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BEARDING THE LIOiN IN HIS DEN. Bryan Makes a Dozen Speech es in 9 Republican Coun? ties in Indiana. Anderson, lod, Oct 5-The meet, ing which cbsec": here at IO o'cioci tonight was the lase of a ser:03 of : remarkably large political demonstra tioo made ia connection with th appearance io Indiana of W. J. Bryan the democratic- candidate Mr Bryai . left Indianapolis early this morning with the intention of visiting daring th day as many places as possible io wha is known aa the gas belt of the State and io parsoaooe of that parp?se b< almost oiroled the city of Indianapolis visiting no fewer than nine oouotie and making an eyeo dczon speeches a important manufacturing oe o tres. Al tbe communities traversed are consider ed republican io polities There wen - immense outpourings at all tbe towoi ??siced aod no interruption indication pronounced opposition occurred. Ot tho contrary, there*was at most piaoes much enthusiasm manifested by Mi Bryan's supporters. Trusts formed the subject of most of the speeobes of the day, but at Richmond Mr Bryan devoted ail his time to imperialism The presiding officer at the Rich mood meeting was Hon Henry U. Johnson, formerly a promirent member of congress and uotil reeeoiiy a pro nounced republican. Wheo be intro? duced Bryan, the latter was received with great applause by ooe of the ?t- largest audiences of the day The . speech at this place was prefaced by a reference to Mr Johosoo's ohacge of party affiliations Referring to Mr Johnson, he said : "Mr Johnson aod I served io the house together I knew of his ability theo and I knew of his iodastry. ? knew be was a ooosoientious man, even when he and I could not reach the same conclusions on political questions. I am glad that io this campaign be is '00 our side, and if any ooe wants to criticise Mr Johnson for leaving the republican party, I want to remind them that they did oot criticise demo? crats who left the party io 1896 to save the gold standard and if a mao can leave the democratic parry ia order to save the gold standard, why cannot a republican leave bis party io order to save the Declaration of Indepen? dence ?" Mr Bryan theo said that imperialism is not a prophecy but history aod said that we were taxing Puerto Ricans without giving them representation. "Xoor own president," said Mr Bry ao, "said it waa ocr plain duty to give free trade to Puerto Rico and your own member of ooo gre BS (Mr Watson) was opposed to the Puerto Bicao bill until the president called him to the White J House aod begged him to vote for the j t>ili " od asked him to do it, not for the ?ake of duty bat for the sake of party harmony Republicans, io the game of republican politics party harmooy is a higher card thao plaio duty. I want to ask you if voa are prepared to surrender everything for party har? ?OB}?" A HIT, A PALPABLE HIT ! While Mr Bryao was spe?kiog at Marios some ooe io the audience asked io re?ard to the North Carol to a law* Mr B -yan said : **My fneod, I am glad, you asked me that : I am prepared for you Now I am g'ins to assume that the republican who arked the question is an honest man. I am 50mg to ask bim about the the constitution of the republican State of 0" gon. ? will rtad a provision of tba: cons-ttu'.oo It savs : 'Seotion 35 No free nezro 0- mulatto ont residing :o th:s Stare at the time cf the adoption <>? rbi.'? coo3ti:u i >a shall com?, reside or be w:;hiii this State, bold any real estate or make any coo tract or maintain any such therein, and the legisla ive assembly eball provide by pena* 'aws for the removal by public officers of ail auch oe^roes and mulat toes end for their effectual exclusioo from rhe State and for tbe punishment of persons who ?hali bring them into the S*iTe or employ or harbor them ' '.That amendment was adopted before the civil war ; it makes it uoiaw fal for a free negro to co toto the State and it author z:s (be cfiners to pot him oat. Hut you say it is old Let me remind you that last June an effort was made to repeal that portioo of the ooo stitotioo aod the effort to repeal was defeated, although the State weot 10,000 Repob??cao But my friend, tray not have time to go to Oregon. If not I want to tell bim to go to tbe oiry of Washington That ia nearer. Go to Washington aod hod out what pro? vision the Republican administration has made for the voters of Paerto Rico **Why don't you correct that ? Bot if you haw not the time to go to Wash? ington, let me remind you, that your administration bas made the Sulu treaty aod tho Sala treaty provides that our flag eball float over the sul? tan's palace aod tbat we shall pay the sultan so muoh to keep it floating there. That flag floats today over Solu slaves and the treaty recognizes slavery as ao existing institution and instead of pro? viding that the slave shall be free, the Sula treaty provides in artiole 10 that he shall have the right to purchase bis freedom whenever he eau make enough working for nothing a day to buy him? self at the market price. There was never a more shameful pieee of hypoc? risy than is ths.t ander which the Re? publicans bide when they talk about southern amendments. It was a Re? publican congress that took the right to vote away from those in the District ul j Columbia and for thirty years the negro has been electing Republican presidents j and getting janitorships in return and " 50a never h?ar a modern Republican say Dothing for him except during - paigo when bis vote is needed Indianapolis, Ind, Oet 5 -W. J Bryan began his day's campaign a' Nobiesville. Ind. He arrived at i . o'clock acd spoke from a stand Dear the depot for 15 miou?es His audieoc* was large and liberal with its applause Mr Bryan rapidiy traced tbe Demo eratic position on all the issues of tb< j campaign. He said that the duty 0 y the nation is determined by the peoplt g and that if each man will do his ful t duty conscientiously next November the country's duty in the present emer * gency will be properly indioated. At Elwood, the audience covered ar g immense plat of ground near the depo t and Mr Bryan gave practically all 0 j the thirty minutes' speeoh to the trusl question He declared that no employ 3 er has a right to vote his employe. Mr Bryan referred to the visit 0 , President McKinley tc Elwood whee * the tin plate works here were opened, j saying : "Today the Republican party musl , meet its reoord on the trust questions, k 00 the army question aod 00 its colo ' nial policy. Whenever an institu? tion is opened, the Republicans make a great day of it apd invite distinguished people from abroad to be present at [ the opening, bot when a trust closes a factory they do not invite a president or anybody else to preside at the closing. "I find that the tin plate trust has closed ria piate mills all over the coun? try. I find that trusts organized to monopolize the trade and contral the market and fix the price of raw. mate? rial and finished product, and the price of labor, are today destroying industrial independence and condem mg our chil? dren to perpetual clerkship under mo? nopoly. "The Republican party is building up an industrial despotism that compels millions of peple to get 00 their knees in the morning and pray to the trust 'Give ns this day our daily bread ' " "I want to ask you whether you be lieve it is a good system." Mr Bryan again referred to the "closing down of a part of the works ! of the barbed wire and wire nail trnsr," as be put it, until after election, and asked : "What does it mean ? It means that the manufacturer when he has a monopoly will attempt to coerce bis employes." Io closing Mr Bryan said he wanted to see every private monopoly tn the United States destroyed, root and branch. A Night of Terror. "Awful anxiety iras felt foi the widow ef the brave Geo Bamham of Machias, Me, when the doctors said she could not live till morn? ing," writes Mrs S H Lincoln, who attended her that fearful night "AH thought she -oust soon die from pneumonia, but she begged! for Dr King's New Discover), saying it had more than once saved her life, and had cured her of consumption. After three small doses she slept easily all night, and its further use completely cured ?er " This marvelous medicine is guar anteed to eure all throat, vhest and lung dis? eases. Only 50c and $1. Trill bottles free ?it J F W DeLorme's drug store 1 Hester's Weekly Statement. Netv Orleans, Oct.. 5 -Secretary Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton exchange statement shows for the five days of October an iucrease over last year of 59,000 ; for the 35 days of the season that have elapsed the aggregate is behind the 35 days of last year 180,000 The amount brought into sight dur? ing the past week has been 414,321, against 410,625 for the seven dt.ys ending October 5 last year. The movement since Sept 1 shows receipts at all United States ports 877,141. agaiust 974.663 last year Overland, across the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers to northern milla and Canada 41,481, against 85,280 last year ; interior stocks in excess of those held at the close of the commercial year 167,641, against 192,007 last year ; southern mill takings 140,280, against 154,534 last year Foreign exports for the week have been 230.553, against 190,015 last year Northern mill takings and Canada during the past seven days show a decrease of 11,116, as compared with the corresponding period last year. The total takings of American mills, north and south and Canada thus far for the season have been 219,174, against 306,617 last year Stocks at the seaboard aud the 29 leading southern interior centres have increased during tbe week 105,738 bales, against an increase during tbe corresponding period last season of 129,592 The Minneapolis Journal (Republi? can) makes this confession : "It begins to look as if the race between McKinley and Bryan would be very much closer io 1900 than it was in 1896. This is a state of affairs so different from what was thought proba ble at thc time when toe nattooai con? ventions were held that it will crme as a surprise to many who believed Mo Kinley sure of a triumphant rc-etectioo. Conditions are by no means as favorable as they were in what are recognized 88 the pivotal states." WISDOM OF LEADERS AVERTED A CONUCT. Strikers Prevented Frorx Making a Disastrous Blunder. t J I H-1Z3??OO, Pa, Ozi 4 -AD uprising of striking miners in tho Sbauiokiu rc gion seemed imminent for severa hours late today, and there were fore bodings of a serious c'.asb between arm ed deputies and a large body of strik ers Prompt action of some of the cool headed officials of the miners' orgaoi zatioo Goally succeeded io averting tb belated conflict. Some 3.000 excite* strikers assembled at Mount Carve and, headed by a band of music, start ed a rcarob to North Franklin with th avowed purpose of foroiog those a work at the North Franklin colliery ti quit and join in the strike. This wa the only mine in operation in the re gion and the strikers had become an gered at the refusal of the meo tber to stop work The marchera were io an exciter and wrathful frame of mind. Whet they had covered three miles of theil march they were met by officials o their organization, who, after much per suasion, induced the men to abandoc their proposed trip The strikers ther turned back, though macy did so rc luctaotly. Meantime several hundred deputies had been rushed to TrovortioE on special trains and a serious conflict j could scarcely have been avoided had j the excited strikers arrived at the j scene and endeavored to oarry out their ! threats agaiost the workmen j Later it was announced that the effi j cials of the North Franklin to preveot j trouble would not operate the mine un j tii the strike was settled. Gen Gobio as a result of the threat? ened trouble rescinded his order for Battery C of the national guard to re? turn home tomorrow. The Eighth regiment left for borne this afternoon. Affairs are quiet in ali other 6sotions of tbe anthracite field today and the strikers scored important gatos in the dosing of additional collieries, in the Sohuykill district. With a cessation of operations at the North Franklin all of the Philadelphia and Heading com? pany's 39 collieries wiil now have oeased work. The point of attack by the United Mine Workers' organizers now is the Panther Creek valley in the lower Le high region, where the collieries of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation company have been in practically full operation since the strike began io tbe other sec (ions. Strenuous efforts are being put forth to induce the meo there to quit work and join the union. President Mitchell today said there was no- immediate prospect of a ooo ventiou of tbe miner* to ooosider the coocessioos offered by tbe operators Nooe of the Laokawana company's strikers availed themselves of the offer of increased wages if they should re? turn to work by today -^? - Only Three Per Cent of Miners Remained at Work Philadelphia Oct 3.-There were no developments of epecial importance to? day in thc miners' strike. An inter? esting feature was the Readiog com? pany's notice to its employes that io addition to its offer of a 10 per cent increase it was willing to enter into arbuiattoo with them relative to any grievances they may b?ve. None of tb* stri&ers, however, have indicated their intention to return to work. A ruHior gained circulation today that President Mitchell of the United Mice Worfiers had io conference with the presidents of the coal carrying rail? roads agreed upon a settlement of the strike Wheo informed of the rumor Mr Mitchell promptly denied it and said be bad nor bceu tn conference with either railroad cffieiais or coai opera tors. A secret conference of tbs "leading officials of the mioers' organization was held at Hazelton At its conclusion President Mitchell said the question of calline a joint convention bad not been censiderea He said that out of 142, OOO mine workers only about 5,000 are at work and these, he said, would be out in a short time. The time limit of the Laokawana company's offer of increased wages will expire tomorrow, but strikers gen? erally express their determination to pay no heed to the offer. - ? ? -? Birmingham, Ala, Oct 4.- A strike is on at Blocton, a mining town 40 miles southwest of this city, and tbe mines of the Tennessee Coal, Iron aod Railroad Company, employing over 1.000 miners, drivers and topmen, are idle Tbe strike is the result of the refusal of the oompany to accede to tho demand of 75 oents a lineal foot for takiog down the roof io rooms where the coal runs under a certain thickness. Ordered an Imposing; Fune? ral. Taku,Monday, Oct 1 -The dowager empress has deputed tho highest official of the empire to make all necessary arrangement for a most imposing fune? ral in honor of Baron von Ketteler, the late German minister to China. She bas also ordered thc erection of a suitable temple at th<' capital in his memory. PEOPLE ENTER VIGOROUS PROTEST ? Committee to Go to Atlanta Abour Railroad Rates. From all sides are coming the most i vigorous and earnest protests against ? j the action of the Passenger Associa j tion in raising the railroad rates to 1 i the State fair this year .These pro - ! tests do not come atane from the * ? people of Columbia, but many of the ' j mest vigorous ones have come from j people ail over the State The adju j tant general's office began to feel the * j effect of the increase yesterday when e ? letters came from several companies J ! who had given notice that they would I ! be here, saying that the rates made * it doubtful if they could come The 5 Charleston battalion is one of the 1 organization . that is likely to be kept 0 away if the circular stands Gen. 8 Floyd promptly wrote the railroad commission an earnest letter, and - asked that the matter be taken up im e mediately with tbe several railroads The State society, the city associa 1 tion and the Merchaots and Manufac 1 turers club have already prepared r protests President Evans of the f State society, who is also chairman * of the railroad commission, was here : yesterday Ile was astonished at ' the association's rates, and after consultation he will probably go to * Atlanta on Sunday accompanied by 1 Gen Fioyd and others representing the business interests of the city. Mr Evans said yesterday that the j roads got virtually the only profits j arising from ihe fair, any other j profits going to the business men of i Columbia, wbo are the chief patrons of the roads, and be for ose felt like saying to the roads if they wished to injure the fair with increased rates the society had no objection to call it off altogether and telling the people of the State exactly why. This sentiment has be?n frequently voiced in the past few days by men of more than ordinary standing and j infloeoce -The State, Oct 6. HEADACHE is enly a symptom-not a I disease. So are Backache, \ Nervousness. Dizziness and the | Blues.. They all come from art % unhealthy state of the men- I strual organs. If you suffer I from any of these symptoms- { if you feel tired and languid in the morning and wish you could | lie in bed another hour or two f -if there is a bad taste in' the | mouth, and no appetite - if f I there is pain in the side, back I I or abdomen-BRADFIELD'^ | j FEMALE REGULATOR will | i bring about a sure cure. The | I doctor may call your trouble | I some high-sounding Latin I I name, but never mina the name. j I Tile trouble is in the menstrual \ x organs, and Bradfield's Female . * Regulator will restore you to S j health and regulate the menses | I* like clockwork. f j % S ldh\ .i- :^,-..-. !. -C. SO?T?S. A fice i'.'-.'-\t&t ? I I THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CC. \ 1 j ATLANTA, GA. $ w?om--om*% j Fire Insurance Agency, ESTABLISHED 1866. ' Represent, among other Companies : j LIVERPOOL & LONDON * GLOBE, j NORTH BRITISH k MERCANTILE ! HOME, of New York. UNDERWRITERS' AGENCY, N. Y. I LANCASTER INSURANCE CO. Capital represented $75,000,600. j Feb 28. CHARLES G. LESLIE, 1 Wholesale and Retail Commission Dealer in Oysters, Game and Poultry. Stalls No. 1 and 2 Fish Market. Office, Nos. 18 and 20 Market Street. CHARLESTON, S. C. Consignments of Couniry Produce, Poultry, Eggs, kc , are respectfully solicited. Prompt returns made. Fish packed in barrels and boxes tor the country trade a specalty. Dec 6 x THE BANK OF SUMTER, SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Capital stock paid in, . $76,000 00 Undivided surplus. . . . 16,000 00 Individual liability of stockholders iti excess of tbeir stock, . 75,000 00 Transacts a general banking business ; also bus n Savings Bank Department. Deposits ol $1 and upward received. Interest allowed aj thc rate of 4 j er cent, per annum, payab.e sera i-anuuall v. W F. li. HAYNSWORTH, President. MARION MOISK, W. F. RHAMK, Vice-Preaidect. Cashier. 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Every graduate who completes a course thoroughly and wants a posi? tion is assisted to one. Letters from business men writing for their graduates are on file to prove that more are received than they have graduates to fill them. Special Summer Rates offer? ed to those entering not later than September the first. Good board for $10 per month. Write at once for catalog and full information. Address COLUMBIA BUSINESS COLLEGE, W. H. ?wherry, President.