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- 1 i&) f*as$C3 pfjiaide i&ZLliiUZl) EVERY FRIDAY ? BY i\ W.LT1LLEP1GC CA JtnEN. S. C. Sept. 22cJ, lfS3. 7ii3 New Orleans Picayune says; ""There re no question that ja pow <22 fa! sections! feeling has been aroused in the West against the ?;?sl, a^d it ha-* grown up '.wholly r>n the financial issues. Under Rejjiiblican rule legislation has: ?commonly been directed to the hfH-cift! taneSt of the East, -the tar uT laws being a conspicuous exam pip. The people of the West re volted against them and the eondi-i ?irons produced by those lajwrs,- bt.t ?it was the silver issue which i>ro\ 2it\ to be the straw which br^ko the h'.xt k cf tlie West's er- durance. "The West is now strongly aroused ui:.d is seeking aHiances icjtli the ^voufh. A.nd is; seeking k;for its) wn euds. It, supported the tariff ?policy of the East as lunges, it vya? j r. id to do so by protection f ?r its ?own Silver. The i?ou}h wiil get no -favors from either section <4fcce?t ?uvh as their opposing interests vunaad them to grsrt." ' i -4 According to a correspondent of J 1:0 Charlotte Observer, there is a r::m?.r in Washington to the} effect Hhal Congressman Strait stands a chance being appointed assistant secretary oY agtjcultuie. Dr Siraiti however, the correspondent admits, ^tr.ows nothing or the jvalter, r.r.d in reply t$/>qfUesticns or.ly says he was ducted to fill another' office X)n such an apparently bast-iess'iu ?jncr a3 this, it i<? not yet worth while to.think about looking around -f??r ^r Strait's successor. Public sentiment 19 rapidly ? growing against Congressional filli t!> ii sic ring. When the people; elect a m jority of Consress they expect that majority to legislate. When t rie mimv/ity ? given ah opportuni ty -to *:spre.?sr its reasons for -oppos ing legislation il lias all the lights' * - ? to which it is entilh <1. ii j3 ^confidently asserted that The price-'of bacon, lard and cthei 4iog products ivill continue to be $iigh, for the reason that the de mand, both at home and abroad, is increasing, while the supply is diminishing. This is a mutter that *very farmer should consider: j ?oiitJier? Industrial Groyrtli. Manufacturing establishments of*ai! fcinicla are daily being announced arf^be ?' Tuiitl in the South, and in the npr.ber i>r the past week there is nc^AimiAotion. Enlargements of existing pl^tySaci-also ?j- to be noticed, one ehpecfai^ atsEkh fnond, Va., involvin^<he expenditure o i $100,000. A ?25, COO <jot{on mill company will a!>o be noticed, besides brick work?, jvater works, phosphife phmts^ coal minee, canning factory, distalWy, print ing works, etc.? Manufacturers' Record. A Stay Law. It ir said of- Akibiades, a Grecian philosopher, th&t on ene occasion when $M>litics: was '-stagnant and news! was f car'ce ia A:hen?, he cut off the tail of jtis favorite dog "just to give the Athen ians something new to talk a^ou*." We ?j an in^irragination hear the afreeI>gS4n W, the bid women and the dudes a i'ley met on the street corners : I "Did you hear the aews V1 ? 4 'No, what was it?". ""Alcibiirfes, the peripatetic, lias cut ?tfT Venn#1 s tail."* "What, that favorite and beautifalj dog liliat followed hi*, ail over Athens ?Wh;it : : 1 t in the world made Iiira do snch a, thing?" ' ' "Don't know. Some people say he h as gone distracted." * i "But what does Alcibiades s Ay about n - 1 "'W^il, AlciKades says he cut.it off just to give Athenians something else to talk about than the dispensary." ! 4 'Well, 1*11 be dogged." Alcibiades was a patriot , he loved his epuntry and was willing to sacrifice his t>est friend, o & part of her at least, to ajrause his countrymen and women, i^rhaps Gov. Tillman had some such motive in his recent intimation that In? jiftay call the legislature together at an ehrly day to pass a "stay law" "jusit to give the papers and the people some thing new to talk about." We can scarcely believe the Governor is in djead ^ earnest about the "stay "law" for-jthe enactment of such a measure would lien-; eflt nobody except the rasc.ds, and, ;nn le.ss the rascals are in the majority in j South Carolina, it wouldn't even be good politics, to ?ay nothing as to statesman ship. ? Edgefield Advertiser. List of Unclaimed Letters. I The toHojving is a list'ot letters re frain; n? uncalled for in the Camtfen p>st office for the week ending Aug. 20th im : MES*S LIST. f Lswis, John, s Hagcr. Thomas, ^ SatfJ. T% ^ . White, Henrv, fine Id*?, I>. H., Bn?vvn, ELN., Briaboae. A. C., .Q WOilEJre's LIS*. Moore, Miss Eliza. Mootb, Mr* Margaret. Jefferson, Miss Aleysa, ' Disking, Mrs Tiner, Kclujt, Miss Signer, Liltlefteld, Miss Maggie, Troesdel, Misa Anaander, Rally. Miss Hall, ^ } ?; Persons calling for tht-sc letters w'ill |>iea?e state what week they were ad V<rrtisixU G, 3 .Alexander* P. M. '.i-Jti ? i , - v . ? .:':^iT;j;J ? > ?- . J ! pf"* Hafry ?p^-D?nt let tfce jrrais grow und*Tne*tf> youf leety ifut come at o ace and subscribe to a* Ch*oxicle*- You tan get *e<l the weekly Constitution both ' ! ; j.J WASHINGTON LETTER. J fFrom bar regular correspfcnueiit] Washixgipn. Sept. 19, 189$. One hundred 3'earJ /Ago ye$tfcT day the corner stone jfl a! buifiing, which d Any ^rain/nt foreifnejrs huve pronoui cetf /{o be the /most beautiful and^-itnposing stry&cture in the world wa? taitf in VaU etty in the presence ,pf a few fiundrea people. "That building was the Capitol, and today a mighty hosi, estimated alfrom~T50,D00 to 200^ CM people assembled around the statue of George Washington, which sits majestically lacing the rising sun upoa the plateau east of ?.be Capitol, to do honor to die cen tennial anniversary o i tiiat momen tous occasion. Congress made th?e day a legal holiday and attended" in a body. PresidepfetHeveland as chairman of ce^monies made a short speech i^Miis 'happiest vein, introducing /ion. William Wirt Henry, of Virginia,' a descendent of Patrick Ketpy, whose oration waV an epic ol patriotism entirely worthy of the occasion; Vjce Presi dent Stevenson bp< ike for jtlie Sen? ate ; .Speak A- Crisp for thje ELose an& Justiceferown of the Supreme Court, for tfie Judiciary. A train ed chorus of 1500 vqices sang patriotic songn, the last of which ? : "Ani"e.ica"-^was joined4 in by the entire audience, and it was truly sjblime. J *> There. Is no material, change in ?the s-ilver situati.14 in the Senate. Senator Vorhees has given notice' that he will shortly try to force a vote by prolonging the' sessions. Meanwhile he Senators will con tinue to taiic for aud against re peal. The attempt of some of the weak kneed Democrats in the House ? fortunately lor the futurq oL the party they are few in nprnber ? who fear tlve wrath of the Repub licans and advise delay whenever a, move is made towards carrying out the promises of the democratic national' platform, to' have the im pression go out, if they do not openly charge, that the House com mittee on election of President a'r.d Vice President and Representatives in Congress, in deciding to report the Tucker bill lor the repeal of the federal election law?, had not treatedatba cbirmign or the commit tee ? B,epre8cnta\ive Fitch 'of N. Y. w&o is now it the bedside of his moiher who is dangerously ill, with proper courtesy. Here are the facts: Mr Fitch w?s anxious for reporting the bill to the House at :he earliest moment, and when be was called away from Washington by his mother's illness he went to Speaker Crisp and requested hiui to send far Representative Tucker, of Virginia, thte second Democrat on the committee, ^nd to ask him to see that there was no delay in getting the bill1\ before the House. This abe Speaker did, and'from that time until now Mr Tucker, - is acting chirman anf the ; committee, has Uaa fcbe advice of Speaker Criep upon bis every act, and in addition "be has had a telegram from Mr F!t6h telling him to push things. Tliat the bill is jnot al ready before the House is pot the fault of the committee, but of the absent Democrats. If the House is to do" anything promptly a quorum of Democrats nujst; be in their seats every day, ann, in view of the large democratic majority, it ought, not to be difficult to keep them there. The Republicans have shown that they propose taking advantage to the utmost of the the liberal rules of the House to block legislation whenever there is not a quorum of Democrats on tbej floor. The report that President CleVej^ud was encouraging Democrats tsf'stay away lrom the House tu ot^er to prevent this hill being taken up is ^lltanous ltbel brought outisolelyl for the purpose of creating dis sension in democratic ranks. Representative Wilson, chairman of tbe House Ways and Means committee, eays lols of nonsense is being talked about the intentions of that committee and $ about man ufacturers being afraid to continue at work le?t the new tariff should ruin them etc. Now, as a matter of fact, any manufacturer can ascertain by addressing chairman0! Wilson or any democratic member J (?f the committee ? the Republicans on the committee also know it, but they would be tempted in order to make political capital to suppress the facts? ^that the committee proposes to give^ ample time to every industry b&tore the net tariff goes into eiFeet for every manufac turer to dispose of stock on hand and to make his arrangements to ! meet the new and lowered duties, j The Democrats have no des-ite to i ruin anybody; their aim is to make a. tariff that will confer the greatest good on the greatest number, and in doing so it ?|fl, of course, be necessary to make such changes as will wipe out for the future the' enormous profits which have been legislated into the pockets of certain favored classes of manufac turers at the expense cf the people. The public hearings on the lartfi will close this week, ond the demo cratic members of the committee wiill then devote their whole time to the preparation of the bill. " ? Attention, Veteran^! Headquarters TJ ted Confederate V etsTiajts, Room 21, Kenner Block, 25 Garon-.Ielet Street. ' X ew Orleans,' La., Sept 13, '03. To five Editor of the Camden Chronicle: My Dear Sir:^-Gen J. B.Gordon, Commanding United Confederate Veter an*, is anxions that the -inf. rmation s housing progress- made in organizing Camps in this benevolent As?ocirtion,> be given to the public, with the hope and belief that it will stimulate and erf coarag# those veterans who have not yet organized to do so at otice, and send their applications for necessary papers for membership immediately into these Headquarters ? so as to he represented at Birmingham, at the great Reunion on October 2nd and 3rd next. Applications wi}) be raceired either by letter or tele gram up to the day otf the Reunion. ^"Wiil 70a kindly aid the old veterans by punHshing this letter and data In your valuable paper in this w'iek's^ift sue. ?The summary shows nf91 Camps a? ready registered j applications are now it for necessary papers to form at IcaH ICO more, so that if nothing prevents there will be nearly or quite 500 Camps marshalled at the Birmingham Reunion, i- ! Summary of Camps by States : - X-E. Tpt. r>iv-r S7 ; WJer- TV, v., 2ft ; Si^E. Tex. Div., 1?J ; 3f. W. T?. Dir., 13 ; Si W. Tex. Dif.t]l3; Total Texas, 1&); Alabama, 5G ; Mississippi, S7 ; Louisiana, 31 -r Florida, 26 ; Kentucky, 25 ; Arkan sas 21; Tennessee 15 ; South Carolina," iB^North Carolina, 10} iGeorgia, 8? Vir ginia, 7; Oklahoma, 4^ Div. N. W., 2; Jnd. Ter., 2; Missouri, 1 ; District of Co lombia, 1; Total 391 Camps. Very Respectfully, I Geo. Moor max, ' Adjutant General and Chief of Staff. Soutlf-^Rrolijja Experiment J The. following extract from a Texas paper fcas been sent to as. We publish itAas * citing probably the unbiased o$iuioto$!^&ad observa tions of outswers : 5 ? ' - jA new plan ^Wia* Ittli the *quor tra-Hc lias been Mogtied l|- South Caro lina. Since July l^Jre gafrof all kinds of aieoijolic drinks has been iuthe ex elusive control of the State, throxSfeh bar ^kevpers appointed like "jther public of ficials, one for each county. The theory o ithe scheme is that intemperance cliief ly results from the define fbr large' pro fits on the part of tjie liquor-sellers, and that the removal of this motive, without wine away the opportunity to purchase at fair prices, vrl|l tend to reduce the amount of drinking They have such a system in Sweden,; under wluit is knowir as: the Gothenburg law, but the tfatistics. Ldo not show that: it hai done mudb for | thp causo cf temperence. The busjiiess is similarly managed in Russia, also, and there the effects have been decidedly mischievous. A large revenue is de rived from the traffic by the Govern ment, and accordingly the drinking hab it is encouraged in every possible way, and drunkards are multiplied ?n the , plea ot patriotism a/id devotion to the public interests. J& is not considered a virtue, but rather a discredit, to be a to tal abstainer in either of these countries, as the man who refuses to bay liquor does not contribute as mu.h to the sup port of the Government a? his neighbor who patronizes the established sources of revenne in that reepect. The attempt of &o?th Carolina to regu late an obnoxious ; traffic by practically indorsing it and engag-'ng in jt with a jview to making the money formerly made |jby thfe'v saloon-keepers will be watched ;with genial interest* There is a strong ?moral objection to such a proceeding, of cou^e. It equivalent to a partner-* ship' with vice and crime, and the State becomes responsible in a sense for the waste and suffering caused by intemper ance. There is no reason to believe that the people will drink less because the law recognizes tippling as a legitimate diversion and places liq.jor under the pub.h^no?e<with thej si'g^eKti m that the teore C man drinks the ligl ^r will \ e the general burden of taxation. No oth er State lias ever th^i committed itself t> > the dbctri^that the bast way to diminish an nc-knowl^ltjeH aid seriuu t-yil is to provide easy means for its perpetuation. In every, instance, with tins exception, S:ate! law* concerning the ?i<juor bu>j n,ess tvej;t it as a thing t-> be condemned' and kept within the closest prffedble bounds, nvrfeud of being approved and protected. The Supreme Coart of the United States has held it fo he so inimi cal t^ the peace and 'welfare of society that if State may tax it indefinitely or supjyess it in the n^st artetrary way. Itk ts been reserved ifokSomh Carolina tofflfoti the example of t-tampjnw the traffic with ithe zeal of legal justification, and aaymg to all classes Tt>f cit'^ens that it docs not care how much they drink so long as it realizes a profit in the matter. But there i* r.ry lkt 1.. probability that the rtjsult will be *uch?? to induce vther States to try the experiment, WEATKEii-CUOP BULLETIN^ ? ? Sou tli Carolina Wcatlier S< r vide for tlic Week ending- . Monday, Sept. 18 18i)3. Rains, which have continued from Lift t ? ? week have beefl excessive and^continu ous over all secerns Except portions of the middle l>elt. So:ne localities have had a? many as five days rain out of the past seven and sum * report almost con tiguous rains from the 6lh to the loth. The temperature, while above the nor mal. has not been accompanied by suffic ient sunshine. Cottm eontinu.-s to open rapidly in the Midvlle Belt, bu shows muc'i rust. Thiirc will not b# much of the late crop, ir is not Mating well. Cotton Is Ktill rot ting on i lie stalk and p c';ing progressing slowlv, the lint sticks in the boil and is hard to pick. In some seet'ons cotton picking has been entirely stopped by rains; :it is rotting badly on bottom lands and opening prematurely on high er ground. That along the Great 1'ee Dee ruined. Corn is being gathered in some corn ties along the Savannah river but it is generaOy rotting in the field and cannot be gathered owing to the mirj^condiiion of the ground. Gardens are getting too much rain. Turnips poor stand and much dying out. Newberry reports scrgnm making iu full blast. Pea viae hay is being harvested ; a fine crop of grass lias grown in the fields which many farmers are turning into hay. Fodler will not be gathered though the tops will be cut. Although the rains hare prevented rice harvesting along the Coast Region, June rice has recovered some from the effects of ? the gale, but? the large freshets, coming down the rivers threatened to destroy wh?t rice is left. Some esti mates give tho loss to rice at %. The weather has beon too wet for cot ton which is rotting. What little is left ia n?t fruiting well. Picking has been thrown back and much cotton is stiil ui>| der water and will be lost. Pea vine hay is good. Garden truck is improying, Plowing for winter vegetables resumed during the past few days. J. H. H ASM OJ*, fteatcal Station, - Director. OWmbi*, S* C* JHr. Harvey Heed \ Laceyville, 0. Catarrh, Heart Failure, Pa* ralysis of the Throat "J Thank God and Hood's Sarsa - parUla for. Perfect Health ** Gentlemen: For the benefit of suffering hu manity I wish to state a lew fact) : For several years Lhare suffered from catarrh and heart i failure, getting so: bad I could not work and ? Could Scarcely Walk I had a very had spell of paralysis of the throat some time ago. My throat seemed closed and I could not ? wallow. The doctors saiU it was caused by heart-failure, and gave medicine, which I took according to directions, but it did not seem to do me any good. My wife urged roe to try Hood's darsaparilla. telling mc of Mr. Joseph C. Smith, who had been . v At Death's Dcor but was entirely cured by Hood's Sarsaparilla. After talking with Mr. Smith, I concltulcd to try Hood's s>arsapariHa. When I had taken two bottle? Isfelt rery much better. I have' continued takifegit, ana am now feeling excel lent I thankvod, and Hood's Sarsapari Ha -and my wife, for my restoration to perfect health." Harvey Hekd, Laccyville, O. HOOD'S PULLS io not purge, pais or gripe, bat act promptly* jasfcy and efficiently. ftc. Are yon a supporter of the presehrf nancial system, which congests the cur rency of the country periodically at th*i money center* and keegMiie in ivs.ses at the mercy of the clu^seshnr do you favor a broad and v "Which protects the debtor while it does justice to the creditor? If von frel thU wcy, you should not be without the great^ciiampiun of the people's rights, The Atlanta "W'kly CouKtitutlmi Published at Atlanta, Ga., and having a circulation of RE THAN .156,000 Chiefiv among .the farmers of America, Hum! going iiito more home# than any vctekly newspaper published on the faca of tke earth. It is the biggest and best weekly news paper published in Amelia, covering the news of the world, having cor res-, pondents in evefy city in America, and the capitals of Europe, and reporting in full the details <?f the debates in Con gress on all questions of public interest. iii? Ia among the few great papers publish ing daily daily editions on the side of the people jiM against European domination ot our money system, and it heartily ad vocates : 1st. The free coinage of silver. Be lieving that the establishment, of a sin-' gle gold standard will v wreck the pros perity of the great ma<%es of the poonle, though it may profit the few ul?o have growi? riclt by federal protection and subsidy. 2d. Tariff Reform. Bela v\w^that by throwing out ports open to markets the world, and levying only en*j:gh im port duties to pay the actual expenses 01 the government, the people will be better served than by making them pay doubl for protection's sake. 3d. An income tax. Believing that those who have rimch property should bear the burdens of government in the same proportion to those who have lit tle. The Constitution hca pn . ' ? ' |ij}3E|iea 01 lb (fa??a?8Y Until there is enough of it in circulation -to do the legitimate business of the country. 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Address THE CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. '"c? The Chbonicle and the weekly Atlanta Constitution wi|t be sen* to any &ddie? oae Jearftj |l-75? OUR STOCK OF FALL AND Vt BENTS' FURNISHINS Is now complete, tffcch . we are offering at v A LARGE LINE OF BOYS' JACKET & PANT "VES2??"Sr CSHDBAJ] THE BEST MEN'S ; \-l LACE OR CONGRESS. LOOK AT QCR LADIES\ BEFORE YOU BUY. THERE IS NOTHI GAPER'S. f *' NEGLIGEE SHI Fancy Colors, reduced to 30c. i' ^ Bright" ? ancy Checks, reduced froixF^GOc. to 10c.s Black, Fine, > u " 90 ? 50. Black Stripe " j " , 60 u 40. Fancy Patterns, Lace Front, etc,, reduced 25, 35, AJevv tJnlaundried Shirts from 50 to 25c. 1 lot check Tennis Shoes, high cut, reduced to Mens' Gauze Shirts, good qualiiy, * u " XI Mens' Overalls, good quality, i u 1 lot Ladies' Button Boots u 1 lot " Pebble Lace . 1 lot Children's Slippers, good & solid, " A large lot of Straw Hats worth 50, GO and We have two months more to wear Straw ] Men's Brown Drill Drawers reduced to 20c. jQT SHOES KXiTIOS A. IN" ID You will miss it nit to see thes*. mn A ?' -V C t> V Since stock taking ?nd& remnants of various we wish to convertinto money, and the times, and of cofcr.^e perferring money to placed the pricc within the reach of all. To thing in which wo offer real bargains wonld be an as four times the space allotted us would net confident that the mention of a few will Serve whole, we deem it unnecessary to fill this space We are selling all SUMMER At 20 to 25 percent, below actual value, and many short &c , at less than actual cost. 1 THE LADIES find it greatly to their advantage to ex^Jr' our stock of flouncing ? white, black and colored: wfcife \ ?r.d colored lawns, mull checks, &c., as they I >T GO! ? uc-iore ottered lor less .<IIU plain vrtnte V ictoria lawns from 3c. up A lot 8of hd "188 ,m ,dt'8'rable eo,ors at than cost. || less than value ^ 1D brovra and navJ at 33 Fr os neSSSf, Sh8uU'd/aU a,ld ** our hjmdsome deskii ci^n iSv^sir with the amountof CW^ respectively *25 nft -amounts of thread they ccutaio I Irl s So xS ? 100 wUite, black and col ornament to any merchant !??** b?aUtleS Rlid W?Uld b<! is daUn^tinedelavk ?S 8t?" Hats at lcss that ^st' J5 BARGAINS befLit is !oTrkte!Dd Mm" ?f ; ^ RESPECTFULLY, T. VlLLEPlGUfii