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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-11-13
Sheriif's Sales.

Sheriif's Sales.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINAj
County OF Pickcns.
In Common Pleas Court.
james X. Lathem,
Plaintiff,
against
James II. Lathcm,
DOfcndent.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1902-11-13
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18
suPPREssING THE NEWS.

The New Bedford Qdass.) Standard notes that the dictum has gone forth from the White House that hereafter White House news must reach the public through Secretary Cortelyou. and not through members of the cabinet. The newspaper boys. we fancy. will still get the news in any way that they can"
 This Is both a foolish and an impotent position for the President to take, and twill find 1t a mistaken one in the end. There are of course State secrets which ought not to be made public until the proper time arrives, but if the President can trust neither the judgment nor the loyalty of his cabinet officers he had bet ter dispense with them and take the gov ernment into his own hands. To say that no cabinet officer shall give out any, thing until he-the President-gtves him leave to do so, is to assume a dictator ship which he will find neither polite nor possible. And if President Roosevelt thinks he can. keep the country in the dark on public questions he knows It, tie of American newspapers. They Will get the news in spite of padlocks and his prohibitions, and if they do not always get it in a correct form the blame will rest on the head of the government We are of the opinion that the papers will manage to get the news in spite Of the president
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18
A STATE rA1n

It is surprising that the people or Montgomery and Central AlabemaA do not take more interest in having an annual State Fair and live stock exhibition. Montgomery's trading territory is largely agricultural and there are a great many enterprising and successful farmers and stock raisers south of the mineral belt.
 These exhibitions are educative and arouse a spirit of rivalry. besides bring ing together thousands of people who never so to a distant State to see sucn They see and learn what others are doing and resolve to so home and do as well or better. It brings together in comparison all the various breeds of live stock and all the latest farm and labor saving implements.
 They do not always pay out in dollars and cents, but the money is spent among our own people perhaps as wisely as much oY the educational fund for our public schools.
 At any rate the people of Montgomery pay out thousands of dollars annually for a few hours amusement at theatres and other exhibitions, all of which goes to distant States. So if a State Fair and live stock exhibition should not pay out every year the money is well spent and left at home.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.

There is an impression abroad that the petition for the establishment of free rural mail delivery should contain the names of at least one hundred heads of families that are white.
 The government makes no distinction In this respect as both white and eolored count in the census of population and in the eye of the law.
 It is true that along our graveled pikes the colored population greatly outnum- bers the white and including both races there are more than three times the necessary number of heads of families petitioning above the minimum required by law. For instance. take the Mobile road for thirteen miles south of Mont- gomery crossing over to the Norman Bridge or Showdown road. returning to Montgomery. making route of some twenty-eizht miles. more than 300 families can be served.
 The history of the development of the rural delivery shows that there is rapid increase in mail matter handled and white people seek settlement where the carrier passes daily.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18

no inducement to vote for themf The Conservator is correct in saying that the colored voters hold the balance of power in some of the strong Republican States of the North. andSif that vote goes over to the Democrats, or even remains pas sive. it will change the political com- plexion of more than one State. and may change the politics of future Congresses.
 The New York Age. another promi- nent negro paper. takes somewhat diff ferent view of the situation, and virtual ly denies that the President Is showing any disposition to ignore the race. Further, it declares that in all cases in the South where white Republicans have been displaced by Democrats the latter have proven themselves as good friends to the negro as were the Republicans who were displaced. The Age might have gone further and declared that Democrats throughout the South are bet ter friends to the negroes than the white Republicans are. for such Is the fact. Altogether the indications are that the race question" is to be shifted from the Democrats to the Republicans-at ieast' the political feature of 1t. =
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18
Notable Extracts from the Big Dailies' Core spondents-
CREAM OF THE SPECIALS

man. having reported on the question of iaw adversely to the purchase of canal and railroad property from the new Pan- sar sma ,S Canal Go%Papy nothing remained question of reporting the Hepburn bill. with or without amendment.
 MT. Kttridge moved that the further consideration of the bill be postponed un- out counting the proxies. there were three Senators for the motion and three against. The motion was thus lost. and 1t was so announced Thereupon Senator port the House bill to the Senate with out amendment. and it was carried.
 ''The votes of Senator Turner. Platt and Foster were cast by their respective recorded, he being absent, and Senator Hanna stated the vote of Senator Pritch- ard, who was absent '
 T had no agency in calling for a final any one, but was gratihed that Senator Mitchell made the demand for final vote.
 ''The matter was ready for disposal, the sent their views to the Senate at the earliest period consistent with the im- poTtance of the subject, and the majority of the committee being satisaed as to their duty. nothing remained but to make their report. There was no appearance of friction or i'll will in the committee and no pressure but that of duty.
 Tt Is a perversiop of fact to assert that any flank movement or any surprise was made or attempted by any member of the committee. We had considered the subject for nearly two months. with pa- tient diligence, and voted our conclusions upon the whole case according to the convictions of each member of the com mittee,
 Tt is a great matter. and the Senate will begin discussion upon the basis of a sufficient knowledge of every fact of any importance that bears upon the final decision of that body. If the Canal Com mission could gather all the facts neces- sary for its latest decision in a stay of two weeks at Panama, 1t is not probable that the committee should reasonably re- quire more than two months in. the re- view of these facts, or in the presenting of others that fairly influence the deci- sion of the issue as presented to the Senate and the country.
 If this had been a tussle between Mir. Hanna and myself for some personal success. resulting from adept manage ment, 1t would be scarcely credited by the country that anybody could get the better of him. and I am glad that he is to suffer no loss of prestige as manager because he failed to get the veterans on the committee to follow him against their firm convictions of duty"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.
Interesting Notes of Some or TnoSe
 in the Public Eye.

Russell Hollister. g wears old. is the
 i;I,ing member of Henry Waru Reecher's first charge at La"renceouie e' Ind.
 Four of the oldest men in the senate ,it s;de hv side In seats il, F, l3 ana IA 5n the front row of the DemocralS sIu0 of inc chamber-Mr. Pettus and MT; MOT gan of Alabama and MT. oochlen "AN MT. Vest of Missouri
 Professor Herbert A. Giles of the Uni versity of Cambridge tells the students at Columbia University that the Chinese have cultivated their national literature more than has any other race, and that literature with them leads to official ca reer
 Julia Johnson. 17-year-old deaf mute. has been awarded the honor Of deliver ing the salutatory address at the Min neapolis East Side High School gradua- ton exercises next June. She does not seem to be handicapped hv her affiiction. but leads her more fortunate classmates in scholarship.
 Lieutenant Governor Edwin l.. Keeler of Connecticut does not consider 1t be- meath his dignity as a public official to act as ringmaster at circus. The cir cns is to be an amateur affair however, ment Is to be given at the Fourth Regi- ment Armory at Norwalk about the mid de of this month
 President Roosevelt takes as much ex- ercise as he can. but he is getting stout rapidly having gained about fifteen or twenty pounds in the past six months Formerly he lived a great deal in the open air but since his elevation 10 the Presidency he has been unable to do so, and to this deprivation he attributes the condition which strains the buttons of lis frock coat.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18
IGNORING THE NEGRO.


 The Chicago Conservator, a prominent negro paper which is largely an organ of the negro race and an exponent or the sentiment of that race, declares In recent issue that the negro press gener- ally is very much worried ana alarmed over the Presidents Southern policy in "displacing of so many negroes in office with white men," but The Conservator adds that in its opinion ''the President is heartily endorsed in his Southern policy by the whole Republican Party. so far as the white man is concerned, and that the great press of the Party stands be- hind him to a journal, North ars1 South" Then we have this statement
 The negro, as a factor. Is simply left out of consideration in the political efforts to break into the solid South ana the consequences upon him or his do not concern the Party to which he has been practically loyal all his political life MT. Payne, with his often repeated and pub nshed notions of the negros hindrance to the Party's success, was evidently taken into the cabinet with view Of streghten- ing and encouraging the President in out McKinleying Mckinley on the Southern problem
 If the Conservator is correct the Re- nubIicans of the entire country have set themselves to the task of destroying the political solidarity of the South. and as one means to that end they propose to cut loose entirely from tho negro and de- pend altogether on the whites for sup port. Whether that policy will succeed is a question to be determined by future events. but there Is little reason to doubt that 1t will at least do much towards making their Party in the South more respectable organization than it has here tofore been.
 But there is another utterance in the editorial from which we have quoted which is very suggestive. It says: Whether, after ridding itself of the Southern negro. as a component part of the Party, the Republicans will feel fore ed to show ample official recognition to negro Republicans in the States North, in which it Is conceded the negro holds the balance of power, in order to hold the negro to the Party for his vote, is, as yet, a debatahle question which only time can determine.
 That, as we remarked. is sugges- tive, and calls attention to the fact which all Southern people have noticed. namely, that the North ern people show little consideration for the negro at home. There he is prvi- legged to vote %he Republican ticket but not to share in the office-holding depart ment of the Party. With the Chicago paper we have some curiosity know whether the Republicans propose to cut loose entirely from their colored contin- gent, both in the North and the South. and leave them to go their own way. If they do, that naturally brings up the question of how long can they depend on the vote of the negro if they give him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18
Meador's Record.


 An editorial item in The Sentinel of last week regarding State Senator Mea- dor, who is candidate for Lieutenant Governor. brings a letter from that g. IT, tleman to Mir. Meroney of Montevallo. The Sentinel said that it was rumored Senator Meador would ally himself with the faction that opposed the new Consti- tUtian, headed by Joseph F. Johnston. Mir. Meador says in part: T am at a loss to see how any one who has watched the legislation during the past two sessions could doubt or misunderstood my posi- tion in reference to the new Constitution. During the session of '9S-99 voted for the calling of the Conventions; the day the bill passed the Senate I presided while the bill was pending. When Gov ernor Johnston called the extra session for the express purpose of repeating this act, voted against repeal. Again, dur ing the session of 19oO-ls01 l voted for the bill calling for a Constitutional Conven- ton. I voted for the call and voted for It's ratification. am sure no one who knows me would for one moment believe that I would at this late day stultify myself by opposing all my former acts.
 T sincerely hope the editor of The Sen tinel who Is so uniformly fair in his edi- torials. will do me the kindness to correct any erroneous impression that may have been made.
 Now, as to any alliance between Governor Johnston and myself it is a little amusing. l voted for Oates when he was candidate. voted TOT R ii. Clark when he was candidate. There is no bargain, trade or alliance. implied or expressed. between myself and any other candidate. It Is useless to add that when Governor Sanford died and Cover nor Jelks assumed the duties of that office I was unanimously elected Presi- dent of the Senate. I have represented this country in the House ten years. and four in the Senate. I was chairman of the Ways and Means Committee in the House four years, and chairman of the Finance Committe in the Senate two terms.
 50 far as I know there is nothing Jelks and myself
 The above will be read with interest by the friends of Senator Meador in this section of the State. 1t is frank, manly and traightforward-just such a state- ment as one might expect from MT. Meador. It will be battle of the giants between him and pr. Cunningham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18

 current. Water power Is now equivalent 70 electricity. and electricity Is certain to 'eupersede steam.
 The Coosa has minimum average low season How of about 4000 cubic feet per sSQond.s and . fall of 800 feet In the ny miles above Wetumpka, affording lss,VoO gross horse power It is not extravagant 70 say 70.ooo horse power might be made evauabie. and much of this delivered in Montgomery at . cost of 80 per horse power per year. much less than the cost pf the same power produced by steam. Neither Columbus. Tallassee nor Lowell has water power comparable With that or the Coosa, situated in a region pro- ducing most of the raw materials for manufactures. These are not rough estf- mates made upon the back of an envelope, but are the results of calcula- lions as accurate as can be made by skilled engineers, but of course they are. after all. mere estimates.
 The whole matter should be determined upon business considerations. and It is folly b try to make a navigable stream Of the river if it Is more valuable for other purposes.
 The argument seems to revoIve itself into question of whether we<shall have . potentially useful water way in ftty years or a gigantic power generating clant in live or ten.
 c, W. Craik
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18
TUESDAY, MARCH 1s, 1902.
USELESS QUESTIONS.

Did The Weekly Enterprise never near If the old saying that "a fool can ask more questions in a minute than a wise han can answer in an hour?" Not that we would intimate that the editor of The Enterprise is a fool, for we know full we'll that he lacks a vast deal of it, but The Enterprise asks questions which neither its editor nor any one else can answer and which would not benefit any body If they were answered. Besides, if The Advertiser should take the time and trouble to answer them fully, The Enter prise would not admit that the reasoning was correct.
 There is nothing in the world to be xained by discussing the financial legisla- hon or the financial theories of 1873. or sf wrangling about the opiniops of ptatesmen of that period. We might lust as well go back and waste time wrangling over the position of public men in 1s6o-61. or enter into a discussion of ihe views which divided the people and the public men of that day. A wise statesmen may have thought free coinage was right and proper under the condi- tions existing thirty years ago. and might believe the exact opposite under the con- ditions now existing. It is no impeach- rnent of a mans wisdom or patriotism to say that he has seen and abandoned an error.
 There is enough in the present to oc- rupy the genius and the wisdom of both statesmen and newspapers. To say that, If the free, and unlimited coinage of sil- yer was proper in 1873 it Is still to be desired and made an issue is to fly into the face of both reason and facts. The memorable laws of supply and demand have disposed of the question. If there was ever a time when there was a real demand for more hard money that time has passed and the country has 1t in plenty, both gold and silver, and the amount Is increasing all the time. The editor of The Enterprise can remember the events of almost or quite half cen tury ago. and he never saw the day when silver was more plentiful or more readily to be obtained than now. Any man who desires silver money can get it without rrOUDle IT ne mas dnytnlHB lo SlNC TUT it. There is plenty of it and 1t has come without free coinage. A man can get his choice of money at any bank in the coun- try without difficulty With conditions as they now exist in the financial world to, still cling to the exploded dogma of free coinage. Is to l. and the like is about as sensible as for robust young man to cry for a nursing bottle.
 We have not pretended to give cate gorical replies to The Enterprise, be- cause we can see nothing to be gained by it. What we have written is more by way of explanation and counsel than anything else, for we know the editor of The Enterprise to be a sensible and in- telligent man and we dislike to see him wasting the time of himself and others in vain chase after dreams. What he needs to do is to get his brain clear of the cobewebs of free silver and see things as they are.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18
EXPORT TRADE.
For Eight Months of Fiscal Year It
 Has Dropped $41, ,OOO, ,OOO.

Washington Special to Brooklyn Eagle.
 For the first time in the past five or six years there has been a decline in United States running over a consider able period. For the eight months of the current fiscal year. ending with Febru- ary. the export business of the United last fiscal year. It was thought by some that 1t indicated the backward movement of the pendulum of trade, such notable
 .ss as Audrey ,G Carnegie having tial slump in the phenomenal prosperity the country has been enjoying since 1895 The treasury officials. however, ex- plain the falling off in export trade on nothing in the situation to cause alarm
 Mir. o. P. Austin chief of the Bureau Of Statistics of the Treasury Department when asked by The Eagle correspondent what caused the decline, said:
 .'It is very largely due to the falling off in the export of corn, caused by the shortage of the crop on account of the extended drought of last year. The ex- der. consideration were only 2e,s12s75 bushels against 131. .660, ,602 bushels for the corresponding eight months of the pre- ceding year, The value of the corn ex- year was s1s, ,sss, 200 against ssO, 22s, BPS for the first eight months of the fiscal year of 1901. This shows for corn alone a re- duction of over $46,0O0.OO0. so that it is not at all surprising that the total export figures should show decline.
 There was also a falling off in tn , export of Iron and steel for the past eight months, as compared with that for the first eight months of last year, the decline amounting to $17, 900. This was due i na great measure to the heavy de- mand at home for steel and iron pro- ducts which is said by manufacturers to the country can supply or the railroads carry. It is also due to the reduced de- mand abroad. There was a slight decline in the export of cotton, due to the reduc- ton in price rather than in the quantity exported"
 In reply to a question of whether this deficiency would be made up before tn end of the year, MT. Austin said:
 ''No; I do not think it will. The reduc- tion is likely to continue during the bal ance of the fiscal year on account of the lack of corn for exportaton and be- cause of the reduced demand for iron and steel abroad and the increase in the home consumption. The surprise to me is not that there Is a reduction of S41.- 00o, GOO. but that 1t Is not greater. The GOO, 900 in corn alone and of $i7 .000. GOO in iron and steel. and that in spite of this the falling off in trade Is only s4,- O00, 900 shows that there has been an in crease in the export of other articles than corn and steel and iron. The de- cline may be regarded as temporary and due to exceptional conditions, and I see no reason to be discouraged with refer ence to the general trade outlook"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-18
SENATOR HANNA.
Accused of"Stretching theTruth" No
 Questionable Methods Adopted.

Washington Special to New Orleans
 Times-Democrat.
 In answer to criticisms of Senator Han na of Senator Morgan's management of out a signed statement tonight.
 MT. Hanna's assertion that Senator Morgan is imposing on the Senate, the country and the members of the Commit of Secretary Hay. MT. Morgan disposes of with concise review of the recent doings of the Committee. The manner in which he obtained Secretary Hays statement of the diplomatic negotiations he explains fully, and to the complete satisfaction of the Committee and of the Senate. Mir. Morgan's statement follows:
 On Monday. March s, at a meeting of the full Committee. Senators Turner. Platt and Foster informed the Committee that they would have to be absent from Washington for some days. Thereupon it was unanimously urged, MT. Hanna be- ing present. that these Senators could leave proxies with other members of the Committee to cast their votes on all Ques- tions that might arise in Committee and on the vote on the question of what bill should be reported to the Senate.
 Il held the proxy and directions of manner representing Senator Foster and Senator Mitchell represented Senator Platt. All the proxies were in writing, and the one I held gave me specific di- EcCLlouSs SuppoSt LLe OtHeTS OlO
 At the next regular meeting. on March 10. MT. Hanna being present. the Commit tee instructed me by resolution to con- fer with the Secretary of State, and to ascertain, so far as he thought proper to inform the Committee, of the state of diplomatic relations between the United States and the republics of Colombia. Costa Rica and Nicaragua as to conces- sions. and l was required to report in writing.
 "On March II, by previous agreement. I called on Mir. Hay. and he gave me a full statement of the diplomatic situa- tion as to each of these governments, so tar as 1t had been settled by the negotia- tions still pending or heretofore signed.
 He was due at cabinet meeting and had no time to comply with my request directed to obtain from him. suggested to Mir. Hay that I would draw up the statement and send 1t to him for his re- vision, to which he assented. l sent the statement and he approved it in note to me, without any alterations.
 "On March F, at o'clock, invited the Committee to meet to hear the state ment Six Senators were present. Sena- tor Hawley was detained from the Con- to me 10 request that he might be consid- ard was absent in North Carolina.
 "A quorum of the Committee being present. I made the report in writing to which MT. Hay had agreed: The hearings before the subcommittee had been com pieted. and no further testimony was
 After discussing the situation, as to proposed concessions from Colombia, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. the sub-com- mittee. of which Senator Foster Is char