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NEWS IN BRIEF.

The Senate has ratified the Behr- ing sea scaling treaty.
 The gold reserves is still playing around the $127 eco .0O0 corner.
 Colorado Democrats may bolt the Chicago Convention if silver is not recognized.
 Burglars blasted the Farmers Bank vault at Maitland, Mo. and secured 1000.
 Senator Vest has introduced a bill for a bridge over the Missouri River at Boonville.
 President Cleveland has appointed E. Berghols, of New York. Cans.i .. Erzeroum, Armenia.
 The House Elections Committes decided three election contests in favor of sitting members Wednes- day.
 The President has submitted to the Senate correspondence on the Cuban revolution of twenty years ago.
 Hoke Smith has returned to Wash ington from Georgia, and says q hard fight is being made for sonnnd money there.
 Miss Julia Stevenson, daughter of the Vice President, will wed a son of P. Wat Hardin, of Kentucky, in October.
 The House Ways and Means Com mittee have decided to recommed the appeal of the free alcohol clause of the Wilson bill.
 Senator Hill has returned to Washington from New York, and is iii favor of sending an uninstructed delegation from New York to Chicago. Editor Morrow of the Cleveland Leader comes to the rescue of Major Mckinley by declaring that the assertions of the A. P. A. that he Is member of the A. 0. H. and that his manager and private secretary are Catholics are untrue. Mckinley is Freemason.
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then" suddenly sobering up, it will be cheaper will not it, Dan'l2 That's quite an item this year, inasmuch as the people are talking of electing decent men to the Legis- lature
 Lobbyist Dam Yes, it will be cheaper than buying up a whole Legislature. But you want to come down all right for campaign ex- penses. I've got to get out big lot of circular letters firing the popular heart, t,-then there's a big item of postage.
 I. M. R. R:-"There, there, my boy. The expense money is all right. And you're going to work that kind of scheme on the dear people. are your? Ha, ha, ha, Dan'l, ], you are the best one in the deck, you arel na, ha, ha, he's goin to make lem believe he can give lem free silver. Oh, Lordylo
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HASN'T WITHDRAWN, BLACKWELL STILL IN THE
 RACE. It Was an Awful Mistake and He Tells How It
 Happened
FAIrn. ARk.. April l6. 1806.

FAITH, ARK, April 1t, 1896. Editor GRAPHIC:
 l notice that in the last issue of the Semi Weekly GRAPHIC a card of withdrawl dated April and signed ny me appears therein. | was thuderstruck when l saw il in print, but have no one to blame for it but myself | have not withdrawn as u candidate for Representative and propose to run the race through. The error happened in this way:
 About April the 9th 1 was very unwell and also greatly discouraged about my crop, and under the inn pulse of the moment thought I would withdraw and wrote the card as published, but after reflec- ton l decided torun therace through and put the card of withdraw in my pocket, thiHking would destroy it, but soon forgot all about it. Last Sunday neighbor of mine handed me n letter to mail and placed il in the same pocket with my own. On going to the postofIee l thought l n.ailed my neighbours letter, hut on receiving the last issue of the Semi Weekly GRAPHIC I discovered my.awful mistake.
 My health is now better and-my affairs are so arranged that 1 can prosecute the contest for Representa- tive to the end, which I propose to do, and l will thank all my friends for their support :.
 Yours truly,
 G. l.. BT,Ack wEi.
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Y. M. C. A. CONVENTION.
Large Number of Enthusiastic Dele
gates in Attendance.

CONWAY, April l6.-The annual convention of the Y. NJ. c. A.. of Arkansas convened here tonight. A large number of delegates are in attendance and more are expected in on the morning trains.
 The delegates were welcomed to the city by Prof. J. H. McCulloch and response was made by G. N. Hart, of Pine Bluff. The opening ad- dress was then made by Rev. J. l.. Caldwell, of Pine Bluff. The dele gates are ali enthusiastic and the meeting promises to be an interest ing one.
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Wedding Stationery.

Anticipating many victories for Cupid during the coming spring months. the GRAPHIC has just re- ceived a full stock of wedding stationery from the famous Hurlbert and Geo. F. Brown mills. This, when printed with our new script type, can hardly be distinguished from engraving even by experts. Inter6sted parties should call and see samp4es. f F d3t.
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grown rapidly and are now doing

grown rapidly and are now doing | well
 Irish potatoes are coming up wei in most localities, and were not SC much damaged as was thought al date of last report
 Fruit sustained but slight damage by the frosts of last week; reports now indicate that in general there will be full crop.
 Berries are coming out nicely, and though few days late, yet promise a good crop.
 SOUTHEAST SECTION.
 Weather favorable for planting and growth of crops.
 Most of the corn has been planted, and some of the early planting is coming up nicely, and in localities is large enough to be worked
 Much cotton has been planted dur ing the week, and planting of this crop will be general during the ensu- ing week. Cotton planting has made less progress in Arkansas, Ash ley, Cleveland, Desha and Drew conn ties than in other parts of this sec tiop
 Irish potatoes are doing fairly well except in Arkansas county, where they are being replanted extensively. and in parts of Desha, Drew and Lee counties, where they are coming up very slowly.
 Oats are generally doing very well and are good stand.
 Fruit was injured somewhat, but the outlook is favorable for fine crop.
 Clover and grasses are growing fast, and gardens and yegeta bles have made rapid growth.
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BETTER ROADS.
That is one of the Measures to Which the L. 4. Wi
 Pledged.
J UUTs ITUIY,
 G. L. BLAekwELL.s

The one great need of the hour is
 better roads, and the securing oi -ti1est---thFeHgh propeP 44eeiAla+i4aTl-is
 one of the purposes to which the
 League of American Wheelmen
 stands pledged Plans are already
 on foot for a systematic movement
 along this line, and the a;.I If every cyclist is needed. WhiTe-it is expect ed thatthe horsemen sWill join hands
 with the wheelmen in 'efffs move ment, the latter must lead. It is show the various town shiIAst4fts benefits that wonld accrue roads, and then to show them how they can be huilt. and se- cure the enactment of laws compell- fiis*,.the very best to be built and There is no earthly reason why the roads of this country should be almost or quite impassa- ble for three or four months in the year, as they are at present There is an abundance of the best road material in the world, and we have the necessary skill. to use it to the hest advantage. All that is needed is to get the movement once started, and the farmers, after seeing the benefit that will ac- rue to them personally, may he de pended upon to do all in their power to help the matter saiung. The aid 1f every wheelman in the country is needed in this work. If the League ,an secure a membership of 100000,
 1t can do better work in this direc- Iion.-Ex.
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"DON'T LIKE A RAILROAD COMMISSION NO
 HOW!"
Cuss Grover, Denouncc Car lisle, HOller Free Silver and Threaten To Bolt, But Nary Word
 About Railroad
 Corporations.
(From the Helena Worid.)

Iron Mountain Railroad to lob byist Jones:-"Daniel,"
 Lobbyist Dan:-"Y Yes, sires.
 I. NJ. R. R:-"Had you noted that Jim Harrod was in favor of a Railroad Commission"
 Lobbyist Dan:-"Haye I ever overlooked my hand? and do you expect me to fail you now?"
 I. M. R. R-eNo, Daniel, you have ever been faithful, but,you want to get on to Jim's curves. He's got things coming his way.
 Lobbyist Dan-ssAye, aye, sirs, I'll have Jeems society in few days"
 I. M. R. R:-Bnt we don't under stand. How are you going to do him2 (getting out check book)- How much will it take?"
 Lobbyist Dan:-sI am going out against him, myself.
 I. M. R. R, against-"What, you Daniel2 You, railroad attorney? our lobbist2 gou go against him? Why Danny, what does this mean? The people will dust off the foot stool with your precious body"
 Lobbyist Dan:-'.The people be blowedl thought you knew better than that. You haven't had your hand on the pulse of Arkansas as I have had. Listen. .-the people are crazy, just now. Charley Col ains and several other of my friends have taught them to hate Grover Cleveland. They are wild on the subject of free silver, they are dead easy"
 1. M. R. R., incredulously-'But what has that got to do with the case2 What has Grover Cleveland and free silver coinage got to do with silencing Jim Harrod2 What
 Lobbyist Dan, interrupting with smile Everything, sirsl Every thingl All I've got to do is to cuss Grover, denounce Carlisle, ho.ler free silver and threaten to bolt the Chicago convention and Jimmy is done for. See2"
 L M R. R., excitedly-"You don mean it Dan'l, you can't mean itl You are not seriousl You don't mean to say the people can be made to believe you can depose Cleveland, fire Carlisle and accomplish free coinage! That's what your propo- sition amounts to, dear boy, Tut, tut, you are off your feed, Dan', you're off your feed. :"
 Lobbyist Dan:"I'm off nothingl I am talking sense. The people hate railroads, but they are not strdyin' railroads this year. They regard lobbyists as pizen, but they haven't any time of day for lobbyists in 1896 They're daft, I tell you. Ask Charley and Mccain and Smithee. They'll tell you I'm right. And then, (confidentially,) think I can serve you with less wear and tear to my mental machinery, in the Governors office, than as a plain corporation lawyer. And then the honor of it, sirs, the honor of being GoVernorl l hope you will not oppose my wishes.
 l. M. R, R., hilariously-"Q Oppose your wishesl ha, ha, ha, you sly rascal, looking him in the ribs) you cute thing Have your own way, Dan'l. have your own way. And
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JOHN {, CARLISLE TALKS TO THE LAB0RING MEN OF CHICAGO ABOUT
 SOUND MONEY.
"coin" Harvey Attempts to Answer the Secretary and is Kissed
 Down

Hon. John G. Carlisle, at the special invitation of the labor unions of Chicago, addressed large audi enee in the famous Auditorium in that city last night Wednesday, on .he financial issues of the day and was accorded respectful and enthu- slastic hearing. @e
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SOUTHERN GOODS.
Lawrence Manufacturing? Company, of Lowell, Admits it Can- not Nest the South's Competition.
 sls-

MT. Richard H. ,Edmonds, editor of the Manufacturef$3 Record, in the last issue of that paper, referring to the southward trend of cotton manufacturing says:
 The decision of two 'years,ago of some of the largest cotton mill companies in New England to build mills in the Sonth, such as the Massachusetts Mill, at Rome, and the Dwight, at Gadsden, was not more significant of the destiny of the South as the controlling power in cotton manufacturing than the action taken q few days ago by the Lawrence Manufacturing Co.,, of Lowell. For several years the Manufacturers Record has pre- sistently insisted that the New England companies manufacturing eoarse-c cotton goods would-be com peIled to quit that line of business or build mills in the South. .9.EyerY investigation made by the highest New England authorities has demon strated the Correctness of this posi- ton. A few days agossthe directors of the Lawrence Manufacturing Co, of Lowell, company having a capital of $1 .5OO,O0O and operating 12O, GOO spindles, voted to discon- tinue the manufacturing of coarse cotton goods and to recommend to the stockholders to sell the entire real estate. machinery and plant .oi
 this part of their mill, paying back
 in cash to the stockholders tht receipts to the extent of one-half 0
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The Secretary in his address dwelt with particular emphasis upon the importance to labor of a sound cur reney of fixed and unfluctuating val ue, and especially pointed out to the wage-earners the loss that would
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BORN.

TRlGG-To Mr. and Mrs. A. s. -Trigg, on Thursday, April l6, 1896, a son. The GRAPHIC joins other friends of the happy parents in ex- tending congratulations.
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The Plateau Hotel, of Hot Springs, has been closed by the Sheriff on ac- count of debts contracted by the pro prietor and which he was unable to pay.
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Senator Hill has returned to Washington from New York, and is iii favor ofsending an uninstructed delegation from New York to Chicago.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-08-27
WIRE TIRES FOR SALE.
Arrangements Made for Il Fan Sup
ply-Comparative Cost OF Wire and
Hoop Ties.
Columbia Register.

Columbia Register.
Col. -. L. Duncan, manager Of the
State Alliance Exchange, has returned
from New York. He was eminently
successful in his mission, which was
to secure sufficient supply Of wire
ties to enable the Southern farmers
to defeat the Cotton Tie Trust. Con
corning his visit to Gotham he said:
have arranged with u large wire
manufactures to makes us wire ties.
The ties will be madc6of No. q anneal-
Cd steel wire. Thirty ties Will be put
In bundle, (the same number as is
now put in the bundle Of Hat hoop ties J
These ties will weigh about IA lbs. to
the tic and will cost 80 cents per bun
die delivered in Columbia. The ra tie
vi irelSht Is 81 cents per hundred to
Columbia. 1t is u little more than
that to some other points, which will!
add u cent or such a matter to the cost
per bundle to these points of shipment
from the factory.
Now az to the comparative cost of
the wire and hoop cotton ties a bundle
OF wire ties, thirty ties, weighs 81 !!
lbs. and cost so cents, or $240 per
hundred pounds a bundle of thirty
hoop ties weighs forty-fve pounds and
cost $l.+o, or S3.2l per hundred pounds.
You see we have 81 cents per hundred
pounds in favor Of the wire ties.
1.-The reason J. fixed upon the large
wire was to get the undoubted strength,
because Lllo wire manufacturers said
That in pulling tt Z cotton out of tho
hoid OF ship, the smaller wire might
give way, but this No. & they wOuld
guarantee would hold, and then we get
the weight. Cotton hoop ties after
this season will mover be over 81 Der
bundle again, for the wire tie has
come to stay.
Inc Ties will have a complete loop
on one end and the othor end in bail
ing will be run through the loop, bent
back and the end put under the wire
around tho bale. In COMPRISING it
will on y be necessary to pull the wire
through the loop and run the end
under the wire and tho work is done,
and the manufacturers say it will hold
any kind of pressure or handling
- The factory is now at work on q
carload and will be ready to ship in
a fe" days. hope to have a car load
here next week.
l desire to say to the farmers OF the
State that have let no work or eX-
pensc staod in the way Of getting this
business in such a shape as would en-
nole them to protect themselves against
those who thought they had them in
a corner. Send us your orders for
wire ties and in few days wo can have
all orders filled"
Orders for several hundred bundles
OF wire ties have already been placed
with tho Exchange and many moro
Will come IN during the next few days,
now that Colonel Duncan has complet-
ed all arrangements to supply the de-
mand. If the sale of these tics is suf-
ficicntl y large, the price Of them will
undoubtedly drop little.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-08-27
REUB LOWED He WOULD.

So | went to the field feelin' 8 IL rs q
pretty good feller after all, an think
ing how happy 'Trude would be.
hadn't been there half an hour, whom
u woman come runnin' along the pike
that run parallel with the fold, a
wnvin' her sun-bonnet ut me wild like,
an screamin' at the top of her voice
'teub Reub lteub Browntield Como
right home " she said. hope you
won't never feel as / did then.
seemed to know that very mint what
the matter was. 1t wasn't five minutes
before | got there, but l seemed on
hour a-goin.' My feet felt like there's
lead Weights hung to 'em.
When l como in sight O the house
there was folks standin' all around it.,
an noighbOr women comm in and out.
SOmebOdy'd seen tho doctor u passing
in his buggy, an stopped him vt the
gate. He was wOrkin' over little Reub
whom l went in, trYin' to make him
breathe by movin' his arms up an
down. But 'twarn't no use. Little
would q died for him ten times over had
killed my baby by 'lowin' rs goin' to
buy u pump and never q doin' it,.
Somehow | couldn't sense it. He
looked so natural-kinder like he's
laughin', too, an showin' them teeth.
l looked for 'Trude to hate me, but
what do you reckon she did? She just
come an put her arms round, me
before all them people, just like rs
some poor hurt creetur', an she pattcd
me on the shoulder, an she says .:
There, there, Rcub-thcre there
You've got me left, Reub, poor Reub "
Well, l don't care to say no moro
about that day, Mr.. Fcrnley, nor tho
days that followed it. 'Tain't often |
! let myself think about 'em {; I'd go wild
| if did. Trude never blamed me, nor
she mover nagged me no more," con-
! tinued he, hoarsely. she never com
planned about anything. She just won't
round with sort Of a heart -breakin'
smile, an was always like an angel to
me. There, there, Rcub,' she'd say
when she heard me sobbin' in the
night; there, there, kinder soothin'
| like an she'd pat me on the shoulder
like rs little Reub himself. But she
didn't stay with me long after that.
| There was lung trouble in her family
an tho doctor said she'd got sort Of
shock like. Two years afterwart, |
buried her beside little Iteub."
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-08-27
RED HOT REVELATIONS.

Mill Creek Co.'s Secretary Says Com
missioner Mixson Sought Commits
sions on WhislScy Purchased, and
That tho DistiIliDG Company Set
the Dispcnsary Up in Business.
TO the Editor of The State:
In your issue OF the 7th inst. Won pub
lish letter from Commissioner Mix
son. Every word he says in that letter
about my offering him Il rebate directly
or indirectly of any amount or in any
shape, or at any time, is absolutely
false from beginning TO end.
He further states that "whcn Mr.,
IraNlcr was commissioner he djscov-
cred that the Mill Creek company was
being paid interest after 80 Gays. and
each 30 days calling for more or bigger
interest" This statement is also false.
All the goods we sold Commissioners
'IraXier were sold on 60 days or four
months time, and interest was churpcd
alter the maturity Of each invoice at {;
per cent. per annum, and so stated on
Cach invoice. | cannot understand how
sane man can make such statement
over his own signature, when he knows
the evidence to prove him a falsiiirr
Is on file in the Office OF the State dis
pensary.
Inc reason This man MiXSOn is so Bit
ter against me is because | would not
employ his agent and pay him a com
mission. Shortly after he was appoint
ed commissioner, but before the busi.
ness of the dispensary was transferred
to him, he gave his agent a letter OF
Introduction to me. This agent said
he could got me the business OF the
State dispensary and wanted Il commits
sion Of 81 barrel.on y, - IL barrel on
Xxx and So q barrel on xxx whiskey
and wanted this on all VIC sold the
State. | told him the Mill Creek Dis.
tilling company furnished the capital
to make the dispensary a success and
that institution owed us more than
49,, 900 at one time, and the books in
the Office Of the dispcnsary would prove
il, and | thought the management OF
the dispcnsary would be -bloOdcd
and ungratcful If they did not Give us
q portion OF their business without our
having to put up' for it.
We did not get the business. Now
leave the readers Of Jour paper 20
judge for themselves.
GEO. HUBBELL,
Secretary Mill Creek Distilling Co.
Cincinnati, Aug. IS, 1896.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-08-27

clothes changed but once or twice q
day and they were set down on the
noor or the ground and given some
homemade playthings, and they, too,
didn't know there was anything better.
Even the children Of wealthy parents
wore turned over to the little darkies
and were happy In their keeping.
litical dictator, was bobbing around
with the little niggers and got SO dirty
playing in the sand you couldn't spot
him nor toll t0ther from which. But
now his little grandchildren go around
in laccs and ribbons aud gold buttons
and ride in q $40 baby carriage and
bathe in IL $40 bath tub, and Evan
thinks 1t is all right, and | reckon it is.
Ours come as near doing the same
thing as they can and so do every body
elsos 1t Is u beautiful trait in human
and to sweeten tho hardships Of child
hood. But tho time will como when
tho boys and tho girls get big enough
to be useful and then they should be
made to know it. They should be raised
to habits Of industry. The girl of ten
years should help her mother in house
work and in nursing the baby. The
boy of ten should begin with the hoe
in the garden and the ax at the wood
pile. The piano is all right, and SO is
the pony, but work should be mixed
with pleasure.
Sometimes | think there is too much
schooling and colleging going on in
this generation, and too littlc work.
Tho curriculum OF our public schools is
now nine long years, say from eight to
seventeen, and then comes three or
four moro of college and no work in all
that time, no habits of industry, moth.
ing but books, books. There is hardly
sweet girl graduate in the State who
can make her own dresses. She goes
to the milliner and keeps her poor old
father on q strain. Perhaps the college
boy takes an honor and gets his name
in the papers and then, of course, he
must study law and dabble in politics
and depend on the man for support.
These kind Of nice, smart, good-for,
nothing boys are in every city and
town and village. They know nothing
of the practical concerns Of life. They
couldn't plan a house nor run a saw.
mill nor an ice factory nor q brickyard
nor even little farm. They know
nothing of horticulture or the science
| OF growing flowers and evcrgrecns
Thoy couldn't hang door or make q
gate latch or put up a roller window
| curtain. But they know IL little Latin
| and Greek and some geometry, and
| perhaps can tell you whether the del
| ugc came before or after the Hood, and
| they can play baseball and football anC
dance the german and wear tanneC
shoes and belly ybands to perfection, but
they are good boys and SO smart anG
have such nice manners and winning
ways that their mothers are proud o
them, but their old fathers are scriou.
and pcrplexed. College life is very
fascinating both to boys and girls, bu
to most Of them it is IL waste of preciou.
time. Education should be mixed will
laoo". 1t should be hard to get, no
easy. BILL. ARP.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-08-27

t,or, ,-Mr, Bryan says that there is no fric-
Snys SSf oet"een Senator GOrmau and him
eH,, eHn, hc laughs at the story that
t".rmHn tnmiHn Jones left New York in bad
ounr,n or,, because the campaign head
instcad 81 ,iau W ocen located at Chicago
n"sS'i nrSIn mad bcen brought into the dis.
G"s'.Hn' hns tH , The fact is Senator Gormnn
hos ~" , 'no night Of his life before him II
smc"oI ,n n"rrieS 9' MARY land for BRYAN. hn viii
nor1 ,"~oouH mself in the senate, and hn
ECornonia En grata at the White Hons" n so
j. ,iuu ;r,nu ~ not sulking. He win mako
Ianh ,I'I.' ,rng sung pre- emily for the Mnrv.
'''n' '>cpno'lcans aud Mugwurlu,;