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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1900-05-12
COLD STEEL OR DEATH

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to cure Stomach, Liver and Kidney
troubles and never disappoints.
Price SOC at Crawford Bros drug
store.
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FOR CLERK OF COURT

with a high sense Of appreciation Of
past considerations and tokens of
Kindness and with a deep feeling OF
gr r'titude for the same, beg to an
n"unce myself a cand dat, for re-
election to the Office of Clerk of Court
Tor Lancaster County at the spproach-
ing primary, SUI jec, to the rules Of
the Democratic primary
WSL Porter
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FOR ROUSE OF REPRESEN,
iATIVES.

The many friends OF n Estridge
resoectfully ann ,unce- his name for
reelection for the House of Repre>
sentatives Of Lancaster county.
MANY VO ERS.
am candidate for the House OF
Repre- eutatives subject to the Demos
cratic primary.
J w HANEL.
am can"idale for re election to
the Legislature. / will abide the re-
suit Of the democratic primary cleo
ton.
7 Y WILLIAMS.
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FOR SUPERVISOR

The friends OF w O Caskey, an
nounee him as a candidate for county
supervisor, Mr. Caskey will abide the
result OF the Democratic primary
elections.
Al the earnest solicitation of many
iriehds' 1 hereby announce myself as
a candidate for reelection to the Office
OF County supervisor. subject to the
result OF the democratic primary.
NJ @ GARDNER
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edge of the trend of sentiment in
the country. For ten years
have been preaching the sepsra-
tion of the races from Maine to
California. | discuss the ques
tion almost nightly with repree
sentative audiences North and
South in a freedom, a fullnass and
a reciprocal candor which few
newspapers or individuals have
pursued. And | do not hesitate
to say that at this time and in this
light, | would be willing, without
reserve, to submit the question
and the South's position on this
great problem, to the judgment
and justice and kindIiness of the
great majority of our brethren in
the North.
"The representatives of 10, 900
negroes in Kansas ask for it. Two
differences of the African Metho
dist church representing a half
million southern negroes ask for
it. The South is sprinkled thick
with negro societies organized to
promote it, and | have more than
casual reason to believe that the
solid judgment which rests be-
hind the benefcent experiment of
Booker Washington, teaches him
that neither worth, nor merit, nor
achievement will ever bridge the
impossible barrier of race preiu.
dice, and that when the last arrow
of his noble etfoIt has been shot,
it must come to this at last.
IT CAN BE DONE.
"lt is neither impossible nor
impracticable. The clements are
willing and the way is in reach
This is not day of impossibiIl~
ties. TO the genius, the energy
and the necessities of this age all
things are possible. Every day
sees the business world, the edu
cational world, the political wo. Id
converting the impossible into the
possible. The hand OF the AL
mighty is steadily opening the
way.
"One-thUd of the territory of
the republic is untaken and unde-
velopad and recent official tests
mony has declared that stored
reservoirs can redeem in the West
a territory equal to the mainte.
nance of 70,OOO, 900 people. The
islands of the seas are ours and
may furnish Il key to the solution.
The repatriation of the dark con-
tinent from which the negro came
offers II suggestive remedy.
Every year God multirlies the
ways of separation.
Ono great problem affecting
human destiny WIS ever solved BY
theory and indirection. The
worlds crises have been domino =
ted by direct men with brave,
straight strokes.
Away with experiment.! Let
us have done with temporizing.
Away with timidlty and hesita-
ton! Let us face the great cues
tion like men! Let us grapple
the mighty issue braveIy and once
for all. Let us see the end from
the beginning, and 90 forth to
meet it with faith in God and in
our iace -
The last speaker Of the morn
ing was ex.Gov w II McCorkle,
of West Virginia.
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4 RACE ISSUE.

"When will we learn that this
is, from first to last, race aues.
tion---an issue of race and not
politics, a thing of skin and not
of section or condition Straighten
the hair and whiten the skin of
the negro, and the issue is closed
But the skin and the hair battle all
theories and mock every ISOLATION
that seeks to harmonize clements
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81 50 PER ANNUM
Announcements,
FOR SOLICITOR.

1 hereby announce myself q candis
due for the Office Of Solicitor of the
sixth Judicial ircuit, pledping my
sell t. abide the result of the demo,
cratic primary election, aud faith fully
to DISCHARGE the duties of said office
in the event Of my election.
THOS f. NCDOW.
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ca.

The many friends oi Capt John p
Hunter hereby announce him as a
candidate for the Off e of sheriff, sur-
} 'rt I" the result Of the democratic
primary. Mr. Hunters fine record as
Sh' riff In the past is a snfiicier guar
antee of what his future admini.tra.
ton will be in clse "f his election
ANY VOTERS.
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Inherently and incurably antag-
onistic. The history of races is
the history of race antagonism and
separation. 1t goes back to Babel
and runs through Hebrew and
Egyptian, Jew and Gentle, Turk
and Christian, Magyar and Hun.
garian, the casts of India and the
Spanish warfare ag, lst the Moors.
1t never yet ended IN amalgama-
ton or was settled in harmony
Never yet was peace found this
side of division
"To treat this question with
eXpedients is temporizing the use
less. You might as well salvea
broken limb with vasaline, or
treat cancer with catnip tea.
This is case for surgery-surgery
heroic, but benefcent. The knife
that sewers the limb, but saves
the life.
'Industrial education will not
solve, butcomplicate the problem.
Industrial education is moving
faster among the white race than
with the negro. The supply of
skilled labor from the white rank
will he equal to every demand of
the times. Carry every theory
of Booker Washington to its full
and perfect consummation, and
you only make new and deadier
competition between antagonistic
races. The conflict heretofore
has been social and political. You
will carry it then to the material
things. From the intangible
things of pride and aspiration you
transport it to the realm of the
bread winner, and you make the
struggle tiercer in the material
lealousies of trade. The battle
of trade. The battle of the loaf
will be the deadliest battle of the
races. When the negro makes
what the white man needs and
the white man makes what the
white man needs, the Waterloo
of competition for the nogro is at
hand, and not Napoleon himself
can save the negro from the rout
and destruction which must follow
the clash of his powers with the
>invincible industrial race vf the
world. The whole theory too of
this last solution rests upon the
filmsy basis that the negro will
supinely consent to ignore politics,
to dlsclaim social equality, to sur
render at your bidding the in
estlmable rights which are his by
the constitution, and giving over
at. your call the social aspirations
which are inherent and Unborn,
will, in "a mere slavish spirit of
acquiescence, sink into the In.
feriority to which you carefully
invite him.
pardon me, gentlemen, but
this seems TO me the baseless
fabric of "a dream.
| THE PERMANENT SOLUTION.
"On this great question stand
now where | have always stood
where Webster stood and Henry
Clay where Thomas Jefferson
stood, and Abraham Lincoln, and
Henry Grady, and Council and
Turner and the rest-where in
time all men will stand who see
the light and are to face it.
Separation is the logical, the
inevitable, the only way. No
other proposed solution will stand
the test of logic and experiment.
"For no statute will perma,
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John Temple Graves Argues
for Separation.
A STIRRING SPEECH.
Separate Government Here or
Elsewhere the Only Solution of
the Negro Question.

problem conference opened the
second days session at 10 o'clock
this morning. There is an unex-
pectedly large attendance and
many are here from distant points.
The discussion opened at once.
A NJ WaddeII, of Wilmington, n
c, gave thrilling recital of the
events in North Carolina, which
led'up to the present movement
to amend the constitution so as to
restrict suffrage. His speech was
heartily and frequently applauded.
He was followed by John Tenn
pie Graves, who argued for separ~
alton of the races into distinct
localities as cure for the existing
evils. He held that in u portion
of the United States capable of
holding 70,O0O,0OO people the
negro could set up and have his
own government.
Mr.. Graves, who is one of the
leaders of thuoght in the South,
spoke in part as follows:
"For twenty years | have been
in constant protest against the
CO mplacent assertion that there
was no race question in the South.
Men of power and influence in my
own and other States politicians
of prominence. skimming the
surface of events-have soothed
u' with the assurance that there
was no problem and that time and
patience and folded hands would
settle these great questions in the
perfect way.
1.-The thinkers and statesmen
of the old world have recognized
it long ago. Mr.. Gladstone has
said that lis solution would he the
crucial test of our civilization.
Arthur Balfour, the rising hope
of English craftsmanship, holds
1T first among the problems of our
national life. Bismarck declared
that the value OF republics was
at stake IN our capacity to solve
1t.
1.-The issue of races is not pe-
cuIiar to America. 1t is the
problem of the Anglo Saxon peo-
pies 1t burns in India, in Africa
and in America
"l quote here the vital question
of Prof VIM H Council, of the
Industrial school of Huntsville,
Alabama:
THE VITAL QUESTION.
'Will the white man permit
the negro to have an equal part
in the industrial, political, social
and civil advantages of the United
States ? This, as l understand it
is the problem.
"These words came from q
negro-the wisest, the most thought,
ful and the most eloquent negro
of his time-as discreet as Wash
ington, deeper thinker and
much more eloquent man. But
for one hour of the Atlanta expo
sition Council would stand today
where Washington stands-as the
recognized leader of his race.
"The answer to it is in every
white mans heart, even if it does
not lie openly on every white
mans lips. 1t may be expressed
In diplomacy; it may be yelled in
indirection; it may be softened in
philanthropy; it may he guarded
in polite utterance, and oftenest
of all it is restrained by ultra-con..
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vital question comes, stripped of
vel biage and indirection, it rings
like a martial bugle in the single
syllable-'NO -
"This may not be right, but it
is honest. 1t may not be Just,
but it is evident. 1t may not be
polite, but it is a great, glaring,
indestructible fact. do not stop
to defend it. | Go not Justify it.
l do not argue it at all, but state
it as a truth that we may as vel
in the beginning look it frankly
and fearlessly in the face. North
and South, the answer, wherever
1t is honest, is the same. |
agree with Alboin Tongee that
there are not twenty thousand
men in the republic who can an
swcr that question in the affirma>
tive. Council knows the answer
and states it with the courage of
a man. Bishop Turner knows it,
Bishop Holsey knows 1t; Blyden
and Bruce and Taylor knew it, |
think that Booker Washington
knows it sadly in his heart, aud
believe that every thoughtful
gentleman who strips theory from
the bare form of fact knows There
and everywhere.
"lt is problem for us because
1t halts our material development.
1t frightens immigration from in
dnstrial competition with the negro
lt,deters capital from investment in
the shadow of an unsolved problem.
1T makes a standard of la Dor that
prejudices all our poor against
menial but honorable service. 1t
is paralyzing agriculture on farms
and property in the suburbs and
is driving all who can make the
sacrifice to the safety afforded by
proximity and police protection
in the cities.
"lt is problem for the white
race because it poisons in the
minds of growing youth the con.
ceptlon of a sacred ballot. 1t
stabs our reverence for the con
stltution. 1t corrupts politics
1t throttles independence of
thought ana freedom of political
action and forces us, whether we
will or no, into the ranks of one
political party.
"lt is problem for us, because
it weakens law and tempts Justice
from the jurors boxes to the
judges bench.
cit is a problem for us, because
it divides the church and sets men
of common faith and creed into
separate and sectional! divisions
cit is q problem for us because
it grows in difficulty with marvel
ously increasing numbers and is
magniGed in vitality and danger
by delay.
every vital issue of clviIizs-
tion and development is wrapped
in the shadow of this increasing
problem.
"lt is no less problem of ap.
Palling import for the negro race.
cit is a problem for him, be.
cause he can never-North or
South-be received in equal social
and personal relations with the
families of the white race, and
can never therefore be social
equal with the white man.
cit is problem for him, be-
cause he will never-North or
South-be permitted to govern
in any State or county even where
he has a majority, and he can
never therefore be political
equal.
"If be can have then neither
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and where is the hope for tho me-
gro? In politics; in society; in
industry and in trade there is no
well founded hope for the inferior
race. History without break
and precedent without variation,
procliams this to be true. There
is not line of light or ray of
promise for him in either.
This is the core of my con-
tention-the basis of my argus
ment. All our splendid platitudes
are wrecked on this stern fact.
All our brave philanthropies beat
out their beautiful lives on this
inexorable truth: The negro
fronts hopeless and unequal cons
petition q.
"There he stands, that innocent
and unfortunate stranger. For
his sake the one difference has
widened between the sections of
our common country. Over his
black body we have shed rivers of
blood and treasure t. emphasize
our separate convictions. of his
destiny. And yet as the crimson
tide rolls away into the years we
realize that all this blood and
treasure and travail was spent in
VAIN, and that the negro. whom a
million Americans died to free,
is in present bond and future
promise still slave, whipped by
circumstances, trOdden under foot
by iron and iueradicable prejudice:
Shut out Forever from the heritage
Of liberty, and holding in his
black hand the hollow parchment
of his franchise as freeman looks
through slaves eyes at the i'm
passable barriers which imprison
him forever within the progress
and achievement of q dominant
and all conquering race.
A STARTLING QUESTION.
"Take Booker Washington.
He is the type and embodiment of
all worth and of all achievement
in his race. His linen is AS clean
as yours. His fame is broader
than the repute of any statesman
in this hall. His character, stain
less and unimpeachable, defes
criticism. His patriotism is clear,
his courtesy unfailing. What at
tribute of worthiness could you
add to his equipment And yet
| challenge his conference with
a proposition:
"What man of you, gentlemen,
philosophers, statesmen, meta
physicians, problem solvers that
you are-what man of you would
install this great and blameless
negro in your guest cham Der
tonight 2 If he we're unmarried
what man of you would receive
with epuanimlty his addresses to
your ward What man of you
would vote for this proven states
man for governor of Alabama?
"Would you do this now9
Would you do it tomorrow
Would you do it in ten years 2
When would you do it
"And why would You refuse to
do it at all Il
"Search through all your logic
for reason. Explore all your
themes for a cause. And when
you fail to find in reason, in re-
ligion, or knowledge or Justice,
anywhere an answer, you will
find at last the answer-IN HIS
SKIN Bleach that to the white
ness of your own, and have solved
the problem by a chemical solu.
tion. But until this leopard shall
ran,n.n L.. n..l.Lu --LI IL IL.
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FOR SH ERIFF

L hereby announce myself a candi.
date foi sheriff sui Ject t. the rules OF
Democratic party
JAMES S WILSON
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FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF
EDUCATION

10 the Voters of Lancaster County:
With many thanks foI past favors.
ana at the solicitation OF friends, I
hereby announce myseIf as q candi-
date Tor the office OF County Superin-
tendent Of Edu alton. subject to the
rules governing the Democratic pri,
mary; and, if elected my time and
energies are yours for the best interests
of education.
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L j PERRY.

hereby announce myself as can
didate for Auditor subject to the rules
governing the democratic primary.
HOLLIS n HORIZON.
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Mr. Editor:-ReaIiAing the valuable
services rendered during his term OF
once. the neatness and correctness
OF his work, and knowing him 10 be
well qualified for tie position, please
announce the name of Jno A Cook for
re- election TO the Office of County
auditor, subject to the rules govern,
ing the primary.
MANY FRIENDS.
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j h BLACKMON

MIR Editor:-Please announce the
name of PROF A & ROWELL as a
candidate for the office of County
superintendent OF Education. subjsct
TO the rules governing the Democratic
primary. felected, I'VE pledge him
TO discharge the duties Of the office to
the best interest of education.
MANY FRIENDS
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FOR COUNTY AUDIiOR.

respectfully announce my caudi.
dacy for the Office of county Auditor.
subject to the rules of the Democratic
primary.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-08
MARSH CASE
CONTINUED
DEFENSE OBJECTS TO INTRODUCE
TON OF DISPOSITIONS OF
Mr.. AND MRS. JONES.
,N~t~ 80 = -e-SN@ r+~---
IT WAS STATED 4
PARTlESWERE M-HEiENA.
SSs~sSsrr- ~ s@-#s ; EL ~aE. E" 4t-
Mary. Bottego Sues For Money Alleged
to Be Due on a Sale OF Some
Lots. S.

Before tbs close os Yesterdays session
,of, j udges Claney's court a2jury%was Sc
.e1fredi in the case ef4the state against
Burt Marsh. charged with Aaying made
false returns in the settlement of a dam
age suit Sout~of court, the twelve men
being, as follows: Ohm II. Bishop, John
F. sullivan, Patrick O'Donnell, Robert
Hauswirth. George Tuckett. Charles
,Beley. J.E. Redmond. Thomas Wilcox.
Samuel Shovel. John J5ry, Charles Mer-
'rifield, and w. T. Cloves.
The trial was resumed this morning
and the deposi,ions of Thomas Jones and
Rabeeca Jones, taken before Justice
Nichols in March ct last year, We're Of
fered in evidence by the state. Counsel
for the defense, objected to-them oecem-
ing q part of the evidence, on the ground
that theypreper foundation had not been
laid. It would have. to be SHOWN. said
Mr.. Wines, that these witnesses We're not
within the jurisdiction Of the court;
that they Were either dead Or out Of the
state. This law. he said, applied in both
Civil and criminal actions. He was pre-
pared 10 show that instead of being out
Of the state they We're Within rs miles
Of Butte. ana under the law. as-lail
down by the statute. the dispositions
could not take the place Of verbal tes-
ttnony. $50 j -
The county attorney conferred with the
sheriff's office and learned that Jones md
hisArife We're in Helena. that the former
was lying at the point Of death. and .he
latter was attending HIM This infor-
NATION he impaired to the court and then
asked for a continuance. \
Marsh asked that the case BE tried On
its merits at once, but the cur grant
,ed the request Of the, county attorney and
q ssa-1arged the jury until Monday.
me case VIII probahly be taken up
again aex. month.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-08
UP the
BARTENDER
BUT THE NIGHTS RECEIPTS
l WERE SMALL AND HE ONLY
SECURED $1.25.

II sThe saloon at 345 East Park street was
tslfFd up by a masked highwayman at an
early hour yesterday morning and the
til! robbed OF the. SUM of $1.25-all that
there was in 1t.
81. j. Fitzgerald was sitting behind the
bar shortly after midnight when the
fI2lt door of the place opened and a
pan with a handkerchief tied about the
flower part Of his face entered and COW
er<d him with a gun. The robber COM
pNfed the bartender to walk to the end
o$Nthe bar and then helped himself to
of the cash register which,.
SN~AEstated. amounted to SIPS. The re-
fSSpts for the day had been, taken. out
De time previous to. the robbery.
e robber then marched the barten-
ae to the front door and just as they
D. ned II another man entered. Fitz-
'Sefald thinking that the newcomer was:
~ partner of the robber. did not cali for.
help. The new conner was only hunting
for a free drink and after he got one he
left the place.
Detective Murphy and Capt. Leyden
this morning arrested a man answering
the description of the. robber and locked,
him up on suspicion. The prisoner gave
the name of T. McKelvie and said that
he had only been in Butte four days
from Seattle. When searched no gun
was found on him and no money. A
gold watch and chain was AXE from
him. The watch is an open faced IS
jeweled Elgin numbered 7.S74,S16. ana
the case bears the number Of 80, 346.