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THE ANNEXAI %Vbich Grreat Politic !F?rst to .A Washington, D. Cf, July 31.? Which of the two great polities} par ties will be the firet to advoo*te the cause of Cuban annexation, And wbich will be the one to receive the credit for annexation when it is con summated? is a question whioh is now receiving much attention at the hands 0f politicians and statesmen. Avoid ing tbe issues as they will, the most conservative admit that the annexa tion of Cuba, like that of Texas, is inevitable. Kaoh party has an earnest advocate 0f annexation. Senator Elkins, of West Virginia, in the only speech de livered on Cuban reciprocity in the Senate, c. -~ly avowed that he favor ed annexation, not in the far distant future, but at once, before Cuba be came loaded with debts which she could not pay, before its finances fell into such a deplorable condition that its school teachers must remain un paid and its scholars suffer for want of a common school education; before the demands of the alleged patriot army upon the Cuban treasury began to drain it to the dregs; before capital became timid and surveyed Cuba with1 longing eyes but cautious footsteps; before, in brief, Cuba should be placed in tbe position where annexation would be its only means of salvation. Senator Elkins probably knew that four-fifths of the Senate was with him in private opinion, if not in outspoken sentiment. In the House, however, tthen Representative Newlands bold ly announced to hia party that he would not support the'cause of Cuban reciprocity unless, coupled with it, there should be an invitation to Cuba to become a part of the Union, he as roundly condemned by his Demo ratic associates. It may be said, owever, that before the adjournment f Congress the idea of annexation, as drocated by Representative New auds, had taken such hold on the lemocrats that had Mr. Newlands resented the question to th? Derne ratic caucus, as contemplated, it is robable the three-fourths of his fel ow members would have stood by im. Party policy?it being held the ime had not yet come?prevented uch action. Cuban annexation, therefore, has wo prominent supporters, the one a epublican Senator, the other a Dem cratic Representative. Both are men f large meauB, who have forced their ay into the world, not only to wealth, ut to political position. It is more ban likely each has his eye fixed up n something higher. Mr. Newlands s assured of a seat in the Senate to mcceed Senator Jones, and ehould the innexation of Cuba be postponed for l?verai years there is a possibility ihat Elkins and Newlands will be the eaders of opposing forces in the Sen te in favor of the same idea. Repre entative NewlandB was olosely asso iated with .Hawaiian annexation. Senator Elkins was formerly a Dele ate from New Mexico. Whioh one the two statesmen will see their ooa hope of adding a third star to the lag, that representing the State of )uba, realized? The aitiiuue whioh President Boose elt will assume toward this question ? the cause of speculation. It is lid, sad on very good authority, that he Administration contemplated the resentation of a resolution of annex ion to the Senate by one of its rep tentatives in that body, and that by obmitting a similar resolution Mr. j ilkins merely forestalled the Adminis ration. If this is true, it cannot be tpeotcd that President Roosevelt-will strain from indorsing Cuban annexa >on merely because Senator Elkins cd Representative Newlands have de lared themselves in favor of annexa is. It is more reasonable to believe tat the President will decline to s, & m it himself on this question until ie Cuban Republic hno demonstrated Iber capaoity or incapacity to c?re * itself, and until the ' centiment in ? United States in favor of annexa on shall have given evidence of its 'Kngth, as it did in the case of the Vexation of the Philippines, under >e McKinley administration. In lopting a polioy of Cuban annexation 'resident Roosevelt can point to a 'fge uumber .of his illustrious prede tssors in tho Exeoutive mansion. JefferBon said: "I candidly confess l?* I have ever looked on Cuba as smost interesting addition whioh >uld ever be made to our By stem of tates." Iu 1848 President Polk offered '00,000,000 for Cuba. President ><rce favm-ed the acquisition of the |tud. President Buchanan, then bister to England; Mr. Mason, joister to Prance, and Mr. 8oulo, lister to Spain, jointly urged the l'cba*e of the island for $120,000, *Q President Garfield indicated he u favorable to the project, and Pres riON OF CUBA. al Party Will be the dvocate It. iuent McKinley has been quoted as saying to the commissioners: ''If you were only a member of the family, how easy it would all bo." The difference between the positions taken by Senator Elkins and Repre sentative Newlands appears to oonsist in this, that Cuba should do given a reciprocity treaty, with an opportuni ty of establishing fuller and freer com mercial relations with the United States for the purpose of demonstrat ing beyond question the advantage to the island of a full commercial and political union with the United States, while Senator Elkins insists that an nexation should come "before Cuba oontraots debts and strains her oredit to start in the raoe of national life. Why not anticipate the sure workings of time," argues the Senator, "and do now what the people of both nations will welcome later on with joy, unani- j mity and enthusiasm?" .4 Mr. Newlands insists that Cuba ( should first be given an invitation to ( become a Territory, with a promise of [ Statehood when in the judgement of Congress, the proper time arrives. ( dr. Elkins proposes a treaty of an- { lexation on the basis of immediate , Statehood. Both are apparently anx- j ous to give satisfactory assurance to t .he people of Cuba that colonial Gov- t irnment. such as that of Porto Rioo g md the Philippines, need not be fear- ] id. In discussing this question Mr. \ Slkinssaid : "The people of Cuba will soon learn hat it is far better to be a State in he American Union, with Senators nd Representatives in Congress, than o be a dependent nation. We owe t luba good will, but why this seeking fter friendship with a country for f rhioh we have done everything. If ], er Government lasts a thousand years t -, cannot discharge its obligation to us, j( nd I cannot understand this desire to a lake great and continued sacrifices in n rder to secure the friendship of Cuba, 'he United States can better afford to ive up all the trade with Cuba and ay all the expenses of the Cuban overnment than impair the protec- h ve principle andinjure any American a idustry. No sufficient reason can be u rgued against annexation. Under all ]i ?e oiroumBtanees, annexation now 5s tc I the interest of both countries. I b aver favored it before and opposed ai ?e Spanish War partly for the reason d tat in the event of) war the United bi tates would be compelled to acquire 1 the territory of Spain in the Wes- S rn Hemisphere, whioh I did not de- r? re." t. "To sum it all up," says Senator ? lkins in substance, "Cuba would be n desirable acquisition to the United n ates, but entrance into the Ameri- a n Union will sooner or inter be- v; me an imperative necessity to Cu- g t." t "Do you anticipate any trouble it tiatever with any European country n er the annexation of Cuba?" was ked of Representative Newlands 0 veral days ago. , a "It is a purely domestio matter,">he J plied. "If the annexation of the lilippines, 7,000 miles from home, l ssed unchallenged, there could be t possible ground for any European en going so far as to q?eBtion the opriety of the United. States absorb 5 Cuba." To many of those who have studied is matter the question appears to wive itself into this : Will Cuba plucked in full fruition, or will it me to pass that, when burdened th debt, harassed by a discontented pulftoe, or in the throes of r?volu n, it will drop like an overripe ap ) into the hands of America ? A Young. Lady's Life Saved. Dr. Chas. H. Utter, a prominent ysioian of Panama, Colombia, in a tent letter states : "Last Maroh I l as a patient a young lady sixteen irs of age, who had a very bad at ik of dysentery.. Everything I pre ibe d for her proved ineffectual and 3 was growing worse every hour, \i parents were sere she would die. 0 had beoome so weak that she oould t. turn over in bed. What to do at s critical moment was a study for , but It thought of Chamberlain's lio, Cholera and 'Diarrhoea* Remedy 1 as a last resort prescribed it. The st wonderful result was effected, thin eight hours she was feeling eh better; inside of three deys she s upon her feet, and at the end of ? week was entirely well." For s by Orr-Gray & Co. ? In a public park at Calcutta are oral birds of the adjutant species. By are the storks of the Ee?t ladies, I averago about six feet in height. bso bi.'ds parade in stately way, late distance 1 look so much like lie: s that strangers often mistake m for grenadiers. To Cure a Cold in One Day. ce .Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab i. All druggists refund the money It fails to cure. E. W. Grove's nature on every box. 25c. The Man and His Views. We ate as much opposed to the can didate who has too many "views" as to the man who has none. Political "views," as generally un derstood, are not of much consequence anyhow?at least they are of second ary consequence. The main thing to be considered is whether a candidate for public office has the oharaoier and capacity to fill honorably and efficiently the office that he i? running for. Whether he "agrees" with us or we "agree" with him on the so-called "issues of the day" is scarcely considered when we come to vote. Is he honest? Is he oapable? These are the important questions in our estimation. Wewantjao labeled dummies, no jumping jacks, but men of character and intelligence, who have bcdbo enough to study and solve the ques tions that come before them and hon esty enough to solve them in the pub lie interest as they may arise. We don't like the man who sit*? as tride the fenoe?indeed we have a feeling of mild contempt for him, not because he is ooeupying neutral ground,' out because his attitude is ] proof positive nine times in ten that be has no opinions of his own and is waiting to see which way the crowd is ?oing before he comes down. He ilways comes down on the Bide where the crowd is. And he does this, not >nt of love for the people, but love for offioe. It is good for the people to make ;he candidates come out and deola*"? .hemselves upon the "issues" and ipsak s^out them; but this is a means o an u'i?not the end itself. The rue end of all campaigning should be o Bee if a candidate has grit and 'umptipn, charaoter and cipaoity. If le has these, then he i? a safe man to ie trusted, let his "views" be what hey may. We are simply voters. We don't tretend to be wiser than the men ught to he who make the laws and un the government. Such men, if hey have the charaoter and the abil ty, know fully as well what is best or the people as we know, to say the sast. In fact we would like to have he wisest and the best men in the ?gislature. We take some pride in man who has more sense than we ave.?Newberry Observer. Senator Tillman says it is "Foolish." Trenton, July 29.?There appeared l the Atlanta Constitution yesterday telegram from Charleston saying that l the gubernatorial race factional nee were being drawn and that Sena* >r Tillman was using his influence in ehalf of Talbert and J. H. Tillman, 3 against Heyward, "whose candi acy," the dispatch said, "was not motioned by Senator Tillman." Today your correspondent called on anator Tillman at his home here in gard to the story in The Constitu on. When he read the artiole, the mator remarked: "It is a piece of 3wspaper work that is made when no )ws can be found. It is the most isurd thing I ever heard that Hey ?rd should get a sanction to run for >verno?S Any man is free to enter e race and 1 have nothing to do with It is the biggest pieoe of foolish I8B I over heard of." The Benator went on to say that the i lines of demarkation of Tillman d anti-Tillman had been obliterated. ?n were supporting him now, who ed to be antagonistic Continuing said: "I have gaine' more friends an I have lost and in this campaign candidate will be voted for or einst by either of the old factions, m only drawing lines when I see a ; public an disguised as a Democrat to has the impudence to enter the ! mo oratio primary." Continuing the senator said he had thing to say or do with any of the cd id ate s in their respective races. iis was positive and final.?The I te. ? Hosby's Men in Reunion. Leesburg, Va., July 30.?Survivors Col. John S. Mosby's famouB band Confederate fighters met in annual mion in Leesburg today. The ?n was deoorated in their honor and > citizens kept open house. The irt house green was the scone of > day's festivities. The formal ex lisea inoluded a cordial address of ieting from Col. E. V. White, to ioh response was made ! / Col. tin H. Alexander, president of the .erans' association. The ranks of i veterans are being rapidly thinned death and scarcely a handful re in to take port in the annual reun ie. _ ^ lot weather saps the vital energy I makes the hardest workers feel f. To maintain strength and ener use Prickly Ash Bitters. It is the >ndof industry. Evans Pharmacy. ? It is said that a full-grown bee I draw twenty times its own weight, oan fly about five mile? an hour, I it will seek its food at a distance 'our miles. /hamberlain's Colio, Cholera and irrhoea Remedy has a world wide utation for its cures. It never s and is pleasant and safe to take. 1 soie by Orr-Gray & Co. Lying. Far back beyond the sky-line of his tory, before the mountain even brought forth or even God had formed the earth and the world; yes, before t*^e stars sang together, before the morn ing glories bloomed and the flowers gave forth their sweetest porfume under the kisses of a pore atmosphere; before sunshine and dewdrop hung the diamond necklace about the rose bud, before the bird twitted Jovo to bis mate, to the delicate music of the aeloan harps as their strings were fingered by the soft breezes kissing the face of a newborn world?lying had its birthday. The devil, "the father of it/* prac ticed this art in the garden of long ago, and well did be exeoute, for he pois oned a paradise and lured from this haven of smile and home of love its inhabitants to a sin cursed world. The poison he fluor from his lying fangs has been found, nndor the zrays of God's truth, to be mixed in the blood flowing through all generations. When I meditate upon this oubjcot I find iryself almost snbsoribing to a belief in evolution?evolution of the lies and lying. The first liar in the garden was a snak-fc?he crawled, but a few hundred years after he had as sumed the form and garb of man and his name was legion, in so much that David cried out in his haste: "All men are liars." We know that today he no longer Drawls but walks and talks and shouts and sings; cloaks himself in broad cloth as well as tatters, in dress suits and walking Bkirts, and is found in high and low, ?public and private places. Unlike many others, that reached their zenith in years agone, this art of lying, though aged, has lost none jf its popularity and holds its place w one of the fine arts of today. Swift well said: "Although this Devil be ,he father of lies, he seems, like other treat inventors, to have lost much of lis reputation by continual improve nents that have been made upon him." There are big liars and little liars, roung and old liars; prevaricators and txagerators; occasional and constitu ional liars. There are black lies and 7hite lies; spoken lies and aoted lies; ibs and stories, and still?''there are ithers." We read that in the country of 5iam, a kingdom of Asia, that he who old a lie was punished aocording to aw by having his mouth sewed up. f this prevailed in this country tod? b would be hard to have congregation 1 singing, the political stump speaker rould be a thing of the past, con ressional and legislative halls would e beggard and we would listen for he sound of a voice that is still.? lev. John A. Wray, in Atlanta Jonr al._ :_ Educating One's Self. It is unreasonable to suppose that 0 one bot a college graduate can be iucated, in the broader meaning of ?at muoh abused word. If a young an or a yonng woman is wholly un ecided as to his or her future work, four years' college course may help ? a decision, bnt if one is determined ? follow a speoial lino of work he oan ake more rapid progress outside a )Jego, sometimes, than in one. If, r example, he has chosen literature 1 a profession, L 3 oan study under a itor in the subjects he desires and ogress twice as fast as in oollege. be courses in all our universities are loulated for a mediocre student, who obably gives more time to athletics id outside matters than to study, n ambitious young person, who is xious to do something in the world, is to drag ?long with the others, ?wever willing he may be to for?fl cad. With a tutor, or a home udy, he can push along as rapidly as is capable of doing, with no one to Id him baok. It is possible to enter nost any profession after a course home study, without a college di >ma. I have often heard lawyers jert that those members of the B*t io studied in offices were invariably 9 most successful ones in practice, ley not only have the theory of law, t also know it in operation. Some educators once made out a list a hundred great men who lived in igland during the naif century from 30 to 1900. They were principally n of the first genius, like Darwin, ixley, Tyndall and Buskin. They re greatly surprised when it was icovered that only twenty of the ndred had received college eduoa ns. The others were self-educated, had studied under tutors at home, is must have been more than a noidance,. and to my mind it is a oarkable commentary ca the suo b of the modern system of educa n. It means that the young man 0 can only study at night is under handioap in the race for success tause he is unable to spend four ira in college. It in possible that stands a better ohanoe than the col e graduate.?Newell Dwight Hillis, August Sueoess. ps the Cough and Works off the Gold. KafSve Bromo Quinino Tablets cure 01 ' Co one day. No oure, No Pay. ce 25 oents. Can the Earth Explode I We frequently hear the suggestion that the earth may some time explode from tho pent-up forces. Under our very feet at this moment, between the earth's solid crust and the molten in terior, there is a pressure exerted by the most powerful dynamite in the world. It it generally accepted and probably true theory that the whole interior of the earth is a molten mi.as of rook and metolo, heavier than the crust above, and upon whioh the crust floats in a relatively thin layer. The thickness of the earth's crust within the great continents is probably from fifty to one hundred miles. If we es timate the pressure exerted by the weight of one mile of earth and rook at ten thousand pounds, whioh is well within tho truth, then fifty miles of earth would exert a pressure of about five hundred thousand pounds, and one hundred miles would exert a press ure of one million pounds to the square inch. Now. as- the pressure capable of being exerted by the most powerful dynamite, exploded in a spaoe equal to its own volume, is* about three hun dred thousand to three hundred and fifty thousand pounds, it is evident that if the whole interior of the earth were filled with dynamite, and explo ded, it would be oapable of exerting a pressure only about one-third great enough to raise the continents or dis rupt the crust of the earth.?Hudson Maxim, in the August Woman's Home Companion. _ Inquiry About Job's Turkey. Mr. Brownlow, of Tennessee, has among his constituents an itinerant preaoher who is not only an eloquent preaoher, but, in his opinion, has a knowledge of the soriptures seoond to no one's. So confident is he that he can make clear the most obscure pas sages that he invariably asks his hear ers to bring him any puzzling text they wished explained. At the close of a very large and successful meeting a country bumpkin sitting in the back of the hall in re sponse to the pastor's invitation an- j nounced that there was a matter, a very important matter, he would like to have unraveled. Happy that an opportunity had come at last, the wise man encouraged the fellow to come to the front with his problem. "What I want to know is," said the bucolic, "is whether Job's turkey was a hen or a gobbler." And when the preaoher turned red, his interrogator remarked in a voice that was audible through the whole hall : "I'll be durned if I don't Btump him the first time." Knew his Letters* George Stickoey, who lives in Lan caster, N. IL, is well known in Lewis ton. He has a boy who is coming along like a three-year-old trotter un der training. Mr. Stiokney asked the superintendent of schools when it would be advisable to send the boy to school. The superintendent said that the fall term., would be a good time, rut advised Mr. Stickney to teaoh the ad that two and two make four and low the letters of the alphabet run )efore he let aim out. A short time afterward* the superin ondent met the boy and asked him if ?e knew his letters. "Sure," said the boy. "Well, sir, what is the first letter?" "A," was the answer. "Correct," said the superintendent. 'Now, what comes after A?" "All the reBt of the push," said the toy.?Lewiston, Me., Evening Jour lal. ? The way of the transgressor is iften hard, yet he seldom complains f tender foot. Some Reasons Why You Should Insist on Having EUREKA HARNESS OIL IJnequaled by any otber. Renders bard leather soft. Especially prepared. Keeps out water. j? heavy bodied oil. Harness A" excellent preservative. Seduces <*'?st of your barness. ever he leather ; its Bffictcn; <u creased. Secures Lest service. . Stitches kept from breaking. Oil -~ |s sold in all Localities -^Kanntortaradby Standard Ol! Com pony. urman university, GREENVILLE, S. C, Mil begin tbe next a?salon on Wednes day, September 17tb, lf>02. Location inventent and healthful. Corn-sea of ady elective or leading to B. A. and . a. degreea. Full corps of lnstrac ra and ample mess accommodations for leaoeuinj- board. For details apply to e President,! ^ A 'P. MONTAGUE, tiL.D. for sale. A GOOD F*RM, containing n'nety x and one-balf acres, twenty of which good bottom land on Connero?a Creek, wo boosea and barn, and all necn^sry itboilding*; Poor miles from Waf illa one mtl? to church and t-oh'tol. Addrnis?J. F. W. 8TKLLING. Con irosa, Oonn??o County, 8. C. July 23,1002 5 8? Xs*w^?eh9p Southern Cms Gfioisra-lnfantur?p D inrrhoea, Dv? e ntery, and the Bowtl Trouble* <\k QMttnafAnyAgti.. Aldi Digestion, RcguUkt the Bowel*, Strengthens Costs Only 25 ceats at Dnigg?sts, "r^ir^EAsS lOr ?ail 26 ccnu to C. J. MOFFKTT. I*.'ST^OUll^MO. Votutnbiio,aa.,Aua. ?4,1870.? K/"<fe tiour TSjem/V^ (Tcethinj? l* the tea ?niest Msulfs, 3T/i? <p/r?ctfa Jtotcdtera) to ot r Hffle prand rftild tettf? -JDear Horion Why Not Give Your House a Coat of MASTIC PAINT ? You can put it on yourself?it is already mixed?and to paint your house would not cost you more _ than . J^ive or Six Dollars! SOLD BY Orr-Gray & Go C?LEMAN-WAGENER HARDWARE CO., (SUCCESSOR TO C. P. POPPEN HEIM,) 363 KIKU STREET,.CHARLESTON, S. C. SHELF HARDWARE A SPECIATTY. - AGENTS FOR - Buokeye Mowers, Briuley Plows, Oliver Chilled Plows -OFFICERS: GEORGE A. WAGENER, President. GEORGE Y. COLEMAN, Vice President. I. G. BALL, Secretary and Treasurer. Correspondence Solicited. A great many people have be gun to realize the virtue of Evans Liver and Kidney Pills, And it only takes one to reach the spot. By Mail 25c. EVANS PHARMACY, ANDERSON, S. C. Fruit Jars. Extra Caps and Rubbers. Come and get your supply while they are cheap. Milk Coolers, Ice Cream Freezers and Fly Fans going fast. Our Stoves and Banges are the best money can buy. We have them for 88.00 and op, with 27 pieces. Iron King, Ruth, Times and Qarland. Drop in and Bee the Blue Flame Wickless? the ideal Summer Stoves^ Oar line of Tinware, Wooden ware, Enamel Ware, House Furnishings, &c, is complete. Roofing, Guttering, Plumbing and Electri cal Wiring. If you want the best CHURN made try a BUCKEYE. ?kCHER & MORRIS. Phone No. 261?Hotel Chiquola Block. BLACKSMITH AND WOODWORK SHOPS ! THE undersigned, having succeeded to the business of Frank Johnson & Co., will continue t at the old stand, and solicite the patronage of the rmblic Repairing and Repainting promptly executed. 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