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[ Offtt: Up-Sta!rs in 1.
Bank JuiMiing
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A5TH YEAR.
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JAMES H. TILLMAN
MAY MAKE RACE. ;
There is Talk of Former Lieutenant
Governor Opposing Patterson.
A .South Carolinian, in an
interview with a reporter of the
Augusta Chronicle, discussinv
politics in this state, says some
interesting things.
"How about South Carolina."
was asked.
vr ; ? r..- e .. 1?*. i
x ujici 11 wno.i vuu nave |
said the pot is calling the kettle i
bad names. In a measure, you
may be correct. The coming
summer will be warm with us, I
whether the sun shines or not.
Senator Tillman will stand for
re-election, but so far his enemies
have been unable to hazzard
the risk of finding a man who
would dare oppose him. Today
. no other man commands as much
attention in the United States,
with the possible exception of the
president, and, strange to say, i
the two are deadly foes."
"Who will be your next governor?"
"Only a prophet with divine;
vision can tell." he smilingly re-:
plied. "It is as much an enigma ;
as the Georgia situation. Mr.
Ansel, of Greenville; Senator
Blease, of Newberry; Lieutenant
Governor Sloan, of Richland;
Speaker M. L. Smith, of Ker-1
shaw, and Senator It. I. Manning. !
of Sumter, are all avowed can- i
didates, and dark horses are
grazing in the pasture.
"Mr. Ansel lias announced his
platform ?local option as between
the county dispensary system ai <
prohibition. Senator Blease advocates
the state dispensary, '
with a splendid record behind
him. Mr. Jones for prohibition, 1
pure and simple; Lieutenant i
Governor Sloan for local option, j
Speaker Smith.has not yet an-;
nounced the platform upon which i
he will stand, but promises to de |
so at the proper time. Senator
Manning will make the fight as 1
a champion of the State dis-1
pensary, having the prestige of
being successful in the State
senate in passing the RazorManning
bill."
"How about your congressional
delegation?"
"I know nothing alxmt any
district save, possibly, my own,
the second. It is now represented
by Mr. Patterson, who was
elected two years ago after a
heated campaign over Mr. Mayfield
and Mr. Williams. A number
of prominent gentlemen have
been mentioned as likely to oppose
him this summer, and among
them Col. Jim Tillman. He has
thousands of friends in South
Carolina who feel that he has
been grievously wronged, and
only await the opportunity to
right the wrong. Whether he
will consent to again enter politics,
I do not know. Since th
tragedy in Columbia he 1 as
devoted hib whole time to his
clients and has been kept busy,
not only in South Carolina, but
in other states.
"With Hen Tillman in the senate
and Jim Tillman in the house
oi representatives, ^outn i urolina
will lie heard from in congress.
''
More Foreigners Coming.
Mayor S. S. McNinch states
that he is so well pleased with
the work of the 13 immigrants
received at his brick plant last
week that lie has ordered 15
others from New York. These I
will arrive as soon as they can be
secured and shipped South by
the employment bureau, with
whom the order has been placed, i
The foreigners, of whom eight
are Germans and live Russians,
are employed in loading the cars
with the brick from the kilns.
They are agile, strong, healthy
and are easy to handle. They
go about their work lighthearted
and contented and give little
trouble to those in charge.
Mayor McNinch states that not
only do they do the work of two
negroes but they do it much better
and much easier, lie is well
pleased with his experiment and
believes that this class ot' labor is
the solution c f the problem in the
South. Since getting in the lirst.
lot. Mayor McNinch states that
he has received several inquiries j
from manufacturers in this and
other States, asking the address
pf the immigration ^bureau
through which these men were
secured. ?Charlotte Observer.
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Fori
Tk
wa
wit..
has'in^ additional effort mauv v,..
canture Will n i
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operative, who shot Langley
Boozer. the son of Mr. Boozer,
a: Wylie mills, in Chester about
a year ago. The governor has
already oil'ered a heavy reward
and will try to do all that he can ,
to locate the fugitive. To the,
$600 already offered, Mr. Boozer i
has added $400 on his own account.
but he says he is willing
to give ail of the $1,000 himself,
if the murderer can he captured,
dead or alive. He has sent out
circulars with a description and
photograph of Perry. ?The State.
Wcllm?.n Has Sailea.
Those who have been skeptical
regarding Well man's proposed
attempt to reach the North Pole
in an airship have questioned
whether he really means business?may,
it would now seem,
safely put aside their doulus;
Wellman has sailed for Europe
to complete his arrangements
and it is announced definitely
that the members of the expedition
are to assemble at Tromsol,
Norway, in June, Thence they
will proceed to Spitzbergen on
the steamer Futhjof. which will
also carry the airship in sections,
and their supplies, and the start
...mi--. 1 - 1 -
win ne inaue in ilie iaiic-r pari ol
July from a point 600 miles from
the pole. VVellman is a newspaper
man, as was Henr\ M.
Stanley, who discovered Livingstone
after so many others had
failed, and if he succeeds in his
quest, another crown; ig victory
must he placed to the credit of
the fourth estate. That he will
succeed he seems to have no
doubt, and his confidence is justified
by the opinions of some of
the most experienced aeronauts
and Arctic voyagers and explorers.
The Emancipation cf the Farmer.
At no time since the war has
there been so good a day for tiie
farmer of the South as has now
come. The present condition of
prosperity has about emancipated
the farmer. He is in a position
to advance materially in a w; y
he has never before advanced.
He is no longer obliged to sell
his crops as soon as they archarvested.
He is in position to
buy more cheaply than he could
formerly, for he has the money
with which to buy. He* has
learned to farm more scionrifienllv
and consequently the same labia
expended on the same land produces
more than it once did.
Evidence of this advancement of
the farmer are seen in newly
planted orchards, new barns and
reclaimed fields. The well-filled
cribs, the sleek stock and the
newly purchased farming implements
are further evidences
of the properity of the times.
It is a great day for our Southern
country that this condition
exists. No people can long prosper
if the farming population is
on the down grade. The wealth
must come from the soil. When
the farmer prospers so prosper
the merchant, manufacturer and
professional man. Moreover,
the best safeguard a country can
have if its prosperous farms.
The stability and general wellbeing
of the South is assured
when "Prosperity" is written
over the gateway leading to our
farmhouses.
While our farmers are advancing
alontr so manv linos would
it not be well for them to give a
little more attention to the raiding1
of poultry? A score of farmers
in Union county could at a
small expense fit up a yard and
raise fancy birds. The eggs and
fowls of such breeds almost always
sell, and they sell at handsome
prices. There will he litt1
difficulty in disposing of the eggs
and fowls. A small amount
spent in advertising will bring
customers from all parts of the
State, and considerable results
could be obtained locally. Union
Times.
Most fortunare is the boy or
girl, the young man or lady who
is given the opportunity to attend
school in our little city. Its educational
advantages surpass any
town of like size in the state.
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rf i)i:M(M'i<A( v,
r MILL, S. C., Till li
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Facts Needed aid Facis Slated.
Ian is a social beintr, and is
rely dependent upon his I'd-1
'3s*
Every man influences some
other man l'or irood or e\il.
A man is worth no more to society
than his character is worth.
Truth and righteousness :ur<
necessary io u d charr.et-.-r
oxygen and n\ too; ;en are i<>
water.
The earth is refreshed and
preserved by the sun and rains
and th< rain-drops coining down
upon it: so men arc made better
and saved by the coming upon
t hem oi t! -e S' rit of < '> >
The sua is t - life 01 the solar
system: so J( s Christ is the
life and the light of the world.
1 tread and water and sun-light ';
are necessary to man's body: so
Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit
and the vVord ot Cod are neces- ,
sary to nan's soul.
All sane and healthy men are:
careful about feeding tlu ir bodies
regularly and properly.
AH truly wise m* :\ are more
though-lid and care: el ab?>ut
their siiids tluui iW mi-., - a..
their bodies: menconeerne
their higher life than tiicir lower
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llU\
Oil and water will not mix:
neither can truth and evil unite.
Light i.s opposed to darkness,
so truth is opposed to error.
No eempromisc is ever made
by truth with error.
Sin and death are man's worst
foes.
'l here is only one bi ing in tlu
universe who can enable man t<
overcome these foes, and ih.at
being is God.
Darkness cannot cape! d..r
noss; no more can sin overcome
sin.
Some "men love darkness'
rath< r than light, because their ,
deeds are evil. '
The lain:' ?\ o no: 'e.?d the blind (
with safety. "1the bond lead
the blind, hot! diall fall into the
ditch," said Lie great teaclier.
i A had man a sinner cannot '
teach men good mo als.
It is worse than ordinary murder
for a wicked man to in-'
tluence another to do evil.
God's Wo. d say g "Woe unto
them thai givclu his neighbor
drink."
St. Paul says: "If meat make
my brother to offend. ! will cat
no Ik sh whhethe world s; aide lit,
lest 1 make my brother " to < nfend."
.Jesus Christ says: "Whos >
shall otFend one <>i these liiiL ,
ones which beUevo in me. it
were better for him that a millstone
were hanirod abouf his:1
neck, and thai he v. ? re drowned
in the depths of the sea."
Christian men cannot and will
not aid or abet the -ale and use
of intoxicating liquor as a beverage.
The selling; of such liquors as a
beverage, for the sake of .-venue
by the o ' S< ni i
Carolina, is a stench in Ujl eestrils
of the Christian men and,
women of our Commonwealth.
Prayers an going up to Almighty
Cod, from thousands of
hearts, for his condemnation upon
the d. ml i-ad'.-j in intoxicating
liquor.-.
Every pr ?p. r effort will be put
forth by tuc preachers and,
christain laymen of South Carolina
to destroy the Dispensary, I
because they regard it a monster i
evil utterly corrupt and cor-1
rupting. i
The unkind, mi leading, and
false cnarg< s made by some
! "blind lead' rs of the blind"
against preachers and Chrr ti n
men who are work; .'for prohibition
will certain'y re-a-l and
fall with crushing weight noon
their own l a1 1 and sinful ,
The cry is: "Make the Diaj
pensary better, by ;>uLiing good
men in charge oi' it." ri lis is an
attempt at t ne inuo.ible. Good
men in the true sense cannot
be induced to engage in such a
degraded and d:g i-di ; business.
Enough so-called good men have
already been tried and found
wanting.
Long observation has led me
, to the deliberate conclusion that
the goodness of any nam i r ,i
or low who in an y, ; t ie
! tratfic in intoxicating liquors as
a beverage, is not wort!\ a farthing;
it is wholly a counter-*
feit.
Ministers of the gospel and all
members of the Church of Godl
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:b>.I)AV, YvAY 10. 1000.
READ.
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lTa3?.77L3*VDJ?" . 9U3UMMC . V
Wo wish the public
bp i'dliu'*, wo arc in in
ami wc v.am ail of om
quarters. Head below
| DRY"GQGL
| Y>* e c ; i c ry a p re i t y 1 i i
| Lawns, Organdies,
j Homespun, Hleqelinu
ei11I airs, Iir:!ianti:isacries,
insertion, Li :n
I Cloth, 5 ??ie a Table ( I
good mm / >ther art it
1 v Ouiuis line, such ;
Kii ' . r inishing 1krai
11 ATS. j
i
i he Slot: on $1 .oO
\ and So.00 Hots in the
't latest stylos can he
{ louiul in our store,
i i ho Jaekvon $ UU>
- ilat i- a heamy. Pa r|
tics v, ishin;.? cheaper
j Hats can had on our
; sheJv. mo-a any st \ ie
? or v.!" de wanted. A ir- >
| .plenty straw liatst
. a .1 si} I-. ? and i i'icL.? j
jlosuit. I
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PATTERNS
We have a In rue sto
| Cull Patter is ?"ii hand
the store and seieel
want. or send the immh
and we w 11 0., ward van
1 v. it' you ha*. o .lot re
ol our .! ion sheets
write tor one.
y\Yv Ito')o tliiit v o \\
no - v v i ;5 oYoryono in
I -til
tmr goous, you W: 11 Do
^ aluo !veci\ <<L
m m pi %*** n r n
lwi \: ' y
Li v J mu/sn L-izzz _ b
avmnwi t w m-fo-.-. ???nr? * v.- winm^jura J ? r n
are expected > o> | ose e\ i! < :"
every kin i. !' .h? y fail to do so
tk :*y ( '! . <?', (io !.
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*>vnerra!\ uv .\j? <... I to look
al ter the diV.v oj ike people.
1 i they f; ii to do >o, 1 do;condemned
:u t he oa o: i lot.
opinion and ;a t ! ,;r of
'M >ut rijrtit is ri-?!i:. *; !< ? * > \ > I.
. > ml ji ; .Ii 11 n.iy in u r \.; i.
To iluii'i mm . -I he ii >\ 111 y;
To l.il' 11* \ ,, ii In in!"
J. ( Cl.ai I!or.
Program fur 2.00. of Miy.
The central (v-armtire < mmittee
of the 20th ol A!- ; ( !<?bration
at Char:otte rv<t !*'? . ....
nijpit and an a-i the inlawing
pra?r,?am:
\.o ; la 11:00 a. m., Won: :n's
Clti!). !.?: u p. ai., Balh<?n aii>
r.ion. 7... p. ni., ('. *n: .?.I of
' ' r. e " \ iiij-flit in vicinity
oi the . i|U
Tuesday IJ :00 a. in., Military
Parade. i:00 p. m. Veterans
Drill. 3:00 p. m. Balloon A >cension,
4:00 p. n:., Lxhihiiion
Drill, Peg .lar Army. 8:0 p.m.,
M. rino i'.n :<1 ('one* i t.
Wednc.-.dey !: >o . . r.i.. Floral
l'arati . auto.-, tloais otc.
1 _:: >() p. a., e'peooli by i!v i.
Champ (' ark at. Vance In!.
4:00 p. m . 1. i ;ition 1 ''rill
Rogrlar Annv. 8:00 p. tn., U'.v.l
. 1 it ul''. !': >? ]>. :n., > irew.y'.s
ar. 1 nitfht iJallomi .ceosion.
Thurso y- 11:00 a. in., I . C.
Travelers and Fraternal Order
Parade*. 12:30 p. m., !\>a: i
merit. 2:30 D, m. Fireman'e?1
Exhibition Drill.
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flrann r\ fTasSk
t>-V ?':?> / .'A 'fj|
t., v. jiw i, ?vbrJi/ ra
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t^^anr^sc wrg w a: 2? - surahs mm
io know thai, bavin
nosh ion to irivo bettor
1 <,
customers to call tu
what wr handle:
I - -A tfUHMMWJ ** U?-A 'KJHUMaMMKM?NM?^ra
vn o
wo
le of Silks, We hand
(.hamhrys, Clothing, v
(lalieos, as L?ood a !?
v I'id roid- ativ market
. Duck, (>il $15.00. E?
>th, ami ; nd siunme
les ia the terns aod
as Thread, has advanct
ds, lite. are seilim;
| UNDERWEAR.
(jiui/c i i.dcr vests
for me i. Shirts, C!oi|
lars, Hosiery, Su.-penliers,
,seekties, and
| a?i> lhine, e.se that
men we ar.
ry-'Y") a r r p
O V iSixALLb*
See our line of Sweet!
()i r O % era I is. i in re I
i ?i i i <' I e I * 'j i i e i.
j Prices the same.
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\
ck of Mc. | Mens' \Y
. C,(5in?j fo J coiors at 5
what you ? ues.
er hv mail \ k?!ack S;?
ic pn nipt- ^ at 50 cents
ceived one * The "Km
call or > i ;11rc eno
) See our Si
ill !i:!vc tho plnasmv
roaoli of us, a?iil aro s
roii , liter*! \!lilt in do;
Wo am yours for (>u:
i a r g pr^ ^,<7
s /'A p%| te* W
i ki nhsa y
l in. vw? ' rra inv iu?uiu'
IVce Seed fr rihaion.
The tree di tribution of s Is
by congressmen will continue.
'1 iiis jf'j'a.'l, a.? it is failed, had
jrott< a <. i\vn L<> the level of a
iol.v ait', the public, but consriiCTi
d > not lo !< on it in
t 'at !i; it. But li: t le over half a
iiiudrod of t n could be mustered
up to \ -ie for the bill
favor! a*' t i a .olition of tie
privik /.i-. Boo; k so !!k to ; et
.:n ' ' mx for lothi.;". thai <nan\
a coa.-i lUiuni w< !d vigorously
kit*I 'ds seed supply w re cut
off, I as nin -tenths of conypv.-v.
p v.ii.! to bold Ihtir
posit io j, it is e :pect jnj too much
. i. i , i '
n/ii I'UI.III I .1.1 ' U> l< ><)K 1 ' >1"
ti ?. .;i to bo i nythintr which mi^ht
lon< ' eir . f .t . Whether these
-t i of any vJ ic or not, it
1 n : I in:i tii- ir d . i ibution
cuts oil* trad< i./f: i seed growers.
Ali of' t lii iii have protested lor
years a ainst this free gfovernnviit
? no< : "tii-l. but sech a
thinjy us that counts rot-'in.-v in
coinn ii 'son Will: porsiide votes
which n ay !> s < <>il to con{
. oy V. liO S.';l ' ,-iVli (lls1
. . out O 1.
F.r/rance Exa.inf.'.ations.
1 r.inatio for the award of
. ac ii : sco at ships at Wintlirop
< '' pe wiil be held at the York
co i. y cm ;ii hoii:-e on Friday,
(\ at 'J o,'lock. Prospective
applicants should read the advertisanicdt
in this issue and
write President Johnston concerninff
the mailer.
Sul i '.l). ' i ' i VII1..-S
sen! only a reasonable
o time on credit. \
Con't Look for More.
Pay lip Promptly.
NUMBER 6.
.1 Mi 11 M??pr>
U1 moved to our new
sorvico to our patrons,
sco us iii our new
LOTHING, j
le the (Griffon Brand j
rhich is undoubtedly
ne as can lie bought on j
. S uits from $5.00 to \
vtra Bants for spring I
r in the prettiest pat- I
aithougli the market [
ed on these goods we [
at the old prices.
SHOES.
W e are prepared to
lit you in almost any 1
kind of Shoe, with j
! prices to suit, that can J
be wanted. See our I
i,i. J.. 1
i< ..ii ,m.iuw nuiiiionu .
Brand Shoes. They al- !
ways satisfy. Any \
Shoe hone,hi of us is
! guaranteed against
! detect in workman|
ship and material.
| See this line. \
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SHIRTS. I
ori< Shirts," in assorted |
0 cents are good val- j
tine, reversible collar, j
digee" shirt at .SO cents j>
ugh to wear any where, s
line. They're beauts,
3
of doing; some busttire
t lisit onee you try
*
iling with us you get,
si ness,
& CO.
M I Ml . *
iiiuruerer named.
The Columbia State says: Mr,
I). L. Boozer of Chester was
be Thursday to consult with
Coy. Hey ward relative to having
additional effort made to capture
Will Berry, cotton mill operative
who sh >t Langley Boozer, the
son of Mr. Boozer, at Wylie's
mill, in Chester, about a year aero.
Tin- governor hae already offered
a nea\ y reward and will try to
d-> all that he can to locate the
fugitive. To the $(>00 aiready
offered. Mr. Boozer has added
loo on his own account, but he
savs he is willing to jrive all of
the d.000 himself if the murderer
can he captured, dead or
alive. He has sent out circulars
with a description and photograph
of l'erry.
Money for the Old Soldiers Sent Cut.
The pension money for Cont'd
rate soldiers was sent out
on last Wednesday. It amounted
i?? ?, i?; the small balance
was spent i'or county and state
boa. tl m< 'tini'.s. printiny, stationary-,
clerical hire, and other expanses.
.'"."J/.*''w,
Coder the distribution thft
\; i i sis classes of pensions rcci
ived the following amounts:
Class A. $90 each; Class B, $72
each; Class C, 1 and 3, $48 each; d
< 'lass (', 2 arid 4, $18,90 each.
The re are 8.915 pensioners in II
the State for the distribution ojf H
1906. This is a net increase ef
110 Of course the most nun^e* / |
ot class is C, 2 and 4. A
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