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T. V. JIOBINSON, Editor. pujLISHXD NEvY THURSDAY. Subscription One Dollar - Year Entered at the Post ofliep at Pickens as secoclass~c~m matter. THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1896. sieuraaor Tillanlai Amnoag Wall Street. Monacyi KingsM. Frlom The New York W~orld. A stnoge liIU appeared In Wll stirOet oli Moii'loda vIorning and wal)der(ed with Ile clrowd tiat rttared between the tow crig lihlinig-. A tall. sti ong man, witi brown i. shaven face, Napoleoni fea trilesnin an "*i eice eye. The black sloucih hat. wasiipulled down iml froit an( tiunijed ul belhind. There never was ja imo1re siriking ligire seen im the citadel of the il liona:1 Ir's, 11r1 o14 of deeper Sig. nil1leanlce. As he stood ill froint of (1lhe Suib-Treas. 4r.% grml eyig thle oie of J. Pier. p)on. .\l r.ig:i a fe-w men turned arotmd to look a .-'oi 44time at the dark,,almost Savage counten('1:11we. lit nione mn that vast, rt l l onlil tide semed to recog Izle senlator Bld~aminl Ryanl Ti11lhna, who h:d coi' 1to New York to write up nI~l Atreet for Thev Worl. ";o C.ta' wher Morgain IIvIes, yoni. der!' 'I'e 41w14e bII turned wiIi a sidden ein thnim -m. Tin' v,iee wa, .i aind ha i'sh The O 11 .leti turneltd :uid g~qzed( at I'i v cilmreb. staiiliing ,ike a henotlie. tioln at the 1411 I the steel. I-Ilow itmeh did vonl Say Trinlity Chtinch :( I vel til I; ~i~ig' iiiid 1141 lie., --l . :thanl a1 uilindred million. ' i. lin 1 1 1n1h poverty ! So inuh1f fel itg Ib! ol's very strate. I With a , -ifh 111(I the enator ltrode across the ie :k 4xcheiae, elimbed 11p1 the gr:Illry :1111 plevred down at, thle k~wirling1(, Ihrivling Spectat,1ors onl the mainl lulor Oh lines in hi: facd "I forne a" 1;vernor If Sothli Carolina to sell tw bolid' - (if illy State. I know wiht a1 ho: (le of wVOlves they are. Thesie are thle ineun that haive the initionk byl thle thbroat. So for tw o day-sSenator. Tillmanti went aboutt inl thlt siroughold.; of the mlonley kiigs (4of A metica S-ercing for facts. h'liere i""o' a drop of 11:111iotic blood in this crw." he aid. I,,nI yet in wlites fi' llaws in41 Cont rols the policy of the Cotilltr '. N4olhiig hilt a Ievoltiilon clin overthrow the iionuy power. We moust. trr t11w lmilot box fir.4, anId tieni if we fail-h-ut I i h e sailI it on tle floor of time Sen:ate. ThIn Amilerican spirit, is not. dead. thank (,I! al:l yout fellows in New Yoik w'ill O Iear from tle South and the We't." Aml prw.ntly the Senatol sat down in elmntic4's 40 e thlie yoin and old bieks ea' :Old drink the wealth created hv he oihrs.-Wereat hie r-eturn-ed to hi: hotel ulil wrote what le had to say. T114"0 a:11 tie views which Tillman hold, lwy have made him Governor of south Ii 'arolina4: :and United States Sena or--t he idl oIf the ('arolina, farmer. SENATl l 1LLMAN'S VIEWS. Willl ~ - :PUI ieti itrIll very commn use :n11 io.-ti people have all essentially Clr Iden ha to | Is Ceani:1g. As under Stood Ihv wt' 414 ees'l it stands for what ins (omll o4 klnt. Viiown as the moneyC power, the force te d41 by a1gg'regatedl capitall. The)re i, i thi. time i donble literest attll:(1iing lit hi'I teim " Wall street"' by reaison of ti44- fact that every3thiung of a po litic'aI inaton-II 1 indietes that the struggle for'114 tii master o *' f thIiis couintry.---whtherci the people114 shllI govern it or' whether'i mioney~ shall goivern it-Is apjproachlIing a elimiiix. Thle lin anc ial Iqutestion and its settle mlenlt is niow~ I hit u11permost one in thie iiuids of men~l. Interested p~er'sons mav' lttemplIt 1(o pushi it aiside and1( belit tle It and4( to sublst itulte C 11her issues for- It but in lhe oinig P'residenlitial electlin it 11aust be Fe4elintg thuis, and having had cause i'e ently~ to give 'x pi'essiont to m~y idleas and4( piinions inl lie Seinate in no uni.crtain14 1i1444e(1. I ha:v' thiouglit well to ask 114e se of thle (collnins of Am 3riea's greatI est Cwspalper', wihi a1 yiew of plreseninig 'rtatin Iph ases of the questlin wIth moii re learnet1Ss thanim was possible oni tha1t (ocea-l With lth1at purp'hose ii n mind I ha:ve' dt' 13ys to I te gatheiLrinig of some fact by 'ai r5014m4 visit i0 New York 414441oiWall -etll. It so imppened thait duir i my rmi au G overnor 4) of Sonth C,'ii ilina41 I hinti C e 1) iipp 41inity3 whIle ne(gotiatinlg for re' in~ilg oiur State detbt to stuidy theu inieth11 5 emiployedCi by shiose who niinliinniiat (1 contro144 lie comfpleJx miach.inery 1by an414 of wh'lich a few men, not exeed1ing Slanh ild , huave laidl the 14(11stiels, t Is (outilllry 'i ideri tibuite, 1and( are gal hi ing for' 1 iemselves weatilhbeyond( com11 tatl ioni ini a peioin of tlle so short, as5 t( ggor' hellief. "o'r t'w reader unfamilIar with Nnt ik Cit v it is well to gIve a bief de intio a01s1 to whait WVall st reet takeni a1: ist iet of N ew Yor'k City, real ly Is tihl . ' lhen Manhattanz 11 sland11(, oin whmicl ivYork standms, was first set tledl ) Duttch, they~ chose to IOente oin It rome southiei'i p)oint, wh''lere meet t~ll St and4( the ltitdson iver'. A towI w~ upt, cIomipse1d of a1 ne(twork of ir' uilar, Cr'ooked'str'eets, wit houit seem.ingii rT, and1( all very' narr.1*W fewv hundred y'ardsl up Broadway mn Bat~te Park, where the historb le Garden, tnow transformed into 1 lie alquariumi, still stands is 'Trinity mch. lin thle small gravey'ard surk ndhing it r'epose the bones of Alexan IHamilton, Cap htain Lawrence, o n't gIve iup the( ship?'' memilory, ani r great historic chlaraciter'o. hen4 a1 not is struc~k on TJriity es it is o i'ied( lito Cvery3 oflce anii tution ini the W~all street dhistrmict, Io ditstr-ict is so simall thait ft om TIriinity it appears to lay direcctly beneath oflice of Rnssell Sage looks right oul the 01(d buiiyimng gr'oindls, aind a din ice It is, In a dingy buIlding, whmer' one of time great money kings o 'ica sits awur llus his couponis anc1 his high-.aute loa~ns. GCsing thel 'Is oni 'iiiity~ wheni the nmor'ning Ises in the4 cast stautd the gireat of uldings, r'uing over twenty sto t height in sonme eases, in wvhlch of thle grea1i tr'ust cIollmanis andl hiave' inv'ted portIons of their tis suiiots amid ini whIch they' have 'etly ini fronit of Tr'iinity's br'oinze s-Tihie gift of ani Astor-opens Wall proper, a inarro'w asp~halted thom' re, less I laun one thud of a. mile id( bainkedl oni cornert sIde with mas(1 tIC strtuettnres seime of greait height. I these is (lie Stock Exchange, also has entrance on Br'oad strecet ow street. a block or two of whichl May be hncluded Ina the Wall district., as can a block or two of .streot, where aL large number of best bignkers and treat coinpanies land have their hieadiuarters, aCross friom the New stfeet en to the Stock Exchange statids the lldated Exchange, whelre a stock Ig game of the same character Is aon, had on a rather smaller seale. a 3es gmshuot fboth' were it not ford tLh 'Produce ExbcangO and the 1otton Jxchange, where the prodtcts of the country, representing the toil of m11i lions of fariners and( other workers. are tossed tip or dovi hit priceo accordling to the whims or Interests of tie greedy gain b)hers. Strange to Say, the most insignificant of all tile structures oil Wall street prop. or-or at least the lowest and one which would be the most isignificant were it not for Its massiveness-la the Sub-Treas ry of thle Unitd States, at Wall andl() Broad streets. Iin front of it stands the bronzo figure of Washington. on the very spot where lie took the otth of offlice when sworn In its the first President of the United States. dust across the way is the oillce of Mor. gan & Co. Tht(,e oilce of the Sugar Trust is just tiown the street a few hitn dred feet, just beyod tihe Cistom louse. IIa the hmliodltite vicilnit.v of the Sub treasury ire to be fonid tilt- oflices of thite largest private batnking houss of this colnLry, the representat ives of t.he for eign hotises and the headqltarters of tite hltillon deale44rs. So imnuclh by way of explanlation as Io localities. I propose Ii4 w briefly to on1t line the imethods by which the millions oif toilers t h rouighoutl. tils eniltry are fiald] under. Irilmte, ald thleir earnings(r ab sorbeil I;y t iis (levil ish, generally known -is Wall street. It las IeeI s aid that if anything is more timid than $1.000,0 )0 it is $2,000, 000. Sa:d experience his Shown tit if there ks an1Ything mlore greedy and1 t3 ratmiical. more insatiat( :id re4iortseless th:tm V50,00,000 it. is $100,000.0(00 Enongh is at uhnktown word in) Ihe! vo ebthnary of those who owi this mntch ep0itl. Their er is "Mlore! Even liiore!" I'he great. power and infiniciece of Wall snvee. whichl has doubled andt tadri pledl and! become more! andI more, appall ing, was hatid dur1ilig the war. when by I lie inational banks am tIc. control of leg islationl inl their interest, tolgether With tIhe speenlations ill gold, aind ititoinil sceniities, a few hitundred 11e .1 t eI-ly lackintg il patriotism1 aul witholnt. any regard for the puiblic welfare, seized the govet'rnmitenit by the I hroat inld I lreateied it, withtbankrupt~y and pairilysis if their demanuds were n1ot, graited. Enilormonls fortunies ll tuilti1led. 'IThe owner of i million soon toil litimsef possessed of illanly millions. 'Money bred molneyby reason of tibe violent flnetna tions in the nti1onal credit. Its Ihe fort. tn'e of war changed oil the bat tietiehs if I he South. The g:'eenlbacks, N-b ich were lie sal va tionl of thle Union, wore Speentil( lin daily. The National Treastiry, 114let' stress of war, was foreitI to ex eamtge bonds for them'l1, a a)]1s soon asi Iihe Wal terminated, the scemliers set. aboit, Se entring legislation tier th e piet' se of strenig.henling ite piblie credit, looking to the payllent of lhe hontds in coin. This did Iot satisfy themt, however. In at brief tie the devinonletization of silver follolwed, :an1d ever.-inice tle( fell purpose of those who 11itVe :('onspired to gether hastut been to frce pay ltelit inl gold. Thie nlationial banks- have reived ill. test floml te'('over'inent. (lnt thet hontliS. They havw receiveri initer, - l. fronm (the people onl the nloteS i-1ned1 as. re4pre4Senla tives of the bouit. [Tui t inttStri's of them country have.( beenl hlb anIerlt donlble tribute. The banking ntin-s of New York is conicent rate ( m1 Inhe Nt.w 'York t'lvearing! Hlouse, whiebh i< Simply a irtdis un1ionl (if all the balnks, :11141 liis palatial 4q1:arter'4s withinl a stonle's tinow 4f Wa'lltSn 'i'he'se siXtIY-iX h:iks h:it an aggregate capi)1tal of :1hot Stil ,000t.144.0, anid int :14bli tiont have~i a4 surlu'44' of acconmla411:t4'l prof its olf $73, 0 :0,4n00. ITo 'y ho44:] 4n 4'hpos it. front4 en'ton111irs about 4144 0,000t4~t.0440 0 Ii0,000,(0t00. Thiri en4sh14 14n44hamllo .itj4s of aboett I G.,000~t,t000 inlt4l :oi ati $9 000,0004E illn5 44aper ioney4. TIheir ho.hlin~gs o)f 5jilver tare paire14 int'ign4ifictit . it i,. 14n (one4 another4' ini payment1'1. Eof ba4lnces'. Thte New' Yor14k .'44 h-Tn-a':'4ury3 is a1 m44m.. her'4 of the' N'tw Yor'k Clt'arintg~ 1louse', an4d is 4'4nlly care'ful ill boyco4tlin lg silver4 :4n4i leverll' 1ri'. it. in1 daily setteuitett ar4' paiyale~4 int 01in, silv.er' as wellh at- golhl. T141' lggregate bank4: etlear1041igst or ex ch1:4 4i'e. ofi che1kM for 44'45 was44 .9,00,t00,-O 44a4, in Neow '4rk (.'it'. ytalone. 141 al 4)1.ber4 haing lhi~w 4 o504f 4th' 4countr y the a1.gre gaIt I' for4 444 he111 aine tt' wa':s $23,i00,000,000. a44 ll' 440w rest1of the ountry, an441 the 4mas4 Whoi Ib:u tie is moneyI 14 tke care thati. plent~y of1 4t $1tic1s to hlis 44ingers4, al the~ Newv. York'4 bantiktrs are 41 n ' excetiont4t. Thie Chtomicl llan tk has4 f44r years'4 1iie 150 pe'r cet'.4t, an nually4 1Y n its' capitali ano44th44 e bak 141m paid4 110 per'4 4'4t itad the average1~( olf all b: In' 1811ii Ithe Newi4411 York stock Exchange 44lub. inl fat, tand ent4rel in4' 4depeien4t 44 tihl oi.41gations44 of1 a4 corpora44t ion to Stat 41'4 shares ofl' 44toc44k, (If an1 alggre4ga1t 4' r valu<.41 of Stl,tkKt,000t. In additin 1114150~t0,0)00,4() 4 abut. Siti4(,t44.),000(, 1.1 golvernmnt4 . hols. 41;. it n4o1 mor(I'e ? TheIi two 1441404 clas4ses o1f seenr44i tiE's ar< 14argely3 dea4'lt inI 44ver the counters4 44of h1:411 it)g h4ous4es, a440 the0 figuires4 do4 not4 rep4' 'esent al411 'tansac4tions44. Ih-s'i 41es ter is4 anothe44 unhatiop). Therieti are4. 4now'. iisttel 444 4th4 N.v Yor44k S'tock l~xchan4ge a1 44:44 vaine of. (1. 4447,210t,34:tin to a41 44 n414 Ilt 85. I..', 2,-4441 i 1444441 of1 various444 4'lasses,4 in 189 ab44444n4 -5,00,OO000 ini ne0w 4444 441tics4of snrt le1s wer4. plah4ced4 *3or gaeld4. Of thlese, t125,tK00,t) 4 were''( pur44c144hae or4 place'l he4re'. Thi4s in d1ientte4 1issu of F"ebiry, 1t95. Butt thiis 14 on44ly 44ne4 44hase4 ofI 414 he4mat4te 4t is 13 onlyt one f 4t'e4: ninyshee 4'4itl41: 14by thet harieIst whoit frintt tt' gambi41 ln, - dens4 kntown'-i 14s the4 st441ck exelnin4ge'4. Thl i prodntets$ of 1laboir thri oghont 4the 44ountr4 wealthII rece'4ive as$ little as poss4,ibl, wh.liI r examled rate1 444. Sipeuatio 444 dr411it's pricet . til aftter the farmers010' prodts44'4 hav'.e passes4 C(ot tn, wheIttat and other 144 seals~14 hav.' by3 thet n4atu4ral law. 44f suIIp' 1nd denmnd4114 P'rices have1' d1404 raised44 441 de4' -''ee a Ithus synete'tt of1 banrkers am141llbrokt.. 'Niv' s ioid thte mar14ket, upi ort down1 a. Th'Ieir a4. IIOw Hovlleratl 114441ndred4(444 lndi4strial trust, 4tht plrinicipal (4nes bein4g listed 1in Walt s44reel All aie fol1uned4 on the114114 simpe prnii (. forming monopoly013, mlliiiin~g the4 co1st 4' produclti and44 forcinlg the prie' to theii consumliers to) 414( iIgh4Est p4ossible4 point4. TIhe .Am~oei Sugair Re4fl1ninzg C'ompany is a) Newl Jerse4y cortiorration) intended0( tc mnonopoize~ te en4tire stugatr trado( oIf thett coun44try, whtitb it 14ost4 offectually13 doe4s. It hast ant ouitstandin~g stoc0k issuei of $75,000 000. Tis4 is situpposed4 to replresenft teva tie of thirl seveI'ral refl)4inerie aml( tools of trade. It really represets tile amoun41t of 'the Ameorican pu~blic to paly tribute11. T1heo HJavemleyeors atndt others enIgaged4 it the su1 gar refin)ing indu:Istry in 1887 tiuned their properties into0 thet Sugar lIefine44ries Comi panIy anid took sitock in the conc1tern to (lie extent of twvo or thtree times43 thte atual44 val4 uto of thoir plant. In other wvords, alccordinlg to comilpetent experts, ant a pra4isement of the properties compn~rising toe presenlt company443 woulttd show''. an ne 'ijt voluie of abot $25,000,000. The trust, in bder to pay its pr4intely divi dents of 1 )0 peent per mnith, 14s e4xttrting from the seasses a tribu4to which wouild by *holly ulnnocessary if it wore workinug ont an honest basIs. Even now it 144 c4laimeld in cash no les thalw $11 000 000 in raw stigars. Tiuo management hold theilr sessions in so cret, and no one but tho flavemneyers and their itiiates are peraittedi to klow any thing elso to wiich stockliolders aro justly dntitled. Even nmore outrageous is tliat great co., biuation of cLapi tat knUOWn its the Coal Trust. The entire hard coal district is comprised witiiu a very limited area. Tiat area is traversed bay tho lines of eleven rallroad known as "the coalers." Teiy laavo fornied a colbiaino andot control absoluitely the eartiro iatter of coal consumptioni, Many of them own large aroas of coal laids and are minters as well as transporters. There are a ilargo ntiaber of privato mati tiers, but they are entirely Undler control of the roa(1 embracing the coal coanbino, sincAe they can got no transit to market or tide water except over these roads. Once each Iontli tie sales agents of tihesc roadls Ineet andtl fix upon tl outpttt of coal for the ' om nogm tit Id tihe price at whihel it shall bo soild. Tiis combiltao in, eluies several rouds oiow in t1e hits of receivers atil therefore uiler the control of the UIited States eosrt.g. These rods enter lilto tlt agreent ait are greedy for thieir share of tilt coal out. )nit andl price is xeal by tih weatlier, tlt domands of trado is generally about as auneli as the roads tin lk they cal sqluieezt oit of the pliblic. 'l'Im l olasallaitioil is abouit 40,000,000 tolis a year, so I hat riso of oaly 10 cents tol "alits ai extra $4,000, 000 a year il t-eo poackets Of thle 6'oal barons. A dollar aaacans i40,000,000 a yeatr. A private Imine owlier is conapolled to ttrnl over lis cutil to tiac railroatd coia:pally it tixeir owl privet ats sooa as it coInles fromi1 his pit. Any aittenapt oaa lais parat to seni it to airket and sell it at his owi price would he v it by a refuisal to give li,, cars ial wiela titraillsport it. The farniers of tl lauaad, represcrit.ilig 1:aaaaiy maxilliotas of aoialt, liftia- long agita t iou nd etloraIaoas pt' t.it iolt, h1a ve solight iaa vatai: toget Coaagi-ess to-stop ti lis eflriotis traii. Thm Vottomi, produt.e 1111il othier e.x. eliatiages, wioso ieuars :ninaber Iess linui xlreels thitan there ire a tillioils of fariters atil lil'vsolas eiacitleiat- oal farnJiers, h: v aitweiglm! Ill tie 'oiniaiCis of I la ttirati at Wiashiaigtol tihe cry for relief that h1t4 come from tiae stiftertIrs. Yet tliere are statultes wilib1 maike it a)h1 ligatory upon tiahe Attorney itferli tile Utitel Stittes to prote t tihe aoplle ngainst thxeso Itijiast -i'tialllt.ixiit. Low mt tiny stits la1s le lbragotget ? Not >tine. What furtlier proofs <1 we atali iat t ha gioveriletitt W aigton is absIuteily onltro~l la.i lay Ile mlty powt-r' :t Wli street 111td that the I 'resileiit, thi- C;lxihit otaleers, the Senators for 4n1fny of whin llelts ar, Jiliietlastl, tho ('oigrI'-saaneaa Mili the cotrts ari e 010ta101us4iinia :gtitails aof tihl ttolis whai hts is ta tet (cit intetnl aplill tih Iaeople thiiatighout. this vi a t nn try, .at'kiig their silbstxantte yeatr ilt alild y ot-air 1o1tit, m ilb -is , w i. l''ollaowing 'ilaso talt the hte-lsa t of tis <lt aaaeaaetiziatita of silver ti - ( restuxtin aof saeit'ie ayliilmt ., ent i Ialig :1a -ar*iiniaaais -otriti-tioit of the tir nlt at ilg Ina-diiai. Th('e IWO 4-111311.1 lh~tVq, ste-;t1ilt Illnine lvt u'ires citawan tanatil toi-ilv thiiv ;In- mow-r tilia at ;aixv tilait, witlin tie'j I h t re. xin Ctiria-s. 1it, lai tss's if thi,- jai itid-s h throiaglaaoir the aiat ry, the i- i whoer. ite its Ve'Ialt.li, lltr being upil y p t'n izerl. 14trine-ras wh hliav- straigglx-l ixstah Iila laiin s. i lr iven to (he lit, .Aast <lesp -r lte stra its to k-- fr hiaa ixsing lin-11, ri hieve alirt-:mly loist. t livinl . w ill. t ws inm i ia la v l ili i -- , i 4 , a - ix x - ii1i i 1i 1 i rt- r'i v-.liitag sil wv:tltta oile': l f ill ity i st age ' 4 v w aial 's histurv. "A atre i:1iiely lvi. triaiig tp Ill lt atat111 - ilx wilich win:ll ll il x' :1 l:ire, W4.1-la-le, 4'0111'll t41 +',i:ss (if .\ t-tax c i c, 'iel Its a aaax1st. eva'- i- tlii- str-igo f t . if:1lttieil, tla' iixloi, le-ssly 1111,.14-'-1. 11111l il i'-114 1k. Ipf l - t with lat proe :- ef xr li,-t, slltes bottaaiui t the ii by anot hY i '(lx' gaxxlwtl ;xixi elx-'t -ix aijal 't t. tl'f til' U~niini st:Ites 1ne tilt- wart has he tiho W h- f 14 he-- ex fil. v ie. "I"w of til' inOSt. rel~r~ iclt iigs inll a-ti r With b i.m: ei -'el)[illi-lit 1h:1:4 lit-a-i tho ex' .tilsioll ill artulir;xat buiailiL. W ilo lowits tt'li-s- r toails. iIt il whose in ter'st. r lhi-v x'aeit ihatilt, 1. inanuxy of thi-t wer- xrigi a:lly byi1' tht aggregatiom fpitt' a l its siiattl llllistaitits fain geaaliile t rit e' l i lt -r i't t hIley la i'Iv li'-eat llti'l x'rbe iii ax ta:tae''leralmiosit pait'a-notaiiaal, tixti texdxay it is ictfe tix cay t hint, tlt-e'-faoirths oif tihe ri'l1 ri~ei tiil-age aif the <-olairy is ownvaed ait ca-'ttroa lie-xl byx a few'x scoere aaf mena, mtatst of whov ItnlIvext thiat-ehlas an WVall street.. Hew t-ultl sttel things hnapen'? WVill le isketl. Thecy simply stole thenm, that is [Concludedi next wvook.]j Ma i. EIlwro:1 Sutpor'visor Ho-b (dricksl coms t) th~o tront and( (ex plains his~ ideal of consMolidatioml of miakinig ono br'idge sorve twe ~1 prposs. Your Croswoll1 cor'ros p)onden0t cortaily bit off mor< Ix~baa 1h0 could OIV~l cove ientl chow when ho altttacked L ths l pos L()to< policy shoauld havo pr'ovai led, not tioil Onl the pairt ol West, Ent Grioonv'illhe anid Ea tslev statiojn Intexreted'i pattit"s btweenx~l th it w - aliI one1 would supp~losa- fr'om tht Scotamitn'cati Ons of "I'r'o hlttni pubtliishetd severall w~xeexks ago itn th< ;News thaat his namt ivI totwn was ni itainied aill the taxttxab o'itizen'ts and1( a terrlibl e auto 1(l'os'rv~esu cri'edi foir hais htarid enerClg\s and1 has ma11(b calice. Heta l'reresents a wealth la - city batckedt bay atI Iim~odon couit.i t Iy andto enjoays' atdvan't tages lot' push ainag ahlead the1 pl)icl highway:' wich' our mlen do noit. possess. .1 1 ais for' hiis crot ssinhg thle iv r and 11 he. - c'ominhg a canidalto 1i ArlMr. .ll's plaebio. Whiat abhout his poi ties' -Yet htowt easy n~owx (lays to deOsorl .ith spoilIs of ohlice. Somi0 eoor iln v'er'y hiightI le havo (10no so) anti the p~'trss on1 both sides8 extol thien to thi0 skies as if' no( such oflicinhl over1 atdornhed and1( h'onore'd om1 bo1) in ourl counity camitpaign. We hafveI hadi onaoughi h)itternes: and1( striifIo lor' out' generiationl. Al r I IHendrtieks andt lPerry' an yo( Cro' .elill oresp)ondent ouight t tonlluoiit on1 thio host1 of termis', to gother they embarked in t ho greali r movemnent Of 1890. Staingi fshouldher to shtoulder in dlefeniso ol the'ir great loador01 who prom1ii mlighlty reforoms, noCt yet sooni O1 (It thio kicking for' Loaven 's sakt and( stick to yourlcolor di1d work ir harmIonIy, :alhl will yet be well, Those ollicer's have bo0on1 awfully slandored. We are not of thoiu faith, not their apologist. Bit they desaorve credit for trying to inistituito reformns aind lessoni taxa tion anid shold( not bo mado(1 tar gets to be shlot at by newspaper scribblers. We are glad that Croswoll has p)rospec'ts ahoad, hop1) she may reach tihe dimensions of a city ore lonag and that you~r X correspond ent may become her mayor. ANwrIr MR'. ED1TOn. I ratlor thum that Col. Koitt has so fully ox pressbd the sontinimont of our po0 P10 in this county, that thOy Iil follow it to tho letter. Thoy dc not want to get tanglod inl aniothW National Convention which, though framed for silver, must b<: construed by the gold bugs. The peoplo01)1 aro not that blind set of followers that soio would have the world boliove. Thy (c a great doal moro dictating as tc the gait to bo travio(l and the routes taken than somo scom tc bo awaro, of. A horso that is nol a good loador and is too obstinat( ats to the *r a;fid to ho tikon wi IIsoon be swappod. It has booni showil withi in thio last fow years t hat they aro good ju(igos of fast and stroig nags. And as lonig as thoy aro faithful thoy will be1 kept. inl harii' ness. The ono-gailus boys, as they ar often called by our city friends are more detemi-iiined thal evo)r tc havo their their say, an( vote ac cordling to thm di1ctates of the-ir Colecli'es. They wailt t Shoot straight at the bulls eye ill th1 na tiona I gilni1. 'In Stato polities it will not (Io ue.a to doivido tolat grigat extent. erd tire deolbtless mal)y o the politica sii tl t illon il til) ar fu ture showing thi bias Of itiorint 01108lI. ( o 144511(41 From Liberty. We had som aine spring orath (1r an11d thll hea1vie-St ra2in of, thle sei~an whi gret improved the spring like appearanio of f,>rests aild sm1all gri erop11, 41). Th whiipporwill and thill martin Chimo1 in with th1ir pir elcom pliHlli of tho asole. The frutiero o has escaped th fros sCo fr twlo1( witlesl) fis liovr disaster wo ily haval in oe fruit crlop. Tiss I'alom , a f p vatildI corN .,i elly il this Setio l all d jiust er ill Alldersor iallnty they have hoen pla 'in .cottonl seedl. 1t as they .a4 illded ill eariest iht t aig col toll crtip. he golieral a work is much101 urv er ved tha for sovral yeas past at this dato. MIrios. J.V. Disoll who has be0n very sick for two weecks is coniva. G. W. Hll mchianic of NorriE Factory hats moa vedi in y tow . Mriss Galloway, of Brovard, N. C., stopped of horo, and visited Mrs. W. L. Boggs rst wook onlal e roturn from G torgia, whero' shl haf noon on o xtend d visit tc relattivos. Rev. Ayers, of Goorgia, occupict th pulpit at the Baptist churcl here Saturday, Sunday and dan an pr.A chIe As ere intestn old ug ructivo su monTo lsames pist was oc. grund Salturday nigt by:4 ev, W41 preace an(1 bleseron toda ani~ aplil prlie. \V.t'% H.14 Workm Vany prtach lfternon of herlio~ti 3dSabbath.y nc and famiy tro boisarn win .] Charley, Hutpchi nsI has opieno< ail' stock Yo goodsi it W. 1 Holling worths ld drugW stii& or oilfO Thesl Oil( Md company 40(l fros hIer rolidi al their j at (e se d, an(ti a4 rt' n fllling totVli llt plao wll not1 grld lic nol~ o e ss-a hopt oi~ (Ilor hand fienidil mea Igade 43li1.11ral.C Notioliltr hrbyl gie tnha(i shapv especallynn ihar ofndeso all11d In it Inf'av Ie sou (1 m oroIno lelsli alidi liti tr oay inom hr Anson at l .in., towhar iilblowt hoid r And1)1 ersonii for iedsi wi m)etisit th line wiouth ott PeneralnANseicl. Counthe grosami nmlloar of PoriIl nions w)iied o in the aitor'so fic hon4Oi~cSo the thrlMnaw Ar for a 104( ia.f m, o h~lier an cor110 sidor1 aplent. .'ions fl~or pension aursunt byth reont of(1iali thi Ifeie ihte grs vicm of thle Co picant ais ov 44,5oer $10 yea ei ntntled to a p nsion. Thle provisitent of th law t al incurr i tile erie (If the oru fN.dA.aChrisaoph. of ae, ad th grsev icmo 1) hisel d ifefrom in ysourcp this weekt xed $100,ii hof islt heflx of tevlw Distictn epartin the xth issu. ofthle Joet 10t to12t. Je. J. Werd, g of reevileWar lrenlh odSu day Your rsetfy,.D A MnsoS. . Ap. WA189N. Ohio inproved Chestoi PIGS. I havoe FIVE MALES of th albovo breet of hogs that 1 now offer for male. Wer flvo we eks old on th I 1Itl. Calt Iid 8C them while in Enl'iy. Apply to TuoS. K. ]IUimiE'Ns, Mlarch '04. k Jtley, S. U. 1MIF AL L'S I<-*BUDGETv"4m -or PIUN and PHAX FOR THE PHOLKS. M%11. EN"DToR: April 1896, This is the season wheni ebaiiges are made "all about, and as this Budget of Phui and Pliax has always been, is now and always vill be aiding and assistiig the good pholks in making the needful changes, we have opened a line of gener al chang about articles foi house, kitchen and farm. A large lot of new Furniture! Beds, Chairs, Safes, Tables, Waslhstatnds, Mattresses, Hat Racks, Stoves, and fixtures. China, Crockery, Glass and Tin ware. Pretty useful and c II v a 1). )on't b)othler about free silver: bring along my kind you hap pell to have--we'll take it. only don't bring the plugged article Coie an(d see us. W. T. .J'Iall. GOGI) NEWS! GOOD NEWS Pickens & Easley R. R To be finished, provided v can raise the money. Now, it order to do that, save you dimes and they will make do] lars. Walker & Owings hav bought out the chcap "Wrecl Store," 117 Main sreet, Green Ville, S. C. They aro close cash buyers Buy bargains and sell bargain is their motto. When you visi Greenville and want to find th< cheapest store in town, look ii up, and we will soon convinc< you that we havo the cheapes goods in the city. Give us a call and see fo yeurself. We guarantee t save you money. Walker & Owings, 1 17 Main St., Greenville, S. ( -Feb. 27, 1890, tf IN TI[E MIDST OF BUSI NESS 2 s Our business so far this seasoj I has surpassed 0111 expectatioin. - The righi t~ goodls and the righ prices tell thle htaIe. Our niovety dress5 goodls havy I -lbeen prlon)ounced bea~utiful. W, I have a secondl lot to arrive Mon day or Tedy We have all the latest trim mlings to miatch the newv gooth The prettiest Buttons, larg and small, ever shown in Green 1vylle for trimming. Our sil l department is conm I plete. Dress silks, trimnmin; 1silk, and silk for waists. Only a look at these good a will convince you, we spare 1 not time or money in selectin 1 these goods and the complimeni 1 we have received amply repay3 r usfo our tr ouble. Your p~atr onage solhcited. o West End. 1 . S.-Apr il 1st, we will move1 - the Garrison store, next to R. I I, Allen & liro. To0 avoid having Iiany goodsH to move we will gia s special bargains on all goods. 'Misses McKAY :Man Street, GRmENVILLE, S. C. Haveo now ready for sale all the a Latest Styles ini H AIS, BONNETS ANMO OAP . For Lies, Misses and Children. -7~ Tlhey keeph constantlby on hand all 1 sNovelties att loweh t. pricesA. e___ ii MiSSES MKAY, Save Paying BDoctors' Bills BBBOTANIC THE GREAT REMEDY FOR ALL BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES nn ihy~ciaons au thi reoplefr 40 year, and cures quickly and SCR9FULA, ULCERS, ECZEMA, RHEIAMATISM, CATARRN, ERUPTIONS, a .1. s." nEATI O PRPAl4 aol SENT FREE WOND 1 UI~vns, OUR SPRINC GOODS Have arrived and we will be able to show you the b e line of c omrIIWc3-! Ever brought to Greenville. Our competitors must bow to, us wvhen it comes to a question of PRICE. Why? This is easily explained. These two o words mean a mountain of things. No loss, UO had accounts, and a thousand other things that mean a loss to any business where credit is given. Ponder over this, and it you find that we are correct in our calculations, you -will give us a chance to sell you R V _p _DAJVJ 6 UI /, - Clothing to fit any size and pocket, Hats and Gents' Furnishing Good at the saime f'gures. Come in and look through 1our stock, which is second to none reifus & Co., THE NEW CLOTHIERS 113 and 115 Mai Street, Creenville, S. 0. 1' M-PRIG GOODS E We havc received our entere line of new spring goods. Dress goods in all the newest weaves, Brocaded Satin for skirts, Persian SSilks for waists, wvith trimmings to imatch. All the new things in Linen effects, in fact we have opened up thme largest, most comn plete and prettiest line of D~ry Goods over shown m i this market. and we cor'Ilially invite all the country at large to call in and see our goods. 200 rolls of Matting, all prices, all grades. 150 Rugs, all sizes, f'ronm 18 inch to 12 feet. 1Art Squares, all sizes and colors. g New Carpets ini wool anid B3rmssels. tanNew Portairs, new Lace Curtalus, new dlottedl Swiss, for cur-~ New Jap Ihugs, atll price.' >mpetition. .lhe want of space prev( ting prices, but remem her we are lower than the lor -thing. When you want anything in Dry Giods, N ingss, Carpets, Shades~ 1 oles and Oil Cloths, call on Richered ;omer THAN EVE ~ ED. 05 eiiOLOTHES, HATS SHINGSg WE',E TAL. T. Look over the sto iplete now, and see if you don't i is. One of two things we always >: To sell you better goods thar ;ewhere for the same price ; to se .ame goods at a lower price tha them else where. GREEN VIL