The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, April 23, 1902, Image 1
VOL. XVII.
LAURENS, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1902.
NO. 37.
THE BURIAL OF HAMPTON.
TWENTY THOUSAND HONOR THE OCCASION
The Funeral Ceremonies Are Simple And
Unostentatious.
VETERANS FILL, THE GRAVE WITH THEIR OWN HANDS.
Sunday afternoon, April 13th, 1902,
the mortal remains of Gen. Wade
Hampton were laid to rest in the beau
tiful old cemetery at Trinity church, in
sight of the capitol building on whose
steps he stood more than a quarter of a
century ago and spoke words of pacifi
cation to an angered crowd of his fel
low-citizens, who felt that their rights
were being trampled upon, advising
that the peace be preserved and that
retaliation for wrongs be put aside.
It was an occasion the like of which
has never been witnessed in South
Carolina uutil now. Simple, unosten
tatious, without display of any kind, it
was in accord with the wishes of the
doad hero and patriot that ho should bo
laid away, not with outward demon
strations that too often are meaning
less, but in the beautiful simplicity
which rises to grandeur when the
hearts of the people arc attuned to the
sweet solemnity expressive of their
honcBt grief and unaffected sorrow.
Under the wide-spreading branches
of a livo oak that looks to be tho sur
vivor of centuries, and amid tho sur
roundings that echoed tho tread of his
ancestors upon pathways that lead to
the gravo, their honored, dust to be re
freshed with tho knightliesl of them all,
Wade Hampton was put out of the
sight of man, while the tributes of love
and affection were heaped upon the
new mouud that marks his resting
placo henceforth. Not less than twonty
thousaud people were thero to testify
their gratitude for the life that had
ebbed away, while from far and near
had come Moral offerings that wore
expresBivo of the purity and beauty of
his character.
It had been announced that tho
body would lie in state at the family
residence on tho corner of Uarnwell
and Senate streets, in order that his
comrades especially might have a last
look at the old warrior, and early in
the day tbero was a stream of visitors
who passed through the guard and
entered the house with uncovered
heads. The special guard of honor was
composed of a detail from Camp Hamp
ton, the members of which were clad
in Confederate gray uniforms, and
kindly received all who came. There
was hardly any cessation of visitors
from 10 to 2 o'clock, and thousands of
peoplo were ushered during that time
through tho borne, passing by the
casket and looking at the silent figure
that lay there with the calmness of
eternal peace on his countenance.
The funeral was beyond question the
largest that haa ever been held in
Columbia, and many say the greatest
that has ever be?n held in the State,
certainly the motot eventful in the
memory of those who attended the
great tribute to the virtuos and upright
ness of Hampton. There was no part
of the Stato that was without represen
tation at the funeral. This, in itself,
bore testimony to the great love the
people bore their hero of peace and
war.
Veterans, Sons of Veterans, Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, citizens, sol
diers, municipal delegations, civic or
ganizations, all vied fpi place in the
great funeral cortege. ' *
Never before has thero been such a
superb collection ol floral decorations
and tributes to any mau in the State.
The larger pieces filled two wagons,
and each of the hundred Daughters of
the Confederacy was handed a floral
design to carry in the line of march
and place upon the mound at the
cemetery. It was a delicate compli
ment and at the same time kept the
floral offerings in the best possible
condition.
In the line of march were hundreds
of young soldiers wearing the blue
that was so often the target of Hamp
ton's men and at the grave the taps
were blown by two young men in the
Union blue. Thore were no flags ex
cept those that had gone through the
bloodiest of battles in the line.
The lino of procession was formed in
front of Uen. Hampton's home and
the central .committee in charge of the
arrangements, consisting of Messrs
Ambrose E. Gonzales, W. H. Gibbes,
Jr., and Capt. W. D. Starling, deserve
great credit. There was no de'n?y, no
confusion, and for so large a parade it
could not bavo boen better managed.
The line extended all the way from
the Hampton home to Tiinity Church.
The route of the procession was
from the residence to the church, and
it proceeded through broad streets be
tween solid lines of people. Not only
were the pavements packed with peo
ple of all agos and classes, but windows
and piazzas in residences along the line
were crowded with people. Every
point of vantage from which the pro
cession might be seen was occupied.
The square about the church and the
churchyard Itself was one solid mass of
humanity as the funeral cortege ap
proached.
Along the short walk from the
churchyard gate to the entrance, on I
eltbor side, were lined the Governor
and his staff and State officials, stand
ing immediately behind members of
the Daughters of the Confederacy. As
the casket was borne into the church,
followed by the family, the ladies fol
lowed, preceding the officers, after
them coming survivors and distin
guished visitors until the large edifice
could hold no more. Comparatively
few of the thousands attend' ig the
funeral could get into. the church, and
they, too, could not get near the grave,
but they remained silently and respect
fully, until all waa over.
When the procession arrived at Trin
ity church, the streets were literally
packed with people, and not a vehicle
was in sight except the carriages oc
cupied by the family of < ion. Hamp
ton, I be only ones permitted in the
Hue of march. On reaching the front
gate of the church, the body was met
by Bishop Ellison Capers, who was in
charge of the funeral services by spe
cial request of the family. Bishop
Capers, who has been a lifelong friend
of Gen. Hampton, was assisted in the
services by the rector, the ltov. Mr.
Satterlee and the Hev. Messrs. Wit
sell Thomas and Joyner. The same
good order that prevailed on the pa
rade was carried out in the arrange
ments iu the church. Trinity church
can at most accommodate 1,500, aud
after the full capacity had been util
ed, others anxious to get into thoir
church were advised that they must
I forego that privilsge. The Veterans,
Sons of Veterans and military had to
romain outside, as Trinity was already
full. The services were those ordi
narily used in the Episcopal church.
Bishop Ciipers did not think the lime
or the occasion Builed for a funeral
oration and he conflued tho services to
the letter of tbo prescribed service,
which is simple and impressive.
ft hilo the distinguished pall-bearers
bore the casket into the church the
surpliced choir sang 44 Hock of Ages,"
and as the refiain died away tho ltov.
Mr. Joyner read tbo lesson of the day.
After this the liev. Mr. Satlerlee an
nounccd the hymn, ?< Laad, K indly
Light/' which was the favorite hymn
of Gen. Hampton, and which he asked
should be sung at his funeral.
Bishop Capors then with much feel
ing read the chapters of the Bible pre
scribed in the liturgy. The Hev. Mr.
Satterlee delivered the prayer aud the
6uperb choir sang " How Firm a
Foundation, Ye Saints of the Lord."
At the conclusion of the services tho
casket was borno out to the burial
ground.
After the bricklayers had completed
the masonry arch work tho membors
of Camp Hampton, Confederate Vet
erans, took the spades and begau fill
ing in the grave, while tho Trinity
choir sang appropriate hymns.
Around the grave, besides the fam
ily, were assembled the flag-bearers of
the fourteen or iifteen camps of Con
federate Veterans, each holding his
bal in his hand and his tlag "at rest."
The services just at this point were
impressive to the highest degiee. One
of the Daughters of the Confederacy
fainted under the nervous strain.
When the mound was completed
the magnificent tloral offering of Camp
Hampton was placed at the head of
the grave. This was in the shape of a
cross, standing about six feei high,
made of white flag lilies entwined with
red and white satin ribbon. The offi
cial floral offerings were then laid up
on the grave, arranged by the ladies of
the Wade Hampton chapter, U. D. C,
of Columbia.
The floral tribut 38 were so numerous
that the crowd was pushed back and
the flowers were placed around tho
mound about five or six feet on either
side. In the branches of the over
hanging cedar tree were hung many
beautiful wreaths.
When all the flowers had been
placed Adjutant Newman gave the
command for ** taps." Messrs.
Thomas E. Lightfoot and George M.
Kuhn sounded taps as slow und im
pressive as ever a soldier heard, and
then Bishop Capers offered a short
prayor and the funeral services wore
completed.
TUR KLO It AT. TKIBUTE8 TO HAMPTON.
The floral offerings which were sent
to the house were positively beyond
count. The beautiful flowers were
banked deep upon chairs and tables in
both the parlors and the hall. The
family did not desire that the private
cards be published. Some of these
were among the handsomest. The
beauty of the formation of the floral
pieces, the exquislleness of the blend
ing of colors and the variety of flowers
are positively inconceivable by one
who did not see them. The sentiment
of the cards and ihe thoughts which
the senders expressed ifere beautiful.
One of the handsomest of all the
floral offerings was an easel of pink
carnations and white bridesmaid rose
buds, entwined with maiden hair ferns
and smllax. In the centre was a bunch
of calla lilies with asparagus ferns
and palm leaves. This offering stood
about five feet high. On the left hand
top corner was a magnificent bow of
while satin ribbon. On the extreme
top was white and red baby ribbon and
on the sides were two cards, one in
scribed : "Knightly soldior, wise states
man, typical Southern gentleman,"
and the other was : " From friends,
Augusta, Ga."
The animal keepers in the Lincoln!
Park Zoo, Chicago, went fishing a few
days ago, and had reasonably good
luck. They caught about 40,000 gold
fish and 10,000 of other varieties?
mostly German carp, sunllsh and bull
beads?which were taken from the
pond in the park. The object of the
I fishing party was threefold?to pre
serve the lives of the goldfish, which
were belog eaten by the larger varie
ties; to provide a change of diet for
such of the animals as eat fish, and to
give workmen a chance to drain and
olean the pond.
Oscar Fish, who has been engaged
by the United States Government to
carry the malls from Valdez, Alaska,
to Eagle, will receive $30,000 a year
for making two trips a month between
the points named, a distance of 413
miles. This is the second time the
contract has been awarded to Fish.
The price is not considered exorbitant
by officials since the journey mast be
made by dog sledge over one of the
moat dangerous postal routes in the
I world.
I AN APPKAL TO DEMOCRATS
I The PriticipleB of Thoiua? Jef
ferson arc Equal to the Prob
lem? of To-Day.
Thomas Jefferson's birthday, 14th
of April, was the occasion of a notable
gathering of Democrats in New York
City, under the auspices of the Demo
cratic Club, which commemorated the
day with a reception at its club house.
It was intended as a peace and unity
mooting, an effort to harmonize the
discordant elements* of Now York
Democracy.
David U. Hill, who had not visited
the club for a numbor of years, was the
chief orator of the evening, and in his
speech he called upon Democrats to
unite in harmony. Perry Beimont,
whoso differences with Mr. Bryan and
Mr. Croker have kept him away from
tho club for three years, was also
there.
Lowis Nixon, the now leader of
Tammany Hall, introduced the speak
er. Mr. Hill, among others things,
spoke of tho combinations of capital.
Ho naid:
" Ono of the great problems which
is now presented to the pcoplo for
their solution is how shall Jefferson's
seutimenta be utilized for tho preven
tion of the evils which he foreshadow
ed? It is not a question for political
jugglery. It is not a question to bo
lightly dismissed. It is an elementary
proposition which tho wisdom of ex
periences has abundantly confirmed
and which, even in these days of un
paralleled business combinations and
speculations, ought uot to be disputed,
that whatever tends to create a mo
nopoly and prevent legitimate compe
tition between those engaged in a
business impressed with a public or
quasi-public character, is opposed to a
Bound public policy.
" It is porhapB dilllcult to predict
how Jefferson, if he were alive todav.
would moot tho dilllculties which we
encounter. We venture to suggest
that he would insist upon some reason
able limitation upon the amount of
corporate capital which might bo iu
v sted in a single corporation.
'* Jefferson's teachings might sug
gest a limitation upou the amount of
the dividends which could bo lawfully
declarod or upon the profits which
could be legally accumulated by these
tremendous business organizations, or
he might demand that the govern
ment, in justice to its over-hurdened
taxpayers, should withdraw its tariff
from the infant industries represented
by these institutions, whose projectors
are already rolling in wealth nnd are
astonishing the world by the munifi
cence by their private benefactions.
44 We may well believe that Jeffer
son, who was equal to every emerg
ency in the early history of our coun
try, would, if he were in power, Und
some appropriate and adequate remedy
to curb the rapacity and restrict the
dangerous power of those gigantic com
binations."
On the subject of colonial extension
Mr. Hill said:
. 44 It is safe, to believe that Jefferson
would nevor have favored an expan
sion of our jurisdiction which did not
carry with it the provisions of our Con
stitution, to which he was devotedly
attached, and which he defended so
vigorously with his voice and pen.
, He would unquestionably have viewed
with abhorrence the establishment of
a permauent American colonial sys
tem, whether continued undor military
rule or under civil authority appointed
by the central government at Wash
ington. His theory was unquestiona
bly the Democratic doctrino of today?
that this government has no more
authority to create a permanent co
lonial system than it has the right to
create a king.
44 Jefferson, as the friond of popular
rights, favored a provision in the Fed
eral institution for the election of
Uni States Senators by the people
of .a respective States, but tempo
rarily yielded his views rather than im
peril the adoption of that instrument.
44 Jefferson believed in honest men,
in honest methods and in honest gov
ernment. Ho would have uprooted
corruption had It existed in oither na
tion, State or municipality.
44 These considerations naturally
lead to the suggestion that it is pecu
liarly our duty, as it should bo our
Eleasure, at the present time, to invite
democrats of charactor, standing and
influence to identify themselves with
organized movements for party suc
cess, for the promotion of tho truo
principles of Jeffersonian Democracy
and the elevations of the standards of
tho public service.
? Why divide on questionable utter
ances of modern party platforms, largo
ly designed to meet temporary emergen
cies which soon pass away, when wo
are all united upon the rock bottom
and fundamental doctrines of our
faith intended to last as long a? our
government itself shall endure?
"Why should there be fac
tional quarrels over details whon wo
are all united upon essentials?
" It is the part of wisdom for the
Democracy to push to the front the is.
sues upon which there is substantial
unanimity, and ignore those in regard
to which there are such serious and
honest differences of opinion as muct
be fatal to practical succeso.
?The administration of President
Roosevelt is all at sea. It has no
llxedjpolicies and no. conscientious con
victions.
"If any relief whatever to Cuba
shall be secured from the present Ad
ministration it will be duo to the do.
cided stand taken by tbo Democrat?
in Congress in insisting that justice
should be done.
"The policy of the administration
in the Philippine islands is a disgrace
to civilization. The attempt with re
!;ard to these possessions to imitate the
oreign policy of England has proved
I a dismal failure.
I "The administration will send its
I special representatives to witness the'
coronation of a. king, but it has no
words of sympathy to express for tbe
brave farmers of South Africa, who
are heroically struggling to maintain
their republics."
In conclusion Mr. Hill srdd:
"Fellow Democrats: 'On this day,
devoted to honoring the momory of
one who has been frequently styled
< Ths wisest and truest Democrat of
his limes," let us resolve to renew our
allegiance to the principles which he
inculcated and the policies which he
advocated.
" There are numerous indications of
a revival of popular confidence in De
mocratic policies, Slate and national.
A change of measures and raon t eems
to be imperatively demanded by the
best intorosts of our Stato and coun
try.
44 Our oppononto havo only succeed
ed in recent years by uutortuuato di
visions among outsolvos. Let our
faces now be toward the common
enemy.
44 It is a time for unity, for organiza
tion, for wise counsels and far aggros
8ivo action.
PRINCE AMONG PREACHERS
The Rcmurkuhlc Cnrcer of the
L,ate T. De Witt Taliuajfe, 1) 1).
Tho Philadelphia Times givos tho
folowing sketch of tho noted preacher,
Dr. Talmage, who died on the 12th
insi. at his homo in Washington, D.
C. The immediate source of doath
was inflammation of tho brain:
With, perhaps, tho exception of
Henry Ward Deecbor, the liev. T. De
Wilt Talinage had a moro widespread
reputation than auy other American
preacher of tho gospel. For over
forty years ho has been a conspicu
ous flguro in tho religious life of
America. Even during Bcecher's lifo
ho held with that eminent diviue an al
most oqual place as a pulpit orator,
and since Boucher's deuth no other
preacher has had a popularity with re
ligious audiences comparable to his.
His fame was not coniined lo Ameri
ca. Ho preached with great success
in Englaud, and his sermons have
boon translated into many languages.
During the greater part of his career
he added to thu circle of his influence
by writing sermons especially for tho
newspapers throughout the country,
and tho last few years of bis life have
been devoted exclusively to this work.
Dr. Talmago was born in Bound
Brook, N. J., January 7, 1832. Ilia
education was obtained at tbo Uni
vorsity of !Now York. On graduating
from this University in 185.'l ho road
law lov somo time, but concluding that
law was not bis vocation he decided to
entor the ministry. He studied theol
ogy at the New Brunswick Theologi
cal Seminary. Completing his course
he preached for a period in Belleville,
N.J., and Syracuao, N. Y. After a two
ycar's!pasloratc in Syracuse ho went to
Philadelphia and became the pastor
of the Second Reformed Dutch Church
of that city, at 7th and Brown streets.
It was while ho was the pastor of this
church that he laid the foundation of
bis great reputation as an oxhorter.
When ho took charge of it the Sec
ond Reformed Dutch Church was au
institution of litt In iutluonco. Ho put
new life iuto it and drew a crowd al
raoBt from tho start. He attracted
general attention in tho Quaker Cily
by bis sensational methods. By many
be was declarod a pulpit clown and a
mountebank, but despito detraction his
congregation continued to grow in size
until the church was inadequate for its
accommodation. Overtures soon came
to him from congregations of greater
wealth and influence than that over
which he presided in Philadelphia,
and he was Anally persuaded to accept
a call tendered to him by tho CenLal
Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn.
Apparoutly this offer did not hold
lot th the promise of offers which he
had received from Chicago and San
Francisco, for tbo reason that the Cen
tral Presbyterian Church was at that
time rent with dissensions, but for
some reason it appealed to him with
greater force. In Brooklyn he con
tinued the methods of preaching which
had attracted attention to him in Phil
adelphia, but with a much larger suc
cess.
An illustration of these methods
which provoked criticism in some
quarters which bordered on the vitu
perative is found in the press reports
of the day. It is given as a fair sam
ple of his sensationalism. Ono Sun.
day morning wheu the time came for
him to deliver hio sermon he walked
to tho extreme edge on ono side of his
fifty-foot platform, faced about and
suddenly started as fast as he could to
jump for the opposite sido. Just as
everybody in the congregation, breath
less, expected to see him pitch head
long from the furthor side of the plat
form ho leaped suddenly into tho air
and came down with a crash, shout
ing:
" Young man, you are rushing to
ward a precipice." And thon he pro
ceeded to doliver a moving sermon
upon tho temptations and sins of youth
in a big city.
Dr. Talraage's preaching became
tbo religious sensation of tho time.
A brief experience demonstrated the
necessity for a laiger edifice to accom
modate the audiences which his re
markable sermons attracted. To givo
a greater opportunity to hear him a
large tabernacle was built, the old
church edifice being used hs a Sunday
school. Such was tho enthusiasm
which his preaching arousod that this
tabernacle was rushed to completion
and was opened by Dr. Tal mage three
months after it been begun. All soats
in it were fr? e. It was of great capac
ity; nevertheless hundreds of people
were turned away evory Sundav.
The burning of this tabernacle one
Sunday mornlug in December, 1872,
as the people were on their way to
church, is one of tho memorablo flro
calamities of Brooklyn. A ntsw and
greater tabernacle was projected and
waa completed in 1874. Dr. Talmago's
congregation In the meantime assem
bled in the Academy of Music.
The new tabernacle was semi-circu
lar in form, tho seals being so arranged
that all could see and hear tho minis
tor, who preached from a platform.
Dr. Talmage preached in this now
tabernacle For years, with constantly
increasing success. Like tho first tab
ernacle, it was destroyed by fire.
Its fate impressed the congregation
with the belief that there was a fatali
ty about the location in Schermerhorn
street and the t^lrd tabernacle built
for Dr. Talmage was eroded at Clin*
ton and Qreeoe avenues. This also
I was dostroyed by< fire.
Discouraged by) tho repeated calatn
Baking Powder
: Most healthful
leavener in
the world.
Goes farther.
WOYAl OAKIWO PO*0tn CO . KfW VORN.
ities which attended his ministry in
Brooklyn Dr. Talmago mado tho an
nouncement thai he would give up
holding a regular pastorate and dovoto
himself to evangelical work. Later,
however, he reconsidered this iutcntion
and accepted a call to tho First l'res
bytorian Church of Washington.
While ho preached in Washington
to largo congregations, ho failed to
arouse the onthusiasm which attended
his ministry in Philadelphia and
Brooklyn. This was probably attri
butable in a large degree to tho more
conservative character of tho popula
tion, and may havo bton due to somo
extout to tho fact that Dr. Talmago be
came more and more absorbed in reli
gious journalism.
After preaching in Washington for
four years Dr. Talmago, on March 1),
181)!), resigned the pastorato of the First
Presbyterian Church, giving as his rea
son his desire to devote himself exclu
si \ ely to " religious journalism and tho
more general work iu tho cities/' Since
that time his reputation has been
somewhat on tho wane, for while his
sermons iu the newspapers havo been
widely read, tho personal element
which constituted so largo a factor in
Ins success has boeu lacking.
Dr. Talmago came of a family
which had a prcdiliclion for the minis
try. Four of his brothers received tho
honored title of doctor of divinity.
John V.. ILL Talmago won fame as a
missionary in China, and James and
Goyn Talmago wcro both preachers
of ability. A lifth brother, Daniel
Talmago, was a merchant.
Dr. Talmago was married three
times. His first wife was a Miss
Avery, of Brooklyu. She bore him
two children. She was drowned in tho
Schuylkill. Itivcr, at Philadelphia, iu
tho early sixties. In May, 1808, he
was married to Miss Susan Whitte
morc, of Greonpoint, Long Island.
She boro him live children. Sho died
at Dansvillo, N. Y., iu August, 1805.
She was wealthy In her own right, and
left tho bulk of her fortune, estimated
at $200,000, to her husband.
Dr. Talmago's third wifo, who sur
vives him, was Mrs. Eleanor Collier,
of Allegheny City, Pa. Sho was tho
widow of Judge Charles W. Collier,
and a woman of wealth. She was
much younger than Dr. Talmago, be
ing at the I iine of their marriage, in
January, 1898, but 40 years of ago,
while he was iu his 07th year.
Since his resignation as pastor of
tho First Presbyterian church, of
Washington, Dr. Talmage has contin
ued Ins residence, in that city. It was
from his handsemo homo on Massa
chusetts avenue that his daughtor,
Miss Maude Talmage, was maricd
Wednesday to Mr. Clarenco F. Wyck
off, of Ithaca.
THE SENATE DIFFERS
WITH THE HOUSE.
The Sugar TriiHt Advocates
Want to Kill the Cuban Reci
procity Bill.
Tho Washington coirespondent of
the Atlanta Constitution describes tho
situation in Congress as follows:
Evidence of a purpose to prevent
action upon the Cuban bill by the
Sonate at this session is seen in the in
vestigation resolution introduced by
Senator Teller. The Colorado Senator
is a strong supportor of the beet sugar
side of the tariff controversv. It is
believed the majority of tho Cuban re
lations committee will favor his resolu
tion, and that its adoption will moan
that no action upon the Cuban bill will
be taken, as the investigation can be
strung out to any length. There is tho
best of authority for the statement that
a majority of the Cuban committee is
opposed to any reciprocity bill.
Senator Teller's resolution is as fol
lows:
44 Whoreas it has boon currently re
ported tbat nearly tbo entire crop of
Cuban sugar has been purchased and
1a now hold by what is generally known
as the 4sugar trust,' which is tbo prin
cipal consumer of raw sugar m the
United Stites, and that any concession
given to the raisers of cane sugar in
the i laud of Cuba or any measure in
tended for their relief by admitting
thoir sugar at reduced rates of duty
into the United States will only benefit
the sugar trust, and that the Cubans
will receive no real benefit from such
concession, and.
" Whereas it is alleged that a num
ber of citizens of the United States
have acquired large holdings of cane
producing lands in Cuba and are now
especially urging the claim that snob
reduction will benefit the people of
Cuba, therefore be it
" Itesolved, That the committee on
relations with Cuba be directed to
make an investigation as to thn truth
of such charges and to report to the
OABTOniA.
Senate; and to report, in addition
then to, what is tbo normal coat ol
makiug sugar in the island of Cuba,
and also, if any coucession shall be
mado in tho way of a reduction of the
duty on sugar coming from Cuba into
the United States, what concessions
should be made by the government of
Cuba about to bo established on arti
cles produced lu tho United States and
exported into the said island of Cuba,
in ordor to make a reciprocal and
equilablo arrangemeut as to exports to
Cuba and imports thorofrom to tho
United States.'?
Tho resolution was referred to tho
committee ou rotations with Cuba at
the suggestion of Mr. Platt, of Con
necticut, chairman of that committee.
High tension was mauifested among
tho Republicans today as a result of
the action of the House last night in
overriding the ways and means com
mittee ou tho Cuban reciprocity bill.
Chairman Payne took the reverse
philosophically. Ho pointed out that
tho effect of the amendment was to
take off not only the differential on
sugar, but*Juls> tho counter-vailing
duty provided by tho Dingley law, a
result not intended by the aulhoi of
the amendment. Under the Dingley
act an additional or countervailing duly
is levied ou sugar coming from Cuba
and paying a bouuty on sugar, equal
in amouut to the bounty received.
This is by section 5 of the Dingley act
and is a provisiou eeparate from' that
making a differential between tho duty
on raw and rolincd sugar. Mr. Payne
holds, however, that as tho ainondment
specifics that the rate of 1.825 cents
Khali bo " in lieu of the duties Ihorcon
now provided by law " it takes off both
tho differential of about 12 cents a
huudred pounds and the countervail
ing duty of tho Dingley law amounting
to between 20 and 27 cents a hundred
pounds.
Mr. Payne stated later in tho day
that the abolitiou of tho differential
and countervailing duties affected an
even greater reduction and loss than
he had at first estimated. His earlier
figures showed tho countervailing duty
to bo between 20 and 27 cents per hun
dred pounds. Hut tliis referred to
raw sugar, and the countervailing
duty on tho re lined article was even
more, namely, 1.383 per hundred
pouudB. This, with the differential of
.125 makes a total reducliou on rclined
sugar of .508 per hundred. Mr. bong,
of the wayu and means committee, al.
so made estimates which m his judg
ment boio out tho foregoiug figures
that the amendment would take oil'
differential and countervailiug duties
a total of .508 ou refined sugar com
ing from Germany and other countries
giving bounties.
Representative Morris, who framed
the amendment, ia examining the
Dingley and otlior laws to determine
whether Mr. l'ayue's point is good.
Mr. Monia said that from hia inquiry
so far he did not think tho claim was
good, but if it was tho matter could
eabily be remedied by amendment.
The Senate, is by no means decided as
to what it will do with the bill.
Tho measure readied tho .senate a
few minutes after that body convened
today, and was received with excep
tional interest, which was evident by
the private comments of Senators.
The bill goes to the committee on re
lations with Cuba, which is composed
of seven Republicans and four opposi
tion Senators, Mr. Platt, of Connecti
cut, being chairman. Being asked if
ho felt disposed to outline Iiis view of
the probable course of the committco
with reference to the measure Senator
Platt declined to say more than that a
meeting would be called at an early
date to decide upon a course of action,
merely adding: " We are not going
to lose our composure, but will cousi
der the question carefully."
If the bill had passed the House
without au amendment removing tho
differential on refiueu sugar it would
have received the support of two ot the
four opposition members of the com
mittee. These arc Messrs. Money and
Simons, and they are uow more than
ever pleased with it. On the other
hand, at least two of the Republican
members, Messrs. McMillian and
Spooncr, oppose the bill.
The indications are that tho Dem
ocratic Btrength of tho committee
will now be thrown to tho support ol
the differential amendment. So it
seems probable that the character of
tho report to bo made to the Senate, if
any, will depend upon tho other Re
publican members of tho committee,
Messrs, Platt, Aldrich, Cullom, De
hoe and Burnliam.
Senator Toller says he will support
any action calculated to kill tho bill in
the Senate, and ho is inclined to think
that the House adoption of the amend
ment for the removal of the differential
will have that effect. There aro not a
few Senators who predict that tho bill
will bo allowed to die in committee.
After tho turbulent scenes of yester
day tho I louse settled down to routine
business today. An opportunity was
found, however, for tho two elements
in tho recent struggle to give expres
sion to their feelings. Mr. Grosvenor,
of Ohio, ono of the wavsacd means
loaders, said that the amendmont which
the opponents of the ways and moans
committee bad ingrafted upon the
Payne hid not only wiped out the
differential on sugar, but also did away
with tho countervailing duty of the
Dingloy law. Mr. Weeks, of Michigan,
made a spirited rejoinder iu behalf of
those who opposed the ways and means
commiltoe. lie frankly conceded that
the motive of tho opposition had boou
to kill tho reciprocity bill.
Thc.Woi' s Greatest
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.ng Uke JehnvvnU Chill tand fevev
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fAllure. Blood mtMllrlnencan'tcur*
Malarial polaonlnK. Tho antlcloU
for It U JOHNSON'S TONIC.
9?t a botfla to-day.
ttuti 5? Ctiti If It (int.
Senator B. Ii? Tilluian has announced
that he will speak at Manning ou
Friday, April 2/>.
Furtnan's Univemty orator, Mr.
6. W. Cunningham, won in the Inter
collegiate oratorical contest at (Green
wood.
Octavius T. Gibbs, one of tho few
survivors of tho famous Palmetto
llogiment of tho Mexican war, died in
Augusta last Saturday.
The commencement sermon of Co
lumbia Female College will be preached
by Itov. E. O. Watson, and tho literary
address will bo delivered by (reo. B.
Cromer, LL. D.
Senator Tillman is tho only Senator
who has recorded in his autobio
graphical sketch in tho Congressional
Directory that ho was a " farmer"
bofore coming to tho Sonnto.
A movement is on foot for tho for
mation of a trust of all tho cotton yarn
mills of tho South. The matter will be
settled at a meeting to be held in Char
lotte on Wednesday, April 23.
Mrs. Minnie lt. Tike, whose hus
band was killed by the recent accident
at tho Spartauburg electric power
house, has brought suit against the
company for #20,000 damages.
Tho railroads havo granted cheap
trip rates to tho Stale Domocratie con
vention, to be hold in Columbin on
May 21. Tickets are to bo sold on
May 20 and 21 with final limit to May
2.1 inclusive.
It is probable that a fish hatchery
will bo established by the government
in this State. The Senate committee
has reported favorably a bill making
such provision which was introduced
by Senator Tillmau.
The father of Simon Ellis, who is
sentenced to hang in Union on the
9th of May, will petition the Governor
to send his son to the penitentiary for
life. The petition is signed by most
of the lending citizens in Union.
Kock Hill boasts of a citizen fifty
years old who has nevci owned a dog
nor a guu, never has been intoxicated
but twice and that many years ago
when he was a hoy, and lastly ho has
never smoked a cigar nor a cigarette.
Senator McLauriu, of South Caro
lina, made an extended argument
against the Chinese exclusion act. He
thinks the passuge of the measure
would prove disastrous to the cotton
manufacturing interests of the South.
Colored citizens of Columbia have
inaugurated a movement to contri
bute to the Hampton monument fund.
Tho General was a great friend of the
colored men and they propose to show
their appreciation of the fact in a
practical manner.
President Roosevelt is said to have
learned a great dcnl of South Carolina
politics during his recent visit to this
State and among other things expressed
rogrct that he should have made a
mistake in attempting to force the
nomination of Koestcr.
Miss Hcpzihah Dye, of Rock Hill,
has sued the Journal Publishing com
pany for $.'i,r>00 damages because they
published " willfully and maliciously
false and damnatory remarks " about
her engagement to marry a Florida sea
captain. The courtship came about
through a newspaper advertisement.
Representative Johnson's bi'l for
tho relief of Mount /Jon college, at
Winnsboro, has been favorably re
ported by tho sub-committee of the
committee on claims, which practically
iusurc8 its favorable report to the
house. Tho claim is for 811,000, for
use of tho buildings by Federal troops
in the civil war.
A. P. Aldrich, a machinist working
in the Gronau cotton mill, Greenwood,
had a spell Of typhoid lever. He bronght
suit UgaiU&t ihO 0 ?mpauy for 81(',000
damages on uccount of loss of timo,
pain, mental anguish and all that sort
of thing. After a trial lasting two
days, the jury rendered a verdict in
favor of the cotton mill.
Mr. L. R. Williams, of Yorkvillc, is
of the opinion that there is a poor
prospect for a good wheat crop this
year. Ho has been about consider
ably of lite and has seen but few
crops which seem to promlso very
satisfactory yields. Ho says that wheat
generally is quite thin and he does uot
believe that it can develop much out
come.
Samuel Morrow, a farmer from the
Bordeaux section of Abbeville, sud
denly disappeared Saturday, tho -r>th
instant. He drove to Abbeville, scut
his horse and buggy to the home of a
brother-in-law. Ho asked a negro to
carry tho horse to the stable. That was
tho last seen of him. Woods, wells,
ravines and all sorts of places were
searched i" vain for him. He had no
mental, a? 'al or financial troublos.
TuosdK^ tho 53d anniversary of
what is ku?w- as the " April snow."
On the loth of April, 1819, snow fell
throughout tho uppor part of tho State,
covering tho ground to a depth of sev
eral inches. The woathor that year had
been balmy and vegetation was far ad
vanced. All tho fruit was killed, nnd
the wheat and oat crops were badly
damaged. Corn was springing up and
was nil killed, but was replanted. The
cold was very intenso nnd a great
many grown trees wore killed, as they
had commenced putting out foliage.
The Washington Post says thai the I
other day Senator Potlus arose ns if
to address his fellow members, and a
hush of expectancy at once fell upon
the chamber. Every oyo was upon
tho venerablo statesman, who, with
great deliberation, reached around in
to the tail pocket of bis long frock
coat and drew forth a plug of tobacco.
Unconscious of the attontion he was
attracting, he bit off a chow and sat
down without saying a word.
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The liussian minister of nilorior
was killed by an anarchist uniformed
as an nidc-do-cnuip.
John W. (iatcs ami his associates
havo secured control of the Louisvillo
an?! Nashville railroad.
Tlio King of Siain owns an army
corps of 500 elephants, all well trained
for military purposes and under com
mand of a general.
Henry M. Flaglor has had built in
his new home at Palm "each, Pia., I bo
largest pipe oigan ever placed in a pri
vate house in this country.
Judge Buchanan has issued a tem
porary injunction agaiusl the expan
sionists of Brooklund, a suburb of
Columbia, who wished the municipal:
limits extended.
John A. MeCall, president of the
New York Lifo Insurance Company,
will present a #50,000 pulpit to the
Human Catholic Cathedral, of tho Inn
maculate Conception iu Albany, N. Y.
Thomas O'Dav, who lives at Vovay,
Ind., is one of tho very few survivors
Oi the famous British cavalry Light
Brigade, which Immortalized itself in
history by the charge at Balaklava,
Bus da, Sept. '25, 185L '
January and October in the sanio
year always begin with the same day
of the wock. The case is the same
with April and July, with September
and December, and with February,
March and November.
l'rof. C. 11. Eigonmanu, of Indiana
University, roturncd last week from
Cuba, where he wont to collect speci
mens of lish for classroom work and
the -museum. In his collection arc
168 specimens of blind tishes.
A commission of experts, represent
ing the Lancashire cotton manufac
turers, accompanied by delegates re
presenting the operatives, have sailed
from Liverpool for the United Stales
to investigate the cotton industry in
America.
A new giant geyser of Hotomabana,
N. /.., is attracting attention. A mass
of boiling water half an acre in extent
rises in a great dome, from which a
column of water and stones rises to
:t0() feet, while Immense columns of
steam ascend as far as can ho seen.
Helen Keller, the deaf and blind
girl, has written an autobiography '
which will soon appear. She is now
a student at Itadcllffe College. 11 or
book, which is written in sign language
of the blind, is said to bo remarkable
for the excellence of its style.
A now material for skin grafliug
was used in a New .lerscy hoapilnl not
long ago. It was the delicate inner
skin of an eggshell. A mail was badly
scalded, and in tho operation of graft
ing, which was found necessary, the
eggskin was tried and is thought to In:
a success.
Bishop Hurst, of the Methodist
Fpiseopal church, is very ill, nud his
condition causes grave fears. Ho has
never recovered fully from the apoplec
tic stroke be received at the interna
tional conference in London when ho
heard of the assassination of President
Mc Kinley.
According to the records of the Con
gressional Library for the winter, 3,000
people have gone into the building
every day during the season. Of these
about 2,(JU0 daily are supposed to have
been sightseers, the rest holuy people
who wished to make UttOOf the leading
room. Employes were not counted.
In Japan it is always the rule of po
liteness to pay a trille more than the
cum mentioned on your hotel bill. To
eeltlo tho account net would ho con
sidered an insult, or at least a mark of
g/oat dissatisfaction. People who have
traveled in Japan Bay that tho Japanese
always tip the waiter on entering the
hotel,
Tho geographical center of the
United Slates on a high point of land
on the public reservation at Fort l!i
loy, Kan., is marked by a huge monu
ment erected over the grave of Major
Edmund Ogden of the United states
army, who died at Fort ltilcy in 1860,
by Joseph (). Sawyer, formerly of Cin
cinnati.
M. Cadcl, an oculist, of Uordeaux, is
reported to havo been successful in
tho treatment of cataract without
operations by tho application of baths
of salicylato of soda. He has arrested
the progress of tho cataract in nu
merous cases, and is sanguine of success
if the treatment is begun at an early
stage
Senator Culien, of Brooklyn, has
made himself remarkable at this ses
sion of the New York Legislature by
not introducing a single hill. " My
notion," he said, "is that there arc too
many bills introduced and loo many
laws passed. I have introduced but
live bills in seven years and three of
them became laws."
As an instanco of the leisurely man
nor in which the military authorities
of Turkey move in time of peace it is
said that a committee appointed in
1800 to propare plans for the construc
tion of fortilications for the defovsc of
tho strategically most important points
on tho Turkish shores of the I 'ersian
Gulf has just completed its labors.
The. war department has decided
upon a general court martial of officers
for their barbarous treatment of Fili
pinos? General ChalTeo lias boon
notified that President Ponsevcll will
not take any excuse in justification of
inhuman conduct on the part of .Ameri
can soldiers. Genera! Smith is to bo
tried for his ordor to kill Filipinos.
? Josoph Jefferson, tho actor, relates
that in driving from Buzzard's I5ay to
Onset, Mass.,ho encountered a woman
in bloomers, who had dismounted
from her bicycle and seemed to ho in
a quandary. Sho bailed him with tho
query: " Can you tell mo if this is
tho way to Warchnm?" " Tho way to
wear 'em?" repeated Jefferson, look
ing at tho bloomers. "Certainly,
madam, its tho way 1 wear tuiue."
?ABTORIA.
Beam thl Ito Kind You Have Always