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V SOME GOOD ADVICE 5 . i Oivih the Negroes by a Colored Man ON EMANCIPATION DAY. Ha Appeal to Hit Race to Fit Themselves for Citizenship. Oppoaaa Reduction In the South's Repraaantatlon. Kmauoipation Day wu oelobrated in great atyle in Beaufort. The grand marshal of the day was Joseph Dais. ^^HMThera was a street parade of oolored H^^^Betorans of the late war, oolored militia L J -lif TL. I aiiu uubidoob man iuu viuiodb. aub zeroises ware held at the school house. ] The emenoipation proclamation wss i reed by Edward Mayors. Rot. P. P. j Watson was master of oeremonies. j Robert Bmalls delivered a short address , reviewing the first emancipation oolo- i bration whioh was held at Beaufort in 1863. Gen. Rufus Saxon wired oon- J emulations, as he was present in Beaufort at the '63 celebration, whioh wore .read by Rev. Watson; after whioh ho Introduced the orator of the day, Prosi 1 dent Thomas E. Miller, who spoke in part as follows: Mr. Chairman, veterans and follow eiUsens: 1 am here at my old home, having been honored by your oommit- J tee with an invitation to deliver the ad- , dress on this the thirty seventh anni- ! versary of our emanoipation. It is not in my power to express here ' or elsewhere the heartfelt gratitude that I owe you and how docply 1 appreciate ' this call to be with yon on this day?a > day that means so muoh to us negroes. 1 ' It is indeed our passover, for upon it the pronunoiamento that made us men 1 and oitisens and that severed the chains that bound us in fetters that were galling indeed went into effeot. Every nation weak or strong has had 1 its passover day; and tho moro loyal they are to their oountry, the moro pa- ' triotio they are to their birthland, tho more faithful they have been in commemorating the day of their delivoranoo. ] And this magnificent display of citixenB 1 and soldiery and especially that solid > phalanx over there of battle-soarred 1 veterans who fought that thiB day might not be robbed of its hallowed I blessings, remind me of the full meaa- i WT ure of loyalty, patriotism and solf-saorir fioing devotion to principles that are i the embodiment of the American Negro. J While in the state senate, one of the i \ greatest oompliments that was over < N paid to the head, hand and heart of the Amerioan negro fell from the lips i [ cf that splendid Confederate ohieftain, , Gen. Mart Gary. Said he: "Tho t o- , grc is ignorant, but ho is loyal to a , cause, he is faitnful to a trust, and , there is no body of men found anywhere ( who will follow a leader with moro , confidence, love and fidelity than the , negro." "Give him leadership," said | Gei-.^Gary, "and he becomes blind to everything other than to tho call of < .'v * ** ''' AL Yes, Mr. LihainhiU, UUr i)Uu;ii<!i"iAv4 ^^^^M^^^jctrayod a trust, whether at the fields, in tne work shops p I^^HHiVon the battle field. History re- * cords him as never a oarping hypo- 11 rite with foul treason in heart. Standing here amidst the very first moments of a new century, having been ? Mrmitted to livn ilnrino ttm l*uf ifialf of t'ne oontury thathaB just passed t away, I am able to recall many events ?some of whioh are recorded history nd as I stand here and draw aside tho j,1 ear tain, and peep down, away down tho '' i vista of time, 1 seo the events, as if ? with magio, passing before my vision " all the way down, down the vista, por- r< tions whioh are obscured on aooonnt of a hoary age. e Oan I, mast I stop for a moment and ri point oat a few of the things wo snflored ? Rrevious to this, the birthday of our do- b iveranoe? No, oh, no. Most of them are engraved npon our hearts as if tl burnt in by hot steel. Nevertheless o< this is not the time for me to indulge s< in the temptation to recall them. t< There is another task?a self inI flic ted task assigned me, and it is to e deal briefly with present conditions, tl and from -them take a reckoning so as o to present to yoa a birdseye view of tl the blessings that are to be ours in the 01 future?blessings that must come if we t< oan only oontinue to bear and forbear; blessings that we will enjoy if wo will j, only labor, prepare ourselves, and wait 0, for their eoming. j, Henoe, 1 have ohosen for my subject a "At spes non fraota." franslated lit b erally my subject is, "Neverthless hope 01 is not broken." p At present our situation is not what g| / we would like to have it. To one who jt sees an objeot superficially tho outlook % is gloomy, but after all the sun is still f( shining, and the fog, the mist, must t] and will disappear. u But, fellow oitisens, we must lift y up our hands and ezeoute, for no peo- Cl pie has ever prospered by waiting ? supinely waiting?for ontside assistance or for outside interference. t{ Where aiewe? Where are tho ten n millions of negroes looaied? We are A principally in the slave-holding states, n ^MMnwmjULtbere we mast and will romain un- D less fre fiy-fi'OL. ^nder the American tj flag to a land over whioh the American w eagle spreads not its wings in majesty u and power. 8l ^ The north does not want us. Why, f< even the great state of Illinois, which furnished our emanoipator, through its n present governor, Tanner, tells us wo t| must not come. Have you forgotten T\ that not two years ago heforbido negro u laborers ontering into the stato of Illi- b nois to labor in tho mines? Ho called us aliens and said that if wo persisted t| in eoming there to work?not to vote? r, to labor in tho mines, tho lowest of 0 labor, to earn bread by the sweat of our <i brow; if we persisted in ooming there 0 to labor and to work ho would meet us t| at the bordor with Gatling guns and a shoot as to death. i, Yes, friends, he was so reported in t] the daily papers, and 1 have never scon u it oontradioted. Nevertheless ho is one 8j of our Republican governors. 11 In every Republioan convention, up ^ to the time Oarfiold was nominated, something was said in the platform Q favorable to the negro. But sinoo then w our great national Republioan oonventions have not had men in them who were loyal enough;to<us to plaoe in the \t Jdatform.one word of *hopo and oheoi 0l or the negroes who had beon faithful }( to them at all times and on all oooasions. w The nation has just suocceded in electing a ropublioan president, Wm j, MoKinley, and he has written a long t] message to oongross. I know a nogro j, preacher who grows frantio evory timo 0 he sees the word negro printed with a j, little "n(": but on the night after j, President MoMinley's reoont message (] was printed, I heard a negro woman exL ilaim?"I wot'd have bocn thankful to I Resident MoKinley if he had able to j t emcmber the negro with a little "o " I c The trath is fellow cit'iens, ho did ! v lot remember to write us with aoj kiad n if an "n" in his message. t The truth is, the national rcpublioaD t ?arty, through its offijers, havo served aotioe on us that they bavo grown tired i lerving us, and tbat they do uot intend ? .0 interfere with or a*i-ist us. 1 Wbon President McKinloy 111 ado his louthern tour hi said in Georgia that 1 ivery Confederate gravo was a nnnu ? ment to "American patriotii in." J Fellow oitizens, lot rnc quote Prcsi 1 lent McKinloy again: "Every Con- t federate gravo is a monumont to Anicri- 1 san patriotism." Do you doub* it? If < pou aro ropublioans, whioh 1 know you 1 are, you do not daro doubt it, for our < republioan president, who is the official 1 mouth-piece of tho republican party, 1 laid so, and tho party at the list cleo | Lion endorsed it by ro electing him; hecoo, it is tiuo. 1 It is useless to livo if you intond to livo in blindncsss. Every uttcraneo of 1 importance falling from tho lips of 1 nothcrn republicans, with very few ox septions, tends to show that the repub- 1 lioan party is getting iD doubt on the 1 lubjcot of who was right or who was ' R>f*nnor rliiPtnir # Vir* 1 adf WftTV What ID ft patriot? What is patriotism? Can the i graves of men who were guilty of doing wrong be monuments to patriotism? No, follow citizens, wo must accept i Wm. McKinley as authority on th;e jubjeot. Oqo of tho sore subjeots with us ' negroes, particularly tho negruos of Beaufort oounty, is the m&ttor of our partial and temporary disfranchisement, and wo blame the white people of South Carolina for it. In part tbey aro to 1 blame, but only in very small part. They have acoomolishcd this act with, through, and by tho permission of the national republicans of tho north. If the north did not want it bo, the hand ful of white people in the seuih could not make it so A rcj u jlican biiprcm j court, by refusing to interfere and as?ist us have <aid that thoy were right in this act. rho republican congress by refus<og to scat rej ubhean congressmen from South Uaro'ija. have further (tnphas z d the faat that the whi e people of South Carolina in this act have been right Tho truth is but the truth, and I am here to tell ycu the whole truth, and it is this; the national republican party has deserted us, has abandoned u ; and with a very few exceptions, they show by their failing to act, and afteu by their utterances, that thoy need the forgivcnnoHs of tho south lor ever having assisted us. Wo have a few friends left, but they ire in a woeful minority. Chandler, Mason, Allison, Tom ltccd, and Bon Harrison aro still with us, but where ire their backing? When it oomes to tho negro thoy stand almost alonnl From timo immemorial (as in?aHured , by the life of tho American reputili ) , the negro has been the bono of osntonlion. In the ? arly part of tho contu-v ] ho faot of his being in tho sou'h, and ] thereby was counted by tho "outh in its ] jlairn to and pos.-Ci-sion of political ] rcptesentation iu the national council j was a causo of a long and bitter strife < between the north and south. The southern masters said that 1 though ho was a black slave, ho was human, and for that reason insisted oat rfcunbunP-fbc counted in the nportionmcnt of apolitical representation mong the statel^i and thoy did eucoeod l having oountou tful ifi p^ri>^J^n\'*~TT ther hand the nrrth said that although a c was huu.an being bo was only a battel, hcuoe in tho political appor j( lomucut ho should not be 03 jnted at 11; and tbatonly free white men should (l 0 oounted. ? This subject of political rcrrc-onta f, ion for the n> gro agitated tho nation h rom its .arliest birth, and wsh the i bief and dir ct oause of iho firing of tho i'. rat shot at Fort Suinter, and the sur- ? endcr of that n. b e chieftain at Appo 0 latox. It was tho chief oau-io of tho mancipation proclamation that was sad h crc today; and today, thirty sc7od t| cars after our emancipation, it is tho ,, one of contention. The question that concerns ut more t< tiao any other ono question is tho fifty ii ongressmeu who arc accredited to the u suth on account of tho pescnoc of c in million negroes in the south. Nearly cv.ry negro politician, nearly tl very negro preacher, ncaily every a hinting, well mcauing negro through j ut this glorious southland of ours, say ' hat tho south should lose those fifty ongrcssmcn because of our partial and jmporary disfranchisement. "A prophet is not without honor savo p 1 his own country," and why so? Be- o ause he ts a seer?one who unviilsthe n iturc, and shows to his fellow country- t, ion things that are for their bo->t good, y ut seldom in accord with their thoughts u r wished. Fellow oitiiens, that i> my o ositiou before you today. I have u luiied well this suhj-ct. and as I see o i, for my own good, my country's good j, nd espcciaiiy tho good of my raoo. 1 * 3el that L am not in accord with the si Noughts of that raoo, but, oh, country icn, negroes, havo patience, give me 3 our svmpatuy and t ear me; lor ilie <| ausc oi negroes urioorn. J, I am unalterably oppo-ed to the cuting down of the souths representation nat in givcu her on account of tho ten a uliion negroes within her confines 1 t m opposed to it, first, because L am a tl egro; second, beoau-^ i atn a southern tl egro; third, because it is uiy expect* w ion to live and die hero, and inj solemn c ish is that all who arc connected with o 10, as negroes, should remain in this t outhlaud?the best place in the world ( )T negroes. t Remain here and bear th?? oppression; ctnain hero with a heart full of 1 >vo for " ho oppressor; remain h. ro doin : tho 'l ight; remain hero in a King and saving . loncy; remain hero with a purpose to ' ?... a:..? 1.- -?.i. tl cmvi jf?ul liUll'lllllIU IVKitlUIUII!) OI IIIO imouudingn; remain hero o 1 in<ink to 1 Poland beeau e ii is our birthright; a juiain hero resting upon tho promise 0 f God, praying to God for a better '' ay, asking God to open tho oyes of I' ur white oiliz ni that thoy may nco l' bat it is to their iotcrcst to assist us in " II our undertakings; to unite with us w l a puri>osc to uiako this southland 11 bo homo of free men. Remain here a ntil tnc day comes when, with the as istanoorf the white people, the law of w be 1 md will drive out violent! ; rotuain s cro until, through and by tho white a eopb', the lav will ho sufficiently ad * linislcrcd that tho hu nbl< si black or " hito oilizon will, at any and all times, 1 o proteoted in his life, liberty and n rosperity; remain hero in tho south a md, that by our | rescnee, and oil ao 1 ount of our great numbers, gr. at |>olit- ? ial power will como to and remain !' ith tho south. " Yes, General McCrady says we oamo 11 ore from Rarbadocs, ono year after 0 be white man, with tho gun in ono w and protcoiing tho life and property P four masters, and with ax, pick and oe in tho other, reclaiming and dear- 01 ig tho swamps and f nests to make ^ lis fine habitation and abodo for free 1 ono, peaoo and happiness. M A. ? ? ft "At apes non fraita"?nevertheless t lopo is not broken, and lot us r. at up ? tu the anchor of hope, fur tho day 1 (boa every right guaranteed tooitiz -a > hip by the oonoiuuiioa will bo given s 0 us by aud through tho white uiun of f be Houih. G >d can inoro mountains. Wo arc t lot uny worse a til oicd iu our citizen a ihip and rigbta than have Leon other 1 lalioua. 1 L have stated that 1 am opposed to t he cutting dowu of tho representation | tho south. Why aiu I oppoBfd to it? i lircausc it would bo wrong, and if it is t 1 wrong to temporarily disfranchise ut, i ho taking uway of the souths representation for that r> ason wiu'd br a greater wrong Two wrongs oao never make i right llavo vou ever stopped to 3cuut tho oost to ui negroes ahoald the I oath lose its fifty congressmen that 1 arc allotted to her on acoount of our 1 pre6enoo here? ' If tho representation wcro taken away it would mean absoluto and total libfranohiscment of tho pjoplo who I had uo representation in tho general 1 govrnment. 1 For a tiino the whito people wonld utfer, but if tho representation wore 1 takiu away froui the south tho negro ' would bo practioally killed for one hundred years. Sorno go so far as to say that they do not oaro what happct s to 44 nog oes so long as the south loses her fifty representatives, butlotu? top and oount the oost before wo j tin the hue and ory: "Cut down tho representation, cut down tho bouth s represeu tation." It is argued that it is no use to have a thing that you can not use; a right that you cannot et j >y. But that does not hold good in ail eases. Tho childreo of Israel wero given tho ark of tho 1 covenant, and alter they had crossed the Jordan thoj forgot the teachings of Moses, aui for them tho urk of the l covenant lost its power, but it was the insignia of Johova's prom so It failed to do service for tho sinful Israelites and the Cao-a lini es car. led it away, and placed it in (heir temple, in the midst of their idol-t to mike it a thiog of dcusion in its hcipUs-incss in thai tcoiplo of blit.dti'.ss. wickedness ami sin; but when they went hack to look at it in derision, surrounded by th? idols of Baal, whatdil thiy behold? Why all their idols had tumbled to the ground aud were ciushcC; and in that sight tho heathen saw that tho ark of the covenaut, which was the magna chart a of the Jews, hal in it the sticngth aud protection to 'he Jews. Lot our rieht to Vote be locked up temporarily in tho temple of prejudice, hut do uot seek to destroy it ny askiim conguss to cut down the representation of tho South, whioh was given on acoount of our presence here. A right iiqoo given is never annihilated, and should the south lose tho representation given on acoount of our presence wo will bo disfranchised forever ? we, and not the white man, will bo the uffcror f jr all time if tho act is per petrated. No, fellow chitons, let tho south have her r< preecntatiou, although the right is looked up in tho temple of blind pr< judioo; lut if tho right remains tho time will oi.nc, and oomo it must, when tho wl.i o men of tho south ivill invite us to enj ty it with them. Let us prepare oursclvcn for its ci j >yincnt, for itwi.l comeback to us in its f.illness and its iLht. Lot us resolve to use it w ith our white neighbors for the benefit of ourselves and our white ne'ghb 'rs. Let us r<*i-olvc to fit curatives educationally, pintuTl]" and ~umic. tiny torus use ^ nd enjoyment. In short. let us look to the south.abso u itcly to tho south to assist us in tho rjiyment of every right that belongs 0 free ci aonship. If they do not ivo it to us the north will never inter jro or assist us to got it. We ha7e J cen tho h >nc of contention betwer n 1 he two at otions too long It is time ' or us to educate ourselves that we 1 lay seo the tru i inwardness or motive j1 f this po itioal agitation. Tho Jovh had been disfrtnehised 1 Europe for hundreds of years, but " hcj remained a virtues aspirieg,aohi v iir, God-fearing, neighbor loving p o le; an l to lav on ato unt of their in :liigcnoe, high moral dove! ipement, ^ oiegrity, and wealth, they dictato al s tost any terms of peaoo or war to the j row tied heads of tho world. G >d is God and right is tight. "Jus- 1 ioe, like a volcanic fire, may sleep f while suppr.-s-j d, but can't expire.' u live right. Do right. God is not dead c At spes uou fraoia." . We must possess ourselves of tech s ioal education, eouimcrcial education, i odustrial education We must pre- f ?ro ourselves to oc upy every avenue j f thrift and legitimate gain Get uto I oy, but got it honestly. Keep money c ut do not hoard it. Keep it to assist 0 uu in developing tho southland Keep , loney to atsint yuu in bettering vour jndition, and securing h inas Keep louey fur a r*iny day. Keep up your hurcht c; support your preachers; sup ortjour schools; teach your girls to N ork ai homo, auu by so doing jou v )! ircngthon their lujrality. And lot us j ot forget that wo o*e a dui>:tirst to ou'h Carolina; second to the natior; iiird, to "Ur-olV-s; aud last, but nut ast, to 0 sd. (j Kr 111 tho report of Superintendent (i loMahau wc see that moro negroes ttend pub io sohoois than whiles t is tr 10 tbat wc got lesi than one hird o' the money appropriated for ho public tchools of i he state, but hea wo consider who tho ruling ela-s j s are, and arc reininmd of the polni ^ il aniag'tui-m that has existed be r weeu tbo two races, I aui rally sur ^ ri-ed, cd.li.d and gratiti -d to see ha', our political antagonists have oated us so we I, and are spending a-> ( iuch as they do spend on the negro ' >r the purpose of education. My a il j ot, "At sties non fraota," i the mo.to of tho Hope family, but ' heir court of arms is moro striking j' ian tho 111 > t t ' >. If 1 had tho of great artist I would throw that groat iat of arms on o.hiv as tha-. you might eliold it; but a t I oannfct dra -v 1 will resent you a p< n picture of it. At d ho bottotu of the picture in a rcprosoa- V I'.ion of our world?tho globo on s rhieh wo live ?but i' is choked nearly w i half. On each side of tho yawning t byss separatei by tho chasm, aro tho < wo Hope sisters, each ono of (hem h ith the end of a chain thrown over tho u hould r that h ringb l ed to tho oarth, t nd at the otht r cn'ls of tho chains arc a nch <rs tha aro held a o't hy the right t ai d of each si tor One of '.hem is d tie picture of despair; but tha Oounto- p ance of thj o her beams with smiles t s she points to tho rent ia the earth H hat St pirates them, and sho easts her l ? es away i fl to the sun thot is just ris s igplo n t n.o tn on account of this \ a vn t ig ab>ss that separates us, for never- 1 tn less hope is n >t broken, and Hod's < wn time the strength <f tho sunlight l< ill oloao tho breach in our sph. ro that t ar s us and wo Oil ho united again, li And, oh! fello v citiz n?, lotus take a nurago, and pos-cis our civ s of tho ! iilh of Abraham, tho OJiifidoDCO of . uoitl and Noheoilab, that some day. 1. )uio how, only in Hod's own timo will t> T " 1 " 1 ho sunlight of liberal eduoation, the uel'ghtof loving forboareuce, the aunixht of detc ruination and pationoo fill driT?, yea, drive a*ay the raoooar md prcdjudioo that divido our raoo rom tho white raoe. Yes, if wo livo right, give and take, he day will oorae wliea tho gulf that icparato m will bo bridged across Then ot us look to the southern white people 'or help; a-k thcui by ourhfe.to help us .0 o oio up tho rout that no* ixibtsin political spbero; and until it citoeR let is eot f>rget this beautiful motto, "At ipes noti fraota"?Divert boloss hopo is lot broken. The New Appirtioamaat By a vote if 165 to 102 tho houtc Tuesday aoooptol the roappotioaoAmt plan propuod by the lijr'.eigh bill vliiflV lnnroftiAB ihft mftinKavflKIn tiouho during tho next deosdo from 357, Lho presonl membership and tho mom 'jcrtihip proposed by tho committee or Hopkins bill to 3d6. Tho result was largely brought about by tho itifluenoo of certain senators from sevoral of tho largor northoru states who throw tho weight of their influonoo in tho sotlo in favor of the larger membership. When it booamo apparent ihat these factors were at work against his bill Mr. Hop kins attempted compromise by giving an additional representation each to North Dakota, Colorado and Florida, but his adversaries refused to oomprotuise after complote v;otory was assured I'ho Crumpaoker prosposition to reoom toil tho bill for tho purpose of a^oor taining what states abridged tho fight to vote to an extent whiob would email roduood representation was defeated 13') to 110. 1'hero was no roll oall on the veto but a number of itopublicans vot i'd with tho Democrats. Undor tho bill as passed today no stato loses a representative and tho following make gains; Illinois, Now York and Texas Itircu each; Uiunesota, New Jersey and P.-nnttylvai.la two oaoh; Arkansas, Oalifo nia, Colorado, Cenncotiout, Florida, Louisiana Ma-sajl.noits Mississippi, >lisnuri, North Carolina. N >rth Dakota, Washington, WeBt Virginia and Wiseoubtu ouo ea)h A Strange Cose Despondent because hor lovo for Mrs. John White must bo oonSocd within the i ound of friendnhip. Miss Kathcrinc K. Qorham, ? f Wiohedon, Mass., oom raittcd suicide Wednesday evening by shooting herself in tho head while sit ting in a rooui with her mother. The infatuatiou dates back two years, when they lived in adjoining houses. Tho intimioy was not pleasing to Mrs G-ir ham, but there seemed no way to stop it. Liit fall, when Miss Gorham went to li ?ston to study elocution, Mrs Whito hired a room there bo as to be near her friend. About a year ago Mist Gorham went to a sanitarium in Philadelphia for treatment for a mental trouble, and cam) baok apparently cured. Miss Gorhatn was 21, tho only daughter of Mrs. Marian Gotham, Grove street, editor and proprietor of tho Winohcndon Courier. Miss Gorhatn spout the greater part of tho day with >lrs. Whito, going with her to her home nn Laden street. Mr. Whito, who did uot ai prove of tho intimacy between thewonen, ordorcd Miss Gorham out ol the houso. Sho wont diroct to a store and b ught a revolver. Sho had gono to the Hotel Winelienilnn and ? room, to which she was accompanied by Mrs Whim. Tnoy remaiaed in tho room uutil 7.30, when thoy lefc for their respective homes. Arrangement for the fun ^ral will not be pop 'md i ti! il.or.r-iv.l of Mrs, (iorham^p'r, Irs Smith, from I'uiiadolphia.'White s a traveling salesman fur VVhitalBf03 , otton manufacturers. J Force Hauna's Hand Aooording to the Washington oorreslondcnt to tho Atlanta Journal Senar Hanna is u-ing the throat of *D ra session of congress to foros aotion n his ship rub-iidy bill. Hois reported s having appealed to Sena or Cla^t the eader of tho minority, to allow tho bill o come to a vote in order to prevent he necessity for an extra 6ossior;to thich appeal Senator '"lay, very proierly. turned a deaf ear. This is as it houid be, and it is to bo hoped inc op losition to this inexsusablo grab will land fi*m throughout tho present ses ion be called if Hanna and his crew nsist upon it; *it will only make this ubsidy iniquity stand out in its truo ight. It is simply a determined ef ort on ihe part of Hanna and the ad ir.ni.-tration to rewatd certain syndi?'es for their contributions to the Romblican campaign fund, and they hould he made to accept fall responsilility for it. Tho p:op!c may wake up o a full rcalizaion of the situation fhen they siethat the people wlio now i&ve crotrol of the government are ven willing to 'oroo an extra sisiion f congress if ncc .ssary in order to ex ort this immenso tribute for tho beneit of a few millionaires. Trusts Beat Him. The defeat of Senator Chandler of low Hamtshiro for reuouiiiia.iou by tie 11 (uJioan o<uous of his State gislature is pissiolv more of a sur rise to the peopl-j of the country than o tl e senator himself, who has indi aled forcb xltngs of this r. suit. It is ot ofit n mat a s nator whoo servioe as bu n long as Mr. Chandler's is roocitd by his party, and very seldom hat hip defeat is acetmplished by so vcrwhcltuing a maj irity. It is posiblo that his attitude on tho silver uchtion has som> thing to do with toucing his pot u arity, but tho senator riiMir nas declared t li at powerful iilroad infl i no s were devoted tohia (feat. It has bcoome a very ticklish utter with Kcpublicaa btatcsmen to If ud railroads aud trusts. Attorney rencral Monnott of Ohio prosecuted nc Standard O.l trust and his head ell in the ba-kot According to OhaoJ? r the railroads of Now Hampshire re in obaree of the Kcpublioau guillomc in that Stato.?The Slate. The Kingstree Mutter. The Columbia State says the board of ircotors of the Stato dispensary mot Vcduesday and took up tho Kings tree hortagu matter. A conference was held nit. >... U7.11;~ i .1..1 ? rav?? ? Itu If liiiaunifui^ ui/ic^auuu iu he general assembly. It was detcrmin<i tu call iho present county board up or a hearing, that charges of official jisoonduot aro to bo foruiulatod, and hn if the resignations of tho members re not f srthoomiug, tho board will try he 11 according to law The legislative < legali >n i i u idi r^t <od to biinsym aihy with the board, and it looks as if ho old county board must go. Tho ?lo board has determine 1 to probo ho Kingstrco matter, so tho members ay, 10 if very bottom, and do cvoryhing posfiibloto have jisiioo m Hod out fir olor Dukes, at tho request of 'h airm an Williams, wont iu person to tugsirte a>.d dirootod tho arrest of ho accused dispouser, taking tho pro i uinary stops in tho prosecution. Tno ' ernoen s ssioi of the board was . ? ed principally to tho consideration f Various n q tests for the return of qu>rsseii)d oy tho dispensary oont.abits as coatrabaud. t I ? " special messages From Governor McSweney to (ha I EXPENSES OF THE MILITIA Ircu r?d in 8uppr?8?irg the Thr?H*ened Uprising In Georgtnwn, Some Valued Relics The governor Friday transmitted to the goncral assembly threo messages upon matters ol some interest. One is accompanied by tho expense aooount of tho soldiery Boot to Georgetown to put down tho alleged trouble. The second message relates to the flags of the Palmotto regimonlin Plor ida, and tho vase presented Andrew Jackson by tho women of 9>uth Caro lina and left by him at his death to tho la9t survivor of tho Palmotto regiment. This was referred to tho oommittco on military in tho house. The message as to the expense of the troops went to the ways anu means oommittco of tho houso, and tho third which r fcrrcd to tho ceding of oertain lands on Sullivan's Island to tho Uni ~ icd States government was sent to the ^ judiciary committee of the houso The following is tho text of tho throe messages: EXPENSES OV TROOPS. G"ntlomon of the General Assombly q On two oooasions during the past year it becatno necessary in order to w maintain tho reaoo and prevent mob ^ violence to call upon the strong arm of tho militia The promptness with w which tho voluntocr troops responded t( and tho hea'thful influonce of thoir ^ prescnco is Btrong evidence of the effi Hj ciency of thc6ervioo and tho wisdom w of properly maintaining a well organized. disoip'ined volunteer soldiery. There was necrssarily some expense oooHcotcd with tbo calling out of the militia, and I bog to submit herewith K( the item z d statement of oost and re oommend that you mako provision to g t ay the tattio. In the Florence trouble j: I paid out of my oontingent fund all a| the txpcnscs except the amount duo j, the railroads for transportation. In tho ^ Georgetown matter only ono item has ' been paid, that of transporting the pi Sumter company from Sumter to ^ Georgetown, and whioh had been ad- (i vanoed by tho captain of tho oompany. y I could havo arranged to borrow this rc money but there was no authority of 0| lav for it. and I thought best to lot it stand Uutil an appropriation could bo p] made ny you, My contingent fund was (j inadequate to pay it. Proper vouohers a are on file for the various items It iB a j ist and proper charge against tho 0j Sttt'o, a-d I am suro will recoivo your tj favorablo consideration. Hero arc tho (j, items for which an appropriation is asked, and also a statement showing what has been paid: tg OEOBOETOWN TROUBLI. First battalion of infantry: ol Two days for 177 tb men $ 531 00 o\ J Hauling guns, cto . 5 52 at I 6afrbr^eer^s.. .. 2 75 la Bread, eto .5 68 St Transporting 17 7 fn men andguns oj (Charleston to st: 0 ?orgetown and in return ( V. C. L ) 9?I U0 11.465.85 at Sumter oornran* ; ye Three days for 36 men __ ... 157.50 or Transporting 36 men th Georgetown to of Sjimter ( A 0 L) 87 75 243 25 .. - "(* jorgc to wo companies: Two days 37 men troops lv S. C. V. salary Ill 00 Four days, 45 men, Co 1. S O. V. 1. 270.00 381.00 To'al amount due in ,D Georgetown trou- . 1 bio 2,090.10 !ai Amount paid out of 191 contingent fund * Transpotation Sum ttr to Georgeto wn 85 75 j* Total cost of State 'J* to Ge o r go t o w n th trouble $2,175.85 aF al FLORENCE TROUBLE To amount due the Ss A. C. L. railroad >1 f >r speoial 'rain $ 416,00 oa Pa'd out of contingent fund: Timtnom ville Guards $200 62 ou It MoL nd m, sheriff . . 98 75 it It MoLeudon, Sheriff 15 00 314.37 p, ||| Total oost to State in tc Florence troublo $ 760 37 RECAPITULATION, Amount due by Siato in Georgetown trouble .... $2,)90 10 hi Am ?unt cue by Stato in Flor- nt ocoo truu'jlo 446.00 c<] i IVal amount far which appro oc priation is a-ltod $2,53(310 t0 Yours v ry respectfully, kc M. II. MoS-veoney, th Governor. 0i Tli K MEXICAN WAR REMCS Ol Gentlemen of the General A^sombly: In tho early put of the pan year Col. a<; .Jaines 1) II anding presdoot of tho I'a m tto 11'gimont Survivor*'a->s>oia- ' lion addressed mo a loiter as governor *8 turning over to tho S'.ato of South 'f. Carolina in pcrpituo ono of the two Tl fligs oarried by the regiment in tho 'J1 war with M< X'oo, together with the regimental rcoirds Ho also submitted 11 a request of the executive cimmitteo ,w of tho survivors assooiation that they bo allowed to p'aoo tho"Jaikson vaso" 8? in tho logislaiivo library under a glass " oai-c and under oarc of tho scorotary of state or of tho librarian: so that the W1 survivors may know, at loast, whcro it is. ' Both wero aoocptod as the correspondence hereto attached will show. The be flag was plac.d in tho S.ato library and dc the vase is in tho office of thi secretary oo of state. There is no glass case uudor be which it iniy bo placed. us Under a resolution of tho survivors' hi association tho vaso is to bo kept by an tho ezooutivo oommittco for and to bo dr the property of the last survivor of tho to regiment. There aro still about 40 sur- pr vivers as the records herewith submit* ne ted will show fl: Theso are precious relics and havj a ki history which all true Carolinians of should be proud to oherish. m Tho records should bo preserved in Ha sotno place where they oould be easily be acorssiblo in case it should bo desired hi to refer to them or have tbo history sii published and these records put in th more permanent form. tb I beg horowith to submit tho oorros- ki pondonoo and tho reoords for suoh dis- iti 9 ^ ^a| THE Bi Grove's 1 The formula is know just what yoi do not adverrUf rh?> their medicine it yo Iron and Quinine pui torm. The Iron malaria out o f the s Grove's is the Orff. Chill Tonics are im that Grove's is su arc not experiment! and excellence hai only Chill Cure so the United Starts osition as your honorable bodies may eem proper to mako. Respectfully submitted, i M B. MoSwecncy, u Governor. ^ TUB SU LI. VANS ISLAND FORT. t cntlemen of the Grneral Assembly: Q I brg to hand > ou herewith a letter I hioh I reo< ived from the llonorablo I 1'ihu Root, srerstsryof war. which ex P lains itself. Al-o a draft of a bill "t hioh hesu?gc-t9 hat lo woul 1 like 3 ) havo passed by the general assem- ti ly. I ask for this matter your con a [deration and such action as in your si isdom may seem proper. I ReBpcotfullv submitted, u M. B. McSweeney, ti Governor. y Mr. iClihu Root in his letter to the h overnor s?ys: if Sir: Ry an act approved February w , 1900, tho legislature of South Caro- o na ceded to the Uaited States title * ad j iri-diotion over certain tracts of ti ind in tho town of Moultricvillo and allivan's It-land, South Carolina, exspting from the aores described "thoso artions which aro oocupied and in use t y tho publio as highways, known as a cntral avenuo and Beach avenue " a >aoh avenue, within tho limits of tho i iscrvation, is impassable by vehicles 0 a account of s?nd drifts; and tho ol< s t'c ig of this avenue is essential to tho it roper laying out of tho nrlitary post, di cntral avenue is a winding street with N narrow shell road anl is not properly s? ?pt up by the town on account of laok 3 ' funds. It would sccui desirable that ?' tie and jurisdiction of that portion of n cntral avenuo withio tho rest vat ion ft lould bo in tho Uaited States in order T tat it may be improved and main o< ined by tho govenmcnt st I have tho honor, therefore, to irose tho draft of an act providing for ie cession of title and jurisdiction rer those portions of Bcaoh avenue 0j id Central avenuo, excepted from tho nds heretofore granted to the United _ atos, for ?be closing of Beach TWknd Q( r ? U^hway, and for tho keeping fen of Central avenue as a puolio ,\ reet, and to reqnost your good offices p reoommendiug the same to the sec- ^ o and houso of rcprosentatives cf S| tur State. ft Under sections 71 and 72 of the g^n Q( al statutes of South Carolina, 1882. ? o title of theao streets ia in tho State South Carolina. Very rcsreotfully, Klihu Root, H .... , i \i ? n?I J wjvuicibij ui ?* ar i/cp ( The Tea Industry The sue tessful exp? lirnect of United ales C? mmissioucr of Agriculture Le uo, followed by the succot-bful plant g and manufacture of toa at the Pine- JJ irst farms, Sumtnerville, near Char ston, baa attracted northern capital [t t?: who will go into the business on larire boale ard who expeot to raise W,(J()0 pounds annuillv f or tho Amtrn market. Col A 0. Tiler and M.?j j DTrinnbleof New London, Conn., and 0 Baron A. von Brunig, formerly of e German legation at Washington^ e leaders of the enterprise and have N ready bought 4 000 acos of pino land ^ ong tho linn of the Charleston and ivannah railroad, 15 miles from here, rtssr9 Tyler and Trimolo were in mp at Bummerville during the was nh Spain and taw the sucoess of tea ilture at Pinchurst M j Frimhlo, will, ia said.bo tho active head ol the o.?tn ' my. It is said that Dr. Shepard has id this year twioo as many orders for a as he onuld fill Tho Tax Extension. Tho time for tho payment of taxes is been extended after all. As thing >w stand the taxpayers who have fail 1 to oouie to time will have unitl Feb. to do so. Friday morniDg tho special immission in whom is vosted the right extend tho time, consisting of the ivernor, tho comptroller general and le attorney general met and it was do ded to extend the time till the day imrd. Tho State 9ijs this action was le result of the action of the house in lo( ting the A-hley resolution provid g for tho extension until March 1. j ho commission has been strongly , ainst any extension this year, but the gtslaturo seemed determined to pro ^ de for one. The comptroller as-erted (. at an t xtension till March 1 would tan- H o up the books all ovir tho Stato that i would bo a serious matter. The r su t is tho aotion taken Friday, which, * ! IJ fit ? S 1 if saio, win prove sausiaotory to tbe ? nate. Those who havo failed to pay ? icir taxes will bo glad to hear of this ? lion, but ovory treasurer and auditor ill hear of it with regret. F True Chivalry. d A litlla ragged, dirty, typical negro 1 >y was riding an old wornout, broken ? >wn uiule that wouldn't trot if a lotnotivo were to push it along Tho >y held a bundle in his hand and wa< ling his ooat as a saddle Tho uiule id almost stopped in the muddy strrot id iu his efforts to ooax the animal, he opped his bundlo and his coat foil in- a tho mud bolow. A prominent bank >1 cs'dcnt of Greenville was on tho trcct ol larby at tho timo noticed tho disoooi uro of tho black African. With the nd and tender heart, charaoteristie %l a truo southerner, this moneyed an wadrd through mud and with the mo motivo he would havo had had ho on waiting on Prosident MoKinloy mdod this littlo ooon his buodio, as ntcd him arranging his ooat and with o aid of a switch managod to ooax > i) muto on. This aot of the well * town bank president is worthy'of iua stion. ? Qroonvillo Nowa. ' A 1 Lria, Chills EST PRESCRIPT ^asteless Chi plainly printed on every i are taking when you take ir formula knowing that y< u knew what it contained, t up in correct proportions a acts as a tonic while the ystem. Any reliable druggis final and that all other itations. An analysis of othc pcrior to all others in cv ng when you take Grovi /ing long been establishe Id throughout the entire i No Cnrr. No Pr?v. Price The Pen Must (Jo. A stationer i* thus quoted in the 'hiladclphia K-icord: ".Ju-?t as th<* lioeteenth oon<ury brought tho steel ion in plaoe of tho quill, so will the wrnticth century s-o the typewriting sachinc take he pace of tin p- n. 'lie effeot is already very noticeable, jast year wo didn't sell half as many eos as w sold five years ago, aid th* eoroaso Ins been steady caon year ome large bui?ncss houses have a sy-.em of keeping book-* with typewriting i c lines, and when this boo imes more implified it is bound to be universal, shouldn't be surprised to see the pen laufac urers go out of business With a a few years. ltd.-eh, it is not blond tho raDge of possibility hat a undrrd years ftom now band writing, ' njt cxiotly regarded as a lost ar , ill at least b i looked upon as a relic f aniiqui y, and spenmons of handri-ing will bo treasured ai curiosies " A Busy Life Euded. Col. Wuj L Prenholm, who w?s o-?m oiler of the treasury duiiog Clcveind's first administration, died at bis omc in Now York Friday of pneumoia. Col. Trcnholm was a native of harlcs'on but had lived ia Now York >r several years, where he was engaged i business. In commenting cn bis uath The State says dur.ng his stay io ew York Col. Trcnholm was the oon ant friend and advisor of those ouih Carolinians who appealed t? bim iid we Lave seen it stated tl.at he over permitted an irquiry or request row his old State to pass unheedtd hup, although absent in body, be g-ve in-siam evidence t hat his heart was all with the people of S<>uth Carolina. Money for Schools. At a m- eting' f the hoard of directors f the dispensary Friday astemoon hairman Williams stated that the 6 anois) condition of t^**asjitulion 3w warranted the payment of $100,000 ito the school fund and a tcsolu'.i in to lis i ffeot was immediate? offered bv ireotor Dukes and adoptod. Mr 'illiainsfurther stated that the dispeniry wou'd be able to pay into school ind $50,000 additional within the eit thirty days. "THE LEAOER INDEED. The New Ball Bearing Domestic sewing Machine L Leads in Workmanship, Beauty, Capacity, Strength, Light Running. Every Woman Want- Ono. tlluchiuents, Needles and Parts for Sewing Machines of all makes. Vhen ordering needles send ample. Price 27c per dozen, uist paid itmn >V*otjd in I'ao^eupi id 1 irri lorv. I. bill I'L, IJiy Taylor Street, COLOMBIA b C| ,, Cj&Tt A * W*b- % -i.-S%^P'' .? I TRAuB MARK. ' OLD NORTH STATE OINT JENT, the Great Antiseptic iealer, cures Piles, Eczema, lore Eyes, Gianulated Eyelids. Jarbuncles, Boils, Cuts, Brnis s, Old Sores, Burns, Corns, iunions, Ingrowing Toenails, ntlammatory Rheumatism Lches and Pains, Chapped lan4s and Lips, Erysipelas t is something everybody teeds. Once used always used, for sale by all draggists and lealers. At wholesale by 'HE MUKKAY DRUG CO Jolnnibia, 8. C PITTS' tNIISEPTIG INVICQRATGB! oo> i>? urp| ?, luJk^oiiioii Wa a.i I .UOI WU hud t'OWet li >U.UlOt! OO..C Ot iclera morbus, teething trouble* with hildren, kidney trouble*, bad blood and II sort* of sore*. naingc or felon*, out* and urn*. It i* m good autisepiio, when looaily pplied, aa anything on the market. Try it and you will praise it to other* f your druggiat doesn't keep it, WTite to MURRY DRUG COMPANY, | COLUMBIA 8. (1 . -fijvj Ci3CAIni?tM>WHlSKY ^ UJ id B Ay hV I Habit* tHi red *t m?H?n?torI aB iuin, l?*Od??. Hundred* rn of r* frretiro*. 2"i jr.ir* * -yr. iaUr Hook on I B lion Trr iimiMit -*-ot I Krl? Addr,*** R. M. WOOLLSY. M. O,. MllinU. C*. * i<t pe, I er % ION IS ill Tonic. bottle?hence you Grove's. Imitators ju would not buy Grove's contains nd is in a Tasteless Quinine drives the t will tell you that so-called Tasteless rr chill tonics shows cry respect. You e's?its superiority d. Grove's is the malarial sections of c or. Saw Mills, Corn Mills, Cane Mills, Rice Hullers, Pea ELnllers, Engines, Boilers, Planers and Matchers, Swing Saws, ltip Saws, and all other kinds of wood working machinery. My Sergeant Log Beam Saw mill is ^ the heaviest, strongest, and # - o 1 ? ? ? most efficient mill for the money on the market, quick, accurate. State Agent for H. B. Smith Machine Company wood working machinery. For high grade engines, plain elide valve?Automatic, and Corliss, write me: Atlas, Wacertown, and Struthers and Wells. V. C. BADHAM, 1326 Main St., Columbia. S. C. -?| Hard to Beat our Line I of MaShinrrji ui ->- 1 Mill Supplies. ' LEADERS: J Lane, Chase, (lege, Liddell and High Point saw mills ^ The Murray Cleaning and Distributing System. Li idetl Automat io and plain Engine j. "Sioux" Oor.iss Engines. "New South" Brick Machinery. Farquhar Threshers and Grain Drills. Disston Saws and Files Peerless Packings, Sjersns Sewer Pipe, and Supplies generally Erie City Engines aud Boilers Egan Woodworking \lachinerr. "Queen of the Siutn" Grist Mills Keliey Dap'ex Feed Mills Bundv Traps aud Steam Specialties Magnolia aud Columbia Babbeit Metals. H.' Bibbes & Co., MA.CH1NKIU and MiT.L SUPPLIES hi>4 Owrvais blre-t, COLUMBIA, S. C. Ortman Pavs m the EXpress j iiinaiii Dyeing of every description. Steam, Nap iba, Krenoh Dry and chemical cleansing. Send for oar new price list and circular AH work f^n&r anteed or no charge. ( Oilman's Steam Ove Works I:tl0 Main Street Cott vhiA. C A L Orttnan Proprietor Murray's Aromatic, | Mouth Wash Whitens the Teeth Cleanses the Mouth Sweetens the Breath The? Murray Drug Co.. COLUMBIA,3. O. MONEY TO LOAM On Improved real estate. Interest eight per tent, payable semi-annually. Time 3 to 5 years. N o commissions charged E. K. Palmer, OntralNational BankBailding, 80S Plain St-, Columbia, S. C.