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DEATH OE
JUDGE MAGRATH.
A Historical Figure Passes Out
of Life.
He Was the First of the Seces-
sion Judges.
His End Came Last Night in Charleston.
Sketch of His Life.
Charleston. April 9.—The death of ex-
Judge Magrath which occured here
today recalls a career that was as uni
que and sis brilliant as any of the Caro
linians of the last half century.
Andrew Gordon Magrath was born in
Charleston, February 8, 1813. Ho was
of Irish descent, his father having been
engaged iu the Irish rebellion of 1798,
for which he was arrested, but, escaping,
fled to this country, and, having engaged
in business as a merchant, died at an
advanced age in this city. The early
education of young Magrath was reeeiv
ed at Bishop England’s school, where he
rt ntaiined until 1827, when he entered the
South Carolina College, and was gradu
ated thence with high honors in 1831. the
Bev. Jas. H. Thornwell, the distinguish
ed Presbyterian divine, being one of his
classmates, lie studied law under the
late James L. Petigru, and in 1832 en
tered the law school at Harvard Uni
versity, graduating thence under the di
rection of Judge Story.
Admitted to the bar in 1835, he at
once commenced the practice of his pro
fession in Charleston under the most fa
vorable auspices. He was elected to the
State Legislature as a member from
Charleston in 1840 and renominated in
1842, and at the expiration of that term
withdrew from active political life and
devoted all his energies to his profession.
In 1850, when seperate State action was
urged by a large party iu the State, he
was conspicuous among those who oppos
ed and defeated it. In tihe convention
called for the consideration of that ques
tion he was elected and sat as a member
from Charleston. In the discussion of
the exciting political questions of the day
he contributed many articles to the press
in opposition to squatter sovereignty in
the Territories and the rights of the
slave-holding States in the newly-ac
quired territory of the United States.
In the presidential contest between
Taylor and Cass he aided with that por
tion of the Democratic party in the
State which supported Zachary Taylor.
In 1856 he was elected a delegate to re
present the State at large !n the Demo
cratic Convention at Cincinnati for the
nomination of a candidate for the 1 resi
dency, but before the meeting of the
Convention he was appointxsl in April
of that year, by President Pierce, Dis-
S vifict Jmlge of the State of South Caro
lina, and thereupon resigned bis place
in the Convention. At the time of his
promotion to the Bench lie was in the
enjoyment of a very lucrative practice
in his profession and during his tenure
of this judicial office raised by the efforts [
the United States Courts in the Slate’
of South Carolina to a position of high
distinction.
He continued on the Bench until Nov. i
1860, when the election of Abraham,
Lincoln produced everywhere in the
slaveJhoOding Staltel the greatlest ex
citement. Judge Magrath, yielding to
his sense of obligation due the Slate
and recognizing its rights in the great
contingency which had been thus brought
about, immediately sent in bis resigna
tion to President Buchanan on No vein-’
bar 7 of that year. In his letter of re
signation to the President he wrote:
•’Should that conflict arise I would not),
hesitate in my conduct. I shall devote’
my best energies to sustain the State of
South Carolina in whatever position she
may resolve to occupy in this crisis.
The execution of my purpose in this
respect might be productive of some em
barrassment to you if you were not
aware of it until the emergency arose;
In anticipation, therefore, of that oc-j
c.isi hi I resign now into your hands as
Judge of the United States for the
State of South Carolina.”
At the opening of the Court Judges
Magrath delivered the final decree in ai
ease then pending and inquired of the
grand jury if they had any presentments
to make. In reply the foreman, Mr. R.
N. Gourdin, said: “The verdict of the
Northern section of the country announ-i
ced to the country through the ballot
has swept away the last hope for the
permanence and stability of the Fed
eral Government; the vast and solemn is-|
sues which have been forced upon us in-1
voice the existence of the Government.'
In these extraordinary circumstances
the. grand jury respectfully decline to
■— proceed with their presentments;” then
upon the Judge addressed them as fol I
lows:
“The business of the term has been;
disposed of, and under ordinary circum
stances it would be my duty to dismiss'
you. In the political history of the Uni
ted States an event has happened ofi
| ominous import to the fifteen slaver
I holding States. The State of whiclii
I we are citizens has always been un-
I derstood to have deliberately fixed its
I purpose whenever that event should hap
I pen. Feeling an assurance of what will
I be the action of the State I consider
1 it niv duty to prepare to obey its wishes
I That preparation is made by the re I
■ signation of the office I have hold. FoV
the last time I have as Judge adminis
tered the laws of the United States with
i, the limits of South Carolina. While
thus acting ip obedience to a sense of
duty I cannot be indifferent to the emo
tions it must produce. That department
of the Government, which I believe has
maintained its integrity and preserved
its purity has been suspended. So far
as I am' concerned the temple of justice;
raised under the Constitution of tlio
United States is now closed. If it shall
never gga'n be opened I thank God that
its doors have been closed before its
altar has been desecrated with sacrifices
to'tvranny. W? are about to sever our
relation with others because they have
broen tiheir covenant with us. Let us
not break the covenant which we have
made with each other.”
The manner and art were equally im
pressive as Judge Magrath divested
himself of the judicial rob ■. winch li--
had worn with acceptance, fidelity and
honor, to claim the independent posi
tion and privileges of a citizen of South;
Carolina Eloquent addresses were
nade to the Bench by the officer* of the
Court final the members of the Bar. .and
a cordial tribute borne to the uniform
courtesv, promtitnde .:,.d strirt. impar
tiality 'which had distinguished Judge
Ma urn fib’s judicial ca-eer. Tn the
evening a meeting of the most im
fluen ti:ij men of t'm city was held aS
ft the Charleston Hoi 1 and thence a pro-,
cession of fully 2,000 people, accompan
ied by a band of music, marched to his
private residence and in response to
enthusiastic cheering were addressed by
tlie Judge.
The nows of this resignation, which
Was followed by other United States olti
ists, was received with a.'el aura tion I
throughout the State and Georgia, and
salutes and lillinuiii.-utfions omfrywhor,-
tostifiisl the beartx approval with which
his course was wewx'd. A fooling of
the most excitement prevailed
among all classes. An immense gather
ing of the people took place nt the In
stitute Hall, and Judge Magrath. and
H-'n. W. V (.| lU | Ja nies Connor,
: who had filled the p.tice of District At
jiw a,. | wii,, ],, | resigned his place
J subsequently to achieve a reputation
I so honorable in the army of the Confed
erate States ami afterwards in the coun
cils of the State, were api»ointed to go
to Columbia and represent the feelings
and opinions of the people of Charleston.
The resignation of Judge Magrath was
J then ami will ever be regardisi as pro
minent among those events which <!<•-
o-’-minod tb<> relation rhe State to the
Government of the United States, and
I was the first overt act and irrevocable
■tep to its secession from the Union.
Immediately after his resignation he
was elected by a large majority at the
bead of the ticket as delegate Io the
Convention which passed the Ordinance
of Seeession. and while still a member
of that body was selected by Governor
Pickens as a lending member of his ca
binet.
As soon as the Confederate Govern
ment was established ho was appointed
one of the Judges of the Con federate
States for South Carolina. Tn the ex
ere'se of the duties of his office he was
called upon to decide many questions of
public law. among which was that of
the Confederate States to confiscate the
property of its alien enemies; decisions
of prize law with reference to belliger
ent vessels bearing commissions of the
Confederate States, and other important
questions. lb- retained the ottiiv until
November. 181 >4, when at the meeting
of the ln-gislatnre of that year he was
elected Governor of Smith Carolina.
Governor Magrath was inaugurated
mi the 20th day of December. 1864; the
oath of office was administered by the
" D. Porter, then president of
the Senate. The newspapers of the day
refer to it as "a gala day.” From an
early hour throngs ol the lair sex poured
into the State House by all the avenues
of the city. The new Governor was
to be inaugurated.
The inaugural address of Governor
Magrath was a calm and eloquent vin
diea;t:on of his State and an appeal to
the people to be firm and undismayed
amid the reverses that had come upon
them.
During the tenure of Governor Ma
grath of the Gubernatorial office the
State passed through a period of the
greatest and most fearful depression,
it has ever experienced. Tlie treasury
bankrupt, the Staite invaded, the people
impoverished and discouraged, helpless
in the present, hopeless iu the future.
Prior to Sherman's occupation of Coin-m
--all the the State archives possible were
removed ami the remainder destroyed.
Governor Magrath, leaving the Capital
the -am - morning that it was occupied
by the federal troops returned to find
the Garden City a heap ol ruins.
At the fall of the Confederacy in April
1.865, he was arrested by order of the
. oivcrnmenl of the United States and
confined at Fort Pulaski. Knowing that
his arrest was ordered and hopeless of
the contest Governor Magrath on the
22d of May, 18(15. to tlie people of South
Carolina published his last official com
munication. After referring to the or
ders which charged him with disloyalty
to the United States, having committed
sundry and divers acts of treason
against the same and forbidding obe
dience to him as the Governor of tlie
State, be said:
"I cannot, under all the circumstances
which surround you, expose you to the
consequence which will be produced be
cause of any effort on my part—-fruit
less, if not mischievous as it must, be—l
to exercise those functions which you
in your confidence have committed to
me. Nor am 1 willing that, without
such consequences to you while in the
executive chair of the State. 1 shall be
held forth to the world charged with
(•rime without the positive declaration
that I am ready to meet and repel it
wherever and by whomsoever made.
In tlnui. peculiar condition of affairs
which is now exposed to you I feel that
my duty whether considered with regard!
to myself as your Executive, or to you j
as a people whose welfare is dear to me, |
is at once plain and imperative. I will I
not introduce within this State discord ;
or contention. I will not allow myself j
to furnish the occasion by which a sin
gle atom of suffering can be added to
that load which now weighs so heavily
upon you. I will not give opportunity
for conflict between the Government of
the State and the Government of the
United States. The functions, therefore
of the Executive, are suspended by me
from this day. * * * Whatever, there
fore. may be the feelings which belong
to me as a man or a citizen in a case
like this where conviction precedes the
hearing and sentence conies before trial
I feel that it becomes mo to be mindful
of the considerations which involve your
pence and affect your welfare. I have
said to you before —1 say to you now—the
war is over; hostilities have ceased, and '
it is your duty to forbear opposition
which is hopeless, contest which is nn
availinig, and reconcile to yourselves
that, submission which the Government
of the United States can impose and you
cannot resist. * ♦ * In thus suspending
the active exercise of the duties of my
office, I do so with the most earnest
wish that your sufferings may soon find
mitigation and relief: that you may
retrieve the waste and loss of property
which yon have endured in the progress
of the war, and that you may exper
ience those blessings, intellectual, social
and moral, which under the favor of
God were the great ends which I desired
to accomplish. To have succeeded in
those would have secured to me a re
ward, the richest and only inheritance
which I could have left my children.
With regard to myself, so far as I am
affected by the charges which are made
against me, I am ready to answer to
them, or to any of them. At any time
or place, when or where my presence
may be desired or required for in
vestigation, I shall be there if notified
thereof, with the least possible delay.
Whatever I have said I believe to be
true; whatever I have done I believed
to be right. And with this consciousness
of the rectitude of my purpose and the
integrity of my conduct, I shall not
avoid, delay or hinder the closest
scrutiny that can lie devised.”
His companions in prison were Judge
Campbell, formerly of the Supreme
Court, the IKm. It. M. T. Hunter, the
Hon. D. L. Tulee, Governor Allison of
Florida, Governor Clark, of Mississippi,
the Hon. George A. Trenholm and Gen
eral Hugh Mercer, of Georgia. The
State Convention which met in Septem
ber, 1565, under the direction of Presi
dent Johnson, made a strong appeal to
the President for his release , but it
was not until the latter end of December
of that year that he was liberated on
his parole. .
Released from imprisonment he re
turned to Charleston, where he resumed
the practice of law, and soon re-estab
lished himself in a successful and lu
crative practice. Among those excepted
from the right to hold office, his dis
abilities not removed, he did not take
any active part in politics, but his opin
ion's were not withheld, and they con
stantly inculcated the wisdom of that
liberal and conservative tempci which
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, APRIL 12, 1893.
lias recently been adopted, and the hap
py results of which are now so much felt
ami widely acknowledged.
From the very eomiiiciicoment of his
I caivcr Judge Sln.graith commanded a.
high position aud large practice at the
Bar and few men attained to such dis
tinguished professional eminence.
There has boon wnrely an important
ease while ho was at the Bar in the last
thirty years iu which ho did not take
a promincuii part. When elevated to
the Bench the United Slates Court in
South Carolina was in great disfavor;
but little business was tnuisncted in it,
partties resort’ug almost exclusively to
the State Courts. His abilities and close
attention to the duties of the office nt
om-e commanded the entire confidence
of the Bar. am[ in consequence of it
the business of the Court, rapidly in
creased to largh proportions and contin
ued to increase during his occupation
of the Bench. It is somewhat remark
able that from the adoption of the Con
stitution of the Unibsl States to the time
whmi Judge Magrath was appointed to
the Bench no term had ever been held
in, the IVestern district of the State.
Within a few months after his appodnt
tuent Judge Magrath opened the Court
at Greenville, with the power of a Cir
| ctiit ai well as a District Cour:, nnb terms of
that Court have since been regularly
belli.
While no one was more liked by his
contemporaries. Judge Magrath was ex
ceedingly popular with the younger mem
bers of the bar. conferring with, counsel
ling and aiding them with his experience
ami advice. To an acute judicial mind,
with cultivated tastes and courteous
manners, he added a calmness of temper
and composure that was never over
thrown by any disturbing cause. Not
anting under mere impulse or excitement
ho considered every question carefully
and dispassionately mid, as has been
said of him with the ripe experience of
“a consummate Judge.” His genial
social qualities endeared him to a host
of friends, while his great public services
have won for him the warm respect and
confidence of the people of his native
State.
CHARGED WITH INFANTICIDE.
A Colored Preacher Accused ot Very Vn
ininisterint Conduct.
Columbia, S. C.. April 0. —W. F. Jen
.nings, pastor of the colorist Presbyte
rian church at Laurens, iiis wife, Clara
Bullock, a young colored girl, and her
father, were arrested last night charged
with infanticide.
The story of 'the alleged murder is a
remarkable one. Jennings is tt native
of Maryland, and was once a Pullman
car conductor. His wife is a negress of
unusual intelligence and education, and
comes from Pennsylvania. Jennings was
principal of the colored graded school
at I,a IWI is. Recently Clara Bullock, one
of his pupils, disappeared. It was al
leged that she was in Jennings’ house,
and ithat he had corrupted her. It was
also said that the cries of an infant
were heard coming from Jennings' house.
Jennings was asked to resign, which
he did, but vehemently denying that the
girl was at his house. Last night the
house was searched by the sheriff, who
found Clara sedreted in the garrett.
Jennings admitted tliat she had given
birth to a child, but claimed that her
father had taken it to his house. Eliliu
was arrested. This afternoon the sheriff
made a search for the child, mid after
sifting itlie ashes in the fireplace at Jen
nings’ house, found a number of bones
which a ybysk-ian pronounced those of
an infant. The case is exciting consid
erable commotion among the negroes.
OPENING THE FAIR.
Tlie President TVitl Touch the Button in
the Presence of 100,000 People.
Chicago, April 9.—President Cleveland
! will touch off the World’s Fair on May
Ist, in the presence of from l(X),000 tc
150,(MX) people. The plan to have 'the
opening exercises in a small hall has
been abandoned and the ceremonies will
be held at the east front of the Admin
istration building. There was consider
able objection to the amassing of so
large a crowd in one nortion of the
grounds to witness the ceremonies, as
I't was feared that it might ruin the
Istiwns and flower gardens, but these
were overcome by those who favored
the open air program. A substantial
platfom will be built just in front of
the Administation bufiding. This will
be connected with Machinery Hall so
that President Cleveland will only have
•to step to the speaker’s table to press
the button.
The new plan furnishes many oppor
tunities for picturesque effects. It is
proposed to mass ali the electric launch
es, gondolas, and other water craft in
the basin and in front of the Adminis
tration building. Thousands of specta
tors can get a fine view of the platform
from the water front.
STRUCK BY A METEOR.
John Brown's Statue the Subject of the
Wrath of Heaven.
Osawatomi, Kans., April 9.—An aero
lite fell near this town vesterday af
ternoon, striking the monument of John
Brown, or “Osawatomie Brown,” as he
was sometimes called, erected to him
by private subscription, originated by
Horace Greely in 1863. The meteoi
broke off the left arm of the statue ano
passed through the dome and nave in
a slightly southeasterly direction ano
through six feet of clay, hist south ol
the crypt, stopping only at a bed oa
rock. Experts say the aerolite is com
posed oi t pelium metal, known to exist
only in the sun.
they have confessed.
The Murderers of Mrs. Delaney Will Meet
Justice.
Sturgis,, Ky>, April 9.-All persons
charged with the murder of Mrs. Henry
Delaney, nee Olliver, have confessed!
their guilt, except George Henry, whom
they all exonerate. George I*. Henry,
the" Sturgis druggist, was removed from
jail Friday night and placed under a
special guard. An eighth party to the
crime, whose name the officials refuse
to divulge, is still at large and has left
the county. The examining trial has
been set for next Saturday. The people
are excited, but seem disposed to let
the law take its course. Taylor Oliver,
the wounded father of the murdered)
girl, is better, aud will bo able to attend
the examining trial Saturday.
Do not let your dealer palm off on you
any new remedy for colds. Insist on
having Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.
TO TAX COTTON
Jackson, Miss., April 9.—Attorney Gen
eral Johnson has officially declared that
all cotton held at the beginning of the
fiscal year by buyers shall be assessed
and taxed. A great deal of cotton is be
ing held all over the state and the taxes
on the same will amount to many thous
and dollars.
MORE EVIDENCE ADMISSABLFi
London, April 9.—The Paris corres
pondemt of the Daily Telegraph says
the Bering sea arbitrators have decided
to give their judgment as to the admissi
bility of the' British supplementary re
port to evidence next Wednesday.
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON 111, SECOND QUARTER, INTER
NATIONAL SERIES, APRIL 16.
Text of the Lennon, Job xxili, 1-10 —Mem-
ory Vernes, 8-10—Golden Tent, John xiil,
7 Commentary by the Rev. D. M.
Stearnn.
1, 3. "Then Job answered and said, Even
today is my complaint bitter; my stroke is
heavier than my groaning.” This is the be
ginning of Job’s reply to the third address
of Eliphaz. Each of the three—Elipluiz,
Bildad and Zophar— had spoken twice, and
Job had replied to each iu turn. This is the
beginning of the third round. Iu an inter
esting and instructive little pamphlet en
titled "Job and His Friends,” by C. H. M,,
the author thinks that these three stand
for experience, tradition and legality—all
well meaning, but unwise In their dealings
with Job. The difficulties on each side are
summed up in chapter xxxii, 1-8. They
condemned Job instead of leading him to
condemn himself, and he justified himself
rather than God. As to the beginning of
this reply of Job, we may often feel that- we,
too, have great cause of complaint, as did
Israel under their discomforts, but it is
written, “When the people complained, it
displeased the Lord" (Num. xi, 1).
3. “Oh, that I knew where I might find
Him, that 1 might come even to His seat!”
Eliphaz had said, “Acquaint now thyse-f
with Him and be at peace” (xxii, 21). Job
replies that his longing is to do so. Accord
ing to tlie testimony of God Himself, Job
was a perfect and upright man, fearing God
and eschewing evil (I, 8; ii, 3), the word
"perfect” meaning in this case simple or
sincere. Before liis friends came, even un
der ovenvhelming affliction, be wits patient
and did not sin nor charge God foolishly (i,
22; ii, 10), because he felt himself face to
face with God and that God was dealing
with him. But these men seem to have
come between him and God, and he, in re
plying to them and dealing with them,
loses sight of God and gropes iu the dark
tiess of his own wisdom.
4. "I would order my cause before Him
and fill my mouth with arguments.” So it
seemed to Job in his blindness, but it is
evident that he hicks the broken and con
trite spirit which only is acceptable to God.
In the story of tlie two men who went up
to the temple to pray (Luke xviii, 10-11) it
was the man who would not lift up so much
as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon
his breast, saying, "God be merciful tome, a
sinner,” who went down to his house justi
fied rather than the other who thanked God
that he was better than other men. It is
only when our mouths are stopped as to our
own righteousness that wo can enjoy the
free justification of the grace of God
through His righteousness (Rom. iii, 19).
5. "I would know the words which he
would answer me and understand what he
would say unto me." He cannot under
stand these friends, and it is very clear that
they do not understand him, but he thinks
he could understand God, aud ho would like
to know what God would say to him. No
doubt there are many who think they can
sympathize with Job iu his being so mis
understood. Well, there is great comfort
in looking unto Him who knew us thor
oughly from the beginning and can never
find out anything new about us. He never
can or will misunderstand us. “O Lord,
thou hast searched me and known me”
(Ps. cxxxix, 1).
6. “Will He plead against me with His
great power? No, but He would put
strength in me.” A very little thing will
I often bring the soul into such a place that
l everything will look distorted, as when one
I sees tlpngs in a fog or with blurred vision.
Our eyes need constant anointing with
heavenly eye salve (Rev. iii, 18)that we may
see clearly. The Holy Spirit can do this,
and inasmuch as we have Him in a sense
that Job had him not we are more guilty
than Job if we allow our vision to become
so dim. God pleads not against the sinner,
but against sin, which He hates. He who
sought Adam and Eve and redeemed them
and restored them to a measure of fellow
ship with promise of future glory is ever
tlie same and is pleading with the sinner
to come to Him, however sinful he may be,
and with the erring to return to Him, how
ever far off he may have wandered. See
Isa. i, 18; Iv, 6,7: Jer. iii, 12-14; Hos. xi v, 1,2.
7. “There Hie righteous m’ght dispute
with Him; so should 1 be delivered forever
from my judge.” Perhaps we cannot tell
just what was in the mind of Job wheu he
uttered these words, but this we do know—
that there is only one righteous person
whose righteousness can stand before God,
and jle also has been ordained to be the
judge of quick and dead (II Cor. v, 21; Acts
xvii,3l). However sinful we may be, if only
we come with true penitence to Him who
came into the world to save sinners, He will
not cply not cast us out (John vi, 37), but
He w ll become our righteousness, wisdom,
sanctification and redemption, and we shall
have great cause to glory in Him (I Cor. i,
80, 31). The Judge being our friend, our Re
deemex our substitute, who died in our
stead, vhat boldness we may have iu the
day of lodgment (I John iv, 17).
8. “Lehold, I go forward, but He is not
there, rad backward, but I cannot perceive
Him." He reminds ns of the bride in the
Song ofSongs who, because she had been
self occipied and bail not promptly heeded
the voici of her beloved, is compelled to
seek Hin very earnestly before she found
Him agap. She says, “I sought Him, but
1 could mt find Him; I called Him, but He
gave me no answer” (Song v, 6). Many a
Christian is walking in darkness, out ol
fellowship with God, because of something
or person vhich has been allowed to come
nearer to (hem than the Lord Himself. He
is not far <ff, nor hard to find, when weseek
Him with he whole heart (Rom. x, 8,9; Jer.
xxix, 13), aid if we would walk continually
with Him, -steeming His fellowship more
than all els-, we would never walk in dark
ness.
9. “On th left hand, where He doth
work, but I annot behold Him. He hideth
Himself on the right hand that I cannot
see Him.” 'he remarks on the last verse
are also appicable here, and yet there is
another side of the truth. We may wall
with Him in >eace and quietness and yet
not know wh He doeth this or that. He
may say to uses to Peter, “What 1 do thou
knowest not ow, but thou shalt know here
after.” And twill always betrue until
“the morning’that we know only in part,
but then shall ve know even as also we are
known (1 Cor. jji, 9, 12).
10. “But Heknoweth the way that I
take." Here is ur comfort,“He knoweth.”
Jeremiah’s contort was, “Thou, O Lord,
knowest me” (Jr. xii, 8). The Lord Jesus
taught us to fim comfort in these words,
"Your Heavenl. Father knoweth” (Math
vi, 32). Therefou we can sing:
So 1 go on not knodng: I would not if T might;
I’d rather walk i the dark with God than.
walk alone iithe light.
“When He hat tried me, I shall come
forth as gold.” Threfore he could also say
"Though He slayme, yet will I trust in
Him” (Job xiii, 1315), or with Isaiah, “Re
bold, God is mysivation” (Deliverer); “1
will trust and not It afraid” (xii, 2).
An Epitapi Out of Date.
years ago a Vermont a widower
w’jo lost a little girl had the following epi
taph placid on her tombstone: “Go sleep
with ma, Alminy S. Soon pa will come and
sleep with a.hee.” Si»ce then, however, he
has buried!three wins and is healthy yet.
—Chicago fleruld.
DON’T BE CARRIED AWAY
With the idea that one stock of Shoes and
Hats is as good as another. Our stock is a
clear beat in every particular, and it may
seem queer, but it’s true just the same, that
you'll get beat if you don’t buy from us.
Thats a beat of another color, one you can’t
find in our stock. W'hat you can find, is the
best display of
W CUT SHOES AND STRAI HATS
For Ladies and Gentlemen ever seen in this part of
the State—fresh, new and taking.
The Almighty Dollar is the dollar you spend with
us because we give the greatest value for your
money.
Quality is of first importance. Quality joined with
low prices is the Buyers’ Bonanza. We keep quality.
We sell it at low prices. See our splendid stock,
full of good quality, and for sale at prices that make
the DQ LLAR mighty.
Mulhcrin, Rice & Co.,
623 BROAD St., 4 Doors above Augusta Hotel.
913 BROAD St., Sign of the Large Reel Boot.
You Cannot Afford
To pass us in justice to yourself if you have a spring
dress to buy for yourself or anyone else the magnifi
cent stock we offer at magnetic prices. We show
the latest styles at the lowest cost for the same
quality of goods anywhere. You save on every article
you buy, as we have no fancy prices on anything.
SILKS AND DRESS GOODS
Have the Call Cut Prices Next Week.
si.oo for piece 44-inch Silk Poplin, everywhere $1.50.
35 cents for elegant fancy wash China Silks, value 50 cents.
49 cents for pure Habiteri Silk, all shades, value 75 cents.
50 cents for elegant wash India Silk, regular price 75 cents.
Silk Hernanas, Grenadine, Thibets, Batiste and all new best makes
of black and mourning summer dress fabrics.
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Tomorrow!
100 all-wool large street overskirts, worth 5.00 at 2.50.
50 Broadway blazer all-wool suits, value 8.00 at 4 00.
50 finest tailor made Eton serge suits, worth 12.50 at 7-49-
437 Ladies’ shirt waists, fine goods, at cost of material.
The Coin of the Realm
TURNS THE WHEEL
too pieces of 15c. outing flannels, Monday and Friday at sc.
85 dozen best English hose, 5 to 8 1-2, worth 25c., Monday and Fri
day 12 1 2C.
150 doz. Hermsdorph Best German hose and 1-2 hose, 15c.
100 pieces wide 10c. Torshon Lace, best made, for sc.
AH our Hamburg Edgings to go at just one half price.
Thousands of remnants of cambric edgings at one-half price.
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10 cases check Nainsook, elsewhere 10c., with us sc.
50 pieces Belfast lawn, elegant goods, double wide, 10c.
60 pieces French Dimitie, the 25c. quality, at 12 I-2C.
50 cents for all the best makes of prints.
'Tlio Gentlemen.
Can Gat Fixed for the Summer Better and Cheaper Than Ever Before.
75 dozen gray, amber and balbriggan 50c. vests at 25c.
50 dozen Reperell and King Mill jeans drawers at 25c.
25c. for the handsomest line of neckwear in the city.
Pins ic., 10 Pencils ic., Handkerchiefs ic., Gloves 10c., Collars 5.
Prices on every article lower than the lowest at
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P. D. HORKAN & CO.,
843 13JL<OJVI> SSTHLGKSTT-
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