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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12

snat eyentful period in his political
career he WAS not 60 particular In his
personsl appearance, and 1t was not
unusnal to 500 him In mixed suits OF
ppnrlous colors and texture. Now, no
LOOKS well grOomed and spruce, rs II he
intended to go directly from tho Son
ute chamber to an afternoon tea"
he walks with q moro sprightly step,
ana MS general nature appears to
nave undergone decided change since
ne declared himself to be "Pennsyl.
vania's fayorite SON." 1t appears to
DO the style for Senatorial faverito
sons to affect black frOck coats 81 soon
rs their boom is announced. Senator
Allison seldom appears in the Senate
chamber now in any other attire.
Senator Cullom, Davis and even Sem
ator Tillman recognize tho demands OF
tho occasion, and wear frock coats
just the Same as tho othor Presidential
posi- bilitics.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12

way, Mack frequented the variou,
lasnionable saloons and gaming houses
oi the city, where ho easily passed ne
virginia planter and contrived tc
Iorm O. considerable acquaintance
sm0ng the fast set Of the day. While
waiking On the street one evening with
one OF these acquaintancos his master
p"s?s% @see ~ yba. on the opposite side. o,
MACK carelessly Indicating Hubbard.
~ brought him down here with me,
out nos got SO develish indopendon
that I've got to sell him. Thinks he's
~ good as q white man, and talks back
to me. He's got to go. Mighty smart
boy, too. II you know anyone who
wants a good boy to look after accounts
or run place, he's a bargain. I'll sell
him cheap II can get rid Of him with
out any fuss"
"What will you take for him ?"
why, he ought to bring ms fifteen
hundred quick, but I'll take thousand
If 1T can bo arranged quietly"
Mack was well aware that his Now
Orleans acquaintance wanted juet such
"boy," and in less than twenty four
hours they had como to terms, and
Hubbard was seld by his own slave.
Tho papers were regularly made out
and transferred and the money paid
over, Mack only stipulating that the
buyer should take his property quiet.
ly, because he didn't want any fuss"
This sort OF arrangement was unhap-
place to excite either comments or
suspicion. So that Mack was enabled
to gain long start before the thun-
derbolt fell on Hubbard.
When Hubbard was seized Of course
there was trouble. He fought like a
wildcat, but was finally overpowered
and taken from the fashionable hotel
whore ho was staying amid the jeers
OF his quondam friends. He thon re-
sorted to the law, and under tho statute
provided for such cases instituted a
freedom suit" His signature was
Identified, accepted at the bank which
did his business, but bankers refused
to vouch for his person. 1t was there
lore necessary to send to Williams
burgh for aid. Accordingly three
erly fortified with papers of identific;..
tion from the authorities, made the
long trip To Now Orleans at Hubbard's
expense, and upon their positive identi-
hcation he was released and restored
to citizenship. The trial had cost him
thousands Of dollars and consumed a
great doal OF time, and moanw lie
Mack, well supplied with funds by the
sale OF his masters body, was beyond
pursuit. Large rewards were every
where offered for his apprehension,
and the best detective talent was em-
ployed absolutely without avail. He
was never traced beyond the wharf
where he took pussage for the North,
aud is supposed to have gone straight
to Franco, where he had lived during
his former masters student days and
where his antecedents would never be
suspected, and an honorable career
| would be within his reaoh
1t may be imagined that Hubbard
met with little sympathy on his return
| to Virginia, and 1t is said that he never
made another trip to Now Orleans,
| but soon gave up the business and died
few years later on his plantation.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12

and amount, considerable amount oi
theu discredited coin IL driven out OF
circulation, and II such debts become
general tho gre ater part OF its entire
volume is retired. 1t is no answer to
say that every ono make his contract
for himself and If he makes it payable
In gold it is his own concern. 1t might
be replied that everyone makcs his
own contract with the usurcr, and yet
the law prohibits such contracts. But
| there is q better and moro conclusive
| reply; tho reply Is that it is not OK
clusivcly the concern OF him who
makes the gold contract.
The public interest Is involved In
the consequences Of these contracts,
If they should become general. Tho
public is interested in anything that
destroys the volume of money upon
which tho people rely for exchange.
You may use your own property, or
your liberty, in any way you choose 80
long as the use you make OF it does not
injuriously affect the rights OF others,
but when the rights Of the public are
touched. you must pause. So, when
the right to make contracts as Quo
chooses is used to make contracts
which, If they become general, would
drive out of circulation u medium OF
exchange that is not only convenient
but necessary for the business Of this
State, tho public interest rrQuires that
such contracts should no longer be
allowed. 1t is not my purpose Or de-
sire to elaborate this view Of the sub
Ject, but to suggest 1t for your con-
sidcration, and if you reach tho con-
clusion that an OWL is threatened, |
briefly suggest to you that in framing
the constitution Of tine United States,
tho States before that time having
power to make anything legal tender,
restricted their power over the sub
jcct, in tho following language in
Section 10 OF Article / "No State
shall mako anything but gold and
silver coin legal tender in payment
Of debts"
Tho power to make the coin had pre-
vlouy IN section 8 been delegated to
congress. But, when congress cx-
crclscd its power and made and coined
aud regulated its value, the power to
mako that coin legal tender tho
States have reserved. If tho Legisla-
turc shall enact a law that the gold
and silver coin OF tho United States
shall DO a legal tender in payment of
all debts hereafter contracted and that
shall apply to all debts, thereafter
contracted), when the process of law
or OF the courts, Stato or Federal, may
bo invoked for thoir collection in this
State, all will ho done that is in the
powcr OF tho State to avoid an evil
that, in my judgement, threatens
great danger.
Respectfully,
A. J. MCLAURIN, Governor.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12

mo announcement of His Candidacy Re-
sarded as a Declaration that Gover,or
Evans will Seek Senatorial Honors.
Columbia Register.
zen. William Fl. Ellerbo, Of Marion,
ls u candidate for Governor. This IN,
uncement was made yesterday nv q
member Of the Colleton delegation in
the Goneral Assembly, who said he
was wa authorized to speak for General
ihlg announcement was not unex-
pected, for the Register several wnek.
ago contained an interview with D loo.
lslator' IN which he stated that If Gov.
ernor Evans became a candidate to
s9 'ceed Hon. John L. Nj. Irby in the
OnlGeo otatos Seuate, Gencrul Ellerbe
"oula seek to succeed him as the ton
ant OF the Executive Mansion '0n-
While there has beon no authorita-
CiVe oec,aratlon from Governor Evans
or any OF his friends as to his inten-
tiohs, tIe announcement of Ellerbe's
yubernatOrial aspirations, comin ~
from the source whence it issues e
almost tantamount to Il declaration of
Evans's Senatorial candidacy, as it
would be q waste Of time and monnv
for Ellerbo to run for Governor If
Evans were seeking rc-elecLion.
General Ellerbe was onc of the orig
inal Reformers and did much to bring
about the triumph OF tho movement in
1870, when he became Comptroller
General which Office ne held four wears,
iilltng it to the entire satisfaction OF
the taxpaying public, of whose inter-
ests ne was always avigilaut guardian.
In 1871 General E!lerbo was candi-
uate Tor Governor, canvassing the
State ana making vigorous speechcs
from the stump in every county. When
John Gary Evans defeated him for
the lto form "suggestion" in tho Collie
ton primary, he gracefully submitted
and turned in and helped Evans defeat
Or; Samps Pope, the independent can
dldate. This conduct made him MANY
friends, especially among TIE support
ors and admirers of Evans, who vowed
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12

then that If the chance .vo,
they would make atucnas by .a,ne m,n.
Ing him for Governor. - " port
,.a,,s ING only o;her ooculy ayowoo ,,,,n,
cratic gubernutorial oandidntN - D',no' ,,n,'
Gdaetieid Gas Is cT5 Il n B. Watson, scu,or s 'os,
tiogene'e' tiogg to st.ta whose platform is cpposl-
for for b;%bs % bsn n.ate a support of institutions
1t may bo that other o,,,;,
enter the Democratic primnHr,. imH'."'GS 3s, VIII
mas oeen some talk Of the n.y., -. ;tlie mere
VI General McLaurin's ontp";n p"inr oi,lty
guoernatorial race, but th''ng thn az Inc
consensus GO Se OF opinion was that stn%ral ',
gu goda 9soh 20 Congress- in which he h%'h,% has
WI Whoepyar o par'itHhnlarly tha good record: D''
their candidate he viii hnua hame as
that chronic otIlce-seeker, Samns - p"Ha peat
'S, VINO Is reported to be determineIJ IJpH, -,
play lone hand once more. oo 70
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12

The following il IL special message
from Governor McLaurin, OF Missis-
sippi, in which he contends that public
interest requires that gold contracts
should not DO allowed :
JACKSON, Miss, March 3, 1896.
TO tho Senate and House OF Keprosen-
tativcS:
respectfully recommend for your
consideration tho suggestion that you
enact such law as will prohibit the
making contracts payable exclusively
in gold. Money is tho blood OF trade
and commerce, and anything that
tends to destroy tho money OF the
people is in derogation Of their In
tcrcsts and welfare and OF tho pros
pcrity of the State. BY tho constitu'
tion Of tho United States (section B OF
article y, the power Is delegated &c
Congress- to coin money and regulate
its value. Proceeding undor this
authority and exercising this power
Congress has coined q quantity OF solo
and silver and regulated it's value, and
the people ought to have the right oI
tho circulation OF this coin as the
| money OF the State. l say the people
ought to have the right to the circula
| tion of this coin because all the money
| thus coined is needed in tho business
| OF the country ana may aud ~ Srea'
deal more could be proiitably utilized
do not suppose it will be seriously
assorted by any one that thero is more
coin in tho United States than is noces.
| sary to servo tho use Of money in order
TO secure tho greatest prosperity to
all the people Of this country. Nor do
suppose it will bo seriously contond-
ed that the volume Of money can be
materially Cccreased without hurtfui
results. II | am correct in this, then
anything that is calculated TO shr ink
the volume of money In use, should be
prevented. When debts are made
payable in coin of one of these two
metals instead OF coin of both Of them,
it 10 to the extent Of such debts de-
creasing the volume OF money. 1t
also puts u premium upon the coin In
which the debts are made payable and
| discrcdits the other coin. il tho debts
| made payable in one OF these coins
alone become considerable in numbers
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12

We are equally ignorant az to the
policy which may govern tho possible
buyers, but we think that il oniy the
spare lands from the water power were
opened up to desirable settlers and the
proper effort was made to brinr immi-
grants from tho West, or elsewLere.
that q vast fortune would reward the
effort. II intelligent energy and a
sufficient capital is put into this enter
prise no man could estimate the possi-
bilities that await the endeavor. But
on the other hand II the whole wa.
ter power and land should be sold for
seventy.tve cents Or u dollar an aero.
It might bo held by some rich capital.
ist rs pleasure ground, and thus clog
ana retard our progress in the march
OF material prosperity for another half
century.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12
Heart Disease Cured
BY DR.. Miles Heart Cure.

Fainting, Weak or Hungry Spells, Irrcgu-
lar or Intermittent Pulse, Fldttcring or Pal
pitation, Choking Sensation, Shortncss OF
breath, Swelling OF Feet and Ankles, arc
eymptOms OF u discussed or Weak IIcnrt.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12

III you wish success in life, mako
perseverance your, bosom friend. ex.
perlenco your wise counsellor, caution
guardian genius. Sou'
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12

49, ,--Chauncey M. Depew gives the ro.
clpe tor success in these words: nrh.
main clements OF success in this world
nro gooa sense, good temper and mind.
Ing your own business" '''o-
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12

George Bancroft tod q bow OF
young girls that tho sqcrcl G; ;r,,1, ~.
Jay IN never losing ones temper. III
you Will never sct nng"y," .ni, tive
historian, "you will 1.-Two to be oO," '''o
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12
WASHINGTON NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Prominent Democrats Win Not Attend the
Chicago Conyontion-Rosd and Crisp arc
Personal frends---Pro sidenta; Aspirants
Wear EroCk Coats.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12
WHAT SHALL Be A LEGAL TENDER ?

Tho States Have tho RSh. to Designate
GoIc and Silver as Dobt-Payino Cur-
ronoy--Goi1 CoN.ractS OuSnt Not 10 Do
AiiomeG
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12

Of Fort Wayne Ind, writes on Nov. 20, 1894:
Il was afflicted for forty years with heart
! Dublc and suffered untold agony. had
weak, hungry spells, and my heart would
palpitatc so hard, the pa in would be so acute
and torturing, that became SO weak ard
nervous could not sleep. 1 was treated by
several physicians without relief and gavo
up ever being we'll again. About two years
ago commenced using DR.. Miles Remedies.
ono bottle OF tho Heart Cnrc stopped all
heart troubles and tho Restorative Neryino
did tho rcst.and now sleep soundly and at
tend to my household and social duties with
out any trouble.
Sold by druggists Book sent froo. Address
DR.. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart. Ind.
DR.. Niles Remedies Restore Health.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-03-12
EllERBE FOR GOVERNOR.

mo announcement of His Candidacy Re-
sarded as q Declaration that Gover,or
Evans will Seek Senatorial Honors.
tOlum bin Rouiater
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-01
Whisky From Potatoes

The enormous OVer-prOductiOn of pO-
tatOes last summer will probably re
suit in the establishment of potato
distilleries in Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Michigan, where the tuber can b
bought for five cents a bushel or less
Potato whisky is made and consumed
on a large scale in Germany and Aus
tria and every traveller in Ireland is
offered a sample of "poteen" Few
except the natives, ever have the cour-
age to more than look at it. However,
small quantities of 'poteen' are i'm
ported into the United States, and stuff
bearing that name, and probably as
effective as the genuine, can be had in
every city.
The American distillers have not
eXperimt nted much with potatoes.
They say the potato flavor is not rel
ished by men used to the Kentucky,
Maryland Pennsylvania or Tennessee
article A $4,000 distillery is being
erected at Manawa, Wis, according to
press dispatches, to use up part of the
surplus crop of 1895. The venture is
if it proves successful corn will have
formidable rival. 1t is estimated
297 100000 bushels of potatoes were
sold or housed last year, compared with
170,O00000 bushels in 1894 Many
states not specially adapted to potato
raising went into the market, and as
result potatoes are now selling here
to peddlers at u or IA cents bushel,
and choice stock is going in small lots
at 20 cents. 1t is believed the plant
ing in 1896 will be less than in 1895,
but not in the great potato states
New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois and Col
orado. If distillers can use potatoes
they can always find refuse stock at
low prices as the starch manufacture
ers do.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-01

London, Sept. 27.-P1etty nearly the
whole of the scientific world has heard
of Eusapta Paladino Oy this time. To
those interested in the phenomena Of
psychology the fat, dumpy, Italian
peasant woman has been a veritable
gold mine of surprises. Unbelieve-s
in the supernatural would almost be
willing to change their minds could
they sec her perform the marvellous
doings which within the past year have
ccnvulsed cold, clear-headed men of
science in all the great centers Of Eu-
rope. She has been studied and ana
lyzed over and over, but not one of
these men of brains has been able 10
logically account for her mysterious
powers. If she had lived a hundred
years ago she would probably have
been condemned to the stake as
witch. As it is she is the greatest liv-
ing puzzle before the eyes of the world
today.
Her strange powers are easily de-
scribed, but no explanation Of their
some peculiar force in her body which
is potent enough to move weighty OBJ
jects standing at some distance from
her. It is described as a species of
electrical current, emanating from her
body and taking hold of the desired
object and moving the latter about as
she Wills. Her force is not confined to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-01
Dairy Hints.

One of the principal causes of butter
becoming rancid is the buttermilk con-
tanned in it,
A large percentage of the butter fat
is lost when it comes to churning. if
the cream gets too sour.
With good management a butter
farm should grow richer and richer.
A ton of butter removes only about
SO cents worth of fertiIizing elements.
Everyone that buys milk for family
us" ought to Get that which contains
four per cent. of fat. But much of the
milk delivered to customers only
shows three per cent.
If the butter comes too hard for
working and sailing, because of the
low temperature at which it was
churned, you can easily and quickly
remedy it by warming the washing
water.
One of the important items in maxi
ing dairying most profitable is to
weed out all improbable parts. The
average farmer cannot afford to fool
with COWS that do not have at least
some desirable quality.
Dairying is like any other business; 1t
must have certain requisites as CAPT.
tai to work with. Among these are
good COWS, good feed and good feeder.
These three make a whole team that
will pull the profit out, if there is any.
Do not stop feeding the dairy COW
as soon as she goes dry. Give her
enough good food to steadily maintain
a fair condition of flesh, and she will
be all the better milker when she
comes fresh again. If she is allowed
to get thin in flesh, it will cost some
thing to bring her up again.
If but one or two COWS are MIXED
it is not inconvenient to feed grain at
milking time, but with a herd it is
very troublesome. Some COWS will
not give down" except when eating a
palatable mess. This is the fault of
the trainer, and is a bad state of
affairs. But, like all habits, there
are ways Of breaking it.
10 Ouy just the COWS you want is
too expensive and hard to accomplish.
Better raise them on the farm. Pro-
cure the best mixers you can for a
foundation, and then buy the best
full blooded butter sire you can find.
Let him be at least two years old, and
he will serve your purposes for four
or five years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-01
49, s>ErEass IA s2.s>4ex-~s 49, Ns.A@-~.ks !
H d
Benefits Fruit Growers.

Every fruit grower in the state, par
ficularly those in the central and
northern counties, are greatly elated
over the opening of another avenue Of
profit, the result OF a recent act of
Congress, changing the laws govern
ing the distilling of brandy from fruit,
says the San Francisco Call. Under
the law as changed fruit growers and
distillers will be able to convert into
brandy almost any fruit grown in the
state Heretofore in the event of an
extra heavy crop of apricOts or prunes
the growers have been compelled to
dry such as the short season would
permit, the remainder being allowed
to rot. In this way hundreds and
thousands of pounds went to waste.
All this, Of course, has been dead
loss to the producer, and incidentally
the distilIer Limited in their oper-
atoms almost entirely to apples and
grapes, many distillers have been
forced to shut down at least a portion
of the year. 1t is thought now, how
ever, that those III the central and
southern parts of the state will be able
to run the entire twelve months.
At present there are 119 distilleries
in active operation. Last year the
output of brandy III the First district
amounted to 1,472,65 gallons, and
throughout the state to something over
100000 gallons. 1t is thought that
the new law will be the means of in
creasing the output from rs to so per
cent This means to the producer and
distiller at least half a million dollars
and probably more, and to the gov
eminent a largely increased revenue.
The counties in central California
will be principally the gamers. The
tons and tons of prunes and apricots
which have hitherto been allowed to
rot or used as fertilizers will be con-
yerted into a commercial article for
which there is an ever increasing ue
mand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-10-01

a single object at the same time. She
can move a dozen things from different
parts of a large room, causing them to
fly through the air at the same instant
This has just been demonstrated, and
adds a new chapter to the already long
list which the scientists are trying to
puzzle out.
Some time ago Eusapia was taken to
England, and she gave number of ex-
hibitions in the presence of number
of English, French and German scien-
fists, who adopted a variety of precau-
lions to detect her in any fraud. No
fraud was discovered, but her doings
were so remarkable aud unnatural
that some of the scientists, after
vainly attempting to trace the causes
of the p.enomena, decided that there
must have been fraud, and so
stamped her as a vulgar trickster.
But these accusations were so ground
less of fact that little attention was
paid to them, and the fame Of the
Italian woman today is greater than
ever.
In Paris she has just given an exam
pie of her powers which is regarded as
more remarkable than any of the
others, because it shows the surprising
energy of the force she exerts. Here
tofore she has only attempted to move
small things, like causing a letter
weighing machine to move up and
down, and humping the keys Of
piano placed at some distance from
her.
In this last exhibition there were a
number of scientific men present, and
they adopted many precautions against
the exercise of fraud or the introduce
ton of any outside agency. The wife
of one of the scientists had dressed the
peasant woman in tight fitting gym
nasium suit to guard against the posi-