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.?UBUSMC?> BVCRY WKDNCaOiAY MORN1N? - mt - JAYNCa, SHILOH, SMITH A 8TBOK SUBSCRIPTION, $ 1 .OU PKR ANNUM. ADVCNTI8INO flATCS RtASONABlt Slr"* Communications of a persona oharaoter charged for as advertisement* tW~ Obituary uotices and tributes o rosneot, of not over ono hundred word* will bo printed free of obarge. All ove that number must bo paid for at tho rat of one oout a word. Cash to aooonipau* ja an user ip t WALHALLA, H. C. I WaONSSOAYt JUNK 1, I904. Confederate Reunion at Charleston. Thero were between 2,000 and 3,000 visitors in Charlestou last week ou ao count of the State reuuion of tho Con federate veterans. Tho oity was baud Homely decorated from end to end with fl>g8 and bunting and almost everybody joined in the eff> rt to seo that the visit or^ were hospitably entertained. Tl?e features of the programmo wert a m< lister parado in which the veterans wore escorted by tho local militia, a dress an.de of tho United States troops on til li van's Island uud a grand ooncert ol war songs. There wero Humorous recen tiona, excursions and otlior attractions. At tho business meeting it developed that but little bad boen done toward tin enrollment of tho Confederate veterans of tho State by townships and counties The only counties that have completer! tho work aro Colloton, Chester, York, Leo and Barnwell. A resolution was adopted providing foi the orection of a mouumeut to tho South Carolina women of tho Confederacy. A i esolut ion, recontly adopted hy the Uuited Daughter , of the Confederacy. recommending that hereafter audiences rise and romain standing during the rendition of "Dixie," was endorsed. The system of pensioning old soldiois occupied a large part of tho attention of Thursday's session, which, with th? election of ollicois, constituted practi cally the entire business of tho mooting. When tho meeting liad been called to order Major William Foster, of Spar tauhurg, offered tho opening prayer. Tho first matter which came up was the election of tho representatives of tho or ganization on tho State Board of Pen sion Commissioners. Dr. B. M. Lobby, of Charleston, W. 1). Starling, of Rich land, aud W. IL Hardin, of Cheater, were ro-eleotcd on tho hoard. (?enc?a! Teague then stated that there bad heen considerable complaint he cause of the way tho pension money had been distributed over the State, and he had made a motion that the pension committee look into the matter of dis tributing the pension money. General Carwile stated that he knew of his own knowledge that tho State Pension Bonni tried to do its duty in tho matter of distributing the pensions, though he was sati.sliofl that some drew money from tl o Stato when they were not entitle to a penny. Col, O'. L. behumpert, of Newberry, said that in a gl'Qat many counties thc trouble was with tho county hoards. They showed favoritism, and there was too much politics mixed up in the mat ter of granting pensions. lu sume counties, he declared, it was a disgrace to look upon the pension rolls, for they contained the mimes of men who were drawiug pensions who were no moro en titled to them than men who had served iu tho Union army. Mr. Bradham, chairman of tho county pension hoard of Clarendon county, stated that ho had heen a member of the board of that county for a number ol years and his pension hoard had heen careful in allowiug pensions. Only those who were deserving were recommended to the State Pension Board. There was a great discussion about tho pension law, several Confederate veterans taking the position that the law was defective and that the trouble could not he remedied until a new law Ls passed. John Lan ?ney, C. G Hender son and others spoke uhout the defects in the law. On motion of CoL Sehumpert, of New berry, tho convention endorsed (Jen. Stephen I). Loo as the successor of the late (len. John B. (?orden, and the South Carolina veterans will go t> Nashville pledged for Cen Lee. Resolutions Oil the death of (?en. Gor don were adopted and ordered to he spi ead on the minutes, Col. Sob um port presenting thom. On motion of Col Sehumpert, Miss K. C. Gailliard, the officiai stenographer, was made an honorary memher of the association. Major Foster then read an original poem on "The Confederate Veteran," and then he paid a tribute to the women. Col. H. P. Griffith, of Gaffney, offered resolutions thanking Charleston for her hospitality. Major Mciver, of Darlington, made n motion that the next place of meeting he left to tho commanding general, which was adopted. The Good Old Summer Time. In the good oh! summer time, when bicycles throng the thoroughfares, and farm animals and roadsters are all kept busy, aooidents to man and beast are of frequent ocourreuce, Elliott's Emulsified Oil Liniment is tho most serviceable accident and emergency liniment in use. It relieves quickly anti heals speedily cuts, contusions, bruises, sprains, etc. You oct om- hal i pint for 2")C. ; and you got your money hack if not satisfied. Walhalla Drug Co. ; Seneca Pharmacy. Making Fun of Roosevelt. Washington, May 20.-The Wash ington polico have investigated an inci dent which occurred on the plaza of the Capitol to-day, in which an attempt was made, before a afb vi og picture machine, to impersonate President Roosevelt giv ing assistance to a pretended negro in distress. Thc incident, occurred shortly before 8 o'clock this morning. A mov ing pict me m ac ii inc had been placed where it could command tho scene, and a man made up as a negro approached, and when directly in front of tho statue of George Washington ho fell to the pavement. A man, who boro a striking resemblance to the President, was in a carriage nearby, and he, witli tho aid of a nemo coachman, who wore a livery, tho counterpart of tho White House livery, tenderly lifted tho pro tended negro to the flotitloUB Presiden tial carriage. Tho man simulating tho President then tipped bia hat, offered the negro a cigar and ordered tho carriagn driven on. The incident was witnessed by a number of people, including two Capitol policemen. A Great Ruler. Ono of the greatest of rulers is tho liver. It governs tho bumnn organism. When the livor is out of ord r tho whole system becomes diseased. Keep your liver healthy hy using Ry dale'8 Liver Tablets. They euro all liver trouble. They cure constipation. Your money back if they do not givo satisfaction. Walhalla Drug Co.; Seneca Pharmacy. Savannah River Lowest in Years. Savannah, May 20. -A special to the Morning News from Augusta, (ia., Ba VS! Tho Savannah River is lower than it has been at this season for many years. This afternoon the steamer Murchison arrived at the wharf with a part of tho cargo of tho steamer Katie, which is stranded ten miles below the city on a sand bed. Tho steamer will have to be further lightened to enable her to get to the dock. Atti o'clock to-night the river hero measured only six feet and eleven inches. OA.BTOIIIA. Beari tho ?4itl8 ^ You Have Always Bought Too Much Public Money. In his address at tho Bethany High School commencement, recently. Rev. W. G. Neville took occasion to say that while ho did not want to he understood as op I)oaing the various State institutions of lighor learning, still ho thought that they were receiving rather too much public money nt tho expense of private enterprises of a liko nature. These are not Mr. Noville's exact words, but they exptCBB pretty nearly the same idea, and we beg leave to suggest that as tho peo ple begin to Comprehend tho situation this samo idea is growing throughout the State. Tho result of blind appropri ations for Clemson, Winthrop, tho South Carolina College, etc., is beginning to be feit throughout tho State in a way that ls not altogether re-assuring.-Yorkville Enquirer. Op Rbjoluoer to tb? Bishop'? Adi wgiity of his Deolaratioue ?nd t Published lu the Next 1MU< Following is the text ot the ad I ress delivered by Bishop Charles B. Galloway, of Mississippi, to the Soulhern Bduoatlon Conference at .is recent meeting in Birmingham, as urinted in the News of that oity. The subject assigned to Bishop Gal loway wan ?'The South and tho Negro." The subjeot of this hour's disous *?ion is not of my selection. With the honored invitation to accept a place on the program of this great convention came also the request that I should speak on "The South and the Negro." The distinguished honor of this request was accorded, not because I have the capacity to speak on this subjeot by the author ity of fuller and more accurate knowledge than others, but rather lirra uso I live in the South and am a friend of the negro. Some acquaintance with this BOO ' ion aud its citizenship I ought to have gained from life-long residence and eager observation and unwaver ing devotion from birth to this good hour I have lived in Mississippi-the most intensely Southern o? all South ern States-and where, because of their innumerable numbers, the so called problem of the negroes is the most acute. It is, therefore, not for want of opportunity, if I lack infor mation, or am possessed of misinfor mation. I shall speak to-night with perfeot candor, if not with approved wis dom, and I appear not as the parti san of one idea, but as an ambassa dor of the truth and a lover of my country. WILL CONSIDER PRESENT CONDITIONS In offering some thoughts on the subject assigned I shall not review ancient history, but consider present conditions. It is time for us to cense i lise lissi no who is most responsible for American slavery. Present .duty bas been neglected in an acrimonious wrangle over history. For, after all, thc only difference between the South and the North on the slavery ques tion is a (liffi renee between father and grandfather. My father was connected with slavery, and sc waB his grandfather. Our memories are only a little more vivid because some what shorter. 1 would not presume to speak dog matically as to the mind of God with references to the future status of the negro. Into that infinite and holy realm I have neither capacity nor temerity to outer. On what specific lino the race will move through the coining centuries, I cannot attempt to prophesy, but I do know that all our dealings with these people should be in the spirit and according to the ethics of tho Man of Galilee. What is best for them now should be the measure of present duty, leaving the future in His hands who knows the end from the beginning. Aud we must insist that the negro have equal opportunity with every American citizen to fulfill in himself tho high est purposes of an All-Wise and Beneficent Providence. UNREST AMONG NEOROES. Whatever the cause or causes, there is no disguising tho fact that there is great unrest, and growing discontent among the negroes of the South. They are beginning to feel friendless and helpless. The frequent lynchings that disgrace our civiliza tion, the advocacy by some of limit ing to thc minim uni tho school ad vantages provided for them, and the widening gulf ot' separation between the younger generations of both races, have produced a measure of despair. There are few negroes in my nativo State of Mississippi, thc owners of property, who would not sell out at a fair valuation. Many of the thriftiest and most conservative feel, whether justly or not, that sentiment is so he itile to their race as to make all their values insecure. And as op portunity offers they are quietly leaving the sections in which they have long lived and labored. We need not close our eyes to'tho inevitable. We are soon to face in dustrial disaster unless conditions are radically changed. Our cotton lands will lie fallow and our fertile fields cease to yield their valuable staples. Already tho scarcity of labor is the despair of large land owners. To improve or remove these strained relations is the duty of every Southern patriot who believes in the industrial and commercial future of these parallels. POLITICS TUE DIFFICULTY. Unfortunately for this question, and for tho best interests of both races, it has not been eliminated from local and national politics. So long as it furnishes an easy and exciting issue for contending partisans there will be little opportunity for con structive statesmanship to deal wisely with the stupendous problem. It requires but little ability to excite thc fears and inflame thc pre judice of a people. An)' street urchin can shout "tire!" and Stam pede an audience, even when there is no danger. And if there be some occasion for alarm the panic becomes wild and uncontrollable. Then it is men ref uso calm counsel and wise suggestion. So it is with the social and political issues that may be used to play upon the" fears of the masses. The old cry of "white supremacy" may be imperilled is a travesty on Anglo-Saxon chivalry. With every executive, judicial and legislative ellice of the State in the bands of white people, and with suffrage qualifications that havo practically eliminated the negro from political affairs, the old slogan is the emptiest cant. This is no question for small politi ciaiiHj but for broad, patriotic states men. It is not for non-resident theorists, but for practical publicists ; not for academic sentimentalists, but for clear-visioned humanitarians. On a subjeot of such vital concern to Slate and nation, passionate declama tion and partisan denunciation are to lie deplored. Oh, that some patriot m ly arise, with the prescience of a statesman, and the vision ot a prophet, anil the soul of an apostle, who will point out the path of national duty ;ind guide our people to a wise and I leaven-approved solution of this mighty problem ! WHEREIN SOUTH IS BLAMELESS. But for some of tho acute phases of this question the South can bo acquitted of blame. The once beau tiful and pathetic attachments of tho older people of both races were rudely severed, not alone by tho shock of war, but by the fanatical unwisdom of certain boasted bene factors. Mistakes that havo become a trag edy were mado by some misguided ? Bishop ?altcwxy to the Southern education Conference. Shall be fc.no Social Mingling of the Race?. Ires?, by Dr. Ward, who Challenges the be Logic of bis Deductions, will be ? of The Courter, June 8th. persons who came South after the war to be thu political teachers and leaders of the negroes, Represent iug themselves ns the only frtendu ol the reoently emancipated race, tbo\ made denunciation of former slave owners an apology ?or their presence, and a part of 'bo negro's eduoation. That policy only complicated the difficult problem. It poisoned the spirit of one race and aroused tho H?roe antagonism of the other. Hate was planted in hearts where tho seed of love should have been sowu, and races that ought to dwell together in unity were separated by bitter hostility. The times of such folly are gone, but their tragio results are our mournful heritage. THINGS THAT AUB SETTLED. First-In the South there will never bo any social mingling of tho races. Whether it be prejudice or pride of race, thero is a middle wall of partition which will not bo broken down. Second-They will worship in separate churches and be eduoated in separate schools. This alike is de sired by both races, and is for the good of each. Third-The political power of this section will remain in present hands. Here, aa elsewhere, intelligence and wealth will and should control the administration of government affairs. Fourth-Tho gr?at body of negroes are herc to stay. Their coeroed colo nization would be a crime, and their deportation a physical impossibility. And the white people are less anx ious for them to go than they are to leave. They are natives and not intruders. THIS DBUT OK DUTIES. Now let us consider some of the duties we owe these people, com mitted to IIB as a trust. First-They must bo guaranteed the equal protection of tho law. To do less would forfeit plighted faith and disrupt thc very foundation of social disorder. Alf the resources of government should bu exhausted in protecting innocence and punish ing guilt. There should be no aris tocracy in crime. A white fiend is as much to be feared as a "black brute." Tho racial lino lins no placo in courts of justice. Offenders against the peace and dignity of the State should have tho same fair trial and the same just punishment, what ever their crime or color of skin. And tho majesty of law must be enthroned and sustained. When its sanctions are .iisregarded and its mandates arc not respected, the very foundations of government become insecure. If confidence is destroyed in the decisions of courts there is no protection for lifo and property Wc have reason for real alarm at the phenomenal growth of the spirit of lawlessness. And it is not con fined to any one section of our great country. I give it as my deliberate judgment that there is never an oc casion when the resort to lynch law can be justified. However dark and dreadful the crime, punishment should be inflicted by due process of law. Every lyncher becomes a law despker, and every law-despiser is a betrayer of his country. The lynch ing spirit, unrestrained, increases in geometrical progression. DAWN OK A RETTRR DAY. But lhere are indications of a bet ter day. After our night of sorrow there is promise of a more hopeful morning. Our best citizens are be coming alarmed and public sentiment is being aroused. A camp of Con federate Veterans in Mississippi, composed of heroic men, who feared not the wild shock of battle in con tending for what they believed to be right, recently passed some vigor ous resolutions against this spirit of lawlessness, in which occur these strong words : "Mob violence is antagonistic to liberty, and ultimately leads to an archy, desolation and ruin." And in that, ringing utterance they voice at once the deep conviction and profound humiliation of our best citizenship. Wc have a good people in our State, loving justice, hating wrong, and despising unfairness. They are roady to uphold tho ma jesty of the law when demands are marie upon them. A 1.80 A NECESSITY. Second, thc right education of tho negro is at once a duty and a neces sity. All the resources of the school should bo exhausted in elevating his character, improving his condition and increasing his capacity as a citi zen. The policy of an enforced ignoranco is illogical, un-American and un Christian. It is possible in a despotism, but porilou? in a republic. It is indefensible on any grounds of social or political wisdom, and is un supported by any standards of ethics or justice. If ono fact is moro cloarly demonstrated by tho logic of history than another, it is that education is an indispensable condition of wealth and prosperity. This is a universal law, without exemption or exception Ignoranco is a cure for nothing. "lt is strange, indeed," says Mr. Murphy, "if education-a policy of God long before it was a policy of man, a policy of tho universo long before it was a policy of society wore to find its first defeat at tho negro's bunds. "Of course, educational methods may bo unwise and inadequate, and educational auspices may be unfor tunate and unwholesome. In such ovent tho proper course is not to close tho school, but chango the mothods-not stop teaching, but im prove the teachers." Tho repression of it will result not in its extinction, but in its preservation." That re suits have been disappointing, there is no room to doubt. Kvon the most sanguine and sentimental must admit that a good deal of prophesy has not been fulfilled. Yet progress has been made, and wc have much to inspire hopo and encourage effort SAID IT WITH PRIDE. Several years ago when standing before a great audience in Tremont Temple, Boston, it gave mo pardon able and patriotic pride to utter these words : "I como from a State where liberal and oqual provision is mado for the education of our colored chil dren in tho common schools, and there is practically no sentiment in favor of withholding from them tho best possible scholastic advantages Whatever doubts somo may enter tain, all aro united and lived in the purpose to test tho virtue and poten tia! force of education in solving thc gravest question that bas ever been presented to tho people. It is writ ten in the organic law of tho Stato and has becomo the settled policy of our people." I deeply regret, Mr. President, that it is impossible for me to repeat so Lg. Some of oar good people-not i majority, J am glati to say-have jooomo so t'issppoiuted over educa iiomil results that they have almost reached the point of despair. luipa .ient in their desire to see larger re Lums for wt-ll meant efforts and libe ral appropriations, they have raised thu question as io the wisdom of a radical change of pc!icy. I am sure, However, tnat the foote do not justify their honest fears. INJUSTICE l N I'Koi'l 1 A itl.K. But what would be the effect of a policy of oppression? Suppose we alose the thirty thousand negro ?ohools of the South ? What would be the result ? Let Dr. Curry tell its : ''Ignorance more dense, pauper ism more general and severe, orime, superstition and immorality ram pant." Wo would not survive such si policy. The boasted strength of mr government institutions could not endure the strain. We cannot tiave a democraoy for ono olasB of mr population and a, despotism for tbe other. We canuot elevate and subjugate at the same time. And, ?hove everything, let us be just. I im jealous for my people that they be not amenable to the. oharge of in justice. We must keep our cove nants. The utteranoe of a distin guished political leader of my State [ make my own : uThero is nothing so unprofitable ia injustice. There is nothing which will reaot with sucn deadly effcot upon the character of any people ns the practice of wrong and oppression upon the weak and helpless. The leuial of opportunities for education to tho negro can be justified upon no good grounds. It ignores the tendi ngs of Jesus. It is contrary to the genius and spirit of Christianity. It >ropuses a solution of the problem which is at variance with the funda nentals of our religion. Nothing iould ever justify it, even to our ?onsoiences. UTTERANCES OF LAMAR. And that view is held by the great est leaders of tho South. No man pvho over represented my native State of Mississippi in the highest ?ouncils of tho nation more correctly nterpreted her truest thought on all great issues than did Lucius Q. C. Lamar. And no man among us over ?ad a moro enthusiastic following, dis groat deliverances became the lOCepted doc', ines of his people. A profound political philosopher who lover contented himself with a sur face view of any subject, and who ind unconcealed contempt for mere partisan harangue. Ile gave to ?very question which concerned tho welfare of the State and nation the lincerest and most patriotic conside ration. When a measure was pending in ho Senate, proposing national aid lo )dlibation, Mississippi's distinguished Senator gavo expression to matured ,icws that commanded the applause >f the entire State. A few sentences Tom that great speech may be re irodnced with profit. Northern Senators had intimated lack of con idence in tho State educational luthorilies to distributo tho fund .quitably and suggested amendments o the bill. Senator Lamar said : THU SPOKEN WORDS. "I say with entire confidence that his distrust is not deserved ; that Jenatora are mistaken as to the state >f feeling in the South with reference o tho education of the negro. The people of the South find tlint tho nost precious interests of their so iicty and civilization aro bound up ti the question of his education-of lia education out of his present it ate of barbarism. I shall enter tito no argument upon that subject. [ intended to read Borne authorities lfion it, but my friend from South karolina (Mr. Hampton) bas antici pated me.", After quoting Dr. Mayo, Prof. Smart, and other Northern educators, vho lia<l been South and had ap plauded the heroic effort of the Southern people to eduoate both .aces alike, Senator Lamar further laid : "Tho problem of race, in a large >art, is a problem of illiteracy. Most )f tho evils, most of tho difficulties, which have grown up out of that problem, have arisen from a condi .ion of ignorance, prejudice and superstition. Remove these, and he simple elements of tho question viii como into play with a more en ightened understanding, and a moro oloratit disposition. I will go with .hose who will go furthest into this matter." VOICE OE DR. CURRY. In educational statesmanship, no foice has been moro potential in \morica during tho past quarter of a century than that peerless Southern leader, tho late Dr. J. L. M. Curry, rho echoes of his marvellously musi ta) voice will continue to thrill tho learts of American patriotism like .he inspiring notes of a bugle. Alas ! riiat ho is not a conspicious figuro n this convention to-night. In a nasterly address before the Consti tutional Convention of Louisiana, a 'ow years ago, ho spoke theso grandly doonent words : "The negroes, unlike alien emi grants, are here not of their own moosing, and their civi' and political .quality is tho outcome f our subju gation. Neither their presence nor ,heir civil equality is likely to bo .hanged in our day. Tho negroes will remain a constituent portion of .ho Southern populace and of citi zenship. What aro to be our rela tions to them ? Are they to be lifted up, or left in the condition of discon tent, ignorance, poverty, crime, bar barism ? Shall uno raco havo ovory ancouragement and opportunity for development for higher civilization, md the other handicapped and envi roned with insurmountable obstacles to progress? Aro friction, strife, tiatred less likoly with the negro under stereotyped conditions of in feriority than by the recognition and stimulation of whatever capacities ?or progress ho may possess? Shall wo learn nothing from history? Do Ireland and Poland furnish us no lesson ?" Nervous Dyspepsia Cured by Rydale's Stomach Tablets. Mr. li. K. .Jones, buyer for Parker ?fe Bridget, whoso large dept neut stores ire located at 9th and Ponn. Avo., Wnsh ugtou, I). O?? writes, under dato of April 14, 'Ol, ns follows: Last Pobruary, one fear, whilo in Now York on business for ny house, I caught a severo cold, which aid mo un for several wooks and loft mo nroak ano nervous. I lind little or no ippotito, and my digestion was vory mor. My physicians could not got at tho cause of my trouble, as my digestion loomed so much impaired. I decided to i y Hydnle's .Stomach Tablets, being us uirod by a friend they were a good dys pepsia medicine. Aftor using them for I fow days, I bogan to realizo that I wan getting bettor. I gave up the doctor's prescription and have gained 20 pounds while using two boxes of tbeso tablets. I never felt better in my life, and nc .i edi I Kydalo's Stomach Tablets with laving cured me. I can recommend hem, most heartily, to sufferers from lervoue indigestion and general run lown conditions of thesyetem. Walhalla Drug Co., Seueoa Pharmaoy. ( *j*mt**t*?to*f*im\t*mijs j? <*?U??A*si?%?a?wi??vi*?/ Vegetables to bring good prices must have both size andquVt ity. Even good soil is made beater by the use of a fer tilizer rich in Potash We will Mod our books, Kivl'"K fu" Infor ?nation ?bout thc subject, to ?ny launer who M i its i for them. GERH AN KALI WORKS, Now York-SS Na*??? HI nwt, mr Atlant*, U?. -??.?/, Baw Hr?ad Si. 80PHI8TKY OK AN A KC r M K NT. Wise words and wisely spoken. By these principles no eloquently enunciated by our great leaders, the country will unfalteringly stand. Whatever the discouragements and seeming failures, the policy inspired by Christianity and vindicated by history will not be reversed. And in all the coming years that which will be spoken of most to tho honor of the South was that, out of the wreck and ruin of war, with little left but the charred and scarred re maius of fire and tempest, she gave with an almost lavish band to the education of the negroes. Every line of that page of her brilliant his tory will be glorious with the un stinted praise of tho civilized world. From the declaration that educa tion has made the negro more im moral and criminal, 1 am constrained to dissent. There are no data or figures on whioh to base such an indictmout, or justify such an asser tion. On the contrary, undisputed facts, attest the statement that edu cation and its attendant influence have, elevate?] tho standard and tone of morals among the negroes of tho South. The horrid crimea which furnish an apology for the too fre quent expressions of mob violence in these parallels almost without excep tion, aro committed by the most ig norant and brutal of the race. I have been at not a little pains to ascertain from representatives of various institutions the post-collegi ate history of their students, and I am profoundly gratified at the record. I believe it perfectly safe to say that not a single case of criminal assault has ever been charged on a student of a mission school for negroes founded and sustained by a great Christian denomination. "To school the negro," says a cer tain editor, "ia to increase his crimi nality. Oftioinl statistics do not lie, and they toll us that the negroes who can read and write aro moro oriminni than the illiterate. The more money for negro education, the more crime. This is the unmistakable showing of the United States census." EDUCATION I>KCKK ASKS CHI MK. Now, I do not hesitate to affirm that thc United States census ahows exactly the opposite-that education has deeroaBed crime. A careful study of tho exact figures will show that the proportion of negro crimi nals from the illiterate class has been 40 per cent larger than from tho class which has had school training. And when we consider further that it is naturally and notoriously easier to convict a poor negro of any crime than a white mau who has influential friends and well paid counsel, the strength of the statement ia irresisti ble and unanswerable. Joel Chandler Harris, the distin guished author and political philoso pher, and whose interpretation of tho Southern negro has given him world wide and immortal tame, in a recent article in the Saturday Evening Post, gives this emphatic testimony : "The idle and criminal olasses among them make a great ahow in the police court recorda, but right here in Atlanta, the reputable and decent negroes far outnumber those who are on the lists of the police as new or old offenders. I am bound to conclude from what I aeo about me, and what I know of the race elsewhere, that the negro, notwith standing the late start he baa made in civilization mid enlightenment, is capable of making himself a useful member of the community in which ho lives and moves ; that he is becom ing moro and more desirous of con forming to all the laws that have boen enacted for tho protection of society." TKinUTK AND DEFENSE. lion. W. M. Cox, of Mississippi, prominent in the political councils of his State, for years a leading figure in our State Legislature, and a acholar, has given his judgment on this question, which perfectly accordB with my own observations. Ile saya: "When I,, consider all the circum stances of tho case, the negro's weak ness, his utter lack of preparation fer freedom and citizenship and the mul titudinous temptations to diaorder and wrong doing which have assailed him, the wonder to me is, not that he has done BO ill, but that he has dono so woll. No other race in tho world would have borne itself with ao much of patience, docility and BubmisBiveness. It is true that many grave crimes have been committed by negroes and theae have aoroly taxed the patience of tho white peo ple of tho South. 1 do not blink at their enormity, and I know that they must be sternly repressed and ter ribly avenged. But I insist that the entiro race is not chargeable with these exceptional crimes, and that tho overwhelming majority of the raco aro peaceable, inoffensive and submissive to whatever the superior race sees fit to put upon them. Their orimes are not tho fruit of the little learning thoir schools afford them. They are the results of brutish in atincts and propensities which they have not been taught to regulate and restrain." And in this scheme for their edu cation a constructive statesmanship suggests that proper training be pro vided for those who may become the teachers and wiee leaders of their people. * TKUK TH KORY OF ni8 EDUCATION. The truo theory of negro educa tion in tho South has beon admira bly stated jn these words : "Tho rudiments of an education for all, in dust rial training for the many, and a college course for the talented fow." The thirty thousand negro public schools of the South, on which seven and one-half million dollars aro ex pended annually, and for whioh we have spent lil26,000,000 since 1870, must be supplied with competent teachers of that raco. To every man among them with the ovident qualities of leadership we should lend our Christian sympathy and a helping lund. 1 residont Tucker, of Dartmouth College, was entirely oorreot when he said : "I believe with s growing conviction tbat the salWnou of tho negro of thin country lieV.with the exceptional men o? that race."*' And those who have ??*t;-?ied the philosophy of Christian missions, and the progresa of civilization, will tell you tbat th* same is true of all the peoples of lb? carib. We traiu And Christian^ the f xooptionnl men who aro to I?* the real redeemers* of their JUC?, whether in (.'luna, Japan, India o> Africa. Piof. Max Muller gives authority and conclusive testimony on this mu meututt matter : "The intwtiectua and moral character of a nation if formed in schools and universities, and those who educate a people havo always been its real masters, though they may go by a more moil cst uarae." $ i MAJKBTY OF KDUOATION^ When Prof. Tholuok reaohed tho 50th anniversary of bin great cftree: BS teaoher of theology at Halle In reoeived hearty and grateful con gratulations from pupils and friends in all parte of the German Empire. The Emperor sent him the decora tion of the Order of tho Black lv<<;le Studonts with torohes marched in processions past his windows, sing ing one of Luther's immortal hymns. What a significant and appropriate tribute to one of the mightiest forces in the empire? The man who WUK Btting teachers and preachers to mold the moral and religious thought of the nation, might well reoeivc recognition and honor from the throne itself. For without tho se curity given the empire in tho ethical and religious instruction of church find school the throne itself would become unsteady, and the crown would rest uneasily on the Emperor's HUMOUS head. Aud if for an empire, how much more important for a re public in which every citizen is a sovereign and a peer of the realm. Other pbaseB of this problem of the nation I have not time to con sider. Already I have trespassed too long upon your patience. M KSSAi; K TO YOUNO SOUTH. My message is to tho younger people of the South. Into their strong hands the country is soon to be committed. The facts of history Bloquently confirm the wise observa tion of Goethe, that "the destiny of a nation at auy given time depends upon the opinions of its young men who are under 25 years of age." Upon them must devolve the solu tion of this problem. It requires grout wisdom and long patience. Hut God rules and right the day must wiu. Young mon of my country, in everything dare to do right. Have laith in God and the future. Stand by tho underlyirg principles of our good republic, and the coming years will vindicate your manly independ ence and uncorrupted patriotism. Kepler, the great astronomer, who won for himself the title of "legis lator of the skies," rejoiced more in truth than in titles, in honor more than in honors. When bis work, "The Harmonies of tho World," was first published, he said : "1 can afford to wait, a ceutury for a reader, since God himself waited six thou sand years for an observer." And BO every man who is dominated by honest convictions, and is inspired by righteous ambition to promote the best interest of his country, can well afford to nbide thc certain and tri umphant vindication of the futuro. :JSURANCE The maa who Insure? his life ls wise for his family. The man who Insures hie health la wise both for his family and himself. You may Insure health by guard ing lt. lt ls worth guarding. At the first attack of disease, which generally approaches through the LIVER and mani fests Itself In Innumerable ways TAKE_ - M's Pills And aave your health. Judfle Advises Husband to Spank Wife. Detroit, Mich., May 21.-Judge Henry Mandel!, of the Wayne Circuit Court, ruled to-day that a husband has a right to spank his wife. The ruling was made in the caso of A. B. Sobke, a mechanic, who asked for an injunction to restrain his wifo from abusing him and soiling his household offecta. Tho Judgo told Sobke to go home and thrash his wife if she insisted on misbehaving. A week ngo in a divorce caso Judge Mandoll ruled that a household could havo but ono head and that should bc tho husband. Tho Judgo is a bncbolor. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough! Bears the Signature of Are Your Lungs Weak? Does the cough, left by tho grip-or the cold contracted during the winter still hang on? Itydalo's Elixir will euro ?our cough and heal your weak lungs. It ills the germs that cause chronic t hroat rind lung disease, and holps nature restore the weakened organs to health. Trial sizo 26o. Family sizo 50. Walhalla Drug Uo. ; Seneca Pharmacy. A report in favor of union with thc Presbyterian church In tho North mot with opposition in the Assembly of thc Cumberland Presbyterian church, in session at Dallas, Texas. CAS Bl The Kimi Yon Have Always 1 In use for over 30 yearn, All Counterfeits, Imitations Experiments that trifle wit! Infants and ChUtlren-Kxp<: What is C Oastoria is a harmless suhi gorlc, I>rops and Soothing contains neither Opium, M substance. Its age is its gu and allays Feverishness, lt Colic. It relieves Teething and Flatulency. It assimilt Stomach and Bowels, g i vin The Children's Panacea-Tl GENUINE CASI Bears the The Kind You Ha In Use For O TH? OCNTAUR COM PAN V, Tt Ml Veterans Adjourn. Charleston, May 20.-Tho Convention of Coufedorato Voteraus of South Caro lina elected T. W. Carwilo, of Edgefleld, commander in ohiof; Timmorman Davis, of Charleston, commander of tho first brigade; B. II. Teague, noting comman der of Becond division; W. D. Starling, of Richland, W. H. Hardin, of CheBtor, sud R. M. Lobby, of Charleston, wore elected members of the Pension Board. There was considorablo discussion over the distribution of pensions throughout tho Statu, and thore was much complaint about tho present system and law. The comniaudor was instructed to appoint a commit iee. consisting of one member from oaoh Congressional District to con for with the Stato Pension Board and re commend changes in tho present law. Tho convention endorsed Stephen D. Loe as Commander of United Confederate Veterans. Tho convention adjourned sine dio at 12 :J0 p. m. RI DA LES TONIC A New Scientific Discovery for the BLOOD and NERVES* It purifies thc blood by eliminating the waste matter and other impurities add by destroying the germs or microbes that infest the blood. It builds up the blood by-reconstructing and multiplying the red corpuscles, making thc blood rich and red. It restores and stimulates the nerves, causing a full free flow of nerve force throughout tho entire nerve system. lt speedily cures unstrung nerves, nervo1 it ness, nervous prostration, and all other diseases of the nervous system 'RYDALES TONIC is sold under a posi tive guarantee. Trial size 50 cents. Family size $1.00 MANUFACTURED HY The Radical Remedy Company, HICKORY, N. C. FOR SALE BY J. H. HARRY, WALHALLA, S. C., SENECA PHARMACY, SENECA, 8. C. Thoro aro 470 votes in tho electoral col IORO. To elect a Prosidont it will take 1239 votes. With tho solid South, Now York, Indiana, Now Jersey and Colorado tho Democrats will receive 210. If they lose cither one ol" t hese douht t'nl States, there is no hopo, unless a tidal wavo swoops over tho country and carries in tito Democratic President Uko it did cleveland in 'SI and '02. HEALTH "I don't think wo oonld keep hoine without Thedford's Black DraiiRht. Wo have unod tt tn the family for over two years with the heut of results. I havo not had a doctor in tho houno for th nt length of time. It in a doctor in itself i nd always ready to make a person ?. ll and happy."-JAM Kn HALL, Jack sonville, ttl.__ Because thi^s great medicine relieves stomach pains, frees tho constipated bowels and invigor ates tho torpid liver and weak ened kidneys No DOCTOR is necessary in the home where Thedford's Black-Draught is kept. Families living in tho country, miles from any physi cian, have been kept in health for years with this medicine as their only doctor. Thedford's Black - Draught cures bilious ness, dyspepsia, colds, chills and fever, bad blood, headaches, diarrhoea, constipation, colic and almost every other ailment because the stomach, bowels liver and kidneys so nearly con trol the health. THEDFORD'S i 3TDP ? READ THIS r ?AVANWAH GA. Bought, and -which has been, has borne the slgnatnre of tas boen made under his per supervision since its infancy? r no one to deceive you in thin. and "Just-us-tfood" are but ti and endanger the health of irience against Experiment* ASTORIA stitute for Castor Oil? Pare Syrups. It is Pleasant. It orphine nor other Narcotic arantee. It destroys Worms ; cures Diarrhoea and Wind Troubles, cures Constipation Ates the Food, reg?late? the g healthy and natural sleep? ie Mother's Friend* ["ORIA ALWAYS Signature of Ye Always Bought ver 30 Years. jnnAY STRICT, N KW VOMK O TTY Building Lot for Sale, KNOWN a? tho Methodist Panonage Lot, containing one-half acri\ 1041; foot front and 200 feet deep. A good woll on premises. For price add ross DK. W. F. AUSTIN, Soueoa, S. C. May 25, 1004. ' 21 Stockholders' Meeting. AT a mooting of the Board of Direc tors of the Walhalla Cottou Mills, hold on tho 18th day of May, 1004, the following was adopted: . Resolved, That we recommend to the Stockholders of tho Walhalla Cotton Milla au increase of tho oapital stock in tho sum of fifty thousand dollars, which would havo a proforence in case of liquidatiou on thu same terms aud condi tions as preferred stock heretofore ?B Buod. A meeting of tho Stockholders is hereby called to be held at tho Company's Office, iu Walhalla, S. C., on the 27th day of June, 1004, at 6 o'olook P. M., to consider and pass upon said increase. E. R. LUCAS, 1'resident, and Troasuror. C. W. PITCHFORD, Secretary. May 25, 1004. t 21-24. - . Winthrop College Scholarships and Entrance Examinations. Tho examinations for tho award of va cant scholarships in Winthrop Collego and for tho admission of now students will bo hold at thc County Court House on Friday, July 8th, at 0 a. m. Appli cants must not bo less than li ft cen years of ago. When scholarships aro vacated after July 8, thoy will bo awarded to those making tho highest averago at this examination. Scholarships aro worth $100 and free tuition. Tho next session Will open September 21, 1004. For further iufor mation and cataloguo address PRESIDENT D. B. JOHNSON, Rook Hill, S. C. May 25, 1004 . 21-20 Summons for Debt. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1 COUNTY OK OCONKK. J In Magistrate's Court. By Georgo L. Wilson, Esq., Magistrate in aud for Ocouoo county, tho Stato afore said. To Frank Simpson: Complaint, having beon made to mo by Anica Harbin that you aro indebted to her in the sum of .Sixteen and 40-100 Dol lars, on account for money loaned to you in 1800, with interest thereon from Juno, 1800. This is, thoreforo, to requiro yon to appoar beforo me, in my ofllco, at Wal halla, S. C., on t.'ie sixth day from the service of this Summons, at 10 o'clook a. m., to answer to tho said Complaint, or judgment will bo givou against you by default. Dated May 12, A. D. 1004. GEORGE L. WILSON, [Seal.] Magistrate. JAYNES & SHELOR, Plaintiff's Attorneys. May 18, 1004. 20-2.? GINNING MACHINERY B-E-S .T Made hy Liddell Not only tao with tho tl?i..?8, but many years ahaad, if other systems ?re modern. QUALITY - - And m m QUANTITY Get Particulars from C-I-B-B-Er-S COLUMBIA, S. C. Please mention this papor. It. T. JAYNK8. I -M J. W. SHXLOBi JAYNES & SHELOR, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, WALHALLA, S. O. PROMPT attontion given to all busi noss committed to their oare. BLUE RIDGE_RAILWAY CO. HKTWERN BELTON AND WALHALLA. Time Tntilo No. 4-In RfTcct Nov. 29, 1903. KABTIIOUND 12 Walluilla. Wost Union. Sonoca. Seneca. "Jordania Junction 'Adams. .Cherry. l'emilel, ai. Ailinn. .Donver . .Wost Anderson_ Anderson - PassDop Anderson-PassDop .Andorson-KrtDop Holton. A M ft 36 H 10 8 m 9 00 9 14 9 17 9 2ft 9 3? 9 39 9 55 10 00 i? 03 10 26 IO P. M ?i 00 2 03 % 10 2 19 :>. 2?> 2 33 2 4Q 2 53 3 00 3 10 3 12 3 36 8 10 3 12 3 86 8 24 PM 3 10 3 16 3 46 6 31 6 36 6 66 6 69 0 12 0 26 6 87 6 67 7 Of. 7 80 7 33 7 68 WKBTHOUND Helton. .Anderson--Kr't Do Anderson-Pass Do Anderson-Puna Do .West Anderson .Donvor. .Antun. Pendleton. .t'liorry. .Adams. .Jordania Junction. Seneca. Seneca. Wost Union. Walhalla. I'M 3 60 4 13 4?6 4 20 4 83 4 IO 4 47 4 64 4 67 5 12 5 16 5 31 5 49 6 66 9 AM 10 45 11 06 ll 07 ll ll ll 21 ll 2C ii :<2 II ;<:. ll 42 ll 54 ll 67 1 06 1 1 26 PM 7 60 7 62 8 20 A M!PM 9 15 9 40 9 42 10 20 10 2S 10 41 10 50 10 59 11 09 ll 18 ll 81 ll 34 1 05 1 86 1 40 . Klag atahona. Will also stop at the lollowlngatatlona to take on and loton* passengers: Phlnney's, James's and Handy Springs. Nos. Il and 12, first class passenger, dally ; Nos. 0 and lu, dally except Sunday; Nos. 5 and 6, Sunday only; Nos. 4 and 7, second Claas, mixed, dally except Sunday; Nos. 3 and 8, second class, int veil, dally. H. C. HKATTIK, Pr?sidant. J. H. ANDKH80N, Superintendent. FOLEY?SHONEY^TAR storth* cough ?nd heals lungs