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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1892. VOLUME XXVH.?NO. 1 VINEGARS 1 We have in Vinegars the very Best Qualities obtainable and at Reasonable Prices. Apple Cider Vinegar?four years old. WhitB Wine Vinegar?extra quality. Claret Vinegar?for table use- , West India Spiced Vinegar?our specialty. Our Spiced Vinegar it* made from Pore Grape Wine Vinegar, boiled down with West India Spices. The combination of imported 8picB3 for the production of this Fine Vinegar has been skillfully made, after1 many years of experiment. Tho result is an absolutely perfect Spice Vinegar, retaining the delicious flavor and delightful fra \ gwnceof West India Spice, it is the onlsiifiEfcttar yon can heat, warm or boil that will throw off the same fragrance and flavor its when cold. Especially desirable for Meats and Vegetables. When used to make Spiced Beef or Spiced Onions it will satis? fy the most fastidious taste. ..' . TAYLOR & CR?YTON, 42 Granite Bow. . ? ? ? SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, ?'* In order to Blear out all kinds of Goods to make room fos^ new Fall Stock. WE have decided to make the'people of Anderson an offer to secure good, first-class Goods AT AND BELOW COST. . WE MEAN JUST WHAT WE SAY?all Summer Goods to go regardless of what they are worth. Embroideries, Lacos, Lawns, Muslins, Bedford Cords, Challies, And, in fact, a nice clean Stock of Spring Goods. A big lot of BEMN?NTS, all kinds ot Goods, to close. Now is your time to get the Childrenb' Winter Clothes cheap . Mr Come and see me. W. A. CHAPMAN, Agent, Next to Masonic Temple. LITERALLY WASHED WITH BLOOD. Police do their Duty without respect to Persons. The Wall Still Covered with Bloody Gore ?r HE fight was on Sooth Main Street at the Bazaar and Ten Cent Stores of 0. S. Minor & Co. It was an attack of the combined forces of seven other merchants on the fam?ns 0. S. Minor. They.fought in defence of their prices, which they claimed had been crushed ont of all respectability by the said 0. S. Minor, and they fought with desperation to restore the former prices, bnt down they go in the dead of the fight,' and their blood on onr Store-front only is left to tell a pitifnl tale of woe. Stranger than Str?nge. One man claimed that we had reduced the price of Pants to 25c. and 50c. pet pair?leas than cost to make. * We don't care. Another claimed that we sell the best quality Mason Fruit Jar at less than he can buy the second quality. We don't care for that, either. Another said our 10c. Hosiery was the same that he had to sell at 15c, or two pair for 25c, and that we sold his 15c Suspenders at 10c, and his 25c Suspenders at 15c. Well, what of that? .Another man believes that we are selling his 40c Caps and Saucers for 30c, and his 85c Plates at 25c. Why should we care ? A certain millinery man thinks we have knocked him out of more than a hundred sales. We don't have to pay a milliner, and he don't believe we pay for '. our goods. What concern is that of his ? Another man claims that we sell Tobacco at a starvation price. Has he any right to object ? ' These are sou. j of the complaints made against us. We ask you whose busi? ness is it, if not that of our customers and ourselves ? Can't we make eneh figures as we see fit without being hounded down and forced to fight for our lives ? We'll fight to the death?we'll put their blood on our walls and their scalps on our doors, and their customers in possession of undoubted bargains. Say, would you wash that blood off the wall, or would you let it stay as a warning ? Youra for Spot Cash, ._C. S. MINOR, THE BAZAAR and the 10c STORE. I CAM ILLS, ETO?S AD COTTON GINS! TTTE are agents for the Celebrated Kentucky Cane Mills and Hall Seli V V Feeding Cotton Gins. It will pay any person to call and Bee our Ma? chinery and get onr prices before buying, as we feel assured we can save you money, and can sell you on easy terms. We can bottom and repair old Evaporators, making them as good as new at a small cost. We also manufacture Smoke Stacks, Spark Arresters and Suction Pipes, which every Gi nner should have, as it saves time, labor and expense. Our S tock of Stoves, Tinware, Crockery and House Furnishing Goods is complete. We have a large supply MA80N FRUIT JARS and TIN CANS which are going cheap. It will pay you .to bay as soon as possible, as Fruit Jars are proing to be scarce1 and mt[her latter part of season. Call and see onr Cherry Seeders, Apple and Peaeh Pealers?something that every household should have. It saves much time and labor, and are so very oheap. When yon come to Town be sure to call and see us. Wo will make it to your in? terest to buy your Goods from ns. We still buy RA.GS, HIDES and BEESWAX. All kinds ROOFING and GUTTERING done on short notice, and in a thorough workmanlike manner. Yours very truly, PEOPLES & BURRISS. SEASON OF 1892. Womens,' Misses' and Childrens' Pine OXFORD TIES! Duchess, Langtry, Brighton, Elite, Souvenir, Theo, Adonis, Everett and Southern Ties. Juliet, Strap, House and Opera Slippers. YACHTING and LS.WN TENNIS SHOES. JAS. P. GOSSETT & CO.? Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Anderson, S. C , under Hotsl Chiquola. TEj??H^'Coif?MN, -fcs. All communications Intended foi this Column should be addressed to 0 WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An? derson, 8. 0. MEMORY GEMS. In grammar there is what we call neu? ter gender, but in life there is no neutral ground. We are right or wrong. Be sure you are right and consequently yon will be sure yon are not wrong. Below we publish the graduating speech of Mr. Benj. 6. Patrick at the re? cent Commencement of the P. M. I. It is worth reading?"Growth and Devel? opment are the Besults of Conflict." We have a copy of a little book enti? tled "Ethics for Young People," pub? lished by Ginn & Co. This is a book that we would like to see in every school room in the County, and especially in the hands of every teacher. Every teacher should have a copy. We are so glad to 'know that Mr. W. .P. Holland will return to this County. He is one we always regret to see leave, and always can heartily welcome back. He will have charge of the school at Lebanon during the nest Bession. Our people know him, and tbac is why they are anxious to hare him back in the County. An effort is being made to have all (he schools in the country celebrato "Colum? bus Day" on the 12th of October next. We like the idea, and hope the teachers will join in the effort. A program will be issued from the authorities having the matter in charge, and will be distributed in time to all who wish to celebrate the day. The official program may' be changed to suit each teacher/ RProf. J. W. Gaines will have charge of the Williamston Male High School next year. He will be assisted by Miss Bosa C. Greer, who is one of the best teachers in the County. The Williamston Male High School is in safe hands, and we shall expect and look for great results and genuine success duriDg the next session. Good work has been done there this year, bnt the prospects are brighter for next year. We hope the people of Williamston will give their very heartiest support. GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT THE BE BULT OF CONFLICT. Earth has always been the scene of conflict. This is seen in the warring of the elements with each other. The waves lash the shore, the air rnsheB into cur? rents and\ counter currents, while.heat and cold hold alternate sway. In the animal kingdom the strong tyrannize over the weak, the birds of the air .and the fishes of the sea prey upon each other. In the moral world, too, conflict is appa? rent. The principles of right and wrong are everywhere actively antagonizing each other. Their first recorded conflict took place in the garden of Eden, when the primeval pair fell victims to the tri? umph of wrong and caused man to have to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow. In considering this subject I shall try to show how, first, conflicts affects na? ture ; second, how it affects nations, and lastly ho -v it affects individuals. Look where we may, and conflict in some of its phases is goiag on, and de? velopment is the result. In the natural world there is a continual conflict going on. The mighty storm with its lightning and great winds is needed to pnrify the air. The snows and frosts of winter to kill vegetation and pulverize the soil, thereby making it rich and productive. Then comes spring with its warm sun to cause the trees to bud and the grasses and flowers to grow and make the earth beautiful. And if we notice closely we find that those plants that have been protected from the rough weather are weak and tender, while those that have always been exposed are strong and dura? ble. They have become bo from the very conflict through which they have passed. The same principle that causes growth and development in nature, holds good in regard to nations. National develop? ment results from conflict, not indeed fi'om continual war and discord, but from that conflict better known under the form competition. If this competition be free and fair the nation prospers. The natural, material and moral re? sources of the country are developed. The farmers raise in abundance that for which their soil is peculiarly adapted. The mining interests are developed and all of the different industries receive new life. Factories of every kind are built, canal8are constructed, railroads span the country, creeks and rivers are bridged over. Mountains are tunneled and com? merce, both inland and foreign, is pro? moted?and national prosperity is the re? sult. Nor is this all. Conflicting interests make it necessary for a nation to be pro pared to protect its rights from foreign encroachments, and hence forta and ships of war are built, and citizens laarn to .re? spect the flag of the Government under which they live. Thus arises in each citizen a feeling ol devotion to country? a spirit of patriotism without which a uation cannot long exist. Again, the inhabitants of a country engaged in this conflict advance in civ? ilization and intelligence. They come in contact with others, receive new ideas, adopt new customs and often become a broader-minded and better people. There is an increased desire for knowl? edge. Colleges and Univerrdties are established, and day by day civilization advances and the nation becomes greater and more prosperous. In this way na? tions that were comparatively unknown have risen to be among the leading na? tions of the world. History teachers us that the nations that have risen to any prominence were those who were con? stantly coming in contact with others. Tbe Phoenicians and Carthaginians were each a commercial people, and by their continual intercourse with others became as highly civilized as any of the nations of their early time. By conflict with surrounding nations Greece reached the height of her glory and gave culture to the world. The Romans, a stern, warlike people, by tbeir conflict with the Grecians had their culture improved while they in turn gave law to the world. The northern tribes came down upon Italy, overthrew the Roman Empire and by union with the Romans laid the foun? ds! Iod of a new civilization for all Eu? rope, while the blending of their lan? guages developed into many of the modern European tongues. The Cru? sades, though they failed in this imme? diate object, and were, in some respects, a sad curse to those who engaged in them were a great benefit to the succeed? ing ages. The people of Europe became better acquainted with those of western Asia. They received many new ideas and lost some foolish superstitions and prejudices. A spirit of enterprise was developed. Literature, science and the arts received a new impetus, and the .darkness of medieval times began to dis? appear. As a negative illustration of this principle let us look at China. Until a short while ago she avoided any inter? course whatever with other nations, and what have the Chinese accomplished either for themselves or the world at large? Trne they reached a certain degree of civilization, but for two thou? sand years or more they have made no advance., Who is able to say what a height they might have attained had they not held themselves aloof from con? tact with other nations? Religious and civil liberty are in a (great measure the result of conflict. The reformers, John Wycliffe, Martin Lu? ther, and others, encountered great diffi? culties and endured many privations in tbeir efforts to promote freedom of reli? gious opinion. Prompted by a desire to worship God according to the dictates of conscience, the Pilgrims left their homes in England and suffered the hardships of the wild and uncultivated shores of America, and thus laid the fonndation of a Government that has given civil liberty to the North American continent. But, it is not the effect conflict has on nations, but the effect it has on individ? ual man that should claim our special attention. ? Our intellectual facilities, moral quali? ties, sensibilities?all that goes to con? stitute our identity and personal charac? ter?whatever the terms used to desig? nate them, as well as their tenement, the j body, are developed through strife. The spiritual and physcal man' are, in fact, so intimately connected and mutu? ally dependent that any violence done to the one is felt by the other. If the body be weak the spirit suffers, if the spirit lacks strength the body is affected. And in view of these facts it becomes our im? perative duty to see that neither suffers detriment. The only way in which we can have a sound and healthy body is by exercising it. We know if we neglect to exercise or use any member of our body it will become weak and enfeebled. Especially is it necessary for the young. They should engage in athletic sports, thereby developing their bodies that they may be better fitted for life. Exercise is no less essential to the de? velopment of the body than it is to the mind. As our body grows and strength? ens by exercise, so, to d, does our mind. To become broad and liberal minded men we have to study in a way that exer? cises all the varionB faculties of the mind so that all onr mental and moral powers and virtues may be improved and duly developed. We notice that generally those who have had to overcome many difficulties are those who have become most famous. Alexander Stevens, though he started life in poverty, became a great statesman and was elected to the Vice-Presidency of the Confederate States. George McDuffie was a poor boy and had many difficulties to overcome, yet he became eminent as an orator and statesman. Some of our presidents were men whose opportunities were extremely limited, but by their perseverance and determination they succeeded. Those men who start life under apparent diffi? culties are often termed "self-made," but let us remember that all men are in a great measure "self-made." Labor ia God's great law, and we become great only in proportion to our obedience to it. Man's moral nature is developed by conflict. Our pathway through life is beset with many temptations which we must overcome or we shall be overcome and our lives will be a failure.' We have within us desires and passions that if not controlled will lead us to ruin. There is within us a love of ease and pleasnre, and at the same time a consciousness that we ought to do our duty. We know that if we take one step in the wrong direction it will be easier to take the second and the third and then all the succeeding steps that lead on to the ruinous end. Weakness is in yielding, but strength in resisting. Tennyson ex? presses personal conflict very beautifully in these lines: "I held it truth, with him who sings To one clear harp in diverse tones That men may rise on stepping stones Of their dead selves to higher things." Benj. S. Patrick. Honor Boll of Townvllle High School For June, 1892. Eigli School Department?Grace Thomp-' son 9S.8, Annie Compton 98.4, Lutie Ma hafifey 97.8, Emma Farmer 97.3, Lizzie Grant 96.8, Gertie Mahaffey 96.3, Kate Sharp 95.1, Cora MoCarley 95.1. John Wright 95.0, Jack Harris 94.0, Lillie Grant 93.7, Edgar Farmer 93.5, Janie Ben? jamin 91.5, J. V. Johnson 91.4. Primary Department?Eulah Compton 97.5, Pearl McCarley 97.5, Ovaline Sharp 97.0, Lida Johnson 96.7, Lila Wright 96.7, Mary Ligon 96.6, Clara Harris 96.5, Lillie Wright 96.4, Fluvie Boggs 96.2, Claude Sitton 95.9, Nora Tribble 95 8, Dock Boggs 95 7, Lela Thompson 95.3, Winfield Sharp 95 2, Eloise HarriB 93.1, Edgar Smith 91.8, Varina Smith 91.0. Miss Maggie Tribble, Teacher. The ninth month of Townvllle High School ended June 17th. The weather is getting very warm, but we have only one more month to teach. We congratulate our pupils for being so faithful, for they come, bo it cold or hot. J. F. Rice, Principal. ? There are remarkable instances on record of what pigeons have done. A French bird, captured near Paris, was taken to Berlin, five hundred miles away, and kept thoro for four years. It escaped somehow, and at onco made a straight lino for home, safely reachin/j the loft in Paris where it had been reared. A Pleasant Entertainment. Editobs Intelligenoer : Another twelve months have passed away and again it was onr pleasure to attend the closing exorcises of the Little River scHooli Promptly ?t ? .SO p. m., 0? the i6th inst.* the curtains were drawn, showings tasti* ly arranged rostrum?beautifully decora? ted with evergreens and flowers. The thanks of the School are hereby tendered to Dr. John A. Robinson for the loan of his home and grounds and to the young gentlemen who so kindly assisted. The program for the evening was as follows: "Summer Time''?An opening chorus, oharmingly rendered by the whole school. Instrumental Solo?Miss Lillle Robin? son. Recitation?"Thinning of the Tbatoh" Miss Margaret A: Robinson. Some of us could appreciate this recitation, as we, too, spend some time in brushing the hair across our pate, but in spite of our trouble "it will divide into streaks." Tableaux?"The Seasons." Music?"Blue Bellsof Scotland"?Miss Margaret A. Robinson. Recitation?" Kentucky Belle "?Miss M. Crayton Robinson. This admirably recited piece caused some of us to think of that famous ride through Yankee land by our own Jack Morgan. Charade?"fern"?Characters i Mrs. Wentworth, (a widow,) Miss Crayton Robinson J Fern Wentworth/Miss Ber? tie A. Robinson; Louise Wentworth, Miss Rozella Bowen; Maggie Wentworth, Miss Ella Taylor; Maude Wentworth, Miss Carrie Taylor; Julia Wentworth, Miss Margaret Robinson; Carl Went? worth, Hugh Bowen; Mr. St. Lawrence, Louis Branyon. Music?"Darling listen to my Story"? Miss Pet Edmunds. Tableau?"Now I lay me." Recitation?"Harp of thousand Strings" ?Master Lee Taylor. This sermon by the bard-shell preacher brought down the house. Musio?"Frolic of. the Frogs"?Miss Crayton Robinson. Musio?"Wait 'till the clouds roll by"? Misses Pet Edmunds, Lula Bowen and Dr. W. C. Bowen. Recitation?"Little Hero"-MIss Lillie Robinson. This piece was highly appre? ciated. Charade?"Gambler's Wife"?Charac? ters : Mr. Thornley, Oscar Robinson; Mrs. Thornley, Miss Pet Edmunds; Miss Nichols, Miss Crayton Robinson; Mr. Harper, (a lawyer,) Dr. W. C. Bowen ; Sara, (Mrs, T's maid,) Miss Leona Banis? ter. The actors in this charade were vo? ciferously applauded, especially Mr. and Mrs. Thornley. Song?uWhen my locks are turning gray"?Miss Lillie Robinson. Tableau?"The Beggars." Song?"Life's dream is O'er"?Willie A. Callaham and Miss Pet Edmunds. Recitation?"Mark Anthony to Cleo? patra," was well rendered by Miss Ro? zella Bowen. Mtisic?"Battle of Waterloo"?Miss Pet Edmunds. Tableau? "First Step." The closing scene of this tableau caused many a man? ly heart to throb convulsively. Music?"Mexican Galop"?Miss Ed? munds. The prize offered by Miss Pet Edmunds, the highly accomplished Teacher, was awarded to Miss M. Crayton Robinson in a few remarks by Dr. John A. Robinson. Tableau?"Sleeping Beauty." Music?"Home, Sweet Home"?By the whole school. This entertainment was deoidedly one of the best that we have ever had the pleasure of attending. The audience, numbering over three hundred, showed their appreciation by rounds of applause, whilst quite a number expressed their congratulations in person to Miss Ed? munds. We close by saying as to any future entertainments by Miss Edmunds that we are with Dr. J. Wm. Jones, "Yours to count on," Lookeb-On. A Horrible Fit. Montana's death-cave 1b almost the shape of a flask, thirty-four feet deep, the bottom being sixty-two feet long and thirty feet wide. We speak of the bot? tom of the cave, but mean the top of the debris and vast amount of bones of an? imals which fill the space of what may be called the bottom. The cave, instead of being adorned with crystals, stalactites and stalagmites, is a regular charnel house, and evidently has been a death? trap for ages to unsuspecting beasts. The opening of the cave, is peculiarly con? structed for the purpose of swallowing any living thing that ventured near its brink. The mouth is composed of lime? stone on an incline. Along the upper side is an old animal trail. It is easy to see how the buffalo or elk passing this way, when the trail was slippery, would lose their foothold and be precipitated into the cave. It is also a plausible the? ory that at times during the winter the mouth of the cave is entirely covered with snow, bo that the unsuspecting ani? mal passing over the familiar trail would at this point, if diverging a few inches to the south, slide through the snow and be swallowed alive. Many animals, doubtless, were killed by being suspen? ded by the head and fore part of the body, as the buffalo, or by the antlers, as the elk, while many were evidently directly killed by the fall. But there are also evidences that some landed at the bot? tom of the pit with sufficient powers remaining to drag their bodies to remote corners of the cavo, and there perish from wounds aud starvation. Some of the largest skulls and skeletons of buffalo were thus found. ? The people at the World's Dispen sory of Buffalo, N. Y., have a stock taking time once a year and what do you think they do? Count the number of bottles that've been returned by the men and women who say that Dr. Pierce'a Golden Medical Discovery or Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription didn't do what they said it would do. And how many do you think they have to count. One in ten? Not onu iu Ovo hundred! Here are two remedies?one the "Golden Medical Discovery," for regulating and invigorating the liver and purifying the blood; the other, the hope of weakly womanhood; they've been Bold for years, sold by the million bottles; sold under a positive guarantee, and not one in five hundred can say: "It was not the medi? cine for me I" And?is there any reason why you should be the one? And?sup? posing you sre, what do you lose ? Ab? solutely nothing/ ? The census bureau shows that there are 11,433,318 dwellings in the land. COME JJf SO?TH CAROL?U. The Rev. John 6. Williams Indicts tile State. lo the Editor of the News and Courier i The bad prominence that South Carolina has obtained for lawlessness and crime is a mortification and a grief to every one of her true sons and daughters. Nearly every day there is a murder or some other kind of lawlessness committed somewhere in the State. Within the past few years some of the worst things that have ever been done anywhere have been done here in South Carolina, and by white men. It is no use denying it, South Carolina is makiHg for herself a bad name among her sister States. And we don't see that things are getting any better, but rather worse. All good citizens are asking, what is the mattter? What are the causes at work producing all this crime and law l^'ness to the hurt of the State in her good name, in the morals of the people and in her, business interests? I want to mention several causes that, in my opin? ion, are largely responsible for the pres? ent deplorable condition that the State is in. And first I will mention political wickedness and moral corruption in our State Government, No sooner had the white people regained control of the State than we seemed to have forgotten that it was the Lord who had delivered ub from Radical misrule and oppression, and no longer feeling our dependence upon Him, we were willing that Demo? cratic politicians and office seekers should take entire possession of the State. That they were immoral, drunken, pro* fane, gamblers, murderers or anything else that was bad didn't matter, if they were only good Democrats. The most crooked methods were justified if done by and for the Democrats. The Lord and the Ten Commandments were voted out of politics as something with which the Lord didn't, and oughtn't to, have anything to do, and this in the face of the solemn fact that God has de? clared Himself to be the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and His law?the moral law?to be supreme and binding every? where, and in politics, as in everything else. I can hardly imagine anything more wicked and foolish than practically excluding God from politics as we have done here in South Carolina. I mean by politics the adoption of such measures and the election of such men to carry them out as will best promote tho happi? ness of the people and the glory of our Supreme Ruler. Bat in our South Caro? lina politics the two prominent features have been greed, or disregard of the wel? fare of the people, and wickedness, or disregard of God. What we need in our South Carolina politics is more Bible politics. "Happy is that people whose God is the Lord." "Righteousness exaltetb a nation, but Bin is a reproach to any people." And this particularly, that wicked men, of bad influence and example, ought not to be "set up," that is, honored with position and high office. "Yea, they that work wickedness are get up" was a charge which the Lord brought against Israel in its degenerate days. Immorality and wickedness are never so corrupting and dangerous as when the power and influ? ence of high public office and place are thrown around them. An old stump in the ground that is afire is nothing like es dangerous as an old tree that the fire has run up fifty feet The higher up the fire the more dangerous, and so it is with wickedness. It in a wick?d and cruel thing to put any man in a high office, or to honor any man who cannot be safely held up to young men as an example to them. To "set up" those "that work wickedness" is to say to the boys of the State, this is the way to be popular and to get the honors and the offices. There is nothing hardly that is more demoralizing and mischiev? ous in its effects upon the people than an immoral and corrupt popular government in which the body of the people and their rulers,, or the officials, are close together, and thievery closeness a source of corruption, both to the governors and the governed, and particularly to the latter, when the former are bad and bold. But what, it may be asked, has all this to do with the lawlessness and frequent murderB in South Carolina ? Why simply this, that the laws of God are but one, and all stand or fall together, and when the laws of God against drunkenness, against profanity, against gambling, against unchastity, against stealing, or all dishonesty, againBt Sabbath breaking are disregarded, can anyone suppose that, amid this reckless disregard of all moral law, the law againBt taking human life can long maintain its sacredness and be obeyed ? It is out of this very immoral atmosphere that murder and other crimes come. The law which protects human life is not a whit more sacred than God's other laws which are intended for the purity and protection of society?lawB which so many high in authority and bo many in private life set aside as a matter of very little consequence. Mosb is not a surer sign of a damp atmosphere and malaria than frequent murders and other shocking crimes are signs of a very bad moral atmosphere, A second cause of bo much bloodshed and crime in South Carolina is her licensed bar rooms, which pay so much blood money for the blood and tears which they cause to be shed. The licens? ing of that which causes murder is mur? der, and every murder committed under the influence of whiskey sold in a bar room is a murder by the man that sold tho whiskey and the people who vote to license the sale of whiskey for tho reve? nue that is in the traffic, with which rev? enue they cau run the towns and their officials, and the graded schools?all which whiskey schools ought to be called degraded schools And here is the pe? culiar wickedness in this bar room busi? ness that is causing so much murder and crime in South Carolina that, but for the revenue it paysp it would bo immediately outlawed, and every community would rise up and crush it out. The license system is moral prostitution, Another cause of crime in the State is, I believe, the lack of an earnest, moral purpose in the secular press. It doesn't lack an earnest purpose in battling for the Democratic party, or for the different factions of the Democratic party, but this done, it seems to think] tbat its whole duty 1 the people.is done. Politics! politics, politics, is about all that tbore is in the a7erage newspaper, and politics means with most newspapers the success of its party or faction. I think it cannot be denied that as a rule the newspapers of the State have not been earnest advo? cates for purity of politics, for putting the best and most competent men in office, have not been bold in rebuking wicked' ness in high places and have not been sufficiently interested in the great moral reforms of the day. If the presss had fought political corruption and the evils that destroy the people with as much earnestness as it fought Radicalism, who can believe that South Carolina would be in the snrry plight that it is in to-day ? Great is the opportunity and power of the press for good, and therefore great is its responsibility. And, lastly, I cannot but think tbat the Christian ministry is not without sin in this matter. It is too often lacking in deep moral conviction, and oftener in the courage to express its convictions against wickedness and evil-doers. Through fear of being charged with preaching politics, it is often silent, when silence is disloy? alty to God and to souls. A bold and faithful pulpit has always been a terror to evil doers and is always a great bless* log to the town or community that is fortunate to have it. At the head of all the moral forces of a country stands the pulpit, and if that doesn't sound the trumpet and take the lead no great battle is ever fought for God or man. I leave it to the ministry of South Carolina to say whether in their pulpits or ont of them they have done all that they could against the evils that are now afflicting South Carolina, and against which we are called on to preach and to warn the people. John- G. Williams. Allendale, June 21. THE PROHIBITION MOVEMENT* Active Gampalgp Work Outlined. The movement to secure at the hands of the next General Assembly, State pro? hibition of the liquor traffic, which was inaugurated by the convention which met in this city in May last, has as-1 sumed a definite shape, and such propor? tions as promised to make it an interest? ing factor in the Democratic primary in August. It will be remembered that the con? vention emphatically declined to nomi? nate a State ticket, or to make any is? sue which might place the adherents of j the movement in an attitude which would be antagonistic to the Democratic party in this State. It adopted an ad? dress and platform which declared their purpose as Democrats to seek the solu? tion of the question of prohibition with? in the party, if permitted to do so. The purpose is expressed in simple and direct terms in the following passage from the address: "We call upon all lovers of righteous government in the State to use every ef? fort for the prohibition of this traffic in this State. ? "We reccommend that the people de? mand that all candidates for the House and Senate place themselves on record on this question to the end that the pro? hibition votes of the country may be in? telligently cast." And also to the same effect in the plat? form,'as follows: "We therefore earnestly favor and will work for the enactment of such laws as will prohibit the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors for use as a bev? erage in our State. We cordially invite the co-operation of all Democrats in this laudible effort for State' prohibition, irrespective of the opinion on other issues as already made np in the State." The convention appointed members of the State Executive Committee, who would also be chairman of the respec? tive county committees, from counties represented in the convention, with au? thority to select members for snch coun? ties as were not represented. The com? mittee elected the Hon. L. D. Childs, of Bichland, chairman. Executive committees have now been organized in nearly every county, and the few remaining counties will be com? pleted within a few days. In several counties active work has followed immediately upon the organi? zation of the committees and in the counties of Barnwell, Florence, New? berry, Sumter and York conventions have been called to meet during the en? suing month, with indications that they will be well attended. In a number of counties public meet? ings will soon be held for the purpose of reaching the people and impressing the prohibition idea upon him. Many of the county papers have freely accorded the use of their columns to the prohibitionists^ and arrangement are being effected in each county to keep the papers supplied with items pertinent to the movement. Chairman L. D. Childs has addressed a circular letter to the several county chairmen embodying the general purpose contemplated by the convention, with suggestions as to tbe several methods by which this purpose is to be affected. The circular in the main is as follows: to the prohibition county execu? tive committees. The short time intervening before tbe occurrence of tbe first Democratic pri? mary election (August 30) which will de? termine tbe result of the movement for Prohibition set on foot by the recent convention, imposes upon the friends of the movement an urgent demand for im? mediate, persistent and energetic work, if our hopes for State Prohibition are to be realized. Upon the State and County Executive Committees, organized under authority of the conventiou, reats tbe responsibility for the direction of the movement in the several counties, by which the plan of convention, as out? lined in its address and platform, is to be carried into effect. In my judgment it will uot' be wise or prudent for the State Executive Committee to attempt to formulate a plan to be carried out in detail in each of the counties with any fair promise of success. The conditions in each county are varying, aud tbe methoda adopted should be flexible, read ily adapted to meet these conditions as I they may exist or arise dnring the pro* I gresa of the campaign. It is evident that the county committees, carefully Be- ] lected as they have been and composed of men familiar with all the peculiarities of circumstances existing in their coun- j ties, are better prepared to avail them selves of favorable opportunitses to give I effect to the movement in their respect-1 ive counties than the State Committee could be. ! In view of this state of facts, there fore, I have thought it best, at this stage of our movement, to present to your committee a few general suggestions, the observance of which will tend to pre* serve the unity of th'e movement through- j out the State, and prevent any jarring or misconception among ourselves, or misunderstanding or conflict with the Democratic party, within whose ranks we propose to move loyally, recognized as Democrats, working as Democrats, and true Democrats abiding by the issue upon the question of prohibition which we have invoked, so far as it shall be determined by the votes of the Demo crata at the approaching J election. The aim of each county committee should be j primarily to reinforce the existing pub* j lie sentiment of the county in favor of j State Prohibition by every justifiable] method. Among these you will avail I yourselves of the county press to appeal I to the people, address them at public I meetings, conventions, etc., especially I securing when possible a hearing at the I Democratic campaign meetings and oth er gatherings throughout the county. J Sermons by the clergy of the different j denominations, enforcing the duty of J Christians to aid in every effort to sup-' I press the liquor traffic, are potent agen- j cies by which to increase the Prohibition I vote. Work assidiously to bring out the Pro- I hibition vote in its full strength at the primary election in August and see that it is deposited in the box which the Dem-1 ocratic Executive Committee will pro vide to receive it at each precinct, and also see that it is properly counted and tabulated in the returns made by the { managers. Note here the important fact I that this provision for taking the Prohi-1 bition vote at the Democratic primary, made by the State Executive committee I at the request of the Prohibition con- I vention, is a full recognition of the posi* I tion that our movement is one legitimate-1 ly to be made within the Democratic party and of the right of every Democrat to give expression to his; views in this form without let or hindrance. * * * I Appoint one of your own number, or some Other competent man, to keep the space accorded you in your county papers well supplied every week, with items, I communications, reports of meetings, and other matter calculated to educate I and strengthen the public sentiment on this movement and to correct errors and misrepresentations which may be put forward by the opposition. Your com? mittee will have to exercise a very cau tiouB supervision over this department lest by some injudicious publication our movement should be committed to a false or untenable position before the public and thereby much harm result. The objective point in all our work is to secure an undoubted majority in each branch of the next General Assembly pledged to vote for some proper measure for State prohibition. In pursuance of this object, let it be your first duty to as? certain, as soon as a candidate is an? nounced, whether or not he is in favor of our movement, and secure from him this assurance, in writing if possible, or by some unequivocal public utterance. If he declines, or fails to take this position let him understand that we are seeking to enlist the co-operation of good Demo crate in this fight, and that to be out? spoken and pronounced on this subject, irrespective of their views on other questions which may be raised within the party, will secure the vote of the Prohi? bitionists. Seek to induce some good Prohibition Democrats, the best yon can find, to run for the House or Senate, if none of those already announced are with us in the fight for prohibition. Each county has been requested by the executive committee to raise at least $50 to meet the necessary expenses of con? ducting the work in the State, and each county committee will endeavor to raise such sum. at the earliest possible mo? ment, forwarding the amounts raised to S. A. Nettles, seciotary and treasurer, Manning, S. C. Very Respectfully, L. D. Childs, Chairman S. P. Ex. Com. ? There is more Catarrh in this sec? tion of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For a great many years doctors pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed local rem? edies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease, and there? fore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the marker. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful. It acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, 0. J^-Sold by all Druggists, 75. ? A scientist has computed that 10, 000 threads of the web of a full grown spider are not larger than a single hair of a man's beard. He calculates that when young spiders begin to spin, 400 of their threads are not larger than one from a full sized insect. If this be a fact, 4 000,000 webs of a young spider are not as large as a single hair from a man's face. ? There are plenty of instances in which improvement of nature has bad a disastrous effect. The farmers in a cer? tain portion of Scotland set about ex? terminating the owls. They succeeded, and now the district is ravaged by field mice to such an extent that public meetings are being held to devise a reme? dy. Over hundreds of acres every root aud blade of grass has been devoured. All Sorts Of Paragraphs. 4 ??? ? Love is the only thing that will pay ten per cent, to both borrower and lend? er. ? A pup, recently born in Americus, Ga., haa only one eye, and that is in the center of its head. ? Patsy Sears, of Howard County, Indiana, aged 108, has been a Church member 100 years. ? The combined debts of all the na? tions in the world amount to more than $30,000,000,000. ? Early Risers, Early Risers, Early Risers, the famous little pills for consti? pation, sick headache, dyspepsia and ner? vousness.?Wilhite <fc Wilhite. ? Paradoxical as it may seem, all yon have to do to suffocate a frog is to put stick in his mouth so he cannot shut his jaws. ? Edward McDonald, of AUentown, Penn,, owns or did .own a dog which weighed but four ounces when it was hV months old. ? A Milan (Tenn.) man, a few days ago, traded his wife for three yearlings, one-half acre of bottom land and half an acre of timber land. ? Bright people are the quickest to re? cognize a good thing and buy ic We sell lots of bright people the Little Early Rl sers. If you are not bright these pills will make you so.?W?hlte & Wilhite. ? Two rain companies in Kansas are making contracts with the Counties o that State, at $600 a County, to produce from one to two inches of rain. ? He?"Have yon heard?" She? 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For best results take De Witt's.?Wilhite and Wilhite. - ? There are thirty-seven hundred and fifteen places in the United States of one tkousand inhabitants, and these contain forty-one per cent, of the whole popula? tion. ? A monkey in the Philadelphia Zoo tried to commit suicide by cutting its throat with a piece of glass after his mother had whipped him. He made a frightful gash before his mother took the glass, away. ? It is a fixed and immutable law that to have good, sound health one must have pure, rich and abundant blood. There is i no snorter nor surer route than by a h course of De Witt's Sarsaparilla.?Wilhite. & Wilhite. ? A double-bddied lamb has made its. appearance in Pilot .Knob, Ind., and is owned by Alexander Bichtie. . Its head | and neck are perfect; but attached to the head are two perfect bodies, which have two sets of legs. ? A couple of months ago a Philadel*0-^ phia woman bought a rustic table made . of tbe boughs of some tree from which the bark had not been removed. A few weeks ago the table began to throw out green sprouts and soon after the whole table was in full bloom. ? It is a truth in medicine that the smallest dose tbat performs the cure is i the best. De Witt's Little Early Risers , are the smallest pills, will perform the oure, and are the best?Wilhito & Wil? hite. ? The size of and tbe distance to hell is one of the problems over which C. A. A. Taylor, D. D., has been puzzling his brain for many years. As a result of all this study, Mr. Taylor has come to the conclusion that hell, hades, gehenna, the* ? inferno, or sheol, is a vast lake of fire and brimstone, exactly fifty-two miles beneath j the earth's surface. He haa also figured, j that it is larger than has been generally supposed, his deductions proving that it j is 554,900,000 cubic miles in extent Mr. Taylor is financial agent for the Florida African Methodist Episcopal Conference. . ? Wo truly believe De Witt's Little j Early Risers to be the most natural, most f effective, most prompt and economical j pill for billiousness, indigestion and in? active liver.?Wilhito <fc Wilhite. ? It is printed that Mr. M. K. Boyer, a well known Pennsylvania poultry \ breeder, claims that, aside from the meat and egg, ducks are valuable on the fan? 4 for their manure. It is of the rick^st, quality and ranks next to tbe hog manure. For gardening purposes he finds it excel? lent. His experience has been that a duct! will make a good wheelbarrow load of I manure a year. Every farmer should ] keep a few ducks. The Pekin, Rouen, _ Cayuga, and Alesbury ducks are land | fowls, and need no bathing water. They are by far the best fowls for a farm. ? 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