Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE ONER( Y^e Farmer ITeels its Evils and Th< Atlanta j{thc people of the south, especial fotitbern farmers, would unite aud Intently work for one great legis ;t? reform till they secure it,.and j? adopt a few simple economic p^ci at botpe, it would require j few years !to secure for us the Lit standard of good government, Lg] home comfort and happiness I i by any people in the world. Ifte greatest blessing is in store for It j? within our grasp. We have E.. "nt fnrth nur energies and ap II iv I - ? - " a * ,riate it. It will require a s'-ong, jeSt aud united effort, but it is the effort and thc labor to se it, a thousand times over, [foe neoplc of the south are brave, {.reliant and virtuous in a high de They have less selfishness, more sympathy for the suffering and |rei0ve foi' their neighbors and man tean any other people in the ?ar soil, our climate, our produc (I. vegetable, animal and mineral, Dot equaled by those of any other ??try on earth, fe cao produce in the greatest i mdanee and of best quality, almost [rjthiog that is useful or desirable, raise far more than half the cotton ?be whole world, and far better l]ity than any other country, and [raise sugar, rice, groundpeas, sweet itoes, wheat, corn, rye, oats, hay, many other useful products which not be raised in the northern tes, while at the same time we ie every valuable product that can nised in the north, except maple .rand syrup, and we do so at less , greater profit, in greater abund je ind of better quality, or more than ten years I have been jiog three valuable and well ma Jed crops each year on the same :e of land. ?D September I sow it in rye for ?ter grazing. When the stalks jot up the following spring, just as heads aie in the boot, I cut it for [then turn under the stubble and German millet. I sow it very |k. to make the stalks small, and I j it before it blooms, while the ks are tender, and thus make fine then turn under the millet stubble sow cow peas. In September the jes are ready to be cut for hay and roots turned under, or the vines (roots all turned under, as may be red, and then sow rye again, be southern States are now leading world in iron products.' selling go; ID all civilized countries, and ig their prices in the world's mar ti .nd we have coal and timber and eral phosphates in supply and lity that no other portion of the id can excel, if equal, neb. is abrief outline of our natural antages and resources. ?.e wisely use these great re Ices we will be in muoh better con an than the people of any other airy in the world. [he things that work to our hurt prevent us from realizing the fperity and the great blessings in (e for us are : > The tariff. Our misuse of opportunities. Ike tariff is a hydra-headed monster jvil. working out and fastening f us more injustice and wrong anything else (possibly with one fption.) discriminates against the poor Jin favor of the rich. It oppresses [heaps continually increasing bur upon the poor and those who Ir- and enables the rich, mor? and .. to increase their wealth art in singly reduced cost to them, is causing the rich to become |er and fewer in uumber, and the to become poorer and increases Jumber, in inverse ratio, every I sod every hour. j gives the man who has money an ?ural, un duo, unjust and wrong ?dvantage over all others, no mat ^how soberly and uprightly ?hey Jhy to live; no matter how indus f>*r economical and -Commendable be their habits anddeportment. Itoy poor people under pur present Uural and unjust conditions are ?hie to ?hold their, own" with all industry, economy and correct Ito can secure; and very few canl pome tho wrongfully imposed ob ps and make a "riacin the world." 'seldom that a poor man becomes [tfiy without first securing the nae ?ine unnatural and wrongful ad ?pc that discriminates in his favor against tho natural rights of his lernen. understand me, correctly. I loot a Socialist, Communist, or gebiet. I am aot trying to en ?"er unkiudly or hostile feclihgs r*en classes-to array tho poor IDst tho rich or the rich against P?or. No one could more serious U'ct such deplorable conditions )US TARIFF. Worst Effects-Oreat air Remedies. Journal. No people on earth are more free from class prejudice thaD we are in . the south. There is no country or j section where the poor and the rich j dwell together in as harmonious rela j tions as in the southern States. Under existing circumstances I do I not blame the rich because they are i rich. I am not finding fault with ! them because they have these unnatu I ral and wrongful advantages of the poor. In this section, the rich, as a class, did not make these advantages and are not any more responsible for their existence than the poor. In no other countrv do the rich feel as kindly toward the poor and have as much genuine friendly intercourse with them as in the southern States. Neither do I bl?me the poor for be ing poor. As a general statement, wc can truthfully say it is not their fault. They cannot help it. If no one, by law, had any undue and unjust advantage of them; if every man hdd his natural rights, if every man had an equal chance at natural opportunities, there would be very few persons in want, very few would be crushed down under the iron heel of helpless poverty, and involuntary poverty would almost entirely disap pear. The southern people have not thought earnestly-have not fully in vestigated or considered the terribly harmful effects which the tariff works out and fastens upon us. The rich people did not invent it and impose it upon us; far less did they do sr* with the intention of thereby securing for themselves the wrongful advantages it gives them over the poor. The tariff is a villianous cruel Span ish or Moorish invention; a system of forcible robbery adopted by them to extort money from others unjustly. It is one of the many inhuman meth ods resorted to by them to rob inno cent victims without giving anything in return. Another method adopted by them was extensively practiced by those representative Spaniards, Cortes and Pizarro, in their murderous career in South America and elsewhere. This wicked Spanish invention-a system or measure of oppression and robbery, put in operation with wicked intent-ought never to have been adopted by civilized free Americans; and we ought without delay to hurl it from us as a vile thing despised ! The tariff is the cause of, and is re sponsible for all the organized monop olies, trusts and plundering combines in the United otates. But for the wrong advantages which it gives, these robber organizations could not be formed, could not exist ! Trade should be free, absolutely, without any conditions whatever, the world over. This is natural; it is right. If I am a freeman and a good citi zen; if I am industrious; if I go to work and make something useful, which I do cot heed and am willing to sell, and some person is willing to buy, I ought to be permitted, if I so choose, to go anywhere on earth to sell that article, to any person willing to buy it for whatever price we agree upon; and ?co person, no community or govern ment has any just right to charge me one cent for the privilege of selling it; and whoever imposes such a burden or fine upon me-a fine upon industry is as much of a robber as Gortez and Pizarro, or John A. Murrell, dr Jesse James. And if any person wishes to-go any where in the world to buy anything, he ought to have the same privilege that I am entitled to in selling. This fully illustrates natural rights, which no man or set of men, anywhere, has any right tp deny, abridge, inter fere with or try to regulate, at any cost to buyer or seller. This principle is right ! Anything else is wrong! The collection of revenues by a tar iff is a mean, sneaking, thieving, un manly, dishonest and cowardly method of obtaining money 1 It filches the money from our pockets and we do not know when or how much! ' A .just, honest, open, plain, straight forward,common-sense, business meth od should be adopted; one that would bess easily and fully comprehended j by the most uneducated as ? any com mon business transaction, between man and man; and that* method is: Thc tax collector should show us what we owe, and let'us pay i^ and. take a 'receipt for it. To illustrate, the "State and county tax collector in each county could have three items on ! his tax bills : - 1. County tax. -2. "State tax. 3. United States tax. With our tax thus set out, .we could, before we pay it, verify its correctness, just as ?very man who wishes to do so can now verify the correctness of his State and county tax bills. . We are as much entitled to know, or j be able oasily to know, that the tax . which the general government calls on us to pay is correctly levied upon Ui and is what we justly owe, and no more, as we have to know that our store bills and blacksmith's accounts are correot before we pay them. If we could all know just how much we pay the government, it would very nearly, if not entirely, put an end to corrupt political jobbery. Cougress would cease to appropriate money for anything whatever, not absolutely ne cessary. It would take away from the president the authority to appoint consuls with big salaries attached, to a great number of dirty little towns in Europe and elsewhere. They are use less expensive nuisances, and the salaries of these sinecure consuls and many other appointments, is a corrup tion found, used for partisan political purposes, and not to promote the good of the country or thc people ! And hundreds of other needless ex peuses would be stopped, if the people could know how much tax they owe. and how much they pay! Au era of honesty and economy in government expenditures would be inaugurated. We are justly entitled to this knowl edge. Let us have it. Now, I would like to seo the south ern people and especially southern farmers, join in a holy crusade to abolish the tariff! Let us all, with united voice and determined, resolute action call upon Congress to wipe it out ! This would give untold relief! It would put au end to monopolies, trusts and combines, organized to regulate prices. The country would enter upon an era of prosperity and happiness for all; not for a few, at the expense of the many! No one would have an undue and unjust advantage over another in buying and selling. It would give every man his natural rights-an equal chance at natural op portunities. The second feature of our disadvan tages consists in our misuse or failure to properly use some opportunities not yet entirely taken away from us, which we can still wield to our advan tage. Cotton growers can improve their condition by: 1. Raising on the farm in ample quantity, all needed supplies which the farm will produce. 2. By making their cotton crop, no matter how small or how large, a clean cut, actual surplus I One bushel of grain, one pound of meat or forage, or one domestic animal raised on the farm? is worth two that has to be bought with cotton. If the cotton crop is a clear, real surplus there is money in it at any price. Recent experiments of careful, in telligent farmers have demonstrated that setting land in permanent pasture and raising cattle, either for beef, or for dairy products; or the raising of hogs with hog crops-artichokes, ohufas, pinders and potatoes, tc be gathered and eaten by the hogs in the fields; and raising but little corn and no cotton, pays much better than crops of corn and cotton alone. But if southern farmers would raise at home all the supplies their farms will produce and make cotton a clear surplus, we would have "a land of plenty." Very few, if any, in the country, would lack the necessaries of life, and hunger and want of shelter, clothing and fuel would be confined to the poor in the cities and in the man ufacturing and mining centers. This policy would not bring us to the full extent, the great blessings which free trade would insure to all, but it would make our condition much better than it now is. It wonld bring muoh of the relief we so greatly desire and so sorely need. Will not our farmers adopt it ? Let us labor to wipe out the tariff! AN ENEMY OF TUP TARIFF. Fulton County (near Atltnta). Ga.. April 15, 1899. I have been a sufferer from chronic diarrhoea ever since the war and have used all kinds of medicines for it. At last I found one remedy that has been a success as a cure, and that is Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.-P. E. GRIBIIAM, Gaars Mills, La. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - Singleton-"My congratulations, old man; no more sewing on buttons now, eb?" Weder?y-"No, indeed 1 I wear a belt, now. It keeps me so busy supporting a wife that I haven't time to sew on buttons." The ladies wonder , how Mrs. B. manages to preserve her youthful looks. The secret is she takes Prick ly Ash Bitters; it keeps the system in perfect order.. For further particulars eallon Evans Pharmacy. - "You niggers," says Uncle Mose, "dat t'inks you is gwine to get up dem golden stairs without climbin', and climbio' hahd, is mighty much mis taken. I des want to tell you right now dat de yellervater is stopped run niq3 ebber since de days ob ole 'Li jab." The most vigorous workers have spells of "tired feeling" now and then. This feeling is caused by derangement in the stomach, liver and bowels. A few doses of Prickly Ash Bitters quickly corrects the disorder and sends the blood tingling through the veins, carrying life and renewed energy throughout the system. Sold by Evans Pharmacy. - "Dorothy, how on earth did you cr ot a rkrnrmaal nnl nf that cnicic /-.lil Io'" -,---??-?-.-rf I bachelor?" "Well, I pretended to ! like tho.things to cat that he likes." The Parrot Talked too Much. A parrot that had grown old aud gray and wicked was the property of a mau who was delighted by the bird's uncanny speeches, and yet was often annoyed by their rudeucss. One day the rector of thc parish carno to call on the owner, aud the bird happened to be in tho room. The pastor was a short, fat man, with a smooth face, a clerical coat and a white tie. For a time thc bird was quiet, but suddeuly, after some personal experi ence related by thc clergyman, the wretched creature squawked out: "Oh, what a lie!" Of course polly was punished, and severely, too, and for a time seemed to mend her wicked ways. One day a friend of thc family from out of tc n came to make a visit. As soon as he caught sight of Polly he at once tried to make friends with her. He was a short, fat man, with a smooth face, and Polly looked at him with her j head cockedou one s.de in a decidedly j wicked fashion. But she didn't say a word. Finally bc turned away, and then that naughty parrot shrieked after him : "You can't catch me, you old fool ! Where's your white necktie?"'-('fore land Plain Denier. Whooping Cough. I had a little boy who was nearly dead from an attack of whooping cough. My neighbors recommended Chamber lain's Cough Remedy. 1 did not think that any medicino would help him, but after giving him a few doses of ?nat remedy I noticed au improvement, and one bottle cured him entirely. It is the best cough medicine I ever had in the house.-J. L. MOOUE, South BurgettstowD, Pa. For sale by Hill Orr Drug Co. - An old and curious key and lock is attached to the door of Temple Church in Fleet street, London. The key weighs seven pounds, is 18 inches long, and, unlike other keys, was not made for the lock. On the contrary the lock was made for it . Both key and look have been in use since the crusades, the church itself having been built by the Knights Templar in 1485. As the season of the year when pneumonia, la grippe, sore throat, coughs, colds, catarrh, bronchitis and lung troubles are to be guarded against, nothing "is afine substitute," will ''answer the purpose," or is "just as good" as One Minute Cough Cure. That is the one infallible remedy for all lung, throat or bronchial troubles. Insist vigorously upon having it if "something else" is offered you. Evans Pharmacy. - It is estimated that England's stock of coal will last 200 years longer, and North America's OOO years. It is not likely, however, that these sup plies will ever be needed, as it is prob able that before many decades have passed power will be gained in other ways. cEefore the discovery of One Minute Cough Cure, ministers were greatly disturbed by coughing congr?gations. ! No excuse for it now. Evans Phar- I macy. - Miss Pruyn-"Have you become J accustomed to bearing Mr. Younglove j speak of you ag 'my wife* yet ?" Mrs. j Younglove (with decision)-"I should j hope not ! Why, if he should call me j j anything but 'Birdie' I should cry my eyes out !"_ - Land has been purchased near Columbia, S. C., upon which an in dustrial school for colored childreu is to be established. The purchase money ($4,000) for the land was given by Mrs. E. H. Little, of Hloomsburg, Pennsylvania. - Gov. Ellerbe has received a let ter from Dr. Thiebault, of New Or leans, asking for a list of names of all physicians who entered the Cofnede rate service as surgeons from this State. He ia compiling a history of this branch of thc service. - Mr. .Samuel llamrick, of Chero kee county, was accidentally thrown from his mule some days airo and fell on the back of his neck. Since tho fall he has been paralyzed from the neck down, but is in full possession of his mind and powers of speech. - There has been considerable talk occasioned by a report that tho Sea board is prcpariug to operate the Co lumbia, Newberry and Laurens road, and would usc this as its connecting link with the Florida Central and Peninsular instead of building from Cheraw to Columbia. - The privilege tax receipts to date, for ISM, amount to $55,082.44, against $?11,185.08 for this time last year. The output of fertilizers has increased wonderfully in the last four weeks. All this tax goes to Clemson College, which now has to its credit about $30,000 in the State treasury._ If you want Bargains go to -.! CHEAP JOHN'S, The Five Cent Store. IF you want SHOES cheap go to Cheap John's, the Five Cent Store. For your TOBACCO RD ?. CHJAUS it's the place to get them cheap. Schnapps Tobacco. :t7ic. Early Hird Tobacco. :i7?c. Gay Bird Tobacco. ."ISc Our Leader Tobacco. 27Jc. Nabob's Cigars. lc. each. Stogies.4 for ;"KJ. Premio or Habana.:$ for 5o. Old Glory. 8c. a pack. Ar buck Io's Cottee Ho. pound No. 0 Cottee Pc. pound. Soda 10 lbs. for 25c. Candles tic. per pound. CHEAP JOHN is ahead lu Laundry aud Toilet Soaps, Box and Stick Blue in fact, everything of that kind. Good s-day Clock, guaranteed for Ave years, ?l.t>5. Tinware to beat the band. JOHN A. H?TES. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. OBS" Gas and Cocaine used for Extract i Of, Teeth. D. 8. VANDIVER.E. P. VANDIVER. VANDIVER BROS. We warn to figure with ycu on FLOUR, COFFEE, MOLASSES, TOB xCCO, and all kinda of GROCERIES and STAPLE DRY GOODS and SHOES. Don't fail to see UB on GUANO, ACID, GERMAN KAINIT, NURI ATE OF POTASH, .* anything in the Fertilizer line. We can save you money on high grade goods. If you want to settle what you owe Brownlee ?fe Vandivers you will have to do so quick, as we expect to place the Accounts in the hands of an Attorney for collection Maren 1st by suit, if necessary. Yours truly, _VANDIVER BROS. Experts disagree on inmost everything, but when the subject touches upon the great Superiority of. THE GREAT SYRACUSE TURN PLOW There is but one opinion, and that is that it is the best Plow on earth. Syracuse Plows are designed right, made right, sold right. They will turn laud where others have failed, and build for themselves a demand wherever introduced. The pop ularity of this Plow comes from genuine merit. Competitors will tell you that they have something just as good, but don't be deceived-there is but one best, and that is the SYRACUSE. We also sell the SYRACUSE HARROWS, And Syracuse Harrows, like Syracuse Plows, are thoroughly Up-to-Date. See us before buying. Yours truly. BROCK BJEiOS. HEADACHE, FOUL BREATH, INO ENERGY, CONSTIPATION. These symptoms mean torpid liver and a clogged condition in the bowels. They also mean the general health is below par and disease is seeking to obtain control. H& Quickly removes these Symptoms, Strengthens the Stomach, R ? .v ^ Cleanses the Liver and Bowels and Promotes Func- / tional Activity in the Kidneys. A few doses / wilj restores Hsattii and Energy A B HT in Body and Brain. / \S SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. "X. BBfcn^ Price $1.00 Per BotUe. . / EVANS PHARMACY. Special Agents. A FIRST-CLASS COOK C'atrt do lirst-class work with second-class materials. Rut you can hold the girl accountable if you buy your : : : : GROCERIES FROM US ! We have the right kinds of everything and at the right prices. Where qualities are equal no dealer can sell for lees than we do. We guarantee to give honest quantity at the very LOWEST PRICES. Come and see us. We have numerous articless in stock that will help you ge: up a square meal for a little money. Our Stock of Confections, Tobacco, Cigars, Etc., Are always complete. Yours to please, Free City Delivery/ Gk F. BIGBY. For Iii o Prevention ami Cure of tl?e Prevalent Troubles . . . GRIPPE, COLDS, And their accompaniments, Neuralgic Pains, Headache, Pain in The Limbs, OUR CRIP CAPSULES Are almost a Specific. This remedy should be in every household. _EVANS PHARMACY. M. L CARLISLE. L. H. CARLISLE A NEW ADDITION TO OUR STOCK WE have added to our large and complete Stock ot' GROCERIES AND CONFECTIONERIES, A full and complete line of Hardware and Farm Supplies. It will pay you to get our prices on Supplies before buying elsewhere, as wo are iu a position to give you the lowest prices on these "Goods. We would be glad to have you call on us. CARLISLE BROS. P. S.-Free delivery to any part of the City. STOVES, STOVES/ IF you have a Stove to buy SAVE MONEY by getting, the latest improved, the largest oven for the least money. I will take your old Stove in part payment on a new one. Crockery, Tinware and Glassware, Lamp Goods, A full and complete Stock. Bring me your HIDES and RAGS. JOH? T. BURRI88. N. B.-Prompt attention to all Repair Work, Roof Painting, Plumbing, &c. og ot ?a ? H u ?S Wg O g fg g g o ^ g g ogs g fe g X H R PS H 3 Ci? p SIT ON THE FENCE AND SLEEP! ... WHILE the procession patines if you want to. Nobody will disturb you. But H you are ai Ive to your own interest? arouse yourself, shake off slumber, climb info the band-wagon and wend your wav with the crowd to THE JEWELRY PALACE OP WILL. ft. HUBBARD ! They that want the best and prettiest to be obtained in Diamonds. Jewelry, Silver and 'Plated Ware, Watches and Clonks that will keep time and ar* backed with a guarantee, Fine China and Glassware and beautiful Novelties, know that to Will. R. Hubbard's is the place to go. They that want honest treatment know that thia is the place to And it. All Goods are just as represented, and are fully covered by guar antee The young man who has a girl and wants to keep ber ?oes there. Hubbard will help you keep ber. The young married couple goes there to beautify their little home. Hubbard beautifies it for you. The rich people go there because they flin afford lt, and the poor go there, also, because they can afford it. ??tr Evervtbing NEW and UP-TO-DATE. .?* ENGRAVING EUEE. WILL. R. HUBBARD. Jewel rv Palace, noxt to Farmors and Merchants Bank. RILEY'S TDTISTTTSTO- TP.QO^i - Is the place to buy A Dollar's Worth of COFFEE if wantlsomething Rich'and Stron" JG. RILEY.