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\ HOW BRYAN WON. FULL TEXT OF HIS GREAT SPEECH BEFORE THE CONVENTION. Fighting Not for Conquest, But In Defenc< of Homes, Ftmlllei* nod l'osterlty?Nc Question of Honor. Here is the full text of William J, Bryan's speech before the convention, > which gave rise to such a remarkabl< jSJ outburst of enthusiasm, and did sc m much toward carrying the conventior liio nnminstinn. ft "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen ol m the Convention: 1 would be presump I tuous, indeed, to present my sel f agains I the distinguished gentlemen to whon ' you have listened if this were but i measuring of ability, but this is not f contest among persons. The humbles citizen in all the land when cla l is the armor of a righteous cau?3 ?e stronger than the whole hosts erroi can bring. "I come to speak to you in c a'cns^ of a cause holy as the cause of liberty ?the cause of humanity. "When this debate is concluded a motion will be made to lay upon the table the resolution offered in commendation of the administration, and alsc the resolution in condemnation of the ftdminUtrAtirm. T shall obiect to bringing the question down to a level of persons. Tae individual is but an atom; he is born, he acts, he dies, but Ipricciples are eternal and this hps been a contest of principles. Never before in the history of this country r.r has there been witnes?3d such a contest as that through which we have passed. Never before in the history of American politics has a g; oat issue been fought out, as this kiue has been, by tbe voters themselves"On March 4,1895. a few Democrats, most of them memoeis of Congress, issued an address to t he Democrats oi the nation, asserting that the money question was the paramount ?psue of tbe hour; asserting a'co the right of a majority of the Democratic party tc control the petition of the party on this paramount irsue, and concluding with the request that all believers in free coinage ol silver in the Democrat - -? 1J :? J i.? u. ic puriy suuuiu huu i?&c charge of and control the policy of the Democratic parly. "Three months latar, at Memohis, an organization wasp:2rfect? i, ana the tilver Democrats went forth opanly and boldly and courageously proclaimed their belief, and declaring that if tucceesful they would cry&talize in a platform the aeclaiation which they had made. Ahd then began the conflict, with a zeal approaching the zeal which inspired the crusaders who followed Peter the Hermit. "Our silver Democrats went forth from victory unto victory untf! they are ass3mbled now, not to die cuss, not to debat9, but to enter up the judement rendered by the plain p ople of this country. *'tn.^v?io sfwi+aot kwfkoi* viae kapti qi*. rayed against brother and father against son. The warmest ties of love and acquaintance and association have been diregarded. Old leaders have been cast aside when they refusrdto give expression to the sentiments of those whom they would lead, and new leaders have sprung up to give direction to this cause of trust. 4 Thus has the contest been waged, and we have assembled here under as binding and solemn instructions a< were ever fastened upon the representatives of a people. We do not come as individuals. Why, es individuals we might have been glad to compliment the gentleman from New York, Senator Hill, but we know that the people for whom we speak would never be willing to put him in a pesitior where he could tnwart the will of the Democratic party. "I said it was not a question of per sons; it was a question of principle, and it is with gladness, my friends, that we find ourselves brought intc conflict with those who are now array nn tvia rtfha* bu?a. 'The gentlemen who just preceded me, Governor Rus?e!l, spoke of the old State of Massachusetts. Lat me assure him that not one parson in a)] this convention entertains the least hostility to the people of the Stat3 oi Massacnusetts, But we stand here representing people who are the equals before the law of the largest citizens in the State of Massachusetts. "When you come before us and tel] us that we shall disturb your businer; interests we reply that you have disturbed our business interests by your course. We say to you that you have made too limited in its application the definition of 'business man.' The man who is employed for wages is as much a business man as his employer. The attorney in a country town is as much i a business man as the corporation counsel in a great metropolis. The merchant at the cross roads is as much a business man as the merchant oi New York. 4"The farmer who goes forth in the morning and toils all day begins in the spring and toils all summer, and, by tne application of brains and muscle to the natural resources of this ciuntrv. creates wealth, is as much a business i man as the man who goes upon the I Board of Trade and bets upon the pric' of grain. The miners who go one thousand feet into the earth or climt two thousand feet upon the cliffs sud bring forth from their hiding pi? oe the precious metals to be poured into tL? channels of trade are as much busine .' men as the few financial ma gnat is whe in a back room, corner the monej market of the world. 44We come to speak [of that broadei class of business men. Ah, my friends, we say not one word against those who live npon the Atlantic coast: but those hardy pioneers who brav J all the dangers of the wilderness, who nave made the desert to blossom as the rose?those pioneers away out there, rearing their children near to Nature's heart, where they can miagle their yoices with the voicfs of the birdsout there Where they have erecfcd school houres for the education ol their young, and churches wher3 thej . praisa their Creator, and cemeteriea where sleep the ashes of their dead, areas deserving of the consideratior of this party as any people in thii country. "It is for these that we speak. W< do not come as aggrersors. Our wai is not a war of conquest. We are fight ing in defense of our homes, our fami lies and posterity. We havep9titione; and our petitions have been scorned We have entreated, and our entreatic have been disregarded. We hav begged, and they have mocked, am our calamity came. "We beg no longer; we entreat ni more; we petition no more. We def] them. ? "The gentleman from Wisconsi has said that he fears a Robespierre My friend, in this land of the free yo i need fear no tyrant who will sprin; up from among the people. What w need is an Andrew Jackson, to stand as Jackson stood, against the encroach * ments of aggrandized wealth. t "They tell us that this platform wa made to catch votes. We reply t them that changing conditions mak , nsw issues; that the principles upo , which rest Democracy are as everlasi 5 ing as the hills, but that they must b > applied to new conditions as the l arise. Conditions have arisen, and vi are attempting to meet these cond [ tions. "They tell us that the income ta t ought not to be brought in heie, ths i it is a new idea. They criticse us it i our criticisms of the Supreme Coui i of the #United States. My friends, w t have not criticiscd. We have siuipl l called attention to what you know. 1 j you want criticisms re id the dissen ing opinion of the court. That wii give you criticisms. 5 "They say we passed an uocanstiti r tional law. I deny it. The incom tax was not unconstitutional when i was passed. It was not unconstitu , tional when it went before the St . preme Court for the first time. It dii > not become unconstitutional until on j judge changed his mind, and we cat not be expected to know when a judg | will change his mind, t INCOME TAX JUST. "The income tax is a jjst law. I , cimnlw intends In niTt. huivlenQ r government justly upon the back3 c the people. 1 am in favor of an it come tax. When I find a man wh i is not wiUing to pay h;s share of th government which protects him I fin i a man who ?s unworthy to enjoy th ; bit -sing3 of a government like ours. "He says that we are opposing th national bank currancv. ?-t is true. 1 you w?U read what Thomas Bentoi ' slid you wiH find that he raid that ii - searching h'story he could find bu one parallel to Andrew Jackson. Tha i was Cicero, who destroyed the con i sDiracy of Cat'lme to save Rome. II A 1 /I D/\?V%A trrkof Tftl Ire**! /lul TTT Vl Q 1 L U1U IU1 lvv/iiic W u it ju. uiu nuui - he destroyed the bink conspiracy am [ saved America. "We say in our platform that w i believe tbe right to coin money am i issue money ?s a function of govern ment. We believe it is a part of tov ereignty and on no more with safet i I 3 de'egated to private individua1 than we could atford to delegate ti . private individuals the j ower to mak f penal statutes or levy laws for taxa tion. "Mr. Jefferson, who was once re garded as good Democratic authority seems to have a different opinion fron the gentleman who has addressed u on tae part of the minority. "Thc?9 who areopposea to this pro position tell us that tne irsue of pape , money is a function of the bank, aai that tne government ought to go ou of the banking business. I stand witl Jefferson rather than with them ii holding1, as he did. that the irsue o money is a function of the govern meat, and that the banks ought to gi out of the government businecs. i "They complain about that plan! i which declares against the life tenur in office. They have tried to strain i to mean that which it do?s not mean What we oppose in that plank is th life tenure that is being bu'lt at Wash ington, which excludes from partici i pation in the benefits the humble i members of our society. I canno . dwell on this longer in my limitei i time. i "Let me call attention to two o . three great things. The gentlemai from New York says that he will pre > pose an amendment providing tha . this change in our law shall not affec t contracts already made. Let me re ) miqd him that tnere is no intention c affecting those contracts which, ac . cording to the present laws, are mad payable in gold. But if he means t | say that we cannot change our mone > tary system without protecting thos . who have loaned money before th change was made, I want to ask hin [ where, in law or in morals, he can fin 5 authority for not protecting the debl 5 ors when the Act of 1873 was passed [ when he now insists that we mus t protect the creditor. ? "He says he also wen's to amem s this law and provide that if we fail t j maintain a parity within a year w i will then suspend the coinage of si] var. We reply that when we advc [ cate a thiug which we talieve will b i successful, we are not compelled t . raise a doubt as to our own sincerit by trying to 6how what we wiiaoi we can. QUESTION OF PARIW. "I ask b?m, j? be will apply his log ic to us. whv lie dees not apply it t himself. He says that he wants Ihi country to try to secure an interna tional agreement. Why doesn't h tell us what he is going to do if the; fa'1, to secure an international agree ment? There is more reason for hin to do that than for us to faU to main tain the parity. They have tried fo thirty years?for thirty years?to s? cure an international agreement, an* those who are waiting for it most pa tiently don't want it at a1!. "Now, my friends, let me come t the great paramount issue. If the; ask us here why it is that we say mor on the money qucition than we ra; upon the tariff question, I r?ply tha if protection has slain ifs thousands the gold standard has sbin its tens o l thousands. If they ask us way w< ' did not embed v all thfse thing3 in ou * platform whica we believe, we repl; r to them that when we have re&torci the money of the c3Dst;.tu,;on, e1 ' other nec<:sary reforirs will be por3i ble, and that until that is done ther ' is no reform that can be accomplished : CHANGED IN THREE MONTHS. L "Why is that within three month such a change bas come over the ser ? timents of this country? Three month . ago, when it was confidently assert s that those who believe in the gol ' standard would frame our platforc - and nominate another candidate,evei I the advocates of the gold standard di f not think that we could elect a Pres: r dent, but they had good reasons fo 5 the suspicion,cscause there is scorsel . a State here today asking the pol i standard that is not within the absc 5 lute coatroi or ttie Kepublican nartj "But note the change. Mr. McKii ^ ley "Wfs nominated at St. Louis on r platform that declared for the mail - tenance of the gold standard until - should be changed into bimetallism b I an international agre2ment. Mr. Mi . Kinley wps the mcst pjpular ma s among the Republicans, and even e t.:dy three months ago in the llepui i lican party prophesieu his election. "How is it tDday? Why, ihat ma o who used to boast that he looked lil j Napoleon?that man shudders toda when he thinks that he was nominate n on the anniversary of the battle ?. Waterloo. Not only that, but as u listens he can hear with ever inert g ing distinctness the sound of the wa e as they beat upon the lonely shores I, St. Helena. i- "Why tnis change? Ah, ray frein is not the change evident to any < is who will look at the mattsr? It is o private character, however pure, e personal popularity, however gr< n that can protcctfrom the avengi L- wrath of an indignant people the n e who will either declare that he is y favor of fastening the goJd standi e upon this people, or who is willing i- surrender the right of seli-governm and place legislative control in x hands of foreign potentates and p< it ers. >r CONFIDANT OF SUCCESS. ?' ?"T * -i ?i. I *? w c ku uiriu uuunucut tuai wcau e w'a. Why / Because upon the pa v mount issue iu this campaign then [f not a spot of ground upon which t enemy will dare to challenge batl II Why if they tell us that the gold st; daru is a good thing, we point to tli l' platform and tell them that their pi e form pledges the party to get rid o t gold standard and substitute bimet l" l:sm. If the gold standard is a gc thing, why try to get rid of it? * "I might call your attention to i 6 fact that some of the very people w l" are in this convention tcday, and v? 6 tell you that we oujjht to declare favor of international bimetallism, a thereby delare that the gold standi t ia itTMnriA nn/l iVia r\wi r?ni r%1 A nf Klmftl 13 YT I UUg auu tliU |il 1UV1|/IW v?* wviuvi 'f lism is better?these very people fc * months ago were open and avowed: l* vccates of the gold standard, and t< 0 ing us that we could not legislate t 6 metals together, even with all 1 d world. 0 "I want to suggesttbistruth, tha the gold standard is a good thing 0 ought to declare in favor of its ret< ' tion, and not in favor of abandoni 11 it, and if the gold standard is a t Q thing, why should we wait until so it other nations are willing to help vi let go? l" THE LINE OF BATTLE. ? "Here is the line of battle: We c . nntnnnn which i?iiA thftv fmv.ft 1 fight. We are prepared to meet th< on either issue, or on both. If th ? tell us that the gold standard is 1 standard of civilization, we reply them that this the mcst enlightene d all the nations of the earth, has ne1 ? declared for a gold standard, and be ? the parties this year are declari ? against it. "If the gold standard is the standi of civilization, wh^, my frien should we not have it? iio, if tt come to meet us on Jhat, we can nr ' eat the history of our nation. M< ? than that, we can tell them this tl they will ssarch the paqjes of histc in vain to find a single instance which the common peopla of any la j have ever declared themselves in fa^ ? of a gold standard. They can fi 1 where the holders of fixed investmei 1 have. J "Mr. Carlisle said in 1878 that t was a struggle between the idle ho * pra of irilp p.anifal anrl tViA ctrnorcrli J masses who produce the weilth a , pay the taxes of the country, and, i friends, it is simply a question that ? shall decide, upon wbich side sh 1 the Democratic party fight? Upon i l* side of the idle holders of idle capi e or upon the side of the struggling m t* ses ? That is the question that the p l" ty must answer firsl and then it m T be answered by each individual he j after. "The sympathies of the Democrc party,4'as described by the platfoi r are on the side of the struggling m a ses who have ever been tne foun tion of the Democratic party. Th ? are two ideas of government. Th< are /hose who beiieve that if you j legislate to make the well to do pi , parous their prosparity will 1< 5" through on those below. The Der e cratic idea has b?3n that if you legisl to make the masses prosp3rous th 5" prosparity w.'U find its way up throu ^ every claes and rest up3n it. CITIES REST ON PRAIRES. "You come to us and tell us that l . great cities are in favor of the g< [ standard. I tell you that the gri cities rest upon these broad and ferl prairies. Burn down your cities a [j leave our farms, and your cities v 0 spring up attain as if by magic; out < e stroy our iarms and the grass |. grow ii the streets of every city in t j. country. e "My friends, we shall declare tl n tb's nation is able to leeislate for y own people on every question, wi f out waiting for the aid or consent any other nation on earth, and up that irsue we excact to carry ev< single State in th;s union, 1 shall 1 slander the fair State of Massachuse 0 nor New York by sayin* that wb 8 its citizens are confronted with t k" proposition. Is this nation able to 6 tend Id i*s own business??I will i P slander either one by saying that I people of thoie States will declare c 1 helpless impotency as a nation to L" tend to our own business. r ISSUE Ob1 1776 OVER AGAIN, j "It is the issue of 1776 over aga Our ancestDrs were the 3,000,000 w l" had the courage to declare their pol cal independence of every other ] 0 tion on earth. Shall we, theirdesci y dants, when we have grown to 70,01 e. ,000, declare that we are less indep< P dent than our foiefathers? No, i 1 friends, it will never be the judgm< i of tlrs people. 1 "Therefore, we care not upon wl B lines the battle is fought. If they ? r bimetallism is good, but we cam J have it until some nation help us, j reply that, instead of having a g< 1 standard because England has, L" shall restore bimetallism and then ? England have bimetallism bscause 1 ' United States has. "If thev dare to come out and in 1 open defend the gold standard e l' good thing, we shall fight them to 1 j uttermo3t. Having behind us the p j ducing masies of this nation and I world; having beh'nd us the comm Q cial interests, and the laboring inl j ests, and a'l the toiHng masses, r fhall answer their demands for a gi l" standard by saying to him: 'You sl! >r not press down upon the brow of J bor this crown of thorns. You sb ^ not crucify mankind upon a orcrs \ gold." " 1- Republicans Joining. a Butte, Mont., July 11.?A trem 1- uous mass meeuog was neiu in uu it last night, and the Bryan and Sovs y Club organized. Over 2,000 vot 2- signed the roll, including many of n most prominent Republicans in r- city. Mayor ThompsDn and State ) torney W. L. Wines, both llepu cans, made strong spcscheT declar n no silver man coula CDnsistently s ce port McKinley. Sp:echrs were s y made by prominent Populists i id Democrats. ?f THE CROP OUTLOOK. sasves FOR THE WEEK ENDING LAST 10f SATURDAY. ds, 3116 Cotto" 1,1 of Sunshine Sluce tire Wet 110 Wenther, But the Frosprcts Goo?l?Other Crops Prospering. ?at, ng The following bulletin covers the l{?n weather and crop conditions for the wofilr on/linm QofiiM/laxr Tilltr 11 oc va. Etrcl vuuiug uatuiuuj, w *V/ r to ported by Observer Bauer, which were ent prepared from reports lrom one or the mo^e correspondents in each county >w- of the State. Ordinarily, the week justpassea includes the dates of hignest temperaiaU tures for the year in South Carolina, ra_ and about stationary temparature may ' be expected for the remainder of the ,l month and into Auguut, after whica a [je slow decre??e at first, then more rapid " will ordinarily eccurj' The mean temperature for the past * week averaged 5 degi3*3 ccaler than ? _ normal; highest temperature 96 on the 5th at Black ville, and on the 6th at ^ Spartanburg; lowest 52 on the 9th at L toper's. Mean temperature of 40 Uie stations, 77, and the aporox'mate nor,|10 mal for the same period is 82. rjj0 At many places there was rain on , itl ssven days of the week. Out of 41 re* Q,j ports t^e smallest amount reported ircj was 1.82 at Yemp-^ee. Tne distnbuta^_ tion of the rainfall is shovsn by the fnllnwin(ri<ATint>fo' Anoiigto fJa R At' >\ir - WC & vrwl . v. ^^, j AUendale 1.88, Batesburg 4 CO, Black11 ville 2 56, Greanwcsd 9.71, Grsenville wo 8.51, Spartanburg 6.03, Cheraw 6.05, Florence 3.61, Kingslrca 3.20, St. George's 3.11, St. Matthew's 3.58, rinof Dolis 2.33, Darlington 3.85, Tiller's Ferry 7.41, Shaw's Fork 6 00, St. George's (2) 4 50. Charleston 6.31, Libfn? erty 5.75, McColl 6 40, Beaufort 6.00 Wirusboro 5.15, Anderson 4.90, San}rt tuc 6.48, lieid 5.75, Trial 3.61, Columt bia 6.85, Camden 7.27, Chesterfield 6.18, Mont Clare 6.75, EUoree 2.37, Longshore 6 80, Loopsr's 8 05, Trenton 6.51. Little Mountain 8.67 Walhalla 5.36, Ciemson College 9.48, Poverty to? Hill8 35, GiUisonville 1.95, Statf *burg Bm 7.57, Hagocd 4.20, Society HiJl 5.21. |?y The average of these 44 reports is the 5 45 and the normal for the rame DartO irtH is ftnnrmrimftt?!vr 1 29 inches Thft ?* rain fe) I so that much of it san into the 7er ground and the subsoil is now tnoroughly Saturated and no apprenE hension of drought need bs felt ior the remainder of this crop season, ird There was le^3 than half the usual ds> duration of possible sunshine, the parl?y centage for the State havine been 37, es' ranging from 18 at Trio to 53 per cent. 5r? at Winnsboro. The effcct of so much ia? cloudiness was in the main beneficial ?y by preventing scalding, wh;ch would ^ have cccurred had the sun shone hot nd before the ground had btcome partial ly dry. . na Too much rain. That and hi<?h ats winds on Wednesday, 8th, causea a general falling off in the condition of "y corn ana cotton, but witn less ettest on other crop3, in fact, minor crops were n? decidedly i no proved except on over* aa ilowed land. The wind is reported to have blown a gale in the wfitern counties, breaking down and tangling corn and large cotton, and owing to the J1? changing direction of the high wind, '^1 it worked holes around the roots of a3* cotton, breaking off the upper roots ar" and retarding its growth materially. ust Much of the green fruit remaining on !re\ the trees was blown off, thus further shortening an already small crop. l"c Tile rivers, and many of the smaller 'm' streams, overflowed their banks and ruined a large portion of bottom land ^a" crops. In estimating the damage from 0r3 this source, the fact should ba taken 9re into consideration that bottom lands us' yield nearly, or quite, twice as much '?s* as the same acreage of ordinary uplands. Q?" The Great Pee Dee rose to within 6 aJ9 inches of the great frechet of March, eif 1SC5. The Broad, Congaree, Wateree, Ljnches, Savannah and other riveTs were over tliair banks .more or lers, but the d? mage can as yet not be acLhe curately estimated. >ld Farm work was delayed by the rains sat and wet coil and crops are f*st becomile ing grassy, but as fields were previousnd ly we] I cultivated, except in a few nil counties, the grars can ba brought untie der control before much injury will rill result from that source. Hillside lands bis were badly washed in six counties. The general condition of corn is not lat as good as it was a week ago, with the its exception of upland in Laurens and th- ChesterGeld where it is very fine. The of greatest iujury 1 :> corn was done by on the wipd. The rains prevented the :ry sDreau of porlen. Dry weather and lot tne wet soil wi.'l improve late corn, so itts that a rapid improvement in the condiien lion of corn is expected. he . Cotton was a?so injured by the wet at- weather but to what extent can not lot now bo definitely stated. Shedding of -he squares ?s reported from four counties >ur and the lack of sufficient sunsnine h?s at- causrd rust to appear at places and the plant to turn yellow. It is sappy and growing largely to weed, neverin. theless it continuts Id fruit heavily and uu me general conuiuon is gcou. iti- Tobacco curing was retarded by the aa- rains but the condition of tobacco in en- general is very promising now. 0,- liica is in excellent condition but sn planters on lower Santee are apprehenTiy sive of overflows when the high wat?nt era of the Wateree and Congare3 reach the first named river. lat Peas are stil I being sown to some exsay tent. Peas as well as all other minor iot crop3 are in excellent condition, we Sweet potatoes doing very well, also Did sorghum cane, lata gardons and paswe tures. Truck along the coast is rotting let from too much rain, the Luddeu & Bates are Four Men. Lhe If you want to buy a fine piano di s a rect from factory, and without paying the middlemen's, profits, write the wellr<^ known Southern Music House of Ludthe den & Bates, Savannah, Ga., about it. lp - They are your men. They manufac05* ture the new Ludden & Bates piano, wi) They own an Interest in the great old Mathushek Piano, sold by them for a11, twenty-five years past. They control la- almost the entire output of the facto9ll ry and have just opsned large whole1 of sale warerooms in New Yoric City. They sell from factory direct to purchasers and save purchasers all intermediate profits. They are your men. liead their latest advertisement in tbis itte issue and write them either at Savanr? nah, Ga., or New York City. Airs ? tlie A Prophecy Half Fulfilled. ine jtalkuju, in. u.. Juiy j;>.?two At- years ago William J. Bryan delivered b)i- a commencement address at the State ipg Normal and Industrial SshcDls for up- girls here. Miss Gertrude M. Bagby ilso was class prophet and said Bryan ind would ba the next Democratic nominee for President and would be elected. A SPfCY MEETING. [CONTINUEDFROM PAGE 0Ni?.] one occasion have shown he did nc love the honor of his office we enough to keep from disgracing i This young man has seen nt to attac me on political grounds. The* is no question no dispute a to where I stood in 189( nor where I am and have been for tb past four years. My rccord is open whatever I did was done oil convi< tion and with honesty of purposs, cor cealing nothing from aoy man. Bu can my competitor say as much ? 13 was a Bratton man in 1890, and do< not deny it, knowing I have the proo Can he tell you truthfully that he a< quainted Gen. Farley with his hones views on politics that year, before a< cepting that office under him? ' 'AA7 ill M \A7 dHo Q I DA ontr h? ? ? 1U iU.I( ?f akbO O'OV oaj VV UCbUl or not he is a member or attende upon the meetings of an organizatio known in Columbia as 'Scatterwoo Al'iance or Club.' and if so, to te yoa truthfully the purpose of ths club? When he doss, I will show yo that organization is looked on wit abhorrence by true Reformers fror both amoral and political standpoint. Messrs. Robinson and Mayfielc candidates for superintendent of educf tion, and the candidates for congre* ?Finley, Trantham and Strait? wer the other speakers. MISS TILLMAN'S DEATH, [CONTINUED PROM PAGE ONE. | over the same railroad.?State. THF. RF.V. MR The following special was receive by The State1 from Ya?kville about th Rev. Robert A. Lee: Yorkvillk, July 16.?The Mr. I* referred to in The State today as bein killed yesterday at Bravard, N. C. is Rev. R. A. Loa, rector of the Epii copal church in Yorkville. The new of his sudden death has cast a gloor ovor the whole town. He was a ver promising young man, and ha strengthened the church here. H was almost idolized by bis congregs tion and was popular with other de nominations, as he was a Christiai first and an Episcopalian afterwardi His parents live at Due West, 8. C His remains will be buried tomorrow at the family burying ground in At beville. Mr. G. vV. S. Hart, Mr. W F. Marshall, Dr. R. A. Bratton an Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Moore, member of his congregation, left heie tonigh for Abbevjlle. The St. Agnes Guil and Ladies' Auxiliary sent beautifu floral offerings. Much sympathy i expressed also for Senator Tillman i his affliction. Many Men Drowned. Cleveland, July 16.?The most aj palling disaster which has occurred 1; Cleveland, except the Viaduct horro last winter, when a loaded car plunge one hundred fedt into the river cccui red tonight at 8 o'clock. While a flal bottomea ferry boat, loaded with btween forty and fifty laborers wa crossing the old river channel, it wa capsized and all the men thrown int the channel and between fifteen an twenty drowned, fourteen bodies hav ing been taken from the water up t 11 p. m. The accident was due to panic among the men on board Tb boat was so loaded that the gunwal was only three inches above the watei and*a passing tug made waves whic came into the boat. At once there wa a rush to the othet side and tl&e boj went under and spilled the men. The were all members of a gang of or handler^ and were coming to the homes. The scene in the river, as d< scribed by the men on the tug and tt steamer Lingdon, which were passing was one of wi'd straggle lor lift Lines and life preservers were throw from both vessels and many were pu led aboard. Others of the unfortunate were rescued by small b^ats, and som swam ashore. The life saving ere was summoned and the work c searchfcig for be dies at once begur Within a short time seven of the ur fortunates were brought to shore an taken to the morgue lor identificatior Those who escaped scattered in ever direction, and it is uncertain just ho1 many lives were lost. Bryan Going to Ohio. Toledo, Ohio, July 16.?The Be says tcdav: If William J. Bryan ha his way Ohio will be the storm cente of the ensuing caynpaiga. The Demc cratic candidate promises to stum tbis State and to deliver at least on address in Toledo. Mr. Bryan is de sf^ous of having a joint debate on, th currency auestion with ex-Gov. Mc Kinley ana he will let Mr. McKiule; select the time and nlace. Among tb callers upon the distinguished nom: nee iust after the nomination was ter It. Degnan, of this city, alternat at large. "Can we hope to see yoa in Obv during the campaign, Mr. Bryan?" h asked. "You certain^ can," was th prompt reply. "I expect to make number of speeches in Ohio betwee now and election." "What, invade the home of McKic ley?" "I know Mr. McKinley very well, returned Mr. Bryan, "and esteem hit very b'ghly as a m*n. We were t< getaer in Congress and worked togett avi'n tlio WQt7D onrl Moonci f!^mmilfp< He is an excsllent gentleman an thoroughly honest in all he says an dc~V - "If you come to Ohio you may ha] pen to meet him," was suggested. "I would not ask anything bett< than to meet Mr. McKinley m joit debate," raid Mr. Bryan, h><> eyes kit dling, "ri^ht in his own State and i his nome." The conversation was continued i an informal way for some time an Mr. Bryan several times referred 1 his desire to meat Mr. McK'^ley. Their Prayers Answered. Baltimore,July 15.?Mr3. Klizabst Siemaker and Mrs- Lucretia Woolfort sister3, aged 65 and (53 yeais, resp c ively, who had lived together all tbe lives and who last Sunday prayed ttu they might die together, wera burnr to deathlast night. Their husbanc died years ago. British Slit ps ColMde. London. July 15.?The Atianl Transporoition Company's stoinrMi HT?U: T nnlnnH fe\v> v.. 1UUU11U, vapi>. UAjiauM,ivi iiwn XVI collided \>uth the British str?ui Storm K;ne, bound for Baitimoie, Gravc"3nd today. B>'h vp^ ?!>i ; damag:d, Jefferson said of agriculiuia that is the grand exchequer of the wor that honors all drafts however larg To express the idea otherwise, all tt; world stands with opan mouth, wai ing for the farmer to Gil it with foo< >t M Tho trustworthy euro for the Whiskey, Opium, Morphine and Tobaoco Habits. For further information address The ? Keeley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columbia, ? 3.0. te >; SIN A iGREAT * MEASURE Feop'e have to depend od the word of the dealer ! as to the quality of groceries. It is very easy to it make the price cheap at u tbe expense of the quality h ? Ea?y to hide the cheat, n too. Only safe way Is to y^anl n f a ra.iahlO hnilQA such as ours Is. | 1 We call attention to the lev items below. I These are our Retail prices: 9 'e W ELCH & EA*ON -PERFECTION" fi FLO UK, Finest Flour Made, 3 Barrels $4.75, Half barrels |2.50. WELCH & EASON'S "BEAUT FLOUB, Next Bast Grade, 94.50 barrel. Choice Family Flour |4.25 barrel. HAVE YOU EVER SEEX SUCH BR1CES BEFORE? d. Best Leaf i^ard, 50 pound cans, GXc pound e Best Leaf Lard, 20 pound cans, 7c pound. Best Leaf Lard, 10 pound cans, 8.J pound, 'e Compound Lard, 50 pound cans, 5X<j pound ? Compound Lard, 20 pound cans, 6^c pound ' Compound Lard, 10 pound cans, 7c pound. ; IN RICE y WE ARE d HEADQUARTERS. jj e We have it at 2Mc, 2^c, j1 3c, 314c, 4c and 5c pound j Q In any qurntity less than j | a barrel. Samples mailed I * : free on application. * j ICOFFEES J We have all grades at s 18c, aoc, 22c. 25c and 30c ] t pound to suit all lovers of d a good cup of co?fee. i 1 mr^ i m ? 1 ilA^ Q Green and Black at 25c, 50c, 75c and fl.00 per puunl. ) i I Granulated Sugar j ^ J3est quality In 100 pound ^ sacks at 5%c pound by the | j, sack or 5%c pound in j s smaller quantities. ,3 Second quality, and very I o nice, in 100 pouud sacks at d 5 l-2c pound by the sack r- t or 5 3-4c pouud in smaller ! O I quantities. | Cheap Biscuits ] * By tue Box ONLY or 20 to 25 pounds. ' \ Ginger Snaps 4 1 2c pound ~ h Lemon?sweet ?51*2c pound ks Nic Nacs?sweet...... 5 l-2c pound Soda XXX?plain 4 l-2c pound Plantation 6 1 2c pound w Fluted Vanilla 6 l-2c pound |e Lunch Milk 7c pound ir We have the largest aud most varied asa sortment of eanned goods, etc., to 1m had Le in the South. Get a copy of our Prica List y and peruse It carefully?you'll tueu tiud it to your advautage to send us your orders. .. 0* One order will make you a customer of Q ours. Our guarantee stauds bjhlad j, everything we send out aud we live up to N3 it in every instance. Vour wouey lsa't 9| ,e our money until you are pleased. " WELCH & JfiASON, b " UNIVERSAL PKOVIUEH1, d l' 185 bad 187 Meeting and 117 Market Sts., ^ j CHARLESTON, S. C. v l* k j| TOERE IJi >r I Mb Preparation that can compare j >[M with Hilton's Life for ths Iirer ^Hjg p I SB an^ ^dney*?,n rtMnttfw j, eljH o< its action and tha certainty 1 Jg of its effects, to the relief and IB I v e J Bvl core of Dyspepsia and Indlgba- 10 j-1 |ra| tion, and all their attending I. y I f|?p Ills, auflh as sick headache, e I ^ai aoar stomach, want of appetite, I 8 i-1 etc., and as a regulator fa I }-1 Habitual Constipation. A law I 61 g|jk doees will tell something of its I Jafl merits. No need of a long eon- HI o I ai tinned course before its bena* H j 6I MM become apparent. I gaS- TRY IT, AND Ml I ( CONVINCE^. gj i-j ^Id wholesale by L ?lThe Murray Drug Co. L1 ?| COLUMBIA, 8. C. D l-F AND (D * Dr. fl. Jiaer, Charleston, S.O, j - HELP WANTED! c ?* MEN WANTED iu every Township in this county to advertise Diamond Crystal Syrup. )r Those willing to work hard eight hours per it' day can make from ?3 to $10 per day. No l- more hard times for you or your dependents it if you engage with us a'nd hustle. Send stamp for particulars to Lock Box 122, a Orangeburg, 8. 0. -JOHN A.. MANUKACT ? TOZERE. it BARGAIN LIST 1 have In stock, in thorough repair, repi fol'owing s( ?od(1 band Engines and lioileis : One 12 H 1' Portable Tczer Engine and lioil One 6 11 F Portable Tozer Engioe and Uoll .lc One CUT Portable Tozer E ngine and Boil 1L) One i> II P Portable fox er Engine and Boll One HHP Portable Oneida Engine and Boi al One 12 II P Portable C & G Cooper & Co En j One hHP Semi-Portable Ames Engine and Otw 7 11 P Kemi-Portable VViod, Tatar & M ^ 'I'liese Engine i and Boilers have been . . nmi nr<> In as yood condition as it is 1 Ill e> ing to liavo your order, 1 am, Youis i te t- Always iu stock, a full line of TOZKK i. prices. KEPAJKINO OK ALL KINDS I'K A $25 Cooking Stove WITH A COMTLBTl OUTTTT W? o^TJLnr $10.00. j Delivered to your railroad All freight charges paid. Ilead tMi description carefully. This spkedii Cooking Stove in No. 8; has (oar i inch holes; 16x18 inch ovea; II Inch fire box, 24 Inehee high; llrfl inch top; nice smooth easting. I have had this stove made for mj trade, after my own idea, oombiniaf all the good point* of all medium priced stoves, and leaving out tke objectionable features. Beyond all doubt the best Ne. Cooking Stove made, for the prfoe. Fitted with 2 pots, 2 pot eorwn, % skellets, 2 griddles, 3 baking r? I joints of pipe, 1 slbow, 1 collar, 1 j lifter, 1 scraper, 1 oake polish, 1 Lie* tea kittle, 1 shovel. We waak te make customers and friends in iwij part of the South, for the pvyeae of introdnoing oar business to new people, and to renew oar aof tia> I ance with old friends. 8 We will ship this splendid Geekftaf Stove and the above described fw I to any depot, all freight libera? I paid, for only $19.00 when ibe I ?uh hakim vitk tb? rdar TUi I tort Li a good om, wall aaifo, ui 1 will giva ntira latiafaotiam. OwH illuitratad eatalogua of FxizmHere. I StOTM and Baby Carrlagai wtiM B trM. Addraw g x7. 3F. FJLDCi-ETT, ? 849 Broad Stbkkt, AUSUBTA, S ?nmnmn?inmnmrvw3! !f you WanC a Fine piano ^ From Factory direct and all Intermediate Profits saved 4 LUDDEN & BATES] HlliBbMEN 5 They have sold Pianos . the South enc* ^ 187o and are still at it. 4 They don't get old-foeyish or tired, bat al? M ways keep at the head ot the procession, ' T They have Inst opened Wholesale Head* ? quarters ana Warerooms in New York City, M They manufacture the Lndden dc Bates Piano and also own an interest in the great _ IHfUhtiahek Piano Factory,with control V I of nearly its entire output. m I They Supply Purchasers direct from Factory at Wholesale Price*, thus ; saving large intermediate profits. M They will save you $50 to $ 100 on a Piano. % They are your men. Write them, either at M 1 Savannah, New York, or any of their South- ^ | era Branch Houses. M ; LUDDEN & BATES, ?i 91 & 93 Fifth Ave., N.Y. ?j Main House, - - Savannah, Ga. J: Brandhet?Macon, Columbus, Waycross, Ga J m ! Jacksonville, Fla.; Mobile, Ala.; NewOrleans; ; Columbia, S. 0.; Charlotte, Raleigh, N. O. ^ A A At Advice to Mothers. Wj take pleasure In calling your at tea on to a reme dy so long needed In carrylg children safely through the critical Age of teething. It Is an incalculable leasing to mother and child. If you are hturbed at night with a sick, fretful, ttthing child, use Pitts' Carminative, It rill give Instant relief, and regulate the owels, and make teething safe and e^sy. t will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Mtte Carminative is an instant relief for ollc of infants, it will promote digestion,, lve tone and energy to the stomach and >owels. 'J he sick, puny, suffering child r 111 soon become the fat and frolicfciug Joy f tho Household. It Is very pleasant to he taste and only cost 25 cents per bottle, old by druggists and by THE MURRAY DRUG CO* Columbia, S. C. COTTON GINS. Complete glnnlnij systems rontrtolei for rtth Thomas Elevator, LI at K.uh, b-Attaiy londenser, Self-packing Kiv<>!vin.? Cjx team Cylinder Pre a-it aivl all iui|)roveleuts for aa up to d*te 189U glonei). Bay o other until you i?<t pri-wi on the 'homas. INQlNifii, BOILKHS, JJA.W MILLS, JANE MILLS, KICK MILLS, Gttl-sr MIL' S. Write for Prlcw. V. C. Badham OOLUMM A. S. C. Wl l jl JIB, LTKKK OK NGils' US. li.ited name as ne ?, and cnpfa'.H, tin er Prion 5500 ( er Price ;;sO (JrhIi er Price 3<>o ('nili ler Pi ice 1'90 C;i<?h iler i'tii-H 'jho (Jasli ... i,..,i.., |.M1.M .}7,| iKiuu rim .?? 1 Boiler IV cm 'Jyo cash one Engine & Boiler I'ru'n lilt) Casii thoroughly overhauled tinl tui-*! at my lossible for fieeonti liaud j ?'.<s to b*. Hopespectfu'iy, JOHN A. WJU-1S, Columbia, S. C. ENGINES AND BOILKBS. Write for OMPTLY EXECUTED.