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r? ,5TT{<T\T:s SvP,s?r!F -li Uli. L>XvJLi\ KJ L J IN WHICH -HE GIVES HIS VIEWS QN I THE TARIFF. I j Pays a Deserved Tribateio the 7-.st a Sersa- i tor Earle?Says He .-is Under. No or Promise of Any Kind. We present beioir Senator jleLau-1 rin's speech at Sumter in order tha: i our readers may see exictiy hovr he ! stands on the taritf: ^oot-i . heirtilr echoed the sentiments that had just been j exposed by Chairaun Purdy and most } heartily hoped for a high, decent and digai- j fied-campaign. If the campa:gn should not be of thai character it would yot.be nr.* fault, and he for one would not be responsible for the lowering of the tone of the campaign. That was not his style. No one. he-say. regretted more, than he did the sal dent'.- of the late Senator Earie. The death of this distinguished-son was indeed sad.- 'He knew j that every one-present felt keenly the derjah ! of Senator Earie, "the chivalrous and noble- I son of South Carolina, whose life was cut ! short when thai life was so full of promise-; and usefulness for his Siat-e. He said tji.it j so-long as he occupied, the seat of Senator : \ V ? Earle he would do u:s utmost to re-:ieet ereu-j it upoa his-State. : : Before entering up oil tariff discussion proper, he said, he desired ac? make out side remark, and said he -believed one of the, greatest works cf the Reform movement w;is the primary it started. Under the primary, he said, there could be no tralcs and deals. Every Democrat voted as he pleased nc'd he oould not possibly see ho-.v r.there conll be' any deals or trades.: He desired to say i:> reply to certain charges that he for one was under no pledges or promises of auy kind. He was under no promise and he utterly repudiated any deal or trade with anyone.- He was rOo.<}n>a^ f.-i TiAfnir>fr OVMinf..'Vfl.lt, lie Pledied I to the people from the stump. He made no pledges except those he made to the people of his State. And he" assured the audiencc that he would redeem his every pledge to the people. (Applause.) lie added that he at all times endeavored to and did maintain the honor and integrity of his State and his party, and it would be found that hi? every speech, his every act ;md his every vote h::? been guided by the*platform of the party adopted at Chicago. " j "When he. said he -hurled- defiance a; any- j one who was not pleased frith h'.3 record.' there was considerable applause. Later on, j when talking about his record in the six years he has been in Congress, to which he wished to refer, he said some people sat in ~the Senate for sis years without getting over "the Senatorial courtesy."' He said that since he has been in the city he has received two letters and telegrams from mill men asking him to stand by the rate he had fixed and to get back to Wash-1 ingtoa as soon as possible and have tae rate ] maint?ined, as there was an attack being made on the rate, as agreed upon. He said j some people attacked his Democracy, but he ! noticed that ail they gave for their salvation j for the Democracy was that they be elected j to office. . These people, he said, had about j as much Democracy as there was sawdust" in j a three-year-old do!' baby. lie said that he j could speak for a week on the' tariff question \ and he had all the facts, and added that- he J was loaded for bear; guttersnipes 'or every-1 . thing else.. (Applause.) He elaborated considerably on the duty on bagging and said that he and bis friends have accomplished traw rrniA tVt o Q/sotK Mr. McLaurin's views of the tarin' were ! fully expressed in his speech. He said on this line: My friends, in coming before you a: this .time asking for a continuance of your confidence, it is your privilege.to demand and my duty to explain each and-every act performed while holding the commission w hich j the people of the Gih district, and you j through the Chief Executive so generously entrusted to my care. I would add in all sincerity thai ii affords me very great pleasure to meet my fellow citizens face to face and discuss these matters. Permit me at the outset to say, that to the best of say ability I j have sough: to maintain the lienor and it- j tegrity of my party, and build up the mate- j rial interest of the peopple of South Carolina, j I wish to emphatically declare that- in every j vote, in every speech and in every act I i have been guided by the -Democratic pint- j -fcrm adopted in Chicago, and to the truth j of this assertion I challenge contradiction. To those who have criticised my course in > fairness and honesty I extend the hand of fellowship and say. let us reason ever these differences and ascertain who is correct. To attacked my record, I hurl defiance aai dare | them to make good their charges before ihe ; fair-minded people of this State, or sulk j to their dens of infamy, vrhere plotting { and schemes against honest men arc- con- j cocted. I have tried to do v.y duty honestly, fear-j lessly and conscientiously, and believe :ke ! people of South Carolina have recognized ! that fact. Should t^e people of this Sr-:'e 5 wtain m<? ?r> tr-p Spnafp i xz:.\\ continue mv efforts with core zeal auu with thai in cross ed force which experience and extended j powers provide. Mr. Chairman, notwithstanding the taritl I has been a live question during the past j years of our national existence, it is with us j today and is lively to remain with us for an'j indefinite period. With each recurring de-j r?arr- rtw = orxnrtflv. trni^ ilii'TJ > r\ i i 1 uv. ii vi'uuiuvuc nu?v?* j more extensive examination and more* cureful consideration. These new comic conditions force new political issue*, and of themselves many times bring about honest differences of opinion. Such differences should always be met with a spirit of fairness-and toleration. This alone can ^ide us to candid-and correct; conclusions.- For example, when the "Wilson j bill of 1893 was enacted it contained an iu- ! <+f\rr)G tftv n1! t < nATJi^i'l *Ci a see applied with increasing force and ctlVcr to the end that our national revenue? might be largely secured through that channel. Under its operation it wa3 expected thatcustoms duties would be lessened and as .a natural result there would be less restriction on trade and commerce. It wa^ a long step in the direction of a revenue tariff and ] a more liberal exchange within foreign nations. The Supreme Court decided it unconstitutional, and this strong prop was taken from under Democratic expectations. Inis decis-: ion changed the entire theory c:" our system j of Federal taxation in so far as it plainly : declared that hereafter international reve-1 nue and customs duties were the only sour- j ces of taxation under the Constitution as it { now stands. The hope of less customs duties j and still less internal taxation were by this j decision dashed to the ground. Xow that } wealth has been relieved from payment ofi its proper share of these burdens of gov- j eminent, the question recurs again, how j this vast sum shall be secured from the j people. ' j This action of the Supreme Court Trent | further and created a deficiency in the j revenues. President Cleveland un.ies the ; guise of maintaining gold payments -'sold j 802 millions of bonds to buy gold This { gold he exchanged vriih the gamblers of i Wall street for greenbacks, these green.- j backs he covered into the treasury, and used them to pay the ordinary expenses of the Government, and in this indirect liiaiiaer tae expenses ox uie v?crumcui ^ ?. were met. With the present Administration came a j determination to repeal the present tariif | law and enact one more protective in its j features, and more certain," it h. alleged, to [ bring sumcien* .c senile. The ruesJion of! how to meet this Republican -onslaught has j given rise to much discussion among Democrats in Congress and. <!i;itc a diserence of opinion on some particular points. i^ome, . like Senators Y'est, Jones. Mills an: others . favored a ?rowieanda of revenue criecinic? by showing up the irti-juutes of the :;:c;sure. jo that in ftiiure these discussions' -raUrht be used-as poiiticil-capifcii-* The v old ~ that for one-third. of a. century has proven j so futile and barren of result?- There frere | others, 'myself among" the uuiuber. r.-uo | ? favored a general attack on ..j ' >y> tionai -features - of the bill. . : ; up by a vicorotw demand f.-r vxv.-r! jr?Tice to all : and Tor all the people. v-e I ' : there wdre fair' minded me:;. cn-u^h West "who vrouM cjiabiuc Trithuw in a j mor. defence again?: the : lun ioriDj C'1"?- ? b:iie? in the East, tc ' < s 1 v -ripple I; no: ue-1 TV T aff-W->-< ?.?,. i " M V" ' 3 -w> % >'> ? lakei'.. - savor.;- voies wi'l show. i ou will ! pernor; mc ;.>r spying thai- ? too* me lea-i :n ; ' 2'f C'.'vr jcicj?ir;urc. acu ; ^ <_? ;iuisi:5*I tbrit the Mil couM h i?-: been defeat e i or the ?i*t 'ir-r-rivr i or* i'a-i~aariges. Jki I :he bc-n.oerat:?: .pa-ty ac.-u.-i = a ".mi: on luiliav. i ' .'/< -:/ -ii'i oa the arid' j^ank of the CLIcniro i oit- f r;:at:rS:- nr! I :!o c?auss was of C::a'. :::>rv thac-the :irst. and that wyuld bring rao.< .-a: ^factory res nit.?. * 'nhers joined me in this and scleral <T>eeche$ vrere-made in its favor. We assum-' d that, without an- laconic tax-.tas etuire .'ro'.a H^ucajrc 19 ari*? political cxj-it.ii. r-n one of sehcSule-i. There :s not :t an he:', re me *<% ! '? wou:<3: listen to the tar::;'- legate one vln-ie *day..iand up; ocmc : the --it.c cosclusioa. Lei aie gifo you -i few instance-' a:::..'a? iJeinocrats to'-' >-1:-: liu this coctcatioa. Senator Rawlins demand'- <' a duty on wool and gi'.?flni:e lor j /tan. Senator -Vinte asked for a duty oa j i-rax and fruit for California. Senator. Morgan wanted a ditty on irca for'Alabama?1 Senator Pasco warned higher uutics oa cigar wrapper* for Florida. Senator 15 icon wanted, a duty on cot'ou and lumber for Georgia. Ser.aior' Tlilmm and 'myself wanted what we could get for rice, cottoc, lumber, baasite aad..monazite for sout.ii Carolina, OoaTrexsMn Love and Williams wanted a duty for long staple cotton for Mississippi and j Maddox wanted a duty on pyrites und baux.1 ite for Georgia, while Fowler, of North Caro- i lina. jo:nod in .for. it all. Senator Alien-, after condemning a duty on lumber, ofwhj-ch. his State [ reduced none, asked for a duty on chicory, of which his people were large producers. Senator Caffery, of Louisiana, after oxpc-udin^ days 'l?nounc;ng a protective ,tariil". wound up ?viih a demand for a duty, ou sugar. I might tell yoi how some would denounce protection on the tloor of the House, and then come ouietly int j our committee room and :v-k for a Juty oa sonic product ia their o-.vr. district. I became disgusted with such double dealing and witii Tillman, Bacon, Kawlins and others began the tight on the sectional Matures of the bill, and demanded equal privi. leges for the South and her industries. The result of our efforts has been a duty on cotton, equal privileges for Southern pine and ?.luftoc An oo.umeru , and a duty on beautite. We have also compelled the Republican managers to recognize I the injustice of taxed jute bagging for the j ' planter and none on binding twine for the j | wheat raiser, and have put this bagging on I | the free list. Not a single one of us believes j j in the doctrine of protection, and so declc\ - ! j ed repeatedly, but made the fight under that j pan of the Democratic tariiT plank which de; dares ilia: "duties shall be so adjusted as to ! operate equally throughout the country, and not discriminate between class and section.'' In my opinion our course was not. only pro-. p^r, but in strict accord with the ?ooi old - - ?-i:i? ? *i,? ucmocratic cioemne 01 eijuumj w:urc mv law. I declared on the iloor of the Senate that the South asked for no advantage, but demanded simple justice. If protection was | benencia!. as alleged, the South was se!tish j enough to want her share; if the policy j proved disastrous we were patriotic enough j to stand our portion, but under all condi' tions and at all iimes ".ve demanded equal : benefit-? and equal'burdens under"all nationj al. legislation, we wanted to be recognized ! as a portion or t:us great nation, wuws j rights ana opportunities should be consider- j i ed. In this manner we have kindled a fire j ! under this infernal Eastern advantage that j i will roast out all those who are novr rnanip- j ' ulating it. Let us take up the question of cotton duty j J and;analyze it: If (as some say) it will | : be no good. I will answer thai- it will do | no harm, but place, the cotton planter and : wheat grower on an equality", which of it- j self .is a.confession of sectionalism and in-. justice from the Republican party. 1 con-j tend however thru it will benefit the cotton j planters of the South. It will furnish an extended market for our long staple cotton. keep out a lot of trash coming here from Mexico and relieve the growers of short sta-1 pie. of that much competition, which should be a benefit, and I believe it will. Do you realize the growirg extent of cotton imports in this country'.' (Here Mr. Mcl'aurin gave some figures.) , Aside from this there will be a tendency to bring South the New Englaud mills, which ar? no-.v this imported cotton, for the purpose of being nearer the supply of long ! staple. The idea that this duty will not ben- j etit the cotton grower is clearly met by the fact that the next morning after the cotton ; tax was passed a compensatory duty was proposed for the manufacturers of the d'gyp- j tiau cotton. I am no; discussing this as aj Protectionist, but siuiplv as fair play towards the South and as an evidence of what might be done to break up The <-ntire protective system. Whea protection reaches all j classes and all sections it will die of its own j accord. j THE DICK SCIIEDCiES w,.r.. ov.: f'] rf> hv the Senate commit- I tee an i :> mo>t vicious elfort was made to I make this industry feel the iron hand of j sectionalism. I imagined it was pointed di-1 rectly at South Carolina and promptly took ! up the light. 1 gave the matter a thorough investigation and became convinced that the industry was being discriminated against .tad that northern buyers received the bene!it. I made a speech in defiance of. .the rice planters of the South, so full of facts and statistics that I had soon (he attention of the senators. The Republican sterling committee at once took alarm and hastily receded from their amendments and restored the House schedules in order to prevent further damaging discussion. V.'as I notjustitied in defending my own State, and a recognized industry among its people from Northern greed and avarice? I did it then and'i v.-?nrwr ?vi>r t'nf fin- 1 I ?r , portanity arises. I believe it was a duty in-1 cumbent on my position and I did.not shrink from it. Then came TUi; LVMUKK SCif EDCLK, an i here again sectional greed disclosed itself. I r- tlie ;ir-t paragraph the Senate committee placed a -0 per cent duty on Northern cedar railroad ties and-placed all others on the free list. 1 began' to investigate this discrimination and soon found it created a tic trus'- for the North and left the South to care for itself. Northern cedar and Southern cei?r are two different woods. The j Northern cedar grows tall and straight, "with' few limbs and no scent. It is usM extensively for tifts and telegraph poles. Oak tar tics-has been' exhausted in the North, and this duty would make a monopoly of "ced^r.' Canada and Nova Scotia could send lc,.anythiaz the y chose in the line of tics, suci^.a? oak. hemlock and so forth to compete Vith the South, but this duty secured a monopoly for tie only tie timber in the North, 'e made a contest on this unfair proposition and tbrcei the committee to givetbe U" per cent <.Iuties roall. Thelum-j be-schedule vras- taken up sad jin etfort | made to place white pice on the freelisi. I. [ tvith ethers, opposed it on the ground of dis- J criminating against the pine forest:* of the Souih. I rem to the bottom of tais schedule. and found that the whole question in a nutshell was ibis: Shall the North and Hast who have been plundering us for the S last thirty years, be permitted to purchase ! lumb'V ef Canada cr compelled to buy from J us'.' i'here is no yellow pine up North and j ' :rv :-i iVr.i '.ctiirf nino f'nnf i enure sectioi is rooded from Canada. That ] is the cn.sc sovr under the Wilson bill. Northern pine has been largely consumed and Southern pine : < rapidly finding its way in that direction. These Northern rail! owners have' bought an" immense trapi of pine stumpnge in (.'ana ia and only -.vailed for tree lumber to remove their mills there and send their i'ttnWr-to the Statse. It is estimated that ti;e South has one hundred and eighty-three million a?res of. pine forest wai'-ii will now v,e developed. Northern capital viil help to vclop our lumlur la-iustrj i < f goiaj*. to i'asula for that parfo-o. J have -aM that it will raijo the priee of lumber, j h-.-pe it will ar.-i to that csieat. at lets:, we n?av i.-c able i-j recover some of the money takea from us : y the North, au-1 ila-t. This ::::y upoa pint* lumber is aa act of justice towar-is the ? !'i:h -uui 1 am prou-.l that I was permitted : ? tr.lt-? so rrcstirtcat a part ia it : >: : :: = t i t: involved. i !i jX Uefen-iir'-g :ay action upoa the -1 ' .'.vfrim- o r.cr v. ... .... ~ ~ ^ * > . :*>r the pluaJeric*:yoa j have - .> / .' I;' we are to uave free trade [ let u: :: : : nil sections. If ire are to | -v : :.;r.:l" :'v? revenue ivt us have it e^ua; j all o*.e? ' : r^vlon. If wc are tu have pro-j :ec;:oa i,;asc ii q ui cv-tv industry? ~ ~ . t thro-igbou: tie erjjs-o len^t: of our country. ; !--t cur- statute books disc: ose r:o sc-ciiosslisnu. Lot us nave, ir: fact' as ~ell 'i; E!i:a?. 'equal rich's t_> Specjl! privileges to noael" This, I urn tv.f/iii, U the true L'ernoer.tcy. The North his explore I all the possibilities *<>:* the Wes'. sta-l there are no more openings :a that .-ectioii for their capital. The South, which it is hxindorai-iat and neglected under the miser- 1 able sectioaalisni for the ;--ist thirty ye-trs. i now looms up as a lia'i ??f r-remise and 1 ; location fur future possibilities. Krery effort is beins ;:vide hy ?hc grasping :iv:triee 0? New Uagfuai : .> contiaiu- to force tribute from, u* ?n 1 rr: r-:uo return. These keeu All t!.i> w>'l nri.i I V** . ... realize mor^ firm tuey- dare ai:;iit that un i'r. anv:bijig lik.? e^ual cuaaces th-e South ; w ><;;J Arge ahead with gr-nt rapidity. The .growth in power of New l>.gtand hi-- been ob'taia'ed in direct contradiction of the laws of G^l ar'.I riNtars. -li. bus y grown figs from thistles au-1 at a profit. I: ha? robbed. and plaaisrfci ;;s L:>re ^saerou.^ j aeighbors nn 1 its greed and avarice gives signsof no abatement. la that ctiid, bleak region the hum of the cotton spindle should never be heard an l the whir of manufacturing should never obtain. Its location, surroundings and climate are .all agiinst it, aud yet the fair skies of tiie .South have been ignored; its mild climate ncgteciel and the kindly courtesy of nature left unused. Must it ever remain thus"/ Can we not unite as one man to demand our proper su'ik among tLe material interests of the nation'.' i-et us try-it; Let us start the ball rolling here iu South Carolina aa<l undertake to do something for the financial prosperity of our State and people. .. Fellow citizens.- my coavictiois are the result of observation aud careful investigation, and :uv conclusions are unalterable -with the lights that are now before me My position ou the ways and means committee of the House enabled me to study this matter from its center to circumference- When I saw the far reaching conspiracy of the North and j East to plunder and despoil the South, i i was amazed a: its magnitude and the success } with which it was applied. But when I discovered that no one from the Soilih was lifting a hand in her defence I was absolute!}' confounded. Financially speaking, the South was on her knees to the North and Kast, and submitting without a protest to the most dastardly system of plundering that Yankee shrewdness could devise, I tried to convince myself that 1 was wrong, j that these conditions were natural and right, but utterly failed in the attempt. The more ; iDOUiiQi oi it, liiemurc inni.j i UC. wn! vineed of the outrage. Day after day, week ! after week, our committee room and the cor! ridors of theC'-pitol were crowded with Eas| tern and Northern men seeking Government favors for their different industries. j They were cnuning, hold and threatening, and they usually carried their point. Was ; the South represented'/ Xj, indeed, from all appearances, it had neither part nor lot in I the proposed legislation. After a time i-y Southern blood began to assert itself. I ! could quietly submit no longer to see my ; section and the people I represent plundered j without making a protest'.' I finally con| eluded to make a stand l'or the material in terests of the South, to make a tight for the 8 pocketbooks of my constituents. There are two ways of getting e<;ti:il | rights, one is to tike away from the other fellow the rights that he ought not to | have, the other is to demand the same ! rights yourself. Equality before the law. Mr. Chairman, from that day until the j present time 1 have made the best iight that j I could upon these lines, and so help iue j God.. If permitted, 1 shall continue the con- j j test until the people of the South are privi-1 leged to stand upon an equality with thepeo-j j pie of the other sections uuder the laws of J this nation. [ l The speech 1 male last March was the first f j speech ever made upon that lloor denounc-j ing the sectional features of our tariff legisia-1 tion, and demanding equal and exact justice j | lor the South, That speech has not been j | answered, and I predict that it will not be I very soon. [ The more I looked into the matter the I | more firmly I became convinced that the! | material interests of the South were being j j neglected and that her people were being 1 I robbed without objection. j That speech subjected me to severe crit-j icisras here it South Carolina, i refused to I answer them, but instead gave o::t aa address on '-The South and her Opportunities." ! I could hardly believe my own statements [ of the vast possibilities it contained. That | speech has goae throughout the length and ! breadth of the land and fully established the I l fact that the South had opportunities that I I should be considered. i I followed this with a recent speech in j the Senate, the first of its kind ever heard j in tha? Tn r?t?r-ttr?r? of !h*c i bill in the Senate, the speech of Senator j Bacon was the first real danger signal the j Republican pirty received from the South, j Followed up by my speech on the sectional-t ism of the tariff bill, it was a heme thrust in J a vital spot and created no little anxiety. I The Republican party cared not a snap of its j linger for the academic efforts of Jones, Vest j and Mills. Spending hours discussing the j meaning of the word only." So long as I they confined the discussion to the question | of free raw material, cr the abstract theories ( of :irevenue" or '-revenue only" tariff, they j listened indifferently, . and languidly | voted down our motions, but when 1 the unfair and infaraou3 sectionalism of the measure was disclosed ;iad a demand for justice and equality made j there was a sudden change. The llepubii- J can leaders saw the strength of my position, j and that should the olau succeed the entire j protective fabric would collapse. If there j are to be equal rights where doss protection | come ia? The success of the system tie-1 pends upon the continual plundering of the 1 South, but with the Scuth .secure in its rights j and securing its share of the benefits, this "plundering would cease, and the scheme fail. For this reason I demanded a duty on cotton, on rice, on lumber, bauxite, and denounced the duty on jute bagging, and introduced an amendment cutting down the duty on wool and woollens one-third. 1 did this not as a protectionist, since I do not endorse thedoctrine, but to give these plunderers a Jose of their own medicine, : at a time when it would make them sick. 1 did it in self-defence and ia defence of the i South and her people. Look at the situation. We of the South produca 75 per cent of the cotton of the world; we could, under favorable circumstances produce all the sugar and rice that we need. V.'e can produce the fruits of both the tempera:o and tropical zone?. We have the best iron mines ou the Continent, with plcutv of coal uud limesrouc near together. We liol'l the reserve timber Li a as of the nation. ' We can produce cur own wheat, meat and coru. In fact, the prosperity fur the future for this nation lies within our sec- \ tioa. The Possibilities that, are to come i must be sought for south of ihe Potomac. We are the American end of America, and j should assert our rights and defend our ma- J terial interests. I am a candidate on my record, said Mr. j McLaurin. I have made enemies, and of] some of them I am proud. I am a Reformer j and believe in He form principles. We have ? won the victory, but after it is won I do noi. j believe in drawing the factional lines. I do j not believe in punishing my fellow Democrats, j I fought for principles. I have never f cringed or fawned to any man so help me 1 God, and it is a price i would never p-iy for | any office. (Applause.) A- Mr. McLaurin went to his seat there j was much applause. j 23&ke Some Happy. This is an injunction that will be | heeded by all who look to :he promo- S lion. of the pleasures of ethers. A ? happy home is indeed the happiest of j olaces. One roarse of happiness in j the home circle is good music. A [ sure source of ?3o:i music is a good j piano?such as may be naa :rom jd. s A. Malor.e, Columbia, S. C. Read j ~hat be has to say in his new adver-1 tisemeat. . ilalcae of Co'.nirtbts. There are some new facts ard sup:-j -gesticns i:: the ne?r advertisement of j M. A M&Ione of Columbia. But { lhey all relate to the same subject?j :he furnishing of Grs: class pianos and j organs at lo*v prices. This is one c: { liaiones speci&iaes. ana n-i vcacisj every performer 2nd everycn-j who! looks to buying an instrument to lock i well to what he offers. Write him] at once. 5 SAFETY FOR CITIES, ! REV OR TALNUGE ?".?-C-iE5 ON MUNICIPAL WElFAR?. tit Discus*?* the Clites and Towas of Tills Cocri-iy From it Moral hecI Il*lisj!oas 5t?n?ipw'3t? Th<??6 Who Ko!d I'abilc Position#. The sertnoti of Dr. Talnuge las' Sua day discusses i'roa: a moral and religious stand- | point the we;tare of all (he towns and cities j of our country. His u-xi is Ezi*kiel xrtvil.J i;<> iljou that art situaU: at ihc entry o?j the sea!" This i? a pnrt of an impassioned apostro-1 phe to the city of Vj re. It was a beautiful i cii??a rii^itatic city. At the east end of ' !he Mcii-emnean it sat with one hand beckoaiug the iulaad trade aad with the . thcr the commerce of foreign nations'.- ]i swaag a roi:-> hoom across us harbor to-iliut out foreign enemies and then swung back thai b,?a::i to let in its t'-'^Js. The air of the desert was fragrant with the spices j brought by c ira- tu- to her f.v>-s, andali seas were cleft itito foam bj the k .-els of her lu'l* wish horses and mule? and camels from To- ] garmih; with upholstery and ?bony and j ivory from L'edar.: with emeralds and agate j and coral from 'jSyrW. with vine from LI el- | hon: with tines: needlework fr<.rn Ashur and j Chiiliua.i. Talk about the splendid stare- ; rooms ofyour Canard :iad Intnan :md White j Star lines of international steamers?why. : th2 benches of the staterooms in those 'i'jri.ia ships were all ivory, and instead of o".r coarse canvas on the mast of the shipping, thej hal the finest linen, ijuiltcl together ' : ; ilU'i lawi'uu^ut niiu ctii uiuv;i ?umvo> *jui~ i raculous for beauty, lis columns overshad-1 owed all nations. Distuu:. empires felt its { heartbeat. Majestic city, '-situate at the | entry of the sea.'' ( But where n-jw is the gleam of her towers, j the roar of her chariots, the masts of her shipping? Lot the ticherraan who dry their j uets on the place where tlie once stood, let | the sea that rushes up in the barrenness j where she once challenge*:, the admiration ot'j a'.i nations, let the barbarians who build J their huts 0:1 the place where her palaces j glittered, answer the question. Blotted out j forever! She forgot God, and God forgot j her. And while our modern cities admire I .... - . - - .1 i t iter glory tet mem w^e warning at uer awful doom. Caia was the founder of the first city, and I suppose it took after him in moral*. It is a long while i>efore a city can get over the character of those who founded it. Were they criminal exiles, the tilth, and the prisons, and (he debauchery are the shadows of such founders. New York will not for 200 or 300 years escape from the good influences of its founders, the pious settlers whose prayers went up from the very streets where now banks discount, and brokers shave, and companies declare dividends, and smugglers swear custom house Sies, and above the roar of the drays and the crack of the auction eers mallets is near J aie ascription, ?>e j worship ilico, 0 thou almighty dollar!" The 1 church that once stood on Wall street still j threw;! its blessing over all the scene of traffic and upon the .ships that fold their white wings in the harbor. Originally men gathered in cities from necessity. It was to escape the incendiary's torch or the assassin's dagger. Only the very poor lived in the country, those who had nothing that could be stolen or vagabonds who wanted to be near their place of business, but since civilization and religion have made it safe for men to live almost anjwhere men congregate mtiiin nf ih? onnortunitv for raoid gain. Cities are not necessarily evils, as has j sometimes been argued. The/ have teen [ the birthplace of civilization. In them pop- j ular liberty has lifted up its voice. Witucss I Genoa and Pisa and Venice. The entrance < of the representatives of the cities in the j legislatures of Kurope w?s the deathblow to j feudal kingdoms. Cities are the patronizers J of art anJ literature?architecture poiclisg } to its British museum iu London, its Royal j library in I\iris, its Vatican iu Qoine. Cities I hold the world's scepter. Africa was Car- J thage. Greece was Athens, England is Lon- j don, France is Paris, Italy is Rome and the J cities in which God has cast our lot will yet J decide the destiny of the American people. I At this season of the year I have thought j it might be useful to talk a little while about j the moral responsibility resting upon the | " - .1..? i cilice bearers in au our ciues, ? mewc ? propriate to those who are governed as to the governors. The moral character of those who rule a city has much to do with the character of the city itself. Men, women and children are all interested in national polities. When the great presidential election comes, every patriot warts to be found at the ballot box. We are all interested in the discussion of national finance, national debt, and we road the laws of congress, and we are wondering who will sit next in the presidential chair. Now, that may be all very well?Is very well. But it is high time Uot -a??. crtir><? fi?" thr- .attention which we have been devoting to national affairs and 1 brought it to ;he study of municipal govern- j mem. This it seems to me is the chief point j now to be taken. Make the cities right and j the nation will be right. I have noticed j thtit according to their opportunities, there j has really been more corruption in municipal j governments in this country than in the | state and national legislatures. Now, is there no bope'/ With the mightiest agent in our hand, the glorious gosp-i of Jesus ChrisL. shall not all our cities be reformed and purified and redeemed'.' 1 believe the day will come. I am in full sympathy with those who arc opposed to carrying politics into religion, but our cities will nu ;er be reformed and purified until we carry religion in poli tics. I look over our cities act i see mat all great interests are to be affected in tbe future, as they have been affected in the past by the character of thoie who in the different departments rale over us, and 1 propose to classify some of tho*e interests. la the lirst place, I remark commercial cth'ca arc always affected by the moral or immoral character of those who have municipal supremacy. Officials that wink at fraud and thaf have .either censure nor arraignment. for glittering dishonesties always weaken tbe pulse of commercial honor iiTcry susp, uvuij'stvic, c?wj *.vi, v?v?j factory iu the cities feels the moral char:;c!er of the city hall. If in any city there be a dishonest mayoralty, or an unprincipled common council, or a court susceptible to bribes, in that city th will be unlimited license for ail kinds of trickery and sin. while, on the other hand, if officials arc faithful to their oath of cilice, if the laws are promptly executed, if there is vigilance in regard to the ou'branchings of crime, there i.- the highest protection for all baagain mak- j "?SA merchant m iy stand in his store and ..V.... T'll l.n,..-. nnlklnif frv.lrv -jitll I 5UJ-; ",VJV?, i 11 J-i.L?V U^LUiUg WV V?V . city politics. I "will not soil n;y hands j with the slush." Nevertheless the most} insignificant trial in the police court vnti j affect that merchant directly or indirectly, j What styie of clerk issues the writ? What; style of constable makes the arrest? What | style of attorney issues the plea"' What style- of judge charges the jury'.' What style of sheriff executes the sentence? These are -luestions that strike jour count-] - ... .1 v,.? .1.,.^ I illll ruuius lyiuvi-fuiw. A.VU imvv luivn | ii cii'. In the city of New York Christian J merchants for a great while said, "We'll | have nothing to do with the management of j public affairs,'' and they allowed every.} thing to go at loose ends until there J rolled up in that city a debt of nearly 12",- j 000.000. The municipal government bec?me | a hissing and a byword in the whole earth, | and then the Christian merchants saw their j lolly. auU taey went ana toon possession 01 ( the imllot boxes. 1 wish ali commercial men j to understand that they are not independent i of the moral character of the men who rule j over them, hut mi:,i be thoroughly, mighti'y j a:Tec'ed by them. So also of the educational interests of a j city. L'o you know :hat there are in this J country about 7U,"0:> common scaools, and I ihai :here sre over >.000.')UU pupils, and j lb at liij xnnj .rity of those schools and the i majority of those pupils :ire in our cities'.' Now, this gre:it multitude of children will be > affected by'the intelligence or ignorance. J the virtue or the vice of boards of education ) ar.d boards of control. There are cities j where educational ati'iirs are settled in the j low cr.ucus in the abandoned parts of the j cUie-" by ir.sn f ill of ignorance and ram. li j curat not to be so, but in many cities it is so. J I bear the tramp of coming generations. > What -.hat great multitude of youth shall be j ~^ " "" T?i~~ ?? ~tm~" "- '^i u -\ jC thli woria and the next "Kill bo -affected | very much by the character it your public schools. You Lai better multiply the mora! and rfeligi-ia~ ialiuonce* about ihv okhm schools rather than subtract from them. Instead of driving the Bible out, you had better drive the Bible further ia. May GoJ defend our glorious common school itysten; and send into rout and confusion ail its sworn enemies. 1 have also to say that the character of ollicials in a city at.ects the domestic circle. In a city where grogshops have their own way and gambling bells are not interfered with, and :l>r fear of losing political intluerce officials close i heir eves to festering abominations?in all those cities the home interests need to make icnrloration. The family circles of the city mutt inevitably he affected by the moral character or the immoral character of those who rule over them. I will go further and say that the religious interests of a city are thus affected. The church today has to contend with evils that the civil law ought to smite, and. while I would not have the civil government in any wi-e relax it-: energy in the arrest and pimishraeut of ericce, I would have a thousandfold more energy put forth in the drying up of the fountains of ini'juity. The ciiurch of 'J.d asks no pecuniary aid from political power, hut does ask that in addition to all j evils we must necessarily contend against J we shall not have to fight also municipal 1 negligence. Oh, that in ail our citie? Chris ti-iii people would rise up, and that they ? ? * - 1 1 aL. f would put meir nana on me ueiui usiure i pirji'ical demagogues have swamped the ship! i Instead of giving so much time to national! politics, give some of your attention to muni- ] cipal government. I demand that the Christian people who have been standing aloof from public affairs come hack and in t tie might of God try to save our cities. ]f t'niegs aie or have been l>ad, it is because good people have let them j be bid. That Christian man who merely g<ies iO the polls and casts his vote does not do his duly. It is not the ballot bos that de c;acs tac eiccuon: 11 is ineponucai caucus, and if.i! the primary meetings of the two political parties unfit and bad men are nominated, then the ballot box has nothing to do save to take its choice between two thieves. In our churches, by reformatory organization, in every w:;y let us try to tone up the mora! sentiment in these cities. The rulers are those whom the people choose, and de- ( pend upon it that :n all the cities, as long as j pure hearted men stand aloof from poli'ies ! because they despise hot partisanship, just! u/\ ir> m.in- nf (m,t r-jtux 1^111 rnm ' 1VU? -u the nominations, and rum control the ballot i box. and rum inaugurate the officials. 1 take a step further in this subject and ask all those v7ho believe in the omnipotence of prayer, day py day and every day, present your city officials before God for a blessing. If you live in a city presided over by a mayor, pray for him The chief magistrate of a city is in a position of great responsibility. Many of the kings and queens and j emperors of other days had no such domia- j ' - ? -i? . 1 - ? 1 t ion. wito liie Ecraicn or :i pea uc may a.u.-1 vance a beneficent iaviitution or balk a rail-1 way confiscation. Ey appointments be may j bless or curse every hearthstone in the city. I If in the Episcopal cburchcs, by the authori-1 ty of the litany, and ia our noncpiscopate ] churches we every Sabbath pray for the president of the United States, why not, j then, tie just as hearty in our supplications j for the chief magistrates of cities, for their j guidance, for their health, for their present j orw? tUd'r Avarinolinrr mrtralitv? But go further, and pray for your com i mon council, if your city has a common couu-1 oil. They hold in their hands a power splendid for good or terrible for evil. They have many temptations. In many of the cities whole board of common council men have gone down in the maelstrom of political corruption. They could not stand the power ot the bribe. Corruption came in and sat beside them, and sat behind them, and sat before them. They recklessly voted away the hard earned moneys of the people. ti? i 1.1 1 ?liCjr UUUgilL utitj UUUJ, miuu au-* cvu, ) so that at the end of their term of office they j had not enough of moral remains left to j make a decent funeral. They vent into of- j fice with the huzza of the multitude. They ] came out with the anathema of all decent peo- j pie There is not one man out of a hundred j that can endure the temptations of the com- j mou council men in our great cities. If a] man in that position have the courage of a j Cromwell, and the independence of an An-1 urew .JAcKson, ana trie puouc spmteaness of u John Frederick Oberlin, and the piety of an Edward 1'ayson, he will have no surplus to throw away. Pray for these men. Every many likes to be prayed for. Do you know how Dr. .Norman ?JcLeod became the Queen's chaplain ' Tt was by a warm hearted prayer iu the Scotch kirk, in behalf of the rojal family, one Sabbath when the ijueen and her son were present incognito. Yes, go farther, my friends, and pray for your police. Their perils and temptations best known to themselves. They hold th2 order and peace of your cities iu their grasp. But for their intervention you would not be safe for an hour. They must face the storm. They must rush in where it seems to them almost instant death. They must put the hand of arrest on the armed maniac and earner the murderer. They must receive large regards for withdrawing complaints, j They must unravel intricate plots and trace I dark labyrinths of crime and develop suspicions into certainties. They must be cool while others are frantic. They must be vigilant while others are somnolent, impersonating the very villainy they want to seize. In the police forces of our great cities arc today men of as thorough character as that of the old detective of New York, addressed to whom there carte letters from London asking for help ten years after he was dead?letters addressed to "Jacob IIaye3, High Constable of New York." i'our police need your ap-j preciation, your sympathy, your gratitude and. above all, jour prayers. Yea, I want | you to go further and pray every day for ] orison inspectors and jailkeepers, work aw- j ftii and benificent. Rough men, cruel men, impatient men, arc not fit for those places. The}* have under their care men who were once as good a< you, but they got tripped up. Had company or strong drink or straDge conjunction of circumstances flung them headlong. Go down that prison corridor and ask them how they got in and about their fami.ies and what their early prospects in life were, and you will find that they are very much like yourself, except in this, that God kept you while he did not reatrain the):i. Just one false step made the difi'cr-j cnce between them and you. They want ] more than prison bars, more than jail fare, J more than handcuffs and hopplers. more ! than a vermin covered couch to reform them | 1'mv God dav bv dav that the men who have 1 these unfortunates in charge may bo merci-1 fill, Christianly strategic and the means of j reformation and rescue. Some years ago a city pastor in Nevr York J vns called to the city prison to attend a fit-! ncral. A youug woman had committed a j crime and wa? incarcerated, and her mother j came to visit her, and died on the visit. The mother, having no home, was buried from j />r. 11 A?'ror r r?r? inr. 1 ilvl U.lUfcilW ? VVU. ...w , vice was over tiie imprisoned daughter came ! up to tht* minister of Christ and said. J "IVoul-in't you like to see my poor mother'.'" | Aud while they stood at the conin the minister of Christ ?a:d to that imprisoned soul. "Don't you feel today in the presence of your mother's dead body, as if you ought lo make a vow before God that you will do differently and live a better life?" Site stood j "for a few moments, and then the tears rolled j ilowr her chceks. and she pulled from her | right band the wornout glove that she had put on ia honor of the obsequies. and, hav- < in? bared her right hand, she put it upon , the chili brow of her dead mother and said: , "13y iho help of God, I swear I will do dif- ( ferently! God help me."' And she kept her vow. And years after, when she was told of the incident, she said: "When that minister of liie gospel said, -God bless you , and help y-n to keep the vow that you have ma le." I crL'd out, an 11 said: Vouji.'ess me' ' Do you bltss me'.' Why. that's the first kind word I've heard in ten years.' And it thrilled through my soul, and it was the means o? my reformation, and ever since, j ny the grace ot Go i, I've tried to live a Coristian life." Oh, yes, there are many fho .vlmirs:!.! classes "hat ia:>7 be re- i ! formed. Pray for the men who have riie?f unfortunates ia charge, and vriio knows !.i;t that when you are leaving this world yen may hear the voice of Chri.-i dropping to yc'ir : Jying pillow, saying. was sick and in prison aud you visited 12.1." Yea, I tak? the suggestion of the Apostle Paul and ask you to pray for all who arc in authority. that we may lead -juiet and peaceful live^ in ' godliness and honesty. ^ Vrrr*a?rA^r<r T TIPrtu " " V My r~cra now :S to all who. ts&v oomc- to 1 r.r,;.i any puouc position oi trust ;ii anv city: Vou are Gjd's representatives ' God. the King and Ruler aud .Judge. sets you in his place. Oh. r>e faithful in the discharge of all your duties, so that -when ail our cities are in ashes, and the world itself is a red scroll of tiame. you may lie in the mercy and grace of Christ reward for your faithfulness. It was that feeling which gave such eminent qualifications for c-lnce to Xeal Dow. mayor of Tortlond, smd to Judge McLean of Ohio, :in'l to iJesjamm t-. iiutlor, attorney gener : al of Sbw York, and to George Briggs, gover~ nor of Massachusetts, and to Theodore Fre" liaghuysen, senator of the United Statesand to William U'ilberforce, member of the British parliament. You may make the regards of eternity the emoluments of your oihce. What care you for adverse political criticism if you have God on your side? The une. or the two. or the three years of your public trust will pass away, and all the years of your earthly service, and then the tribunal will he lifted before which you and 1 must appear. May God make you so faithful no vr mat the last scene shall be to you exhilaration and rapture! 1 wish now to exhort all good people, whether they are the governors or the governed, to make one grand effort for the salvation, the purificatinr> !h.? r^ilpiiinriiin nf nnr mGrirtan fttitftS. Do you not know that lhere are multitudes ?0m2 down to ruin, temporal and eternal, dropping; quicker than words drop from my hps? Grogshops swallow them up. Gambling bells devour them. Houses of shame are damning them. Oh, let us toil and pray ttud preach and vote until all these wrongs are righted! What we do we must do quickly. With our rulers, and on the same platform, we must at last come before the throne of God . to..answer for what we have done for the bettering of our great towns. Alns. if'on that day it be found that your hand has been idle and my pulpit, has been silent! 0 ye who are pure and houest and Christian, go to work and help to make the cities pure and henest and Chris tian. Lest it may have been thought that I am addressing only what are called the better classes, mj tiual word is to some dissolute soul to whom these words may come. Though you may be covered with all crimes, though you may be smitten with all leprosies, though you may ha^e gone through the whole catalogue of iniquity and may not have been in church for 20 years, you may have your nature entirely reconstructed, and upon your bro#, hot with infamous practices and besweated with exhausting indui gences, uou wiu place me nasmng coronet of a Saviour's forgiveness. ' Oh, nc!" you say: "If you knew who I am and where 1 came from, you wouldn't say that to me. I Jon't believe the gospel you are preaching speaks of my case." Yes, it does, my brother. And then, when you tell me that I think of what St. Teresa said when reduced to utter destitution Having only two pieces of money left, she jingled the two pieces of money in her hand and said, "St. Teresa and two pieces of money are nothing, bat St. Teresa and two pieces cf money and God are all things," And I tell you now that while a sin and a sinner are nothing, a sin and a sinner and an all forgiving and all corn passionate God are everything. Who is that 1 see coming? I know bis step. I know his rags. Who is it? A prodigal. Come, people of God; let us go out and meet him. Get the beat robe you can find in all the wardrobe. . Let the angels of God till their chalices and drink to his eternal rescue. Come, people of God; let us go out to meet him. The prodigal is coming home. The dead is alive again, ar.d the lost is found. Pleased with the new, the saints below In songs their tongues employ; Beyond the skies their tidings go, And heaven is filled with joy. Nor angels can their joy contain, J5m kindle with new fire; "The sinner lost is found," they sing. And strike the sounding lyre. Fell Fifteen Hundred Feet. A thcujhless six year old boy lest his life Friday ia Oakland, Cal, through his desire to go up in a balloon. Charles Coulon, an amateur aeronaut vvas advertised to a*c. lid in a hot air balloon at Blair's Dark and descend by a parachute. Younsr Bertrand o cr?n r>{ P.hftu nr?#?c TT 11 a Tj-">S AngeLss architect, saw the in Sating of the balloon and other preparations. No one noticed the boy in the burry a id excitement of cutting loose the ropes; but the crowd was horrified as soon as the balloon rose to clear the earth, to see a little boy clutching one of lias sand bags, tie was iuiiy <50 feet above the aeronaut, and th> re w*s no way of reachk'g him. Apparently tie shouted to the child to Jmld ti^h*, but it was plain the 'little fellow was getting bewildered and dizzy. Groans of horror came ..from the men and screams from,the women and children as when the balloon had reached a height of about 1.500 feet, the child was seen to fail. Women fainted and men wept as the body came-whirling down. It struck nearly a mile from the park. Ii is believed the boy was desd before the bedy reachcd the ground. At His Oli Trade. Sidney Lisciiies alias ' Lord Beresford1? of Georgia, a sirewd swindler known throughout the country, who was recently pardoned oat of the State- penitentiary and immediately established i'mself in business at Fitzgerald, th Grand Army colony in r^pnrcyiA . rsia a defaulter and fugitive from . .ice. La>ceiles ineratia'ced himself *h the people of Fitzgerald aai qiu ady became one of lis most popular citiz-ins. He married the daughter of the wealthiest man in town, and last Friday he left for SaMnna'n And has not been seen since. Warrants have been issued for his arrest for cheating and swindling. His peculations from citizens of Fitzgerald and non-resideat wholesale housei amount to abrut $10,000. Nine People Killed. A frightful boiler explosion occurron the 'arm of W. A Allen, near Hartsville, Ala, on Wednesday, by ?TXT A A liflw YVJUIUU w . -Ci. ci>;uv viiijitia lost their lives. Allen and his men were just coccludiag the work of threshing wheat aaa were preparing to leave the field when the explosion ccjurred?from what cause is not known. Some of the victims were mangled beyond recognition, and pieces of the ooiler were blown seven hundred yards. Liadsey Allen's head was bio??n away ana has not been found. Allen was a membsr of the Troustale county court and a prominent man in this sectioD. Baraed la their Cottage. A special from Pineville. K?., says: Hugh Joeson and family of five, who live 15 miles northeast of this place,, were burned to death Tuesday night, being unable to escape from their cot tage, which was fired over their head?. The dead are: Hugh Joeson, the fathom \T o T.-r- T oooori hie wifA- lfjAriT Joeson, a daughter, 14 years old: John Joeson, a son, 1U years old: a daugtit er, S years old; Maggie, a daughter, 6 years old. The remains of ail six were found in the debris. The Sre was undoubtedly of incendiary origin, and the 33*11 c-uaty olEcers are taking j sleps to discover tie ?U:Ity party or carries. ( A Change of Base. The ne~ advertisement of tie Keo 1 ley Institute informs the public of an 1 important change?tlia removal of the | ICSIHUCS ITiJiU wiuauia tu vjrtccuville. Tnere were a number of | reaves for the chance; aud it is expeeled that the patronage snd usefulcess of the Institute will thereby bt be very much increased. The man who possesses the funia- , ? ? ? ? 1 ?- A U ? a"P V> _ i LUSXiLili V jriur3 Ui ti UlUCi-.O, UJU- I ?stj, and purity should be judged very j leniently for minor shortcomings. j, A B!? Strike. A gea^i-al strike of miners of the Ignited Idiu?! 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Having decided to go : * more extensively into the mer- : : : cantile and rice mill business, : * : * * and to reduce our farming in : : terest, we have decided to place : : : : : upon the market one of the tin- : : : : : est plantations for general pur- : : : I : : : poses in Orangeburg County. : : i : This property is situated in : : : : : : Pine Grove Township, one mile : : : : : : from the town of Lone Star, a sta- : : : : : : tion on the Manchester and A a- * : : J * ?^ AATttQinino : : : gusui xx. i\.y WU^MA. . : : twenty-five hundred (2500) : : : : : acres, more or iess, with a good : : : : : : part of same under a nigh state : : : : : : of cultivation. On the place is a : : : : : : good saw mill, grist mill, gin and : : : : : : cotton press, a line pasture, 8 or ; : : : : : 10 good tenant houses, and ev- : : : : : ery other convenience a good : : : : : farmer would want. We oSer : : : : : : also for sale two lots and the : : : : : : best store house in Lone Star. : : j : This is undoubtedly a tine open- : : : : : : ing for anyone wishing to mer- : : : : : : chandise and farm in connection : : : : : "with each other. All of which : : : : : : we offer you very cheap and on : : : i : : easy terms. Of course we won't : : : : : : be able to turn over to the pur- : : : : i : chaser the farm before first of : : : : : : Jan., 1898. The store we can : : : : : : turn over for the fall business. :. : : : For further particulars address : : : I : TAYLOR & BULL, Lyons, S.C. j j : ipril 21-Smos THE THOMAS is the most complete system or elevating: handling, cleaning and packing cottonImproves staple, sa?es labor, makes you money. Write for catalog aw, no other equals it. I handle the most improved COTTON SINS, PRESSES, ELEVATORS, ENGINES AND BOILERS to i>9 found on the mar ket. My Sergeant Log Beam Saw siill is, It simDllcity and efficiency, a wonder. j CORN MILLS, PLANERS, GANG KDGEKS, and all wood working machinery. LIDDELL AND TALBOl'? ENGINES are the test. Write to me before b lying. V. G. Badham, General Agent, " COT/TT"M" 'RT A. ^ ?. The K"eeley CIcre. |J ^2cccoco::0c3cco3soc" U ALCOHOL. U I) opj L'\[ 0 Produce each a disease hav- 0 ^ TOBACCO ing definite pathology. The 0 LI L'iiN'J. 'i disease yields easily to the 0 i 0 ? - - - c!> Double Chloride of Gold 0 i (j Treatment :is administered at the KEE-o! 0 LV Institute. Columbia, f. C. The treat- 0 1} meat at the Institute is pleasant. Pa-0 U ticnts are not subject to unreasonable re- U ii ?fr?tinr_ I? is hie taking a vacation for 0 i) four weeks. They only know that they U j 1/ are cured. Detailed information of this 0 j !) treatment, proofs of its success, and Kee- U i |J ly Catechism mailed on application to U ] L> Drawer, 27. Columbia, S. C. 0 1 ^occcccccoOcccccoocc^' i 1 1 \ iimirriiriiirrniriiiiniiriiiirii 1 ARE YOU THINKING OF BUYING- A PIANO ? If so, I am prepared to furnish, superior ianos and for less money than jou will ' likely get elsewhere. YOU CAN HAYS CHOICE of the following inakes: Chickering & Sons. Sohmer (not Sommer), Mehlia, Fischer, Smith & Barnes and ilathushek & Sons. Any of the above are thoroughly reliable and will last a lifetime. ONLY ONE PROFIT. I represent the builders, hence sell at very reasonable prices. Correspondence solicited: catalogues furnished on application. Those who do not know of my responsibility will please refer to any bank in Columbia, especially the Loan & Exchange Bank. Address, M. A. MALONE, COLUMBIA, S. C., PI A ND OEG AJN"S. m i 1 Advice to Mothers. 1 Ws taie pleasure irs caning your attea tioa to a remedy so long needed In carry ~ ^ Ing children safely through the critical riage of teething. It is an incalculable blasaing to mother and cbild. If you are listurbed at night with a sick, fretful, seething child, use Pitts' Carminative, It frill give In?tant relief, and regulate ths -a bo well, and make teething aafe and easy. * U will cure Dysentery and Dlarrhcaa, | ?itt3 Carminative la an instsnt "elief io< yjllc of infanta. It will pro:no*j digestion giye tone and orergy to She stomach and 'ooKela. The ficlc, puny, steering child *ill soon become the fat and frolicking joy ->J cf the household. It Is rery ple^saat to *he teste and cn'y coat 25 cents p^r fccttle Sold by druggists and ty IBS SfCBSiY IBTJG ( O.f" Hcl imbla. 9. O 'HOT MliLSADISli. m No Dasges, a CubisqOse Habit, 07 Fobji lav/ <n juin S?P> OPIUM (Morphine, Laudanum) Etc., CrasD^g In tsom Foue to Six Week?. UQUOR DISEASE Cured Usually in Four Weeks. Also Tobacco Habit and Nervous Diseases The Gore has been endorsed by the Legis lature of six States and one Territory; by fhA Kah'onal Government in the Soldiers' Homes and in the regular army; by many local authorities in the cure of indigent drunkards (morphine and liquor); by Miss Wallard, the W. C. T. U.; Francis Murphy, Neal Dow and the I. 0. G. T.; by prominent men all over the land; by 300,000 cared pa- ^ tienta, more than 20,000 of these being phy- - 1 riciani. 1 The Leslie E. Keeley Company and the \ Keeley Institute of S. C. are responsible corporations which couid not afford to put forth any claim that the} are unable to prove. ^ For printed iniuer aal teran, aliress, THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, or Drawer 27. Columbia, S. C. Mention this paper. SEE 1 - . HERE. ^ IS YO'J* LVflR \LL ?G IT? A.re your Kidney? la a healthy condition 4 If so, Hilton's life fertile Liver and Kidneys will keep them sc. if noi, mison'i idie tor me jj-vsr _ - ? and Kidneys Trill make them so. A 25c bottle will convince yoa of tht* fact ^ Taken regularly after meals it i3 an aid to digestion, cores habitual constipation, and tins refreshes and clears boti boiy and mindSOLD WH0L2SA1S BY Ihs Murray Drug ro, A COLUilBIA, a 0. jj? AHD fljfl 0*. H. BAjE -4. CfcsrI'sloD. S. C I ^ ^ | Si The Piano for a Lifetime- a | >| The Piano of tie Sontli, I p The Piano Sold Most Reasonably. Sj The old, original Matbasfcek, sold byn? g for over a quarter of a century and tb? - *p delight of thousands ofSouthern homes, * %_ More Mathusheks used South than cI ^ any other one make. g Lovely New Styles at Rednccd Price*, ? cheaoer than ever before known. 4 5> 8 Styles once $435, now $325. ,4 V UJC1 9 riow, because we are now interested In ."- | S the great Alathushefc factory, supply y purchasers direct, and save them all inS termediate profits. Write us. XXDDEX &, BATES, ? :4 Savannah, Ga-, and Sew YorSt City. - '& M ^is -. a*',