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It El) Mil HIT ItKVOLIJlON toi,i> BY \ PABTICIPiVKT- 1 ?fww J (.00(1,11^4 fro Hi I'llge BeVOD to (bo front, hold up kU hand and a?ld in Mobutu ii co (hat before the voto w(tM tukeu. he wiHhotl to a?k the iiwinJjvfH not to coutdder him l"'i AOiiit 1 1 v . art he (ltd liol wniil the nomination; ro think well before! ?Jibing; i tiui iber* wore "other*1 wiiu?t?t iinuieg won It! do tu#re good, - but thai If they anid ho must fond, ihut for the Htkkp of tllu old Htn'e i ho would do ho. lit! left the Wall, j In a few inonuuittt the uuanliuouH i nomination watt made, IliMiory had [ii .bright page writ lull on t he wall of radical lain, carpel hngglHur and w'c/iluwaglHin ; it wan ia thw air inene, tekel, ouph renin. The radical loadera had crowded la ih?* corrldora during, the aoerut 'MMioa . Nuah, Kllioli, fordo/, a and I lie ultfek TIiii Hurley, ruthed in aad fell the deiiHity of the aiuiOMphmo. No iilghl mohmIoti wfls held, hill I In '??*? wan no Bleep In the city on t ho fougitron that n|ghi: Two force* were at work, without attrac ting intention. away up yonder ia cgitou town, a toi"eh light proceK?lon wa? formed; long ami hIiiuouh it waa. Ah It pAHHod down Main hI rent and came to the government huiid ?lip- Ha orlflmne wiih re? punl/cl In the portion of that kniicht, Colonel Alexander Chuvoa 1 1 an k ?>l 1 . 1 1 ?? rode a ?voul black ntned ami wore an im' maculate white Htiit wit It a black wlouch hat. The crowd cried in liralHo and onlhualnxui ; . an Im promptu roHtrum wan eroded on lite Htate hotiau grounda without permUulofi rer erecting il? -right un der the window of (lovoriior Chain* herlalu'u executlvu offices, and it i? Maid, ho wan in there during I ho meeting, and such a meeting and miioIi portent, cool, determined, de fiant speeches! ! Theodore (J. 'Mar ker , of lOdgefiold and o'thefH, net . the pace of the coming .campaign, in tho.hotihi the loaders of the del egatus ludd callouses how besi to mold the ticket no an to aroilHe the |>P? pie to tin* fight. When the con 'Vtntion mat the n>\l morning all V?.i>. unity and fleri i'- -del e rhll nait tt?fi7 Hiich a ticket has never ainco ami ?> ill rover again 1ic put heron* our pe? pie... Huuipton and .Vdmpson, Con nor aid Ha good , Simins and .Leap-. luirt , Alolsf* and Thompson, all gone, but not forgot t? n, I hope, and the fight wan oil to l In* death. Wo went home.* Then came meetings ut Newberry, led by Wjfult Aiken ! and Jhiiioh MpHoouih; at Abbeville led by Hamuli McuOwmi and Jiih. B. C'oll'rAii; tit id way led hy () |>. Tllliuan, (Jlliuore Minima and Fred Mantt; and Lb 1 1 blood boKan to b<j 1 i tn earnest The dnJOKatea bad Bpo ken, il wax the pMOpJn'rt time now ; to art. The ? .1.1 p. 1 1, i. ThOuo Wore, no! the daya of elee- ; Irlt tly, at telephone*, Of faat t ralll* , .of njkhi mujMdKiw, and of autoUio?J bllua, btlt till) elbow to elbow touch I was full ; (he heart to heart U)< HiiKew of the AiikIo Huxoii waa aciH front ('ueaar'p I load lo the Mattery; fropl ill.- 'in v\ Hey s.ivaooah to th* red washed I'ee Deo, which produc ! ml mi uprising, Hie like of whk'h will never anal It b.o wlttleaHed lit Month Carolina. i Th 9 merchants had io buy extra {Invoices of red flannel to clothe t lie laaivhitiK patriots. Kvery oouu jiy, every town, every township, ev 1 ?ry Imhtlei, became n red hot bed | of patriotism and enthusiasm. It wiin no <;lawH or chute fiabl; the , ) li h ami poor alike ^led with each other to do HomethlnK- 'I'he stal wart and young rode and showed (heir power; t bo old encouraged I hem a iw| ^ave their money. -The great client power was the |ove> and . devotion of- thu womeu to. the causa. They Jollied It not for hIiow and display, nol Hlmply to be glorious and wear ribbon*?? they dhl that fully hecauao ? t hoy were not afraid to whow their colors ? but to work for.lhe cause. When the boys would arise before daybreak for long JonrneyH, break fast whh rea<ly, InncheH would be added to the out fill*, and when the hi* outpourings loyli place at the court house, they canie In droves lo add to the oc casion and nerve meals to the men.' Jt wan. not simply the lad lea of the j Iowiih and cities, but all the rural I districts its well, who took part In [the ?l?ht. All In all It wua a ro i'volt it Kit 1 it nt tyranny, the llk<i of j which had never been hcimi before; J a tyriiuny sanctified by law to Itu ! tit i 1 1 it t o the proud people who hud ! attempted to do what they thought 'To Tie " rtjyht, a humiliation deopor died tliau the nfterma't It of French' | revolution : the placing In power of j people] not of the. name race, but i slaves, who were not prepared to 1 know the proper use of a ballot; 'the act being done not for the sake j of the slave, but for j he aggrandlze | men; of his political masters, aird a ' ; : ? ^ the proud Huxon rnco rose like III* #nw>?tor< lu i lit* \ early days ;and thn w ill.- yukw off of tho Normao i master; 1 4 *< ?? tho Colonies iu 1 7 7 ?? , throw off i ho *ha<klos of the Hoy- , allst invadeiswho followed them III a trqn country to keep them down* trodden, This revolution was not oocauwo of rucial antipathy to the negro km such., but h revolt against tho effort* of H>e politicians at . Washington to humiliate the while pt 4ipi,t of Houth Carolina by ulevat ? Wig the negro above thorn. Tho |e kii I righiH of tho negro is recofntg 1 ed and enforced by the people of j tho .South, but MUi'htl equality by them will never bo tolerated. And so tho populur fooling bub bled up uh Hampton passed from the* up-cOuntr y to the low -country; ; from tho highlands to the lowlands. ; adown tho (truiuplaii h 1 1 Ih. It was | 1 1 k ?? a Hoot t ish fight In which nil jilufeuoH were united and tukln? a part; the McDonalds and tho Mc | CJrogors itllke. When the "rod bail* i nor was waved below Columbia, tho i uprising wan as great in Anderson ' km In 'Newberry. business wan sus j>endod, home* abandoned, occupa tloiM Ml von up fo^ tho time being; lawyers clotted their, offices and led; preachers prayed but Joined tho procession; merchants sold their goods cheaper to the people and. gave their money; farmers and mc chahfcM and artisans loft their occu patloiiH and were iu tho saddle. All wore lu It and to hi ay to tho end, for It meant liberty or death. A paraphrase of tho colonial linen tru ly expresses the Hod Bhlrt determi nation : ? "They loft the plowsharea In the mold. The flocks and herds without a fold, Tho sickle In the unshorn grain, Tho corn half garnered ou the pin In Ami mustered In their red Bhlrt dress. For wrongs to seek a s.tefn redroHH. To right those wtouks, couie weal, < ? conie woe, To porinh, or ti'ercome their foe." When Hampton reached Hlackvlllu in Flarnwoll county, he wan met by ti cohortf of Red ShlrtB from all tho surrounding counties, headed by that peerless citizen, Johnson Ha good, ami they tramped with-, him across that great county almost to ?tho sea. The spirit of that process ton is spoken of unto today, as the greatest event of old Hum well coun ,v "What You Find Beneath the Surface" "Outside Appearance May Be Deceptive" "The Milburn Way" The prime essential of a good wagon is Tim ber, and the prime essential of good wagon timber is Correct Seasoning. The M ilburn Wagon bears evidence on the suface of skillful workmanship and good material, culminating in a beautifully finished wagon, HOWEVER, you should have MORE conclusive EVIDENCE than this, you should KNOW of the painstaking selection of the MATERIAL of -its scientific SEASONING and AGING, its careful TREATMENT before if goes to fulfill its proper place in a finished wagon. It is SERVICE that COUNTS. SERVICE to the WAGON USER has proven the wisdom of the "MILBURN WAY" of SEASONING wagon timber. t? : G> V Let us show you what you find "Beneath the Surface" RHAME BROTHERS CAMDEN, - S. C. * t ? ' ? " ?' * . . ; - ? ? .. . ? :j?, ? _^_JL . ; T ; >: ? y. ? ?? -?? ? . s?r~ ~ .t- ? . it ? usaK ? tioAlou (Jow??. From across the Savannah camel iitai pmirlt'HH H?uib?rimr, JohO B' I [tor. Ion, llu wa? the best stump 1 orator I t>vor hoard. At White 1 Paint (lardeu, in Charleston. Ck?r- J ilon, tH-font hm liiiiuwiiw crowd. In 1 taathlng terms, arraigned Chamber IhIii uh u Daniel come to Judgment. 1 At Columbia, at Aiken and else? I where be quickened and aroused thsl fires of patriotism a* he knew wall! bow to do and went home to return I iikkIii after the election, by wlsol uounsel. to assist In guiding the se- 1 quel to full frultlou. 1 IU -ult mid Ho** It ?%*? About. The day of the election In Nov ember wan beautiful, but active. 1 Though martial law bad been de? J c I a rod by Grant In Kdgefleld, Alk" J on and Rarnwell. because Of thel i<: I teuton riot, and tferhaps In oth er counties, the determined white I men came home In their red shirts 1 inul tramped the land. . The old BuyltiK. ''all coons look alike hud I helped the negroes to repeat with- 1 out feur of detection. Ited shirts I on men made them a^l alike, and the whites hud beeu good students from sheer necessity. Under the Kadlcal regime, there was no regls t rut ion of voters and the managers were allowed three days before the boxes were turned over to the can vassers for counting the votes. On this occasion, determined white men, armed to the teeth, accompanied tie boxes and camped with them Until the voteB were counted. It Is true that a great many ne groes voluntarily voted the Hamp ton ticket; numerous names could be given; for example, Blllle UoBe, the body servant of Maxey Oregg, In Columbia; Henry Toole, In Hock Illli; Tom Watson, In Ridge Spring; Tom Hay ue, in Aiken; Caesar Ghls holra; In Colleton, and Democrat Ri ley In Charleston. Hampton was elected but Cham- 1 herlain and his men died hard. Aftermath. It would take volumes to tell of the lmmedlato sequel and Its trials. The gathering of determined, anx ious, tried men lu Columbia, bent on enforcing their. ..victory ; tho ud.-j promo control and cool management of Hampton under trials without numbcry the d,t*al houses In sess ion; th? desertion of, tho iilnklng ship of Radicalism by the rats; ihe forbearance and splendid record of the Wallaco house; tho legal fight in tho courts, conducted by-* Col, \Youmans and Oen. Connor. The gathering of the Investigate Ing committee from congress, seek ing for evidence to sustain Cham berlain, and the unrest to furnish for our side the evldenco of the right; the quartering of the United Statos soldiers in the Slate house, { and their efforts by show of arms to Intimidate our people; the drag ging of the Ellonton prisoners into the United States court at Charles ton, and an attempt thereby to ex poso tho movement of the Demo crats In the oampalgn. These and other subjects would take volumes to tell them nnd they are lef? tor another time or for other pene. Fi nally Hayes was Inaugurated . and Humpton was recognlted; amnesty was granted federal and State pris oners. and tflte people bdgan to set tle down to peace. go It was, Tho Red Shirt, Hamp ton. Qary, Butler, revolution was a record breaking epoch, making a turning point In the restless histo ry of the grand old Btato. It brought about her rehablla? ment and dlsenthrallmeut and gave peatfo and honest,, offlclont and a. good government to a long - suffer ing poople, and should be commem orated by the youngor generation. When In these times of peace and plenty the hungry for office quarrel In the Democratic primaries to thO unrest of the advancing, progress ive masses, lot tho ovent be point ed to with pride as one in which lovo of country and liberty wus the ruling Idea. D. S. Henderson, Aiken. Sept. 21, 19H TILLMAN BUSY. feienlor Senator Oood for Much Pub lic Service Still. "Senator Tillman has to me the appearance of a man good for at 'loaat 10 or 12 yeara more of active public service/' said Oon. Uf R. Brooks, clerk of the supreme court, Thursday on h,ls return from a visit to Edgefield county. He saw the senior senator at Trenton Wednee ''The senator's eye Is clear and mentally he seems .to have lost none of his chareateristlo acumen," enl.l Qen. Brooks. "He retains an aetive interest In all pnMte affaire and koeps himself well posted on the development* from day to day. I f<mn<l htm busy cutting 'rough ness' into ensllag, and towing It away In his large silos to feed M> cattle during the wfnter. Me taken d*y. delight in all Columbia mmm Yes, it i? very important for you to know when you go shopping where i? the "best ?tpre"~the one that wfflgiyc you the' Most for your Money and the fairest treatment. THE GILT EDGE STORE And See for Yourself. '* 4/ T ' ' ' COME TO A ~rf ? New Arrivals BIG LOTOF RUGS and' Art Squares, marked down close for quick tellers. BEAUTIFUL LINE Ladies' Neckwear, Belts, Velvet and Leather Hand Bags, Etc. BIG LINE MER f cerized Poplins, Souissetts, Etc., in Light and Dark colors, just the cloth for fall dresses. CHILDREN'S Ready-Msde Dresses. These are great for the busy mothers ? any size from 2 years to 14 years. Price from 50c tip. Butterick Patterns We have taken the tffNtcy for these cele brated Patterns. Good stock Just in of all the newest styles. Get a style Book. Pat terns FREE with each hook. Also agents for the Delineator. ;.r. v ? r ' ? J" ? ' -? ^ ? v. ?? ' ' ? " ... * ? ? ? # * j*-! J & ? jb t <. * =5 Special Cut Prices Table Damask and Furniture Covering. Some Bargailts in Wool Dress Goods. All of our 52 inch Broad Cloths at Cut Prices. SHOES! SHOES! Ladies', Children's! Men's and Boy's Button and Lace Goods Shoes lor the whole, family. A Lot Linolium in short lengths at only 35c / per yard, Make our inff room up ?taurs with lava tory and Toilet. You are al ways welcome.