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KINGSTREE. S. C
C. W. WOLFE.
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3-26-tf
Why Mr Bryan Again?
It is amusing to note with vrhat t
gusto the newspapers that admire 1
Col William Jennings Bryan au- <
nouuce in glowing headlines the (
fact that another State has de- s
^ clared for the silver-tongued Netyraskan.
What does it meau? t
Not the State, but the Demo- '
crats convention of the State has
declared for Mr Bryan?a vast: 1
deal of difference, since it is to! '
?e remembered that the last time! ]
he ran for president Mr Bryan 1
?vr failed to carrv his own State i <
!cf Nebraska. !*
It has been asked what man as
a Democratic presidential candidate
could command more elec- *
toral votes than Mr Bryan. !1
Frankly, we do not know^but we
believe that almost any eaudi- q
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date nominated could ?arry as 11
as many votes as he. The Democratic i
party has been, and is still, hope- j
leeslv disorganized and the op- (
posing factions are so far apart
that to reconcile them seems im- j
possible. When a candidate not j
pleasing to one faction is nomi- ?
nated, partisons of the other, if (
they do not actively oppose him, 1
sulk in their tents, or give him
the faint praise that damns. i
Mr Bryan has twice been the ]
standard-bearer of the Democrat- <
ic party to defeat?the second ?
time more disastrously than the
first. It is not conceivable that
under his leadership the party (
conld win in this year's cam- <
paign. <
I -y, i
With so many warring factions J
it is doubtful indeed if any can- '
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didate could win, and it is scarcely
probable that even the most (
optimistic nominee would be san* j
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guine of success. Then why con- j
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nne the honor of being nominated
to one man? At least select
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a candidate who has a probabili- ,
of carrying his own State. Let
the delegates go uninstructed and i
pick the most available man
when the convention meete, which,
we believe, will hardly be Mr BryI
an.
It begins to look as if the m ost
available Democratic candidate for
president is Gov. John A Johnson
of Minnesota.
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newspapers if the State
favoring Bryan's nomination have
gone so far as to stigmatize those
who prefer another candidate as
' assistant Republicans." And yet
some of these same newspapers
' 'cussed out' the Reform faction
for curtailing the right to choose
the nominee of the party in a
ivmnlur nviniivw Rut th&ti rVtdt
was a good many years ago and ! I
circumstances change opinions, no
doubt.
We are sending oat a number
of notices to those of our subscribers
who are a year or more
in arrears. On account of the ruling
of the postoftice department
we are compelled by the first of
May to cut off all subscriptions
that aie a year or longer behind.
We do not like to do this without
notice, hence these statements.
Iu case we have made an enor in J
any account as presented we shall i
oe pieaseu iu uorreuL same u uui attention
is called to it
Under the High School act, a
synopsis of which is published
this week, Kingstrees school would
be entitled to six hundred dollars
a year to supplement the fund
already provided. As we understand
it, there would be no ' additional
tax levy and the question
simply is: Does the school want
the additional six hundred dollars?
\ petition for an election will
soon be circulated and it would
!>e strange indeed if any one should
iecliue to sign it, or . when the
deetion be held, should castadis
renting vote. j,
"Health Coffee" is really the clos- ?
:st Coffee Imitation ever yet produced e
rhis clever Coffee Substitute was s
recently produced by Di Shoop of n
Racine, Wis. Not a grain of real b
Coffee in it either. Dr Shoop's v
Health Coffee i6 made from pure 1
toasted grains, with malt, nuts, etc. 8
Really it would fool an expert?who [,
might drink it for Coffee. No 20 j
>r 30 minutes tedious boiling. n
'Made iu a minute'- 3ays the doctor, c
>old by People's Mercantile Co. tl
Howe's Great London Sbows. <>
"A large elephant, as gentle as a
kitten aud trained to act in the
ing like our Babe, is >worth $10,-, C
)00, or even more. I very much | ^
loubt if the management would take |
j>10,000 for Duchess. From a com- j p
nercial poiut of view, very few men ! ^
ire worth as much as such elephants.j y
4*It is a pity that the elephant!
;an not express himself by means of: *f'
irticulate speech. He is certainly a
;be most intelligent of beasts. lie x
las a braiu two and a half times the
lize of that of a man, and, what is s
itill more significant, it is richly 1
involuted. He iearns readily and T
lever forgets. He is not a mere ci- ti
oher of other men's thoughts and *
icts, either, but when occasion de- t
nands he can do his own thinking,
[u India some years ago an elephant s
:banced to fall in a pit. There was f
lome lumber and odd pieces of wood 1
it its bottom. After some deliber- ?
ition he went to work and made a B
pile of lumber and wood; then, as- 1
jending to its top, was able to J
ilamber out of the pit. One of the
dephauts with the show, known as a
Duchess, was one day trying to
push a big cage into place in the
menagerie tent, but the ground was 8
soft, and the harder she pushed the ^
ieeper the wheels went into the
mud. Finally she stepped back and f
seemed to deliberate for a moment* Y
Then she stepped forward again, t
took hold of the wheels with her j
trunk and gave a mighty lift, and r
at the same time a push with her ?
head, apd the cage came out ef the
mud."
Howe's Great London Shows carry
the largest as well as the smallest
elephant in the world.
Nor has the circus department
been neglected, for more special
feature acts will be offered than ever
before, enlivened with new and
amusing antics by over two score of
funny clowns.
The big show will exhibit at
Kmgstree Tuesday, April 21.
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legal resource, and now we're going to
stamp out this gang of robl>ers in our
>wn war. We will get together in an
tiour. divide into three groups of twenty
men. each with a leader, then go to
:be houses of M<\\aiuara. Stillumu aud
I'oorhees. take them prisoners, and"?
He waved his hand in a large gesture.
Glenisler made no answer tor a inonent.
while the crowd watched him incut
ly.
"Vou have difceussed this fully?*' he
isked.
"We havp. It has been voted on. and
ve're unanimous."
"Mv friends, w hen I stepped into this
oom just now 1 felt that I wasn't
ranted. Why. I don't know, heeause
have had more to do with organizing
his movement Ihr.n any of you aud
lecause I have suffered just as ranch
is the rest. I want to know if I was
mil; ted from this meeting iutentionilly."
"This is an embarrassing position to
>ut uie in." said the chairman gravely,
'but 1 shall answer as spokesman for
bese men if they wish."
"Yes; go ahead.'' said those around
be room.
"We don't question your loyalty. Mr.
Slenister. but we didn't ask you to.
bis meeting because we know your at-'
Hude?perhaps I'd l?etter say senti
Ut-m ? rf|ca; mug .1 vunuiat* n
dece?er?family. It hag come to lis T
'rom various sources that you have '
*en affected to the prejudice of your f
iwn and your partner's Interest. Now, *
here Isn't going to he any sentiment ^
n the affairs of the vigilantes. We are a
;olng to do justice, and we thought tbe '*
implest way was to Ignore you in this ^
natter and spare all discussion and *
lard feeling in every ipiarter." 1 8
"It's a lie." shouted the young man '
ioarsely, "a damned lie! Von wouldn't 8
Pt me In for fear I'd kick, eh? Well. P
ou were right. I wil] kick. Yon've a
Inted about my feelings tor Miss p
'heater. Let me tell you that she is n
ngaged to marry MeXamara nDd that a
he's nothiug to me. Now. then, let g
ae tell you further that you won't ^
reak Into her house and hang her un- 1 p
le, even if he Is a reprobate. No, sir! g
"his Isn't the time for violence of that
ort. We'll win without it. If we p
an't. let's tight li^e men and not huDt e
j a pack like wolves. If you want to j,
o something, put us back on our 1 f.
lines and help us hold them, but, for
lod's sake, don't descend to nssassina- e,
Ion and tbe tactics of tbe Mafia!" n
"We knew you would make that kind jt
f a talk." said the speaker, while the p
est murmured grudgingly, one 01 j,
hem spoke up. ^
"We've talked this over in cold blood, ^
lleuister, and it's a question of their js
ves or our liberty. The law don't p
nter into it." a
"That's right,'' echoed another at his
lbow. "We eau't seize the claims. ^
ecause McNnmara's got soldiers to
?ck him up. They'd shoot us down. g)
"ou ought to be the last one to object." j
He saw that dispute was futile. L>e- t(
ermination was stamped on their
aces too plain for mistake, and his
rgumeut had no more effect on them ^
ban had the pale rays of the lantern
cside him, yet he continued: 1
"I don't deny that McNnmara de- *
erves lynching, but Stillman doesn't.
le's a weak old man"?some one
aughed derisively?"and there's a
romau in the bouse. He's all she has
a the world to depend upon, and you ..
rould have to kill ber to get at him.
f you must follow this course, take
he others, but leave him alone."
They only shook their beads, while jj
everal pushed by bim even as be
poke. "We're going to distribute our !c<
avors equal." said a man as be left. {
rhey were actuated by what they
ailed justice, and he could not sway
hem. The life and welfare of the ?
lorth were in their hands, as they 1
bought, and there was not one to hesl
ate. Glenlster implored the chairman,
>ut the man answered him: 1
"It'8 too late for further discussion, i
y
nd let me remind you of your prom- *
se. You're bound by every obligation
hat exists for an honorable man"?
"Oh, don't think that I'll give the 0
nap away!" said the other: "but I !11
varn you again not to enter Stillman's
louse." 1 r
He followed out Into the night to j n
Ind that Dextry had disappeared, evi- j y
lently wishing to avoid argument. H
toy bad seen signs of unreat beneath | j,
be prospector's reatraint during the J 0
>ast few days, and Indications of a n
lerce hunger to rent bis spleen on the i
nen who had robbjd him of his most j u
(acred rights. He was of an Intolerant, i 7
Indlctlve nature that would go to any j y
ength for vengeance. Retribution was ; a
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On bin way home tbe young "ion .
ooked at his watch to find that be had ?
>ut an hour to determine his course. n
instinct prompted him to join bis K
"riends and to even tbe score with tbe ^
nen who bad injured him so bitterly. ^
'or, measured by standards of tbe
Yontier, tbey were pirates with their t
Ires forfeit Yet he could not coun- h
enance this step. If only tbe Tlgi- c
antes would be content with making a
in example?but be knew tbey would t
Dot. Tbe blood hunger of a mob is g
aaty to wbet and bard to bold, j
licNcmara would resist as would _
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BEACH.
f R (i E. Brack. ? >
a last week.}
Yoorhees and tlte district attorney,
then there wou'd be bloodshed. riot,
baos. The soldiers would be called
>nt aid marti:l law declared, the
streets would become skirmish grounds.
The vigilantes would rout tbem wlth>ut
question. for every citizen of the
lortb would rally to their aid. aud such
ren could rot be stopped. The judge !
would go down with the rest of the j
rur. arid what would happen to?her?
He took down his Winchester, oiled
md cleaned it. then buckled on a belt
>f cartridges, still he wrestled vlth
ilmself. He felt that he was fc dng
ground l*>tweeu his loyalty to the igiantes
and his own conscience. The
rirl was one of the gang, he reasoned
-#he bad schemed with tbem to betray
dm through bis love, and she was
ledged to the one man in the world
vh uii be hated with fanatical fury.
,Yby should he think of her iu this
>our? Six months hack he would have
ooked with Jealous eyes upon the light
o lead the vigilantes, but tl Is change
hat hud mastered biin?what was it?
Cot cowardice, nor caution. No. Yet.
?clcg iutangible. it was none the less
narked, as his friends had shown him j
n hour since.
He slipped out into the night. The
oob in'ght do as !t pleased elsewhere,
nit 110 man should enter her house. He
<> ir<i ji ligiit shining rroni rer parior
.*!:i low. and. noting the shade np a
ew inches, stole close. Peering
hrough. he discovered Strove and
lelen tnlkkig. lie slunk back into
be shadows and remained hidden for
considerable time after the lawyer
pft. for the dancers were returning
roni the hotel and passed close by.
Vhen the last group had chattered
way down the street, he turned to the
rout of the house, and mounting the
teps. knocked sharply. As Helen npeared
at the door, he stepped Inside
ltd closed it after him.
The girl s hair lay upon her neck and j
boulders In tumbled browu masses,
hlie her breast heaved tumultously I
t the sudden, grim sight of him. '
he stepped back against the wall, her j
ondrous. deep gray eyes wide and j
oubled. the blush of modesty strug- j
ling with the pallor of dismay.
The picture pained him like a knife
tirust. This girl was his bitterest
emy?no liojte of her was for him.
le forget for a moment rhat she was
jlse and plotting, then, recalling it,
poke as roughly as lie might and slatd
his errand. Then the old man bad
ppeared ?-u the stairs above, sjieech- I
y* 11 II 1 lij^Ul a i " ua i inr u? u\ u* u. |
I was evident that his nerves. so sorer
strained by the e\-ents of the past
eok. were now siiapi>ed utterly. A
uuian soul naked and panic stricken
i no pleasant sight. so Gieuister droped
his eyes and addressed the girl
gain:
"Don't take anything with you. Just
re?s and come with me."
The creature on the stairs above
launuered and stuttered inquiringly:
"What outrage is this, Mr. Glenis?r?"
"The people of Nome are up in arms,
ud I've come to save you. Don't stop
) argue." He sj>oke impatiently.
"Is this some r-ruse to get nie iDto
our power?"
"T'ncle Arthur!" exclaimed the girl
harply. Iler eyes met Glenister's
ud begged him to take no offense.
"I don't understaud this atrocity,
hey must be mad!" wailed the Judge.
You run over to the jail. Mr. Gieniter.
and tell Yoorbees to hurry
uards here to protect me. Helen,
hone to the military post and give
le alarm. Tell them the 9oldler9 mu8t
ome at once."
"Hold on!" said Gleuister. "There's
o use of doing that?the wires are
nt; and 1 won't notify Voorhees?be
an take care of himself. I came to
elp you. and If you want to escape
ou'll stop talking and hurry up."
"I don't know what to do," said Stlllaan.
torn by terror and Indecision.
You wouldn't hurt an old man, would
ou? Walt! I'll be down in a mlnte."
He scrambled up the stairs, tripping
n his robe, seemingly forgetting his
Jece till she called up to him sharply:
*Stop, Uncle Arthur! You mustn't
un away." She stood erect and deterained.
"You wouldn't do that would
ou? This is our house. You repreent
the law and the dignity of the
orernmeiif. You mustn't fear a mob
f ruffians, we win suy nere ana i
jeet tbein, of course."
"Good LordT' said Glenlster. "That's
isdness! These men aren't ruffians,
'hey are the best citizens of Nome,
ou don't realize that this Is Alaska
nd that they have sworn to wipe ont
IcNamara's gang. Come along."
"Thank you for your good lntenlons,"
she said, "but we have done
otblng to run sway from. We will
et ready to meet these cowards. You
ad better go or they will find sou
ere."
She moved up the stairs and, taking
he judge by the arm, led him with
sr. Of a sodden she had assumed
ontrol of the situation unfalteringly,
nd both men felt the Impossibility of
bwartlng her. Pausing at the top,
he turned and looked down.
"We are grateful_ for_your efforts
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