Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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HMF? J/ _ 1 y __ ^ POPULATION OF UNION I union's r II17 -TA]1A\T /TT y If > Two cotton mills (total capacity 100,- I I?I I - Wt ' I I I I ' J L /a Police Census 189.? TnTO H 000 spindles?one mill the ImgMt in the I I I I 1 J I w W I I i V J W PoliceCeiWUB 1807 South) one oil mill, one knitting mill, I I H H A J B | A. * i ' ? s itte brick plant, two banks, ten churches, JL JH?*- -*?^ ?1 WB live schools, iuteman water. gfr . I VOL. XLVI11. -NO 20 |j|lN10N, SOUTH CAKQijlSA. 1898. I GR0VEK ANDTHK SOUTH 1A - - -- ? N/V U X I HE NEVE It IJETRAYED A TltU I AND WAS TltUlS TO THE V COUNTRY. I The Record Show5 How He "Recog ' Ized the South aud How the South Treated Him. * - While there is an element in tl Democratic party in the South whic still seems to derive pleasure froi characterizing Ex-President Clcv< land as a "traitor to his party," tli day is not far distant, it may be hope when the entiie South will recognize <! ? *???' mouuguiMiieu services ot Air Cleveland to his country and to hit party. Critics of the former President. like Mr. Tillman in the Senate and Representative "Champ" Clark in the House, may continue in the ^ future, as in the past, to denounce ( Mr. Cleveland in the choisest phrases HA tiBJP" * public estimation when tho great pub. lie service which he has rendered are and appreciated at their true value. In tho campaign of 1890, when the Democratic party had surrender ed to the Populists and was the advocate of a system of finance which would have worked incalculable injury to the country, Mr. Cleveland remained true to the Democratic principles and refused to he led into flm l'nnnlict notnn nvnn tlimiirli tlir* V?.V> A vpui.ot VUU.J., VfVM " ?. fpajority of his party, under reckless Ipiplerspjp, espoused the cause of the po-c&Med "new Democracy." There is hut one standard of "Democracy," and to this Mr. Cleveland has always been loyal. Those who denounce hirn now as a "traitor" should he careful how they apply the epithet. Jefferson, Jackson and Tilden would also he "traitors" if they were alive and compelled to choose between the principles which they recognized and and taught as the Democratic faith and the populist doctrines promulgated by Mr. Bryan and his followers. A ceatain class of Democratic pol iticians in the South were arrayed against Mr. Cleveland, however, long before the nartv divided on the monev I - -J - -- ? - _ [ issue. 'ineir antipathy to hun was based on their failure to secure all the offices they demanded. In both of Ex-President Cleveland's administrations these politicians were con stantly in evidence, and much of the misapprehension in the South in re gard to Mr. Cleveland's character and public services is due to their malicious misrepresentations. And ./at the South received an unusually forge share 5f the patronage which Mr. Cleveland had at his disposal, ond was as highly honored as any other section of the country. When the final balance sheet lues been struck the Democrats of the South will find that Mr. Cleveland recognized their loyalty to the party in a most generous degree, And in both of his administrations positions of honor and ^p'.ptance were hestowei] t;pop that tedtfor..... In his first administration Mr. Cleveland chose as his Secretary of State a man whom the South held in the highest regard and who was in complete sympathy with its people. The appointment of the 1 Ion. Thomas I 1? . 1 . .1 / i>ayam 10 n?c tirst position in the tyfibnwa wan distinctly & Southern sip Wfllntni'ent. The lamented L. (vi. 0. Lamar, of Missisyipj?i. was made Secretary of the Interior, and A. 11. Garland, of Arkansas, Attorney Gen oral. In addition, Mr. Cleveland Ci 1 f ?mnt many So;;tne,n nun abroad as t^e'dl^loinntlo rcpresentaiivc of the t.nitca States, giving them posts which the South had not been invited to fill for a miartcj o| a century pre. /loUslv.' Cert. A. 11. 11. Lnwton, of tlecligin, was nppointed minister to Austria-Hungary; the Hon. T. J. Jams, of >sorth Carolina, minister ' to Brazil; the Hon. B. ??IcLane, }(afymn?b minister to France; tlie Hoi J. li. M. Curry, of Virginia, minister to Spain; (ion. 11. 11. Jack, son. minister to Mexico; the lion. 11. B. Hubbard, of Texas, minister to Japan; Mr. W. A. Seay, of J ouisiana, minister yo Bolivia, Mr. J. E fyVppn. ot South Carolina, minister Id Buraguay, ami the Hon. C. W. Buck, oi' Kentucky, minister to Bern. In Mr. Cleveland's second admin, istration the South was again prominent in every department of the ffovcrmcnt. The Hon. John G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, was made Secretary of the Treasury; the Hon. II. i 1 llt ui **ciuert, oi Alabama, Secret the Navy ; the Hon. Hoke Sm 'f Georgia. Seorctarv of the Inter 5,1 ""d the Hon. W. L. Wilson, of W ^ irginia, Postmaster General. 1 diplomatic appointments were a an honor to the South. Mr. Bavc n" was sent as ambassador to Gr? Britain; the Hon. J. B. Eustis, Louisiana, was made minister w France; the Hon. C. K. Brecki k ridge, of Arkansas, minister to Rii n "da; the Hon. Ilannis Taylor, of A1 hama, minister to Spain; the Hoi o A. S. Terrill. of Texas, minister 1 ,, . ui Key; the J Ion. G. W. Caruth. < [. Arkansas, minister to Portugal; Mi T. B. Ferguson, of Maryland, min s ister to Norway and Swecden; Mr J. O. Brodhead, of Missouri, ininiste to Switzerland; Mr. J. II. Mulligan of Kentucky, minister to Samoa; Mr Thomas, of Florida, minister to Venezuela; Mr. II. Smvthe, of Virginia, minister to the Dominican Republic; Mr. J. D. Tillman, of Tennessee. I f5WfidoK~Em?- A1 * - -v??< vnnn^luHII0IU1 bQ VJTr^6O0y Gen. V. M. Ii. Young, of Georgia minister to Honduras and Guatemala, Mr. Albert S. Willis, of Kentucky, minisrer to Hawaii: Mr. E. T. Wet. or, of Georgia, consul general to Madagascar: the Hon. M. W. Ranson, of North Carolina, minister to Mexico; Mr. J. J. Barclay, of Alabama. consul general to Morocco; Mr. Alexander McDonald, of Virginia. minister to Persia, Mr. J. A. McKonzie. of Kentucky, minister to Peru, and (ion. Fitzbugh Lee, of Virginia, consul general to Havana. I These appointments show bow true I Mr. Cleveland has been to the South. ! and how greatly he honored that sec tion in the choice of bis Cabinet advisers and in the selection of diplomatic representatives of the United j States in foreign countries. In ad dition. Southern men were appointed I to responsible positions in every department of tbc Government at Wash- ' ington and were given many consulates. and when Sir. Cleveland bad an opportunity to fill ?*. vacancy in the Supreme Court of the United States his choice fell upon one of the most distinguished Southern men, the lion. Ij. Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi. Tn view of these facts, the i people of the South should ultimately 1,0 able to estimate at their true value the utterances of those disgruntled and self seeking politicians who spend their time in villifying Mr. Cleveland ami minimizing the extent of his loyalty to the party and to the Southern people. His record speaks with convincing eloquence of his liberal treatment of the Democrats of the South, and tne facts are incontestable. Mr. Cleveland never betrayed a trust of any kind. 11c has been true to every section of the country; he gave to tho South the recognition which had so long boeu * it. ll.-,;J . v.uirom ?.u more than any other man of his generation to destroy sectionalism jind to reunite the country. He would not advocate fiat money because it u contrary to Democratic doctrine and precedent, and because it would have been an inexpressible Cuhimitv !.? ?ii. " v i>/ mu ouuni as won as to every other section of the country. In tlie years to come, when the South realizes the dangers it escaped in the defeat of free silver, it will recognize the patriotism of Mr. Cleveland, and , will glory in the courage and devotion to principles which led him to take issue with his party. Then those who find eongenial employment now in abusing him v<ili hold their tongues fcr ^tmtne.?Baltimore Sun. PROPER TIES OF HIGH EXPLOSIVE, Some Interestlu* Htcrs Concerning tiyudmlte and Gun Cotton. At the present time, when the consideration of effective war engines O brings so prominently before the world the dynamite gun, ?f which so much is expected, by the officers of the Vesuvius and N'itcheroy, the two dvnatnitc cruisers of the United States navy, it might not he amiss to consider the general subject of dynamite and other iu^h explosives and te\l seething of their appearance and proportions. Taking first, the best known, let us consider the properties of dynamite. Dynamite, or giant powder, the invention of Alfred Nobel, of Sweden, can be made into cakes, or it may be converted into a sticky paste, called "explosive gum," or enveloped in cases of paper, pasteboard or metal to form cartridges. It is desiccated mixture of three liquid ingredients nrv ?nitric acid, sulphuftft|ai ith, glycerin?combined wigtiftjjit < jor some similar substance, mnpouc constituting a mass reseffig dam "he graham flour or palest, 1 ]flo some it appears like ft T *ow ,>,] SIllTRr "FvnlftoI.tA ..u ~-o? iiApiwamJ IP QI pui ;at nitro-glyceryin and guwn mor 0f highly charged with niWS The pulverized formwifljats th n_ transmission of ordinaiftodks ex ls cept under pressure iffiAnfine* a- space. The pressure MIA iner n mineral constituents stff Jkewisi to to absorb heat, and raiently i rf high temperature can/tyfreadilj r> imparted to the whole,jtqdhen im L parted this tempera! "Meets i .a great expansion of thtltm and inr creased effectiveness olpljsion. Ignited in the opeiJr, jynamite burns quietly with fotiii fumes. . Exploded, usually bveins of a fulminating fuse or ci it givos off carbonic acid, nitrogemdhydrogen, with little or no smokmMjffing only - H|>?? 'I iiJ'OI is always at least equ?^atrequenT ly superiorj to that of?"Q-glycerine, for the latter is liabl?'fitter un exploded dkops by Mason of the maximum rapidity oM ignition. Dynamite is novJecognized as the safest of all higncplosives. It is not affected by tMolonged tcm* perature of 100 deA Centigrade, nor is it as danger! as Ditro-gly. cerine, when it soli!s at 8 degrees Centigrade. Ncitl!light electric^ ity nor ordinary slls, contrary to the popular fullacvlause it to doeotnposo or cxplodIf The principal dangers conncctcdSth its use arc those arising usedl the percussion fuses to explode ilrom th$ strong fulminating powd<f It is also pos sihle that ii' dyilite is carlessly made it may coifc an excess of nitro glycerine, fch, overcoming the capillary foil of- the mineral particles, may c<pt 'in drops ana I settle iVom the becoming a source of scriouIncidents. More, over, it may be t/freezing or thawing in Jaa a tendency to segregate the oil In the pine x>ds of Southern New Jersey, f* from any human habitation." the.ftrc yeveral dynamito tnutoricfe, hich are harmless looking structu/, as they are scat, tered frame buings, generally onestory high ancjemote from one another. In Euie there arc many notable factor in I ranee and other countri(but the most famous one is at 'n Switzerland. The work is liuc;pally, performed by womon anPflv.;: in the rctJstot'es of the b nited States wher.4yn.rtW'c frjr snjn there is po i-sttjM precaution taken in the storing it. it is tko c " and the cartridge used in connectio*ith dynamite that are so often corded in the accounts of explosio etc- The prevailing idea about MMrchist Lingg's death is that ho'cMed a cartridge in his mouth, lead, it was the smaller, but just a.-*dly cap. The coi*on domestic article retails at fr(25 to t?0 cents a pound according the proportion of nitro. glycerine 8ttw dust or lampblack. Gun <?n is an explosive substanco olWd by subjecting eo,tn. mon coi' to the action of strong nitric a? Several products are known ^?r this name, possessing distinct opcrties, though differing but littltt constitution. The wcliknown 'tonating gun cotton is insoluble ooinmon ether or alcohol and is i*ttacked by acetic acid, but is cupa ?fbeing dissolved by acetic ether. ^un cotton is not readily distin^haldo jn appearance from the ur^tcl article, but it is slightly harsh*0 the touch. \\'f. wet, it may be kept for an indel* period without change, and wheP?wet or dry it is affected by vcryf re-agents. its stability is supcr to that of gunpowder in cvere8precfc except in the all im. poril one of immunity from cxpl0a. Repeated accidents have dc^yed the confidence of all but the'ry sanguine in its safety. It wnjr a longtime supposed tliatthe jnfious process of F. A. Abel had rciVed the causes of distrust, but m/ subsequent accidents, and cspJlv the terrible and unexplained 0jlBion at Stowmarket, Knglaml ii/37l, have not lessened the nipt universal fear. f massive gun cotton be ignited 1* coal or lhwnc of intensity it burns open air inexplosively: if fired id by a powerful* or gunpowder, id minate, as in thfe^aSe^MCTBWBfo ip it detonates with tiemeifcdiM H 'o This "sympathetic" qu*|raU$fl& n to explain. It cannot b6wlH|^| >e used-as an agent for the projQBfl e of projectiles and will neveqj| perfect substitute for gunpowdflH e military operation. There is jnK : gun cotton, for whiofat much is cQBBnQ i manufactured in WolverhampB, t Englang, whose composition, 'ane known. It is called "gadoxjdMT'' 1 . SPANISH SHIPS. CAPTutm^ In this connection the fbluXrtng 1 list of ships captured by the Aoieri cans and the Spanish during the war will be interesting. This list was ' made up on May 9, and as the Cip. - ' WW* iu re 01 tne luta was not officially re. ported at that time the name that vessel does not ?ppw. W x April 32, steamer ttfi^Ybntura, 1,009 tons, value red 1 tons, value o ht-> ' New York, provision!, i^ra] by goula to Rotterdam. jascaApril 23, schooner Mathidjj# 315,000, captured by PorfF1"' from Antwerp to Pensacola.^ April 24, steamer Miguelyjoveiv* 3.501 tons, value $400,00,0, by Helena, cotton, from New Orleans to Barcelona. April 24, steamer Catalina? 8,501 tons, value 3400,000, captured by Detroit, staves, from New Orleans to Barcelona. April 24, steamer Saturnalia, (released,) 2,808 tons, value $425,000, captured by Winona, lumber, from Sagua to Pensacola. A nril 2*1 fi/>knnna? CiOA i -| , ..vuvvIIVJ UU1III, ?L?"? IOI1S, , value $12,000, captured hy^^Jbr^r, | coaster. ' V " ivprii 24, schooner Saco, captured by Terror, sugar, coaster. ? April 24, schooner Canema, value $7,000, capturod by Wi^ington. ; coaster. rintel.-.;1; schooner'Tres JWrmanas, < captmu uy { denarj to Havana. ""*> ' 1 April da, Steamer t'anama, 2,085 tons, captured by Mangrove, pron- 1 visions, from New York to Havana. I April 20, sloop Paquete, captured ' by Newort, coaster. 1 April 20, schooner Septembre, ' captured by Helena, fish, coaster. ' April 20, schoo^cv Tireneoycap- ; tured by Newport^ coaster. . April 27, steamer Bolivar, captured by Terror, bananas, fjrom Vor^ V.MtoQP ( to Havana . 4,000 ' mi. v*oU,000, captured by , terror, provisions, from Corunna to Havana. April 28, sloop Engracias, cap tuicu uj i) U9U) tuastt'i. April 28, schooner Lola, captured by Dolphin, fish, coaster, tQ Havana. April 39, steamer Argonauta. 950 tons, captured by Nashville, was supplies, from Batabono to Cicnfugos. May 1, schooner Mascrato, captured by Footc, fruit, coaster, to Havana. May 2, schooner Puco, captured by Newport, fish, coaster, to Havana. May 5, schooner Oriente, captured by Ilelcna, fish, coaster, to Havana. May f>, schooner Suartez, captured by Uncus, fish, ooastcr. May brigantinc Fransquito, 140 tons, captured by Montgomery, beef, from Montevideo to Havana. May 0, bark Lorenzo, captured by Montgomery, beef, from Barcelono f A Tlnunvio VW M. AUIUIlMl May 7, schooner Espano, 100 tons, captured by Newport, fish, from Havana. May 7, schooner Padre dc Dio?, 00 tons, captured by Newport, fish. May 8, schooner Santiago Apostal, 100 tons, captured by Mayflower, fish, from Yucatan to Havana. May 0, schooner Fernandito captured by Vicksburg, fish, from Yucatan to Havana. May 0, schooner Scvcrito. can tured by Dolphin. AMERICAN VKSSEI.S TAKEN. April 27, bark Saranac, 1,027 tons, value 840,000, captured by K1 Cana, coal, from Newcastle to N. S. W. lloilo. April 30, schooner Lockwood, from Gonalvcs to Chester. 4,()?e Minute Cough Cure is tlie lx\st preparation I liave ever sold or used and I can't say too much in its praise." L. M. Kennon. merchant, Odell, Ga. For sale hy F. C. Duke and T.ockbart Mill. I[ ANGLO-AMERICAN ALLIANCE. Worth the Cost of a War Says Mi Chamberlaine. London, May 13.?The High Hon. Joseph Chamberlaine secretary of State for the colonies made an important speech on publit \ affairs at Birmingham this evening. Mr. Chamberlaine, aftev deprccat. ing tne constant assertions in certain n 11 nrfni*o T >v>o inai uuixi ouusoury WU8 "discredited," and the Government "weak and vacilluting," paid: "If foreign countries believe and act upon these statements, they will find themselves much mistaken, and that courteous diplomacy and graceful concessions are not incompatible with a firm maintenance of the country's honor and interests." Then, declaring that he intended to make a "plain statement of facts, unfettered by the mysterious and reticence of the diplomacy of half a century ago, which, without icvealing secret negotiations, should be "understanded" of the people. Mr. Chamberlaine said he would accept the judgement of the people as willingly as that of the wisest diplomatist in the world. Refcvving Jo the policy of strict isolation'that jPSjI^jd^mdnu^chasod siucc the hut; ho added7^Hh^m^ffSPI*ifc^i4i ' when Great Britain may be confronted by a combination of Powers, and our first duty, therefore, is to draw all parts of the empire into close imif IT nn/1 "??- * ? ?_ * - * oim vui ucai 10 maintain the bonds of permanent unity with our kinsmen across the Atlantic." ( Loud cheers.) "There is a powerful and, y?nevous nation," said, Alf-. chamberlain, "spealjdpg. o^r language, bred of our rt^dc, and having interests identical with ours. I would go so far as to say that, terrible as war may be, even war itself would be cheaply purchased if in a great and noble ' cause the Stars and Stripes vkc ! Union Jack should together over an Angle-kuxou, allianco." Tx.dlo.nged cuecrs. i ' results of Lord* "affift{itu9Jlt'!'^ctory that at the present time these two great nations understand each other i better than they have ever done since, over a century ago, they were *eph- ? rated by the biundjer of a British ' eminent:"?-^Tews andCourier. A Very Baii Hftt. 4'^e Senate b% passed the Post>ilice Appropriation bill with all its errors and blunders. Tillman's amendment forbids more than four mail deliveries a day etcn in the greatest commercial cities. This puts us back to the status of ' about 1K70. It will cripple commerce in a decree wholly inconceivable to Senators from non.commercial ports of the country. Another amendment cuts off more than a million dollars from the appropriation for free delivery. This will involve the discharge in New York alone of about a thousand bartjworked and underpaid letter-carriers, ant} in other oitios there must be u like reduction. The one amendment that looked to real reform was defeated. That one was to cut down the excessive axactions of the railroad by about $0,000, 000 a year. Another feature of the bill is excessively bad. It provides for doubling the weight of free matter sent under Congressional franks. This free matter is the curse of the system. It not only burdens the mails and creates an annual deficit where there should be none, but it is the convenient instrument by which the mails are nadded at weichinr* timo tlio ?ln. r ? g O "O * *"v *"v vice by which the railroads establish a robber rate of unearned pay for the next four years after weighing. The house should stand out against these iniquities. To that end every commercial body and every influential citizen should bring all possible influence to bear in Congress.?NewYork Wcrld. ? Dogs are addicted to short pants 011 a IlUt u<l> , UUI LIU1 1IUVUI# A little 1m>>* asked f??r a Utttle of "'get up in the morning as fast ;is you can," the druggist recognized a household name for DeWitt's I.iltk* Karly Risers, and gave him a Udtle of those famous little pills for constipation, sick headache, and liver and stomach troubles. Sold by F. ('. Duke and Lockhart Mills. : 21 Wm. A. Nicholso] 1 RESPECTFULLY S BANKING BUSINESS & A.nd promise you the best pr L A U Visit our Big Shot OXFORD ! The largest lines NEW GOODS, i Prices Prices priuttni in ihc papers ilo not teU the whole story. Our Prices represent the most your money can buy. Tiir ' wui men s and Boys* Spring Suits. Must be seeu to be appreciated. The superior merit of our Suits is the ? Fabric Because it will be just as we represent it to be ^All - Wool ^ Tailoring Because the inside* are tailored with as,'much care and thought as the stC" an| o? fir., just as the StandPit . 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