The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, November 15, 1900, Image 1
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VOL XXIV-
’ BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER is, 1 9oo.
McEINlSV AMD ROOSEVELT
PJOS
PKHIXY AND EXPANSION
The Country Hu Kiulor«' <l the Ad
mlatatration by ah Overwhelming
Mejotlty—Bryan Take* HU Defeat
Luke a Pblloaoptx r.
The election on Tuesday, Nov. 6th,
re&ulted In an overwhelmifig victory
for McKinley and Hooaevelt, v and the
consequent defeat of Bryan and. Steven
son. Mr. Bryan sent cod^ratulatlons
to President McKinley, saying . “At
the close of another Presidents! cam
paign it is my lot to congratulate you
upon a second victory." The President
was at his home in Canton, Ohio,
where he received congratulations
from all over the country, but he
started immediately for Washington
and reached there on Thursday morn
ing. --T — ls.
McKinley has been elected by sn in
creased electoral vote, and his popular
majority will rqgtch 1.0J0,000 when It
was only a half muium fyur years ago.
The latest claim is that he wm receive
2V2 electoral voter, while Bryan will
get only 145.
The Republicans will control both
branches of Congress by substantial
majorities. It ll claimed th..t they
wilt have a majority of fifty In the
Rouse and twenty in the Senate.
They have gained a Seeatur in Utah,
two la Delaware, one in aouth Danuta,
and will fill the vacancy In Pennsyl
vania by electing tjjay. The Demo
crats gain two Senators, one in Colo
rado and one la Montana. Idaao Is.In
doubt, with chances favoring a Demo
cratic Senator.
The latest news from Nebraska Is
that the Stftle has gone Republican
and the Republican* may bold tbe
Senator there, staking tbe
gain three, and If Idaho turns out to
nave elected a Republican Legislature,
the net gain of the Republican* in tbe
Senate wtU be five. Tne Republican
majority Is then certain to be twenty.
Tba Republican* claim that Mc
Kinley has carried Ca Horn u, Con
necticut. Delaware, itlioois, tuuiana.
Iowa, Kaasas, Keatucky, Maine. Mary
land, Massachusetts. Mlcbigane Min
nesota. Nebraska N*w Hvfnoehlre,
New Jersey, New York, Nortu Dekotn,
Oblu. Oregon, Pennsylvania. Rhode
Island. South Dakota. U ah, Vermont,
Washington. West Virginia, Wiscon
sin and Wyoming Twoaty-eight Statr*
with an eittctor* vote o? -
Tbe States ooacedcu to B y an are as
follows : Alabama. Arkansas. Colo
radu, Florida, Georgia I'labn. Louie
laoa. Mississippi. Missouri, M nt*oa.
Nevada, North Carolina. Soutb Care
lisa, Tennessee. Texas, and Virginia,
with a total electoral vote of
la tbs rlsctloo of M< h oiey re |
celved 271 and Bryan 17b electoral
votes McKinley's popular vote * a-
7 104 77# and Bryan's as* b 5tt!
McKinley carried New Yore lour
year* agu by a majority of 2*” 4bU over
Hry %o and this year he has a majority
of 145JMIU.
A special to the Chicago Cb onlcle
says that Doa M. Dicklnsoo, of Mich
igan. Is authority for tbe statement
takt wltbia three week* a m-cling
will be held In New Yura city to out
line a plan of reorganisation for u>*
Democratic parly. Re say# tbe call
for tbe meetlrg will have the signa
tures of prominent Democrats. Tbe
meeting. Mr. Dickinson says, will be
attended by Democrats pf both gold
and silver leanings. The ca l for tbe
meeting will be sent out In a few days
It will be mailed broadcast throughout
tbe laad. appealing to ail Democrats
alike.
TUE DEMOCKACY IS UNDISMAYED.
Lx Governor Stone, of Missouri, vice
committee, speaks as follows of the
party's defeat and what should be its
future policy
‘•The battle Is over. Tbe Democratic
party of tbe country accepts the result
without complaining as in duty bound.
It signifies but little now to analyze the
influences a* to tbe cadse that brought
about the result. There will be a wide
divergdoce of opinion as to that. Thii
I will say, however, that the Demo
cratic party must stand and will stand,
undismayed In defense of the constitu
tion and for the preservation unim
paired of our constitution. A colonial
policy would be destructive of the re-
f iublic and we should resist every ef-
ort to establish it. I have always
favored the annexation, lu a proper
way, of the Islands adjacent to our
coast, but have opposed toe annexation
of a large domain in tbe eastern hemis
phere for reasons fully stated during
the campaign.
“The Democratic party must stand
firm in the defense of the constitution
while at the same time it should take
an advanced and progressive position
looking to the development and protec
tion of our maritime and commercial
interests. The Missouri Democratic
platform of 1898 expressed my views on
the political questions of the day.
Those questions are for future discus
sion, however; all I say now is what I
have said many times before, that the
Democratic party must be affirmative
«nd progressive as well as aggressive.
. “Mr. Bryan made a great fight. Hfe
Is one of the most remarkable men of
history. He may never be president,
but whether-in politics or private life
no man will hold a more commanding
place, and none will be capable of ex
erting a greater influence for public
good. May God bless him."
.MARK HANNA’S STATEMENT.
Senator Hanna has made the fol
lowing sUtemenkU regard JQ the re
tort of tbe^leotion:
“The result It more than satisfactory.
It expresses a continued confidence In
the administration and the party which
-freartalnly gratifying.to all Kepubll-
cans and friends of this admlnlstratL
clouded by their methods of evasion
and mi-representation. Above all it
gives to every American absolute con
fidence in the good judgment of the
people and their readiness and ability
to proL ct their own interest by de
ciding aright those great questions
which of necessity come up In a gov
ernment by the peop e.
“ While In the main our predictions
have bqen fulfilled, I may say that In
many caies our exoectations have been
exceeded. As yet final results cannot,
of course, be kaown, .-but some of the
States wnlch were considered doubtful
are surely Republican and some which
seemed safely Democratic are doubt
ful, with possibility of being Republi
can.”
-Y TEDDY IS VERY HAPPY,
Governor Roosevelt has commented
as follows upon tbe Republican victory:
“I rejoice beyond measure over the
way the vote has gone. President Mc
Kinley had to face the most serious
and complicated problems that have
been faced by any president since Lin
coln, or by any president a generation
before Lincoln. I do noksee how there
eoutd have been^ any material improv-
ment in the way be has faced and
solved each of them. It therefore seems
to me a perfectly fair test of the way
The Free Sliver Issue Generally Con
demned by Former Leadere-Tbe
National Convention Mnet Decide
Bneh Qneetlona.
The New Orleans Picayune sent tel
egraphic requests to many leading
our paople are willing to back up a man Democrats in various, sections of the
who Mae done such difficult and all im- country asking expression with refer-
portent work for the nation. I think enc f 10 '!L® ful , u Ti e °( Democratic
that the supreme capacity tor success- The following are extracts
ful self government in a nation is clear- ^fo™ some of the repliae:
ly t^own by the struggle through Hoke Smith, Atlanta, Ga.—“I doubt
which tbe nation ha* just peeved. To the advisability of a distinct movement
bavi- failed to enuorte President Me- by a few men with the purpose of reor
Klnlty would have been a calamity ganixatlon. A party which can poll
oomp .rabie only to a failure to en- tbe enormous vote that the Democratic
dorse Presldtnt Lincoln In 1864. All party has rocently polled, is far from
far sighted and patriotic Amerlcaas being a dead party. Mora conservative
feel deeply thankful for the way In councils will prevail la future Demo-
hxh the American people as a whole cratic conventions and with a pronoun
have shown their good tense and abso- ced sound money platform in 1904, with
4ul« adherence to the cause of hoooely a man s^m obI whom no factional fight
and r ational honor. can be made there it every reason to
“ Agala it should be a matter of the believe the party will triumph.' —
deepenT^sttbciTton at tbr wsy those John O CarfUle, New York "la
Democrats stood for sound mousy, order to achieve soccee* or to become
Tb« y, having joined hands with their bendfiolai to the oosntry as as oppusl-
KvpuWIcan brethren, sham the credit ' doa party, the Democracy mutt a ben
for s victory which represent* far morn doa all dead tssnes, free itself from ail
than any partisan victory. In this coa , demoraitilag adlanoes and rstnrn to
lost for true Americanism the men the true principles and policies
together of the party The new questions pre
cipiuvo upon the country by the ooa-
‘ duct of tbe present edmiotsirallos and
suredly it is dead now, beyo&d the
hope of resurrection and redemption
having done harm enough tq discredit
it forever, even among its moet zealous
adherents. There will continue to be
two great opposing political organiza
tions. Defeated today, the Democrats
may win tomorrow. They will find is
sues arising out of.the nature of public
affairs and evolved by tbe course of
events. Leaders suited to these will
In good time and season, arrive upon
the scone. It Is tod early to partfeu
lariza. Suffice it to say that there will
always be a party of strict construe
tioriL as agadnyt' a party of loose eon
struCTlon, and that, readjusted to the
more conservative requlrementS'Of the
country, tbe Democratic party will re
appear as tbe contending force In tbe
publi^ life of tbe people." »
— - t 0 t
DEMOCRATS ARB . DIVIDED.
FREE ADVICE FROM LEADERS
cans and friends of this administration.
It assures the continuance of present
prosperous conditions. It is a triumph
of the principles of good government
over Bryanlsm, which Is tbe product of
a combination of elements of Irresoon
stbtllty, Instability and Incoropetenc.
It strengthens the very foundation* of
the government. It is a rebuke of the
demagoguery of the o*ou»*igQ of the
opposition, and a olear^oooi dlagaosis
<J a situation wfeMb was lor a
bo billeve in U na«* stood
ttbout regard to locality <or piece of
^Irth, without regard to creed or reee
origin, without regard to occupation
or nay thing else excepting tbe needs
of Aoiericenshlp, In a way that Is tpiea-
did omen for the future and tbnt starts
tba nation wait on tbs thmsbold of n
nnw century.**
MR ear \N MAKES t STATEMENT.
Hoa. Wm J. Brya^thc Democratic
candidate for 1‘reeldeat, thinks that
tbs strongest plea of the Repubilcaa*
wes the prosperity argument Rs has
made n statement concerning tbs re
sult of the nlnctloa. wbicn is as fol
low*
“ Tbn result was a surprise to me,
and the magnitude of thn Republican
e idory wn< n surprise to our opponents
as wall ns to those who Voted our
ticket, it le tmpusstole to aneijM the
relu n* until they are moro comp.etc, 1
but sp.exiag generally, we snem to
have gaiacd le thn large cities and
to have lost in tbn smaller el tine and la
the country
"The Rspub.leans wars able to
secure Resets or oases* for all th«ir
voters who were away from home, and
this gave them oooslderanie. advan
tage. We have no way of knowing at
this time bow much money was spent
in inn purchase of votes in colon.ze-
t'on. But while those wouid account
for soma of the Republican gams, they
couid not account for toe widespread
increase in th** Kspublican vote. The
prosperity argument was probably the
most potent one used by the Rspubit-
cans. The) c >iapared present ooodl-
lionswith the panic times of to
1896, and this argum-nt bad weight
with t.iose who did not stop to consider
the reasons tor the change, fit* a
#mf p wtmi
the war 1* on, bad a great deal of in
fluence among those who did not realiz j
that a war against a doctrine of seif
government In the Philippines must
react upon us in this country. Wa
made an honest light upon an honest i . ..
piatform, and having do£ our duty as Wh*» forgetfulans* of the
we M»w it « . nnihm. ^ I passions aroused by the luckless oil.-
th* drelareUo— of- Its supporters must
be oh.I In a broad spirit of justice aud
sincere respect for tbe maodatee of the
ooasiltulloa and the liberal principles
upon which our last, tut Ions are found
ad We have drifted Into a situation
which ms see the nor reel solution of
thane qunstioaa rxceediagiy difficult
aud u • pev'y shout i give them a most
careful coaodaralius la all tbair as
pect* bslu'e commitiiag Heelf to aay
spec.dc piao of adjustmeat- Up
on the general principles Involved,
there wtii be UUia differs aces of
opt a toe*, but the me** urea to be adopt
ed In prdnr to extricate thn country
from its present unfortunate onsltlon
cannot be hastily formulated Wheth
er a plaa snail be proposed for Che re
or g no aetloa of the party la order that
lie fee. • trearth may be«ffectlvely es-
erud Is a qu< stioo »blcb It esnm* to
me ought to be considered and decided
by n con fere nee composed of conserva
tive D mocrate representing both elo
menu of tbn party as It has existed
during the Inst four ysars.
“All am equally Interested la th#
sneer** of the parly ou a sound and pa
tr loti.' platform of- principles, and
therefore all should ha consulted both
as to the p an of reorgaatstag and poli
cies to be announced 7
Hi-nry Wettereon, Louisville:* “As
the Democrats.are cast down by the
result of this election, will thn Repub
licao* b * elated and thrown off their
guard. They will fancy they have the
world In a sling. They sre certain to
proceed to exo-sses. They cannot m
strain either their zealots or tbeir
scamps _ All Aha daxar. ruguse ol the.
t wA. ^ 1 11 i ‘ T „ . *
» ' ^ 7,1 T
stealing TTe, have gone to tbe Republi
can party. The new territories are
veritable gpld mines pf pillage. Act*
of ojiragus cannot bn repressod or ns
caped. Tbe people at home will stand
agbasVhefore *he riotef corruption and
saw u, we have nothing to regret.
“We am ueleated but not dls
couraged. The fight mast go on. i
am sure that Republican poach s will
be.repudiated by the people when the
tendency of these policies are fully
understood. Thu contest between
plutocracy and democracy cannot end
until onecr ti e other is completely
triumphant.’'
. Concerning himself Mr. Bryan said :
“ I have come out of the campaign
with perfect health and a clear con
science. 1 did my m^st to bring suc
cess to the principles for which I stood.
Mr. Stevenson did all that he could ;
Senator Jones and the members of the
Democratic, Populist, Silver Republi
can and Anti-Imperialist committees
did all they could. Mr. Hearst and his
associates in the club organization put
forth their best efforts. Our newspa
pers, our campaign speakers and our
local organizations did their part also.
1 have no fault find and no re
proaches. I shall continue to take an
active Interest in politics as long as I
live. I believe It to be tbe duty of
citizens to do so, and in addition to my
interest as a citizenr; 1 feel that it will
require a life time of work to repay
the political friends who have done so
mucc for mb. I snail not be a sena
torial candidate before the legislature
which has been elected. Senator Allen
deserves the senatorshlp which goes
to tbe Populists. Mr. Hitchcock and
Mr. W. H. Thompson are.avowed can
didates for the other seoatorship.
They both deserve well of the party,
and I am too grateful to them for past
support*to stand in their way even if I
desired a seat In the Senate."
Mr. Bryan said he bad no other^rtans
at present than to remain at>Dme un
til he, had recovered Jroqj the fatigue
of campaigning. Lie iL-nied the report
emovi
'his b
aroused by the
adventure attendant upon the r4volu
tlonary fusion movement hnderlaken
by the Democratic leaders of the last
half decade, the opportunity of the
chastened,enlightened and reorganized
Democratic party wll! come, and when
It comes there shall arise a leader of
the . statue of Jefferson, of Jackson
and of TUdt n to give it expression and
effect."
Ex-Governor Stone, ef Missouri, vice
chairman of the Democratic national
committee, says In regard to the pro
posed reorganization of the Dembcratic
party: .
“This talk about a reorganization is
absurd. The Democratic party is al
ready organized. If by*reorganization
is meant a change In the national com
mittee. that will have to be done at the
next national convention. IF by reor
ganization Is meant* radical change of
platform, with candidates whose views
accord with it, that will also have to
await the next national convention. If
the next natlonar contention wants a
new committee I am willing to abide
the verdict of the convention. .1 have
noted that tbe men who ejamor for re
organization after defeat are the very
ones who contributed to tbe defeat.
“There are some people who go tast
convention and demand a certain plat
form, Insist on the election of certain
candidates and at their^fsiflure to get
what they want immediately withdraw
tbeir support and become opponents o t f
the party. If they want changes let
them work in their State organizations
for tho>selectlon of delegates to bring
about these changes.” -*
Among expressions of views by prom-
Tdcnt Democrats relallveToTfie future
of tbo party is that of Representative
.lam is D. Richardson, of Tennessee,
be as far from Its original moorings as
the Republican party is from its.
“Seven million voters revere the
doctrine of Jefferson and advocate his
principles. These men will not aban
don their belief to please a minority o!
the party. The majority rules in
republic and In our party. The major
ity will continue to rule.
“ No one can say on what issues the
next battle will be fought. Tbe prln
olples of our party are Immutable
issues are created by conditions. The
R-ipubllcao party has been Invested
with a solemn trust. It will be held to
tne strictest accountability. Ithaathe
President and both branches of Con
greas. It will make the law* and exe
cute them. Upon Its wisdom and upoi
the economic conditions that develop
will the Issneef the next battle depend
“ The next Democratic convention
will consider all pending Issues and
subjects and fraine a platform. It will
be a Democratic, a Jeffersonian one.
and all true Democrats will stand, upon
it. Those who do not wish to do so
can stand on tbe Republican platform.
“ Undoubtedly the men who oal
themselves Demodrate, but who have
been Republicans during the last two
national campaigns, will not be per
mitted to define the issue* aad shape
policies for the Democratic party.
“ I belMve the present organisation
will control. It exists In every hamlet,
town and county in the nation. .It Is
honest. It will go right ahead, just as
it has done during the lant four years.
" Mr. Bryan le undoubtedly at pres
ent the natural leader of the people
He has an Immense following, to whom
bis sincerity, honesty and patriotism
are an Inspiration.**
journeyed to
How solemn,
Bl’PKKOTITION OF AN ACT
The Overtwraiac Off Aa
Furs*old lbs aimrdsr Ol Ltaoola.
Stuart Robeon, In hi* record of fifty
years, published la Everybody's Maga
nan, felicitously combines sollu his
tory with th* most Interesting per
sonal gossip. Hern le one of hi*
stories:
Laura Ksnan, with whom 1 ap
peered in 186: IMA wap one of tbe
most intelligent Women I ever met,
end yot bar most pronounced oharact-
eristic was one which Is generally as
tociatod with Ignorance. She wm
superstitious to ae absorb dogma. Hie
ee*er aiioweo her actors to taka hold
of n chair with thn right band. TO
•tody a part onHuoday wm a crime
To carry aa umbmha wiiu a booh han
dle meaat immediate disc bergs lo ton
ffsnunr. Th# sight of a buttio of red
frighten her fora
wm ai-
awful
w« warn
Lady nod the
ink wm enough to
week. Ha* said thn
ailed
poriaat
L a writing
table
n
Of It
rtnla
iron bin. On
playing a I
Dssti.' An I
sbe
oei*eU>ry to com posing a tetter
b«r servesi, wm staadlng at ton bank
of her chair. 'Taka your right hand
away from ton chair,' thn said in a
•togs • bisper This rattled me a
trifle Tbn stage dialogue proceeded t
Yon an sum you can find Don Ka-
fael at bin lodgings f *
Yon, mnunm : bis servant girl tolls
bis wound will ouoflea bim to bis
bod for a week.'
*ls tots toe only paper wa have P
Wbem Is tbn Ink P*
Ham, madam.' aad 1 bent forward
to place to* ink urn witulo bar reach,
• baa la my confusion at bar reproof
toe voeeei wm a past, aad tie coo teats
trickled ldto ton lap of bar white satis
dress. Tbo lek wm b.ood red. Tbe
gbMtiy took that came over toe lady's
see 1 sbail never forget aad 1 wm so
Tightened that 1 never knew.how ton
•osno ended. . *
Ton next morning at rehearsal tbn
told mo I would never have aay luck
as tong m Uived, and that my trouble
In ton world bgyood would be eadleaa.
Hhn palled tbe oompeojr together.leva
*
STATEM ENT.
that be would remove from Nebraska
and make Texa* bi« home.
Watter^oN makes a
Hob.'Henry Walterson, editor of the
Isvills Courier-Journal,_jglret The
Uoioa and Citiz >n the following
statement:
“ With the elimination of tbe money
issue them ought to be no furtber fac
tional division among the Democrat*.
If frsn sliver was not dead before as
which is In part as f jllows :
“ As to Don M. Dlckimson’s scheme
of reorgsn1z!*tluo« I can say that the
party wants »U tbs-supporters it can
get. Every man who believes lb Dem
ocratic principles is welcomed to the
field. But the Damocralic party can
make no surrender of principles for
expediency’s sake. It can' make no
surrender to-tbe ctmmerclaiism of the
mom nt. Wnen it does that it c«Mes
to be Democratic. And If it veers to
catch every favoring breeze it will soon
tne bight before -
oy toe stupidity of tbe unfortunate
young man who would never mane aa
actor.* Hbe told of a terr.Dm dream
sbe had bad, in which some great par
sonage—lo her unknown—had been
foully murdered before her eyes ; bow
sEe nad attempted his rescue, but
without avail; how be had fallen dead
at her feet, his bead resting on her
lap. from which his life’s blood slowly
oozed.
“ Two year# after this occurrence ot
a day Miss Keene wm playing at Ford’s
Theater, Washington. In the third
act of the play a sharp shot wm heard
in the stage box, ftom ahich a man
leaped, brandishing a smoking weapon
and shouting *Slc semper tyrannis !”
The audience and actors were para
lyzed. Miss Keene seemed to he the
only person who realized the situation.
Sbe ran to the box, and In a moment
the head of the dying man wat In her
lap, the red life’s blood oozing from a
ghastly wound. Tbe assassin was my
old boyhood’s friend, John Wilkes
Booth, his victim Abraham Lincoln,
President of tbe United State.”
PRQM ATLANTA TO AUGUSTA
BILL ARP TRAVELS AN OLD ROAD
The Georgia Wm the First Railway
He Ever Haw—His Father Helped
to Build l£.
Some sad and some sweet memories
came over me as I journeyed on the old
Georgia Railroad from Atlanta to Au
gusta. It was the first railroad 1 ever
saw and traveled on. My good ole
father was one of the original stock
holders. He subscribed 15,000 and paid
it as It wm called for. In those days
roads were not b lilt on bonds or quo*
tionahle, mysterious schemes. Tbere
wm no preferred stock or Income bonds
or first and second mortgages, but
everything was simple, plain and hon
eat. I have great reverence for that
Toad. I lived In Lawrenuevllle while
It wm being built. Htone Mountain wm
our nearest depot, and It wm there
first ventured to board a train m
to Athene to enter college,
how Inspiring was that
ride. I remember that It seemed to
me that the trees and fences and farm*
and habitations were all moving swift
ly backwards, while the train seemed
to he still and quivering on its track.
I had thn tame feeling the first time
ever went up In an elevator. It wm at
the Gilsey Rouse, In New York and I
wm not conscious of going up, but
thought the hotel wm rapidly descend
tng Into some subterranean cavity.
Young people nowadays have no such
experience. They do not remem hr r toe
time when there were no railroads or
flegraphs, nor sewing machines or
oooking •loves, or matches or steel
pens, and tbernfore they cannot appre
ciate or bn grateful for-the blessings
they no joy.
As wn neared Stone Mountain aad I
looked upon Its bald, majestic summit
I wm carried bees la memory to too
delightful days of my youth, whso
nearly sixty years ago that mountain
wm our try sting place, and boy* aad
girl* iournayad thorn sixteen mils*
from LnwrenonviUn and spent a happy
day aad while toemaod on too way w«
raveled la torn’s young dinam and syM
looked love to eyee that spoke again.
1 remember when them wm a tower oa
that mountain's top—a tower 160 font
high, whose slender top did sometime*
touch to* clouds, aad it wm built by
Aaron Cloud, whose very name made
him a filUsg architect. It wm toe first
sky-scraper ever built la Georgia. 1
her toe delightful day when a
brunette ia*ele with besai eye* aad 1s-
diaa hair ascended tonne wiadlcg stan*
itb me aad m we sat together oa He
dluy plsanoe I thought I w
U eases thee I ha
before Uader pralaa*e of Shielding
her from barm. I bait enclosed her
1th my arm aad toe paip.tatlag lane
upon her bosom told me how (mi her
heart wm bnating, aad them almost ta
•a plighted oar truth. 1
bur wbes ou* wtalor sight the
same gad to* rain daaoaadad aad
ton wlade blew, aad to at loear fail aad
groat wm tbs fail of it. I remember
• ben them wm a flan hotel at to# bona
of that mountain nad oaa night there
wm a ball in too specious dining room,
aad “ bright toe light* ebon* o'er fair
i aad brave mna” aad lor tbn
flret time I raw that qseaaiy girl
whom the buys called Becky Lattimer.
1 whose dMbiag beauty draw them
to her m mol amen draws flies Her
father lived not far away, a substantial
farmer, aad a few yea e later “ oar
Becky “ bncamn Mrs. lisoncah Felloe,
toe wife of the learned and nkquest
doctor of Carters villa 1 remember
that graat solid moustain of
granite seemed larger—yM, much larg
nr—than It looks to be sow, for I • a
young toon aad nature had not begun
to shrink with me. Everything is
smaller now and every year get* smal
ler stlitf At Hope says of ton dying
Christian, “ The world recedes—it dls
aad so It Will to those who
a little
stock matter got all over the village
and at ImI to Judge Hutchins. I wm
tnortlfied and alarmed, but my afflano
ed stuck does to me, for she was dread
fully In love, though shedenUs it to
this day. Indue time we whfd married
and were so happy we didnt want any
stock or anything else hardly. A few
days after our marriage, as I wm pass
ing his office, the stern old judge called
me In. He unlocked his iron safe and
taking out a paper, said *o me* ‘^1
heard that you told your good mother
that you were going to merry Octavla
end get that railroad stock back. Did
you tell her that?" I wm intensely
alarmed, but, like George WMhtngton,
I would not tell a lie. “ Yes, judge, I
did,” said I, “ but I didn’t mean It," I
replied. I saw the twinkle in his eye.
“ Well,",said he, “I thought that if
you were determined to have It I had
just m well give it to you now,” and he
handed me the certificate with the
transfer already written. I don’t know
what I sa d, but he enjoyed my embar
rassment. Whet a considerate man be
was. I remember that a few months
after he sent six of the family negroes
up to our house one morning before we
K up. We hi-ard them Uiking ontbe
it stepa and my wife Mked me to
get up eod see what they wanted
They Informed me that “old mMter
told them he had given them to me
an I Miss Ostavlaandtooomeuphnra **
They worn all servants who had long
said that when Miss Octavla got mar
rled they were gwlne to live with her
That wm the nsuat patrimony of slave
owners to their children. We bad no
use for them, aod sent them back with
a kind note begging the judge to keep
them for us awhile longer. Home years
alter that Mr. Lincoln set them free
aad to tell the truth I am glad of it,
for they were always a care aad aa ex-
Now, while I write our train hM
ranched Uaioo Hotel and 1 remember
when we oo lege boys used to take th*
tandem mule train from horn to Atbnn*.
It wm aa all day Joarnny, for It took as
sight hours to maka ton forty mline,
but wn rode on top aad had lots of fun
aad plenty of good things to net that
onr mother* had provided. Yon, I torn
to ruminate about those good aid lime*
when everyth lag had a roseate ha*
d wn wrote love letter* to onr sweet
heart* aad raveled in love's yaoog
dream. Bill Arp.
Electric Headlights.—Electric
headlight* for railway locomotives are
coming very generally Into use anl are
paying for themselves in saving the
railway companies large sums former
ly paid for cattle killed on the track.
The light will show a cow or horse at
a Quarter of a mile on a dark night.
With a good clean reflector the inten
sity of the light is about 8,000 csudle
power. Oo the front of the locomotive
boiler, just aft of the smokestack, is
located a small dynamo and a steam
turbine, the whole couple! together
and enclosed In a watertight caalng.
To light up the engineer simply turns
on steam, the apparatus absorbing
about U horsepower when in opera
tlon. With one trimming of carhoqs
the headlight will burfi eight hourc
without further attetthm.- - ' —
—Thos. C. Scott, who hM been fore-
man and man of all work at the
Thornwell Orphanage, Gllntoh, for the
PMt twenty years, has resigned his po
sition.
—A company witli a half million
dollars capital is. being formed In
Columbia' tOu~cctanect all the inde
pendent telephone line! In the State.
—John fttob Asior, of New York,
will spend the winter In Aiken.
Several house*'n Aiken h»ve rented
for the winter for from 11,800 td 12,400.
Isppsars.^^H
s
he said
1 remember, I remember the fir t
dark and high. ^
I used to think ibsir • tender tops were
close against iff# Sky,
But now i'm growing' older and find it
little joy
To know I'm (artbsroff from Heaven than
when 1 was a boy.** ' Tt-,
I remember that historical town
called Madison, where many of my col
lege mates lived. They are all gone
now, not one Is left to oomlort me In
my declining years. It wm here I saw
this railroad when I wm a boy of four
teen, and it wm completed to Madison.
What a sensation of wonder and alarm
m I looked at the huge leviathan that
came puffing now the track with a train
behind it. My father had to hold my
hand for I trembled lest It should jump
the track aad kill us all.
My father wm proud of that road—
roud because he helped to build it.
e kept that stock for twelve years
without receiving a dividend. The
stock nrent down, down, down, until It
reached Its lowest point in 1849. It wm
then worth only 27 cents on the dollar,
but h£ had faith and clung to It with
hope. About that time a commercial
revolution—a crisis—a panic— came
over the country and to save his mer
cantile credit he wm forced to sell his
stock. It distressed him and grieved
my mother,, but he said there wm no
help for It. The stock must gq^, I re
member the night he came home and
told my mother that the stock was
gone—he had sold itto Judge Hutch in*
for 27 cents on the douar—tbe stock
that be had paid 100 cents for twelve
years before. Father was aad and the
tears fell on mother’s cheek and none
of us cared for supper. When father
went back to the store that night I sat
down by mother’s side and took her
hand lb mine. " Mother," said I, “you
must not feel so had about that stock.
Let me tell you a secret. Last bight I
NKURO LABOR IN LOTION MILLS.
Fima Year's operation off H
Mill* la Ltkarlenton Under
Maengvmsoi.
Th- L'harVsvo Kf-D.ng Post say,
thn Vesm cotton ■Ills, ton only cotton
mill that le operated by negro labor in
this Htate aad oa* of the few mill*
n thn oosntry that is run with oelorod
help. <• now running oa fall time aau
a manner that Is thn most saUefan-
lory to ton mneagsoieet of tor oons
easy Thorn Is only one other mill la
ton United btotes that l*
Urnly by aegruM. This mill Is
at Concord, N. C. and It in n snoensn
At first It met with mar y difitonittes.
bat all obs'ncUs have been overcome
and a superior gredo of doth Is
aannfnnarad.
Tbe Yeeta mills, under Its saw
agsmeot, hM been la operation nearly
a year aad wb*a too stockholder*
••ot, November 21, Mr. L G. Hotter,
ton manager aad lr*Muror of thn com
Many, will aoubtluM be Is a position to
mek* a most favorable report aad the
directors la all probability will declare
a dividend.
Tne mill le- now la a hatter ooadl-
tloa than It hM avtr buna aad ovary
thing Is working along moat harmo
niously. Moro than six hundred bands
am oo the pay roll aad tony seem to
bn p-rfnctly contented. Them hM
onvnr'hnan aay labor trouble between
the ope rail van aod ton manager of ton
"moroTmo-
oasofully now than at aay time in it*
history, aad from what can bn learned
Copt. J. H. Montgomery, the president
of the mill, is perfectly satisfied with
the first year’s work and hopes to bring
tbe mill to a higher state of perfection
during the next twalvn months.
President Montgomery, while note
resident of Charleston, gives a great
deal of his time and attention to thn
mill. He comes down from Hpartea-
burg, bis home, very often, thereby
keeping in close touch with the affairs
of the mill. He knows exactly what is
required to keep the mill In sucoeMful
operatlon^^
Mr. L- G. Potter, the manager and
treMurer of the mill, reeldns in Char
leston and gives all of his time and at
tention to the hutines*. He Is a suc
cessful mill man, having had many
years experience In the Spartan mills,
one of the largeet mills in the South,
hloh Is managed by Capt. Mont
gomery.
—Twenty one Californians, the ad
vance guard of 500,000, have sailed from
New York for the Argentine Rapubllo,
Intending to settle there. The delega
tion already en voyage is engaged by
four brothers named Belle tt, from Lo*
Angeles, each six feet tall, and each
having a wife and four daughters. The
colony, whibh hM considerable cash
capital, will go. Into cattle raising in
the valley of tbe Platte river.
—V. F. D*Pms, m attorney for Jolcy
Brown, hM entered suit against the
Southern Railway Company in the sum
of $2 000 damages for the kilileg of her
husband, Martin Brown, by a railway
train of this company on the 28th of
September. The death occurred at
Blairs, ou the Asheville and Columbia
divUion.
A Diamond Fla la
that Was Once tbe
Aoraham Lincoln.
The Atlanta Constitution says that
Col. W. N. Cave, of Barnwell, 8. C.,
who is now In Atlanta on business, la
In possession of a unique rolte ia tba
shape of a diamond pin which waa at
one time the property of Abraham
Lincoln, and whioh ia the only almilar
piece of Jewelry that Praeldeat Lin
coln ever wore.
The pin ia of thd old-fashioned aiyle
of cluster brooches with a elaep at toe
back for thn purpoan of securing It to
thn frilled shirt fronts wont by gaatlo-
mnn fifty yean ago. Tba neater
diamond is a large, particularly whita
one, aod Is surrounded by a aumbar of
smaller brilliants.
The pin hM a strange history. Boms
years before the war aod prior to tbo
time that Abraham Llnoo a waa bafla*
ntng to loom up m a praaldeatial posel-
billty, while practicing law In Illinois,
ha mat n yonng dandy from Now York
State whoso sporting proollvitUs bad
oaused him to run short of funds. Tbo
young follow came to Ltnoola for oo-
slstonoe, and loft with him as saewity
for a loan a handsome diamond ala.
For some reason be never returned to
redeem the pledge aad from that day
Lincoln did rot ngaln see him.
49 Abraham Lincoln was naturally a
man of quiet to-to la matters of truss,
1 seldom worn Jowalry of nay
whatever. However, his accidental
possession of a flea ornameat proved a
temporary temptation to ados
eelf. Oon day Jamas Moyers, a i
deal* r of Kratocky, and a ol jm nor-
*1 friend Of Mr. Liemds, who bad
ka wd him intimately from ebllilbaod,
>• to Serine field on n visit. An soon
te he nnw Lincoln tan pin aHrunud bln
attention.
Wall, wbo*d a-thought that Aba
Llaoois would bn strait ag aronad ten
stenet* with adiemoi d p>m U hie i
f onir exolslmnj Moyers
prtaa.
Lincoln looked vagnnly
tried te explain. Thn __
ended bv hie taking th* pie from hlo
shirt and pinning it oa Mayoi
lag m be did ao that he d
It aad wm ealy too
of Ik.
Moyers kept thn oraamnat tor some
^aiten**^ DramJLmA* * anatfr
proposed to Ojtavla Hutchins, I Mked
her to marry me and sbe said sbe
would and we have fixed the time—the
7th of March—and in lees then three
will be In the family again. Now, don't
you tell, but you musn’tcry any more,”
and I kissed her on thn cheek and said,
Mother, Mr. Shakespeare says ' All's
well that ends well.”' But my dear
mother wm a woman and womanlike
tbe told an intimate friend wuat 1 said
about getting the stock back and that
friend to.d another woman in confidence
and tbe confidence kept spreading and
spread lag until the engagement and the
to galrti
and killed bye
overs wm i
Lnxtagton, Ky.
Dram mend wm onptamd 4s
war by ton Fodnraln and died
ram Monroe. In IM aaaU of bin nro-
pnrty sed personal state* took plana
l Bara well, H. G. Among the fitter
•• the pin that had
• nu Colonel Gave
nail sum. He keen
prisen thn ml In highly.
laddlar, aim bf Barai
C-, wm present at U
for ton authenticity of thn I
lib Jamas Moyers when
* * HM > fl)
i yrara ago Ootooni Oon* woo of»
lorai 16,000 for th* pin, bet refused to
part otto Ik Colonel Onve la la AM
ante for a few day*, aad bM lemons
mile bM attenoted a great deal of ia-
A women will anvnr admit
M pMt thirty till ska la over sixty.
Women of different towns 1
tbeir mlaletera; womna la
town bav* got oaly their dt
—Tbn Con federate vntoraaa sf thle
State bav* bnna lavtted to attend thn
grant ro-saloa at A agnate, Nov. 14-M.
—Th* total rag Intention of qi
voters In Hawaii thin y
about 3.000 morn voters
(stored la thn towa of
eat MiKtalny’s
wmm
5
bet tony do not
lilies of
Arks
la tbn
September election eighty-fonr
tin* war* carried for Banana aad thirty*
oon oonatle* warn for i
—la many of
from tbn South era I
aod leisure am I
tlon column aa
oon Instance m
Illinois 1* given oooupatio
up" and a paralytic figure
column m “ hat fits.”
—The snndlaoi orange waa a freak of
nature found ia a swamp oa tbo north
shorn of the Amaaon about 1872. To*
day lu oulti ration la thn United 0talas
hM ravolutloafxad thn orange indus
try. It hM brought the oraago yield
of California up to 17,000 oarloads a
year, and thn amount of moony I
ed directly aad ladlmotly ia It ta i
1100,000,000.
—There pm twenty-two oouatlas ia
Montana, throe of whioh, Ohoteu aad
Dawson on the Canadian border, and
Ouster County, on the North Dakota
border, maka up oaa half of tbo area
of the State. Chotau oasts 1,100 votes,
Dawson 500, and Custer 1400.
Of mom than 50,000 electors in Moo*
Una, less than 3,300 am to bn found ia
the counties covering one-half of the
State.
—The Railway aad Engineering Bo*
view notea the fact that the profession
oI raUrondlng.li four tlmM a* danger
ous m that of the soldier la time of
t.ra
—A company hM been formed and
hM made application for a charter to
build a railroad from McBee, Chester
field County, to Monroe, N.C. Both of
these points are on the lines of the
months I’ll get that stock back and it Se*k°ard Alr-Llne. The length of the
proposed connecting link ta twenty-five
miles, twenty of which are In this State.
—It Is stated that every member of
the Houth Carolina Cunferanoe, M. E.
Church, will attend tbe annual con
ference at Chapter, which meets on toe
28lh Inst. Bishop Hargrove *U1 pre
side. Homes have been found for all
comers. The Methodiste have lately
finished a 817,500church la
war. During the year ending June 30,
1900, mom than 61,000 railroad am*
^ eei out of a total of 227,000 worn
sd or Injured at their oal ling, while
during the same period only 1,640 out
of an army of 63,000 In the PhUlpplaaa
suffered in the c
OCR GREAT
For 20 yean Dr. J. Newton Hathaway
hM so successfully treated etuonie diseas
es thnOrt la acknowledged today to i
at th*hsadof his pratemtou In this
His sxclnxlvt msthod of timtmeal lav
Varicootl* and Striatum. Without tee aid
ol knif* or cautery cures in 80 per eeuk <
all cases. In th* treatssent of th* lees <
t v^ — — — _
▼twu r orefi. utrvotu _
end Urinary OeasplaiBtk
Poisoning, (
eases peculiar to women, ha
successful. Dr. Hathaway's
than double that off aav
He