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TII[ ft NEWS AND HERALp. v e P *Idife D TRI- WEEKLY i _ g~y...t: t i NSAJ1) Elu LDCOMPANY. t TCR i1 ADVANCE: t t se Year, - - - - S3.O g -c Reaths. - - - - t5@ t 1, rRT'IsING RATgb. CASE: t a- !itfNy Gi 'is f.ir evl sabeq mt inser i-m. Sp-cial rmtes for coatract adver RegaXlar rates charged for oblitua.es. Orders for Job Wort solicited. This newspaper is not resonsible for I r'nious and views expie - anywhere I:ze than in the editorial column. AU articles for publication must be ac .umpanied by the true name of the auther ud written in respectful langua and ritten on one side of the paper e true 4 an requiredasan evidence of good faith I All communicatsons-editorial, business I local--should be addressed to TiE ERWS AD HERAD D CO. W. D. DoUGLASS, Editor. JAs. Q. DAVIs, Treasurer. W. J. LIOTT, Business Manager. WINNSBORO, S. C. fhursda3, April 4, ; * ; ; THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVEN TION. Mr. Mocahan Disacsses the Proposed Divisio-i ofDelegates. To the ditor of The News and Herald: In your last issue Mr. Meares, evi dently actuated by true patriotism, proposes plans for 'securing white unity at the general election in sup port of delegates to the constitutional convention He assumes that. unless each faction is gsaranteed representa tion as a aton, the white men of Fairfield will divide at the general election. t think factional represen tation is as much out of place as Bap -tist or Presbyterian or Methodi-t rep resentation. Religious equality is so cured in this country, not by agree ment to divide the offices between representatives of the sects, bt by the prevailing good sense of the people, which ignores sectarian considerations in matters with which such consider ations haveno concern. Conservatives and Reformers have their naraes and organizations only in reference to the way they have stood on certain ques tions that have been before them. The possible changes in the constitti tion have not yet been discussed. Surely the Conservatives do not think as a machine and the Reformers as another machine. If they think as men, then there is no telling how they will agree or disagree on new ques tions. Mr. Meares says: 'No one supposes that on the question. -before the State this year the lines will be differently drawn." They most as suredly will be differently drawn, if there is any discussion and independ ent thinking. The men of each fac tion have been in mental straight jackets. This is discreditable to their manhood and their reason, and all plans that tend to leave them in their factional straight-jackets are faulty. I offer to my old friends of Fairfield the following suggestions, which I had published in the local evening paper: The only rational mode of electing delea to the Constitutional Con vention is for each individual- to have a free vote, in order that the delegates elected may truly represent the views of their constituents. But a vote is not free simply when the polls are unobstructed. A tyrannical public opinion, the domineering dictation of partisan leaders, insidious infiaming of prejudice-all these tend to con strain or suppress the true will of the voter and to cause him to acquiesce in being misrepresented in the councils of his country. When minds can break these shackles and refuse to follow these fenced-in pathways, then will popular and representative gov ernment no longr be a mere name. To throw ofptty prejudices anid be free from their constraint in our ac tieu. on new questions is not the work of a moment. This condition, like all good things, is of slow growth. Some months ago few Conservatives and Reformers would have admitted the thought that on questions as to the Constitution they might find in the opposing\factional camp men who would more truly represent them than the leaders of their own faction. Yet, after the -fermenitation of thought that has fortunately been going on, many have now realized this. All honor to the men who first stepped over the factional line and brought to the masses the realization that there is no gulf there and that those who will see a gulf are laboring under an optical delusion-s. mental hallucination ! Full recognition to all who by words of tolerance or sugetions of compro mise have hepe to remove the film of prejudice and assisted in spreading the spirit of peace! We have now, I believe, attained that reign of reason which will not tolerate the longer subordination of manly freedom to faction folly. Those who still strive for thei unnatural pre servation of the present factions do so because they know that as leaders they have in them nothing to commend them t'o the seber second thought of the pepl, and that unless the free thought of the people be suppressed and all progress be delayed, they must give way to men who represent not the past but the present, not bitter ness but progress, not passion but sense. To promote further thonght-that individual digestion of opinion and Individual arrival at conclusions of which there are now such hopeful in dications, and which is the only safe guard of the State-this communica tloon is offered. Ponder the following. and are they not your views, reader? 1~ The call of the "Forty" declares that atl.ir purpose is "to make our convention and new Constitution a bond and seal of reunion between the white men of South Carolina." Therefore, those who responded to %ith, cannot talk of a "truce" or .mporary compromise, but must ad ocate "peace" and completerecon iliation-entire forgetfulness of past ifferences. Their action in respond Ig means that they are willing to aut the white men of the State and ; support their decision in all mat ers relative to the new Constitution. f any, in the gat b of peace and with be kiss of Judas, throw obstacles in be way of trustful fraternizing, they hould be frowned upon and shown he door. 2. We all favor a qualification of he suffrage that will cut as near the ace line as the legal obstacle of the Jnited States Constitution will per nit, but a qualification that will not eave occasion or opportunity for un qual or tricky administration of the aw. Once freely admit thi-, and take care ot to occupy the position of crying rand for factional effect, or of guard ng the negro in order to get his vote, md all our people will be found to -espond to the sentiment of honest lections. Heated demands of the neans to be employed in qualifying he suffrage only hamper the solutioi >f the problem, and, by irritation, nay wed the people' to a dishonest neans. Simply consent to trust the white men ot Sonth Carolina and to mupport their decision as the supreme will of the State, and there need be no .ear that triendly and intellige-it coun ,el will not be heeded and a sise and inst course pursued, if we have among s wise and jast men to present their riews with patriotic fervor. 3. The Constitution cannot be safely ibmitted back to the people for rati cation at a general election, since the negroes mcight, with the assistance of a small number of white men, defeat it there. To claim to speak for white men alone and yet advocate submission to the whole people smacks of disingenn ousness. 4. On the question of what shall and what shall not go into the Con;titu tion, there is no sense in believing that the Conservatives are of one uniform opinion and the Reformers of another opposite uniform opinion; and there fore factional eftmbination or antago inisma on past lines is wholly out of place here and would but serve to smother free individual thought and free individaal voting at a ti-ne wvhen each voter should form and express his mature iRdividnil convictions on I questions which vitally concern his detiny. 5. As free men and thinking men, who believe that a tree people's gov ernment should be "of the peopy'e," and who therefore insist on having a I voice in the framing of the rnda mental law of the State, we, white men and liberal Democrats, of what ever faction hitherto, are not willing Lhat the determination cf the funda ental pub!ie policy of the State shall be left to chance or accident or to the unknown opinions of 160 men; and are not willing, therefore, that our so-called representatives in the Consti- I tutional Convention shall be chosen without public discussion before the people, without regard to the policies they may favor and with sole regard to how they stood on past questions I in '90, '9:2 and '94A. 6. The white men's will cannotbe ertainly ascertained except in a free and fair primary eleetion, and cannot be intelligently expressed except after free canvass and full dIscussion, by which the humblest mind can be awak ned to thought and the attitude >f each proposed delegate be made known. 7. All delegates should be elected in f i Democratic primary, but the State Exentive Committee should provide ules guaranteeing absolute fairness and forbidding factional conventions1 >r primaries. 8. While voters cannot be expected ' o vote for men whose proposed mneas ares they may r~ot endorse, yet they ~ bould also vot'e for none whose breadth. mnd intensity of patriotism, or whose rnstworthiness can he questioned; t mnd where all else is equal, and only inl 'hat ase, they should vote for half and ialf Reformers and Conservatives, as gracious proof that resentments are a tot cherished because of honest past t liff'erences. 9 We should recoanize that nio rmal division of delegates between e late factions, but general accept- g ice of the foregoing sentiments and pinions~ will itn-nre a- non partisan t< :onvention and a progressice yet Eafe onstitntion. We should therefore ~ rivately and solemoly resolve to act I n the above lines and to use our itn- h luence to induce others to do likewise. The best work thai conventions and ;onferences can do is to join their a oices in heralding throughout the C tate the glad tidings that peace and rood will reign. Speak it out and ~ telp it on. JOHN J. MCMAHAN. Columbia, March 2', 1895. Inn Poor Health means so much more than " " you imagine-serious and te fatal diseases result from e' trifling ailments neglected. Don't play with Nature's. r< greatest gift-health. ~ and generally ex hausted, aervous, Li have no appetite k Br and cant work, bstrengthening Bron'siron Bit- s ters. A few bot- tt ties cure-benefit comes from the ?IS ery first dose-il e'I .stais tour luth, and it's pleasant to take. It Cures h Dyspepsia, Kidney and Liver Neuralgia, Troubles, el Coztetlpaton, Bad Blood C Malaria, Nervous ailments tI Women's complaints. g Get only the genuine-it has crossed red lines on the wrapper. All others are sub- " sttes.d On receipt of to 2. stamps ve Fair Views and book-free. BROWN CH EMiCAL. CO. BALTI MOR E, MD. for Infants an T BMT yea observatU of mions of prsons, permit us It is unquestionably the best: the world has ever known. It I gives them health. It will save something which Is absolutely N CUid'9 medicine. Castoria destroys Worms. Castaria alays Peveushner Castoria ures Diarrhee and Castoria relieves Teething 7 Castoria ure's ConstipationI Sastaria neutralises the effects of ' Castori doesnot contain morphine, Castemra assmtlates the food, reg giving beathy and natural sleep Castoria is put up in one-sif bottle Don't allow any one to sell you a that it is "just as good" and "wi See that you get C-A-5-T-0-3 The be-.mi. signature of Children Cry for P BLACKSTOCK ITEMS. BLAcKSTOCK, April 2.-The munici l election was held here yesterday or the election of an intendant and bur wardens, and resulted in the elec ion of G. L. Kennedy for intendant, N Watt. Brice, R. B. Miller and. 1. A. Holder for wardens. D. A. )eitz and J. N. Caldwell having tied r the fourth place will run over again ext Monday. The election gives entire satisfaction, d the fact that this is the fearth con ctive term for Intendant Kennedy b>ws that he is the right mian in the *ht place. The town has been almost deserted - the past week as the farmers are! king advantage of this good weather prepare for another large cotton rp, (?) or at least it looks that way a man up a tree, notwithstanldinlg any statements to the contrary. he action of the "Forty" is well eived in this section, and any move met looking towards healing the arech and niiting the white people1 11l receive a hearty support from all tions and classes. Lhe ever genial and joviai John R. raig now greets his friends with a :iL ol aln o.:l agon~ riiile, the eighth y having air ived a fe w day s ago. e Craig family bids fair to become a. wer in the land, and all candidaees uld do well to court their favor.. . Y. Milling and family will move Lancaster soon and take cb~arge of eleading hofel there. Bla.ckstock is y loath to part with Mr. Milling~ d his family, and to loose one of the t kept hotels in the State, and Mr. &lling's former .customers will be re to hunat him np wherever he may rs. W. Watt Brice left for Chester )day to take a cenrse of treatment der that skillful physician, Dr. S. M. evaga. 11cr many friends wish for r a spee dy recovery. rs. L. E. Simpson is seriously ill, d her death is expected at any mno Mr. E. L. Eubank., of the News and torier, and Mr. F. C. Withers, of the tae, were in town last week in the terest of their respectiye papers. The large~ family residence, known the Clowney house, four miles west rtown, antd ocenpiedl by John S. Mc- ~ :own, was destroyed by tire Sunday I ght. It is supposed to have been cidental. The house was insured, tMr. McKeown had no insurance ahis furniture and his :loss will be ry heavy. ertilizers continue to go eat, with a s. B Catarrh Cannot Le Caired ih LOCAL AmiLcAr oS, as they can treach the seat of the disease. Ca rrh is a blood or constitutional dis se, and in order to cure it you must ke internal remedies. tialt's Caitarrh re is taken internlsly, anid acts di cly on1 the blood andt mbucous sur ce. II Ili's Catarrht iure is not a ack medicine. It was prescriid by teof the be.,t physicia-ns iln this coun for~ years, and is a regubir prestcrip r. It is comLIposed .f the be-t ionics CIW, :ombine~d with the best blood iifiers, tinglI directly .11 the Iiu ous t rfaces. Thle perfect cominiat ion of[ ietwo j::gredients is what prodluces ~ bI woniderti results in' .iring Ca F. J. CuIR.s.:r &r Co., Toledl, 0 iSld by Drawgist s, price 75 . 1 For Over FIfty Years R. WIlNSl.Ow'S Foo'nlNG SYRUr- has ae used for over firty years by ndilions mothers for their children wnlie Teeth: 1 gwith pei feet sucess. It soothes the Md, softens the gums, allays alt pain, irs wind Colic, and is the best ramedy rDiarrha. It will relieve the poor lit sufferer immeidiately. Sold by Drug st in every part of the world. Twenty ~cents a bottte. Be sure and ask -for - fs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup," and' ktno other kind. 5-.6 xly I hidren Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. 4 d Children. Castoria with the patronage of to speak of it without guessing. emedy for Infants and Chlren armiena. Chidren like it. It their lives. In it Mothers have Lfo and practcally perfect as a wind Cette. ~oul ronales. nd Flatulenoy. ebonie acid gas or poisonous air. pum,or othernarotle property. ilates the stomach and bowels, a only. It is not sold in bulk. hing else n 1 answer every purpose" oI-A. Itcher's- Castorla. Cure For neadache. As a remedy for all forms of Headache Electric Bitters has proved to be th - very best. 1f effects a permanent cure and the most dreadful habitual sick headaches yield to its influence. We urge alt who are afflicted to procure a bottle, and give this remedy a fair trial. In cases of habit ual constipation Electric Bitters cures by giving the needed tone to the bowels, and few cases long resist the use of this medi cine. Try it once. Large bottles only Fifty cents at McMaster & Co.'s Drug Store. Johnson's Aromatic Compound Cod Liver Oil with hypophospbites is in valuable in oil scrofulous affections, purifies the blood, builds up the appe tite and makeq sound flesh. Pint bot les $1.00. Winnsboro Drag Store. * Whn~aby wassick, we gave her Caourt. 1hen she wasa Child, sho cried for Cantoris. 1heahe became Eles, she clung to Castoria. 1hen shehbaChldren,hbe gavethem Castedin. 500,000 boxes Japanese Pile Cure ere sold i,61893 in the United States. t is sold 'with written guarantee to ure or monev refunded Winnsboro Drg Store.' Save time, money and doctors' bills. Go where you please, when you please, as fast as you please. Find pleasure, health and economy all in one. Rambler Bicycles are the acme of mechanical perfection. Strong, du rable and- reliable, with not an ounce of useless material., The Rambler is the wheel for record breakers and for pleasure seekers. .Various- models, all the same price -$xoo-catalog tells all about them -free, of course. 60RNULLY & JEFFERY MFG. Co., WASHINGTON, D. C. XCHNE FEED ANDJ SALE SABLES. I STILL H AVk ON H AND 6 8)R 8Younlg Mules -Also . FEW GOOD MARES. --Also t FE W BUGGIES. '-Also ~ FW SECOND..H AND WAGONS. -Also -. . FEW MILCII COWS I will sell cheap for cash oirexchange hem for dry cattle. A. WILLIFORD, Winiiboro,. $. C. DENTCI WT R 7 3. J. QUAT TEAUM. D DE WINNSRORO. S. C. .esT eved in and woman in the United bus to have one of my books on th ese dis ses. Address B. Mf. Woonley, Atlanta, Ga, a atandanawu1 be sent yop free. . HEADQUARTERS V -FOR 'ARCYGRO CERIES. JUST ARR1VED. runes, runes, Evaporated Apples - and Peaches, fo p1 P ream Cheese, .ream Cheese, Bananas, Bananas, pples and Cabbage, kpples and Cabbage, Fine line Cigars and Tobacco, Breakfast Strips mnd Hams, Glenn Springs Water, Glenn Springs Water. Shad Wednesday and Satur day.. MRS, 11.Fe M. A 0NIHT. m~~~M I Toawys T. X. L. wh*n THE EXCELSIOR LINIMENT. THE Great Pain Alleviator. --CURES Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Toothache, Headache, Cold in all its forms, Cuts, Sores, Bruises, Sprrt ~as and Lameness, Diarrhea and Chelera Morbus, Colic and all Bowel Troubles. It alway relieves when properly ap plied. .Prepared by T. X. L. COMPANY. C. M. DEMPSEY, Manager, South Carolina Div., 230 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. For sale by John H. McMaster & Co., Winnsboro, S. C., and Drs. Linder & Team, and G. L. Rosboro, Ridgeway, S. C., and all druggists at TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. 3-21ti If You Want to Know How Good Buggies are Made, READ. Seats : Or seat frames arei n~ade of white ash, thoronghly glued togethecr at corn ers and a hy trmetricat atirt cut on them. Panels are made ovai by arranging the machine with a special rig we have gotten up, so that wihent the seat is finised j: presents a conivex surface, thus causing the varnish to show to good advantage, and giving the vehicle] a handsome appearance. Peats are thorogly ironed to a pattern so that they are all alike, and backs and tops are interchangeable. The advantage of this is that if you have one of our ~uggies and want a cnsbion, back or top we can send you one to fit. Panele are made of Blae Ridge Mountain ponlar. Our sea, are imde by Mr. Cicero Moore with a competent corps of as sistats. We proudly chailenge tbe world to onpr3 seas with us. Mr. WV. MI. Patrick, of Woodward, has recently accepted the agency for our product in his vicinity, and will be pleased to explain to you the merits of the "PREMIUM CAROLINA BUGGY." (A0E~i -4GGY -0. Yorkville, S. C.. 7--10-v - SPA NISH JACK, Sire1 by Imported WYashinton Pair. to (which coat / owner $2,000), 14j hands high,j t blaick with white points, at) lih, smoith, andi pronpo. tiont&elt znd, will serve a hmtived tnmber oft :~are at my place-"F..irfield .Stock TERMS :$10 00 to insure (with foal i.a:). 7.00Oseason without insurance payable in advance. 5 00 sing~e ses vic*, .pay able in advanice. W. D. DAVIS, :3-16 bontdiend C*. VALID DIVORCO S. Ostained in three niouths. For particn. areL. FU LTON, ., - -Denton. Texas 0 VE HAVE RECEIVED ++ A HANDSOME LINE OF SILKS FOR SHIRT WAISTS IN colors; also black and white. Blae and Black All-Woo! Serges for skirts-fine quality. A very choice selection of Percals. A very pretty and large lot ot Spring Prints. A nice assortment of White Goods in plain Lawns, Nainsooks, Ubecked Muslins, etc. A beautiful lot of new style Embroideries, colored Embroideries for shirt waists. This is to be a Lace Season, and we are ready to supply the de mind with an exquisite line in great variety of sty!es. 'rices low. Lilinaery. Miss Ketrchm is back from market aid our Millinery is now ready r ins >ecu.-il. Fill: "f bwauital i.ew goods at prices that iwill ease. Tiwe antd te -..r ie% b tock. Ever> effort will be made to ease you id we vil not be undesold. HOES. + SHOES. New lot of Ladies' Oxfords in all qualities and tyles. We sell handsome Shoes-Shoes 'that are comfortable and Shoes that give servAce. We have on the way, to arrive this week, Dress Goods, Lawns, Duck, Crepons, Dimity, Hosiery, Mitsietc. Come to see us, we wfil give you great value for your money. Respectfully, CALDWELL & RUFF. NOT ICE All parties indebted to us must make arrange ment for immediate settlement. We must have the money, or paper satifactorily secured- Having de cided te go into a new businessit-is absolutely neces sary that our business here be closed up at once. All parties owing us will be given a reasonable time to settle; after that all unpaid notes or accounts dife us will be placed in suit. I. H. KETCHIN &CO. L Macdonald & Co0. GET A HEADQUARTERS FOR A 0 7 As we wish to make room for o.Nvrbfrehsscamtc- -, spring stock, we have marked ls tc naltelts tlsbe ur heavy Winter Goods, such asbrghtotict, nnvrtebe :LOTHING, tesao ewl fe uigti WOOLEN PIECE GOODS, vek~eolwmghmonnlaas DRESS GOODS,ofte:wilrva hbeecalfft Ande the l aineo wol en Spircg ~HTSing, leve befor blasc a blueh ~aydow ot o sght Tes Chevio Snallque Suts te on broughtto thiscityynd neveebefor haeewsllhbeatuesbeeneenferedsto"th ,riestodethhe aot of wlac heingti Whn ims rehad ndmoey aqe Suitos and only~peto of thelwigiveveaouhembeneifialeffec )OLLB tan ay oe ele.. One lot of beaucku an y-u TRon utfsigt ixe Cheviot Sacque Suits l Wner ill ntryeat oueg andatol WARkeH me WEnAtR3 . pe *d * WVie willmespat ewee seson Wilheat tie arechard ond mourey e S acqe spils to aonly tou imesclarhceemrcs l h espefllygv you mrs, fr oher rdsfo 75 WOLAR a nyoees-. e arsown of beautiful liray- K specSiaxies oheviot Pacque Suitst 1Weyearlatre1at0you.76iaht$2.nd 2-ve you mouornuir in Launee n UnlaunderHdmesput,,NeglSce phirts S wittetHomedspun atacSe. cpears an Wil bea the -re onet th e waeour haean u Repctul yNEF our I& p~g hpsi ebyHt r-b KL RD0E .C. Blackstock, S. C. . = FintCALD.FE. CaJETER Th3.iv te e PLC,3t.S qnllst.WORINGMSed.Pyca adSren rhesus..a.e ,nzt r r. nsl. urcineM~inpeop war th eple1 ?aried A1-osroshoes are equalleasatisfactory Weereshoin abeatiulOin o Youths'dgeias, 14 t. 1OT y Eara.25 tOT-5.00,and vieY1G ateto tothe Oury 0~evln oFrwings conais, l tthat you uire in Laundered an Unaudee hit, egig1Sirs