The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, October 28, 1903, Image 4
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HUMAN BLOOD STAIN
It Can Never Be Washed Out ii
This World.
SOME TIMELY OBSERVATION!
On tho llorrorH Tliat Attend i
Slayer ol* II in Fellow Man.
Nome laniniiH Sou III
Carolina Killings.
This thing of taking the life of ;
human being except In self-defence
during excitement or on tlia . iield o
battle, is a terrible thing andttniess i
man be hardened into brutality aut
is utterly devoid of conscience it wil
haunt liiiu to liis dywig. dny< - '
litree times during rtly career ]
have deliberately made, up my mint
to kill, but determined to make iiij
antagonists first the assailants and ti
give them a fair showing, and thui
put my own life in jeopardy, ltul
when the necessity for any such en
counter had pcssed tiie feeling of re
lief was indescribable.
Tbousan Is upon thousands of use
ful and brilliant lives have beer
blighted and rendered miserable h\
the taking of human life; and ever
when the killing was justilied in tin
sight of Ixilli man an I by llie laws ol
the land, the curse of Cain followed
the slayer his entire days.
My father, I think, was with tin
lion. Win. L Yancey, the great .'secession
leader, when he killed I?r
Earle, of tlreeuvllle. They were bo.v>
together, were warm friends, and 1
have often heard my father speak ol
the circumstance. Yancey killed
Earle as the latter was advancing up
on liitu with an upraised waikiug
cane, and when the fatal shot \va>
tired. Just before the beginning ol
the late war between the States im
father and Mr. Yancey met in Mont
gotuery, Ala. Mr. Yancey, in discus
sing the tragedy, stated that lie bad
no intention of shooting 1 >r. Earle.
but the encounter took place in tin
piazza of Lite postotlice, tin old wooden
building opposite the Mansion lluiisi
in Or#...t,v.ll.. tniH -I. ... . .. . ...
railing, being several feel from Hit
ground. Dr. Earle attacked Mr. Yancey
because lie bad slapped the lace ol
liis little son, Etias, there being in
very kind leelings between Hie tw
men. Dr. Earle raised nis cane am
advanced on Mr. Yancey, who ?1 n-w
his pislol, presented it and retreatee
backward. Mr. Yancey stated that h
bad no intention ot shooting the Doe
tor, hut wanted to intimidate him,
In stepping backward lie tell that in
had reached the ex lei me end ol tin
piazza and, in order to prevent lailim.
otr, had inadvertently pressed tin
trigger. Hut, this great Soul hen
statesman told my lather, he vvouk
freely give tame, fortune and all !u
possessed and again start life a poor,
ignorant and obscure man, could he, b\
so doing, only wipe that blood iron
his hands; that often, in the midst oi
liis most brilliant orations, would so
the figure of Dr. Earle, as he appearec
with tiial upraised cane, and when tin
tragedy was enacted, rise before him.
It haunted him day and night, aim
was justified in the kilnnjj
w~" and roe seuleuce imposed by the law
was light, liis lite was unending re
morse and self-reproach. Years aftei
the killing, when Mr. Yancey returned
to visit Ins mother-in-law, Mrs. Earle,
in Greenville and Ellas had grown t<
manhood, the young man, who had innocently
caused the death ol his father
appeared before the gate with shotgun
in hand and asked to Col. Yancey.
Yancey from behind the closed
door, told Elias to go away and la
would return to Alabama and not visit
Greenville again: that he had more o
ftie Earle blood then upon his hand:,
than he could ever wash away and did
not want any more. This visit woulc
probably have resulted talally had not
the old lady, who like all of tin
Earles, was as brave as a lion, seized .1
klhitfTiin iinrl told tl. *r 1...
go away and nol turtlier molest nn
guest, and that it tie attempted any
violence towards Yancey lie must tir.st
lire through her. The next day Mr.
Yancey left tor Alabama and did not
return again, 1 think, to South Caro
Una until as a delegate to tiie Charles
tan Convention.
If tiie killing of a human being can
be made justifiable it was that ot l>ynum
by Perry. Ifynuin was a noted
duelist and had been employed to provoke
Perry into a light and take his
life. The two men represented extreme
factions in South< arolma jioii
tics, and which were as bitter as in
the days of Tillmanis n and conser\at
ism. Ifynum was an expeit with the
pistol, and had killed, so I am tol l,
more than one man. On Hie other
hand, Perry had hut little if any prac
tice with that weapon, heing a man o:
peace, hut uudoubied coinage. Jtui
Perry's steady nerve and cool head
proved superior to the skill of his an
tagonist, who was killed at the tirs;
lire, and his grave is still pointed out
at the old hislotic Uock < Hunch, neai
Clemson College. Hut even tin
knowledge that this duel had Ixei
forced upon liiin, and that Ins money
was given an equal, if not belter,
showing for bis life, could never wipi
the red slain from the tender eon
science of (Jovernor Perry. One el
his sons told me lie never heard tin
subject mentioned hut once in hi:
father's presence, when his face grew
deathly pale, lie raised Ins hand, am
stated that lie never again wanted t>
hear that duel spoken of hy any mem
ber of his family. That the borrow o
tnal tragedy, committed on it lit.th
island in the Savannah Itiver, haunlei
this great and good man ah his days
Is not doubted, and ilcast a dark clout
over a brilliant and useful lite.
I have known a (treat many mei
who had taken human life, under al
manner of circumstances, and with
out a single exception they wore tin
brand of Cain upon their brows
There was no pleasure or happiness it
life for him. Their existence was oik
long reign of remorse and self-re
proach, and il'.th(\y ^(i not mariliesl
the saine1>y word of ruoulh, it coulr
be seen in the restless eye, and iter
vous starting at every unusual noise.
Many turned for consolation to drink
and which only added fuel to the in
ternal tires that ever burned withir
them. Others prospered, but during
those intervals when the mind win
Lm -A
permitted to wander back to the past,
* a look or haggard misery o'ersprcad
their faees. The brand of Cain was
a tixed upon the brows of those shedders
of human blood by Divine vengeance,
and only death could erase it.
1 remember, while living in Ogle?
thropc county, (ia.. talking with a
young friend of mine who had gone
with a party to chastise a negro for a
* reported insult to a white woman.
This young man was stationed at a
window, through which the negro endeavored
to escape. He lircd on the
man and shot him dead, ids body
hanging over tlie sill. This young
i man,-and who was a successful uier,
chant, stated to me that lie afterwards
f discovered that lie had killed an in,
uocent and slandered man, and the
j party who had made up that story
I was enraged against the negro liecause
he intended to leave his farm
I and he wanted to have him chastised,
j Uut my young friend stated to me
, that his whole life was blighted, and
, his entire existence of misery and res
mors*;; that the sight of poor the negro
I haunted him all day lony wsTs a constant
nightmare. Krccly would he
L'ive up all he possessed, and become a
convict in stripes, to have that stain
washed fr? m 1?is conscience.?lie
, often felt that did he possess the
wealth of the world he would freely
( tfive it for even one day's relief from
. the ayony of mind that pursued him,
and that he mis'ht experience the
I fcelinn of innocence he knew before
that wretched ni^ht.
Were this adobe of ours coined Into
cold, and placed at my disposal to
take the life of the most debased and
miserable human beinn that walks the
earth, even under the most justifiable
circumstances, 1 would scorn the
ride.
Unless a man, as 1 have stated, lias
i heart seared with sin, and is incapable
of fecliiur remorse, I sometimes
think it would tie an aet of mercy an 1
kindness for the laws of his country to
put him to death, after wilitully and
deliberately taking the life of a feli
low man. A jury may acquit him.
I and lie may live a lonyr, applauded and
honored by the world, hut there
i beats in his breast an inner monitor.
and which will ever keep him remind,
ed of that dark deed, ills entire existence
will lie one prolonged utfony and
there will ever walk by liis side in day
r and repose upon his pillow at tii^ht,
, to unseen spectre of the dead man,
and from which terrible and constant
I visitor there is no escape.
The murderer is reminded of tin*
I fate that awaits him by the Itibieand
. which commands that "lie who sheds
man's blood by man shall his blood lie
shed."
1 admit that there are occasions
. when it becomes imperatively neecsr
sary to take human life, but my greatest
hope and desire is that no such
i dread alternative shall ever be forced
I upon myself. I had sooner to the
igiave i nt: viLimi <>i auniner, Mian
i mpend my davs on earth with hands
| dripping with the life blood of anyone
i created in find's own imago.
1 Life is sweet, but it is anything but
sweet to tiie red-handed murderer.
I In penning this article 1 had no in.
dividual case in mind, but give it as
tlie observation of my life and a warnI
ing.?T. Larry tiantt, in Spartanburg
Herald. -
MANY DAMAGE SUITS.
I Sum of $!:i.-?.000 Alrcui'y Sued lor
llecuuNe ??l" I'isliiug Creek Wreck.
Within the last few days damage
j suits aggregating the total amount of
$1.'{.">,000 have been tiled in Yorkville
i against the Southern Kail way, as a
I result of the Fishing Creek disaster of
j a few weeks ago.
Tiie tirst suit tiled was hv the widow
i of Engineer II. C Kriekman for the
sum of $75,000. This is one of the
largest damage suits ever tiled in this
State.
Conductor Ed. Turner, who escaped
with serious injuries has brought suit
for $20,000. Tiie conductor is still
routined to his home by ills injuries.
J. W. Kliyno, the father of Fred
Khyne, the fireman who was killed,
has brought the third suit, lie suing
! for $10,000 for the loss of Ids son.
So far as can he learned none of the
passengers who were hurt have tiled
suit. Marvin Morrow, tiie Klacksburg
hanker who was hurt, lias to he wheeled
about in an invalid chair. lie will
probably sue for a very large amount.
Young Johnson, the former NYolTord
student who was so badly hurt that
t bey thought for several wicks lie
would die, lias not ye t been heard
Torn in a damage suit. nt will likely
isk for a handsome amount. It is be
ieved that all those w ho were injured
j >r who had near relatives killed will
brim; suits. The tllt:il nmnnnt cn.,/1
lor will be about half a million dollars,
or nearly as mueli as the line on whieli
the accident occurred is worth.
POSSE IN A FIGHT.
riiree Negroes Killed in I'gly flash
N? ar New Orlruus.
In an encounter between a band of
negroes, led by bad while men and a
onstable's posse, three negroes have
. ieen killed and seven or eight wounded
in the rear of the 1'ccan Grove
| plantation in St. Charles parish near
New < irleans. None of the posse were
I hurt. The surviving negroes and their
I white leader, Pat McGee, are in the
swamps and are being searched for.
Further trouble is feared.
McGee and t he negroes have been
' working for the Mississippi Valley
railway. Several days ago complaint
1 was lodged against some of them that
they had contracted debts and refused
' to pay. Charges were made and Constable
Songy went out to see the ne1
groes. <)ii his way he met John Hinds,
nit: m>:ro assist:ino 01 .Me'iee, wim
covered him with a shotgun and rammantled
him to keep away from the
earn p.
Sonyy returned to St. Hose and organized
a posse. Near the camp the
posse encountered eighteen of the negroes
and Motioe, all heavily armed.
Until parties concealed themselves in
high weeds and a battle of twenty
minutes resulted. The negroes and
? Mcflee finally lost nerve and lied.
' The bodies of three of the negroes
1 were picked up when the smoke had
f cleared away. Seven of the negroes
4 are said to have been wounded.
TEN CENT COTTON ?
a
Benefit Southern Cotton Mill Own- ^
era, Says Mr. Edmonds. 0
t
t
BY PLAIN FACTS AND FIGURES tl
' tl
Ho ShmvH tliat Cotton In too Cheap "
K
When It Kttlli* Itelow tho y
AvcraK" of Ton CeutM 14
l*cr l'ound.
Since the days of Solomon it has j ^
ever been true that the buyer is a il
to .. .. I ti
uear, lur couay, as men, "naught, |,^
naught, sultli the buyer," has Ireen v%
the cry of the man who seeks to force u
down the price of that which he tie- U
sires to purchase; but it would seem n
ttiat it has been left for this day and w
generation to produce a seller wnu w
joins in with the buyer and seeks to ' w
depress the value of his own goods, ii
The south is the great seller of cotton n
to the world, and In these days it h
seems to take delight in letttng the v%
buyer of its cotton not ouly tix the ! it
price, but even joins in with the (at
buyer in helping to create the im- , t;
pression that the "bull" on cotton is b
a dangerous animal, while the "bear"' si
is the only truly good animal in the a
menagerie. c<
It is to be expected that the great ir
1 cotton manufacturers of Europe and ; n
New England should unite their forces } r;
; in beating down the price of cotton; u
we are not surprised at their efforts to o?
create the impresslonthat the man who j d
seeks to ad vance the price of cotton is a e<
conscienceless gambler who deserves a
to be executed by all right-thinking j a
people; we are not surprised that they ! m
hold hltn up as the enemy of man- tl
kind in forcing the closing of mills ] ?>i
and the stopping of employment for si
thousands of hands. Hut it is a little I
mu prising that the south so coinplac- { c<
ently accepts these teachings, and , si
that southern people give heed to them tl
as though they were the honest con- is
victions of sincere men. On the oth-1 a
or hand, the "bear," the man who ti
lives on the sufferings entailed upon f(
the millions of cotton Drodueers hy r;
forcing down the price of cotton, is ri
lieid up as a great benefactor. Even p
let it be granted that both be gam- | u
biers, yet the l>ull Is a power helping ;i
to secure for the producers a fairer t,i
price than he has had for many years, d
and to that extent at least he is doing t<
great good to the south; while the j t'(
bear's work results in keeping the c
cotton grower poor for tire benetit of
t lie manufacturers of Europe and the a
north. !o
At the recent meeting of the New ;l
England Cotton Manufacturer's Asso S(
elation, tlie president and a number a
of other speakers bitterly denounced t|
I he elTorts of the bull leaders which p
brought about the higher prices of
cotton, and the president expressed h
the hope that the time would soon tl
come when other countries would n
grow enough cotton to make the, f;
world more independent of the south |j
as its chief source of supply. Here ! lwas
the president of a great American ei
business Ixidy expressing the hope
that the south might lose its monopoly
on coltoi^tfp the developTTienfrrf?
cotton growing elsewhere, and against G.
such unpatriotic sentiment, prompted i v
only by his desire that in this way the 1
price of raw cotton might lie forced
down to a lower level, 1 have not seen ?
a single word of protest in northern c:
papers and very little in southern. P
What cared lie whether the cotton >'
producer, be he black or white, get a a
fair return on his cotton? His only
concern was that he and his fellow- tl
manufacturers might buy cotton at a '*
low figure, since the margin of profit a
to the mill is always much larger on vv
low price than on high price cotton.
Nobody can blame tiiese people for 'l
lighting for their own interests, but "
the south has a right to ask that they '
make an honest light, and that they S(
do not seek to convince the world that ?
the man who leads in breaking down v%
cotton prices is a saint, while the one r:
'who works for higher nrl?u?? Ik t)>.> si
greatest of sinners. : s|
cotton NOT TOO IIIGII.
As I said, the strangest thing about
the mailer is that without studying
| ttie subject many southern people
j adopt these views and think that it is a
a misfortune to the south fo- cotton
to command high prices. Only yes- a
terday a prominent southern hanker U
said to me; "J tiopc these high prices C
of cotton will not last longer than tl
tills year, for if they do the southern n
mills will not make so much money. 'I
It is doubtless true that with high a'
prices the mills wouldn't make such ii
arge pro tits and no one more highly tl
appreciates than 1 do the magnificent di
work of the mill interests of the south T
m the development of this section in w
tlie creation of employment for hith- n
erto idle people and in every good ii
work that tends to the upbuilding of :ti
the whole south, lint suppose high j ti
price cotton should cause a net de- I
rif li nor #?/???t in t I*.* on ml.. f I
. ....v. w |/v>i wiiu in l.ii^ iai in
all cot ion mill capital in the south
the aggrebate decrease would be say, (j
? 10,000,000 to 412,01)0,00 J, as there is 0
IIOW about 4175,000,000 to $200,000,- i\
ooo invested in southern mills though v
even this might not come true, as the \
mills might be able to so adjust their y
operations as to avoid any decrease, t ^
On the other hand an advance of teven
1 cent a pound in the raw staple r
would mean an additional profit to the t
growers and thus to the south of 450,- ,,
000.000 to 400,000,000, which would \
several times over offset the decline in ,,
mill earnings. a
Fur the last ten years we have be- i,
come so accustomed to low prices for t
cotton that we arc apt to forget that ^
lor nearly a hundred years the world (|
took our cotton at an average of near ,
ly 10 cents a pound. From 1800 to
1 s4o cotton prices ranged from 1 le. a
pound down to 12c, the latter being
the lowest New York average for any s
year in that period. About 1842 |
price.-' declined and in 1841 42 the av- I >
crage New York price was 5.0 cents a s I
pound, the lowest average on record, a
Prices continued low for several years, i
but gradually advanced and from is- e
lit to 1800 they averaged ai>out II to t
12 cents a pound. The crop of 1859 ti
iif 4,800,000 bales brought an average j i
of 11 cents and yet after nearly half t
a century, with the enormous advance <|
in p< pulatlon, wealth and consuming <
power, crops of only a little more than !?
, - A
ouble that have Hold as low as ?> and i H(
cents a pound; and from that gradu* I
lly advancing to something over 8 ^
ents. And this year a tremendous
(Tort Is being made to beat down the
rice to 9 cents or less. Judged by ,
he increase in the world's consumpive
requirements, cotton siiould not Pr'
his year only butJn all years, unless lib
here should lie some temporary great wl
ver-production, sell as high as the to
eneral average of the lust hundred pe
ears and that would be over 10 cents b?
pound. ciu
UKKAT rCOHt'EHITY WILL FOLLOW. Wt
Let the south for tive or six years
et 10 cents Tor its cotton and on farm .
ud in factory, in village and in citv,
here would be unbounded prosperity.
'lie fanner and the farm laborer
'ould no longer l>e forced to econo*
dze as during the last ten years of ^
?w prices. The manufacturer of cot* .
to goods as well as of all other goods
ould tind a iietter market for his ^
ares; the banker and the merchant
ould lie more prosperous, the tide of f
emigration which always, by some
atural law, seeks a country wiiich ur
i prospering, would be turned this >y
ay and new population and new cap- ^
al would lie poured into the south *
s they were into the great west twen- ^
y live years ago when that section ^
ecomc the center of activity for the ^
irplus energy and capital c?f Europe
nd America. Then iet the soutii t
jase to join hands with those whose
He rests make them seltishly cry
own the price of cotton, who seek to
lise a great bugaboo of the few bal? s ..
f cotton which the English and the ^
jntinental spinners succeed in prouciug
in their futile efforts to force
... .> . mi
ytton growing in other countries, ^
nd let the south, by proper handling
rid marketing, compel the buyer to
;ek the cotton at a fair price rather ..
nan that we should lx>g him to take j
ur great staple at any price which , '
iil< l>iw tr,.?ill ..I....*..-.,
? * ,v-- cli
This is nut visionary. It is plain, j
>mmun souse and eventually the ^
>uth will cease to he frightened at
lie cry of ovor-productlnn when there .
? no over-production, and at the el- J
borate press dispatches and govern- ^
lent reports put out every time some ^
ireign organization resolves to try to j j,
lise more cotton in tlie heart of Af- j J
ica. After a while it may cease to ( |(
ay attention even to the utterances
f .a member of the cabinet who, in 1 '
n entirely unjustified interview, at- '
L'mpts, as Secretary Wilson lately w#]
id, to break down the pride of cotin
it was possible to give even a j recast
of the chances of the new
tin
rop.
Ci I
1 have never bought, sold or raised .
bale of cotton in my life except
ncr, and that was many years ago,
nd so I have no personal interest to ^
rve, as have many of the so-called ^
lit horit ies who constantly put fortli - 1
heir predictions as to the future of ^r(
rices. .
My own liusiness interests bring me
i toucli with manufacturers more
lian with the farmers, but that does
ot make me believe, as many manu- ro
icturers do, that low prices are bene- .
cial to the south. ? lly Richard 11. j1.
'.draonds, F^^>r Manufacturer's Reurd,
Raltd^
jrotir
yes are open. Remember that while 'fcou
sleep the vital organs arc at rest. *lc
"he vitality is lowered and the clrcu- la
ition not so strong. A sudden spring nc
ut of bed is a shock to these organs, ^r
specially to the heart, as It starts to 1,1
umping the blood suddenly. Take re
our time in getting up. Yawn
nil stretch. Wake up slowly. Give
lie vital organs a chance to resume
loir work gradually. Notice how a a
a by wakes up. It stretches its arms
nd legs. rub-, its eyes and yawns and pa
rakes up slowly. Watch a kitten
ake up. First it stretches out one hi
vg, then another, ruhs its face, rolls
ver and stretches the whole body. ^
'tie birds do not wake up and ily as
ton as their eves are open; they shake
ut their wind's and stretch their legs,
aking up slowly. This is the natuil
way to wake up. Don't jump up k'i
jddenl.v, den't tie in such a hurry hut i ">
retch and yawn and yawn and stretch?
trelcli the arms and legs; stretch the fo
hole body. qi
An t it tori ii mile ( 'ano.
The Augusta Evening Herald says P'
woman dr< ssed in the garb of mourn- 111
ig and much under the influence of |
n intoxicant arrived in Augusta on ! wi
ic Southern train from itarnwell, S. Pr
., Wednesday morning. Slie was
nought to lie sick "when the train
aclud tii" union station and Capt.
anner. the station master, made tier ^
s comfortatile as possible in the wait- | *-?
ikr room. It later was discovered that Wl
ie woman was not sick, but was un- lcn
er the influence of liquor. Capt. ari
'aimer had sent for Dr. A. C. Wade, a"
ho made an examination of tlie wo- 'n
lan and pronounced hersuifering from r'*
itoxicants. She appears to be about a'
> years of age and looks to be of a rened
family. ini
lit
Knee I'riile.
Mecause of their pride of race, the
)W ZACH CAME TO COLLEGE
Utile Itook Tlnit Hvci t Itoy S.iouli
I teml nikI St utly.
The Spartanburg Journal says: "1
jphet is not witliout honor save ii
i own country." And it is some
tat against toe human lient to ifivt
the efforts ??f t hose we know, wlitts
rsonalities and individuality hav
come familiar from everyday assu
ition, whom we know to be men o
>men of llesli and blood, perfect 1
man like ourselves, that favorabl
usideration we are inclined t< kivi
the efforts ??f those who art; < ill
iu un oy iiiio.sv iiiuris. uios
nducts of their higher self and pure
ill. Despite tins we cinnot hu
mmend. praise and endorse the re
It of I'rof. John (J. Clinkscales' rt
at literary efforts entitled "Hoi
eh Came to College," the p* rusal c
licli lias proven a pleasure indeed
d a source of edification, the real e>
nt of wliiili was not fully expected
le story is by a Spirtanbuitf mat
d it deals with i^ople whom we si
ery day with a time many of us ca
member; is Is red dent with Inc.
torin^r: and above all it is true l
;ts and nature and yet contains tha
uslon and poetic eonstruetion tha
the story teller's art.
It tells of a bit;, ^rutf. routrh mour:
Ineer, catehlnt; inspiration from
a.nee glance at a Wollerd commcnci
jut and determining; on a college e;
sr. He declared that lie woul
peak up thai otic o' these days," an
ae enough lie did, though to hreac
e chasm between bim and the con
?ncement rostrum, lie was compel
to perforu> mostardie usacriciiiti
1 tasks by day. and by ttie liylit
e miKin to search for the cunniii
'possum" the evasive coon anil Hi
iiieyed "bee tree." Aliove all li
d to forego his marriage: and as h
mbed the intellectual summit, li
,d to take 11is untutored lietiirotlie
>11sr witti liim so that she would h
patile of understanding; and enjoy
; witli him his mental advanci
jnt. He persued his course despit
e fact that enlightenment cause
m to see more clearly the faults <
. neighbors: and liAviia; that rup>;'
nesiy bred into liiin by Ids noo
1 motlicr and iiis beloved IPblo, ii
posed some of these faults and ha
i>uhles.
The local evil lie combatt-d mos
is 1110 clandestine manutacture <
iritsaway from the eiiidinc hand i
lde Sam. In intellect and phy>
c lie reiirncd amnio; his mountai
mpanions. He dethroned by hi
Hjuence the detnutiouie politieia
d during Ins last year at colli ^
mlled down" the strongest man <
e county, and wound up by tliras!
p the recognized "bully" <>t Ituthci
rdton (J<?unty. He at last sp< k
irn "up thar" and was loudly aj
auded for his eloquence. lie niai
d his lirst love and settled duw
id 1m came a baptist minister.
It is a pood story well told. As yo
ad it you can see the towerin
ountain with the patch of corn b
? side, hear the hark of "Towser
he pursues his object in the distan
lod. see the mountain schooner
?nd its wa^dM*u by staKvj^t oj
r-?lottproad "ft^^^va
y. It is a pood book, inspirit^
lpful and interesting and no Spa
n who reveres the days of old, an
? one who loves character sketchin
ue to life, and no one who believt
at a college education is not in tl
ach of all, should fail to read it.
tielllM ol" thought.
The best cure for a man's conceit
woman's laughter.
Man regards human nature as
ick mule on which to pile his sins.
Fear fullness burns the bridge b
nd; fear, the hridgc.bcfore.
No man was ever discontented wit
ic world if lie did his duty in it.
Man thinks more of the cigi
irown in than of the box lie pays to
Sonic things that arc received ;
fts are really intended as inves
ents.
When you conquer vour enemy 1
rce, his better part remains uncoi
ired.
Every wise man has a parachute i
udenee attached to his baloon of e:
lUSia.MIl.
The foundation of self respect
?rk. Work is the; parent of ente
ise; idleness is the parent of vice.
Thirty-one I.hkI.
The marine exchange repotts tli;
ie steamer South i'i rtiaml, from A
ria for San Francisco, has bee
reeked at Handon on the (have
ast. Thirty-one of her passe n^re
id crew are missing t apt. Mclntyi
id six others snceeeded in read
K shore. The wrecketi steamer ea
_ (! a crew of twenty-LItret; and pro!
ily not more than eighteen passei
rs. Capt. Melntjre was in e< n
and of tlie vessel and had been t
:r about two months.
( real Ijohm of Idle.
Adr'.ces from Mazatlin, Me.vc
ate that lite terriiie storm, wide
sited that city and vicinity a fe
,ys apo, caused eonsiderahle loss <
e. In the City sixteen were ki 1 It
id a number of others injured. shi|
the harbor also sulTered much dan
e. The Danish schooner Clara w;
ill rely wrecked and the captain at
urteen sailors were drowned.
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>1 t ( ' ? .
i I Gu id 4 U v
If you nrr not Wi . - ' I IVO'lt to k. . s
sliuii.illx?In lli?linn
' ' lie .oi'nor Is roru
!> ? United Hitlm
l>R M *TH AWAY I hc*e <l) ?0i? 'is. Wri
?Mii Tor tli t'.sik v -li vvhiii lo-.lnv. and
ii' '* *ent you f'ci-. -i-i rii tililrenn I. s-*'
? SV W l>
hs Inman Building 224 S, Broa? :
tlanta, Ga
1
Idcahominy Indians of Kln^ William
unty, Virginia. have disfranchised s '
liemselves, and not one of them can j N
ote under the new constitution of ' !
'ir^inia. A telegram to tlie New
'ork Tribune says: "The new oranic
law provided for only two classs,
and as the Indians could not be
ejjistered under the class for whiles. 1 "
hey refused to l?e classed with the "
e^roes, and as a consequence refused
o ;h? registered at all. Their pride
f birth will cost them their votes,
iki iney nave no redress, as the num<er
of Indians in the state is so small
hat it was not thought necessary to *
irovide a special class for tiiem liner
tiie franchise clause of the new
onslitut ion."
KeiiiemhrrliiK Our Dead.
A monument to the Confederate
nldlers from the State of South Caroina
who fell in the war between tiie
Hates was dedicated at Greenwood .
Thursday afternoon. The dedicatory
,d dress was delivered by Judge Wiliam
T. Gary, of Augusta, who
ulogized Southern womanhood and 0
he part it played In the days of IMdd- 7
i5. The monument is thirty-live feet ^
iik'h, the panels on whicli the inscripions
are cut are from the granite
luarrles of Vermont. The remainder
if the granite in the monument is from
iouth Carolina. | A
v- SI
! Geo A Wagoner, Pres. Geo Y Cole nan. VloePres. I G Hall, Sec'y & Treas
, Coleman-Wagener Hardware Company,
Successor to C. P. Poppenlieiin.
363 king street, charleston, S c
v!"the answer to the question, wiiy does nop the up11
country give charleston hkr ent1uktrade is, because '
- i til ky ix) not know charleston ii as this great ahvan3
tage over hkr competitors. all you have to do is to
e compare rates.
t. Classifications Pen cakload.
From New York, N Y. pkii 100 lbs. Nails.
, i > i a n a
Charleston, S C M 40 34 28 23 17 12c per 100 lbs.
e Wj|| ti,P up-country buy from Charleston if they sell cheaper than otln
" ulii . - I--I i-i-iJ-. 1-11-U 1.1-Ln.n f j-j-.nj-.-uwuvuuwuu- i-.ri_ri..nj-ii - ri_i-Li-i_?
Villi II I ^ T
>?*2k x 01; a *] j1
lar ^aK]
,r W \ nv^ 111'fijgjflaijgyjja 'rf/ V
' The (Juignuad Brick Works,
? COLUMBIA, S. C.
'u Pudding and Re-Pressed Prick. Special shapes to or 1 ? \ Pi*; *-i?* P
t ra Cotta Flue blnlntfs. Prepared to HI I orders r j<* t li??i >U P"!
I j YOUNG MHN, YOUNG WO MEN, 'WAKE CP
| Prepare yourselves to meet the demand for Stenographers, typewriters
II j and bookkeepers. Write for catalogue of
MACFEAT'S BUSINESS COLLEGE, Columbia, S. O.
lj j W. H. Macfeat, ofllclal Court Stenographer. President.
Are You Coming to the Statu Fair.
). If you come we want you to call in at our Handsome Store and make our
l_ acquaintance. You can have your mail sent yon in our care, and while in the
City we will take care of your packages.
. The State Pair officials promise to have this year the biggest Pair on record
and t lie ('it v of Columbia will do Iter share in providing amusements. Don't 1
k' forget the dates, Oct. 2t>. 27, 28, 29.
P. H. LACHICOTTE & CO., Jewelers,
1424 Main St COLUMUIA, S C
r Founded in 1850. Graduates 4,453
<1 MEDICAL STUDENTS.
e. Write for Free Catalogue of the
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT UNIVERSITY OP N \SIIVILLE.
Curriculum included twenty-three lecture courses, eacii followed by a
0 thorough review quiz; seven laboratory courses, v and three hours of elinical
(j work daily. New building elaborately eqippcd with modern apparatus and
appliances. Tuition $<?">.00. Address, J. Dillakd .1 a cobs, M. D., Sec.,
?>41 South Market St., Nashville, Tenn.
' Rriplr buiildng, re-pressed and
<1 JjI ICJy fancyshapes.
ti LARGE STOCK. PROMPT SHIPMENTS
f GEORGIA-CAROLINA BRICK CO.,
Howard II. Stafford, President.
? WRITE FOR PRICES. AUGUSTA, GA.
w Whiskey I Morphine I Cigarette | A11.Drug and Tobacco
v Habit, | Habit | Habit | Habits.
,f Cured by Ivooloy I iis-st i t tt t o, <>F CI^.
i- 1 Lady St. (or P. O. Rox 75) Columbia, S. C. Confidential correspond..
once solicited.
I Inline, Cement, Flatter.
r- Terra Cotta Pipe, Rooting Paper, Car lots, small lots, write,
Carolina, Portland Cement Co., Charleston, b. C.
^ i.alter i>?y I'mvpriw. Wilson 8 Freckle Cure.
y 'J"lie man of real force doesn's have
* Gossip often finds listeners among Sun5 Burns,'
the most retined. Tans. Moth
The man who runs and reads, re- and Pimples L>,
n Meets Utile and digests less. tobet cream \ '
'r'_ We generally pay for the interest Money r e(j
we have In this life. turned if it \
g Some people who cau't do anything ?.l.',ls* Ijf'V0, fgt ^
s else amuse themselves and disgust na & -V
ie others by kicking. s *" ^ ??'
Many a bright man has put out his. P',s,^l^eown
light. I 1' noL 801(1 by your druggist, write
When we begin to look behind us we! ^ WILSON & CO,
lS are prone to go backward. | Charleston, S. C.
;i Few make light of the deeds they -
do in darkness. 11854. 1902~'03.
L" ai."dy?u a''vancc' l,K* m'"| GREENVILLE FEMALE COLLEGE.
i An idle word tin* ivist mont- tvinm. 1
11 ? ? J " Greenv'lle, S. C.
StndyinK Oar Mctho*U. ' *29
r. Kinzo Abe of Osaka, Japan spent
is ' Wednesday in Charleston studying t!ie ,
i- ! methods of handling cotton and the ^^hIT
classification of the staple. Mr. Abe ! IV
is engaged in the manufacture of
cloth in Japan and he isiu the I'liitcd '?* iffi'jgfii
States for the purpose of informing G ' ^*5
. himself on matters, connected with ? ,, , , . , '
1 t he industry. He spent some time in J.i Kr '.itv
n- v v- , courses an 1 specials. Faculty of 18.
New ^ ork and is imw traveling Greatly improved equipment. Pure
t urolith the south, visit ing the cot tun mountain water. (Jliinate rarely
's tields and the ports. He is much in- equalled. For catalogue and terms
r- : terested in the narvesting and ginning write K. C. Jamks, Litt. I)., Pres.
j of cctton and in fact in the entire
handling of the crop from the time ^
that it iN taken from the boll until it fXXXXXXXXXeMwiw'fr ft X1
u j is woven into yarn and cloth. Japan < n p r* BOTANIC
s" I manufactures considerable cloth, he K-K.K.m OiC^r* K3 A 1 AN X
? I stat dard also imports sufficient cot < , , t BALM t
,, . . . , . o J he (,re.?t rested Kcmedv for the speedy 4
( lOI) to lit* JililC to export it in turn to And permanent cure of Scrofula, Khcuma- (
China. His investigations of the tism. Catarrh, Ulcers, K, rema. Sores trup- i
.... .. , , , O Hons, Weakliest, Nervousness, and a.; A
I in Iliiids shipping cotton and hand- <, BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES.
:llig it general l> will be put to use ^ It is by farthe best building upTonicand ?
r* Upon his return to Japan, o Blood Purifier ever offered to the world. It X
p. makes new, rich blood, imparts renewed vi- X
?? tality, and possesses almost miraculous X
Mullet! Mullet'. Mullet! 1 XI healing properties Write for Book ot Won- IT
). ? derful Cures, sent free or? application. X
IU at .1 all kindsof Fresh and_Salt Water K
miuupirin. II ? uu .III* (trilling III 4] Jill! rofd cinr will be sent, freight paid, by IT
Fresh Fish or intend to deal in them XI blood balm co., Atlanta, Ga. IX
u rite for prices and send vour ordrs to TxTXTTTXTTTTSTTXTTYTTTTT^
TKItliV FISH CO.. Charleston, S. C.
!' Columbia S. C. We ship only fresh _
vs caught tisli and our prices are as low M 0V0 IVI On^Y,
as they can lie sold at. Write us. \
d Fry us, and be convinced \QV<5 Time,
Why Do We D e? lJaV 5 Bother.
|(j Yital statisties classitied shows the
res,,, ratory organs to be the feeble point Puv r Paints Qilg Variii
in.hi. 1 Mseases of t he lungs are out -. / . .
*** of all proportion in fatality. Take tushes, ami Brushes, bash,
Ta>lor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Dodis, and Blinds from
(linn and Mullein for coughs, colds and
. i eonsiiiiipt ion. At Druggists, 2oc per
iK.ni.-- SHAND BUILDERS SUPPLY CO.,
ivjta uuumru, u. aikibsod, 010 r?in ra U01UIllt)l&, 8 O
Columbia Supply Co. High Grade
COLUMBIA, S. C.
ft 1'inim
*04 WKST CiKUVAIS (il HUBS BUILPINO. Itlll k. 9
Now is the time you are looking
around your Gins and other machinery Roof l^?? r.nio
to see what supplies you need. We DcM " M
earry three grades of Rubber Belt,
;; grades of Leather and Candy Belt. The Quality, Terms and Prices will
Largest stock of Wood Pulleys in the please.
State. Carry Pipe, Kit t itles, Valves, Call or write
Shafting, Hangers, Booting and every- vi _ 1 , ?f . ,,
^ thing else in the supply line. We want Malone 8 Music House,
your orders, this applies to any one Flstahlished 1SS4. Opposite Y M C A
st using or handling machinery. COLUMBIA, S. C.
\ou can save money by writing us.
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