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HE PEOPLE'S JR VOL.C ONE DOLLAR A YEAR a x a&9 V1.14UOXARK HANNA[ SILVER QU ESTION C AN NOT 1Ig r Tie Trusts and Imperialisi Have Been Injected Into The Campaign -Bryan is Against the EInapire Forever. Hon. Win. J. Bryan delivered an open air speech tq 3,000 persons at Wichita, Kansas, a few days ago, and he was the guest of honor at a ba(I uet. In the course of his banquct speech Mr. Bryan said : " The public wonders why I have not dropped the silver question. Now measures are resting upon us, but I sball never drop the silver question until the little coterie of lEnglish finan clers cease to meet in secret and plan the laws of this country. "The difference between this cam paign and that of '96 iq that the matters of trusts and imperialism have been injected and that the lM't st has become educated on the silver question. The i'lAst no longer regards l'opulists as anarchists, but has come to respect them." R.eferring to the Boer war he said " I measure men's opinions by 'tbeir sympathies. The sympathies of all people are with republics, -and in tLhe great contests that ale fought between kingdoms and republics we -know where to place the heart ofA'1er'icans. It is today with the Boors and [ do *.ot say this because I am against iEigland. I have some regard for EIngland because I am part MEaglish myself. I am also part Irieb and part Scotch, but above all I am American." . As to colonial affairs Mr. Bryan sid: "We are unalterably for the republic and everlastingly. against -.the 'empire t and denounce'the progentnationall ad, I ministration for its shameless atempt I to unsettle the foundations of our gvov- J ornment. [or its abandonment of the V Monroe doctrine, for it. attempt to thrust our cour.t.ry into iuropean and I Asiatic politlcs, against w hich we have c been warned by the fathers ; for its at. f tempt to subjugate unwillhig and jib-, erty-loving people not to make thwn 1 ditizens, but serf' :- fut Its Uttempt t'o I adopt for our country the Engliei colo- t nial system, as foreign to our pi1i of- a government as a titied aristocrat, to .a e king ; for its gross disregard of our 8 promise to the people of Cuba to give them their freedom ; for its permanent e increase of our standing army from 25,- 1 000 to 100,000 men with no possible jus- 1 tilication except to keep uvwilling:Ior- a oign peoples in ubjUgation ;ior its no- ( torious secret allianice with E1igland to s be used as a menace to other friendly I nations, and for its carpet bag govern ment and unconstitutional tariff inau- e gurated in Porto i'co. All of these things, the naturaL sequence of Rea publicanism and the first symptoms of a military inperiallem, we will forever oppose." TIlE CitEED OF MAltK IANNA. 1 The Dollar Maik Creates time Stan- t dard- in Politics-Money.Miakinig d nd' Ciristian Cliilization Go To- s gether. SenatorAlarl fUanna was called out 0 at the Ohio 16publican convention, t and laid, down his p9i*tical creed as follows:, .: I " The Jepublicais .-of the Up ivted t States are confronted today with mtny |J new propositions and;jss.ues thrown f: around us ,liketangle grus in our - pathway by t'e bDmocratic palrty at tempting tq raise *new issues upon - every move of policy made by the gov- t ernment, seeking some issue, some op) Z portunity to manifest the opposition to the policy of the -#eptiblian partyi I " We are .conscious of hiavig ful' I filled every promise made.. We; tooke this country into our hariids amid uander i our care after four year'of-the greatesty vicissitudes through which we have ever passed in history. At our Qon- r vention in St. Louis we ainnounced thee policy and the doctrine of the Republi can party upon which had been builded the material interests for twenty-odd years. The best evidence of the sue- I eess of ',.hat policy is what we have accomplished as affecting the material interests'of this country. " The balance of net trade in favor of the United States dur-ing the last century preceding this administration athounted to $312,000,000. In onie hun dred years that was the net balance to the credit of the United States in our trade with the world. In three years of the administration of P'resident Mc Kinley the net balance as shown by the books of the United States tremis ury is $I,-400,000,000. That is $1,100, 000,000 more accomplished in those1 three years than had been accomplish ed in one hundred yeamrs pi-eceding. (Appiause). Louking in toh a face (i such reilults, I r'epeat ypoui'olfairman's words, 'do we wgnt~tdeciange P " We have proven to this country I and to the world that our policey of economics is irresistible and must suc ceed. In the few years of trial we have had unter this admninistration,: we ' have proved that withm the same ratio of progress every year we shall be made stronger and:49n gIven far better and, wider opport, nities todt-do good in the .march of COgr elanization, and civilizatidn of thd~wo~h ' roe re suits of the'war with Spain ti'e not ac cidental. -The dostiny whiqh~as been written for this country must ,be 'ful filled in the natural order'of phings. it was but one-step forward in the direc tion of the duty set .foi us to do and no matter what influencosinay be thrown around us to impede'mur- progreoss, it cannot and, will not, step', "I do not care wheth'er you call it imperialism or expansion.'' The des tiny of this country. is written, and any i partyor combioation of men that at tempts, by ainy subterfuge or make shift in pl)litics, to stop) the power and progress of this nation will go dbown.t under ltiust as Ithe D)enoeratic par-ty< has gone down. (Applause ) We are proud of our record ; we a'e pr-oud of our business experiencc, and we aret glad to have had the opportunity to demonstrate to the worlId that the policy and businessm 6rlnclples of the American people meant the civization and Christianization of the whoie I world, " Now that we are embarking In this nuew policy, and now that this govarnment Is conrontewit thea e- . Abnsibilities)hIcTI'aro open to us, wi ask, the I 6bibl"iaI party in Ohio al wo did four years ago, to sound thi keynote to the balance of the Union to express her confidence in her grea leader, our Pres-ident. His courag during all tho- dark days of that wai aid many complications which sue ceeded it has never failed for one mo ment. And I want to improve this opportu nity to Pay in this presenco that thor< has never been an hour, no, not a mo ment that he has not been in t->cl with his party in Washington. (Ap plaise). Tite consciousness that ho i prepared for and is meeting every dif licuity, determined to do what senm, best and right for the people in oui insular possessions, at the same timi maintaining the dignity and prestigt of our own country and protcating oit labor and our industries-that feeliot that he is doing right, has enabl, him to call to his suoport that ai( w~hjjhi always comes to a strong luader of mnon, and, no matter what collatern Is'ues may b.3 arranged in this coming camnailn, I know that the peopi v.! the Unitped States feel comfortable an' vnilident when they know that Wil liam McKinley I3 at tie wheel." (Ap plausc). INOTI lEi \VAI S I-( CY S1OiIE) Whittief's licantil'ul 'oPean All a -leC(Ieti-Stonle wall Jackson Neve -Saw Blarbiara. yleriewilro GeO. U. Kyd Douglass,..of Maryland, Yho was an ollicer oa the stalf of Stone vall -Jacksou, recently. delivered a ucture in New York on that great oldicr and the cief incidents of his ife. 'Gen. Doutrians described the on rj of the 'Confederato forces into ,'trbiderick -City, Md., where B3rbara 'rietthie lived, a'nd said that General aeukin never saw her. If she owned Unigted States flag Gen.eral Douglass was never able to'linti it put, Cr.1taln e ihWtht shie nevbr waved It from her atimoit -in challenge . to the Con ed erato forces. G.eneralJickson never passed Bar iark rietcite's house,. said Gonerai )ouglait5ss. " 11, seemns hardl to believe hat all of Whittier's beautiful poem ib ticLlon, but the fiet remains. Not von her relatives will sanction thu tory. "General Jackson just before the ntry into lPrederick, had been serious y injured by a fail from a horse that ad been presented him by some of hi dmirers. W-. were obliged to place ;eneral Jackson in an am bulance and top at Bust's grove, about three mile r'om F'LderLick. " General Jackson on the following lunday evk ning inLisLed on being taken n .to .lrederick in the ambuilance to ttend church. -He did not enter the own again until the morning of the upposed incident, Sept. 10, 1862. Tien /e again took hiim to the town in the mbulance. We stopped at the cor er of Patrick arid 'Maj.n, htraqets, and o asked th. bitizens queztions about he surrounding . counLry. Then he i).tcted that I drivo himi to thu re tience of iI v. D,-. I ).ss, the Presby erlav.Ipinister, whose ceurch we had ttendewt the pi'evious day. I '.as till so enrl) that the minister was not p, so we left a card. " We drove the aibulance paist the resent courthouse, p issed th home f William 3avtz, then down Mill alley u MiddleLown, where' we reached ackson's cbltma 'and rode up to the cont. We did not pars Baruara 'rietche's house. " Barbara Frietehe, I have learned, fter tong and painstaking investiga ion, was 96. yars od at That time. he-Was help ts - and almost blind. o soldier 61 the army and resident of 'redertck saw a iibg at her' wIndow. ier relatives, with whom I have talk d, admit that there Is no foundation or the story cta *Which Whittier has "Mrs. *.D.1) N. 'South wor tb, the eovelist, aiid'aonscq uently, unhampier* d by facts, is said to have given Vhittier the story. I wats with JiacK on all tbe tiaol was in Irederick, ,nd I c4p- say. st got51bonutiful poem s ail a myth'." - A N A Usolcus- l VEN'T.--Dur'ing ho last trip . on the transport *Sherman," from San Fraucisco, Ca. o Manila, she carriedi about 8,000 in antry, consisting of thc-Ninteent~h re ciment, one hundlred .and fifty United ktates hospital corps men and1( a noum >or of the signal corps. There werd *lso on board sixteen l alipino men mnd women, who, having, been found aenniless in. Omahia, wvere- being trans orted back to thehr native islands. The Sherman loft. San l'rancisco or ho 17th day of l''ebruary, and on the norning of the 22 id,~ ( Waebingtona 3irthday), at 6i a. mn., tatore was born mn board a little P'ilippino girl baby, o One of the Filipino couples. At 41 a. mn., te now irriv~tl swas carefully venilpped in tho Unijed"Statos tlag, and >rought oun deck, wh'ero amidst, oilicers and men, she was bapsized with great eromony, "'Martha Washington Sher nan,"' in. htonor of thu day and boat. ['en a- colledtion was taken uap among ho men and ollicers, aind $i150 tre entod to the hajpy fatherand mnother if the little Arnericatno-IF iipino. Afltr this all ,ioin.id in andl sang Hlail Columba,'' amid other national iris fith . the. assurance from all t.be Id sailtse on board, that, this was it very uspicious event, and that no one need ear for the safe voyage of the Sher nan to her .lostination after' this. -The - largest, fco evet received b' )ani Webster, ,the greatest, of the awyer's of the anto-belilum perio1l, aic ordir.g t, the Spri glield (Mass ) its >utblican was $10,000. Pshesumablay this vas the Girard wiG case. It furthber aye the lobby lawyers practiceing be ore the Massachtusotts Legislature of. cet receive more than that sun iii1 th( tourao of a single .legislat~Ivo session and for work that by no moans occupica all their time. And it, also instancet ,bo ease of the uhknbwn Now .Jersey awyor, who wound up the Carnegiu ?rick litigation, andl .was reported t invo recoived $1,000,000 for' the job. X Chicago attor'ncy, who. recently at' 'anged the terms of cons(Aldation of ,wo 1.oal . gas .com~panies- taninounood ast weeok, It Is said'by tiheOhicagt )apers, received $500,000 for his ser~ ilces. 3 PROTOTYPE OlF MIS. I:14WE1-Y, Adlintlral's Ftitranuce lnto Polites Re callsH Dolly Matlisoni's Conduct of L Her HusbanId'S Camapaign. r Mrs. Dewey's projection of her hus band Into polities -for to her the world gives credit for the admiral's sudden entrance into the political arena serves to call to Itind another womau who, if she did not personally secure the election of tier husband, was at I least responsible to a vet y great de - gree for the success of his auministra 3 tion. This was Dolly Madison, who, - through her husband's two terms at 3 president an I through the administra tion of J( Iferson, enjoyed a popularity perhaps unsurpassed by tbat of any other mistress of the White House. James Madison was not particularly well qualilied for the presideney, de sjite the fact that his administrations are considered very successful onies. lie was a student rather than a states nadi, 'aid preferred the quiet of his library to the excitement and the labor of a president's life. He was delicate Iin health and retiring in disposltion. lad he possessed a wife of a different charat t r he probably would have beeni a failure as a president-could he, indeed, have attained thai position without her helpj. Madison certainly owed much to the tact of his wife : ever now her Indtuence can be seen bt hind some of his bolder acts. Greatest among those who give Dolly Madison moe credit than Maditon himself for the success uf his adminis tration is James G. laine. In one of his publibhe:J letters be declares : " Mrs. Madison saved the administra tion of her husband, held him back from the extremes of Jefersonism, and enabled him to escape from the terri .hi1 dili cmma of the war of 1,812. 1But for' her De Witt Clinton would have been chosen president in 1812." M r. Blaine probably overestimated the value of 1hly Madison's services to her husband, but she could have done far less than he gives her credit for and still deserved to be remnemnbet - ed in A merican history. Mrs. Mladison was well acquainted with t.he social forms of Washiugton ife, just as Mrs. D)wey now is, before her uii iitband became president. Dur ing the administration of Jefferson, inder whom Madison was secretary of State, she was prictically the first lady of the Ian:', lot' she almost always preside-i at the Lead of the White Houtse table at dintmer parties. It is r'ecorded that at a state dinner to which many of the diplomats wete invited Jeiferson ofered her his arm to take her out. She, mor' tactful, whisuered to him to take Mrs. Marry, the wife of the British ambassador. He peristed and she was obliged to yield, and M rs. Merry, feeling deeply ittuitcd, entered the dining room on the arm of her husband. Because of this incident Mr. Merry complained to his' government of ill-treatment and secured his recall. I'arty spirit wvas never higher notr intrigues more common in the Unaited States than at the time Madison be caine president. Hurmonizing these antagonistic elements was diilislilt, and 'to Mrs. Madison's tact is duo the fact that some of these political feuds did not result in an outbreak serious to the State. At her table enemies met who would hardly speak to each other elsewhere, and for the time forgot their differences. Mrs. Madison was clever, vivacious and talented, though not in any sense learned. She was always desirous of pleasing, and always refrained from saying any word tlAt, might entangle her husband and might wound the feel ings of otheiErs S 0 used to declare that she'd rather light with her hands than with hI tontrue. A letter' wiritten by a Virginia lady, wl.o knew Mrts. Madison well aui she was almost 100 years ago, gives a bet' ter idea of her 1,:rsonal ity than can any new ly-made deer'i pt.ion. An ex tiract follows: "M y recollections of Mt's. M ad ison are of the most agr'ecable nature, and were formed from a long and intImate aeqluintanlce, beginning In my child hood and ending only with her life. She had a sweet natur-al dignity of manner, which attr'acted while it com mnandled respec(t ; a proper degree of reserve without stillness In comnany with str'angers and a stamp of frank ness and sincerity, which, with her in timate friends, bec'ameo gayety and1( play fulness of mtanner.' Theire was, too, a cordial, genial, sunny atmos pheire surr'ound ing ther whiiich won all heairts-and was one of the secrets of her popuiltarity. She was said to be, d~uing Mr t. Nadison's admtninistration, the most popu lari petrson in the U ni ted States, atnd she certaintly had a re miarkable mnemor'y fot' names and faces. No pertson introduced to Mr is. Jaid ison at one of the <.rowded levees at the White House rcquired a seco)nd pre senitation In meeting hoer again, but :bad the gr'atlfieation of being r cognized andl addressed by name." Washington IrvIng writes thus in a letter to ti fr'iend of h is irst experience in the society of Wnshington, whither le had gone to seek a di plomnatic api piinttment. I In a few inuctes I emerged into the b)laz'ing splendor of M] rs. MIad ison's drtawing troom. Fler'e 1 was most gra c'iously r'eceived ;found a cr'owded col ection of great and( little meni. of ugly old womten and beauti fu! young ones, and ini ten minutes was hand in glove withi halfI thbe people in the assem IMrs. Madison Is a- line, portly, huoxom dame, who has a smile aond a letasanit word for everybody. Uier sie ters. Mr's. CJutts aind Mrs. 'Washing ton. are like the two merry wIves of Wind ort, buot as to Jetmmy Madlion--ah, I oeor Jemmty h-le Is but a withieredl little appl te -John."' Mrs. Madihon was not without, her share of woman's vtanity, and that In very goo~d propor tin, too, it mtust be conifessed. Illar letters wr'itten to a friend in~ I'ais just befor'e the wair of 1812 tralily conerin clothbes ; urn one lot of linery sent het' by her friend the duty amounted to $2,tJ0t, and she writos back to say that she feat's she will never he able to order tiny more. It must, be fur'lt'eronftessed that Nits. Madison added to the beauties of face given her by nture by the use of rougo and powder. An admirer' ad mil~s this, but explains naively that, she dId this not froem motIves of vanity - but tolio pleasuro to others. After the completion of his second I term in 131"d MAdison ns .nt to live upon his plantation. Novor a strong mani, ho grow weaker and weaker until he was solely dependent upon his wife. In writing to her niece In 1835, )oily Madison says : " My days are devoted to nursing and comforting my sick patient who walks only from the bed in which ho breakfasts to another in the little room in which you left him." Ho died the next year, while her lifo was prolonged to 1819. B3oth were a little over 80 years old at the time of their deaths.-Chicago Journal. BILL AILP TICLLS ABOUT A If iIto. Hatt tho Young Conietierate Soldlier Iivett in Aielent I'miies Ills Naane Would be Immuliortalize(l. When we were school boys one of the questions that was discussed in our de uatiing society was, " is There Such a Thir.g as Disinterested Benevolenco ?" Tho allirmative side generally gained the victory, and ought to, though it mulist. be admitted that sellishio.is is at the bottom of many acts of charity and pretended friendship. LIadCed, ditin terebted benevolence is so rar'e that when a weil authenticated case occurs it is talked about and gets in the news papers. In the olden times it becane a matter of history and has conie down to us like the parable of the good ;Amiaritan and the story of Damon ian 'ythias. Indeed, if our lamented sot dier boy, Sam l),vis, who died rather than betray a friend, had lived in HL. ian time-s, he, too, Would a1ve co'ne down to us as a sainted hero. There are Knights of Dimon and K nights of I'ythias and there ought to be cnigit of San Davis. P'arental love, fritter inal love, conjugal love are not to be counted in these historic incident9. Such love is to be expected from those relations. That goodness of heat which prompts a man to befriend those who are no kin to him and from whoim he exIects 110 reward is diSinteresAtLd b:neevolencn. Samiui D1avi was the highest ty pe of loyalty to friendship that history makes any record of. i)ythias was condemned by D)ionysius to suffer death for a crime of which he was guilty. 1ie begged for a short respite to go home and arrange his family uffairs, and Damon took his place in prison and agreed to die for himl if he failed to return. But ho did return, and Diony sius was so imlpressed with admiration for their love for each other that ie pardoned l'ythins and bWeame the friend of both. Ihit Salmuel Davis had no friefd to take his pliee, nor was the iPederal oficer who condemned him as merciful as Dionysiii. le died to save the life of a Federal ohleer who might have saved him. but did not. That Soldier kept his own secret and keeps it yet if he is alive. What an oppor tunity he had to save his friend and immortalize himself. No doubt he. too, would have been )ardoned a l'ythias was. Mr. lneoln would have pardoned Satu D.vis if lie had known of it. I wish that every boy in the South land knew of the sad and g'loriois death of this 'olaski hero. TXnnessee has a State history, I know, but I do not know whether the Etory is in it or not. If it is not it should be recorded there in the next edition. My good friend, Sumner Gunningriam, has done all he could to wake it historical in The Veteran and to have a noble monu mont erected to his memory. It is a comfort to know that many lederal soldiers and many big hearted people from the North have contributed largely to it Golusmith's Hermit in his sore dis apiointment a-ks " What is friendship buti a namre A 'harm thai hills to sleepd lit when his Angelina found him Ihe sang a di Iferent song. True friendship. is like the love oif God. it, is an emana t.on from divbi:ity. N nidness of heart, whether to man or Oeast, brings its own reward. Thle piretty story (of An d roelus and the lion has conme down toi us through nineteen centuries. Much ado is being made over abstruse theo logical questions, but the fourth chap ter of the lirst epistle of Jlohn is creed enough for all mankind. Selth hness is so muich the sin of the wvorild that, it hat. come to be a proverb, " INvery man for himself and the devil take the hind most." "' Oa Lord, bloss mne and and my w ife, my eon John and his wife, us four' and no more." is the common prayer. The ostentatious charities of the millionaires are nothing in the sight of God---nothing compared with the widIow's mite. Their accuimulationis came in drops from the sweat (of the p~eople and for every gallon they t they pour hack half a gill in the jug and arc satdslied. The rest thbey keep for the succession aind the su::cession goes 10 law to esceaie the inheritance tax. My son Jlohn and hils wife wa~nt it all. No, there are thousands of acts of di si nterested kindnhess. hut they are generally among the hum inble, corn 1 piele (. " Laws gin d the poor, and rich men rule the iaw," w rote Gold smtitih 150i years ago, and it, is the same way yet, but, stili the common peopie are able to live in thIs blessed country and to hlp I~one another in d istress. Wherever we go we witness '" little deeds of k indne.s-little acts of love.'' While traveling inr l''lorida not, long ago an old lady was carefully helpe~d Onto the train by the conductor. Slie was timid and feeble, anid said she wanted to go to see her daughter at, Wildwood, who was very sick. " You wont carry me bty, will yon'?' she asked In a pileadinog tone. "' No, miia'am ,I will not,'' he said. "I will surely tolp the train and hlpi you ol. I) int, be be alarmed at all. I will take good eare of you." And he did. l'very little while he went to her and quieted her fears. When we r'eached the junction whore the train backs to Silver Springs he came to me anti another veteran and invited us to walk back to the rear of the next car and see the beautifulii conn try anid the spri ngs thbat We were near ing. We id i so, and then ho politely helped uis down andI onto the latfor'm that overlooks the beautiful spring, arid then condlucted us back to the ear. He did not know us, and I am sure -his ci vility camne from his reverence for age and his natural kindnesof heart. ,Just, before we reached Oiala I inquired his name, and lie said: "My name is Heck ham. " Govarnor of K'lntoey ?" said I smiling. " No," said ho, " but my un el is. Tho Governor Is my father's broth(r. '" Well that sOttle8 it. I am for Governor 13eckham now against tihe world. for I am sure ho is fro m good stock. I don't know when I have folt so well rewarded as I was at Jasper, where a handsome, hardy man came to see me and said, " I have como nine miles to seo you and to hear you for my moth er's sake. She lives in North Carolina, and wheln I wrote to hor that you wore to be nere soon she wrote back that I must como ani so you and thank you for that lette' You Wrote b3eging the absent boys to writo letters homo to their mothers." My young friend saId that his mother sent a Copy of that letter to each of her boys and they had not failed since then to write to her every week. Well there is Comfort in that. The yearnings of these dear old mothers for their boys who are far away and do not write distresses me. The boy ought to writo once a week if Iossible: Once a month anyhow. If he is behav inti him-elf be will do It and if he does not do it, it is a bad sign. S FA A 'i Ii A It C nti - ) l' 0 A IoT 0'N. The nb k - aVe SuperViin H1 'the lnblic! SC-10hollom then Se!lectlion 01' The Governor has ma lo tile following appointlments of memiuwers of the State board of 1-ducation irst I).Strict-lProf. Hlenry I'. Ar cher, uf Charleston. Secord D)istrict-1,.v. G raves L. inight, of Graniteville. Th ird I , strict-lProf. .1. 1. AeCai n, of )uo West. lourth l)istrict-I'rof. HI. T. Cook, of Greenville. lifth I)istrict-l'rof. A. N. lanks, of IR-ek lill. Sixth I\rtriet--Senator W. A. Brown, of Marion. Seveuth )istrict--llon. Thomas l. N tvsor, of (rangeburg. The Governor is ex-ollicio ebairman of tile board adlld tile -Uperiten l C d ILt of education is weretry. Th e m eh of the new board areall identified with the educ ationlAIl i nte rests Of the Stat e, and being progre-sive mnen it. is ex pected that tle pubie schools wil Do well directed umder their lmlanage ment,. P'uof. Archer is su perinitendnilt of the Charleston puiic sciools M r. Knight iill-; a% siiiuilar p( ition at1,G(3ran iteville. I'rof. NIcCain itas be a 11101Cebr of the hoard and is a professor in ,erskine College. I'rof. Cook is con liected with Puriian Un1iversity, and also an old mem ber. 'rof. A. IH Danks is a well know educator of i ek i ill and has been a iember of the board before. Senator Brown tatkes the dlepe t,L in tLetret Ii th, ed uilational intCrlsts Of the State, and in the Sen ate hae a way. vted and worke!d for any mea-sure whicb lie thought would benetit them. Mr. I t.ysor is a lawyor, but lie Wis the l)'illC miiover in estiab lishing the public l:chool system of Or angeburg. The board las not only general su pervision of the public .sClools for hich It makes rufles and regulations, but it has the seolection of texLt books to be iiscd. Tilj-: COTTON Si0i 1 1m, BiLb..--A very vigorous 1i ,ht is beinig mutade be fore the ngrieuitural cow mlittee of tile hlouse agai list tibe passage of the ( root, bill, which, if stuicessful will elfeet very injuriously the cotton seed oil ill dustry of the South. RIepreseitative Stokes, who is a membher of the ag ricultu ral comi ttee, is taking an active part, in tile fight, against the bill ini t~le interest of his iwui cofntitu(itents and the cotton seed oil inudustry of the South genera ly. lie said: " Phe news papers of the Sonuth are not giving as. mIu.3h attenition to this m5ieasur le as its im por'tunee to tihe inter'ests of their section woulId warrant., and it, seems to) me1 that, the peole oIf thle South are not aware llow ser-iou-ly this bill will alf-et, their i nduiktries, or tbey wtould take a keeneir interest in tlbi p3lroceed ings be-fore the commimttee. Thlere have been cotton seed oil meon from Notth Carol in a, South Car-olinma andl ( eorgi a up here looking after individual inte cats, but as yet ther'e h~as been only One dleigation befor-e tile comllmi ttee, and thatwas fromi Texas. In miy juidgmet, tueo p)01p1e whbo h ave largo in terests IIn the cotton seed oil tr-ade should at, once get their s'de of the qjuestion before- the agrIcultural comm ittee at the eat-Iiest pJossi bie momen.t,, for the people of the North arnd North west secticons of t.he coiuntry are work in~g very hatrd for tile pasagi of the hi 1, and if there is not s:Imle hanrd an it il etive wortk done11 b~y tile peop1le of the South and othert so etions wic h w iil be all..eto d by the passamge oif the bil1 it seems) to tme tha it the cottton seted itdstry will butt'er veiry grIeatly3." '()-NtI;lTm."'--'The anthihorip-il of tis touc h ing and beaitifuil ;oem has been attibuited to variouis persons, and tile elaittanits ar-e still in the field, wit~h thle evidetnce not very coniclu-ive in atny in-stance. l'iev. Iluigh I''. <>~iivem', of Fhotrenee, S. C., h as piroiduced somei( p)roof to hsow thiiat hiis fatherci, ThIiad dens 1ivye r, wasii its aultlttit, andi oth ers climt that, it was wVr'ittenl lby \Irs. iiectrs, while flamtar lonttaitni insisits that he wrtote it. wh Ii ch is gene rally d isbe i eyed. i V 501 t.htis I attert pinft the \Valteirboro I 'ress andl Standar-d nays : " R ttt rning from thbe Coil feder tat; 1 :unti on ill Ch atrleston Ilast Miay', the edlitto, of tlbo l'ress and1 Stan d ard rode for' sowme distance in the -ati e atr witdlhIontai ne, whoit, havIng attend(1elI the 011 rnion, was goIng back toi his homne in L yon, Miss. After a few mtinates' study of hIm, we were satis.lied thlat, hie did not write that beault tifail ptoem. In appearance and miannter l''ontai no is rough and uncoulth. Iil cIn ~versation abtounds In oaths and vu lgar'isms. In fact he Is one of the mot~st, profaste mcn we have ever- come iin con tact, w Ith. Such a man i's, in u (llt jutdgmient,, ,4ttterly 1incapable of dis.I SinuIsh Ing a ploem firom a bit of the mleanecst, doggerol." --Governor McS weeney has appoint, ed Mrs. T1. C. I .obertson, of Cum)11 bia, lady commIssIoner of SouthI Caro)linla to the Parls eo~on. T1 H1'I Pitol I BITION Co \ FEICE1NCic,. Time County Meetig ArM to he 1101(l1 May 12th ant til t Stato Conference Mlay 23rd, 1000. A State 'rohloition conference will be held in the city of Columbi, S. C., on Wednesday, 23rd day of May, 11100, for h3 purpose of conaidering the llpropriety of suggesting candidates for Governor and IAeutenanlt, Governor to represent 6ho Prohititionists of South Carolina In the Democratic primary, and also to innour.co the principles and purposes of ,ho Prohibitionists In seeking to obtain :ontrol through the Democratic or. ,alization of the executive and legis ativo departments of the State govern nent, for the enactment and enforce nent of measures which are in best ac -ord with the highest, interests of the Ieople, amd which will Lake the State mt of the lquor business. l''or the puinrposc of obtaining a full Mid free exJpre-ssion of tIMe Iro ii hi tio bts in) regard to the6e ''matters, I call is erc by issued for them to assemble in heir respective couities at the court iouse on Saturdaty, 12th day of May, 900, to elect three representatives vith alternates, to attend tihe State '-onfereneoon the 23rd of Aiy, wiLi or Vithout, iistructions, and to choose a 'olinty elairman for tile ensuing camn JOEI, 1''. lilN rNSO N, Ch 'n,111 WA Y C. T Nisos J1. 8.Al i...\ , C. ). STANI,:Y Commlii ttco. As chairman of the I 'rohibition State .t-itive connlittee, I approve of tile oregoinig, A. C. JiI)NIKM. Newberry', Ai ij -:: 11100 AN Ai'i''LAi FOR) OUR~ HOME~S. lairinalln .Jnues Urg's I he VOtern to Comider tihe Issn(e of lhe Coami hg Canam5,aignl. Thleu following adr 18s as been ,.sued within the last few days: o the Democrats of tihe State: Ilbe reorglilation of the IOmocratic lubs will mark the beginning of tihe etive work of the eamididates for ollice ii tile poiticians will at an early day Iclare tllclleelves oil the issuts o! tIle omiing calmpaign. There is very little doubt but what he l'quor q uestion and the dispensary Vill be tile chief State issues. It will )e the old liight of IS18 over again, vith this dillerence .(unless I have >een misticken in the Ilipressions that a17 br4 n ide 11upon mie in visiting Ahe illereit sections of the State) that J.0 liies wil be closely drawn, and the andidates will have to take their loice of the home or tibe dispensary: his is the igh t, and the intorests of bmtwo are as dill'erent as time day is iferent to the night. The Christian lomo is tihe lope and stiy of the State: . is iailowed by every sacred Lie and , the brightest and happiest Spot on arth. The dispensary is tile greatest, nemy of the houm and Lite most dan erous place in every community, and is .orking (nily md hourly to rob the 19m111 (If al I of itLi attractions. It nahtcheQs fro i'it L inlluenc iie t~le miost >romlisinig of its soils and Lakes to ai lrnkard's honme (illn name only) the airr-st,.and lovel iest, of its daughters, mmd th is, Ltoo, withi time anuthori ty and anetion of thme State, because time :1li tic ians~ wh no 0w econt-rol the l )e mo raltie par mty say it m't t, u o onl. Whimerme to you bltand in 10 l yU) l'or tme Lmm~e mmr for time diispenisary Arc you a mefender (If tile hlome, omr are youm its mne my ?' I bellieve y'ou will ha mve the iatnhood to shake eil thme shalckles, of thme dispenmsary3 rinog and tile whmiskey Ir'ists mmnd atmimnd ill foi'tlegr ma tate is to be iited who is ai mlemb er of Le chuiirch amnd pretends to claimi tilhat be regards "'the dIispensary Jaw the 'est solution of the whiskey 0 ication,'" tecauise he thinks hie can secnre olflic b1rough tile d1ispensacry malicino, thus .ellinug hansel50 f, Is home and playing toe hiypocr'ito In order' to dio it. The 'oiitlion ists Imay or inay mnot have andid1(1ates for all1 the ollicos to be voted (1r, but, if thme Chri'isti an menm andi omienm will do( their' dutLy fr'om this day olrwar'd we will winl a great, victory Ji is year. I )mraw tile line closely and et every canididate understand t~hat he must Lake omne side oir Lime othmer, and :bat n1o proi i itiomn I ) mmocract will vote or a mam~n who Lakes tile sid0 oIf the I i- oen~mry. A. (. .ionos. Newbherry,, S. C., A pri I:21, 19(I0. Tiow''? l'1NTiiE A l'uiNIie; loi'ICi(. 'mart Os wi ihin g to ent er tilh0 pr'in t img othee at, timbis season shlould he foverned by time following rutno: Ad 'ance1 to the innuer dJoor and give thmree Altinct mraps, or k i6k tile (1001 downm. 'I "'devil" wiill attend time alarm. lu will give him your' n ime, plost Ifhee aridress arnd the ntmbel~r of yours ou are owing for tihe paper, Ile will idm it, you. You will ad vanco to tile eCntroe of tile roo--.n mand adiuress the ditor with tile followin.f countersign: E~xtend thle right hamnd about two e0t from time holy3, wi im tme ti tfib cond index Iinugemr claspJin1g youri subl icriptLion, wlmlehm dropi into time extod od hand oif thme edItor, at tile samne time saying ' were y(ot 14ookIig for mel ?' 'hom editor will grmasp your hand and the whie'l , and prmessing it will say, y3out het .A fter giving hIm time imews (If your locailimty, you will ho plermittod to retii' wi tim a recci pt for an honest 1)h1 gaitionm plroperly discharged, and time el >rOI will pleasingly say, ' call ---.-~** - -- - IL0 is estimated that 3,000 fiunga rian horses. costing only $100 a boat when bought in Hungary, have con (General Robeorts, delivered at Durban on time East coast, 200 miles from bi~ hlead(Iuarters, an aggregate of $O0i5.40O EVER GROWING! We're Getting Bigger and Bigger, Cheaper and Cheaper Every Day. Sterling values, gol(len op )ortunities are the invitatiois extended to you in this house. A little motley liere goes a long way. If voi have not bought of tus before, try us nIise, you will be pleased with the results . Jui1st drop in and see the throngs in our store all t lie time. l)b you want to know I lie reason'toko litsv-lIocause we have the largest, prettiest al best selected stock of goods ever showin in Greenville. SrcON -4V-Wc undereell all competitors. \Ve'll match or beat any price. No matter from whiat source. Plums Worth Picking. Regilar 20v Missce Ribbed Hose all sizes 5 to 9' V at h0v. Hegtlar 35e Ladies tichelieu Ribbed Ilose at 25c. Regular -10e Summer ('orsets, only 25c. No more after this lot. Riegular 25c Irish Dimity for 18c. We coiirol them oi this market. Segular $1 35 Black Parasols for $100. They are beauties. Regular $1 5J 11-1 Spreads for $1 00. You can't ealt it if you try. Lace Curtains and Mattings. 'fhis is the seasion to take up the old earpet and piut down matting. Come to us to (it it for you. our liine is complete md new. We have some of the best values in Mattiings and .ace Curtains we have ever had in our house. Black Dress Goods and Silks. This stock surlpasses any we have ever shown. If you are going to buy a Skirt or \aist, see what we have. Remember tiat Hentz iv authority on black goods. see our line of Wash Silk for waiste at they are selling fast. A nother lot of those fine Organdies and ends ol lIawnus at the .ridiculous low price of hi V. l:1c and 25c. Organdies 72 inches wi(e. If we tried to men lion a small part of the things we have to show, it would take every column iii this paper,and then there would not be space en ouigh. 'all and see our htock, whether you want any thing or not. Itemember: " Nothing is troiuble to us thiat. will add to your eat isfaci nn. Nio bluster, no winily state men(s, blut values that are appreciated I y iitellieit buyers. That's what you get here. R. L. R. Bentz, Cash Dry Goods alid -Shoes. . ofs J. M toxKI NG, L["li Manager EasleyiBranch. GIreenville Slore, ........ Corner entrance, 201 Mtain St. AWAgent for iutterick '.Patterns. A4Po in Able ano t in Our avor tburj 'ock shoes ford tlvhe fams aredl praies. terone flca Ste t nyo0, te00 an $25m areVii i11114 baniomad, b0et white table anI btltoms.l and evrys arurn stock before buing.e irtefrmr r tOne price to all. Piws *& P A'! TON, 106 S. Main Street. qW iFirst door above Llpscomb & Russell's -'resident Loubet, of France, has received prbbably one of the most uni titue maps ever contrived, It came from the Czar of ltussia and is a map of Prance in precious stcnes. It is 39 inches eqluare. It is entirely formed of a mrosaic of rare gems, each depart ment oif lFrance being reproduced in special stotnes, such as jade, onyx and agate. Thue principal towns are indi catted1 by brilliants. P'aris is represent. ed by a ruby, Marseilles by an emer ald, Layons by a diamond, Bordeaux by an opal and LIle by a turquoise. Tbe alizo of each stone ts ini proportion to the importance of the town it repre sents. Trhe valtue of the map' is esti matted to be 4,000,000 francs (about *M00,000J. The emerald which repre sents Marseilles is valued at $9,000. Dutring the exhibition this marvelous gift will be in the Rtusslan pavilion. OURL ORIEATICB'T RPECIALIST. lVor 20 years D)r. J. Newton Hathaway has so successftully treated chronic diseas (Os that lie is ackniowledged toay ostn at the head of his profession in this line. hlIn exclusive method of treatment for Varicocele and Strictture, without the aid ol knife or cautery ctures in 90 per cent, of all cases. iin the treatment of the- loss of Vital I orces. Nervous Disorders, Kidney and~ 1, rimary Comp tlaints, I'aralys is, Blood Poisoning, Rhueuma tism, Catarrh, and dis eases peculiar to women, he is equally suiccessftul. lDr. llathaway's praettce I more than double that of any other spec ialist.. Cases pironotuncedl helpless by other phy sicians readily yield to his treatment. Write hinm today ful ly about your ease. Hie makes no chrefor consultation or advice, either at his oflice or by mail. J. N ewton H athaway M. D,, 22% ot Broad street. Atlanta, d1. Sot