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X 1' f > :vcw * /' :vv* ** / *" """ "" | " .. ^ |) | AD7ER"^G ^TES^ '.* I KATES REASONABLE. ... . o Marriage notices inserted free. '.* UOB VEIXTIXe A SP? IALTV. " ' _"~_ _ " ~ " I ? I Obituaries over ten line charged for at ? v regular advertising rates. P. " VOL. XXII. LEXINGTON, S. C? WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3,1892. NO.37. ?> EPSTIN BROS SELLING OUT -I. THEIR 1TIRE STOCK I -OF? > 1 It? FURNISHING GOODS, 150 MAIN STREET. UNDER COLUMBIA HOTEL. ;V COLI MBIA, S. C. - K * v#, r w e have decided to close out our entire stock H * of Clothing, Hats and Furnishing Goods * regardless ot cost. Our previous advertisement IDecla-xe the lact beyond a doubt that we mean business to the letter. Be sure to call on us for the Greatest Bargains in our iine ever offered to the consumer. Dusters, Umbrellas, Satchels in endless va riety. B' member our iuvitatiou is extended to every purchaser desiring to buy Clothing or Hats to call ou us for low prices. Even Tillraan or an other man needing to supply their fs- wants cannot donbt us. ^ Tlx? reason we make such an offer is because we intend to change our business. Olxoice Suits for ilen, Boy9, and Children at sacrifice prices, everybody alike. The citizens and farmers of Lexington county, mechanics and laborers are especially invited. Even the O-otrerrxox needs good clothes to wear during the campaign at low ngures |v j . Of useful articles on the road to Chicago. Can't beat onr prices. When they see a ern gentleman come to the National Cons' ^^^-'rention well dressed he must be from rFpcT|iy BROS.. For Bargains. Sept. 7-tf ? # TUOTTS Tiny Liver Pills, as an anti-bilious and anti-malarial remedy are wonderful in their effects in freeing the system of biliousness v and malaria. No one living in A Malarial Regions ? -- should be without ihern. Their use prevents attacks of chills and fever, a dumb ague, bilious colic, and gives qp the system strength to resist all the evils of an unhealthy and impure atmoaphere. Elegautly sugar-coated. W Price, 85c. Office, 39 Park Place, N. T. Jan. 6?ly. F. W. HUSEMANN ?-flun and Lock Smith, i AXD DEALER IX } GUNS, PISTOLS, PISTOL CAKTjRIDGES. FISHING TACKLE, aud all kinds of Sportsmen's Ai tides, which he has now on exhibition and for sale at his store. Main Street, Near the Central Bank, Columbia, S. C. ^ Agkxt fob Hazard Powdf.r Comeaxt. ^fr~Repairing done at short notice"^ i 'BUS LINE. IT T A I v E -m ( MWJiQTHA'S riissfs IVI vnil ? ??rt w ~ at vmw DEPOT, COLUMBIA On arris'al of all trains, for hot In ot any part of the city. First Class Livery anil Feed Stable, and F inest Turnouts in the city at moderate charges. Staole on Taylor street, Columbia, 8. C. J. P. McCARTHA. November 6-tf. LEXIXGTON GRADED SCHOOL. LEXINGTON, S, (,\ F. E. ROWELL, Principal. Miss MINNIE I. DICKS. Firat Assistant. Mrs. M. E. LATIIKOPK, Music. MRS. J. G. GRAICHEN. Elocution. OPENS MONDAY. SEPTEMBER, 7, SESSION TEN MONTHS. Iha-ition, r IvContH: First and Second Grades .SI Third and Fourth Grades. 1 5.t Filth Grade - (.? Sixth, Seventh and Eighth tirade... '1 "a Book Keeping it ( t Music 3 0? Contingent Fee Jt tireek and I*itiu are embraced in Ia?t four Grades?IiHtiu obligatory. French and German, each 5< .^TAII tuition payable Monthly.-$vST. ? ' Boird can be had at $7.5b p^-r mouth. For iurther information, tb< Fiiiu-ipaL 1*. K KOWKFL. I August 19?ti I i TinTTMifi gnnmnin rninnnw ii in ~i nr TiT ? Prohibition. To the Editor of the Dispatch: To prohibit means to forbid. By i I " 1 -I ... t> - cii-i.. 1,... tile proamnion 01 a ouue we uuuei- : stand that the government of that j State has forbid its inhabitants to in- j dulge in the liquor traffic. Liquor j may be used for either good or bad j purposes. Its effects are both good j and evil. Some see that the subject j of prohibition has two sides, therefore we should not censure those who advocate it, nor those who oppose it, for they have sufficient reasons upon which to base their ! opinions. Some people use it for medical pur poses only. Then, if properly administered, its effects are good, for j in some cases it proves to be the j best remedy. It is also used to preserve cancers and limbs which have j been taken from the human body, i and is. therefore, a creat benefit to the practitioner. We know that it is a blessing to the human race when used in the proper manner, but when | we come to consider its evil effects we see that they overbalance those for good. While some people use it to the j best advantage, others use it to their i ruiu and to the great displeasure of ! their relatives and friends. WItpr> i rrmn acnnirps the habit of i drinking intoxicating liquors be is a ruined man. If be possesses a fortune be will spend it foolishly. If be I is a professional man be will soon bud bimself out of emplo\'ment, for sucb a man is not to be trusted. If I be Las been a truthful man prior to bis i bard ^drinking habits be will then j prove to be false. If be has been j renewed for justice, be will then | prove to be unjust. The man who drinks to excess j does himself great injustice. By { doing so he ruins his moral principles. "When he goes on board the i ship of drunkenness he anticipates a pleasure trip, but when she launches out on the sea of destruction he realizes when it is too late I that he is a moral physical wr&ck. L t'Jfeo ud -tluLftiitt?! of those addicted to tlu^ffi^^^be- j come fatty, flabby and weak, and I that the heart becomes fat ty and j weak. Therefore it interferes with j the action of the heart, checking the flow of blood and causing parts of the body to suffer. It produces dyspepsia, heart disease, apoplexy and various other diseases. Physiology tells us again that the effects of alcohol are not expended upon the user alone; but that morbid cravings for drink tendencies to disease, weakness of body, mind and j character, are the heritage of misery I O J I which he bestows upon his offspring. mi e ii 1,.:,.!.;,,^. I liie miner who iuuuj^cs m unuciug is not fit to be a father. Instead of setting good examples before his children, he is continually setting bad ones. His influence will live forever, but it will have a tendency to degrade the human race. Some say that prohibition should not be enforced by law, because a man has a light to do as he pleases as long as he does not infringe upon the rights of others. We admit that a man has a right to do as he pleases as long as he does not infringe upon the rights of others; but how many men who drink to ex cesss do this? When a man spends j his money for liquor and lets his wife and children <ro destitute of anv o ?of the necessaries of life he has infringe upon their rights. When a man by the use of alcoholic liquors brings disgrace upon his wife and children, he has infringed upon their rights. When a man. by the use of alcohol liquors disgraces himself and brings sorrow upon his brothers and j sisters, and his father and mother, j he has infringed upon their rights. ! When a man under the influence of i j alcoholic liquors talks about and ; fcc&udalizes his neighbors he has in- | fringed upon their rights. W hen a j i man under the influence of alcoholic j liquors goes to church ami breaks j the peace of the Sabbath he has in j fringed upon Gods rights. Penitentiaries and gallowses will j never wtop the crimes committed by j men under the influence of liquor. ! Unless you eradicate the cause | of these crimes they will con- j | tinue as lung as the world stands. An eminent writer has said: "If you 1 entirely suspense with the use of ar- j , dent spirits, the jails, almshouses j > and the State prisons will then stand ! open us monuments of the vices of ' an age that has passed by and gone." Another reason why prohibition , i should be enforced by law is, me oase j frauds practiced by tluMvhisky deader ) I upou liis customers. The pure artiJ cle is costly. The dealer, in ol der to J make a (urge profit, adulterates them J I by adding cheaper and sometimes j poisonous substances. Some of t lie t substances used are coculus iiidicus, alum, aloes, copperas, sulphuric acid, i nux vomica or strychnine, jalap and | lime. So we see that the consumer gets a great deal of poison that he does not bargain for. If prohibition will entirely suspense with the use of intoxicating liquors, it would be a blessing to any people, but as long as it is used for medical purposes it will be used lu gratify the appetite. F. S. O. Poll Tax Bugaboo, Etc. To the Editor of the Dispatch: In your last issue appeared an editoral headed "The Poll Tax Bugaboo." Now, iu order that this mat ter may be thoroughly understood, allow me to present to your readers the view which the Conservative side r.f fat-?><a nf tll? lilflf,- I ter, and you and you and your read- i ers will soon linu that ibis argument ! is not altogether a 'Bugaboo", but presents considerable danger, more especially to the class who are least able to pay an increased amount of taxes. First of all, the argument of the Conservatives is not that B. R. Tillman of and by himself can or will increase the above named tax, but by recommendations in his message to the General Assembly, who, by-the-way, he wants and asks to be thoroughly in sympathy with his own ideas, in fact so much so does he want the Legislature under his control, that he has repeatedly urged and recommended that all candidates for legislative honors should be sworn on a stack of Bibles to carry out the measures mapped out and recommended by him in his different messages. Now, when you consider that among his pet schemes is also a Constitutional convention, such convention to have full power to enact without the usual approval of the people by a submission of said new Constitution to the people for approval at the ballot box, is it not as plain a3 day lig^t that j ^::ts (Lt Ejfccf a i^oTo : ? crow?. Nothing is more reasonable then, that if B. R. Tillman gets the Leg islature lie wants, and which he can j control, be will also get the Constitutional convention of such material i as to be entirely under his control. Now that is precisely what he wants, and knows well lie will get it unless the people will open their eyes to the ! real danger. But, Mr. Editor,'this is not the j only thing which such a Constitutional convention will bless (?) us j with, and it is extremely dangerous J under the present excitement to { think of such a measure, which, when conditions have changed somewhat, and this excitement has somewhat abated, mav be of Great bene- I * ~~v o fit; but at present the people are too much stirred up to go into such an important measure. How a liberty loving people, such j as the Americans, and more especi i ally South Carolinians, can favor a j man who has so plainly shown by j words and acts that he wishes to be i sole controller of the a ft airs of our j government, and, when baftled by ! wiser ami more conservative men, j calls our Legislature "driftwood," I and ridicules our judges, is beyond j my comprehension, and while I do i not lay claim to a great amount of j wisdom. I believe to be able to discern the greed for power in some of | our present Governor's pet schemes. | Now to finish my argument on the | poll tax. This Constitutional con- | vention will provide for the increase ; from to ?.'? and we, the people, w ill nc?t have the chance of giving j our disapproval to it if B. 11. Till- ! man can prevent it, which, if he sue j coeds in gettinga re-nomination, will j not be hard for fiini to do with a Legislature such as he is clamoring for. J This is the danger which the Con- I servative Democracy claims to be ! ahead of us. and, methinks, is con- j ! sider?bly more than a mere 4,buga- j i boo." Now when you take into consider- j at ion some of J3. lb Tillman's other i pet schemes, such as the new county I government bill in which the pool man is legislated against, for, if he is unwilling or unable to pay the l $1.50 exemption tax, he mjist work on the public highways for eight j ! days in the year under a paid con | ! tractor, and so have his eight days' j i labor rated with the more favorably i j situated neighbor of his who pays ! AO This is favoring the poor j man with avengenee, isn't it, though? j ; Let thorn answer for themselves ami 1 ! do not all speak at ihe same time. With these remarks, I must close. I Hoping that they will be received with tlie same spirit that they trorp written. Kespectfully, vuurs. Theo. E. F. Holzhausek. Red Bank Items. Editor Lexington Dispatch: Miss Sue Bronie is spending a couple of days at Leesville. Mr. Caleb Shealy is visiting his | home at Lewie.dale. Mrs. Shipp of Augusta, has been j with her sons in this place for several j days past. ^ ^ ^ f a*? 1 > n o I iUr. .UUIUUt' J-lUIiiUl Wliu naa uctii quite sick but is now on gaining ! ground, and we hope to see him out l soon. Miss Yirgic Green of Columbia, is ; still with us. Some young men had j better look out or they may have a ! case of heart disease soon. The general health of our place is good. Your correspondent in company ; with A. E. Wingard, one of the j school board, visited the public school I now in session here and found the : teacher, Miss Mar}- Wingard, work- i iug like a Trojan, surrounded by forty two pupils with bright and ! happy faces, and while there we ; could but note the difference betweeu j a wide awake teacher of today and when we were at school. Now every 11 - ^ 1 1_ U- 1 ^ lUing is uoue 10 nmtxt- siuuw uuiuc j like and cheerful, then the domine I strode back and forth with berch hi hand and stern countenance forboding woe to the urchin that dared to transgress, and yet there are num- j bers who would prefer the old regime, j but mark my words, those who advocate the old method of teaching are either old teachers who are in a rut so deep they can't extricate themselves or they are patrons who take so liUle interest in schools that they never visit them. This should not be. Every patron should, by all means, visit their children and the teacher 1 and that as often as possible. It ; encourages the teacher and the j scholar alike. i Doubtless there are some of your i readers who would like to know j where and what Red Bank Mills are. j They are located three and a half j miles south of Lexington C. H., on Red Bank creek, as pretty a stream as can be found in the countiw, fed peveiyV > p.pyinga th^jf gush 4 from outukese hills that are natural i filterers, consequently their waters are pure and as clear as if purified by an alchemist. About thirty years tn/n Mr John frrcen and others were I operating a saw mill at this place, carrying their products to the Columbia market, and while thus en gaged they decided to engage in the i manufacture of cotton. Then began the erection of the Red Bank Cotton Mills and like all mills in this country at that time it's proportions, and [ consecpiently, its productions, comparatively speaking, were meager. Its capacity up to 3 871 being two thousand spindles, when one thousand more were added. In 1879 fif teen thousand dollars more was expended for new machinery. It was thus run with improvements from time to time, as circumstances suggested or demanded. Until about six years ago when the mills changed hands and the present company took charge. When commenced a series of improvments and additions which are too numerous to mention in detail but some of which we will take notice, it was about tins time that the weave shop with 100 looms and the dye houses were added. The next year 8 more looms were added. Two years later an addition was built to the weave shop and 100 more looms, bixty were added in the Fall and 40 in the Spring, making a total of 208 looms now in operation, at the same time 416 new spindle and other machinery in proportion were added to the old mill. In 1889 the old water wheel was removed and an Allcott's iron case wheel was put in its place which, with the raising of t]je dam and improvements on engines and boilers, increased the nower about two-fold. In 1891 an i. ... electric plant was placed, which by j good judges and experts js pro- j nounced one of the best isolated j plants iu the South. In January 1892, night work was began in the old mill, thereby nearly doubling the opacity apd furnishing all the yarns j needed in the weave sliop. We have a population of about h'OQs oyer 200 of whom are operatives. At the present time the gutputrotthe mills is 300,000 yards of seven yards ginghams per month. And while noting the progypes and success of mills we don't think it just to fail to mention those who have made, or, j at least, have given great assistance i towards making it, thus. Jo ad our I eonncctjon with 4Pd about cotton mills in the South, and woollen and other mills that we visited in the North, we have yet to find the place where the officials and overseers so completely ignore those numerous airs and ways of a Boss, as they do at I this place, and a= we have often re j marked privately, there are numer ??mm ous tiir.es of the duv when it would i be very hard for a stranger to tell ; who was foreman of a department as ! he wool 1 find him as hard at work and perhaps sometimes harder than j the operatives under him, not as a j matter of compulsion but of choice, i All the foreman without exception j are ail able and agreeable to those | under them so long as they by their j actions will permit it, but our ob- i serrations teach us, that when it be- j comes a ccessary for them to use j their luthority it can and is done | immediately, and as to the operatives j Mr. Eli tor, if you or auy of your ] friend* would like to see a contented, , peaceful and quiet lot of factory people, jist come down to Red Bank j and W:' will take pleasure in pointing [ you to a crowd ot people that go j about their work, singiug and mak? ' O O iug meloday in their hearts. An Operative. j Julj 23, 1802. ? ERADICATES BLOOD POIMM SON AND BLOOD TAINT. ? ? C*ve*al bottles of Swift's Specific (S.S. S.) entirely cleansed my system of contagious blood poison of the very worst type. Wm. S. Loomis, Slireveport, La. 1UI CURES SCROFULA EVEN PEftSftSfl (N ITS WORST FORMS. | T had scrofula in 18S4, and cleansed my 1 system entirely from it by taking seven bottles of S. S. S. I have not nad any symp* toms aiice. C. W. Wilcox, Spartanburg, S. C. RK9R| HAS CURED HUNDREDSOF CASES OF SKIN CANCER. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. May 26 ? ly. Things Good to Snow. Housekeeper's Weekly. For fruit stains, clip the spot several times in hot milk. Leaks about chimneys may be stopped by a cement of coal, tar and sand, neatly applied. Keep flowers fresh by putting a pinch o>aoda in the water. Boil tile clothes line and it will not l^kinkj^/sa new rope is do. J TiT'epbox uiied with limn in your'pantry and cellar; it will keep thejair dry and pure. Soda is the best thing for cleaning tinware; apply with a damp cloth and rub well, then wipe dry. Prick potatoes before baking, so the air can escape, this will prevent their busting in the oven. For sore throat, beat the white of an egg stiff, with all the sugar it will hold, and the juice of one lemon. When baking cakes, set a dish of water in the oven with them, and they will not be in any danger from scorching. Mixture of finely powdred orris root, chalk, cigar ashes and a few drops of rose water makes an excel 1 x. i._ xl. lent i/uutii pu?uci. To mend large boles in socks or in ! merino underwear, tack a piece of ' strong net over and darn through it. The darn will be stronger ami neater than without it. To clean a stove zinc or zmc lined bath tub, mix ammonia and whiting to a smooth paste, apply it to the zinc and let it dry. Then rub it off until no dust remains. 4 ieaspoonfut of alum will make j clear four gallons of mudd}r water. Boiling the water is necessary to remove disease germ when a farm pump or town reservoir has a bad name. Boiled starch is much improved by the addition of a little salt or dissolved gum arabic. A brush of mucilage will attach a i coin to the inner page of a letter and | aid in securing it st?te transit. When painted walia or ceilings need washing, take a quart or two of bran and boil it, then strain the water off and use it for washing the paint. This is better than soa>?. Salt as a tooth powder is better 4.1. ftntt Atlifti- Tf IX1UU tUUiUDl* UllJ UIUU Utiiuin ! . .1 j keeps the teetn very white, the gums hard and rosy and the breath fresh. Half an ounce of beeswax dissolved in a saucer of turpentine applied to the kitchen table cloth will improve it wonderfully. Rub ip with a piece of flannel and complete the process j by the use of a dry flannel. Electric Bitters. This remedy is becoming so well known and so popular as to need no mention All v.ho have used ! ?7- . , Electric Bitters sing the same song I of praise.?A purer medicine does [ not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters i t will cure all diseases of the Liver j j eu<d Rutneys, will remove pimples, ! I Bui]s, Salt Rheum ami other aflec } tions caused by impure blood.- Will i [ drive Malarial from the system and , | prevent as well as cure all Malarial I fevers.? For cure of Headache, Cnii I atiputjon and Indigestion try Electric 1 | Bitters?Entire satisfaction guaran | i te.'d or money refunded.?-Fiice n() j ctrf. and &i.UU [>er bottle at the ; ! Bazaar. 1 ! Summer School. To the Editor of the Dispatch: T1 iv ni'nm'cauilur oii<1 flm ! South is in the van in the great march on toward better times and a 1 better life. The Southern Students Summer School which was held in Knoxville, Tennessee, June 18 to 29, i is one of the evidences that it is not i only in the material affairs of our j country that the Tiotitrir^. ' striving to keep pace with the times, ! but that they are wide-awake and ready to do whatever their nanus i find to do in the way of promoting ! and extending the moral and religious life of our people. Mr. D. L. Moody was the starter of the Students Summer School iu this country. Iu 1886 he called upon the college students of the country O v to spend a few weeks at Northfield, Mass, in Bible study. The mani- i testation of the wonderful power it had for doing justified its annaul orwl aa tinma nf flip TPfllllts. there lias been a great revival of religious interest and increased Bible study in many of the New England institutions; and '*The Students' Missionary Uprising," by which about six thousand students have volunteered to go as foreign missionaries. The need of a similar gathering for Southern students was seen. Under the authority of the International Committee of the Y. M. C'. A. the college secretaries set about to > i- U i.1_ - O il matte arrangements ior mt; ouuiuem Students Summer School to be held in the buildings of the University of Tennessee, at Knoxville, June 18 to 29. Officers were chosen and invitations sent to the college Y. M. C. A's. throughout the South to send such delegates as would be connected with the Association next year. In response to this invitation there j gathered at Knoxville, 169 students i representing fifty colleges in seven- i teen States, 25 secretaries from ten Slates, ajpd 23 teachers from seven States. ; The special features of the Summer School were, Bible study, College Conferences; platform addresses and athletics. The Bible Study was made of first importance, and was divided into two classes; the first, "The Workers' Bible Training class;" under Mr. G. A. Beaver, College secretary of Pennsylvania. The second, "The Inductive Bible Study," conducted by Mr. E. F. See of Brooklyn, New York. In these classes the importance of Bible study, how to study it, and how to teach it were the main points aimed at. At the College Conferences, which were specially interesting and instructive, was discussed the great need of effective Christian work in colleges, and the best methods of conducting this work in the Y. M. C. A. connec ted with these, as a special feature, were the missionary meeting which were held each evening at sunset in the open air on the grassy lawn. In these meetings Itesicles the much valuable information and instruction that was gained concerning the need and manner of doing effective Christian work iu colleges, there were many resolutions made by earnest Christians that their lives henceforth should be more earnestly given to their Master's spjwjf.e than it had been in the past. Several were there who had pledged themselves as volunteers to do work as missionaries in foreign fields. Besides by the College secretaries, J. B. Mott and S. Brockman, these meetings were addressed by L. D. Wishard, Secty. of the World's Committee of Y. M. C. A., who is just back from a tour of four years among the colleges of the world, and by Dr. W. R. Lambuth of China, and others of the like note. Among the platform speakers were R. J. McRryde p. p., Rector of Lee Memorial church, Lexington, Va., anil who is also President of the Summer School, John A. Broadus, D. D., Louisville, Ky., a man who i3 widely known as a Bible student and author; James H. Carlisle, L. L. D., President "Woftbrd College, whose ability and zeal in Christian work has made him well known. J. Wm. Jones, D. D., was there and delivered his great lecture on "Christ in the Camp,"or 'Religion in Lee's Army-'' ttattfAv/1 i.f ATncc: fWllorra IJ. 1*4. uttuyi uj VJv ^ Evangelist, Rev. R. A. Torrey, Supt. of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, and several other noted speakers delivered addyessps on various religious themes The exercises which have been mentioned came off in the fornoon and at night. The afternoon?until 7 o'clock?was given for recreation. Base ball, tennis, boat riding on tha I Tennessee, going iu bathing, strolls tvi various points of interests, excursions up and down the river etc., made the afternoon hours to pass away very pleasant and profitable. And now fis to flip rrpnpvfll im pressions of the school. Any one who attended could hardiy expect anything else than that it will result in great good. Nearly two hundred young men sent back to the male institutes throughout the South, who are thoroughly convinced of the great need of earnest and faithful Christian workers in colleges and not only determined that fliey 111 -im < -j-komfplyes more faithfully to the work of the assoclat lOTTptnTtr-vrtro wractually better prepared to do the trovl- rrliinli tliuvo w f/il1 tr> dn > ? KJ1 iV U i,i;vu LUV'4 V A vj 1 VI k> u v >>* nv ??vr than they were before the Summer School. Another impression which adds strength to this one, was the simple sincerity, of such a large body of young men, that was manifested by the unmistakable proofs, their words and deeds. Such a body of students who made their Bible their ; almost constant companion, who ! studied and listened to its truths with j such zeal and eargerness, and whose ! ways seemed to be so nearly in ! harmony with its teachings was j something unusual to me and could i not help but make a lasting impres- j sion on my mind. Being one of j their number, as a delegate from J Leesville College, seven days out of ; the twelve, I must say 1 saw and ; heard less sacrilegious conduct and i words, on the University grounds, ' than we frequently see and hear at ! one church service. No ones breath was strong with whiskey. I saw j only one cigar, and did not hear any I profane languge at all. Yet there ; was abundant pleasure, jollity and r.iiv+Vi oil Qcoitinrl tn Iia Viflrmv TliAn j UiLL tJU^ Uli uwuivv* vv/ *yv MW'X<'r'J ' i it was a gathering of unusual charac ter. Surely the concentration of so many noble minds and pure hearts into one common work and cause for twelve days cannot prove in vain. July 4, 1892. R. Feldee A see How Carnegie's Works are Protected. Uu<M Ohserrer. j S^fiiundretr^aintJa itioiised by a~| wire fence charged with the most ! deadly fluid known to science, menac- j ing every person who may come in j contact, with instantaneous death! Port holes in fortifications, through , which hot water or hut shot may be poured upon men anxious to work j for honest wages! Watch towers with sentry boxes, from which approach- j ing suppliants for work may be picked oti' by rifle ball! A miniature navy guarding the river front! THE OUTGROWTH OF LAWLESSNESS. j In a semon preached last Sunday in Philadelphia the Rev. Dr. Henry j McCook said that the Homestead af- | fair was an outgrowth of the general ; lawlessness of the country. The doctor quoted from the statis j tics collected by a federal court j judge, and said: "In the last three years 13,704 ! known murders have occurred, that | is a rate of 89 per week and at the i rate of twelve murders every week : day and sixteen on Sunday for every | day of the last three years. These j are only |kuown murders. The i honorable judge estimates that one- { half as many more are undiscovered j and that 8,000 murders at least oc- I curred in the United States in 1891, | twenty-two murders daily. Of thess | in 1891 only 128 were executed pursuant to the law, 195 were lynched < in defiance of the law, while 5,583 went free Are we a civilized peoi ?i_9 v.i .1: ~ ? j piet nui< aucuiuiug LU IUCSC n^uioa. i Six lynchings were reported on one day last week and not a comment was observed or heard. What must | be the consequence to a community I if this State of affairs be not reme! died." He showed that avarice was never j more predominant than now. It is I nod confined to the rich, but influ! ences the masses. There is greed on j all sides, contempt for law, and a j readiness to appoai to force to settle | differences. And so common is the I defiance of law that it hardly pv, yokes comment. Political parties make capital ov,t of it and the authort ities act tardily and timidly. In con| elusion be said. ; *Ob, my country; oh, my fellow j citizens, wliat strange spell bas been woven about you, tbat even tbo thunders of civil war cannot arouse you j from your lethargy? Surely tbe very j air we breathe must bo charged with the spirit of lawlessness that steals in like malarial microbes and poisons the civil conscience of the people." Dr. McCook has not overdrawn the - -? ii Ji*i* picture, and it is worm minting | about. Bright people are the quickest to veeogiiizp a good thing and buy it. We sell lots of bright people the Little Early Risers. If you are not bright these pills will make so. Sold by J. W. Lt-ng. Brawley's Brokon Pledges. The Political Nondescript Called Down. Dr. Stokes Endorsed. Some time ago there appeared in the Greenville Democrat and it was copied by the News and Courier, an article written from Peak's, Lexington county, and signed "Tilluianite," giving "reasons" why Mr. Brawley si ould be sent back to Congress. ? In reply, another TilhnHnjtp wishes to give "a few reasons, from a Tair mors' standpoint, why Mr. Brawley should not be returned to Congress. Granting that it is "in accordance with a time honored custom in South Carolina to be returned a second time to Congress," even so is it "in accor dance with" another equally ''timehonored custom" for South Carolina Congressmen to keep their pledges to and truly represent the interests of their constituents. Mr. Brawley cannot violate the latter and still justly claim the benefit of the former. Two years ago, on the stump at Lexington Court House, he said: L A f i'd trol i r\ nr ovahiv/1 4a.&i/vi ti a > cuiiQ aiuuiiu auiuug you farmers I have found that you have just cause to complan; your grievances are real, you are greatly oppressed; and I promise you, if elected, to do all in my power to give you relief.'' It is with shame that I record the sequel. He not only did not introduce a single measure looking to our relief, but he opposed those introduced by others. His "unquestioned ability,'" "purity"' and "patriotism" have been exercised in the interest of our enemies, the political sharks, Wall Street Shylooks and produce exchange gamblers; therefore, when you ask "With these qualifications," why should he be displaced? Echo does not answer why?she answers he should be displaced. Those who bear upon their persons marks of valor should be careful that the patriotic member left upon the battle field shall not, at the last day, when all flesh shall go to his flesh, ufind the union uncongenial/ T Htfwas not "selected ^nominated) two years ago without opposition." ' ~y The Lexington delegation fougkfe*^^ to the last ditch and refused to make his nomination unanimous. ' Has the experience gained made liiui less capable efficiently to repre 4 V A. sent his constituents'? I trow not." And I "trow" it has made him more capable efficiently to represent goldbugs and cotton exchange gamblers. ''Echo" repeats again, "he should bo displaced." "It takes a Congressman at least one term to get acquainted with the 'ropes' in Washington," What "ropes? Thereby bungs a tale. "Metropolian district"?ah, that's it, then? You want a man to represent Charleston, and Brawley is the man? Well, may be so. I am sure Dr. Stokes is not sufficiently narrowminded to suit you. He would certninlv represent the First District. J - -1 ? ' He is a physician and school teacher." Yes, and the "Doctor" before J. William Stokes stands for equally as ranch classical "culture" as the'-Esquire" after W. H. Brawley. School teaching is highly respectable and honorable?refining and qualifying?none the less so when "engaged in the same neighboring State." "As State Senator he has been a oonspicious failure." To some small townsmen a Representative is always "a conspicuous failure" when ha remains true to his principles, true to his platform and true to his constituents, Doctor Stokes "lacks" only in agI rressiveness. He is too mild-man ' nered and modest. (Is this a fault or a virtue?) A very intelligent city clergyman said to the writer some months ago: "I see that Doctor Stokes is spoken I of for Congress. I hope you will be able to send him there. I could vote for him, as I consider him a hightoned Christian gentleman?the very kind we need in Congress.11 % i Dr. Stokes would never sell his birthright?his honor?for a mess of pottage. Dr. Stokes "guilty of trying to disrupt the Democratic party!" ! There is not a word of truth in it. Who has been imposing upon your creduality? I have been a close reader of the Cotton Plant for more than a year, and I have never seen one word directed to that end. I have never heard the "tangible reaj son mentioned," advanced against ! Major Brawley, but I take occasion here to say: Dr. Stokes "is in aocord with the present State adminis 1 11.. XI tration, is m accoru wuu me x aimer's Movement that has restored selfgovernment to South Carolina, (and furnished tne name 'Tillmanite1 so often used by timorous souls as a noiii de plume to hide under when afraid of being 'sized up.' " Furthermore, he is fully iu accord with the great industrial uprising that is shaking this country from ocean to ocean, and from the lakes to the gulf of Mexico. Selwood, S. C. J, L Shtjlss