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TUPS. J. ADAMS, EDITOR. THURSDAY, DEC. 8,1892 .Congress met last Tuesday. This i's Harrison's Congress, but his last ono. -, The recent rise in cotton is said to have been without a precedent, except during the late war when the Southern ports were blockaded., According to! Gov. Tillman's message there are 613 bar-rooms in .South Carolina, and tho.se pay $81,100 iutc the various county treasuries, and $134,372 to the towns. Gov. Tillman's message on. ?he Port Royal Railroad and its bot tled up condition, has excited a great deal of favorable comment both^in this Stato. and Georgia. Indeed that message reached the high water mark of practical states manship. _ A good manyIpf our exchanges, are abusing Gov. Tillman for, as" thej style it, "jumping on the judges." And why, pray, shouldn't the fudges be jumped on, if . they deserve it? We jemember c few years ago that nearly, jor quite all, the brethren jumped on the judges for their decisions on the woman's separate estate statute. ~ _ Tvphoid?feveris epidemic in St. Louis. Every hospital in that city contains typhoid patients. There were. 215 new : cas?s on last Satur day. This^?\deni?c is said to be due to theSffiffn influence of the comet; which didn't come-it. This is about as correct a theory as half -that are offered. President Cleveland is shooting ducks 'on the coast of Maryland. A dispatch says he killed fifty-two snipe at one shot wonder if the man who sent that dispatch expects to got an office for it? He ought to be recognized in some way by the President-elect. Old snipe "hunt ers recognize him as the biggest liar sinco Joe Mulhatton. '_--*MTT.. u-uviiuB now outstanding forfour years at 6 per cent., making them due in ?897. In the meantime arrange ments eau be perfected for refund ing at a lower, rate of interest. Charleston financiers think thisl plan feasible. Gov. Tillman is away ahead in tho Agricultural Hall case. It will be remembered that W. H. Lyles. attorney for the purchaser, brought ^ against B; R. Tillman in his "Vio**a.i capacity' for damages] "using to deliver possession. W <> make a long story short, Mr. LY.-- has discontinued the . suit. ? j Tho Kansas State board of elec \ tion canvassers has adopted a novel mpthod of determining what candidates -were elected in that I State. To decide a tie vote in Coffee county for a member of the Legislature, the board drew straws, and a Republican was chosen This gives the Republicans control* of tho lower house. Jay Gould, the millionaire, is|t dead. We do not believe that he was the mercenary wretch the nowspapers painted him. He took a delight- in running down and Je lassooing the elusive dollar," as other.men delight in chasing offices, K or foxes, or in going fishing, and Ji if he distanced the most of his ai competitors they were rich men as like himself, "and the poor didn't fe suffer. Si c: nc jfli The estimate for pensions, to be j 0j .paid out by the Federal govern ment during tho coming fiscal year, reaches the enormous sum of nearly two hundred million dol lars. How this is to be done and the tariff reduced we do not un- ^ derstand. Hon. Geo. D. Tillman ^ "was, we believe, the first Southern Democrat to call attention tp the j* infamous legislation by Congress ?Q1 on this subject cf pensions, and to declare that it was a millstone around the necks of the people j?? which generations yet unborn ju would have to wear. ., Al ar er en Unless an extra session of Con-r ^ grees be called it will be late in , 189'4 before the McKinley bill can be repealed or any reduction made for the tariff. In the meantime Wl1 - the people may begin to ask ques tions which the Democracy may , find it troublesome to answer. It ~0( seems to '?e the part of wisdom to jjn< call an extra session. In any ovent by so doing President Cleveland can lay tho burden on Congress of doing something' or doing ing nothing, but if he fails to call an extra session, and thus give -Congress au opportunity to do something, the blame of non-ac tion or delayed action on the tariff question will attach, and properly attach, to him alone. an( for ere Spf I are pul and ad Th? goo Josh Ashley, member of the House of Representatives from Anderson county, has introduced a. bill in that body io reduce salar ies of all State ^officers. He says that the people are getting awfully tired of hearing tell and not see ing. S?? Ex-Mayor Estes, of Augusta, Ga., has written Gov. Tillman as follows anent his Port Royal Railroad message : Augusta. Ga.. Nov. 30. Hon. B. R. Tillman, Governor. Columbia, S. 0. Dear Governor-I am glad to see that you are moving in the matter of releasing the. Port Royal Railroad, from the bottling process of the Georgia Central Railroad which bulldozed the Mallo ry Line of steamers out of PortRoyal and only allowad them the privilege of getting freight at Brunswick, Ga., The manufacturers of this place and vicinity have been compelled to pay an advance of 25 per cent on their freights to the North. The only way we avoid it is to ship via river to Savannah, and thence to Brunswick and from there to New York. I hope you will be able to get this road into the hands of parties v ho will not force everything into the hands of the Central, and there by put the Port Royal in a posi tion to be run in the interest of the territory and people that it was originally intended to beuefit. ? happen to know that the Mallory line would be running in to Port Royal now but for the bulldozing of the Central. Yours very truly, (Signed) Chas. Estes What They Say. On last Saturday Ernest Gary Esqr, of Edgefield was elected Judge of the Fifth Circuit, in the stead of Judge J. B.. Kershaw re tired, over W. D. Trantham Esqr, of Camden, by a vote of 121 to 21. Judge Gary is a man of decided ability, a good lawyer and his elevation is eminently satisfactory to both factions of the State I Democracy. Ernest Gary was last Saturday elected Judge of the Fifth Circuit, by the General Assembly and W. A Neal Superintedent of the Pen itentiary. Judge Gary has the reputation of being a good lawyer ?u*CwiuuT juuge. ivir. Neal's past j experience as a director eminently fits him for Superintend-Pickens I Sentinel. \ " Mr. Ernest Gary, of. Edgefield, was on last Saturday elocted by the Legislatnee Judge of the 5th .Circuit, tO-SUOOggjj-Lir3o-flXan?haxt who retires on account of ill health. He will take his seat next June, and hold his first court at Camden. He is a nephew of-Gen. M. W. Gary, thirty-five years old, J inmarried,-and an able lawyer. -Ex. The Herald does not believe in ibusing men for the sole reason hat they hold political, views mtagonistic to our own. W. take io stock in the little flings >ccasionally hurled against the lew judge, Ernest Gary. We are I1 lisposed to give him a fair show. Ie is, so far as his reputation goes m upright and capable lawyer nd we doubt not he fully ap preciates the high and honorable ?osition he holds-Spartangburg Jerald. Abbeville is well repiesented in his General Assembly. Our poo le have reason to be proud of her ODS To-day Hon. Ernest Gary was tected Judge of the 5th judicial trcuit to succeed Judge Joseph B iersh?w whose term expires next me. He received one hundred ad twenty ; one votes in joint isembly out of one hundred and ?rty two, seventy two being pessary to a choice, This is a ittering evidence of the high >inion entertained of his ability ?d fitness to wear the judicial mine.-Medium. The Legislatur? last Saturday ?ctedErnest: Gery,of Edgefield dge of the Fifth Circuit. Mr. iry's only opponent was W. D. antham, of Camden. The vote is, Gary, 121 j Trantham, 21 dg? Kershaw declined to stand r re-election. Judge Ernest Gary is the second u of the late Dr, F. F. Gary, and Dtherof Lieut. Gov, E. B. Gary, dge Gary was born and reared in >beville county, received his imary education at Cokesbury, ter his graduation he studied 7 under his uncle Maj. W. T. ry, ofAugusta. He practiced law th his uncle Gen. M. W. Gary Edgefield, and succeoded him in i practice. Judge Gary is only nit thirty-six year old, but is a 3 lawyer and a man of character lability. He is well qualified the position and will reflect dit upon himself and the State irtanburg Herald. n England the country roads so good that a single horse can 1 a vehicle with two passengers [ a driver more than forty milos ay, and do it with perfect ease, i public highways are", likewise d on the continent. u a b lc BC it le Si tv le ve la ai ad du I in no an sa sn us pli ha th( be an poi sai an< un 1 >*at pra tio: slij Til the Au] Cei me reh Port Royal. The.Savannah Press charac terizes the threatened divorce ment of the Port Royal railroad from the Central as a "wrecking scheme:" Would it be a wreck ing scheme to raise the blockade on the finest harbor of the South Atlantic coast, and allow com merce to take ita natural course? . The Port Royal railroad is at present a mere sidetrack, run only to comply with the law. At the time it passed under the control of the Central, the latter would have pursued the identical policy to wards it that it did pursue toward the elevator and compress-allow it to rot down or move it elsewhere. The Central's manifest object in leasing it was-to get it out of the way and seal up Port Royal, and it has carried out its purpose up to the present time as effectually as circumstances would permit. Port Royal to-day presentera melamcholy spectacle of the vPBti geB of embryo greatness. The immense wharves ;that were once crowded with merchandise are bare and falling to decay : the splendid grain elevator is a crumbling ruin ; the cotton compress that once handled thousands of bales of the staple has been moved away, and the railroad workshops have beer dismantled. Port Royal's im perial harbor, that will admit th? Great Eastern to come up to hei docks without lightering, and up on whose broad bosom the navief of the.world can ride at ease, if well nigh aS useless to-day as whei the country was inhabited bj savages. Governor Tillman in his mess age to the South Carolina legis lature, makes an insuperabh argument against the- manner ii which an entire line of railroad ii practically , abandoned and J magnifficent harbor obliteratec from the map. It is the same tha was used with powerful effect ir wresting the Central from th< grasp of the Terminal. It is this Under the comity of states ni railroad is allowed do to in an other state that which is forbiddei by the laws of its own stat?. It ii one railroad to buy or lease anothei for the purpose of lessening oj defeating . competition, or tc encourage or set up monopoly, and consequently it is illegal to do the same in South Carolina. A powerful and wealthy syndic propw?es^ proceeding to develop the town. No government appropriation for deepening the harbor is asked for and no aid of any description. All that is wanted is that it be given a chance. Its natural superiority will do the rest.-Macon News. nie Message-What They Think. It is an able Stato paper, written in plain, clear and forcible lan guage, and is admired and fa vorably commented uponuoBy the press of both factions. ?here is nb incertain sound in the ring of his nessage, he goes on record and ;here is no mistaking the re ;ord. The whole document ?arries plain evidences of his lympathy for the taxpayer, and of fis anxiety for the progress and ?rosperity of the State.-People oumal. The annual message of Governor j 'illman to the General Assembly ia paper that the- Governor of ?y State may have just cause to e proud of. The document is a ? mg one but rendered necessarily > by the numerous subjects that treats of. It is in fact a comp te synopsis of the history of our tate government for the past reive months. Despite its ngth there is no tendency to I irbosity or self-praise in it. The | s nguageused is clear and concise td its meaning not to be mistaken .Colleton Courier. Governor Tillman's inaugural [dress appears to have been a Bappointment to everybody, but do not understand why. He dicated in advance that he had thing special he wanted to say, d he is not the kind of man to v nothing gracefully-for which ti lall blame to him. He is not T 9d to platitudes and empty com ments in talking or writing. He s a good many of the qualities of j ? bull dog and I, for one would sorry to see a bull dog frisking ?i d doing little tricks like ?. jj adie. It would be an unneces- T; .y sacrifice of natural dignity 8U i entirely unbecoming and pleasant-Greenville News. :t is not often that The Star 5 the opportunity afforded it of tising the present Administra D; but it can't refrain from a jht testimonial to Governor! lman's course in reference to control of the Port Royal and gusta Railroad by the Georgia j ltral contained in his special Bsage to the. Legislature in ition to the matter on last-Sat nrday, and which is published in Another column of this issue. - The Governors manly and patriotic action in relation to this Georgia railroad deserves the unstinted applaus? and approba tion of every South Carolinaian ; and the document h question is an exceedingly able vigorous, and well timed State ?paper.-Marion Star. Uncle Mose's 'Posjuin Prayer AnsweireJ. COLUMBUS, 0., Nov. -13.-Great consternation, followed by wild laughter, was an innovition of the chapel exercises.at the lenitentiary thiB morning. It was occasioned by a possum prayer from old Mose Allen, a South Canliua negro with one leg, who was deaming of Thanksgiving Day in >ie near future. Chaplain Dudley opened the prayer meeting as usial aud prisoners followed briefly When all heads were bowed in reference, 3ld jMose jumped at the oppor tunity and delivered the following prayer : "Dear, belobed bredrin' ?d sis ter'n I tank de Lord fur pemittin me to kum ter chuch dis beutiful Sabbat mornin' You all diimo dat de Dutiful Thanksgibin''Day is near at han.' On dat da; some folks eat turkey an' som eat chicken' an some eat dck, an some eat lamb,' and' soie eat sheep. But us niggers, we would like dat good old 'poss. Kch. 'im bring 'im in, take all de ha?off'u 'im, put 'im out two uighi and let 'rn fross. Bring 'im in. E*bile um. Stuff Mm like stuff .turkej an'base 'um.Put 'im in the pan.shfl stove doab. Go way tinking abou Boorogard, Jeff Davis, Lincoln au? Grant. Let 'ira stay in,dere awhili Open dat stove doab. Ol' PojS all turned brown and de gray drippin in the pan declar di 'poss am cooked. Bring dat 'ms out dat stove, put'ira on d" tajffl Don't cut'ira while e's 'ot. fal Christ's sake amen. J Chaplain-Dudley stood agliaj at the conclusion of the prayer.! moment afterward the ^hapel r echoed the wild and wicked shouj of the prisoners. For nearly fri minutes consternation reigned, ti the end of which timj prayei rj~T"i~ ??a?med, wiih no furthe expressions from the colore? brethren.-Cleveland Loarder. UNCLE MOSE S PRAYER ANSWERED: COLUM BUS, 0., Nov. 2 l.-The Souj Carolina prisoner who amusjS: every body in the Ohio penitential prayer meeting last week by askj? ^possum' "anet sweet taters $M gravy for a thanksgiving dinntr has had his prayer answered, aijd has received five fat 'possums ard several bushels of sweet potato?. One of the little animals was seat from Xenia. One from Springfield, 0, and three from this city. The warden will roast all of them, and on Thanksgivings Day all the darkies in the penitentiary will have.afeast-St Louis Globe Dera1 ocrat. "Hades must be like a big hotel in the crowded season." "Yes without fire escapes." Alcohol was invented 750 years ago by the son of a strange woman, Hagar, in Arabia. Ladies used it with a powdej to paint themselves that they might appear more beau tiful, and this powder was called alcohol. s -. * The largest and oldest chesnut tree in the world stands at the foot of Mount Etna, It is 213 feet in circumference and is known to be at least 2,000 year old. A woman in Ohio has a chura ?vhich. has been in her possession for. 55 years, and which has made nore than $10,000 worth bf butter. In England farming is consider id a business that must belearHd, is well as anything else.! A man | j rithout experience would have lifficulty in renting or leasing' a ;ood farm there, no matter how auch capital he might h^ve. ; I ^ OBITUARY.1 h _:_i JOSEPH H. AITON, eldestson of Maj. ohn W. Aiton, of Gray township, died n the 18th ult. after a swift case of rphoid fever. A good citizen, faithful ) his friends, generous and brave, bas lid down his life while it was yet lorning; leaving brothers and sisters A ) the experience of an irreparable r< .ss. And many outside of the sacred f] rele of kindred share their sorrow id feel that they too have lost much: i ich friends are none too frequently 01 ?und. Born Sept. 28,1858, he had but itered upon his thirty-fourth year hen he was taken from those to whom S ; was uncommonly dear and valuable, te he grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be ?, Ancient for them. J. S. JORDAN. A NEW WHEEL ! v^SoVs.THE DIAMOND ^^RAMBLER No. 3 FITTED - ?L WITH THE *\ E LEBRATEO jfmJX?kmm Pe G & j MxM?Ly^r^ NEUMATIC^I^Bf pltS TIP ES. XPg^ 145 THE FASTEST WHEEL SOLD. Spart, Comfort ind Beauty All Combined. Send, fqr IUuitratcd Catalogue. COR MU LL Y * JEFFERY M F'Q CO.. - WASHINGTON, D. O. Brown Cotton Gins, L Tin Toilet Sets, o? EFfiiT toot Har] Cultiv Pic O * Foi Selling the above cheap to make W. F. S TR WATCHES, CLOCKS, J JE> W E> Iv R Y 9 SPECTACLES, SI LVE R WAR E, Music INSTRUMENTS. POCKET "KIOTTT-BS. JR. Iv. FOX, EDGEFIBLP, S. C. DUKE'S 5 10 AND 15 CENT STORE, 510 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. Is the place to get Bargains in Crockery, Lamps, Glassware, Tinware, Iron, Agate Ware, Wooden Willow Ware, Hard ware, etc. Notion's, Toys, and Jewelry a specialty. FINK, - DHALKU IK - ?Wines, Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco. Special Attention Given to the JUG TRADE. 6 Year Old Corn Whiskey at $2 per gallon. 847 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. C. H. SCHNEIDE - KKEP8 TUX CH KA PEST LINK Ol' ?ixotioxi Goods - IN THE CITY Dry Goods, Rea? -Made Clothing, Shoes. First Classr ds at Second Class Prices. '1140BBOAJ Jl^, - -ATJX3-TJSTA, GhA. GEO. R. LOMBARD & COMP'Y MACHINE, BOILER M GIN WORKS MILL, ENGINE aili GJN SUPPLY HOUSE. UlTGUSTA, - - . .- GA J-*^-qel^Iachinery?and Supplies?jstnd Repairs at Bottom 50 New Gin s and 62 N?^rr^Jigines in If yon want a First-class COTTON GIN for a New Catalogue and Reduced Prices of IMPROVED AUGUSTA COTTON GIN. See the extra fine recommendations of last year's work. .j Mention THE ADVERTISER when you write. jly301y \ GEO. W. CRANE, Cotton Commission Merchant, .AUGUSTA, G A. If you are not otherwise obligated, I would beg to offer my services for I tte sale of your Cotton this season. My commission will be 60* per bale. This I ewers storage for ten days. After this time storage will be charged 15* per j bile by .the month. Feeling assured of giving satisfaction, with fair weights I aad prompt sales at full market prices. Close storage. I remain yours truly, { _GEO. W. CIR/AJ?IE. "Seeing is Believing." And a good lamp must be simple; when it is not simple it is 1 not good. Simple, Beautiful, Good- these I words mean much, but to see " The Rochester11 will impress the truth more forcibly. All metal, tough and seamless, and made in three pieces only, it is absolutely safe and unbreakable. Like Aladdin's of old, it is indeed a "wonderful lamp," for its mar velous light is purer and brighter than gas light, softer than electric light and more cheerful than either. Look for thUaUtap-THiStocnssTEa. Ifthe lamp dealer hu n't the (aniline Rochester, ?ad the style you want, scad to us for oar new illustrated catalogue, kand we will send you a Ump safely by express-your choice of over 2,000 j varieties from thc LarZHt Lamp Store in ike World. ' BOCHE8ZEB LASP CO* 42 Park Place, i Vow York City. "The Rochester." Don't fail to bay your bill of Shoes from J. M. Cobb while ?t ending Court. Edgefield's Head [uarters for Good Shoes. 10 kegs Nails, 5Full stock Canned Goods, all :inds, at E. J. NORRIS'*. Why do you pay big profits on i'obacco, when you can buy as heap from J. M. Cobb as you can rora any wholesale dealer. Will sell Plow Hoes at 3?c lb by undred. E. J. NORRIS. BEEF MARKET! From and after thia date I will be prepared to supply the public with all kinds of fresh meat, such as : . Beef, Pork, IVdC litton, Sausage, Etc. Stall in rear of L. E. Jackson's store W. L. LEWIS. J. M. Cobb is the Manufacturers gent for Tobacco. 1,000 lbs. jnst 3ceired. You can buy one box rom meas cheap asean be bought t the factory. Try our 35 cts, 40 ts. and 50 cts. Tobacco. Don't fail to buy your bill of hoes from J. M. Cobb while at mding Court. Edgefield's Head uarters for Good Shoes. Coffees, Teas, Rice, Grits, Fancy Cream Cheese, at E. J. N0RRI8'S. 2 cars Flour, 1 car Tennessee Meal, at E. J. N0RR18'S. 50 boxes wrapped and unwrap ed Soap. E. J. NORRIS. Want 1,000 bushels Seed Oats c in trade at. E. J. NORRI? Notice of Application for Homestead. JTOTICE is hereby given to all concerned, that Lucy Adams, the widow of William Adams, has filed her petition in this Court praying that Hoinstead may be as signed to her as prescribed by law. I will pase on the'sarae on the 30th dav of December, 1892. W. F. ROATH, Maiter E. C. I T n S ni P 5,000 lbs. Bacon sides and strips Bacon strips 7?c by hundred, 500 lbs. Kingan Hams, at . E. J. NORRIB'S. House Painting, Paper Hanging, Kalsoming, Done in first-class Style, by M. M. PAUL, EDGEFIELD, S. C. 1 car Va. Sajt, 65c per sack, at E. J. NORRIS'S. 'A. I JV W IA. A. ra loi po ators ?ks, srels, ? k s ; and "?Pocket Cutlery, STOVES ALL PRICES. room for fall stock. Come early. IC KL A ND: T/?E HOLIDAYS /?RE CO M I fl G . And the place to get good things is at our store. A full stock of Raisins, (?rats, Citrons, Its, Oranges, Aies, Figs, Dates, Prunes, Mince Meat, And other nice things too numerous to mention. ID OB OWE?B -.?n - o< JV . A iS' O Y 1< O e ZZJbl&* 6O6 "Broad Street. AJIO??.^/a. .Ga. - DEALERS IN - VEHICLES of all-Kinds. HAPNESS AND SADDLES FTIRNirURE, puse FJI|IS|I|9 Gells, ?| C. O V I?1 I .N' S. J -^^J^^O^^Xt^Ui^^TEIi WORLD RENOWNED- ' MO WERS AND REAPERS: EDGEFIELD and JOHNSTON. North Augusta Brick Manufacturing Co. ??AMBURG, S. C. This company has just organized and commenced business. We offer Brick at Augusta Prices. As good and as cheap asean be found in the country anywhere' Carter & Jackson. Sp V. A. HEMSTREET & BRO., iiig Goods of Every Description. Highest Grade of Fishing Tackle. 5al Broad Street, Augusta, Gr St ALWAYS IN THE LEAD. /. C. LEVY ? CO., TAILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, - ' GEORGI^. Have now in store their entire 7ALL AND WINTER STOCK OF CLOTHING. he largest stock ever shown in Augusta. We aim to carry goods which, are ot only intrinsically good, but which also, in pattern, style, and finish, ratify a cultivated and discriminating taste, and at the same time, we ann to iake our prices so low the closest buyers will be our steadiest customers ^ olite attention to all. A call will be appreciated. I. C. LEVY & CO., 'AILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, GA. [HE FARMERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK SUBSCRIBED. CAPITAL, PAID UP OF EDGEFIELD. DIRECTORS: $62,500 42,275 . J. NORRIS, W. H. TIMMERMAN, W. H. FOLK, H. EDWARDS, N. A. BATES, . W. R. PARKS, '.F. ROATH, T. A. PITTS, A. E. PADGETT, OFFICERS: , J. NORRIS, President. W. H. TIMMERMAN, Vice-President, E. PADGETT, Cashier, . FOLK & FOLK, Attorneys. TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. SAV1HGS DEPARTMENT; Interest allowed' on deposits in the SavingS^Department at the te of 5 per cent, per annum-when allowed to remain six months or tiger-computed July and January. Any amounts received on de sit in the Savings Department, from 10 cents upwards. apr!