The Florence daily times. [volume] (Florence, S.C.) 1894-1925, March 19, 1904, Image 1

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o I \ ■ rV. • •** i* 1'' -'j *' * * < -'rlz - v' A ,+■*. «PN ’%kf fll.iS i • te»' Daily Times. VOL. X. FLOKKNOK. S. C. SATURDAY EVENING MARCH 19 L904. MO 173 CALHOUN OAY Florence Celebrates the States, man’s Birth EXERCISE) OF THE I. -An Cloqueot and Earnest Address By itev. Harold Thoma*, Chap lain of the Company. A Company Smoker. The Calhoun day celebration of the Calhoun Light Infantry was a most interesting and pleasant alfair. The attendance at the Auditorium was dis appointing but the interest shown in the company by the ladies wno gathered on the streets to se^ the parade was very encouraging Owing to the sickness of his private secretary tne governor could not be present and wi ote regretting the matter very much for he has been very anxious to visit Florence and something has al ways interfered. The bereavement in the family of Gen Frost prevented his attendance. The prog-am tvas »bort. There was a dtill on the street in which the company acquitted themselves very creditably after that they returned their guns to the armory and entered the au ditorium Lieut. Ayer presided. On the stage was I he mayor, Rev. Melton Clarke, W. A. Brunson and Capfc R. L. Brun son. Lieut Ayer called attention to th** fact that the C. L. I. was the first organ ization in the state to publicly celebrate the birthday of Calhoun he hoped that as Ion not effect the South, but Calhoun then (as always) zealous for the honor and welfare of the whole union denounced the insults heaped upon us, protested against the non interference policy of Jefferson and Madison and raised his voice for war. His ability was soon re cognized and he was made Chairman of the Commit! eee on Foreign Affairs which committee reported a declara tion of war against great Britain. Calhoun was the foremost spirit in the prosecution of the war which was op posed by Webster and all New England The speeches of tne fiery patriot were read in the army and the navy and the sotdierj and the satnan were cheered on . to victory. The advice of the youthful i tempt to so legislate as to bring the fruits of slave labor into Northern barns; all ^desired to see the slaves re leased at once with no compensation to their owners. Abusive pamphlets and misleading books like Unde Toms Cab in misrepresenting the condition of the slaves and basely slandering the planters of the South were everywhere circulated. Petititons praying for the abolition of slavery were poured into Congress. Against this passionate cru sade upon the South Calhoun waged mortal combat for the four years. He had "the pending petitions excluded from’ congress exposed the motives of the Abolntionists and held them at bay with his iron logic. By what law of m SOLLY FAILURE statesman was sought by the cabinet in God or man the North became the keep .j Iv«a f £%r» r\f t-T»rk/tncsnatw*a r%¥ c* ftftnf Vl a crisis of utter despair and his solu tion of the difficulty Was adopted. In a word no one did more to bring the war of 1812 to a succesful close than the er of the conscience of the South wi never be established. The Southern States claimed the right to 'be allowed to work out their own problem. Had distinguished Cngressmau fr m South j they been allowed to do so there can be Carolina. • j no doubt that they would have gradual- After the war President Monroe ly freed the slaves- as they w6re pre offered him a place in his cabint as Sec-. pared for freedom. In 1781 there weie re! ary of War. All branches of the de- j 12,880 free negroes in Virginia. In 1832 partment were involved in the 'Utmost i the legislature of this state came within confusion bat he did not hesitate to un-• one vote of abolishing slavery in her Greatest Sensation of the Year on Change COTTON DROPS $13 A 'BAlE. ♦ Panic Caused ou the Mark* t by Collapse of the Buff King. All Speculation Centers Affected. The telegraphic dispatches in the Times Yesterday announced the failure of Sully, the cotton king. This was the most sensa tional item of news in the com mercial world this year. The whole south throbbed in response to the sensation. The widest panic | STRAW BERRY SEASON. Truck Fanners Anxiously Watching . Weather and Plante. It will soon be strawberry season and from now on plan‘ers of berriAs will watch the indications of the weather very closely. The past few days has found them potting straw under the plants to support the fruit in case of a cold wave with frost. Protect the tender bade which will soon put forth by covering them up. The plants look unsually healthy this season and as there has not bfeen enough warm weat- er;to induce pnnature blossoming, . a heavy crop of fine fruit is expected. There is a big increase in acreage around here but as the first season after planting the yield is small. Next rea son will be the time when the full extent of the acreage increase oan i e gotten at. Vines et the second season farmers say make their heaviest and said that as there was a company here that the day would never be allowed to pass unnoticed and that the people of Florence would join them eqch year with greater interest in the celebration. Rev Melton Clark opened with prayer . and closed ivith a benediction in his prayer he offered thanks for such men as Calhoun and prayed for grace and strength to emulate their examples. Rev Harold Thomas the Chaplain of the company was the speaker. His ad dress was listened to with the greatest attention and interest and was frequent ly punctuated by applause. After the address the hoys repaired io ^ the armory ivhere cake fruit punch and cigarfi were served and a very pleasant half hour as speut there. At the request of those present and of i the benefit of those who were not pres- j „ o , ent the eloq ent address delivered last ” i , night is published here m full. Upon the roll of the statements of the old South who defended her civilization and her institutions no name stands out with greater prominence than that of John Cald well Calhoun. This name of magic power is indelibly endgraved upon the hearts of the men of the old South, because in Uie life and works of Calhoun are reflected the lofty virtues and sentiments of our fathers,'and be cause in his resolute nature we see embodied that devotion to principal and that deep ‘love'bf truth, of honor, and of independence characteristic of the men of the 'dd South. Much that was highest and best in the past found ex pression in this heroic patriot, this un compromising states—this incorruptible man. Perfectly idenitfied with the thought and sentiment of his people and ever seeking their highest good no wonder they honored him, as few pol itical leaders have been honoredrs their guide and/champion. In an epoch of ■distinguished men, unsurpassed in the history of the country, he stands in acuteness of intellect and greatness of soul for the “glory that was Greece and the grandare that was Rome.” Thongh^many of the ^doctrines which Calhoun advoacated with all the energy of his native genius have been forgotten and many of the principles against which he hurled the thunder bolts of his logic have since been incorporated into the constitution yet the future may ultimately vindicate the correctness of his political philosophy and above all. will show the wisdom in making this in name andjin reality a “Republic of Re publics,” which was the sum and sub stance of his political creed. However we do not have to look for the fruit of Calhoun’s genius in time to come. It bore abundantly during his public life extending over a period )f forty j'ears. Calhoun was born in the back woods of upper Soutn Carolina amid the ex citing scenes of the last years of the rev olntion. His pious parents; a fe w liberty loving countrymen the field and the for est were the preceptors of his early ycuth. He was prepared for college under the instruction of his kinsman tne well-known teacher Dr Waddell. He entered Yale at the age of twenty ' and graduated with distinction two years later, in 1804' His rise to prom inence was rapid; ; n 1807 he was admit ted to the bar; in 1808 he was elected to the state legislature; in 1810 betook his seat in Congress. When the young Carolinian of twenty five entered the councils of his country it looked as if the political world was to be 'overturned. All Eu rope was in arms. War had been rag ing for twenty years. It was at the time when Napolean had reached the zenith of his power. In thi^ country two hostile parties devided the land one looking upon.Napolean as the champion of lioerty, the other as the incarration of despotism. Our flag was respected by neither of the contending Powers, France or England. They seized our vessels and imprisoned our seamen. This spoilatich of our commence did dertake a tasx that four secretareis had given up in despair. With his clear preception and his keen powers of an alysis he soon brought order out of the chaos. During his seven years of his office he completely revolutionized the system of instruction at" West Point; did much to improve the condition of the Indians; and finally left tae Impres sion of his genions on all branches »f the Military System of our country. He was next called to the office >f Vice Presi lent being the choice of all parties. He presided over the Senate with such dignity and impartiality that he was said that it was worth a visit to Washington to see him in his chair where he sat enthroned like some mas ter spirit. wielding the sceptre of his mental powers. The attention of th® people of the South was at this time attracted by the alarming growth of rhe tariff system. They saw clearly that monstrous scheme of mscreasng beyond its n“eds the rev- 1 ennes of the Government benefited the North and We^t at the expense of the South The various manufacturers of the country have always sought to make the people purport their so-called in fant industrious, in 1828 a tariff bill was proposed in Congress which at length fully aroused the already over burdened Sauth and South Carolina re quested Calltoun to come down upon the floor of the Senate and the battle for the rights of this section. Then came the great crisis in his life. He was always independent of party afiliation But at this time-he was identified with the party in power and ws»s looked upon as President Jackson's successor. Must he now do the bidding of his state and oppose tariff legislation requiring him to forsake his friends de abandon all hope of the presidency? In that decisive hour the glorious‘Carolinian d espied potver and popularity and took his stand for truth and justice. In all the annals of the world their .is no greater example of unrewarded self sacrifice for the sake of principle. In the Senate Calhoun fell in with a I feeble and disunited minority but he made a grand fight against the bill [ which was passed by a majority of only i one. When two years later a more in- : iquitous tariff bill was passed by Con ! gress,Calhoun alvised his state to resort ; to nulification not because anyone then doubted the right tof Secession, but oe- 1 cause Ca ! honn loved the Union and de sired to -ee it preserved by the exercise of this v-aoeable remedy, as he deemed it a rem*- ly which the Constitution n self supplied. Accordingly a Conven tion met in South Carolina and declared the tariffjbills null and voi 1 and of no effect in that state. The president de nounced the action as treason, and Con gress passed the bill of coersion. In this hour of need South Carolina was deserted by sister States of the South; derision and reproach were heaped up on his fair name. But. she was not to be frightened into submission; her sons flew to arms, resolved to confront the entire Union and to perish rather than abandon the stand their; state bad taken for constitutional liberty. Fighting alone against public opinion and a'frowning world tbe little state gained a signal victory. In the Senate Chamber majestic ^reason and burning eloquence clashed arms in a memorable contest of truth and the arreat Webater was vanquished. Nothing could with stand the irresistable force of Calhouns compact logic Clays compromise pre vailed and by it the obnoxious tariff bills which South Carolina had nullified were reduced to a gradual decay. At the expiration of his senatorial term of office Calhoun voluntarily re tired from public life. But he hail en joyed the repose of home for only a short time when Tyler invited him to a place in his cabinet as Secretary of State. He accepted and performed .the duties of this office with bis usual abil ity At the begining of the next adminis tration under Polk the coutry was about ro be plunged into another war with England on; account of the; Oregon Treaty All looked to Calhoun as the one statesman capable of settling the difficulty. At this juncture his sue cessor in the Senate. Judge Huger mag nanimously resigned, giving way to one who seemed to be equal to any emergen cy. Returning to his old place in the Senate Calhoun took his stand against the war for ihe possssiou of Oregon which was advocated by the administra tion. He won public op.nion to his side and saved the country from a war with the most powerful nation of the world When“Missouri applied for admission into the Union the historic fight on the slave question began in earnest. The abolition fever raged at the North. Some of the abolitionists were led on by wild fanaticism pothers were enraged b»cnse they had been baffled in their at a bale from the highest figures border. Surel ythe spint of Christianity j prevailed in all speculating cen ter? particularly in New Orleans. The situation is cast up as follows ‘ to-day: New York, March 18.—Daniel J. Sully, the cotton operator, who kas for fifteen months been the biggest figure in the cotton mar kets of the world, and who has “bulled ,, cotton from 7 cents a pound to over 17 cents, announced his inability to ipake gooi his en gagements on the New York Cot ton Exchange to-day. Within , a few moments, cotton fell nearlv §13 off the day. Scenes such as followed the an nouncement of the failure, it has been .the privilege of few brokers to witness before. Traders in the street have witnessed stock panics in previous years; corners have been broken, and many crashes bare yeen recorded, but none has been accompanied by such frenzy and coilfusiou. While there has been no premo nition of the impending crash, no morning tv the season had witnes sed a more demoralized market. In less than ten minutes after the opening, halt a cent had been taken off the price of cotton. Prices Vent up and down, 10, 20 and 30 points within two and three minutes. May opened at 15.- 25 and sold down to 14.75 in less than 15 minutes, while July opened at 15.22, went down to 14.86. Toward the end of the first half hour, earlv sellers started to cover » «/ and there was a rapid advance. i* opposed to human bondage, out did its author ever demand an immediate emaniepation of the countless slaves in the Roman Empire? The method of the wisest of moralist for abolishing an abnormal instiution ns not good enough for the tender-liearid Abolition ists who were intent on currying out, regardless of condition, bis visionary ideas of freedom and his false notions regarding the equality of men. The responsibility for the teririble war that soon followed and the serious problem that confronts ns today must rest in the main upon those wild misguided fanat ics the Abolitionists. At the opening of tbe Congress of 1850 the intrepid champion of Southern in- terst was a dying man but he.deter mined to go to’ Washington and strike on more blow for the cause he held dearer than life. He composed an elab orate speech which was read in Con gress by Senator Mason of Virginia. In it he reviewed the whole history of the pending contest and predietd that If the gpvernemt continued to interfere with the sovereignty of th% states the South would secede..He intended to offer some amendments to the Constitution in or der to save the Union but this he was never privileged to do. Twenty seven days after his last great effort he was removed from the political arena by tbe hand of providence. ‘‘.God's finger touched him and he slept.” His power ful will had kept his spirit lingering in itsfrail tenement but the struggle could not longer be maintained. On the 17th of March he died at Weshington near the scenes of Ins forensic gloiy and his politicl a achievements. Un usual honors were accorded him at his death. Prominent Senators and Representatives vied with each other in terms of eulogy over the fallen states man. The pulpit declared that a prince in intelct and in oratory had fallen. At home tie Carolina Tribute to Cal houn was the voice and pen of praise and the wail of soi row. The estimate of Calhoun’scharatcr by contempories will stand tbe test of time They said of him as was said of another “ His virtues were enough to redeem his generation, his genius sufficient to enrich an empire.” Since then no one has ever dared to question the spotless purity of his life. German biographer, ignorant FIGHTING BEGINS ON THE YALU Russian’s Claim to Have Mafie Many Prisoners. London, March 16.—A Renter telegram from Ghefoo reports that fighting between the Russian and Japanese on the banks of tfee Yalu has ‘begun. The Russians claim to have made eighteen hundred prisoners. r A FOLLOWER OF DOWIE. One of the I aithful of the Flock of the New Elijah to tala in Bennttsville. Bennettsville March 17.-T.Rev K. M, Royall^of Zion City onfe of the followers of John Alexander Dowie will preach iu the court house here next Sunday af ternoon at 2.30. Mr Royal was once a Baptist minister. He graduated at Wake Forest college and went to China as a missionary. After working there three or four years he returned to this country and entered Do wies ranks He is a North Carolinian and his wife is a native of Greenville county. He is coming‘here to ri-dt hi* brother^ n law H. H. Newton Jr and will take advan tage of this opportunity to speak t > the psople of Benneltsville. THAT SHAD QUESTION. An ^Interesting Statement from Mr Walton in the Matter in Dispute. To the Editor of the Florence Daily Times.—Please allow me space in your valuable paper to reply to “The Gause Shad Law” in your papers of 16th and 17th inst the statement in the paper of the 16th inst its true The one headed Gorgetown Shad of the 17th;insb is erro neons. Mr Morgaif came to me before leaving for tbe city of Georgetown S. C. on March 12th last, stating that he was going to Georgetown to embark in the wholesale fish business and that he des red to supply me with shad. I told him I would be glad to purchase from him and to send me a price list, up to this writing I have .not heard anything from.him nor from any other fish deal er in Georgetown S. C. although I have, written to several dealers there. I have no doubt that the Parlor Market • has been supplied by ’Mr C. Morgan from Georgetown but am certain ’ that no shad have been shipped from George town to the up country and the South ern Express Co, will bear r y s atemen; ouit as being correct. . Mr Morgan’s statement that if anv dealer has been refused a shipment from that place must be from some other cause than the opposition to the Gause law, ea^p a reflection upon every Lon gest fish dealer in the s.ate and in jus tioe to myself and others I wish to sa - that the wholesale fish dealers in Geo .rgetowii never refused to ship shad thev simply ignored every letter of inquir) for prices. / In my business when ever I found it. advantageous to do so, I have placet as high as one Hundred * dollars and* more with Fish Dealers which was placed on their Ledger to my Credit and fish shipped as I oideredthem; I simply - mention this to vacate any false and misleading thonghts of ’ the public which may be construed upon the re marks made by Mr F. M Morgan th- charge of th'j son o* Mr C. Morgan in Parlor Market. A. L. Walton. accor n t for the excitement. It seemed merely a renewal of bear operations and the catching of farther stop orders. The losses by Sally’s failure, in case he cannot settle,it was stated to-day, was divided up among uearly all the brokers on 'the ex change. One estimate was that Sally’s owings after a settlement under the rule of the exchange would not exceed half a million dollars. What Sully has person ally lost, or what his backers have lost in market operations is not included in this figure. What Sully will owe will he found by deducting the average quotations, of cotton to-day from the figure to which his accounts There wa. nothing in .he nows to never sounded the depts of Calhoun has undertaken to assail his public •character and to tre greatness of his genius. True the old cry of “inconsis tency” “false premises’’ and metaphys ical inpracticability ’’has been recently raised against him. Inconsistency? Was it in' onsistency when the country was ou the verge of ruin to advocate as war measure a protective tariff? False premises? Was it a false premice to reason from the constitution and the unquestionable facts of history? No doubt Calhoun's theorv is not wholy practicable because it presupposes more intelligence and virtue than now ob tain in the masses; because it is fitted we may say only for a community of Calhouns. Still his testiment to his country is most valuable as embodying like the politics of Aristotle great gov ernmental principles and lofty political ideals. Especially will his “Disquisi tion’’ stand as a monument to his phil osophical statesmanship a memorial more enduring than stone. But any attmpt to nelittle the great ness of Calhoun is best met by the rec orded testimony of his associates in Con gress and especially by the glowing tribute of his great compeers. Clay said that “he possessed a lofty gen: ns.” Web ster affirmed that he was “a man of un doubted genius and commanding tal- jent.’’ Read, too the magnificent ora tion of Hamomnd Calhoun's life and services and the eulogy of the great jurist Lamar on the occasion of tne un veiling of the monu.uent to Carolina’s great statesman. Weigh these deliver- ences from giants of inrelleeet Com pare them with 1 he superficial estimates of Yon Holst and bis followers and no admirer of Calhoun need have any aj)- prehensions as to his prominent place in history. True to the Union, true to country. Calhoun was above all true to South Carolina. The State that reared him, that supported him that loved him, that mourned him, will always find among his sons some loyal one to lise up and do honor to his memory and protect his fair name against the assaults of sect ional prejudice and the calumnies and political animosity. Honor, undying honor, to the match less statesman of the Old South—him “Dear Sou of Memory, great heir of Fame.” Mr Johnson's F nnerat The funeral of Thos. Johnson took place at the Fraternal Cemetery today shortly after noon. The services was conducted by the Rev Mr Spigner^ The Masons then took charge and 'mid to rest .he remains with Masonic honors ! A delegation of the order gathered at the Masonic temple and marched in a j body to the Cemetery. The pall bearers who were of the delgation were"JMessrs F. M. Davis, C. H. Thomas. E. M. Mat thews Jim Doflahne O G. Weston. J. N. Allebrand. - Mr Walton is mistaken in assuiniig that the expression “some otherreason the local in the Times means anything more than it said. It may be true that some dealers have not received shipments of shad from' Georgetown and others have that letters may hav t been lost that dealers had all the cus tomers that they could supply in son e cases. It may be a thousand otht, things and we assure Mr Walton thin norefiection was intended to have been cast on anv one who had not recsived shad by ' saving ''tti.'.f rtfher *?©!fcsrm, might have governed their cases. If n is trne as he charges the people ougb' to know it, if it is true as MrMorgjn’ says that shad are shipped it will be easy to establish by the testimony ot dealers in Georgetown and their cus V>mei’8. We see no cause of contrc- very between these two gentletttn at all yet, in the interest of fairnest- and justice if either are in error we I think testimony' should be product d from various towns to show the ieul state of tbe case. Editor the Times. the Bapitsmal Service. Baptismal servee will . be held at Baptist church ,tomorrow and a num ber of new members will be taken into the church as a result of the successful revivals which Dr Fitch conducted in the city during the last two weeks. The seirvices will be conducted by Rev W. B. Oliver. All Day Service. * At the Mt Zion A. M. E.^church to morrow Rev W. D. King of Columbia will hold an all day service to which the public is invited. These all day services aie something like camp meetings and those attending go prepared to stay un til its over. The colored people look ffirward to the all day worship as a big i event. St John’s Church. Rev. Harold Thomas, Rector. Services and meetings next week a* follows. Sunday 4- h in Lent. Holy communion, 10 a. n. Divine service 11 a. m., and 8 p. m. Sunday school 4 p m. At the evening service the anuu 1 sermon to thi L J. will be preache, by the Chaplain. Tuesday, Holy Communion 10 a. m Wednesday and Friday, uivine sei- vice, 4.80 p. m. St. Timothy’s Chapel. Sermon and Hoiv Com uuuicn tomor- row,4p. in. bumlay school 3 p. m. All welcome. Pewe free. Chief of Police Painter got the Habit, He would not leave Florence while those Walk over shoes were at Geo Stackleys. 200 Dargan Street. were margined down to the last call. This will be determined to-mor row, of course. There was no other anounce- ments of failures and leading men , in the cotton market declared that J there need be no fear of trouble. In stock exchange circles, the failure of Sully was at first taken as a sure sign of the collapse of the cotton boom. Later there was some apprehension lest the failure might bring down a string of bank ing institutions in the south. Mr. Sully’s suspension was an nounced on the exchange, but not until shortly before the close of the «/ market. To C. L. 1. You are hereby summoned to rende- vous in the armory tomorrow Sunday at 7 p m to attend anniversary services at St Johns Episcopal church at eight clock. The public are cordially invited. C. E. Early 1st Seogt. R. Lee Brunson Cape. Methodist Church. Rev. Jno. G. Beckwith, Pastor. 11 a. in., aervic*. 4^rmon by Rev. John G Beckwith, pistor. Recei tion of new members. S'ihjd^t of se mon. “The lVrn Vine and tbe Branch es.” X 4 pm. Sunday school. 8 p m, Gospel service, seruioi by the pastor. Public cordially invited t> al these services. Working Overtime Eight hour laws are ignored by those tireless, little workers—Dr. King’s New Life piPs. Millions are always at work, night and day, curing indigestion, biliousness, constipation, sick headache and all stomach, liver and bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe, ure. Only 23c at F. U. Lake’s drug store. 3 Lumber Man Dead. News has reached the city of the death of P. W. Webber at Sal- erti yesterday. He was inspector !of lumber for the big Wilson Lum ber company and ‘was an expert in his line, lie was a gratuate of Wofford college. Mr. Webber wits about 50 years old and leaves a wife and 3 children. His home was in Spartanburg, and- to-night the remains will pass through ihe city being taken there for burial. County Teachers The County Teachers' association will meet in this city on Saturday March 26, a full attendance is requese^. J. S. Fair, Secretary. 1 St. Anthony’s Church. Ma?s will be celebrated tomorrow at 10 o’clock in tbe Catholic Mission church. Hoi v C nnin Muon ami Go-ip i Instruction upo i thepission aud cro.v-. of our Blessed Saviour. Sunday school ar. 4 o in. Stations of tlie Ho’y'Cross at 5 p.m. Advocates of the Blessed sacramei.t all day Saturdav. Angelas and Prayers at 12 noon, ai d 0 p. m. Low mass and communion Monday and Wednesday at 7a m. Lenten pray ec-i 8 p, m. Michael Wade, John M. Donlan, Vestrymen. Presbyterian Church. Sabbath March 30, 1904. Melton Clark, pastor. At the morning service it is espec ially desired by the session that there should be a full attendance of the mem hers or the chufch. Matters of great moment and interest to the church will be presented and every member is- therefore requested to make every el- fort to be present. - Preaching at 11.15 a. m. Sabbath school 4 p. in. Preaching 8p.m.