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The President's Address. Following is the address made by president R JO se veli in tho Audito rium at the Exposition in Charleston last Wednesday, 9tlj inst: It io to me a peculiar privilege to speak hero in youjr beautiful oity. My mother's people] were from Geor gia: but before tboy oame to Georgia. before the Revolution, in the day of colonial rule, they dwelt for nearly a century in South droh ; a; and there fore I can claim your State as mine 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 also a oity whose history teems with events which link themselves to American history an a whole. In the early colonial days Charleston was tho .outpost of i jour people against tho Spaniard in the South. In tho days of tho Revo lution there occurred here some of the events which vitally ailee ted tho 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 civil war opened. With dolicate and thoughtful cour tesy you originally asked me to como to this Exposition on the birthday of Abraham Lincoln. 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 wo are now a united people. The wounds left 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 tho North and to the South. The devotion the self-saeri- . (ice, the steadfast resolution and lofty daring, the high devotion, to the right as each man saw it, whether Northern er or Southerner-all these qualities of the men and women of the early : sixties now shine luminous and bril- i [ant before our eyes, while the mists Df anger and hatred chat once dimmed them have passed away forever. All of us, North and South, oan ] glory alike in the valor of the men i who wore the grey. Those were iron i times, and only iron men could fight I to ita terrible finish the giant struggle '. netween the hosts of Grant and Lee. ] To us of the present day, and to our i children and children's children,-the ? valiant deeds, the high endeavor and < ibnegation of self shown in that strug tie by those who took part therein i viii remain for evermore to mark the ? evel to which wein our turn must ] ise whenever the hour of the nation's \ iced may come. i When four years ago this nation vas compelled to faco a foreign foe 1 he completeness of the rennion be- I < imo instantly and strikingly evident. ] *E have ready tl you men who e thing about the way ] and something ?bo? costs to look r-orhi, lot of Spring overc suits you eversaw. gathered together tl that men of style ? taste want; fabrics give long service, tailf cannot be excelled, st are notably correct. S how safe it is to pror things; the clothes which is a sufficient gu? their superiority in ev< If you have riot woi of this famous make you found out wha like; you'll get bett for less money than had before. If you probably needn't do i: tell you they're here, put on, easy to pay fo mg to wear. Von can*t make a in tHying clothes v Kart Schaffner?: label in them; they ar< The war was not one. which called for the exercise of more than an insignifi cant fraotion of our strength, and tao strain put upon us was slight indeed compared with the results, But it was ? satisfactory thing io see the way in which the sons of the soldier of tho Union and the soldier of the Confed* erac y leaped eagerly forward, emulou? to snewin brotherly rivalry the quali ties which had won renown for their fathers, the men of the great war. It was my good fortune to serve under sn Ez-Confederate . General, gallant old Joe Wheeler, who commanded the cavalry division at Santiago. In toy regiment there were certain ly as many men whose fathers had served in thc Southern, as there were men whoso fathers had ser ved in the Northern army. Among the captains there Was opportunity to promote but one to field rank. Tho man who was singled out for this pro motion because of conspicuous gal lantry iu tho field was the son of a Confederate general and was himself a citizen of this, the Palmetto State; and no American officer could wish to march to battle beside a more loyal, gallant and absolutely fearless com rade than my former eaptain and major, yonr fellow, citizen, Micah Jenkins. v A few months ago, owing to tho en forced absence of tho Governor of the Philippines, it became necessary to nominate a Vice Governor to take his place-one of the most important ?laces in our Government at this time, nominated as (Vice Governor an Ex Confederate who now stands as the exponent of this Government and this people in that great group of is lands in the Eastern seas over which the American flag floats. Gen. Wright has taken a leading part in the work of Steadily bringing order and peace out of the bloody chaos in which we found tho islands. Ho 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 civil government nnder its folds. The progress which has been made ander Gen. Wright and those like him has been indeed marvellous. In fact, a letter of the General's the other day seemed to show that he considered there was far more warfare about the Philippines in this country than there svas warfare in the Philippinen them selves! It is an added proof of tho completeness of the reunion of our jountry that one of the foremost men tvho have been instrumental in driv ing forward the great work for civili sation 8-i.d humanity in the Philip pines has been a mau who in the oivil par fought with distinction in a uni form of Confederate grey. If ever tho need comes in tho future ibo past has made abundantly evi lent the fact that from this time on Northerner and Southerner will in war o show to aresome ?rou loot, t what it the host oats and We have he things md good that will >ring that tyles that We know aise these are from sf Marx aranteecf sry detail, n clothes : it's time Lt they're er results - you ever have, we nore than to r, satisfy : nth the 5* Marx B guaran know only ' tho generous desire ' to strive how each can do tho more ef- ! feotive service for the flag of our J common country. The same thing is true in the endless work of peace, tho i never-ending work of building and ? keeping tho marvellous fabrio of our ! industrial prosperity. The upbuild ing of aii y part of our oountry isa: benefit to the whole, and every such effort as this to stimulate tho resour ces and industry of a particular soo* tion is entitled to the heartiest sup port from every quarter of the Union. Thoroughly good national work can he done only if each of us works hard for himself and at the same time keeps constantly in mind that ho must work in conjunction with others. You have made a particular offert in your exhibition to get into touch with tho West Indies. This is wise. Tho events of the last four years have shown us that thc West Indies and the Isthmus must in the future occupy a far larger place- in our national policy than id the past. This is prov ed by tho negotiations for thc pur chase of the Danish islands, the ac quisition of Porto Bien, tho prepara tion for building an Isthmian oanal and, finally, by the changed relations | which these years have produced be tween us and Cuba. As a nation we have an especial right to tako 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 td tho is landers the control of their own gov ernment. It would bo very difficult to find a parallel in the conduct of any other great State that hus occu pied such a position as ours. Wo have kept our word and done our duty , just os an honest individual in . pri vate lifo keeps his word and docs his duty. Be it remembered, moreover, that af ter our three years' occupation of the island we turn . it over to tho Cubans in ? better condition than it ever has been in all the centuries of Spanish mle. This has a direct bear ing upon our own welfare. Cuba is so near to us that wo 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 emphaBize'the community of interest between us. But there are other interests >vhich bind us to gether. Cuba1 s position makes it necessary that her political relations with us should differ from her politi tical relations with other Powers. This fact has been formulated by us and accepted by tho Cubans in the Platt amendments. It follows as a corollary that where tho Cubans have thus assumed n position of peculiar relationship to our polilioal sys.?rn they musf. similarly stand in a pecu liar relationship to our eoonomio sys tem. ?7 TVT We have rightfully insisted upon Cuba adopting toward us an attitude differing poetically from that sho adopts toward any other Power, and in return, aa a matter of right, wo must give to Ouba a different-that is, a better-position economically io her relations with us thau we give to other Powers. This is tho course diotatod by sound polioy, by a wiso and far sighted view of our own interest, and by the position wo have taken during the past four years. Wo are a weal thy and powertul country, dealing with a much weaker one, and thc con trast in wealth and strength makes it all the moro our duty to deal with ? Cuba, as we have already dealt with j her, in a spirit of largo generosity, i This Exposition is rendered possible because of the period of industrial prospority through which wo aro pass ing. Whilo material woll-beiug is never all sufficient to the life of a nation, yet it is tho merest truism to say that its absence moans ruin. We noed to build a higher life upon it as o foundation; but wo can build little in: deed unless this foundation of pros perity is deep and broad: Tho well being which wc arc now enjoying cat be aecured only through general busi ness prospority, and" such prospori^ is conditioned upon tho energy anc hard work, tho sanity and tho mutua rospeot of all classes ?of capitalists large and small, bf W3go-workers o every degree. As is inevitable in : timo of business prospority, some mci succeed more than others, and it i j unfortunately also inevitable tho J when this is tho cuso Homo uuwis I people are sure to try to appeal to th I envy and jealousy of those who su< j coed least. It is ? good thing whe these appeals are made to rcmemb< I that while it is difficult to increaf prosperity by law, ic is easy enoug to ruin it, and that there is sum satisfaction to the less prosperous they succeed in overthrowing bol the more prosperous and themsolvt in the crash of a common disaster. Every industrial exposition of th type necessarily calls up the thoug of the complex sooial and eoonom questions which aro involved in o present industrial system. Our e, tounding material prosperity, t awe p and rush rather than the me march of our progressive material c velopment, have brought grave tro bles in their train. We oannot affo to blink these troubles, any more th because of them we can afford to i oept as true the gloomy forebodin of the prophets of evil. There r great problems before us. They r not insoluble, but they can be sol y only if wo approaoh them in a spi of rosoluto fearlessness, of comm sense, and of 'honest intention to fair amd equal justice to all mon aiil Wo are certain to fall if we. adopt t policy of tho demagogue who ra^ against the wealth which is simply I formof embodied thrift, foresight o intelligence; who would shut the d< of opportunity against those win energy wo ehould especially foster, ' by penalizing tho qualities whioh toll for success. .lust a? little can wo afford to follow those who four to ro- ? cognize iujustice and to endeavor to I out it out because tho task is difficult or even-if performed by unskillful haudR-dangerous. This is an era of great combinations both of labor and of capital, lu many ways these combinations have worked for good; but they must work under tho la\ . and tho laws concerning them must be juwt and wise, or they will iu- j evitabiy do evil; and this applies as much to thc richest corporation as to tho most powerful labor union. Our laws must be wiso, sane, healthy, | conceived in thc spirit of those who scorn the mere agitator, the mere in citer ol' class or sectional hatred; who wish justice for all men; who reoog- < nitc the need of adhering so far as possible to tho old American doctrine of giving tho widest possible scope for tho freo exercise of individual iuitia tive, aud yet who recognize also that after combinations have reached a cer tain stage it is indispensable to the j geueral welfare that thu nation should] exercise over thom cautiously and with self-restraint, but firmly, thc power of supervision and regulation. Above all, tho administration of the Government, thc enforcement of thc laws, must bo fair and honest. The laws are not to bo administered cither in thu interest of the poor man or tho interest of tho rich mau. They are simply to .bo administered justly; in tho interest of justice to each mau, be he rioh or bc ho poor-giving im uiuuity to uo violator, whatever form the violation may assume. Such is thc obligation which every public scr- ! vant takes, aud to it he must be true j under penalty of forfeiting the respect I both of himself and^of his fellows. j And now in closing, I am going to I paraphrase something said by Crover- I nor Ayoock last night. I have dwelt I to-day upon tho fact that we are united, a re united people; that we arc united and forever ono people. The time was when one could not have made that statement with truth; now it can bc truthfully said. There was a time when it was necossary to keep saying it, because it was already truo, and because the assertion of it made it more true, but tho time is at hand, I think the 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, j Proud of your great deeds! Of course, I am proud of your great deeds, for | you aro my people. And I thank you i from my heart for tho welcome you have given me, aud I assure you that few experiences in my life have boen more pleasant thau tho experience of theso two days that 1 havo spent among you. - - ?? m - - With her firstr engagement ring a girl imagines that life for her has just begun. 1 teed by the i be satisfactc There are things here you give us much your them, as 01 Arc the price E. S. & M. I These same p most any Cloth but H. S. & M. found at this S pare our Suit3 to-wear kind vi that our Clot! better fitting t priced than an; A We show a lint ing Suits. Int if compared wit will convince Store to buy Cl VOLUi J . friendship Items. I Well, Mr. Editor, quite a time has j elapsed since you have heard anything i from our thriving little burg, but wo j will attempt to givo you n few dots. Spring has come with its beautiful days, tho birds singiug iu tho treotops and tho "geo haw" can bo heard on overy side as tho plow-boy pulls tho bell cord over tho mule's back. Tho health of t his sect iou is very good with thc exception of bad cold?. Tho farmers are very busy with their work. Some are planting cotton and planting corn. Mrs. C. L. Guyton will ?tart for Charleston next Tuesday to attend the Exposition. J. H. Browning has returned homo from a visit to his sun, Elijah Drown ing, in Georgia, lie repolin a pleasant time. Miss Mary Wilson is visiting her sis ter, Mrs. Ii; W. Foster, of Pendleton. Miss Lucinda Martin and sister, Mrs. W. A. Harris, and family, ot Green ville, visited home-folks here last week. Miss Josie Wilson visited her cousin, Mrs. Florence Wilson, last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. hr. Orr and little son, Frank, visited relatives hero re cently. Lee Campbell is completing his new residence by painting it, which ndd? much to its appearance. Mrs. Matilda Owen, who has been visiting relatives and friends near Pendleton, has returned homo. Long live tho dear old Intelligencer and its many readers is the wish of Bonnie liesa. April lp, 11)02. Singing Convention. Editor Intelligencer: PIOOBO an nounce through your columns that tho Abbeville County Singing Convontion will moot at Midway Baptist Church, near Low n de sv il le, on Saturday and Sunday, tho 20th and 27th of April. All singers aro most cordially invited to como and bring their books. Respectfully, J. \V. Iiurriss. April 14th, 1002. Card of Thanks. I desire thuB publicly to extend thanks to tho many white nud colored porsons that havo helped mo during my suffering and long imprisonment, cs Iiecially to tho Sheriff nud deputies and ater to those that havo assisted mo since my liberation. In this connec tion I desire to mention th? kindness shown mo by Mrs. Mary Stephens, who was once my young mistress, and to her son, Mr. Faul E. Stephens, both of whom havo assisted mo financially and otherwise 1 pray that God may bless every ono of them and that in the world to como they niny receive a rich ro ! ward. W. lt. Parker. nakers and by us, to ?ry in every respect, lots of other good to show you, when ; a chance; it's as interest to see irs to show them. ;io.oo, 12.50,, 15.00, 18.00, 20 00, 3 at which wo-:offer loady-to-Wear Suits. ricc3 can bo found at lng Store in this town, Clothes can only be itore. If you'll com with the usual ready pebeliovo you'll decide aos aro bettor made, md more moderately y snown in this town. .t $5.00, $7.50, $8.50,: j of good wear-resist ise Suits, we believe, ,h others at like prices you that this is the othes. ME XXXVII-NO. 43. )eai:; of one of Anderson County's Best Citizens. Bolton, S. C., April 14, 1002. Editors Intelligencer: Tho remains )f .Major G. W. Cox, who died hero at lis homo yesterday morniug at sovon /clock, wore laid to rest in tho Bolton Uaptist cemetery to-day at ll o'clock, ippropriate funeral services conducted jy the pastor, Rev. W. T. Tate. Major Cox was is ?on of tho late Wil inui Cox*. Ho was born and rai3ed ibout three miles from hero. At the beginning of tho civil war ho orgau zed a company, of which ho was cap rain. This company was joined to JrVa Regiment. Ho was wounded in Ibo Jog at Gaines' Mill, on tho 27th day jf Juno, 1002, and was sent homo. His wound bring serious, ho was never tblo to return to his command. After Ibo war ho was engaged in the mercan tile business for several yenre. Maj. Cox was a faithful and devoted husband and father, honest in alibis dealings, faithful to overy trust and always had a smile and a word of good, cheer for those whom he would moot. Ho leaves a devoted wifo and six sonB and three daughters to mourn the loss of a dear husband and father, all of whom were at Ins bedside when death claimed him. They are: Judge \V. P. Cox. of Anderson; J. Thomas Cox, I. W. Cox, Floyd M. Cox, Charlie P. Cox, Mrs. I. P. ClinkBcnlcs and Mrs. J. M. Holcombe, of Helton, and Edwards li. Cox and Mrs. Mamio Moorehead, of . Darlington. The entire community feel deeply tho loss of ono of its noblest and oldest citizens, and sympathize with tho be reaved ones in their soro aflliction. Major Cox had been sick for more than a year and his death has been ex ?ected any moment for several weeks, le was 70 years old. A Friend. - ? - ? Holland's Store. Cotton plantin-; is the ordor this wfcok, though some aro holding back, aa seed are scarce and a good season would be acceptable. Tho best stands are always procured by planting jost after a rain. Corn planting ls about over, with the ex ception of bottom lands. Wheat and onts aro showing off very well, though rather bohlnd an average year. Two young nogroes were drowned in the Havannah Uiver laBt Sunday a few miles below here. One of them was a son of Lewis Sherard and the other a hired hand on the samo farm. Tho two, with three other boya, were trying to cross in an old bateau, which overturned. Throe of them caught hold of tho old hoat and lloated to the rooks below. The bodies of the drowned men had not been found lato Bundey evening. The white pcoplo of tho surrounding country were doing everything thoy could to assist in finding thu bodies, and, ?trange to say, not many darkles wero on hand, but we believe lt ls characteristic of the race to be superstitious. Among tho visitors nt Shiloh last Sun dav wore Mr. and Mrs. Fred Caudle and Miss ISssio Caudle, of Andorson, and John Eskow, of Salom. Mrs. Henry Evans, of Hart County, Ga., ls spending awhile with her slater, Mrs. Shearer. Tho candidates aro like the Spring Tallier backward. There will doubtless bo a stamped" when tho weather uets warmer and plonibtlmoohroeH, We hear of o host of-rood mon who intend coming out for tho di fie rent olllcos. Wo am well. Hurlee. April ll._ ^_ Shiloh News. 'J ho farraorH havo takon advantago of ibo fine weather wo havo boou having, and aro pushing their work on rapidly. Most of thom aro done putting in gnario and some have plauted oottou seed. Moro oom has boon planted in thlsssotion than usual for tho timo of year. Tho wheat crop still looks sorry for the time of year. The Sunday School at this mace ls in a nourishing condition with D. E. Klug as Superintendent. Kev. J. M. Rogers filled his appoint ment nt this placo Sunday at ll-i'clook, and delivered au interesting and Instruc tive sermon. Frank t?pearman, of tho Big Creek sec tion, worshipped at this place last Sun day. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Brown, of Green ville, visited Ahe latter'* parents, Mr. and MM. D. E. King, Saturday night and Sunday, and worshipped bore. Miss Mourning Mooro, of Mountain Springs, visited the Misses Browning Saturday u?ghtand Sunday. Ru ron Reid and Hinter, Misa Mary, vls itod Miss Loo Callahan! on Sunday. X,\ W. Fleming and Phonso Browning visited friends and loved ono3 on tho White Plains Hide Sunday afternoon. They report a very pleasant timo. Ooo-Goo. Townville Notes. Miss Janio Gaines, who bas boon stay ing a fow months at dolm'w ?Hlaud for her health luv? returned borne very muon benefited by tho son breez?. On bor way home she Htayod over a few days in Char leston to enjoy the grand frights of tho Exposition. -Virs. J. Gsdlow.iy has bean very sick for the past few da5's with throat affec tion. Mrs. J. B. Felton, of linnea Path, who has been spending a fow days with her father, J. C. Speart-s, has returned to her borne. Miss Mattin Ledhutter and little Hater. Aunlo May, aro quito sick with mearles. Mis* Mary Abler-, who has boen teach ing a ?louriAhlng school at Tertia has giv un vacation. Tho little daughter of Mrs. W. E. Fant has been qnito sick. Mrs. Henry Crook lins gone to Seneca Lo take charge of tho school at the nev.* nilli. Mlas Lessio Woolbrlght and Mra..S. J. Marlin, who have boon sick, are able to becut sgaln. Pansy. Special Tuesday Rates to the Exposition. Commencing Tuesday, April 1st, and >n overy Tuosdav thereafter during the nontb of April, tho Charleston and West urn Carolina Railway will sell round trip .idiots from all stations atone half tho regalar first-class fare ono way. This in \ considerable reduction from the rates i rut authorized, and will enable every body to take in the Exposition at a nomi ial coan Tickets sold at these low rates viii be limited to three days from date of Mile. Call on A u Mit H for full informa ion.^r^ W. J. Craig, G. P. A.