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V Y'UIAJMK XVIII. CAM DKN. S. 0.. KU1DAY.-H LV 1!I07. ' ' NO.26. (I ? > 1 # ? ? ? ** Citizens of Ihe Palmetto State Had Splendid Reception at Great Show. WAS GLORIOUS OCCASION! An Exchange of Greetings With Vir-. ginia Exercises Opened by Capt.; Gonzele&~ Introduces Gov. Ansel "Who Presents the Speakers of the i Occasion. ? t?? ... ? (Cuts by Courtesy Columbia State.) j Norfolk, Va., Special.?Virginia and Soutii Carolina are Muted by a new tie. It is all dye to the great .success of '? South Carolina day." Virginia acknowledges South Caro lina to be her beloved bister and which had been so highly compli mented on all sides. This exhibit shows \yhfH South Carolina can d >, what slic has done and what she will do. Ho came to bid all welcome to this, feast and his only regret is thr.t South Carolina could not be present. llo then with pleasure introduced "tho chief magistrate ol' the great est State ijj the Union, except South Carolina, which is her peer, (lov. Claude K. Swanson of Virginia." He first complimented the South Carolina nnlitia, tmying that he was J proud that they could yell as lustily us did their fathers on Virginia soil in days gone by. There havo ai-| Swanftm f >r hi*. olot;::ein refercnc-e to South Carolina, presented the president of the association, iSt, (ieorge Tucker. In a graceful speech of a very few minutes Mr. Tucker qr.ile made a per sonal friend of every South Carolin ian in the auditorium. He told how, as a youth, he had been stirred by the matchless eloquence of William C. Preston in a speech whieh caused Virginia to alter her determination and was followed by her seceding, I for Virginia would not turn her arms, against South Carolina. He, too, complimented the South | Carolina militia upon its line appear-; aneo nud spoke beautifully of those South Carolinians whom he had seen j in Richmond many years ago. men' who had made glorious many a j stream, many a hill, uianv a held in old Virginia. South Carolina has al ways been regarded as quick on the friggor, but who would not.be quick j to resent a wrong 7 IJe spoke of the greatest Carolin-1 in intellect as Calhoun, for no Am- j erican has been so great, bui llamp-! ton was greater in his matchless self- I ^ ? IUM' JAMESTOWN' EXPOSITION, WHERE SOUTH CAROMNADAY EXERCISES OCCURRED South Carolina did herself proud in measuring up .to all expectations of this day. The ceremonies incident to "South Carolina day." celebration at the Jamestown exposition!^' were attended by a crowd of enthusiastic South Carolinians which tilled the lower floor of the large auditorium. The exercises were most auspicious and, the exchange of greetings be tween South Carolina and Virginia was the distinguishing feature. The exercises were called to order -on time by Capt. Win. E. Gonzales, chairman of the Sotuli Carolina com mission, who, in a very happy man ner, felicitated the South Carolinians upon beinfr here at this time among the hospitable Virginians. He then -persented (Jov. Ansel, who, it was an ?nouneed, would preside over the ,exer ?eises. "At Home in Virginia's House" Gov. Ansel was given an ovation. Gonzales' statement that at tho ?evening reception South Carolina ? would be "at home in Virginia's! house" was also cheered heartily, j ? The enthusiasm was thrice renewed before he crtuld speak. (Jov. Ansel .appears to be growing upon the peo ple of South Carolina and on public occasioins such as this they hail him right heartily. lie spoke briefly but feelingly and in an impromptu man !?* Her, which showed his appreciation all the more. &V; After expressing his thanks for the ; - jjiirm welcom Gov. Ansel said he ?Hjifcrought to everybody in Virginia the ways boon close ties and warm and loving friendships between Virginia and South Carolina. In the days of the organization of the government Virginia was large and South Caro lina was small. Virginia gave to South Carolina the right to one of control. The exhibit of South Caro lina is the greatest of all in tho Stataes' exhibit building, but far greater than the exhibit itself is the cxperssion of friendship from Sbnth Carolinians. The white % flower ??f friendship will add fragrance and dor,pit e tlfe weal hoi'. When ' lie t'oc.ps formed for the parado thoro was h heavy (iliowur, but lho bluo jackets from the war vessels in Hampton Roads ami tho marines marched with a swinging stop nml took position just as if it woro a pleasure to do honor to tho Statu of South Carolina. Oov. Ansel aiui party occupied the reviewing stand and watched tho tloops lining up for position. Every branch of tho military service of tin* I'nited States was represented. Willi (iov, Ansel was (jov. Swanaon. Oth 01 present woro (jov. SwansOn. Oth (}ov. Ansel's htalf, member# of the Jauiostown commission, Admiral Harrington and other pilots. Tho South Carolina visitors occupied boxes. At 4 o'clock promptly tho sharp staccato of the bugles announced the approach of tho troops. First came the Twncty-third regiment of infant ry, headed' by a superb band. Thi* was followed by three companies <?i' blue jackets, al the bead of which was a bugle oorp and blind. Nine companies of marines in their J dressy uniforms followed. Then eame i u squadron of cavalry and a company of {jj'tillery, the latter exciting much admiration, and iinally came Col. Henrv T. Thompson and the Socond I South Carolina, headed by Schumach er's blind. The. IL companies from i South Carolina were supplemented by ! one from New York, commanded by Capt. John S. Thompson. An e;i | thusiastie reception was given the regiment and the regular army men congratulated Gov. Ansel upon the tiim deportment and attractive per sonnel of the men. When the parade was over many people crowded around to congratu late Gov. Ansel and the commis sioners not not only South Carolina's line exhibit, but upon the entl'e suc cess of "South Carolina day. At the Virginia buildiulsA in the evening a brilliant reecptiofT was gi/ en. South Carolina and Virginia were/ brought even more closely to gether through this act of courtesy on .Nie part of Virginia. Gov. An sel and Mrs. Ansel and GoV. Swan son and Mrs.. Swanson were at the head of the reviewing line. The bea utiful buihttug entertainment was said to have been'the most delicately hospitable of all which have yet been held. $ The arrangements for the recep tion were complete in pve*y detail and the representing n Southern home was tliQ^ scene of kindly feel ing and unstinted hospitality. At the conclusion of I'residert Tucker's address Gov. Ansel intro duced the orator of the day, Hon. Walter Hazard. There was much of sentiment and of history his oration which stirred Virginians and South Carolinians alike. THE WARSHIPS ON HAJ^fTON ROADS her scats in the congress, for she knew that the place would be filled with brilliance and patriotism. Gov. Swanson spoke very eloquent ly of tho place South Carolina and Virginia have held side by side in the aristocracy of States. , They have been alike always*. He spoke also of color to the beautiful bouquot which | has Im'oii brought to Jamestown by many sister States. In reply to a statement made by Mr. Gonzales, President Tucker said tlmt there was nothing at all nailed down, and for the boys of the Sec ond regiment to "take everything i?i I Mr. Gonzales' Addrens. W. IC,j(loozales, president of th? | South Carolina commission to the I Jamestown Exposition, spoke in part I as follows: "Our State may he charged with inconsistency in celebrating the land ing of the Knglish at Jamestown three centuries ago, while at thq^ame time glorying at the inhospitably of Col., THK UGH PARAOB OROVND, of everybody in South Thet-o is a warm spat in irt of every South CarftUninn inians, because there are 1 irnd sacred spots in Vir to South Carolinians. Ho tiiB jnTBtings, of the State b (Carolina to the commission great achiovment?a work Against the GheHon. >Tk, Special. ? Gajrt. F. P. ' *master of the five-masted t Chariton Heniy, of Boa* r Wre lalaai, J?, Yn hp the Chelefcm, Safklav a Wig} ?* the Untteil iiat Uh> South Carolina's achievements in war, in literature, in seioneo, in n!I things. Ho complimented highly the South Carolina exhibit. He closed with i? beautiful tribute to the life of Calhoun, which is worth more 1> the State" Ot South Carolina as a1 heritage than a great fortune. Uov^Ansel, after thanking Gov. O^Sci Secretary Taft will abolish the de partments of two of the M $10,000 wittfiw" of the Panama Canal Coax-, fliwinB inil th> other one?Secretary | Bishop?ia to fafve his office trans ; ferred to Panama. William P. Snyder former anditor general told the HArriaburg Capitol craft proheva that ha had implicit faith in Arehiteet Haston and aerw ? ? Short O^dcr lfeT7s. sight, even the pretty Virginia gir!?, | if you can get them." I Ho concluded by saying that South I Carolina outranks all other Stntos i because she has preserved to a better | dogrec the ideal* of former-ttays with 'the plnck and progi-eiw of today. The military feature of "fiouft Carolina day" was a great sueeew Deserted la American Perks. 8t Johns, N. P., Special." ? Ac cording to the officers of the British warship Argylo whieh sailed- from here to join her consorts the Good Hope, Roxlpirgfa and the Hampehhe off Cape Race 163 men deserted fawn the squadron while the rcaseli were at Hartpton Moads and etfcgr Awri can port* Tbe tomr Ape rnca th*r my to t^UwC v %.. . TUB VtRUKWIA OtlLDHG. William Moultrio in liin littlo fort or.' Palmetto logs to the advaiuwg of Sirj Peter Parker on the 2ftth of\Junc, Tlio benefactor'engraves hi? ni^me in the hand that rccoivw the bceutiU ?French. ' - j Current Croats. Testimony Allowing close relation between Harry Orchard and ilia mine owners', detectivfea waa given hi the Haywood triaL Seven peraotsa were killed and a number of otheta injured when an Italian iaawrt brstew Yetfc coi la|iiii The inwHlh of the BHaeia rail Omt M &C**. Ey Wirt and Cable. . Two Cuban political^ fougbt a duel at Calbaaen. / Oibinct officer* arc this weettmak ii?R jonraeyi to Oyater Bay to wwult Piwident RwMt?lt on a number of important toptea. * ; Lumber eompaniee filed 30 claiate for w(imii| railroad rates awwift* to nearly #900,0001 177i5. Hut it doer. not como within my province to harmonize the ai> parent contradiction. Tho fctoiitli Carolina commission must deal moro with tho present. '? Iu those timos of peace we cannot indulge in Boston Tea Forties, or live entirely within the reflected halo of MouUrie or Sumter, but it is Rome thing to have tho only ton gardens io America; it is moro to he endeavoring by precept and example to elevate the standard of our citizenship." Mr. (ionzales deplored the fact that South Carolina is without a build ing at the (Exposition, and thanked Governor Swansou for the use of the Virginia State building, where he said, the South Carolina ooimnissiofl had violated a lime honored tradition by inviting the Govarimr of South Carolina and the Governor of Norili Carolina to "clink glasses of water." In referring to the South Carolina exhibit at the exposition Mr. Gon zales said : "If that which has been accom plished here is gratv&ink to. South Carolinians, if in ?Wowing \thoir State's tirst appearance at a great ex position they are given a larger c.ou coption of that Stale's resources and made to appreciate more fully her in dustrial victories, if by the stirring of their pride these sons and daught ser are encourage.d to greater endeav or and achievements,* then the exhib it is its justification and those that created it are rewarded. Following the .Official ceremonies the celebrution^tff the day was contin ued at the South Carolina State ex hibit in the State's exhibit pala.'O where the Falinetto State has an ex ceptionally tine exhibit of its pro ducts, occupying almost one entire side of tho palace. South Carolina/ raised tea was served to all caller*, being poured by ladies of the olhtdal South Carolina pajrty and servant by Japanese bir!.-.. Two Men "field For Attempting to Wreck Train. - Wilkesbarrc, Fa., Special.?Lehigh Valley Railroad doeteetives arrested Michael Sobol, Michui?! Fidgeock and dalin Maddock, at Hicketts, near here, charged with attempting to wreck :i passenger train by piling stones on the track. A wood chopper discov ered the obstruction and removed it. Tho accused men were given a hear ing and committed to jail. They wort put off a freight train, and for re venge, it is alleged, they tried to wreck a passenger tain. Jnry Fails to Agree. Hobnrt, Okln., Specinl.?As a re sult of three days' convention in tho fifth congressional district here end ed iii' n sensational t mini I i and two candidates, Scott Ferris, of Lavvton, and Cation Weaver, ol' Ada, I. T, will contest fur places t|)e ticket. Tffe Ferris forces walked*" out of tho hall, leaving the Weaver men in pos session of the official ballot. Trying to Adjust a Tobacco Boycott. Springfield, Special.?Acting up on the calls for help from the Vir ginia districts of the Planter's Pro tective Association and the resolu tions passytl at Springclield and other points in regard to the boy en t ting of the Virginia members by the trust buyers, Dr. J. W. I Minn, Chairiptiu of the Advisory Hoard of the Pl^intem' Protective Association has gone i> the Virginia districts to investigate the matter and to attempt to bring about a satisfactory settlement. Nominated on 296th Ballot. Habart, Okln., Special.? The Dem ocrats of the fifth Oklahoma?^listriet here nominated Sci>jt Ferris, of Law-' son for Congress on the 2t)Gth ballot. (Governor Warfiehl opened the Mary land Teachers' Association at the Jamestown Exposition. PROSPEROUS ENTERPRISES Dividends Payable by Laurena Enter prises. I.aureus, Special. ?? T'lio lirst of July as Ilie lirst of .January each year now Injurs comfort to many in I ho shape of dividend*. Tho total amount of $.">(>,2">0 will ho paid nut at thin time. This is an increaso ot' about $12,000 since last January, duo to tin', first payment of a dividend by tho W atts <*? >i ton mills. flu* enterprises whi?*!i ? have de clared semi-annual dividends, payablo July I, a it- as follows: Laurens rot ton mills, (? per eeut. on $:if>0.00ii, $'21,000; Watts cotton mills, | per eeut. on $1100,000, $12, 000; Clinton cotton mill. 4 per ecnt. on $200,000, $S,00JI; People's Loan and Kxchnn^c Hank. S per cent, on $100,000, $S,000; the Kntcrpri.-e Hank 1-2 per eeut. on $10(1,000, $.'l,.")00j tlie Hank ol' l.anrenw, 4 per eeut. ,<n $."i0,000, $2,0()0; l irsi National Hanl<] of Clinton, J 1-2 per j:eu<. on $.">0,000 $1,7">0. York Mill Pays Dividends. Yorkville, Special, t .Vl a meeting of the directors of the York cotton mills, h d last Friday a semi-annual dividend of per ecnt. was declared Two years atio the company was very much embarrassed with a heavy debt, but under the able management ?>f Col. Joseph (i. Wardlaw, president and Mr. J. U. Killian, superinteuile.it this debt has heiui paid oil' and thrt mill is now in a lloiaj^witn; eonditi ?n and making money. """" Examinations soon for State Colleges Columbia, Special. ? The cxamina Ijonft Jor entrance to and scholar ships at Clcmson, Wiuthrop, (lie Cit adel, Charleston College ami the Cui v-'isily of South Carolina will he held next I"'ridav at the Washington Street graded scirooi. 1'or Clcmson College there will lie throe scholarships two for (lie agri cultural course and one for the textile course. For the Citadel there is at present no scholarship vacant from this couu ty hut the entrance examination wiil he held. For Winthrop there will he one scholarship vacant hut cxaminatio is will also be held for those who do not desire to compete for the scholar ships becoming vacant after July 5 will be awarded those making' the highest averages. For the College of CharloVton there is one scholarship for this county wyrth $100 and tuition. For-the University of South Caro lina there is no vacant scholarship, hut those contemplating entering the university would do well to stand the examination as there may be soma scholarships awarded at large later.. Mr. S. M. ('larkson the county su perintendent of education has charge of the arrangement for the examin ation ami there will probably be a large number of applicant^.. Arrested in Augusta. Barnwell, Special. ? Sheriff Creech returned from Augusta Sunday aft ernoon with W. V. Harden, who is badlv%.wanted here, there being- a number of charges against him for is suing bogus insurance. Harden was arrested in Augusta la*t week on the charge of stealing a horse and buggy Sheriff Creech heard of it and went over this morning ami brought him back. Sutton. Harden'h partner, ?? Ifere in .jail. They will both be tried at the criJWn* term of court which convenes on the 8th of July. Plant Buys Valuable Lands. Macon, Special. ? R. II. Plant, Jr., purchased of Thomas Hardeman i section of valuable land fronting on Hay street last week, paying $1,0)0 for the property. It is very proba ble that the site will be used for the erection of an* enterprise which wiilf be valuable to the city. Didn't Answer When Hailed. Springlield, Special. ? News has: just readied hero dial Mr. Dqxterj Williams, a respoctablo white faring nbojij 3.3 years old, living btilwuad Springfield and Livingston, was shot to' death Sunday inoniing by a neg<*o boy by the name of Baker near I^i/ ingston. No cause can be learned for the killing cxcept that Williams earne by Baker's house near daylight thi* morning ami stopped to get wutor when the boy hailed him, and not getting an answer, shot Mr. Williams killing him instantly. *v Danger of Indian Outbreak. * Kl Paso, Tex., Special?Troops at Fort Apache, Aria., it is nnnonneod, have been ordered to be in readme** to proceed to Fort McDowell Arix^ where it is said an ontbrtak of In dians is feared as a reimlt of the Idll* in* of Awtaa m TtS?2? -?*r" ? \t; . ...... ORATION ON S. C, D/Y. Eloquent Protrayal of tho Position This Btato Has Occupied bince tlw Foundation of tho Government, Norfolk, Spooial.?Hon. Waltor Hazard, of Georgetown wan tho ora tor for South Carolina day at tho Jamestown exposition. Mr. Hazard was selected for this signal honor by f lie South Carolina commission, and right well did ho acquit himself. Mr. Hazard's address was largely a historical review of tho development^ of this country from tho landing of Columbus to the present day. Mr. Hazard said in part: In the inspiring presenco of this assemblage, composed s;> largely of representatives of two of tho most famous of tho original 13 colonies, our feds an acute consciousness .if fact that lie is standing on hallow ed ground?-ground mado sacred bv the toils and tho sufferings, tho blood and the tears, tho joys and the sor rows of ten generations of Amorioau freemen. Only a few miles to the* westward, on the bosom of tho ma jest ie rive the music of whoso waters today sounds in our ears, floats the little island where tho llrst perma nent English settlement on this con tinent was established, and to which the civil and political principles de veloped by the Anglo-Saxon through centuries of struggle and of growth were transplanted, there to blossom anew for the healing'of the' nations. Not for to the north lies tho city-' whose name will be forever linked in the annals of history with the closing chapter of the Revolutionary war, on whose shattered walls the battle Hag of Great Britain was furl ed in llnal defeat. And less than a hundred and lil'ty miles hence, as tho eye gazes toward the mountains bath ed in the tender'purples of distanco, lies tho tranquil Appomattox," where the (lowers of hope that blossomeO^, at the cradle, of tho Southern Con federacy dropped their faded petals over its untimely -grave: where tho greatest soldier in all the tide of timo sheathed at last Jiip stainless, sword and tho thin gray lino which had followed its Hashing splendor through tho smoko and earnago of battle meltetf away forever from the vision of t/cn, Sout> Carolina's Work. And so wo of the Palmetto State, entering within the hospitable gates of the Old Dominion and^ bringing here our treasures of art and science, our products of loom and mine and forest and field, to enhance the at tractions of her great ter-contennial exposition, lay our tribute ..of:, praise and affection at her feet, that bav# trod both the paths of peace and tho wine-press of woe, and draw from her fuir beauty, her proud dignity and her glorious record, a fresh in spiration for the duties and respon-, stbilitios that rest upon us as eiti- ' zons of a sister commonwealth. It 1u\h boon wittily said that the only difference ootwtoen the Virgin ia gentleman and the South Carolina gentleman is that, when the former salutes you, ho bows wholly to yon, ' whereas the Jattcr, returning 4 the. courtesy, bows half to you and half to himsol-??-JXlierc is perhaps just a~: grain of truth lurking in this piece of pungent satire. Far it cannot be denied that there are few beings on the earth, for whom the average South Carolinian has a more exalt ed regard than a typical son of Ilia native State, one "to the manner born." Yet it is no less true ihafc thero oNists in the breast of the cd Virjfinin!! mi oxciuiflitclv ilc!* icate, but well defined, pride of -lin eage, a subtle appreciation of the an esmt splendors of his ancestral halU and acres, and a fine senso of the pro eminent virtues of his coutempora^ ries within tho pale of tho Old Do minion. Yet, since ho recognizes with true g enerositv the claims of his South Carolina friends, wo may " accept his how as an admission of the greatness of our ewn littio State. For to his ears too Ifas come the ianie of our grea^ mqji, Gadsden, Pinck noy, Rntledge and . Middleton; Suti- ? ten-,, Marion, Moultrie and Horry; Ileyard, Laurens, Calhoun and Mc DufTle; Chevos, Harper and Ward-, ln'j-; Hampton, Pickens and Butlor,,V Petigrn and Uayne, Timrod and Le Conte, and a score of other brilliant - names, eminent- in war, diplomacy, ~ statecraft, law, literature aud the ology, that illumine the pages of South Carolina's history, have em bclished hcv fa mo with an imperish able lustre. Not for Self Praise. ? Bnt-wiinvo fmt~come frerr .today intent upon self-ffloriflcation. There is a solemnity of meaning in-an qtb casion like this that ill comport* with vain assertions of our own periority or with boastful picture* of what, we, have iHjsomplosbed. Ths lesson suggested by these esercpea is the duty of introspection, and lU privilege which it tffoxd* inspiration for . hither i iSi ift ... m-nm wtmM