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r f c 1 i I "t if I. a tf l.l-2. ' (ft I. It, irirabeau declared that three thins: er ceeestary for the successful con duct of a revolution: . "Audacity, au Cicity, audacity." It is certain that Eobert Toombs acted upon this prin ciple. "When the Confederate States f eceded from the American Union he espoused their cause with til the en ergy and enthusiasm of hla manly nature Although a Whig In politics, he belonged to the State lights wing. He loved his native South, and be ' lleved that the highest energies of hit nature and the best affection of his heart were due to her. . He would ' have freely offered at any time In her defense his fortunes and his sacred " i honor. f , . , , - When Georgia was flnancially em. ' barraased and needed money, he loan ed the State from bis own funds a ' large - sum,, and used his - personal credit to obtain a much larger sum. He was an ' earnest disciple of the 1 States rights school of which Jeffer son. Madison and Mason were the ' " : great exemplars. He f ujly believed that the Constitution was not made by any . man or any aet of men, but , that It waa ' made by the States as - States, nd that In entering into the compact, or union, they had sot sur- ' rendered their sovereignty as free - and Independent Commonwealths. - HIS STATEMENT OP. RIGHTS. At the first session of the Provl- atonal Congress at Montgomery he 1 was appointed Secretary of State for the Confederate States. In his diplo matte correspondence with 'William l. fancey, Pierre A. Host and A. .W. ,. 1 Mann, in which toe sent their commls , sions to Great Britian, France, Bus si and Begium, accrediting them to " , represent the Confederate States near , - the governments of those countries, lie took advantage of the opportunity to inform the governments of the world ; that the several Common ' " . wealths- comprising the Confederate ' SUtes of America bad, by act of their '"' people, in convention assembled, sev ered their connection with the United ' States; had reassummed the powers - . which they delegated to the ' Federal government for certain specified pur- - poses, and had formed aa independ ent government, perfect in all Its . branches and endowed with every at tribute of sovereignty . and . power necessary to entitle them to. assume a : place among the nations of the world. Mr. Toombs was born in Wilkes county, Ga.. July Z. 1810. His grandfather was ft soldiner In Brad dock's disastrous campaign. His , father. Major Robert Toombs, com ' manded a Virginia regiment during - the Revolutionary War, rendering conspicuous service In that capacity. . ; Robert Toombs entered the Universi ty of Georgia in 1824, but not being ' willing to submit to the severe dis cipline to which the students were subjected, be was granted a dls charge. He then entered Union Col- ' ' lege. New York, from which he grad- uated in 1828. He studied law at the ' University f Virginia -in 1829-'30, i and although he had not attained the requisite age, he was by act of the ' Legislature of Georgia admitted to , the bar on the 18th of March, 1834. - In November, 1834, he was married v-' to Julia Dubose, and In 1880 cele brated hhi golden wedding wtth his ' ,. ' children, grandchildren and ' great' ' grandchildren around him to wish -' ' him Joy- and extend their felicitations. ' " FOUGHT mPIANS; , '' Hs commanded a company m the Creek War, represented bis county in ' the Legislature in 18'40 and 1841 ; '44 at which time be served as chair- , men of the Committee of the Judl- clary. He . was the Whig candidate '- for Speaker of the House in 1842, " delegate to the Democratic National - Convention in 1844, member of the House of Representatives from the Twenty-ninth to the Thirty-second Congress, and United States Senator from 1852 to 1881, when he retired. On January 7, 18(1. he made his last speech In the United States Senate . and announced his retirement from that body. He was a member of the , State convention that passed the or dinance of secession, and on the 17th , of April?. 1861. voted with 207 other - -1 delegates in favor of secession. He was unanimously selected aa the flrst delegate at large to the Provisional Congress at Montgomery. His name v , was presented to the Congress as the -first choice for President, but four . . States having agreed on Mr. Davis as the candidate he was unanimously . chosen, - - ' HE TOOK TO THE FIELD, i - Mr. Toombs was made chairman of . the Finance Committee of the Pro visional Congress. He opposed the . proposed attack on the United States ' forts la Charleston Harbor as a move- ' ment fatal to the Confederacy, and , thereby demonstrated his far-seeing statesmanship. On July 21, 1841, he Joined the , Confederate Army a brigadier general, and commanded ' . the First Brigade of the First Dlvlalon . ' of the Army of Northern Virginia. - v ' In January. 1862, the General At- sembly of Georgia elected him to the i 1 Senate of the Confederate States, - with. Benjamin H. Hill as hi colle- i ague, but he continued to command , hta brigade . during the Peninsula , campaign and in the eelge of York , v town. , At the battle of Malvern Hill his brigade lost one-third of Its entire " number. After a controversy with D. . H.- Hill, and his arrest by order of r 1" President Davis, he rejoined his bii , t gads during the fight at the second , battle of Manassas, 1n Augut, 1842. . He received the highest commenda tions for bis gallantry and courage In " ; rrding the bridge over - Antietam with 40l men. He was severely v wounded In that engagement, and , , sent - home to ;. recover - from his wounds,; but rejoined, bis command la the spring of 184. . la the following March. however, i i be resigned his commission in the urmy. After his return to Georgia i he offered his servicer to Governor Brown, and was made adjutant and r' inspector-general of the Georgia jiujju, tanuia- pan in ins nattles be fore Atlanta, the slere of Savannah and jn the battle of Pocotaligo, s. C. , KBVBK RECONSTRUCTED. , When the Confederacy; finally col lapsed he escaped to Europe, but nev . r asked for pardon, and always ln t,xA that he was an "Unreconitruct- ; ed ana unrepentant rebel." After th . war ne pracucea jaw ana amassed 1 considerable fortune. He was a delagate to the State tnn tentlon in 1877, was made chairman , or me commiiiee on legislation and fina.1 revision, r Wlien the convention was embarrassed for the want ef funds he insisted on ' advancing the rn'juey from his ourn pocket. One of the last act of his life was to pro funce a great eulogy on the life and ;rns.racter or n?s, intimate. , bosom f"na, -. Alexander iU. Stephens. He ' 4 at his home- In Georgia, Decern 1r 13, universally beloved and .' i VH T--?r.Ss rj electeJ to Con vi 3j it-ejt'ct X and served for eight years in the Kuu-c; supported for -President. '.William Hanry Harri son, in 1836 and Jlf.; Clay, in 1844. Hla first rpeech In the House was made on the Oregon question; 'he was an earnest advocate of ; tne compro mise measure in ISiO, took his seat iu the Senate. Jn March. 1S5J, and re mained in that body until 1861. ". '.'.'.Mr. Toombs was Cne of the most re markable men whom it has been my pleasure to know eereonally.: He waa Lbie. eloauent. impetuous ana entered Into a debate. with the fiery energy or one -who felt that he must do his full part In the fray. As aa evidence' Of bis great honesty of purpose and un yielding resolution, : he refused, as I have said, to make an application for pardon after the close of the war. He insisted that he had done nothing for which be should sue for executive cle mency; and that he would live and die unreconstructedi'" During ' the last years of his Bfe,' it was his custom to pass the summer months at the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, and I have often listened to him as he gave his views about public men and pubUo measures. , '- i Sitting - beneath : the patrimonial oaks at that famous resort, with a crowd - around, him., especially of Northern listeners, eagerly attending to every word that dropped from Jis lips, he declared that he had no coun try since the subjugation of his belov ed South,: that he felt as an exile In the language of the bard of Erin, he felt like exclalnmlng: , . "The harp that once ' through Tara's halls, - . The soul of music shed, Now Hes as mute on Tara's walls As though that soul were dead." A LORDLY LIFE. ' Not long prior to his death a public journal in hii State said of him: "The . people of Georgia never loved any man better than they loved Gen eral' Toombs, : and the signs -that his race has been nearly run have awak ened a tender Interest la him anoVin all that to him pertains. He is the most remarkable man la many re spects that the South has never pro duced, and u is doubtful if tne records of a lordlier life than his can be found in the history of our ; republic He has never moved as other men, nor worked by ordinary methods He lias been kingly in all his ways, lavish in his opinions, disdaining all expedients or deliberation, and moving to his am- i bittons with a princely assumption that has never been gainsaid by the people and seldom by circumstances." He was earnesft and sealous to the cause of the Ancient and Accepeted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, of which he became a member of ; the thirty-third, or the highest, degree, and from ltjl to 1880 he was sn ac tive member of the rite la the State of Georgia. After his death Albert Pike, the most eminent Mason in this coun try, who had known him long and In-, tlmately .wrote of him as follows: "Aj great man, old and full of days, has been gathered unto his fathers, a man of transcendent ability, ' pre-eminently gifted with logical faculty of strong, clear Intellect; a great lover of the truth, and singularly keen in distin guishing tt from the false: a man quick in determining, resolute and ad hering to and bold in announcing his conclusions and convictions: an ac complished lawyer, an ardent and im passioned orator, vehement and im perious in debate; a 'student who had accumulated great stores of knowl edge of many kinds; a man of antique greatness of soul, of true nobility of character, and of perfect Integrity, scorning concealment and deceit and the rascalities of dialectics; Impetuous and sometimes in his - utterances harsh, Indiscreet and. reckless, as if moved by passion, and Intolerance of opinion; and yet, for all this outward seeming, genial . and generous, most honpitable, kind-hearted, amiable, for giving; a man whom, one could not long be with without coming to love him; a man who, take him all in all. had In his prime of life no equal in Intellect in the Southern States of the Union." HI8 DEFIANCE TO THE SENATE. In hla last addret to the Senate Mr. Toombs was very defiant, and apoke as follows: "You will not regard Confederate obligations; you will not regard cpnr stitutlonal obligatlpns: you will not Tegard your oaths. What, then, am I to do Am 1 a free man? Is my State a free State 7 We are free men; we have rights; J have stated them. We have wrongs; I have re counted them. I have demonstrated that the party now coming Into power has declared us outlaws, and Is de termined to exclude thousands of millions of our property from the common territories! that It has de clared us under the ban of the Unlnn. and out of the protection of the laws of the United 8tates everywhere. They have refused to protect us from invasion and insurrection by the Fed eral power, and the Constitution de- men to us in the union the right to raise fleets or armies for our defense. fense. - ' " -: . - . "An these charges I have proven by the record: and I put them be fore the civilized world and demand the Judgment of to-day, of to-mor row, of distant ages.' and of heaven Itself upon the Justice of these causes. am content, whatever It be, to peril all in so noble, so holy ft cause. Wo have appealed time and time again for these constitutional rights; you have refused .them. "We anneal nvaln. Renrnra ua thmrn rights as we had them, as your court adjudges them to be, Jtrwt as our peo ple have said they are; redress these flagrant wrongs, seen of all men, and it will restore fraternity and ' peacs and unity to all of ua Refuse them. and what then? We shall then ask you j Let us depart In peace.' Re fine that and you oresent us war. We accept it; and , inscribing upon our banners the gortous words. 'Libr erty and Equality.' we will trust to the blood of the brave and the God of battles for security and tranquil ity." TOOMBS AND STEPHENS. In a publication entitled "Southern Statesman of the Old Regime." in which a very striking . contrast ' is drawn between two great Georgians Alexander H Stephens and Robert Toombs showing the predominant characteristics of each, f h . writer saysi "As to the actual eloquence tf the two men, it is hard to reach any conclusion. Both could carry away a Jur or crowd upoa: the hustings, and the secret of their power lay not much la ; the . matter of their speeches as in the way they delivered them. Tet. never did two, orators present greater contrast v Toombs, wit h his strength or, body 'and voice and impetuous fores of ; nvlf!nn- Stephens, with his nunt fmm ihin voice and calm; peruanivens.. They may not have been as great orators as their admirers havi asserted,, but .the fact remain that they exerted great power over all sorts and condl- la an address delivered by Colonel t r , i ' , t ; the ... J :..! , i, , , i I fci-ft-s ft.iraly 1 3 I r:y i '.I waUed the forum like an e r, and confrontej the commune Hi.i the majesty of a god. lie f.ioricl l.i the whirlwind and caught his inspira tion from the storm.' As though born to kindle a conflagration, he inflamed by his wonderful power of epeftch, and swayed by his electric fire. Lake unto a 6cythfan archer scouring the plain, he traversed the Held of argument and invective at full speed, discharg ing his deadliest arrows. Demosthe nes, mingling the thunder of his elo quence with the roar of the Aegean; Cicero, his eyes fixed on the capltol, wielding at will the fierce democracy and Inspiring all hearts with a love of freedom and an admiration for -the triumphs of the -Roman race; Otis, kindling a patriotic flame wherein the "writs of assistance were wholly consumed; Warren, inscribing upon ' the banners of the ' Sons of Liberty 'Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God; Henry, the Incarnation of Rev outlonJiTy seaL ringing the ' clarion bell and giving the signal to a con tinenWwere not mors forceful in ut terance, magnetic in action, or ma jestic In mlea ' than was Robert Toombs) when contending for - -the privilege of free speech or proclaim ing the rights of the South,,, as 'he comprehended them. v,-, , i,, In the contemplation of such a character, , we cannot agree with those who maintain that eloquence Is a lost art It is true that the news paper and the telegraph how carry Intelligence to ' the remotest corners of the earth. When the public ma of arises to address aa audience in the present day he is not able to furnish them with mueh Information which they have not already gleaned . from the newspaper press; but genuine elo quence still, exerts a iwonderfu sway over the sons of men,V;.-iW'",J?S:J V'' ' - HOLIDAY TRADE IS GOOD. No Falling Off in Buying at TorkvilrS r-Sales of Cotton Pick Up Consider ' ablyYork Juries on the Road v to ' Giving; Corporations Justice. - Special to The Observer. ; ; ' , . . Yorloville, S. C- Dec. '2 2. The hol iday trade . in this section appears to be oi about the same volume as ror several years past. The merchants of this place, laid in their usual - stocks and It is not likely that they will have any mora left over than usual at the end of the holiday season. While there is no general movement in. the matter of selling cotton, still It is safe to say that during the past two weeks the aggregate . sales . have amounted to considerably more 'than during the month previous. ' The bulk of the cotton offered for sale is than k . a . - . a A . a. oeionging 10 negroea .. it is esumaiea that the total crop produced In York county this year will amount to about 40,000 bales and that at least half of the crop is still in the bands of the producers.' - v ;v'v ' ''?j'"?'' Ths fall term of the circuit court for York county, after being in ses sion for four weeks, adjourned yester day afternoon. In many respects It was one of the most satisfactory terms to thinking people that has been held In several years, and this is especially true with reference to - the s damage suit industry. It is at r . well-known fact that Jork has acquired an unen viable reputation during the past four or five years by reason of the outra geous manner in which : corporations have been held up by Juries supposed to be composed of citizens of ''average intelligence," Its reputation has be come so notorious that Individuals In various parts of the State and living Jn counties through which the South ern Railway or ths Seaboard Air Line extended, having very weak, . or ' no claims at all against either of these corporations and fully realizing that there was little prospect for success ful graft at home, nave removed their suits to York. During the recent term J of court there was every indication of returning sanity, as in only one or two Instances were excessive damages allowed by Juries, and in these, al though the damages allowed were ex cessive, the amounts were not large, the largest being- 81,850, "whan .in reality if the plaintiff was entitled to anything at all the amount should not nave been In excess of 1500. This ver dict was against the Southern and was awarded to a citizen of Fort Mill township, who alleged that he was in jured In a rear-end collision, being severely bumped and knocked Insen sible by a lamp,' which was wrench ed from its fastenings by the Jar and struck him on the head. He also al leged that he was permanently, in Jured, although his individual testl mony on this point was all that was before the jury. . it is believed by many that the damage suit industry in York county has now passed its worst stage, and that from now -on conditions will gradually improve un til they finally reach that point at wnicn a 'corporation win receive the same consideration at the hands of a York lurv that It would srlv an in dividual, and. all fair-minded, unnrehi- diced cltlssena fully realize that condi tions will not be as they should until Jurors come to take this view. It Is sate to say that the improvement would not be gradual, but instantane ous, were It possible to so amend the Jury laws s to exclude all except falr-wilnrted; Intelligent citizens. 'The damage null lawyers would then retire from practice. - . ui The) Buckhorn Power Plant Ready For Business, v Sanfor Express.,. M-:''- y, s:fcB:S'i''S' Mr. T. S. Cfoas land famllyJ:ame ub from Buckhorn last week. Mr. Cross, who has been employed by the Phoe nix Construction 1 Company, 4 tells us that the plant : was put in operation for ths first time Friday. Everything worked era 00 tin ly ana the test of the machinery proved satisfactory. The plant will be In regular operation by the. 1st of January," About thirty feet of water was reported la the river and the stream la In better condition than Jt has been in many years. The plant will develop about 1,000 horse power.' Jt hat been In course of con struction for about seven years, hav ing been started by Capt Percy Gray. of Greensboro, and W. M. Morgan of Fayettevllle, both of whom are now dead.; Many thousands of . dolrkrs ibave. been spent in the construction of 1 the plant and hundreds of men have worked on It. ..Fayettevllle has contracted for much of the power gome of It will be transmitted to Raj. eigh and some to Sanford. . ; . .- 1 Another . Way to Get Even. Durham Herald., ' v ' It does hot make so much difference about the rate. What we do no( get off in Tatee we will make up In dam age suits. -.h' ) f-i'v f 1 . When winds shriek liich in fendlnh glee. Ana mrp winir nn un my Pr"tct nnmi'lf. roin difo l fr1! -Tf-" H!Htr kucky leurtaln T"S P. li. Jurdan Co. , 1 -.' . V. " y the l'-tvi i l.i l . j tii n co: . -: li3 t.-.-n.'.t, hO Wl:-h tD f 3 l..:l next Covt-rnor of Xorth Carolina. Us la a comparative Mrnnger to this community, .but. he will le remember ed as the contest waxes warmer. The remains of the late R. G. Chaney, of Fpencr, were brought to this place this afternoon for burial in the family plot Mr. Chaney was at ons time a citizen of this place and married Miss Annie Col trail , a native of Thomasvllle, who died about two years ago. . A son, Mr. R. G. Chaney, Jr., survives. The remains were bur led by the ICasona . . The scarlet fever epidemic, which has been In the town for the past six weeks, is now thought . to be undtr thorough control. x x The merchants say that Saturday's business waa a1 record-breaker and that they anticipate Monday and Tues day's business to surpass anything ever had in Thomas villa. The town is little affected by the panic scare, and everything is progressing as If a panic had taeyer been. 7 The. Indications are that business during this week will bo the biggest In the history of the town. . - , " , - V i Thomasvllle will' have on her gay est attire this week. .There will be turkey dinners receptions, . high teas, Christmas trees and many, other things Jlvely . all durlroj the . holiday season.; :' -". . r ; -iZ-A . 'V v" ' It is rumored that Thomasvllle will. In, the pear future, have a first-lass weekly newspaper. 4 Already a number of oltizeps have signified their support and It hoes without raying that the town needs . thoroughly - modern newspaper mora; than anything else to ' promote . itg welfare along every line, .; An able newspaper t man V lias ths matter under coaslderaition and no - doubt during .' the early spring Thomasvllle will "havs :a-. newspaper that ; is thoroughly representative , of ths tqwn- . . . ' r-Cv"' 'lif t-n', Jura. E. j. jicKnight arrived ' in Thomasvllle Saturday and will upend the holidays here, the . guest of Mrs. C. A. Burnham. - Capt. M. L. Jones, owner of the lola Mining Company, f Candor.; arrived In the city one day last week with nearly 110.000 In gold, which he de posited with the banks here.- This amount of gold Is the result of about ten days' work at his 'mine., 1 ' Friday a solid car load of Florida oranger was received by ; the mer chants or the place to . supply tne Christmas trade. They are all antici pating a big business all through the holidays, ' ' AFFAIRS AT LOUISBURG, . The Flay Given by Amateurs For Ben efit of Fire company a ren ormance of Much Merit and Pleasure Stu dents Addressed on the Subject of Hygiene Editor Boddle - Being Congratulated on Hla Military ; Ap pointment , 1 , Special to The Observer. . Loulsburg, Dec' ,22. The play, "Under the American . Flag,7 . . was given Friday ht at the opera house for the benefit f ths rtr corapaixy. It was rendered by Loulsburg , am, tours and it was well done too. There was a delicious absence of amateur ishness ithat made tfie play Especially enjoyable. , Instead of merely repeat ing the lines, there, was aujo' enough acting and ,ftsome " of. tho mituiaitilons were really exclUng. '-'i'Tht cast was comcKwed of Misses Hantle Harrison Alice Spruill and May Jones,' and Messrs. W. W. Boddle, Dr.; A,v H. Flaming, : J. A. Turner Dr. S.. C. Ford. T. H. Lacy, and K. S. Clif ton. Though the girls with a keen oense of humor did see ths ridiculous 4n tthe highly i tragic ' and Hughed sometimes, tt made - no difference whatever 4n fact, the, show was the better for it, - (the 4 ctdng of Misses Harris, 8pru4U and Jones being es pecially meritorious. lit was a good show and those Wrfd-hearted souls ho made up their minds to martyr themselves for a couple of hours ' In the interest of a good cause were sur prised to find tihemselves genuinely entertained. There, was a targe audi ence present, : but there-was plenty of room left; for those who ought to have attended and didn't, . Mrs. J. R . ' Collie. ! Mrs . F. i 8, fipruiU ; amd Mrs. Sumner Parhm,i the v commit tee of arrangiements,. nre to jtm con gratulated on the success cf. tlhe en tertainment. s -v"" 'l.-f. !v-!? ,;. ' ' Friday was the dosing day of the graded school for (the Ohn'stmas wes son, It wUl hot re-open until Jan uary 2d. The feature of the day was an address by Dr. J.- E. Matone, onhvxlene. v There 'Is no; more i en- rtalnlns; platform speaker than Dr. Medone,' wtho on this oocasion taught (the pupils valuable lessons in the sclnce of (health. , Loulsburg College Isas also closed for the holidays, a numlber of the girts having ,arady igone to ; their homes to spend Chrlstimas. The an nual mid-winter concert v was held Thursday evening and was enjoyed by a large audience. It was entirely ht to previous events of this charac ter. . v f s . Rev, L. S .' Massey, former pastor of the Methodist church, (has spoken his good-byes and Is now 4n Oxford or the coming year. Rev. ,, T.i A Bishop has arrived -to fill his place and met with a most oordlal welcome, a com ml tee meeting htm at the train and showing htm to the - pars6nage. He Is quick to make friends, being of a most re.n'J disposition. Mr. W. Vf. Bod He ts Ibrlnjr on gmtulated by many fiends upon his appointment tox a lleutenantoy In tihe regular nrmyv Ha 1s the editor of the Franklin Progress and (formerly represented this county In the State Legislature and will make an excel lent officer. This gives Loulsbhnr ithree United Smtes army officers. Capt W. T. Wilder; Ceip-t. Frank Cooks and Lieutenant Doddle. ' f 1 , ml V' - Tillman Get Ten Pigs. y Washlnision Dlspach to New ' York World. v. , - senator .nnman to-aay received a certlfiiate for a government eagle. hacked up'by 10 pigs, a picture of which, accompanied the, certificate. It reads:,. '.Ten pigs 110 Ten Dollars. ( these plirs are . tick of the certifi cate). " The paper Is signed "Oregon Pushard, - president," and "Henley Farmer, registrar.'? "They are both old friends of mine-, said Senator Tillman, . "snd not only do I know that they sent a certificate which Is a gooj as h jt 111a been isuea ti$ the Bank of Ear'nd, but I know that those pls ere r ,r to live and tltrlve and multiply in If thev had ewal lowej the'RooK .it race-euiclde pre ventative, ibott! ,.nd all." - T ' To. Cure Cold in Ono. Day Take, LAXATIVE imOMO Quinine Tablets. Lrugglsts refund moiVy f It fall to.ui C. 7 Grove' sig nature Is on each box.,!Sc. tc,.:: nvr ilie 3in;ie .' ; 1 : ? ti t" e I a von: 9 1 if tl.a I. . : '. liiat:on 1 v.ioi.i l pleaded rcuer Tl.m .. 1: . t d 'SliftS Turtsrr Crov J ; .c. u Special to The Observer. Yorkvlile, S. Dec. 22. Conrpar ajUvely few people in this section are ta.Ung ; .any considerable Interest 4a the (discussion of the merits and de merits of the respective jSrospectdve candidates for the Democratise or Re publican nomination 5 aa President next year. . fjobody, bo far as your correspondent has been able to learn, i gJvlng'th question of possible auc cea with William Jennings Bryan as the ; Democratic candidate a second thought . Everybody realizes that at best he . would not carry anything except -those States that he carried in 1900, and tt 4s safe to say tthat were the people allowed to nominate delegates to the State convention by primary election a solid delegation fa vorlng John A; Johnson could go Ifrom York ounty. ; .' One of the most conservative and successful business men In this coun , ty : in discussing the future outlook for bunlnesa tn the presence of your correspondent a few oays ago stated tStok in view Of the fact that Roose velt was not-now recognized as his own possible successor, and there was nothing on which to base an intelli gent opinion as to who would ' be nominated by either of the great par (ties, he did not look for business to return to normal conditions until af ter the two parties nominated their standard-bearers, and not then should either of them nominate men of the Foraker or Bryan strips. - In oonclu slon he said: , "If It could e settled 'beyond a reasonable doubt during the next thirty of sixty days that Charles E Hughes. of , New York, would be the candidate of the Republicans and (that ; John A Johnson, Of Minnesota, that of the Democrats, you would see marvelous changes In business condi tions Immediately, because the bust- J ness interests of .tthe whole country would at once realize that it matter edj)Ot which" was elected all would be well. i , , - . . .The Johnny. Jones Carnival aggre gatton arrived' here lacit Monday and kit for Laurens last night : 1 Those who visited' the grounds seemed to be entirely eatlsfted wltlh the qua3.1ty of .' entertainment , furnished. The show people oondiucted themselves tn a proper manner and grained and re talned the good wilt of ftbowe with whom they cam In contadt The election of the queen of tins oarnrva) scheme wa worked .wtCb. erreat suc cess. ;. Perhaps as many at twelve or fifteen young- ladles were voted for by their respective friends and ad mlrers. The affair was rather tame until Thursday. 'It was the under standing ithat the -contest Vras to close at? .10 o'clock that night and during the afternoon and evening tt became evident that a heavy vote would be polled jfor two young ladies (then, be lieved to be in the lead, and - as a result Miss Mamie Turner, one of the leaders, received 6,660 votes and the next-highest, two or three hundred less. 1. Miss Turner was declared the winner, awarded the diamond .ring Offered as a prize nd crowned queen of the carnival Friday nigh. . , Miss Turner Is- night - central of the Tocal telephone system, amd. by reason of her genial disposlUon ' and uniform courteeiy toward all the patrons is a great favorite and It was these peo ple who went down In their Jeans to the tan of IS6.60.ln order that he might win. . The actual value of the ring was $27 and, therefore, the elec tion was a paying proposition (for the carnival management, , , 1 v Michigan Democrats For Harmon. ' Detroit Dispatch, a tat- VC Anti-Bryan Democrats of Michigan have settled upon Judson Harmon, of 'Cincinnati Attorney General In President Cleveland's Cabinet, v as their favorite-r , , - There was a protracted, conference at the Pontcbartraln Hotel yester day -between Mr.' Harmon and ths leading '' antl-Bryahltes of Detroit Mr. Harmon, when asked point-blank if he was a candidate, laughingly rek piled; - - r . t- . 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