The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 19, 1901, Image 8
HcLA?RIN'S DEMOCRACY.
Sis Position Stated Reviews the His
* -tory of the Purty- Differentiates
the Principles of Democracy From
?epubLicnni?m-Declares He Is Kot
at Variance With tbe Principies o?
tbe Great Men of the Past,
BES3TETTSVILLE. June 4.-Special: The
Joilowing correspondence explains itself:
FLORENCE, S. C., June 3. 19OL
Hon. John L. McLaurin. Bennettsville.
S. C.-Dear Sir: 1 have taken great inter?
est in the political outlook, and as a mat?
ter of instruction ask that you differen?
tiate between your views and the views
?etd by leading Republicans. Most of us
see no difference, but perhaps you can
show some difference; if so, please do it.
as I am not inclined co condemn you with
trat a hearing. Yours trulv.
W. F. CLAYTON.
BEKXETTSVILLE, S. C., June 4, 1901.
Mr. W. F. Clayton. Florence. S. C.
Dear Sir: In your letter of June JJ you ask
me **to differentiate between my views
and the views of leading Republicans, as
most of us see no difference." lam very
busy at this time, but will dictate a few
thoughts as they occur to me in reply to
your question. I do this with the more
pleasure because you have been opposed
to me politically, ba* show a desire to j
seek the truth. \
At the time of the adoption of the Uni?
ted States Constitution there were several
distinct plans of government proposed.
Of these plans the fight was made upon
two: the Hamil toman idea and the Jeffer?
sonian idea. Alexander Hamilton openly
maintained that the British Constitution
was the most perfect instrument of its
kind ever in existence. He wanted all
laws for the government of the States tc
be passed by the Congress of the United
States. He wanted the President of the
United States and the Senators to hold
office during good behavior. He wanted
the Governors of the States appointed by
the President of tba United States and he
wanted the Federal Government to as?
sume the debts of the State. He wanted
a strong Senate and a weak House of Rep?
resentatives, and openly proclaimed his
belief that the people were incaple of self
government. John Jay was sent as min?
ister to England in order to make a com?
mercial treaty, which would have placed
our commerce under the control of Great
Britain. The Hamiltonian idea was so far
carried out that he succeeded in prevent?
ing the incorporation of a bill of rights in
the Federal Constitution. Under his
leadership the Congress imposed the
excise tax, which made the rich
escape the burdens of taxation and
placed those burdens upon the poor. This
brought about the revolution in Pennsyl?
vania and came very near disrupting the
new Republic. Thomas Jefferson forced
the bill of rights into the Constitution as
an amendment. As minister to France he
succeeded in defeating the purposes of the
Jay treaty with England. Hamilton fa?
vored and Jefferson opposed the granting
of monopolies, the establishing of a United
States bank and the assumption of the
State debts by the Federal Government.
Associated with Jefferson were Madison,
Monroe, Samuel Adams, Albert Gallatin,
George Clinton and Benjamin Franklin.
Associated with Hamilton^ were John
Marshall, John Jay, John Adans and
Pinckney. The Democratic party has been
in continuous existence ever since the
adoption of the Constitution, while the
Federal party, of which the Republicans
are the successors, has passed through a
number of changes. The Federal party,
at first successful, finally committed sui?
cide by carrying their doctrine of a cen?
tralized government so far as to pass the
alien and sedition law. Under this law
the President was authorized upon his
own volition to expel from the country
any alien whom he might suspect as dan?
gerous to the peace and liberty of the
country, etc This radical measure crea?
ted a powerful reaction.
The Democ rats then remained in power
almost without interruption until 1S60.
During this time all of "the territory ac?
quired by the United States up to
was secured except the Territory of Alas?
ka, and every foot of it was encountered
by the vigorous denunciation of the Re?
publicans. , '?
During this entire time the Democrats
were the progressive men. They held to
the principle that the people should rule,
but that the General Government, while
keeping taxation at the lowest rate con?
sistent with good government, should ex?
pend the fund thus derived for the good .
of the whole people. In 1855 they favored
subsidizing the Pacific Railroad About
the same tim? they started the subsidy to
the Collins Line of steamships between
the United States and England. Based
upon the principle of the Jeffersonian
commercial treaty with France, they had
concluded treaties with all the principal
nations.and those treaties are still in force.
They had built up our foreign commerce
until it excited the wonder and admiration
of the entire world- They had-,' under
General Jackson, stopped imprisonment
for debt. They had fought two successful
wars with foreign nations. They had es?
tablished & credit throughout tue world
second to no nation on earth. They were
fighting for the principles of liberty ol
thought and action and the freedom ol
American citizenship. Matters of internal
concern the leaders of the party differed
about. General Jackson was the first tc
make a reciprocity treaty. The next reci?
procity treaty was made by Presiden;
Pierce. John Randolph, acting against th?
leaders of his party, voted against thc
Embargo Act, and was finally successful
in defeating that legislation." Clay, Cal?
houn, Cheves and Lowndes actively op- I
posed Pt es dent Jefferson in the matter ol
decreasing the army. The first proposition
of a protective tariff for the purpose ol
protection came from James Madison.and
Calhoun and Lowndesioined with Madi?
son in its favor. The Federalists opposed
protection. Clay and Calhoun favored
measures of internal improvement, and
Madison vetoed them Our great distinc?
tive foreign policy known as the Monro?
doctrine was a Democratic policy. The
Democrats de?eated the scheme" of th
Republicans to turn over Oregon ano
Washington to Great Britain.
The Democratic party Las never yet de
nied to any man within its lines the privi?
lege of free thought and free speech. Ii
has never yet failed to correct mistake*
when it has made them. It has lost nc
opportunity to build up the merchant
marine and open np our trade -with foreign
ports, lt opened up the Japanese port
when all of tae natioas of the earth ha',
tailed.
The party has never been inconsistent
and yet it has never stultified itself !>j
adhering to previous platforms when th?
conditions which demanded them har
changed. Until the Democrats ha?
denied the power in the Federal Govern
ment to make internal improvements. ant;
yet it was the first to advocate t::e grea;
improvement of the Pacific railroads anc
the Nicaraguan Canal.
In the matter of tariff it was a protec
ti'--ii :/ait:i .limier thc leadersh:^> r?f .Ja met j
^Madison; (Tel;lanni-for lree "i rTuTe" m L>75 !
for '"incidential protection" in l^f?; i
tariff for revenue only ia 1SS0, and in 18S-: i
the Convention said:
"Moreover^ many industries have com? j
to rely upon legislation for successfu.
continuance, so that any change of law
must be at every step regardful of th?
labor and capital "thus involved. The ne
cessary reduction and taxation can and
must be effected without depriving Amer
ican labor of the ability o compete sue
cessfuliy with foreign labor and withoul
imposing lo^er rates o? duty than will ht
ample to cover any increased cost cf pro
dkiction whi h may ev-: : . c -n<--:uence i
of the ni.h-r r:te :v u " . revxi.iag in
this ccuntrvv
taken into account in framing tariff leg
lation. It said: "Our established indi
tries and enterprises should not be endi
gered."
For more than half a century eve
Democratic Convention condemned a i
tional bank and firmly supported a met
lie currency. In lSs?, 1>84 and ISSS t
Democratic party declared in favor
gold and silver and paper convertible ic
coin on demand. In 1892 it favored t
coinage of both metals under an intert
tional agreement. In 1SSS the Republic
platform read:
"The Republican party is in favor of t
use of both gold and silver as money ai
condemns the policy of the Democrai
Administration in its efforts to demon
tize silver."
In 1892 the Republican platform w
identical in principle upon this questl
?with the Democratic platform of 1SS0, IS
and 1?S$.
j There have been protection Democra
! ever since Madison and Calhoun favor?
1 the protection doctrine. There have be<
! free trade Republicans from the found
j tiou of the Government.
I Such men as Samuel J. Randall, Jol
Randolph and John C. Calhoun alwa;
I spoke freely and clearly whether or m
they were in accord with the platforms i
their parties. The Democratic party hi
always favored freedom of speech aud a
tion." The Republican party has alwa]
sought to so centralize the Government J
to carry out the idea of Alexander Hami
ton. ?he Democratic party has been
party that has had for its policy the grea
est g'ood to the greatest number, while tl
Republican party, as a party, has believe
with Hamilton, its founder, in bestowin
benefits upon the few and only burder
upon the many, until these "fatter da
saints" have led the Democratic part
into socialism, while as to expansion an
subsidies the Republicans have taken ac
vantage of the situation and boldly gc
upon the Democratic platform.
They are now upon the currency qaei
tion practically where the Democrat!
party stood up to 1S96. They are now ac
vocating the reciprocity of Jackson an
Pierce. They are now advocating th
Democratic principle which is announce
.in the Democratic Convention of 1S56 i;
the matter of building the Pacific Rai]
road. They wan: to apply that principl
to our foreign commerce. "Whenever th
Republicans are forced to abandon thei
own policy they take up Democratic poli
cies, and the Democrats are asked to op
pose those Democratic policies becaus
they have been adopted by the Republi
cans.
The Democrats of this country mus
stand together and restore their party t?
the power which was theirs. They carmo
do it by condemning that which is gooc
because the Republicans endorse it. no;
can they do it by going off after strangi
and unsound policies in order to secun
some votes which might otherwise be Re
publican. The fight of Hamilton ant
Jefferson is still on in this country, anc
will be until it is fought to a finish
Either we will have an aristocracy or wt
will have a republic. Are the Democrat
to discard their fundamental idea of th(
liberty of the individual and freedom o]
thought and action by refusing to recog
nize as members of their party those mer
who have always fought its battles in th?
past, but who in the present believe that
some of its policies are not the policies ol
the true Democracy!' The true Democracy
isa progressive party. It progressed as
no other party ever has done, and the na?
tion prospered by reason of its wisdom and
its administration of public affairs. It
cannot prosper if it is to oppose the exten?
sion of our foreign trade, the creation of
new markets, the upbuilding of our com?
mercial and industrial interests and the
freedom of the individual. If rhe Repub?
lican party, the record of which shows it
to have been a party forbidding the free
exercise of speech, concentrating the
wealth of the country in the hands of a
few, burdening the people by excessive
taxation and conducting public affairs for
the benefit of private citizens; if that
party is to be allowed to turn its back
UDon its record and, by adopting the pro?
gressive features of the Democracy, be?
come the party of progress, then the Dem
ocratic party, having allowed its oppo?
nent to appropriate its principles, can no
longer live.
Lbelieve that the Democratic party does
not exist for the mere purpose of oppos?
ing whatever, the Republican party may
suggest, j believe that it lives, as it has
lived in times' past, for the purpose of
adopting that which is right and discard?
ing that which is wrong, and conducting
the affairs of State so as to make all men
equal under the law.
The record of the Democratic party upon
the money question has always been in
favor of gold and silver coined at such a
ratio as will maintain their parity and
paper money convertible into coin at the
will of the holder. There is not a line in
any Democratic platform fixing the ratio
of silver and gold prior to 1896. There is
not a line in any Republican platform ad?
vocating or opposing the ratio of 16 to 1
or any other particular ratio. There
were strong men in the Democratic party
in favor of the free coinage of silver; there
were strone men ia'tne Republican party
in favor of the free coinage of silver. The
Republican party adopted the first free
coinage platform. Although silver was
demonetized by Republican legislation iu
1873 the only objection to that" Act made
prior to 1S96 came from the Republicans,
who had passed the Mintage Act, under
which silver was demonetized. After
twenty-three years' silence the Democrat?
ic party condemned the Act of 1873, under
which silver was demonetized. The Re?
publicans answered bv abrogating their
previous platform and indorsing for the
first time the monetary system for which
they were responsible. At that point both
parties split. Silver men withdrew from
the Republican party, and gold men, as
they were called, withdrew from the Dem?
ocratic party. There were more Demo?
crats who withdrew on account of their
belief in the monetary system than there
were Republicans who withdrew on ac?
count of their opposition to it. The resuli
was that after a magnificently fought
campaign the Republiccns were success?
ful, and the Democratic leaders all agreed
that this Republican success was due to
those Democrats who had left their party
and voted either the Gold Democratic
ticket or directly for the Republican tick
et. Th? Democratic party showed that it
was not dead, and when it is taken into
emsider^;;"^ iL? ?cmo^r^iic Ad?
ministration went into po?T'T?t tue t????e
of one of the greatest panics from which
this country has e<-cr suffered, it is re?
markable that the figures should show,
as the}' do. that had the party been united
it would have been continued in power.
Acting under their platform the Repub?
lican partv pased certain legislation
which settled the financial question in ac?
cordance with their wishes. There came
about a season of prosperity, n >t caused
by this legislation, but by numerous other
matters which politics had nothing to do
with. This per:o;l of prosperity carried
with it great business transactions. These
transactions were conducted under the
financial legislation already mentioned.
Some ot the >tp>nL:est advocates of th<
free coinage of silver in Doth parties took
a conservatie view of tue situation, and
held that it had required over twenty .
years and two p mies to change from tin I
farmer system to the present one. and !
that a change back again would require i
equal tim" and cause a great disturbance j
to our business interests. They believed
that, although the question has been set- I
tied wrong, nusiuess had been so adapte 1 i
to the present condition that any change !
of a radical character would cause wide- j
spread disturbances. Showing that thc j
fundamental principles which have al wars
divided the Republican and the Demo?
cratic part:es were unchanged. t!j<se
Democrats who were convinced that the
unlimited coinage of silver at a ratio ot
16 toi would prove disastrous neverthe?
less remained in their p.irty. and in sev?
eral States the dele^ati jn.j;ent to .Kansas
" 1
TZlj TT?T? "CSSSpcsT <-' "?"..-oa..'.* rr
toa maa opposed the free hi ver plan
It was understood that William J. Bry;
should once more lean the party. It w
also understood that those opposed to t
16 to 1 plank were not opposed to h
leadership. They had no requests to ma
of the Kansas City Convention concernii
candidates. They went there determin
as far as possible to have their part
which abandoned its past principles ai
stultified itself in 1893 by an unhollv al
ance with the Populists and Socialist
placed backed upon its own old mooring
and adopt a straight and Democrat
platform. They were willing that i,
Populists should have the candidate
they were allowed to preserve the prim
pies of the grand old partv.
What did these men ?nd when th?
reached Kansas City? They found Wes
ern delegations in which not a single mi
had been a Democrat in 1892. These ni<
demanded a reiteration of the 16 to 1 plat
of the Chicago platform. The propositu
was made to them that they could ha'
both candidates, and they could have ai
planks they wanted, which are not Socis
istic or Anarchistic, and all the Democra
asked was that their party be preserve
by maintaining its reputation as a sa
and conservative organization. John V
Daniel, of Virginia, as thorough a belie
er in the free coinage of silver as any ma
in his party, and one of the grande:
characters in the United States Senat
worked liked a beaver day and night to ti
to convince these Western delegate
that their policy were suicidal. Go
ernor Smith, of Maryland, told them th*
the Democrats could carry Maryland wit]
out that plank and could not cary Mar
land with it. Gen. St. Clair, of West Vi
ginia, worked until 4 o'clock in the mon
ing with that committee and then wei
back to his delegation, saying: "Boy
we are ruined." Tom Taggart of Indian*
himself a silver man, worked liked a bea*
er to keep that plank from being inserte
and served notice upon his party thz
the Democrats of his state were not i
sympathy with it and would not vote fe
the candidate if nominated upon such
platform. The vote was taken and onl
fifteen States voted in favor of 16 to :
The Western delegates weakened on th
night of July 4 and so apprised Mr. Bryai
By telephone message to his leader, Mi
Metcalf, of Nebraska, he informed th
Convention that he would not accept th
nomination if the iteration of lo to
was not in the platform. It was then to
late to select another candidate, althoug
meetings were in progress by at leas
twenty State delegations, denouncing th
man who would sofardese.t :he Demc
eratic principle that the majority sha]
rule as to refuse to accept a nominatio:
upon a Democratic platform that did no
contain this new principle of Democracy
It was too late to concentrate upon an
other candidate and Mr. Bryan was nomi
nated. The remark was general arnon;
the Democrats on the trains as they wen
to their homes that they had been com
pelled to surrender and there was no hop
of Bryan's election. The Hastern leader
were not surprised when Bryan was de
feated by a greater majority cf popula
and electoral votes than in the election o
li9o\
When such men as Senator Vest. Dava
B. Hill, Grover Cleveland and Don M
Dickinson discussed the reorganization
Mr. Bryan replied in an editorial in tb
Commoner, the plain purport of whici
was that he considered himself the Demo
eratic party and declined to be reorgan
ized\ He has on various occasions in tb
Commoner read out of the party all mer
who were not willing to sacrifice all Dem
ocratic principles to the interest of th<
silver question. He attempted to defea
Carter Harrison in Chicago and the regu
lar Democrtaic nominee for mayor in th!
city of St. Louis because they were Demo
cra'ts first, and did not believe that th?
Democratic party should sink into obliv
ion by reason of an issue which has beer
gallantly fought for, but irretrievable
lost.
The old line Democrats declined to bc
driven from their party by a man who,
during ten years of political life, had beet
a Democrat*, a Populist and a Socialist.
The only office which William J. Brya:
ever held he was elected to by tue Popu?
lists, it being impossible for the Demo?
crats to secure an election in that dis'
trict.' He acted with the Democrats in
Congress, but-. distinctly stated that he
was not bound by a Democratic plat
form.
As a side partner of Mr. Bryan, and
sharing with him in the nomination o:
the Populists in 190 ', is another brilliant
orator from the State of Minnesota. I re?
fer to Charles A. Towne. Mr. Towue,
like Mr. Bryan, became famous in a day
by reason ot" his ocatory.and has remained
famous as a political? lightning'change ar
list. His autobiography, published in the
Congressional Directory of the 54th Con?
gress, reads as follows :
"Charles A. Towne, of Duluth, was born
November 21, 1S"?S. in Oakland County.
Michigan; educated in common schools
and the University of Michigan; admitted
to the Bar in li<S6 :' removed to Duluth in.
1890: took p^rt in every campaign from
1S76 down, but never ran for office until
elected to the 54th Congress as a Republi?
can, receiving 3 ,457 votes, against 15,S3d
votes for Melvin R. Baldwin, Democrat,
and ?.475 votes for Kittel Halvorsen, Pop
ulist."*
The next issue of the Congressional Di?
rectory conveys the startling information
that Charles A. Towne was d-feated on
the Populistic ticket by the Hon. Page
Morris. The most remarkable speech that
Mr. Towne made during his term in Con?
gress was one in which he said that, while
young, "his record as a Republican waa
unimpeachable,'* He had inherited it
">ntM fa-s fo-t.hxX-am*L bia tzraudl&iher/"
He Hau oe??? ""rocked in a. Kepubucan
cradle" and had alwavs lifted up his voice
in behalf of the Republican party."'
Within a few weeks after this remarkable
speech he had walked out of the only Re?
publican Convention to which he hau ever
been a delegate and joined the Silver Re
gublican party. He went home as a Silver
iepublican and two weeks later way nom?
inated for Congress as a Populist and en?
dorsed by the Democrats. He was nomi?
nated as Vice President by the Populists
and then went to Kansas City and pro?
claimed to the Democratic Convention
that he was only masquerading as a Pop?
ulist and Silver Republican, and. as a
matter of fact, was a simon pure Demo?
crat. He then received as a Populist from
the Populistic Governor of Minnesota a
thirty-day appointment as Senator of the
United States, and placed himself under
the direct management of Senators Petti?
grew and Butler, one a Republican and
the other a Populist.
"When a ptrty of men are willing to see
their party go down in defeat in order
that one issue may be maintained they
either believe that this issue lies at the
very foundation of all government, or else
they have some ulterior motive. In the
case of the silver issue experience has
proved that, whether or not the free coin?
age or siavr is beneficial and the wisest
system of finance, yet the perpetuity of
our institutions does not depend upon it.
It is not an issue of such magnitude as to
justify the disorganization of a political
party in a vain attempt to establish it.
And yet there can be no doubt that the
leaders of the Democratic party, wh<> wert1
responsible for forcing that issue in 1900,
knew when they did so that they were en?
dangering the life of the party, without
in any way making it possible tocarrv out
t heir design, even though elected, "liad
the Democratic party succeeded the Dem?
ocrats ?roiu the states which voted against
that plank "ou?d have voted against the
legislation. This would have defeated
any Act sough? to be passed for the free
Coinage of siiVer.
Had every state which voted for the ?ree
and unlimited coinage of silver in the con?
vention of l??oij elected every congressman
a Democrat they could not have carried
that legislation. Tue Democrats them?
selves from the st ?tes opi>o-ed to it would
have defeated it. Il the entire hons:- of
repit?-ij?tatx?ts. Lgd been. Democratic a
B?t*. : ~yi.r r. iv.r .v/jnrr/ p. SSTTUTTT. mjy
tnt* votes of the ?:a es in the Democratic
convention, would nave opposed tbe free
, coinage of ?diver. Theu what was the ob?
ject of th-se men? It would seem that
there could oniy be one solution. The
. delegates from the Wext were personally
interested in the free coinage of silver for
the reason that, if carried out. it would
open up the Western silver mines and
double the value of Western property.
The east would have been injured only by
the unsettling of business. The East and
I the West could by a coalition obtain com?
plete control of the finance and commerce
of the south. All con tracts would have been
gold contracts. Under the free coinage law
there would undoubtedly be a provision
by which the Western bullion would be
Eresented to the mint by the Eastern
anks and form a basis of permanent and
constant credit for all Western transac?
tions. The banks would control the bul?
lion and the rates of exchange, and thus
what they would lose by the depreciation
of contracts not already in gold they
wouid about make even through their
Western connections. But the South pro?
duces no bullion. It would have no need
for maintaining a reserve in the East such
as would be created for the benefit of the
West by the bullion.
All of its contracts would be gold con?
tracts. For all of its money it would be
dependent upon the Eastand be compelled
to pay whatever rates the Eastern banks
saw fit to charge. Then a part of the
same scheme was to prevent the Demo?
cratic policy of the repeal of the tax upon
State banks, in ord.-rto prevent the South?
ern States from having any circulating
medium whatever for local purposes. The
West would have its silver as a basts for
obtaining the told and the Enst wouid
control the gold; the South wou'd b? pre?
vented from even having paper, and would
be under the absolute and complete and
perfect control of the East and West.
When I made a fight in the House for
the repeal of the 10 per cent tax Mr. Bryan
voted against it, and I invite your atten?
tion to his utterances at this time, which
fully confirm what 1 say. Congressman
Bailey of Texas, one of the ablest men in
the United States, called my attention to
the minister attitude of Mr.* Bryan at the
time. The Western silver mine owners
were supposed at the time of the Conven?
tion to put up the money for the cam?
paign. But the East had become sb lan;ely
interested in the newly organized indus?
tries of the South, and so much Eastern
money had been withdrawn ?rom the
West, and found profitable employment
in the South, that the Eastern bankers
saw that they had as much to lose by such
an arrangement as they could possibly
gain anu declined to enter the arrange?
ment demanded by the Western mine
owners. At this point, which occurred
when the campaign was at its height, the
promised contribution to the Democratic
treasury failed to come in and several
wealthy silver mine owners made visits to
New York, then returned to their homes
and joined the Republican party.
Think of Senator Stuart forgetting the
"crime of '73'.''
Up to this time a number of States
were admittedly doubtful. Those of Mary?
land, New York. West Virginia and In?
diana were notably so. But when the
financial scheme fell through there was
no longer any doubt as to the outcome of
the election, and the doubtful States all
gave greatly increased Republican ma?
jorities.
The trouble with the South has always
been its clinging to traditions and its lack
of practical wisdom in preventing the
other sections from imposing upon them
by under-handed means. The South is
solidly Democratic, for nowhere in the
world is there a greater love for freedom
of speech, liberty of thought and action,
and absolute justice, which are the foun?
dation stones of the Democratic party.
But they were asleep in 1^96 and 1900, and
totally ignorant of the reasons for this
new issue being forced upon them. It
was in the Democratic platform and they,
therefore, voted for it. Now it behooves
them to consider why it was in that plat?
form, and they will learn that instead of
being Democratic it was a counterfeit to
be spurned and cast aside.
The South should now take advantage
of the fact that it controls the Democratic
party and see to it that those principles of
justice and equality which lie at the foun?
dation of Democracy are not again de?
parted from, and that no scheme .for the
enrichment of any section for the benefit
of any other section shall ever again be
incorporated into a Democratic platform.
When I called you over the -phone for
permission to make my reply public I did
not expect it to grow to such length, but
.it is a great theme and its importance is
my apology. Yours respectfully,
JOHN LOWNDES MCLAURIN.
How to Lie When Sleeping.
The correct posture for sleep is to lift
on the right side with the limbs stretch?
ed out to their full length and the arms
either straight down by the body or In
any comfortable position, provided they
are not raised above the head. The
mouth should be closed, and ali the
muscles of the body should be relaxed.
The lungs work with greater delib?
eration during the hours of sleep, and
if the arms are raised above the head
at this time and for any period the ac?
tion of the heart drives the blood away
froth the arms and sends it to the head,
frequently making one very restless
when it does not prevent sleep entirely.
-American Queen.
PRETTY IRISH GIRLS.
Wily the Lasses of the Emerald Isle
Are Beautiful.
The Irish peasant girls have long
been famous for their beautiful, clear
skins and healthy complexions. They
owe much of their loveliness to the
moisture of the climate and the sim?
plicity of their lives. Plain, wholesome
fare and rainwater for the wash basin
fell their own tale. No matter how
homely are the features of the genuine
peasant girl, her skin is almost invaria?
bly soft and firm, the arms nicely
rounded, the eyes brilliant and express?
ive.
There are no eyes finer than these of
the healthy daughter of Erin's isle.
Soft and tender one moment, to Mash
with passion if aroused: dark blue,
gray or brown, the Irish eye is pecul?
iarly lovely and possesses a luster all
its own. Long lashes shadow these be?
witching orbs-lashes that curl upward j
to sweep the cheek when the face is
betrayed into blushes.
So much time is sp??nt out of doors
that the feet, usually bare, become en?
larged. The ankle, however, is usually
well shaped and neat, the instep high
and the skin of baby fineness. The
Irish girl of humble station is proud
of ber shapely feet and believes that I
walking through the grass before sun- j
rise in summer enhances their beauty, j
which, of course, it does.
No need to powder that fair skin-it
owes its peachy bloom to health, happi?
ness and the freedom of outdoor life;
no need to resort to the rouge pot-the
roses are there hard and fast, nature's
own coloring. The bands may be rough
by hard work, not diminutive, but
shapely; the hair burnished and often
luxuriant-London Answers.
Northwestern Railroad,
TIME TABLE KO 3
In Effect Sunday, Jone 9, 1900
BETWEEN WILSONS MILL AND SUMTER
Southbound Daily ex Saoday Nortncound
73 Mixed 72
p at STATIONS p M
2 00 LT Sumter Ar 12 30
2 03 Som Jonction 12 27
2 17 Tiodal ll 55
2 30 Packsfiile 1130
3 00- Silver ll C5
310l U;II*.,A ?10 45
4 30/ Mll,ar? i IO 15
3 50 Sammerton 10 IG
4 30 Davis 9 40
4 45 Jordan 9 27
5 15 Ar Wilsons Mill Lv 3 10
BETWEEN MILLARD AND ST PAUL
73 75 Daily ex Saaday 72 74
PM A M Mixed A M PU
3 10 10 15 Lv Millard Ar 10 45 3 30
3 15 10 25 Ar St Pani Lv 10 35 3 20
BETWEEN SUMTER AND CAMDEN
69 71 Mixed 68 70
M AM Daily ex Sonday PM AM
4 50 10 00 Lv Somter Ar 4 20 9 00
4 52 10 02 N W Jonction 4 18 8 58
5 17 10 22 Dalzell 3 50 8 25
5 35 10 32 Borden 3 25 8 00
6 00 10 59 Remberts 3 05 7 40
6 15 10 ?5 Ellerbee 2 55 7 30
6 35 ll 20 Son Ry Jnuction 2 40 7 IC
6 45 11 30 Ar Camden Lv 2 30 7 00
PM AM (SC&GEx Depot) PM A M
THOS WILSON President
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Cbn?eased Schedule ia Eifect Jan. 17, WI.
fro.ll No. af
tally Dt?y
"AASTZRX TVZS.
No. ?. Ucf?
?Daily. Dall?
? 20p? 7 OCa Lv... Charles*^ .
. O?p 7 41a " .. Summerville .
?80p< 8 55a " ...Branchvue.
53p 9 23a ** . ..Oran ge our e..
847pl015a " ....Engrille...
Arjll l?a"
. ?lu ?jo*,)
M S loa 6 V.T:
, " 8 4la! ??o*
M 7 5?S! 4 4- 7
,1130a Ar
.?ll Wai " .
.Camden.
...Lvi
...Lv
9 S5p ll pQa! Ar.... Columbia.Lv 7 10? 4JXj
52upj 7 O?a Lv... Charle?:'>a .. .Ar ifTOs TT>
730p 915a '* ...Branchville... " b*j& '.''J>J
T55p! 9 40a ** ....Bambers .... u ?-Ti ra,T
805p; 9 50a M .... Denmark.... " 8 Ua i l i
' 824p 1007a " ....Blackviii?." ?j.n 5**
924p!lluCa ".Aiken."4 r<&&? 3 5..?
102?p ll 50a Ar. Augusta and Lr" l S .Va1 3 1rs_
NO'1'.fcl: Iii adc?uoa to me above *?rvi t
trains Nos. 15 and lo run daily between Charles
ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Punmaa
sleeping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston ll :/J p.
m. :arnve Columbia 6:00 a. m. No. 13 :env?
Coiumbia 1 :S0 a. m. : arrive Charleston 7 ruo a
m. Sleeping car? ready for occupancy at 9 :<A
p. m. both at Charleston and Columbia. Th=?<
trains make close connections at Columbia
Ida Limited between Blackville, Aik^n an?. Ao
gusta. No 81 leaves Blackville at 6:48 a m.:
Aiken 9.40 a. m.; Augusta 10.20a. m. ??To. ??
leaves Augusta 6.80 p. m. ; Aiken 7.15 p. m '
Blackville i.05 D. 32. Pullman Drawing Roora
sleep?ra between Augusta, Aiken and NVw
York. Trains Nos. 6 and ll carry Si egan t Pull
nan Parlor Cars between Charlest on, suissur
rille and Columbia, connecting at Columbi?
with tho Famous New York and Florida Lim
Ked._
.Ex! Sun. Ex.
j bun. onlv; .Mun.
Lv. Augusta
Ar. S anders ville.
" Tennille.
7 00a! 9 Wa! 5 ?r?
100p|1243pi 8 32;
130p 12 5J? 8 4jp
LT. Tennille.
" Sanders ville.
Ar. Augusta.
? 5 4?a! 35^pi S lo?
j 5 50a! 4(Vpi 3 2-:;
I 9GO?! 710T>! SHU?
?Da?yLaUy^;^
Lv. Savannah.12 3fia?12 55p 430p
" Allendale. 8 40a1 ?55p.
" Barnwell.I 4 18a 4 25pl.
M Blackville. 4 2Sa? 4 39p| 813p
Ar. Batesburg.|..! 8?p
Ar. Columbia.. 6 ICaj 015?; 945p
?Daily
Lv. Columbia.Ill Sua
Lv. Batesburg
Ar. Blackville_
" Barnwell.
** Allendale_
" Savannah .
MOp
124p
155p
8??p_
na?l ! Mix
115a
2 5Ta
312a
3 45a
5 COal
680a
10 30s.
11 tOd
ll 80s,
Dally
exMc
708a
888?
10 20?
Atlanta and Beyond.
Lv. Charleston-.i 7 ??a 520p
Ar. Augusta....;..Ill 50a lOSOp
M Atlanta...4..: 820p 5 00a
LT. Atlanta. .fl0 85p 5 30?
Ar. Chattanooga.? 2 4Caj 9 45a
400;
840?
Lv. Atlanta..I
Ar. Eirm.r-ghm. .
?? Memphis.(viaBir'mgam)!
Ar. Lexington
" Cincinnati.
'* Chica jro.. .
6 00a
12n'n
S05p
9 31a; 505D
12n'n! 730p
S3op; 715a
Ar. Louisville.
" St. Louis .
4Jp
04a
10 00p
715?
5 00i
7 t?*
580T
T 50e
600r
Ar. Memphis, (viaChatt) 1.1 710p? 7 40?
To Ashevill?-Cincinnati-Lonixvill?>.
XJLSTERN TliiE.
Lv. Augusta.
" bai Coburg. .
Lv. Charleston.._
Lv. Colurnl ia t Union Depol).
Ar. >vs.rT&nburg .
M Asheville .
" En' xvii]?.. .
** Cinoinnnati.
" Louiiville f via Jel?icoh...
;NO134:*O18<
Daily Daily
3(Op: 9 30?
<43p'12Cfo
7 ??a'll OlT
ll ?aa; S -J?a
b H-p ll 25s
7 lop 2 4Sp
4 liai T 3?5
7 30p| 7 45s
. 6 60s
To Washington and the East.
LT. Ar. ?us'a. .! S'.vpi
"? E?tenbi*.rg.; i48p;12u7*
'* Columbia (Union Depot).I 600p 2 1J*
Ar. Charlotte.. .. ..... .j f'i??pi 945?
Ar. I>3nvil>. .i?Tsia1 18a;
Ar. Richmond . .: fiT?Ga' ??5j
Ax. V.'aohiiigton..?TTi&i ?&>:
.. Baltimore Pa. R. B.; ? 12a,1125i
" Philadelphia..?ll 35A 2^*
" New York.1 gjfc
+ D:dly except Sunday
S:t-.';;;ug Car Li'ie hr^w^en Charleston an.
Atlanta, via Augusta, makiri connections a
Atina!a for ali joints North and West.
Collection at Atlanta with Chicago anc
Florida special, daily except sun cay. Mor
luxurious train in the world.
Ccniiec. ions at Columbia with through trail'
for V'ashingtiia and :he Eist ; also f jr Jacksc!
rille and ali Florida Point?.
FBANK b. GANNON, J. M. CULP.
Third V-P. ir Cren. Mgr., Traf?c Manager,
Vaehington, D. C ashing iou, D. '
ROBT, W. HUNT.
Liv. Aft.,
, Charleston, 8. C.
& S. HARDWICK, W. H. TAYLOR
Ge*:, ra** Asrt.. Asst. Gen r'ns-? Agt..
Washington, T> C Atlanta. Ga.
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ient business conducted for MODERATE FEES.
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?rcmotc ?rorn Washington. ^
% Send modci, drawing or photo.* with dcscrip-<
jtton. We advise, if patentable or not, free of J
j charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured. <
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[cost of same in' the U. S. and foreign countries J
tsent free. Address,
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\ OPP. PATENT OFFICE. WASHINGTON. D. C.
ATLANTIC COAST LIE
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.
Wilmiogtoo, N. C., May 20th, 1901
Fast JLine
BETWEEN
Charleston ai Coln! anil Upper
Sot Carolina,
AND
NORTH CAROLINA,
CONDENSED SCHEDULE
Going Weet.
No 52
Going East.
No 53
?a m
7 15
8 35
9 51
11 23
p m
12 34
12 47
1 32
1 50
3 25
3 20
Lv Charleston, SC Ar
Lv Lanes, SC Ar
Lv Sumter, SC Ar
Ar Colombia, SC Lv
Ar Prosperity, SC Lv
Ar Newberry, SC Lv
Ar Clinton, SC Lv
Ar LanreDB, SC Lv
Ar Greenville, SC Lv
Ar Spartatborg, S C Lv
*p m
8 50
711
5 53
4 20
3 07
2 52
2 IO
i 5a
12 IS
12 IO
P rn am
7 13 Ar WioDSboro.SC Lv 10 18
9 20 Ar Charlotte, NC Lv 8 10
pm am
6 11 Ar Hendersoville, N C Lv 9 02
7 15 Ar Asheville, NC Lv 8 60
?Daily.
Nos 52 sod 53 .?clid traies between Charles,
ton and Greenville, S C.
HM Emerson,
Gen'l Passenger Agent.
J R Keoly, T M Bmerson,
Geo'I Manager. Traffic Maoaper
ia El
IBJ.
Schedule No. 4-lo e5ect 12.01 a. m , SOD
December 24, 1899.
Between!
Camden 8..C. aed Blacksbcrg, S. C
WEST
EAST".
2d cl
*35
let cl
?33
Eastern time.
1st cl
?32
2dct
?34
pm pm STATIONS. pm pm
8 20 12 5C ;Camdea 12 25 5 30
8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll 02 4 50
9 ?0 1 ,T Westville ll 50 4 30
10 50 1 40 Kershaw 11 35 4 1a
11 20 2 10 Heath Seringa ll 20 3 15
11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hil: 11 15 3 00
12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55 2 35
2 CO 2 f 0 Riverside 10 40 1 00
1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 40
1 30 3 10 Catawba Jonction 10 20 12 20
2 50 3 20 Leslie 10 IC ll 00
?3 10 3 40 Rock Hill 10 00 10 40
?4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 % 8 20
4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 00
5 30 4 20 Yorkville 9 15 7 30
6 00 4 35 Sharoo 9 00 6 5c
6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20
?6 35 5 00 Smyrna ; 8 35 6 00
;7 00 5 20 Blacksbnrg; 8 15 5 3Q
m p m ? ci a ED
Between
Blacksbnrg, S. C., acd Marion, N C
WEST
a AST
2d cl
*11
1st cl
?33
Eastern time.
1st cl
*32
2d cs
?12'
a m
8 10
8 30
8 40
9 20
10 00
10 10
10 25
10 50
11 15
ll 35
11 45
12 05
12: 25
121 50
v m
D m
5 30
5 45
STATIONS.
Biacksburg
Earls
5 50 Patterson Borings
6 00 Shelby
6 20 Lattimore
6 28 Mooresboro
6 38 Henrietta
6 55 Forest City
7 10 . Rutberfordton
7 22 Millwood
7 35 Golden Valley
7 40 Thermal City
7 58 jGleowood
8 15 .Marion
p m
a m
7 48
7 32
7 25
715
6 55
6 48
6 38
6 20
6 05
5 55
5 40
5 37
-5 17
5 00
a m
r ca
6 4C
6 20'
6 12
6 CC
4 60*
4 40
4 2<?
3 5Cf
3 2?
3 0c*
2 50
2 45
2 20
2 00
pm.
West Gaffney Division. Etat
1st Class.
15 1-13
[EASTERN TIME.
STATIONS.
ls.' Cla&f
14! 16
P m
1 00
1 20
140
p m
a m
6 00
6 20
640
a m
* Blacksborg
Cherokee Falls
Gaffney
a m
7 50
7 30
7 10
a m
p m
300
240
2'20
p m.
?Dany except Sunday
Train No 32 leaving Marion, *N. C., at
a m, making close connection at Blacksbnrg,'
C, with the Sontbern's train No 36 foy Char
! lotte, N C. and all points East and connecting
with the Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta..
Ga, and all points West, and will receive pas?
sengers going East from train No 10, on the C ?
N W R R, at Yorkville, SC, at 8 45 a m, and
connects at Camden, S C, wi:h the Southern 4*
train No 7S, arriving in Charleston, 8 17 p m..
Train No 34 with passenger coach attache
leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a rn, and connectin ;
at Rock Hill with the Southern's Florida trai:
for all points South,
Train No 33 leaving CamdeD, S C, at 12.5*
p m, after the arrival of the Southern's Char
?eston train connects at Lancaster, S C, with
the L <fc C R R, at Catawba Junction with
the SAL. going East, at Rock Hill, S C, with
the Southern's traiB, No 34, for Charlotte, N*
C, and all points East. Ccnnects at York?
ville, S C, with train No 9 on the C * N W R
R. for Chester, S C. At Biacksburg with the
Southern's vestibule going Ea^t, and the South
em's trai? No 35 going West, and connecting:
at Marion N C with the Southern both East ace'
West.
SAMUEL HUNT, President.
S. TRIPP. Superintendent.
A.B. LT" M PKTN. Gen'i p?8P?nc-r Ac*nr
Atlantic Coast Line Saite
iff
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
In effect January 13th, 1901.
SOUTH.
No No
NORTH
No No
?35
i 0*
i 52
5 16
5 55
7 55
i m
f57
7 15
S o?
9 H
5 45
9 15
a rn
f56 ?32
Lv Darlington Ar 8 15
Lv Elliott Ar 7 50
Ar Sumter Lv 6 50
Lv Sumter Ar 6 74
Ar Creston uv 5 34
Lv Creston Ar 3 50?j
Ar PregoAlls Lv 10 OG
Oraneeburp 5 10
Denmark 4 35
Augusta 2 40
pm pm
.Daily |Daily except Sunday.
Trn i n's 32 H nd 35 carry through Pullman
PaUce Buffet Sleeping Cars between New
7crk ?cd Macon via Augusta.
T M EMERSON. B M EMERSON,
Traffic V ftc ?per. Geo'! Pass. Agt
R KEN LY. Gsn'l Manager.