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The age-herald., 1898-04-10
The Forthcoming Message.

Again a critical period in the Cuban mat ter is at hand Tomorrow the presidential mind will unburden iself, if the peace-at- any-price people have exhausted their pow CT, and the president has the courage to meet the just expectations of the people,
 It Is hoped, after all the delay and dis satisfaction and business paralysis, that the presidential utterance will be one that will lead to a settlement and not to confu- sion and complications. What the country desires is final settlement of the trouble that has been disturbing the peace of this country many years. Action at this time, af- ter Weyler has done his worst, after Span ish treachery has sent battleship to the bottom filled with American seamen-action of a. decisive nature is the only cure for this chronic trouble The country demands a settlement now that will bring permanent peace.
 Intervention of the sternest sort is abun- dantly demanded by the devastation of the island by the myriads of lives sacrificed under military edict, by the destruction of property owned by Americans, by the damages to American commerce. Neither life nor property is secure in the length or breadth of the island. It is a chaos of mis- rule, cruelty and oppression. The interven- tiens in Bulgaria. in Egypt, in Armenia, in Crete were abundantly justified by the facts in those cases, and so would inter- vention by this country be in the case of Cuba.
 And intervention must carry indepen- dence to the island-not as a presidential favor, on presidential terms, at presiden- tial convenience-but at once, as right of Cuba The president is pledged by h platform ito give independence to the island" Temporary annexation is not to be thought of No one desires 1t. The position of this country in the eyes of the world forbids it. Cuba, with whatever gov ernment she may form, be it good bad or indifferent. is entitled after thirty years of struggle. to freedom. Freedom is Ameri- co,s right; and if this country deny to Gu ba this American right, the condemnation of the world will be it's portion, and justly, too.
 Whatever the president may recommend the people have in congress safeguard against improper action The senate at least will not accept backstairs plan in this serio,s matter, It surely will not let the question of Cuba freedom turn upon the discretion of any man. It surely will meet the issue, and by decisive action settle It for once and for all, thus driving away a cloud of doubt, and restoring peace to all America.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
HIGH LIGHTS.

From the Chicago Record.
 No man should be judged By the embrella he borrows.
 In this world nothing turns up without assistance except a. folding bed.
 Talent is the gift of hard work; genius is the art of getting famous without hard work
 Faith is a woman's belief that there will be peaches to put up no matter what hap pens
 A fair share of prosperity is often dimmed in luster by the fact that neighbor has more.
 A man who has ten minutes to spare gen. erally goes and robs some busy man of ten minutes.
 When a woman measures room the pa- perhanger always falls short two or three rolls of paper.
 The only way to get even with some hus- bands is to collect your unmaiied letters out of their pockets while they are asleep.
 It is one thing to march bravely to war, and it is another to pull all the tacks out of carpets in back rooms where the public cannot applaud you.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

the distinguished eoloners manners No
 matter how many plaudlts he may receive
 from the chief executive. where he was
 known as Colonel sterrett. he was always
 the same "Bill" Sterrett in Newspaper
 Row. sterretts star of destiny was at
 the top-mast.
 But there came a day when another
 Texan came from the plains made sacred
 by the heroic deeds of Sam Houston that
 caused the Sterrett star to descend and
 for time it has been obscured in the
 Armament He came from a rival paper
 as it's correspondent, the Houston Post.
 His name Is Edwards, Charles Edwards,
 but known to everybody as Charley" He
 has snatched the wreath from the Sterrett
 brow. He can tell stories that Sterrett
 never heard of. He is a phrase coiner. He
 thinks thoughts that never occurred to
 Sterrett, not always humorous as were
 Sterrett's kind, but genuine Texan
 thoughts Edwards has made Sterrett ap-
 pear effeminate in the opinion of other
 correspondents as story teller, and as a
 delinerator of events Edwards writes like
 he talks He has Brann style about him.
 In fact Edwards was Brann,s first partner
 in establishing the Iconoclast. Edwards
 deals sledge hammer blows. He always
 hits the center-never misses the bull s
 eye. He can do a man up in fewer words than any man who has ever come to News paper Row.
 The army bill reported by the committee on military affairs, providing for the re- organization of the standing army will be defeated. It is very proper that 1t should. It is bill framed by General
 Miles for the explicit benefit of himself and the regular army. Its chief purpose is to keep out of the army the citizen soldiery so to speak. but when persons enlist in the army they must do so as individuals and may be assigned to any of the forty regiments of the United States army. In other words, it is a slap at the volunteer service. It's purpose is to remove the GUS tom that prevailed during the war of the rebellion on both sides, that the volunteer soldiers would not be permitted to select their own officer, and that an officer receive his commission from the governor of state before the services of regiment was tcnderd to the United States government The purpose of the bill, according to Miles idea was to place the volunteers in the regular army, and thus make it possible
 for easy promotion of its officers. This
 would deprive the volunteer soldiery from selecting it's own officers. This was re-
 garded as a direct blow at the patriotism of young Americans, and unless allowed
 to enlist with all the enthusiasm associated
 with events of that kind, it would take from the army one of it's chief laurels. The volunteer soldier in the past has been true to the country and to the section for which he fought. Miles has no use for the vol unteer soldier. He wants to promote as much as possible all the men under him, and that is the scheme of his bill, or rather the bill known as the Hull bill, the other being chairman of the committee on mlii- tary affairs. MT. Mckinley is thinking of placing General Shofield at the head of the army in place of Miles which, it is said, | he can do if he wishes
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
MODERN WARFARE.

From the Chicago Record. The new ''protected cruiser" sailed on the
 ocean wide Till a man-of-war espied her and punched
 holes into her side. And the man-of-war continued for little
 space to float, Till driven to the bottom by the new tor
 pedo boat. Then while the foe triumphant rubbed his
 hand and softly laughed, Torpedo boat destroyers came and sunk the
 other craft. And as the victor dashed about through
 battles smoke and >murk, Destroyers of torpedo both destroyers did
 their work Whereat into the action something new in
 vessels came. "Destroyers of destroyers of destroyers'
 was it's name. Which brings the matter down to date.
 where it will rest, no doubt. Until some tentimcs- wrecker of destroyers
 ventures out.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
REFLECTIONS OF A SAGE.

From the Rams Horn.
 No act of love is ever lost.
 The lofty minds maintain the simplicity of children.
 The man who rides hobby uses epotism for saddle.
 Ignorance and superstition got married before the flood.
 It is worth more to the world for man to live right than die happy.
 The man who lives for purpose helps give others purpose for living.
 The man who gives to advertise his char ity has no charity worth advertising.
 The biggest fault of some people is their unwillingness to be told their faults.
 The testimony of a good conscience Is worth more than all the fattery in the world.
 The biggest blaze is not sign of the most heat. A straw pile will give a bright CT blaze than ton of cole
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

mony. Such reasoning assumes the matter in question to Rs<true. Christ felt the cogency of this view when he said, Ouke xvi, SD, If they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead. If Faith as a source of conviction be eliminated, no argument addressed exclusively to Faith can be effective.
 Those rejecting miracles and the geratest of all miracles, the Resurrection, fall na- turally into three classes:
 l. The skeptics who declare themselves un- able to accept anything which cannot be demonstrated according to the laws of pure reason. Sometimes the position is taken regretfully. MT. Darwin in his Diary uses words to this effect: That in his earlier days he sympathized with the transcen- dentalists. After long years spent in noting succession of events and minute dlfferen- tiations he lost power to believe. Faith as an elemental power dies when neglected. This class is unfortunate.
 2. The agnostics neither affirm nor deny. They do not know. Their attitude is more pathetic and hopeful. finding apt H. lustration in Mir. Huxley's words. He
 
 opinion that there is no hope of a large improvement of the conditions of the great CT part of the human family If it is true that the increase of knowledge, the win ming of greater dominion over nature, and the wealth which follows upon that dominion are to make no difference in the extent and intensity of work amongst the masses of the people, I should hail the ad- vent of some kindly comet which would sweep the whole affair away as-a-desirable consummation." Why should it be thought incredible that God should raise the dead? E
 3. Bad men care for none of these things because belief in them means self-condem- nation. The time will come when they will call upon the mountains to fall upon them and the rocks to hide them. Phlosophicaily the center of opposition rests in the oft unconscious assumption that law controls God and that facts whose causes cannot be understood must be rejected. Law con- trolling God means deicide. If God exists He Is person. If He exists as a person, He is self-conscous and self-determining. If only facts can be accepted whose causes are movable, then knowledge is painfully limited.
 Christ's victory over the grave is the test of revealed Truth, The Redeemer, whose words must be credited, said He would rise again. The soul of Humanity cries out for the living God. Not for an existence em- balmed in law, but a God with a heart, who wipes away all tears, and by the power of His resurrection opens the kingdom of heaven to all believers. The world stands around the empty tomb some wonder and wish; some worry and weep; some say, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die;
 some exclaim, My Lord and my God. To- day flowers just risen from their tombs, music keyed to heavens minstrelsy hearts wailing and longing VOWS indited by God join in the happy chorus, Christ is risen.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
"christ Is Risen."
.,,a pou 0wnn P Fitzsimmons.

By the Rev. Owen P. Fitzsimmons.
 The Resurrection is a fact, not theory. What a pity the world does not believe it' Biblical evidence though, conclusive, may not be convincing. One may reject it with out being either dishonest or illogical. That Christ being dead, appeared. after three days and three nights in the tomb. to his disciples and to many others Is atrested by men who had Faith. Those who deny the authority of Faith may reject such testi-
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

The early robins that attempted to be gentle harbingers of spring in the northern states of this glorious union, are resting in their little graves. As weather prognosti- should have consulted the Delaware peach.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

General Schofield is to be the backstairs military adviser of the administration, and Rear Admiral Walker, now on the retired list, may act as it's naval adviser. This administration has an eye to advice from behind the scenes.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

The. appropriation for schools this year in two of the four boroughs of New York city is $12,OOO 900. The appropriations for Brooklyn and Staten Island will swell the amount to about $2O 900. In the light of these figures, Is s6O5.OOo adequate in the broad sta.e of Alabama?
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
In the Arid District

From Puck.
 Kansas Druggist-I can't sell you whisky without a prescription, stranger.
 Colonel Dreyer Ca visitor from Kentucky T prepared fo' that, sah, when I set out for this benighted country. I had a pre- scription tattooed on my arm.
 Druggist-That's all right then. Come in and I'll fill you.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

In the Rhode Island election the socialist labor vote was largely increased. In one district in Providence it led all the rest.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

The Maine was destroyed by Spanish treachery ffty-five days ago, and the coun- try is yet patiently waiting upon MT. Me- Kinley's sluggish convenience.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Couldn't Tell

From Harlem Life.
 Experienced Servant-Gentleman wants to see you sir.
 MT Richman-Who is he?
 Experienced Servant-I couldn't find out, sir; but, judgIn by his clothes, he's either a bcggar or a millionaire.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

The rush to the galleries tomorrow in Washington will be tempered by experi- ence in administrative moods and back stairs influences. The president cannot fool all the people all the time.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

If there is to be any discrimination in drafting, the war poets should go first. Otherwise the rest of the people will enlist as the lesser of two evils.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

The war sermons today may appeal to the ears of the patriotic, but the Easter bonents will catch the eyes of the women.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

That torpedo f1otilla has a deal of horse sense. It is still at the Cape de Verde islands, and is quite content.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

The tomorrow policy of the president has about run it's course.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

l. Pierpont Morgan is home again. The triumvirate is now complete-McCook, Mo- Hanna and McMorgan.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

The thoughts of women do not run to- wards war-not on Easter morning.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

In these stirring times the antiquated newspapers are very lonely. Few read them, and none love them.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

The suspense feature of the situation should become a thing of the past
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

The War Lord has subsided He begins to think the Monroe doctrine is loaded.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

Fitz Lee is coming home. The shouting will soon be heard.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Keep Right long
10 Galveston News

From the Galveston News.
 At any rate the farmers keep their ploughs going till the last minute before invading Spain..
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

The reconcentrados of the house of rep resentatives should assert themselves ma- mana.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

Germany, Russia and England, In thef naval expenditures, are trying to bull tn iron market.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

Pennsylvania begins to consider the-Wan- amaker insurgents as mere rabble, almost a myth.
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70 most lame and impotent concluslon.'
 -OTHELLO.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-30
TO RAISE CABBAGE.

II have heard good many people COM
planning of their poor success at raising
cabbage" said gentleman Of Yorkvilie
to the reporter few days ago, land can
give you a pointer that will help them
around their difficulty"
The reporter asked for the pointer.
81 have never been able to do any good
with cabbage myself until last summer"
the gentleman continued; "but now
have the receipt. However, I don't want
to claim it myself. 1t belongs to Mr.. L.
A. Mcfarland.
"Tom, you know, was raised up IN tne
mountains and knows all about cabbage.
I was talking to him one day last sum-
mer, and complained that my cabbages
were not only doing no good as to growth
but that the bugs and worms were eating
them up"
1.-the bugs and worms have nothing to
do with it, Tom said. The trouble is
you have not worked them right. When
you raise cabbage you've got to dig. The
best thing to work them with is mat
took. Dig up the ground around them to
a depth of five or six inches every time
you work them, and I'll guarantee you
will get some fine cabbages.'
II tried Mr.. McFarland's plan shortly
after that, and within the next three or
four days, 1 noticed the plants taking on
new life and shedding the bugs and
worms. gave them several other work
ings Of the same kind, and the result was
that 1 got the first really successful crop
of cabbages that have ever raised"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-30
MERE-MENTION.

Orders were issued last Friday for the
painting Of all the warships black. On
Saturday, however, the color was chan
gcd to dull lead, as this is believed to be
more difficult to see. ''''''''It is claimed
that America has literally secured the
foreign markets and purchased all the
desirable ships and munitions that are for
sale. .'.'.'''''A movement has been started
throughout Spain to raise a war fund hy
means of private subscriptions. '''..The
Spanish elections have been held with
the result that the present government
Sagasta's-will have majority in the
next cortez ...'''''.The Associated Press
says that it was stated in Havana on Sum
day that General Blanco had received a
cipher cablegram from Spain instructing
him to "prepare for war. "'''''''''The ANA
zonas. recently purchased from Brazil,
has been named the New Orleans. "''''''
The total number of lives lost in the
Maine explosion was $50. All the bodies
but IS have been recovered but only 81
were identified. ..''.."..The Baltimore and
Ohio railroad territory was badly Hooded
last week and many bridges were de-
strOyed \ train went into stream near
Newark, Ohio, and 20 out of the 30 pas
sengers aboard were drowned. .''.'The
big banks throughout the country arc
growing exceedingly cautious about the
lending of money.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-30

We have no acquaintance with s. A.
Chambers, of Newport; but publish what
he has to say in another column because
it seems to be sensible and in good taste.
But we do not consider that the remark ks
Justify the action of the mob in the least.
He assumes, of course, that the Negro
was guilty. Being Negro it would not
become him to assume anything else.
But of this THE ENQUIRER is not certain.
AS we have said before, the Negro may
or may not have been guilty. 1t is easily
possible that he was whipped from some
other motive, and the charge against him
may have been trumped up to cover
that motive. However, mob law is ex-
ceedingly dangerous, and the community
which produces mob of this kind has
cause to be uneasy. At the same time,
we are satisfied that Chambers expresses
the sentiment of the better class Of Ne
groes-the majority in this country-and
there need be no fear of the actual devel.
opments of such outrages as are alleged
to have been threatened.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-30
BIG COTTON FIRE.

The warehouse of the Glover Manu-
featuring company, located some distance
from the factory, was destroyed by fire
last Saturday night at about IL O'Clock,
along with some 400 bales Of cotton.
The factory had closed down at about
10 o'clock as is usual on Saturday nights,
and when the fire broke out the people
in the neghborhood generally, except
the watchman, were asleep. When the
discovery was made, the flames had al
ready made considerable headway, and it
was only with the greatest difficulty that
any portion of the contents of the ware
house was saved.
Altogether there were in the warehouse
between 600 and 700 bales of cotton, and
of these about rs were saved uninjured,
some 200 were gotten out in more or less
badly damaged shape, and about 400 are
a complete loss.
The real origin of the fire is unknown !;
but there seems to be some reason for
believing that it was the work Of an in
cendiary. However, the loss is fully COW
cred by insurance, and the principal dis
advantage to the factory people will be
that of trying to get together again as
desirable 4 lot Of cotton at the, price now
prevailing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-30
Wednesday, March 80, 1895.

the entire day. Anderson maintained
cool indifference throughout the trial,
and when he took the stand in his own
defense, stoutly maintained that he had
never been in Chester in his life until
brought there. He denied, of course, all
knowledge of the murder.
The prisoners mother-Hagar Robert
son, of Rock Hill-accompanied by her
husband, the step-father of Anderson,
was present during the trial. Upon the
announcement of the verdict, the mother
threw her arms around the neck of An
derson and burst into transports of grief.
This incident was the first thing that
seemed to have any effect oil the prisoner.
He broke into tears and begged for mer-
cy; but upon being asked if he had any
thing to say why sentence Of death should
not be pronounced against him, again
protested his innocence.
There was large crowd Of country
people in town during the day, and also
many town people flocked to the court
house, packing the building. The verdict
of the jury and the sentence of the court
were entirely satisfactory.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-30
PRICE OF COTTON,

AS the result of the war clouds during
the past few weeks, May futures in New
York declined up to last Saturday nearly
half cent-41 points.
The first really encouraging reaction
since the decline commenced was OH
Monday, when there was gain Of IA
points from the opening, May closing at
500. The rise of Monday is thought to
be due more largely than anything else
to the pacific turn in the complications
between Washington and Madrid.
The close yesterday, Tuesday. was
slightly lower than the opening; but 1t is
not thought that this fact is especially sig
nificant of new developments.
There is very little cotton being sold on
the Yorkville market at this time. The
best price of which we have any knowl-
edge of having been paid within the past
week, was 81. From this the figures
range on down to about st.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1898-03-30

agreed to dispose of suffrage before
taking up any other question. 1t took
As days to reach verdict. The con-
vention is almost solidly Democratic,
and the avowed purpose was to elimi-
nate the Negro from Louisiana poll
tics. The measure adopted, by pro-
viding for educational and property
qualifications and a poll tax, is pre-
sumed to answer the purpose effective
ly. At the same time, it was desired
to let in as many white people as pos
sible, and this is accomplished by ex-
empting uaturalized voters, as well as
those who were voters in 1867, with
their sons and grandsons. The latter
clause was advised against by Senators
McEnery and Caffery, who said they
had consulted the ablest constitutional
lawyers in congress and found them
unanimous upon its unconstitutional
ty. These opinions led to its being
abandoned; but the convention was
so hopelessly divided upon a substi-
tute, that it was finally decided to re-
instate the clause and take the risk.