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-?-. jm ? A KU KI,UX URMINISICENCK. ' IHK HIIATTONN WKNTTOOANAI)A Thoy Were Charged Willi Itolng Itu Knn 1,<'*(!< i k OlIO Ol TllOUl \V?h Kl?ln?i>i>r(i ami Kurland Demand ed hi - Hot urn. Tho recent triui at Yorkville of Jobn S. und I'aul. K. Bratt m on the cuargo of murder, reeallo an ulluir that dovol oped International importance in which two brothers, tho father and j undo of those young inon, were iuvolv twenty-nine years ago. Doubtless the diplomats of those times would have to refer to tho re cords to refresh their memories about a very thrilling incident between tho United States and Groat Britain, tho Iubuo of which was watched by the people of this " prostrate " State with the koeuest interest. Kngland demanded the return to his temporary home in Canada of a Smith j Carolinian who, Hoeing the State, had i sought an asylum under the British (lag : had been kidnapped and brought hack to face a stern United States judge. It was no time lor false pride ; an of fonSO had been committed by over zealous United States ollloers, and this government frankly acknowledged that fact by quickly complying with the Hritlsb demands. Dr. J. Kufus Itruttou and John S. Hratton wore gentlemen of largo estates In York (,'ounty, where their family had livid lor generations.' They wore grandsons of Col id Wil liam Hratton, who was a distinguished Whig leader in the ((evolutionary war. At tho outbreak uf the civil war, both brothers entered tho army. Dr. llrat ton went Into the medical department and won distinction as an army sur geon. At tho closo of hostilities tho brothers returned to their homes In York County and attempted to restore their fortunes. Many; stories have been published ahoutihe Ku Klux organization of that time, but most of them have been pictured from fancy. Because It gave u certain irresponsible and naturally lawless class an opportunity to indulge personal grudges and vindict1 vencsa while falsely representing themselves to be atu-Klux, tho organization gained moat of the disrepute attached to its name. It is diflloult, even at this time, to obtain from one. known to have been a member of that organization a definite statement of their actions. " It may bo Impossible for those in other parts of the. country, who had not to face tho condition we. did to realize the neccs hlty for Buch an organization by the better element of tho whites," remark ed an OX-membor of the "klun" a few days ago. " We wore at tho mercy," ho continued, "of former slaves, and a hostile government. The nog r OOS wore Irresponsible anil kuowing we were powerless to resent openly over bearing Insolence they Indulged their now opportunities* A powerful secret organization in which it was proposed to have only men of responsibility and reliability na members became a necessity. It sviu a success ami when It ceased to lie necessary It ceased to exist. The purpose was not to murder or burn, but to terrorize the i .? oos in general and either subdue into quiet ness their loaders, who were urging thorn to excesses, or force them to leave, of course, in some eases ex treme measures became necessary for BClf-protection. And in the i ml, the k'u-Klux prevented many bloody en counters and possibly' massacres that would have followed had not some loaders of tho negroes been checked. "Tho superstitions of the negroes made tho methods of the Ku-Klux especially effective and it is now laugh able to think of the simple plans re sorted to. A string of horsemen rid ing through tho country by highways and byways, at night, dressed in white from head to hocl, and making no BOUnd, save the tramp of the horses' hoofs, sent night prowlers scamping to their cabins. The signs of skull and crossed bones on fence or door carried a warning to tho occupants of the house that required them to mind t;'jir ways. When tho supernatural failed, then other plans were resorted to ami more drastic measures used till the object was attained. For, it must be borne in mind, theHO were not boy.-, or Idle mop, they woro serious and sober and realized that under tho pre vailing conditions they carried their live . In their hands. " It can be readily understood that with such risks to encounter, the or ganization had to havu tho best dis cipline ami tho most reliable members. They were bound by terrible oaths, but rewards for information against them would have tempted ordinary men. It 1b notable that tho leaders woro I'Vcc Masons of high standing, and it Is probable that every member of that order In tho smaller towns and rural districts whoro tho Ku-Klux were most active were on Its rolls. " With complaints from many quar ters and demands that the Ku-Klux organization be Buppresscd by the military authorities then in South Carolina, it is not surprising that strenuous olTorta were made to capture and convict members of tho organiza tion, particularly tho leaders. It was known In a gonoral way that Dr. J. Kufus llratton was the head of the Ku lt lux organization in upper South Carolina, and his brother, John S. llratton, whs also sunposed to belong to tho secret order. Thoy woro singled out for arrest by Major Merrill, then commanding tho Waited States forces in York district. " Dr. llratton was a thirty-third de gree Mason and there Is no doubt this fact caused him to bo aroused at tho dead of night at his homo In Yorkville by an unknown horseman, whose ftucd was spent, and glvon an important military secret. Thirty minutes later tho Ku-Klux leader was riding out of town, hoadod northward and leaving his wifo and throo llttlo children be hind. Later in tho night u detach ment of cavalry surrounded tho Brat ton homo. Pursuit was mado in every direction, but with a good horse, ample funds and the friends ho could com mand wherever tho suorets of Masonry wero known, tho fugitive mado bis way safely Into Canada, taking up his residence In Montreal in the fall of 1871. " Di. Hratton opened an oflloe In the Canadian city, where ho began tho practice of medioine. His whereabouts beo&nOO known as soon as ho wrote to his family in Yorkville, and he was Boon being shadowed by agi ntS of this government. Ho was joined ny his family a fow months after reaching Canada and tluy arranged to make that country their homo until their nativo Stato became salor. But they wero not to remain in security. " No otfonso on which Dr. Hratton could ho extradited was charged, uo ho anticipated no further trouble from the military authorities in this State who hud boon on his track, and the ldoaof being kidnapped never occurred to hhn. Hut one evening, In the early spring of IH72, tho doctor was called professionally. Ho was gotten Into a carriago and driven hurriedly out of tho olty. Throo men had him In charge and during tho night thoy got him Into a boat and across tho St. Lawrence rlvor. Tho captors imme diately brought their prisoner back to the old jail at Yorkvlllo, whero he was Incarcerated, ponding the conven tion of a oourt specially arranged to try Ku-Klux casos. Hut tho doctor was fortunate In having poworful frlonda In all quartorn of tho country. Tho factB ol l.l i forcible abduction for an alleged political otfonso woro prompt ly laldbeforo tho Hrltlah government, and this was followod by a domatid by tho government that ho bo released and returnod under aafo conduct to tho domicilii of Canada from which he had b a-:- taken. This demand was imme diately complied with. " Dr. Hratton remained an exile In Canada until 1878, a year after tho lost ' uf Lim United Slates troops hud been withdrawn from South Carolina. Thon rocolvlug un Intimation that tho. caso agaln-t him would not ho pushed, ho j returned to his old homo, where ho ! resumed the practice of medicine. Hu continued there unmolested until hid ? death in Is'.'7. I'or u number uf year? befure his death be was president of ? tho South Carolina Medical Associa tion and of the Slate hoard of health. " John Si Hrutlon, who was a gentle man of large means, left his homo at the same time as his brother to avoid arrest, and remained abroad two year-;. During his absence many wilncbsus In KU'KlUX elites from York County wore examined to oonneot John Lfrattou with the organization. The only ovl* dunce obtained against him was thai parties of Ku-Klux after an a'l night's ride, could (lud at a certain bpot, near his home appoli/log lunches, which they, In their habitual silence, ate. So on his return to YorkvillO, .John Hrut tun was troubled no more." Wllili Till-. IMONNSYLVANI V BUY ? Heavy I'lirchanra oi Southern Hall way Stock i<Hi?l to Ownera ?>rl'onit' aylvanla it. it. A special dispatch to the Atlanta Journal says that knowing persons in New York Bay that the absorption of the Southern Uailway by the I'ennsyl vania Itallroad Is a deal that will bo consummated beforo the end of thu y.u . In fact.it is stated that the pur chase of tho road is going on evury day now, tho largely increased purchase of Southern railroad stock un the mar ket evury day being attributed to tho I 'onn-yl vania. Toe sales of Southern railroad stock have been remarkably heavy this week. Tuesday 102,000 shares of common and ?10,000 o( preferred were bought on tho Now YorK slock exchange. These big purchases Bet the rumor to going that the Pennsylvania's agents were; buying up tho stock with a view tu gaining complete control of the Southern. Tho rumor caused tho oreferrcd shares to jump from 031 to 05| and tho common Irou> I i to 171. Tnis is tho highest price yet nbtaim d. Tho rumor is still rife In the street and extremely persistent, it is be lieved by many uf the wisest heads in tho slreet. Tho street Insists that if it is not the object id tho Pennsylvania to gain entire control of the Southern It Is certainly trying to get a big intor est in It. Vice PresidentW.II.Green, of the Southern denied the reports. Still another Interesting report was that the Southern railroad intends to gain control uf the Seaboard Air Clue, and, In fact, is already moving toward that end. It Is admitted that a close tradio alliance has already been made between the Seaboard and Southern. This report has caused much talk among railroad men. Southern railway oftlolals say thu only reason they can ascribe for the I jump in the price of Southern stock is I the largely Increased earning capacity I of the road. Sevoral block? of Southern stock of I 1 U00, t 500 and 2 000 shares each have I recently boon purchased in New York, and this reporl gives color to toe talk of absorption by tin; Pennsylvania. < Ino bitj banking house, alone bought i more than 10.000 shares. It had an ? order to bu?' 55,000 shares. The. Now York Sun has the following I to say about Hie report : '? Further rumors regarding tho Southern railway interested Wall stnet yesterday. Tho price of the. preferred stOOk reached ils highest mark,,00|, on sales aggregating 20,600 tihares, :i gain ol one-half point. Tran sactions in Southern common reached a total of 70,200 snares with com* paratively little lluotuatlon in price. In addition to persistent report that thoru was heavy buying of Southern railway shares in the interest ol the Pennsylvania railroad were rumors that tho voting trust funned by J. Plermont Morgan wheu be reorganized the Southern system, was to he dis solved, and also that an ironclad agroemont to maintain rates bad been entered into by the. Southern railway i company anil the Seaboard Air Line, rhls last rumor w.?s generally regarded a? having some foundation in fact. " President Samuel Spencer of tho Southern railway system, who has jusl returned from an extended inspection trip over tho system, had nothing to say about rumors or possibilities. Other persons connected with South ern railway interests while admitting that the course of the market showed that somebody believed that the com pany's stock was worth buying, said that no new interest could come into the management without the consent of tho noting trust. The; latter is ter minable at tho discretion of the trus tees, who wore reticent regarding their plans. According to Stuck lOxchungo gossip, Mr. Morgan is preparing to dis solve the trust for practically the same reason that caused the recent deter mination to dissolve the Northern I'ucilic voting trust, i. e., tho linancial rehabilitation of the property and Its establishment on a permanent dlvld ond-paying basis. "The Pennsylvania railroad is more closely connected with tho Southern system than in any other independent lino. Nearly all of tho Southern's passenger and freight business between New York and Washington goes over tho Pennsylvania railroad, and in rato matters tho two companies have prac tlcally a mutual Interest." A SUMMARY OP STATE MOWS. Cut bereit Hei n and There IVom Our It \c ti;lli;'.e.i Klkfl Ol lU P NoiireOH. ?Clcmson College football team has won all live of the games played this season. ? Uev. James W. Kilgo, of tho South Carolina Conference, reports that $17, .">;n 13 has been raised for tho Twentieth Century l-'und. ??Edltor M. L.Clark, of tho Marion Star, has been appointed journal elork of the Senate by Lieutenant Governor* elect J ames II. Til I man. ?Lieut.-Colonel K?mest A. Carling ton, son of tho late Don. A. C. Darling ton, Is visiting bin mother at Now berry. Cid. Garllngton rocontly re turned from Austria. ?Tho superintendent of tho State ponitentlary will report this year a not prolit uf 125,000. This will not bo turned over to tho State, hut will bo put In permanent Improvement. ?Noarlv MM stevedores have gone to Jacksonville from Charleston to take the place of the striking long-idiorouion. Tho Charleston men aro said to bo much bettor workers. ?Tho (J ivornor of Wisconsin has written to Governor McSwoonoy for all literature bearing on thu primary election syatom, that Slate having he Oomo interested In the aystom in this State. ?Tho Legislature oonvoues undor tho constitution tho second Tuesday in January and tho month coming In on Tuosday, tho Goneral Asaonihly will convono next year on tho earliest pos sible day. ?A special from Uldgo Spring says : Thoru is a deoidod chungo for tho hot tor in tho condition of Col. K B, Wat son, who bail boon 111 for somo time. Ho is slowly hut suroly gaining In strength. Ho ean tako nourishment, and by another wotk will probably bo able to sit up a short >vhllo, hut will re quire careful nursing. ?Tho town of Prosperity Is In tho mldet of a dlaputo whether a dispen sary will bo established thoro or not. An election was hold and tho claim Is that by a majority of three it was do cidod to oatabllsh thu disponsary. Citi zens claimed ,'raud In tho oleotion and an injunction has been grantod against tho establishment of tho dispensary. ? i i ***? B?*m th? st \h8 Kind You Have Always Bought HILL AKP GICTS IN CYCLONIC. ! B'I'OKM CAMi; WHU ?ItCA l>l< I 1, t uity. JltBt <?'? II? whh Ahoill to Speak m. Cyclone Struck, the 1'uWII AD(I the Auttlenoe \v?h Terror Stricken. Some good people culled mo over bora to Blue Mountain, Miss., und I came. My wifj bind I bad iictter go, : lur tho winter was ut hand und tho i family needed cloth a and who wus . obliged to pltty old Santa CKua, us | usual, uud provide somo Chrislmus gifts for the jhildren und grand-child- 1 rcn. That is u good purt of her lifo I und happiness? pleasing the ehildron. Slio never asks for unytliing for her self. She don't huvo to. Tho girls toll BIO what she noeds und I surprise lier with it if I have the ineney, uud If I haven't 1 strain my credit and get it any ho v. Professor Lowrey culled mo here to tulk to his college girls, for he la Q noted oduoator and has 2U(J girls out here in the woods and is building up an institution that la the pride u' North Mississippi, He got four other towns to join him In the call, und so I lectur ed in Tupelo laut Monday night to a largo audience In a large house und \ found u warm welcome. It is wonder- j ful bow thosoold towns are looming up and taking on new lifo. Twelve years ago I was in Tupelo and 1 thought It was pretty dead. 1 bad only about one hundred people out to hear mo then, and this tlmo there woro near four hun dred. Prosperity has dono It. Ton cent cotton ami a cotton mill has done it: McKinley bad nothing to do with It. Last night I was billed for Klploy?j a nice old court house town not far away. The evening betokened a storm and by night tho lightning wus Hash ing incessantly all around tho horizon und the thunder peuled heavily. Coun try people became alarmed and hurried homo, for everything seemed ominous of coming trouble. There Beamed to be something In tho elements that wus brooding over us, and suro onough thoro was. The courtroom was about half full of people who bad dared to venture out to b >ar me. Suddenly tho storm came with fearful fury. There was an awful roaring sound from tho Southeast that was like tho found of many wators. It hushed the uudlenco into a sol :mu silence. 1 did not take tho platform, but waited. In a few minutes aome wild, excited messengers came rushing up tho stairs and called for the doctors ami other help, for the cyclone had come und torn up every thing in the suburbs and killed men and women and children. Tho night was intensely dark, but the men rush ed to tho rescue In haste, and the lec ture programme was broken up in a twinkling. Kverybody hurried to their homes or to the scene of tho disaster. What an awful thing is a cyclone! What a merciless thing it is ! How quickly it comes ami as quickly goes, leaving swift destruction in its track. Happily it gives no warning, for tho terror and apprehension would bo worse than doath. This morning we i rejoiced to learn that nobody was knicd, though many were I? idly wound ed. Some houses woro wrecked and blown away and many were unroofed und some were set on lire. One man was lifted up and carried away and thrown to the ground in the woods, with only a few bruises, llosv strange thut so few people are killed by a cyclone. It seems providential, und this morning the question discussed at the breakfast tabu; was whether Cod or the devil was tho author of these terrible visitations. One >ald that the spirit of evil was still on the earth and was ever contending against the spirit of good, and this spirit brought fam ine, pestilence, lirea, storms and all disasters. Another .-.aid that all these things came from natural causes, and that neither Cod nor the devil had any agency in them. Another quoted from Job where the Lord delivered turnover to Sittan, who was going to and fro upon tho earth ami walking up and down In it. He a til toted Job awfully, but was not allowed to take bis life. Another quoted from the Savior's words when He said: "Think you that thoso upon whuin tho tower of Slloam foil woro wicked above all peo ple 'i 1 tell you nay but unless ye re pent ye shall perish." Professor .lohn Fisko, a very great and learned man, has written a little book called " The Mystery of Bvll." I have rea l it twice and found but little comfort or philosophy in it. His argu ment is that evil is ol divine creation and designed to illustrate and exalt tho good. That but for sickness wo would not appreciate or enj )v good health. Hut for un occasional famino wo would not enjoy the blessing of ubun dant foo , and but for sin we would not enjoy Heaven. Ilia book leaves you just where it found you, and tho my&tory la still unexplained. Wo know that Cod loves His creatures, ami that is onough. Not a sparrow falls to the ground without His notioo, and He did not wiah to destroy Nineveh, wboro thoro woro (100,000 people and much cattle. "And much cattle." That was always a vory Bigniflo&nt oxpression to mo. Well, l had to come bore from I tip ley by private conveyance. We had a good toum hut tho road wus fearful, for it hud ruined neurly nil night. Mr. I'itner, un old Georgian, had the lines und diil not un iclputo trouble, but when wo got to tho river wo found tho lowlumls Hooded on both sides for a quarter of a miie, and after wo crossed tho bridge tho horsos plunged sudden ly into a washout and submerged us into deep wutor. It lb)wed into tho buggy and over It and up to tho cush ions, and for a time wo wore both alarmed for fuar of a collapao. Hut wo got out of It safely, and hero I am with a vuliso full of wot clothes und no chungo for tonight. Hero l am ut the oollogo und will huvo to stund up be fore two or throo hundred pretty girls tonight, fortunately Mr. Lowrey is about my ai/.o und snys ho will lend mo some gurmenta while mine are being ronewod ut tho laundry. Hard, hard, indued, I- tho contest lor freedom and tho atrugglo for Christmas money. Cyclonoa and llooda uro pursuing mo and dlaturhlng my tranqullity. Hut ono thing moro may come which I cannot tight, and that la a Mothodiat revival, for Ilko a cyclone, thoy are terribly In earnest and always break mo up. Old Simon I'otor Kichurdson aaya in hla book thut tho Methodiata are all tire and the Haptlats all water, ami aome others uro all wind. I hope they won't uil come upon mo ut once. Hut I urn still hopeful und trying to koep culm and aoreno. Tonight I shall bo inspired with tho presence of these oollogo glrla and for an hour or so will be tho cynoaure of their beautiful eye?. Voa, tho eynoBiiro. That word cornea from two Creek words whloh moan tho dog's tail, and ho I will he tho dog'atall of tho fair assembly. Professor Low rey's father waa tho bravo old aoldlor known us Conoral Lowrey who aue coodod (?enoral Clalhorno as comman dor of that corps in tho Army of Ton noaaoo. Hols buried near horo, and I ahull visit hla gravo. 1 go from hero to Pontotoc, tho oldoat town In tho State, whoro tho Indian agoncy was located and tho chlof of tho Chlckaaaws lived. Prom thoro I go to Now Albany and from thoro to my own homo, whoro thoro Ih alwuya a light In tho window for mo and mnny huppy ones to groot mo. Hill aup. ?Virginia la experimenting with tho dispensary system of Holling liquor on account of tho Stato and town, Franklin having boon selected for tho ox perl - mout. Tho commonwoulth gota ono fourth of tho profits and tho town the remalndor. Under this ayatom tho liquor Is t old in original packages and must not bo consumed on iho promlaes. OA?'JCOniA. Boam the ^jfr ^ KinOou Have Always BnujM G%n*tiro T Kit MS OI< COUNTY OFI'ICKHS The Men KIpoUmI M*y l>u Sworn In t<> < MHcu Immediate!). Mr. Josao T. (.anti, chief clerk of the secrotary of State's ollice, him called attention to the fuel that iH not genor ally known, even by tho ollieors of the State Ihemaolvm, that the term of pub- , lie Oftloora elected in the recent, or any other general election, begins on tho day of tho election, and that any ilelay that may ho occasioned in the com* ; mission or qualification of ttucb ollieors reduces tho length of the terms of .said olllcer?. It la another fact not generally ap preciated that tho commission, how ever it may bo worded, does not give a retiring otllcor the >Mght to hold a single day after tho declaration of tho result of tho general election, if Iiis successor qualifies himself to assume tho ollloe. There is a contrary opinion ovor tho State, due to general misin formation as to the law. The commis sion is not in Itself the right of tho ollloor to the 0 111 co he holds?it is sim ply tho evidence of his right?his titio ilced to it. In an opinion addroosed to the sec retary of Slate on February 0, I8D0, At torney General liolllnger said "tho terms ' und until his successor shall be elected and qualified," are added mere ly to provont a chasm in tho discharge of tho duties of tho ollico, and amount to no more than an authorized occupa tion of so much of tho succeeding term. * * ? VV0 regard it as well settled that neither the existence of the ollico nor the torm or time for which it exists, dopends upon the commission, which is only evidence of the appointment or election. * * ? Whilst the commission may bo a formal prerequisite to en able one out of possession to obtain it, wo do not sc'3 how that necessarily affects tho term?tho time tho ollico lias to run. Actual onj lyment may not bo identical with tho term, which is a oreaturo of tho law and cannot he set alloat and made to vary, shift or change, according to the Caprice, Id torost or laches of anyone who may happen to be incumbent: ' " * You are therefore respectfully advised, that tho term of ollico to which one is elected or appointed begins, except where ex pressly spocitied either in tho consti tution or statutes, upon tho day of his election or appointment and runs for tho time specified by law, without ro gard to the datQ upon which thu com mission Is issued." The. Governor and Lieutenant Gover nor come within the exceptions noted above, as their election must bo de clared by the General assembly, and of course they eaunot assume their ollices until the election is formally declared. Tho terms of tho othor Slato officers begins with that of the incoming Gov ornor. The lato tJov. Kllorbe attempt ed to fix as a precedent under tho new constitution, the i*ih of January as tho dale upon which this qualification shall bo made. I II.I.MAN ON Till!} DKMOOBAOY. lie Thinks IteorKaiilzatloii N<u Needed?OlVOfl Ills Iiloa of Hie 1'ariy's future. In reply to an inquiry fron the Gosmographlc company of Now York, the following statement has been mado by Senator Tlllmnn concerning the proposed reorganization of the Demo cratic party : I have your letter of recent date, in which you ask : " What Is the future of tho Democratic party ? Must it no recast upon now linos or return to the original ones? VVhoro shall tho re organization begin, etc. V Tho smoke of the recent political battle has hardly cleared away or suf ficient time been given to study the full returns of the election. Knough is known to show that the Democratic party is not dead, nor is it about to die. McKinley's election is attributed to two causes '? venality and Ignorance. Under tho first head would he em braced use of money lavishly to con trol votes; the love of money above principle or patriotism, and the co ercion of voters who were afraid of a ro turn of bar'1 lir"--. and loss of work. Under the aeeond head would he em braced a la^ne mass of ignorant for eigners who have not boon assimilated or become. Amo>*lcanl''.od, who uro ignorant of ou*" institutions and are more or less Influenced by tho ideas they brought with them from tho old world. A largo number of business men who thought prosperity was the lcsult of McKinley's election, and who dreaded a panic If liryan was elected. These wore content to let well enough alone, having an eye solely to thu busi ness aspect rather than tho underlying principles involved in thu contest. They wore Ignorant and too cowardly, rather than venal. The Democratic party does not need reorganization. It can nut ho attempt* od until the next national convention Is held and tho most pitiable sight to a self respecting man Is tho rush which has been mado by the traitors who brought tho party nigh unto death In 1800 to resumo control. Tho light to restore tho ropublie to tho prlno'plea of tho father., and to stand by the constitution which they framed, must go right along tho linea formulated at Kansas City. " Noth ing is ovor settled until it is settled right." Thu liryan Democracy, as it has boon termed In derision, will eithei triumph in the end or tho republic is doomed. Kike Nelson at Trafalgar, lot us nail tho colors to the ina?t and tight until victory is ours. Wo can not afford to despair of tho republic and tho trouble of tho imperialists has just begun. Their program involves the continuation of high taxes, a large standing army, and tho guarantee that prosperity will bo maintained for four years. The people will grow restloss und tired of the two lirst, und common sen.-.e teaches thut tho vuuntod pros* prijty which uppours to have eon trolloo the result of tho olection can not last. If we light as a party brave ly and stand by our principles un-j liinchlngly there is everything to make US hopeful of tho future. Yours truly, II. Et. Ti M.MAN. Trenton, S C. . - -?-4? * ? ? jr. i - ? ?A notublo wedding is scheduled to occur In liinghumton, N. Y. Tho groom to bo Is Mai. Pago, ago 111, height .it inches and wulght U? pounds. The hrlde*eleot is Miss Mary Woicklo, age 2:t, hoight t> footund wolght 108 pounds. It Is understood thut it Is u lovo mutch. Miss Wuicklo, who Is a handsome und popular young womun, has rofusod a number of desirable otTors lo order to hu able to marry tho diminutive little major. ?Acoording to a statement just ia suod In Washington, thu mineral pro duction of tho United Status has in creased noarly *lio0,000,000 in ten years, amounting now to 1876,000,000 per your. Tho greatest increases woro In uulrolcum and coppor. Don't Use a Refrigerator mom UnleSB wmmm it is kept clean with GOLD DUST Washing Powder The tainl of decaying particles of food is absolute poison. THE PASSING OF A SOUL, j Jnno Stubs was making currant Jolly. [ sin- bad arrivod ut the moot important epoch in tho making ol It. TllO cur? I rants hail bOOU cooked to a tum, they had been dipped out of the kettle with a large spoon, deposited in the clean* est of hugs, the draw string ol which hud been drawn, and the hag lltlllg over another kettle, into whirl) the red juice had dripped until there Was no more juice left to drip. She was now upon the point of meas uring the juice and the sugar. Ouo spotless kettle stood ready for the sug gar anil another for the juice. She had dipped a cupful of sugar from the bucket close by, spread it evenly over the top with a steady forefinger ami emptied it into the kotile when these, was a knock at the front door. .lane frowned. She preferred while the making of this jolly was in progress to be alone. Her currant jelly had an enviable reputation in Mulvane. She wished to live up to il. However, the knocking continuing redoubling in vehemence, in fact?her only recourse was to go to the door. Setting the cup in ;> small plate, she wiped her hands on a nearby towel, rolled down her sleeves and went. She oponed the door. "Law!" she exclaimed, "if I had known it was you, Martha Simmons, I wouldn't er gone to the trouble of put- I tin' down my sleeves. I'm m?kln' my [ currant jell, and I'm light where I've got to go on with il. Come along out on the. back porch and set there while 1 measure the sugar, lie quiet, too, won't you? It's mighty particular work, you know. A lcctlc bit loo much sugar or not enough, an' the. whole thing's ruined. I'll talk to you when I'm done with it." Martha followed her through the clean, wide hall, on either side of which high, straight backed chairs sat prim ly, to Ihc back porch. .lane brought the sugar and fruit from the kitchen and set them on a long table, against the wall, placed a chair for her visitor ami recommenced her work. The back porch was a pleasant place to sit in. The dining room opened on to it, the kitchen and the front hall. Lalticowoik partly enclosed it, and delicate vuies trained by .lane's nimble lingers, covering the lattice, shut out the heat of the sun. .lane opened wide the front door; also the back. A fresh brue/.o blew threw. Martha, taking off her sunbonnet, fanned herself with it, while .lane bent over her work, muttering: One, two, three cups of sugar. One, two, three cups of juice.'' Footsteps approached. Thoy halt ed at the front door, .lane looked up. "My land!" she exclaimed. "If there ain't l.ucy Jones! Come in," she. called to her, "an' bring one of them chairs mi the hall along with you." As Lucy dragged the chair out she add ed: "'If 1 was scltin' here now, lone some as an owl, wishin' for somebody to conic an' dial with me, not a livin' soul of you Would conic. Hein' as I'm busy as a bee with my currant jell an' dpn'l want lo be bothered, here you all come a-sirollin' in one at a lime. Talk to her, Martha, while I measure this fruit all over agail Three cups Ol sugar, wa'n'l it? An' otic, two, three cups of juice. Lucy sat down near Martha. "1 hear," she whispered, "thai. Su rah Lawson aiu't no bettet. Km win' as how she was so dose lo lane, 1 1 thought I'd just drop in an' t-co if there's any truth in it. You hear so many things." "She ain't no belter," said Jane be tween the counting of cups. "She's worse if anything. Five of sugar an' six of juice." "Are. you incasurin' them cups even on Hie lop, Jane?" inquired Martha, leaning forward. "Seems (o me this one is fuller than the other was." Jane tossed her head. "I ain't been m?kln* currant jell all these years for UOthin'," said she with conscious pride. "1 know what I'm about. 'Tend lo your own knillin','' for Martha, reach ing into a spacious reticule which hung at her side, had brought out a stocking, wasted, attenuated and lacking a foot, she procoeded to knit the foot. "There's somebody else coinin',"' she said presently, glancing toward the door. "It never ruins, but it pours," mut tered Jane. "(Jo to the door, will you, Martha, an' hold whoever il is there a niinit (ill I get through meas uring this juice? I!' you don't, I won't get through ineasurin' il till dooms day.'' She poured in the last cupful of sugar, then the last cupful of juice. The white sugar slowly dissolved itself in the crimson juice as she took the kettle into the kitchen, placed it on the stove, raked the coals under it and came out on the porch once more, laughing to see Martha obediently holding the newcomer at the front door, pointing out to her the beauties of the plant* blooming luxuriantly in the diamond shaped beds here, there and everywhere and offering her a rose to smell. "Von can bring her in now," said Jane. The jell's on the lire. Is that you, Susan? How's the baby? An' Tom; how's he? Is he well'''" With out giving her time to answer, she continued: "You'll amuse yourselves, won't you? I must get these glasses ready for the jell, and I've got to watch ' il, too, until it comes to a boii." "How" lung do you let it boil, Jane?" askod Susan. "Twenty ininits?" " I Impb hum," nodded .lane. "Twen ty minits by the clock an' not a second longer." Susan sat down, tied the strings of her sunbonnet together and hung it on the back of the chair. "I hear as how Sarah Lawson ain't no better," said fhe. "Is it true?" .lane, industriously polishing the jel ly glnsscii with a spotless towel, nod ded again. "Yes," she assented, "it's true" She held a gluss up to the light and spied a speck on it. "An' you can't do notion' for her," she went on, rubbing it viciously, holding il to the light and polishing it again, "I've bin over there, an' bin over there, an' sho won't even let nie in. She's crawl ed in her shell like. Seems's if she'd taken a evorlastin' dislike to us all on account of the talk about her daughter. 'S if, since, we won't have nothin' to do with the girl, wc shan't come a-nigh her either -not even if she dies for want of nursin'. An' that's what it'll come to, I'm nfraid." "Can sho blame* us for passin' the girl by after tin way she's behaved?" asked Susan. She had taken a while apr< n out of her reticule and was hem ming it. "It doi't stnn' to reason." "Sometimes," n used Lucy Jones, "1 don't feel quite rigid in my mind about slightin' that tiiero girl. There wa'n't nothin' ever proved ag'in her. She got to goin' with a gi'idy set. Thai was nil, to my thiukin'." ?* *Birds of a featho",' you know," quotod Martha, counting the stitches in tho foot. "'Birds of a feather.' " Lucy Jones folded pit its in her skirt and smoothed them out again. She was the only ono who had failed to bring work. "Wir what's got children <?f <uu own, ' said she, "hadn't OUghtOI bo too harsh. We in vor know irom one day to the other wltat troubles is com in' on us we wind's got children of our own." '?That's tiuo," admitted Susan."true as gospel. Look now a'. Maria Totup kins, lor iuslanCO. Who d ever or thought thai s,,n of hor'n would or turn ed out tin- way In-did? Korglu'chocks! The most promisin' young man in Mill vane, a young man what all the girls was fairly wihl about a thlofl" "It canto uigh killin' her, too," said Martha rctuiniscontly. " That's what it did. It came nigh to bcin1 tho death on her. But ehe had a presenti ment of it. She'd oughter bin pre pared. The day before it all come out 1 was over there, an she says to inc. she says: 'All las' night,Martha, 1 dreamt "I muddy water. it ?vas atouud me overywhero. 1 had to walk through it. There wa'n't no other way, .here w'an't crosttin' of it [ anywhere. I had to walk through il an' 1 did.' She sort of trembled. 'I can feel the feel of that there water yet, Martha,' says she.' "Same way with Mary Simpson remarked Lucy, watching .lane, who hovered over the kitchen stove in a state of mind bordering on diffraction, her eyes fixed upon the jelly, which was just about lo boil. "You renum ber the night slur married the paper fell oil the wall of the church fell off in the shape of a wing. It was a sjgn j of that she was lo die before the year was out, an' die she did. 'Twa'tlt eleven months? lias it come to a ' boil, .lane?'' "Shhhh!" whispered .lane. "lie quiet a intuit.'1 There was silence with the execp- j tion of Martha's knitting needles. I They clicked. "A watched pol never boils, .lane," said Susan al last. "Coma away, an' it will bubble up in a jiffy." .lane lifted her head. "it's bollin' iiow'.'' she. exclaimed triumphantly. "What time is it?" Lucy, rising, went into the hall to look at the clock there. She came back and silently resumed her Pont. "Well, what time was iiy" queried Jane. Lucy laughed in an embarrassed way. "I forgot,'' she apologized. "Half-past 4. I guess I must have bin thinkiif about Sarah Lawsou." "It'll have to boil till ten minilS of .">," announced .lane. "I'll leave a good lire under it an' talk to you till then." Again raking down the coals, she smoothed her apron with the palms of her hands ami, comiug out on the | porch, took her seat in the midst ol them. ??I'm expectin' every mini! to hear bad news of Sarah LaWSOU,' she aver red. "I've Inn thinkiu1 of her all day long. No mailer what work I Wnsal, every little while she would rise up before nie, reproachI'ullike, 's if I'd bin foremost in llio talk about thai daughter of hor'n, which I wa'n't " "Nu, you wa'n't,'' Susan hastened j to alllrill. "Leastways not that I know of. You can never tell exactly who starts talk like that. Seems s if the wind does il: then keeps fanuiu' il about. You can'! say 'boo' but it's all over town in no time. Dears to nie like sometimes people finds out what you're lliinkin' about an' tclla ii, add in' an1 addin' to it till you can't recog nize it yourself when il COII108 back lo you, an' il allus conies back lo you.'' After a moment: "The thing to do," she advised, "is to keep a -till tongue in your head, hut it's a mighty hard thing to do." She shook her head dolefully. "It's a mighty hard thing lo do," she reiterated. "L'VO bin the same about Soah LaWSOU all day long myself,'' sighed Maltha. "All day long I couldn't , keep from tlllukin' about bei, no mat ter how hard I tried. I miss her. She was a ji>lly ksotil before the trouble came, she was the life of tho so win' bees an' the church sociables. Things has bin dead without her, lo my think in'?dead as doornails." "Hut nobody misses her like I do," declared Jane. "Wo were thick as hops. If she wa'n't over here, 1 was over there. You see that little gate between the fences? I hud that made so's we wouldn't have to waste time go in'around. She ain't never bin through it since, the talk about the girl. Socins like she laid the whole blame of tho thing on me. An' twa'n'l my fault. 1 repealed what I'd heard. That was all." Suddenly Susan dropped la r work in her lap. "Did you ever think an' think about somebody a long way off on' get a let ter from her that very day?" she ask ed. "Time an' ag'm," answered the oth ers in a chorus. "Did you ever feel like some friend or other was comtu' on' look up an' sec her a-walkln' through the gate to you?" "Time an' ag'inl" Susan's voice, sank to n whisper. "It's the way I fool about Sarah Lawson now," said she. "I wouldn't be the least bit surprised, sick as they I say she is, lo see her come walkin" through that little side 'gate, .lane, what you had made so's you wouldn't have to waste, time goin' around. ll seems like 's if she was right here with us now, close to us, brushill' ag in' us almost"? They glanced fearfully al each other, then at the little side gate. Their eyes met once more and again fastened themselves on tho gate, for a figure had drawn near to il. Bewildered they thought for the moment that Sarah LawsOll stood there. Bul presently the ilguro resolved itself into that of a girl. Her hand stole to tho latch. She unfasten ed it, crept into the yard, reclosed the gale and leaned helplessly against it, a pitiful picture picked out by the sun light, her lace While und drawn, tears ' on her check and In her eyes, hot two hands clutched together, clasping and reclasping, her pale lips trembling in her ineffectual effort to speak. ily and by her voice came to her. ' thi, ()reuten) si.iii-i ol tho Time Gives Kver) Caws ??>- Personal Attention. Mmt doctor* uuvo a certain Dumber Doctor llathaway's "Jl Method. I./, .M-k reuiodte* which tiieyusoln ritttea which HiM-iii .il ull i-nuiliir. I is ii.?( Dr. llutbuwuy's method. r\ .?.!-?? w.th I? iin i- IUO*l eurvfulll HukiiomhI und Ihe ??\.i?-t ...-iii.iiinl thodlm'UMdcpil< htimi determined. I lius ?vor) < '-<? w treated ?-.?|>iir. itely ?ml medicine* uro id iu mistered utlitvti me ?iicciully |>re|Hired under im iitiihiiwu)'k nersouul iniiiorvlnioii foreucu case. N,,t.\ii|.I'lmii on nee ted b> iipurtli ii >i illneasoln lue mine milliner, uomietment uolwoi.I'lu Hlimild ???> i>aU)U in Ibe suuie ??y i n for Pitiuu roui|imlut. Pi ii.iti'.i?.iv is a tpeciHl i in iiu- Ik'i?i sense ol lue ..til ln> treat* s|*?elul ?Im in u*|m'ciul uiutiuor .?t nfblaown n system sunned out years iiko while lu """ " co uKouiidl?>ii|iltiill?ri?ctri'.id Iiu Every Case ., ... iuudooliwcdui>oiu-oustauuy specially ?,:::;,;,;;:::s;;.. indue i" tula Exclusive iv'ti'.'.in'ii>. - in.iii e n t??l Iii? lloi.f lioltevos iwledite tho Ulli i, inuy be iloiieby Ihe unskillful iiseotuiiy system, never mind bow perfect. Blood and Skin Dr. Until iwuy'atroutiuoul: ?r 1.1.|<||seascx In whatever ?tu*? < sJlucasos. cures ull form* of nicer*, sores, blotches nlinnlos, etc.,um not only restores Un? ?kl" lutw ii . tottieir natural i.tMlon. but mi purities ii...i.io.ii Ui.it the disease Is porntnnouUy und con* JllolwIyilrlvV^ System and nil fhlswlthout uduilulalorlus uolMUOu?or ?tatii?eix>iii?dru??. Individual syntciuof treatment, in spite "f hundreds ?>< rouuesii , ,/Mirly f rom doctor* Ini Treatment i.i. uskinx b?r Ibe uiilnirnr.UulhRwuySinelbi^ofm'i^ it wiser lo ullotr none Iwsldo himself me k.i !,|Til*remedies,i\* be la {mi well nwftro J? eh Varicocclc and Stricture. treatment <>f Vnrlcocele ii icluru is ii method oxclu In* own mid In 00 p-r cent cases result* In ii |ierfccj and pertoanonl eure. No operation Ih required und no iniiii <ir inconvenience uro experienced b? Ui? patient. The expense ol thin treatment Is much lot* man that of nny operation, or hospital <ir Institute treatment, und f* both safe anil sure, reslorlnu Ibe in umix to u condition <>f |K>rfect, normal health. ... . Dr.llntbnwny has lust propiiredn new Kidney toatiiucstinn blank for those wb i h ire D;c???c reason tosnsi.t Kidney trouble and ?senses, ibmblunk h?? II .tl i II) noinl free to evoryono who sends litm Iii? nanio nnd nddrose, _ Thedemand for I'r. II.iUiiiwiiv'h new Now Book i.V: "Manliness, Vluor, Health" bus FREE, idready exhausted tbe Mi l edition of UMi.iHKi i.ut for ii limited lltuo icony ol tbiM lux>k will be Heul f r.?<? t?. anyone who ?eniln 1.ih a ,. ,, inline and nddreiw to Dr. Ilutbaway. Oonsultalion pr. Ilalhawai in.tk.- no charire FREE. foreonmiHallori nnd advice at oUher .iii.-i' ?r by mini. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY M. D. ? Dr. 11 lit IllIM ny .V Co., X2KSoutli Itroud Street. AtliiiilM.Gr*. MK.NTION I'll IM I'AI'KIl WIIKN WUIT1NO. 4>My motherI" she Bobbed. "My mother! she is dead!" Slowly the clock in the hall struck 5. The jelly, boiiiug ever on to the stovo, siz/.led end bubblod noisily, but the women Bat motionless, btaring at the girl us if she were a wraith herself, following so close in the wake of her mother, whose restless soul in passiug had brushed them by. THE DISPENSARY IN LANCASTER The views of a Prohibition Mayor l'pon the Enforcement ol tho Law. Tho following reply has been made by Mayor Waddy C. Thomson, of Lan caster, to the circular letter recently isaued by ?ov. McSweeney to tho mayors of the towns und cities. In I which bo requested their views upon I the subject ol the enforcement of the ' dlspcnsury law in their respective com* munities : Lancaster, Nov. i i, 1900. (Jov. M. 13, McSweeney, Columbia, s. c. My Dear Sir: 1 am in receipt of your circular letter of tho 1st int-t.. directed to me aa mayor, enelo-ing a sheet of Interrogations as to the stand ing of this municipality on the dispen sary law. 1 i.ave answered these ques tions upon tho sheet and herewith beg to return same to you. And, in addi tion, ut your invitation, 1 take pleasure in giving you a few of my views on both tho enforcement ui.d betterment of Ibid law. During my entire term of , otllce our council has been vory faith ful In enforcing tho dispensary law, I und 1 think thut what we have done I will compare favorably with the action ? of any town in the Stutc, in the bund ling of this difficult problem, und it is i our intention to keep this up. Wo have also endeavored to insist upon : tho dispensary itself being run tocord : ing 10 lasv. In tho way of suggestions, I think that It would bo a mutter of vital im | portance if the law could be amended bo as to require each purchaser of the intoxicant to certify us to whether he wan buying it for himself or not, and if for another, to be compelled to inform the dispenser for whom bought. '1 nio would ilo away, to a large extent, with the ability of drunkards and minors to obtain intoxicants, as they do now. This occurs to me to be a very impor tant feature, and if tho law is eo amended that a dispenser would not furnish liquor being bought for drunkards Of minore, of course the parties should be punish ed for any misrepresentation of this fact. My understanding of the dispensary law is that il should curtail as far as possible all the evils of drink ing intoxicants instead of encouraging it, and to this end I um n any with ull of my energy to lend my uld. As you doubtless know, I am a l'ro hlbitioniBt, but I am as heartily In favor of enfoicingtho dispensary law I as I am of any law upon the slatnto books, and as lung us it re.i. alns u iuw I i shall do ull I can to carry it out. i 1 realize fully that it is not an easy prob lem to handle, and that It is the duty of every law abiding citizen to lend his aid and inllucnce toward tho enforoe* mentof the law us passed by the legis lature. You can depend upon my boat \ efforts and hearty eo-oporatlon in the I enforcement of law and order, j Trusting that you may be guided in devising wise ways for bettering and controlling this problem, 1 am, very truly voura, Waddy C. THOMSON, Mayor. ? Aa a result of tho discovery of a process for reducing cotton seed hulls to a pulp ten mills for tho manufacture of paper from this pulp will be estab lished in d iff or out States in the South. The eharaoter of paper made wiii bo the linest grades of writing paper and tho price will bo about one-half of tho present price. In addition to securing paper at cheaper prices tho cotton farmers will be benefited by this new demand for cotton seed. It ia under stood that the Standard Oil Company Is interested in this now proceaa of making paper and in the establishment of these paper mil la. ? ??. ?? i - O ufik. ?X- o XI. T A . Bears tho hi? Ku.ll YOU Haul AlWa/S B0U?flt %ignaturo MONEY TO LOAN On farmlrg lands. Kaay pm-immt?. No commissions charged. Borrower pays nc lual cost Of perfecting loan. i merest 7 per cunt, up, according to security, jNO. \\. I'almkk .t son, Columbia, H. ('. 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Seminsl Loiiei, KailiiiK Memor> ?the result of Over-work, Worry, Sickness, Rrrors <>l \'<>uth or Over-innuljenee. Pries 60c. and $1 ; r, boxcst6. Pot quick, positive and lasting results In Sexual Weakness, Imnpteucy, Nervous Debility and Lott Vitality, use Blue Label Speoial?doubl? strciiKtli?will |jl\'e sti enfth anil lone to every part and effect a permanent cure. Cheapest ana best, loo Pills fi; f>y mail. 'W-' ? ? free--A bottle of the famous lapancse ?.l?er Pellets will hr xivetl with a |i lios or mote of ~ netlc Nerviae. free. Sold only by /? Sold by Dr. B. P. 1'csey, ].aureus. Charleston and Western Carolina R. H. auot mi'a'and Ahukvii.i.k Short Linii. In effect May 27, l'.R?0. Lv Augusta. tl 40 a 1 40 p Ar Greenwood.r. 16p . " Anderson. ij lu p " I.an runs . 1 20 p li ftft a " Ureenvtlle. 3 00 p lu 15 a " GUuiii Springs. 4 30* p . " Spartanburg. 3 10 p u ihi a ' Saluda. ft 38 p . fendersonvllle.n 03 p ..... I"_IrhoviUo. (i lft p . Lv AsliMville. 7 ou ? " Hendersonvllle.s? 17 a " Flat Kock. 0 24 a. " Sabiila.!i 4.'> a . " Tryon.10 20 a . .. " Spartanburg .it 4ft a 4 lu p '? Glenn Springs.in oo a . " Greenville-... 12 01 p 4 00 p " l^aut'ens.I S7 p 7 oo p " Amicrsoii . o 35 n " Gr en wood. 2 37 p . Ar Augusta.ft iq t> iq 4^ ^ Lv Augusta. 1 55 p Ar Allondaht. 3 68 p " Fnirfax. . .1 pj U " YeinaHHeo. . 10 0'? a ft lft p " Beaufort.11 lft a o lft n '? Fort Royal.11 ;io a 11 30 p " Savannah . 7 . , n " C'harloHton.... . 7 30 p i.v Charleston.,. 5 6o a ll'ort Royal . . 1 oti p 1, -Jo ,? Beaufort. 10 p 0 36 a * LYemasiee . 2 30 p 7 20 a " Fairfax. s A " Allendalu. 8 44 a A Augusta. 10 4,. ,1 1.40 p in train makes ul?se eonnectiuii atCalhf.ttn Palls for all points oil 8, A L Close connection at Greenwood for ?n points ?111 8. A. L, and C. ?Sc (.. Railway and at spartanburg with Southern Rail way. For any information relative to tlckut* rates, schedules, etc., address W. J. Craio. Gen. Fans. Agent. e.m. North,80LAgt.Augu u*,*;*. i m Emkiiso?:.Tratno > mi ?,?< r JAPANKSB CURB A New and Comiitcte rreataient, icrwatiox < SUPPOSITORIES, Capsules of Ointment ?tf lioxcs of Ointment, A nevcr-falllne cure it Fy of every nature and degree. It mnkesanop?reXV> with the knife, which is painful, and ofte? ~ in death, unnecessary, why endure 0>i* I diseaso7 We pack a Written (iiurastw tai $1 Box. No Cute, N? pay, 50c.and t* a beak (5. Sent by mail, samples free ointment, ?fto and o*a> CONSTIPATION tt&^S^Z coat LIVER and STOMACH RF.tHJLAI BLOOD PURIFIER. Small, mihi and . ... t.iko: especially adapted lor chlldreu'eL? - doses 1% cents. . fref..-A vial of these ramoos little lAatHSs .ie given with a |i box.or more o< Pile Cuf* m?. N'oricK?Tim oknuinb l?a?sM JafaHB?? C\ kk lor sale only by Sold by Dr. B. P, Potry, Lfturens.