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CHILD LABOR BILL j i Killed In the House on Last Thursday. ? X 810 MAJORITY A0AIN8T IT. Strong Arguments Made for and Against tho Bill, Ex tracts from Which W? Print. Tho ohild labor bill was defeated in the Uouso of Representatives on Thursday by a voto of 66 to 32. Tho bill provided thftt children under twelve yoars of ago should not work in "factories, mines an ^textile manufacturing establishments." Iho Gght on tho bill began when Mr. Weston oalicd it up as a special order Thursday morning. Mr. liucker mor cd to striko out the enacting words A motion to continue tho bill was vo ted down by a largo majority, and tho dobato went od. Mr. Guntcr of Aiken said that some think wo are tr>inp to introduce now methods and that wo should stick to the old. But this is a progressive ago and South Carolina should keep her face to tho front. Forty years ago South Carolina sufl^rod under negro slavery Today she is suffering as merciless a V... _ 11 ; i- iinn .l:ij niBii i v w/ miuvrui.^v mm uiiiiurcu under 12 years of ago to l>o slaves in cotton faotorics. The cotton mill prcsidonto who arc here fighting tho bill admit that tho iguoranco of tho cUton mi llpeoplc exceed their expectations. Ho read from Col Orr's circular letter to sustain his position. In the discussion beforo tho committeo on eouimcrcoand manufaotu'ers. who represented tho cotton mills of tho piedmont? It was the cotton mill president or superintendent and one little preacher. Tho operative was not thoro roprosonted. South Carolina is behind other State*. Sho is lagging bohind Russia, England, Franco and States in this government. One has only to go to tho Richland or thoGranby mill in Colombia to see children working as vori'ablo slaves 11 hours a day to put money into tho octlers of the corporation. Ho appealed for tho ohildron to bo kept out of the noiso and the grease and stilling atmosphere of tho mills. In reply to Mr. Galluohat ho paid that 30 States in tho Union had laws prohibiting ohildron from working in tho mills udIchs they attonlod nohools feix months in tho year. In Massachusetts a rogular system of registration is employed. Mr. R B. A. Robinson of Anderson opposed tho bill. Ho said his people . . ~ L _ I - . -1 I. - i w^lll III UU 1UI SlUUU. 11 IP Op'.lO.llU w it it llio parents whether or not thoy would work children iu tho mills. Thore aro a number of widows in eottou mill districts in this vicinity who dopond upon tho labor of their children. Ho would bo glad if tho little tots did,not havo to go out in tin frosty morning to pick co'ton. Hut souio body has to labor. Nobody has the tight to tell him what ho must do with his own ohildron unless ho should abusj them. Who is making the greatest strides of frogman, tho old countries mentioned by Mr Gunter or tho United Statta of America. Mr. John MoMastcrnoxt secured the floor. This <i'io6tion came up iu Kiglaud 10 years beforo tho American revolution. When Watts and others moullAiaA/? m artlnnrvwii a /??. " * - %IVUUU U1AVUIUVI jr VVS O^'IU U\JklUU| ill IIIU North cf England aroso woodorfnl manufactories. Iq tho oourso of time wouien and ehildron were leased to tho faotories, and tho outrageous way in which they wore treated led to labor agitation and labor enaction in 1800. It is a specious argument to ask "Am I my brother's kcopor." Mr. MoMastor charged that Mr. Ellison Stnytho had e?id before the committee that when ho went to Anderson 20 years ago he found the peoplo tho most illiterate ho had evor scon. Dr. Curry in visiting tho shipyards at Norfolk had inquired who were tho skilled laborers who roocivod the big pay and had found out that thoy woro northern men. All tho big pay men in tho mills oorno from tho north whero they havo laws of this kind.CHo doosn't want a olass legislation. Ho doesn't want a rioh cotton mill owner claps and a poor peoplo olass. Ho waDts a peoplo of ono kind, a peoplo who can read and writo and make good citizens. Mr. M. L. Smith of Camden favored tho bill. Every South Carolinian is proud of tho State's advanooLuent. Hut wo now have a great problem to fsoo, a problem which every manufacturing Stato has had to faoo and to solvo. Ho spoke particularly upon tho political as speot of tho question. Tho report of tho Stato superintendent shows that although last yoar $700,01)0 was spODt fo.* tho education cf white children and $200,000 for tho Ncgroos thero wort 150.000 Negroes in tho schools and hut 125,000 whites. Under the leadorship of thoughtful Negroes, that race is bocoming educated. The whim nhilrt must bo taught to thick of itself or veotually Iobo its citifonshp. Tho crodenoy of tho mills is toward oowmcrial protection and liepublioanism. Thoso people should bo taught upon tho prinoiplts of Demooraoy. Thceo children are not at work by their owu will. They .are put thoro by indolent paronts who loaf around through tho week and on Saturday draw thoir children's pay and spend it riotously. Thc.sc pcopio aro to bo the futuro citizens. 1 ho girls to make tho hooios, tho boys to oast tho ballots, and it is tho duty of this assembly to logislatc for futuro generations. As to tho petitions whioh had been circulated hers, thoy amount to notbing. It would not require much work to get tho operatives to sign thoiu. Mr. F. il. Mi Master said that ho had visited tho mills of tho Piedmont. Despite the happy conditions existing in tee Piedmont now this legislation is necessary. It is not to oonsider whether one paront is kiud and one is oruel, but it is to be determined whether ohildron barely out of tho oradlo must beemployod in tho mills. Conditions in a mill eannot bo healthful and cmnot be oonduoivo togood oitis.nship The older employes aro shown by sa lis tits to be more illiterate than tho young. Shall the disapproval of tho il? literate elders toward this bill bo taken as a healthy soutiment. Mr. R B A Robinson wanted to know if Mr. McM\stcr thought tho Piedmont representatives wm lying about tho attitude of tho mi I opera tives. Mr. MiMiBtrr replied certainly not Flo agreed with tho Piedmont representatives that tho conditions thero aro ideal. And it is to diftuso theso ideal conditions among all tho mills of tho S'ato that ho was spoaking. Orr, Smythe and Pickens have written their names high on the scroll of fatno. They aro doing a grand work for huunnity. lie could not find it in his heart to legislate against against emh m^n and ho would not doit. It was in behalf of humanity rather than agaiast oor pcratious. (Jo to Pol* jr. ho said. Thoro vou will find school housoH Mid churches as fino as any in Columbia or Uhar'oston, furnished bv tbo ownora of tlio mills for tho use of tho eperativos. Tbcro Capt. Smytho, glorious bo his name, has worked among tho operatives. There many facilities and conveniences and luxuries nro furnished froo to tho operatives by tho mills Thoso peoplo desire no legislation, for they need nono. Hut tho question is shall wo put other mill communities on the same plane? Shall wo remain in tho pHno of tho dark rgrs or shall wo aduaooo as Kogland has done? Wo nro now just entering into a manufacturing era and from tho exi erieucc of Knglnnd and Now England this legislation is noocs sary. Ho closed with an earnest disclaimer that ho would not legislato against corporations. Mr. l'rinco of Anderson paid that ho' could rot bo fri?litcuod by tho intimatiou that within two yearn tho labor unions would take charge of tho Piedmont nod Icnvo him and others at home. Keprcsonling as good people as there arc on the faeo of tho earth, ho is not afraid to do his duty and go back to them. Mr. Princo stated tliRt his homo is in a ward in which factory pcoplo livo. There is riot a more ordorly community anywhero In reply to tho Ptatcmont of Mr. .John MoMaster that tho operatives of tho south would always bo sorvants to northern supcrintondents and bosses, Mr. Pnnoo stated that tho superintendent and bosses of tho mill at Anderson aro county born. Thoso operatives, ho continued, oorno fro utho mountainsof Georgia, Tonnoss-30 and tho Oaro'.inas. They got moro iu a couplo of mouths out of tho mills than tlioy did in a year in tho moun tains. They nro sturdy people with good, hard sense and rnako good oiti- , zens. 'J alkingabout raiding uporiminals ! why Pelzcr, u town of (3,000 pcoplo,* is kept clear of criuio by ono magistrato and his constable. Could tho satno | lliiug he said of Columbia or any other place? Tho mill ohildrcn arc not harder worked than they wcro ou tho farms and tlioy arc hotter led aud hotter o'othed. Whonoo came tho ignoranoo in the mills. Itooiuo from tho country; God bless the oiuntry. Ho was a ooun try raised boy himself acd said this in no ill fooling to tho country. Ho thon defended the Kov. T. C Jiigon who had opposed tho bill before the committee and who had hc3n rofcrrrd to by Mr, Guntcr. Jharlio Ligon is nooc of your piecplcohnso preachers. Ho is a ... , n U i... _ \l ? UidUi vt V7V4 lUtlUL- Illtli n ( LI CI LI ? i*t r. lhiuoo meant no reflection upon tho gentlemen who had differed with Mr. Ligon in tho public priot, hut Mr. Ligon had lived with tho ftoiory pooplo and known them and tho other preaonnrs had not. Tho opcrativos aro not allowed to drink in I'eizorand othor towns. IIo cited tho drunkard who taken the wp-208 of liin ohildr.n who work iu stores and is himself a town loafer as a char \otcr unknown to well regulate! mill communities. Wo aro just on tho threshold of a great mill building era eud ho wanted no legislation whioli wou'd bo oountry to tho spirit of tho tirnos Tho people who aro labosers now would bo 6o:bos in tho mills to bo built, lie oou tonded that girls bctwccu 11 and 18 aro injured worno than children. Mr. Francis 11. Weston, author of the bill under tiro, was-noxt recognized. Ho eaid that insinuations had been mado by ono side or tho othor about what would happen to tho political future of tho mm who voted for or against the bill. Ho oared not how it would affect his political fu'uro, but ho would ad vocato tho bill boc.uso ho boliovod it to ho right. It is truo that South Car olina nulls employ ohildron under 12 yc&ra of ngo. The question in, shall this bo stoppod? This oountry isrulod by men plsced in power by tho b\Ilots ol the pooplo. Tho quostion is, shall tho countiy bo ruled oy an intolligout oonsUtuoRcyY South Carolina ranks among tho lowest Slates in the Union in tho matter of illitornoy. If tho child does not got oduoation iu its tondcr voars, tho opportunity is lost forovcr. Tho constitution of South Carolina basos oitizonship upon intelligence. Intelligence among tho people is uecesBftsy to tho preservation of liberty. Aro wo to labor forovcr uudor tho blight of illitornoy? Unions wo tako some stops wo will do so. What makos Massaohusotts so prosperous? Hooauso hor children aro being educated aud tho educated mind produces tho greator ro- J suits than matter. South Carolina has nover waited for any other State to mark out tho path of duty and tho tirao is at hand for her to act in this matter. It will not hurt tho mills. Mr. Croft of Aiken, said that tho question is comparatively a new one. Within tho past few yoars many thousands of pcopio havo boon engaging in tho mill businoss and many now prob lems aro being presented for solution. Wo can profit by tho oxparionoo of otlmr States. He has a kin Uy fooling foi tho milli. Indeed, but a fow days ago ho had on this floor showed his friendship for them Hut this is a question of higher sigtiitioanoo. Ho was absolutely certain that tho proposition is right. Too kill seeks to givo health and intelligence to thoso little ones, llob these ohildron of tho fow Vr>?rH wVif.n flirt (Vrtrt U.itnnlj nm , -r? * ..v ? ?mv - * %jyj livaVUld f?l KJ WjJUU to thorn and thoir opportunity in gono forcv< r. Tho hopo of wliito doujinion ia in tho intelligonoo of the wliito people. lie pasaod mi oncoaiium upon tho oounty 01 Anderson. And this proud county does not cood tho very law whioh wo aro trying to onaot. Ho oongratuUtod Anderson on tho voluntary action of its mill presidents in cstablishing a system suoh as this bill proposes for tho ontiro State, f \ Turning to Mr. Prinoo, ho said: Arc you sinooro when you say that this bill would insult theso people? It would olcvato them. Laws bavo been alroady raised limiting tho hours of labor. Since that law has passod has not South Carolina sprung forward and distanood tho Union? They had been told that tho creation of a railroad commission would ruin tho railroads of tho State. Sineo that tiuio many union of traok had been laid. Tho law protoots a man's ox, his horsn or his rnulo. Shall tho beasts of the fields bo protootod and not ohildron? Insootivorous birds oannot bo killed. T K O mat. oif A Vnintae/l ?? 1*.?A a uv lunj ,ouvj uuf'bl IU 13 |'I UIV,'UIUU| U U \ not tho ohildron of tho Hiato. Child labor has not brought prosperity. Prosperity has o>mo in spito of ohild labor. To tho lionor of old l'o) tor it may be said that her stock is groator above all othors in tho State. And this is a mill whioh does not employ ohild labor. Calling to him ono of tho littlo pages of the houso, Mr. Croft gavo a striking object loBSOn. Tho ohild was just It) years old Mr. Croft said that thous ands of children of thi3 sizo aro going to work by starlight in tho morning and coming houio by starlight at night. Ho would not ohallongo tho honesty of tho dootors or tho sanoitity of tho preaohoro, but their judgment oannot bo but erring if thoy think that to labor in mills benefits ohildron. lie calPd to instanoo incidents of tho igfeelingly cf faotory ohildron and told foolicgly of tho cfioet upon tho physical constitutions of ohildron who had oomo under his observation. Tho faotory oporativos aro as poor as poverty itself. For generations thoy havo been fihut olf from oduoation acd cnlightmcnt and they aro not ablo to properly discriminate as to tho nooos situs for their offsprings no recttea i no iiistory or cotton rati legislation in KigUnd. In 1802 Usbort Peel, tbo older, suooocdod in having children under 9 years of ago kept oui of tho cotton mills. K)bcrt l'ccl, tlu younger, and tho lato quoon in hoi early reign, oxtondod thoHo laws. Gor many, wliioh loadB all tho ompiros o tho world, gics oven furihor aud ha; compulsory education. Massaohusotts prohibits ohildren un dcr 18 from working in mills, and at 1,' they must nhow that thoy havo booi at Hohool livo months tho yoar before And furthcrmoro no woman or inino can bo oompollod to work moro than If hours a day. Those doctors Bay it is healthful fo ohildren to work iu mills. Whoro ii their common sonsc? KauUnd, with all her labor laws, hai made more progross in tho last fov months than tho groat commonwoaltl of America, lie quoted au cditoria from Tho State to tins otfoot. lie deBoribed tho grandeur of Amor ion and claimed that the whito mai must he supremo. Tho oonsus of 189' Bhowed that in thia S'.ato there wor 689 1 11 nogrocH and but 462,008 whites This was ono of tho Statos forced t< adopt sulfrago qualifications in ordci to proscrvo to tho whito man his au prcmaoy. In 1890 there wero 13,761 white poo plo in Aikon and 18,000 negroes. Sinc< that three ootton mills havo been buil in Aiken county and tho population o' the racos is about ovon, yet tho no groes have 1,300 moro ohildron at school than havo the whito people. Luioaster Bafoly has a whito ma jerity as to population, but as tc Bohool population tho Negroos oxccl There is no grander county in tho BiaU than Laurens, and in numbers tho raoct thero aro about oven, but thoro arc 4 779 Nogro ohildron at school thore aud but 2,378 whitos. VVhat Kigland and tho oulightoncd world havo on domed, 8 mth Carolina must endorse to nave tho supromaoy of the white man At this junoturo there was sparring for inoro time. The motion to adjoorn was voted down and Mr. 'Banks callcc tho proviou* question. Tina, if adoptee by tho houso, would ehutout all amend monta exoept a9 Huoh as had alreadj been sent up and would shut off debato 'Fbo house by a volo of 53 to 33 oalloc for the porvious quostion whioh wat tlio motion to striko out tho onaotin^ words of tho bill. This motion prevail | ed and by a voto of 66 to 32 tho bill ol Weston, along with tho aubstitato, wai killed. Following is the voto on the motion to striko out thoonactiug words Yeas?Ashley, Aull Aus.in, llanks, Beamguard, Bivons, Holts, Brooks Brown, Butler, Campbell, Cogoshall Djan, doLoaoli, Dennis, Dodd, Dominick, Dorroh, Dunbar, Durant, K'dor Kstridgo, Fox, Kraser, Freeman, Gal luohut, Uaile, Hardin, Hill, 11 ol 1 is Humphrey, Jamos, Johnson, Kiblor Kinard, Kinsoy, Lido, Little, Loniax Lyles, Mauldin, Mayson, MoOall, Mo Lood, MoGowan, Mishoo, Morgan Niohola, l'iinoo, Fyatt, Rankin, Rod fearn, Robinson, (J K Robinson, R. B A Ruokor, Staokhouso, daudcrs, Srnitl Strom, Thompson, Vinoont, Williams Wilson, Wingo, Woodward?62 Nays?Stcvonson, spoakor; Batoe Bltaso, Bryan, (Jartor, (Jroft, Ftirl Gaston, Gourdin, Gunter, Jarmgan Lover, Lockwood, Lofton, MoCraw \i..\i ....... ' r-~ **?i ? i'ivi4*ur,uiiu, i-Au.mmui, */ U U. , i'l < JI I I .1U U Moss, Murohison, Hiohards, Richard hod, Seiglcr, Smith, M. L Stronian Talum, iheus, Thomas, Wobb, Wost Woston, Woods?32. Mr. DeBruhl who would liavo voto noy was paired with Mr. W. K. Pai ker, and Mr. J. Caldwell, Kooortnon who would have voted Day was ala< paired with an absent member. Tho State Monumont. Tuesday Govornor MoSwoonoy son tho following spoeial monsago to th two housos of the gonoral assoiubly: Gentlemen of tho gonoral assombly Your oouimission appointed to ereo tho mounmont and markers to Soutl Carolina troops who fought on tho his torio battlefield of Chickamauga, ro speotfully adviso that tho monumnnt will bo cnotcd and ready for unvoilinf and dodication May 27, 1901. You aro rospootfully askod to partio inaln in 1 a AAm m ani/ia mkiAU * ^ - I *|'W?V I u v iiu VV1V> UiV/ll ivn| IT U1UU ilM commission havo arranged with regard to the diginity duo tho great Stato ol South Carolina. Your presenoo would largoly insure suoh a dosircd result. The abovo date, May 27, 1901, hai been selected for tho unveiling and th( dotailod arrangements will bo announood through tho pross of tho State in duo tirno. Respectfully, M. B. MoSwoonoy, Ooiomor. VICTORIA'S INFLUENCE Wat Exerted in Favor of the North Daring the WarThe most oritioal timo in our relations with tho British government during tho oivil war was in tho affair of tho Trent, lato inN 18UI, when, as tho many obituaries of the quoen lately published havo pointod out, hor tua jesty's personal intorvontion in tho passages of diplomacy probably averted a war botwnen Great Britian aud the 1 pooplo of tho North, whoso oonso qucnoos would surely havo included tho permanent establishment of tho Sou'horn Confederacy as an indepond cnt nation. Tho maiu credit for the toning down of Lord .John HussoH's harsh dispatch to Lord Lyons concerning tho Trent affair must bo given to tho quoon, sinoo hers was tho position of royal responsibility; yot tho futuro < ; historians will not forget to award Romo moasuro of applause to tho quoon's < husband, tho princo consort, with whom her majesty was in thorough ; syinpthy, and upon whom sho depond- 1 cd largely for guidanoo in affairs of i Btato. It is woll known that her ma- 1 jesty and the prineo scrutinized in oom- i pany Lord KussoU's bolliooso dispatch, i 1 aud that the prince drew up tho uumo- \ randum whioh embodied tho orown's views as to tho ohangos that ought to ? bo niado in its languago. Tho queen, i however, mado somo amendments to < i licr husband's draft, wiiioh was then i forwarded to tho ministry. If we speak, i with ontiro aoouraoy, tho iuomorandum - wis tho work of both minds. 1 Tho princo consort died within a month after tho Trent opisodo, and Victoria was left alone to carry tho burdens of state, which, as the c?so of I the Tront had demonstrated, were ofton of iinmouse weight, even to a sovoroign of modern Britain. It was ! fnrhinato A innrJna J J f % j I VI vu in*vv i V?I iliUUI 1U1 1 11 t * l? IIV ^ crisis of equal acuteuof-s occurred there. r after in our relations with the British government, for the queen's miuistors, f Kutsoll and I'almorston, remained on , tho watch for an opportunity to interfere in tho strugglo botwocn tho North and tho South. Not that tho queen . would have been casly influenced by those plotters against tho llniou in 1 America; yet under tho mournful circumstances of hor stunning domestic [ bereavement, the loss of tho consort's sagacious counsel and so on, it is highly probablo that the ministers would have r had thoir way had they ootno to ttio 3 point of intervening in favor of tho South. Luckily conditions never favor 3 cd them after tho Trent atlair. v It was not definitely known in this 1 country until rcoont years that tho I British ministers in our civil war poriod sought an opportunity to smash the - Amcnosn Union. Tho soorot corrosponn denoo between HusFollar.d l'almerslou, 1) which is now available, proves that o they woro at heart hostilo to tho republic and its pastion f-. r national unity o Evon beforo tho Trent atlair Lord Kusr sell wroto, on Ootobor 17, 1861, to Lord I'almorston, ouoerning tho opin ion of the Krenoh minister at VVashing. ton, that tho blockade should bo raisod L - J f , uy ouisiuo ioroo: t Thoro is muoh gooi sense in Meroicr's f observations. Hut wo must wait, lam persuaded thatif we do anything it must bo on a grand soalo. It will not do for England and Franoe to break the blookado for the rako of gottiugcotton. Hut, in Europe, jowors havo olten said to J belligerent0, Make up your quarrels. Wo proposo to givo terms of pacific a} tiou which wo think fair and equitable. If you aooopt thorn, well and good. Hut if your adversary aooepts thorn, and if you refuso thorn, our modiation is at 1 ?i ?i ^ * * ?u uuu, uuu juu UiUil CXpCOL 10 BOO us your enemies. Franco would bo <iuiio ready to hold this languago with us. If ' euoh ft policy wcro to bo adopted tho tnno for it would bo tho ond of tho year & or immediately beforo tho meeting of I parliament." I With that letter biforo ub today, wo ' can moro fully understand tho curt, poretntory, balliooso languago in whioh 1 Lord Russell about nix weeks later : couched his draft of tho noto to tho 1 British minister at Washington do* 1 manding the relcaso of Masou and 1 Slidcll, and an apology for thoir soiz uro. Lord ltusscll saw in tho Trent ' atTair tho opportunity to intorvono in ' tho war which ho had boon already an 1 licip-iting in his soorot oorro->p ?ndonco : with Lord Ralmcrston. And knoniug that tho British cabinet was on the > lookout at that timo for a ohanoo to t help tho south, wo oan better appiaiso tho valuo of tho queen's pacific service in rowriting Lord ltussoll's dispatoh. Less than a year had passed after tho Ttont ?IT iir and tho lamonted death ? of Albert tho Good whon her majosty's ? ministers woro again plotting for tho undoing of Amorioa. On September ? 14, 1862, tho promicr wroto this noto: "My Dear llussoll: Tho dotailod ao oounts givon in tho Observer of today 1 of tho battlos of August 29 and 30 bo'i twoon Confederates and Fedorals show that tho lattor got a vory completo '? smashing; and it socms not altogether unlikely that still grcator disasters ? await thorn, and that ovon Washington or Baltimore may fall into tho hands ? of tho Confederates. If this should happsn, would it not bo timo for us to ? oonsidor vhothor in such a stato of things England and Franoo might not address tho oontonding parlies and ro' oommond an arrangement on tho oasis of separation? ' ? Lord Kussoll had notod tho "very 9 smashing" defeat, and was prompt to answer "My 1) (ar ralinerston: Whothor tho Fodoral army is destroyed or not. it is t olcar that it has inado do pro0 gross in subduing the insurgont States. Suoh being the oaso, I agree with you . that tho timo is oomo for oiloring mo^ diation to tho Unitod Statos govcrnrnont, with a view to tho recognition of tho indopondonoo of tho Confodor atos. I agroo furthor that, ia oaso of H failuro, wo ought oursolvos to rooog . nixo tho Southern Statos as an independent Stato. For tho purpose of taking so important a step, I think wo must ) have a mooting of tho oabinot. Tho 1 231 or 30th would suit mo for the mootp ing Wo ought, then, if wo agroo on [ suoh a stop, toproposo it first to Fran-io, and thon, on tho part of England and . Franoo, to Russia and other powors as 1 JJ-J i-- ? I a uiuiduiu uuuiuuu upua oy US. YYO ought to raako oursolvca stfo in Canada, , not by Bonding moro troops thcro, but by oonooutrating those wo havoin afow dofonsiblo posts bcforo wintor sots in." - Tho wholo sohcmo of finally destroying tho American Union by Kuropoan intervention was thus mapped out by tho Brstish foreign ministers ai early as 8optcmber 17, 1802 Ptlmcrston an swered the 23d that ho thcurht Kassoll's plan "to bo excellent." Ho rather objected, hownvcr, to isking Russia to join in "tho offer of mediation," "bocau*o she would be too favorablo to the North." The plottirg of hor majesty's ministers was at that point, however, checked by the failure of tho army of Northern Virginia to defeat tho forcos un dcr (ion. MoUlellan at tho battle of Antietam and the outeomo of tho next mnnfinnr t\ f 1 V a iuU /??kl v* ? i \i i#i iii.iii vnuiuui wiin that tho ministry decided n ot to niovo in the mat'or. Nor did thoy find noother opportunity. Tho later attempt nt intervention, which was engineered by Louis Napoleon, met a ro3oluto op ponont in Russia, whose 11 *ot was sont toN?tw York in IHtl.'l on a most signifi cant mission. Vioksburg and G Jttys burg, also, hrouvht tho plottors to a real's ition of the uttor futility of the who'o programme. Tho (ineen was net without attachment for Louis Napoleon, aod especially for his vifc, Kugonio, but there is do cvidcr.co that she ever displayed interest in, or oven had knowlcdgo of, tho intervention co piracy, which her own minuter andNapohoa nursed f-o lone and tci derly. Her record in thr.t uitirc crisis was made up in tho Trent ailVr, which was tho turning point in our country's f.-r ign relations during tho civil war Springfield Republican THE BILL IN FULL Which Has Passed the House and Goes Back to the Senate TK? ?l.~ I Ml I nu autiwvtiUf, in I 11 (J 1 A i'UjlUOU Dili as it parsed tho h imc: Suction 1 That tho sum of $5(1,000, if so much bo nccossary, ho, auu tho same is hereby, appropriated for tho purpose of paying the oost of providing materials and ooustruoting, in the oity of Charleston, in this Stato, on tho grounds Belootod for tho exposition pro poflcd to bo hold in 1901 1902 by the South Carolina Intcrstato aud West Indian Kxposition oompany, a building designed by Bradford L Gilbert, the arohitcot of said Kxposition compauy, as tho agricultural building; and for tho further purpoto of making at tho said exposition a suitablo and credible exhibit of tho past and present rosourjes of tho Siato, undtr tho dine tiou of tho commission hcroinbolow oroatod, and also for tha purpose of paying tho expenses incident to tho selection, purchase, proparuion, transportation, installation, care anil rotuui of said exhiliis. Provided, That said commission shall expend so much of said sum as may he necessary to obtain from tho several counties of this Stato full and ootuplcto exhibits of their tia tural resourocH, such as stone, uiin ertls, ores, woods, coil, Boils, water powers and agricultural products. See 2. That the Haid amount hereinboforo appropriated shall bo paid on tho application of tho chairman of tho commission horcinbolow cteatod, on the warrant of tho comptroller goneral; whioh wart ant shall not bo drawn by tho comptroller general until it is inado to appear to him that tho subscriptions to the capital stook of tho said Reposition oompany amounts to $200 000 by responsible subscribers, payable in cash, aud that not lcssthin 50 per ocnt. thereof has been paid in, and that tho city oouncil of tho oity of Charleston has appropriated tbc sutn of $50,000 for tho erootiou of a builiiug and other wiso promoting tho said exposition. Sco. 3 That for tho purposo of carrying into iffcct tho provisions of this act. a commission consisting of five mo in hers, of whom his cx:ollency the governor shall be one, and a director of tho nbevo-named Reposition oonopiny shall bo one, is hereby created, which nAmiiiicat a r> o * ? uuuiiuirDitfu nnni OUIVO WllllUUt 00II1pcnsation. That tho members of the said commission shall bo appointed by ins exocllenoy tho governor, and ho shall be chairman of tho said commission. That tho oonstruotion of tho paid building and other work hcrcinboforo provided lor shall bo performed subjoot to tho approval of tho said commission. Sco. 4 That at tho oloso of the said exposition tho sail proporly shall remain tho propcity ol tho Stato and bo turned over to tho sinking fund commission to be disposed of for tho Stato at their disorctioo. Statu of Ohio, City of Toledo, / Lucah County. { Frank J. Cheney makos oath that ho is tho senior partner of tho firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing btisiaess in the City ol' Toledo, County and Stato aforesaid, and that said firm will pay tho sum of ON 10 HUNDRED DOIjLAUS for each and ovcry easo of Catarrh that oanuot bo ourcd by tho uso of Hall's Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to boforo mo and subscribed in my prosonoo, this tkh day of Dcoomber, A. D. 188fi. rHKAf I Al W. GLEASON, LHKALJ Notary l'ublio. Hall's Catarah Cure is takon internally and acts dirootly on tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho systom. Sond for testimonials, froo. F. ,1. CM ION 10 V .fr (U\ l?r?..a ~Toiodo."o. NOTICE, Conway I<odg?, No. 90. Kolfhta of Pythias will meet regularly the first and third Thursday nights of each month until otherwise ordered. D. A.Spitrt Chan. Com. J. C. sritjtr K. H. A 8 May 14th, M ly WAOCAMAW LI HI BTIA M1RS.-?The Hteamer will leave the wharf at C'enway every Monday and Wednesday morning for Georgetown at 4 o'oloak, touching all intermediate points; and will leave her wharf it Claorgetown erarj Tuesday and Frldiy morning for Conway at 4 o'olook, touahlag a4 all intarnoadiate points. D. T. MaNolll, Qen'l Agt. and Traas., Conway, 0. C. John B. Bsaty, Agent, Georgetown, 0,0. HE^OODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Conway, S. C. ?"Office up stairs oyer Herald oftae opposite liauk. Mckinley scor6d Continued from page 1. troops btaad ou, praolioally nothing more. "After tho elections tho rcsiatanoo iu tho Philippines increased and it bad been announced in tho sonato within a week that t)U(>,000 American soldier* would be needed in tho island for an iudehotto period. "Tho retention of the Philippines will commit us tho tho wholo program of empiro. There is a law, among na Hons by which a bad appetite grows by what it feeds on. No nation iu history ha* resisted it, and to cvory nation that had yielded to it it had brought disaster. Athens sucoombed to it and perished. Kouio in duiged tho mad amouion and followed it to her doom. It was tho ruin of Vonieo It will work the dts tiuotion of Kaglar.d, in a-y opinion, ere tho oloso of this fateful century. Are wo, w-th all the lessons of hintory boloro us, to provo tho next victim of this insatialo passion, the greatest, most lamentable, rnoBt gratulious lacrifioo iu all human trase d> I" Immtd.atcly following Mr. Towno's speech tho orodentiais 01 his suooesior, Moses K Clapp of Minnosjt?, wore presented and ho was duly sworn in. Atlantic Coast Line HA1LHOAD COMPANY OK SOUTVi UAUOL1NA. Condensed Schedule Trains Going South. Dated Nov lb. lH'.et No.65* No.3t 1*. M. A V l eave Wilmington 8:46 Leave Marion 0:84 Arrive Florouco 7 16 Leave Florence *7:46 *11 61 Arrive Sumter , 8:67 8 5* No. 6'2 A. M Leave Sumter 8:67 *8 4( Arrivo Columbia 10:'20 11 (.H No. 6'2 runs through from Charleston vi* Central H. H., leaving Charleatou 7:0" a. m.. Lane* 8:81 a. m., Mauuing 9:09 a. m Trains (ioing North. No 64* No 6> A. M. P M Leave Columbia *0:40 *1 It Ai rive Slimier 8:06 6 86 No. 3i P. M Leave Sumter *8:06 0 0 Arrive Florenoo 9:150 7 "it I,cave Florenoe 9.60 Leave Marion 10:80 Arrive Wilmington 1:16 Daily. >o. 68 rune through to Charleston, 8. C via Central R. K., arriving at Manning t>:()4 p. m., Lanes 0:48 p. m., Charlceton 8:30 p. m Train* on Conway llrancb leave Chal bourn 6 36 p m, arrive Conway 7 40 p a. returning leave Conway 8 30 a m, arrive Cbadhourn 11 '20 ? m, leave Chadbouru 11 6' a m, arrive Hub 12 26 p in, returning loavr Hub 3 00 p m, arrive Chadbourn 3 <6 p u. Daily except Sunday J K. Kenly, General Mauagcr T. M Kmerron, l'ratlio Manager. H.M. tru?)rBon. General Pubacnger Ag?ut <a b ' /v -y\% ......... ' V\ rr-v i Cj ? ?: r ^. r<* o ,/>, $$/ r* JUJt.V ' I!iAUh -CSJy-' MAIIK. ^ ~ C?v'^ Olil) NORTH 8TATK 01NT MENT, the Great Antiseptic Healer, cures Piles, Eczema, Sore Eyes, Granulated Eyelids, Carbuncles, Boils, Cuts, Bruis es, Old Sores, Burns, Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Toenails, lullammatory Rheumatism. Aches and Pains, Chapped Hands and Lips, Erysipelas. It is something everybody needs. Once used always nsed. For sale by all druggists and dealers. At wholesale hv THE MUKKA.Y DHUG CO., Columbia, 8. C. Wiliington and Canwiy Railroad. Daily except Sunday. 8outhbound.?-No. 97. Leave Hub... 3 00 pm Leave Ilioun 1*10 pa Arrive Cbadhoura 8 86 pat Lotve Chedbourn... 6 86 pm Leave Clarendon A 00 pa Leave 811 Tabor A 16 pa Leave Loris A 86 pa Leave Sanford A 60 pa Leave Baybore 7 00 pm Leave Privetts 7 08 pm Leave Adrian - 7 12 pa Arrive Conway 7 40 pa Northbound.?No. 98. Leave Conway 8 80 am l.oaro Adrian - 8 66 aa hoar# Private 9 00 aa Leave Bayboro 9 10 aa Leave Baaford 9 20 aa Laate Lorle 186 pa Leave Ml Tabor 1010 am Leave Clarendon 1140 aa Arrive Ckadbonrn 1120 aa Leave Chadboarn 1160 am I.cave 1 lions 1216 pm Arrive llnb 1216 pa PITTS' ANTISEPTIC INVIGORATQRI Curee La Grippe, dyapopeia, indlgeatlon and all stomaoh and bowol troubles, oollo or oholora morbus, teething troubles with children, kidney troubles, bad blood and all aorta of eores, risings or felons, outs and burns. It Is aa good antlseptlo, when looally applied, as anything on the market. TVw It- anil BA?1 Will wvw^aem^ I* 4* -lL niu |?BI? II Ml OVDtri If your drugtrlat doeen't keep it, write to MURRY DRUG COMPANY, nOLUMRTA. R. 0 Dr. H. H. BURROUGHS, LORIS, 8. 0. Calls promptly answarad nigh or day. R. B. Scarborough, Oohwat, 8. 0, ATTORNEY AT LAW. 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