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?. Kjy aiy uear wile's side.
"I go On a Journey, sweet, to-day;
Ov r the river the boatmen glideGood-bye;
I shall linger long away."
"Ab,she will come back soon, 1 know,"
1 said, as she stooped for the parting
kiss;
Site cannot tarry, she told me so;
There is never a land so fair as this."
But many a month and many a year
Have flown since my darling went
away,
Will she never come back to meet me
here?
Has she found the region of perfect
day?
Over the ocean she went and came:
Over the river, and lingers there!
Oh, pallid boatman! call my nameShow
me the region so wonderous
fair.
THK NEURO PROBLEM.
Serious Mistakes Made by the United
States Government
IN R1FIRENCE TO THE MATTER
it It the Problem ol the Age?, and
Not to bo (Settled In a
Decade or a
Century.
The following is the lirst section of
an open letter from Ex-Governor 1).
H. Chamberlain, formerly or this
State, to Mr. James Bryce, a member
of the English Parliament. The second
section will he published next
week. The letter Is well worth reading:
The Kt. Hon. James Bryce, M. P.,
No. 50 Portland Place, London, Eng
uiiiu my wear mr. nryce: i iihiik
you will understand, after our conversation
last summer, with what Increased
Interest 1 have re-read and
pondered your great philosophic for
less than that I cannot call It?Oxford
Romanes lecture on "The Relations
of the Advanced and the Hackward
Races of Mankind." The United
States are undoubtedly the theatre
of one of the mast notable exhibitions
which history anywhere presents of
this problem; for here about.8,000,000
of the black race, almost wholly African,
are placed alongside of, intermixed
with, about 17,000,000 of the
white race, ehlelly Teutonic. This
population Is disposed over the territory
of fifteen States of the Union,
though more than one-half of the
whole number of negroes aro found In
six of these States; In two States the
number of negroes largely exceeding
that of the white race; and In the
State of South Carolina the ratio of
negroeB to whites being as 8 to 2; In
Mississippi as 7 to 6, and in Louisiana
as 8 to 9.
only thirty-k1giit ykarh aoo
this entire mass of negroes, or their
Immediate ancestors, weie chattel
slaves. To the original, well defined
characteristics of liotli races have thus
been added all the peculiar Influences,
and habitudes, and results which chattel
slavery, in Its modem meaning,
produces. Pride of race and the hah
It of domination, on the part of the
white race, stand over against the
consciousness of race inferiority and
the habit of submission, on tho part
of the negro race.
Here, in its briefest statement, are
presented the factors of a problem
whose complexity and difficulty have
never before been equalled. 1 wonder
If your studjr, so much wider than
iniue, has found its parallel. Miue
certainly has not.
The sudden, catastrophic transition
of this mass of negroes from slavery
to freedom was marked by one special
peculiarity which is not often or sufficiently
considered; 1 mean the fact
that the transition was to no appreciable
extent effected by the enslaved
race itself. Here again my study
does not disclose another instance anywhere
of the emancipation rrom chattel
slavery of a people or race without
exertion on the part of the enslaved
people or race. Usually this has been
the chief force in tho struggle. Put
till the close of our war of secession,
till the actual and complete triumph,
of the armies of the Union, the negro
' race of the United States, which was
t In slavery, lifted no single hand,
' struck no single blow, for its own
u,freedom. The significance of this
iauu is uiuiiicuviuun ixn mi lllUlUlil'lUll UI
)yy character and capacity.
\ ANOTI1 KH I'KCII LI A H FKATUKK
Ae or element of this problem Is the fact
. that the masters here did not consent
, . -'luntarlly in any decree to the eman,
f' .tion of the slaves. It was strictly
.. . rd upon them at the point of the
turn WiM?.1 aiul wlthout any pecuniary
inn tTrnnit Th,?> t<!?. 18 a faCt ?f
l.bitoiu. - s'ignlttcance as determining the
? , Sniper and attitude of the master
unmiied wlt'h,l?"teet of wlmt wc
wan delivers ^ '
a voire soldo'6 1 K? fartlier let me i)U,nt out
satlonal i)lt^ely? almOBt strictly, artlticlal,
^vertheWP?ade' are the elements of this
tlnct and his (R the United States Neithm
rlfn II? i nor providence, to use our
imT|T| (Tftmi)haskTm9' hM P1*0?'1 t,le "??'?
2 ?ol?le >wh,t? rac? 1,10 0,?"?
h I3m,I i<i Vhlch they now live here.
of which lie aDDChaa 1)6611 foro,bly trans'iv
l il .1110 white race from his
ana fTCntso. ? ??'shores, from the
lThee8B^MU.,r,,ry of 1,1,9 ??untry- So'
attention '^ave already remarked, his
nnimt mit ^patlon has come not from his
ence ar a natural efforts or struggles, but
?' *vnolly from the Intervention and
.l foroe of a people dissociated from him
In looallty and alien to his habits, bis
( peculiar character and his characteristic
impulses and passions. Again,
the negro here has had political rights
thrust upon him without his demand
b'ir for them, without his knowledge or
appreciation of them, and without the
least preliminary tralulng or exc*
perlence in using them. Contrast all
these with the relations of any other
baokward race with an advanced one,
in any other land or age, and the
peculiarity of the problem here will
be seen; and not only Its peculiarity,
but its complexity and difllculty.
A PROBLEM OK T1IK AOK8.
Now let me quote a few lines from
) the conclusion of your Romanes lec^
ture:
"I have sought," you say, "to call
your attention to a great secular process
in the history of the world, a process
the steps in which are reckoned
by oenturies and whose magnitude
transcends the political c r oommerolal
questions which olalm our thoughts
from day to day. it is a problem
X
7
1
Intensified. But the sense of a oom- <
inon humanity has grown stronger. <
When we think of the problems now ]
being raised by the oontact of races, <
clouds seem to bang heavy on the '
horizon of the future; yet light I
streams In when we remember that !
the spirit In which olvilized States I
are preparing to meet those problems i
is higher and purer than it was when,
four centuries ago, a great outward <
movement of the European nations
began."
In this I find the phllos: phlc and <
the Christian spirit. Dealing with a
secular process, how weak and Spiritless
is our anxiety, our dlscouragemeut, or
our despair, because in less than four ;
decades our peculiar problen here in i
the United States Is still open and unsolved!
How poor and shallow the Insight
that falls to take note of the essential
factors of the problem and
beats aimless about In the faotuuus expectation
that a secular problem will
yield to treatment which Is not found- i
ed upon calm study of all the essential
conditions, or which is swayed by the i
miserable exigencies of temporary per- i
soual and political ambitious and de- i
sires!
I, for one, cau have no controversy
with anyone who does come to the consideration
of lids problem in the United
States in what 1 call (
TIIK Oil ItlBTI AN SPIRIT. I
If anything Is clear to me it is that 1
wn (iwn Hilt.ipu tilirh uiiH urtloir\n Hntliu i
to the negro race In our country. 1
trust that l ain not unduly sentimental
In my sympathy and eflectlon for 1
that race. Their lot at best is a hard 1
one. Heaven forbid that 1 should add
to Its burdens! Still more do I trust (
that 1 am not forgetful that If Chris- I
tianity, If religion, teaches any great
and universal lesson it is that we are
bond and the more bound as the (lis- !
tance between our race and that race 1
seems wider and wider in respect of 1
education or original capacity or pres- '
ent moral or physical condition?to 1
feel and act constantly in the spirit of
a genuine belief In the brotherhood of 1
all men and the common fatherhood of 1
God. Contempt or neglect or hatred to- 1
wards the negro can have no place hr 1
a Christian man's heart or conduct. 1
How to treat him for his own best
good, by what intluences to elevate '
him, by what arta to Inspire the race 1
with ambition to become gooi men <
and women and hence good citizens,
how to obliterate all differences except 1
such as are ineradicable, how to ex hi '
bit towards him and teach others, all 1
men, how to exhibit towards him, the 1
virtues of justice, forbearance, sympathy,
helpfulness; these are the certain
and indisputable claims of our common
humanity. Iu my thinking, speak- I
ing and writing on this theme I try to (
carry such thoughts In my mind and
heart at all times. It is the least of 1
my misgivings that I may be charged 1
with inconsistency. 1 hope 1 am somewhat
wiser on all subjects- this among
the rest than 1 was thirty or forty 1
years ago.
Regarding our negro problem in this
spirit, 1 lind myself forced by my
KXI'KRIRNCK ANI) OBSERVATION
to say that perhaps our tirst practical
aim should l>e to undo, so far as possible,
what we have heretofore done for
the negro since his emancipation;
namely, the inspiring in him the hope
or dream of sharing with the white
race here a social or political equality;
for whoever will lay aside wishes and
fancies and look only at realities will
see that these things are Impossibilities
within any measurable range of
time, 11 ever. 1 assume as a cenainiy
that what you call "the blending of
races," by Intermarriage, cannot take
place between the negro and the white
race of this country. 1 go further and
say that such intermixture Is as undesirable
as it Is Impossible. It would
be the degradation of the white race,
but not tiie elevation of the negro
race. In your Romanes lecture, after
discussing "the method of fusion of
two races Into one through Intermarriage,"
you remark that "this method
is not always applicable. Were physical
repulsion, usually grounded on difference
of color, exists, sometimes
wltere a sentimental repulsion grounded
on difference of faith, exists, the
two races will not mix their blood, but
remain confronting one another as distinct
and unfriendly b dies;" and you
point out the inevitable results of this
attitude on your pages 2?-M9, pages
which 1 wisli all our people might
read.
TIIKllK AUK TIIOSK WIIO DKNY
the fact and the verity of the existence
of this physical repulsion on the
part of ttie white race here towards
our negro race. I have some eminent
and wise acquaintances who regard the
assertion of such reuluslon as a nr?.
tence. I suppose each idlvidual on this
point must be allowed to speak for
himself. Speaking for myself I freely
acknowledge the repulsion; and speaking
from my observation of others I
feel no doubt that this repulsion may
t>e truly described as a natural and
well-nigh universal feeling, a feeling
so deeply implanted, so strongly felt
by the vast majority of the white race
here that It is simply quixotic to attempt
to preach It down or to essentially
lessen its force. It is, therefore,
a fact to be reckoned with, not
denied or overlooked.
Starting with this fact, we tind next ,
that a tremendous effort has been made
here to establish political equality between
the two races, an effort which !
resulted directly in shocking and unbearable
mlsgovernment wherever the ,
negro race predominated. This In turn '
inevitably aroused the fierce antagon
Ism and hate of the white race. In the
desperate struggle of the white race to
throw off its political bondage to the
negro, violence and fraud in their j
many forms resulted. The triumph of i
the white race in this struggle left the 1
relations of the two races embittered <
to a high degree. Generations will be '
needed to overcome completely the exacerbations
and animosities whloh are (
the direct fruit of the attempt to es- ,
tablish by force of law a political j
equality between the two races.
Thus we see that our negro problem
has not only been artificially created
in the first Instance, but that it has
been artificially intensified, made dan- |
gerous to the peace of the country and t
destructive of good relations between t
the two races. (
hut this is not all nor the worst. c
A NAMELESS CIUMK, C
widely prevalent, has come to heat *
the tbrlce-hot antagonisms whloh f
other causes had aroused and has cov- c
ered with ghastly horrors, not only t
our South, but a great part of our t
North. Of this phase of the problem 1
i
mw
immiuvsuu wuiie woeben. lXbiak It
entirely safe to say that uiider like
droumstanoes It would prevail to a
like extent Id any part of our country,
or In any Anglo-Saxon community.
Theoretically I would say with Abraham
Lincoln, "There Is no crime so (
bad that lynching for it is not worse;" ]
but, practically, 1 couie very near to g
saying that I do uot blame the South
for resorting to lynching for this 1
crime. ?
And this terrible remedy has been l
attended and followed by the usual
consequences of any resort to lawlefs
methods. In the first p'ace, it has
not been deterrent from the crime In
question. In the next place, It has
accumulated horrors such as do not
occur in any other part of the whole
civilized world the burning of human
beings at the stake -not aloue,
be It remembered, at the South, but
in several of our Middle Western
States, aud even in John Brown's
Kansas. Finally, lynching his been
extended to be the frequent puuishment
for other crimes or alleged
crimes. The depraved part of society
sometimes resort to it for excitement
or for personal revenge.
What are we to say and do about all
this?
MY AN8WKK 18, STOP T1IB ClttMB
which originally set this dreadful train
of horrors In motion. But who can
do this? My answer Is, the negro race
alone. If half the energy and thought
and money that is now wasted In pulpits
and politics and schools were devoted
to one grand, overwhelming
crusade against the crime which tirst
caused lynchlugs, the monstrous
thing could be stamped out. Without
ihls, it Is as idle to preach and
pray against lynching as It would tie
to blow one's breath against a gale ot
wind. But I know of no special or
strenuous efforts on the part of I he
negro iace or Its chief leaders, or of
those of the white race, who arc considered
or consider themselves the
negro's special champion, to extirpate
this crime. Hampton, Tuskrgee, the
Dgden Educational Trust, the American
Missionary Society, all are alike
dlent, so far as 1 know, or engage in
no special efforts to root out this foul
crime, the direct cause of so much
woe to both races. There Is in the |
whole range of the problem under (lis
custion no duty ho imperative, none '
jo neglected, as that of focussing ef- J
rort, to tiie neglect, If need be, of all
else, on the arousing of all else, on the 1
arousing of the negro race Itself to the \
necessity of extirpating tills one form
nf crime. If all the agencies now
working for the negro race were turned !
to this single end for the next decade
more could lie done to forward the nego's
welfare than all that Hampton ,
nr Tuskegee or all the otlur educa
tional and rv ligious appliances have .
done or can ever do. I marvel that '
no great voice proclaims this duty;
that no great agency is directed sole !
ly to this work. In the tumult and
din of dlseussl >n scarcely a note is
heard calling attention to this most
necessary, this absolutely indlspcn- ,
sable, of all remedies or efforts.
what now do wk skk?
We see a race prob'em, in its origin (
artificially complicated and intensified
by rash and vain attempts to lift .
a backward or inferior race Inferior
certainly In present attainments Into
equality of scclal privileges and standing
and of p diLlcil power with a lace ,
long accustjmed to rule the backward
race and tilled with what at least we (
must recognized as tierce prejudices (
and apparently unconquerable repugnance
to equality of any kind between |
the two races. We see further those
relations and long-standing feelings '
aggravated to the pi toll of madness and
frenzy which overilrlrs a'l law, in a !
natural and uncontrollable exa pera- !
tlon at the prevalence of a crime J
which no community of our race would ,
tolerate or give over to orderly punish- .
ment hy the usual methods of the law.
I shall here venture to ask anyone
to point out error, or mistake, or misstatement
in this summation of the
conditions of the race problem which
States at the present time.
1). II. CllAMKKKI.AIM.
A Sweet Breath
is a never failing sign of a healthy
stomach. When the breath is bad the
stomach is out of order. There is no
remedy in the world equal to Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure for curing indigestion,
dyspepsia and all stomach disorders.
Mrs. Mary S. Crick, of White Plains,
Ky., writes: "I have been a dyspeptic
for years; tried all kinds of remedies
but continued to grow worse. By
the use of Kodol 1 began to improve
at once, and after taking a few bottles
am fully restored in weight, health
and strength and can eat whatever I
like. Kodol digests what you eat and
makes the stomach sweet. Sold by
Dr. K. Norton.
Killed by a Train.
The North correspondent to the
State says an unknown mulatto negro
was struck by northbound freight
No. 4 on the Seaboard Air Line rail
way Tuesday afternoon about 3.: 10
o'clock and instantly killed. The
dead man was about 40 years of age
and is thought by a resident witness
to be named Jesse Williams, which
name, however, is faintly recalled.
From the coroner's inquest, held by
Magistrate W. A.Johnson, it seems
that the negro got off of Tuesday's
mid-day passenger train and was considerably
under the Influence of whiskey.
After lounging around the depot
nu/liilo Ha mnrxf /\flP ?* ?? 11 -1
wttiimv uv tiuuu uii uuwii l>Ut5 rttiiruuQ 1
and was seated on the north end of ?
North Edlsto trestle about two miles ?
south of that place where he met his '<
death as stated. Evidently he was t
drunk or asleep or both. * t
t
A Bummer Cold. |
A summer cold is not only annoying 1
but if not relieved Pneumonia will be t
Lhe probable result by FalL One <
Minute Cough Cure clears the phlegm, e
haws out the Inflammation, heals.
lOOthes and strengthens the lungs ana
bronchial tulxis. One Minute Cough 1
Jure Is an Ideal remedy for thechil- t
Iren. It, is pleasant to the tast and s
perfectly harmless. A certain cure for t
Jroup, Cough and Cold. Sold by a
l>r. K. Norton r
Many People Hurt. |
At Winnipeg while watching a light j
>etween bulls at the Dominion exhlbi* e
iion grounds, Thursday night, thirty* r
ihroe persons were injured by the o
iollapse of the huge cattle shed which
tverlooked the ring. About a hun- ,
Ired puis ins were on the shed when, "
vithout a moment's warning, the roof ?
ell through and precipitated half the ?
irowd to the floor, a distance of about
hirty feet. About fourteen were
aken to the hospital with fraotured e
imbs. ^
ziurii
Nuutubor of the llurel Free I
Delivery Carrier* la this j
Seotlon. ;
Congressman Lever passed through '
Columbia Tuesday on bis way to i
iranchvllle to keep au appointment,
ays 'Die State. He had just received
rum Mr. J. L. Briatow, fourth asslstrnt
postmaster general, au iuterestiog 1
elter relative to the pay of rural
nail carriers. Heretofore these cariers
have been receiving $000 per anlum,
regardless of the number of
niles or the uumber of families in
,helr routes. There has been a change
10 that a graded scale of pay will go
nto effect. Mr. Bristow says:
"1 beg to say that the law tixes the
naxlmum salary for rural free delivery
;arrlers at 1720 per annum. The only
change was the increasing of the
nnount from $000 to 1720. The law
ias always glveu the postmaster general
the authority to regulate and
,;rade the salaries. On July 1st there
*ere about 24,500 rural routes. The
iverage length of these routes was
ihout 24 miles. Many of them were
J9 and .10 miles long. Formerly most
)f the carriers wnose routes were over
JO miles long received the same pay.
There was great complaint by carriers
laving routes from 24 to 30 miles
Uliat they were given no more pay
jhan carriers having routes but 20
md 21 miles. It was thought equlta)le
to take about the average length
)t the routes and make that the
itankaad route, and 2s miles was seected.
There were were betweeu
11,000 and 12, routes 24 miles and
>ver in length. It takes the curies
>n an average of from six to seven and
v half hours to deliver o route 24 miles
ong.
' A salary of $720 per annum for a
route 24 miles in length is equivalent
LO $30 per annum per mile. But it
was thought that a rather liberal alowancc
should be made for the cost
jf the carrier's equipment, so instead
)f deducting $30 per mile for each
uiic icna imuii iraveiei, oiuy ?is
per mile Is deducted; Accord!ng to 1
ibis schedule carriers whose routes are (
21 miles and over receive $720, 2?J to '
24 miles receive $702, 22 to 22 miles 1
receive $(>84, 21 to 22 miles receive '
&<><!<>, 20 to 21 miles receive $048, 18 1
A) 20 miles receive $<>12, 1<> to 18 '
idles receive $57<>, 14 to 10 uilles re- 1
xlve $540, 12 to 14 miles receive 1
&504, 10 to 12 tulles receive $408.
Under this schedule of the 24,500 1
rarrieis nearly 10,000 of them get an
increase of over a hundred dollars per
uinum, and the remainder get in- '
;reas<s from $48 to $84 per annum. 1
The complaints you speak of probably
some from those having roures 20, 21 I
ind 22 miles long. They would prob- I
ibly prefer a full 24 mile route and 1
jet the maximum pay. This dissatisfation
can in many Instances be ad
justed during the fiscal year by the
axttnsien of routes so as to take In ad
iitlonal territory. In that way a
larger number of people can be served
on the same route where the carriers
ian without dltllculty deliver the mall.
"Complaint has been made from 1
Lite south that the roads are sandy
rod that during the hot months It is
much more diillcult to serve their
routes than In other parts of the
sountry. In the north the complaint
Is made that during the snows of
winter the hardship of the carrier in
this region Is much more severe than
in other parts of the country. In the
west it is claimed that the black mud
is very heavy and makes traveling
Jllllcult during seasons of rain. And
In Virginia and parts of New Holland
complaint Is made of the hills
ind rocks making roads diillcult of
iccess. In the rich and fertile parts
>f the country carriers deliver much
more mail per route than in the rough
ind hilly regions. These carriers complain
of the mileage basis, stating
t>hat the number of pieces of mail
handled should he taken into consideration.
lUit as a rule, while there
ire exceptions, it Is quite general,
lowever, the carrier with the good
roads delivers more mail than the
earrser with had roads, so that the
mileage oasis is beyond question the
most equitable upon which the compensation
can he tixed. Of the 24,ifiO
PQ rrlnro It* flin oAwtilnn aw I?iaa Or*
'W Vi?; I.VIU IU UIV aui V 1LU Ull J I1I1U OU,
more than 6,000 of them had routes
25 miles and over in length, and I do
lot think it equitable or just to pay
the carrier who travels hut 20 miles
is much as the one wh? travels 25
miles.
"There was another feature whioh (
[>he department had to consider, i
lamely, the money available for rural
iellvery. Congress appropriated $20,180,000
for the salaries of rural car- '
-iers. Under the schedule as fixed I
ihere was but $3,000,000 left on .July
I for the installation of new service
luring the present ti cal year--about
is much as the department had last
fear?although we have 22 additional
igents examining routes. The schetule
as lixed in addition to being the
nost equitable to all the carriers in
>he various parts of the country that
jould be devised by the department,
vill also enable it to proceed promptly
vlth the establishment of additional
tcrvice which is now in great demand.
Phis could not have been done if a
lat Increase to $720 had been given
is some of the carriers expected.
Petitions have been coming in since
.he 1st of January for the establishnent
of rural delivery at the rate of
ibout a thousand a month and it is
ilmost impossible for tne deparrtment
iO make any headway toward reducing
<he number of pending petitions. On
.he 1st of July there were 6,269 pend- .
ng petitions and at the rate tney .
rave been coming in since that date .
.here is no prospect of materially re- I
luclng that number soon. It Is an
tnormous task to undertake to deliver
nail daily to the rural population of
.his country and we are endeavoring
o give a satisfactory service on as
ound a basis as possible. Of course
t\j vuuru ouiiio ui uuo uurnors
hould be dlappointed but they had
to reason to expect that they should :
ill receive the maximum pay; suoh
ias never been the policy of the department,
nor can carriers who trayil
only 20 miles rightly expect as
nuch money as those who travel 24
>r more miles.
"The department under Die schelule
Is experiencing no difficulty In
ecuring good carriers who are willing '
o carry the routes for the compensa- j
Ion fixed." '
Congressman Lever has also reoelvd
the following letter from Mr. Brtaow;
1 _1IE
t has been decided to amend the rule
'squiring 100 families on routes of 20
>r more miles so that hereafter 100
families will be required on routes of
14 milt8 and and proportionate numjer
of shorter routes. Owing to this
change of rule the Luckuow route will
t>e established at an early date."
NEW 1NBMY OF COTTON.
Keport of Fuhicum Growth on the
Weed In this State.
The Columbia Record says reports
Have been received from Qreenville
and Laurens county of a sort of blight
which is destroying the cotton to a
considerable extent. Tire blight appears
to be a sort of rust, attacking
the young leaves and causing them in
a few days to turn brown aud die.
Section Director Hauer when asked
about the new enemy said that it was
probably a sort of fungus growth
which is a sort of blight. There has
been little so far in this state except
In the sea Island districts several years
ago and when it was found that it was
contagious and it was killed out by
letting the ground alone for a few
ieasons. While he had not received
enough information about it to speak
authoritatively he did not think it
would do much damage now, that tire
crop was so far advanced. Here is
what the Greenvlllo Newssays of it:
"Cotton plants in the fields extending
along the Augusta road, from this
city almost as far as Princeton, in
Laurens county, have been attacked
Py some kind of blight which resernPies
rust, but which appears to be far
more pernicious and baneful in its
etfects, than either rust or what is
usually known as blight. In fact none
A the planters, familiar with the various
diseases to which the oottou
plant in this section Is heir, has the
least idea what tills new enemy can
Pe. It attacks the tender leaves, and
In a few days they turn brown, wilt
and die. The boll is not atteked and
the new scourge is evldeut'y not the
celebrated and greatly dreaded weevil.
First, small spots apptaren the
under side of the leaf. They grow
thicker rapidly, as though innumerable
little insects were feeding on the
surface, and houd t.hn pntirn in??f io
brown and dead. It Is not devoured
by the Insect, or whatever the cause
of the destruction may he, but seem
rather to be poisoned. "Several
farmers were In the city Wednesday
from the alTected area, and one of
them exhibited two stalks of cotton
which had been attacked by the post.
Many of the leaves were dead and
others were becoming yellow and
browu. The loss of the leaves was
beginning to tell on the txdls and the
plant generally which had been greatly
injured in the process of development."
The Times and Democrat reported
this diseayeas having appeared In Orangeburg
County several weeks ago.
and expressed an opinion that it was
what Is called the "wilt."
I>eWitt In the Name.
When jou go to buy Witch llazel
Salve look for the name DkWITT on
every box. The pure, unadulterated
Witch llazel is used in making DeWitt's
Witch llazel Salve, which is
the liest salve in the world for cuts,
burns, bruises, boils, eczema and piles.
The popularity of DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, due to its many cures,
has caused numerous worthless coun
terfeits to be placed on the market.
The genuine bears the name E. C. l)e
Witt & Co., Chicago. Sold by
Dr. Norton.
A Good 8ubatltuU).
If elected to the legislature an Anderson
county man propt ses to Introduce
a bill providing that negro and
white couvicts shall not be allowed tc
work together. The State offers as a
substitute a bill prohibiting white
woman and girls, who are not convicts,
from working in the fields with
negro men; also prohibiting white
women and girls, not convicts, from
cooking for and serving meals to negrc
farm lfthnrflis T,At. 11a nnnaHAr t.ho
woman who should be shielded but
who are not shielded by their men,
before we give a thought to the sen
sitiveness of the white criminal In
stripes.
A Perfect PalnleHM 1*111
Is the one that will cleanse the system,
set the liver to action, remove
the bile, clear the complexion, cure
headache and leave a good taste in the
mouth. The famous little pills for doing
such work pleasantly and effectually
are DeWitt's Early Risers, Boo
Moore of Lafayette, Ind., says: "All
other pills I have used gripe and
sicken, while DeWltt's Little Early
Risers are simply perfect." Sold by
I)r. E. Norton.
Menandlto
tway at once, aa he la
recognised aa the
leading and mostauoiila
hands, aa he la the
1 o n g e a t established
there la no patchwork
hla treatment.
aonal attention by Dr
Hathaway, alao ape
ns. hathawat. clal counsel from hla
> associate physicians
when necessary, which no other office haa. If
you can not call, write for free bookleta and
question blank*. Mention your trouble.
erythlng strictly confidential. J. Newton
Hathaway, M. D. r
28 Inman building, 22i S. Broad
41., Atlanta, Oa.
uOnway=Seashore Railroad.
DAILY SCHEDULE.
Lv Mrytle Beach 7 a. m
Ar Conway 7:40 a. m
Lv Cod way 9:60 a. m
Ar Mrytle Heacb 9:46 a. m
Lv Myrtle Ileacb 1:30 p. m
Ar Conway 2:15 p. m
Lv Conway 6:30 p. m
Ar Myrtle Bea^b.. . ...6:10 p. m
H. H. WOODWARD,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
CONWAY, S. C.
Gr. ffted Stalvey
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
CONWA Y, S. O
futfsjohne xa
9 over One and a
I of merit# appeal t
t Enclosed wiU> every bottle
i . .
When I>ok Ddyhlti'KliiSeveral
persons have reoently made
Inquiries as to the first do# day.
They have been making the same Inquiry
at Intervals for more than
twenty centuries. In the days when
Home was mistress of the world they
supposed that malarial diseases prevailing
on the Italian coast came iu
with the sultry days that b gan when
Sirius, or the dog star, rose with the
sun. Owing to the presence of the
equinoxes the helical rising of Slrius is
later uow and does not occur until
August 10 to 15. The old Rjmans
and dwellers on the coast of the Meili
terrancau believed those days very
productive of diseases. In leeent
times until lately all almanac makers
had to note the beginning of dog days.
They differed conslckrub y. Some of
them reckoned the time fr m July 9
to August II; others from July 24 to
August 24, wi)lle nearly every day of
the last week of July has been consider!
d at one time or another as the beginning
of these days. So there Is no
fixed date for the first dog day and
the makers of almanacs generally
omit to note the day.
[Dragging Pains
I 2825 Keelev St.,
Chioauo, Ii.l., Oct,, 2, 1902.
I suffered with falling and conI
gestion of the womb, with severs
Kg pains through the groins. 1 aufI
fered terribly at the time of menI
struution, had idinding headaches
B and rushing of blood to the brain.
What to try 1 knew not, for it
seemed that I iiad tried all and
H failed, but I had never tried Wine
H uf Cardui, that blessed remedy for
sick women. 1 found it pleasant
E to take and soon knew that 1 had
K the right medicine. New blood
I seemed to course through my veins
K and after using eleven bottles I I
Ki was a well woman.
jj
Mrs. Hush is now in perfect
| health because 'he took Wine of
I Cariiui for menutrual disorders,
I bearing down puins and bhmling
! headaches when ull other remedies
I failed to bring her relief. Any
I sufferer may secure health by tnkK
ing Wine of Cardui in her home.
The first bottle convinces the pa
tieut she is on the road to health.
u For advice in cases requiring
I special directions, address, giving
H symptoms, "The bailies' Auvisory
I Department," The Chattanooga
H Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn.
I VMlNECftRDHI ?
Fatally Injured.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Reynolds of
Marietta, Ga , were seriously and perhaps
fatally Injured in the crash of
t elr automobile Into a telephone pole
ahout six miles from Atlanta, Thursday
night. L. N. Trammel! and Mbs
Alma Georg * were also in thu car, but
were not seriously injured. All are
well known. Mr. Reynolds Is a pro
mlnent cltl/.en of Marietta.
1 IN SHAKERTOWN.
, In Shakertown the people all
Shook late and early, large and small,
Some blamed their ills on their religion
Some cursed the ague of t he region.
Though on the cause they didn't agree
1 They shook with unanimity.
\ A traveler, as he passed that way.f
With pity deep, to them did fay:
"Oh, why in this sad state remain,
When here's a cure for every pain?"
Then gave each one t his is no myth?
i A iroltle lalreled "WlntersmiLh."
'Twlxt hope and fear oacli drank his
share;
Was cured completely then and there;
j And no more shake these shivering
! Shakers;
, They've grown as quiet as queer-clad
Quakers:
Each loves the other with love platonic
, And ull praise Wintersmlth's great
tonic.
DeWitt
DeWItt Is ths name to look for when 4k
you to to buy Witch Hazel Salve. *
DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve Is the
ortflnat and only fenulne. In fact
Dewltt'sls the only Witch Hazel Salve
that Is mads from the unadulterated
Witch-Hazel
All others are counterfeits?base Imitations,
cheap and worthless ?even
dangerous. DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve
Is s specific for Plies; Blind, Bleeding,
Itching and Protruding Piles. AlsoCuts,
Burns, Bruises, Sprains, Lacerations,
Contusions, Bolls, Carbuncles. Eczema,
Tetter, Salt Rheum, and all other Skin
Diseases,
SALVE
PRIVARBO Bf
E.C. DeWitt 4 Co., Chicago
The Crops are Fine.
Good Prices are Sure.
Make Home Happy!
You need music to make your joy
complete.
We can suit you either in a Piano
or Organ.
You want the best. ' We have
them.
Prices and terms to suit everyone.
Write us at once for catalogues,
prices and terms. Address
MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE,
Columbia, S. C.
PIANOS AND ORQANS.
RrBTSCARBROUGH|
CONWAY, S. 0.,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
I To Cu
I Take Laxative Broi
!St? 25 years. Average annual svpf
lalf Million bottles. Does t?his recA I ,
o you ? No Cure, No Pay. 50a I
U a Ten Cent Package of GROVE'S BLACK ROOT LIVER MLLS. f %
Tax Attorney of
Southern Pacific R.R.
Mr. Dana A. Rote, of 74 W? 5th St. Now York City. Suffarod
Intensely from Pleurisy and Pneumonia i He Ueed
Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey and In a Short Time
Gained 25 Pounds. His Only Medl- w olne
During That Time Was
DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISK?p|
Mr. Rose was stenographer to Mr. C. P. Huntington and to Mr. J. E. Gates, ViH
President Southern I'aeitie. Railroad, and later was privato Secretary to Mr. Chui^H Crocker,
President of the Southern Pacific Railroad of California. (jH .
He was Tax Attorney for the Southern Pacific Railroad, and also looks after aevc^B '
large estates iu the same capacity iu the city of New York. <jj9|
" I was suffering from a sewer? attack
pneumonia, had pleurisy in my side, and !
L catarrh very badly, 1 was unable to attemi^H
(l> my business, and was under the doctor's
It c r- - -Z3N Lit d'd not seem to gain strength or improfl
IVXMEag >*aMc .'.rfilhkept getting worse. 1 beard of DuIKgj
l&ljPSHT \ PnvJ Malt WhisKey and decided to try it.$8
^ I felt I could not be in any worse condition
'r the doctor liad given ?uo up. I coniinemtgM
taking it, morning and evening, andsoon gained m sag
$ //,,, tSF the 26 pounds I bad lost. Am now in perfect 8
| . health, thanks to Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey, fr
\\v$S. I think it a wonderful cure. I am now able to
^ \attend tomy real estate and insurance business." r&M
^ Duna Amosu Rose, 7-i West b&th St., N. Y. City. |j
7,000 doctors prescribe and 2,000 hosnitals I
,| \ ' Uso Duffy's Pure Mult Whiskey exclusively. j riM
N> \ Hk Duffy's Pure Malt Wliiskey cures coughs, j
^ ^^!P> \ia cohls, consumption,grip, bronchitis, pneumonia
?.\yjjaglK. v and all diseases of the throat and lungs, it is 1 ,j||
\ N an absolutely pure, gentle and invigorating i
* btimulaut and tonic, builds lip the nerve tissues, a ' '
Ykwl'' tones up tho heart, gives power to the bra^,*. ,
strength and elasticity to the muscles and yak. ! ?
ness to the blood. It brings into action ul 1 The
vital forces; it makes digestion perfect, and enables you to get from the food you eat thJ ;
nourishment it contains. It is invaluable for overworked men, delicate women and
sickly children. It strengthens and sustains the system, is a promoter of good heulth
and longevity, makes tho old young and keeps theyoungatrong. It contains no fusel oil
and is the only whiskey recognised by the Govefrnment as a medicine. Tlds isa guarantee.
it- ??... ..I. r.._ lUTIMfVia PITPM "WATT WIIICUl'V Y? I.
lutoly Pure .Unit Wlillkejrwlilch contalntfuiedlcal. health-giving qualities ami lit* _
only Malt Whiskey recognized by the government an a inedlclue.
DUFFY'S P1I11K MAI.T W1USKKY la sold In sealed bottles only, uayerlni, ^ j
^^ bulk. Look Tor the trade-mark?the old chemist?on the label and seVtlmt tb *
Seal over the cork la unbroken.
For sale at all Dispensaries in South Carolina!
or direct, $1.00 ti bottle. DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., Rochester, N. Y.
PRESBYTERrAN M? , .
OF SOUTH CAROLINA, W
CLINTON, S. O. [1
HOARD, UOOM-UKNT and TUITION for Collegiate Year for} $
f 1 17.r>0. Next {Session begins Sept. 22, 1901.
For Catalogue or information address J
A 10. 8IMC.XCICR,
The Skyland Home, J
28 Miles west of PI VHP MP
Aslieville, N. C. ULIl/L, 11* V* Allltu(le.2,700tfte M
building I.nrge nnd,Comfortable. Ideal |Loeutioii, Sc enery iinnuj ebbed, it. "1'he I,audi'
the Sky." No place iu the Mountains better boiled for.rcst and recreation than the beaut it'u
Pigeon Kivor Section. \V. K. Woodall, Proprietor.
KATES: $.r>.00 to $7.00 |?er week, 2 in u room. Single Kooina $8,00 to tlj.00. US"" \
Special rates to parties or families for Season.
r/')/) ai Osborne's Business Colleg^^l
rJmm<WA AUGUSTA, CEOKCiA*|
OK TUITION RffUNDCD J I IfIV fill ^W/l
UOOK-KEEPING, SHORTHAND 111st J IVI l/l/V't/Vy/M
AND TELEGRAPHY
I write us.
1 , .. 1 1 - . - -- - t.
1854. COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 1904.
An Institution for the higher education of young women. (JlassltiedM
, a College. University plan "of studies. Strong faculty. Literary, Mul
Art, Expression departments are under thoroughly competent and cxperienS
teachers. Cistern water. Heated hy hot-m ter. Health record unsurpassMfl
Great advancement in Music departments g
For eatalninie nrWlroau 11?? ?*' ?' ' VI *-,r f
? v.?v, * iua>uoiiV| ?T . TT . 1'A n 1 EULi.
Columbia, S. (J.
? AA/Q fr* Vl Don't think Uiat every one who hangs out a sign as a/Hvaioh- J V
1110 YY a LL11 maker" is competent to repair your tine watch. Itepair'ers who I
. . are fully oompetent are scaroe. We do work only oue way,?the H
l\ PTA^innO* hiwt?we cau make any part of a watch, or a complete watoh. H ~
l\V/UCllilllg, Our prioes are often no more than you pvy for inferior work.
Whonjour oharge for work is $1.50 or over we will pay express oharge one way. Bend us your
watoh, 1\ H. LACHIOHOTTK * CO. Jewelers, 1424 Main St, Columbia, 8. 0.
Whiskey I Morphine I Clgaret I AllllJrug and Tobacco
Habit, I Habit | Habit | Ilabits.
Cured by Keeley liiNt itut e, of CX
1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Columbia, S. U. Confidential correspondence
solicited.
What l)oe)h It cost? j
Write to us and we will be glad to give you prices that will interest i
you on PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, BRUSHES, etc. What is Calci A
mo? JilL
COLEMAN-BALL-MARTIN PAINT AND OIL CO.
nan m?.. o*-?. - ~
uui ivhi|| ovmvi
^UHAKLKSTON, 8. CJ. ?g||
S3L3Cchin^^ v
Everything for supplying Saw Mills, Oil Mills, Quarries and Ginneries,
' Belting, Packing, Shafting, Hangers, Pulleys, Pipes, Valves, Fittings, Inlectors,
Lubricators, etc. 10,000 ft. of good 1 ml second hand black pipe gjs|
for sale. Write BMg
COLUMBIA SUPPLY CO., fl
Columbia, ft. O. The machinery Supply house of the state. ^ ;
Southeastern Lime & Cement Co.
CHARLESTON, 8. C. K
Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Hoofing ^
"RUBEROIP." Write for prices. jg
Ivime Cement, Plaster,
Terra Cotta Pipe, Roofing Paper, Oar lots, small lots, write,
Carolina, Portland Cement Co., Charleston, 8. O.
re a Cold in One Day ?7^ 1
no Quinine TaMet?. ??wr|
ttOfiu?. Tbte lignatarc, box* 25c, |
V .. ; . i^'' >*
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