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The Delta independent., 1905-07-28
Republican Party on Trial.

Republican Party on Trial.
From the Pueblo Chicftain.
To an exceptional degree the Repub-
lican party has won and received the
confidence of the American people.
Its candidate for president was elected
last year by a phenomenal majority of
the electoral college and of the popular
vote. ,H
1t holds both houses of congress by
firm majorities and for two years at
least the Republican party will have an
absolute control of national affairs.
Further than that, the Republican
party finds itself in control of the
national government. not as result Of
some sudden freak of popular favor or
some sudden outbreak of popular pass
ion. With the exception of single
term the Republican party has controll-
ed the presidency for forty-five years
and the traditional policies of that party
have peen written into the national
history, and they have become a part
of the national life
The opposition party is disunited, and
its leaders are unable to agree upon
either principles, policies or candidates,
while their followers prefer to give
their votes to the candidates of the
majority party, rather than to an op-
posing faction of their own party.
To ali appearance the Republican
party will continue to controle the ma
tiontl affairs for many years to come
and it will certainly do this If the issues
tn t are to be decided are the same -
those upon which the people have re-
peatediy rendered their verdict
But it is true nevertheless, that the
Republican party is now on trial, and
It will be judged by the people not ty
what It has accomplished in the pas ,
not by its attitude upon questions that
have been settled and settled right, but
by its ability to meet and to solve and
to solve and to deal successfully with
the newer problems that are crowding
themselves upon the national attention.
The danger is that some Of the ReI.
ublican leaders may feel that their h I'D
upon the people is too strong to be
shaken of, and that they can neglect
the righteous demands of the people
regarding new issues because they have
SO successfully dealt with old issues.
No party, however firmly established
can assume such an attitude with
safety.
The strength of any party lies in its
ability to see what the people want,
and it's ability to do what the people
want. Pa.
The Republican party cannot afford
to stand still.
1t must succeed with the new prob.
lens as it has succeeded with the old
and If II can do this it will continue to
hold the confidence Of the people and to
retain its power.
The Delta independent., 1905-07-28

WORLDS Postage Stamps.
The total number Of all known W.
rieties Of postage stamps issued by
all the governments of the world up
to the present time Is 1922.
The Delta independent., 1905-07-28
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY.
misesllaneous Rates.

Resolutions of respect and coincidence, obit.l-
aries, etc., Ave cents per line for each add'-
uonal line over one inch.
Gard of thanks 81 .OO for each insertion.
Display advertising rates made known on
application.
The Delta independent., 1905-07-28

It is to be hoped that the
"knocker" will kick on the
weather for a while and give the
town q rest.
The Delta independent., 1905-07-28
Facts At St, Peters.

Facts at St. Peters.
st. Peters. at Rome. is In the form
Of cross 636 feet long and $50 feet
vide. Its height Is only two feet less
than its width.
The Delta independent., 1905-07-28
How Tie Teams Stand.

The following shows the standing Of
he western slope teams.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-05
THANksGIvISG in TIE ARMY.

AN order of General Lee, suspend
ing all duties in the army Of North
ern Virginia save those of necessity,
on the day appointed by the president
Tor thanksgiving and prayer, is as fol.
lows:
In obedience to the proclamation
OF the president of the Confederate
States, setting apart Friday, the 9th
day OF March, as day of fasting and
prayer for the nation, all duties will
be suspended on that day in the Army
OF Northern Virginia, except such as
are necessary for its safety and sub
sistence. Religious services, appro-
pirate to the occasion, will be per-
formed by the chaplaine in their re-
spective regiments.
"Soldiersl No portion of our peo-
pie have greater cause to be thankful
to Almighty God than yourselves.
He has preserved your lives amidst
countless dangers; He has been with
You in ell your trials; He has given
you forlitude under hardships, and
courage in the shock Of battle; He has
cheered you by the example and by
the deeds of your martyred conrad es;
He has enabled you to defend your
country successfully against the as
saults Of q powerful oppressor. De-
voutly thankful for signal mercies,
let us bow before the Lord of Hosts
and join our hearts with millions in
our land in prayer that He will con-
tinue His mercifui protection over our
cause; that He will scatter our
enemies and set at naught their evil
designs, and that he will graciously
restore to our beloved country the
blessings &c peace and security
"R. E. LEE, General"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-05

sci, to take them to Cuba, along
with number Of American aud Euro
pean adventures who were anxious to
strike blow for Cuban freedom.
Several Of the leaders of the par
ty are men now we'll known aud I will
not mention their names, although
l have among my papers list of them
all.
II suggested TO them that they use
my machines to destroy Spanish war
ships in the harbor Of Havana and in
other ports on the coast Of the island.
They readily seized upon the idea, and
when the Destroyer sailed with the
tilibusters they took my two machines
with them.
1T was my intention co go along
with the party SO as to direct the
work OF sinking the Spanish ships,
but they dissuaded me, urging that
could be of greater use in Jacksonville,
preparing other machines if the firit
proved successful.
1t was planned to have some mem
bers Of the revolutionary party join
the Spanish navy SO as to get the ma
chimes abosrd. If that failed j. was
decided to fasten one of the boxes to
the hull of ship under the water
line, for l had constructed my ma.
chimes SO they could be exploded
under the water.
THAT was Jate in the fall of 1897.
The next spring the Maine was de.
stroyed.
"Only one of the men in the secret
OF the machines ever returned to
America. I saw him some time after
the war with Spain had begun.
He told me hehad nothing. to do
with the boxes after reaching Cuba,
but had been told mistake had been
made.
"The men who had been entrusted
with the task of destroying Spanish
vessel attempted to fasten a box dur
/ ing the night to one of Alfonso's war
ships, and blundered into blowing up
the Maine.
II was told that the man, imme
diately after learning of the error he
had made, committed suicide"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-05
KILLED WITH ROCKS

From The Charleston Courier comes
the following story in 1868:
"We referred yesterday to the fact
that North Carolina regiment, h.v-
ing exhausted their ammunition in
one Of the late battles, took to pelting
the Yankees with stones, and actually
held them at bay until . Louisiana
regiment GENE tc their relief. The
Richmond Examiner corroboraees the
statement end gives the result Of the
fight as follows:
"'Two gentlemen who, since the
battle Of the 20th ultimo, hare been
engaged ip burying the deade on the
plains Of Manassas, arrived at Gordon
vile yesterday. They report that
near socky cut in the railroad which
runs through the battle field they
counted seventy Yankees who had
been killed with pieces Of rock. The
rocks. olotted with blood, lay near,
and in many cases upon the inanimate
forms Of the Yankee soldiers. This
account eorroborates the story which
We had previously heard Of regiment
of our men, during the battle of she,
Both, after having exhausted their
ammunition, assailed their adversaries
with stones and pieces Of rock. 80
III = Z y. y
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The slightest change in my position
would attract his notice, and then,
completely protected, he would have
me at his mercy. My only chance
was to wait for dawn until he had dis
charged his gun at one of you boys,
then rush on him before he could re-
load. This plan l determined to carry
out. had no other chance for life,
and there lay, stiff and cramped, i'm
patiently waiting for daybreak. At
last it came, my neighbor was alert,
for when you boys peered over your
works | heard him say: Splendid
chance; can get one of these any
how. Summoning all my energies,
suxiously awaited the discharge of
his gun. The suspense was agoniz-
ing. Though it could not have been
two seconds between the soliloquy
and the discharge of his gun, yet to
me it seemed interminable. At last
it came, discharged directly over me i.
1t was my only chance for life.
sprang to my feet and leapt the en-
bankment. A cry for quarter, a
thrust of his sword bayonet, the dis
charge of my own musket and the
sharpshoo.er lay dying, graspiDg his
gup. l, like Cain. fed. l was obliged
to lie down to avoid your fire, and you
saw the rest. / don't mind shooting
at the men in regiment where others
aim also, but l have had more than
enough Of this style Of fighting. I
can never forget the look that dying
man gave me as he lay at my feet
bathed in his blood. Oh, it was hor-
rible. | never, never can forget it. +"
And as long as I knew him, he never
did.
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you will find leg made Of leather
straps and iron ribs. The original
L left at Sharpsburg.' AS for me-
replied the second, IF you will take
the trouble to feel this left arm, you
will discover that the bone, between the
shoulder blade and the elbow, the
length OF 5 inches, has been removed.
When stand upon my right foot,
also, am balancing On my toes, the
heel being gone. Result Of bullets in
the second battle of Manassas. The
third youth scaarcely kne~ what to
say, but looked daggers at the cynical
old codger, and finally broke out:
The same sort Of talk forced me in.
L was shaking skeleton when / join
ed, and on the first march I broke
down, got put in one Of the meanesi
hospitals in the country, end aame
ou. paralyzed in one side.' (Here he
ilfted up shriveled and lifeless arm.
And may | ask, sir, he added, 'wh ct
keeps you out. You seem 20 be in
excellent vigor.' Me? Why-ahem
Il am over forty-fve years."
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"a FEARFUL Ep1pEMro. ;"

The Richmond Enquirer gives the
following illustration of the damaging
effects Of fearful epidemic which
prevails throughout the Confederacy,
aud which is depriving our army Of
many able.bodied patriots. The .sail.
ment' is called "over forty.five:''
'"Three young men, handsomely
dressed, sat by the West fountain, in
Capitol Square, yesterday morning,
smoking aud chatting pleasantly and
leisurely. While thus engaged in
Willing away time, respectable look
ing citizen whose head was rather
grayish, and expression somewhat
stern and cynical, took seat on the
same bench and managed to glide into
the conversation, turning its course,
meanwhile TO the army AZ length
he asked, How is it, gentlemen, that
you in the full tide Of health, with
apparently plenty Of time aud money,
well brought up, and all that-1how Is
it that you can sit here idly and see
others Sight and DO bntohered up, ssd
sickened 20 death for your sakea'
sWall,' responded one, Sc & army
would suit me we'll epsugh but for one
thing;if you will pull OFF that neatly
fitting shoe and roll up my drawers
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-05
The Tramp Got o Dollar.

Representative Branch, Of the In.
diana Legislature, tells this to the In
dianapolis Star: While attending as a
cadet at the military school Branch
was in the habit Of taking early strolls
through the neishborhood, aud on
one of these he says: "I was touch
ed by al old fellow whose tale of
hard luck would have melted stone.
But, my good fellow I said, 4
haven't cent with me this morning.
l spsnt my last penny last night, and
my check from home won't reach me
until Tomorrow
THE man wasn't satisfied.
"'Look through your pockets he
begged; you may find something.
"'Well, if I've got any money in
these clothes you can have every cent
Of it, I said to him, and began turn-
ing my pockets inside out just to show
him / was 'strappsa.'
"Wall, would you believe it, ell
yer dollar dropped out Of. one Of my
pockets and rolled on The sidewalk.
Delighted, the old man quickly
grabbed it up and said Thanks
HE was much bigger than I end I
said Certainly; T au, glad I can help
yoa, but reallys I didn't know IL was
there
''All the way backto school flwon-
dared how the dollar came to be in my
trousers" 38 +. s,
land did you ever find out2, asked
another legislator s;ss5 sl5
"Oh, yes; when i got back 70 my
room my roommate told me that I
was wearing hiB pants" 5ss5
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-05
Return OF the Flags.

Hast there ever been on any statute
book the world over sueh an Act as
that? We know of none. Warring
nations have made peace, and friend
ship and good will have been restored.
Vietors have returned surrendered
swords, but where is there On instance
OF captured flags having been restored !?
Ise resolution came at first to those
who had won shem with little shook.
but it is right. Gradually the spirit
OF magnanimity and the recognition
that we are ono people, which dictated
Grants terms at Appomattox, have
swept away every proscriptive Act
and every disability growing out Of
the war, and now the North, through
Congress, lays this last Offering toward
perfect peace and reconciliation on
the altar Of our common country, and
the men who wore the blue cay,
Amen.
Take back your battle flags, breth-
rem of the South. We yield Them to
your keeping willingly and gladly.
They we're ours by the fortunes OF war;
they are yours by right Of the magnifi-
cent courage with which you defended
them, and By the gift of the natiou
with our hearty concurrence. Cherish
them, and teach your children to re
we're them as emblems and mementos
OF the brave deeds Of their fathers,
and teach them as we'll to rejoice with
ours that we are united again aud in.
Vlncible under the old starry flag OF
our fathers.-Cinoinuati Enquirer.
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To Stop Profanity.

There is SO much profanity 10 Penn
sylvania the Young Women's Chriat-
ian Association in that State has be-
gun @ crusade against it.
Certain expressions they agree
upon readily as belonging OF the pro-
hibissd list, but With others they had
more or less trouble. For instance,
they agreed that "Bfy Heaven" is very
wrong, because it indicates claim OF
ownership that is as yet undecided.
while 80. SCISSORS" was declared TO
be harmless expIetivo and Wss per-
mitted to remain. Even etgudge,'''
rats, '"pooh-pooh'' and s''bah" we're
not molssted, and President Rooae-
velt's favorite exclamation, "By
Godfrey" was found TO be unoffeud-
ing.
Whist is profanity and when do
words become sinful? Man-made
laws are sufficiently meroiful not to
punish unless there existed an intent
of wrong doing. The intention 10 the
| very essence Of the offence, says our
criminal Law. If there is no intention
! to offend, wherein lies the offence?
Occasions will arise whore some
safety valve must be found to relieve
the superheated feelings, as fer in
stance, when man falls over chair
or hits his nose against door ia the
dark, or steps on attack in his stock
ing feet, or loses bet on election, or
has any Of the hundred and one things
to do with the making Of Newspaper.
It is said that cuss words are born
of ignorance and o lack % adjeotives.l
The man with Q vocabulary Of 5000
words aeldom utters an oath, the man
with 1900 never. So the best way
TO start on the crusade would be with
g diotionary.-Buffal Times.
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The Mystery Of the Maine.

Il 49, - -. tEf j
New York, March 90. That the
bastleship Maine, through an error,
was destroyed by bomb Of his menu.
faoture was the statsme INC made by
Gessler Rosseau in the Tombs prison
to-day. Rosseau was convicted yes.
terday Of having sent explosives 10
the Ounard Line pier, this city, ia
May, 1903. He made the following
statement to-day: II
sFor several years, while the Cuban
patriots were struggling againas 7ey.
Ter, I watched the contest with deep
interest and sympathy. i decided 10
go TO Jacksonville and do what j
could 70 help the revolutioniass. j
atarted from St. Louis where I had
been lising during the early part q
1897. s!55.5 Es,isss 5Ssss
Before taking train for the
South j got togeth she Z. s..ss s. so4 4 s.
she constructions Of Two explo oding na-
chineaFof sres=a. asa aaaious power, 50 ar
-sugsd that they lconld be wound MP
and left in 1 selected place, With
the eestainty. thass they would 60 on
With ssrtible destruction within q Rev
hours. Sis
AT Nav nrleans Irepted d room
and put the boxes toget ther, after
which I went! % cksonyill lle. There
4 bseame acquainted with party of
Cuban leaders who wers planning d
flibnstering ex xpea aitson. had
engaged the neatfdyer yer, . small svess
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-05
Leaves From an Old Scrap Book.
CA Georgia Colonel, in The Sunny
South.)

There was some red hot "patriot-
ism" in the South, as the following
clipping from the old war scrap book
will show:
1--WE have before ms latter from q
lady of Southern State to a gentle
man who had transmitted to her a
message from her brother, that had
turned traitor and migrate to his moth
er State, and is now q Lincoln soldier
in Confederate prison. The follow
ing extract will show the scorn which
wells up from every virtuous heart in
the contemplation of such infamy.
Few, however, are able to give such
vivid utterance.
"' AS to holding any CON-
munication whatever with one who
has proved himself, though brother in
blood, alien in heart and sentiment,
is very distant from my Intentions.
"'As he has obtained his consent
to turn traitor to the State that gave
him birth, and to arm himself against
all I hold dear on earth, to enslave me
and my little children, it is not hard
for me to get my consent to leave him
without help OF, mine. Tell him for
me that he has, in his short and t.ou-
blesome life, given me many heart.
blow, many shook, but this is the
severest Of them all; that it shall be
the study Of my life to forget his very
existence, go that his memory may not
be foul blot on all that is pure aud
bright to me now. If I extend him
any aid, it is only as we are command
ed TO do good to them that hate ne
and despitely use us and prosecute us;
not for any tie OF blood or kindred
that exists between us, for it seems
menst-eus 70 believe We were born Of
the same mother. For that dear
mothers sake, I inolose him the
slight peouniary assistance which he
has lowered himself so far as to ask
from one against whom ne is fighting.
When he shall.throw of his allegiance
to despot's rule, and wash his hands
and heart clean of the blood stains
resting upon them, and which are cry-
ing to heaven for vengeance on bis
guilty soul, then 7 will consent to bury
the bitter past, and acknowledge him
as my brother. that ''was lost, but is
found; dead, but alive again' But
communicate with him as Yankee
soldier, the base hireling of base
master, never, never, neverl II you
wish, you can read this to him; but,
upon no account, allow him to place
his hand upon what + have writ
ten. y Y ~ 5,f .tS
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-05
Privilege Tax sss HaoHiitIiiB sao;iiitIB Up.

The amount Of privilege tax which /
had been received up to yesterday
morning was s96, ,273 SO against s97, -
79l for the same time last year. This
is q difference Of $1,000, which was
reduced yesterday to about $1,000.
One the first day of March the differ
ence was s33, 900.
is NOT probable that with such
light sales in January and February
the farmers would purchase during
the first three weeks in Maroh fertil-
izers on which the tolls are s32 900
more than for the same number Of
days in March last year. While many
farmers are using fertilizers heavily
in attempting to raise diversified
crops, yet tits probable that the bulk
of these heavy shipments reported in .
March are being sent TO storehouses
and warehouses and have not been
sold TO the farmers. {.
According TO the figures ale. 100
tons have been shipped this year
nearly halfSof that amount since the
first day Of March. This does not ap.
pear reasonable, and Sc Is possible
that if the farmers are not using tho
sestilissrs under cotton the Is port oe
Increased sales of fertilizers will have
a endencyto discourage farmess who.
have agreed "a. plant less cotton and tp
reduce the uss of festiligsrs. Such
ara urged Is, ys1hst Sout.
ern G,tton assooiaeion To- kespI, up J, the
light, for itsis more thsh probable
that tho consumption; and use 81; ferti-
lizers this year viii Be very much less
2thaR laat year, although the nominal
shipments are heavier. Next fail
there may be in warehouses; sotne off
She very fertilizers shipped forsuss
|. this spring. The State, March q.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-04-05
The "He Said" Girl.

Did you every notice group of lit.
tie girls between the ages Of fourteen
and eighteen chattering away in Q
corner? The next time you cit near
such a group listen and hear if about
every tenth word is about whst she
said. ;" Ii it is, you have found some
more of the che said" girls, and they
are not the incest little girls Id the
world. The ''he said" girls. are likely
to loiter downtown after school TOO
late to help their mothers with the
afternoon work. They are likely TO
wear better clothes than their fathers
can afford, SO that the neighbors
wonder what sheir mothers GAN be
thinking about TIE che said girls
also zoo often think more Of the boys
than of their books, and frequently
fail to get through school. They are
in for a good time, aud have nothing
in their heads but hairpins and two
steps. s.
sometimes nature takes 0 girl out
of the 'he said" family and makes .
fine woman Of her, but generally she
gets to going out to parties and is de.
veloped before her time, and either
marries aud fades at twenty OF hsags
on after ell the other girls ore married
of, and takes generation after genera.
tion OF young boys TO raise by hand,
and becomes known as grandma in
the crowd. s55s.
There is nothing so sweet:as 9 Sim
pie, frank, open-hearsed girl. But
the bog. struck girl is an abominaeioD.
The whole matter rests with the girls
mother. She can either bring up one
OF the the; said girls or abe can have
Q daughter 70 be prond Of Emporia
Gazette. 8 Sa3 a .Ii
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Only 9 girl who 10 sure of her
complexion will permit young man
TO kiss her on the cheek. ! t$ s. B B
Marriages. may be arranged in
heaven, but thegrocer and butcher OK,
peot their pay here on 18th.
The longer 8 man doesn't stare
at g girl the surer abe is that he is
going to.
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WAR STORIES.
l-E'eresona1 Narrative Of Capt:~w. s. Hawkins.
Capt. w. O. Hawkins, in Aeslie's Magazine.

TIE Following striking epicode is
taken bodily from the personal mar.
rative of Capt. w. S. Hawkins, G. S.
A., who in the spring Of 'G2 was serv-
ing as private soldier under Brig.
Gen. J. e. Magrudcr. Early in that
terrible April, when Gen. Mcclellan
began his ION TO Richmond" PENN
sular campaign, Bully Magruder," !"
as his men called him, obstinatcly
blocked the way. 1t was in the fight
ing which cnsucd that the following
events took place, which gives a gra-
phic picture Of war as the man in the
ranks knows it.-Editor.
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- No woman enn reform q, husband
|by the continuous lecture process.