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D. J. Knotts For Congress. To the Editor of .the State: There are times wheo the feelioss aod desires of any patriot should con? trol his action aod to the proper direc? tions of bis energy io such ao emergen? cy should give bis calm and deliberate, bat determined, consideration. One of those times now confronts the people of Sooth Carolina. The political contest io this State for several years has been only the outposts and eD g age meo ts be? tween calvary and artillery at longer aod shorter range, bot they have DOW bro ag ht OD a more general engageaient aod straggle between the solid ranks of infantry in this deadly conflict for pro? gress and is a march onward and what is and ever been the trouble in this, a bourbon policy of satisfaction in the present condition and no desire to leave oar traditions. A deep felt and long? ing desire to break away from their as? sociations aod traditions was the basal principle cf the Reform movement. It was a declaration of independence against oar petrified; orthodoxy and a heartfelt desire to barst oar environ? ments by which we were boand baod and foot. A free speech, an untram? melled vote and a fair count are de? mands to-day which are taking the place of the little questions of the Re? form movement and ts the paramount i issue or this day in South carolina. That the leaders of the Reform move? ment have never appreciated the feel? ing nor understood the real convictions of their countrymen will appear clear to every observant thinker before an? other decade bas elapsed. The Reform leaders in this had an opportunity, aod a bright one, but (bey have lost it. They have fritted away the imperishable future for the decep. tive gewgaws of that everlastingly now Blind leadership bas vainly striven against the tide of impending doom, and the last election for United States senator is the brightest dawn ot politi? cal independence ever witnessed in our State. Acd, alas! how strange that so bright a day should be so badly misun? derstood. The people of ibis State and the south have ever labored under this environment. Before the war it was easy to think with the reigning dynas? ty, but to think against slavery was a crime and the term unionist and aboli? tionist was as terrible aod as ostra? cising: as "radical" since the civil war. Men had become restive and ?uneasy under this yoke and menance to their manhood and could see no relief to it, \ nor progress, unless in a movement or commotion. And the sentiment for an agricultural college assumed large pro? portions and it can't be explained by referring to the few questions that were Onaily arraigned at the head of the Re? form movement. Men had to have a schooling and preparation for a gre-?: , revolution of this kind and we have been spending our schoolboy days in the political high school and the pupils have found out that many of our teach ere are incompetent to instruct ia the branches to which they have been as? signed; and, indeed, they are becoming to ?ee tfiat the professors don't order stand the textbooks taught in t?ief,cbocl room. The Chicago platform very ciearly shows that tnaoy of tie parti? san, narrow-minded views of the lead? ers in thin State have been transferred , from the State to the national platform, ana Governor Evans boasts that be aod Senator Tillman wrote the Chicago platform, which may in part be, true, for it marks out the fatal fallacy pur? sued by them in this State. If it is wise in the Chicago platform it was wise io our State administration, and for those of us to sappart it in national politics who condemned it in our State politics will bc sapremely^ ridiculous lam now glad that my record as a rep? resentative will show that the partisan measures of the Reform party I never supported, bot both my speeches and votes declared my unmitigated hostility to such outrages io legislation. If those who fought these furious measures so hard now advocate them wheo trans? ferred from Columbia to Chicago, what can the world say of such consistency? They appear in the Chicago platform in a severe and more barbarous nature than in our State government and noth? ing but our prejudices can overlook crimes io the one that will condemn in the other. This revolution has brought about a state of political existence that a few years ago none of us dreamed of at all, and among other revelations, the Democratic party of to-day ie no protec? tion of "our lives aod property." The faet has been now settled that it will make sectional issues; that it will ap? peal to tbe anarchists and communists of the ration to retain its hold on the "official situation." it bas tried to convince the voters of; the nation that its courts of justice are j a farce aod delusion. It has taken the advantage of national assemblies to j bankrupt the people's confidence in | their judiciary-the greatest booo of a j free citizen and the grandest safeguard to his life, liberty and prosperity, lt condones the crime of the law-breakers and briog3 the cry of treason against the President for restoring peace and order and the preservation of the mail service when a Democratic governor j would not do it because the rioters and ; property destroyers were Democrat.?. It appeals to the communi?t. agatBst the capital of the country and strives to wage a war for its own gain between the laborer and the capitalist, but it j wholly fails to give tho laborer the arm j of the government to guard him against : the poorly-paid and half-starved labor | of eastern countries. AU this and i more it thinks the south and the mining States will swallow to get free silver. lo all (hit, ?he free-born Ameiicau naturally ask : "Ab, whither sba flee ?" The Anglo Saxon is no a? chist ; he is DO communist aod Democratic party can never make such His doora and destiny is ro vate and dignify mankind-noe pollute ?ad briog him down il<? ?< advance; not to retrograde. He i* organize; not to disorganize tioei* The party in this dawn of the Christ era that strives to fortify the society men against the introducion of moral law and the Christian code is the party to rule the destiny of a gi republic, or lead* its eitizens upw and onward in the march to civilize; bless mankind. A large per cent, of thc Democn party io the north and west must be 1 material or tts leaders would not pl anarchism and communism in its p form. The people of this couotry I as well accept in good faith the rest of the civil war; and I believe a gr majority are willing so to do, but tl allow the politicians and public men trifle with these issues at too gr length. The Democratic party as party has not and will not, I belie accept io good faith. It trifles w the results and evades the Constitu? whenever oecessary to carry out aims, and the sooner we And this < it is all the better for us. The war a its results are as firm and steadfast eternity and we need never look to I oontrary or expect otherwise, and deed we have occasion to rejoice tl it is as it is, for bad our efforts be successful, it would have been ao u mitigated misfortune to both sections this government ; besides, it wot have divided our powers and render us helpless to have thc influence on t destiny of tb?* world we aro intend by fate to.have. The Constitution of the Unit States is the grandest production of ? human mind, and in importance to ti human famliy, stands nest to the Cori dan Bible and the time is coming wh we will all rejoice that that emblem its immortality still waves over oar r united couotry. We have nothing lament, in oar failure to dismember tl American government, but the ras ness of following blind and irnpro\ dent leadership, the loss of immen treasure cod the many useless galla! slain of both armies. As long as v continue tosend rspesentatives to cot gre8S who prate eternally about tl lost cause, human nature wtil have i be different from its usual trend, such delegates can obtain the confident of the national congress and be abie l serve the best interest of their consti ueots. The American treasury hi millions to open the great rivers t navigation and develop the exbanstle? resources to the commercial world, bc that treasury will be open first to thoe wSo obtain the "ationa1 confidence fe i.-yality to the flag anJ fidelity to th true American future . I notice from the newspapers tba that reorganized Republican, in eon veution assembled, have without ra knowledge or consent placed my Ram OD the State ticket for treasurer. If ur feelings do not deceive me, ? hase n desire to hold a State office of any kind If io any official capacity, I prefer ti serve where I can be the greates benefit to my country and after coosio1' eratioo with several of my fel low citiz2D8, I have decided ti ruo for congress from the Se^entr district both for the regular ur: pired term, beliving, as I do, tba tho reorganized Republican party ii the only road for success to broad-gagec Republicanism in this Stale and thal the principles of our government, the welfare of our lives and property wii] be better cared for and progress and the highest interest of civilization will be better guarded by a Republican gov? ernment than by any of the parties now clamoring for the custody of our national life. I believe a happy com? munion between capital and labor is the sequeo-t to the situation and not a violent aod hostile antagonism as ?he Denocratic and Populist parties are waging. I believe the idea that capi? tal has conspired to pull down the ublic welfare with fraticidal fanaticism pobe a most damnable delusion of a political hersey of the most infariated type .The'capitalists very weil know that they can become poor, homeless ragged beggars and be exils in their own couotry sooner than accomplish such an end and besides such a ??tate wiil least serve the interests and ad vance the commercial relations of those who have means It is fantioisra in ks most malignant from; V is communism in its most hard? ened state. It serves only the interest of the politician and ?B destructive cf the advancement of society. I entertain no feoktcd feelings for those novr candidates for t:?i- oftV - Ti i* a matter of p--ogr--ss and conviction, aed ? will neither myself, nor recognize io any friend, any trick or delusion to gain any advantage of either gcLlle men in this race. To those who desire a representative, I offer ray service. I accept the great living issues, I trust io their true light aod I am sure I do from a sincere con? viction of duty. I will truly and faith? fully st-rve wha? in every case is thc highest and best iotrest of my couotry, whether that cou-se leads me to civil distinction or a politcal grave. Having no higher bud cobler aim than that the best may be done aod that the highest and noblest interests of ?iv native land shall be served, I snail accept the verdict IQ all the humility of a suppliant and with the gratitude of a child. , Your obedient servant, D J. Knotts. Swansea, S. C., Oct. 1, 1896. 4 Illinois Safe for Bryan. Wha t a Ci ose canvass of the State Discloses. A ransack of Illinois politically brings cheer to th^ free silver De? mocracy, ?oth sides have of late laid violent claims on Illinois Han na and his coterie said it was to be for McKinley ; Jones, Altgcld and the Democrat leaders at Springfield and Chicago were equally vehement in giving the State to Bryan and free silver. They declared the battle won for Bryan. The Hamnacrats, in an ecstacy of eager voracity, announced, and do still, that McKinley would carry Illi? nois by 100,000 majority. The wish was father to this bluff, for such it was A bit of research disclosed this claim of 100,000 for McKinley to be leather headed nonsense. In Marion county, where the Re? publicans solemnly assert a McKin? ley certainty of 100 majority, a house to house poll, made with bair line patience, gives it to Bryan by over 500. The same might be said of all the country counties. The Re? publicans lay hands on them, but don't know whereof they speak and don't dare make practical investiga tion for* fear the discoveries might blast and wither them. Altgeld, ou his part, working with his lieutenants, Buck flinrichsen and Fithiaii, has made, one following the other, two tborough canvasses school district by school district, of every foot of Illinois ground lying between Cairo and the Cook county line. They made two because the first cast such an unlooked for glow on their j prospect that they couldti't believe it true. So they made the second j They declare--Altgeld and aids- j that their search was so lhoro? h that not eve? a pin point o, ': .J j change escaped them. They ^ \m ! med every front gate, pulled e*. er? doorbell save in Chicago and con -ty As a result, they assert thar U>th Altgeld and Bryan will come to the Cook county line with a ciean ma jority of 30,000. They tell, too, that a poll has been made of Chicago and Cook county, and that the free silver Bryan-Alt geld forces will win there by 35,000 They claim the State without tremor by 65.000 for Altgeld and Bryan. Conservative ones with whom I conversed cut the rural majority which they claimed down to 20,000. That figure, ii; would seem, every body agrees Altgeld and Bryan will have. But, taking the best and most con? servative testimony of both sides. Bryan to day stands to get the State by 20,000. It remains to be seen whether the McKinleyites can bribe or browbeat this down All honest future changes of political faith in the State w?il be from gold to free ? silver daily. This is particularly true of the southern half of the ? State, where Bryan met such enthu siastic thousands as ne crossed it Monday. In Chicago Bryan is the open and admitted candidate of al! of the trades' unions. His speech Labor day made a profound impression By the way, the labor men say that the | attendance at the park where Bryan ? spoke that day was over 100,000 The labor unions make no doubt of Bryan's success in Illinois. To sum up, from all I could see and learn, Bryan and free silver wi;! carry Illinois, and do it handsomely The Populists will do their part, and the free silver Republicans would seem to outnumber the gold Demo ci ats about 10 to 1. Bryan should win by a good majority. All he has to fear, for it is the only loophole of Republican escape, is the McKinley syndicate's money in Chicago. If1 they can buy or bribe a victory, they j will do so. All of the Chicago papers are for ! McKinley and violently against Bry- j an This need breed no alarm They j were as violently against Cleveland j in 1S92, when he carried Cook coun? ty by fully 40,000 majority and took the State out of the Republican list foi the first time since the days of Douglas They were as violently ! against Carter Harrison when he was made mayor by a large majority j Bryan need have no fears of the Chi j cago press if the pa6t is any guide. j As the day stands, put Illinois in the j Bryan column Let it stay till ? futher orders.-Alfred Henry Lewis! in New York Journal. In the town ot S a tu ter, S C., all J emp?ovfce? whose salarie.? are o vor ;j?20 a mont? are to pay au aonual license. I Those earning between $25 aod ?40 ! per mooth wast pay $5 per year into i the ci;y tre&sary add those receiving | larg.-r salaries are to p.>y ?10 -Till- ? manum I-Ga!ves?on News - - I i tmmm - 8100 Reward $100. The readers of this paper will oe pleased to j ?earn that there is at lernst one dreaded disease j that science bas been able to cute in ?ll its Stapes, and that is Catarrh Kail's Catarrh j Cure is the only positive cure known to ?he : medica! traterniu Catarrh being a conso- j tutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Bull's C*:arrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly opon tho blood ; and mucous surfaces of the system, thprcbv ? destroying the foundation of* the dise?e, a:.? giving the patient strength by t.ui?iiiog up I the constitution aod assisting nature in doing 1 its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative power:', that they offer On Hundred Dollar for'any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. 1 Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. 'j Sold by Druggist, 75c. 1 Weyiers Plans Upset, Spaniards Attempt to Drive Maceo and are Driven. Nsw YORK, Oct. 4.-A special dispatch to the Herald from Habana, Cuba, Oct. 3, via Key West Fla., says : Captain General Weyler's initial operation in inaugurating the cam paign in the extreme west intended to trap Maceo, or deJeat and drive him east, has proved a failure General Melguizo, who, as military governor of Pinar del Rio, was dele? gated by the captain general to start the ball, has been defeated i ra three successive engagements with Maceo in the mountains of Pinar del Rio, where, with the combined columns of Colonels Frances and Hernandez, he attacked the rebel positions. Those columns suffered tremendous losses, and were compelled to retreat to the coast. The news fell like a bombshell in the palace The captain general will not even permit the Habana repre? sentatives of the Madrid papers to wire the facts, and he gave strict orders,to the press censor and post office officiais to use every effort to prevent the news of the failure of his plans from getting out The editor of El Diario del Ejerci? to, the anny organ, whose paper is seldom, if ever, censored, daring to print a few details, was called to the palace by the captain general and severely reprimanded. Down on Whiskey. The first presbytery of the Associate Reformed church met ar. New Bop*., Fai?f?3!ii coanty, !a-r week, 6ays ilu WioosboroNews and Herald, and there wVis ao interesting discussion on the temoerance question, called forth by a resolution in "daced by Rev. J S. Moffatt as follows : Resolved : That, thia presbytery direct all the sessions under jts call to proceed io a constitutional way against those who are at present connected with the dispensary of South Carolina, in its present form, whether they be connected with it as dispensers or clerks or renters of property for disyensaries or as bonds? men for dispensaries or as members of the board of control, county or as state, to the et'd that the church may be purged of this evil. Asso8?ate Justice Jones made the principal argument against the resolu? tions, and reduced almost every con? ceivable point on his side of the ques? tion Finally, it is presumed, in the hope o? deferring any action on the sub? ject, bc presented the following as a substitute : Resolved 2d : That it is the duty of every session at. once to proceed io a constitutional way to discipline every member of ita congregation who buys whiskey at a dispensary as a beverage, no matter how moderately he may mean to usc ii, and also to discipline every j member who drinks intoxicating liquor aa a beverage be it ever so moderately. Tiie presbytery, however, was cot to be "bluff- d " There was a motion to the efface that both resolutions he adoot ed, and the motion carried hy a vote of o4 to 10 The negative voies, The News and Herald suggests, were prob? ably because of the last resolution. ??mi? ? ? mm Assistant Attorney Genera! Town? send has decided that a minor cannot be employed a? a olerk in a dispensary. Our citizens should be oo the look? out for the traveling photograph fraud who offers to take a photograph and enlarge it io crayon for a song The scheme is to go to a house and offer to enlarge a photograph to life size and furnish the picture for from ?1 to $5. A fee of ?1 is generally collected by the agent with the photograph, and sometimes that is the last heard of him. The citizeua of Anderson have recently been worked by one of these artists - Columbia News. The Alumnae association of the Columbia Female colioge met yesterday atcernoon in the college Dariers ?od inaugurated a plan that will be a pleas? ant feature of the fair, to a number of ladies, at least. On Thursday evening of fair week, from 6 to 8 o'clock, it is proposed to give a big reception to the alumnae of the college -The State. S5C0 REWARD. We will pay the above reward for any case of Li*er Complaint, Dy?pep9ii, Sick Head? ache Indigestion, Cocstipar.cn or Costiveness we csn:iyi curt; with West's Vegetable Liver pills, when tb? directions arr strictly com? plied ?Hi?. Thev fir* partly Vegctoide, and never fail to give la?isfation. Sugar Coated. L*rpe boxe?, 25 cents. Beware ot of counter? feits ??od imitations. The genuine manu? factured only by THK JOHN C WEST COMPA? NY, Cilicio, 111. For sale in Sumter by J. F. W. DeLorme. L3J KBBB1E?? FQIi EITHER SE:S. CTPWUW ^Tfais remedy beinj? iii .jeeted directly to the sent of those diseases Q ITT of the Genito-Urinary JEj gs gi Orjrans. requires no &OI C?IANSE ot diet. Core ~ - ^SBS? guaranteed ?a 1 to 3 . day?. Small plain pack ?TH OT n TO ase. by mail, S1.00. .?24! Sold only by J. F. W. DKLORME, Sumter, S.C. ($TK LADIES mw ur ?fc S^*f DR. F2L?X LE BRUN'$ W*} Stee?l Pennyroyal Pills If J aro tho original and only / C 'BENCH, ?afc and reliable cure S on the market. Price, ?1.00; sent F \ by mail. Genuine sold only by J. F. W. DELORME, Sumter, S. C. ? The R -ck Rill Herald understands i that io view uf the dispensary r?solu j tiooH receully adopted by the First j Associate Reforrued presbytery. Mr. T. I M. Allen, who U an Associate Reform? ed elder, will resign bis position on the state board of control James C. Ktugh, Esq , of Abbeville, has been suggestion as a suitable per? son tu 6il the vacaucy as Circuit Judge of the Eight Circuit, which vacancy will be occa.-iou^d upon the election of Judge Earle to the United Staten Senate. The latest social event of the season j in Walhalla, was the "Hogan's Alley' j ball given at Reid's hall, on Thursday night, the *24r.h ins: Those present were typical denizens of the original Hogan'.-* Alley, representing the canary bird gi-rl and all the other girls, the original Hogan, the dog catcher and all the rest. Over Thirty Years without Sickness. ". "WKTTSTKIX. ti well-known, eiicv-. ..-?n?? citizen ol" Byron, 111., writes. "Before I paid much atten? tion to regulating the bowels, I hardly knew a well day; but since I flearned t?ie evil re? sults of constipation, and the efficacy of AVER'S Pills, I have not had .one day's sickness i for over thirty years that did not readily yield to this remedy. My wife had been, previ? ous to our marriage, tm invalid for years. She had a prejudice against cathartics, but as roon as she began to use AVer's Pills he; hearth wa? restored." feg W IL m < mm m w^W) 'y; mf? ?gt) \i?fe?a?ca.S3 '*l?> l ii.O Tas?al and Diploma at v7pr2ctT5 Fair. ^?^^-z^ GUARANTEED IN WRITING. Stu? dents complete in HALF the time at HALF the expense required elsewhere. Ten to thirty placed monthly. Actual Business Depart? ment equipped with genuine commercial baok and office fixture*-, superior to the equipments of any other college in America. Purely practical instruction and daily drill in real bank and office tr."r:3>?ct!oo. Penmanship by the only graduate pen-artist in Georgia. The only Southern College fully abreast with the spirit of progress and teaching Electric Shorthand, the lightning system of tht cen? tury. The only college which it is cheaper to attend than to remain idle. Premiums from Four Expositions. Enrollment 700 per vear. Address at once GEORGIA BUSI? NESS COLLEGE, Macon Ga. Nov. 6.-o &Z)i ?a 9 Davidson, IST. 0, Six?ie?fe Year Begins Sept, ?Oftu ELEVEN PROFESSORS AND INSTRUCTORS. THREE COURSES FOR DEGREES Ample Cabinets and Laboratories ; Loca? tion Healthful and Beautiful. GYMNASIUM COMPLETE. TERMS REASONABLE. Send for a Catalogue. J. B. SHEARER, June 24. President. TIse Sumter Music House, NEXT DOOR TO POST OFFICE. Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines of the best grade 6old cheap for cash or on easy terms. Old ones taken in exchange for new ones. CLEANING AND REPAIRING DONE PROMPTLY. We also keep NEEDLES, OILS,? And parts of every Sewing* Machine. We have some rare bargains in Pianos, Organs and Sewing Machines. > M. B. R?NDLE, J?u S. Manager. ORDER FRUIT -FROM THE SOUTHERN FRUIT CC, CHARLESTON. S. C. And get best value for the money. Orders carefully and prompt? ly lilied. W. H. HIXSON, Manager. Sept, 30. HAMB Y $ CO., WHOLESALE BROKERS, -AND Cotton Storage Warehouse PROPRIETORS. UP-TOWX OFFICE: COURT HOUSE SQUARE, For Cash with order will sell 3,000 bushels Prime White Corn sacked at 45c per bushel, in lots of. one sack or upwards, at Har bj & Co's Warehouse. Respectfully, HARBY & co. July 22. Tte Largest aM 1st Complete Mitent Sift Geo. S. Hacker & Sou. -MANUFACTURERS OF DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, Moulding & Building Material. rfncp ar.? Wiirerooms, Kirg opposite Cao* non Street, CHARLESTON, S. C. jESfPurc-hasf cur make, which we gunrante9 superior to any sold Soctb, ucl thereby sa7e money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty October lo-o LAND. ?HOSE WHO HAVE GOOD FARMING Lands for sale and those who desire to purchase farms are requested to communi? cate with me. W.H. INGRAM, SUMTER, S. C., REAL ESTAIE AGENT, aU2l2-3z)J ?FF0HD UOLIEGE, Sparenburg, S. C, Jas. H. Carlisle, L. L. D., President. Sovec department?, Two courses leading to A.B. A ne? and vvo!! eq dipped Gymna? sium a rs ri cccnpe:e:it clirr-ctur. W0FF0RS A. G Rember:, A. M., Head Master. The Fisting School has been moved to the Alumni Hui! The Second Master, A. .Mason DuPrp, A. M., ?nd the Matron live io the building. Several of 'he Cclleere professors teach in the School and the stndents rece>ve instruction in th?? Gyn?siam. Session be? gins October 1. For ca'aloeue. address J. A GAM EWELL, July 1-* Secretarv of Facultv. BEAUTY HATH CHARMS and all the charms which beau? ty likes best to don are shown in our grand display of fash? ionable jewelry for this season. Jewels like these would en? hance the charms of the most j fascinating belle, and surely no fair one would despise such ?brilliant aids to her beauty. ! Like personal loveliness, they conquer aci miration on sight; i thev score new victories at ev ? ery inspection. Those whe i look over our stock do not ? willingly stop with examina ? tion. Beauty may now be mode ea,ny irresistible by a few judicious purchases from our display of up to date jew? elry. L. W. FOLSOM, Jeweler and Optician, SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH, Oct. 16.