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' J- " J 5c s y ?v . The Bamberg Herald. ESTiBHSHEI>~ltlAV" Isf, 1KSI. ~a7w7KXIG1TT, Editor. rrrr?:? ? ' Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?|i.oo per inch for first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made for three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices 8c. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published utdess paid for. Thursday, June 27* 1901. If Governor McSweeney lias any idea of running for office of any kind again, O J O ' he had better make some determined effort to enforce the dispensary law in Charleston. From all that we can gather, fie law is being violated more flagrantly and openly now than at any time since its adoption. It was charged in the last^. campaign that McSweeney had agreed not to enforce the dispensary law in Charleston in exchange for the vote of that city, and many people are beginning to believe that this is true. The present condition of affairs is a shame and disgrace to South Carolina and the governor, and he should either enforce the law or acknowledge that he cannot and resign. The striking machinists will win the resnect of nobodv by their lawlessness and lose the sympathy of some by such :-l:. _ action. But it is always the same. Very ^ few strikes ever occur unless there is property destroyed, and men who are trying to make an honest living are beaten and abused. It is high time such things were stopped. It is all right for men to strike but they should not interfere with the property or employees of the company or corporation against whom they have a grievance. The property of a corporation is entitled to protection just as much as that of the individual, and strikers should be taught a severe lesson along this line. All this talk about building a home for needy Confederate soldiers is humbug, of the worst sort, and is not being done to benefit the old veterans who are in bad ?. .. circumstances. Of course it will help ^ . any city to have such an institution located within her borders, and we notice that Columbia is in favor of the home, and, of course, wants it located in the r>;tv We want, no "noor house" ""r for Confederate soldiers. Let the State give them all the help possible in the way of a pension and let them stay at home - among their relatives and friends the balance of their days. The idea of building a "poor house" for the men who suffered for the cause of the South ! Its littie short of an insult to them. President Loubet to Americans. The first magazine article written by M. Loubet since he became President of the French Republic will appear in The Saturday Evening Post for July 13. This important paper, entitled Young Men and the Republic, after touching upon our p.'" pleasant relations with the French Rep public, continues with a significant reference to the attitude of France toward the ?|' other Powers: The masterlv summing up with which the article concludes is a fine expression of the strong republican spirit which reigns in France to-day. Young Men and the Republic was writ' ten expressly for The Saturday Evening Post, and will appear in no other magazine. The illustrations are reproductions | of private photographs taken by President Loubet's son. Seldom has a better chance for "stayat-home traveling" been offered fhan in The Ladies' Home Journal for July. From i West Point, as pictured by George Gibbs ^? oiTthe cover, readers may go with W. L. Taylor to see "A Busy Boston Street at. High Noon"; next tiy "Goin' Fishiu' with Joe Jefferson" in Florida; then travel West with Ernest Seton-Thompson to see "The Mother Teal and the Overland Route"; next go along the Atlantic Coast to find out how the place tix-rlar* TY IICI C VJ Hi VUUlltl > m ^au ivv/ao w uwj , then seek Northern Michigan to hear "The Story of a Maple Tree," by William Davenport Hulbert; next visit an Eastern magazine editor's office and enjoy the good humored raillery of "The Case Against the Editor," by Edward Bok; and finally see what "The Countrv of Sheridan's Hide" looks like now-adays. There are many other articles of equal interest on various subjects. By The Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia. One dollar a vear; ten cents a 1111 copy' You Know What You Are Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure^nopay^Pg^J^. ji?. A Missouri editor^aakee the following ^announcement in ffis own paper of his F "r own marriage : "For the first time we were married W Wednesday. We have contemplated this step for a long time, but lack of funds has always prevented, until we finally decided to get married and trust to Providence for the rest. The subscription rates of The Record will remain at the same price. Only the immediate relatives were present at the ceremony. Our views on the nioney question will remain the same, only we need more of it. Will go to housekeeping in the Aisquith home on Second ^ street." _ Marriage Follows a Picnic. Willistox, June 21.?The forty-first annual Goose Pond picnic was held near here yesterday. Formerly it was only a local affair, but of iate years the local attendance has developed, while that from the outside has greatly increased. The number of visitors present was quite large, Barnwell, Blackville, and Augusta being """'o?> cnrmnn/linif well ICJilCSCUieu, t? vxiv ouxivuumhiq conutry. It was followed last night by a ball in the Weatliersbee hall. A happy incident of the occasion was a marriage in Williston. The contracting parties, Mr. R C. Gigniallat and Miss Genie P. Creech, came over from Barnwell to enjoy the pleasures of the day with other friends, hut attended by a sister of Miss Creech, they sought the services of Rev. W. M. Jones, who performed the ceremony in the parlors of the Williston Inn. The party then returned to the picnic grounds where they were met with the happy congratulations of their numerous friends. Mr. Giguiallat is a capable and ellicient telegraph operator of the Southern railway, in Barnwell, while the bride is a pretty and accomplished daughter of our worthy sheriff. Assistant Principal L>obson,ofthe Vorl:ville graded school, has been elected to Sliced Principal J. E. Sauders in the high school. Prof. Sanders is j^^^^fcthc summer in Greenville. ^^^^Rable Vaucluse, a charming petij frhu^Vof Atlanta, Ga., is visiting her .colh^ mate, of former days. Miss ElizabetliMixson. Among the other visitors " Miss Angel Cheatham, of Edgetield, is a #uest of Miss Lula Hamilton. Miss May no Mixson, of (Columbia, and Miss Willis, of iReceh Island, are with Mrs. John Wise. Call a^^mberg Pharmacy aud get a free sample^ of Chamberlain's Stomach And Liver Tablets. They are an elegant physic. They also improve the appetite, strengthen the digestion aud regulate the liver and bowels. They are easy to take And pleasant in effect. Allendale Items. Ai.i.kndai.k, .lime 21.?The rains have held tin at last am! the fanners aretr\iiig to conquer "(.Jen. (Jreen." Tin- un la voluble weather iu this section which has been so continuous and incessant since the plant iti it season, has done untold dam age, and fanners here despair of making more than half a crop. Two marriages in our town of recent date have attracted much interest. <>n the 13th iust. Miss Louise, youngest daughter of Capt. and Mrs. Leliov Wilson, was married to Mr. Eugene Weissingcr, ol Blackville. The bride is one of our best and brightest flowers and the groom is a j most successful busiuess man in his town.; On the 19th inst. Miss l'hoebe Oswald: was led to the altar at the Baptist church and united in holy wedlock to Mr. (J. B. Kearse, of Ehrhardt. The proposed oil mill, although given ? r ... *u:., |,.,c M(,t Mbandoli up U?l ini> sca^'ii, ed, for it is confidently expected to li:i\ * I it built by next season. Our town needs such enterprises and energetic citizens to push them. Mr. Arthur Buist Bryan, a B. S. graduate of Clemson college, and who lias just received the degree of B. of Bit. from the University of Nashville after two years' residence there, has been elected to the department of English at his alma mater, Clemson college, at the meeting of the board on the ll>th inst. A most delightful "At Home" was given by Mr. and Mrs. Warren Montague a few evenings ago, and everybody who bad the pleasure of going is under obligations to the host and hostess for a charming evening. Sqnare Fight in South Carolina. The telegraphic news rumor that the South Carolina politicians will try to force McLaurin out of the State primary will prove a boomerang if really att empted by the executive committee. There ought to be the widest discussion of democratic policies and platforms during the next few years. The details of the important issues and planks on which the party will go before the country at the next general election arc not worked out. It is safe to say that the people and not the politicians will shape these matters. The old line democrats in South Carolina and in other Southern States would doubtless like to limit and proscribe democratic doctrine. They would doubtless like to make 10 to 1, support of Bryan and a thousand and one populistie doctrines still the measuring yard. It is hardly possible that the old timers can keep the party vote, clinging to political corpses. They would defeat themselves and their own purposes if they were to do so. The only chance for practical political success is to put new life, new ideas, new vim and energy, enthusiasm and patI riotism and a great "deal of practical prosperity points into the make-up of the next I platform. Such a platform will more nearly approach the ideal, Jefferson democracy than anything we've had in years. In order to do this, the party ought to invite all the people to co-operate and come into party primaries and in the general discussion. If the democratic party is going to be the people's party, such is the proper course. If it is going to degenerate into the personal party machine of Bryan and of Tillman. Senator Jones or any of the national, State or county politicians, then it had best change its name to suit its new purposes ?Augusta Herald. Didn't Marry For Money. The Boston man, who lately married a sickly rich young woman, is happy now, for he got Dr.King'sNew Life Pills,which restored her to perfect health. Infallible for jaundice, biliousness, malaria, fever, and ague and all liver and stomach troubles. Gentle but effective. Only 25c at J. B. Black's and Thos. Black's. No Use for a Bribe. A good lesson was once taught the giv? -V nil- /I ,! er oi a dfidp. ine lnums vuiuimuuuu Las tolil the story thus: Colonel Ludlow, who was chief of the water department of a large citj*, one day received a call from a wealthy manufacturer, whose establishment had many favors to ask of the department. Before this man made his request he handed the colonel a fifty dollar bill, which the Col. laid upon the desk before him, without saying a word. When his visitor rose to go, however, he inquired: "Now, my dear sir, what is this for?" holding up the bill. "Oh, that's to buy cigars for the boys!" "Yes; then I suppose you are fond of the weed?" The manufacturer acknowledged that he did like a good cigar. "Then allow me," said the chief, in hi* most genial manner, "to insist upon your trying one of these." He took two cigars from a box, lighted his own with the fifty dollar bill and passed the burning paper to his amazed visitor. The man said nothing, but he never made a second attempt" to bribe Colonel Ludlow. A Sprained Ankle Quickly Cured. "At one time I suffered from a severe sprain of the ankle," savs Geo. E. Cary, editor of the Guide, Washington, Va. "After using several well recommended medicines without success, I tried Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and am pleased to say that relief came as soon as I began its use and a complete cure speedily followed." Sold by Bamberg Pharmacy. The Little Dog's Champion. Contractor Thomas Kean, of Cumberland, has a horse and a little dog t hat are fast fjiends. This moruing, while the horse was left standing in me street, a large dog fiercely attacked the little dog. The horse took in the situation and deliberately walked to the scene of the tight, and with one powerful stroke of the forefoot instantly killed the big dog.?Baltimore Sun. A Good Cough Medicine. It speaks well for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy when druggists use it in t 1m ir own families in preference to any otlur. "I have sold Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for the past five years with complete satisfaction to myself ami customers," says Druggist J. Goldsmith, Van Ktten, N. Y. "I have always used it in my own family both for ordinary coughs ami colds and for the cough following la grippe, and find it very efficacious." For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. Eczema, saltrheum, tetter, chafing, ivy poisoning and all skiu troubles are quickly cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. The certain pile cure. Bamberg Pharmacy. "Ef, ez some says, hell is in dc sun," observes Brother Dickey, "1 powerful glad dey done fin' some black spots 011 it. ' kaze dat means dey's a few shade trees dar. Howsouiever, hit may he dat <h black spots comes ever' time dey pitches a nigger in J" Dyspeptics cannot be long lived, because to live requires nourishment. Food is not nourishing until it is digested. A disordered stomach cannot digest food, it must have assistance. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests all kinds of food without aid from the stomach, allowing it to rest and regain its natural functions. Its elements are exactly the same as the nat ural digestive fiuids, aud it simply can't hclj but do you good. Bamberg Pharmacy. "The new telegraph editor is a humorist." "Well?" "He heads an account of the cannibal islanders eating the German scientist:'Trouble in their midst.'"?Cleveland ' Plain Dealer. Danger, disease and death follow nog i! loot of ill*' bowels. Use De\> itt s Mtt U , Early Misers to rxgjjlate them and you t will add years to your Ijfje. ami life to vour years. Easy to take, nevf'f gripe Bamberg Pharmacy. ; This signature is on every box of tbo genuine Laxative Brorao-Quinine Tablets the repiody thai ewes a cold In one day McLAURIN'S DEMOCRACY, j His Position Stated Reviews the His- | tory of tho Parly?Differentiate. | the Principles of Democracy Fron | Republicanism?Declares He Is Koi at Variance With the Principles oi I the Great >lcn of the Past. Bexxkttsville. June 4.?Special: Th( following correspondence explains itself Fi.oi:ks<e. S. C., June 3. 1901. Hon. John L. McLaurin, Beunettsville | S. C.?Dear Sir: I have taken great inter est in the political outlook, and as a matter of instruction ask that you differentiate between your views and the views held by leading Republicans. Most of us see no difference, but perhaps you car show some difference; if so. please do it, as I am not inclined to condemn you without a hearing. Yours truly, . \V. F. CLAYTON. Bknnettsyillk, S. C., June 4,1901. Mr. \V. F. Clayton, Florence, S. C.? Dear Sir: In your letter of June 3 you ask me "to differentiate between my views and the views of leading Republicans, as most of us Bee no diffetenc-. I am very busy at this time, but will dictate a few thoughts as they occur to me in reply to your question. I do this with the more pleasure Iweause you have been oppose*! to me politically, but show a desire to seek the truth. At the time of the adoption of the United States Constitution there were several riicM'twr. niiLMs of government proposed. Of these plans the fight was mad? upon two: the llumilIonian idea and the Jefxersonian idea. Alexander Hamilton openly maintained that the British Constitution was the most perfect instrument of its J kind ever in existenca Ho wanted all j laws for the government of the States to he passed by the Congress of the United States. lie wanted the President of the United StAtes and tho Senators to hold ollice during good behavior. He wanted tho Governors of the States appointed by the President of the United Stutes and he wanted the Federal Government to assume the debts of the State. He wanted a strong Seuate and a weak House of Repr< sentatives, and openly proclaimed his belief that the people were incnple of selfgovernment. John Jay was scut as minister to England in order to make a commercial treaty, which would have placed our commerce under the control of Great Britain. The Hamiltonian idea was so far carried out that ha succeeded in preventing the incorporation of a bill of rights in the Fc'derui Constitution. Under his leadership the Congress imposed the excise tax, which made tho rich escape the burdens of taxation and placed those burdens upon the poor. This brought about the revolution in Pennsylvania and came very near disrupting the new Republic. Thomas Jefferson forced the bill of rights into the Constitution as an amendment. As minister to France he succeeded in defeating the purposes of the Jay treaty with England. Hamilton favored and Jefferson opposed the granting of monopolies, the establishing of u United States bank and the assumption of the State debts by the Federal Government. Associated with Jefferson were Madison, | Monroe, Samuel Adams, Albert Gallatin, George Clinton and Benjamin Franklin. Associated with Hamilton were John Marshall, John Jay, John Adams and Pine kney. The Democratic party has been in continuous existence ever since the adoption of the Constitution, while the Federal party, of which the Republicans are the successors, has passed through a number of changes. The Federal party, at first successful, Anally committed suicide by carrying their doctrine of a centralized government so far as to pass the alien and sedition law. Under this law the President was authorized upon his own volition to expel from the country any alien whom he might suspect as dangerous to the peace and liberty of the country, etc. This radical measure created a powerful reaction. The Democrats then remained in power almost without interruption until 1860. During this time all of the territoyy achv i.hn United States UD to 1898 was secured except the Territory of Alaska, and every foot of it was encountered by the vigorous denunciation of the Republicans. During this entire time the Democrats were the progressive men. They held to the principle that the people should rule, but that the General Government, while keeping taxation at the lowest rate consistent with good government, should expend the fund thus derived for the good of the whole people. In 1858 they favored subsidizing the Pacific Railroad. About the same time fchey started the subsidy to the Collins Line of steamships between the United States and England. Based upon the principle of the Jeffersonian commercial treHty with Franoe, they had concluded treaties with all the prinolpal nations,and those treaties are still in force. They had built up our foreign commerce until it excited the wonder and admiration of the entire world. They had, under General Jackson, stopped imprisonment for debt. They had fought two successful wars with foreign nations. They had established a credit throughout the world second to no-nation on earth. They were fighting for the principles of liberty of thought and action and the freedom of American citizenship. Matters of internal concern the leaders of the party differed about. General Jackson was the first to make a reciprocity treaty. The next reciprocity treaty was made by President Pierce. John Randolph, acting against the leaders of his party, voted against the Embargo Act, and was finally successful in defeating that legislation. Clay, Calhoun, Cheves and Lowndes actively opposed Pres dent Jefferson iu the matter of decreasing the army. The first proposition of a protective tariff for the purpose of protection came from James Madison.and Calhoun and Lowndes joined with Madi sou ia its favor. The Federalists opposed protection. Clay and Calhoun favored measures of internal improvement, and Madison vetoed them. Our great distinctive foreign policy known as the Monroe doctrine was a Democratic policy. The Democrats defeated the scheme of the Republicans to turn over Oregon and Washington to Great Britain. The Democratic party has never yet denied to any man within its lines the privilege of free thought and free speech. It has never yet failed to correct mistakes when it has made them. It has lost no opportnnitv to build up the merchant marine and open up our trade with foreign ports. It opened up the Japanese ports when nil of the nations of the earth had failed. The party has never been inconsistent, and yet it has never stultified itself by adhering to previous platforms when the conditions which demanded them had changed. Until 1S56 the Democrats had denied the power in the Federal Government to make internal improvement*, and yet it was the llrst to advocate the. great improvement of the Pacific railroads and the Nicaragua!! Canal. In the matter of tariff it was a protection paity under the leadership of James Madison; declared for free trade in 1848; for "iucidential protection" in 1S6S; a tariff for reveiuieonly in 1SS0, and in 188-1 the Convention said: "Moreover, many Industries have come to rely upon legislation for suepessful continuance, so that any change of law must i>c at every step regardful of the labor and capital thus involved. The necer-wiry reduction and taxation can and irinst- be ejfeeted without depriving American labor of the ability o compete successfully with foreign labor and without imposing lower rates of duty than will be ample to cov<t any increased cost of Dro, iluctIon which may exist in consequence of the higher rate ol wages prevailing ir this country." In 1888 the nlaf form still recognized thai other things ln-sides revenue were to Ik taken into account in framing: tarilT legis tat-ion. It said: "Our established iinlus tries and enterprises should not be eudun gered.': for rpore than half a century everj Democratic Convention condemned a nn tiounl bank and firmly Suipportqd a oietal lie currency. In 18>(\ ant! IKS* tin Democratic party dec-tared in favor oj gold and silver and paper convertible int* 1 coin on demand. In 18'r.r it favored t-ht ' coinage of both metals under an interna tioua! agreement. In tasS the Republican . platform read; "The Republican party is in favor of th* use of both gold and silver as money and I condemns the policy of the Demo rath' Administration in its efforts to demone ; tize silver." In lS!?li the Republican platforn* was identical in principle upon this qupsti ?ij witu the Democraiic platform of 1SS0, l*S-l , and 1-8% There have been protection Democrats ever since Madison and Calhoun favored the protection 'doctrine. There have been ^ree trade Republicans from the foundation of .o Government. Such men a* Samuel .T- Randall, John Randolph and John 0.1?alhoun always \e treely and clearly whether or not Ewere in accord with the platforms ol : parties. The Democratic p u ty has always favored freedom of speech and ac 1 tion. The Republican party has always sought to so centralize the Government as to carry oafcjthe ideaof Alexander Hamil ton. "The Democratic party has been a party that has ha I for its policy the greatest goo?I 10 thegreatest number while the Republican parly, as a party, has beiieved with Hamilton, its founder, in bestowing | benefits upon the few ami only burdens j upon the many, until these "bitter day I saints" have led the Democratic party j into socialism, while as to expansion and ! subsidies the Republicans have taken ad vantage of the situation and boldly gut j upon the Democratic platform. They are now upon the currency ?pies ! tion practically where the J>? moeratic I party stood up to 1S;K3. They arc now ad : vocating tlie reciprocity of .lacks >n and i Pierce. They are now advocating the I Democratic principle which is announced ! in the Democratic Convention of !S.V> in \ the matter of building the Pacific Rail-) road. They want to apply that principle to our foreign commorso. Whenever the j Republicans are forced to abandon their | own policy they take up Democratic poli- j cies, and t he Democrats are asked to oppose those Democratic policies because they have been adopted by the Republicans. The Democrats of this country must stand together and restore their party to j the power which was theirs. They cannot do it by condemning that which is good because the Republicans endorse it, nor can they do it by going ofF after strange and unsound pol.cies in order to secure I Atluirtricp hp I?r?- 1 VUlitrs Willi; 11 iiii^nv i'vik ....... ... , publican. The fight of Hamilton and ! JelTerson la still on in this country, and j will be until it is fought to a finish. Either we will have an aristocracy or we will have a republic. Are the Democrats to discard their fundamental idea of the liberty of the individual and freedom of thought and action by refusing to recognize as members of their party those men who have always fought its battles in the past, but who in the present believe that 6ome of its policies are not the policies of the true Democracy? The true Democracy is a progressive party. It progressed as no other party ever has done, ami the nation prospered by reason of its wisdom and its administration of public affairs. It cannot prosper if it is to oppose the extension of our foreign trade, the creation of new markets, the upbuilding of our commercial and industrial interests and the freedom of the individual. If the Republican party, the record of which shows it to have been a party forbidding the free exercise of speech, concentrating tho wealth of the country in the hands of a few, burdening the people by excessive taxation and conducting public aifairs for the benefit of privato citizens; if that party is to be allowed to turn its back upon its record and, by adopting the progressive features of the Democracy, become tho party of progress, then the Democratic party, having allowed its opponent to appropriate its principles, can no longer live. I believe that the Democratic party does not exist for the mere purpose of opposing whatever the Republican party rrtay suggest. I believe that it lives, as it has Uvea in times past, for the purpose of Adopting that which is right and discarding thAt which is wrong, and conducting the affairs of State so as to make all men equal under the law. The record of the Democratic party upon the money auestion has always been in favor of gold and silver coined at such a ratio as will maintain their parity and paper money convertible into coin at the will of the holder. There is not a line in j abt Democratic platform fixing the ratio of silver and gold piior to 1S96. There Is not a line In any Republican platform advocating or opposing the ratio of 16 to 1 or any other particular ratio. There were strong men in the Democratic party in favor of the free coinage of silver; there were strong men in tne Republican party in favor of the free coinage of silver. The Republican party adopted the first free coinage platform. Although siiver was demonetized by Republican legislation in 1873. the only objection to that Act made prior to 1896 came from the Republicans, who had passed the Mintage Act, under which silver was demonetized. After twenty-three years' silence the Democratic party condemned the Act of 1878, under which silver was demonetized. The Republicans answered by abrogating their previous platform and indorsing for the first time the monetary system for which they were responsible. At that point both parties split. Silver men withdrew from the Republican party, and gold men, as they were called, withdrew from the Democratic party. There were more Democrats who withdrew on account of their belief in the monetary system than there were Republicans who withdrew on account of their opposition to it. The result was that after a magnificently fought campaign the Republiccns were successful, and the Democratic leaders all agreed that this Republican success was due to those Democrats who had left their party and voted either the Gold Democratic ticket or directly for the Republican tick et. The Democratic party showed that it was not dead, and when it is taken into consideration that the Democratic Administration went into power at the time of one of the greatest panics from which this country has ever suffered, it is remarkable that the figures should show, as they do, that had tne party been united it would have been continued in power. Acting under their platform the Republican party pased certain legislation which settled the financial quesr.-on in accordance with their wishes. There came about a season of prosperity, not caused by this legislation but uy numerous other Tr.oi-.fnrs which nolltics had nothing to do with. This period of prosperity carried with it great business transactions. These transactions were conducted under the financial legislation already mentioned. Some of the strongest advocates of the free coinage of silver in both parties took a conservative view of the situation, and held that it had required over twenty years and two panics to change from the farmer system to the present one, and that a change back again would require equal time and cause a great disturbance to our business interests. They believed that, although the question has been settled wrong, business had been so adapted to the present condition that any change of a radical character would cause widespread disturbances. Showing that the fundamental principles which have always divided the Republican and the Demo cratic parties were unchanged, thost Democrats who were convinced thrit thi unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio ol 16 to 1 would prove disastrous nevcrthe less remained in their party, and in sev eral States the delegation sent to -Kansas City were composed of {Democrats whe to a man opposed the tree slver plank. It was understood that William J. liryaii should once more lead the party. It was also understood that those opposed to t he '. 16 to 1 plank were not opposed to his leadership. They had no requests *o make of the Kansas City Convention concerning candidates. They went there determined as fur as possible to have their party, which abandoned its past principles and stultified itself in IS9 s by an unhollv alii ance with the Populists and Socialists, placed backed upon its own old mo rings and adopt a straight and Democratic platform. Thev were willing that tin? Populists should have the candidate it they were allowed to preserve the principles of the grand old party. What did these men find when they reached Kansas City? They found Western delegations in which not a single man had been a Democrat in 1893. These men demanded a reiteration of the 16 to 1 plank 1 of the Chicago platform. The proposition Sms mqde to them that they could have otb candidates, and they con Id have any fdanks they wanted, which are not SocialuHf Aniirnhtsric and a11 the Democrats asked was that their party be preserved by maintaining its reputation as a sale and conservative organization. John W. ' Daniel, of Virginia, as thorough a believer in the free coinage of silver as any man , in his party, and one of the grandest characters in the United States Senate, worked liked a beaver day and night to try to convince these Western delegates that their policy were suicidal. Gov' ernor Smith, of Maryland, tojd tliepi that the I), m ?crats could carry Maryland without that plank and e ?uld not cary Alurylsnd with it. (ren. St. ('Inir,of West Virginia, work -d until 4 o'clock In the morning with that committee and then went back to his delegation, saying: "Hoys, we are ruined." Torn Taggart of Indiana, himself a silver man, worked liked a kav! er to Javp that plank from being inserted ! and served notke y.jop hie party that. ' the Democrats of his state" were tmt in sympathy with it and would not vote for ' the candidate if nominated upon such a platform. The vote was taken and only t fifteen States voted in favor of 1(5 to 1, 1 The Western dele afe^ weakened on the : night of Jtily 4 and so apprised Mr. llryan. By telephone message to his leader, .Mr. Metcalf, of Nebraska, he informed the I Convention that he would not accept the i nomination if the iteration of In to I i was not in the platform, ft was then too j late to select another candidate, although i J meetings were in progress hy at least [ | twenty State delegations, denouncing the i ' man who would so far dose, t the Demo j cratic principle that the majority shall ! rule as to refuse to accept a nomination i ! upon a Democratic platform that did not i contain this new principle of Democracy. ; . ii was too late to concentrate upon an' pther"candid$t9 apd Mr. Bryan was nomji patod. The remark way general among . the Democrats on the trains as they went i i to their homes that they had been comi: pelled to surrender and tnere was no hope - j pf Bry&u's election* The jgaateru leaders were "not surprised when Ifryau was uefeated hy :? greater majority of popular mid electoral votes tlwin in the election of 1-yti. When such men as Senator Vest, David It. ilili, (trover Cleveland and Don M. Dickinson discussed the reorganization, Mr. Hrynn replied in an editorial in the Commoner, the plain purport of winch was that he considered himself the Democratic party and declined to he reorganized. 1 le has 011 various occasions in the Commoner read out of the party all men who were not willing to sjiaritiee all Democratic principles to the interest of the silver question. He attempted to defeat Carter Harrison in Chicago and the regular DeiuocV.'aie nominee for mayor in the city of Sr. l.miis because tl.ey were Democrats first, and did !l? it belie w that the Democratic party should sink into obliv ion by reason of an issue whieh has been gallantly fought for. but irretrievably lost. The old line Democrats declined to lie driven from their party by a man who, durim; ten years of political lif.-, had been n Democrat, a Populist and a Socialist. The only office which William J. ltryan ever held he was elected to by the Populists, it being impossible for the Demot.? ci.i'un. an election in that dis trici. Ho acted with the Democrats in Congress, hut distinctly stated that he was not hound by a Democratic platform. As a side partner of Mr. Bryan, and sharing with, him in the nomination of the Populists in 19QJ, is another brilliant orator from the State of Minnesota. I refer to Charles A. Towne. Mr. Toivnc, like Mr. Bryan, became famous in a day by reason of his oratory and has remainod famous as a political lightning change artist. His autobiography, published in the Congressional Directory or the 54th Congress, reads as follo\v3: "Charles A. Towne, of Duluth, was horn November 21, 1858, in Oakland Countv, Michigan; educated in common schools and tiie University of Michigan; admitted to the Bar in 188(5; removed to Duluth in 1890 : took part in every campaign from 1870 down, but never ran for office until elected to the 54th Congress as a Republican, receiving 3 ,487 votes, against 15,830 votes for Melvin R. Baldwin, Democrat, and 0,475 votes for Klttel Halvorsen, Populist." Tho next issue of the Congressional Directory conveys the startling information that Charles A. Towne was d-featod on the Populistic ticket by the Hon. Page Morris. The most remarkable speech that Mr. Towne mado (luring his term in Conpress was one in which he said that, while young, "his record as a Republican was unimpeachable." He had inherited it "from his father and his grandfather." He had been "rocked in a Republican cradle" and had always lifted up his voice iu behalf of the Republican party." o (nn- n?f? p fhi? renmrl-nlilt. It IVUU1 (* AVM ? VV - ...... speech he hiul walked out of the only ReKubliean Convention to which he had ever een a delegate and joined the Silver Republican party. He went home as a Silver Republican and two weeks later was nominated for Congress as a Populist and endorsed by the Democrats. He was nominated as Vice President by the Populists and then went to Kansas City and proilaimed to the Democratic Convention that he was only masquerading as a Populist and Silver Republican, and, as a matter of fact, was a simon pure Democrat. He then received as a Populist from the Popnlistic Governor of Minnesota a thirty-day appointment as Senator of the United States, and placed himself under the direct management of Senators Pettiprow and Duller, one a Republican and die other a Populist. When a party of men are willing to see iheir party go down in defeat in order Ihat one issue may be maintained they jither l>elieve. that this issue lies at the rery foundation of all government, or else they have some ulterior motive. In the vase of the silver Issue experience has proved that, whether or not the free coinage of silver is beneficial and the wisest system of finance, yet the perpetuity of aur institutions does not depend upon it. it Is not an issue of such magnitude as to justify the disorganisation of a political party in a vain attempt to estau'/ish it. And yet there can be no doubt, that the leaders of the Democratic partj', wbo were responsible for forcing that issue in 1900, knew when thev did so that they were enilancering the life of the party, without In any way making it possible to carry out their design, even though elected. Had the Democratic party succeeded the Demicrats from tiie states which voted against that plank v ould have voted against tne legislation. This would have defeated any Act sought to be passed for the freo coinage of silver. Had every state which voted for the free and unlimited coinage of silver in the convention of 19u0 elected every congressman a Democrat they could not have carried that legislation. The Democrats themselves from the states oppo-cd to it would have defeated It. If the entire house of representatives had been Democratic a majority of tins membership, as shown by the votes of the states in the Democratic convention, would have opposed the free coinage of silver. Then what was the object of these men? It would seem that there coukl only he one solution, xne delegates from the West were personally interested in the free coinage of silver for the reason that, if carried out. it would open up the Western silver mines and double the value of Western property. The east would have been injured only by the unsettling of business. The East and the West could by a coalition obtain com plete control of the finance and commerce of the south. All contractswould have l>een gold contracts. Under the free coinage law there would undoubtedly be a provision by which the Western bullion would be Ft resented to the mint by the Eastern >anks and form a basis of permanent and constant, credit for all Western transactions. The banks would control the bullion and the rates of exchange, anil thus what they would lose by the depreciation of contracts not already in gold they would about make even through their Western connections. Hut the .South produces no bullion. It would have 110 need for maintaining a reserve in the East such as would be created for the benefit of the West by the bullion. All ot its contracts would be gold contracts. For all of its money it would be dependent noon the East and be compelled to pay whatever rates* the Eastern banks saw fit to charge. Then a part of the same scheme was to prevent the Democratic policy of the repeal of the tax upon State banks, in ord. rto prevent the Southern States from having any circulating medium whatever for local purposes. The West would have its silver as n basis for obtaining the gold and the East would control the gold; the South would be pro vented from even having paper, and would !>e under the absolute and complete and perfect control of the East and West. When I made a fight in the House for the repeal of the 10 per cent tax Mr. I>ryan voted against ir, and I invite your attention to his utterances at this time, which fully confirm what I say. Congressman Bailey of Texas, one of the ablest men in the United States, called my attention to the sinister attitude of Mr. Bryan at the time. The Western silver mine owners were supposed at the time of the Convention to put up the money for the campaign. But the East had become so largely interested in the newly organized indus tries of the South, and so much Eastern money had been withdrawn from the West, and found profitable employment in the Soiith, that tlip Eastern bankers saw that they had as much to lose by such an arrangement as they could possibly gain and declined to enter the arrange nicnt demanded by the Western mine owners. At this point, which occurred when the campaign was at its height, the promised contribution to the Democratic I j? ,mil several iri'HMUIJ t.liini ... . -- - wealthy silver mine owners mado visits tc New York, then returned to their homes and joined the Republican party. Think of Senator Stuart forgetting the "crime of Up to this time a number of States were admittedly doubtful. Those of Af:tryland, New York. West Virginia and In diana were notably so. Rut when the financial scheme fell through there was no longer any doubt as t> the outcome of the election, "and the doubtful Suites all gave greatly increased Republican majorities. Tiie trouble with the South has always bpen its clinging to traditions and its la.-k of practical wisdom in preventing the other sections from imposing upon them by under-handed means. Tie* South is solidly Democratic, for nowhere in flu1 world is then* a greater love for freedom of speech, liberty of thought and action, and absolute justice, which are the foundation stones of the Democratic party. But tliev were asleep in 1MH5 and 19W), and * - ?i.;j totally ignorant 01 uie iw.-um ?? new issue being forced upon them. It was in the Democratic plationn ami they, therefore, voted for it.. Aro\v it Iwhooves tliem to consider why it was in that platform. and they will learn that instead of Ikdng Democratic it was a counterfeit to be spurned and cast aside. The South should now take advantage j of the fact that it controls the Democratic I party and see to it that those principles of | justice and equality which lie at the foun! datiori of Democracy are not again doparted from, and that no scheme foF the enrichment of any section for the benefit of any other section shall ever again bo incorporated into a Democratic. platform. FREE I FREE 11 The cut hclovv gives you some idea of the China ware we arc giving our customers Valuable Presents of Beautiful China Actually Given Away Come and spend your money with the one who appreciates your trade. To show niv customers that 1 do appreciate their patronage, I am giving away wit ("asli purchases l'LATES, TEAS, BAKERS, FLAT DISHES, and PITCHERS c china ware absolutely f ree. Ik-member you pay no more for your goods, and in add tion get these presents free. Come while they last. YOURS TO PLEASE, IF1, HVT. YOTJISTG", EHRHARDT, S. C. 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Valves, Pumps, Inje at the beginning promt, libeial torg^ ikping^ Packing, Shafting, Cou and reliable service, I have lings, Pulleys, Oils, etc. All these a been faithful, and you have re- carried in stock, and I can seive y< warded mv efforts by giving me promptly. General ? your business. I appreciate it, 1? prio i v friends, and wish to thank you ? \/? JV right here for your patronage, is our Specialty. Now is the time so liberally bestowed. Jiave your ginning macninery repaire I am much better prepared to an^ we nr?e our old customereto brii ' handle vonr business than I was '''c'r^,rk "ow> l.?. ?voi<l the , ,, , ance and delay which you are subie a year ago, having gathered to by waiting until tfie bnsy se<L about me the best wood and begins. iron workers, painters and trim- *r ^? wan.ts a 30, 34 or 3tJ inch Ro< mers this country affords. You or Rliltle ** i ,, i . -/.-n .. ter than the best ? Wherever you arc don't have lo wait till they come, Mnirn i itti nnn nn they are here, and to be found 1.11 M M A N I X H H II \ at my works every working day UUlDij flfliJ U It C UU. of the year. Don't hesitate to Wcalso have Engines and Boilers send me your carriage work. I almost any Horse Power, from 6 to S can serve yon bettei and with T "fF clo8f, fl J . ,, . . ures to parties wanting them. Con more promptness than any Sinn- to see us when in need of anything lar establishment within fifty the line of Machinery. miles of Bamberg. TV lj. l_ T TW 1 I also repair, upholster and re- IrlXOH *7031 AAr 07JSS new all kinds of furniture in the Ramhoni* Q P latest style, shoe horses and Pdinuerg, o> U guarantee satisfaction and pri- ii r r-hv Y pvi ces along all lines. Call en me W K HI I i r, J at the same old place, opposite Bamberg Cotton Mills, Bam- FIRE. berg, S. C., and he treated right. Yours to satisfv, r inn DANIEL J." DELK. iarr'* ? ACCIDENT NOTICE. All Executors, Administrators, and T~1VJ"^TTT> \ Ti^ Guardians are hereby required to make JLJLl O U JLX'xA. ii Fi their annual returns to the Prohate Court during the month of June.- They will please' govern themsekes accordingly. BAMBERG, S. C. M r ITOWELL A M'lVER BOSTICK TV B GRUBKB HOWELL, GUI, Si BIB, BAMBERG 0. II., S. C. General practice; special attention be- C i\ J\l P" I" I ing given to corporation law and the ex- #m I w Lm am mat ion of titles. Money to Loan. because i bought APPLY TO Mar Bros. Sf (Spectacles Attorneys and Counselors at Law, ?from? BAM BEBG 0. II., S. C. T C KOI IIS Iteferee in bankruptcy. Probate dudgQ. -JL A JL \_/ U AiJ TNGLfS $ MI LEY, R. R. Ave,, Bamberg, S. C. Attorneys at Law, Dont Read This BAMBERG, S. C. Unless j'ou want to save money. B V ill practice in the Courts of the Statp. if yon want to l>ny goods at roe Prompt attention given to collodions. . ,7 ? ; : not torn prices, call at my store. S. G. MAYFIELD, have a full lino of seasonable goo<] Dry Goods, Shoes, Hats, Kt i ?TmDucv *t 1 (u 1 tions, Clothing, Hats, and HI lUnnLI HI LHFVI _ Groceries. Call and see me. I will treat you DFsXMA 11 h. C. right and try to please you. I 0 . . ~ Satisfaction guaranteed. FOR SALE. One -?0 horse power boiler and engine; ? m n * *? ? I"IT1 n i one to saw gin, feeder and Condenser; M J1 \ ft N || I HH H - press, shafting, pulleys, belts. Complete ill, Ui UxlllUIi xJxlj 1 outlit in first-class condition, cheap. All or half cash. Apply at this office. Hambfrgt S. C? . - cp, Jj Buggies ??< Wagons We have received one carload of ANCHOR BUGGIES. One carload of ENGER BUGGIES. and one carload of the famous IIAYDOCK BUGGIES. *v" We can surely suit you in a veliicle of any description. Full line of HARNESS, LAP ROBES, WHIPS, Etc. i Don't fail to see us before buying a Buggy or Wagon. v We can and will save you money. i JONES BROS., KAMREKti. K. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY,] A OfmdeamA Schedule 1b Effect Jml 17, UftL " faaji fcM ,?!%???| i ^ T68p 938a ? ... Orangeburg... " ffl? fjfc ^ 8ffp 10Iob " ....glntrtito...." 7M? 1*9 \ ?8 ;;1 ,1 _ , I 986pU<KklAr....CdlmntU.....^v THk 40^? \ WKil m \ 111 ) lili ll 80. tr.' AmiwS.'SkIfcr " lw?8 < m.: arrive Columbia ?t00 b. ?. So. W kwr? \ Oo/nmbtolSOa. m.;?frlre Ohartortoe 75?ft ) m. aeo^acart ' p. m. both at Charleston and OohimbU. Theei \ trains make olpse oonnecMons H uobtbhow \ withthrough trains between Florida poind If and Washington and the east. Oooneetiea ' with Ira^sSoIuSI and 82 MewYork and Fior s Ida Limited between Blaokrlile, Alkpn and Aw- : :M \ gusta. Ho 81 leaves Blaokvllle at S;48 ^ m.j ??23 II Aiken 0.40 a. m.j Augusta 10.95a. m. Ho. IS f. Jearee Augusta IL80 p. a.; Ala on 7.16 p. m.( vS; \ BlacJrrille 8.05 p. to. Pullman Drawing Boo? \ sleepers between Augusta, Aiken and HW |) York. Trains Nos. 0and 11 oarry&sg?I Folk f. man Parlor Cara between Charleston, Summed ~ - .?4 < ville and Columbia, connecting at Oohunbif V with the Famous Hew York and Florida Lie* II ited. WBBk >, m|9?jfa. ^ Sun. only Sun. Hernia I) T/r TVmnHl*. , ,. 54f|a tflpD tkl / ' * Sanders ville 580a 4 9* 13 ? Lv. Savannah. 1280a 1880p 480p ~~ M Allendalo 846a ?88p lHf " " Barnwell 4 13a 4 88p ...... $486 ' Blackrille 4 28a iSp *18p $S$ ; J Ar. Batesburg . M0| J Ar. Columbia. 610a 615p 946p tic Daily Daily pps id Lv. Ooltunbia 1180a 112a 7 00a - J Lv. Batesburg 8Mb ...... n- Ar. Blackville..^TTTITT llOp 207a 1080a 60s L M Barnwell l*4p 312a 1180a re ** Allendale 186p 848a U 80a >v v )U Savannah........... 806p 605m.^ 10^ ^|l Atlanta and Bsfoad. Lv. Charleston.. 110Oai 6KM 1 a Ar. Augusta jllAO&lOtOp .-.Jyj " Atlanta | 820p 800a to Lv. Atlanta. t)l035p 580a Atof (j Ar. Chattanooga J 2 40a 6 42a] 840p Lv. Atlanta. 6O0aj 4Up y- Ar. Binatnghm lSn'u lOOop ? j " Memphis,!via Blr'mgam) 8?p 7 tta l*- '-*?. >n Ar. Lexington 081*1 5 (ftp ft 60ft 44 Cincinnati. * lzn'n 780p 7 tfla , }k 44 Chicago 88pp 71fta ?tOf >jgg *" Ar. Louisville 7 40p f Mi . f 44 St. Louis . 7 0* MB| / ? Ar. Memphis, (rlaChatt).... ...... 710p 7Ms rt To AsfceriUe-Cinoinnati-LomisTUlo. . of .iMrn, _ MWlUOUi * ZfM 01 lAfiTlu CIlU. piUjr T^tly t*r. Augusta?..' ~800p Oftdp g- 44 Bateaburg ,r. 448? 13 Oft HC EiTSflrleston. T 00* fl ODf in Lt. Columbia (Union Depot)...;... 1110* 8Mb At. Spartanburg Slop 11 ft* .. gSS " Asherille 7Up iSSwggiaSB 44 KnoiTille. 1 4 Us fWV X ! 44 ClndnnnstL ... fttp 72 4 ' lm. DotdsriUp (sitJftdeo).......... 0fl|S' To Waehlagtea and the Besi. 7~ Lr. Augusta. 8u0p O10p v > 4 44 ButCdbura 448p 13 07a 44 Columbia (tTnlon Depot) OOOp Slia -'."s ? Ar. Charlotte. Oftp >4fc ~ .C* At. DanriDe. Gift!a jjMg Ar. Richmond. ... . mSsiTBp Ar. Washington. T8S IK , * '- A?? * || Baltimore Pa. R. R ^OMS :\i0j? f Doily except Sunday. . Sleeping Oar Line between Oharl?7ion and Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at -"<f Atlanta for all points North and weeA - : >jgS Connection at Atlanta with Ohi?go and Florida spec lid, daily except Sunday. HoaI luxurious train In the world. ! 0 Connections at Columbia with through traini y4 for Washington and the But; also for Jackaetr Tille and all Florida PointA FRANK 8. CANNON. J. M. CDLP. third V P. A Gen. Mgr., Tra/Bo Manager, , _ Washington, D. C. WaaMngtonaXJa ROBT. W. HUNT, . Dir. Patn. Aft, Charleston, 8. C. i 8?H. HARD WICK, W. H. TAYLOR ft Gou.Pasw.Agf-., Asst. Gen. Pa?. Agt. R Washington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga. ' Dr. H. W. BLAOKpa p DETJTIST. Will be at ERRIIART from TUESDAY to SATURDAY after the setond Mob- ' > dav in each month. ' -j? CTII I AT IT O I ILL. Ml II. WHAT? SELLING TOMBSTONES, MONUMENTS, g? and anything needed for a cemetery for the old reliable bouse South Carolina Marble Yar4, ' L COLUMBIA, 8. C. J F. II. HVATT, Proprietor. W. Iff. ( AUTIIEX, Agent, BAMBEHO, 8. C, Will visit your homes with full lines of designs. Prices right. - ?rvU BUY THE NBiKfiMF ' I1L. W I IUY?lk SEWING MACHINE .->V; Do not be deceived by those who adut vertixe a $00.00 Sewing Machine for k $20.00. This kind of a machine can I be bought from us or any of our lg dealers fi-om $15.90 to $18.00. WE MAKE A VARIETY. THE NEW HOME IS THE BEST. )* The Feed determines the strength or weakness of Sewing Machines. The Double Feed combined with other strong jx >in ts makers the New -Home '(M the best Bowing Machine to buy. Mkamiesifis i we 1 nan ufacture and prices before purchasing THE HEW HOME SEYM MEHffll ?L ORANCC, .m 28 Union Sq. N. Y., Chicago, I1L, Atlanta, Cfe, St. LouiSjMo., DallasjTex^San Francisco, CAl FOR SALE SY ' |? T. BLACK, Bamberg, S. C.