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[W Abbeville Press and Bll|i | BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1899.' ^ ESTABLISHED ||jB44 iff | . THE DISPENSARY. jfev*^ ?? s That Part of the Governor'* Mensnjre Which Refer* to Llqnor will be f (V' Abnnriantly Satisfactory to Temperance People. Nothing conoected with tbe administration of tbe State government at this time Is of bo ~ w much Interest and Importance as the dispensary law. This method of controlling tbe liquor traffic ba& now been lu force for Ave and ' * a half years, and the protracted and bitter struggle between its friends and its foes has v reached a critical stage. It must be firmly and permanently established or completely done away with. ltwtll be remembered that, at the last sea slon of the legislature, tbe litigation instituted in the United States circuit court by Vanderooofc hud reached the supreme court of the United States, on appeal from Judge Slmonton'e decision. For almost a year there bad been absolute paralysis of tbe dispensary law, so far as Its punitive features were ooDceroed, and the constables had all been discharged. The dispensaries bad been lorced to flsht Iree whiskey, on terras of absolute equality; yet, strange to say, tbey fought It successfully ; lor while the profits were reduced by this lawless corapetetloo, there was still enough business to make the dispensary self-supporting and leave a small margin profit. In May last, tbe supreme court at Washington handed down Its decision, sustaining the constitutionality of tbe dispensary law In all Its features, with tbe limitation only as to importation for personal use. The long aDd hotly contested legal battle bad been won by tbe State, and all doubt as to the futnre legal status of the dispensary was removed. Tbe original package dealers at once closed tbelr snops ana Bnippeu meir uuuwm oat of tbe State wltn ray permission. I did not deem It wise or right to take Advantage of them, as they had beeu doing business under the, sanction of the federnl judiciary. Tbe constabulary was reorganized and put to work, and from that time to this tbe force has been kept busy trying to destroy the unlawful traffic which bad gained foothold In tbe 8tate under tbe protection of Judge Simonton's decision. THE CAUSE OF TROUBLE. I desire. In this connection, to recall to your attention tbe fact that In 1891 tbe State apreme court, by declaring tbe dispensary law unconstitutional, gave the Illicit liquor dealers encouragement, and as a result tbere was widespread demoralization, with liquor selling prevalent almost everywnere, eveu iu the country, notwithstanding the law prohibited Its sale absolutely. Alter that deolsIon bad been reversed and the dispensaries reopened and a more or less rigid enforcement of the law for two years bad extirpated In a large measure tbe Illegal trafflo, came the v. , ' Interference of tbe federal courts and the Imprisonment of the constables for contempt. This Interference gave encouragement to a large number of Illicit dealers and Induced tbem to continue In tbe business; and wbeu tbe' paralyzing decision in tbe Vandercook case came, there waB a phenomenal lnorease vV in the nnmber of Illicit dealers engaged In this traffic in South Carolina. This Is shown by tbe nnmoer ot Uolied States revenue IIi-' oense Issued. In tbe fiscal year ending June 80, ,1897, tbe number or retail revenue licenses, or permits to sell liquor, were822; In the year 1 ending June 30.1898. there were 625. Id other words, the present unsatisfactory oondltlou? and 1 do not hesitate to say that it Is unsatlsfactory, notwithstanding the final triumph iu tbe oonrU?Is owing, in large measure, to the Interference of the federal Judge, with tbe consequent encouragement to all who saw fit ' to engage in tbe sate of liquor, nothing more being required than to pay tbe United States revenue licenses. It nas taken months of laborious and strenuous effen to restore the eondltionB of tolerably successful working o! me ampeuiuir; un numu uistkhvu .. .wv time when the Vnndercook decision was rea dered. The Mends or tbe dispensary and those who have too readily turned their baekson It, should bear all this in mind and "stilt evidence hope and patience. The demoralization produced by the various causes mentioned can be readily over oome In time, and the law will work more successfully and be obeyed more willingly as ' time goes by. Our eflorw should be especially directed to perfecting tbe system In Its administrative features. , THE FIGHT ON THE DI3PENSAKY?COMBINED ; j , ' INFLUENCE OF ALL TRE OPPOSITION. ^ There are a great many people who will B ' never be friendly to the dispensary system or I to any like regulation. Many men ?reoppo?B ed to it on principle, some as extreme Probl bltlonlsts and some as extreme advocates of liquor irattle. These two widely separated camps meet on common ground In their ; ' ' hostility to tbe dlspeosary; others are lnflu enoed by political eonslderations, and eVen g by past political prejudices, now happily bef In* fast dissipated. Tbe dispensary law r . ongbt to be Judged by Its fruits rather than by motives OI political prvjuuiue ur neii-iutci.i'.'' eat. It these fruits have not. beea hitherto altogether of tbe kind or quality that Iib friends still hope to see it bear; tbere Is yet sufficient promise to ask that this tree, which has been almost uprooted and blasted by the blight of judical interference, Bball now be given opportunity to show what It can bring forth under fostering and friendly % Influences. 1 beg to remind you that at tbe beginning of my term as governor, I recom' mended and urged this policy, and 1 have seen no reason to cbange my opinion. Tbe law has never bad a chance hitherto to show wbat it can do, bnt now. since there is no longer any question as tc? legal limitations or . powers, we are free to address ourselves to periecdng and Improving the system. Tbe large vote received by tbe Prohibition candidate for governor lu tbe second primary of the late aiecnon cannot be considered entirely an endorsement of Prohibition, for there Is excellent reason to conclude that the Prohibition candidate polled the full Prohibition VUU9 IU U1C UI91 iiiiiuui;, nunc lu tut d?wuu ? he polled the vote or tbe antagonize of tbe dispensary system, froiu whatever cause that antagonism arose, and, In addition, the atrenglfi of all tbe "soreheads" and disgrunt_ - led office-seekers and politicians of both lactlon?. TheelectlOD lo Charl?ston is a striking evidence of this. It will hardly be disputed that. If the people of Charleston want Prohibition. aa their votes would seem to show, It Is because they feei sure ibat under that system there will be practically no restraint on the sale of whiskey. WHAT CODLD BE FAIRER THAN THIS? ' Turning now to tbe practical consideration of tbe dispensary, I do not tbluk whiskey should be i-old in any county where a majority of tbe people favor Prohibition. I, therefore, recommend the submission of the liquor question to the qualified electors of each county ; that eacb county may vote &8 it prefers. Any county, however, that voteB for Prohibition should be made to bear all expenses of enforcing the Prohibitory law; and such county should not receive any of the profits from the dispensary. Under tbe constitution, tbe profits accruing from tbe sale of innor ad in tlie suDDort ot our free schools. Now, tbe county of Marlboro, which never bad a dispensary, and wblcb Is now under tbe most rigid form of Prohibition, wltb no possibility of legal liquor traffic wltbln Its borders, receives its proportionate share of dispensary protits, while at tbe same tiuie tbe State Is charged with maintaining constables In that county to enforce tbe law and prevent the sale of liquor. I submit that this Is unfair to tbe other counties. The same 1 thing obtains In the county of York, where tbe only 'dispensary, the one at Tirzah. has been discontinued, leaving tbe county without any place where liquor can be legally bought. You wtllcall to mind that these two counties are close to the North Carolina boundary, and it is well known that there Is a large influx of whiskey from distilleries across the llae, by wagou# and other convey nces. A SIMPLE KATT8H OF JUSTICE AND COMMON SENSE. Of coarse, these counties may hare liquor imported for personal use without restriction, bat It cannot be sola In them legally, I believe that It is but right and lust for those < ', counties which have pronlbltion, or may hereafter adopt It as the means of controlling the liquor tiafflc, to be taxed to enforce suon law. nor should they receive any part or the profits arising trom the sale of liquor In the other counties, to add to their scnool funds. It tbe county officers, magistrates and sheriffs, enforce tbe law, well and good? there will be no need for constables; but If they do not, tbe governor should be given the authority, upon petitloa setting forth such violation, to appoint constables, and to re quire a levy ln'such counties sulildent for their maintenance. the work of the enemies ojc the law. Now let ub consider tbe matters concerning tbe administration of tbe law other tbau those mentioned as dealing with its violations. Wben tbe dispensary system was first inaugurated, tbe State board was comuosed of tbe governor, tbe comptroller general and . 1 the attorney general, ex officio, and In these was vested the cower to appoint the State commissioner and tbe county board of control, and to exercise general supervision over tbe worthing of the dispensary In the whole ' :-;Y\ H s State. After the retirement of Gov. Tillman, in the middle of Gov. Evans' term the legislature changed this provision, and created a Dew State board of control, consisting of five members, to be electeil by itself. The governor was left without official connpction with the dispensary, except the right to appoint and control the constables. This system has | now been In force three years, and, in my nninion. it has failed to accomplish the pur poses of Its mlvocHtes. Tbe idea was to uivorce the dispensary system from politics and to put it under a strictly business management. No such result has followed. It is notorious that tbe dispensary Is as much or more In politics than It ever was. As governor. I have had little or no authority In connection with the administration of the law, and no power of restraint or direction over It; and yetl have been held responsible by the people at large, and oy my enemies In partlc ular, tor the mistakes and shortcomings of Its management. Responsibility without au nrirl nnfust bllr moriiy in ? mum, -? ?? den; and while I do not seek additional responsibilities id connection with the dispensary, I submit that justice and fairness mate* It necessary either to relieve the governor absolutely of all connection with this Institution, or else give him some potential voice and iniluence in its affairs. the governor's trouble, The legislature itself, last session, by a particularly unanimous resolution, deprecated and qfmost forbade the granting of beer and hotel privileges, but the State board of con trol paid no attention to this expression of opinion from the law-making body, and I had to use the constabulary to suppress the nuisances In form of open barrooms, which resulted from the granting of these privileges. This brought me into antagonism with the State board of control?an antagonism which might have been avoided had these gentlemen paid any heed to my suggestion or consulted me as to the best policy to be pursued. As long as the original package stores were running In open competition with the dispensary, and Illicit sales were also unchecked, tbeie was, perhaps, some excuse for the Slate board of control to continue that policy; but after the supreme court of the United 8tates had confirmed the validity of Ihe dispensary law, and forbidden Judge Slmonton's support of the State's competitors, leaving the dispensary law in full possession ol the field, I did not think there was any excuse for thecon ~t thn nniinu nnhnid hv the State tlUUCUUO V*? vu\7 ~r- ?? _ board ; for I believed the former law, and I believe the present law, should be administered as a temperate measure, with no regard whatever 10 the matter of profit or to anything other tban to te<?cb the people to use whiskey without abusing it, aud to minimise, as far as possible, the evils Inseparably connected wltb Its traffic and use. Moreover, under the present system, the State commissioner is a mere figurehead, without power and almost without duties. The State board of coutrol have absorbed nearly all of bis functions. RECOMM EN'DATIONS. I submit what seem* to me to be the best plan oi organization: The details of the business should be turned over to the State commissioner, wbile the board of control should have authority to purchase liquors and to exercise general supervision over tbe whole system. Tbe board of control should be ap pointed by tbe governor, with tbe advice and consent of the senate, and the constables should be appointed by the board of control and State commissioner. If objeotlon Is made, It may be pointed out that the regent* of the hospital lor tbe insane are appointed by the governor, and the management of tbe Institution is excellent. Note, also, tbe mem* bers of the present board of control Are not even required to give bond for tbe faithful ?"? *Wair houo ahtinlilKii poi IUI UJaUL'C Ul U U JjJ | J WW vuuj uh'v MvwvtMv control or aa Institution doing annually a milllou and a half dollar business. The county boards of control should be abolished and two or three Inspectors shouldoe appointed to look alter ttie <dispensers' books and the breakage. This would be a much more economical method than the one now pursued. This system of organizatslou, together with the supervision of the grand Juries, would reduced speculation and embezzlement to the smallest amount possible. The Stale commissioner might be either appoint' ed by the State board or elected by the general assembly. We have both systems now In force In the State. The superintendent of the hospital for the Insane, who is giving perfect satisfaction. Is appointed; the superintendent of thelpenltentlary, an tqually efficient offi cer, is elected by tbe general assembly. But there Bhould be vested somewhere tbe power by which both State commissioner and county dispensers might be suspended, and If necessary, be removed for cause. CHANGE IN THE METHOD OK BUYING. I suggest, also, what see ns to me a needed Improvement, and that li a change In the manner of purchasing liquors. Whiskey Is as much a staple article as corn or flour, though It varies In quality and price, according to age and the methods of distillation und manipulation. Tbe large bulk of liquor consumed by loo people is ootainaoie id absolutely pure form and of good quality, without the necessity of recourse to chemical analysis, for it can be nought directly from government warehouses without passing through the bands of rectifiers aud manlpula tors, who are almost sure to adulterate It for the cake of profit. I think that the law shonld provide that purchases should be made, under annutl contracts, with parties who would agree to furnish liquors from the bonded warehouses of the United States, or the required age and strength, upou the most reasonable terms. These contracts should be let Id such a way as to preclude all possibility of collusion or fraud. If blended or rectified whiskeys are bough't,- as is now the case, there is absolutely no safe test by which adulteration can be shown, unless the liquor Is'so bad as not to De fit to drink. These re marks apply to the X and XX whiskeys, or liquors of the first and second quality, enumerating from tbe lowest to the bkhest, as has beea tbe rule In the State. I do not believe it is reputable, in the Stale's business. mat mere snouia oe a swarra 01 wnisney drummers meeting al Columbia ouce a month to nell the required supply id drlbllels. Arrangements sboald be made under contract lor the purchase, as I have indicated, and the orders for additional supplies would go forward with as much assurauce of being honestly tilled as If salt or bacon were bought. The special brands and wines re quired could be purchased in the same way, aud as these constitute only a small part ol the business, no change need be made in the present modes of buying them. the bottle breakage. There Is another matter that appears worth* thy of mention. With the experience gained by the employes In bottling and packing and shipping of liquors, there ought to be practically no breakage, if the bottles were of good quality and the packing were well done, for the care are loaded alongside the State dispensary building aud there Is hardly ever a transfer from oue roud to another. This matter of breakage has been the main reason for continuing the couuty boards of control. It can be readily been what a saving would follow 11 these boards wore abolished, and It can be safely asserted that the prevention of breakage wouuld make tuese boards no longer necessary. whiskey fob personal use. There Is one other matter to which I Invite the careful attention of the general assembly ; it Is with regard to the importation of whiskey for personal use. The protection givan by the sepreme court to those who desire to exerclBe this right in good faith is in no sense objectlouable. The State does not need, nor does it wish to restrict its citizens In this right; but the abuse of It gives a loophole lor illicit dealers to obtain their supplies, under tbe pretense that It Is for personal use. The provisions of the law which was declared unconstitutional in this respect, I think can be amended'so as to muke the importation oi such ItquorH come within the termB of the court's decree. Hut for the opportunity thus afforded to evade the law, by importlug liquor under the pretense that it is for personal use. there would Boon be small need for constables. I earnestly urge that the Judiciary committee consider the subject carefully in the liFht of Justice White's opinion, and see if some provision for Inspection canuot be enacted, that, while Imposing no onerous burdens on ibe citizen wiio imports for his own use, will yet insure the importation of pure liquors, and limit, as far as possible, the abuse of this right for the purposes of sale. Let the law define fully and clearly tbe methods to be followed In such capes. 1 have already pointed out how we may purchase, for tbe dispensary, liquors that are pure; some provision bonded warehouse stamps on li quorH consumed in nouiu oiroiiiia, n neeuis to me, would answer tbe purpose; but I only throw out tbe suggestion for what It Is worth and call attention to the subject because ot Its Importance. If some Christians were bette listeners they would hear better sermons. Law Brief* at Sixty Cent* n Pnjce.? New type, good print, heavy paper 25 copies. Apply to Press anil Banner, Abbeville, 8.U. / THE NEGRO AND HIS NEEDS YboniAN E- Miller PreMonti* Plain Faeti to HI* Riicf.-His Heat Friend fill .Southern Nelffhliur-Nothlne to l?< Expected from the Blind Policy o tlie ?>HNt Thirty Years. The following is the emanclpatiot addre98 delivered by Thomas E. Miller president of the State Colored College ofSouthCarolina.iil the court house in finurtonhnnr S. C. ? * Citizeus of Spartauburg : We have met here to eelebrate the day thai counts more for the negro than anji other day iu the calendar. With ite recurence it brings to us, marshalled in their order, eveuts of the past. Events in wich are mingled agonized suffering, buried hopes and many blesings, some of which are still in disguise. Disappointments are among the heaviest burdens that ^an be inflicted upon any race, people or nation. If a race's hopes have been Arm, their expectation great and aspirations high, then they bear disappointment in "?i"f onri onrn offlioHnn To makn the burden of disappointment light, our race must keep abreast of the times, [t is a hard lesson to learn (that is to turn loose cherished idols < around wliich are clustered shattered hopes.) The history of all mankind teach this lesson, and it is my self-inflicted task today to call my people's attention to the fact that there is a Pharaoh on the throne who knows not Joseph. In this expression I am not referring to tbe rulers of our State, but to the ruler of our DatioD, his advisors and those of the several State governments, North and South, Republican as well as Democratic. The central idea of the Federal compact was the individual sovereignty of each State. The development of this idea of home rule, whether in peace or anarchy, was enlarged upon by Jefferson and exemplified at all times of our national existence by every .great leader, Republican or Democrat, whenever the rights of any one of their States were interfered with. Read tbe messages of any one of our presidents, or all of them, and you will be convinced that there has never been a president in the White House who has forgotten this central idea, and who has ever failed to emphasize the fact that each State is a sovereignty within its confines, having the right to manage its citizens and their rights in politics, business and property ; hence the citizenship that is weak, tottering and dependent upon assistance is reduced to but one alternative, and it is this?to make the State the guiding star of their political hope and their material prosperity. There is another fact that I wish to call your attention to ; it is this?that tne#negro on 1?in fV*a UaiifV* oa tA nrnup must ou lire iu uuc uv/uiu w p?w> v by his acts that bis only hope is conflued within the limit of the State in which he lives. It is better by far to have no political hope than have one that is predicated upon national aid, national protection or national inter* ference in our behalf. I believe that there should be no taxation without representation, and if this reprefenation is to come to us, it can and will only come by the permission of the people of each township, second, through and by the people of each county ; third, through and by the people of our own State. This is not what my people want to hear me say, but it is a worthless and poor physician who has diagnosed the case, knows the medicine that is needed, and knows the medicine that his patient wants to take will ruin him, but, through fear, or some unknown reason, nermits his Datient to drink the deadly drug. I know the disease ; ? have learned the remedy, and I am here to administer it. Therefore, I pray thee, I entreat thee, fn the name of the negroes unborn, to shatter the idol of our hope3 during the pa<-t 30 years, the idol that has been enthroned on the outside of the State, for it is impotent,'though reigning, [t has hands, but it cannot be unlifted in your behalf: it has ears, but it will hear you not; it has voice, but. the voice has been hushbd ; it has eyes, but the eyes will not penetrate acroess the line of' any sovereign States; it has understanding, but not for your cause; it ha9 regard for the rights of the citizens or the United States, but that citizenship must not be clothed in a black stun. Jtuvery act or mis iaoi 01 yours emphasizes cbe threadworn dogma of ante-bellum times that wherever the American Eagle spreads its wings and the Stars and the Stripes are hoisted in power aud might, the land covered by tbe two is the home, country and government of the white race. Do you doubt it? Then oW, my peop e, I am sorry for you. " Cau't you open your eyes and see that I am telliug you the truth? Then if you are too blind to read the signs of the times as I have presented them to you I am burdened overmuch, for my task will continue to be hard and my selfinflicted yoke of staying in the State and working for you and our white fellow citizens is indeed heavy and galling. Perhaps by reciting some of the history of the past as an object lesson I will be able to open your eyes. About 1835 the State of South Carolina passed a law requiring the sheriff" of each seaport county to go upon any boat of commerce and take therefrom anv free netrro found thereon in the capacity of seaman, cook, steward or stewardess, and incarcerate any or all such persons in the county jail or workhouse and keep them there until said boat was ready to embark, at the expense of the captain of said craft, and warn said person ne^er to return, etc. Should any person persist in violating said statute more than once, then said person was to be sold and the money divided in two equal parts between the State and the informer. In connection with this law, I want to present to you a never-to-be-forgotten spectacle, the two Honorable I Messrs. Hoar?Samuel Hoar of 1844 land George F. Hoar of 1898, father and ;son, both of them from dear old Massachusetts, the home of Sumner, Garrison and Phillips. And I, for oue,|am i iruiy giau 10 see wuu my own eyes I the great Christian love and forgetfulI ness towards South Carolina exemplified by Geo. F. Hoar in 1898; yet I 'am forced to show you this picture as j au object lesson, that you may see and I understand that the dead past has been buried and forgotten, and there is |a l'baras on the throne that knows not Joseph. 1 In 1844 the legislature of Massachu..-j.'. . >ii' , setts passed a joint resolution, callini upon Samuel Hoar (a3 free negroes o Massachusetts bad been arrested ii Charleston under the law quote< * above) to come to Charleston and ii the courts of South Carolina institute i suit that would test in the United Stat % es court the right ot South Carolina t i go on a Massachusetts boat or com mere , and take theretroin free negroes o Massachusetts and place them in i s felon's cell, though innocent of anj crime. At that time Governor Ham > mond was governor of South Carolina ; Mr. Samuel Hoar, in Company wit! - his beautiful daughter, obeyed Mas i sachusetts and did come to South Caro . lina on his mission. The who e Stati became overwrought. The legislatun i was in session and they passed a bil making tbe agent of %Mfissachuset'f and all who may come after him on ? like mission outlaws. Says the hiator ian, it was all tbe conservatives o: Charleston could do to keep tbe popu lace from lynching Mr. Hoar. The hotel keeper refused to house hia longer on account of tbe frenzy of tht i people ; and-he was forced bv a committee of citizens upon a "boat and sent back to Massachusetts. This is the picture of the Hoar of 1844. Now I will present you the picture of the Mr Rnar nf 1898. ' A venerable old gentleman, ripe Id scholarship, ripe in age, ripe in well performed duty to Massachusetts and the national Republican party, a mem ber of the national election returning board of 1876 by whom the vote ol South Carolina, Florida and Louisiana were taken away from Tilden and given to Hayes, a commission who found power to go behind the election returns to make a Republican president, but later by their acta of omission, if Dot by their acts of commission, assisted in the overthrow of the Republican State governments of three aforesaid States. This pilgrim from Massachusetts i9 in 1898, through the grace and social consideration of an organization of the best citizens of Charleston, the honored aud distinguished guest of said city, the banquet orator of a feast that in magnificence, jollification, wit and splendor, rivals the festive occasions of ancient Babylon. He has been among us with nothing but love in nta heart, peace and good will in bis voice, love, devotion and praise for the deeds of our ?reat Rutledge, Pinckney, Marion, Sumter and Calhoun. He did not forget us (the negro) in this masterly Jove feast of his, for he said, among other thing*, that the South had dealt more Ifindly toward us (the negro) since emancipation than the north. He is good authority on the suoject for he spoke to the southern people about us (the negroes) and their treatment by the south and I agree with him, that taking all things in consideration and seeing and knowing the environment of the two races, 1 agree with Mr. Hoar that in the treatment of the negro in the two sections, there has been more consideration given him In the south. Mr. Hoar of 1898 assured us ^hat the people of the south are held in patriotic aau iuviug regaru by tbe brethren across the Potomac, and to show how thoroughly they have been converted into the south's manner of thinking and in what high and overreaching regard they do today hold the teachings o( the political leaders of the *outb, ol tbepastand to impress us with tbe fact that they do stand hand in band with us under a common impulse in the pathway of the broad patriotism ol tbe south he could not find language of hi* own with which to build sentences that would express the feelings of a repentant heart crucified to the teachings of the south hence be takes recourse to tbe Book of Books, Jehovah's book and quotes therefrom tbe language of true affection, obedient following, lofty confession of a hallowed conversion and tbe soul's desire. These are his words to the white people of the State, yes, the more powerful becauad they are words of hie adoption : "Eutreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgeat, I will lodge; thy people shall be iliy people, and thy God my God." "Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried ; the Lord do sc to me, and more alao, if aught but death part me and thee." Men, women and children, old and young, white and black, in the name of our dear Southland, the future hope of the negro, turn not a deaf ear tc me, but open your hearts and youi understanding, call upon God to see me as I am and hear me for the cause of the future of the South. Oh, people, cast the scales from off your eyes and learn the lesson that has beeu taught us by the Hon. Mr. Hoar o! 1898. It i9 a very nice thing for colored preachers and politicians to staDd at s distance in the North aud prate about what they would do if they were in our place, aud send us advice to shoot and kf 11. Misguided friends, you are like the goat in Aesop's fable, upon the shed of the building with the wol! down on the ground who cannol climb. Your position enables you tc brag, boast and find fault with us, but we who are down on the ground witb the wolf must not and shall not resori to threats, no, not threats of violence. From where should we get any assist ance should we be foolish enough tc doit? From white Democrats? No. From white Republican? No, because they think too much of theii precious hides. Then there is follji for our colored brethren in the North to advise us to fight. Some of my fellow citizens have not opened their eyes and seen our condition, hence they may accuse me ol slandering the white Republicans atnoug us, or beiug too hard upon them in other Southern States; butare i our troubles of 1S7G 1877 forgotten? It the abject position in which we were ?laced aud left by Hayes forgotten't ou talk about the recent trouble in Phoenix. Is the beam so large in your eye that you cannot see the nei groes that have been deserted by a Republican governor, Republican judges, Republican government, town and county and turned over to the infuriated white citizens of Wilmington? Has Gov. Russell lifted up hif little ringer in attempting to protect his black Republican followers in North Carolina ? Has the Republican administration done a single thing in - x 2 the United States court, nave to n 't fees for officers and witnesses in ^ case of tbe postmaster who was k J at L&ke City ? Will they ever do i 3 thing other than to make fees for a officers and witnesses? Will * guilty parties ever be punished? 0 never. The redress for these wro 0 if found at all, will come to us f; f other hands than theirs. It must ? 1 to us through and bv the teaching! f such white men as Sev. Wingard,' ' was born upon the banks of the Sa chatie, soil that is endeared by its 1 history to South CaroliDians all. * will have to stay here trusting to ( ' acknowledging to our white citis 3 our helplessness and weaknesses*, r 3 ing on them to right the ills we h 1 shoulder to shoulder, negro and wl 3 men must stand, hand In hand t 1 must stoop under the burden, and gether, with a heart of love, labor f the State of South Carolina, the g of the race and glory of God. 3 Some say, "I will not do it, I ' not accept your teachings, Miller, ' fore I do so, I will leave the Sta If that is your choice it is your rig I but where are you going ? Are ' going to any single territory < ' whose sovereignty the Ameri 1 Eagle spreads its wings ? Are you ing to nigh on across the Ohio 1 stop anywhere under the Stars i > Stripes? If so, let me call on Sent > Hoar as my witness, for he says, ' anything we have been more kin ; dealt with by the Southern men tl the Northern since reconstruction.1 t Some would advise you to stay, i good place, in the State where the mains of our sainted^Presidentrep It is natural to suppose that halo t surrounds the martyr who gave us 1 day to celebrate is sufficient to shed light, to and oyer a Republican go' | nor of that State least. But I wi you that it has no effect over tbi No, the remains of Abraham Line are not sufficient to guarantee pro tion to negroes while attempting work for bread upon thesoiloflllim for not loDg ago a Republican go1 nor issued his edict, that if negro n ers dared come from the south to w in Illinois,he would meet those alie mark the language, "aliens," with | ling guns at the border of the St rather than have them come to Illh and earn their living by the sweat ' their brows. Who calls our race||of people ali< a people who came here long, long fore the foreign people whd have { pled the northwestern States e thought of being born, a race of ] nia'nrhn Viona hnrna avarif oilflfar JJiU fTUV UM ? V WtliV V T V? J WMMV. that the early white colonists b< *ho calls'them aliens, and is readj meet them at the border of the Si ' and threatens to shoot them to de? if they dare to come to work? Republican governor in the State Illinois, the home of Lincoln, Di and Washburn. Verily I say u you and do plead to you to bear 1 for your cause, that there is a Phar on the throne in Illinois who km not Joseph. Who is it that stands today in United States senate and warn negi and white men of the south that ' right to vote is not a gift from a natl but a matter left entirely with e sovereign State to be regulated; t is. to be eiven or taken? Why it man from New England, the great ' publican, Senator Piatt, and why ' this great change come over the no in relation to franchises; why do t I yiel'd to this principle that has alw been claimed by the south ? Beet ' a stifled Yaukee industry neede i new outlet for Yankee goods. Tl want Hawaii, the West Indies and 1 Philippine islands. Negroes are i all these countries. To secure votes of southern congressmen i , senators for the benefit of Yankee iluBtry, this great New England publican ana august senator frot i sovereign State stands in the sei i chamber und virtually admits t fhtt 14th and 15th amendments t nugatory and of no effect. i People, these pictures that I h i presented to you are held up in spirit that possessed and held up St ' tor Hoar when he was in Charles I two weaks ago. It is because I w negroes to make the white man's 1 , of the south his land, the white mi God his God and resolve that we live here with him in love and pe i with our bosoms bear the brunt coming necessity and our hands c ready to dare and to do. I I am convinced that the South is s place for my people. Here we wil ? the end become a strong people, > we will be a great factor in the complishment and development > tbis nation but we must not rely u i assistance from without. We n depend upon the aid that is to be i at our doors. Each family, every i dividual must depend -on self. 1 F greatness of a race is the measun the greatness of each person, of e I family, of each community. Pen i ent vigilence, honesty and fruga t are the aids we must look up to rely on. Legislation has never m ; a race.. Laws are invariably negati > Do not rely on the written law i belp, but on tbe good will and e*t< F of your neighbors. Let the wrii : law be against me, and my neigh! > tvho is to administer the law, be for : and I am safe. i It is my belief that our future t never brighter than now, for the \ of President McKinley should b? great assistance to us negroes, fo Atlanta he rolled away the stone the angel of peace, love, unity i fraternity arose and today her w] wings hover over tne "North South. The President has in visit buried the past, he smashed ground to powdered dust the cha that contained the drugs of bitter . tred and sectional strife and scatte f it to tbe lour winds, iroui wnicb, 1 i pray the God of nations, it will ne i be gathered again. ( Let all of us negroes in tbe south j united in the wish that Senator Bu > uiay be successful in his effort in ? curing the pittance for these people aged necessity. The money will ! them good in their old age, it will . us good if it comes to them, for ma t and servant have both suffered i have been pauperized during the ! 30 years. j This concourse recognizes that basic principles, that the foundaiio , our future development and success ; through the channels of industry, i I see l>efore me in the parade the < i peuters assembled together, tne bn flayers in a unit, the tailors, ehoem ers, painters, the professional na i 4 : ( ' A t aake the merchants and tbe common labor* tbft ere. You believe that tbe school is alIflari art a fifrnnir nrnn honanaa nnHar Prnf IA A V VI WW W UUAWUp^ f/l V|/ WvVMUUU UUViWA JL 1 v?? any- Alexander the school childern are the here gathered. In this you are right, the for most of the great leaders of all No, races and nations have come from ngs, among the common people, the tradearom people, the plodding and the toiling ome people. 3 of Nearly all of our presidents and who great men began at the bottom of the lka- ladder, Moses, the great lawgiver, past was a child of bondage; hence take We courage for through these gifts that jtod, you here manifest are in your possessens sion you will become truly great if ely- you husband your resources, ear, h I tA ' Some one has been wondering why ?" the Lord does not send down hie4ightf0T nings and smite with sudden destruc;ood tjon the many evil agencies at wark .' in the world. In comment upon this, some on? else remarks,, that tne Lord has lightnings, but be wants condue tors. The circuit is established by >nt? consecrated souls. you >ver ?i v ican Come over to "Mice's" new q oar tern. The go- books and papers on band are: The Columand bla State, The Charleston News and Courier, on(? New York World, 8unday and dally; New a" York Journal, Sunday and dally; Democrat, Itor Magazine fashion; Delineator, Magazine ' if fashion, Designer, Magazine fashion; Harper Bazaar, Magazine fashion. McClures wide U,J wide world over land and Strand; Metropolitan tan, Cosmopolltlan, Munsey, Recreation, Cen" tury Magazine, Frank Leslie, Puritau, Curio . rant Literature, Review of Reviews, Standards Big Magazine, Black Cat and many re- others. I also take subscriptions for these 08e. and will make the terms to suit you. A. S. J. Cassldy. this i I its r- C. C. GAMBRELL, M. D., arn ere. Physician and Surgeon, ABBEVILLE, S. C. , .A W Office In the National Bank. ,l? May 25,1898. tf ois; perft ATHENS STEAM LAUNDRY, me, Proprietor N. W. Collett, ]?i Of Abbeville, Solicits trade from Abbeville. JDS. WORK AND PRICES GUARANTEED., i?' GAINES HAMMOND, Agent, Phone 94 ^ Jan. 8,1899.3m jeo- ~~ ing %%%%%^ ,rei # # awSWPW OCBSAEE * lt a t Always Reliable, t I of f W .tti-q S Send for oar illustrated catalogue and. I . iorder direct. Augusta EARLY TRUCK-5 nto WER CABBAGE, a Sore Header. Seed 10o.# me packet. f aoh d ALEXANDER SEED CO. J 3W8 ^ AUGUSTA, GA. # f hp \ ^ roeg 4%%%%% %%%%%%%%%%* the ? acb A Complete and Full hat r 15 a STOCK OP THE CELEBRATED KC" s h&8 * $ Hetroplitan Brand of MlieflPainis z - OF - *eya JOHN LUCAS & CO. ALWAYS ON HAND AT THE in | City Drug Store. n ? DRICES IN ONE GALLON 0AN8 by the late r single can 81.25. A liberal disco ant to ;hat painters using large quantities. are 1 ABBEVILLE flflSPITAL 5 E. D. REESE, SURGEON. will ace, ; of THE place to carry your 8ICK WATCHES ' and BROKEN CLOCKS, where they will jver be looked after and attended to at all hoars of the day .with skill and experience. No tarn* the lnK y?u away or sending Patients off to have . them treated elsewhere, hot I will pat them >1 id going at prices to salt the times. yes, Tf Vedflinu Presents, Clocks, and JEWELRY. had ^ Prices Down. r H. D. EEESE, My THE PEOPLE'S JEWELER, and 3 _ I wue State of Sonth Carolina, Bern J t60 bor, County of Abbeville. COURT OF PROBATE. was Copy Summons. Fob Relief. 'isit (Complaint not Served.) i of r Wm. F. Jennings, as administrator, &c., ??<j p',,ot"r' bite Mary Ann Callabam and others, defendants. ?u.d TO THE DEFENDANT Grant Callabam. tblS *nd You ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND , ce required to answer the complaint In tblsactlon, which Is filed In the office of the Judge !r of Probate, for the said County, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint lVer on the subscriber at his office at Abbeville , Court House, South Carolina, within forty . days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and If you fall to answer s.e" tbe complaint within the time aforesaid, the 1 'n plaintiff In this action will apply to tbe Court for the relief demanded In tbe complaint. . Dated 3rd day of January, 1899. Ste[ R. E. HILL, ?n(| Judge of Probate. last j the! To ijrftnt Callahan), absent defendant: Li of j js TAKE NOTICE that the Complaint In the for above entitled case was filed In the office of 2ar- thfi Jud8? of Probate for Abbeville County on ick- ttie 2nd day of January. 1S99 R> E. HILL, ien, J- A- c* DENTAL NOTICE. S. F. Killingaworth, No. 4 Seal Block, AbbevllleJS. 0. Notice to Tresspassers. ALL PERSONS are hereby warned not to ? i _ hant, flsb, or otherwise trespass upon the ' i'.- jSffl wuua ui me anaeraiKDea. ' F. E. HARRI80N. " ;.,J Dec. 20, 1889. HUGH WILSON. , MUTUAL \ EIRE 1111! J AAAI M WRITE TO OR CALL on tfaemnderaigned '? or to the Director of yonr Township '1 for any Information, yon may dealre about "r-'JM our plan of Inauranofe. ' .-VmM We insure your property agalftat deetruoHon by mi vhdriiu or imhn, | and do so cheaper than any Ininranoe Com .?(< pany In existence. f . ' > Remember we are prepared to prove to yon .t that oura la the safeat and oheapeat plan of " Insurance known. J. E. BLAKE, Jr., Agfent, Abbeville, S. C. Jl J. FULLER LYON, Pre?. || Abbeville, ?. U. j BOARD DIRECTORS. I J. Add. Calhoan Ninety-Six TownrtMp , 8. M. Benjamin Greenwood " G. B. Blley .Cokeebniy " W. B. Acker _....?Donnal(fc w 1 M. B. CTlnkBcalee -...Doe Wert 'Wtyffi T. L. Haddon Long Cane " J. W. Soott Hmlthville " Joiepb Lake... White Hall **, P. J. W\ Lyon ...Indian flill Capt. John Lyon Cedar Spring " W..E. Leslie...................-Abbeville " Dr. J. A. Anderaon.Dlamond Hill " H. A. TendenU.^..Lownde?vlUe r. t:Z$S?c=?!$$S2& > G. N. McKlnney .....Bordeaux M -A- ;:vtS| Abbeville, S. C., Jan. 18,1898. Charleston and Western Carolina R. E Angvsta and A?heville Short Line. In effect Aug. 7, 1898. 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