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PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE President Rloosevelt in lls annual message again urges the enactment of 4 lIa protilbitIng corporations from contributing to campaign funds. Ie also urges the passage of the menasiro conferring upon the government the right of appeal in criminal cases on questions of law. Continuing, the president says: I cannot too strongly urge the pas sage of the bill in question. A failure to pass it will result In seriously ham pering the government iII its effort to obtain Justice, especially against wenIthy Individunis or corporations who do wrong, and may also prevent thle governmiiieit froml obtalillig Justice for wngeoivirkers who are not them selves able eectively to coitest a case where the Judgment of ani Inferior court has beenl agaluist them. I have specifleilly In view a recent decision by a district Judge 'liviig railway eml)oyees without reiiedy for viola tionl of i ceri-talli so valled Inhar statute. Tihe importmice of' viuleting 1to lalw the paIrticubir lill in 11 (IM-S Ti I, fur ther Inlcrensed4l by ile fNet (hit tle gov ernment has nowv definlitely begun a polivy of re1sorting to the cr1inin law in those 1trust 1i1e IIIteistate coiilliereo cases w-here mich it courseo, offers a ren sonab1e vhisieu of iccess. Proper4.1 U'se tof Injutilot- u11. %'Et(I IN i' l I 3 Sl"gt V1 tilep li y las message I suiggestel the Pnm-Ieit'lt of a :tw In connection w' ith the Issnntee of Injuneliois, attention having beevn sharply drawn to the mat ter by the demand that the right of ap plyIng injictions in hbor cases should be wholly nholished. It Is at least doubtful whether a law abolish Ing altogether the use of Injunctions in such Cases would staid the test of the courts, in whieh case, of course, the legislation would be ineffective. More over, I helleve It would he wrong alto gether to prolli(it tle use of I1.lujuc tiolls. It Is cr imil to perinlit syi mthy fr ciniin:tls to we:okn mur hltitl'. ill 1iuh i ll.-li tho I laV, and If mni "I'vk I' - Al-stoy Ilifo or ilpoerty by n1ih -ioloice there' shioluil Ie [to timt pallireilt of the p1owel 41f the courts to deatl with Mhm it ile Inlost sutimlmary and (vetive wa:. y pi1Siblo. But so far as 1 possibl e ihe h111use of the power shoul be prolvided aignit b 11y some Such-1 1:1xw :I, I :alvoented last year. A":siuti I y. s i ng t141 91 . I vall your nuieti1ion aidl the atten tIti Ilf tin' tioll t thl' r vale c of elnie at2on'1 : ti: :ndlq, :thlovo all, to the eopidoillie of lnchingL andl inob violvinve flult Sip-ings, up now l mne 1141 1r t o olur country, now litnatiothor. E'ach sve tion, UoIth. sth, east or West, u1s its owiin faulis. No sectlon Cl with I willm !pIe il Its tite jeeting t the fuitlts 1f :i r semtio . It shoulil le Coiings. To de'll with tho evillno of, corruption it Is necess:try to have anl1 ImAvkled plili.etionsvienve .1nd to supploiIent thils boY whatevert legsia tioi will aidd spt-tted aild cueftiity inl the exetion o1 the laIw. When wve deal with ly tn1vhig even utIore Is neces- I H n1ry. A great 11naly whIite mlenl are lytiched, 1 llt t Crim Is pecuilliirly frequi-nt In respt-t to Ilnek men. The greatest existing caluse of 3-lyiilng is the prtrltio, esiptel'ally by black men,1.(1 ofit' hideousIt timtie ofC raIlpe, the mo1sf :ahoniiimbiIle In all the entegory of critines. eventlW wlrst' Itha nmurder'. anw lessniess gtrows bty what It feeds upon11. noit when't tmobls begin to lynch fot' rapeI the speed1t''tily extend the sphel(re of thleu'irleratIions aund lynch for iiainy otlietr kinds( of cimetls, so that twoi-thirds of' thle lynchings are not for' rape at all, wvhlle a considerable propoIlIrtion11 of fte 1indivlduals lynched ar1e ilinocen1t of all crine. There IsaIbut (on1 safe rule in dealing with black men'i as with whIte 111en. It is the samne rule that mlust be ap plied Inl dealling with rIch men and 1)o0r mien-that ia, to treat each man, whatever his color, his creed or his so cial p)osItion, withl eveni handed justice on his real worth as a man. White people owe it qluite as much to them selves as to the colored race to treat well the colored man11 who shows by his lire t hat he deserves such tretatment. '1iThere is tno tquestlon of social equality In miy J udhgmet,it the cr'ime of rape should always be punished with death, as la thie case iIi th urder. Assault wIth Iutetnt to contunit rapiie should be maidt ai ('apitatl cr11me, at least In the discretIon of theo court, anid pr'ovision shoutld lit ma:de 1by whIch thle piuish the hieels ilofite ot'Ytnse. No morIte shiortsight ed pol0 leyica be imine th(( iian In thle anled't lutereOst of onec class to preent thle education of anot11her class. Th'le wItle muan, if he Is wIse, will dec4line to aillow tho niegroe)s In a muss to grow to mafn hood anld womanthood ith (out eduica tion. , "Preneatl,erM of Mere D)icomntenIt." Iti dealing with both lahor and enp) itaul, wIth the qluestIonls affectinmg both corporations andt trades unions, tliero Is o10ne mtter moi'e importaint to re imemuber thani aught else, and that isa the lnfinlte harm done by p)reachiers of mere discontent. These are the men whio seek to excite a violent class hla tred agaInst all men of wealth. They seek to turtn wise and proper move-I Inents for the better control of cor-pora-I tions and for do)ng away with thel abluses connected w'tithi wealth Into a cafmpalin of hysterical exeltement anid falsehood in whIeh the aIm is to in Ilamie to madnelflss the brutal passions of mlankinid. The sinister demagogues andI foolish. visionaries who are always eg to. undertake, and a. ehmalgn of' destI'uection Sometimes seek fo as soclate themtselves wvIth those wvorkinIg for a genuine reform lin governmental anld social meIthluds ani soiletiie' maI-IG querado as such reformers. In reality they are the worst enemiles of the m cause they profess to advocate, just as ti the purveyors of sensational slander in a newspaper or magazine are the worst r4 enemies of all men who are engaged In 6I an honest effort to better what Is bad t( in our social and governmental condi- sl tions. M Corruption Is never so rife as in com- ac munitles where the demagogue and the ol agitator bear full sway, becauso in t( such communities all moral bands be- 11 come loosened, and hysteria and sena- tc tionalisi replace the spirit of sounlid judgient and fair dealing as between man aid man.. in sieer revolt agaiist e: tihe sicaldi anarchy thuts produced men II: are sure inI the end to turn toward any o1 leader who can restore order, and then Ie their relief at being free from the in- ci tolerable hurdens of class hatred. vlo- gi leice aid delagogy is such that they al cannot for somtie timlie ie aroised to in- Ii (iignlation agaIinst illsdeeds by men of ei wealth, so thalt they periit a new ft growth of the very abuses whhic were al in patt responisible for tle original out- c< hreak. The one hope for success for C Ou' people lies in1 a1 resolute atld fear- 01 less It sane and cool headed advance c( along the path marked out last year c< by this very congress. There tmu11st be P a stein refusal to ie miste<l into ful- PV lowIing either that base creature who V4 appeals inid panlders to tlie lowest In- It stincts and passiois in order to arouse t< one set of Americans agaist their fel- di lows or that other creature, equally '1 base, but no baser, who in a spirit of p greed or to accumulate or add to anlt already huge fortune seeks to exploit E his fellow Americans with callous dis- b regard to their welfare of soul and t body. The man who debauches others P in order to obtain at high ollIce stands on an evil equality of corruption vitht the nan who dehauches others. for finmnelal prollt, and1 vIen hmtred is u sowi tle crop which sprinlgs ip ennal only be evil. The plahn people who thiik---the cine elhintes, farllors, Imlericaits, workers ti with head or laid, tle mon to whoMnit Amerlean traditions are dear, vho love their country and try to act decently t by their neighbors--owe it to themll selves to remiember that the most dal aging bllow that canl be given popular governmcielt Is to elect an in \worthy i i and sinister agitator on a platform of violence and llypoerisy. c I call yout cattetfion to the iel of i passiig the hill limiting the number of 1 hours of etployment of railroad em- 0 pioyes. The imeasure is a very moder- t1 ate 01ne, anld I cInl coIceI VC' 0no serl- tj es jectlon to It. Iilee(l, so far as it is inc miur iwer, it s!culal lie olii alim i staltlily to reducv tht. ioichoir of hours ofr 1.1b141, with as a goal the goeeralI inl troIluctionl of' an ei.-ht Ihoi day. Ti.ere Ore 111iIntries inI wlich it is lot pos- I sible th:t tle hours of labor shcoulid it ie redlced, ,ist Its 1there aire cominii- r ties not far enoigh advaniced for suich a itm14VVmIIIe11t to he for thlei good, or, if in the tropies, so siticicted that there Is Io can1c1logy beotween their' needs and 0 ours il tids mater. On tle Isthmus it of Pa111,1na, for Instance. the condi tionis arce ini ev'ery way so dliffer'ent t froct wuha:mt t hey ace hcere thcat an eight hourct daty wvoul be aibsuird, just as it 0 is absurd, so fccr cas the isthmous is con ('crnIed. whleire white labocr cannot lie empliioyed, to bcother its to whe(thier the niecessary' wvork is (done by alien black men'l or by3 aliilen yellow mni. But thed wacgeworkersa of the Uncited States are of so hicgh a grad(e that alke fronm the nmerely 11nd1ustrcial standlpoinct find from ( the elivic stancdpoiut It shiould be our object to do what we can in the direc tion of securinig the generai observance of an eight hour (lay. Let cme again citge that the congressg pirovide for a thorough investigation i of the conditions of chtild labor and of the lanbor of women in the United States. The horrors incident to the empiloymenlt of y'ouing children In fac-a tories or aut work anywhere are a blot 0 on our civilization., In spite of all precautions exercised d by emloyer-s there are uncavoidabile aic cidencts and( event (deaths inv-olvedi in ncearly every3 line of' buisiniess connect edl w~ith the mcechancic arts. It Is a great sociacl Iccjustice to complIel the emi ployee, or, rather, the famcily of thce killed or disabled v'ictim, to bear thce emntir'e biurdenc of su('ichan Inevitable F sacriflee. In othecr wuords, society shirks lIt ditty by hiylttg thce whole cost on thce victl im, whiceecs thie iccjury- comies c fromi whacct miay ice caclled lice legit I- a maite r'isks of the tracde. C'ompenautiocn c focr ac(rlets or' deathis due in aniy line p of ihlustry- to the ac'tualc condiltioncs tin- cc der' wleh'l thait udcustry Is carr'iied on g shcould lie 1paid by thaut toc'tion of the (cmmunliity for the bencell t of wuhich c 4 he indccstr'y is carried on-thact is, by c those who prmotit by the industry. IfI lihe enitire tradc(e r'ick is placed upon01 the emtployer, he will pi'omcptly and prop- Ic er1l' add it to the legitimaite cost of pr1o- P duilon and( assess it proportioniately t cipocn the conscumers of his commodity. f It is therefore clear to mny mind that i the law~ should place this entire "risk t of a trade" upon the employer. Capital and Labor Dlmputeg. flecords show that dutring the twen- ( ty. years fromt Jan. 1, 1881, to Dec. 81, 1000, there were strikes affecting 117, 500 establishmeicts, and( 6,105.004 cci plfyees wuere thrcownc out of employ mcenit. Duri'ng the samoe period theret were 1.005 lockouts, involving nearly 10,000 establishmuents, thrcowlng over 1,000,000 people out of employment. These strikes and lockouts involved an ~ q%QUttoi .104 to ejnglggeej of $g. J )0,000 nIld to emplifloyers of $14:00,. )0, a total of $150,000,000. The pulleI iffered (irectly and indirectly prob )lY lyis gr'at additional loss. Maly of these strikes and locctdts ould not have occurred had the pwr es to the dispute been required to )pear before an unprejudiced body .presenting the nation and, face tv tee, state the reasons for their con ntion. The exercise of a ,judiclak orit by a disinterested body repre nting the federal government, such would be provided by a commission conciliation and arbitration, would ud to create an atmosPhere of friend iess and conciliation between con nding parties. Control of Corporntfonn. It cannot too often be repeated that 'porience lias coiclusively shown the possi1ility of securing by the actions 'nearly half a hundred different state gislatures anything but ineffective nos lin the way of' dealing with the 'eat corporations whieh do not oper 0 exclusivoly vitlinl the lim1its of y on1e state. In some melothod, wleth by a national license law or in other sAtion, we must exrrcise. and tiat lit i early date, a far more complete mtrol thanl it present Over these great m-porationts-a control that will, among her Ithings. prevenit tile evils of ex 5slve overeapitliza.tion aid that will >mpel (]Ihe,, disclosuire by each big cor >a1i loll of its stockholders and of its 'oporties and husiness, whether oNi I directly or throigl subsidiary or lillateI Corporations. This will teild ptt a stop to the securing of Ilor llate profits by favored individuals at it expense whether of the general iblic, tie stockholders or the vage orkers. Our effort should be not so uch to prevent consolidation as such, It so to supervise and control it as see that it results in no harm to the )ople. Combination of capital, like coluhia on of labor, is a necessary element of ir presenit. Industrial system. It Is At posible completely to prevent it, li if it wetre possible suchl complo"te veltion voild do d.11tage to the Miy politic. What we need Is Iot 111illy to try to preveit all cobillina nIl, but to seclire Such rigorous 1111d lequate control and supervision of t coillbililations as to prevent their ijuring the puIle or existing in sich i,m as inevitably to threaten injury, >I the mere fact tha it colibinatioll tIs socured practicailly Complete eon 'ol01 of a iecessary of life would mitler I1y (.1cullistallnes show that such mibiition was to be presimed to be Ivers to tile public inlterest. It Is il'ortuita that oir present 1:w%vs louid forbid all coil) binatiolls Instead C siarply discrinimiating between lose coiihnt !is wlicil do good and lose cominiations wilcih do evil. Ie ltes, for ilistancee, are as ofteln (1ue to to pIr'sSure of big shippers (ais was Itowil inl tie IInvesti-at iol of' the tal lard 11 collipally ni11 as has 1 b 'e [IowNil sileo by the investigIti[JIn of IC tobacco atid su.gar trusts) as to the litiative of big railroads. Oftenl rail )mds would like to combine for the nrpose of preveltiig ia big shipper ,011m imIilltaiiling Improper advantages t tile expenlso of small shippers anl(] Stile general pubile. Such a combina oil, instead ot' being forbidden by law, lould be favored. Inl Other words, it 101o11 i:e permitted to railroads to lake agreemenlts, providled these agree lents were sanelioned by tile iter Iato comm11er'ce comm llission andl wore tiblishted. Withl these5 two cond(itionls )1mp1l i ith1 it is impllossible to see -halt har1m sluch ai comblinationl could 0 to tile pulblic ill large. InlherltZlfnce and1( IncomeI Taxi, Tile naitionlal governmlIent 1has long arivedi its chief' revenue from a tariff 1 liports and from an internal or ex so tax. In ad!dition to these, thlere is v'ery' reasoni whyl, whein next our sys nfm of taxation is revisedl, tihe nlationlal OVernilmont shoul1 d im pose a graduated ilheritance tax anld, if possible, a grad atod inconme tax. I anm wveil awaie thalt suchl a subject I tis neCeds long and cairefuil studly in eder that tile people may become fa iilar with whlat is prop~osed to be one. may clearly see the necessity of roceedinlg with wisdom and self re tr'aint and( may make up their minids ist ho0w far they are willing to go in le matter, whlile only trained legisla irs9 canl work out tile project inl neces Wry deOtall. But I feel thlat ill tihe near ltiture 0our national legislators should unct a law providing for a graduated itheritance tax by wlech a steadily in reasinlg rate of duty should1( be put 1p0n all money03s Or otherP valuables omIinIg by gift, bequlest or dlevise to 1n3 indIvidual or cor'pora tloll. Ther'e 1n tie no0 ques0tion of tile ethical pr'o riety' of' tile governmenlt thus deter tiling tile cond(itlins ulpon wh'leh anly ift or inhleritanlce should1( be received. As ftle law nlow stanlds it ia und1(oubt 1113 dificlt to devise a national in 0111 tax whichl shall be conlstituItol,fhl sult whelther' )t Is absolutely lnmpossible I aniother iuiestion, anld if possible it I most5 certainlly (desirable. Thie first ulrely' inIcome tax law wias passed by 10 congress in 1861, but tihe most imi ortanlt lawv dealing with the subject 'as tihat of 1894. Tis the court held( be unceonstitutional. The question is undoubtedly very in ricate, delicate and troublesome. The ecision of the cotfrt was only reached y one majority. It is the law of the md and of course is acceptedl as much nd loyally obeyed by all good eitizens. tev'ertheloss tihe hlesitatlon evldQnthy mlt by thme court as a whole in) coining ) a conclusison, whenCi Considered^ to ether with previouls decisions on the Lubject, miay p)erhlaps indicate the Pos Iblty of devising a conIstitutional In mime tax law which shall substantially geomplisba the requits aimed aj, 'he litliculty of amlellnding the conlstitlt lolI s so great that only 1eal neceL's'lty canl lustify a resort thereto. Every effort fhould be made In dealing with tis iubject, as with the subject of the )roper' control by the national govern inent over the use of corporate wealtli u, interstate business, to devise legis ation which without such action shall ittain the desired end, but if this failE there will ultimately be no alternative to a constitutional amendment. Industrial Training. Our Industrial development depend* largely upon technical education. In .luding in this term all Industrial edu. iation; fron that which fits a man tc be a good mechanic, a good carpentet )r blacksmith to that which fits a mair to do the greatest engineering feat rTe skilled mechainic, the skilled work. man, can best become such by tech. nical industrial education. The fil reaching usefulness of institutes oi technology and schools of mines or ol mgineerIng is now universally ac knowledged, and no less far reachini is the effect of a good building or ie hanfleal trades school, a textile o1 watchmniaking or engraving school. In every possible way we should hell the -wageworker who tolls with hii (Continuiled onI page Ihr-ee.) The mind is 'ound most acute an, n1"st unea4"sy inl (the mlorniln Unloasi ivss- is, indeed, a species or' swzaeity i passive sagaeity. Fools are neve imeasy.-Goethe. Following The Flag. When our soldiers went to Cuba an< 'he Phillipines, health was the most im portant consideration. Willis T. Mor zan, retired Commissionary Sergean . S. A., of Rural Route 1, Concor N. H., says: "I was two years in Cub: )nd two years in the Philippines, an being subject to colds, I took Di King's New Discovery for Consumi tion, which kept me in perfect healti And now, in New Hampshire, we fin it the best medicine in the world fo 2oughs, colds, bronchial troubles an And all lung diseases. Guranteed a W. E. Pelham, & Son's druggist. Price 50c. and $1.00. Trial bottle fre The Wrong Place. "What's the matter,l my littl man?" ' asked the kindly old gcitle 1in. Yi seei to be ill .-Tent pain. 'n Yer mixed.'' -1,r1a1neld the lit [1l bo . " I ain't inl no ,Xreat pail, bu1 JYsa great pain in me, a right.'' I'ili hildelh ia Press. Deadly Serpent Bites. are as common in India as are stomac and liver disorders with us. For the lai ter, however, there is a sure remed3 Electric Bitters: the great restorativ medicine, of which S. Brown, of Beni ettsville, S. C., says: "They restore my wife to perfect health, after yeai of suffering with dyspepsia and a chroz ically topid liver " Electric Bittei cure chills and fever, malaria, biliou ness, lame back, kidney troubles ar bladder disorders. Sold on guarante Iby W. E, Pelham & Son, druggis Price 59c. Ha, Hal )Dear' Friiends,'' began the polit ('anl spell-hinder. ''1 call you ' det friends': I won 't call you ladies an gentlemen, because, you see, I kno you't all so well.' '-Life. Death From Lockjaw. never follows an injury dressed wii Bucklen's Arrica Salve. Its antisept and healing properties prevent blo< pcisoning. Chas. Oswald, merchan of Rensselaersville, N. Y., writes: cured Seth Burch, of this place of ti ugliest sore on his neck I ever saw. Cures Cuts, Wounds. Burns and Sore 25c at W. E. Peiham & Son's drt; store. No General Rule. Hewitt-"'Now, as a general rul women-'' .Jewet t-"Mi~y dear bo there is no general rule for w'omen. -Town and Country. An Alarming Situation. frequently results from neglect clogged bowels and tor'pid liver, uni constipation e becomes chronic. Thm condition is unknown to those who u. Dr'. King's Newv Life P'ills; the best at gentlest regulators of Stomach ar Bowels. Guaranteed by W. E. Peiham Son's druggist. Price 25c. Buggy For Sah --$48.00 F'irst.clnes lenther quarter-top huggy guar nnttceed; set of single buggy harnmes, $6.0 IGeorgia Vecicle Manufacturing Co., ALL KINDS Of Plumbmn Done on Short Notic< J. W. WHITE. Materials xception the purest grade. RIT'. [TY when preparing medi nts for much, In medicines. JG STORE. ou to (IOiEi y getting i new iink because the :ed we O'an't fill me and see us. line of Millinery, iotions. I. Colmes ?TY, S. C. T H EDO U,U THE nd Furniture, )T PRICES I TO Sample. rin's Block, louse Keecers and consider things care fully. r and draw conclus-ons. They Pins at Ic. paper, Towels 5c. h things away." kles, dimes and dollars on every other merchant is better pre ie you "greater values" for your Ily required a two-horse wagon, a one-horse buggy to carry off ught from us last week for $100. is in every department. We can pair In the lot worth less than pair worth 50c, our price 23c. pr. 1 the lot worth less than $7.50, Sthe lot worth less than $2.50, here we rip competition up the d of your Brilliantines, Henriettas, etc., until you have seen our line. u and save you many dollars. s, you'vericot the money, we want the le tim eto wr ite advertisements, but all LLET TN E R, Homespun at ny 59 .qur Del . D0IN VESTMENT CO. acilities a Profitable Rate.of Interest: Ilment: yv on Real Estate. CONTRACT' And Be Convinced of its Value inving Money' and accunmulating Latid'&r Build a House. ND IN VESTMENT CO0,A I. McCAUGHRIN,/ ewberrv. S. C. rescriti Which we use are without e We believe in PURITY. We constantly preach PU * We always practice PUR cines. PURITY counts, and cou Ask your doctor. MAYES' DRI We Want Y we are constanti ;things. Don't ti , season is advan< your wants. Co -We have a full L Dry Goods and i Mrs. S.V t PROSPEF We Moon t iFOF Best Stoues i 0! AND BEk oc tWerts d McCaugh Successful F h Arethe ones who sit down They Dut this and that togethe , don't bite at all "Bargain Ad" d pair, etc, "We give suc dI They know that they save nic e article they buy from us. No - pared or financially able to gi money than we are. It actus a double-seated carriage and Lall the goods that a farmer be I'We have thousands of bargali a only mention here a very few 500 pairs Pants, not a single $1.50, our price 92c. pair. 300 pairs Knee Pants, every h250 Men's Suits, not a Suit ii ie our price $4.98. 100 IBos Suits, not a suit ir [t our price 89c. ~? DRESS GOODS.-Here's w a. back. Don't buy a single yar iWorsteds, Woolens Outings, .Come, if you don't buy ita wie posr HOESI SHOES -Weh ave the shoe e, money, you want the Shoes-Goin th ieto dispose of goods for less t O. f PECIAL-10 yds. 40 in. heavy White 1SEC URITY LOAN Al Supplies the bst - For Saving Money at SFor Building by lusta -For Buying Land: For orrowing Mone .Gtone of Our SECURITY ( It will be the means.of your 5 a Fund that will buy a SECURITY L.OAN A JAMES la Office: Cor. Boye R& Ardamn Sts.. N