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TOB SUMTER WATCHMAN, Established April, IS50. lBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thon Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's THE TR?1? SOUTHKON,-EgtabHslSe* Jtftft, f?t# Consolidated Aug. 2, ISSI.] SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1890. New Series-Vol. IX, No, $$. 8?jje IHa??gmaH at? jiou? |rpn, Pa??islied ?rar ^dnosday, BY N. GK OSTEEN, SUMTER, S. C. TKRHS : Two Dellars $er an na tn-ia advance. ?D7EBTI8EIXST8. Ose Square, first insertion..00 Every su ^sequen? insertion. 50 Con tn-Sis for three mon tas, or longer will ba made at reduced rates. All eommantoatioos which subserve pr?vate Interests will be charged for as advertisements. Obituaries and tributes of respect will be ckargedfcr. CL I. HOTT. H. A. HOYT C. L HOYT & BRO., Gold and Silver Watches, (Socks, Jewelry, Spectacles, MERIDEN BRITANIA SILVERWARE, Ac. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. Feb 1 ls. E. LEGRANI), WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER. SUMTER, 8. a - i fl^BE UNDSRSIGNE9 gives notice to the \ ci tirer* of Sumter and vicinity that be hat open eel tatstscss io the store on M?in Street nest North of S. P. Eicker k Co., wfcere be is prepared to do aoy work pertain? ing Co Watches, Clocks, and Jewelry, and guarantee satisfaction io same. Watches de? magnetised by electricity, and key-winders Chuged to *em-winders. A cali is jwarited. L. E. LaGRAND. Uardry *" g_a_ ? ..ATTENTION ! Citizen of Suinter and Vicinity! J. ?.WINGATE & CO. Bave opened a .Mai ai MfiM Slop. At the old stand of Jobo I Branson, on Re publican Street, epposite Graham's Scabies, guarantee to do first class work io every de? partment of their business, and ask the pat* rei ige of th.i- citizens of Sumter and vicinity. Give us a trial. Come and get first class work at bottom prices. Feb. 12. A. WHITE & SON, Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. Rep resect, among other Companies : LIVERPOOL <fc LONDON k GLOBE. NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE. HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented, $75,000,000. Feb.12 DRESSMAKING. LADIES' DRESSES CUT AND MADE in the latest style, fit and work war? ranted and satisfaction guaranteed, by Miss Adele Osteen, Republican street, opposite Karby A ven oe. Prices as reasonable as good work can be done for. Feb 8 A. B. STUCKEY. JOHN T. GREEN. STUCKEY ft GREEN, Attorneys at Law, SUMTER, s. c. March 26 J. D. KENNEDY, Attorney at Law, CAMDEN, S. C. Will practice io Kershaw aod adja? cent counties. Mch. 12. SHAVING DONE 3Y ELECTRICITY -AT G. ?. REDiC'S, Next door to T. C. Scaffe. Jan 1 GET MONEY FROM YOUR BEES. IF YOU WANT YOUR BEES TO PAY yon a profit, get the new appliances for keeping them. HIVES, FRAMES, SEC? TIONS, FOUNDATIONS, Ac, at bottom prices. Send for price ??st to J. P. H. BROWN, August?, (?a. N. B.-Beeswax taken in exchange for sup? plies. Mch. 5. Dr. T. W7 BOOKHAM, DENTAL SURGEON. Office OTer Bultman k Bro.'s Shoe Store. SNTBANCK ON MAIN STREET. SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours-?. to 1:30 ; 2:3C to 5. April 17-? NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE SUCCESS. The reason RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER is the most wonderful med? icine, is because it bas never failed in any in? stance, no matter what the disease, from LEPRO? SY' to the simplest disease known to the haman system. The scientific men of to-day claim and prove that every disease Is CAUSED BY MICROBES, AND RADAM'S MICROBE KILLER Exterminates the Microbes and drives them out of the system, and when that is done you cannot have an ache or pain. No matter what the disease, whether a simple case of Malaria] Fever or a combination of diseases, we cure them &!! at the same time, as we treat ali diseases constitutionally. Asthma, Consumption, Catarrh, Brooch i tis, Rhea mat ism, Kidoey and Liver Disease, Chills and Fever, Fe? male Troubles, in all its forms, and, io fact, every disease known to the human system. Beware of Milt Imitations ? See that our Trade-Mark (same as above) appears on each jug. Send for book ''History of the Microbe Killer," given away by Dr. A. J. China, Druggist, Sole Agent. Jan 22 CATARRH COLDII$fl HEAD. Try fte Cure Ely's Cream Balm Cleanses the Kasai Passages. Al? lays Inflammation. Heals the Sores. Restores the Seises of Taste, Smell and. Hearing. A -particle ls applied into erich nostril a?<l is agreeable, rrice ?Qc. at Druggists or by mail. ELY BROTHERS,56 Warren St_,Tvew York. THE SIHOSDS NITiMAL BASK, OF SUMTER. STATE, CITY AND CO?xNTY DEPOSI? TORY, SUMTER, S. C. Paid up Capital.$75,000 00 Surplus Fund. 7,500 00 Transacts a General Bankin? Business. Careful attention given to collections. SAVINGS^ DEPARTMENT. Deposits of $1 and upwards received. In? terest allowed at the rate of 4 per cent per innum. Payable quarterly, on ?rst days of Januarv, April, Julv and Octoher. R. M. WALLACE, Vice President. W. ALSTOS PRISGLE. JR., kag. ? Cashier. i III: link ur sm i ii SUMTER, S C. CITY AND COUNTY DEPOSITORY. Transacts a general Banking business. Also has A Savings Bank Department, Deposits of $1.00 and upwards received, interest calculated at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly. W. F. B. HAYNSWORTH, A. WEOTB, Ja., President. Cashier. Aug 21. TALBOTT & SONS, RICHMOND, VA., MANUFACTURERS, Will furnish lowest estim?tes on all kinds of machinery: * ENGINES AND BOILERS, 3AW MILLS AND GRIST MILLS, COTTON GINS, PRESSES AND ELEVATORS, BRICK AND TILING MACHINERY PLANERS AND WOOD-WORK? ING MACHINERY. Write to me for prices before buyiog. V. C. BADHAM, General Agent, Feb 19-0 Columbia, S. C. G. W. DICK, D. D. S. Office over Bogin's New Store, ENTRANCR ON MAIN STKBKT, SUMTER, S. C. Office Hours.-9 to 1.30 ; 2:30 to 5. Sept 8 EXTRA FINE SWAMP TIM? BERED LAND FOR SALE. *} AAA ACRES of cbc-ice Timbered ?J\J\ )\ f Land, eituated near Claremont L>e^ot, Camden Branch South Carolina Rail? way. Well wooded with Oak, Hickory, i?olly, Sweet Gum, Black Gum, Popular, Maple, Ash and Cypress. Thi? is a splendid body of land, lying nost conveniently for transportation. The tract is known as the Samuel J. Brad ey Land-is bounded by the Waterce Rivtr >n the west and on the other side9 by lands >f House, Bradley, Pinckney (Fliwassee) Caldwell and Brayton. Titles clear and per? ec?. Plat on record at Sumter Court House, ."or terms and price apply to E. W. MOISE, March 2S-5. Sumter S. C. G. D. EBERHARDT, Merchant Tailor, Opposite the Opera House, COLUMBIA, S. C , Has now in store the finest stock of piece I oods ever offered by him, which will be made . \ ip to order in the best style and with prompt- ? j ?ss. Satisfaction guaranteed. An exami tatton of stock is invited). March 26. Mr. Talbert's Talk. Why and Row Farmers have Suffered in the Past-Discussion of the Sub Treasury Scheme-No Combination leith Knights of Labor-The Aims the Orders Have in Common. [Greenville News Maj 1.] There was a fair assemblage, num? bering, perhaps, three hundred people, gathered io the court house yesterday morning at eleven o'clock, the hoar set for the delivery of the lecture on the Alliance by Colonel W. J. Talbert, State lecturer of the Farmers' Alliance of South Carolina. The majority were farmers but there was a sprinkling of lawyers, merchants and county officials in the audience. Colouel Talbert began his address with a pleasant reference to the pleasure it gave bim to speak to Greenville audience and congratulated the people of Greenville on their pro gress, thrift and enterprise and on the harmony and good will prevailing be? tween the city people and those who lived in the country. The Farmers' Alliance was an organization whose aims and objects were high and holy and grand. While its objects was the good and protection of the farmer it looked also to the upbuilding of every other class of citizens, for on the suc? cess of the farmer all other classes depended. **I am here in tbe interest of tbe Farmer's Alliance,M Colonel Talbert said. ''I am not here in the interest of any politician or as a political speaker, but incidentally to touch upon such political matters as we, as farmers, are interested in a strictly non par? tisan way. It is not our object to pull anybody down. I am not here to make war on any class. The motto of the Alliance is "equal rights to all and special privileges to none." .'Some of you will expect me to point out your enemies, to say that the lawyers are your enemies or the merchants. I want to say that the farmer has always been his own worst enemy. The farmers have not known themselves or their strength. Look at the condition of things before the war. Then the farmer was wealthy and in? dependent. The war changed every? thing. All our industrial conditions have been changed and W2 are prac? tically in the midst of a new civiliza? tion. Legislative enactments have been for the benefit of every class but the farmer. Think of the farmer boeing on a rocky hillside with a hoe on which be paid fifty per cent, tariff, and equally heavy taxes on the hat he wears and the coat on his back. All the time he ts paying big profits to the merchant. The farmer was his own enemy because be did not study bis own condition. He was unwilling to attempt the solution of the agricultural and industrial problems of the day Some even told him iii?! he bad no business with politics. But the farm? ers are beginning to study and they are leaving the old and beaten paths. "You all know," he said, "that the only true and correct system of farmiog is the cash system. Then get down to that and get rid of the runinois credit system. You can do it by trading through your county bureaus, patron? izing the State Exchange and banding together to borrow money at low rates of intereet. There is no other way than by organization. And you've got to stick together after you've organized. Before this, every farmer has been toting his own little skillet, thinking he could do better by himself. Put that skillet down and let us all get around tte great pot of the State and we'll make her boil ! We can't do it by abusing each other. "li bas been said that the Alliance will be a failure because the farmers won't stick. I say if there is a roan among you that you've got to put tar on to make him stick, kick him out. We propose to have an honest, upright order. I contend that the Alliance is next to the Church. A man who acts out tho principles of the Alliance is bound to be a Christian. The man who readers our book of principles will fiod they are founded on the Bible. "Thc Grange has been used as an argument that the Alliance will fail. I say that the Grange was not a failure ; it was a graod success. Look at her condition when the first Grange was organized in this state. We were then suffering under Radical misrule. The people began to organize themselves into Granges and to study and to know themuelves. They found that they had strength and unity in organization. Io consequence they started other organi? zations, among them the "red shirt'' companies in 1376. The Grange was one of the factors in producing the wonderful results of '76. Can you call that a failure? You can't divide the white people in this State. You can't split the Democratic party. The man who talks about splitting the party is worthy of suspicion The Grange put the people to reading and thinking and the farmers at last carno in for some consideration. Now they actually have a distinct place in the government, thc Secretary of Agriculture being a cabinet officer. "Some people say the Farmers' Movement in this State is a failure. Though I am not herc to-day to advo? cate that movement, I say that the Farmers' Movement is not a failure. I want to say that we have made a step in the right direction. With the help of the Alliance we will redeem our lost j civilization, put trade into the proper j channels and revise our financial sys? tem to the benefit of every class except the National banks and Wall Street ?am* ers who ought to have what they have got taken away from them. "The farmers of the country in 18<>^ [>wned two-thirds of the country's wealth. Now they own hardly one Fourth. The bankers now own 500 times as much and ?be rail roads 2.000 times as much as they did in 1865, Vhe country is growing richer but the producer is growing poorer. In I860, the wealth of the United States was ibout eight billion and the farmers )wned about five billion, a little over ;wo-thirds Io 1880, the country's wealth was about sixty-two billion and ;he farmers owned about fifteen billion md they were over fifty per cent, of the [K>p?latios. In Knglandstatistics show I that one thirtieth of the families OM two-thirds of the property. Io tb country where there are about tbirtet million families and an aggrega wealth of sixty-two billion, one sixtie! of the families own forty-seven billioi of the property. There is double tl concentration of wealth here that thei ia in England. Eight million farmei pay every year $160 a head into tl ? ational treasury to keep up the natior al bankers and speculators." In 188( he said, the national debt was aboi ?2,784,000,000. The government ha paid out about ?3,590 000,000 an there remained about ?1.692,000,00 unpaid. It would take three times s much corn or wheat or cotton topa this now as it would in 1886. "The national banking system back ed up by the government is cutting tb country off at both eods, reducing th value of our products and contractin the currency. In 1866 there were tw billions of treasury notes in circulation giving $50 per head. Now the popula tion is double what it was and the cir culation is one half what it was in 1866 The monetary system of the govern ment makes this possit-2. It is tb mother of trusts. These things mus be changed." "But can we," he ask ed, ' expect our present representative in the National Legislature to give u any relief? In the Senate there are Si members, 69 lawyers' and 1 farmer In the lower House there are 335 mern bers, 221 lawyers and 13 farmer? Out of the 417 in Congress we havi 300 lawyers and 14 farmers. I am no fighting the lawyers but there is n< denying that the legislation of the na tion is run by them. The lawyers hav< one representative for every 214. Wi farmers have one for about ever 600,000. We don't want the lawyer" to have it all. We must go to the bal lot box and put men in who will givi us what we are entitled to. You maj cali that politics if you wan't to. 1 want it understood that we are no fighting lawyers. There are bad law yers as there are bad men in all profes sioo8. An honest lawyer cannot be a enmity with an honest farmer and vice versa. We are simply trying to lea? to do without the lawyers. There if no use in farmers going to law in ever} trivial case. "We want to get rid of the middU man. By our County and State Ex? change system we swsp one middle man for three or four and the cost it reduced for the farmer. That is nol fighting the merchant. It is simply doing without him. A merchant ie like a lemon-you've got to squeeze bim to get the good out of him. You can let tba merchant alone by tradiog through the channels provided by the Alliance. There was no combination between the National Alliance and the Knights of Labor, as had been charged. ' I was present," he said, "at the St. Louis Convention and know that there waa and could not have been any such combination. There was on agree? ment to co-operate in the effort to change the monetary system that is oppressing laborer and farmer alike.'' The gathering at St. Louis had agreed on three measures to be presented be? fore Congress as embodying the de? mands of the farmers, one in regard to transportation and another in regard to laud. "The 'sub-treasury' scheme was the financial proposition referred to. I don't pretend to understand all its de? tails, but if I knew nothisg about it I would be willing to submit my claims to such men as have the measure in charge. We are not committed in? dissolubly to that plan but we invite its opponents to give us a better. It will benefit every class. It will benefit the cotton manufacturer, enabling him to buy his supply as he needs it the year round. It will bercfit the railroads, doing away with the need for the great amount of rolling stock now used only for a few months in the year. We muse have more money in circulation and this plan will give it to us. I am down on national banks. I am op? posed to the government making them depositories. Judge Cothran says the sub-theasury scheme is unconstitutional. If it is then why arc not the national banks unconstitutional ? They are on the same principle. Some say by the eub treasury scheme we are pooling our interests with the Western men. Well, we are a union of brothers and have agreed to lay aside all sectional prejudice. Others say it will create vast Federal patronage. That is not so, for the bill provides for the election of the county ware house officials by the people ot the county where it is located. We are told that the government ought not to be a money lender. Well, it doesn't loan money to the national banks. It gives it to them. Why should not the government let the money go direct to the people, as by the sub treasury scheme ? "The railroads are robbing the peo? ple. We want to make them the ser- j vants instead of the masters of the peo? ple, and to stop injurious discrimination. "We want to stop the alien owner? ship of land. We contend that no man should own land in this country who is not a citizen. Every year a million of dollars is sent over the sea to the big foreign land loan companies to pay interest on the mortgages they hold here. We are also opposed to tho railroads having more land than they actually need. These demands have been sent up to Congress. If Congress does not give us relief, we must send somebody there who will. "There is a great fuss going on ?bout boycotting. We are too high toned an order to boycott anybody and nobody should boycott and abuse us. Let 'cm keep off of us. We've got ?onie rights and if they don't respect them, we'll make 'et?. Wo ar<; com? bining, but wc ate uot combining to break anybody down. We're simply 5g?iting the devil with fire " Colonel Talbert closed his address with an appeal to bis larmer hearers to ?rudy their profession, read thc papers md beep posted and do their duty to :heir own sub-all ian ces for the good of :he canse. Ile spoke for nearly two murs rind entirely without manuscript, many of the statistics ho presented being given from memory. His speech was ? brightened with a series of amusing anecdotes which kept bis audience COD valsea* with laughter at frequent int vals. There were oct?asional interr tions of applause of a mild character nothing of a very demonstrative nate Immediately after the close of Cc nel Talbert's epeech, the assembl; dispersed. ---? .*. ? * - The Biggest Thing Yet. And now a scheme called the F mers' Co-operative Brotherhood of I United States is afoot. The scheme i volves an organization with an autl rized capital of fifty millions of dolla divided into one million shares. T author of this mighty project is Geor A. Williams of Chicago, who was bo and brought up on a farm. The shares of the company are to sold to the farmers at $50 to the shat no man to hold more than one, and tl vast sum will be controlled in order dictate the price of grain. It is n proposed to indulge in speculation ; t farmers will not run "corners" or bul prices, the object being to secure to t tillers of the soil a reasonable return f their labor and investment. Mr. Williams says that he does n see why the scheme should not be su cessful. He says he is a practical fa mer, born and raised on a farm, ai that it is not many years since be 1? the farm. He says the farmer is tl very poorest paid man in the worl and that he is the only man in tl world who has nothing to say as what his goods shall be worth; b when he has millions at his back, wht he becomes a cohesive political powe things will be changed. The Brothe hood is not to be a political organiz tion, but when it gets fairly into oner; tion it will make itself felt. There have been no steps taken y beyond the fact of incorporation. M Williams says big things move s?ov and he does not hope to get the fifi millions at once, bat that they will g< half the amount, or twenty-five million to be deposited in some strong Cbicag bank, and used as the emergency ma require. The idea is to control the corn mai ket. It is said that as there are bi five States which grow corn to any es tent-Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansa and Nebraska-it ought not to be difficult thing to control the corn mai ket. With this vast sum of money i band it would not be a bard task to dil tate the price of corn so as to secare th farmer a fair return for his investmen Speaking of the constitution, Mi Williams says whilst it may be amen ded, it is now what it substantially al ways will be : an organization the ot ject of which will be self-protection protection against monopolies and othe combinations. The constitution prc vides that any one who is a farmer o renter or personally engaged in farm ing may become a member of the organ ization by paying one dollar. Then will be a president, three vice presi dents, two secretaries, a general ii chief, an attorney, a treasurer ani board of directors. There will be : different treasurer for each kind o grain-wheat, oats and corn-with i loan department, a storage departmen and a purchasing department each presi ded over by a chief and all under coo trol of the general in chief. The boan of directors will have general chargi aud elect all officers. There is to be a head man in each County in every Stat? in which the Brotherhood bas a mern bership. This head man will repor monthly the condition of the crops anc the grain in the hands of the Brother hood. This general in chief has saper intendence of all the departments Delegates from each County elect thc board of directors. This board of di rectors fix the price farmers should gel for their products. Every member o? the Brotherhood has the right to sel his grain to whom he sees fit, so long as the price is not lower than the mini? mum fixed and is satisfactory to the Brotherhood. Should the price bc lower than that fixed, then the member is pledged to give the Brotherhood thc preference at the price offered by others, or to borrow the money and hold the grain. It is not proposed that the Brother? hood should hold any more grain than can be helped, though it will have to hold some, and for that purpose it will establish elevators in the princi? pal cities A farmer's grain will be bought only in case that he is obliged to sell and does not wish to borro.. money of the Brotherhood in order to hold and the market price is below the price fixed. When a member of the Brotherhood desires to obtain money on his grain and the market price is below the estab? lished figure, he will receive four fifths of the cash pri?e delivered to the order of the Brotherhood, the producer paying six per cont, on the use of the money. Should the price advance, half of the advance goes to the* former and tbe other half to the Brotherhood. The Brotherhood takes a bill of sale of the grain as security, and will be considered as having ownership of the same as soon as thc money is advanced upon it The Brotherhood will provide euita hie storage in all places where grain can be shipped, and will sec to it that only reasonable rates of transportation arc charged on shipments, a special committee being charged with this duty. Every member who sells his grain to some one else than the Brotherhood at a less price than that fixed, without giv? ing notice to the Brotherhood, will be fined $5 for the first offense. ?-5 for thc second offense, and forfeit half the value of thc grain so sold for thc third, besides losing his membership and ifs rights ; provided that a member is not liable to a fine if he has previously noti? fied the Brotherhood of the intended sale and it is not in a position to accept the grain, One-half nf all interest receipts, pro? fits on :nl van ces, etc., ?re lo be pet aside to cover rho guarantees of the Brother? hood on their bonds or loans, the same to be invested by the board of directors in bonds or securities or real estate. The other half will be used in building warehouses and elevators. Whatever balance there may be will be credited to the membership fund and paid to the members every five years as earned profits All this looks very wild, but, in view j of what bas been done by co-operative , ; associations io certain European Sta and what has been done in this cout by our labor organizations, it is not actual impossibility.. Yet it wo seem that to protect a thousand mill dollars worth of grain with fifty mill is scarcely rational. It would be Ilk planter protecting the sale of a thou.-; dollar's worth of cotton with $50 bank. But there is this wide d i fi ence : that a great fund made up in < effective aggregation is large enough exercise an appreciable effect at < given time, and upon the sale of p duce as occasion permits, the same b by way of protection, may be repeat ly used during the market season. If this scheme should avail aoythii 5 per cent, of our cotton crop, say three hundred million bales, or so $15,000,000, thus banked, may p tect the price of cotton in the mark But we shall see-Columbia Registei ? ? > ? Money and Morals. Address of the Hon. Henry Wi terson at Charleston. The feature of the meeting of t State Press Association this year v the address of Hon. Henry Waiters of the Louisville Courier-Journal at t Grand Opera house last night. T stage was a wreath of flowers, mo palmetto and flags, both state and i tional, a peculiarly appropriate decoi tion for Charleston. There were fi toons, hanging baskets, and wreati and all manner of arrangements of f ral decorations. The centre pie above wa? a large star, and behind ? a palmetto tree. The decorations we the work of Mr. Brookbanks of tl city. At 8 o'clock the two press associatio marched into the Grand Opera bous already crowded with ladies and gentl men of Charleston, and filed through the stage. Mr. Watterson, on the ai of the Mayor, first appeared, and w greeted with storms of applause. T members of the association followe taking their seats on the stage. The Mayor in a few complimenta words, introduced Mr. Watterson, wh after a brief introduction, annoanci his subject "Money and Morals," wbii is a very popular lecture of this celebr ted editor. This address is a full di cussion of the condition of the count: and the dangers which threaten it. was full of humor and brilliant flash of wit, which cannot be done justice a brief synopsis. The high standard money and the low standard of mora he regarded as the greatest danger, ai the only real one that threatened tl country. He considered this tl greatest country the sun ever shot upon, and the most rapid in its progre and prosperity ; but there were the: dangers threatening it. The getting money was the sole object of the life nearly all Americans now, and whi money was a good thing to have, ac all of us at some time or another desire it, no man could pursue it as an obje without appropriating to himself son: of the brittleness and hardness that b< longed to the metal. Money is the first material fat around which life revolves. Whethe we accept the Old Testament versio that money is the root of evil, or th modern version that money is king an Kothohild his prophet, no man ca afford to disdain it. Many rich me must have gone to heaven for tbei have been many who lead pure live and just ; but money has corrupted ter. where it has softened one. He paid bis respects to hypocricy i no measured words, and especially tbs which condemns vice in clarion tonet and at the same time cloaks a wors one in the hypocrite's own heart. Ii closing he addressed himself to the edi tors present as follows : "Go to you sanctums, and teach the people that i morals at least, old things are bes) Standing in this regal city, aroun which clusters so much proud histor) I would put my foot in scorn upon tba thing which has been called the "Nev South,' of which so much has been said Under the spurious label bas bee: brought the impious methods of th quaok pbilanthopist, and the poilutiot of the bucket shops. I beg of you if yoi see a boom ; hit it : If you see a boom er, spot him. A 'boom' is the devil*, own device to rob the victim of hi; money and the boomer of bis soul Cities are not built that way, if we mus have a new South, let us have an hon est South. Cling to all that is grea and good in the past and upright anc broad, standing erect in thc sight o all meu." Mr. Watterson ?9 as forcible a speaker as he is a clear thinker. Hil sentences have a rugged grandeur and a lack of smoothness which allows them to pass easily from humor to pathos or to beautiful and even grand eloquence. He spoke for an hour and a half ; but not one of the vast audience lost patience, and the speaker was frequent? ly iuterupted by thunders of applause. Charleston World, May J. -m - ?? ?? - fi -. - Hon. George D. Tillman. We are authorized to say that the Hon. George D. Tillman will be a candidate for re-election in the coming contest The Sentinel will support him. First, because there is no man in the District who ^an serve bis con? stituents any better; second, because there is no mao who may aspire to the place who has the experience, although he may possess crpual ability ; third, because be made no promises in the Aiken convention, which culmi? nated at B imbi rg with his nomination ; fourth, because he will come before thc people and express bis views freely and fully upon the issues of the day. (ioorge I). Tillman for Congress. Let us have him again.- BttrnireV. Sentinel. -m i - He Knew. "Mamma, I know thc gentleman's j name that called to see Aunt Ellie last night and nobody told me, either." "Well, then, what is it, Bobbie?" "Why (ieorgc Don't. I heard her say George don't in thc parlor four or five times hand running. That's what his name is."-Philadelphia Times. Dit. ACKER'S ENGLISH PILLS Arc active, effective ?nd pure. For sick headache, disordered stomach, loss of appetite, ! t) d complexion :ind biliousness, they have ' never been equaled, either in America or abroad. I Siold by Dr J. F. W. ?eL?3ruw. 2 A Cigarette Smoker. The Warning of a Suffering Young Man to the Boys of this Country NEW YORK, April 20'-"Let any boy who smokes cigarrettes look at me now and know how I have suffered, and he will never pat another in his mouth." These were almost the last words of Samuel Kimball, sixteen years of age, who died in a ward at St. Joh n's hospital, Brooklyn, Friday. As be lay apon bis cot he was indeed a sad spectacle, and a glance at him un? doubtedly would have been a forcible' warning to millions of youthful cigar? ette smokers. His body was of a deadly yellowish hoe, the face, arms and trunk were emaciated, and his legs were swollen to twice their normal size. His sunken cheeks, livid lips, dull eyes gave a ghastly appearance to his face, more like the face of the dead than the living. The fresh air came through the hospital window and played around bis head, bat every breath that he took cost an effort, and at times it seemed as if be would strangle to death. No nourishment had passed bis lips for hours, and his life was rapidly ebbing away. A faithful nurse sat beside him chafing his bands and trying to cheer his last hours. His case at first puz zled the physicians, but an examina? tion showed that he was suffering from a dropsical condition of the legs. He experienced great difficulty in breath? ing and the action of the heart was extremely weak, though there seemed to be no structural break. His system seemed completely filled with nicotine. H experienced great difficulty in tak? ing nourishment, saying that it barned him like fire. From the first his case was considered a hopeless one by the physicians, and be was kept alive only by the inhala? tion of oxygen. The boy realized bis condition, and until within a short time of his death retained his consciousness*. "Young Kimball, perhaps, smoked no more than any other boys who were not so seriously injured as he was/" said Dr. Royce, the home surgeon of the hospital. "Bat he was naturally nervous and delicate, and should not have smoked at all. The simple smok? ing of cigarettes deposits a greater or less quantity of nicotine in the throat or mouth, but when the smoke is in? haled into the langs it is deposited on a surface that is separated from the blood only by a single membrane and admits of a more rapid and complete absorp? tion. It is therefore especially inju? rious to persons of nervous tempera? ments and dangerous to those whose hearts are weak." Young Kimball's case is rather an interesting one, and it will no doubt attract much attention from the medical profession. Sam Jones, the noted revivalist has been holding services at Charlotte, N. C. He has had immense audiences, but he managed to tread on their toes and arouse the indignation of many by denouncing the 20th of May celebration of Mecklenburg Declaration of inde? pendence as founded on a myth, and nothing bat a drunken frolic. The 20th of May is a legal holiday in North Carolina. lu the evening Jones humbly apologized for ottering the slander, and laid the blame on the Philadelphia peo? ple who he said bad imposed upon him. He said be would "stamp the feather? out of them" when he got back to Philadelphia. An Alliance Politician Rebuked by Col. Dargan. From The Charleston World. Editor of The World: ? see bj jour last issue aa official endorsement of Trie World by Mr. J. W. Reid of Spartanburg, that is, he signs his card telling of how he is working for "the cau8i of tbe Charleston World," "J. W. Reid, secretary S C. State Alliance." I am ao active member of the Alliance and I had not heard of any endorsement of "the cause of the Charleston World" by the State Alliance. He, Mr. Reid, must be under a misapprehension, as he would scorn, I am sa re, to use this effi-ial signature without authority from the order, of which be is so high and responsible an officer and represen? tative. Many of us, who belong to the Al? liance and have worked very bard for its success-entering it about a year ahead of Capt. Tillman-would have to resist with ali earnestness an endorsement of''the cause of Charleston World" by ocr Slate Alliance, for the reason that its "cause" is the cause of protection for American manufacturers, and we honestly entertain the opinion that pro? tection is a very wicked scheme for taking the money of the farmers wilburt their knowledge and giving it to manufacturers. That under this system millions of the bard earned dol? lars of the impoverished farmers of South Carolina are takes from- them every year to build up-to make richer, an already rich class of our fellow citizens. I am not objecting to The World's pleading for its side, as it is owned by manufacturers, I understand, Messrs. Pelzer, Rodgers & Co., and others ; but to Mr. Reid's surprising testimony to the effect that our State Alli? ance has made common "cause" with The World. Respectfully, JOHN J. DARGAK. N. B. I had better ?tate that I am orgaoizer and lecturer of Sumter County Alliance, and president of the Stateburg sub-Alliance and have a right to know and it is mv duty to ex? pound all the doings of the Alliance. Will Mr. Reid please explain ? Stateburg, S C , April 27, 1890. A Protest. Editor of The Wo rid : Will you be kind enough to give space to utter a protest against this hue and cry abont the Shell con? vention, (so called) we see nothing in it, only frightened politicians crying "Snake" ' Snake" and no one bit ; noieven a tail in sight. Divide the Democracy of South Caro? lina by suggesting a name to be pla?ed before the August convention ? This is sheer non? sense and no sane man will believe it. It is claimed by a portion of the press of this State that the March convention did not represent the farmer. If this be true, will 8<>me of the knowing enes inform us what Irediil Jones's convention of twenty-one repre? sented ? We arc anxious to know, being per? sonally acquainted wiih several delegates (selected by the aforesaid Iredell Jones) who since 18?6, have sat by the key board and manipulated the political wires in every elec? tion since. Yet they and their "ilk" repre? sent the horny handed farmer ! Never 1 The sons of to'? have no ?xe to grind, bot j are profoundly impressed with the fact that, within Democratic ranks our civilization is secure, and will prov* rherr loyalty to the state and Democratic party when the town? ship elections come off. This is where the voice of the people is , heard andjiot in conventions of picked pol it i- ' cians. We say, let the people alone ; they j are going to vote right. Only a small minori? ty of pap-suckers will feel bad when B. R. Tillman and L. S. Bigham drop their plow handles for a season. VOTKRS. Bishopville, April 36. ---?HM DO NOT 8?FFKK ANY LONC?KR. Knowing t h :. t a cough cnn bo checked in a day, ?tit] the first stages ol consumption broken j in a week, we hereby purran tee Dr. Aeker's English Cough Remedy, :<n i will refund the money to all who buy, t:ike it as per directions, ! and do not tin.1 our statcmcBi correct. 1 ^ [The following bas been crowded otrffbrtbV past two weeks.] "Where is the Help for AH tfnifi19 P?SGAff, S. C., April \<?\ I89?. Mr. Editor : The political situatibn ito this* Stnte is graver than it has been since 1*876. Then a united, intelligent minority bad to' overcome a large compact ignorant majority,* in possession of rife State go rem ment, and) led by shrewd intelligent leaders backed by" the Washington Administration. The resulfT everybody knoWs. Now we have a house' almost divided against itself, on local issues, both sides having wealth; intelligence andr pluck. Tbis state of affairs should call forth* from our people forbearance, and5 mutua? concessions, one to another for tufe cern moe' good of all. Ever since the F*aimer's' Con? vention wa9 held in Colombia, t?fe newsptt pers of our State have with some few except tions, spoken of this body as if it was a1 radical Convention of the worst sort, tb tbs* good old days of "good stealing Sorely the papers forgot that this* body of Farmers if1 our own people, with all tne rights, intel? ligence, and privileges, that the r?st of us* have. What is this tirade of abase doing' but strengthening Tillman and bis party. Tillman may well laugh at tile opposition to1 bim by the press and a few outspoken in? dividuals, for he well knows, as all the res? do, that Blaine had in 18*4', the entire ciiy press of New York against hint, except tb*' Tribune, and he polled the full strength' of his party In the City or more. This instance* shows the power of the press there,- where* it is supposed the wealth of It, its ntanero?s* correspondents, reporters, could arrive a& public opinion better than we can' here* otf shorter time. To say that Tillman bas no' strength, would be child's talk. The tnceeur of the Clemson Cciiege has given- bim ur this canvass an immense strength, especially, when those who so violently opposed it, art* now his bitter opotoeots. After be makes Bis" canvass, if he don't have &-majority of rotes* in the regular Democratic Convention, he can* run as an independent candidate. If be does, the radical convention will ebdbrse him, Harrison will enforce the Lodge Billi (that will sure to be a law as was predicted'by the* writer of this article in J$ov. 1-888",) and be* will be elected, and where is* the man who* ever in these modern times declined; the* governorship or any other high office. Right/ here, I have beard, whit? men say they in-*" tend to vote for Tillman anyway, men who* will spill their blood if necessary at the* ballot box for their rights. Where is~ the* help for all this t Abu's? won't db it for that is wrong. Each man has the right to' vote* to suit himself, or get any offibe be calf. We* live in a free country and no man'con "bot? or control" another if he is a mao. That all the high offices' b?te always been" absorbed by a certain class, is apparent to* a)l. That the common people are only wanted for their votes to keep this Class up, who feel themselves better than anybody else is well koown, that they most always1 play second fiddle to this class litte tub Sooth' does to the North, goesr without ssyiugV Tbat this class ostracises all differing from1 them, like the South Carolina University's* rich aristocratic (?) boys do the.poor fellows" there, ls a fact. That this big University wai* established for this class is a well known* fact. It is useless for Messrs. Iredell Jbnerjy T. W. Woodward, and J. C. F. Sites of thi* State io call a conference of fanners' to' meet in Columbia on the 23rd, inst., as published? in the News and Courier of this week*-,- to* offset the Tillman Convention. This method is worse than Shell's tactics. A tbbosantf men could be brought together in this way who oppose Tillman, and rice r?rsa. . This* all amounts to nothing. The only evidence* of Tillman's weakness is that be' has gone' outside of his party. He should make his* fight within his regular' party and: abide tBfe result, whether it is for or against bim. This1 would be patriotic and honest. B?f. Sa?ror, this campaign will be no child's play. The" United States government will take a- hand; for it bates ns as tba Devil does the ?aints. Let us quit quarreling with people oecaUMT they differ from* ns for it does no* good1, bot* observe the golden rule In each instance, espe*~ : ciaily with our own' people. Jtsir?t. - - mm ri" Welt Earned. The first money one really eaftrs has d value and an importance peculiarly ftr? own-a raine" which is increased if tfctf money is earned* by hard* tttid fmthtui iubor. One man, at least, will nereT lorget bow he fett on* receirirrg hts first .. wages. Ile was a boy of at tho' time1, a western farmer's son. Early one* morning a neighbor appeared* vme?pect edly at the door. "My boy's down sick, todayv** fte' enldv "an* I wondered if I couldn't git you/ Jimmy to drap corn for me m a piece* fm just finishing up. Of coarse T? exK peet to pay him' for it.* As our corn was all in, says the'gentifo* man, and my father was always glad to* oblige a neighbor, he said at once that f might go, I was greatly pleased with the fdea o*# being iiaid in cash for my services, as I had never worked away frot? home, aod? tlie "spending money*" that father occa? sion ai ly gave me dki not seem like tfrooey I had earned. Up and down, down anti up' t&e' fokj*f furrow's I tramped before Farmer Gray'* hoe. It was an exceedrnfgfy warm day, and Farmer Gray was a' "smart worker.*" and evidently intended that ? should! earn my money. I had fairly to trot be? fore him, white he treqwntly encoaragedr ! me lo renewed speed by saying: "Hurry ?Jong, my son! Git alottg cs? fast as you kin. h's the' only *ay to* make a livm* in this v V We stopped just fong enough to* eat oaf dinner, and finished planting tho corri about 4 in the afternoon. Then Mr. Gri*f said: ..Now, sonny, you can rttake up* fHtf balance o' tlte day weeding my ontotf bed." So I pulled weeds t;n nearly 7 o'clock when I was ca Dod in to supper, afteif which Mr. Gray said, cheerfully: "S'posin* you jist split upwood enotjgff to last Mis' Gray to-morrer, an* then helxjr me do my feedin*-fof good measure; you knew." It was Quite dark wberi l&f, Gr*f pulled out his pocket book. "Well, sonny," said he, "you're done' right well; an* ? dont mind parin* .at? man his money when he's aimed iv. About how much, now, ought I to poy you, ehr* ? was modest and hash ftri, ?nd told1 him to pay me what he thought I hao% earned. "Well, then,** he reftfietf, "t'po?rf wet call ft fifteen cents. Folks workin* bf the day don t gin'fally stay tosupperar/ as you did I reckon fifteen cents*!! W "bout right Here's your rooney, ?rf next timo I want a boy III give y?a it? ch ance." I took tlie money with a good cor* science, I had certainly earned it*-3" Youth's Companion. *S?PP*r ?ooSter*. T? ra. "??mttonj, Postmaster of fdavfll?, /nd., writes: "Electric Bitters has done more foy me* <han all other medicines combined, for thtf bad feeling ari ing from Kidney and Live/ t ouble." Jobn Leslie, farmer and stockman ( of sa me place, says : '"Find Klectrre ?ittera to* be the bost kidney andKvef medicine, made n* feel like a new man." J. W. Gardner, bare?. ware merchant, same town, says: Elect ic Btu t?ts is Ju*t the thing for a man Who is-?ll ran down and don't care whether bs Rte? Sf* die : he fntmd new ?treogtb, good appetite and fe& just like he had a rew lea.?? on 1 fe. Only 56*/ a bottle, at J. F W. DcLorme'x Drug Store, f - mu - * -i The roost delicate constitution can safely ose D. J. H. McLean's far Wine Lung Bala?. It is a sure remedy for coughs, loss of voicSy and all throat and' long troubles.- vFap Sven the most vigorous and hearty peoprV have at times a feeling of Weariness and Uwi tude. To dispel this feeling take Dr. ?. If.* McLean's Sarsaparilla; it will impart vigoV* and vi-tarlity. vJwy