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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-09

It was to this end that last year op-
posed the candidacy OF Roosevelt for.
governor In this State 1 did this al.
though | was personal friend of
Roosevelt ard worked with him for
civil service reform. I believed then,
and still believe that his defeat with
his imperialistic programme and in
spite OF his near earned fame would.
have frightened the administration in
Washington from the annexation Of
the Philippines and in this manner the
danger would have been greatly miieI;
imized. r. -.
Many OF my acquaintances here. who
we're then OF contrary opinion, agree
with me now that the result of the SAG
rifice would have been we'll worth the
price. The situation: this year appears
to me to be exactly the. same. If the
fall elections result in a manner that
the administration%;and Congress ars:
encouraged to further progress on the
path to imperialism,, then. ,uplsBs i'm !
looked.f for events should intervene the
main question that; will confront US
next year in the Presidential election
will be Imperialism, and,. to save: Tho
republic from her greatest danger,will
require unpleasant sacrifices, SUCH on
couragement to the administration
should be withheld at any cost. -
We are in the midst of O. a..crisis I'M
which every good citizen should regard
1t as his highest duty to make the less
important subservient to the more M
portant, according to his knowledge
and conscience, and not permitshimstlf
to be governed simply by party coneiied7t
erations. g. SCHURZ,,* y.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-09
CARL sCHUIsZ ON IMPERIALISM
The Country's Greatest Danger-Mr.
MoKinley's Foreign Policy the
Worst Possible EVIL.

A numter Of prominent German
citizens recently addressed an invita-
tion to Hon. Carl Schurz to deliver
an address in Cincinnati, and the fol-
lowing reply has been received from
him:
NEW YORK Oct. %, 1890.
1t was a matter of regret to me to be
unable to acccde to your request TO de-
liver nOn-partisan address on i'm.
perialism in Cincinnati on my return
trip from Chicago. This was partly
due to my anxiety to reach home and
because nOn-partisan discussion of
this question Is no longer recognized.
l would be pleased If this question
because If this is not done the only
choice that will be loft Us next year
will be between a party representing
imperialism and sound money and
another party which, in opposition to
imperialism, will combine with it an
unsound money issue.
This alternative can only be avoided
If the imperial policy Is removed and
the first step necessary to that end Is
not alone the cessation Of Eostilities
by victory of our arms, but the re-
linquishment of the Philippines. If
the Filipinos arc not granted their in
dependence then Imperialism will be
the main issue in the Presidential
election next year, crowding all other
issues into the background. The signs
are already apparent and | SEQ that
the Cincinnati Volksblatt warns as fol-
lows: Practical people are CT the
opinion that Mr.. Schurz could be OF
greater service to tho country If he
would come TO Ohio and again fight
the silver swindlc instead of working
into the hands OF the free coiners by
placing annexation In the foreground
For it Is q fact free coinage represents
q greater danger than
| am Of different opinion. No one
can say Of mo that | undeavalue the
danger that may arise from free coin
age. But I hold that imperialism Is
decidedly more dangerous, for 1t means
the ruin of our free institutions. If,
then, we could not oppose imperialism
without working into the hands OF the
free cOiners, as The VOlksblatt says,
" hat then? 1t meaus that three years
ago, in good faith, we elected Presi-
dent to solve the money question, who
instead has burdened us with imperial
ism. In this connection the warning
I" to speak Of something else" sounds
peculiar.
OF what do the speakers who have
been called into Ohio really speak
Did Gov. Roosevelt, for instance. dilate
upon the silver question ? He was
principally occupied In calling us cop
heads In answer to our anti.imperi-
aiiatic arguments. And the rest O:
the orators do likewise.
n under these circumstances would
by the agitation Of the silver question
aid the Republicans OF OaiO to victory,
Il.
istrstion would construe such victory
as the endorsement by tho people of
It's imperialistic policy and make un-
limited capital out OF It. Toward such
result cannot conscientiously con-
tribute.
l am OF the honest conviction that
the greatest danger that now threat
ems the republic Is Imperialism. I be-
lieve that 1t 10 our highest patriotic
duty to set aside all party interests
and DO our beat to avert this danger.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-09

the larger ones and they are extremely
rare, ever reach the surface of the
earth. There are but two instances
recorded in history OF mon having been
killed BY meteoric stones-One In Italy
In the 18th century, and one in our
country in the early part of the pres
ent century. Our air is not only In
dispensable for respiration, but 1t pro.
tects us from being stoned to death by
the cosmic gravel.
According to DR.. Denning, the most
brilliant display in our annals was the
November meteoric shower OF 1888. In
Eoston alone it is estimated that 24O,-
coo meteors we're visible during the
seven hours duration Of the shower,
and he SAYS:
THE lords 'prodigious,' 'stupen-
dous,' ap mag gniticent,' do not de
scribe It, Compared with the splen.
dor OF this celestial exhibition, the
most brilliant rockets and fireworks OF
art bore less relation than the most
tiny star to the dread glare OF the
sun. "Stars" fell until there was none
left.
"A South Carolina planter, writing
of this metcOric display and It's effect
lpon the negroes on his plantation
says: II was suddenly awakened by
| the most distressing cries that ever
fell on my ears. Shrieks OF horror
and cries OF mercy | could hear from
most OF the negroes OF three planta-
| tions amounting in all to 600 or o0O.
"W-hile earnestly listening for the
cause, hoard a faint voice near the
door calling my name. | arose and
taking my sword, stood at the door.
At this moment | heard the same
| voice beseeching me to rise and say.
ing, "Oh, my God The world Is on
fire !"
81 then opened the door, and it is
difficult to say which excited mo the
most-distresse cries Of the negroes.
Upward of hundred lay prostrate on
the ground-some speechless, but with
hands upraised, imploring God to save
the world and them. The scene was
truly awful; for never did rain fall
much thicker than did the meteors to.
ward tho earth, east, wost, north and
| south it was the same.
1T may be safely said," continues
DR.. Dcnntng, THAT in the month oI
November all astronomers and u G rea,
majority of the general public will be-
come meteOric observers, for the pho
nomena prese ntod will be Of an excep
tional kind and of q character to inter
est everyone.
"Thore Is scarcely any natural even
which to the observant eye Is 30 bril-
liant and 30 impressive and anlmate'
as u rich shower OF meteors.
"A solar total eclipse, with It's weir
shadow bands, corona and red prOm
nences, d largo comet with It's trai
spread over q considerable extent {
, tho heavens, and brilliant aur0r
, borealis with it's streams and condor
, sati0ns OF crimson lights, have thoi
, striking attri butes but it is question
&blo whether they can compare wit
the remarkable features which accop
pany a great fail Of shooting stare
Tho rarity OF the spectacle also er
hanccs Its interest, 80 that whom ono
seen it is never forgotten.
For hours metcOrs descend, no
singly or in pairs, but in bursts Of to
or twonty or more, and they are mostl
fine objects like Sirius or stars Of tn
first magnitude"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-09

Edward O. Osgood, OF Angelica
N. Y, who has suffered from tota
blindness for the past forty years, was
suddenly restored to perfect sight
through the removal of o cataract one
day last week. Osgood has always
been we'll to do and thirty years ago
he married one OF the village bellies, at
least she was thus described to him, as
he had never seen her. Eleven child
rem were the result Of this union, all
Of whom Osgood was acquainted with
only by tho sound OF their voices.
Several of his children have married
and left home, so q grand family re-
union has been arranged for in order
that the father may see his children
for the first time.
--Two.thirds of the uuinine con-
sumed Is produced in the Island OF
Java, from cultivated trees, the young
plants having been procured by the
Dutch government from Peru in 1862,
The English government also started
cinchOna plantations In India, which
nov produce large quantities of qui.
nine. =,
William Alexander Smith Ia the
Oldest living member OF the New York
Stock Exchange. He was elected o
member In 1874.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-09

Tho recent order Of the Russian
government for the equipment of rail
road trains with the Westinghouse air
brake involves the equipment Of $500,
600 cars, as we'll as large number OF
locomotives. Sixty thousand of these
cars are to be fitted With Westing-
house air brakes and 240, 900 with air
pipes and couplings inside Of three years
This will place all the cars under con.
troll of the air brake, an improvement
| over the American system Of making
up trains Of freight cars with md with
out air brakes, making it impossible
to fully control the cars. Russia Is
the first country In Europe to use the
continuous air brake for its freight and
military trains.
In murder trial in Dalles, Texas,
the counsel for the defense was exam
intng venireman regarding his quail
itications to serve. The candidate
member Of q jury which tried negro
such cases to ask the result Of the trial,
80 the counsel said " Where is the
negro now ?" 81 don't know" WAS
the reply, the sheriff hanged him at
the appointed time"
ho nov SOuYCItOu
ever man in town, except Green Bill"
said the old inhabitant. He didn't
want to leave with one soul out o. the
fold, but Bill held out to the last
Findin' there wuz no other
way, an wantin' to make @ clean re.
cord, the preacher got Bill up ag'in'
The side OF a house an took fence
rail an knocked the devil out OF him |"
Mr.. w. E. Curtis writes from Boil
via that there are no cate in that
country. The back fences and wood
sheds must have o lonely time over
there.
Ages ago music was considered
the food OF love, but now the menu
consists mostly OF bonbons and ice
cream.
"A truly good wife is one who loves
her husband and her country, but
doesn't want to run either.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-09
TIL ANIkSGIVING DAY.
The Coy nor Calls Upon the People
to Give Thanks for Abundant Bless

Governor McSweeney has issued his
first Than ksgiving Day proclamation
1t is brief and reads as follows:
Tho people OF this State have boon
abundantly blessed during the past
year. Gratitude Is ono OF tho Chris
tian virtues. We should give thanks
at all timos. Men too 0ften forgot the
goodness OF God. There should not
only be gratitude In our hearts, but
thcro arc times whom we should give
visible evidence and audible expression
to that gratitude.
We have been remarkably free from
pestilence and scourgo. Wo have been
permitted t. plant and to garner: The
s1ins have como and the earth has
yielded her fruits, and We have been
allowed to enjoy the labor OF our hands.
We have made progress In manufac.
turing the products Of our folds and
our forests.
1t has long boon customary to take
ono day out Of the three hundred and
sixty-iivc when we shall cease from the
tolls Of our labor and render thanks to
the Oliver of all good for the many
blessings wo receive. TO the end,
therefore, that wo may with thankful
hearts show our appreciation Of tho
VCLSSi Sn' ~ ~ Jul AotsFShiy l. "otioii II
Nj. B. Mes weeney, Governor of South
Carolina, in conformity to the pro.
clamatiOn OF the President Of the Unit
cd States, do hereby appoint and set
apart Thursday, the 30th day Of No.
vember, 1899, as day OF Thanksgiving
and prayer, to DO kept and obsei vod
by all the people Of this State.
Lot all public Offices be closed and
| all private business and labor of every
kind cease end lot the people assem- Bile
in their accustomed places of worship
and rerdor thanks with grateful hoarts
to their Creator and Preserver for the
blessings Of life and liberty and happi-
ness which they daily receive Lot
tho people on this day also remem ber
the fathcrless and not forget that the
poor and the needy yo have always
and that we arc told by Him who made
the great sacrifice for us that 1t Is moro
blessed to give than to receive, and by
our own deeds Of charity prove the
sincerity OF our gratitude.
In testimony whereof | have here
unto set my hand and caused the great
seal Of the State Of South Carolina to
be affixed. Done at tho Capitol, in tho
city OF Columbia, this 3lst day Of Oc-
tober, A. D. 1899.
M. b. MCSWEENEY.
BY the Governor: Nj. II. Cooper, Sec
retary Of State.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-09

A SENATORIAL SLANDER.-TwO la
dies visiting in Washington during
one of the sessions Of Congress wont to
the Capitol to hear the proceedings In
the United STATES Senate. Most nf the
galleries being filed, they approached
the doorkeeper OF the Senator'S gal
lery, where admission 10 by card. AS
they did not possess this passport, the
doorkeeper suggested that they pro.
cnre one from any Senator they mi ght
be acquainted with.
"But we do not know any Senator"
they replied.
swell, 1t Ia very much to your cred.
it,"said the doorkeeper. Pass righ
In, ladies'"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-09

"a a. IN. 'P' y. III. M noon. an" night.
Trains leave Kingvillo, daily except Sunday
for Camden 10 Is a. M. and 1 85 p. M Return.
Ing leave Camden for Kingville, daily except
Sunday, 8:I3 q IN. and 300 p. M, making oon.
lumbia and Charleston.
Trains leave cav spartanbura Was; U;&C. divs;
Ion daily for Glendale, J0nesville, Union and
Columbia and intermediate points II 45 n. NJ
and 8:l5 p. III.
Trains leave Toccoa Ga. for Elborton, Ga.,
daily except Sunday, 100 a. m: and $40 p. m.
Returning leave Elbcrton, daily except Sun
day, 0;OOa. m. and sop. m. making connoc.
;, tlon nt Tocco" d M With trains between Atlanta.
Chcsapeenko Line Steamers in daily service
between NORFOLK and Baltimore.
Wostcrn Vestibuio Limited. Through Pullman
sslcoping cars between New York and New Or
leans, via w washington, Atlanta M and Montpom
%IYgM slEgSnt rULLMAN ~ In. LIBRARY pBsbRYA:
Firstclass thoroughfarec coaches betwoen Wash.
ington and Atlanta. Dining cars sorve ali moals
on route. Pullman drawing room sleeping cars
noctcn at PoNT iSiS isT
Also at Atlanta with Pullman b. Il. slooper for
Eos IS ana Sna cpfnss States Fast Mail
runs solid botweon Washin neton and Ne New Or: Or:
Leans being Of car and
Eaom sieop'Se @ ga cars Sos@sen NoW YORK aud
Sa
Washington each Tuesday and Friday. tourlR
sleepinR cnr will run through between
Washington and San Francisco without change
Dining cars servo all meals onroute.
Nos II, 83, 81 and 12-Pullman sleeping oars
between Richmond and Charlotte, via Dapyllle,
s9uthbound Nos. II and 80, northbound Nos
% and 49, Connection at Atlanta with through
aiso Pullman shopping Oar FOR Brunswick.
Connection made at spartanburg win
through Pullman sleeper for Asheyille, Hn2x.
Vile and Cincinnati; also at Columbia for sa
vannah and Jacksonville.
FRANK 3. CANNON, j. u. OpLp
Third V.P. IS Gap. Mgr Yrafho R'gG n
Washington, d. O. WashingEon, W. "
w. A, TURK, %, ~ aAhIS3l&SSSh,
as9aSsSes3sssstAaS Ss3ss O, A''saohe lsSk IHkkass, aa
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-11-09

The Daughters OF the Conisderacy
In North Carolina are raising A Love
and sympathy Fund" for Mrs. Stone
wall jackson, who is said to be in fail.
Ing health and In need.
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From Wilmington tpelA Every Evening
Satire and irony have seldom been 50
effectively employed in presenting salient
truths as in the following reference 70 the
traitor, Of today by the Des Moines,
Iowa Gazette
The address Of VIM. 4. Mason Of Hi
nois before the graduating class Of the law
department Of Drake University at Central
Church of Christ recently was rank with
the spirit Of treason.
This man, who By some unScrutable
dispcnsation of a mysterious Providence
occupies a seat in the Senate Of the United
States from Illinois, had the audacity to
declare repeatedly that the war in the
Philippines was an outrage and was wholly
uujustlfabe He started ont with the
ridiculous assumption that Congress alone
had power to declare war and quoted from
the Constitution of the United States
This Senatorial traitor has evidently
just awakened from Rip Van Winkle
nap, else his ignorance Is inexcuSable
The world, and especially that part Of it
known as the United States of America.
has moved since that old instrument was
adopted Manifest destiny has made the
old Federal Constitution an obsolete back
number, aud the power To declare war has
been enlarged until now any naval or mill
tary officer can open the ball whenever he
deems ii advisable to ciyilize the heather
Of any country where he may land and
raise the glorious banner Of the free.
To further illustrate his obtuseneSs, this
Senatorial traitor had the supreme gall to
quote from the Declaration of Indepen-
dence and claim that this old chestnut was
still entitled to reverence and respect.
Hasn't Mason sense enough to know
that the higher criticism of these days has
taken a fall out of the Bible and the old
Declaration? 1t was only a few days ago
that Parson Henson, Of Mason own town,
very properly denounced the Declaration
of independence as a deyilish lie palmed
off on credulouS world Washington,
Jefferson, Webster and Lincoln are dead
aud the conditions are changed.
Doesn' Mason know that old Washing
ton : Farewell Address, warning his coun-
trymen against entangling alliances with
foreign countries, has been used to annoy
the Mckinley Administration
Doesn Mason know that George Wash
ington' overcoat wouldn't make McKin-
ley vest
Then take the rest of the bunch-Jef-
ferson, Webster and Lincoln. Has he
the shameless effrontery to claim that they
are in the same class of exalted statesmen
as Mckinley, Hanna and Alger?
One of the most disgusting parts of
Mason balderdash was his appeal to the
sentiment of his audience. He said that
if every island in the Philippine archipel-
ago was made Of gold they would not be
worth altogether the life of one poor Iowa
boy or the tears of his broken hearted
motherl
And be it said to the shame of Des
Moines that this maudling sentiment was
loudly applauded In fact, it must be
with shame and humiliation that |
all through Mason reasonable harangue
a majority of his audience manifested their
approval by applase.
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\ letter from Toddville, Dorchester
county, says the storm there was one Of
most destructive wind, rain and hailstorms
ever known in that section. The full force
was felt at about5 5. 30 p m, and it lasted
for about 30 minutes. During that time
it was, on account of the binding rains,
impossible to see any of the damage done
or doing After the storm had passed
over, il was found four houses were turned
over completely or smashed down to the
ground, while Others were lifted from their
foundations and burst open and otherwise
damaged The hall, large and substan-
tial building, nearly new, was lifted from
its foundation and carried some 10 or II
feet and badly injured Fortunately, no
lives were lost, though the wife and three
year old child of Mr.. \. c. Meredith were
severely injured in one of the wrecked
houses Others escaped before the houses
fell
Residents of Lake district of Dorchester
county report that lightning struck Eben-
ezer Church, at Crapo, during the storm
of Friday afternoon. The building was
destroyed, and there was no insurance on
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4 SSIGNEE OF MORTGAGEE 5
u SALE
OF A LOT

In Westminster District. Carroll county, M4.
By virtue of the power and authority Coo.
tanned ia a mortgage from Couugey +. Crap
sirs and Ella Cmps,er. his uiiy. ja R8leg-
Curheti dated ihr l9th day Of Agrii. l-a4,
and recorded amongst The Real Estate Mort.
gage Records of CARROLL county. ID lilrf h.
r. e.. No. So. folio lg2. 1c. and hv bin a..
signed "a John ~ Roberts ou the 3slh day
Of April, ls99. the undersigned. assignee uf
mortgage, viii offer st public sale, oa lbr
premises, oB
SATURDAY. JUNE II. 1899.
at 10 o. clock. 4. NJ. the real estate described
in said mortgage, being lot fronting about
htty feet on Charles street. aud adjoining ihe
lands 81 William b. Thomas and others. 4;
being the same land conveyed by William
W. Cmpstsr TO the said Courtuey Z. Crap,ter
by deed dated February {. lss9. aud recorded
among the Land Records 81 Carroll county.
in Liber ". " n, No. 90. folio ., &c. g.
The improvements thereon consist OF pskz
small dwelling house.
Terms Of Sale.-AlI cash on day - SALE. az
upon ratification of sale by the Court; ur. li
desired by the purchaser uy purchasers, one
third cash oH DAY Of sale. one lhird iu three
months aud the other one-lhrd iu SIX months
from day Of sale. the credit payments 10 nt
secured by the notes OF the purchaser or pur
chasers. With approved security. bearing ia
ierest from the day sale.
JOHN NJ ROBERTS.
Assignee Of Mortgage.
may - Is John VI. Roberts. Solicitor.
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Pathetic Statement Made in Court.

WHMINGToN, DEL, June 9.-In the
Superior Court here today the name of
Walter Bacon was stricken from the rolls
of attorneys practicing at the New Castle
Bar, and it was done upon his own appli-
cation. Several days ago application was
made by the Censor Committee of the Bar
asking for a rule to have Mr. Bacon name
taken from the list Of practicing attorneys,
he having been charged with committing
offences unbecoming lawyer, and he had
been fined several times in the City Court.
When court opened this morning and the
rule against Mr.. Bacon was called, the
young attorney arose and said ''May it
please the Court, it is with a feeling of
more than distress that | appear before
your Honors. desire now, before speak
OF the rule which is returnable today, to
tender my apologies as man-as a sober
man-to this Court and to this Bar for
anything | may ever have done while l
was intoxicated With reference to the
rule, after conference with my friends on
the other side, am going to ask your
Honors to permit me to ask that my name
be stricken from the roll of attorneys of this
court, on my application.
William s. Hilles, of the Censor Com
mittee, said that in view of Mr. Bacon's
withdrawal the committee would not ask
for herring on the rule. Chief Justice
Lore then said, "We make order that the
name of Walter Bacon be stricken from
the record of practieing attorneys of this
Bar, upon his own application. -
The papers in the case were ordered
sealed, so that their contents will never be
known, this being done at the request of
Mr.. Bacon. At the conclusion of the rnl-
ing Mr., Bacon left the court room greatly
depressed and visibly affected
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In the southern section of Somerset
county Friday storm was the severest for
many years, and great damage has resulted
to the growing crops and orchards. The
centre of the storm seemed to be in the
vicinity of Marion, where the greatest
damage is reported being done on the farm
of ). Frank Miles. 4 tenant house on
this place, occupied by colored family,
was destroyed and small colored child
was carried by the wind distance of
quarter Of mile When found the child
was destitute of clothing but uninjured
Several outbuildings belonging to Mr.
Miles were also blown to pieces.