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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11
OUR NOBLE PRESIDENT.

Cleveland refuses to sign the Joint
Resolution, passed almost unanimous
ly by both houses of Congress, recog-
nizing the fact that war exists in the
island of Cuba.
If he had been king of Spain,in 1776,
he would have refused to recognize
the belligerent rights of the Ameri-
can people, led by George Washing
ton.
If Cleveland has any purpose, in the
economy of Gods providence, it is to
utterly extinguish the Democratic
party-so utterly that it will be here
after simply a matter of historical
and antiquarian research.
Spain cannot spend her borrowed
millions in any better way, to fight
the freedom of the Cuban people, than
to disbursc them among the patriotic
advisers of Grover Cleveland in Wash
ington.
In the meantime Weyler is demon
strating that war does exist in Cuba.
Havana, March 3.-Captain-Genera
Weyler's bloody work is begun. His
statement that he has not resorted to
severe measures is no longer born out
by facts. A reckless massacre OF in
offensive people has occurred at
Guatao, and the country is in state
of AFFECT terror The people are fee
ing from their homes in panic, and in
nome ntary dread OF murder. They are
leaving the furniture undisturbed,
their houses uncared for. and even
their clothing, and are taking sick
me mberS of their families out OF their
beds and hurrying them sway. Every
imaginary kind of vehicle is being
utilized. and where no vehicles are to
be had women and children are
tramping on foot for miles over the
country roads, to get away from the
Spanish marauders. and to reach
Havana if possible.
gle exception, that they fear the
SpaniardS anG not the insurgents and
declare that the inhuman and brutal
conduct of Weyler's men is simply i'm
possible to the Cuban patriots. Their
reason for seeking Havana is that in
this capital, Notwithstanding the
| continuous arrests of innocent per-
| sons, the horrible excuses Of the law
| less Spanish troops are not likely to
find parallel 1t is the only place Of
| comparative safety that most Of them
| can get to.
The troops entered the houses and
| shot quiet men who were doing moth
ing. They raided bedrooms, and a
man confined to his bed by erysipelas
was killed as he lay there. In one
case a woman came to the door Of her
house and pleaded with the soldiers
for the life Of her hus band, who lay i'll
in bed. Their response was the crash
of the butt of a musket on the wom-
ans head. They then broke down a
door and shot the husband in bed.
The previous fight had resulted in
the capture of five cubans by the
| Spanards. These five were shot dead
in the fields. These, with 13 dead
found by Red Cross physicians who
went to Guatao, make Is altogether
There were no wounded all who did
not escape to the woods being made
| sure of.
These terrible scenes took place no
farther from Havana than from the
Battery to Harlem. and the ignorance
which Gen Weyler processes of the
actual facts is manifestly not to be be-
| lieVed
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11

left unhampered to select the
tittest candidate for president, and
the one most likely to win, and to do
justice to the whole people il elected.
These. in our view, are holy and sa-
cred matters, with which personal
aspirations should have nothing to
do.
We feel as Macbeth did, before the
evil one got possession of him:-"If
chance will have me king then chance
may crown me-" While therefore
profoundly grateful to all our kind
and generous friends, for their good
will and good words, we shall do moth
ing to push ourself to the front-noth-
ing.
IL we were not convinced that a
divine and allwise Power stands be-
hind the destiny Of our race we should
gress. But we believe that God will
bring salvation to the American peO-
Pile. and preserve liberty throughout
the land, in his own time and in his
own good way. Nothing SO small as
we are should attempt to fret the
movements of the eternal Providence
with its petty ambitions.
We are ready to carry musket in
the rear rank or sword in the front
rank, as may best serve the great end
in vlew,-the lifting up of the people.
Go ahead with the fight, brethren n,
and don't pay any attention to US.
You will find us with you as long as
there is breath in this body.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11
POLITICS.

LIE Sueur Sentinel: Gov. Clough has
appointed George j. Dressed, of
Waterville, as the seventh deputy
game warden, at fifty good round dol
lars per month. While seven are
really allowed by law six only have
been appoint before. 1t is one of the
greatest fakes ever practiced on
earth, this game law, and is only valu-
able in that it swells the army of eX-
ecutive appOintees. In this insta nee
it is doubtless supposed that it will
seal LIE Sueur county for the Clough
column. No one supposed it to be in
danger, but probably Dave knows.
Between game wardens and fire
wardens we will soon have a politi-
clan, with good salary, to stand
guard over every prairie-chicken and
another to follow every farmer who
goes out ploughing with pipe in his
mouth.
But then the taxpayers are so rich
they can afford it. And surely the
less intelligent ought to support the
more intelligent.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11
HO w 1T WORKS.

Special to the Journal.
Estelline, S. d., March last sum-
mer the business men and farmers of
Estelline and vicinity organized the
Farmers Grain Company One hum
dred shares were sold for $40 each. At
a recent meeting Of the executive
committee it was found that the
profits OF the business thus far
amounted to $500, or 80 per cent in six
months. The market price of grain
for the last five years has been from
to 3 cents per bushel more at sur
rounding towns than at Estelline.
while this year the price paid by the
old-line buyers at Estelline has bee n
l cent above the market. and the
price paid by the Farmers company
has averaged l cent higher still
Wheat at SO cents per busheI, at 2
cents above the market instead of 2
cents below, means 8 per cent profit
for the farmers. besides the 81 per
cent for the elevators.
Everywhere the farmers should
erect local elevators and raise funds
for a terminal elevator at the head of
Lake Superior.
That means a free market,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11
BUT ONE REMEDY.
Il FED FEVERS."

In our Forum we print, this week, a
letter from country girl" at Shell
Lake, MINI. 1t illustrates how an in
telligent, thinking mind turns in
every direction to find an outlet from
evil conditions. The young lady is
right in some Of her sugges tions, but
the real and only remedy is to be
found through q neso party and the ballot
boz.
l the people submit to robbery the
thieves will follow them down into
the most abject wretchedness, and
still plumber them. To adopt Euro
pean conditions will not prevent
European expressions. The poor Irish
peasants, in their mud cabins, and
living on potatoes, were reduced
into such further poverty that, when
the blight attacked their sole article
of diet, one million and half of them
persisted of famine and famine-fever!
Mankind cannot escape injustice by
sinking into the lowest depths Of
Indebtedness. The usurers of Russia
continued to rob the farmers even
while they were living on bread made
of mill-sweepings and tree-bark. The
victim OF consumption cannot get
clear of his tuberculous bacilli by
starving himself The weaker he
grows the more rapidly they devour
him. Does anyone suppose the Eleva-
tor Ring would stop stealing ii wheat
fell to % cents a bu>hel? No; they
would increase their robberies. for the
crease their capacity to resist them.
Above all things else in this world
is needed courage and manhood, even to
the er RENE Of absolute desperation.
Courage mever to submit or yield"
''All is lost" cried the courtier.
The great Frenchman replied:
Gail save the indomitable soul of
Armand Richelieu."
IF any man attempts to re-enslave
me-" cried Fred Douglas, che will find
death in the pot!''
That is the spirit that makes free
men. Where that is found you will
have clear heads, warm backs. full
stomachs, civilization, culture and
equal rights. The base in spirit will
inevitably find base conditions
poverty. injustice, ignorance, slavery
and starvation.
In London church-yard will be
found tombstone, over the body of
distinguished physician, and after
giving his name, birth, date of death,
etc., these words appear, Inscribed by
his express order, fed terers."
He was the author Of the now uni.
versally accepted theory that the only
way to fight disease is to build up the
system above it's reach.
That is the prescription the ecorM needs
today.
We must fight the fever of hunger
with food, the fever of ignorance with
knowledge, the fever of discomfort
with prosperity, the fever of injustice
with fair play, the fever of anar-
chism, not with bayonets, but with
just laws.
Organize! Organize! Rouse ye!
Rouse We! Cast off the lethargy into
which the poisons of Plutocracy have
thrown you. The daily press, like
Hamlet's uncle, is pouring into the
porches of your ears the deadly and
leprous distilment, which holds such
enmity with the blood of man that it
slaughters your hopes and happiness.
Up! Up! And defend yourselves!
Liberty is the inheritance of the
wise and bold. 1t leaves the coward
| to his fate.
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the American people are being crush
ed and impoverished, off the face of
the earth. even now, to maintain that
single-gold standard, so established:
and all the monkey-business referred
to in the above paragraph is being
carried On under the shadow of the
same gigantic rascality.
Are you going to sustain it. good
reader, by your vote next November?
II you are pray fix it so that your
grandchildren will never know where
your rotten corpse IS buried; for If
they do there is no telling what
shameful disgrace they may put upon
your last resting place, in revenge for
the horrors you helped to fasten upon
them.
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WAIT AWHILE.

WE publish in another column a
letter from Mr.. Aver, the Secretary Of
the Peoples Party League of Mime
sofa, touching the present political
position of Hon. J. @. Cronkhite, State
Senator, of Argyle, MINI. We cannot
but think that our old friend. Mr..
Cronkhire, while he may have been in
discreet and unwise in his utterances,
is still firmly attached to the Peoples
Party, to which he has given the best
energies of so many years of his life.
We shall be glad to hear from him
in explanation OF his present position.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11
GLAD TO SEE HIN.

WE were honored, yesterday, by a
call from that excellent and patriotic
gentleman and old soldier, Judge Rea,
formerly commander of the g. A. r.
of the United States, and for years
past a prominent advocate of free
silver. We are always glad to meet
such men.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1896-03-11

man will lead one-third Of the CONVEX
tion out of doors and into the Peoples
Party convention Of July q.
And il the free silver element car
ries the day the gold-bug gang will
bolt and nominate Cleveland for
president to help the Republicans to
success.
Democracy is in bad shape on either
horn of the dilemma.
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CIRCULATION 20, 1000!
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Office of the Penny Press. (

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Twenty Thousand Circulation.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, March 2, 1896.
This is to certify that the total num-
Der of papers printed this day for The
REPRESENTATIVE is 20, 900 copies.
r. E. LINKFIELD,
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this I'd day Of March, A. D. 1896.
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Notary Public.
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SAVE MONEY.

Look at our advertisements and Or
der goods and save money. These are
reliable men. The swindlers don't ad-
vertise with us. Our views are not
Sound" enough for them.
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IMMENSE GROWTH.

Our new subscribers, to THE REP
REsENrATIvE, from March l, to March
10, inclusive, are 1347.
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We want each of our friends to send
us lists of names Of good, sensible.
thoughtful men.
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Mr.. Philip Finnigan, orders his pa
per changed to Island Lake, n. D.,
but does not say to what part of the
known world it is now sent. Send US
the required information and the
change will be made,
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President
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-01-29

Formidable.
The following is copy of letter sent
to gentleman by an insurance agent:
DEAR SIR hope to give you .call tomorrow
or Wednesday on my way 10 and shall be
delighted to take your life.
-TitcRjts
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-01-29

Doing His Best.
Mother-Harry Tucker is the worst boy
in school, Tommy, and l want you to keep
as far from him as possible.
TOMMY do, ma. He stays at the head
of our classes all the time.-Truth.
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Well informed.

N0II INIOTIHeUs
$50, Uncle Jack, you don't much believe
in the idea that men are called to preach"
2 ''Wall, sab, de Lawd mout call some mig
gers ter preach, but it sorter 'pears ter me
dat whar de Lawd calls one Ole Man Lazi-
ness calls er dozen. Nine nigger preachers
outen ten is de lazies' pussons in de worl"
''How do you know, Uncle Jack?"
''CazeI'ze er preacher merse'f, sab. AR
kansaw Traveller.
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TAX RETURNS
FOR
1866.
OFFICE OF
AUDITOR SUMTER
COUNTY.

" ~ " ~ -
SUMTER, S. C. Nov. 81, 1895.
DETURNS OF ALL PERSONAL PRO
*, perty and Poll Taxes will be received
al The following times aud places: .a.., s.s'sss
Mechanicsville, Thursday, January
I'd.
Smithville, Friday, January Sd.
Providence, Saturday, January
4th.
Auditors Office, Monday, Janu-
ary 9th.
wedgefeld, Tuesday, January 7th
Stateburg, Wednesday, January
9Th.
Hagood, Thursday, January 9th.
Rembert's Store, Friday, January
10th
J NJ. Tindal's, Saturday, January
18th.
Mannville. Monday, January 18th
BishopviIle, Tuesday aud Wednes.
day, January l4th and 18th
Magnolia, Thursday, January 10th.
Lynchburg, Friday, January l7th.
Concord, Saturday, January 18th.
Reid's Mill, Monday, January
Goth.
Mayesville, Tuesday, January 2lst
Johnston's Store, Wednesday Jan
uary 22d.
Shiloh, Thursday, January 23d.
And at Auditors Office in City of
Sumter from January 24th to Febru-
ary Goth, inclusive.
The law requires tha: all persons owning
property or in anywise having charge OF such
property, either as agent, bus band, guardian,
trustee executor, administrator, etc, ieturo
the same under oath TO the Auditor, who re-
guess all persons to be prompt IN making
their returns and save the so per cent. penal
ty which will be added 10 the property yalu-
alton Of all persous who fail TO make returns
within the time prescribed by law.
Taxpayers return what they own on the
first day of January, 1896.
Assessors and taxpayers will enter the
first given uame of the taxpayer iu full, also
make a separate return for each Township
where the property is located and also in
each and every case the No. of the School
District must be given.
Every male citizen between the age of
twenty.cne and City years 90 the first dag of
January, 1886, except those incapable of
earning a support from being manned or
from other causes shall be deemed taxable
Polls.
All returns must be made on or before the
10th day of February next. cannot take
returos after that date and all returns made
after the 10th day of February are subject to
a penalty of so per cent.
Auditor Sumter County
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LIGHT AND AIRY.
The Miserable millionaire.

The Miserable Millionaire.
Tam so very. very rich it is nuisance quite;
IL keeps me anxious ell day long and wide
awake night.
Ny bonds the, are so many that it makes my
fingers sore
To cut or all the coupons. which l deem
dreadful bore.
have six villas in the hills and seven by the
sea.
But they're no joy, but aggravations rather,
unto me,
For when the summer season comes m always
full of woe,
Because can't make up my mind to which OF
them I'll so.
Ihave q stable full of rigs and horses for each
one,
Yet though they're all of blooded stock my
horses must shun,
Because when I'd 20 driving in my sulky or
my brake
Icannot seem to choose the one 'twould please
me best to take.
Upon the water It's the same. I've craft Of ev-
cry kind,
From dingies up to steamers swift that leave
all else behind,
And vet never venture out upon the sound or
sea
Because my mind and Go not seem able to
agree.
Now wealth is very lovely. and there's much
that it will buy,
But it's a sorry burden to a fellow such as l,
For Just the thing need the most gold helps
me not to find,
And that, as you may guess, in brief IS a frD
and stable mind.
-Haroar,s BaZar
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And He Dropped Them a Line.

And He Dropped Them Line.
''Are you talking to yourself or to the
ish?'' inquired the man on horseback, rein
ing up.
ITO the FISH, answered the sunburned
man on the log, intently watching his cork.
Il am trying todraw them out. Chicago
Tribune.
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All Hope Gone.
.Can nothing be done for the prisoner.
Mr.. Brief:''
81 fear not, sir
1.-THE legal expedients are all exhausted,
are they?"
''No. But the prisoners money is."--Tia-
Bits,
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MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY TO LOAN ON IMPROVED
lYl- City Property. Apply to
HAYNSWORTH g. HAYNSWORTH,
Attorneys at Law.
January 3. 1896.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-01-29

A Seaside Reveric.
It's fun to lie upon tie beach
And hear the breakers roar
And see the wavelets strive to reach
A higher point on shore.
It's fun to hoist parasol
And dawdle all day long,
Regardless Of what may befall
Amid the seething throng.
And yet with deeper Jog it thrills
To smite with tireless hand
That witless wretch who comes and fills
Your bathing suit with sand.
New York Press.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-01-29

The Safe Plan.
Travelling Mana chop and 8 cup of cof-
fee quick. Ny train leaves in 20 minutes.
Waiter-Yes, sab; Is cents, sab.
'Do you want pay in advanced"
eyes, sab. You may be gone before it's
cooked, sab. New York Weekly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-01-29

The Stearn eacsr holds nearly ali the
worlds records. The Stearns Specia! is the
finest combination track and road Wheel
built. AND the Stearns Mode! is the
road wheel par excellence. The Stearos
Ladies' Wheel and Tandem aye perfect models
of their kind. H. G. Osteen & Co, Agents
or Sumter aud Clarendon.
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Doubts as to Peduncle.

0OUOtS 20 NSke1H10H~s
Mard-How do you like that young Mr..
Peduncle?
Irene-I don't like him at all. He's either
very stupid or he's an impudent upstart. l
said to him at the party last night that 1
didn't feel like eating anything, and he
said, "Why, Miss Squires, you certainly
look well enough to eat"
'Wel, what of that?"
'sWhy, he should have said looked good
enough to eat."-Chicago Tribune
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Enjoying Himself.
He swarmed around the betting stand.
With others of his kind,
His collar crushed, his hat smashed in,
But that he didn't mind.
The hot sun beat upon his back.
With heat like furnace fired,
While he. beside the racing track,
Perspired and perspired.
He turned unto his friend and said:
Great Caesar, amt it warm!
I'm mighty glad to think thatI
Amt working on farm
Indianapolis Journal
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No. So runs through from4 Charleston via
Central R. R., leaving Lanes..8 38 a. NJ, Man
ming 9 Is a. N.