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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
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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?
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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)
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| 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.