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THE LEIX^R. I Ttnirlow S. rarler, ditok xnh manager. er' WKDN'KSDAT, JINE 5, 1901. It look* to n*, taking the most cloLiitrvbln viow. thut S?nntnr Tillman was afraid of the move-' ment inaugurated by McLaurin' and was anxious to check it before 1 it i'iiiiIiI be thoroughly discussed and studied by the people. Else why did he not wait until campaign year for the primary? The two senators could have had their joint debate if they desired it without resigning; but Tillman wants to down McLaurin now ' before tho ideas he adrecates have time to develop, thinking by that means to scotch the movement for . I a more progressive Democracy m thisstute. --Newnerry <)hserver. ' From my standpoint the two vacancies which will exist, caused by our resignation, are the same a*'hooch both of us hud died." ? Senator Tillman. W e hadn't thought thut the ease ik so had a* that for the ex-sona- : tors, or so fortunate for the people, hut we are delighted with the nuggestion. Corpses are not desirable material for senators, and we believe it can be shown that they are unconstitutional. They would certainly be unpleasant to carry around in an August campai?rn. The dear people should bury them as though both of them had died.?Chester Lantern. Many of the gentlemen in one State and another who are denouncing Senator Mclamrin as a Uepuhlicun and demanding that he j^o into that party should act upon their own advice should cease calling themselves Democrats and have the courage of their Populism.? Charlotte Observer. Opinion in Charleston. Charleston, dune L?The action of Governor McSweeney in regard to the resignations of Senators Tillman and McLaurin and the attitude of ttiose gentleinert in conneetion therewith were widely discussed here today. The business men of the city are disposed to highly commend < mvwrnor MeS\ve?ney s etlorts to avoid ;i heated political campaign if i ossihle. It is believed, how*. ever, I hat he has no power to refuse to accept the resignations tendered him. Tillman takes this view of the matter and us the letter of resignation was a joint allair signed by both Tillman and M< Lam in it ca not bo withdrawn bv one of them without the eon- j sent of the other. The situation is it n?w stands is extremely intoivstirg and every one is, -inxioiisiy waiting to sec whether both senators will agree lo reconsider their action. Senator McLam in has express j ed bis willingness to do so but I Senator Tillman has net eoinmitted himself thus far. McKinley Not Strong Protect lionisl. Montreal, May do. Speaking at a luncheon tendered in his honor M. .Idles Siegfried, the French statesman now visiting this conn try, shuI President McKinley t dd him in a recent interview that he was no longer an ultra protectionist. The United States had reached that period in its history when it became necessary to go out into I the warld and secure markets and the necessity for heavy protection had largely disappeared. BdaekU Tonr Bowls With Cuscareta. Candy Cathartic, Sure oonatlpation forever. 10c, 28o. If C.CC. fall, druggists refund money. i Lancaster's Excellent Schools I I A EXTRACT FROM SUIT. llAKER'S ANNUAL REPORT. The town graded school \ egan itH ninth annual session Sept. 17, 1900, and ht&n completed a term of nine school months, ending May 31, 1901. Two hundred and twenty-eight pupils were enrolled during the first month; the total enrollment for the year is three hundred; the average daily attendance has been two hundred and forty-two, and the percentage of attendance of those enrolled ninety-one per centum. Throughout this and the preceding session, pupils and teach era have suffered great inconvenience and discomfort from over crowding. Each cla>? room has all the desks that it can contain, and in two the teachers can barely move among the pupils. A room with space enough for forty, and not sufficient light and ventilation for that, many ofien has to secve for fifty-five or sixty pupils. During this year, several cases of injury to eyesight aad general health have come indcr your superintendent's observation aa directly traceable to the unsanitary condition of this school house. It gives me pleasure to report that in face of these and other drawbacks, there has been marked progress in the condition of this school. Teachers and pupils have wonted eraciemiy and Tiiitiinuiy, and the work of each grade rincew superiority over that ??f lust session. Our school exhibit at the State Fair was so fortunate as to attract the commendation of many well fitted to judge of its merit, as well as to receive special mention in the roport of the judges on school exhibits. At the request of Pi of. Wardlaw, the exhibit was given to the Normal Department of South Carolina college. The work displayed by the pupils to day, is superior in every ' espect to that sent to Columl ia This school is divided into three departments: Primary, Intermediate, and High School, each composed of three grades. The Primary course aims to in struct in the fundamentals oi reading, writing, spelling, and number combinations. The use of correct language is taught throiK'h conversations and short. stories. Very little absti act work is done in number combinations. To develop skill in the use of the hand, this department uses draw ing, paper cutting and folding, constructive work, and othei manual training exercises. In the three grades of the Intoi mediate Department, the subjects taught are Arithmetic, Grammar, Heading, Composition, Geography, Cnited States History, Physiology, Writing, and Drawing. A diligent pupil tinishing thU course will have a good elementnrv English education titting him for the duties of industrious and intelligent citizenship. The High School Course aims to set and luoaden the work oi previous grades, and to open the way to those contemplating a liberal or collegiate education. This department reviews branches of the Intermediate, and takes up Algebra, Latin, General History, Literature, composition, and Physical Geography. Our policy is to give espociul attention to Knglish. Careful drill is given in technical grammar and the simpler i 11ILO \ti i inuui II , Iihi^iri |Jid'usi are ren<i and .studied with the view ?>f cultivating good taste, and giving power to interpret and appreciate the-best English writers. Also, by means of frc | e ;t exercise in composition, we seek to develop the power of thinking, and of expressing thought in clear, strong, and graceful English, i Grades 01 the High School Department are admitted, without examination to any of our State col legos. 4 The graduates of this year are: Estelle Duke, Bonnie Clyburn, Ralph Foster, Hand Gregory, Ellen Jordan. ' HONOR UOI.LS FOR 1900-1901. Scholarship highly distinguished, 95-100 per cent. Grade 9. E-telle Duke. GradeS. HattieTaylor. Grade 7. Ola Gregory. Grade (>. Bessie McManus. Grade 5. Lizzie Crenshaw. Distinguished, 90-95. Grade 9. Bennie Clyburn, Maud Gregory, Klleu Jordan, Ralph Foster. Grade 8. Waddy Thomson, Jnu. Milliard, ,Ioe Foster, Julia Gregory. Grade 7. Carrie Bowling, Jessie Porter. Grade 6. Callie Sowell. Grade 5. Ivy Crawford, Ola Culp, Meta Moore, James Taylor, llessie Thomson. Grade 4. Nannie Johnson, Htta Skipper. Grado 2. Thos. Beattie. Kvor ette Taylor, .John Swaringen. Grade 1. Eddie Robertson, Ralph Wall, Arther Wall, Eliza VVylie, Nannie Moore, Mollie Games, Bessie RingstafT, Lei a Harper, Mattie Bird, Marie Clyi burn. Attendance 100 per cent. Andrew Gregory, Ethel Van i Landingham Carrie Bowling, Myrtle Funderburk, Maggie Gulp, Callie Sowell, Kelly Cunningham, i Beth Brown, Ada Robinson, Ben nie Gulp. Deportment 100 per cent. Maud Gregory, Ellen Jordan. Andrew Gregory, Julia Gregory Lena Amos, Joe Foster, Lilliar Gregory, Ola Gregory, Joe Mc ' llwain, Maggie Gulp, Virginif Baker. L. T. Baker, Supt. FACTORY SCHOOL CLOSING. I The three grades of the factory school closed their session Sat.ur, day .June 1st. The Superinten dent made his report showing thv , excellent results of Miss Eva Robinson's skillful ninnagcmtHl and eflicient teaching during tin . session. The total enrollment ol I the threo grades, during the term, was ninety-seven. The pupils ol this school also made an excellenl exhibit of work, comprising ex uminalion papers, compositions, writing, and drawing. Two prize: ( for composition, oiTered I?y tlx Superintendent, were won b^ .Fudie Hunter and Vernon Me Mantis. The dialogues and reci ' tations by the pupils were briglr ' and well rendered. The shori 1 addresses of Iter. ,1. M. Stead , i man and Mr. Jno. T. Green wen replete with good advice and en courugement. ! IIONOU KOI.I.S I'Oli IMF. SFSSM >N ? Scholarship highly distinguis ed 95-100 per cent, i .Judie Hunter, Vernon Mc I Manns, Annie Wright, Heavy Pate, Clarence Robinson, Docii ; Catoe. Distinguished HO ho per cent. 1 Minor Knight, Bessie Barr n ' Idellc Adams, Pearl, Adams Mazie Threatt, Harriet Pate Sammio Beckham, Walter Mills .Jessie Denton. Attendance 100 per cent. Vernon McManus, Bertha ( a toe. ' iMnnf 1 BH f\ot* /inni L/C|fUI IIIIVIU 1 ww |/ui \ Clil. Idelle Adams, Bertha ??Catoe Harriet Pate, Heavy Pate, Docfi Catoe. For excellent examination pa pers exhibited these deserve men tion: Pearl Adams, (-larenc< Robinson, Nannie Crenshaw, Minor Snipes, Vernon Me VI an us Bunyao McMjjnus. I RESIGNATIONS RETURNED. ?______ < Gov. M'Sieenej Creates Ail- E other Political Sensation. m _ I Resignations of Tillman and Mc- t Laurin Not Accepted ?n Ground a Bitter Political Campaign ^ is Not Wanted. The State, lstinst.' * ? Got. McSweeney has returned 1 the resignation* of the senators. ' Thie action created as much of a s sensation as the GatTuey episode 1 itself. There were a number of letters ' awaiting the covirnor's arrival from Chickamauga, and everv ene ^ which touched upon the senatorial rumpus begged him to take some 1 action to prevent a campaign this y summer. The governor stated 1 that lie is himself opposed to a campaign in an off year. To a representative of The ' State he said: "These gentlemen I see by the newspapers are unable to agree upon the terms of the resignation. One waats a cam- ' rmitrn in Anornat on/1 fli? ^ I?r>- -- ?I considers that the canvas cannot he held before the 15th of September. The people of the State have appealed to mo to return the resignations, and I have done so. I k if they mant to resign the offices, 1 i let them say so and make the j t resignations effective immediately I would appoint their sue >essors in lets than two minutes and a half." 1 The goveinor stated that all < . sorts of propositions had been 1 made, but he thought this ?' e j I beet course. He bad bee ? ap- . 1 proncbcd to tender his resignation 1 as governor in order to become senator himself and to let Lieut. 1 Gov. das. H. Tillman become < governor, and ho had also been urged to accept the resigration, the vacancies to be supplied upon ! , the resn.t of the Democratic pri- J i mar v. i j Some Say McSweeney Did VV rung 1 Majority Approves. i Columbia, S. O., June 1.? i Regardless of politics the people i of South Carolina with almost i unanimous voice endorse the ac* i ' tion of Governor McSweeney In I? I 1 taking a position which blocks the t scheme to have a political cam5 paign this summer or any other ' lime thb year. This fact is stat- i , i eil hecause the press of the State f j before his action was taken ad vis- , I ed him to do what he has d-,ne -1 and it generally represents the , j wishes of tlie people. > Resides this many citizens in 3 j every walk of life and from every I, t part of the State wrote hiai urgent I f . I letters to act as he did. His own | - views coincided with theirs, and,j I it is safe to say, Governor Mct Sweeney has done nothing during his uubernatoral curccr which has s met with more general approval. The governor has been the I recipient today of many personal ! congratulations on the part of the | citizens of Columbia as well us from other parts of the State | through telegraphic messages. .Josh Ashley of Honoa Path wrote: ' Such a political deed has i , I never been made in our state? two ^onators to resign to fetch an extra expense on the people for a ? campaign in an oir year. . ? J "Now, governor, 1 hope you ? will have the buck hone to ignore the whole thing and not receive i any such resignations wit hout they will resign for good and put no extra expense on the people. "It is a disgrace and scandal to South Carolina and I hope that "on will show that your love aod sympathy is for the people's ' welfare more than for Tillman's 1 nt< Inlin lUnT.lllirin'u niflinx nnn "i r/wiin ivivu ?iu ?<* o viiiivt unc. I thought wo were living in a - free country and we did not have . any boss. ( * "Now, governor, I know that you have got good common sense > and you know that an election at > this time of the year would be a big expem* for. nothing." i ! 1 1 , Resignation Not Withdrawn. >y Tillman and Won't b? Till | McLaurin Flunks--Scathing |C on Governor. a # |* ipecial to The State. h Trenton, June 1.?Senator j( rillnmn mailed to Gov McSweeney ' , pis afternoon tm reply to the . jovernor'a letter received this ! noroing. The senator, in very : * isirl lament try language, strikes ^ lotue hard Plows. His commoni- > - r ail ion is as follows: p Trenton, S. C., June 1, 1901. j _ lis Excellency, Miles B. McSweeney, Colum ->ia, S. C. L Sir: 1 have your letter of May 1 tlst, addressed to Senator McLauc in and myself jointly, in which ^ /en say lkl respectfully return r rour resignations that you may { jave more time for serious con- ^ lideration of the effects upon the ( >eople of the State of this action >n your part"?anil further on? lll respectfully decline to accept rour reHiirnations and ben to re <-> ? I mm them herewith." (. Your excellency, of course, has f [he right and it is entirely proper t o return my resignation and ad- } rise more serious consideration. In declining to accept, I am sure ^ you have transcended your au? ^ thorny. It will take very little f investigation and reflection to t convince you of this. You can- j not compel a member of the | United States st nate to hold his 1 commission and exercise the func- j tions of that office if he ohooses , Lo surrender it. My action in tendering my resignation, while nisty, was not ill ndvised, and 1 im firmly convinced of the wislorn of my course upon reflection. Personally, I had nothing to ?ain and everything te Inse, and L did not feel the need of further instructions or vindication, because 1 had jest been reelected by Lhe people with practical unanimity. I offered to resign in 1 order to bring about the resignation of my colleague and thus put us on a level, with equal rights Lo go before the people and ask | an endorsement of our respective courses. Whi'e I would not appear to pass strictures upon the I'A'iiuiMinir forth lr. vni: aycp]- ! lency's letter, ?t seems strange: lh.it the governor of South Caro- : Iina, just returned from unveiling ! a 'monument erected by the State , in memery of the "heroic soldiers , who lost their lives in defense of principle," should be oblivious to the principle involved in the contest precipitated by our resignations. It is also somewhat remarkable that you should ask the 1 senators who have resigned to take time to consider, when you yourself are reported to be ready 1 to nppoiut two senators in "two i minutes und a half" after receiv- ' ing an immediate resignation. Your conception of the office of senator and its powers can be best understood by the ease with which you think you could fill it. It was not my fault that an immediate resignation was not sent you. You declare that the "people are entitled to one year of ( iuin/>a nn/1 frooil/im frnni nnliiinnl i ( !??? At WVV?\?IU A & "III t *V/*? | battles and bitterness." I am j ready to acknowledge that this i is very desirable, but our race has ' ever thought war ['referable to dishonor, and unless I am very j much deceived, a large majority, of the people of South Carolina would be glad of an opportunity to punish treachery and have those principles find policies which tney support loyally represented in the congress <f the United States. What you "consider a calamity" would be hailed by thousands as an opportunity to get rid of a traitor who now in their opinion disgraces the common* wealth. X am aware thht there is strong opposition io certain uarters to n campaign in thU 'off year" to fill two vacancies i the senate. Many i.nthinking itizens do not know its impor?nce. Many would-be aspirants re not just yet ready for various easons ta enter the contest irougbt on so unexpectedly. It * not convenient or suitable and herefore, they have, no doubt, mportuned your excellency to wait their convenience, claiming L a. sa. ! r * i_ I _ 1 * inn 11 us ior me punnc \v?i rare. )n the other hand it might be emarked, that the session of congress beginning next December iiarks nn era in the history of our epubhc and the patriots who will hen and there inaugurate a tr.uggle for the restoration of the >ld land marks and the preservaion of our free institutions, will leed every voice and every rote ha* can be had The fact that he Republicans have a good uajoritv in the senate does not lite'* the rase in t he least. The ecent decision of tho supreme H>urt promulgating the damnable lectrine that this republic, whose >edrock principle is th? ''consent >f the governed," can acquire by conquest or purchase territories ind peoples, to he controlled and axed without representation .brought "congressional ahsolu;ism" must be met and expesod,* ind plans must be laid for a batle to the death by the lovers of Democracy and liberty, against this heresy. An appeal against mperialism which is no longer [Concluded on Page 4.] DOCTORS say "Consumption can be eqred." Nature alone won't do it. It needs help. Doctors say "Scott's Emulsion is the best help." But you must continue its use even In hot weather. If you%.ive not tried it. send for free sample. SCOTT & IIOWNE, Chemists, 407-41?; l'enrl Street, New York. N joe. and fi.oo; all druggist. ^ ? *" Jl' " ' 1 A HT OPPORTUNITY TO BUY -GROCERIESof all kind; cheap. We have Bought the Defunct Stock of the Parlor Grocery Co., and with it have some wonderful hnrgnina to offer our customers. It is not necofesary to quote prices. All you have to do ia to call and see what bargains wo are 'offering in fancy and heavy Groceries. Country Produce wanted ?such as nice Butter, Bggs, Chickens, etc., for which highest market price vill he paid. Yours to serve, S U. MATHS r CI THIS WAY. PLEASE! Just received a carload of Columbia and Jewel Buggies. Top and open, all the different kinds of springs and colors. I'hese buggies are beyond doubt the nicest and best wearing that we have handled. We have ulso a large lot of Buggy Harness, from 110.00 to $18.00 per set. Plow and Wagon Bridles, from the cheapest to ine oest. We still sell the best Mules and Horses for the least money of any other dealers in the up country. We hare a number of extra good Harness and Saddle horses. Our livery outfit is lh? best and we can always turnish a nice turnou^ at rery reasonable rate*. (?ome ahd see us. s ELLI0TT& CRAWFORD 4 X ' (