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HOW BRYAN WON. FULL TEXT OF HIS GREAT SPEECH i BiEFORE THE CONVENTION. Fighting Not for Conquest, But In Defenco j of Howes, Families and Posterity?No yilOBlIUU UI UV-W | Her? is th? full text of William J. J Bryan's speech before the convention. ; which gave rise to such a remarkable i H outburst of enthusiasm, and did so ' much toward carrying the convention i | for his nomination. i ' "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of 1 the Convention: I would be presumptuous, indeed, to present myself against 1 the distinguished gentlemen to whom you have listened if this were but a ( measuring of ability, but this is not a 1 contest among persons. The humblest citizen in all the land when clad in 1 the armor of a righteous cause is stronger than the whole hosts error uiu vriug* "I come to speak to you in defense 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 ottered in commendation of the administration, and also the resolution in condemnation of the administration. I shall object to bringing the question down to a level of persons. The individual is but an atom; he is born, he acts, he dies, but principles are eternal and this has been a contest of principles. Never I before in the history of this country ' there been witnessed such a con- j ~ test as that through which we have i passed. Never before in the history I of American politics has a great issue s been fought out, as this issue has 1 > been, by the voters themselves. "On March 4,1895, a few Democrats, J most of them members of Congress. : issued an address to the Democrats of ' the nation, asserting that the money ' question, was the paramount issue of < the hour; asserting also the right of a ' majority of the Democratic party to ' control the position of the party on this paramount issue, and concluding 1 with the request that ak believers in ' free coinage ol silver in the Democratic party should organize and take ] charge of and control the policy of the i 5?" v Democratic party. > _ "Three months later, at Memphis, < an organization was perfected, and the ' silver Democrats went forth openly t and boldly and courageously proclaim- 1 ed their belief, and declaring that if 1 successful they would crystalize in a t platform the declaration which they nad made. Ahd then began the con- { flict, with a zeal approaching the zeal ? which inspired the crusaders who fol-? t 1?.J Tl.i iL- TT g iuwbu ?"oier me xieruiiii. "Our silver Democrats went forth from victory unto victory until they 1 are assembled now, not to discuss, not 1 to debate, but to enter up the jude- t ment rendered by the plain people of < this country. ? "In this contest brother has been ar- 1 rayed against brother and father i against son. The warmest ties of love i and acquaintance and association have < been diregarded. Old leaders have been cast aside when they refused to ] give expression to the sentiments of i those whom they would lead, and new J leaders have sprung up to give direction to this cause of trust. 'Thus has the contest been waged, i and we have assembled here under as ] binding and solemn instructions as 1 were ever fastened upon the represen- < tatives of a people. We do not come t as individuals. Why, as individuals we might have been glad to compli- 1 ment the gentleman from New York, 1 Senator Hill, but we know that the 1 people for whom we speak would never be willing to put him in a position where he could thwart the will of the Democratic party. ^ "I said it was not a question of persona; it was a question-of principle, and it is with gladness, my friends, that we find ourselves brought into conflict with those who are now arrayed on the other side. "The gentlemen who just preceded me, Governor Russell, spoke of the old State of Massachusetts. Let me assure him that not one person in all this convention entertains the least hostility to the people of the State of Massachusetts. 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 tell us that we shall disturb your business ? interests we reply that you have dis- i turbed our business interests by your ' course. We say to you that you nave < 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 r attorney in a country town is as much a husiness man as the corporation counsel in a great metropolis. The merchant at the cross roads is as much a business man as the merchant of New York. "The farmer who goes forth in the morning and toils all day begins in the spring and toils all summer, and, by - the application of brains and muscle to \ the natural resources of this country, * creates wealth, is as much a business I\ man as the man who goes upon the t \Board of Trade and bets upon the price grain. The miners who go one thousand feet into the earth or climb two thousand feet upon the cliffs and bring forth from their hiding place the precious metals to be poured into the channels of trade are as much business men as the few financial magnates who in a back room, corner the money market of the world. 4 4 We come to speak |of that broader L class of business men. Ah, my \ L friends, we say not one word against i ^V^hose who live npon the Atlantic coast; but those hardy pioneers who braved all tire dangers of the wilderness, who s nave made the desert to blossom as the t rose?those pioneers away out there, s rearing their children near to Nature's t heart, where they can mingle their s !iL -I _ e 11 v* i. voices witii me voices 01 iiie oiras? j out there Where they have erected t school houses for the education of i ^ their young, and churches where they c praise their Creator, and cemeteries t where sleep the ashes of their dead, t are as deserving of the consideration s ^ of this party as any people in this 1 Pp country. "It is for these that we speak. We ] f do not come as aggressors. Our war j is not a war of conquest. We are light- t ing in defense of our homes, our fami- < lies and posterity. We have petitioned s and our petitions have been scorned. ] We have entreated, and our entreaties s have been disregarded. We have I begged, and they have mocked, and ] our calamity came. "We beg no longer; we entreat no 1 mere; we petition no more. We defy ] them. ' "The gentleman from Wisconsin lias said that he fears a Robespierre. My friend, in this land of the free you need fear no tyrant who will spring jp from among the people. What we aeed is an Andrew Jackson, to stand, is Jackson stood, against the encroachments of aggrandized wealth. "They tell us that this platform was made to catch votes. We reply to them that changing conditions make asw issues; that the principles upon which rest Democracy are as everlasting: as the hills, but that thsy must be applied to new conditions as they arise. Conditions have arisen, and we are attempting to meet those condiLions. "Thev tell us that the income tax ought not to be brought in here, that it is a new idea. They criticise us for our criticisms of the Supreme Court of the United States. My friends, we have not criticised. We have simply called attention to what you know. If you want criticisms read the dissent ing opinion of the court. That will give you criticisms. "They say we passed an unconstitutional law. I deny it. The income tax was not unconstitutional when it was passed. It was not unconstitutional when it went before the Supreme Court for the first time. It did not become unconstitutional until one judge changed his mind, and we cannot be expected to know when a judge will change his mind. INCOME TAX JUST. "The income tax is a just law. It simply intends to put the burdens of government justly upon the back3 of Lhe people, i am in favor of an insome tax. When I find a man who is not willing to pay his share of the government which protects him I find i man who is unworthy to enjoy the blessings of a government like ours. "He says that we are opposing the national bank currency. It is true. If you. will read what Thomas Benton said trr>n unll find that. h? sah? that in searching history he could find but ane parallel to Andrew Jackson. That was Cicero, who destroyed the conspiracy of Catiline to save Rome. lie iid for Rome what Jackson did when tie destroyed the bank conspiracy and saved America. "We say in our platform that we believe the right to coin money and ssue money is a function of government We believe it is a part of sovireignty and can no more with safety je delegated to private individuals ,han we could afford to delegate to arivate individuals the power to make aenal statutes or levy laws for taxa,ion. "Mr. Jefferson, who was once regarded as good Democratic authority, seems to have a different opinion from ;he gentleman who has addressed us >n the part of the minority. "Those who are opposed to this pro>osition tell us that the issue of paper noney is a function of the bank, and hat the government ought to go out >* the banking business. I stand with lefferson rather than with them in lolding, as he did, that the issue of noney is a function of the governnent, and that the banks ought to go >ut of the government business. "They complain about that plank which declares against the life tenure n office. They have tried to strain it o mean that which it does not mean. What we oppose in that plank is the ife tenure that is being built at Washngton, which excludes from participation in the benefits the humbler nembers of our society. I cannot Iwell on this longer in my limited ime. "Let me call attention to two or hree great things. The gentleman 'rom New York says that he will propose an amendment providing that his change in our law shall not affect ;ontracts already made. Let me remind him that there is no intention of iffecting those contracts which, acjordine' to the Dresent laws, are made payable in gold. But if he means to lay that we cannot change our moneary svstem without protecting those who have loaned money before the ihange was made, I want to ask him where, in law or in morals, he can find luthority for not protecting the debt>rs when the Act of 1873 was passed, when he now insists that we must protect the creditor. "He says he also wants to amend his law and provide that if we fail to naintain a parity within a year we will then suspend the coinage of silver. We reply that when we advoja,te a thing which we believe will be successful, we are not compelled to raise a doubt as to our own sincerity jy trying to show what we will uo if we can. QUESTION OP PARITY. "I ask bim, if he will apply his logc to us. why he does not apply it to limself. lie says that he wants this jountry to try to secure an internaional agreement. Why doesn't he all us what he is going to do if they rail to secure an international agreenent? There is more reason for him .o do that than for us to fail to mainain the parity. They have tried for hirty years?for thirty years?to se:ure an international agreement, and hose who are waiting for it most patently don't want it at all. "Now, my friends, let me come to he great paramount issue. If they isk us here why it is that we say more )n the money question than we say ipon the tariff question, I reply that f protection has slain its thousands, .he gold standard has slain its tens of housands. If they ask us why we lid not embody all these things in our ilatform which we believe, we reply o them that when we have restored he money of the constitution, all )ther necessary reforms will be possi)le, and that until that is done there 3 no reform that can be accomplished. CHANGED IN THREE MONTHS. "Why is that within three months luch a change has come over the seniments of this country ? Three months igo, when it was confidently asserted hat those who believe in the gold itandard would frame our platform md nominate another candidate,even he advocates of the gold standard did lot think lhat we could elect a Presilent, but they had good reasons for ,he suspicion, because there is scarcely i State here today asking the gold itandard that is not within the absoute control of the Republican party. "But note the change. Mr. McKiney was nominated at St. Louis on a platform that declared for the mainenance of the gold standard until it ihould be changed into bimetallism by m international agreement. Mr. Mckinley was the most popular man imong the Republicans, aud everyixxly three months aj*o in the Republican party prophesied his election. "How is it today / Why, that man who used to boast that he looked like Nfapoleon?that man shudders today when he thinks that he was nominated on the anniversary of the battle of Waterloo. Not only that, but as he listens he can hear with ever increasing distinctness the sound of the waves as they beat upon the lonely shores of St. Helena. "Why tnis change? Ah, my freinds, is not the change evident to any one who will look at the matter? It is no private character, however pure, no personal popularity, however great, that can' protect from the avenging wrath of an indignant people the man who will either declare that he is 111 favor of fastening the gold standard : upon this people, or who is willing to surrender the right of sell-government and place legislative control in the hands of foreign potentates and powers. CONFIDENT OF SUCCESS. "We go forth confident that we shall 1 w'n. Why? Because upon the paramount issue in this campaign there is not a spot of ground upon which the enemy will dare to challenge battle. Why if they tell us that the gold standard is a good thing, we point to their platform and tell them that their platform pledges the party to get rid of a gold standard and substitute bimetallism. If the ffold standard is a sood thing, why try to get rid of it? "I might call your attention to the fact that some of the very people who are in this convention today, and who tell you that we ought to declare in favor of international bimetallism, and thereby delare that the gold standard is wrong and the principle of bimetallism is better?these very people four months ago were open and avowed advocates of the gold standard, and telling us that we could not legislate two metals together, even with all the world. "I want to suggest this truth, that if the gold standard is a good thing we ought to declare in favor of its retention, and not in favor of abandoning it, and if the gold standard is a bad thing, why should we wait until some other nations are willing to help us to let eo'i TFIE LINE OF BATTLE. "Here is the line of battle: We care not upon which issue they force the fight. We are prepared to meet them on either issue, or on both. If they tell us that the gold standard is the standard of civilization, we reply to them that this the most enlightened of all the nations of the earth, has never declared for a gold standard, and both the parties this year are declaring against it. "If the gold standard is the standard of civilization, why, my friends, should we not have it? So, if they come to meet us on ihat, we can present the history of our nation. More than that, we can tell them this that they will search the pages of history in vain to find a single instance in which the common peopla of any land have ever declared themselves in favor of a gold standard. They can find where the holders of fixed investments have. "Mr. Carlisle said in 1878 that this was a struggle between the idle holders of idle capital and the struggling masses who produce the wealth and pay the taxes of the country, and, my friends, it is simply a question that we shall decide, upon which side shall the Democratic partv Ight? Upon the side of the idle holders of idle capital or upon the side of the struggling masses ? That is the question that the party must answer firsl and then it must be answered by each individual hereA aibur* "The sympathies of the Democratic party, as described by the platform, are on the side of the struggling masses who have ever been the foundation Irf the Democratic party. There are two ideas of government. There are >hose who believe that if you ju.st legislate to make the well to do prosperous their prosperity will leak through on those below. ' The Democratic idea has been that if you legislate to make the masses prosperous their prosperity will find its way up through every class and rest upoi*, it. CITIES REST ON PRAIRES. "You come to up and tell us that the great cities are in favor of the gold standard. I tell you that the great ;cities rest upon these broad and fertile prairies. Burn down your cities and leave our farms, and your cities will spring up again as if by magic; but destroy our farms and the grass will npfrtnr in Hio ofnf OTrann nittt in <Kit? -www. V. w^.jr V/IKJ !U I.U1? country. "My friends, we shall declare that this nation is able to legislate for its own people on every question, without waiting for the aid or consent of any other nation on earth, and upon that issue we expect to carry every single State in this union, 1 shall not slander the fair State of Massachusetts nor New York by saying that when its citizens are confronted with the proposition. Is this nation able to attend to its own business??I will not slander either one by saying that the people of those States will declare our helpless irapotency as a nation to attend to our own business. 1SSUK OP 1776 OVER AGAIN. "It is the issue of 177(5 over again. Our ancestors were the 3,000,000 who had the courage to declare their political independence of every other nation on earth. Shall we, their descendants, when we have grown to 70,000,000 rlpplAiv* ttmt wft arp !pc: inilorton dent than our forefathers? No, my friends, it will never be the judgment of this people. "Therefore, we care not upon what lines the battle is fought. If they say bimetallism is good, but we cannot have it until some nation help us, we reply that, instead of having a gold standard because England has, we shall restore bimetallism and then let England have bimetallism because the United States has. "If they diareto qome out and in the open defend the gold standard a$ a good thing, we shall fieht them to the uttermost. Having behind us the producing masses of. this nation and the world; having behind us the comber cial interests, and the laboring interests, and all the toiling masses, we shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to him: 'You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns. You shall not crucify mankind upon a oross of gold." Republicans Joining. Butte, Mont., July 14.?A tremendous mass meeling was held in Butte last night, and the Bryan and Sewall Club organized. Over 2,000 voters sifrnpfl f.Vift rnll. iimludirifr rnflnvnf fli? most prominent Republicans in the city. Mayor Thompson and State Attorney W. h. Wines, both Republicans, made strong speeches declaring no silver man could consistently support McKinley. Speeches were also made by prominent Populists and Democrats. ; THE CROP OUTLOOK. I FOR THE WEEK ENDING LAST one SATURDAY. lov) eno | Cotton In Neeil of Sunshine Since the Wet Till > Weather, liut the Prospects Good?Other i 1S Crops I'roxperliiff. ^0 The following bulletin covers the n0^ weather and crop conditions for the monlr andi'nn qnfn o t7 .TiiItt 11 O c va. i Z ^uuuig uaiuiumj, w w?j * \J L1UL , ported by Observer Bauer,- which were ceal , prepared from reports from one or can more correspondents in each county was of the State. not Ordinarily, the week just passea in- Car eludes the dates of highest tempera- qua tures for the year in South Carolina, vie1 and about stationary temperature may cep be expected for the remainder of the " month and into Auguut, after whica a or slow decrease at first, then more rapid upc will ordinarily occur* kne The mean temperature for the past Al!; week averaged 5 degrees cooler than you normal; highest temperature 96 on the clul 5th at Blac&Wlle, and on the 6th at thai Spartanburg-,- lowest 52 on the 9th at abh Looper's. Mean temperature of 40 botl stations, 77, and the approximate nor- M mal for the same period is 82. can At many places there was rain on tion seven days of the week. Out of 44 re- ?F ports tne smallest amount reported the was 1.82 at Yemassee. The distribution of the rainfall is shown by the ]\j following reports: Augusta, Ga., 6.44; Allendale 1.88, Batesburg 4 60, Blackville 2 56, Greenwood 9.71, Greenville 8.51, Spartanburg 6.03, Cheraw 6.05, ovei Florence 3.61, Kingstree 3.20, St. George's 3.11, St. Matthew's 3.58, Pino- T! polis 2.33, Darlington 3.85, Tiller's by- n Ferry 7.41, Shaw's Fork 6.00, St. Rev n /C%. A PA I I A /? r>4 T *1. -rr vjcurjje s ?.ov, \juariesrou o.oi, ijid- x erty 5.75, McColl 6.40, Beaufort 6.00 refe Winnsboro 5.15, Anderson 4.90, San- killi tuc 6.48, lieid 5.75, Trial 3.61, Colum- is R bia 6.85, Camden 7.27, Chesterfield copj 6.18, Mont Clare 6.75, Elloree 2.37, of h Longshore 6 80, Looper's 8 05, Tren* ovei ton 6.51, Little Mountain 8.67 Walhalla proi 5.36, Clemson College 9.48, Poverty strei Hill 8 35, Gillisonville 1.95, Statesburg was 7.57, Hagood 4.20, Society HUl 5.21. tion The average of these 44 reports is non 5 45 and the normal for the same per- first iod is approximately 1.29 inches. * The His rain fell so that much of it san into the His ground and the subsoil is now attl thoroughly saturated and no appre- bevi hension of drought need be felt lor the F. I remainder of this crop season. Mr. There was less than half the usual of h duration of possible sunshine, the per- for. centage for the State having been 37, and ranging from 18 at Trio to 53 per cent, fiort at Winnsboro. The effect of so much expi cloudiness was in the main beneficial his a by preventing scalding, which would have occurred had the sun shone hot ? before the ground had become partially dry. K7 Too much rain. Thlt and high . t winds on Wednesday, 8th, caused a general falling off in the condition of ^ corn and cotton, but with less effect on other crops, in fact, minor crops were . decidedly improved except on overilowed land. The wind is reported to have blown a gale in the western cpunties, breaking down and tangling corn * and large cotton, and otfing to the changing direction of the high wind. it worked holes around the roots of ^ cotton, breaking off the upper roots and retarding its growth materially. Much of the green fruit remaining on j the trees was blown off, thus further shortening an already small crop. ? TLe rivers, and many of the smaller " 1' streams, overflowed tneir banks and W6r ruined a large portion of bottom land ^an crops. In estimating the damage from u this source, the fact should be taken :i into consideration that bottom lands yield nearly, or quite, twice as much wag as the same acreage of ordinary up- j^in, lands. { The Great Pee Dee rose to within 6 j ^ inches of the great freshet of March. ' 1805.. The Broad, Congaree, Wateree, Lynches, Savannah and other rivers waa were over their banks ,more Or less, gear but the damage can as yet not be ac- ^4 curately estimated. ^ortl Farm work was delayed by the rains and wet soil and crops are fast becoming grassy, but as fields were previous- (jjrC( ly well cultivated, except in a few man counties, the grass can be brought under control before much injury will result from that source. Hillside lands T( wece badly washed in six counties. says The general condition j>t corn is not his 1 as good as it was a week ago, with the of tl exception of upland in Laurens and crat: Chesterfield where it is very fine. The this greatest injury to corn was done by addi the wind. The rains prevented the siroi spread of porlen. Dry weather and curr the wet soil will improve late corn, so Kin! that a rapid improvement in the condi- selec tion of corn is expected. call* Cotton was also injured by the wet use weather but to what extent can not ier J now be deGnitsly stated. Shedding of at la squares is reported from four counted* 4M and the lack of sullicient sunshine has duri baused rust to appear at places, and aske the plant to turn yellow. It is sappy ""! and.growing largely to weed, never- proi theless it continues to fruij, heavily and nun the ereneral condition ie.good. no^ Tobacco curing was. retarded by the 44 rains but the condition, of tobacco in leyl general is very promising now. 44 liice is in excellent condition but reiu planters on lower, Santee are apprehen- ver; sive of 07ern,pw& when the high wat- geti ers of tha Wateree and Congaree reach er ii the Crst named.river. He Peas are still being sown to someex- thoi tent- Peas as well as all other minor doej crop? are in excellent condition. 44 Sweet potatoes doing very well, also pen anrcrVmm /?ono Iota f 11 & v^iiu, iuii, ganiuus nuu (*?' tures. Truck along the coast is rotting tha: from too much rain, deb dlii LufLtLeu & Bates ar? YourXea. ^is If you want to buy a fine piano di- T rect from factory, and without paying an middlemen's profits, write the well- Mr. known Southern. Music House of Lud- his den & Bates, Savannah,, Ga., about it. They are your men. They manufacture the new Luddeu & Bates piano. H They own an interest in the great Srai Mathushek Piano, sold by them for ?iat twenty-five years past. They control |7el almost th'e entire output of the facto- J}vt ry and have just opened large whole- tae; sale ware rooms in. New YorK City. to ' They sell from factory direct to pur- "ie< chasers and save purchasers all intermediate profits. They are your men. J ltesd their latest advertisement in tnis Tra issue aHu write mem eitner at savan- Mo nah, Ga., or New York City. coll A 1'ropJiecy Half Fulfilled. J?t? ItALKIOH N. c., July 15.?Two J*" years ago William J. Bryan delivered a commencement address at the State J Normal and Industrial Schools for is t girls here. Miss Gertrude M. Bagby tha was class prophet and said Bryan To would be the next Democratic nominee woi for President and wquld be elected. ing A SPICY MEETING, [CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.] occasion have shown he did not a the honor of his office well ugh to keep from disgracing it. s young man has seen fit to attack on political grounds. There no question no dispute as where I stood in 1890, where I am and have been for the t four years. My record is open ; itever I did was done on convici and with honesty of purpose, conling nothing from aoy man. But my competitor say as much ? He i a Bratton man in 1890, and does denv it. knowine I have the nroof. i he tell you truthfully that he aclinted Gen. Farley with his honest ws on politics that year, before acting that office under him? Will Mr. Watts also say whether not he is a member or attended >n the meetings of an organization >wn in Columbia as 'Scatterwood iance or Club,' and if so, to tell i truthfully the purpose of that b? When ne does, I will show you t organization is looked on with orrence by true Reformers from h a moral and political standpoint." [essrs. Robinson and May Geld, didates for superintendent of educai, and the candidates for congress inley, Trantham and Strait?were other speakers. [ISS TILLMAN'S DEATH. [CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. ] - aL ?~ Il? 1 Cli._ A ~ r me same rauruau.?oiaie. the rev. mr. lee. he following special was received [?he State from Yorkville about the . Robert A. Lee: orkville, July 16.?The Mr. Lee rred to in The State today as being id yesterday at Brevard, N. C-, ev. R. A. Lee, rector of the Episil church in Yorkville. The news is sudden death has cast a gloom r the whole town. He was a very nising young man, and had ugthened the church here. He almost idolized by his congregaand was popular with other delinations, as he was a Christian, and an Episcopalian afterward % parents live at Due West, S. C; remains will be buried tomorrow le family burying ground in Al* lie. Mr. G. W. S. Hart, Mr^ W. larshall, Dr. R. A. Brattoa,and and Mrs. W. B. Moore, members -i.: 1^*4. t j. j l is congregauun, ieu note ouuigui Abbeville. Tbe St Agnas Guild Ladies1 Auxiliary sent beautiful il offerings. Much sympathy is essed also for Senator Tillman, in affliction. Many Men Dsrowned. ^evelaud, July 16.?The most apiDg disaster which has occurred in reland, except the Viaduct horror winter, when a loaded car plunged hundred feet into the river occur tonight at 8 o'clock. While a flatomed ferry boat, loaded with barn forty and fifty laborers was sing the old river channel, it was iiieu and all the men thrown into channel and between fifteen and ty drowned, fourteen bodies havbeen taken from the water up to i. m. The accident was due to a ic among the men on board The t was so loaded that the gunwale only three inches above the water, a passing tug made waves which e into the boat. At once there was ush to the other side and tbe boat 4 1 ? mi,... Lit UUUCL' ftUU a^ULW IIIO IUOU. ?11X3J 0 all members of a gang: of ore dlers and were coming to their les. The scene in the riveiv as deted by the men on the tug and the mer Langdon, which were passing, one of wild struggle for life, ss and life preservers were thrown a both -vessels and many werepulaboard. Others of the unfortunates 9 rescued by small boats, and some in ashore. The life saving crew summoned and the work of chfeig for bodies at once- begun. Vnn q cVir\r?f f lmo outran aA iKa ii n_ U*u ? kJUVi H U&iUV kJV- v VJAX W UUV UU. unates were brought to shore and n to the morgue tor identification. Be who escaped scattered in every ction, and it is uncertain, just how iy lives were lost. . -l ' 9 " Bryan Going t*>Obl<K )LKDO, Ohio, July Mh?Tha Bee today: If William J>. Bryan has way Ohio will, be the storm center ie ensuing capapaign. The Demoic candidate promises to stump State an& to deliver at least one 'ess in Toledo. Mr. Bryan is dejs of having a joint debate on the ency. question with ex-Gov. Mcley and he will let Mr. McKinley ;i.the time and. place. Among the irs upon the distinguished namijust after the. nomination was Pfe3. Degnan, of this city, alternate irge. 3an we hope to see you in Ohio ng tne campaign, Mr. uryanr tie td. ?ou certainly can," was the npL reply. "I expect to make a iber of speeches in Ohio between r and election." What, invade the home of McKinI" I know Mr. McKinley very well," traed Mr. Bryan, "and esteem him y highly as a man. We were toler in Congress and worked togeth1 the Ways and Means Committee. is an excellent gentleman and roughly honest in all he says and 9." If you come to Ohio you may hapto meet him," was suggested. I would not ask anything better u to meet Mr. McKinley in joint ate," said Mr. Bryan, his eyes kin>g? "right in his own State and at home." he conversation was continued in informal way for some time and Bryan several times referred tc desire to meet Mr. MiKinley. Their Prayers Answered. lALTiMOREjJuly 15.?Mrs. Elizabeth xiakerandMrs- Lucretia Wool ford, ers, aged 05 and 15.'] years, respect[y, who had lived together all their ss and who last Sunday prayed that y might die together, were burned ieath last night. Their husbands i years jigo. Itrltinh Ships Collide. .ondon, July 15.?The Atlantic nsporiation Company's steamshiu bilfi. Cant. Lavland.for New York, lidecl with the British steamei rm Kincr, bound for Baltimore, al ivesend today. Bitlv vessels art Qaged. efFerson said of agricullure that it he grand exchequer of the world t honors all drafts however large, express the idea otherwise, all the rid stands with open mouth, waitfor the farmer t,o fill it with food. The trustworthy cure for the Whiskey, Opium, Morphine and Tobacco Habits. For further Information ad'lress The Keeley Institute, or Drawer 27, Columbia, 3. C. IN A GREAT MEASURE People have to depend on the word of the dealer as to the quality of groceries. It Is very easy to make the price cheap at the expense of the quality ?Kaey to hide the cheat, too. Only sa'e way is to deal at a reliable house, I such as ours is. |Vfecall attention to the lew items below. These are our Ketatl prices: rw KI.HH A kawim "PKRVKOTfON" FLOtJR, .Finest Flour Made, Barrels |4.75, Half Barrels $2.50. WET.CH & EASON'S "BBAUTr* FLOUK, Next Best Grade, H .50 barrel. I Choice Family Floor |4.25 barrel. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN SUCH PRICES BEFORE? Best Leaf Lard, 50 pound caas, 6Mc pound Best Leaf Lard, 20 pound cans, 7c pound. Best Leaf. Lard, 10 pound cans, pound. Compound Lard, 50 pound cans, bXo pound Compound Lard, 20 pound cans, 6^c pound Compnwud Lard, 10 pound cans, 7c pound. IN RICE WE ARE HEADQUARTERS. j We have it at 2>ic, 2Xc, j 3c, 3%c, 4c and 5c pound j I in any qurntity less than j I a barrel. Samples mailed j Iree on application. COFFEES We have ail grades at > 18c. 2Dc. 22c. 25c and 30c pound to suit alJ lovers of a good cup of coffee. TEAS Green and Black at 25c, 50c, 75c and fl.00 per pound. Granulated Sugar Best quality In 100 pound sacks at 5%c pound by tbe sack or 5^c pound in j smaller quantities. . j Second quality, and very ' | nice, in 100 pound sacks at ! 5 l-2c p^und by tbe sack j I or 5 3-4c pound in smaller j quantities. j Cheap Biscuits j By tue JSox ONLY Ot 20 to 25 pounds. Qiogei Snap.1) 4 1 2c pound ' Lemon?sweet '. -5 l-2c pound Nic N acs?sweet 5 l-2c pound "trYY_,,laln 4 l-20 DOUDd Plantation 6 1 2c pound Fluted Vanilla (3 l-2c pound Lunch Milk .7c pound We have the largest and moat varied assort) nent of canned goods, etc., to be bad In the South. Get a copy of our Price List and peruse it carefuiry?you'll tiien Hud it to your advantage to send us your orders. , One order will make you a customer of ours. Our guarantee utauds babiud j everything we send out an,d we live up to it in every instance. Your money isn't ? our uioney until you are pleased. WELCH & EASOX, 1 UNIVERSALPROVIDERS, c 185 and 187 Meeting and 117 Market Sts., ( CHARLESTON, S. 0. I Mr Preparation thai can oodi|mhv II with Hilton's Life for tbalirer H11 |;B and Kidneys, in the mildness I I M} of ltb action and tho certainty HH f Sst of its effects, hi tbe relief and I j gg cur# of Dyspepsia and Indlges- I, lifjg tlon, and all their attending J ( |:K9 ills, Mich as sick headache, I WP B0W stomach, want of appetite, 11 I Sj etc., and as a regulator in I |;Wr Habitual Constipation. A lew I I'gaa doses will tell something of its H| I I JrwB merits. No need of a long eon.';jm tinned course before its ben#- HI /j PBs fits become apparent. VI Wtf ^ TRYST, AND BBI I KS^jSo CONVINCED. HI ^Id wholesale by I, The Murray Drug Co. ! COLUMBIA, a. C. ' AND j ^f* B- -^aor, C'liarlestou, S.C. fllP fAfflDT > T E> VT IFlVTCH ( " -"" " TownshiD io this IlUDil finniiiu ?? v..v K county to advertise Diamond Crystal Syrup. Those willing to work hard eight hours per , day can make from to $10 per day. No more hard times for you or your dependents if you engage with us and hustle. Send stamp for particulars to Lock Box 12-', t Orangeburg, S. C. JOHN -A_. MANIJKAC'I TOZEKE BARGAIN LIST 1 have In stock, in thorough repair, rep fol'ow ing second hand Engines and Boilers One 12 H 1' Portable Toz er Engine and Bol One U 11 P Portable Tozer Engine and Bol One U H P Portable Tozer E ngine and Boi ' One 6 II P Portable To/, er Engine and Bol . One X II P Portable Oneida Engine and Bt t Oue 12 11 P Portable 0 & G Cooper & Co E i One ? II P Seuii-1'ortable Ames Engine an One 7 U 1" S'nii-l'ortable Wtod, Taber & 1 These Engines and Boilers have been Works, and ate in as good condition as It is Jng to liavo your order, I am, Yours i Always in stock, a full line of TOZKR prices. 11EPAJ RING OK ALL KINDS P] J * A $25 Cooking Stove with a coirpurr* ouitjtt rat oifcrxrsr $12.00. I>?lir?red to yoar railroad d?p?^ all freight charges paid. Read thh description carefully. This spfoadid Cooking Stove is No. 8; has foot inch p^t holes; 16x18 inch otw; It inch Are box, K inch?* high; 21x31 fnch top; nice smooth airtby. X have had this ?tore mad* for ny trade, alter my own idea, combining all the good points of all median priced staves, and leaving out the objectionable features. Beyond all doubt the beet No. t Cooking Stove made, for the prlta Fitted with 2 pots, 2 pot eorm, 1 skellets, 2 griddles, 3 baking ml 3 joints of pipe, 1 elbow, 1 ooOv, 1 lifter, 1 scraper, 1 cake polish, 1 im tea kettle, 1 shovel. We will to make oustomers and friends la swj part of the South, for the pwpeae of introducing oar business to mv people, and to renew oar mull ance with old friends. We will ship tug *pl*n<lid Ciifclf Stove and the abort deecribod won to any depot, all freight tkan paid, for only $13.00 wkea M eaah eomea with the wAtr. Tfcto tore ii a good one, wall Made, ead will give entire aatisfaetiom. Ow Illustrated catalogue of FonMva Store* and Baby Carriage* mUm free. Addre** . xl F. PADOhETT, 840 Broad Stbkbt, Aueum, MiririfMTinirairititiittwyywifaB ? !( you Wan.. a Fine Piano * A From Factory direct and all 4 q Intermediate Profits saved 4 jMMBATCSj ? They have sold Pianos - the Sooth sine* 5 0 1870 and are still at it. M A They don't get old-foeyish or tired, bat al* M ^ ways keep ac the head of the procession. ' J ! ? They have Inst opened Wholesale Head* ~ | ? quartern ana Warerooms in New York City. M ft They manufacture the Ladden dc Bates ' Piano and also own an interest in the great ^ > Rfnthnahek Piano Factory, with control w 1 ^ of nearly its entire output. <g j ^ They Supply Purchasers direct from m 9 FRCtory at Wholesale Prices, thus _ ; P saving large intermediate profits. M , ? They will save yon $50 to 9100 on a Piano. 4 j ? They are yonr men. Write them, either at m Savannah, New York,or any of their South* ^ | D em Branch Houaes. M , f UDDEN & BATES, ?j L# 91 & 93 Fifth Ave., N. Y. ?j Main House, - - Savannah, Qa. J _ Branctes-Macon, Colambnn,WaycroM,G?.} 2 V Jaokaonrilln.Fls.; Mobile, AJa.;NewOrlean?; VK ? Columbia, S. C.; Charlotte, Raleigh, N. O. M Advio to mothers. - ^ * T * We take pleasure ia callfai? your attea* <nn *'? o Mma /Itf art Inner nAmlMi In CftrrV" ng children safely through the critical itage of teething, it Is an Incalculable )lessing to mother and child. If you are listurbed at night with a sick, fretful, eethlng child, use Pitta' Carminative, it will give instant relief, and regulate tbe Dowels, and make teething safe and ewy. Lt will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea. Pitta Carminative is an instant relief for jolic of infants;" It will promote digestion, ?ive tone and eaergy to tbe stomach and bowels. Ihe sick, puny, suffering child w 111 soon become tbe fat and frolicking joy of the household. It la very pleasant to the taste and only cost 25 cents par bottle. Sold by druggists and by THE MURRAY DHUGfCX* * Columbia, S. 0. COTTON GINS. Complete ginning systems contr icteJ tot with Thomas Elevator, hint Fiue, ilatteiy Dondenser, Self-packlog Kevolvlni? Cox Steam Cylinder Pre and all improvediAiitfl for an uo to dite 189G tflnnerv. Buy ao other until y<?u g-<t pii <ws on ttie Thomas. KNU1NE3, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, (JAN K MILLS, KICK MlfiLS, GRIST MIL'.S. Write for Prices. V. O. Badham, COLUMBIA. S. C. WXCLIS, ,'UKEU OK N G1IS1 ES. aiuted same as lie*, ami cmuplote, th? ler Price |5'J0 Cash iler Price .'WO Cash ler Price 3<>0 Cash Iler ri low jyo ^asn )iler 1'iicH 'JtfOCash nglne end Boiler 1'iice U70 CaMi tl Jioilor Fr cm 290 Cash lome Engine A Boiler I'rice 240 Casti thoroughly overhauled *ud tiisled at my possible for second Iiand j>?i?s to be. Hoprespectfully, JOHN A. WIMilS, Columbia, S. (J. ENGINES AND HU1LBUS. Write for liOMPTfiV EXECUTED.