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'Volenti n». the Post Office] at * Thomson, $«.. ns Second Class ? ' flatter.; M. W < TJX-8, Editor. ■'homson, ,fla., Feb. 21, 1902* HirjftsciuraioN Rates. Jne Year, in Advance, $1.00 bjix months, 50c months 25c hr. Fleming replies to hr. ? HARDWICK. T6 the People lit the Tenth District: ’£,Sotne weeks ago my opponent,Hon. !'• W/ Hardwick, published a “rc- joinder” to my cord of .January ICth, ftn whicji I announced my candidacy ■for Cougrcftii and took issue with him ♦upon the salient features of bis plat form-•viz; rotation of Congressmen •’and tbfe repeal pf the Fourteenth and 'Fifteenth amendments to the Consti- iutfotypf the United States. • Mr. Hardwick’s rejoinder, so far from reyealing a proper appreciation bf ihe errors into which lie had fallen, ’reiterates his previous statements, *and assures'the public that ho ‘‘ar- ‘dently believes” iu what hcjadvocates. ‘Sincerity of purpose is an admirable j •plnTify in a caOnplate,’ but it can 'never make amends for blunders of jfidgaient where public interests aie -iuvdlve'd. Tlie more ardently a pub- i 'lie mail believes iu a demonstrable 1 Troy, 'the more earnestly ought the 'people to strive to limit his oppor- 1 tuuities for putting that error into liarmful practice. 1. In support of his contention l^hat frequent rotation of Congress men is necessary to properly safe guard the beet interests of the people. r TMr. 'tlardwick'says in his rejoinder; ’‘‘The very words in which I express ed the gist of that idea arc luken ‘from tlie National Democratic plat form of 1884,” Here again lie falls into error, and ,L3ile-Jipie it is an inexcusable one of plain hut. The words put ip quota tion marks by him, and to which he ,pow refers, are not to be found in nnv authorized version of that plat form.*. The words put in quotation piavks by him , and to which he now ex^refers, are not to be found in any 4 authorized version of that platform, ‘jfjie most significant phrase iu the i r quotation seems to have been sup plied by (Mr. Hardwick, or imposed • upon him by some one else., JWr. Hardyyiplf’s ijuotntion is,ns follows: ‘‘It is indispensable for the praoticable application and cuforce- mppf. of tjic fireat fundamental prin ciples of popular government that there should bp n frequent rotation Pi ju qfllpe.’t - ~ ?„ Whatjjtbe platform of 1884 says on that particular spbjept is as follows: i‘Jt is indiepenpnble far tho practi cable application and enforcement of these fundamental principles that the Govern ipeut ehopld pot always be pontrolled by one political party”—a widely different statement. Th^ declaration in tho platform is directed against perpetual control of {lie Government by one party, on the poped, B8 the context clearly shows, of the danger of the growth of abuses in administration. Mr. Hardwick or some one disc took the liberty of striking out the plain words of the platform, “the Government should pet always bo controlled by one po litical party,” and inserting in their stead these other words; “there rliould ho a frequent rotation iu office.’’ Mr. Hardwick then applied this newly manufactured doctrine to the pending contest between us, al though we arc candidates for nomina tion within the ranks of the same political party. This misapplication of the princi ple is bad enough in itself, but tho misquotation of the words of worse. KocJpl Dyspepsia Cure Digests what yog eat. 1 —eparation oentatns All of nts and digests a'.l kinds of it gives instant relief and never cure. It allows you to eat all you want. The most sensitive can take it. By its use many of dyspeptics have been everything else failed. It inuation of gas on the stom- lifJk'i-distreLS after eating, accessary. Pleasant to take. oan r i help but do you good pan*-aul vi-v K ■ Pr.lViTT & Co.. Chicago •-QPtj.usaK UmcaUiaMn jbtj (TffTcertninTynot warranted by any code of ethics with which I am ac quainted. I refrain from further comment on this point in view of the possibility that some designing per son may have palmed off on Mr. Hardwick a bo^us copy of that plat form. • • One more thought on this rotation question. If the '’interests of the people of Georgia were not endanger ed by the twenty years’ service of lllouut, the sixteen yenis of Turner, tlie fourteen years each of Crisp and LeBter, the twelve years of Living. stOD, and Ihe ten years each of Maddox and Tate, it is not very clear to the avorago man how my reelcc- tion now, at the close of a third term, will imperil those interests, Mr. Hardwick’s ’ theory of rotation can not be defended on the plea of public interest. Private desire is at the bottom of it. 2. In support of his preposterous scheme of attempting to repeal in toto the Fourteenth amendment, Mr. Hardwick, in his rejoihder, bringB neither authority nor argument, but only bald reassertion. Fortunately, however, lie specifies somewhat, and thereby more clearly exposes his error. Iloiiow suys that the Thir teenth amendment, which abolished slavery, placed the negroes “as far as life, liberty ', npd property are con cerned under tlie equal protection of the laws,” As a matter of fact, the Thirteenth amendment had no such scope, and good lawyers, with tlie exception of Mr. Hardwick, very generally admit it. No strict constructionist of the Southern school over conceded such scope. Tho Supreme Court has never gone further tlpm to say that the abolition of slavery by the Thir teenth amendment clothed Congress, by a sort of reflex action, with the implied power to abolish the ‘ badges and Incidents” of shivery. The question then recurs, wlmt are the ‘‘badges and incidents” of slavery? Certainly every denial of the equal protection of the laws is not a ‘ badge or incident’'of slavery. For example, in many States during slavery times, free uegroes were pro hibited from owning real property. Hence, suph prohibition could not be the badge of slaveiy, because it no toriously attached to persons who were pot slaves. Other examples could eusily be given. .<• Moreover, it is a matter of history recited by the Supreme Court that some of the SoutheVr’ Stales, acting no doiibt upop the advice of eminent : outhern luwyers, did actually pass laws after tho acceptance of the Thirteenth amendment, “wjilch im posed upon tho colored race onerous disabilities and burdeiis, and curtail ed their rights in thp pursuit of life, liberty and property.-’ The legal light to do this was openly avowed in tlie face pf t)io Tbjrtecplh amend ment. It was then that tho Four teenth Amendment was adopted for tho yery purpose iu part of doing what Mr. ilaujwiek erroneously sup poses had alpeudy hepn done by the Thirteenth amendment. But negroes arc not the only bene ficiaries by the Fouriepnth amend ment. It applies alike to all persons of whatever race. Time . and again whito men have invoked its protec tion in defense of their rights, and to-day vast property interests are safely guiivdcd by its provisions. Why should any] man, white or black, desiro in this dawn of the new cen* lury to blot out of existence this specific guaranty of Federal eiliacu- ship, which in the words of a distin guished Southern Democrat and jurist, “was first created by section 1 of the Fourteenth amendment”? Whatever form of Federal citizenship existed prior to that time, existed by implication of law, and was BCcoud- nry to Slate citizenship. By the first secliou of this amendment, Fed eral citizenship is made primary,and is protected by the lull power of the power of tlie Government ^not only on every sen and in every foreign land, hut ou every foot of soil in our own laud. The intense opposition of Demo crats iu the years immediately fol lowing the war to tho adoption of the Fourteenth amendment was based largely ou the obuoxious provisions BFA New ami Complete Treutment.coimlBting ol SU1TOS1TOKIES, Capsule* ot Ointment and two boxes ol Ointment. A never-falling cure lor Piles of every nature and degree, ll make* an operation with the knife, which is painlub nml otlen results in death, unneces sary Why endure this tenible disease ? We pack a written guarantee in each $1 liox. No Cure, NoPaj. 50c. and $1 a box.-li for $!>, Sent by mail'. Samples free —0T#5rEyr^5F^TdT67r’“ CONSTli’A^ 10?! O 11 red‘piles’Prlb’ented.by Japanese Liver Pellets the great L1VKU and STOMACH REGULATOR and BLOOD PURIFIER. Small, mild and pleasant to take; especially adapted far) children’s use. 50 doses 2S koeiits.c. J. B. Davenport, Augusta, ua. of section 2 (never yet enforced)aiul section 3 (now obsolete), mid on the fear that the Supreme Court might so construe section 1 as to practi cal iy enforce, through the Federal Courts, social equality between tlie races. But when the Supreme Court in 1883 rendered its famous decision in the Civil Rights cases tnd declar ed void sections 1 and 2 of tlie Civil Rights Act of 1875, aa they applied to tlie several States, that’ fear was removed, and section 1 of the Four- teenth amendment, aa now Construed, is a btoad, wise and irrepealnble guaranty of rights to every person, white as well as black, jn the United States. The disputed right of oecession having been settled adversely by the arbitrament of war, and slavery huv- mg been abolished by constitutional enactment, tlie provisions of the first section of tlie Fourteenth amend ment, dejjhing Federal citizenship and assuring to all persons the equal protection of tlie laws, resulted as a natural political evolution and can never be reversed. This same Southern Democrat and ■ jurist just quoted has said further: “From a purely scientific point of view, the Constitution of the United States never readied its logical com pletion until after the adoption of the Fourteenth amendment/’ Another able jurist of the highest station solemnly declared that this| amendment rises “to the dignity of a new Magna Clmrta.” And yet this is the amendment! which Mr. Hardwick so flippantly—I had.nlmost said ignorantly—promises to undertake to repeal. The more he writes about it, the more evident it becomes that he has no adequate comprcliensjon of the subject. Jn the forum of national legislation his proposition would be laughed to scorn. In the field of national popu lar politics, hia voice would be like the wail of an infant in the path of a storm. Mr. Hardwick is irrevocably com mitted to thiB folly. He cannot re treat from it if he would, and it seems that he would not if he could. But if he should bo elected he would have one advantage over his consti tuents. His seat in Congress would be some compensation to him for the ridicule his plajJormjwould inevitably bring upon him, But where would tho people of thUj famous old district find solnce for the lamentable dis- tinctism of having endoised such un mitigated nonsense? The new Congressman plight enjoy tho notoriety of being a ‘‘repealer” and a “rotator," but the jiober men of the district could not take much pride in that notoriety. [ know of two men who Have promised to try to repeal the Fifteen th amendment, and caph one private ly admits tlie utter futility of the effort, but Mr. Hardwick is the only person of uiy acquaintance rash enough to include tho Fourteenth amendment along with tho Fifteenth in his promise of repeal. Let po oue bo depeived into be] lieving that there is any issue of race supremacy involved iu this contest between Mr. Hardwick and myself. I am now and always 4 a Ye been, and always will be, in favor of white supremacy. I will do my part, as best I can, to maintain it within the bounds of justice and reason and common sense. But I cannot join a Don Quixote in a ludicrous assault upon the impregnable battlements of the great first section of the Four teenth amendment. Qfc If so irrational a proposition as thot advocated by Mr. Haul wick could obtain general support among our people, that fact of itself would impair the present security of white supremacy by depriving us of the sympathetic co-operation and the helpful ooulldenceof sensible men in other sections of our common country. Very respectfully, NVM. H. FLEMING. Washington, D. Feb. 12, 1902. Wood ’s Seeds BEST.FOR THE SOUTH. SEED POTATOES ONI OF OU* LEAD IN 6 SPECIALTIES. Wfc haVe thousands of barrels in stock; the best nalne-grown and Virginia Second Crop Seed. - Wood’s 1902 Ctitalbgue gives,, comparative crop results, both as , to earlincsa and yield, with Maine- J grown and Secoiid-crop seed. It also contains much other useful and valuable information about Potatoes. Write for Catalogue and Special Potato Price List. Wood's Inscriptive Catalogue for 1902 gives nAMWe, prsctleal,up-to- date Information nboutnll Sends,giving not only descriptions, but the bsst crops to grow,’ most successful ways of grow ing different crops, oud much other In- formation of special Interest to every Trucker, Gardener on d Farmer. Moiled free upon request. T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Truckers and Berniers reqnlrfng large quantities of si.-eds are. requested to write for special piloos. _• LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. COLDS — COUGHS Grip DR. FENNER’S JL Golden Relief antf Cough Honey. Safa, Sura, Certain. The Golden Belief relieves any Pain lnelde or out In l to S minutes. Tlie Cough Honey relieves any Cough or Cold In an hour. For sale by all Druggists. Price 25 cents. tT.VITUS'D*NOE 6 l 'S. < S”tSSlt'» FOR SALE BY A. J. MATHEWS. I» •The Atlanta] J3emi-Weekly Journal and this paperifor one year only $1.25, Subscribe now Georgia, McDuffie County. To. oil whom it may concern : George B, Homfltoa having- in proper form applied to me for Permaught Lotteis tit Ad ministration on the entitle of M. A. McLean, late of Haiti county, liii* i* to cile all and singular tlie creditors and next of kin of M. A. McLean to he and appear at my olTlce within tlie-time allowed by law, und ehow cause, if any they can. why permanent ads ministration should not be granted to (ji orge B. IHnmlltou on M. A. McLean’s estate Witness ray hand official nignaluru, this £th d iy of Feb. 1902 C. H. ELLINGTON, Ordinary. LETTEHSJOF DISMISMOX Georgia—McDuffie County, Whereas, James Arrington. Administrator ofF. M. Ilobbs. represents to Ihe Court in tils petition,duly film} and entered on record, that lie has fully administered John A. Hobbs’ estate ot which F. M. Hobbs was administrator whiie in life. This I*, therefore, to cite all person* con cerned, kindred and creditors,to show cause, if any thoy can, why said Administrator should not be di-oburged from his adminis tration of the estate of John A, Hobbs and tha‘ tlie estate of F. M, Hobbs be discharged from administration ofestate John A. Hobbs, and receive Letters of Dismission on the first Monday in March, 1902. C. II. ELLINGTON, Ordinary. LETTERS OF DISMISSION. Georgia^-McDufllo Comity. Whereas, James V. Iteopo, Administrator of Hurrah Reese, represents to tho Court in his petition, duly filed and entered on record, that he has liilly administered Huriuh Reese’s estate: This is, therefore, to cit^s all persons con cerned, kindred ana creditors,to show cause, if any they cun, why *uid Administrator should not be discharged from his adminis tration, and receive I,utters of IMurnission on the first Monday in March. 1902. C. U. ELLINGTON, Ordinary. FALL HATS SHIELDS’ MILLINERY STORE Will offer the Great est Bargains of the season for the next jIO Days Don’t forget the place just one door above the postofllce. (mm Printin' We do the best work at Fancy visiting cards pnntod at this office 25 for 15 cents. LANDS FOR SALE, RENT OR LEASE, Thos. E. Watson will sell you land for cash, or on time, cheaper than any man iu the county. If you want to rent, buy, or lease call to see him. Dec. 20, 1901. ; ] GREAT JExGUPsioR Rates TO Charleston and Return Account of South Carolina Infer- jStato, ami Wist Indian Ex position. * * For the above occasion the GEORGIA RAILROAD will soli rouud trip tickets at very low rates. Three Dally Trains between Atlanta and Charleston. Through sleepers on trains leaving Allantdai J.10 and 11:1+5 p. m..ana Charleston at 5:10 and 11.00 o'clock' hi ;/;. For schedules, rales, dates of sale and limits on lickels ask Agents, Geo/ gih Railroad, or the undersigned. C. C. McMILLIN, A. G. JACKSON, G. A. Puss. Dept., G. P. A., Augusta Ga. S.lE.iSfagill, C. D. Cox, GeafljAgt. Gen’l Agt. Atlanta. Athens. E.P. Bonner, >V. C. McMillin, Union Tic ket Agt, C. F. & I*. A. MaCon. Macon L. If. Hill, <L A. Thomas, £ Union Ticket Agt, City Ticket Agt, Atlanta, Ga. Aug-ustn,.Ga. MATT- W. GROSS, Attorney at Law Thomson, Ga. All business promply attend ed to. Loans negotiated at 7 per cent, on improved farms’on the best terms ever offered." PITT’S 18BDUC ’FORJ The STOMACH, The LIVER,| The BOWELS,) The KIDNEYS,J The BLOOD,3 The NERVES, And CONTAGIOUS" DISEASES. ■"yOXT CAN*BXJY TUP CHICAGO lnD typewriter IFor $35.00, filt This is about the profit tin agent makes when he sells you any other first-class Writing Machine! Do you wonder he tries to claim su periority for the other machines? He is talking to mnko money ; we are talking to save you money. Wo guarantee tho greatest tin rability, tho least expense for re pairs, tho most attractive work ;in short, entire satisfiictiou. If yon do not know about the Chicago, ask us, or let us send you one on trial. We have second hand Machine from $15 to $45. Write for ptu- ticulars.jj TERRY Sc CD., Uniou Depot, Augusta, Ga. PROF. P. M. WHITMAN, JIVES FREE EVE TESTS for all defects o -ight, grind* the proper glasses and XVAH- -t ANTS then,. 1 .enses cut into your frame while you wait T REE OF CHARGE, JffitfSsjsS 2097th St , Augusta,Ga If you have land to sell or want to bug, call on or write Matt IT. Gross, Thomson, Ga. He will sell you or get yon a purchaser. He has a splendid farm of 250 acres to selbat a bargain. CHEAP MONEY. If y-n want b> burrow money on your land call ou me, i can get you the best rates and terms ever before offered. If you want to buy a Linn jin McDufii Lincoln or Columbia call cn me. 1 have some bargains. JOHN T. WEST, oeUly Thomson, G«. mRAwmmmm® OF EVERY ^DESCRIPTION, I ara prepared to furnish Monu ments > mid Gravestones cheaper to the people than they can pur chase elsewhere. Satisfaction guatauteed. J. L. ATKINSON, juiyllf Thomson, Ga. Do not pay from S to 12 per cent, for money when Matt IV. Gross will get it for\6 and 7 per rent.U^Come to see him. f .Get our prices on Job Print ing. You will save money* SPREADING BUT. Our business is spreading put We are doing 1 much larger busi,- ness than everbefoio, There tnu^l be some reason for this. Yes, it]^ the flour that does it. Our floqj sells ou its merits. People whp use it like it, because it does Lost kind ol baking. That’s wjy they continue using It. Leaders in all kinds of GROCERIES wA.3STJD3E’-E]E3D STUPE, BHQ8, & C®. 803 2ts©a<i -tegmsta* <!&, f SP MAKES BIGIBEDTJOTiONS. iHTeii cent cotton is nothing iu comparison to tlie money you cai save by purchasing your Clothing, Underwear, and other wearing apparel from us. We have made enormous roduc . tion all Winter goods. SPECIAL-REDUCTION ON OVERCOATS; ALL SIZES and STYLE* 1. ©. &®FF§ SON 4 m, Old Stand 838 Broadway, Tailor-Fit Clothiers, Augusta, G.i Is Tour LIFE INSURANCE POLICY Registered ? m. Every Policy Issued by mi FiumnufE, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLS., 1 Is registered by the State of Illinois, and approved securities arq deposited with the State for their protection. For further information apply to£ C. H. I ELLINQTON Agent, THOMSON, GA., oi, i W. H. SHERMAN, MANGER,"Augusta, Ga. LI 1009 Broad Stpeet, .Augusta, Ga, ^—DEALER IN Stoves, Ranges, Mantels, Tiling, Grates, Tin X^ate, Galvanized Iron, Copper, Zinc, Solder, Eave Troughs and Conductor and ^ Sheathing Papers* REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE. Shop^and Wareroom, 1Q10 Jones St. BELL l’HONEjlOO. sthowger phone 041. PIERCE i COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE, InBtructorsJin LITERATURE, MUSIC, ART AND ELOCUTION. $1.00 per month. $1.50 per month. $1,00 per month. r ;VA FACULTY OF EXPEHIENUEDITEACHER8. School Building adequate and well arranged for School Purposes., Fall Term begins Monday, Oct, 7th, 1901. Expenses—Board in families per month,$8 00 to $1*2,00, JTuiticn, Private|Term. gih and 10th Grades ■ a. 1 J jdff+th, jth, 6th and 7th Grades : 1st t ana 2d\Gradcs 1 {PUBLIC 1EKM. • ^AU pupils will lie admitted free except those who have one or more studies above the state school curriculum. Such pupils will pay 50 cents each per mouth. Non-resideut pupils will be charged regular rates of tuition. INCIDENTAL FEES. v Each pupil will payJ50 cents as an incidental tee on en'ering school for the Fall Term and also for the Spring Term. Pupils who enter tor the Public Term alone will pay only ono incidental fee ot 50 cents. —this to bejpuid in advance. bee; ^ADVANTAGES. A thorough preparation for College, a healthful location, tbe^best of religious and moral influences, excellent instructors in literature, music, art and elocution, exceedingly low rates of tuition, Etc., Etc, TD T D I V President Pierce Institute, |jil« Ju. Hikl 9 THOMSON,GA. SI29 TO S929.00 Cl N REPAIRS Saw Mills mm saws, ribs, BRISTLE TWINE. BABBIT, &o., ton ant Mai or a in. ENGINES, BOILERS AND PRESSES Aai Sapatr* far tuna. Skaftfnc, pulley.. Beltlag, Injector., Ftpaa, Talvaa and rmtnga. LOMBARD IKON WORKS & SUPPLK GO, ACSDITA, (A. With Improved Rope and Belt Feed. SAWS, TILES and TEETH !■ Stock. Engines, Boilers and Machinery' All Kinda and Bapatn for mm*. Shafting, Tolley a, Baltina, Injector., Etna. Tol-roa and Tltting*. LOMBARD IRON WORKS?’SUPPLY C0. r ACQUIT A. <Mk