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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1897-09-11

South Carolina should have Il re
formatory or house of correction
for all Juvenile criminals. He
said, Yes by all means it made
me feel bad to see so many young
negro criminals, boys and girls un
der twenty wears of age, put in
the penitcnti..ry with older crimI-
nails to be hardened and made
worse, and the State should pro
vide for such. He told me how
such an institute should be mana
ged, etc, and then said he was
ready and willing to do anything
in his power to establish it.
showed him Il letter written to me
from prominent merchant of
Greenwood, 5 &, Offering 500.
as donation for such an ASYLUM.
He said, That's good, but you
want to go and see the governor
and tell him, and | believe he will
endorse it.
/ then asked him about the late
senatorial fight in South Carolina,
and if he had seen ex-senator Ir-
by's threats in the northern pa.
pers. He said, Yes, but he did
not notice that. Irby is simply
mad and irritated. | don't want
to fight, for fighting dogs and cats
don't live long
But it is believed in South
Carolina that you favored Sena-
tor McLaurin in the late primary
None of them know who | ia
yored. l did not openly favor
any of them. Some of those fell
lows up in Union tried to pick me
on that and thus draw me out,
but / kept my mouth shut. Some
of them thought l favored McLau-
rim because we voted together,
agreed on the tariff question, but
that was no sign | wanted him
elected.
About the time he finished the
above statement, he said, Look
here, Carroll, you sometimes re-
port for papers. | am not talking
for papers. You came to my home
at Trenton once and | talked with
you freely and few days after
wards it was published in the
Greenville News. | must confess
that yon reported me correctly,
and it seemed to me that you put
it just as | said it, and | have of
ten thought what a remarkable
memory you had, but l want you
to understand that l am not talk
ing for newspapers He got up
and started out of the room, but
followed him and asked questions
as he walked.
Where is the barber shop 2
he asked colored porter.
Back this way sir said the
porter.
He turned and l managed to
stop him again.
Il see that you and the editor
of the State are together in poll
tics
Well, no; Gonzales has sim
ply como tn me. | have always
held the views on the silver ques
ton that | now have
Well, sir, one more question.
When you came out in 1890 for
governor, did you intend then to
hold n constitutional convention
for the purpose of disfranchising
the colored people, or did you be
come alarmed afterwards and do
eide to do it,
Il intended to do it from the
iump, because | wanted TO save
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Recent mortality returns from the
Southern States show that the death
rate of the colOred people from tuber-
culosis is three times as high as that of
the whites.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06
HAWAII J0TTINGS.

The biggest reason that can be urg
ed against annexation is the class OF
grocer and the consumer because sugar
labor used in the islands. If the pre-
sent government can supplant ignor-
ant Mongols-both Chinese and Jap
anese - with intelligent white labor.
then annexation with the consent OF
the annexed-would be assured. A.
all events. no foreign power must be
to take possession of this rich
gem of the Pa2ifc. 1t is autonomy OF
annexation-nothin else will be al
Citrograph, Redlands, Cal.
Likely enough il was the presenta-
tion of Queen Ills hotel bill which
Palmer mistoOE for an at
tempt on her life.-S. T. Chronicle.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06

ward 90 together III this world.
The soldier who does the fighting
gets the rank. 1t i not given to
some one who would be a great
soldier, if he had the chance. The
scamp who explores Africa or the
North Pole, and risks his life, gets
the honors, instead Of the eminent
scientist who stays at home. In
terior and even wicked men, who
accomplish something, III all
branches Of human life, are usual
" preferred TO those who are emf
nent but do nothing.
There Is a large missionary field
in politics. The heathen'' are
there in vast numbers. They must
be educated. 1t takes time. Mr..
Platt takes the time and Mr..
Choate does not. Mr.. Choate has
a theory that on election day, the
heather, under sudden inspiration,
viii turn Il sOmersault from wick
cdnesS into goodness, and line up
with the elect, and vote for the
best man" Mr.. Platt has a the
ory that long, continuous, patient
work must be done, and that men
must be educated in political mat
tiers, lust as they are educated III
the trades and the professions. He
becomes the teacher, and then the
leader. and is finally elected over
the head of the eminent ChOate.
When men like Choate will do
missionary work too, and live with
the political ''heathen," they will
have some influence in filling
Offices. OF course, there are eX-
ceptions to this general rule.
Mr.. Plat is a "boss." But
while Mr.. ChOate was at home,
taking large fees, Mr.. Platt, in St
Louis, shook his fist at the weak
kneed Republicans, and drove
them upon the gold platform. The
bankers and merchants of the En-
pire State prefer the wicked man
who has done splendid work, to an
eminent man, who can do good
work, but is too busy to spend his
time at it. There is much human
nature lying around us.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06

Missouri's cattle are worth s2S,OOO,-
900.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06
THE JUBILEE.

La selecting the best method of
COMMUNICATING Queen Victoria
Jubilee, Truth (LOndon) says,
there is much difference of opinion
about it, but that it is quite evil
dent that each person, in Great
Britain, feels that the best com
memoration would be, to relieve
himself of all of his personal griev-
ances.
Tolstoi said: The wolf looks
at the world and thinks, what IS
all this for but to give me food I"
The Englishman says, what is the
use of a Jubilee, unless | am pull
ed out of some trouble! If a man
is unhappily married, let the
Queen send him a divorce. If he
has lost money, let the Queen, or
somebody else fill his pockets. Ii
he has a personal enemy, let the
Quecn skin" him. In other
words, let the Jubilee become Il
personal millennium, in which forty
millions of people will, individual
". be relieved of their heavy bur
dens.
No doubt, the gracious Queen
would do it. if she could. But she
too, has her own heavy burdens, of
suffering, disappointment and be
reavement, which Will not vanish
at the touch of the Jubilee wand.
To her the words apply, which the
eloquent Robert Hall used at the
death of the Young and exalted
Princess Charlotte, .She too be
longs to that vast throng. which
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06
PLATT AND CH0ATE.

The election, by the Legislat-
IRE of New York State, of Mr..
Platt to the Senate of the United
States. instead of Mr.. Choate, at
tracts much attention IN ,hat coun-
TRY. because it l. a most emphatic
illustration of the power of the
''ho~s" in politics.
We have said. that Mr.. Plat
did the work and got the Office,
and Mr.. Choate did not do the
work, and therefore did not get
the Office. Our position may be
understood. Many people take it
for granted that human nature Is
eliminated from political methods.
Many good men here, once recon-
mended an incompetent man for
office. because they were his
friends. and they wanted to help
him. The same men would howl
with Indignation if an incomPe-
tent stranger applied for an office.
The theory Of putting the best
man" in office Is ignored, Practi
cally, bv all men. Work and re
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06

YTAVING a stock of goods
scattered about in two
or three warehouses is
- a practical Illustration
of putting a light under
"a buShel and expecting the
public to see the glare. The
change we have recently
made in this respect has al
ready had its effect. The
superior quality of the goods
we have been obliged to
keep in out : of = the way
places are now in position in
the mammoth show rooms Of
the building formerly occu-
pied by H. w. Schmidt &
Sons, on Fort street, mauka
of our store. They are ar
ranged in a systematic man
ner and the sun has a chance
to shine on them. Two
floors, having several thou
sand square feet of space, are
filled with goods and in a
convenient manner for in
SpeCtiOn.
Our friends the plantation
managers may now inspect
plantation implements with
out falling over them in their
efforts to see the exclusive
merits of superiority they
possess.
On the first floor is an as
Sortment of the Hendry
Breaker, than which no bet
ter pIoW has ever been in
troduced here; Rice PloWs,
all SiZeS-Side-hill and sub
soils; CultiVatOrs, especially
adapted to the wants of cof-
fee growers; Deere Sulky
Disc PlOWS Avery Sugar
Land CuitivatOrS and Stub
bic DiggerS, and ASpinWalnS
Potato Planters.
On the second flOOc there
are sewing machines, wheel
barrOWs, step ladders. Then
there are parts to the various
p!ows and machinery carried
by US, aermotorS, rope, and
everything else necessary on
plantations.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06

BY making your purchases of
the Direct Importers, you save
from IS to SO CENTS ON EV-
cry DOLLAR.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06
LESS Observation-Disclosures PRO
GkESS.

Ouida the novelist, who has late
" taken To Writing Oh social ques-
tons, has peuned d letter To Sc
crctary OIney III which she pro
tests against the clause III the I'M
migration bill which requires those
coming to the United States To DC
able u read. She says that to bar
the ilIiterate Italians will be 10
keep out the better classes and let
III street 9amins and others WHO
have been corrupted by the
trunpery education OF the
schools She cites an instance
within her own experience OF II
servant, who could neither read nor
write but was the pink OF perfect
honesty and loyalty to his en-
pIoyer. She would not trust an
educated man.
This argument Is something Oh
the plan of the old farmers idea
who didn't want his boy ''eddi-
Gated" because he would then be
able to read dime novels. Ouida
would evidently accept the lOgi-
cal falIacy: a hen Is a biped: a
man Is biped, therefore man
~ hen. We would naturally
suppose that woman Of Ouida :
fame would not speak of the cor
ruption Of trumpery education,
vet we find the same inconsisten-
oies which she presents cropping
out among all classes and condi-
lions of men. Even within our
own borders in the discussion re-
hating to the importation OF more
intelligent labor to gather our
staple product, we find nine out
Of ten remarking that a trial has
ence been made and it was fail
ure. therefore all trials will be
failures. If this pessimistic view
Of our industrial experiments Is to
obtain now and henceforth the
hme will soon come when the
average white man will consider
an attempt to exist in this country,
a failure.
The influence of the men who
meet every new departure with
the assertion that lit can't be done
in this country" is already coming
into bold relief in It's effect upon
the country both at home and
abroad. \ temporary loss OF a
few dollars has blinded the ewes
of the majority to the rocks toward
which they have been steering:
education as To the true trend of
affairs has been placed at dis
count. 1t i never too late to mend,
however, and we may inaugurate
policy In relation to Our own inn
migration which will save the ma
ton from the wrath to come. 1t
IS about time the ''can't-be-done"
individual ceased receive 80 much
attention aIld more of the Spirit of
distinctly American progress put
in the spring of our national boot
heel.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06

moves slowly towards the tomb, in
which all are distinguished from
each other only by their different
degrees of Indebtedness"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06
New Goods, New Goods, New Goods,
Elk s.. 9. wARRENHoo.


putting
We
olera.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06

The most powerful modern fleet that
has ever been seen on the waters of
the Baltic will assemble there this
spring under the flag of Russia.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06

The maximum speed of the swallow
is fixed by Prof. Spallanzani, the Itali-
an ornithologist, at 300 feet per second.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06
ca r. y:

This Is the complaint Of rs
thousands at this season. kur - n
They have no appetite; fooc ksxa G q
does not relish and oIteu fails TO digest.
causing severe suffering. such people
need the toning - Of tie stomach and
digestive organs, which course of Hoods
Sarsapa-illa viii give them. II also puri-
fies and enriches the blood, cures that dis
tress after eating and
Internal Misery
Only a dyspeptic can know, creat = az
appetite, Oyercomes that tired fesrlnr. and
builds up and sustains the whole physical
system. 1t so promptly and effectively
relieves dysPeptic symptoms and cures
nervous headaches, that it seems 20 have
almost " a magic touch.'
Distress After Eating.
81 have been troubled with indigestion
for some time. After eating anything
that was sweet i was sure to experience
great difficulty and distress. Last fall !
began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla and am
glad to say that my stomach trouble has
entirely disappeared. ] can now eat q
hearty meal of almost any kind of food
and have no trouble afterwards Hoods
Sarsaparilla has also cured me of nervous
spells" JOHN II. HOAIRIGHAUsEN,
Wheatland, Iowa. Such cures prove that
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-03-06

Germany makes 1000 pianos a week
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-12-29

night, at the City Hall was quite sue
cess. The program was excellent in
every feature and 80 well executed that
there was no cause for criticism. The
receipts at the door was about twenty
dollars.
The Breckenridge Normal College is
the best check for business for this town
in '9s, that we know Of. The merchants
should do what they can to help build 1t
up. One hundred and fifty, or two
hundred pupils stopping in this town for
ten months in the year will drop several
thousand dollars here. But shall we let
the thing go, or not. The fact is there
should be meeting Of the citiz'ns and
they should talk the matter over and II
need be, contribute a little money to
help the institution along. One man can
do good deal but he can't do it all. 1t is
to the interest Of the citizens here to
maintain the institution. 1t will be
money in their pockets to do it.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-12-29

Ida Haynes, Of this place will take
place at the Baptist church. Miss Mary
L. Haynes, sister OF the bride will be
maid Of honor, Misses Maydee Pusey and
Lillian Rhodes brides maids, B. Guedry,
brother Of the groom, best man, viii
and Bos McGehee groomsmen. Miss
Agnes Malin, cousin OF the bride will
play the march. Rev. Phillip Jenkins
officiating. The bride aud her attend
ants will wear white Paris muslin, with
the usual accessories that make up
bridal costumes. The entire party will
take passage on the Tell City to meet
the Ragon, when the party will return
and the bride and groom proceed on
their journey to Paducah, their future
home, where their many friends hope
happiness and prosperity await them.
My seven little girls Flora and Fam
ME hewitt, Pauline Dowden, Mary Rich
ardson, Katie Smith, Lizzie Harrington
and Hattie Grinnell did beautifully in
their cantata. Each sustained her part
to perfection and all sang sweetly. The
larger pupils had pretty costumes.
Mabel Hardin as Dream Fairy was as q
veritable vision from Fairy Land. Lena
hewitt as Mirth showed her true dis
position while Ruth Phillips as Joy,
Georgia Helmstiller as Love and Beulah
Fountain Hope, each proved their
characters we're correctly assigned,
Florence Smith looked regal as Queen oil
Sunderland. Jesse Smith was "Kine
Winter" which he impeBonated with
dignity while Walter Hamilton as Santa
Claus was truly old patron Saint. The
girls decorated stage entirely themselves
and did noble work. Our Christmas
tree was beauty, thanks to Mrs. hewitt
and Mrs. Smith. l had many, many
kindnesses shown me all of which
sincerely appreciate.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-12-29
EKRoN.

Christmas passed very quitely here.
Warner Shacklett is in Elizabethtown.
]. NJ. Dugan is at home from Hender-
son.
Frank Board was in Louisville Satur-
day.
s. R. Frymire went to Louisville Sat-
urday.
Mr.. Dan Brooks, Louisville, was here
Friday.
Miss Claudia Frymire is at home from
Chenault.
W. X. Brown and wife went to Louis
vile Friday.
Miss Clara Wimp is in Louisville for
the holidays.
J. D. Babbage, Of the News, was in
town Tuesday.
Miss Essie Bruner, Garfield, is visit
ing her mother.
Miss Daisy Cox has returned home to
spend the holidays
T. NJ. War6eld went to Louisville
Friday on business.
D. NJ. Duncan, editor of the Messenger,
was ia town last week.
Will Kendall, Cementville, Ind is
here visiting relatives.
Gene and Bee Guedry arrived here
Sunday from Eddyville.
NJ. H. Richardson and wife, Louisville,
are at his fathers for visit.
Mr.. X. B. Smith went to Hawesville
Monday TO spend few days.
Miss Lydia Graham, Cloverport, is the
guest OF Miss Melissa Archer.
Mrs. Blant Shacklett who has been
very i'll with typhoid fever is improving.
Little Misses Fila and Eddie Jordan
are in Louisville TO spend the holidays
with relatives.
Mr.. Burnett and wife, (nee) Mics
Edith Craycroft, visited her uncle, Mr.
s. r. Frymire and was at the Xmas. tree
here.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-12-29
CUSTOM.

Mr.. and Mrs Bush took Xmas dinner
with Mr.. Sig Loeb and family.
Mr.. Jim Kennedy and wife, of near
Irvington, were in town last week trad
ng.
Mr.. T. f. Commit, wife and little
daughter, Lucille, spent Xmas in Louis
vile.
Mr.. Walter Frank and wife, Irvington,
took Xmas dinner with DIR. Baxter and
family.
June Chapel, of Concordia, and Har-
din Pollock, Of Preston, were the guests
OF Miss Helen Pollock last week.
Master Jasper and little Misses Lizzie
and Ruth Head, OF Lodiburg, we're the
guests of Mrs. Leona Adkissoon last week
The Kev. A. N. Whittinghill, Ovens
boro, spent the holidays with old friends
near this place. He was formerly pas
tor Of Salem church.
Mrs. Lucinda Stith, OF this place, wa
quite i'll last Friday, but is much better
at this writing. Her trouble was cry
sipelas, resulting from neuralgia.
Our Circuit Clerk, Mr.. Richard Will
lett, and Miss Lucy Young, were mar
ried on the 2Sth inst at the residence
of the BRIDES father, Mr.. Davis Young,
OF Sandy Hill.
Mr.. Jesse Hardaway and wife, of near
Big Spring, took the train here last
Thursday for Louisville, where they in
tended enjoying the holidays with Mr..
Hardaway's brother, Henry.
Mr.. Phillip Webb was in town this
morning soliciting telephone stock, the
route is fiom here to Irvington, thence
to Garfield, Big Spring and Vine Grove.
We already have line running east.
Mr.. Gilbert Casey, of Breckenridge
county, and Miss Katie Foushee, oil
Meade county, boarded train here last
Thursday, enroute to Jacksonville,
where they we're married by Magistrate
Hause. They were accompanied by Mr.
Wade Drury and Miss Hattie Mccoy.
put few briefs in the last issue siz
ing up some of our citizens, and put T.
E. Commit as the wittiest man in town,
and the typo made mistake and got T.
f Cuudif instead. AS Mr.. Cundif
makes no pIetensions to be witty,
herein correct the mistake.
Our popular editor, Jno. d. Babbage
wos in our town on the 2lst inst, and
attended the ID. B. Childs sale neal
town. That's right, friend John; come
around to all our public gatherings, fol
every time you come we hear OF new
subscriptions to your newsy, hustline
paper. And right here let me add thai
your last issue was daisy, with news
galore And to further show the popu.
larity Of this paper, will herein recite q
little incident that occurred few weeks
since There was piece in the BREoK.
ENRIDGE News that wanted to send to a
relative who lives at Mt. Sterling, but
upon investigation found out that the
friend had seen the piece about as soon
as had, for he too takes the News
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-12-29

there last week.
Masters Daymon and Elton Beavin, oil
Hawesville, are visiting their grand pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Taul.
Mrs. Juda Hinton and husband, Of
near Cannelton, Ind, are visiting her
brother, Mr.. Anse Hoobery, this place.
An unusually large crowd assembled
at the party given at S. O. Franks on
Christmas night The party was given
in honor OF "Bill aud John"
w. N. Pate has bought all of the sala-
Bile stock in this and adjoining localities,
He took his last cargo last week. and
Noble says he will have to 90 to hard
labor until some stock grows up.
The greatest attraction at Pate's store,
Christmas day, was his two grandsons,
Roy Hawkins, five years old, and Amuel
Pate, four years old. With q toy banjo
and violin, it was real amusing TO see the
little fellows using their ingenuity 30
earnestly, feeling confident they were
the sole attraction Of the crowd.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-12-29
MATTiNGLY.

Farewell. Santa Claus, for another
year.
VIM. Mingus and family spent Christ
mas with T. N. Brickey.
Everybody seemed 10 appreciate the
Holidays. and all enjoyed themselves.
According TO an old saying, farmers
will be blessed with a good crop next
year.
]. w. Pate and wife, and Master Am
uel, spent the holidays here with rela-
tives
Felix Beavin and A. F. labelling went
TO Greensboro Friday, and returned Sat
urday.
Burt Drum came up from Evansville
10 spend the holidays with his father, A..
b. Drum.
There was large attendance at the
social given at w. N. PAte's Christmas
eve night.
O. B. Pate, our enterprisIng merchant,
did a good business here during the
holidays.
Misses Judith and Ora Brickey spent
Christmas day with their cousins, Misses
Alice and Ada Brickey.
James Taul, who Was recently married
10 Miss Bessie Drum. has rented a part
Of Mr.. VIM. Brickey's farm, and moved
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1897-12-29

are permitted to enjoy some delightful
weather.
Richard Sapp has been very poorly for
a few days, but is better at this writing.
Rev. b. b. Galloway, OF Daviess coun /.
ty, is assisting in a series OF meetings at
this place.
A series OF meetings commenced here
Sunday. There is a great field for work
at this place.
Tom Shaw, wife and baby, OF Pates-
vile, spent few days among friends at
this place last week.
>>Born, Sunday, Dec. ~, to the wife of
Charley Campbell, boy. 1t lived only
a few hours was buried Monday in the
Wheatley graveyard.
allow can christians expect the cause
OF Christ to prosper in their midst, while
they allow worldly cares to stand be-
tween them and the duty they owe 10
their Redeemer.
Will johnson and wife, OF Beeck,u
ridge county, visited relatives here Sat
urday and Sunday, and as they had been
married but a few days, the boys gave
them an old time chiravari serenade.
The young girl or boy, who give their
attention TO the preacher during services
Is the girl or boy who are most respected
and are the ones who will stand upon
the top round OF good morals. and are
destined to become shining lights in the
church Of God.