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7 -i4 I) rf ,, mo,4 1 Bt-ABLIHED 1865 NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTCBER 1,1897. TWICE A WEEK, 1.5O R Ann Illfit in m US It % us OLD tATr]Ugi Ut - ToWALKC TH ItII,KUMATl,8ME0OFF. ke WeKI D.-ikirtow P1a2loso. er Is N41 Pleteed with the Appoint. uent of Negro Postiaesters. When Ahasuerus got so dreadful mad with Haman he dident do an - thiUg rash all of , iudden, but walked out in the garden to cool off -to let his choler down. That's the way I am doing now every day, and am thankful that I've got a gar den to walk in. When my good old father used to feel the rhouthatic pains coming he dident. sit down and grunt and look miserable, but seized his hat and his cane in a hurry and started out to peruse the farm. fiv an hour or so he would return all a sweat of perspiration and he rhoumatism was postpono 0 a time. Walk about some and com imune with nature when-jou fool bad. Almont.evei day I take on a ff'd,' fresh indignation at Mc Kinley, and if I dident walk in the garden and peruse the roses and posies or fed the pot rabbits and the pea-fowls or pick a lot of tomatoes for dinner my choler wouldent come down and I would lose my appetite and my serenity. Dogon -him, con found him, dad blast him! The good book says "Cursed be the deceiver," and if he hasn't deceived us no man ever did. I never voted for him and I am thankful for it, but I did have respect for him and believed his sin cerity and his national patriotism, but he has falsified our faith and broken our hopes, .9id my personal contempt for him is amazing. I dident know that my kind, gentlo disposition could generate so much contempt for any man. We dident know that he was a south hater per so and had smothered it in his bosom all these years only to be uncovered when he got us in his power. Some say he is a fool, some say a knave aild some that he has been hypno tized by Hanna; but my conviction i- that it is a deliberate party policy to open the breach between the north I and the south, to set t he healing wound to bleeding again. They have despaired of capturing any southern stato and now seek to raise holl between us an'd the negroes. Oh, my country! was there ever sucl, heartless, reckless tyraniy of official power, such insulting humiliation? Lot in stop a few minutes and walk ia the gar-on. I see the beautiful -lo.wers ftom the window, the cannas, witifhiir turbaned tops, waving in the evening breeze; the zenias and dahlias and geraniums in all their variegated colors. I see the flocks of little birds picking the sunflower1 seed. I am looking upon tho inno cence of nature, and I grieve that man is the only creature that disap points and deceives us. Let me goI out among the flowers and .ruminate and caln my frettod thoughts and comfort my olfactories with a sprig of lemon verbena and heliotrope. * * * WVell, now I think I fool bet ter. Let McKinley procood with his procession. The governor and theI prs will attend to him. I likedE those headlinos of thes governor. "McKinley's Skirts Stained With Loftin's Blood." That is a fact, and his party's skirts have been stained with a good deal of negro blood( since the war-not a -lynching has taken p'lacol(hat was not the result of their teachings. Just look at the animus 4hat'sooks to provoke a wanr of races in the south. "'The New York Press," in spitting its venom at the South, says the national governmnt should at once arm every colored office holder and prepare him for the fight and back him up irn it. Which means, of course, arms for his friends and soldiers stationed near at hand and an intornecine strife andl at last another war between the nort h and( south. WVhat is all this for? WVhat necessity? Who is Loftin or Lyons or D)ot that they should put the south in such peril? The post omlces of all others belong to the pleople of the town ad cities. They are nearly as close akin to the color line as the schools and churches. McKinley known this and knows tho, Kemp V I a ' of our peopl on this subject, he knows that it will not )o eaceably permitted. it will widen the breach not only between the rorth aid the south, but betwoon t1.o whites and the blacks. But all this has boon said over and over agam by the press and our senatcrs aid rey - resentatives all over the soUtl], it d it has been felt by millions wl o hink much and say little. I won Aor if Hanna, McKinley & Co. think ,hey can by force reform and rogu late the sentiment of a great and nighty peole--a people who want peace, but are not afriad of war vlen they are trampled on or in multed., But I must walk out again )r c,hange the subject. I bolievo I ,il go and see some of the little yrandchildren and play horse for ,hem. I like that. I had rather lurse and pet the little chaps than o hate McKinley. It pays better. 3ut the greatest trouble I have now s in trying to keep my respect, for iomo of my friends who still stand ip to him. 1 I don'U seo how any iouthern man except an offico seekor tan stay in his party. The average >".ce seeker is a politician, and shakespeare says "a politician would ircuivent God." But here I have got back to the amo contemptible subject. Plague ake the niggers, I wish that Bishop ['urnor would hurry up his transpor ation. This everlasting fuss has )oon going on thirty-four years since reedom came and half a century bo ore and the end is not in sight, and kow half the legislature is in session s a committee to dotormino what to lu with the three or four thousand olorod convicts and more to come. t will cost the Stato a million of iollars before the new plan is car iod oat, and the national govern nent ought to pay it or ship thoml way. The north first brought them iver here from Africa and in course f timesold them to us and then set hem free and refnsed to pay the noney back, dogon 'em! confound em! But we are getting along fair y well not withstanding our ron )lep. Ve were hoping for a poaco ul and prosperous adiinistration, mt my faith weakened when I read hat McKinloy was boo-hooing over Fohn Brown's grave and said the ,ery place was an inspiration. Ye", ympathizing with that old crazy anatio who seized the arsonal of the Jnitod States at Harper's Ferry to ,et arms to murder Virginians, and e is looked upon as a saint and his ~rave an inspiration. I wonder if ie dident take the shioes from off his oct. But I must hsve some fr'er h ~ir before I quit. I can't do justive o the subject, and must wait until I siruso the distionary and find some uiore fitting langauge wherewit.h to ent my indignation. As it is, I ami unt voicing the sentiments of our eoplo-our whole peopio. Any no ~ro who sookai and accepts a post flice pla5ce in the south is a fool. mardy fool, for there are some lawv ess, desperato mon in every comn niunity north asd south. If Lincoln mad a Booth and Garfield a Guitean, mow can a defiant negro p)oliticianl xpect to escape when the entire ommunity is against him?P What vould become of him in Versailles? Yhat good will his arms do him von though furnished by the gov rnmecnt! Now look at the folly of hose negro politicians. There is )ent, the superintendent of the no ~ro schools in Rome. lie has a :ood place and a good salary, but vants the Rome postoflico. Weoll, of ourse, ho will be turned out of the chool and ho will be misoralo in he postollice if lie gets it, and every vhito man, wvoman and child in lomo will hate McKinley for it. It oms to me that I would rather have lho lovo and respect o~f the people han their hatred and contempt. BIL.L A RP. If you r cildreun are subjet to cr,oupi vatch for~ the first symtonm of the dli inse--hoarsencss. If Chuamberlalin's jough Remlcedy Is given as 800on as the idbecomes hoars0 it, will preovent he attack. lEven atter the croupy ouugh has appearedl the attack ean l vaIys he p)revenfted by giving this rerui idy. It is also invaluable for colds and shooping cough. Fer sale by W. E. Pnlham. drnuggist. 'THE' In this day of extravagant advertising we wish to come before the good people of New berry County and the counties adjoining, among whom we have so many good and% faithful friends and customers, with some simple and true statements as to what we are doing and what we are selling. In Dress Goods We have everything desirable. Serges, in black and colors--all wool imported goods from 25c to 50c. Hen riettas all wool, imported and cannot be excelled any where, at 5Oc, 60c, 75c, $1, $1.25. - - Our silk warps Henriettas are all that they should be. FIn ancies, ovelties And all the new things in Dress Goobds we have them. The prices range from 129c to $1.25. Housiery Is one of our specialties and we have an excellent line. Our lOc and 12Ic grades are COOD. Our 25c line isof the BEST. In undervusts, Union Suits for ladies and children--cotton, wool, wool and silk, we have fine lines. Blankets! Blankets! Blankets! We have just opened a number of cases of these and are going to sell them very low. Prices begi.n at 50c per pair and end with large all wool 11-4 at 4.50, 12-4 at $5. Call for these. JACKET.S AND CAPES We carry in great variety and in specially good values for the money asked for them. WeJ )ca>ase you. WecryAtroogi,are,rus,P def li neof al a of of good..LI Variety adpricesfrm2ct$.0pe ii] yard1 with the D)oilies to mth IOR ILLNERy 9DPRTMHNT linve the neetdesigns and are up to date. A re thinigs to leaseI the hiousekeep1er. Ca':rpets5, Ma tt.i ngi, Floor Cov erng gnealy.Crock'iryware 'f the hest makes onily. WVe (do not IK ~ ~ ~~crry a ny stu ff w hich will craze or crack. P)ric(es are v'ery lit tle if ay hiherthan the chleap goods. OUR SHOE STOCK 1s very large. We mrake no eflort to ad(lvertise thle lowest price.. r11 We (to givye the very best to be obta in1ed any where for* thle pre paid. W\e do not carry shodIdy Shioes at, alhi, we gutaraniitee sat isfactioni. We Name a Few Lines:~ Little GI iant School Shioes $1 to $1.50, 11. TF. Wood & Co.'s celebrated line of chidren's and misses' Shoes 75c to )$2. 50t, Allen & Coi(.'s line fine Shioes a1I to $2. Our owvn line Ladies' fine Shioes, \Velts, TI'urns, .liuttonied, Laced at all priic. . ini (oat and1( Donigola stcek. Wo have the heavier goodls whtichi we kno fron II ~e xperience to be erj inal to anty madtte. jj WE PAiY CASH, buy at the lowest p)rices and alwavtys give our cuistomrers the4 benefit oif it. We will not he lundelrsold(. COME AND SEE US.... LI]. &f0 G. S. M1E O HOME RULE AGAIN micTROPOLITAN POLICK REMOVED FROM 01ARLEsTON. Coustablel, Go Also-The Prtcianlion In Oued-Carleson Put on a Plane Wih the Other Towns. [The St ate, 25th.] At one swoop of the executive sword yesterday homte rule was re. stored to tho cities and towns of tho State, tho alien police being removed eroin the city of Charleston and the head of evey constablo in the State falling in the basket. The procla muiations issued yesterday announce that they will take offect on Thurs day. No doubt thoro will bo gen oral rejoicing in Charleston, and there will be better feelings 6.tween the peoplo of the Stato in conso. quenco of the action just taken. For some time, in fact sinceo the announcement of tho governor that he intendod on Oct. 1, to remove the members of the constabulary, it has hoon generally thought that the re muoval of the imetropolitin police systen would follow very soon from the natural order of things. But no one expected that, it would com1o at the same time. Consequently thero was mo surliriso occasioned yes torday when it biecaine known that the proclamation removing the not ropolitan polico had been propared and signed. When thoro were ri mors of a deal betwoon the peopl of Charleston and the administration a short timo ago in regard to this mu atter, Governor Ellerbo flatly doniod that he had commlinunicated with any one or had even authorized any one to speak for hini. Judging from what he said yosterday it sooms that he dotormined to bo just to Charloston and put her on a footing with all th other towns of the Stato just so soon as ho dotormined to remove the constabulary and on tail the enforcement of the dispen. sary law upon the iunicipal auth orities. Hie only gate a briof state niont yestorday and said that it con tained all that he oared to say. lio said: "I have determinod to do away with all the liquor constables and throw the onforcenent of the dis ponsiary law ontirely upon the in nicipatl and county authorities. It would have boon unjust to discrini nato against. Charleston in such a matter and the metropolitan force has boon removed so that sho can be on a footing with all other cities. All municipalities will lbe expected after Oct. 1, to rigidly enforce the dispensary law." TilE PRocL.AMATIoN. The following is the proclamation removing the metropolitan police from the city of Charleodon, it being signed by the governor and tihe other two members of the State board of met ropolitani police comm is smoners: Columbia, September 27, 189J7. \Vhereas, under the provisions of an act of the general assembly en titled "An act to provide 'or the aip poinltmlent of a board of police com-i missioners, and for the reorganiza tion of the pollice and to provide sal aries for the same, in citien and in corp)orated tow ns, wh1en1 deemed noo. essary or advisable for the better en forcemont of law in cities and towns," applroved December 241, A. D). 1894., the State b)oard1 saw lit to place the metropolitan police upon the city of Charlestnn, anid, Whereas, in the judgment of the State board it. is no longer necessary to continue the metropolitan police upon01 the city of Charleston. Now, t horofore, we, the Stato board1, by virtue of the aut hority vested in US unde(r section 12 of thme above montioned act, do declare that the board of p)olico commiissioniers and1( the marshal and commissioned oflicors under them, for the city of Charlestoni, are hereby ab)ol ished and declared vacant on and afteor the 80th day of September, A. 1). 1897. W. Ht. ELLEIanW, Governor, D. H. Tourxinss, Soc. of State, .JAMEs Nowros, Comp. Gen., State Board. THlE :oN.STAnULAlY 's I1Miss'lA. A rid ho i the governor's aoinitl announcement of his action in regard to the constabulary. Columbia, September 27, 1897. To all whom it may concern: 1, W, H, Ellerbo, governor of the State of South Carolina, by author ity vested in me under the statutes, hereby declare that every commisrion as State constables, as special State constable, issued by virtue of an act known as the dispensary act, ap proved March 5, 1897, shall expire on the 30th day of September, 1897, when all such otlicos shall become Vacant. W. H. EALTIFE, Oovernor, Oflicial: J. W. Cooper, Privato Soorotary, A couplo of Stato detectives will be employed by the governor to look after the enforcement of the dispen nary outside of the cities and towns. But there will be no other officere paid by tho State to do any of this wori. Thore is much speculation as to how the now order of things will work, but, many express the belief that. now, liasmuch as the constabu. lary, which has caused so much op. position to be manifested has been done away with, the dispensary law will be enforced better than ever be foro. The Hight Kind of Prakyere. [Dalton, (l., Argus. I Here is a very significant story that. is goi,.g the rounds: "Onco upon a time sickness caine to the family of the pootly paid pas tor of IL country church. It was wintor, and the pastor wH in filin. cial straith. A number of hia flock decidod to imot at his house aad ofer prayors for the speedy recov ory of the sick ones and for material blessings upon1the piastor's family. While one of the deacons was offer ing a fervent prayer for blessings upon the pastor'fi household, ther was a loud knock at the door. When the door wats oponed a stout farnor boy was seon, wrapped up comfort ably. "Whatt do you watit, boy ?" asked one of the olders. "I've brought pa'a prayers," re plied the boy. "Brought pa's prayors? What do you moan?" "Yep, brought his prayers an' they're out in the -vagon. Just help iel anl' we'll got 'em in.' Investigation disclosed the fact thr.L "pI's prayer" consisted of pota toes, flour, bacon, corn imeal, turnips, a1pp)ls, warim clothing and a lot of jollies for the sick ones. The pray. or meeting adjourned in short order. Now, I like those sort, of prayers. If the brethron would "pray" more of them, they would do more good in the world. It is an awfully hard. job to preach grae into a man who is hungry and naikud. Feed him and clothe him, and then pray with him and p)roach to him. That' thoe kind of gosp)el that will bring salvat,ion to bot,h saint and sinner. It is as reviving and benefi cial to thme one who prays as wvell as to thu objet of his prayers. Take JOtINSON'S CHILL & FEVER A P'roampt Ioy. [F"romr Tid-Bits.] Smiall boy dashed1 breatlesas into a mom csanit's oilIcee. "Is then gny'nor in Y" "Yes; what (do you want?" "Must see himt myself; most par tiklor." "But yon can't ; lie's engaged." "Must se hinm inmojit; most partiklor." Tlhe boy's importunity got him in. "Well, boy; what do you want ?" "1)yor want a orifice boy, sir?" "You impudent young rascal! No! We've got o000." "No, you ain't sir; he's just bin run over in Cheapside." Boy engaged.