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The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-26

Colonel William j. Bryan says be
would like to have his regiment mus
tered out, for the reason that he and
bis men enlisted for the purpose Of
going into battle against the Span
ards, and the war now being over,
there being no. use for an enormous
standing army, that every soldier who
SO desires should be allowed a dis
charge or be mustered out with his
regiment. Mr.. Bryan could resign if
be was SO inclined, but this he win
not do. He will stay by his men, al
though he is in very poor health.
Bryan is not deserter.-Jennings
Times.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-26
TO BUILD A TRAMWAY,

A stock company has been organ
lied to build a tramway from the
main line of the Southern Pacific
railroad to Octave Bertrand's farm
in Berlucheau' cove, for the purpose
of affording the farmers of that local
ity an opportunity to raise sugar
cane. The capital stock il S25 900
Of whinh a third has already been
subscribed. The following board Of
directors has been selected: John
Wilmington, G. Girard, ], 3. Peres,
Octave Bertrand and G. O. Mouton.
There is reason to believe that the
tramway will be built in time for next
years crop.-Lafayette Gazette.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-26
THE VERMILI0N DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY.

A meeting Of the board of directors
of the Vermilion Development Co.
was held in New Orleans few days
ago, This company has secured con-
troll under lease Of the new canal put
in this season by Lichtenstein &
Hechinger, giving it nineteen miles
of canal to operate next season. The
offices of the company have also been
removed from New Orleans to Guey-
dan.-Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-26
DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.

The death Of Maxilien Mires oc-
Cured few days ago at his home
near Estherwood. He was undoubt-
" the Oldest inhabitant in Acadia,
having passed the one hundre q
mile post--it being said that he
was 1o2 years old. His entire
life had been spent in the immed-
late vicinity where he died, and be
leaves a large lineage Of descendants.
Signal.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-26
THE MERIDI0NAL.
ADVERTISING RATES:

,+icas ner line SO 10
Locai no.tIe,' ,.t;4e bar p,,r inch or less 90
50ne lhseh =, haao,,,ay,t ~ i,.sartion Is
DE Death and MARI age notices, not e5eeed-
ing i've lines, are pnblixSed free. obltn-
aries are charged at one-half rate q reaa-
III XII Kinds of Job Printing neatly 3nd
.cbaauly executed at this office. straHg-
ers must send money with their orders TO
avoid delay. Ia
charged double rates.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-26

The last link in the connection has
been completed that connects Arkan-
sas and Texas with the entire tee
phone service of the United States.
The extreme points Of this service are
Galveston on the south, and Bar
Harbor, Me-, on the north, dis
tance Of 1000 miles, with Omaha in
the west and Grafton, N. D., on the
north. Texas World.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-26

E. Eleazer brought US last Friday
5 fine stalks OF sugar cane raised on
his farm. 1t was S IL feet with 20
red joints, and he wants to know If
any cane raised elsewhere can show a
better size. This was raised withcrs
fertilizer. Imagine what it would be
if fertilized. This beats &c cotton
too far to talk about. --Rayne Trs2
bune.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-26
Everybody says SO.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most
pleasing and refreshing to the taste, act
gently and positively on kidneys. liver
and bowels, cleansing the entire system.
dispel colds, cure headache, fever, habit
ual constipation and blliousness. Please
huy and try box Of G.. e &. today; 10
5. SO cents. Sold and guaranteed to cure,
by all druggists.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-26
Two Millions a Year..

When people buy, try, and buy again
it means they're satisfied. The people OF
the United States are now buying Cascar-
cts Candy Cathartic at the rate of two
million boxes n year and it will be three
million before New Years Itmeans mer
rit proved, that Cascarets are the most
delightful bowel regulator for every body
the year Iound. All druggists 10c, 25c,50c,
box, cure guaranteed.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-26

YXYAETED-s SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY PER
wv sons in this state to manage our
business in their own and pearbY eonn-
ties. lit is mainly office work conducted
at home Salary straight 5000 year and
expeuses- definite. benafide. no more, no
less salary. Monthly SO. References.
Enclose seif-addrcssed stamped envelope
Herbert Hess, Prest,. Dept. u, Chicago
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1898-11-26

At Monroe'on Weancsd y a spec
sal election was held to vote upon the
question Of issuing sl55ooo worth Of
bonds for public Improvements. The
proposition was carried by vote o
212 to II. Monroe is live town
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04

should have arisen. We regret II more
than we can say. We have no III viii
towards the black man. We hate TO sec
him get into trouble. We are willing
that he shall live peaceably in-the South
and prosper, and It IS with a feeling of
sorrow that we see him led into danger
and misfortune by designing white men
who have 10 further interest in him than
his vote, by which they can ride into
Office.
We regret also that the white men OF
North Carolina should have been forced
thus TO assert themselves. We know that
the women and children Of the state
have suffered and they have our ten
derest sympathy. We know that the men
OF North Carolina. who are peaceable
and lawabiding. regret that such crisis
should have arisen. 1t IS bad for the
whites and bad for the blacks and bad
for the State az large But the crisis
has arisen-anl the men Of Carolina are
equal to it, They have determined to
settle this dispute, and they will settle
II. There will be no negro problem in
North Carolina after the election next
Tuesday
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04

States raised more than 0oo.cco'ooo OF
wheat this year. but that the receipts do
not indicate A. And he adds;
Tho crop year has advanced four
months and yet Liverpool yesterday had
only $1,000 bushels OF wheat against
100000 bushels tho month previous. Chi
cago figures are as startling. the contract
wheat stock being only $4,000 bushels
There are small stocks in New York,
baltimore and Boston. Where Is the
wheat going TO? =. ID. Armour says 1t
is filling up big holes in this country. The
exports have been large. but the holes IN
England appear as deep as on this side.
The visible supply has increased but lit
tie. and It does not indicate 2oVo'@
bushels when the entire crop is market
ed.
This must he a mistake. The boom
cannot now come In time TO influence the
election and what other purpose could
the money power have I'M putting up the
price OF wheat?
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
AGREEING 10 CARoLINIANs.

we referred the other day to the fact
that Senator Butler in his desperation had
raised the point that for the Popuiists
Of North Carolina to vote with the DEM
ocrats in maintaining white supremacy
would be to turn the State government
over to the corporation clique and do the
cause OF free silver much harm.
That is a shrewd plea, but it will not
avail in the present crisis. This is no
time for the people of North Carolina
to be talking about trusts and monopo-
lies and free silver and other questions
Of national concern. The issue with
them is white supremacy. The time has
come when there must be a supreme test
between the whites and blacks Of that
State, and every man must show his
color. That the State is negro-ridden is
abundantly evidenced by the long list
OF negro office-holders that has been
published from time 10 time in the news
papers. Negro rule is blight, and,
apart from all other considerations. no
state can prosper when It's government is
in the hands of the negro party. With
negro fastened upon the Stata%of North
Carolina, many Of its best citizens would
pack up and leave OF anyAsacrifice, and
no desirable white men from any other
States would ever go thera.to take their
places
The white people of North Carolina are
aroused as they have not been since the
DAYS of reconstruction, and they have
determined that this year shall see the
end Of negroism. The struggle is watch
ed from every State I'm the Union, and
as for Virginia, our friends not only
have our entire sympathy, but they may
have our support If they want IT, They
cannot make any demand upon their
brethren in Virginia that will not be
readily responded to. We have had
taste OF negro rule in some counties IN
Virginia and we know what 1t means.
we submitted TO 1t for a time, but in
1883 the white men got together and put
il dowa once for all
And as the whites in Virginia did IN
1881 SO win the whites in North Carolina
do in 1895. They have not been thorough
ly aroused until now. but they have prac-
tlcally with one accord arisen in their
might and indignation, and there Is no
sort Of doubt as to the issue.
Nor do we look for any serious clash
between the races We do not expect to
see much blood shed between this and
election day, nor on election day. The
red shirts have been riding the State,
and the black men know very well what
that means. They understand that the
whites mean business and they are.not
going to provoke an engagement. We
believe that in most places the election
will pass on quietly, and when the re-
turns come in II will be found that the
state has been completely redeemed
from the domination of Russell and But
ler and their black cohorts.
IN "A Hnost unfoYtppaka ihat-ihiS crisis
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04

other Southern States had precisely i've
game right-Virginia's ayowed construc
tion of the Constitution had been ac-
ceptod as the true ono by oil the parties
to the compact.
Mar could Il ever have been conteu-
plated by the high contracting parties
that a mere change In their material con-
dition would change the character OF tho
instrument OF their union, for they mus,
have contemplated that Just such mate
rial changes would or might occur, WHOM
Mr.. Wilson tells US truly, did occur. IL
NAV be said that all this Is ancient his
tory and has but little bearing on pres-
cnt conditions but | do not think Sc
Mr. Wilson'S views undoubtedly tend IN
the direction Of cOSOlidation OF concern
tration OF power in tho general GOVERN
ment. and building up a strong nationai
government. The hope or the pfesefYa-
zion OF popular liberty ana or the rights
of the States does not lie I'm that direc-
tion-that way lies tho danger Of tyranny
and oppression-the danger OF ono section
OF the country using the machinery of
tho general government for the opprca-
sio OF a weaker section. | believe our
safety lies I'm the dispersion rather than
in the concentration Of power. 90 not
beNeys that time and experience nave
discredited tho teachings OF the lathers
OF the republic or rendered their WORK
obsolete. They built not Tor day On.
for all time, and experience mas tosieo
their work and found that 70 - good.
We NAV see more clearly than even their
CONTEMPORARIES did. the wisdom and aoii-
ity with which they planned and worked
for the perpetuatiOn of popular liberty on
this continent.
Tho difficulties and pcrils Of tho pres
emit ana the vague fears OF the future
90 not arise from "A too close adherence
TO tho organic law Of the land and me
teachings Of the men who framed %.
There are only two many evidences mat
tho government 81 drifting away from
it's safe constitutional mo0ungs-but tho
situation is not hopeless. Popular apathy
Is great source OF danger;
but may we not hope that
there will be an awakened public
sentiment among the people of the states,
which will hold their representatives In
the National Legislature 90 a stricter ai-
countabinty2 The tendency IS not alto
gether IN the direction Of too latitude
marian construction OF the Constitution.
Many Northern statesmen ana pnbhcists
are coming 20 take the southern Wow
and (whllo regarding the right OF sqces-
sion as now out Of the question: sec me
necessity Of keeping tho general govern
meat within the limits OF tho Consu-
tuition. strictly construed and there Is
reason TO hope. from more than one re-
cent decision. that the supreme Court
OF the United States which az one time
under the leadership OF those great
Judges. Marshall and Story. did so much
10 nationalize the government, will now
become one of the greatest safeguards
OF popular liberty and of the reserved
rights OF tho states
JOHN HUNTER
Richmond, Va. Nov 8. 1895.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
AFTERMATH.

The Berlin new sDapers assert that
David's tomb on Mount Zion. 10 which
Emperor William was admitted by tho
sultan's express order. had never been
seen BY a Christian since llal, IL being a
Mohammedan Shrine Ol the most sacred
character.
The torpeda-boat destroyer Fauagut
had a speed trial o., san Francisco, and
for forty minutes maio a speed OF 81
knots. when her air pumps got out Of or
der and the Test Was topped. The vessel
would have exceeded a government re-
quirement of ~ knots by fully knot had
not the accident happened
1t is said that the presidents OF the
coal-carrying roads are TO meet secretly
in New York in q dag or two and raise
the price OF coal 50 cents ton. Each
road wiil act independently, but the extra
ordinary coincidence OF simultaneous ac-
ton will again be witnessed -Four dol
lars per ton for coal at the tidewater Will
probably be the new schedule, which
means an advance Of 80 cents on retail
prices.
Henry Zeigenheim, mayor Of 81. Louis.
is an nliterate man and proud Of It, lie
got his start in life as carpenter and
builder and became president OF a bank.
He has come TO the front solely through
force Of character. Speaking OF his lack
of education. he said: Il could hire
plenty Of men 10 write speeches for me.
but 1 won't do it. What l say comes from
the heart, and / mean it. / don't have to
pay no money Tor line words
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04

4 century OF peace has dawned; the
North and South are pNghted.
And AN their lovers qusueiiings nave
been forever r.shted.
There is no North, there is no SOUTH no
johnny Reb 20 handy;
No feud. no scores 10 settle up-no yam
kee Doodle Dandy.
What have we. then? \ land serene
united. heart-to-hand, sir,
Which, like sum OF numbers, never
yields but one true answer
Who have we. then, in this great land
above its bonded boolle,
with northern pluck and southern nerveF
His name is Dixie Doodle
Then hip. hurrah, for this brave youth.
unbought of bond or Doodle
Tho conquerOr OF future worlds-the
growing Dixie Doodle.
Margaret Andrews Oldham IN Leshes
Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
THE WAY TO DEFEAT IMfE-
RIALISM.

The Bristol Tribune. like The Times IS
amused To imperialism and stands in fear
Of the Republican policy Of colonial OK
mansion. our contemporary chides The
Times for our position on tho currency
question. but we will pass over that part
If our contemporary's article and ad-
dross our remarks TO the concludlhb
paragraphs of the Tribune's article In
witch II saws: "If The Times will suggest
= method whereby the impending disas-
ter may be averted let IL advise the gold
democrats to return TO the Democratic
fold"
In reply we would say that that Is I'M
possibie because the gold Democrats
have never left the Democratic fold. Nhey
stand where they have always Stood upon
the old-time Jenersonian platform. 1hey
stand with the old Democracy ana there
they will ever stand
Mr.. Tnlman said in Richmond some
time ago that a new Democracy was
horn in Chicago in 1886 and The Ne"
York Journal, the great organ oil the
Marty at the north. reiterates Mr.. III
mans statement. The Journal says
ON 1896 the Democracy entered upon
its first national campaign under 4hOiiiaS
Jefferson and was beaten. 49,.
I'm 1905 lust one hundred years later
the Democracy of Jefferson had new
birth and in the first appeal oil lhls
rerenerated party 10 the people II lost.
.In 1909 the original Democracy ioushl
its second national contest and won
an 1900 the new Democracy will under
take its second national contest ana VIII
win. The cycle is complete ana history
is gloriously repeating itself
We will have nothing TO do with TINS
new Democracy, led as 1t is by llilman
and Aitgeld and Teller and Allen ana
the New York Journal The ola Deihoc-
racy is good enough for us, and we sh"ii
nroclaim and advocate its principles as
long as we have breath 10 DO so.
Lee us make a counter suggestion TO
that of our Bristol contemporary II
the Tribune would avert the Impending
disaster let it advise all the members
oe the new Democracy to come back TO
tho old democracy and adopt any plat
form of the party prior 70 that OF 1870.
If the new Democrats will do TINS il
they but stand for the principles and poll
cies of the old Jeffersonian Democracy
the old Democrats will rally around 'he
standard and there will be such Demo
cratic love feast and jolliiication IN lsVo
as the country has never known. More
than that if the old Democracy reunited
shall get into the saddle it will not stop
short of complete victory The New
York Journal is wrong in saying that the
new Democracy will win in 1900. 1t can
not win for it cannot carry New York
New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland Con-
necticut or West Virginia.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
The Rattle Of the Coal.

The signs that winters drawing near
Are seen on every hand.
Soon at the corners OF the streets
The chestnut men viii stand.
The football men fight hard 20 drive
The ball across the goal,
Ana everywhere you hear
The r-r-r-rattle of the coal.
With crashing roar the load is dumped,
And swiftly hurried In,
While grimy men like Titans work
10 fi the yawning bin.
Furnace" and "stoye" ana "egg' an,
nut
Through steel chutes blithely roll.
It makes the dealer smile 90 hear
The r-r-r-rattle Of tho coal!
And OH before the empty carts
Have gone @ quarter mile,
Already Bridget has begun
TO dig away the pile.
with hod and shovel She will toll
Untu the heaps hole,
And thcn-alas,-again Wen hear
Tho r-r-r-rattle of the coal.
-c0morviila Journal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
AEair Archer.

She made a failure OF the game. You
SEQ
Shes quite pette-weishs ninety pounds
or So
And when she Joined the group at arch
cry
She was not stroug enough to bend her
bow.
But sho has strength that may not be
displayed
I am her chosen sweetheart, and
know.
She can by smile or soft hand lightly
To every within capricious bend her
beau.
Judge.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04

Anyway, she's not two-facedw
Ethel laughed.
NO she replied. mabel is not two
faced. She'd have TO have a lot Of nerve
TO inhict two such faces as hers upon the
community"
Thus bit ty bit we become possessed Of
data upon which % construct a general
theory as 10 why homely girls are often
g00d.-Dctroit Journal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
Her Latent Powers.

She had a mild. persuasive way
That few men could resist.
And had She been q man she might
Have been 81 hypnoust
But sho was just gentle maid,
Therefore her sphere was small;
She stool inside church bazaar,
AnG got each fellows all
Cleveland Leader
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
Military Bazaar.

Foremost among the winter attractions
will be the Military Bazaar" openlns
Dec 18th. AZ the Regimental Armory I'M
der the auspices of the Virginia Home
for Incurabies.
\ canvass city viii he reared with an
polntments IA militaire and appropriate
uniaue attractions viii be presented
nightly
The next board meeting OF the Home
FOR lucurahies VIII be held IN the new
building corner Mulberry and Broad
streets, on November 2lth, ImpOI laat
busiuass Mil LIE discussed
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
THE TIMES: RICHMOND. VA FRIDAY. NOVEMBER d. 1898

and. in company with Manda- sister OF
the deceased, began the search. In 4
short while Manda told the cohstaOie
that she had had a dream the previous
night I'm which she had seen Annie Brown
near a certain pond In that ne.ghDorhood,
and that her body had suddenly disap-
peared in a rayine. Inc Two persons
went to the pond, the woman pointed out
the SHOT. and the constable found new
Iv-mado grave in which tho body OF the
missing woman was found. The grave
was only about twelve inches deep, and
WAS covered with cane and dirt. The
woman was buried face downward. Her
skull had been broken tn two places By
some kind OF a club or piece OF IRON, ana
her shoulder blade had also been knock
ed out of place. A coroner's jury was
Immediately summoned, and they brought
I'm a verdict that the woman had come
20 her death az the hands Of her hus-
band. Lee Brown. Brown was arrested
and placed in the Vicksburg jail.
4 CONGRESSMAN ILL.
A special from Jonesyille Tenn, says
that Hon. Walter l.. BrOwnlow has been
"A very sick man for some time past, but
his physician thinks that he Will re-
cover.
ORDERS ttkOn AbANOAbs
The Indian Head cotton mills at Cor
dova. Ala, have received another large
order for their product from China, and
will make a shipment Of ten carloads Of
Shooting to that country during the
month. These mills have sold every
pound Of their product. since they began
operation last spring. in oriental coun-
tries. and have orders for several months
ahead.
THE JIM CROW CARS.
4 negro woman residing I'm Kentucky
has brought suit against a railroad com
pany for permitting white man TO ride
in n Jim Crow" car I'm which she was
passenger. The woman seems 90 be with
i'm her rights. The laws of kentucky re-
quirs that separate coaches with equal
accommodations shall DE set apart Tor
the races. Under tho laws it IS just as
much an offence for a white person 20 oc-
cupy "a coach set apart for the black
race as it Is for "A black person 20 occupy
a coach set aside for the white race.
il is poor rule that win not work both
ways The laws We're designed 20 bring
about eXclusiyencss.- Savannah News.
FAILURE ~ AUGUSTA
a special from Augusta, says. The Han
hnson Lumber Company has failed and
President l.. G.. Hayne. of the National
Bank has been appointed receiver. The
shops and lumber yard Of the company
arc located On North Augusta and they
have been doing quite am extensive
trade and the news Of the financial em-
barrassment is a surprise.
The liabilities are about 10000, of which
amount the Collectibie accounts and notes
OF the firm Will pay about - per cent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
WILL WHEAT BE HIGHER?

A chicago correspondent says that II
ss ths opinion Of shrewd men In that city
who follow the grain statistics that an
other boom IN ~hsat is coming. Experts.
b sAzk hAxa 6gsxed ahat aha IaiiA1a
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04

Once long ago within his breast
The kindling fires were bright
And sparkling by the CHEEKY glow
Was his one great delight
She kindles yet the sparkling fire,
With just a little change
No longer in his breast they burn,
But IN the kitchen range.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
The New Girl.

lie sang a song Of her nut-brown hair,
Her rosy checks. her brow so fair;
lie praised her eyes and said that there
Was sunlight I'm them hidden;
The maiden fixed him with her stare,
And said: Jaw. cult your hddin'."
indianapolis Journal
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
Fool Traycllin =.

brakeman (on Southern railroad)-Pas-
sencers is not allowed on tn platforms,
sir when the train is in motion.
Passenger-Beg pardon l will go In.
aid not notice that the train was in
n,otion.-New York Weekly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
Cycle Children.

Mrs. Pitt-Has Mrs. Oakland any chill
dren?"
Mrs. Penn-she has two. a boy and a
girl. Tho boy is a 90 model and the girl
a '97.-Pittshurg Chronicle-Telegraph
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-04
The Tutor.


A tutor who footed the flute
Tried 20 teach two young tooters TO toot;
said the two 10 the iooter;
Us IL harder TO toot or
To tutor two tooters 20 toot?'
Carolyn Wells. In Life.