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ENLIGHTENING THE NORTH. Congressman Norton's Bril? liant Defence of the South. Washington, April 25 ?Special: Jedge Nor loa made a aborl apeech In Iba Heese on Monday, on condi tiooa in Iba Sooth, in reply to aome oeaaparaaooa which hid been drawn by Raprseeotativee between the Northern Statee end the Southern eeee. lie preeented the aituation in She Southern Statee in a wary oleer, ooseiee manner, end it will prove In* tsreeting reedialng to ell Soolbernera He aaid is pert: 1 Borne days ego the gentleman from lows made aome oorapariaoos between hie own Stele end aome 8oetbern Stetea, referring eapeoially to Alabama, ie the matter of edooa ueeal facilities, making the eontreet strongly ngainat the South Tbia it only s aample of mroy of the like references to the float boo the floor of this House t dealt c to ad drees my? self aomewbat to these misappreben el one. "I wies to aay that all things and conditions conaidered. the Sooth has down and ie doing aa much in tbeae end other dir actione aa any other part of th eoountry The disadvantages seder which the South has labored for the last thirty yeera are greater then anyone oeteide of it oao well ess solve of or even believe "The sooth hss paid to other ssstiose of this ooestry aince the wer is three itesas, vis : pensions, inter set esd terif proteotioo, enosgh to tore peid the pnhlio debt st the olose of the wer. or shoot $3,600,000,000. And all thia, too, after ahe had been wevaotated by war and robbed of aviUiose sei millions by ths carpet hsg governrsente alter the war. Men, si of the Sooth, aeanmiog to diaouaa rpstroee, sever oooeider these loots w^Sw^^jie' ^),OwvYk^^^aMTiw^s)aww9 "Sooth Osroltee, with s property .nut of less thes $800,000,000, hss paid for penaions over and shove every dollar received by penaionera is that State shoot $40,000,000 The eieves seceding Steles have peid is the sssse way, for the seme por poee $600,000,000 shove eli going to "The 8ooth hss paid shoot $1,000, 000,000 intereet for money to make ssd bsrvest her orope, sod oot less then $1,600,000,000 for apecial pro lection to the proleoed ioterests of ether eeotione "Ths people of the South, being mainly producers In the markeia of the world io oompetiou with all ooontriaa and were forced to bny in the proteotad marketa of the United Slates, guarded by protective lawa "lu addition to this direct financial drnin great damage has been suffered by the Soutb, growing out of the prejudice, end falsehoods, sod the misrepresentation of the North egsinst Southern people Mueh of tbia baa come of the reconstruction period Miaaionariea with carpet Sega cam? Sooth from tue North niter the war and took control of the segro, voted him to noil their nefa? rious purpoeee, and taught him that it was not wrong la rob and murder white men, to born nod despoil white ho roe a "Here began lyncbings They never occurred at the Sootb until the John J Pettereofte. the R K Scotts, the B P Whitlemores and thsir fel low mHaiv.neriee from Pennsylvania nad Maeaachuaetts and OL;o and other parta of the Nort'.i brought their malevolont political influences end aocial teachinga to the Southern nsgro No oaae of, or cause for lynching can be shown among the oegroea of tbe South until the re eonetruoHofi period, tue days of the Northern carpetbagger Is lbs Sooth "Tne reputstion of South baa b+eit affected by thee* men, who. alt?*i K'>ing North, painted the people of th>< *outh aa black to in quity as Ih'Mr own aoula Bet during all these years ihc South has s- tV-r-d in eilet,-e, patiently awaiting a proper vindication of her people by a-, no paitial future ' Notwithstanding t^W war was bell, mil u > mir?, hSlllstlwS and recM.airuotiofi were worst*?worse than thi froga and fliee, the IjcusIs and Use, the He: knee* and death aent upon the Egyptians ; yet tho aotith stand* today resplendent in the char SOt*r ot h great and splendid people, sseoati ed oy the blight of war, un Solln* I by ihe rot of reconstruction. Undaunted by poverty .un! oppres sion (MM maintains the integrity of her ch iracter and on the top of the Pitg?h of Hops looks out over a goodly land in full view of as grind end gtevtSfM future aa is vouchsafed to mortal man "The south haa emerged from this condition of helpleas dependency. Suergntio and progreeaivo, she leaps forward by bounds to her natural po eition of industrial aod commercial aopremacy As waa so well aaid by the immortal Henry W. Urady : 'Of the three eaaential itoms of all Indus triss?cotton, iron and wood?that region has easy control In cotton n fixed monopoly ; io iroo, proven su? premacy ; in timber, tbe reserve supply of tbe rspoblic. From this aeoured nod permnnent edvantage, egsinst whioh srtifioisl conditions cannot prevail, bee grown an amazing system of industries 1 "Todsy ths sssth hss one billion dollars invested in maoofaoturing, paying to labor annually $350,000, 000 in wagss 1 Twenty years ago tbe south had $21,900,000 ioveated io cotton fac? tories ; their 584,000 epiodlea used 221,000 bales of cotton In 1890 there was $48,000,000 invested in southern oottoo mills, witb 1,605.000 spindles, using 545,000 balea of cot? ton There has been a greater growth doriog the last ten years, until now there is $125,000,000 io vested in southern cotton mills, and their 6 000,000 spindles will use 2,000,000 of this yesr's crop of cot too. There is do reason why this rste of incresse should not continue Twenty years from now we ehall eee 60,000,000 aouthern apindles, supply? ing the incressed demsnd for oottoo goods sod usiog three fourths of a j twenty million bsle crop of oottoo "Io tbe production of oosl the southern mines hsve risea from 5, , 959 209 toos io 1880 to 42,863,448 tons in 1899 ; in coke production, fron 299.480 tons to 5,140,977 tons ; io pig iron production, from 308,031 toos to 2,360 554 tons; in phos? phates, from 750,000 tons to 2,000, 000 toos "Tbe sooth produced 474,614,756 boshels of grsio in 1880 ; the crop i fast, yesr was 748,796,476 bushels. Tbe sooth had 20,000 miles of rsil rosd io 1880 ; isst yesr there was 60,000 there "The southern states hsve half the stsoding timber of tbe country, sod sre now building up rspidly sn im me use trsde in wood sod lumber. It will not be long before she will oootrol this field of indostry Tbe sooth grows 72 varieties of field crope and 65 varieties of gsrden truck, fruits sad melons. "But with all todsy sees only the beginning of tbe sooth's industrial end commercial development. What baa been done by our people duriog tbe laat 80 years bss been done io the face of ioteasely adverse oondi tions, and io spite of tbe heavy hand of onfsvorsble legislstioo Oor in dostriee have suffered from discrfmi nsticg freight rates by laod sod water, and do so yet They have bseo retarded by tbe look of money and its incresse in vslue yesr by year. We have worked and strug gled against oor povsrty io tbe face of a sooisl sod iodostrisl ostracism suoh as few seotioos of tbe world have ever known. "Bot wbeo we remember thst sue oesa begets success, thst oppressive reatriotioos and prejudices fall be? fore power, then we see the south, industrially free, moving forward with leape and bounds to tbe indus trisl sod commercial supremacy she esrns "We only hope for the domination of oor common country in every field of life when we look forward to the day when somewStre soula -maybe at Charleston, S C , snd I hope so? there will he built a commercial city thst will be to the modern world wlj-.t Rome and Venice and Carthage were to the ancient world From it will go forth tbe most variable aud valuable producta, mineral and vege table, to all the parts of the earth to bring returns for the enrichment and tbe glory of the soutbero states. "Tbo dsy will come wheo millions of bsles of southoro cotton, mono factored at southern looms ; wheu millions of tons of southern iron, msnufsotured in southern forges; when millions of feet of lumber, cut by soutbero mills, will find their way to every port upon the Atlantic, the Pacific and the Indiau oceans We are called opoo to supply the needs of the Occident snd the Orient. The doty is ours, snd the rewsrds of the honest worker, of wesltb, of honor snd of power, shall be ours also.'1 - ???? ? Tbe New Board of Education Columbia, April 25 ?Governor MoSwseuey hat sppoioud the members of the State board of cduoanoo. For Mime tiais past the*e bss been s i;reat deal of interest takoo io tbe appointment of this board, and Gov? ernor MoSwscr.ey has received a great mas* of suggestions and rcoommcuda liesja Io making (be appointments Governor MoSweeccy has undertaken to appoint mon who are well known throughout their dtxihets sod io the Sti'o as high-toned, honc*t sod con I ?eicutioos men Ho has | ?'eoted one leyiuin aud all of the other sppoint moots aro from among tbotc who have for years breo oooueoted with die sohr.oU Sf colleges of tbo Stutc. Uod'r tbe law Governor McSwrenny is ohairuiau of tat State b)ard and Superintendent of Klucsttoo MoMshau is secretary of the b>utd, both bem^ int inb ms or tbo hoaid. ire appomtuni.ta ai announced today are : First distfitt, U my P Archar, of Uaeflestea ; 2d district. Graves L Km,.Tit, of Granit? villo ; 31 district, J I. McCain, of Duo West ; 4 h district, H. T. Cook, of Greenville ; 5 h atstriet, Pr?.f A. R Banks, oi Rook Hill ; ?h distriot, Senator W. A. Brown, of Marios ; 7ib distriot, the llu.i Thos M. Raysor, of Oraogonurg -?mmm-aas*- ?**' '?srimm-w?i? New York. April 21 - Tbo Unitod States transport Mac Um on wiil sail tomorrow for Puerto Rico witri be tween $400,000 and $000,000 iu subsidiary coin This is the first In? stslment of the $2,000,000 voted by congress to be distributed among the iohsbitsnts of thst islsnd savaaas? ???? *SSaww Buttsrick/? Dshaeator, Standard Oseigu sr. H. G. Oitsoa ft Co., Libtrty Street. Great Fire in Cairada. HULL DESTROYED AND OTTAWA SUFFERS TER? RIBLY. ESTIMATED LOSS 920,000,000. Ottawa, April 27 ?Five square miiee of territory burned over ; more than 2,500 dwellings, factories, mills, stores and other buildings destroyed, entailing a lose estimated to reach $20,000,000 and between 12,000 and 15,000 men. women and children homeless, is a summing up of tbe havoc wrought by the fire which has been raging at Hull and Ottawa aince yeaterday morning, and at mid night was not completely under c oo trol Most of the lumber piles in Ottsws and Hull have disappeared and are now merejbeapa of charred wood and aahes. Half a dozen churches and schools, a number of mills, tbe Hull waterworks, tbe Hull court house and jail, the postoffice, the convent?al? most every business place, and about 1,000 dwellings and shops in Hull have been destroyed Indeed prac tically nothing of Hull is left but a church and a few houses beyond it The spot where tbe fire originated is about a quarter of a mile from tbe main street of Hull and as a gale wss blowing from the northwest right in tbe direction of the lumber piles and mills ou both tbe Hull and Ottawa shores of the Ottawa river and Ohandi ere falls, it waa soon seen that tbe fire waa almoat cartain to be a large one. By balf paat 11 o'clock the fire had got a good bold on Main street and tbe entire street with dozens of cross streets, was burned Practi? cally-there is oot n bouso left ou tbe street. About this time the fire bsd msds a jump of nearly half a mile and ignited Eddy's wood yard, near tbe mstob fsotory It wss soon in names aud a 50 mile an hour gale was blowing a bigb column of flame across Bridge atreet and set fire tn tbe Eddy pspsr mill snd tbe other buildings of the company. The fire at tbia time alao aprang across tbe Ottawa river and caught tbe sbeda in tbe rosr of tbe Nackay Milling com? pany oo Victoria island and in a few mini tee the lumber piles on Victoria Chaudierie islands, one tbe power houses of tbe Ottawa Electric com? pany ?od balf the buildings on tbe two islands wore in flames In this city it is estimated that be sides the mills, factories, etc , burn? ed 1,510 residences were destroyed The total loss is estimated at $15, 000 00 ) and the insurance at $2,500, 000 - i? ?awa? WHAT OTIS SAYS Washington, April 24 ?Gen Otis cabled the following account of re? cent engagements in the Philip pices : Manila, Aptil 24. Early morning 7th several hundred Tagaios and Vizayans attacked bat? talion Fortieth infantry at Cagayan, north coast of Mindana > Our ess ?eitles 2 killed, 11 wounded; one my's loss 53 killed, 18 wounded and captured in city, besides other losses suffered ou retreat Young reports from northwestern Luzon several hundred natives influenced by Agui naldo's bishop, Aglipak, attacked bis troops at several points and in turn bad been attacked Their loss in attack on Batoc, 15th inat, 106 kill ed and during the entire fighting from 15th to 17th, 333 killed. Our loss during period, 2 killed, 4 wound? ed Young has plentr of troops and will have little further opposition Affairs at other Luzon points improv? ing, local presidents and inhabitants of towns giving information and I rendering assistance, troops now I taking possession of interior small towns ?.?iM^raame ???? ?awaa??? QUESTION AXKWKltED. Yes, August Flower still has the largest sale of any medicine in the civilised world, Your mother* and grandmother*, never thought of using anything else for indigestion or billious ne?s. Doctors were scarce, and they seldom heard of appendicitis, nervous* prostration or heart fii?ure, etc. They used August Flower to denn out tho systom and stop fermontation of undigested foodi regulate tho action oT tbe liver, stimulate the nervous and orgnri' action of the system, an 1 that is all they took when leeling dull and bad with headaches and Other acno*. You only reed u lew doses of tlrtcn's August Flower, in liquid form, to tnuku you sat* Isles' (hire is nothing tsrloai the mutter with y ?<u, For sale by A. J. China. A Gov MeSwnenoy haa appointed and i8?uod a commission to Mrs l?r T. C. RohsrlSOQ sf Columbia to bo lady eom DoHaiorjcr for South Carolina si tho Paris exposition Mrs Robertson ex pools to spond all of thin Kumaior shfOsd, spending mou of her time in Parin at the exposition. Not a Safe Juryman. "1 should iiUc to bo cxou<ei, your honor,'1 cays a man wso has been summoned ou u jury. "What for 7" "I o*c a unn ?10 and wish to buct i hin up and pay it. " "Do you UIOSU to tell the eourt that you would hunt up a man to pay a bill instead of waiting for him to hunt you up f" "Yes ; vcur honor." "Y"U are excused I den't waot any mm on tbu jury who will lie libs that.*' I Bloody Work Going on in the Philippines. Though Peaoe Presumably Prevails the Soldiers are Hard Worked. Manila, April 25, 6 20 p. m ? Offi? cers who have arrived here from Nucva Caroeras. province of South Carma rioee, bring details of a fight April 16, io ?hieb 80 Filipino? were killed. Tbe Aoaerioau Outposts reported 300 natives assembled three miles from tbe towo, and Gen Bell sent three detsobmests of tbo Forty-eighth regimeot with two Maxims, who oearly sarroooded tbe Filipinos, a majority of whom were srmed with bolos. The Filipinos wore Carabao hide hel? mets, ooats sod shields They were pot to flight, leaving tbe field strewn with armor Their rifhmoo ware unable to shoot straight aud the boiomeo never go: near enough to the Americans to do any exeoutioo Therefore oooo of tbe Americans were wounded. Lieut Bath with 20 cavalrymen from tho Thirty seventh cornered 50 bolomou io a river and shot every one, the bodies floating away. Ooe eoidier had his head struck off with a holo. Geo Bell's two rogimeote are hard worked in olearing tbe country. They meet with many small fquads of boio? meo bd? Isst week killed a total of 125 A rqusdroo of the Eleventh oavalry is about leaving Manila on board the transport Laonox to r< en? force them. Tbe insurgents keep the provioee io a state of terror and are wreaking vengeanoe on natives who trade with tbe Americans, burning many villages, inoluding tbe populous towo of Sau Fernando. Gen Bell issued a proclamation deolariog that be will retaliate releot lessly unless this guerrilla war oesses aod that he will burn all tbe towns whiob bsrbor guerrillas. Io a fight at SorgogOH, Albay pro? vince, on April 16, three companies of the 47th iofsotry, Gapt Gordon com? manding routed a large foroe of ioaur gents, mostly boiomeo, killing 53. It is understood Gen Otis intends to sill us tho Mead or tbe Graot early io May. He will be aooompaoied by his staff and will probably visit Hong Koog aod other ports. Maoila, Aptii 26, 6 16 p. m ? About 300 of the enemy bate been killed recently io North llosos, includ? ing Dodd's fight and tbe attaok on Bitoc(?) April 16, when from 600 to 700 rebels, a quarter of whom were armed with rifleH, determinedly attack? ed tbo Americans, charging their position* aud fi/ht'.og at olose quarters. The engagement lasted all the after? noon, 'ho ooemy burning the town, but tli y uoro repulsed after the arrival of American reenforoementi. Tbc iosurgeots generally were ag? gressive in that province They oap tured an Arucroan provision wagon near Layo The Americans having obtained evidence that tbe alcaldes (mayors) of Lap.), Msgsingal, Oabugas aod Sioait were holdiog treaoherous communication with tbe insurgents, imprisoned tbem and burned Lipo'i towo ball Cotton Seed Oil Bill. Tho following from the News aod Courier about tho Grout bill, whiob, it ig said, will seriously affeot the cotton seed nil industry if passed, will bo of interest to many people hero: A vigorous fight is being made before (be agricultural oommittee of th * house against tho passage nf tbe Grout hill, whiob, if successful, will effeot very injuriously the oottoo seed oil industry of the south. Representative Stokes, who is a member of the agricul? tural oommittee, is taking an active part in tbe fight agaioet the bill in the iotercpt of bis own constituents and tbe octton seed oil industry of tho s^uth generally. He said : The oowspapers of the sooth are not giving as much attention to this measure as its import? ance to tho interests of their scotion would warrant, and it seems to mo that the people of tho south are not aware bow seriously this bill will affeot their industries, or they would take a keener interest in the proceedings before tho oommittee. There have boon ootton seed oil men from North Carolina, South Carolioa and Georgia up here iookiog after individual interests, but as yet there has only been one dclega tion before the committe, and that wan ; from Texas. In his judgment the peoplo who have large interests io the ootton seed oil trade should at once get their side of tho question before tbe agricultural oommitteeo ar the earliest possible moment, for the people of tha north aod northwest. M otions of the country are working very hard for the passage of the bill, and if there is not some bard and effective work dono by the peoplo of tbo south aod other sec? tions which will he affected by tbe passage of (he bill it seems to mo that the ootton seed industry will suffer very greatly. -? ? ? ? - Not a Violent CBse. Mrs Peok ? Henry, what would you do if I v/cro to die suddenly Y Henry ? Pray don't talk of such a tbioi;. i think it would almost drive mc orozy. Mrs Peok?Do you think you would marry again T Henry?Oh, oo ! I don't think I would bo as craiy as that. 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It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep* The Children's Panacea?The Mother's Friend* GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. _TWC CCNTAU? COMPANY. TT MONMY STRCCT. NtW TOUR CITY. _ A NEW DEPARTURE A Radical Change in Marketing Methods as Applied to Sewing Machines. An original plan under which you can obtain easier terms and better value in the purchase of the world famous *'White" Sewing Machine than ever before offered. Write for our elegant II-T catalogue and detailed particulars. How we can aave you money in the purchase of a high-grade sewing machine and the easy terms oi payment we can offer, either direct from factory or through our regular authorized agents. This is an oppor? tunity you cannot afibrd to pass. You know the "White," you know its manufacturers. Therefore, a detailed description of. the machine and its construction is unnecessary. If you hare an old machine to exchange we can offer most liberal terms. Write to-day. Address in full. UTE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, (Dep't A.) Cleveland, Ml*. Columbia Business College, COLUMBIA, S. C. Most thorough Business and Shorthand Courses. Better inducements, and more graduates placed in good posi? tions than all other Business and Shorthand Schools in South Carolina combined. Write at once fur a catalogue and full information. W. H. Newberry, President. stamp Saiesmau Wanted Enclose for psrticulsra TOill straighten cr.rly and kinky hair without injury t: the. scalp cr hair. Price f5?'C# Per ?0X ANTI-KINK, Endorsed by the United Ststes Health reports Darragh & Rich, New York, Sole Manufacturers Feb 14?131 FIRST NATIONAL BANK SMtTEaV OF STATE, riTY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$ T?,O0f CO Burplui and Profit! - - - - 26,000 oo j Additional Liability of Stock? holder! ko racers of tbair ?took. 75,000 oo : Notice of R?QListration. Tbe State of South Carolina?Sumter Couo ty?Office of Superiors of Registration, Sumter Couaty, Sumter, S. C, February let, 1699. Notice ie hereby given that in accordance I with an Act ot the General Assembly, ?od in I conformity with the requirements of the State I Constitution, the books for the registration j of all legally qualified voters, acd for tbe j issuing of trar.sters, ec,, will be open at ibe oflice of Supervisors of Registration in tbe court house, between the hours of 9 o'clock f\ m . and 3 o'clock p. m., on tbe brut Men ? liny of each morth, until thirty days befor? the next general election. Minors who shall ! become of age during that period of thirty I days shall be entitled to registration before i the books are closed, if otherwise qualified. Tbe requirements tor a qualified voter are ' .hat the Applicant tor registration ?ball be ubie to read atd write correctly, or possess in bis own name property to the amount of l tnree hundred dollars, upon which be pays I taxes B. F. BURROWS, T. D. DcBOSE, J. M . KNIGHT, Supervisors of Registration Sumter Co. Mrh 1 '5 THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Tetal protection to depositors, $175 000 00 Transact* s Osoeral Banking Business. Special atteotioo |ltea to collections. In per ?AYINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposes of $1 and upwards received, tert'st allowed at the rat! ot 4 per cent ft tin um, on amount* above $5 and not exceed iog ?800) payable qasrtarly, on firat days of January, April, July and October. U M WALLACE, L.S.Oarsom, Prestdsot. Casbitr. : Capital atock paid in. . . $75,000 00 , Uodivlded larplas, . . . 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockholders in excess si their stock, . 75,000 CO Tran*-iet6 S general banking business.; aiso I has a Savings Bank Department. Deposits of $1 and upward received. Interest allowed a) I the rate ot A \tr cent, per an lum, payable semi-anntally. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, President. Marios Moibk, W. F. Khamk Vice-Pretident. Jao 31. Cashier.