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M'LAURIN SPEAKS. [Continued from page 1.] jI rl -esser, lived but a few shcr: wen s. Govc -nor Ellerbe tendered me the nom iu.ion. I realized the rsdioxl nature of some of my utteranet s a::d votes. and while I could not foresee w as has hap pcred, I knew my ra ure well enouih to feel certain that having once enalisted ia -he fight I gould rever tu-n back while life lasted. , tLerefore, refused to accept the appointment at the bands of Governor Ellerbe unless he would guarantee that the Executive Ccmmit tee would order a primary and permit the people to pass uron the issues which I had raised. CAMPAIGN OF 197. It is unnecessary for me to refer to that bitter fight. You all remember the meeting in Greenville, whet e 1 was inaulted, bullied and baited like some wild beast, it was a eample of some of the rest. For myself I am willing to -Let the dead past bury its dead." I have no ill feelitg towards any one on accunt of it. I spoke, I believe, in every county in the State outside of my Con gressional District except three. I advocated my views not only on the .ariff but on what I considered the real line cf policy to be pursued by Southern Representatives. I carred about eighty per cent. of the vote cast and every county except three, whiah were lost from local consideratiins by sma'l margins. I wth I had time to rccount to the people what the rice schedule, which I got into that bill, has done for the rice plan ters on the coasts of South Carolina, the waste places it has redeemed, the thousands of dollars it has brought into this State. What the duty on pine has done for the lum ber interests, which were being sacrificed ?o the white pine imported free tf duty from Canada. The Nortb, which is almost bare of timber, instead of going to Canada, ha . been forced to go South, and that has put thous azds of dollars into this State. There is no telling what an arrangement of the sihedule on cotton goods s> as to prevent discrimina tion against coarse faarics, has meant to the cotton mills of the South. COTOS PLSTEnS SACRIFICED TO A SENTIENT. This is not the place to explain what the retention of the home market means when a manufacturer seeks a foreign outlet. I will refer, however, to the duty on raw cotton, which I advocated at the time * Cott-n, corn and wheat are our great exports. Now I want to ask any man of reason, why it is that a duty of twenty-five cents per bushel is put on wheat, and fifteen cents per bushel on corn, while nothing is put upon cotton? The three stand exactly upon the same basis. It is this, Northern Rep resentatives protect corn and wheat against importations from Canada andelnewhere, while cotton has been sacrificed to a mere sentiment. I think that I am the first Representative in Congress to point out the danger to the cotton p anters arising from the. importation of Egpy tian cotton. Ten years ago there were no importations to speak of. The year I made this speech there was in round numbers fifty-six millions of pounds and last year there was almost seventy millions, an increase of nearly twen ty per cent. Since then two mills have been built in South Carolina (in one of which I am interested) using nothing but Egpytian cot ton. Now I contend, if the cotton farmers were protected like the wheat and corn plan ters, we could produce any kind of cotton that is needed. South Carolina. is the home of the cotton plant. No cotton comes into competition with our Sea Island cotton, and common sense tells me. that we can develop any grade needed between that and the short staple. Ten years ago the "Allen long staple" was planted all over upper South Carolina, and I know of some men who boughot gins especial ly adapted to this cotton, but they had to throw them away. Egyptian cotton has driven them out of the business. The red hills of this up country are the veryi place where this cotton should be grown, but h. w . can we develop it in competition with the cheap labor of Egypt? What are we doing now, m r eting and passing resolutions to re duce the acreage while English engineers are Constructing dams in the valley of the Eile, which within two years will add one million end onehalf bates or one eighth to the cotton crop; while we are reducing the acreage here our competitors are increasing it, and we are to furnish the market for the increase. I say, away wish the impractical statesman ahip which will sacrdfice the c tion planters of south Carolina to those of Egypt. After I was elected to the Senate I attempted to pursue the same line in everything, but I was very ill for a long time after my carapaign, confined to my bed at one time for seven weeks. These terrible camtaigns~ of ours in the heat of summer, making eueeches day after day, sitting for four or five hours, your clothes wet with perspiration, in the sun, and one-half the time withor.t dinner, there are but few men who have gone through with it and not had their health impaired. I have no doubt but that it shortened the days of the gallant Earle end even rugged John Irby. TE TEEATT WrITH SPAIN. While I waa in this physical an5 mental eendition, the war with Spain camo on and I had to grapple with these new questions. I was sick, heart, body and soul. All that I wanted was peace and to be let alone, The cruel taunts end sneers of "itpubliCan and traitor hurt me then, while I can laugh at them now. I made up my mind not to create any further issues, but tamely fall in and follow the lead of Jones, Tillman, Pettigrew & Co., and then to quietly retire at the end of my term. My intimate friends know that this was my intention. When they con cluded to defeat the treaty, I could not see what great harm could come to the country from forcing the Republicans to call an extra session. It would only postpcne matters by one month, At the request of some of the Democratic leaders, I madea speech, not against the treaty but agnt Imperialism, which speech was at the time, and with the lights before me, my opinion. I had not drawn the distinction between Expansion and Imperialism, and I fully intended to vote against the ratification of the treaty, I was so tired of being abused and accused of dis loyalty to my party. At that time,; how ever, I' contended in private that the rejection of the treaty was unwise even from a party standpoint. I had then, as I have now, very littie confidence in the political sagacity of Senator James K. Jones, end I believed that Senator Gorman was at heart en Expansionist, because he voted for the acquisition of the Hawaiian Islands, end I suspected him of an ambition after Mr. Bryan advised the ratification of the treaty, to defeat it and thus supplhnt himnin the leadership. Not that I objected to ends, for Gorman :s -a conservative man, admight have been elected President the last time, could he have commanded the no mination. However, on Sunday afternoon, the day before the treaty was to be voted upon, the news was flashed over the wires that our troopahad been fired upon by the very people whom we had freed from the tyranny of Spanish oppressionThis presented an entirely new situation end before I had finished reading the "extra" the correspon dents of the New York Sun and I think of the World, called at my house before I had consulted with any human being, and I ex pressed this opinion, as the files of the news papers will show. One month of delay might mean serious consequences to the people of the United States. It must be remembered that Spain had the sympathy of ent're Eu rope, end after the battle of Manilla noth ing but the tact of Dewey and the attitude of England prevented us from being forced into a war for which we were totally unpre pared. To defeat the treaty meant that we were still at war with Spain, and that our soldiers were intruders in the Philippine Is land. To ratify the treaty meant nat a state of war, but a mere insurrection and deprived other nations of an ezecse for interference. It seems to me any way, that no matter what the situation or causes may be, that the only piosition for a man to take when we are en gaged in a foreign war is to stand by his own country, right or wrong. ILet me review the situation a moment. In the first place, I had not, as long as it could be avoided, been in favor of the war, and had but little sy m pathy with the intiammatory addres s made in Congress, which emtarrassed the Presi dent in his humane e ffuris to avert the war, I could not but look with distrust upon. those men who forced the war on by frantic appeals -a then,4the ver moment tha ot nfi lities were begun, criticised every movement made to bring war to a speedy and successful end. ri It was a small and pretty pait for benators h to play. Aguiraldo had many warm sympa- f thizers in Congress, who conipared him to o --George Washington" and his half nake til followers to the heroes of King's Mountai-i d and Bunker Hll Scame of them now can- s, not conceal the chagrin which they feel at tl the (apture of Aguinaildo and the cessation of i hostilitie., It is charged that niy vote rati- p fied the treaty and s-o,)pc I the wa-. If so. 4 I am proudi of the fact, and I am th cnkful y th .t I had the strength to do my duty and a cast that vote 1 fear that. I would not have a had the courage to do it, had I not felt that fo my .ote was abzolutely neceEsary; but realiz ing 'he farreachiog effect and the fearful re sponsibility, I cast my vote accordingly. I hav never see-' the :ay when 1 regretted it, n and my children will remember it after I am p dead, with pleasure and pride, as the most c glorious act of my life. a EXPANCioiL, I wll not undertake to demonstrate the wisdom of expansion, but will content my- '1 self by simply sayi:2g that we are a nation of a expansionists. We have expanded during I the last one hundred yeas on this continent v from eight hundrei thousand 1 o four mi lion t square miles. Exansion is the bed-rock of 1 Democracy. Thomas Jefferson, the first b expansion President. added 1,122,000 square t miles to our area. The annexation of Tex as, 1i California. Arizmna., New Mexico and Nevada P were by D mocrat.c Administrations. An- b drew Jackeon would today be denounced as V an Imperialist by the very same people who t eat "Jackson day dinners" and worship at J1 his shrine. Old Hicko-y said on this sub- b ject, ' I have thought with the ancient Ro- It man, that it is right never to cede any ter- a ritory within the boundary of the R-public, -l butalways to add to it by honorable treity, V thus extending the areaof freedom." All a this talk about imperialism is bosh. The a pecple understand it as the cry of -'wolf," n when there is no wolf. When'Mr. Brjan g abandoned the money question and at b tempted to substitute ' Imperialism," he stood b about as much chance of being elected as a b a split-foot bull-frog did of kicking all the s( water out of Lake Michigan. At least. that 8 is the opinion of a friend of mine. The price U paid far these i-lands has been given as an e objection This is absurd. England, France, r Germany, Russia or Japan would pay ten 61 times as much to occupy our poition in the e: Pai ippine Islands. Lying as they do along a the Asiatic coast, they are the gateway to the i Orient. g Tne people of the South are vitally in tert sted in the trade of China; so far, we n have only touched one of the provinces. 0 Minister Wu, the other night in Charlotte, b told of the teeming milhois in South China, P and s;id the great problem was to clothe the a people. They are forced to use silk to make their clothes, but that this was expensive and 0 almost an impossibility. I am told that, for fear of wearing them out, the Chinese very rarely wash their clothes. I have heard it wittily said that the chief difference between the Chinese and Japanese is, that R the former never wash their clothes, and the 0 latter never wath their body. I 'believe it 0 was Mr. Wu who said the other night, to I teach the hinese to wear cotton shirts and then get the emperor to issue an edict to make the tails only one inch longer, and the cot ton crop of the South would be exhausted by that one inch, and none left for Europe. If a any argument was needed to show the im q portance of these markets, the effect of 8 receDt troubles in China is sufficient. Cot ton goods are stacked u in the warehouses d unsalable, and when the best judges thought b last fall that cotton would be twelve and one half to fifteen cents per pound ithas declined P more than three cents. I am an expan P sionist-I favor the political, commercial and religious expansion of our country. This is 6 along the line of progress. We ca' not at tain a cerpin growth and then stand still. S As in the individual, so in the nation We 'i either move forward towards perfection, or backwards towards decay. There are car tain crises in the life of every man which ~ seized leads to success, let them pa~s and th9 * chance is lost for-ver. The capacity to take b advantage of the opportunity constitutes the b difference between the man who sucreeds s aod the one -who fai s, and so it is with ! naions. We have grandly seized our op- " portunities, and I for one am in favor of pushing it to the limit. During the past il century we have been absorbed in testing n the great question of constitutional represen- i sative government and the development of it America. The time has now come when we ! must have foreign trade, and not merels E subsidiary to our industrial development at si home but as necessary to our continue I n prosperity. Our resources and population g demand world-wide avenues of trade, and oa we cannot separate the commercial and T1 political elen ente involve]. What are we to do with our surplus producta? Thiu is the el question engainig the attntion of all the e civilized nations of the earth. .The outy b field unoccupied is in the Orient I believe 13 that the time is near at hand when the cot- it ton trade of the South wil. be with the Ori ti ent. When our commerce on the Atlantic ii will be insginificant compared with that of a the Pacific Minister Wu gave us some p valuable informa-ion at Charlotte. Our TI manufacturers are reaching out for this li trade, and what better can I do as you Sena- r tor -Than help them. No State will reap a r richer reward than South Carolina, with all ii the water power and manufacturing develop- a ment in the Piedmont reg on, and with three p such-harbors as Charleston, Georgetown and ft Port Royal. How can I better sere the 5' farmers of this State? They will share in the ii benefits of this trade. Here is the United n States midway between Europe and Asia b Almost an island when the canal is cut- p with the Gulf of' Mexico on the South and a1 the Great Lakes on the North; the Atlantic e: on one side and the Pacific on the other, and a with the people of two continents tilding for our products, the possibilities dazzel the imagmnation. lt is no idle dream. I believe that most of the people within the sound of a my voice will live to see it realized W e have become a pacific power with 5,000 miles of ' coast on that ocean; with the IHawaiian 0 Islands. and Aleutian Islands as resting a places, and the Philippines as a key to the 1 "Open Door," we are the only nation strong C enough to 'ompel Russia, with her trans- n siberian Rai road, to respect the integrity P of the Chinese Empire. As long as the d United States and Japan say "No," the Chi- " nese Empire must remain intact and the door d be left open to our products When I think ~ of how'strangely it has all come about I can a not but believe that the hand of God is guid g ing this government, and that he has watch ed over and directed us along the path whers lie greatness, peace and prosperity. I canno)t undertake to discuss the question of a gos ernent for these onilying possessions;f we have settled other problems of a more complex nature, and I cannot but believe I that a solution will be found just; humane t and satisfactory to all concerned. My vote on the Army Bdl has been att oked. e SOT THE FIRST TIME soUTH cAROLINA HAS nISEN ?Aova PARTY. It was a long the line of supporting the I foreign policy of this government. Let me s say right here, that I am nct the first Con. 1I gressman from South Carolina who has voted s against his party and supported the Presi dent when it cane to a question of a foreign 1 war. Three of the greatest men that South z Carolina has ever produced, Calhoun, is Lowndes and Cheves, supported the govern- i: ment against their party during the war of1 1812. CJheves used these words, which I re i peat from the bottom of my heart: "Irre- 1: spective of party, for the great interest of I the nation."c In connection with the fight now in pro- I gr ess against me, the first protective tariff jt bill ever introdtuced was by a Sout h Carolina S Rtepresenn tive, Lowndes, ard advocated t by Mr. Calhoun in one of the gratest speeches I of his life. I his is rot. the first time that our a gallant little State has risen abore section 'I and acted for the interest~ of the nation. a The Army Bill provided for a maximum of n one hundred thousand men and a minimum F of sixty five thousand, and between these c amounts the dliscretion was left to the Presi- 'V dent. At that time the insurrection was in progress, and my common sense told me there was but one of two things to do. Either put enough men in the field to crush a the rebellion; or quit and come home. I e: believed in the former plan, and so voted. t, Fellow-citizens, there is a great deal of o clap-trap talked even in the United Statese A Senate. About one-half of those mournful ti speeches on the greait danger of "Imperial- fr ism" and '-Militarism'' were for home con- di sumption and the most of them were made it after comfortable beefsteak and a bottle of c Mumm's Extre Dry." I see that since the .bellion is over, the President says that a will take the minimum amount. Sarely. low citizens, I cou'd affrrd to tru't a mar 2a question of that kind whom tne people ke United Stat s bad elected to the Presi ency. Wby not exeicise a little common :nte-it isasimple application of the zu e tree. If an army of thirty thousand me:: required for a popula-ion of 35.000 00 eDple, is an army Or 0.000 men too much r a ratioa of -76,000 Q00? Congress sas fr ears been spending money along the coat. Lid buying expensive guns, and abzolutely any of taem are 1ing out and rusting r want of men THE SUBSIDY BILL. Now, fellow-citizens, this brings me t> the tuch-discussed Subsidy Bill. la the firs lace, it is astonishing to me what a mis nception there is as to this matter. There as never been a vote on the Subsidy Bill nd yet, even my good friend, General But tr, whom I love like a father, speaks o McLaurin's vote on the Subsidy Bill.' here never was a vote on the Subsidy Bill nd it was well understood a the time tha made my speech that there would not be a ote at that s ission. If I desired to deceive se people and play an unworthy part, ig .t just as well have kep - si ent and not ad that issie in this cmpaign; bit I fell ist the people stiouli be educated on this nportant rneasure. 3My vote was of n< ractical .value under any circumstances ecause, if it could have been brought to a ote, there was a msjoity of eignteen t< renty in favor the bill. I did not intend Let at that time to make a set speech on the til. I arose in my seat te present the reso tiOn of the Cotton Spinners' Association, 2d before I knew it I had drifted into a >eech on the general principles of the bill. hat is known as the Hanna-Payne Bil has .ready been changed so much that the ithors of the bill would not know it if they et it in the road. There was at the time a -eat many amendments pending, and no dy ever hnows what a bul of that sort will ) until it passes the Conference Conmittee tween the two :ouses; this bill never went far as to get a vote, lIt'alone a conference. > far as I am concerned, I do act profess be a matter of the subj ect. When you ter the realm of ocean freights, with the tlative cost of high knot and Low knot eed, tonnage and wages it akes an s.ert to understand, &:. Senator Frye is very able man, and I do not believe there a more honest one in. the American Con ess. tie has devoted twenty-five .ears to Le s'udy of these questione, and yet I have )doubt that you could find some members the South Carolina Legislature whi never w a bigzer ship than a canoe on a mil >nd, who know more than Senator Frye, or 2ybady else, on the subject of sh pping and ean freights. LY A "STEAL" WHEN NOT COMING THEIS WAY. One of the great objections to the sub dy is they call it a "steal." Well, fel w-citizens, that it a very poor argument ?ponents of the river and harbor, prstoffice r any other bill can make th e saute charge was a little amused to see the head-lines o te News and Courier, "The Sbip Subsidj tea!," when in the same week the Mayor o hatleston and the edtior of that paper wer< kWashington wanting nine million dollar ent on a naval station, and a subsidy of a arter of a million for the Fxpositton. It )ems that a subsidy is only a "steal when i not coming their way. By such foolish enunciations of the subsidy priniole it has een difficult to get a fair consideration alk about lobbies. There never wac a more werful lobby in Washington ths.n that op Ned to the subsidy forme.t by the grem -sns continental railroads and the foreign teamship owners. I may say something ter on this subject which will embaras >me people,'but will refrain at this time here is nothing in the principle of ttie bill self which involves stealing. defrauding the yernment of sectional advantages. There ay have been some abiuses in granting sub dies when it was in the experimental stage, at there is no reason -now why there should Sabuses. In 'he administration of any law tere is a chance of'abase, and yet the law ay be a good one; the abuses being mereld Lident to its executlion. This is what the friends of probibition and te dispensary each claim. Subsidies a-re o new theory in the South. Conventioni ere held during the twenty years preced g the war to a nourage the building up oi e commerce and industries of 'he South, ayne, Calhoun and McDuffe were leading rtts in thiese enterpr.ses. The establish. ent of railroad and steamship lines b) vernment aid was advocated. South Car. ioa.subsidized railroa s befors the war w mailion dollars were given to construct x B~ue Ridge Road, which has neve: beer >mpleed 1 think I can sa ibat nearae ery line of road constructed in this State eore the war was subsidized. either direct' ' or indirect y. The Leg-slature of Luis na gra'.tei a subs~dy of $5.00 per ton er every vessel of more than 10') tons bailt Ste Svste. Alabama g ive $4.t00 a ton, d exempted from taxasion au goods im rted into the State from fareign countries he National 'Uoverninent connected the At stic and the Pacific by subsidizing rail' >ads and in this policy we have unequaled iroad facihties, and n'tve d -veloped out itertate traffic to such an extent that we re now forec~d to seek an outle-, for our sur tus produrts, All that is propose.l, is to how in developing our forr'ign trade the tie principl-s that have suc'ceeded in our iternat development. Is the -e anything aw or strange in this? It is good commnor siness sense. Whd~t difference in prinCI I is there between the State Governmen1 tbsidizing railroads, and the Federal Gov -nnent steamship lines? BAT Dozs BRYAN THIEK or HIS POLITICAi PARTNER or 1896? I have in my hand an artic'e a-ivocatir9 ibsidies by Mr. Sewall, who was on the ryan ticket in 18%t~. I would like to know hat Mr. Bryan thinks of the "Democracj ~his recent political partner, since he hat .acked mine." T wenty years ago, whet e wished to develop manufacturing in Soutl arlina, dii we not subsidize s.very cotter ill by exempting it from taxation? What rgressive town or county has not subsi ized railroads or other enterprises essen, al to its development? I never saw an in ividual, who ever a'r ounted to any thintg bo was afraid tze spend money on himself id so i- is with towns, coun i s States anc verments. voTING SUBSIDIES TO RAIROADS AND NEWSpAPERs. Why should the Southern people, in the ,ce of these facts, repudiate the spirit of six r years ag->? What a gross inconeistency e Senators and R tprenant itives to denounce se subsidy principle and endeavor to arimse so prejudices f the people, when nearlj rery one of them from the South each yeat otes a subsidy to the Southern Railroad foi iry ing the fast mal to New Orleans. Why, fellow citizens, they voted for ostoffice Appropriation Bill at the last ses Ln with a subsidy of thirty five millio:. dol rs for carrying thne mails. It is really absidy to the magazines and newspapez s o se country, for the receipts are that mudl ss than the expenditures for that class o: al. A subsidy of nine n illions per yeal much more defensible, in my judgment a the development of our foreign trade fe spend millions of dollars building rays esels, useful only in times of war, why no1 ild vessels useful both in war and peace very vessel accepting the eubsidy is apart f the navy in time of war. The question i ot as to the principle of the subsidy bill, st is a part of our established policy, botb tate an National, but it is whether this par clar subsily is for the general welfare, it expedient? Is it wise? I shall devote few moments t> this aspect of the ease here was a time when by government aid nd encouragement, we had a merchani irine, and carried ninety per cent of our roducts abroad. Last year only nine pet nt, was carried in American bottoms, thy is this? EUROPE vs. UNITED STATEs. It is becaise in this contest of Europe gainst the Un~ted States, foreign ship-own -s get a subsidy from their Governments ol renty million dollars besides the advantage lower wages, and have thus driven the .merican flag from the high seas. We pay tie subsid y to the foreign ships in increased eight rates over and over again. We are rained of two hundred millions a year which e pay foreign vessels in freights. No other then, we are paying a subsidy, and hence it is a question of whether we will subsidize Ameiican or foreign vessels It is useless for me to discuss before this intelligent audi ence the importance of our foreign trade. If Europe and the United S tILes are to be com petitors in the markets or tie world, can we afford to put uurselves entirely in their hand-.? The power to fix freixht ratesgives them the power to fix the price of our cotton, wheat and manufactu'e i products. Suppose there shoild be a general E-iro pean war, and the merchaat marine o! England, Germany and N rway was pressed in I r trmnsport service. What woud. be the effect on cotton and cotton goods? I tellyou that you would ses cotton haule I into the streets of Greenville and nt sold at three oents. butsimply hauled back home. Taere would be no bu.,ers, because there would be no ships to carry cotton or cottoa goods abroad, business of all kinds would languish, and there would be failures on every hand Conditions have changed-before the war we were buyers abroad, now we are sellers. We are asking foreigners not to exchange pro ducts, but to come here to buy. Nothing would suffer in case of a European war like cotton. They would have to come here to buy wheat, corn, bacon, mules and horses, as England did in the Boer War, but they c-uld do without cotttn forayearorso. All the ships would be needed for war uses Foodstuffs high and no sale for cotton, what could hurt the South worse? What, then, is more dependent on American ships than the cotton crop? Does any man of commen sense suppose in this great cantest for the trade of the Orient that the ships of Germany and England are going to give us the same advantages that they do their own merahants? As Mr. Thurber, of New York, recently said, "Ervry shi, is a missionary of trade, and steam lines work for their own countries just as railway lines work for their terminal point 5. It is as absurd for the United States to rely upon foreign ships to distribute her good j, as it would be for one business house to re'y upon the wagons of a competing house to make its deliveries." There is no section to vitally interested in ships as the South, Why, Charleston, Mobile and New Orleans should rival New York, a) far as harbors are concerned We have already felt the bene fits of our Asiatic trade, and in it lies the possibilities of our future, but we must have cheap freight, rapid transportation, and the prestige of the American fi g over our own ships. Our Southern ports are discrimina ted against by the same great railroad lines that are fighting the opportunity for an American merchant marine We must have a Southern commerce, not a S uthern trade. Toat same influence has prevented the con struction of rhe Nicaraguan Canal, and I predict that there will be no canal, until its friends and the advocates of a merchant ma rinejoin forces and work ia harmony. ihe two are inseparable. They will either fail together or succeed together. W..en that time comes, freights will move North and South, inste id of East and West. Our ports wi'l be the gateways, and the South will de velop with unequalled rapidity. Cannot any man of sense see that the money power head ed by C. P. Huntington and Hill, with great railway systems running East and West, do not want freights deftected South? With this change, the Seaboard, Coast Line sad South ern would rival in greatness the three trans continental lines. The producer of iaw material will prosper, just in proportiotn to the demand for his product. All that our Souhern people have to do now is to be wise anl conaervat.ve. and favor the great pub lic'neasures looking to the promo:icn of the material and industrial interests of t~he coun try and the honor and glory of the nation. DO YOUR OWN THINKING. Fellow-citizens, with so many things to talk about, it has not been possible for me to do more than skim the surface, but I hope I have been so fortunate as to excite a desire on your part to investigate for yourself and not let some old moss back, who does not know that the war has ended, do your thinking. These are practical vital issues. As your Senator, I have frankly stated my position. There are two sides to these questions. I re spect an honest difference of opinion, but no man can impugn my motives suc cessfully. NOT AN AUTOMATON. I never could answer th-e ends of an automaton in politics or business. I yield to the dictation of no man. It is characteristic of a Scotchm'an to think and act for himself. I have asserted and will always assert my personal and po litical individuality. I have blazed out my own path m~ore than once in County, State and National politics, and followved it without regard to popular applause. I made "Peace and unity" very popular once in this State-too popular, in fact 'for some of those who once donounced the "Leader cf the Movement;," nowv grovel in the dust at the feet of their old time toe, humbly content with the cur ses that fall from his lips, for the sake of the few crumbs that drop from the table. REFUSES TO PREACH THE GosPEL OF DEsPAIR. If re-elected, as far as in me lies, my voice and vote will be used in behalf of those measures which make for hu man progress and human happiness in the present world; measures which will unite and knit men into a wider recognition of the brotherhood of man. My voice will go, not to invoke party pre judice and party passion, not to preach a gospel of despair, not to help to create bitterness, but to assist in its elimina tion. The rancor of party prejudice, the fo ment of party spirit, the agitation for public spoils and selfish ends, these arge the fetters that clog, the manacles that impede our national development, and threaten our national life. A COMMISSION TO STUDY CHINA IMmOR TANT To THE so'TH. When a measure is before Congress proposing the creation of a non-partisan commission of trained business men to visit China, to investigate and report how wider markets for American prodtucts may be obtained among the eight hun dred million of people who live in that portion of the globe, a measure which would be of more benefit to the cotton spinners of the South than almost any single economic measure eve: introduced into Congress, shall I blindly follow the lead of the modern apostles of Democra cy and vote against it because the meas ure originates upon the Republican side, and because a Republican President would have the naming of such commis sion? For one, I have a higher concep tion, not alone of my privilege, but my dluty, to stand by and advance by every honorable effort the interests of those peonle through whose favors I have a place in the halls of legislation. When to be a successful politician one must ca ter alone to prejudice and follow blind passion in its leadership, I shall. even if taunted by the latter-day saints of De mocracy, prefer to believe that my con duct is in strict accord with the policies of those grand old Democratic heroes of the past who in their day and age, gifted with patriotism and wisdom, made the Democratic party known throughout the nation as party of progress as weli as the party of power. IS PROSPERITY so FRIGHTFCL A P11 N TOM? Whenever prosperity is so frightful a phantom that I must either get scared at that phantom or stand by the issues that promote prosperity, you need not fear that I shall dodge. Whe:2ever car tain "latter-day saints attempt to force me to the acceptance of the doctrine that a dead issue of the past is a vital force in the living present, I shall make my personal protest. Whenever, to be an acceptable Democrat, according to the definition of a-party led by Allen, Petti grew and Teller, I must attack and. op p)ose every man and every meass re that is not marching back ward, I shall reserve to myself the right to state that South Carolina turns her face with hope and with courage towards the future. Whenever, in the face of a pending po litical contest, one must have a cold chill each time cotton goes from five to twelve cents or wheat to a dollar a bushel; each time cattle or hogs go up a cent a pound; each time he reads an advance of tea per cent. in wages; each time he sees a no our great industrial army; each time tha1 an old. lingering mortgage is cancelled; each time that he sees a new roof pui upon the house and a few more comforts for the old mother at the fireside; eaci time lie sees the burdens of domestic toil lightened for the weary wife, to be con polled to have a chill for fear Mr. Bryan' chances would be hindered by each and all of these varied cheunstances during the last three or four years, would havc kept me in a perpetual shiver. For my self, rather than be a sufferer from at imaginary ague, I shall prefer toglory ir these evidences of prosperity and happi ness, rather than conjure them up a specters even if some politician's chance are thereby lessened. When to be approved by "the latter day saints of Democracy" as a consistent pa-ty man, one must turn his back to thE rising sun and watch alone its setting, and when, instead of viewing the glorie of the morning, he must conjure up tli phantoms of night, I shall rest conteni to place my faith in those immortal prin ciples, which the fathers of Democrac promulgated, at the f rmation of om government and whizh have been sea1et by the devotion of patriotic men and con secrated by the blood of heroes. When marching'from a condition o misery, when fleeing from a land o Sodom, must one needs look back witl yearning? When, like the cho:sen of God, escapinc from the task-masters of Egypt, anc marching towards the land of promis< flowing with milk and honey, with wealt of corn, vine and olives, abounding ir fatness, must we still attempt to satisf3 the morbid cravings of that appetito which yet yearns for the fleshpots o: Egypt? GIVE THE YOUNG MEN OF THE S:UTH J cHANcE. When pig iron was stRoked up in the yards at Chattanooga and Birmingham unsalable at six dollars per ton. furnace, cold, men idle, and I now find furnace blazing, yards empty, men working, an< customers knocking at the door to bu] that iron at prices which have range from sixteen to twenty dollars per ton when, instead of four cents. I sold ml cotton this year at eleven, shall L as , loyal citizen of this glorious Southland with the visions of the greatness that i before her, standing as she does at thf open door of opportunity, shall I follov the leadership of a Pettigrew, Altgelt, o: Tillman; or shall I exert every honorabl< effort in my power to make the preseni measure of prosperity but as a fain glimpse of the coming morn, compare with the splendor of the sun at its me ridian?l Am I to be turned from my course conscious of the absolute unselfishnes! of my purpose, to do all that may lie i my power for the welfare ar.d happines, of the people whom I love; am I to bi deterred from my course, because som4 political wolves are heard howling upoi my track? I see before me a mother, who ovei and again has with bowed head and in finite yearning asked herself. "How ma: I se rear my son that he may go out int< the world and achieve success?" Thi: has been a sterner problem in the S'outl than in the North. The diversity o manufacturing industries has left th< avenues of success wide open for thi young men of the North, while to th young men of the South there have beer but few avenues open for those rightfu ambitions which fire the heart of ever3 youth. I would, it in my power, befor I am called home from my labors, pro mote a condition where I might see thesi boys-one, perhaps. the president- of . great factory, the other perhaps the trea surer or secretary, another the manager and another perhaps as the sales agent establishing markets for South Carolin: products throughout the world. A] men cannot be lawyers, clergymen o bankers, but every boy with the traininj of a good mother, and the education af forded by our public schools, has a rea ronable right to aspire to the proudes positions of eminence in the world'finan cal, industrial and commercial. I woul, if in my power, promote the conditio: where your sons might go out into th broad avenues of life with every impend ing barrier torn down, where the bo, upon the poorest farm in South Carolina or the son of the least paid operative a the mill, could march out with hope an< courage, and, having been taught thos lessons at the mother's knee which inus ever be his guiding star, find that oppoi tunity for success and eminence whici his qualities command. With thb~ great race problem, whic] has for so many years confronted us happily settled, as I said at Charlotte "why shonld we be miserable slaves o one party and a foot-ball for the other? Let it be understood that the industria and commercial interest of the Souti come before the interest of any politi cian. I cannot believe that narrowness bigotry, prejudice or the arts of the wvil; politician, sh->uld be permitted to swerv us from a course which leads to the at tainment of these objects, which brin; in their train blessings to every farmi an< ireside, to every hearth and home, in ou grand old commonwealth. Why should the achievement of som narrow political ambition stop the youn, men of the South from the opportunit of winning the same success whichi open to the young 'men of the North Some twelve years ago, a boy of Germai parentage just out of a little school nea Pittsburg, went to work in an iron mill Quick, active, wvilling, obliging, -he wa soon promoted to a position in thi draughiting office. A short time after ards he was promoted as assistant fore man, then as foreman, then -as superin tendent, then as manager, then as presi dent, and to-day he stands as presiden -'f the largest corporation that th< world has ever known, and by commoi report draws a salary of one million do] lars per year. This is an extreme case but merely an example of thousands an< tens of thouands of similar cases in thi North. I cannot beiieve that there ar. higher intelligence, treater capacity o. truer wvorth, to be found anywhere tha: among the youth of our State. The dif ference arises alone from conditions anc environment. What father or mother, what good pa triotic citizen, what Christian man, then would censure me, realizing as I do th< marvelous advantages that South Care ina possesses for manufacturing. anc recognizing the infinite possibilities o development, if I hope that that develop ment shall come speedily as a blessing t< you and yours. Can there be a commercial triumph an industrial success, that will not brin; pleasure to my heart? I believe that th intelligence and the Christian patriotisir of the people of this State will arise tc a conception of our grand possibilities If my life shall be preserved to witnes: this marvelous triumph, do you thi the attacks made upon me by selfish, ig norant men, with their own purposes t< sere, wvill not ba forgotten, or, at least, the wounds they may leave will hav< healed, and even those who condemn to day wvill join with me in a shout o. thanksgiving that will stir every hearl capable of lofty sentiment. A Village Swept Away. A dispatch from Charlotte, N C, says reports from remote counties ii the mountain districts show great de strction by the storm. In Bakeraville sixteen residences a'id the Baptisi church were washed away. Q into: Moore and his son were drowned. Every house in Magnetic City, a vil lage in Mitchell county, was destroyed At Roan Mountain station, 20 resi dnces were swept away. Six large stores on Big R~ck creek were carried away and one man, John McKinney, drowned, while an unknown man was killed by a landslide. Heavy Losses. The damage to the Asheville divisiot of the Southern railway oy the recent flood is estimated at a half million dol las. For several days Ashville was completely cut off from the outside worldt BOTi RESIGNED. Tillman and McLaurin Vacate Their Seats in Senate TO MEET ON ThE STUMP. 'the Resignation to Tak, Effect in Nvembt r. The Peepte in Primary to Recommand Their Successors. The meeting of Senators Tillman and McLaurin in joint debate at Gaffney on Saturday had a mast sensational ending, being nothing less than the resignation of bath Tillman and Me Liurin as Senatora from South Cara lina. Tillman had six years to serve and Mr L-turin a year and ten months, but they have unconditionally resigned in or der that they might go before the people and test thcir Atrength, the un derstanding being that this test shall decide whether tne people endorse Senator McLaurin's Democracy with its expansicn, ship subsidy and "commer cial" idea3 or tlat of Senator Tillman, w th wi-a McLaurin calls his Bryan Demceracy. Serator McLaurin sought to narrow the fierce contest to Tillman and himself, whereas Senator Tillman insisted on resignatin as originally p oposed on the ground that he cmuld n~t diotate to the Democratic conmit t!e as towho shenldbein the race or when i5 should be. Tillman in his speech hid hammered and hammered away at the idea that McLaurin bad betrayed the tiue Da mccraoy and that if he were not a Re publican he ought to be, for he had sup ported all propositions and doctrines. Tillman urged that the decent thing for McLaurin to do-the only proper thing, was for him to resign his position and go before the people and if they endors ed him, be returned, or stay at home if defeated. McLaurin had deserted the party p'atform and ought to re iin at I once, le persisted. Senator MeLaurin in turn insisted that he was a Democrat and that on natioral issues he was free to st with independence and did so. Tillman said "iet McLaurin resign and go be fore tle Demicratie primary this year and I'll go home and keep my mouth shut and let the'other fellows attend to him. If 5ou elect him, 1 take it as notice that yei don't want me. If he is. a Democrat then I am not." Then, McLaurin, turning on Tillman, sug gesaei that Tillman always found a bomb proof, and then Senstor McLu rin went on to sa): ' Oh yes, Tillman says why don't I resign? If I'm elected it will mean the people don't want him, but he stopped theze; he is smart. UYou never oa'ch him committing himself too far He did not say if I'm elceted he would resign. 0,1 oa will never bear of Benjamin Tillman resigning. S-tnator Tillman jampcd up and said: I will say it, ana do say it " Scnator MeLaurin: "Agreed." Tiliman: "i'd resign right now if you will, and we Swil go before tbe people." MoLaurin: "Agreea." Tillman, "Draw up the - par'ea a'nd we'll sign it right now.'' M ~cLnarin: "That suits me." Latt r on in Tillman's five mitu~es' reply, he xe marked that he wou d not r'eply to Mo Laurin's oharge that he was brutsl in his treatment and indecent in harass Sirng him as he did; they would both be beitore the people sojn and there would be no need to diecuiss matters further i era. He was ready for the agreement at once. McLaurin: "So am I." It was soon after that the agreement and resignation were signed. S8:na-.or Tillman went directly from the nourt louse to the law oefie of Mr. SJ. 0. O:.ts and there dietared the Eirst formal resigaation which he signad. It ireads as f..llows: -Gaff:ey, S. C., May 25, 1901. HlisExoellancy Gov. 4i1% 8 leSweeney, Coluimbia,S 8 . 8ir: We hereby tender our resigna tio::a as saea ors fAum Son.h Carolina -in tbe Uaited States senate, and ask as apersonal fav ar that you do not ap i oint our sicceessors, unles s there be aan ex ra session of enate, until the Democratic-State e mmittee aball have Sordered a primary to chocse the men to be app~ointed. if you will kindly ad rvise the State chairman of the Damo cratic party and ask promt actioa in Sordering such a primary and arranging for a canvass by the carndidates, we shall be under obligations. PYours respec fully, B. R. Tillman. Mr. J. C. Otts was asked to deliver this ini pereon and he was a~companied by Editor E B. Hook of the Augusta Dhronicle and August Kohn, represent ing The State and The News and Con rier. Senator McLaurin was dressing Sat the home of Mr. A. N. Wood, and invited the visitors to his room. The taper already signed by Tillman was -handed him. it was agreeable to him, from what he said, except he felt his health would not permit of a summer campaign and he did think in would be right for him to be double teamed and have all the otter condidates in the field against him. He was unwell and his wife in the hospital and was fearful of the strain, he said he seemed to be quite faint and utterly exhausted while talking, He suggested an amendment t> the orginial proposition which was appended as a postscript, which read as follows: "t'he c *mpaign is to be between B R. Tillman and John L McLaurin for the long ti rm of cifie which the for mer resig~ns and to be held during the myntis of Oc ober and November. ''John L McLaurin, U. S. Senator." This was signed and plac3 left for Senator Tillman's signature, and Mr. Geo. R. Koester returned with the party to the law ffic3 as Senator Mc Laurin's representativa. Senator Till man simnply had the record and no reas -ns wers assigned for the change. He said he hai no right to dictate to the Democratic committee when it should order the primary or who should be allowed to ran,' as anybody could run for his place. The instrument was returned to Mc Laurin to leave off the postscript or make a counter proposi tion, and shortly afterwards the follow ing proposal came from senator Mc Laurin: To his Excellerncy, the Gnvern ~r, Co iumnbi, S. C. Sir: We hereby tender our resigna tions to take cffect when the Damo cratic State committee shall order a primary eltcc'ion, during the month of .Novemoer, to choose cue successors. It having been mutually agreed that a joint canvass shall ba made by us dur ing the months of Ootober and Novem ber. Senator Tillman returned the pro posal on the same grounds as before, nd then wrote and sent this letter to aenator McLaurin: Hon. John L . McLauarin. Dear Sir: I have complied strictly "IBenj, The Tillmanite, took good cre not to put himself in any jeopardy," and when I responded 'I will repign if you will do so today," you said, "I will do that." Afterwards, at the close, you repeated your willingness to carry out your agreement Now ycu seek to dodge out of it by putting impossible conditiors We cannot dictate to the governor or tlhe Democritic executive committee. We can only do shat -we said we would and leve the. rest to the authorities. Will you. Or %ill you no: stand by vour pledge. B. R Tilimau. This letter was sent by hand and to it came the following reply: HEn B. R. Tillman. Dear Sir: I am m~ra than willing to carry cut the propotition which your letter indicates you were "taunted into accepting." Congress meets in Dcem ber. I invite you to j in me ina letter to Governor McSweeney tendering him our resignation to take effeot in armple time for our succesurs to be appointed. I prefer the canvacs to take place dur ing Octol-er and November as, on ac count of my phyeical condition,, I could not stand it during the summer months If you are sincere in your propoision, unite with me in a letter to Col Jones, requesting him to call the executive committee and arrange for the primary. Or, if you prefer, let us place our resig nations in the hands of the governor unconditionally to take effcet Sept. 15th. Ihave the honorto Le yours rap et fully, Jno. L McLaurin. THE FINAL LETTER The focus had been reached and Sen ator Tillman dictated this formal instru ment, which he signed Gaffney, May 25, 1901. His Excellency. Governor McS,#eeney, Columbia, . C. Si: - We hereby tender our resigns tieqs as senators for the State of South Carolina in the United States senate to take effect Nov. 15th next. Yours re spectfully. With Senator Tillman's signature this paper was sent to Senator McLau rin, and in a few moments it was signed and returned. There was no letter of eiplanation, but with the two signatures it wai posted, and although strictly official busineps, 2 cents stamp was attach(d and tie letter went to Gov. McSweeney. It will be left to the State Democratic committ e when the primari will be held and whether it wi'l be open to all comers. Tillman says te wants just as many as want his full term to run against him and one pri mary with strictly set atorial candidat< will be ordered. T HE SECRETS OF tUCCESS Exemples Which Go to Show That Courtesy Pays. Success says a young man went into a gentlemen's furnishing house in St. Luis, and asked to. Eee a certain style of collars. The lordly clerk behind the counter looked at him inddLrently, and drawled: '-Haven't got any-; they're cu. of slyle, anyhow." The would-be customer turned on his heel and sought another store, where he made known his wants in the same language, the alert c'erk replied, courteously: "I'm afraid we are cut of those, but 1ll Eee." He came baer a :ninute later to the young man, bringing with him several styles of collars, and said: 'Tmx sorry, but we are entirely out of those. .Perhaps you could wear some of these." The y oung man decided that he could, and bought a dozen. Meanwhile the clerk* called his attention to ties, ha dker chiefs, and hose that were ''just in," and, while it had not occeurreit to the purchaser that he needed these things, he bought several, also shirts and un derwear which he had forgotten that he wanted till the shrewd and gentlemsn ly clerk called the fact to his mind. The firn was richer by $20 when the clerk bowed the young man out; and that store securd the steay i-atronage of a good customer, who, had tne coun ter been in charge of a different man, would have gone to the firs firm. A man went out to take the cen sus. He had never worked for the' government before or worn a -badge, and the weight of it, the imiportauce of it, worried him, and he wanted every body to know about it. He found, however, that "tche masses" oidn't care who he was 0r wahat he represented. When he threatened irate females with the penitentiary, tola them impressive ly that he was a " government offi cial," and requested them to liok upon his insignia of office, they set the deg on him, attackea him with a broum, sor requested him to "wais Ontil the ould mon gits home," which ho declined to do. Now, any one is aware that ref us ing to answer the census man is a very sinister crime, but the federal officers looked ovcr the report which the young man brought in from a tene ment district containing a wonderfully* mixed populainon, aza gi etly sent an other man-over the same. route. This sweet-tempered genius usiasly appear ed at the caok door, being aware that its generally vexes a woman to be csll ed away from her work to answer foolish questions, but he was also quick to recognize places where it would be an unpardonable sin to enter by the rear door. This census-taker was sunshine it self. Usually he had asked half a doz en questions and got the answers re coraed before the victim discovered who whe was, as he had carefully conceal ed his bage and buriei the fact that he was a "government official." He was tactful with all men and women. He recogniz :d an educated person, watever the surroundings, and did not as in so 'many words if such a one could read and write. Neither did he find it advisable to inquire of a red-headed Irsh woman whether she was white or colored. He mnade love to the little ehildren, complimented the mothers, and patted the dogs. When the cen mus was finished, net a man, woman or :hild had escapad him. An assess or went out to assess taxes. He worked hard all day, and brought in rep 2rts fom forty families, which he ha-i se rured through much tribulation, and with the firm conviction that these peo ple had hopelessly pdr jare d themselves. There was another assess in who worked* three hours, and secured honest reports from eighty eight fandlies; and, when he lifted his hat and said ' God morn ing," people were sorry he couldn't stay longer, and it was all because of the difference between the two men. There was an cxpress agent who esled a lady's .attention to the fact that he "understood his business," be ause she insisted there was an ex press offic at a place of which the igent had never heard, and he hadn't the graea to apolog'z after finding that the lady was right. There, was mother man, in the same office, who recived a wrap which a helpless woman brought in hanging ovar her ~rm becsuse "she coulda's .make a package to sava her life," and foldsd it, ed it, and sealed it, smiling like an ingel all the while, whatever he thought nd-bus why multiply instare -s. rhere is a rule that still holds good in public and private life "The more cx mited a man's position, the more sourteous is his manner.'' His posi "What's them?" inquired Mrs. Corj tossel as the farmer opened his carpet bag and let the contents drop on the floor. "Them is two gold bricks." "Swindled!" "No, sirree. I paid 25 cents apiece. fur 'em. I'm goin' to leave 'em around the house so that when folks come along with cash to pay fur country board they'l say we're sech simple, -nwordly people it's apity to take ad vantage of us."-Washington Star. The Editor's Mistake. Great Statesman-You were in rath er a sad condition when you left the banquet the other night. Reuorter-Yes; I drank more than was good for me. Great Statesman-So I noticed. And it showed in your report of my speech. It was terribly mixed up. Didn't the editor raise a row about it? Reporter-No; he didn't blame me. He thought you were drunk.-N. Y. Weekly. - Very Latest. Mrs. Rounder says her husband Is strictly up to date; In other words, in coming home He's always rather late. -Chicago Daily News. TOOK HER AT HER WORD. "Why, Mabel, I had to pn - the other day for not knowing and now you seem to have fo again." "Well, mother, you told me to give and forget-and I did! Sloper. He Was On It. 'Tm sitting on the style, Mary; I surely am upon it." She shrieked to see his mAss1ff Upon her new spring bonnet. -Chicago-Post.. Some Resemblaae. - "What are you doing!" groan victim in-the chair, who had in to have his teeth exaimne&forp 3 sible cavities. "Thiais.no prie gh "Perharps not," replied the.. "But rm sort o' sparring around for* opening, just the same." Tribune. Conidates. - Fay-I wouldn't make a confidante, if I were you. She that secret of yours. May-Why, I didn't makaeMade m onfidante. It was' Kittyl toRdtt. '~ Madge must be Kitty's con dante~ her confidante's centante.-t le Standard and Times. Too Wen Done. Employer (sternly, to- elec~k nm. not at all satisfied with your acos te Bagster. Clerk-Why n'ot, sir? Aren't they - well done? Employer -Yes, 'too well - dz1 they're cooked.-Tit-Bits. ' Forever Too. Late, . "How much did your baby weigh?" ~ "Oh, dear! Do you -know, I.ao provoked! They forgot .11 weighing the dear little thing u~t~ was nearly two hours old, so w'L never know."-Chicago Becord-Her" ad. Method with Be.. Jaggles-I've noticed that when your wife serves tea she alwayabis a in the disheslierself. Waggles-Yes. She is afraid ofth servant malking a bad break In com.. pany.-Town Topics. Short Memory. ~ Patience-Do you know, when NI went to put the engagement ring-'a. my finger, he didn't really know finger It should go on. Patrice-Well, he must have a vr poor memory.-Yonkcers Statesm~ As They rigat No0w. Spartan-Did I understand you-o admit that your rival is the champion - pnugilist ? Fitz-Corbett-No, sir, I said "plagia. ist." He's been using a lot of my od newspaper interviews as his own.--'c Philadelphia Press. Well Described. Mrs. Pierpont (ecstatically)-Isn'tlt ut a poem of a spring bonnet! Mr. Pierpont (dubiously)-Yes, -a magazine spring poem-I can't ma~k head or tail to it;. or tellikwhich is-the front or back.-Brooklyn Eagle.~ A Likely Yarn. Lady-I suppose you got thattred nose from drinking rum? j Sandy Pikes-No, mum. I stuckme head out of de car door En' me noseI rubbed agin de bricks on de-side ob' d tu:::l.-Chicago Daily4iews. What Wa Required. Mr. Hlolesayle-I want an oille bye that don't chew, smoke or curse, anda always neat, clean, brave,.manly and courteous. Applicant-Hully Gee!' Wot you want is a matinee idol!-Pack. A Sure Sign. "I am certain that Minnie intends to marry Frank." "What makes you so certain?" "I heard her scolding him for send-: ing her such valuable presents."-an lex Life. Not Qunite the Same. "Yes, the tribes elected him kcing~ , and as soon as they elected him they said: 'Hail, king.' " "And then'" "The reign began."-The King. In the Children's Playground. -- Muriel Mulligan-Rupert Rafferty wanted me ter elope wit' him yestiddy afternoon. Fifi Flannigan-Why didn't yer? Muriel Mulligan-I wuz afraid - wouldn't git back in time fer supper own Topics. In Kentucky.-I The Colonel-It's amazin' how the children grow! It seems like yester-j day when that boy of yours was at The Major-That's so! I can bardly realize that he's carryin' his own cork ucrew!-uck. Brotherlg Advice, Miss Fuzzle-I want to break my en gagement but don't know how to do it without driving the poor fellow to s*i Little Brother-Why don't you let - im see you i curl papers fust once?