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SOME GOOD ADVICE! Oivon tho Nogroos by a Colored Man ON EMANCIPATION DAY. Ho Appeal to His Race to Fit Themselves for Citizership. Opposes Reduction In tho South's Representation. Emancipation Day waB oolebratod in great stylo in Boaufort. Tho grand marshal of tho day was Josoph Dais. Thoro was a stroot parado of oolorod votorans of tho lalo war, oolorod militia and busiaoss mon and oitizons. Tho oxoroisos woro hold at tho sohool houso. Tho emancipation proclamation wa read by Edward Mayors. Kov. P. P. Watson wau mastor of ooromonios. Robort Smalls dolivorou short nddross roviowing tho first omanvipation oclo bration whioh was hold at Beaufort in 1863. Gon. Bufus Saxon wired con gratulations, as ho wau present in Beau fort at tho '03 oolobration, whioh wero road by Hov. Watson; after which ho introducod tho orator of tho day,, Proai dont Thomas E. Millor, who apoko in part as follows: Mr. Chairman, votorans and follow oitizons: I am boro at my old home, having boon honored by your oommit too with an invitation to deliver tho ad dress on thia tho thirty-sovonth anni versary of our emancipa tion. It is not in my power to express hero or olsowhoro tho heartfelt gratitude that I owo you and how deeply I appreciate this oall to bo with you on thia day-a day that means BO muon to ua negroes. It is indeed our passovor, for upon it tho pronunoiamento that madouBinou and oitizens and that severed tho ohains that bound UH in fctlera that were gall ing indeed wont into cfToot. Evory nation weak or strong has had its passover day; and tho moro loyal they aro to their country, tho moro pa triotic they aro to their birthland, tho moro faithful they hove been in com memorating tho day of their deliverance j And this magnificent display of oitizons and soldiery and cspooially that solid |?l phalanx over Ibero of baltlo eoarrod \ votorans who fought that this day might not bo robbed of its hallowed blessings, romind mo of tho full meas ure of loyalty, patriotism and solf-saori fioing devotion to principles that aro tho embodiment of tho American Ne gro. ^ Whilo in tho stato scnato, ono of?. >o groatost complimenta that was over paid to tho head, hand and heart of tho Amerioan negro foll from tho lips nf that splondid Confed?ralo ohicftain, . Gon. Mart Gary. Said he: "Tho no gre is ignorant, but he ia loyal to a oauso, ho is faitnl'ul to a trust, and thoro is no body of men found any whero "jf who will follow a load* r with moro oonfiocnoo, lovo and fidelity than tho nogro." "Givo him leadership," paid Gen. Gary, "and ho becomes blird to ovorything other than to tho call of duty." YOB, Mr. Chairman, our pcoplo havo neYor botrayed a trust, whether at homo, in tho tiolds, iu tho work shops or on tho battlo Held. History ro oords him as ncyor a oarping hypo orito with foul treason in heart. Standing boro amidst tho very first momonts o? a MOW century, having boon pormittod to livo duricg tho last half of tho ocntury that has just passed away, I am ablo to rooall many ovents -somo of whioh aro rooordnd history And as I stand boro and dra sido thc ourtain, and peep down, away jtown tho vista of timo, 1 seo tho events, ns if with magic, passing boforo my vision all tho way down, down tho vista, por tions whioh aro obscured on account of hoary ago. Can 1, must I stop for a m om ont and point out a low of tho things wo MI Herod fnrovious to this, tho birthday of our do ivoranoo? No, oh, no. Most of thom aro ongravod upon our hearts as if burnt in by hot stool. JS'ovcriholosa this is not tho timo for mo to indu go in tho temptation to recall thom. Thoro ia another task-a Bclf in fliotod taak assigned mo, and it is to doal briefly willi prosont conditions, and from them tako a reckoning so aa to prosont to you a birdscyo viow of tho blossings that aro to bo oura in tho futuro-blessings that must oomo if wo oan only continuo to bear and forbear; blessings that wo will enjoy if wo will only labor, proparo ourselves, and wait for their coming. Honoo, J havo ohoson for my subject "At spcB non fraota." Translated lit orally my subject is, "Novorthlcss hopo is not brokon." At present our situation in not what wo would liko to havo it. To ono who BOOS an objeot buporiioially tho outlook is gloomy, but after all tho sun is still shining, and tho fog, tho mist, must and will disappear. But, follow oitizons, wo must lift up our hands and oxooutc, for no pco plo has over prosporod by waiting - supinoly wai ling-for outsido assislaooo or for outsido intorforonoo. Whoro aro wc? Whero aro tho ten millions of negroes looatcd? Wo aro principally in tho nlnvo holding atatos, and thoro wo must and will romain un less wo fly from under tho Amorioan flag to a land ovor whioh tho American oagto spreads not its wings in majesty and power. Tho north does not want us. Why, oven tho groat stato of Illinois, ,whioh furnished our omanoipator; through its prosont governor, Tannor, tells us wo must not oomo. Havo you forgotton that not two yoars ago hcfoilndo negro laborers ontoring into tho stato of Illi nois to labor in tho mines? Ho called ns alions and said that if wo persistod in ooming thoro to work-not to vote to labor in tho minos, tho lowost of labor, to oarn broad by tho sweat of our brow; if wo poruistod in ooming thoro to labor and to work ho would meet, us at tho border with Gilling guns and shoot us to doath. YOB, friends, ho was HO reported in tho daily papors, and I havo ncvorscon it oontradiotcd, Ncvor thole ss ho is ono of our Itcpublioan governors. In ovory llopublioan oonvont'on, up to tho timo Garfield was nominated, somothing was said in tho platform favorablo to tho negro. But sinoo thou our groat national Kopublioan conven tions havo not had men in them who woro loyal enough ,to us to plaoo in tho ?ilatform.ono word of 'hopo and choor or tho negroes who had boon faithful to thom at all timos and on all oooa<don.q. Tho nation has juat succeeded in olooting a ropublioan prcsidont, Wm. MoKinloy, and ho has written a long mossago to congress. 1 know a nogro Svoaoher who grows frantio ovory timo o BOOS tho word nogro printed with a Httlo "ni": but on tho night aftor Prosidont MoMinloy's re Octa t mossago waa printod, 1 hoard a nogro woman ox olaim-"I would hr vo boon thankful to Proeidont MoKlnloy if ho had ablo tb romotubor tho negro with a littlo "n-" Tho truth is follow oitizons, ho did not romombor to writo us with auy kind of an 4,n? in his mossago. Tho truth ia, tho national ropublioan party, through ita officers, havo aorvod notioo on ua that thoy havo grown tirod aorving us? and that thoy do not intond to intorforo with or ageist ua. Whoa President MoKin'oy raado hid Bouthoru tour ho said in Georgia that ovory ?onfedorato gravo was a inonu mont to "Amcrioan patriotitm." Follow oitizona, lot mo quote Prosi dout MoKinloy again: "Evory Con fedorato gravo is a inonumont to Amori oan patriotism." Do you doubt it? If you aro republioans, whioh I know you aro, you do not daro doubt it, for our ropublioan prosidont, who ia tho bfiioial mouth-piooo of tho ropublioan party, said so, and tho party at tho hst oloo tion ondoraod it by roolcoting him; honoo, it is truo. It is UBoloss to livo if you intond to livo in blindnosss. Evory utteranoo of importance falling from tho lips of nothorn ropublioaua, with very fow ox ooptions, tends to BIIOW that tho ropub lioau party is getting in doubt on tho subject of who was right or who was wrong during tho last war. What is a patriot? What is patriotism? Can tho graves of men who woro guilty of doing wrong bo monumonts to patriotism? No, follow oitizons, wo must aojopt Wm. MoKiuloy ns authority on this Bubjoot. Ono of tho soro subjoots with us nogroos, particularly tho ncgrooa of Bonnfort county, ia thc matter of our partial und temporary diafranohisomont; and wo blamo tho whito peopio of South Carolina for it. In part thoy aro to blamo, but only in very small part. They havo accomplished thia aot with, through, and by tho pormiaaion of tho national republicans of tho north. If tho north did not want it BO, tho hand ful of whito pooplo in tho Bouth could not mako it BO. A ropublioan supremo oourt, by ro fusing to intcrforo and as&iat ua havo 4?id that tboy wcro right in thia aot. Tho ropublioan oongrosa. by rofusiog to 8oat ropublioan oongroaamon from South Carolina, havo further cmphaaizod tho faot that tho whito pooplo of South Carolin!*, iu this aot havo boon right. Tho truth ia but tho truth, and I am hero to toll you tho whole truth, and it is this; tho national ropublioan party has deserted ua. ha? abandoned us; and with a very fow exocptiono, thoy show by their failing to not, and afton by their uttoranoos, that thoy nocd tho forgiven noss of tho south for ovor hav ing naaiatod us. Wo havo a fow frionds loft, but they aro in a woof ul minority. Chandler, Mason, Allison, Tom Hood, and Don Harrison aro still with ua, bub whoro aro their baoking? Whon it comos to tho nogro thoy stand almost alono I From ?imo immomorial (as measured by tho lifo of tho Amerioan republic) tho nogro baa been tho bono of conten tion. In tho early part of tho oontury tho faot of bia boing in tho south, and tboroby waa oountod by tho Boubh in ita olaim to and possession of political reptosontation in tho national counoil waa a oauao of a long and bittor strife botwoon tho north and south. Tho southern masters said that though ho was a blaok slave, ho was human, and for that reason insisted that ho should bo couutcd in tho ap portionment of politioal roprosontation among tho states; and thoy did succeed in having oountod him in part, On,tho ot hor hand tho north said that although ho was human boing ho waa only a chattel, boneo iu tho politioal appor tionment ho should not bo oountcd at all; and that only froo whito mon should bo oountod. This subject of politioal roprosonta tion for tho negro agitatod tho nation from its earliest birth, and wno tito chief and dir? ob cause of tho firing of tho first shot at Port Sumter, and tho sur render of that n( bio chieftain at Appo uiatox. it was the chief causo uf tho emancipation proclamation that was road hero today; and today, thirty sovoo years after our emancipation, it is the bono of oonlontion. Tho quostion that oonoorna us moro than auy other ono quostion ia tho fifty oongroaamon who aro aoorcdited to tho south on aooount of tho prosonoo of ton million negroes in tho south. Nearly every nogvo politician, noarly I overy negro proaohor, ncaily ovory ' thinking, woll moaning nogro through out this glorious southland of oura, say that tho south should loao thone fifty oongroBamen bcoauso of our partial and temporary disfranchisement. ' 'A prophot ia not without honor aavo in bia own country;" and why so? Bo oauso he ia a seor-one who unveils tho futuro, and BIIOWS to his follow oouutry mon things that aro for their boat good, but seldom in accord with thoir thoughts or wishos. Pellow oitizons, that is my position boforo you today. I havo studiod woll thia subjoot, and aa I BOO it, for my own good, my oountry'a good, and oancoially tho good of my raoo. I fool that 1 am not in aooord with tho thoughts of that raoo, but, oh, oountry mon, nogroos, havo pationoc, givo mo your sympathy and boar mc; for tho oauao of nogroos unborn. I am unalterably opposed to tho cut ting down of tho south's roproBontation that is givon hor on aooount of tho ton million nogroos within hor confines. I am opposed to it, fi rat, booauso I am a negro; second, booauso I am a southorn negro; third, booauso it is my expecta tion to livo and dio hero, and ray solemn wish is that all who aro oonncotcd with mo, as nogroos, should romain in this southland-tho best plaoo in tho world for negroes. Romain horo and boar tho oppression; romain hero with a heart full of lovo for tho opprossor; romaio hero doing tho right; romain boro making and saving monoy; romain boro with a purpose to hottor your oond'tion rogardloas of tho surroundings; remain boro olinging to tho land beean m ib is our birthright; romain boro rosting upon tho proiniao of God, praying to God fora bolter day, asking God to opon tho oyes of our whito oitizons that thoy may seo that it is to thoir intorost to assist us in all our undertakings; to unito with us in a purposo io mako this southland tho homo of freo mon. Romain boro until tno day comos whon, with tho as si danoo of tho whito pooplo, tho law of tho Und will drive out violence; romain hero until, through and by tho whito pooplo, tho law will bo suffioiontly ad ministered that tho humblest blaok ur whito oitizon will, at any and all timos, bo protootcd in his lifo, liborty and prosperity; romain boro in tho south land, that by our prosonoo, and on ao oount of our groat numbors, groat polit ioal power will como to and remain with tho south. Yos, Gonoral MoOrady Bays we oamo boro from Barbadoos, ono yoar af tor tho whito man, with tho gua in ono hand protooting tho lifo and proporty of our masters, and with ax, pick and boo in tho other, roolairaing and clear ing tho swamps and forosts to mako ; this fine habitation and abodo for froo dom, poaoo and happiness. "At apofl non fraota"-novortholoes hopo is not brokon, and lot us root up on thoanohor of hopo, for tho day whon ovory right guaranteed to oitizm ?hip by tho ooustitUtion will bo givou to ?B by and through tho whito man of tho noutlt. God oan moro mountains. Wo aro not any worse ??lllotod iu our oitizon ship ai.d rights than have boou other nations. L m?vu ?U?uvl L'uul L tun oppOBO? to tho OUtting down of tho representation of tho south. Why am I opposed to it? Beoau8o it would bo wrong, and if it is a wrong to temporarily disfranchise us, tho taking away of tho south's roproson tation for that reason would bo a great er wrong Two wrongs oan novor uiako a right. Havo vou ovor ?topped to count tho ooat to us negroes should tho south lose its fifty congressmen that aro allotted to her on aooount of our prosonoo horo? If tho representation woro takon away it would moan absoluto and total diafranohiaouiont of tho pooplo who had no representation in tho general government. For a timo tho whito pooplo would suffer, but if tho reprosontation woro taken away from tho south tho nogro would bo practically killed for ono hundred years. Sorao go so far as to ?av that thoy do not oaro what happons to .as negroes so long as tho south loses nor fifty representativos, but lot us stop and oount tho oost boforo wo join tho huo and ory: "Gut down tho represen tation, out down tho south's roproBeu tation." It is arguod that it is no uso to have a thing that you oanaot use; n right that you oannot ocjoy. But that, doot not hold good in all oases. Tho children of Israol woro given tho ark of thc covenant, and after thoy had crossed tho Jordan thoy forgot tho teachings ol Moses, and for thom tho ark of thc covenant lost its power, but it was tho insignia of Johova's promise It failed to do 6orvioo for tho sinful lsraolitoi and tho CnunaninilCH carried it away and plaocd it in their templo, in tlu midst of their idols to mako it a thinjj of doiision in its helplessness in tba tomplo of blindness, wickedness auc sin; but whon thoy wont back to loo! at it in derision, surrounded by tlu idols nf Kial, what did thnybohold' Why all their idols had tumblod to tlu ground and wcro crushed; and in tba sight tho heathen saw that tho ark o tho oovonant, which was tho magni eharta of tho Jows, had in it th? strongth and protootion to tho Jows. Lot our right to volo bo lockod u temporarily in tho tomplo of prejudice but do not sook to destroy it by nokioj oongreBB to out down tho roprosontatio of tho South, which was given o aooount of our presduoo boro. A righ once gi von is never annihilated, uni should tho south loao tho roprose otu tion givon on aooount of our presono wo will bo disfranohieod forcvor-wc and not tho whito man, will bo th sufferer f jr nil limo if tho aot is pei potrated. No, fellow oitizona, lot tho Bout havo hor roprocentation, although th right is looked up in tho tomplo c blind prejudice, but if tho right rc mains tho timo will como, and como : must, whon tho whito men of thc soul will invito us to onjoy it with thom. Let us proparo oursolvos for ita ot j )] mont, for it will oomoback to us in il fullness and ita right. Let ua roaolvo to uso it with our whil neighbors for tho boucfit of oursolvc and our whito noighbora, Lot us r? solve to fit ourselves edueatiouall; spiritually and matoiially for its ut and enjoyment. In short, lotus look to tho south,abs* lutoly to tho south to assist us in tl onjoymont of ovory right that bolonf to free citizenship. If thoy do n< givo it to ua tho north will nover into foro or aBBiat us to got it. Wo h av boen tho bono of oontontion botwoc tho two scotions too long. It ia. tiu for us to oduoato ourselves that H may soo tho truo inwardness or moth of this political agitation. Tho Jo vs had bcon disfrinohiac in Europo for hundroda of yoara, bi thoy romainod a virtuos,aspiring,nobie ing, God-fearing, neigh'ber loving pet plc; and today on acoount of their ii midgenoo, high moral dovelopemcn intogrity, and wealth, they diotato a most any terms of poaoc or war to tl crowned hoads of tho world. God ia God and right is right. "Ju tioo, hko a voloanio lire, may alec awhile supprcsicd, but can't expiro. Livo right. Do right. Qodianotdoai '"At spoa non fraota." Wo must possess oursolvcs of tool nical eduoation, commercial cduoatioi industrial eduoation. Wo must pr paro ourselves to oooupy every avenu of thrift and legitimate gain. Got mt noy, but got it honestly. Koop moue but do not hoard it. Koop it to na8i you in developing tho southland. Kee monoy to assist you iu bottoring voi oondition, and scouring homos. Koo money for a rainy day. Koop up yoi ohurohca; support your preachers; suj port jour aoliooh; toaoh your girla ' work at homo, and by HO doing you vi Btrongthon thoir morality. And lot \ not forgot that wo o wo a duty:firat i South Carolina; second to the natioi third, to ourselves; and last, but n< least, to G dd. From tho roport of Suporintondoi MoMahan wo soo that moro nogro attond publio schools than whito It is truo that wo got less than on third of tho monoy appropriated f tho public fohools of tho state, h when wo consider who tho ruling olas cs aro, and aro rominded of tho polit eal antagonism that has existed b twoen tho two moos, I am really su prisod, odifiid and gratified to n< that our politioal antagonists ha' treated us no well, and aro sponding much as thoy do spond on tho neg for tho purposo of education. My subj aot, "At a pos non fraota is tho motto of tho Hopo family, b thoir oourt of arma ia moro strikii than tho motto. If I had tho powor a great artist I would throw that gro ooat of arma on oanvas that you mig bohold it; but as I oannot draw I wi prosont you a pon pioturo of it. > tho bottom of tho pioturo is a reproso tation of our world-tho globo i which wolivo-but it is oraokod noar in half. On oaoh sido of tho yawui; abyss, soparatod by tho chasm, aro t two Hopo sisters, caoh ono of thc with tho ond of a ohain thrown ovor tl shoulder that is ring bolted to tho oart and at tho other ends of tho chains n anohors that aro hold aloft by tho rig lip, nd of each f,i ter. Ono vf I lie m tho pioturo of despair; but tho oount nance of tho other beams with ?mil as sho points to tho ront in tho car that sopsratoa thom, and ?ho easts 1 oyos away off to tho sun thot is just r iog;do not moan on account of this ya n ing abyss that separates us, for nov? thcless hopo is not broken, and Go? own timo tho strength of tho s?nlig will closo tho broach in our sphere th parts us anti wo will bo unitod agai And, obi folio// oitizens, lot us ta courage, and possess empolves of t faith of Abraham, tho confidence Daniel and Nehemiah, that some dr como how, only in God's own timo w v. tho sunlight of liberal oduoation, tho sunlight of loving forbearonoo, the Bun light of dotfrmination and pationco will drivo, yos, drivo away tho ran oom and prcdjudioo that divido our raoo from tho whito raoo. YOB, if wo livo right, givo and tako, tho doy will oomo whon tho gulf that soparato us will bo bridgod aoross. Thon lot us look to tho southern whito pooplo for help; ahk them by our??fo to hoi" US to oloso up tho ront that now' ixiBtsin poliiioal sphoro; aud until it o)mos lot us not forgot thia beautiful motto, "At spos non fraota"~-novortholo8a hopo ?B not brokon._ The Now Apportionment By a voto if 165 to 102 tho houso Tuesday aoooptol tho roappotionmont plan propoaod by tho Burloigh bill whioh iuorcasoa tho membership of tho houao during tho next dooado from 357, tho presont membership and tho mom borsbip proposed bv tho oommittoo or Hopkins bill to 386. Tho rosult was largoly brought about by tho influonoo of oortain aonitors from several of tho largor northern etates who throw tho weight of their influonoo in tho aoalo in fayor of tho largor membership. When it booamo apparent that theso factors wero at work against his bill Mr. Hop kina attempted ooinpromiso by giving an additional roprcHontation eaoh to North Dakota, Colorado and Florida, but his advorearioB rofused to oompro miso af tor oomploto vjotory was assurod. rho Orumpaokcr prosposilion to rooom mit tho bili for tho pur pos? of as cor taining what states abridged tho right to vg to to an oxteut whioh would ontail roduood roproaoutatiou Was. dofeatod 130 to 110. Thoro was no roll ?all on tho voto but a number of itopublioans vot od with tho Domoorats. Under tho bill aa passod today no atato loaos a ro pro.iontativo and tho following mako gainB; llliuoip, Now York, and Toxaa throo oaoh; Miunosota, New Jorsoy and Pounsylvaoia two oaoh; Arkansas, Cal ifornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Louisiana Mabsaokuotta Mississippi, Misouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Washington, Wost Virginia and Wis consin ono oaoh. A Strange Case Djapondent booauao hor lovo for Mrs. John Whito must bo oonfinod within tho bound of friendship, M?SB Kathorino E. Gorham, cf Wiohcdon, Mass., oom mittcd suioido Wodno?day ovoning by shooting horsolf in tho hoad whilo Bit ting in a room with her mothor. Tho infatuation dates baok two yoars, whon they lived in adjoining housos. Tho intimnoy was not ploasing to Mrs. Gor ham, but thoro seemed no way to stop it. Last fall, whon Misa Gorham wont lo Boston to study olooution, Mrs. Whito hired a room thoro so as to bo near hor friend. About a year ago Mies Gorham wont to a sanitarium in Phila delphia for treatment for a mental trouble, and oamo baok apparently oured. Misa Gorham was 21, tho only daughtor of Mrs. Marian Gotham, Grovo atrcot, editor aud proprietor of tho Wiuohondon Courier. Miss Gorham spoilt tho greater pirt of tho day with Mra, Whilo, going with her to hor homo on Linden stroot. Mr. Whito, who did not approvo of tho intimaoy botwoon tho wo.nen, ordered Miss Gorham out of tho houro. Sho wont diroot to a atoro and bought a rovolvor. Sho had gono to tho Hotel Winohondon and hired a room, to whioh abo was aooompanied by Mrs. Whito. They remained in tho room until 7:30, whoo tboy loft for their respectivo homos. Arrange monts for tho funoral will not bo completed until tho arrival of Mrs. Gorham's sister, Mrs. Smith, from Philadelphia. Whito ia a traveling Balo3inr?nfor Whito Bros., cotton mapufaolurors. Foroo Hanna's Hand Aooording to tho Washington corres pondent to tho Atlanta Journal Sona tor Hanna is using tho throat of an ox tra session of oougress to foroo notion on his ship tubsidy bill. Hois reported as having, appealed lo Sona or Clay, tho loador ol' tho minority, to allow tho bill to como to a voto in order to provont tho noocsaity for an extra soaaio?" ; to whioh appeal Senator (May, very pro perly, turnod a deaf oar. Thia is as it should be, and it is to bo hoped tho op position 'to thin inexcusable grab will stand linn throughout tho presont sos aion bo called d Hanna and his orow insist upon it; ?it will only mako thia -ubsidy iniquity stand out in its tmo light. It is simply a determined of lort on tho part of lix a and tho ad ministration torowai. irtain syndi cates for their contributions to tho Re publican campaign fund, and they should bo made to aocept full responsi bility for it. Tho propio may wako up to a full realization of tho situation whon tboy seo ttiat tho pooplo who now havo ot utrol of tho government aro ovon willing to t'oroo au extra session of oon*ro38 if noooasary in ordor to ox tort this immonso tributo for tho bene fit of a fow millionaires. Trusts Beat Him. Tho defeat o? Sonalor Chandlor of Now Hami shire for renomination by tho Republican ciUOUS of his Slate lcgialaturo is possibly moro of a sur priao to tho pooplo of tho oountry than to tho senator himself, who has indi cated forobodinga of thia result. lb is not often that a sonator whoso sorvico baa boon long as Mr. Chandlor's is re jected by bia party, and very seldom that his defeat is aooomplishcd by so overwhelming a majority. It is pos sible that his attiiudo on tho silver (mention bas something to do with ro Uuoing his poputarily, bub tho sonator himself has dcolarcd that poworful railroad influences woro devoted to his defeat, lt has booomo a vory ticklish matter with Republican statosmon to offend railroads and trusts. Attornoy Gonoral Monnott of Ohio proBOOutod tho Standard Od trust and his hoad foll in tho basket Aooording to Chan dler tho railroads of Now Hampshire aro in ohargo of tho Republioan guillo tino in that Stato.-Tho State. Tho Kingetreo Matter. Tho Columbia Stato says tho board of directors of tho Stato dispensary mot Wodnosday and took up tho Kingstroo shortage matter. A oonforonoo was hold with tho Williamsburg dologation in tho gonoral assembly. lb was determin ed to call tho pr?sent county board up for a hearing, that charges of ofiloial misconduct uro to bo formulated, and that if tho resignations of tho mombors aro not forthcoming, tho board will try thom aooording to law. Tho logislativo delegation is undorsbood to bo in sym palhy with tho board, aad it looks as if tho old county board must go. Tho Stat? board has. dctoruiirtod to probo tho Kingstroo mattor, so. tho mombord, say, to th? vory bottom, and do every thing possibloto liavo justioo motod oubv Director Dukds, at tho rcquost . of Chairman Williami, Won Ma person ^o Kingstrco and dirootod tho, arrest of tho aaouaod dispoasor, taking tho'pro .iminary^stops in tho 'proseoution. Tho af tor noon, HO s ni ou of the. board wa? dov'otod principally t? tho consideration of VAriou* rtquosta for tho return of liquors soizod by tho dispensary oon ctabloo as contraband. SPECIAL MESSAGES From Governor Mcsweeney to the Legislature. EXPENSES OF THE MILITIA Incurred in Suppressing the Threatened Uprising In Ooorgtown, Some Valued Rolles. Tho go vor nor Friday transmitted to tho goneral assembly throo niossagOB upon mattera ot nomo intoroat. Ooo is accompanied by the oxponso aooount of tho soldiory sont to Goorgotown to put down tho alleged trouble. Tho Booond mosaago rolatca to tho fliga of tho P*lmotto rogimont in Flor ida, and tho vaso prosontod Andrew Jackson hy tho women of 3 juth Gara lina and loft by him at his death to tho last survivor of tho Palmetto regimont. This waa rofcrrod to tho oomoaittoo on military in tho house. Tho mosaago a* to tho oxponBo of tho troops wont to tho ways aud moans oommittoo of ti. , houso, and tho third whioh rcforrod to tho ooding of eortain lande on Sullivan's IsUnd to tho Uni tod Statos governmont was sont to tho judioiary oommittoo of tho houso. Tho following is tho text of tho throo messages: EXPENSES Ob' TROOPS. Qootlomou of tho Gonoral Assembly: On two oooasions during tho past yoar it bcoarno noooBBary in order to maintain tho roaoo aud provont mob violonoo to oall upon tho strong arm of tho militia. Tho promptnoaa with whioh tho voluntoer troops respondod and tho healthful i nfl uenoo of thoir presouoo is strong ovidonoo of tho om oicnoy of tho sorvioo and tho wisdom of proporly maintaining a well organiz ed, disoiplinod volunteer soldiory. Thoro was necessarily ?Omo oxpenso oonnootod with tho calling out of tho militia, and I bog to bubmit horowith tho itotnizjd Btatomont of oost and ro oomuiond that you inako provision to pay tho Mamo. In tho Florenoo troublo I paid out of my oontingont fund all tho expenses oxoopt tho amount duo tho railroads for transportation. Jn tho Goorgotown mattor only ono item has boon paid, that of transporting thc Sumter oompauy from Sumtor to Goorgotown, and whioh had boon ad vanced by tho 0,1 pt ai n of tho oompany. I oould havo arrangod to borrow thia money but thoro was no authority of law for it, and I thought bent to lot it Bt?md until an appropriation oould bo m ado hy you, My contingent fund waa inadequaio to pay it. Proper vouohors aro on file for tho various itoms. It is a just aud propor ohargo against tho Stato, aad 1 am euro will roooivo your favorable consideration. Hore aro tho items for whioh an appropriation is asked, and also a statomont showing what has boon paid: UE0R0ET0WN TROUBLE. First battalion of infantry: Two dayb for 177 mon.$ 531.00 Mauling guns, otc.. 5 52 i barral boor. 2 75 Broad, oto . 5 58 Transporting 17 7 mon and guns Oharloston to Goorgotown and return (A.. C. L.) 921.00 $1.465.85 Sumtor ooinpan\ : Tbroo days for 36 mon. 157.50 Transporting 36 man Qoorgotown t o Sumter (A OL) 87.75 243 25 Goorgotown companies: Two days 37 mon troops K S. O. V. ealary. 111.00 Four days, 45 mon, Go. 1, S. G. V. I. 270.00 381.00 Total amount duo in Goorgotown trou blo .... . 2,090.10 Amount paid out of oontingont fund. Transpotation Sum ter to Goorgotown 85 75 Total oost of 3tato toGoorgotow a troublo. $2,175.85 FLORENCE TROUULE. To amount duo the A. G. L. railroad for spooial ?rain . $ 416,00 Paid out of oontingont fund: Timmonbvillo Guarda.. .$200 62 il. MoLond m, shonff... 98 75 lt. MoLcudon, Sheriff... 15 00 314.37 Total oost to Stato in Floronoo troublo. $ 760 37 RECAPITULATION, Amount duo by Stato in Goorgotown troublo . $2,390.10 Amount dui by Stato in Flor onoo troublo. 416.00 Total amount for whioh appro priation ia askod. $2,536 10 Yours very rospootfully, M. B. MoSwoonoy, Govornor. TUE MEXICAN WAR RKLICJ6, Gentlemen of tho Gonoral Aisotnbly: In tho oarly part of tho pant yoar Gol. Jamen D. Blanding prosidont of tho Palmotto Ujgimont Survivor,-,' associa tion, addroBsod mo a lottor as govornor turning over to tho Stato of South Carolina in porpotuo ono of tho two (lags oarriod by tho rogimont in tho war with Mexico, togother with tho rogimontal rooords Ho also submittod a roquost of tho exooutivo oommittoo of tho survivors assooiation that thoy bo allowed to placo the "Jaokson vaso" ia tho logislativo library undor a glass oaso.and undor oare of tho oooretary of stato or of tho librarian; so that tho survivors may know, at least, whoro it is. Both woro aoooptod as tho oorrospon donoo horoto attaohed will show. Tho flag was plao jd in tho Stato library and tho vaso is in tho ofiioo of tin sooratary of atato. Thoro is no glas? oaio uudor whioh it may bo plaoed. Under a resolution of tho survivors' assooiation tho vaso is to bo kept by tho oxooutivo oommittoo for and to be tho proporty of tho last survivor of tho I.regimont. Thero aro still about 40 aur l.yivors aa tho rooorda horowith submit ted will show. wi These aro preoious rollos and ha vj a history whioh all truo Garoliniana should bo proud to ehorish. Tho rooords should bo proaorvod ia nomo plaoo whero thoy oould bo easily aoeosaiblo in oaso it should be desired to rofor to them or have tho history pub lia hod and thc no rooords put in moro pormanont form. I bog horowith to submit the corres pondence and tho rooords for auoh dis THE i Grove's Thc formula know just what y< do not advertise ? their medicine if y lion and Quinine p form. Thc Iron malaria out o f the Grove's is thc Or Chill. Tonics arc ii that Grove's is s are not ex'perimen and excellence h only Chill Cure s thc United States position as your honornblo bodios may doom proper to mako. Rospootfully submitted, M B. MoSwcouey, Governor. TUB S?LL! VAN'S ISLANO POUT. Gontlcniou of tho Goncral Assombly: 1 brg to baud j ou horowith a lotter which I roooived from tho Ilonorablo Elihu. Hoot. seoreUry'of war, whiob ex plains itaolf. Also a draft of a bill which ho euggoits that bo would Uko to havo passod by tho gcnoral asaoui bly. I ask for this matter your oon federation and suoh aotion as in your wisdom may socm proper. Rcspootfully submitted, M. B. MoSwoouoy, Governor. Mr. vllihu Hoot in his lotter to tho governor says: Sir: Hy ao act approved Fobruary 9, 1900, tho lcgialaturo of South Caro lina oodod to tho United States titlo and jurisdiction ovor oortain traota of land in tho town of Moultriovillo and Sullivan's Uland, South Carolina, ex cepting from tho aoros describod "thoso portions whiob aro oooupiod and in uso by tho publie as highways, known as Central avon no and Bcaoh avonuo." I Bcaoh avonuo, within tho limits of tho reservation, is impassablo by vehicles on aooountof sand drifts; and tho oles ing of this avenue is ossontial to tho propor laying out of tho military post. Contral avenuo is a winding atroot with a narrow aholl road and ia not properly kopt up by tho town on aooount of laok of funds. It would aocra desirablo that titlo and jurisdiction of that portion of Contral avonuo within tho roscvation should bo in tho United States in ordor j that it may bo improvod and main tained by tho govonmont. I havo tho honor, thoroforo, to ir OIOBO tho draft of an aot providing for | tho oossion of titlo and jurisdiction ovor thoso portions of Boaoh avenuo and Contral avonuo, execptod from tho landa horotoforo grantod to tho Unitod States, for tho dosing of Boaoh Island for a highway, and for tho keeping opon of Contral avonuo as a- publio stroet, and to request your good offices in recommending Ibo samo to tho sor? ate and houso of representatives of your ?tato. Under aootions 71 and 72 of tho gen oral statutoB of' South Carolina, 1882, tho titlo of those etrcots is in tho ??tate of South Carolina. Very rcspcotfully, Elihu Root, Seorotary of War Dop't. STATE OV OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, ^ hut; vs 1 HUN rv I FRANK J. CHENEY makos oath that ho ia tho senior partner of tho firm of if. J CHENEY & Co , doing busincBS in thc City of Toledo, County and Stato aforosaid, and that said firm will pay tho sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for Oich and ovcry oaao of Catarrh that oannot bc oured by tho uao of HALLS CATA KU H CURE FRANK. J. CHENEY. Sworn to bolero mo and subsoribed in my prosonoo. thia Ch day of Dcoom bcr, A. D. 1886 TflEAil A- W- REASON, l8RAi'J Notary Publio. Hall's Catarab Curo is takon inter nally and acts directly on tho blood and muoous surfaoos of tho ayotom. Sond for testimonials, froo. V. J. CHENEY & CO Props., Toledo, O. Sold by Drugg?8tB, 75o. Hall's Family Pills aro tho host A Busy Lifo Binded. Col. Wm L frcnholm, who was eom trollor of tho troasury dui ing Olovo land's first administration, diod at his homo in Now York Friday of pneumo nia. Gol. Tronholm was a nativo of Charleston but had lived ia Now York for Bovoral years, where ho was ongagod in business. In commenting on his doathTho Stato says during his stay in Now York Col. Tronholm was tho con stant friend and advisor of thoso South Carolinians who appoalod to bim and wo havo soon it stated that ho novor pormittod an inquiry or. request from his old Stato to pass unheeded. Thus, although absent in body, ho gavo constant ovidonoo that his heart was still with tho pooplo of South Carolina. Charleston Wins. Sooretary Long/Friday mado publio tho roportof tho board of naval oflioora, submittod Thursday, oonoornmg tho establishment of a naval station on tho South Atlnntio coast, and moro par ticularly with roforonoo to tho roiativo morits of Port Royal or Charleston,8. C., as tho sito for this station. Tho board rocomonds in favor of Charles ton, reinforcing its vio ws wit ii an elabo rate statomont of tho advantages of that plaoo ovor Port -Royal. A dissen ting viow is prosontod by Roar Admi ral Goorgo Sutnmor, ?ho favors a reten tion of tho naval station at Port Royal. Wh. Oh, "Why? Tho 8pring field, Mass., Republican says: "Congressman Moody of this stato takes tho position that tho fourtoonth amondmont is mandatory upon oon jrcss-rcspooting tho roduotion of re {iroBontation in tho Southern stales, or examplo. to correspond with any re ducion whiob. may havo boon made thors in tho negro voto. If that"is BO, then oven moro oloarly is tho thirtooftth amendment mandatory upon congress; and yet what is Mr. Moody doing by way of enforoing that amondmont against slavory in tho dominions of oui subsidiaod Sulu undor lord?" Fasteless Ch is plainly printed qn every ?\\ are taking when you take leir formula knowing that y ou knew what it contained ut up in correct proportions ? acts as a tonic while thc system. Any reliable druggii iginai and that all other nitations. An analysis of oth< uperior to all others in c\ ting when ? you take Grov aving long been establish? old throughout thc entire" No Cure. No Pay. Price Tho Ten Industry ? Tho RUOJOBBI'UI oxptrimont of United StntoB OoramiHsioncr of Agriouliuro Lo Duo, followed by tho Buooosbful plant ' ing and manufacture of toa at tho Pino hurst farm*, Summerville. near Char laston, lian Attracted northern capital itit; : who will gi into tho business on a )??rgo beale and who cxnoot to raiso < 300,000 pounds annually for tho Amor; oan mat kui. Col. A O. T>lor aed M ?j lt D Trimble of Now Lindon, Conn., and tho liaron A. voe Bruoig, formerly of i\o Gorman legation at W^Bhiugttng aro lcadors of tho oatcrpriso nod havo olrca'iy bought 4 000 uo'os of pino land along tho lino of ibo Charleston aod Savannah railroad, 15 miles from boro, Messrs. Tylor and Trimolo woro in oamp at Summorvillo duriog tho was with Spain and (-aw thc BUOOOBB of (ca culture at Pinehurst. M*j Trimbio,wiil, it' ia said,bo tho aotivo bead of tho oom piny. It is said that Dr. Shepard hsB h*d this yoar twioo as many ordors for tea as bo oould fill. Tho Tax Extension. Tho timo for tho paymont of taxoo has bcon cxtondod after all. As thing now stand tho Uxpajors who have fail ed to ooino to timo will have unitl Fob. L to-do so. Friday morning ibo special commission in whom is vested tho right to extend tho timo, oonsi&ting of tho governor, tho comptroller general and tho attorney goncrAl mot and it waa do oided to cxtond tho timo till tho day named. Tho Siato Ba)s this aolion wan tho result cf thc notion of tho houao in adopting tho A&hloy resolution provid ing for tho ex toni-ion until Maroh 1. Tho oommission has bcon strongly against any oxtonsion this yoar, but tho legislature scorned dotcrminod to pro vido for ono. Tho comptroller asserted th at an extension till Marob 1 would tan gle up thc books all over tho St?to that it would ho a serious mattor. Tho r< su t WAS tho aolion taken Friday, wbiob, it 'n said, will provo satisfactory to tho sonato. Thoso who havo failod to pay their taxes will bo glad to bear of this notion, but every troasuror and au'Hor nill hear of it with regret. Money for Schools. ^ At a mooting r f tho board of dirootors of tho diaponsary Friday afternoon Chairman Williams stated that tho fi nanoial oondition of tho instil ii i ion uow warranted tho nay mont of $100,000 into thc sohool fund a-ul n loaoluti >n to thia effoot was immediato'v offored, bv Dircotor Dukes and adoptod. Mr. Williams furlbcr stated that tho disper - Bary would bo ablo to pay into sohool fund $50,000 additional within tho noxt thirty days. As It Should Bo. Proaidcat Williams of tho seaboard Air Lino bas appoin od Capt. V. E. McHoo, now suporintrd'-nt of tho S^a board, vice president and general man ager, to f>ucoied Mr..St. John THE LEADER INDEED, The New Ball Bearing omesfic Sewing Machine lt Lead? iti Workmanship, lioatity, Capaoity, Strength, Light Hunliing, t?very Wom.no Want? Ono. Attachments, Needles ami Parts for Sewing Machine* of all makes. When ordering needles s?n<i Hample. Price 27c per dozen, postpai'd. Agoni* Wantod in Utio<?onpi"d 'orr lory. ,' , !. li. SKULL, ! ,1219 Taylor Street, OOLUMBIA. 8 O OLD NORTH ?TATK O INT MENT, the Great Antisopth Healer, o tir ? s Piles, Eozemu Bore Eyes, Ghanulated Eyelids, Oarbur-les, Boils, Outs, Bruis efl, O? 3ores, Burns, Corns, Bunion*, Ingrowing Toenails. Inflammatory Rheumatism. Aches .and Pain?, Chapped Han fla and Lip?,. Erysipelas. \\ Jwis something everybody needs. Onoe used always used. For sale by all druggists and dealers. At wholesale bj ! THE-MURRAY DRUGTOO,, Columbia, 8. 0 { v 'ION SS ill Tonic bottle-hence you ' Grove's. Imitators ? . . ou would not buy Grove's contains ind is in u Tasteless Quinine drives the ?t will tell you that so-called Tasteless cr chill tonics shows /erv respect. You c's-its superiority 'A. Grove's is the malarial sections of ?. coe. ISaw M ills, Corn Mills, Cane Mills, Rice Hullers, Pea Hullers, Engines, Boilers, Planers and IMatchers, Swing Saws, Rip Saws, and all other kinds of wood working machinery. My Ser geant Log Beam Saw mill is the heaviest, strongest, and most eflioient mill for the money on the market, quiok, . accurate. State Agent for H. B, Smith Maohine Company wood working machinery. For high grade engines, plain slide valve-Automatio, and Corliss, write me: Atlas, Watertown, and Struthers and Wells. V. 0. BADHAM, 1326 Main St., Columbia, S. C. Hard to Beat our Line of Machinery and Mill Supplies. -LEADERS: Limo, Chaao, Hege, Liddoll and High Point eaw milla The Murray Cloamng and Distributing System. Liddell automatio and plain Engined. . j "filoux" OoniBB Engines. "Now South" Brlok Maohinory. Farquhar Threshers and Grain Urilla. DlsBton Saws and Filea. PeerlesB Paokin?a, s>iovon8 Sowor Pipe, and Supplies gonorally. , Erio City Engines and Boilors Egan Woodworking Machinery. "Queen of tho South" Qriat Milla Kolloy Duplex Peed Milla Bundy Traps and 8toam Specialties Magnolia and Columbia Babbott Metal?. ff. H. gibbes & Co-, M?0H1NNKY and MILL SI II? WA KS H^rv?ls turnet, COLUMBIA, ?. C. Oilman fays the EXpress Stttain Dyeing oi every description. Steam, Nap tha, Kreuch Dry arid j1, chemical cleansing. Send ' * (ur our uaw price lim and circular AU work guar an t eed or no oharge. Qriinan's Steam Ove Works 1310 Main Spe-u COl.tlMJUlA. H. C A. liUnman. Proprietor. Murray's I Aromatic I Mouth Wash Whitens the Teeth i . Cleanses the Mouth Sweetens the Breath The Murray Drug Co., COLUMBIANS. O'. ANTISEPTIC IHVI6QRAT0BI ' Oura* ta Grippo, .dyspepsia, indigestion and all stomach and bow ol troublen, oohe er aholera morbos, toothing troubles with children, kidney troubles, bad blood and alt lort? of cores, rlirthg? or felon?, on ti and barn?, lt li as goodaaUsoptle, whoa lo?ally . applied, aa aaytoing en the markot. j Try U aad you will praise lt te other?, ff your druggkt doasa't koop lt, write to MURRY DRUG COMPANY, COLUMBIA, 8. 0,