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LEOPLE'S ORN VOL (.---NO. 28. PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 3,1899. ONE DOLLAR'A YAR. WEXWCOMI TO THE VETERANS OHESTIR'S GiCAND HOSPITALITY The Conieterato Survivors Have a Generous Greeting at Chester-Geln oral Walker MaKes an Eloquent Responme. The annual reunion of the South Carolina Division, U. C. V., was hold at Chester on the 20th and 27th of July. The attendance of Confederate survi vors was not very largo, but the hospi tality and good cheer of the Chester people made up for the lack in other respects. The convention was celled to order by Capt. J. W. R-ed, commander of the local camp, and the exi.rcises were opened with prayor by Rev. S. P. H. Elwell, D.D., chaplain-general of the South Carolina Division. Miss May Hood, sponsor for the Walker-Gaston camp, was pr3onted by Capt. It :ed, and welcomed the vet erans on behalf of thocamp in Cheater, of which she was the representative. This feature was quite an innovation upon past reuulone, as it is customary to have a veteran to 1111 this place, but Gen. Walker 8aid the veterans were grateful for the change, which was a compliment to Miss Hood and the mann.r in which she had performed the service. Senator J. L Glenn extended a wel come on behalf of the citizens of Chies ter, and on to'alf of Capt. Rood, pre sented to the division a gavel of pino wood, just a plain gavel, without orna ment or ~ftguro, but very suggestivo of history. As he explained to Gen. Walker, the handle is a part of the gun that fired the first shot against Fort Sumter, and the head of the mal let was carved from a pleco of wood from Jefferson Davis' home at Rich mond', the "White House of the Con federacy," where wore hold cabinet meetings at which wore discussed questions of the gravest import. In responding to the welcome extend ed, Gen. Walker said that the division had been warmly welcomed elsewhere, but it had been itit for Chester to ex tend a heart warming welcome through a lovely young sponsor, and the division was heartily grateful for it. He accepud the precious relic presented by Senator Glenn. History is crowding upon us. When he had called togother the convention in Charleston last May he had rapped upon a table which was used in the se cession convortion, and the gavel used was that w hich had called the secession convention to order. To-day he would use a gavel iqually as precious in its associations. Continuing he said c On the part of the South Carolina livision, U. C V., assembled at your hospitable invitation In your beautiful city, I tender you a thousand thanks for the splendid hospitality you haive offered us. We have been met like brothers, as we are, and you have taken us to your hearts and to y(.ur homes. South Carolitilans are bound by a common de? tiny, wrapped in the fo:d]s of common love, identified with a co n mon interest, and when called upon for any heroic service have always ac.ed on a common impulso. But, these ilos are not kept strong, unless as the sous of a noble State we are brought into frequent intorcouse. When the hardy mountainec r, the man from the hill country, and the citizens from the s.;a shore are brought together they learn to know and to love each other. They are impelltd to act together for the good of the w hole State. Thesa meet. inge obliterata sectional lines, ,ind draw all the sons of Carolina into a common fold. A community which draws these cords of affection tightly around the people of the State does great service to the whole State, and y ou have shown your devotion to Caro lia in brineging this about by this glo rious meeting. You have done well to select for this great gathering of South Carolini' 's an occasion such as the present. Y Ju have brought together her sony, wI o, when danger threatened her, rallied to her defence. Who for four long years battled side b~y slde. And with the mn you have brought her younger sons and daughters, who revere and reptet these veterans. In this great love feas.t you have gathered the sons of South Carolina, who have proved Llhelr love and devotiorn to their State, and these who honor them for duty well donoe. Such a gathering is not a scramble for power, or a strife for honor, place or riches. So when you invite the repro sentativos of every interest of our fair commonwealth, alike in sentiment and in feeling, the very act of bringIng them together does a world of good to our whole State. I congratulate you on having accomplished this magnii cent work. We are not surprised to find such wise forethought from your broad-minded citizens. Now that you have gathered us hero, I feel sure that you will treat us with the most liberal hospitality. Our visit has just begun, but the foretaste of your splendid hospiltality, makes us most since.'ely thankful for what you have done, and for what we are yet to rece. We propose to break bread in your homes, enjoy all the good things you have ready for us, and when you have filled us with lovo arnd kind ness we will return to our homes carry ing away a deep love and &ffection for the g reat city of Chester and her glori ous and noble people. Gen. Walker then road that beauti ful tribute to the Confederate dead which is ongravon on the monument in the capitol grounds at Columbia. When he had concluded the veterans arose and with right hand raised to heaven responded feelingly, "They died for their country.' He readl a beautiful tribute to the women of the Confederacy, and they responded, "God bless the women of the Confederacy." The death of Alaj. S. licod Stoney of Gen. Walker's stalf was then an nounced. Gen. Walker fstatedl very feelingly that Maj. Stoney had died mindful of his comrades and their meeting together here to-day. The annual report of the division commander was then presented. 0EN. WA LKICt'8 A NNUA L nidi'OitTi. Comrads :Your commander, wvith great satisfaction, sublmts his cus teomary annual report to this conven tion, the fifth of the South Carolina division, U. C. V. We are survivors of the Confederate a army and navy. The number of such 11 can never increase. No new condi. t tions can give qualilcation for mem- t bershiy in the U. C. V. Each year we lay away to their immortal rest many g of our beloved comrades, the men who f wore the gray. Each year our mem- y bers become fewer. But the Interest of the veteran in maintaing this grand w organization of old comrades does not t soon die. I It During the past year twelve more 1 camps have been formed, and the total number of camps presumed to be alive t now in the South Carolina division is w 123. How many of these may be prac- h tically dead I know not, but will be 1 able to form some estimate after I d have met the commanders this after- C noon. Ninety-six camps have paid ( their dues in full to the U. C. V., or to a the South Carolina division, so It is fair to assume that these camps are n alive and active. Many of those which c have not paid I believe to be alive. a lence 132 is not far from the actual w number of live camps In this division. a I think the showing is a magnificent c one. By far the smallest State of our L beloved Confederacy, South Carolina, ti has today more camps than any other t State, except Texas, live times as large. n The interest of the camps of this divi- a sion is clearly demonstrated by the e payment of arreat a. At the last, the a Charleston reunion, Texas, with her ti 234 camps was only entitled to 207 n votes, while South Carolina, with 124 g camps, was entitled to 239 votes. As w compared with last year, your increased g interest is manifested by the payment n of your duos. At the 1898 reunion you o had only 14; votes, and with 22 votes n added by the now camps, this year you were entitled to 239 votes. Twenty-four counties of the State are entitled to the regimental organlz- c, ation, and In some of these the regi- b ments have been fully organixed. h ,Every effort has been made to stim- t ulate tbe formation of new camps. But aI with the stimulus of our grand reunion 6 of all the U. C. V., in South Carolina 0 this year, added to the other efforts " made, our growth has only been twelve D camps. So I am forced to believe that 4 our high water mark has been reached. Some more now camps will probably w be formed, but they will not more than " roplace those which from natural w causes, must die out. The Confederate " veterans are fast passing away. Feeling that we have reached the a probable heighth of our prosperity, I c congratulate you, comrades of the South Carolina division, on the splen- w di work you have accomplished. I may safely say that you have made v this the very best division of that e glorious band of veterans gathered in- n to the folds of the U. C V. You have k shown in every way the greatest life a interest and activity. As I have said, onily the State of Texas, five times as C large excels you in the number cf a caumps. Our sister States, touching us d on the north and on the west, both g twice as large, neither have as many camps as you have. No division excels a you in your contributions to the sup- o port of the U. U. V. In the love for d your old Confederate comrades, so a magnificently evidenced in the splen- j did reception you gave your comrades of the South, In last May, none has ever ir vomenear you. Your devotion to the U. C. V. is only exceeded by your lov- a ing, devoted, heroic services to the V Confederacy. You can be as proud of a being a veteran of the South Carolina e division at of having been a Confeder ate soldier. When I truly say this of you, com rades, you will know how much I ap- C DrLeiato having receivedAl at ynmr hands 0 the most distinguished honor of my ti life, that of being placed at the head -3 of this splendid organization. I feel a that to be trutcd and respected and b honored by such a body of heroes, is the noblest distinction which could he n bbtowed on me by the hand of man. ri As we go rapidly down the hill of life O we old survivors of the grandest strug ti gle ever made biy heroic men, will draw gj closer and closer together. When the i last one of us reaches the end of all o things worldly, wyhun the last survivor a of the Confederacy is buried, then furl is that banner whichn is to us our emblem 1, of bravery, devotion, truth and free- e dom. How vivid must have been the principles which inspired our fallen b cause, when thirty-four years after its c death we gather to revere them, and c pay loving tribute to our comrades. ri Ilow fece must be our country In which t, such glorious memories can be' loudly , and openly treasured. c Oar mother State, true to her sons, who risked all in her defence, gives an- i nually according to her ability from y her restricted purse, not as a measure t of her love, $100,000 In pen sIons. This t, Is equal, I believe, to that given by her v sister States of the South, and exceeds g, the amount given by many. There has ti been some complaint as to the distri- s1 bution of these pensIons. At the re- vy quest of Camp Wade llampton, I have app~ointed a committee of one delegate gi from each camp to consider this mat- ri ter, and they will probably submit to a you proper recommendations to cure c' the ovlls felt to be existIng. I feel i that the grand old State of S:>uth Car- e olina, equally with you, desires this ri pension money to m each only the de- ) serving. I have no dloubt that her Log- ti islature .vill carefully consIder any reasonable recommendation you may a make. 'I The committee on the monument to ti the women of the Confoderacy, which t] you determined to erect, as a tributeo v to these dlevotod saints, ''the gIrls be- j hind the men behind the guns," will n doubtless make a re part, and I trust It will be one of great encouragemrent. g At your 1895 convention you earn- 3, estly endorsed the action of the Leg- c; islature and its Chickamaumga com~nls sion, andi urged the erection of the monuments on the battlefields of Chick- h1 amnauga to the South Carolina troopse who helped to win that glorious vie- h tory. Since then, several Confederate c States have erected monuments, be- c sido a large number of the Northern h States. Our State found It impossible i at that time to make the necessary ap- n propriation, but with the great, inter- o cat in this State caused by our- recent - May reunion, I am inclinedl to think e that the moment is opportune to re- c sume the matter, and urge prompt, e action on the part of Legislature that t South Carolina may not, be bohind her sister States in honoring her he-y roes who fell at Cthickamauna. Ltak . otion should be extended to all batttle olds similarly marked, as soon a ley are ready to receive monumenti )Southern heroism. In the month of May you had th< ratiflcation of meeting your comradei 'om all over the South on the soil ol our own beloved South Carolina Vith the magnificent hospitality foi 'hich this State is famous, you enter lined them, and sent our visitori ome with a "God bless South Caro. na " on all lips. While Charleston was the place ol 'le reunion, our guests knew that the3 ere receiving a welcome from the ands and hearts of all South Carolina. very comrade of the South Carolinar ivision helped the good people 0i harleston entertain the guests, and harleston, I know. appreciates your asistance. My comrades, we have accomplishe muoh, and we have yet much to ac amplish. All that you have, or wil Xcomplish, will be, I am sure, at 'orthy of the State and of yourselvek a your magnificent heroism for yout 3untry, the Southern Confederacy, et me urge upon you to keel) alivE its splendid organization. So long at we survivors are left, let those wh< ieet in annual convention to perpetu be the glorious memories of a noble tuse, to clasp their weakening handi ad proudly hold aloft to the world i1 Jsplendid record their brotheri iade; and see that It goes down t eneratione that the men of the Soutt ore true to their country, true to theh Dvernment, fearless in it@ defence, ado the grandest struggie in the fact the heaviest odds ever made by ortal man. MISCE4LANECOUS BUSINESS. Adjt. Gen. Holmes then insisted em 6mps strengthening their membershipi V the more forbunate members assum* g the fees of those who were really io poor to pay the pittance. He then )oke of three flags which had recent. become the property of the division, no of these was the only banner hich draped the grave bf Winnic avis, and, therefore, should be doubly 3ar. The roll of camps was called. There ere many camps from which there as no response, but tabulation. showed iat of the 250 camps in the division 5C ere represented. It was nearly noon and as there wa : pressing business to attend to, the mvention receded from business un. 1 8 o'clock, upon motion of Gen. Car lie. This afternoon at 3 o'clock the smr tvors of Jenkin's brigade held a little rperience meeting. This gallant coin and, led by the dashing Micah Jon ins, so soon cut down, was time and rain decimated, but never whipped. he Palmetto Sharpshooterr, Hamp m's Legion, the First, Seconl, Pifth id Sixth South Carolina, have gone >no into history among the records of reatness. There were not more than Yo score who attended the meeting the call of Mr. Franklin B. Mackey, Washington, who was a gallant sol or. The survivors of kenkins' brig. le agreed upon a badge to insure rec ;nition of each other. Thoy will ereafter hold reunions similar to thii hcipient one. Among the prominent commander. -e Gen. Carwile. Gen. Butler, Gen. Talker, Col. McMaster, Judge lud on, Dr. James H. Woodrow, Dr. lFran a L. Parker, Rev. S. 1". H. Ewell, ol. Thomas C. Beckham and Maj, Imes G. Holmes. This afternoon the commander a of imps met Gen. Walker in an informal anner and discussed the standing of Wo various camps. The condition of re United Confederate veterans in the tate is shown to be very enccuraging L these verbal reports. When the veterans reassembled at ight prayer wasn offered by Dr. Wood. >w, of Columbia. Capt. W. D). Star ig, of Columbia, reported in behalf of 10 committee appointed to consider lo matter of pensions. The conven on adopted the committee's report, hich recommended that a committee twelve he appointed to look into the atter and to memorialize the Lcgle ~ture the moanner of amending the w so that none but the worthy shall rtain pensions. Trhere was some opposition to grant ig plenary power to a committee, omnrades A. R. Banks, Dr. 10Mwell and en. Carwile leading the discussion, he latter suggested that the commit. me report to the division commander, ho shall send a copy to the separat: Imps, who shall in turn act upon thc qggestions before going to the ILegis sture. Capt. Iredell Jonies defended 10 orIginal proposition of the commit me. If the committee were to report the separate camps through the di ision commander, there would be con ision. The committee had decided iat the trouble was all with the town. 1ip board.. The amendment wa. fled down. R1ev. 8. P. HI. 10lwell was called upo. ir the report of th~e commission tc uise funds for a monument for the wo OeE of the Confederacy. Dr. 10tiwell tlled for Judge J. [H. Hudson to make ie report. 'rie audience for the first me showed life, breaking forth inic apoated cheers as the gentleman and Lrist of former days was escorted tc 10 stage, the band playing "Dixie." The sponsors were then announced ed were presented to the audience, he wild cheering was redoubled, for is sweet smiles and the airy graces of 10 sponsors were as ispiring to the 3torans as the sweet memories con iro~d by the "Star Spangled Ban R1ev. D. NI. McIauchlin, 'ahe hand >me commander-in-chief of the spon >rs, having marshaled his forces, ipitulated to Gen. Walker. Sa responding, Glen. Walker said: CJomradese: During the past year we ave heard a great deal as to the pres rice of sponsors and their maids of Emor at the reunion of veterans. The istom has been criticised, and in somc tses severely condemned. Oh, what as become of famed Southern gallan. 'y ! Can we imagine a meeting o1 men which lis not ennobled by the pres nc's of the saints of the earth, the fah. omen of our land. Anid when thoJ amec in, as they do to- night, bearing ur beloved Confederate banners, thoj iarch straight into our hearts o1 carts. Tihe presence of our dauighteri always welcome, and particularly s< rhen they come to honor our brotberi die within us if the time should come when we are not happy to welcome and have with us our devoted and beautiful girls, and the fair represen tativos of those noble souls who made us men do our duty, not only during the war, but all our lives. God bless the fair sponsors, and may we always have them with us. I welcome you sponsors and maids of honor to this convention. Be always with us to guide our footsteps, smooth our suffer ings and choor us in our struggles. Be at our side bo that when we lay aside all that is mortal you can keep our memory green and make the fame of the Confederate live forever. Thrieo welcome as women of South Carolina, and as represontativos of the men who wore the gray and of the women of the Confederacy. Comrado Campbell, of Anderson, arising in the audience, said that he was tired of the insinuations that none but general's daughters were sponsors. There are no generals ot privates. All are the same, survivors of a com mmon cause. Dr. 1l4woll then made the report of the woman's monument fund inaugu rated at Greenville two years ago. le stated that the fund was discouraging in its meagerness. He pleaded for the money to build a tribute to the women. His burning eloquence was frequently applauded. The names of Hampton and Butler woro cheered. Judge Hudson received another ova tion. He, too, made an eloquent ap peal for the veterans to take this cause home with them and to work for its fultilment. Capt. 1). R. Flenniken, of Columbia, In treasurer of the fund. The veterans became quite enkhusiastic over the prospects of raising the fund. The night session was closed by a magnificent vocal selection, Rudyard Kipling's "Recssional," whose martial theme has been set to grand and sub lime strains. Miss Maud R. MuClure electrified the audience wilth her Inter pretation of the piece. " When the Uoll is Called Up Yon der," was sung very sweetly by a choir of 6hester ladies and gentlemen. Immed iately after the convention had voted to adjourn, some one caught sight of Gen. Butler, and the audience cheered for fully flve minutes until the Adonis of South Carolina veterans pre sented himself on the platform. le excused himself from speaking at length, and merely spoke a word of approval for the revived movement to erect a monument to the women of the Confederacy. FOUm) EXnAUSTED AT sERA. Andrews Picked Up by a Steamer Seven Hundred MIles f'ron Liver pool-Mim Sea Nkia Was Set Adrift. Capt. William A. Andrews, the Yen turesome navigator, who left, Atlantic City, N. J., on June 18, In a twelve foot canvas-covered boat-the Dareo - was picked up exhausted, July 12, 700 miles west of Liverpool by the steam ship Holbein, which arrived July 16 in LIverpool. Almost the first words of the captain when he reached the ilolbeln wero : " I am glad I did not taku that girl on this trip. She would have perished anid I should never have forgiven my self." He referred to Miss Belle Shane, of Norristown, N. J., who had gained Captain Andrews's reluctant consent, to take her with him. Afterwards he refused, but the young woman boarded a rowboat at Atlantic City on the day of the captain's departure and tried to reach O.he Dorue as she was sailing out of the harbor. She threw a line over the tillor which Captain Andrews cast off. H1er sobs of disappointment fol lowed him. Another feature of his departure was the action of four veiled young women who loft a yacht in a row boat, and, intercepting the D~oree as she passed on her way to sea, hugged and kIssed Andrews until he nearly upset the boat in his embarrassment. The captain was exhausted when seen from the deck of the Holbein. Lie was half reclining in the stern sheets of the Doree, which was making at least six knots an hour, with all her canvas drawing. The captain had lelnty of provisions, but he wm.s worn out with loss of sl. When asked through the megaphone i he desirod to be taken off he responded with a feeble nod. Hie was too weak even to climb the rope ladder that was fl-ing over the side and had to he slung under the arms and hauled aboard the Holboin by four lusty tars. Captain And rews, with tears, begged that the Doree be saved. She had proved a sp~eedy boat, covering ti,,300 miles-approximately--in twenty-four days, an average of more than ninety five miles a day. tier cendition, con sidering the severity of the voyage, was good, but Captain Bhurlock was firm in his refusal to take the boat. Hie said ho could not stop to bother with it. 16 would delay the ship an hour to save the skiff and so she wasn cast adrift. With tear. flowing down his cheeks Captain Andrews clung to the rail and watched his boat as it faded from sight, astern, tie was then taken into the cabin and eared for. Hie said that the Doree encounteredl a series of westerly gales, and although they helpedl her on her way, they necessitated hIs being on tho watch sometimes for forty-eight hours with out sleep. Th'le Hiolbeln wsnt up) the canal to Manchester and Captain An drews remainedl on board. Hie refused to dIscus, hIs plans for the future. The speed of the boat, Captain An drews said, astonished him, even with gales to boost, her along, IIe had ex pected to make Gloucestur, l0ngland, in flity-eight days, and when puickod up was astounded to know that he was so near Liverpool. The lIjrce, the captain sai'l, had shIpped a stern sea only once on the trIp, and had remmuain ed as stiff as a block of wood Lhrough-lm out the gales she weathe red. H ence he was anxious to keep her. Tlhe boat measured a trifle more th~n 12 feet and she hadl 6 feet beam. She was made with the I g htest of steel ribs, over which was for-m.. an alum inum covering, which In turn was canvas-covered. Bhe was slo,,p-rigged, witn airtig'ht compartment, at bow Iand stern. Along the si- were lockers for provisions, the caplitain taking a stock for a voyage of eihty (lays. THIE SITUATION IN TI E SOUTH. and cast Preaitdent E. A. Smyth, of Pelmer, Has two a 1lali Talk with a DBoston ews- the paper About Lynolings and Labor. the lIoston Ilerald, 20th inst. ro Lynching, as the only remedy, is a proposition which Mr. Ellison A. per Smyth, chairman of the sub-commis- torc slon of the United States industrial A commission, now sitting in this city, to b fels compe lied to support. tile h1r. Smyth is presidont of the Poligor said ManufacturingCompany, of l'elzer, S. try C. This concern operates four cotton for i mills, consuming 50,000 balos of cotton ton per year, and It literally owns the volo town of POlzer, which has a population try of 6,000, and is situated sixtoon miles the from the city of Greenville. Thle s w l'olzer Mills aro the largest in the that South. thro To a lhorald reporter yesterday, Mr. The; Smyth, on request, expressed himself to-di on the subject of lynchings. le said supl that, while he personally abhorred trad lynching, yet, in the casO of assault1s the upon helpless women, it seemod to be bran the only remedy-a spedy vengeance, runu precluding the necessity on the part of tho victims to appear In court to No I testify. " e matter of lynching in the Tbo South is not fully understood by many 11 people in B3oston," continued Mr. e Smyth. " The peopl here hardly re ahize the conditions existing in many b:I of the country districts in several S Southern States. I know of cases the ( where white men have felt compelled coe to remove their families from farms to the neighboring towns, as they were afraid to d to leave them alone on the farms, even during the day. It is an unusual thing uffal in the South to ind white women rid- the' Ing or driving alone, through the country roads, and this !ear, as well as olin the bitterness, is increasing. Ollie( " At firit hore were ordinary lynch ings, In order to prevent, if possible, a Cray repetitIon of these terrible assaults. Mra Then, in some sections, great brutallty dent was show in burning and torturing the of l criminals caught in those acts. 11t ford nothing seems to prevent them, and writ what will be the final remedy, or what is ri will be the result, it is very hard to ir tell. One cannot judge of the situa- a her tlon unless one g oes South, talks with Che the people there anti becomes familiar as fo with the conditions sumrrounding them. During the war the white mIn of the state South wore In the army, and the white the families, consisting of women and cil- tho dren, were protected hy the colored t1 Islaves. l1 " Those old negroes are held in great respect andt atfection by the On u Southern white man, but since tile war a a generation has grown up, under no TI restraint and with an immense idea of havt its own importance, politically and othorwise. Tile negro Is not now so : much of a local habitat as formerly. sa & large class, particularly young men ry from 18 to 30 years of age, are con- bI stantly moving, working here and there, and It 1s from these people that "on1t' our criminal class is recruited. teuc Mr. Smytn was asked if lie had ever tone, known of a case where a white man pr suie-od lynching for this crime, of T lie re)lied that three years ago, with In fifteen miles of where he lived, a worthless white man assaulterU a colored girl, and wat lynched in broad righ daylight by colored mea, without op- abol )ositlon on the part of the white com- by h munity. It had been known that thero Oct, was a movement In this direction, and Wessi tihe plan could have hni frustrated i I by tile white la))UllLtiol if It had ' simply hoon a question of color. But andi the man was taken from the hands of be a tile State constiable and lynched along the the road. char "'I (o not claim," said Mr. Smyth, TI "to he an apologist, or doefonder of theth crime of lynching, because, ajpart fromi prac any other consideration, the reactiton f"rn on those who participate in It is de- *" grading and injurious, and lowers ding public tone in every way. Blut, In our abot sp~arsely settled country I do not, see how it is to ho stopped, or what, will pass be tihe outcome. The exhibitions of sect, brutality tend to degrade the whIt~e men who take part, inl tlheie torturings con and burnings, but the crime must conaoe before the punishment will st0op, andl dult, the remedy mlust be applied there-to earr teachl these People1 to havo more re- "po spect for womanbood, whether whiteo in or colored." Stat Mr. Smyth also spoke of the labor to y problem in tho South. lie said :"The "I ~ great piroblemn is the coloredI imin in rope hils relation to life, security aind labor, that Tis whole colored question is ono ar that permeatos every department ofvli business and enterprise in the South oit andi is the great millstone round the neck of Southern white labor. Trhoeo~ reason the Southern cotton mills are shal crowded with labor is not only the low carr price of cotton, but thbe completition of own the colored farmer, who will pay a larger rent, for a farm, live In more Peal dilapidated buildings, ask for less improvements on the farm during the dote season of the growth of cotton-which in ti is only a few month.--than the whIte ofmci man, and will work his family produc. of t~ ing cotton. And the result is thailt he tion can made tihe prnoduct cheaper than sejg the white farmer, and live on very th much lois. ei "This is the evolution that, is goin iion consl Ia the Southern St~ates to-dlay. Tho :act1l white farmer who does not own his pres farm is being forced to seek other em- act< ploymont, and In the cotton mill ror vIllages lie finds more steady and re munerative labor, with churches, stat schools and reauding room facilities, frm from all of which he was debarred in **9' the rural communities, and with most sub, of whIch he had never before come els into contact. Where there are no cot- the ton mills the renter has a cash settle- ic ment only once a year-wi on his crop inc( is marketed-and then he pays his theo landlord, or the merchant to whom he has given a lien on his crop for ad- in I vances in suplies1 received durIng tile year. This leaves generally a very tbo small balance for the farmer, but it veri brIngs the family to the cotton mill, where they earn as much in a month TI as they would make on the farm In a doil wtar, and, in adldition, he has school be faclilties, of which I have spoken. " The colored man is not only in A competition with the white laboring OA Iman as a carpenter, a bricklayer and hioi as a farmer, but is alremady "knocking" as: at the (loors of the Southern cotton " mills. There is a nill at Concord, N. " C., and another at, Charleston, s.C., Ui a which emnloy colored lab,.. -whol..y,. .3 meet with a fair measure of suc i. These colored people work to -thirds of the wages received bi white bands, and the whole colore( stion adds a disturbing element t< wholri Southern outi.jok. It is i blem to. be solved only by thosi ag in the South and coming int< ional contact.with the parties In Pted."1 nother matter of interest referrot y Mr. Smyth was the relations o Northern and Southern mills. IJ that the export trade of the coun bIad grown enormously, and whilh few years the New England cot ruanufactures thought that the de pment of the Southern mill indus was inimical to their Interests and uause of the depression then felt, eli as loss of profits, they now fBud the revival of business has come ugh the settlement of other causes. v were all busy, and the country ty, declared Mr. Smyth, could not ly the demands of our export D in cotton goods if it were not for Southern cotton mills, and the ches of the Northern mills now lng in the South. 11PEUIAL PitiVil&.GKl* GIVEN. Supremo Court Declares that qIOnsary Constables Cannot Carry nicealed Weapons. IN1ia State. or since the establishment of the 3 liquor constabulary it has been 1ustom of the constabes to carry Ualed weapons under the bellof that commission gave them the right i so. Theo effect of the practice been seen in a number of bloody rs occurrying hore and there about itato. It is # strange coincidence the supreme sourt hands down an ion In which it is hold that such ,ra have no right to bear concoaled )os0, in a Case in which W. It. rford, the constable who killed Stuart in this city, is the roupon The case i entitled " Th city kurens, appullaut, vs. (v. It. uraw respondent," and the opinion is en by Associate Justice Gary. It teresting to note also that the on leaves no loopholes by which Iad or any other oficers may hear 3aled weapons. Th0 opinion reads llows : .3 record contialn1 the following mont of facts: On July 23, 180s, ictendant, W. it. Craw ford, ialmed o, was tried hofore the iayor of .ity of Lturons, charged with the tion of an ordinance of 1ahd city, Ily 23, 18)9, by having concealod L hits person a pistol. io defend.nt adinittod that lie did a pintoi conceaiod about his per n saitd city on the 23d day of July, but contended that lie was a a constable anti had ia right to car i pistol concealed ahout his person. is defeudant, was a State consta but the mayor overruled tho col on of the defendant, convictod of the crimo charged aid soia Ld h111Im to pay a i lne of K) or be Im imed 10 days. ie defendant a)pp:1 (ld to tho court meral sessions for Iaaurnns coun apon the grounds that he wits an r, a State constailo, and had a t to carry his plstol concealed t iis person. The apoal was hatrd is honor, .ludge Tow nnnd, at th her, 18118, torin of court of generaL ons for Laurens county. a honor, the circult judge, ordered tt the appeal be and is su'atai nd, that the entira proceedings herein lid are hereby dismissoed, and that lofen,lant's bond on appal be d is god and cancolled." e city of laianreni appoaled froin orlier upon exceptions, raising t~ical ly the single e .iestioin of law .her a State const~able is exempt tihe operation of the law forbid thle carrying of a pibtonl concealed t tho personl. 40 first act on this s~ubject, was d in 188(0 (17 Stat., 4.i7), theo fourt~h on of which was a34 follows: thing herein contained shall bo t~ruedi to apply to peaice oflicers e in the actual dischiargo of their 3s as suchi eflicors, nor to persons ying concealed weapons whI ile ithoir own premises." 189J7 another act was passed (22 ,423), in whilch. without referring rovious legislation, the langulage e former act was substantially atod with the imnportaint exception piarts of the 6ct, declaring what >ne shall be exempt from its pro us, poaco ollicers, are entirely ted. e language of the last act is as wa : " Nothing herein contained he construed to apply to persons ring concealed weapons upon their promilses." e act concludes with the usual re Ing cl-ause. o first question, therefore, to be rmined la whether the plrovision e previous law exempting peace srs while in the actual disohaage air duties as such from the opera of thbe act ia repealed by the sub ont act of 18197. tis turns upon the inquiry whether parovisions of the latter act are in istent with those of the fermer for, if they are, then, by the ox s terms of the last section of the >f 18917, tihe pirevious provisions not acted are repealed. 10 rule is well settled that whena ute exempts two classes of persont ) the opecration thereof, and a sub tent statute on precisely the samet et exempts only one of the tw< ses named in tihe parevious statute provislons of the two statutes are nsistent with each other and suc) nsistent iprovisions are repealed b, latter statilue, he circuit judge, therefore, errei is conclusion of the said statutes. isl the judgment of the court Liha order of the circuit court, be ri ted. lhe tobiacco crop around Trentoni ig well. A considerablo amouinthe n planted. n old friend aind a true one, is Ahh~ TlOR ibi N I M PCNT1 ini lhundireds ioE inl this State. M any amisis uine househol reined y for many ailmeni (ion't mention it will cure. Btock mi it for horses and pains of domest mtals. We guarantee it to give satisfa I as a ponietrating~ healing applicatio 1 eavynwne. MAHON & ARNOLD'S. Shoe Store. r - SHOES AND THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE SHOES. Everyone will admit that there is a great difference between shoes and shoes. That there are Inferior Shoes and Superior Shoes, and in every grado, style and kind there are firsts, seconds and thirds and so on. This Is true in every branch of trade-henco you have to depend on the experience, ability and reliability of your local dealers for good shoCs at the right )rices. Now, the next question is, who or where can I find the best for the money ? There are many convincing reasons why you can buy the best for the money, and the same for less money from us than elsewhere, but we will only NAME A FEW REASONS WIY. Firet. The senior member of this firm has been in the wholesalo shoo business for the past thirteen years, getting experience that is invaluable and enables us to know where and how to buy the correct goods at the lowest figures. So much for good shoes. Second. We can alford and do sell shoes at less profit than exclusive shoe dealers; for the reason we do not have to rent extra room or em ploy extra salesmen. It is all done under the same roof along with our dry goods business, hence the expense of doing our shoo business is at least 60 por cent less t.han the expense of an exclusive dealer. Third. We have the advanLt.ge of buying in large quantities, as we sell boti wholesale and retnil-enabling ma to buy at closer figures than a moire retailer. So its as plain as A, B1, C, thle position we Occupy to save you m Iolley. Wet IaIv(e received more tlimi a car load in the last thirty days. We ham.lle the Iest, lklsM. We sell I)rew, Selby & Co.'s line of Ladies' Fine Shoes. \Ve want to d )I~i; iNTO'1 YOUlt MENIORY The advantage of buying from us. We carry no .10i LOTs or TRASHY SiIo(). You can't afford to put your Wimey int) rotten shoes; they don't iijprovti with age. Our atock is brand n1eV we only opened up Mairch 15th. MAHON & ARNOLD, NO. 2x UPPER MAIN STREIST .J. 11. M~olmA N & .BiRO.'S OLD STA ND. Aigeit, for IcCall Bazar Patterns. ITEi4is1 011 OUlNICItAL INTIUCST. Quaint anid Curious Paragraphs (Anthlieretd ilom Various Sources. -Speaking of the Philippinos, holouId we say Otis or 0 'Lis n't ? -In a houso-wagon of his own con struction, John.Oleson, an Altoona, 1Pa., paper hanger has stalrtedi on a trip arouand the world. -ltubies found at Oowle Creek, N. C., aire said by exports to be compara ble In color and brilliance with the finest gems from lBurma. --M les Louise H umphrey, a teacho r in the public schoels of Philadephia, hams resigned after fIfty-three years of continuous service. -Two streets in Pinar del leo, Cuba, which have heretofore borne the name of two saints, will hereafteor be onliled GJomez and McKinley. -Birice and ih'nsom Power, twin brothers, are still, at the age of 85 years, actively engaged in farming in D~elaw aro County, Indiana. -For several years the Church Ex tension Society of the Methodist Epis conal Church has furnished aid for the erection of two churches a day. -itev. John Watson (Ian Maclaren) Is said to have made $l?,000 as hii share of the profits of hlis recent lec turing tour in the United States and Canada. -1t Is said that ex-Senator Edmrunds made *75,000 out of his law practico last, year. When he left the Senate he was a poor man, but we are glad to know that he is recovering rapidly. -A Kansas man who weighs only 135 pounds won $30 last week by carrying 160 pounds of flour thrce miles without, putting it down. And then he otfered to bet $30 more that he could go an other mile. -The State of P'ennsylvania hatched 30,000,000 shad in the Deolaware river th is, y ear, and the Un ited States hatch ed 200,000,000( of the same fish In the Delaware and Susquehana rivers comn bined. -Scientists have dia.:overed that the memory is stronger in dumnmer than in winter. A mong the worst foes of the memory are too much food, too much ph~lyeal exorcise, and strangely enough too much ed ucation -J. Pierponmt Morgan, the New York ililionaire, has just purchased one of the finest private libraries of London, for which he paid the sum of $160,000. . Among the treasures included In the sale is a first folio Shakospeare, said to be the best,. is CASTORIA For Infants and Ohildren. 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