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TO THINK OWN SELF UK TUUK AND IT M U.ST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BK FALSE TO ANY MAN. lt Y J A YNES, SH 13 LO lt, SMITH A STUCK. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, MARCH 8, 10O?. NICW SERIES, NO. lOl.-VOLUME LI.-NO. IO. SHOE If your Shoes or service, come au find on any market made up. We giv< Shoe we sell to be who sells the Shoe Come to SSeo rvio Oon ciilviii ll. THE LAW RECENTLY ENACTED BY THE j LEGISLATURE SOME CHANGES. ? SALARIES OF SUPERVISORS. HG. Duties of Township and County Boards of Assessors Prescribed. A i ucl lo amend an act entitled "Au ?tot to amend an act entitled 'An act to provide for the county government of ilie various counties of thc Slate,' " approved thcHlh day ol' .March, A. I). IS'.l'.i. Section I. That section 1 of saul j act he amended so as to read us fol lows: Section I. That there shall he in each of thc cotititics of this State a county hoard of commissioners, which shad ho (..?inposed of thc cornily su pervisor, who shall he elected and hold office HA now provided hy law, and two commissioners, who shall ho appointed By ilic governor, upon thc recommendation of the members of the (Jouerai \sscinbly from thc several counties, or a ma jority of them, and whose lorin of ollieo shall bc colcrtniiiul with lhat of the supervisor with whom they are appointed to serve, und un til their successors will he appointed ami qualified. Said commissioners shall be commissioned by thc secre tary of State ns other county officers, but with charge for their commis-! sinus : Provided!, That in Pickens county thc supervisor and the said commissioners shall each give bond in the sum of $2,000. Provided, I further, That in Sumter count y six commissioners shall bo appointed, ? who with the county supervisor shall constitute thc county board of com missioners in said county: Provided, further, That in IJiclilatul county one commissioner shall bc elected in each township by the qualified elec tors thereof at the next general election and every two years there after, ami they shall hohl ollieo for two years from election, ami until their successors shall bc elected and (pialilied : Provided, further, In the county of York, lhcr?< Khali bc ap pointed by the governor, upon thc recommendation ?d' the d?l?gation iii the general assembly, three dis creet persons in every township, one of whom shall be chairman of thc township board of commissioners, und he shall attend the meetings of the county board of commissioners I at least quarterly, ?ind shall receive j %s|? per annum, payable quarterly,' for such attendance; am) t he said township bonni shall be the town ship assessors for the respective tow nships, and shall be paid thc per diem and mileage herein provided: I Voviilotl, I II the count ?es of ( 'olle toii ami * h'ouee the said count y com missioners for t h" said count ies arc to be elected by the qualified elec tors thereof ?il the next general elec tion and ut each general election thereafti r. They shall hohl for two years, ;ami until their successors arc elected and qualified. One of said commissioners shall ho present and act with the conni y supervisor in awarding all contracts for thu repair of ?ill highways find bridges, when' the contract price exceeds s|l>, and shall likewise be present when such repairs arc tobe inspected and re ceived: Prov ided, That in the conn t ics of Lexington, Orungcbiirg, Spar lunbtirg, Cnion and Dorchester the county board <d commissioners shall bc composed of ?1 superv isor ami two commissioners, of which board the supervisor shall be chairman, ami said supervisor ami commissioners shall be elected ?il thc next general election and every two years there after, 'ind shall hold t heir terni ol' ollicc for two years and until their successors shall bc elected and (ju.lil li ci I. The two comniiss onei sshiill 0 ich give bond in I ho sum of $1,001), with surd ies to be approved by t lie ?III cl il or am] treasurer. In the counties of I .evington and I nion t hey shi'll each receive as compensai ion V'Ji'B IS ! SHO - ; . Wt do not give you ent Ld let us show you ( ;. We spare neithc 3 all our customer the verv best value cs s ! Merit always w ir! Wooli I |H?r iuunim; in ibo cornily of I'nina j $.200 per annum; MU! in itu* county ol' ( > r:ii i ?.< . I m i'LR *'>."><) ??rr a ii ii ii tn ;! saul sui aries to iic without m i lunge, i In the County of Ornngobuig, in nd-! dition to the dillie;; now du volved by , law upon such bonni-, said bonni of commissioners for said counties shall prepare and keep a record of the ' roads, with the number of miles of ? each highway and the number of bridges over len feel in length on each of said roads, and shall also I furnish a certified statement of tho receipts ami expenditures ol' all, comity officers, and shall transmit the same to the members of the gen eral assembly not Inter than len ?lays niter the opening of the session thereof. In the county ol' Dorches ter the supervisor shall receive two hundred and fifty dollars and tho commissioners two hundred dollars; : and in said county, Dorchester, and ? in the county of Marlboro tho com- \ missioners shall, on Ol' before the second Monday of euch and every month, file willi the clerk of thc court ot* common pleas a full and i lem i/.ed statement of the purchases, i disbursements and expenditures dur ing the preceding month, which statement shall be open for public, inspection. Sec. 2. That section I of said act be so amended to read as fol lows: That the county supervisors ! of thc various counties shall receive annual salaries, payable ns now pro-: vided hy law, ns follows: Abbeville, ' nine hundred dollars per annum un til January 1st, 1001, and niter that time seven hundred dollars per an num ; Aiken, eight hundred dollars; Anderson, eight hundred dollars; Dumberg, six hundred dollars; Dun well, eight hundred dollars; Hean-' fort, eight hundred dollars; llerke lcv, live hundred dollars ; Charleston, ' twelve hundred dollars; Cherokee, live hundred dollars; Chester, eight hundred dollars; ("hoslerliohl, six hundred ?lullars ; Clarendon,six hun dred dollars ; Col le ton ,;\e hundred dollars; Darlington, six hundred j dollars; Dorchester, four hundred dollars ; Kdgelichl, three hundred - dollars niter the I i rsi of January, 1901; Kairfichi, si.v hundred and li fly dollars ; Florence, six hundred dollars ; (?eorgetown, eight hundred dollars; (?reenville, eight hundred dollars; (? reen wood, seven hundred dollars; Provided, The supervisor shall spend his whole time ou the roads and in the county; Hampton, six hundred (?ol?ais; Norry, three hundred dollars ; Kershaw, six hun dred dollars ; Lancaster, three hun- : ? Ired dollars ; Laurens, six hundred dollars ; Marion, eight hundred rlol- ' lars; .Marlboro, s? x hundred i.ol?ais until the first ?d' January, 1901, Mi ter which date he shall receive four hundred dollars ; Newberry, seven hundred ami lilly dollars; Deonne live hundred dollars until January j Isl, 1001, ami thereafter two hun dred and lill y dollars without mile age: I'rovided, Thal, he shall be re quired to spend only so much of his t ?mc on I he roads, bridges and pub lie affairs ol' saul county, acting with the oilier members of the coun ty board ol' commissioners ns shall be necessary for the proper care ami discharge thereof, and perform all other duties required of supervisors by law ; I'iekens, two hundred dol lars after the year 1000; liichlnnd, j nine hundred dollars; Sparinnburg, ono thousand dollars; Saluda, four hundred dollars; Suinter, six hun dred dollars; Williamsburg, six hundred dollars ; York, six hundred dollars after the first of January, I Ooo. Sec. .;. That section .> ol' saul act be amended so ns lo read ns fol ; lows: See. fi. That said commissioners shall each receive fr.u their respoc I . . live counties, us ci un. ensat ion tor I heir services, the slim ol three ? 1.. 1 lars per day, not exceeding twenty live days in any year, except in Sa lllil.'l, where they shall liol exceed I liirly da\ s in an y year ; and in Newberry county, where the per I diem shall md exceed seventy-five ire satisfaction, eit )ur line, which is as 5r time nor money i s satisfaction ! W i to be had at the ] ins ! .lullars; and in Chest? rfiohl and Clarendon counlus, where they shrill ree?dvo two dollars (?er day and live cents per mile for coon mile traveled in going to and leturning l.'oin the meetings ?>f the board at the court house, not exceeding twenty-live ?lays ; and in CrecnviMe, where they shall receive two dollars per day, not exceeding seventy-live days: Provided, that said commissioners shall receive fifty dollars each for mileage in 1890; and in Lancaster and Sumter counties, where they shall receive two dollars per day, for not exceeding twenty-live days ; and in Sumter county mileage not ex- : ceeding live cents per mile iii going to anil returning from the court house 1 by the nearest route to attend the mcctiliffH of said board, shall also be . . . allowed said commissioners; and in ; Kairlicld county, where they shall receive two dollars per ?lay, not ex ceeding thirty live ?lays; and in Picketts and Ooonee counties, where they shall each receive two hundred dollars per annum after tho year 1900, said commissioners to be elec ted at the next general election and every two years thereafter; and in I Sparlanburg count)', where they shall receive tW dollars and fifty cents per day for not exceeding one hundred days, ami live ("cuts per milo for each mile o? necessary travel on oflicial duty ; and except in the county of Col loton, where they i shall receive two dollars per day each for not exceeding li tty days in any one year ; Provided, also, That: in the county of Sumter the six com- ! missioners shall receive two dollars per day for such detail work as it may be necessary for them, or any i of them, to perform, and necessary 1 milcagr, not exceeding live cents! per mile in going to or returning from any place where it may be nee- t essary for them to go in the interest of the county, but no commissioner shall receive pay for more than twenty-live ?lays in any one year. Sec. I. That, section six of s : i i ? 1 act be amended so as to read as fol lows: Sec. ti. Thal, said board may. in each of thc counties named in this section, and in no others, elect a clerk, who shall perform the dillies of secretary, and be paul an animal salary, as now provided by law, to] be lixed by the board, not exceeding in th?' several counties the sums I hereinafter named, to wit : Aiken, | two hundred dollars ; Anderson, one' hundred and lifty dollars ; Barnwell, I two hundred and fifty dollars; Berkeley, two hundred dollars; Charleston, one hundred and fifty dollars; Cherokee, two bundled dol lars; Clarendon, one hundred ami lifty dollars ; follet?n, one hundred and fifty dollars; Darlington, one j hundred and fifty dollars; Dor chester, one hundred dollars ; ridge field, one hundred and lifty dollars, after the Mist of January l!tn| ; Florence, seventy live dollars ; (icorgotown, one hundred dollars; ( ?reenville, two hundred and fifty dollars ; < ! cecilwood, one hundred and lifty dollars; I lorry, one hundred dollars; I lampion, one hundred did lars ; Lancaster, one hundred dollars ; Laurens, one hundred and lifty dol lars; .Marion, two hundred dollars; ( >conee, one hundred dollars; l'ick ens, one hundred dollars; Uichhltid, five hundred dollars ; Sparlanburg, live hundred dollars; Saluda, one hundred dollars; Suinter, three hundred dollars; I nion, on?! hun [ ?Ired and lifty dollars ; Williamsburg, lifty dollars ; York, one hundred dol lars ; ()rangobtirg, one hundred dol lars ; Lexington one hundred dollars ; , Provided, That in Newberry county the county board of commissioners may elect a ?derk, who shall be lill at t orney at-la w, and who shall per form the duties <d' (di rk and attorney for said board with an annual salary ol' one hundred ami lifty dollars, payable monthly: Provided, further, ? Thal in (?reenville conn, y the ?derk shall be appointed by the supervisor. Sec. fi, That section V be amended so as to rea.'! as follows : I Sec. V. Thal, except as hereinafter her as to style, flt strong as you can n having our Shoes e guarantee every arice. Just notice j provided, tho township hoards td* j ' eomi.lissioncrs aro abolished :in?l the j j dilti? ..? here'.ofori performed by said; township hoards ol' commissioners and the county hoard ol' com mis sioners, relative to the valuation, assessment and return of properly for taxation, he, and the saiae art1 hereby, devolved upon township j boards of assessors, special boards of i assessors for cities and towns, asl now provided by law, anti tho | ' county board of equalization, wilie)) | said township ami special hoards' shall bo appointed every two years by the Governor, upon the recom mendation (d' thc members of the j General Assembly from the raspee- I live counties, or a majority of them, and their olliee shall be coler?n i nal with that of the Governor appoint ing them, MIHI until their successors shall be appointed and qualified, and thc chairman of each of said beards shall be, ex-oilieio, a member of the county board of equalization: Pro vided, That in Norry, Newberry and Picketts counties, the township and town boards shall bc appointed by the Auditor ; and in Spartaubiirg county, they shall be appointed by the county board ol' commissioners. The members ol' each of thc said ! boards shall receive as compensation ! for thc performance of the duties! two dollars per day, for not exceed ing live days work in any year, on each of said boards, a*ul live cents New < . . . al The Niel? I have sold my i: of goods and busin ducted by me at the In the future I can bc Stand, two doors where I will have e ing, Shoes, Hats, < Goods, etc. TM KSK COODS WI. I, PK Kl! KS 11 A Obi) STOt ' K I fall and sec inc and I will I real y oui you want to buy or not. I tos per CASH BARG LOUIS BL0OI "Bloom Nells lt For Less." per mile for each mile of necessary I (ravid on official duty; except in Fairfield county, where the number of days for each of said boards I shall not exceed three, ami ' the members ol' t he town ship hoards shall have no mileage, except when real estate is assessed Mud then not exceeding ten days in any said year; Provided, (hal tho i Mellon of the county board of cnin ! missioners of Sparlanbtirg county in j paying the members of Ibo township boards of assessors and of thc county hoards of equalization at the rate of t wo dollars per day for the services rendered in the year 1800, be, lind I lie same is hereby, rat ?lied and ap proved ; except the assessors in (ho city of Florence in the county of Florence, who shall each receive two dollars M day; Provided, III tho ('ounty of Oraiigohurg, thc county auditor is hereby authorized and di rected to appoint three discreet free holders in each township in saul (.ount y, on or before (he first day of .March of each year, who shall enli st ilute the township board (d' asses 'sors for the assessment and equaliza tion of all taxable properly in their I respect i ve townships ; .ind (he s:iiil board of township assessors sliall elect ono of tho members as chairman, | and tho chairmen of the respective township hoards shall constitute the township hoard of equaliza tion, who shall meet at tho call of the auditor to equalize tho taxable property of the county ; and the said county hoard of equalization shall elect one of their number as chair man of the county board, and said chairman shall be a member of the Slate hoard of equalization for said county, liueh member of the town ship boards of assessors shall receive one dollar for one day in each year, and mileage, to be paid as other dai"is against the county ; and tho members of tho county hoard of I equalization shall receive each ono dollar for one dav in each year, and also mileage. Soc. (i. That section IO of said act be amended so as to read as fol lows : Sec. 10. Thc county board of commissioners shall have the same rights and duties, with reference to thc preparation of jury lists, as are now devolved by law upon the pres ent county board of commissioners. In the counties of Aiken, Lexington and Orangeburg, the juries shall ho listed and drawn by the auditor, thc treasurer and the clerk of tho court, without extra charge ; and they arc hereby declared to be the board of jury com missioners for such pur pose, with all the powers devolved by law upon such boards. Approved the 10th day of Febru ary, A. I). 1000. August Flower. "lt is a surprising fact," say.' Prof. 11 ou ton, "that in my travels in all nails of the world, for tho last ten yeai.'. I have met nun?! people having useu (ireen's August Flower than any other remedy, for dyspepsia deranged liver and stomach, and for constipation. I timi for tourists and salesmen, or for persons tilling ellice positions, whore headaches and general had feelings from irregular habits exist, that (Ireen's Au gust Flower is a grand remedy, ll does not, injure the system by frequent use, and is excellent for sour stomachs and indigestion." Sample bottles free at .1. II. Darby's. Sold by dealers in all civilized coun tries. -The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal and Tim COCIUKK for $1.00 a year. Goods t . . . d Stand! titerestin the stock ess formerly con-. Ritter store room. 3 found at the Nield east of Postoi?ice,! t full line of Cloth-j Gie nts Furnishing ND NFAV NOT AN A KTK'I.K OK N T1IK I.OT. .?gilt. Will bc glad to SCO you whether ?tinily, A?N Sro RE, "\, Proprietor. Chance lor Tillman. Senator Tillman will soon have nu opportunity for using his pitch fork with good effect upon tho tariff and the trust, lt is said llie Sen ate's naval committee is preparing to lix t he price to ho paid for armor plate at ?f?-lfi per ton, the sum de manded hy the manufacturers. It is further said that the lil'teen armor plate manufacturing concerns in thc world arc upon the point of enter ing into a linst so that they may dictate prices to all the governments. In view of the enormous profits made by the Carnegie company, there.are strong grounds for saying the prices demanded were excessive. It was Senator Tillman who suc ceeded in a former congress in hav ing thc price lo he paid for armor plate lived at *'>!l<l per ton, and it is quite sun' that he will not sec a jump from that ligure to $fi Ifi per lon made without entering a charac teristically vigorous protest. Sa vannah Morning News. CUfitS WIIHIl All HSt FAILS licet I'UUKII Syrup, i ;>. !.. , (J. Subscribe foi-Tin: Cm KI KI: BOERS IE UP ?? THEY HAVE BEEN SUFFERING FOR FOOD AND WATER FOR THREE MONTHS. 12,834 BRITlsiTs?LDIERS KILLED Since thc Beginning of tho War in South Africa-England Mad With Joy. Ladysmith Reliovcd. LONDON, March 1.- Il lian been officially announced that Ladysmith has been relieved by the British i roops under (Jen. Sir lied vers Hul ler. The four months' siege of the Natal eily has at last been ended. General Dundonald, with the Na tal Carbineers ami a composite regi ment, entered the town late last night, and the road is now clear. The advance of the British troops was made after a very desperate se ries of battles. Then; is great jubilation through out all langland today. Gen. Huller's Dispatch. LONDON, March 1.-Thc war o Mice has received the following dispatch from (Jen. Huller : "ii VT Tl. Kio s's 1 I K AIPQU A KT HUS, M;?reh I. - -tien. Dundonahl, with the Natal Carbineers and a composite regiment, entered Ladysmith last night. "The country between mc and Ladysmith is reported clear of the enemy. 1 am moving on Nelthrope." The siege of Ladysmith, lasting four months as it has, is one of tho most remarkable in recent wars. The town suffered from want of food ami necessities of life. Fevers have raged and the death rate has been appalling among the citizens of the city and the soldiers there under f?en. While. Thu people have been ealing horse llcsh for weeks and their water supply, the Klipt river, has been polluted. The gallant defense made by Gen. White is second only in intense in terest to the desperate light made by Con jo's 4,000 men, surrounded by fit),(Kid British, who poured shot and shell and awful lyddite into their camp nine days before they gave up. England Literally Mad With Joy. LONDON, March I.-When thc news of relief of Ladysmith became generally known London literally went mad with joy, and throughout langland the scenes witnessed have no parallel in the memories of th if generation. The pent-up jubilation ai the relief of Kimberley and tin. defeat of Cronje could no longer he controlled, and with today's crown ing triumph the national trait ot self-restraint was thrown to tlu winds. The Lord Mayor of Londoi immediately telegraphed his congra tulations lo (Jens. While and Huller When the queen receive?! the newt at Windsor the bells of the CurfeVi louer of lin castnl were rung it honor ol' the event. Thanks God tor Victory. At Liverpool, addressing a crow? of 20,000 people assembled mount the town hall, the lord mayor said "1 thank thee, Almighty God, fo the glorious news. We have awaitct il patiently. Wc are satisfied tba under the humane laws and govern ment of this country, the Hoers, ii a very short time, will be loyal citi /ens of the British empire." Lady White's Reply lo Congratulations. Lady White, in a message in rc ply to thc numerous congratulation received by her, says : "All the world is in sympath with mc to-day and I am in sympi thy with all the world. I am dc lighted at the joyful news of the ri lief ami happy at thc intelligent that my husband is well and safe : ?last. As a wife I can say no mor What happy wife could say more? Gen. Huller Holums from Ladysmith. LOM.ON, March I, G.f).r) l\ M. (Jen. Huller wires from Nelthorj limier to-day's dale that he has jiu returned from Ladysmith. Ile ad? that the whole country south of th; place is cleared of the Hoers. British Casualties in African War. LONDON, March I . --The rapid growing canitnltj lists are heir classified as ipiickly a.". j?>ssi!,' They show that up to this mornii the total number nf casualties w; I2,8:il, of which 2,:ll0 were addi during the last fortnight. Ten the eleven Scotch regiments lo about '2,000 men, and eight of tl Irish regiments 2,000. Then can the Glouecsters and Norlhumhc lands, while of nearly '200 eolonir j the Boyal Canadians lost 121 ai j the Victoria mounted contingent ..! I The casualties arc classified Hms: Killed, 1,00:1; wounded, i'.,x:5 i missing, :">, I To ; disease, S;i(). The casualties in Gen. Bulle: I movement on Ladysmith have ll ' been ascertained, but they will doubt, run thc total up above 121,(1 I to date. ROYjOJJAIOJjjaPjM HANDCUFFS FOR P *ANE SOLDIERS. Gen. Olis Sonds Hurry Request for Ono Thousand Pairs-The Causo of Insanity. A request reeently received at the war department from Gen. Otis, at Mrnila, for 1,000 pair? of handcuffs un J '200 pairs of leg shackles, to bc sent at the earliest possible moment, has puzzled the oflicials. At first it was thought that they might bc intended for uso on cap tured insurgents, but as there has been no large captures recently, and as all reports agree that the fierce insurgents become very docile when they fall into the hands of thc Americans, this theory was imme diately abandoned. It is now revealed that the hand cuffs and shackles arc for use on our own soldiers, especially for the large number whose reason has given way under thc heat and the stress of war, and who have to bc handcuffed and sometimes shackled to prevent them from escaping or doing themselves bodily injury. Another lot of insane soldiers is now on the way to Washington from San Krancisco, to join the growing colony of their comrades confined at St. Elizabeth's, the go\ ment asy lum for the insane. An employee of the surgeon gene ral's oflicc, who has just returned from Manila, says that the percen tage of insanity among the troops serving in thc Philippines is alarm ing, and that those who reach this country ure only the most aggravated cases. It is a common thing at roll call, bc asserts, to sec a man acting strangely, and bc is at once turned over to the surgeon. A few days in thc hospital or guard tent sometimes brings him around, but if bc is vio lent, and thc insanity among the soldiers usually takes this form, ho is turned over to thc authorities at Manila. Then if he docs not re cover in a reasonable time he is sent to St. Elizabeth's. A number of soldiers are under going punishment in the Philippines for infractions of the regulations, bul such prisoners are rarely hand cuffed. How's This ? Wo off or One Hundred Dollars lie ward for any case of catarrh that cannot bo cured hy Hall's Catarrh Cure. 1'. J, (/heney Co., Props., Toledo, O. We, tho undersigned, have known K. J. Cheney for tho last Iii years, and be lieve him perfectly honorable in all busi ness transactions and llnancinlly aldo to carry out any obligations made, hy their linn. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Wabling, Kilman & Marvin, Whole sale druggists, Toledo, (). Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of thc system. Price, 7.?0. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Tills arc tho best. -- ? - Tho Porto Rican tariff bill, living n duty of lb per cent on the im ports and exports of the island, passed j the National House of Representa tives last Wednesday afternoon by a vote of 172 to 101. Story? J " T'.rory morning 1 liavo n hurt tanto In my mouth; my tongue la coated ; my hoad nolie* and 1 often frei dlr.jy. I im ve nosniKt tito for hroakfant, ?nd what food I oat nl/i t ronni-* me. I har? *. bmvy feeling In my stomach. 1 ?rn getting; no weak thal snnii tine .. I trembla, and my ncrven are All un strung, I mn Rottluff pr?lu ?nd thin, I um un tired In tho ifiornliur fin at nlirht." What hi tho trouhlo V Impuro blood. WkAt 1? his remedy ? Aiier's 11.00 ? bottle. At nil doiKRliUii. Take ono or two of Ayur'H I'll!-, each nliflit. Vou fiannot li? ?aired If troubled with constipation, l'riiio, 7ic. ? i.nx. Writ* li? frnMy (ill the iiartlatiiarA In ymir cai?. Voil ?III r?<-?uvo a iiromiit roj>ly. Du. J. (>. AV Kit, linell, Man. In Zululand the young people light and then get married ; in this country they get married and then fight. A small box filled with lime ami placed on a shelf in the pantry or (doset will absorb dampness um! keep the air dry ami sweet. PURE I?? kitts and wholesome rggjl CO., HEW YORK._ THE PHILIPPINE QUESTION. Senator McLaurin Makes a Strong Spoech in tho United States Senate. In k i Uniti:d States Sonnie last Wednesday Senator McLaurin, of South Carolina, gavo a strong ex pression on thc Philippine quoation and expansion. Ho spoke in part as follows : Senator McLaurin strongly depre cated the position which the Demo cratic party had taken in making the Philippine question and expansion a political issue. Ile pointed to ibo past to show that some of thc great est Democrats who ever lived were expansionists, and to prove by their acts and measures that if it had not been for them thc United States would not have been the nation it is to-day. He took thc ground that tho Phil ippines arc rightfully and legally ours by tho treaty of Paris, and that thc United States should Imbi them, affording the Filipinos every opportunity to acquire thc art of government and givimr them all the powers and rights possible in the circumstances. He dwelt particu larly on thc great opportunities af forded by the islands for trade be tween Americans and the nations of the Orient. Ho did not agree with some of his colleagues "M the Demo cratic side that our trade in the Hast was a mere figment of thc im agination. Ile quoted statistics to prove that the experience of thc last decade contradicted those who as serted that our Eastern trade was not of immense consequence. "It is in thc Orient," he said, "that we must look for markets. There must bc a (.bango in our policy. We must enter into actual competition for ibis trade. Wo must as a nation recognize changed conditions, and I believe that by holding the Philip pines our trade in the Orient will continue to increase until all surplus products for years to come will hud remunerative markets in thc East." "1 am glad," said he, "to believe that the Southern people have de termined to investigate ami study this question rather than to be lcd blindly by political anti-expansion ists. Thc Southern farmer, by thc increased price received for raw cot ton last year, has become aroused. Fealty to party and misleading in formation, I fear, has produced among them opposition to territorial expansion. Tho effort has been made in my own Stale to suppress all information and arouse public sentiment against expansion. The frightful ghost of 'imperialism* has been to frighten them, but 1 believe it impossible much longer to thus mislead them." Senator McLaurin said, in sketch ing the progress of lin; South during tho past twenty years, that thc blight of negro suffrage and negro domina tion had almost extinguished hope and energy, and manly effort, but, like a giant bound with fetters, she aroused herself al last and again started ilpili an era of industrial life. "Capital has Unwed into that section," said he. "There is confi dence in all Southern enterprises. Tho bitter memories of thc past are being forgotten in the rush of tho development of our resources. Our people feel that they aro again a part of this groat country, and are left free and untrammelled to work out their own destiny. Our South j ern manufacturers have already ' reached out to the markets of thc ()rient and discovered their ad van - j luges. The Southern farmer needs such markets for his raw cotton to j make its production remunerative. "Hy the acquisition of thc J 'hil j ippit)CH we hold ?he key to the East ern situation. Wo need not rely solely upon treaty rights to secure thc 'open door,' but can demand equal commercial opportunity with other nations, and if necessary, willi thc vantage ground wo have, assert that demand. Will thc Knited Slates throw awiiy tlx* golden opportunity by giving up the Philippines? I am in favor of holding them, and I believe thc; Southern farmers and manufacturers will sustain me in my position. I believe further that tho presence of the United States, and of its Hag, tin* emblem of human freedom, progress and civilization, will carry to the millions in tho Orient unnumbered blessings, which in the coming years will be for their betterment and amelioration, and will conduce to tho perpetuity ami glory of our freo institutions, and the commercial supremacy of the nation."