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V ?^=j-ni ?1 TY=~f: Y"; " ?- "" ' - -- " ? ... . -T-T-T?? ^?^r-- - ,?-. . > ' DKVOTBD TO POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND TO TUB GENERAL INTEREST OP THIS COtlNTKY. >??J* J???M VOL. V. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY MAY 4, I8TG. NO 1 ggppa.Tgjr aamm : ' aafli : I . - _ I ' . - ^ vva I CorrHpondcncc N"etb? and C<Urter I fnv?r R/>nil>??n?. !-'1 * ' ' * . -i A AII11 U11 lUcl 11U11 Mr. Editok: Liberty Station is tho * youngest of tho throe towns on tho Ait1 Line in Pickens Connly, but according to ago, has built up as rapidly as cither of Iior elder Bisters. It is r located midway between Easley and Central, on an elevated plain, and about the centre of tlio County, on a line running from East to West. Thie town is only a year old, but yet eho can boast of sonic four or five stores, a hotel, a steam saw mill, an aca> dcuiy, two blacksmith shops and a wood shop. Tho Messrs. Greor tiro the proprietors of one of the shopsand bid fair to become quite an acquisition to the place. One of tho v brothers left his native State just after tho war, and settled in Illinois, the Egypt of America. Here l.o followed farming for several years, realizing a handsome return for his labor from those fertile lands, of from ^ 50 to GO bushels corn per acre. One of tho crop years, however, proved almost a total failure, from excessive rains, not making enough corn to feed bis horse through the winter.? Although a rebel Southerner, Mr. Greer informs us that for the most part, lie was treated kindly, espeei^ ally by the Union soldiers. If at any time, ho was taunted with his S >uthf em peculiarities, it always came from a stay?at home, not a soldier. It ...... 1 .J I - - *r our larinurs wouiu near iur. Vireer talk about the cholera meet of the West, it would add another strong indi.cement lo raise our own bacon, it we desire it fiec from the taint of ?. disease. He has returned to his old native State, to conti Unite his mite to restore her to her f-mier prosperity, and make a comfort able support for bin iainilv. The steam mill is owned by Messrs. Wood and o'heifi, and is a great con venience to liio town. They c:m turn out from 5,000 to 7,000 foot of lntn? * ber per day. Tlio town has boen incorporated, and the citizens Iiiivg lionorcl the Hon. W. E. llolcombe as their Inv tendnnt. This was a lilting testimonial to the energy of Mr. lloloombo, in es'ablisliing the depot and gettihg the town under way. The people of Liberty have shown a cornmondablo zeal in <ho cause of education, by building a comfortable building for the academy, and seen0 riQg the services of one 80 compe* tont as Mr. Julius Boggs as principal, 4 This is cortaiuiy a step in tlie right direction, and older towns might learn a useful losson therefrom. Let tho church and tho school house tftand together. This town is competing with E isley for tho new mail rotito, claiming thai they are more on tho direct lino to Pickens 0. II., and thence across the t mountains to Brevard, N. (J., whoro it should eventually terminate. We euppose in this, as in many other generous rivalries between town*, tho longest polo knocks down tho persimmon. T. II. 11. Women need exercise in more ways than riding or walking, oven; they require to use their lunula unci arme, to throw out their cheats, to put the whole body in motion. No health lift, no gymnastic is half so good for this purposo as making bods, and sweeping, dusting and arranging rooms. Thou thcro is eon ething * peculiarly agroenblo in tho thought that an intelligent hand touches and smooths sheets and pillowp, ovuns everything off nicely, romoves with cnro dust from vases, bottles, books,1 and Bfccrot nooks and oornors, leaves tho toilet apparatus in order, and takos away wliatovcr is unsightly.? Tho timo required is very little ins deed, when the work is dono with regularity, nnd the satisfaction is iramonso.?Jennie Juno. / 4 * The'New World's Fair. a gumps j? of faikm6u1nt i'akk?a scenic of kncfl antmknt. Philadelphia, April 1G.?Tbo great eh?\v is near at hand. In a little more than three weeks tho gates of tho Centennial Exhibition, which wero shut yostorday, in tho face ot tons of thousands of JL'hiladel phians, will bo opened to the people of all tlio world. That they will be hero remains no longer a matter of doubt. The Exposition ia a bigger thing, after all, than most of us over imagined it would be. The Hoosier* who laut fall after a cursory examination of Memorial Hall, the only building at that time advanced towards conrpletion, and a glaiiQo at tho foundations of tho magnitieont structure which havsio ncoarisen, ro marked in my hearing, 'Why this hone thing hasn't no show 'longsido of our State Kuir," would bo astonished today it ho would do just as 1 did this beautiful spring morning, take a stroll through the lour hundred and fitly acres of enclosed iri'iillllild wliiii'iiiiii flii.i llm if rnn hiqt fc>- ? of tlio world's fairs ,U to bo bold.? think of a plantation railed in, laid out in grassy plots and glistening lakeo, intersected with asphaltuin paved v.alks and levol roadways, a domed everywhere with statues* fountains, ti ees, siirubbory and rare a:ul blooming exotics, and containing five magnificent palaces o 1* marble si (1 iron, and wood and ^l;is*, around which cluster many scoro of other structures, all notable for their architectural oddities or excellencies. To give Carolinians an idea of the immensity in which everything is lost or d waited that id not oa a eoi"8sa] sea'u, lol mo tell von that your Sj.lon did Capitol at Columbia emiid bo stowed awav in one halt of Memorial or Art Hall; that the latter coukl lw contained twenty times in machinery llall, and tlial tho last named is only two thirds as large as T1II? MAIN EXHIBITION 11UIMHNO. Imagino one mighty striicture throe quarters of a mile in length, and a series ot edifices which, if placed in line, wonl l actually extend lor miles, and you will have a slight conception of tho magnitude of tho coming show. Some of the bu'dings ? till of them will impress the average man an imposing and artistic? are models ot architectural ability.? Horticultural lhili, which has jusl been completed, is tho only specimen of the Moresque order 011 this Continent, and with its rich parterres and b' illiant groups of exotics will be one of the chief Attractions of the cxhibi ? tiuii. Memorial Hull, however, of which no doubt you liavo been engravings, is decidedly more imposing on paper than it U in actual appearunco. In tlici shadow ol ilts mommolh neighbor, thu inuin b.aiding, it Inn u decidedly insignificant look; tho un* favorable impression whic i, at lirnt blush, tho Bight s*.or will naturally re. cuive, being only roinoved by a stmll through its wide corridors anil elegant Dalit*. IJesulo-', this building doatined to bo a permanent lands mark ot the Exposition bite, and a monument ot American enterprise and energy, ia by no moans a Hample of American architecture. Its design is but a copy of Continental plans, and its architect is a foreigner The cast zinc libels upon the national ?creumc9, lio ot ibe bald bead, wliio'i disfigure each c >i nor of tho roof, no' only are unworthy of tlio building, but are calculated to bring tlio i\mer ican eagle into bad repute. Bo mucu for tlio genornl features ot the exhibition, with which you are probably us well acquainted as I am. The cbango that TUB ADVKNT OF TIIB OBNTBNNIAL haa inado in this prim Quaker to win ...V .V... UUIIVIICI IIC1B uvur viblieu, 18 really Incredible. The formerly almost dosolato streets now at all hours of the day and night rival in their crowded condition New York's Broadway in ita gayest mood. The city's monotonous architecture is bes ing diversified and enlivened with scores of handsome now substantial hotels, a dozen now theatres, blocks of immense buildings of all descriptions; all beiuer ranidlv iinnliml tr. o --? j r "?%v ; completion. Flags of all nation6 waw trora every window and housestop, and tho strango and brilliant costumes of visitors from every por?? tion of tho civilized, and oven some corners of tho so called uncivilized world, mingle with the Quakor's drab costume and our country cousins homespun garb. VVIiat however, is more convincing proof that Philadelphia is rapidly being converted iuto a bustling metropolis is tho fact that hnillltfl fif vina mill npiminnlit.f ? ........ W ? >vv I.nv* VI Iiuiiidi I IJ ?l U springing up lilco mushrooms, destined probably, however, to a more ;?ermanent existence. Strangers who hanker after 6uch temptations will perhaps find that toot pits for the unwary arise at too frequent intervals h?r the maintenance ot their ChrisMan equilibrium. Already are the most noted and desperate criminals, not only fruin all portions ol tho 'country, but even from Europe, flock ing to Philadelphia, and already has their foreign handiwork been recog? nized. In order that the polico an uiiiiiK'8 may cope with them, deteclives from overywliero will l>e detail ed for duty i\t the Centennial. Three of London's slyest of the tly gently arrived in town yesterday, and before long every Eur >pean power, with tho cxccpti /it of Franco, will be rep i\8oi>ted here l?the shrewdest polico officials. In looking ovor the linr of exhibitors ft' d at tho display already made I am sorry to say SOUTH CAROLINA makes, in comparison with other States, but a poor figure. Evon the prize bale of cotton cotrles from Ten* ncsseo, and no S >uthern State with tho exception of Maryland, if it can bvj called a Southern State, makes a collective display. Amid tho nu? lueroua odd and beautiful Statu buil diu<>B, bo South itt only represented by Arkansas' handsome structure and 1 am not informed that any other Southern State contemplates tho erec tion of an edilieo. Propositions to exhibit this or that oddity by SouthI erners are not, ho.wever wanting?in fact, ridiculous communications from all portions of tho country deluge I the Centennial Commission, and somo I C . 1 a . ? - > % I 01 mem arc of the most laughable nature. O.ily a few days since, lor instance, an cnthnshstic individual wrote Director General Graham a letter from Shelby, North Carolina, requesting his approval of a schoino to exhibit a' iho Centennial fifty of the nglieat men in tho world. As a guarantee of his ability to furnish at least one of tho ugliest number, tho ingenious Shelbyito forwarded his own pboU>grapli. Tho director general was convinced, but that letter still remains unanswered, Virginia, unaided and alone, oners to furnish at least one hundred Centennialquilts ot the (lueerest patterns iinuginaable. It would be unfair, however, at this early date, to pa*9 judgement upon the display ? f the South. Not one of all t.ne Stairs has as yet, such is the tardiness of the American ex hibitoi'8, filled the spaces requested by and allotted to them, and a few have not as yet forwarded i\ single article. Hon tli Carolina oxhibits chiefly from Charleston, already arc Bcatteied nb >nt the Jloora of the groat structured. Those exhibitors, hows evor, who American like, are procrastinating until the last moment, will find that the summer will haye far advanced, and thousands of visitera 'done'' the Exj'ositiou and re nirnca home before their displays are completed. One of tlio distinctively Southern features, ot which at pr.cs^ out,owing to its undnjsltod state I am unable to give a detailed "description will bo TIIK OLUB I10U8K, which is beingprectcd by an Atlanta gentleman. From present appearance it will bo an imposing and crod itablo etr ucturo. It will bo capable of accommodating (ivo bnndred guests at dinner. It ia intended tlint tbe dislyjs sball be Southern, the cooks and waitora from tho samo section, and colored, while the bar will dispense mint juleps and other tip? pies popularity supposed to bo beet adapted to the Southern palate. I suppose no letter about tho Centennial will be complete without a reference to tho hotel accommodationsRest assured that they will be ample. T*l- i ? i - iuo now noeia mat uavo been built or are building number legion, while boarding and lodging bouses have been opened by the thousand. The Centennial authorities believe that 150,0C0 strangers cart be provided for hero every day for tho next six months; an'd I have means for know* ing that these figures pre not exagger~ ated. Tho Centennial Lodging LLouse Agency, an enterprise directly connected with the railroads, will alone take care ot 20,000 persons. Tho concern bus made unangoinonis with the boarding and Edging housekeepers ot the city, by means of uhw'.li f'.mmmiQ nr<i v i il! n <? <* ? ? ? 1 r,v- - e *" can be purchased at all the railroad ottiooa in I lie United States, Canada and Europe,'whero excursion tiekuts are authorized to bo sold. Tho holders o! tho coupons will be taken to their quarters previously engaged as soon a* they ariive in the oily, and 111118 a vast amount of confusion* double and annoyance bo avoided. Now about priceo. They will be high of course, but not extortionate* and tho vioitora will have an oxcecdinirlv vnriAil nrir*n lint from vvliir?li - d j ? r*,wv ",w,w *> ? wv cllOUBO. TIIE OnAROES 1'EIt I>AY will bo all tbo way from 81.50 to probably not more than 80. You pay your monoy and you takoyour choice. Regular firat class hotola in tbo heart of tbo city Will not charge you a pons ny moro than their ordinary pricoaIf you dosiro apoeial accommodations' however, you must not shrink from tbo oxponao. I hoarofauitoa of rooms handaomoly lurniahod which wiJI noxt month not their owners moro than tho ontiro house ronted for during tho past year. Tho arrival of steamships with foreign exhibits is almost of daily occurrcneo, and sometimes a pair of tho loviathans puff up tho rivor side by sido, Tho St. Laurent, from Franco, which arrived on Friday, brought 1.325 casos of exhibition goods, including tho celobratod 13 a rtholdi fountain to bo placod hot ween tho main building and Machinery llall. An additional installment is also expected from Italv. inoludinf? soma nf tlio treasures of tho Vatican. Pio Nono, howovor, lofuses to allow the precious works of llaphuol and Mich** aol Angolo to bo romovod from tho (^uirinal Palaco to risk tho perils of an oooan voyago. Piul. I Low to Si'eijti It.?Tho fates arc against our .lloscoo. Somo onjjmy of his has brought to light an old story about John C. Calhoun, to tho effect that whon ho was a candidate lor tho Presidency ho was induced to visit an old negro woman who had a local IV|>uvuviuh ?o ? |?iu|iuu>, ;mur UX" amining tho linos of hit) hands, nho said: "Massa Calhoun, you nor no othor man whoso nnmo boginw with a C can bo President ot tho United ?Sta'r " It is ulno rocnllod that tho fnilur of Mr. Calhoun, Mr, Crawford, Mr. t.;lay ami Mr. Cass havo confirmod this prediction. This sooms ominous to Mr. Conk ling. Lot him spell it mit a K. How to mako a good thirg last? inalco everything olso first, The Indiana Democrats. . ? Tho following is the platform adopted: i The Democracy of Indiana declares their fidelity to all tho provisions of tho Federal constitution, to a perpct- | ual union of tho States, to local self govornmont in every section, to all public trusts and obligations, to tbo lionoBi payment of tho public debt, to t.ho preservation of tbo public faith, to tbo maintenance of frcoschools and to tbo puro and economical administras lion of tbo Foderal, Stato and municipal govornmonts. Thuy contemplate witb alarm tbo distress that provails, tbo widespread financial ruin that impends over tho pooplo and the corruption that pervades tho public sorvico, and tboy chargo that ihoso ovils are tho direct results of tho personal government, unwise legislation, vicious financial policy, the great contraction of tho currency and tl?e extrava^anca and selfishness of tho party and its officials who havo bo long held unchecked oonlrol. They invite all who bolievo in and earnestly dosiro ollicial purity and fidelity, tho ad juabiuuui' ui uuanciai questions upon ft sound basis, having ft regard for Lho interests and wolfaro of tho whole pooplo and not a class, and tho recognition of tho final settlement of a!! questions submitted to tho arbitration of lho sword to unito with them; thus doelaro 1. That tho civil 8cr\ ice of tho government has heeomo corrupt and is made tho object of personal gain, and it is tho first duty which tho people owe to themselves and tho government to restoro tho tests of honosty, capacity and fidelity in tho selection of porsons to (ill all public positions. 2. Tho repeated exposures of corruption in the administration of over} orancn 01 public affairs call for continued ami thorough investigation, not only that corrupt practices may be brought to light and guilty parlies to pun shment, but also that it may bo made oloar to tho people that thoir only remedy for reform is by making a general and thorough chango. O MM. ~ i 1 ^ - < >. x mit rutruuuiimcni. nnu oconomy aro indispensable in Federal, Slate and municipal administration, as an csson*. tial moans toward lessening the bur-* dons of tho peopio, and wo commend tho efforts of tho majority of the Houso of Representatives for tho ro~. duction of tho expenses of tho Federal government to a just standard, and their determination to lessen1 tho number of useless offices. 4. We believo in our ancient doc* trino that gold and silver are tho truo ...A/1 il.? , i ? - UIIU o?iv uaoi.-j sji liiu uuiiutrj'j ?i11Cl Wt* arc in favor of measures and policies tlmt will produco uniformity in value in tlio coin and paper money of the country, without destroying or embarrassing tho businoss interests of the people. 5. Wo oppose tho contraction of tho voluino of our paper currency and dcclaro in favor of tho adontion of measures looking to tho gradual retirement, of th^ circulation therefor of circulating noted issued by authority of tho govern men t. G. Wo 1 eeognizc with patriotic satisfaction the vast rocuperativo oner" gies with which our country is ens (lowed, and wo observe that, in spite of tho interference with tho laws of commoreo winch has been practiced, our currency has improved in proportion as our wealth has increased and ! t ttn cmnun /\f itnl Snnitl n n<t ImhmI nnott . Ill KJ OVIIOV) V/l lUUIWII.U It II < I I WUll I HLUIJ rily i)an boon confirmed. Wo nro, therefore, of tho opinion that a natural return o specie payments will he promoted by tho increase of national wealth and industries, by the assuranco of harmony at homo and peace abroad, and by strengthening our public credit under a wi.so and ccono* mioal administration of our national affairs. /. i mo logai lonuor noien consuiuio a nafo currency nnd ono especially valuable to tho d.obtor cIahhch bocauso of its legal tondor quality, and wo domaud tho repeal of tho legislation onuotcd by tho ilepublioan party providing for its withdrawal irom circulation and tho substitution therefor of national banltf JShpot'. ' 8. Tlio act of Congress for the resumption of ppeeio payments on the lut of January, 1879, was a party moasuro dovi?od in Bocrct caucus for party onds and forcod through tho llouso of Representatives without tho allowanco of amendment or dobato under party discipline. It paraly/.os industrv. crent.na fliutriiei Afiim turns the laborer niul producer out of employment, is a. standing threat upon business men, and should at oneo bo ropcalcd without any condition whatever. 0. As Democrats wc may indulge in laudable pride at the groat success of our common school system, which had its origin in Democratic policy and its development in Democratic measures. Wo will stand by and forever main-, tain our constitutional provision which guarantees our common school fund from diminution and misapproprias tion, and its uso only to support non sectarian common schools, and wo denounce* as enemies of tho schools I. J T 1 tho Republican politicians who, for paMy ends, have sought to bring them into political and sectarian controversy. 10. Wo believ'o that a liccnso law j properly guarded is tho true principlo | in legislation upon iho liquor traffic. 11. It is not the right of nnv political party to inalco the just claims of Union soldiers, their widows and children, the subjects of paitisnn controversy, for such lights arc inoro sccuro when protected by all the people, and" are endangered only when thrown ipto the politic"I arena by demagogues.? Wo will stand by and maintain their rights to honors, to pensions and equal bounties, not as partisans, but bes causo it is our ploasuro and duty as citizens. 12. That the jurisdiction of Federal Courts in civil causes has been po ox tended as to becomo bnrdensomo to tho pcoplo by increasing oxponses and Compelling thoin to try their causes at places remote from their homes. 13. Wo approve tho bill which re^ contly passed tho IIou.so of Itepresentativoa prohibiting members of Con? gro^s and all oflicors and employees of tho United States from contributing monoy to influence elections. 1 I. Wo aro opposod to the assumps tion by Congress of tiio debts of tho ?1 - * iuu ui v^uiuinuia, which wcro contracted by tho lulo corrupt ring, and wo bcliovo llio govern montahould pay hor equal uiul just proportion for loc:1.! iinjivrtwnHi^nt i.li?; same as other .ownprg ,of property, and no moro. 15. That the people of Indiana rc? cognize with pride and pleasure tho eminent public service of tlio Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks; that in all public trusts ho baa been faithful to duty, and in his public and private life puro and without blemish, Wo thorofore declare that ho is our unil... I) i -- -e (tiiiuivwn v/uuiuu iui iuu x rumuuuuy ui tlio Unitod States. 10. Thai iho delegates to iho Democratic National Convention this day appointed are hereby instructed to cast thc v<>to of this State in said convention as a unit in such mannor as iho majority of iho delegates may detcrmino. 17. Thai \vc are opposed to tlio paymoni, 01 any partot tho rebel debt or any payment whatever foreman* oipnted slaves or tho property of rebels destroyed in war. ,, 2 0' Air. ?.J. II. .Randolph, living near Santuo, has shown us a solid gold ring, which, from tho engraving, it in 151 years old. This ling was p'.owod Uji on tho Cowpons battlo ground, twenty years ago, and af lerwni ds Bold to Mr. .!. II. Randolph, Sr., of Groonville, who gavu it to his eldest son, Mr. \V. J Uandolph, who in turn gave it to lii.s eldest, Ron, Mr. J. II. Kandolph, tho present ^wnor. On tho inside ol the ring Oie following ungrammatienl Bontonco is plainly engraved: ''Thitf andyegivor is yours forever, 1722."?Union Times. Tho trouble with General, Behcnek in too many "antes;" with (iencral * Uelknap, too many "posU."' '<