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Memorial Address. Delivered by Lieut-Gov. Robt B. Scarborough, at Sum? ter, S. C, May IO. 1900. There are crises io every human life,-times when we are brought face to face with fortune, whether we know it or not,-times when eternal issues hang on the decision of a mo? ment-times when future possibilities tumble ia the balance, and destiny depends npon a single act Such crises are regulated by no law. They come unsought, unbid? den, as it were, bot sooner or later they come to all. The petted child of fortune and the waif of misfortune ?re alike subject to this visitation To some these crises come in child hood, and the result is determined more by environment than by choice To some they come in the heyday of jooth-while the youthful subject is "standing with reluctant feet, where the brook and river meet." To others they come in meridian fife, under the clear skies of complete man and womanhood, and demand an answer or an act That determines tbe future of such an one : but I repeat, sooner or later they come to all. There are crises in the history of communities-times when the citi? zens of such communities are forced to decide upon moral and political ?questions that mean social, political and moral progress, or disorder, deg radation and shame And* there are crises in the history of governments -times when grave questions of mo mentons importance must be deter? mined,-questions of policy, state, craft and government, and the issues to be settled decide the status of such governments among the family of nations, as well as the peace and happiness of the subjects of such gov? ernments. Such a crisis came to our govern meat almost 40 years ago. I apprehend that no one will dis? pute the magnitude of the issues thrust before the people of the Uni? ted States at the period to which I refer ; and I apprehend that no Southern man ov woman can forget how those issues were settled We see before us sad memorials of the method of adjustment The war of secession and for state's rights, has a place in our history es sent i al ly its own. The bravest peo. pie nader the arching canopy of Heaven settled the question met by resort to arms, and for four long bloody years, tbe nations of the world looked on, amazed at the fratricidal strife I need not discuss the causes that led to the war, and the history of the struggle is too personal and practical to need repitition The graves of buried heroes are silent witnesses to the fact that war, cruel war was waged in the boasted "land of the free and home of the brave " Standing around the graves of her fallen braves today the Sooth attests her love for those who died for a righteous cause and renews her fidel? ity to the principles for which they fought "On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guar?s with silent round The bivouac of tbe dead." When tbe tocsin of war was sound* ed the South was without arms or trained soldiery, but with a heroism born of devotion the sons of landed proprietors and the offspring of the peasant close marched to the front, elbow to elbow and shoulder to shoulder. A common cause aroused them, a common zea! inspired them, and they found a common level is the democracy ot war. With no shields bot their manly hearts, no coat of arms bot the white guerdon of a pore manhood, no bat? tle cry bot love of borne and fireside, ?ney marched in solid phalanx to meet the eoemy. The world not only, bot a generous foe, attests their bravery They did what they could. Con? quered they never were, but crushed by superior numbers, their ranks decimated by hunger and cold, they yielded at last to stubborn fate, and surrendered a flag that had never been dishonored. Weep not for those who fell For 'dow could men die nobler* than bj facing 1 fearful odds, For toe ashes of tbeir fathers and tbe altars of their Gods." Sentiments are transient, and may die with those who express and en tertain them ; bot principles are eteroal and will live forever. Frinci pies are founded io eteroal right, "and righi is right as God is just, and right ?hail win the day " I verily believe that the principles for which the South contended were not born to die, and the fires that burn? ed on Southern altars in 1861, and which still burn, are yet to be the Promethean flame from which shall be returned tbs dying embers of liberty on American sitars Meo who fight and die for principia are neither rebels oor traitors, bat they are heroes aod patriots. Confederate soldier 'What memories cluster ar ou od that name.' It calls to mind tbe olash of arms aod battle ?tero array. It brings recollections of anxious, aching aod bereaved hearts, bot ic thrills with memories of noble daring, heroic sac? rifice, and invincible courage. Some one bas said that we need not caro to Marathon nor Thermopylae to ?nd warriors who have carved tbeir way to glory through the fiery tr<tcl$ of war, and have gooe un from battle and burning to their homes atnoog the stars ; we a^ed not nfli the mauso? leums of AtheD8 nor deciober the OJO.? grown cenotaphs of Rime for thos* who have wrea:htd their brews with uofadicg chaplets, we oeed oct, search the storied uros of Grecian valor for oames that were not born to die. for where are our Lee and Jackson ^r?d Hill, and oar own nobler Hau-.proo, aod the teo8 of thoasands of oo named heroes who iaid their ail upo:> their country's altar it o^eds neither granite shaft nor monumental brass to preserve the memory of Southern braves. Io the hearts of a brave and loyal people, their memory is 8afe Sbouio manhood falter io the melancholy task, there is one sacred altar upo.? which the fire will never grow dio: The hearts of Southern womanhood will be their sacred temple The mothers who gave their sons to the Confederacy, the wives who nerved their husband'* for battle and the sisters who stood by at the sacrifice will not forget the past No never, never, you may come and you may go, bot with each return of happy spring time, they will spread garlands of sweet roses upon their bombie graves, and water their dasty coach with the tears of gener?os love. The scythe of the Reaper Death hath long kept time to the music of the spheres, and toe remnant of that great pbalaox is growiog less as the season's ooma and go. Ere long the last feeble and pallid sorvivor of "The Lost Cause" shall go to answer "here" at the roll cali beyond the river, bat tattered banners and battered swords will be preserved like sacred vessels, and tbe sweet 8tr*ios of Dixie and the Boonie Bios Flag will still thrill the Southern hearts Withoot abating oar love for tbe past, we bail the ooming future. We realiz3 that we have a reunited coun? try, and we love it too. There is a Haod that will guide os. "Weare living, we are moving IQ a grand and glori?os time, In an age on ages telling, To be living is sabhme." We want peace, honorable peace. We want the time to come, "When war drams beat no longer, "And battle flags are furled, "Io the parliament of man, '.Tbe federation of the world. "Thea the euramoo sense of most, "Shall hold a fretful realm io awe, "And the kindly earth shall slumber, "Lapped in universal law." I am not one of those who fears for the fatore of the Sootb and its memo? ries. I believe that we have within oar veins the blood of heroes and pa triots, and we will transmit to oar pos terity the heritage whieh we have re? ceived. I see in imagination Sooth Caralba of the fatore. The American aoioo, like a proud mother with her children, is passing tn review before the nations of tbe world Amoog the many worthy ships of state I see Sooth Carolina, grand aod majestic ! No vandal orew dare tread her noble deck nor alieo hand lay hold opoo ber helm, bot with tbe Palmetto flag nailed to ber mast-head, guided by ber own offspring, she glide? gracefully forward with symmetrical sweep to ride the sun-kissed waves of the fotare, while from the thi oats of hundreds of thousands of her ooble eons aod daughters there swells the song of the long ago : Carolina, Cerolios, Heaven's blessing attend ber ! While we live we will honer, protect aod de? fend ber. DISPENSARY DIRECTORS. The State board of dispensary di? rectors continued its work yesterday, the forenoon being devoted almost exclusively to the consideration of applications for the return of liquors seized by the constables. A large number of applications were acted upon. Yesterday afternoon and last night the board was at work on the new price lists under the act of the gen? eral assembly. The changes being made will not affect the prices to consumers The following will be the dates of the commissions of the members of the Sumter county board of control : W M Sanders, May 10 ; E. T Windham, May 10 ; W. S James, May !8 -State, May 10 Col Farrow's New Field. Cheraw, May 9.-The Cheraw Chronicle has changed hands ColT. Stobo Farrow of Gaffney, has assum? ed control of the ; ?per and hereafter will be its editor and proprietor Mr J N. Stricklin. the former energetic and efficient editor, will control the mechanical part of the work and devote his time to the printing and publishing department. Col Farrow founded and edited the Spartanburg Herald for many years and is well known in newspaper circles. mm i * i *~mm> Rev W E Johnson, who killed Bellinger, ia still in the Bamberg jail. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of MILL MEN IN CHARLOTTE. j Fourth Annual Convention of Cotton Spinners lu Session. ! CHARLOTTE, X. C., May ll.-Probably ! the largest assemblage of textile mill ! representatives ever held in the United , States is in session li ere. the occasion j being the fourth annual convention of j the Southern Cotton Spinners' associa I tion. j There are about 500 mill nen in at j tendance and it is estimated by conser J vative members that the total capital I represented will aggregate $.jO0,O00,<X)0. j President Mc Aden called rho convention ? to order. A large number of new mem j hers were then elected. Theodore C. j Search of Philadelphia, president of the i National Manufacturers' association. I spoke on "Foreign Markets for Amen j can Cotton Goods and the Way to De ! velop Them." He showed thar this j country, in spite of all advantages, spin* j and weaves only 32 per cent of the j American cotton. The bulk of Ameri I can cotton goods sold in Chiua are handled by British merchants. Mr. Search warned the mill men to make provision for "The reaction which will surely follow this great era of prosper? ity, "but added, "There is no need to fear that we shall ever have too many cotton mills in the United States. I be? lieve we should build all the mills we can and run them day and night, if nec? essary." MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED. South Carolina Pays Tribute to Her Dead Soldiers. CHARLESTON. May ll.-Memorial day I was observed throughout, the state. The j day here was marked by the suspension of business in the afternoon, and an ora? tion by Major General C. Irvine Walker, commanding the South Carolina divi? sion, U. C. V. j Colonel Asbury Coward read an ode, written by Dr. H. M. Clarkson, formerly of Charleston, but now of Haymarket, Va. The ode is dedicated to the South Carolina division, U. C. V. All the military companies, confeder? ate veterans and sons of confederate vet? erans took parr in the parade. Observed at Columbia. COLUMBIA. S. C., May 11.-Memerial day was more generally observed here today than for many years. Business was suspended during the afternoon. There was a parade of the militia, vet? erans and sons of veterans and an ad? dress at the confederate monument. Big Purses For Trotters. ATLANTA. May ll.-One of the big features of the Southern Interstate fair will be the races. The fair association has determined to spare nb expense in getting together the finest string of horses ever brought: to this section of the country. Ten thousand dollars will be hung up. F< ?ur purses of $ 1. OOO each. to be known as "earlv closing events," will bc offered. Secretary T. H. Mar? tin has entered into correspondence with racing men in various parts of the coun? try and has assurances that the numbei of entries will be unusually large. Young Lady Drowned. ATHENS, Ala., May ll.-Dillie Allen, the lS-year-old daughter of James Alien, a fanner living in South Limestone, was drowned late last afternoon while cross? ing Limestone creek.in the neighborhood of her father's home. She was crossing the stream on a footlog, when she slipped off, and before help could reach the girl she had been carried down hy? the swift waters. For Branch Soldiers' Home. WASHINGTON, May ll.-A large dele? gation from Charlestou, S. C., appeared today before the house committee on military affairs in behalf of the project to establish a branch soldiers' home in CharlestDn harbor, at or near Castle Pinckney, and within sight of Fort Sumter, Fort Moultrie and other his? toric monuments of that locality. To Inspect Dock Site. NEW ORLEANS, May ll.-Headed by Congressman Adolph Meyer, a distin? guished party has arrived here to inspect the preparations for the new steel float? ing dock that is to be located at Algiers, opposite New Orleans. The party in? cluded Rear Admiral Endicott and Lieu? tenant Cunningham of the bureau of docks in Washington. Baptists at Hot Springs. HOT SPRINGS, Ark., May H.-Over 1,000 Baptist delegates and members had arrived in Hot Springs up to noon to take part in the forty-fifth session of the Southern Baptist convention which con? venes here. ?T WILL PIERCE ANY ARMOR. New and Powerful Shell Invented by Naval Oi?lcer. WASHINGTON-, May lu.-Some facts al? most startling in their importance have been laid before the senate in secret ses? sion. They related, it is understood, to the invention of a shell by a prominent officer of the United States navy-supe? rior in every essential to any now in use, either by this or any other govern? ment. The quality of penetration possessed by the shell is said to be so great that no armor now manufactured has sufficient, resistance to withstand it. Colonel West is Delighted. ATLANTA, May 10. - Colonel A. J. West has returned to the city from Louisville, where he spent several days in conference with those in charge of the preparations for the confederate re? union, which takes place in that city the latter part of this month. Colonel West is delighted with the elaborate prepara? tions that are being made, and he says that the coming reunion will be the big? ges? and most thoroughly enjoyable of a??y that baa yet been held. Prisoners Break .lalI. ! MARION, Ala., May ll.-Marion has I had its second jail delivery within the I past three months fourprisonersmaking their escape. The jail was con denied by i the last grand jury, and cages bought at a high prier. One prisoner left in the jail says Patton drew up an ax through the bars of the window, being outside the cage, with which hr liberated tho uegrocs. Patton bas been captured and dogs an; on the trail of the other escapes. DECREASE IN COTTON CROP. Hester's.Statement Shows Heavy Fall? ing Oil" For April. NEW ORLEANS, May il). - Secretary j Hester's analysis of the cotton move- I mont for the eight months of the season, ( from Sept. 1 to the rios:: of April, in elusive, shows that compared with the ; cn>p movement last year Texas, inclnd- I instil" Indian Territory, has brought j into sight this season ia round figures 907 .ooo hiles less, while other gulf states, which include Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Oklahoma, have marketed ?OS.OUO less, ; and the group of Atlantic states, which ! includes North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Vir ; ginia, show an increase of 541,000 bales, making the decrease in tho total crop marketed 1,956,000. j Mr. Hester shows the amount brought into sight by groups of states for the I eight months of this season as follows: ! Texas and Indian Territory, 2,488,223; ! a decrease under same time last year of 906,374, a decrease under year before last of 486,718 and an increase over 1897 ! of 302,650. ! Other gulf states, 2,676,364; a decrease I under last year of 50S,185, a decrease under year before last of 934,292 and a decrease under 1897 of 11,134. Atlantic states, 3,886,296; a decrease under last year of 241,217, a decrease under vear before last of 663,223 and under 1897 of 46,868. Total crop in sight close of April 8, 550,883, a decrease under last year of 1,955,776, under year before last of 2, 084,228 and an increase over 1897 of 304,654. After the close of April last year the amount brought into sight from Texas and Indian Territory was 160,496; from other gulf states 175,200, and from the Atlantic states 432.485. I The groups of states as above fur? nished in round figures of the crops of last year and of 1896-97 from Texas and the Indian Territory last year 3,550,000 and in 1806-97 2,248,000, other gulf states 3,3?>0.000 last and in 1896-97 2, 831,000. Atlantic states 4.360,000 last year and 1896-97 3,679,000. TOWNE FOR VICE PRESIDENT. Action of Fusion Forces Makes Him a Strong Possibility. WASHINGTON, May 10.-Whether the : Democratic national convention will J ratify the agreement which seems to have been reached, by which Towne is I to be .pushed forward for vice presiden): by the fusion forces, or whether that Kansas City gathering follows the ad? vice of many leaders and selects somu eastern Democrat of distinction, the ac? tion of the Michigan Democracy in in? dorsing Towne and of the leaders at the Chicago conference in putting him to the front has had the result of making him the most talked of possibility of the lot._ Revision of Organic Laws. I CHICAGO, May 10.-Bishop Foss pre I sided over the business session of the conference. Several memorials, appeals, petitions and resolutions were presented, but the most of the session was devoted to consideration of the report of the special committee appointed four years ago to revise the organic laws of the j church._ Japanese Land at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Mav 10.-One hun? dred and fifty-seven Japanese imnii gernts have just been landed in this city. Of this number 75 were admitted on certifica les of landing signed by the United States immigration commission? ers and the others on certificates from the commissioner at Seattle. Sloan Lands a Winner. LONDON, May 10.-The Chester cup of 3,850 sovereigns, run at the Chester meeting, was won by C. A. Brown's Rough Side, ridden by Sloan. The Duke of Portland's Manners and Lord Carni? vals Baldur were second and third re? spectively. Fourteen horses ran on the course, nearly 2^ miles. Chemical Knglne Wrecked. ATLANTA, May IL-While answering a call at an early hour this morning chemical engine of Company No. 8 was wrecked in an excavation at the corner of Auburn avenue and North Pryor j street and Driver Robert A. Hardy was hurled 15 feet away, while the engine was hurled upon (?nc of the horses and probably fatally injured him. Driver Hardy, it is believed, is seriously in? jured. Nominated iVor Mayor of Havana. HAVANA, May 1L-General Aleandro Rodriguez, has been nominated by the national parry as its candidate for the mayoralty of Havana. He received 66 votes as against 15 cast for Senor Gener, 9 for Senor Zayas and 5 for Senor Ezeta I Mora. Rodriguez was proposed as a j conciliation candidate, the friends of Senor Zayas and Senor Gene? having ' come to a deadlock. Homicide In Karly. I BLAKELY, Ga., May IL-On the farm I of G. W. Cherry, 4 miles from Blakely, ! an altercation took place between J. W. j Alexander and G. W. Cherry. Cherry struck Alexander, knocking him sense? less, whereupon Robert Alexander drew his revolver, firing three shots at Cherry, all taking effect, from which wounds he died. Killed In the Philippines. NEW DECATUR, Ala., May IL-Will Walker, who enlisted iu the army iu this city last fall and went to the Phil? ippines with the Forty-fourth regiment, was killed in battle March 18. The re? mains will arrive about May 28 and will be interred in Chapel Hil] cemetery. QUESTION ANSWERED. . Yes, August Flower still has the largest sale of any medicine in the civiliz?d world. ?our mother?-and grandmothers never thought of using anything else for indigestion or biliicus ne.*s. Doctors were scarce, and they seldom heard of appendicitis, nervous prostration or heart failure, etc. They used August Flower to clean out the system and stop fermentation of undigested food, regulate tho action of the liver, stimulate the nervous and organic action of the system, and that is all they took wlien feeling dull and bad with lieinliu'he? and other :?ch<:". You only r eed a few doses <>f Ureen's August Flower, in liquid lorin. To make you >at i.??ed there is nothing seri?.Ui th- matter with .nu, For sale by A J. China. A CATARRH CAN BE CURED BY Johnston's Sarsaparilla QUART BOTTLES. "DANGER IN THE EARTH AND AIR; DANGER EVERYWHERE." A Wisc and Venerable Doctor Talk? about Advanced Science. In ii leading hotel, in a great city, a famous and aged physician was convers? ing. Listening to his wise and sententious discourse, were a group of well dressed men, evidently lawyers, business men and commercial travelers. My firm belief, is " that medical science is certain yet to show that all dis? eases without exception are caused by invisible germs which are living organ? isms. Herc is the germ of that terrible disease diphtheria. Here is the bacillus of typhoid fever; and here is the still more dreadful bacillus of tubercle which causes that most destructive of all diseases, consumption. This of that very common and supposed incurable disease, catarrh."' '"I wish, Doctor/' said the traveling man, "that you would tell us about catarrh. I have had it for years, and I am thoroughly discouraged. " The Doctor answered. "Catarrh, like diphtheria, consumption, typhoid' fever, and a host of other diseases, is the result of a microbe invading the blood and attacking specially the mucous membrane. This foul and most disgusting disease is especially prevalent in the United States and it is rare to meet one who is not, or has not been troubled more or less with it. How often is he or she obliged to remain at home from pleasant entertainments, deprive themselves of many intellectual treats, from fear of the disagreeable odor arising from ca tarrhai aif ections. In its worst phase, the patient becomes loathsome both to nimself and his friends. " I believe," continued this great physician, "that the true way to heal ca? tarrh is to medicate the blood. This can be done only by powerful alteratives which act as blood purifiers.1' Betsy A. Marett, of Manistee, Manistee Co., Mich., writes: Dear Sirs:-For ten years I was a sufferer from general debility and chronic catarrh. My face was pale as death. I was weak and short of breath. I could hardly walk, I was so dizzy and had a ringing in my head all the time. My hands and feet were always cold. My appetite was very poor. On getting up in the morning, my head swam so I was often obliged to lie down again. I had awful pains in the small of my back. 1 had a continual feeling of tiredness. My muscular power was almost entirely gone, and I couldn't go half a dozen steps without stopping to rest, and often that much exercise caused me to have a pain in my side. It seemed as though the blood had left my veins. The doc? tors said my blood had all turned to water. I had given up all hope of ever get? ting well. I tried the best physicians in the state, but failed to get any relief. My husband got me a bottle of Johnston's Sarsaparilla. I took it, and then I .bought another. When these had been used, I was somewhat improved in health. I continued its use, and felt I was growing stronger; my sleep was re? freshing, and it seemed as if I could feel new blood moving through my veins. I kept on taking it, and now consider myself a well and rugged woman. I work all the time, and am happy. I am positive that the Sarsaparilla saved my life. The sick headaches I have had since childhood, have disappeared, and my ca? tarrh has almost entirely left me. I cannot be too thankful for what Johnstones Sarsaparilla has done for me. I recommend all women who have sick head? aches to use your Sarsaparilla. anCiUG-AlV DR.UG COMPANY, DETROIT, MICH. J. S. HTJG-HSON & CO. For Sale or Rent. The premises on Church Street where I formerly resided. For Sale* The premises on Washington Street, opposite the monument H? HARBY. Sumter, S. C., May 7,1900. Columbia Business College, COLUMBIA, S. O. 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 for a catalogue and full information. W. H. Newberry, President. Salesman Wanted Enclose stamp for particulars Will straighten curly and frinfry hair without injury to the scalp or hair. Price f50C% per box. ANTI-KINK, Endoieed by the United States Health reports Darragh & Rich, New York, Sole Manufacturers Feb 14-12t Mice of Heiistraio. Tbe State ot fcouto Carolina-Sumter Coco ty-Office of ."Supervisors of Registration, Sumter County, Sumter, S. C , February 1st, 1899. Notice id hereby giren that in accordance ! with an Act of ibe General Asecrably, ?od io conformity with tbe requirements of tbe State Constitution, tbe books for tbe registration of ail legally qoali&ed voters, aod for tbe issuing of transfers, e c" will bp open at tbe ; offica of Supervisors of Registration in the j court boose, between tbe hours of 9 o'clock i a. m . and 3 o'clock p. m , on tbe firwtMon- ! day of eacb month, until thirty days before > tbe next general election. Minors who shall j ! become ot age during that period of thirty j dux g shall be entitled to registration before I tte books ere closed, if otherwise qualified. The requirements for a qu?li6ed vo*er are that tbe applicant for registration shall be able to read ar d write correctly, or posse?? in his own c*m* property to the amount of tnree hundred dollars, upon which be pays taxes. E. F BURROWS, T. D DcBOSE, J. M. KNIGHT, Supervisors of Registration Sumter Co. M rh J MEDICAL WORK FOR MEN, FREE 5END NO MONEY. My new reviled scientific work ti eat m? on every weakness and disease pe? culiar to men is just from the press. Every man, no inAtter what his occupation or position in life, will find this work unlike anything ever published. It is of vital interest to the married or unmarried ; to the healthy and strong or to the weak and broken-down. While the edition lasts I will send H cop? securely sealed in a plain wrapper, post ?ig? prepaid, to every man whr writes for it. Thia edition is limited and those desiring a copy mast write promptly. Addre** B. M. Boss, M. D., Pab llsiilsfl Department O. 175 Clark St., >'. E. Cor. M i oe. Chicago, illinois. Wm ? SON, Fire Insurance Agency. ESTABLISHED 1866. Represent, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE, NORTH BRITISH & MERCANTILE] HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,600,000 Feb 28 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SUMTER, STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE? POSITORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid np Capital.$ 75,000 00 Surplus aod Profits - - - - 25,000 00 Additional Liability cf Stock? holders io excess of tbeir stock. 75,000 00 Total protection to depositors, $175.000 00 Transacts a General Banking Busiorss. Special atteatioo given to collections. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 aod upwards received. Io terest allowed at tbe rate ot 4 per cent, per annum, on amounts iboTe $5 and not exceed? ing $300, payable quarterly, on first days of January, April, July and October. R M. WALLACE, L. S. CARSON, President. Cashier.