Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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$40,000o,o The "Pacifi $40,000,000 of its stockholders' Fund for every policy holder of th profit from what policy holders pa It is 40 years old. It has over the most liberal policies of any Li: more cash and more paid up Insur largest dividends of any compny Call to see us Office over old Post Office. - Legion-that band of cavalrymen iwh( in all his battles, in the rushing whirl wind of the charge, amidst the blind ing smoke and the flashing sabres followed the plume of Hlumptor more valiantly than ever Frenhine followed the helmet of Navarre. Prid should he with those old soldiers to day, for honring Hampton we hon or themi, and -the honor whieb is li will be shared by those whom Ii lead. Together they fought for hol and country, and fame has no greate heritage for any than the halo ofglor; which belonlgs to the gray' knights o the Hampton Legion. There are here representatives o all that has made our State great an< honored in the past. With these ar such memories as can only belong f such a people-Illemories of peace an of war; memories of hlope aind of (eS pair; Imlemories, alas! of defeat, bi fadeless.memories of glory and honoi And so, in helill' of' Solith carolina in behalf( of all that we as a peoph hold dea.; by our memories of tih past tnid outr hopes for the future by all that Hampton did for the Stat he loved st well, Senator Marshall an gentlemen of the conunission, I, a governor. proudly accept this magnifi cent bronlze statue of our great war rior'and statesman, whose eherishe( memory it will be the pride of Soutl Carolina to transmit to their child ren's children through all generation yet to come. And now, my countrynen, I havi only to add words that are unneces sary for a South Carolina audience It is meet and proper that on thi oceasion extended tribute should b paid a life given inl :-erviee M-X hi State; it is meet and proper i1141 som of the deeds both ill peace and wa which added lustre to the name o Hampton, even as they added renow to the State, Should be recounted tc day. And could yonder silent bronze fi ure speak; could tle voict of friend - ship hheard once more, and tle spii it so quietly in Old Trinity churelyar inspire I]s-all of these would ask t I 'onlly one0 whoi 1had stood( sidle by sid *with imii ini peace and in wiar, in vic tory and( ini defea t, int sunishine amndi shadowv, should speak to us of HlamI ton amid of his dleeds. Wec have wit us (one who wit h1 Himtont 01wore fth unuiform oif gray; who rode by his sid durinig the four long years of dleadl struggle; wh'lo during the trying day of h?econst ruct ion wvorked with hit for thle redleimptioni of our State, an who, when redemption came, sat wit him for years in the senate of thm United States. Of him HIamp)ton oine saidl to a. gentleman nowv seated utpo this plat form and a member of ti commission: ''Butler was the cooles Reliable You get always. the I correctness when.you hibitin~g the Iargest ant Cut Glass, Lamps, Japanese W Japanese: Japanes Carvin Fine Co We prepare Prescrij . Out of town orders y Wmn. E. PcI Reliable F 0 Besides Assets of th c Mutual Life" is the 4 private fortunes is, by the State Law < is Company. Stockholders, according y in. 'xoo.ooo,coo of* business in force in 40 'e Company. It writes all forms of po ance at end of premium paying peric doing business in S-)uth Carolina ROBE man inl danger and in a fight I ever ( saw.' I njow take pleasure in presenting , to this great eoeourse Maj. (en. M. C. Butler, the orator of the day. I As said, fihe day had been dark and a cloudy, but as (oiv. Heyward beganl - his introduction of' Gen. Bulter, there - were rifts of blue in the gray, and S soon the sill broke throllgh the clouds 3 above the marble portico of the State 3 house, and the bright rays gilded the r noble face of the warrior in bronze. It was a fine circumstance %Ylieh p prompted the commission to have en. M. C. Butler to make the oration of f the day. 'Gen. Butler was the life I long friend of Hampton. He it was 3 who nominated him for the office of ) governor in those troublous times I which camped with hiiiri on many a - battlefield. iIe knew Hlanmptonl in t peace and in war, and in tie inter veniiz". period for who wouild call Re conistriuction war, and yet w-ho eould 1 it peace? Carel'l attention was paid to mne of, Car-olianl's most favor ed sons and wheni he had completed a his speech. men (if all stations in life, but all men who knew Butler and re s vere him, crowded about him to shake - his hand and speak to him once more. I - Garlanded With Flowers. W1hile ie was speaking, the base of tle monument had been decorated with a 4-arland of autumn leaves, a pe culiarly harimonious eombnination and one devised evidently by fihe artist's eye, for the tints were reflected faith fully in the bronze above. At the close of len. Butler's speech, Capt. SW-agener's hattery went into action an4 tlle roar of the eanillon hushed all iother sounds. sevenifeen 41 gunls were S oililed as a sallite. S lio. 16liharid 1. Manniin"'. of Sunimter. hen read tle beallutiful peoi by 1 James Henry Rice, Jr.. printed Ties - day ill the HaIlimptonl supplement of ''lh State. An interestin ineident. - not oin the prog'ramie was then - brouht about whenl Col. Marshall in trodneticed Mr. F". Vellin-ton uck 1 tuli. tle reator of, the Iimpton in1 I' ronze. lTChi irt ist was del'hioCCIhedl L' by* his rpion - At the base ofl thle statue were n' 3 erou1p ofl girils i llue, anid with Ii.hem - a hand, brav'e in its coloirs of blue and 1 i'ed. The girils thlen san tiu'tha t ispir 3 inig and miemorab'llle tune, ' 'The Bonniie e Bhiet Fllag, '' witIih band accomipanii y imen t. Othler' Confederate songs werec s sung, and theni thle Daughiteris of the a Conf'eder'acy, -those women who have I helped to iiake immor'tal thle Lost Ii Cause, stre'wed1 about the gr'anite e plinthi flow'er's. Bishop Capers prio-C 13 nouceliid the benedictioii and the exer' .i eises were at an end, s But Hampton sits today on his t hor'se facinig the wvest, the b)eloved of1 Phoriocg, >est, and we guarantee buyl of us. We are ex d best selected stock of tses, Salad Sets, e Chocolate Sets, pg Se ts, Perfumes, C mp & Brush Sets,H Dressing Cases.1 ations properly. >rom ptly filled, ham &t Son, pharmacists. e Company. Company. >f California, I guaranteed Safety to L-tw and Charter, derive no 3tates and Territories. It w.'rites icies. It guarantees in the policy d than any company. It~ pays RT NORRIS, ren Agt. for South Carolina. 'ar-olinla. H1aiptonl rides again I. Hampton Did Not Seek Office.. Gen. Hailpton did not seek the of ive of goverlnor. of South Carolina. 'he noimination Was first suggested y lr. Armisteal Burt of Abbeville, )rof. Chas. P). Plham11111 of Columbia .nd others who were insistent upon aving" at Strainl"'hout mlovemenclt. The m:liCinlationl wats unlsought ats Vill appear froml tile following tele ram dat Au:. 5th, 1876, from Gen. ampton. (hien at Cashier's Valley, N. ., to Prof. C. 1'. Pelliam, edlitor. of "he Register of Columbia "My Dear Pelham: Do have the en losed publisied at. once in The Regis er so that it canl have general ciren atioll before the coinvention meets. is vmy mne has beeii preseited to the onveition I think it will not be pro ier for nie to attel tlie coinveltion. sly card hieim!w hionestly myv views, I ineerely (Irust that I will not be Ionlmiated. Very triuly youirs,'' etc. Livinlg out of t lie State, pursuing li fit,e of at planiter inl Mississippi. fen. H1am1pton was not. thought of or -eekoned with as a factor or >ossibility, but. for the prescience, 1kin almost to prophecy, of the late 1'of. Charles P. Pelham, who, in 18'75 vas the editor of ''The Daily Phoe lex'' of Columbia. Life-long and in iniate friend, it Was nlo woider that he great heart of the noble Carolin an could be touched by anl appeal lich as was sent by the equally pat -iotie and self-sacrifieing frield. In the suinmer of 1875, Gen. Hamp on was eljovii- a rest in Cashier's 'alley. At tha11t time many of the iewspalpers oI' the State :Mff siole of ter best citizels believed that a cmali ionl lickel only coulld he elvected. IBut t was not so. KnIowing." with accuri icy (he state of' the public mind anti ith full confidence in the ability md1( teliper of tle leader (if '7t6, Prof. welham'role to (enl. Hamp1t1on aind Iuvinced himl-i that lie, primtius ilter tres, was the nt to load to victrIy. h-n. Mlampton's reply inl Imlainscrilit, ion oft a mlemiberl of' Priof. Peclhoin's amtOily is hi'hly prlizeCd bee'anse of its Priof'. Pelham tfollowved up his upj ealiis with iniginig edit or'ialis. m id lampo fi ('1(inaIlly conisenited toi become11 Foil loin~g is a copy of his ltter to le Columbia Rlegister', the files of v'hic'h are in thle p)ossessioni of Th'le ate: ['o thle Editor of The Register:' It. was ontly a few (lays ago that T a1w ini yourl p)aper' the letter' of t'en. lut ler suggesting my niame us t hat oif prlioper1 c'andidlat e forI the potsit ion of :oivernor i of the Stite, aind thohi i I fu y apfpreciat ig thle imort1 anid man1 i ier of thle honoir done meii, mhy first. mipulse wa's t.o decline the niioina iin at ontce andh iiicionitiosnally. Ilut lIy the adlvice' of fr'iendl., ini thos le jud'enttlit(t Ilace s et c'l onit-i litil stome indien tion shouildl lie giveni is tio th po' licty that thle State wouildl 'lie recint c'all bv lit' e'xWeli ve i'oml It thei press5 ini commlltenitill .n Wilthiis (tetiln oft thle coiittee seemtl noiw to >oinit uiiniistakably to thie inoiniation af full Sta te ticket. by thle conven ion, anid it is dun to my friends as voell as to mylVCf ltat my ps~t ion bould1( be fully understood. As to the policy the State shoruldi dopt, my judgmtenit is clear that the onvenit ion should einteri inito nto ('Wlm liwmise or form of1 fusion withI lhe ~adlial par'ty, buit that it should pre ent toi the State a full ticet miadle ip (if lier tru'e, fried andi trust ed sons -men wvhose character's give thie best issurance that Lheiri electicin wWouldi riniig p)eace, prospe1)rity andc honortil to lie St ate anid fori whlomt oil' pe''ople ani voit e withoicut thle sacrifice ofl feel lI tt, wh'ilec thiiis is my set tied coonvie' icon, my fanithI ini the part itism1 (If' ny fellow (citizenis whoic hold oppoitsite iews is so strong that I shall c'heer utlly acquiesce in the policy adopted The Pacific I Its peculiar legal organiz,ition mna io years old, it gives tle greatest 1ost. Its noi prticipatiiii, rates ar owing are the rotes per $l.0oo on i W101C 20 PAYMENT AGH LIFH. 1,1FE. 20 $14 65 $22 6o 2r 15 00 22 95 22 15 35 22 30 23 15 70 23 70 24 16 05 24 10 25 16 45 24 55 26 16 85 25 00 27 17 30 25 45 28 17 75 25 90, 29 18 25 26.40 30 18 75 2695 31 )9 25 275o 32 19 84 28 05 33 20 40 28 60 34 21 05 29 20 )y the Convention, whatever it may b)e 1 trust that this spirit may ani ia(e all the dele-Qates to the conven tion and that' when that body has ;pokenl authIorititively all who hoiest ly seek reftorml will he founlld working .1valoulsly aid eallriestl for thie best. interests of ohe State. There is no hope for us bit in har Molious counsel and united action ind, while patriotie men may differ honestly ats to the best policy to be pursuled, it is the clear dity of all to .Istailn thalt a1do)(ed hy the conven tion. Should that body determine to adopt what is known as the ''straight mit policy,'' it wil) then be called on to select our standard bearers and in the choice of these it should be por fetly unt rammneled, working- solely to the availability of those chosen. T UR Will soon be mar CHATTAN0 I-WANT TO SE I have been In the business a I Send me an order and let me prove it. My prices are as lowv as good mneet the competition of unscrupulous d I am doing prepay expressage , . My prices at i \ Iip Wutual Life Insuran, kes it tha strongest Life Insurance 4 ,uartees writlen in the Policies 0 e les th:m aiv other cnnp,ny doir 10o1-participatingpas WHOIN 20 l'ANMENT AGH IFpi. 'lltH. 35 21 70 29 85 36 2240 3050 37 23 15 31 20 38 23 90 31 95 39 2475 32 70 40 25 00 33 50 41 2655 3435 42 2155 35 25 43 2 6o 36 20 44 29 70 37 20 45 30 S0 38 25 46 32 15 39 35 47 3250 4050 48 34 95 41 75 49 36 50 43 10 As for myself, so far from desiring the 1nminlation I deprecate it great ly, for to become a candidiate at this time would involve the highest sacri fiee I could make for the State, and I therefore hope that,l my friends who have been kind enloulgh to present l my ne will add to the obligation they have conferred by supporting some one of the Itmanly able and(l distinguish ed gentlemen who have been noina led and who will iuite the whole State. To such ia one I pledge liy ONI corldial and hearty support. I recognize, however, the para mount claim which the State has in this supreme hour of her mortal suf fering, whenl she is struggling not on ly for existence but for all that makes life worth possessing-the claim upon every soln who loves her, and if af1t at hand and w< ket with the gc OGA! CHA /Chilled P Combinati Disc Plow, GADouble Sh Plow Reps Corn and C LL YOU SOME ong time, and am a good judge of whi whiskey can be sold for. When it bec calers, I'll retire. >unsiness on the. square, and won't have ,but secure yon the lowest p)ossile rate, e as low as you can expect to pay for re) SAll Orciers In Pl1aIn Puc( West Point Special Rlye. Our t.eat sylvania R yo ............ Monodram Rye-Absolutoly puri Victor Rye--1xceptionally good. Private Stock Corn. (7 years old), r Imperial Corn-Superior quality ly (or mnedicinal uso..... Mountain Corn-Absolutely purn Sweet Mash Corn .........,. These Branda are Pure Ask for my Complete Catalog. SB. EHIRLICH, .,ompany in America. It is nearly r any Insurance Comiany at less g business in this section. The fol WHOIE 20 PAYMENI AGE LIF11. ,Lg, 50 38 15 44 50 51 39 90 46oo 52 41 75 47 60 63 43 75 49 30 54 45 85 51 15 55 48 1o 53 TO 56 50 50 55 20 57 53 10 57 45 58 55 85 59 85 59 58 8o 62 45 6o 61 95 65 25 61 65 30 68 z6 62 68 71 45 63 73 74 95 64 78 35 78 76 a full and mature deliberation the true representatives of her honor, her virtues, her intelligence and her pat riotism think that T can best consoli date and harmonize all the parties who seek reform in our State affairs, 1 shall cheeerfully obey their call made uiponm me, whatever preseit sacrifice. I only aisk that this call shall be 111ade with unaminity and that those making it will be fully prepared like nyself to make any sacrifice and to devote every energy and every, effort to the redemption of our prostrate State. While I have neither sought nor de sired official station, I am now, as I have ever been, ready to serve the State iii any position to which she might (all Ine to follow. Wade 11ampton. TI E 1 are still in the ods. TTANOOGA! )WS. )fl Plows. ovel Plows. Llrs. lotton Planters. PURE WHfISIWEY key. Everything I sell is good and j)mre. omnes nlecessary to offer cheap mixtures to tour orders on any other basis. I do not lnble goods. tg, by FIrIIst Ixpessq. er--A pure old Pecnn- Quartd Fl urs Glo .........................$ sc..o ...................... 1.00 3. .8 .........................7 2.7 .8 oneobetter ............ 1.003.3.0 recommended high. .......................... .62.3 .0 2.7G 2.80 ............................3. ......... 2.00 md oood, Age and Quality govern Price. Remit by Money Order or Registered Letter. .MOUNTAIN DEFLL Co. ATLAT,I R 54 AN MADION AV ., Si