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IKE NATIONAL BANE OF AUGUSTA' Pr?sident. FEAKS G. FOBD, Cashier.' CAPITAL $250,000. Surplus i ?< ?t- ^,v_ Undivided Profits, j $125,000 Oar Xcw V:iult contains 410 Safty-Lock Boxes, which wc ofter to our patrons and thc public al three to ten dollars per annum. VOI . 69. KDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12. 1904. NO. 42. SEIZE BRITISH SHIP Little Going On At Present in the Far Eastern Struggle fflE JAPANESE BLOCKADERS ALERT The Sishan, With a Cargo of Cattle and Flour From Shanghai to Port Arthur, Captured Off ev/ Chwang -Continuance of the Gale in the Sea Compels Inactivity on the Part of the Japanese Fleet-Only Skirt j miseries About Mukden, 9*J Continuance o? the gale which de1 veloped on the China Sea and adjacent waters on October 4 precludes active operations by the Japanese fleet block ading Port Arthur. The British steam er Sishan, with a cargo of cattle and ?our from Shanghai for Port Arthur, has been seized by the Japanese off New Chwang. A detachment. 'of the Finland Guards has been ordered to leave St. Petersburg for the far East. Recent Outpost Fighting. Tokio, By Cable-Thc imperial head quarters issued a report of the recent Russian military movements and nkir f> mishes with thc Japanese south of Mukden, as follows: on October 4, a few of the enemy's Rivalry approached . the vicinity ot' Alyangpieumen, but our force drove them off. "The enemy, with a battalion of in fantry, eleven squadrons of cavalry and five guns, advanced toward Shaliuhatzu on October 4> and retreated toward Huangshan, October 3. In this direc tion there were also two ol' three of our squadrons of cavalry, whose out Sr? yost lines extended between Niaokou shan and Wanchieaffen. The Russian infantry heading the column wore Chi nese costumes. "On October 4, a small body of the ' . enemy attacked our pickets at Pintaizu and on Mukden road and were repuls ed. The enemy left hie; dead and rifles behind. AU the enemy wore Chinese clothing. "Four squadrons cf Russian cavalry came to Sunsivutsdiiau. on the Fushun road; October 3, and remained there un til the morning of October 5. The enemy's cavalry patrols liave been seen fr?_ south of Wulichles and Lungwangia. hut they retreated north to Lutoakou, - heaving iniantry patrols. "A detachment of the enemj^s caval ry, "with three guns, advanced toward : . S'hiotai and, taking up a position at . "?: Tatai, ..fired .on our troops north of. i'entai. ' . ; . 'i'?h? 'enemy posted at Chantan, oi ?he?.rightvb?nk '".of ^the-Bu?-'-rlve^.-h??l .^i%?3,.;i#ating: a- sm??lcf?rceXthert:-'- -1 in the.neighborhood- .of iTaptaizul A.' small force of "che enemy recently at-j tacked our outpost on the left bank ofj the' Hun river, but was driven back." -j British Vessel Seized. Shanghai, By Cable-The British steamer S?shan, from 'Hong Kong, has beer, seined by the Japanese off New i Ch-fsuig. rr T.'.e Sishan carried a cargo of cattle unu flour, intended for Port Arthur. The Sishan is a steel-screw steamer of ",315 tons, and is owned by Thomas W. Richardson, of London. New Orleans to Manchester. 'London, By Cable.-Manchester's fight for a diversion of a portion of Liverpool's cotton trade from America nar, resulted, according to statements T-ublish3d, in an arrangement with the Leyland Line and the Manchester liners (limited) ot' Manchester, where by tho two companies will combine for the purpose of carrying cotton ty cargoes iirect from .New Orleans to Man chester. The Leyland Line steam er Cuban, sailing from New Orleans about the middle of October, will, it ls added, inaugurate^the new depart ure and thereafter the two companies v.-j?l make alternate fortnightly sait Unrest Among Chinese. Shanghai, By Cable.-Numerous re ports received from the interior tell ing of the activity of secret societies at points widely apart are causing seri ous uneasiness. It is known that the officials everywhere are displaying great anxiety and are procuring the most modern arms and munitions of war for the purpose ,o' equipping the soldiery. There is no certainty as to whether the anxiety of the officials is directed against anticipated risings or as to whether it is a precautionary movement in view of possible Singe; from a successful Janan. Best Winter Quarters. Washington, Special.-Rear Admir al Wise, commander-in-chief of tho Atlantic training squadron, has rec cemmended ?hal the squadron spend the greater uart of tho winter in Pen sacola harbor and that vicinity. He cays that the facilities for boating and other exercises there are good? Offi cials are disposed to favor the recom mendation, and if this plan is followed thc training squadron would not go to Culebra lo participate in the manoeu vres ihis winier. To Receive Death Sentence. Birmingham, Ala., Special.-Sheriff B?rgin, who went to Tavares, Fla., to identify and bring back Frank Duncan, charged with the murder of Policeman D. W. Kirkley, of this city, returned with Duncan. Before leaving Tavares, Duncan was convicted cf robbing the bank at Leesburg. Fla., and given a 15 ycar sentence. The semsnce was sus pended in order to turn him over to thc Alabama authorities as a death sentence was awaiting him there. Ke win be re-sentenced in a few days. Duncan does not deny his identity. Four Dead in Hotel Fire. St, Joseph, Mo., Special.-Four per sons perished in a fire which destroyed the Tracy Hotel, in South St. Joseph. The dead: Lafayette Frew, livestock buyer; C. F. Morton, employe of stock yards company; Mrs. Anna Weston, of Gentry county, Mo.; unknown man. Bilbert Weston, 13 years old. son of the dead woman, is fatally burned. Wm. Simmons was also badly hurt by Jriwpr log "rom a third-story window. ' IN PALMETTO STATE Occurrences of Interest ?? Various Parts of the State. The C?s? of Ben Bennett. Hampton, Special.- On Monday morning a true bill for murder was found by the grand jury against Ben Bennert. Arriving on the afternoon train from Columbia he was brought into court and arraigned. The case went to trial with Solicitor Davis for the State and Senator E F. War ren and TV", J. Thomas, Esq., appear ing' for the defendant. The jury re tired at 7 p. m. and ** 9 p. hi. Judge Klugk and the court officers fand at torneys wero- sent for.. A verdict of guilty of manslaughter with recom mendation to the mercy of the court i was received. .The case was ea'i'led up under a motion made by his attorneys to have the -case continued to the n?xt term ?f court. Bennett having been only amtiag?d and the usual three days ; allowed him for prepnralilm. His attorneys made earnest appeals tn the court for a continuance, btu were opposed in e. Very strong and clear argument in reply by Solicitor Davis, who rehearsed the Circum stances connected with Bennett's casej the conditions under which ho bad been pardoned by Governor Mc Sweeny, when h? was serving a lifo j sentence in the State penitenitary, and also referred to a telegram which the solicitor had just read from At torney Coining of Savannah, who had represented Bennett during the or deal ol' his extradition from Georgia, to the effect, "It was impossible to attend eourt in Hampton because he had to be present at thc Supreme Court of Georgia." Attorneys Warren and Thomas urged the court to grant the continu ance, because they had only been em ployed this week. Judge Kluge re fused th? motion. Bennett's cape was heard Thursday. Conway Railroad. Conway, Special-The Convey. Coast and Westcrh railroad had a force 'ot men at work laying tiack on the extension to Marton, which is another link in Conway's connection with the w?jvTij. This work is an other evidence of the aggressive ac tivity shown by Mr. F. A. Burrows, the projector and backer ot the En terprise. In 1899 Mr. Burroughs bt iglin huMilinir his r&itrr?ri >h Mvrtl? ?na-roem uiuicuig. lb ta uuuw?wvu that the road will ba pushed as fast as is consistent with permanent work. The other end, which goes to Little River, will not be forgotten in the shuffle, but will be carried right through. The Conway, Coast and Western has a road within ten miles of Little River now. This point is 28 miles'from Conway, just across from North Carolina. Connection with Little River will mean connec tion with" Southport, N. C., where there is plenty of water for vessels of deep draught, there being 25 feet of water on the bar at dead low wa ter with Ave or six rise of tide. South Carolina Items. C. H. Reed, a flagman on the South ern Railway, running between Augusta and Columbi**, was killed by a passen ger train at Langley Monday night be tween S and 9 o'clock. He was sitting beside the track asleep when struck by thc train and instantly killed. It ap pears that he was the flagman on freight train No. 130 which was on the way from Columbia to August;; and due to arrive, there at about 9 o'clock. His brother was conductor of the train. William T. Latham, who has been confined in the county jail at Camden for several weeks awaiting the fall term of court, to be tried for shooting at a Mr. Redmond on the streets of Camden some months ago, committed suicide Tuesday afternoon at about 3:30 o'clock by drinking two ounces of lysol, a poisonous disinfectant which had* been given him to use on lite wound. When found he was in the last throes and made no statement to any one. Fourteen boarders and two servants were poisoned at Mrs. Mattie J. Wil son's boarding house, 1323 Washington street. Columbia. Sunday, by eating ice cream made from pineapple in which too much acid had heen used in the (anning process. Nene will die. but five are still painfully ill. Some half a dozen who arte the cream were not affected. J. Edward Anderson, the depot agent at. Mayesvllle, who killed Hurst, ap peared with his attorney before Judge Dantzler Tuesday under habeas corpus proceedings. The motion was resisted by the solicitor on the grounds that he had not been served with copies of the affidavits and the judge postponed the hearing until last night in Sumter. Early Monday morning- a negro named Thompson went to the place of Mr. W. T. Smart* in Bullock's Creek township, near Broad river, and kill ed another negro named Jeter, using a double barreled shotgun, firing both loads into his victim. Jeter was pick ing cotton in the field at the time. The trouble arose over the wife of Jeter. Unless there is a commutation of his sentence Aaron Williams, the ra pist, will be hanged in Camden on No vember 4th next. Mr. Giles L. Wilson, cashier of the Central National Bank of Sparenburg luid o: the Spartanburg Savings Bank, has been appointed receiver for the Valley Kalls Manufacturing Company, and has assumed charge of the pro perty of the company. The fertilizer tax now amounts to SI03.570.40 and more money is com ing in every day. Last year the in come from this source for thc entire twelve months was only $98,909.40 and the money received after October 5th was $6.823.25. All of this money goon , to Clemson College in addition tn I fiber appropriations. M RANSOM DEAD Prominent Southern Statesman Goes to His Reward WAS LOVED, HONORED; KESPCC??D -*_ -wt: The Imperishable Career of North Carolina's Most Distinguished Prj. vate Citizen Closes at the 78th Mile. 8ton? ih His Lir?l Weldon, JN. C., Special.-Ex-Senator Matt. W. Ransom, North Carolina's foremost eltlsert, ?ibd suddenly Satur day morning at his country home hi Northampton county, near Garysburg, Of heart failure. The end came shortly after 1 o'clock and was the peaceful passing cf a flame which had nickered but feebly fur some months. It was his 7Sth birthday. . Gen. M. W. Ransom was. horn oi\ Oct. 8,1838, lil Warren county. He be came Attorney General for thc State ot North Carolina- in .1852. being only 22 years of agu at the time, thus being the Youngest man to hold this position in the history of the State. . By reason of Gov. Vance being unable to qualify as Senator after his election, Gen. .Ran som became United States Senator in 1872, which position he held eonstartU? until 1893, Immediately after which he was appointed United States minister to Mexico, in which capacity he served for two. years, He fas ? iiiciiiber ci th* beard of arbitration in thc Vene euelau troul .es with Mexico. He leaves five sons and one daughter and a wife. He was probably the larg est landowner in the State, the acre age being variously estimated from 14. 000 to 18,000".. In fact, he recently re marked: "There is dilly one person who knows how much laud i own and that is myself." Tiie funeral will take place Monday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock and the inter- j meut will be made iu thc family bury ing ground'. He will be buried with Mi ionic honors. The following is a 'brief, lite sket'cii bf Ex-Sob?tor Hansom: He was horn in Warren couuty. thia State, in 1826, and is now- t?c?fc?t. sixty-two years of age. For move than naif a life-time he has been a conspicu ous personage, and a man of recognised ability and. ??roa?H!ie?d i???ence in North Carolina. Shortly after his grad uation from the University, at Chapel ? Hill, lu 1847, he was. admitted.to the bar, and Ave skates later be was elected j .Attr>rn-# General of the State. Few j men have merited or wen such success so carly in life, and fewer have follow ed it with so continuous a public ser vice. In 1855 he resigned the Attorney j Generalship, and was not again in of- j flee until thc year 1S5S, when he was ! a Representative in the State Legisla- ? lure. And again,, iii ?S39 and 1860, he filled [n?'t noRfHhn T-TM was s^nr i>? ? I MiajUI gi;iiciai. ia tuc mot nauiyu maa , he served until the r-.iose bf the wai-, and surrendered with General Lee's j army at Appomattox. As a soldier General Ransom showed himself to he ? courageous man and a brave and skillful officer, and he endearcii himself j greatly, by his humane management and courteous bearing, tu the men of his commaud. Returning to his native State at the close of the war. General Ransom resumed the practice of the law. at the same time being engaged ; extensively as a planter, and it was not j until the year 1872 that he again en-1 tered public life. Then, for the first lime, he was elected to the Senate of the United States, a position he has occupied continuously until the present time, having been re-elected" in 187G [ and in 1883. At the expiration of his ? present term, in March. 1SS''. he wi!! j have eighteen years in the highest ol-1 fice within the gift pf thc people of lils j own State, ah honor of which he and ? the State may be proud. Senator Ran-1 som was a man of marked ability find j of broad culture. Though he has sel dom made set .speeches ill thc Senate, yet his efforts were characterized by those qualities of conservative good sense, elegance of expression an:! grace of delivery that aro peculiarly his own. News of the Day. Julius H. Stone and others, Indicted in the United States District Court at Trenton, N. J., for conspiracy in plac ing iron inside of cork life-preservers, were arraigned and released on bail. Mrs. Rosa Barbadi, 22 years old, shot and killed Michael Roge when he tried to force her to leave her husband in New York. . The ereuption of Mouin Vesuvius is greatly diminished." > Russians at Port Arthur have been striving In vain to retake positions which the Japanese captured. Czar Nicholas will go to Reval Tues day to bid farewell to the Baltic squad ron. King Edward telegraphed his condo lences to the widow of Sir William Vernon Harcourt. Countess Lonyay pronounces her sis ter, Princess Louise of Saxo-Coburg. sane. General Sloessel issued an exultant proclamation at Port Arthur in honor . it the repulse of the latest Japanese at tack. Southern Italy was shaken by a ti earthquake. Premier Bel four, in a speech ut Edin burgh, stated that he was not a pro tectionist. There is a bitter political controversy in Denmark over the proposed re-es tablishment of the whipping post. Frederick A. Bartholdi, sculptor ol the Statue of Liberty, in New York hay. is critically in io Paris. Emperor William will have his youn ger sons schooled in industrial :;n.' financial problems. Child Fatally Eurned. Newberry. Sp-icial.-The bouse ol Fred Tribble, colored, on the planta tion of Mr. J. R. Senn, near Long shore, this county, was burned Fri day morning about 10 o'clock, ah?! a young child within was severely am probably fatally burned. Three chil dren were left alone iu the house anc one of them attempted lo pour kero sene on the fire. The flame caught Ut child's clothing and cn tho floor o' I tho house and soon reduced the Util I building to ashes. Thc children e.. I caped without injury excepting th one wbc usad the kerosene. STATE LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE First Annual Meeting to be Held in Columbia. M. . j The foll?V?*i?g statement and call tras issued by Mr. Howell Morrel;, secretary of the State Temperance, Law and Order League, by order of the President, Capt. j. W. Hani?l, of tt?r?ndw! "The first annual meeting of the State Temperance, Law and Order League will bo held in the hall of the Vening Men's fmristlan .Association in the city of Columbia, Thursday; ?ct 27th, at 8 p. rn. "it is desired that at this meeting there' will bo repr?sentatives of all leagues, temperance organizations, ehurchau, c?nixnm'i?lVgj h.n? hi?jrltt rais, who sympathize with the ?fto?i? new being made to restore, establish and maint,.?in law and order in. this Suite. And an invitation., ls. hereby extended them io meet w???? .(??..015 this occasion. The purpose o? this gathering will be to complete such an organisation as may be efficient in stemming the flood tide of lawless ness which is sweeping Over our be loved . n";; i ir. Thc officers who have issued, this call request thc county. . papers throughout ute ?atare lu extend tue in vitation as widely as possible. The Stale Leaguo was organized during the State fair last year. , it-.hag been at ff?fSi ?lid li? ilott'Jt has ac complished a great deal, but no re port can be obtained from the officers. Will Take Testimony. Testimony will be taken again in the matter of the Lexington township bonds next Friday. This is quite au interesimg case; Some years' ?go the townships of Fork, Saluda ami Broad ?tiver, lit Lexirigtofi voted an issue, of. about j SUCtiOn jn bonds to, aid .in the con- j si ruction of the Columbia, Newberry ? and Laurens railroad. Interest was n-Miii on thefco bonds until recently, wh?h the townships wished to be re leased, claiming that the bonds vf?fti ?ilegal: This issue has i^en brought j up before, but the bonds have alway:: been thought valid.- There .are.sqriie new. grounds this timo*, however; oho of them being that the bonds were paid by thc railroad. company lo a contracting company: und that.-"ai the .jontracliitg fi hil vas ?oiiiposbt? di practically the samo men that the railroad wss owned .by. there was a profit derived by. I hem from tho is sua'ncS Car. f??us. Tho testimony is being taken by Mr. .lohn J. Earle, of this city, who has been appointed special referee hy the Supreme Court Tb i, body decides the Issue in the case. Testi mony was taken yesterday. The ac* t.ic?i ia being brought foi* Mrs? ti. Lt DesPorteSi Edwin W. Robertson, ?. Caldweil Robertson, Edward Ehrlich, Edward joyri?s and .E. K. Pal nier 11UUIU5 - . and thr.t it should hare been guilty j ot murder w not guilty: Judge Kl ugh j over-ruled the moiton. Bennett's j counsel gave notice o? appeal to the! Supreme Court and bail was fixed r.t $1,000, with the discharge of tho prisoner subject to tho directions of the Governor in regard to tho charge et' violating the conditions of pardon. Ber? nc ii. was sentenced to five year's labor cn tho chain gang or five years in thc pentUentiary. Ii is prolsable that the appeal will be abandoned. ? Fire at Opera House. Sumter, Special.-Fire was discov ered in t'ne opera house at 8 o'clock Friday night. It originated in tho o?d unused ticket office ar the head of th; steps from the alley way. It was full ?? paper and trash, lt. is believed in h?'vo been Incendiary. Firemen re-j spo-ided quickly and put thc blaze out j i:i five minutes. The Firs! National 1 Bank underneath ?va.s damaged to the extent of $300 by water. Ducker & Bu M mun, by water. $150. Tho loss to ib<* oepra house is $1,000. li' tho Sro had been later many lives would probably have been lost. The show was to begin ar. 8.30 o'clock. There are no fire escapes. Only 25,000 Georgians Voted. Atlanta, Special.-The Constitution estimates the total vote in the State ejection 0!' Wednesday at about 25, 000. Th ero was a light vote through out tho State, except in those coun ties where there was opposition to tho Democrc t ic candidates for the Legislature and for county offices. Child Severely Burned. Aiken, Special.-On Wednesday af ternoon little Joe, ibo three-year-old son of Mr. ami Mrs. Manley Coi tea. of Granitcvillo, was so severely burned as tlie result of playing with matches that he died thr.t night, at 10 o'clock. The little fellow and his older broth er were playing in the yard, exploding match hoads with .-. pop gun. It is ii"t. known Cxacily how the accident occurred, bur. hi.:;"grandmother heard him screamiu;; and when she ran to him tho little fellow's clothes were in a mass of fiamos, lt Is thought (hat. hs also swallowed some of the lire. He was buried Friday afternoon ::t 4 o'clock in the Gruiiiteville ceme tery. Engine Feii 15 Feet. Saluda. X. C.. Special.-Passenger train No. ll. from Asheville to Spar lan burg, ran over ?he end of the first safety traak nu Saluda Mountain at o'clock Sunday morning, the engine and tender failing over, a distance of about 10 feet. They engineer and fireman es caped injury by jumping. No passen gers were hurt beyond slight bruises sustained by a few. The damage to th? engine will amount to about $500. _ .... , Extra Session of Legislature. j Montgomery, Special.-Acting Gov-t ernoi Cunningham has declined to calc Au extra session of rhe Legislature it response to the almost universal de 'j marni of members of the har of th ! State because of the recent decision \ 1 '.he Supreme Court declaring" the Lu J ? iudlciary bill, Involving the entire jud ( -'arv system of the State, to be unce t ??tutional. The adi on of the Govern f makes ii Incumbent upon the e?ecuti I? committee to meet and decide who p li Democrat.!* nominees. / Leiter Accepting Populist Minalton Made Public SCORES BOT fi OTHER CANDIDATES Populist; Nominee Declares Th*t He Devotes Most of His Fire to Parker as a*).; Artful Dodger, since Roose velt -?t?fids Boldly Out in the Open. The letter of Hon. Thomas E. Wa'i /cr. accepting thc Populist nomination for the presidency is in substance as fOllOWST; 'To Hofi. Samuel W. Williams, (jliajr mari Committee on Notification: - "Whal two '?i-b?i political parties have, in1 turn, governed a country, Awi have, between them, brought unsatis ?actory::conditioiis, it is but a natural incfc {hat ?i third party should arise. Citizens who have looked in vain til "the twtf great parties"' for rem?diai legislation lose confidence iii';oth after a white; and adopt one of two courses: Tiley either submit to the evils of had government; of protest by organizing a third .'party. "To Sie student of history, there is luitliiuf; mc?rc saddening than the ten dency'of the people to suunii?. As a nile, political education never reaches Ihe masses. State-craft, like priest ?ra?t) jealously guards Its secrets. There is always the inner sanctuary, which (he people are taught lo believe would be profaned -the touch of [heir unholy feet." Mr. ;vya???':rtl?e>i takes a fall out of the ruling classes in Engird; Ger- j many, Italy. Egypt and India, and con tinues" !?;' "How isJ? ?? Silt o*m land? God l;ev.ejr:;?h?de ? grander nonie* tot bit* '.hlldrbh.than.ihar- which the Cavalier tif Virginia, the Uh lehman iii New Vcrk. and the Puritan in Massachusetts souglitV.as a refuge from thc systems ? bf ch? blcl w?rld. In natural advantages this earth holds no reign ??pSrior to ours.:. Once it belonged to the people. WitlV.'Ms gun,, thc common man won it m?lf ay htil? from the indian, the Frenchman, the Saxon, and the' Sps?? Iard. What the common man did not. win with his gun. he bought with his money; From sea to sea, the land which :s- oars became ours because the com - mon man was ready lo pay for it with hie tax" money or his blood. What has become of it? With bewil deringri-apidicy. it han been taken from the ccimmou p?op_!c_and given to the THE GOLD STANDARD. "Once upoii ii time we bad a finan- j cial system of our own. Placed in the constitution as part of our fundamental j law, it seemed to be firmly fixed. For a j hundred years this money system was in operation among us. Therefore, it seemed to be 'irrevocably fixed.' Very wise men created this system bf na- I tiona) finance, lt was the one subject upon which Thomas Jefferson and Al exander Hamilton agree:!. Those two were, perhaps, the greatest statesmen this country ever produced. So pre-em inent were they above all others, that j they divided the people into two dis- j linet schools of political thought. But. j upon the vital subject of finance, these j master-minds reached the -ame ( -in clusion; and that conclusion became a part of the constitution. "To establish the single gold fctan i'.ard; which sets thc constitution arid*, the statue had to be violated. The won! (oin' had to be constructed to mean 'gold only;' and the paper note, issued on silver, had to be redeemed in a man ner different from that prescribed by law. "There are at least five reasons why the .gold standard cannot be consid ered as fixed: "ll) l.'t is unconstitutional. "(2) It violates statute law. "(3) Thc supply of gold might in crease beyond ali the circulations of the money power. Thus, the standard ol' value would get beyond their con trol. In that event, the money power itself would change the standard. "(0 The supply of gold might sud d?ni: cease. In that event, contraction woull at once set In, because thc coun try's expansion In business and in crease in population required a con stnnily increasing ulation of currency. If tie horrors of contraction should aga'n come upon us by the selfish pol icy of the money power, the people .woild compel a change in the standard. WU street gave us tho panic ot 16".'!; Will street gave ns the panic ot 1S93. 1.4. Wall street give us another, and it my find that it has given us oe too many. The American people h ve about reached the limit <>:' endu rnce. [ "We have heard much ol' "constitu Onalism' in this campaign. The sin erity of the crime ls known by the fact lat thc gold standard, which violates lo statute law and the constitution, is at only supported by Theodore Robae tlt, the emperialisl, but by Alton B. Jirker, the chosen apostle of cons: itu Dualism. "(5) The gold standard is not 'irrcv table fixed,* because it is unscientific id wrong. Nothing is more certain tari that the people of this country ill continue their struggle until they ave a national currency, which elie oney power cannot control; ami which nswers the purpose of perfecting cx hanges without becoming uh armory, rom which the baccaneeis of modern manee draw the irresistible weapons vith which they attack valuta ?jud raid ho markets. "One of the worst tentures of our liiiaueial sj'steai jn the farming out tu , .he national bank of the power, privj ege and profit of supplying the coun ry with paper currency. Instead ot . jsiug its. own credit for the crjucl hen ;fit of all the people, the government 1 ends this credit to the national banker ! o bo used for the benefit of the banker. Thus, the national banker becomes Ilia 1 jcneflciary of special privileges; hnd, :-asing his notes upon the credit, of the | ;overnment, charges his fellow citizens j ! or the use of them. He, the privileged, 1 attens upon usury at the expense of I he unprivileged. There are now ahouc ' ? ive thousand national banks, which ;eep in circulation more th:?n foin lundred million dollars of their unies ! c u 80 ner cent, this represents o y earl v ? profit of more than thirty million dol lars, which they d?rive" from the spe cial privilege of using the public credit fer their private benefit. Clothed with Hie sovereign power" of creating what is practically a legal tender currency, they can contrae*- lt or expand it when ever they please; ?nd, if they decide to give the country a taste of their des potic power, as in 1893, there is no power which can protect thc victim. No class ot citizens should bc clothed by '.aw with such terrible advantages over :helr fellows. The question .of transportation is ?iscD<fced at considerable length, as also (l>.e tri?si ?juestion. There is also a, characterization ('?? Parker and Roosevelt. The Populist creed is'giv en at length, Mr. Watson claiming that it represents true Jeffersonian principles. In con'elnsirii:- Mr. Watson says: . Tlie Pe?ple'M piirfcy favors the ptd> lie ownership ot public utilities, in nearly every civilized country the government owns the railways, the? ' ?Bl'.?it! iiulihi and tho telephones. The, iast liri; should be a part of our post office, system, io xvl"ch sIl0ll,d be* lttfe<l (he parcel post, to our peo-. pie from Hie Extortionate, charger ?v \ the express companies: '?hb People's, parly has always advocated ?hf> grao* na ted income lax. This would noi; ;nly throw the support of the govern-; ment Upon the rich.- where it should; be, but would, in a great measure.' ??reven*, the accumulation Ot' huge,, unnecessary ?&? dangerous fortunes^ We favor the eight-hour lnw/.and tho: abolition of child-labor in factories'.1 where the unhealthy moral and phys-! Icfii conditions are almost certain to? destroy the c.'xi'd. We believe it to' bo a part of man's natural liberty and'; ...quality to labor for himself frift not; for ? master, and that the laws should.. ?ie so framed th*t there should be no monopoly cf the land for either the: living or the dead. Recently we. havq heard the insidious voice oil those who tell us that man is not' ...om free, but must earn his freedom.1 This jiernjei??'* . and. false, statement: sondes trom one of tho?-e millionaire, colleges. ir?fcre opinions are censor ed, just as books are fc?nsored by the Carnegie libraries "Upci? inls subject Mr. Jefferson, said that 'the Go? Wno gave us life; save ti? liberty at the crime time.' HQ also announced as a principle that XijO ?rirtfi is given a? a common stock tor man td Iftbor and live on. If for (he encouragement of industry we al low it. io fe? appropriated, we must1 take care thal othe? employment b? I provided to those excluded from tho | appropriation; If we do not, the tvn<h I amental rigiit i? labor the earth re turns to tho imemploicU" FIANL APPEAL. "To thc ???rage and the intelli gence of the vo?erj ? appeal. If you ?bink I nm right, vote thai var, or you aro a moral coward. Do'not fear i hat your vole will be 'thrown away.'' Vour vole is never thrown away un til it ceases to he the representative jf your hones', convictions." t ??mt? WOT?T/D. .mw uituea umuna u?> -.---w the manufacturing and mechanical pur-! Organized labor ip Chicago, iii., has decided to establish a bank, and steps j have already been taken lu that direc-' tiom ! Thc paperhangers' strike nt New Or- J leans. La., is almost a thing of Hie j past, the men having won ont in all of j their demands. J An agreement between thc coal mino operators of Montana and the United ! .Mine Workers of America for District ! 22 has been concluded. j There has been a considerable move- j ment this year nf Mexican laborers to ? the cotton fields of Texas, GUIuuoina, I Louisiana and Mississippi. The State o.': Iowa has bought a printing outfit and will establish a printing house on a small scale suitable for teaching boys the art ol' printing; A fifteen-cent assessment has been laid on each union man in San Fran cisco, Cal., to aid the coming conven tion of the American Federation of Labor lo be held in that city in No vember. Boston (Mass.) Building Trades Ceur. cil has pledged itself in the future not i to allow any of its members to be buried in any but a union coffin, bear ing tho label of thc Woodworkers' In ternational Union. Pacific Coast labor unions are plan ning to make a fight in Congress for legisla I ion to protect American seamen from the unimpeded importation of Chinese crews for service on vessels ; Hying the American fiag. - j PROMINENT PEOPLE. General Kurokl's favo He food la said to be beau*. King Charles of Portugal has thc rep utation of being a great athlete. Hon, George H. Williams, Mayor of Portland, Ore., is eighty-two years old. j Alfred Akerman, of Macon. Ga., has i been appointed forester of Mussachu setts. Mrs. Hamlin Garland, wife of the au- ! thor, is the constant inspiration of ber I gifted husband. Georgs Barr McCutcheou, a novelist, was married to Mrs. Marie Van Ant- f werp Fay, of Highland Park, III. Ex-Empress Eugenie may be seen al most any line diiy taking long drives in H motor car in ibo Bois de Boulogne, Paris. Christian Smith, of Harper's Ferry, is one ol' tin; oldest of the veteran rail road men of this country. He ts nine-1 ly-one years old. Now York has six ex-Mayors surviv ing: Edward Cooper, Hugh J. Grant, Thomas Gilroy. Robert A, Van Wyck. Smith Ely and Seth Low. Sig. Gabriele iTAnrinnzio responds io j each applicant for his autograph that I he will be pleased to give it. but only I on a copy of one of his works. Less than a quarter century ago William B. Biddle, who at forty-eight succeeds Paui Morton as seeoud vice president of the Santa Fe; was break ing on a freight train. Bishop .T. W. Bashford, one of the recently elected bishops of tm.. Metho dise Episcopal Church, has sailed from San Francisco, Cal., for Shanghai, China. where he will preside over the c-onfereuee in that country. Professor Charles H. Spooner, who was for fourteen years professor ot j mathematics and English in the Man- j ital Training School at Washington University, has bren elected president 3? thc Norwich University, of Vermont. Von will never hove to love your cn- j mies very long, the process will kill j hom. ' An Awful Japanese Custom. It was a custom in old Japan to bury' living retainers, . servants and even horses, upright in a circle ron nd the grave of a member of any ! sn per* ial or noble family. The heads of these poor wretches were left exposed and their cries of agouy during their lingering death could be heard night and day. This awful custom was changed by a tender-hearted ruler ?a the second year of our Christian era. rough clay images being substituted for the living beings, but so Jaie as A. D. C4G another emperor had to leg islate against thc recurrence of such living burials. Much of the (Jest Eastern farming talent is being directed lo dairying, in cluding the production of milk for thc wholesale marke??. Tliese. with poul try, fruit and vegetables, are fast be coming the money products of the whoio section, the Massachusetts Ploughman asserts._ i ruc 11 up icu. Ile was in the society of many cu ' rates and old maids at a tea party. 1 The conversation had turned on th? ! question raised by the Leeds Physi cal society, "Docs the Wearing ol Hats Make Men Bald?" and he tool; uj his parable. "Not hats, deal friends, but, shirts. Xow you will havt noticed that a man takes off his shir! over his head, thereby dragging thc hair out by the roots, whereas a worn au-" Here three teacups dropped.-Lon dou Sporting News '.Ht' Tuberculosis in Belgium. It is estimated that the deaths from tuberculosis throughout the kingdom of Belgium .in 19?4 were 13,467. This nalady is seemingly on the increase ind efforts arc being made to provide sauatoriuai for the afflicted. Thc province of Liege has already ex pended 1,300,000 francs ($250,900) In his matter, and will go further in its .ndeavor to offer medical care and at t cntion to the afflicted. Farrand Organs The Bese in the world. The Factory does three quarters of a million dollars worth of business a year. ?Duality considered they are tde CHEAPEST ORGANS made: Over rift}' now in stock. Terms accommodat ing.- Write me before buying elsewhere. Other magnifi cent organs in appearance at Forty-Five Dollars, with stool and box. Freight "paid J. A. Holland NINETY SIX, S. C. W. J. Rutherford & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Corner Reynolds 'afo? Washington Streets, Augusta, Georgia^ THIS SPACE IS TAKEN BY The Leading Grocers of Augusta Ga., ARRINGTON BROS. 839 Broad W. F. SAMPLE of Saluda County and H.H. SCOTT, JR., of Edgefield County are with us and want to see you. Wagons Buggies FURNITURE .Large Shipments of Ibo best makes of wagons and buggies "just received. Our stock of furniture aud house furnishing? i? complete. A Largo stock. COFFINS and CASKETS. always on hand. All calls for our Hearse prompt ly responded to. All goods sold on a small mar gin of profit. Call to see me, I will save you money. GEO. JP. COBB. 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