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' ^^^^^ z^^/^^ * ' BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 3. 1901. VOTJTMR Y*YVTi___i?n ? The President's Address. Following is the . address made by 1'rcsident Rjosovejlt in the Audito rium at the Exposition in Charleston last Wednesday, 9th inst: It is to me a peculiar priyilege * to. speak hero io your beautiful city. My mother's people were from Geor gia; but before thoy oame to Georgia, before tho Revolution, in the day of colonial rule, they dwelt for nearly a century in Sooth Carolina; and there-,; fore I can claim your State as mi QC by inheritance . no less than by the stronger and nobler right which makes each foot of American soil in a sense thc property of all Americans. Charleston is not only a typical Southern city; it is alao a city whose history teems with events which link themselves to American history as a who!o. In the early colonial days Charleston wa9 the outpost of our, pcoplo against the Spaniard in the South. In the days of the Revo lution there occurred here some of the events which vitally affected the out come of the struggle for independence, and which impressed themselves most deeply upon the popular mind. It was here that the tremen dous, terrible drama of the oivil war opened. With delicate and thoughtful cour tesy you originally asked me to come to this Exposition on the birthday of Abraham Linooln. The invitation not only showed a fine generosity and manliness in you, my hosts, but it also emphasized as hardly anything else could have emphasized how com pletely we aro now a united people. The wounds loft by tho great civil war, incomparably the greatest war of modern times, have healed, and its memories aro now priceless heritages of honor alike to the North and to the South. The devotion the self-sacri fice, the steadfast resolution and lofty daring, the high devotion, to the right as each man saw it, whether Noil bern er or Southerner-all these qualities '. of tue men and women of the early : sixties now shine luminous and bril- ! lant before our eyes, while the mists of anger and hatred that once dimmed them have passed away forever. i All of us, North and South, can ] glory alike in the valor of the men i who wore the "roy. Those were iron i times, and only iron men could fight t to its terrible finish the giaut struggle '. between the hosts of Grant and Lee. i To us of the present day, and to our i children and children's children,- the < valiant deeds, the high endeavor and < abnegation of self shown in that strug- i gie by those who took part therein i will remain for evermore to mark the j level to which we in our turn must j rise whenever the hour of the nation's \ need may come. i When four years ago this nation was compelled to face a foreign foe t thc completeness of the reunion be- < came instantly and strikingly evident. 1 F O \"T TE have ready t< W you men who c? thing about the way j and something ?bou costs to look right, lot of Spring overo suits you ever; saw. |J gathered together tl that men of style a taste want; fabrics i give long service, taile cannot be excelled, st are notably correct. how safe it is to prori things; the clothes \ Hart Schaffner i? which is a sufficient gui their superiority in eve If you have not wor of this famous make you found out wha like; you'll get betti for less money than had before. If you probably needn't do n tell you they're here, put on, easy to pay foi ing to wear. Voil catf t make a in buying clothes w Hart Schaffner ? label in them; they ari The war was not on? which called for tho exercise of more than an insignifi cant fraction of oar strength, apa the strain put upon us was slight indeed compared with the results. But it was a satisfactory thing to seo the way in whioh the sons of the soldier of tho Union and the soldier of the Confed eracy leaped eagerly forward, emulous to show in brotherly rivalry the quali ties whioh had won renown for their fathers, the men of the great war. It was my good fortune to serve under an Ex-Confederate General, gallant old Joe Wheeler, who commanded the oavalry division at Santiago. In my regiment there word certain ly as many men whose fathers had served in the Southern, as there were men whose father? had j ser ved in tho Northern army. Among the captains there was opportunity to promote but ono to field rank. The man who was singled out fer this pro- J motion because of conspicuous gal- j jantry in the field was the son of a Confederate general and waB himself a citizen of this, the Palmetto State; and no American oflioer could wish to maroh to battle beside a more loyal, gallant and absolutely fearless com rade than my former captain and major, your fellow citizen, Micah Jenkins. A-few months ugo, owing to tho en forced absence of the Governor of tho Philippines, it became necessary to nominate a Vico Governor to take hjs place-one of the mos', important ?laccs in our Government at this time, nominated as Vice Governor an Ex Confederate who now stands aB the exponent of this Government and this people in that great group of is lands in the Eastern seas over which the American Sag floats. Gen. Wright has takeu a leading part in tho work of steadily bringing order and peace out of the bloody chaos in whioh we found thc islands. He is now taking a leading part, not merely in uphold ing the honor of the flag by making it respected as the symbol of our power, but still more in upholding its. honor by unwearied labor for the establish ment of ordered liberty-of law-creat ing, law-abiding oivil government ander its folds. The progress whioh has been made ander Gen. Wright and those like him bas been indeed marvellous. In fact, Et letter of the General's the other day seemed to show that ho considered there was far more warfare about the Philippines in this country than there tras warfare in the Philippinen them selves! It is an added proc-f of tho j completeness of the reunion of our country that one of the foremost men who have been instrumental in driv- ? ing forward the great work for civili- 1 cation and humanity io the Philip- i Tines has been a man who in the oivil ? var fought with distinction in a uni- < 'orm of Confederate grey. I If ever the need comes in tho future 1 be past has made abundantly evi- ( lent the fact that from this time on 1 Northerner and Southerner will in war ( R 3 show to aresome rpu lpokj t what.it the best oats and We have ie things ind good that will ?ring'that yles that ?Ve know lise these ire from t Marx iran tee of ;ry detail, n clothes it's time t they're sr results you ever have, we lore than ready to fi satisfy* mistake ith the fMarx : guaran is knew only ' thc generous desire'to strive how each caa do tho more ef fective service foe the flag of our common country. The same thing is true in the endless work of peace, tho never-ending work of building and keeping thc marvellous fabric of our industrial prosperity. Tho upbuild i og of ari y part cf our country isa benefit to the whole, and every suoh effort as this to stimulate tho resour ces and industry of a particular sec tion is entitled to the heartiest sup ?~ort from every quarter of the Union, b.oreugbly good national work can bj dono only if.each of us works hard ?or himself and at tho same time keeps constantly in mind that ho. must work in conjunction with others. You have made a particular o if ort in your exhibition to get into touch with the West Indies. This is wise. Tho events of the last four years have shown us that the West Indies and Isthmus must in tho f uturo occupy a far larges place iu our national policy than id. the past. This is prov ed by tho negotiations for thc pur chase of tho Danish islands, the ac quisition of Porto Rico, the prepara tion for building an Isthmian canal and, finally, by tho changed relations which these years have produced be tween us and Cuba. As a nation we have an especial right to take honest pride in what wo have done for Cuba. Our critics abroad and at homo have insisted that we never intended to leave the island. But on the 20th of next month wo turn over to tho is landers the control of their own gov ernment. It would be very difficult to find a parallel in the conduct of any other great State that has occu pied such a position as ours. Wo have kept our word and done our duty , just as an honest individual in pri vate lifo keeps his word and docs his duty. . Be it remembered, moreover, that after our three years' occupation of the island we turn ' it over to the Cubans in a better condition than it ever has been in all the centuries of Spanish rule. This has a direct bear ing upon our own welfare. Cuba is so near to ua that we can never be in different to misgovernment and disas ter within its limits. The mere fact that our administration in the island has minimized the danger from the dreadful scourge of yellow fever, alike to Cuba and to ourselves, is sufficient to emphasize tho community ? of interest between us. But there i are other interests .vhich bind us to- < gether. Cuba's position makes it < necessary that her political relations i with us should differ from her politi- i tical relations with other Powers, i Thia fact has been formulated by us < ind accepted by tho Cubans in the f Platt amendments. It follows as a i corollary that where tho Cubans have , thus assumed n position of peculiar ] relationship to our political system ? .hey must similarly stand in a peou- J liar relu lion shi p to our ?conomie sys- i .em. < EN Wo have rightfully insistod upon Cuba adopting toward us an attitude I differiug politically from that sho adopts toward any othe* Power, and in roturn, as a matter Ok right, we tnuBt givo to Cuba adifforent-that is, a better-position economically in her relations with us than wo give to other Powers. This is tho oourso diotatod by sound policy, by a wiso and far sighted vic;? of our own interest, and by thc position wo have taken during the past four years. We are a weal thy and powerful country, dealing with a much weaker one, and tho con trast in wealth and sbroegth makes it all the moro our duty to deal with I Cuba, as we have already dealt with I her, in a spirit of large generosity, j This Exposition is rendered possible ? because of the period of industrial prosperity through which wo aro pass ing. While material well-beiug is never all sufficient to the l?f? of a nation, yet it is tho merest truism to say that its absence means ruin. \Ye need to build a higher lifo upon it as a foundation; but wo eau build little in deed unless this foundation of pros perity is deep and broad. The well being which wo aro now enjoying can be aeoured only through general busi ness prosperity, and* such prosperity is conditioned upon tho energy'and hard work, tho sanity and tho mutual respeot of all classes ?of capitalists, large and small, of wage-workers of every degree. As is inevitable in a timo of business prosperity, some mon succeed moro than others, and it is unfortunately also inevitable that whep this is tho case HOIUO unwise people are suro to try to appeal to the envy aud jealousy of thote who suc ceed loast. It is a good thing when these appeals are mado to remember that while it is difficult to increase prosperity by law,- it is easy enough to ruin it, and that there is small satisfaction to the less prosperous if they succeed in overthrowing both the more prosperous and themselves in tho crash of a eommon disaster. Every industrial exposition of this type necessarily calls up the thought of the complex social and eoonomio questions whioh are involved in our present industrial system. Oar as tounding material prosperity, the sweep and rush rather than the mero march of our progressive material de velopment, have brought grave trou bles in their train. We cannot afford to blink theso troubles, any more than because of them wo can afford to ao oept as true the gloomy forebodings of ' he prophets of evil. There are great problems before us. The? are aot insoluble, but they eau bo solved jnly if we approaoh them in a spirit >f resolute fearlessness, of common sense, and of -honest intention to do" Fairamd equal justice to all men alike. We are certain to fall if we. adopt tho policy of cht? demagogue who raveB igainst the wealth whioh is simply the 'ormof embodied thrift, foresight and ntelligencc; who would shut the door )f opportunity against those whoso 1.1 Arxiilj ?U, 1VR)2. opergy wo should especially lofter,5 by penalizing tho qualities which tell for success. Just as little can wc afford to follow those who fear to rc j cognize iujustioo und to endeavor to > out it out beoause the task is difficult j j or even-if performed by unskillful J bauds-dangerous. This is an era of groat combinations both of labor and of capital. lu many ways these combinatious have worked for good; but they must work under tho law, aud the laws concerning them must bo just and wise, or they will in evitably do evil; and this applies as much to the riebet corporation as to tho most powerful labor union. Our laws must be wise, sane, healthy, oonceived in thc spirit of those who scorn tho mere agitator, thc mere in citer of class or sectional hatred; who j wish justice for all men; who recog nize the need of adhering so far as possible to the old American doctrina of giving tho widest possible scope for the free exercise of individual initia tive, and yet who recognize also that after combinations have reached a ocr tain stage it is indispensable to thc goueral welfare that tho nation should exercise over them cautiously and with self-restraiut. but firmly, the power of supervision and regulation. Above all, tho administration of the Government, the enforcement of tho laws, must be fair aud honest. Thc laws aro not to bo administered cither in the iuterest of tho poor man or the interest of tho rich man. They are simply to be administered justly; in the interest of justice to each mau, . be he rioh or bc he poor-giving im munity to no violator, whatever form the violation may assume. Such is tho obligation which every public ser vant takes, aud to it he must be true under penalty of forfeiting the respect both of himself and^pf his fellows. And now in closing, I am going to paraphrase something Baid by Gover nor Aycock last night. I have dwelt to-day upon tho fact that we are united, a re united people; that wc are united and forever ono people. The time was when one could not have mado that statement with truth; now it can be truthfully said. There was a time when it was necossary to keep saying it, beoause it WAS already truo, and beoause the assertion of it mado it more true, but tho timo is at hand, I think tho time is come, when it is not necessary to say it again' (Continued applause.) Proud of tho South! Of course, wo are proud of the South. Proud of your great doods! Of course, ? am proud of your great deeds, for you aro my people. And I thauk you from my heart for the welcome you have given me, aud I assure you that few experiences in my life havo boen more pleasant than tho experience of those two days that I havo spent among you. ---7 - With her first engagement ring & girl imagines that life for her has just begun. Y teed by the n be satisfactoi There are 1 things here t you give us much your them, as ou $: i Arc tho prices H. S. & M. R These saine pr most any Clothi but H. S. & M. found at this St pare our Suits v to-wear kind wc that our Cloth better fitting ai priced than any At We show a line ing Suits. Thea if compared witt will convince j Store to buy Clo D n BI U. U. fi Vi VOLl Friendship Items. Well, Mr. Editor, quito a timo lina : elapsed since you have heard anything i from our thriving little burg, but wo j will attempt to give you a few dots. Spring- hus eome with its beautiful days, tho birds Binging iu tho treetops and tho "geo haw" can bo hoard on ovory side ns tho plow-boy pulls tho bell cord over tho mule's back. Tho health ni' this section is very good with the exception of bad colds. Tho farmers aro very busy with their work. Some are planting cotton and planting corn. Mrs. C. L. Guyton will start for Charleston next Tuesday te attend tho Exposition. J. H. Browning has returned home from n visit to his son, Elijah Brown* ing, in Georgia, lie report? n pleasant time. Miss Mary Wilson is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. H. W. Foster, ot Pendleton. Miss Lucinda Martin and sister, Mrs. W. A. Harris, and family, of Green ville, visited home-folks here last week. j Miss Josie Wilson visited her cousin, j Mrs. Florence Wilson, last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. Lfc Orr and little son, Frank, visited relatives hero re cently. Leo Campbell is completing his now residence by painting it, which adds much to ita appearance. Mrs. Matilda Owen, who has been ; isiting relatives and friends near Pendleton, has returned homo. Long live the dear old Intelligencer and its many readers is the wish of Donnie Bess. April 19, 1902. Singing Convention. Editor Intelligencer: Pleaso an nounce through your columns that the Abbeville County Singing Convention will meet at Midway Baptist Church, near LowndcBville, on Saturday and Sunday, the 2Gth and 37th of April. All singers aro most cordially invited to come and bring their books. Respectfully; J. W. Burriss. April 14th, 1002. Card of Thanks. I desire thus publicly to extend thanks to tho many white and colored persons thnt have helped mo during my suffering and long imprisonment, es ?iecinlly to tho Sheriff and deputies and nter to those that havo assisted mo si nco my liberation. In thin connec tion I desire to mention tho kindness shown mo by Mrs. Mary Stephens, who was once my young mistress, and to her son, Mr. Paul E. Stephen?, both of whom have assisted mo financially and otherwise. I pray that God may bless every ono of them and that in the world to come they may receive a rich re ward. \V. It. Parker. lakers and by us, to *y in every respect, ots of other good o show you, when a chance; it's as interest to see rs to show them. 10.00, 12.50,, L5.00, .8.00. 50 00, at which we? off er oady-to-Wear Suits. ico3 can bo found at ng Storo in this town, Clothes can only bo ;oro. If you'll com eth the usual ready \ believe you'll decide os aro bettor mado, id more moderately snown in this town. ; $5.00, $7.50, $8.50,: of good wear-resist e Suits, we believe, t others at like prices 'ou that this is the thoa. ?mo o fn md & iu. IME KXXVII-NO. 43. Deal., of one of Anderson County's Best Citizens. Belton, S. C., April ll, 1003. Editors Intelligencer: The remains of Major G. W. Cox, who died hero at his homo yesterday morning at Bovon o'clock, were laid to rest in tho Bolton Baptist cemetery to-day at ll o'clock, nppropr'a.o t'unornl Services conducted, by tho pastor, Rev. \V. T. Tate. Major Cox waa a son of tho lato Wil liam Cox. Ho waa born and raised about tinco miles from hore. At tho beginning of tho civil war ho organ ized a company, of which ho was cap tain. This company was joined to Orr's Regiment. Ho waa wounded in tho log at Gaines1 Mill, on tho iiTth day of dune, ISOt?, and waa sent homo. His j wound being serious, ho was never ? able to return to his command. After j tho war ho w ? engaged in tho morcan tilo busiuess Vcr several years. Maj. Cox was a faithful and devoted husband and lather, honest in all his dealings, faithful to ovory trust aud always had a smile and a word of good meer for those whom ho would moot. Ho leaves a devoted wifo and six sons and three daughters to mount tho loss of a dear husband and father, nil of whom were at his bedside when death claimed him. They are: Judgo W. P. Cox, of Anderson; J. Thomas Cox, I. W. Cox, Floyd M. Cox, Charlie Fi Cox, Mrs. I.P. ClinkscalcB and Mrs. J. M. Holcombe, of Helton, and Edwards K. Cox and M ra. Mamie Moorchuad, of Darlington. Tho entire community feel deeply tho loss of ono of its noblest and oldest citizens, and sympathize with tho be reaved ones in their soro affliction. Major Cox had been sick for moro than :?, year and his death has boen ox ?ectcd any moment for several weeks, le was 70 years old. A Friend. - ? ?? Holland's Store. Cotton planting is tho ordor this week, though some aro holding baok, as Beed are scarce and a good season would be acceptable. The best stands are always procured by planting jost after a rain. Corn planting ls about over, with tho ex* coptlon of bottom lands. Whoat and oats oro showing off very well, though rather behind an average year. Two young negroes were drowned in the Savannah River last Sunday a few mlleB below here. One of them was a son of Lewis Sherard and the other a hired hand on tho samo farm. The two, with throo other boya, wer trying to cross In an old bateau, which o, jrturned. Throo of them caught hold of the old boat and floated to tho rocks below. Tho bodies of th? dr<>wued men had not been found lato Sunday evening. The white people of tho surrounding country were dolug everything thoy could to assist in finding thu bodlos, and, strange to say, not many darkles wero on hand, but we believe it is characteristic of the race to be superstitions. Among the visitors nt Shiloh last Sun da v woro Mr. and Mrs. Fred Caudle and Mina Essie Candle, of Anderson, and John Eskew, of Salom. Mrs. Henry EvanH, of Hart County, Gn., is spending awhile with her sister, Mrs. Shearer. Tho candidatos aro like the Spring rather backward. There will doubtless bo a stampede when tho weather isets warmer and plonlo limo comes. Wo hear ol'a host of good mon who intend coming ont for tho different od?eos. Wo aro well. Burke. April 14._. .. m ?_ Shiloh News. 'I ho fnrraora havo takon advantago of tho rino woathor wo havo boon having, and nro pushing their work on rapidly. Most of thom aro done putting In guano and some have planted ootton seed. More corn has boon planted in thlsB?ction than usual ior tho tinao of year. Tho wheat crop stiU.looks sorry for the timo of year. The Sunday Sohool at thia ntaco is in a flourishing condition with ?. E. King aa Suparintondent. Rev. J. M. Rogers filled his appoint ment nt this placo Sunday nt lloVlock, and delivered au Interesting and 1 istrnc tive sermon. Frank tipearmau, of tho Big Creek seo tlon, worshipped at this placo last Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Porry Brown, of Green ville, visited .the latter'* paronls, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. King, Ssturda.. night and Sunday, and worshipped hore. Miss Mourning Moore, of Mountain Springs, visited the Misses Browning Saturday night and Sunday. RufiiH Reid and filter. Misa Mary, vis ited Miss Loo Callahan! on Sunday. W. W. Fluming and Phonso Browning visited friends and loved ones on tho White Plains Bide Sunday aftornoon. They report a vei ;* pleasant limo. Goo-Goo. Townvillc Noies. Miss Janio Gain?s, who h?is boon stay ing a .> / months at John's Islam! for her h(-alin has returned heine very much benefited by tho seo brcez?. On hor way homo sh? stayed over a few day? in Char leston to en joy the grand sights of tho Exposit'OD. .Vi ri?. J. Galloway has boan very sick lor the past low days with throat aiToc tlon. M rn. J. B. Fol ton j of linnea Path, who has been upending a few days with her father, J. G. Speares, lia? returned to her borne. Miss Mattlo Led hotter and little riator, Aunio Moy, aro quito sick with measles. Mi.su Mary Able?, who has boon touch ing a flo;' rahing scheel at Terri .> ha* Riv en vacation. Tho llttlo daughter of Mrs. W. E. Faut Ima been qnlto sick.' Mrs. Henry Crook lias gone to Sen oca :o take charge of the school at the new mill. Miss Lessio Wooibrlgbt and Mra.,S. J. Martin, who havo boen sick, aro able to reout sgalu. Pansy. Special Tuesday Kates to tho Exposition. Commencing Tuesday, April 1st, and m every Tuesdav thereafter du rinse ?he nonth of April, the Charleston and West um Carolina Railway will sell round trip ickets from all stations at one htdf tho 'egnlar first-class fare ono way. This h> i considerable reduction from tho rates lrst authorized, and will enable ovory jody to take in the Exposition at a nomi lal cost. Tickets sold at these low rates viii be limited to three days from date of MIK. Call cn Aac-nta for lull Informa lon.CZ^ W. J. Craig, G. P. A.