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THE BATESBURG ADVOCATE^ ] VOL. II. BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNKSDAV, APHIL 255, 1902. NO. 14 Wk, WILL BE TRIED. || The War Department Orders Whole- ' sale Courtmartial of Officers \ FOR BARBAROUS CONDUCT. President Roosevelt Will Not Take ) Any Kxcuse as .1 iiHtil'yiiiK Inhuman Conduct on Part of Americans. It begins to look :is if some of the American officers over in the l'hJiip?A ' ? j.i?? .JnK?dt ..ruih? > ?, noooyut for cnielties practiced on the natives. 1 As a result of the consideration oy 1 he 1 cabinet last week of the charges of ' cruel treatment of Filipinos by United s States soldiers. Secretary I toot has made public the following c.trrespon- ; \ dence: 1 War Depart menl. i ' Washington, April 15, h?o2. t My Dear Senator: 1 begtoacknowl- 1 edge the receipt of your copy of the testimony ofSergt. ('lias. N. lliley and Private William Lewis Smith, late of ?the Twenty-sixt li infantry, taken before your committee yesterday. i enclose" a copy of a dispatch which has ! been sent today to Mnj. Con. ChalTee. i . commanding the division of the Phil-j tppines. Directions have been given to t lie judge ad'ocate general of the army to take pro; -steps in accordance with the dispatci The war department will be glad to receive the earliest possible information of any further evidence which may _ ^ - be elicited by t he committee, tending to fix responsibility upon any one in the military service of the I 'nited States for any vlolat ion of t tie laws of war or of the regulat ions and orders governing tiie operations oft lie army of the United States in the field. Very respectfully, Klihu hoot. Secretary of War. lion. II. C. Lodge, United States Senate, Washington, I). C. THE OltDKKS CAHI.KP. In accordance with the above the Secret ary of war sent the following cablegram to (Jen. < bailee, who is in command of the American troops in the Philippine Islands: War Department. ? t Washington, April If), p.to2. * i On Feb. luth a letter was sent you, enclosing for investigation, copy of \ charges made by Gov. Gardner of i Tayabas province, which contained 1 general allegations of cruelties prac- I tlced by troops on natives, and gen- ; erul!y of an insolent and brutal atti- i t udc of t he army towards nut ives. I On April 2d a cablegram was sent ; you urging action wit It all speed con- i * slatent with thorough and searching ( F". ? inrevt''ejtin'ir. 1 On the4tli of March a c-ihlc dispatch ( was sent yon directing disciplinary < measures to produce obedience lot lie president's icist met ions, sulmrdinat ing ; military ofticers to civil government in t pacilierl provinces, and insi met ing you ; to relieve Maj. Ldwin F. Glenn and Oapt. .lames A. Kyan from dm.\ and | order t hem to Manila toawait invest i- i gat ion intot heir conduct. in accordance \ with hist rurt ions In follow ty mail. On the 21th of Mareli instructions i were mailed you emit aining s: atom .'t 1 of charges against those oliiicis and . (Icn. Jacob I I. Smit h as t b" basis of i the investigution ordered by the cable \ of March 4th. t Flirt iter ins I met ions in lint b mat lets are required by the following facts: : Press dispatches state that upon the \ trial of Maj. Waller, of tin* marine ; corps, test imony was given hy Waller. U corroborated by other witnesses, that ! t Gen. Jacob li. South inst racted him to i killed and liui n: t hat l lie more lie killed and burned the better pleased (Jen. Smith would be: that it was no time i to take prisoners, and that wla n Maj. Walloi-asked < ien. Stnit b todelinetbe age limit for killing lie replied "every- i i thing over ten." ; Ifsucl) testimony was given, and the ; facts can lie establislied, you w ill place Gen. Smith on trial by court martial. < Yesterday before t he senate commit- i tec on Philippine alia its Sergt.('ha rlcs S. Riley and Private Win. Lewis Smit h of the Twenty-si\th volunteer infan-ji It ry test i lied that the form of tortureh known as the "water cure" was ad- j ministered to residents of the town of Igbarras. lloilo province. Island of j 1anay. hy detaclnnent of Light cent IP ( United States infant ry under coin-1, tnand of Lieut. Arthur L. Uottger. tin- j der orders of Maj. ! '. Glenn, than rap- ! tain Twentv-tiftli infantry, and that j Gaplain and Assistant Surgeon Pal met* Lyon, at tliat time a com ract stir- j; geon, was present to assist them. The' officers named, or such of thcmasarcj found to tie responsible for the act. will lie t ried t hcrefor Jiy court mart ial. Conirer and Lvonare in t hiscrnmf rv Hot It 11n* Twentj-si\i h \ olunl cer infantry and Eighteen! h infant r.v having I returned to the t.'nited Stales and | most of t lie wit nesses being presumptively liere, the secretary of war directs that Maj. K. I"'. (rleen, Twenty- . fifth infantry, lie directed to proceed to San Francisco and report to the general commanding t lie dep.art inent of California with a view to his trial In ', court mart ial under charges alleging, the cruelties practiced h\ him upon ' a native of the Philippine islands at Igbarras on t he 27t li of .1 une, I'.mmi. 1 f you can discover any witnesses still! In the service of t lie Philippine islands who can testify in support of the charges, or if Maj. (ilenn desires the attention of any persons now serving in the islands as witnesses lor the defense, you will direct I hem to proceed to San Francisco for that purpose. \s the two years allowed for the prosecution by tlie stat ute of limitations is nearly at an end no time is to lie lost.' You will lake such course in advancing or postponing tlie investigation-, previously ordered into the conduct of (Jen. Smith and Maj. (Ilenn as shall tie required to enable you to execute t hese inst ruct ions. It is believed t hat the violat ions ol law and humanity, of which these cases, if true, are cxamaples, will prove to be few and occasional and not to characterize the conduct of the army generally in tlie Philippines: but the fact that any such acts of cruelty and barbarity appear to have been Hoikindicates the necessity of a most thorough, searching and exhaust ive invest igat ion under t lie general charges preferred by <!ov. (lardctier and you will spare no effort, in the investigation already ordered under these charges, to uncover every such case which ma> have occurred and bring the offenders to just ice. The president desires to know in the fullest and most circuinslanl ial manner all the facts, nothing being concealed, and no man being for anj reason favored or shielded. For t he very ^ reason that ttic president intends to Kick up the army in (he heartiest fashon in every lawful and legitimate nethod of doing its work, he also inends to see that the most rigorous are exercised to detect and prevent my cruelty or brutality, and that men ivho are guilty t hereof are punished, treat as the provocation has been in Icaling with foes who habitually remit to treachery, murder and torture si igainst our men, nothing can justify n >r will be held to justify tlie use of ort tire or inhuman conduct of any e< rvind on 1 lie part of the American la inny. Klihu Root, Secretary of War. WADE HAMPTON S * farewell to IIin old Soldiers From ei Ills IMa/.za Lnut May. '/.( Ci "When the Confederate Reunion was se leldTn Columbia last May the old sol- S( liers called on CeYteral llam.pton at us home in a body. Chi that occa- fr V 11 lion he made t he following speech: hi My Comrades: I have indeed, as tr Mai. 11 a rt has said, heard that ilehtjk .'eli oft en" before and when I lieard it ,rt join my own men. from t he men whom rc 1 had t lie honor to command, I knew hat we were safe. 1 think it is one f )f the Rritish poets who said: ,H fu uTlio Li1?'c Lrnniv woll ! The long league's swell ;l Ti lit I hitls t ln> Woman's close." J.( 1 might paraphrase 1 his hy saying s;l The Yanks knew well x; The Rebel yell That bade t lie Johnnies close. J( M> old heroes. I hope it never will hjforgotten. I hope it will be trans* nilted to your children and to your hildren's children if not for them to ise to tell how it used to ring from the orestsof Virginia, how it rang from ett.vshurg to the west, and how it always told of men w ho were willing to lie for t heir sou t hland, to die for truth, or or honor, for manhood, for chivalry hi ind for a great truth. 1 want you to ry and teach to your children and to ju rour children's cliMlren that ours was not a lost cause.' I want you to tell'0" hem that we \vero lighting for the VVl rigid. < ieorge Washington was a rebel. ?J: >ut Lee was not. When (ireat Britain TI vcognixed the independenee of this ad ountry she did not recognize t he iniependence of t he t'nited States, but if each sovereign State as independent ind sovereign. There were 13 indc- ,j, lendent and sovereign States. They . . ounded this union ami t hey had the | ight to withdraw from it whenever re hey clmse so to do. We were not sue esslul it is not given to mortals to fr< ommand success. You have done m norc you have deserved it. So And now in your declining years and OII .vhen mine have extended long he- so i'ond t he period allotted to man. you, ny old comrades, whom I loved, whom , I trusted and will) whom 1 felt as safe ,s" is I do now. I want to say to you all hat all the love you have given me wl ias been more than reciprocated: that at ill that 1 have ever l>een aide to do tli or you. t'oranx one of you, or for South St, Jarolina, has been more than repaid J' v the honors you have unsolicited I *. onferred upon me and hy this the rowning honor of my life. I may not ! ;ec you again, i remember a story of j re in old bishop who. when ready to re- j pr ire from public life, went to theablxit j eo ind said: (>i 'Bather ahl.ot.an old man whose ,,f icait is broken by the storms of state s eome to lay his weary bones among Ij oil." That is all I shall ask of South (Jar ' ilina a t'".\ l'.-et of earth where my | na .indn lfoi acr oa! ionsare rest log. 1 as \ud i au. , 'i.l t<> say that (.no or pa nore of each generation, since t hey j sa > < i nuuiiii in i"1! ill i ll ? <1 11 111 lit IlilS I illed ;i bloody grave lor Soul li( arolina. \ Applause. I claim no credit for hut. Kvrrv South Carolinian who: ,vas t rue was willing to give his Idood j ind his lile for I lie old Stale. I am ak atre that 1 was willing to do so. I re iiink lean say so to you. my men. ajj hat 1 never t urned my hack upon any m ifyou when vour Faces were turned to* *p; ivard IneeiieniN. The greatest honor hat I felt during |?. war was once . ' when I came upon a poor private wlio was dying. I stopped heside him and 1 he said: "I am happy to die lighting 11id I am proud to die lighting under roii." of I pray * loci will hi ess you and will tf jive you peace and prosperity, give it n lo t he old State, give it to each one of ti roil and that you will go home and tell roiir kindred that yon have seen your| dd comrade and that he t hanks t hem i111 Ihroughvou. ai ! pji .'! iihi Hi* ('ra /.y. i ^ from ltutherford county. N. ('.. dp. comes a report of one of the most un-! at usual affairs, .\ man has made all I te prcpaiatiotis to commit suicide, and i \\ intends to make of it a gala occasion. 1 in Mien Cogsdcll is an aged, wealthy ind very eccent ric farmer of that section. It is said he has sent out invitations to all of Ins numerous re- t,v lat ives to at tend a big dinner w hich lie 11 intends t > give at his home on June ; p 10. The unique feature of the in- 'p vital ion. it is said, is that it contains \the aiiliounceineiit that at -tile noon hour, sharp, those present are to have ar, liie ple.ii lire and experience the novel sensation of seeing him take his own w life. Mr Cogsdell is a Confederate f, veteran. In his in vil at i< m 11# dms ... not announce I lie method he will em- ul plov in dispatehiny himself: hut he is ,,, still the proud possessor of hi*, old 0j army revolver, and those who Know t| him well are impressed with I he he- |v lief that he will attempt to use the p weapon upon himself. t, Nwnlloueil n l-'rojc. j' A larye froy was removed from a i'* woman's stomaeh iriSt. Catherine's ' Hospital in Williamshuiv N. Y., the other day. The woman is Mrs. Charles. I'airtis of I lopwell .luiiclion, near Matteawau: N. V. She had l?een suffering from a trouble which ha tiled her physicians for some lime. It \uis ^ dually derided that an operation for 11 appendicitis would he advisable and]1-'' she was taken to the Williamshury sl hospital. A I'ishkill, N Y.. doctor performed t lie operation, which re- ' vealedthat she was not siifTeriny from appendieit is. I'.ut t he doctors did dis- il cover and remove from her stomach a a live froy. said l" have heen live inches ' lony II is supposed that sheswal-i0 lowed the froy when it, was very small, il while she was drinking water. a r All HI. I VIS II. y i.eorye Hwiim. of Hunt inytori, a Tex.. ;i neyro, 102 years old, lias; founded a numerous family, lie is tlx* fathei of IT children, all of whom are liviny. lie has I toyrandchildren, 1 i lo yivatyrandrhildren and '! yrnat- t yreat-yrandehildren liviny, makiny t the total meml?ers!ii|) of his family e 2oo, Several yrandchildren have 'I died. 5 HISTORIC LETTERS Which Passed Between Gen. Sherman and Gen. Hampton a JUST BEFORE THE WAR CLOSED. n That of General Hampton Correctit i ly Voice* the Spirit ol" Its Author and In Now ol' Interest. n '* The following correspondence be' tweon Hampton and Sherman passed if into history years ago, but the lei ers o" will be read with peculiar interest loday, when the people of South Carolina and the entire South are mcimi A MONUMENT TO HAMPTON. all Made on the Citizens of tli Stale I'or Subscription. The movement for the erection of ilciidid monumeut to Gen. Wad lanipton, to be surmounted by a luestrian statue' has now l?ee unchcd, and it is in good handi amp Hampton, of Columbia, laf eck adopted the following resolutioi hleh will Ik? read with interest. Resolved, That for the purpose ? eetlng in the city of Columbia a luestrian statue of the illustrouseit !i and soldier Hen. \\ ado Hatnptoi amp Hampton, U. C. V,, invites sul riptions from all of the citizens <j JUfch Carolina, such subscriptions t ? sent to all of the daily papers of th late, to lie by them acknowledge (mi time to time as received and the awarded to the treasurer of the ecu al committee herein provided for. That the following named, survivor the Confederate States army, ar qbested to act as "The llampto atue Central Committee." who shal clothed with power to receive th mis suhscrilieri for said statue, selcc ic site for it in the city of Columbia ipoint sub-committee's and do ui ich other business as may he uecef ry for the furtherance of tlie end ew: First Congressional Histriet ?Thee ire G. Darker. See >ml Col. .1. W Moore. Third?I). II. Russell. Fourth Col. .las. A. Iloyt. Fifth?Col. .las. S. Hart. Sixth- Gen. W. K. .lames. Seventh?Col. A. C. Haskell. That the Daughters of the Con fed aey and all other organizations o riles in sympathy with theniovemen tr mgout the State, be and they ar reby requested to appoint auxlliar, mimittces to co-operate in thlssaorei ark of raising a titling memorial t ir illlustriousand lamented chieftain lie resolutions were unaiiimousl lopted. ThO I'rcsldi'iil'H Visit. A dispatch from Washington say ic president himself has declared t s closest and best friends since hi turn to Washington th;*" the south n t rip was of greater value to bin um any standpoint from which i ay he viewed than he can estimate mat or Lodge is equally cnthuasiastii i the subject and the Massaebusett nator declares that the whole natim lould tie grateful to the State o nit h Carolina for invit ing the prsi ;nt to go to Charleston, so that tin hole world might see. the love, resnee id affection which the president o ie I'nited States encounters in an; ction of country he may visit, lie iblican senators and representative high standing in the party ranks d< >t believe with t lie Sou til CnMiiu publican organization that tit esident suffered political or persona ntamination while in Charleston a the contrary, the high minded met the republican and demotrati irlies hen; in Washington agree tha resident Roosevelt's visit to Soutl irolina was a benefit to the wind ttion. and it will go down in liistor; an undying example of what tli it riots of this country mean when v v to the world that wc arc a unitci topic. One Monument Injured. The Chattanooga Times a few day ro contained the following: "Th cent storms have caused much d un ;e to the handsome South Carotin; onuinent at Chickamauga park he monument erected to the Soutl irolinians who participated in th title of Chiekaniaiiga consists of ige bronze palmetto tree on a mar e base. Tiie winds and storms hav ripped the bronze leaves and hrokei r three limbs of the tree. Part o ie bronze is lying on the ground b ie monument, while the rest of it ha idently been carried away. Th arhle esplanade around the mono ent has also lieen craeke* id seriously damaged. Cnless re iirs are made at once the liaii(l.%nm onuinent erected only a short tim ro will he ruined." The governor' tention haft been called to the mat r. and has taken it up with (Jen 'alkcrnnd other inemhers of t lie com ission. A Faint I ire. Mrs. Wallace K. Kiiij,'. her niece an vo children were hnrncil to death a icir home in Wallin a village re; rankfort, Mich., Wednesday ni^ii hose who perished were: Mrs. Kinp ida Kinjr. ajrcd * years. Verna Kinn red d, and Miss Anna Kintf, a niece ;od in. Itculah: the J-year-ol ui^hter, was thrown from an tippo indow by her mother and saved. 'I'll >11 r Ixidies were recovered Tluirsda ornintf hnrned to a crisp. The tit initiated in Kind's general store i'rr which Ids family lived. It ha daincd such a start when discovere nit the bucket brigade, which quick formed, could do nothing to chee Mr. King, who was townshi easurer, was not at home Wednesda ight. I le had gone to Copemish t [ posit the township funds that li a?l collected. Misfortune pursue im even on the trip for lie lost h >at with !>IT."> In the pocket. .\ lloniiiiy Trust. I 'elails as to t lie orgaui/.at ion of 11 merican Hominy company has bee lade public. The company has ipitali/ation of $1,?.">0,000 preferre ock and $2..">00,000 common stocl light big com panics, mostly in tl t'est. have joined in the conihioatioi innng the objects of this corporatii re: To manufacture, produce, ada| nd paepare, and to buy, sell and oil rwise deal or tralllc in hominy, brev rs' grits, corn meal, feeds, sugar. oi nd other similar substances, and ar nd all products and by-products d Ived from corn and other grains an egctahlc pr?wlucts and any inixlur nd compounds thereof, etc. liOriiMfA Coining. .lohn Klfreth Wat kins. Jr., of Was ngtnn says in the News and Couri hat the IT year locusts will reappej Ills year in 2J states of the unio oininc as far south as North Carolin 'hey have appeared the last week lay every 17th year since 171 .">. y 1.1 lug tlui death of one of t heir greatest chieftains and defenders. I'nion t'.ws agers had been shot. for dastardly outrages it poll defenceless women, and the U incidents called forth Sherman's letter i? which was as follows: ' Headquarters in the Field. February 21. 1 !1 Lieut. (Jen. Wade Hampton. ('oinnianding Cavalry Forces, Confederate ;; States Army (Jencral: It is otlicially t. ported to me that our foraging parties are murdered after capture and labelled " Heat It to all foragers."' < >ne instance of a lieutenant and seven men nearChestervillc, and anot iter of t went.v "near a ravine eighty rods from t Ionian) road." about three miles from Feasterville. I have ordered a similar number of prisoners in our hands to indisposed of in like manner. I hold about 1,000 prisoner*, captured in vari~ ous ways, andean stand it as long as 1 you. and would suggest that you give t not ice to the people at iargethat every e life taken by them simply ri ailts in y t lie dea h of one of youi Confederates. .1 Of course, you cannot question my i, right to "forage on the country." It is a war right as old as history. The manner of exercising it varies with circumstances. and if thociv'l authorities will supply in\ requisitions 1 will forbid all foraging. Hut I can lind no civil authorities who can s respond to my calls for forage o. of provisions: t herefore. I must cols lect directtv of the people. I have no doubt Uiis is the occasion of much misbehavior on t lie part of our men; but 1 cannot permit an enemy to judge or punish with wholesale inur der. Personally I regret the bitter - feeling engendered by this war. lint s they were to lie expected, and I simpii ly allege that t hose who struck the I lirst blow and made war Inevitable . ought not in fairness to reproach us for t he nat ural coiise<|iicuces. I merely assert our war right to forage and my . resolve to protect my foragers to the 1 extent of life for life. Y I am, w ith respect. your obedient - servant. \V. T. Sherman, s Major (Jcneral United States Army. > To litis <ien. Hampton replied: t Headquarters in the Field, February git. iWii. . Major (Jen. W. T. Sherman, United States Army (ieneral: Vour com munieation of thegfth instant readied 1 mo today, in it you state that it has c IK'en otlicially reported t hat your foragt ing parties are murdered after capi ture." You go on to say that you have L, ordered a similar number of prisoners . in our hands tohe disposed of in like manner." t fiat is to sav. you have orL> dereil a nuinlier of i 'onfederate soldiers '' to Ik- murdered." You characterize ' your order in proper terms, for the public voice, even in your ow n country, where it seldom dales to express itself in vindication ol t ruth, honor, s or just ice. will surely agree with you e in pronouncing you guilty of murder if your order is carried out. before dismissing t his port ion of your letter 'l I beg to assure you that for every sol dier of mine "murdered" by you I h shall have executed at once two of e I yours, giving in all cases preference to a j any olticers who may be in my hands. - j in reference to the statement y i 0 j make regarding the death of your foru agers. I have only to say that I know .. nothing alioiit it: that no orders given by me aut hori/.es t he killing of prisony ers after capt ure. and t hat 1 do not l?es lievethat my men killed any of yours, e except under circumstances hi wh --n i-j it was perfect ly legit imate and prop r [1 j that tlu-y should kill Ihcin. It is a .. part of the system of the thieves, whom you designate as your foragers, to tire the dwellings of those citizens 1 whom they have robbed. To check s 11 his inhuman system, which is justly execrated by even civilized nation, I . base directed my men to.shoot down .all of your men who aro caught burning houses. This order shall remain in force as king as \ou disgrace the profession of arms by allowing your men to destroy private dwellings. You say that I cannot, of course, ' question your right to forage on the ri country -'"it is a right as old history." . I do not, sir, question t his right. Hut there is a right older even than this. , and one more inalienable the light " that every man has to defend his home and to protect those who are depen' dent upon him; an I from my heart I r j wish that every old man and l>oy in 0 my country who can lire a gun would v shoot down as lie would a wild beast. e t tie men who arcdesolat ing t heir land. ?, burning I heir homesand insult ing their ,1 women. d You are particular in d? lining and claiming "war rights." May I ask if k you enumerate among these the right p to tire it (m >ti a defenceless city without v not ice: to burn that city to t he ground (after it had been surrendered by the " inhabitants, who claimed, though in \ain. that protection which is always d accorded in civilized warfare to iiomis ml Kit tints: to lire the dwelling houses of eiti/.ens after robbing t hem: and tn j perpetrate even darker crimes than I these crimes too black to be meii' t ioiied. K*; II ^ ?>n have permitted, if you have nuf a ; ordered, t he commission of t liese oflen,|j ees against humanity and the rules of . I war; you fired on the city of Columbia j without a word of warning: after it> H* surrender l>\ the mayor, who demand' t'd nroteetion to private property, you n j laid the whole city in ashes, leaving >t j amidst its ruins t housunds of old met li.! and helpless women and eliildren. win. v_: are likely t<> peri-at or starvation and Is exposure. Your line of mareli can Ik traced hythe lurid Ii^lit of >?tirninjj ,N houses, and in more titan ?>iie house c* i hold there is now an U?nn\ worse thai "I that of dealh. The Indian sealper es his \ iet iin regardless of ajje or sex. hut with all Ills barbarity lie always it spi eled I lie persons of his female cap j lives. Your soldiers, more savant I,. I than (lie Indian, insult those wliost (>r natural protectors are atisent. ' In conclusion I have only to reuuesl " that whenever you have anv of m\ n* men "murdered" or "disposed of." fot ? ! the terms appear synonymous wi11 io , you. von will let me hear of it, that 1 ' may know what action to take in t Ik matter. I:i the meantime I shall hold .*>? > of your men us hostages for those you have ordered to bo executed. 1 am yours, etc, Wade Hampton. Lieutenant Ceneral. THE GOOD PHYSICIAN. Some (?<><>d Worth* Ihr Itie MoihImms ?>l* the MiMtiohl Profession. t 'J'he following article, written by 1 Dr. Jas. li. Carlisle, was published iu j the Spartanburg Herald last week while the State Medical Society was in session in that city: i "The pal lis of pain are l hi lie. < !o fort h With patience, trust and hope, i 'J'he suffering of a sin-sick can h Shall give llice amnio scope. ! Beside the unv< Mod mysteries I (>f life and death, to stand. Wit h guarded Jo-, ami reverent eyes, ! And pure oftur.i t and hand." (Wtiittier.) More than half a century ago one of the leading physicians of Boston died, Walter Channing, M. 1). His friend. Rev. .lames Freeman Clarke, prendhed a sermon, which be began with a tine sketch of a good physician. i Mir t il v is Honored today hy the presence of many representatives of this nohlc pn fession from all parts of | the State. Headers of The Herald ; may Ik* intdi sted in the appropriate tribute. It may help them ; to a still higher estimate of those on I whom we call in our moments or I anxiety or pain. "A good physician has a hard life ] in many ways. His work is on the ; shady side of life, hy the hed of sick; nessand pain sickness which lie often cannot cure: pain, which lie is soniotinies unahi" to alleviate. He lias ; great responsibilities, itivalving great anxieties. The life, liealt h. happiness ! of i?t 1 it rs dc lend imieli In his wisdom, {attention, p omptness. lidelity. Most i of us do our day's word and then go j home to rc.-t. or to amuse ourselves. ' to turn to private studies, or go into pleasant sp-iety. 'J'hc work of the i j physician never ends, lie can never! i rest withott the possibility of being I | suddenly summoned hack to his duties. ' If he is not actually called, he is always in expectation of being called, and that interferes witli perfect rest , lie is a sentinel who cannot sleep on Ills |k>st. His work continues, through night and day. through storm andi shine, t h rough heat and cold, through i summer and winter. Other men may ' take their vacation, but wherever lie i goes, the lightning message follows after, and asks, "Where are you?" | At home, lie is the slave of t lie door hell (or telephone!) abroad, of the telegraph. Vet. willi all this labor, care, anx-1 icty, a physician's life has many com- j pen.sation*. compensations so great j that when a person is able to fulfill its ; 'nlics a I ;'.t it is one of the happiest | of all professions. The goixl physician j has the consciousness of usefullness in i , his work. The family physician I st udies the const itulions of i lie mem- j I hers of a household: lie is aide to ad- j I vise them in regard to diet. air. exercise, work and recreation, lie fore-! I sees danger before il comes, and shows i them how l-iavoidit. It preventative is bet ter tban cure, modern medical science, wliicli tends that way, is cerjtalnh better than that of our fathers. ! ilut when the inevitable disease arrives. then the use of the physician .ippc.us in ;i!ic\nitii n <11 pan:, in tau! ing charge <>f tli?* cast*, and so relieving the anxietles <>! the patient, and h.s friends. When we have ennfided <mr iKiloved ones to the care of the : wise and faithful physician we have a sense of reposing trust. If all drills | were alnilished, 1 do not think the need and use of a physician could he sensibly diminished perhaps it would lie increased. All tnis is eompensation for his toil and anxiety, tint more still, .s the affection which gathers around him. The Appostlo has indicated this reward <>f the profession in one st riking epithet. "Luke, the lieloved physician." lie does not say. "the I wise," "the learned." "the celebrated" | physician, hut "the Iw'oved." Tlie ! good physician becomes a friend in i many homes. As his life advances, > there grows around him a ncighlmr, hood tilled with friends, lie is tlx' ' friend of old and young, for all need j his care, and depend <?n his counsel. lie becomes intimately acquainted | with t Im interior of life of many families. hut you will not ice that a physican lis very seldom a gossip. lit no mone i t hinks of spcakinguhroad of what is confided to him than if he were a I father-confessor, as, indeed, lie often ! is. And he. who is able to inspire coii| tidence in another, helps the body through the mind, as daily experience teaches. We ail feel the truth of what Walter Scott says: j "1 have lain on the siek man's bed. Watching for hours for the leech's t read, | As if I deemed that his presence alone. Had power to hit! my pains begone. I have listed his words of comfort given. As if to oracles of Heaven. I have counted his steps from my chain her door, i.l l I I -.i * ? - ,\iim invvvii i 111 *111 \>nni i ncy ?nr heard no more." Our viRitin^ friends will find here traditions of piod physicians with j whom our city was blessed in other j years. And tln-v will he welcomed hy others, worthily representing the profession today. 1 ?r. Kainsay says of Lionel Chalmers, M. P.. who died in Charleston. 1777. "lie was the lirst writer who treated of the soil, climate, weat her and p-ner' i ally of the diseases of South Carolina." , Mis name was hniiorahl\ perpetuated r amontf us in the person of a direct dei scendant (a ft real-grandson) Lionel > Chalmers Kennedy, M. 1 >. (PU<1I | lsKO.) whose portrait and medical iNHtks may he seen in the Kennedy ; Library, on our I'uhlie Square. The ( s|Kit on which his olllce stood was I sacredly set apart hy Mrs. Kennedy (I lelen Kaisseux Stevens) for a "library -1 where t he poorest 'ioy may jjo, and - i find intod reading." The elti'/.ens re'! sponded to her tender appeal and ' erected the building, ller memory. I joined with that of "the jjood physieian," is a legacy to the people of r 1 Spartanburg and their children. Out , quests of the medical profession arc I cordially Invided to visit the library at their convenience. ( A WINNING FIGHT F a i * <J Made by Democrats Assisted by Beet s li s>ugar Republicans. ci t li TO TAX THE TRUSTS SUGAR. si I) Tlie Speaker Overruled and tlie l>lf- S I) Ici-eutiul Removed from Helloed p SuKiirn Coming I'roin Culm ' P l?y the House. ei The I >emocrals and the Republican H , insurgents r<sic roughshod over t he ^ In>usc leaders Friday when the voting *.j began on the Cuban reciprocity hill, n j They overthrew the ruling of the t< jchair in committee of the whole on ' , the question of the germaneness of an ? ! amendment to remove the differential ' from retlned sugar during the existence * ' of the reciprocity agreement provided w for in tbe hill. ?' The vote to overrule the decision of ai the ehair, made 1 ?y Mr. Sherman of New York, was 171 to 140. Ilepubllcans to the number of 27 joining witli c' a solid Democratic vote to accomplish al this result. Having won this prelimin- C( lary victory the amendment was adoptled in committee, 104-111, and later in the house by a still larger majority, >r' P.I'.l-lOo. (>n this occasion 04 Kcpubii- Sl cans voted with the Democrats for tlie ainondment. The bill was then pass- a' ed by an overwhelming majority, 247-52. al An analysis of the vote shows that lj121 Republicans and 122 Democrats s< voted for the amended bill and 42 Re- ^ publicans and 10 Democrats against ^ it. lirosvenorof Ohio was one of those who voted against the bill. The ?l voting on the hill was the culmination rf of a long struggle vliich began almost v< with the inception of this session of V( congress and after two weeks of con- al tinuous debate during which much '' bitterness was aroused. '' Friday's debate was of an exceed- w ingly lively character, the feature he- ,n ing the echoes of Thursday niglit's Democratic caucus. To that caucus tlie " defeat of the Kepuhlican leaders who ^ sought to pass the hill without amendment isattrihutahle. Previous to the c' holding of t he caucus the Democrats ai w? re very much divided and the op- a! posit ion of the Republican beet sugar a' men showed signs of disintegrating. ta Friday when it became apparent that the Democrats, would act together the iiect sugar men decided, at a meet- at ing attended by 32 of them, to take OI the hit in their teeth and overrule the ef chair. As soon as this combination a was ciTected the Republican leaders 11 realized that they would l>c defeated so far as the removal of the ditTeren tial was concerned and Mr. Payne, the Republican leader, contented himself with warning his lx'et. sugar colleagues that In removing the ditTeren- n] li.il thev were takinir olT a bit of nm. ai tectum placed in the Dingley bill v< especially for the henetit of the beet sugar producers. Mr. Ilicbardson, of Tennessee, was ?| the first speaker. He stated frankly that lie doubted whether the enact- J mcnt of the bill would do much to I bring abour the reciprocal trade relations between Cuba and the t'nitcd 1 States which was earnestly to be de- j H desired. Hut he had voted for it in j the hope that it might accomplish jw soincthtng. lie called attention to ja the action of two counties in the dis- ' ') t ricl of Mr. Habcock, Wisconsin, en- " jdorsiugthc lat ter's liill to revoke the [duties from steel, and amid Democra- I c< tic applause, said the Democrats pro-, posed to give Mr. Habcock an oppor- n tunity later on to vote for the bill his * ' constituents had endorsed. Mr. Hepburn. Iowa, aroused considerable excitement by bringing for- { ward t lie revelation made in the Demoeratic causus Thursday night concern- (j ing the alleged overtures made from the Kepublictm side to abandon the , Crumpacker resolution if the Demo- tj crats from the States threatened would \ote against overturning the ^ chair, lie said he did not believe it * I and thought the gentleman from Ala! hunia Mr. I "nderwood. must have been I mistaken. Mr. Morris of Minnesota, one of the Hepublican opponents of the hill, was recognized and ottered an amendment. . to remove the differential or refined sugar. The moment the amendment , was read Mr. Payne, the Hepublican i leader, made the point of order that ' it was not germane. lie argued that , j there had been rulings innumerable 1 against sueh extraneous amendments. . Mr. Littletield of Maine followed Mr. 1 I'ayne, taking the view that the j amendment was germane. He bad 1 not proceeded fur in his argument be1 fore lie aroused intense interest by I reverting to the report that at the Democratic caucus Thursday night ' Mr. I'nderwood stated that overtures v { had liecn made to him in regard to " ! the (V.impackcr resolution. "'An in- ( sinuation lias been made here Friday," s ! saiil he, "which has not been repelled v as it ought to have been. I refer to ' j the report that at the Democratic ^ caucus Thursday night was stated that 11 approaches had come from this side ' of the house for the Democrats to en- l' ter an unholy, ungodly and infamous ! s alliance to sacrifice human rights in j ' order to save the face' of certain lead- v ers or protect the profits of an aggre- ! 1 gat ion of capital." Mr. (Irosvcnor of Ohio was on Ids I' feet in an instant, asking Mr. Kittle- r field to whom he referred, when Mr. ' Underwood arose and was ahout to in- 1 terrupt liim, Out the latter was ap- v pealed to by some of 11is Democratic N colleagues and he Look ids seat. S1 Mr. Llttletleld in reply to Mr. tiros- r venor, said lie thought Mr. Payne, the chairman of the ways and means committee. should make a statement and the Republican leader was just about s to do so when Mr. Underwood again i arose. "1 desire tosay just one word," J said lie. "I have never made any t , such charges as the gentleman repeats i j cither in a Democratic caucus or else- ( where." i The Republicans applauded this 1 statement and both Mr. Underwood |l a id Mr. Payne sat down. ' i "1 have accomplished my purpose," 1 said Mr. Littlcticld. "1 have succcdcd I ] iii vindicating the Republican majorl- < |ty. ' After some further debate on tin K)int of order raised by Mr. Payne, ir , very elaborate ruling, Mr. Shermar f New York, who was in the chair ustained the point of order. In do ng so he cited a long line of prece ents covering three-fourths of a cen ury of parliamentary procedure ii ine with his decision. As the deci ion was announced Mr. Tawncy ap calcd from the decision of the chair The vote was taken by tellers, peaker Henderson was the first memer to pass between the tellers in suport of the chair's ruling. It was an ltercstlng spectacle as the issue wan ut to the test. The whole Democratic side rose in nthusiastic mass and watched the Republicans to see how many would eeline to vote with their colleagues. IUI .1 I't'lllDCrcll VCUMI to SUM ill II tlie liuir. The Louisiana delegation was ic first to go tnrough in uppusR.'pn ? the chair's ruling; then tioof2ng own aside aisle came the Rep/^Iiiii recalcitrants .'IT strong. , The eniocrats cheered as they -out )rough. When the atinouncf unit as made that the chair had been rerruled l.'to to 171, the Democrats rid the Republican insurgents cheered. A dozen members were on their et nourishing amendments and amoring for recognition before the pplatise died away, but the chair retgnized Mr. I'aync, tlie Republican uor leader. Amid profound silence e addressed his Republican colleanes. lie warned tlie friends of beet igar that lie proposed to show his iendship for beet sugar by voting tainst the amendment. Mr. Mellwain. New York, offered i amendment to still further reduce Y 20 per cent, the whole sugar hedule of tlie Dingley law. and Mr. cArmond offered another amendment i strike out the language of the orris amendment which limited its aeration to tlie period covered by the riproeity agreement. Roth were ited down without divisions. The ite then recurred on tlie Morris nendment which was adopted amid emocratic cheers by a vote of 104 to II. The majority for it was so overhelming that Mr. I'aync did not deand tellers. The next surprise came from the epubliean side when Mr. Roberts, assachusetts, offered an amendment i place hides on the free list. The lair sustained a point of order rainst it, and when Mr. Roberts ipealed many Democrats and praeticly all tlie Republicans voted hi suslin the chair, and the chair was sustined 1S2 to 170. Mr. Roberts then modified his nendment so as to make it apply ily to hides from Cuba and as moditi1 it was held to be in order. Rut on direct vote it was defeated 140 to >0. Mr. McClellan moved then to in ease the reciprocal concession from > to 40 per cent. Two Republicans, arker of New Jersey and Tompkins [ New York, voted for the amend leni anu uie Louisiana Democrats nd several other Democrats. 1} in all, uted against it. It was defeated 102 ? 102. Mr. Richardson of Tennessee then tiered the Babcock bill to place arcles in the metal schedules on the ee list also cotton bagging, binding vine, wood pulp. etc. Is was ruled it of order. On motion of Mr. paynethecommit>c then rose and reported the bill to ?e house. The previous question as ordered and Mr. Payne dmanded separate vote on the Morris amendicnt to abolish the difTeront ial on rened sugar and tlie roll was called. The Morris amendment was adopt1 100 to 1 All the Dcmcrats and t Republicans voted for the amendlent. The bill was then passed 247 > 50. Killed by an Anarchist. The Russian minister of the inerior, M. Sipiaguine, was shot and ltally wounded at 1 (('clock Wednesay afternoon in the lobby of the linisterial offices at St. Petersburg y a man who held a pistol cl((se to lie minister's person. The wounded lan died at 2 p. m. The assassin ot 1 Sipiaguine is a student, who gain1 access to the building disguised in lie uniform of an aide de camp, lie let the minister on the main stairuse and emptied a revolver into his ody at close range. The assassin as immediately arrested. The assasin did not resist arrest, lie said hh ame was Ralsahanstt, that he was a Indent at KielT. where lie had l>een ?ntenced to compulsory military scrice for participating In the riots ol 901. He said he had subsequently een pardoned, hut that he had not cen reinstated at the university and hat lie therefore revenged himself upn M. Sipiaguine. A Georgia Yarn. According to the Augusta Herald tettie Chancey, an old white womar (ho lives near Athens, (la., is the wner of an old mule of the genuine leorgla variety. A few days sinct he went out to curry the animal, fhose hair had remained unclippcd or some time and was probably three nches long. While currying the old nule she noticed that about half the lairon his tail had been clipped oil lose to the skin. The mule kept witching his tail towards his back as f something bothered him. The old roman began to make a close inspector) of the animal, and discovered the rouble. A small rat has gnawed tin lairotT the mule's tail and had ear led it on top of his hack near the lips. There is a little hollow on tlx mile's hack: the industrious rat hae voven the hair into a neat nest arx vas resting in the snug home pleas intly and securely when the old wo nau ran him out. A Close Call. Four assistants to an undertake iiiddenly dropped a collin they wen arrylng out of the Patterson, N. J. ail door, when the supposed corps iroken open the lid and sat up and ii vociferous Italian said he was no lead, lie was Alexander Scazellet in prisoned for some slight oiTcnsc He had been called in the morning L>ut did not respond and could not h iroused. The ^jail officials were Ir formed and sent for a physician wli pronounced the man dead. The ur rtortaker was sent for, but was tinall not needed. p WILL BENEFIT US. , 1 1 That Ib What Is Said of the Pretidents Visit to , ' THE CHARLESTON EXPOSITION. -t jS I'roxidnit ltooHcvolt Will Not Forgot llis Visit, mid tfie Whole South Will he llenetilted l?j It. '? i 9 Of course President Rttosevelt's trip to Charleston, says the Washington correspondent of the Columbia State, vrnt r. ' ; i. nubbin, me w;d.nuii lor llic I heartiest demonstrations from South I Carolina wherever lie went, and a genuine pleasure to the distinguished vun-or himself. There doubtless were some people in Washington who doubted that this would be the ease, but the number did not Include any of the South Carolina colony. No one who knew anything about South Carolinians doubted for an instant that as the guest of Charleston and South Carolina t he president could have received other than the treatment he did. and certainly no heartier welcome could have been tetrtJered him than that which marked his entire stay within the borders of the State. However, so much lias been said and written abont the president's visit in the effort to give some adequate idea of the absolute success of every detail that there Is imminent danger of "slopping over" in attempting any other effusions along this Hue. What is perhaps the most gratifying result of tHe whole affair was the / opportunity given the people of South Carolina to show themselves to the f president and thereby to the nation, not as have for a number of yeara tieen "misrepresented" to be, but as they really are. The happy result Is that a number, a very large number, of people here are waking up to the fact that they have been led astray in their estimate of the State by a series of unfortunate incidents within the past few years which were inevitably saddled on the people of South Carolina as a whole. The way In which Charleston and the people of the State generally opened their hearts and wanted to open their hands to the president has completely revolutionized public opinion, as it is reflected in the mirror of the nation, j as Washington undoubtedly is, in regard to South Carolina. V And no one is more directly respoh^ t sible for this change of sentiment than _ _l is the president himself. Since re- ?*" " turning to the White House President Roosevelt has taken oecasion to express to quite a number of senators and representatives his personal gratification at the warm welcome given him at Charleston. It is understood. too. that the president has alluded with especial pleasure to the crowds that greeted him at the various places along the route, notably the tremend< us crowd at Columbia, and their demonstrations as evidencing bow general and representative of flic entire State was tne heartly reception tendered him. Nor has the president at ali misinterpreted the true meaning of the cordiality shown him. Indeed, it is understood, that to a number of Republicans who have been to White House to talk over his trip to Charleston the president emphasized the fact that he appreciated all the more the demonstrations called forth by his appearance all along the line l>ecaiise of the vast difference politically which he realized existed between himself and the people wlmse guest he was. Rut while the president has taken as it was meant that he should take the demonstrations in his honor as iR'ing utterly devoid of any political ' sign Mica nee. it is generally admitted that his visit to Charleston will not Ik* wit hout its etTect on him in the political dealings lie will have with the 1 south during the remainder of his administration as the chief executive of the nation. Not only has South Caro' Una been the gainer by becoming per' serially acquainted with Mr. Roosevelt, but. as he said in one of his speeches, ' and as lie repeated many times since ' returning to the White House, "I am 1 a ln'tter American for my visit.." it is of course rather early to point to any tangible results of the president's visit to South Carolina, but as a prominent Republican senator put it today. one who is a close friend to the president, "President Roosevelt during his trip to South Carolina has learned to know tier noonln nc ho had never ':nown them before, and he may I lie counted on not to forget them. i What a Squash hiftcd. A well known student of nature once tried the growing force of a : squash. When it was 18 days old and measured 27 inches in circumference ; he fixed a sort of harness around It, with a long lever attached. The pow' er of the squash was measured by the weight it lifted; the weight ; being fixed to the lever. When it J wa?. 20 days old, two days after the harness was fixed on it, it lifted 60 pounds. On the nineteenth day it lifted ">,000 pounds. Too Sensitive. It is reported from Toklo that the 1 officer, Yamow (Jowsky, who was in 1 charge of the battalion of Japanese . troops. 2oo of whom lost their lives In . a snowstorm, has commit let! suicide by poisoning himself. The cause is stated to be that his father, a very old and respected soldier, wrote rer proaching his son with having lost j 200 brave men and being saved himself. e U (>ot Mis l*ay. t Lieutenant Commander I'otts, who , testified that Schley showed the white feather at the battle of Santiago, and who is the only inan alive that ever c saw Schley scared, has been rewarded i- for his loyalty to the navy clique by o the appointment of naval attache at i* Berlin, Rome and Vienna. This is y one of the softest snaps In the gift of the department. 4 .