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Sout? Carolina Crime Statistics. Summary of Attorney Gene? ral^ Annual Report Columbia, Dec. 31.*-Attorney Geo era! Barber's report lo the general as ' sembly ie DOW io the bands of the State printer and will be issued in a few days. In bis report this year be bas endeavored to give in consolidated form lae crime statistics ol the State, oom pariso?? by/counties and years fora : decade bei og made. The. year which has jest ended showe tbat there bas teen a considerable falling off ia the total number- of criminal cases. The ; only bad showing is tba? made in the ' number ot homicide cases. In sum sarixiag the fignres given io tbe com : plot? tables Mr Barber say? io hie re port: "Titer* are three consolidated state? ments given in this report. 1st Sb ow? ing tk? namber and character of orimi *?i^;.ioise8 disposed of daring the year 1897. 2nd. Showing che crimes by circuits and counties. 3rd. Showing the namber of homicide and other ease? disposed of io tbe State dering the leisten years, and tbe camber each year. ."From tbe firat atfttement it will ap? pear fcbat 2,485 crimin?is cases were dispossd of from the 1st of January, -1897? to 1st January, 1898. Daring fhbe 14t months from Nov/1. 1895, to | Ja?; I; ?897, there wer? 3,002 cases ;Jaa reported last year It will be rseea that there baa beer/ a & decrease of ?17 otaes. Bat this is not the aetasi decrease, as the last consolidated state? ment iras for 14 months ioatead of one year. Ac analysis of the statement for ~ year i897 will show that there has rr * d?ferease in the crime? of burg ^/?afBoa, assault and battery, ob '^g goods ander false pretenses, zzy, high wary robbery, riot and vic?ateos of tbe dispensary law, and Van ?crease tn those of kreeny. * mur ; der, rape aod resisting public officers. The per cent nf convictions in all the - cases disposed of is 37, and of the eases actually tried about 65. The per cent of convictions in homioide cases ;^s about 27, in burglary. oases 70, io larceny eases about 65? ia assault and batteries shoot 70, and in dispensary -:/'eases about 60 per ceo t M0f the convictions for the year, 1897, 6 were sentenced to death, 26 to ^the penitentiary-for life, 410 to terms in the penitentiary, and 447 to the jail and ehaingang. '.Puring die year there were 20 mis triam in criminal eases, some io all the circuits. There were 34 eases of rape disposed of, and of this number there were ?2 no bills, 10 opt guilty and 12 guilty. There were 25 eases of highway robbery, of which number there were 7 no bills, 2 not guilty and 16 guilty. There were 225 homioide eases, of which number there were 31 ne bills, 120 not guilty and .74 guilty **T?e second statement shows that in Charleston county there were 537 crim? inal cases* the largest number io any count y ; Spartan borg is next with 142 eases. Orees ville with 107. Orangebnrg with 106, Florence 70, Darlington, 71, Union 72. Clarendon had the smallest number-18, while Greenwood bad 5, and Cherokee 13. Three of the death sen ie ?ces were in Newberry county, one ia Beaufort, one in Darlington and ene ia Georgetown. There were no death aeotenees io the 1st, 5th. 6th and 8th circu? ia It appears ?hat there were only 26 sentences in al! the conn ties to the penitentiary fdr ii fe, and the largest number of these was in the 7fch circuit. "h will be seen from the third state? ment that it is incomplete aa some of the sclicitore failed to make annual re? ports. "There has been a gradual increase af homicide eases disposed of in Ike S?ate each year since 1888. The year 1888 begun with 107 oases, and "the year 1897 ends1 with 225 oases. The largest number nf oases during this period was in the 1st circuit-312 ; the next iargest in the 7th circuit. 225, and the nest ie the 2cd. circuit. 223; with tee smallest in the 3rd circuit, 116. Daring the year 1897. the largest num? ber waa io the 1st cirooit, 44, and the smallest in the 4tb circuit, 14 "I made an effort to ascertain from the sheriffs of the State the number of hemicidee committed io each coun? ty, aod the names and color of the par? ties killing and killed, but failed to get sufficient information to give in this report the number of whites and col? ored killed, and the number of whites and colored committing the homi cides. The reports of the solicitors do sot give thia information. As to the cause of this increase in homicides itt South Carolina it ia very difficult to determine. There is no doubt but that a combination of causes produces thia unfortunate condition." The following is the statement of the crimes and tbe results of the trials io the different circuit? ; _ First Circuit-Mistrials, 4 ; no bill and discontinued, 408 ; not guilty, 78 ; guilty. 210 ; grand total, 696 ; jail or fine, 61 ; penitentiary for term, 145 ; penitentiary for life, 3 ; death sentence, 0. Second Circuit-Mistrials, 6 ; no bill and discontinued , 107 ; not guilty, 45 ; guilty, 93 ; grand total, 245 ; jail or fine, 73 ; penitentiary for term, 15; penitentiary for life, 4 ; J^!ith sentence, 1. ' 'r* Circuit-Mistrials 4 ; no bill ?ontinued, 47 ; not guilty, 33 ; guilty, 91 ; grand total, 171 jail or fine, 33 ; penitentiary for term 65 ; penitentiary for life, 3 ; deatl sentence, 1 Fourth Circuit-Mistrials, 1 ; n< bill and discontinued, 150; not guilty 33 ; guilty. 99 ; grand total, 282 jail or fine, 80 ; penitentiary for term 15; penitentiary for life, 3 ; deatl sentence, 1. Fifth Circuit-Mistrials, 1 ; no bil and discontinued, 58 ; not guilty, 58 guilty, 119; grand total, 235 jail or fine, 0; penitentiary for tetm 10 ; penitentiary for life, 0 ; death sentence. 0, Sixth Circuit-Mistrials, 1 ; no bil and disco mt in ned, 51 ; not guilty 68 ; guilty 93 ; grand total, 212 ; jail oi fine, 6 ; penitentiary for term, 85 ; penitentiary for life,^2 ; death sen? tence, 1. Seventh Circuit.-Mistrials, 1 ; nc bill and discontinued, 132 ; not guilty, 49 ; guilty, 132 ; grand total, 313 : jail or fine, 104 ; penitentiary for term 21 ; penitentiary for life, 7 ; death sentence, 3. Eighth Circuit-Mistrials; 2 ; nc bill and discontinued, 105 ; not guilty, 70 ; guilty, 143 ; grand total, 318 ; jail or fine, 90 ; penitentiary foi term, 55 ; penitentiary fer life, 4 ; death sentance, 0. Total-Mistrials, 20 ; no bill and discontinued, 1,058, not guilty, 434 ; gniltyp 980 ; grand total; 2,472, jail oi fine, 447 ; pententiary for term, 411 ; penitentiary for lite, 26 death sen? tence, 6. In Richland county during the yeat there were 70, cases, 32 convictions, 18 acquittals, no mistrials, 20 cases discontinued or thrown out by the grand jury and 1 mao went to the penitentiary for a term. The rest all went to the chain gang. Toe table showing the character ol toe crimes committed and how pun? ished affords a most interesting study. There were 433 cases for the viola? tion of the dispensary law against 627 for tbs preceding year. There were 91 convictions and 45 acquit? tais, while 297 cases were either dis? continued or thrown out by the grand jnriea. The meat common offenses were assault with intent to kill and aggra? vated assault and battery. There were 602 cases against 700 the pre? ceding year ; 228 convictions ; 94 ac? quittals and 280 "discontinued" or getting "no bill." Housebreaking aod larceny of live stock aod larceny from the field were the next most common crimes,- after morder aod manslaughter.. The statistics as to ?be last offense are very bad. Out of the 225_ cases there were only 74 convictions against 120 acquittals and 31 "no bills" aod "discontinu ed" There were 34 cases of the crime of rape against 14 the preceding year. t Twelve of these resulted in convictions. These figures do not include the number of cases of rape which resulted in lynchings. The attorney general calls at ten i tion to the condition of the jails of i the State io this way : "I have beeo reqoested by the State board of health to call the at j tention of the genera! assembly to ? the sanitary condition of many of the Jails of the State Prisoners until i convicted are presumed to be inno I cent, aod are imprisoned for safe keeping aod not for punishment The jails should therefore be made i as comfortable as possible, and their I sanitary condition should be such as j not to endanger the health of pris? oners. Laws should be passed se curing to prisoners at least the pres et vation of their health while conf?n ed. for trial." Cause of the Trouble. : It is admitted that the increase of ! southern competition is the cause of ?be present embarrassment of the New j England cotton manufacturera, but the j reasons why this is so have not before been set forth so clearly as we find them in an ?ditorial in the Manchester (N. H ) Union. Thia paper is publish? ed in a city which bas immense cotton mills, and is familiar with the indus? trial conditions of New Eagland. Tbe Union says : "For years New England cotton spinners have hidden behind a protective tariff, and by its aid have been able to make large profits ont of poor goods, poor work, aod anti? quated wasteful methods of business. In consequence, now that southern com? petition, against which the tariff does not protect them, has sprung up, they find themselves in a dangerous posi? tion. Exempt from competition for so many years, able to make money with out effort they think it an immense I hardship wbem competition is brought j to bear on their business. This view ie practically endorsed by Tho Wool and Cotton Reporter of Bo? ! too, the leading publication nf its kind io the oouotry, when it sbows by facts and figures that tbe only cotton mills in New England which have oontioued to prosper since the south became so im? portant a factor io the manufacture of cotton good* have beeo those which have adjusted themselves to the ad? vances io tbe methods of manufacture aod other changed conditions The New Eogiand mill men cacoot expect to make money oo overcapital tsed property conducted on out of date principles They have relied upon a j high protective tariff to shield them from foreign competition, but DOW they find a oompetioo in their own country which puts them on their own merits, and these are not sufficient to sustain them.-Atlanta Journal. For Sufferers in Klondike Regions. Washington, Dec. 30 -Mr Sifton, ?he Canadian minister of the interior, called at the war department by ap? pointment to-day and had a lone con? ference with Assistant Secretary Mikeljohn. who is giving his atten tion the Klondike relief expeditions daring the illness of Secretary Alger Having secured the consent of the British government to the passage of the United States troops, to be used as guards, over Canadian territory, ali that remains to be done is to ar? range for the admission of the sup? plies to be taken to the miners with? out payment of duties, provided they are not sold for more than their ac? tual cost. Mr. Sifton says that the only practi? cable route to Dawson City is what is known as the White Pass, or com monly called the lake route, com menceing at Skaguay, on Lynn canal. He 6tates that they have 85 men in the territory and expects to have 50 more at Skaguay on or before Janu ary 5 . They have twenty tons of supplies stored at Skaguay for trans? portation over the pass, to which will be added ten tons more within, the next ten days for transportation over the pass The Canadian authorities have a post at Lake Bennett and one at Tagish, at which latter place twenty men are 8 lat ion ed, and a post at White Horse Rapide and two posts intervening between the latter point and Fort Zelkirk It is the intention of the Canadian government to have a detachment of 250 men in the territory within the next thirty days This detachment will be ready to leave Skaguay on the 15th prox.. but the minister has kindly consented to hold the expedition that they may accompany the expedi? tion of the war department, which will leave Skaguay on or before Feb? ruary 1st. The government bas kind ly consented to grant escorts to our expedition provided the co-operation cannot he consummated. The government duties upon all supplies sent in under military control will be waived by the Canadian gov? ernment.. The minster was over the pass in October last year, and staled * that the government would be very gland to grant our expedition the use of their posts on the ronte and grant all other facilities to the move ment of our expediton over their ter? ritory. Quinine and other fe* ver medicines take from S to 10 days to cure fever. Johnson's Chill and Fever Tonic cures in ONE DAY. Autonomy Rejected. No advocate of Coban independence need be disconcerted by the formal de? cree of Blanco announcing that the Sa? ga? ta scheme of economy will go into effect January 1. These repeated pro? clamations ard decrees, a? well as the ostentatious appointment of a "Coban Cabinet/1 which with all the pomp and parade possible will bc formally install? ed in office in Havana oo Saturday, are only meant to deceive and cajole thc patriots The offices are u*ed as bribes to weaken the allegiance of those Cubaos who can ba bought either with patron age or gold. The ceremony of in? augurating what bas well been called an "opera bouffe Cabinet" is but an attempt tc deceive public opinion in this coun? try and in Europe into a belief that a new form of self-government has ac? tually been,instituted by Spain in Cuba. To this sham semblance of reform, the insurgents have mide stern and h 3roic reply. They have rejeoted the force of autonomy io uncompromising terms. They have coodemned to death the emissaries of deceit; and corruption And oow there is publishfd an official statemeot, signed by Secretary Peres; and. approved by Presi? dent Maso and Vice Presi? dent Capote, of tbe Cuban Republic, again rejecting autonomy They have no faith io the promises of Spaio. The offer of compromise bas come too late, for the patriots feel that they are on tbe verge of final victory. They appeal to the United States for recognition as bel? ligerents, so that the Spanish troops will no longer treat them as bandits, and so that they will not have to elude tbe sea power of the Uoited Stares to obtain cartridges to defeod their lives Tbey point out that their armies are success ful aod throughout a large part of the island tbe Cubao people willingly rc cognize the government of the repub lio, cheerfully submitting to its rule, welcoming its protection and paying its taxes. It must be remembered io every ref? erence to autonomy that not only is tbs scheme itself a hollow mockery of self rule, but tbat it is actually rejected, not only by the Cubans, but by a large port of the Spanish peoDle. Tbe Carlis's and the conservatives both denounce it, and there i* grave doo.br, whether thc Sagasta government can command thc majority neoessarv for if? ratification io the Cortes -N Y Mail and Express Take JOHNSON'S CHILL & FEVER Richard Carroll Advises Eis Race. A COLORED PREACHER'S GOSPEL OP GOOD SENSE. Some Remarkably Plain and Whole seme Speaking for an. Emanci? pation Day Celebration. Fellow Citizens : I thank you heartily for this invitation to address you on this occasion. You will hard? ly agree with everything I shall say, nor endorse all of my statements, but I come to benefit you? not to please I may wound the sentimental and fasti? dious ones, but remember that a truth that will not wound will not heal. Salt that bas its savor burns the sore spots ; the bud may have a bitter taste but the flower will be sweet. We must kill to make alive I shall not speak of the wonderful progress the race has made (you have heard enough of that) or point out the great women and men of the race, but I will speak of the present and future, forgetting those things which arc behind, I shall press forward to ward the mark of tbe high calling of the Negro race of to day On January 1, 1863, Abraham Lin coln, with a trembling hand, signed his name to the emancipation procla mation, which gave freedom to 4,000, 000 who had been in bondage We should thank God, Jeff Davis, Abra ham Lincoln, and the gallant and brave soldiers of the Conf?d?r?e and Federal armies for this freedom Slavery brought on the war, and the war brought us emancipation The negro was made a citizen of the United States, with the right to vote and hold office. Ile exercised this right, and the government in the south was placed on his shoulders. 1 must confess that he was not pre pared to bear this great burden at the time He was ignorant, inexperi enced and poor : consequently he failed. The Negro race went up to the top of the mountain, not round by round, but with. one leap he reached the pinnacle of fame and honor, while the world looked on with wonder. The race did not begin right, and it will have to make anoth? er start, by laying the foundation deep down on the rocks of permanence. lt was contrary to the laws of nature and divinity so to build. He who breaks the laws of nature will suffer, and have we not suffered for this act? We have astonished the civilized world by our unprecedented progress and achievements, though we did not begin right We went into politics when we should have gone back to the fields ; we went into office when we should have gone to school ; we went gambling when we ought to have gone to church ; we went to making and administering laws when we should have been studying law ; we emigrated when we should have remained where we were ; we went to fighting southern white people, when we should have made friends of them Gentlemen, ?the lace was badly led. for they went against their best interests. Could it be possible for ignorance to govern and rule in telligence ? Can poverty _ conttol wealth ? Is it not true that weak ness must give way to strength. No one can question the possibili ties of the negro, for be has been tried as silver is tried, in all the avo? cations of life. He has successfully followed the white mao. He "can shoot a gun, follow a plow, build houses, practice medicine, orate, preach the gospel, practice law, teach school, manage banks, write books, edit newspapers, navigate the high seas, invent machines and hold office to the credit of the race 5 but we must go back to the first principles-to alpha before we think of omega People who live fast do not live long, and those who rnn soon reach the end of the journey, and find thal they did not enjoy the blessings strewn all along the pathway The race is in too big a hurry The boy? want to b*e men before they are 21. and marry before they are able to take care of a wife The preacher wants the title of D. D. before they know divinity ; and the lawyers want LL D. before they understand the law. Most all who graduate in the English course must be addressed as ' Professor." We want a biography before we have lived, we want to be pastors when we ought: to be in the pasture. Some want to teach that should be in school ; some want recog nition, when there ie nothing about them worthy of notice ; some want a river to swim in, when a small creek is too large ; some want to take Latin and Greek, that do uot know a per? sonal pronoun in English. Some want to go to congress that do not know the first elements of statesman? ship ; some want postoifices that do not know how many stamped enve lope? to give for ll cents 0 ! my people ; why seek to pluck stars and lose jewels at your feet, or ride on the wings of the wind, beat the air for a while ?nd then come down in disgrace i You will agree with rae that our j growth has beeu too fast in tho wrong j direction All is yours straight up, j and you will aiways find "room at the j top," but you rnuat not forget to build downward before you start up? ward. Houses built on sand cannot stand. I am often reminded of the fact when I give my people advice, that "white peep!? do this and that and we are the equals of the white people " We are not the equals of th? white people, and any mau who i teaches such makes a serious mis take We are born equal, and God \ made of one blood all the nations off the earth, but the white race is the superior race in this country You are not their equals in NUMBER, WEALTH, PROPERTY, HOUSES, INTELLIGENCE NOR INFLU? ENCE There are individual excep? tions, but I speak of the race. You can't be the equal of the race unless you possess what they possess. Let the negro race go back and begin where the white race began. GO TO THE FARM ! Stick to the farm ; work on shares, rent, lease or buy land The old patriarchs. Abra? ham, Jacob and others were farmers. God intended that man should till the soil. The negroes are making great mistakes by leaving the country and moving to the cities, where they have to pay house rent, buy wood and half starve. Besides, the majority of the young negro criminals come from the cities and towns Some of the first lessons the boys learn are gambling, drinking, stealing and other vices. They become polluted as soon as they move to the cities. You should not come to town unless you have a trade of some kind and steady employment. The town loafer above ali loafers, is the most dangerous. There are thousands of sores of land in this State you can reot, buy or lease. Plenty of white men will be glad to give you a mule, land, etc , and give you half von make. Does it pay, to farm ? Yes, if you will stay away from towo on Saturday, and as Mr Tbo8 E Miller said, "rake straw and leaves from the woods in winter and put on tbe land." The negroes in low? er South Carolina oan live easy if they would work sud save You can grow rice, potatoes, coro, peas, cotton, sugar cane, millet and grain ; you can raise cattle, hogs, chickens and other poul? try ; you cao selk^ch tokens, eggs, but? ter, and wooaod then bring a calf or cow to market to sell to the botcher ; you should never come to. town unless you briog something to sell or ex obaoge; then, the creek*, rivers and lakes abound in.fiab ; the.woods are full of game You remember the old time diet, 'possum au tatter. The raccoon is in the swamp?; where is the 'possum dog ? "Bur rabbit" is as prolific as ever ; you cen live if you will BUILD BETTER AND LARGER HOUSES. We will never be the equ?l of other races unless we cease to live ia one room cabios and shanties. It will not do for grandpa, grandma, wife and hus? band, sena and daughters to sleep in (be same room. Thero are whits land? owners who will give you the lumber and nails if you will do the building. Some of them tell me the negroes are too lazy to build, others say they don't want any better bouses. The house is the greatest institution on earth for good or evil ; you can't make .a great, good, patriotic and intelligent raoe if you live in low, wicked, filthy an un? godly homes. The home is the founda? tion of society, morality and religion. It is very hard to train up children right in the schoolhouse and Suoday school if their homes are polluted. They must baye good, upright ac? in? telligent mothers and fathers, and a family altar. We do oot want to govern the coun? try until we leam to govern the home. Defeotive homes will bring a defective government in church aod State. I must coofess that we have plenty of church aod Sunday religion, but not enough at home [ like to see good bornes, owned aod paid for by negroes. These are the most reliable and best citiseos ; very few of this class com? mit crime They are the white man's best neigh? bors, and strange to say, they are poor politicians. The education of the negro race is imperative. All the races of mankind should be educated, but the education of the negro race has been on the leap? frog style, as in most every ?biog .ehe. The teachers have been in a hurry lo '.?jradaate'' the scholars. The scholars waat to make baste and get through Latin, Greek, Frenoh and German were taught at the expense of Eogiish. They began their education at the top, as the Chinese build. Some who have taken the full course (college) cannot staud an examination for a second grade certifioate to teach in the public schools The ques-ion is often asked "What kind of education does the negro race aced V Fur rhe present, the masses should have iodustrial, mechanical and literary training. Those who wifb to become teachers, preachers, physicians aod lawyers should have the higher or classical education, but as wc are a j labwriug people and must live by the j sweat of our brow, let us by all means j give the masse? industrial education, ! me foundation of wraith and progress, j Every oe?>ro t-choi?l should have an in? dustrial department What doe? a or- : gro or while mau want with a classical j education unless there are opportuoi- 13 ties where he can ?se thenj to advau- j h rage ? We are shut out from many i 0 avenues of employment, especially io j h the north, but in the south we have j "* many open aoora. We can build J * houses, farm, tncrchar.dise, cook, wash j and iron and do manual labor of all j j kiods A great many negroes object j to washing, etc., but I mean ju*t ?bat . I say. We should do any kind of work fc to make an honest, living. I am will E ing to be a hewer of wood and a drawer j of water, :f that will give me a boase, clothes to wear ?od bread to eat. Last fall while I wag io Boston, I beard a colored preacher ?jake this btatement: "I long to see tine day when the girls and women wi?l leave the kitchen and cook pots of the white people " A white mao, who was sit? ting by my tide, said to me: "We here io Boston are trying to get our girls to go to the kitchen to wash and iroa, but I see the negroes are trying to get theirs from is.*' We are inclin? ed to be too aristoratie, after tbe order of tbe old time southern people-bat we are too poor. Work, work, work, follow the plow, take ap the hatchet and saw, push the plane. Make tbs country bad and blossom as the rose. Baiid a school bouse by every church and make home happy. AS TO POLITICS. I see no good for you in politics, bat I see plenty of harm. The colored population gets excited every four years over the presidential elect too, s.nd many leave the farm and other profitable business, to sit around aod wait for an appointment to some office. Some have not worked since McKinley was made President, and their families are approaching starvation. Let me tell yon thu startliog truth : The people who do the business of the oouotry, white or black, will control the offices of the government, be they Democrats or Republicans, and the sooner yon learn this lesson the better. We have got to write the majority of the bali? nese letters before we can demaad and manage the postoffices. White Repub? licans aod Democrats will yet the offices if they do the business. Colored meo, it is not y oar color that causes this discrimination, bat yoar past and preseot condition, for which the white people are largely respon? sible. We are poor aod igoorant, and the masses have not moved one inoh since th? war. I bslieve if we had had the present suffrage laws in South Car? olina (properly administered) 30 years ago, we would have more money, land, homes and educatioo. It is a blessing in disguise, though it was "conceived in sin and iniquity." Politics have ruined us and put us back many years. LIVE ON FRIENDLY TERMS WITH THE SOUTHERN WHITE PEOPLE. If we are here to stay, it will be tc our advantage and best interest to live on friendly terms with tbe best element of the southern white people. Help to fight sin and crime. Do not harbor the thief, robber, mnrderer or rapist. Help to run down and bring to speedy justice any and every man who commits rape. Such fiends, white or black, should be given immediate trial and suffer immediate death. Wc should have no sympathy for these destroying angels. Do your part as citizens and be ready to protect and defend all wo? men with your life, and . we will hare a manhood among our race that we will be proud of. Ia this way we can stop lynohing. V\ e can do a work on this line that the governor cannot do. Oh, my countrymen ! we live in a glorious age, io a good country-the south. You should love it. Your dead are buried here ; you helped to build it up. You converted it from a wilderness into a garden. Its soil is crimsoned with the blood cf ocr fore? fathers Do not tbink cf soir g to Africa onf less you go as teachers and mission? aries or with sense and means to de? velop that continent. Do oct tbiok o leaving tbe white man until you have caught on to bis spirit of progress, pat? riotism, adventure and push. Live ie peace with all men, be ready to extend a helping band to all men who need your help, white or black, as far as you are able Do oot come to town to live oaless you have means or a good prospeot of a job that will give you a living. L?t the wbite people have the cities, towns and the labor io the cotton factories. By and by you can furnish the money to build faoeories where the race can bo employed We need money now. Watch the Germans and Jews; see bow they toil to make money. They are not politicians, but workers and merchants. Your material, intellectual and moral welfaro is io your bands. Work it out with all your might I bave great hope for my people if they, follow after' righteousness and have jood and conservative leadership. Hot leads and fools wiil bring upon us tharne, trouble and poverty. I dedi ;ate all I have-mind, body, heart acd soul-to you and my God. I am yours 0 serve The address was cordially received >y tbe large audience and the speaker ?xpressed much satisfaction at the fact bat bis plain words and soutd advice lid cot offend. Take JOHNSON'S CHILL ?t FEVER TONIC. A Clever Trick. Ii certainly looks like it, but there is really 0 trick about it. Anjbody can try it who ns Lame B:?ck and Weak Kidneys'. Malana r nervous troubles. 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