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VOL. XV. MANNING, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25. 19 VALUABLE RELICS. Given to State by Col. Blanding of Mexican War Fan.. PALMETTO REGIMENT FLAG And the Beautiful Jackson Vase Also Qoes to Columbia. Gov. McSwdeney's Grateful Reply. The following letter from Col. J. D. Blanding, the distinguished Mexican war veteran, was received by Gov. Mo Sweeney some days ago. It tells of gift, of Incalculable value to be made to the State and contains history that every South Carolinian is proud of. Bere is Col. Blanding's letter: To His Exoelleney, Gov. M. B. Mc Sweeney. Dear Sir: In accordance with the resolution of the Palmetto Regiment (Mexican war) Survivors' association, as president of the association, I have the honor of turning over in perpetuo to the State of South Carolina, through you as governor, one of the two pags carried by the regiment in that war, together with the regimental records. It is only necessary to state as to the latter that they are very imperfect, the general order book and most of the loose papers having been sent to and lost in Chester during Sherman's march through the State in 18W. The flag is the United States army regula tion lag presented by Gen. Wm. 0. Butler, then in command of the army in the early part of 1848, to the regi ment when detailed as guaid of the na tional palace and archives. My recol leotlon is that Gen. Scott had ordered this flag made, on account of the tat tered and torn condition of the State flag which was worked by the ladies of Charleston and presented through the city couneil (T. L. Hutchinson, mayor) in December, 186, to the regiment, and by it arried into the city of Mexi co on 14th September, 1847. Besides the skirmishes around Vera Cruz on the routes to the valley of the city, it passed through the battles of Contreras, Cherubueo, Chapultepec and Garita de Belen, and there on 13th Sept., 1847, at 1:20 p. i., the first flag planted on the walls of the city, four hours before Gen. Scott, with Gen. Worth's division of regulars, reached the Larita San Cosm. It may casually be stated that two commissioned and three non-com missioned ofcers were shot down while carrying it-two mortally. The com manding general directed, Major (after wards colonel) Gladden not to use the State Lag but to encase and carry it back to the State as a sacred relic. Soon after the return of the regiment both lags were turned over to the State and kept in a glass case in the State house. When Sherman first approahed Columbia, Capt. W. B. Stanley, then sident of the Palmetto R'ent Survivors' association, sent bo fags to Thomas J. McKay (a private of Co. () at Chester. After matters settled down the regulation flag was ret".rned to Capt. Stanley, but he was never informed what became of the State flag. He offered a liberal reward for its return, and now, that sectional passions have subsided and a returning sense of propriety and comity seems to be actuating both aides, I have also odered a reward for its return to the governor of South Carolina in hopes that it may be brought to light and de posited with its companion among the flags of worth of the civil and Spanish wars now in keeping of the State. It may be interestn also to state as a matter of history thtthe regula tion Bag was loaned by the executive committee to the First battalion South Carolina infantry (Lient. Col. Thomp son) organized for the Spanish war, which afterwards became part of the Second South Carolina regiment in lantry (Vol. Wilie JTones), and was by the latter carried to Cubs. Upon the muster out ef the regiment It was re turned to the comnittee with accomn panyxg' powder bag taken from Morro' Uastle. It is probably the only Sag in the IUited States which has been un furled in the eapitols of the only two foreign countries invaded by the United Statea. The executive committee of the Survivors' association also request they be allowed to place the "Jackson vase" in the legislative library under a glass case, and under care of the Seere tary of State or of the librarian, as you may direct. The reasons for this request are that the committee have no p roper deposi tory for it, and that all "survivors" myknow at least where it is, so that the "last survivor," to whom it will ul timately belong, may prove his claim (how and before whom I cannot guess) and take possession for himself. The clause of the will of Gen An drew Jackson in reference to the vase is in the following words: "The gold box presented to me by the corporation of the city of New York, the large silver vase presented to me by the ladies of Charleston, S. C., my native state, with the large pictures representing the unfurling of the Am erican banner, presented to me by the citisens of South Carolina when it was refused to be accepted by the United States senate, I leave in trust tomy son A. Jackson, Jr., with directions that should our happy country not be blessed with peace, an event not al ways to be expected, he will at the close of the war or at the end of the conflict present each of the said articles of in estimable value to that patriot residing in the city or State from which they were prsnted who shall be adjudged by hsfellow countrymen, or the La dies, to hare been the most valiant in the defense of his country and our country's right. In the fall of 1848 A. Jackson, Jr., -executor, sent the vase to the governor of South Carolina with the request to dispose of it according to the terms of the will of his testator. The governor reported that it was impracticable to obtain a decision what patriot of the State was "the most valiant in the de fense of his country and our country's rights." The executor authorized him to deliver it to the survivors of the Palmetto regimient-(Mexican war) to be disposed by them as they thought best. the survivors met in Columbia, S. C., organized the "Palmetto Regiment Survivors' association" and elected Wm. B. Stanley president: The governor delivered the vase to the association, which passed a resolution, to wit: that the vase be kept by the executive com mittee for and to be the property of the last survivor of the regiment. Capt. Stanley died in 1892 and the undersigned was elected president and ex officio the personal custodian of the vase, flag and records of the regiment. It has been customary to carry the vase to the meetings of the National Association of Mexican Veterans when ever requested to do so. It has been carried to Washington, D. C., Charles ton, S. C., Atlanta, Ga., and Nashville Tenn., and I hope will be carried by some survivor (not myself) to New 0: leans, February, 1915. I shall deposit in the vase, for safe keeping and future reference a certi fied copy of extract from will of Gen. Jackson; and several communications relative to it, including this semi-official correspondence, also a list of the pres ent survivors of the regiment (now numbering about (40), with their re spective companies and postoffices; and that they may know of the present dis position of the vase (which in all prob ability will continue until the last sur vivor shall establish his personal claim), I will, with your permission, make public this letter and your answer. I will only add that, though having many deseendants, I hereby give my contingent right of property in the vase by reason of "last survivorship," to "South Carolina, my native State,' and this letter may be taken as conclu sive evidence of such gift. Very respectfully yours, etc., James D. Blanding, Pres. Pal. Reg., Surv. Ass'n. Sumter, S. C., April 9, 1900. On receiving your assent to the re quests above made, I will carry over and deliver in person the article speci fied. GOV. MesWINEY 'S LITTE. Gov. McSweeney promptly wrote Col. Blanding the following letter: Columbia, April 11 1990. Col. J. D. Blanding, Sumter, 6. C. Dear Sir: It gives me great pleas ure to acknowledge receipt of your es teemed favor of the 9th, turning over to the State in perpetuity one of the flags carried by the Palmetto regiment in the war with Mexico. I shall see that it is placed in the archives re served for such historic relies; and, o gether with the interesting hii'ory which your letter gives of this tattered and worn banner, have them put in such position that they may stand as a memorial to the valor and heroism of the sons of Carolina who followed this flag to victory in so many hard fought battles of the Mexican war; and also as a constant reminder to those who enjoy the same birthright, "that truth, cour age and patriotism endure forever." The regiment that bore this flag won honor and distinction, in every battle, for the American army in its march from Vera Crus to the City of Mexico, and in-this they were but "true to the instincts of their birth." It was this regiment that led the charge against the compact front of the enemy when other regiments had been called upon by Gen. Shields and declined to volun teer on account of the dangerous and haaard'us undertaking. When Col. Butler was asked if his regiment was willing to clinch the victory, his prompt and characteristic reply was, "Yes, every man of them, and to the death." They fell upon the enemy like a -tornado and the victory was won. We honor ourselves in honoring the bravery and patriotism of the noble sons of Carolina who followed this banner. But the fe#w of the members of this noble band survive, and they are scat tered wide: but, wherever they may be, it should be a pleasing thought to them to know that they and their comrades who have already answered the final roll call and heard the last tattoo, are held in such loving rememberane by the sons and daughters of their na tive State. My prayez is that those of this grand old regiment who still sur vive may have, in their declining year., the benedictions of a kind and tender Providence, as they have the hearty good will of every true and patriotic citizen of the State. It is also with pleasure that I give permission, in behalf of the State, to p lace the "Jackson vase" in the legis lative library, and it shall be properly cared for and disposed of as directed by the Survivors' association. I am sure, I voice the sentiment of the peo ple of South Carolina when I express to you my appreciation of the generous and patriotic spirit which prompt. you to give your contingent right of proper ty in the vase by reason of "last sur vivorship" to South Carolina, your na tive State, which you have served so long and so well and so honorably, whether in war or in peace. This dlag and the records of the regi ment and the vase shall be properly cared for and as you direet; as presi dent of t.ae Survivors' association. 1 have the honor to remain. Yours Obediently, M. B. McSweeney, Governor of South Carolina. Democrats Sweep the Pield. The Democrat. of Louisiana won -a signal victory in last week'. ecetion. The Republicans, led by a son of the renegade United States Senator Caffery, hoped to carry the State but they were woefully disappointed. W. W. Heard, Democratic candidate for gover nor, appears to have carried nearly every parish in the State. The sugar district is almost solidly for the Demo cratic ticket and the legislature is al most solidly Democratic in both branches. The constitutianal amend ment authorizing the city of New Or lea~ns to issue $14,000,000 bonds for water, sewerage and drainage improve ments, has carried overwhelmingsy. Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 8, 1899 Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator has been Used in my family and I am per fectly satisfied that it is all, and will do all, you claim for it. Yours truly, A. B. C. Dorsey. P. 8.-I am using it now myself. It's doing me good.-Sold by The Mur ray Drug Co.,' Columbia, S. C., and all SOLEMEN WARNING Given the Republican Party By Senator Hoar. A MASTERLY ARGUMENT. He Makes a Brilliant Address, Rich With Citations From History, Delivered With Splendid Rhetoric. For more than three hours Wednes day Mr. Hoar, the senior senator from Massachusetts, occupied the attention of the senate with a speech in opposi tion to the policy of "imperialism," upon which, he maintained, this govern ment had embarked. As prepared, the address was 50,000 words in length, but Mr. Hoar omitted much of it owing to an incipient attack of the grip from which he was suffering. The speech was brilliantly written, was illuminated with splendid rhetori cal figures and was rich with citations from history. One of the notable parts of the address was the eulogy nf Agninaldo. Mr. Hoar did not lika the insurgent leader to Washington, aq has been done heretofore, but to Kossuth, Ooom Paul, Joubert, Nathan Hale and other builders of the church of liberty. In statecraft he likened Aguinaldo, and his associates in the leadership of the F:!ipinos to the best minds ever produced in the Asiatic race, a race which handed down to us "the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the poetry of David the eloquence of Isaiah, the wisdom of olo mon and the profound philosophy of Paul." One of the most effective parts of his address was his fancied roll-call of some of the distinguished statesmen of the United States on the question of the retention of the Philippines. He began with George Washington and closed with Wm. McKinley, each in a sentence giving the reason for his vote. Every vote was in the negative, except that of Aaron Burr, who voted "yes" and explained: "You are repeating my buccanneering expedition down the Mississippi. I am to be vindicated at last." When the name of William Mo Kinley was called, he replied: "There has been a cloud before my vision for a moment, but I see clearly now; I go back to what I said two years ago: 'Forcible annexation is criminal ag gression; governments derive their just powers from the consent of the gov Brued, not some of them, but all of them. I will stand with the fathers of the republic. I will stand with the Founders of the Republican party. The effect was dramatic. As Mr. Roar pronounced his peoration the stillness in the chamber was intense. Applause swept over the gaderies, but It was hushed quickly by the president pro tempore. Mr. Hoar took as his text the Bever idge resolution declaring the Philip pines United States territory. He sited the glory of thle war with Spain, the prosperity of the American people at its close, eulogised President Mc Kinley's course at that time, character iring him as the best beloved president who ever sat in the chair of Washing ton. He begged the Republican party party not to recede from its principles md said if, "when we made the peace treaty, we had adhered to the purpose we declared when we declared war1 if we had dealt with the Philppine isl mnds as we promised to deal, have dealt, mud expect to deal with Cuba, the sountry would have escaped the loss of 5,000 brave soldiers, other thousands af wrecked and shattered lives, the nockness of many more, the expenditure af hundreds of millions and, what is arworse than all, the trampling under root ofits cherished Ideals. "I do not expect to acoomplish any thing for liberty in the P'hilippine ilands but through the Republican party but upon it the fat, of these sa~s for years to come. is to depend. [ cannot look with favor upon Mr. Bryan as an alternative. * * * I believe that not only perseverence in the present policy will be the aban donmnent of the principles upon which our government is founded, that it will change our republic into an empire, that our methods of legislation, of dip lomacy, of administration must hereaf ter be those which belong to empires and not those which belong to repub lie; but I believe persistence in this attempt will result in the defeat and overthrow of the Republican party." Touching upon the constitutionality of the question at issue, Mr. Hoar said: "I hold that this acquisition of terri tory, holding and governing can be only a means for a constitutional end. And I maintain that you can no more hold and govern territory than you can hold and manage cannons or fleets fcr any other than a eonstitutional end." Adverting the authority to be found in the declaration of independence, Mr. Hoar declared: "There is expan sion, enough in it, but it is the expan sion of freedom and not of depotisin; of~ life, not of death. Never was such growth in all human history as that from the seed Thomas Jefferson plant ed. It has covered the continent. It is on both the seas. It has saved South America. It is revolutionizing Eu rope. It is the expansion of free dom. It differs from your tinsel, pinch beck, pewter expansion as the growth of a healthy youth into a strong mant differs from the expansion of an ana conda when he swallow; his victim. Ours is the expansion of Thomas Jef ferson. Yours is the expansion of Aaron Burr. It is destined to as short a life and to a like fate. "You have tried gcverning men of other races than your own at home for a hundred years. You have dealt with the Indian, you have dleala with the negro, close at hand, knowing all about them. I suppose you feel en ouraged by yeur success. There are 10,000,000 of them. And now you go forth to lay your yoke on 10,000,000 more 7,000 miles away, of whom you know nothing. You go forth jauntily and boastingly, as Louis Napoleon went to meet his doom at Sedan." Mr. Hoar reviewed the rabellion and made a vigorous defense of the Filipi nos. The state papers A Ainaldo. he said, in discussion of the law of nations by his attorney general, Ma bani's masterly appeal, are the pro ducts of the Asiatic mind. The sena tor fully justified the Filipinos' action in resisting the American force. As to what he would do with the Philippines, Mr. Hoar said: "Declare now that we will not take the islands to govern them against their will." "Reject a cession of sovereignty which implies that sovereignty may be bought and sold and delivered without the consent of the people. "Require all foreign government to keep out of these islands. "Offer the Filipinos our help in main taining order until they have a reason able opportunity to establish a govern ment of their own. "Aid them by advice, if they desire it, to set up a free and inependent gov ernment. "Invite all the great powers of Eu rope to unite in an agreement that that independence shall not be interfered with. "Declare that the United States will enforce the same doctrine as applicable to the Philippines that we declared as to Mexico and Haiti and the-South American republics. "Then, in a not distant future, leave them to work out their own salvation, as every nation on earth, from the be ginning of time, has wrought out its own salvation." A PECULIAR CASE. A Negro Boy Found in the Sick Cham ber of a Lady. A case of somewhat sensational flavor was heard before Magistrate Smith in Columbia an Wednesday. As re ported in the Evening Record, the facts are are as follows: Richard Neal, alias Robert Jackson, colored, who claims Charleston as his home, was charged with burglary and attempt to rape. The warrant was sworn out by J. F. Sanders, white, who lives near the Southside Baptist church, in the mill district. Mr. Sanders said that at 3 o'clock Wednesday morning he found the Ne gro, who is not much more than a boy, in his wife's bedroom. She has been quite sick for the past week or two and is very feeble. Mr. Sanders was sleep ing in the same room and had frequent ly to get up to administer to his wife medicine. He kept a lamp brightly burning in the room. Shortly after 2 o'clock he gave his wife medicine and fell over in his bed and must have slept more soundly than he expected to do. His wife aroused him and told him that some one was in the room. He arose and, Lading the light cu, was much alarmed. He grabbed for the match box, but didn't find it in its place. In the meantime in the dark he caught the Negro by the arm, standing near his wife's bed. Finally, striking a match, he held the Negro, who did not in the meantime off any resistance. Mr. San ders said he heard some people jump off the piazza and that his first inten tion was to kill the bey; but, remem bering his wife's feeble condition, he refrained from doing so. He called in several neighbors and took the boy to Jail. The boy did not deny being in the house, but said that he had been made drunk by two white tramps whose names he did net know. He attempted to describe them to Judge Smith, but his description was not perfectly elear. Sanders and his friends said that they would look out for such men as de scribed and if they were found they would be brought before the magistrate. The boy is only about 14 or 15 years ld, but, according, to Mr. Sanders, there can be no doubt as to his inten tions from the eircumstanees. He was ent to jail to await trial. Gov, Goebel's Xurderers. A dispatch from Frankfort, Ky., says Henry I. Youtsey, James Howard, Herry Howard, Harland Whittaker and "Tallow Dick" Combs, colored, have been indicted by the grand jury for the murder of Gov. Goebel, and Secretary of State Caleb Powers and Capt. John T. Wharton were indicted as accessories before the fact. In the indictment, re lating to the alled accessories, three other men are ind'ircly referred to as accessories, thoaghx no indictments were reported against thorn. They are Gov. W.S8. Taylor, Green Golder and Capt. John Davis. Henry E. Youtsey, who is mentioned as the first principal, was a clerk in the eoce of State Audit,. or Sweeney. Jizi and Berry Howard are cousins and mountaineers of note connection with the old Howard feud. Harlan Wnittaker lived in Butler, Gov. Taylor's home county, and is alleged to have been in the room in the executive building from which the shot was fired. Dick Combs, the negro, lived at Beat tyville, and also came with the moun tain men. Caleb Powers is the Repub lican contestee for secretary of state, and John T. Powers, another of the defendants named as an accessory, is his brother. Charles Finley was sec retary of state under the former Repub lican State administration when W. 0. Bradley was governor. W. H. Culton was a clerk in the offie of Auditor Sweeney. Wharton Golden was a mem ber of the Taylor State guard, and claimed to turn State's evidence on the stand in the examining trial of Caleb Powers, when he recited what he claimed to be the inside facts relating to the alleged conspiracy to murder Goebel and enough Democratic mem bers of the legislature to give the Be publicans a majority. The Only Way Out. The women of the ecuntry may as well begin now to brace their con sciences on the guestion of age. The census man will be around in two months and refusal to answer his pointed personal questions will be a misdemeanor, punishable with fine and imprisonment. The best plan, perhaps, will be to send a colored servant habit uated to polite prevarications to an swer for the family.-Greenville News. A New Wonder. A Georgia man has retired from pub lio life because he thinks too many of his relatives hare offies. He has a right to a place amnong the wonders of the world. The Deadly Plague. The deaths from plague throughout India during the past week slightly de creased in number but the aggregate is till upwards of 4,000. A FROTHY DEBATE As to Whether the Honorable William McKinley's Mind Is HUNG ON SPRING HINGES Permitting it to Wig-Wag in or Out, According as Pressure is Applied. There Was No Bloodshed. The debate in the House of Repre senatives Wednesday on the naval ap propriation bill drifted into politics and for a good portion of the afternoon members fought hammer and tongs across the political aisle. The partisan rancor almost culminated in a sensa tional scene between Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio, the champion of the administra tion, and Mr. Williams of Mississippi. Mr. Williams askek Mr. Grosvenor, who had joined in the debate, if it was not true that the president had changed his mind on the Puerto Rican question. There was considerable fencing, Mr. Wheeler taking a hand in trying to force the Ohioan. At last Mr. Grosre nor made an allusion to Mr. Williams' method of interrupting him which the latter resented with an emphasis that portended a personal quarrel on the floor, but Mr. Williams inally allowed Mr. Grosvenor to proceed, reserving his reply until the Ohioan had finished. - "Does the gentleman deny that -he president has changed his mind?" asked Mr. Kitchin of North Carolia, addressing Mr. Grosvenor. "As son as it became manifest to the president that money had to be raisedin some way and that the ways and means committee of this house had brought in a tariff bill providing for 15 per cent. or 25 per cent.," replied Mr. Grosvenor, "the president recog nized the right and power of this house to orginate that tarif bill. But I call the gentleman's attention to the fact in the message of the president he gave no sign or indication of when he de sired that free trade measure should go into elect. We, by our vote, put it so that within the next 60 days, 90 days, four months, any time after the organization of the civil government the people of Puerto Rico can have free trade. The president has signed it and thereby given his approval to it." "The gentleman says the president bows to the will of congress," inter posed Mr. Wheeler. "In the debate on the Puerto Rican question when the gentleman appealed to his colleagues to support the pending bill, he charged it to be true that the president of the United States was then in accord with him." Mr. Grosvenor-I say so now. Mr. Wheeler-He ohanges his opin ion. Mr. Grosvenor-I say .he did not change his opinion in any material re spect, he simply changed from the original idea of free trade to what was almost the condition of free trade that we appended. to the measure. The coun try understands it. Congressman after on naman who stood here in defense f e bill has been sent back here with a unanimity almost unparelleled. The Republican party will not lose any votes in the coming election because of its action on the Puerto Rican bill. We are not holding back by the coat tails of the world and hollering whoa (laughter), we have got something to show for our opinions. Witness the splendid organization of the government of Hawaiian territorny. Look at the liberal, generous, Christian laws that we have bestowed upon the people of Perto Rico. Look at the fact that but for the intervention of a few men on this side of the water we should have extended the same benefits of the onstitution, the same liberality of American citizenship, in embryo at least, to the people of the Philippine islands. But we would not consent that iillions of Malays and all those people iight come over here and march into our labor markets and we will make it warm for you before the campaign is over. (Laughter and applause on the epublican side.) In due time under the wisdom of the Republican party and under the blessings of God we will send liberty and equal rights, as rapidiy as they can comprehend them, to the people of Puerto Rico and to the peo ple of the Philippine island. (Ap plause on the Republican side) When Mr. Grosvenor took his seat Mr. Williams demanded an opportunity to reply and time was accorded him. "Mr. Chairman," said he, speaking with deliberation, "as a man grows old he learns something. I have learned something today. 1 will never again while a member of the American een gress undertake to ask a question of any member on this Soor who is not suficently well versed in the ordinary courtesies of human intercourse as to be capable of returning at least a polite reply to a polite inquiry. Further than that it would be almost impossible for me without a breach of parliamentary rule to express myself upon that par ticlar subject. "I asked the gentleman from Ohio a question which he either could not answer or would not answer or in his usual lawyer-like politician style de sired to eyade.- That question has not been answered yet. The gentleman said on this door that the president of the United States had not changed his mind upon the Puerto Rican question. Remember, I did not charge that he had. What I charged was that he had rmitted others to change his mind or him, which in my opinion was not a thing of which any man could at any time be proud. But in charity to the president and in charity to many of the members of this house, I asked the gentleman when he denied that the resident had changed his mind that eprmit me to ask a question; and he1 yieled. I asked him whether the pres ident had not in a public message an-' nouned that he was in favor of free trade between Puerto Rico and the balance of the United States and also whether various members of this house had not risen one sfter another to say that the president had told them in private conversation subsequently that I in favor of the bill which passed the house. There was nothing rude in that inquiry; there was nothing personal in it; there was nothing discourteous in it; there was nothing unprecedented in it; there was nothing in it that could have stirred up wrath in the breast of any man except one who felt as if he had to break up the convention in a row in order to keep from arriving at an election. That is all." (Democratic applause.) Mr. Grosvenor disclaimed any inten tion of affronting Mr. Williams and there the matter ended. MUSIC AND ART. How They Will be Illustrated in Columbia's Great Festival. Columbia, April 21.-Special: The preparations for Columbia's Festival of Music and Art are now complete. There is every assurance that a large attendance will greet the singers at each of the three concerts to be given. The hall of the House of Representa tives, where the concerts are to take place, will be especially arranged for the occasion comfortably seating the critical audience that will attend. The several railroads having made a one fare rate for the occasion, there will be quite a number of people coming from the territory within a radius of a hun dred miles from Columbia. The leading performers already men tioned ii this correspondence will all be present. Mde Meredith, the soprano, has de-. lighted her audienees everywhere by the sweetness, naturalness, compass and power of her voice, and by the ex cellent taste of all her renditions. Miss Cleary, whose pure contralto voice bespeaks an extraordinary gift, which its possessor has so far appre ciated that she has added assiduous cuitivation. She has sung beiore au diences whose standards were of the very highest, and she nas invariably called forth the highest praises. Amil Rieger has been called the prince of tenors, because in the esti mate of critics, he stands among the highest. His voice is sweet, smooth, of great compass and, in many of his renditions exhibits that attractive qual ity to which we apply the *ord "de votional." He always sings with feel ing. Heinrich Meyi, the baritone, has a voice that is little short of wonderful, so powerful is it in the heavier selec tions, and yet he sings the daintiest little ballads with a tone so clear and bell-like that he all but bewitches his Ludience. His voice is full and round, seething over with emotion, and he sings with an expression that charms his hearers. John Chesire, harpist, to the Duke Df Edinburgh, ranks among tne finest living performers on that instrument. En all the wide range of his travels, he as left impressions which haye given a reputation which will last always. Miss Celia Schiller, piano soloist in the orchestras of Damrosch and Leidl, oompletes the list of leading musicians who will appear. The mixed chorus of 40 voices has been under the careful training of Mr. E. J. F. Mayser who has charge of the lepartment of music in the Presbyteri an College for Women. They will do their part handsomely. The chorus of 60) female voices, also under the training of Mr. Mayser, have been practicing the cantata which they will present, and there is no doubt that this will add much to the enjoyment of the audience. But the other feature of the Festival must not be overlooked-the art exhib it, under the auspices of the Columbia Art League. Thus far the list of ex hibits is as follows: 1. Cincinnati Academy of Art will fuish work of students and teachers. 2. Mr. Christy's collection of pa los from the Scribner collection of New York. 3. Collection of water colors from Louisville, Ky. 4. Two photographic exhibits from Washington, D. C., on. reproductions f mural decorations in congressional library, the other an exhibit of artistic photography. 5. An exhibit of minatures. A Big BRunian The alumni of Woftord college are to have a big reunion at oommencement this year. The following letter is be ing sent out by a committee on invita tions consisting. of J. Wright Nash, D. D). Wallace, H. N. Snyder. W. Wi. Dun >an, J. G. Clinksoales, J. F. Brown, W. E. Burnett, E. L Archer, G. W. Heinitsh, James Cofield, and J. L. Jefries: "The local alumni and citizens of Spartanburg desire to make the com ig commencement an ever memorable one in the history of Wofford college. We sherefore extend to every graduate md former student a most cordial in itation to be present on that occasion. [t will be our pleasure to entertain as >ur guests every son of the old college. Plans are on foot to effect class reun Lns. The rates of travel will be un rally low. "We have every assurance that this rill be the largest gathering of college lumni ever seen in South Carolina. Scome and be one among us. Please rtify the chairman of the committee m entertainment by May 15th." There is a committee on entertain nent headed by Mayor A. B. Calvert, i banquet committee headed by S. B. Tones and a toast committee headed by Prof. A. G. Rembert. Beauty and Utility. Among the elements which, in com >ination, go to make that which ap cals to the taste of mran or women are >eauty and utility. In the new ball >earing Domestic sewing machine we ave such a combination. It is finely inished in every part. It is substan al, durable-so much so that, in use or family sewing, it really never shows ear. It is attractive in appearance, imple, light running, quiet in opers on. Full information will be gladly urnished by J. L. Shull, 1219 Taylor treet, Columbia, 8. C. Good Advice. The Greenville Mountaineer is wag ng avigorous fight against the trusts md urges the farmers to attend their oal organisations and make the same ight they made ten years ago against TIM CUBAN CENSUS. It Xakes an Admirable Showing for the Ilan. Gen. Sanger Thursday made public the compendious results of the Cuban census taksn under his direction. The total population of Cuba is 1,572,797, including 815,205 males and 757,592 females. - There are 447,372 white males and 462,926 white females of native birth. The foreign whites num ber 115,760 males and 26,459 females. There are 111,898 male Negroes and 122,740 female Negroes. The mixed races number 125,500 males and 145, 305 females. Of the total population of the island 1,118.709 persons are set down as single, 246,351 as married; while 131,787 live together by mutual consent. There are 85,112 widowed persons. Of the total population accordng to citizenship 20,478 are Spanish; 1,296, 367 are Cuban; 175,811 are in suspense; 79,526 are of other citizenship and 616 are unknown. The Spanish by birth number 129,240. Of the children of 10 years of age and over, 49,414 have attended school. Of the total popula tion 443,426 can read and write and 19,158 have a superior education. The table on citizenship, literacy and education is specially important as forming the basis of sufrage about to be conferred. Because so many citi zenships are still in suspense, and for other reasons, the returns are not quite complete, but the conclusion is drawn that there will be at least 114,000 qualifed native Cuban voters under the proposed basis of suffrage, and against this there. will be .55,767 Spaniards whose citizenship was in suspense when the census was taken, less the number who have since declared to preserve their Spanish citizenship, and plus illiterate Spaniards, not declared who are the owners of property. It is not believed that there 'W be any great number of the latter class as the total number of illiterate ish males over 21 is only 17,428. The compari son shows a muchgreater preponderance of Cuban voters than was expected. There are 187,826 white adult males who were born in Cuba as against 96, 083 born in Spain; 6,794 born in other countries and 127,300 colored. Males are in excess in the total popu lation, except in Santiago, though the female whites outnumber the male whites, exceptin Pinardel Rio. Among the Negroes andmixed racesthe females are in excess; while among the foreign whites the males are largely in excess. The Negroes are in the minority in Duba, constituting only 32 per cent. of the population, being the most numer Dus in Santiago, where they constitute 13 per cent. The native whites con stitute more than one-half the popula ion, or 58 per cent. The proportion )f children under 5 years is unusually small, but the proportion under 21 is cormal; about one-half of the popula ion. Only 15.7 per cent. of adults were married. Nearly nine-tenths of he inhabitants were born in Cuba. Rine-tenths of the children less than ,en years of age do not attend school; orty-three per cent. above ten years ire literate. TO7RmIT IS BOUNCED. Was Charged With Storing Liquor in the Custom House. Prouident McKinley removed John R. Tolbert as Collector of the port of Charleston and appointed Robert M. Wallace, of Sumter, as his successor. Tolbert was removed on the reeommen lation of Secretary of the Treasury Qiage to the President. This action is taken upon the recent report of government agents in which it was shown to the satisfaction of the secretary that Tolbert and other offi ials and employee of the Charleston custom house secreted liquor in the building for illegal purposes. Wallace, it is said, will disniathe deputy col ector and as least one janitor and pos sblygotherf, who are alleged to have had a hand in the storing of the liquor. Thie clerks who are presumably inno sent of wrong doing will not be dis turbed. A 'ipachfrom Charleston says the remoa of Tolbert eause4 little sur prise there. April Ist a special agent of the treasury department, aceompan led by several dispensary constables searched the Charleston custom house for contraband liquor. Twenty-nine 10-galon casks were found and evidences showed they had been dumped into the drain. The case against the collector was strong and upon the report of the special agent Tolbert was removed and Wallace nominated to the position. Tolbert twas never reoied' in. Charleston except bfiily 'peo pie there be'n~ e- nfit in every way foi any position of impor tance or dignity. His removal will he a distinct relief to Charleston. Wal lace is a Confederate veteran and is well thought of in Chiarleston notwith standing his strong Bepublican senti ments. The War Goes On. A dispatch fro~n Manila says: rwelve hundred Tagaloes attacked Dase's battalion at its headquarter's at Dagayan on the 7th. The Americans ought twenty minutes and drove the ragaloes to the mountains. Fifty of bhem are killed and thirty wounded md taken prisoneiks. The Americans id fifteen ossus~Ities. The enemy's ~orce was a hundred and fifty rifles, md the remnaindek olomen and arch rs. Their mounte spearmen swooped own in a howlid mass at daylig'ht, urprising our pentinels and killing Aroe of them.' Indemnity Demanded, It is said that the state department as sent a peremptory note to Turkey equiring that the indemnity claimed iy us must be paid immediately or she vill have to take the consequences. 'his ends the diplomacy battle on our ide, and unless Turkey settles up we ill send a gan boat or two over and nake her do so. Good for Lake City. The postoffice at Lake City in this I state which has been closed ever since Baker, the postmaster, was killed by a nob, has been reopened with Mrs. Dela D. Carter as postmIstress. Mrs. Jarter is an excellent lady, and will I ;ive satisfaction to the patrons of the ] A FINE SHOWING. South Carolina's Record In Cot ton Mill Building Since THE FIRST OF THE YEAR. The Average Daily Investment of Capital, Exclusive of Sun days, Over Sixty Thousand Dollars. The following which we dip Lfrnm the Columbia State, will be of inturest The total capitalization of the new cot ton mills projected in South Oaresli since Jan, 1, 1900, including inoresses of capital stock, which merely mess enlargement of existing mills, amounts to the handsome total of *5,675,000 almost six millions of dollars. And this does not include the several mial now building which are doing Be with out securing incorporation papers. If they are included the Igures to dit. would be, in round numbers, six mil lions. The figures given Thursday are taken directly from the records on Me in the offie of the secretary of stae. They show a totalof 25 sew mlls, and five mills enlargzg.' T-s it Is seen that the average of a little over !60,00 a day, exclusive of .Sundays, i new capital has been going into new at ton mis since the opening of the year. The statement is given by counties and, as will be seen, Grenvile 6ont l the prooession. AIM= COUTr. The Croft Manufacturing Co., Croft Station, com missioned March 10th... $ 2A0S0 The Clear Water Bleachery and Mfg. Co., Clear Wa ter, com. March 15th... 006 The Weinona mill, Aiken county, com. March 27th. 3000* ANDERsoN CoUNTY. Anderson Yarn and Knit ting mils, Anderson, &Ld. Feb. 6th............... 2s,0 Willuamstan mills, Wiliam ston, com. Feb. 7th..... 106,6 aeorgia Carelina Mfg. Co. Anderson, oom. Feb. 10 100,0 Dox Mfg. Co. Anderson, chartered FeL 10th.. 00,00 Wilmont mills, HoneaPath, com. Feb. 26th........UU0 caznzz vouart 'he Wylie mills, eharteredi Feb. 6th, cou. Jan. 28th. 160,0 L'he Cheraw Cotton mills Charaw, com. Jan. 31st.. 10%M60 'he Timestone fg. Co., Gfney, com. Jan. 8th.. 2W he Blackburg Cotton Mill Co., Blask.burg, . Jan. 26th............... 100,00 GRZZNILLB co0Tr. Ifon&chan mills, ehartered AprIl 17th, Greenvile county, corn. Jan. 4th. 0000 3impsonville Cotton mills, Simpsonville, -eharterd Jan. 31st ..... ...... .S20,0N P'ork Shoals Cotton mHi chartered Feb. 6th, 1000. 00,0 The Franklin mills, Greers, com. Mah 28th.... ... 45,006 The Carolina mills, Green ville, corn. April 11th... 50,00 GBEENWooD COUNTY. The Bradley Mfg. Co. Bradley, corn. March 24. 100,006 The Verdery Cotton mills, Verdery, corn. April 2nd. 100,000 Do Kalb Cotton mills, Cam den, corn. Jan. 1st...... 20,666 Baxon mills, 8partaburg, corn. Jan. 11th........20W0 Woodruf Cotonl Mary-Louise mills7 Island Creek, comn. April 9th... 50,000 UNION COUNTY. Alpha Uotton mills, Jones uille, chartered March 6. 100,60 Buffalo Cotton mills, Unilon chartered April 18th.... 600,00 Total (25 mills)........50,009 INRAisE Or CArrTAr. stoor. Anderson Cotton mills...100,000 Oourtney f.0Co...... )0 00 Riverside ... Beauid'ont Mfg. Co.........06 *670,600 Eis Taleof Wee. Gov. McSweeney received Wednes day a long communication from James. W. Tolbert, who was ran out of Mo Oormick last week by aconmmittaof eitizens. The communication is a tass of woe, telling the trials and tribal. bion that Tolbert has had. It was re meived as information and is under ad visement by the governor and by the ittorney general: Tolbert requeats that the letter be kept on 11o. A Repuhlica Row. The Alabama Bepaiblican State con vention which met last Thursday In the State House at Montgomery broke Ip in row, in which pistols was used. O)ne man was shot and dangerously wounded. The governor had both fa. dions expelled from the State House and grounds. Two seperate oonentilem was then held and two sets of delegates sleeted to the national convention. Goes Democrate The annual election of city ad nunicipal offiers at New Haven, (Jon., Wednesday resulted in a complete vio ory for the Democratic candidates. Wo mayorality candidate was voted or. The Democratic majorities range rom 2,000 to 2,300 and are the largest n years. The Democrats have contrti fiboth branches of the common con 111. Poor FelloW. J. J. Newman, tired of life, blew up dimself and his offie at Datehi Creek, dine, N. C., Wednesday. The ~body isa aniderably mangled.