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Minnesota Executive Makes Notable
Address.
QUESTION CP STATE RIGHTS.
Does Not Approve of Commonwealths \
Being Made Subservient to Inferior '
Federal Courts V/ould Uphold Con- j
stitution.
Governor John A. Johnson of Minne 1
delivered nt the dedication of the '
jMinnesota monument on Shiloh battle/field
an address that will rank as one
of the ablest public deliverances of recent
times. Spoken on a battlefield
that may be taken as the syrnl>ol of the
great war for tlie Union, the governor
took occasion to tell of the peril that
threatens our federal form of government
This peril was emphasized by
^tbe recent decision of the supreme
Court in the railway cases going up
from Minnesota and North Carolina,
which practically makes the state governments
subservient to the inferior
federal courts. The significance of
these decisions is widely understood,
and they have given rise to a general
discussion of the question of the rights
of the states, and Governor Johnson's
speech will rank as an important contribution
to that discussion. The dedicatory
address in part follows:
Representing the people of the com
KJUUU M Ctt 11. LI \M JliUUCdvia, n c aic uo
sembled on one of the historic battlefields
of the civil war to pay our tribute
of respect and affection to tbe
memory of the sons of Minnesota who
here yielded up their lives that this
might continue to be a united nation
Their sacrifice was not for personal
gain, but was in response to duty and
a contribution to the civilization of the
. am and for the purpose of perpetuating
tbe institution of human liberty.
r appreciate that nothing which I
can say will add to or detract from
the glory of their achievement, which
in itself is an enduring monument to
tbe patriotism and heroism of the
American soldier. Their sacrifice, however.
was not different from that which
1 has been made throughout all of the
' ages by those lovers of liberty who beHtvo
In a i?nvprnment which micht
give to all the people the right to life,
liberty and property. The love of
liberty was not born In this country o'
ours. It was cradled along the Danube
and about the shores of the Baltic,
even when Rome had reached the limit
of her Imperial grandeur. Increasing
In intensity with the passing of the
/centuries, it found its highest expression
in the older countries in the great
English charter of civil rights, which
forever guaranteed to the people of
that land immunity trom the despotism
of those who claimed to rule by virtue
of Divine right
One hundred and thirty-two years
ago the great contest of humanity was
transferred from the old world to the
new. and here, because of the isolation
of this country, because of the
high character of the man who espoused
the cause of liberty and because
of the signal victory achieved
by tuetn In that struggle, an opportunity
was afforded to crystallize into
* written law the aspirations of the patriots
of all the ages. The men who
built the foundations of this goveru"\aent
were those who had submitted
to the supreme test of patriotism, for
thosp who insnired the constitution of
the United States were the same who
had pledged their lives, their properties
and their sacred honor to the cause
of independence.
While the primary object of a written
constitution is to define governmental
powers and to limit governmental
departments, the overwhelming
necessity for such an instrument is to
prevent insidious encroachments upon
the rights of the Individual citizen,
both from those in office and from
those who by reason of their wealth
and power have an influence far greater
than that possessed by tbe average
citizen. And so tbe constitution of tbe
United States was regarded by its
framers as an Instrument of tbe most
sacred Import, an alteration of wbicb
could only be made by tbe people themselves,
In whom all ultimate power is
vested, and tben only after the fullest
discussion and widest publicity.
Under the beneficent government so
established tbe nation has prospered
and tbe people are happy. One great
cloud came upon the nation in tbe
form of an awful civil war, in which
two sections of the country were in
conflict with each other. The heroes
who rest here gave their lives that this
nAion might be maintained as It came
from our forefathers. Od another battlefield
of that war Abraham Lincoln
"It is for us, the living, rather to
\e dedicated to the unfinished work
tfl#?have thus far so nobly carried on.
It % rather for us to be here dedicated
to the great task remaining before us;
that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion for that cause for
which they here gave the last full
measure of devotion; that we highly resolve
that these dead shall not have
died in vain; that the nation shall under
God have a new birth of freedom,
and that the government of the people,
by the people and for the people shall
not perish from the earth."
Our concern is not of the past nor
e J'ZCieii*. out lU'iell
" . i if she destiny of the
i . 1 i ' . h i: !s of t!.e Aiii.'ti?-.:
:> i. .VI it heroines lilll- to
1 ^ .! : ! ive.-?!et| *!!I\ Ity |iai.x< :!
i c ;> ;?| the desire to do that
v'. ' v : 1 fo-t larreiy routrif-ute to
i*ot tv|>t!'-li* ati institution-.
\ .v;iiielttij our eivi!izatio?) so
that v ? wi!S not. ! v rerojrnizins; the
fa' e <!ni:ns of scltish interests and forC>'::it!!?
?!ie Anieriran maxim that our
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g>d for tic greatest ius 'iIkm*. incur the
penalty which other people have paid,
ratiter let us hold ever in mind that
those who framed our government believed
in tlie equality of the people and
that the chief aim of government is to
maintain that equality.
t'nder our system of government the
nation has reached a material development
hitherto unknown. The people
have prospered beyond the dreams of
those who lived a century ago. Hut
with the development of the country
and changes in economic conditions,
and particularly with the growth of
great private corporations performing
many of the functions of government.
h::s come the necessity for the exercise
of strict governmental control and a
rigid enforcement of all the laws enacted
to restrain the rich and>> - Nful
from encroaching upon the na^
legal rights of the poor and v.
The constitution of the an< re
public of Rome. which for r?Of? ^ars
had recognized t!:e voice of the people
as supreme, was expanded by executive
interpretation and contracted by
executive administration until Rome
had so completely outgrown its democratic
conditions as to become only a
tragedy and a tradition. Let tis implore
the aid of him on high to preserve
ns from the errors which ruined
Ro by the avoidance of which
America may travel on to that destiny
and realize that fulfillment which will
be t'.ie inspiration of right thinking
men of ail ages yet to come.
Our government Is divided Into three
sepurat" and distinct co-ordinate
branches-the legislative, the executive
and the judicial. Danger will surely
come p? this republic when any of
the- - departments of government attempt
in the slightest degree to usurp
the functions of the other. And. while
now and then it may be that a court
of ilu* land in coustruing the constitution
may nullify a section of It I have
tho faith to feel that the people of the
country will rise above the fallibility
of judicial tribunals and assert and preserve
their own rights. Our duty is
not to criticise the executive, the legislature
or the Judiciary.
Wry recently there has come from
the highest judicial tribunal in the land
a decision of vital Interest and concern
io tho American people, because
it h is established a prluciple. as stated
by one member of the court, which
"would work a radical change in our
governmental system and would inaugurate
a uew era in the American judicial
system and in the relations of the
national and state governments. It
would enable the subordinate federal
courts to supervise and control the official
action of the states as though they
were dependencies or provinces. It
would place the states of the Union in
a condition of inferiority never dreamed
of when the constitution was adopted
or when the eleventh amendment
was u:a 'e a of the supreme law
of the lan!*' this is the result of
this decision i; is. to my mind, one of
the unhappy i:i? ideuts in the history of
our repito.i -. because the very theory
of our trnveruujoiit is based niton the
right of the states to coutrol absolutely
their own domestic affairs.
If. then, our whole system of govern
ment is changed, have we not only
retarded the progress of the republic,
hut have we uot goue back a century
toward a centralized form of government
which is uot to the advantage of
the people? What this government
ueeds is uot more power. What It !
ue. Js today is to so distribute tlie
privileges under the government chat
all citizens will bave equal opportunity, j
America has been called the land of
opportunity, but American opportunity
should not mean a granting of special
privileges to any class, but should afford
all alike the means for culture, education,
prosperity and contentment
For nearly a century and a half
America has presented to the world
the spectacle of a happy, properous
and intelligent people maintaining a
pure democracy founded upon their supreme
will. The hallmark of a democracy
is that the powers of government
are close to the people.
Throughout the world wherever democracy
is advancing Its progress is
marked by a greater measure of self
government to each community. Will
the American people turn to the setting
rather than the rising sun? Shall
we now because some laws are found
lrasome by a class and interfere with
their selfish aims commence to deprive
our sovereign states of that measure
of home rule which until now they
have seen fit to reserve to themselves?
I cannot believe it Upon the contrary,
I believe that the limitations upon state
and federal governments, the nice balancing
of the powers of each and of
the different departments in each,
which have been so efficacious in the
past, will be maintained in their full
vigor in the future.
Therefore, discharging all of our re
sponsibilities as citizens or a country,
refusing to surrender our rights of citizenship
in any degree, let us so live
that the heroism exemplified on this
and other American battlefields may
not be simply a tradition and the national
wisdom of our forefathers a
mere legend, but that through us and
those to come America will reach her
full destiny in the permanent establishment
of a perfect union which
shall be not for today or for tomorrow,
but forever, and be so established that
it will be for all of the people and that
their government shall not perish.
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A MENACE TO THE
HEALTH OE TOWN.
COMPLAINT THAT GARBAGE I? DUMPED
TOO NEAR TOWN BOAR*,OF
hfaith shnnn in
Editor *>^xty Record- will
write yo' ^^lines, and 1/ .vc no
doubt thai J will ma some
people angr; 1i me, U >n my
way to town lay fro^
river I saw a n
I walked of
iron bridge a
s.'ine monf'
to see such a
alas! To see'
nearly alP"^
is dumped
cause-way.
is trying tc
with tin em
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rooting, "asi
4?therthi gs.
^irbage * ^
mess, C i iea
a lot about ^uoi. juch
1 work as this help uake good
roads, I for one v ill shun such
roads as that. k the Lord, I
ciu get around in my boat, the ever
I ready "Mercedes.
Mr Editor, yo. "^ly must go
some other way w> you take a
walk. I know tha*4y N have not
much time for walking ^'s a good
thing, too, or you would perhaps be
I in danger of taking a case of yellow
fever, cholera or typhoid.
Oh, my! What a pi-y!/4*^3*
tree has not many pretty att) is
besides the lovely ladie9 and ch y,
They have no place for a p
walk in the evenings. They tried'the
railroad track until they were disheartened;
and after the splendid
iron bridge was completed, they1
changed to the road across the
river, and at one time it did loo : a
' little encouraging and that those
who loved T.o walk with their husKtiiwlia
un?l little nhildrpn and some
""wo ",v,v
with their sweet-hearts, would be
delighted with such a nice place
as it promised but look at it now!
Is that the way to welcome the
country people and the farmer to
town? To be more plain, will say
that it is a disgrace to this town
If some of the up-country people,
who have made such nice roads up
there, would happen to pass over
that road they would think we are
trying to do like the people of Havana
before the Americans took it
in hand.
I thought we bad State health
officers. Where, oh where, are they?
I am not going that way any
more. I will do without huckleberries
and blackberries both.
Mr Editor, please don't go across
that way. You are of too much use
to this county, and we can't do
without you. But if you have the
cuiiosity to see the sickming sight I
have been writing about, for goodness
sake don't go any farther than
the second bridge, and if you can't
see all climb up a tree; but take my
advice and go no farther.
Some people will say it's none of
my business. That may be true, for
every body's business is no one's business.
I think 1 have said enough and
may the Lord have mercy on my sonl. |
Yours,
P. C.
Kingstree, June 2.
The Best Pills Ever Sold.
"After doctoriug 15 years for chronic
indigestion, and spending over
two hundred dollars, nothing has
? i i tv tr* _
aone me as mucn gooa as ur. rving s
New Life pills. I consider them the
best pills ever sold:" writes B.F.
Asyoue, of Ingleside, N. C. Sold
under'guarantee at D. C. Scott's,
drug store. 25c.
Read the Farmers & Merchans
Bank's ad. this issue.
Sometimes there is trouble brewing
in a brewery.
Many a homely woman has posed
as a beauty specialist.
It is possible to acquire a round
I sum in a squ are deal.
Woman's tears and a dog's limb
are not always what they seem.
It doesn't do much good to talk
j to the averge man for his own good.
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AFTER THE BALL
California'; First Clearing House Wat ,
Net a Financial One.
The meaning of the term "clearing
house" may not perhaps be fa- (
miliar to all people outside of bank- j
; in:: and commercial circles. An inI
cident which occurred during our
I civil war may give a clear though ' I
' homely idea of what a clearing i
I hou?e is.
j The occasion was in IS M. when j
the citizens of San Francisco gave
! the famous "Russian bail" to the of!
ficers of the Russian fleet of warships
in San Francisco's harbor.;
\ic-h had been >;ent to the federal;
Vernment bv the emperor of Rust
to the assistance of the northern
ates in that war.
That ball was the most brilliant
fair of its kind that has ever taken j
ace in California. It was attend-,
'.by the governor and all the state
<! municipal ofiicers. the members
the supreme and superior courts.
,i the foreign consuls and the olTi ers
of the army and navy within
reach of San Francisco, besides 1
many of the old and wealthy Span- i
ish families from southern Califor.
nia, all h.und-omelv dressed and rei
splendent in diamond ornament-.
The large hall was splendidly decorated
with Russian and American
flags intwincd. The flags of the for-;
eign consuls ana lines 01 cage? u.
singing canarv birds were hungi
around the gallery. A military
band and a string band supplied the
music. On the stage of the hall
were stacks of arms and accouter- i
ments of war. while the rich dresses j
of the ladies and the uniforms of j
the officers of the navv and army,
together with the grand official regalia
of the foreign consuls, made
it a scene of splendor and a wonder
and delight to the Russian sailors.
After the supper. which was served
in keeping with the rest of the
! ball, the Russian officers, the conjJs
and many of the guests of hon.retired,
but "the dance went on."
Soon afterward it was seen that the
waiters in the hat room had become
confused in their deliveries, and
gentlemen, finding their hat checks
useless, were obliged to go inside
and search for themselves, which
resulted in soon covering the floor
with articles of clothing, from which I
each man took that which fiited
him best and went home.
The following day a notice appeared
in the newspapers inviting
all persons who had lost their overcoats
or hats and had taken others
instead to return them to a place
designated in the notice and receive
their own. The result of this move ,
was a success, for every man who \
had lost his own and had brought
the article he had taken rr overed
that which belonged to ! i?v. the j
J w riter being one of them. This, j
I then, was California's first clear- j
ing house, though not a fi'iamialj
1 o"<\ in so far as the basic principle
of the bankers' clearing house is J
concerned. Los Angeles Times.
When Age Troubles Women.
"Women," said a marriage license '
clerk, "often lie nho-.it their age in 1
the certificate. Look here. Thi3 is1
a letter from a woman now. asking !
me if a little age lie will illegitimate !
her marriage. She says she is thir-1
ty-six, and her fiance thinks her
twenty-nine. She wants naturally I,
to maintain the illusion. I get such
letters ever}- week. I reply, if
stamps are inclosed, that there is1
no law against-these lies. After all, I
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they do no narm, cio mej r 1 e?.
No?
"There's a law against them in .
Australia. There only the other
day a divorce was granted a man on ,
the plea that his wife had lied about ,
her age to him. She was, it seems,
forty-six, but he had thought her
only thirty-five." New York Press.
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The Earliest Money.
The earliest money was probably .
shells or strips of bark. Skins ap- ,
pear very early as a medium of exchange.
Later on sheep, oxen and .
other 6ort of cattle were used as the j
measure of value. With the advent
of agriculture the products of the ,
farm were sometimes made to be .
value units. So late as the early .
colonial times in Virginia tobacco ,
was used as currency. Eventually ,
the metals iron, silver and gold be- 1
came the almost universally recognized
money of civilized and semicivilized
peoples, iron taking the
lead in point of time. New York
American.
Thumb Bella. *
The thimble was originally call- '
ed a thumb bell by the English, be- (
iVnjnK iKort a ^
C&US6 wuril uu ulc iuuu1u, wivjli u
thumble and finally its present
name. It was a Dutch invention
and was first glass and pearl. In
China beautiful carved pearl thimbles
are seen, brought to England
in 1695. Thimbles were formerly
made only of iron and brass, but in
comparatively late years they bar*
been gold, silver, Steel,j
(MP*, apd even glass
pearl tBbnbtes are seen, bound with
gold and with the end of gold.?
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A NEW YORK FUNERAL
Death and Burial cf a Marvof Whom
No One Knew Mu^o.
"Dying made easy is a good motto
for New York," said a business
man to his friend who is a visitor
from the middle west. "The other
night when I got home 1 saw an
n-o rrrvn ctomlincr lit thp I
uuuui lanui o n u^vu ohuiiunig v? w .
entrance. Cheerful sort of thing '
to see after you have been out to
the play and a supper with your
friends.
"On the way up to ray flat I came
across the undertaker's men carrying
upstairs the body of a man. The j
undertaker explained that the
corpse was that of an elderly man
who had died that night at a hospital
and who had lived with the
people in the apartment below
mine. His friends had employed
the undertaker to take charge of
the body and arrange for the burial.
"The next day as I was going out
I met the undertaker. I thought it
was the decent thing for me to
show respect for the dead, particularly
in view of the statement of
the undertaker that the dead man
had no friends in the city. The
people with whom he lived were
acqua: nances only.
"I followed the undertaker to the
room. Only a few persons were
presei t. The undertaker took a |
prayer book from his pocket and
read tiu* Episcopal burial service.
"After that the undertaker's employees
c arried the coflin downstairs
and [ laced it in a hearse, lie and 1
li s men stepped into the carriage.
'!'!.< cortege moved down the street, i
I learned later that the body was j
shipped to the former home of the
deceased.
"The head of the apartment
where the stranger had a room said
to me:
"'We didn't know much about
him. lie was quiet in his coming
and ?o:n?. When he was taken
sick he a?ked to be sent to a hospital.
It was done.
it triM i l f I _ 1!. l L. L
" 'iiie aay ociore ue uicu ue scm
a request to have any service that
might be held in case of his death
at the apartment where he had
lived. That was all right.
" 'I knew nothing of his antecedents.
When I spoke to an undertaker
about it he said he would attend
to everything, and he did, but
when he read the service I was as
much surprised as you were.'
"The undertaker told me after- ;
ward that he was an ex-preacher
and that he frequently officiated at
the funerals of strangers. And 1
say again dying in New York is
easy." New York Sun. i
Rending the Sky.
Sometimes a child in the very
simplicity of its thought will evolve
imagery that is language old. For
instance, there arc few of us unfamilar
with the expression, "The ,
lightnings rend the sky," but its
use in the mouth of a child would
be startling.
Yet a little boy I know, who is
only four years old, watched an electric
storm intently as its jagged
dashes ripped through dark clouds
and then, going to his mother, said
gravely:
"Mamma, does it hurt the sky
when the lightning tears it?" New
York Times.
Tha Cannon Ball Traa.
Among the plants of Ouinea one
>f the most curious is the cannon
>all tree. It grows to the height
)f sixty feet, and its flowers are renarkable
not only for their beauty,
i>ut also for their fragrance. Its
Dlossoms are of a beautiful crimson,
ippearing in large bunches and exhaling
a rich perfume. The fruit
esembles enormous cannon balls;
lence the name. However, some
say it has been so called because of
:he noise which the balls make in ;
bursting. From the shells domestic
itensils are made, and from the !
:ontents are obtained several kinds (
>f acids, sugar and gum aa well as j
:he materials for making an excelent
drink in sickness.
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Pointed Paragraphs. . |
A lot of charity is frapped.
Sin is not distinguished by sex.
Piety does not demand a grim
face.
Boy saving by proxy is usually a
failure.
Professional piety is satisfied with\
the nalary.
Eopninii fiiof Vinrta ia flip SPI*
mon that hits.
A Sign of the times: "Situation.
Wanted."
Ileaven is gained by effort, not.
alone by results.
Cheerupathy is one of the best /
schools of uiediciue. %
The song# you can noi: recall are
not the good songs.
Failure is often the result o*
effort; victory always is.
The world never offers to pay a.
man what it owes him.
For every tongue of gossip tlieie
must at least two ears*
The public is quick to detect
sbam, but quicker to forget it.
A little sympathy at home lightens
m any a load down town.
The picture on the box is no sign
of the quality of the cigar.
Somehow or the oiher late frosta
never hurt the crop of spring poetry.
It is always darkest just before
dawn,but it is often tedious waiting
for the light.
A lot of characters have beeu
ruined by being hung over a back
yard fence.
Men who always "vote straight"
are responsible for a lot of crooked
politic?.
Qui gallantry does not impel us
to give our teat to a woman who is
lugging a poodle dog.
A lot of men a.-e like scdu fountains give
off lots of froth butmighty
little solid substance.
Even New York was surprised to
learn that a prosecuting attorney
might throw dice with accused
criminals.
Some folks believe we will pursue
the same vocations in the next world
as in this. How about the ice man?
urr i_ T I 1 U
?> isri i nau uiuuey euuugu tu omit,
a stage coach like young Vauderbilt's.
I'd not be so foolish as to do
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'Iht-ie is comiderable difference
between prating for wbat^we want
mo6t and praying for what we need
most.
Tlio lurcrtr u nt:in'.4 f.-illlllv OrrOWjJ
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the more he notic?8 how rapidly the
manufacturers of shoes are letting
their wares deteriorate.
Title, Mortgage, Bill of Sale,
Lien on Crop, and Lien and Bill of
Sale combined blanks for sale at
this office. 2-13tf
Soup
Stomach
No appetite, loss of strength, nervoot*
ness, headache, constipation, bad breath.
general debility, sour risings, and catarrn
of the stomach are all due to indigestion.
Kodol relieves indigestion. This newdlscov*
ery represents the natural Juice* of dlgea*
tion as they exist in a healthy stomach,
combined with the greatest known tonio
and reconstructive properties. Kodol for
dyspepsia does not only relieve indigestion
imd dyspepsia, but this famous remedy
lielps all stomach troubles by cleansing,
purifying, sweetening and strengthening
the mucous membranes lining the stomach.
Mr. S. S. Ball, of Ravenswood. W, Va.. aaye?
" I was troubled with sour stomach for twenty years,
Kodol cured me and wo are now using It la milk
for baby."
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