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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
URCIFIA'S DISTRESS.

The Inter Mountains advices today in
Dominion are in a state of semi-rebel-
lion against the colored vote Of that
state. A constitutional convention has
been determined upon by the dominant
ditional restrictions upon he rights of
suffrage that will bar the colored vote.
The Virginia democrats confess that
they are tired to trying to keep hat
state from going republican by rounda-
bout methods, and must devise some
system whereby the negro population
can be DISTINGUISHED, in order to MAIN
tain bourbon supremacy in that COM
monwealth!
The possibility of "the mother of presi-
dents falling into the republican col
umn, through an honest ballot and a fair
count, is too horrifying to the democratic
mind to be tolerated for a moment No
doubt Virginia, in common with all the
states containing a large colored vote,
has suffered more or less from the fruits
of illiteracy, for slavery days not only
condemned the negroes to intellectual
poverty, but developed the poor white
trash as a constant menace to the best
interests of the commonwealth. Having
cultivated a crop of ignorance, the for
mer slave states must reap the harvest.
The situation should be bravely and in
/ fn11irorf1x, r,ot r1r,p ol,e..-y
methods, which will in due time correct
the evils complained of. Had common
sense displaced the p%rejudices which We're
rampant at the close of the civil war, an
equally ignorant white brother would
have been undertaken. But the philan-
thropic spirit of the north, which would
achieve this end, has met with little en-
couragement from southern chivalry.
Your fine old southern gentleman is a
host of magnificent proportions, and his
Inequalities CLINT the rough edges Of
life with sunshine, but when it comes to
the mental upbuilding of his former
chattels he shakes his head, drops his
chin and lapses into an inactivity Of
sublime proportions. He has no use for
the colored man and brother. His chief
aim is to hold him down to what he be-
lieves to be his natural level, and to pre-.
vent him from exercising any of the pub
lie functions accorded him under the
law. When trickery and deceit and
crime prove inefficient in keeping the
ballot-box untainted by the colored
vote, then a constitutional convention
must be called to protect a decadent
democracy from approaching defeat.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
exhausted. Funerals crowd the streets of

exhausted. Funerals crowd the streets of
the city.
None Of the statements made in the
foregoing are true-the disease is not a
plague. nobody is panic-stricken. nobody
is fleeing the city and funerals do not
dred deaths reported in Boston. 'Massa-
chusetts. seven hundred were due to
pneumonia. In the death list Of Butte
about h same proportion may hold
good. BY comparison with the ordinary
conditions in this city, which are noted
the country over for their healthfulness
the fatalities are many, but compared
with the average in most sections of the
country the percentage is not large. The
sensational article in the World cannot be
| too severely condemned for it's untruth-
wrong construction placed upon the pub
lie view of the matter. The special con-
clude as follows:
In every instance decomposition has set
In Immediately, and bodies become per-
fectly black within three hours, necessi-
tating immediate burial. Most persons in
Butte are convinced that the disease is a
form of plague, and they think it was
i u to the city from the Philippines
by returning soldiers, who carried with
! them a great quantity of guy ropes, man
tillas. draperies and rugs. The prevail
ence of the disease nno be attributed
to the weather, for this has been finer in
Butte this spring than has been known in
; years. There are sc, 1000 people in Butte
and they are in mortal terror of the dis
ease.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
AN EYENTFUL WEDNESDAY,.

From present appearances the curtain
will be ung down next Wednesday on
that celebrated political tragedy known
as the Clark case. Chairman Chandler
of the committee has announced that the
resolution declaring senator Clarh's
action on that date, indicating to the SEN
ate, however. that he will make no
speech on the subject unless there is OPP
position manifested to the ejectment of
the defendant from his seat in that
body. In that event he will. as the oracle
of the committee, oraculize at some
length upon what he knows about the
true inwardness of Montana politics. It
is more than likely the opportunity will
be given him.
senator Allen gave it out cold' that he
proposed to read the evidence in the case
n be governed by it, rather han ac-
cept the report of the committeeman
possibly there are others. The extraord-
mary haste on the part of Mr.. Chand-
Ter, in trying to push matters to a con-
%clusion, in behalf of a long suffering
Montana public, and his enthusiastic Ct
fort to palm off on the senate his per-
sonal essay on the situation as the re-
port of the committee, has naturally
aroused some we'll defined suspicious
touching the merits of the case.
While it is probable that the senate
will n0nniJr in tho pncnl,,tinn E7aa1o,;~-
Mr.. Clark's seat vacant, it is not at all
unlikely that some very fine constit,l-
tional questions may be brought out in
debate, of future value to the country.
form that it cannot be summarily dis
missed with a snap of the finger, as the
Anaconda Standard might desire. Had
the committee reported in favor of ex-
polling Mr.. Clark for cause, it would
have been a matter only of registering
the vote of the senate for and against the
proposition, and the defendant would
have stepped down and out in response
to the t%wo-thirds vote thrown against
him, or ne would have retained his seat.
But h assumed right of the senate ia
annul a legislative act that has been
constitutionally performed, raises q
question of more Importance to the ma
ton than to the personal or political in
terests of any individual citizen in it.
T~hirty-five years ago, when states
rights were more in issue tina today, tie
democratic party would have risen en-
masse against a federal assumption of
this kind. National conventions would
have pointed with alarm to the effort
of the federal government to abrogate
the functional activities of a state Leg
islature, by declaring that no legal cleo
ton had been held when, as a matter of
fact, an election had been held h con-
formed to all the technical requirements
of the law. The act of Cromwell in pro-
roguing the British parliament would
have been held up before the Mortified
gaze of a liberty-loving people, to show
where this country was drifting to. But
times change and men change with them.
The principle involved in the commit
tees report in the Clark case liz deemed
OF lesser Importance than the ejectment
of the defendant by the most convenient
and expeditions process.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

The Butte Miner has come out in ad-
Ocacy of the doctrine that those who
differ from other people politically ought
to be permitted to live. This would seem
to indicate that some more harmony is
about to be placed on tap.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

The first step toward the vindication of
Senator Clark should be mis- selection by
the democracy of this state as a delegate
at large to the national democratic con-
! ventiOn.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

Pasha, the Turkish minister Of
foreign affairs, is trying to fix matters in
such a way that international complica-
tons may avoid the customary crisis.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
TO ADVERTISERS.

We wish to announce that the Inter
Mountain is the only paper in the north
west that has a carrier system through
out the state. We have succeeded in es-
tablishing a carrier system from Butte
to Glsndive at all points on the North
ern Pacific railroad. and we are now IN
creasing hat system to all towns of 50c
inhabitants throughout the state. Our
books are open to all advertisers for Ia
v~estigation.
INTER MOUNTAIN PUB. co.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

Strong opposition to reciprocity trea-
ties is manifested by the Butte Miner this
morning. No wonder! See how the one in
the late city campaign turned out!
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

This morning the Butte Miner has al
editorial entitled 1.-The Coming Eclipse
1t has no bearing, however, on the sen.
atorial case.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28
BRANCH OFFICES.
with Carrier System.)

The following are our only authorized
agents in these towns and cities:
Anaconda .. ,,.,..... Peter ToWey
Billings E. Hassler
Livingstone. =. =. -. g. ....Montana
Bozeman ........ ..........D Dan E. Allen
HE'D Lodge ...... ..........k. Il. ElnIloHS
Big Timber ...............L. c. Olmstead
MILES 1lty .CldTltS bOuSiteA
Bridger ...... ... ,,...W. S. Gibson
Glendive J. H. Miskiman
Forsythe ................John G. Lyneles
Carbonate -. .......L. Whitney & Co
c. H. Gregory
Mrs. NJ. A. Holem
INlll OCHOlC
l.. d. Glenn Aldridge
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
The Weather Calendar.

One of the best calendars Of the
season is the 'Cardui Weather
Chart aud Calendar for 1900,"
published by the Chattanooga
Medicine Company, the menufac-
turers of McElree's Wine Of Cardul
and Thedford's Black-Draught.
The Advertiser office has just re-
ceived one from the publishers,
which consists OF twelve sheets of
paper, 13x20 inches in size, all
fastened together with gilt tin
strip and a brass loop hanger.
Each sheet contains the calendar
for one month in large figures that
can be read across any room
Under the figures patent weather
signals indicating Prof. DeVoe's
Weather Forecasts for every day
in the year appear. The moons
changes and legal holidays are also
shown. We understand a few
copies of it can be secured by
sending 10 one cent postage
stamps to the Chattanooga
Medicine Chattanooga, Tenn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
Our Battleships to be Painted.

Now that the war is over and
spring is upon Us our victorus iron
clads lnust lose their sombre gray
and be painted pure glistening
white. If your country's ships
should be painted, why should
not our homes be painted?
Let us all take this object Lesson
to heart and set to work with a
will to improve the appearance of
our buildings and fences. An
excellent paint, which is being
extensively used is manufactured
by the Southern Paint Co., of
Pinebluff, N. c., and these men
who manufacture the paint are 80
interested in the South's prosperity
that they are making specially low
prices to Southern people wbowi
paint their buildings
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
Candidates for 1900.

We hear of the following candi-
dates for c,unty Offices:
House of Representatives-P. b.
Mayson, Link Elan, W. A. Strom,
J. L. Smith, N. G.. Evans.
For the Senate-We can't get
anything reliable; it all depends
,pon whether Gov. Sheppard will
oe a candidate or not.
For Clerk of Court--John B. Hill
md L. F. Dorm.
For County Supervisor-D. D
Padgett, J. M. Bell. B. F. Glanton
For Treasurer-S. B. Mays anc
G. M. Williams.
For Superintendent of Educa
7ion-P. H. Bussey and A. R. Mich
bison.
For Auditor. B. Haltiwange,
aud II. G. Watson.
For Sheriff.. L. Dunovant anc
". H. QUITS.
There will be no opposition tt
Judge Allen for Probate Judge.
No doubt there are other aspi
rarts whose names have not reach
ed us.
100000 feet of lumber suitable fo
my kind of building purposes for sal'
" Joe H. Tompkins and Harry s. Hill
It Harry Hill's saw mill. Oak, Ash
Poplar, Cedar or Pine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
TIE scenes around dying bedside

TIE scenes around dying bedside
are too sacred for utterance, but one
incident at the dying couch of our old
friend Capt Jas. Dorn, as illustrative
of his unfaltering trust and faith, we
will give: Capt. Dorm was conscious
to the last and as his children, some of
them from a long distance, would come
to see him he knew them at once. When
his youngest soE Densley from Atlanta
reached his. bedside just before the
.'silver cord'' WAS loosed, he threw his
arms around him and said: "Densley,
my baby boy, your poor old father will
not be here long. Meet me in heaven"
"And so his gentle spirit fled
TO realms beyond the azure dome,
Where, arms outstretched, Gods an
gels said:
Welcome to heavens home, sweet
home"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17

IacL Lual il ;as confused with
Other dis iseasss. Prnoably the first
refer, nee to it dates flom 1912.
As late as 1888 the knowledge o.
the existence of appendicitis was
by no means general. In 1S46
cases began to be reported. The
Inauguration Of modern surgical
treatment of appendicular
assesses did not come until 1867,
and the first recorded operation on
the appendix was planned and ex-
ecuted on August "a, 1883. The
early operations commonly ended
in failure. The first successful
removal of the appendix was per-
formed on May 8, 1886. Since
that time the number of successful
operations has greatly increased
until, while now it is regarded as
a serious, 1t is by no means
fatal operation. There is much
popular misconception as to to or
igin Of appendicitis, and DR..
Edebohls gives interesting ac-
counts of some things with have
been found in the vermiform
appendix, from which it will be
seen that the grape seed is by no
means the commonest from Of in
jury. Coproliths have been found
by every body who has had much
to do with post mortem. investiga-
tions or with operations on the
appendix. Next to them pins
[have been the foreign bodies most
frequently met with. Other things
found are grape seeds, melon seeds,
a chocolate nut, grain OF oat,
cherry stones, raspberry seeds,
prune peeds, orange seeds, date,
seeds, tomato seeds, fruit stones
huckleberry seeds, blackberry
seeds, haselnut shell, q piece OF
chestnut, hair, bristle, a GLACIERS
point of zinc, a globule of solder
a gelatine capsule, piece of bone
a piece of screw nail, a rifle
cartridge and the fin of a fish
This paper also shows that foul
per cent of all women have ap
pe1dicitis, and they are a very
little more liable to the disease
than men.-Scientlfic Ameican.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
Advertised Letters.

List of letters remaining in the Pos
Office at Edgefield c. H., January
13, 1900.
Larke Courry.
Sumter Gowdy,
R T Graham,
Melton Jennings,
Peter Jackson,
L E & II S Knight,
W T Kinard,
Sailey Cover,
Rich Landill,
Manchester Mcdaniel,
Floyd Price,
Randolph Bros,
Serg Robertson,
Alice Sullivan,
John Sanguinett,
E Thomas,
Johnnie Teaper,
Macy Walker,
Miss Eleanor Brown,
Miss Annie Carter,
Miss Jno w Chiles,
Miss Emma Eielder,
Mrs D Lavore,
Mrs Ida Mathis,
Mrs Charles Maxwell,
Mrs Tollie Mines,i.
Miss Lena Stephens,
Miss Dollie Wilson.
When asking for letters on this list
say "adverti, ed"
Very res pectfully,
w. H. 10 NsoS, P y
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
m1AAsAwe Gu BAN OIL cures
4 sNEsSSE y Cuts, Burns, Bruises, Rheu-
matism aad Sores. Price, 26 cents.
For sale by G. L. Penn & Son.
Siberian Millet.
For sale by G. L.

A new millet by above name
has been introduced into the west
and is getting great boom.
1t might pay some Of our q hay
men or forage men to try this
season this millet.
1t is said to be at least two weeks
earlier than German millet. 1t is.
said to be a heavier cropper and
the hay is finer, stalks more elastic
and grow taller. 1t is claimed
that it is rust proof. Quite an
important feature is it's stooling
habit and this he diminishes
the amount of seed per acre
necessary to be used.
/ have read a large number of
reliable certificates from Kansas
growers for this millet and the
outturn was remarkable as COM
pared with German.
The heads of the millets are
unusually long-sometimes reach
ing 7 inches in length. This
gives, too, an unusually large
amount of seed outturn per acre
over 35 bushels to the acre. The
leaves are broader tn an the Ger
man and these stay green after
being put into stack. Some
growers only broadcast 1 peck to
the acre, though 1 IL pecks seem
better. Cattle prefer it TO Ger
man.
The concensus of opinion in
Kansas is cerainly that it is a
heavier cropper than German,
that the forage is better, contains
more seed, comes quicker, and the
seeding per acre is cheaper.-Ex.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
Where She Couldn't Go.

The spinster on the platform grew
more vehement She drank two glass,
of water from the big white pitcher and
pounded the table until the display Of
glass and crockery ware leaped again
II thank heaven. she cried. that I
am free from all matrimonial chains
What use haveI for husband? | want
neither a slave nor tyrant am free
free as air can go and come as !
please No door is shut to me; no as
sembly bars me out. Is there solitary
gathering to which / may not have free
and unrestrained access?"
"Yes," cried shrill voice in the rear
Of the hall.
"And what is it," s.ernly demanded
the spinster.
"The convention Of mothers!" shrek.
cd the voice.
Then the orator turned pale and went
and sat down.-Washington Star
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
The firm Of G. E. May G Co. has been
dissolved by the withdrawal of "Pig"
Smith. Charlie will go it alone.

QlSSOlFeQ Dy tIle WiGiiui d w al VI iS
Smith. Charlie will go it alone.
Mr. w. a. Bussey has sold out his in
terest in the firm of L. E. Jackson d
Co. to Mr.. Jackson, who will continue
business at the old stand.
Siberian millet is anew candidate
for popular favor in the forage line.
In another column of this paper we
give a short description of it.
MrC. NJ. Williams having declined
to longer h DID the office of Supervisor
of Registration will necessitate the
appointment of another man. Mr. G.
f. Quarles, of the Bed Hill section, has
heen highly recon ,nded for the
place.
Gov Sheppard has been unanimously
elected President pro tenn of the State
Senate, wee Mr. Scarborough, who IS
now Lieutenant Governor and Presi-
dent of Se!sate by reason of Gov bic
Sweeney's succession to the position
of Governor.
Since the destructive fire of last
June IN Augusta, VIM. Schweigert Il
Co. have erected at 702 Broad Street a
most beautiful and comnodious four
story building, :. which this old and
popular firm now offers to the public a
most beautiful, varied and extensive
assortment of iewelry, watches, etc.
You never go amiss if you trade at
Schweigert's.
Frank L. Stanton has discovered for
the Atlanta Constitution another let
ter of Georgia boy. TEis one was
written by rural youngster to a
friend in Atlanta, and read: LAST
Tuesday dad bought young mule that
was not broke. Dad tried to teach The
mule how to pull plow. The mule is
still with u.s."
The purpose of social functions
should be pleasure; wher they are put
in the newspapers the purpose becomes
parade, and it is all vulgarized and
made cheap and boastful. The real
pleasure is spoiled. We would as lief
have general mob let intoa private
house or urged to social gathering as
to have either displayed for misceila-
neous perusal the morning after
Greenyille News. .
For SALE OR RENT.-A nine room
house in Western Edgefeld, For terms
apply to w. N. 3 rRNETT, Real Estate
Agent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17

If you are intending to have gar
den this next spring, which is already
fixing to burst upon US, get your gar
den and garden tools ready, and last,
but not least, get your garden seeds.
Landreth's seeds are, if not the best, as
good as the best. and they will bp
found at LTnch's Drug Store. See ad-
vertisment at the head Of orr l..".i
page and never forget that you will oi-
ways find it at the same place andspu
One of Moody's favorite stories was
about converted miser to whom a
nelghbor in distress appealed for help.
The miser decided to prove the genu-
ineness of his conversion by giving
him ham. On his way to get it the
tempter whispered, "Give him the
smallest one you have" A mental
struggle ensued, and finally the miser
took down the largest ham he had.
"You are fool" the devil said, and
the farmer replied, "If you don't keep
still I'll give him every ham in the
smoke-house
A most beautiful marriage ceremony
was that performed by Rev. A. j.
Reamy at the marriage of Mr. j. NJ.
Bell, Jr, and Miss Julia Henrietta
Strom, at the residence of the brides
parents, in our town, on Wednesday
afternoon lost. There was quite large
gathering of friends and relatives of
the happy couple, and the many pres
ents were beautiful, useful, and valua-
bic. The ceremony by Mr.. Reamy was
brief but chaste, beautiful, and inn res
sive and the congratulations and good
wishes to the bride and groom were as
numerous as sincere.
Here is good news for horse swap
pers in the decision of Greenville
magistrate, that lying in horse swap
or COW ditto don't count: "The deci-
sion of Magistrate Mauldin in the trial
of Albert Stenhouse. the negro prose-
cuted by Mrs. Martha Reynolds for
cheating her in the swapping of a COW
to her, was rendered yesterday. 1t
was proved that the negro made gross
Misrepresentation to effect the swap,
but Magistrate Mauldin holds thatth
sort of lieing cannot count in. court, be-
cause it was not sworn to, and he
Therefore found the defendant "not
guilty. According to this decision
Ihorse traders are st liberty to make
all the misrepresentation they chose
in trading.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
Notice Of Final Settle
ment aid Discharge.

Notice is hereby given that I will
make final settlement on the es-
tate of Clarinda Don, deceased, in
the Probate Judges office at Edge
field, South Carolina, on the End
day of February, 1900, and at the
same time will apply for a final
discharge as administration of said
estate. E. l.. POSEY,
Administrator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
kee,i,.r His Chords In Tune.

II saw that German tenor drink
about two gallons Of beer last night. "
Nothing strange about that, replied
the manager. He is determined that
his voice shall not lose it's rich liquid
quality. detroit Fran Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17

Foe SALE.-25O acres at Beech Island
.ie,ot, Port Royal r. R., five miles from
Augusta. l50 acres cleared, 100 acres
nigh land, and 30 acres river land clear
ID. all one body of land. Address DR.
w. r. Eve. Bluffton, s. c.