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git.?..??lilli>ll>illJIIII ll? III.) THIS OFFICE )IQ THE PLACE TO BRINQ IT TO IF YOU WANT STYLE. TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE AND IT MUST FOLLOW AS THE NIGHT THE DAY, THOU OANS'T NOT THEN BK FALSE TO ANY MAN. ? '? .l.g "i." 'M . M. J "i. . J.y.- ? ?"?? i i i i, i i_i.~. KY ?J A YNES. SHKLOR, SMITH & STECK. WAI'.iIIAl^A. SOUTH GAROMNA, DECEMBER 8, 1808. NEW SERIES, NO. 88.-VOLUME XIiIX- NO. 40 LiraiSfmiM'i .. . ... . You will find everything in the Dry Goods, Shoe and Grocery line AT NI ELD'S. I guarantee my prices to be with the lowest. All persons indebted to me or owing accounts turned over to me by K. O. Wright must call at once and settle, as I must have my money. C. M. Good Hard and Soft Brick for Sale. NOTICE! Wo aro Bolling No. 1 Socd Tick Coftoo db 4 10 pounds for.tJpX.lJw Any'$1.60 Shoos 2?> All $1.25 Shoos dh-| ?)?) *??r!!I!!!'"!!!!!!"I!!!!!."!I"!ZZZ1......75o. : Best Standard Drills, 5 Cents Per Yard. I havo a fow Standard Sowing Machinos at your own price Othor things in proportion. Special attontion given to Furniture and Coffins. Also soino Hock lilli Bug gies that must go. In faot, anything you want at Rook Bottom Pricos. It will pay you to como and soo mo. West Union, S. 0. I:! STOCK Yes, our now Stock of Goods lias como, and thoy aro going at bottom pricos. Don't forgot that wo are" still in Ibo ?i?ig and uuu'l bo "knocked out" on prices. Just think of it- a $1.50 Shoo for only $1 ; a $1.25 Shoo for only 00 cents; Stan dard Prints at 4 couts por yard. Young mon, old mon, little mon, big mon and all mon, como and got you a Suit | of Clothes. Wo can flt you in Size, Color and Pri?e. Don't forget that wo are headquarters for Flour and othor Orocorics. In fact, wo boliovo that wo can savo you monoy on anything you wish to buy, and wo ask that you favor us with a call and givo us a trial. J. & J. S. CARTER, SUCCESSORS TO CARTER MERCHANDISE COMPANY, WESTMINSTER, S. C. P. 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C. -OFKIOK DAYS - MONDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY OF EACH WEEK. May 10,1698 -ly. THE RACE By Senator McLauri [From tbo Washingto It is dif?i?ult and well-nigh impos sible for any ono to gargo the depth and powor of any issuo or movement predicated on race 0? religious pre-: judi?os. Fortunately, iu this ooin try wo have boon spared those torri ble struggles brought on iii othor parts of tho world by religious pre judices. But wo aro not so fortu nato on tho rnco issuo, for tho condi tion of our country, particularly tho South, with its great negro popula tion, placed alongsido tho whito population, makes raoo differences inevitable. Tho people of the North, far removed from tho centors of largo negro population, are ablo to viow this raco ?SBUO from a puroly sentimental standpoint. It is to them simply a question of fino phra ses, of declarations on tho equality of all men undor tho law. But to tho pooplo of the South tho question of race io not % more matter of senti ment. It is a subject which outers into tho very lifo and existence of our pooplo. Wo soo it before us ovory day ; it is presented to us, not for argumont aud aoadomio discus sion, but for immodiato practical BO lutioh. While ncad3miciaus at re moto points, secure in their own homes, Buouro in their property-, seoure in all those elementary rights which accompany Anglo-Saxon civi lization, can theorize, wo of the South aro compelled to faco an ac tual condition. As an eminent pub lic man said of another vital ?BSUO in American affairs, it is not a theory but a condition which confronts us. I suggest this because it seems na tural and unavoidable that tho States of the South, whioh aro faco to faco with this terrible raco conflict, must themselves moot it and solvo it, and that thc theoretical views of those standing afar off, should not bo cast against those who aro struggling with a problem involving their self oxistonco. Tho raoo issuo has been brought prominently to tho front within re cent days by conditions in North an'1 South Carolina. In North Caro lina tho issuo has grown out of the peculiar conditions existing in that Stato, whoro negro domination hac boen brought about by a poculiai combination of political oauses. Foi tho last two years there lias boon completo negro domination through' out that State, and aside from thc doepor question as to domination b} those lacking in education, in pro porty, and in all that goo-j to make men representativo of tho geneva social welfare, tho whites wore sub joined to all manner of insults and official oppression. I havo no doubl that tho troubla in South Carolin* was a dircot result of tho negro demi nation in North Carolina, ns wo o South Carolina have fortunately beoi rid of nogro domination for ruanj years. But our pooplo aro closolj allied by blood and business with th< people of North Carolina, and it ii but natural that thoy should hav< felt a deep sympathy whoo the whit? men of North Carolina d?termin?e to throw off tho evil of black rule. From my personal exporienc? while Attorney Gonoral of Soutl Carolina I gained an insight into th< real meaning of nogro rulo. Tb poop?e of tho North havo no idoi what this means, ns judged by nc tual experience. In tho Stato o South Carolina we had eight yoar of negro carpot-bag government during whioh the white men of th Stato, representing ita intelligence its education, and its property, wor sent to tho rear, whilo tho logialativ halls of tho Stato wore in tho pot! session of a body of nogro legisla tors. What this body did is a mat ter of history with us, although I d not believe tho pooplo of tho Nort appreciate the OXCOSBOB which tbs negro Legislature aud negro govorn mont committed. By tho force issuo of bonds tho debt of the Stat was inorensod during this period c negro rule from $8,000,000 to (21 000,000. Ono year tho corrupt nogr and carpot-bag ofiicials of tho Stat mot in a back room of a bank an actually dividod up among thon solvos all tho money colleotod b taxation. It was simply a matter < personal distribution of p'lbllo mono among them. As Attorney Gonorn following tho period of nogro rule, had todofond a suit that exposed oi phaso of thia negro rule. The blac Logislaturo had passed an not 1 issuo Cl,500,000 cf Barip, known i Blue Ridge scrip, to build a rnilroa That Borip tho nogro and oarpot-br cilloinls actually issued throo tim? PROBLEM. n, of South Carolina. -_. u Post, November 27.] over, and tho triplo issues woro dis posed of ID various raonoy markets. For aots liko these many of tho negro oflloials were afterward prosecuted, oonviotod and sont to tbo penitori tiary. But even in this tbero was littlo justice, na pardons by tho nogro mado Governor woro as muoh a com moroial commodity as cotton or wheat. It was Buch oxperioncos as this that warned tho pooplo of North j Carolina what was likely to follow if tho baneful inlluouoe of negro domi nation booamo firmly fixed upon their State. Already it bad ?eoured partial control of tho State, and tho most populous communities, tho seats of education, woalth, and buBi noss, wore completely nndor tho mas tery of negroos who had littlo or no participation, or even indiroot inter est, in tho bnsinoss, trado proporty, or substantial conditions of thoso places. This ie not a moro assertion, but it is a faotroadily established by specific instances which can bo cited, and I think it is no moro than simple justico to tho pooplo of tho Carolinat that their brothors of tho Nortli should look at these facts and con sidor what they would do under simi lar; oircutnstauces. Tako, for in atanco tho city of Groenvillo, N. C. whoro tho tr x ablo property is thro< quartors of a million dollars. Th< Board of Aldermen levies tho taxoi and ordors tho expenditures. Om of tho negro Aldortuon pays 84 cont in taxes ; another ono 03 cents ; th othor two nothing. Tho total taxe paid by tho nogro Aldormon is $1.47 Tho Mayor, a whito man, elootod b; nogro votes, pays 43 cents taxcf The negro City Clerk pays no taxcf tho policomon none, tho night-watoli man none, tho Chiof of Polioo 2 couts. Tho rovenuos of this tow amount to $5,600, of whioh $2,88 goes to pay salarios of those non-tai paying negro office-holders. I boliov it to bo a safe assumption to say tin 95 per cont, of tho taxes aro paid b tho whito people. Tho instance havo cited is but ono of a groat man throughout tho State, and it would 1 aimply a wearisomo repetition to n poat thoso instances. Tho same abho rent principle, or laok of principle, rut through of all of them, nnnioly, tax; tion without representation ; nogi direction and control of widosprer whito interests, personal and pr porty. Not content with taken po session of municipalities and appoir ing negro Justices and policomc tho negroes scorn inspired with a vi diotivo desiro to make their way SW) as odious and opproHaivo as possit to thoir whito fellow-citizens. 33ut this nogro, unroprosontati direction of proporty rights, is on tho least objectionable feature nogro rule. Tho real (danger arif to tho individuals, particularly to t whito women and young girls, some sections it is ur.bafo for a wh: girl or woman to walk tho road aloi ? traveled over North Carolina di ing tho roccnt political contest, a on all handB heard tho roports of i gro lawlessness and outrage, whi at last had becomo so bold and di ant that tho whito pooplo, represe! ing order, protection to lifo and p son and tho purity of womanho< woro aroused and nnitod as nei beforo, and without reforonco to p vious political affiliation. Tho frequent assaults by nogr> upon whito womon aro a constf monaco and sourco of torror. ? long nineo I spoko to a largo ero in North Carolina. Among th presont was an old Kopubliuan v had beon tho baokbono of his pa in that soction. Ho was an old C fodorato soldior and a man of daunted courage It was tho oust in that section at tho closo ol speech to call for converts. Wi men of all parties woro oallod U] to como forward and sign tho "wi man's union." I mado an apj something liko an old-fashioned 3 thodist minster at a oamp moot for thoso who wanted "saving gra to como to tho mourners' hoi Tho old man immediately oamo : ward and made ss thrilling an j peal as I over heard, lie started by saying that "I havo boon a nir. for fifteen years, but by tho hell God 1 will bo a whito man tho anco of my lifo. You pooplo ki how mean I havo boen, and I your forgivoooBS. Do you ki what turned mo ? Woll, a g woman did it. My noaroat noigl was ravishod by a nogro, and a w lawyor volunteered for her defe My daughtor put hor arms arc my nook and begged mo, with tears in hor eyes, to stand by tho white pooplo. Hor ploa for tho white wo man was irresistible, and I promised hor then and there that I would! stand by the white pooplo in their | fight for white supromaoy." It is impossible to desoribo a socno like this, li3 wus a big, rugged old man, ns brave hs a lion, and wbon ho announced that ho was not afraid of "Yankee troops," as he had fought thom nuder Stonewall Jackson, and was not afraid to meet thom again if sent down by President MoKinley, declaring ho would not ask a m?re glorious doath than to dio in defense of tho w?m?n of North Carolina, and thus oxpiato somo of tho wrong ho j had dono, thero was hardly a dry oye in that largo orowd. Tho effoot of suoh an appeal was clcotrioal, and every man, without roforonco to poli tics, thoro signod tho pnpor. I hoard from reliable sources in North Caro lina that siuoo nogro rule bogan in tho State thoro had boon twonty rapos of white women by negroes, besides numerous attompte, and that ovory enc of them liad occurred in a county under nogro government, aud not a singlo one in counties under white rulo. A negro newspaper in Wilmington, N. C., attempted to justify all ruch assaults by an attaok upon tho vii tue of tho whito women. I It was an unbearable insult, whioh i bolpcd fan the spark of indignation iulo a flame. I hoard of another in stance characteristic of tho condi tions prevailing. A young lady, oightocn yoars of ago, was walking | along tho stroots, and found tho side walk blookcd by hrco negro mon, j and stopped off to j iss around. Ono of tho men took h i d of hor person, turned hor around, and slapped hor faco for "putting on airs." Hundrods of instances of a similar character have occurrod in that State, whioh have novor beon mado known, be oauso tho whito pooplo aro ashamed to admit that snob outrages woro hoing porpotratod. liik?lf/ Yn'MIII Many persons havo tholr good day and' their fwd day. Othora aro about half sick all tho tune. Thoy havo kcadaoho, backache, and aro rcfltlo';? and norvouB. Food docs not tasto Rood, j.nd tho diges tion ls poor; tho akin fa dry and Batlow amldlBilgurcd wi th pimplos or eruptions; \ aleen brings no rest and work ina burden. what ca?mos tills ? Impar* blood. Aud tho remedy ? Q m e K It takes out all impurities from tho fl ? blood. When theso aro removed, nature fl I takes right bold and completOB tho euro. ? I Trico, S?.0O a bottle. At all druggists. I lt thero ia constipation, take Ayor's I Inila. Prlo.o, 25c. a box. 1 Write to tho doctor nil tho particular* In H B your enso. You will rocolvo n prompt reply fl Rwllhout cost. Addrciis, Ult. J, O. Ai Kit, X U I.owoll, Mnsi.vitf Tho worst effeot of negro domina tion is tho abasomont of tho whito man. Tho most charactorless and degraded of tho whites compoto for the negro voto. Tho negrooB by themselves have novor, in a singlo I instance beor, ablo to gain control, but havo been lcd by whito mon, whom they always repudinte as soon ns they gaiu power. Tho roason tho j negroes repudiate, a? nnon ns pos* ble, their whito allies is bcoauso tho | negro is ambitious. His ono groat ambition is to become a whito man, and if he despises ono thing moro than nnothor it is a whito man who has bocomo a nogro, and tho first | neck his heel will tread upon is tho whito man's through whoso voto ho gains powor. ( In tho county of] Riohinond, N. C., a whito man, Henry Covington, mado a Bpeeoh within fivo miles of tho South Caro lina lino in whioh ho oponly encour aged his nogro hoarors to assaults on whito women. Ho did not spoak at I his noxt appointment, and in any other Statu in this Union one utter ing suoh statement would havo boon hung, but tho man was allowed to go J with an apology. Lot it bo understood that tliin io al righteous onuso, high nbovo tho plano of party, and involving tho preserva tion of civilization. It was Macau lay, I boliovo, who said of tho French Revolution, "It destroyed liberty, but preaorved civilization." It wnB an awful oahunity, when, aftor the war, a vast horde of ignorant votors woro enfranchised. Moro than once havo our pooplo boon faco to faco with tho dread oboico botwoon liborty and civilization. Oneo in South Carolina Wade Hampton thrilled tho hoarts of our pooplo with tho words, "I will bc Govornor of South Carolina, or hy the Eternal we will have a military government." Bettor for me a mili tary despotism than a oivilization in ferior, degraded and oorrupt. This is the OSUBO of oivilization. Tho Southern pooplo oan stand 4-cont cotton and poverty, but they will not stand negro domination. As long as thero is a docent white man living he will be ready to die in dofonso of our women and our civili zation. I think one of tho greatest mistakoa now hoing mado is the mo thdds of education of tho negro. He is hoing rapidly developed intel lectually before ho is prepared indus trially and morally. Tho three should go hand in hand, and tho prooofls in tho first i? too rapid for tho lattor to koop paco. On tho contrary, it is just and right, and ab solutely host and wisest for both racoB that the whito pooplo, who set tled this couutry, and oivilized it, and made it tho grandest country ou tho globe, and who havo done more for tho nogro race th?n all other peo ples, should govorn it as a wholo and in all its parts. It ia their country and thoy havo a right to rulo it, auc they cortainly will rule it. Ever} intelligent person knows that it ii not only vory foolish, but will b< absolutoly suioidal and ruinous foi tho negro to attempt to resist tho in evitable result. In looking for tho solution o those race evils, wo say at tho out sot that it calls for tho samo solutioi -that of whito 8upromaoy-that ha followed throughout tho world's hie tory. Tho superiority of tho whit( tho inferiority of tho black, is a prit oiplo recognized by BooiologiBtf whioh no moro sentimental uttoranc can obsouro. It has boon exhibitc in all ages, and tho instances whio Egypt gave in oarly days aro to-da repeated in the advance of Angl< Saxon civilization, undor tho bai nors of tho Sirdar, and tho drivin back of tho blaok hordes at Kha to um. Tho right of tho Caucasian to ru comes from God. Whore ho is four ho governs. It is in his blood. H commission is printed on his browl the hand of tho Almighty, and tl record of hia race is marked in i tho histories of tho paBt in all tl countries of tho earth. Anglo-Sax? civilization in North Carolina w never rotreat iu a faco of a confli with an inferior race. Evory Sta in tho South has had tho samo ord? to go through, but in every Btrugf our civilization has boon maintaim and in evory conflict it han ultimate triumphed. Tho constitutions South Carolina, Mississippi and L< isiana toll tho atory. It has boon fortunato for tho Cai linas, for tho South, and for tho coi try at largo, that tho rccont deina for F?deral bayonets to sustain nef. domination was not carried o President McKinley is a good m Ile is bottor and stronger than BO of his advisors. Ho has boon v< conservativo in his South Carol appointments, and I hopo ho \ not bo influenced by unwise conni in tho futuro. Ho should defer tho sentiment of whito supromi prevailing in tho South, boca such supromnoy doos not necessa involvo any hostility to tho nogn Timo alono can aolvo tho comr problem. A certain poriod of i esconoo must elapso during wi tho puhlio mind will havo timo to ?cover from tho violonco of rec ? struction and negro domination ' rocontly witnessed in North Carol 1 Tho nogro will bcoomo moro g< rally diffused ovor tho ontiro oe try, and tho haunting torror of domination thus becomo less. In meantime ho is developing moi ? and industrially by contaot with I win*' Ho is woll qualified for acquiiemont of an imitativo oivi tion. All that ho ha? oamo in way. Hy naturo ho is poncoful, only dangorou? from his omoti and superstitious naturo, w makos him tho proy of bad whito i It, is a pity that ho h&8 to suffer fe tho whito man at his back is respi ble moro than ho. All look with sorrow and re upen t?ioHu nulluni outbreaks.' 'i'll romain quiet for yoara perhaps, t aro Aggressions, small troublo ovory community, until thoro ii accumulation like tho ganen in i mino; suddenly and unc^po?tbc match is Btruok and tho oxph comos. Tho outsido world BOOS tho immediate cause and holds u hands in horror. Thoy know na of tho long train of ovonts lon up to a oatastvopho that makes soul shuddor. Mon loso thoir rc and becomo frenzied. Tako th cont troublo in South Carolina tho Tolborts. Tho people of G wood aro sa quiet, as poacoablo law-abiding as in any Mow Enj Makss ike f?od snore dei! . > .; . . MVAl ?AKitM rowM community. Tho riots woro tho spontaneous combustion of aooumu lat?d wrath. Deplorable as thoy aro, thoir oauflea aro even more so, for whilo one involves loss of a few lives, tho ot,hor means loss of prinoiple of a whole people and thoir posterity. Haviug said this much on tho general subjeot of tho race issue, I wish to add in conolusion a word of thanks, which is felt by tho people throughout North and South Caro lina, to tho Washington PoBt for its very able and impartial treatment of tho subjoot when it assumed suoh a sorious phase within rocont days. Both in tho acouraoy of its nows pre sentation of facts and tho fairness of I its observations upon this Stato of faots, tho paper attractod tho atten tion and admiration of our people. JOHN L. MCLAURIN. DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CUBED by local applications, as thoy oannot | roach tho diseased portion of tho oar. TU??? Is only ouo wuy io ouro deafness, and that is by constitutional romodics. DoafnoBs is oausod by an iuilamcd con dition of tho mucous lining of thp Easta ohain Tubo. Whon this tube gots inflamed you havo a rumbling sound or imporfoot I hoaring, and when it is ontiroly oloBod doafnoBS is tho roBult, and unloss tho I inflammation eau ho takon out and this tubo restored to its normal oonditlon, hoaring will bo dostroyod forevor. Nino or\scB out of ton aro causod by oatarrh, whioh ia nothing but au inflamed condi tion of tho mucous surfaces. Wo will glvo ono hundred dollars for any oaao of doafnoss (oausod by catarrh) that cannot bo ourod by Hall's Catarrh Curo. Bend for eiroulars, froo. F, J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. Hall's Family Pills aro thc best. North Georgia Methodists. AUGUSTA, QA., Novombor 29.-At tho session of tho North Georgia Mothodist Episcopal Conforonce hero to-day tho following resolutions were passed : 1. That wo commend tho notion of tho Bishops looking to tho return of tho money to tho United States, and oxpress tho hope that it will bo dono as soon as possible 2. That wo requost and, aa far as our authority oxtonds, demand tho immodiato resignation of tho book agents. Tho continuation of thoir imprimatur on our publications would bo vory tlotrimontal to tho I publishing house, and would not j properly roprosont our Church. 3. That tho book committee should bo at onco so organized as to freo tho church from the official action of those members of it who oondonod tho conduct of our hook agouts in this matter. muh Syrup. Taite* Good. UeofSl tltno. Bold br rtmraUta. . JW Unlicensed Druggists to bo Prosecuted. Tho South Carolina Pharmaceu tical Association adoptod a very im portant resolution during its reoont meeting in Rook Hill. It is in sub Btanoo that tho Association author izes tho oxamining board to proso outo, to tho full oxtont of tho law, ail and evory porson practicing phar maoy in this Stato oxoopt in a por footly legal way as lioontiatos ; fur thor, tho board is authorized to draw upon tho funds of tho Association in order to oarry outthoso iiifltruotlons ; further, it is thoir intontion to put a man in tho fiold to oanvass tho situa tion and ascortain who is prnotioing contrary to law. Simmons' Squaw Vino Wino or Tablots Proyont and euro Palpitation of Hoart, Dizziness, Sick Hoadaobo, Chilly Sensa tions. ? ????? Among tho Sioux Indians, whon ono family borrows a kottlo from an othor, it is oxpeotod that, whon tho kottlo is returned, a small portion of tho food that has boon oookod in it will bo loft in tho bottom, as tho owner muat always know what was oookod in hor kottlo. CS Ai ? KS? C3? 3Et.'3C -A. . Bsmthft ^^^^^^^^^^ B0"fiht Many of tho operatives from tho Augusta mills aro moving to South Carolina. This shows that it is not so much wagos, as eost of living, that ails those Augusta mill hands. ?? ? ' . Br. M. A. Simmons' Liver Medicino has sinco 18^0 steadily rlBon in public favor, and tho domand for lt fur oxcoods that of any other Livor Medicine. Before trying to disarm tho pow er? tho Czar shonld first tum his attention toward disarming his own subjects. mama* iwiwimw mm nw.nmiiinm mm m mmt TOE ?clot?s and wholesome t? CO., HEW YORK. ._ I The South and Democracy. It seoras to us that tho tirao has oomo for tho South to assort and to assume ita proper placo in tho Doino orntio oouno?ls-that placo hoing by right ono of domination. For more than thirty years tho South has mo destly and contentedly sat bolow tho j salt. It has played tho part of tho j poor relativo at tho banquot. Fur nishing three-fourths of tho Btrongth, the bono and sinew, tho courage and ! intoMigoi.ee of tho party, tho South has mookly accepted tho position of a raero subordinate, dictating noth ing, suggesting nothing, satisflod to obey tho orders of a minority and to do almost all the fighting in a cam paign which brings it no rewards. Wo > say to our Southern friends that this j arrangement has lasted much too long. ! Tho South, to-day, oquips the Democratic Party with most of its brains and its conservatism. Thero aro exceptions, of course, but our proposition holds good as a rulo, and j the facts remains that tho South does ! not tako its propor place in tho con duct and managotnont of tho Demo j oratio Party. It still submits with jout protest to tho diHqualifioation imposod upon it by tho civil war. It still consents, after thirty-three years of time and aftor tho splendid demon stration of patriotism nu-.do last Slim ier, to bo hold in an inferior posi tion, to bo kopt out of sight as a thing to bo ashamed ot, and to bo , used only as tho rank and filo of an army whioh it really dominates by virtue of numbers, intellect, and ; j valor. No greater anomally can be imagined then that whioh is pre sented by tho South's acquiescence in tho arrogant and ridiculous hypo thesis sot up within tho Demooratio counoils by tho North and East. It has reached a point at which ovon Northern and Eastern Domoorats rogard it with wonder and con tempt. If the Demooratio Party is to suo ceed in any future national contest, it must do so through tho oxpediont of tho South's assuming leadership. Tho olcotions this year havo shown that tho Democracy can win moro easily by ndhoring striotly to its principles and by a sodulous avoid- . anco of timo-savitiir and speoious alliances with Populism. This abominable policy was adopted in 1888, whoa the Eastern Democrats, noting for Mr. Cleveland, inducod tho party to abandon its organization in States whore Populists bold tho balanco of power-snob States as Nebraska, for oxamplo-and dolivor its votes to a tiokot and a platform whioh honest Demoorats could not viow save with discontent and shamo. Mr. Cleveland was tho Eastern and Northern fetich and dishonor could bo advocated in his namo. But tho polioy of cowardice and infamy has brought no strength to the Democ racy, and this yoar tho proposition has boon proved in every Stato Whoroin that polioy was at ono timo tolorated. Wo all know, now, that thc Domoorats aro strongor whon thoy stand fast by their tradi tions and their record, and thore goos with this tho conviction that Demooratio leadership must, for tho futuro, bo left to thoso who furnish tho party's strength and common sonso and solf-rospoot. In tho South wo find the fighting material, tho conservatism, and tho statesmanship of tho Domooraoy. To the South wo should look for its dictator;; and its tandora. Tho unna tural arrangement has outlived its' time. Lot us havo tho dispensation of reason nod propriety !-Washing ton Post, Novorabor 27. Catarrh Cnn Ve Cured By eradicating from the blood thc soro'fulous taints whioh cauao it. Hood's Sarsaparilla ouroa catarrh, promptly and pormanontly, because it strikes at tho root of tho troublo. Tho rich puro blood which it makes, circulating through tho dolioato passage of tho mucous inombrnno, Boothes and rebuilds tho tissuos. giving thom a ton- - donoy of hoalth instead of di?onso, and ultimately ouring tho afTootlou. At tho anmo timo Hood's Sarsaparilla strengthens, invigorates and onorgtaos tho wliolo Bystora and makes tho dowlll tated victim of catarrh fools that now lifo,haa boon imparted, Do not dally with snuff, inhalants or other looal applloatlon, but tako Hood's Sarsaparilla and ouro catarrh absolutely and surely by removing tho causes which produce it. '.?? . . Tho cotton reooipts at tho difforont ports tho past week, as compared with the samo month of last year, wore over 18^000 bales short,