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IM'LAURIN THE MAN.
HE SUCCEEDS THE LATE JOSEPH H.
IEARLE AS JUNIOR SENATOR.
Got. Ellerbe Issued the Commission Wednesday
Appointing Hon. .lolin L. MrLautin
United States Senator to Succeed the
Lnt? Senator Earle.
I! Governor Ellerbe. on Wednesday}
the 25th inst.. duly commissioned
John Lowndes McLnurin to be Senator
from South Carolina in the pUce of
the late Joseph H. Earle, until the
General Assembly shall regularly
elect a successor to fill out the unexpired
term commencing on the 1th of
March last
< It seems to be understood on all
sides that there will be a primary
election to choose a man who shall be
presented to tbe Legislature as the j
choice of the Democratic voters of 't
South Carolina. In view of this expectation
there have already been a (
mimhor nf cpntlemen mentioned as)
(probable candidates?Senator May fi<jld J;
of Barnwell, Solicitor Bellinger of the i1
same county. Mr. M. L. Donaldson of I (
Greenville, Ex Governor John Gary j (
Evans and Mr. John T. Duncan.
Judge Brawley was also spoken of,
but it may be considered certain thar.
he will not enter the race.
The appointment of McLaurin caus- f
ing a vacancy in the sixth Congress .
ional district, there are already aspi- .
rants to the latter place?Solicitor J. j
M. Johnson of Marion, Comptroller ,
General Norton and Mr. W. D. Evans, ^
of Marlboro, at present a member of the
State railroad commission. Others '
may come in later. It now seems toL
understood that there will be no |.
(primary in this district?the candidates
going before the people them- j
selves. (
THE NEW SENATOR'S CAREER. j
John Lowndes McLaurin was born <
in Marlboro county, May 9th. I860, j
His father's name was Philip B. Mc j
Laurin. He was a lawyer of marked |
ability, but died at an early age, leaving
the subject of this sketch, Thomas (
and Margaret. Thomas died when j
about 12 years old and Margaret is ]
now is now living in Marlboro county (
as Mr*. Crossland. His mother was a (
daughter of Col. T. C. Weatherly, who
was prominent in public life before
the war. He was sheriff of his county
and represented it in the general as
sembly for many years. Whatever of
political ability and taste that Mr. McLaurin
has is from this side of the
house, all of the Weatherly's being
successful politicians. Mr. McLaurin's
father while he was in politics was
elected at the very early age of 23 to
the general assembly. He was just
old enough to oe eligible. On this
side of the house there was marked intellectuality
and culture; while they
were in politics, they did not care as s
winr.h fnr them as for matters of au ,
intellectual character. Mr. McLau \
rin's father was a fine speaker. (
His father died from illness con- ,
tracted from exposure in the army in t
1864. In 1867 his mother married Mr. ?
WilliamS. Mo wry, of Charleston, S. j
C. Mr. Mowry was a very wealthy t
gentleman and the family lived for j
several years in Marlboro county and j
then moved in 1873 to Eagle wood, N. f
J., where Mr. Mowry has since that t
I time been a very successful member j
of the cotton and stock exchange. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Mowry, and five half I
brothers and sisters are now living at c
this place. All Mr. McLaurin's half {
brothers are in business in New York
city.
In tbose early days the school system
of South Carolina was so defective
that "Jonnnie and Tommie" were
sent up to the Bethel Military academy
near Warrenton, Va. Tommie died
while attending the school and John,
the new senator of today, was then
taken on to Eagle wood and sect to
school there until he was 15 years of
age. He was then sent to Swarthmore
college near Philadelphia. A
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South Carolina temperament and after
two years, Colonel Weatherly, (
John's grandfathr, concluded that a j
military school and a disciplinarian ,
like Col. John P. Thomas were needed j
to properly train and hold in check ]
the promising young Carolinian. He .
remained under Col. Thomas in his j
school at Charlotte, N. C., until he
graduated in 1880. John was noted \
more as a baseballist and a boxer than ,
as a student, though his natural quick- (
ness and aptness enabled him to stand
well in his classes. He then went to j
the University of Virginia and took ,
the law course and in 1882 went to ]
Bennettsville and began the practice ,
of law.
Although Mr. McLaurin up to this ,
'time had eiven verv lttile attentijn to
the realities of life and his future prospects,
having been a wayward youth ,
at college insofar as respect for rules
and so on were concerned, when he
began the practice of law he desired
to turn over a new leaf and make a
name for himself in his profession.
He hung out hi3 shingle. Soon an
opportunity came along in the shape
of cases brought against 32 road hands
known since as the Hebron road cases.
It was a kind of a feud in the county.
The prosecution employed all the
leading attorneys in the county, including
the present assistant attorney
general or oouiu v^tronna, ex j uage
i Townsend. Idr. McLauiin was alone
for the defensa and many had advised
the accused to plead guilty. After
five days of legal fighting, Mr. MeLaurin
won in every case by appeals
to the jury, the law and evidence and
prejudice of the people being against
him. Judge Townsend was attracted
to the bright young lawyer and offered
to take him into partnership. This
copartnershp was formed in 1883 and
continued until Mr. McLaurin's election
to congress, the Orm being recog
nized as one of the strongest in that
section of the State.
On the 19th of February, 1883, Mr.
McL?aurin married Miss JNora Breeden
of Bennettsville, S. C., the daughter
of Mr. T. J. Breeden, and a neico of
his law partner, Judge Townsand
They have six children, four girls and
two boys. The marriage has been a
most happy and congenial one and
Mr. McLaurin attributes his success
in law and politics to the influence of
his life partner. His friends will tell
all that he has never taken an important
step in his life without consulting
his wife, and he has even discussed
his law cases with her.
Under the former regime in South
Carolina, Mr. McLaurin from almost
tne time that tie began the practice of
law rebelled against the existing political
conditions. In 1888 he made
in his county a fight such as Tillman
led in the State in 1890. He was defeated
only by the greatest effort and
ft combination of all thp opposing
foices. In 1890 he was elected to the
legislature. The general assembly
was composed almost entirely of new
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men ana coniainea o?uumr nuy, m
Governor Evars, Justice Gary, judge
Gary aod many ether meu who have
since become prominent in State and
national a J Fairs. Jn a. very few days
Mr. McLaurin made a speech that developed
the fact that he was one of
the coming factors in South Carolina
politics. At the seconH term of the
legislature Attorney General Pope
was elected associate justice of the
State supreme court and Ernest Gary,
Congressman Wilsnu, D. A. Town
1 W,iT aiifin ccz-.vo nanrii.
genu ULiU 4Ui. 0?lVAJAi4ltU
dates for attorney General to succeed
Justice Pope. McLsmrin had an easy
victory, brins? elected cm the third bai
lot. He plunged at once into the sea
of Jiiigation. The Cocsaw case was
pending, involving a large ?>uin and
the back and railroad tax c^ses that
have since become so noted, finally
ending in the supreme court of tne
United States. Ail of these easy were
of the utmost importance to the State.
His record as attorney general was
?ocd.
During the campaign of 1892 Governor
Tillman was opposed by ex-Govsrnor
John C. Sheppard. Tiie main
fi<rht upon Tillman was made by Col.
Youmans, who was a candidate for
secretary of s.ate. Ho was a very eloquent,
lluent and forcible speaker.
There ^ere personal differences between
Youmans and Tillman, and
Tillman refused to debate or recognize
tiim in the campaign at all,
which threw the fi^ht, so
far as Youmans was concerned, upon
McLaurin. Rarely has such a debate
;ver taken place in any campaign in
this State. It was of such a character
is to excite the keenest public interest,
yet the two men came out of it the
best of friends personally. The result
jreated such a wave or puonc iavor
For Mr. McLaurin that when Mr.
backhouse died in June, 1892, nothng
could prevent the people of Mr.
McLiurin's district from electing him
to Congress in November following.
He was seated when the Fifty-sec
?nd congress convened in 1892, in
he month of December. Mr. McLaurin's
first utterances upon the floor
irew great attention to him all over
jountry. It was his remarkable eulogy
>n his deceased predecessor. It was
anusual and drew many comments
rrom the press. He went back to give
i sketch of the history of slavery in
-he south, showing its influence in the
?ormation of the character of the men
)f his State. Then he proceeded to
jonnect it with this new Reform
novementwi'h which Mr. Stuckhouse
lad had so much to do in launching.
3e came to congress about the time
hat Bailey, Bryan, Sibley and others
)f equal note made their entrance upon
,he congressional stage and immediitely
began to attract attention to himself
as a debater. His first fight was
)n the repeal of the purchasing clause
)f the Sherman act. His speech was
>ne of the verv first attacks upon Grower
Cleveland's policy. It was sarcasic
and pungent and claimed widespread
attention both at home and in
he country at large. Then, during
he panic of 1893, when because of
Vio onai</<itir nf mnrinv thfthankn had
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0 form a clearing house association
tnd issue certificates in order to move
he cctton crop, Mr. McLaurin was
he very first man in either branch of
jongress to Fee the point and propose
1 remedy. He got some of the certificates
and went before the banking
ind currency committee with a pronsition
to issue $125,000,000 of
Jnited States notes, which were to be
leposited with the banks to take the
)lace of these certificates. He showed
hat the law prohibited the retirement
>f these notes below $346,000,000, and
hat as a matter of fact they had been
etired far below this amount. He
nade a strong: tight against the imposi
ion of the 10 per cent, tax that the
reasury department proposed to place
apon these certificates. This speech
eras very extensively printed in the
japers of the west and south.
Mr. McLaurin also took a prominent
part in the debates to repeal the
LO per cent, tax on State banks. He
nade a number of other speeches on
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,ne nnanciai quesuon, an 01 wiucu
aave attracted attention. In the organization
of the Fifty-fourth congress,
Speaker Reed placed Mr. McLauin
upon the ways and means committee.
Since that time he has de
roted himself to the study of the tariff
question. In a speech delivered on
March 23, last, he attracted the attention
of the whole country with his
speech upon the Dingley bill. He
boldly proclaimed the doctrine that if
a. policy of protection was to obtain
that the south should have her share;
that all or nothingshould be protected.
He offered an amendment in the committee
room asking for a duty of
cents upon all cotton imported into
the United States. He was vigorously
attacked on the floor from all quarters,
but met every assault with that
tact and coolness and fully sustained
his reputation as a debater. Then
there was his last speech Advertising
Columbia and the south in a way as
to attract the potice of the entire coun
try. Mr. McLaurin has been elected
thrice in his district.
One of his admirers yesterday had
this to say about him: "He is a very
broad man in politics. During a factional
fight there was no man that
fought harder, but as soon as the battle
ended he took the position that be was
a representative of the whole people,
and that he did not have the right to
hold a Democrat responsible or question
his right to vote against him in
the primary election. He was the
first Reform leader to come out openly
and bodly in favor of peace and
unity. At one time it seemed certain
that the leaders of his own faction
wouta ueieai mm, out wnen mey
would get a man out and McLjurin
would go on the stump, the first speech
would dissipate all opposition. Mr.
McLaurin's friends, and many of his
enemies, politically, also consider
that he has done as much if not more
towards the breaking down of factional
lines in this State as any other
man. Ia lact, Mr. McLaurin is not
thought o f as being a member of either
faction."
On Thursday Mr. McLaurin filed
with the governor his letter of acceptance
of the position. The letter is
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cuiisiuereu umci.y aiiu vory ujui>ji iu
tbe point. Mr. McLaurin, as was expected,
takes occasion to urge the
State executive committee to call a
primary election for the purpose of
naming a man for the general assembly
to elect for the full unexpired
term. Here is his letter, however, to
speak for itself:
To His Excellency, tbe Hon. W. H.
Elierbe, Governor of South Carolina,
Columbia, S, C.:
Dear Sir: Your notification of my
appointment to tne Senate of the United
S'ates to fill the vacancy caused by
the sad death of Senator" Earle has i
been received. The pride and pleasure
at the receipt of such a distinguished
honor is saddened and sobered by the
thought that our State has lost one 1
who, to my mind, was the ideal representative
of the culture, intelligence
and refinement of southern civilization.
With a profound consciousness of j
the responsibilities involved and an
honest determination to represent as {
far I am able the interest of the entire ]
people of our beloved State, I acc?pt (
your appointment. I desire, however, j
to sav that I believe that United States \
Spnnt.nrs should be elected by a vote i
of the people; and as the Constitution ,
debars us that privilege, I sincerely j
trust that the Damocratic executive ,
committee will, at its convenience, \
order a primary, and give every Deo> j
ocrat the chance of having a voice in (
the selection of one to fill this, the
highest, office in the gift of the peo- ?
pie. If I am not selected, I will hum- t
bly acquiesce in the wishes of a ma- }
jority of my fellow citizens. If I am j
selected, I will have the proud con- j
sciousness of knowing that I am in ?
fact, truly the representative of the t
people?the whole people of the State e
of South Carolina. It is peculiarly s
gratifying to me to receive this ap t
pointment at your hands; but had not c
the exigencies of tbe situation in the
Senate demanded the immediate ap- e
nAmtmanf rtf nna Qnmpwhftt. familiar I
with the situation, I would have requested
you to hold the matter of appointment
in abeyance until a primary
election is ordered, which, I hope,
the executive committee will see proper
to do, and other candidates see fit
to enter. I s^all at every meeting insist
upon no one voting for me merely
because I have been appointed to the
position. I resign an office but little
inferior in dignity and honor. If I
am to be continued in the senate, I
want it to be given me in an election
where every citiz2n, however humble
he may be, can have an opportunity
to say so at the ballot box.
Nothing would give me more pleasure
than to represent South Carolina 4
in the Senate chamoer or me uniieu
States after a free expression from the
people themselvtP. Respectfully,
John L. McLaurin.
The Columbia State says: (Governor
Ellerbe is done with the matter.
He would no doubt like to see a primary
and have his selection, which
he leels he made in response to the
will of the people of the whole State,
as he understood it, approved by them
therein. He will not take any hand
in the primary, however. A dispatch
from Washington states that Senator
Tillman, profiting by past experience,
no doubt "will likewise have nothing
to say or do in connection with the
coming race. I
The present indications are that the
primary will be called by the executive
committee to be held about the
middle of September next. In this j
case the camDaiern. which ia a part of r
the primary system in this State, will '
have to begin at least two months be- j
fore. There will be 40 county seats to ^
be visited by the candidates. It will j.
be rather an expensive thing for the *
candidates who make the race, and it s
is possible that none will be held if no
other candidate than Mr. McLaurin
remains in the race. The friends of
the possible candidates already men- l
tioned say that they will all make the y
race, and of course the result will be
a long, tedious and costly campaign.
In the jace in the Sixth congression- ,
al race to fill the vacancy caused by Jthe
appointment of Mr. McLaurin to 1
the United States Senate, those candi- 1
dates who have already been named
as certainties propose to stay in the s
race to the end. Mr. D. W. McLaurin ?
was asked the plain question if he s
were going to make the race. His re- 8
ply was that he would do so provided f
his warm personal and army friend, 1
Mr. D. J. Bradham, did not run.
If Comptroller General Norton is 1
elected to Congress, as his friends feel t
confident he will be, then his present ^
chief clerk, ex State Senator Derham, 1
will be a candidate for that position t
on the State ticket. He has stated as ?
much. 1
The Southern Christian Advocate of r
last week has this to say of the gover- ^
nors selection: t
"As was anticipated by most men t
of good judgment, the Hon. J. L. c
McLaurin of Marlborough county, *
now leading member of congress from a
this State, has been appointed United t
States Senator vice Joseph H. Eearle, c
deceased. The appointment is a good 1
one, and will be ratified in the pri- i
marv whenever that is held. Gover- c
nor Ellerbe has chosen wisely.
Mr. McLaurin is a Christian gentle- e
man of decided ability and nign cnaracter,
eminently deserving the houors
placed upon him, and he will be fully
equal to the responsibilities and duties
demanded by the important office to
which he has been appointed. We
congratulate our State that her interests
are confided to such faithful and
capable hands. Senator McLaurin is
a worthy successor of the statesman
whose death all mourn."
The Citadel Encampment.
The Anderson Intelligencer says:
' Col. Coward and Capt. White of the
South Carolina Citadel, Charleston,
spent two days in the city last week
completing arrangements for the annual
encampment of the cadets of tnat
institution. The cadets will come to
a ?i ? T 11? 1 i a.1
xxauersun on j une uiiu spreau meir g
tents on the campus of the Patrick g
Military Institute. They will remain I
here about two weeks, during which
time the commencement exercises will
be held. Ex-Judge J. H. Hudson wiil
deliver the annual address. The cadels
will march from here to Clemson College
and spend a day. The cadets will
be warmly welcomed to Anderson and
royally entertained."
Missionary Reported Murdered.
Private advices per steamer GHenavon,
which arrived last week from
Yokohama, state that the province of
Kweissan, China, was the scene of an
attack upon the Christian missions '
recently, and it is rumored that Rev. (
Father Maxell, who was in charge of (
the chapel at Loli, was murdered. It 1
is feared that other whites were mas- 1
sacred. Owing to the remoteness of )
the scene it was impossible to obtain j
any details of the affair.
Asked to Utilize Castle Plnckney. j
The city council of Charleston Taes- ]
day adopetd a memorial address to i
congress asking that Castle Pinckney,
the famous old fortification in this s
harbor, be converted by the national j
government into a home for disabled 1
officers and men of the army and i
navy. |t
BUTLER ON REBATES.
\ LETTER FROM THE EX-SENATOR
ON THE DISPENSARY.
So Refers to the Senatorial Campaign
Three Yearn Ago?Com ments on the State
uuvorumouu
The Columbia Btate publishes the
following:
To the Editor of The State. I observe
in the "modified statement" of
8. R. Tillman published in Tne State
jf the 23d instant he lugs my name
nto his .labored effort at vindication,
rhe statement from beginning to end
s more in the nature of a "confeFsion
ind avoidance" than a vindication.
Expletives and slanders, his favorite
weapons of controversy, will not satsfy
an inquisitive public, which is
jetting down to a more serious form
)f inquiry.
He says "when these staple slanders
ibout rebates under my administra
i ; i-i-:? tu
ion were puL luiu cirvuiauuu uy tuo
lewspapers aDd taken up by General
Butler in the canvass three years ago,
[ met them promptly and vigorously
it Union and elsewhere, and last winer
I joined with Governor Evans in
isking that the legislature should
ippoint a committee to look into the
iispensar; s management and set the
sharges of corruption at rest :?orever."
This is very general, evasive and
irroneous. In the first place the
'stale slanders" were not "taken up
>y General Butler" by anything de
ived from "the newspapers." Here
s what occurred at Union. I had re
jeived a communication from a gen
leman in Charleston, not f.newspa
>er man. informing me that by the
erms of the whiskey trust agreenent,
every member of the trust wan
wuad to pay a rebate of seven
:ents a gallon to all ^ho pur:hased
a thousand gal1 :ns or upward,
hat is to say, was bound under
he trust agreement to pay be ck seven
:ents on every gallon thus bought;
hat the Mill Creek distillers* of Ohio
vasa member of the trust, and thereore
bound to return this rebate that
is Governor Tillman, as chairman of
he board of control, and understood
o be the sole responsible head, had
mrchased large quantities of liquor
rom tbe Mill liraeic oisti. lery, ne
>ught to have received large sums
rom the Mill Creek distillorv, runling
up into the thousands of "dollars.
Chis is substantially the information I
eceived f.rom an entirely reliable, ex)erienced
source.
This communication got into The
'Jews and Courier and can be .found
n the files of that paper of that date,
>efcre I had an opportunity to ijse it
>n the stump, in this way.
At a meeting preceding the one at
Jnion, I do not nowrememtor where,
dr. Kobn, the correspondent of
Che News and Courier, ask ad me if I
lad any manuscript I expected to use,
would let him have it in advance,
o that he could make a copy at his
eisure, and thereby save him the labor
vhen sending off his dispatches.
I give him~the memorandum furnshed
me as above stated, eD joining
lim not to publish it until I had em raced
it in some subsequent speech.
lr. Kohnu through inadvertence, I
uppo^e, forwarded it to his paper,
ind it was published before I had an
ipportunity to refer to it.
Mr. Kohn afterwards told me he
lad informed Governor "illman it
tad been published without my
.uthority.
Notwithstanding this information,
Governor Tillman having the openng
speech at Union, made wis publicaion
the text for a violent, coarse, vul:ar
attack on me, stirring up the pasinns
nf ft few ruffians and black
;uards in the audience, and then
vhen I got up to reply, the ruffians
attempted to browbeat and howl me
lown. When the excitement was at
ts height and trouble seemed imminrat,
Governor Tillman, as usual, left
he stand and sought a place of safey.
In the course of his ribaldry and
rituperation he denied having colected
the rebates and endeavored to
ake refuse from the awkward dilemna
in which he found himself by raisng
other and false issues, having no
elevance to the rebate question.
iVhen I replied, I said, among other
hings, that there were but two alternates,
either Governor Tillman had
:ollected the thousands of dollars of
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eDHltS iruui tuo JUIII urcc& uiauiiQjj
md not accounted for them, or haa
>een guilty of a crave and censurable
lereliction of official duty in not colecting,
the rebates and turning them
nto the State treasury for the banefit
if the taxpayers.
No charges were made, but a simple
inquiry which any taxpayer had a
ignt to make, and any honest man
vould have invited and answered dis-1
jassionately and frankly. There wan
io occasion for such an outburst of
:oarse ribaldry and unseemly passion.
Tae controversy stands today where
t was left off at Union nearly three
?ears ago, except that the suspicion of
jrookedness in regard to the rebates
las been intensified by a remark
/vhich Governor Evans,his friend and
solaborer in the dispensary business,)
o nhoraoH with hnviniy mftfln t.n Mr I
Vlixson, late chief dispenser, to the el ect
that "Ben Tillman had lined his
jockets with rebates." And further,
>y recent intimations and suggestions
>n the same line from some of Goverlor
Tillman's closest, and. as is gen rally
supposed, most confidential perlonal
and political friends. Now, the
simple and only quistiOn as to this
jranch of the dispensary management
nvolving hundreds of thousands of
lollar3 to the taxpayers, is, were the
ebates of seven cents per gallon colected
from the Mill Creek distillery
ind other whiskey dealers, and if not,
vhy not?
fJcur Tillman i>?nnnt. cirW.raf?lr this
nomentous issue by tirades of abuse
igainst newspapers and any and
everybody who choose to exercise
,heir rights as free and unterrified cilzens.
It is the duty and business of newsaapers
to iuform the public of current
jvents, and it is the business and duty
)f liberty loving citizens to hold every
Dublic official to the strictest accountability
for his official acts. The newspapers
have never, and can never,
'mpair the official integrity of any
aonest official. The official himself
nay becloud and besmirch his own
reputation by evasion, irritability and
passion under legitimate criticism and
inquiry.
The stench from the dispensary
jcandals have reached the acuta stage
md its founders and promoters owe it
themselves and to the people of the
State generally to probe it to the botLom,
let out the soul ellluvia, or
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"bush " That is what Gov. Tillman
has reeartly advised the United States
Senate to do. b
Legislative committees are very ti
good things in their way, when they b
are in earnest, but when men have P
said "the horse was sixteen feet high" tl
they will scarcely turn round, eat s
their words, and admit the horse was p
only sixteen bands high. If the wbis- ^
key dealers who have sold whiskey to v
the State could be brought into court t:
acd forced to testify, some reputations
would be much better or worse off.
It is about time the people in the n
Otaie were lining iumicra iu moil uwii hands,
stop listening to twaddle and 11
nonsense and have a general over I
hauling of tbeir affairs. Prejudice and to
passion and resentments may be very r
handy weapons for charlatans and P
demagogues to boost themselves into a
office, but they are petting to be very c
expensive luxuries Taxes which were ?
promised a few years ago to be re- 11
duced have been increased, and are *
likely to be still further increased if a 81
halt ia not called, and the taxpayers n
have to pay the piper while the demag">gues
daDce. P
Public offices were promised to ba ^
reduced, but they have increased in numbers
and the taxpayers have to ,
pav the salaries whi;e the increased
officeholders dance. This, I say, is /
getting to be a pretty expensive fuxu 1
ry, especially when considered in the l|
**.9 a nff r\-f rrannn I
J i^iil U1 liiO lauiilg VU \JX JLWYUUUV | J
from the phosphate royally, and other \
sources which helped to meet public
expenditures. '!
It was promised that the dispensary j |
would pay a half million a year into i
the State treasury, and ou?ht to have
done so under honest, proper manage
ment, What a pitiful showing has t
been made. M. C. Butler.
"Washington, D. CJ.,~May 26, 1897. '
c
THE TELEGRAPH OUTDONE. J
The Transmission of 3,000 Words a Minute r
a
Stild to be Possible. p
t
A proposition is before the Senate in
the shape o:f a bill introduced by 8en- a
ator Pettigrew to expend a million 2
JAIIAHN ?4tvrtA*>irMAin4mAi O nOHT _
uuuma ju i.-ajjciimouuiig
system of rapid telegraphy, wires for <1
tue purpose to be constructed between
New York and Washington. It is J
claimed tha t this system will supplant e
the telephoae, telegraph and mails as o
a method of communication between a
the great business centres and will ^
make possible the transmission of ti
3,000 wordti a minute.. *
The new method is called the "syncronography,"
and employs the alter- ,i
nating current on copper wires. The "
planu have been perfected and experi- 'i<
menls conducted by Albert Gushing ?
Crehore, assistant professor of phys i
ics at Darmouth College, and George *
Owen Squire, first lieutenant of artil
lery in tne United States army, and J
instructor of the department of elec- ig
tricity and mines in the United States c
a qnvionl pacimoatfli* ^ayipt* o
a.lbiJ.101 J UWUUVA< i. UBIIUJIMIIV* VJ1 w???
al Giry had a conference with Lieu- ?
tenant Squire on Friday to ascertain ?
the merits of his system in order that f
an intelligible report might be made on
the bill.
Lieutena nt Squire claims that under
his system two lines in continuous
operation would handle all the mail
business between New York and Chicago,
which id now done by means of .
about 40.0(10 letters a day.
He believes tbe simultaneous publication
of the same newspaper in different
parts of the country is among
the possibilities. In an edition of a
daily paper having twelve pages there u
are less than 185,000 words. At the ,
rate of 3,000 words a'^ninute it would
only requ ire about an hour to trans- *
mit the entire contends of the paper d
The cost of maintenance of tbe pro b
posed system, it is claimed, will be little
more than that of the telegraph *
system now in use. b
Queen Victoria. 1'
Last Monday Victoria, the queen of 1
Great Britain and Ireland and En- ~
I 1 T J:- ?l?l I
prcua ui xlmitt uuiouraicu. uoi oovcuwjreighth
birthday and next month will *
be celebrated the sixtieth anniversary b
of her accassion to the throne and the ?
completion of the longest reign in
English history. Her reign has been 0
full, of glories and the congratulations tl
of the wiiole world must be heartly 3
given to the venerable sovereign who
is Joved by her people and who is respected
by the people of all nations.
Worked With Wisdom,
QA Koo fKn Kntmn of fVkA /
IwV YVOA1 UUl vuu uigviiwMuvu v? tuv |
relief to the flood sufferers in the Mis- ^
sissippi and Red River valleys been
administered that of the total appropriation
of $200,000 about one-half
now remains unexpended, although 1
the field has been fully covered. j
indigestion.
From which springs, directly or indirectly,
nearly every form of headache,
and sick headache never seperatad
therefrom, is surely and speedily
relieved and cured by the use of
"Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys."
One 25c bottle will convince
of its merit. Try it. Sold by dealers
generally.
: j To the Public. :
: I i T1TE WILL OFFER FOR I : :
| I : VV sale during the next six- : : j I
: : : <y days, as we will have to i
: | : know within the time above i : *
: i : stated in order to arrange our ; j \
j i : business for another year, : : :
: : : whether or not we will be ablo : : J
: : j to dispose of this valuable real j : j
: : : estate. Having decided to go :
: : : more extensively into the mer
: : i cantile and rice mill business, j 1
: : : and to reduce our farming in- j j j
: i : terest, we have decided to place \ \ J
: : i upon the market one of the tin- | t j
: j j est plantations for general pur- j J
j : : poses in Orangeburg County. j _
: | j This property is situated in : j
: : : Pine Grove Township, one mile |
: i : from the town of Lone Star,a sta- \ | J
: : : tion od the Manchester and Au- \ | j
: : : gusta R. It., aud containing j
4.... i.. 11 i i i /nnruw _
j iwuuij'uve uuuuiuu y&uvvj ; ^
: : : acres, more or less, 'with a good j
: j : part of same under a high state | j
j : of cultivation. On the place is a : :
good saw mill, grist mill, gin and | :
: j \ cotton press, a tine pasture, 8 or j
| | j 10 good tenant houses, and ev- {
| cry other convenience a good \
\ : farmer would want. We oiler j j
\ I : also for sale two lots and the j j
| | j best store house in Lone Star. (]
| j This is undoubtedly a fine open- j
| ing for anyone wishing to mer
| chandise and farm in connection | f j
\ with each other. All of which \ \ \
!* ! ! wo irmt xTf\f\T dmi'in <1.11 < 1 Ofl ' *
vu?. JUu >.. j . . .
easy terms. Of course we won't \ |
be able to turn over to the pur- j
; chaser the farm before lirat of j
Jan., 18U8. The store we can |
j turn over for (he fall business. /
: ; For further particulars address |
j j j TAYLOII&BULL, Lyons, S.C. j j j
April 21-3moa 11
\
Make Home Happy.
This is an injunction that will be
eeded by all who look to the promoion
of the pleasures of others. A
appy home is indeed the happiest of
laces. One source of happinesBin
be home circle is good music. A
ure source of good music is a good
iano?such as may be had fi*om M.
l Malone. Columbia. 8. C. Read
?hat he has to say in his new adverisement.
The two most critical times in a woaan's
life are the times which make
he girl a woman, and the woman a
other. At these times, Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is of incalculaile
value. It strengthens and invigoates
the organs distinctly feminine,
iromotes regularity of the functions,
tllays irritation and inflamation,
hecks unnatural, exhausting drains,
nd puts the whole delicate organism
ato perfect condition. Almost all
tie ills of womankind are traceable to
ome form of what is known as ,4feaale
complaint." There are not
brae cases in a hundred of woman's
eculiar disease that Dr. Pierce's Faorite
Prescription will not cure.
iimk jqotc oma a
T&fbr*. long way to
V i &? to reach
50? /. ^^^^55Fthe heart of
i the modern
V- for a wife,
In /T V he expects^a
more than he de
' r * serves. He wants good
, jT' * looks, good sense,
good nature, good
lealth. They usually go together.
An observing man learns that a woman
srho is physically wealc and nervous and intpable,
ia likely to be ill-natured too. The
weeteat temper is ruined by continual
icknesp.
A woman whose nerves are constantly
aoked and dragged by debilitating drains
nd inflammation, cannot be a genial comtanion
or happy wife; and she is totally
infltted to-be a mother.
These troubles prevail almost universally
siong women largely because of car?lessie?B
and neglect There is no real need of
hem. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is
positive specific for the weaknesses and
iisetsea of the feminine organism.
It cures them radically and completely,
t heata, strengthens and purifies. It ia the
nly scientific remedy A vised for this apeial
purpose by an educated, skilled physiian.
It ia the only medicine that makes
lotherhuod easy a,nd absolutely 6afe.
Miss Lauretta Mclfees, of Reno (P. O. Bo* 733),
Fashoe 0?., Nev., writes: "I have discontinued
iking the 'Prescription' and will not take
?r more (at present). Last month I hsd no
ain at all ana worked every day without any
iconvenience whatever. It was the first time
never had pain during that period. I cannot
?y too much for your medicines, especially
ie 'Favorite Prescription' and 'Pleasant Pelits.'
I know of a laay who took one bottle of
our * favorite Prescription' and she says she
rea not sick like she was with her first baby,
"his was her second baby. She thinks it a
rand medicine. So do I."
Dr. Pierce has had a Hfe-time of experince
in this particular field. His 1000-page
Vinnlr "Th?? Common
lease Medical Adviser" contains several
hapters devoted to woman's special physilojry.
A paper-bound copy will be sent free
n receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay the
ost of mailing1 only. Address, World's Disensary
Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y.
Nor a cloth-bound copy send 31 stamps.
Advice to Mothers.
We take pleas are In calling your atlen
on to a remedy so long needed in carry*
lg children safely through the critics)
age of teething. It is an incalculable
leasing to mother and child. If yoa are
istnrbed at night with a sick, fretful,
?thing child, use Pitts' Carminative, it
rill give instant relief, and regulate the
owels, and make teething safe and easy
I will cure Dysentery and Diarrhoea.
Itts Carminative is an instant -elief foi
olio of infants. It will prorao'?? digestion,
lye tone and energy to the stomach and
oweli. The lick, puny, goffering child
rill soon become the fat and frolicking Joj
f the household. It is very pleasant tc
le taste and only cost 25 cents per bottle
old by druggists and by
THE MURRAY DRUJ 00.,
fvi.?v,!. a n
WUiUWMI* %'# W
see
HERE.
IS YOUR LIVER ALL RIG IT ?
je yoar Kidneys la a'teJlthy condition
If so, Hilton's Life for the Liver and
Kidneys will keep them so. If
not, Hilton's Life for the Liver
and Kidneys will make
them so. A 25c bottle
will convince
yon of this
fact.
'aken regularly after meals it Is an aid to
digestion, cures habitual coaatlpatloD,
and thus refreshes and clears
both body and mind.
SOLD WHOLKSAIE BY
Ch? Murray Drug Co
COLUMBIA, 8. C.
AID
Dr. H. BA.RK. (J??rleiiton. 8. r.
BE YliDR OffN BJSS
AND GKT
YOUNG'S
SILENT
REVEALER
and
CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE TO
liEtflNNERS
ir How to start in in? iViiuuraer uusine93
with very hin II capital.
lake Money a5 Yoar Hoaiu. Nj Office
Kent lopay. Orders Arriving It/ Mail.
SEND FIFTY CENTS FO < TWJ
LARGE BOOKS, EAUil n>0
PAGES, GIVING FULL
INFORMATION.
COLUMBIA BOOK AND
NOYJSLTST CO..
700 Main Street, Columbia, a. C.
HAPPY HOME 1
(
IS INCREASED TEN FOLD Bi GOOD
MUSIC.
Make tbe most of life by procuiing a good
PIANO or ORGAN. Music has a
refining Influence and keeps
your children at borne.
REMEMBER
You only Invest odco In a life time provli.
ed you selcct a good instrument.
I CHALLENGE :
any house to beat mv pric<??QUALITY
and RESPONSIBILITY considered.
TERMS:
To thoje not prepared to piy cash I will
give reasonable time at a slight
dlffeerence In price.
. WARRANTY.
I fully guarantee Pianos and Organs as
repiesented, placing them on test trial.
I Represent tie Biiliers
Hence CAN and WILL save jou money.
Prices Ranie as follows:
Organs from 145.00 up.
Pianos from |185.00 up.
DON'T FaIL to write for catalogue,
lours for Piano; and Organs,
M. A M ALONE,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
j "MATHUSHEK1
I
0 The Piano for a Lifetime,
| The Piano of the South,
The Piano sold Most Seasonality.
The old, original Mathushek, sold by ui
for over a quarter of a century and the
delight of thousands of Southern homes.
I More Mathasheks used South than of
any other one make.
Lovely New Styles at Reduced Prices,
cheaper than ever before known.
Styles once $435, now $325.
$100 saved every buyer
iHow, because we are now Interested In
the great Mathushek factory, supply
purchasers direct, and save them all Intermediate
profits. White us. (
ILUDDEN <fc BATES, \
Savannah, Ga<, and New York City* ^
THE THOMAS '
is the most complete sy?tem of elevating
handling, cleaning anji packing cotton*
Improves staple, saves labor, makes you
money. Write for catalogues, no other
equals it.
I handle the most Improved
COTTON GINS,
PRESSES,
ELEVATORS,
ENGINES
AND BOILERS
to be found on the market.
My Sergeant Log Beam Say Mill Is, in
Rimolicitv and efficiency, a wonder.
CORN MILLS,
PLACERS,
GANG EDGERS,
and all wood working machinery.
LIDDKLL AND TALBOTT ENGINES
are the best.
Write to me before baying.
V. O. Badham,
General Agent,
COLUMBIA, s. o.
HOT MISLEADING.
o
No Dasobr. in Curing Ose Habit, or Form*
UO ANOTHIR.
OPIUM (Morphine, Laudanum) Eto., Curidm
trom Four to Six Wkkks.
LIQUOR DISEASE
Cured Usually in Four Weeks. Also Tobacoc
Habit and Nervous Diseases
The Cure has been endorsed by the Legis
lature or six states ana one i?rnwr/j uy
the National Government in the Soldiers'
Homes and in the regular army; by many
local authorities in the cure of indigent,
drunkards (morphine and liquor); by Miss<
Wallard, the W. C. T. U.; Francis Murphy,
Neal Dow and the I. 0. G. T.; by prominent
men all over the land; by 300,000 cured patients,
more than 20,000 of thcae being physicians.
The Leslie E. Keeley Company and the
Keeley Institute of S. C. are responsible corporations
which could not alford to put forth
any claim that the> are unable to pror e.
For printed matter and term*, add ress,
'THE KEELEV INSTITUTE,
or Drawer 27. Columbia, S. C.
Mention this paper.
ENGINES,
BOILERS,
SAW MILIA
GRIST MILLS
AT
A
FACTORY \
PRICES.
E. W. SCREVEN,
1 COLUMBIA, S. O.
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