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PLANS OF THE 4I1VEN ' LEAGUE. Interview Wih the moatla Caroll 11nia National Oonasagteenen.- I The Instse Plainly Present 411. Bennettsville, S. C., March 12. The Democrats of South Carolina are practically solid in advocacy of freo silvor. Outside V of CharlIostoi the oppon1elts of freo silver could he counted on the , fingers of a man's hand. Such bo. ing ltecas ththere is widospread interest inl every phise of the fight for free coinago. Congressiman MeLtahrin of the Sixth District has iakein very alvainced ground in the i ght for freo silver. His al 11lam11 wals a1ppellded' to tile rlceilt" 13, issied address of t he 1 i- met al lie Lt eague and his counisel was weighty in the (elibera tions of silver's truo fritnids which procedo P its promillgat ion. As an) interview at this juncturli froml aI membeihr of the nationldt cOmUlttee of the( nlew silve(r part-y WOuld ho of gn;ileral1 iinorest, I P en11led u1pon Congref ssmanl McLa.U- 0 rin id ini(errogaitdi him as to its s alimus aind e1xci)CC tions. 0 "Well," sai( he, "tho term 'now N1 tL pa rt y' is rat her a misnomer at this all jinwctun'. Ti isan oll'ort to lit' tile masses upon the one si gr,,.at livingo issue, the mone1Fy( qu s tion1. Par leis aire supposedl to0 be( f4 iilded u poil govolnem ital amnd11( htit illuilmal issiles. MEAN It1's5IEss. V "W" propose to force, if possi I ]. tihe 'ction of ai Executive a111d .oige ill fao fhi-metal-. lisill. There are t wo eleineiits in O(ugrss workiig bI the saue end, viz : e "First, those who will not now A act utUside of strict party limits, but will wailt nrAil alter tho two ni.t i'nal cn'ilvelitiois thiat the lia chinoery of both old lpart ies is comli P1telv inl the hands of the gold- at hugs and that it is futi k to expect reliet' from either source. The West will 114 go into the Demo- 0 b ttie pllrty, am11(l th Soith is dit to as to the lp111ublici party, anl gr'ounid iponi wich'lo thoe w4'ho ''"T' mioney' power1 is albsoilute maizsterm of t'e Demnocrat ic and1( Re ptositioni by its skill and1( dIebauchi uig and dlegradinig hulmanl nat ure, throumghi the( cltivaltion (of the lowei&st andl nwietst mistiniets of iiiim. 'l' cotrru~t ion riunis fromiu C tih' slumis of1 Tannlnany~i Hall anda the biribery' oft a sot to) sell his vote t'Ie ('ait and uth le btuyimig of ai 'stat'suin'i with gold andh( 11( highi pla ces'. l,otk at thle 1last conigress 1 "'It hias aut 1 rtehed thle point1 I'i orl theimssi's tf t' pletOi ho is Iiibretentt'ed, huillied and11 destroyed potlit ieally. s "Cl'evehnioit was t'lecfed in 1892 Le to ('co.'erce' 41 liutern DemocratIs inl- thI 1' to vtinlg f44r t' ('pliieto demnon- (l Cott (on fell from ii S tt - 1-2 cents. b~ \\lhat better1 arigutnwnt is none'd1 what the gold s'tam11lard meanlis?" "Dlo ot thlinik 41ne oft the th (41b )1 partites wvill run1 a .Silvor Cani- Ia dhiate ftor Priesidenit ill I891''? .1d ne(xt askedI him). $ A I'ossunii: aur~xni. hr "'lITey may run11 a Democrat, so wl as to keep tihe South'11in im1, but1 w< olet inog himi. T1he r'eformn wiill w" neve'r comoe fr'om the lliticians either in or t1 of Congress. It 'mist come from the people. Nia- oi tionatl ovent ions aire hiunibuigs. e> When the delegato goes, he is gon)- i orally more interested in votinig b) for the right man and getting a w 'cinich' on some fat office, from o that, of postmaster to foreign min- a ister, than lie is as to what policy s the nomine'e represents, and for t this toason he is ready t~o accept ''Most anything in man Inr plat 'Ot in a national conven- I ' rtor andl trade fori .tA the usual plat -glittering generalities' ene tariff and other issues Ltd, will result as usual m < -king the main 18ssue. i ho one single issano pro- i Le all whose interests4 A.-'<tt *" e plla.Q% treso goldbugs in d ise. l oi Sonferonce was c< ived6 .6 closing days of t lsiozY-Vy the goldbugs after tl und /tigtVis silver moveme s Oil foot. I believe it was do side-track some of our men. 11 be like the two other conf< Ces--a pleasant junketing ti Paris for a few politicans at $ r day.aud expenses. The Unit ites' will noVer go to the bi-mr lie - basis if she waits for t iseri.'f 1ingland and Germ a )aro the only groat nati, a position to force thle issi the "stablishment of a natio cleirhing.iouso, we should on re jo:payadverso trade balai anri W ud not be difficult ango our;,I.dverso balances wi ntr,ies that would take siver : rnient. ' In our direct tra< hi Europe l the balanco is n inst us. England puts the b e agaiiit us by selling us trop frijit, spices, etc. It would I y easy for us to deal diractwil ina; Mexico and Central Aie , which are on a silver basi ;old basis keeps us subsidiary 1 gland. Bi-metallism woNu ko us the hoad of all natioi >n 'a similar basis- Open oi its to tei coinage of silvor an > will dely that cotton woul ance 8 cents per pound an )at 25 cents per bushol. 'Th ild add one-third to the valh every acre of wheat and cotto d in the country. Tho peopl beginning to comprelend thi by yet have the ballot box all save thomsolvos, if they ai rondered inert and* paralyze mstom and the chain of habi men whom they have, place in the watch tower deem it )mn duty to warn them and 8 e them the chance. A vTC1OUs POLICY. The .policy of the governmei been contraction and dostru Li; bankruptcy and ruin a: ring us in the faco. Thero is unrest among the po Paralysis of business, choal abor, starvation and misery a vitable without a change of p0 Since 1875 the price of 1 r and all of its products ha elinodl 3341)por cent. in cone once of this policy of contrl )in. "'The roeuit of maintenance Sgold .standlardl is porpotual co otion, while the plaftion reasineg. Tho rich a re getting richer an poor are getting poorer. Thos is who seo the situation an lorstanding condlit ions as the W, woul, it' possiblO, make th vitablo contest a moral an cablo one, that shall be dete: iod at the bial lot-box wi thoi dIding one0 drop) of blood( or tli ing of a single tear. If t11 pie will niot think for ther 'es, act for' thomsolves and it n1 themselves, then they wi it the slavery that p)rejudi< ignorance is r'apidly bringin n us. Three million strunck for poli1 liberty in 1776. It (loes Ioo if' sixty million might no' ke for financial liberty.'' MASS MEETINCI mahs meecting of the Demo ic votors of Pickens Count, r.reby called to meet in th< rt House at Pickons er lay, the 22d1 instant, at 11 a for the purpose of electing o delegates to the co)nvon tQ be held at Columbia or 27th inst. th Mvarch, 1895. W. T.1. FLELD), J1AS. F. LAY, JULIUS E. BOQCoS, - R F. SMITH. Important Notice. dII Trial Jlusticos must hant their report to Supervisor o ~istrabion a list of male per a convicted of pectty larconm ore him or his predecessori . Section 158 Civil Statut W. J. D). CURETON, >er'visoi' of Registration fo kens Coun ty. [arch 7, 1895-.3t. T -O JOURINAL, IEADEIR. JounNA L is anxious that its sub bers should have the advar.tag< every good thing going. WVit!: end in view we have arianged] 1'io 1.e stermani Publishing Co.. springfield, Ohio, for a supply ol -ly subscriptions to their greal thly, "The0 American Farrr Vs," which wjll be presented FRI EvIERY P in' IN ADVANCEC sutbscris td' Tsne J'ounKAL. vant to divide again on the tariff th >r other issues, after settling the gu inancial question, they can and ce >robably will do so." Sol "What do the silvei- men pro- fo >ose?" I propounded next. wl "To let the people themselves as to tear as practicable make the nom- wi nations. Petitions will be scat- en ered broadcast, and every main to 'ho wants Sibloy and free coinage pe rill sign one and it will be for- St rarded to the president of the Bi- ta) 1tallic League." co "What kind of a man is Sibley, ny iyhow?" in SIZE-UP OF SIBLEY. By "Woll, he is about 45 years old al id a man of great moral courage ,ha )d profound convictions. He is ces Democrat, and So great is his arr )rsonial popularity that lie was cot ectod to Congress from a district pa . which he did not live. He is a wit mnnsylvanian and a millionaire. ag is generosity is great. lie gives an( s entire salary to charitable on- cal rprises in his district. He is a vI culiar speaker and knows more CII the Bible than any man I ever i(a Lw and talks very much like one A f our old-fash ioned camp m-eting Eln othodist poroachors. H is style, mna iought, and mode of expression ip( -0 intensely original, and if it mii ore possiblo for him to minako a wh )oech in every county town of the ad' nited States, no man in my judg- wh ont could so t.horoughly arouse W0l to people." of "t Who will be tho candidate for Ian ice President along with Sibley?" are A SOUTHERN MAN. Th4 "I (o iot, know. Thio general car, ot IMressioi is that he should be a ,u thern mani. The silver-prodii 11g States are with us any way, id with Sibley for the East and a outliorn man wo Would have a rong team." "'What do you think of the son moint of the peoplo as to bi-mot ilisi?" hi "Ini my judgmont they are over- tio ielmingly in favor of it. Some sta f tho Westwrn papors have beon I sting public sontiment by print- ple Ig coupons and requesting their or oturn with a voto for or against ill( ilvor. I saw one papr from Mis-i iouri with over 5,000 votes for sil- he ery and only 16i against it. How do Jan' it, ho otliorwise withm theo object lessonm of the present right before tii ins? I saw a good illustration in a >apor the o.theri da~y-suJppaso there th ras aI comninfhity of 100,000 pee- trav 'he with a circulating medinum of 2,000,000, one-hal 11 goldt ad tho thier hal f si Ivo'r. T1he prices of I1 st ocks, bonds, far~ms and art i- t tos of commerce would~ he worth o f ractionali part of tha t $2,000, - ar )0. Th'lat is, a farm worth $2,000 a muld really be worth one-thous it bi part of tho circulating mo umn of the country. If tmehe nount of nioney in the commu ty were. suddoneily douibled, and ec farm hocanme worth the one- sl ousanth part of $4,000,000 in-fo r'nd of $2,000,000, then the farm m )Uld be worth $4,000 insteadl of ',000, as hetof ore. But s up so, as the shrewd financiers of >nmdonm and New York well know, e circulating miediunm was siud- ica n1ly reduced from $2,000,000 to as ,000,000, then the farm that had stri en worth $2,000 when the circu ing medium was $2,000,000) u1(1Hld uddely become worth but A 000, ats it would 1)0 worth but cral Sone-thousanithi part of a circa- is hi ing mmedium that had boon sud(- CIJou nly reduced from $2,000,000 to Fric ,000,000. Hlence the mam whom. d borrowed $1,000 on his farm, thre' men it was valued at $2,000, tion mUld find himself without ath >me wvhen the circulating medium 13 is reduced one-half. CUT n)owN ONR-hALF. "The moment silver was demon izod, the circulating medium of schango would be0 reduced one- -r 11f. This is practically what has aen done in this country, and hen men have seen the hard ornings of a life time shri\ ol up in nd shrink awvay, they cannot fail, Re ince they underaigndI the cause,so .o favor a return to the doublo Sm tandard.'' La ''What about thme international Suj noney conference; Mr. Cleveland PiC teems to favor bi-metallism, but aays we cannot have it without an "" ntornational agreement?" A TUB TO THE-WHAL4E, a '"Well, that is what our op~pon- ofcri >nts all say, and really it is the -hi mnly plausible argument against witi is that I have ever heard. It is of mnpossible for me to discuss this yea luestion in the space of an inter- mo~ riew, but I will briefly give my TO smiion and show the fallacy of her Teeoblers C lun)ij. he ey W. W. F. BUIwT, Editor. nt ne A community that does not It provido a good school for its chil dren is bound to fail in comnpeti tion with communities that does iP 10 provide. How is your community ed doing? 0- The teacher who gives too much lie time to the few, and not to the a- many, will soon ko hunting a new )11 Situation. L0. Thirteen aro considered an un r- lucky number, but that is the num lY ber of County Suporintendents "- elect in South Dakota who are to ladies. The old time school readers were t full of patriotic pieces, but the t present timo readers are mado it seems for tho express purposes of teaching reading. >e The old time exhibition is get ,h ting out of fashion too.is it not? If r you have one pleaso scnd the par . ticulars to this column. 0 Ex-Governor Cliamborl-ain of d South Carolina is giving his an Is nual courso of lecturos at Cornell xr University. (I The logislaturo of Michigan has d passod a law disqualifying any por sd n voting who can neither read nor write. n Pensylvania has 8,464 men teacl1 o ing, 17,777 women. Tho mon aver . age $44.16 per month, the women a $33.05. The school term averages o eight months. There are 1,049,679 j pupils. What an army! The buildings orected last year only d cost $3,390,818. The school prop a erty is valued at $42,679,000. o "These 'times' are not alono due to bungling logislation. The or dinary thinking of common men t is very bungling. We aro harvest ing sovoral crops about this timo." e -Journal of Education. Brother, are not you, 1, and a few other teachors responsible for all these ills? As is the school, so is the scholar, and tho acholar of today is the voter and statesman of to morrow. Aro we not now making othe peoplie and the condition ofi the countr mthe future by our 0c mthods in school? Corporal punishmnont is forbid og den by law in New Jersey. Though_ .no penalty is aflixedi, it is very~ is rigidly observed. A re we teaching the child to seoe, d to know, to (10, to think and to boe. S Are parrot-like recitaties ever d worth y of a live, progressive teach y or?I cl Do nmot forgot that your school is for the benefit of the children. t ad ot for your pleasing, profit, epieor prejudico. (3 Good order is as necessar y in schools now as formerly, but there is a difference of opinion- as to Iwhat constitutes goodl order. T 1'he New York Sun has dliscov erod that there is electricity in the typewriter. This may explain wvhy so man y wives receive a shock onF entering their husb~and's offics.-L SChicago T1imels. - no sal You will Find! wVc AT BRUCE'S! 2 Tfhe best lot of Cheiwinig and Spilimy-g TPobaccos to he had it 5c I0 an iid 2Cc Special Priies~ oli lloxes! HIome1-m~ade Jeanls, K I~ome-madJe Shoes, Ihome- made Shnck (ollars, I Jon;e-made Syroip, Ilome-madem 11aeon,( HOME-MADE YARNS! B [leaivy Chieeks andi Shirthigs, 11 New lary Gioods anid Notions. . Farming TPools in (rea t, Variety. Bo We( lhy the BEST! and( sell ihe Ch .CIIE APESTi I Yours Truly,la J.McD. Bruce Notice of Finial Settlenment. I will apply to J BI Nwoibery, Judge of Probate, for Piekoens County, S. C., for 1C leave to make a fiunal settlement of , the estate of Bally B. Mosley, deceased, on the 29th day of March, 1895, and. ask to be dismisse as a~dinuistrator. 281'obSw J. AM sTWAtR, NOW FOR 1895. 1894 Behind Us. We close the hard timo year, 1894. First, by thanking all our patron ;; we are thankful to every one; we have tried to do our duty to all, and every time giving them $1.00 WORTH FOR $1.00. We have done a large business (big business.) Notwithstanding the hard times, we hear frotn every side, wo have been favored with many nowv custoiers and the 1(k1 ones have been kept in line, wvhlch is suflicient-evi dcnco that we are on the inside with goods and prices. We announced In TnE PEoiPL.'s JouRNAL, several weeks ago, that we had to unload our immense stock, that announceien', met the eyes of' Thousmds who were In want of SHOES and such a stampede for our store has never oc curred before When these poopl caio for Shoes they bought them. As our Prices and Goods wero r ight there was no looking around thinking they could do better. Our Prices and Goods did the work. We begin the New Year with new zeal, backed by every advantage known to the t,'ade; with our own Factory behind us our stock will be larger and Prices Lower than any house in Greenville. llonest Goods and full vahie for the money drives away all hard times. "FACTORY PRICES" THE WATCHWORD! JAS. M. & E. B. DICKSON, Sept 24, '9.1 (OW THEN! Let Every Man, Woman and Child ! Set dlown and study this adlvertisement as though y'ou wecre goimg to study your lesson, and you will see in a very little time why we can sell you LaTHING! *+ CLOTHING! Cheaper than any other house in this State. In the first Lce, we claim to buy more Clothing than all the Clothing >uIses in this town p)ut together; in the second place, we do t buy otur goods from Traveling Men, wvho command large aries; in the third place, wve pay spot cash for every dolla'r's rth of goods we buy; in the fourth place we do no credit siness--we keel) no books, therefore we never lost .any main. in bad debts; and in the fifth place, we have been in the nufacturing business for twenty years and knowv the Cloth business from A to Z. Put all this together and you can dily see that we are just what we claim, IYH~i CN5APESY Ci.OYNIN5e HOU 5E ns' Suits from - - - - $42.oo up. ildrens' suits from - - - - 1.oo "' y's' suits from - - - - 2.oo " ns' Overcoats from - - - - 2.50 " s' Overcoats from - - - - 2.00 ldrens' O.vercoats from - - - 1 .50 " its from - - - - - .50 " Come in and see them and you will see we make no Bluffs. Conme in, and as sure as you do, we will sell you. DREIFUS &c Co., .THE NEW CLOTHIERS SeptO4tf 110 Main Street. Board Assessors. To CANVASS THE RETUIisop PEnsON.. AL Pnon-r'y OF' PICKENs COUNTY. WH1O 'inEY ARE AND WHAT w c UXPECT ED OF TIIFM. The returns of the various Town. ships will be forwarded to the Town ship Board of AsSessors by or before March 20th. it is the duty of the Board to scrutinize each return care-. ully, and to see that each item of property listed thereon, is assessed at ITS TRUE MARKET VALUE. There is no rule to return property at 661 per cent, of its actual value When parties are suspected of hav ing credits, above their indebtedness or any other character of property that does not appear on their sworn return, it is the duty of the Board to enter such property, or report the matter to the Auditor. In every instance where there is a material change in the return of an individual, be sure to notify the par ty, so that he can appeal to the Coun ty 3oard. The County Board of Equalization will hold its annual meeting in the Auditor's office, Thursday, April 4th. The Township B3oards are expected Lo closely examine the returns and to forward them to this office by or be ore that date. The Township Board of Supervis 3rs aro required by law to act as Township Board of Assessors; and ,he chairman elected at their first meeting will serve as a member ot tho County Board of Equalization. The following freeholders have been Ippo'nted in tho various Townships, Viz: Easly Liberty-Mi. A. B:aggs, J. A- I1in Lon, W. 1I. Bryant. Central-Jas. F. Lay, Noah Ken sIemulr, J. H-. Ballentine. Hlurricane-Jesso R. Ross, Pobin Stewart, Nelson Bowling. Pickens-0. P. Fie ld, L. D. Stelh ns, B. l. Lesley. Dacusville-J. A. Robinson, J. S. Willains. Pumpkintown-A. B. Talley, J. D. NI. Keith. Eastatoe-Jesse J. Lewis, J. W. rhomas, R. L. Gilstrap. N. A. CIIRISTOPHER, imarl4td4apr. Auditor, P. C. fliii veryr fewt lu-.opt'. c'iii''- it is a te Of "p -'lit: j1th . p ilv :1| -10 1 'i' her ii .. :grt ;.11 lnn lt.,- of-1 ht trh aell -0i -il ha I hN h bly life. Th n~i I- D .-iih11i : i Nl. as.-1 i h-. ky : a1e ni lii ii & C ... pii t u .'' -)r, i'b a tin t t eii l l lift; hi~w ltoc2' Wim-e a l Ioii ho; wli ill . 'I ':tlt Chruin iu.,fn 'oii inle ithrei Healthy ''riflingl lents lnglierry;d. Don'te~ pltuath aitresef sh u hrhuliru ~ Ify r.e f11. I gopr owafor ver -ix ot fsort is. ch us~thie. ithallbe oubid 1 g eneal cx-b Bri' ol'in s '." nyInal he ine e - freegomal patncle now Imiieg. t hi rorsleah 1,r. G W. Iarle, lke ngtC.eN.lWy ntral. artt. mean soCuhre ta yueiag idnesri and e fatNualgdisasesTrbesulfo trifingai ervts egletd Doen'sla wint aur' greatnte gift-ealth.ecose e !".iii'IlCwrappr. Al our ar feelin A itiitC3 Oil re ut of O sotms we U 'en setof n ca't work,' ~' ..r ~eS nd bfee. tonetk jhBii130 0ble~ strn gthingDO 1 in cetai ce * WDo' irnhI trens.teAEyeew hot-,' tizra 'etx a ae ure---eeis t ~Cit come fro th puttflifahos on' tain eatyor Dr ~dyo Cdteeon a oers. ' pleasant otake Dyson p esyste,Kide adiecr Ceiv onstipation, correcoo tut le. ton oec i oe twore ho t re 2 amtns ooka ,-?Q shrio byrgEgist nulhe~rnand9'Iea