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fMByBBF'- '' - > :, REVISE TARIFF Dcaecralic Bifii to That Eat Will Hal ^ Be Defeated ia the Staate | ? ? COALITION IS FORMED I Or Being Formed Between the Pem'? ocrats and the Progressive Republicans to Revise the Wool, Cotton and Steel Schedule at the Present EV; ' 1 Session of Congress. The Washington correspondent of the Atlanta Constitution says Demoeratie tariff legislation will not be doomed to defeat in the upper branch of congress at this session, as has been generally feared. A coalition between Democrats and progressive Republicans in the senate is rapidly taking shape, and will result in the passage of bills for the revision of the woolen, cotton and the iron and steel schedules. This news became known here and as the occasion for jubilation. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, is taking the lead in these negotiations, and eleven progressives have agreed to co-operate with the Democrats in the end of securing tariff reductions. So the work of a long, hard summer will not be fruitless. The administration counts upon enough votes to force through Canadian recprocity, with the Root amendment to the wood pulp and print paper provision eliminated. This will be done by the votes of Democrats and regular Republicans. When it comes to the adoption of the free list, the progressive Republicans will insist upon several amendments, but if an agreement can be reached on these, the bill will be supported as an amendment to the Canadian reciprocity pact. Eleven of the thirteen progressives have reached the conclusion that it would be the part of discretion to aid in passing tariff bills whirh will effect a reduction in existing scedules. The Underwood bill for the revision of the woolen schedule is, in the main, satisfactory to them. But they will insist that the cotton schedule be wr O 1C A ICTiocu aiov. Then here is a strong feeling upon the part of the progressives that the duties on steel and iron schedule should he materially cut. They are framing up the program of their own and wish to know the extent of the revision that is contemplated before ommitting themselves to support any single sshedule. There are now 41 Democrats in the senate, 3 7 regular Republicans, and 13 who are on occasions insurgents to measures and policies proposed by thA regulars. This was the number that demanded recognition from the committee on committees as a separate organization in the Republican ranks. As a majority of the senate is4f?, it only requires five of the progressives to vote with the Democrats to control that body, f eleven progressives vote with the Democrats there will be six more than a majority of the senate. But it is probable that the two Demcratic senators from Louisiana will not be in accord with their brethren on the bills for revision of the va?AU/..I.ilno Tliio u-niilH put t Vl nuua ni iiciuiicn, i iiiq ii uutu ? ~ majority to four, which is a bare working majority but will bo effective. Tlie Gentle Cynic. In contemplating what we do for others we are apt to lose sight of what others do for us. The man who always follows the dictation of his conscience must have pretty sharp ears. If it were not for their long faces some people have an led a the world wouldn't know they were religious. It takes two to inane a quarrei, but the quarrelsome person has seldom any difficulty in finding the other one. Must Have License. To diminish the danger that exists in the operation of motor boats by inexperienced persons, the navy department has planned to scrure federal legislation requiring every owner to take an examination and carry a license Costs Two Lives. One man is dead, one is missing and six others are in a serious condition as the result of an explosion 1, in the distillery room of the Albany, N. Y., Chemical Works, on Van p Rennsselaer Island Wednesday afternoon. Signs a (.oof! Hill. I Governor Dix has signed a bill prohibiting the admission of boys under 16 years of age to pool and billiard rooms or public bowling alleys in New York. Another bill approved by him provides for the licensing of all moving picture operators . Another Gasoline Victim. Joseph Johnson, a colored boy, was perhaps fatally burned In a Arc at the Columbia Fruit Company's tore Monday morning. A gasoline store exploded, scattering the flames over him. WILL PUMP SLOWLY UNCOVERING OF MAINE WILL BE VERY GRADUAL. Mud and Silt Will be Cleared From Various Decks, as the Water Recedes, Army engineer offlecrs at Havana estimate that It will be at least two months after work begins on pumping out the water in the cofferann. about the battleship 'Maine in Havana harbor, before an expert opinion can be formed as to whether it was an inside or outside explosion that sank the vessel. About four feet of water has been pumped out of the cofferdam already, but work has now been stopped until the government officials arrive, probably about June 15. With the water over the wreck lowered four feet, the top and sides of the wreck's afterdeck are beginning io come into view and the sighting hood of the after-turret on the port side was just awash. The greater part of the afterdeck is now cleanly visible under the water, showing the co fused masses of wreckage covered with marine growths. The forward part of the ship upon which the great er force of the explosion was exerted is still submerged. When pumping begins In earnest the first stage of the unwatering process will only lower the water enough to expose the top deck. This probably will loom up as a "bank of mud as the water in the harbor is very muddy and the vessel has been "collecting" deposits for 13 years. When the upper deck is out of the water, the work of clearing away the mud and examining the deck will keep the officers busy at least three or four ?*????? TV,** mfr?nfInn nf the deck um > r>. jl 11 v v<vui4i?.?mvw? will of course be? made with the greatest care. In making an inventory of what is found the officers must be in a position to swear that they were actually there when the mud was cleared away. For this reason, if for no other other, it will be necessary to exclude outsiders. When work on the upper deck is completed there will be more pumping and more mud until the water is lowered to the deck below. Inspection of this deck will then be undertaken without undue haste. It Is believed that the lower down the water goes the more difficult will be the work of clearing the mud away. The problem of inspection also will be made more difficult as the successive stages of pumping out progress as daylight will not penetrate into the hull of the vessel and work will have to be done with artificial light. What can be saved of the Maine and what it is most expedient to do with the vessel can only be well de determined when she is exposed to view. Many engineer officers fear she can never be floated and will have to be taken apart in sections if it is decided to save her at all. Other officers believe she will break and fall to pieces when the unwatering of the cofferdam gets under way. (The army officers in charge of the work do not expect to satisfy every one with their work or to get through without obstacles of any sort. There already is criticism from those who do not appreciate the task of the army officers are undertaking and who believe they are wasting time and money because they do not do everything with a rush. The officers expect more criticism when the pumping out begins, as their work will not be done for the benefit of the 'gallery, but for the government of the United States. ? Invited to Silver Wedding. Governor and 'Mrs. Rlease have received an invitation to attend the silver wedding reception at the white house, on June 19, the occasion being the 25th anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and 'Mrs. Taft. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Taft took place June 19, 1 886. ? ? Mexicans Kill Tennesseon. Information has reached relatives at Indian 'Mound., Tenn., that Thomas Richardson, a Tennessean, aged twenty-five, who has been serving with the Mexican revolutionists, was shot by the Federal troops after his inof )iAfnr/? thn on ri nf tho mil CI1UC1 J HO V, uvn/i v v??o V,.. .... war. Itnpid (Growing Squash. T. M. Ray of Valdosta, Ga., has on exhibition at one of the grocery stores in the city a wonder in the way of a big yellow squash Fourteen clays after the bloom appeared on the vine :he squash weighed forty-three pounds, having averaged three pounds a day In weight. m ? Stonewall's Grandson. Tn the graduating class of West Point this year is Thomas J. J. Christian, a grandson of Gen. Stonewall Jackson and Wilfred M. Blunt, a great grandson of Francis Scott Key, author of "The Star Spangled Banner." ? ? Asleep on the Track. John Johnson, a negro, while in a drunken sleep, lying partly on the track, was run over and killed Sunday night at 11:40 o'clock by car No. 122, on the Augusta-Aiken line, at pole No. 182, In Fowkes cut. TILLMAN TALKS Hakes Speech l? the Granules ef Cleasea Cellege ut Creates AN AFFECTING SCENE The Senator Talks of the Movement ^ PlAvitci/\n 1 o C9?% IU USUtUllBII vimiovu vv?vgv| Which Has Ever Been Near to His Heart?Eighty-Seven Young Men Receive Degrees. The graduating exercises of Clemson College which took place Tuesday, were of unusual interest. The events were the splendid address to the graduating class by Dr. James K. Patterson ,of the University of Kentucky, the powerful speech of Alan Johnstone to the graduates, the eio quent short speech of W. D. Evans in presenting the trustees' medal for oratory to M. W. Call of 'Marion, the remarkable ovation given Sena* tor Tillman when he presented the D. K. Norris medal given to the best all-round man in the graduating class to A. M. Salley of Orangeburg. The exercises were most gracefully presided over by President Ri'ggs, who seems to be the right m'an in the right place at the head of Clemson. The graduating class this year consists of eighty-seven young men, who go out into the world well equipped for the battle of life. The college has closed the best year in many respects, in its history. Senator Tillman was present and made a speech to the graduating class. It was a great day for CI em son, abounding in many pleasing 'and memorable incidents. One of the most notable of these was the affecting scene when Senator Tillman stod waiting for the applause to subside, covering his face lllo JlOtlfla t r> MHa thp. tpars. and ILU II10 iiuauu w ?? v ,, in a voice choking with emotion began a characteristic speech, in which he told of being forbidden by his physician to make an address. He reviewed his career briefly, telling of the vision he had in 1885 when he offered resolutions at the grange meeting in Bennettesville which were defeated, calling for a department of agriculture at the uni**eristy, and of his subsequent letters advocating the establishment of a separate agricultural college. He said few men live to realize their dreams, hut he had lived to see more at Clemson and Winthrop than he had ever dreamed. There were occasional flashes of ( the old time fire and force in the senator's address and the audience listened in rapt attention. Never has such a ovation been given a man at Clemson as greeted the senator when he, seemingly unwillingly eat down. He stood the fatgue of speaking very well, and seemed supremely happy. Senator spoke as follows: "Ladies and gentlemen: My physician has forbidden me to make a speech, but I cannot on this occasion refrain from expressing to you my great pleasure at being here, and,, above all, to return to you thanks for the heartiness of your welcome. I shall not take long, but there are some things I think ought to he said, and if my strength holds out I will attempt to say thern. Our honorable president of the board of trustees has spoken of Mr. Clemson's dream and of his vision years ago. I also had a dream and a vision, and will tell you of it. Tn 1885, twenty six years ago, the 5th day or next August, T attended the joint meeting of the Su\te Grange and State Agricultural Society 'at Rennettsville, in Marlboro county. I offered a series of resolutions there, which were not adopted by the meeting, but the speech I made on this occasion met with such a spontaneous outburst of approval from the assembled farmers of the State, that I felt sufficiently encouraged to march forward along the line T had marked out. "That fall I wrote a series of letters for the News and Courier, which was then the leading paper of the State and reached almost every farm house. In these articles I advocated a different education from that which wo had in the State. I urged the establishment of a separate college, although the Bennettsvillo resolution had only demanded that the Legislature establish a department in the University of South Carolina which would be devoted to agriculture and mechanical arts and tc which women would be admitted. I have seen the time when I would en joy very much talking to you. 1 have addressed thousands and hun U<niiaan<l? nf niV follow Cit Ill Clin ui UIUMM...-V.U izens In this and other States, anc enjoyed the stimulus of a lap#? au dience, but my mind will not 1-caponc to my will as it once did. "I will go on and tell you about mj vision. I dreamed that there ough to be a college for boys and girli that would equip them for the batth of life; a college where the studio! would bo not only Latin and Creel and the classics, but ench as woulc prepare a man to make his bread ant butter. I had a vision not of thii school, but of something like it; no of Winthrop, but something like it I did not dream that this schoo would become what It is. I attendee the commencement at Winthrop laa week and saw 700 young women your sisters, your sweethearts. Well 4 THE GROWING COTTON ? DROUGHT CONDITIONS PARTIALLY RELIEVED. In this State Especially, Government Says Rains Have Broken Long Dry Spell. The severe drought which has prevailed in the cotton belt was relieved in the more eastern portion, but still continues in the western, according to the weather bureau's bulletin for the week ending Tuesday. The bulletin by state is as follows: Virginia, precipitation generally deficient; -abundant sunshine. North Carolina, light rainfall; some (good rains in south partially relieved bv drought. South Carolina, drought broken by good rains; sunshine above normal. Georgia, drought relieved in east and south; serious in west; temperature above normal; scarcity of water threatened. ^Florida, temperature above normal; rains well distributed; sunshine ample. Alabama, temperature above normal; precipitation below, although some showers in east; sunshine ample. Mississippi, hot and dry, excessive sunshine; insufficient showers. Louisiana, little rain in south; drought severe; sunshine and temperature above normal. Texas, clear, dry and abnormally warm; rain much needed. Arkansas drought becoming serious; only few scattered light showers; sunshine and heat above normal. Tennessee, almost unprecedented drought in some localities; some showers east and central portion; hot sunshine Kentucky, slight relief to serious drought conditions; all crops need rain; heat intense; water supply unusually low. Missouri, severe drought unbroken; excessively hot and dry. Oklahoma, scattered showers in east, remainder of State very dry; all vegetation suffering. is there anything more to say? They were there in fullforce and were the prettiest things I ever saw or ever expect to see again. It is not often that a man is allowed to live and to see his dreams come true and to my fellow members of board of trustees and my co-workers in the State is due my realization of these dreams. Now, young men, I had the good sense and the good luck to find a good woman who was willing to hitch up with me and who has trotted down the road of life with me ever since. I consider my marriage the greatest piece of luck I ever had. I want to say to you that if you will go and do likewise, you ought to ,be successful, for there is nothing in the world so inspiring as the love of a good, pure woman. " But I must proceed to do what I came out here for, and if Mr. Albert McMichael Salley will come upon the rostrum I will award to him the medal. Mr. Salley, I wish you would put it on and let us see how handsome you look. Now turn your self around, for there are some girls up yonder who may wish to see you. In presenting you this medal I want to have a few words to say about how you got it and whence it came. Since I have been here my mind has been busy thinking about the men who have helped us plan and work for this college. Three of them are wnxo T L'nno Ir nf thp llf#> ti'US 11 U 111 V/ 1 U* A Vf ? V ? ...v tees, Col. D. K. Norris the Hon. It. E. Bowen and Capt. John E. Bradley. These trustees have ceased their labors and have crossed that bourne to which we are all hastening. "You are not near eriough to it to realize or consider it as yet, but I will soon be there and join these men. Col. D. K. Norris was a man who loved the college and worked for it day and night While he was a trustee he helped to plan and build U, and he as much as any other trustee did his full duty to bring about the results which you see about you. ff you will wear this medal honorably which T trust and know you will, be, cause I know the county your are from and the breed to which you helong; I know your family and people , and the stock from which you came; I hope that you will occupy the highest position to which you may aspire. 1 "And now, young friends, I want > to ask you to take home to your par[ ents my greetings, and say to them - that Clemson College has made ^ou [ what you are; that it has afforded you - the onnortunlty to develop your hign - est powers. If, In after life, you I will climb to the top of the ladder, - th'a't Is all I ask. It Is not given t.o 1 every man to succeed. All men can't be senators or governors, hut every r man can he a good citizen, good I husband and a good father. And if * you will remember this and let it he > nn inspiration to you to your future 3 career; that you went to Clemson; c that you at least learned how to obey 1 orders. Although T have a recol1 lection of April Fool's Day, when ? some did not, you will always be t proud of the fact of your years at . Clemson, and if, in after life, when 1 you have climbed high, it can be said, I here goos a Clemson boy a poor boy t that Clemson has helped to educate , that is all I dok of vou. I csk God's , blessing on you all." BANK Of G'onwa Has largest capital and surplus of i than the combined capital and suq CAPITAL STOCK.. .. SURPLUS LIABILITIES OP 8TOC1 SECURITY OP DEFOSI1 DIRE! Robert B. Scarborough, H. L. Buck, George J. Holiday, We offer our customers every acc will justify, and we BOBEBT B. SCARBOROUGH, I President. We continue to pay 5 pc | rlRST NATI< OONWJ1 f CAPITAL STOCK SURPLUS PROFITS TOTAL ASSESTS fDIREC J. A. McDermott, John < IB. G. Collins, H. L. I M. Burroughs, C. P. Qui Successor to the Bank ol Horry County, and a pioneer iy allied with the recent dev Republic. Backed by the 1 United States Bonds, we are I tomers any reasonable acoomj A H. A. SPIVEY, f Cashier. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. H. H. WOODWARD Attorney and Councelor At Lai CONWAY, S. O. A B. SCARBROCGH CONWAY, S. C Attorney at Law. H. H. BURROUGHS Physician and Surgeon. -Mi CONWAY, 8. C. B. WOFFORD WAIT. Attorney at La/. Bank of Horry Building. CONWAY, 8. C. WE WORLDS GREATEST SEWIN6 MACHINt n^il I 8^B5 KToa wanieimera viDratingwnnuie, i to tan Shuttle or a Mingle Thread [ChainStitch\ Sewing Machine write to M SCW HOME SEWINI MACHINE COMPAM Orange* Mass. tCaesswfn* machine* are made to tell mardte? if tssiity, but the New Home U made to weaa Oar guaranty never runa out. AM If authorised dealers ea|fW' to* sals as J BURROUGHS & OOliLINS O0? Uonway, 8. O. Teeli. Student Succumbs. Robert L. Rowen, of Jewell, Ga. a student at the Georgia School a Technology, died at Atlanta Wednes day morning from injuries recelvoc when he was thrown from an auto , mobile. The accident was causet by the bursting of ? tire. Yohnj Rowen was accompanied by thre< other students all of whom wen more or less injured. " ? ? ? Hum the Town, , French Creek, W. Va., a farming ; community of 200 souls, was almoe destroyed .by lire. Many families an encamped In barns and making \ ' temporary home with more fortunate i neighbors. The flre was started bj \ burglars that blew the safe in tin postoffice. * HORRY, " y. S, C. iny bank in Horry county. More ' . Jut of all other banks in the county* ' 960,tao 12,600 CHOLDERS .... 60,000 rORS 112,600 CT0RS D. V. Richardson* W. A, Johnson, ^ Will A. Freeman. ommodation which their account* solicit your business. ). V. Richardson, will a. frebma* Vice President. Cashib* . ? i i . ;r cent, on yearly deposits. ^ , > *99999 999 9 9 j^%,, 3NAL BANKl LY, S. O. $25,000.00 ^ 2,500.00 flS 125,000.00 /ft V TORS: ^ J. Spivey, D. T. McNeill, iftt v 3uck, W. R. Lewis, D. jft ' attlebaum, D. A. Spivey. r Conway, the oldest Bank In fft In Eastern Carolina. Close- ^X: elopment of the Independent Government and secured by >repared to extend to our cus- jjC modationi. ffy B. G. COLLINS, A ilr President. fg ZL-l LOSE THEIR LIVES. Four Persons Brown Trying to Save* a Little Child. 0 ? li'mip nopenno n urnman twn tinvn. and a girl lost their lives in an effort. . to save the life of a little 5-year-old i girl, who had ventured out to far- f while wading in Bowl? river, two- * miles north of Halliesbur^, Pa., Friday. The dead: Mrs. B. C. Tanner, wife of B. C Tanner,machinist in the Missssippi Central railroad shops. Ernest Tanner, aged 12. Henry Tanner, aged 15, sons or Mrs. Tanner. Annie Coursey, 7 years old daughter of J. B. Coursey, a merchant. The party was attending a picnior given by a Sunday school and left thegrounds to tgo in wading in the river. The water was shallow where they went in, but Pearl Coursey, a sister of the drowned girl, stepped intodeep water and was about to drown when Mrs Tanner and tho other ^ victims made a desperate effort to reach her. They were swept from their feet by the swift current and: drowned. The little girl whose life> they had tried to* save was rescuedThe bodies of all the victims were recovered. SHUT EVERY MILL. South Carolina Manufacturer's Association so Order The decision to bring about a curtailment of output by the closing of ^ every mill in South Carolina for twoweeks in July and August of thisyear was the feature of Friday's session of the South Carolina Cotton Manufacturer's Association. The reports read showed that at least 25 per cent of the spindles in South Carolina are now idle and have been for some time. Addresses were made by D. R. Coker, of Hartsville, Ira W. Williams of Columbia, and E. J. Watson, commissiner of agriculture for Sut.h f Carolina, all of whom outlined the steps tnken for the improvement of the staple of cotton and demonstrated the work done by the United Spates government along this line. Tho association expressed its sympathy with y. the work and voted a contribution to further it. ^ ^ . Made Serious Mistake. At Gontry, W. Va., Marion Adkinsr saw John Wilkins walking Sundaynight with Miss Louisa Berry, who he was soon to marry, and thinking Miss Berry was his wife, whom he suspected of meeting another man, Adkins shot and killed Wilkins instantly, the , shot almost tearing the victim's head: f from his body. Miss Berry is in a. - serious condition from shock. Ad1 kins is under arrest, charged with - murder. 1 ? ? Family Has Fever. ^ ^ Rev. David Hucks, pastor of the ^ 3 Methodist church at Pinowood, and * wife, have typhoid fevor and are very sick. They have just lost their only son with the disease. He was about % fourteen years of age. t ? ? 3 Critioising the present tariff board,. \ Mr. Underwood said that if that 3 body "went on for 10 years as it is / jgoing at present, we would not get i enough Information on the wool schedule to write a tariff bill."