Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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ghse gustre $I3Jcsenger. J. R. HAGOOD, EDITOR. SHALT4 THEY SCARE US? Last week the weak remnant of the Rpeublican Party of this State met to take counsel with each oth er in Columbia. About one hun dred and twenty-five whites and blacks met in the hall of the House of Representatives there to (liscuss the political situation and to adopt such measures as they dCeied would be conducive to their inter ests and that of the National Re publican Party. J. IHendrix Mc Lane, the defeated ,eandidate for Govenor, who ran upon the Green back ticket two years ago, was present, and desired the co-opera tion of the Republican Party with that of the Greenbackers in some of their nominations. Chairmaii V iller called the con-1 vention to order and W. J. Whip per, colored, of 1eaufort,was elect Vd temporaiy chairman. ie was the first presiding offieri' over the Republican Party sixteen years ago. 'Bit what were palmy days to then then, are not such n1ow. They are but to stan I aside and witness, perhaps forever, the al most conllete overth row of that power that reversed the natural order of thinrg an(l made the white man subject to the blaek. Their howls will be all in vain. so far as cairrying the grand old State, that has been redeemed from the hands of corruption an.] plunder. 'They may nominate a State ticket, but! in this (ay t hey cannot win. ''hey have put. up one, but doubtless sonie are readIy to claim that. th ev meant to make no fight by it. He~ tihat as it may the following are the nominations for' State Offic ers: ForK Governer 1D. T1. Corbin, of Charles t m, Massachusetts or Vermont; Lieut. Governor. D). A. Straker, of R ichland ;A dj. and Inspector Gen eral, (C. J1. Stolbr'and, of Richland; Treasur'er, C. C. McCoy, of (Ches ter'; Se(etretar'y of' State, R. 5. Smith, colored, of' Charleston Sup't. Education, Rev. Joshua E. Wilson, of' Darlin;.ton; Att'y-G en eral, S. W. Melton, of Rich land; Comptroller General, E. J. Sawyer, of Marlboro. E. M. 'Brayton was elected Chairman of State Execu live Committee. It is thought that Mr. Corbin wvill not ma~ke th~e race for Governor, and the fight, if' any is mnade by the others, will be a weak one. In conversation with Mr. Hi. B. Hlendrix, a delegate from Pickens county' to the convcntion, he tells us that Mr. McLane, and who is a cttndidate for Congrrm from h first district, desires Mr. Jeremial Looper of Pickens, to 'un for Con gress in the third district. Bu we heard it remarked that Mr. Loo per had more scise than to do thai So notwithstanding the would-b ruler, McLane, our district will re main uidisturbed by ptr'ty ele ments in the Congressional rae during this campaign. So witl your desires regardiug us, Mi MeLane, you may nlow take back seat. T HE ENTIE RPRISE OF "THE NEW: AN ) 0OU RIER," On Tuesday morning last tha p)aper well known as '-The New and Courier," alnd among the mos reputable of. A merica, came to u in an enlarged form, bearing upoi its face great cnterprise and prog ress. It is keeping pace with th,14 "'Atlanta Constitution," havin! procured also a Hoc Web Perfect ing, Type revolving Press and fo!d ilg Machine, whiCh cost-the com1 pany over $3t6.OO. No doubt i is worth a trip to Charletn t< see the (peration of this greoat ma chinie. It ent.s, prints, pastes, folf an( delivers from 1200 t, 1 500 pa pers per hour. Th'le paper Wit! something fine prior to the grea change, an Anow' that this improve vent is made, it wil l be among t hi cheapest inlvestmints a man car make for himself, in the field o iewspap'r lierature in SoutI Carolina. TiE PnSIor has iappointe< Post Master Gen. Gresharm, See retary ot the Treasury, in place o: Sfaecary Folger, whodie"1 in Sep tembe:-. Frank 1hatton has beer r1'oe1O ito the position of Pos (For the Messengr.] S r E wi (a erS.C., SEwr. 18th. Eurron OF MEssF.Norn: Wi b'a e Messengers of different kinds good1, bad and indifferent. T1her we have general messengers which carry mnessages of' different kinds We have a little ME.SENGER whiei visits our homes, of that k in,, an< though it is small, yet it is faith ful andl punctual. Though it i: small it reminds me of a large Ia diy's husband, who, being tease< about her very small husband said: "Valuable goods are alwayi dlone up in small parcels." Now, as I have never sen anm messages froni the "backwood' portion of our County, I though I would1 send a little mnessaige t< the MESLNGE:R. and perhap)s i would be kind enough to carry i into homes that it would interest, A goodly portion of our Town ship is comb4osed of that delight i fil country commonly known as - "Pea Ridge," and it seemed to be t man-despised an111d God-rorsaken, but it seems so no more, for it is opening up fast. e This year we have had more - rain, more dry weather, more cold - an( hot weather, more storms, cy a clones, &c., than usual. In fact, , our township is a regular "Harry cane.'' Therefore, our crops are a not wonderfully good this year, yet in spite of the bad crops, the spir it of improvement is abroad in the land. Our friend, James E. B., has improved his mills, adding a t first-class flouring department. s Our genial friend, "Cull" P., hav t ing purchased the interest of Mr. s M., in their joint mill. says that in ithe netar future. his ol( "'muley - hea le 1" Saw will have to give place to a first- class '"circular," and ah1 o intendis 'Idlding a fine - flonring department. - Even Uncle Johnnlie S., has -eaught the fever. His quaint old t t'ne'd. misS-covcm'eel mill would be the detlight of nu artist or poet.but - though it seems almost a desecra tion the old with its picturesqu - ness. (m r give way to the new, wi itsi usetulness; the;efore, Un 1I le J. is going to renovate hi; mill 1 In the store line we have Jerry %vP., w'th his st re, gin and Govern flment distillery in a cent ral lota I tion. B1)1w. one mile, Eliij:ah B. has just opened a store. Two miles above Tyra F. has another, and tour1 .im!e3 above, On Crow Creek, Billie M. intends opCening Ole Lo m. .. nd could oe se the im provement in churches they would thardly call this section the ''Ged forsaken.' A t Prater's Creek they have a neat comfortabLle building erected. At Four Mile they in ~tend building. The new Church b uilding at Keowee (Cr-ow Creek Churh). under the skillful and en ergetic management of the non tractor, friend Jimmie, is rapidly approaching completion (getting ready for the "Sociation." At Hurricane Schoolhouse they intend b luilding the Mile Creek Church. -And, just here, while we are at -[lurricane School, I would like, ere a I concludec to say something about the School Examination, which some of us had the pleasure of witnessing, yesterday. The pat rons of this school were fortunate Ito secure the services of one of the charming daughters of our esteem ed friend, Rev. John Tr. Lewis, Miss Essie. I would say, that the examination showed that the pat rons had made a wise choice, for they secured not a teacher simply in name, but in reality, The ex amination, which occupied the fore noon, showed a thoroughness of training that was hard to equal. The examination finished, there camne from the lips of Miss Lewis a sound thatis ever welcome to a set of tired, hnngry school chil dren, and often welcome to.older ones, and that was "Dinner." The schoolhouse was sogn pleared and groups were gathei ed in the grove. Several of us visitors had the pleas tire of partaking of the "good things that cheer the inner man," which were so bountifully supplied by Mrs. D., and Mrs. B. After an hour passed pleasantly, we re turned to the schoolhouse to hear recitations which were well spok en. Rev. G. W. Singleton then delivered an address on education, whi ;h was good and to the point. Rev. 0. L. Durant followed in his pleasing style with an address mainly for the children, which was well received, judging from the happy smiles and joyous laughter. The examination then closed with a song and benediction. I would like to have spoken more fully of the exercises, but space would not permit. It SufI ces to say that it was one of those days of quiet enjoynent, and peaceful happiness, which like the oasis in the desert is calm. useful aid pleasant., while all around is a harren waste, so sch happy days make us forget that the world is full ofsorrow and care. But ifany has followed my rambling thus ifar they are tired of a, RovER. 8. P. BURBAGE, or. Main and Cofee Streets, G reenville, S. C.0 Wholesale and Retail Dealer in (OOK [NG aid heating STOVES. HIE (3HALLENGE~S THlE WORLD *2,000 W1orthi of Goods8 to be sold at to make room for Fall Stock. All kinds of ChIlNA W ARE, SILVER~ PLAT'ED WARE, of every dlescription,. among which are t he Derby, anid Rlogers, etc. Everythinig in QUEENSWARE that 3 ou can 11nd1 anywhere. HIOLLOWARE, LAMPS, LAMP~ GOOD)S, CHANDELIERS, Win fact, all kinds of Goods kep:; in a~ First (lass House Furniishing Goods Establishmrent. Will it up a housekeeper for less moneyC than such Goods canm be bought anywhere-r~orth south. east or west. W' ie sells world renown 'TI MES' COOK STOVE-more than 100~,000 in diaily use; als~o, the 'SOUrTHERN BA KER.' Ills Stoves are t he largest and best Stoves for thme money' to be fonnd. Calhl aind GJet Prices Before You Buy. All * oods Guaranteed. Highest Prices Paid in CASH, for HIdes,Beewax, Old Copper,Rags; &c. Oct .3 3m.