL FORMER.
Wgffrf\r.
Young men, you may well bo proud
of your alma mater, here is a glorious
record and it is for you to see that the
hijgh standard of excellence is maintained,
where a Hagood, a Capers, a
Coward and a Thomas placed it.
On one occasion after Rome had
been sacked bv barbarians, there was
a meeting of the Se?#4#*4??d?termine
the question of removing threat of
empire to another place. The consols
of the weak and demoralized ware
about to prevail, when some bold oW
Roman exclaimed, "Rome forever. \
It was electrical in its effect.
Do not permit ,the seat of your empire
to be removed to another place.
Her home is tho "City by the Sea,"
| fanned by the gentle ocean breeze, and
the soft breath of the Maenolia. A
| r 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 ignof
miny to permit her, in this the noon;
day of life, to wither and die, a slow,
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sure death by starvation,her beautiful
limbs like the beggar stretched by the
roadside.
STATK SUPPORT.
There it must be confessed a deep
seated and just conviction among the
masses, that we are spending: too
much money for higher education and
not enough for the common schooh.
[t cannot be denied that our education
system is top heavy, but there is no
i net it nf inn i n f.lifl State iwrfnrminc thft
peculiar work of the citadel. There
ire few iu the South so well fitted for
military institutions per se. The liter
iry training is duplicated in many
places, but the military at few save
West Point.
If I thought the destruction of every
3tate college was necessary to give us
i complete common school system, I
would be in favor of doing away with
Lhem all, for I believe in the greatest
*ood to the greatest number. This
would not however increase one iota
the efficiency of our common school
system Indeed I think the contrary
would be true, for a careful study of
the census will show, that the States
with the best facilities for higher edu
jation, have the best common school
systems, in eoum uaronna, 11 is certainly
true, for since the building of
Dlemson and the agitation upon the
subject of schools there has been a
uaarked improvement in the free
school system of this State, and there
is plenty of room for more. Some
superficial thinkers imagine that Stale
iia for colleges and common schools,
rest upon different governmental principles,
because they claim one is for
the few, the other for the many. This
is partly true as a iaci out me man
who uses that as an argument against
3tate aid for colleges, fails to comprehend
the basis udoh which rests the
Dbligatiou of a government to educate
its children. He confounds the individual,
with that great complex aggregation
of individuals, called the State.
He utterly confuses private with public
rights.
Individually, I, John L. McLaurin,
have no more right to demand that
the State pay for the tuition of my
children, than I have to expect it to
pay my doctor's bill, or other items of
iomestic expense. It is the public, not
the individual interest in the matter,
which creates the duty and gives importance
to education as a matter of
government policy. Viewed in this
light it is easy to see that the same
principle applies to common school
ind college. Another has said, "State
iducation rests upon great public
grounds, its foundations are political
ind moral, and it is only permissible
from the close relationship, which the
ixperience of ages has demonstrated
ixists between the public welfare and
ill the elements of traditional pros^
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aeruy on me one nauu auu mo ?uiiehtenm^nt
of the population on the
)ther." It is not for the rich that
State aid is wanted they can get it
my way either in or out of the State,
)ut many a poor lad has made a great
nan, through a collegiate education,
rom State aid, when he could have
eceived it in no other way.
There should be ample educational
acilities in this State so that none
leed go abroad for an education.
A MILITARY SCHOOL.
There is something peculiar about a
military school, the uniform, the
i-egular routine, the discipline and
formalities, is fascinating and for
some natures no place will so well de
relop the best that is in them. I know
[ needed just such training to hold me
n check.
I often laugh now at how much we
stood in awe of Colonel Thomas, his
pormal politeness, dignified bearing
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jverwhelmed us. He was a bigger
Ban to us than the "Czar of all the
Russia's." How every boy that had
been up to some devilment trembled
when we were drawn up in line and
the Colonel walked slowly up and
lown and looked at us. I have suffered
the tortures of trial, condemnation
ind execution, for I felt he was looking
right straight at me, and knew
that I broke gareison last night. What
ei sigh of relief, I heaved when he
passed, and what a mental vow J
swore. Never, never, to do so anymore.
To tell the truth I haven't got
entirely over it yet. I remember
meeting the Colonel a few years ago
in Columbia, with a cigar in my
mouth, and boys, before I knew what
I was doing, I slipped it out of my
mou'h, eased it round behind me, and
out into the gutter. Perhaps I ought
to say however that it wasn't a very
good cigar, but if it had been a 50 cent
full havanah, I would never stand up
and smoke in Colonel Thomas' face,
and he is the last man on earth that
1 would wish to know that I was guilty
of a dishonorable or mean thing,
and there is no treasure I value more
than his contldence and respect. A
teacher and a school like that is what
I want for my boy.
PROBLEMS OF THE HOUR.
Coming fresh from the great centre
of political activity, a few thoughts on
the problems of the hour will not be
amiss. No man of intelligence doubts
that we are in a period of rapid political
and social evolution. Everybody
feels that there is something out of
gear in this huge governmental machine,
because it does not respond
readily, as ia days of yore, to the
popular wish or need. The rapid
growth of executive power is fast
crystalizing 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
no political Morse or Edi3on, to turn
X rays into the vitals, lay bare the
secret cause and cure tho disease which
affects the body politic. Every quack
in the nation has scratched his head,
looked wise and prescribed a nostrum,
but the patient 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 way, the instinct of the peo
pie will in the end lead U9 aright.
That wisdom which comes from the
concentrated thought of many people
may commit excesses follow false light
and go astray for awhile, but in the
^nd truth and riffht prevaileth. God's
gdft of instinct to the uneducated raasse.^s
something more wonderful than
thefJight of reason. The trained orator
itoay descant in polished periods on
the beauties of the situation and prove
that ev&rything is all right, but the
masses Xhe mob- while he talks, sullenly
say ^everything is wrong and
nothing wi/vl ever be right until we
rise up andn^htit. Obedient to this
instinct, throues, dynasties, church
and State have &one down before the
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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 tind
no words and hath 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,
w hil3 to morrow they cut his head off
and set up a new idol; a dreadful
wrath, whose mad breath withers justice,
and sends mercy trembling out of
sight, while vice and virtue guilt and
innocence, patriotism and selfishness,
are swept into a common grave. Then,
exhausted, slowly and painfully society
struggles on its feet again, old
abuses and worn out traditions have
been shattered, and out of chaos comes
order, and humanity makes another
milestone.
The last century beheld the changes
and phantasies of the French Kevoiuurlian
Trrilli n nnmmnn inciinM fhft
masses rose and went in search of
fquality, 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 Lafayette
came to light for American independence.
A jefferson returned
bearing the grand simple message, "all
men are born free and equal." Not
equals in courage, intellect and energy,
but equals in opportunities before
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 1 Here
was realized the dream of liberty, for
which through many a tragic century
the lowly and oppressed had yearned
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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
know, and yet seem powerless to act.
There is some hidden force struggling
fnr PTrnrAssion and finding no nation
al 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
government based on a written Constitution;
this amounts to nothing, for
like quicksand it is forever phifting
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
anrl in fw?rvthinfr. 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
more earnest efl'orts 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 set
tling these complex problems. Our
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
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body becomes a living corpse, filled
with corruption; and with a shriek of
mad despair, the leper flees Irom the
haunts of men, to die amid the tombs,
with parched tongue and dry eye, crying,
"Unclean, unclean."
POLITICAL LEPROSY.
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 par
ticiptite ill me anturs ui guvcruiucut,
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 conntry 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
wrongs. It means anarchy. It means
revolution. The man who remains
away from the ballot box is as culpable
as the man who makes a bad use
ot 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 tbataillicts the nation (ind a sure
and safe cure.
John Davis well says, "the ballot is
our liiver Jordan, the quiet and simple
healer of all our political maladies,
the Ark of the Covenant, and the only
hope and refuge from anarchy and tyranny."
Like Namaan, the leper, we must
dip in the River Jordan, or perish as
i nations have done before of a loath
some leprosy, crying to God, "Unclean,
unclean."
Let iione shirk the duty, for all
alike are called to labor in behalf of
peace and civilization, and it is this inspiration
which marks the boundary
line between the statesman and dema
gogue, the philanthropist and hypocrite.
Your life or mine is but a drop
of water to the mighty oceam of national,
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 un
done.
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.
"Tne 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 only through
crumbling porticoes and moss grown
rums.
Her once great rival, Carthage, perished
and leaves scarce a vestige of her
ruins to remind us of that ouce mighty
sovereign of commerce. Greece,
tne mother of arts and sciences, lies
prostrate under the cruel yoke of ignorance
and barbarism. The slavish tenant
of the harem has succeeded the
Spartan mother, and serfs and slaves
people the land of Leonidas and Pericles.
Let us learn from the lesson of
th? tvast. This is Gnd's Rp.bnnl tn tftarh
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, self denial and persistent
application can alone win success.
No amount of genrus 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 there 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 phonograph,
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 ana 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 have worked
all these long vears 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
a i ii_ :ii- i
luan our pei'y 111s auu woes.
"Through all the thronging marts 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 God! '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 tioat some banner on the breeze,
There's once in a while a Man.
"Thousands in greedy haste for gain,
]n panting after gold,
Wreck all at once a noble name,
Their honesty is sold,
Here and there a few stand firm,
From truth iitid right they never turn,
Shine like stars, over all the land,
There's one in a while a Man.
"Somebind 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,
With'heart to give and plan.
Shines in the soul; warm as the sun,
There's once in a while, a Man.
"A trembling cause to 9ave the lost,
To lift, the most forlorn,
Wins from the crowd,
Who count the cost,
The ready sneer of scorn;
Just then, some noble Soul,
Will liia wooUK nAti-nv on/1
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And every angel harp will ring,
There's once in a while a Man.
Young gentlemen, fame and riches
are to be desired, but if all of us instead
of devoting our lives to their mad pursuit
would more cultivate and practice
those simple courtesies, humanities,
and virtues which adorn and
beautiiy human life, we would be
happier, and the world better.
Fame and riches may be secured by
low cunning and rapacity. Arrogance
aL'u jjci uuatJibjr maj raise juu lai
above your iaLellectual 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 attributes,
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 lirst boner graduate, Cadet S. PJ.
Garris of Colleton. Mr. Garris
took for his subject, "What is Lo be
nay future
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 General Ilagood then presented
diplomas. The names of the gradual
s in the order of graduation are as
follows:
S. P. J. Garris, Colleton; 13 J. Mur
pny, Union; T. W. (Jarmicbael, Marion;
A. II. Marchant, Orangeburg;
F. K. Holman, Sumter; S. W. Carwile,
Edgefield; E. J. Rogers, Abtxville;S.
M. Martin, Barnwell; J. P.
Galvin, Charleston; E. C. Wilcox,
Polk counts, N. 0.; P. A. McMaster,
Richland; G. L Dickson, Sumter; J.
H. Taylor, Richland; J. S. Matthews,
Barnwell; E. Craft, Greenville; J. P
Guess, Barnwell; G. II. Kaminer,
Richland.
REPUDIATE M'KINLEY.
Tlie Minnesota Silver Republicans Will
Nut Support Him.
j3t. I'aul, Minn., juiv z.?xnemost
sensational manifesto in Minnesota's
history was that issued this afLernoon
by the Silver Republicans, who refuse
to support McKinley for President,
dough for governor, or any of the
Republican candidates for congress.
The prominence of the men signing it
attracts to it wide spread attention.
Among the number are Lieutenant
Governor Frank A. Day, Congress
man Charles A. Towne, ex Congress
T/\V?w? T antrannl Qan _
uiau uuiiu. jjiliu auuacvuai u(>atg kjuu
ators. The address is issued to the Re
publicans of Minnesota and says:
"The greatest issue which has arisen
in this country since the abolition of
African slavery now confronts the
American people. The common per)
pie haze viewed with increasing alarm
the attempts of a foreign monsy aris
tocracy to fasten upon this nation the
single gold standard of value. In the
past they turned with the inspiration
of faith to the Republican party for
protection against that power which
seeks to strike down one-half the redemption
power of the world that the
other half may purchase double the
* - f At j ? i. _e mu*
amouni 01 me prouuuis ui iuu. mc)
bad a right to expect such protection.
The Republican party was born ol the
common people. Its mission has been
to dignify labor, to secure to him wli3
toils in the field or mine the just fruits
of honest labor. From the day of the
party's birth until the present time no
article of Republican faith has been
more pronounced than the belief in
UimAio liam T t- Viae* Kaon mnif fan 1 n
i;iui^baiioui, JLW uao vogu nuvkuu
its platforms and taught by all its
great leaders. In its national convention
in 1888 it condemned "the policy
of the Democratic administration in its
efforts to demonetize silver."
"In 1892, in its platform adopted in
Minneapolis, it declared in favor of
gold and silver as standard money.
In 1894 the Republican party of Min
sota reaffirmed its belief in bimetalism,
and that the restoration of silver as
ultimate money to the currency of the
world is absolutely necessary for the
prosperity, proper rate of wages and
the welfare of the people.
"Nearly every Republican State convention
in 1894, condemned, either
in express terms or by implication,
the single gold standard. James G.
Blaine well expressed the belief of
the Republican party, when he tie j
clared: "I believethe struggle was
soing on in tbis country and in
other countries for a single gold
standard would, if successful, produce
widespread disaster in and tbrougbout
the commercial world."
"The action of the national Repub
lican convention at St. L^uis has repudiated
the fundamental doctrine of
our party. The single gold standard
has been endorsed The Republican
party no longer stands for both gold
and silver as primary money, but for
gold only. We cannot accept the new
faith, and we will hold steadfastly to
the old. The policy of gold monometalism
means prolonged and intensified
depression; an endless and hopeless
era of falling prices for our farmers
and other producers; continued uncer
tainty of employment for our work
ingmen, with lessening: wages following
the fall in the prices of the pro
ducts of labor; discouragement of all
enterprises, and in the end universal
bankruptcy and gravitation of all
money into the hands of money brokers.
It means the obliteration of the
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
either submit in silence or speak out
UaI rl 1J /I nnri nofinn nf f hio nnl i/in
UViujjr iu uuliugiiiuuituu wi tutd j/w*tvj
so disastrous to the people On matters
of vital principle no man can be asked
to submit to party dictation. Every
man who places country above party,
and whose sympathies are witn 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."
Luddeii & linte* tire Your Meo.
If you want to buy a Dne piano direct
from factory, and without paying
middlemen's profits, write the wellknown
Southern Music House of Lud
den ?Sc Bates, Savannah, Ga., about it.
They are your men. They manufac
ture the new Ludden & Bates piano.
They own an interest in the great
iviathusnek riano, sold by tnem lor
twenty-five years past Ttiey control
almost tbe entire output of the facto
ry and have just opeued lar^e whole
sale warerooraa in New YorK City.
They sell from factory direct to purchasers
and save purchasers all intermediate
profits. They are your men.
Read their latest advertisemml in tcis
issue and write them either at Savannah,
G-a.. 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 wire
entombed and probably killed. A
night force of miners were engaged in
attempting to brace up the roof of the
mini, when the cave-in occurred and
was followed by an explosion. The
superintendents, foremen and other
officials, including the mayor pro tem
of Pittston, are buried in the pit,
and Iherefore information concerning
the accident and the number of men
who were in the mine at the time, is
not known. The worK of rescue was
being carried on yesterday.
ltei>ulrted l>y Women.
Cleveland, 0., July 4.?The striking
quarrymen at Berea have quieted do wu
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 cjrapelled them
to seek refuge in a shed. Two special
ollicers went to their rescue and only
succeeded in dispersing the women by
drawing their revolvers and threaten
ing to shoot.
Killed by n Cave Id.
Laurens, July 2.- Christopher Casey,
a young white man, was killed at
Master's iiine kiln, this county, on
yesterday, by a rock caving and falling
upon him. Two negro men were
seriously injured.
Teller's Belle*.
Dknver, Col., July 4 ?Senator
Elenry M. Teller will go to his mouataia
nome at Central City, Col., for a
week or two to recuperate. During
the campaign he will deliver a number
of speeches in the interest of the
silver ticket in Illinois and Indiana
and probably also in Ohio and several
other Eastern States and in California
"Just now it looks as if Bland or
Boies were in the lead, with Bland a
little ahead of anything," Senator
Teller said todiy when asked regarding
the situation at Chicago. '"1 believe
that the Democratic party will
declare for silver at 1G to 1. The sil
ver people ara too much in earnest to
allow a straddle. "I do not mink the
gold Democrats will b>lt the convention,
but they will knife the ticket at
the polls. The gold forces of the
country will be a unit in November."
"What would you advise should the
Dnmocratic party declare unequivocally
for silver?" was asked.
"I would advise all the silver forces
to support it, for that is the only way
we can win," he answered. 4,We
must meet the enemy with a solid
front. I believe that if the silver forces
unite and there is a genuine silver
ticket in the held on a straight silver
platform we w/il succeed in November.
Silver is gaining strength with amazing
repidity in all parts of the country,
aud I am sure it will continue
to grow from now on, it is tUe only
subject discussed and the adherents of
it will gain. The tariff has beed relegated
and the battle will be on the tinancial
question."
Tired of Living.
Easton, Pa., July 2.?John U
Spring, agent of Adams Express Uoiuaay
here, committed suicide in his
olliee todao by shooting himself in the
mouth with a revolver. He was 49
years of age and unmarried. Bad
health is supposed to be the cause.
\
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The trustworthy cure for ttie VhUkey,
Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Habits.
For further Information aiilress The
Ke^ley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columbia,
3. 0
IN A
GREAT
MEASURE
Peop e have t<> depend
nn fhfl wind iif fchn titular '
an to tilt) quality of nroc??- j
ries It Is very easy to j
make the prl;e cheap at !
th? expense of the quality <
? Ktuty to bide tbe cheat, i
too. Ouly aa'e way Is to
deal at a re iabie tiou.se, i
such as ours i?.
We call attention to the lew items below, i
Tbese are our Ketall priced: j
WELCH & ?A>OM "FKttftCOTlON" j|
FLOUR Finest Flour Mane, ?
Barrels 91-75, Halt barrels $2.50.
iirui /itr a. cr a un\i'< ? u it \ i T'p v99
YY C uo ?ia.KJV4i u uuau *. A
FLOUR, Ne*t Bast Grade,
94-60 barrel,
Choice Family Flour $4.25 barrel.
HAVE YJU EVER SEEN SUCH
PRlCEd BEFORE?
Beat Leaf Lard, 60 pound caa*, 6%c pouud
Best lieaf Lard, 20 pound cans, 7c pouad.
Best Leaf Lard, 10 pouud caui, 8; pound. ^
Compound Lird, 60 pound cans, 5X-: po km [(
Compound Lard, 20 pouad cans, 6^c pound
Compound Lard, 10 pouu 1 caui, 7c pouud. 31
IN RICE '
WE ARK
HEADQUARTERS. t?
We have ltat2Kc, 2#c, v
3c, 3Kc, 4c and 5c pouud h
in aay qurntity less th^o
a barrel. Samples uuilel *
free on application. I
coffees ;
We have all grade* at j
18c, 30c, 2in. -J6-: and 30e
pound to suit all lovers or '
.. .a r 0
a ^uiu tup m uvmon.
TEAS '
s
Ureeu aud Bmck at 25c,
50c, 75<: anil $1.00 per
pouud.
Granulated Sugar
li?st quality in 100pouud
Macks at 6%e pouu I by tlie
sack or b%a pouud iu
smaller qu mtitira
Niro d duality hiiiI vrn v <r
i io?, IU 100 p. mud sacks at ?
5 1 2c pound by Ultt MUCK ?
or 5 3 4c pound i.. .-mailer ?
quantities * ?
Cheap Biscuitj
By tut) Box OVIjY o 20 t-> 23 p^iuu h. fl
Ginger Suaps 4 1 2c pound 8
ljooaon?t>wtet -5 12c pound jjf
Nic Nacs?aweel 5 l-2c pound ?
Soda XXX?plain 4 l-2c pound ?
Fianiatiou G 1 2c p >und 9.
Kiuied Vanilla G 1 2c pound
Lunch Milk 7c pound S.
We have ihe largest ana mo t varied as- f
sortmeut ut canued goods, etc., to bo had
Id the tiouth. Get a copy of oar ? rice List |
and peruse it carefully?you'll ttiou tiad It I.
to your advautage to send us your ordeiti. %
One order will make jou a customer of
oura. Our guarantee stauds hdiiud
everything we bend out and we live up u>
it iu every instance. Vour money isn't J
our mouey uutll you are pleaded.
WELCH & JflASON,
i i kti \r ITIK A i
u jl a y julvo/llj jl uv v 11/nik 11
185 ami 187 Meeting and 117 M irkot S..s.,
CUAKliKSTON, S. (>'.
Monej's Worm or Monej Bart.
9-Tenths of all disoises arise from impure
blooil. 1 have a receipt for the best blooh
hBi'icink is existkncb. Von make it yourself
at a cost, of on'y 10c a pint. If made aud v
taken nccording to directions is a sure cure.
Vou can sell it to your neighbors at a big y
profit. Agents make big money. Send $1 lu
aud 1 will semi you by return mail the receipt j
with lull directions and enough medicine to
make pints. Send your order at once to j *
(i. K. ll.WDKN, Orangeburg, S. 0. . ^
JtU'W |
Sftudmedd
AND {/ !
0ohool of Sta.ortli*iid i
ADQCHTA. OA.
text took] uti Aola&i bailaMl fna <1
atari**. . Wi?? ??D?n} eollsf* nirny u4
will |a*i B*a4 fa* undumili Uln?tnU?f w>* 1
A $25 Cooking Stove
WITH A. COMPLETE OU'TTTT fOI
ONTTT $12.00.
Delivered Co your railroad d*p?t,
ail freight charges paid. Raad tUi
de?crijitii>D carefully. This tptaiid
Cooking Stove in No. 8; haa foor t
Iuob pot hole*; 16x10 inch otm; It
inch Are box, 24 iuche* high; SIiM
inch top: nioe imooth caitiBf. I
have bad this *to?* mad* for mj
trade, after my own idea, oombimiag
Jl the good |><>iuUi of all IBOdilUi
priced t^tvea, aud tearing out tfttt
objectionable feature*.
Beyond all doubt th* boat Na I
Cooking Stove made, for th* prfto*.
Kitted with 2 pot*, 2 pot ooTtra, t
ueiiuis, i gndiiiea, a Damng Mat, r
3 joint* of pipe, 1 elbow, 1 coilar, 1 :
lifter, 1 scraper, 1 cake polish, 1 trea j
tea kettle, I abovel. We wot to
make customers and friends la every
part of the South, for the parpeae
of Introducing oar business to m?
people, and to renew our aoqoala*ance
with old friends.
We will ship thia splendid Oeetiag
Stove and the above dascribed aas
to anj depot, all freight ehama
paid, for only $1 a.QO whea me
cash eomea with the erder. Wl
stove is a good one, well made, sad
will giva entire satisfaction. Ow
il! ustrated catalogue of FunttorL
S^.vet ?od Baby Carriages aasiled
rr?e. Address
Xa T FA.230-BTT,
?tkcnt, augusta, ft a.
im .iiiiiiaiiBWBBBa?p
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If you Want a Fine Piano ?
From Factory direct and ail #
Intermediate Profits saved > f
MMBATES ]
Th?*y have sold Pianos in the South since ^
A ImTii and Art) fttill At it. 4
Thee don't get old-foKyish or tired, but al- ?
ways keep at the bead of the procession. _
They have iust opened Wholesale Head- J
quartern ana Warerooms in New York City. 4
They manufacture tbo J.ndden ?fc Bate* ^
Piano and also own an intereatin tbe great m'
ftlathuahek Piano Factory, witb control M
of nearly its entire output. ?
They 8upply Purchasers direct from m
Factory at Wlioleimle Prices, thus *
Having large intermediate profits. 4
They will save yon $50 to $100 on a Piano. ^
They are your men. Write them, either at ?
Savannah, New York,or any of their South- ~ '
em Branch Houses. M ,
LUDDEN & BATES, ?
91 & 93 Fifth Ave., N. Y. .
Main House, - - Savannah, Qa. J \
Branches-Macon, Columbus, Waycroes,Ga.; m I
Jacksonville, Fla.; Mobile, Ala.: NewOrleans; V .
Colombia, S. C.; Charlotte, Raleigh, N. C. ?
Advio ti Mothers.
We ta'?e p'easure la callliu your ?tt?n
on to a remedy so long ueeded iu carryig
children safely thiou^h the cilt'cal
tage of teething. It Is an incalculable
leasing to mother aud cbild. If you ate
l-turbed at ui^bt with a f-lck, fiettul,
sethin* child, use Pitts' Carminative, it
iill kIv la.-tnut relief, and regulate me
owels, and make teething safe and emy.
t will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea.
'itts Cariniuative U an instant relief for
ollc of infmts. It will promote digestion,
ive tone and eatifgy to the stomach aud
bowels. ' be bick, puny, buffering child;
t 1)1 fcon become the fat and frolicking Joyf
the household. Jt is very pleiuant to.
he taste and ody cost 26 cents pvr bottle.,
old by dr igghtd.'aad by
TUB MUttRAY DRU<4 <J<\,
Columbia. 9. C.
THERE M
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f Preparation that can oompare Kg?
with Hilton's Life tor the Lhrer Kg
i* and Kidneys, In the mildness HS
P of It* action and the certainty Hb
% of Its effects, in the relief and
~ core of Dyspepsia and Indlgee- Eg
tlon, and all their attending HR
fills, fluch as sick headache, K|
_ aonr stomach, want of appetite,
eta, and as a regulator In HH
Habitual Constipation. A few
^ doses will tell something of Its H|
f merits. No need of a long eon?B>
tinned course before its bene- B
fits become apparent. V
? TRY IT, AND BSl
Zr$uo CONVINCED. g
S-Md wnr.lv.sh!> -?v
fho Murrny Dru: cc?
COLUMBIA, ?.
AND
Ur. fcl. liner, Cliarl?i?i<?ii,
COTTON .
GINS.
Oroplete tinning sj^'eiu- cnutncfe 1 for
. itli 'Ihn.ias Klfcvat<ir_ Lint Kuif. tiatte v
lonituwer, N?lf-p\cbi?K Revolving <!nx
taarn (Jyl'UJer Pre 3 s ah'1 all iuiprovejents
for nn up to d ite 1??6 ginnery Buy
o other uuttl you n.-t pri -es ou tim
"houias.
CNGlNE-i,
BOiLEKfc,
S \ VV MlLl>,
JANE MILLS,
KUJK MILLS,
UKIKT M 1 LI b.
Write f??r Prkv*.
V. (J. badham,
COLUMBIA, S. <J.