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TO THINK OWN SKUF BK THUK AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS TUB NIGHT TUB DAY, THOU CANS'T NOT THEN BK FALSK TO ANY MAN. NI?W SERIES, I?O. ?O?J.-VOLUME LI.-NO. 12. SHOI If your Shoes or service, come ar find on any market made np. We giv< Shoe we sell to be who sells the Shoe Come to Soe IVIo 1^ THE SPEECH OF SENATOR LODGE. OF MASSACHUSETTS -HF EXPATIATES ON THE PHILIPPINE QUESI?3N. Every Senator and a Large Audience Was Present to Hear thc Speech. Seldom, indeed, is it that the Na tional Senate accords to any of its members a greater compliment than it accorded recently lo Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts. The an nouncement that he would deliver a speech on the Philippine question was the magnet which drew to the Senate every Senator in the city ami to the galleries an unusually large number ol' attentive auditors. As chairman of the Philippine committee, and a prominent mem ber of the committee on foreign re lations, who had Studie?! the Philip pine question exhaustively, he pre sented a notable addition lo the literature ?d' this great problem which now confronts Congress and thc American people. Senator Lodge then spoke. Iiis speech lasted three hours and was based upon the Spooner resol uti? m authorizing the President to govern thc Philippines pending legislation by Congress. Ile said in part : t'.IJNATOK I.OIH?K'H SPKHCII. "This bill is simple, but all sufli cient. lt makes n?> declarations and offers no promises as lo a future we cannot yet predict. Il meets the need of the present an?! slops there. The President, under thc military power, which still controls ami tonst for some time con tul the islands, could do ?di this bill provides. Hut it is well that we should have the direct authorization of Congress. To undertake any further or mon' far-reaching legislation tit this time would be, in my judgment, a great mistake, lint I believe it to be of great importance to doline our posi tion, so that it may be .> 'rfectly un derstood by the inhabit.tots of the Philippines, ns well as by our own people." Alter saying that he had been ttii nble to discover what policy his po litical opponents proposed, .Mr. Lodge continued : "We have presented to us, il is true, the policy desired by Aguinaldo and his followers, tint wc should ac knowledge him as a government, en force his rule upon the other eighty three tribes ami upon all thc other islands and then protect him from foreign interference. This plan, which would involve ns in endless wars with the natives and keen us embroiled with other nations, I -ads us with responsibility without power and tails into ruin and absurdity the moment it is slated. ".Another proposition is that wc sin?nl?l treat the Philippines as wt; treat. Cuba. Thal is precisely what we are doing' Hut what is really meant by this demand is not that wc should treat the Philippines as we treat Cuba, bul that we should make to them a promise as lo the future. And that is what, every proposition made by those opposed to (In' lie publican p;.: l y ?annes doun lo, il pro mise as lo the future. We arc t<> pul down the insurrection and disor der and to Lob I the island tempora rily wilhoul the consent ?d' the gov erned, but simultaneously we are to make large promises as to the hittite, which will look well in print anti keep insurrection ami disorder .'dive. "The policy we offer, in thc other band, is simple and straightforward. We believe in the frank acceptance ?d' existing fads and in dealing with th? in as they are and n<>l mi a theory of u hat they might or ought to I.e. We accept the fuel that the Philip pine Islands are ours to-day and I hat we are responsible >r t hem be lore the World. The next fact is illili there is a war in these islands, which, with its ebie)' in hiding and no semblance of :i government, has now degenerated into mere gm l illa -S! SHO -?- 4 13 do not give you enti Ld let us show you o We spare neithe 8 all our customers the very best value s ! Merit always wi voi\y I >n.v I (.gilling and brigandage. Our hn-Ji mediate duty, therefore, is to sup- 1 I press lids disorder, put an end to t lighting au?! restore peace and older. That is what wo are doing. That is ( all we are called upon to do in older to meet the dentando of the living i I presen. Beyond this wc ought not ? to go hy a legislative act, except to make such provisions that lhere may I he no delay in re-establishing civil government when tho war ends. i "1 shall not argue our title to the 1 islands by the law of nations, for it I is perfect. No other nation has ever i questioned it. I believe we are in tho i Philippines as righteously as wc are J there rightfully and legally. I believe I lo abandon thc islands, or to leave ^ lb em now, would be a wrong to hu tuan- I : ?ty, a dereliction of duty and in the i highest degree contrary to sound i morals. As to expediency, I should < regard their loss as a calamity lo our ? 1 trade and commerce and lo all our t i business interests so great that no | mau can measure il. i "It has been stated over and over i again that we have done great wrong i , in taking these islands without tho : consent of the governed, upon which, i i according to American principles, all ( i just government rests. The consent i of tho governed ! It is a fair phrase i I ' and runs trippingly ipon the tongue, I but I have observed a great lack of definite meaning in those who use it i most. I have always thought it well i in discussing any subject to know, as < a preliminary, precisely what wo 1 i mean by a word or a phrase. What 1 I do we mean by the 'consent of the : ' governed ?' We quote it. from thc ' Declaration of Independence. What s did Jefferson mean by the phrase ? i I Some say that he meant the consent i of all the governed. Others that lie is incant the consent of some of thc 1 governed Sentiment seems to he 1 ! with the formel amendment lo .Iel'- 1 lerson's language ; tacts appear Ioho i with the latter. ?int neither 'all' I r nor 'some' are in Jefferson's famous i sentence.'1 ( In order correctly to interpret tho I sentence .Mr. Lodge presented an i analysis of the kind ol' government < Jefferson was engaged in setting up when he wrote it. Conforming to . I historical fads set out in the unaly- < sis the sentence would road sonio t hing like this : "Just government must rest lijioii the consent of thc white males gov erned who have the right to vole ac- I cording to the laws of the various colonies." Continuing, Mr. Lodge said : "Taking thc colonies as a whole, al ll very large majority, lt' not half, of i ?the people whom the Continental Congress proposed to govern were utterally opposed to the ({evolution. Did we ask their consent? Not at ' all. We crowded the revolutionary j government on the loyalists at the j point, of the bayonet, ami when the I L'?volution was over they had to I accept the government thus forced upon them or go into exile, which many ol' them did. Therefore if we j test Jefferson's phrase by the fact of the government which we see be was ! engaged in setting up himself wc lind V , I thal il does not in the least meet thc fantastic extensions which it has ? been sough! to pul upon it in the interests of i he Ki I i pi nos." Mr. Lodge then reviewed at length our former acquisiioiis ol' territory, showing that in all of them there was the same absence of any reference to tho consent of the governed. Ile I argued that the Filipinos were inca pable ol'sci f-governmenl and (ploted William .Jennings Uryan and promi nent Ileniocralic. Senators in support nf his assertion. Mr. Lodge (ploted ollicial docu ments ami correspondence in support of bis contention thal Dewey entered into no political entanglements willi ?Aguinaldo. Within II week after Aguinaldo's arrival al Cavile the Ad ln i nist rat ion cabled Admiral Dewey that lhere must heno political alli anees of any sort with thc Filipinos. M r. Lodge denounced ;. absolutely lid il ions all statements that Admiral Dewey saluted the Filipino Mag or ES! sn 9 . re satisfaction, eit ur line, which is as r timo nor money i ; satisfaction ! W to be had at the j ns ! c. w. i .ceci ved Aguinaldo with military moors, or in any way recognized tho to nailed Filipino government. Allor reviewing briclly tho two .amp'iigns of clio American forces (gainst tho insurgents, Mr. Lodge, .eferring t<> the time the United States troops last took the liehl,said : "Since that limo Northern Luzon nts been cleared ami its ports opened. The same work has been nearly, if not cpdle, accomplished in Southern Luzon. The insurgent forces have teen scattered the insurgent govern ment has been broken up, and noth ing now remains but guerilla lighting md brigandage. Aguinaldo, the .itulnr hoad of thc insurrection, after i tome weeks of rapid Hight, is in titling. His Cabinet, or advisers, nearly all military prisoners. There s no longer any semblance of a gov ernment there lt) be recognized. The government which Aguinaldo per sonally established, and which some teoplu in this country were so aux- 1 ons to recognize, has ceased to ex St. There never was anything .cally to be recognized except Aguin lido himself and the adventurers ivho surrounded him, and now his counsellors are in prison and ho can- ? tot hu found. Ile, with his govern nent concealed about his person, is j ost somewhere in thc jungle. UT?? have recognized Aguinaldo's government and helped him to thrust t upon thc other natives, or to have Irawn aside and allowed hint t try ,o wade 'thlough slaughter lo a lnone' by himself would have been i crime against humanity. Those iv ho have urged or who now urge ?neb a policy should study with care md with thoroughness the govern tient of Aguinaldo. They never do ><?. They never lake the trouble to earn the facts about the despotism iv h ich Auginahlu ami his friends ried to set up. They laugh at facts, 1 leride all who are in a position tu 1 icar witness, sneer at history and .'Xperience ami declaim against the iovernineiit for not giving recogni- ; lion and support to something which lever existed, which is the mere Teal ure of their fancy. "How different their altitude when .bey come lo considering the actions if their own countrymen. Men who will take the lightest word of a half tied adventurer, of whose existence they had never heard two years ago, impugn the actions and doubt the words of the highest officers of our (lovernment, ol the commanders nf our Heels and armies, of men who j liave gone ?ll and OUt before the American people for years and whose i .outage, patriotism and honor have neyer been questioned or assailed. It must bc a weak and had cause indeed which rests its support upon accusa lions of falsehood and prevarication il i reeled against the gallant, and honorable mon who wear our uniform md lead our tinny and our navy in thc day of hallie. "Thc opponents of our policy have ? searched tho record for every care less word ; they have thrown them selves eagerly on every idle rumor Jj they have twisted facts ; they haye imputed the worst motives lo men who have proved their devotion to! their country on the Held of battle :<etl in every department <>f civil life. Let us be just at least to om own. I ask no more. Take the evi dence of all tuen who have been in those islands ami whose knowledge and experience entitle them lo speak ; Like thc ollicial record, from day lo day, since tho Spanish war began ; examine thc report of your commis sioners, your men of science, your anny and navy ollicers, read the ut let anees ami the proclamations of lin; insurgent leader, weigh, sift, dis cuss. Then face the Luis, all the facts, and set down naught in malice. If this is done t here can be bul one result. The government of Aguin aldo will stand t?ut as I hast' de scribed it, for there is no escape from thc evidence. "Hchuul all this lies the policy "? llie President, which nur ollicers fol lowed by sett and land. History will nay thal it has been Iii m, consistent, OES! her as to style, lit strong as you can n having our Shoes e guarantee every >rice. Just notice SAUKNICHT. and humane from tho beginning. No fjil?*u hopes were held out. Proin thc dispatch of May tiO oil ward tho attitude ol' our (?overnmont was j olear ami unmistakable. Hut every real hope, every primer promise, was freely offered and never violated. There are many duties imposed on a Piesident in which it is easy lo imagine a personal or selfish motive, in which such motives might exist even if they did not. Hut here even tin- most malignant must be at a loss j to timi the existence of a bad motive possible. Suddenly, at the end ol' the Spanish war, we were confronted willi the question of what should be done willi the Philippines. Their; fate was in our hands. We were all I able to discuss them and lo speculate as lo what should be done. No re sponsibility rested upon us. Hut one man had to act. While tin- rest of the world was talking bc had to be doing. The iron band of necessity was upon his shoulder, and Upon his| alone. Act lie must. No man in that high ellice seeks new burdens ami fresh responsibilities or longs to euler on new policies with the unforeseen dangers which lie thick along untried paths, livery sclltsh motive, every personal interest, cried ont against it. livery selfish motive, every personal interest tuged the President to let the Philippines go, and, like Gal lio, to care for none (d' these things. It was so easy lo pass by on the oilier side. Hut he faced the new condi tions which surged up around bim. When others then knew little he knew much. Thus he came to see what duly demanded, duty to our selves and to others. Thus be came losee what the interests of the Ameri I am no longer al gain Store. You w Nield old stand, wh up a beautiful line Hats, Notions and Goods, which I me bottom prices. Thi you from 25 to 35 article you buy fro If you will give i become our r?gulai Yours res CASH BARC I J. BLOOM "mooni Soils lt Tor Less." can people required. (?uided hy the j sense of duty, by the spirit of the American people in the past, by a wise statesmanship, which looked deeply into the future, be hodly look thc islands. Since (bis great decision his policy bas been linn and consis tent, I le has sought only what was ! best for the people ll is till lhere in the record. Vet, although ht! I fought in his youth for liberty ami union, he is now coarsely accused of infatuation for a vulgar Caesarism. Ile ulm is known lo everybody as one of the kindest tuen, eager lo do kindly acts lo every one, i < denounced as brutal and inhuman to a distant race whom lie has sought in every way lo benefit. When every selfish intel esl il le w Ililli ill the ot her di lection he has been charged with sell' seeking for following thc hard ami I horny path of duly." l?eferring lo thc arguments thal enormous expense will be entailed 'upon ihe I'nitcd Stales on account of tho Philippines, Senator Lodge ' said : "There is no reason to doubt that in a comparatively short time peace and order will be restored, and when ' wc arc considering what burden tho possession of the islands will impose upon us wu must proceed upon thc j normal conditions of peace. Under Spanish ru'.o, with all its bad admin- f istration and profound corruption, tho islands not only paid all their expenses, but made at times at least a return to thc Spanish treasury. 1 With revenues well and honestly ad- I ministered, and with wisc and honest I expenditure, thc islands in our hands t would not only easily pay all thc ex- I penses of (hi' military establishment, but id' the civil government as well, ? and we could al the same time, by our superior honesty and efficiency, ( greatly lighten the burden of taxa lion. In a word, thc Philippine 1 Islands, as we should govern and < administer them, would bc entirely J self-supporting and would throw no ?r burden of expense at all on thc peo- ' pie of the United States after peace * ami order were once restored and 1 business was again Hewing in ils 1 1 normal channels." ( .Mr. Lodge drew a luminous pie.- *? lure of the commercial possibilities * of the Philippines and of the oner- I moas ail vantages they would to the I United Stales, not only on account of their own fertility and richness of i resources, but because they are the J gateway for this country to the ?ni- * meuse trade of thc Orient. Advert ing lo a recent diplomatic achieve- ' incut of thu United States he said : < "I do not believe that this nation ' was raised up for nothing. I do not believe that it is the creation of blind chance. I have faith that it < lias a great, mission in the world-a > mission of good, a mission of free- 1 ibnn. I believe that it can live up lo that mission ; therefore, I want to .' see il step forward boldly and lake < its place al the head of the nations. I I wish to see it master rf thc Pacific. 1 1 would have it fulfill what I think is i's manifest destiny if it is not false 1 to lue laws which govern it. 1 am 1 not dreaming of a primrose path. I ! know well that in the past we have 1 committed grievous mistakes and paid for thom, done wrong and made heavy compensation for it, stumbled and fallen and suffered. Hut we have always risen, bruised and t the old Cash Bar rill find me at the ere I have opened of Clothing, Shoes, Gents' Furnishing an to sell at rock it means I will save per cent on every m us. is one call you will * customers. ipectfully, AIN STORE, , I 'ropi'iid <>**S ? ^'icUPs OI<l ?$tnii<l. ' grimed sometimes, yet still we have risen st ronger and more creel than ever and the inarch has always been forward and onward. "I have unbounded faith and pride in my country. I am proud of her past, and in that past I read her future. I in? not read il in any vain or boastful temper, bul willi a spirit of reverence and gratitude for all that, has gone and with a very hum ble prayer that we may make thc I resent and futon worthy of the past." August Flower ? ii is a surprising fact,'" says I'rof. Ilonlon, "thal in my (ravels in till pails nf thc world, for th" last ten yeats, I ? have met more pi opie having used ! (ireon's August Flower (han any olino I remedy, for dyspepsia deranged liver ami stomach, ami for constipation I ? lind for tourists and salesmen, or for .persons filling ollie? positions, where \ headaches ami general hail feelings from I irregular babils exist, thal (ireen's Au I oust Flower is a grand remedy, lt docs ! iud injure I he system hy frcipicnl use, ar ;s excellent for sour stomachs and . ino : cstion." Sample hollies freo at J. j IL Darby's. Sold by i'?alors in all civili/cd conn I li ICS. 'ASSED AT THE RECENT SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. IK C0?III0H8J BE FILLED. till Toxt ol tho Act That ls of Intorost to All Old Soldiers in South Carolina. Tho following is thc new ]>OIIK".OII aw, based upon recommendations of he Confederate Veten s' Associa ion of thc State. Thc hill was in rod need hy Mr. Tatton, of Well and, nt their request. Tho act was ipproved, hYbruary 10th, hy Gov. ilcSweeney. It reads: 1 See* on I. He it enacted hy the Jecoral Assembly of thc State of M)ulh Carolina : The sum of one mildred thousand dollars shall bc mnually appropriated to pay thc tensions provided for by this act, md in case thc same, or such amount is shall bc appropriated shall bo iti tuflicient, then thc amount so ap iropriatcd shall bc distributed pro >ortionatoly among those legally 1 mtitlcd to receive thc same : Pro vided, That those pensioners de icribcd in subdivision (a) Section 4 lerein, shall have been first paid in nil. See. li. The applicant must have icen a resident of thc State for two years prior to thc time, of thc appli cation. See. ii. In order to obtain tho beno ?ts of this chapter the applicant 1111 pialiiied by resilience must also diow : (A) If a man. 1st. That he was a bena lido Hol lier or sailor in tho sen i 0 of the State or in the ('onfederate States in the war between the Stales ; and 'Jd. Millier (a). That while in such iervice he lost a leg or arm, or re ceived other bodily injury whereby lie has become disabled ; and, fur Lher, that neither himself nor his wife has an income exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, nor property suflicicnt to produce mell an income ; or (b) that bc has reached thc age of (10 years, and that neither he nor his wife is receiv ing annually an annual income of nex'enly-li ve dollars from any source nor possessed of property sufficient [o produce such an income. (P>) If a woman. Isl. That she is the willow of a nan who was a bona lido soldier or tailor in the service of the State or if the Confederate States in the war hoi ween the Slates ; and lid. Thal she h:is never remarried ; tint ?hi. Thal either (a) she is sixty years of tige ; or (b) that her hus band lost his life in the service uf die State or of the Confederate statis in thii war between thc states ; and ?llb. Thal she has not an income d' *l(IO per annum nor property uiflicienl to produce the same. Sec. I. The persons described in lilt; preceding sections shall be enti tled to a pension upon complying with the other provisions of this act, md sh .11 ht; paid the amounts here inafter set forth, to-wit. : (a) All soldiers and sailors who lost, both units or both legs, or sight, >r who are physically helpless, thc Ulm of $8 per month. (b) All soldiers or sailors who lost :>ne ann or leg in thc said service, thc sum of ?M per month. (c) All other persons entitled to pensions under the provisions of this act, the sum of per month : Pro vided, That till soldiers and sailors, now citizens of this Slate, who were in the service ol' the State or of the Confederate States in the war be tween the States, and who are tidally disabled by paralysis, and who have no income, and who is unable lo make a living, : !:.".!! receive pensions as provided by this act the saint' as diose under class "A" of this section. See. ft. lief oro any soldier or sai lor shall receive ?my payment, pro vided in this act, he shall make .an application, in writing, through tho township representative, addressed to the county pension board, Itt bo appointed as hereinafter directed for each county of the State, sidling forth in detail the nature of the dis abling wm":.I, if any, the company and regiment ur battalion in which he served, and the time and place of receiving the wound, and showing thal neither he nor his wife is in re ceipt ?if thc income as hereinafter specified, and chowing further, the time and place of residence within the Stale by tho applicant. Such application shall be verified by thc oath ?d' thc applicant, made before any officer ill the State authorized to administer oaths, and shall be ac Makes the food more deli _ROYAL BAKINO KWOf companied by tho affidavit of one or moro credible witnesses, Hilting that they knew the applicant was a sol dier or sailor or thc wife of such, as tho case may be, and believe the. alle gations made ttl thc application tobe true: Provided, That said applicant is not dre wing a pension in any other State. Sec. I?. Sueh application shall be verified also by a certiiioalo of thc Auditor of the county in which the applicant resides, showing amount of tax return, and that his income docs not exceed thc amount stated, and , that he is not possessed of sufficient 1 property to produce such income; and it shall bc thc duty of thc Audi tor to furnish such certificates, if ho shall find tho facts, without foo or ehargo. Sec. 7. In each county of inc State thc saiil application shall bo submit ted to a board composed of four ox Confederate soldiers or sailors (to bc chosen as hereinafter provided,) who shall not bc holders of or appli cants for a pension, and a regular practicing physician to be selected by them, which said live persons shall constitute the county pension board. They shall meeton thc third Monday in January of each year, an<l shall examine each applicant under rules and regulations pre scribed by the State board of pen sioners. After Inst being duly sworn, fairly and impartially to discharge thc duties of their office, "nd after said oaths arc duly filed in tho office of tho Clerk of Court, tho said county pension board shall proceed with thc discharge of thc duties im posed upon them, and shall certify their approval to tho State board of pensioners, giving in detail tho rea sons which influenced them to grant or oppose each application, accompa nied by all the evidences upon which they made their decisions. Sec. 8. Four members of said board shall constitute thc quorum. A majority of the members of tho board present may determine any matter presented to them, subject, however, to a right of review of thc State board. As soon as such county board completes its list as above, giving thc names of the pensioners, their residences and amount, per month to which they arc entiled, they shall certify thc sante to thc State board of pensioners, to be re viewed by them. The compensa tion ol the members of said board shall be *2 per day for each day's service, not exceeding, however, live day's service in any one year. Sec. ?). The Stale board of pen sioners shall thereupon pass upon the names contained in said lists, and shall certify to the Clerks of Courts of the various counties the lists of the names and amounts ap proved by them, and said Clerks of Courts shall record thc same in a book, and said roll so made up shall be. designated "approved pension rolls for 19-," and such persons shall constitute thc pensioners enti tled to receive the aid herein pro vided for tho current year. Sec. 10. livery application ap proved by tho county board, with all papers upon which they act, shall be flied in the Comptroller General's office by thc first day of February of each year, to be by him submitted to thc Stale board of pensions for their review. In the examination of the applications of each person for a pension, the said board shall inquire particularly into all tho facts set forth in tho application, and shall have tho right to examine such evi dence as to determine the right of such applicant to a pension, and for tho purpose of ibis chapter thc chair man of each county pension board shall have the ri dit to administer oaths. In making their report to tho Slate board of pensions, they shall set forth, in detail (and sepa rately), theil" findings upon each material allegation contained in the application. See. ll. Fach of the county boards shall keep a book in which they shall make a list of tho applicants for pen sions, setting forth the approval and disapproval, which book shall be filed in the oflico of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for each county ; and the clerk shall from Hindi book certify to thc Comptroller General, on or before tho first day of February of each year, thc mun (ri i.\ ll.Nl Kl) OX fol lilli l>A(?K.) LIRE dons and wholesome H CO., HEW YORK._^^^^ QUIET CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR. No Hoi Issues, and tho Fewer tho Meetings the Better-Democratic Reorganization. Thc Columbia correspondent of tho Nows and Courier Hays: Tilinga aro KO rpiiet in politics just now in South Caro lina that it seems to bo almost forgottoil that tho county ami Stato conventions will soon havo to bo hold and that tho political mill will soon bogin to grind. Tho Stato Kxccutivo Cominitloo has hoon called to meet in Columbia on Wed nesday, thc. I llb of April. Tho Kxocu tivo Conimitteo will probably map out tho work that it will suggest to tho State Convention, which meets to elect delegates to tho National Democratic Convention and such other business as may corns up, TO CUItTAIL TIIK CAM l'A IO X. One thing tho Stato Convention may do, which will meet with general ap proval, will bc to curtail thc wearisome and incessant campaign. .Senator Till man, who will go before tho "dear peo ple" Ibis BU minor, may want to go from county to county ami want audiences, but there is now no prospect of an excit ing campaign, ami tho voters can get all tho vlows of tho candidatos they want by reading thc newspaper accounts, amt if there bc one meeting for each of tho ? Congressional Dist, ids or something of that sort, thc newspapers might afford lo give a lillie more.space lo each of tho meetings, instead of having forty or fifty meetings in tho State. IHLMOCItATIC lt KO Ito A NI/.ATKIN. Secretary G unter, of thc Stato Kxccu tivo Committee, bas been receiving a groat many loiters of inquiry about tho Democratic organization and so that there may bo general information upon thc matter thc following statement has been prepared : Tho townships or ward clubs, says Secretary Cuiller, shall meet on tho fourth Saturday in April. These locnl clubs elect tl president, a recording and a corresponding secretary and a treasurer, ami shall have three working commit tees of not less than three members each, viss: A committee on registration, an executive comm i tico and such other committees as may be deemed expo rt ?ont. These clubs shall op?ralo iiiulor tho control of a county executive commit tee, which shall consist of ono member from each club, to bc cloded by the res pective clubs. Thc executive commit tee shall appoint its own oflicors, except the chairman, who shall bo elected by thc County Convention. The local clubs shall elect one delegate to the. County Convention for every twenty-livo mem bers and one 'ci?gate for each majority fraction of twenty-live. The County Convention shall bc called by tho county executive committee to meet on the first Monday in May and when assem bled shall bc called to order by tho chair nulli of thc executive committee, and thc Convention shall proceed to nominale and oloct from among its mem bers a president, one or more vice presi dents, a secretary and a treasurer, a member of the executive committee and delegates to the State Convention, each county being entitled to double the number of dolegntcs in the state Conven tion as il has members in thc (Jeneial Assembly. The State Convention shall bo called by tho Slate executive com mittee to meet on the third Wednesday in May. Thc Stat?1 Convention elects delegatos to the National Democratic Convention and a member of the National Democratic Kxccutivo Committee Y? Pl SO'S CURE F O CURLS WHIM All ILSE FAILS, liest Cough Syrup. Tanto Good. Uso | lr. timo. Suhl !?. druggists. , T CONSUMPTION .f>J Increase of Pay is Refused. COLUMBIA, S. ('., March I!..- Thc first strike in a Soul li Carolina cot ton mill occurred this afternoon, tho operatives of tho Warren ville mill, about live hundred, walking out after demanding and being refused higher pay. They made no demonstration, If it's in thc blood Ayer's Sarsaparilla will take it out. Other kinds may, but probably wili not. -Tho Albinia Semi-Wonk I y .boonal ami Tin. CouniKit for H.uO a year.