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'ht r*ttling hi' ls throat, his eye aing their Jrightness, and his ountenance its natural expression U'Ithe ls a reuntil last breath, (which was drawn with a deep insuiration,) when his eyes suddenly became dim.. They were immediately closed by Mr. V4 able. After Mr. Calhoun's eyeA wbre closed his' countenance was tha M one who had fallen quickly aslee,p. He was conscious to the last fndneit.,-' 'At about 8 o'clock on the even ng previous to his death Mr. -Cal houn remarked that his mind was never clearer: that he had great facili ty in arranging his thoughts; and in reply to a remark of his son's, that lie was fearful lie was over-tasking flis mind W*ith thinking, lie sia ''I cannot avoid thinking of the politi cal affairs of the country. If I could do mnore good than on any previous occasion of my life." The Announcement of-His Death. The annonineement of Mr. Cal houn's death in the Senate chamber Monday, April 1, 1850,was as follows: On the motion of Mr. King the reading, of the Journal of Thursday was dispensed with. Mr. Butler rose and said: ''Mr. President, I rise to discharge a mourn ful diuty, and one which involves in it considerations well calculated to arrest the attention of this body. It is to ainounce the death of my late colleague, the 1lon John (aldwell Cal hoti. He died at his lodgings in this city, yesterday morning, at, half past 7 o'clock. He was conscious of his approaching end, and met death with fortitide and umnimmnn serenity He ha( many admonitions of its ap proach, ad without douibt lie had not been indifferent to them. With h!-* usual aversion to professions lie said nothhin. for mere effect on the world, and his last hours were an exemplifi cation of his life and character, truth anil simplicity. "Mr. Callioui, for some years past, had bel-n siffering under'a pulmonary complain. an1id uni.ler its effects could haive reekoned but oin a short exist ence. Such was his own conviction. The immediate catise of his (leath was anl ifTfetion of tle heart. A few h1murs before lie expired lie became sensible of, his situlatiolm, and whenl Ie wn unable to speak his eye and look evince(l recognition and intelligence of what was passing. One of the last directions lie gave was to a duti ful son, who had been attending him, to put away some manuscripts Which had been written a short ti.me before, nilder his dictation.' These were the opening paragraphs of the address of' Senator Butler, who spoke at some length of Calhoun's life an.1 services and character, and conelided with tile iisual resolutions of respeet jiiiil i mtfti(ii to adjourn. Henry Clay's Tribute. Senator Clay then rose and said: "Mr. President: Prmnpted by my own feeling of profound regret and by the intimatiotns of some highly e teemed friends, I wish, in rising to -second the resoht,t ions which hamve been offered, and which have just been reuad, to add a few words to wvhat has beeii so well andi~ 5o justly said by the surviving colleague of the illus trious deceansed.'' After speaking of their long as sBociationi in Congress atid of Calhoun's services in the Cabinet, the eloquent Kentumek inn 'ont ined: 'Sir, lie has gone ! No more shiallI we witness from yonder seat the flashen of the keent and penetrating cye of his, dlartinig thiroughi this chamber. Nomor'e shall we lie thrilled hby that torrent of enar, concise, compact logie, poured out from his lips, which if it did not always carry conviction to our judgmient, alwvays commanded our1 great admiration. Those eyes and those lips are closed forever.* I'Will only say ini a few words that he possesse0d an elevated genius of the highest order; that in felicity of gen eraliz.ation oif the subjects of which his mind treated, I have seen himn sur passed by no one ; and the charm and captivating influence of his colloquial poweis hiave-been felt by all who have conVersed wvith him. I was his senior, Mr. Presideiit, in years-in years, tiothing else. According to the course of nature, I ought to have preceded him. It has been decreed othierwis6, but I know that I shall linger here only -a -short time, and shall soon fol S low him. 1"And how brief, how short is the perlQd of, human existence allotted Mven to the 'youngest amongst us!I Sir, ought We not to profit bhy the d4ontemplatiop of,a this melaneholy poaslon? Oitght we not to draw from ''I'the donchiaslon Irow unwise it. is to da4tlge sin ,the acerbity of unbridled eW~be t 19W UIIWIB to yield . our' a1veot the sway of the anlinosities by feeling? How wroi/g it Is to ,~tiile ~ithe unbppy and hot IS .,wh toe 'often exserate ~ fR~wg~ uh4mfledd ony' jdg. *isoago of the high and 'h WM are del' 'I "~ 'i not presumptuous, it is t us, wJ are the; tenants of sn hour in this earthly abode, to esW rugle together. with a ione would not be jtnstifiabl4t ' r per. petua4. ho e,"I Thr - 7 0: Web t is ,of T 'and me Pf 4'a. On l t 1 u, text of these the. hand, but a paragraph'" 444 fe two first named. Ur. W bivaiji "Sir, I have not in public nor in private life known a more assiduous person in the discharge of his appro priate duties. I have known no man who wasted less of life in what is called recreation, or employed. less of it in any pursuits not connected with the immediate discharge of his duty. le seemed to have no recreation but the pleasure of conversation with his friends. Out of the chambers of Con gress lie was either devoting himself to the acquistion of knowledge per taining to the immediate subject of the duty before him, or else lie was indulging in those social interviews in richli he so much delighteJ." Senator Thomas Jefferson Rusk, of Texas, was a son of the man who built the "Old Stone Church." In his brief address lie said: "Mr. President, I hope it will not be considered inappropriate for me to say a word upon this solemn oc casion. Being a native of the same State with the distinguished Senator whose death has cast a gloom upon this Senate and the au<ience here as sembled, I had the good fortune at an early period of my life, to make his ct nm *. At that time lie was just entering on that bright career which has now terminated. I was tliei a boy, with prospects anything but flattering. To him, at that per iod, I was indebted for words of kind nless and encouragement, and often since inl the most critical positions inl wlihi I have been placed, a recur recee to those worqs of encourage imenit hias inspired me with asolution lo meet difficulties that beset my pati. Four years ago I had the plea sure of renewing that acquaintance, :1 ter an absende of some fifteen years, and this took place after lie had taken an active part in the question of annexing Texas to the United States, adding a new sense of obligation to my feeling of gratitude.' Funeral Exercises in Senate Chamber. The remains of the deceased were brought. into the Senate at 12 o'clock. April 2, attended by the committee of arrangements andl the pallbearers. The committee were: Messrs Mason, )avis, Atchisom, Dodge, Dickinson atid Oreeiie. The pallbearers: Messrs. MAlngm., (ay, Webster, Cass, King anld Berrien. The chaplaiii of the Scnailte, the Rev. C. M. Bidler, preaehled a sermon from the sixth and seventh verses of the 82d Psalm: "' I haves aidl ye arc gods, and all of you are children of the Most li igh, but ye shall (lie like men, andl fall like onie of the princes.'' The funeral cortege left the Senate chamber for the b)ody~ was templor'a rily dleposited, in the following order: The chaplains of both houses of Con gr*ess, pihysicianis who attended the deceased, committee of arrangements, pallbearers, the family and friends of the deceeasedl, the Senator andh Repre sentatives from the State of South Carolina, as mourners, the sergeant att-arms of the senate (if the United States, the sergeant-at-arms of the House oif RIepr1esentatives, the House of RIepresentatives, preceded by their speaker and clerk, the President of the United States, the heads of de part ments, the Chief Justice and As sociate Justices of the Supreme Court oif the United States and its officers, the diplomatic corps, Judges of the United'States, officers of the execu tive department, officers of the army and navy, the mayor and councils of WVashin ton, citizens apd' strangers. In Th~ Eou4e of Repfesentatives. App'rdpriate.exercises were held hri thme hall of the House of Representa tives, April 1,'and eloquent addresses delivered by Mr.' Holmes, of South Carolina; Mr. Winthrop, of Massach. usetts, a'nd Mr. Venable, of North Carolina. The Body Taken to Oharleston. At .12 M., April 25, 1850, the steamei Nica, bearing the body, touchetl Smith's .wharf. The remains were taken to the Citadel Square and there the chairman of the comamittee, Sen. ator Masoni, of Virginia, "surrender ed his saored trust" to Governor Sea. brook, of South Carolina. Tihe great procession escorted the cremains t< City Hall~ "Along the sti'ee througl whidh the proeItiin passed the public and prIlAth bufidings aind temples of worship were 4gped with mourn lng, the wiu4dos.aid d6ors of the h(oups Wfideloosd, rid no xon'e 'wat seeWW gA:e upon the sp shacJ. .I seoged that hose whbdIasp partiot mourning within." At the City Hall the body r in state until the next day, it was borne by the guard of hoM to St. Philip's Chureb. Bishob-I - den I with great feeling and it.,read th burial service, t( s4 ced ed ain eloquent funeivl bi thbe Rev. ',Mr. Mil 'e hby ites ea4ed,the boy born4 b.' the guaird of honor western cemetery of the church to the tomb erected for its temporary abode, a solid structure of masonry raised above the. surface, and lined Altb cedar wood. Nearly, pendant- fi6 the tall spar that supported it, droop ed the flag of the Union, its folds mournfully sweeping Ihe verge of the tomb, as swayed by the passing *iid. Wrapped in the pall that first cover ed it on reaching the shores of Car olina, the iron coffin, with its sacred trust, was lowered to its resting place, and the massive marble slab, simply inscribed with the name of "Cal houn," adjusted to its position. The lingering, multitude then slowly pas sed from the burial ground. ''And we left him alone with his glory." The last offices of respect and ven eration, such as no other man ever re ceived from the hearts and hands of Carolinians, had been rendered, but it was felt by all that no monument could be raised too high for his ex cellence, no record too enduring for his virtue. ''Tanto nomini nullum par elo giutn.'' For many weeks after the interment the marble that covered the tomb was daily strewn with roses and other fra grant flowers, and vases containing such and filled with water, freshly renewed, were placed around the spon taneous offerings of the people. An oak, the emblem of his strength of character, was planted at the foot, and a willow, whose branches soon drooped over the grave, became a type of the general sorrow. A ravorite Daughter's triubte. The late Mr. John F. Calhoun, grandnephew of the Senator, once let the speaker read and copy an arti cle in Mrs. Clemson's handwriting, a faded sheet of modrning paper, writ ten in the Capital of far-away Bel gium. Listen to the expressions of the grief of a favorite daughter: "Oh l my dearest father, can it be possible I shall never see you more I Hfs that noble heart ceased to beat is that eye of genius closed forevoi Shall I never again be welcomed by that sweet smile and that extended hand? Shall I never again hear that voice utter words of affection or ap proval, which filled my heart with gladness? How could so much good ness, so much greatness leave us so soon? We might have hoped that you would have been spared us many years and- I, your daughter, I who knew you best and loved you most was far away. I had not even the melancholy satisfaction of soothing your last hours! Did you think of me, decar father, in that solemn moment? D.id you remember what an aching viod your death would cause in your daughter's heart? You to whom every action of my life was referred. D)id I act as I thought you would approve I said. my father would be pleasedl did I feel inclined to fail in any duty, or give way to selfishness, the thought that you would blame me did 'you knowv it was sufficient to restrain me. No one, not even you, knew what you wvere to me. You were the embodiment of my mind of the perfection of hat man virtue, and when harassed as we all are I lost courage, I had only to ehin)c of your noble firmness and cheerful philosophy, and shame for my momentary weakness, and cour age for thle future, sprang up in my mind. To be thought worthy to be your daughter was my highest am bition-to be approved by you my greatest reward. ''Where 'is your equal to 1)e found I For me your public life and services are but the smallest part of pour ex cellencies. 'Your lofty and uncalcula ting patriotism, great and rare as it was, became only one of the, many at. tributes of, your nebJe character. It was the rare perfection in every part which rendered yonr mind and lif< the highest exemplification of humari virtue. ,Who, like you, combined the~ most unbending firmnegs wvher principle was concerned, with th< ylelding. softness of, a woman where *nly your* feelings were in question i The austerity of a eynic Was com; bined In' you 1Mita the softest and gen tiest~ dffection. The grafo aemeanoi of 'a Rothan Senatorgave place at the pidpertmoment to the frankest gaiety, CapAble of efforts of athoughts an~ concentrdtiori of miud almost stper notar~ 1 fonloved'tud4 found -plea stkte In th sinflleAt ting/ Wth 3i dniattAlhs nio'1 otne et~4 nla. pn'de 4jidxo, pefry oa the bet [~ ~ ure. Hw often havt I seen you at the ap1proanor a storm, or in view of ora gni cent scene, with all the d4li he most imaginative poet,n p ele. Ohl best of hau., friends, wherp were the r U1 proved yow.- hainu n oyrigtl1 h6 can recall a ingle ori aq41oA yours they Z Ioud id Best of maste, yoti a ie by the honest,U14bouglit t1s'of ibiar de pendents. Whoever retA11eA*A your advanced age, and after' k ife so agitated, so much of the hilk 4f bu man kindness? You never ridiculed a friend or absed an enemy." The Funeral Oft Measures the Man. Some critic may say,,young gentle men, it seems strange for an invited speaker to spend forty minutes telling young men of the death and burial of an old man, just sixty years ago. Tho speaker, believing a man's funeral often measures the man, recalling the funeral of Jefferson Davis and of Abraham Lincoln, of James A. Gar field and of William McKinley, has selected his subject and shaped his address with a single purpose in mind to stimula'te your interest in a life time study of the life ,and services and character of the great Carolinian, whose home for a quarter of a cen tury was in yonder ''old mansion' a study that will ''swell resolve, breed hardihood. be stuff for strength.'' CANDIDATES AND PLEDGES. Must Swear Not to Use Money or Liquor And After Election Must Render an Itemized State ment of All Expenditures. An act pased by the legislature of 1905. but which has now been forgot ten by about everybody, affects, in an important way, candidates in the com ilu Demiocratice club meetings, county !,ml State conventions. primary elee 'Tlhis act forbids ''any person by threats. or any other form of intimida tion. or by the payment, delivery' or promise of money, or other article of valie'' to induce ''another to vote for or a-ainst any particular candi date in such election.' Section 2 of the act requires every candidate ''before lie shall enter up on his campaign'' to file a pledge that he ''will iot give nor spend mon C or use intoxicating liquors for the purpose of obtaining or influencing votes.'' the pledge requiring him 'immediately after the primary'' to file an itemized statement which ''shall be open to public inspection,'' showing under oath ''all further mon eys spent or provided by me in said election.'' The. act Imiakes null the election of any one who fails to comply with its provisions. Thou-ihi his duties do -not require him to do so. State Chairman Jones, out of thle intecrest he feels in the p)ar ty, and exercising characteristic care to save his friends and acquaintances from the consequences of neglect or oversight, is taking great pains to get this act under the eye of everyone intendling to become a candidate in the comning ceetioii. H-e is having several hundred copies of the act printed in order to distribute them himself and1 sendl others out to the county chairmen with a request that they personally see that the candi dates comply with the law in time. County candi<idates file these p)ledges with thie clerk of court while candi dates in more than one count', such as would be solicitors, congressmern, State officers and the like, are re quired to file the pledge with the see retary of state. Following is a coby of the act: Section 1. At or'before every politi cal primary election held by any poli tical party, organization or associa tion, for the pmps of choosing can 'didates for office or the election of delegates to conventions in this state, any person who shall, by threats or any other form of intimidation or by the payment, delivery,or promise of nmey, or any other article of value, procure or offer, promise or endea vor to procure another canididate In siuch election, or who shall for aiiy such consideration, offer to so vote, shall be guilty of a miisdecmeanor. Section 2. Every candidate offering for election, under the provisions of ~section :1, shall make the following pledge and file the same with the cler'k of the court of common pleaa for the tounty in wvhich lhe is a can didate, unless lie should be a canadi dte in more than oiie county, iri which ease he shall file same with the secre tary. of .#tate, before he shall enter upon his campaign, to wit: I, 'the un. 4exisigned-- --of the county of- the state-of South Car.. ollti, candidate for the .office of hereby pledge that I will1aot give nor,spend snoney, or use lntgxidating lique1s 1toi- the ptxpose of obtaining or inthencing vots, end tl at I shall, it the conclusiont ofihe eampaign~ and b11& the p.rgnary eldetcon, render to the lek. of the' iout, (or soetary of StAN As he inbefore ppvd4) uaido .a itewgizel sttement 'of11 ni. e i sotit or provided b. me du#ng th an paign for ca ." to thht time, a -:1T pledge t I will, imanedia $..fter the p election or el I am date in, rendejl)i Pt 0 Y Under oath, shoWing fu 91 eys spent or provided by election: Providid, That A,- 6 comply with this provision ih'11 r,r deir such electioi'nill ii"V iiii - far as the candidate who fails to file the statement herein required, but shall pot affect the validity of. the C election of any candidate complying with this section: And provided, ftr. ther, That such itemized statement and pledge shall be open to public inspection at all times. Ii See. 3. That any violation of the provisions of this act shall be a misde meanor, and any person, upon con- t viction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500, or be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one month nor more than six mont.hs, or both fine and imprison ment, in the discretion of the court. A man is nearly always ashamed to admit he never was wild. t 18th 1 Making Eighteen Htr CHOICE TENNESSEE I and While it Lasts to C Best Patent $5.0( Best half Pat. $4. Best Meal 75c. bi BestGrits $1.75 9 Don't pay any more, don't be swt ;akng. save money and buy from us. Our immense stock of spring goods ties and fancy goods and staples, our ing novelties in millinery. Come and right thing in prices, style, quality, I ply cannot beat us, we don't make you up on balance, people getting and looking out more for No. i. Coi Forty years experience counts some don't you forget it, PROSPERI' STATN Of the condition of the Exchang< the c1lose of business March 31 s mity with an' sct of the General A Resources. L~oanis and Discounts ..$137022 71 ( Furniture and Fixtures . . 3324 15 1 Due from Banks. .. .. ..6223 17 Over drafts .... .......111 65 I Cash and Cash Items .. .. 15501 19 I $102182 87 Personaly appeared before me M. L. S who swears that the abvstemnis< belief. bv ttmn SC Sworn to before me this the 2nd day of Attest. Edw. R. Hipp, C. J. Pureell,' Geo. B. Cromer. STATIVl Of the condition of The Commer at the Close of business, March : Resources. Notes Discounted .. .....$377487 64 C Furniture & Fixtures.. .. 3051 93 P Due from Banks .... ....51531 '70 ID Overdrafts .. .... .....'.2807 42 ID Cas and Vash Items .. ..13034 1A2 R $448812 81j State of South Carol na,l , *County of Newberry I J. Y. MeFall, Cashier 6f tho Aboy~ state nent is true to the ba fz ckW am now op JaEl tock. o go t6re Dom formerly bN 4. Evans 80Co 5t. pposite th6' court hm4", AM, sking now the Pb) al come i and hIIpect my tock before. rMk t r pr hases. My Ltock cph syto of Dry soods, Groceries, etc. Call i to see. Will be delighted to iake you clpse prices on every iing-and satisfaction guaran 5ed. Yours for business, W. R. REID. Prepared to furnish every ilngi n the Way of suplies. BAR, idred Barrels of that FLOUR Just Received o at }Every bbl. guaranteed. ishel. ~ack. ched off by argument, come right arriving embracing all the novel Mrs. Moseley in the North select. see us', we are prepared to do the ac., for an all round bill you sim 7 cut jrice on one thing and burn educated hnd opening their eyes ne and see us and be convinced. thing, we will treat you right and rY, S. C. SENT. SBank of Newberry, S. C., at t, 1906. Published in comfor Lssdmbly. Liabilities. ~apital Stock .. . .....$50000 00 "rofits less expense .... 4713 14 Deposits viz. anks $1142.56 ndividuals 80550.83 81693 39 ~ills p)ayableo.... ......10000 00 ~e Discounts. .... ....15776 34 - $162182 87 pearman Cashier of the abovn Bank, rrect to the best ot his knowledge and M L. Spearman, Cashier. J. C. Wilson, J P. N. C. [EN T. clal Bank of Newberry, S. C. ii.st, 1906. -- Liabilities, apital Stock .y . .,. $59000 00 rftlesllexp. paid ..42645 72 ue Banks ... . . .. . ,. 433080g ividends Unpaidg.. .. ..07 0ti e Discounts .. .. .70000 00 )dividual Deposits .. .. 281120 20 natned Blank, swear that t p above u d Islief ~rpe thia 2nd day of AO~i~,