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y i I THE EVENING HERALD. Published Every Afternoon, Except Sunday. < J. W. RAGSDALE, Editor and Publisher. Subscription, In Advance: Per Week Ten Cents Per Year Four Dollars Advertising Rates Reasonable and made known on Application. TELEPHONES : KELL. No. 21C. HOME, No. 94. Entered as Second class matter December 14, 1903, at the postofllc at Florence, S. O. un der the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Florence, March 19, 1904. You don’t have to read our edi torial columns to know whether or not the Herald’s news columns are interesting. The present is always the best time for abandoning an unwise course. We do not say that the South must needs insist upon a Southern man for the Democratic nominee this year. What we do say is that it cannot too soon abandon the self-imposed humil iation of asking the Xorth to fur nish it with candidates and pol icies and leaders.—Washington Post. . * This sounds v£ry, well, but the South is willing to give other . States the nominee if she can get a president who will not interfere with local government, respect the prejudices and remember her rights. She can have her men lead in the legislative* bodies, and with a president who is friendly to her wishes and traditions she • would be unwise to ask for any thing more for some time to come. AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS. We publish in full today the splendid effort of Rev. IJarold Thomas, delivered in the Audito rium yesterday. We are glad to hear such addresses. We ar«* glad for our young to speak and write of the South’s great men. As we press onward toward new victories and adjust ourselves to new condi tions, it is well for us to know of the great men who have made his tory and especially when those men are from the South. The defense of Calhoun, for it was originally pre pared to refute attacks upon the great Carolinian, is full of facts and splendid thought, and we are glad that Florence had an oppor tunity of hearing this address upon this auspicious occasion. CALHOUN DAY IN FLORENCE i r \ [Continued from First Pa^e.] manufacturers of the country have sver sought to make thef people eupport their so-called inihnt in dustries. In 1828 a tariff'bill was proposed in Congress vhich at length fully aroused the overburd ened South, and South Carolina requested Calhoun to come down upon the floor and battle for the rights of his section. The Great Crisis of His Life. Then came the great crisis of his life. He had always been inde pendent of party affiliation, but he was at this time identified with the party in power, and was look ed upon as President Jackson’s successor. Must he now do the bidding of his State and oppose tariff legislation, requiring him to forsake his friends, desert his party, abandon all hope of the Presidency? In that decisive hour the glorious Carolinian despised power and popularity, and took his stand for truth and justice. In all the political annals of the world there -is no greater example of unrewarded self-sacrifice for the sake of principle. When, two years later, a more iniquitotis bill was passed by Con gress, Calhoun advised his State to resort to Nullification, not be cause anyone then doubted the right of succession, but because Calhoun always loved the Union, and desired to see it preserved by the exercise of this j)eaceable.re medy, as he deemed it—a remedy which the Constitution itself sup plied. Accordingly a Convention met in South Carolina and de clared the tariff bills null and void and of no effect in that State. The President denounced the action as treason, and Congress passed the bill of coercion. In this hour of need South Carolina was desert ed by all her sister States; derision and reproach were heaped upon her fair name. But she was not to be frightened into submission; her sons flew to arms, resolved to confront the whole Union and to perish rather than abandon the stand ilieir State had taken for constitiCaoual liberty. The (’ue-Gun Battery of Nulli fication. Fighting alone figainst public opinion and a frowning world the little State gained a signal victory. In the Senate chamber majestic reason and burning eloquence clashed arms in a memorable con- ! test on truth, and the great Webster ums vanquished in de-j had fallen. At home the “Caro- bate. Nothing could withstand j ii na Tribute to Calhoun” was the the irresistible force ot Calhoun’s Voice and pen of praise and the compact logic, f’Jay’s compromise ' wa il of sorrow. keeper of the conscience of the South will never be established. The Southern States claimed the right to work out their own prob lem. Had they been allowed to do so there can be doubt that they would have gradually freed the slaves as they were prepared for freedom. In 1781 there were 12,- 886 free negroes in Virginia. In 1832 the legislature of this state state came within one vote of abolishing slavery within its bor ders. Surely the, spirit of Chrisitian- ity is opposed to human bondage, but did its author ever demand an immediate emancipation of the countless slaves in the Roman Em pire? The method of the wisest of moralists for abolishing an ab normal institution was not good enough for the tender-hearted Abolitionist, who was intent on carrying out, regardless of condi tion, his visionary notions of free dom and the equality of man. The responsibility for the terri ble war that soon followed and the Serious problem that confronts us today must rest in the main upon those wild, misguided fanatics, the abolitionists. Calhoun’s Last Speech. At the opening of the Congress of 1850 the intrepid champion of Southern interests was a dying man, but he determined to go to Washington and strike one more blow for the cause he held dearer than life. He composed an ela borate speech, which waa read in Congress by Senator Mason, of Virginia. In it he reviewed the whole history of the pending con test, and predicted that if the Government continued to interfere with *t ,< ' v 'ff* ffir Suites the Se.Uh .;r:o. I’o in tended to offer some amendments to the Constitution in order to save the Union, but this he was never privileged to do. Twenty-seven days after his last great effort he was removed from the political arena by the hand of Providence. “God’s finger touched him, and he stept.” His powerful will had kept his spirit lingering in its frail tenement, but the struggle could not longer be maintained. On the'17th of March, 1850, he died at Washington, near the scenes of his forensic glory and his political achievements. Unusual honors we~e accorded him, both at Washington and in his native State. Prominent Sen ators and Representatives in Con gress vied with each other in terms of eulogy over the fallen states man. The pulpit declared .that a prince iu orator,) and in ifttellect I* Women who are wearing "Elite* Petticoat/* & * . * % are well pleased with them. They say they’re comfortable. . They know that the petticoats are cut in the best style. The materials and making tell their own story and the price is but a fraction of their real worth. - • Ask to see them « At J. L. Baoringer’s New Department Store. Prices from $1.00 UP. prevailed, and by it the obnoxious tariff bills which South Carolina had nullified were consigned to a gradual decay. After his sensational term Cal houn volumtarily retired to priv ate life. But he had enjoyed the repose of home for only a short time when President Tyler invited him. to a place iu his cabinet, as Secre tary of State. He accepted and performed the duties of this office, with his usual ability. At the beginning of the next ar ■— Holst an% his imitators, and no admirer of Cafhoun need have any apprehensions as to his prominent place in tystory. True to the Union, true to the country, Calhoun was above all, true to South Carolina. The State that reared him, that supported him; that loved him,that mourned him, will always find among her sons some loyal one to rise up and do honor to his memory and pro tect his fair name against the foul assaults of sectional prej udice and the vile calumnies of ; olitical ani mosity. Honor, undying honor, to the im'u less statesman ol the Old South—him “Dear Son ci Mem - ry, Great Heir of Fame.” The address, w-ith a few min ute changes, was delivered by Mr. Thomas at Sewanee in the summer of 1809. Professor Trent of Sewanee in his class room and in several public lectures at Sewanee entitled “Statesmen of the Old Re gime” assailed Mr. Calhoun very bitterly. Mr. Thomas was awarded the ^Louisiana Medal of Oratory” at Sewanee for this splendid reply to the Trent attacks and there, as here his effort met with warm ap- probiation as evidenced by fre quent applause. Rev. Clark dismissed the audience with a benediction. Immediatedly after the meeting adjourned Capt. Brunson marched WANT COLUMN. Advertisements Under This Head One Cent Per Word Each Insertion. Wanted to Sell Eggs for hatching from B. P. Rocks, Butf Ossingtons and B. B. Red Game Bantams; pure stock; one dollar per 15. G. A. Wilson. Atterneys-at-Law to know that The Herald Presses can deliver brief work on short notice. We want you to ring have your namo placed on The Her ald’s subscription list. ’phone 210 and ed Arcxno minted H. s. q u .<e. Fertilizer for gardens. Just received' one car-load of Gold- boro’s and one car.-load of Taylor & Cannody Buggies at Saunders’ Stables. See them before buying. To do your Job work. The Herald Presses To do all kinds of commercial printing. The Herald Pre:». Attorney»-i>.i-Law to know that The Herald Presses can deliver brief work on short notice. . f Bennettsville . Marble Works, McElwee, Pro^. Soft, Fluffy Underwear and Blankets We are very proud of the way we launder wdolenfc. We use a special soap and a special method for laundering them that makd underwear and blankets as soft and duffy as new. When you send us your pack age next week, put in some wool ens and let us show you how beautifully we can launder them. Florence Steam Laundry, Phone 77, m The estimate of Calhoun by his contemporaries will stand the test of time. They said of him, as was said of another: “His virtues are enough to redeem his generation, his genius to enrich the empire.” Since then no one has ever dared with any justice to question the spotless purity of his life. Yon Holst and Trent. * True, a German biographer, ignoraut of Southern cofaditions, one who had never sounded the depths of Calhoun, has undertaken to question the greatness of his “inconsist- ” and has been recently his public character. irf raised against THE DOWNFALL OF THE COTTON KING. The downfall of Daniel J. Sully administration under Polk, the yesterday teaches a lesson that the country was about to be plunged ! genius, people of the South should study ' iuto mother war with England on i True, the old cry of carefullv When an old exneri account of the ° re Z ou Treaty, tepey,” “false promises, • ’ ^ All looked to Calhoun as the one “metaphysical impracticability” diced gambler, with great person al wealth and strong financial backing is swept off the board, what can those who are thousands of miles away with small capital and inexperience hope to do in such a game? The fluctuations of the market are wide enough to swamp ordinary margins and with the loss of the margin unless the person speculating can again put J. W Bennettsville, S. C his company to the Armory where j n business since 1880. Pi-ices' an iniormal reception was held auu and designs of the newest and refreshments served. ^ latest styles. The ladies t>f the Civic Improve-! Monument./’, Tombstone./’, ment Society withhold a meeting i ^ u* ^ c'x at the City Hall next Monday af- j VAIfDingS, t*tC. tei noon at hali past four o’clock, Furnished on application. First Class Work and Reason- when it is hoped all the members will be present, as business of im portance will come before the meeting. able Prices. W. W. Pate, General Agent. aaaaaaaaaaaaaBBaaa«KBca§ aBaaaaBcaaaBaaDBaaaaaaBB aaawBaaBBBBaBaaaBiBBBBBBaaaiii| amlnaaaBaaBaBaasaaaaaiKaaBiaa iiaaaaiaafiaaMaaiiiiiiaii.aaiiiaiiiiaaiiiiiiiaiiaii GENERAL AGENCY OF E^Hiia a ■ amma statesman capable of settling the difficulty. At this juuctive, his t^cessor in the Senate, Judge cy! Was it inconsistency Huger, magnanimously resigned, our country was on the giving way to one who seemed to be equal to any emergency. Re turning to his old place in the Senate- Calhoun took his stand against the war for the possession of Oregon, which was advocated by the administration. He won public opinion to his side and saved the couutrv from a war with luconsisten- when of! SANBORN CHASE, Bl! • a " Billina I ■ Fire, - Life, - Accident, - Plante G1&.SS II Us INSURANCE. * 1 £> LOWEST RATES 0 am iiB aiiima S* SURETY BONDS ISSUED. * ■ ■ amnia : \ Genera! Agent for South C&.rolin&.. & State* Mutual Life Assurance Co. of Mas./*. a « amma Bi' a . amma a eraaaaaaaKaaanaiiarBaaaawa aaaaaanttaoeBaanaaaBMaaaa BaBBaaaBBBaaBBBaaaaaaBRa asiaaaBaaaaBaaBavapfaaanaBaaimija aauaBBA8BBaBaBM«aaaaauadccBa aaaaBKauaBaMaaaaaaaaaaBa aBDaBaaaaaaaBBBaaaaaaBaa aaKiaBaaaBKBBBsaaBBaaaBiilaa Citation. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF FLORENCE. By W. A. Brunson, Esq., Probate Judge WHEREAS, Eibvin C. Harrell has made suit to me, to grant him LettersW of Administration of the Estate of and effects of Sallie N. Harrell. These are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and Creditors of the said Sallie N. Har rell, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Florence, S. C., on.the 10th, of March next after publication there of, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 23rd day of Febv., Anno Domini, 1904. W. A. BRUNSON, Judge of Probate. Published on the 23rd, day of. Feby. 1904 in Trie Evening Herald. verge Lost Time up the * cush, his former invest- the most powerful nation of the meufc is gone. There are few who continue to play the game that are not caught hud broken on the wheel. The decline of the market was not tine to a depreciation in the value of cotton, but the on slaught by the gambling element known as the “Bears.*" The mark et rail eu considerably shortly af ter tl • failure of Sully was an- nou! :i and the press reports state that a whole raid was planned wit view to the very end ac- eo: ’i shed. course our sympathies were wi sully who represents the side tha ;as fought for and advanced the i^erests of the South. It has been the first successful corner of ruin to advocate as a war measure a protective tariff? False prom ises! Was it false promises to ar gue from the Constitution and the unquestionable facts of history? No doubt Calhoun's theory of gov ernment was not wholly practica- j ble, because it presupposes more intelligence and virtue than now obtained in the masses; because it for a hisi is, we may say, iitted only community of Calhouns, testament io his country valuable as embodying, is most like the world. When Missouri applied /or ad mission into the Cniou the- histor ic light on the slave question be gan in earnest. The abolition le ver raged iu the North. Some were led on by wild fanaticism, others were enraged because they had been baliled in their attempt stand as a monument to his piji- to legislate so as to bring the fruit losiophical statesmanship,a memo- of slave labor into North/a n barns; rial more enduring than stone. . But any attempt to belittle the if? all make one old by trying to furniture look nice. gains Summons Notice. * THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Florence. Court of Common PleH?s~. Martha E. Edwards, Plaintiff,^ vs. ^ Barnabas Edwards, William Edwards, Oabrlel Edwards, Dr. Franklin Edwards, John R. Edwards, Henry C. Edwards, James Edwards, Mary Evans, Rachel Graham, Eliza Floyd, John W. Fountain, Lela Foun tain, Lonnie Fountain and Mary Fountain, Defendants. Summons for Relief. (Complaint not set ved.) To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and required polities of. his great prototype, Aristotle, great government prin ciples ami lofty political ideals. Especially will his “Disquisition” a visit to the warerooms of ROSENFOLD & DIXON J S where for sngill expense you can replaceyour shabby pieces of furniture and save worry &. time. all desired to see the slave released with no compensation to their pamphlets and owners. Abusive books .. • the cotton great advance in market and price, with the with the success heretofore accompanying his efforts, Sully, the “Cotton King” has at last been overthrown mislead in. Tom’s Cahin.* the com!Hi- ■ basely slun the South, \ where. TV.io abolition of - in into (’ongre- s. sionate crusade Calhoun waged mortal combat like “Uncle misrepresenting 1 the slaves and „ the planters of ( tv -it'd every- ;.s pi mg lor t he rerv were poured greatness of Calhoun is best met by the recorded testimony of his associates in Congress, and especi ally of the glowing tribute of his con peers. Clay said that “he pos sessed a lofty genius,” Webster \ T .-.,, c**,n tmiH m iw"! Hntill vmn* W answer the complaint to this . action, IOU can HID, Ulltl UUSSt, Uliyoui W blch 1§ on me In the office of the Clerk of ,, 11 t* i si *1 nsitfirl bnt 1 the Court of Common Pleas for sald^ounty, join patience is exnalisted, Oiit. audtoserveacopyof y our answe r to said i1'ditr n 11 v complaint on the subscribers at tlielr oflices Still JOUJVS SllUUUy, especiuilj at Florence, S. C., within twenty days after r,4q^-|. KTYrina' brni-Sf-* r-looniito* the service hereof, exclusive of the day of Hliei opilllg llUUSc l ICclIHIlg. 8UC h service, and if you fall to answer the 111ivio* til Hi'i itn T17qCo ^ complaint within the-time aforesaid, the llie Vise tiling to UO IS to IHAKt , )Ia ff lUtl in inis action will apply to the - ■ ' " Court for the relief demanded In the eom- 1 plaint. • Dated at Florence, S. C., Feb. 1, PiOf. j. p. McNeill, GEORGE GALLETLY, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the Defendants, Lela Fountain, Lonnie Fountain and Mary Fountain:’ . Take notice, that unless you procure the appoin t.Tieut of a Guardlap ad litem to ap pear and defend this action for'and on your i behalf wit hin twenty days fromr the service i of the summons and notice herein upon you the plaintiff will apply to the Clerk of this 1 Court for the appointment of some suitable and competent person as Guardian ad litem I to appear and defend this action tor and on your behalf. February 1, ISC-1. J. P. McNEILL, GEORGE GALLETLY, Plaintiff s Attorneys. , To the Defendants, Henry C. Edwards, Kar- nabus Edwards, J. \V. Fountain, Lela Fountain and Lonnie Fountain: Take Notice, that the complaint In this action was died in the office of Die Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Florence county on the 1st day of February A. D. 1904. J. P. McNEILL, GEORGE GAI ‘.F'"LY, Plaintiff s ' t. For Best J&h Printing See The Herald. affirmed that lie was a man of un doubted genius ami commanding j talent.” Read, too, the magnifi- iinst this pas- cent oration of Hammond, on ('al- upon the South, houu’s life aiid services, and the jurist, kUnk Bills of Sale .Blank Liens A K D .r. for recent eulogy of the great veiling of the monument to Caro- four years. He had the pending Lamar, at the occasion of the un- petitions excluded from Congress, J exposed the motives of the Aboli-1 lina’s great I tionists and held them at bay with -ON SALE AT THE- Application For Final Dis/li: _ Take notice that on the 14th day » f / prll next, the undersigned will apply the Court of Probate of Florence county lor a Huai accounting as administrator of the es tate of W. E. Finklea, deceased, and for let ters dlsinissary as such administrator. J. W. McCOWN. his iron logic. By what law of i o statesman. Weigh ! these deliverances from giants of i and his former gains wiped away, j God or man the North became the intellect. Compare them with the superficial statements of Von D 3% OFFfCE > 'Y- 1 Standard Bred Brown Leghorn 13. Adderss, H. L. Darr, Florence. Eggs at 75c for