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Show r 7: v J The "l.'upaitisnu" Kiht. Onk of the lu.it acts of Prenidcnt Grant will not Bound well in history. He prohibited tho proposed parade on WuBliinton'd birtlidny of the reorKAnid rilo clubtj of aoatU Caro- linn and from the lagstaff on the tublic building at Columbin the 4tura and strips floated at half-mast drnped with black crape. South Curiiina has pawied through many roiling and tryinc scenes since the i.tet election, and her people havo maintuined their temper admirably, and thoy could cortaiuly bo truated to keep the puaco on the 2i.'d. Tho order was probably inspired by the fear of tho usurping cowards in the Chamberlain government, who oiiat only by permission of the government govern-ment troopa and tho sustaining arm of the president. The incident brings to mind Lho suppression of the -it Ii of July in this ci(y a few years ago by ono Ulack, then acting govornor of tho territory. |