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VOL- XXIV. BARNWELL,’ SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, i9 qo. BILL ABBS BOTOD ADVICE. * { - SOUTH MUST PRK8KRVK NAME. Oar People Should Move Right Along end Keep in the Middle of the ' Road. Let ue move right straight along and keep in the middie of the road. All is not lost save honor, j^or will the North dare to cut down our representation in, Congress—such a move would alienate their new Southern converts, for Southern Republicans are at heart all lily whites and h*ve no use for the negro in politics. Southern Republicans have been under the ban ever since the war, and they realize that it is because they are alligned with the negro. Captain Lowry is all right when he says, " but for the negro in politics th$. Republican party would have a good chance to capture and hold the South.” The captain Isa Republican —a Tennesseean, a Georgian, a banker, and has traveled much, and his party np North ought to give weight to bis opinions. He is a gentleman, a man of integrity, and stands high la financial eireieeatl over the country. Financially he is a success and liberal with his money, but he will not take Carnegie’s advice and give it all away before he dies. Yes, the nigger is still in the wood pile, and the joke of it .is the nigger don J t know it. There are not a oosen negroes In this country who care a straw about voting. If the white office seekers would let them alone they wouldent go about the polls on election day. What ty wanted is to purify the candidates. If this can be done In Atlanta why not elsewhere? We all Vejoloed over the election of Major Mims, for he ran fer mayor as a gentleman and bad no heelers, nor would he ask any man for bis vote or allow any corrupt slectinneenog by his friends. He stpbbornly refused to promise anything to anybody, and, strange to say, was elected. Bat the Republican party Is growing very fast I# this section, and will grow Into respectability if tbey will let the negro alone. Mr. Lowry ie right. Some years ego when we had suffered a similar defaat my friend Newt Tumlln wee greatly dletrcaeed, and told ma In a whisper that there was oaly one wey to get evee with them, aad that was to jiae 'em. Well, there are lote of folks j The jteiag 'em arouad la these peru, aad It Is bard to tsli who Is a Democrat aad who Is sot. Tbey tell me that a Democratic officeholder aad two of tbs eseeetlve committee of this county voted for McKleiey nod our neighoorlsg county of l*ot^ went for him by Sou majority May bn that lsaeevo.aUoa that will stop Di* threatened redecOoa of our representnUon. for our Itepnbll* con friend* don't wont that tc happen nay more than w« do. aad they will lie 0 protest and fight It. Wbnt we want at the South Is to preserve oer good same, oar historic honor and oer traditions. A s*ctioe that has produced Washington Jeffer son. Madisea. Monroe, Jacksoe and 1'ole as president*. Clay and Caiboea aad Lae ard Stone wait Jackson aad Dree I deal Its* la most hold ap her proud bead aad vindicate her honor Who are**? Ws import eo fereiga era to do cer work, sad hire eo He* le do oer AghUeg. How did ear hero withlo es as we read the brave words of General Kvaae to the CoefederaU veteran* at Augusta M lXi not let the history we beve made be perverted by perttsea peas or pointed by seetloeai sum# Oer schools mest be cleared of Northern reboiah damned late the minds of our children We want a literature that will notonatlaae divisions, bat will coatalo the honest relation of (acts, that will unify the youth of this country la commov ap precialioe of the truth* of hLtory.” Yen, wa have been shamefully car# lam la the selection of our school books. Tbs poison has already crept la aad must be ejected. There should be a school era Stats, for it is a well-known fpet all they dare to do Is to stand off and bark at him. Those Yankees aro bark ing at us now. Let ’em bark. Those who come down here to live with us are good people and soon fall lb love with us. I never knew an exception except that Mra. Canfield, who wrote thht malignant and fool letter back to her folks and said she longed to see the time come when black heels should tread on white necks. Those who come down here to ».tay soon harmon ize with our folks and their sons marry our daughters and our sons marry their daughters. Old Dr. Kirk says it’s a mixture of blue blood and green backs and makes a fair average. So It’s all right, and no loss on our side. Bill art. P. S.—There are two Mormon elders in town and I’ve got no dog. THE STATUS OF OlOARETIRS. Tobacco an Article ol Commerce and Gig irettes a Subject of State Regu lation—No State Can Prohibit tbclr Importation In Original Packages. The United States supreme court has readered au opinion in the oat>e of Wm. B. Austin vs. the State of Ten nessee, Involving the question as to the recognition to which cigarettes are entitled under the law. The case originated in the State of Tennessee nod it called Into question the validity of the Stats law regulat ing the sale of this Article of commerce on the ground that it was an infringe ment of the right of Congress to re gulate Interstate commerce. The Tennhssee supreme court upheld the law and the decision of the U. S. su preme court suvtaiaed that verdict, though not without disapproval of toms of the positions taken, and then upon a very narrow margin, four out of nine members joining la a dissent lag opinion aad another member of the court (Justice White) placing his as sent upon grounds different from those announced by Justice Brown, who handed down the opinion. The case grew out of the importation of cigar ettes Into Tennessee from North Caro lina. They were lekee Into the Stete • a the ordinary sized cigarette pack ages, about two by four laches, aad these package# were loosely thrown Into beskete which were uncovered. claim was mads that these elf- MBIte pecksges were what I* known to to* law a* original packages . bet without c.sarly dsflalag an original package, ths court held that It was clear that such packages could sot bs so regarded Justice Brows, la pass- lag apoa the cess, said that the pack age* were obvioesiy mads up with a view of evading the law, aad as he speka he held one ol the little cigar ette eases up to the view of hi* aedl- Os this poiat the decision of the mart, to ths effect that ths peck sgss were aot ortgiaal, was fully see firmed Os soother phase of the case the state aoarl was aot so fully endorsed Ths Tennessee court had bald that cigarette* are aot ae article of earn <oe. With this view Justice Brows quite e I whet- le. I took issue, aad he delivered | dissertation upon ths subject. I ever I* aa object of barter aad sale I he said, aa article of commerce | mast be so reeogeised. Tobacco had I been each ea article lor foer hundred years. It had bees made the edbjeet of texatioe end Indeed bed become ; more widely suettered then nay other vegetable. I'rohaMy, he added, no ; other vegetable has contributed so mseb to the comfort aad solace of the humaa race. This being the case It j was entirely beyond bounds to say that tobacco was aot aa artici* o' . a>sroe Us then took notion of claim that cigarettes are aa especially i harmful form of tobacco, aad while he i conceded that this might be the oeee, hs remarked that this claim was of comparatively recent orlgla. Still, he held that cigarettes are as much a sab- mlseloe Io every 8>ulh, ‘ft it it A we..noown i further heal th£l while that there are teachers wboare secroUj^** 1 * lb" could prohibit BO Importation Northern pubUsh.rs to|‘* orlgl.nl packages It was entirely into our schools. W* competent fora Legislature to rag u lata the sale iwoause of ths general their school books A ago aa artful canvasser visited oer Iowa with aa attractive history of the world la tea volnmee. He wastheout- lalkieglst book agent I have ever met, and his sobeme was to give away five or six eel* la every tdwn to Influential men of culture. He called It giving away, but required the ooe of the binding, which he said .was fill. The sale price was 145. 1 was one of the favored six, and he fed me liberally on flattery aad assured me that there was not a line In all. the volumes that any Southern man would object to nor could any reader tell whether the auth ors lived North or South. He had one volume as a sample, and I noted lhai the authors were distinguished pro fessors in tome Northern colleges. The volume was well written and I was pleased with it and with the price and the flattery, and so I put my name down with the condition that on exam ination of the other volumes 1 mlgnt accept or reject. In due time they came and I took up the ninth volume that contained the history of our civil war. , The book was opened at random and there was an engraving of William 'Howard and the first pargrapb read: “ He had hardly got installed into office when he was confronted by three auda cious commissioners from the rebel States.” Audhclous! Just think of it. I was mad and got up and walked about and then played on the piano a little and then opened the book again at Mr. Calhoun’s picture and read another paragraph, which said that there was not much difference between Calhoun and John Brown, for they were both fanatics and would go down In history on the same plane. Of course the books were rejected, but the agent has my Influence as a cultured gentleman. “ Timeo Danaes forenjes dora.” 4 *‘ Be ware of the Grecians When they come with gifts,” and beware of- histories published by Northern houses unless tbey are written by Southern authors. Sometimes when I ruminate about •all their slanders and lies and bragi doclo, I get sad and then mad and couraged for fear they wW drive u* Into another war and we will have to whip ’em again. When a country dog oomes to town he hides underneath the wagoa as long as he can, but the town dog* drive him out and he runs off aad bac fssos aad £ffllltaM& ^SfiadMD article. There wae a dissenting opinion of Jaaticc Shires, la which the Chief Justice and Justices Brewer and Deck bam joined. They based their diseeat upon the*theory that Congress has ex clusive control of Interstate commerce. THE SOUTH IS THREATENED- QUESTION OF APPORTIONMENT. Extreme Repablioans Want to Oat Down Representation to Actual Vote Cast. Mr. Wm. E. Curtis, the most noted newspaper correspondent in Washing- gton, In dlsousslnf- the reapportion- ment in Congress, writes as follows: The fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States pro vides that representatives la Congress shall be apportioned among the States .according to thel? respective numbers, counting the whble number of persons In each State, excluding Indians not taxed ; but when the right to vote at any election, etc., is denied to any of the male inhabitants of such State, etc., or In any way abridged, etc., the basis of representation shall be reduc ed in the proportion which the number of such male citizens shall bear to the whole number of male citizens 21 years of age In each State. The census returns, which are now being computed, will show the number of male citizens In each State. The returns from the recent elections In Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro lina, Mississippi and other of the South ern States which have disfranchised the colored population will show the number allowed to vote. If a different basis of calculation is desired, the cen- sua returns will give the number of illiterates In each State. Several of the Southern States, in order to pro hibit negroes from voting, have estab lished aa educational qualification. Persons who cannot read -and write are not allowed to vote unless they served in the Confederate army or their parents were voters prior to the adoption-of the fifteenth amendment That lets la the “ poor white trash. 1 * As educational qualification prevails la Massacbusetts, Rhode Island and perhaps some of ths other States a* well aa la tbsSoith.but was adopted for different reasons. It Is difficult to see how Congress caa ignore the fonrtaeath amendment in preparing the reapporlioemenl MU wbtcb will be acted upon at the earn Ion, aad the atteatioe of Repi tellvo Hopklae. who will be chairman of the committee, 1* renpectfnllfsdl- rected to that Instrument Aceordior to the constitution the epportioameal must be based upon the population of the different Steles, after dedectlig the number of illiterates that beve bee* disfranchised la Massechusetu, South Caro.Isa aad elsewhere. If this Is not doe* the epportloeaseat la* asav be eel aside es void, If anybody will Inks the trouble to bring tbs ’nailer before the supreme court Bom* of the Hepubilcaa lenders are oooferrlag as to ths propriety of apply ing this eooetUatlooal pro* • c i Sou tears Stales, which would about one third aad la some c half of their repress*tatioc is Con greee aad la the electoral eoilag*. If the vote of South Carol lam for exam ole. Is mad* e basis of apportionment, tent hint* will be ea titled to oe* mem bar of Ceng rue i, heoaaso the entire duibbur of ballots cast la ths saves Coagreaeiosal district* did aot exceed the number polled for some of member* from the North, Yet thee* state booth Caroilae dle- irtcle hat* eaves times as much re pro eeatetloe la Congress aad the alsctotal ool.egs a* the dutrlcta la the North If nay on* will take the trouble to look at the returns he will eotleo that very few Kepubiloea votee are over cast boath of Teaeeasee aad Missouri No caa vase was mad* by the Kepabil- caas this year la nay of the Oalf state* or la South Ceroilee, Georgia or Ar- Tb* reason for this was re cently explalaad la the Called staips qdIo by Mr. Tlilmea, who said ** we them, we bnlldosed them, ** them, aad fisallf drove them sway frjpa the polls.” Under ths TUI- mna*y*i<-ai. for exempts, Mr. Norton of South Carolina, was elected to Coe gress by 1,7115 votes to 151 for Mr Kvaa*. his oppoeeat, while Mr. Cald well. of Illinois, received 23 293, against 21,053 for bis opponent. Mr. Caldosll Cong ran* from Sou lb Carolina ot Ml isalppl. Mr. Fpe*,of Illinois, received the Southern States to have such an excessive representation In the elec toral collage aad la the national con- vehtlonk which nominate the Presi dent. If the negro is not to participate in the government he should not be represented In Congress or in the elec toral college, and those who prohibit his participation ought not to enjoy the advantage they receive by the disfranchisement of a part of their population. t ‘This is not n new question, but it wl oome at the approaching session of Congress with more force ttmn ever before. Some of the Republican lead ers—and I understand that the Presi dent is among them—think It would not be wUe to do anything that will excite unfriendly feeling In the South, because so many business men in that Motion are leaving the Democratic party and coming over to the Republi cans. THE NEGRO A8 A LABORER r HOW THE LAW lb ENFORCED. CHAIRMAN JON asxl STONEWALL JACKSON'S WIDOW. The Relict of a Soatbern Hero—The Story ot Her Lift. A correspondent of the Chicago Chronicle jwnn recently fa Charlotte, N. C., and wrote ns follows conoerning tbe widow of Stonewall Jackson : Mrs. Jackson is now over 70 years old, and, though suffering and sorrow have added their traces to those of the passing years, her face still retains much of the' fascination and beauty which enthralled the then awkward, diffident young military cadet from Lexington when he first met her a* Anna Morrison at the home of Gen. David Hill. Her black, luxuriant hair has few traces of gray aad her black eyes are piercing and lustrous stliL Since tbe death of Mrs. J nekton's only child, Mrs. Christian, several years ago, she has devoted her life to her grandchildren, who reside with her. Her home is a plain two-story building on Trade street. To the un pretentious dwelling, however, a plotu resqua charm Is (Ivso by ivy and madorla vines climbing at will about the veraoda, violet bordered walks leadiag to the hospitable doorway nod •lately magnolias casting their lesw- rlaat foliage over the whole. Within Is the refined auaospber* of a typical bouthera home, la the drawing room tbe most coasptcuoa# object 1* a large oil painting of General Jackson. Dor trait* of other herons whose memories are still sacred la ths heart# of old Cooiederatm are also hnag every where upon the walls, isterspersed with tailored flags aad other trophies of the lost reuse Bor* the widow of o*c of the great military gealuse* of the world has iritrr'’ ber peaceful days, busied with ear house hold duties or taper tatoad- lag the education of her gr*... la her “ Life of J ’•Tbe bom* of my girlbood was a large, old-fashioned house, surrounded by aa esteaslfo grove of plan forest tress, aa a plaatatloa la Lincoln Coaaty, North Caroline Mi father was K.-v. Dr. Robert Hall Morr.^n. the flrst president of Davidson college. He eelverelty of | o.ss^as Polk. Bishop la ebsreb aad 'tt cks up la the comer of the whips ths whole gaag and Permanent Hecorus—A subject that has been attracting attention on the part of governments is the par mantney of the State official records which, owljg to the fact that many are printed or written on perishable paper, ere likely to disappear entirely inwme., In th<s respect ancient books and pant ing serve as models, since both lex and paper have remained in as good con dition as when originally used. The books read by Columbus and bis entries on the margins are extant In perfect condition, and In the custom bouse records may be found in clear black letters the reward which he received for his discoveries. In contrast to this may be cited the case In which the signers of the receipt for the amount paid in Alabama claims are beginning to fade and have already turned brown Two reasons are assigned for the speedy deterioration of modern paper; first, its preparation from wood pulp not thoroughly prepared ; and second ly, the. use of heavily loaded papers necessary for printing with photogra phic process blocks. The Prussian f government new demands that paper ntended for official use shall come u to certain standards of quality whlcl it has established and provides for of ficial tests. It is believed that paper made of wood pulp is not to be altogeth er condemned If the resinous matter is eliminated and nothing but the wood cellulose allowed to remain. —A resident of Plymouth, Mass., Dr. Isaac L. Wood, has brought a couple of -apples from an orchard at Ham loops, British Columbia,.just the ordl nary fruit of that region: One of them measures 15} Inches in circumference and weighs 23 ounces, and the other is nearly as large. Dr. Wood was at the agricultural fair at Kamloops where he saw an apple which weighed 29 ounce*. A single apple is enough to make a pie of the usual household size. —Columbia and Charleston have asked for the next session of the South Caroline Methodist Coaferencs e gradual* of btete, aad ot D res Id eel Jamas K Grass aad ctaers of Mrs. Jackson's mother was Mary daagbter of Gsa. Joseph Graham of Revolutionary fame, and sister of Gee. W. A. Graham, who was rulery of ta* aery * Mra Jackson was oes of ta# tea chil dren, six daagbter* eed tour soas. bbe uch of her oerty llfo la Waeb- agtoa with her eac*e, Gee. Graham. While oe a visit to Lexlsgtoa, Ve-, el hsr futur* husband, then Prof. T. J- Jackson, whom she married la Jaly. 1*7- Uea. Jackson died la 1963, May 10, aad left his widow aad ohlld, a girl, Julia, who uas but a tow months aid. The two aad skillful old aursa, Hetty, rstaraed to lb* Morrl- horns la Llaoola Count*, wbsr* they lived a quint Ilf* until Julia was randy to eater college, wbun the moth ur aad child moved to Chari tie. After finishing school Julia married An exfitalnatloo of the returns from South Carolina shows a singular uni formity la the number of vote* cast la 1890 for five of the seven members as follows : First district Second district........ Tblid district Fourth district Fifth district Sixth district. Seventh district Totals Dem. 3,030 4 073 4 029 4.467 4 230 1.705 4,433 U‘p 1,529 122 332 165 None 151 595 2,804 20,027 Ippl furnishes a similar illus trntlou. The largest number of votes cast for any member of Congress from that State was 4,943. In one district the Republican candidate received 58, in another 373, in another 142, in an other 327 and in another 171, while In two remaining districts no Republican votes were cast at all. The country districts of Illinois offer a good comparison : Dem. Re: Eleventh district 16,5Q4 20,600 Twelfth district.. 14,178 21,484 Thirteenth district.’.. 14,977 20,635 Fourteenth district... 19,431 21,417 Fifteenth district. ... 20,901 21,143 Sixteenth district*...... 21.682 17,021 Seventeenth district. . ‘23,2$3 21,063 Totals 131,026 143,253 The entire number of votes cast for members of Congress in the seven dls trlcts of South Carolina was 28,831, and in the seven districts of Mlsslsslpp 25,797, while in the seveq districts in Illinois, where the average.Is about the same as through the Northern States, the number of votes oast was 274,379. Thus, In UllnoU 274,379 voters have seven representatives, or an aver age of one member of Congress to 39,197 voters. In Mississippi there Is a repre sentative for every 3,683 voters, and In South Carolina one for every 4,119, Tbe average member of Congress from Illinois represents 10,000 more voters than all the seven representatives from South Carolina or the seven from Mis* laslppl combined. ’ Other lessons can be drawn from this comparison. It Is equally unjust for board Air Lin* railroad at Portsmouth, Va. Mrs. Jackson lived with the young couple in St. Paul, Minn., Mia aeapolla nod other western towns uj to 1889, when Mra. Christian died after which she returned to her home In Chprlotte and brought with her Julia and Jackson Christian, her grand children. Miss Christian, sister of Mr*. Jackson's son In-law, cams to live with her. Mrs. Jackson was always an Interest log person. She lived a quiet life among her friends and relatives. Dur ing this quiet and comparatively lone ly life she conceived an Idea of pub llahlng the character of her husband, especially as a legacy for ber grand children, who were too young to re member hearing from her own Ups the reminiscences of their hero grand father. , ‘ It wa* by her close application to this writing, in addition to tbe almost burdensome correspondence which her position entailed upon her, that caused the strain on the nerves around the eye, which brought her years of suf fering and will bring death. She ha< the nerves cut several years ago, but the relief was only temporary. The result of the operation now performed in Baltimore Is dangerous and awaited here with much anxiety by her friends. Mrs. Jackson’s Charlotte home very near ^he Southern railway sta tion, where’an aged Mexican war vet eran who served under Jackson, has stood tor years as guard. He took great pride In guarding Mrs. Jackson and lost no opportunity to point out the house to strangers. The house Is ‘a plain two-story frame building and the yard Is adorned by several beauti ful evergreen trees. When at home Mrs. Jackson lived a simple but plea sant life, surrounded by her bright grandchildren, who are now .off at school. Mrs. Jackson spent part of every year at Lexington, Va., her health permitting. It was there that she •pent her married life Anil where her husband and daughter are burled. —The Charleston Exposition Com pany will probably ask the Legisla ture for 150,000,. with whiph to erect a State building and provide exhibit*. Whites Best fbr the Cotton Mills ami Negroes Best fbr Cotton f ields of the loath. , The question of the employment of negroes in Southern cotton mills has been taken up by the industrial com mission, before which James L. Orr, president and treasurer of tbe Pied mont Manufacturing Company, South Carolina, testified that, as a rule, no negro help was employed In thocot ton mills except for such labor as D £ laced upon scavengers, firemen, etc. lr. Orr believes that preference should be given to white labor as long as It can be got, beoause it has had a hard time In the South In oompetition with negro labor, and this Is the only sphere, as It were, set aside for it* benefit. So far aa he Is concerned, he K ropoees to use white labor whenever e can do so to advantage. Negro labor was used In the South for a num ber of years before the war to a limited extent, and fi case is cited at the late Saluda mill, near Columbia, where some negro labor was employed. Some mills use negroes on the pickers in the picker room. . - —Hr. Orr did not consider It desirable to mix the races In their employment. In the first place, between the class of hands that work In the mill aad the negro laborer there Is considerable feeling, and, In the ^Second place, the social feature that It would bring about would be objectionable. This feeling Is not carried to the same extent on the farms nor In the mines, ^ there the labor coiisDU principally of men, whereas la the cotton mills there Is a large number of women. The tendency of colored labor In South Carolina Is to work for a less rate of wages than thn white, as they oan liv* on very much less, and the effect Is to hold down white labor to a lower level. In tbe matter of tbe colonisation of tbe negro, which has been advocated by some of the witnesses before the commission, tbs judgment of Mr. Orr | that It would be a great misfor tune to thn South If any scheme of colonization should be carried oat. Nuffnrtebor Is ths best for ths farm that the South can get. Negroes can live on lens aad they caa do more work whea properly treated than nay other class of laibor that ths South baa. But for tbs negro labor thn South oould not live oa five oeet cotton, and la his oplaloa war* It aot for five cent cotton ta* boath would not be able to control the cottoa markets of the world. Mr. Orr beiftves that the negro has retrograded la latelllnnos la the low er counties of South Caroltaa—that Is •laoa the control of the whites bees removed—where they gather la I large bodies by themselves aad where they have no assoclailoa with the ' whit* people, la the self bburbood of 1 J led moat the negroes work as oar- punier# eed bricklayers by the side of i the white*. This I* particularly seen Is ths building of mills aad ware- bouses, etc, upon which negro car prni«r« plasterers eed others work tth the while people.—New Y ork Commercial. DR WHIlblTT GROWS BOLDER H* Declares That the Southern Hag Unto am Divided aa to Whether They Am PvnSuuiama Rev. Dr. William H. Whltsltt, late tresldeat of lb* Southern Baptist Thso- offloal setalaary, mad* a notable ad- before ths Baptist Goar runs, which has been la suasion at Rich- Va.. la which ha adhered to his old position with rufaruoos to Baptist history, which cruatad such a ooatro- versy la ths daaomtaetioa, aad his utterances war* area bolder thas here tofore Dr. Whltsltt said : Soothers Baptists are divided la seatlmeat. Os# party asserts that Bap tist* are not Droleslaata; tbs other as serts that no maa caa bs s Baptist ex cept Is name oaly, who Is not also a Drote*last. TV> hold aad teach ths doctrine of a universal spiritual church which, only with respect of the Inter nal work of the spiritual truth of grace, mav be called Invisible, Is alike a tnffrte of Protestant aad of Baptist stood to be a mark of Romanism. Many Southern Usptists deny that doctrine. The doctrine that baptism la essential here patronlzod-by all class* of ^hshuTh^l.-n,' wple who drlnET But tfiepoHco wnsbie U) nrf>*urnii isble to get evidence to convict. I - «“.^1* I at tew From the mayors of Gitlaa With Suggestions About the Die pensary. The following replies to the oirbutar latter of Governor McSweeney have been received from mayors of towns and cities In reference to the enforce ment of tbe dispenkary law : Mayor Arch B. Calvert, of Spartan burg, says an to the sentiment of that city la reference to the enforcement of the law: "There is some opposition to tbe law here." Intendant Wm. H. Richardson, of Summerville, says he "thinks the law Is being violated to a limited extent" In that town. He makes the following suggestion as to constables: "A relia ble dbnstnble, not of our locality, might do some good, as we suvpect some par ties." Mayor J. J. Waters, of Rook Hill, says he needs a special constable be cause "we are near the State line, be ing a border county.” Ho says the law Is being violated "to a considerable ex tent, but in a way we cannot prevent.” He says further: 4 "There are blind tigers our peo are unable to get My opinion Is that this Is because there Is no dispensary established here. I believe there Is a growing santlment in favor of the eetablishmeat of a dispen sary, but don't think In base of an eleo tlon now that one #ould be allowed. I think in the course of a few more years tbe sentiment will demand it, ae we ( :et no revenue and yet have liquor sold n considerable 'quitetitle*. A special constable here would belp to suppress tbe Illegal sales, and to catch blind tiger uquor. I find as a role It Is hard to get policemen, who have a variety of duties to perform, to look after the dispensary law with the same lalereet ns special constable*.” Intendant W. A. Smith, of McCor mick, seys: "I think avsry magistrate should be requested to enforce tbe law to the letter or step down and out nod let one la that will. Inteodaot Smith didn't add that tbe same accusation ha makes against magistrate* might also apply to sonar rqstyors nod Inlendaat* Mayor W. H. Kennedy, of KJngstre*. writes la reply to the question whether the city council I* lu favor ot ths strict esfuroemsatof ths law: "Tbe Intend- aat Is a dispensary advocate, but majority of council err opposed ” Mayor K. T. Wiileea, of ’— Tflgr “1 tqins the enforcement of the dls paasAry law depends to a great extent oa the elty aad town officials. la any eagro«*t All wars has 1 town the sts* be absolutely dels." The mayor* say the law Is of Mar toe the lav enforced by town off! of Dlckaas aad Chaster enforced aad ta*y have eo suggestions to make. Motor G. F. Tolly ha* replied to the circular letter ofOov. McBweeaey la reference to tbe aaforceaev at of the dis pensary law la Anderson by lb* polios authorltlu* without the aid Of State coos ta bits Mayor Tolly’s net were to the queries of the chief executive are as follows: Q—Is the dispensary law etrteUy en forced la your towu ? A—Kmpbttcally yea, there le aot a towe la to* but* where It M better eeforoed. g -Have you glvu lestructloas to your poll** to ea force the law f A—Yes. aad they have faithfully performed their duty. g—Do you need a special bta}a con- staole to aselst the municipal fldthor- itle* la 1U rsforcemeat- A-No. g—Is tho seatlmeat of your town Ip favor of the dispensary law end 1M strict eaforoemeal f A—The people here nr* divided as to the bust solution of the liquor qsee- tloa, but all favor the strict enforce ment of the law. . g—Are you aad your dtp council La favor of the strict enforcement of the law? A-Ye*. g—Is tbs law being violated la your town at prevent nod to what extent? A—No violations of nay kind. Ws is tired Seoktpr Jams* K. Jones, the Democratic,, national has spoken ns follows in a view : 5 " The election result was a i prise to all Democrat*. All of ,uoc ®*s Mutt the sweeping Republican victory «an>e as a sen— shock. Even on tbe avealbg of the 1 before election rcMeuriof Id* came from leaders that New Tc **fe for Brian aad from law other pivotal Stales that the _ crats were sura to wlm It was these forecasts that buoyed us ap to tho laat moment and made the actual rroalt more sUrtlinf. Mr ’ Bryan Is a groat maa, ona th , e F®* 4 **' la Amortoa today, aad his Influence will Da fait for many years to come in American politico. He Is a giant la intellect kadtimSy Indefatigable la the prosecution ol a campaign. Whether he will ba a oao* didst* for the Presidency ia the aoar presume, that he wohld da- cllne the nomination even should it ba offered to him. " Reorganisation ? Oh, that’s all* nonsense. There’s nothing la it aad it will blow over la thirty days. It la precipe ted by those who deserted tho ptrty and gave aid aad comfort to the enemy nod done not represent tho strength or the spirit of the genuine Democracy. What they would do M to adoot all the policies of tho Ropub- icaa party aad be Democrats only la name. But, granting that there Is ceuve or strength for ths so-called sw- organlzetlon, who has the power within the party to do it now ? Not tho dlO* grootled disorganize™ who have rafted ths Issue. If there U to ba a rooma!- zailon of aatloaal committee or plat form it can not, ba dons for foar years, or us til the next aatloaal ooavaatftn. ■ " As to the Issaae, they mast depend largely upon the national aad Inter aa tloaal deie.opmeote of the next foar yean. It may be laid ddatefoCaSb— however, that the Democratic party will, never, vary from He aetabltsbef fund am.-rial*, t strlfi ooaotrwtifta *f the coostltailoo aad aa oawavurtag ad here ooe to It* principle* aad aa OOP- oomloaliy administered government lor the benefit of the governed. The silver my solve Itself, ghould the •mount of gold prodaoad ha ample to talatala asufficlaat volsmsof matallft money, aad laser* the subiiiiy *f price*, the etlver qsestiea will he sub orilanted ; but should the supply fall short of the demand*of trade the silver lesuoa will he made prnmleenl The leetioa of Imperialism may afto lad solution outside the balftt hen. I believe the supreme court will deetd* ■dalaot the Porto Rloaa law, aad, should this ha doaa, there will b* a revulsion oa the part of the themselves against the of the Philippines. • Rat just issues of 1904 will he no oao diet with nay degree of i —It Is said that told la the seetew you.” the* ia aay to English * -A pious old lady Christian V ' inch Impressed by the 1 am gied tei la ala with the si love to e staging, hen- r Hi s —After spend Is bottom of s well, Thomas bellivaa, lad., n for his long la Inch rubber itijlll water aad food to him h- ng dag OUt. t -Despite artificial ladlgo by i which was oao* eo Carolina planters rule, is now cultivated to salvation appeared shortly after the apostolic age, ena brought la It* wake baptism of necessity, which, la all ages, has been commonly performed by -aspersion end effusion. It was not long before the distinctive principle of bap tism began by this means to be over thrown. Tbe Inst man who Is shown to have held and practiced U was Menus, who wrote a letter to Cyprian, of Car thage, about the year 225, In which he appears to have advocated the Baptist contention. Afler that date, though many churches and parties held and practiced immersion, no record has ever yet been discovered of any who held and practiced that it Is essential to baptism until the Baptists were restored In 1641. Furthermore, his toric testimony regarding tbe re-lntro- duction of Immersion in 1641, after tbe rite had long been disused, was abun dant, definite, circumstantial, consis tent ^and quite as conclusive as tbe historic testimony that Napoleon tbe First was named Emperor of France In 1804. It is rejected by our Baptists who are not Protestants, but that is merely tbe result of tkeir substantially Cath olic position." Dr. Whltsltt declared : " So far as E * resent research has gone, no Baptist as been found between A. D. 255 and 1641, yet tbe exigencies of tbe Baptists who are not Protestants absolutely re- 3 ulre that a chain of Baptists shall be emonstrated to exist in the actual succession for every day of that pe riod.”, 11 - —The last day of October closed the fiscal year of the State of New Jersey. During tbe year, according to the re port of the finance department, forty- one trusts were organized under the law*, of the State with a capital rang ing from 16,000,000 to 8160,000,000— none are reported under five million* —and with a total-capitalization of •900,000,000. During the last tqrh years the State has received from charters other here outside of tbe dispensary g—Have you any suggestions to make as to a better enforcement of it or any change In the lew Itself ? A—No, but If every town and city will enforce the law as strictly ae w* do you would not have any use for tbe coustnbulsry. The Intendant of Walhille seys that the law is not strictly enforced la that town, la reply to .the question wheth er tbe sentiment of the town is in favor of the law and Its enforcement, Intend- nnt Uollemnn replies: ‘ Not In favor of the enforcement.” He says he Is satisfied “that there are several blind tiger* In and around the town." As to suggestions, Mr. Holleman says: "En force It in the larger cities and towns and smaller ones will be no trouble.” Mayor Wm. Audersoe, of Blacksburg,' says the law Is being enforced In this town "as far as It Is possible to be done.” He says he “can’t say that the sentiment of our town Is in favor of the law itself as a solution of the liquor problem.” . * •' Intendant Barnee, of Ridge Spring, says the law is not enforced In that town, and adds: "We.are In favor of a detective to get the evidence and we will enforce the law." He adds: “I am satisfied it (the dispensary law) is being violated, by at least one man, and he is getting his liquor from the dis pensary.” As to fuggestions as to the betterment of the law, he says: "I am sure if the dispensers would do duty strictly wo would have fewer blind tigers.” Intendant Barnes, as a supplement to his answer to tbe cir^ cular questions, writes: "In regard to the better enforcement of the dis pensary law, we suggest that more at tention be paid to the dispensers, for we feel sure tbey sell liquor to parties that retail it. We are satisfied that the grekter portion of liquor sold in our town comes directly from the dlspen la Indigo ft grown. Invested to the at- Hon of dollar*, while in other years the fees received from tbe same tource amounted to only a few thousands ao- ouslly. The fee (or chartering a trust company Is 8200 on tbe millioo. —Tbe corner stone of the Charles ton Exposition Building wilt* be laid _ ^ _ December U. The speakers' will be for tiusts a sum amounting to s .fflti- ’ Governor McSweeney. Governor Cead three districts < son* of European < teat of no 370,000 acres are under There are TOO Englishmen nod working oa the "ooooarae" factories aad plantations are called—aad 1,500,000 natives, dlgo concern may occupy i tween 1,000 and 10,000 acres,’ each cul tivated nor* producing, oa aa avarage, about fifteen pounds to twenty pounds of Indigo. —Circulars have bean Issued direct ing attention to tbe fact that ths ninth annual session of the Natioeal Irriga tion Congress will be held ia Chicago beginning November 21. The motto of the Congress, " Save the forests stiff •tore the floods,” Is ooe that may bs adopted by the whole people of tha United States. Arid lends are oosflasff U> the West, but problems of forestry end water conservation are oommoa ft tbs whole Union. Consequently what ever Is done for the redemption of tha arid lands will serve as valuable les sons for the people of States whars there Is abundant rainfall. The plan of the Congress ia a comprehensive on* and ample opportunity Is given for tha representation of all InMfresft. The circular announces: "The bsss authori ties ou Irrigation and' forestry ha vs been secured to speak and give Illus trated lectures, and' men of a fame and renown as orators aad men will address the Congr— ” OUR GREATEST HPBCIALI8T. For 20 years Dr. J. Newton Hathaway has so successfully treated chronic diseas es that hs is acknowledged today to staffa at the heed ot his profession in this lias. His exclusive method of treats*ant for Varicocele and Stricture, without of knifk or cautery curse la 90 par i all cases In ths treatment of Vital Fores*. Nervous and Urifaarv Complaints, Poisoning, Rheumatism, C eases peculiar to soassn, hs is successful. Dr. Hathaway's mors than double that of an* < Casas pronounced hr Ipless If i ler, of Georgia, and. Senator Tillman. A party of twelve prominent gentle men from^Iew York, Including archi tects. newspaper men and magazine writers, will attend the ceremonies.'