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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29
ALE aLIlE.


 Congress appears to be "all alive" now to the subject of having adequate coast defenses for this fair country of ours, After decades of slumbering on the subject, wluh now and then a few thousands and occa slonally a few hun dreds of thousands of dollars spent for this object, the country's law makers are astir in the matter, all, of course due to President Cleveland's sudden and wholly unexpected war whoop. But the responding war whoops all over the country have subsided and business has been resumed at the old stand and the people of Great Britain and of this land are settling down to the conviction that war is neither imminent nor proha- ble, 'blood being thicker than water" and eommon sense and the Christian method of arbitration of disputes being much preferable to the spilling of oceans of blood and treasure. Nevertheless the advisability of having proper and ade- quate coast defences is distinctly seen, and although this nation has had thirty years of peace and is growing right along in wealth, resources and popua- tion, yet it is good to be prepared for any war clouds that may arise. To this end bill after bill is being launched | upon Congress. MT Chandler has a bill which appropriates $10O, 000, ,000, to be ex- pended in procuring 100000 infantry rifles, 1000 field pieces, and 5000 heavy guns for forts. MT. Cullom, also, is said to have a project involving $100,- 100000 ready to be offered. Mir Squire's coast-defense bill calls for SS7, ,OOO, 900, all though this sum is to be expended by installments during many years. Mir | Lodges proposed amendment to the for tifications bill provides for issuing bonds to the amount of $100,OO0,0O0, to be called | the coast-defense loan. In the House, | MT. Woodman has offered a one-hun- | dred-million-dollar coast-defense bill, and MT. Grout another for like sum, to be covered by bonds
 l MT. Sperry of this city has bill also before Congress for providing adequate defenses of the approaches to Long Island Sound,-a great gateway to New York. The last is one of the most prac- ticable and sensible measures on the subject. New Haven, with its 10000 people needs, some sort of a protection against an invader. An invading host once landed here andmade havoc with the best wines and whiskey and New Eng land rum that the place afforded, which haetened their final discontinue and de- parture. One of our townsmen noted for his advocacy for years of proper coast defenses for the Sound and New Haven has faith to believe that before many years New Haven will have a better protection against an invading host than the dilapidated and broken down bomb proofs to be seen near where old Fort Hale stood, and the old cannon from which Fourth of July salutes are fired. Coast defenses are wanted and likewise a spirit of equity among na- I tions which shall ever preclude the need of grim visaged war
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29
CONNECTICUT AHE4D,

Wonderful has been the growth of Connecticut's oyster industry since 1874, and the state does well to throw it's protecting arms over this branch of bus
 mess, for it yields not only a handsome revenue to the state, but affords em- ployment to a very large amount of capital and a very large number of people. Our state and the State Oyster Growers association are looking well after the interests of this important industry, but down in Maryland things appear to be at loose ends as regards there. The news from there is that the oyster industry of that state is falling off wofully, all for want of proper pro- tection by state law. Protection is a wonderfully good thing for all parts of this country when applied to the de- veloprnent of American industries and the furnishing of employment for home talent, instead of encouraging foreign industries by buying stuff abroad which we can make here, and sending money abroad which ought to be kept here for our own people to spend and enjoy.
 But as to the Maryland oyster inter- ests and the Chesapeake bay Fifteen years ago Maryland and Virginia furn- ished from the Chesapeake r 900 900 of the 26000,000 bushels of oysters eaten by the United States. This year they will not furnish more than 5,OO0,OOO bushels, and more than that--Which is the most serious part of the business, by far this, the largest oyster territory in the world, diminishes in it's oyster produce tiveness every year. It is said of this by an authority of that section having full knowledge of the subject, that the fact is so we'll known, and the refusal of the two states to take hold of the question and adopt those easy and well established reforms which have done SllCI Sl SdL Wol h DOlll III GuIOpG dIlu America, is so incomprehensible, that the only thing to be said about it is that it is another potent illustration of what practical politics means when applied to plain business matter. The oyster men have votes-a great many votes and they are against oyster farming and leasing of oyster beds, and the pol iticians let them have their way. No party is bold enough in either state to say what it thinks upon the question. Governor Mckinney of Virginia studied it patiently and thoroughly, and sent to the Virginia legislature perhaps the finest and fullest expression upon the subject that ever found it's way into an official communication, but as soon as Governor O'Ferrell came into the office he took the old course and the old view. Maryland appointed commission of scientists and leading-men, and they
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

ship than does a, great country like the United States. Besides, they may per- haps urge with reason, or at any rate with the logic of force that in com munity where those who are legally aliens greatly outnumber those who hold the status of citizenship, rules as to admission to the vote which are rea- sonable in other countries, and under other and normal conditions, do not apply. In other words, when the aliens are in a vast majority, their rights are different and greater than when they are in a small minority. To which side the weight of argument inclineS when viewed from the strict standpoint of jurisprudence we will not, however, att tempt to determine. We will only as- sert that moderate men generally will probably agree in thinking that 1t is al- together reasonable of the Uitlanders to expect to be instantly and without any sacrifice on their part put into the possession fthe citizenship of a country
 which the BoerS acquired for them selves not without labor and peril.
 But though we may doubt the ab- stract right of the Uitlanders to insist upon am equal franchise, we cannot
 doubt their right to demand good gov ernment at the hands of those who make the laws in the Transvaal Even the smallest community of aliens has "a
 complete moral right to ask and to ex-
 pect good laws and a sound and just administration from the people among whom they live. How much more
 strongly then, does this right accrue to
 an alien community which numbers two-thirds of the whole population of the state? No one can possibly say that the Uitlanders are unfairly encroaching
 on the rights of men into whose coun- try they have forced themselves when they ask for the removal of religious
 disabilities, for the establishment of law courts which shall be just and inde-
 pendent for the creation of a civil ad- ministraton which shall be neither cor rupt, partial nor inefficient, and for the foundation of a sound system of pri- mary education. These are all demands which the Uitlanders have an unQueS- tionable right to maintain. They are simply asking that the Transvaal state shall do it's duty by those who live
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

that is extremely jaunty, and yet that does not claim too much attention for itself, as the real picture hat often does. It is made of braided chenille and felt. Its brim curls upward slightly at the edge, and the moderately high stiff crown is encircled with white gros- grain ribbon edged with satin on both sides which also forms the small fluffy loops at the left side. For further trim ming there are a bunch of white velvet primroses and an upright cluster of White quills. Hats of this sort often seem startlingly summery at first glance, but a second look invariably ends any suspicion of their being left overs.
 For the theater bonnet the woman who spends lot of money with a milli- ner is very unwise. All she wants is 9 box more or less full of odds and ends, and she can make her hat right on her head. That is not as serious an under taking as it sounds, since hat for the theatsr is still all right if it is no more than a band over the top of the head. with bunch of flowers at the ears and, perhaps. an up-s;andlng flare of lace somewhere or little aigrette. With this is worn a thin gauge veil drawn loosely over the face, head. hat and hair. This adds to the dressy effect and keeps things in place, while at the same time it is so thin that it does not in the least interfere with the vision.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29
DIST4NT,
"Is he a distant relative 9,

'ls he a distant relative?''
 "Yes; he lives in Brooklyn. New York Times.
 Mrs. Wigwag-I hope you liked the cigars I gave you, dear And, by the way. had them charged. Wigwag- With what?-PhiladeIphia Record.
 ''They have Gomez in a trap"
 why don't they take him to Madrid in triumph?''
 ''They can't. He is holding them. .'- New York Times.
 q am sorry that I have broken your vase. Was it yaluable?"
 Ut was old Seyres''
 "oh! I was afraid it might be new New York Times<
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29
FASHION NOTES
The Upper Layer of stylshness.

There isn't much change to report in hats There are the picture hats, of which we hear but for which few of us have any real use. There is the ever- suitable medium hat, usually with low crown, fairly wide brim a soft folding of ribbon, pair of perky widespread wings, pretty ornament somewhere, and that is all. Then there is the thea ter or reception bonnet for which we all have more use than we once did, be- cause the wear of something of the sort is so general for the theater As to the picture hat, it ill becomes the dresses that most women wear when they are attired at their bravest, but that does not apply to picturesqueness in general, for that is safe and commendable in hats worn with dresses that are com- paratively simple. Here is a sailor hat
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29
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 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own immedite business (all matter to be unob- jectionable), and their contracts do not in- clude Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc.
 Discounts-On two inches or more one month and over, 10 per cent; on four inches
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

The report of a recent tour made by President Kruger, of the Transvaal Re- public, throws considerable light on his ideas of government. At one place a leading burgher wanted a compulsory education law. The President simply would not hear of it. ''No, mo- ne curtly replied, ''that is Church ques- tion, not political one" But" urged another burgher, why could We not have compulsory education as other countries have?" Yes" replied the President, ignoring the case of England, seducation is compulsory in other coun- tries. but so Is military service. This is a republic, and people many keep their children in ignorance if they please
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

Bismarck once observed that Fit was a long time before his poor mother could be persuaded that in matching him she had mot produced a goose" Another of his sayings is: 1T am not at all fond of women who meddle with politics. Noth- ing can be worse for a statesman than extra ministerial influence of this kind, and nothing more terrible than closet intrigues which you cannot get at and contrel.'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

An orchestra has been installed in the Baptist church at Galesburg, Mich, The pastor of the church leads and plays the clarinet. The music is good, and crowds attend.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

King Krempeh of Ashantee, who has something of humorist in his way. He made only one condition before his com plete surrender, and that was that on occasions of state he should be allowed to wear the uniform of an English col onel.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

To add to the worry of the Czar 'Trilby' has been translated into Rus sian and a "Trilby" craze is agitating St. Petersburg. The Russian name of MT. Du Maurier's omnipresent novel is "Katia." The translation was made by a Russian named Teminoff.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

Mime. Jeanne Hugo, the granddaugh- ter of Victor Hugo, who was recently divorced from her husband, Alphonse Daudet's son, is about to marry young doctor of Paris.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

The nildness of the winter thus far is causing great loss in AroostooA coun- ty, Me. in all lines of business. The remarkable lack of snow has tied up all the numbering industries. The bark get their material to the mills, the mills are idle for lack Of lumber, and, as lumber is the chief industry of the county, all lines of business are suffer- irg. The farmers, too, complain, saying that the grass fields are seriously dam aged for lack of the usual covering of snow.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

Lii Hung Chang has given up cutting capers and spends his time cutting coupons.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

G. W. Fife of Tacoma, has for a pet, a shark, seven feet long and weighing probably 250 pounds. The shark was harpooned in the bay off Tacoma by MT. Fife and lowed to his boat house. passed a chain cable round its tail and tied it up to the pier. It was still tied up at last accounts, was feeding hearti- Iy, and was apparently becoming accus- toned, if not reeonciled to captivity.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

The crowns of Spain, Portugal and Poland are all three of the same form and are described by Colonel Parsons in his Genealogical Tables of Europe" as ''ducal coronets heightened up with eight arched diadems supporting a mound, ensigned with plain gold cross"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

Pauline Lucca, the opera singer, who her retirement from the stage seven years ago, lives in Vienna and has taken up schooling young girls for operatic work. She confines herself to twelve pupils 8 year and devotes but three hours a day to the work. She exercises great care in selecting them as she hopes to make of each a famous singer and actress.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29

Mime. Oyama, the beautiful wife of the field-marshal of Japan, is a gradu- ate of Vassar and was valedictorian of her class at that institution She is an accomplished linguist, holds the posi- ton of chief dy-in-waiting to the en- press, draws the highest salary of any woman at court and instructs in Euro pean manners and etiquette.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-29
f. M. BROWN & co.
F. M. BROWN
 & co.

Our stores will remain closed to-day from 2;3o until 5 p. m, while the Mills meetings are in progress.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-05-20
Killed in a Wreck.
Columbia Pcgister.

Columbia Pcgister.
Yesterday afternoon. abou! Gas a
head end collision occurred on the G.
y. g. L. Railroad about three miles
North of Caspin, in which three
lives were lost aud a great deal OF
valuable property was destroyed;
Al extra freight train was sent ont
during the day from Columbia under
of charge Conductor james I0ey and
Engineer Murrell. The regular freight
for Columbia was in charge of Con-
doctor Griffio and Engineer Hall.
Whether it was from a misunder-
standing Of orders or carelessDess, the
two trains ran into each other at the
bottom of two grades just above
C9apin's.
Both engines were almost totally
DESTROYED. Fireman Buck Williford
of the regular train was killed, being
crushed uoder the engine. Engineer
Hall was hurt bnt not seriously. He
sud Fireman Williford had been q
long time friends and the engineer
wept bitterly at the terrible fate Of
his companion.
Engineer Murrell fortunately and
miraculously escaped with but a few
bruises. His fireman vas a negro
known as "B:eeches" which seems to
have been his only arpellation. He
was crushed to death, Another negro
usme uulnowp, Who was stealing a
ride was killed, and the cars baving
caught on fire his body was cremated.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-05-20

At high noon today the gavel Of
Senator Irby, Chairman of the State
Democratic Executive Committee,
will fall calling the convention to Or
der, when a permanent organization
will be made.
It is probable that hard fought
political battle will take place over
the election of permanent officers as
in this way will the strength of the
Irbyites, who favor the free coinage
of silver at the ratio of Is to l and
party unity, and the Tillmanites, who
are for free silver or bolt be tested.
During the progresso of this fight the
Cir of the hall will be surcharged with
sulphurous epithets as the contending
factions strive for the mastery, and
there is fun ahead for the boys.
The main purpose for which the
convention is called is the election of
delegates to the Chicago convention,
but much hard work will be done by
the friends of Senator Irby, who is a
candidate for re election, and Gov
ernor Evans, who is very anxious to
succeed him.
There has been some talk from the
Evans side of the house to do away
with primary by the people to Sc
lect candidate for this Office. If
such an attempt is made, We hope
that it will be promptly voted down.
The people Ger ainly have right to
select their own officers from United
States Senator down to the Coroner
of county, and they will most as
suredly insist on the exercise of this
right.
We trust that the work of the'con-
vention will be harmoniously trans
acted, and that it will be done for the
best interest of the people.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-05-20

A correspondent suggests thename
of our popular and efficient County
Treasurer as one who would fill the
Gubernatorial chair with honor to
himself, distinction to the State and
with credit to- Lexington. We
heartily endorse all that has been
said of him. He is a man of broad
and liberal views on questions of State
policy competent in every particular
TO discharge the duties of the
Governors Office, and as honest as
the days are long, the Democratic
party would honor itself by elevating
him to that high and exalted posi-
tion. but in these days when the
blind followers of partizan leaders
count for everything, these virtues
will have no influence in the game of
politics, and besides the signs in the
political sky points to the indication
that the "powers that be" have foreor-
dained since last fall that ex-Comp
troller General Ellebee shall be the
successor of the present encumbent,
and therefore, it would be a grave
political blunder to uselessly sacrifice
SO good, so true and 80 honest a man
as Capt. D. j. Griffith. He is pre-
eninently fitted to discharge the
duties of the Office of State Treasurer,
Secretary of State and in fact any of
the State Offices in which the party
might place him and we sincerely
trust that his services will be de-
manded by the party in one of these
offices. IF merit will win, Capt.
Griffith will occupy State Office.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-05-20

to effect q beneficial influence on
them. It seems that the farmers
have to allow the "bulls" and the
''bears" always to come in and take
the lions share and they be we'll
nigh squelched into silent submis-
sion. This has been the case and it
seems as if the farmers have to drive
along in the same old ruts, there be-
ing no alternative within their power.
Grain crops, for the most part, are
in fourishing condition and are
looking well, tho just now it would
be very conducive to the crops, as a
whole, to get nice gentle rain. 1t
is nevertheless true, the farmers still
have hard times, but, notwithstand-
ing the hard nut they have to crack,
are still meeting and paying off their
debts.
The young people, too, have not
become inert to their-let me say
vocation. They stillremember the old
saw: ."Qui non vult feri desidiosus,
amet" (let the man who does not
wish to be idle, fall in loye.)
I also learn with pleasure that my
friend, Mr.. S. I. Slice, came up home
on the 9th inst, where he was met
by friends, and conversations of the
heartiest kinds were freely entered
into. It seems that the denoue-
ment has at last found its fnis and
Mr.. S. T. Slice still as free bird and
will, of course, ever be so, so long as
he acts under the present dehorta-
ton which is being so freely given.
He (Mr. S. I. S. is now farming with
his brother.in-law down near Irmo.
He says they have fine crop coming
on and everything is going on
smoothly. He says sometimes they
go fishing and catch some fine fel-
lows, which..proves very alible-judg-
ing from his robustness.
Brother Rev. Jacob Wike is going
around to see all his people-he
seems to be starting around his
home and keeps branching out in
different directions until finally he
will get round to see 'em all. I be-
lieve the services of our good brother
will be appreciated by all, and at the
sametime I hope it will be both pleas
ant and agreeable to him.
Everybody should read the speech
of Hon. Asbury G. Latimer OF South
Carolina. It is certainly the best
compendious on the money question
I have ever read, and believe no one
can read it without learning deep
hidden truths never before revealed
so clearly. MEMO.
May 13, 1886.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-05-20
4 Visit to Chattanooga.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Please grant me space enough in
your valuable paper to relate few
Incidents of my trip to Chattanooga,
Tennessee, and of my stay in the
historical and lovely city while in at
tendance upon the Southern Baptist
convention, which convened in the
First Baptist church, on Friday,
May 8.
On the 9Th inst. a more lovely
May morning never dawned upon
this fair Southland of ours, / started
ON my journey to the city of chatta-
nooga, via Greenvilie, S. G., and At
lanta, Ga. I arrived in the former
city, which is known for its educa-
tional advantages and religious in
4uences, at four o'clock p. n. Here
! met my former Professors and 8
goodly aamber of my old associates
and aceuaintanees. The University is
doing a good work and the boys are
progressing very nicely in pzosecat-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1896-05-20

Treasurer McFadden Of Chester,
;the most popular County Treasurer
the State, and the one who for
years has been the first to settle with
the Comptroller General, is in trouble.
He is charged with defrauding many
Of the taxpayers of that county by
raising the amount Of their taxes and
pocketing the overcharges. The
fraud was first discovered last
Saturday by taxpayer who thought
the amount of his taxes was larger
than it should have been and upon
compar ng his tax receipt with the
Auditors book the fraud was readily
seen. The State and county loses
nothing as his books balanced to q
cent.
McFadden has been the Treasurer
of that county for the past fourteen
years and it is thought his fraud
extended over that length of time.