The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, February 21, 1900, Image 1
VOL. XV.
LAURENS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2i, 1900.
NO. 21.1
A REPUBLIC OR MONARCHY?
DOOTKIN K OV StiLt' <JOVUN K N T
Thn Din" rene? Between Imperialism
and t?e Government Founded by
Uur Revolutionary FaMiem.
Tno speech of Llou. Woi. J. Bryan In
Columbia Is ooo of tbo ablest efforts of
Ibis glftod and accomplished lead r,
and bis discussion of tbo Philippine
question merits a careful perusal in
every household Mr. Bcyail t)pOko us
follows :
I want to t-p -aW for a little while
about tho Piiiilppino question. It 1,
not surprising that tue party that
favored tbo Income tax and favored
bimetallism and opposed industrial
trusts should also stand by the prlucl
pica upon which this government Is
founded and should oppose the conver
sion Of a homogenous republic Into a
hetorogouous empire. 1 say It is not
strange, but it Is strange thul tho Re
publican party that thought in 181)0
that thin country was not big onough
to attend to its own business Is now big
enough to attend to the business of
every othor country in tho world.
Home who are In favor of the Imperial
policy hide behind tho doctrine, or be
hind tho term, expansion ; but there
is ditTorence between expansion and
imperialism. Expansion descrioes tho
extension of the limits of a republic ;
imperialism describes an empire, which
is a different thing from a republic.
If you want to know tho difference bo
tween a republic and an empire, let
mo state tbo difforenbe In a few words
Wo had 25,1)00 soldiers In the regular
army In 1890 Tho President a-ked
for 100,000 in Deeombor, 18?8, and ho
asked for that Increase two months bo
fore thero was an uprising in the
Philippine islands. Why did *o need
an army four times as great? Be
caiue tho administration was contemp
lating an imperial policy. Waat Is
tho difference between a republic aud
an empire ? Twenty livo thousand
soldiers woro enough for a republic of
70,000,000 of people and it tukea four
limes as many soldiers for an empire
with lO.uOO.UOO more. This is tho dif
ference. Twenty-live thousand soldiers
for 70,000,000 wliu govern themselves,
but it takes 75,000 to govern eight
millions without their consent. Liure
wo have a ropublic, there a military
despotism. Tho flag horu stands for
tho rights of those who pay tho taxes
and have a voice in tho laying of them,
and there It stands for tbo odious
doctrine of taxation without represen
tation?a Government without the con
sent of the govornod. That is the dif
ference between a republic and an em
pire. Webster has said "an empire
embraces a varloty In races and a
lo government." Oar em
embrace both a variety in
a diversity in Government;
we gdt tho Filipinos?thirty
races of them?wo'll have
races enough lo satisfy tho
and how much we
Who can show it'
eo-t of u war of C(
tell how muoh a w
cost when it is eu
yet tho inan who t-a
bo propaio I to sben
11 make out of It.
Who Knows the
lest ? Who can
lof couquest win
^:d upon ? And
t will pay must
hat it will cost
n bi ttud
licr j., ??
fxploio,,.
Wut
diversity
plre lo to
races and
for when
different
variety of
most fastidious. (Laughter.) Aud we
will have a diversity in Government
that 1b Buflic.lent to distinguish a re
public from an empire. Wo uro asked
to have one tariff in this country and
another tariff In another part of the
empire. If you want to see a blill
more marked contrast lot me remind
you that according to tho constitution
as amended since tho war, no man in
tho United States can own anothor
man ; but we now pay the Sultan of
Sum for the privilege of flying uur Hag
over the Sultan's palace, and the slavo
who works beneath that flag 1b not to
be free, but he Is able to buy himself
free when he can make enough work
ing for nothing a day to pay for tho
market price. (Laughter.)
This Is tho doctrine that it now
brought to American people by a party
that has lived (or 30 years upon the
the boast of what it did in regard to tho
black man. Dun't you Id ink that 1b
diversity in Government? And yot,
my friends, we aro just commencing
on an Imperial policy, and you can ex
pect that the difficulties will multiply
as we progress. What defense do you
bear glveo of the Imperial policy ? I
have heard throe. First: There is
money In It. Second : That God is in
it. The third : Tnat we are In it and
oaa't got out. (Laughter.) I venture
you never heard any othor argument.
Take a speech of an Imperialst, and
you will find tbat thero 1b not an argu
ment that does not fall under one of
those three heads. Every Imperialistic
speech contains at least two of these
arguments. Let me give you the sub
stance of the most of the speeches.
The Imperialist speaker will start out
by telling you that Gud did It; that
Uod opened the door and pushed us In
and shut the door. That Gud pointed
out the way, and that we are under a
religious duty to prosecute a war of
conquest because God directs it, and
after having shouldered the wholo
tnlng onto Providence ho lowers his
voice and says, " It will pay." Every
argument made lo favor of Imperialism
Is but the elaboration of the speocn
made by Secretary Gage at Savannah,
Ga., more than a year ago, In whloh
he said that tho philanthropy and five
per cent, would go hand in hand.
" Philanthropy and five per cont.l"
They have always traveled together In
wara of conquest. Philanthropy chlo
reforms the conscience and five per
cent, fills tho pockets of the conquered
Whenever philanthropy gets weary
and rests for a while by the wayside,
five per cent, goes on and never feels
lonesome. I do not mean to say that
the Imperialist does not read his Bible,
but 1 do mean to say ho is mixed on
his quotations. I heard a man who
got confused about the Parables and
tried to tell of the goud Samaritan and
got It mixed with the parablo of the
sower, and as ho remembered it it
read like this : " A man went from
Jerusalem to Jericho and as ho wont
he fell among the thorns and the
thorns sprang up and choked him."
Uis IntentlOB woro goud, but his mom
ory was defective, and so the im
perlallsts are mixed up on tbo beautl
luden. Tbey know there is a promise,
to the meek and to the peacemaker,
and knowing that wo ontorod the war
as peacemakers, they have been trying
to recall that promise, and they have
got it mixed up with the promlso to
the meek. They have it Ilka this:
Blessed are the peacomrkors, for they
sball Inherit the earth. But that Is
not the Bible. "Blessed aro the peace
makers, for they shall bo called the
children of God'," Biosscd are the
meek, for they shall inherit the earth
and if any of you are acquainted wltn
an imperialist you wMl bear me out in
the statement, tbat he docs not show
a meekness that entitles him to claim
tbat reward promised to the meek. If
we want to be oalled peacemakers, let
us be satisfied with God's reward and
not olalm the earth for making peace
between people.
Let me take this money argument
that there is money In it. Do you
know what that means ? Do you re
allze the low level upon whloh you are
settling a great question ? Are you
willing to drag this question into the
?Irs of dollars and oeais V The man
who says it will pay must be prepared
to show ; first, how muoh it will cost us
and how much wo HI make. II ?
mu-st bo prepared to ^1 us how much
money wo -will spend <jd how many
lives will he lust, and > has got to be
prepared to put a un y value upon
tho soldiers who will laaorlUood in
tho attempt lo secure V advantages
o:acolonial policy. '? Iis prepared
to tell tho value of \ Ionian lifo ?
Who it* prepared to sa>v V much tho
world mav depend U) o?me human
brain ? Who is propa-eiflsay or cal
culate the goud that can*) done by
uuo huinun heart? AiulE tho man
who says it will pay muet^pronarod
to place a value upon hoaflbd tie wt.
Imperialist, I dare you pum money
value upon one American I m ex
change for oriental trau e. loat ap
plause) When a boy u i .as f* hat ho
believed to be right, bus Vber la
gratoftn that aho can ros\r ati for ao
noble u sacrifice, but whlat Jerlcan
mother wants lo raise bov\? at much
a head to exchange for itrat\ o;^
that the men who want) th\rttlju
would buy It with their ow
not sacrifice the blood of ot
eons fur tho purpose of
(Treunjudoua applause.) ???? oar
sumo people say that thcBe\slannil
furnish homes for uur surplus p\a.
tion. Thero aro 00 peop\o te,e
tquaro mile there now an
Do yuu think they will fun
for our Mi r pins population? (U
Why, my friends, If every
were too It to-morrow, tho
peuple would nut go there tu
work tbo land. (Laughter
could DUt get 10,000 American
thero in 10,000 years, if they
remain thero permanently, an
their fate with tbo fato of the 1
tants. We will send more
thero lo wurk tho Filipinos th
would 6end to work tho land il
were bo Fillptnoa.
Why, l saw in a mossago trio
day tbat tho President was ta
about the reconstruction of tbo PL
pine is'.anda. Tho word had a
lar si.und. K .-construction . W
you remember how tho Hspubl
party la Its best days reconstruc'
tho white race near at home, you
Imagine something about tbo rec
structlon of the brown raco abuut 7,1
mill s away frum homo now. (Ore
applause)
If yuu think uur people will gu
work ur/Jor the equator, I want to i
mind you tho other nations l ave til
it. Tbo Netherlands have dominate
Java 3?0 years. There aro lcaa tha
00,000 people of European birth in ai
Java out of 25,000.000 uf people. Spain
had control of tho Pnilipplness for
threo centuries, and yet there aro le.-s
than 10,000 reaidont Spnniards out uf
8,000,000 of people. Ejgland has
dominated/India for 150 years, and
yet then; aro only 100 000 of British
birth out uf 300,000,000 of people In
India. This has been the experience
of other nutiuna and will be our ex
perience. We will aend carpotbag
governors ; we will eend < flloers and
soldlenj, but, my friends, history has
taught Its lessons in vain. If one raco
can cross the ocean and conquer anoth
er raco and hold It In subjection with
out having incurred hatred as ltd re
compenso forever, It cannot bo done,
and we might as well face tho condi
tions that will meet us there.. Why,
some people think that England went
to India to oducate. Lot mo tell you
that after 150 years of domination, less
than 1 por cent, of the women of India
can read and write, and less than 5 per
cent, of tho total population. Some
think she. wont thero to Chrlstianizo.
She has been preaching a gun-powder
gospel for 150 years, and less thau 1
per cent, of the peoplo now embraco
the Christian rollglon. Do you think
wo aro going to tho Phllippino islands
to educate and,Christianize ? Lot_me
tell you that it is the educated por
tion of tho Phllippino Islands that
is .now in revolt against us. The
Christian portion that is now In
insurrection, whilo our friends aro
amongst the most ignorant of tho peo
ple, and amongst those who worship
after the forma of Mohammedanism,
if you think that wo are going there
to uplift by force, I want to warn you
tbat we daro not educate those poo
Ble, for if wo do, they will road the
declaration of Independence and muck
us for our inconsistency. (Applauso.)
But thero are sumo who think that
this is the work of the Almighty, and
we must not underestimate tho force
of a religious argument. You convince
a man that It Is his religious duty to
do a thlog, and he will do It; convlnco
him thst It is his religious duty to glvo
up his money and ho will give it up ;
convince him that it Is his rollglous
duty to give up his life and he will
give it up ; but more unfortunato still,
convince him that it Is his religious
duty to iake anothor man's money, and
he will tako It. (Laughter.) Convince
him that it Is his religious duty to
take another man's life and ho will do
It. IIow many lives havo been taken,
and how much money had been taken
by men who have r^yilared that God
commanded thorn r''till somebody or
rob somebody. / / J
that this
thodo who have taken on thomatdvos
tho oath to preach Christ and Dim
crucified, shouting fur a pulicy that
would make this nation the exponent
of brute force auion.r tho nation-* of the
earth. 1 remember that when tho an
nouncement came thut tho Child was
born, It esine not to soldiers in battle
array, but to tho shepherds who kept
their flocks by night; and it was not a
call tu arms J It wub " Peace on earlh,
good will toward men." That was tho
doctrine of the Nazarono, and tho doc
trine of conqueat cannot find Its founda
tion In Holy Writ under tho new dla
ponsation. I wish every Christian
might read a eormon delivered by a
man named Brown at Rochester, N. Y.
He tuok for his text the nussago that
describes tho scene whoro Christ whb
before Pilate, and Pilate said unto
Ulm, " Knowctb Thou not that 1 have
power to release or put Thee tu death."
Aud taking that text the minist r con
trasted force and love. Pilate repre
sontlng force, and behind him was
Cieiar, and behind Cieiar was tho Ko
man government, and buhind tho it
man government logionsof It mm. Be
fore Pilate, helpless and alone, preach
lug tho gospel of love, Btood Chrlat.
They nailed Dim to tho cross, and
those that stood around mocked and
jeered, and said '* Ho Is dead," but the
minister point ul how from that cay on
tho powor of Cieiar went and tho power
of Chrlat Increased ; pointed out how,
In a fow eonturlos the Roman govern
ment was gono and ltd legions forgot
ten, whilo tho name, of Christ livod
with each passing yoar until millions
now tako that namo with reverence
upon their Hps. And then, tho minister
said that In this nation today Pilate
and Christ stand faco to face ; thr,t
might and right are engaged in deadly
conflict, and that as we decide this
Philippine question we decide th'.d un
ion's place among the nation's of tho
rth. Shall It stand boforo tho world
a Pilate saying, " I havo powor to
lease theo or tho powor to put theo to
ath ?" Or shall it by Its holy exam
a rise and by rising draw all moo unto
What is to bo our nation's place ?
llevo thla minister spoke tho truth;
llevo that today light an - darkness
meeting upon thla continent, and
? settle this queation wo shall de
whetber this nation shall go on
m a light unto all tho world, or
own to tho levol of the empires
ave gono down to death. It is
I believe that tho deatlny of
ion hangs upon tho decision of
stlon that I havo lost no oppor
cry out against tbo policy of
, although tho Republicans
wo dare not disctida thld sub
o the war id in progress. I
'resident cannot couvert the
into an empire ; I say that
annot chango tho form of
or tho destiny of th-3 na
tho destiny of this nation
3 hands of the American
that until they speak no
that wo have adopted tbo
empires of tho old world
for tho glory of empire ?
ade tho glory of thld Rv
glory of all the empires
n and fallen since time
I.)
to bo a world powor
faith, this nation has
>owor for more than a
oro than ten decades
been the most potent
tho world ; for more
this R ipublic, wlth
witbout a groat
lore to mould the
race than all tho
their armies and
\ of forco. This na
unto all the world,
am pleading the
? Oh, my friends,
Be of sc. onty mil -
not so much cun
t of our policy on
knt as I am con
thi
deat
When tho RW/.w<sans say that this
is God's work, l ^?"e/c minded of a col
ored man who was .\>nd of chicken but
not always mindful of tho command
ments. He paid when ho prayed tho
Lord to send him a chlckon tho Lord
seldom did It, but whon he prayod the
Lord to send him after the chicken ho
nearly always got it. (Laughter.) 1
am afraid the Republican party nas
prayed tho Lord to send It after the
Philippine Islands. Somo one asked
Lincoln if ho .was not anxious to havo
tho Lord on hie side. He < aid " No,
but I am anxtoua to be on tho Lord's
side." Thero Is a groat deal of differ
eneo between trying to find OUt Which
Is the Lord's aldo and trying to bring
Jehovah from his throne to bolslor up
your side. When I hoar a man Bay that
this is God's will ; whon I hear a man
arguing that God commands a war of
conquest, I feel llko asking him how ho I Its
anows. I feel like asking him If God | tell
ever communicated it to him. If ho
aayshedtd I want to know tho placo
and the time ho communicated It, and
I will try to prove an alibi for tho Al
mighty and show that it was somebody
else. (Laughter.) How do wo know
God's will concerning us? From his
own word, I read in tho Blblo that
when Christ visited tho village ofBi
tlon
You
cause'
I am
lions
cerne
tho pi
corned
ourselv
tablish
because.
States,
to proBO
shores o
that do
America'
blood of
heart. I
the Amor
llpplne 1
willing to
My frle
pay I wan
shall pi oli
wholo wor
that has gi
noss and pre
of the earth
return for 1
ernmont is t
this nation
othor nations'
war with Cu
people of Cub
to be free, u
200,000 volun
and the son of
son of tho Fed'
and tho strain
and of " Dixie'
folds of the
(Tremendous
boys were
Uvcb in orde1
atlon that tl
of right ougl
draw tho lib
the Cubans a
plnos. Tell
blo'of self-got1
lallst would sa
plnos and le
years, hol ph. si
thorn and toot1
tlvo arms. ((I
Yuu ask mo w
the Filipinos
the Cubans. W
"Wo fight not f
Lot us us say u
havo driven tho
and bo free.
" Hands off." A'
to live and wort1
bo ono moro rof
earth. (Cheers.)
is the American1
thoy tell mo thI
Influence o
them that 1
Uu-^nce, hut I wan
and elevating ink
fiuence that Is exo
mouth
Last su miner I wi
Georgia and I met
was brought up In
gone from horo ove"
thoro a thousand
of our policy un
it willing tu es
ktho orient, but
In the United
vm nut willing
I oven on tho
do not want
knsplanted on
polsoa in tho
111 reach the
plant under
far off Poll
I am not
oor.
ou It will
what It
gain tho
rent idea
its great
e nations
take In
jolfgov
ilnatod
it from
lto the
lat tho
\ought
came
lonce,
Id tho
Ithor,
llo "
be eduoaU d, (one of them.of royal fam
ily), he told mo bow that chief had
given him ? nic?sa,go lo bring to the
whilo man' < land. I wad so impressed
with It that I had bun write il down
for me. This is the message : "Go tell
the people of tho whilo man's country
tbat 1 want them to send us friends. If
thoy send us men to tench us tho white
man's ways and educate our children,
aud give us their new religion and
show ua how tu becomo wiso and pow
erful like them I will give them land
and food ; 1 will help and protect them
as I havo helped and prottc el you, but j
you see these hills hero where my peo
plo havo lived before t vcr a white man I
was heard uf ; yuu see tlieso streams
from whence our women buve drawn
water fur hundrods of years ; you see
these woods where uur fathers lie
burled before ".e, if you come to teach,
to help, tu befriend, tbo luud is your.- ;
but if yuu come to lake uur lam; ? and
' destroy our families, wo will tight you
until the last ono of us dies und is
buried by uur fathers. (Chcord ) That
was the message that came frum iar olf
Africa to the whilo man's luud.
My frlonds, if you wunl to lift up tho
human raco, you have got to do it by
lovo ; you canuot do It by your great
armlos aud cannons, and I'd rather
trust tho loving influence of one South
Carolina bjy whoso love to God car
rlcs him fur otf from tho coufinod of
civilization ; 1 wuuld rather trust the
uplifting influence uf uno groat human
heart than the uplifting influence of all
tho great armicd sent to teach thu
ductrines uf conquest and force to an
inferior paoplo. (Applause.) And as 1
talked with that boy, this thought
came tu me. Here was a sou of South
Carolina going to Africa to give h a
lifo for tbe uplifting of tho Africans
way otT in that distant laud, and the
Republican party with all of its boasted
lovo for tbe African race, for Ibo man
who is not white, crusding the Pacific
ocean to take the declaration of inde
pendence out of tbe hands of tho Brown
people of tt o orient. 1 saw tho con
trast and I want thld nation to be u
great and moral factor of tho world's
progress, and, therefore, 1 am not will
ing that this nation sball stop down
frum the high plane on which it stands
and follow in the lead of tho empires
of tho old world.
You ask mo what my Ideu of this na
tion's destiny id. I say let It stand
erect and snow the dlfTerenco between
a Ropublic and a mouarchy. Let it
show that there .8 a reality in tho
faith and tho principles that wo pro
Cess, and then, as tho nation grows
great, us Its population increased, as
its influence iucreasca, aa its wealth
Increus -s, il can stand as an increasing
factor for good, and then doing noth
ing itself to contradict its high pur
posed, its people to scan tbe enliro
world, aud whenever anywhere the
people aro willing to dio for liberty
this nation cun cross any ocean wilh its
sympathy and say lo them, " God bit as
you, may you win your light to estab
lish a doctrine of self government."
(Great applauso )
THIS NEW DISPENSARY LAW
MOW KK.YHJKKS IN THE SY8TKM.
The Governor 1I?h Signed the Hill
hh it Finally Passed the General
Assembly.
Tho following la tbo full text of the
now dispensary mcasuro which was
udopted by the Legislature :
Section 1. That Section 2 of an Act
out!tied " An Act to provide for the
! election of a State board of control, and
to further regulate the Bait1, use, con
sumption, transportation and disposi
tion of Intoxicating and alcoholic li
quors and liquids in tho Stute ; and
prescribe penalties for violation of dis
pensary laws, to police the same, ap
proved March 0, 1800," as amended by
the Act approved 5th of March, 1807,
bo stricken OUt, and iusort in ?UU
thereof tbo 'ollowing, to bo and to be
known as Section 2 :
Section 2 That tbo State board of
control is horoby abolished.
Section 3. A board, consisting of
threo members, to bo known as the
board of directors of the State dispen
enry, is hereby established, whose du
ties and powers shall be herciiiaftei
defined. Tho members of said board
shall be men of good moral character,
not uddicted to tho use of intoxicating
liquor as a beverage, sball bo < lected
by the General Assembly in joint ses
sion as follows: Tue chairman of tin
board shall bo first ulecied and then
shall bo elected tho two remaining
members. Tho torm of office of the
mem hers of said board sbull be for two
years, unless sooner removed by the
Governor ; they Bhall qualify and be
commissioned in tbo same manner us
other State ollicers. In tho event of u
vacancy on suid board, by dca?h, resi
gnation or otherwise, Buch vacancy
shall be filled by appointment, by the
Governor, until tho rext sossion of the
Generul Assembly, when un election
shall bo held to fill -aid vacancy for the
Unezplred torm. Baoh member of said
board sball receive for his services the
same per diem and mileage allowed to
members of tho Genorai Assembly .
Provided, that no member of said board
shall receive per diem for more than
ono hundred days in any fiscal year
Tho said board shall devise such a sys
tern of bookkeeping and accounting as
it may deem advisable. The taid board
shall prescribe all rulcB and regulu
lions, not inconsistent with law, foi
the government of the Slato dispensary
and tbe county dispensaries. Tho Gen
cral Assembly shall, at the present
session, upon the approval of this Act,
elect tho members of said board, as
provided for in thld suction : Pro
vided, that no member of this board
of directors, whilo holding this etil...
shall become a candidate for any other
oflico.
high standing lu their profession, who
shall make a thorough examination of
the books of account, trial balances
and balance sheet of the dispensary
for the year ending November 30, to
gether with all billi, vouchers and any
and all evidences of receipts und ex
penditures whatsoever, and they shall
certify to the Genoral ,Assembly, in
writing, at the beginning of the regu
lar session in January of each year,
tbo result of such examination. This
certificate to be in addition to the an
nual report of the board of directors
Tho accountants so named by the Gov
ornor of tho State shall each receive foi
their serviced four dollars per day for
not exceeding thirty days In any out
liOHU ROUt?ttTS< ADVANCES. j HOW TI1K STATE'S MONKY OOl
lie, Opln
in Soitlli
A Mi.iiary I xp. ri UiVei
Ion of th > Sltuatl in
Africa.
The Associated Press has obtained
a review of the situation in South
Africa from Mr. Spencer Wilkinson, a
military expert lu London, who writes
ad follows .
"Lord Roberts ha^ bog on his cam
uatgu by btrikiug at the principal
Boer force in tho western theater of
war?that of Commandant Crooje,
covering the siege of Kimborley.
' La a liltlo over ttiree weeks L >rd
R)berts had completed the organises*
year, to bo paid from tho earnings of Uuu u' his force. Ilo then quietly
the dispensary. The commissioner and ,ui-se<~'d some f>o,ooo men, four Infantry
tho members of the board of directors divisions aud a Cavalry division, near
are hereby dirt eted and commanded to Ulc sehcted point, reaching Modder
glvo to tho accountants appointed by river bUiiofPo-u Friday. February Dtb.
the Governor froo and lull access tu must have put bis truups in motion
all books of accounts, trial balances,
balance sheet and every and all hook
Invoices, receipts, bank books, and
every and all papers connected with
the financial operations uf the dispen
sary.
Section ?. Tho dispensary commis
sioner Bhall, before entering' u^pon tbe | ?K..OUC0 'ul;iAwed.
duties of his oflico, execute a bond to
tho Stato of South Carolina in tho sum
of $75 000, which bond shall bo ap
proved by the Attorney General of the
State according to tho provisions of
the law as now provided, or which may
bo hereinafter onacted, and for the
faithful observance of ull rules and
regulations made and adopted by tbe
directors of the dispensary during his
term of ofllci; said commissioner shall
bo charged with tho management and
coutrol of tho Slate dispensary, dubject
to tho ruiefl and regulations of said
directors of the dispensary and tho pro
slons of the dispensary law, said com
missioner shall ontor into contracts,
employ all asslstantd and help ncces
with the ieast possible delay, for on
Monday the actum began. It was an
attempt to turn Ibo Boor position by a
maroh round its left or eastern tliuk.
O i Monday Gcucral PrOUOh'a caval
ry se;zjd the pa-?saeo of tho Rot
river, southeast of Jaeobjdal. and were
up by two infantry
uivis.one. On Tuesday the cavalry
moved north and seiz d tho crossing
of the Modder river, the infantry fol
lowing at their heels. O i Thursday
when one division of infuulry was ou
the Modder river and the other olose
behind it, between the two riveiB, tho
cavalry moved forward toward Kim
borley, dispersed tho beaiegord from
Ibo southeastern front aud opened con
nection with ttio town.
' The same day the troops from th
old camp at Modder river station
opened communication with Jaoouodal
winch had already been taken. Thus
Lord Roberts had u semi circio around
iho Boer position of Magersfonvein
from Kimberlcy on the north to Mod
CHAPLAIN 8. 1?. H. KLWKLL.
Hmlrion Death of the Bloqnent and
K?mest Preacher?Called to Hih Ho
ward in a Moment.
Dr. S. V. H. E well, pastor of Spring
St. Motoodlst church In Charleston,
diod suddenly und without a momout'd
warning while ho was in a bjrbor'd
shop at Columbia on Saturday after
noon, Feb. 17th, where ho svas waiting
to bo aorved. Dr. E well wont to Co
luinbia that murning in response tu an
invitation frum tho Kuightd of Pylhiad
in that city, whoro he wad to preach a
sermon on Sunday evening bjforo tho
two lodged un the occasion of their joint
anniversary celebration, He left homo
in apparently good health, but several
attacks recently had occadioned-unoasl
eaa on tbo part of his friends. Tho
following sketch uf his lifo id copied
from tho News und Courier :
Dr. K:well wad a man of unusual tai
nt-, ao was born In Clarendon
County, S. O, January 6, 1812. His
early educational advantages were
comparatively limited, but such was
bis application and such his wonderful
natural powors of mind and forco of
character that he overcame these early
deficiencies and cume to stund in the
forefront uf strong men und eloquent
preachers. He wad marrijd to Miss
Julia C. Rimer, Docombor 27, 1800,
who, with a son and two daughters,
survivoj him.
Though but a boy at tho beginning
of the war Dr. Elwoll proved himself a
bravo and gallant soldier in tho 23d
South Carolina regiment. The ompty
sleeve bo carried from tho battle of
Jackson, where hla arm waashot off by
a piece of shell, July 13, 1803, was over
a silent but eloquent testimony to his
fidelity to his country.
He waa admitted to tho South Caro
lina Conference M. E. Church, South,
at MorgaAlon, N. O, Decombur, 1807,
und waa at tho tlmo of his deatli the
only aurviving member of tho class of
preachers admitted at that session of
Conference. During hla connection with
the South Carolina Conferoncj Dr. El
woll borvci twonty-ono years on cir
cuits and eleven years on stations, fill
ing during this time many of the moat
important circuit and city charged of
tho Stato. At the last session of tho
Conference ho waa removed from
Spring Street Church, but so strong
waa the doslro t f hla congregation lo
retain him that after tho Conference
bobIou tbe appointment wad changed
by tho Bishop prcdlding and Dr. El
well returned to Spring Streut Cuurch
for tho third yoar of his pastorate
thero.
Dr. Elwoll had fow equals as a roady
nd oltquont speaker und waa in con
tant demand for special occaBlons In
ho church, In anniversaries of frater
1 ordors and reunions of Confederate
tennis. He was exceedingly happy
einquellt in speaking of tho " Loat
iso." As a proacher he was earnest,
mssioned, eloquent?c.-qiecially glfl
'n revival powor
ddonly, us In battle, tho veteran
been called to "pads over the river
e.-,t undor tho shade of tho treed."
;d Is the active life of earthly uso
H, silent the. eh qiient tongue, bll "i
fluetiCJ ( f a consecrated life lit01
him and tho memory of his ex
bar actor and noble deeds sootl .t j
denen boarto >f tho many who
Im In lifo and who cherish l.ld
lu death.
marla and they refused to rccolve him Congo and 100 m'.hl
and some of the dlaolplcs wanted to white man, he had osj
oall down fire from Uoaven and con- He stayod thero for'
sumo the pcoolo, Christ rebuked them and when he roturnel
and said, " Ye know not what manner him two boys of natlv
of spirit ye are, tbo Son of Man camo ed them in a school Ii
Into the world not to destroy men's when they aro oducatl
lives but to i avo them." And against back and help him li
tho Infamous doctrine of conquest and not know when I havl
blood I place the word of Christ him- versatlon with a man]
self, that He oame netto destroy but joyed my oonvorsatlorj
to save. Nothing has amazed me more He told me how the
than to hear ministers of the gospel received him, had tat
shouting for a war of conquest; noth- and how, when he wasl
log has amazed me more than to hear tobring these native 1 ?
other evening the electric
^Jaunita, Cal., failed, and tho
rnlng threo suits were Instl
lalnst tho corporation. Ac
\o the lawyer for ono of the
I" tho parlor was at 'tho tlmo
[uests at a children's party,
liom made uso ot the oppor
Illicit kissing and romping,
Vtod lu tho destruction of
mnts and was harmful to
dfaro of thoso present."
*mt > * ? ??
rjp ^3 j
i The Kind You Have Always Boj
Suction 4. A dispensary commission
er shall bo elected by Vbo General As
BOmbly, who shall hold otllce for the
term of two years and until his succes
sor shall bo elected and qualified, and
wiii sball rectdvo an annual salary of
threo thousand dollars, to be paid as
now-provided by law. The Governor
sha.l have tbe right at any lime to sus
pend the said commissioner for any
cause which he shall consider sufficient
until tho next meeting of the General
Assembly and appoint some suitable,
person to liil such vacancy during such
buapeiidion. in caso of tbe removal of
duid commissioner by tho Governor he
shall on the first day of the next meet
ing of the Legislature, make report lo
said General Assembly, stating the
reubons for his action, which action.
appiovod by tbo General Assembly,
hall operate as a removal and tb?
General Ascmbly.sball elect a success
or to said commissioner. In case of
tho death, suspension or ether dis
ability of Ihe commissioner tho Gover
nor shall have the right to appoint a
successor to ti:l said vacancy until the
next meeting of the General Assembly.
Said directors of the dispensary shall,
within thirty days afler the approval
of this Aot by tno Governor, and there
after quarterly, advertlso in two or
more daily newspapers of this State
and one or moro daily nowapapera pub
lished without this Slate for bids to be
made by parties desiring to furnish li
quor to the dispensary for said quarter;
said bids shall be placed in an envelope,
securely boalcd with the seal of com
pany, firm or corporation, and hav
ing boon so sealed, shall bo p aood in
tbo express oflico, directed to tho Stato
Trcaduror. Columbia, S C; and only
ono bid shall bo made by any one,
which shall state the quantity, price
and chemical analysis thereof : accom
panying said bids there shall be a sam
ple of each kind of liquor olTcrcd for
sale containing not more than one-half
pint each, which autuple shall on its ar
rival bo delivered to the dispensary
commissioner, to bo retained by him
until after it has been ascertained that
the wines or liquors purchased corres
pond in all respects with tbat purchas
ed, said samples to bo tho property of
the Stato ; end bids shall bo kept by
the Stato Treasuror in bis olllce and ho
shall not himself or allow anyone to in
spect said bids or tho envelopes con
taining said bids, but shod duliver said
bids to tho directors of tbo dispensary
at a meeting of tha bourd of directors,
who Bhall open said bids in public ami
record all bids in a book kept for that
purpose ; said directors of tho dispen
sary may reject any and all bids and
readvertlso lor othor bids ; said direc
tors of tho dispensary shall purchase
all alcoholic liquors for lawful uao in
tins Stale and shall have tbe same
tested and declared to bo choinlcully
pure ; and If tho wines or l;quors pur
chased fail to correspond In any respect
with the sample furnished the sell >r
thereof shall forfeit to tho Slat1 a sum
not exceeding tho value of said liquor,
to be recovered in an Both brought
by the Stale againat such seller ; and
said contracts sball be awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder, for such
quantities and kinds of lltpiors as may
bo doomed necessary to the dlspo 8ary
for that quarter, and said contracts
Bhall further provide that tbo dIrecturs
uf the dispensary may order additional
quantities of liquors suflicent to supply
the dlsponsary, chould thoro be noed
fur more, from the samo persona or
corporations at tho samo prices for that
quarter. Said directors shall require
from tho successful bidder or bidders
Buch bond in such sum as they may
deem accessary to Insure the com
pllanco by said bidder or bidders with
tho terms of said contracts : Provided,
that Bald directors of tho dlsponsary
shall not purchase, any liquor of any
person, firm or corporation who shall
solicit any ordors, either by drummor,
agonts, samples or othorwiso, except
as horoin provided: Provided, furthor,
that nothing herein contained shall
prevent said directors of tho dispensary
from making with distillers of this
Stato contracts for tho purehaso of li
quors manufactured by thorn within
this Stato.
The lineal yea
tho Slat > dls
30 th da?^o
Th
w
sary to tnanago tho State dispensary, at | ??r r1Vul- station ou the south, and pus
salaries nut to exceed thuso fixed by
tho directors of the dispensary: said
commissioner may discharge any of the
employees at pleasure, and report his
reason therefor in writing tothedirec
tors of tho dispensary: Provided, that
said dispensary commissioner shall not
employ any person who Is related to
him or any members of the directors of
tho didpeusary by blood or marriage,
within the sixth degree: Provided,
further, that the liquors sold tu tho
county dispensaries shall bo sold at a
profit of not over 10 per cjnt of tho cost
to the State.
Section 6. That the county boards .
of control be appointed by the board of t,!inK ?VU0 Moulilil
Stale directors in tno manner now pro- I stores ubandouoi
vided by law, and with the advice and
consent of the members of the Senate
and House of R .?prcacutalvea from the
several counties, or a majority thereof
The county dispensers shall be elected
by the county boards of control: Pro
vided, that no person shall be elected
county dispenser or clerk \v ho is rolutod
within tbe sixth degree, by blood or
marriage, with any member of the.
board of directors of the Sliwto dispen
a a M.. ...14 V. . U-..1 i -
.of the transactions of
ihall end on the
of oach.yoar.
aary, witii the'dlspenBary comm'sa oner, | circio on tho west,
or with any member of tho county
board of control by whom such county
dispenser or clerk aro to be elected.
Section 7. All constables appointed
under tho provisions of this "Act lo
provide for tho election of a Statt
board of control, and to further regu
ato tho sale, use, consumption, trans
portation and disposition of Intoxicat
ing und ulchollc liquors or l'qoids in
he State, and prescribe penalties for
violation of dispensary laws, to police
tbo same, approved March 0, 1806,"and
Acts amendatory thereof, shall, before
entering upon tho dulies of their ollice,
and in case such constables shall have
been already appointed, then withie
thirty days from the passage of this
Act, each give bond to the State in the
urn of $500, with surety and sureties,
to be approved by tho Attorney Gen
eral, conditioned for tho futhful per
irmunco of the duties of bis office; and
in caso of the breach of said bond, suit
may bo brought therein by any pcraon
aggrieved thereby, either in tho county
w hero any of thn obligors reside or in
any county where said broach may
have occurred: Provided, that the
Governor shall report ull such appoint
muntd to the General Assembly ut tbe
next ensuing session, tho dato and torm
of servico thereof.
Section 8. It shall bo unlawful foe
tho Stute commissioner, or any olllccr
or employee of the Stale disponsury, or
any county dispenser, or his clerk, to
put any false or misleading label on
any puokago of liquor to be sold under
any provisions of thin Act, or to receive
any samples for personal use, or to
drink, or to givo away any I'quors In
stock; and any person found guilty of
violating tbo provisions of tho section
shall, upon conviction in any Court
of competent jurisdiction, be punished
by a tine of not less than $100 or by
imprisonment for not less than ono
month, and such conviction shall work
a forfeiture of tho ollice or position
held by such perav.n.
Section 0 The
Stato board of con
trol shall, within ton days uflor tho ap
proval of thiB Act, on Jemand, deliver
to said directors of tho dispensary all
books, accounts ond property of every
nature and kind whatsoever.
Section 10. All Actf tir part of Acts
Inconsistent with tbe provisions of this
Act be, and are hereby, repealed
Section 11. Tnat all Acts relating to
tho sale, used and consumption of intox
Icating liquors, now of force in this
State, except such as aro in conflict
wilh this, be, and the same are hereby,
reenaoted and deoiareo to b* in full
force and e ffeot.
Section 13 This Act shall go Into
effect immediately upon its approval
by the Governoi.
sibly tho line was prolonged from
Moudor river station lo tho north west
so that General French might hopo by
passing through Kimberloy to oomplet
the circle aud to enable Lord Roberts
to envelop and capture Cronje's wholo
force.
This was the result hoped for. The
plan was brilliantly conceived and
vigorously executed. But Crooje bus
been ubie to evade the blow. When
French reached Kimberloy It was
found lhal Cronjo with tbe bulk of his
forco had moved off toward Bloomfon
tcin, apparently by tho Boshof roud,
or by a shorter route along tbe north
Tho laugers and
tho convoy cap
tured prove that Cronje left in haste,
and one of General Kelly-Kenny 's
urigades was last reported as pu:.-un,
and engaglug t.ic Boer rear guaru.
Generai Kitchener is superintend nig
tbe pursuit. Which may be effective.
Of li.o First and Ninth divisions no
mention has boon mude In tbe lei
grams, and tho inference is that a part
of tno design is as yet undisclosed.
Possibly their function is to complete
Perhaps, too
force is making to tno eastward,
south of the Modder river, to inter
vene Cronjj, though as the mounted
Boors cover thirty miles a d&y, no iu
fantry can catch them. A part of the
Boor force may havo retreated to tho
northwest, and will no doubl be pur
sued.
"Thero cau bo no Juubt that Kim
borley id relieved and that the rail
way will soon bo re-opencd. Tnis is a
success, but the mure valuable result,
the destruction of a part of tho Boor
army, has not been secured, it- eauuot
bit said, iu the circumstances, that this
Is attributable to woakucad in tho
British generalship, winch seouid to
have been excellent.
"There are disquieting features in
the nows. Tho capture by Boerd, said
to havo come from Coleborg, of a largo
British convoy may diminish the mo
bility of the British f )rce and is u proof
of the judgment und energy of the
Boer leaders. Too vigorous attack on
i be Britiso poit ut R msburg shows
that tho Boers mean to reply to L ml
R)bert's advance by striking at his
com in u ii i cat ions.
Until tbo issue of tbo operations
around Kimberloy Is fully known, it Is
usolcsd to speculate upon the next
move of Lord Rjbjrtd. Tno fact that
Ki.nberloy has boen rol.oved and that
Cronjo haH to make a hasty retreat are
to the go id side of the account, but the
fact that Cronje has not, at any rato
up to tbo date of tho latest telegrams
havo seen, been well beuten In a
tight Id a didttppo nluionl. Tho opin
ion is widespread that the invusion of
tho Froo Stato will bring the Boer
army, or at least the Free Stato con
tingent, out of Natal. Upon this point
I am less sanguine than most of tbe
English observers, even thoro whose
judgment modt dciervea confidence,
out tho newd of Lord Rjborts' advance
will encourage While and his men lo
prolung t heir dofenso."
tk. Summary of the Appro print loi
Ulli tor the Com log. Year.
The following uro tho main features]
of tho appropriation bill Introduced
lust week in tbo House, which will be
passed s jbstuntiully in this form. Tbc
Items aro worthy of careful study,
every cltlzeu should know how t'
taxes are spent:
Governor's Office?Govornor, $3,00i]
private secretary, $1,350; mossengo]
$100 ; contingent fund, $5,000 ; statlo"
ory, otc, $300.
Secretary ol State. $1,000; cletL.
Secretary of Stuto, $1,350: coutlnget
fund of Secretary of State, $150;
stationery aud stamps, $500; books,1
blanks and stutlono. y generul election,
$500 ; extra clerk hlr.?. $300.
Comptroller Guuorul, $11)00; chlof
clerk, $:. luO ; bookkeeper, $1,400 ; con
tingent fund, $200; stationery, $300;
printing, $300 ; travelling expense
and his assistants in examining books
papers and accounts portatning to
olllces of tho uudltors and treasurers of
tho respective countlos and other coun
ty officers, $500.
State Treasurer, $1,000; chief elork,
$1.500: two bookkeepers, each$l,3o0;
contingent funt', $200; printing of
bonds und stocks, anil to pay for bonds
and stock . already printed, $500;
stationery, $2t(l.
Superintendent of Education, $1.900 ;
clerk, $000; contingent fund, $200;
printing, books, $000 ; board of educa
tion, $500 ; stationery, $125 ; travelling
expenses, $300.
\djutant and Inspector General,
$1,200: clerk, $000; armory, $350; con
tingent fund, $500; stationery, $150;
exponaes, $550; companies $8.000.
Attorney General, $1.000; assistant
Attorney General, $1,300; contingent
fund, $150 ; stutlonory, $75 ; litlgution,
$1,500: for emergyaucy, $51)0 Is neces
sity.
Railroad commissioners, $5,700 ;
secretary, $1,200: contingent fund,
$750.
State librarian, $800; contingent
fund, $12">; stationery, $300: expenses,
$100.
Two watchmen State llouso and
grounds, $800 ; janitor, $100: engineer,
$75 per mouth ; two firemen, $35 per
month : engineer $25 per month for
rest of year: contingent fund of koeper
of Stato House, $100.
Judicial Department?Chief Justice,
$2,850: Associate Justice. $3 220 17, E.
B. Gary: Aesociato Justice, $2.850, Y.
Pope : Associate Justice, $850, Ira B.
Jones. For each of tho Circuit.) edges,
$3,000. Solicitors, stenographer and
clerkd as provided by luw.
Board of Health? Quarantine officer
ut Charleston, $1.050; Btation, $1,000 ;
at St. Helena. $700 ; expenaea, $200; at
Port Royal, $000; expenses, $300;
keeper of hospital, $175 ; at George
town, $150 ; expensed, $150; keeper of
lazaretto, $300. For the purpose of
carrying e>ut a State board uf health,
$2 200; fur quarantine purposes, $15,
000.
Tax Department?Salaries of audi
tors, $25,500; printing for auditors, $2,
500.
State Colleges?South Carolina Col
lege, $27 500; Winthrop College, $33,
000 aud $5 4?0 for scholarships.
South Carolina Military Academy,
23,250 ; for deficiency reportou uy
board of visitors, $0.250.
Stato Colored Coilege, $8,000.
South Carolina Penltoutlary?For
salaries, $4750.
State Hospital for the Insane?Sala
ries, $3,000; board regents, per diem
nd mileage. $1,200 ; maintenance,
$100.()J0; builling purposes, $10,000:
Wallace debt, $4.000.
D.>af, Dumb aud Blind Asylum, $30,
000.
Indians, $800. Water, $2.000.
Claims, $8,000 ; public printing, $12,
000; Journals, $510 ; Governor's Man
ion, $250 ; lights and public buildings,
.1,750 ; fuel, $1,000; Cunfcdorato pon
lon-i. $100,000; phosphate Inspector,
$1,200: Stato Fair, $1,200; commls
loners and managers of elections,
$1,000 ; advertising $2.000; for rewiring
Stato House, $2 000 ; interest on public
debt, $283,832 51.
Ho You Need An Kleotrlo Hell V
Por the past ten years, Dr. J . Newton
llnthawtiy who is recognized as the great
est of all our specialists, has been perfect
ing an Oleome licit, ? iinuier to use in his
practice, one Whloh he could furnish as a
jiart of his system of treatment and which
tic could Conscientiously guarantee lie
now announces that be liaa perfected such
a hell, which he bo ieven to ho the only
perfect belt made. It a light, handsome,
of fjroat power, ami with new attachments,
which makes it suitable for every cane,
lie is prepared to furnish this hell to nil
patients who need it ami who apply lo lam
lor treatment, at a merely nominal Charge.
Write to Dr. Hathaway to-day, telling all
about your case and ho will write you about
the beit, and if you deuire tho belt will he
SHiu I). 1). for inspection. Address Dr.
Hathaway <k Co., 24}f South llroad str?et,
Atlanta, Oa.
? If when people aro charged with
tholr faults thoy aro credited with
tholr virtues thoro would bo more good
nolgbbors In the world.
?Gold was found on tho borders of
Venezuela and Britain promptly dis
covered that the new field was really
in its adjaoent colony of Guiana. I > a
inon.ls were found in tho Orange Free
state and Britain found out utmost Im
mediately that tno border was wrongly
located, and shifted it so that the D a
mood Fields were on her s'nlo Gold
18 found In the Transvaal und Britain
hus already ascertained to her own
satisfaction that the Transvaal is prop
erly British territory. Tee on'y r:c i
foreign gold li ddi found in rc'C-Jnt
years which Britain nssn't sti J.lenly
discovered, to per own great surprise,
to uo ready on h?r territory wt ro In
Siberia. Russia is 110 largo and fierce
to stand any sudden discoveries of that
sort.
? A commercial travo. Ior,o-il ing upon
a customer?a grocer?in a village,
amused himself whilo tho tradesman
was writ tig out in order by ta'klng to
his son, a ooy of some 8 years' standing.
"Well, my little friend," bo said us the
paper was placed in Ins hand, " 1 hop
you will make a o at. r man than yo ir
father"?.* common nhraso addressed
to children. " Sir," exclaimed the
grocer, greatly disturbed, as tint b ?>
retired ? "dir 1 am surprised tha1- you,
a gentleman of eduOAtioO, and with a
Knowledge of the world, should make
r. fleotlons on my character, and that,
loo, in tho presence of my eon. It Is
true that tho shoop were found In my
yard bu'. theo 1 was honorably ac
quitted
? An idea of .the growfcj
citu s .may bo ob*?
ment mado by E. W
mlnghatn. A1
n ^
It Is said that the American offi
cials who havo j ist made a census of
Cuba report having found in tho moun
tains of the interior a tribe of Indians
hose cxistonco was previously un
known, and they ran across intelligent
white persons who were unawaro tnat
the United States government had tak
en control of tho island.
?Loft handod parties aro a fad in
Now York. Each guest is requested to
come with his right hand bound up.
He must register ins name, play tho
piano, hold the girl with whom ho
dancos and eat with tho assistance of
his left band only.
?It is stated that General Otis la at
la9t to bo withdrawn from tho Philip
pines, anel that tho civil powor will su
percedo tho railtary control In tho Isl
ands.
THE SICK ARE
MADE WELL,
And the Weak are IU-nt?>rett to Pali Vigor
and si i eng t ii ut tho IlauclH of the Great
est Meiin of Modern Times.
Are You
Slok?
Hiivo you iiny pain or ncho or wflaknoMT
Doch your btCCd HtioirtliatltcontiiliiHlai.
l nine: Aro yon norvoua? Do you lank
snap mill iictlvlty of mind und iMxlyT Are
you ...i...n tired? il.iv.. you
lost iiinliltlotiT la tlioro any
tinnuliirnl drain upon thn
ayatoniT Ib overy oryan pur
fortnlnu Its proper func
tion! In Other Words:
Aro YOU H go lo lly
Strong. Act Ivo, YlKor
oua, II?ult)iy, Happy
mmi or Woman ?
If not, you fdiould not d?
lay ono day ixiforo you con
aiilt a i-i?>-e in 11 ? t ono to
? I., ini Us. human oody laiiu
open hook anil who under
Manila every phanoof wcak
iiwhh and (llaenen nnil to
whom Ilm proper treatment
for a cure la as almplo im
tho uddlni; of u column c' fltrurcH.
For o\ er 20 yearn, Dlt. J. NEWTON
1IATIIAW A Y hiia Boen the lending
ppeclaht-tof thlscountry. Ill-) prac
tice hau boen for years lar,-or than
I lint or nil other api-cliillHtHi-iimniiii-d. 11 , ?f ,ij|
?orls of dl-.eaceil condltlona have heen tin. miirvel of
I Is- medlcnl profexNlou nnil the people Kenerally. Ill*
fnmo liaa spread into every town and every hamlet
Ilms', i III i. i n I w Uli all manner of diKeaseHlnivesouKlit
his services In order that theymiirht ho madn whole
hy tho Bdmlnlstorlns of his wonderful system of treat
ment. Wrecks of humanity havo come to liiui for
consultation and medicines, whoa few months later
have returned to Inm In most vigorous health to give
him their thank*.
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