Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

Ho Says Reorganization Means Re treat and Ho treat Disaster. SAYS PRINCIPLE MUST GOVEEN, . Tho Party Must >* >t Secure tho flitch Demanded mony" bj- 9ur rcmlcrini; ito Trusts. Situa- ' lion Boldly Ii mulled Tliree hundred l>eiuoerats attended the. Jeirersonian banquet ut Des Moines, Ia., Thursday night and the demand for.tickets could not bc met. The attendance was rep rosen I ative of ?the Democratic party throughout the State of Iowa. The principal speak ers were Wm; .1. H ry.ari and Former Vice President Adlai IO. Stevenson. William Randolph Hearst of "New York, who had been announced as a speaker, sent a letter in which he urgfKl continued devotion by Demo crats lo the principles of .Jefferson. Mr. Stevenson gave his views as to the proper policy lor thc Democratic party in the coming presidential cam paign. Ile said in part: "In thc approaching struggle for political supremacy appeal will bc made more earnestly than ever before to Democrats to present an unbroken front. An appeal to all, regardless of past party adulations, who con demn favoritism in legislation-that favoritism which enriches thc few at the expense of the many: to all who, by wisc legislation, would curb the power of the trusts, that constant menace to honest business enterprise and to popular government; toall who condemn extravagantand wasteful ex penditures ol* the public money: to all who condemn t he-latter day policy of foreign conquest; in a word, to all who would restore thc safe and econo mical methods in government, estab lished by thc founders of the repub lic." Responding to the toa it. ''Demo cracy," Mr. lt ryan spoke in part as follows: "While this banquet has not been advertised as a 'harmony' feast it is much more in the interest of harmony than high priced, banquets, which are held for the purpose of securing a se lect audience for the men who have not recently appeared on thc stump . in behalf of the Democratic party. "Harmony, like happiness, is not secured by seeking for it; it comes as thc reward of right doing. Harmony is a thing to bc felt, not a thing to bc talked about. Thc mere mention of harmony suggests differences that need reconciliation, and the vocifer ous talk about harmony among those who disturbed it, left thc party and lent their inllucnce to tim enemy, naturally recalls the issues that creat ed the distubauee and naturally sug gests the inquiry whether thc prodi gals have repented or demand repen tance ol' thc party. "Thc difference which existed on thc money question still exists, for while the Republicans are boasting that the money question is settled, money is tight in the great financial centres and t he tinanciers of this coun try are. resorting to extraordinary methods to ?iel enough money into circulation to carry on business. "On thc t rust question the same line ol" cleavage appears. Thc men who threatened a panic If silver was restored, now threaten a panic if the 7-ti uSt:7~cio dis tm oed,- n.ml bbc -t.-..at magnates are casting about for a Democratic candidate so much like a Republican that t he trusts can rest easy, no matter which candidate is elected. "Reorganizat ion menus ret rent, and retreat means demoralization ami dis aster. From thc low standpoint of expedience, retreat could not he .insti lled. The pariy polled nearly a mil lion moie votes in support ol' the Chicago and Kansas City platforms than were polled by .Mr. Cleveland, even before his polit ?eal crimes were exposed. What, would be thc result today il the standard were put in the hands ol' men known to be unfaithful to Democratic principles or even in the hands ol' those that arc known to bc faithful? lint there isa sordid ness about flit? arguments made by thc reorganizers which ought, to dis gust any well-meaning or high-mind ed citizen, lt is really insulting to a man to intimate that lie thinks it is more important that we get control of thc administration t han that we administer power upon Democratic principles and in the. in feiest of the people at large. "To say that a right principle must be dropped because the party has suf fered defeat in support ol' the prin ciple is as ridiculous as it is cowardly. Thc Demacratic party has been de feated more ?often on the t ari IV issue than any other issue, and yet that is the issue that the reorganizers would make the paramount one. The trust question was an issue, both in 1 SOO and in lflOO, and there isas much rea son for declaring that the. elect.iuns vindicated private monopolies as to say that they vindicated the gold standard, in 11)1)0, the trust ques tion was more dismissed than the money question and yet the people who want to drop fbi' money ques tion pretend to feel an interest in the trust question. Imperialism was the pa ra in mut issue in 15)00 and over shadowed all others and yet those who opposed imperialism, would not be willing to drop that issue. "While circumstances determine the emphasis that should be placed upon par!icular issues no party can afford to abandon a righteous position once taken for fear that to maintain j it would bc unpopular." Mr. Bryan referred to Governor Cummins as af the bead ol' a protest in Iowa "against thc domination of thc Republican parly by the corpora tions," and continued: "lie is going to irv to engrail, thc Iowa idea mi UH; nafioii;'.l Republican platform. While lie seems destined to fail in Iiis purpose and While he may support thc Republican ticket. no matt er how odious Hu: domin?t ion of his parly liv corporations maybe come, let ns encourage him for every word that bespeaks in favor of tari ff reform or anti-trust legislation will have an educational inllucnce. Ills words will go on making converts, even though he may recant rather than leave his party. Governor Cum mins calls himself ii Republican, but by showing sympathy witli the people as against the corporations, he has proven I hat he is much nearer the Democratic party titan lin- men who left, us in 18.1)0, who in is'.iT boasted ol' thc support, they ?lad given to the Republican party and who now make their rd.in ii lo the party contingent upon the party's abandonment of the people's interest. VObvernor La fol le tic of vViseonsoh has also shown some ivstivemss un der Republican mfctbodth ??hBB? lire indications of tho-iuiluencd that aro at work odd -encourages us to make ou? appeal to the'awakened consci ence or the people." . A lotter was read from'G. A. Welsh of Ottumwa, seerotary of tho national committee, in which bo stated that io the Kansas City platform is to be found a "Democratic expression of Democratic principles made by Demo crats," without corporation dictation and without corporation control." Among the other speakers was Gen. James B. Weaver. The ba no i mt proper was announced as the ga thc -ig of Democrats without regard to dinerences of opinion as to party policy, but In thc afternoon a meeting of Kansas City platform ad herents was held at which an organi zation was fbi in 2d an I a central com mittee created tu work to place in the next State platform the principles of the Kansas City platform. Mr. Dry?h attended the meeting and endorsed the movement. ''The Democracy of America docs not want .harmony' he told those present. It wants the triumph of Democratic principles." TEACHERS PAST AND PRESENT Sonic ol' II is DiHiitlvmitngCB mid Sonic ol' Hid Compensations. "Ichabod Crane," says Southern Education, "taught school in Sleepy Hollow, but he was forced to give singing lessons and board around with his pupils in order to keep from starv ing. In a community in Lincoln county, North Carolina, iii thc early lu's the public school trustees had a custom of advertising thc need of a I cacher and also informing the public at the same time that the school would be' let out'* on a certain day to tho lowest bidder. For several years the teacher of that school received eigut dollars per mouth and boarded himself. His qualilicalions, as stated by himself, were ability to read and write and "to cipher to the Unie ol' Two in Fowler's arithmetic." "Crates of Mallos taught grammar at Rome. Indeed, he was the very first teacher oh that subject in that city, if wc arc to believe thc records. This man bari the misfortune to break his leg by fallin r into a sewer. From t nit time on ho was considered good for nothing else but to bc a -teacher. Nero, thc Kornau emperor, had Tlirasca put to death because lie had a sour cast ol' countenance and resem bled a school teacher. In the early days of America the school teachers always had some other occupation. They were grave diggers, or horse traders or farmers, as well as teachers. In the south the preacher was often a teacher and was thereby a person of more importance than the teacher in other sections of the country. "Hut how is it now? The teacher of a rural school, if bc is a mau, is looked on more t han otherwise, witli pity and contempt, especially if he is along toward middle or old age. lr he is a young man, he is likely pre paring to he a lawyer or a doctor or a preacher. If the teacher is a young woman she is ready to forsake her work the moment a desirable offer ol' marriage is n ade to her. Too often the public does not, respect the teach ers' calling, and thc teachers look upon their work in much the same light. "In many communities thc teacher does not have milch social standing, neither has he any financial standing, lie is not usually notetl for great In tellectual and moral qualities. There is not enough r?mun?ration in the work to attract the men and thc wo men ol' thc best brains. .Such persons enter other callings. Even in the southern cities, where the remunera tion is better, teachers are often t he footballs of politicians, and their ten ure of oftico is uncertain. (Inly the best cm stand up in the face of such blighting influences and retain their manliness and self respect. In addi tion to all these things, the average intelligent citizen looks patronizingly upon teachers. In fact , teachers would not bc teachers, in their eye, if tl icy could possibly he anything else. And, then, oftentimes the very highest teacher's position in the state, the (itllce ol' the state superintendent, is given away to some politician or in competent teacher because he has some "pull." "The Great Teacher was despised and rejected of men, hut the best men and women nowadays will not sufTir themselves to be so despised and re jected while other vocations as honor able stand open to them. In thc spirit of the missionary and the matyr. some may give their lives to teaching. Hut what man, real, man wants his children doomed to ascetic ism, celibacy and social degradation';1 Men and woman who are the chil dren's social equals ought to be their teachers-virile men and strong wo men whom parents would like to meet often. "The teacher who lacks ambition, , red blood, manly strength, social standing, cannot be a real teacher and a real leader. Mere goodness, the political "pull" the badge of charity must disregarded and the selection of thc children's models and leaders put mi a professional basis, if we are to have a democracy realizing the highest and best development of the race." A (Jootl I'la II. What thc Philadelphia Public Ledger declares to be the most impor tant act ol' tlie Pennsylvania legisla ture is that providing for I lie vstema tic improvement of the public high ways and the aid and engouragemient ol' tin' counties and townships in hui hiing and maintaining good roads. An appropriation ol' $.*>,750,000 is made to put these provisions into ef fect during the next six years, and as the State is to bear but one-half the expense the measure looks to an ex penditure of $ 11,500,000 on i o ids in the period named. The act creates a Slate highway department, to exer cise a general supervision over the work. On au application from any county tliis department will deter mine thc extent of roadway lo bc im proved, prepare thc plans and speci fications according to established standards, and soc that the work done under thc Ideal authorities shall con form to I liest: standards. This act not only ensures ?in .equitable dist ribu tion of thc Slate's aid but brings tho counties and townships into directive cooperation upon a delinitc plan, with the cost divided between thc Slate and thc counties and townships. In lOni'iiRHt. The Czar seems evidently in earnest, in his new ?el'.,rln decrees, having al ready remit ted $7,-."di,ooo of overdue taxes that would otherwise have come from thc pocket of half-starved peas ants. And this ls said to he only a begginiling, so that goo I limes really may be coming in Russia. -? - ' ; ??i?>;.>TO?.i<i.1MiM??>. SPLENDID CAREER ~ Of Mr. Edward Btrobel, "Who Ia to Eetho LoRal ADVISER OF THE KINO OF SIAM. ll? lins Hold Many Position? til .Honor lit tito Deploiimtlc .Ser vice ol* tho United StutOH. Tlie dispatch from Chester announc 4nt{ Thursday that the lion. Edward II. Strubel had been appointed legal advisor to the king of Siam was a source of gratification to those who had watched with interest the steady rise of this brilliant South Carolinian who is still a yoting man. Thc Colum bia State says Mr. Strobel has held important positions under the federal government for the past 20 years and in view of his eniiuent litness for such positions of learnlngund responsibility his friends are not surprised at thc last honor which has been conferred upon him. Mr. Strobel is a native of Charleston but his home has been in Chester since the beginning of the war be tween thc States, for it was during thc time when Charleston was being shelled by the enemy that his mother, accompanied by her son and her daughter, "refugecd" in Chester. The family made their home there alter thc death of Mr. Strobel which oc curred before the end"(if the war. The cider Mr. Strobel had bjen a prosper ous banker. Edward Strobel attended thc schools I ti Chester until 1870 when he went tu Charleston and thc tutelage of a cele brated school master-Saeht-Lebari was prepared for Harvard university. In thc summer of 137:1 he passeil thc entrance examinations with honors and entered Harvard in the celebrated class of 1877, of which the late Governor Russell of Masssachu setts was a most distinguished mem ber. Congressman Littauer of New York is another dlstinguished member of that class. Strobel was very suc: ccssful in his college career and carried olia number of honors, graduating with much distinction. After finish ing collegiate course he traveled in Hu rope, beginning the study of law. Returning to Cambridge he graduated Irom the Harvard law school in thc class bf 1882. Mr. Strollers political career began in 1881, when he was appointed secretary of the legation at Madrid when that embassy was headed by the distin guished Alabamian, Dr. J. L. M. Curry, minister to Spain. In the ab sences of Dr. Cu ny, Mr. Strobel fre quently acted as charge d'affaires, and won some distinction in his work in the diplomatic lield. When the Republicans returned to power under President Harrison, Mr. Strobed came back to this country arid practiced law in New York city;' On account of his distinguished ser vices at Madrid, Mr. Strobel was mad?! lirst assistant secretary of state whim Cleveland was elected the.second lime. This was a position of great resp (risi bility, and t lie honor was a great one for so young a southern man. Later he was appointed minister to Ecuador and subsequently to Chili. His services in the latter Hold were of such a character that, when the Re publicans again ?jame into power and he was relieved of his post in Chili, the people of thc latter country jot ried with the people ol' thc .Argentine Re public in asking that Mr.- Strobel he kept there as the special commissioner to settle the bpuridry dispute between thc two countries, a dispute which threated to he followed by serious con sequences. Ho won new laurels in this riifllcult piece nf work. About that time thc trustees of Harvard decided to establish the pro fessorship of international law in the law school with thc understanding that the appointee should have had experience in the diplomatic held. Mr. Strobel was considered by the authorities of thc uuiveristy to be the one man among the Harvard gradu ates who possesed all the (|ttali libations for this hard position. Their selec tion proved most satisfactory and Mr. Strobel has been a decided success in the chair or international law at this great university. lt may be of interest that Mr. Stro bel with all of his '?globe-trotting" has never gotten married. His sister. Mrs- David Hemphil, is still living in Chester and his cousin, Mrs. W. IC. Hachman, is a resident of Columbia. Capt. Wm. A. Courtenay of Newry is also a cousin. Mr. Strobel is proud to claim South Carolina as his native State. A Good IO.va in pl e. Thc apprehensions of President Roosevelt in regard to thc alleged de cline in the American birth rate, bring into prominence some instances which seem to prove that in Georgia, at least, "race suicide" is not making very formidable headway. Tile At lanta Journal says a ''notableexample of Mr. R. W. Josey, of Laurens Coun ty, in that State, Mr. Josey ls thc father of twenty children, all of them living. He has been married twice. He is a substantial farmer in that neighborhood and his children are sturdy and industrious young people. Here is a spectacle to cheer the sourest cynic. lt reminds you of Ibbie limes. There is something patriarchal about it-something hon est, and vigorous, and "bless-yoti-m.v ehildren"-that is altogether delight ful. We have no disposition to thrust unwelcome sympathy on a man who is thus encompassed with a small army of descendants, lie. is lo be congratulated. The scrip tural idea that many children are a blessing is the true one. We can imagine a family of this size silting down to dinner. What a veritable daily barbecue that meat must he. How many loaves of bread and how many pounds of butter and dishes ol' potatoes, the company must con sume: just like a perpetual house par ly." The Journal also stales that large families are the rule in Georgia, rather than the exception. Whereby the people of that state know that they have, in some measure, the bless ing and approval of heaven. May they continue thus virtuous, that tliey may multiply, replenish the earth. Killed by a Traill. A dispatch from Wcdgelield says Coroner Sam Flowers (d' Sunder came over Friday afternoon lo hold an I ti ti hst over the hotly of William Green, colored, who was knocked oil' Hie Watered trestle this morning hy the through freight, receiving injuries which caused his death. RACE ?EEJUDICB . " I ls N'o C?ir-nter In tfio South Tiiaii iii ibo North. Some ono writing, from Newport. Pa.,-to the New York Commercial Advertiser says: Last week there ap peared tn the Philadelphia papers un amusing account of tho s?lection "by mistake or one of Philadelphia's divinity students-Mr. Brown*-for the pastorate of the Episcopal chu roh at Lompoc, Santa Barbara county, Cal. . lt seems that the aforesaid divin ity student, desiring to go to Cali fornia, wrote to BIsuop Johnson of that state, asking if he could place him. Tho bishop had already been requested tu send a progressive clergy man to the church at Lompoc, and, being favorably impressed by the let ter of Mr. Drown, he extended the In vitation to him. A week or two later the bishop was sitting in thc study of his Los Augeles home when Rev. Mr. Brown or Phila delphia was announced. He rose to greet him, gasped with amazement when he found himself confronted with a negro. Reference to thc let ters explained the situation. Mr. Brown had failed to inform him that he was of the black race. "As thc Lompoc church ls white, of course lt was impossible to send him there. A place will bc found for him in the negro church circles of Los Angeles." When thc southern people begged thc president not to appoint a colored man to the collectorship of Charles tim, S. C. they were accused of hold ing unreasonable prejudices, and thc president Insisted un pushing thc Cru m nomination up to thc senate during two sessions, with in timation that unless tho senate took some action on it lie would appoint C? um lo thc oflloe during the recess of that body. Thc negro Bishop^ Walters at a gathering in Philadelphia night be fore last said: "Pennsylvania bas 51,000 negro voters, and yet there is' not a negro tilling a tirst-class place in the state, and thc Republican parly would have to go out of business if it were not for black man's votes." United States senator arc the con stitutional advisers of thc president on appointments ti If coting their states, ls il to bc imagined that New York or Massachusetts or any other of thc original slates would have remained in the union bad Gen. Washing ton made appointments of collectors of ports and postmasters in opposition to the advice and consent ol' her sena tors? My opinion is that thc senators of each state, regardless of their at titude to tlic administration, are vest ed wi til thc inalienable right to dict ate appointments-that thc constitu tional command thal the president shall, willi thc. advice and consent of the senate, make appointments must be obeyed, and that senatorial courtesy from the Hist hour ot our union forbade opposition to that home rule feature of the confederation. A GREAT INVENTION Ky ?in Alabama Man tbiit. 1-2nahlea tlic Deal'to Hear. Miller Reese Hutchinson, a young Alabaman, has recently won fame'-e c?use of his efforts in behalf of >:e deaf. Thc Washington coiTesn^dcl^ ? of thc Chicago Tribune says that hy means of invent ion, Mr. Hutchinson enabled three children who w4rc deaf, dumb, and blind lo bear a pian ist play Sousa's marches. A phono graph repeated,the sounds, and souids of thlcr own voices tillering the words "mamma" "papa" and "hello, " In quavering childish treble. Tlic px peri ment s were made al t ile laboratory ol' Mr. Hutchinson and were witnes>:d by many persons. The invention consists, primarily, of a transmit-er' an ear piece and a small electric bat tery. By inca ns of these instruments sound is projected into thc ear in a mariner to simulate the auditory nerve. Thc vol u mn of sound has nothing todo with thc action of these instruments. The penelrating quality of thc electric sound wave apparently disregards the mechanism of t he outer ear and ctTects thc iiincr ear direct. Tlie lirst patient brought out to try the effects of the invention was Orris Henson, wlm is; blind, deaf,and dumb. A physician tried lo make him hear in various ways bul all bis efforts were in vain. The little instrument was then clapped to the lad's car, thc current switched on, and Mr. Hutch bison said in an ordinary conversa liona) tone, "papa." Thc youth work ed bis fingers rapidly in the sign lan guage. The current was made strong er. The youth's eyeballs were raised anti he smiled Then he tried to re peat tho syllables and in a weird tre ble cried shrilly, "pah-pah." Tobacco Kinnrivs. Tlie Crop Reporter published by Hil-, department ol' agriculture in its current issue gives a long arlicle on Hie wonderful growth of tobacco in Ibis stale, ll.says: The. remarkable increase in thc acreage, production and value to the tobacco crop of thc Rec I iee section ol'South Carolina arc important factors of the development ol this great ind unity. Ten years ago this stale could not be considered as a tobacco producing stale by any means, but now Hu: value of the to bacco crop annually amounts to over rjs:ll,00U,00U. The marked Increase in this rapidly growing industry will be plainly seen by a few ligures herewith given. In i88!) there were only :t04 acres ol' tobacco planted in Ibis state, up >n which was produced a mop ol' '2'22,HUS pounds, valued at S:Wji)03, while In 15102, 3-1,? 12 acres were devoted to t he culture of tobacco, producing 25,521,-IOS pounds which is valued at more t han $:i,OUO,O00. Thc quality ol' tobacco produced in ibis slate is excellent and ls enjoying a most enviable reputation on bulb domestic and foreign markets. Thc marked increase has been confined to a limited portion in the l'ee Dec seel ion. Tho four counties, Florence, Marion, Darlington and Morry pro duce about SU per cent ol' tho total crop raised in the stale. Thc growth ol' t he tobacco indus! ry has been at tended with great linaticial benefit to the farmers in many sections where cotton has heretofore been attended with great financial benefit lo thc farmers, lu many sections where colton bas heretofore been the only source of revenue lo thc farmer, to bacco is now being grown lo snell an extent; that thc money value of this crop surpasses that of cotton. Pills result has been attained without materially lessening Hie volume ol' thc euLlon crop, hence the annual income to farmers is practically double. B?IERlNlV ?PPEA1 To Carolinians to -Perpetuate the j Memory oi Wale Hampton. * PLAN OUTLINED BY COMMISSION. Organized VeteriwiH ?nd Others Are dilled Upon to Hurry Up the Work in Their s Counties. The legislative commission tit take charge ol' the appropriation for thc equestrian statue to thc memory of Gen. Wade Hampton, and "also of all voluntary contributions which may be committed to them," has Issued au address culling upou the "mea and women of South Carolina" to aid in erecting this monument at the earliest date possible. The address, after reciting thc act of 1903, which has already been print ed, continues: In accordance with the terms of this act we have been appointed by his excellency, Governor Hey ward, a commission to carry out its patriotic purpose. We bad hoped that thc ex cellent aud distinguished gentlemen appointed by the association of Con federate veterans to raise a fund for thc purpose of erecting a monument to Wade Hampton would continue the task they had so earnestly and suc cessfully begun, but since they have thought it best that both the collec tion of thc private fund necessary to secure thc public appropriation and the erection of the statute should be In our hands we heartily enter upon this labor of love, assured that wc shall have tho cheerful cooperation of thc men and women of South Carolina and that the pious work will soon be accomplished. "Mr. Robert W. Shand, in behalf of the Hampton memorial committee, has already placed in our hands thc sum o? $900.00, raised by the Hamp ton Memorial association, to which $249.10 has been added rrom contribu tions made through Gen. Wilie .Iones. The sum of $8,795.00 must therefore still be raised by subscription in order to secure the appropriation from the public treasury and to justify us in perfecting a contract for the proposed statue for which we are now prepar ing to secure designs and estim?tes. We are informed that other sums have been subscribed, and we ask that they bc collected and forwarded to.l. Q. Marshall, treasurer of the commis sion, at once. PLAN ADOPTED. "We have adopted thc following plan for raising thc additional amount: The Confederate camps in each county arc reqnested to recom mend live suitable persons In their respective counties to bc appointed by us a county committee to collect and forward the quotas requested from the several counties. We feel that this is a privilege rightly belonging to the comrades of the deceased chief tain. "Thc sons of thc veterans are urged to mute with their fathers in ibis work, for in honoring Hampton they honor their parents. The Daughters of the Confederacy and the rest of the patriotic women of the State vho have ever been instant in ministering to the heroes of thc Lost Cause when living and commemorating their valor when dead, and have in many ways ?i?j?SUdy test!tied to their love for Wade Hampton, need not be urged to make this ihe crowning effort ol' their patriotic devotion. "Thc public at large will esteem it a privilege to testify to their admira tion for one who in war and peace was the embodiment of the spirit and geniousof South Carolina. A SPLENDID TltiltUTE. "Wade Hampton's long life of more than four score years was devoted to the service (d' his State, lu early manhood he was a safe counselor in the general assembly. When South Carolina lcd in secession, it matters not that this policy was not deemed by him to be wise, bc was among the lirst to draw his sabre and shed his blood, bearing thc name and honor of Ids native State far in the forefront ol' battle, achieving for her and himself a reputation for valor that extended throughout two continents, wherever the story of thc struggle was told. "In the political revolution of 187(1 it was Hampton's wisdom and prud ence coupled with his determination that gained fie victory. As governor of his State and as her senator in the halls of congress he showed himself a statesman of the highest rank. "In declining years he was the sage Offering counsel from the abundance of his wisdom and expel leuce. "And at the last, when he had fought the good tight and had finished his course, he tranquilly yielded up his life breathing the prayer, 'All my people, black and white-God bless them.' "Though- Wade Hampton lives in history and in thc hearts of his countrymen and needs no monument to remind thom of his life and works, they feel that they (?wc it to them selves to erect a nollie equestrian statue in idle capitol grounds so that strangers seeing it may lie reminded of this son of South Carolina, who loved her with heart and soul,who would like Leonidas, have cheerfully fallen in obedience to her laws and like Wash ington lived to bring order from Chaos, prosperity to her industry and peace to her people." The address ls signed by Senator C. S. McCall, chairman; Senator.). i?. Marshall and Representatives Alta mont Moses, Ii. M. Seabrook and lt. A. Morgan._ Tho Cr?/.y Kider. The State says Dr. J. W. (bibcock reports little change, in the condition of thc Mormon elder who was given severe treatment in Williamsburg county a few days ago on account of his offending a lady of the Lake City section. 'Phe ilfirnpntcd elder's travel ing companion has called on him here. These elders always go alunit in pairs. The question now arises, "What shall be done with this insane man?" He is not a citizen of this State, and thc law provides that the. State of South Carolina shall not take care of parties in such a condition miles they have been residents for two years preceding. This was done in order to keep neighboring States rrom impos ing upon South Carolina. As the elder Is a citizen or Utah it is thought that he should be cared for by thc people or that State. At Chicago while - jokcing with a relative, Miss Nellie O'Day picked up a small rille yesterday"afternoon a id accidentally touched the trigger, 'l ue weapon was discharged killing ber aunt, Mrs. Margaret O'Day. The cor oner's jury acquitted the>young wo man who is prostrated with grief. TUC- Tamed President? ,, begins to look ns If the President been tamed by Borne body and we rather .suspect that / Senator Mark ilanna'knowB moro about lt than ho will admit. As tho Columbia State says "tho rearing .Huh of November' ls tho meek and peaceful lamb or April. What a tran formation in tho brief span of six months!" The St ate. ?oes on to say that "the bold, brave talk or President ' Roosevelt last fall caused the anti-trust people to applaud. Thc J pictorial papers represented the stren uous chief executive as a Goliath, I brandishing a knotted club, and rc I ducing all unlawful combines to their proper state. Yet It* was noticed that thc trusts were exhibiting no signs of mental anguish. Cases or nervous prostrutlou were not reported lu that class, and Uanna still smiled che erf il ly-doubtless winked tbs trustrul eye. The great man who fries out the fat for the Republican campaign expenses said nothing In public. Ile let thc president set off his anti-trust lire works, but later, lu heart to heart talks, doubtless revealed the true situation. Thc president's speech on 'The Trusts' Friday at Milwaukee reveals a thorough knowledge of thc situation from the standpoint of Hanna and Pierpoint Morgan. . "Between almost every two lines or Mr. Roosevelt's address there is apology for thc trusts or disapproba tion of those who arc lighting thc un lawful combines. The attempt ls made to burden all thc honest trust lighters with thc indiscriminate fanatical attacks on capital by social ists. The president professes abso lute satisfaction wltl? the anti-trust legislation of the last congress, when it was well known carly in the session that, he favored a more effective method of combatting the Immense power of thc monopolies. The presi dent quotes at length and with thc highest appreciation, as demonstrat ing thc Important work being accom plished, the performances pf the inter state commerce commission and Attor ney General Knox in preventing a railroad deal herc and equalizing a freight rate there While thes2 re strictions on thc 'graft' of certain cor porations in localities do not touch I he real trust evils affecting every buyer in thc union as well as many of the producers, the president has magni fied them into accomplishments ful lilling thc demands of the public. Hut he neglects to furnish the important information that the work he praises was completed or well under way when he made his demands bust Tall tor ade quate laws lo control trusts. "Great stress is laid on thc tllVc tlveness ol* thc new 'publicity' law, when the department of commerce is given the rouans df en forcing it. lt seems that the wily Rcbublicans authorized an army and commissioned a general but failed to provide the sinews of war, so even thc bcnelits to bc derived by thc public from pub licity will bc indefinitely postponed. The criminal weakness ol' this law ls that it leaves it to the discretion of ollicials to decide what corporations are to have their affairs made public. Even the Ingenious lianna could not lia ve devised a more effective fat fry ing scheme, lt is not in the blood or bone of Republican ollicials to kill the goose that lays thc golden eggs, and a. contribution of a million br two to thc campaign md will guarantee the secret conduct ol* any kind of highway robbery. Agaiu. thc act declared by President Roose velt to bc admirable and all-sufficient applies only to those tru>ts formed after said act goes into effect, thus making immune thc tremendous com binations already operating.. "Move ^cautiously," "go slowly," "take timcV "avoid rashness," "don't cripple business," are the burdens of our erstwhile "trust buster's" speech. He strenuously opposes a reduction of the protective tariff ontru^.t products. That would bc killing thc patient to cure the disease, he says. What sophistry 1 Hy such reasoning, by such contentions, thc Republican party is breeding socialists and anarchists as foul, stagnant water breeds mosqui toes. The need of the oil of Democ racy is most urgent. The people de mand that thc former leaders in the party which represents thc people cease growling at each other and that they lace Mle common enemy. There is timber for a platform In President Roosevelt's speech." Do Not Want Nejrroes. Thc people ol' Brooklyn, like a good many other people of Yankecdom, don't love the negro at close, range. The New York Sun says feeling ran high at a meeting of the residents and property owners along Carlton avenue, Brooklyn, called to devise ways and means to prevent thc Young Women's Christian association from establish ing a branch for colored women at 280 Carlton avenue. "1 move you, Mr. Chairman;'' said a resident, "that a shotgun and rope committee be appointed.'! The motion was received with a smile by Chairman J. B. Boughton, who, however, advised careful discus sion of the best means to prevent the est ablishment of thc branch. "We are always willing to con tribute to the higher education or the negro," said one speaker, "but wc do not want niggers for neighbors." R?solutions were adopted asking tho? Young Women's Christian association to consider Hie feelings of the proper ty owners and residents ol' the neigh borhood. It was pointed out that property had depreciated in value during the last week, $2l)0 less being oll'ered for houses than on the day be fore tiie announcement of the signing lof the lease by thc association; At the close of thc meeting thc man who asked that a shotgun committee bc appointed strode up to thc chair man and offered $2;") toward defraying UK- expense ol carrying out his plan. "I will conti Unite $25 worth of rope for thc niggers if they come in tile neighborhood, or I will contribute the sume stun toward defraying the ex pense attached to any other method ol' ridding the neighborhood of them,'' he said. The man went from thc meeting de claring t hat his drastic measures were the only feasible ones and he seemed much annoyed because lils fellow resi dents laughed at his proposition. Thc ljftte Iv ?UK Ol' Vrt|)H. Acting .Secretary Darling of thc navy bas directed Rear Admiral Evans comma oder-1n-chict of thc Asiatic station, to have the supply ship .lustin, while on its way Lo thc Pacific coast, call at thc Island of Yap and leave there thc attorney of thc heirs of David O'Keefe, thc late Icing of that island, who came from Savannah, Ga., and on his death left a large, estate, for the possession of which bis heirs will make a light. Thc navy department has not agreed, however, to provide a ship for the return of the American attorney on the completion of his mission. Scrofula, Sores, Bbils,c Catarrh, and all diseased arising f rom Impurities. io[ the blood. Endorsed by physicians and prominent people, every where after thorough trial. DOES NOT INJURE THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. t-' ' ? ? ' UAMIO??, N. C. Qontlemon :-I take p] ensure In bearing teBtlmnny to tho curative properties of your"Hnr.oMAOiDK.<' Two bottles cured my son of a toad case. If tbl? w?l bo or any bonoQt to you In advertising' your meritorious remedy, yon ?ran uso lt. "EoUra truly? W. H. BAND, Steward Sidle Blind ItutUutUm.' .'All Druggists, $1.00; or prepaid on receipt of price. 2Bobbitt Chemical Co.\ ? - - Baltimore, fid. .TAYLORS Cherokee Remedy otSweet Gum & Mullein Cures Cough?, Cold?, Whooping: Cough, La filip pe J nd all Throat amt Lung'1 roubles Made ol' Pure Sweet Gum, Mul lein and Honey. Your Druggist sells it 2f? and f>?? THE GXJIGNARD..J|?RICK;WQRB;S^ COLUMBIA, S. C. Dulldin? and Re Pressed Brick. Special shapes to order. Fire Proof Ter ra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared .to lill orders for thousands or for millions. -tili?. IA Rt KST MAN OFACTURERS OF l\i%h Grade Pianos<and Organs US TH lb WORLD. Factories, CliicaviVn id Sr Charles, Illinois. . Ca"it 1, T>\ 1 MILLION DOLLARS, $2,000,000. IM I:I':II Ho.i?c, 2H->. Kirif St. C \i Heston, S. C. riANOS AND OPGANS Sr M on Easy Terms. Beff5rc buying _ w ?lt .or miroitai gue ar Vter-rs . Factory prices made. A rain .'ni of Shi?cl M-iMcan-' small Musical Instruments In stock. ' JJ V. WALLACE, Manager. THE ~:FL -^L.E OOIYIRAPJV, I ll Miwi'Ss roN, s. c. GOUJMBIA LUMBER 5: MFG. GO. S rt SM, DOORS, BLINDS, INTERIOR FIlNIStf, MOULD ING ftND LUMBER, ANY QUANTITY. Columbia, G. Tillman's Tlilll?ipln A dispatch I rom Olia rles tun says the largest, audience ever assembled nt thc Academy or Music was uut>. Friday night to hear Senator li. lt. Tillman deliver thc baccalaureate ad dress lo the graduating class of South ' Carolina Medical College. Hundreds of people were unable to "get within fi ght of the authorium or the thet trc. Every scat was taken: the aisles were crowded with people who sat and stood on the stairs and there was a mass or humanity. Thc graduat ing cla^s of tue college, was a hirue and popular one and the Howers sent its members and Senator Tillman would have lilied sevenii wagons. Senator Tillman spoke for one hour giying an appropriate and t imely ad dress to the yn ing doctors. The E reception autoed him... bv^;^^ audience was of the most'enthusiast.-.,^ order. _ I South Carolina Still Iiemls. . ; Among the evidences nf progress noted by The Manufacturers' Record is the unusual degree of activity in the south during the I past three months in the erection of new cotton mills. Imring that period announcement has been made of 287.780 spindles an'.l (>,2t:t looms in southern states, of which 205,080 spindles and ??003"j looms are credited to enlargements be- j ' ing made by established plants. Tim ' ligures by States are rv follows: - . States. Sp dies. Looms. Alabama. 2,000 20U North Carob na.lou,(?00 2,105, i Texas.' 17,000 ' 450 , ! Georgia. 17,000 150 South Carolina.145,580 3,048 Mississippi. 5,000 2:to'i Total.287,USO 0,243 "Tho main difference between the New York and Chicago, horse shows," i says the Chicago Tribune, "is the j amount of diamonds displayed. New | York bouts Chicago about two barrels." This causes the, Kansas City Star to observe that the main difference be tween tho Kansas City horse show and those In New York and Chicago is In the ligures on which to dlsplny dia monds, nnd in this particular Kansas City heals both of its rivals by n thou sand miles. Mr. Edison cnn do the traveling pub He n real service-by dropping the stor age Im Kory for a few moments and turning his attention to Inventing some system .whereby the crew and- passen gers of a through express trnlu l?ny bo able to defend themselves against any lone -obiter that may luke a notion to loot tje train. .. : During a recent debate In the Span ish cortes General Woylor asserted that he-would have terminated the Cu t?a n insurrection if lie had hot been re called. L'mloubtedly. but before thia was accomplished he would have ter minated ail the Cubans. who aro in norri bf the lip ?i litcriical iront moni should not full tnoousult Or. Hatha way ni ."tire, .is ho ls l ? t- " !* ll 1 /. O .! ns tli?' kail I HU ami nm-t BWS uWful H.i?, cc I nil nt. Y mi uro >? ii fe i n l-liioiiiii your fii-o In 1.1- hands, iii) ho le Iho Inncoiit o-dnlillslicci und hiH tho l cat roji ti tat ton. Hr euros /^^^W rV-?. wileri! others full; . t.- / tlioro ls no imtohwork ' .fiv> ?.T?..-.y-"'.;i3??^?lir o\! orinioiilllIK in 'fl /\$M--.?r.'???.5s?p 1 i \ \ 1/3 ' his irotitment. ivr ic\ fia ? '"' it">li.ll ntioiiiion by Pr 1-' ;?-,/ ':!>/-. ///,,.: ifitilinwny, a No spo in:, HATHAWAY. dial comiso! from hts iissiveliOe nhyslolnii?' ?hon nooo-?<?tirv', which nrtotlicr bfll'vo ha-?. If yon (--ii, ni.i c.iii, wri:o for free hooklcM nnd i|\lo illili I.'.;;-.!,-. Men i iou > nur; I rouble. Kv r-rythlil!{ iTtrlcllv rotilblciiiiul .<. Newton Halhaiwiy. M. I>. ... Ks Inman lhjilding 22? S. Broad St Atlanta, Ga. ?ROOFING. Inexpensive to l:iy. Easy to koop in repair. .Light and very durable. jW?terpr?i f and ordofless. Not affected by change of tem perature, x .Elastic. Acid and Alkali-proof. Eire-resisting arid ol?-brcc?, Vermin will not attack it. All ready to lay. Needs no painting or coating) ? Will 1101 deteriorate with age.. ; SOUTFI?ASTERV ,}| LIME. & CEMENT COMPANY. All classes building material, CHARLESTON, S. 0. On Your Roof, Man, Usn GRAPHITE ELASTIC. This preparation bas all other Roof Paints badly beat, lt is made of Graphite, a iiard gum, and creosote. The creosote is used to Cut ttie gum. and evaporates very quickly when applied, leaving the {tim to hold thc Graphite, lt sells for :i Dollar a gallon in small lots, cheaper per barrel. The cheapest Graphite^ Roof Paint sold, and the best. i . Distributing Agents, Storni Billers Sogy Go., 615 Plain St., Columbia, S. C." Carolina Portland PpiTlPTltrn- CHARLESTON \^/L/lllL,ill \A)?? south Carolina. Gager's White Lime, Cements, Eire Bricks, Terra Cotta Pipes. -27-1 v. D?ring thc big Kansas City shoot 18,000 defenceless doves whose natural fleetness of wing bad been dulled by coop life, were, to. thc disgrace of tlidt. city, thrown from traps and shot at "just for fun." As ? Longfellow says: "-A slaughter to be told in groans, not words.Many crippled birrls., ctfoi?p*ed, to- die a lingering death," .with .broken" "legs,-lc iks shot away or bodies ripped 'open.' Kor in stance, I found hear the gun club grounds a dove with both legs shot off Muttering helplessly about hunting " food. Surely :this dove was paying dearly for somebody's "fun." ! If causes pain, hardens tho public con science and above all cultivates cruel ty in tho hearts-of the young, than which there is nothing moro danger ous to thc future- happiness of our own race. Lem ii the Tril .cmuel Borden, lawyer and editor of bu ne of the.People .of Wood stock, Va., advertised for a wife. She came in thc person of Mrs. Aman da Deer, from Montazuma, Ind. Fri day. She.was :fully . np to specifica tions and in a few minutes they were married.