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liUK LEADERS.
28 pounds light hrown sugar for SI tl
8 pounds A11iu *kles ( offee for 1 (!
7 pounds good green coffee for 1 (I
1 pound line Tobacco for 35 cents.
W" Tin VVure VEllY C HKAl*.
WE KNOW
how close monep matters are wit
most people. We are prepared fc
- close hu\ere. Values that two c
dhree years ago seemed almost Im
-possible are to day an actual factliearly
cut in two. Many are su?
prised st the line of tJroeeries
-offer. Some even are incredulous
A. aiwVSSER.
County Poor House to Let.
OEAIiF.D PROPOSALS for keepln
O the County Poor House for th
.year IMPS, will he received by th
County Hoard of Commissioners a
their office until the first Monday i
September at 12 o'clock, M.
Bids must be made at a fixed stir
for each inmate per month. Th
County will furnish the land freo ?
rent Bedding and medical attentlo
will also he furnished. B ?nd will I
required of the successful applieati
iu the sum of two hundred dollar
for faitri'ol li?rfnl'm?iin? ?'
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The right to reject, any und all bid
is reserved. L J PKKKY.
County Supervisor
'File I jtinruiHter
16:??
THE NEXT seamen of the Lar
-caster Grailed 3ehool begins Scf
temhcr 13th, 1897.?Thebuildin
lias ireen enlarged recently an
the teaching force auguientec
We are now uretiared to five <>?
O - ?
jtccial attention to pupils prepai
ing for a college course, or fo
sjK'cial classes in a college course
Terms reasonable. For furtli
er information address
A. M. RANKIN,
Su|>erintendcnt.
Aug 17, 1JSU7?lmo.
Registration Books Open.
I N ACCOUDANCK w ii li the Act 1
s!Mi providing f >r th?? registrntio
of cii-oiorH, the hooks of the Super v j-<?t
<?f Registration will he open at til
court house on the first Monday i
ea h month for the registration ofele<
tors entitled to r> giatinlinii anil k> \
opon for three successive days in eae
month until the geneial election <
!?.9S. VV. (I. A. Porter,
H. M. Kirk,
it. J. Klyr.it,
Hoard of Kegi?tration.
Nov 18, 1890?tf.
SUMMONS FOR RELIEF.
(Complaint Herved.)
:-STATK OF BOUTH CAROLINA
county ok i.a ncahtkk.
Court of Common Plena.
-<?H Wolfe, Plaintiff,
airalnat
.A W Wolfe, Defendaut.
To the Defendant R W Wolfe :
| Yoii are hereby Huminoned and n
quired to anawer the complaint in th
action, of whichaoopy ia herewit
. o?rved upon you and to aerv
a copy of your anawer to the hmu! e?r.
plaint on the ?uhacrit>er at hia ofll<
at 1 ancaater Court Houae, County <
I,ancitxter. and State of South Caroll
tin witiiin twenty daya after the aei
vice hereof, exclusive of tiie day ?
auch aervice; and if you fail to anawt
the complaint within the time afort
aaid, the plaintiff in thia action wi
apply to the Court for the relief d?
manded in the complaint.
Dated April 27th. 1897.
R. E W Y LIE,
Plaintiff*' Attorney.
fKeaM W. B. I* POUTER,
<KeH ' C. C. C. L. C.
To R W Wolfe, non?reaident Defern
ant:
Take notice that the eiimmona an
roiupluint In the above act Ion wax 11
led In the ofllce of W rt 1. Portei
clerk of the circuit court for aaid Coui
'v and Rtate, at Iduicaater Cour
Houae. on the 27th day of April 1897
Dated .rfprll 27, 1897.
R E. WYLIK,
Plalntlffa' Attorney
M-21-6*.
iM'LAURIN If, YORK'
- had
;; Further Details of Kis Speech
at the County Seat. Huet
i i?ii
HIS REPLY TO EVANS. f<*"
h _ ||Api
.1 N<
A Livelv .Account of His Colloi
* up t
quy Wj.h Strait?The Scone ^
Which liO(l to His
1 Collapse. rpea,
?. 1 ; inucl
' the 1
Many are the regrets that Sena- i nn(j
* tor McLaurin, on account of sickncss
was unable to attend the |10 .
Campaign meeting here last Fri- ()f j
* > day. By request we publish a
e synopsis of his speech at Vorkville 'pju>
1 J taken from The Knquirer. ' advo
Mr McLaurin was introduced foun
n by the County chairman and was ,md
? |
)(* received with deafening applause, into
" . Waiting until the applause had that
'* partially subsided, Senator Mc- this
? Laurin said that of all the rcmarI
kable campaigns that had ever audi
" token place in South Carolina, j by ts
this, in his oninioti. was th?? m?*?i ' '?
' remarkable, lie hud tried from reipi
the outset to avoid personalities with
lie did nwt fee that the people prod
|| wanted'to know of him what lie anot
thought of his opponents. They had
were competent to judge for them- acco
! selves: but he considered that thev audi
wanted to know what he was do- leveling
as their reprcssntative and
why. He had been beset by all my
^ of his opponents, singly and col- cd.
I leciively, and also by others who Vina
could have ^10 interest whatever Uno'
in the rare. 1 s
, i in ij
Why, mv fellow citizens, the a Pi
r i
gentlemen who nro opposing me is at
have talked to you as if I owned suv
and controlled every newspaper ]>eoi
in the United States: they have my
represented to yon that 1 have Bo< j
sat in the councils of all political to o;
parties, and they have told you s<
" how I have Czar Uoid tinder my' t|
thuinh; and how, single-handed
and alone. I have framed and pass- <,i],(.
ed the tarilT hill. And. fellow Hm;t
i>1 cit.v.utis, if you have suelt a man
as that at your ser\ice. let m* |j
tell you now that you eannol do p,,jM
hotter than to send him to the tli.it
1 I United Stales senate, for he is vvjU)
'' eortainly the very man you want
to take care of your interests, sl]su
[Applause and laughter.! the |
Starting again, and his voire i,ecj,
seeming to gather additional prin
strength and volume, Senator Me- ,,f t.<
Laurin sjnike of the ineeption and i,a,]
growth of tho Farmers' Alliance, Wou
j which, in 1800 and 1802, became j n
k such a factor in South Carolina to 1)
' politics. It advocated certain that
| principles, and those principles j putt
were embodied in the Ocala plat- wayform.
That platform was after- Bui],
wards adopted by the Populist aske
["'party, and every single congress .Ois
?, mun who was elected from this Bryi
. state in 1802, himself included. ! un m<
* was selected on those principles! the
1- They went to Washington pledged they
,f to concerted action with whatever I? it
>r elements might bring about the that
li free and unlimited coinage of silver ! dow
!* and to do what we could to brin g ' the i
about financial relief. Now that Call
^ was six years ago; and while all' wha
went to congress to advocate these (Clu
I principles?and 1 have not once but
I-, been charged with for an instant [back
^ abandoning them?it seems that, T
l_ for some renHon, I alone, have j the J
b la-en singled out an<l stigmatized way
t us a Republican and 1'opulist. jorit
I Why this was, Mr McLaurin said, Rep
ho was at a loss to understand; men
i but surely it could not be his rc- for?
1 for his nix loni* years ofoul
est labor. If, in wevcr, he the
been singled out bceauso lie aeb
worked lender than any of. his
others to eombinc every in- ^
lee to do what liu had been yjr
ged to do, then lie must con- Hjic
that it was his own fault. ,<ca
ilause. 1 | (>f
ext Senator Mel.aurin took losl
he question of free 'aw ma- bre
d, about which the other to 1
kers had tried to make so Tin
h impression. He read from and
Democratic platform of 185)2 all
showed that at that time the effc
y advocated this policy, and po?
hen read from the platform sub
81)8 to show that free raw cid<
rial had been eliminated, forj
party had tried the principle
cated by (lovernor Kvans,
d that it was impracticable > H(j(|
abandoned it. Then he went ,llv
an explanation of the fact' sa|?
the annual requirements of ne|j
Government are between The
i llillljlllll nnd Si'.ihi ooo non I
""Vjvfvvi you
111:tt this nuincy must be raised has
iriff duties. Then he explain- ,iut
ow the Democratic platform wj11
ired those duties to be levied
out diserimin ition on theirj0j
luets of one seetion against j mv
her, and how every vote he i (lj|
east was in direct and absolute I ftrr
rd with that platform. rhej^j,
ence signified its approval of
y point. rej,
But 1 am not here defending mi|
record," the senator explain- to <
'The people of Seuth C^aro- ?.p
are a reading people. They 0th
a- where 1 stand. Every man C|,H
>e state knows that I a?i not't^?
oteetionist, (Applause] and it the
? inuult ?? ????: ? n: A
vw vi'vii iiiiviii^'iirc w it 8
that I am. [Cheers. 1 1 have not
1 returned to congress from tlii.?
district four times, and why? ^0ii
wise I tried to do something new
irn n?y salary. [Cheers.J \
nator Mel^tinriy here referred up i
jo outlandish charges that had
i made against him, and among 1
r things, the attempt. to Ik; .^01
eh him for having voted him
list the dim Crow ear hill.
hout mentioning names, lie j,iei
ted to Mr Fiiiloy, and -ah' S|U)!
the scnato: from York, with llOM
m he had the honor to serve,
done the same thing, as d.d :lf,
two-thirds of Mie members of tjn?
house. It was not, however, aWn
use he was opposed to the ask<
ciple of the bill; hut because j ?]
2i tain provisions which, if ho j the
remained in the house, he Piki
Id have remedied,
hen he spoke of the attempt Sen
icsmirch him by insinuating 80m
he had hootlicked Reed into <h>ci
ing hi in on the committee on ?]
s and means. 44Who put pUr
ey on this committee?" ne <'
d, 44and who put Charles F yOU
p there, and who out Win J tor
an there? Wuh it not this* j\
a Czar Keed, tho sjieaker of j hem
Republican house, and did'tor
boot lick him toget the place? grCi
by such arguments as these pro
these men would drag me |,ou
n in order that they may get him
sent that was tilled by lltiyne, t.}l||
loun and McDutlie? And for fe?-t
t? Only to draw the salary?" unt
;ers and voices That s it; han
no art* going to send you thai
a at
lie senator next explained that it.
tariff hill was prepared hy the ing
h and means committee, a ma- the
ty of which, of course, was didi
uhlican. These Kepuhlican Tal
ibcrs prepared the hill in con- go i
nee, and the Democrats could i >"?
y take what w:iserved 111> to 1
m. They ctjuld only put thorn- i
res on record, and he stood by
every vote. \ t
Vbout the middle of his speech, !
McLaurin suddenly begun to \
>w signs of exhaustion. While f
ding a letter from Mr Bailey, i
Texas, he reeled and almost t
this lialanee. He gasped for 11
uth a few momenta, and seemed j
liave lost th<? power of speech, f
in he begun to recover himself v
1 spoke on us before. He was, , t
the while, making an heroic j i'
>rt to hide his temporary indis- v
ition, and had it not been for ^
sequent developments, the inint
would have been entirely] a
gotten. 11
What did I go to congress for?' '
Mci.aurin asked. Was it to e
the emptv honor of M (' to
name? Was it to draw the
irv of ?.">,ouo a year? It was s
ther of these, my friends, t
ire may have been at first some J
ithful ambition: but my obje?*t |
been far beyond that. I lin<l j
ies and responsibilities there <
ich furnish employment for all |
intelligence, energy and pat-1
asm that I can summon, and,
friends, 1 tinu that now, above 1 ]
else, you need men there who i
broad enough to realize the I
ent and varied interests of this 1
at country of ours. 1 must I
resent my own state; but I t
st, remember, also know how
rive and take when our inter- ]
? conflict with the just rights of c
ers. Evans may sneCr his
*
rge about licking the feet of t
Yankee nation and voting for 1
protection of Texas wool: bnt I t
hould t>o remembered that it is t
time to build a wall around 5
i state yet, and there is no rea <
to lug in this Populist busi- i
neither. t
ii this point l>r Strait jumped *
and asked: :l
Do yon deny it
'he doctor was behind the sen ,
who was not thinking about,'
at the time, and evidently N
not hear his remark. lbit
nbers of the audience did, and 1
ntcd, *Sit down, Strait: it's
e of your business!* Strait
something about not 'being 1
lid of anybody;* and by tlii.-? '
a Senator McLaurin becoming 1
re that ho was on his feet,
mI him wkat it was he wanted. 1
Do you deny itP responded I
doctor, swelling up somewhat :l
i ? 1
.. ..w^.
'Deny what, doctor?" asked I
ator Me Iain mi, mildly, as 1
e one aeain prutHy told the 1
tor to sit dow n.
Deny what 1 said at Chester?' (
sued the doctor.
Will you please repeat what '
said at Chester?1 asked Sena- j 1
McLaurin.
is the wheels in the doctor's *
il he gran to revolve, he tried *
?|dy; but the confusion was to
at that he eould not he heard. (
pie in different parts of the 1
so were fiercely shouting to '
to sit down. .The chairman (
ed for order hut without efand
<piiet was not restored
ii .Mr .Mel aurin wjiv??<l his
(1 and assured the audience
t he asked Dr Strait to make
aternent, and he wanted to hear ^
Several men why were start
toward the stand paused, an '
doctor continued: *1 said 1
n't you come up to me and '
l>crt and say, 41 want you to 1
into the Populist party with 1
The time ia ripe, the curr
cut is hifih, :in<I the sea is coming 1 1
nC | Jeers from the audience. |
'I do not remember to have
nude that remark," saivl Senator!
JcLeurin, to the uudience. There
vas a time, however, when every i"
ree-silver Democrat of any prom j
nence in Washington was talking |,
hat way, Sibley, Bryan, Tillman, i
nvself and others were trying to (
J *- 1 ]
lo all we could to unite the silver ,
orees of all parties. Gov. Evans
vas eleeted to the Chicago convenion
on the 'free silver or bust' 1
Jca, and 1 presume that Dr Strait i
vus that way too. [Cheers for '
dcEaurin. | I
The doctor seemed to think that *
n effort was bein?r made to put (
dm in a false position, and in a 1
now-1 -hnve-eaught-you, in anoth- j(
r* tone, he stormed:
'Did you hear me/say that?'
MeLaurin 1 never heard you
ay anythingnbout anything, doeor;
| laughter and applause) lint
I took it for granted that thepeo
>le of this district were1 that way,
ind if "on were not that way, then
you did not represent them. ,
Cheers and cries of diet down
Strait."
Strait failed to say where Me- j *
Laurin's alleged remark was made
ind McLaurin suggested that pro-i'
?ablV it was at the famous Wilard
Hall conference.
Strait, (snappishly)?I was not *
here, sir.
Mr McLaurin very pleasantly
? I was. [Cheers for McLau
j
McLaurin, still unable to locate
he place where he was alleged to '
uive solicited Strait as a recruit '
o Populism, went on to tell about j
he Willard Ilall meeting. It (
i + ? ! *
vas a gathering of free silveritcs '
>f all parties, with a view to try- r
ng to get together. lb' had told '
he meeting that South Carolina '
vould work for free silver natur 1
11 v: but the free silverites would
lot leave the Democratie party. s
Senator Stewart hiul jumped on '
ii.11 ami he told Stewart that there 1
could he no sense in such a niove:!s
hat South Carolina silveritcs al- 1
eaitv had control of tho part\ '
>r irani/.at ion, and that an attempt '
o form a new partv, would only :l
neau local division to no good
airpose. To prove the wisdom "
if what he said, the senator cited
lie rase ot' North Carolina, which 1
n the last election, elected a Re- '
miliean governor and gave Bryan
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.majority of L'0,000 votes. 'And," (
oncluded the? senator, 'what the '
leoplo want now is live, honest, 1
ntelligent and energetic represen- x
atives, and hereafter I hclieve *
hey will lay the hand of atlliction '
in all nonentities who act, as '
tumbling bloc' s in the way of 11
heir getting their jnst demands, j1
I/ong continued applause, during |(
vhich Pr Strait subsided. ] 1
Continuing, Senator McLaurin '
laid he had never belonged to the '
Populist party; but that he respect- '
d the i'opulists for they had '
nadc i tight on principle with no !
ioj>e of winning. Then he went 1
in to pay a high tribute to Senator !
Maylield for his manly action in J
ivithdrawing from the race, and 1
sniti that he hoped the others
would have the manhood to do
likewise when convinced of the
?rror of their way Then he
told about the Populist platform
incident. In effect, he said that
Maytiold and others had made unsupported
charges against him in I
regard to this matter at various
[daces. There were connected j1
with it personal reasons which he j
id not care to mention, and alI
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fte Undersell All Others In
Groceries.
I , 8 r-i rV I : > :
M ikuukIm man elated >siiy::?r for ?1 Ort
M pounds li(ih* limwii Suioir 1 (M)
1 '*/>?" We have the cheapest line
>f Chewing and Smoking Tobacco
ii town. Also we carry a nice line
?f Notions, swell as handkerchiefs,
I jilt lies' and (tents' Hose, ete., ete.
1? . S. Cli jrry tV I tro.
hou^h he had full permission to
jive out the facts, he had resolved
lot to do it, even if it should cost
iiin his election. But painted l>y
he other candidates as the blackest
hearted villian, capable of an vhin<;
that was low and mean, and
(distantly liajrjjed and iroared, he
vas so hurt at Chester, that for
reasons he could scaicely explain,
10 jjavc up his secret. Mr Mayield
had come to hi< room after
he speaking. and he had "iven ^
litu all the facts. .1 \Y llowden
Alls his friend. While he was
dek in Columbia, and while his
ivife was also sick at his home,
llowden had nursed him for H>
lays like a woman. During his
jonv-ilescence, Bowden had told
lim t\f til^- ' ?l! '
... 1,1.1 uvui in nun ion 10 issue
i manifesto for the organization
>f a Populist party in this state,
lie urged and plead with Bowden.
jointing out the effect, and assurng
him that no good could he
iccomplished. As the result oi
lis pleading, Bowden was induced
xi strike out that portion of the
jlatform which applied to the
jiarty in the state. And that was
ill there was of it.
During this recital, which was,
if course, made in tiu'tfe detail.
Senator MeLaurin unconscious]\
showed eviilence of strongemotion
tnd (juite a numher of people in
he audience were observed by the
eporters to lie in tears.
Continuing Senator MeLaurin
aid that he never, under any
ireuinstances, cherished hatred
or amy man: but wlien ho felt
urh feeling arising in his heart,
ic invariably tried to pluck it out.
Ie had not felt any hatred against
'Ivans when he wrote that Idler,
ind lie did not feel any now.
< lov Kvans And 1 have never
>howed you any.
Senator MeLaurin Not until
oday-, when he exhibited a great
leal of it.
Senator McLairin went on to
explain that on account of a letter
ie had written, a great many
?eople had supposed that lie would
rote for Kyans. It was his inention,
originally, to vote for
Kvans; but aj the result of the
oports in the papers, he decided
o vote for Duncan in the first
ace, and on account of that letter
if Tillman's interfering with the
natter, in the second race he
r'otcd for Earle. lie had not,
lowever, promised anybody that
le would vote for Evans. He had
never made a promise to vote for
iny man: but always remained
unpledged and cast his vote, as he
saw tit. He denied niosi emphatically
that he had ever made any
11 p( tea Is for sympathy a^ charged.
All he asked for was justice and
fair play, and he mentioned tlnr
incident of the day, and the day
before, when coining as ho did
into this congressional district,
he felt that he had a right to expect
at least hospitality from the
Democrats in office. Yet he had
Itecn attacked gratuitously, and
absolutely without warrant. This,
OMKMDCD <>N third paol.
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