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BY CLI MoCA. I /ES^^ANGSTON " Avnvtt^iT'TT^ ^ ----^ _ _--?--A M DijjRSON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. O??TOI?KI? ia iuor V - : IF you would know the latest fads in Neck wear, visit us. They are all on show here. The predominating feature non cern? the Silks-scarcely anything hut Stripes. Stripes of all widths and run ning in every direction. All the various shaped Scarfs are smaller than formerly hide less of the shirt bosom. New lines just in. Prices 25c. and 50c. You want a Stylish Hat, of course. You want want one that' will not wear "rusty" if sometimes it doesn't get in out of the wet soon enough. That takes quality. You don't want every little dent in your Derby to leave a mark. The right kind of Hat will spring back, in shape. That takes quality, too. Our Hats are, full of these good qualities. Prices from 25c. up to $2.75, and at every price between. A few of those 93c. Hats, that were $1.25, still Remember, we sell for Cash, and Cash only ; but we save cu money on every purchase. D [\ Cl/<S?C % rv. I), lr. L> T and a LU, THE SPOT CASH CLOTHIERS. rvVar with Spain ? Johnnie, Get Your? Gun ! Looks like Uncle Sam expects to have a fight, and England wants to be b big side and help us. Just so in tbe me?cauti!e world. Competitors ?what a hustling business THE RACKET STORE und try to fall in line by imitating, but they can't keep pace with [Ii PRICES. We are selling Qoods ?or less than a great many merchants for theirs. Our trade is impioving daily. People are learning that we |k ti? what wc say. UNDERBUY, UNDERSELL, SPOT CASH ! it lively, and keeps us busy. When you want Ei>IEEECDIEj?3 ?have I hem ?nd prices to suit you. Too much cheaper than anybody else ?lk about ir. Just arriving a big line of Lndie?' Oxfords, all styles and Re sure and see us on Shoes. Money laved , fdr you. We have a ndid line ?f Percales. Dimities, White Goods, Ste. fand see them. Extremely low prices will make you buy. Ladies* and ChiluWs HOSE I Oe. Hose for 5c. pair. PLAID RSTED3 worth 12Jc. for 4 i c. yard. Always (eel at home with us. We are always glad to sec vou. ONE CENT WILL BUY ?te Pencils, 5 liead Pencils, 25 Envelopes, 25 Nf-dles, Man's Collar, er Ring. Tablet Writing Paper, 200 Matches, Thimble, 24 Sheets Note fr-am! thousands of other useful articles. Come and trade at CHEAPEST NTORK IN THE STATE, THE RACKET STORE. ?ORE & LUCAS. ?TTON IS CHEAP ; AND SO ARE GROCHlGU [LIVE AND LET UVB IS OUR MOTTO ? ?ave a choice Sud ?elect Stock of r'AMILY and FANCY GROCERIES, . ,Dg of almost everything you may need to eat. Our Goods are fresh, P?gbt for cash, and will be sold as low as the lowest. Please give me clerc purchasing your Groceries. inking all for pa;* favors anil soliciting a continuance of the eame We are yours to please, G-. JP. BIGBY. STATE KEW?. --- hawson D. Melton has been up pointed United States Marshal. - It is predicted that ex-Senator Irby and ex-Governor Kvans will go ? to thc Legislature from their respec- j tive counties at the next election. - Col. \V. ll. Robertson, colored, of Charleston, has tendered Adjutant J.Gary Watts the services of eight thousand able-bodied colored troops for service in case of war with .Spain. - By order of thc managers thc Horse Traders' Association will meet at Central, S. C., on every Saturday in each month. Pc there if you want to trade, swap or give away.-Picken* Journal. - Kev. .John <i. Williams, of Barn well, one of thc best known Baptist ministers in the State, has been stricken with paralysis in one side and in his face, and is in a critical condition. - There is a farmer in Inion county, and a good farmer, too, who has never used matches or kerosene oil. He reads by the traditional pine knot and ' carries" fire from Christ mas to Christmas. - Thc Prohibition executive eom mittee of this State has called a State convention to meet in Columbia April 14th, 1898, to nominate a State ticket. The county conventions are called to meet on April 4th. - Dispenser Harrison, at liruuson S. C., has been found short ?700 in his accounts, due to "criminal care lessness." Sutdi crooked careless ness should be straightened out by thc strong arm of the law. - Wednesday night a freight train on the Southern road passed through Greenville carrying four huge coast defence guns. The guns were about 15 feet long and were on two flat cars. They were bound for <?a'.veston Tex. - Messrs. George Summers and George Williams, of Augusta, and Charlie and Francis Fishbourne, of Columbia, are preparing to start in a few days for Omaha, Nebraska, in tending to make the entire distance on their wheels, a cross country jaunt of 1.100 miles. - Clemson College bas money to burn. Thc treasurer has received $50,000 this season from the fertilizer tag lax. At the meeting of the trus tees recently it was decided to appro priate $12,500 of their surplus to the erection of a textile mill. Work will begin on the building at an early day. - Late Monday night Charles Anderson, colored, was waylaid and robbed on Gadsden street near Sydney Par1:, in Columbia. He was knocked down by a blow 'rom behind, his hands and feet tied, and a rope tied around his neck. He was robbed of $11.15, which belonged to a church society, of which he was treasurer. - The State Board of Control last week purchased the Robertson ware house near thc Union Depot in Co lumbia for $13,000. They will make repairs and move the State dispensary stock into it as soon as possible. Thc State will save much by this purchase in the way of rents and drayagc. All loading and unloading of cars will bc done from the platforms of the ware house, thus saving the frequent hand ling of goods. - A beautiful sight was seen in the streets yesterday. Two old Confede rate veterans who in 1801 marched out under the leadership of Col. Joseph Walker, of the then new Confederate army on the coast, met in thc public square for the first time since they were on the eoast, ft period of 37 years. One remained in Holcomb Legion, the other transferring to Hampton Legion. Their swapping of anecdotes and ex periences was interesting and touching and some of their conversation would make good reading matter.-Spartan burg Herald. - Under the new law regarding supervisors of registration, a question has arisen in some of the counties which ia also of interest to all thc others. It is as to what length ol time thc former boards of supervisor get paid for, and when thc pay of thc new boards commence. Comptrollci General Derham, who has received i number of inquiries along this linc takes thc position that the tenure ol office of the old boards expired thc first of the year, that being the begin ning of the fiscal as well as the calen dar year. Consequently, he says j they get no pay for scrvioes renderec ; in 1898 unless they are able to obtaic j remuneration from thc boards josi coming in. In some counties thc personnel of the boards is practical)} j unchanged and in such, counties i j will not be difficult to arrange tin ; matter. --o- * - - The claim is made that May Elroy of Junction City, Kan., In the heavies j girl of her age in the world. Sbe in onl.-i I 0 years old, and weighs 2S9 pounds. .Sui j is five feet, nine Inches tali, *?d measure i live feet nround the waist. H jr mothe j weighs ICS pounds. BRYAN AT DUR WEST. Ile Elect ri Iles nu Audience of Two Thousand. Special to thc Stute. .DUE WEST, March 11.-Borrowing thc words of President Grier, pf Krs kine College, ' This is Biyan Day at Due West." Never before has this j little town, nestling in thc hills of ? the Piedmont, been in such a flurry of ? excitement as it has been all day. j Every one you meet is nervous and noisy. It' the temperate character of ; thc placo wme not so well known one j would not hesitate to make affidavit I before a magistrate that all were in : cbriatcd. As thc town is situated on i the "straight and narrow road to ; heaven." according to Senator Mc ! Laurin, one is forced tn look for . another cause ol' the excitement. The display of bunting and flags .shows that the town is cn fete and the num erous pictures of William J. Bryan give the clue to the mystery, lt is his expected arrival that has setevcry thing topsy-turvy and causes even the sleepy waiter at the hotel here to treat you with more than his usual neglect. But, speaking seriously. Due West's excitement was pardonable. She had by persistent effort got thc incompara ble leader of the Democratic party to speak there when larger towns in the State might have, had they shown only one-half her zeal. For two hours tViey listened to the cause of bimetal ism championed by a man -whose reputation as an orator is world-wide. It was a great day for Due West and a memorable one to those who went there. Thc Hon. William Jennings Bryan from his brief citizenship in many States has necessarily come to bc a cosmopolitan. He has learned the value of the adage, "when iu Borne do as Borne does." He showqd this in his first speech which he made in South Carolina. It was at Greenwood this morning. He was speaking to 4.000 people whose church-like silence was in striking contrast to the noisy acclaims which had greeted him as he made his way from the train to the stand on the public so narr- Ti._? was illustrating a point by one of those apt anecdotes with which his speeches abound. It was an old story, but it took on fresh interest when told hy him. It was about a medical stu dent who stood an examination while in an enebriate condition. "The stu dent went into a saloon, oras I should say. into a dispensary," said Mr. Bryan. An outburst of laughter greeted this reference to South Caro lina's peculiar liquor law. A raising of his hand restored silence so sud denly that it was startling. He then finished the anecdote, which better conveyed his meaning than would an hour's dissertation by some learned folk. Were I asked what most impressed me in Mr. Bryan's speech at Green wood I should unhesitatingly answer the striking epigrams. They were doubly distilled truths worded so that one could not forget them. They stuck to the memory like burrs to a sheep's wc 1. What, for instance, could better il lustrate the policy of thc party in power thau this: "The Republicans are treating the people for overloaded stomachs when hunger is the matter;" or this: "The dollars arc getting fat and the people thin." lt weald bc folly to attempt to re produce Mr. Bryan's speech. It would lose much served out in cold type. Only when heard in the full, resonant voice of Mr. Bryan is one able to assimilate the facts which he lets fall in every sentence. The subject was free silver. A dry. subject at best, and one under which an audience soon grows restive. Not so with the good folk from and about Greenwood. They were there to hear and they listened. Not a word es caped them. Cheers frequentlj* in terrupted the speaker. A mention of 16 to 1 brought forth a fervent "amen!'' from an old fellow, and the crowd yelled. Thc 15 minutes were soon up. It seemed but as many seconds. There were clamors of "More, more." A firm no and that magic raising of thc hand and the crowd lapsed into si lence. From the stand Mr. Bryan walked to thc door of the depot waiting room. His course through thc throng conld bc marked as the wake of a ship at sea. Standing in the doorway of the depot Mr. Bryan held an informal re ception. A stream of men and wo men passed by aud each one was given a warm grasp of the hand. Ten minutes of this and the leader of the free silver hosts was on the rear plat form, hat in hand, bowing his faro well td tho cheer?n.u people. Mr. Bryan went from Greenwood t<> Dounalds on thc special train which carno up from Columbia. Senator McLaurin, who ?crved for two term? in thc House with Mr. livy- : an. introduced to him Governor Kller bc and thc Columbia contingent cou sistine of Col. \V. A. Neal. Col. Knox Livingston, Jl. B. Cooper, J. 1?. Ila /.olden, Louis Appclt, M. A. Malone ami others. Ile talked pleasantly to these and other gentlemen. On thc run t<> Donnalds I attempted to interview him. "'What effect w?>ul? a war with Spain have on the next . lection'.'" I asked. "I cannot discuss hypothetical nuestions," he answered. "I would bc a fool to do so/' All further efforts to get him te talk failed. He could not bc " drawn out' for he knows every "trick of tin trade.'' When regrets were expressed ti? him that he could not speak in a more cen tral place, such as Columbia, he an swered: '"Yes, I should like to speak to as many people in this State as possible, hut 1 was not invited to Columbia. I, of course, could not write to anyone there proposing such a thing. lie sides," he added. "I have been cor responding with the people ut Due West for some time. They had in vited me to speak there in .June, hut after getting in thc South I fourni it would suit mc helter now. so arrange ments for to-day were made."' Donnalds, which is four tidies from Due West was reached half an hour late. The people had congregated at the depot. * "There he is," yelled an excited man. as Mr. Bryan stepped from the train, and a mighty shout rent thc air. "1 would have known him anywhere from his resemblance to his picture,'' remarked an oin lady who was staring at him through her steel-bowed spec tacles from a point of vantage on the depot platform. Thc other people were satisfied to gaze in open-eyed wonder aud admira tion at thc man who three years hence may bc the next President of these United States. A carriage decorated with hunting and United States flags and drawn by two handsome black horses awaited Mr. Bryan. He was escorted to it bj Congressman Latimer. Senator lie Laurin and Governor Kllcrlc occu pied the other two seats. Thc starl was made and carriages and wagoo; fell in behind and formed a proc?s sion. On thc outskirts of thc town tht party was met by a cavalcade of !>( horsemen, wearing blue sashes anc carrying small United States flags At the head rode Dr." Widern an, who in a cocked hat with a black plume and a drawn sword in Land, lookec something like a knight errant. Tht cavalcade formed an advance guard. An Dm- West was neared the horse men set up a terrific cheering whicl was answered by echoing shouts fron the townsfolk. The carriage in whicl Mr. Bryan was riding had its toj raised but he had tho driver to lowe it that, he might be seen by all. The first group to greet the forme: presidential candidate were the youni women of thc Female College. The.i were lined up. a miniature flag in eacl hat. and chanted a rhyme, the oui: distinguishable word of which w=: Bryan. Due West is not a larg? place, but eTcry citizen, woman aiu child, were oat to do "honor to the dis tinguished guest. Mr. Bryan and Governor Kllcrbi were driven to the home of Professo Pressley, where they were entertained Senator McLaurin was a guest of Mr Galloway. Visitors from other sec tiens sought accommodations at tin hotel. Due to the delayed traiu und ollie causes tho exercises did not begin fo an hour and a half af ter the appointa time. To pay thc expenses inciden to getting Mr. Bryan thc committct on arrangements had fixed a fee o admission of f>0 cents to tkc col legi chapel, where thc speaking was totak< place. Thc exercises were to begin a 3 o'clock. Before that time thc larg< chapel began to fill with people. A! the seats were taken by the appointe! hour. There wus nothing to do but ti wait. The 2,000 or more persons win filled the chapel displayed remarkabh patience. With no hand nor speakers to kee] them in a good humor they waite? without a word of complaint. Ahou 4 o'clock distinguished visitors bcgai to arrive and occupy the reserved seat on thc rostrum. The appearance o Senator McLaurin with several Con grcssmen brought forth a demonstra tion. Notables kept arriving un ti nearly all tho chairs were taken. Th fellowing were those occupying seats on the rostrum . Senator and Mrs. Mc laurin. Congressman and Mrs. Lent'/, ol Ohio Congressman and Mrs. Shorewaiter, of Pennsylvania Con gressman Norton, td' South Carolina Speaker Trank U. ti.iry. ol' t!i< House ol Kepresootatives: Mrs. 15 II. Till man and daughter. J. A. ?Johnson, ol' Washington: President Hart/.og. cf Clemson College; Cel. \Y. A. Neal. Col. Knox Livingston, Capt. and Mrs. A. 15. Byrd, d' Belton: Messrs. Cooper. Hn/clden and Appell. "Cuelo George P. Tillman was one i of the last to arrive. As soon as the 'andiene,' caught sight of him they hurst into yells. Without heeding ?the applause ho -upped forward and 'kissed Mrs. P. ?. Tillman. This brought I'-ot h aniilher volley of cheers. lt was 1.1.") o'clock when Mr. Bryan accompanied by (iovernor Ellerbc. ! Congressman batiincr and President Mirier, of Erskine College, came upon i the rostrum fruin a rear dour. His ? appearance was the signal for a splen did ovation. Every one of thc'J,DUO or more persons in thc hall took a long breath and then emitted it in a burst of jrcllis and cheers. Time and again they gave vent to their feelings. President Grier stood rapping vig ! orously on thc floor with his cane. Ho J rapped patiently until his call to or der was heard and heeded. 'This i> : Bryan's day in Erskine College,'' was his first announcement. This set tlx awdien...-..' wild again, but they stoppet) ? to hear what was (.? follow. Then 1 were many familiar faces herc, lu ' said, but among them ho noted severa! ; distinguished visitors who had left i their duties to pay tribute to "a mar I whoso name and fame grows brightei by public inspection." ? He then announced lin t a short ia ! troductory speech would bo made hy i <?nc who hud received thc highes) honor in the gift of the people: a fear less, honest and conscientious man Governor Ellerbc. Gov. Ellerbc said though thousand! of miles from his home, thc distill guished visitor needed no introduc lion, for his name was already ! household word throughout the State The fearless fight of Mr. Bryan t< emancipate thc people hud won tin admiration of all, but none more thai South Carolinians. After coutinuint j along this line for sonic time, Gov J ernor Ellcrbe introduced Mr. Bryan The audience broke into cheers a the mention of Mr. Bryan's na nc. A he came forward thc applause was re doubled. Then un example of th wonderful magnetism of thc man which has been noted so frequentl; before, occurred. It seemed as i nothing could stop the yelling crowd yet the mere raising of his bani hushed all. Mr. Bryan explained at the oiitse I of his speech why 1" ?? . 1 "re now in I stead of dunc. I anya gla j to speak to student.-, ho said, for h ? was one who believed that student I exerted mon* than the average influ ! once in this country. After s peak in j of how this influence could be use : for the benefit of all, Mr. I ?ryan sai I that the first desire nf a young ma j should bc to be right, if a niau wer right he should not force hi* ideas o any cue against their will, for trut from however low a source would pr? vail. The underlying principle, the four dation of our government, said he, i the declaration that all men arc ?qua j The same, he said, was true of our rt ligion. This fundamental principle he thought, should be applied to a! questions, lie illustrated by adaptin it to taxation. From this he applie ! his fundamental rule to thc morie question and showed how our presen system kept all men from being cquai Mr. Bryan thsn went into an cs j haustive discussion of the silver quat i tion. His speech lasted two hours i lt was so clear that one could not bu follow him with pleasure. Thc eli j max was reached when with clenche hand thrust suddenly above !.is head [ his body leaning forward, he es ; claimed: "'I don't claim to be mor patriotic than any one else, but, in j friends, 1 am opposed lo allowing . handful of financiers of England t 1 meet behind closed doors and. pledg I ing themselves to scerccy, shape th destiny of 70,000,000 of free people. The crTe?t wa.- electrical. H ; seemed even then to hold thc final , oiers in his clenched hand and abou to burl them from the people. Th repeated use of the word "cheers : could not occur moro frequently in th published speech of some modest Cot gressman for circulation among hi j constituents than it does in this r< port, but the cases arc quite difieren I lu thc former instance the Congres: man sits down and marks in cheer where he thinks it should appea here the people were carried away k . the eloquence of the orator and pi thc cheers in tit frequent interval.-? Mr. Bryan's speech here, as at Greenwood, abounded with epigram*. "A dollar which rises in purchasing power is just as dishonest as a dollar that fall- in. purchasing power." he saiii. *'A gold dollar is a balloon dol lar! said he, "because it ri?cs he youd til?' reach pf tin- people and is hard to seo.' When, Mr Bryan eoueludcd, Sena tor McLaurin was called on. Ho made a very brief speech." t hie of the most pleasing incidents of thc day was the presentation of a mammoth bunch of calla lillies to Mr. Bryan hy the senior class of hue West l'ema!,' College; Misses Brock, Bunn and Galloway, tile committee to make lin- presentation, appeared lie fore the rostrum. Congressman Lori tr. acted as spokesman oil their behalf. Ile made appropriate remarks lo thc occasion and handed the lilies to Mr. Bryan. Mr. Bryan aptly remarked in return ing thanks that the Howers selected combined the white and yellow in the ratio of Bi to 1. The people swarmed up on the r<>s truiu to get an opportunity to shake hands. This lasted for some time. Mr. Bryan and the Congressional party were entertained to-night by the faculty ol' the College. The Congress men spoke to the voting ladies of the College. Mr. Bryan ?eave- this morning for Athens, Gu., and tho Congressional party returns t?> Washington. Many more people would have at tended the speaking from adjacent towns had they uot feared that they would he unable to gel transportation from Hominids to hue West. As it was evcr\ farmer hitched up hi* teams and hundreds could have been carried easily. Will (iront Britain Oller l s Ber Neel ! LONDON. March 1?J.-Mr. Ronald Munroe Ferguson, Liberal, asked the parliamentary secretary for the for eign ollice, Mr. Curzon, in the House of ('ominous to-day, whether there ia any truth in the reports that commu nications on thc Cuban question have been exchanged between the British ambassador at Washington, Sir Julian I'aunccfnte, and the government of the United States. Mr. Curzon said that no commuui cations had been exchanged. Hon. Hubert Valentine Duncombe, Conservative, gave notice that he would ask Mr. Curzon whether, with the view of recognizing the identity of the interests of all Knglish-spcaking peoples her majesty's government will consider the advisability of placing thc services of thc British fleet ut the disposal of the United Slati'-s, tn the event of complications between the United States and any foreign power. The question, however, was not put. Relative to thc withdrawal of his question, Mr. Duncombe said: "Af ter consultation with my friends. L decided that the exact form of thc question made it inopportune to put it. lt was framed owing to the wide ly held opinion in the House of Com mons that it is high time tko foreign powers should he told in unmistaka ble terms that, any blow struck at either great Britain or the United States was equally a blow ut the. other. I was profoundly couviuced of this to-day. Many more members than I supposed would do so came to me in order to say they heartily en dorsed my question. I am convinced the government would have desired to answer my proposed question affirma tively and would have done so had it not involved other considerations, be sides expressing what I believe the present government sincerely holds that in the face of foreign complica tions the interests in thc future of Great Britain and thc United States are inseparably intertwined. To days expression and endorsement we wili eventuate so soon as wc can frame the question in the exact terms which clearly express thc feeling of the House of Commons-that any trouble threatening the United States will bc shared by Great Britain." Other members of the Rouse o' ('Ominous who were interviewed ot?, the same subject all spoke in a simi lar strain. The New York correspondent of the Da il y Telegraph says: * 1 have it on thc highest, authority that, a triple alliance between Great Britain, the United State? and Japan i? pending." .m . tm t. 1). Tillman in to a Finish. A ix JU STA, March ll).-There was a rumor here to-day to the effect that Col. Geo. D. Tillman had changed his mind, and would not be a candidate for Governor of South Carolina. Mr. Tillman was seen to-night on the sub ject and said : "I am astonished at such a report. Whatever fault or failings I may have, fickleness is not one of them. I am in the race to the finish, and I entertain no doubt of my election."-Special lo ?Vete* nial 6\?w STATK OF Onto. CITY OK TOH:PD, I LUCAS COUNTY, | ' FIIANK .1. cn KN KV makes oath that ho nth *eniar partner of thc arm of K. J. CHERRY A Co . doing busineaa in tho City ot' Toledo, County :iuil Slate a fort-?-O'! and thai said linn will par th ? kum of (INK HUNDRED DOLLARS for each aa i ..voiv case of CATARRH that tun not lu-cured by the use of ll ALL'S CATAUKII COKE. KRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to bet?re MC niul subscribed in my pres ence, ihH otb ?Uv of December, A. D IRS?. SKAL A. W. l.t.t:\SON. Xotary J'tiblij, H .il)'.- Catarrh (ure is taken Internally anti stt.< directly on the blood ami mucous surfaces of th-? ?rotem Send for testimonial*, free. Address. F. J. CH EN EY A CO., Toledo Ci, Sold by Druggist*. 75c.