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Peace Reigns Among Ohio Republicans. LXB8 WERE SQUELCHED. I and Foster Promptly Laid on the Shelf. ?OW ABE THE MIGHTY FALLEN l0*"%4\9Tt Net la Syropnih) WMm toe Admlnlitratkn ?irrnmh we the Power of IIAnna?Porwker'a Oeae??or-N?gneiilnilt)r of rea?e~Pr?Motlon of Mr. Dlek. A amwreelwwe Platform. (SpooloJ Washing-ton Latter.) MPeeee reigns In Warsaw!" la ono of the moat famous messages ever sent etil leto the world, but it wan tbc of death. 'Teace reigns In Ohio!" the Republicans, but It b tbo of death to all who are not en rapport with the administration. A Dew angry protests, a few feeble strug glee, a few groans, and the dark wa? fers of Lethe rolled above the beads of Governor Bushneil. "Calico" Charlie et Id omne genus It was trag* bet not unexpected, for .lugger Is merciful compared with the Republican machine. "Ilnunn in stall Control!" wss the hesdlino lo s eVtesjdly metropolitan pa pet In front in <? Mack letters, ca though there wss eotnetblug startling or uovel about that We might as well be surprised by e telegram from the bottontieoa pit announciog that "sntan Is running things down hero!" Tempora mutaatur! Tlmea (hange. Indeed they do. Some yea re ago Char tie Footer waa a congressman of re? nown, then thrice governor uf Buck eyedoiu. then aeeretnry of the trcas nry-alwuy* In the elder day a prime favorite with Ohio Republicans; not without presidential aspirations. At Senat he was one of the Warwieks vbo washed John Sherman off hi* prvslden tlel stool on n memorable ? "cnalou at ChVago snd act James a. 'iartteld up to bla stead. How John must snicker as bis fleeve na he aces .dark insert Mo poiaoue?! dagger under Charlie's ?fth lib and turu It arorjnd! FJyron waa a great philosopher, "stweet la reveafe!" How are the utighty fallen' This name ei?Congressman, exCoveruo?\ex Secretary <>f the Treasury. ex-War wick, ex Aspirant to tlx- White House Charles Foster rould not oven procure Mmself to he eleoh d a delegate to the ]"Bs1ta del i ?hl.i convention and gave fort It n feeble hut Ironical sttnenb abeejl not siooiring to interfere v\ Ith ? the ntool emrellent siate prepared in Washing tori." Alaa ami alack, that so niniallc n Statesman should he disposed of so nssrcretnonlously! Hermoejr sed Henna, It was Harmony and llanr.a or Han am and Harmony with u Inj:, big U And some poor half Ittny Huahnclllrm, with a timidity tlutt Is nstonndlug. tried to put a aplder into the dumpllug of my revered and gentle friend from Athens. General Chn*lei Henry Uros wwnor! Too bad! They even endeavored ?Impionsly, as 1 bei lev* to niter or emend or curtail or augment the plat? form which the general had kindly and self sbueeatlngly concocted In Wssblngton snd wss laboilously and s> gjerernor. took from him vi et arm!? a asre. Juicy, little piece cf pie?I say ?vi et aim>. far I a.a c-rtnlj t!r.t th* Jealously carrying around In the tall pocket of bis fumou? Prince Albert coat. They wrestled with the Athens warrior all night, but aa Aurora was purpling the eaat he emerged from the committee room red eyed, but vic? torious' The pesky kickers never suc? ceeded In changing his handiwork even a little bit. The general not only got tola platform, but he goes to the City of Brotherly Love as one of the Big Four. In fact, he Is most of the Big Four. Of course the clieerful, hand? some Dick goes along to help the gen? eral. And as there will be four scats provided iu the convention hall for the Buckeye Big Four and as General Grosvenor can't occupy all four with? out straining himself.and as even Gros venor and Dick combined cannot oc? cupy all four without -danger to their anatomies, they permitted Senator Jo? seph Bcnton Furnker and Governor Nash to go also. As Grosvenor and Fornker walk In side by side, arm In arm. with a smile upon their faces and the rancor of years iu their hearts, they ought to be photographed as "the Heavenly Twins," and it ought to be done by the Instantaneous process, for no man can tell how soon they will be at each other's throat again. Ambi? tious and far aspiring statesmen would do well to ponder the history of Joseph Bentou Fornker and be wise. Only a few years ago he was more la the public eye than nny other lb-publican Everybody expected him to one day Ikj nominated Tor the presidency. Now he meekly accepts a position as dele? gate at large to help renoinlnate the man who gobbled his mess of White House porridge. General Charles Hen? ry Grosvenor Is a much maligned man. He la accused of being Implacable, and yet uow. when at the height of his glory, he permits Forakc? to have some honora?Fornker, who, when he was general would never relinquish any piece of pie, great or small. In any other way. Now he heaps coals of fire on Foraker'a head by permitting him to be one of the Big Four. Hank of Geaeral Dick. Another thing on which I congratu? late General Grosvenor and Field Mar? shal Hanna Is the deftness and ease with which they promoted Hon.Charles Dick from the comparative obscurity of a political colonelcy to the rank of "general." 1 hall "General" Dick! 1 am always pleased to see any fellow representative climb the ladder of fame. Particularly am 1 gratified to see ilon. Charles Dick mouutlng high. One of my most agreeable recollections Is of another Mr. Dick; not an Ohio Republican Dick, but Mr.Charles Dick? ens' IMck. I formed his delightful ac? quaintance In the pages of "David Copperfield" of Immortal memory. He Im an old friend; he lingers with one'; he was uot a prominent statesman, as Is Hanna and Grnsvcnor's Dick. In? deed his whole stock of philosophy ap? peared to he to recommend people to take a bath- to he washed clean?a |>orforinance which Mr. Charles Dick could rccomme id with prollt ami good conscience to hi t Ucpuhlican brethren In Ohio and. tnrh to tell, everywhere aj at, Itiit. while the Associated Frcss dis? patches Baaka It clear that Hanna and <5ett"-al Grosvenor promoted Hon. Chati s Dick. 11 aforesaid, by some such t. - tnula as "Kneel. Colonel DIck; rise up. Generali Dick!" they leave one point in mystery, and that Is whether lion, Charles Dick is Brigadier < Jetteral Dick, Major General Dick, Lieutenant General Dick or full General Dick. I wish General Grosvenor, who Is fertile In resources, would vouchsafe us a bill of particulars as to General Dick's ex act rank. It would save trouble and would enable ?\ seeker after truth to estimate somewhat approximate. iy ai least General Dark's porqu sites, for In this day of liberal "allowances" to geu erala It truly must be that a full gener? al er a M.?r?tr?nant general or even a tnajor general will bo more munificent? ly "allowanced" than a paltry briga? dier; but, whatever particular species of general Hon. Charles Dick now is, I suggest to General Grosvonor, the great keynoter, that he go Into this campaign with the thrilling bnttlecry of "I)lck and liberty forever!" McKinley'? Fuglfmnn, I have one poignant regret touching the Philadelphia convention, and that la that for one brief, halcyon moment I cannot control the divers and sundry brass bands which will make the wel? kin ring on that occasion. IT I were in charge, just as General Grosvenor, the real leader of the Ohio Big Four ap? peared, followed by Senator Foraker, once fondly called "Little Breeches" by bis admirers and denominated "Fire Alarm" by those who loved him not, 1 would have all the bands strike up "Lo, the Conquering Hero Comes!" General Grosvenor's going to Phila? delphia as chief fugleman Is in keeping with the eternal fitness of things. He helped to rock the cradle of the Repub? lican party, and id one is better en? titled to follow its hearse. By long and distinguished service in the cause of McKinleylsm he has achieved "the bad eminence" of being chief mourner at its funeral. The Ohio platform is as remarkable for what It omits as for what it con? tains?that is, it would be remarkable If it had been made ty any other set of ineu on top of ground except Ohio Republican platform makers. I put in this saving statement because it will be remembered that in 189G the Ohio Republicans put such an amaz? ing and enigmatical financial plank in their platform that It remains an In? soluble marvel to this day. This time they practically ignore the Porto Ricau tariff bill and the princi? ple, "The less said the sooner mended," but If they suppose that by playing the role of ostrich and, hiding their head in the sand, they have shifted discus? sion as to that question, they are reck? oning without their host. They will have to debate that question, never fear, and to explain the president's change of mind and heart and Mr. Chairman Sereno K. Payne's lofty somersault and the mental acrobatic feats of certain other Republican statesmen. Great Acrobatlee. It waa, however, when they struck the trust question that tho Ohio plat? form builders achieved their greatest success In acrobatics. 1 don't know whether to give General Grosvencr credit for this, as the press reports say It was "added to the platform brought from Washington." However that may be, I regard It as a gem. Hero It Is: The Republican party of Ohio stsnds committed to legislative and executive opposition to the threatening conibinstions of capital that seek to restrict competition and atifle independent pro? ducers. We invite within our borders the capital? istic investment* that are material to the indus? trial development of the stste and the largest em? ployment of labor, but we insist that injurious combinations ahall be forbidden and so called trusts ahall be regulated from time to time and be so restricted to guarantee immunity from hurt? ful monopoly and assure fair treatment and pro? tection to all competing industries. I defy any mortal man to tell what It mean4, It appears to be an attempt to be all things to all men, thereby hoping to win some. It makes one diz? zy to try to fathom It. People not Im? mune to the vertigo and apoplexy will leave It severely alone. Self Nomlaated Don. There is one thing about the recent Ohio Republican convention to which 1 wish to particularly call the pro? found, prolonged aud prayerful atten? tion of Hon. William Eaton Chandler, senior senator from New Hampshire, as well as adviser In general to the universe antJ to the Republican party In particular. It Is the miraculous manner iu which Hon. Marcus A. Han? na "effaced" himself. It will be re? membered that some months ago Sen? ator Chandler Informed Senator Han? na by an open letter, public Interview or some such document that the best way to Insure success for the Republic? an party was for the former to "efface himself." At that time I pointed out to the Granite Mountain statesman and philosopher that he was "seeking the unattainable" after the manner of Boston transcendentalists; that invent? ing perpetual motion, extracting moon? beams from green cucumbers, binding Its odor to the lily or the sea to slum? ber stilly?all this was dead easy easy as falling off a log, and a slippery log at that?compared to the Job he had undertaken of inducing Senator Hanna to "efface himself." The task of Sisyphus and the labors of Hercules were holldny performances when brought Into competition with the work of effacing Mark or of inducing that Illustrious patriot to "efface him? self." Now, 1 am In posltiou to say to Senator Chandler, "I to'd you so." Mark did some "effacing" nt Colum? bus, but by what must appear a strange process to Senator Chandler it was the other fellow Mark "effaced" and not himself. Mark doesn't object to doing political murder, but he draws the line nt political suicide. It isn't re? corded that Mark's great prototype, the Old Man of the Sea, destroyed him? self. Au contrnlre. ns our Gallic friends would sny. Sindbnd gave him the coup de grace. I guess Senator Chandler hns read that entrancing story. Mark challenges admiration by the open manner in which ho practices in the last year of the nineteenth cen? tury -if not the Brat of the twentieth? that some men most men?-are horn into this world to he ridden and oth? ers?very few?tire born, booted nnd spurred, to ride the many. Mark is the self nominated boss rider lieliibridge Wharf Collapses* Bainhriihii:, Qn.i May s ?Tito Plant System wharf here Oollapsod Saturday morning. Tin crash came at an early hour ami only an engine ?r and a negro trefu OH Ike wharf. They narrowly es? caped with their lives. The wharf was hi'wvily laden with freight, which caused the wreck. A VISION BY AN BX-CAN _DIDATE. Campaign Reflections From Deep Down In the Soul of Guv. We note the candidates are striog fog out and getting ready for busi? ness, and we'll notify 'en that the Totere are organized and are ready for busi ness. Come out and come on ye afflicted bretberen, afflicted with what the doctors might term acabiea mamilla, which ia a biennial epideav ic that regularly attacks the commo eity, more or leas severely, and is 8:TTiply an itching desire to quit plowiog and to auck at the public pap. The candidate etage of this affection is quite serious, tho' never fatal. The most serious and trying stage is after you are completely cured. (Those patients who are per? mitted ever to get a taste of the pap are never cured.) The cure consists in wading into a stream called Pri mary creek There are three of these creeks Most of you sfflicted brethren will receive your cure in the very aidge of Ihe first stream, and, for your consolation, we'll atate that you'll be the most thoroughly cured and will not probably ever contract that type of scabies any more during your natural lives?and be safe after death Others will wade in more or lees deep before they are heeled and teatored to their right mind A. few may be able to cross over, and this only aggravates the aymptoma for a little while, and until tbey reaoh second Primary creek and still fewer, may be, will have to paddle a little in the rill called 3d Primary, but most of you will be prone to stand on the windward banks and sing, "On Primary's stormy banks I stand and cast a wistful eye. Ob, bow wist ful !" Well, we don't blame you, for tbat pap ii mighty sweet diet?we sacked at it once, in the long ago, aod atill say "You may break, you may ruin our hopes if you will, but the flavor of that pap will hang around still '' Well, you are a mighty sweet set, a mighty promis ing (?) job lot of suckers, you are, sod you'll find a mighty promising (?) assortment of voters just "a lay? ing for aookers" Mind what we tell you. You remind us much of a pack at a fox hunt, only you are of ?II breeds and qualities Some of you have already broke cover and given tongue to tbat resonant "(a) o-o-o D*c e P and are spread over the field, same after big meat and aome only "smell a rat" of so office somewhere, others are still in the woods trying to strik some more or less hot little trail aod then they'll also break cover and "(e) n o-u-n c e !" Then soon we'll blow you all up and the timbre of your voice will change to that shrill yelp, "ability, ability, abilityV Some of you, per? chance, will want to be sent to the stste house when tbat other institu? tion across town might be more ap? propriate and more beneficial to you ?and to us (We think this last suggestion will apply to a large portion of the recent occupants of the state house Bill Arp saya "the Georgia legialature is composed of 240 members?mostly fools"?and there are others. Others of you will offer for Bro Nash's place, and itch to sign yourself 00 OP and G S , and haply don't know what it signifies, and poasibly your concep tioo of the duties is some undefined idea tbat they will conaiat in furnish log Bro Bradwell with plenty of ink and stub pens and your own portion will be only to pose your oshum oum and dfgoitety in front of the judge's bench and learn to ssy "Yoowillwell andtrulytryandtruedeliveraocemake," and so forth. Well, Bro Nash might not be selected as a model for a statue of Apollo, but his oshum and dignitaty and suavitu in mode has passed satisfactorily aod compensa torily thus far. Some of you may possess more physiognomical pul cbritude, but then do you know the difference between a viniry fashus and addimus protestatio), or words to tbat effect ? Others of you will want to be sheriff, aod we bet you don't know how to handle a double back action brass rifle howitzer can non if Simon Cooper was to rise again home more of you would like to draw Bro Rembert'e sup sal ary and lick pot luck among the patrons. Yea, and there'll be jie more of you wanting Brc *d Moses' shoes (and box, too, we reckon) and be quite anxious about killed people, and heart failure aod congestion of the gizzard aud eich, and you'll promise "to the beat of my ability," et cetra, and wouldn't know how to proceed to bold an loqueec over a dead letter?perhaps And, Oh yes, there'll be some more of your pack that'll be yelping on the trail of county supervisor, which you opine you'll (a)Dorn better than Marion, and you'll be making us gilt edge promises, like the voters are going to make to you, and assure.1 us that we'll all have "a hard road to travel" ii you sre allowed to grade and work 'em Well, we are going to tote fair and give you a hard road to travel," too?the day alter the pri nary. But, Ob, you'll have a daisy time 'twixt now and then, for you II find the whole community affected with an epidemic, too, an epidemic of broad guago smile, and they'll feed your critter on the most succul? ent corn tops aud feed you on chick? en pie and water melon and other beverages sud much taffy, and all hmmmI ?Vc?c table Prep aration for As - similating the Food and Regula ling the S tomachs andBowels of INFAM S ( Hl LI)HEX Promotes BigesHcn^teerful ness andRest.Contains neither Opium >lorphine gor Mineral. Not Narcotic. Rtape of Old Dr SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Smsl" Mx.Sennm * ft?A*U* SJtt - Anitt Seid ? fifptrrmot - 1h QvtonUSmU * Clarified Sagmr . WJmYmmWyrSmVt f tmrWT. A perfect Remedy for Constipa? tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP Tac Simile Signature of NEW YOBK. At b month', old ]]Dosis - JjCl MS EXACT COPT OF WHAPPEB. wool, yard wide, promises You'll receive something leae than half roil lion of the very beet quality of these, free of coat, ooly we can't warrant 'em not to shrink This is owing to the dog gon managera of the pri? mary, who always did have a bull beaded way of insisting that the promises most be cbristslized into solid votes before they'd bsndle 'em, snd s bslf million promises some times most genersliy always most psn out more'n sbout half a gross of votes But you'll enjoy the "pre? cious promises'*' snd melons aod tafiy aod free board and wipin' the baby's nose end lie'n to the women thst that's the wsy you always do ot home, snd spilin' tbe men's breath with fuas X pop skull oot of a five X bottle. Yes, and you'll begin to think that tbe consolation of a camp meetV aint nothing longside the blessfnl bliss of a campaign?until primary day,?that direful dsy, when you'll be reminded of that verse in scripture which reads, 'I said in my haste all men are liars," snd you won't be in sny hurry when you say it aod add some stressful language not used for Sundsy school purposes And you'll think, too, of "This world is sll s fleeting show," snd "1 would not live always," snd you'll "Ask not to stsy " sny longer, but run yoor hsads down knee deep into your racoons pocketa aod head for home and pull oot that rosty sweep snd viciously koock it off and slap on a torn plow, and cuss st your critter es tho' it had been wsstin' time runnin' for office, snd dig tbe plow in deep, snd sorrowfully stsrt to bresking grsss roots sod covering bay, while you dolorously ponder if you ere aoy kio, now, to yourself s fsw dsys sgo Well, msy tbe Lord help you end bless you, and, by some miraole of grace, sav? you, if possi? ble Guv. Wee Nee, Msy 7, 1900. Special Rates on the Southern Democratic State Convention, Columbia, B.C., May 16th 1900?Round trip tickets will be sold May lotb and 16th, with final limit May ISh. Rate for ronnd trip from Sumter, 8. C , $2 25, Grand Lodge Meeting Knfgbtl of Pythias of South Carolina, Chsiiee'on, S C , May 13th, 1900?Round trip tickfa wiilbeeoid May 14th and 15tb, with final limit, May 19th Rate tor round nip from Sumter, S, O i $1 45. rireojea?'s Toereesssei, Orssnvtlie, S C, May 15th- 16tht 19C0?Kor individual* a rat?, of one Brat clar3 fare for the round trip. For, 6remen io par<i<*8 of teu or more oo one ticket, in uniform, rate from Sumter, ? 0 , will be $3 30 for tbe round trif Tickets will be sold May 1 *>tb, with bnul limit May 18th. ? We are cicsing out a lot of 40 cent box paper at 2> Centn a hex. Ic ie ?he biv(;eai value *>t?t r.ffered for tbe arte*. Wt* heugbt a bnrgai?) and will give our cu9trmers the !idvarnij?e of it. The lot Will ??<>' last hing at the ptice H. Q 08TBCM & CO Hani ocks at H. Q O.eeen A Oo'S. PATENTS Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat? ent business conducts*, for modfratc Ftta. Oup Officc IS Opposite U . s. Pattwif Ovricr. and wacansecurs patent m less tuna than .hose remote lrom Washhijxton. Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip? tion. Wc advise, if patentable or not, fice of charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. A pam**h let 4411?* lo Obtain Patents," with cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries seat free. Address, C.A.SNOW&CO. Oes. Patknt Orrtcc, Wabmingtow. O. C. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA tms etMTAwn company, ncw vom? emr. The Work of a Newspaper. In a aermon in the First Baptist church of Wilmington, N. C , Isst Sunday night, from the text : "The making of many books there is no end," Rev Calvin 8. Blackweil die cuaeed newspapers aa weil aa books Among other things, he declared that "the printing office is school, college and university for the brightest intel? lects of everyage," aod said : "A newspaper office is a school of unselfishness No other class serves a community so well and too often for so little pay either in cash or appro ? ciatioo Every day and night the newspaper ia doing free work for the general betterment of the community. If a lawyer was called upon by the city authorities to do for the city the same amount and no more valuable writing tb?n that which every news? paper does free every day the charge would be $50 or more. If the news? papers were to cease for a week it would be aa dark and loneeome as if the pall of an eclipse covered us, and Wilmington would be to the outside world practically as though she were not " It is refreshing to bear a man atand op in the polpit occaaiooally with a practical view of the great work that ia done by the newapapera. For the most part, preachers think they are doing their full duty toward the press of the oountry when they inveigh against sensationalism and Sunday newspapera; but this is barely touching the hem of the gar? ment of the work of a newspaper, and Mr. Black well baa spoken truly in wbst be had to say concerning the continuous work that ia done for the town in which a newapaper is pub* 11shed, end gratitoosly, but frequent? ly without the slightest evidence of appreciation on the part of the com? munity ?Augusta Chronicle RELIEF CAME. Mrs. E. C. COLYER of Salubrity, Ga., Aug. W 8th, 1898, writes: Ben-gt edicts has certainly V been a blessing to L my sixteen old daughter, was in wretched health and had missed four month Two bottles of Be * edkta have entirely restored her health. L jThe monthly periods have returned S * and arc now painless and regular, r year. SheF eu w adfr i , ^ Do you suffer from Painful. Irregular ! S or Suppressed Menstruation? Benedicta Bl X has eared many suffering women and t ^ will care you In the privacy of your^ fflhome, Without the necessity of physl- m ?elan's ex? aminations It s marvel Jjous .'ICtloti J on the dls <jj tlnctly fern jj l n I na o r ? 2 gans, heals ** and strong PLANTERS FEMALE ? REGl'fcVTOR ft ft ft ft > Jtti 'tis them sothat the monthly periods & : may t>o regular and palnleei. Headache. %j Dizziness, Nervousness, that draggingP jjaenaatton and those terrible pains in? "2 the bark, hips and abdomen quickly *3 disappear. , C Sold hy fill Drurjsist* or srnr pott paM fr,t I a. box of ?*Monthly" R*KUt*ttn? Pill? to |S In connoetton, is with oacii bottle M LADIES BLUE BOOK sent free to any ad % dress, a sample tiox of "Monthly" Reg m ulattng Pill? aent for He. tn stamps. H Address. Woman's l>epartment. New M Spencer Medicine Co.. Chattanooga, Tenn. " Mention thispaaer. iv V ?CF W"Vv ^^Fv^r^ Sold ?j Bugtioo-Ltgoa Co.