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_HTHE. ]EOPLE'S OURNAL. VOL. 7.---NO. 28, PICK INS, S. C., T SI)UJ AY, Ai 18ST. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. The Greenville Meeting Irby Reads Telegram from Tillman. Fva,>s Wins Favor-Irby a Good Sec unci-McIi,aurin Losing Grounci W 1iliman RHanms. The meeting was called to order by Chairman i3ramlott who Introduced IR,.v. W. A. Rogers to mako the open ing prayer. The first speaker was former Gov !rnor John Gary Evans. GOVRRNOlt EVANS. io.said In the beginning that scare ly a year ago he had the pleasure of addressing the people of Greenville near this saime 9pot,' and after a cant paign of lying and abuse such as had never of en known before in South CaUr olina, a selection was made for the position for which he was now a can didate. le had nothing tosay against the men who voted against him. lie thanked those who had stood )v hun in Greenv lie county. Although he had the endorsement of .10,000 ci tizens he ba' not asked the governor to ap point him though his friends had beg god him to do so. The people of South Carolina had the arivilego of selecting their S(nators. i o other State di( ( this. The candidates, ho saiJ, had come here with an issue before them. lie had always been a Hieforwer and now, e as ever, was standIng for the masses. I lie told of the important part the farmer played in our social organiza tion. lie was lighting for a principle t and the man who fought for principle was the man who would got the votes t of tho honest farmer. "1'a otcection," said he. "Yes, that was a prinIlple ! or rather it was the lack of pric ple." In 18(2, Calhoun had I mado South Carolina famous in the I Senate. lHe was sorry for the man who I now hi'I d CaIlhoun's 3hoe and yet said r we had lingered too long around Cal hiun's grave. Calboun had opposed I the tariif hi'l which was intended to I rob and pI,r':s the people of the 5outh. t Under hi, leadership null Ilieation had taken place. Here the speaker got into I a lively col rjuy with several of the i audie nee and a is apt rejoinders brought e forth cheers from the rest. V He then explained the working of I Indirt et taxation. It is requiied ti I pay $500,000,000 to run the United c States gov, rment annually. Most of t this is rai:wd by an indirect tax. ECvery thing the farmer wears from a shoe I tack to the hat is taxed. The farmer C raises what is called raw material. lie c manufactures nothing, lie (Ias to pay $1.50 or $2 030 for a hat which in Eng lanu can te bought for 2 ets. The Re- I publicans put a duty of 300 per cent. t on these hats to protect the New Eng- V land manufacturer. The price is three t times that which is asked in London. The farmer has to pay for protectiou I to the rich manufacturers ,of the Yan- v kee nation. t An auditor asked when the speaker I was going to better the law. 'Just as c soon as I get up there," said Evans. "When I get to Congress you won't see i me dickering with the 1.epublicans and I talking ab.iut protection for the I South," said he In sarcastic tones. I The farmer wants free trade. Every I article the farmer bu3 $ has a royalty. MeLaurin says ho Is against free raw materials. lie ought to be in the lIe I publiran party. "Don't hit him too i hard," said a by-stanlder. "I'm not I hitting him," said Evans, "hut his c princi ples or lack of principles." Me Laurin wanted everything taxed. -e I thought that was robbery. It was to t the farmnei's int3rest to have no diuty I on wool out of which his coat Is madie. It is to thle farmner's interet to have I free raw materials out of w hich his 1 hIom-Ehold goodls are madie. McL aur'in had said that he ( Evan3s) 1 was out, of date and ought to have lived In the days of Calhoun. I his 1 p)rincip)les are to be those of the day he. thanked God lie was out of dlate. Th'lomf as lIcIackett l ined had baited a sucker whern he put McLaurin on tIle ways and.1 means commlTitteo. lie rid iculed1 McLaurini's "'New l'dvangol1' In strong termis, andI his r'emarks wei'e greeted with cheers on all sides. McLaur'in said he was liut onf this committee lhe cause I leedi was attractedl by his bril lIant intellect. McLaurin hadLI voited with the lIlpub i -anis in the coflmm itteo to iput a 200 pemr cent. tax on the farmer's woolen coat. Bailey had voted for this tax because he repriesented aL 'State which raised wool. TIle far'mer thloughlt MIcLa ~urin wvas going to raise the price of cotton. Hie then, ( xpllained the di lerent kinds of cotton and the regulation of the p)rice's. McLauiln wanited Ia dutly on IEgyp)tian andt I 'eruivian cottonii wh ib dlid mnot hona.il. the Southern fai'mer. No duty was placed on the goods whIiich tIle rich men bought. The tax wi as put on w halt the farmier needs. .Me Larinll was. retgardedr lit the North as a lI epublIican. No ore of the Sout h Carol ina Conigreissm11on stood at MIe L4aurim's back. "WaVis MNla~urin thle only w ise one in the cr'owd ?'' Me Lu ri n had boasted of put,1ti ng it duty On rice', but, thle rice prIoducersl' we re few wvhilme tile coril nsum'sjwer'e oiver a .hlu n d red thousand. llis lik atlong hor'o wais wvell r eceived and( lie was frequ ent ly cheer'ed. Ile jumlfped( on Mel I aurin for' hiis standir on the him her q uestion. lie had failed1 to put bagginrg andl ties on t.he free list. McLIauiin said lho hiad tried to put thiemi on the free list, but ies had advatnced four cents a bu11ndlIe in thme last few days. WVhat, would it hiavei b)een Iif they had hiad a dutiy oIn them y lie closedh with a taking joke, iinrd was loudly chleered as he took hi i sea'. HENATOlt JIOIN b. MciLAI'IIIN. lie began b)y sayin . that any manLf who iimrepresent,cd his opponen~rt wvis unworthy of repropres entinrg South Car'ol Ia. This refer'ene to iEvans was greetedl with chicers for that gentle man, and1 Ciairman IHramlett ball to calli for (lrderl. lie too)k upl his record as~ a [Ie formerdl and suil por ter of Til! man, saying he enlisted heart and soul for' tihe battle. Whlen success came, an att,emp)t was made to set up a ne0w oligarc'hy instead of the old. "ac inal ditITerences ceasedl In 192. T1'he lIt form princils h0 ad been carLriled1 out. lie hlad al1way s held that there shouldl be no diiforence between Damo. crats. lie wascharged with being in conspiracy with I:ilerbe, and Neal. I I jumped on Evans for his conneletjo with the Colleton Plan. I-:vtns her interrupted and called Me L'.i-rin dowln saying he know he had nothing t, I: with it. Evans was greeted witt cheers. liero there was some cheering for Evans and Mel.aurin took it as atn rf fort to have him down' lie said ther4 wore only a few lEvars how lcrs in the crowd. MeLaurin i,en took up the tar1-ill question and said revenhue had to be raised by tariI taxes. le I turin re furred to -:vans appe:lintC to the ignorance of the ,etpeoe. Thre crowii took this as at rt eflecti,i en theml and began to.yell for himln to take it buck. The other candidates also told him to do SO but he refused. A flter :oume little timlle, the rrowl beetne yui, t. A1t;.I ati rin1 started again on his speech, sayigi tile doetri ne of fr-ee raw m1 ateril-i was first nmale a lllm cratic tenrt by A bran S. lieiwitt, who Was li ii ( V nier of i rolli or'es anlti V. aetLed free raw nialttials for sellish i,k%;rsos. lie again expltinel that he mleant, no ilsult, by his renark atbout the ig no rance of the people. A fter this the crowd becnlne ruiet. lie again began on the tatri If. The only real; I)enocratic tarii" hill was tie Walkie, bill of Is.17. There was no ree raw uitterials in this bill. Cal m01u13 wts responsible for tliis featourie )f the bill. I is position in Congress vas tL,i at tere was no reason w hy the hirt on his back sholId h 3 protected nd not the cot.ton out of whiclh the irt was made. Ill did not believe n1 protcetion but SouLI Carolina i(ht to have her rights as well as ther States. The labor of tihis coun ry ought to be protected. Evans vould reduce the labor to the condi ion of the pauper labor of I 'tope. Io quoted from the Chicago platform in the tarifif gIuestion, cal!ing for qialit,y in the make up of the ti.riFf. 1c was governed in his ovLcs by this Ilatform. The Uingley bill woild not alsr an excess of revenue, as Evans aid it would. , The McKinley bill was at failure, as a evenuu me1Casure. The Wilson hill ad its many protect,ive measures as he McKinley bill. lie was against iscrimuinations in the tarilf. The )emcreats had not had a h'nd in fraim ng tie tatif bill. The hill was a ectional one in favor of the North. I t ras rushed through the iI muse by the tepubl icans. \V hen he made his stand n the 11ouse he had no idea of being a andidate for Senator. Bailey and he other leaders had agreed that 1ie MeL-tutin) should make the speech e did. lie was attacked by .t:u1)1i ans including I)ingIcy. lie had no in entivo except to serve his people. c tad been commend.d by all tie papers n the State. lie had stood up for the nterests of the people. ie, read from he report of his speech in the liouse, rhen he made a lght for putting cot on tics oi the free list. When Senator -arle dicd, Governor lierbo-had tendered him the positioll nd he accepted, wi h the condition hat a primary should be ordered to atify his choice. lie wanted no Ili,;c xcept from the people. Senator liacon had introduced the ,mendnient calling for a dutv on cotton. le, Tillman and others voted for it. vans said this would do the farmer no rood. If it did nothing else, it would also revenue. Every pound of cotton 'hich comes from abroad displaces tmerican cotton. lie rlnoted ligures ,s to the exportation of cotton, le was nterrupt,ed once or tw i cc by Governor Ovans and each time became more ex ited. lie defended his position on the inm r question and told of his vote for a lhty on rice. lie said this was a mat er of schedules. TVhe erakea lice upo(n1 vbich the duty was placed was not anteli but used ini tile manuitifacture of >eer in the North. llis vote was D.ami icratie. Hie hiad nothinig to do wvith utting a duty' 0n wvool. It, was ia liis ion whbether there should be a dut.y on .c mnanufactu rer and none 0on the wool 'aised huere. Tuis wvould drive the western wool farmners out of the busi mes. HeJ closed by saying his votes nud been In the favor' of the farmers. \s lie sat dlown, there were cheers for 'Cvans. Mr. Matylicld was intr'oduiced as a Jreenville. boy. lie began with a Inomfise to make 3a shorter sp)eech thian he others. le hlad enteredl the race iuicatuse ho thoulght MlcLaurini's posl don on the tariFf wvas wvrong. There ,vaus no factional issuo In this race. Lie theni att,acked MicLauirin's tar~iiff -ecord, and exp)lainled the uses of the .lfferent kinds of cotton. 'faking 01) he lumber dties lie naid that forty menf owned all the whlute pine forests n the counitry. Mlbauran had vot,ed ror these fort,y men03, Thel rice scheod doc next came ini for notice. After a .hioroughi dIiscussion of thle taraIf' he Look u P the dIispenisary. lie took up~ t,be matter of the Coluambia I eeord ant MecLauiriin's conntectioni wvith It. lie said Mel aurmin had takaen th ree dilfecr Or,t posi t,ion onl thle irice quetistion. lIe had donie Liib) sam ithliiil ilmber. A thlought lt3iitener' I heasked the 5Ipeaker atltuit TIl illmn' . oitlion oni the~ taiLl ill. lI IatitempitlI to (xlalin~ T'i ilta's 13(-ition3 1 a Is d.leren3t friom t,bat, (Jr :iielauinII. The0 latt,er intor rdipled anti said Til131man's posi tioni was tille same its hiis. May held again took upi thle dIispenisarly qiuest,ion. ID)ing the session of the ILe'gis. atture o3f I1893 tihe dh-p Iensary law was patssed. '1,1 Stti tooek chiarg e oif tilesadle oif all Illtox icatinrg iiu andtP tit bevie rages. * The State jutstilleud its at,tioni onl till ground( that, tile dlispenlsatry law wasa po)ilee reLe uiiationi. Tiiat it, wvas desi g ne0 to curt,ail tile c niatimpihton of "5st,ron drink." At, tile t,imou ti0 dispiensary lawv wais enc'iiced- the Iicomue to thl State from Li,ic ai:ense fees amt~ountI e< from $'ZA0,000l L,o .'RMlh.000 annoualily. Jihe grass Iicoiml from] LI,his sou-et for' 13140- l;~would hI ave been frn I oni thu daipenIsary in 'I W.l ivwa As a i. veniue mieatsure it is niot aL SUI cess. it is ia failhure. Thue salIes foe t,he s03 ouf S10iii)10 Lto $:0,000lj( Ouigh to bie madtel. iLt it, is not) done. Th'Ie abov 'e su ni is the~ amioun t (Govei nor- Tliliatan saai lhe eould ireialize frot t,be. satle oif lillor by this mlethlod. N penises is enormousi0O. Tb'c conlst.abuIl a aloiit coster somli -),(J00 andi oOt of LII c : 1 , u O e carrnin;s com f e )s to IaWye's. Thri; n fund, I amd told iliour-t to tlhuu stalS. I 'le contItUtional con1VeIILiol of , Ii ;uti-riraftled ul on the constittiin of tni's State the chief features of the di:lpen,ary law. It provided for Lhe --ale of C1 t1u: butee the lours11. of s,ll) III antiut i d,vn in ,olijd packages of not huss Lhan one iialf pint's not to he ()pt led or dr"unk on thie lprelm'ses. A ft(er t.ht"e )I'OVisionls in tL contLi tution thI- t imperance peophIt. bsIieved t ie Statu ought to go out of t.e lituqul bulsiniess. Tle politician,, iiowever, and the ewl i ycees of the disfpensary do not -think -o. T(e Itlitiitis use it a, a holit.ical iehin,. -..nile the constables itnd empl loy ", ar' paid out of it. Tne courts 1':te decided the dispensary to be ., monoipoly. That tile State wait aot, transaetLirg the business under its p olieu powers, but was doing it its a bulii=tes for prolit. 'lis Seelis to be so1, rot bar roloms. t'utrist hotels, etc., have been op ene' The question now Ires( nted its sel f. ougt i lis State to go out if the liquior husinc5s. The anlswer is si".ply, Yes, te St,ate ought, not, now to continue this busintss for two reaoins : Lt,. liecaue the courts of our land United State Suireme Cou't has ici the (i,fpen oary law is in violation of the I nter-Staitc Commerce I tw. The . .Stlte ought not to sell lit1 qor. A State represented the entire peoplc --it, s It sou%erei;gn. ''ake lI:lnor out, of the nlimds of State olicials. Lt South C.irolia wtash her hitnds of a system that is now a charnel house, in which fester and decay the once honest repilltittions of State olli cials. Vlo Ia-, CSent f'd its corruptinlyr br'eat,b. Eivery t li ;ial who has brtat - t d tii: brt ath of the dis1pensary or felt the toultch of its lamlwy ilantd, Ial se,rn and felt his reputati .n1 h itted, hughtetlitnti ulown away Away With it. Give us prt'oihibition from the mountalus to the sea-hoartl Give the people freedol to tanagc their own alia it's. freed fromo the hands of corrupt on. Mr. M.-, Li trin favors the Til man bill now piiding in Con. gress-that bill will fix tbe .isfpensary on u, . lie says the it isie sitry is a het, Ler thing than he thouguht. I atm op Iosed to that ,1 It nd the disp els;a-3 as n)ov run is lit for those who would have .r bate scandals and political maitbine:, I trl,t to the people to do their full duty and tvilie it out of cxistence. G. Walt Whitman intcrrnf)ted as 'liaN ield was aiont to sit dlown and at,ked him So)me qluest iuois 0ir.lut local option. ' r. MIay licid spoke abo ut cranks and Whitman took it as an in solt to h1 imi. Lie advaniced towards aylield who (id not pay much att.en Lion to him. .1. . A . Il tw . Senator Irby was next introduced amtid cheers. fie mtade his utsal 'e tarks about liars being abroad in the Hd. He and Tilhnuian, he said, hod been 'cat friends. i- is enemies had tried to alienate him and Tillhnan. An interview with Tillman in Charlotte had b en published r"Ileeting on Itiby. lle had telegraphed Tillman if the in terview was authlentic. le then read this te l'g'am from Tillman in reply : " Interview Charlotte palier it fake. Did not see any rel rter when I Came through Charlotte. Amtn hard; coti in S c n a to ria l ra ce . I . i . . Tr .C ,..1i:. It was addressed to J. L. M. Ilrhy, Greenville. The reading o' the telegram was re ceived in silene. . ythn'." tnide his uisual ;p'ee1h intIer tp,rsed with witty s:ayinTS. lie paid his respects to the new.'plap)er syndicate for short reports. lie had tuld -'vans if lie woould enter rae"1 hei (Irh'y) wouild stay ouit. ie ent-et'eid to take op lI eformn lag. 'ule I u ri n had thought no onie would darte op pose limi. 110C got uip arid resented the ins oLit hat hie woulId sulk out of the ratce. lie told of his taming MLaulrini. 11u had hadl Li) taiie him i theC second ,imiie iat Spartantibuirg. It was riot National polities that wats iiportant in this light,. The pa!t,y miachiinetry wa~s the imlpo'tanrt partIt in every SLate. Nlefanrin, lie sid, wats a pllitictian whia~t Urned with the winds. lie hatd balinged to every patrty in ex isteCe!. A fter he~ wast defet,dl lie wonuld jini the anartichistLs. Till man and L a'tuner hatd gone Lo at meeting in Washingtong wu Vhi ch Iiwas Lioforim a silIver parIty. Wi ihn they got there, they found liel auin t hail got therie Iii'st,. IItlti ould Ul set an olli ce furmthier than they. Irb'ly said he had goneti into the I L form imovueent with theC UudersLtand ing~ tha t Liibey shioiild keepLI witi thLi IX' riocratie pa't.y. Ale Laiurtin had wantited tO have l'oili t lI wden put. oin the e lectoralit ick Ct.. Ill b object,ed. Nle Lauin hiad iId to ma1k e Ii rid:. with imr (I lhy). Mlel,aurin gave himt a dinner in Watshiingtsni at which it, wats agr~eedlL itt Ir~by shlou ld run t for teelect(lton Ias Sena iti .r itnd NIe ciuurt in for Gov'ernrit itgine*t,.lkI(liCb. MiLauitni hadi gone back oni himti, holwever'. .iian rilgian of Aiat'ion andl I'Carly, of 0Or arigeburig, kinew ab)out this aigr'e menit. Ii'by r'eferred( to thle TIillmatn-liuttler ratie andid i,hai t. le I,aurtin wais f:o' h3otkr tiuitil lie saw~ lhtLer' coldnlr't wIin and thii'n lie went, back on himii, il a omp ii liet,t Li) HlIer' as the mo-,)0 polpultar man in) Congress5, hot said lie was ont the w~'rong bide aga ist, the Iriby ne xL spo1ke Cnl the Chi catg( pla t foirm arnd gaive his veri'ion oif hoiw the word "on'y 4 wias li'ft out,of the taittlt pl in k. I t wa is lefit oui t. si'eretly. .S'naitori but, aceknowIIlea t, hat he. hadti never voit,ed wIrin. !i' i-aid bei coulId have k illed the Wili-on hill. iil'etol I hive giittenri'chi lby his vote. ( l:0 of thei muiiboiie atskid l. I thy how mu~ch "hut wIe wanit to knoitw'' Caid his queis' S Lilener'. ' \oua'd niov,:tr knowii." sait Irbhy. - lIe e'xplinid whyl he ha' id nol run foi L runii atn inidepein:d.nt tttki't, for' thii con -si islo an d NIlt lauri 1.1 adu;i neveri de ni nmid It. o~ il satid he wa'. the on3 lyone In Lth -conivent,ioni whIo ha.ti oppo,iIl!d the elet v l tioni law w hich dI i.- t iabtied t.he! no1 t. tk about this aid ia lively spatt on u.ed. I'r. iar tm him nsi was a mlel her of tie convtuention. lie t xolatined the working of the reg istrtl.aton law and after denying; that he and Ivans were in comi hination, closed anid ltarty cheers. Whitm n then undertook to mako 11 speelh but the crowd greeted him with I"-ughter and cheers, and soon dis persed. AN ABiLE AI)11'S3. Stonog"rah lic Report ol' Speechr D)c livered itt liethel Iteuniton Jly 21st 1)y lIon. A. 11. 1)ean, of Greonville, c(omainder anlld Sm,vivori of a1anni; Austin (J'i1;p Uited Confederate Veteranis I can not proceed to the remarks which I have to mako, my friends, without fiest ('xplressint, to you the up pt"eciation which I fet I for the dist,in g:uish"d honor you have (tone m t .) in Vite Ie to be present with Vot on this very lmipy and auspicious dlay. Il r pI)(ecii:tla reasons the calSe of the Con fenracy and its hallowed aI.erories, octufyV it choice place in) m11y Ieart,'a at,-ction, and I congratulate you pnl)t the cuIstom wh ich you have establ ished of meeting hero annuitlly, to recounit a-t eXperierces and associat,ions, anti to bind closet' the ties oI love aiiong the thin ranks of the rapidly 'i-,ap I)eatring Survivors of tihe Confederate army. II >w dilfrelent, is this (ay from the 21-,t of .1uly, IStil, which you saw on the bloody lield of Manasas? Then, tilere wie tu11101oi1 and eatr"Iage and the dtin of battle ; the cries of the wounded and the wail of the dying : the ex tltant ,liout of the victors. Ilistory (lo(cs not record a llore lagii licent V ictory Iore hrav.ly won than that which the Con fcdetraey achic.ved at the battle of Maa I.asas undt'r the uatelaloss leadership of iartl w, lice, vans and others in t:ommnand t,here. - Biat, today, inst,tal of tu1rmil1 and warfare we have Iu'ace and a pl,'ntifl mlrve,t. ( irt fair land, which was then (evio,tatted atnd ba'rrun, under the ruagic tuch of edheated l:htho and (Iner_ry, noUW "blossomIs as the rose." 15terlrise and Irigress every i' bee., Tile soil yielding htul t..fully to the hand of Industry. Man rfacturing et,erlis5 lit. ri ly e'o+wn ing our hills and making the valies merry with the musie of miachinery. We have be:_n made to kiss the hand t,hat Silote us. We pay millions in I)ensions, or tribute mloney, to the Sur vivors of the outilulbering and over powering army of the North, yet so in climate, In soil and ot,berwise that notwithstanding what we conceive to be dieriminatintr national legislation and burdirns which we becar in the shape of tribute money. it see m1s that in spite of all we are destined to out strip (lur" brother of the North in ma terial progress and prosperity, and all! wiill etiur i ihnr unitr'amp1led spr'lit.' ()ur1 I11-ve"'I' wave, ourll cities rise ' :alad still till timte shall f.IIh lhi.- wing; l(nmain earth's I.Ivliest I'arad:sc.". I has been something nore than thirty year"s sinec the old II tg of stars and hars was furled and armns stacked at AIIomattt>x. The titterCd and worn Confederate soldier, ivho for four long, weary, tryit,g year's had withstood the pivations, the hardships and vicissi tuties of cruel wa"fare, turned his face btnneward; camie home f->otsore, weary, to Iind his Curntry a waste place, Some of his foricr proudtl cities in ashes from the toreh of the invader and de sIoiler', and his home in desolation. Sinee then, nrny who returned have "erossed tile riv ~er" to r'ebt under the shiades in tire Gr'eat Ih-(vi'nd w it.h the iunlr'tal .la~c kston arnd .Johnrsoni and thlie riay) othlers w hose bonies ar'e bleach - inrg on it thlousand( hattle fjilds, wh io poured'C( out their life blood ias libuhtionis tiponl thiir cotuntry's altai' for a cause whichti thley belie vetd to be jtist and the justie of wihich hals nIot been dllimed by time. Arnd as we contemplate the hoitiy heatds, the stooipirig for'ms andl tetter' lng st,eps of those who yet i'rmin, we are 'rm inrded that the y too mu tst "WhereOil tie Iar'rum thrhnolngr w bi are' tihe bault e rlag is furrled, 1in the l'ar'lianr'rt of Alan, tire feder'ationr of1 the world. Ntiw it, is said that they are forgot tten, th at they ar'e noa tappr'eciated. 'hirn' i deeds, thei r for'ttiude, thetirI her2 iois and tIt thiiriIi valor, thley say', in itoiit tquar'teris, is for'gotten. Thei y says tiht we haive ilist thait sense of itppriec iattion I whit.h onc 0 characti.tterized us as a pe'oplI.t anti whiiich was thre btias't, the proudi. boast, of every trutit Southrne rr. r' Ny~ fri ends, as thec son of a Con11fedeCr'ate uiiivoritl, k nowig some.c tin g at h-'artU of thio sen timn it, that thrills thre bir'east oif the younrgr gern out, thre Suulrirt,hnt ra It idt'a tht,. t,bey atr'e forg~otten: ins'ttitionrs en tdowed ftor tihe tlllet I son andi4 preser'tva t,ion oif memnitos andt rli h'o of t hat, -noirt,ai st,'tuggle d iry it :i dny ltat their miemoriy is rishoinore',d andll for gotten. We~ lest; fy ti titr att-etiorat r'egard anrd deautletss ilive for their deeds anrd t,hejir vitlor and i,m ir' no'v. IIn all tbe ip'ricipal citits oif thre Souti. irn enduring mrbleiti~, somert.imres rear' ting its bead hteaveniward abiroot pire inlg the stoirmiy cloiudts, iar'e morilnunnta tI sti fyinrg to po-,terilty of thaiit e'verbt ig love for iihrse wh Iriwore thie gray andt whori wt, tdowni in tile l,st catuse Aint atninuall. , its sprng tirme, wit,h ite auindatnr.i anid pr'ofus-ion of Ilowers Iha fromi the hrtp of inrter, thio fir da Ii.i'h Liers of thet Conifeeay w ithr altec gra've o.tf thte whlo wen' t tdow'n in thal lit'; h-. 'irom of th('im sleeing oin donlty~ p I ov.s ini unmrit'ked( L'raives, ani -in t' twte arnthemiit to theu i emorii'ies .No, LIey are not forgttenr. - weaod te ahil- ee ofi r'th Cnseder Ii ey. at tht gr'andt t'en uil of thre til -ibatleI wattrred Confieerate' isiurvivori' when tnat rid hiero uf manyi3 battie r' coinramt , in armls. W ithi them ire hai endured the privations atnd vleissitudet of four years of fierce warfare, 1lc had followed the Old flag until it wit to t "without a hand to wave it, and not it sword to save it." lie, whosc eyes In their dimness are now fixed on the light beyond the valley of death, no dou'.)t will be comforted In hIs last moients by that demonstration of love and loyalty never to be forgotten. When h.e puts his feet down into the mysterious water, nthinks, Ji will be cheered to eternity's sl.ore by that mighty shout of homage and recogni tion which went up from the throats ol eight thousand comrades. And what shall I say of the noble womten of the Confederacy It has been said that "No Spartan mothers whose deeds have been iunmortaIi"zed In songs, in poetry and panegyrie ever illustrated no'e fully and beautifully the annals of Womanly love, 1op.alty, tenderness and devotion tLhln did the women of the Confederaey." And today we are pIroud to confess that it is mainly due to the love and loyalty of the Southern wolltn and the daughters of Confed crate survivors thlit the fires of patriot ism are kept aglow upon the altars of our country. Nor have her splendid sacrifices and devotion been forgotten. le it rememubered to the everlasting Credit and glory of Sout,h Cart lirnit that it was here in this old sun-kissed and God-blest State that the first monu len ., that the first su b. t:ntial recog nition of those sp'lendid sacriliees of t.he C,'onfcderate women, was erect,ed. I t stands as an everlasting testimony of our recognition of their services. It is and will be a holy slhrine, and tan inispiration to generations yet, unborn. 'That m1onument to the Confederate Wonlen was erected not very long ago it Wort M%l iil, in tihe eastern part, of the State. It was mny ptleasure recently to st,anu iln its plresenice, tld I felt th at, the ilaCe wits sacred. lIoew beautiful and betitting it is thus to comllemo rate the heroic serv ices, the sacrifices and the patient longsuftlering of the wvomnen of the Confederacy. The Con federate soldier and the Confederate amIiy could never have withstood those -I)"ivations, sometimes litboriing and lighting when the heart was weak and hope tlm1ost gone. except in the inspii ation thtt camie from the Collsecriated prityers of the Wife and daught(er at, home. 11ow hatLifully the senhiment of il reciation is thus expressed : [1.t sweet inense to hwr mlem or%v rise, ti'uil it reaclh her in robe- of v'i'ory he yond the skie-." Governor lll,ell, of Texas, in an orat,tol recently st,tted the ease Imost beautiffully when lie spoke of tie soldier's wife, "who ill an hundred thousand hom1es st.ood in the path way watching for the return111in soilier and husband. God bless the womnen of the South, the almo:t heart-broken South, in that night of gloomn. With out stretched arms, smiling, not weeping, they went down the long, dusty roads, or the streets of the cities and towns wit,b their little ones clinging to the faded enlico or homespun dress or "checked" up)ron to meet in long and loving embrace, husband and father. Oh, my countrymen, humanity found the key to the South's aft,:r progress and prosperity. It was the homnic+ greeting of the Southern wives to the penniless soldiers, often on erutehes and with only one arm to fold them to his manly hosom." Now, I can not conclude whlit I have to say without saying soietiing to the young peol)e. I have a greater right to speak to them. I have tried to demonstrate that those who particl patted in that great struggle for hoime and tireside are fast patssing away. Now, I ask whatshall we do? If we tre worthy of the Priceess legacy which they wrought on the battle-liel'd and beqtueathed to us, we will see to it thlat 1,h1ir namelI atnd fame and1( valor are' not forgotten, thatt it is hanlded dhowln from sire- to son, until it shall live w ith time itself. Are we ililing that, the ionu Ing generation s hitil call Iour1 fore fathers rebels and1( tratitors, I nst,'iad (If fpattriots and1( heroesias t,hey were ? 'Will we colleet and1 preserve the relics itnd mner.ien tis thiat, speak sc) ecauently of their vatIlat dIeds nowv wvhHi they atre obtinabliie? It, is a fa3t thait, t,hose whlo iroe at the heatd of columns have had te i r piriies harpedC( and1 suing atnd re - cordedc on thie paiges of hiistory, but ther areIi' thlose u qulIly its birav e. elqualy3 IaS valiiant, .whiose miemlories wb l ha forgott1en if we do not treiasuire the1 u nwrittenl hlistories oIf thalt ware fare, who cse mlemori es dlese rve to( live wvhen mfonumeiiints of marbi'ie shaill rot and eruniblo, but wvill be forgotten if we are not moviied to it propCer a1ppriieeila t,iori iand honest e ffort to) correct, the Lthreatenled elicmei-n t of thieir' noble1 deeds itnil services. 'Thiis Iland( for whlichl they fought, andi fori whlich they fell, is niciw prloud, pro'Csterouiis itnd plentifiul, andic wet are' tbe bienificiaries. Arie we iingratte fulI. and canr we forget , he hiand of fathern and uriclet andi brtherlci ? Or shaHti we -sacred ly eriish up the hist.ory of their sil'nidc ser'vices 'Thaitt wits it strnggle which they mauide whieb has no(t bieen << italled in warfare. Shll istory3 recordc tihe tr'uth, or sha:ll it be wiitten bly an tIu nrind ly hland, itrnd tihe' forts of the younrg II opile. I bie ve Ihat,1 in this nobille wvor-k we shiitl haive tbe ill-piraitionI oif the dauttghiters of the (:iifedlerney.J Wvomalln, the fitithfulI ally and t,rui'e fiiend1( to every j nst catuse, w ill dlo hier due11 pcorti on inr the j ust and coonen l''rdalel work. Thenici 1 lierIe are thlose who atre forgot ten as history goes, hut wh10-oe mremnory, youn rg men1, its it maitt,er of ipride, shioulId seek to tr'easur iutp. We have organ ied I amorar th iie you11ng men oicf the city of Gr IeenIllIIe it <!amp~ of thi son o(15cf theI Conft-eeracy. I t is itaic bago of honor tt. itny3 yinng manti to jol1in tt, organ it t.i(in, 1and( I wotiu!d13 itt almost (1n1 (If diIs I hunor ti stay out wit,hlout a justiflabh excuse. i"rohm our I'OWn towvn weni Chrlie O' Neal. WVe hatve namined (our camtip in hiIs hconori, ando tc ir.stit ition in Gr,eenvilie, whien the fins drum IIi)'.t hetreac hed his eatrs, he' hi bukIet on h iis armorlll and11 wvert ats It br'ave tie' tom the ieldI (If battlte. Tlhere he fough -11unt i e wits p)rimtedl from ant iniferic e is aidl aohut his hmarity, scold iei-ly bear I ing bie Ltrue', if it b -, a faet thitt ho los5 - his life in thie way that his cormritde I tell, htis nameid' deseriives to live Its 1Cn , ia' Lime shall laitL. Oni thE' r'ugge s 'brow of K erw('saw Mioiunta nt 1, u nder' Lb - cmmahIndl (of a supior'til ellicer, with 01 d deir's to go forwarhd iand r-out tite' flneml d notwithbttnd ing tbe fea.rful n iL Busy! >y to write very much. Our ie place where you can al lap. When we say cheap, by cheap names, and we I leave it to the good people er the New York Racket them or not. Our goods are so let our competitors weep it the good the New York ic people of this county. I remember that our motto is 1l," we are it earnest, ACKET STORES CLYl)E & NA LLY, Proprietors. fi Surry ofler. Some one full FREIE I tunity presents itself, and warn all of their stripe to beware of the State. These convict road-makers do not come in contact with free labor, for the reason that they are not employed on the roads or Strcots inside the corpo rate limits, but on the country roads leading into towns which heretofore have received little attention. Vor miles in every direction the roads leading into this city are now macadamized, and prosent a beautiful appearance. Some of the country roads are better than the roadways of: some of the streets within the corpora tion, although the convict system has been in operation only a year or two. The work is now being extended far ther into the country, and it will noU be long beforo the country roads throughou.t the counties wthere the: system is in force will be in. splend:id, cor.dition. The best roads in the State are to he seen in Mecklenburg County,. of which the cotton manufacturing city of Charlotte is the county seat. There the system has been in opera tion longer than elsewhere. Even before the present general law was en acted Mecklenburg hired the convicts from the commissioners of neighbor ing counties to work its publio roads. Thn, result is that for twenty miles or more in Cvery direction around Chuar lotto there are fine maeadam and shelb roads, a ride over which is a treat. One great point is that practically the only cost of the Improved roads is the material, as it costs no more to feed the convict.s when they are employedb than when they were idle. With the good roads comes an agitation for wide. tires, to the end that what has baen, gained may be rebained. Now, as to the profits in good road'.. The towns and cities which have made entrance easy find that trade thereby comes to them. t'armers desert old markets for the now ones, although the old market' may be nearer home, being influenced by the knowledge of how much cheaper large loads may be hauled over well-made roads. Of course they buy where they sell, and one consequount gratifying result is a comnpetition between business centres in the matter of good roads. -The New York girls are taking on,. new form. Lot,s of them arc wearing the new corsets, which gives the wearer the fulness of figure so notice able In the Parislan fashion plates.. word comes from the fashionable shops that growns will only be fi.tted over these new shape supp)orters and the cloak and mantle makers say that all garments for fall and winter wear wIll also be cut from models wearing the same style. Heaven help the we man who wants to be in style but who. weIghs more than 175 p)ounds. -Lord and lady are the modern forums of blafdlan hlaford, bread given andl bread winnor. Trho term scarlet is a modiication ofu the Persian word for a bright red, sakarlat, applio.1 to the garmaz,', or"cochineal,. from whose dried oody a vivid red dye is obtained.. -ins in America made their firsts ap)perrance (during the last century, says the Brooklyn IEagle. In 177J5 a prliz. v:as olfeod to the colonist of Carolina, who introduced the first native pins and needlles, but the indus try was not fairly started in this coun try until tbe year 1836(. -The surviving members of the VirgInia secession convention are to. writ.e out their recolleetion of its sos se ns at the rcequest of the Virginia, IIistorical Society. -Tho horse, when grazing, is guid ded entirely by the nostrIls in the choice of proper food, and blind horses are never known to make mistakes-in their diet. -T1he man who possesses the funda mental virtues of truthfulness, hones ty, and purity should be judged very leniently lor,minor shortcoming~s. -When you hear a man say that. every mxan has his price, you may de pond upon it that he at least is on tha& market. -Johnny-1 do wish that I were. grown. M other--What for? - h ny-So I could get a shave instead ol having my face washed. -Gool noe and love mold the form r into thei rown images, and cause the joy adbeauty of love to shine forth. from every part of the face. r. -Jean Ingelow, the English poetees, rhas must died at he homa age"i(m 'I'tiat is, we are too )tl Low Prices kee) us busy. Ilie Rticket Store is tL ways buy what you wuilt c we mean what we say. Our competitors call u: acknowledge the chlarge aiin of this couilt y to say whletl Store ha1s been it benefit to as goods as the best. Bought at LOW Prices, and our custoiners rejoice t Racket Store is doing for tlI Asking that. one and al to " U nderbuy andcl Undcers( Yours in den NEW YORK R I':asley, ti. ('. P. S.---Still remenl)er t will get ti nice carriare this which were against, him, is he cheered his fat.ed hand up1 the hill, himself at Lite head of the column, Chartles O'Neal fell, pieier'l by thecuemie's bullet, his fae to the,fot' ; aindi when his young Soul t,ook its Hlight, no braver soldier uver d ied. HIis muemory deserves to ive. I f we are not rcureant to the p lain dutty impto-td on unt iL will live. 1ic xenli lied and illustrated the truth that has heretofore been recorded I of the sons of South Carolina : "Whatever their tntdititon, wherever they are fouind, in the ranhs of the mcthamtr, or as tillers of the g!r,iti , . in the I.arned Ir4fl'essions. in the I.eFisla tivet hall, .\s suhiitrs or as sailurs, thev excel in each and all. Vo 'r hint.t persevehnie, inte;.rity and trth, I'he sons of ('trtrlina are famnons frtomt their iy tii. Now. I will not detain you longer, iy friends. I know it is a source of genuine pleasure to have wit,h you one that you know, who fought bravely ud with true courage, who loves the lost cause to-day as h) loved it then, and I am sure I along with you will be en tertainod by his addross. NOIl'l CAtROI INA ILOAI)s. Statetnent of the Work ing of Convict Systttm In Our Sister Stato. A Italeigh, North Carolina, cor respolndent of the Now York 1'ost, has the foilowing to tay about the roads In his State : The law in this State permitting the setencing of offenders to work upon the roads has been in existence for six y'itars, but as yet only seventeen of the ni- tty-six counties have availt d of It. and in the m)ajority of the seventeen, it is of coin paraitively recent appIlea L,ion. i ts good results, ho sever, ar'e b).yondI the expialmental stage, miany add i t,inal cou nties are exp~ected to avail themselves of the law's advant age at ani early dhate. Several comn mt, tees fromi other Stat,es have In spect,ed theosystem wit,h a view t,oits adoption. A rnistaken impiression has gone abroatd that piract,ical ly all the con victs in the State are thlus emloyed, when31, ini real It,y, only the petty ollen tders, or th)ose receiving sentences of less than) live years, are sent,enced "' to t,he roaids. " The0 pen)1titti ary conm v icts, abotut , 2,0001 in numb) er, are tem)ployed on the "' State farms.'' 1'iese farmis, th ree In nlumbter, are plantations of several thousand acres. As th)ree-fourthis Of the convicts are negroes w ho have worked at agriculI t.urid pu rsu its, the force so obt,ained is is a very goodl one tor' farming pIur post's. AL L,these farm'is the convicts rise at, toni andt corn) pri ncipailly. Thiey arel worketd under O the guard -urt- ve iillnce isys5tem , and1( are con1fined in strontg sLtockades andi p- ison hoiuses at niighlt,. Th'e St,ate has several Lt uin haleCs of cotton to s'ell e very .5eason1 and1 great tiuan(11tities of corn tt other farm priouueeC. l"or a nluml her of ye-ars t,ho e niten tiary has heen Ief-mppo1) ti ng, th e pr'ofits ol tihe farms being u llcient, to) f0(d and clotbe a; I the in mates andt guaards and1( to meet Lthe other ex pensus. T1he law gives Su perior Court, .Jud(ges the dIiscretion of stietici ng lprisonlers to " the roads" or to tbe penitent,iary. Ihut, tIhe main sourPceS ofSiauly of roadi-mtakers are the Maiyors' Cou rts and those oif b istices of the pleace. Tihe conivict,s from these0 Cou rts, espec0ialiy if they are rt sidients of the locality where con v i'ted , req uirce litt,lc or no "guardt-ol ing." 01n guard'( being amiple~ for a sonad of twenty to li fLy of Li,his (lass of wol ker.s. Th'l is fact, Jpobably' accounlts for the i s ttmenlt go ig tbe rountds that the convict.s req1uire no gnard1 and aire allowed to gi hiomie and spond1( Sun dlay w ith their faiilie's. T1he latt,er priv:lete is not accorded to any (if the coniviet's, thoug h in somue few eases it probaub.y could be done witii safety. This system oif working pietty olTen der's not only assures goodi roads, but It has( tile elfect of ridding North Caro Ii na towns oif the vast army of North ern tramps 15whoii make thtetr way Soutl: every year wvith) the beginning of colh weatheri. wiienever' a tramp is ar t, rested here, under the general vagran -laws or mnuniciplal ordlinances, he is in t, variably given thirty (days on the road s, as an iniitiai ldOse, at the end of1 whic Speriod iie is ordered to leave town.1 I ne does not comply with t,his ordt e within twenty-four hours ho is se1 -tenced to a sI xty days' term, but it ,, soldom that, a second dose Is necusstar s The tramps leave na 8000 a. pp