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ALL SECTIONAL
Declares Presiden
Address at
The speech of President Roosevelt
it the Charleston exposition was as
follows:
"It is to me a peculiar privilege to
speak here in your beautiful city. My
mothers people were from Georgia;
but before they came to Georgia, before
the revolution, in the days of colonial
rule, they dwelt for nearly a century
in South Carolina; and, therefore,
i can claim your scate as mine by inheritance
no less than by the stronger
and nobler right which makes each
foot of American soil, in a sense, the
property of al! Americans.
"Charleston is not only a typical
southern city; it is also a city where
history teems with events which link
themselves to American history as a
whole. In the early colonial days
Charleston was the outpost of our people
against the Spaniards in the south.
In the days of the revolution there occurred
here some of the events which
vitally affected the outcome of the
struggle for independence, and which
impressed themselves most deeply
upon the popular mind. It was here
that the tremendous, terrible drama
of civil war opened.
A United People.
"With delicate and thoughtful cour
tesy, you originally asked me to come
to this exposition on the birthday of
Abraham Lincoln. The invitation not
only showed a fine generosity and manliness
in you, my hosts, but it also emphasized
how completely we are now a
united people. The wounds left by the
great civil war, incomparably the
greatest war of modern times, have
healed, and its memories are-now a
priceless heritage of honor alike to the
north and to the south. The devotion,
the self-sacrifice, the steadfast resolution
nnn lnftv dariner the hieh devotion
" to the right as each man saw it, whether
northerner or southerner, all these
qualities of men and women of the
early sixties now shine luminously and
brilliantly before our eyes, while the
mists of anger and hatred that once
dimmed chem have passed away forever.
"All of us, north and south, can glory
alike in the valor of the men who wore
the blue and the men who wore the ,
gray. Those were iron times, and only j
iron men could fight to its terrible fin-!
lsh the giant struggle between the
hosts of Grant and lie. To us of the
present day and to our children and
children's children the valiant deeds,
the high endeavor and abnegation cf
. self shown in that struggle by those
who took part therein will remain forevermore
to mark the level in which
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we in our turn must rise whenever our
nation's need may come.
"TT7V.O? vft<ire o <rrv th?c n.ltirsn '
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was compelled to face a foreign foe,
the completeness of the reunion became
instantly and strikingly evident.
The war was not one which called for
the exercises of more than an insignificant
fraction of our strength and the
strain put upon us was slight indeed,
compared with the results. But it was
a satisfactory thing to see the way in
which the sons of the soldier of the
Union and the soldier of the Confed-1
eracy leap eagerly forward, emulous to i
show in brotherly rivalry the qualities
which had won renown for their fathers,
the men of the great war. It was
my good fortune to serve under an exConfederate
general, gallant old Joe
Wheeler, who commanded the cavalry
men at Santiago. In my regiment
there were certainly as many men
whose fathers had served in the southern
as there were men whose fathers
had served in the northern army.
Among the captains there was opportunity
to promote but one to u field
rank. Xhe man who was singled out
Tor tms promoxiun uaau&c ui wuo?/i<.uous
gallantry in Die field was the son
of a Confederate general and was himself
a citizen of this, the Palmetto
State; and no American officer could
wish to march to battle beside a more
t loyal, gallant and absolutely fearless
comrade than my former captain and
major, your fellow citizen, M'oah Jenkins.
REWARDS FOR ASSASSINS.
Governor Candler Supplements Offer j
of Chatham County Grand Jury.
Governor Candler, of Georgia, offered
rewards for the unknown mur- i
derers of Mik6 Shrenke, Jake Carter j
and Dower Fountain, of the Ogechee 1
district of Chatham county. These
men were killed by assassins several j
days ago, and Chatham county is out-!
raged over the affair. j
The grand jury has offered rewards
of $250 for the arrect of each murder- j
er, and Governor Candler has also of-!
fered rewards of $250 each for the ar- j
rest of each criminal. j
Sugar Trust Roasted.
In the house, speaking on the Cuban ;
reciprocity bill, Messrs. Smith and
Morris, republicans, attacked the sugar I
trust, likening Havemeyer to a buccaneer.
Machinists' Strike at an End.
Third Vice President Gannon, of the
Southern, announces that the machinists'
strike on the Southern is at an
end.
SIXTY THOUSAND VISITORS. I
More People in Charleston Wednesday I
than Ever Before in City's History, i
Sixty thousand persons attended the I
Charleston exposition Wednesday, the j
greatest crowd the city has known in
her history.
The reception to the president was !
even more than enthusiastic. Thou- j
sands shouted themselves hoarse. His !
trip from the city to the grounds was 1
a continual ovation from the moment'
the journey began until he left the
zrounds.
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WOUNDS HEALED |
t Roosevelt in His
Charleston.
Honors for the South.
"A few months ago, owing to the !
enforced absence of the governor of
the Philippines, it became necessary
i to nominate a vice-governor to take
j his place?one of the most important j
! places in our government at this time, j
I I nominated as vice-governor an ex- I
! Confederate, General Luke Wright, of j
j Tennessee. It Is therefore an ex-Ccn- j
; federate who now stands as the expo- j
| nent of this government and this peo- j
j pie in that great group of Islands in the
| eastern seas over which the American
| flag floats.
Only One Flag.
i "If ever the need comes in the future I
i the past has made abundantly evident
i the fact that from this time on north;
erner and southerner will in war know
; only the generous desire to strive how
each can do more effective service for
; the flag of our common country. The
I same thing is true in endless work of
I peace, and never-ending work of buildi
ing and keeping the marvellous fabric
j of our industrial prosperity.
"You have made a particular effort
| in your exhibition to get Into touch
with the West Indies. This is wise.
The events of the last four years have
shown us that the West Indies and the
; Isthmus in the future will cccuply a far
I larger place in our national policy
j than in the past. This is proved by
I the negotiations for the purchase of
! the Danish islands, the acquisition of
| Porto Rico, the preparation for buiid!
ing an isthmian canal and finally by
the changed relations which these
years have produced between us
and Cuba. As a nation we have an especial
right to take honest pride in
what we have done for Cuba. Our
critics abroad and at home have insisted
that we never Intended to leave the
island. But on the 20th of next month
Cuba becomes a free republic, and we
turn over to the islanders the control
of their own government. We have
kept our word and done our duty just
as an honest individual in private life
keeps his word and does his duty.
Cuba's New Destiny.
"Be it remembered, however, that
afier over three years' occupation of
the Island, we turn it over to the Cuoans
in a better condition than it ever
has been in the centuries of Spanish
rule. Cuba's position manes it necessary
that her political relations with
us should differ from her political relations
with other powers. This fact
has been formulated by us and accepted
by the Cubans in the Piatt
amendments. It follows as corollary
that where the Cubans have thus assumed
a position of relationship to our
political system they must similarly
stand in a peculiar reiations-hip to our
economic system.
Everv industrial exposition of thi<?
type necessarily calls up the thought
cf the complex social and economic
questions which are involved in our
present Industrial system. Our astounding
material prosperity, the
sweep and rush rather than the mere
march of our progressive material development
have brought grave troubles
in their train. We cannot afford to
blink at these troubles any more than
because of them we can afford to accept
as true the gloomy forebodings of
the prophets of evil. There are great
problems before us. They are not insoluble,
but they can be solved only if
we approach them in a spirit of resolute
fearlessness, of common sense and
cf honest Intention to do fair and equal
justice to all men alike.
"This is an era of great combinations,
both of labor and of capital. In ;
may ways these combinations have
wonted for good; but they must work'
under the law and the laws concerning
them must be just and wise, or they
will inevitably do evil; and this applies
as much to the richest corporation
as to the most powerful labor union.
Our laws must be wise, sane,
healthy, conceived in the spirit of
those who scorn the mere agitator; the i
mere inciter of class or sectional ha- :
tredt* who wish justice for all men. .
BIG HARDWARE COMBINE.
Trust In Course of Formation to Have
$120,000,000 Capital.
Authoritative announcement of a
consolidation of the great hardware
jobbing interests of the country in a
combination capitalized at $120,000,000
is made by The Iron Age in its current
issue. ' So far the consolidation
embraces some fifty or more houses,
representing nearly every important
trade center of the country. Negotiations
are still pending with other
houses, and it is expected there will
be further accessions to the number already
named in the combination.
Railroad Stock in Great Demand.
There was a great demand for Southern
and Louisville and Nashville stock
on the New York exchange Wednesday.
It is reported that the activity
-in Southern was due to the fact that
the syste mhas acquired the property
of the Brunswick Terminal Company
and will make the Georgia city the
exporting point for lumber and naval
stores.
CADETS ASSAULT OFFICER.
With Water and Overripe Eggs Commandant
McKce Was Done Up.
Insubordination at the Kentucky Agricultural
and Mechanical college at
Lexington came to a climax Tuesday
night when, in the dormitory. Commandant
Robert A. McKce was knocked
down, deluged in water and egged
by a division of cadets.
Wednesday morning he resigned,
and in chape! President J. K. Patterson
announced that he would take
I charge of the military department
GEN. HAMPTON'S WAR RECORD.
As a Soldier He Is Accredited With
Being the Most oted Cavalry
Leader of Modern Times.
One of the grandest, most honored
and respected men in South Carolina
was Wade Hampton, who passed away
at his home in Columbia last Friday.
He was born in Columbia, S. C., in
1S18. He graduated from the University
of South Carolina and took up
the study of law, but with no idea of
practicing. In his early life he served
in the South Carolina legislature, but
the greater portion of his time was devoted
to his plantation interests in
South Carolina and Mississippi.
When the civil war opened, he en
tcred the service of his native stateas
a private, but soon raised a command
of infantry, cavalry and artillery,
which was known as Hampton's
Legion, and which achieved great distinction.
At Bull Run 600 of his infantry
held for some time the Warronton
road against Key's whole corps,
and were sustaining Lee, when Jack
son came to their aid.
In the peninsular campaign they
were again distinguished, and at Sev~
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Hampton himself receiving a painfulwound
in the foot.
Soon after he was made a brigadier
general of cavalry and assigned to
General J. E. B. Stuart's command. In
the Maryland and Pennsylvania campaigns
of 1862 and 1863 he took a very
active part, and at Gettysburg was
thrice wounded. It is stated that 21
out of 23 field officers and more than
half the men of Hampton's command
were killed or wounded in this battle.
On August 3. 1863, Hampton was
made major general. In 1864, after several
days he gave Sheridan a check at
Trevillian's station, that broke up a
plan of campaign which included a
junction with Hun:er. and the capture (
of Lynchburg. In twenty-three days
he captured over 3,000 prisoners and
large quantities of war material, with
a loss of nineteen men. He was made (
commander of Lee's cavalry in August, .
with the rank of lieutenant general and
in September, struck the rear of the ,
Federal army at City Point, bringing ,
away 400 prisoners and 2,486 beeves. ,
Soon after, in another action, he cap- ;
tured 500 prisoners. In one of these 1
attacks he lost his son. ;
Hampton was t>en placed in com- :
mand of General Joseph E. Johnston's (
cavalry, and did good service in re
tarding the advance of Sherman. j
After the close of the war he engaged
in farming. In 1876 he was ]
nominated for governor against Dan- :
iel H. Chamberlain, and was re-elected ,
in 1878. j
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GORDON HONORS HAMPTON. {
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Commander of United Confederate j
Veterans issues General Order. j
A New Orleans special says: By di- 1
rection of General John B. Gordon, 1
commanding United Confederate Veterans,
Adjutant General Moorman has 1
issued a general order on the death of '
General Hampton, saying in part:
"Overwhelmed with grief, the gen- ^
eral commanding announces to his 1
comrades and countrymen that the
great spirit of the chivalrous Lieutenant
General Wade Hampton today took
its flight to join the hosts of his com- *
rades encamped upon the other shore. '
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"Truly can it be said of nim tnat
the b,ood of heroes coursed in his
veins, as he was the third bearing the
name of Wade Hampton, his grandfather
having fought under Marion and
Sumpter, and was a major general in
the revolutionary war, and by his illustrious
career he has proudly sustained
the high character of his heroic sires,
as he was one of our greatest soldiers,
a statesman without blemish, a peerless
citizen and a pure man.
"The general.commanding directs
that all possible honors be paid to his
memory by the United Confederate
Veterans."
The appointment of United States
Marshal Edgar S. Wilson by the president,
as dispenser of patronage in Mississippi
has caused disaffection in the
ranks of the republicans of that state.
POOR OLD BELGIUM'.
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In Riots at Brussels Soldiers are
Forced to Finally Use Guns.
Advices from Brussels state that the (
bloody repression of the disorders of <
Saturday evening has created a painful (
impression among all classes, although t
it is appreciated that the majority of j
the victims of the encounters do not
tVifl hotter olncc of workmen. r
UC1VU5 tv CUC W-. ..
For the first time, the police really i
fired their rifles loaded with ball car- f
tridges. Previous to Saturday they t
had used their swords and their re- }
volvers, the latter being usually loaded i
with blank cartridges.
YARN MILLS OCTOPUS.
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Gigantic Combine is Being Engineered
By Southern Cotton Spinners.
Plans are on foot for the formation *
of a gigantic trust of all the cotton
yarn mills of the southern states.
Investigation has been made by a 1
committee named at a recent meeting
of the southern yarn spinners, and *
they will report favorably to the forma- *
tion of the trust at a meeting to be (
held in Charlotte, N. C? on April 23.
RACES CLASH IN GOTHAM. ,
Shooting of Negro By a Policeman
Causes Small-Sized Riot.
Negroes and whites clashed in the 1
heart of the tenderloi ndistrict of New i
York Friday night and as a result ,
some twelve or fifteen of the former (
wore badly beaten up. (
The cause of this small-sized race f
riot was the shooting of Holmes Eas- < ,
ley. a young negro, by a bicycle police- j s
man. ?
DIR. TALMAGE DEAD
Life Work Ended, Great Preacher
Goes to His Reward.
UNEQUALED AS PULPIT ORATOR
Famed the World Over as Deeply
Learned Theologian, Lecturer
and Contributor to the Religious
Press.
Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Talmage, noted
Presbyterian divine, died at nine
o'clock Saturday night at his residence
in Washington city. It had been evident
for some days that there was no
hope cf recovery, and the attending
physicians so informed the family.
The patient gradually grew weaker
until life passed away so quietly that
even the members of the family, all
cf whom were watching at the bedside
hardly knew that he had gone. The
immediate cause of death was inflamation
of the brain.
Dr. Talmage was in poor health
when he started away from "Washingten
for Mexico for a vacation and rest
some six weeks ago. He was then
suffering from influenza and serious
catarrhal conditions. Since his return
to Washington, a week or two ago, his
health failed rapidly. The body will
be conveyed to Brooklyn, N. Y., where
interment will be made in the family
plot in Greenwood cemetery.
Sketch of Dr. Talmage.
Thomas DeWitt Talmage was born
at Bound Brook, Somerset county, N.
J., January 7, 1832. He was the
youngest of twelve children. His
father, David T. Talmage, was a farmer.
His entrance into the church was
undoubtedly on account of the fact
that he had two uncles, one brother in.
law and three brothers who had become
ministers of the gospel. At the
age of 18 he joined the church, and
the following year entered the University
of the City of New York. At the
close~of his college studies he became
a ?rnr5pnf in a law office, where he
remained for three years. But he
then conceived that he had made a
mistake, and prepared himself for the
ministry at the Reformed Church Theological
seminary in New Brunswick,
N. J. He was ordained by the Reformed
Dutch classic of Bergen.
While preaching at Syracuse, N. Y.,
tie was called to the Central Presbyterian
church of Brooklyn. He induced
the trustees to sell that and erect a
new edifice to be kruown as the Brooklyn
Tabernacle. The church was be?un
in 1870, and while it was being
erected Dr. Talmage made a visit to
Europe, staying chiefly in England,
Scotland and Ireland. The Tabernacle
was completed the , same year. On
the morning of Sunday, December 22,
LS72, the building was burned. It was
rebuilt immediately. In this new tabernacle.
Dr. Talmage's individuality
most prominently manifested Itself,
ais dramatic capacities and peculiar
methods of driving home the forcible
words of hij sermons giving rather a
iheatrical character to his preaching.
In the autumn of 1889 the second tabftoln
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igain rebuilt. Scarcely had Dr. Tallage
commenced to preach In his new
:abernac!e when It was again destroyed
by fire in 1894 and this time it was
lot rebuilt. Shortly after this third
visitation Dr. Talmage accepted a call
:o the pastorate of the First Presbyte"ian
church of Washington, D. C. At
Washington, as at Brooklyn, Dr. Tallage
preached to immense congrega:icns.
As an orator it is doubtful if
:he American pulpit has ever produced
lis equal.
In addition to his pulpit work, Dr.
Talmage has also been an editor, first
)n The Christian at Work, from 1873
:o 1S7(>, then with The Chicago Advance
from 1877 to 1878, and more recently
with Rrank Leslie's Sunday
nagazine and The Christian Herald.
Dr. Talmage was twice married, his
irst wife being drowned. He is survived
by a widow and several children.
WU IN BAD BUSINESS.
Chines? Minister Roasted For Protesting
Against Exclusion Bill.
A feature of the Chinese exclusion
lebate in the senate Saturday was the
sharp criticism of Minister Wu, of
2hina, because of his protest made to
he secretary of state against the enictmer.t
of the pending bill.
Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, and Mr.
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L'eiier, 01 coioraao, suaxpiy auauAcu
lim, declaring that he deserved to
lave teen given his passports, and
hat no self-respecting nation would
lave permitted such interference in
ts legislative affairs.
GOVERNOR APPROVES PLANS.
Architect Gilbert Submits Drawings of
Proposed Atlanta Depot.
Architect Gilbert has submitted Atanta
depot plans which are entirely
ipproved by Governor Candler and
Major .T W. Thomas, of the lessee
oad. Governor Candler said:
"Architect Bradford L. Gilbert has
solved the depot problem to my entire
satisfaction and to that of the lessee
3f the Western and Atlantic railroad."
RHODE'S BODY ENTOMBED.
Remains Committed to Rock SepuN
chre in Matoppo Hills.
A dispatch from Buluwayo, Matabeand,
South Africa, says: Amid an imnense
throng of soldiers, civilians and
latives the body of Cecil Rhodes was
committed to its rock tomb in the Ma;oppo
hills Thursday. The coffin was
shrouded in a union jack and the
.vreatli sent by Queen Alexandria was
aid upon it a/i it was lowered into the
trave,
TERMS OF PEACE ARRANGED.
London Papers Publish Report that
War in Africa Has Been
Brought to and End.
The Financier and Bullionist (London)
publishes a dispatch from Pretoria
Friday morning declaring that the
Boer leaders have accepted the British
terms; that peace has been arranged
and that the terms of peace have
been cabled to the Boer agents in
Europe.
Other unconfirmed statements of a
siml'ar character and import are in
circulation in London. It is said that
Frederic Rutherford Harris, former
secretary of the British Chartered
South Africa Company, has received a
telegram to the same effect, but nothing
of any official or really reliable
nature concerning the matter is
known.
Boer Leaders In Conference.
A special from Pretoria says: President
Steyn, of the Orange Free States;
Secretary of State Reitz, of the Transvaal;
Acting President Schalkburger,
of the Transvaal, and General Lucas
Meyer, commander in chief of the Orange
Free State forces, passed
through Kroonstad, Orange Free
States, Sunday, April 6, on their way
to Klerksdorp, southwestern Transvaal,
where General Botha, the Transvaal
commander in chief, arrived Monday,
April 7. It was expected that
Generals DeWet and Delary would attend
the conference to take place
there.
It is understood that the 3ccr leaders
are fully possessed of the British
peace terms and that the conference
then assembling was to enable the
leaders to thoroughly discuss these
terms.
It is expected that the final decision
of the burghers will shortly be made.
A London special says: The Central
News is informed that a telegram
was received in London Friday
from Pretoria, saying that Mr. Steyn
and Generals DeWet and Botha had
agreed upon terms of peace. The telegram
indicates that the British terms
have been accepted and that peace has
been arranged.
OUTLAWS SLAY FIVE OFFICERS.
' In Scott County, Virginia, All Members
of a Sheriff's Posse Fall
in Desperate Conflict.
! Meager details of a bloody battle between
a sheriff's posse and outlaws in
Scott county, Virginia, reached Knoxville,
Tenn., Thursday afternoon
a long distance telephone -message
from Jonesboro, Tenn.
iFve men, all members of the sheriff's
posse, were killed, two other persons.
wounded and Jim Wright, an escaped
Hancock county, Tennessee,
murderer, shot and captured.
Wright was under a life sentence in
the penitentiary for murder and escaped
from the state prison at Brushy
mountain two years ago. He leturned
to his haunts in Hancock county and
there defied the officers, although there
was a reward of $500 for his arrest.
Not long after his return home Sheriff
Lagere, of Hancock county, was shot
from ambush and killed. The crime
was charged to Jim Wright, John Templeton,
another alleged murderer, and
the latter's brothers. The motive was
that Lagere had killed the father of the
Templetons. Recently officers have
been planning to trap Wright in- his
home, and he, together with John Templeton
and other members of his gang,
crossed the state line into Virginia.
They have been in Scott county about
a month.
Thursday the sheriff organized a
strong posse and attempted to arrest
the gang. The outlaws had been notified
and a pitched battle resulted. Five
of the sheriff's posse were killed and
two ethers, Deputy Sheriffs Joe Moss
and Sam Wax, wounded. Wright was
wounded and captured, but all the other
members of his gang escaped. They
are being pursued, but the mountains
of the county afford them all possible
chance of escape.
Georgia Experiment Station.
The board of directors of the Georgia
experiment station at Griffin held their
regular quarterly meeting Wednesday.
Only routine business was transacted,
but the directors expressed perfect
satisfaction with the work being done
on the station.
Dole Arrives in Washington.
Governor Dole, of Hawaii, arrived
in Washington Thursday to confer
with the president, at the latter's request,
regarding conditions in Hawaii
pending legislation affecting the territory
and other matters.
NEW PENSION COMMISSIONER.
Kansas Man Is Slated to Succeed H.
Uiay cvans.
A Washington dispatch says: Eugene
F. Ware, of Kansas, has been selected
by the president to succeed H.
Clay Evans as commissioner of pensions.
Mr. Ware is from Topeka, and
is a member of the law firm of Gleed,
Ware and Gleed.
ROOT FURNISHES INFORMATION.
Advises Congress as to How Money
for Transports was Expended.
Secretary Root Tuesday sent an answer
to the house resolution adopted
on March 15. calling upon him for all
facts that have come to his knowledge
as to the conduct of *he transport service
between San Francisco and the
Philippine islands. The answer includes
the reports of Inspector General
Chamberlain and Lieutenant Co'cnel
Maus.
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\ STATE NEWS ITEMS. \
ScslCNJCNMNJCsMSIC^ICVJl
Fitz Wires McSweeney.
It is not often the governors and
prize fighters have correspondence, but
the following telegrams passed Monday
afternoon:
"Bath Beach, N. Y., to Governor McSweeney:
"Rumors concerning the precise position
of the state of South Carolina in
the matter of a glove contest at the exposition
confuse me. Is it legally possible
for me to box twenty rounds with
James Jeffries in your state?
"Pardon my addressing you per
SOJiauy, UU l 1 am my una mauaogi.
"ROBERT FITZSIMMONS."
The reply sent by Governor Mc
Sweeney was as follows:
"To Robert Fitzsimmons, Bath
Beach, N. Y.:
"South Carolina laws positively prohibit
contests of the kind, and I will
use all legal machinery to prevent any
attempt. M. B. M'SWEENEY,
"Governor."
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Oyster Pickers "Drowned.
Three negro men, George Lee, Simbo
Pope and Sinick Chisolm, oyster pickers,
while attempting to cross Morgan
river near Edings Point creek, Beaufort
county, in the heavy winds that
prevailed on Tuesday afternoon, were
drowned by their boat sinking.
Four men started to cross the river in
a row boat that was heavily loaded
with oysters. About 200 yards from
shore the boat was overturned and its
occupants thrown into the water. All
were swimmers and attempted to
reach shore, but only one succeeded in
doing so.
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Proposed New Trolley Line.
It is highly probable that Laurens
and Clinton will be' connected by an
electric railway. This certainly will
be if the scheme being projected by
Messrs. H. Y. Simpson and R. A. Cooper
materializes. It is estimated that
the road would cost about $100,000 for
a distance of nine miles. Clinton is
on the Se>aboard, and for that reason
it would be a great thing for Laurens
and for Clinton as well. Of course
it is all on paper yet, but the idea will
be to build and equip the road and secure
or lease the Yarborough shoals
on Ennoree river for the purpose of
generating the electricity sufficient to
operate the road.
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Two Carolinas Jubilate.
April 10 was North Carolina day at
the Charleston exposition, and no other
state except South Carolina has made
so large and enthusiastic a showing in,
its exhibits, both of men and manufactured
products. The main features of
the celebration were a parade of a regiment
of 800 North Carolina troops and
a battalion of North Carolina naval re
serves, accompameu uy me
of the Carolinas and their respective
staffs.
At the auditorium Director General
Averill and Governor McSweeney gave
hearty welcome to the visitors. Governor
McSweeney expressed the hope
that Governor Aycock would go up
higher, become a United States senator,
a wish in which the large audience
approved heartily.
Governor Aycock's eloquent response
awoke great enthusiasm. ' He referred
to the very intimate connection of
North Carolina and South Carolina for
four years while fighting for the southern
confederacy, and the present union
or the states four hundred years pledged
to promote the arts of peace and
to put the Carolinas in the front rank
of commercial and industrial prosperity.
The assemblage then dispersed.
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Strike Draws Attention.
The strike and lockout situation in
Augusta is attracting considerable attention.
The governor received the following
letter from the Weavers' Union at
Bath, Aiken county, a few days ago:
"We, operatives of Aiken Manufacturing
Company, have been locked out
indefinitely today on account of tne
strike at the John P. King mill in Augusta,
Ga. We respectfully ask your
advice on the matter, as we think it is
an unjust cause and ask if there is any
law that trouble in one state can cause
trouble in another."
The following letter was also received
from Bath:
"As a citizen of South Carolina I
beg leave to inform you of our condition
at present. We are debarred
from work for no cause on earth. A
demand was made on the King mill, of
Georgia, for a 10 per cent advance in
wages, which was refused and as a result
about 4,000 operatives in Carolina
were lockefi out from their work on
April 8 for no cause whatever. We
have not made a demand for anything
or refused to work.
"As the situation now stands there
o-roaf differing among the mill
Will k/C w _
hands.
"Please answer this letter and tell
me if it is lawful for us to be treated
in this manner."
The governor in reply to the above
letters said that the matter did not
come within the legal province of his
office, as it was evidently one of policy.
He said he appreciated the gravity
of the situation and was willing
to do anything in his personal capacity
to relieve the situation to the satisfaction
of all concerned, if such could be
done.
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Fish Station in South Carolina.
The United States senate has passed
a bill appropriating $25,000 to establish
a fish hatchery and fish station in
South Carolina.
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BODY OF HAMPTON AT RESTWeeping
Thousands at Most Impressive
Private Funerals Ever Held
in the Palmetto State.
The burial of Gen. Wade Hampton at
Columbia Sunday afternoon far surpassed
in the magnitude of the demonstration
any such occasion in the
history of the state. It was a private
funeral and the outpouring of the people
was spontaneous.
The family did all that was pos-'
sible to prevent a display, and the
notice it was desired to have an unostentatious
ceremony probably kept
thousands away. Nothing could prevent
other thousands, however, from
pouring in to the city from all quarters
to pay their tribute.
Overflowing regular and special
trains on nine roads brought their
thousands to the city during the moraine
Vptprnns ramp from everv town
in the state, many from North Carolina
and Georgia. There were hundreds of
Daughters of the Confederacy and
Sons of Veterans in line. Military
schools sent detachments. One girls'
institute in Sumpter sent twelve young
women in confederate gray uniforms.
There were many military companies.
For four hours during the day the
doors of the Hampton residence ^ereopened
and the public allowed to pass
through. Militia were on guard without
and veterans in uniform within.
It is estimated 6,000 persons passed
by the coffin, many of them negroes.
The leave taking at the coffin by General
Hampton's old cook and coachmen
was the most pathetic scene of the
day.
At 4 o'clock the procession moved
from the house. There were only four
carriages permitted, these being occupied
by the family. Hundreds of women,
who made shirts for confederate
soldiers and were tottering with age,
walked three-quarters of a mile behind
the coffin. Some men and women
who followed had to be supported on
each side by friends. One veteran
from Kershaw had been bedridden for
three years. He had himself placed
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on tne tram, orougnt to ucueiai
Hampton's house and taken bodily to
the coffin.
The procession, which was two miles
long, moved in the following order:
Veterans, Camp Hampton, hearse, pallbearers,
members of General Hampton's
Legion, Daughters of the Confederacy
and other organizations of ladies,
Sons of Veterans, faculty and students
of South Carolina college, governor
and staff, state officials' and congressmen,
band, military organizations
and other uniformed bodies, Columbia
city police, city council of Columbia
and other municipal and civic
organizatons, including fire companies.
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The procession passed through a
wall of humanity to Trinity church.
Here there was a mass of humanity
filling the hundred foot wide street for
blocks, overflowing on the "state house
grounds. Twelve hundred persons
were given seats in the church, but
that was but a fraction of the throng,
estimated between twenty and twentyfive
thousand.
Bishop Ellison Capers, of the South
Carolina diocese, a brigadier general
in the confederate army, conducted the
services, assisted by Reverend Satterlee,
Witsell, Thomas and Joyner, the
latter also being a confederate veteran.
Bishop Capers was deeply affected.
The grave was under a huge live oak
in Trinity churchyard. Veterans cast
in the sod. Then literally hundreds of
floral tributes, many from abroad,
were piled upon and about the grave.
Several men who fought on the union
side four years and are now living in
the north, telegraphed instructions to
put wrjaths on General Hampton's,
coffin.
A squad of twenty survivors of the
original Hampton Legion, bearing the
first flag of that famous command and
the revolutnonary war Eutaw flag
which they also used *in""the civil war,
had the position of honor. They held
the flags over the grave during the
ceremony.
General Bradley Johnson, of Baltimore;
former Governor Hugh S.
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Tfiompson, <31 IX CW luia, auu ~ ?
gressman Elliott, from Washington,
was among the honorary pallbearers.
BAD BLAZE IN COLUMBUS.
Fire Starts in Plow Factory and Destroys
Two Blocks?Loss $250,000.
Early Thursday night fire broke out
in the plow shop of the Southern Plow
Works, at Columbus, Ga., and by 11
o'clock two whole blocks were in ashes
and another building, a warehouse,
was burning rapidly.
The two blocks burned represent a
loss of over $200,000 and the damage to
the warehouse will run the amount up
to $250,000.
By 11:30 p. m. the fire was under
control; its origin is unknown.
PENSION FOR MRS. McKINLEY.
Bill Goes Through Congress Awarding
Her Five Thousand a Year.
The house, Saturday, passed the bill
granting a pension to the widow of
President McKinley at $5,000 per
year. It had previously passed the
senate and now goes to the president
for signature. Although favorable action
on the measure was unanimous,
an inquiry by Mr. Bell, of Colorado,
as to the precedents for such action,
led to an animated discussion.
PRESIDENT SPEEDS HOME.
With Huzzahs Sounding in His Ears
He Leaves the Palmetto State.
The visit of President Roosevelt and
party to the south terminated at Summerville,
S. C., Thursday. No special
program had been arranged for the
day.
The president was given a warm
; greeting by the people of the state on
' his return journey to Washington.
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OEN. HAMPTON DEAD |
Distinguished Soldier and States*
man Goes'to His Reward. Jfl
MOST NOTED CALVARY LEADER J
Much Beloved and Honored Son of ;>j
South Carolina Crosses Overthe^
Dark River at His Home in
Columbia.
A special from Columbia, S. C., eay??
General Wade. Hampton died Friday^
morning at 9 o'clock from valvular dls?" ?
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craac Ul tug aval V< **V uwm w? - - ?
sclous for several hours. # v|
The general had just passed his
eighty-fourth birthday. Twice the past
winter he has had attacks that gre&ttrSB
weakened him, but he rallied wonder- '':i
fully on both occasions. M
Today every town in South CaroQfl&H
is mourning the man who* considering
his combined services and . achley#j|g|
ments in peace as weji_as--wsi^s--eGii^ -' ' side^e^ffie'Ttat^sgreatest
sen. .^*1
The end came somewhat unexpect* i
edly, as it was only within the precede ^
ing thirty-six hours he was known to 38
be seriously ill. A few days ago th*^
general, after rallying from an attack J
was able to take a drive about the city;. "
He Talked of Battles. '.sH ||
The general's last moments were
painless. During the last few days he $S
had been talking constantly to long-';;
departed friends and had again led to ' victory
the noble legion that followed.-*
him to battle as a veritable war gdd, Immediately
the news spread oyer .:M..C
town, schools were dismissed, social'tj ^
functions called off and the bells tolled.^! By
noon the state house and confed- J|H
erate monument were draped In bUu^L jjfla 4
The secretary of the treasury ordered^
the flag at half mast fl
stmne efforts were made to get the^lS 1
family to consent to a state fnneraL <111
but the general's wish was tliat tha
last ceremonies should be as unosten
tatious as possible.
Proclamation by Governor, ;
Governor McSweeney issued the fol-,
lowing proclamation:
"Whereas, The Honorable Wade ||
Hampton, a former governor of South Jp|
Carolina and a United States senator, ?jm
died at his home in Columbia t
morning, at ten minutes before 9 '%
o'clock, full of years and of honor;;
therefore I, M. B. McSweeney,jpvec- ' ^
nor of South Carolina, in recondition of
his. d 1 a tingurs1red'/ierflcesto his people -*
and his country, throughout Ills long N |
and honored career, # and in further |
recognition of his broad statesmaMdh^^l
and true nobility of character and hi*
high patriotism and devotion to duty
and his state, do request that on to- % ^
morrow, Saturday, all public offices-in.
the state of South Carolina be closed, "j;"
and, as a further testimonial to hi* ; ?f|
worth, that the flags of the state and - Jf
of the United States he put at aaiE
mast on the state capitoj^xlhli otheT/^
public buildings in the state, and re* .
main in that position until the funeral
services are held."
Hampton c? a Statesman.
Few figures that arose in the civil .< 5a
war period toy take a large part in
that struggle and to act an even more .
difficult part in the restoration of home
rule in the south challenged and won y
so completely the confidence and love ,
of the people of the south as did Wade
He won brilliant and lasting fame H
as a commander of the Confederate
cavalry and has a permanent place In
' history as one of the great quartet of
which J. E. B. Stuart, N. B. Forest and Joseph
Wheeler are the other mem- ^
bers. But splendid as was his war rec- / .*%
ord, his services to his section and his *V-JI
nation in a time that tried men's souls. perhaps
more" severely tfian did theJHH
armed conflict between the north and ^
the south, were greater.
But for his wonderfully cool courage,
his admirable judgment and his absolute
determination during the compll- 3
cations which occurred during the con- 2?
test over the presidency and political
rule of South Carolina ensuing upon |
the presidential election of 1876 there
would surely have been a very serious
trouble, if not armed conflict between
the people who felt that they had &
right to control the domestic concerns IP
of the southern states and had re^figgB
solved to do so. Great as are the claims ~
of Wade Hampton to fame as a soldier he
is surely entitled to a still loftier
place as a practical statesman and a
preserver of national peace. Because'of
his career during the po- ./:{&
litical storms of 1876 and 1877, he became
a recognized leader of the UnK
ted States senate the very moment ,
that he entered that body.
VEST LAUDS HAMPTON, x ;
Senator, In Speech, Pays Touching
Tribute to Dead Warrior.
Senator Vest, in his speech in the
senate Saturday, paid a touching and
beautiful tribute to the late General'
Wade Hampton. The senator's voice .
trembled with emotion as he spoke of
his old friend and colleague, and more :>|
than once he paused, scarcely able to
EVANS fOR SPANISH POST. 3
Report Says He is Stated to Succeed
Bellamy Storer at Madrid.
A special dispatch received in Chattanooga
from Washington states that
It is announced from a reliable source j?
that Hon. H. Clay Evans will be made
minister to Spain. Bellamy Storer.
the present minister, is at home now
and it is said that he does not desire .*
to return to Vtadrid. President Roosevelt
has decid^go offer the post to Mr.
Evans, it Is reported.
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