Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE PEOPLE S_JOURNAL. VOL. 7.---N0. 21. PICKENS, S. C., TH URSDAY, JUJN 1 897. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. IHL NEWSPAPR AS AN EDUCAIOR. AN EDITOR'S OPINION OF IT. The Atldress o' Rev. A. J. S. 'homlas, I).i)., Ialitor o' t he Bapt ist. Courier, lzeore t ho State Press Associat ion) at. Newberry, S. C., May 20, 1897. To be fairly treated this subject ought to be given to one who is not it newspaper man. Some of thoso people who read newspapes and study their content,s could much better tell us how the newspa,)er is an edlacating forco. Newspaper editors do not read news papers--they skin, they go throug h the exchanges, glancing at the head lines and reading a few sentences of the editorials, most generally reading between the lities and readint into the lines. Tihe editor is not after learning anything, except to see what t.he othe-r fellow is after and t,o get sotmethint for his own columns. Thero are some people who treatd and study the newspapers, and in (doing thi h they have within easy reach it great library-provided they get the rig lit kind of papers. I.'t a sprightly hoy read contsttntly it good paper and see what he would learn : There is geography. In n011e copy of a daily I found these countries and places prominently b"ougit before the reader's eye : Countries and places out side the inited States Inavana, GIreece, Athcns, Constantinople, Canea, Lon don, 3erlin, Itolme, Toulon, ladrid, Vienna; places in the Unlted States Vashington, St.. Louis, (.tiro, M1em phis, Helena. Ark., \'iekshurg, New Orleans, lrank fort, New York, Now port. Ky., I'rovidence, Charlotto, Sa vannah, \\'atertowii, N. V., Chicago, 1 o-t.on, Columbus, U., Jacksonville, Cha,tanoo_a, A tlanta ; places in our own State-Spartanburgt;, Sumter, An derson, St. George's, liar lwell, Sallda. Greenville, Charleston, Columbia, Lau rens, illmberlg. \Vhat- a sweep thiis would be if one should follow all t.he places and locate them on t'he map ? In addition to the news direct from these places and countries, the saine daily had articles from papers publish ed in other States-oisston, New Vo-k, Hartford, lIotisvilie, l,at,imore. Watsh ington, Indianapolis, Chicago-besides a large tnher publishe(d in this Stat. Now, if a boy had before him the map of the world and would look upl) th+ese, 0' S01e of these places, he would soon get It very good course in gcoglalhly. 11r' is tLioned rivers, lakes, gu Is, oceltns, seas, mountair.s, plains, cities, villag1s, in this and in other couintrics, a birdseye view of the world. There is history in the newsnaper. l'rom th c5(olumnl11s the bright boy will -Ihear' of nations, dilferent pet ople, ,vhat they are doing, what they have done and what they will probably (0 here after. Our h-tory for the past, half century is to be found in the ncwspa pet s. The futolre historian will go to the newspapl,er's, County and State, for eurrent 1history. (ustoms, fashions, beliefs change and pass away and 1be newspapers are the only clhronielers. There Is a rich historic mnin1 for our" children and our children's children in tlho nuwspaper illes. T ho fut,uro generations wili learn of us and of ou. works from these old musty, faded papers. The sprightly boy will learn much of science from the newspapers. They are constantly bringing to the atten tion of tile world new discoveries and inventions. '1'he people learned of the wonderful achievements of the scien tists in the realm of electricity through the papers. The newspapers first told of those wonders, the telephone and the phonograph, etc. A bout a year ago the papera Were filled with '-ray is ioveries, and1( the people1 knew atll that, could he known withbin a short time at ter t,he dI iscoveI y. The niewspaper tIIles will recoi( d and1 preserve all these ad vances in science. l''rom tile neCwspaperls the bright boy will learn about poli tical parties. ThIais is, perha1ps, too much131 the great lield for the( plapers. Thei fear is they3 wvill con111n0 themtselvyes to this. HI ere 1s t,he history~ of tihe rise and( growth andl de .feat and fail of political parties. The newspaper)0 is an educator in thle scien1ce and art of plolitics, but as a general tiling they teac-h only one sidle of t,he BLbject. i''or instance, you read a lle puiblican p)aper-, anld overythin zg said( is in favor of that plarty ; you1 recad a ID)m (lcratic 1)aper1, and you( w ill learn0 thlat the Democrats an-e always rightt and the liepublicans wrong. Y'ou read a silver paper, and you learn that the hope of tihe coUuntry depends upon the success of that policy ; but read a goldl papeor, and you learn that the silIver cruzo/. willrinf the counltry. The neowsp)aper is a groat ed ucator- in plli tics, but you1 mutst, readt st.verail)lpper in order to be wellI educated, an1 all roundl man(1. It is laughable to see hiow newspapers try to educal.(O t,)io peoplo1 into the b)e lief that the couniltry is going to thle olid, tbe bottom Is go)ing to arop out adi all sorts of dire.d ful thlings are go Inog to happenCil if a certtaii p)art,y is not succeossful 1and1( certain m110n ar0 not eIlectedl. It, is amusing to see ho0w conl lidentiy newsplap)ers predlict the elec tion of1 a iparticu lar par(lty, and then at t,erwardts to see how w idely thley misse It. TIhe peop1le are beginning to uin (derstandl the isituiationi wh1111 it, com1es to plarty papers1' anld pIarty pol1itic3s. Thley believe only whlat they wih to) believe ; they are0 fast losing conli (d0110 in tile paperas w hetn they discuss par-ty polIitics. They mako1( a liberal dIisout, of all1 that is said( by the party' organ. It Is wonderful to see how w ise som11 (If 01ur newspapler ednlit,ors and( neOwspaI per w riter-s are0. They willI d iscuss any subject with all1 the cotiidlence 1and( as suranco of the mlost gifted and1( pro-1 nottInced specialibt,. lcy can settle mpatters of finatnce irn one( column Ihey1103 ocan at vise Conigress w hat bill to pass or reject; they can tell the I 'resident of the Unit,ed St,te(s how to solve the national pro-b10oi and1( how to se-tt,io any1 Internati)na ldlilcu t y -they woul d clean out Spain, anInihillate Tturkey, do( up) N'ngland in abouit two weeks ; t,bey * cain tell you how the Su promo Cour-t of1 the State andl of thle United States have gonie wrong in law and1( what, decision they should have i-enderod In a given caso0. Th'ley ari- educat,ing the pelOOI to beliovo that these mon who eoccupy hI igh anti responsible positions, and w ho can take a henoad view. and who can see many bides of a question are cowards and time servers, narrow llinded and prejudiced tools and fools The people, however, are learning over and anon we hear them say : Al this is nothing but newspaper talk. The newspapers are, Indeed, eduea tors. They can do a great deal in en. lightening the public on any and a va. riety of subjects. They should ht very careful, therefore, how they undertake to do this work. We should have some conscience in the work. Our coluInns are the Vehieles of good news and bad news. We, shouild conscientiously iiiI them with reading that will help, en lighitl"n, lift up and broaden our read ers. We should not iander to the vititiated tustes of the people. Somie folks have a depraved taste. They wish to read of had things, and they will havo that kind of reading. hot the majority of the people are not had. and they regre t t I thite papers are so full of the worst ne ws t.hat can he gat,ered from every section of the country. Mlany of the parents hate to see their children reading Imucheli that is publish ed in soniu of the daily aid weekly a pers. It is sugeestive of evil: it is eoi-rupting : it iS (demoralizing, and this reading ma tier is sowing evil seeds, which will bring forth ai hounti ful harvest ')f crime long after the edi tor has ceased from his labors. It is not necessary to till the colut:ins of our papers with all sorts of crime, giving to a disgusting degree the de tails, and adding to the description hideous pictures, sometines even more suggestive than what is ' ritten. There is great danger of educating the young in the wrong direction. As educators our papers ought to put at proper estimate upon persons and things. 'apers can do great harm in ereatirg lietitious values. This is fre <quently the case in political disus sions;. Wor insta(nce, the evils of slavery were greatly exaggerated by muany of the lead ing papers of the day : other Paer)(1111 underestimated the abuses of the sate systemu, and, so, many of the people who (lid not know the facts, were misled. Wno believes that the pmpers prol y anid fairly estimautted the advantares to the country of a par tien ltr linaneial policy ? ''he people were over educated, avnd many of the um were bewildered by what they read in the party papers. Tie papers frepl.iently overestimat," persons as they do policies. Many a1 nan of very ordinary attainments Iaa-. beetn written up, and placed inl posi tions too large for him, by the newspa per writers. The people get wrong ideas of a imn from what they see in thfe papers, fr, tltieni-l they are preju diced arainst himli, all becal11me Iewspa per writers have not been carefuI to properly estiinattt him. I amu consei(ius that this 1 only a.notlher way of saying that newspapers in order to be fair educators should toll the truth about men and tit ngs. That is true, but the ne.vspaplers do not intend to deceive the people and to wrorfg anyone-they believe cet tin tLhiugs, they wish to accomplish ccrtain ends, and to serve certain persons or parties, or interests, and in doing this they forget that they are creators of public sentiment, and the educators of the people. 1, there fore, come back to a former proposi tion, viz. : newspaper men ought to have conscience in their work and he governed by a desire to (o tlh) fair thing, and to help educate and lift up all the people, If the newspapers are to be the edu cators of the people the editors, report ers and other writers should try to in form theisel yes on general topics, cur rent events and public pt,licy. How can the.y teach if they have not. learned" liow little of the Iiistory of our own and of the other coutntri'CS does the erage newspaper man have? how lit tle does he know of literature, science, commernicce, agriculIturie, sociological, chrioniological, geogr'aphiical, ethn rolog ical ando thieological subjects. lie k nows tbe.e things onl a3 IS he readis of them in the headlIinres of sonie unread paper', andl the headIi nes ai'e wrionig ias often as they are right. TJ.hese public teach er's (oughit to study and learn sonec things, Th'le younig lawyer', thre young doctoi', the school teacher must unId'r go an examinifationi before he can enter up)on the woi'k of hiis pr'ofession ;the law r'eqjuir'es it. Buit any body caii run a newspaper2i arid write for it, there Ih, no law atgai nst, it, the grc at read ig 1pub)1IC is ex posed antd unritoteeted. The edtitors oIf Ourn paler's have just "'gr'own uip," andii mainy of them had rio pr'evi ious priepIarationi, but, they are not afi'aid to tackle anybody or' anythitig. Of courise there ar'e noble and notable excepItions5. Trlie Is mutch wor'k for the newspa lpers in Sou1th Carolina. Our peCople arie nlewspatper readers. in ailmiost Cv cry hiome some newspaper Is found1(, itid It is read hy ati--parents ando chiil dren-t-and then handed out anJ ex changed for some other paper'. Marny (of 0our people (10 niot r'ead ariythuing else, arid It, is badl to contemiplate how little some of thlemi gelt for their money. I ooksu are' pIleniti fur, butt the( newspa-I pci', the county paiper' and the weekly ed i ,ion oif the gi'eat daily3, aind the nmamimoth Suniday edition have lar'gely taken tihe biace of books. All the peoc p)1e learn Oil many sirbjects and1 of pass ing events is what they get fr'orm the papei's. It becomtles urs, thereforeo, to give them sotmeth ing worth reading. It shioulu ho the ambition of every niewspiaper man to hlp h Is readers, and riot simply113 eniter'taint them. To miake the peCole better andl bettet' in for'red i,li ourhigh m11(isin. Our' peo ple0 ar'e easily intlueniced, apia we should t,ry to inILuenicei them for' good. Thliey love each other, arid ar'e really one( in alill andi i nter'est,, and we should ti'y to help con this good feeling arid,unite this mass of humanity, arid hiavei them all to sitand fcor thIngs truie arnd pret aLnd honest arid nioble,. A biete1r pieoIple than those foaund in Soumth Camrohina cannot bo fotund any wh le r' ; the y doC riot bllieve in haite, evil -ipeakIing, slander, lawlIessniess uand 1blood(1shed :the'y w er'e not sci tanghlt in t,hi r cliilldhiooud in the homes of thielir fathern, anal they hiave riot been s' ed riented in the schccls taiueht by a long Iline of nioble toehers. With pir'oper, w holesomie, ti'uth fir teach inrg on thc par't of our piapeirs the~ peole of Sourth Cairolinia will be ini tire futurre ais the., haLve b)een in the paist, a scplend id civ Iliz.'ation. I ut so1 much depenids Lipor the nrewsprapers, tire responsillIity 0 outr editors is 8s) gu'eat, atnd we seem st iittle to appreciarte Its gr'eatnesa, thai I sjometimns wonde what the futut' wiII bring forth. God impress us with the grave responsibilit,ics that, rest upon us as tilt. educators of the peopl3. ''iI W ICAVTII I R AND CRiOPS V'altuable lnlitrmation to Those Initer ested in lFarming OpeMaions. The following is the weekly bulletin issued by thu weather bur au in Col unubiiL its to the condition of the crops in ttis State ('cli:.13 t1.\, S. C., June 5, I197. .Tile temnperatu""u during the past week averaged about normnal, and at most places the range was not great, the nights having been seasonably warm and the days comfortably cool. The average tenperaturo for the week, deduced from .12 weekly means, was 1b, and the normal for the samLne period is approximately 75. The high est was Ut) on the -ith at (illisonville and the lowest 52 on the Ist at Liberty. The week began with showers over the Northern counties. On Thursday showery conditions again set in, and continued (luring the remainder of the week, reaching the coast section "y Saturday. The rains were fairly well distributed, except that in the South cent"al counties and Southeastern counties a few plates did not receive enough railn, and in Chester and por tions of nearby counties there was in places excessive rainfail. ILiands were badly washed in portions of Chester, Anderson, l''airlield, I aur'ns, I.axing ton, Union. Suittr and K'urslaw, with injury to fields of corn and cotton. The snallest, amount, reported was 0 12 in. from iackvillc, the largest. 3.1I from Pinopolis, Wilie the averalge of 5u1 meas urenents was 1.11) in.; the normal for this same time heing approximately 1.12. Twenty-one measurements of less than an inch e%u rep-rted; twen ty-six of from I to 2 inchs; and seven with imaore than two inches. There was hail on May 31st at many plac(Ps, and again on the 3d1 and -Ith from ILauren s to ii rry, but, with a few local and limited exce"ptisns the dam age to crops was slight,. There were a few short but violent wind st,orms, but no injury of any miaterial iiPortance result.d. 'J'he suusliiue averaged ilhnat :,2 p,'lr cent. of the possible and was c nsider ably below the nortmal for the season. The past week was the tmost favora ble one of the seaon and crops made rapid growLth. The groulnd is now inl excellent condition in re:-p''et to tiois ture uxcept in portions of O)eonee, Iick en1s, Aiken, EdgiI Id, 1 exington, I Hamlberpr, IarnwetI, Urangeburg, Col Ieton, i)orcihe. tut. I atpton and Ciiailston countties, Itt, even over those t:ount ies tn:ir,v phtces had enough rain, all the entire count,ry sone, with probably good raiis since reports elosuel. The t.emperature ias bt3n more favorable with generaliy warimcr uights and no excecsive heat during the (ay. I w-ei.t pe-t: t':l+ ar: n.,t a- a - tive in doing datmiagu to crops, and the entire crop situation is represented by correspondents as being extremely fa vorable now and likely to continue so for soic time. The condition of corn is not satisfac tory over the entire Stato although it hais made good progress laitely. Stands are soliewtait, broken on bottom hinds w hero cut worms continue to injure that that. is just cominig up after re planting. in the eastern cuanties corn is being "laid by" and hero and there lields are in "silk and tassels." ields are generally clean and mostly worked out. Sotue bottois yet to plaint. Cotton has made rapid advance and is generally in iite growing conition, although staall for the season. Sta tids are retpotei nearly perIect over the entire State, and chopping out has made rapid progress where not, re vious ly comtitleted. Thu plant looks healthyi~ and is bait little itnfestedt by liee or other harmfuil insects. l'ields are gentic atlly cleat of grass, wit,h very few cotnttrary te ports. Saquiares, or fortms, arte noted over the iKsistern and cent,ral cuiin ties. L ast veatr ctton was bloom - inag at this Linac. Sea-I slandl cottton biing doanaged by waotrms and dr ty weather retarded its growth. Saote peais haive beeni planted this week, hut a niumberct of caorrespaond tnts te port seedl scarce. TIobaaccoi hias ittproaved very tuch iun der the ttore favoabile weather con dlitions which huave prevailed and is doa ng wellI. WVor ms pre-valent in ta ert Uic has g eneratly a good stand al though a few cotmplaints as tao poor stand of late sownu wete receivead. W heat is about ready to harvest and promises a good average y icild, the r-ust seemuingly has naot, inju ared it to any considerable ext >nt. Oats harvest i in~ progress or is comi p)leted bait the sho(weiry weathetr htas not favored this work. latll oats are turtn ing out ver-y well. Tn'Iransplanting sweet potato sli ps is iactive progress and is favor-ed by the maoist condition of thec soil. I'eachbes arc ri penlintg, bait, the comn melcial crop is nuot, of the Ii nest q uali t,y. Other peaches atre alite p1lnti fuI. Grapes fruiting well but in somicecoiun ties are rohting. Wild berries plenati fuli. Gardens are greatly Imp hroved iad vegetabhles p)lentifuil. Squaash bogs in.iauring mue lan vi nes in llam burg couinty. l'aistauraes reviving. O h etr arop sitation is uncour I lrmthe tntional bul let,inm of ittaty "'The week has been uanfavorable to cotrn throughaouit thte cotrn piroiducintg Staites hei ng toao coaol for get-riationi anad growth , wh ile comnltaints of poor s tandls arie qit e genieral. "''Te mao~st unfavo.-able r'epor-ts an cotton uamte ftotm Nort,h Carolinra aind T1ennaesseee, In thte tattert Stat,e a consid a'rable ariea will hi . plan t-il int co"n. lIn N orthuertn Te.xas the ctrop is fromu two tat three wveeks late. Over Southern TIe>:ais it is eruitiing nietly anad is gener' ally well cultivaited." --A ituious supterstit,i(on is aullegead to exist among the Iliadoao son treas at loay . W hienovar a balaea t passes Ithey sal utte in the be liif t,h at it con ttaints thu snail of an IK og lishi atllieur'. -Mt. Ar.arat, the re,ting ph1ice of the Setriphtuiral ark, is in r-ealit,y t wvo moatn tailns sep)arated by a valley. The htigher pecak is l'i,210 feet, andia the lesset 12,000 fnot aboen the ea level SENATOR MIAURIN STATES HIS POSITION. )I1' 1I1';l,1VES IN FAIR PLAY. Not i 'rotc(' Ilonist After t Ie lepunb licat Pat tern--N<, Sectional 1)iK criminatioti in lito Tart-11' Shouldi bt Allowed-'The South Shiould Hlave its Share of' Good Thingm. 'Tle Washington Corr"Cespondent of the Atlanta Constit,ution says there seems to be something peculiarly ap propriate in the elevation to the Senate. right in the midst of the tariff debate, of the man whose tari' sp3eech in the [louse ereated1 more colmuent than that of any other Demtocrat. "'Equatity in the biur-dens and equali ty in the benelits," as Sunat,.r Iacon so tersely put it, was the underlying prin ciple of the speech of Ilion. .Lohn L. Mel.aurin as a m1tet mbetr ]r tthe 1louse and as a iellber' of the conunittee of ways and means, and as Senator he is active and at all tiies watchful of Southern interests. Some of the lIepublicans, wit,h whom, perhaps, the Wish is father to the thought, Iavo had a good deal to say about, the "Southern Protectionists" who have been developed by this tariff light. Senator MICI..turil is 01tt of these. As I have said, Senator Mel,aurin's speech in the House attracted much at tention. If was because of his hold do elurationls against. I sectional tariif. Today I found hiu at his pleasant ',omne on I street, where he Was busy w i it his mail-an article of which every Senator guts a goodly quantity. In the lot on his desk there were many letters of congratulation froitm different parts of the country, for in his service in the 11ouse Lhe gentleman from Soul t Cairo lina has mnade very itntry friends. I asked him if he expected to make a tariil speech in the Senate. "I shlil make n)set speech," said he, ''since my views are well knowtnr through my speech in the [louse. lie 5ides Lltis, myv patyL in the Senate has already decided on i line of action and had begur the debate beforo lly up lotitment. It would appear. discourt.e oils, if not Wor-o, fo' ine to presume L.o far with my opinlions. Ilowever, I shall brielly pot nit out the sectional features of the ieasure and make a delmatnd for fair play for the SOutl." "You cunsider thenri, the bill framed on seet,ional lines " "Indeed I do. What else can he in ferred when We liudl in its provisions free hindinr twine for the Northirn fatrmer and taxetd bagging and ties for Lite Sontheri plantel ' The bill is tilled with such sectiotnal disCriminations. As a mmcibher" of the Ways and IliCls co mitt.ee of the hlouse I had an excellent oI)plm tunity of judging the motives and inlluences which control led ihe prepa ration of the hill. The motives were aS r. ruIl set :iual, 1.uit t e liti .(iees caite almost entirely from the North and Ia(,t. Tlhe Collmllit,te room was titled and the corridors of the capitol packed with manufacturers and eother businessemen from tiat, section, anxious and persistent to have their lines of In dustry well card for." "Was the South represented ?" "No. Outsido of the sugar Industry one would hardly havu suspecte1 that the South was inl any rtanner interest ed in the character of th tariff bill. "As I stated on the Iloor of the House, the material interests of the South have been neglected by Congress. They are being neglected now, and in my opin ion will continue to be neglected until the wealth produtcers of the South, throngh their rel)resentatives. leniLlid ctlutal andi exact jutstice. I amt grea.tlyI ' pleased with your two Senators from Georgia, Messes. Bacon and Clay. They ibotih inade exeeliient antd telling sp1)ees, whichl were listened to wvitht miar'ketd attention. Tlhey bo0th caime out i'quar'ely ini detfense) of t,be tmater'ial in terest.s of tilt Sonut.11 antd i ndoIrsed my potsitioni fully. .They arc both gootd imeni, In whom(11 tilt people of Geoi'gia ean safely r'ely. "'Somne (tni hias satid that the qutickest wvay to repeal bad laws is to rigidly en force tile mior'e objectionable features. So I believe one elfective plan of deal ing w ith NOw iMug lnd lhen (oL,bors haive failed, is to give ihei' a large (lose of her' ow n medicine."' "'I notice, Senatoi', that yout airo chtargted ith biing a prioteet,ion ist''" "Yes, a few newspapet's are circulia Li ng thlat absutrd idea, bult Lit has fai led to~ cut, anty fi gur'e, sinfc the pIeople are t, so eiasi ly fooled as in timixes past. I betlieve) thaut in thte near futut'e these charttges wi'ill r'eturn'l to Lt'ment the in venltors. Thei L Notrtter'n plaper's are mtak inig the chai'gte wIii h a holpe (If crc atintg ti s5stsins inl tile l)ioco'atic ian ks antdi draing t attentionm from tihe damtag ing statemiuents tmado in my "Almitost at te) beOglitnnIng of tmy speechi I quted tt an ii able ar'tie cfr'om Thel Chitarleston Neiws and Cioutrier, in whiicht a demtandl was imade for iduty (tn lotng sLtaple coIttonI. I limmnedi1atelIy afte r thlis qiuot.:itioni I mt1ade thte [io1(owintg, self for yourm uset. Mr t. Ci hirman, wh Iat tis- art,iel Idto mtantds for' cotton sitould lhe demtanded for every intd ustry, agricu ILittual ort tmatn' factur'intg, in tile Soutth. I say tis nmot ias a prIOtetioi st (since I believe inl the btt tas a matter of justice anti fair play amoltng adll the people, (If till thte see tins of out' cOmn Olcoun try. At tmis point, I propose to give sotme facts an.d statistics concerning thte dli treent see t,ionas (If the eountrty ivith refer'ence to the Iicrease of wealth, the aiccumunla titn (If weaolth the tdistribt- ion of cai-l Liial idweat,h L. I expct tot dIsolose suchea unitt j uatl d istibuiialti In favor' of New Engiand aind tilt North ats 1.1) force i nq ii ry ats to its cause aind i ts remedy fromn till whio love equtity tand " WIoowed( tltbis decl arat,litn with a Staitemlent and( talet fromif T1he Consti ttioIn wihicht provedc( aly conltenLti be( yoPnd ai <itestion of doubt,i~. ini fact, I reeaitedO manity Limo P5In my specOth thalt I was ntot a priot(etiontist, that 1 d id not apphIrove of that d octtrI ne, but if we tare toI live tandertim it,s b)1ludering system I prioItest agintt thte S) ih be ing its (lnly victitt. I dIisclosed) s(o ~omt pietuly thte p11lunderi ng system (If prmo tee)tion andIt the sectionts of the country that wet'e being ptlundleredl thait so far my spleca has been unantswered and I lpredict, that, it will remtain 8o." "Upon what, then, is the Ch1argo based ?" ''iecause I delanded a t(Uty on Cotto., as an oflset for Ia taiif on wheat, corn and oats. A duty on rice its an o11'set for the duties on beans. potatoes, hay, etc. And free bagtring and ties its an oflset for free hinding twine. ileCnuse I would not Consent to the doctrine of Ieee raw maiteriatl so l!)ng as the muanu factured product remained protect.d I was extremely gratilied to know that so able t journatl Its The C'onstiLu tion stood with me in this effort. I believe the time has come when the ianiteriail interests of the South should be de fended against all assaults of wiatever chiaractc,r or from whatever source. "I believe it the dut,y of evLIey true Southerner to make common ca.u-z ili an elfort to increase the Imaterial wen.t.h of our section, in order that, we u ay enjoy the freedom and prosperity that alone comes through ComimerCiiIl and inancial irdcependcnec. Ve iiave the opportunities and advantattges : all we need no%w is an eual ehanco uInder aill national Iegislat.ion. "If such laws are benelicial we are selfish enough to demian our portion. I f they are Ie ri mental we are patriotic enoug h to hear our share. In any event we want IlI national laws t.o hear equal ly upon all sections and all citizens. "I want to say right now for fear that I Iay forget it," continued the Sena tor, "that a statementt which appeared in The Constitution some time in the Sp)ring of 18., i*iving the losses and gamns of the different States and s ec tions, so completely conirm(ied what I had previously charged that I renewed the investigation of the subject and my recent tarill' speech was the result. In fact, this statement., together with a most logical and clear editorial in 'T'he Ch:rleston News and Courier, titally detem'inedi mnlfle to iakce thiat speech." I asked Slinator Mel.auiti ,he qtues tion which everyb ody is asking here. about as one asks of the weather. "lIlave youl any idea when the tarilf hill will be d isposed of y' 'No, indeed,'" 'e replied, "I think the future alone can determline that. I would hardly he surprised if the entirc summ,11er Was constmred. It is notw n,.a. ly three months since its introduction in the Ilouse, antd the 'id is yet Ia iomui* wt.y oll.' Sienator Mel.atirin likes his new posi tion and his now asociates. lie would not he tnuman if he did not, andt as old Granny Iloar so well expresse'i it t, other day, "MIoratl, there is a good deal o! humnian natture in a iemocrit." "A place in the Sennte,'' i'eimarketd tiit South Caroliian, "is both honol"a bio aid pleatIsant, ani when I become mor t"e framilittar wit,h the methods of thu Senate I am tiu ite surU that I shalt Il k it very much. '1'There is vastly iiore dif fercnee between the Senate and th Itlouse Liihan I hail su pptisedt. St,ranigi as it may appear, therc is inor'. free dtom of action anil great,'r liit-rty o specch in t,he Senate thani in the I lor'. Therae i' no henn rules or one 1)1a11 power." Our talk naturally drifted to Soti Carolina polit,ics. As to the liglit foi the place in the H1ou0se made vacant, bi3 his re;ignation tie wouild express no opinion. "There are at number of able follows w ho a1ro aspirants for the place, Ssaid he, "and I am taking absolutely no hand in it." As to the place ini the fSenat,e which h now holdts by atppointment. a primaii ry will decide that. "I demanided ia primary in tily letter of acceptance," said he. "I presume one will beetled for some time In August." Ay liOIpresnCtative, NIcLaurin was one of tbe most popular men on the )emocratic side and he wits universal l y reevgiii',tdI as one of the ablest. lie is fat mnaking friends in the Senate. Ile him al"eai3dy proven his worth ani the wvisdnm oif tiis selection fori Lihis most honoirable and miost impuor'tant ponsitio)n. AS TO T'i i ISATII~iU MATT'ici, Theo Reformier's or' Inaiur'ens Countcy Iltiltt it. isi I)ue to liimin ito( t hie Tihie fottoiing petitioin thas been dIiirected to Gtiver'nir iilerbo by citIzens of Laur'ens County: T1o tis i'xelleney GJov. W. iI. IEtierhie: Many of the necwspapei's tif the State ai'e chiai'ging Senator Tl'iihnan with r'ecei vi ng i)ispensary rebates, andi Senator TIillmoran hiaiIng in his i'ecen t letteir imiade a formialI demantd upon1 your P ExcellIency~ fori an '.'imnimed iate" investigation, now, wve, as Itformiers, investigation. If after' a fai' and im0 piai'tial tr'iat NI r. Tilliman is found guilty let himi bieari the lid iumii anid shiame tbat ill necessaicliIy fo ilow. I f ont the o)tiier hiand lie 5 is ajudtged not gunitty let thle sam iniewspaper's w ho hatve inatte to charges dit Senat.or il.man justice by corr'iecting titeir charges, and pr'oclaiiming himii an in itocent maiin, severely pro'is'cuited . TPhiis wve bieilieve Lihe press thrioiighiut i te State wilt tdo. Geo. S. NIMCravy, Shier'if ;~ (. . Tlhoimpsoni, J1 utdge of l'robaiti NI Messer' Cnoinei':i J. I). M. Shawv, W. 'T. Crewvs, J1. t'. iledgte, .J.S. i)i'cnmnotd, Jl. A. A ustiin, S. ii. Johinson, M. IC. Jiohnson, J1. WN. Smith, O. C. Cuinningjhamii, J. Mt. Joh titiM. hi udigens, Macg i strate ;1 Jamiies lontey, Supiei'visor ;tl. T1. t)anilet, Suip'iinitenidenct (if Gen it,ion : C. W. MicGr'ave, l a A . itl e ierion, lI" Il'. Nie CJravy, WN. ('. Coienian, A. S. Owings, Ji, A. Mladden, TI. S. Teaguec, A. W. Hims, NI. A. Samuil. Go(v . I". iiei'he haus hiertitofor'e noticed callis fior in vesti gations, but hie haHs stated ciite r'cenitly that hie did nt see hiiiw such an investigation would i amoiunt to aunythintg, tas it wotiutldie uttterliy impi 1ossi bie fiii the cioiimmItt,ec of nvestigaitioni L.) get,Lithe whilskey di'tuinmners or dealers hier' unless they woild o come iif thuelir (own accord. However miuoch respect he hats for the oiinion of such good it,efori'ners, as thie peti itlionters, it is not likely that, any I nvestigatioin iii be oirder'ed. -Mauny a wise man hias icked uip ai goiod( suggestion whcere soiu1o (ool hais di'oppecd It. --it, is never~ hard to do the right c.l.ing. It isc in deciding to do It tht thew tcmg comneti '.I lit is, we are too h1 LOW Prices keep uS busy, Tie R1 acket Store is ways I)uy what you want Ve 1litt1 wlut we say. U)ur colnpetitors cullk acknowledge tile cltitrge at of tls cOtt to Say whet Store liis beei it, unefl t to its goods uts the best. Bought at LOw Prices a li OUr 1 cusI oulers rejoice Rucket store is (loiu(g for Askillg tlii.)t, ale l to t J tl(lcrhuy u') t(l 'der. Yourls liu (l NEW YORK I Easley. 8. C. P'. S.---Still remembher w'ill 1get a 1iCe' ciarriage thli: y1'AT1'1' T1'A l1IUus- ASS)CIATION Titu i'roa 1n 1111or Ihe Annua 34-. iI a i I 11 th 1i i ti 'aris A I iuIaiit ei :t 80 to .uttly 1, 1);7. Tlhe t\cnty-sixth annuu'l Inct't.iti. o the Stt.tr+ T1 cwh(r.' A s,ociat.Il -vil le Id It 1, the Itel AIultmo t i, I l'aris Mount ain, begjinlnin1,- .11t :31);:I and ntdl ini[ July -I h, and lte, fIllo iml;, program hat, been arracn for Lt e . t.i,ion. The lit of (.Iiecrs is al -iv i : I ' resit , - 1t,e v . .I tntlcr, a\ lili ton. \- ico 1'r iden'tts -- .I . W. trulirown, 1)a Iitnhurg : \V. I. \Vallace, Newh .rry i. 1. d 1;( mnlud ia, iumltur. S.cret.ary anl Trt asu rcir I \ t)i;k, Aiken. CI-'xecutivo (on nitt)t---.. W. Thlt' son, chairn , il tihlslr " . ('. I ; i. ar.yder,li Spart.anh t .lz,, ll In G;ret snv"ille: it . 1I. .raighem,'ail, ( i, son Co llege : S. I.andtr, t.x uilie \\ illint :tun : 1,.V, )i 4 (k, . 1j". A\ i k en. "'I-:I) LN :-:l .\ Y, . I N i.1). 1::10 p. tm.-- Ioening erises -g a s drii of web.ome: lUponst: by prV dent, of a Stii tdon: organization. A( rees : ch, : 'oe1. 'cIr as aV ioiI I'a ctor ; up .rinten I int \V. I" iiamt Chcetr ;radled School. 10.:10 at. I.--A lJr : I idt (I it, Uclnt, Constitutional A\stion Onl: .cii ion in Soutl li, irinL, Ion. W. i \lavIioihl, State .superinL(tmientt of (uu cat,ion, Itl. a. un.--Int.Armlongi., ) il I 1:1I a m - -liisine t. I 1::31) a. ml.-\-oice cul1tu'e, 111 .. I. Nowell, Anderson, S. ..: -i isu aion. II:1 ti . .-\low'(S 'hount (j ..--al,j het Taught, supetrintntlnt, . I -3(i p. mi,.-A , dasiCiae s1 t:runan, ;A sido ee,i . ' l'rof. Il ac yiti. arin Cieg lli:I'0(a., in.-0 Paw ig,- 'iitgtt, C (14j pi0-toe5 a.M s m - lanilt Tr,ai ni ngp , (l'roa i:30 a m.-- nWor,mIission.aeI te tie:-t0 a.) m.-Slomer. 2 Common SLauls SNuech, N1'rtf. .N.i'.eteina, \yl tojag.o '( :3 ponvi. m .()usinss. ftzene sub ATU )eLtati to .riuai ty 3. t 'esident.. A. 'iiiu, Iolumbiia.i tea Co0re a.ot-tr Study, byC .(al Sa)irah i tO;d Wither s, i lngto b, W. .; I5 elec,s isatt'icicer ?b A. I 1:30 k a.i m.---n eurm ision.isio e II:-e- olle,. - ptk ti\og aindte (1 whin ,iis, Jams Wda lrsha ainmgSu 12:nL)nd p. m.IlltionS of'liI)rsn ;ami th ella ci hysie ~rsiItos.il ie L ::ve ( p. inL .-atrr td i sc Citiznd concov. at 81.30oe a. l., 11 i p.L30 . m.--d (Anventon of und tsy to write very much. Our tle piace where you can al Aheai). Wheni Ve say cheap, is by cheltlp rlimes, and we id leave it, to the good people her the New York Racket thet or not. Our goods are , so lat our competitors weep at the good the New York the people of'this County. Al rcimncibitr thImt. ou1r mot,to is ell," we are tclcalil(t., ACKEf STORE, CIAY lE 1s N:\ I,A, , 1'ruprietors. thle Slirry oile'r. Some one The railroads have grantedf rates of Oneo fare for round trip---t,bo best yet teciu rid by At"soeIation. Sumeill r" ex ''llrsioni tit'cket.i to t;r'tenviile, at at -Ilightly" Inrltreast"d cost,, tan hel boug:ht by tho:"t who wish to rt-nlain longer in t In mo-it:tin 'ountry than t,e limit lxi' fin' our ,l trcial ticket.. IL would be well rol' 1,h o who con 'nphltc buyinr tht,.u special tickets to se t,bat. the loval auwint, has his in st-ructions and tickets inl timle. as mis takes havt, frt tlut ntl,y ' curredt in tlbu t,st., owin.g to lai lur of station at gntits to get, ri iiiisite orid I"s euneerning, sale - Of th t,a icokits. liuard will he $, for Iivt' days --.1ltne - .t,h 1,1 .ltlly :).'lt, in ;Iluslvt.. N ratt of ' o.:,0 p,ir" tl; ' iill he, uue to' for those who t:on e hattr or h- avte eartliur than above thitt.. l''or any wi> wish to ire msain Ionger", at ritte of $1 .11 a dany will n- ho chargedl. Triitlpo(rt,aLt,in, includl - in ( tt'gaget, from tht, It. 1U. statiout in l'i'icivillt"to bLii hot: on I'aris Moltu.. it- t.atn. will nout he ove"r : 25 t,ints for' rouni o. tri p 1, lie tit. toUtinittee expect to fi sh"ili,I1 fre. L ltLgporation to those w ho g to i'aris lountain onl the :10th andl h'avo on the 50,h. T'het rates of board andl ree trans 1-1or"tttion1 are ollYervtd only to m emhm's t and utr-L. of I ho As;ociat,ion, am( all w'i;,in a .o take :tdivutage of these mt,sL obtain tiembhipi cardts from the iceert'tary of A,sociation at some 0ime0 tliIogig the lm1eitiing. All whitt. I tChers, County Sttporin tcnints, trustcC,, amd friends of odui ation are cordial jvi etl -otn tho,ses,itls, andi Lo bi-conlu members of ti1 ."--eaiutn. '' i,numbershilp fe"ts )aro one tiollar fo' miei and fifty cent,s for womn'n, payle to the ties Itrt,r at, thel. anuIeti Il I:pi'u'senutat.ive, of Lte ' i'ress will be heart,ily wulctoteii. and fiurnlishel with every facility for reporting the )ro ctied i ngs. Th los,o who (eilt tio aittendi shou)il - rotify Sup lt. I.' I 2. lb uhes, locail memi .hrof e xvecutilv canniltlee, 0or AIr. WV. vill-., bty ,1n iii :alih, tio tat tm'g mhents for thi- comdainmyb per1'feected. '--l'hoe Greenvilio2 Aloun taba'i' says Tiu cick Springs hoi)l1 has ee pertifected rotr the opeing i of L,is0 p)leas ant,Iil i iunme (resiort, abtt .11uno 2thI On 'vednesdhty It, w as u,etdd th at M i't. A. i). MoNlet~' cy, or 1iisle.y, would take iJharIge! or tile hot,il fior tbo summier' and take stit1s at (Ince foits~ 0 openig. Mirs. M Jost' iy has ha I d ai hong expi)'ene in to hnu0 of pr'ov idling fort the cttt omfot of' Stbo tourtist, tand ,ho factt Lthat she now ass11ines ,bo0 mantlageiment, of the Chick Spirigs hotel is a guar'an teo of good maiuy bleomio hetr guosts. ot' *a log ,m she I suiccessfn y ma tnatged tihie MIourlin. i e 1w 110 lioat, 1 ly, wi th mnuch saLt,isfati,on to bo0th the traansient and t,htOpermanit bolaritleri. Wtin lii. the padst fei.woeks the Chick Spin.hotelu hast been i 20) i Leely Oyer' haule noti111 grietly impr)ioved,. In.. ci'eased. capct,y ha lis boon,i ob)tained by ai two-story adldIEitn, meaOtsurting 18 by t'.> I eelt, whliile 111 doule piazza./.s have been pult up tio bot it,b ni 1fow anld 0old build.. lngs. A brgeu dinting haulh, 18 by 45 loot in dimtionsiil, haus been plrovided, and teun new bedl rooms1 are' added to the foritior accom)in tOudations. The wholo ht,tel itn al of1 its tippointment,s has I ben t,borulgh)ly refurinise and0111( over'y utep)l h been t,akern to aissure' the com-. fortablle' accoillo(iuti~lof t iopn -to. e guests durIinig the) siJasion, of 1897,. -Inl AmerIi'ca, as In l"l'ano, tho ,taer'ago sIze of faitIlis has boon stead - ily dleein g for the last half a on tury. Tlhe averatge now is 4.914 wllora in IS.)l it wasl ) .>0. S -Them mtoit L tred peopl)1 In tho wo)rld are' those who do niot half work. Ther'e is plenty of Seripturei' to show that (one way LI) get mor0ie rest Is to do mforO wor'k. --T-1ho girml whto mrltries for' money ~i usually htas a 1(1ok 0on ho' faco after . marr'iago that indicates that Sne is y having t,roublo in collecting her salary. -Sncer'ity i spueaking as we think, bolieoving as wie prlotond, acting as we r. Pro0fes, per)iformiing as WE)oomise ad *being as5 we appear11 to b)0. n --Tho grecat secret of success in life. s is for a man to ho reaidy when his. op-. LI- p)ortumi)y comes. '-A couintr'y jail in Mextco 18 said 10 to conisist of a live-oak tre .Ita a chain and steeple attached.