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MD0 THOU UHMHTY (WHAT. INSPIRE OU lt HOU LB AND MAKE OUR U.vjiS IN THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OJ! OUJR DEATHS GI/^B??VUS IN THY CA US 10." v 1 y?wp>?ni?i>'i>?p>i?ifi.?ii>i< ul?B^uMwi?m??mii,itfii|>.mw ?' Ween* VOL. XXVI I. BKNNETT8V?LLB, 8. C., jFBIDAY, APRIL 25, 1002. WI Mi BE TIM Ii I). The War Dopartmont Orders Wholo* sale Courtmavtial of Oflloers FOB BARBAROUS CONDUCT. PiewUleni, Uooaovoll Will Not Take Any KXCUHO un,I null l'y In? ?h> h Ullin il Conduct on Part of Americans. Tt'beglns to look us If som o ol' tin? American oulocrs over in tho Phillp pine Islands will he iiejd to account for cruelties practiced on tho natives. As a result o? the consideration hy thc cabinet lust week of the charges of cruel treatment of I'Mllplnos by Culled States soldiers. Secretary Kool has made public tho following correspon dence: War Department, ' ) Washington, April ir>, im)2. J My Dear Senator: I beg I o acknowl edge thu receipt, of your cony ol' t he testimony ol' Sorgt. Chas, H. lilley and Private William Lewis Smith, late (if the Twenty-sixth infantry, taken p?^ fore your commit tee yesterday. 1 eil" close tv copy of a dispat ch wlllotl has been sent today to Maj. (?en. Chatree, commanding the division of the Phil? ipplnes. Directions have been given to) tho judge, adv?cate; general of tlie army to take proper .St cps in accordance with tho dispatch. The war department will bo glad to receive the earliest possible informar i tlon of any further evidence which may he elicited by the committee,lending to lix responsibility upon anyone In the military .service of the United Stales for any violation of the laws of war or ?ot the regulations und orders govern ing the operations of the army ol' thc United States in the Held. Very respect folly, Rllhit Koot. Secretary of War. Don. ll. C. Lodge, United States Sen ate, Washington, l>. C. 'mic outwits CA m.KO. in accordance with the above tho 'Secretary of war sent, t he following cablegram to Gen, Chalice, who is in command of tho American troops lu tho Philippine Islands: War Department, I s Washington, April 16, 11102. s On Keb. loth a letter was sent you. enclosing for investigation, copy of eliarges inade hy (?ow Gardner of 'Payabas province, which contained general allegations of eruelllott prac ticed hv troops ott natives, and gen erally ol an Insolent and brutal atti-' rude of tho army towards nat Ives. Oh April 'Jd a cablegram was sent ?you urging action with all sneed con* sMent with thorough and searching ...>M?n. Af> . (<>!. ..? ,( ?', Hi?.'. , a : ...Jv. . O.vji.t t v li .?': ?:,Was s-, j it you direct-big'- disciplinary iueasurcs to produce obedience to the pi osident/s Instructions, subordinating .military oilicors tocivll government) In pacllied provinces, and inst met lng you to relieve Maj. Kelwin F. Glenn ii nd .Cant. Jab?es A. I {ya ti from duty sind .order them lo Manila lou walt Invest h gat lon into t heireondiiet, inaccordancc wit h inst rue! ions to follow hv mail. On the 21th of March inst mel it.MS \wero mailed you cont Mining statement ?of charges against those ojMcors and jfjfel?, dacoh ll, Knill h as the basis of hho Investigation ordered hv the cable of March Ith. Further inst met ions in hot h malters tire required by thc following facts: Press il l?pa t ches si ate that ti pon (he trial Of Maj. Waller, of (he marine corps, testimony wits ?I v?n by Waller, . corroborated by other witnesses, thal Gen. Jacob ll. ?tn(Ul hist meted him to killed and hum: t lint t he more he killed and burned the hotter pleased Ccu, . Smith would be: that lt was no tim?' to<tnkeprisoners,(ind that when Maj. Waller asked (len. Smlt h io doline t he ago limit for killing ho replied "every thing ever len." If such lost huon y \v;is given, ti nd the facts eitii be esta bushed, you win place ?0 en * Snip h on trial hy court mari lal. Yesterday before t hi* senate COI hil ll ti teo oh Philippine alia Irs Sorgt?. Charles S. Uilcy and Private Wm. Lewis Smith ?of the Twenty-Slxih volunteer infan try test Hied thal the form of torture known as the ''water cure" was ad ministered to residents of tho town .of Igbarras, 1 loilo province, Island of Painty. by detachment of Eighteenth United Stat<is infantry under com mand of Lieu!. Arthur L. Conger, un cled'orders of Maj. |C, ti leno, than cap tain Twent v-llflh Inlaid ry, aral thal 'Captain and Assistant Siirgeon Pal m?r Lyon, al. that limo a contract ?tir ;geon, was present lo assist them. 'The ollleors named, orsuch ol them tis aa; found lo be responsible for the act, * w i 11 be tried therefor by court martial, (pongor and Lyon ii r? in this country, Holli theTwenty*slx(<h volunteer In laut ry and {eighteenth infant ry having returned to the United Stales and most of t ho wit liesses being presump tively hore, the secretary of war di rects that Maj. 10. F. (?loon, Tweuty 1(1 f th infantry, bo directed to proceed ?to San Francisco and report to the ?general com nia ia ling t he dopa rt mont, of ?California with a view to his trial hy .COU rt mart lal under charges alleging ,the emoh les practiced hy him upon ?a native of ibo Philippine Islands at igbarras on the 271 h of .lune, ll?oo. If YOU Ciili discover ?HIV witnesses st Hi in t he service of the philippine islands who can testify in support of the .charges, Or If Maj. (?lenn desires thc .attention of any persons now serving In the Islands as witnesses for tho d? tense, you will direct I hem to proceed to San Francisco for that purpose. As the t wo years allowed for tho prose .CU Mon hy the stat tile of limitations ls nearly at an end no time Is to be lost. You will take sucheouiso In advancing ?or postponing tho Investigations pre viously ordered Into tho conduct 0? Gen. Smjth and Maj. Glenn as shall he required to enable you to ox?enle these inst ructions. His believed that; the violai lons of law and humanity, or which these -cases, If true, arooxamuples, will prove to he few and occasional and not to 'Characterize tho conduct of the army generally In the Philippines; hut- the fact, t hat any such act? ol' cruelty and barbarity appear to h?ve been done indicates tho necessity of a most thor 'Oitgh, searching and exhaustive Inves tigation under the general charges pre ferred hy (loy. (hudener and you wlll tsnare no eilorf. hi the investigation weany Grooved nuder these charges, to uncover every snob casi! which ma back up fhourmy in thc heartiest fash* ion In every lawful und legitimate method of doing its work, no also In* t?fiMS ?O BOO tl?Ut i ! iii iii u??? VigOrOUS care exorcised lo detect and prevent any cruelty or brutality, and that men Who are guilty thereof are punished. Great as tho provocat ion has been In dealing with Iocs who habitually re* sort to treachery, murder and torture against our men, nothing etui justify or will be held to Just ify the use of torture or Inhuman conduct of any kind on flu; part of the American armv. Mllhti Koot, Secretary of War. WADE HAMPTON'S Farewell lo ll IA Ohl Hold tern From Ills l?la/,/n IjiiHt May. Avilen the Confederate Kennion was hold hi Columbia last May the old sob dlers called on (Jouerai fla trip toil at his home lu a hotly. On that ocoa* sion he made the following speech: My Colnrades: 1 have indeed, tis Maj. Hart has said, heart! t hat Kebol yell often^ before and when I heard lt from my own men, from t ho men whom I had the honor to command, 1 knew thal we were safe. 1 think lt ls one of the Brit ish poets who said: "The kites know weil The long league's swell That bids tho hoinon's close." I might,paraphrase ibis by saying: The. Yanks kiiew wodi Tho Hebel yell That bade tho Johnnies close. Mv old heroes, I hope lt ut;vcr will bo forgotten. I hope it will bo t rans mitted to your children and to your children's children il* not Tor them to use to toll how lt used to ring from the forests of Virginia, how lt rang from Ce tty shu lg lo the west, and how Hall ways told of men wilt) were willing to die for t hoir sont bland, to die for I rut Jij for honor, for manhood, for chivalry anti for a groat truth. I want you to fry anti leach to your Children and to your children's children that ours was hot a lost cause. I want you to toll them that we wore lighting for the right . George Washington was ti rebel, but Loo was not. AV hen Groat Hi lt alu recognized the Independence of this count ry she tiki not- recognize tho In dependence of I ho United States, but of each sovereign State as Independent and sovereign. There wore 13 inde pendent and sovereign States. They founded this unionand'they had tho right to withdraw from lt whenever thev chose so to do. Wc were not suc cessful -lt ls not given lo mortals to command success. Von have done more..??you have deserved lt. Ann now in your dcollningyears and when mine hilve extended long be yond the period allot foti to man, von, hiv old comrades, whom 1 loved, whom 1 trusted and w ith .whom 1 felt as sah; as I do now, 1 want to say to you all that all tho love you have given me has boon more than reciprocated; that all that I have ever boen able to do for you, for any one of you, or for South Carolina, hus been more t han ronald tn thc honors you haye unsolicited VOM.-.fo u ' lipon ?UV^o/vd - hv ?h?sM'lie orowhlng honor of my life. * I nifty not see you again. 1 remember a story of au old bishop who, when ready t o re t ire from public life, wont lo t he abbot and saki: "Fat her abbot, an old mun whose heart is broken by the storms of state ls como to lay his wOuty bones among you." That is all I shall ask of Sout h Car ol I tia a low feel of <?art h whore my kindred for six generations aro resting. And I ?tm proud to soy that Ono or more of each generation, since they were known Itt South Carolina, has tilled a bloody grave for Soul hCarollna. (Applause.) I claim no credit tei lhat. By cry South Carolinian who tria? was willing to give his blood and his life for the old State. I am sure that I was willing to do so. I think lean say so to you, my mon, thal I never turned my back upon any of you when your faces were turned to ward I he enemy. Tho greatest honor I hat I fell during tho war was once wb,6n I carno upon a poor private who was dying. I stopped beside him anti he said: "I tun happy to die lighting and I am proud to die lighting linder you." I pray Clod will bless you and will give you peace and prosperity, give lt tp tho Oki State, give lt (neuen one of you and that yon will go homeand tell your kindred that you have scop vour old comrade and t hat he thanks them through y pu; M II Ht Ile < 'ra/.y. lion? Itu thor ford county, N. c.. comes a report of one of the most un usual affairs. A man luis made all preparations to commit suicide, and Intends to make of lt a gala occasion. Allen Cogsdell ls an aged, wealthy and very eccentric farmer of that sec tion, (tis said hehas sent out in vit?t hms to ail of his numerous re latives to at tend a blgtlhuier which he intends to give at his home on June 10. The unique feature of the In vitation, lt is said, ls that it contains the announcement that, at the noon hour, sharp, those present aro to have tho ploarure and experience the novel sensation Of seeing him take his own life. Mr Cogsdell isa Confederate vet ('ran. In his Invitation he does not announce t he method he will em ploy in dispatching himself; but he Is still the proud possessor of li IA old army revolver, and those who know him well aro Impressed with the be lief that he will attempt to uso the weapon upon himself. Swallowed a Vron, A large frog was rc ino ved from a woman's stomach In St. Catherlne'H Hospital In Williamsburg N. Y., the other day. The woman ls Mrs. Charlo* Kurtis of llopwell Junction, near Matteowan: N. Y. She had been suf fering from a trouble which bullied her physicians for some limo. It was dually decided that an operation for append lol tts would bo advlsublo and she was taken to the Williamsburg hospital. A Fishkill, N. V., doctor performed tho operation, which re vealed that abe was hot suffering from append loll ls. Hut the doct ors did dis cover and remove 1*nan her stomach a live frog, said lo have been live Inclus long, lt is supposed that she swal lowed the frog when it was very small, wlillo she was drinking water. Ait Old Man, George Cwlun, af Huntington, Tex., tr negro, 102 years old, has founded u numerous family. Ho A MONUMENT TO HAMPTON. itali Mudo on tho (Jltl/.etifl of tho State for Nutmeilp? lon. Tho movement for Ute election of a splendid monument to (len. Wade Hampton, to be surmounted by an equestrian statue* lias now been launched, and it is In good hands, damp llarapton, of Columbia, hist week adopted the following resolution, which will bc read with Interest. Unsolved, That for the purpose of erecting in the city of Columbia an equestrian statue of the Illustrons citi zen and soldier <,?en. Wedo Hampton, Camp Hampton, U. c. V.,-Invitessub scriptions from all of tho citizens of Soul h Ourolfna, such subscriptions to be sent t o all of the dally papers of tho State, to be hy them acknowledged from time to time as received and then forwarded to the treasurer of the cen?, tral committee, herein provided for. That the following named, survivors of the Confederate States army, arc requested to act as "The Hampton Statue Central Committee," who shall be clothed with power to receive the funds subscribed for said statue, select the site for It in the elly of Columbia, appoint sub-committee's and do all such other business as may be neces sary for the furtherance of the end in view: First Congressional District . Theo dore (?. Marker. Second Col, .1. W Moore. Third I). H. UuHScjb Fourth-Col. .las. A. Hoyt. Fifth Col, .las. S. Hart. Sixth (?en. \V. K. James. Seventh < ol. A. C. Haskell. That the Daughters of the Confed eracy and all other organizations of ladles In sympathy with the movement th rp ugo Ut the State, be ami they are hereby requested to appoint auxiliary committees to co-operate in this sacred work of raising a ii ttl og memorial to our Hllustrious and lamented chirit alli. The resolutions were unanimously sidopted. Tl?o PreMldoiit'H Visit. A dispatch from Washington says the president himself hits declared to his closest and best friends since his return to Washington that the south ern trip was of greater value to him from any standpoint, from which lt inay be Viewed than ho can estimate. Senator Lodge is equally euthuaslast lc on the subject ami tho Massachusetts senator declares that the whole nation should he grateful to tin; State of South Carolina for Inviting the prsl dent to go tv? Charleston, su that the Whole, world might soe t hclove, respect and affecten ii which the president of the United States encounters In any sect inti of country he may visit. lie publican senat ors and represe1 Hali ves of hljrh ft^iftf?g ft? ttjp;n;arty(ranKs do not believe with the South -Carolina republican organization that the president suffered political or personal contamination while In Charleston, On the contrary, the high minded men of the republican and deniotratlc parties here in Washington agree t haV> President Roosevelt's visit to South Carolina was a benefit to the whole nation, lind if will go down in history as an undying example of what t he patriots of this country mean when we say to the world that weare a united people. One Mott lt m ont In.lnrtMi. Thc Chattanooga Times a few days ago contained tho following: "Thc recent storms have caused much dam age to the handsome'Sooth Carolina inonu mont at chicks ma uga park. The monument orce ted to the South Carolinians who participated in the battle of Chlckamauga consists of a huge bronze palmetto t ree on a mar ble base. The winds and storms have stripped the bronze leaves and broken ol? three limbs ??f the tree. Part of the bronze is lying on the ground by the monument, while the rest of lt has evidently been carried away. The marble esplanade around the monu ment has also been cracked and seriously damaged. Unless re pairs ure made at once the handsome monument erected only a short time ago will be ruined." Tho governor's attention has been called to tho mat ter, and has taken it up with Cen. Walker and ot her members of t he. com mission. A Fatal Viro. Mrs. Wallace K. King, her niece and I UN children were burned to death at (.heir homo In Wallia a village near Frankfort, Mich., Wednesday night. Those who perished wore: Mrs. King, Vida King, tiged 8 years. Verna King, aged 0, ami Miss Anna King, a niece, aged I.s. I {eulah; the :i-year-old daughter, was thrown from an upper window by her mot her and saved. The four bodies were recovered Thursday morning burned to a crisp. The lire originated in King's general store, over which his family lived, lt had Obtained such ti start when discovered that the bucket brigade, which quick ly formed, could do uoth'.og to check lt. Mr. King, who was township treasurer, was not af home Wednesday night. He had gone to Copemish to deposit the township funds that he had collected. Misfortune pursued him even on tho trip for he lost his coat wit h $17f> lu the pocket. A Hominy Tritat, Details tts to tho organization of the i American Hominy company has been made publie. The company has a capitalization of $ I, ?50,000 preferred stock anq *2,500,000 common stock. . Klght big companies, mostly in the Weit, have Joined in the combination. Anlong the objects of this corporat ion are: '1 o manufacture, produce, adapt and paepare, and to buy, sell and oth Orsvlso deal or traille In hominy, brew ers' grits, corn meal, feeds, sugar, oils and other similar substances, and any and all products ti nd by-products de rived from corn and other grains and vegetable products and any m btu rcs and compounds thereof, etc. i t>e?MStS' ( omIn HISTORIC bET?S Whioh Passed Betweon Oe?, Sher man and Oem. Hampton JUST BEFORE THE WAR CLOSED. That ol' CJenoral llJttii|>C(>ri Correct ly Voices the Spirit ol' lt? Author and IH NOW ol' Intci-ctd. Tho following correspondence ho?! tween Hampton and Sherman passed into hlstoiy years ago, but tho letters will be read with peculiar Interest to day, when thc people of South Caro lina and tho entire South aro mourn lng the death of one of their greatest chieftains and defenders. Union for agers had been shot for dastardly out rages upon defenceless women, and the incidents coiled forth Sherman's letter which was as follows: Headquarters In (he Field, February 24, 181$. IJout. (?en. Wade Hampton, Com manding Cavalry Forces, Confederate States Army General: It is oUiclally reported to me t hat our foraging par ties arc murdered after capture and labelled "Death to all foragers." One Instance ofa lUuiouantund seven men near Chesterville, and atad lier of t wen ty "near a ravine eighty rods from t he main road." about (luce miles from FeastervUlo. I have ordered a similar number of prlsonors In our hands tn In disposed of in Uko manner. 1 hold about l.ono prisoners, cant med In vari ous ways, and can stand it as long tis you, and would suggest thal you give hoi Ice to t he people at large that every life taken by i hem simply results in the death of one of your Cori fedora les. Of course, you cannot question my right to "forage en t ho country/' lt ls a war right os Old US history. The manner of exercising If varies with cir cumstances, and if t h'.? civil aut hori ties will supply my requisitions I will forbid sill foraging, Hut I can lind no civil authorities win) can respond to my calls for forage Of provisions; therefore, I must col lect directly of thc' people, I have no doubt t his is thc occasion of much misbehavior ot1? the part of our mont bul I cannot permit au enemy to judge or punish with wuuiesuic mur der. Personally 1 regret tito bitter feeling engendered hy this war, but they were to bo Ox poet od, and I simp Iv allege that those who struck the tlrst blow and made war Inevitable ought, not In fairness to reproach us for the. nat ural consequences. 1 merely assert our war right to forage and fh& resolve io prot ect my foragers to the extent of life for lit. . 1 tun? wit h respect , your obedient, servant. W. ri\ Sherman, Major General United States Army. To H,b;Gv*.n,Uamulon rcohoah Headquarters in the Meli, February 2d, 1$?5. Major (ion. W. T. Sherman, United Stales Army--General: Your com munication of theZIth instant reached mc today. In lt you stale timi lt has been olllcially report cd t hat your forag ing patties are "murdered alter cap ture. You go on to say t hat you have "ordered a similar number of prisoners in our hanns to he disrjosod of Iu hke manner," that ls lo say, you have or dered a number of Confederate soldiers to he "murdered." You characterize your Order in proper terms, for ibo nil bile volee, oven In your own coun try, where it seldom dares to express Itself in vindication of truth, honor, or Just Ice, will sundy agree wit!) you in pronouncing you guilty of murder If your order is carried otu. liefere dismissing (his pori lon of your letter 1 beg to assure you that for every sol dier of mine "murdered" by you I shall have executed at once two of yours, giving in all cases preference lo any Quice rs who may be in my I'.ahds. In reference (otho statement you make regarding the float h of your for agers, 1 nave only to say that I know no tb lng abbot lt; that no orders ?I voil by mo authorizes t he killing of prison ers after capture, and that 1 do not be lieve that my men killed any of yours, OXCOpI under circinus?anees in which it was perfect Iv legitiman' and proper that they should kill them, lt is a part Of the system of the thieves, whom you designate as youl; foragers, to Un; tho dwellings of those citizens Whoi!) they have robbed. To cheek this Inhuman system, which ls Justly execrated by every civilized nat lon, I have di reeled my men to shoot down all vf your men who arc caught- tan n ing houses. This order shall remain In force as long as you disgrace tho profession of arms by allowing your mon to desi roy private dwellings. You say that I cannot, of course, question your right to forage on tito count ry "it ls a right as old history.'' I do not, slr. quest lon t his right. But there Isa rigid older oven I han this, and OOO more inalienable-1he right t hat every man has to defend his home and to protect those who are depen dent upon him; and from my heart I wish that every old man and boy In my country who can (Ire a gun would shoot down as he would a wild beast, tho men who are desolat lng their land, burning t heir homcsand Insulting I heir women. Voil uro pur t lot. Itt r liv do tin lug and claiming "war rights." Mav I ask If you enum?rale among those thc right to Ure upon a defenceless city wit hout notice; to burn that city to the ground after lt had boen surrendered by the Inhabitants, who claimed, though in vain, that protection which ls always accorded in civilized warfare to non coba ta nt st tQ lire the dwelling houses of citizens after robbing them; and to perpetrate even darker crimes than those erlmes UM> black to lie men tioned. You have permitted, If you have not ordered, the commission of these olfon ces against humanity and the rules of war; you tired on tho city of Columbia without a word of warning; after Its surrender hy thc mayor, wno demand ed protection to private property, you laid the whole city lu ashes, leaving amidst Its ruins thousands of old men and helpless women and children, who j aro likely to perish of starvation and exposure, Your lino of nut ich can be traced by tho lurid light of burning houses, and In moro than ono house hold there fs now au agonv worse than that of deatli. Tho Indian scalped his .victim regardless of age or sex, nut with alt his barbarity ho always re*I snooted t ho persons oj his female cap nilli ter. tn thc incant Imo J shall hold 50 ol'your men Hs hoaltigos fol' those you ?ha ve ordered (o be executed. ! ii ?ii jr'?U MT J Gvv, ? \ Wade Hampton, . j Lieutenant (icuerahV i ti THE GOOP PHYBIOXAN. Ho <. douri Wdrilw Toitho Me m bern of j ) Mn1 ,11 (triton I I'rofoHSloil. te fol)oWlt||f article, written by Mus. H. Carlisle, was published In IhO SpaHanburg Herald last week wjwt? tho Stale Medical Society was in session in that city: "Plie pal hs ol' pain are I him?. < io loi I h Wirb patience, trust and hope, The?sulforlng of a sin-sick earth Hhajl Kl vc t hoc ample scope, li.[Mle Um unveiled mysteries ( )!' ? a od death, to stand, \Vli;i guarded lips, and reverent eyes, And nure of hear! and hand;" (Whittler.) ?Sroirft than half a century ago one of thc] leading physicians of Boston died, Walter Channing M. I). Ills fr lord, Hov, Jome? Freeman Clarke, preiji'Jhed a sermon, whleh Ix? began wltfv a lin?' sketch of iigOpd physician. (f&relty'ls honored today hy thc prance of many repr?sentatives of ihi moble profession from all paris of the-State, beaders of The Herald II).'^ he Interested in the appro pi hilo tribute, lt may help them lo ;. still higher esthnate of those on whom we Ca?) In our moments or anxiety or pain. A good physician has a hard life In many ways. Ills work ls on the shady side of life, hy the hed of siek III-, ami pain sickness which ho often ea??otcoro; pain, which he is some timos unable to alleviate, Ile has great responsibilities, Invalving great anxieties. The Ufo, heallh, happiness ol' fibers depend much In his wisdom, attention, promptness, Udell ty. Most ot i..; do our day's won! and then go h-il ne* lo rest, or to amuse ourselves, ti; (urn ttl private; studies, or go Into pissant society. Tba work of the physician never ends. Ile can never i without the possibility of bein? stiftdonly summoned back to his duties. lt ito is not actually called, he ls alw ivs tn expectation of Ixdog called, find that Interfere* with perfect rest. ll&H a sentinel who cannot sleep on his pOHti Ills work continues, through night and day, through storm and shine,'through heat and cold, through st i m tutor and winter. Other men may t i i their vacation, but wherever he gop, tho light ning message follow? ai ? nd asktf, "Where arc you?" At ilonufj he ls tim slave of tho dobr| )u { foV ?otophone!) ahmad, of the toNi-faph. r. t . with ali vhjs ?al>or, aurn, aux n's lite has many com- ! ions, < <;Uicaui'?^Uon^ .SO great itilhi|iit! d?iU?> aright il is ono of .fyio hap^esj of eli professions. Tho good physician lia? tho consciousness of useful!;*ess hi his work. Tho family physician studios tho constitutions of the mein bork of a household; he ls able to ad visa, them In regard to diet, air, ex ore so, work and recreation. Ile fore sees danger before it comes, and shows i them how to avoid lt. If preventative ls better Hutu ctn?', modern medical science, which tends that way, ls cer tainly better than that of our fathers. Hm when the Inevitable disease ar rives, then the use of the physlelan appears In alleviation of pain, in tak ing charge of the ease, and so reliev ing the anxieties of the patient, and his friends. When we have oonltded onr beloved ones to the coro of the wiso and faithful physlelan we. have a sense of re posing trust. If all thugs were abolished, I do not think the need and use of a physlelan could be sensibly diminished perhaps lt would bo ineroased. All tnls is compensation for his toll and anxiety, hut moro still, ls the affection which gathers around him. Tin- Appostlc has ludieated this reward of tile profession In ono ht liking epithet, "Luke, the beloved physician.*' Ile does not say, "tho wise," "the learned," "the celebrated" physician, but "the bo.'ovod," Tbc good physician becomes a friend In many homes. As his life advances, there grows around him ti neighbor hood Ulled with friends. He ls thc friend of old and voting, for all hood his care, and depend on lils eouusel. Ile becomes intimately acquainted with the Interior of lifo of many fami lies, but you will not lee that a phystean ls very seldom ft gossip. He no mono thinks of spoaklngabroad of what ls coullded to him than If he were a father-confessor, as, Indeed, he often ls. And he, who ls able to Inspire eon Urie ncc In another, helps the body through tho mind, as dally experJenco teaches. We all feel the truth of what Walter Scott says: "1 have lah? on I he sick man's Ired, Watching for hours tor the leech's tread, As If 1 doomed I bal his presence alone, Had power to hld my pains begone, i have listed his words of comfort given, ti. tr ? .v .t f II . ?\a II M'O i ?tu IVA Oj !iea\eii. I have counted his steps from my chamber door, And blsssed them when they were heard no nun?'." Our visiting friends will lind hero traditions of good physicians with whom our etty was blessed in other years. And they will be wo?eomod by othors, worthily represent ing t ho pro fession today. Hr. Ramsay says or Lionel Chalmers, M. H., who died lu Charleston, 1177, "Ho was the first writer who treated of tho soil, climate, weather and gener ally of tho diseases of South Carolina." Ills name was honorably perpetuated among UH in tho person of a direct de scendant (a great-grandson) Lionel Chalmers Kennedy, M. Il, (1810* UMt) whoso portrait and medical books may ho Keen In the Kennedy Library, on our Public Square. The ?pot on which his office stood was sacredly * ot apart by Mrs. Kenned v (Helen Falssoux Stevens) for a "library y?hvi? tim poorest boy may go, and lind good reading." The citizens re A WINNING- FIGHT Mario by Domoorats Abuted by Beet ?ugar Republicans, TO TAX THE TllXTSTS 8U?AR, Tho Bpeuker Overruled ami tho ffilf I'erciitlul llomoved lVoio Kenned Miijcfu-N Coming from Cuba hy tho IIOUKO. The Democrats and the Republican Insurgents rode roughshod over tho house leaders Friday when the voting began on the Cuban reel proel ty hill. They overthrew the ruling of the chair In committee of the whole on tho question of the gcrmuncness of un amendment to remove the differential from relined su^nr du ring the existence of the reciprocity agreement pro y tried for In the Oil). The vote io overrule thc decision iv* the chair, made hy Mr, Sherman of Now York, was 171 to I to, Republi cans lo the number of .'17 joining with a solid Democratic vole to accomplish this result. 1 laving won this prelimin ary victory the amendment was adopt ed lu committee, 101-111, and later lu tho house hy a still larger majority, lim- ion. On this occasion (i I Republi cans voted with tho Democrats for the ainendmont. Tho hill was then pass ed hy an overwhelming majority, 247-52. An analysis of tho vote shows that 121 Republicans and ISM Democrats voted for the amended bill and 42 Re publicans and |0 Democrats against it. (Jrosvenorof Ohio waa one of t hose who voted against the bill. Tho voting on the bill was thc culmination of a long struggle which began almost with thc Inception <>?* this session of congress and after two weeks of con tinuous debate during which much bitterness was aroused. Friday's debate was of an exceed ingly lively character, the feature be ing thc echoes nf Thursday nig .?Cs 1 ?emocratle caucus. To that caucus the defeat of the Republican leaders who sought to pass the hill wlthoutemend ment Isattrlbutable. Previous to tho holding of the caucus the Democrats were very much divided and the op position of the Republican beet sugar men showed signs of disintegrating. Friday when lt became apparent that the Democrats, would act together the beet sugar men decided, at a meet ing attended by :i2 of thom, to toke the bit in their teeth and overrule the chair. As soon as this combination* wai' cUcctcd the Republican leaders reali/.cd that they would be defeated so far as thc removal of tho d Uferen* [ixi? .v.';?;. couoemod and 'Mr,/vX*ayn?'ii\ tuc 'i tcp&bhcUnIv .iu,-i\ <.??;'iI.-i:ijtv^3S!9RrIr^^f-' Self with warning his beet simar col leagues that in removing the dUfcrcn Hal they were taking off a blt of pro tection placed in the Dingley bill especially for the beneiit of tho beet sugar producers. Mr, Richardson, of Tennessee, was the llrst speaker. Ito slated frankly that ho doubted whether t hc enact ment of the bill would do much to bring about the reciprocal trade rela tions between Cuba and the United States which was earnestly to bo de desired. Rut he had voted for it in the hope that it might accomplish something. He. called attention to tho action ot two e< amt les In the dis trict of Mr. I "'alcock, Wisconsin, en dorsing tho latter's hill to revoke the duties from steel, and amid Democra tic applause, said the Democrats pro posed lo give Mr. Hancock an oppor tunity later on to vote for the hill his constituents had endorsed. Mr. Hepburn, Iowa, aroused con siderable excitement by bringing for ward Hie revelation made In tlio Demo cratic eansus Thursday nlghtconecrn lug thc alleged overtures made from thc Republican side to abandon tho Crurnpacker resolution if tho J/?,mo orals from tho States threatenet would vote against overturning the chair. He said he did not belicvo tt ami thought the gentleman from Ala bama Mr. Underwood, must have been mistaken. Mr. Morris of Minnesota, one of the Republican opponents of the bill, was recognised and offered an amendment to remove the differential or relined sugar. The moment the amendment was read Mr. Payne, the Republican leader, made tho point of order that lt was not germane He argued that there had lieen rulings Innumerable against such extraneous amendments, Mr. idttlelleld of Maine followed Mr. Payne, taking Uro- view that the amendment was germane. Ho had not proceeded far In his argument he foro he aroused intense Interent hy reverting to the report that at the Democratic canons Thursday night Mr. IJ udor wood stated that overtures had been mado to him In regard ito the Crurnpacker resolution, "An in sinuation lins been mario here Friday," said he, "which has not been repelled as lt might to have been. I refer'to the report that at the Democratic, caucus Thursday night was stated t hat approaches httri come front this side of thc house for tho Democrats to cm ter an unholy, ungodly and Infamous alliance to sacrlllco human rights In order to save the face' of certain lead? ors or protect the pronto of an aggre gation of capital." Mr. Grosvenor A Ohio was on Ids feet in an Instant, asking Mr. Uttte tield to whom ho referred* when Mr. Underwood arose und waa about to Sm fen upt him, but tho latter was ap pealed to hy some of his Democratic colleagues and he took his seat. Mr. Uttlofield in reply to Mr, Gros venor, said he thought Mr. Payne, Hie chah mau of tho ways and means com mittee, should make a statement and Ute Republican leader was just about to irlo fio when Mr, Underwood again [Mme,- "i demite, to&&y )hst?oneywftV* .'.aid he, "1 have never made any such charges as the gentleman repeats y. ?rnipi i ym wnw - |?n f^?W^y*ff01>W'J^W^**^<l>^l4^l>Jl I UMiyW IIP,WWI'IWWVf ; After mm further debate un thy point of order raised by Mr, Payne, in a very elaborate riding* Mr* Sherman pi New York, who wanbi the-chair, sustained the point of order, lu cb) lng so he cited a long linc of prece j dents covering throe-fourths of a cen tury of parliamentary .procedure Ju line with his decision. As the deeb sion was announced Mr. Tawney ap ; pealed from the decision of the chair. Tlie VOtO, was taken by tellers. Speaker Henderson was the first mern lK?r to pass between thc tellers In sup port of the chair's ruling, lt was an Interesting spectacle as the Issue was i put to the test, : The whole Democratic side rose lu enthusiastic mass and watched tho Republicans to sec how many would decline to vote with their col leagues. Nota Democrat voted to sustain the chair. The louisiana delega lion was tho ilrst togo through hi Opposition to the chair's ruling; then trouping down i* side aisle came the Bepuhlb can recalcitrants :i7 strong. The Democrats cheered as they went .through. When the announcement was made that the elia ir had been overruled J.'iO to 171, the Democrats and tho RepublicanIInsurgeutsebeered. A dozen members were on Mich foot flourishing amendments and clamoring for recognition before the applause died away, but the chair re cognized Mr. Payne, the Kopubliean floor leader. Amid profound silence he addressed his Republican collea gues, l?o warned the friends of beet sugar that he proposed to show his friendship for beet sugar by voting against the amendment. Mr, Mell wu lu, New York, offered an amendment to still further reduce hy 20 per cent, the whole stigar schedule of the Dingley law, and Mr. De Almond offered another amendment I to strike out ,the language ot the I Morris amendment which limited its ?operation to the period covered hythe i reciprocity agreement. Moth were voted down without divisions. The vote then recurred on the Morris amendment which was adopted amid Democratic cheers by a vote of 104 to lil. Thc majority for it was so over whelming that Mr, Payne did not de mand tellers. Tho next surprise carno from tho Republican side when Mr. Roberts, ! Massachusetts, offered an amendment i to place hides on the free list. Thc ichalr sustained a point of order ! against lt, and wnen ??r. Rotarla appealed many Democrats and practhS j ally all thc Republicans voted to sus tain tho chair, and tho chair was sus tained 183 to 170. Mr. lieber ta then modi tied bi: amendment so tvs to make It apply only to hides from Cuba and aa mod I tl ed It was held to be hi order. But on ? direct vote it was defeated MO tx 160, Mr. McClellan moved then to*'he i ?rense the 'reciprocal concession irxm : ? , Two Republicans ' .. \ . ? ! ! ' ????? ?? of Wow York i vote? for; the amend nient and tito Louisiana ^moorak and several other DemwratS, U itt nil voted ag?inst lt. lt? w?Si defeated 10; io 102, ' Mr. Richardson of Tennessee the? offered the Rabeock bill to place ai tides In tho metal schedule? on t b free Hst also cotton bagging, bindibi twine, wood pulp, eic. is was t\i\p out of order. On motion of Mr. pay ne the commit too then rose and reported the bill tho house. The previous ouestlO) was orderet! and Mr. Payne dmando a separate vote on the Morris amend mont to abolish the differential on n lined sugar and the roll was called. The Morris amendment was adopt e?l 100 to 105. All thc Demorats an 04 Republicans voted for tho ninene ment. The bill was thoo passed 2-J to 50. ---^-~~-1 Kilted hy KU Aunvchf-t. Tho . Russian minister of the lt terlor, M? ${plagulnc, was shot art fatally wounded at 1 o'clock Wedne day afternoon In the lobby of tl ministerial ofllecs at St. Pctorsbui by a mau who held a pistol close \ tho minister's person. Tho woundc man died at ti y>. m. The assassin ( M. Hiplagulno is a student, who gall ed access to tho building disguised ! the uniform of an aldo de camp. I met tho minister on tho main stol .case and emptied a revolver Into b body at clase range* Thd n^sass was Iftnncdlatcly arrested. Tho assa ?In did not resist arrest, ile said h name was Ralsahanstt, that ho waa student at Kleff, where he had be< sentenced to ..compulsory military se vice for participating in the viols 1001. Ho said ho had sdUseuuent been pardoned, but that he had n been reinstated at tho university ai that he therefore revenged himself u on M. Slplaguhio. A ?3corfjhi Vorn. According to the Augusta Hera Bettie Chancey, an Ovd white wonv who Jives near Athens, (hi,, is ti owner of an old mule of t he genni Georgia variety. A few days sin she went cut. to curry tho anim! whoso hair had remained undi pp for sometime and was probably tnt inches long. While currying tho ? mule she notlccO that about half t hair on bis tall had ten clipped close to ibo skin. The mule kc awlteblng bis tall towards his huek If something bothered bim. Ttt?? ? woman began to nmfce a close insto tlon of the animal, and discovered t trouble. A small rat bas gnawed t hair off the mole's tall and bud ci ried Ron top of hin back neat 1 hips. There ls a little ? hollow on t mule'? back; the Industrious rat li woven the hair Into u neat nest a was resting in the snug home pie antly and K<TUrely wlien tie- old V man ran bim out. A Close Vol b '.. Four assistants to an undena faddenly dropped a coinn they w .Wrying ont of thc Patterson, lah *\'M)t f wh.cn tl* b HU cpo; ! . hvoken<>pen tho nfl and sat up ?jm voelferouH itaban ^;ild he waa dg^^ WILL B?MKF?T IIB That U What Is Mid of ihiv'$ deat?? Visit to THE CHAE?^STON BXPOSI^t INywMent ItoO^qyMt Will Not Iii* \'ib\*t nod tho Wholo .South Will ho lio-ie iii ? Gt! Uy a%. rf ... ? )f COuf#B0 .President JUoOSOVClt'S to Charleston, soys the Washing correspondent of tho <'Ndumbla Sta was a rsueeess, the qacaslorV roi* t heaHl? demonstrations from ?ou Carolina whoreve.r ho wont, und genuino pleasure to the ?l'stitigu'^ y is J tor hiifiSclfl Thercdoubi ?os?w sumo people in Washington \v doubted that ti)1,?' would be Ute ea Mut the oumberdld not Include any the Mouth Carolina* colony. No o who knew anything about Boutb Cn Uhlans doubted for an Instant tl as tho ?ru(Ht ol' Charlad on and ,8ou Carolina tbe president could have eelved other than (ho treatment did, and certainly no heartier w come could have been tendered h. than that which marked his ont! Stay within the borders of the Sta I owe ver, so much has been said a vritten about tho president's visit Oe cito lt to pl ve some adequate id rt tile absoluto soeces* of every ? all that there ls Imminent danger 'slopping over" tn attempting a other effusions along this H rio. What ls perhaps the. most ii rat! f lue result of Un; whole affairwa? tl Opportunity (riven tho people of Sou Carolina to show tfiomselye? to t president and thereby to t ho natio not as have for a number of yea been "misrepresentocr' to be, but they really are. Tho happy result that a number, a very lar^e numl .f people here arc waking up to tl act that they have been lcd nstr ri their estimate of thc Ktate by series of unfortunate incl dents with the past few years which were ' ibly ?^a'?'livi? on tho pvOp?<? ?>03 Carolina as a whole. The wu .. itv!i Charleston and tho people the. - gbij,o .-'ge nord i fy opened .the: heavi^ind wanted t^ openth' u> t hc preside:? Vol.Ut iohl ie)L otc.d in U\<.\ mho |?i%cc.t:ie>K?'on nndo %cin\ to Ko??vCaV'<U? HS illy; ,1B, V.>. : idblC; (Ol' thkehav.. ?H I. '. v pi'.: -.Uh') ? lii.i'Cv,' i? expr?s . lo f'it MI ><: ti i nh ni and r enresent;til von gratification at the warm W given himatOhar1est.cn,- H h mid ei , too? that tho president iii ?d With especial pleasure i<>:XH crowds that 'greeted him at tb? vari oie; places atong tho v..Mit'. Ithe i .renn minus Crowd at? Columbi and their demonstra!?ion? as ovldem intf how general and repr?sent?t Iv of the entire State was t hc beartly.ro] ion tendered him, Nor has tb president aV ail misinterpreted th| true meaning ot Ilse cordiality' ?Iiuwi him. Indeed, lt IS understood i thal to a number of Republicans WhoTiffi boen to White House to talk over hi trip to Charleston tho president ctn phasized the fact that he appr?ci?t cd all tho more the domonstratloi called forth by hts appearance ai alon? the line because of the yt difference politically which he realM existed between himself and tho pe< pie whose guest be was, Hut while the president has take! as lt was meant that he should tal the demonstrations In bis honor bcihu utterly devoid of any politic significance, lt ls generally admittoj] that his visit io phavlcstou witt noj bo without Its effect on bim inti political dealings he wHtftave with tl south during the remainder of hts ad ministration as tho chief exceptivo < tho nailon. Not only has ?Sou th ('at Una been the gainer by becoming poi finally acquainted with M t. Koosevolt but, as he said In ono of Ids Specclu andas ho repeated many times id > H returning to the White House/'"! au a better American for my visit." is of course rather carly to point any tangible results of tho in'C&derif? visit t? ?South 'Carolina* bro., ?H a pr? minent Rcoublioan senator put lt day, ono who is a chm friend to tin president, "President Roosevelt lng bis tri.v to Soutli <.'a vol ina ha? leayned to know her people as he lu never known them.hefo.ro? and he Irin be counted tm not to forget thom. \\ hat t% -Mq'ttAMh - id fyc? * A well known J>indent ci initotf once ivied tho newing fOrve efl Wheo lt W??? ik .!;, , :: ohl&t tried ?nnjtjih. measured 27 Inches lu ebeunVfere he lixed a sort of harnett around With a lom lever &tt ached. The er of the smiasli was measured by weight % lifted; the sw?? being jWed to the lever. When wariin clays old, two days af ter na r ness was , il Ked on i U 11 1A ft od pounds. On the nineteenth d^y,' lifted i\,imi)n,l\u<b;H I, WUHut nMdj^nd r.wpeeted ?oldUn*, ". wr?& )>vo,?<VhoH? Ids vsen witbi Mvbu/ . 2do bra%b'wen and belufr 'saved \ df.