The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, December 22, 1898, Image 1
VOL- XXH-
BARNWELL SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER *
CntornUT to omr National Anihnm—
Thn O raven of OoafMtorate Bold torn
Who Fell ta (bn Civil War Am thn
Natloa’n Cam. ■■
h
WM
Pmnldect M'.Klnlej made aiemor-
able the Hitt dny of thn Atlanta pnaon
jubilee bye notable utteraaoe le his
rpeeeh befor vChe joint ksiIod ef the
Georgia Legislature. . Hit reception
by the general Mtembly was warm and
' eartjlu the extreme, and his speech
to uatcd with frequeat out*
burtt> Of cheering. It is admitted oa
all sides that the address marked an
epoch in history.
Upon the Prt aldent’s arrival at the
capltol. be was greeted with a field ar-
VttUery salu e and was at once escorted
to Governor Candler’s office There a
shortfl informal reception took place.
Upon its conclusion the President
was conducted to the asnembley cham
ber, where be occupied the Speaker's
chair with G vernor Candler oa his
right. Whtn President Dodson, of
the Senate, called the Legislature to
order tbe galleries were thronged with
men and women. The body of the
chamber wa? well filled will State Sen
ators and Assemblymen, while the
uniforms of various officers and the
Governor's stuff gave a touch of
brilliant color to tbe gathering, ■ On
the first row facing the Speaker sat
Secretaries Gage, Long, Wilson and
Smith, Private Secretary Porter. Be*
—side the "Speaker** acsfaad below the
ttoe from the nation which awmonlb
it bad he'd up to ridicule end
Brigadier G a ral Young made a
short speech rt gat ding the condition
o( the army earn pi in tbe 8 utb. H
•aid that ae troops In tha world
batter, more regally fed and treated,
than ware the troops in South CarolUa
end Georgia.
General Lawton was loudly cheered,
but declined to make a speech. He
slssply thanked, on behalf of his men
at Santiago, the Legislature end people
of Georgia for their tribute te him-
selfi > -
Secretary Alger also declined to
speak, and the Legislature dissolved.
The President hold a private reception
la the Senate, and afterward a public
reception on the stepe of the rotunda?
where hundreds of Southerners crush
ed and joetled each other In their anx
iety to shake a Northern President’*
tnftln* the symbol of liberty an 1 'aw. of
peace and p^cree*. Who wl!l with
draw from ihu people over whom it|
floats Us ireWting folds? Who will
haul it down?
"Tha victory w* celebra o Is not|
that of a ruler, a president, or a con
gress, bui of' the people. The ermy
whose valor we admire and the navy
whoee achievements we applaud were
not assembled by draft or coascription,
but from voluntary enlistment. Tha
heroes same from civil as wall as mill-
tarv Iff*. Trained and untrained
soldiers wrongbtour triumph#.
"The peaoe we have won is not a I
tlfish truce it arms, bat one wboaa
conditions presage good to hnmenlty.
The domains secured under the treaty
yet to be acted upon by the Senate
came to us not as tha result of e cru
sade of eonqueet, but'as the reward of
temperate, faithful, and fearless re-
B11L ARP OH EDUCATION.
■t Heirs to 1
SI? 1 !
If any had come from mile* distent,
and when the President left tbe capltol
there were still hundreds bitterly dls-
infed because they had not been
to maker their way through the
surging throng to get a recond’s hold
on hia hand.
The day’s festivities included n
uti’que floral parade, which was re
viewed by the President, end a recep
tion at night to the distinguished'
guests at the Capital City club.
««»■
President, Generals Wheeler, Lawton
and YOunp, in full uniform, set on
ohairs. The Speaker rapped for si
lence, and Introduced the President to
the audience, congratulating the State
—of Georgia upon the presence of their
distinguished guests. As the Presi
dent rose, the audience applauded.
MoKINLEY’S a BOON D SPEECH.
,'*a" . '
The Government Invincible end the
.Victories
Great Responsibilities;—
second day of tbe Atlanta
lGovJ
During the
speech Mr.
Impose
On the
pesos jubilee, when Gov. Candler made
an address of welcome on behalf of
Georgia, tbe President responded at
greater length than on the preceding
/n Introducing the Prestdepi, Colonel
conflict sad In onr intercourse with the
powers of the world as to escape com
plaint or complication and give uni
versal oonfldenoe of our high purpose I
and nnsalfish sacrifices for straggling ]
peoples •
"Tha task is aot fulfilled. Indeed,
It Is only just begun. The most seri
ous work is still before us, and every
eaergy of heart aad mind must be bent j
and the Impulse* of partisanship sub-
ordl|iated to its faithful execution.
This Is the time for earnest, not feint,
hearts.
" ’New occasions teach new duties.’
To .this , nation and to every aaVloa
there corns formative periods in its 11 r *
and history. Now conditions caa bs
met only by new methods. Meeting
these conditions hopefully and facing
them btavaly and wisely la to be the
mightiest test of American virtu* and
capacity. Without abandoning pest
limitations, traditions and principles,
iportunitles
Willing to Pay Texas
Wb t -< htldren, B
■ • cribu t. to Negres.
" B1 Med are they who expect little,
for they shell not be disappointed M It
seems impossible to elect a legislature
that will relieve the people from the
overburden of taxation, aad hence it la
good philosophy for us to be reooaolled
to what waeaaeot help. W* old man
are bebk numbers aad mast acquiesce
la the modern methods aad let the pro
ness loo proceed. Bat I shall die la
the faith that It Is wrong la principle
for ns to pay for the ednoatloa of ohlld-
rea whose parent ere better off than
we are or to pay pension money to
those who could buv us out at a sheriff’s
sale. You see, my brethren, I waseat
raised that wav and I am too old bow
1 lover swain. Mv private
gentle-
ebout
o with
outstretched nr ms are pleading end
begging
for buncombe end want to be re-e
licked him aad made him boll
oept to good, but example la
and I eras always proed that
whipped a bully who rods into his
store aad Parsed him.
. Well, the children molball
fair start la sehoeUnf , and II th
cat it in tha old-fashioned
folks
haven
they can’t
way w# old
h tha
most fall Utojiee with tbe new,
tax or ao tax. Bat 1 want tha dema
gogues to hush. They make me tired.
Bill Akv.
THE
BUM OF
DAT.
win right
the New
Treaty
ryao, upon leavlag
Third Nebraska
inter-
alklag
ileoted
or else they hut. at got nay property to
be taxed ead don’t care a darn what
becomes of the rest of us. My tax now
I* more then onc-tenth of my total In
come end I consider myself an injured
'self
person, for I don’t see how I can pay it;
aad some of my nahors are in the same
fix. I have educated our tra children
and paid for It and got no help and now
If tbe new principle Is right 1 want
the State to refund. If my part Of the
tax went to educate poor white child
ren only I would say amen and amen,
hut wheal ece ~
ia say amen ana amen, f aa 4 t k Bn
•*?*?•** ri<,h tended Cuba ' **
and to educate negroes now lhf _ maat 7 fl
MeKleley refersed tq hiej—^ a little over three
notes, and constantly paused for the
cheers to stop. A toene of Intense en
thusiasm followed when, amid Impree-
slve silence these words fail from the
lips of tbe President: — •-£_^_ VT
"Ivery soldier’s grave made during
th* unfortunate civil, war is a tribute
to American valor. And while, when
those graves were made, we differed
selves-worthy of tbe great trust* which
civilisation ha* Imposed upon ms.
"At Bunker Hill liberty was at stake;
valor.
were made,
widely about thn future of the govern
ment. those d ff renoe* were long ago
settled by the arbitrament of. arms—
and the time has now come, in the
evolution of Svintiment and feeling
under the pr,.vldeeoe~of- God, when, in
the spirit of freternlt/, we should
share with you la the oare of the
graves of the Cjnfedemte.eoldiers.”
A wild cheer went ep, from every
throat In the typical Southern audi
ence, a cheer that echoed and re-ochoed
through the chamber, until It was
take* up by tbe crowds outside. .
Old men who fought for the South,
rose from their easts aad waved their
hate. One Confederate Veteran, now e
venerable legislator, had passed for
ward until he was leasing against the
Speaker’s desk, hanging on each word
tbe Presit eat uttered. When the ref
erence was made to the Confederate
dead, thir'old men burled his head in
his arms, aad while tbs eheers rang
out, cried tike a little child. Of all tbe
many-conciliatory speeches which have
beea made since Great said, "Lst
there be peacr,” nothing has more
deeply stirred a Southern audleaoe
than the simple words of 'President
McKinley, wbt said;
"Sectional lines no longer mar the
map of the United Staten. Sectional
feeling no longer holds back the love
w* bear each other. Fraternity la the
aatlonal anthem, sung by a chorus of
• 46 States and onr territories at home
and beyond the seas. Tbe Union Is
onoe more the common altar of our lovq
and loyalty, our devotion end sacrifice,
i old isg again waves over us In
with new glories which your
son! and ours have this yearwdtfad
its snored folds. What oauee we have
for rejoicing, is saddened only by the
(act tost so many of onr brave then fell
field or sickerai and died from
The
OB
hardship and expoamre, and other* re-1 M ' d j haTe ' th(
bringing wowulc aaaf > mg
from which they will long suffer. ■ The | _ oa qj,,.!!
gsuffi
memory of tbe dead will be a precious
legacy abd tho disabled will be thS
nation’s eare. *
"A nation which* cares for Its dis
abled soldiers, as w* have always don j,
will never lack defenders. Tue
national cemeteries for those who ft It
in battle ere proof that the deed, as
well as the living, have our love.
What an army of silent sentinels we
have, and with what loving care their
grave* are kept.
"Kvsry soldier’s grave made during
our unfortunate civil war Is a tribute
to Amerloaa valor. And while, when
those graves were made, wa differed
widely about the future of this govern
ment, the difference# were long ago
settled by the arbitrament of arms—
and thn time has now come In the ev
olution of sentiment and feeling under
the provldenoe of God, , when, in the
the spirit of fraternity, we should
share with you la the cere of the
graves of the Confederate soldiers.
"The cordial feeling which now hap-
p ly exist* between the Njrth and
South prompts this gracious act and If
It needed further justification, It is
found In tha gallart loyalty to the
Union and the flag, so conspicuously
shown In the year just passed, by the
sox* and grandsons of thes* heroic
dead.
"What a glorious future awaits us.
if, unitedly, wisely and bravely, wt
faoe tha new psahlem* now pressing
upon us, determined to solve them for
right aad humanity.” >
No sooner bed President MoKinlej
concluded before there were lo.d criee
for Wheeler, wad when that little maa
got up, hia head scarcely higher thaa
the Speaker's desk, the audience onoe
more gave vent to wild enthusiasm.
General Wheeler referredeuloglstloal
ly to the effort* of tbe President toward
preserving peace ae long as the ooua-
try’s honor would permit such efforts,
ead of hi« masterful policy after war
was inevitable. General Wheeler paid
hllh 'tribute to Admired Dewey, aad
"Tne army, in conjunction with the
navy, was ordered to attack ead de
•troy tbe Spanish force* at Santiago.
In four weeks 1
and Its
ears ago, dur
ing the great Cotton States and In
ternational exposition, there was cele
brated on these gronnds e Blue and
Gray day. I had the honor of presid-
ing over er large ead eulhuslattlo
masting held in the exposition audi
torium. This meeting was addressed
by distinguished ymd prominent gover
nors from the North, one of whom said:
The time, if sot alreaey here, sbonid
be here now' wherffie 'North
South only suggest geographical dU
visions, and nothing else. If we ever
fight again, aad 1 pray God we may
never have to, hut IN we overdo, we
will fight on the sema side end We «111
fight uaderahe seme flag, aad that flag
will ha tha glorious star* add stripe*;
the same our grandfather lifted up;
the same our fathers bore, in many a
battle’s tempest It ank crimson rain
and today it means that, what God
hath woven In His loom let ho man
fend la twain.
" Prophetic and earnest words Were
these that came from the eloquent
Ups and warm heart ot a Northern
man on So a them coil. Siace that day
wa have had a great war and Our peo
ple have stood side by aide and fought
under the seme Am, just is predicted
by that orator on that occasion. Sinew
that bright September day this dis
tinguished orator has been called by,
his oountrymea to the highest office In
the'gift of the people. He made us
glad, on that day that wa had one oom-
mon country and one glorious flag.
He complimented our people end
gratified tbp committee a few days ago
whea ha paid a warm and glowing
tribute to the South by saying that
not h single Southern soldier end not
single prominent Southern paper
ad complained of the conduct of the
SpanLh-Amerloaa war. He made
thousands of Confederate hearts glad
yesterday when he uttered the noble
Christian sentiment. 1 Tbe time
now eome le the evolution of sentiment
aad feeling under the proVldeaoe of
God, when in the spirit of fraternity
we should shire with you In the care
of the graves of the Confederate
soldiers.’ We ere honored as well is
jolced oy his presence bora today,
the great pleasure, as well
honor, of presenting to
you that Christian patriot and Illustri
ous statesman, Hon. William Mo
K nley, president of the-Uni ted State*.”
(Great applauee.) •
Mr. McKinley said : *
"T cannot withhold from this peo
ple my profound thanks for their
hearty reception and tb* good will
•hloh they have shown me every
where and In every way sine* I have,
been their guest. I thank them for
the opportunity which this occasion
gives me of meeting and greeting
thpm and for th* plaasnre it affords
me to participate with them in honor-
log the army and the. navy, to whose
achievements we .ere indebted for one
of the most brilliant chapters of Ainerl-
ean history. .. -•
" Other parts of -the couatry have Lerlll live to call It blessed.
men’s children
for the ehalngang, I am disgusted be
yond measure.'
It fatigues my indignation to read
the gush of those orators who profess
to he the guardian angels of the child
ren of the State. I can form a home
syndicate Mght now In this town who
will agree to give a common school
oiim la Qtm
at Gattysburg the Union was the issue;
before Manila and Santiago our armies
Knight not for gala or raveaae, hut for
human rights. They contended for the]
freedom of the oppressed, for whose
welfare the United Stales has never
failed to lend a helping hand lo es
tablish and uphold, and, *1 ?believer,
The glories of the war
cannot be dimmed, hut the result will
he Incomplete and unworthy of us un
less supplemented by elvil victories,
harder possibly to win, ia tbslr way ns
less indispensable. .
7‘We will have our difficulties and
our embarrassment*. They follow all
victories and accompany all great re
sponsibilities. They are ,inseparable
from every great movement or reform.
But American capacity has triumphed
over all In the yia*V Doubts have ia
the end vanished. Apparent danger#
have been averted or avoided, and our
own history shows that progress has
come so natnraliy aad steadily oa th*
heels of new and grate responsibilities
that a* we look bask upon tha acqulsi-
.iions of territory by our fathers we are
filled with wonder that any doubt
could have existed or any apprehen
sion could have beea felt of the wisdom
of their action or their capacity to
grapple with tb* then untried and
mighty problem*.
‘•The Republic today is larger,
stronger and better prepared than ever
before for wise and profitable develop*
meat in new directions and along aaw
lines. Braa If . tha minds of‘•oma of
our ows'people ars still disturbed by
perplexing and anxious doubts in which
all of us bave shared and still share,
the genius of Amsrlea* elvilixatlon
w(U, I believe, be found both original
and creative aad capable of subserv
ing all the great interests which shall
be confided to our keeping.
"forever In. the right, following the
beat impulse* and clinging to high pur-
poses, using properly and within right
limits our po#tr and •pportuaitiae,
honorable must inevitably fol
low. The outcome cannot bk-iojouht.
We could have avoided all the diflioal-
ties that He aero*# the pathway of th*
aatbn if a few months ago we had
eoldly Ignored the piteous appeals of
B-1 the starving and oppressed inhabitants
of Cuba. If we had blinded ourselves
to tb* conditions so near to tur shores
and turned e deaf ear to our suffering
neighbors, the Issue of territorial ex
pansion In th* Antilles aad the Bast
Indies would not have beea raised.
"But could we have jus.lfied sueh a
eounef Is there anyone who would
now declare another to have been th*
better coursf? With less humanity
and lesi courage bn our*pert, th* Span
ish flag, Instead uf th* Store aad Stripe*
? puld still be fleeting at Cavite, at
once, and at Santiago, and a chance
in the race of life, woald be wanting to
| mlllloat of human beings who today
eell this nation nobis, and who, I trust,
lack,
for the education of their children,
the pensions are put upon the ludlge
basis, why not put thH^eohooling r
I tall you, my*tft#hiwa,> this texatli
"Thus far we>have doaaour supreme
duty. Shall wpjiow, when the victory
won In war is wrltten in tha treaty of
peaoe and the olvillaed world applauds
| and- waits la expectation, turn timidly
I away from the duties imposed upon the
country by its owa grant deed* r And
whan the mle a s fad* away aad wa •••
with clearer vision, may we not go
forth rejpletng In a strength >hl#h
treaty of peaoe I has beea employed solely for humanity
by the American aad Spanish oommls- end always been tempered with justice
siorarf. Under hostile fire- on a and merey, confident of our ability to
had their public thanksgivings and
jubilees in honor of the bistort# events
of tbs paat year, bat rowhera has
there been greater rejoicing than
among the people here, tb* gathered
representatives of the South. I con
gratulate them upon their accurate
observation of events, which enabled
them to fix i data which Insured them
the privilege of being the first to oele-
kllle whose pareblT ere unable to pay
the ordinary tuition. Tha Constitution
is right In calling for a constitutional
convention to reconsider tha qualifica
tion of voters and It should reorganise
the school system and require all who
are able, both wblto and blaok, to pay
bu. If
ant
I
taxation
bdiinei* has'got to stapt Those who
gre Able to stand It caamlflpallae what
a burden it is to those who are not.. It
Is the straw that breaks Vie camel’s
back. Captain Neal said Mils morning
that he had paid his city taxes bnt
could see no prospect of paying for the
State and scanty; and 1 hear many
others taytlng the sum* way. There
will be more levies by tha sheriff this
year than were ever known before, aad
many of ns will be in tha fix of my old
friend Fort, who said he tried and
tried to sell his house aad lot to some-
bod v so as to pay his debts, but ha
couldn’t find a buyer, but one day the
sheriff cam* along aad sold It just as
easy.
A great deal of this stuff about edu
cation and the dear children pleading
for It Is sentimentalism. They are not
pleading for It around here, but had
rather dodge it and stay at home, or
hunt persimmons and walnuts or rab
bits and black haws or shoot sparrows
and squirrels. If the parents are any
acoount and love their children they
will help ta educate them *t*home. I
caa say with truth that I got more and
a better education from my father and
mother thaa I aver did at school, for
about all the teacher did was to hear
me recite? ^
I reckon theee seatlmanta will shock
these paternalist* who are so ereay
about the public schools and will
especially horrible to tha army of
school teachers, for they are desper
ately ia earnest, and like Paul said ta
Timothy,, "liy bob, I magnify mins
offloe." They are making a bigger
thing of our system of pu
than it deserves to be. Publio morals
are of lar mare importance, and Mr.
Stetson th* statistician of Massachus
etts, In his able repo.’t to th* legisla
ture, declares that the system has been
Hied and found wanting; that moral
training is la tha background aad crime
is rapidly Increasing: that public edu
cation Is but a frigid training of tha
mind, while the heart ia neglected and
the prlsOne are filled to overflowing
with oOnvloto, TO per eeat of whom
have had a liberal public school educa
tion. —•
As Judge Milner well sald ln a recent
article published In your columns, tha
average psurent turns his eh lid rea over
to the puollo for an ednoatloa and dis
misses them from his mind. It Is no
longer any of hls hnslas s. But if the
parent had to pay foraud bad a voles
in tbe selection ol teachers hef would
take more Interest ia the ednea-
tlon of hie children. Bat all this
is preaching la vela. Tha people
are Wedded to the system, and it will
have to run its course. It is said to
be the policy in all enlightened coun
tries, hut we read that la Prussia ao
man It allowed to teach who has not
had at least a one year’s training ia
theological'studies. The standard of
moral fitness In tha
Was. J. Brj
Policy of
Showld be Ratified.
Col. William J. Bryan
hto sommaad, th*
regiment, gave the following
view:
"My reason for leavlag the artav
was set forth la mv latter to the ad-
{ utant general tendering my resigns-
Ion. Now that tha treats of peaoe
has beea concluded, I believe that i
can bo mere useful to my country as
a civilian than a soldier.’* —
Colonel Bryan then proceeded to
the discussion of publio quastloas, say-
log: ;
"The people of tbe United States,
having rescued Cuba from foreign con
trol, may bow re nme the discussion
of the domeetio problems whioh con
front this nation, end to the considers
tlon of the new questions arising out of
the war.
" 1 may ]bi| in error, but, la my judg
ment, oar nation Is In greater danger
Cuba. Our people de-
d .ilnst foreign'arms;
efend, themselves and
their country against a foreign Idea—
the colonial idea of European nations.
Heretofore greed has perverted the
f [overament and used Its instrumental
nterferenoes for private gain: but
now the very foiadatloa principles of
onr government are aeeeultod.
-• imperialistic Idea Is direct!
which kave been cherished
American people since the sign]
THE WEATHER AND CROPR
Yalaahi*
The
tor an
la
pcmahlet le
explanatory
weather bureau has Imbed a
report la _
iretofo: o th* reports be
ia aa eenrrnlent'a shape ae
recently adopted. The
made more useful by two
maps, thawing tbe direction of the
winds, acd the amount of preeipitatioa.
The report just Issued by Director
Bauer L for the mouth of October. „
CUMATOLOeY.
Tba ire't temperature forth*mot.tb
wee 17.1 degree* at Cbarlsct n, tb*
highest to usd the lows t. 2b. The
State raego we* fit degrees
TheaVinge precipitation was I M
Inches and waa unevenly distributed,
bavlag b< »*n - xceeslv* over the nerth-
western counties, th* upper Savannah
valley utui ^xne of the truth eastern
oounuei*. The average nan bar of days
with rain »:<*nlnc. Prevailing winds
from th* northwest.
Average number ofelear days was
14, cloudy 9, partly cloudy I. Mall at
Shaw’s Fork on the llth. Gales oa the
2nd sad 28th. Thunderstorm os the
furlough, i
It
1st. 2nd, 4tb, Itb, dth, 18th, 20tb, 21st,
and 22nd. '
Ion, first of the season, occurred at
Camden on 21st, PinopoUa 28rd, 27tb,
28th, Shaw’s Fork 28th, Society Bill,
22nd, 23rd, 26th, 27th.
Frost was of frequent occurrence
after the 14th of the month, on which
date the firet light frost bf the season
occurred at two stations, bat on tbs
16th and 16th light frost wa* genera!
over th* entire State, except oa the
Immediate coast, where th* first frost
of the eeasbn occurred on the 2lrd or
North sva
A Washington
and Courier safe
Latimer, of South
to Washington la
aambarof
anyiag northward oa
aa Interesting ooavei
had-with some of tha 1
boys la oonaeetlon with t
troubles ia South Geroilaa.
Mr. Latimer's dtetrlet that
wood iron hi* occurred, aad ha
familiar with tha ooadltloaf la
vicinity. Tha establishment of !
tary camps In South OaroUau
Georgia has enabled Northers volam
fc era to learn, by praetioal exparlaoea,
something of the raoe conditions in
the South. Mr. Latimer says he talked
with a number of the Msasachueelto
soldier* en route to Washingtoa, aad
they admitted to him that they had
learned, d nr lag their short sojourn la
the South, that tha Souther* people
bra really the beat friends the negroes
have. The soldiers frankly stated
that many of their friends la ton
North, who have naver visited the
South, hay* false impressions of the .
releUoeshlp between tha white peopt*
n th* South nod their colored neigh
bors- The negroes are. with law ex
ceptions, solely dependent
whites, and whan left to t__
are laollaed to appreciate the
*.r
UPOB
the declaration of ladepeadanee
nation must give up auy intention of
entering upon a ooloolal policy (suoh
as Is bow panned by Baropean coun
tries,^ r It must abandon the doctrine
that governments derive their just
powers) from .the consent of th* gov-
■resfl • ■. ■
" W* may believe that governments
some np from the people, or we may
heliav* that governments oome down
to tha people from those who possess
the heaviest oaaaoa aad th* largest
ships- hut we oannot advocate both
doctrines.
"To borrows Bible quotation, *A
house divided against Itself cannot
stand;’ paraphrasing Lincoln's decla
ration I may add that thia nation can
not endure half republic and half colony
—half free aad half vassal. Oar form
of government, our traditions, our pre
sent Interests and our future welfare
all forbid our entering upon a career
of oonqueet.
"Jefferaon has beea quoted la sup
port of imperialism, but our opponents
must distinguish between Imperialism
and expansion ; they must alao distin
guish between expansion in tha West-
era Hemisphere and an expansion that
Involves us la the quarrels of Europe
aad the Orient. They must still fur
ther distinguish between expansion
which secure contiguous territory for
future settlement, aid expansion which
i us allsa raeee for future subju-
27th. Heavy killing frost was general
over tbe Stale on toe 27th, on which
date the first killing frost of the season
occurred at the following stations:
Allendale, Gateshurg, Camden, Che-
icy, it logs tree, Little Mountain!
St. Stephens, Baotuo; Trenton and
I Trial. The firet kUllag frost of the
| season was recorded at other stot
m follows: Central 19th, damson
lag# lith, Floraaoe 28th, GUlisoavilla
123rd, Longshore 23rd, Shaw’s Forklhtb,
Spartanburg 28th, Walhalla 2lrd,
YorkVille 23rd.
slty, forbearance aad friendly tnstlaeto
of th* white people. Mr. Latimer said
the mingling of the New Bagiaed
troops with their Southern brethren lx
having a good effect, for it teaches
them that the negroes can work oat
their own salvation to a bptter advaat*
age at the hands of the whit* people
thaa by ontold* laterferaaoe. All
tlges of sectional
ealousy have beea
iveato of the war with Spain,' i
tort hern soldiers now oamped la I
South are received with open hea
rieruoce. jfou TVS
■prejudice# aad
wiped oat kf tha
with Spain, aad
spirit ail thi
Istrict ia oa
crop aaPOBTS.
October, 1898, averaged much warmer
tan usual during tha first 14 days, but
Iter the middle of the mouth cool
h freqi
oondltu
red at
i pec tally
ioa.wae i
ass vwwuwwv
in places it
3 panted by
»f gaaaral
fvh i
gallon.
"Jefferson favored tha annexation
of naoemery contiguous territory on
the North American continent, but he
was opposed to wars of conquest, aad
exgfessly condemned the acquiring of
remote territory.*
When asked how the
oonld be prevented, Colossi
said:
"Soma think that the fight should
be made against th* ratification of the
acquiring <
colonial policy
Bryaa
than usual
alter ^ Hi
night* with frequent trosto, waa tha
prevailing condition. Although killing
frosts oocurred at many places after
the filrd, especially oa the 27th and
28th, vegetation was not entirely killed,
but further growth was, however, ef
factually checked. >
There war* relay period at the be
gin nlng of the month that extended
over the entire State, "bat the rainfall
was generally light except over th*
southeastern counties aad throughout
the Savannah vellny where lo '
wa* excessive aad was aoeomi
severe gale*. Thia period ol
rainy weather ended oa th* fib and
was followed by eloadj toelear weather,
with frequent light showers, until
the 17th sod llth, when e gene rail Ight
rain fell, covering the enura 8tap
the 29th and 2fst another rain
covered th* State, &eavy ia the ex
treme western portion*, where between
1 and 2 Inches of rila fall ta .24 ho
Light rains were again general oa
28th, 28th and 29th.
. Theee ooedltlcfcu la tha rain ware
favorable for maioriag crops and har
vesting operation*, but tha storm oa
the 1st aad 2nd did much damage to
standing rice, and rice la stock*, tha
rinds blowing it down, aad the
bf
lyof the
Increase, aad he L dally
oommaalcatioas loom young mea sax- ’
ions to continue in the service of the
regular army. Tha majority of hto
correspondents aspire to «
In th* regular Srav aa saoo
eats. It Is probable that a
bes»of second lien tease to will ha l
▼Wed for ia the new bill raorgaainlaf
he army, which is soon toeeaaapia
Congress for consideration. Mr. Latt-
r called at tha war departacaat
i other day aad placed oa flletheap-
Mtioas of several young mea ia hto
the
plications
district who
I loath Carolina volunteer*, and W. S.
Lang tore, both of-Newberry.
At present ao appointments to the
oa* of ton first measures considered by
Goalees, aad as soon as It '
On ff
law There will be a graad
appointments to th* grad*'
lien tenant.
Representative Carter Tate, of Geer-
it becomes a
iteremMafor
defof second
owing it down,
high w
(unusually high tides eau
iterly gales, submerging
| rice fields. The frequent
rain
lator-
wbea
found to be
plan. It the treaty Is rejected
tlon* must be renewed uid Instead of
settling the question accord!
Ideas, wa must settle
with- the possibility
complication*. It wlH be ,
think, to and tha war at onoe by rati
the treaty aad tr
in oar own wiy. The issue
e»uu lUBWoau ui
according to our
it by diplomacy,
of international
ferreff with bousing oora,
huaked much oora was
rotted. But little oora remained la tbe
Twm somewhat delayed la thtTearfy
part of the month, hot Inter more lav
orable weather permitted the eatlr*
outotaadlag crop to be eared ia wall
cured condition.
dug
•mall poetofloee throughout the United
States by urging aebeage la tha postal
regulations, to authorise the sal* of l*
toroal revenue stamps at foarth-otato
poetoflleae. Mr. Tate has beea la eon-
sultatioa with tha offlolale of tha post-
office department, aad also with tha
commissioner of internal raveaae, oa
this subject, nod the eoaeeasue of opin
ion is that eaehaa arreagamaat will
be a great eoaraaiaaeoto
la tha rural districts.' "It to ia tha
nature of a hardship," says Mr.
" to eompel tha eouatry people
late th* oitiae tor latereal h
stamps every time they wish tot
a deed, am'
paper. The
mm
class postmasters to Keep on Bead a
moderate supply of Internal
no* by ratify orop found to he below exception la
With the sub- yield, with meny smell tlmbere. Sor-
be presented directly by a resolution
of Congress declaring tb* policy of the
nation a porn this subject. The Piee-
Ideat says la his meesaga that our only
resolution | made lute syrup with large yields of
both.
Gotten continued to
purpose in taking possession of Cuba
is to eeteblleh a stable government
and thaa torn that government over to
the people of Cuba. Congress oould
reaffirm this purpose la regard to
Cuba, and assert the same purpose la I rapid . _
regard to the Philippine islanle aad pleted over the more easterly
Porto Hlod. Snob a reeolatioa would {of tho State, while in th*
make a olxar out iasu* between the
dootrlae of self-government sod the
doctrine of Imperialism. We ebonld
reserve a harbor aad coaling station la
Porto Rloo aad tha Philippines in re
turn for servieee
very
brate the
ego o
■tgul
ng
_ that order wee ohe;
purposes aooompliehed
The
foreign toil, fighting in a common
cause, the memory of old disagree
ment* has faded into history. From
•amp aad campaign there oome* th*
magte healing which has closed an
cient wouada and effaced their ecars.
For this result every American patriot
will forever rejoice. It le no small in
demnity for toe cost of tha war.
* Thu government has proved itself
Invincible in the recent war. aad out
of It has come an.tlon whioh will re
main Indivisible forevermftre. No
worthier contributions have beea made
to patriotism and In men thaa by tbe
people of those Southern State s Whea
at last the opportunity came they were
eager to meet It, and with prompts ss
responded to the oall of oouatry. In
trusted with able leadership of men
dear to them, who had marched with
their fathers, under another flag, now
fighting under the old flag, they have
glorloMlyhelped to defend ltd spotless
folds and added new luster to its shin-
lag cure. That flag has boen planted
•seise
meet the ex 1,
because confluent that
one of duty aad our
right?"
which await ae,
our course to
cause that of
pi gull flpaaiili aatliru stood salag tor > Is-tPW- hamjepberaa hid there It re-
COL. W. J. Bitah RasiONt.—Gen.
Kelfer, who Is In command at Savan
nah of the remAlning troops la The
Seventh army oorps since Gen. Lee’s
departure for. Cuba, her confirmed the
report of Col. W. J. Bryan’s resigns
tlon of his command. Both Gen. Lee
and Gen. Kelfer endeavored to indnoe
Col. Bryaa to go to Cuba, but ware ua-
•uooesetul. , . -
Lieut. Col. Victor Vifquala, of the
Third Nebraska regiment, who will
•uooeed Col. Bryaa upon the letter’s
resignation, has received notice from
the Chinese legation at Washington
that the Emperor of Chlaa had con
ferred upon him tha decoration of tha
Order of the Double Dragon In
cognition of his services to the Chinese
residents of the republic of Colombia
wblh ha was United States consul at
Panama. ‘ •
Itneas In tha teaching la
high and tha pupil le required to give
two years' service to the state after he
he* graduatefi.
After all is said that
.boat any system of ednoatloa the
great part and th* good part must ha
dona by th* purest at home. The train
ing of tha heart moat go long with
that of tha mind. I aaw two boys
fighting oa the street the other day.
jt was a willing fight aad they had laid
bool books ears fully,down by
They had bava down oa tha
their school hooks
the fenoe.
ground some time before I got to thei
and my praeenoe did not deter t
om boy
at oof
d. and
and my praeenoe did not deter them
It was*hard fight aad the bottom
Anally got out his knife, but
earnest protest they separated,
want to thalr home*. I wondered If
there wee no book ia thalr school that
taught them that It Dee wrong to°flght
or if their pareato bad told them ae
some parents dote taka no insult or
abuse from anybody. But I learned
afterwards that theee were not bad pr
vicious boys, aad were popular with
their schoolmates, aad then I
re-1 bared that I had a hard
whea a schoolboy aad my father
whipped ow for it aad my atother cried
about It, aad whea father went away I
comforted mother by telling her that I
grow, bloom and
fruit, and half grown bolls developed,
over the western counties until the lath,
when froat checked farther growth of
stalk, bat did sot damage opened bolls
whioh ooatinned
throughout th* month, looking
progress and was nearly eom-
portions
torn por
tions rain latarferred to eome extent
with picking aad but little more than
two-thirds of the orop bad bean gather
ed by th* ead of the month. The yield,
, however, la the western counties, ex-
m rendered, nod I think seeded previous estimate* owing ohisly
Justified lo asking the to the favorable growing weather that
prevailed during the firet half of
the month.
Tho frequeat light to heavy reins
kept tbe soil la good oondlUoafor
plowing nod seceding, and much wheat
end onto were sown. Germination aad
growth wore satisfactory, and early
•owa grain came np to good stands.
Tbe work of seeding wheat aad onto
was not finished during October bat
will extend wall Into November tv
wheat aad into December for
The eontomplrted acreage for both
grains is somewhat larger than
The froat of th* 27th aed 2BthUth*
truck raising dlstrleto, oa th# ■oath-
eastern coast did ao mala rial
and vegetables there are making
factory growth, with ssilateaf
tare aad generally favorable
tare.
concession from Cuba.
"In tha one* of Porto Rico, where
tha people have ae yet expressed ao
deelvu for aa Independent government,
we might, with propriety, declare our
wiUlngaeee to annex the Island, If the
eltlaeae desires aaaexatloa, but the
Philippine islands are too far away,
their people toe different from
ours to be annexed to the United
States, even if they desired it."
Colonel Bryaa, whan he left Savan
nah, weat directly to Washington. He
intahde toeetor actively into tbe fight
> against tha colonial policy, la fact,
it la evident that this waa the mala
eaaaa which led to hie resignation.
point.
H# is not
travagant
moseys, hat he ooetende than
liberal provision shoald be.
Government lor faeilltoltmr
collection aad th* delivery ef th* I
among tha people who live la tha <
try. Ae there ia no iadf
miner la to repeal of the ^ _
Government shoald ba willing to i
tha collection of that tax as non
as possible to the people wbei
eg the tax wlthonte marmor,
la e question la the minds of a
the offioUla ee to whether tha
regulatloaeoan.be extoeded to uniMI
tbe poftmaetere et the smell edbee to
letorael revenae etampe. If aeaea-
JMBa’wKs
all doubt* on the sahjsat.
—The Incognitos of royalty sometimes
bring them emoting experiences. Ia
1894 Prt ace aad Prince** Henry, of
Battenberg, slipped away to St. Male
for rest aad quiet after tha social
season. They posed ae ordinary tour-1 Raw Year’s rift
| lets eadwxolted ao attention, slslUag I _ ounc mi f, w ho haa nei
places of Internet without arousing any I u. wu den.
rastf 1
thing with good temper. At
Michel, however, when taking their I
at the hotel table they ware
—"Can’t I have roar daughter as a
r asked the brave
had bearded the rich
_ , "No,
would rather part wlih every rent ]
have oa earth." "Very well. Oat of
consideration for your parental feel
lags, I will accept the eltoraattve.’’
„ rather taken aback by th# request of,
* >enM * thaeflect that they 1
fight myrelf woa id Change their seats because^she I *•?!*»*:
laoge their seats becauee she
wanted to alt next her fiance. They
[ consented graciously aad It was not till |
soma tlm* after that th* girl discover
ed who they were.
with
Mv* son
£ m
—An Arkansas editor thi
ed aa Important event la tha
aetlvs control of this
leave oar journal with a
who la financially bettor i
to handle Ifi., The
well-known la this