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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDEKSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MOKNING, MAY 2, 1894. VOLUME XXVIII.?NO. 44. IK* f VERY SFICT 15 DEED ! the miserable vultures that they are, fViPtr Trmilrl hp thp drat, to turn and 8ABGE PLUJiKETT came along one day while me and Brown were both bandaged up from LET US HATE PEACE! fflWrfi'mi A rh\r\rnt*_ The Worst Inheritance, WViJIp it. in friip that vounr/ men All Sorti of Pangi-apli. ? Mail is distributed in 68,403 p M QUALITY WILL TELL." ][ _ MAKE no pretensions to bay cheaper than others, bot confidently claim that when m (JALITY is desirable my Goo?s have few equals, if any?certainly no superior. I asek to famish the VERY BEST at prices consistent. While I was prevented from going to market by sickness, I hare succeeded in get ??8a_ MAflNMOENT STOCK OF GOODS! From Chicago, New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore. We cordially invite all to came and judge for themselves as to QUALITY, BEAUTY, STYLE, PRICES, Ac I solicit a liberal share of patronage. Thanks for a generous past, with the hope of a continuance in the future, Respectfully, MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS. Tes3 that is the Place ! The New Hardware House! 16 South Main Street, Wnere you will find what you Need In the? HARDWARE LINE. 100 dozen Victor Sweeps, 100 dozen Genuine Terrili Sweeps, 250 dozen Handled Hoes, The best on earth! Cotton Planters, Cultivators, &c. Id fact, EVERYTHING you need to make your Crop. ?Just. Opening? an Elegant Line ot i ies, to, SU, Gartnps, Primers Mis, AND A COMPLETE LINE OF Shelf* Hardware. So come along, by the way do not falter, But step right in and ask to see Walter, W.ao will be pleased to see you and treat you square. ?Yours for trade, ' BBOOK BE/OS. ?a*" Don't forget the Place?Cunningham & Humphreys' old Stand. IF YOU BELIEVE MONEY SAVED.IS MONEY MADE & It will pay you to examine th? BARGAINS in f|oats and VtiM$! TAYLOR & CRAYTON Are offering this week ! * " AFTER THE RUSH IS OVER," . YOTT CAN FIND WILL, R. HUBBARD, JEWELER, JVeact. Door to Farmers and Merchants Bank, f WITH A FINE LINE OF EVERYTHING IN THE JEWELRY LINE! Promptness in Everything. Largest Stock, Lowest Prices. Finest Goods. Poiite Attention to Ali. 18? DONT FOBGET that I can and will save you money on any? thingin my line?WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, SILVERWARE, SOUVENIR SPOONS of aemson Agricultural College of my own get up. THE BIGGEST LOT OF READY MIXED PAINTS,' OILS, COLORS, VARNISHES, STAINS, CLASS AND PUTTY, Ever Brought to this City. GUARANTEED?your house repainted without extra clia.rge if Paint does not give entire satisfaction. TODD & EVANS, Druggists, ANDERSON, S. C. 1845. THE 1893. Iii H lie line Co., OF NEWARK, N. J. AMZI POPP, President. Assets: Market Values, $51,395,903.59. a Paid to Policy Holders since Organization : $124,558,722.56. Surplus : Massachusetts Standard, $3,661,250.01. Policies Absolutely Non-Forfeitable after Second Tear. IN case of lapse the Policy is continued in force as long as its value will pay for ; or, if preferred, a Paid-up Policy for its'fnll value is issued in exchange After the second year Policies are incontestable, and all restrictions as to residence and occupation are removed. Cash Loans are made to the extent of 60 per oent. of the reserve value, where valid assignments of tba Policies can be made as collateral security. Looses paid immediately upon completion and approval of proofs. WEBB & MATTISON, Managers for South Carolina, Anderson, S. C. SEED BARLEY AND RYE FLOUR, liAMS LARD, And a Fancy Line of Canned Goods, For sale at Low Prices by D. S. MAXWELL & SON, NO. 5 CHIQUOLA PLACE. 99" 160-acre Farm to rent, ? ?? ? The following letter has been ad? dressed by Congressman McLaurin, of South Carolina, to Editor Appelt of the Manning Times: Washington, April 16,1894. Mr. Louis Appelt, Manning, S. C.? Dear Appelt : Your letter of recent date, calling my attention to widely circulated reports of my being in "combination ! with Senator Butler in his race for the Senate, has been received. It is a lie out of the whole cloth. Hitherto, I have paid no at? tention to slanders "circulated" by interested parties, for the purpose of destroying the confidence that the people are supposed to have in me. I cannot, however, avoid a reply to a pointed question, such as you ask. I shall "call a spade a ..pado" and ex? press my feelings fully. Last spring, when the famous "blacklisting" of the South Carolina delegation was in progress, I soon discovered that the trouble arose largely from the admin? istration confounding the Alliancemen and the Populist. In the West, the People's party swallowed the Alliance and, just coming into power, the mis? take was natural in reference to the Alliancemen in the South. If you will remember, I was not present when that disgraceful scene occurred io the office of - our Postmaster-Gen? eral, where the^question of the De? mocracy of our Representatives in r!rm?wp?q wan tenterl. T felt that the -o- -?- - -_-- ? matter of my Democracy had been tried by the people of the Sixth Dis? trict, and if I suited them it mattered very little to me whether I suited any? body else or not. I soon discovered that Mr. Bissell was a big-hearted, big-brained man, not much of a politi? cian, but a fine lawyer and a thorough? going business man ; the only trouble being that he runs the Postoffice De? partment in a business way instead of as a political machine. Mr. Talbert and myself had an additional advan? tage in not having defeated ex-mem? bers on the spot to wage special war upon us. While the issuing of ukases, pronunciamentoes, etc., was going on I kept my mouth shut, and attended to my own business. Per? sonally, I did not hanker after the distribution of the offices, for I knew [ couldn't suit everybody, and every man who made application and failed ffould either be a lukewarm friend or vo. open enemy. I felt, however, that [ had a certain duty to perform in reference to these postoffices, and made up my mind to perform that duty, if permitted by the Postmaster-Gen? eral, and if not so permitted then the responsibility was taken from my shoulders. I was pressed from every quarter by Reformers to secure these appointments. Tou wanted the office it Manning, and suppose I had said: "Oh, I cannot recommend you because Messrd. Latimer and Strait are not re? cognized I" You would have very probably told me that I was sent to '/M.w.noo fn ?nnta?nf. flie RiTfri and not the Third and Fifth Uongressiona Districts. I made a formal request o: Senator Butler that he should not in terfere with my recommendations, o; if he did, to give a reason why hi should treat me in a different manne: from that in whioh the Hon. G-eorgi W. Dargan had been treated. Sena tor Butler's treatment of me was kind courteous and upon a high plane. H< said that in his service in the Senati he had never interfered in the distric of a Congressman, where he was treat ed with that consideration due Li, official position, and would not inter fere in mine. In the majority o cases in my district, Senator Butle: has made no recommendation what ever; in some cases, yours for in stance, at my request he joined in thi endorsement. It is utterly impossible to represen South Carolina without some concer of action between the Senate and thi House. Senator Butler has beei kind and considerate. I have in m; turn, endeavored to be courteous an< show proper respect for his official an< personal character. The subject of State politics wa never mentioned between us until afte the article in the Headlight, due re speot for the feelings of each prevent ing even an indirect reference to it I had appointed to nearly every post office in the district Tillmanites of th most marked type, without a questioi being asked or a pledge being take: from a single man. So far from an; appointee of mine feeling that he i under the slightest obligation to Sena tor Butler, you feel perfectly free ii your last issue to compare him to ; "buzzard." My dear Appelt, what ii the name of Heaven is a public man t do ? Latimer tells me that some o his people are "cussing" him becaus he has not any influence, and some o mine are "cussing" me because have. I have nothing to do with the can didacy of Senator Butler; he ha treated me like a gentleman, and shall treat him the same way regard less of consequences. The very firs time that State politics was discussei between Senator Butler and mysel was that infamous attack and insinua tion by Gantt of a "trade and combi nation." I then deemed it my dut to talk to Senator Butler, arid he sai not to pay any attention to that, tha he knew the personal and political re lations between myself and Tillman and did not expect me to do anythin else, but that it need not disturb ou personal and official relations, for m to support my friend. Now, Appelt, I appreciate your kin letter, and the motive which prompte it. The past four years have been t me full of experiences and I tell yo candidly that I have about reacho the conclusion that at present there i no place in public life for a man wit any delicacy of feeling, conscience o patriotism. When I think of the dream I hac when we all started out in 1888 t smash "rings" and to have fre speech, free thought and a truly popi lar government, I do not want to se established as absolute a despotism a there is outside of "Darkest Russia ; the Alliance and all those great finar cial and governmental issues freighte with the life or death of a natioi dwarfed into the single question c how whiskey shall be dished out t thirsty souls. Take the situation when I went t Spartanburg. After villifying an slandering me for months, telegrarx from Washington ordered Gantt to as me certain questionsv I said I woul support Tillman provided he stood f( the demands of the Alliance, and a< tually one of their little creatures, peripatetie school teacher, who wan' to be Superintendent of Educatioi denounced me. I think Tillman willing to stand upon his own meri but this ? crowd of sycophants flatti his vanity and call everybody eh "traitor," when if the test came, HI blindfolded, but if I had been even willing to do this, I would have died a thousand deaths before I would let one of the polithal "hell-hounds" that can be bought like a piece of dog meat in the market, pop his whip over my back and drive me cringing to his mas? ter's feet. It is not love for Tillman or their country that influences these blatant bawlers. I know some of the loudest mouthed who hate him most. They want an office. This tells the tale. Governor Tillman does not need help now, he is in the very zenith of suc? cess and power. Let the tide turn, let danger, defeat or disaster threaten, and then he will Bee who his friends are, men who stood shoulder to shoul? der when the battle was thick, men who have the courage to differ with him, or the miserable parasites and barnacles that only exist amid un cleanness, and who, unless scraped off at regular intervals, eat through the hull and sink the stoutest shin to the bottom of the sea. It is mortifying, humiliating, for politics to be upon the low plane where such explanations are demand? ed. Now, as to the other question which you asked me about the dispen? sary, I am more than ever convinced that some modification along the line suggested by me at Spartanburg is a necessity. The establishment at Co? lumbia with its host of officers, is too cumbersome, and the profit feature is morally wrong. It is better to under? sell and starve the "blind tiger," than to shoot it; especially when the beast shoots back. Besides, any law that necessitates a standing army for its enforcement "'will ran 01 its own weight. I am glad that you heartily support me in these view3. "We have had enough turmoil and strife in South Carolina. ? There were old, deep seated abuses and traditions that had to be destroyed and rooted out. Till man was the man to do it. His genius is essentially destructive, and as he has about accomplished his work in South Carolina, send him to the Sen? ate, where he will find enough abuses to employ his genius for the balance of his life. In South Carolina we want something now on the construct? ive order. We catinot live there in two armed camps, and if we undertake it the Federal government will put iis through another course of reconstruc? tion. We do not need an "apist" to prance around over the State, squint one eye, "cuss" and try to play "Ben Tillman," I think that the soil waB No. 1. The squeak of the "squedunk" try? ing to.masquerade as the blast of a trumpet will make us ridiculous and contemptible. What the State needs now is a sedative to steady the "old lady's" nerves, and then a good tonic to build up the waste tissue. After so much- one x, two x, three x and four x, a short course of "Keeley Cure" would not be a bad investment. In other words, we want "oil on the troubled waters." A good, conservative, business-like Governor, who is not an "imitator," not brilliant, but sensible, will bring us round all right, and the "old lady will be all the better for the little shaking up she has had. Thanks for your kind reference tc my political future. If my record and zeal that I have displayed on ever; occasion where our demands are in question entitle me to this considera? tion, well and good, otherwise I do not want it. I have borne for sis months patiently and silently these continued misrepresentations and slanders. I am 500 miles from home, trying to do my duty, and if my lan? guage is strong, it is because I fee] outraged at the malicious meanness oi these attacks. Yours truly, John L. McLaurin. Presence of Mind Some one has wittily said that t better thing than presence of mind ii i danger, is "absence of body." ?$utw ? cannot always be absent from danger and fortunate, indeed, is any on< whose friends are present in bod; when he is in danger and needs help I once knew a lady who screame< ! and wrung her hands when a girl wa burning to death before her eyes, am i made no effort to put out the flames Here is an account of two boys, wh i by presence of mind and rare goo< sense, saved the life of their father In Maine, lately, these two boyi l went.out to the woods with their fath i er to see him cut down trees. Througl i a mistake in calculating how a tree h ' was cutting would fall the father wa > caught and pinned to the ground, th ' tree lying across his body. At the fearful sight, the boys di not lose tneir pruseuue ui uiuiu, u - set to work with energy to save the s father. Some boys would have e: I hausted their strength in vain effor - to remove the tree; others would ha^ t run and screamed for help, and raea 1 time the father would have died. Tl f boys did neither of these things. The - commenced digging a hole immcdiat - ly under their father, and in a ve short time released him from his a' I ful situation. Their coolness ai t wisdom were the means of saving h - life. How's This I We offer One Hundred Dollars E ward for any case of Catarrh that c; not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cur F. J. CHENEY &CO., Props., Toledo, 0. We the undersigned have known 1 J. Cheney for the last 15 years, ar believe him perfectly honorable in a business transactions and financial able to carry out any obligation mat by their firm. West & Trtjak, Wholesale Dru gists, Toledo, 0. Waldinq Kinn? & Marvin, Wholesale Druggist Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inte nallyfactiag directly upon the bio and mucous surfaces of the systei Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by t Druggists. Testimonials free. ? A peculiar decision in jurispruden has been given in the West Ridir Yorkshire, England. A man in liqu became excited by some trifle and 1 bis wife on the band with a poker. S fled and he pursued her across the ya with the upraised poker. Their s stepped between them, and, wresting t poker from his father, bit bim on t head with it. The old man fell and die During the trial the Judge decided tl a man may strike in his own defense, 1 cannot strike in defense of another's 1 Thereupon the lawyer for the accus arose and read from "Archibald's Cri lnal Practice:" ? When a man kills s other in self-defence, or in defense of 1 wife, his child, his parents or his serva without malice, and at a chance enoot ter, it is justifiable homicide." 1 Judge saw bis error and withdrew ! deoision. The jury gave a verdict of "i guilty." mera and Everything la Bright. Atlanta Cbnttitution. No matter how much harm the cold snap has done us, me and .Brown pro? pose to? "Just let the wide world wag as it will, We'll be gay- and happy still." Everything is bright and cheerful 3n the farm, now that we are sure the winter is over. The roosters crow louder, the hens sing all the day, the turkeys strut and the guineas are look? ing for nests?there is nothing to mar bhe delights but the withered flowers ind the backward garden truck. The jountryman has many things to charm bim as he carries on his work. The fresh plowed ground is soft to his bread and sweet to the smell, and it is lelightful to watch the young plants breaking through the crust and show? ing up along the rows. And it is jharming to get hungry as the plow nan does and to eat with the relish /hat he does. Brown turns his eye toward the kitchen chimney about 10 /clock on these days and a spell of dUilUU? V/itlC D{/IOWO u)i v f vi u?m brown face for quite a while some times, but when a little wreath of smoke curls up from that chimney suoh a reaction comes in his looks and his actions that would impress you that he is well paid in joy for all his anxiety. He knows that the smoke from the chimney means dinner. He smiles along to the end of the row and bobs His head as if keeping time to the churn dasher. At the end he throws his plow stock away round before old Kit has had time to grab a mouthful of grass, and bawls with strong voice and a slap of the line for her to "Get up, you lazy thing, don't be so slow." The countryman is all right. He can manage to have something to eat and an appetite to relish whatever it is. He may get to the house at night with wearied limbs, but his rest is sweet and refreshed in the morning he goes again to his field in cheerful cities to-day who pine for the rest and health of these countrymen. Many of them know what it is, but they lost it in their greed for gain, or lured by the glitter of city life. Some have grown poor by the change?so poor that they cannot return?while some have grown rich and weighted down with business they cannot return. Many of these would like to come out with me and Brown and walk bare? footed in the fresh plowed ground, or walk over the woods, breaking off the dogwood blossoms and pretty honey? suckles, but they are too poor, or too rich and busy, or else too fashionable. We sympathise with the poor and are sorry for the hard worked business man who has not time to relax, but it is the fashionable who need most our pity. The poor may be forced, a blessing in disguise, to come out and taste of these country sweets; the business man may learn that he should rftlar and come out and romD over the fields and woods and drink buttermilk and other wholesome food, but for the fashionable, poor things, they must follow fashion. They must go off to the seashore or watering places and strain to keep in the swim. I used to steal off fishing on Sundays along with Brown, and the thoughts of taking our whipping when we returned home was anything but pleasant, and I think that these people who live in a strain to be fashionable feel somewhat as me and Brown felt?it is worse than taking a whipping with many of them. If these people would only have tue nerve to Drean: away iron their sets and come down to cheap and healthy recreation somewhere in the country near home, there would be a falling off in suicides and many a home made happy. Business, business, and fashion, fashion. The world is running wile on these things. I heard a good mar say a few Saturdays ago, "?od bless Sunday!" He told me that were it nol for the rest he gets on Sunday he would be in the asylum in less than a month. I believe him; the world if overworked. Night must be lit uj and turned into day. The great wheels must turn and the clatter oi machinerv eo on. It takes milliont of dollars to satisfy now where hun dreds used to satisfy. The richer man I knew in all of Georgia befor the war was reckoned to be wort $200,000. This mau was a wonder i those days; he stood higher tha Van derb ilt stands now. Aman start ing out to get rich now wouldn't thin about stopping at $200,000. Strai all the time, overwork all the timt never a time to go out in the country never a day to rest and all for moi money than they know what to d with?money to make them the mor anxious. The man of a million ca . ?auf riAr Mil fclifl man wlm has hi UUV lOBU uui vwu V ? w ,._ b heart set on making a million res r No artifice can take the place of tl: " relaxation needed. Peaceful rest ca 3 find no substitute in excitemen 2 Prize fighting, ball playing, theate; or whatnots, can not give the res 2 You may go on till you have tl ? Spanish bull fights or anything els but it won't ease the tired brain ni I it won't improve the morals. Brow ' says, and I say, put out the electr r lights when night comes on; shi 8 down business, go to bed with tl chickens and lay there without scher ing to make more money. Do thi and once and awhile go out to son - good country home and spend a ,vee a or a month would be better. This . what the busy town man needs ai - ' ? 'i i * t -u? j_ t:i_; tue iasmonaDic nau uuuui- uu uiwcwj ?at least live "within your mea '. without strain. d Brown wrestles with the weather i II the time. When it is cold it y mighty nigh impossible to get him e in the morning to make a fire, a then he shivers all through the da j- but when the earth begins to f N warmed up he takes upon his fac< j, grin that continues there more or It till time to go to shivering again. ] r- looks distressed as he shivers in t >d winter, and looks distressed as i. grins in the summer, but he is ne\ II much distressed about anything. ] is down baiting a fish hole now and happy in the thought of how he 36 going to draw them out. He is hs g, pier than any town folks will ever ar while the craze to follow fashion a lt to make money is at such a tensk rrj A good Jones County friend wril >n mc that he and friends of his tri *e my cat racket on the crows in his si j tion, and that it would not work. a't says that our plan may do for c ut crows, but that it will not work fe Jones. I am mighty sorry about th *j as some of his friends seem to take a* as a joke on themselves. I am sure Is was intended as no joke, as it woi it, well on DeKalb County crows, bu n" will state a circumstance that happi [jj ed to me and Brown, just to show h 0t these _ things do change in diffen ?localities, A Jones County m Tones County man knew exactly how -o keep a cow from kicking?oh yes, iure. He gave us the recipe and the lext morning we proceeded to use it vith. great faith. Brown held the low by the nose and one horn till I lad run a strong leather strap around ler and buckled it tight just in front if the leg. When I had finished my mckling I hollered to Brown to let ler go, and she went. She never did rick any more after that?she killed lersclf and come mighty near cleaning ?ut the Brown and Plunkett families, oo. Right through the fence she >lunged, kicking with both feet, to urn and plunge through another >anel to get back into the lot. Bails lew and her feet, too, and me and ? i.? l. i i_ . i.x_ j_ t_4_ DrOVrli U1UU h illUlt YVllUb livuv, uuu n ^ were mighty active. I have never seen the Jones County man from that iay to this, but if he was in the crowd it the crow hunt, tell him wcare even. Locality does make a difference. Saeoe Plunkbtt. Politics Ts. Law. The claim that is made by the Till manites that when Judge Gary goes on bhe Supreme bench to succeed Judge McGowan the Supreme Court will then be favorable to Governor Tillman, and that the recent Dispensary decision will be reversed, is eitner very dis? creditable to the Court as it is now organized,, or as it then will be. It implies that the present decision was made by the highest Court in Carolina, not from the standpoint of law, but merely as a matter of par? tisan politics, governed by the fact that two out of the three judges of the Court are anti-Tillman men. Either this is implied, or else that the Court, as it will be organized on the promo? tion of Justice Gary, will pay no attention to the law, but will be gov? erned in its decision by the fact that the majority of the Court will then be for Tillman. That this is really the opinion entertained by many Caro? linians is a pathetic fact, indicative of the unhealthy condition of things in the State. Saturday the writer talk? ed with a representative of one of the most prominent families in Carolina, and he advanced the idea that as the decision just made was under the old Dispensary law, the system could be continued under the new law, and that any case wuiua tumu uc uau? nuum have to come before the Supreme Court with Judge Gary on the bench, and he and Judge Pope would uphold the constitutionality of the law. When we mildly suggested that a judge on the bench would have to be governed by the law and the facts, and not by his political affiliations, the Carolinian looked at us with a look of ineffable pity, and in that Sicturesque diction so common to the t?te, exclaimed: "Great G?d! You don't suppose that Dispensary decision was made from the standpoint of law, do you ? Why, h?11, man, we've got no law in Carolina; nothing but politics. If the case to be decided has any politi? cal bearing, the decision will be ac? cording to the complexion of the Court. If the judges are for Tillman the case will go that way, and if the; mmm ? ?Q- ? _ way. If the Dispensary law comes up before the Supreme Court again, with Gary on the bench, the decision will be just the reverse, as sure as h?II." Now. we don't believe this; and we don't believe the speaker really be? lieves it. He was influenced by his prejudices in speaking that way. But it is illustrative of the unfortunate state of mind which the people across the river are in, when a man can bring himself to contemplate the highest Court in the State as acting upon such a low plane. It is time for a change. The conservative men of both sides should come together and agree upon some man who will be acceptable tc both sides as Governor, and who can be elected without any terrible wran? gle. Another bitter partisan cam? paign in Carolina just at this time will be very unfortunate. A compromise candidate, and a quiet peaceful ad? ministration for a few years, the aim of which shall be to bring harmony, and to close up the rupture in the State will be of incalculable value tc Carolina. The men who desire to precipitate another heated ana oncer c.-iwpaig for the offices, are not true friends { Carolina.?Augusta Chronicle. A Scientific Fact. A well known medical man was bus in his office when a patient called upo him who had a peculiar and interes ing raalad}-. "Doctor, my arm twitches and ach( all the time; I can feel the pain 1 my finger ends," he said, presenting stump of an arm grown from the shou der for an inspection. "How did you lose your hand an arm ?" asked the doctor. "It was blown off in a mining acc dent." "You are troubled this way often 1 "Constantly, doctor. I can at th moment feel the fingers of my lost an contracting with pain." "I don't doubt it," answered tl doctor, calmly; "you must dig up tl -J V. #.??./?? it Knrnor] fhotl VATI Wl i, not suffer any more." e "Doctor, you are making fun i, me." is "I never was more earnest in i d life." le "I cannot find my arm. It is son is where in Montana, returned to dust this time." 11 "If that was the case your a: is would not ache. As soon as th p member is entirely decomposed y d you will lose the sense of pain. Tl f\ is why I said it should be burnt 3t There arc sympathetic magne a chords connecting it with your phy 38 cal system ; when every vestage of fe is destroyed it will become a part le your astral body, and give you le pain." 3r The man walked thoughtfully aw; [e and a visitor in the doctor's off is asked: is "Doctor, is that superstition ?" p- "No," said the doctor, in a c( )e vincing way; "it is science." id Memphis Commericial. a.-? ?*??? as ? Sixty thousand dollars was pi ?d by Kansas for wolf-scalps last year ?" ? They encourage matrimony Albania. "When a girl wants to | }x married, she collects all her moc 10 and mounts the coins on her ci 3? You can then see what she is wor it it Rudy'8 Pile Suppository is gu lea anteed to cure Piles and Constipatii I or money refunded. 50 cents per bi n- Send stamp for circular and Free Sa iw pic to Martin Rudy, Lancaster, ] nt For Sale by Wilhite & Wilhite, dr 10 gists Anderson, S. C. Are the white people of South Caro iua irrevocably divided into two politi? cal factions? Is there no possibility >f uniting the people again? If the wo political factions cannot come to? gether on a platform alike honorable .0 each, is there no hope of bringing tbout a better state of feeling between hem? These are questious of the gravest mportance, and they deserve the ?aim, yea, the prayerful,consideration if every Christian patriot. On the Lnswers that may be given depend the uture moral, social, educational, in lustrial and commercial prosperity of he commonwealth. The ascendancy if one or the other faction is a small natter compared with the higher in crests that are involved. It is com ?arativelv a small matter whether Be formers or Conservatives shall be in power?whether the laws shall be made and executed by this, that or the other political party or faction. But it is no small matter that all the high? er interests of the people?education? al, social, moral and religious?should be put in jeopardy by the present in? tense and bitter partisan feeling that prevails throughout the State. It is not for us to say which faction is most to blame for this unusual and ieplorable condition of things in South Carolina. Both are greatly to blame; ind it is infinite folly to stop to cavil over the measure of censure that be? longs to each, when each one is so evi? dently culpable. It is enough for us ;o know that our State is' in a deplor? able condition; that our people are di? vided; that intolerance, abuse, mis represen tation, anger and the intensest passion are the ruling spirits of the iour; that father is against son, and with brother and neighbor with neigh? bor; that under these adverse influen? ces the cause of religion and morality suffers, the peace of the State is en? dangered, and anarchy and ruin are threatened. Is there not patriotism and religion enough in South Carolina and among South Carolinians to put a stop to this mad carnival of bitterness and hate? Will ihe formenter of strife and the breeder of discord among 'neighbors and friends, whether he occupies a V?J(tTi or 1/vw nnnifinn?will such an fin ~'0" ?-' l- - - emy to the peace and well-being of so? ciety continue to be made the hero of the hour? "We plead with our people?our Methodist people particularly?for a better state of feeling, for more toler? ance of opinion, for more temperate ness of speech and action. And we have a right to make this plea. We belong to neither of the political fac? tions now warring for the mastery in this State; we are neither Tillmanite nor Haskellite, Reformer nor Conser? vative. We have well defined views of public policy and of our responsi? bility in the exercise of suffrage. But we allow no party lash to be popped over our" head; our highest political allegiance is to God, our country and our own conscience. We have had no part in bringing about the present strained relations between ourpeople. By tongue and pen, have we counsel? ed moderation, unity, peace, the ob? servance of law, wisdom and prudence in the execution of law, respect for those in authority, and all else that tends to the happiness and well-being of the people. To do other than this ?to stir up bad blood, to incite to un fractional wrangling, strife and blood? shed among friends and neighbors, is unpatriotic, sinful, devilish. There is too much of this spirit abroad in the State. Some of our ut? terances, verbal and printed, have too much of the sulphurious odor. Though spoken of neighbors and friends, they ?? ' ?- -* i.M-3 ?3 Llii... hate instead of conciliatory love. W may not be able to revolutionize th the press, we may not be able t sweeten the tone of debate on the hus tings, we may not be able to contrc the utterances of the leaders of th factions, but every man can an< should set a watch over his own speec and actions, and every man can coun sei moderation, forbearance andbrotl erly love. We believe the hour has come whe the pulpit should speak out with n uncertain sound on this subject. W do not believe in discussing politic in the house of God, but this is no politics. It is always in order for th the pulpit to cry "Peace, peace," t the angry passions of men, and to a] ply the principles of Christianity an the Bible to political conduct. It i not politics to remind the people thi whoso hateth his brother is a murde: er; that righteousness exalteth all m tions, but sin is a reproach to all pec pie; that when the wicked reign th people mourn: that it is a duty the owe both to God and to man to t peaceable and law-abiding citizen.1 . that the right of suffrage is a fearft responsibility, to be exercised in th fear of God and not in the fear of pa ty or of men: that the peace and higl est good of the people should be mo; to every Christian and patriot ths the triumph of faction or party. Thei , and like lessons need to be taught wit all the force possible from every prj pit in the land. , Can the readers of the Advoca , give an intelligent statement of tl j matters of political principle that d vide our people into two hostile cam] I and cause so much bitterness of speec and feeling? Is it necessary th r these principles of government shou be established in fire and blood? A: the liberties of the people endanger* j by the ascendancy of either factioi Arc not the factions agreed in mo '1 *-aV-a ??? nt tlia TiirrTroaf noniwi blilUgQ bJUUV civ> yjM. vuv u.B~y..._ to the people? Are .their different worth fighting over? May not a m( rational and peaceful solution be t better way? How much of this par enthusiasm, excitement and bad blc is born of the desire for office, is nursed in selfishness and is mati ed in lust for gold and power? A shall the intelligence, patriot: and piety of South Carolina be ma a plaything of by the designing poli cians? May t*^e people open their eyes, n the Holy Spirit quicken their c< sciences, may they see the dangers tl threaten us, and may they ar as one man to bring about again era of good feeling and brotherly kii ncBS. Bncklcns Arnica Salve. The best salve in the world for C Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rhei Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Han Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Er tions and positively cures Piles, or pay required. It is guaranteed tog perfect satisfaction, or money refu ed. Prise 25 cents per box. For t by Hill Bros. Hall's Catarrh Cure for sale i Wilhite & Wilhite. ?ho have inherited large fortunes oi- < en succeed in life, and become as seful to the world as if they had been ] orn poor, such cases are exceptional, or it is a general rule that the po3- ( ession of unearned money, whether ( nherited or acquired in any other way. i the greatest obstacle to a life of usefulness. ( This must be true in the nature of 3 ooiety and of money itself, for money i nothing more than a symbol of work 1 one, an order on society for value < eceived. Society itself is an organi ation for voluntary co-operation in t II work necessary to support life or - o increase its comfort, and money is i be symbol of labor product. When man haa a dollar it is an assertion r n its face that he has freely and on c is own accord, on his own acoount, 1 * * -*?x v:_ 1 lone so mucn ior ine coruiori- ux ms ellow mcD, and is, therefore, entitled ,o so much from them. If he has 10t, then the dollar is a false pre ense, and he is a usurper when he ises it to control their action and to ibtain power over them for his own )leasure or benefit. The curse of such a pretense as that rhich attaches to the use of unearned nonev is never to be avoided or erad ed. There are those who can take unearned money fortuitously into their possession and, instead of using it to oontrol men and women for their own pleasure, can use it for the good of mankind, but such cases are rare. For nearly all the temptation is too great. Not one man in a hundred thousand can freely and fully deny himself gratification that law and society offer him, freely and without the price of his own effort to return. It is very seldom, indeed, that a man attempts to accumulate an im? mense fortune on his own account. He does it for his family. He wishes to put his daughters and his sons "be? yond the reach of want," and he does not at all reflect that in striving to do so he is striving to free them from the only always reliable incentive to use ? * -?- *? iL. T-Gi. nf iuiness; w wor*. iur tue ui.ut.uu ui others ; to take a part of the great scheme of free co-operation through which the world grows better and men grow freer and less brutal. The man who leaves his son a yearly income os $20,000 does not know that he is saying to the boy: "Here is the labor of a thousand men for twenty days in every year. For twenty days in every year the product of that labor is yours without your doing anything in return for society. I thus put you beyond the reach of want; beyond the need of doing anything whatever to help the world. Live as you please. Be idle and useless if you please/' And when the boy who has received this legacy of usefulness squanders his money to buy power over dissolute men and women, and finally to buy the brains and learning of criminal lawyers, who in return for it, strive in vain to free him from the operation of the iron laws which govern human nature in its transgressions, we all wonder that he should have "abused such advantages," when, in fact, the ignorant and cruel benevolence of his father has placed him at a most deadly disadvantage. Tri?? Kent lecacv anv man can leave his children is highly developed ana accurately trained intellect. Educa? tion means a knowledge of human nature at all times and under all con? ditions and of the best means of use" fulness to mankind. Poverty means the necessity of using intelligence for the good of others, that through inch use of it mutual benefit may arise and the sum of good in the world may in? crease. The man who puts his children "be? yond the reach of wantwho leaves them with untrained and undisciplined minds, freed from the necessity of serving their fellows, leaves them the worst curse of the ninth circle of the cruelest hell of torture there .is in the iinivArsp.?fit. Lou? ReVubUc. Discussing a Legal Point. Probably no one in town enjoys i joke better than Major Baldwin, say the North Dakota Republican, and h never allows to pass unimproved ai opportunity of making one. At a pai ty at Mr. Roberts' the other evening he rapped the company to order, am stated that a party had recently com to his office and asked a question on legal point which he was unable t answer. As the district attorney wa present, and as the question and an swer was one which would interes every one present, he would repea it. The question was, "Could a ma in North Dakota marry his widow' sister." The district attorney promptly ar swered that he could if he wanted tc and the company concurred in his de cifjion. But when the major quietly remarl ed that this was the first time he ha heard that a dead man could marrj there were explosions of laughter whic continued for several minutes. Let as Take Time. Let us take time for the evenic prayer. Our sleep will be more res ful if we have claimed the guardiai ship of God. Let us take time to speak swee foolish words to those we love. B and by. wnen tney can nu lunger uc us, our foolishness will seem mo wise than our best wicdom. Let us take time to read our Bib! Its treasures will last when we shi have ceased to care for the war political parties, the rise and fall stocks, or the petty happenings of t day. Let us take time to be pleasai The small courtesies which we oft omit because they are small will soi day look larger to us than the weal which we have coveted or the the fai for which we have struggled. To Save the Tree. The Baptist brother was passi along by the Methodist brother's hou in a country town, and the Method brother was sprinkling with the hos< a good size shade tree, which w badly withered. "What are you doing?'' inquir the Baptist brother, hanging over t fence neighborlike. "I don't want to lose my tree." The Baptist brother looked at t tree a minute and at the hose. "That won't save it," he said, wi the air of a tree doctor. "Why won't it ?" "You've got to do something mi than that." "Thunder!" exclaimed the Metl dist brother, still sprinkling aw: "you don't expect me to immerse it you ?"_ _ ? Every year 22,000 tons of car are consumed in the United States. fnces in the Umtea States. ? The walls of Babylon were 350 igh and 100 feet thick at the base. ?. ? A beetle can draw 20 times its pro weight. So can a mustard plas ir. ? Over 20,000 men, women and lildren died from snake bites in the jar 1893 in India. ? The bones and muscles of the uman body are capable of over 1,200 ifferent motions. ? Hicks?"I am never able to find iything in this house." Mrs. Hides -"Oh, yes, you are. You generally anage to find fault." ? An enthusiastic New York wo an is engaged in the work of raising inary birds on a large scale. She is now 1,000 birds sitting. ? The '[King of Water Moon" is ie name given the largest gold nug-v-$? get ever found in Australia, it was - found in 1852; weighed 223 pounds and 4 ounces. ? Eight millions of shoe pegs. 8,000 bushels, have just been shipped:; from New Hampshire to Germany, % A Maine man has made $100,000 in wooden toothpicks. ? There is a gentleman living n?;ar Marshall, Fauquier County, Va.. who.; has 21 children, 17 of whom are DOffr: All sit down at one table, made ex? pressly for them. ? "I wonder what makes Higby so unpopular?" "I give it up, but it's *# 5 fact. Why, that man is so disliked that he can't even get a bite when he goes fishing." ? A Kentucky woman recently brought suit against a railroad for killing her horse and her husband. She got $150 for the horse and one . cent for the husband. ? The edible dogs of China are known by their bluish black tongues. Ihey never bark and are very taciturn. Fonr million and a half are slaughter? ed annually for the Celestials. ? Nell?"Why is it that Bjones girl is neglected by men during the winter and becomes so popular in the summer ?" Belle?"She is fond of the theater, and detests ice cream and soda water. ? Babbi, who is happier, the man who owns a million dollars, or he who has seven daughters? The one who has the daughters. Why sc ? He who has a million dollare wishes for more?the man who has seven daugh? ters does not. ? "And did the west impress you favorably ?" they asked. "Carried me by storm," answered the returned traveler, who on one occasion had been wafted across three counties by a v/vlVUv. ? The oldest engine is claimed to be in operation in a Savannah, (Gju) rice mill. It was built in 1815 by James Watt of Lancashire, England, and was brought to this country in the same year. ? A man with a head that is two feet one and five-eights inches in cir? cumference was fitted with a hat in Baltimore the other day. His sixe is eight and five-eights, which is twelve sizes above the average. ? A little Green street girl was out walking with her nurse when an old maiden lady met her and asked; "How is my little girl 60-day ?" "Your little girl?" said the child. "I didn't know you was married." ? At Gainesville, Tex., a few days ago, during an hour's storm, the ground was covered with ocean snails, which, except a few specimens cap? tured by local naturalists, b' next day had found their way instinctively to the streams. ? Bobbie (in sober mood): Ola, mamma, I wish I only had all the money I've spent for candy. Mamma (proudly): My boy would put it in his savings bank, wouldn't he ? Rob? bie (deliberately): No, ma'am; I'd buy more candy. ? The State of New Hampshire is paying one dollar a bushel to farmers for all the grasshoppers they can de? stroy. Rates have not been reduced because of the allegations of general depression, and yet the number of bushels destroyed has not appreciably increased. ' ? Hoop skirts first appeared in 1530. An iron cage was prepared and the skirts were stretched over it. The oage was tipped to one side, the lady crawled underneath, and the cage was fastened to her waist by a ' strong leather belt. The contrivance often weighed as much as 40 pounds: ? The wheat crop of 1893 in the United States amounted to 396,131, 725 bushels, grown on 34,629,41? acres of land. It yielded about 11 bushels per acre, and was worth at the farm 54 cents per bushel, making i gross return of $6.16 per acre. Total value, $213,171,381. i ? The punishment for drunken ness, in St. Petersburg, is to make the offender, no matter what his sociai position, sweep the streets. Well attired gentlemen, some of them ii r dress suits, are occasionally seei - sweeping the streets, after a night'i . carouse. ? New York is the first manufac , turing city of the country. It hai r eleven thousand factories, which xaab ir every year $500,000,000 worth o e goods, including $80,000,000 of cloth ing, $25,000,000 of books and papers !. and $18,000,000 of cigars. Centra 11 Park covers eight hundred and sixt; )f two acres, and cost $15,000,000. * ? With four bullets in his head e George Adams, of North Attleboro who is at the Massachusetts Genera k Hospital, will recover, although al n the pullets have not been extracted ie Adams stood before a mirror in hi n barber shop, before a dozen customers ie and with the remark, "Boys, want t see a man die ?" drew a revolver an fired four shots at himself. Famil troubles led him to seek death. ? A case of "love at first sight' recently developed in Texas by mean |? of which a girl of 19 was married to gay young fellow of 84. This is a' encouragement to other octogenerian 1 to mate. The feminine heart is e (j exceedingly susceptible that years ct ' no figure. Let neither the octogei erian, the nonagenerian, nor the ce> tenarian despair so long as he is sti active enough to train his whiske: becomingly. la ? We have queer experiences i the house of mourning," said tl clergyman of the party. "Itwas on) rc a few weeks ago that I called upon middle aged shoemaker who had lo; 0. his wife. I spoke to hiu as Ithougl y. meet, and especially enjoined upc jo him the duty of being resigned. Wire I had got thus far, he interrupted n to say, in a quiet tone, "Oh, that 3y all right, Mr. Prooftext: "I ain't ' kickin'." - ? ?