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THE Pr.0Li'Lst.o 4-iu. T. 0. RQB3INMON, EiDronii PUBLIUEED VBERY TIVRSDAY. Subscription One Dollar a Year ntered atthe Post Ofce at Plicken as second-lssS matter. Constitutional Convention. Noxt Tuesday the voters of Pick en County will have the privilege of voting on the question of a con stitutional convention and upon the exorcise of that right may do -pend the welfare and progress of the State of South Carolina for many years to come. It is, there fore, worthy of the boat thought and most careful consideration, laying aside all partisan feeling and looking only to the good of the State and the best interests of the citizens. The history of the State for the last four years teaches soimo important lessons and con veys the most patent warning to the white people to look sharply af ter the preservation of their liberty and the protection of their propor ty rights. Haskelism and inde pond'entism sliould cause every lover of white supremacy to shudi(1 der at the thought of a repetition of tho humiliation and distress, which the white peoplo ondured under the rule of the negro and white adventurer. Now is the time to fortify against a recurrance of such calamities and to take carn of thOe Interests of the pormanont and native citizen, beforo the irrospon - sible and reckless political piratos again take possession of tho Stato governmnoift. and squander the pro perty of the peoplo. In this issue of the JovtaNAL is publlished the a(ldross of the cam paigh committee of the Democrat- I ic party and it, is corn nmimded to I the serious thought of every nman, who Jovos his country and tile gov- c erimont, of this Stato by the whi to a people. It is especially interost- I ing and suggestive to the Reform- .t era, as somne of the bost talot and i most devoted hearts in the move- t. ment plead for the interest and E happiness of the people Don't be carriod away by the flattery of those who have always boen against you, but reason with your friends and stand together oi this question as.5 you have stood beforo, and keep South Carolina for your solv~os anmd v'our child ron. Nearly overy Reform lIppe in the Stato is in favor of a constitu tion al conivenltion and the Cottoni Plant, which is above all of them the friend of the farmers, has mnyu editorial remarks, showing the wisdom of holding the convention and the inconsistent and abisurd position of the anti convent ion ad vocatos. Th~e Piedmnont Head light, wvhich is against convon tion, is quite an object of adoration and worship with the conservativoe press, wvhich on former occasions could find nothing moan enough to say about that versatil') and elastic organ. Our o s t e e mn e d correspondent, "Agricolist," comes to the 4~ront this wvook, and gives the voters of Pickens County some food for re flection. Ho is overready in times that need true men, and his coun eel on this occasion should bo ap preciated and followed, lie is the friend of the poor man and is a Reformer from .princip~le; his sug gestions should have weight in solving the question of what is to the best interet of the farmer and the laborer, as regards thme consti tutional convention. Dr. WV. A Cox, son of Mr. S. M. Clox of Pickens County, died at his home in Hart County, Georgia, on, the 11th ult., and tho remains weore brought to George Creek Church, from which they were interred on the 13Lh ultimo, Rev. J. Jones, of Greenville, conducting the funeral services. A large congregation of relatives and friends were p~resbnt, to pay the last tribute of respect and love to the departed one. Dr. Cox stood high in his pro fession and was much esteemed asi a citizen. He had been a pious and exemplary member of the Baptist church since the age of sixt'een years. He leaves a wife and -two small children to mourn hisdeath andI to oherish the mom ory Qf a kind antd affectionate hus.. band and.father. *The IAmerty Sub Alliance mieet next-Saturdaf evening at 8 p. m, A good attiendtuce of the members is 40eitted as'.b iness of *.impor tanoe il be brohght up for: con Let us-have a constitutional con vention, the Democratic party is pledged to it, [and rightly I think.] I believe all the other Southern States have thrown off the consti tutions forced on them by the gen eral government when it was in a very bad humor with us. We may be a long time in getting another chance. In voting for the mem bers to the convention, if you de sire it, can pledge them as to the two mills school tax, etc., I want a clause in it prohibiting Stato, County or rownship subscriptions to railroads; we could have saved some $250,000 it such a clause had have been in the present one. I would, with a raco of poople of one color, prefer to have the constitu tion submitted to thon for their approval, but in our situation with the bad fooling amongst us, and with the ignorant colored popula tion to be appealed to, I do not believe we could got a constitution ratified that wO would willingly have, lotus vote the ticket as print ed by our folks, wvhich roads "Con stitutional Convontion"-yesI AGRICOLIST. ConhtItuational Convention. The fact that all the anti-Re formi press of the State op)ose a Conistititionial colvenition assures the people genorally that, such a measure would be ini all probabil ity beneficial to them. TIe expenses of a conlstitutional 4 convention will ho small compar- 1 od to tho interest involved to tle < people ill sich results its will IL turally and ought to follow the i iolding of such a convention. i I' A little expenses inl negro domi- 8 jation light opei the (.yes and e ympalthies of the counities which 0 ever feit the 1ang and blurtlens 9 f negro county goverinelits su ebl s n0111Ve coiities had pjevifus to 876. laiinger., death and diimu ion politicilly lurk behind the onied words of the ant-i-constitu onal convention influences ik Bt outh Carolina. The cry that the public schools A> the State would be endangered by a constitutional convention conies from that class of. citizens of the State who have always beenl opposed really to popular111 edullca 'Pion.1Their purposes air merceni try and factional and cannot deC 3eive the~ plel~ of South Carolina bty their pret5ede goodl will and interest in the "' poor white man "1 of the State when they have al ways been their worst enemies. WVho above all others ini Sou1th Carolina are responsible for the degree of illiteracy in this State as shown by the last census of the United States? Why of course that very class who nJow cry "'poor white man"' andl then classed him with the negro andl resp~oetedI the "poor white man" less thani they (lid the negro of their slave owning neighbor. Those groat friends of the "poor white man" who are opposedl toj tihe constitutional convention are the samte mn who would disfran chise these samute ''poor whito men" b~y a corrupt us~e of the negro, as has been done in Alabama todlay. The will of the white people-this samte "poor white mnan"' elemnt of Alabama was de~ffeted~ at the recent election in that State h~y uising the negro andl~ counting ne gro votes even when such negroes did not go to the polls ait all. .The opposition to the constitu tional convention comles from those who are influenced mainly by factional pl)Oitical interest and not by the real goodl of South Car olina. We find men who six or eight years ago whlen) their faction dom nated thme politics of the State strong Constitutional Convention istsg, now bitterly olposedI to a convention. Why is this? Simp ly because these men think noth ing can bn dlone well in tihe State except what they do and advise to do done.-Cotton Plant. We hear that some prominent railroad men have been ;here to look into the matter of organizing a Y. M. C. A. T1he prospects are favorable. Its establishment would prove a blessing to the whole town. We have some as fine railroad men in this town as can, be found any Swhere, and we believe they would make'such an organization a sue? cess. I et s talk about it.--Cohm. tral Tyo Ogady's Waauinge since the War no. outheirner ht come to the front who had a trui and more intelligent love of h section than Henry W. Grady. B] was a broad-minded patriot wlh devoted his best thought and moi earnest activity to the prosporli and welfare of the South. In tli very zenith of his brilliant caro< death cut him off, but his word are with us yet, to ibe of weightei our couiseld and value in our dE liber-ations. At this tiine, When few defeated and disgruntled pc liticians are seeking to load th minority faction out of the Don cratic party, it will not be amis to quote from Henry W. Grad, upon the xicessity of white unit in. the Southern States. His word will be as a voice from the grav to warn the hesitating -against fol lowing those unwise leaders wh are willing to risk the peace an< prosperity of the State to .accoi pllish their own political aggran dizomont. Henry Grady said: "The white people of the Soutl are banded in a doo)p and abiding necOssity. Here is.this vast igno rant and purchasablo vote, clan nish, credulous, impulsivo and Pas sionate, tempting overy art of the demogougo, but .insonsil)lO to the appeal of the statesman. It lacks political conviction and even that information on which coivictioln is based. It must remain a fac Lion strong enough in every coi munity to control oin the slightest livision of the whites. Under hl1at (livision it hmcnes the prey >f the cunning and unscrupulous )f both parties. Its credulity is mnposed on ; its passions inilaid: ts cupi(ity temipte)d': its impulses nis-directed, and even its super tition made to pla its part in a ampaign inl which overy interest f society is joopardized and every pproach to the hallot box de ituchled ." That is an admirable summing p of the prelsent status. An earn t effort is being mado to change io constitution so as to alter that atus and make impossible the rils the oloquent Grady pictured, ud imany who should aid that et ort are opposing it because they vant to use the negro vote to put ,homselves in t.h4 power they can lot attain by the votos of white non. Can there be any hesitation mH the part of hionest, patriotic whlito) men as to whether er not hey shall vote for the calling of a ~onsti tutional convention ?-Rog stein. Sent with the Or'der. The C. F. Risloy Co., Whole. sale Druggist, 62 Cortlandt St. New York, ordered a largo suppl) of Drummond's Lightning Reme dy for Rheumnatism, and sent thi: with the order: "It is strang' that your remedy is not mnor generally known, as its effects o1 rheumatism are simply marvo lous-sup~erior to any rheumati medicine we have over-sold." TJ.hi is high praise, but thio remody ful ly deserves it. If you have th rheumatism you cannot a fford t (10 withlou.t this great remedy an longer. Ask your druggist for i or sendl to tile irummond Med cino Co., 418-50 Maidlen Lane, Nes York. Agents wantedl. Thle Coun ty executive commii tee has ordered that a sep~arato ho0 be placed at each voting proainc in the County, so that tile peop)] can express5 thmnsolve Von i thi question of opening dispensaric in Pickens county. Thloeo in favc of dispensaries will vote "yes" ticl< eta and1 those olpposed will vot "no" tickets. Thiis voteow~ilbe take at the next genleral election, t~h 6th of November. The coun ty executive commi tte is horeb~y called to meot at Pickon C. H., on Friday the 2(1 (lay c November, at ten o'clock, a. in Each member of saiid commiitte is earnestly requestod to attend,- a business of great implortanlco is t be attended to.. WV. A. HIAMILTON, Chairman, J. T. CHILDRucss, Secretary. The Pickens County Democrati oxecutive committee will meet a Pickens 0. H-., Friday Novembo the 2d at 10 o'clock a. im. Al the members are requested to b present as there is business of im portance to come before the body W. A. HAMiLTON, Chairman Ex. Coin. SWEEJT Nicws.--We are sellint Twen y-t otrr pounds of Sugar fo One Dollar, and good Molasses fo Thirty Cents per gallon. . 2t .JAKRE MARTIN, Eaglev, a. c. *TiO - pitoinanont cure foi1 cho'dhic chaarrlh is to thoroughly r expel the poison froin the systen "9 by the faithful avid parsistent use .e o Ayer's 8Isaparilla. This won dorful ' rome'dy proves successful Vhlen all -*'ther treatmeint has Y failed to relievo the sulforor. 0 r Wuiii N fA'ii 'ToOufiaE BEGAN. S"Did you .aeftl,0 beginning of the troublo?" asided the judge of a witness a6 g'nst a ,mlln who had s trudk h$# wifb. ':Yes, air; I saw the very com meneen of the diliculty. It was about tNuo years ago." "Two yeats ago?" "Yos, sir. The ministor said: 'Will you tako this ian to be 8 lawful liusb and?' and she said: 'I will.'-Alep, Sweet , -in Texas; Sift Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy will Cure any Form of Blood Impurity if the Bitters and Wash are carefully used together. , Four or Iyo youra ago I had a brekaking out on my nio-so and face; it would como inl )ipd knots which would becomo raw soros. Tho trouble.y fteileJd .to the eyes an1d weakened 'hoin ; the lids becaie soro and d(1ischarged. Tho face had an itclhing, stinging sensation as if needles.worc pricking tho suir faco.e Nothinlg 1 tried gave mo any roliof. Soni one sont me a paiphl t of Mrs. Joo Person's Riemedy, and I concluded to g:ve it a trial, Ibought her Romedy and Wash, a-dd I began to improvo at once. It .goon mado a perfect cur, and I have never. boon troub) led since. I 'also found it a fine tonie and lpl etizer. 1)NCAN P. JONES. I .auri ihurg. N. C.,-.h ie 2, 1894. For -sa lo by .t)r., (. W. Earlo, NotiItag ClAenp Aboat it. Dr. Driugmond's . Lightning Remedy forhoum1atisill is pit III) inl largo bo'fes, and onco seen it is never mistaken for any other prlaration. ..All the cheap remo die, put togriether 1110 not worth ono bot ' of Drummond's Light ning medy, al( any sufferer who h1a takenj it, will boar witness. to its marvulous powor, and the druggists whi soll it say they have e1300r soon1 its equal. Full parti cnlars sont b 'mail and the reme dy by express,. Druninond Medi cino Co. 48-S0 Maiden Lane, Now York. Agents wanted. ~'DBee as( t Thecre. CowuTinA,'S."C., Oct. 25.--Capt. V. E. McBoo'ya i to-day appointed superintondoilt of' transportation of the Seaboard Air Line road and will leave for Atlanta to-morrow to begin work.- Trh oflco was cre ated for him. ie is next in au thority to the general manager. Henry Wilson, tihe postmaster at *Welshton, Florida, says he cured a cose of diiuirhwa of long stand ing in six hours, with one simall bottle of Cbamberlain's Colic, Cholera. andi .Diarrhma remedy, e What- aapleasant sur1priso thai a must ihivo 170ei1? torthe sufferer. ' Such curos are not unusual with e this remiedy. In many instances 0 only one( or two (dosos tre required Y to give permanent relief, It call ~always bo-elponded upon01. WhTlei reducedl wi th'water it is pleasani 'to take. Foi sale by Dr. G W., Earle; Il'ickens; Q. N. Wyatt, Easle - Iall, Sloan, & C)o.,Fort Hill; Ilunte] x & Boggs, 'Libe~y; II. R. Eaton, Cen. t tral. oW. A. Mci*Xire,*.a well /knowm a iie0f. Moleiy, Ohio, ~is of the r opiniionthit hor'o is nofthing a' -good for clildren troubledl with colds(1 or egohig as. Charuborlain'i 1 Couigh .Ronvflg1 lie hais .used i' o in hid 'amlyi ror soveral years witi tihe best result and ahvays k'ofsr bottle of it inli the. hmoud6. Aftoi hiaywg la grippe h~e was imself ftroubled-with it soveore cough. HI( used other ronibdion without beo fit and1( thnl c~hcludedl to try th4 childroni's 'neoicinbe and to his (o0 light it soon1 olhcted ai porimaneul curo'. -25 Imnil 50 cent bottloe for sale by D~r. G. WV. Earle Pickens; C. N. Wyatt, Easles flall, Sloan, M Co., Fort 11il1 e Hunter, & Bo$ggs, Liber'ty; L. R~ r A Cug4GE yN 95%dcHEDULE. slight chan~fg(~il(thm1SChedulo o Stile (lay passenger trains wvill g< into -of'oct 01n 'Hunday. :A regula> eating housosaill -be establishet hero. This isO: another help foi Central. -If Central would. just help hersgJf as much as the rail road authoritie, sho Wvould spread e ont more rapidly.-Central-Tyro. 8 lb. can Pine A pple for 10 cents at Twl &A6hinK Rock Bottom REACIHD ATLAST$ McAUSTER & BEATTIE, 63 and 65 Main St. (Next door to National Bank) Dry Goods, 6frpots, NlirD aild WiNdow Shods. Our Fall And Winter StM IS NOW COMPLETE. SEE our Elegant assortment of Dress Goods, embracin all the new Weaves and Shades. SEE our new line of Underwear for men, women and chil dren, Jerser ribbed and plain. SEE our complete line of Blan kets, Jeans and Cassimeres. SEE the best assortment of Car pets, Rugs Mattings and Window Shadesevershowtn in this city. SEE our gents, ladies and chil drens Hoisery and Gloves. SEE our Corsets and Notions of every description. GET OUR PRICES. DON'T forget that we are in our new store 63 and 65 Mlain St. MCALISTER & BEATTIE. P. S.-Butterick Patterns. Gx reenvill., S. C. Oct. 25. SHEPPARD AND ELLISON'S PRICE LIST, Geor gia Home-ma de for rougi: wris the best. Nice lhne Ladies' Shoes, pat'mt fasI enerIs givenl with shoes, so you wil niot be0 sowing on buttons every San day before going to church. Cil dren's shoes, a specialty. Ind(igo Prints b~est, 5 cents pe yard. All woe) Twilled Flannel 16 2-4 cents per' yardl. All wool Twilled Flannel best 21 cents peir yard. All wool School Boy Jeans 16 23. Icents per yard. All wvool School Boy Jeans bes 20 cents per yard. 3-4 Shirting 4 cents per yard. 7.8 Shiirting 5) " Hlats all kmnds, and styles wvith 33 per cent off. Don't miss getting $2.00 Hat for $1.50. Come earl before they are all gone. Good line of Shirts and under'weal cheap. A Good pair Blankets, 90 cents. 1 paiir Counterpaines, 90 cents. I. X. L. Pocket knives 20 per een off. Nails steel cut, 2~4 cents per pond By the keg 21 " Shot 6i3 cents per pound. Powdei' 20 " " Best Puitent Flour *3.75 cents pe bar'rel. Second Patent Flour $3.50 cent Straight Patent Flour $3.25. per b~arrel. We have many other things tha you wvill need, which space her d ,ou't allowv us to to mention, so cal to see us5 wh'en ini town Respectiful ly, SHEP'PA RD & E .LISO N Easley, Sept. 27 1894. , COTTON SEED. Take your Cotton Seed to P.* E Curoton, in Ensloy, who will bu your Cotton Sated aiid pay the higi: ost cash price for them lie is lul ~ing for the Sout h Carolina Cotto Oil Company, Greenville Mill. Oct. 11-4mn I Mean You. I have wvaiteod loniu ..u! pal jin ly 'for what you)1 Ium" :u me S Pleaso pa~y m0 niov . donu'i puti off until nlOXt mointhl VAOT0J 8HC ISTODM Nobod to But yourself if you fail to come and g at which we are Selling S Boys and youths' best quality Russ epring Heel. The very thing to drest School S Bring your girls and boys along wil he best made Shoes in the city and Why not have the best? Our good hi than others who try to imitate with I Jas. M. & E.] Manage Greenville, S. C.. Nov. 1, 1894. To the People of Pickens 4 We have again opened tip in G NEW STOCK OF CLOTIIIN( and kindly invite you to call on u still have ( Fifi -OUR STOCK CONS Elegant %Ien' x9s Eleganit Elegent In fact it is the larg 'st and hi G r'eenvillb . Comn a~( eds us Oct. 10. 119 Still casts 1 ':-pa whin at ho1n . e Fra hadby form) is no) chlibWlih prat ti~ lI 1j music P swe, refi the hahy~ pult ron pi It closedI the d(ors o opened wide the g That leads from arm the hill of man's The light~ of da~wninij the fragarnt path, Of baby,, and enithm the dany he Put. on a We honestly believe that our new y men's and boys' wvearables is as eo of the prettiest things as any store , our Clothing is that it pleases the v and makes m r'' friisi fo .E We (chlff im e b -N f)' .i 'ae I the p)rices \fam n mmI WVa D~oYoui GOOD) and Mee Before We can save yo Fall Stock of Go in hI'y are ch |Sept. 20,i1894. .+ - - . Blame et the GREAT BARGAflNs HOES. et Leather Lace avid Button, iyour boy. hoes, h you. We will fit them with save you money on the deal. gh grade Shoes are cheaper rashy stuff. 3. Dickson, rs. ,ounty. rceenville, with an entirely , for Fall and Winter wear, to examine our stock. We ISTS OF a4its, Ci oats, st 4tIck (nver br'oughit to -& 'Co, nin Str-. t GrevloI.C P. izu, sic u its. ate ( fu lurie (l' cr ss jallt i.. ...o lines f..rz fat and wireer, of miplete an<.1 emnbraces as many in Greeinville. On beauty of enurer, his faii.3 azo i fr'ier ds, -'ybody claimx *- b'Cheapest. e' 'lever che-t-peu qualities in m~ ig h tlth quality that makes hingt on Streets, Greenville, S. C 3 eed A' S'iVE (ome us JJRYou Buy. ui mloney. Our II ntds are ('ebnming Main Street. Grannvillu, Si C