Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, August 22, 1900, Image 2
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IMTRR ENTERPRISE.
Published bvery Wednesday and Saturday
BY
Tto. Enterprise Publishing - Com par.)
- A. J. CLARK Editor.
One Year,.; $1.00
Six Months, ...4 50 cts
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In Advance.
"Wednesday, August 22, 1900.
SIMPLE STORY.
THE FORM OF A CHILD THE
IIKART OF A HERO.
How an Ambitious* Orpan Boy
Boko from the Humblest
Station in Lite to the
Highest Position in
the Councils of the
State.
Away back in the fifties a vessel
puts into Charleston harbor,
For d.-.ys it has wrestled with the
waveB of the broad Atlantic, and
its passongers are rejoiced to see
the sunny and to which starry
eyed Hope had pointed, lwo
passengers, yes three, especially
interest us. A young man in
whose eyes burn truth and fidelity,
and a young woman who
holds by the hand a slender delicate
boy about four years of age.
It is easy to see that the three
are father, mother, son. They
have left their old home, hope
whispering, ambition urging that
in this the new world, they will
hew out of life's rough circumstance's
a shining future. The
little boy is the ceutor, from and
t ?ward which their every thought
revolves. To educate this boy so
that he may be a blessiug to
them and his adopted country is
their hourly prayer.
Their little home is a happy
one, for peace and lovo and plenty
abound. But God knows best
'vHe doeth all things well." Suddenly
the dark days come. The
uoble young father is stricken
down with pellow fever, and the
widow and the fatherless commence
the hard, cruel battle of
life.
Don't be impatient, my dear
reader, I am not telling you an
idle story, but a truly true cue,
and 1 must needs begin at the
beginning.
ft v 1ucivic tunt ucnto 10 lit"
tie boy has reached the tender
age of ten, he is struggling for a
livelihood. Out in the streets he
sells newspapers?in the biting
March winds, the sultry Agust
days?this child, this little one,
works for his daily bread! The
form of a child?the heart of a
hero! Now ye mothers who toil
with your little boy's lessons
every evening, how would it be
if your little Jimmie, or Willie,
or Arthur, or Johnie were thrown
out upon the world at such a tender
age! I see yonr faces pale
as you instictively press your
boy to your heart. Read this
little story carefully, and your
patriotism will have a frosb
access of zeal. There is no other
country upon the globe where
your hoy has such a God-given
ehauce to hew out in the temple
of fame a name for himself.
Something over a hundred
yearR ago, Benjamin Franklin
entered Boston with enough money
to buy a breakfast of bread.
Every school boy is familiar
with his history. He was an
humble printer, yet today the
entire civilized world knows his
name and flashes from pole messages
hy that mighty power
which he discoverd.
THE NEWS BOY.
But return to our little news-boy.
The Charleston society
people sweep by-perhaps buying
a paper, perhaps not. What
;a. * ir - - r~ : i
UUCH lb IIlclllUI, LI C BUCCH0N ui muure
ot a newsboy ? But ah! some
day, mayhap, those same fine
people's grandsons may be sent
to our capital city as pages in
the Legislative halls of South
Carolina, and lo ! when the Governor's
Message is read, is writ'
ten by that same little barefoot
newsboy. Ah, little fellow, with
the form a child and the heart of
a hero, surely since those March
wuids blew and those August
subs heat upon your little head,
yon have striven manfully.
"Seest thou a man diligent in
business, he shall stand before
kings!" Ave, in South Carolina
he shall be a king among his
feUowa!
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THE NEWS BOY BECOMES GOVERNOR.
Now that you have already
guessed who this brave little
newsboy ip, he shall be formally
introduced to you?Miles B. Mc
o *u /U
uuvri uui in ouui u vttrolina,
by the grace of God and
true Democratic votes.
There is many a clever boy
whose manhood fails to come up
to our expectations. Let us see
about our Governor, let the
"fierce white light" that ever
beat6 about a public man, envelope
him While selling papers
our hero meets with a friend and
commences to work as z printer
in his office. All over the world
the good God has scattered just
such noble men and women
whose mighty hearts and tender
vision cause them to be stretching
forth a helping hand to the
struggling soul. Perhaps it is
only a cheerful word, but that
glad word is a golden bridge
over raging waters. He completes
his apprenticeship as a
job printer, and a scolarship for
merit is offerd him in Washing
ton and Lee University, but owing
to lack of means, he was able
to attend only part of one ses
sion. So young McSweeney
came back to South Carolina and
began printing in Columbia. He
served Columbia Typographical
Union as corresponding secretary
and afterwards as president.
He served as secretary of the
Phoenix Hook and Ladder Com
panv for a number of years. In
ijmo ne was an active uemocrat
and did faithful work for the
party in that ncvor to be forgoten
time of peril and strife.
About this time Mr. MeSweeney
moved to Ninety Six in our county
then. lie belongs to old Abbeville
county after. lie came
to Ninety Six with a capital of
sixty five doiiars, and purchased
a second hand press and out
fit for $500 paying $55 cash as
first payment.
FRANKLIN AND M'fiWEKNRV:
Like Fraklin he worked early
and late.
Unlike Franklin, who ato
his bread on the streets, McSweeney
went to bed supperless,
because, when he went to NineSix,
he was unable to buy three
ineals a day. Like Franklin, sue
cess came to him, and now the
boy who once was able to buy
only two meals a day is well
provided for, and be hasnofear
of becoming a charge upon his
country. The people of the
State of his nativity give him
their heart's affection, while they
bestow upon him the highest
honor whic~i any people can con
fer upon any man. Ambitious
i. iu. - t ..r i r..Il
tu win mci i cnprj' i ??i inn i?iiuw
citizens, honest in the perform
ar.ce of every duty, courageous
to defend the humbles, while
able to resist the design* and the
power of the great and influential,
he has given to every South
Carolinian a good governor who
administered the affairs of the
office without fear or favor.
Without yielding to the mob or
clinging to the social power of
any set of men, he has nobly
done his duty. He is a man of
the people, and however much
he may have been elevated, his
heart is true to all. He loves the
honest laborer and his hand iw
ever stretched out to help the
struggling brother to higher and
better things.
August, 1879, the first issue of
Hampton Guardian appeared
and it has been published ever
siuce by Mr. McSweeney. He
has taken a deep and abiding
interest in the development of
his town and county. He is regarded
as a fine business man of
wide public spirit in regard to
building churches and school
The Appetite of a Goat*
Is envied by all poor dyspeptics
whose Stomach and Liver
are out of order. All such should
know that Dr. King's New Life
Pi 1 If, the wondeful Stomach and
Liver Remedy, gives a splendid
appetite, sound digestion and a
regular bodily habit that insures
perfect health and great energy.
Only 2fllr,at Crawford Bros. Drugstore,
i
houses. He has served as mayor t
of Hamptou for five term*, and MB
National Delegate of Demo- t
cratic Convention three times. ^
Mr. McSweeny takes a deep j
interest in military matters and
aft? r his election to the legis'a- *!
tore in 1894 he was chairman of
the committee on military. He )
has also been a trustee of tl e ^
South Carolina College and a "
member of the board of visitors {
of the Citad 1, and by virtue of t
bis ( ffice is chairman of both ^
b)a ds at present. }
Hh is a member of the Order
of Knights of Honor and the v
Knights of Pythias and has been
honored bv both organizations. ^
In 1896 he was elected lieutenant
governor by a thousand ma 1
jority and re elected in 1898 '
without opposition, and on the 8
death of Cov. VV. H. Ellerbe iu t
June, 1899, he took the oath of a
office as governor, and has since v
aisvhargea the amies or theoince c
with dignity and fine business v
ability. j,
FAITHFUL STEWARDSHIP. h
Hih administration of the
State's affairs been so successful "
that even his political enemies
cannot pick a flaw in hie record. a
lie now, a6 an endorsement of t
his faithful stewardship, asks an a
election to a full term at the s
hands of his fellow-citizens. In 0
a manner Governor McSweeney 8
belongs to Abbeville Lounty. j
She made a man of him in that g
Ninety-Six put him on his financial
feet. Abbeville must stand
by him in the coming election.
She cannot afford to turn her a
back on her adopted son even if v
another of her sons is in the race, e
Governor McSweeney believes
that the dispensary system that
has been placed on our statute
books should stand. He respects e
all men's opinions, but he en- ^
forces the laws of our State and *
not even for the endorsement of 1
a second terra, will he cringe c
either to true prohibitionists or t
bow to sham ones. <
NOTHING WRONG WITH GARY.
1
What's the matter with s
Frank Gary? Nothing at all? f
Ho is a good fellow, a jolly 1
good fellow, but we can't ex- j
actly work him in as governor j
this time. Nothing to hinder |
us from doing so next time; t
but we South Carolinians al- |
ways did stand on our manners <
etiquette Mr. Gar}" would say i
Gubernatorial et'qucttc in (
South Carolina is venerable
with age and respect. It is 1
this. Ever since the royal gov- |
ernor ran away in a ship it has
been the custom to give a gov- i
ernor a second term as an en- <
dorsement of his management i
of the State's affairs. Some j
peculiar people argue that when a
man succeeds to this office j
from that of Lientenant-Gov- f
ernor this custom should not <
be observed This shows simp- 1
ly n love of arguing about noth- (
ing, or to express it more ele- i
gantly, it is tlie difference bo- j
i ween tweedle-dee and tweedle- |
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LIKI'T ?(iOVERNOHS NOT FIlil'RK
I
HEADS.
Our Lieutenant-Governors (
are not mere figure beads.
From the very nature of the
office, only men of ability can
fi 1 it. This officer must preside
over the Senate, a body of able *
and trained public men, gener- '
ally; many of whom are first- 1
class lawyers. (We Tillman- '
ites had a lot of the rust 1
rubbed off our political t
spectacles when old Hen |
was running for governor, i
We are nearly as sharp, or to i
use fine language, we are about t
as good diplomats as the antis, <
and there is no use whatever in <
trying to get us to argue about <
how many angels can dance <
upon the point of a cambric 1
needle. We aro sawing wood <
now and will vote for McSween- I
ey at the first, and if necessary .
at the second primary, as sure i
as Hayseed livos.) i
i
THE GOOD OLD RULK SHOULD |
HOLD GOOD TODAY. <
It has been the invarible cus- ,
turn to give the governor a sec- ,
ond term as an endorsement of (
a good administration of the (
affairs of the State. This was
so well understood that there .
was nothing hut rotine work at
the former nominating conven- \
tion for second term until Till- J
man came in, then the hounds <
of hate and fur}', malice and all <
othter kinds of manners were \
i let loose and we were entreated !
* ** . ?. r' ' '
'
o relegate Tillman to obscurity
?send him back to his farm,
lisgraced in the eyes of the
vorld. Did we send old Ben
lome? Did we do what Gonzalis
and the gang desired us to
lo? I think I hear the rebel
rell,"No, 110; never, never."
iVegave him a second term,
md then sent him to the U SSenate,
where he lias vindicaed
our faith in his ability and
von a national reputation for
limself.
VE OWE M'SWKKNKY ANOTHER TERM.
lu simple justice and common
lecency we owe Gov. MeSweeley
another term. Our state can
tot even then afford to lose the
ervices of such an able man. Mr.
iary also has ability, you will
nswer. Granting this, but why,
vhen it has been the custom of a
entury to allow a second term;
yhy should we remove the old
andmarks now when our state
ias been more prosperous than
or many years past? The pbetomenal
development of South
Carolina in manufacturing marks
11 era in our industrial history
hat astonishes the world. We
re able to state that notwithtanding
the ashes and desolation
f war, South Carolina steps forth
econd only to Massachusetts in
he number of her spindles. This
plendid fact alone proves that
ho present governor has the con
idence of business men at home
nd abroad. We have tried this?
rhy take one with less experimce.
NICK M'CASLAN'S DILEMMA.
Mr. Gary is all right lor anoth>r
lime, but just now he is like
he little Seceder boy down on
jong Cane that "Nick" McCaslan
ells about. Nick and a candidate
lined with a friend and they had
ried chicken. Nick declares he
lid n't take a second piece, but
hat just as the candidate helped
lirmelf a second time there was
i loud wail from behind the door,
rhe gentleman of the house said:
What's the the matter, buddie?
Uuddie boohooed some, but tin
lally blurted out, "Them darned
ools is er eating up all the fried
:hicken!" Buddie's company
manners did not sustain him long
enough; in short, he was too previous?just
so with the govern
>rsnip. See?
Now as to the other candidate.
Wo don't moan to mince matters,
t>ut call a spade a spade.
Prohibition is the Jack-o'lanlern
by whose dickering light
}ol. Iloyt would lain walk into
he governor's chair. Prohibition
is a lovely subject on paper and
would make an Eden of our earth
if it would work. But when you
}ee men wtio have been advocates
ol the open bar and who fought
the dispensary bitterly, coming
out with a bugle and drum and
tlags and cheers for Hoyt, the
prohibition candidate, is not it
time to stop and think and ask
yourself why and wherefore this
unholy alliance between dark
uess and light, bet ween temperance
and intemperance.
ML AND WATKR DO NOT MIX BUI
Til K WHISKEY ELEMENT AND
TIIE COLI) WATKR CROWD
HAVE COME TOO ETHER.
I)olh oil and water mix? No,
?ir, but whiskey and water are
rying to mix in the following of
his ticket. Col. Moyt's friends
?nd his paper have advocated
ligh license, and all signs noint
0 (he fact that if we should pet
prohibition it would be such a dis
nal failure that we would inevit
ibly wind up with high license
*nd open bars. All these sipnifi
iant thinps make me think oi
3ol. Iloyt in eonneetion with one
>f John Quincy Adam's anec
lotes. unco upon a time there
was a man who for some reason
lid not wish his motherless son
to ever see or love a woman,
Hence he brought tho boy up on
:i country estate, where all the
servants even were men. Thuf
surrounded by men the boy grew
to manhood, his father hoping
thus to render him utterly indifferent
to womankind. One day
1 l\/\ t r\/?l/ I L/v 4 ?* ? I I
I no iniuci luim I no mill UIH WttlHing
beyond the paik gates of hif
country seat. They had not gone
far before they irtet two very
(Continued on third page.)
Alter many Intricate experiment*. scientjAit
tare discovered methods for obtaining all th<
natural diKestant*. Tbsse have been com bin ed
In the proportion found In th* human body and
united with substances that build up th?
11s*Httve orxans. maklnif a co-ti| otirid called
itodol Dynpepela Cure. It digests what yot
rat and allows all dvapepUcfl to eat plenty oi
noortshliur food while the stomach trouble*
?r? betiiK radically cured by the medicine
agents It contain* It Is pteasent to take and
will fly* qulctf relief Crawford lir. d ? ?
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. LET LOOSE YOU
Oi
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JOIN THE Till
THRIFTS
THERE IS MONEY
jp Stock-1
ing ne;
rid of
There ewrytl
handlii
a few
MONEY sold fc
__ lously
?lere now b
For the dif
YOU I p"c#s
other s
of yarc
nants 1
cYJ ...... <"lrPr
THOSE VERY i
PERC/
newest
xnose must ?
Verv our
yours
Sest ^jle ^
12 l-2c so we
Percales dr?p~
irercaies, Waist
Newest waist s
Styles, t?*
! Must Sll|t
and gc
Go at an(J y
8 Cents. d<? ?
with u
NOW I
: CLOSE U
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to pro]
- m* counte
They ,nr Str
JJave 6oo cll
. Been .c f(
; yhoaur8ing ? l!
. High 1 ney
Prices -?" '
; pQr ture 1
i Furniture, st?|> l'
But we saIe,w
Are going <.:ar lo:
To stop- f!,rmtL
That now. <luctl?
Come and rooms
. See. inS- ,a
cut tn<
____ Come
Heath Bkg.
^
tVSH! %
7 Buyers!
HERE FOR YOU.
*
taking time is drawir,
and we must be
all broken lots and
ling that shows
ig. We mention
?what they have
\?* ^ VI / 1 If rl-\ O f*
Ji auu wimi^ iiui^ulow
prices you can
>uy them for. See
ference between our
and the prices of
tores : 10,000 yards
1-wide Percale Remthat
sold fast at 6c.; *
ice now is 5c yard.
VEST 12 l-2c
: styles, fast colors J
ro at 8c yard. All
fancy Dimities are
for 5 c. It is time
lirt waist were gone,
will give them a big
-all.Qur fine $1 Shirt
for 50c, and our 50c
ilashed to 25 c. Our 4
id collection of La5kirts
must follow ^
Compare our prices
)ods with any store,
011 will see the wisf
spending your cash
s.
I
;r eyes
fit and throw on our
:rs 1,000 men's dolaw
Hats at 25c, and
nth hats, bargains at 4
>r 5 cents.
I GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. ^
have been charging
ncy prices for furniately,
but we will
iat now. At a big
e. bon <rht fh MAI
? ? " ^ W? ? w V/ ? rn V.?
ids?1,100 pieces of
ire?at a great ren.
Our two store
are filled to the ceilnd
we are going to
2 life out of prices,
and see.
& Mer. Co.
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