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Edgefield Advertiser TI OS. J. ADAMS, - .... EDITOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. ll, 1895. Jno. Gary Evans will be, is, president of the Constitutional Convention, Congrestruan Talbert having withdrawn in his favor. The following is Talbert's card of withdrawal : A great many of my friends have urged, and are now urging me to make the race for presi dent of the Constitutional con vention, which assembles today, but since investigating the matter carefully I find it to be an estab lished precedent that the Gover nor, by virtue of his office, should be the presiding officer when a member of the convention. After thanking my friands kindly for their continued confidence in me, and wishing harmony to prevail throughout che session of the con vention ; I earnestly entreat my friends not to use my name as a candidate and most respectfully beg them individually and col lectively to support his excellency, John Gary Evans, for president of this convention, whose eminent ability, particularly qualifies him for the arduous duties of said po sition. State elections will be held in twelve States in November. These are: Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Nebraska. Mississippi, Massachusetts, Maryland, Ken tucky, Kansas, Ohio, Iowa, and Now York. After these elections are over a chorus of "I told you sos" will be heard Ihroughtout the land. The Columbia State is very much in favor of new cou uties. Having failed iu every ol her plan to dis integrate the army of reformers this paper has now adop'ed this scheme to break up their strong holds, territorial.')' speaking. Very shrewd. But we will 6ee if reform ers are to#be bamboozled. Spartan burg, Guion, and Edge field seem to be the special butt of the new county workers, and the antis have taken hold of this county making business aud are likely to swamp the whole thing. They are entirely too eager. There is no reason why the con vention should remain in session longer than three weeks, unless the members vote themselves a larger per diem than'two dollars. er .counties. Why this general consensus of opinion unless there be concert of action0 Ground was broken on Saturday last for th i erection of au iron foundry m Darlington. It will have a blast furnace of 2,000 pounds. The Woman suffragists have "camped" iu the Capitol against the gal hering of the delegates for the State Convention. The.e are six negroes in the consti ?utional convention which 1 is nov/ in sessi >n. The Time Will Come. / - A printer, if he will fasten or fix little things in his memory will seldom fail, sooner or !$ter, to get veven with those who befriend him, or go out of their way to do him an unkindness. It required twenty years to af ford the opportunity to return the kindness which General Mani giiult had shown to me as a sol dier, but it came, audi tried to re pay the kindly speech and the substantial favor of years ago. When he came to Abbeville I did uot hunt him up, or make honied professions. When I met him in Columbia I never referred to his kindness *.o me in the war, nor of my support of him in his candidacy, but I was true to him all the same. All that a printer has to do is to bide his time, and if he is dis creet-he will have an opportunity to strike effective blows at foes who ma}T be worthy of this uotice, or give the kindly boost to his de serving friends. 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CORRESPONDENCE A DKP DARK AND DAM NABLE SCHEME. REFORM COUNTIES TO BE DISMEMBERED AND CON SERVATIVE COUNTIES AND A CONSERVATIVE LEGISLATURE TO BE ? BUILT UP ON THEIR t RUINS. -j REFORMERS, AWAKE, ARISE OR BE FOREVER FALLEN. "The Milk in the Cocoanut." MR. EDITOR: From the many new County schemes now agita ting the public mind, it would seem that our graud old County glorious old Edgefield, with i'.s proud and glowing memories all aloug the years past and gone, and the enviable position she to day occupies among her sister Counties of the State-is to be cv.t and slashed into mincemeat and almost wiped from the face of the earth. And why? Are all Ihe ef forts now being made towards the escablishroeot of the new Coun ties to be known as ?Troy and Mc Cormick and Greenwood and Nine ty-Six and JBatesburg, put forth at this time solely in the interest of the 2>ecple, the poor farmer who perhaps is occasionally somewhat discommoded by living at an in convenientdistanoe 'rom the Court H^use? Or rather, Mr. Editor, i& it not to a great extent for thu pur pose of gratifying the ambition and contributing to the aggran dizement of the denizens of the respective little towns to be con verted into Court House centres; jand above all, with the hope of increasing and strengthening their political poicer.J Yes, their Oonser vatice political power? Ah, Mr. Ed itor, don't you think that is really "The milk in the cocoanut" after all? We fear that that is ihe true animus and aim of the leaders of the movement in the towns of Troy, McCormick, Greenwood, Ninety-Six and Batesburg-each and all of them already strong Conservative strong-bolds-in their evidently preconcerted and w^ll planned scheme for small Coun ties. Once grant tho requests of the sundry petitioners for new Counties ; cut off those sections of Edgefield where the most Con servatives now reside info small Counties-and ere long some four or five new' Conservative Counties ?&fc?.9. the r* ?4fe?fS?^rA-?.?i* bone of Reform wih be brpken and our beloved old county-the acknowledged banner County of the State for Reform and Good Government-the home of Till man and Tillmanism-will be shorn of her strength and inriu ence, and become the laughing stock of the said new Counties, through whose ill-will and hate and evi?-minded machinations Edgefield's dismemberment and ruin will have been consummated. I am no pessimist or alarmist, Mr. Editor, but beyond a doubt this will be the ( outcome of the present designs of the small Coun ty schemers, if they are successful in having their pet projects es tablished by Legislative enact ment. And not only are the Con servatives of the above mentioned towns working like beavers on this line, but recently the entire Con servative press of the State seem to have seen the "new light." and are now daily and weekly indict ing long editorials on the great importance and great necessity of more and smaller Counties, the better io promote the interests and convenience of the dear people. It is strange-very strange-that they should all so' suddenly be come so solicitious and so united in urging the establishment of these new Counties, never having discovered a reason therefor until at this particular juncture. See, Mr. Editor, how clearly it has the semblance of a new hatched scheme to overthrow Reformism-a last hope, a dernier resort as it were, to build up Conservatism and re store the "Old Ring Rule" party to power again. Leastwise, it looks that way to me-and that the "scheme" has been passed up and gown.the line-and is now being played for all it is worth. And further, Mr. Editor, if the four or five Counties already men tioned are cut QIY from Edgefield, and then old Saluda-the only section of Edgefield justly entitled to a new JCouutyj and should have had one long ago,-is likewise cut off, with her fifteen hundred solid Reform voters, then verily poor old Edgefield, (the remnant,) will indeed be in a sorry plight. And worse still, with the three or four little Conservative towns yet re maining in the old County, very probably Reform rule will be a thing of the past even in proud old Reform Edgefield. We hope.our Reform Delegates to the Constitutional Convention, and our members to fhe Legisla ture, will weigh well and investi gate thoroughly all the new Coun ty schemes and go exceedingly slow in coming to a conclusion in the premises. With an exception a.s to Sal li da's petition for a new County, because the people of that section are eminently QntitJed to better Court House facilities, I am ut terly opposed to any further sub divisions of our County at this time. The little towns herein uamed, apparently so anxious for Court Houses, are all in a pros perous and prospering condition, and will do well, for the present at least, lo go on building cotton factnrieo, oil nulls, etc., and erect their Court Houses when the people actually need them. And now in conclusion, Brother Reformers of Edgefield, we urge you to awake-throw off your lethargy-and make all proper ef forts to thwart the deep laid plans of those who are striving with might and main to place us under domination of the "Old Ring Rule" power once more. And Brother Reformers throughout the State-you see our coming trou bles and woeful plight-we beg, we implore you to come to our succor and to our rescue from the trap laid for UB. DO we ask help of you in vain? We trow not. EDGEFIELD REFORMER. P. S.-Since writing the above my paper, the Piedmont Headlight^ has come to hand, and I clip there from the annexed extract from an editorial on "The New Couuty Ag itation :" "We have conversed with 'hun dreds of farmers from every sec tion of our county, and are yet to find the first man but bitterly op poses any scheme to reduce the present area of counties in South Carolina. We never knew our people so united on any subject a* thi??. They see that this new county movement is nothing but the plot of a few ambitious towns to become county sites for the es pecial behoof asid benefit of a few anti property-owners, and of de signing politicians to thus divide and spit up the power of our far mers and increase their strength. Let UK cut up Spartanburg Coun ty, for instance, to give Gaffney and Woodruff court-houses, and the reformers had as well bend their necks to accept the rule of the towns again, for such will surely be the outcome." Col. Gantt hits the nail square ly on the head-and has our un bounded thanks. E.iR. Friend Pedagogue is certainly a wonderful man. He thinks I owe him some grudge, I may not he overburdened with brains, but IV got top much sense to get mad at n newspaper opponent. When I was at the Courr House, [ mot thc original George Johnstone, it gruid humored old darkey and Ihn young lawyer who did tb>- writing and who carries one of che strong, est brains in the county; our meet ing '?ras pla?ant ?nd we all parted in the best, of humor. Gelting an gry is childish and shows a weak cid". My friend says I am a political turncoat. I am not thrusting my private opinions on the public, wish to state facts. Twill say that for awhile I was not a supporter of Mr. Tillman In all is views. All along I agreed with him on State issues. * * * * But to return ; Pedagogue said not four months ago that he wished ecery school district were at the bottom of the Atlantic. Yat la6t year- I heard ma^e^a^oweTful appeal for school districts. I c?n prove this by three or four substantial citizens. One of my friends told me not long since in an authoritative to let Pedagogue alone; for said he, "He s crazy," I honestly believe it ; for he makes the wildest, the most uncalled for statements imagina ble. He went out of his way to attack the preachers ; he brough' in the Catholic church-both of which were entirely irrelevant. I was trained in a denominational college and am in a position to know more about their workings than a man trained in a military school. ^Diogenes was a patriot," he was a calamity howling patriot. You say our school interests suffered by your not being elected commis sioner, maybe they did, but as "uu cle George Johnstone" would say, "It am takin de peepel a monstus long time ter diskibber dat fae." They may find it by the time of the Millenium, if its long enough off. "You will always find me on my platform." Yes I Baw you on a platform once, sawing the air with a long right hand, screaming and piping most piteously. Yes I would vote for you to "Fly o'er tjie backside of the world far off, into a limbo large and broad, since called The paradise of fools. But you tell me "good-bye" I thought you were ii: it "for the summer," I took you at your word and let loose but your "naughty things" would'nt come at your bidding and you had to flunk. The George Johnstone that I have been having a few.words with is a white man, but even if he wer\ & ' nig ger," that would'nt be much worse than writing against a way off man which I am doing now. Ped agogue had better make another map of Saluda, couuty. He made such a fine one before. I merely wish to state to friend Dido that my failing to reply was because I thought the public was sick of the subject. She bri;,gs up Solomen to prove that W. S. bas been a succ?s in Wyoming. She ovorlooks the fact that some times securing authority is proved from partial or cor rupt sources. Does'nt everybody know that politicians will testify to the good or bad effects in anything under heaven, just as it suits them. If the women are a controlling lac tor in anv election does she sup pose that a Governor is going lo say anything against their fitness to vote. Not a bit of it. He wants those women to vote for him and wouldn't hurt their feelings for the world. That legislature "which passed those commendatory reso lutions, was, without a doubt, com posed largely of women and men who didn't .caro about exciting the ire of their tamale constituents, and was intended more to jileas the "wimmen voters" than U? edi fy, the outside worjd. Otu ot Dido's authorities speaks ot' lhere not be ing a poor house in all, Wyoming. That looks like carelesFiiess and cruelly mure I hau prognes uim kindness. "The pour ye have al ways with you," the "beggar and helpless are found iii every lund and not to have poor houses looks like criminal neglect. Wyoming'; you say has a woman's suffrage for: 25 years. Are her representatives^! in congress abler than Ihose of any other State, (as they o ugh1- t.:> be if the women are so much bet ter judges of candidate?, than men.) FJ1 bet Jas Talbert's got more brains than the whole "bil leu" of them. Is liquor, the hydra.j headed monster, choked in that; land? If Wyoming is such a par adise why don't other States mod^ el after her? In respect of testi monies, how would auyoue like io have the people of distant states form their opinions of the success of the reform movement, by the; tastimony of Gens. Butler, Hamp-| ton, editor Hemphill, Judges Si-j mouton and Brawley. Yet they are among the best known men our State has afforded, and * are gentlemen whom uo man dares call; dishonest. If Dido proves to ruo that, omU', third of the white ladies in Edge-j field wish to vote, I promise to say! no more, but will favor woman's' suffrage myself bad as Fm oppos ed io it. Will you make the-same proposition per contra? Ain't this fair? The majority of ladies want things to stay as they are, with no desire to mix in politics. SEMPIIRONICUS. M Good Work'ol' the Tcachers'lnA /.stitute. EDITOR ADVERTISER : Several have asked me about th*? Teacher^ Institut? held in Edgerield this summer, and for the information of those who did not attend thife Institute I think it right to ri'pnj? through your paper something about it. We were at. Edg? field for twa taeks. ??nd we never enjoyed our* work more at any place. The at tendance there was nor so larg<3 but the most, of those who attend ded" wer*- teachers* They wea very al tem i ve throughtiut th'J whole litrie. About 80 leaoherS attended at Edgefield. :iuri we na? about 25 vis tors. We think ih'jjra work done wi^'i do great good. After spending two weeks ara Etlil"fie|(i it WaS, I ttOUght l'est ftjH US to huid a WM'k's lii>lilnle ?Wi JollilStO.il. W? Were here livJ? good crowd ol* teachers and vi tors. Parents look a greal inte est in the work. About 40 t-eac ers were in attendance and 70 vii i tors. The Institute was a sui cess, never did we see a more ear est crowd of teachers. 1 It is needless to say it. is to t School Commissioner and the ot er members of the board to w.ho uubounded praise is due for tl Institute and its great s; would be hard to"find a is more awake to his wi thau is Mr. Lott. We ho the'l iiT?^esTo? "fri \P 'p'tTi ? i it at heart, and he ha i a ti of what a good teacher s We pray th?t God v Our work and next year every teacher in the cou_^_ attend the Teachers Institute. Truly, J. H. LEWIS. H $49,000 in Boots, Shoe?, Hats and Trunks to be sod by order of Manager of Tie Great Eastern Shoe Compan;, at prices that no one will at tempt to complete wit1.. Don't fail to see them befoe buying your Shoes and lia You will find them at 97 Broadway Augusta, Ga. Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIN. EDGKFIELD COUNTY. Court Common Pleas. Zed Crouch and Lizzie "McCarty, "Mrs. S. L. Jay et. al." PURSUANT to the judgment foreclosure in this cause, I. wi offer for sale at public outcry befe the Court House, town of Edgefi? and State of South Carolina, on t first "Monday in October 1895, be? the 7th day of said month, between e legal hours of sale the following scribed mortgaged realty to wit: All that tract of'land, lying sitti? and being in the County bf Edgefll and State of South Carolina, contai ingtwo hundred and sixteen (216) ac? more or less, and bounded by lands Phillip Rottdn, Pleisant Dozt Aaron Graham and Joe Rank?, Terms of sale cash. Purchaser pay for papers. W. F. ROATH, Master E. t Sept. 11th '95-4t CITATION. By J. D. Allen, Esq., Probate Jud il THERE AS, T, P. Henderson h| VY made suit to nie, to grant 1: Letters of Administration or the, tate and effects of J. S. Heilders deceased. TllK-'K AUK TnRRBFOKK, to cite J admonish all and singular the kind and creditors of Che said J. Henderson deceased, that t be and appear before ni?, in i lie Cd ol' Probate, to b? held at Kdgejlelq II., on the ?(?rh day of Septem] next, aller publication hereof, ar] o'clock in the forenoon, to show ca if any they have, why the said ministration should not be graute. Given underlay hand, this the day of Sept. A J TT I Domini 1S95. Published! j |J? J Hie lllh day of Septt """*"" the Kdgeflcld AnvKUTisicf ^ J. D. ALLEN, Probate Jud 1 IV] FI SI W< Ci P Flat to be Built.i T x MK Township board will . Shaws and Mackies Mill on Stj ?u'1 Ore.ik on Satiuday September IO o'clock, a. m., fjr the purpose oj ting the Hat to be built there, reser. the right, to reject any and all bulil M.A. W ll ITT I .K, Si P. li. LANHAM, J. F. ATKINS. Augf. 19-tf. .... Ju havt hum satie Cooking Stove CALL OF Chas. B. Al 1 e n, 831 BROAD. STREET, - AUGUSTA,-GA., ? Sheppards Excelsior Cook. Southern Queen Rauge. Heating and Cooking Stoves, all Styles and prices. Grates, Mantles and Tile, Tin ware of all kinds. Tin Roofing and Galvanized Iron WorkH. g Sept. 10-ly._ MOSES C. MURPHEY, GEO. S. MURPHEY, Murphey&C?-, AT 618 Broad Street,'AUGUSTA, GA. You will find th? above live and wide awake firm. They have been in the GROCERY Business long enough to understand it in everv detail, thev are always down with the market, and when you an ni Augusta for the purpose of Buying Groceries you had better-ge their prices Mr. WILL ROBLEY the Edgefield County boy is still with them, iud will be glad to welcome all of hts friends. Sept. 10-4m._. _ GUT RATES ! ! ~~ SACRIFICE SALE ! ! 952 BROADWAY, - - - AUGUSTA, GA. 7:0 TO THE NEW YORK AUCTION HOUSE FOR DRY GOODS, C L O T II I N G, SHOES, HATS, NOTIONS, HOSIERY, ito. Ladies' and Gents' Furnishing Gnndt? a Specialty. fflBF" You will save from 25 lo 50 JXT cent, by calling on us . before you buy Goods elsewhere. D. EDELSTEIN, SepL 10- Cnn._- _ rS?^c??iTlfANTTN^RTH^ MERIGAN SEW YORK AND CHICAGO^ LO YDS. H. A. SMITH, General Co. Ag't. for Edge 15 field. ^THE LLOYDS M-stem, established in 1088. (over Iwo centuries ligo) bv Edward Lloyd, is tundo now morn thorough 'inri perfect through regular business progression. ; A LLOYDS COMPANY HAS NEVER FAILED. MANY PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN ARE JN IT, becjiuse. tis business people they an* bound to accept the sav ing feature of Um Lloyd?, coupled with rqual, if not greater reliabili ty than id offeied by any other insurance in existence. The Lloyds offer a uniform cut of fifteen per cent, on the old line prices, and in w&al.ex*'***T* "ates having been made, they give even greater relief JA ri UL i IN A the largest concerns are ni it. Applications for Insu- ' .ance received at The ADVERTISER Office. May 1,1895. , Ramsey ? Bland JOHNSTON and EDGEFIELD, f -DEALERS IN Vehicles of all Kinds, - . - Fine Harness, Saddles, TJRNITURE and COFFINS, - - HARDWARE. Jan. 29-1895. CANE Lange stocK of Engines, (Jijean ano Goon. OMDADn \ IRON WORKS AND -.l/lViDAmU I SUPPLY COMPANY. A.TJ&USTA., Gr A. . ? [achinery and Supplies. Repairs, etc., Quickly Made. Get our Prices before you buy. WM. SeHWEIGERT & 00., -RELIABLE JEWELERS Has all the Newest Goods of the Season in , Mamonds, Watches, Jewelry, LADIES SHIRT WAIST SETS in Gold and Silver. LADIES NE SILVER BELT BUCKLES with fine Silk Ribbon. STERLING LVER SPOONS and FORKS lower than ever before. Watch and Clock Repairing Promptly Attended to by Competent vrkmen. m. JJHOAD and 1TJ? STTE?U\ - . AUGUSTA, GA WHAT DO YOU THINK! . LE WIS F. yVULIGAR. 937 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA.', IS SELLING AN OAK MANTEL FOR $3.00, AND ONE WITH A 15x24 GLASS, A TILE HEARTH, A TILE FACING, AND A BRONZE FACING FOR JUST $17.00 almetto Business College, WlLL?STON, S. C., .Next Session Begins Sept. 26, 1895. 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It ls So DOSCHER & CO., carry a full line of the latest Home -and Foreign Delica cies. When you visit Augusta come and see us. Prices will please you. DOSCHER & CO. ? eoe BROADWAY, Gml??LTSB ? ~ And Country Property INSURED. Apply, to W. J, McKERALL. A GT, ! EDGEFIELD, S. C., . THE LEAD /. C. LEVY & CO., TAIL0R-FI7 CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, - GEORGI ?\. llave now in. store their entire / ALL AND WINTER STOCK OF CLOTHJNG ; largest stock ever shown in Augusta. We aim to carry goods whica are only intrinsically good, but which also, in pattern, style, and finish, tify a cul tivated and discriminating taste, and at the same time, we aim to ce our prices so low the olose-st buyers will be our steadiest^enstomers it? atten tion to all, A oall will be appreciated. I. C. LEVY & CO. AILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS. AUGUSTA, GA X)TJR ATTENTION ! = IF IT OTT JSiEEIDz^^ li Steves, Stove Pans, Stove Pipe, Tinware, Well Butt, GROCERIES, ladecl Shells, Canned Goods, Confeetionaries. 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