The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, November 17, 1897, Image 4
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BEN RATH THE CITIES
DR. TALM^Gt PLEACHES ON MENACE,
CF CRIMINALCLAS ES.
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Eeatroy Society?Mrnaco of :h* IaK? j
Uprooting Claeses.
In this sermon Dr. Talmage in a startling :
way speaks of the dangers threatening our j
great towns and cities arid shows how the j
Blubbering fires may be put out. Hi* text j
is Psalm Ixxs, 13, "The boar cut of the \
wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the !
fi Id doth devour it"
By this homely but expressive figure j
David sets forth the bad influences which in
olden'time broke in upon God's heritage, as j
?fnnr ffimninff and fLH with !
WlUi OTIAUV O 4WV |
swine's snout uprooting the vineyards of j
prosperity. What was true then is true i
now There have been enough trees of i
righteousness planted to overshadow the
whole earth had it not been for tee ax men-!
who hewed them down. The temple of truth '
would long ago have been completed had it!
not; been for the iconoclasts who defaced the i
alls and battered down the pillars. The j
whole earth would hive been an Eschol of j
ripened clusters had it not been that "the ;
boar has wasted it and the wild beast of the
fieid devoured it/'
I p opose to point out to you those whom
I consider to be the destructive clashes of ;
society. First, the public criminals. lou
ought/not to be surprise that ihese people:
make up a large proportioa of many com- i
munities la 1S69 of the 49.000 people wio !
were incarcerated in the prisons of the county
32.000 were of foreign birth. Many of
them were the very desperadoes of society,
oozing into the slums of our cities, waiting
for an opertunity to riot and steal and debauch,
joining the large gang of American
thugs and cutthroats. There are in our
cities people whose entire business in life is to
commit crime. That is as much their business
as jurisprudense or medicine or merchandise
is your business. To it they bring
all their energies of body, mind an i soul,
onrl Hiott IaaIt nnnn tho inff?rr?cmnTns whifih
they spend in prison as so much unfortunate
loss of time, just as you look upon an attack
of influenza or rheumatism -which fastens
you in the house for a few days. It is their
lifetime business to pick pockets, and blow
up safes, and shoplift, and ply the panel
game, and they have as much pride of skill
in their business as you have in yours when
you upset the argument of an opposing counsel,
or cure a gunshot fracture which other
surgeons have given up, or foresee a turn in
thf; market so you buy goods just before they
go up 20 per cent. It is their business to
commit crime, and I do not suppose that
once in a year the thought of the immorality
strikes them Added to those professional
criminals, American and foreign, there is a
large class of men who are more or less in- I
'dustrious in crime. Drunkenness is responsible
for much of the theft, since it con.
fuses a man's ideas of property, and he gets
his hands on things that do not belong to
him. Kum is responsible for much of the
assault and battery inspiring men to sudden
bravery, which they must demonstrate,
though it be on the face of the next gentleman.
You help to pay the board of every criminal,
from the sneak thief who snatches a
spool of cotton up to some man who enacts a
Black Friday." More than that it touches
your heart in the moral depression of the
community. You might as well think to
stand in a closely confined room where there
are 50 people and yet not breathe the vitiated
air as to stand in a community where there
are so many of the depraved without somewhat
being contaminated What is the fire
that burns your store down compared with
the conflagration which consumes your morals'."
What is the theft of the gold and silver
from your money safe compared with the
theft of your children's virtue? We are all
ready to arraign criminals. We shout at the
top of our voice, "Stoptnief!" and when the
police get on the track we come out ha-less
and in our slippers and assist in the arrest.
We come round the bawling ruffian and hustle
him off to justice, and when he gets in
prison what do we do for Him? With great
?^ gusto we pnt on the handcuffs and the hopplea,
but what preparation are we making
JLV1 kUO VAC9J TlXk^U. CbAAVA
come off? Society seems to say to these
criminals, "Villain, go in there and rot!"
when it ought to say; "You are an offender
against the law, but we mean to give you an
opportunity to repent; we mean to heip you.
Here are Bible' and tracts and Christian influences.
Christ died for you. Look and
live." Vast improvements have been made
by introducing industry into the prison,
but we -want something more than hammers
and shoe lasts to reclaim these people. Aye,
we want more than sermons on the Sabbath
day. Society must impress t^ese men with
the fact that it does not enjoy their suffering
and that it is attempting to reform and elevate
them. The majority of criminals suppose
that society has a grudge against them,
and they in turn have a grudge against society.
They are harder in heart and more infuriate
when they come out of jail than when
they went in Many of the people who go to
prison go again and again and again. Some
. j* n r i_ _ J - xi
years ago, 01 prisoners wno uurmg tae
year had. been in Sing Sing 400 had been
there before. In a house of correction in the
country -where during a certain reach of
time there had been 5 000 people, more than
3,000 had been there before. So, in one
case the prison and in the other case the
house of correction left them just as bad as
they were before. The secretary of one of
the benevolent societies of New York saw a
lad 15 years of age who had spent three
years of his life in prison, and he said to
the lad, "What have they done for you to
'make you better?" Well," replied the lad,
"the first time I was brought up beiore the
judge he said. 'You ought to be ashamed of
yourself.' Aud theu I committed a crime
again, and I was brought up before the same
judge, and he said, 'You rascal! And after
awhile I committee some other crime I was
brought before the same judge, and he said,
'Yov. ought to be hanged!'" That is all they
liad done for him in the way of reformation
and salvation. "Oh," you say, "these people
are incorrigible." I suppose there are
hundreds of pert>ons this day lying in the
prison bunks who would leap up at the prospect
of reformation if society would only alIatit
V*arr\ a tttqtt
ivn o n <Jbj u^vvuvj ouu x
bility. "Oh," you say, "I have no patience
with these rogues." I ask you in reply,
How much better -would you have been under
the same cicumstances? Suppose your
mother had been a blasphemer and your
father a sot and you had started life with a
body stunned with evil proclivities, and you
had spent much of your time in a cellar amid
obscenities and cursing, and if at 10 years of
age you had been compelled to go out and
steal, battered and banged it night if you
came in without any spoils, and suppose your
early manhood and womanhood had been
covered with rags and filth and decent society
had turned its back upon you and left you
to consort with vagabonds and wharf rats,
now mucn Detter vovua you nave oeen; x
have no sympathy with that executive clemency
which would let crime run loose or
which would sit in the gallery of a courtroom
wheeping because some hard hearted wretch
is brought to justice, but I do say that the
safety and life ot the community demand
more potential influences in behalf of these
offenders.
I stepped into one of the prisons of one of
our great cities, tae air was like that of the
Black Hole of Calcutta. As the air swept
throucrh the wicket it almost knocked me
down. No sunlight. Young men who had
committed their first crime crowded in
among old offenders. I saw there one woman,
with a child almost blind, who had
been arrested for the crime of poverty, who
was waiting until the slow law could take
her to the almshouse, where she rightfully
belonged, but she was thrust in there with
her child, amid the most abandoned wretches
of the town. Many of the oiienders in
that prison sleeping on the floor, with nothing
but a vermin covered blanket over them.
Tnose people, crowded, and wan, and wasted,
and half suffocated, and infuriated, I
said to the men, "How do you stand it
here?" "God kn^ws," said one cne man.
"We have to stand it." Oh, they will pay
you when they get out! Where they burned
down one house, they will burn three. They
will strike deeper the assa?sin's knife They
are this n-inute p'ouiDg worse burglaries
Many of the j^iis are the bsst place 1 know
of to manufacture footpads, vagabonds and
5b L:.'
AMi^rtfAntc Volii /tnllanpa is ti ?n /*a]- 1
cui&ted t-> make scholars, nor Harvard so s
well calculated to make scientists, nor i
Princeton so weil calculated to niase theo- 5
logiaas, a-< the American jail is calculated to <
m ke cria inals. 11 that these men do not i
know of crime af'er they have been in that j
style of di-.ngeou for some time, satauie ma-::
chination cannot teach them. Every hour j 1
these jails stand they challenge the Lord j:
Almigoty to smite the cities. I call upon the j
people to rise in their wra'.h and demand a j i
reformation. I call upon the judges of our j:
courts to ?xpose the infamy. 1 demand, in j
behalf of hose incarcerated prisoners, fresh ;
a>i> ?r>H ffhar sunlight. and. in the name of
hira who had not where to lay his had, a!
couch to rest on at night. la the inwuffcra |
ble steoc l and sickening surroundings of:
some of tlie prisons, there is nothing but j
disease for the hody, idio -y for the mind and :
death for the soul Stifled air md darknes i
and vermin never turned a thief into an <
honest mm We want me'> like John Howard
and Sir William Blaekstone and women !
l;w Vii^oWk Pew 1.1 rl.. fnr the ririson^ of t
r
the United States w*iat those people did in |
other days for the prisons of England. I
thank Gc d for what Isa-ic T. Hopper and
Dr Wines and Mr. Harris and scores of
others have done in the way of prison reform,
but we want somethiug more radical ;
before upon our cities *iil come the blessing of
him who said, "I'waS iu prison and ye came
unto me.'
In this class of uprooting and devouring
population are untrustworthy officials
' Woe unto tbee, 0 land, when thy king is a
child and thy princes drink in the morning!" )
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It ib St grC3rt C&i&>Q)liy LU cfc V/XtJ rr UVAJ. vuv? ;
men get in to public authority. Why was >
it that in New York there was such unparal- >
lelcd crioie between 1866 and 1871? It was
because the judges of police in that city for j
the most- part were as corrupt as the vaga-!
bonds thi'.t came before them for trial. These f
were the days of high carnival for election
frauds, a; sassination and forgery. We had
the ''whiskey ring," and the "Tammany
ring," and the Erie ring" There was one
man during those years that got ?128,000 in
?? unKl?/* Tn a
one yeir ior servmg mc jrw. . ? _ ?
years It vas estimated that there were $50,000,000
of public treasure squandered. In
those times the criminal had only to wink to
the judge, or his lawyer would wink for
him, and the question was was decided for
the defendant. Of.ihe 8,000 people arrested
in that city in one year only, 3,000 were
punished. These little matters were "fixed
up," while the interests of society were
"fixed down." You know as well as I that
a criminal who escapes only opens the door
of other c iminalities. It is no compliment
to public authority when we have in all the
cities of the country, walking abroad, men
i?us
and womf:a uuuuivuo v?v ? ^
whipped of justice. They are pointed out to
you in th i street day by day. There you
find what are called the "fences," the men
who stand between the thief and the honest
man, sheltering the thief, and at great pric9
handing ever the goods to the owner to
whom th?y belong. There you will nod
those whe are called the "skinners," the
men who hover around Wall street and
and Third street with great j
slight of hand in boads and stocks. There j
you find the funeral thieves, the people -who j
go and sit down and mourn with families j
and pick their pockets. And there you find
the ' confidence men," who borrow money of
you because they have a dead child in the
house and vant to bury it, when they never
had a house nor a family, or they want to go
to England and get a large property there,
and they want to pay their way, and they
will send the money back by the very next
mail. There are the "harbor thieves," the
"snoplifters," the "pickpockets," famous all
over the cities. Hundreds of them with
their faces ia the "rogues* callerry," yet
doing nothing for the last five or ten year
but defraud society and escape justice.
When these people go unarrested and unpunished
it is putting a high premium
upon vice aadsaving to the young criminals
of this country, "What a safe thing it is to be
a great criminal" Let the law swoop upon i
them. L-it it be known in this coutry that
crime wil. have no quarter; tha the detec-J
tives are after it; that the police club is be-j
ing brandished; that the iron door of the '
prison is jeing opened; that the judge is?
ready to call the case. Too great leniency j
to crimin;>ls is too great severity to society. !
Among the uprooting and devouring class-\
es in our midst are the idle Of course I do
not refer ,o the people who are getting old or !
to the sick or to those who cannot get work, j
but I tell you to look out for those athletic j
men and women ?ho will not work. When j
the Jb'reuch nooiemau was ?sa.cu nuj
he kept so busy when he had so;
large a property, he said, "I keep !
on engraviag so I may not hang myself." I j
do not. care who the man is, he cannot afford i
to be idle. It is from me idle classes that the
criminal classes are made up. Character, like
water, gets putrid if it stands still too long.
Who can wonder that this world, where
there is so much to do and all the hosts of
earth and heaven and hell#re plunging into !
the conflict and angels are flying and God is J
at work, and the universe is a quake with j
the marching and countermarching, <-od}
lets His indignation fall upon a man who
chooses idleness? I have watched these do
nothings who spend their time stroking
their beard ai d retouching their toilet and
criticising industrious people and pa3s their j
days and nights in barroms and clubhouse, I
lounging and smoking and chewing and
card playing. They are not only useless,
but they are dangerous. How hard it is for .
thern to wbik away the hours!
Alas, for them! If they do not know how
to while away an hour, what will they do
when they have all eternity on their haads?
These men for awhile smoke the best cigars
and wear the best broadcloth and move in
the highest spheres, but I have noticed that
very soon .hey come down to the prison, the
almshouse or stop at the gallows.
The police stations of two of cur cities
furnish annually 200,000 lodgings. For the
most part, these 200,000 lodgings are furnished
to able'oodied men and women?people as
able to work as you and I are. When they
are received no 1> nger at one police station,
tkoTT n-~o Uwnflntm " fTlftv to '
some other station, and so they kept moving
around. They get their food at house doors, ;
stealing what they can lay their hands on in
the front basement while the servant is J
spieading the bread in the back basemeut.
They will not work Time and ^ain, in the
country districts, they have wa_. ;d hundreds '
and thousands of laborers. These men will :
not go at it. They do not want to '
work? I have tried them. I have <
set them to sawing wood in my cellar, to
Bee whether they wanted to work I offered
to pay them well for it. I have heaTd the
saw going for about three mirutes, aadthenl
WMt.ridffii Arirl In thp wnnd hut nn ?aw!
They are the pest of society, and they stand
in the way of the Lord's poor, vrho ought to be
helped, and will be helped. While there are
thousands of indust ious men who cannot
get any work, these men who do not want
any work come in and make that plea
Sleeping at night at pu*-'ic expense in the
station house; during the day, getting their ,
food at your door step. Imprisonment does
not scare them.
They would like it Blackwell's Inland or ;
Moyamensing prison would be a comfortable '
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tion to the almshouse, for they like thin j
soup, if they cannot get mock turtle. (
I like for that C'as3 of people the siant bill j
of fire that Paul wrote out for the Thessalonian
loafers, "If acy work not, neither (
should he eat." By what law of God or man is
right that /ou and I should toil day in and
day out until our hands are blistered and our '
arms ache and our brain gets numb, and
then be called upon to support what in the
United States are about 2,000,000 loafers! *
They are a very dangerous class. Lei the '
public authorities keep their eyes on them, 5
Among tae uprooting class s I place the (
oppresseu. pcur. iu?cicjr tv tv uciia.u ex- '
tent is chastening- But after [that, -when it s
drives a man to the wall and he hears his <
children cry in vain for bread, it sometimes 1
mah.es him desperate. I think that 'here |
are thousands of honest men lacerated into ,
vagabondism. There are men crushed un- j
der burdens for which they are not half
paid. Whi.e 'here is no excuee for crimi- ,
naiity, even ia oppression, I state it as a
simple fact that nrjch of the scoundrilism
of the community is consequent upon ill
treatment Xcere are many men and women
battered and bruised and stung until the
hoar of despair has come, and they stand 1
with the ferouity of a wild beast which, pur-uei
until it can run :.o lonrer, i'utos routid
foaming and bleeding to CgUt the hounds
There is a vast underground city life that i
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,s appalling iiau suaoi-'iui. u wuiows auu
steams with putrefac'ion. You so do?n the
5 airs. *hich are w-t and decayed with filth,
ind at the bottom you find the poor victims
sn the floor cold, sick, three fourths dead,
linking into a still darker corner und r the :
gleam of the lantern of the t-olice. Toere has ;
QOt been a breath of fresh air in that room :'
for five years literally. There they are? j :
men, women, children; blacks whites; Mary j '
Magdalene without her repentance and Laz- | '
arus without his God. These are the "dives" j 1
into which the pickpockets and the thieves j
g5, as well as a great many who would like j;
a different life, but caunot get it. These j
places are the sores of the city which bleed ] ]
nprnp'na.1 ftnrruntiors Thev are the liririer- ' ,
lying volcano that threatens us with a Cara- !:
cas earthquake. It rolls and roars ami sur- j
ges and heaves and rock3 and blasphemes |
anJ dies. And 'here are only two outlets j
for it, the polic^ -ourt and the potter's fi*;d, j
In other words, they must either go to pris- j
on or to hell. Oh, you never saw it, you j'
say. You Lever will until on the day when j
these staggering wretches shall come up in I
the light of the judgment throne and while i
all hearts are being repealed God will ask |
you what you did to help them.
There is another layer of poverty and des-1
titution?not so squ-tlid, but almost as help- i
less. You hear their incessent wailing lor j
bread and clothes and fire. Their eyes are j
suukeu. Their cheekbones stand out. Their j
hands are damp with slow consumption. ]
ineir nean is punea up wun uropsies. a.ueir
breath is like that of a charnei house They
hear the roar of the wheels of fashion over
head and the gay laughter of men and maidens
and wonder why God gave to others so
much and to them so little; some of them
thrust into an infidelity like that of the poor I
German girl who, when told ia the midst of
her wretchedness that God was good, she
said: "No; no good God. Just look at me.
No good God."
In these American cities, whose sry of
want I interpret, there are hundreds and
thousands of honest poor who are dependent
upon individual, city and state charities.
]f all their voices could come up at once, it
would be a groan that would shake the
foundations of the city and bring all earth
ana neaven to uie rescue. i>ui, lor uie must,
part, it suffers unexpressed. It sits in silence,
gnashing its teeth and sucking the
blood of its own arteries, waiting for the
judgment day. Oh, I should not wonder if
on that day it would be found out that some
of us had some things that belonged to them
some extra garment which might have made
them comfortable on cold days; some bread
thrust into the ash barrel that might have
appeased their hunger for a little while;
some wasted candle ox gas jet that might
have kindled up their darkness; some fresco
on the ceiling that would have given them
a roof; some jewel which, brought to that
orphan girl in time, might have kept her
from being crowded off the precipices of an
unclean life; some New Testament that
would have told them of him Vho "came to
seek and to save that which was lost!" Oh,
this wave of vagrancy and hunger and nakedness
that dashes against our front door?
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hear it and see it! I have been almost frenzied
with the perpetual cry for help from all
classes and from all nations, knocking,
knocking, ringing, ringing. If the roofs of
all the houses of destitution could be lifted
so we could look down into them just as
God looks, whose nerves would be strong
enough to stand it? And yet there they
are.
The sewing women some of them in hun
ger and cold, working night after night, until
sometimes the blood spurts from nostril
and lip?how well their grief was voiced by
that despairing woman who stood by her invalid
husband and invalid child and said to
the ci y missionary: "I am downhearted.
Everythings against U9, and^hen there are
other things " "What other things?" said
the city missionary. "Oh," she replied,
"my sin." "What do you mean by that?"
"Well," she said, "I never hear or see any
tnmg good, it s wors irom Aionaay mora- i
iag to Saturday night, and then when Sun-1
day comes I can't go out, and I walk the J
floor, and it makes me tremble to think that I
I have got to meet God. Oh, sir it's so hard |
for us. We have to work so. and then we have {
so much trouble, and then we are getting j
along so poorly, an see this wee .ittle thing !
growing weaker and weaker, and tnen to
think we are getting no nearer to God, but
floating away from him?oh, sir, I do wish
I was ready to die!"
I should not wonder if they had a good
real better time than we in the future to j
make up for the fact that they had such a |
bad time here. It would be just like Jesus j
to say: "Come up and take the highest seats. I
You suffered with me on earth. Now he glo-!
riSed with me in heaven-" 0 thou weeping |
One of Bethany. 0 thcu dying One of the ;
cross. Have mercy on the starving, freezing j
homeless poor of these great cities.
T want, ron to know who are the imrootintr 5
classes of society. I want you to be more
discriminating iu your charities. I want
your hearts open with generosity and your
hands open with charity. I want you to be
male the sworn friends of all city evangelization,
and all newsboys loding nouses, and
all children's aid societies Aye, I want you
to send the Dorcas society all the ca^t off
clothing, that under the skillful manipulation
of the wives and mothers and sisiers
and daughters these garments may be fitted
on the cold, bare loet r-.nd on the shivering
limbs of the destitute I should not wond-r
if that hat that you give should come b&ck a
jeweled coronet, or that gaament that you
this week hand out from your wardrobe
should mvsteriouslv be whitened and some
how wrought into the Saviour's own robe,
so in the last day he would run his hand
over it ana say, 'I was naked and ye clothed
me." That would be putting your garments
to glorious uses.
Besides all this I want you to appreciate <
in the contrast how very kindly God has 1
dealt with you in your comfortable homes, at .
your well filled tables and at the warm registers,
and to have you look at the round j
faces of your children and then at the re- j
view of God's goodness to you go to your
room and iock the door and kneel down and
say; "0 Lord, I bave been an ingrate! Make
me thy child. 0 Lord, there are so many
hungry and unclad and unsheltered today, I '
thank thee that all mv life thou hast taken 5
such good care of me! 0 Lord, there are s
many sick and crippled children today, I .
thank th?e mine are well, some of them on
earth, some of them in heaven! Thy good- J
ness, 0 Lord, breaks me down! Take me
once and forever. Sprinkled as I was many ;
years ago at lhe altar, while my mother
held me, now I consecrate my soul to thee 1
in a holier baptism of repenting tears.
,:For sinners, Lord, thou cam'st to bleed,
And I'm a sinner vile indeed
Lord, I believe thy grace is free.
Oh, magnify that grace in me!"
W?b3t?r G?ta Th?r?. I
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cuspaico irom wasnmgion 10 tne (
JTews and Courier says "Boss Eagfne i
A.. Webster received Wedar>d ly his
lonsr delayed regard for his fidpiity <
co Mark Hanr.a and President McKin
ley. His appointment as collector of
internal revenue for ths district of ;
South Carolina was aorcuccei at the i
Executive mansion W^dn-sdiy mo^a I
;n?. Ii was some'/ai:?)? of a surorisf (
to the members of ibe 'Palmetto" c ;l c
>ny who were under tee impression, i
tbat Collect-r S. A Towns, would be <
allowed to serve ou: his four years s
term, which does not expire untii c
January 11, 1897. At the treasury dc- j
aartment no reason is assigned for tHf ?
udden deeaoitaiicn of Collector t
Co*rns in the interest of "Boss" Web t
iter. Tiie friends of Mr. Towns had s
Assurances from the President and 1
Secretary Gage that no change w-js ?
jontetr.pl^tt d ur?tij the expiraiioo o* t
lis term ' Sjss" Webster publicly
stated oaly a few wetks sgr> that he
I'd not exp?ct a Vicancy in the collec r
;orsbip until next January. It is e
mown, nevertheless, that ilr. Web f
5t~r has been actively and uncf-asir.-^ .
ly at work to dislodge Collector V
?o ts, and success has crowned his a
efforts at He justifies the bciion t
)' the Pi-ea'ideiit ?>> sajii'g t> at he was c
oi alio **d 10 serve out his four je^rs
->v th?- Cleveland Admi^iratioo.aud c
'?eref>>re, 3<5> To^ns s .ou.d uoicom- I
plajii V'r Websrer will go ro
sr or-ce t"> r.b'aia nis b t'd o $60 00c ;
>nd quii'ry ms p-.-mc ly .-s \.r s nv so
sz LtiUje on ti:e w*y rolt ?
?2,750per annum." 1
LE JUSTj-jg 8:. DONE.
Jadz- Xz:-3' u'd b- R y'..-c fl Cp:>n ti; t
tJ : c'n
W? ?-av#. rscs-:?''y y b car vicrs q
' a ?hft ^Ic-c-io:; <>f "ji-o .< .? $non to b" : \
ad by the As-'-ixicIy aud ?>: j'
i oe n-a'.tt-r gros* i:n;tortaue4 to j.
Lbe ueopla we:au:i: proper to ex !i
[end I'nos? views < y eos'e-ETiirs? f, j
practice iBat has rcc.^ iy o.-aie to our !
[iO-ice f
7h?> cfficr- c* i.:ri a'i ;"?dgn is no*. on- i
!? a Meh an;i mo"? .?a o :e but if. is ^
on* thiir sh?: 0- fi'.lt-:? >.Uh t'r:r f=:
i -.lability at? ,s'. ict< 2'it-. ; ]
1:0 U<ati *' ' IV d ' M V-C'i to O. CUt/V { s
ta>- b -<ich o i re v' rac :o:>a! o f j *
-rst.cts, du'iu 'i: i - i p.'KCsa
I PO-; tr.e bzi.c > .<> s, re.?utd (>< polni j
c.<i service, and w j tee a mac j
Msopiitig to a sjslciDaiia rtetbed tr
lection-en- g t> r>r jou? ? * --oh a gesi '
iio>", w? K:U-t iri k fee dofiBoi 3p ^
preciate liif- imp >riai;ce. a-.ci the dig- j
nit? of such a h'gh trust. Tn<? cS;i ,
;i* j-idge is ;he ~ortiiy ambition of j
sf.rjy jasyer, but his star dice in his ^
pr./essioa ar,u tae^sr>e-a of tits breth <
r? a of lb? Bir sr.ru s b- such lh<*? bis
aualiScA'tioLS sre koown by th se who ; J
Lave selection to nuke To ?L .*od tre i
oua'rv with circular itttirs b jr^i^g j1
for voies is beneath the dignity of a {(
aaa who rtas the requisite qcuiifica j .
tioas to sit in ja yairnt upon the j ^
rights and the property of his fellow j
mac, and when we saw the circular is 5
su;d by Mr. T. W Baeot, of Charles-1 (
ton, we could not endorse the meth- i
cds f.dopted by him. The idea of an c
aspirant for a judgeship getting down J
to'the ievel of the' politician is appall - f.
ltg. What has become of the rersr- ] ]
ere* for tb judicial ermine? Has the '
judiciary bten placed in the category 1 j
of poJi icsl offices, to bo traded aud j;
manipulated bj the skillful hands of \
scheming politicians? It begins to look \
ihat way when men have so little re ;
gard for the sacredness of the position <
as to go about soliciting for votes.
We have never heard of such a
method in lhis State before, acd there t
is no bttier way of stopping it, than ,
by placing the stamp of disapproval j
upon it and instead of selecting a man j 1
for the bench who has resorted to the I n
cffica seeker's tactics, offer the ermine !
as a reward forhi^h character, learn- 1
ingr and patriotism.
We couJd, if we had the selection of
sucb, place the judicial ermine upon ,
tne shoulders of a Mitchell, a Barker, \
a Lord, of the Charlts;.on Bar, or if ?
we had a personal preference, James *
F. Izlar, of the Orangeburg Bir. Tne j
latier gentleman would as cace be ap .
proved of by the people at large. He
occupied the Dench one term with
honor to himself and his State aad it ]
was only in the heat of political tx
citement that bis removal came about. '
Judge Jz ar is univeisaily bc-loved
ihrou^houi South Carolina, and we ,
belitve he was one of toe btst judges j
in the State. He was able, learned i
aud always a courteous geatieman.
in our opinion ine u-enerai Aasemoiy could
not cio a batter act than elcCiiug j
ror jud?.je of the first circuit General t
J?mes F. Jzlir. His &ervicts to his (
country :a Uooes of war and p^acs ,
should not be forgotten Take his re-; <
c^rd while in command at Fort Fisher (
when that dt-sp^raie fi^nt was mtdc .
and it is enougn to mtrii the affeciiuns j
of the pft'-oirt. Then in the trying '
iim^s of 1876, when this SUte was re j
lifcVfd of mat horde of 04.pressors, j
much of the rtsp jusibiiity w^s upon j
the shoulders of Gen Jzlar wno was (
then our S ate chairman, and to hia (
ma^iiiSceiit mauagt-m-m c^n, in a
rrevn lo>-i7i? lr.? su.tri nuLed tht:
*N,MJ > ? .
tj erthrow of tfit Republican pany
a?idtht? rt.8torat.ioa <f iioaiv rule for
Sviith Carolina. If Juagr B^et is tube
defeated upon the ground luat iic
was icn ported to the fuss circuit, ai?d
i hat importation wts wroog, then ,
rijfht tne ^roi g bv returiiia^ the er
oii' e to a u eaib 'r of the Bar o? the ,
fir?t circuit and by replacing it up >n J
ihe shoulders of Judge James F. Iziur
from whom it V7as takes witauut ,
cause ?Manning Times ,
A. Grewt Opportunism J !
TC"e give awaj, absolute]\ free ai '
coat, ior a limited tiae only, Tr.% p0o >
pie's; Cocrjm >u Sez>s- M^dLal Adviser,
oy E V. Pierce, M D Chief Cur suit
ma Physician to tbe Iavalids' H >t^i <
asd Su-g:.-al Iastisute, a bxsk o 1003 '
large fctges, tirofu-.ely illustrated, | 4
b.iuiid in strong paper c;>vers to an> !
:?r.e sending 21 cents in ore cents 1
hi amps to co7sr cost of mailing only. '
Ov r 630,000 c.?oi*s of tbis co p:6ie 1
family Doctor B>ok already so'd in '
ciotb bi?:ditig at regular p;-ic? of $L 50, {
World's Dispensary iledicii Associa- l
lion, Buffalo, N. Y.,
Kjijigsd For Murder. <
Ei^ard Hinkins, a white man, 52 <
years old, vras Dasged at Chach&m -I
C3uaty, Va , "Wednesday for the mur- 1
cJer of Dr. John Riy .Cabell, a i
prominent cit zsn of Danville. Ran <
kits killed Cabell on the latter's i
farm, 25 miles fro a tfc era, August 22, s
and >vas sentenced to fcasg Wtdnes- '
day. Condemned man went to gal- <
lows -with firm step, but uttered not a i
word. A'ter a shnrt prajer by a min- '
ister, tta trap was sprung and Han- -I
kiua' neck was broken. <
A DemocrsMc Vear. r
In a Litter telephoned to the Naw ;
^\A/?* * ! /3 ? 4- *v\{/4 mi-vl 'Hiiocn/? f U 1
XUt A. ?T VlJLUab iLllUUI^'ib U^bU [
Low s-iid of his defeat: "It is not i
possible to discuss the result ia New 1
York Citv at the present moment with 3
much discrimination. A few things, x
I think, stands out on the surface of ;
the figures. The je*r has been a r
heavy Democratic year everywhere, i
Tammany has felt the advantages of
this strnnp-tendency'' c
\
3i Jp *Ed Crew Loaf. C
The large British bark Cordillera, c
C*pt Everett, .from Newcastle. N. S c
W, July 13 Jast. whic'a arrived at ^
Valpariso oil Sf-pt- 18 and sailed from '
Caktabuena. has been wrecked. All a
dg board were drowned except the ^
Lwo mates and the ship's carpenter, i,
The Cordiller* hc-d a registered ton*g- t
:f 2 224 atd carried a valuable cargo, e
Remember this, Boys-1 if our c
FOUL*- men and boys," says the Bar- c
Fla., Courier. "would make up
Lbeir minds to put the ssme 2mouut of ?
ireful study and thought upon apri- J
julrnre atd horticulture that they e
jyould upon b. ok-ke<-piG2r, or lav7, or '
nedicin*, they could become just ss P
successful so far as o.oney mskica: is ?
?>ncrrned acd ai the same time en 1'
i >y a far greater freedom for tbe wor y
and trouble which are unavoidable d
;r. countered in all the other 'r?desor d
>recessions '' The News ana Courier a
;ays tnis holds as tru? in South Caro '
ina as in Florida. Oar your g men ?
i? d boys v7ou?d do well to considtr i:s a
ruth. 1'
Should Have a Showing ?If a I
nan Dad a two dollar ball pup says an 1
xchange, hs would look after it case P
ally and not let him be around at s
>is:ht all ovt-r town, but if he has a C
>Ov ii is different. Se is turned Iocs- d
a an e??riy age to go to The d-vil, and ipeople
^cnd'-r -s-htre t'.e arm il
>f dtvd beats, tramps, borr.s. hobos, ti
?>a'ers. gamb'ftrs, and drunkards tj
some fro^u They are germinated ?
; m cur b^mes and ?o^n ^r adcast *
n our >tr e:.s and alleys. I;. may oe t!
'm.. "jour n??y is mik n ?*o-vth in *
^ :^t dir-'ctio >. Ati&li < v. tiis t"? toy >
ii u d >c eivc2i a showing with ihe}^
puy, - Xi
-
ii i i i iMinn .tin. i ii .
A 3R0KSR ON LOW COrTON.
Jcuwsa' i?-5?s.ioa of ? 0^aX?r la Oostcxt
FarrtTtg
M* J?hn T E ridey, former]* of;
Csr-^Iiaft. but uow one or the i
>. vj, known or the cot Lor. ex;hjn?e
in New Y-"?fir, arises a com
rustication to the Jours-?.! which will
>e r^nd with ?reat interest His posi
ion is a v^ry ususual oce?e?;p.3ci?Uy
V r ? b-riUt f ?*?n "charr.-e?butt-^s *?.?m
<-s will r.o d^ubi; r^co^cize in him a
ri^rd. and his course is to besdr.-'red
Mr 3**d3*y wri*e* as 'oUots:
Po tbp Edi'orof trie Journal:
No d :ubt Th3 lat* civii war cost ttw
south rn^uy lives a?d an irritnecse
?njoar?t of iiiouey, but in my opinion
;ir.c?:fi^ -eartre sou a bus lost at least
iv~ the amount through. ex
j*angfs or, cottor-; in fact the amcu'it
A koi ey jest by ibe soufhem farmer
nd specalatpr duringtne past iwentyi-#>
je'-rsby h-aviosr the price msupula*-d
by erofessiocal speculators
wiii am u-t to many millions of clr.lars.
I 'oeii- v* the average tovn ia.
;he south o' 5 000 people has lost by
speculation ar?d K;.-vin^- ibe price rraar?u!au
d the'aror.er ?ron $250
300 to $1 000 000?and think of tt-c
uuaiber of to-*.- s!
A. pro'tssicnal gambler in gambling
>nlv ruiDS the individual with whom
ie is gambling, but professional opera
;ors, in order to accomplish tbeir ends,
not oniy ruin the individuals "out also
uin many millions of individuals by
;ff:ctiasr markets which effects th*m
ill, in order to mike their profits.
Supply and demand for spot cotton
ioes j-iottffect the price but supply a ad
easand for futures establishes" the
irice.
For instance, every spot buyer simpv
gsks how is the future market, and
} the future market is 10 points lower,
ae immediately lowers his limit eq ial
.0 th? drop in futures, and every rarnc-r
that ^markets Lis cotton dimply
suffers from the drr p speculators causa,
[a other words, spot buyers aud mill
nen only have to break the future
market in order to buy their spots at
ffhattver price they care to fix, know.ng
absolutely that the|average farmer
nust sell on account cf his poverty at
least a portion of his crop at whatever
srice they may fix.
Large American andEiropsan spiaaers
never give themselves one moment's
uneasiness about gettiae thei?
supplies, in fact they simply reason
;kat they will get together, sell thousands
of bales of futures, which will
rat dov?a, the price, and as long as
;ney continue to sell the lower the
price *ili be, and when they get the
price bardy where the farmer can
.xist they then buy their spot cotton,
realizing that over a million bales per
nouth will be marketed at absolutely
ioy price they may fix.
Tiie professional operator nearly always
takes the Dear said Why ? Take
for granted tnat the balls and bears J
?re eq i'-lly divided, tr e outsider as a
general thing attracted by the lowj
price and statistical position tak83 the
Dull side and the professional operator
LaJjea the b^ar sid^, no w say iq a crop
3f nine miiliou bales one hucd.-ed
;housxnd bales are marketed during
;be day, the spot buver buys >our spot
jjtton; he has not sold prubaily all the
rpots taa:- ue ^ougnt so ae i.nrn-dt
itely sells fuiures against the spjf.
purcnau63 Is it nottherefo-e apparent
ihat there mast b9 u:ore oulis than
tears to prevent a decline? The pro
'esiiona s anticipate the salts of these
3UJL UUJCId UWUUg Li*w ?; ?
3-' course ;?clp theui drive price? lo -?er.
Many farmer:) o we for their supplies
and ftrtil:z <rs atd simply sous- s=li,
i&d che lower tfte pries the stronger
ice creiitor iasi?ts on his money, because
he ears tbat at triy low pric the
3rop will not 09 sufficient to pay,
wh-reas if cotton was at a good prion
l?i?? creditor would know tie need not
worry about nia money, nca -vrouid
not iiisist on having th-^ crop rusaed
lo market tind forciog <* saie.
Wneu an operator witi tea thous
icd dollars can sell th'o crop of an
3urir? county ptooubly ?epresen4'ig
tee inl'.TcSl aiid t-ffeciiag ten tnousanU
3 ?uis to s*y tne least of it it ia pi^ciny
Little 7iiicusi-vii ou tkeii* ii'wr one doi
lar per aununi.
It rpuit uiidoubt'.dij bs very dis
2)ura^-mj;tu the iarm srs ti;at before
LDey begin pia.'ituii; a?*v.;y wealthy
p.tra.orsai'e wiliicg to seli them *vcu.
't-Y >r-s*?. Li m*!?* t a n-'W.p. a", whifih
;hey caa b*r.-ly exist. Ttiere is uo
jihsr class of laO'jr except t&e farmer
:bat lias the pridDCt of His labor traded
ioou b?- a people thai, ntiiUcr kao-v
,r c?re ar-yming about bis welfare or
jrosptrny. Sippjsa shers would be
iiiosved an excaa^e oa the labor of
;krks, lawyers or mtcbanles w&erea
;rov7d of uoiaterested pso.'la could
iei together and irade in the future
.abor of tins class of people, oue party
ivould offer to yet a clerk that is now
eceiviag $1,000 per year for $900, an)iber
will offer "to till bis place for
$50, another for $751) and so oa, even
.ill bis labor to a point where ne can
iirelv make ends meet, the clerk must
:ither accep;the salary the speculators
ix or allow iiis family to starve, and
he lower his salary c*n ba k'jpt tbe
ess caaace ae has to imp/ova his coa
htioa in aay maaner.
Now it is j ist tbis way with the farmer,
he is a-lo wed a price for his labor
r7h:c'a enables hiza lo biroly exist,
)at how is it parsible for aim ever to
mprove? Ia caie he should receive a
efeiiiiaa'ie pries for h s iabor/or a few
feara he would bj ia a position to
lave somithing to say as regard 3 his
o?.*i r.At qIIatv q
iUWv/A ) vlhUM 7TUU1V4 UVU ItiAV 11 U I
)rice to be fix.d by people who know j
lothicg ana care less for his labor.
If the farmers of the south were in
m independent condition, outsiders
vould noi dare attempt to sat a price
>n their labor, but as it is they dare
lo anytning knowing thai on account
>f their ntcesauy tnty must sabmit.
/Vould any class of laoorer* except the
armer ailow their labor to be bougnt
md soid for a year in advance? No.
fja are considered as being tne most
gnorant ciiss and thtsesfcrcwd operaors
would not attempt it on any other
l^ss of iab^r, yet at the s^toae time in
uining you tney are ruining every
iter class of people with waom you
ome in contact.
Nearly every class and race of peo-1
(le must havt ycur production, but if
rou tbink tiiat foreign countries and
vtn oiher stcrions of this country,
?iJl not fore jou to ta?e as littie hS <
.cs>ible for your product, ihan you <
iad bstter reahzi it ui onae; don't 1
Dok for sympathy. <
It is to their luicrest to keep you !
own, for oi.ee you btc ;ine iiidepen I !
entyou vrovla be tae icosc powerful s
s well as thi richest country in the j
rorid, because tee balance of tne >
rorid is dependent upon you, where '<
s you should be and could be abso
ately iudependem o any secuon. j
Vhat are you go;ug to do about it? j'
ijt thii/gs roil aloDg as they art? j
lany continue to work for 40 cents j I
er day; stroujr, aoie fc aied, sensioie, ]
-;od ^hite farmers for $12 per month. ?
)r * ill ycu wake, up as you seecced to !
o inree jeirs ago wiitn^you aiicussrd | ]
ae situation and seemed dr-t-rmiued ;'
hat you would give the ma^er more
aought and ait-ntion, when jou
areafcmtd th^e operators T7itii the <
lcicri biil aud oiad* tnem. thiakyou i
rere doing your own thinking, asd 3
ae markr-t ad^anctd $20 per bale, or' 1
rih you take no intei est whatever in J1
our future coxiduoa afcd re- J 1
e .tad * to taose tha rei.*>jur--t
12 you? John T. Koddey. J<
, as"'' *?.~
THAT FLftNK MOVEMENT. j
'nb itsai^ChrcBicli tVsrss Silver D<mecsrs
Abou^ i*.
E'ii'O" St^x-f.1:} b*s been sounding
so'ne of the politicians, ?r d report* ss t
foil >*s: i
"I fc,sked a shrewd slate politician j
J jst a'tsr the elections the oilier day
lr he thought fr<-e silver would con-1
troi if.* r.c-x: prssia-nti&l eiecuon. i
doubt it,' s*id he. 'lama frpe silver
miBjbutltbiDk probably the fisrht vrill 1
be trsrs'er'vd to soks iise o- cirr^ncy
reform. Silver a^ a solv&ry and a
'*?cni3? issue has bad its dsr Pop- \
ulisos ?cs>lu no* :'use -*ith Derr-oca
cj again uoon Bryanism I rpa^iztbat.
But I tell you one ibine. Free
silver will controi the state "lection I
and rational election nexi 3 ear in
Georgia. We should stand -on the
last national pi itfcrm till we have
another, tven though I am convinced 1
iha* the presidency in 1900 will be
foUifi;t out on different line'. The
nf-x'- governor of Georgia must stand
foe diver.' *'
Tbere is much talk of this kind, and
some of it om3s fnmi men wno call '
thfrnssl^e '"free silver advocates" ;
There will be a combination formed
of "straddlers. dcd^ers, and harmo
niz;rs," ba^ed ou & mere party spoils
system. Although David B Hi 11
didn't put in an active fcppear&nce
during tbe New Yo--k election be had
a baud in it, ana worked by p^oxy. }
Wfttterson. Crooker, G^rcion, Smith :
cf New Jersey, Carter Harrison probably.
Hoke Smith, Harrity, and possbly
McLean, of Ohio, are said to be
the moving spirits in this campaign of ;
''dropping silver,5' and substituting
something else. The Springfield Republican
shrewdly noting this attack
on "Bryanism" shows:
"Icistoo early to venture predic- j
ticns, since much will depend upon
the e vents of the comic?? v ear and 1
the congressional elections of 1898.
Judging by the elections of last Tuesday.
however, the outlook is not exactly
promising. Tae fiy in the ointment
is in the results elsewhere than
in New York. Gorman was beaten
on a straadle. The silver passion in
Virginia, representing the south, and
in Iowa and Nebraska, representing
the west, showed no signs of weakening,
whatever partisans may say. It
must be r?m?mhered by those who
would figure coldly in these matters
that N^braski, an old Republican
state, gave silver about as large a ma
3 jrity this yea? as iast, while in Iowa
ihe Democrats, after a campaign on
the silver issue, polled within 30,000!
as many votes as in the presidential
year, or a total which was the largest
in iheir history in stite elections, with
one exception. These results inlswa
and Nebraska must be viewed in connection
W:th the fact thai they are
wh^at grooving states. The rise in
wheat and the prosperity to the farm
e.-s, therefore, which was expected to
seriously cripple the silver movement,
absolutely failed to damage ths silver
cause in the prairie commonwealths.
W*s there anything in Tuesday's e'ea
tion m-*re surprisins tnan thai oae \
fact? Nor, next year wheat wili be >
do va a^aia in pric?. and how a>e tht; |
D m critic haraioniz^rs to capture tbe i
P&riy in the w*st and south, which
'uraish^d the delegates who made silvtr
tb* i?sae arid Br van the candidate
in 1896?"
Tceb;- are clear and forible presentations
a! the case, and they coaie
froca a piper favorable to tae gold
standard, bit .eminently fai? and
couras?' Gus. We advisatr-ecomvin^s;
if they bs really plotting, *to await
exeats We do not count on their
being -tble to control the next national
convention on such Hops as they are
accredited with, but they will bear j
wa c'iic-g. Perhaps, in selecting a ?
candidate for governor of Georgia j
next lime, a man who is disposed to j
straddl-- in 1900 should be kept in re-1
tirenr-nt.? Augusta Chronicle.
Salt For W*Us.
If auy of our subscribers have wells I
thatsrc- /ailing in water acd vei l put j
a pint of salt in their wells thty will j
find an increase of water within |
t wemvfour hours, says the Green j
TT l^rr. ? 1 \TT~ *"L ^ '
?l?raJU *YCUU UUb UUUW ?Ut? |
ohilcsopby of the matter, but severs' i
i stances here in to?n, where the *,?.
p rimant h'.s b ?n tried, demo ;<jtrate ;
o.-.yo .dad ?lbt t?e ttfucy of tha esp
rioGt-Lt. D/. Nickell, E.oery James,
lbs editor of this pare;?, and others
have used salt for this purpose and
c*n testi'v as to she result?. The t*o
tirst nam. d vcuad an. increase of one
foot of water in. their wells within ;
twenty-four hours, aud Mr. Jam- s :
says be n* ver knew the remedy to
fail to produce go 3d results. .* A liitle
salt prrperiy applied -will conviae*
the raost skeptical, and we hops all
who are suffering a short supply of
water will try it.
A aorribls Accident.
A terrible accident has occurred
nesr Bielcstcck, Russian Polan, re
sul tine in the death of thirty persons.
A weaamg party was returning irom
the churcii to the home of the briae.
All were in one wagon, ahu.*e vehicle
drawn by eight horses. The road
along which they drove crosses the
railway track on the levej, and the
driver, either through carelessness or
ignoraoce of the train schedule, pushed
his swiftly moving horses upon the
rossing just as the express was corning
up The locomotive strusk the ,
vehicle squareiy, killing many mem- j
bers of the pirly outright and maiming ;
others sd they soon expired. Not a 1
msmbsr of the nartv eseaned. 1
\
A Queer Set.
There musi be a qieer set of lawyers
in Mor^antown, West Virginia. They
have declared tbeoaselves by an. almost
unanimous vote in favor of gov- j
eminent by iD j motion. The Pittsburg j
Post says: "Tni3 is noi at all strange.
The lawyers of that corporation bossed
state who are not attorneys for rail
roads, coal cjrnpanies and other trusts j
and corporations hope to become so. j
They all know on which side or their j
Vk^?>jr\ ] ho Ki r? o n^ t'ooc om t'
WiV.lU iHV MUVi 1VV<J AL J
butters d " j
HlltOD'd i
Iodoform Liniment is the " nee plu >
ultra" of all such preparations iri re
racing soreness, and quickly healing (
rcbh cuts ai.d wounds, no matter how [
bad It will pre/tip; ly heal old sores )
of long SifcdGdi"^ Will kill ibe pois '{
an from "Poisoii Ivy" or ll Poison I
Oak" fnd cu-e "D?w Poison." "Will ;
sounteracs the poison from Mies of )
snakes and slings of io3ecU. Ic is a {
sure cure for sore ihioiv Will cure j
aay c*se of sore mouth, and is a supe- \
ricr remedy for ail pains and acbes. S
3oid by druggists a ad dealers 25 cents (i
a bottle. " jj
A G-.orgia cjlorel mloiste? preacrrd
tins good doc.rina to his people: )
"Bat 'taint no use ttr trabble aloxur dat 'i
r?arr< r piia ifc&s yercaa carry Toided up | :
in y-r ca- d, a good rec'coa.- diiion [
:r. m yer credito-s H b'3*n ain't no j )
aUce ur a en wfco has to dodge roun' | v
a coraer fur fear or meetin' soenaone {.j
fvno'il a?k fjr dai little Silidatnebotr j
was paid." [ \
' Don't waste your time in clipping - \
ihtt branches," said the woodsman j i
;o fiis son. "tut lay ycur sx at the j
oot of the tree." And the youDg
nan ^ent out and laid his as. at the j
oh of the -ree, like a -?ood and dutiful!
>oy, and t'^n he ^e&t fishing. Truly [ <
here is noti-ing so beautiful as filial!
>bedienca. ?. i
.. _ .1A
9 arm c+r J + Vt-rr> ?? *-.
Once a farmer had s<v-r?I thou pi.-unds
of cotton, which he fold,
nt to a S^rgle cost's buyer. buc <o
s.e^^r.jl th^usai d ert dealers, a
pou.od eacV?. kiro ir? cas'r,
but fas-tue greater number sa:d i: w:s
not cGuvefcKii? ~rbeo. but wouMpavj
later. A few "months pissed, arid the !
raa.'/s b^nk account ran low. "How !
is t hi?,1'he said, 4 rr-v cottcn should!
havakept m sffljence until ar-<
ot-er <rap is rais-d b it I bave j
parted, with it aod hav? instead only }
a vhst. liSrmbfr^of. accounts, so small |
aii-T scattered that Icacnot get sroucd j
and coHect it fast enough to pay t-x j
peases." So be posted ma public }
notice and ssk-d sil t;*cse who owed |
hi ai to pay quick iy Eat few cam<*;j
the re&t said, '"Mine is only a small j
maUrr, and I will go and pay one of j
these days, forgetting. that though j
each account was very small, when ail j
were put together they meant a large j
tuna. to that man. Things went on j
thus. The man got to feeling so bsd |
Ajr auu ruucu auu ct Juut 3<J uiuuu
in bis efforts to colltct that be fell out
of bed acci awoke, and running to bis
giaery fouad bis cotton ssiil safe
liiere. He had only been dresmlcg,
and hadn't sojd his cotton at all. The
nest day the man went to the publisher
of his papsi, and said, ''Hare sir, is
the psv for your pipe?, and when
nexi year's subscription is due yoa de
pead upon me to pay it promptly, I
stood in the position of an editor last
night, and I know hijwit feels to have
one's honestly earned money scattered
all over the country in small
a men-its.''
tha Money Power Too Strong,
We are told by an eastern journal
that the cotton trade of Great Britain
i rr* r _ _ ^ _ t _ # t_ . *
nas sunerea so acutely irom ma money
crisis in the east that it is profoundly
depressed, and as a desperate expedient,
those manufacturers "are bow
seeking to cat the wages of their 2G0,000
operatives 5 per cent." T<ie manufacturers
told the British "cabinet their
trouble, hundreds of trades unions
and the agriculturists petitioned the
government lo give to France and the
Uuited States a favorable answer, to
save them from ruin; but the money
%;ower was too strong, and. so that
government broka its promise and betrayed
England's producers at the
same time.
Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys
is the most complete regulating
mdeicine. It is mild in its operation
Is agreeable and pleasant to the stomach.
It will certainly build up a
weakered and broken down digestion.
Has none of the harsh action ol pills
aad otber drastic purgatives. Is the
best of all appetizers. Qjick in its
beaeficiai effect on the kidneys. Is
purely vegetable. Can betaken at an;
time. 25c, 50c and $1.00 bottlesf!
iifliSir
mai1 ^s jailed, by
>0ar. :l mistake lie prefers
to come out the
IP^!?1k??3j~ figTne way he went itc.
?P^||||3b? He may break jail and be
&???? caught and pot back again.
p^sSSr He'd rather have the door nnlocked
and walk ont and.
fpljg S A sick nnn is a prisoner in
i?p-& the jail of disease: he has gone'l
ip by some door of carelessness I
or neglect or.irregular living, 8
andhemri?t nnlock this san-Jej
door by careful, sensible habits r
if hi wants to be a free, well n:au.agr.in. *? J
1; dysoepsia arsd biliousness or cjjstjp'i-1
_tior. ij tie v.ay he got into disea*^*; ke-his J
"got to overco:u-' just those tror'ilss before?
he can get out. _
The majority of diseases bv^Sxi with, sotne
trouble of the digestive orpins or of. thfe
lt7er, which prevents th& suppi* of proper
nourishment to the svstem. The best i
? J., c? i- J ? v?-- - ~ ? -a
icuif-xv ivu wiicfcc uov.^5? is i/r. irierce s 3
Golden TiJr meal I}** co-very, bvcrusc it gives
the digestive anu blood - .making organs
power to tiasimiiclc ?o?vl sr.d ttanssonn it
into pu:^ *KJB**?hui? vit^lized"Tvith
an a> ao-j^noa o; red l-o.j.uscJcs,
It ticts directly upon the ,liver and gives
:K Capacity t? flit"- all biijetrs impurities
"sut of tuc: circulation. It builds tivr> solid,
mv-cular flesh and healthy nerve-force.
in obstinate constipauon the " Discoveryshould
be used in conjunction with
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the mo3t natural
and thoroughly scientific laxative ever
devised. The ''Pellets" regulate and invigorate
the stomach, liver and bowels.
One is a gentle laxative ; two act as a mild
cathartic.
' Mv wife had suffered for seven vears with Avar
pepsia, sick headache and costiveuc**," -wtrtn
Mr. AIodzo D.Jameson, of JDunbarton, Merrimaci
Co., y. H., "we tried many doctors and,many
kinds of medicine, but ell were of no avail. We
purchased six bottles cf your ' Golden Medical
Discovery,' which together with the Pleaeaat
Pellets' has entirely restored iay wife's health,
and we cannot s*>y enough in fha^icc to jkm fas
these valuable medicines."
MCMILLAN'S GBIPPE
COUGH CCBE.
WXLL KEIIEVE THAT COUGH AND
GIVE TOUT HEALTHFUL REST.
GOOD FOR
GOOD FOR SRIndmi I
Walterboho. 5, C. Feby. 27,1897.
Dear Sia:?Having suffered several days
wicn "La G-nppe" and gettln? no relief
'rom maoy ottier coo^b medicine, I tried
McMillan's Grippe Congo. Core, I can
irnchfnlly say I foand it thd best remedy 1
lave ever tried, before finishing the Dortle
wasftnrftd RAMjw>tfnHv
"col. b/stokes.
25 cents for large bottle. d ve by all
l>ruwlsts. If your druggist doesn'c kenp
t, send ns cents aad we will send ic by
-eturn exp-ess.
W. C. McMILL^N, Druetfs'.
Oct . 29 Colombia <' ;
H From Maker Direct to Purchaser. ^
m ??= ? m
|AlxOOd |
I Piano j
?6 will test a (g$
sar ! !atime S?f
??' r 7ive H'
joymcnU (Mm
H A Poor Pic-. If
^ Skfc^JjilStjS^^lr^ will last a fev; ''???
S? years and ;?5.
S& give endless istfr f
?& rile vexation.. igg. 3
11 ]|/f -air <j$.!
|;MdiMU5iiUL M:^
Is always 'Joed, always Reliable, '^3* .
always Satisfactory, ;iiways Last|C'j:.
You xujtc no ciiuaoasia buy- ?S5;
fi. costs gojru?5rbat rr.ore than a
SjS cheap, pocryju/no, but is much the /j?8
cheapest in the end. 9e5'
>'o othor High G rude Piano sold so fifiK
?? reasonable. Factory prices to retail ss?
buyers. Easy payments. Write?s.
la LUBSSS & BATES, '
Savannah. Ga.. uuJ >\rw York C!ty. !
Lddress: D &.'PRE3SLEY; Age at* I
COLUMBIA S. C. I
laiasw, Cm. iisui tinnn, R?wi r !
>MW Steilns. CSmop kwrC St?iteMi^g? }
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MRfiUISM
IN I
5i i unc *
riHUUJ.
PE IAL M
Announcement, "s
Piano -Jj
and
r\
urgan
Exhibit at
1.509 Main st: &jm
Columbia, $7C.
BE^T GOODS |
At Fair Prices.
Remember j
T T?vViiKif
x jjAmuit
at My store,
see my bargains. :||
M, A. MALONE, ''
;: 1509 MAIN STREET,
COLOMBIA, 8. O,
Tir # * *. -vrv> a "vrcj
XT JL-'? 4 !?/- AXl -f * JJLVtlT U?
LIQUOR, ~ #
M
j
OPIUM AND
TOBACCO
"
HABIT . i
|THOBOU6HLT t lRET/,
REMOVED FRO31 COLV9SBLB
'
THE
EEELEY
INSTITUTE
fjk
?c, a a ' 2
tie mm
i? the most complete <yt?m of aievatla*
handling, cleaning and pac<tn/ cottonImproves
staple, 3a?es labor, make* you
money Write for catalogues, no mther
: equals it.
I . I handle fee most improved
COTION ttISS,
S32S3SS,
ELXVATOSS,
XK&lNX8
AJSTD BOlLEkC>
to. be toond oe the market
My Sergeant ho% Beam :5a w tfiii re, n H
Unpilclty and eOdeEcy. a wonder.
COB* MILLS,
MASEEHS,
GANG KBGE&3
and all wood working machinery.
ulDDKLL mD TALBOTT SNGIXES
[' are fee best.
Wri!? lose before baying.
tV,-CH Badh&m,
i Seaessl Agent,
*Wi TTM"RTA_ ft. a
! ^
: fe Mothers
W? txks pi?as?.sc ic evus* ytra - *?a 1
^ 3n So * WEeclj- J'l, *3SJ }<~i<rf fc* S*-?y.
& .sr cMMroa tsfci? i/waKa. t * cr ric&i
wSa^s of tae&lag. it ,.- v- :^|
bleisia^ so mother aa<? cUid , i: ycu v*
Sisturhea aii wi?j a nick, ireful
toeai'ig ccilc, tse TT&? OarrnJcj^vr ;
will sire teator-s r*lSsC, nr* r.^tlaw -r- *
tw*^Bla; and mska teetMB?? wr^ ?n2 ti*-. It
will cuia Dj*estf?cy ?K D&rb ?
Rtts CarTiUR^ttTe ft ay iMU.; rs2flf fc- #
COtfC at J$ will $rf<rtv. ?n &ifa z'-lc .
<ooc5i.e. v>oexg; %i tbj? zv.-i
fccwds, T&* xicfc, punj - ?!TOJ!*T eb;?3i
will eocc bstcor^ 3j7S *?t sd-1 J-oUcfcna je ?
it*3 !l03Sf:;lCL'U '* ;?< " XT r>l**WLi .'J
vj. V .fe* a-*^ .% .f (..v> ?> ! . -.fa - ? ?
"THE MURRAY DRUG CO.,^^M
Columbia, S. C.
fw B".TTi
/Hi.LlUi\ o
1I 'E FOB THE LIV EB AND?
KIDHEYS, as its name imparts,
is a stimiiator aad regulator .to~ J
ttoseorgais. Istbebest a^ter^H
mwls medicine to aid dig ston Jj
Prevents; Headaches. - Cures |H^ . *
BillionsQeis* Acts en tbe Kid- :?:j?
n* ys. within Thirty minutes alter _ . ? |
tafemg, relieving tc^es in the Hi
back from disorder i f tbes^eor-^B
gans. Believes a!J stomach _-d
*- ? To ?ntfrely vegetable, ^-r
I l ?cr*and 5103 ? bottle. S?WB
iB "jv C'r? y*1$I
gold by dealers generally and by
THE MURRAY DKUli CU.f
COLUMBIA, S. 0.