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JULY 80, 1002.
The Old Confederate Votcran.
I
The old Confederate veteran, we know
him as In- stands;
And h" listens for the thunder of the
far-off battle lands.
Ho hears the crush of musketry, the
smoke rolls like a sea,
For he trumped the fields with Stonewall,
and he climbed the heights
with Leo.
The old Confederate veteran, his life is
in the past,
And t lie war cloud like a mantle, round
his rngged form is east.
Ho heart* the bugle calling o'er the far I
and mystic sea, I
For ho tramped the (ields with Stono- | ,
wall, and ho climbed the heights i
with Lee.
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Tho history of tlit* first session
of the Fifly-seventh Congress Ims '
been typical of the history of the
Republican niul tjie Deinocnttie ,
parties from time immemorial, j
Throughout the session the Demo- j
crats worked for principle-*, Che 1
Republicans for votes. When the ,
oleomargarine tiill came up, the
Democrats, realizing that it was i
class legislation of the worst form,
vigorously opposed it. The Hepublicans,
appreciating that it
would make votes in the rural districts
supported it. They won in
Congress, When the anti anarchy
bill was reported in the senate, the
Democrats saw in it a menace to
individual liberty and a violation
of the principles of the constitution
and of the spirit of the Declaration
of Independence. Generally
speaking, they voted against
it. The Republicans, on the other
hand, knowing that public sentiment
was outraged at tlio assassination
of President McKinley and
would approve of any measure
which breathed the spirit of revenge,
supported and passed it,
although not till it had been materially
modified in the house.
When the Philippine hills oame
up tho Democrats were aghast at
fleeing every principle of American 1
liberty and independence ho mill- ^
lessly violated, and they fought to
defont the measure. Senator Hoar,
the otio Republican who was will >
jug to place principlo before sue- ;1
Press, allied himself with them and ' t
delivered a denunciation of the 1
measure which years hence will 1
l ing in the oars of those who heard 1
it. The leaders of the Republican 1
party, however, appreciated that '
the passage of the bill would satisfy
a certain popular clamor and I
would afford them great privileges I
with which to trade for the sup- I
port of the immense vested inter- '
cats of the country?and they t
passed the hill. That is the history
of the session in n nutshell.
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In a recent issue of a county ex- 1
change there appears a communi- I
cation purporting to have been fi
written from Fort Mill, and over 1
tho noii) de plume of "Observer,'' 1
(in which the correspondent states "
that York county does not send '
her best men to tho General As- j *
sembly and claims that tho fault 1
lies with the volunteer candidate 1
system. As a panacea for the al- 1
logod ill, "Observer" would have c
the county convention name eight "
candidates for the General Assent- *
bly and then allow as many others
to enter the primary as elect ; t
to do so. This papor is not wil- d
ling to conoede that the plan out- f
lined would in any way bfproduc- I
tive of beneficial results. On the 1
contrary, it 19 inclined to the opin- ?
ion that the plan would cause 1
* much dissatisfaction and ultimate- 1
Jy menu a return to the convention <
method of nominating our cnndi- I
dates. Strange that the Democracy 1
of the great State of Alabama
should have recently adopted the ; $
Bfe.
p*.
Sou ill Carolina primary if i( is so \
much at fault. The primary is In into
stay; our people realize that it!
places every Democrat oil like)
fooliin;, be he rich or poor. We
wanted it; we got it; it suits us,;
and we are going to keep it.
1 *ut the thought that we do not
Bend our best men to the General i
Assembly naturally raises the i
(]iiestio;i, Who are the best men?
Nowadays one hears urn h talk of
electing busine.-s men to the Geni-ral
Assembly; otherwise men wh ?
have accumulated a cornpeteneo. j
I t would not lie just to discriminate
against a candidate simply because ^
lie nnRit>ssi>fl vv>>nllli \\..nlrli iu
splendid tiling, but wealth alone
fits no mail for legislative work.
Brain in what wo want,and it in not
confined to tlio le ads of men who
have been fortunate in assembling
this world's good *.
u()l)8ervor'" would have us believe
that our representatives are inconi
potent. The facts do not sustain
the ( -lairgo. Our delegation coinpares
favorably with the members
from the other counties, and
the members from the other counties
are about as intelligent as
those of the other Slates of the
I' n ion.
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nr. Strait and SVir. Hemphill Friends.
Chester Lantern. I (
Wo made no attempt t?? report
the speeches at the Colvin picnic,
lint there was one little point that
leserved mention. A note was
landed Dr. Strait on the stand
taking liiin to tell about Mr.
Hemphill's having him blacklisted
a Washington. l)r. Strait said
hat whatever tlie relations between
lira and Mr. Hemphill may have
jeen in the past, they are friends
low and lire running for different
ilfices. At one time lie thought
Mr. Ifeuiphill was responsible for
lis blacklisting, bul ho nmdo a
borough investigation, and wiiou
10 m>t to tho bottom of tlio matter
1 ' found that it was another man
iinl not Mr. Hemphill that did the ! '
vork. We ahould have regretted '
i
,o sec an old matter like this stirred
ip, but as it turned out, it is fortu- ,
into that tho question was asked.
t sets Mr. Hemphill right in the :
?yes of many, no doubt, who re* i
leetod on him without just cause. ,
t. also presents Dr. Strait in a ,
rery pleasing light in the eyes of :
nany people who admire what is
nanly and honorable. Indeed we j i
ire informed that several voters
vere heard to remark that that in ident
turned their votes to Strait.
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Whitman Bucking the Standard Oil Co
A correspondent from Union has l
vrillon a very entertaining account
>f Walt Whitman's biennial picaresque
raeo for governor; how he i
111 < rn i mi I nil 11 r. I*n/1 ???.... 4 1 I
..v. .h.ihiVi (III 111 unii 11/ I (UOV l?ll' j
noney and how after all resources j
ailed he managed to secure a sec- |
iiid hand bicycle upon which he ;
nade a tour of the State.
All of this is familiar to the peo- j
>lo of the State, but few of them |
mow of Walt Whitman's present
)usiucss and the prospects of him :
linking money enough to run for
jovemor whenever ho wants to.
L'lie correspondent says:
Whitman conducts a small groe- I
>ry store in Union, and when Colo- j
lei dunes ruled him out of the
jrimary ho made a specialty of
idling kerosene oil, and tinloimced
himself in the public
jrints as an opponent of the Stand
ird Oil Company. Tn order to get
lis supply of the iluid he hit upon
m original idea. The owners of
he cotton factories hereabouts all
mi stores in connection with their
)lants, using as a medium of exliango
aluminum checks, which
ire taken at the store in place of i
lie money. Of course these checks
ire not jjood at the dispensary and
lie factory men often find them-i
iclvea unable to j^et their drams,
or the simple r? n&ou that the dis)ensary
is.a Stale institution, and
lie State will not extend credit to '.
inyone. So Whitman offered to
edeem a dollar's worth *>f alnmi- '
uim checks tor bO cents in real
noney. The factory men approved
of the idea and he has boon
msy ever since raking " the aluninnm
cheeks at a piotit of
50 p? r cent. With these checks
he goes t ? the factory store, where I
he buys oil at the fnce value of the
checks, lie then dsposes of it to
his customers at a small profit,
and if he continues to sell oil as
fast as he has since he hit upon
the aluminum check idea, there is j
very littdoubt that the next j
time ho runs for governor 'lo w'"
ride on a railroad train and not a
bicycle.
Tried to Prove Cel. Tillman a Liar.
The most sensational incident
thus far enacted in the State cam- ]
paign occurred at (intfney Thursday.
It came about as a result of i !
Col. >1 iin Tillman rending from n <
recent issue of theCall'iiey Ledger I
hm editorial in which ho was I
churned with "hoinj* a gambler, a i
liar and a drunkard."' Col. Till- i
man proceeded in his usual vi?;- i
orous style to denounce the edi- ?
lorial, when M^J)e Camp, editor *
of The Led^erisfepped upon the !
statue and said that he was the man (
who wiote the editorial and that lie 1
was responsible for it. DeCatnp ?
then turned to Mr. Butler, chair- ?
man of the meeting,ami undertook \
to substantiate the charge as to t
Col. Tillm ui beintr a drunkard by t
asking Mr. Butler if he had not t
been drinking with Col. Tillman t
in Columbia. Mr. Butler replied:
"Not more than with you." Then \
the editor of The Ledger said h<could
provi Tillman lied over his !
(Tillman's) own signature. Till- (
man requested the proof. Mr.
1 )e (/amp then went to his oflice <
for the proof. In a short time he I
returned to the meeting with two i
letters wrilb n by Col. Tillman in <
reply to advertising bills sent him
by DeCamp. In the tirst letter (
pioduccd, Col. Tiilmau had writ- <
ten that ho thought the bill had \
beeij settled, and that lie believed s
reference to the books of the Ijed i
i*er would disch so the fact that i
the bill had been paid in advance, t
in the second letter, Col. Tillman i
stated that lie enclosed a check to ,
[ over the bill, but that he believed t
the account had already been paid. ! \
Mr. De Camp insisted that Col. j '
rillinan knew he owed the account ~
when he claimed that it had been ,
paid. (
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Loses In the Philippines.
Major Jones Parker, of the ad .
jutunt and inspector ^eneml's of- i ^
lice, has compiled some iuteresiin^ 1
statistics rc^ardin^ the iuaurrec-, (
lion in the Philippines. It appears I
that there were 2o(> engagements
with the eneuiy more or less seri- <;
ouh, between February t, ly'Jt),
which is the date of the battle of]
Manila, and Aptil .50, 1902, fixed /
us the virtual downfall of the in- ' ^
surrection. The larger proportion :
of these tights were atlaeks from 1
ambush on the Ameriean troops or j
skirmishes in which only small I
detachments took part. | i
"In almost no ease in these en- ;?
gageinents," says Major Parker, *
"did American troops surrender, (
or have to retreat, or have to leave v
their dead and wounded in the r
pot-session of tin1 enemy, notwilh- j
standing that in many eases the 1
percentage of loss was high."
The number of troops that have (
bo<fn transported to the Philip- '
pint s and have arrived there up to '
duly lb last, was 1,1 df) officers and :
l2d,80d men. The average strength i'
taken from monthly returns for |
the p rioil of the insurrection was 1
approximately 10,000. 1
Major Parker suuun lrizos the i J
easualities of the American army j
fis follow-: Killed or died of i
wounds, 01) officers and Odd eidist- ! I
eel men; Ucnllis from disenso, -17 ; 1
officers nnd 2,51)7 enlisted men; j
d. ntlm from incidents, (> officers;,
and 125 enlisted men; murdered, 1 i
olficer nnd (.H enlisted men; total
I
dentlis, 12.') officers nnd .*U>M) enlisted
men; wounded, 11K) officers ' (
nnd 2,707 enlisted men, n total of l
2,H97; killed nnd wounded nnd (
deaths other than by disease, j
2?s2 officers and 4,188 enlisted men; t
total 4,470. A largo proportion of j
the deaths by drowning occur red i
while in action or in active opera- '
lions against the enemy. Major '
Parker makes the percentage of (
killed nnd wounded to the strength ,
of the army t>.7. j r
Coincidences Connected With Hampton,
I have been struck with some
[ oineidonceH connect eel with South
Carolina's grand old iinn, the lamented
Hamilton, which may in
loivst your reader--, says McDoti
'tb! Furman in the News and Courier.
Wade Hampton, brave and dashing
as Mil rat, and one of the wisest
find best governors of the State,
was born in the historic city of
Charleston, hut he was identilie.l ;
with Columbia, the piftee of his
paternal anci st ry.
When he died he was survived ;
by only two gentlemen who were
dee ted on the State ticket with
liiin in J87G. Like hitn, both were
born in Charleston, but have been
((entitled with other places; one
s Con. Iv W. Moise, now the "old ^
nan eloquent" of Sumter, who was
looted adjutant and inspector gen- j
r.il. The other gentleman isClov. .
Hugh S. Thompson, formerly of i
Columbia, now of New York City. !
tie was elected superintendent of
?l 1 IIP.'I l< ?!1 11 iwl lino oi iw.-* o.i? .?!
VIIIV.IMIUU, ianun c: rj'"i > ru ?
is oliiff executive of tliiscoinmonvealth,
assistant secretary of the j
rensury anil civil service comniislioner.
lie is now comptroller of
lie New York L fc limsurancc
Jonipnny.
We may mention here that the
rear Hugh S. Thomps ?n was h.?rn
- 1S1W ?was the same year Waile
flampton ^railnated at the South'
'arolina College.
That lovahl man of (rod, ]>iship
Capers, who oilieiated at (Jen.
Hampton's hmial, and who lives
n Columbia, was also born in
Charleston.
Another interestin^r fact is that
low Miles 13. McSweeney, who
iccnpied the gubernatorial chair
vhen (ii'ii. Hampton died, was nl
io born iii Charleston, nml the coticidt
nee is rendered more strikiilt
still wlion it is remembered
iuit it's home is iii ft COUiiiy
innied for Gen. Hampton.
It will ho soon that Gen. Flump- j
on, the two surviving gentlemen
vlio w'ere elected on the State!
ieket with him in 1H7<>. the ch-r-I
rymnn who ? (lieiated at his hnrial
md the g< vernor in olHee at the
inie of his death, were all horn in I
Dhaileston, hut idontitied with
>t her places.
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Neod More Help.
Often the over-taxed organs of
ligestion cry out for help t>y Dys- !
icpsia's pains. Nausea, Dr/y.iuess, |
1 eadaclios, I i \ er com pi tints, ho wei i
lisoiders. Such troubles call for
irompt use of l)r. King's New
jife Kills. They are gentle,
borough mid guaranteed to cure.
!5c at Mencham's drug store.
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A bulletin recently issued by the
Census Bureau reports the cotton
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n>l> ior x??rK county during the |
mat tlnet' years as follows: lS'JU.
IdOlO bal-s; 11)00, 25,-48'J bales;
901, 22,521 bales.
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Tavcs a Woman's Life.
To have given up would have
neaul death for Mrs. Lois Gragg,
)f Dorchester, Mass. For years .
die had endured untold misery .
ront a severo lung trouble and 1
>bstina'e cough. uOfien," she |
vrites, "I could scarcely breathe
md aonictiines coul.l not speak, i
VII doctors and remedies failed
mtil 1 used l>r. King's New Dis- j
ovcry for Consumption and was j
oinptetely cured." Sutl'erers from i
'doughs, Colds, Tlir< at and Lung ,
trouble nerd this grand remedy, j
"or it never disappoints. Cure is
guaranteed by Tin s. It. Aleacham.
>0c and $1.00. 1 rial bottles free.
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The receivers of the Charleston
Exposition Company will have a 1
public sale of the palace of com- j
nerce, the administration, much in ry
an 1 negro buildings, bridges,'
porgolns, cattle barns, dairy and si
lumber tf other buildings and
irnlldl t V Mi tm /ir/l'inon milli 1 * !
mler of Judge Gnry i>f the court
>f common plena. The sale w II
>e hflil 011 July 111. The proceeds
aill be devoted to the payment of
;ertuin claims.
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Toa't Fail To Try This.
Whenever an honest trial isgiv- j
mi t?* Electric Bitters for any troub- j
e it ih rcoimm ruled for a permanent ;
ure will surely heetTected. It never
rails to tone the stomach, regulate |
he kidneys and bowels, stimulate
he liver, invigorate the nervos and
.unify the blood. It's n wonderful
onic for run-down systems. Eoctric
Bitters positively ousca Kid.
icy and Liver Troubles, Stomach
Disorders, Nervousness, Sleepless- ;
less, Hhcumatistn, Neuralgia, and
xpels .Malaria. Satisfaction guarlu'.oed
by T. 1?. Mcue hum. Only 50c. j
Just a Wore
Before You
During our July CI
sold stacks of goods,
incd to close out all rc.
SUMME1
AN Y Oil
This is no fake. Yov
the benefit of some o
why not yon ?
A Little Chat About Shi
AYe are still selling
Shoes. The Eagle Sir
continued making an
shoos, an:l thov h ivo a
Guarantee .
of their shoes, Now,1
in buying another bra
can get a pair of stylis
personal guarantee, fo
AVc arc the sole Fo
Richardson Shoe for M
shoe here, but is a kn
sold in competition
brands. It is both sD
%>
Do You Ncsd a Cooking
We have just receh
diana Stoves, in all si
the closest prices.
Furniture-We Like to
This department c<
Dressers, Wash Stand
Tables, Extension Tab
ing Bed Springs, Cliai
Trv one of our Ir<
just what you want.
Trunks and Travelii
See us for anytliing
Furnishings, CJroeerici
will save you money.
THE OLD EEL
T. B. I
AT THE
Drug Store
DR. T. B. MEACHAM
You will find the most complete |
iind freshest Block of Drugs nnd
Patent Medicines in this section,
as well as a completo line of Toilet
Articles and Stationery, and all of
the best
CIGARS, CIGARETTES.
CHEWING A SMOKING
TOBACCOS.
I've had years of experience in tne
drug business, and also as a practi- :
tioner, and in cither branch of my
business you can depend upon being
treated satisfactorily.
T. B. Meacham, M. D. I
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Buy.
ea ranee Sale we have
but wc have determMnainina:
O
RGOODS
r?
) BBIOE,
ir nieglibor will reap
f these bargains, and
32S.
the celebrated Eagle
oe Company liave disything
except men's
uthorized us to
Every Pair
where is the economy
nd of shoe, when you
ill Eagle Shoes, with a
r less money?
rt Mill agents of the
f omen. This is a new
own value where it is
with other leadinsr
a
lish and durable.
[ Stove ?
red another lot of lazes,
which we offer at
Talk It.
onsists of Suits, odd
!)?.! CU 1- n A
a, in*u oieuus, vieiiire
les, Mattresses, Fold*
rs, etc.
>ii Bed Steads, It is
lg Bags.
in Dry Goods, Gont's
s, Hardware, etc0 We
[ABLE STORE.
ELK,
^ ^~TT~'"
LAUNDRY MARKS
that nrc nut found on linen fresh from
Tho MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY.
Clmrlotto, N. fJ., are rust stains, ink
stains, fruit Htaius, and especially
scorches from overheated irons. Tout
is what we particularly guard against,
fleckless, tlawloss, immaculate?>white
las white can be, or us strong of color as
when you l*mght it (if originally of a
color pattern), your wasliublo apparel Is
returned clean, well washed, well
ironed.
Shipment made from Fort Mill overy
Thursday morning and laundry re*
turned Saturday mornings by?
ED. L. McELIIANEY, Ajent,