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VOL. XV. BRYAN'S CHANCE - ~v Of Being Elected President Seems to Be Good. A WINNINQ COMBINATION: Teh Electoral Votes That Would Cafry Him to Victory. j States He Is L'kc'y to Carry. A Washington dispatoh says of lato a vast deal of attention has contcrcd on New York, and in spito of overwhelm ing odds favoring MoKinlcy, the posiibility of the Umpire State giving thirty-six eleotoral votes to Mr. Ltryau arc discussed by observing men moro than any other political topio of the day. There aro cortain foroon in Now York, Roosovolt's majority for Governor wan so small, and the tendency of a largo indopendont voto is so diflioult to fathom, that ono is justified perhaps in plaoing that Stato at present in the doubtful column, where four weeks ago it seemed but fair to rcokou it as surely for MoKinlcy by a big majority. The Haying i.s a common one that if Bryan carries New York and Indiana bis election is assured. Yet it is interesting to noto that ho might linvo the clootoral voto of both thoso groat States and barely defeat tho Republican cacdi dato, or bo defeated himself. According to tho best advices tho outlook is very bright for tho Democrats in Indiana. By carrying tho following States the Demoorata would elect Mr. Dryan: Alabama 11 Arkansas 8 Colorado 4 Florida 4 Georgia .. ..Id Idaho 3 Indiana 15 Kentuoky 13 Louisiana 8 Maryland 8 Mississippi 0 Missouri 17 Montana 3 Nobraska 8 Nevada . 3 Now York.. K .30 North Carolina 11 South Caroliua 9 Tennoseco r* 13 Texas 15 Utah.. r 3 Virginia 12 Total. 225 This list of twenty-two States, howevor, if all went for Bryan, would give , him a baro majority in tho doctoral college, as 224 votes aro neeoasary for an elootion. It will bo noticed that West Virginia, with six votes, is omitted. Tho Republicans confidently balicvo that Wost Yirgiuia will givo her voteto MoKinleV.altbnilfirb it is art mitt<wt that the Demooratio chances arc better on the Stato tiokot and tho Legislature. It is, nevertholoss, anybody's fight, for tho dccisivo influences may cliango a half dozen times between now and oloo- | tion day. Dolawaro is also omitted, notwithstanding tho eonfidont claims of Domoorats that they will have a majority thero. Tho two Kepublioan factions havo shown a disposition to unite, all of whioh substantiates tho Kepublioan faith that tho smallest Stato in tho Union will voto for MoKinloy, as four years ago. Tho best judgos rogard Maryland as Democratic. Kontuoky is judged Kepublioan on tho State tiokot and Democratic on tho national ticket. OTHER POSSIBILITIES. With suoh a list, thoro are still othor Demooratio posibilities?not probabilities?to bo koptin mind. Whilo Delaware and West Virginia may troop into the Demooratio oolumn, somothing will probably bo heard in tho next fow weeks of Demooratio ohanocs in Connecticut. Tho nominations have only just boon mado in tho Nutmog State, and tho lateness of tin campaign thoro is tho reason that littlo has bcon said of its voting proclivities. In years gono by Connooticut has boon very much a Demooratio Siato in Presidential years, and when tho tendonoy eleowhero in tho oeuntry has bcon against tho Republicans, Connootiout has always bocn in tho mood. If tho gold Domoorats go baok to their former affiliations Connecticut might booomo dobatablo ground. Tho olootoral vote there numbers six. Thon Illinois has an enormous shifting vote, and the labor troubles aro likely to affect tho situation. Cook oountv. whioh innlnd?n u?5ll probably decido tho political complexion of that State's twenty-four electoral votes. Four years ago Chicago contributed a very largo portion of tho 146,OOOllepublioao majority in Illinois, but this year tho Domoorats say the ma,r jority outsido Cook county will bo ok if small, and that it will bo ovoroome by ** tho big Domooratio majority in Cook oounty. But it is oasy toseo what tho realization of some of tho Republican possibilities in the list of twenty-two Siates. whioh have boon sot down by way or fair oonjeoturo for Mr. Bryan, would bring about. It must bo oonoeded that Indiana is a Republican possibility, and Now York a strong Republican probability. Tho loss of eithor of thoso Statos would relogato Bryan's column of electoral votos to sooond place. UTAH, IDAHO AND MONTANA. Utah is undoubtedly drifting baok to Republican moorings, but it is vory questionable whether it will get dear baok this year. Nevertheless, tho threo votes of Utah er Idaho, even if New York add Indiana go Democratic might 1 - (- '* w provo indispensable for Mr. Bryan. In spite of the deoidcnoc of the silver sou iiuiein in tnoso Mates, it is woll to bear in mind tho personal following of Ml. Bryan, and tho jrido that is shared quite generally by far Western people that a candidate for tho I'residenoy shouM havo boon soleotcd from thoir iiMiiediato vijinity. Utah and Idaho are now uioro doubtful than Montana, although a fewVvooks ago it socmod tho other way. But tho two factions in Montana that throatoned Democratic supremacy aro united in favor of Mr. Bryau, and Hcpuhlioans aro disposed to ooncodo tho State to him. I ho attitude of tho gold Democrats in Maryland and Kentucky will bo decisive for ono party or tho other, hut, notwithstanding tho hope thai Republioans have of thoso States, tho drift to date has been against them. Tho Brown Democrats in Kentucky, who aro to a good degreo f^old Democrats, havo, through their organization, do clared for Mr. Brvan, but against tho Domooratio oandidato for Governor. Iu any ovont, speculation on the out oomc of tho clootion is bound to revort to Now York. It is a very common thing nowadays to refor to tho war bctwecu Crokcr and Hill is ondangoring the Domooratio prospcot, hut it is quite probable that as tho campaign advances this war will stimulato tho two leaders to put in their hardest work for Mr. Bryan. Tammany Hall tuay bo nooused of had govori ui^.-nt, but ono should not forgot that t.o rulo.in Republican communities up tho State is known by New York voters to bo disgustingly corrupt, though less widoly advertised. Thoindiffcroncoof Republican voters in tho Stato is very marked, and no man oau tell how powerfully they will mustor at tho polls. Mr. Crokcr may not bo pleased that tho soeptor of Domooratio power is just now in tho far West, but at at tho aauic time tho I'latt workers aro kuown to-ho anything but cnthuiiastio ovor Gov. Rooscvolt, and a vcrdiot that put him out of business would not bo unwel oorno. The t'&ot that all indications point to a much lighter Republican vote io November than four years _ ago brings New York, as well as other States, nearer to the danger lino. A SPLENDID SHOW Will be Made by the Militia at the State Fair The State says it looks now vory much as if the military feature of the ooming Stato fair is going to bo a splondid euoooas. Gen. Floyd fools vory much gratifiod at tho largo Dumber ot letters ho haarccoived from oompanies in all parts of the Stato. Ho stated Thursday that he had cvory roason to bcliovo that tho following oouimands would bo prosont, giving two full rogiments and a battalion of infantry, besides tho naval militia foroo and^horcisa possibility of two moro oompanies of infantry, thoso from Spartanburg and Clifton, and some oavalry coining: FIRHT REOIMRNT. Fort Mill Light Infantry, Co. M. Groonvillo Light Infantry, Co. A. Smytho Hiflos, I'olzor, Co. C. Honca Path Guards, Co. H.. Abbevillo Voluutcors, Co. I). Greenwood Guards, Co. ? Liborty Hill Rifles, Co. B Jasper Light Infantry, Yorkvillo, Co. L. liRA TjlCfVif T nfanlrn MkaaUa Hy* T MWv ^ ?i v * j , v> iiuoiui ) \ju. i? Hazolwood Rifles, Cornwell, Chostor county, Co. Gv HEOON1) EEOIMENT. Kershaw Guards, Camden, Co. A. Bamborg Guards, Bamborg, Co. B. Tillman Volunteers, Orangeburg, Co. C. Klisto Rifles, Orangoburg, Co. F. Riohland Volunteors, Columbia, Co. D. Timmonsvillc Guards, Timmonsville, Co. E. Fort Motto Guard, Fort Motto, Co. G. Sumter Light Infantry, Sumter, Co. H. Georgetown Rifles, Goorgotown, Co. I. Governor's Guards, Columbia, Co. L. FIRST BATTALION. Sumter Guards, Charloston. Washington Light Infantry. German Fusiliers. Irish Volunteers. Pa'motto Guards. I NAVAL MILITIA. Lafayetto Artillory, Sooond division, | Charloston Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, Third division, Boaufort. It is thus scon that praotioally the ontire military foreo of tho State, with the exooption of the oalvalry regimont, expects to be here fair week. Thoro is Dut one battery of artillory, the German Artillery of Charleston, and every effort will bo made to have thi9 organization attond and tako part in tho parade. There aro 11 troops of cavalry in tho State. Thero is no roason why many of thorn oould nob rido through tho country to attond tho enoampmont. Many of them will no doubt mako tho attempt. One, it is said, is almost oortain to do so. All things oonsidored it looks as if the military foatures of tho Stato fair is going to bo one of the best. If it provos to be so Gon. Floyd will havo roason to be proud of his work. Pirates on the West River. Advioes from tho West river in China report that piraoy and brigandage aao inoreasing, and it is oonsiderod probable that the rivor will relapse into its old stato of inseourity during tho wmtor unless aotive measuros are takon. Several minor piratioal aots aro reported and i't is also stated that villages near Kuni Chuk have been burned by brigands. f: 'I *" . t t be 9< CONWAY. S. THE COTTON MARKET Heavy Receipts Depresses Price of the Staple SOME FACTS FOR FARMERS. They Should Market Their Crop Slow'y and Thus Keep Up the Price of the Staple A dispatch from Now York nays: "As is usual at tho beginning of tho ootton season tbo attention of ootton trader* ooutcrs upon tho movement of the now crop and tho probablo continuanoe of tho first rush of heavy roooipts. Hanks hero aro rcociviug urgent requests from thoir oorrospondcnts all over tho cotton belt for currency of small denominations, suitable for oron niovintr mimeses, and it niav bo stated as a fact that the hanks aro Dot giviDg these requests the attention that they merit, '' ho requests are nl uiost entirely for #5 hills, of which there is a particular scarcity. Frank Vandorlip, assistant secretary of the treasury, had been here ibis week, talking tho matter over with hank of tlcers and striving to induco thein to part with a considerable amount of their treasury notes which arc, it will bo remembered, exchangeable iindor tho new curronoy law into silver certificates. Mr. Vandorlip, in fact, plaood a protnium on theso treasury notes by offering facilities in tho form of transportation of ourrcncy to'tho agricultural sections in fuvor of tho hank making the oxchango of ticasury notes. It is quito probable, thcroforo, that with this promium, tho New York banks will pass ovor a considerable amount of theso treasury notes, and tho transfer of money to tho South to movo tho orop will ho promptly inorcasod. It will be recalled that under tho new ourrcnoy law bilvor certificates may bo issued against tho retirement of treasury notes, not only at tho rate of dollar for dollar, hut that tho praotietl result of the law is that silver oertili sates may ho issued at tho rato of about one and one third for ovory treasury note cancelled. This is accomplished as a result of tho sifvor certificates hoing issued not only against the silver dollar as aotually ooincd, hut against the profit to tho government of coiuiDg at one dollar a coin containing less than ono dollar's worth of silver. It will therefore ho obaorved that every dollar in troasury notes that tho Now York hanks part with means $ 1 .'M inorcasoin tho curronoy suitable for the agricultural sections. This is a factor which will undoubtedly exorciso an appreciable iuiluonce on the ootion crop movement of tho near future. "Tho heavy movoment of cotton to market has had tho effect of chcoking, porhaps temporarily, tho operations of aorno of tho bull leaders. In other words, tho big roooipts arc just now soaring bulls. This is only natural, and tho trado has been prepared both for tho big roooipts and tho soaro arising from them. Without big receipts somo timo thcro would bo no probability of a orop of ovon 8,000,000 bales, to say nothing of lOjOJDO.OOO or moro, as now looked for by many. As is also usual at this soason, tho exporting clomcnt SCO in tho rush of cotton now progressing a orop of no less than 12,000,000 balos, just as they last soason protouded to beliovo asdato as Maroh. Tho estimate of a crop, of around 9,000,000 balos dividod equally between tho sections oast and wost of tho Mississippi, as promulgated by ono Southern firm, may provo near tho mark in tho ovent of early irost or a oollapso in receipts around November 10th. "Inasmuch as thero has been great oompiaint of scarcity of pickers in many sections it would bo well to boar in mind that in such districts roocipts oortainly would have been heavier than roported, had tho cotton been gathered with usual promptness. This is a point on which big orop people hero aro laying much stress. Indood thoro seems oonsidorablo logical foundation for this becauso tho raovoinont from many small plantations has been at a comploto standstill on aooount of tho labor question; and tho rotardatioD of recoipts from this oauso ovor a wido aroa must, in tho aggrogato, be oonsidorablo. Wo hoar of somo instanoes whoro tho yiold will bo so small and planters are so comfortably situatod that tho high prioo will bo a groat inducement to hold for still highor prioos, regardloss of what may bo dono by tho fortunato planters who have raised a good orop and aro anxious to soil now. "A prominont exportor?a man whoso opinion is well rospcotod horo? in disoussing the crop situation said to your correspondent: 'Kvorything depends upon Texas. The abnormal situation thoro arising from tho recent hurrioane has left somo of our oxpert statisticians oomplotcly at soa in regard to tho probablo yiold. Hoforo a groat whilo Galveston will roooive her usual quota of cotton daily, tho heavy arrivals at Now Orleans of late boing in a large moasuro credited to diversions from tho former port. With fow oxooptions aooounts from Texas agree in predicting a remarkably free movement during Ojtobcr, and are almost unanimous in tho statoinont that prosent prices are proving a strong temptation to free selling by farmors. A fow sections aro olaiming a hotter orop than last year, but from what we can gather from people who are frequently on the right sido Texas does not promise to mkko a orop of sufficient size to throw the boar oliquo into eostaoios, while hero and there some planters aro such * jm - ? - -? |St jfdlii i ' ' c ' brss$ C . c., THURSDAY, OOT< firm believers in a small crop for the stato that thoy express an intention of holding their cottou for very fancy prices, a decision the wifdom of which is very questionable brforo the eettlo ment, of the question of early frost.' "Commission firms who have been interviewed on the cotton outlook appear to quito generally agreo that at present price farmers will market freoly. Many bavo adviocs to tho ef feot that around ten cents farmers arc willing to let their cotton gf>. .lust now, with every probability of a Very large movement, they are likely to show every anxiety to sell. Undoubtedly tho high price already secured has tempted many to portray the crop's prospoot in their respeotivo sections in as most unfavorable light as possible Reports aro coming in from sections of Louisiana just eoutrary to what has boon claimod by various authorities as to tho crop outlook. According to those the promise surpasses anything knowu in previous seasons. Arrivals of cotton in tlioso favored sections have boon unusually heavy, so much so a^ to givo rise to tho belief that avcmarkably I _ ? I 1 . _ ? 1 1 . i i noavy yieia win result. masnnion as thoso reports are coupled vvitli stale luents to the effect that most favorablo conditions have onablod very rapid gathorino and that planters aro using unuFual hasto to avail themselves of tho hi^h level of prices it would bo unsafe to conclude just yet, that tho ho*vy receipts indicate a leinarkahly heavy yield." HOWARD 10 HE HANGED Ho is tho M in who Killed Governor Geobel, of Kentucky. A dispatch from Frankfort, Ky., pays' James If. Howard, who lias been on trial for tho past ten daysoharg'd with being a principal in the assassination of Williatn Goobol, was fouod guilty Wednesday, tho jury fixing his punishment at death. Tho fact that tho jury haddclibcratcd all of yostorday atiornoon without rea ohiug a verdict led to tho boliof that it was liopolosslv divided and this tact made the verdict a shock to Howard and thoso who hopod for liis ultimate acquitttal. Howard did not loso liis composure when tho verdict calling for tho ex ircmo ponaity oi mo law read m the crowded Court room. Ha glanced at his attorneys, who sat beside him, and smiled and said nothing. Alter *tho jury had been discharged Howard was taken back to the jail and lure tor the lirst timo lie bo trayed emotion, Ilo called for a pen and papor nud wrote a long lcttor to his wife, during which tears coursed down his chocks. Ho was joined later by his attorneys, who spent a good pnrt of the day in conference with him in regard to the motion for a new trial, which will bo filed to-morrow, and other matters in connection with the easo. Howard and his friends aro very bitter in their denunciation of witnesses who, it is charged, woro in tho conspiracy to murder (loobel, and who havo since boon manufacturing testimony against others in order to obtain immuuity for themselves. "Jim" Howard, as ho is commonly known in the mountains, is a strikingly handsomo man, 44 years of ago, and would bo ono of the last to bo printed out by a stranger as tho man on trial. He bad tho record, howovcr, of being the leader of the HowardWhito faotion in the Maker-Howard feud in Clay County, in wliioh numerous lives wero taken. Ho had killed Goorge lhikcr and was suspected of tho assassiiiatian of Tom Maker, who was killed after the samo fashion as Ooebel was, and Howard's friends bolievo that theso facta had very muoh to do with tho making of tho verdict aontcncing him to tho gallows. Tho trial of Henry 10. Youtaoy, of Newport, will bo called at (ieorgotuwn noxt Friday. Boers Destroy Things. A dispatoh from koronzo Maniucz, South Atrioa, aaya: (Ion. lati Hamilton's division and that of (ion. Polo(Jarow havo ontcrod Komaffpoort. Not a shot was fired nor a Moor scon during tho maroh. Hvidencos of tho enemy's dcstructivonoss were everywhere to bo scon. Tho bridges havo been dynamited, tho stores, buildings and homostoads looted and burnod, as had also tho railway property, all tho ohief stations being moro masses of smoking ruins, among thorn Kaap Muidon, llootorspruit and Komatipoort. At the last plaou thcro is an enormous area ovor whioh the Hoorfc have wrought destruction. Napoleon as a Counterfeiter. In 1812 M. Pasquior, Parisian profeot of polioo, as ho rolatos in his memoirs, discovered a socrot printing otlioe whoro skilled workmon wero engaged at night. Tho houso was barricaded, L..1 .L I' ? uuv uxo ponoo broke in, arrested the mon and seized a lot of oountorfoit Austrain and Russian bank notes. Soon aftor d&vary, tho minister of police, dosoendud upon his subordinate with a sharp reprimand. 11 o explained that tho notes wero boing printed by tho ordor of Napoloou himsolf, who designed thorn lor uso in tho Russian campaign. Napoloon had no intention of wasting good monoy in buying supplies in an enemy's oountry. Gorman 8ees Victory. Kx-Senator Gorman* belioves that Bryan and Stcvonson will win. "I do not believo either party has tnado a canvass which would warrant a conclusion as to tho probable result of tho Tbleotion," he said to a reporter. "It is several wocks boforo tho cleotion and campaigns run moro or lens in wavos. There is a drift?a very dccidod drift? in favor of tho Domoorats, which justifies tho hopo that Bryan will bo olcotod. Political conditions seem much as thoy wore in ,(J2." 0 ;)I5i:r t. moo. BILL ARP'S RUMINATIONS Three of the Old Philosopher's Friends T\: ?i * t n uieu me auiue uay. How like a buttorfly our thoughts flit from flow<r to Hovrcr, feeding upon the ever changing mental foods. Sometimes thoy soar to heaven or uestlo among the stars, but their homo is hero among our pcoplo, our frionds and kindred and tho concerns of our daily life. Who has not wondered how ho oame to bo thinking of this thing or that, and traced it back to something wholly irrelevant, but leading on by shadowy lines. But a littlo while ago I was sadly thinking about tho sudden death of three more of my good friends friends whom 1 loved and evorybodv loved who knew them. Mr. Moore, of Auburn; (,'olotiol Mynatt, of Atlanta, and Dr. Onelohius, of Homo, loft us on tho same day. Thoy were good men, and tho world was made bettor by their prosoooo. I was thinking especially about Dr. Ooctchius, tho preacher, whoso journey and destination was so suddenly ohanged, for he had bought his ticket for TaDulah Kails, there to spend his vacation, and was to take the train at II o'clock, lie roso from his bed at 2, and at 3 lie was dead and his spirit soaring heavenward. Then I thought about Mrs Barbauld's lines, that fit so well: "I.ifVI wo have heon long P^ulier, In ploft?ftiit and in cloudy wratbor; . 'Tis hard to pan when friend i are dear, i i-imps iwiu cost 11 nigh or (ear. Then steal away give iittln?warning; Choose thine own lime, 8.17 not goodnight, but in noine brighter Clime Hid ine-gocd morning." ? Then I ruminated about that wondorful woman. How she wan tho first to write s'ory books for tho nhildron and hymns for thoohuroh, and how hor life was spont in the schoolroom among tho children that she loved. And then I recalled that beautiful hymn that she wrote: "llow blest the righteous when lie dies, When sinks .the wosry soul to rest, llow mildly beam tho closing eyes, llow gently heaves the eipiring breast " And then 1 thought of tho words of Balaam, upon which that hymn was founded: "Oh! may I dio thodoath of tho righteous, and may my last end ho liko llis." And this reminded mo of tho other words of Balaam: "What hath God wrought?" That was vh* first mossago sent over a tolcgraph wire It was sent from Washington to Baltimoro, by Miss Anna Ellsworth, tho daughter of tho commissioner of patents. She had been vory kind to Professor Morso, and ho had promised that she should send the lirst luoHsagc. This was sent on the 24th day of May, 1844, and two days later tho second messago was Hent from Baltimoro to Washington, announoing that .lamos K. Polk had been nominated for president. I remember all this, for I was in college then. But still tho poople were incredulous, and waited for tho mail train to bring tho news, Thon I ruminated on tho hard lot of great inventors, and how Morso ppont all of his small estate and received but littlo encouragement, being so utterly poor that ho had to go without food at timos for twenty-four hours, and how ho ploadcd with congress for thrco years in vain for an appropriation to help him porfoot and build a lino to Baltinioro?and how at tho very last, when ho was in despair and had given up all bono, congress did at midnight, on tho last day of tho session, pass tho bill for $U0,000, and Anna Kllsworth eamo running to him in dclightod hasto and told him tho good nows. What an agonizing lifo ho had led during all those years, for ho had boon refused help at home ar.d had been to Kngland and to Franco in soaroh of it and found it not. Now just think of it. After ho had built his first lines and his success was established bo offered bis patents to the IJnitod States for $100,000, and it was refused, and bo was constrained to soli to privato parties an invontion that - 4. L. iL 11 1 ruuu uniuii iu no wnrin onn nunurcu millions. Hut lie died full of years and full of honors, and even Franco made him a donation of lOW.OOO francs. What a wonderful man?perhaps the greatest all' around man that ever lived?for ho was a painter of distinction and ronown, the pupil and the peer of Allston and West, and the city of Charleston was his best friond and patron, and has now his portraits of Monroe and LaFayotto.* Ho was a sculptor, an arohitcot, a philosopher and a poot, and ho would havo rcaohed tho top in all had ho not bcoomo so absorbed in harnessing tho lightning. As a matter of oourso ho was kept in litigation sovoral yoars, and othor parties tried to steal his invention, but tho Supremo Court of tho United States did finally affirm ovorything that ho olaimcd. Ho died in 1H72 in his oighty-first year. Iloro my thoughts rostod for awhilo, and then returned to Dr. Goetohius and the many other frionds who havo gono before and havo left mo almost alone. How fondly our minds oling to tho friends of our youth?our sohoolmatcs and college mates?and ovory now and then wo hear of another who . has dropped out of line, and liko tho barber in a barbor shop old Fathor Timo whispers "next " My dear old friond Jiin Warren still lives to groot mo when I oomo, and so docs Chess Howard and Dr. Alexander and his brother and Kvan Howoll. Then I rooallcd the grand and beautiful words of Ingalls, spoken in his eulogy on Senator Beok: "Tho right to live is, in human estimation, tho most stored, tho most inviolable, the most inalicnable. The joy of living is suoh a splondid and luminous day as this is inoonooivablo. To exist is exultation. To livo forever is our sublimest bopo. . To know, to love, to aohisve, to tri- I * , ? !?'' ""* T " ' ' ? J N $ umph in rapture, and yot wo arc all under Fentonoo of death. Without a trial or opportunity of defence, with no knowledge of the aoousor or tho nature and oauso of tho accusation; without bring confronted with the witnesses against us, wo havo been sumtuonod to tho bar of lifo and oondotuood to <lcath. Thcro is neither exculpation n >r appoal. Tho tender mother erics passionately for mercy for her tirot born, but thcro in no oloiucnoy. Tho oravon felon sullenly prays for a moment in whioh to bo aooled, but thero is no re prieve. Tho soul hopelessly boats its wings upon the bars, shudders aud dis appears. "Hut tho death of a good man is not an inconsolable lamentation It is a strain of triumph, and bo may exolaim with the Komah poet, 'Non omnis Moriar,' and turning to the silent and unknown future oan rely with just and reasonable oonfidonoo upon that most improssivo assuranoo over dolivorcd to the human race, 'Me that bclicvoth in me, though ho wero dead, yet shall ho live, and whosoever livoth and boliovoth in tno shall never die.' " Mr. Ingalls might have added one more shadow to his dark picture of death by saying that ho not only condemned us without trial or witnesses or an accuser, but tho pitiless old rascal would not cvon give tho dale of our ex eeution nor tho manner of it. Wo are to Uto, that ih oortatn, but. when or how or where wc know not. Think of I>r. (lootohius, dressed at - o'olock with pleasant anticipations ol a rest at Tallulah, amid the wound of falling waters that root ho tho soul, hut within an Itour lie wart a hoi plows, lifoleHrt oorpsc. Senator Ingalla was a gifted mannot a word painter, hut a thought on graver. For years ho was our enemy and harbored prejudices against our people, hut after ho had visited Texas and Htudiod the negro and his race traits, ho returned home and declared that he was unfit and unworthy of freedun) or any political franchise. Ilut enough of this. Now let mo add that up to this date 1 have rcooived ono hundred and seventeen copies of tho poem that 1 asked for, and tho number inorcasos with every mail. They have come from every Southern stato. I began to wr?to ploasant words and thanks to thoso who havo troubled thomsclvcs to ploaso mo, hut I havo had to stop, for my old oy.es aro weak and my hand gets tired. 1 can only thank them *11 at onoo, and say how eratoful I am that ho many kuow what I did not know. It humbles my prido and takes away hotio of my vanity. Homo of my soattercd friends give tho authorship to Flora Hastings, Quoon Victories maid of iionvr, and Bomo to Goorgo D. Prontico, and one to S. H. Prcntis, hut tho large majority aro correct in naming Charles Mackay. lie was horn in Perth, Scotland, in 181*2, and during our civil war was tho American oorrospondont of tho Ijondon Times. Ho easily stood firHt among tho modern Faglish poets, and was tho author of many proso works. m Ui Aiir. The Irony of Fate. The Convention of Spanish War VotoranB oontiouod its businoss meeting at Washington Wednesday, with about twenty ineinbors prcsont. Tho ohiof item of intorost in eonneotion with tho oleotion of ofiioors was tho elootion of Col. .lames II. Tillman, of South Caro Una, as sonior vioo oommandcr-in chief. Major Harold Mogrcw, of Indiana, had been nominated for this oflioo, hut withdiow and substituted tho namo of Gen. Joo Wheolcr, who roooived four votes in tho balloting. Tho oonvontion decided on a uniform of mixed hluo and gray, as typioal of a union hotweon tho North and South during tho Spanish war. Tho following ofiioors woro olootod: Coniinandor-in-chiof, (Jon. Nolson A. Miles; sonior vico oornmandor-inohicf, Col. Jatuos II. Tillman, Sonth Carolina; junior vieo oominander-inohiof, Col. Win. H. Hubboll, New York; inspoctor goncral, Col. Frank II Harrington, United States inarino oorps; judgo advooato general, Major Charles K Miller, Ohio; surgeon genoral, I)r. Clifford Cox, United States navy. Large sun spots, astronomers say, oausod tho extremo boat this sututnor, and donlnr* ftr.rd<vrn "II .lir. ^ wv>?4ii \j uvw? / w 11 VHU J'l UO ' trations wore induced hy disorders ot the stomach. Good health follows good digoption. Kodol Dyspopsia Curo digosts what yeu eat. If you havo indigestion or dyspopsia it will quickly rcliovo and permanently ouro you. I)r. K. Norton. \V*? Afc- & V> tV*. \ ^ T j| easier Urr.ir ^ *?4 ever btfotfg 1 ^ Write for our elegant II T catal A we can ertve you morey in the pur ^ etkd the* eu^y tcne ""of p.uytnent ^ factory or through our regular ait' P tui.ity you cnuuot afi'ord to pas >. Yo< 2^-1 '<M 4' y a a a.WHIiim I HI VI i I lV I " ' TV <1 1 l" Lr'' C0ai*tiuc ion u unnecessary. If y< ,? cun offer most libera! terins, wisitfc mzwt com'p, i ^ V^-*St. tWX. For Halo by Spivcy Mcioantile Co., C< ajfck_nL? m DR. Ml toPPly I EETI (Tcelhin^ * Coi>ts only 25 ccnlj Or ?*U 26 cent* to C.J .A . % NO. 10 FUNDS NEEDED. Senator Tillman Wants 8om? P rr m Qn? I U . i % MI wu ' n wai uniirt MARION COUNTY LEADS OFF. Chairman Jones U'ges Others to Follow This Example. Money Needed for Speakers in Doub ful States. Tho Columbia ltcoord nays Senator Tillman, the iinnber from South Carolina of tho uational Democratic oomuiittce, has ogain telegraphed toColouol VYiliu Jones, chairman of tho South Carolina Domooraoy, urging hitn to rairo a fund for the employment of llryan apeakcra In response to this appeal, Colonel Jones has issuod tho following loiter to tho chairmen of tha oounty Democratic oxeoutivo oommitIcoh: Dear Sir: 1 havo just rooeived a telegram from Senator Tillman, our national oommittooman, who is with tho national committee in Chicago, earnestly requesting 1110 to call on tho po >plo in tho sta o for contributions in aid of the national I)emocratio party. Tho tnonoy is to bo used to defray tho exponsos of speakers in tho doubtful statcH. While wo all realise that South Carolina will go for Bryan, it is certainly our duty to do what wo can to help our Democratic friends to tho doubtful states. 1 will thauk you to take up this very important matter at onoo and oall upon all oluh presidents in your county, and tho people generally, to take up a collection among the faithful, and please remit stlms so collected to Col. I J. X.. (iu nter, Jr., soorotary, or to mo as chairman, and the same will ho remitted to tho chairman of the national Democratic commitleo. Yours truly, Wilio Jones, Chairman. Coloacl Jones earnestly hopes the oounty chairman will mako vigorous efforts to raiso money for this purpose. Senator Tillman oxpoots South Carolina to oontributo $1,000, or an average of $100 to tho oouuty. It take? work to raiso such a sum. Tho first contribution oauto in this morning and was from Marion oounty. r . It. Harrw r pnmiiU.I ? ~1 L *',fl . . ? ..... . ,uu>i?tsu i? uuvun lUT fl)U for tho Democrats of that oounty. The Anti-LynchinR Law. rho anti-lynching law of this state making the county rosponsibio for damages to tho family of tho victim, has received another black oyo. On .January 4, 18D7, Isaac Brown, a negro, was found hanging to tho railroad crossing at Stillton, O/angeburg oounty, his nook brokon and his body riddled with ballot*. Brown's father brought suit against tho oounty for damages last [year, but tho jury promptly brought in a verdict for tho oounty. Tho vordiot was sot asido by .Judgo Uago, and ' another trial of tho samo oaso has boon had last week, and another verdict ronderodfor tho oounty of Orangeburg. Thi dofonso offered no tostimony, rolying upon tho failuro to provo a lynching which thoy contondcd rc<t*irod tho oonourronooof a mob or a uiultitudo of porsons. Buohanan, the prosiding judgo, ohargod tho jury that a lynching might bo oommittod by a mob or by any porson or person*, but the ohargo appears to havo had no cffjct on the Jury. A motion for a now trial will bo made, but this second verdiot shows oonolusivoly that tho anti-lynching provisions in tho constitution of lBDi is a dead failuroso far as it provides damages for tho hoirs of tho victim, though it is admitted that in its primary object, tho suppression of lynching in this atato it has boon largely suo ooisful. The emergency bags sent by a church sooioty to K tnsas soldiers in tho Philippines oontaincd among tho necessities a I box of PoWitt's Witch Hazol Halve, tho well known euro for pilos, injuries and skin diseases. Tho ladies took care to obtain tho original DeWitt's Witch Hazol Halvo knowing that all tho oounj tcrfoits aro worthloss. Dr. E. Norton. i.- *-?.. 4. <vy m. , - IHNF5 a! Change In Marketing Methods ? Applied to Sewing Machines. * ti'il rjon tinder which you can <bti!? $ ant! better value in the pure base of ? nous 4'White Scwi.ig Machlua liu:i ? offered. ? ogue and det tUcd particular*. How ? chase of a high-grade sewing machine & . we can oiler, either direct from 4 'Jiori/.ed agtiil>. This id ?.;i < ^por- m c knoy/ < 1 Whit ."yon i-iiw F til ltd dou ri; li >n Ol the HI ichne ana F >1. have a a ol<t machine to cvchaige k Write to day. Address in full. 5 tfiY, (brf/t a.) f'cvcterv!, 0Me. \> !> "* M- vV ri'-Vk *V <&. anway, S. C. TITS Mlais Irritation, Aids Digestion, I I || Hk Regulates the Bowels, I I ft] / 1 Strengthens the Child, I I II A-A Makes Teething Easy. )Wdcrs> 1 M TP.FTttlNA Relieves the Bowl : . , . Troubles ot Children of j at Droggists, any aoe. . MOFFKTT, Nl. D., ST. LOUIS. MM* \ - T" ?