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THE MANNIG TfMES. LOUIS APPELT, Editor. Wednesday, April 24, 1895. Paid to Damn Their Mother. Judge'Goft of the United States Circuit Court, at his home in West Virginia,: last Satuday, issued a tem poraryinjunction against the Super visor of Bichiand county, the effect diwhich if made permanent will be to declare our registration laws in valid, and throw open the doors for every man to vote regardless of for mer restrictions. A penitentiary con viet will have as much right to cast his .ballot as the most honorable citi zen in this State. It will certainly be a remarkable condition. All that the white men of South Carolina fought -for in 1876, and for which they risked their property, their lives and their liberty will be cast aside at a single stroke of Judge Goffs pen if his injunction be made permanent and he is sustained therein. The white men of this State, suffer ing under the humiliation of scala wag and negro domination, bore their suffering until it could no longer be endured, rose up in 1876, and with one united and mighty effort, in the face of the world and in spite of Fed eral bayonets, threw off the oppress ive yoke and scattered their oppress ors to the four corners-th-6^earth. .When the shakeslf'oppression were fnally broen and we were once mor' a free -people, we naturally, - with grateful hearts, bestowed high honors upon many who were conspic uous in the deliverance, and in order . that we would never have to uidergo the trying experiences of the past, - our possession to the government was ehlinched by laws which we thought made the supremacy of the white man sure. Now in full control of every depart ment of our government we go on from year to year; election after election is held and the State pros pers; every industry in the State is pushed until South Carolina ranks among the best in Union. Our chos en leaders cautioned us to keep our ranks solid, telling us it was our only hope. They even taught us to look -upon any man as a traitor who would desert our ranks, even characterizing muci as being worse thanithe corrupt hord.. we had hurled from Ipow er. Those trusted leaders taught us to discountenance any man with so eial ostracism who would raise his voice to disrupt our political organi zation. The men whom the people i placed in power .continued to rule I until 1890, and we worked along in a ,beaten track. But in 1890 the peo- i ,pie grew restless and desired a chanige of leaders and from among< them a plain farmer was chosen. He ~had a hard fight. Every inch of ground was contested with an obsti nyacy such as was never before wit-] nessed in this State. The people tri smzphed within the regular organiza tion, but a few of the defeated wouldi mot have it so; they went on to the Sgeneral election with an Independent Scandidate and again the people tri umphed. The fight did not stop]i then. The new leaders took charget ..o the government aad from that time until now a constant fight hasc been waged against them. The milcontents of the defeated faction finding themselves unable to 1 regain the confidence of the people, E and not being able to come into pow- 11 -er by the machinery they had made E themseves, are now resorting to, ani 'i Maonsorting with the enemy to disrupta ..the government which is the only so- t erity for the white people in this 1i Among those whom we Jind en- I deavoring to bring about ruin, are some of the very men the people p raised from oet oafunes hruh the election machinery poetioaflec t ~which exists now, and which they L< seek to destroy. We find among t< them some who were loudest in their o condemnaton when one dared even f bcriticize. Look at the spectacle! c: Gieorge W. Dargan, recently a bene- ri ficiary of the present election ma- fi ehinery and the people's generosity, 'a now the leading counsel for Joshua u E. Wlson, the negro contestant of si the seat in Congress to which the S white people elected John L. Mc- " Laurin. Dargan is endeavoring to take p away from us our representative and c< loist upon us a negro. Then we see si 'Charles M. Douglas, who stood up in le a convention of white men in fr Columbia, and with eyes up- S lifted, swdre, that before he ji would raise his hand to do ought to p jeopardize white supremacy, he hoped o "That Almighty God would strike his ti arm paralyzed at his side." Yet the it same Douglass appeared before a oj federal circuit court to besmear his bi own people and invoke the power of si 'that court to restore the conditions Sl 'which his people would like to efface Ii< from memory. al It may be argued that these men Si are.only acting in a professional ca- w paeity,but.that would not mitigate the G offense. It matters not whether a P .man works injury upon his people Si for money or of his own free will, the in fact of his aiding in bringing about or the miserable condition which must c come if he succeeds is alone to be if considered. A hired assassin is no pe less an asasin. Are the people Iai thinking? Yes; and those now try- au ing to wreak their petty vengeance P< or who are selling their birth right will be remembered. Their names will be a reproach and their presence a stench ha in the nostrils of white men. The differences now existing be tween white men are not of such a an character but what they can be ad- ex justed without outside interference, ha They are anxious to settle their dif- sh ferences, and the only thing that will fo, prevent a happy adjustment is the wl unnatural alliances now being made the by a few men. Their conduct keeps trc up a spirit of irritation and suspicion. The only way to. drive out suspic ion is for those of the Conservative - faction who are~opposed to the efforts no now being made, to bring about dis- or aster, to join with the Reformers and Ay tamp it out. It will not do to aim- co ply say "it's unfortunate," but strong, active, sincere condemnation will be the only thing to beget confidence. If these men succeed, the result will be chaos. Every business inter est in the State will be seriously ef fected. If our election laws are de clared invalid,every act passed by the Legislature since the enactment of the registration laws might fall, the charters of all corporations may be declared null and void, and the prison doors thrown open to those convicted since the enactment of the law. In other words, if our election laws are smashed on the ground of being unconstitutional, then we have not had a legal government, and an illegal government could not make legal laws. If this is an extreme view, then what will be the result if these hairilps only succeed in knocking dowa the safe-guards which is to in sure a white man's constitutional con vention. Our constitutional conven tion will then be controlled by the opposite race, whose interests are not identical with ours. If Mr. Douglass and his cohorts succeed in bringing about a condition that will allow every man to vote without re striction, the negro would be a fool indeed, if he did not take advantage of the power at his command and control the convention to engraft in the organic law, intermarziage, social equality, and the rest of the pet wishes of that race. For the sake of the future, for our children's sake, we hope the schemes now being resorted to will fail. If success crowns the efforts of our hired enemies, and we are -forced to have our constitutional convention withaa-nibiestricted ballot, the only 6pe for the white man is to stand shoulder to shoulder determined to win regardless of consequences. Sampson Pope Gets Revenge I And now comes Sampson Pope, the most rabid Tillmanite and dis pensaryite that was ever shaken up by the agitation of 1890, into Judge Goffs federal court, in West Vir gnia, and secures a restraining orcer to prevent our State officials from en forcing the dispensary law of- this State. When Sampson Pope was a candidate for Governorit was charged that he was running in the interest of the whiskey ring; that this con cern was paying the piper while Sampson Pope was dansing about the State. Sampson Pope, however, denied it, and as no one was present when the contract was signed, it had to go so. Now, this same Sampson Pope has kept up a war on the dis pensary ever since Governor Evans "wiped the earth with him." It will be remembered what an ardent dis pensary man Sampson Pope was. When this measure was going Lhrough the legal machinery, Samp son Pope was the clerk of the Sen ite, and he was so precious of the bill, and so fearful that some "damned inti would get hold of it and steal t," that he put it under his shirt and dlept with it. 0, what a change has ~ome over Sampson Pope ! .Has it seen brought about by a change of ieart? or is it some other considera ion that is prompting Sampson P~ope? It matters not what it is, sampson Pope is certainly making iimself notorious with or without rofit. Governor Evans does not seem to e at all disturbed by the order ob ained by Sampson Pope, and from lis recent utterances, we judge that he Governor proposes to continue >usiness at the same old stand with >ut the permission of Judge Goff or ampson Pope. If we understand be restraining order of Judge Goff, e has, on the simple statement of ampson Pope, issued an order to al aw everybody to send liquor into the tate without molestation, either rhile the same is in transit, after its rrival, or while it is in the hands of bie consignees. That was a nice .ttle modest request for Sampson lope to make of Judge Goff, and his , [onor was good and kind to gratifyc amnpson Pope. Of course we do not ! resume to know the law, but it does ~ sem strange to us that a judge of the ? ideral courts should have the power I > interfere with the rights of States * > the extent of saying to the officers i f the State that they shall not en rce the laws with which thev are barged. If Judge Goff has~ the d ght to stop the officers of the Sae 'om molesting contraband liquor hile in the hands of consignees, it ,~ ould seem to us he would have the f uine right to stop officers of the ? tate from molesting a consignee ho has just received a dangerous ex- 1 [osive and is about to ignite it. He s uld with the eame propriety re- C rain the county treasurer from col-h eting taxes, and restrain our sheriff 1 om executing every mandate of our fi tate courts. We do not believe this a' idge will make his restraining order Brmanent, because the thing I rerreaches itself. It is possible that ti te dispensary law is defective where i undertakes to prevent the shipping l lihquors into the State fr~m outside,o ut wg do not believe that the federal ti ipreme court will hold that the o bate has no right to policeq juors or any other nuisance h: ter it gets into the State. If a o1 :ate cannot regulate its own affairs S< bat is the use of a Governor and a W eneral Assembly ? Why not let the ti r~esident appoint a Dictator for each pl ate ? While this matter is pend- -tk g we would not advise any one to t der liquor from abroad, because the it nstables will be sure to take it, and G the restraining order is not made rmnanent, prosecutions for the vio- B. ions of the dispensary law will bE rely follow regardless of Sampson fo >pe. er The News and Courier yesterday d a write-up of Spartanburg that is simply superb. If all our towns d cities would arrange with this tensively circulated newspaper to Og ve their resources and advantages H wn up, it would not be long be- la e South Carolina would have a s ite population that will drive away si fear of negro dominaticn, and our re 'ubles would cease. ar ~__ do 'Half a span of angry steel" will produce arj more fatal results than a neglected cold to iough. For all throat and lung diseases, Ri er's Cherry Pectoral is the best remedy. -ne s invaluable in cases of croup, whooping itei gh, bronchitis nda grip.n "'' Recollections of Potter's Raid. DY REV. wM. w. MOOD. The visit of Lieutenant Waterman of the Engineer Corps of General rotter's army to the parsonage at Manning, S. C., on the afternoon of the 8th April, 1865, was a benediction to me and mine. He spoke very cautiously and seemingly under re straint as he sat upon a trunk at the foot of my bed.jHe wa so situated as I lay in bed with fever that I could not see his face all the time, but when I could he was study ing me. As he admitted afterward, his visit was to assure himself and the General in command that I was not playing the part of a deceptive in remaining in the town when every other white man had left at their approach. I wias charged with having surrendered to the advanced guard of this this army, composed largely of negroes, and then suddenly shooting down from his saddle my capturer, and of escaping down the back street and then slipping in to bed sick. In the interview with this officer he probed me closely with questions, and finally told me that all the darkies upon the street gave me a good name. I am persuaded that he was fully satisfied that this shooting down of the guard was the act of a Confederate (C. H. Jones) sent down from Sumter. I cannot repeat in this paper tho kindness of this officer. He did all in his power to relieve ine and mine of our alarm and terror, even insisting on us if it were possible, getting away from the town, assuring me that the entire army was enraged. I was to be severely punislid. and that the General had caught the contagion. I had several questions to ask him after the interview had proceeded, all of which he readily answered but one, and to this he said: "You know, Mr. M., I am your enemy, and you could not ex pect me to tell you." (I can't tell my read ers what this question was. It will tell too plainly how simple I was in asking it.) During this memorable interview, Iremem bered he said his name was Waterman; that he was of the Engineer Corps; that his people were Methodists, and something about Calfornia. And now that the army was marching (early Sunday, April 9, 1865,) out of the town we remembered his kind ness and regretted that we had not asked him his address. The desire to find him, to communicate with him, to know more of him, increased as the years rolled on. I could not think, with all my thinking, how to begin to find him. But he was certain ly upon my mind. In August, 1871, my train (Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta) switched off at Sumter for the mail train to pass. There were three finely-dressed gentlemen and myself as passengers, and we all walked to the rear of the coach. Then we saw a very neatly dressed colored girl making rapid strides to where we stood. To my suprise, when within speaking distance, she said: "Ah, Mr. M., I am so glad to ,ee you. The colored people at the depot told me it was you." "I don't know you." "I am Mary's sister." "Not Mary Harvin who nursed for us in Manning?" "Yes, sir; and Mary will be so glad to know I saw you." I had much to say to her and but a little time to say it in. But shaking her hand, I sent messages to Mary that she had never been forgotton by us. and her kind ness during the night of "Potter's raid" was often referred to; that if at any time I could serve her to inform me in Columbia, and with many more words our train moved off, leaving her in tears. The three strang ers had heard every word I had said, and they bad had something to say, of which I took no notice. When reseated in the coach oneo f them came to me and said: "You are a religious man?" Yon'd so suppose from what I said to that young women. "We all regret the remark made; we are gentlemen, and it was made thoughtlessly." "The least said about it the better," I remarked. "It has not annoyed ite, though I regret you said it." "You are a minister of the Gospel?" "Suppose I am?" "So we have all conclud ed; and she seemed to be much affected at what you said to her." He then sat down, remarking, "I don't wish to intrude myself upon you, but I'd like to talk with you." replied: "I have-no objection, an d will ::heerfully give you any imformation I can." "You are a South Carolinian, and there is t great interest to me in every word you rave said to that young women." (He heed not have told me; this was ver'y evi ]ent.) "You don't seem to know her, but you do her sister you call Mary; who is alary?'' I told him she had nursed for me n s.anning, a town some twenty miles be ow. ~ "But you were very particular in hanking her for her kindness the night 'of P'otter's raid. What was Potter's raid?" 'Have; you ever seen Sberman's sentinels?" 'Oh, yes, often." "Well, sir, the lonely :himneys standing near the depot at sum er are Potter's sentinels. He raided birough the lower part of the State and rith his well appointed army of' negroes te reached this poiwt and was destroying verything before him when a flag of truce eachea him on Santeo River, .19th April, 35,) telling Potter that General Lee had urrendered ten days ago." He asked me or my address. I wrote it in his memor andum book; his interest evidently lncre sing in all I told him. I can't in this give 11 this interview. He had many, very L 2any questions to ask. It ,'as warm and j ery dusty, and being wearied, I wished to y ease my conversation, and remarked: "I'd t, e so pleased to find General Potter's ad ress." "Why? What interest can you a ave in him? He injured you all he,could." a 'I only want to find him, so as in this way ti may find the address of one of his officers a 'ho was afriend to me and mine during a ist fearful night." "Yes, I have written 'I ~Washington and in every other direction I here I thought there was the least pros. g ect of finding him. General Potter's ad- ti ress may tell me all I want" And thus we p Llked, he certaintly greatly interested, and n ow, I can't tell why, but I felt sure I was t< siking to General Potter, and, leaning to- f< ards him and shaking my finger in his f: Lee, I said with emphasis: "You are Gen- c< ral Potter." He was silent as he looked ti ito my eyes, and I repeated, "You are n ~eneral Potter." "Do you really believe tI am General Potter?" and looking more it triously than before said: "You have p me very near fnding him. You could vi ardly have come nearer and n t have si und him. I am not General Potter, but al am his next door neighbor; only our fc naces separate our homes, and it is re Larkable that you should have taken me d ir Potter. Come, take out you note blook, ec r. M., and write (I did so) "General Ed. la Potter, Madison, New Jersey." Now, e ke my address, B. W. Burnett. Now, se Er. M., when you write tell hinm exactly b: w you obtained his address. Tell him p I of this interview, but don't refer to any tl the shadows of that raid. Give him all oi Le light. If he wants the shadows he'll tU k for them."' "Will he reply to the re- ni iest?" "Oh, yes; there is no reason why bi should not. Write kindly to him; tell m emphatically what you want to know G Lieutenant Waterman, and I hope you'll E vn hear from him, and thus learn of W., pi ho was so kind to you."' He expressed ra e greatest pleasure at having met nie and cc e information 1 had given him. He ex. T] oded, however, at the remark I had made th at both Lieutenant Waterman and all the h( hers of General Potter"; army had said e General-was a Baptist preacher. I take in he knew, and my conclusion was that or mneral Potter was not a preacher. w I was impatient after parting with Mr. dc to reach Columbia, an d when in my qt am that nmght, wrote very kindly and de seechingly to General Potter for all in- in rn~lation he could give me of Lieutenant bc aterman. I could not have been more at thused, so fully persuded was I that I'd W w find my friend, in Sumter, S. C. br To be continued tir th cil The Y. P. V. A. th: The meeting was held in the Meth- p ist church and conducted by Mr. J. pe McKnight and Capt. W. C. Davis ab st Sunday afternoon. Capt. Davis [ected as a subject for his discus- i >n, "Peter's denial of Christ." His is marks were earnest, interesting, 01~ d well delivered. em I'he influence of the association is Da ing much good in the community, ab< d the public are cordially invited cia attend its meetings. Mr. F. o. ima shardson will conduct the mneetin,- ehi rt Sunday afternoon in the Presbv- sul -ian church at 5 o'clock. Subject, of. 'avi's eal n paisig (od. Ladies Don't Wear Gallowses. Editor The Manning Times:-I scarcely know what to write in these dull times for your most excellent and highly appreciated paper. La Grippe and woman's sufferage are floating round from place to place. The one has no mercy on the human constitution, while the other seems to have very little upon the peace and quiet of thisj country. You well know, that I am one among the very last men who would hurt feelings, or even seem to be disrespet ful. Men in politics, in all ages, have created quite too much trouble, with out bringing women upon the scene of public action. I tell you, a wom en is a go ahead somebody. Lord Byron says: "When women wills, she wills, and when she won't, she won't, and that's an end of it." Within the domestic sphere and those of religion and morals, she is so useful, and so charmingly graceful in her every motion. Why then change her gentle nature, by making it masculine alike that of man. Such an unnatural change of woman's nature, is not only removing her from the spheres in which she alone should act, but it is tantamount to blowing out the light of her influence, which glitters in the dark troubled sky of our country. Her prayers, sighs and tears, would do much more good at any time, than her tongue upon the public rostrum. Why should she make an artificial man of her self. If God had intended that she should be thus changed, we would have found her acting with man in public matters, in all ages and times. But history does not furnish such action on her part. It does not surprise me at all, to see men turn themselves into contemptible cranks, but I marvel much, that our gentle and noble women, should be willing to be converted into a mascu line condition, so quite beneath that given to them by their God. Make masculines of our women, and we take away from the men thereby, a most wholesome and controlling in fluence. I find this passage in the Bible: "Let the women learn silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a women to teach, nor to usurp authoritry over man but to be in silence." Women can do no good whatever in politics. Men are bad enough to each other, without hav ing them made more so, by the mis guided influence of women. Both the Bible and her nature, are against her unnatural ambition. SAWNT. Packsville, Clarendon Co., S. C., April 22, 1895. Spring is full of terrors to all whose con stitution is not able to resist the sudden changes of temperature and other insalub rities of the season. To put the system in condition to overcome these evils, nothing is so effective as Ayer's barsaparilla. Take it now. To the South they Come. CHATTANoOGA, Tenn., April 22. Mayor Ochs yesterday received a letter from a prominent Cincinnatian, who owns a complete cotton mill equipment which made inquiry as to a suitable building in Chattanooga for cotton manufacture. The mayor immediately took the matter up and has put inter ested parties in communication with several gentlemen interested in such matters and it is not at all unlikely that the mill will materialize. Arkansas For McKinley. ST. Louis, Mo., April 20.-Ex-Gov ernor Powell Clayton, of Arkansas, says the state delegation from Arkan sas to the next republ'can national convention will be for Governor Mc Kinley for president. Hundreds of Employes Made Uappy. SUNcooK. N. II., April 23.-The ad v-ance in wages in the three cotton mills here went into effect yesterday and 1,600 emiployes are happy. The eut down was made in August last. 'Ihe Raet-s 3Iust & cparate in Florida. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., April 23.-The] louse yesterday passed a bill to prevent vhite and black children being taught n the same school. Ex-o'enator James F. Wilkon Dead. FAIRFIELD, Iowa, April 23.-Ex-Uni ed States James F. Wilson died at 9:45 ast night. Jeemis Strickumn on Natloral Affairs. Editor The Manning Times:-I read with iuch interest the dialogue between Silas ones and his son in your paper. Now I 'ould also like to present a few thoughts r your rea lers to ponder over: 'rhe question whether one generation of i nhas a right to bind another seems ,) ever to have been started, yet it is a ques- , on of such consequence as not only to t terit decision, but place armong thu funda tental principles of every governinent. 'hat no such obligation canf be transmitted ~ think capable of proof. I set out on this round, that earth belongs in usufruct to ite living; that the dead have neither owers nor rights over it.. No man can by atural right oblige the lands he oenpied the payment of debts contracted by him, >r if he could he might eat up the usu- t -ct of the earth for several generations to f >me, and then the earth would belong to t te dead. 'ihe conclusion, then, is that either the representatives of a nation, nor te whole nation itself assembled, can val ly engage debts beyond what they may b iy in their own time." Jefferson's works, l. 3, page 103. In writing to Mladison, ~ moe volume, page 105, he co. es a long - id interesting letter on this subje.ct in the E1 llo wing-language: - "Turn this subject in your mind, my mar sir, and particularly tbat power as to intracting debts. At first blush it may be ughed at as the dream of a theorist, but d :amination will prove it to be solid and .lutary. It would furnish a fine preaim- f e to our tirst law for appropriating our abolic reven ue, and it would exclude at the reshold of our new govern'nent the ruin- o is and contagious errors of this quarter of 0 e globe, which have armed despots with eans which nature does not sanction for nding his fellow-men." Compare these ulterances with the act of g rover Cleveland hob-nobbing with an ic iglish syndicate to bind this nation to d y a debt thirty year:; nence without war nt of law, and a Democratic Congress too W wardly to lilt a hand to prevent it. a link of it, you old-timie Democrats, andt en exclaim from the bottom of your art, "0, my party, how thou art tallen !" "How much did Grover Cleveland make the last bond deal ?" is a question being qi etly asked all around the country, and si th an emphasis that will admit of no E ubt in the minds of those asking the tI estion as to their belief that the -Presi- th nt of the United States actually shared the profits of the syndicate who took the nds and in a few days resold them again a gain of over eighty millions of dollars. hether Grover Cleveland had any share bt this deal or not may never be known, so t the circumstances attending the nego- so tions of the sale, the secrecy attending it, by parties at interest, and the fact that the Si all premium obtained is less than muni >al bonds often command, together with oir immediate sale at a very much higher amiumn, can have no other effect than to St ye the suspicion in the minds of many " >ple that even Grover Cleveland was un e to resist temptation. .t is not enough to say that partisanism political prejudices prompts this suspi-. n. The President of the United States an< >uld be above suspicion, but Grover stri tveland-unfortunately-is not. The Lractertstics of the man are against him. mue Rumor has busied herself more har >ut this man's private character, his so- froi l life, his habits and inner life, than any Lsw n that has ever filled the Presidential (W ir, an d if one-half the stories afloat-tol se rosa-are true, then is he fully capablewo ~haring in the profits of that bond deal.jby BEWARE OF OINTMENTS FOR CA TARRH THAT CONTAIN MERCURY, as mercury will surely destroy the sense o smell ind completely derange the whol system when entering it through the mu cons surfaces. Such articles should neve be used except on prescriptions from repu table physicians, as the damage they wil do is ten fold to the good you can possibl; derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure manufactored by F. J. Cheney & Co, 'o ledo, 0, contains no mercury, and is taker internally, actir.g directly upon the bloot and mucons surfaces of the system. In bnm ing Hall's Catirrh Cure be sure to get thi genuine. It is taken internally, and made in Toledo. Ohio. by F. J. Cheney & Co Testimonials free. .Sod by druggists, price 75c. per bottle WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED. Another Colony Coming South. ATLA-NTA, April 23,-Through the in strumentality of Governor Northern, manager of the Georgia bureau of in vestment and immigration, another large colony plan has been forfnulated, which will be known as the Penn-Geor gia colony company, and which pu:r poses to bring its settlers upon a tract of land. twenty-five miles below Macon 35,000 acres in extent, in Twiggs coun ty on the Ocmulgee river. Will Make the Test in Federal Courts. ATLANTA, April 20.-The Seaboard Air Line railway announces that it will carry the boycott case into the United States courts. A conference was held here yesterday between Vice President St. John and the general and special consul of the road. It was decided to further test the power of the Southern railway association to declare a boy cott. The test will be made in the federal court. - Horses are Cheaper Than Hogs. PENDLETON, Ore., April 22.-J. I. Switzler yesterday sold 8,000 horses to a Portland syndicate. The animals are to be slaughtered at Portland, Mr. Switzler says, and the meat packed and all parts of the carcass utilized. This is now the only market for the thusands of horses in eastern Oregon and Washington ranges. The price was less than $5 per head. -No One Claims the Fair Note. Naw Yoim, April 22.-Bank officers are inclined to believe that the note for 800,000 made out in the name of the late James G. Fair, of California, to Leland Stanford, and sent on to San Francisco by William S. Howell, of this city, is a joke or the work of a crank. Two men of the latter narne living in this city profess to know nothing at all about the note. Captain Fuller Detailed to Clemson. WASHIXGTON, April 20. - Secretary Lamont yesterday detailed Ezra B. Fuller, 7th cavalry, as professor of military science and tactics at Clemson Agricultural College. Oconee county, South Carolina, vice Lieutenant T. Q. Donaldson, jr., 8th cavalry, relieved. Lieutenant Donaldson will join his company. Captain Howgate Again Arraigned. WAsHINGToN, April 19,-Captain Hen ry W. Howgate, ex-disbursing officer of the signal service, and recently acquit ted of two charges of forgery and em bezzlement, was arraigned in the crim inal court yesterday and pleaded not guilty to three other indictments in volving alleged peculations from the government. Another American Railway Strike. CHATTA~ooeA, Tenn., April 22. - 'h-ere is a possibility of an extensive strike on the part of the American rail a'ay union membership in this section crowing out of the dissatisf!action with ~he recent settlebient of the wage luestlon on the part of the Southern -ilway system. The European Powers With Hands Ofr. Lonwoor, April 22.-She Standard will wy in a leader on the treaty of peace >etween China and Japan: Except in commercial sense, none of the Euro >ean powers have a common nterest in the east or the strength of lapan's position. The Cut Rat. War Is GeneraL. MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 2.-Advices romn Birmingham yesterday tell of a ut on rates on Confederate veteran msiness on several lines yesterday and here is no doubt left that a general var extending all over .the south is n immediate prospect. Assignment of Sevill Schofield & sons. PmILADELPrHIA, Pa., April 19.-Sevill ichofield & Sons, woolen manufactu ers, of Manayunk, have assigned to 'oseph de F. Junkin. The deed con 'eys the Economy mills and twenty hree other pieces of real estate. The ssignment is made by Sevill Schofield nd wife. ______ Mormon Colonists for Mexico. CmcAO, April 19.-A special from bihuahua, Mexico, says: "H. L. Mer dith, of Utah, has arrived here to ar ange with the state government for de removal of 10,000 Mormon colonists -om Salt Lake City and other parts of rtah to this state." The Gould. May Go to Court. Nzw Yonx, April 20.-The courts will ave to decide the validity of the Gould itate assessment of 810,000,000, as the ix commission has decided, after hear ig objections to the amount, that it ill not compromise. The (Gag Law In Russia, LoNDoE, April 22.-A St. Petersburg [spatch to the "Pall Mall Gazette" tys the Czar has rejected the petition ir relation of the press laws on the terior and the chief of the Holy Syn i, who constituted a commission to masider it. ilonument to the Founder of Georgia. SAVANNAH. Ga., April 19.-The Gieor a society of colonial dames of Amer a held its annual meeting here ycster ty. The society decided to co-operate< ith the Sons of Revolution in erecting monument to General James Ogle orpe. 1_______ Another Earthquake Shakes Laibach. VIENNA, April 2.-A violent earth iake, accomp~anied with thunder, .ook Laibach yesterday afternoon. ght or ten buildings collapsed and e few families who had returned toj eir homes nled back to the fields. sixty Business liones Ia Ashes. ARDMoRE, I. T., April 20.-The main tI isiness portion of Ardmore, for six * Lid blocks on Caddo street, north and EJ uth of main street, werc destroyed -fire about three o'clock yesterday. p s~ty business houses were destroyed- a: The Income Tax Again. t tl WAsHINGTON, April 23.-The United jt ates supreme court have as yet take-i h: action on the petition for a rehea., a: i in the income tax cases. c fa ~o purify, vitalize and enrich Jhe blood, pa give nerve, bodily and digestive B ngth, take Hood's Sarsaparilla. in Si nglish Spavini Linmment removes all d, soft ur calloused lumps and blemishes n horses, blood spavins, cnrbs, splints, eny, ring-bone, stifies, sprains, all lIen throats, coughs, etc. Save $50 by of one bottle. Warranted the most an derful blemish cure ever known. Sold W [t. B. Loryea, the druggist, Man- fai WAR MADEONSaER Administration Will Atteapt tc Crush Out the Sentimont. THE FIGHT AGAINST FREE COIBGE, The President DesperateIy In Earnz. t nd Authorizes His TVmily to Puzsh the Crusade-All ;ove-rnment Em ployes Expected to Aid. WASHINGTON, April 2:.--A stron;; and vigoroun fight against the free andi un limited coinage of silver independent of international agreement is to bc made by the administration. With that end in view officers in the varions ex ecutive departments- appointed nnder the present administration are being urged to organize systenatically for the purpose of conducting the contest along the lines as laid down in the president's message. Many of the higher officials who enjoy reputations at home as stump speakers will proba bly take to the field early in the sumi mer and others are even now engaged in writing letters to their Iceal papers or personal friends, impressing upon them the importance of sustaining the administration in the position it has outlined. Federal otlicers in the sev eral states will be organized as a nu cleus about which all who uphold the administration or rather who are op posed to the free and unlimited coin age of silver will be expected to rally. Recipients of Palrona;|e Must Act. There are nearly 200,000 government officers, postmasters, internal revenue officers. customs offleers, district attor neys and innumerable contractors seat tered throughout the country. These will be expected to do the aggressive fighting in the field and will be amply furnished with documents and all n essary sinews of war from Washington. Nearly all the cabinet oflicers will take the stump for en_- or re speeches. Secretary Carlisle will cer tainly make two or more speeeh:s in the Kentucky campaign. Secretary Morton will deliver an addre.vs in Chi cago and perhaps one in St. Loui:;. Secretary Herbert and Congres.nan Clarke will probably .seak in Alabama. Postmaster General Wilson is being urged to go west and speak in Illinois and Indiana and may and time to do so late in the summer. Cleveland Th.rou:;Tily in Earnest. The president is represented as being thoroughly in earnest in the propo.sed crusade against free and unlaited coinage of silver, and will leave no stone unturned to prevent the free sil ver sentiment from gaining headway and to crush it out if possible. As tariff reform was the test of party fealty in his campaign, for the presideutial noin ination, active support of his demand for the repeal of the Sherman purchas ing clause and test of party 1ealty in 1894, so in 1895 the test of party fealty will be uncompromising opposition to the free and unlimited coinage of sil ver by the United States independent of international agreement. Perfected state organizations with this end in view are now being formed and these organizations will be extended to the counties and even into the districts. -rHE COLONEL ONCE AGAIN. W. C. P. Breckinridge Gives Blackburn a '1ilt for the Senate. LENINGTON, Ky., April 19.-That Breckinridge will become a candidate for the United States senate and thus get even with Joe C. S. Blarchbun, who allowed his influence to go toward hielp' ing defeat him in his memorable race for re-election, there can now be little doubt. The Hon. C. J. Bronston. a Breckinridge man, who is invincible as a candidate for state senator. has been asked to become a candidate in a pe tition signed by 28m men, mostly Breck inridge supporters. Boanoke and southern Reorgani zatlon. WINSTON, N C., April ini.-It now seems probable that there will be a re organization of ine Roanoke & South ern railroad company. The Norfolk & Western having defaulted on the in terest, the bondhoiders are taking steps to protect their holdings. Three fourths of the bonds have already been deposited with the Mercantile trust company, of Bltimore. and that insti tution advertises that no bonds will be received after May 1st, except upon such terms as the trust company may decide. It is believed that the re-or ganization will take the road out of the hands of Norfolk & Western receiv ers. Tennessee Legislature for Free Slivor. NASHVILLE, April 23.-The house of representatives reassembled yesterday and concurred ih th-e senate resolution celaring for the free coinage of silver at 10 to 1 and instructing the Tennes ice delegation in congress to support such legislation. The vote stool .U to 3. The republicans voted solidiy~ against it. [nsurgents Badly -Armed and ;.'quipped. MADRID, April 20.-Ilispatehes from ~avana inform the government that ~he rebellion in Cuba is spreaing, but he insurgents are badly armued and ~quipped. The dispatches .ay that if he uprising spreads further general WIartinez Cainpos will ask for reinforce nents. ________ Lauuths Canal P'roject. DU-LUTUm, Minn., April 2.-A nuiber f New York capitalists have a..rced to xpend $1,000,000 in financing the .lii-1 esota Canal company, taking its bonds 'or the amount furnished. It is pro osed to open up 20) miles of canal and1 'iver front for navigation and pnxver iurposes. ____ True Bill Awainst Vi-:mnd Tay;r. LoNDoN, -April eb.-1n the Central riminal court yesterday the r-ecorder *dvised the jury to return a true 1ill *gainst Oscar- Wilde and Alfred Taylor. Xntil the decision of the jury is an ounced today the date of the trial will ot be fixed. L Word at Can tier I hereby caution and waru il 1 r-.. es against using tobaeceo stick wir h ire at right angles to the sick no atter how fastened. I own x al 'at ts on tobacco sticks of that e xar xter, and must and wvill prote-ct myv ttents. Parties who wish to majke id use my patent tobacco stiek- for xeir own use, can (10 so, by buyim te right from Mr. Josephl . Brck e ton, of Kingstree. S. C.( ho tve this day appointed as my ov id only agent for the State South trolina; to sell county righis o rm rights to make and u.,e my ar 1,tent tobacco Sticks, tornac. iskets, Barn and Furnne.a e e g my only agent for the St:. 'ft >uth Carolina WV. H. SN(' April 1st 189V5. H igh Point. N.\ [tehi on Inunanr. :n.'...-......:. - - d all stock, euredi min :iJ a ->olford's Sanitary lotion. T : Is. Sold by iR. 1U. Loryea, tb drug Sandy (hTc Dots. "V C rove, Afil 21:-The farm. Cr S il are going into tobaccc pretty Cavily this year from what we can Learn, there will be about 10C b)arn in operation this coming sea s'on in Salem. There will be but v !r it tle over half the cotton plant. Grove !his year than e :ist year, and but very 1,-1t:;,!;,) used except to tobacco. Tiore will be some imore corn planted IhLani Last year. enero child over here, who u 3 )1r 4 Years old, while eat. !nI mlon last suimer accident - a seed] in his windpipe, which am almost leaused sufforcation. Th .ereimained in the child's 'Ni i . uil a few davA ago. He eug!ed it up during a spell o! J.ohn W. Hobbs is very low vm: b t oi-] fever lie is not expected .Ir.1-i!ing Elder W. C. Power i. Mr. J. J. McFaddin's in1t Saturday night for the benefit of tat oi'l gentleman not being able to visit the church. We- hpe to have an abundant fruit cro: th's year as well as grain crop. We[, we will have to go to ilowing i tuuv about who we will vote for to go to the convention. SAM Tkrn.ER. Dun's Report on Fallures. Niw Yorx. April ".-R. G. Dun & C..,_ in their review of trade say: Fail ures fr- the first eleven days of April -m n'ed tc 53,413,7G5, of which S1, were of manufacturing con eFri-.Failures during the past week ~ve b2ea Q1 in the United States *:1t last year, and 24 in Canada i;.Int 45 last year. In Poor Health means so much more than you imagine-serious and fatal diseases result from trifling ailments neglected. Don't play with Nature's greatest gift-health. If you are feehin ott of sorts, =2 and generally ex hausted, nervous, ave no appette and can't workv begin at oncetak ing themostrelia b~estrengthenin no edicine which ron Brown's iron Bit ters. A few bot ties cure-beneft comes from the very first dose-if - and t's pleasant to take. It Cures Dyspepsia, Kidney and Liver Neuralgia, Troubles, Constipation, Bad Blood Malaria, Nervous ailments Women's complaints. Get only the genuine-it hascrossed red lines on the wrapper. AHl others are sub stitutes. On receipt of two ac. stamps we will send set of Ten Beautiful World's Fair Views and book-free. BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MD. N WIVES. W. Vho refor the Frst Time to undergo . Woman's Severest Trial, we offer you g"flothers' Friend" A remedy which if used as directed t3 a few weeks before confinement, Srobs it of its Pain, Horror and Risk to Life of mother and child, as thousands who have used it testify. I usTt-ed two bottles of 'Mothers' Friend' with marvelous results, and wish every Nrwomnan who has to pass th*.h he or 6 deal of child-birth to know if thywill uso "Mothers' Friend" for afewwek It will rob confinement of PAI~andsvtiFFE ~SI'i, and Insure Safety toLifeof Mother -. ard Child. Mas. SAM HAniLoN, Eureka Springs, Ark. ?Your V Heart's Blood Is the most important part of? Syour organism. Three-fourths of the complaints to which thes~ys temn is subject are due to impuh ties in the blood. You can, there fore, realize how vital it is to Keep It Pue For which purpose nothin can Sequal It effetuall - mroves - all impuntes, ~cleanses the blood thoroughy~ I Sand builds up the general healthi, ~,o'r -rcaase oan itood aa~ds -meas mia SWIFT SPECIFC 00., Atlanta, Ga.Y Fo Farmers and Mill Men! We have on hand fifteen Corn hjib, sizes 20 and 3Q inches diame r, ma~de of Aesopus Stones, guaran ied to be of old quarry stock. We acnot afford to carry these Mills er*. They must be sold, and we e offerirg~ them ut sacrifice prices eash buye'rs. !Ntt an WatltQWn 2n5ine0 a2d Io0107s F DeLoach Plantation Saw Mills. I am General Agent in North and uth Carolinai for H. B. Smith Ma 111e Company. mnanufactuers of larlers, Moulders, Re-Saws, d all o'ther wood-working ma inery, and will sell at bottom fac ry pnirces. baud at Bargain Prices. 0. BADHAlV, GEN. ACT., CTLTMRTIA, . C. The Only Great and thoroughly rem liable building-up medicine, nerve tonic, vitalizer and Blood Purifier Before the people today, and which stands preeminently above all other medicines, s HOOD'S Sarsaparilla It has won its hold upon the hearts of the people by its own absolute intrinsic merit. It is not what we say, but what Hood's Sarsaparilla does that tells the story: Hood's Cures, Even when all other prepar. ations and prescriptions fail. "Ihave been afflicted for over tweny years with a very sore limb caused by bad blood. I began taking Hoodla Sarsaparilla and have been getting better ever since and can truly say that It is the best medicine that Ihave ever seen." A=merA KIToEZXGe White Pond, South Carolina. Cet HOOD'S Hood's Pills "e'e"=.**w STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF CLARENDON. By Louis Appelt, Esq., Probate Judge. W HEREA , A. F. RICHARDSON AND James B. Richaadson made suit to me, to grant them Letters of Administra. tion of the estate of and effects of Mrs. Dorathy A. Richardson. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditorm of the said Mrs. Dorathy * Richardson, de ceased, that they be and L ,pear, before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Man, ning, S. C., on the 4th day of May, next, after rublication hereof, at R. o'clock in the forenoon, to shew cause, if any they have, why the said administration honld not be granted. Given under my hand this swen teenth day of April. Anno Domini, 1895 [deal.] LOUIS APPELT, J adge of Probate C. C, NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF CLARENDON. 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