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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~,