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VOL XVI. LAURENS S. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1900. NO. 10. IUI.I. A III? I.OSKH IIIS XlOMIMCIt Whon llo HmmIh Certain Northum N<nvui>ai>orH II? Clots Awfully Mad ?ml (J'H'H to Work. Ah l'atrlck Honry r.id, " It in uao loas to cry peace when thuro la no poaco." llonry Uu-ly novor loved the nation into poaco for moru than uhout a wook. Butter take that inscription ulT hie mouuinout. What alarms me la the fact that tho Northorn papers that are most hitter against us arc tho most popular with their peoplo. This is a bad sign. Tho Now York Press boasts that its circulation Is twice as great as that of all tho Kopublican papers of Now York and Brooklyn combined, and It lb Increasing overy day. It is ably and bitterly odltod. Not a dally Ibhuo but has boiiio Hing or slander against tho 8outh. I wouldn't caro for what an editor said if hiu roaderBdldontapprovo and ondorso it, and it is roasonaolo to to suppose that tho million Northorn readers of Tho I 'reas hato us as cordially as does tho editor. I can't account for this antipathy for we aru not doing any thing to thorn. In last Sunday's paper Tho 1'roaa says that wo "should build a monument to 1'aul Sloan, tho doputy sheriff of Lake Charles, La., because ho lost his lifo in trying to protect a negro from a mob." That is not so bad, but ho continues his remarks and Bays we "should sot up his statue in place of one of thoso erected to Calhoun and Tanoy and Davis, whom tholr own fol lower! admit woro incurably wrong In ovory question of their time and tho Northorn mind readB l'aul Sloan's title to a monument as clearly as John ltrown'a." What Is tho uso of trying to keop calm and serene under such provoca tions. (Jhlof Justlco Tanoy and John 0. Calhoun woro dead before our civil war and 1 did not know that any ro Bpectablo cltlzon of tho United States would daro to dishonor tholr groat names. Thoy were statesmen, not poli ticians, and tho tributes and eulogies paid to them by Northern men woro full ol praiso and overtlowing with na tional lamentation. Even Daniel Web stor spoko with much emotion in his beautiful eulogy on Mr. (Jalhoun. Hut now at this lato day tho same old fa natical cry is hoard that caused Now Kngland to send John lb-own on his hjbIIoIous and devilish errand. Tho same malignant howl that inspired John C. Whlttler to writo of Webster : " So fallen ! bo lost! the light withdrawn which once ho wore The glory from his gray hairs gone for* evermore. All else is gone: from those great eye- the soul has lied When faith is lost and honor dies, the man is dead." And this because ho honored Cal houn and In his old ago dared to say in his speech at Capon Springs that a Stato had the Hght to aecodo from tho Union whon tho compact was brokon. My father was from Massachusetts and honored Mr. Wobstor above all men, and was intenaely indlg'jant at Whit tlor'B fanatical, puritanical verses. That triumvirate Wobtter-, Clay and Calhoun was his idoal of great men, patriots and statesmen, and it is mine today. My contempt for old Whlttior is very great and none of his slander ous etTuaiona shall ?nd a place in my collection of pooma. I was surprised to lind a lot of them In William Cullon llryant's collection. Hut i am going to quit reading such newspapers as destroy my serenity. I have to hurry out lu my garden and dig too hard and too ofton this hot woathor to koop my oholer down. I'vo been building a woodshed, and a chick en coon wltti two apartments, onu of which in for the Christmas turkeys when tiro tlino coinos. Old Undo Sam did diu suro enough, and 1 am now em phatically tho hoy?but I reckon it is good for mo. My wifo sayu It Is. I'vo worn out my forked boo digging up tho hard ground In tho rose bods, for tho wortso I am lnbultcd tho hardor I dig. 1 don't undorutaiul some thine . (ion oral Gordon and General Whooler and some of our orators aud preachers go up North and mix up with thoso Van boos aud coino hack loaded down aud say: "Oh, thoy aro all right; they aro harmonious," hut I notice that tho Grand Army wants to regulato our sohoolbooks, and tho oditors dictate how wo she'll manage our negroes. I'm doing Wj heat to harmoni/.o, hut whon 1 read .heir editorials I want to hire a clbsI'j' man?ono that can't ho hrokoof it and I'll give him $2 ( day to use language on that editor, lie wuuldoni m. nd indue cussed afar oil' und may bo It would rollevo my feelings. Uo knows that every follower of Tauoy and Calhoun still glory In their con stitutional teachings. Uo knows that Dr. Andrews, who id tho honored head of tho public schools of Chicago, do clarecl .n a public address that every principle tho South maintained and fought for had been docided In our favor by tho Supreme Court of tho United State? before the war and has boon dinco tho war continued by tho present court. Uu know.- all that aud bo knows all about I'ana and Akron and Now York city's treatment ol the nogro and In faco of all this ho dared to -pit out hid venom at Ud. I don't understand 'him nor what manner of mau he id nor bow ho can Bleep in pcaco or enjoy and digest hid dally food. Hut wo will get ovon next month and thon you will hoar a howl. Good gracious ! What a consternation? what woeplng aud wailing and gnash ing of tooth?Uryan and Stevenson ! Both names ond with a big N and that combination has nevor failed yet. Woll, I am working on that hook now, and my friends aro sending tho namo of thoir favorito poems from all over tho South. It is already Intorost ing and curious to note, the ones that are moat popular. 1 shall publish a list of thorn boforo long in tho order in which thoy stand. And now about that Scriptural enig ma. I have received sovoral letters about It, and but ono correct answer, and so 1 will have to givo tho solution as sent by the Mississipl girle : " You have heard, no doubt, the oft-told tale Of Prophet Jonah and the whale His living soul was kept within Till he repented of his sin. When the whale dies its oil given light Dispelling darkness from the night. Dim. AitP. ?Con. J. W. Gray, of Groenvillo, is a candidate for Clerk of tho House of Koproi-entatlves. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars the Signature of I'ltOUltKHS OF TUB CAMPAIGN. Mr. Dooloy Wants One I'laco to Voto lor His Principles and Another to Votn for HIh Candidate. "How's th' bettln'on th' lllction'r"' Mr. HonncBsy asked. " 'Tis goiu' on aplindidly," said Mr. ?ooloy," an' bofuro long they'll bo ?ono' money put up. At tu' prlsint time th' pat ties ia ona)>lo Cr to agroo. Richard Crokor offers to t>o th'north wind again th' I'll iv Lincoln I'ark with o/.ono that Bryan's th' man, but ho wants too much odda. On th' atock exchange yoatorday a well-known broker that's auppoaod to ho actln' f'r Jarnos It. Keeno oll'ored to wager th' continta Iv a baloon again a lung full Iv smoko that Mack'll carry ioway. Th' other party to th' wager rayfuaed Ih' oil or an' th' two apoorta compromis ed on a bet iv th' dhrinka that Shako apoaro wroto "Tollavo an'To Hold." I was eomin' up in th' ea-ar tonight an' there waa two la-ada discueain' th' aituation. 1 bet ye a mlllyon dollara,' aaya wan iv Limn, 'that McKlnloy carries Kansas.' 'What odda Ml yo give ?' aaya th' othor. 'Two to wan,' saya th' la-ad. '1 tako ye,' aays th' othor. 'By th' way did ye buy that sowln' machino fr yo'or wifo V" " 'TIb a quaro campaign, Illnnlaay. In th' lirat place there ain't anuy is sues. 'Yo can usually scaro up an Is sue in a campaign but In this wau, no wan Is goln* to voto th' way ho bollevoB. Saya me frind Hlnjamiu Harrison : 'Th' conduct iv th' admlnlsthratlon has boon little short iv hellish. Th' Idea that this gover'mint shud Bind out throopa to murdor an' pillage an' olopo with th* Bthrugglin' races lv th' boochooa Ph'Hppoene, makes mo blood bllo al most to th'dew point. I endorse Ivry thing Willum J. I try an says on th' sub ject an' though It gooa hard f'r me to aay it, lifo long Uaypubllcan that 1 am, I exhort Ivry followor iv mino to put lumltloa aside, f'r get bis prejudices an' caat his voto fr Willum McKinley.' Says mo friend Olnuy, th' wan that thranslatcd th' Monroo docthrino into K.ngllsh : 'Nocrlmo cud bo worse thin th' domonoytizatlon an' digradatlon Iv th' dough wo all wurruk so hard f'r, oidess it wud bo th' inthorferenco lv polluted arnycblsta with thlm thrusts that has dayvlloped th' resources lv th' proliaaion lv which I am a desarvin' mimbor. But f'r those vast combina tions iv capital an' industhry they wud bo no socurity In this counthry that th' banks wudden't tako. An' with th' growth iv th' thrusts our counthry ex pands an' increase-; an' gots larger till they's hardly a corner lv th' wurruld whoro th' inhabitants ain't afraid we're eomin' In. 1 hope f'r to llvo to see th* day whin th' glorios Iv our civilization mi' thrusts an' syndicates an' sound money an' littio iv that, will pino thrato th' dlsolato placea iv th' earth, an' th' stars an' sthripos will wavo over a wurruld ayothor.' ho aays, 'froo,' ho says, 'or dead,' he says. 'Thin rally r-round our banner, put yo'or shout dhors to th' wheel an' give a long pull, a athrong pull an,' ho aays, 'a pull al together f'r commorclal combinations, expanaion, th' aubjygation iv 8tihjygat ablo races, goold monoy an' th' poor less Willum J. Bryan.' " Lord bloss mo, 'tla enough to make a man dizzy, Uinnisay. Thoy'eo mo frind Grover, 1 thought, ho hivina, we'd bei rd th' last iv him, but f'r an occasional groan fr'm th' wtlda lv Noo Jaraoy. A year ago 'twaa : 'Whoro'a Cleveland '.' 'Th' Lord only knows or cares, l'rob'ly dbrlvln' a milk wagon.' An' how ia It today ? Th' shore iv Hoozurd'd Hay Is cruvvdud twinty deep with mon whoopin' through mogu phonco. Thoy'so ustout man sott in' uut od tho walhor in u llttlo boat with a jug Id front to bulanco. An* 'tis mo of f riuo, th' lost, th' dofoatod, th' hatod aa' dospisod thrutor an' tyrunt, S. Grover Cleveland. 'Crovor,' says a man with u horn. 'What Is it V says tho la-ad in th' boat. 'Ar-re yo In favor Iv go;dd moDey'r" M dlnnaw, I'vo got a whale on th' lino.' Crovor,' says unothor. 'What d'ye want? scarln' th' Ugh?' says Crovor. Aaln'tye again expansion r 'I can't hoar yo,' says Crovor. 'Cot back a little?about a uiilo?an' speak moro hIow.' 'Won't ye eomo out f'r BryanV 'I wuddon't coiuo out f'r aniiythlng but fish.' 'Ar-re ye a pathrlto or u thraitor V 'I'm nayothor ; I'm busy.' 'Won't yo toll th' people to vote f'r sound money ?' 'Toll , thtm to take anny kind they can get P?" their votes. ' V/lll yo abandon Murk Ilaunn'r" 'Uo was an abandoned I inao bofuro.' 'Won't yo say o wurrud I f'r Bryan?' 'Uo needs no moro wur ruds thin no bus said f'r hlmsllf.' 1 Yo'or counthry Is boln' roonod.' 'Th' lishln' is boln' roonod bo yo't - noiso.' says Crovor. 'Leander, row mo otT a inilo or two whoro 1 can dhrop a hook Id poaco. Manewhlle, I'll take a pull at th' bait an' poudor od how much plcasautor It Is to bo catchla' tinny monsthors thin dodgln' bricks. Gawd help th' land,' ho days, 'to lingerin' illd a proy,' ho says, 'where statesmen multiply,' ho dayd, 'an' li^i.cruaen do cay,' ho says. 'Annyhow,' ho says, 'thoy didn't know a good thing whin they had wan, which,' he says, 'was mo. M An' bo it goes?Crokor an, Carl Schoortz, Altgold an' Olnoy, Koaen folt an' tjaay, Carlisle an' Stowurt. What's a plain, foolish an' thoughtle s man llko niosolf to dor Sure they ought to have wan place I'r a citizen to vote f'r his principles an' unothor to voto f'r his candydate." " I," Bttid Mr. Uonnc8sy, " will voto aa 1 shot." "With yo'er oyos abut"" said Mr. Dooloy. " Tis th' on'y way." VIKWS OF MH. BlIAiY SANDHIIM. Xlm HiiHtlinj; (Quality ol "Mark" antl the llenovolont Philosophy of ?Mack." Joel Chandler Harris tu World'? Work. Mr. Hilly Sanders baa his own way of looking at passing ovents, and his cotntnents thoroon bolng something out of tho usual ordor, ho is treated with great consideration and respect by tho rising generation In his com munity. When ho comes '.o town, he usually goes to the hotel which hus a wldo und pleasant verundn. There he la suro to tind a sympathetic uudlence, which, in spite of tho familiarity his humor invites, hus grout respect for his opinions. His interest In politics continues unabatsd, though ho pro fesses u grout contempt for the whole business. Uo is hardly over without an au dience of Bumo kind ; for when he fulls for u duy or two to como to town, tho young men, and, indood, some of the older onos, make, it u point to pay him u visit ut his com fort U Die home, whore thoy uro nlways sure of finding a warm welcome. Uo drawa a very delicate distinction, however, between hia home and the tavern, as he persists In calling tho hotel. At the tavern, ho leads and monopolized tho conversation ; in his own houso, it la with Jllliuulty that he cun he drawn out. lie mnintnlDs that it id discourteous fur a bust to take hold of a suhjocl and discuss it in a way to rido over tho opinions and viowr of his guests. " Whou I ax a man to dinner," he says, "I might as well help myself to tho vi tiles fust, as to up an' do all the talkin'." Therefore, it Is on tho veranda of the tavern that Mr. Sandors is at his best. He fools that he has the privileges of a .nest, and ho takes advantage of them, lie mado his appearance there recently after a somewhat prolonged absence, and tho young men who were sitting in its shadow mado haste to place a chair for him and to luqttlro about his health. " Woll, 1 toll you," said Mr. Sanders, " I've felt bettor'n I do, an' then aguin, I've folt lots WU88. I reckon you'll have to locate the state of my condition eom'ora betwixt the ham and the shoul der?sorter mlddlin*. 1 ain't com plalnin'. I've boon blessed beyan' my desorts. 1 Hung away my specs the yoar they yorkod Cleveland uut of the HulTalo beer-gyarden an' sot him up as tho demmycratlo Joshway; l don't have to hoi' my ban' to my year for to hear myself snore ; an' 1 ain't had no call for a third set of teeth." "Mr. Sanders is the Coi ly philoso pher wo have loft," explained one of the young men, after introducing the old I gentleman to a commercial traveler from Ohio who was making his lirst trip to the section of Georgia In which Harmony Grovo is situated. " Don't bo onjust to tho rest ol 'cm," suggustetl Mr. Sanders, giving a casual but critical glance ut the btrangcr. " Don't leave any fond, familiar names off'n tho list; givo'cm all far play. Don't forgit Mark an' Mack when you'ro a-huntln' for tho ginnywlne | brand and sample.'' His lone was solemn and assured as bis clear blue eyes onco more threw tholr search lights on the fetrangor. " Woll, Mr. Sandors. what Is your system of philosophy . " asked one of tho young men. "I ain't wedded to no special system," replied tho old man, after a pause. " You have seed men aforo no.'' wl' a . wholo passel of walkin' canes?one for ever' day In tho week, if need bo, an' a gold-headed ono for Sunday. Well, that's the way wi' me. Yit I'll not dony that I've got a pi t system. It's on wheels an' It'll run on tho samo track wi' Mack'd. I dldn' Invent it? oh, no 1 It was old In years long before I was born, an' 1 ain't no spring chicken. 1 don't wan tor snatch no man's laurel patch from him. Yoj seo, it's this way ; thero come a time in the history of tho world when men-folks thought thoy'd cut a pur tier Qgger wi' britches on than they did wi' nothin' on hut a night shirt or somethin' of that sort. Well, britches como into fashion, an' Iben Satan put it into some folior's head to put pockets In em' an' right then an' tbar was hatched the philoso phy that s ketched mo an' Mark an' Mack. Mind you, I ain't bruggin' on it; I'm jest a'giviu' you the plain fucts. "Oursydtem has evoluted consider' bul senco tho britches-pocket was in vented ; it'd expanded. No longer'n t'othor day a good neighbor of mine got caught In usaw-mill and when they unlimbercd the machine he want nothing but a lump of clay, as vou may say. Well, sir, 1 brung me an' Mack'd philosophy to my aid, an' you'll be sur prised to know low well I stood It. Conslderln' my ago an' tho general fooblo condition of both body and mind, 1 boro up under It wonderful well. It may astonish you, hut I boro up bet ter'n tho inan'd wlfo an' oblldrcQ. TbtttS where iue un' Mack and Mark have tho advantage of so muny people; wo'ro philosophers by trade. "Mark is specially gifted that way, an' l in kinder envious of hid talent? be jigged of I ain't. Ho hollered pros perity when he woke up, an' he il go to bed vellin' it. Kf he wa? ealled into the l'ennsylvany coal mines tomorrer, he'd bounoo aroun' amongst the men au' wimmen that ain't hannled no money wages in a year an' sing the same tune ; an' he'd laugh an' joke, an' hunoh tho gals wi his elbow, an' poke tho hungriest In the short ribs wi' his thumb, an' ax em why In the worhl they wasn't spendiu' at least a part of the season at Cooney Islan' or some of tho other watorin'-plaees. You see what philotophy'll do for a man. " Hut Mark ain't the only hueklo berry on the hush. There's Mack. I'm reel fond of Mark ; but Mack coined the Highest to hein' my kind of a philosopher. Why, you can look at that man's plctur's an see benevolence 007.In' out like ro/./.uin on the sunny side of a loblolly pine ; an' of it's so in tho plotur'd, what must bo tho state of the man hissolf? Why, he's got a smile that you co lid reek a baby to sleep in. Oh, yet>! Mack's my kind of a man of I'm to have a sesso in ohoosln' apardner. I had a right hearty laugh at tho way Mack hrung his benevolence to b'ar on the Porto Klean tariIT busi ness. It was like eatin a suet puddln' after camping out in the hushes for a fortnight or more. In gener'l, the tar 111 Issue is calculated to gl' mo a caso of the heaves, hut Muck has put a twist on It that's new enough to draw a big crowd. " I had a right hearty laugh when the hoys in congress lifted the curtaiu a little an' gi' me a chanco to see the ditTrenoo botwixt Mack's maxims an' his morals. At fust 'twas our plain duty for to have free trade wl' I 'orto liico, then when tho sugar folks had collogued wi' the sugared crowd, Mack made up his mind that tho worP wouldn't end of we only done a part of our plain duty." ?A young man from Bowling Green, Mo., applied for work in a store, loeatod somo distance from his home, lie pre sented tho following letter of recom mendation, and was engaged on the spot: "f have found hiin industrious, truthful, Intelligent and sober, l have observed also that his services about the house wore satisfactory to my wlfo, and anyone who can get along with her is a peach." ?oara tho 1,ie K|n|l Vou Huve Always Boi#t Hon. John Sherman, of Ohio, who occupied a prominent placo in tho leg islative and administrative alYalrs of the United States for more than forty years, died on tho "2nd hist, in Wash ington, 1). C., of brain exhaustion. ?Twenty-nine cases ol sudden death in throe days is Chicago's recont re cord. Physicians say that great changes in tho weather and tempera ture were in large part responsible for the deaths. CA.STOTIIA.. B,,ar(, u10 Hid Kiti'I Y":l ll;r.>' Al'.\;t>s Ita'lit True Economy The difference of cost between a good and a poor baking powder would not amount for a family's supply to one' dollar a year. The poor powder would cost many times this in doctors' bills. Royal Baking Powder may cost a little more per can, but it insures perfect, wholesome food. In fact, it is more economical in the end, because it goes further in leavening and never spoils the food. Royal Baking Powder used always in making the biscuit and cake saves both health and money. You cannot, if you Value good health, afford to use cheap, low-grade, alum baking pow ders. They are apt to spoil the food ; they do endanger the health. AU physicians will tell you that alum in loud is poisonous. ROYAt OAKING POWDER CO., 100 WlttlAM ST., NEW YORK. AN APPEAL TO VOTICUS. The State Chairman Asks (or a Full Vntn and SirIch the lleasons Plainly. Chairman Wilio Jones, of tho State executive committee, had iudued the following : To the Demooratto Voters of South Carolina : In view of the present apathy which seems to oxist among tho Demo crats of this State as to voting at tho general election, 1 fool It to bo my duty ad your chairman to address you In thib public man nor and urgo that you all come out on November 6th and cast your votes for tho Democratic ticket from president to coroner. Our peo ple have gotten into tho way of think ing that when they have caBt their votes in the primary there is no furth er uso to vote. Hut thld is a very dangerous policy to pursuo and may result in great harm to our State. Our State and county tickets are safe, as the Republicans have put up no op position at all. Tho Republicans have au electoral ticket In tho hold composod mostly of negroes, and they have a candidate in every congressional district In this State hoping to have tholr candidates seated by the Republican house. Let ovory Democratic voter como out and vote for the Democratic nominees in his district and olect them by such an overwhelming majority that not ovon a Republican house would dare unsoat them or oven consider a contest. The Democrats of this nation have given you one of the grandest, purest and most brilliant tnon this country has over produced, and the Democrats of this State have givon you seven of your best men as candidates for con gross, and I cannot boliovo that you will not come out and vote for thorn. Wo have heard of lato various threats on all sides that our representation In congress would be reduced by a Repub lican congress on account of our small vote in tho general election. Now, follow Democrats, do not allow this serious charge to ho made against you. WlLlK Jones, State Chairman Kx. Com. Money, until you see our Mammoth Stock of Goods. We will save you money on anything you, or any of your family, will need to wear this fall and winter. Our hobby is: "The Best Goods at the Least Price." We can prove to you, if you will inspect our lines, that we carry the best goods in Laurens County. You want good, honest values for your money, and that is just exactly what you get when you buy from us. 6,470 square feet of floor space filled with the very best in CLOTHING, SHOES, HATS, TRUNKS, DRY GOODS, LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR GARMENTS, .FURNISHINGS FOR BOTH SEXES?EVERYTHING YOUR FAMILY WILL NEED?UNDER ONE ROOF. That Man is Well Dressed! A remark frequently mado when the wearer of our Clothes passes by. That's the charm of our Clothes. There's no one feature that attracts all the attention, but every little detail is fashioned perfectly to make an artistic whole. Our Clothes do not show exaggera tions of cut, hut each curve is model ed according to tho prevailing mode, and the Suit harmonizes with tho wearer's personality. i Knock-Out Prices on Clothing of tho same quality is what we give you. Take into consideration the quality of tho garment and we heat every time. School Shoes. That stand the hard knocks and cull's of a school hoy or girl. A shoe, to stand a child, must he made of good, firm, solid leather, and must bo well put together. Our's are made this way. LADIES who appreciate good looking, well fitting and durable Shoes will find their ideals in our im mense stock. We have taken particular pains in the selection of our stock of Ladios' Shoes and are confident we can please the most fastidious. We have everything in this line, from good, heavy, solid Shoos for overy-day to the very finest quality made. LADIES' DEPARTMENT We have three exporionood ladies in this department and thoy will be glad to show you through. In I bis lino you will see a different class of goods from any thing ovor sold in Laurens before. Ladies' Ready=made Suits, Jackets, Fur Boas and Collarettes. LADIES' UNDERWEAR.... Any kind, stylo or quality you want? Muslin Underwear, Knit Underwear, Union Suits for Ladies and Children. Mm We have the LARGEST LINE OF WRAP PERS you ever saw and they lit perfectly. The prices are small and the values are largo. iJriQERQARMENT!j Both say that it is economy to buy the **BEST SHOES** wad ROY/A I UNOrUGANMENTS vUlTlCfj ^CC others?" Never saw anything as nice before ! " West End Kid Gloves are the Best. .R. & G. CORSETS in all styles. *7)/>c*>^/rutr> tf^rw+rr. nrrrwsy on tnese gro??d: We have the Largest and Best Stock of Goods in the County. You can find auything ^ ^lo?rri/e *SUUf *S Ulf U/lCiyC that you want> except trasn in our |mmense stock. We have twelve experienced and honest salespeople to wait on you. We know how to buy and where to buy. We study your wants day and night. We have everything you or any of your family will need and you don't have to run from store to store to find what you want"=and last, but not least, our prices are right. DAVIS. ROPER & COMPANY, "The White Front," Ready-to-wear Garments for Bott Sexes, "The Leaders," Laurens, 8? C