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__[THE EPS _ JRA VOL. 7.---NO. 47. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, )CEMBE:R 16, 897. ONE DOLLAR A Y An Echo of Antietam. Not far from the little town of Sharpsburg, on the summit of a s'opc at whose base the Potomac flows, stands the old Maryland manor of the Douglass family. In that fateful year, 182, the two sons of the proprietor were in the Confederate army -"Robt" of a pronounced typo both. One served in the cavalry ; the other, Henry, then about twenty, formed one of " Stone wall " Jackson's staff. We all know that after the fearful butchery of Antietam was over, fearful because so useless, because so wanting in result-McClellan remained inactive during the whole of September 18, facing Leo's army, with more fresh troops under him than the whole rebel army amounted to. On the night of the ,8th--19th Lee forded the Potomac without molestation and marched his weary troops back into Virginia. Jackson went with him and of course, Colonel Doughts also. Lee remained near the ford for some time, little fear ing the Federal army, to give the much needed rest to his men. Douglass determincd to get at least a look at his home before the army moved southward ; so one day he rode attended by a sinirle orderly only, to the high ground opposite the old home stead. He was so near that he could see his father walking in the garden, but between the river and the house was scattered a force of about 50 cavalrymen-" Boys in Blue "-guard ing the ferry that, in peaceful times, carried the farmer over to old " Viir ginny." Hut the temptation was stronger than the edvalrymen, and down the hill strode Douglass until he stood at the edge of the river. His uniform soon attracted the soldiers, and one of them called across to know what he wanted. "'Tat's my home up there, and I just come to take a last look at it." " Come across," cried the sergeant in command ; " you needn't, be afraid." But Douglass' sense of military duty prevailed, and he hesitated. The ferry boat was, of course, on their side ; so one of the blue coats said, "We'll come over and get you." The sergeant formed a part of the crew ; an landing he said to D,ruglass " You want to see your father and mother again, do you " Of course I (1o," replied Douglass. "*That's all right," added the soldier. I'll give you my word of honor you shan't be taken prisoner. I'm in command over there." Why, where are all your ottli,ers -" asked Douglass, in surprise. Oh, they're up at Shar;bmarg hav ing a big dinner ; it's not likely any of them will be about for a long time yet." It was too late to retreat, had he wished to, and )ougla,s saw no retison to doubt the sincerity of his compan ions. On the way across the sergeant said: "The folk'3 here told me oid Mr. Douglass has two sons with you fellows. One's in the cavalry and the other's on Stonewall Jackson's stuff. I guess you're that one, ain't you ?" Douglass acknowledged the correct ness of his surmise. The other mem hers of the First New York Cavalry, for that it turned out to be, had gath ered at the landing, and gave an amused greeting to the young "Rb." " Now you go right up to the house and see your folks," said the sergeant. "I guess no good cause could be hurt by a fellow going to see his father and mother." But Douglass hesitated at tempting Providence too far, and replied, " I think I had better not go up. Won't you send a man there and let my p)eo pie know I am here ?" " I'll (10 that," the sergeant said, " andl l',l put a man on guard to warn you if any ( Ilicer comeics." The "lReb" and his Yankee enter tainers chatted pleasantly enough unn til Mr. and Mrs. Douglass appeared: then the soldiers, those (deadly enemies of but a yesterday's wvar, hardened andi cruel in the crimson hour of battle. silently rose, one after another, and walked quietly away, out. of sight, out of hearing. Whben Douglass had said his last good-bye, he called the ser geant and thanked him warmly for his unusual kindness, but the soldier only laughed, and said that it was nothing. D)ouglass took a piece of papem out of his note book, wrot,e a few words on e't, and, handing it to the sergeant, said: "Ijf ever you are captured by General Jackson, you get that paper to him or one of his staff and I promise that you will be liberated inside of twenty-four hours, for I shall tell them how y'ou have treated me as soon as I get back." " Say, Colonel," remarked one of the soldiers, "write mie the same kind of a paiper., too.' Douglass laughed, and soon each man had an accident policy against the dreaded "Stonewall" ,Jackson After' shaking hands with his host. Douglass was ferried across again, andi as he stopped ashore the " Yanks " gave the plucky young "Itub" a hearty cheer that was heard by the old( coup)le in the manor house and recogniz. d as a signal that all was well with their boy. Th'le soldiers then strolled up to the house andl asked Mrs. D)ouglass to show them a photograph of her son. She handed them one in civil dress. b)ut that was not what they w ante d. "Whby, madam," saId one, "don't be afraid of us; you saw how we treated him." Then trusting them perfectly she brought out from Its hiding place her treasure-her boy in full uniform. Tihe rough troopers passed it from hand to hand, delighted, and after a good look returned It to the mother. When the alfair was rep)orted to the ollicer' commanding the catvalry he laughed and remarked that, having gone thIs far, It would be better to tin ish the matter p)roperly. So, calling on Mr. D)ouglaes, ho told him that a guard of six men would be l'lacedl in the house for his protection, and would, while there, be absoiutely under his orders, so that he was protected from iriend andl foe. The y u ig aid-dc camp rode back t0 VJackson's hea.i uarters and found the General standing In front of his tent, " Where have you been olf to ?" was the first greeting. Douglass had noth ing for it but to report his whole ad venture. The General was very angry, and turst out "Do you mean to ray that you went into theenemy's lines? Why you would have been hanged as a spy if thcy had caught you." "I was in full uniform, General, and told them my rank and who I was." " I never hoard 'f such a shing,' said Jaclkson, growing still more ar, gry. " No oflicer of mine has a right to run such a risk." Douglass looked at him a moment and then demurely remarked : "If General Jackson had been that near his home, I would not have trusted him for a moment, for he would have done just the same thing." The great warrior for once was beat en. He hesitated, laughed, tur ned on his heel and walked back into his tent. None of the gallant First New York Cavalry was captured by Jackson's men.-Hagerstown Globe. DISPENSARY CASICS. They Will Not He Heard Before the Legislature Meets. The Columbia Rgister gives the informat.on that the legislature will have to tackle the dispensary question without the aid of the Unitea States supreme court. Attorney General Barber has received a telegram stating that the court had set the time for the hearing of the Vandercook and other di-4ensary cts.s March 7, 1898. 'L his was a grievous disappointment to Mr Barber as it will be to the mem bers of the legislature who had hoped that the court would decide one way or the other as to the merits of the case so that proper legislation could be taken thereon. in view of the general agreement among sounsel and the per sonal rccquest of Judge Simonton that the court, advance the case, it was con fidently believed that the learned court would do s2. About. the only thing the legislature can do is to pass prohi bition or re-enact the dispensary law with some modifications and await the decision which may not come until late next summer. In the meantime the original package stores will have a picnic unless the legislature attempts to put a high licem-e on them, and in that case more litigation may be ex pected. The following is the paper the at torney general submitted to the court asking that the case be advanced and an early do cisicn rendered : These two cases involve substantial ly the same questions, and by agree ment, of counsel the court is asktd to hear them together. Both grow out of the same transaction. The issue is the validity of so much of a certain act of the general assembly of South Carolina, commonly known as the dis pensary law, as prohibits non-resident manufacturers and dealers from im porting into the State of South Caro lina spirituous and intoxicating li quors, the product of other states and foreign countries, and storing and sell ing the same within the said state in " original packages" by or through agents appointed for such purpose. These suits are brought against olli cers of the State in consequence of the seizure by them pursuant to sa'd act of certain liquors shipped into the State for sale, and it is of great public im p, rvance ti al the queation be deter mined by the honorable court as speedily as it is practicable. The attorney general of South Caro lina, therefore, respectfully moves the court to advance the cases on the dock et and set them down for argument on some early date convenient to the court. In this connection it is respect fully suggested that the general asem bly of South Carolina will convene in regular session on the second Tuesda. in January next, and a sp)eedy decision from this honorable court wvill be0 of gr-eat valua to the State as a guide to legislative action d uring that session. Opposing counsel concur in this mo tion, of which fact proof appears from the stip)ulation her-eto appended. Prin t ed copies of the transcrip)t of record in both eases have been forwarded to op posing counsel by the clerk of this court, as p)rovided in said stipulation. W M. A . H-\Rmen~. LIEGALLY FXl1JUEDl. Thme First Olliclat IIanging in Twenty Yeam-s in a Te'nnessee County. Mynatt Leach was hanged at Clin ton, Anderson county, Tonn., Wed nes day for the murder of J1. D). Hek, superintendent of the Royal Coal and Coke Co., of Coal Creek. The crime for which Mynatt Leach suffer-ed death wvas a peculiarly asrc cious one, and exhibited at depth of human depravity not often seen. Leach shot Heck firom ambush at Coal Creek on February 17, 1897, and instantly killed him. Heck was returning froem his work to dinner, and his bride of am month, formerly Miss Annie H-arrison, of Marietta, Ga., was advancing to meet him, and he fell dead at her feet, the bullet from the assassin's rifll coming froem behind a tree on the hill side, about 250) feut away. A man was seen to start from bobind the cover, and throwing away the r'lle, disappoared over- the hilltop. The rifle was found to have belonged to Wilbur'n Leh, a brother of Mynatt Leach, and be said It was stolen from h im. By the evidence of this man's wife L.3achl was criminated, and the evi dence gathered was io strong that ho was convicted at the circuit coumrt in Clinton on Jiuly 19, and the verdict aifliemed by the sutpreme court of the stat3 on October 20. The murder of Heck seems to have grown out of a conspir'ey that was dliabolical in its detai's. [Heck had in curred the enmity of some of the men in a trial before one of the courts, and four men decided that he must be killed. Leach, while in Knox county ja I where taken, gave out a con fe-i sion In which he stated that the men p)ut up1 *200 for the one of their number who should do the murder, and that they then driew straws, and the awful job fell to bim. It was ptrincipally Lbhrough fear of his fellow plotters t;hat he went ahead with the foul deed. It Is said that one of them had his rifle drawing a bead. on Leach when ho lay In wait for Heck. This e-xeciion was the first in Anderson cou nty, the seat of all t,he Coal Creek trouN'es of a few years ago, In 20 years. AI)VANCING BACKWARD. Bill Arp Thinks the Old South Better -The New Woman is Pushing the Men. Wo were talking about the old south and the new south and some said there was no now south; that we were the same people and have the same princi p1es, the same religion and the same politics that our fathers nad, but like 'be rest of the civilized world, we have advanced in education and general in telligence and in the enjoyment of the comforts of life. Well, I am no pessimist, but I am grieved to say that in many things we have advanced backward. We have more books and more newspapers and more schools, but that crime is on the increase is known and admitted by all who study the records of the courts There are more idle young men than there need to be-yes, live times as many, according to population. and lien Frantin said that idleness is the parent of vice. 1 can pick out a score of young men in every town who are doing nothing-young men of good families--and they are living on the old man or the old woman and seem to be content. They haven't been reared to work and they won't hunt for it now. F'ifty years ago we had no vagabonds ; ev4 ry young man worked atsomething, and it was considered .lisreputable to lie around in idleness. In fact, we had a vagrant law that compelled the lazy, trilling fellows to earn a living. I reckon that law is still in the code, but it is a dead letter. When a young man married a girl it was expected by both sides that he could would support her, but nowadays about half of them are supported by their wives or by the old folks. Then we got to talking about the new woman-the female doctors and lawyers and editors and preachers and teachers and book-keepers and sales women, and how woman was forging ahead and taking the places ana oc cupations of the men, and my friend, Mr. Williams, of California, surprised us by saying that there was a tribe of Indians in the northwest who were already far in advance on this line: that he had known of them ever since he moved to California, in 1819. In this tribe the women dominate the men in the fan.ily and the field and forest. They rule them absolutely, make them cook and wash and nurse, actually hire them out and collect the pay. Their principal business is trap ping for furs. The women do this and many of them have a good bank ac count in San irancisco. The men are not known in any business transactions. So it se-.ms that our new woman has a savage precedent. Have we got to come to this? Will I live to see the day when my wife will hire me out as a nurse or a cook and pocket the money? She knows that I can do both, and I never dodge it at home on an emergency, but I reckon she will let me stay at home and work in the gar den and cultivate her flowers the re mainder of my terrestrial days. She knows that I never hid my money from her: when I got any I kept it for her, that's all. It was hers just as much au mine, but I kept it-sorter like the old fellow who had a thousand dolla's in gold and when the confederate govern ment passed a law taxing gold 20 per cent he swore he wouldn't pay it, and so he got out the bag one night and put it on the middle of the table and called up his wife and four children and divided It into live piles and gave them $200 each and said: "Now, the g rld is all yours and I can swear I I haven't got a dollar in the world ; but I reckon I had better keep it for you," and be raked it all into the bag again and locked it up in his trunk. There is no greater contrast betw eon the old south and the new south than is shown In the advancement and the humiliation of woman. Theiy are now on the two extremes. Before the war therec were no female doctor-s or law yer-s or lecturers or editors-not one and there were no book-keepers or tv.ewriter-s or shop gli-ls or cle.rks. TJhe average woman olliclated as a, wife and mother. or a daughter cherished by her parents andl her brother. The wife was the lady oif the house, be it ever so hum bl1, and she was content with her lot. It was even consider-ed beneath bet- pride and dignity to teach school, and hence there was an annual im portatia)n of New 10.g land spinsters to teach the chiilren. I and my sisters went to four of them in (1uick suceces sion, for our- widowers married them about as fast as they caime, andl they made good wives and goodl step)moth ers, and wer-c the most economical housekeeper-s In the world. They wor-e traised that way and neither- the (log nor the little niggei-s got any morec scr-aps than they could cat. But now the new woman is either smart andl aggressive, or sne is poor1 and pitiful. She comes to the front with her braIns and her ambition and wre-stles boldly with the men as editor-, writer, lecturer, p)rofessor in schools andl colleges, and even as culic i-eeket', and gener-ally suceceds In what she un detrtakes; cor else she takes an humbler plIace behind the counter or in theI piressirooms, or p)erhaps In the fac: totrlea, for a pJittance just enough te. keep soul and body together, and e ver,. year grows paler andl sadder from he work. Most of them are working to maintain somebody who Is neao and dear to them, but their wagos are r-arely ralsed, for- t,hy are women. I can almost weep foir some I know., They keel) their sorr-ows to themselves and "let concealment, like a worm in the bud feed on their damask checks." Ah, woman! how great is thy peril! how hard Is thy lot Not long ago I receIved a tear-ful, pitiful letter from over the border, It was from a wife and mother who was an exile from her state and country, and had not heard from her parents in threce long years; nor did they know where she was. She did not dare to let them know, for fear a letter mIght betray her and the sleuth-hounds would get on the track of her busbLnd for the reward that was olfored, and so she ventured to write to mnc and to lnal)Oe a letter- to her father, which I must address in my own handwrit,ing and mall ft-em Car tersvillc. "I saw you once," she wi-ote, "when I was a happy child and you took tea at my father's house, and I know that I can trust y'ou. I have kept, my secret fromn them as long as I can bear andl t aonms to mc that I will die if I do not hear from them, for they love me and my heart is almost break ing." They are happier now-the child an;d the pareits-for they com municate through me. I know of other cases where tlhe wife has followed her unfortunate husband into voluntary exile and left behind her all her kindred and the endearing scenes of her childhood. Who know%s the silent grief of woman--of wives and mothers-wives whose husbands have broken their marriage vows and gone to the bad: mothers whose sons are afar oif in prison for some crime, or at home a drunkard. Oh, the pity of It, the pity of It! Is there no way to reform this world and make it better? If I was a young woman and longed for a mate-a young man, some Ideal of my thoughts and dreams, one who would love me and cherish me and pro. tect me all my life-I would hesitate and ponder long before I took the leap. A misfit, a mistake i; misery. Matri mnony is environed with perils, even when the husband and wife are mated as well as married, for the children may bring grief and sorrow. St. Paul enumerated and boastcl of his trials and tribulations, but he was an old bachelor and knew nothing of the perils of woman. But this is the dark side-the shadow ---and I only ruminate over it no v and then when some pitiful case is record -d in the daily papers. There is a brighter side, a bunshine that illumi nates and warms the heart, for marriage is the natural state of mian and woman, and there is nothing more beautiful upon earth than the mar riage altar, where the bride is good and pure and the groom is manly, devoted and honor able. 1,'ve is the best thing upon this sin-cursed earth. In fact, it is the only thing worth living for. The love of wife and husband, parents and chil Iron. I heard an aged mother say the other day that her son her baby boy. as she called him-was away out w(st iomewhere and she had not had a let L :r from him for three long years. T1'here were tears in her eyes and some .ame into mine. Oh, you boys, young men, mercantile travelers, don't forget your mothers. Hi i, A Hi'. 1tO1lRT 1"'. Id' l. I Worthy Tribute lerom a Northernt Soldier and Scholar. Alanta ('onstitution . Dr. E0. 13. Andrews, the d stinguishi d president of Brown University, is ree ognized throughout the length and breadth of this country as a bold, origi nal and independent thinker. 1-is re ient victory over the trustees of Brown university in the lilht which was made upon him b.rause of his z salous cham pionsbip of bimuetallism constitutes one of the most sig nal triumphs which free thought has achieved during the pres unt gwueration. This reference to 1)r. Andrews is made for the purpose of calling atten tion to the estini ate which he places upon the military genius of General Rt->bert E. l e. .;jn counenting upon the leading ligd es of the late war be tween the S,ates Dr. Andrews, in a public address delivered in Chicago on last Monday, declared that General L3e was not only the greatest soldier whtch the war produced, but that, in many phases of his genius, he was the greatest soldier of modern times. As Dr. Andrews served In the Union army, this candid expression of opinion In regard to the military skill -,nd prow ess of the South's great soliuer cannot fail to awaken deep interest in both atctions. Speaking first of the religi )us side of General Lee's character, Dr. Andrews declared that he had the 'aith of the crusader, and that his let ~ers in themselves constituted a guide o holiness. He furthermore observed hat p)rofane language never- pamIsad bhroughr Genci-al Lee's lips, and tilat he habit of imbibing strong dinIk, so 3ommon to soldiers, was something in Nhich he never indulged. i'roceding 'rom this point, D)r. Andrews said: I fail to find in the books any such naster-ful generalship as this hero showed, holding that slim, gray line, balf starved, with no prosp)ect of add i Lions,, and lighting when his army was too hungry to stand and the rilles were nly useful as clubs. His courage was mublime. He was as great as Gustavus Adolphus, or Napoleon, or Wellington, >r Von Moltke. His cause was not the lost cause so much as Is suspected. All t,hat was good in his cause has been gr-afted into our laws and our constitu Lion. The doctrine of Stat,es' rights as now interpreted by the supreme court is in exact accordance with his claims on the point. General Lee lost at Giettysburg becaus3 the l"ederal troops had received a new motor of tremein dous strength, whose power no( one knew-General H-ancock. 113 also los,t because Meade's men were lighting on Union soil-almost within hearinug dhis tance of the prayers of their- wives and children for victory. Trhej were at their boarthstones. Men are tigers when wives andi families ar-c the inispi ration in war. Before closing his tribute to the South's great sold ier Dru. Andr-ews de clared that the final overthr-ow of t he Copfederacy was not due to the fact t,hat General Lee was outtgener-aledl, I. ...1%. the fact that over-w hehnt NiMile,'jha s on the Un ion side, coulp led wiI EN94 hardsh i ps andO priivations which the Southern army was comnpellI e tosuler,made the suIccess of the Gnfederacy impossib)le. With the de cades which have elamne.1 since the liMe war between the States much (of the bitterness of feeling engendered b)y that confic jt has passed away :andl whblec the Sooth can now, witbout tibe least prejudlice, contemp)lat.e the sumper b qualit,ies of Grant and Sherman and Hancock, it Is also true that the gen erous andl candid North can fully ap p reciate the heroic virtues of Jackson. Beaur-ogard and Lec. --There are strong inidicationis that the troubles In the Soutbeen Tlrrfii association growing out of the in dependent and aggressive attitude of t,he Seaboard Air Line will soon oc ended and that the policy of that, comn pamy will hereafter be one o.' peace and co-operation. T1hec rate wars andl otiter fights which the Seaboard has waged against its u4rontgest comn peti tor, the Southi< rn liliway, have proven very expensive and a compromise of the-principles involved will be accept able from a financial standpnoint. CA ROLIN t CONUILESSMELN. Their I'lans antil Gootl Intentions Senator Meiaurin Nick. The Washington correspondent of the News and Courier states that Son ator McLaurin's physician announces that his patient is suffering from a well developed attack of typhoid fever. While the Senator's condition is not dangerous, he will have to undergo ca"eful nursing and endeavor to wear out the disease. A trained nurse is in att,endance, and the Senator is said to be resting coin paratively easy. Col. Etiiot hits i number of important local measures to look after during the present session, including a bill to establish a light house depot at Charles ton : an additional appropriation to deepen the entrance to Charh ston liar bor, to establish a marino hospital at Charleston, to donate the old l'ost ollice building to the e,ty of Charleston, to improve inland navigation south of Charleston by making a c.t through I"enwick's Island. an appropriation for the improvement and perfection of the I'ort lRyal naval station, for a survey and appropriation for the improvement of the streams in Williamsburg County, to protect the Savannah lIivor rica planters from damage caused by gov urnment work in that river, and lie will renew his oppe"sition to Senator Tillman's bit to fa,Len the dispensary law on the ,State of South Carolina. Taus it will be seen that Col. Illiot has cut out a large block of legislative work for the present session, and if he accomplishes one-half of it he will do well. Stanyarne Wilson is urging beforo the committee on rivers and harbors an appropriation of $250,U0( to open navi gation from Granby to Jcrvey street bridge, in Columbia, In the Congaree River. Under an existing law a small appropriation hta been made to keep the river clear of snags. etc., but it is the intention of Mr. Wilson to try and secure a sum sullicient to provide a chamnl for ocean steamers to cooie up to C' umbia. lie has favorable reports and estimates fromt the Government engineers, and he is confident of suc cess. It ,present.ati ve Stokes has invited Secretary of Agriculture Wil;on to attend the Cotton Convention to beL held in Atlanta on the 1.1th inst. Tho S2cretary has the matter under ad vise ment and will attend if he can make suitable arrangements. .1 udge Maddox, of Georgia, has started a movement for a democratic caucus to be held Saturday. lie soon had all the signat.ur-es necessary, so the formal call has been issued. The purpose of the caucus is the discussion of the democratic plan of action on some of the leading questions to come before the hcus- in the near future. It is J udge Maddox's idea that there should be harmony on all matters of impor tance, and that this can be easily at ained through caucus discussion, de spite the talk of a great variety of democratic leaders. The caucus will discuss the minority action on the cur rency. civil service, Cuban, Ilawaiian and bankruptc, questions. Congressman Livingston is prepar Ing t.) take up In the committee on ap propriations the fight for a Southern federal prison, and to that end will introduce a bill providing for such a prison. The bill will specify no loca tion, as it is the judgment of Colonel Livingston that the project will find greater favor In the committee if it comes as a general one and does not appear to be in th ; interest of any one locality. 'rho attorney general recommends such aprison. The needs for a federal prison in the Southern States has long b)eenl recognized by those in authority, but hteretofore the conllict between the dilferent, citIes pushing their claims for It has been so bitter its to 1)revent any action. T1he' colonel's Idea is to let the committ,c on applrop)riatlions deOcide the location after it is definitely committed to the establishment of the prison ;then lie wvill push the claims of Atlanta. Nash vi lie has herctofotre been Atl anta's chief rival. AN IMPAItL'IALA VIICW, Ilow ithe I)lspnmsatry Prtoblemt Looks to an Ouitsidler. The Outlook Is an excellent weekly review puliIshIed In New York. In the issue of I)ecember -Ith, the follow ng apipears: TJhe la-ot decision of Judge Simonton, of the I:nited Stat.es Ci rcit Couirt, in favot'of the South Car'olinal1( iqur doal er-s maiy result in a furither- triumph of tIhe prohibit,ion ists. The deccision , It will he i-ecalled, wei to the elfeoct that, Iiastmuch ais the d ispensariy law pro v ides foir a publi c i-evenuno ft-om the sale of liur a( Ott the dIispeCnSarties, It was tnt p)assed underi the exercise of the State's "po1lico powe'rs,"' andl therei'fore that South Carohlina ohlcials have no0 author it.y fr-om Congress to su Ipress saloons sellin ig "originatl p)ackages" imlpor'ted from othet States. Undier th) Is decision enough "or-igi nnl package'' saloons have been establ ishted to mnater-ially r-ed uce the pt-oits of the St,ate disper - sarie's, and tbe opponents of the d ispen sar-y syst,em hoped fot' a timin to secuire theo peal of the d ispensar'y law.- The attit,ude of the rutrid leg islator-s, how ever, soon showed the untipopuli-it,y of repeal, ILr.dl last week G;overn,or l'ilerbe, in anne jncing his candidacy for re electioi, specilied the lines up~on which he w-suldI recomnmend the amiendment of ti,e law in case .Judge SI montouis decision is not r-eversed by the Supreme - 01't o rendered harm'itless by a new aat of Congress gover-ning ''original p)ack&tge"' saloons. This attitude on the part of a Gov et-nor pratitcal ly siure of re-election in ilicates that If the dispensary law Is amended it, will be In the directlon of p)rohibhit,ion. l'Cither- pubhiIc revenue fronm the trallie In intox icants, or else the entire t,rallie for beve, age purposes wvil be cut ol. The opponents of the dispensaries, thcrofore, are In dangor of J umnping fr'om the frying-pan I,to t.he liie. TIhe temperance sentiment, of the State, which forced Into the new constItutIon a clause pr'ohhibiting all sale of lIquor to be driunk on the premises-and this aplies even to: "original p)ackage" saloons--Is doter mined not to yIeld what it has~ gained Fall Hay 04V And we have and are tryin Iv' ad. We are grateful to our N" we have been enabled to do t4' low, and we claim that our ' are anxious for your success " ity will be our success. So ' &' is the evolution of a right 194P wrong idea. The right ide ' of buying and paying regula &/7 but they will help you. If y gl us, we will aid you. We are still Selling Everything \'VAY I So come and see us. Your Clyde & EASLl'G - 18G Carriages - Bug WAGO WAGON WAGONS! WA GONS! THEY ARE GREENVILLE C( G. W. SIRRINE, Supt. - - HOMI I'd.AIN WUOltUS. Our Country Home' Sh1,i,141 ,i" M31n41 More Attractivo. The Southern States Varm Magazine gives some excellent food for thought in the following article: There is nothing that is acting so steadily and so powerfully to drive our youth from the country to the city as the inattention paid by a majority of our farmers to thosp little home com forts and enjoyments which, while cost ing but a trille, would invest the coun try with a charm which all the glaring fascinations of a life in the city could not break. The study of agriculture as a seience, a knowledge of the nature of the soils, and the adaptation of the various fruits and ilowers and field crop)s to the dilferent qualities of soil appeal sulliciently stroeng to the intel lectual natur-e, hut in the arrangemoan,ts that, surround our country p)laces, but little attention is paid to the idea of beauty or p)leasure. IRide through the South and look at the ordinary farm houses. If pr-etentious, they are usual ly painted a glar-ing white, with two windows ranged Onl ceach sido of the hail, above and below, that look as pr-iam and p)recise as a Quakoress and as grim as a l'ur itan. Taio front yards are often destitute of ilowers or shrub b)ery. There are no plai~ sant verandas that cap)tivato the eye as mnuch as they add to the pleasantness of the house. i'arlor-s, if there are any, are scanti 1y furnished, undeCr the i mpression that there is no need for such things in tihe country, just as though the girls in the family would not prize/~ a neat parlea (ulte as much as they do a neat dress or a dashing beau. Books are ,car-ce, so that dua-ing rainy days or bau. weatheur the boys ha~ve to retire to the baarn and catch rats for instruction, or shell corn for- amrusemnent. in thle house there aare no pictures and no~ attention paid to taste or comfort. T1here is no flowear garden without doors to lend a fascination to the scene by its fragrance amnd beauty ;no shade trees, no swings, no croqJuet grounds, no any thing to re lieve toil of its hardships or to make leisure hours prolitable. Stingy andl penurious are many such farmxxers. T1hey compalain -of an inability to do tbese things, and yet permit their hire lings to go forty or a hundsed yards from the house to get drinking water from a rickety old well, and so lose time enough during the year to wor-k a flower garden. Tiheir cri bs are placedl on one part of the farm, their stablies on another. With no toolhoxuse, the tools are left where the work is enaded, and when wanted again muxst, be hunted up. No woodhouse holds its we-alth of fuel for wintry days andl snowy weath er, but the fuel must bo0 dragged up (1ripping andl satuarated w it,h watea-, amak ing tile p)arado~x possib)le that be fore makinug a Ii re you must p)ut it out. No wonlder there is a ga-owing dis taste for agricultural p)ursuits when such thlings are p)ermitted !No won dier there are crowds of young men llocking from theO country to the city every year, seeking nosit,ions where they can enjoy occasional recreations l'very farmer should take from three to four good newspapears, encourage a taste for reading, note down his farm e-xperience when he cannot work ou't dloors, and encourage hie sons and daughlters to cultivate the beautiful and true abut home. Let home attrac tions be multiplied. A country p)lace should charm as much by its beauty. as by its fruitfulness-should be the abode of virtue, intellignce -a hta lit. orne, g ourselves, as we told you in our last patrons and friends for the business through their help. Now cotton is prices are correspondingly low. We because we know that your prosper ve are willing to do our part. Success idea. L"ailuro is the invention of a 6 is to buy your goods from us instead r prices. It is true our prices are odd, ou are seeking for fortune come to see )OWN, a for business, Nalley, ,S. gies - Harness. VS BUY SI THE BEST MADE AT )ACH FACTORY. - H. C. MARKLEY, Prop. England's glory rests in her c:untry homes. There, of all the world. you will lind the most comforts and the least pretentions, and it is alwaye a source of lasting regret to an English man to be compelled to leave the coun try to live in town. Let our people make their homes pleasant and beauti ful. set out trees and shrubs, vines and flower-beds ; buy a book to-day and a picture to-morrow, and, without visibly entrenching upon their income, their homes will soon be arrayed in beauty and make the hearts of the children glad. DISPICNSA1LY PItOFITS. A Statemnti F~avor-able to the Pr'es ent M~Ianagemient. Co uhmi l9ict,rti. Since the present board~ of control took char-ge of the manageme2nt of the State dlisp)ensary there has b.een in round n.m beors half a million dollai-s paid in to State and towns and cities From Its sale of liquore. lPrevIous to the ad ministration of the p)resent board the dispensary had paid some $350,000 to the State. Of this amount $00,000 rept-esented the money borrowed to open business. T1he con stItutional convention got$i00,000 ; the resat wont to the general account of the State. The p)resent board took charge of the management of the dispensary in April 1890i. The profits accr-uing under this and theo former management previous to l)ecemnber 31, 1895, belonged accord ing to the constr-uction of the constitu tion by the attorney general and by aet of the legislature went to the State. Since that timo all profits belong, to the school fund. Commissioner Vance this morning gave the amounts of all payments made to the State under the present manage men t. There has heen paid to the State since A pril 1896 a total of $242.500. The p)rofits received by the cities towns, etc., In round numbers will aiggr-egate during the same time some $'2i0,000. This represents a total profit wihclosely approximates the half a million mark. 'rhe hoard to-day instructed Commis dioner Vance to pay to the State treas tirer to the credit of the school fund 125,000. 'i'his makes a total paid in to the school fund in the last two months af $50,000. At its January meeting of next year the board will pay an additional *20, ~JO0 to the State treasurer for the schol Fund. With the o. p. shops to deal with and the generally unsettled status of the dlispensary law~ and the constabu latry, this showing af the present man agement is very good. The schools have purchased the die p)ensary business from the State for something over $192,000 and paid them selves $50,000 out of the profits of the concern. Next month they will re ceive $20,000 more, making the profits of the investment under the constitu tion $70,000, --Mr. Frank E. Taylor, of Charleston has tendered to Governor E'llerbe his resignation as' a member of thei State phosplaate commission of which he has been a member for a long time. NIo .reason is given for his action and the position has not yet been filed