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
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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.
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