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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
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[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
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Women who are wearing
"Elite* Petticoat/* &
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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
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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
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his company to the Armory where j n business since 1880. Pi-ices'
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refreshments served. ^ latest styles.
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at the City Hall next Monday af- j VAIfDingS, t*tC.
tei noon at hali past four o’clock, Furnished on application. First
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when it is hoped all the members
will be present, as business of im
portance will come before the
meeting.
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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-
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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- â– 
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
- â–  ' " 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
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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
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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
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