Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.l. 1 jl'Nj'L.iiJfl .L' l|1 . 11 '. I 1 l !li 7 111 ,. 'j -L JWW... 111 ) tiiam VOL XXIII- r—-f BARNWfiLL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY \ .900. T * , BBT AN VERSUS HARK BANNA S1LVBR QUESTION CIVSOT DIB. Ttin Tnuto and fm perl* lit in Have Been Injected Into The Campaign —Bryan is Axainet the Bmptre Forever. Hob. Wm. J. Bryan delivered an open air speech to 3,000 persona at Wichita,. Kansas, a few days ago, and he was the gheat of honor at a banquet. In the course of his banquet speech Mr; Bryan said : “ The public wonders why I have not dropped the silver' question. New measures are resting upon us, but I shall never drop the silver question until the little coterie of English bean- clers cease to meet in secret and plan the laws of this country. “The difference between this cam paign and that of ’96 is that the matters of trusts and Imperialism have been injected and that the Eut has become educated on the silver question. The Etst no longer regards Populists as anarchists, but has come to respect them.” .Referring to the Boer war he said**; “ I measure men’s opinions by tbelr sympathies. The sympathies of all people are with republics, and in the great contests that a^ fought between kingdoms and republics we know wfaere to place the heart of Americans. It is today with the Boers and l do ~ot say this because I am against Eigland. I have some regard for Eoglana because I am part Eigllsh myself. I am also part Irish and part Scotch, but above all I am American." As to colonial affairs Mr. Bryan sild: " We are unalterably for the republic and everlastingly against the empire and denounce the present national ad ministration for its shameless attempt to unsettle the foundations of our gov ernment. For its abandonment of the Monroe doctrine, for Its attempt to thrust our oouLtry into European and Ailatlc politics, against which we have been warned by the fathers ; for its at tempt to subjugate uawllllug and lib erty-loving people citizens, but serfs; adopt for ourepuntry the English colo nlal system, as foreign to our plan of government as a titled aristocrat to a king ; for its gross disregard of our promise to the people of Cuba to give them their freedom ; for its permanent increase of oar standing army from £>,- 000 to 100,000 men with no possible jus tification except to keep unwilling for eign peoples in subjugstlon ; for Its no torious secret alliance with England to be used as a menace to other friendly nations, and for Its carpet bag govern ment and unconstitutional tariff Inau gurated in Porto K co. All of these things, the natural sequence of Re publicanism and the first symptoms of a military Imperialism, we will forever oppose." sponsibilltles which are open, to us, we ask the Republican party in Ohio as we did four years ago, to sound the keynote to the balance ofthe Union; to express her confidence in her great leader, our President. His courage during all the dark days of that war and many complications which suc ceeded it has never failed for one mo ment. And I want to Improve this opportu nity to say in this presence that there has never been an hour, no, pot a mo ment that he has not been in touch with bis party in Washington. (Ap plause). The consciousness that he is prepared for and is meeting every dif ficulty, determined to do what seems best and right for the people in our insular possessions, at thq same time maintaining tbe dignity and prestige of our own country and protecting onr labor and our industries—that feeling that he is doing right, has enabled him to call ..to his suoport that aid which always comes to a strong leader of men, and, no matter what collateral issues may b3 arranged in this coming camnaigo, I know that the people of tbe Uolted States feel comfortable and confident when they know that Wil liam McKinley is at the wheel.” (Ap plause). ANOTHER WAli 8IOKY SPOILED. Whittier’s Beautiful i’oern All a Fiction—Stonewall Jackson Never Saw Barbara Krietcbe. Til K CKKKD OK MtllK HANNA our care after four years of the greatest vicissitudes through which we have • ever passed in history. At our con . ventlon in St. Louis we announced the m A" Gen. H. Kyd Douglass, of Maryland, who wm an officer ou the sUff of Stone wall Jackson, recently delivered a lecture in New York on that great soldier and tbe cnief incidents of his life. Gen. Douglass described tbe en try of tbe Confederate forces into Frederick City, Md., where Barbara Frlelcbe lived, and said that General Jacksop never saw her. If she owned a United States flag General Douglass was never able to find it out. Certain he is that she never waved It from her casement in challenge to the Cop- federate forces. ” General Jackson never passed Bar not vo make them bare Frletche’s house,’’ said General for its attempt to j Douglass. "Ii seems bard to oelieve that ail of Whittier’s beautiful poem is a fiction, but the fact remains. Not even her relatives wlii sanction the story. M General Jackson just before tbe entry koto Frederick, had been serious ly injured by a fall from a horse that had oeen presented him by some of Pis admirer* We were obliged to piece General Jackson in an ambulance and slop at Beat’s grove, about three miles from Frederick. ” General Jackson on tbe following Sunday evtnibg iotisted on being taken in U) Frederick in tbe ambulance to attend church. He did not enter the town again until the morning of tbe supposed incident. Sept. Id, IhdJ. Then I we agalu look him 10 tbe town ia toe I ambulance. We stopped at tbe cur- 1 ner of Patrick and Main streets, and be aeked th citizens questions about I the surrounding country. Then be I directed Ibat I drive bun to tbe re sidence of Itiv. Dr. Hms, the Fresby- f tenan minister, whose church we bad attended the previous day. . L was out I still so early that the minister was not up, so we left a card. " We drove tbo ambuianco past tbe present courthouse, ptssed tbe borne of William Bactx, then down Mill alley to Middletown, where we reached Jackson’s columa and rode up to the front. We did n«H pass Barbara Frietche’s house. _ ” Barbara Krictche, 1 have learned, after long and painstaking investiga tion, was MS years old at that time She was helpless and almost blind Notoidlerof the army and resident of Frederick saw a tUg at her window. Her relatives, with wham 1 have talk ed, admit that there is no foundation story on which Whittier has Tbe Dollar Mark Creates lbs Blan- tlarti la Politics—Money.Making and Christian Civilisation Go To gether Senator Mark Hasan was oalled at the Ohio Republican convention, sod laid down his political creed as follows : "The Republicans of the Un'ted States are confronted today with many new propositions and issues thrown around us like tangled grass in our pathway by tbe Democratic party »i- temptlng to raise new issues upon every move of policy made by tbe.gov- ernment, seeking some issue, some op portunity to manifest the opposition to the policy of the Republican party. "We are conscious of having ful filled every promise made. We took ■this country into our bands and under j for tbe written such a beautiful poem "Mrs. E< D. N. South worth, tbe novelist, and constqueatiy, unhamper ed by facts, Is raid to have given •- y the material interests for twenty-odd years. Tbe best evidence of tbe suc cess of .bat policy is what we have accomplished as affecting tbe material interests of this country. " Tbe balance of net trade in favor lof the United States during the last century preceding this administration amounted to 1312,000,000. In one hun dred years that a as the net balance to the credit of tbe United States in our trade with tbe world. In three years of the administration of President Mc Kinley the net balance as shown -by the books of the United States treas ury is $1,400,000,000. That is $1,100,- 000000 more accomplished in those three years than baa been accomplish ed in one hundred years preceding. ^Applause). Looking into the face of such results, I repeat your chairman’s words, ‘do we want to change ?' "We have proven *o this country and to the world that our policy of economics is Irresistible and must suc ceed. In the few years of trial we have had under this administration, we have proved that with the same ratio of progress every year we sbali be made stronger and be given far better and wider opportunitldk to do good In the march of Christianization and civilization of tbe world. The re sults of the war with Spain are not ac cidental. Tbe destiny which has beeirf written for this country must be ful filled in the natural order of things. It was but one step forward io the direc tion of the duty set for us to do and no matter what influences may be thrown around us to impede our progress, it cannot and will not stop. " I do not care whether you ceil it imperialism or expansion. The des tiny of this country is written, and any phHy or combination of men that at tempts, bv any subterfuge or make shift in politics, to stop tbe power and progress of this nation will go down under it just as the Democratic party has gone clown. (Applause ) We are proud of our record ; we are proud of our business exporieuct, and we are glad to have had the opportunity to demonstrate to the world that the policy business principles of tbe Frederic PBOTOTYPK Admiral's Entrance Into Politics Re- . calls Dolly Madison’s Conduct of Hsr Husband's Campaign. , Dewey’s projection of her hus band into politics >for to her the world gUee crjdit for the admiral’s sudden entrance Into- the political arena— 8 ®iT ve !. to another womau who, if she did not personally secure the election of her husband, was at least responsible to a very great de gree for the success of his aanslnistra- tton. This was Dolly Madison, who, through her husbands two terms at president.aal through tbe admlnistra- lion of Jefferson, eojoyed a popularity perhaps unsurpassed by that of any other mistress of the White House. J M a,e, £ adl8 ° D "as not particularly well qualified for the presidency, de spite the fact that hla administrations are considered very successful ones. He was a student rather than a states- man, and preferred the quiet of his library to the excitement and the labor ofa presideat’sHfe. He was dellcatl Q rt* th aD<1 re tlrlng in disposition. Had he possessed a wife of a different character be probably would have been a failure as a president—could be, indeed, have attained that position without her help. Madison certainly o*ed much to the tact of his wife ; ever now her influence can be seen be hind some of his bolder acts. Gre a te8t among those who give Dolly Madison mote credit* than Madison himself for the success it his adminis tration is James G. Blaine. In one of fils published letters be declares : Mrt v Madison saved the administra tion of her husband, held him back from tbe extremes of Jeffersonlsm, and enabled him to escape from tbe terri ble dilemma of the war of 1812. But for her De Witt Clinton would have been chosen president in 1812." Mr. BlMce probably overestimated tbe value of Dolly. Madlsoq’s services to her husband, r but she could have done far less than be gives her credit for and stiii deserved to be remember ed in American history. Mrs. Madison was well acquainted with the social forms of Wa-nington life, just ss Mrs. Diw$y now Is, before her nusbsod became president. Dur ing the administration of Jefferson under whom Madison was secretary of ^e was practically tbe first lady of the Ian ', for she almost always preside! at the bead of the White House table at dinner parties. It is recorded that at a state dinner to I W rj ct lhe diplomat# were Invited Jefferson offered her his arm 4o take her out. 8ne, more tactful, whispered to him to take Mrs. Merry, the wife of the British ambassador! . and ,he obliged to yield, a,od Mrs. Merry, feeling deeply insulted, entered tbe dining room on the arm of her. husband. Because of this incident Mr.;Merry complained to bis government 'of Ill-treatment and secured his recall. Farty Spirit was never higher nor intrigues more common in the United States than at the time Madisoo be came president. Harmonizing tbeae antagonistic elements was dlfflcilt, and to Mrs. Madison's tact is due the fact that some of these political feuds did not result In an outbreak serious to tbe At her table enemies met ho would hardly speak to each other '‘“"here, and for tbe time forgot tneir ditlerence*. Mrs. Madison was clever, vivacious and talented, though not in any sense learned. She was always desirous of pleasing, and always refrained from saying any word that might entangle her husband and might wound tbe feel ings of others She used to declare that she d rather fight with her hands than with her tongue. A loiter written by a Virginia lady, bo knew Mrs. Madison well as she was almost 1*0 years ago, gives a bet ter idea of her personality than can any newly-made description. An ex tract follows : . “ M y J^cgftecHoas of Mrs. Madison eon all tbe time he was in Frederick, and I can say that the beautiful poem Is all a myth." at tbe whole < ' and Christian ixstion world. " Now that wa era embarking in this‘sew policy, and now that this government is confronted with the re- An Auspicious Event—During the last trip on the transport " Shermas," from San Francisco, Cal., to Manila, she carried about 8,000 in fantry, consisting of tbe Ninteenth re giment, one hundred and fifty United States hospital corps men and a num her of the signal corps. There were also on board sixteen Filipino men and women, who, having been found penniless in Omaha, were being trans ported back to tbeir native islands. Tbe Sherman left San Francisco on the 17th day of February, and unite morning of the 22ad, ( Waehiogtob’s Birthday), at 0 a. m., mere was born on board a little Filippino girl baby, to one of the Filipino couples. At p. m., the new arrival was carefully wrapped In the United States flig, and brought on deck, where amidst officers and men, she was baptized with great ceremony, "Martha Washington Sher man,” in honor of tbe day and boat Then a collection was taken up among tbe men and officers, and $150 ore- seated to the happy father and motber of the little Americano-Filipino. After this all joined in and sang " Hall Colombia,’’ and other national jirs with the assurance from all the bid salts on board, that this was a very auspicious event, and that no one need fear for tbe safe voyage of the Sber- man to her iestlnatlon after this. bat to give pleasure to others. After the completion of bis second term in 1817 Madison went to live upon his plantation. Never a strong man, he grew weaker and weaker until he •olely dependent upon bis 'wife. In writing to her niece in 1835, Dolly Madison says : " My dfQrs are devoted to nursing and oomlorting my sick patient who Walks only from the bed in which he breakfasts to another in the little room In which you left him." He died the next year, while her life was prolonged to 1849. > Both were little over 80 years oid at the time of their deaths.—Chicago Journal. BILL ARP TELLS ABOUT A HERO. IMPREMIOM Had the Young Confederate Soldier Lived In Ancient Times Hie Name Would belmmqrtallsed. When we were school boys one of the questions that was discussed in our de- Dating society was, " Is There Such a Thicg as Disinterested Benevolence ?’’ Tbe affirmative side generally gained the victory, and ought to, though it must be admitted that selfishness is at tbe bottom of many acts of charity and pretended friendship. Indeed, disin terested benevolence is so rare that when a well authenticated case occurs is talked about aud gets iu the news papers. In the olden times.it became a matter of history and has come down to us like the parable of the good Samaritan and the story of Damon and Fythlas. Indeed, if our lamented sol dier boy, Sam Davis, who died rather than betray a friend, had lived in Ro man timet, he, too, would have come down to us as a sainted hero. There are Knights of Damon and Knights of Fythias and there ought to De knights oi Sam Davis. Farental love, frater nal love, conjugal love are not to be counted in these historic incidents. Such love is to be expected from those relations. That goodness of heart which prompts a mao to befriend those who are no kin to him and from Whom he expects 00 reward Is disinterested benevolence. Samuel Davis was the highest type of loyaRy'lo'friendship that history makes any record of. Fythlas was condemned by Dionysius to sUfffer death for a cnme-of which he was guilty. He begged for a short respite to go home ami arrange bis family affairs, and Damon took his place in prison and agreed to die for him if he failed to return But be did return, and Diony sius was so impressed with admiration for tbeir love for each other that he pardoned l’ythis* and became tbe friend of both. But Samuel Davis had no friend to take his place, nor was the Federal officer who condemned him -as merciful os Dionysiu*. He died to save the life of a Federal officer who might have saved him. bdl did not. That soldier kept bis own secret and keeps it yet if he is alive. What an oppor tunity he bad to save his friend and immortalize himself. No doubt he, too, would have been pardoned as I Fytbla* was Mr. Lincoln would have | pardoned Sam Davis if be had known i of it. I wish that every boy in tbe South-1 land knew of the sad and glorious death of this Fulaski hero. Tennessee has a State history, I know, but I do not know whether tbe story is in it or not. If it is not it should be recorded there in the next edition. My good friend, Sumner Cuoniugnam, has done all be could to make it historical in Tbe Veteran and to have a noble monu ment erected to hie memory. It is a comfort to know that many Federal soldiers and many big hearted people from' the North have contributed largely to it Goldsmith's Hermit in his sore dis appointment asks : “ What is friendship hut a name— A charm that lulls to sleep.’" ■ Bt when his Angelina found him he sang a different song. True friendship is Uke the love of God. It lean emana tion from divinity. K'ndneasof heart, whether to man or beast, brings its •hi Alb smiling. " No,” said he, " bnt mv un cle is. The Governor U my father’s brother." Well that settles It. I am for Governor Beckham now against the world, for I am sure he Is from good stoek. I don’t know when 1 have felt so well rewarded as I was at Jasper, where a handsome, hardy man came to see me and said, " I have oome nine miles to A Northern Newspaper z About The Sunux Mr. Edward A. Hunt, newspaper man, who has Mm Writes •oath. a New York been spend ing the past few months ia Bamberg county for his health, has beea mak ing a study of Soutbera customs and see you and to hear you for my moth- life. This being his first visit to South er’s sake. She live# in North Carolina, Carolina, naturally he Is impressed and when I wrote to her that you were with the difference between Northern to be here soon she wrote beck thnt I must oome and ses you and thank you for that letter you wrote bjgglngthe absent boys to write letters home to their mothers.” My young friend said that his mother sent a copy of that letter to each of her boys and they had not failed since then to write to her every week. Well there Is comfort In that. The yearnings of these dear old mothers for their boys who are far away and do not write distresses me. The boy ought to write once a week if possible; once a month anyhow. If he is behav ing himself hejvUl do it and if he does not do it, it is a bad sign. Bill Arp. STATE BOARD OK EDUCATION. The Members Have Supervision of the Public Schools and tbe Selection of Text Books. •- The Governor has male the following appointments of members of the State board of education : First District—Prof. Henry F. Ar cher, of Charleston. Second District—Rev. Graves L. Knight, of Graultevllle Third District—Prof. J. I. McCain, of Due West. Fourth District—Prof. H. T. Cook, of Greenvllls. Fifth District—Prof. A. It. Banks, of Rock Hill. . Sixth District—Senator W. A. Brown, of Marion. Seventh District—Hen. Thomas M. Itsysor. of Orangeburg. Tbe Governor Is ex-offloio chairman of the board and the superintendent of education is secretary. The members of tbe new beard are all identified with the educational Interests of the State, and being progressive men It is ex pected that the public schools will be well directed under their manage ment. Prof. Archer is superintendent of the Charleston public schools. Mr. Knight fills a similar position at Gran- Uevllle. Prof. McCain has been a member of the board and is a professor In Ersklne College. Prof. Cook is con nected with Furman University, and also an old member. Prof. A. if Danks is a woll know educator of Rmk Bill and has been a member of Ibt board before. Senator Brown takes tbe deepest interest In the educational .Interests of tbe State, and in the Sen ate has always voted and worked for any measure which he thought would benefit them. Mr. Rsysnr la a lawyer, but he was the prime mover In eatab liihing the public school system of Or angeburg. The board has not only general su pervision of tbe public schools for which it makes rules and regulations, but it has tbe selection ol text cooks to be used. The Cotton Seed Oil Bill —A very vigorous light Is being made be fore the agricultural oemmlttee of the House against the passage of tbe Grout bill, which, If successful will effect very injuriously tbe cotton seed oil In dustry of the South. Representative Stokes, who is a member of the ag ricultural committee, is taking an active part In the tight against the bill in the Interest of bis own oonstltutenta and tbe cotton seed oil Industry of tbe and Southern customs and ideas. R»- oently be wrote a letter to the Tren ton, N. J., Sunday Advertiser, from wfitch are made the following ex-/ tracts: * / " But a word ae to the ohareoterls- tlos of the people who have made tbe Sunny South. The writer doee not propose to take any class for an ex ample, neither would it be fair to readers to speak only of residents of a certain State or locality.' Of oouree the people in rural districts differ very materially from those living in cities or towns, but no matter where one goes in this land of sunshine, he is com G Hed to acknowledge the feeling of terest and kindness manifested In his behalf by all be chances to meet— a spirit of courtesy aod hospitality which seems to be Inbore with people of tbe South aod which would be otf- Qcult of imitation elsewhere. To be sure, hospitality on the part of people in other parte of onr glorious Union arc not uncommon, but it usually lacks the real ring of sinoerlty which characterises tbe people of whom 1 write. Our people of the North mean all right, but they are too bbsy with the affaire of life, too eager to be among tbe goal winners la the ever lasting chase after wealth, to stop and extend the hand of good fellowship as it Is here extended. In the South there are not so many means of diver sion to engage the attention of the young, particularly, and the result is that tbe people do not benome either selfish or thoughtless of the welfare of others. In this part of the country tbe eligibility of a man or a family to the best set U not a question|of wealth. That Is not a factor for consideration. Character and reputation count for everything. One is taken for what he is or what he appears to be. He Is respected aod entertained until he (orfelte the right to respect by some act or acts unbecoming a gentleman. In toe latter event, neither family nor money will restore him to tbe good graces of the people. Although Southerners are not, generally speak ing, nearly so energectlc and ambi tious as people of other parts of the country, there 1s no gainsaying that they seem to get more satisfaction and real enjoyment out of-life than re sidents of any other part of tbe Union. So much for the people of Dixie Land. Negroes do virtually ail of the work, though three of them hardly do what would be required of a man in tbe North. They appear to be a shiftlaee lot and work only woan it is really necessary. They are paid forty and fifty cents a day, asd while this seems like an imposition, it is probably as much as the average oae really earns. Nearly everyone carrtes a gun, as they say hare In speaking of a re volver, aod they use the weapon upon the slightest prorooattoa. An institution of more than passing interest—most of the rasidents coo elder it so interesting that they rarely ever pass it—is the dispensary, a pro ject peculiar to South Carolina. Tbs Palmetto State Is the oaly one In the Ueloa that has this eooentrio law re gulating the sale of liquors. He who imbibes must purchase at ths dtapen sary, aad there Is but one of these buildings in each town. A half pint la the smallest quantity sold and no one can. purchase twice tbe same day, a record being kept of all sales. Tbe —The largest fee ever received b*- Daniel Webster, the greatest of tbe lawyers of the ante-bellum period, ac cording to tbe Springfield (Mass ) Re publican was $10,000. Presumably this was tbe Girard will case. It further says the lobby lawyers practicing be fore the Massachusetts Legislature of ten receive more than that sum ia the course of a single legislative session aod for work that by do means occupies all their time. And it also Instances the case of the unknown Nsw Jersey lawyer, who wound up the Carnegie* Frick litigation, and was reported to ! writes have received $1,000,000 . for the j >n. American ^ ola.^oaj Sggffi£ two local gas 00m pan lei announced weak, U la aaO b, tba Cbloa«o papara. rKat.ad *500.001 lor bla aar- vices. formed from a long and intimate acquaintance, beginning in my child hood and ending only with her life. She had a sweet natural dignity of manner, which attracted while it com mended respect; a proper degree'of reserve without stiffness in company with strangers ; and a stamp of frauk- ness and sincerity, which, with her in timate friends, became gayety and playfulness of manner. There was, too, a cordial, genial, sunny atmos phere surrounding her which won all hearts—aod was one of the secrets of her popularity. She was said to be, duriog Mr. Mkdlson’s administration, tbe most popular person lo the United States, aod she' certainly had a re markable memory for names and faces. No person introduced to Mrs. Madison at one of the crowded levees at . the White House required a second pre sentation in meeting her again, but bad the gratification of being re cognized and addressed by name." ~ Washington Irving -writes thus In a letter to a friend of his first experience in the society of WMhington, whither be had gone to seek a diplomatic ap polntment. “In a few minutes I emerged into the blazing splendor of Mrs. Madison's drawingroom. Here I was most gra ciously received ; found a crowded col lection of great and little men, of ugly old women and beautiful young ones, and in ten minutes was baud in glove with half the people in the assem- bla nee. y \ Mrs. Madison is a. fine, portly, buxom daine, who has a smile and a pleasant word for everybody. Her sis ters, Mrs. Cults and Mrs. Washington, are like the two merry wives of Wind sor, but as to Jemmy Madison—ah, poor Jemmy !—be is but a withered little apple-John.” Mrs. Madison was not without her share of woman’s vanity, and that lo very good proportion, too, it must be confessed. Ear letters written to friend in Paris just before the war of 1812 mainly concern clothes ; on one lot of tinerrsent her by her friend tbe duty amounted to $2,000, and sba back to say -that she fearskbe will never be able to order any more.* It must be further confessed that Mrs. Madison added to the beauties of face given her by nature by the use of rouge and powder. An admirer ad mits this, bnt explains naively that she did thle not from motivae of vanity qa* • vm oast A uc I . . - -— South generally. Heeald: -The news- lew probiblte drinking tnelde, tbe-dU Uffi^slng of Re eoae - „ peneary. The profits of thU traffic a#wf* u,,liarda f 0 ®* ( ,B papers of the South are not giving much attention to this measure ae its importance to the Interests of their section would warrant, and it seems to applied to State funds and incidentally help to provide for the school system, which la as wretched as can be 1m- The OosiBty May lath aod the j May Sard, 1900. A State Prohibition oonfereaoe be held lo the city of Colombia, 8. C.,oa Wednesday, 23rd day of Moy, IflOO, for the purpose of ooaatderlog.the propriety of suggesting candidates for < aod Lieutenant Governor to repreennt the Prohlbitloaiato of South Carotins In the Democratic primary, and alao to annoucoe the principles nod purposes of the Prohibitionists in seeking toobtalp control through tbe Democratic or* genlxation of tbe executive aod logie* latlve departments of tbe State govern* ment, for tbe enactment and enforce* ment of measures which are in beet ac cord with the highest latercete of the people, and which will take the a «-«- out of the liquor buslneee. For the purpose of obtaining a full end free expression of the Prohibition- Ists In regard to these matters, a call is hereby Issued for them to —tmTils ia tbelr respective counties at tba oourt house on Saturday, 12th dpy of May, 1900, to elect three representatives, with alternates, to attend the 8into conference on the 23rd of May, with or without Instructions, aad to a county chairman for ths ensuing cam paign. Joel E. Brunson, Chm’n, Waddy C. Thomson, J. 8. Mofpatt, James A. Hoyt, Jeremiah Smith, C. D. Stanley, E. D. Smith, Committee. I ^ ' * A'— As chairmen of the Profit bit loa Stale executive committee, I approve of the foregoing. * A. c. Jonhs. . Newberry, April 23, 1900. AN APPEAL FOR OCR HOME*. Chairman j| Consider tba Campaign. The following address Issued within the lest few days: To the Democrats of the State: The reorganisation of the Democratic clubs will mark the beflaalag of the active work of the “fTfletes for -Hitt and tbe politlolaae will at ae early day declare themselves on the Issues of the coming campaign. There 1* very little doubt but what the liquor question aad the diapeaser* will be the chief State Issues, 'll wifi be the old fight of 1896 over with this differeaoe (ualees I been mistaken In the Jmpreeeioi have beea meda upon me in visiting the different sections of the State) that the Usee will be closely drawn, and the candidates will have tb take their choice of the home or the dispensary; this U the fight, aad A latercete of thetwo are as different ae the day to different to the night. The Christian home is the hope aad stay of the Mala; It is hallowed by every snored tie aad *• **!• b !!lf htaa * “d happiest spot oa sarth. The dispensary is the greatest enemy of the home and the most gerous place In every community, aad ia working daily aad hourly to rob thu home of all of its nil rent Inoa It snatches from its Influence the meet thee te a only) the fairest aad loveliest of its daaghters, aod this, too, with the authority aad sanction of the State, ' owjo row « Hon has come do OVTB tO us through nineteen centuries. Much ado Is being made over abstruse theo logical questions, but the fourth chap ter of tne first epistle of John is creed enough for all mankind. Selfishness is so much the sin of >ho world that it bat come to be a proverb, “ Every man for himself an<y the devil take the hindmost.” " Oh Lord, bless me and and my wife, my sou John and his wife, us four and no more," is tbe common prayer. The ostentatious charities of tbe millionaires are nothing io the sight of God—nothing compared with tbe widow’s mite. Tbeir accumulations came in drops from tbe sweat of tbe people aud for every gallon they get they pour back half a gill lo the jug and are’satie fled. Thereat they keep for tbo succession and the succession goes to law to escape the Inheritance tex. My son John and his wife want' it all. No, there are thousands of acts of disinterested kindness, but they are generally among the bumble, common people. " Laws grind tbe poor, and rich men rule the law," wrote Gold smith 150 years ago, and It is the same way yet, but still the common people are able to live lu this blessed country aod to help one''another in distress. Wherever we go we witbees “ little deeds of kindness—little nets of love." While traveling in Florida not long ago an old lady was carefully helped onto the train by tbe conductor. She was timid and feeble, an! said she wanted to go to see her daughter at WUd*ood, who was very sick. You wont carter me by, will you?” she asked in a pleading tone. " No, ma’am, I will not,” he said. " I will surely stop the tr«ln and help you D jut -be be alarmed at alL 1 will take good care of you.” And he did. Every little while he went to her and quieted her fears. When we reached the junction where the train backs to Silver Springs he came to me aod another veteran and invited us to walk back to the^rear of'! the next car aod see tbe beautiful coun try and the springs that we were neaf^ log. We did so, and then he politely helped us down and onto the platform that overlooks the beautiful spring, and then conducted us back to the car. He did not know us, and t am sure his ci vility came from his reverence for age aod bis natural kindness of heart. Jusl before we reached Ozala I inquired his name, and he said: “My name Is Beck ham. " Governor of Kentucky ?’’ said I finril • ffict tbelr Industrie#, or they would take a keener interact In the proceed ings before the committee. There have been cotton seed oil men from North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia up here looking after Individual Inter- esta, but as yet there has been only one delegation before the committee, and thatwas from Texas. In my judgment tbe people who have large Interests In the cotton seed oil trade should at once get tbelr side of tbe question before the agricultural committee at tbe earliest possible moment, for>fce-pe6ple of the North and Northwest sections of the country ac,e wording very hard for the passage of the bill, and if there la not some hard end iffictlve work done by tbe people of the South and other se ctions which will be afftekd by tbe passage of tbe bill it seems to me that tbe cotton seed industry will suffer very greatlyi” ^ " all Quiet. Along the Potomac To Night."—The authorship of this' touching »nd beautiful poem has been attributed to various persons, and the claimants, are still in the field, with the evidence not very conclusive in any Instance. Rev. Hugh F. Oliver, of Florence, 8- C., has produced some proof to show that his father, Thad- dens Oliver, was its author, and others claim that it was written by ‘Mrs. Beers, while Lamar Fontaine Insists that he wrote It/ which Is generally disbelieved. Upon this latter point tbe Walterboro Press and Standard says: " Returning from the Con federate Reunion in Charleston last May, the edito, of the Frees and Stan dard rode for some distance In the same car with Fontaine, who, having attended the reunion, was going back to his home in Lynn, Miss. After^a few minutes’ study of him, we were satisfied that he did not write that beautiful poem. In appearance and manner Fontaine is rough and uncouth. His conversation abounds in oaths and vulgarisms. In fact he is one of the most profane men we have ever come in contact with. Such a man Is, in our judgment, utterly Incapable of die ilngbiihlng a poem from a bit of the meanest doggerel.” —Governor McSweeney has aopolnt: edMrs. T. Q. i.obertson, of Columbia, lady commissioner of South Carolina to the Paris exposition. three months year. It is claimed that the dispen sary has had a tendency to decrease the number of drunkards, it being un lawful to sell to this class, and ae tne clerk in charge receives a stated salary there is no Incentive for him to make any effort to obtain new patrons or create larger sales. While one place can not begin to create the destruction that would result from a half doxen or more saloons, still, liquor Is so com monly used by both white and colored residents as to represent a total.con sumption that Is more than alarming. In short, the two prevailing curses of the Palmetto State appear to be u drinking and credit." The latter le a factor which the farmer seems to re gard at a necessity and is tbe salvation of the merchant. Explained briefly, each farmer trades with .one merchant, and the latter take* a mortgage on his customer's property, or more often h<s proepectlvqcrops. 'When a settle ment la made a goo! part of thd pro duct of the farmer’s soil is necessary to cancel hit indebtedness to the "kind hearted merchant." For this reason a vast majority never .become Indepen dent. The storekeeper chargee a big price when credit !■ given, out la oh llged to sell on a very narrow margin of profit for cafh, hence he prefers to " give time.” —l^he Lake City postoffiod, which was discontinued after‘the murder of Postmaster Baker, has been reestab lished, with Mrs. Della D. Carter (white) as postmaster. This was done on petition of practically all the peo ple, white and colored. OUR GREATEST HPBCIALI8T. For 20 years Dr. J. Newton Hathaway has so successfully treated chronic diseas es that he is acknowledged today to stand at tbe head of bis profession in this line. His exclusive method ol treatment for Var.cocele and Stricture, without tne aid of knife oCosuiery eores In 90 per cent, of all cases, la the treatment of the loss of Vital Forces. Nervous Disorders, Kidney and rhnory Complaints, Paralysis, Blood Poisoning, Rheumatism, Catarrh, and dis eases peculiar to women, he is equally successful. Dr. Hathaway’s practise is more than double that of any otner spec ialist. Cases pronounced helpless by other physicians readily yield to his treathMat write him today (ally about your He makes no charge tor consultation or advice, either es his office or by mail. J. Newton Hathaway. M. D, 2JX Booth Broad street, Atlanta, Oa. party say It mist go on. do you stand in 1900 ? For Ute or for the dispensary ?- Are defender of the home, or are yoelte enemy ? I believe you will have the - manhood to shake off the sheoktee of the dispensary rieg end the whiekov trusts aad stead up for the good name of your home and State. The candi date is to be cited who le a mimber of the church end pretends to claim that be regards "the dispensary lew the beet solution of the whiskey question,* because he thinks he oee secure oflfoe through the dispensary machine, that selling himself, his home eed .ploying . the hypocrite In order to doll Tho Prohibitionists may or mag not have candidates for ell the offices to be voted lor, bnt if the Ohrlstiee meet eed women will do tholr doty from this day forward we will win e greet victory this year. Drew the linn closely eed let every candidate undnrstend that ho must take one side or tho other, aod that no prohibition Democrat will vote for e men who tokos ths side of tho dispensary. , A. 0. Jonas. Newberry, 8. 0., April tl, 1909. . How to Emtbr a PKomwa oryxes. —Parties wishing to enter ths print ing office at this season shoald bn governed by ths following rate: Ad vance to the inner door and give three distinct rope, or kick tho door down. The "devil" elll attend tho stem. You will give him your name, post- office address ac.d the number of years you are owing for tho poper. Ho will admit you. You will advance to tho centre of the room and address tho editor with tbs following boanterslgi; "Extend tbs right heed about two feet from tbe body, with tho thumb aod index finger clasping your rab- •crlptloo, which drop lute the extend ed head of the editor, et tho seme time saying were you look leg for me P The editor will grasp your the wheel, and pressing it will eog, ’you bet 1’ Altnc-gteteg him tho nown. of you- locality, you will bo permitted to retire withe reoelpt for an honest obligation properly dlsoherged, eed tbe editor will pleasingly any, ‘cell again r" **■ —It la estimated that 3.000 Hunga rian horses, costing only $199 a ' when bought le Hungary, General Roberts, delivered et; oa the East const, 801 headquarters, ae aggregate of I