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ri"," i ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ifj. A campaign waged by the demo- 1 cratic party at the next presidential election against trusts, monopolies 1 and imperialism would unite the ' party again and probably sweep the 1 country. Jf free silver, howover, is < allowed to enter much into the cam- < paigri the party will be almost cer- I tain to sustain another defeat. The ' J t I . . * - * * ' ucmocracy nas a plenty 01 time oe- ' tween now aod 1000 to learn wisdom, ] and, if it does not learn, it will de- ' serve anotlicr severe thrashing. ' ?Darlington News. ' i doe Bailey, a subscriber to the \ Gxfl'ney Ledger, is moving out on a planranrn near Lockbart to farm, | wbi ? Li?* two daughters will continue } to w .rk in the mill. This is a rare 1 rss . 11 it ever be our privilege to 1 inei t Mr. Joe Bailey we are going to ^ take ?.(T our hat and beg leave to e sluiki Ida hand. Men who move to 1 mills ?<> ?T(?t wo' k for their children j and i ot 'ako a job themselves 1 porriitIK loaf, live upon and squander 1 tlx ?-a uiogH of their children, and 1 glow more and more worthless. This f man is going to do his part toward 1 the support of the fanily, or perhaps f support the family altogether and let 1 the girls l?y up their wages.?Chester justice in ine e.aun. it is hhiiom useless to open tho book for collection 11 of taxes before Nov. 1st, ami we doubt that there is any advantage in opening before the middle of Novem- r ber. Then they should be kept open ' at bast rill Jan. ISth. We tru-?t that V no ne of the legislators will attend to j 11 this recommendation ami uteris the j | gratitude of their constituents.? Chester Lantern. r Ex.Governor John Gary Evans, of South Carolina, and now holding a \ Major's com nil nion in the ITiited \ v States volunteer army in Cuba, has j been appointed Mayor of Havana I to succeed ihe Marquis de Es'oban. ' The appointment was made by Major | Gen. Ludlow, Military Governor of i . the Department of liavana. It is ' said that Major Evans has made an j }) efficient officer i-ince he enttrcd thej army, and his present appoiiitment | shows mi what is'eem he is field by 1 tho (lenprsil in c. nitnitnd. It H known that.wo h?vo very little liiirli s in him, but wo h"j o that ho will fill ' bin now office with dc-tim-iion to htm- ( noil si it < 1 with advantage to the peoph,: of Havana. Wo h??j??-? f-nthor. tint j Governor Ludlow will not nito.-toro ; | with tho piopor work of the Mmur, ml part iriilai iv ? ii tho Minor's t .Mlti'il i-11 :?ti< |. 1 i o 'I- o?it' o i l * ? Y.\< > a eg' . i H'ti ?ro growing to ho h big pirt of the grout big worhl. Whon Congrvss inveta on today it will find i:- I Lantern. a c The Supreme court has recently n rendered a decision which will no 1 doubt have the effect of strengthening v the confidence of the public in the banks of the state. It decides that the stockholders of a bank are liable for a suiu equal to the amount of the'.r respective shures and five per 1 cent in addition. l*In other words," . savs the court, "tho measure of the stockholder's liability is a sum equal 1 to 10"> per eent. of the amount of his stock. The court also decides, in the same case, that the mere deposite !! of title deeds as security for a debt does not create a lien on land. The opinion was writ en bv Associato r Justice Jones.?Lancaster Review. * William Jennings Bryan is rival ling hit* record of 18i*G, when fur ?J.' months he discussed one of the dr vest ^ subjects imaginable without tiring X hearer or reader, always with freshness and always wi;h foice. ih i>* ? ^ wonderful man, thu Bryan. We do . not know bis en ual anywhere for clarity of statement, grace of expres- C sion and keenness < f analysis. Hp goes to the heart of a question and .. expresses lucidly and strongly what one feels in his o*n mind but has J not power to phrase. llis logic is ' uuerring. lie never follows a false " trail, never dallies with the immaterial but goes always t<? the mark. There i* f( are the cause of his great influenco. His is not so much the power of eloquence as the power of logic. the power of truth. Wc admire and z respect hi in the more for every speech 1 he makes, snd we believe the people Y do also.?The State. tl The legislature should change the ^ tituf for paying tax so as to include c at least half of January. This would do awgy with all excuse for asking an extension. It is often said that . any ono who can pay at all can pay 1 by Dee. 31rt, hut many claim that they can't raise tl.o money till they '' inake settlements at the close of the year and arrangements for the new '' year, and there is doubtless some , _ _ _ _i_*_ k .v. . r pelf looking after the interests of the North Pole in Alaska and the South Pole down in among the Filipinos. In the meanwhile we are scrambling among ourselves with reference to what party shall control their fortunes, and ours. The Congress will be chiefly concerned to?mould issues upon which to fight out the next election?which settles the matter :>f fingering the spoils incident to governing the big machines. The lines are fotmingnow upon expansion :>r no expansion?empire or no em pire. The old issue of gold or silver is substantially laid aside?it must t>e an accident merely?interesting to the little States lying under the ihadow of the Rockies and far from the centres of civilization and power. Democrats and Republicans at e new*, y aligning themselves upon the great ssue. We are to see strange politcal bed fellows in the current two rears. We may find Hoar, Tillman, Fry and Bryan drinking from the time loving cup. Much depends lpon luck and what a fday brings brth. The Cubans and the Filipinos n the absence of the Spaniards begin o show their bristles for the first irnc. If McKinley manages to ;ratify their pride and appease their lunger and things work smoothly or twelve months, it will be well for ho Republicans; if chaos however trid discontent reign in these newly tcquircd barbarian regions, the Dem>crats will assume the whip-hand md rule the roost. History is mak.' ng very fast for us.?Laurens Ad ertiser. Men, Things and Happenings. 4iThe next thing in order," snrcasically observes the Kansas City ournal, 4'is to declare Admiral )ewey and his victory unonstitu ional." * * * S.heria, which has heretofore made 1 o extensive display at any world's iir, will have a lirge exhibit at the 'aris Exposition in 1000. The new nil way and the lands it has opened rill be fully represented. * i A Japanese named Takutna has I ist been convicted at Sydney for rgiug seven copies of a rare early Jew South Wales stamp rated at d00. The imitations were so erfect that they were purchased by ealers and sent to London, whore bey passed the scrutiny of several x puits. * * The sailors or Admiral Dewey's . agship, Olyinpia, print a paper ailed The Hounding Billow. The | ite>t number contain a plain enough J rood cut showing the operations of , be fleet in Manila llayon May Day. ( 'he engraving to >ls of the urtis: w ere 1 30 sail needles. * * * Egbert Davidson, a prominent ciiien of Mecklenburg county, N. C., i oil trial in the Federal court on a | niijue charge. A mail carrier had ecu stealing his melons. lie stopped ' he carrier in the road and whipped im. The carrier in Used the mail otincction, and Davidson is being ried for "delaying tVe mails." * # * Japan, with a population of 45,000 as -JO towns that have inure than 0,000 inhabitants. In 1880 the umber of Bueh towns was 117. )saka has increased from 300,000 to 40,000 inhabitants in ten years. 'okohutmt froin 80,000 to 180,000, Cube from 80,000 to 184,000. Tokio iow has a population of 1,300,000. # * * Some of the Persians of Teheran eceutly complained of certain Euro, can and American tourists that they rtre "d?>g worshippers," and stated ii proof of their claim that the ourists "had fed d gs at their tables, iad washed and clothed thein, fondled hem in their laps and taken thcui 1 iiling in their carriage*." :H * # Mrs. Caroline Francis Fuller, a i sew York widow, lias given ^JO.OOO j north of real estate to the Salvation ! krmy t> be used in earning on the | ii rk 11 organization among the our. She did not want her identity ? become known 111 the transact ion. | ;inoc she litis been found out she ays she is us'mogul from her rel ! fives ami wants to dispose of her roperty before her death in order to i\old htigiiuoli. * * * IV of. J-smli Hoyce of 1 lurvn* d lias a.led for Kugland to fill Ins fii^i^i'- i neot 10 deliver the (i:llod lecture*: >11 tin ' 'I'hihwophy of ii'digion" at j he I iih'? r-ify of ASeraeeo. These I eetares ore ten in number. K ieh i ectnnr mvi ed to give tbe lectures', s engaged for iwo years. Ni anv ] ne'.j M?f? ' in |.i i o- -pit v ai d re'ogioti ii \ r be?'i' I. v I ' 111 I o Mel) v I* I. > III u? IVof i?o\et tfie fir* Auoricaii o i ecei \ ' be honor. * * The Richmond, Mo., Republican ukes its subscribes into its conti. dence to this extent: "This paper has eked oat an existence of three months on wind. The two former proprietors have hied themselves to pastures new, and we have been left with the bag to hold. If we wero hunting snipe our position would be far from an enviable one. But as we are after Republican dollars we live in hopes." # * * i In recognition of the late Senator Morrill's great interest in the improvement of the city of Washington, The Star, of that citv. sucrreata that ' - - ?' ' OO" tlio new Supreme Court Building be made a memorial to him. Such a building, it eaye, "standing opposite < the library, would be a memorial i truly expressive of this long, valuable ) life. The opportunity is exceptional to symbolize the nation's appreciation I of a career without blame or flaw in 1 a monument which shall not only en- < dure for centuries, but by its utility 1 shall typify the man and the princi- 1 pics for which he so steadfastly stood." 1 * * j Julia Marlow, who used to pass her i summers on a farm not very lar from t ltudyard Kipling's New Hampshire I estate, received as a Christmas pros- i cut from the author a copy of his ( latest book, "The Day's Work." On e the fly leaf, in Mr. Kipling's hand- i writing, are these lines: When skies are gray instead of blue, With clouds that come to dishearten; * When things go wrong, as they some- ? times do ( In life's little kindergarten, t I brg vou, my child, don't weep and wail, ^ IYI.U Will i, ?IOIl l IUK.H U> lippJIIIg, But cheer jour soul with a little ta.e 1 By Neighbor ltudyard Kipling. t * * * U The latest number of The Arneri- 1 can Soldier, published by troops at Manila, expresses the jubilation of t the boys in blue over the visit of the paymaster as follows: "Let the eagle ecreurn! Let the corks be t jiuiled and the jolly good drinks How ^ ireely! E?>joy yourselves while you live; you will be a long time dead. No one onli-ted in the Eighth Army q Corps for the love of saving $-0 a ^ month; besides, who would think of r packing around copper coins for a couple of ycar.??" AS TO NEGRO EMIGRATION, 11 s However beautiful the theory of 1 negro emigration, there is a practic. 1 al side to ttie issue it would be well 51 to consider. There are many power ^ ful and logical arguments that could 1 bo made against such an exodus. The wholesale emigration of negro 1 ? i laborers would be a serious matter ^ for the large farmer, pirticularly in 1 [be low country. Land values, al. 1 ready much shrunken, would continue 0 to go down, until they would be al- ^ most valueless. ? That the present depreciated land s values arc due tie presence of the }' negro, as is claimed by our State 1 papers, is a matter that it is useless to discu-s, in view of the fact that ail our large planters know that lie is almost indispensable in the fields. Times without number, white labor has been substituted for the negro, and in a'most every instance it has 51 been disastrous. For generations the 0 negro has made the crops of the I Southern states, llis whole life has 0 Knnn un/mf \i\ T MVVH C^f \ l?V IU bUV IIUIU3, UUU IIUUVI ihe intelligent supervision of the * white planter, lie acquires a knack" ! in the cultivation of our staple that is ' gained only by years of work, and ' tins makes huu a prune factor in n plantation work; one that cannot be (| replaced by green hands, however intelligent. ' Now, furthering this Utopian ' scheme of em'gration, omestho cniigr.ition agent,' who takes away the !l able-bodied laborer, letving bis faini- " ily without support, to get along the ' best they can, or to become a charge * 01 the county. In many eases the 1 laborer is b gutlcd by gilt.edged " promises, as was the case with the cob-red coal miners sent from Ala- - 1 bama to the coal fields of Illinois, ' v only to liud their seviccs not avail- ' ^ able. | ' Our Lcginla'ure has pas?td a law j51 making it a fcl nv to entice laborers 1 out of the state without a lie 'tise and ' while it is on our statute hooks it j ' should be enforced. One of two * eon\iet'.ons s?this line would 1 makes the emigration gentlemen very | c unions iihout nlvin ' their vocation , 1 i * o hi this country. 1 r Mil.:.mate the dema gognes and N laborer "agent.-," anil Hie mgn? is ' n * r* contented ami prosperous iieso, wncre lie is ai home and where Jus services 1 are appreciated.? Kuig*iree Record. 1 WASHINGTON LLilTLR. _ _ i ' \ (From our regular correspondent.''. * I Washington. .Jan. l>lli ?if ihf: a'oli'v <i| A e.niedto. who has aske I t J r lecognl'ioii n i'mlipp.ii M.iu ter i t.? I lie I nited ates, was eipiul l<? . h s impudence. I.e would he a "warm ' > uirmuer oi-iue iJipio'intic U .rps. I ? lie wou'f ?t*t any uttici i! roc g .i i-.ni, i but ho has already made much trouble lor us in the Philippines. H< learned sometime ago, by some leak ago in official circles, that Gen. Otii had been instructed not to use force in dealing with the insurgents, without further orders, and at once cabled the information to Aguinaldo, through the Junta at Hong Kong; that's wh^ Aguinaldo has been putting up such a Btiff front towards our troops. Agoneillo if) R'.NO or?>ttinrr on/>ni,ra?iimi>nf VUVVUIU^aiCUl from the anti-expansionists in Congress. Senator Mason has offered a resolution, declaring that the United States will not attempt to govern the people of any other country without the consent of the people themselves, or subject them by force to our dominion against their will. Another vote was made for the ratification of tho treaty of peace when the California legislature adopted resolution directing tho Senators from that state to vote for ratification, without amendment, of the treaty. Senator Perkins had announed his intension to voto against ratification, jnless the legislature of his stato instructed him to vote for it. If the egislaturcs of other states followed he sentiment of the majority of their constituents, there would doubtless be imihr instructions sent to other bucking" ifenatots. For the twelfth annual time the douse made the Civil Service clause >f the Legislative, Executive and ludicial appropriation bill the basis or a ''circus." This time, however, he performance was carried a little 'urther than ever before, and a motion o strike out the appropriation for he civil service commission was adopted by a vote of 07 to 01, while lie House was silting as a committee if the whole. The total vote being nly a little more than one third of lie entire membership, it was not urprising when tho yea and nay vote ras takeu in the House, that the moion was defeated by a small margin, iut there may come a day when it till not he defeated. Some good propositions arc ruled >ut ou points or order in the Hou-e. )no of them is that ottered by ltepesentative liartmau, of Mont., that ny member of the House who reaiucd any portion of the ?100 a aonth allowed him for clerk hire, hou'.d forfeit his seat. Later mod ficd so that any member who atempted to letaiu any portion of this illowance should forfeit that amount, dr. llartman was very considerate oward the feelings of the members if the present House; lie said he had iiformation that members of previous Congresses hid made a practice of iocketing all, or u large por ion of his allowance. He struck some f his colleagues hard, however, when ie added: "No man who would be ;uilty of such an act is lit to hold a eat in the House." It seems like a ittle thing, in itself, but little abuses nvuriubly lead to larger ones, aud ftcn to great national scandals. It } notorious in Washington that untitle of a few men, who pay out much uore then the allowance lor clerical ssistance, in >st of the Congress nen rork some sort of a dodge to keep II or a part of this allowance in iheir wn pockets. Some do it hy etniloying some member of their family, if ten a boy or giil at school and eguhirly presenting a voucher signed ?y them for the entire amount, but he favorite method seems to be to lire some poor devil as eleik, makir.g tint sign vouchers f.?r ?10U a motuJi ind paying him only a small portion fit. Mr. Ilartiuan should try to ind some way to make the members >f the House put themselves ou record or or againts his proposition. Senator Caffrey agrees with Senit?>r Vest, tliat a colmial policy is igaiust the Constitution of the United states, and siid ;n a s/?!> :ii <r < > istabli.di one. would he despotism. I* lie follow ing extract 1:1)111 his spi eeh ootids goo'l, and, if there were no i intcntcd Kngl.sh cohaiuM, might he 'onvincitig: " i'he hn'ory of the t orld shows that (Jod has sef the >ounds where the ildicrent people of he earth sh ill ahide When 1 look it the c-niditi hi of the w >r.d, ! :i'n inalteiahlv eotivijice I that no per niueiit sa iv on ho held hv tiie vidte tn .11 o.?r toe hl.K'k invt in the uh-tropien except i?y a st.imu.j tni'iary and ernei despotism ln< ilering h s resolution, c;d ingon he President for all toe iiWiuct.o ts 'ivi-ii t i Peiee Coinni s>i >ns, which v.M viop ed hV i iie Seo !' *. at ii?et;? i Mnoosed hv Mr Piv s On d .mi m oi lie >eli ile t Jon mi r ee O i l'.oeig , l? ... .... I ? I I. . < It .''il'lll !"> ??.' ! *MIO Ol 11 * i " <?< ? ? >111 Sriu.tnv i i >.s:* \v:i.s :?< U tl 'ii. in* t-V ;l |*?.* T l.r iu! u* ilu> t.i lit it our i' ?:ii iii-s <.nui> A ? ?.t to I' ll .;} Ion'.I I' to.i I (i >;u:itsil in* i-1'iu'l. u'w! 1'iit I..i-1 i iii Uk*11 s 'I'l','! !i >.u vr?t* ijs'-r, :?11 I tlie 'oiiimiI- lulu r*! i: \"i* 't>! i " ( .hit u? liii. iiioy > m! t>? t!i>;n i l l ii? >r runit iu?' !'Miii|ip;ii>-<i, uwiiij; o I'.r.vni it hires m liic'.i bcciuii* :ij?|i.i ;i.t ;i100:1 :i* tlmv met li" S o 1 r.-U C ?.uJjl 3 1 -1:0 ?1. : A Ring ( i I 1 Is a joy to both giver an in a nice line of ladies an in lovely designs at pric tllf* ro 11 pi? nf nil A NEW I Extra heavy, solid gold, and 75 cents each. IIa\ inlaid pearl and spirr ' sliding and telescope pc from 1 to G. Come in ni is 110 trouble to show our Engraving promp M. E.TINS *g- )* Mi'! IA Second Change.' ^ V W -1 $ Last week there was ajj ^change in the firm this weekji ithere will be a change ins ^the store-house. By Satur-^ aday night it will be entirely'] ^overhauled inside, and will] Tlook like a new store. As] Jsoon as that is done I will^l *bcgin to put in a new line'l fof General Merchandise.^ $and will continue until $have a full stock of the veryjj ^.latest up-to-date goods. I>j fcwill sell them for only a>! Ismail prolit above the ong-jj iinal cost?just enough toj Xlive on, pay expenses andJ !?put up a little for rainy days.] TWhat 1 say 1 will do, 1 do] ?l will carry most all good] ^materials, and will carrv'< some cheaper, thus try ancM ^please all. When 1 say a? ^'piece of goods is good -if^ ^it is not good, I will make^;it good?but when 1 says sfethat it is cheap 1 mean it is^ Xchcap for the money and is< ichcap goods. 1 can not., ^guarantee cheap goods, il *do the better. 1 give cus-;< Jtomers a hearty welcome* to visit me. < | J. Q. WRAY. { V ?si> -iC- rr> -vO "?}? .1 K vnnvc^ ? xa. x w VJ iiVA k. 5 and 10 cents Barpi Store o Just opened in the Fast sid< of the store occupied by P. M Cohen, where all sorts of use ful nod ornamental novelties are o He red at BARGAIN PRICES Christmas Goods cheaper thai ever heard of he fore, Yankee w. tclies, stem-wind ers and stem-setters, perfec time piece's for. ?1 50. Come and s e mv goods am %> prices. J. K. YoungQnrliirrir! Drmr.o D UUUULrUU I I M/ji UI / /,^'r; I ^T. * > '< / / vf -' . I t L .- A ' v. ,"?.?i | For Xmas Trade. N'.iu is :!i i n," t-i t'i'i ;i ! art' it< ilii'l ' .. :? ."rw.i'j N'.i'iiii.r. l'rlri ii .I . ! .! Will i }[ ii -i, oi.Jy, J',?r iSu-cai !M? M a.,!.* C.sV. mi: 1.1 m. I?I< i:, .j r., xi: I .J ' l/'-rc-l \VA],LAf Jv ,\T;'?M:nk\ at LAW. II IMS i , 1.11 J. nil I. i|-s, (ill S 1 *U111 >? 'I.I n-l.l' I! Ill, 2.Sill Jill.1.211 lv.i? l ji ' " I " if Df Beauty d receivei! We now have d children's fancy set rings :es that place them within LOT OF set rings for children at 60 'e you seen those exquisite il pen holders; also those msY They are in all sizes [id see them. Remember it goods uud quote you prices. tly and neatly done. 5LEY&C0. * Notice to Taxpayers. ( I will be at the following places as designated below, for the puposc of (. taking returns of personal property. L I will be in my office from Jan. 1st. | i to Jan. tlSth ; Rogansville West f j Springs, -Tun. iJOtli, 1899; > 1 Linder'a Store, Jan. 81. 'i Cross Keys, Feb. 1st 1899. j- Scdtilin, 44 2 %i ? Goshen Ilill, 44 3 44 I Union, 4* 4-5 4< Fish Ham, 44 7 4* ? Suntuc, 4* 8 44 f Fitickncy, (Lockhart)9 44 F Adanisburg, 44 1 0 44 \i! Kc.ton, * 11 44 j- .1 ones vi lie, 4* 13 44 \ From 1 1th to the 20th of Feb. I L wiil be in mv oilico at Union, when L the time expires for taking returns. [ All w ho fail to comply with the law, j4 *70 per cent, penalty will bo added. F John G. Farr, s 49 (Jr. Auditor. lj , I MONEY TO LOAN. l> <>;i farming lands. Easy payments. ? No commissions charged. JJorrower 1 pavs actual cost of perfecting loan. . , U Interest 8 per cent. J! .1NO. IWLMEH. & SON, r or J. C. "WALLACE Att'y., 'i Union, S. C. /. S CROWN TORRENGE, M-D., " t L i ^rnvsiriAN AXD sukgeon^ > I I OfTico ami apartments over Duke's Dru<* Store. ! Tooth Bruhses. s ' -4 i I ? Quarter Assortment. ~ I Guaranteed. DUKE'S DRUG STORE, Opponite Union Hotel. , , i 1 i 1 I ' ' j OSBORNE'S _ ^ t \uxii?<a, (i?. Aciti.il liukinttt, No Text (looks, j Short lituc. Cheap hoard. Scud for Catalogue. /inv.iiHT ..iiiu ii iwii-'i iijia oinenpurniMj , I ijulofcly nseorlniii onr <n>inlnti frco whether itn ' Invention lit prohni.ly p.itentiibln. Coiiiniiinlrn' t tens strictly entiUiloiitl.'il. IJaiKtbooUon Patents, j sent free. OMesl ustmcy for heeurmjt patents. Patents taken tiinnnrli Munit ft Co. recelvv , tptrfal notice, without ciitiriw, In tbo <?? ..it. Scientific American. ) A linntlflomc!* illustratorl tvcpklv. l.nrceM cir.. , <4 dilution hi arty nelontltin .loufnal. Torino, t'l <1 * > , year: tmir months, $1. 8olU by nil iicws'lenlers. . MUNM & Co.3G,e">!,d-? New Yorti Itrp.DcM OflUtoi V?b V St , WnshliiKiOH. DaC.i. .. ?. .r . ; . uj? M ' riucr.tor^8L Book-Keeping, Business, , , fop a PHONOGRAPHY, S i t a a t i o n. . Type-Wfttlug - ' AGdrca WILBUR R. SMITH, n P'lfin AW.-. - - .... i^casivuiun, KY., For rironinr of his famous and responsible COMMERCIAL COLLEGE OF KY. UNIVERSITY At?ur?li-<] at World'* K v oosltloa. Iti fiTu ti !|ir v..s; r, i --f .'rniin.iti? i.i position*. <'o?< of l ull itKiln'' m 1'imnr. in. tailing Tul* lion, lliM.li- ..ml t'.o'it'i !ii family, ?.?>. Shorthand, Ty pe-Wr.'is;?, and Telegraphy, Specialties. PAJTtio Krntm fc\ t'niviT.ity Diploma, umler seal, i. warded Brailmstf1 it< r ?r>* fours* fro''. If desired, x Aioviirull.iu. n >?". <; nolnaUi successful. / ? in dr. .* ii iff i.-11-r l.tlrr t rtm'i us, ud drill *1W|I, WILBUR R.SMITH.LKXINOTONiKV.