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''I H1P RE- EOP E' O RN . - VO-- ------- 3----- --------..------ . S- -A.G-UST 2-- ... _ VL5.-N.32. PICKENS, S. C., T1HURSD)AY, AUGUST 22, 1895. ONE D)OLLAR A YEAR. Words. [ -- 01 One day a harsh word rashly said, el Upon an evil journey sped, n And, like a sitar p and cruel dart, ti It pierced a fond and loving heart ; e, It turned a friend into a foe, A And everywhere brought pain and woe. li A kind word followed it one day, Flow swiftly on its blessed way; it healed the wound, it Soothed the pain, I And friends of old were friends again; L It nade the hate and anger cease, 0 And everywhere brought joy aid pance. I But yet the harsh word left a trace t' The kind word could not quite efface; And though the heart its love retained It bore a scar that long remained ; b Friends could forgive, but not forget, QV lose tho sense of keen regret. Oh, if we could but learn to know tLi How swift and sure one word can go, 0J How would we weigh, with utuost catre, Each thought before it sought the air, 0 And only speak the wordcls that nove h Like white-winged messengers of love !t. TIhe Flover tilt Grew ill saild. uI b Denaris opened the gato and walked TI up the narrow path. Thuem was a low t hedge of pink and purple candytuft on It each side. Inside the hedges were m little bads of homely flowers in the a shapes of hearts, diamonds and Mal- hi tese crosses. H MrE. Eaton was stooping over' a rose w bush, but she arose when she heard the ov click of the gato. She stood looking at I Domaris with her armsn hanging stiffly ti at her sides. "Oh," uhe said, with a g'rini smile, y "'you ILs't." Yes," said the girl, blushing an i looking embarrassed. "Ain't it a nice i evenin'?"i "Coic forz kindlin' wood ?" " No." She laughed a little at tle aL wornout joke. " I come to see if von had two or three pink roses to sparD."D Why, to he Sure-a dozen if you want. Just come ai' help yourself. My hands ain't, lit to tech 'ei after dio gin' so." d 1t She stood watching tle girl while d she carefully selected soeic hialf-openil roses. Tuero was a look of good-na tured curiosity on bet face. 4 'Anytbin'goin 'o.n at the church to night ?" i "No. I'll have to tel you.'' She 01 lifted a glad, shy face. " 'lit goin'oi the moonlight oxersiont." "Oh, now Sire ? Well, i'mi real a glad." I "So'm 1. I never I wanted to go any- a where so much in my life. I've been most holdin' my breath for fear ina'l get sick." " Hov is your ta ?" s1 Well, she ain't very well sel nev er is, you know." "What ails her IL " I don't k now," said Demaris slowly. el We'll get home by Itidnight. So 'f she has a spell come on, pa can set upl) I with her till I got home, and then I can Jill mornin'." "Sh'u'd think you'd h) all worn out, L a sittin' up two or tlr-e nights a week that way." Domaris sighed. The radiance had gone out of ier face and a look of care was Upon it. "Well,"she said, after a m11omen43tt, I'll have a good tio to-night any how. We're going to have the hand along. They're gettin' so that they play r'eal well. They play 'Annic Lau ile' an' ' Rocked In the Crad le of the t D eep' now." rhe gato clicked. A child came run- IL ning uIp the path. "11Oh, sister-, sistoer !Come hiomne qick !"' "What for ?" said Domiaris. Ther'e was a look of dread on her' face. "Ma's goin' rightt into a spell. She waiits you quick. Site th inks she's took . worse 'a usual." i D~emarls hurried home. Theli child ran at hot' side. Once she took hotrt hand and gave hot' ant uplward' look of sympathy. n1 .She paswsed thr ioutgh the kcitchent, lay - inig hot' roses (in the table. 'lThen she wont into hier' mothter's r'oom. SMrs. iFerg~uson lay on a couch. A : white cloth was bantded ar'ound iter head, coming down well over one0 eye. She was moaning bitter'ly. Deaais looked at, bet' without speOakintg.t "Whor'e cit ear'tht you b'on ?" Shte ti gave the gir'l a lookc of fierce r'eprioach. l( "A body might die feor all the help h) you'd be to 'em. Hero i've b'on a feel- o in' a sp~ell a-comln'" on all dlay, ani' yet, you go a-gaddin' arouind to thte neight bors, leavin' me to git along theo best IT way I know how. I believe titis is my last spell. I've got that awful palin over' my ighit eye ag 'n till l'mt neat'ly 'n crazy. My livor's all out of ordeir." '" Dematt was silent. Whent one has heoard the cry of wolf aL hu~ndrtod times one is incredulous. Her apathetic look .? angered her mother. S "What makes you stand1 there a stain' like a dunce ? Can't you hellp a a body? Get thte camtir'e bottle an' thea tinetur' loboelia an' the box o' goose gr'ee' You kntows 'a well 'st tmo what dI I need whten I git, a splell. I'm so nerv- h ous I feel 'it if I c'u'd fly ! I got a hiai'. r" rablo feelint' that this'hl be my last ei spel-an' yet you stand there a-starin' b) c. 's if you didn't care a par'ti kle !" it Domaris placed a chtair' at the side 5i of the couch to bold the b)ottlo. " Oh, P take that old slilt bottom choor'away," a~ exclaimed hot' nmother'. '" Ev-ry thing kC upa)fln on it oo! Get one from the kitchtent- -thte one that's got chori'l d painted on the back of 't. What makes you act so? You know what cheer I q want. You'd tantalize the soul of a ti saint !" The chair was brougt. The bottlos ci were placed tupon it. Domaris stood y, waIting. ft "Now u'ub my head with the cami fli'o, or Ill go ravini' cr'azoy. I can't think wher't comes from !" I] The chtild stood twitching lhe.' thtin tt flagotrs ar'oundl a chiai'. She watched si hter' motheir In a mnattor-of-course way. Domtiaris leaned over tihe couch In an si utncomffor'tal positioni and comimenced i the slow, gentle tnessage that must th continue all night. Shte did not lift Tr hot' eyes. They were full of tea~rs. Fotr a long time thtere was silence in al the room. Mr's. Fer'guson lay with ci closed eyes. Hoer face waroe alokf mingled injur'y ann repr'oach. "Oh," said Mrs. Fer'guson. " what a *wretahed cnratturn I am ! .Inat a suif -t rin' day an' night, year in an it, an' a burden on them thc aved fer all my life. Many ght I've walked with you'n n; 11 mornin', Domarie, an' never I what it was to git slopy or n' now you got mad the minui Ito a spell." Demaris stood upright, with tred look. "Oh, iia !" she exclaimed. Her as harsh with painl. " I ain't on't think .im mad. I can't c pity every time you have a spi d be cryin' all the time. An' he ,-ight I'm so-disappoiited." What you disappointed 'bout "Why, you know." ier lips ed. " The excursion." Mrs. Ler'guson opened her- eyes " Oh, I clean forgot t hat." She lotoked as if she were thi lat sIhe would really have post] ie spell, if she had remembered, " Never you ind." Demaris 1 er suddenly, and put her' IIris a .r mother. " Don't you thinil ad. I'm just disappointed. m't cry. OU'll go and make Ii wor:e. An' there comos pa: I i cleanin' his boots on the scrt Mr. Lerguson stumbled as he the steps to the kitchen. Ile y tried. Ile was more than it his thin frame had a pitiablek le look of one who has strugglei Ad failed was on his brown and v dL faRe. II is hair itnd beard wer aturely gray. His dim blue eye hopoless expreession that was i dden by a deeper one of pat 13 wore a coarse faunnel shirt, ith perspiration, and faded oralls. His boots were wrinkle ird : thb soil of the folds cliu ell). "Sick ag'in ! M is'rable creatnun' Lm ! I've got that awful pain ov( ght eye ag'in. I can't think m comes from. I'm nearly eram " Well, I guess you'll feel a itter after you gitt some tea. I i' wash, an' then rub your head 3maris gits a bit to Oat. I've )l ever since sun-up an' I'm tir ingry." Ile returned in a few moment, ok Demaris's place. Lie s cply, bti silently, as he iat dov% Deumaris set. the table and p )On it the simple meal which sh1 'opared. "I'll stiay with ma while you a it," said Nellie, with a sudden unsellishness. " Well," said Domaris, wearily Mr. leCrguson sat downi at tile id leaned his head on his hand. o tired to eat," he said. " hung It." lie looked at the untom cal of cold boiled meat, baked ies and apple sauce. " I wish I was dead !" said Del 1cr father did not speak. lonce re pwoached her more tha ords could have done. When she went into the he gain, sht(e found her mother v ildiohly. Dematris, did I hear you si ished you was deaa ?" I guess so. I said it." Well, God Almighty knows 1 wa3i Yo don't tAop to think (I become o' me 'f it wa'n't foi our pa c'u'dn't hire anybody, a ttin' too old to set u11p o' night's orkin' hardl I day. " You'd L e't ll cuo oi your little si kkon !" L)eUmaris thought of those sim, rists, and s hivered. lier nI >mmenced to soh-and that agg d the painl. Dumaris stooped and put her '1und her and kissed her. " I'm sorry I said It," she whisi I d idn't. mean it. I'm just tire -Oss. You know I didn't mean i I1cr fathber came in heavily'. "lDemaris,"' he said, ' iPrank .5's com in' ar'oundl to the froni 11 take keer o' your mina while , andl see him.'' It was a radiant faced young iat walked into lDemar'is's littl >r. Hie took her hand with a ti ess that brough t the color bh ito her checks. "What !" he said. '"A inut you r ,hy, the boat leaves In an hmoi sa good long walk to thme You'll have to hu trry up, Domiai "I can't, go." "' You can't, go? 'vWhy can't, yit She lifted ump hei' eyes br'avely. ~ars swelled into them slowhj icy wver' full. Not one Y11. o)ked( at hima thmrough them. I Cir hamnd tr'emling against the his own. " Why can't you, D~emaris ?" "My umothor's sIck. .Just heu oanin' clear heire." Young V'ickers's face was a stu "Why. she was sick Iast, t anmt'-dl to take y'ou som'ci's---to a< a'n't it.? "Yes--I- know." ''An' tilme h)ofore that, wheni I w mu to go a to chiarch soelahkt pring Town. " Yes." "vWhy, she imust he sick neau I the tlimo, accor'd in' to that.." "Shie is-preitty neai'." She 'ow her' handl~. There was a okinug Ioun ge in one cor'nor< >om. It was cover'ed with iir 1,'rpet, atnd had ani unfcomfo: U'ek, buit it wias deai' to Deni eart,. She hiad gatheired and rawbohiols two whole suimim ty for it,. She sat down on ii id laid her' hande together o rices. Th'ie you ng mani followed ai )twn besid j her. '' Why, my de(ar'," lie said, lietly. '" You can't stand this ing. It's wear'in' you out. aver did look light and hapip3 ho' girls 0' youi' age ;an' U'i'e gettin' a real p)in]ched 101 el 's If 's was time for' mnc to re." lie took her' hand again. It, wats dun twilIght in the i'oomr omar'is tu rned her' head aside. ar's brimmed over' and fell fam iotnty. " Inter'ferin' won't (10 any good ,d, iresolutely. "' T1hoo's jus igs about it. My imother's si me time, an' I have to wait on here's nobody else to do 't." " Well, 's long's you stay at hon I come on you. You ain't al sermy aocch a load." " I'll have to." "hDomaL'Is, you'll just have to bi " What ?" said the girl. She t loomk at him In a startlnd year " Leave home ? I couldn't th ink t I've doin' that." i1e leaned toward it 's the and put his arm around her, tremblin r arU strongly. " Not oven to come to m know- home, DeImuaris Y I want you dear : a: tired. I won't let you kill yourself workin e I go either. I ain't rich, but I'm we enough off to gi'e you a comnfortabl a tor-' home an' some'n to do your work ft you. " voice There was a deep silence. Eiach fe mad. the full beating of the other's hear Iry Out 'lieie Was a rose bush under the wil Al, or dow, an old-fashioned one. Its bloon sides, were not, so beautiful, but they Wer very sweet. It had flung a slim whit " spray of t.hem into the room. Denimar trem- never smelled their fragrance afto: ward without a keen, exquisite thrill < pass.iion, as brief as it wVas delicious " I can't Prank." Her tone was lo Iking and uncertaint. " I can't. leave I )one.id motIer. She's sick an' gittin' old. Can't." onned "6 Oh, Demaris ! That's rank foolisi 'onnd ness." I ]'II " Well, I guess it's the right kind I Now foolisness." Site drew away and st your- looking at him. I ler hands were pres: hear ed togetIer' in her' lal). per." " Why, it ain't expectted that a git c.tai- 'ad ought to stay an' take Care 0' he was mother forever, is it? It ain't expect fifty, ed that she'd ought to turn herself int ;toop. a hospital nurse, is it ?" long Her face grew stern. rink- " Don't talk that way Prank. Th 3 pro- atint, respectful to itty mother. She s had hal a hard life, an' so's my fatit' imost, You know I want to come, but I can' once. It's my place to stay an' take care I moist hei'. I'm goin' to do it-hard's it i: blue My leavin' 'emi u'd jitst take the heat d anti out o' both of 'em. An' there's Nellit )g to too." " Duemaris-" he spoke slowly : h that face wits pale-"-'' I'm goin0' to .itLy sOmje 1 1113' thin' to you I never thought I'd say t r here any girl alive. But the fact is, I ditin with know till right now how much I thin 0 you. You t'marry me, an' we'll all liv little together " '1l go lier face softened. She leaned a il while tle toward himin with ucontrollahl Jugh- tenderness. But as he matde a litic ed 'i' movement slit, drew back. No, l'ran k. I can't-I can't! I i and won't do. Such things 's what br"i ghed womin's hearts !" 'n. '' What things, dear" laed " Folks livin' together that way c had There's no good ever comes of it. I' have to set u) with my im)other jiu n' pa I tile same, and you'd te worryin'iall thi burst time for fear it 'u'd ilake ie sick, at) you'd be wainti' to set ip with he yourself." table "Of cottwse," he said Stoutvly. " I'm expe.t to. That's what I mean. I ry's I take some o' your load ol' o' You." ptiig D emaris smiled Iloilrnfully. "'Y( pota- don't know whatt it is, m'atIk. It's I' very well to talk abouit it, but wh' a natS. comles to doin' 't you'd he tired o' . in His itmontli. You'd wish you hadin', Ia n any ,ried me-an' that 'u'd kill ae ' "I wouldi't. ()h, D)emaris, just ye 11'oom- try me. I'll he good to All your foLks rying just 's good 's tin be, dear, I swear' it She il ned toward himiri atI with y you sob. He took hoer in his arins. lie ft the delicious warmth of her bod Their lips trembled together. wish After a while she driev away slow what and looked at himt earnestly in the fai Volk. light. ' he's " If I thought you wouldn't change after she faltered. " I know you menu ke to low, but oh---' ter, I "Sister," called a thin, troubh Ivoice froiti tile hall, " catit you co) weak her'e just a in'nute othor Demletaris went it once, closintg ti rava- door behind htr. The child threw her thin arn arms around e' sister's Wa.ist, solbbiIg. "Oh, sister, I fortgot to get tile k in ered, 'ln' Wood, aln' now it's so dark do-. tL I arCl cellar. 1'm1 afraid. Can't 'oul go wil 1,." ienc "\Wait au ft. wv miniute,, dear', ant' I w i Vick - i 'ankI wvon't stay'~ lonig to-n ii ght . door'. '' " )h, won't he0 . I'ml glhud."' I he 'oin go 'voice sunk to a wih isper'. '' I hate have hi m her1, sister'. lIe take's v< rellowv away fr'omt us so) muiich an' evrytlh'ii o pa'- got's wrlong wh len you ain't, here'. .\I 3fndeor- olful had11 to-ni ght, ani' Pa looks so tirem Iatinlg Don't let, himi stay long. sisteri. I d~on't neced you1's hadt 's we d~o.'' 4id% -. Site tiptLOed inito tihe kitchen. Iy it, martte.'is ste.oodl still inl the hall. 'hle mtot ivhf.s coiing, large and silv eru, over tI ' hill. Its soft light broughtt he.-, lttmhd . ligu re ouit of the dlar'k. and sot a hia ;,above heri head bending oni its Ia ut ~il er rematin ed v'oicelets< in hter' hearm,. Shte o et A mtoani came~ from her' motber palmu roomu. ''O h, pawii, you hutrt, my Itea YIonur hianid is soLi trahle r'outgh that tgirl gotin' to stay in theret 14 Ilaa'is Ii If~ed htel' hi'ed amid wvalke d~y. steadn~lily~ into thte Ilittli poor1 parlo me) I '' Ill have to askl~ youi to go num launc'a, l"''an k :my mnotlber neceds mue." "Well, dear'.'' Ihe r'eaed he str'ontg, yotug armiis to her11. SIhe stoc anttedi hack, mieni' g het' head fr'om sidle upl'n) side. "No, I''ran k. I ca'It't marrtiy y'ou. no or' never'. .\ly tmother' comets Iirist.'' ithe '' It's to use. I madlo ill my mir itssels out ' n the Itall. t You iht 's well g -tiahle When I malike ill miy mindl It's no it nais's it) tr'yin' to get tme to ch ange it. sold hiua't maide 't, upl befor'e.'' wls to lIe wetlt to heri and took hot' band ,ii now 1)emlaris,'' ite said, and all hlis heat 1 her) br"eak iwas inl h1is v'oic e, '4 do you mmt~ it? O h, my deal'. I'll go if you sei d sat me:i butt I'll neve' comec back again never' ver'y Silo hiesitatt,ed bitt a secontd. Th<ll ort, 0' she saidl very cooly, wvithout moltion \ ou '' Y'es, ,'o. You've been good to mi ,lke bit-it's all over. Gi.od-ihy.'' lty lIfe dropped her' hands wvithiout ntel'- wor'(, nnd went. She did niot lootk aufter' im, or liIste nlow. to his footste ps. Shte wenit to th'e cc T1he~ lar with Nellie to get the kind lit I. andI iwood, which shte arrtanged in tile ste ready for tile matchi inl thle mnor'ing. shte Then she went into her' mothei twio rooms. Siho looked pale inl the li cke 3k all lng candie light. her'. "'I'll take care o' mna now, pa,'' si said. '" You. get to bed~ aund rest. to it'll know you'i'o all tired out--ploughli do to over sInce sun-utp)! An' dlon't you g upt till t call you. I aint't a ilt sleepi I couldn't sleet. 'f I went to bed. tave." She moistoened hecr fIngers with ti turned p~hor and commenced hathitng i TILLMAN AND ST. JOHN. g Lil iliSPENSAR Y AN) PItROiSIf TION. TIe Chat tIpion of the i)iIHies.ary j Mieet tlt- Apoitl (i' Prohilbition in 1)ebate. ITh ji. appolhlted to decide the merits of tihe dobato which Sena3ttor Bon Tillbiau tutI 'rof. Sanuel I Dieicle, Na'ional C(utimiman of tho Prohibition party, hold on Thursday night at 'ro hibition l'ark, S. L. eldored tho opin ion of the autdieice, wilch favored the SOUthI'l Senator thlOlug hout. The're werte soven l'hibitionists on the jury and fourteen anti-l'rohibitionists, amtid o thoy decided elevenl to uight in Sena tor Tilhiiuan's favor, two not voting. 110 carried ti1 audilnCo w ith him laIst nigllt its thoroughly as ho did on the rtcding evening. Ito was in the iiist of tie 'rohibition stronghold, contending agatintst their theories, but, the tld ienoo applituded h11 i as though hie weIre -tiuiggling in their bhial f. tlost if the Ii ielco were 'rohibition ists, but their delight when Tillman maiitde at point agatitst, hlis l opponent wats IeIthIsitstic. lie is it speaikerP of coln .Siderahble 1magnIitude, free froml most of the platfolrll tricks, and natLL1uIraL in 0 11111,1111431. The methods of ex-Gov. S. ohn, of Kansas, who was Is opponent, belong tL toh 01h so chool. ISI the aunidienio I is S tned to Tilliiani with delight, and appiaitled him in suce a way that tiheirm fav'or lm ust., have I b.teen inite3n ded not so muoch for what, he lhad said as th w ay in which he said it. But, he M1made a grCtt impreSioi on his hI ar em's, and tieir lelight. as unbounded when they i-arniil 1,b1at the jury' was witiL t~iI~hii inl givi ig hiiim the hionior's of the debtte on u''llosduv. The question ll iA Ilht wts, "is 'ro hibitiol tle IestI, lthol of Toiper t' nT he ndetbate was slow kn tartin, and ati r tiil, Lod)ience lad siig a1 hiynii. "Coiue 'iiou Al migihty K inlg,," .i hi. 11. Carr, who was introdiedi as lihe founder of the molliCn's Ikipubliinn clubs of New k ok sang " Iow ing Imoe witt .\ lh ly." 'I henl the,. uperin1tenldent (if thle bu ilIdi ng tnnIouInced hIia t lit iiterip Ltons ::b' bIll atllowed from the audi nCe. onl T'I' ,II th e interruptions took up too much time and interFmred with twe speakers. So it was anominc "d tht, thle tudiice wvolId have no share in thi debate. Dr Leonutrd, wh'lo) is the s'ecretaLry of Lit Mlethodi t ipiscopal NI ission, wasVu, in mi cha6iman. ant he wa'is Loll LIto keep his eye oi his wateb. aid see t $ht thl ea rs id no go ('oe tLh'i' time. Thitlie sutppression of the antd ieice deprived the debate Of somic of its lveliness, hut there was nothinug to it pre -velit theimu from a'pplaudiig, aid tiey did whinevor Scenator Tillinitl rave thm a cliatnici'. I"X Gv. St. .h16bn op'ned the discu bion. I lt said : u "I thlt't know, when-i I have enijoyed a mre pekin11 pr-ohibitionl tj.an he foe you good peoine lcre. aid und111m tlIUse ii istan1icis. ThirtL.' iy years ai Sen.tor Tilmn iuiantd I rplire'sented ex treiies Of polit ical opinii ion, anid I ami proud to hmalve the honor Of ictiig here one of Lh is con tiryL's mo st d istiti guished citizenis,who is known to every body that miiakcs any atttemop to keep p i 1,bi the political iuiestions of the daty. Th questiol titt pat'L~ed US tiiirty years ago is settleed now, and settled forever. We are iot here to n ight as poiiticianLs in any sense of tihe w (ord, but ts vitizens of oilr common 1coun ltr*y Li isCuss I ii cmarIttivOly nOW iIestion that, has forced itself to tihe I rot, during the past twen ty-live years. I claim for Sentiator Tillman thaint. ho is ats siln'er' adill CoiSnitiOus il what, le is dOin mg as wat, I htii for maysel f. \Ve ir both doing what we can in an humbiile way fin' ur' fielilow mien. I am la Lha ii'h otiber' side of this debate hoias ciwire, iSa l wel as a great, deal of n1 giay miatter' ill additlion, and I would uiha little W'e.'-t.ei'n scrub like imy1 I I 'stanrd heisre Lion ighlt for ilwoiit iion firs., lat, amid andthi tLimLio, because my~i xpierience of the last, twenty-live ni years~ has L~aut~! Lmhe that it is not onfliy reform, but, becausei5 myu cinscience tells nelii thait in the sight of God and man it is~ ight. I k nOW Liihat itll the States of tiih Union atre with me, anmd I know that 3lwoi bitLion is the rul e of tubo i - ble. It, siLys al ways, ' Thout shlit niot,' andii therue is notL a w ord in it iin fitvor sof licensing any wronug, nor will ily -.frend lind1( there at word about, dispeWn saies10. 'Thle law is pr'olihiitor3 al ,biirough the Statutes of the States, atni .thb Uitdl St~atos Sup iremue .Court- hais ,said that the righiits and libhertLies Of niioody are't in toeedi wvithi wheni tih permliuissionm to selli liquor1'is deniied. "The Constittioi say~s t~bat, the fumi daena obiject, of govermn menct is Lt) pwomotec the wvelfame of the people. I last night Senator iilla readtt the wv statement of (Gov. IAn-'rabieo, of l owa, n w ib hoti d eniiounied the saioona and ethe l iqiuor trailic as the breede1 r of paui o' per'ism, e rie amid deg radiation. Tbcii I cgislatur oc(f I own endiorsed Liihat,, amnd 51) s.do I, Lad I climn that anything w. which bireeud m'ime, paupIem'ism amid moi degri'itionu sihoul h prohbiiti ed, nt, icensed ill d icke red wIih. I foundm to daty that thbe Statuites of Siout Li Carolinail ame in perfect, hhatrmony wih my 113 opin i trin The whiole ermuinua ciude is pro mihibi tory, amid a iman can't kick his dog w1tvi thiort v iolating the law, anmd hie canm notlm) geti a licinse Lto doc it, nor deoia' wit~h --it atccor'dig Lio the diispeniisary ssemIl. South Carol imiinalas strictly prob)it nH the adl t eratiomn oif foodl, mandl do) not atllowa the terrtapi n to be, taukem n nder e, aL certain H -iY'. Yout call hu ae iti consiu Li) take Liheia, a ''Ni) living picturle mn'r impiurei' liter ttttm are alilowsed, anid yiou cnm't get mi lici'nse for' a living piiittulr', or' trea't i. ine of thieim. in acc'ordnie. w ith the y disenay law. Ilvery on) f1tbes i lws ir prhbt. Yo anotlis senmiate ifettiw., dlisease. amid you1 wouldnt't ho alloweid Lto give a mnj seven yent's' itcii, eveni if you ha~d aI l icense. "J Tle dI13 ispinsar sysdtemf woul d allow~a il you toi give a manl ats much seven Iyears itch as lie wvantedl after ho was n' 21 years old1. Senautor TI iitan, yout et know, regullattes suchm maLteers ;ho does y. not prohibit thb'm. Btit his Stattuto lawsV in Soiuth Carmolinat dheal on wit~h n- the saic of tlquor, anmd Lbhis is pr-ohiited or' within certain diustamio of a col logo. i'vi'ryonie of tI,s prohmiiltions is osl tive, and the only evil not prohibito is the liquor traitic. " The Stato stops out here and say that after a man is 21 yoars old h, canl got its much101 liquor from the Stat, as he wants. But I have no doub that within tihe next ton years th Senator will be as Iimuch a Prohibition Ist, as I am, and God bloss the da, when it comos. Lut I want him v110 to answoer theso questions: "Is prollibition muorally right o: wrong ? " Why, in his own Stato, do they LIp ply lwohibition to overyth ing oxcept log the liqior trailic' "Can tie liiquor trailic, under th< ULniited StatOs Constitution, b recog nuzed land regulauted. " lave not the people under the Unit ed States Constitution the right t( III oih b' liquor trail '-1 " I waIt, hini to atIswer theso ques tions," Gov. St. John concludon, " ant I woider how a 11111n can Come her and pleald before God and man fo giving this damnable htsiness the re cognition of a State." There was applause for the overno ais e coased, but It soon lost itself I] the onthusiasm which greuted Sonato Tillman as he walked toward the fron of the stage. The spectators shioute aitid appliauded, and for sOveral mn il tites the S:3nator wias unable to begi his speech. " I 1an glad to h ro,' ho sitd( "Iarticularly' aS I have boon 4landeru and lied on moro than any man sout of Mason and Dixon's line. Prom what you have hoard and read of mile, I sul pOS0 yon0 Conceivo e11 to ho someuth in between an anarchist and 1111 ido I want you to take a look at te an sou if I am 1as black a devil as I hav been paintod. "Gov. St. .John and I are hro t, discuss in I friendly way an abstrac qILestioln of goverznmenit. I (dors< every word that Gov. LI arraboo wrotl atbott tihe liquor tralhie. it cause Iiore-ak'ri me, pulporismlu ILIA Vice thi ainything else in the world." Senator Tilhnan hero road an ex tract fromii Cov. IALrrabeO's spoech. A lie took his glasses from his pocket i said : " I have to were these things, yo, see, hecluse I halve got only oie cyc and I have to carry the other old thin around without seeing anyth in through it. Hut Gov. St. John maikes a mh take." h continued, " when ho cor founds the saloon With the disponsary They ar10 not at all the same. I d Iot iffll in alything that he has sa Imore than mero assortionis in proof U prohibition. Thu question is, is prohl bitioni the best IethoId of proimiotin teplioranico reform y' SWhlt is teInporance ? It is modor ation in) the utio of the pleltures of life Whiatt is reform ? 0, the sins tha have been commiiiii.tted inl the MillioC tMhat word. To the crank it is his spot ilisim, but it is genteirahly aceepte to meanltI l ma111king over for the bette The question is, how Canl We tiltel ile t.) use ilttoxicants tem1lperately ? " ov. St. .l oh is horrilled it the r stilts of intoxicntion, but hio forgel tbat we are a sel f-governirg people, am Imust hIive the plerlmissiol of fifty pi cent. of thelt people before it can he di cided that iiel hinve ntI the righit I driIk whisky when they wiint to. I1 saiys there is no licensing in the ihl I fail to lind I single instance i which drinking is prohibited ther, Certainly it, is not prohibited in MAosa law. Men for thousands of yors ha indulgoed in the use of intoxicllt 'iver since they learned that alcoh could be produced by oren'IhRORtattio They feel in thel r hearts that, th have a right to drink, aid you cann convince tlem othrl wiso. " Jntil you got men4 to boliie tim thbey are0 hettor as hypocrites a~nd l ial thanu in the ir own Iin11iii ty you eI niever per? unade thiem t hat they hi aI not a right to drnink . I( this proh ih tioni had1 been ats grneat and( w iso thbing as its followers claim, it woul have beeni thie law of tihe whole har istea~d of the exception.' Senator TIiila talked some1 m1o0 albout his dlJCisensry, and1( the chai mian remindited imS that hiis tweniR m1i nuttes wais dr:aw ingR. to anf end(. "As a prtoof that thu 1law has falk whlerever it was11 tried, " he concl ude< "you cant suo that it was Rnecessar een whlen sinice rofand conlscientioi menu~ werie tryinig to enforce the 11a' for the States to go back to lcensina lowai put~S a (3laus5 itn it' C'onstitutit forbidd ig the salle of litinor except ft tied licil, p~harmacien Ideal and mi chan11iRcal purpo'~ts(es. "Whatt a stretch was given to tI meanIi ng (of those wvords. I kniow froi tusa ownR lxperienco I in nforcinRg tI law hRowi imlpossible( it was to prevor the ('vaLsIi of thoeo lawvs. My exI rien1ce has talught me) that the law m11u dlepiendt ou thbe governed for its '3nfore " Ifio have not got aI public opi1 ion with you the law can never~ he (u forced. Where ca~n you get the jurOR thle prl'Iseenitors Rand the witnesess wht the feeling of thu public is so againi thmem'? It, is only when t~he feeli: that the saloon must go) Is stror tenoughi to suippiort the1 spe)ak-(easy R dlrug store that, they will he atccepta ats subhStittes. "JThe Un tited States Govertinment d mnands aI taIx fromt the peopl1e who si ivh biskey, and( who canf deny that the is Ia license to sell it. llow cant ti idea1 of prohibition be obtained wh< thbere iS no( mean~tfs of en forcinlg it !ITh is Ra self-governIng coun(1try. ";Unless a1 law r'ests in the will of ti peCople there Is nIo poweR' to enforcei The Snupremhe Court satys the pow< ultoes nOt, lie with anly citizen to sell quior tcontralry to thie polico0( power tile State, bult thiis reilattes tt the s(3 ing, and1( niot to the ( drink inRg.' G;.'v. St.. .fohn1 no0w rotad someit stati l~ies show inRg ho0w Kanlls's had( ic'reast in weaRlIthS sice prohibittdon biecanme law i thbere, and1( how muctth the goivert irs and1( other Static ollleir(S, who wei 0once opposed3 to it, had1( to say~ inl favc oif the cond1( i titns tha It exist notw. "Why, iln the town I live iln,'' saRid, "there't are( .000~5 pietle, and wi ha ive .omly on(1 potl icemanL~. I~ormerl we* hald :Ltiu00 peCople with two pol Ic menR IC bfore~t the piroihiition (camol ini. "\We h- tvetn't, hadtR a light, on th 4treet in liftell yealrs, and cvorybod aittendts to h i. own busi ness. On las Gran~d Armily tday in Kansas there wer I600 mSth o ntlt gat~herted toigetherOI. Ne tone wats drank1 . 'That co0uldn1't hav happenedII3( inl any1 State excet~ Kari VlIen Gov. St. .lh11 Wits told his it'ln III minuitos had eXI)rl'ed ho took a little i r1010 to shlow how iuch richer Kanlsas. Il a was with prohibition than South Caro 3 tlna W ith I ts dispenlsarty. t Moro in sorrow thanl unger S on 3 ator Tillman said he rogrotted very tI - luch that his autagonist hatd alluded I. to the fact, that South Carolina wats ft n not ias rich as Kansas. Ie saidl he (id ), not bol love Ihat Gov. St. John intended ( r to wound his feolings. S "South Carolina," ho added, " iN a w conquered Country. She Is stirlggling a - und1 r tho $2,000.00 which she sends h every your to tho Northern soldiers c 3 who conquered her. Lot tho pension Ih - tribute be returned to us by Northern soldiers Who will sottlo here." LI - l Onumnerated the advantages of III his di8peonsary systemiii, and said that iII the principaIl were the roicival or aLl It - idea of prolit, and incentive to sell: the si Iprocutiing of a Standard ati-tele whicb se 3 wits sold undiluited, ats it Wts Ilot sc RopeIed ; the fact thiat it was Iot sold bc at iight, and only for ca1sh. I Itv wa, v( told to stop theon by the chlairmanki. 419 r T1here was th IusiuaI ap)hlIaliaue whi'lhl Ic i. acompaniled the Gover-nor a1Ll tlt tI Ovening,, but Ih audne mad0 11ittle nto St. t conelusious ats to whit) wol hnit Inight'r, debate. Teil W lEATl ICIt A N I) (1tl0 . A Uonmisierable Iniproveniat ins ('. di<ition ai( lProsmwets. h Tho following is the roport of the ,t w(athelr bureau for tihe week 'lnding- L I- 13t~h instant: Thero is considerathle iuprovement to noto in the Condition of erops il I A geIIIl d cornI in pIarLiCtilatr ove' f( U the VetLern ainiI id nOriIUeII coun0 tiS i W1hre tle d1r10ugh1t, was pIrtial ly I'e- a a lIoved every whero and inl Som1(e plices t entireoly so, oxcopt that ill Abbovillt a o and Andorson the showers Were par- w tial and at, best insu flicient L. Ia H Thero were general showers (in Lithe Ll I (tith over the ipper portion of the I'( SUOat, the raizinfall InOu1110tig to from eI - one to two inches. There was rain il at S some11 IoI'tioIs of tihe StItO every daty of hi the week. The rainfall vairid from itl .m0 to .-) in Darlington, Colleton, i airliold, Anderson, Greeniville, <!'- uv , idon , Iiehland, Willialisbur1g. Chair- i if I stoln, Lexington and Spartianu ll rg g counties ; from 0..>0 to 2.00 i(ches in Barnwell, Borkeley, Bollufort, 11(11ip- t I- ton, I Laurons, Sunfiter, Krshaw, (ies 1- torliold, 1.anCaster. (ietUoSt' AWbhvi110 . ovor 2.00 inch11 A illkAiIcon, NowherrT;,. o Union, Edigotiold, 'ickens, Orangebnrg J and Flormeco ; at Conway the week b f rainfall was 5.01) inches, and at MCCo1 i - and Marlboro, 1.50 inchos. The aver 4 ago of :18 rainfall reports w'as i 1.3 ilhes, and the norinal for I-lhe sanio period i. approxiituntely 1.17. it '.he to((ipoiratlre Was very evenII. t having been slightly but stoladily ,f above ti usual tlhe. entire week, tie - eX(s'l1veraging : degres pe' coay. d The highest, temperaI-Itie reported . was alt Columbia on the 12Lth the ni lowest li3 alt, Santue (on the 8th. Thet 11 I 'WU'L 63 t',iti Ilialt 11 (It ORf 8111 'I'llo(- al average tumiporattilre of 1,h1c wee~ik. L for tho State, deluced fron t.hirty-one 's stations eveInly distributed through (I OIut. Wats 81 dCeg rees, and tIe, n(o 1m1a1i 'w fo' the samenV pior110i i. apllroxiIiately 3- AI; deg:e ,s. o The stinshinc rangeil fron :i, to 1,12 I per cent. of till! possilde, wit'h anP L,. averatge Of abtoait 7- per cent.. lor. tt( ni State, Which is cons(iderably in extUce3 L. Of the usual ; anld ill Ilalcews was dihtlog- - iC ilg, wletre thre(I't was alHso exCessV( i 'v 'o ra1in, caising ai t1eam liktle vapor tO S. rise, which wits injulrious to c-rops. al The-ru were higl local willils on (lhe n. (t;h in I ekena anild Unlion conillties. yN aind at SUVere0 Vc cMllie storIm in tile t vicinity of Salntlic, nIlion county, oi tile 10th (SatLoUrd113) tiatit. broke down a it gralt, deal of corn, tOre s0110 1i by 'a the ro(ots, unroo'J~fed houises, detstroyedI n fruait, etc. 1.. while in thbo 1(nain it has slightliy im a1 provedl duing the week, yet, i lace-, d1 (ts conditionl has1 rotard'(ed. LI Abbeivillhe coount y rep orts ru1st, lice iand sheddinog of form-, anod the plant1 t1urning y'eltow. Many otheor p lateos a LIso reo lrt siiedd ing. C omin g Its presen3lt cond11itioni it Lh 111be same datLus last, yearO, 11he planit, is fi'on I10 days a to) : weeks later, Iatcks luniforit i1y of (Icond~1I tion, and1( thbe aerealge g reat~ly reduced(00(. A few sections (on11y repolrt YI s. line aI elrop as5 last yeOar. 1 T'1he reguinr and( some1 sp~ecial r< - v, por1ts onlO)I1 corn confirm thm r'jor-s iW a - couinti(es oft latl week, e'xcept, tler-e is ni Ol considerale i m l provernent 110,in the north- I nrn1 anid westelrn count1 ies where1 the d1rough t wats grleatly3 reolieyed, whaicha pu(t latest, plantiLn lg ill a promiIisintg coni- .1 'a but little imp11rovemlenis noted ;ill Chea.- I OterlIieid, Chesteir, I lncalster lad I 4ur1- L, ens the( imprl~ovo(nen(t is moaLst mar1(ked on01 bottom lalnds, (if lato pllanatinog. Cor'n 'it in those countLies thiat was plalnted latei -in MIaty and1( early inl *Juno1 is a failure, The ave'ragAe tino0 condition anid lar-ge ( 'aureage promiases aI very Ilrgo corn'l 0 n- crop, mucht oIf whIiich IS already13 made. < s, Ridder pul ing will bae quite L general I m . tils wooek ;a g reat, deoal hias alraeatdy bt boon gatheredl ini line 0e(11tdiu . hA Excessive rain11fall t is ll'ting a oran u inju11riously in lb lrry cou nty ;too littE rain'111 ina the 1' iedmitoat, sect~Ion genlerI adlily. T.lobao0( (1 cuig ( imtinule~s, andc thte re Otpo1,5tt al;l grea a1s to Liibe inao y un111 i ~ Iof L~h is y eas cropIf. dI lil to bioth th eI( lit, re1nes (If the soil forI tobacco0( (and sk ill 3 used80( in cin 1g.. l'e1 are *1 II01 ripig and the crop is el a111( 01n 0 one i most sectionis, espec iatlly t~ so wh1ere1 the ins (1 htave heena abun - d0oanit. 0 - Turon Iy sowing coni Liuoils ast the con a' dIition of the ground 1( peri't s, and1( L~hr 01 , -will be a large crop~ plantted. , S Sugar cane and sorghumn alre nut a d (oing very3 welIt. Motatsses boil ig gt has boegun ini the lower' parot of Lhe LI SState.p d The( genoratl conit ion of swet po- LI a tatoos show gai is, hut the crop is SIat~e, and1( com1parativeily it small one1, (1 oing 1 tO scar~cit~ o.(f seed alt Iir1sL and(1 'after'waards poor' caid itioni of the groun(ads for pllalin g a.lips unatiItill ite Ot 0 Latto poehies and(1 fruit generallly o y of inifeoa'r' aquality, Cxcept apples in Anderson1)1 cou(1aty, whiach pirotmis0on fall a Y 1)0 uniformly excoltenit. Itllob a t .fapanese l'ile Cur'e 1a tihu only one I o thalt can be0 guartlantee-d, as it is the l (lonly cur(O. Sotld by3 2arpenter Bos., t (trannvilla, S4 . INTHCOP NOICMA a COLdMOGr,. OW Alaiulca.itm Must Proceed to Se. Cur1- AtlminsSion to the Normal and imadIleitAni Cl(olltege. Il'uAient 1). B. Johnson, of the Win m'rom Normal IanilI lindusimtr-Ial College, rapidly getaiug thingsf; into shape Ir te onenm'mintlg of tho colloge in Octo .r. ItI- is fit%w sendiig to the soveral mity shotl commilissioneri in the tiate t.h111 tillowiig Circular letter, ll every youig huly who oxpects to *,m.Pld shohi r in viurefully and give r ilili-tdiate. aILtemItion by communi 6tiliyg with 1.bm c'ihool Cotitnis'iiolor Ilier owln Comity. Dea' Sir : \VU hai1 ha1vo room in o (ormitory of the Winithtop Nor aIl aId I Idummatriai Colletgo for not oro Ltan sevenm stildents on an avor ro from I ec elmtil-y. It, is our do ro to aLd1iit the mlost, earnest and do rving. We feel Liat you can ho of rvice to us inl determining oil the st, and llost deserving students from ir couity, and we desire your co 1,ation. A pplicants must he not b .han lifteoni years of ago and uust wer a C good kInowledgo of thme COimmlloni Wo Ittimit, fret of all tiuition charges, n'thlyi yoingi hidjies who are unable to y. Yoi may (ow of some11 such in mr comty. If so, semid hur a Iros etuas -,,mi put. hem' in comimunleatlon ith Imn'. I' is inmstitut iod offers a it (pptunityil t e young wo vni of thin' State 1401 it tholrough oduca kiil, atld Want l 1hose who will op)'ely apirtet'iate the great, outlay itade by the State for their ontlit. isour purposte to continue our work itr tim' 'i-m4milimo ehools by empimhaiz h tilt, i'aininmg of teahlelrs for thelm, we hanve dilo hereLtoore. As tie (iormit,ory accommdations '0 liinitued this tirSt, year, it would be ell for you to suggest tlo aiy one inl iding to apply for ad(1mission horo at a mr)lapt, applictiioLn is necesmsary inlsure admissiol. I desire thaL A1m cout y 3hall aiatI have its propoirtion t i'Preseitationm in you r student uI ti i, we are receiving iueilremousi >piiatiois daily and I cinot delay Slong in imakiig appointmnonts. m'twmvr mil ser'vo you, conlmmiiinid a'. tlm'atL'inall y yomurs, 1). It. .iON.3,N. 'remd'Oent.. Jilhnson is 1so Supplying >pliet'l1 itn tblantks )ou which thU atpl)li mts ia e a i uired to statu their name, tollie. counity, diate of birth, heter intending to become at tonehi - if not;L .o biilLnd'g, th0 ObjOct of ,UtdilIg tbo college: whether will g to boIarld in a p'iVaLtO famihily, if not .iined to at room in till dormitory ; hethaier wishing to clter ast a pay stu 'lt or not, etc. I'residint, Joilsoni also gives this in 1lmiati ln : " There will be 150 platcos reserved tie dormitomy fo' those who do not Ly tiitilion iatd 119 Mr 1r01' pliatces for 0Use wll) ai0 ity tLitioni. lart Of the o will be retatined by those wio had )poiitments last year mil the Win rop Col lego at, Col1ubia. "Tlie tuitimi-payitig platces will be von as the stidents ar received. 'The exenSUs of the no-ttuition tying studiients in the dorilitory will -$X to: tie oex pensis of nona-ti ition tyiiig iAudits boarditng inl privatt3 Am it ics wv il I vary froni $100 to $115. y attiing -10), which is tie tuit'on for Iw year' to tie above aioulits, it, will i atoi 0 s vhat would hu the Ox !lnst,, of Itny one( who pays tulition. tben places are assigned in tho dor loi'ary, they ae fo' the fill IinO 111t1hs iad not (Ofi It I)OItiOn of the ' 'th a tieiriitory itcollitinodationms re hlit.et for thme present, und thoro I ni) placit att tie collego for tho idlo e' frivoloums. Only those arme wated i' wilt tbe atlowediLI t rmain who are uiig to dim iearniest, conienoititius, atit wor~'k, anad wilt compily' La tL~ --- ndi eti(ully wvith t i.4s of the (it tii...Phe.L iPJ"so mnanmy good stum s'Itiwmh wiant, the places there that le~ ido not, wish ttheim to lie crowded ut b y those w'ho regai'd themira Oop' unities tightly. "It tWi Th \ ithrop Nomal anda Inadus r'iai Cotllego will ho openI to girls who mieinotless thani lifteenm years of age. f gaood imoral elmaracter antid sound1( 1hysicail helattb. NI) puplil wilt, be hau ii ted wv hio hmas not, aliready amn olomon u-y kn ow ledge of1 the ordlinary ratnches of am i'mgl isha ed uation, v iz., ri tim m'Ie(, gr'ammar, 2m geogi'aphy and istor'y." -i ()n Sturd'may niight iat Bliacksbug' .ILogan Giblsoni shmot Ruafus Har'din 1%'I me abtdoinnom, fr'omu the ellfectso(f wvk 1 e dtied omm ttmb foitoihg dlay. It macoil. hait lardin1m iatd beeni tool inttimau4 iLth Gibsonmi's wife'. Gibson had bee obl( by a ne'gr'i tht iarid'in wa' imecy mng him (Gibtso mn') wife, e lanadesti mne ~mdt th li him tmer' hom could hin id th e rtainiI house wvithouta atny reosultt, b, m .Satmmrday n1ighmt, lie sit ILar'din and mis wife jam bed togolthmr, Lhroumgh a 'inmdow, anda ii mmediiately opened the . our uamil hi rod, Limo resumit, being as~ boveV statedl. G ibison wont Lto York illet anid samrrenmdered himnself to theo hmermhf anmd is nmow in jail. - IIector 11. L~ane, commmaiiissioneir of gmiemi Itur e oif A labama andi president f ihe Smuitihenm Cotton Growers As maition tmas roturned fr'om Texas. [e says a thmorough investigation of in sumbjist hmas confIrmed his belief ia ;tati.tiia Neal's rocont cotton prtm', is ma rank fake. Hie says the re met lonl in thmo Tloxas crop) will amount faully 25 pom cent. Instead of 2 po'" mmL. Mm'. Line urges' the cottf rowvemrs to hmold thoir cotton oitT ariktat as long ats possible, and sa aiLt Nell and his bosses, the bears, are yinmg to oncourage them by false 'etense o )imaket their cr'oi early in e season. --Leandter, .F. McCormnick, the well nmown~ inventorm of hiarvestmng; machina 'y, ties crmitlcally ill at Chicago. Hie ats born in Virginlain 18Ei, and mov I to Chicago in the forties, anid atonce *acameli a suaccessful man afacturer' of ' niciultural1 machinery. A great plant as established. {t was b urnad Iti 471 indl an oniormous loss entailed, ut the now business growing onm the shes of the old was greater stilt. Mr. IcCoramick ceased active business in 479. Hie Is a patr'on of education and resented to the U~niversity oif Vir'ginla de lInrgest reofracting telescope oxlIt ag at that timne.