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"Ev^mvAVD Ward expresses the j
opinion that Ives is a "jim-dandy." ^
Jaxes -Russell Lowell is writing i
a life of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Thus J
does he get even with the family of the 1
man who interviewed him. (
The sectional bitterness of Repabli- <
can politicians?the party has lost its j
breed of statesmen?is what has made ,
CrtnfhAm states certainly Demo- ]
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cratic. '
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Governor Foraker, with a fine
smile, protests that it is an error to
believe that there was anything halfhearted
about the endorsement of
Sherman by the Ohio Republicans.
The Pennsylvania platform is a
proclamation to the American people
that they can expect no relief whatAlthough
President Cleveland has
traveled less than most men who hare
reached his years and have had his
experience in public affairs, he promises
to make a good record as a tourist
before the year is over.
Katkoff, the great Russian editor,
onee uttered the profound sentiment
that Russia was made for the Russians
and America was made for the Americans.
That is where Katkoff showed
his ignorance of America.
The fact that England is now a
Liberal country and that the Tory
Ministry has become a minority Cabinet
is settled beyond question in the
mind of every intelligent observer of
British Parliamentary affairs.
The same want of confidence continues,
that has existed, does exist and
will exist in the future. The handling1
of "other people's money" resembles,
in many rospects, the handling of
pitch, which is liable to stick one's
finsrers.
Iuish sentiment regarding the suppression
of the Land League is expressed
ty Archbishop "Walsh in the
statement that he "cannot conccive of
any act of authority more directly calculated
to plunge Ireland in confusion
and anarev."
A Harvard professor ran through
the streats of a Connecticut town a
few days ago in haste to catch a train.
He came very near being arrested for
a lunatic. If he had been a messenger
boy he would doubtless have been :
taken to an asylum at once. ;
According to a foreign theosophical J
journal, length of life is determined
hv 'will rf <i man- mjitpa nn his
WW? "" iiljft 18 flV6lajyjiUiUilv. it isinhis
power to escape death. This, of
coarse, does not apply to a man who
eats too much cake colored with
chrome yellow.
Mb. E. Beery "Wall was refused
admittance recently to the ball-room
of the Grand Union Hotel at Saratoga
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oecanse ue wore a uicus ou??. w nuvut
tails?the latest English freak. Mr. ]
Wall can appreciate now the trials of <
Dr. Mary Walker and Oscar Wilde in <
advocating reform in dress. <
Iris considered remarkable by the J
Chicago Herald that the New York
Tribune should expend its editorial (
wonaer on a Bnfiklo physician who <
brought a patient back to life "after |
he had been dead some hours," while
>? the Tribune itself is regularly engaged
in trying to revive political
issues that have been dead some years.
The Inter-State Extradition Convention
has adopted a code of rales
which will greatly facilitate uuiformity
of proceedings by the executive officers
of the States, which were parties
to the conference. The conclusion to
frame a bill lor presentation to Conj"
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much discussed and may be considered
open to doabt; bat of the advantages
of the course adopted as to the
similarity of State procedures there is
no dispute.
Unsayobt details as to the career of
General Tattle are being brought to
light every week in consequence of
his idiotic attack upon President Cleveland.
The charge that he seized valuable
lots of cotton while stationed at
Vicksburg and blackmailed the owners
he has never thought it worth I
while to deny. Now it is alleged that
he allowed his regiment to despoil Mc- i
Dowell's Medical College at St Louis. I
Will General Tattle never deem it ?
necessary to try to defend himself, or J
doesn't he mind being called a thief y
and a plunderer? y
Bank Smashers. (
There is something almost deplora- 1
ble in the number of bank defaulters <
that our country is producing in this t
generation. Heretofore the trouble
has been for the most i art confined to J
the great cities of the North, but the '
contagious force of an evil example is 1
being felt everywhere. The Sumter i
case brings the thing home tc us. t
* There ought to be a remedy for the s
evil somewhere, and there is one. We
must nave * new enraumun ireaiy ?
with Canada, which shall enable us to f
reach the bank-wrecker and bring him s
back to his proper place at the peni- s
tentiary. t
?: There is another matter in connec- t
tion with the Sumter case which de- c
serves comment. From the reports ?
which were sent out from that place f
to various newspapers, we gather the
inference that the directors of the h
bank knew sometime ago that Bartlett ii
was a defaulter, and notwithstanding c
this they retained him in his position g
ui ltuov iw xmuuic, ?uu YYAIU CVWV *
opportunity to steal, other people's o
money. If this is true, the directors ?
are as culpable as Bartlctt, the fngi- o
tire from justice. ti
Evading: the Law.
The Inter-State Commerce law exressly
prohibits railroads from charg3g
more for a shorter than for a longr
haul oyer the same line. That is,
hey are not allowed, for example, to
barge more for hauling goods from (
trt Winnsboro than they (
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tave for hauling the same goods from ):
Richmond to Columbia?manifestly a
'ery just provision. But we are cred- 1
tably informed that the Richmond &
Danville Company are secretly evadng
the law. It is said that the tariff
>n sixth class goods from Richmond
md Lynchburg to Winnsboro is now
J7 cents per 100 pounds, and that the
ariff on the same class of goods to
Augusta, Ga., over the same line, and
much the longer haul, is only 23 cents.
This matter deserves investigation.
The task of keeping up with the railroad
companies is not going to be a
very easy one, but it is one that must
be looked after. The people must
watch; they may look out for secret
'combinations," "rebates" and all
sorts of rascality. The law will become
a dead letter unless it is promptly
and energetically enforced.
that "protection" is a divine law and
the declaration is calculated to take
the breath of virtuously inclined people.
"We have seen a great many hard
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this is "the most unkindest cut of all."
Protection that plunders the money
to enrich the few; protection that
creates and sustains monopolies, and
that fastens upon the masses of the
people a system of industrial servi1
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lUae--aiJU Uiai 15 wuai UUL wuicui^vr
rary would call a divine law.
We entertain quite other notions of
divinity. We hold that protection is
not only not a divine law, but that it
exists in wicked defiance of divine
law, and for this reason must and shall
be swept away. How can the advocates
of protection, who claim the
sanction of divinity for th6ir creed,
if loT7lOC T1TVM1
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the half paid toiler of the field, who
has nothing in common with factories,
and upon the pauper and mendicant
who begs his pittance from the passerby?
Will our contemporary answer
this?
We claim that the world in its slow
progress from barbarism to civilization
is moving on to the doctrine of
free trade?to the law of equal freedom?which
is the very antithesis of
protection, which is a fundamental
principle of ethical science, and which
Grotius has called with classic precision
the Jure divino.
Protection and Labor.
The principal cry of the protection
ists in this country against free trade
is that it will bring a great calamity
on the laboring classes. Their benevolence
is always exercised on account
of the laboring man, especially is this
the case aboat the time of a general
election. They would have the country
believe that the tariff laws exist
for the sole benefit of American labor;
their generous solicitude is calculated
to excite the wonder, if not the admiration
of mankind.
But unfortunately for their virtuous
professions, there is another side to
the question which shows that the
protectionist is capable of preaching
ane gospel in public and of practising
luite another in private. Mr. Powieriy,
who is presumed to know the
condition of the working classes in
this country and practices of their employers,
has recently said in a careful
iiscussion of the subject that "the
individual employer aarujy eiisiu 10*
lay, and that legal entity, the joint
stock corporation, is practically passing
away. The 'combinations,' 'pools'
md 'trusts' of manufacturers are becoming
the fashion in the industrial
world. This means simply a confed
oration of employers to raise the prices
>f articles of ordinary consumption
3y means of curtailing their produc:ion.
It does not mean the raising of
wages even in the industries affected,
jut less work and less pay, and workmen
generally suffer in proportion to
iiis artificial restriction of produc;ion,
for they are the largest consumes
in society and spend the greater
?art of their incomes in mere subsis:ence.
It means a deterioration of the
>vageworker socially and industrially."
Thus is the hypocrisy of the protecionists
exposed. "We repeat again on
lie authority of the head of organized
abor in this country, that the gospel
>f the protectionists brings no salvaion
to labor.
The "Horncraadits"Creed Again.
It is needless to argue with one who
s not open to conviction. This truth
las passed into an aphorism. Our
:steemed contemporary, the Charlotte
Komet, argued heretofore that notwithstanding
certain advantages which
ve enjoy over England for the manu
acture 01 cotton laorics, tnat mat
sounery, by reason of its "pauper
abor," would destroy our "infant iniustries"
were it not for our protecive
tariff.
Now, afterwards, in its issue of
August 22, the Hornet agrees with us,
'that competition and monopolies
lave combined both in England and
n this country t? drive wages down
o the low water mark of a bare subistance."
Then by the Hornet's own admision
the question of labor is eliminated
rom the problem since "a bare sub
istence" in reai terms must mean the
ame thing in England that it does in
his country. All the profits, then, of
he factory go down into the pockets
>f capitalists. The Hornet has knocked
he last prop from under its tottering
abric.
But onr contemporary thinks that it
tas settled the whole issue by showing
that "England has been importing
ottonand shipping us manufactured
oods, notwithstanding the tariff." 1
5ut even this argument from an ac- ;
omplished fact wjll not bear a logical i
cruliney. It seems never to have .
ccured to the Hornet that the fact
tiat England can come and haul our :
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:ottom three thousand iniles ana man- ;
lfacture it for ns may result from that ^
ibnormal condition of affairs brought <
ibout by the "tariff plunder" which <*
:he Hornet so much extolls. 1
Let the Chinese wall which the folly j
jf onr people has erected around our 1
commerce be battered down so that 3
the nations of the earth may come <
with their products to exchange |for
ours; let trade become normal; llet <
the law of supply and demand have ,
unrestricted play, and the Eornet
will learn that there is a virtue iu |
freedom that the narrow dogmas of its
ecomic creed have hitherto obscured.
The Jones Case.
R. T. Jones killed Edward Presslev.
Sr., and his two sons, Charles Pressley
and Edward Pressley, Jr., and was
indicted for the triple murder. Upon
his trial for the murder of Edward
Pressly, Sr., he was convicted of manslanghter
and sentenced to thirty vears,
mi ?of ill J
in the penitentiary, .mere tvwtouu,
two indictments for murder against
j him when he was tried and convicted,
but he was ordered to be discharged
from custody, as to these indictments,
because he was not tried at the second
term of Court after the cemmitment.
When, at the last term oi Court, the
two- wfa-ioa ?all?d, the
counsel for Jones raised the point thai
ha was in the same Wallace
tod bsen a^m^Ju^Yeshad
been improperly kept on the docket.
- ft. e intents to give out new bills
in the cases, it is said, and the defence
insist thar this cannot be done. The
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appeal to tne supreme uourt siavs tne
execution of the sentence in the case
of Presslev, Sr., and, if Jones can get i
a new trial and then secure an acquittal,
he will go free absolutely according
to the theory of his counsel.?News
and Courier.
The theory of his counsel is without
the foundation of law. The Statute
provides that "if any person committed
for treason or felony, etc.,
upon his prayer or petition in open
Court 011 the first week of the term to
be brought to trial, shall not be indicted
sometime in the next term after
such commitment, shall, upon motion,
etc., be set at liberty upon bail unless
it appear to the Court upon oath that
the witnesses for the State could not
be produced the same term; and if
any person committed as aforesaid,
upon his prayer or petition in open
Court, the first week of the term, to
be brought to trial, shall not be indicted
and tned the second term after
his commitment, or upon his trial shall
be acquitted, he shall be discharged
from his imprisonment."
This section of the habeas corpus
act was intended simply to prevent the
indefinite imprisonment of parties
charged with non-bailable offences.
To be entitled to the benefit of this
section the accused mast have exhibited
the diligence which the section
imposes. If, for example, he neglects
at the first term to exhibit his petition
to be brought to trial, he will not be
entitled to his absolute discharge at
the second term, nor will he be entitled
to this if the continuance at the
first term is had on account of the
absonco of tho State's witnesoes?for a
more powerful reason, he will not be
entitled to it if the continuance is had
on his own motion at either term.
Before the accused shall be entitled
to this absoluta discharge he must have
exhibited bis petition to be brought to
trial at two successive terms of the
Court after his incarceration, and the
law imposes upon the judge the imperative
duty of discharging him
unless it appears upon oath, etc., that
"the witnesses for the State could not
be produced at the same term."
This interpretation is borne out by
the sollowing section of the Act, which
provides?"that if the accused shall
neglect for two two terms to apply for
habeas corpus for his enlargement,
that he shall not be entitled to the writ
in vacation time."
In order to entitle the accused to his
discharge on account of delay in bringing
the trial the State must be at fault.
?Hard on Habeas Corpus, p, 445; 2
Bay, 563.
The striking of the cases from the
docket does not amount to anything;
they may be restored, or he may be
indicted again. Even if an order has
been passed discharging the defendant
in these cases it is no bar.
The facts of Jones's case do not entitle
him to the extraordinary remedy
which the law providas.
Some Disgruntled Xewsp&pers.
The newspapers of New York are
wont to call themselves the guardians
of the rights of the people. It may
well be asked to-day whether they are
not most dangerous enemies. To the
constitutional liberty of citizens and
to the honesty and purity of thejudiciaw
Thppp. hftR hepn nothing" more
scandalous in the history of the New
York press than the almost criminal
ignorance and prejudice displayed in
their comments on the stay granted
by Justice Potter in the case of Jacob
Sharp.
It may well cause comment when
the Star is the only newspaper in
New York that has had the courage to
discuss the trial and conviction of Mr.
Sharp with impartiality, honesty and
intelligence. We have maintained
from the first that Mr. Sharp should
have the rights and privileges which
the law allows every citizen and no
more. An honest and capable judge
has now shown that he is not to be
swerved from his duty by popular
prejudice, newspaper clamor or open
threats. It is not a matter of surprise
to us, because we have always held
that he could not well do otherwise,
but it has thrown our contemporaries
into a state of fury which would be
amusing if it were not disgraceful.
It is well known that nine-tenths of
the best lawyers in the city have exr?roccp/?
thf? nninion that there have
been grave errors in the rulings of
Jadge Barrett. 'This being the case, i
let us examine the criticisms to which 1
Jadge Potter has been subjected by
fche laymen of the press because he
has chosen to coincide with the intel. J
ligence of the bar. The Sun has a j
short but dignified article, to which J
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Tribune, after bewailing the anfortu- J J
aate decision of Judge Potter, says \
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hat "Sharp was triea uy a juugo
ivhose experience upon the l>ench has
>ccupied twenty-five years c f his life,
md who in all that time :aas never c
tnown what it was to have { , criminal
iudgment reversed." It ther. proceeds
svith a eulogy of Judge Barrett whicii t
is so unctuous that we must infer thit i
the Tribune regards him as infallible. t
We know of no reason for ranking
Judge Barrett above a do sen othjr
justices of the Supreme Court, atd
until his opinions are shown to be tfce ^
resuu 01 uiviuc luopiuuvu
have to be questioned likes tuoseof t
other men.
The Times insinuates thai it woiid e
be indecent to assume that .1 udge Ptt- t
ter was not actuated by he punst j
motives, and adds that if his acti#n {
has resulted in a mockery of just.ce i
that is not his fault. It suggests t&t i
in some communities lynching migit (
be regarded as the proper :hing, aid '
fnww on makes this r?marka:le j
statement: j
After the defendant has been cavicted,
if one judge out of thirty ad
can be pursuaded that the ot her ju^e,
of equal authority and squivalnt
jurisdiction, who tried the cause, las
made a mistake in any of t ie numrous
rulings that he is called uporto
testify
testimony in his favor, the 1 this on?
viction, so difficult to attain, goesfbr
nothinor. anrl the work nf hiincrin?*fif>
man to justice has to be beg an allo^er 5
again, if in the mean time the mn
has not prudently run away.
Mr. Sharp's conviction does notgo
for nothing, as we presume the Tites
must know. Its statement is simpba
perversion of the facts, for iv can hadly
be possible that the TLv-es can -e
guilty of such culpable ignorance.
"We are not accustomed to looker
honesty and imnarfialitv in ftifi Wnrti..
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and we are not surprised to find it ,
casting slurs at Judge Potter's abiiiy ;
and uprightness. He is condemned & :
au obscure country judge, a failing |
which he shares with the most aHe .
jurists who have sat in the Court ?f J
Appeals. The World, as vras to fe
ftrnpf.fpd. enpq t'nrf.hpr than th#> nthfi*
papers, and hints what it dare xki '
assert, that the wealth of tha prisonei
was instrumental in securing the stay. |
The Herald is not surprised at Judge
Potter's decisiou. Its claim that M.\
Sharp's testimony before the Senate
investigating committee was proper
evidence we discuss in another plac3.
The evening papers, we are glad \o
state, exhibit more moderation and
intelligence than their morning con
temporaries, j&ven tne uommerciai
Advertiser, which has been asserting
vehemently- that Judge Potter could
find no excuse for granting a stay,
expresses its grief with a prcper show
of moderation, and says that the fate
of any one man is of little importance
compared with the danger that our
process threatens if justice shonld be
affected by clamor or outside dictation.
But view the question as we may, it
is well that Governor Hill has conven
ed an extra term of the Soglfmel
Court. "Wiiether Juage "
Judge Potter is at fault, there is no
reason why the points at issue affecting
Mr. Sharp should not be decided
as speedily as possible.?JV. Y. Star.
A MONUMEXTTO GOVERNOR PEEET.
(GrecnxiUe News.)
A handsome and imposing monument
has been erected over the grave
of ex-Gevernor Benjamin Franklin
Perry in the cemetery of Christ Episcopal
church, in this city. The monument
is of a design, chaste and beautiful
and befitting the character of the
noble patriot and statesman, whose
mo.rvn-vi.TT if Toill winjmpmftrftfe. Tfc
UigiUN/l J AV nm VV*?M.vm.v.mvv.
stands in the southeast corner of the
family burying lot, rising to a height
of twenty feet from the grass sod at
its feet.
The monument is of Barre granite.
It consists of three bases, supporting
a die, upon which rests a cap, from
which in turn rises the pyramidal
spire. The lower base is plain. On
the western face of the second base is
the name "Perry," sculptured in bold
letters in relief" There are no other
inscriptions on the bases.
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un eacn or me iour iaces 01 ujc uie
are raised tablets on the polished face
of which are lettered the inscriptions.
The western face contains the following:.
In memory of
Benj, Franklin Peert,
Born
November 20, 1805.
Died
Decembers, 1886.
On the opposite face of the die appears
the following inscription:
District Judge
and
District Attorney
of tha
Southern Confederacy.
State Senator and
Provisional Governor
of South Carolina
and
United States oenator
elect.
On the southern tablet are the
words, "The world is better that he
lived," and on the northern side, "Safe
in the keeping of everlasting love."
The shaft that rises from the cap of
the die is plain, except that on the ;
western face is an artistic monogram
of the letters "B. F. P." comprising '
the Governor's initials.
Tbe whole effect of the monnment (
is impressive. It stands next to the :
grave of the young daughter of Gov- ,
ernor and Mrs. Perry, and the con- '
trast thus brought to pass between the
sturdy statesman, dead in the ripeness ,
of an honored old age, and the maiden J
taken in the flower of youth and loveliness,
heightens the impressiveness of
the solid granite shalt. (
Lucky Boston. i
At the last drawing of the Louisiana :
State Lottery held in New Orleans June
14, New England was especially favored f
by the blind goddess, as parts of both the I
second grand prize of ?i00,000 and of the y
fourth prize of 325,000, as well as a great ?
number of smaller prizes, were drawn by !
tickets held in Maine and Massachusetts.
Mr. A. B. Clark and Mr. R. J. Tuffin, of I \
this city, each held a portion of the ticket J
that drew the fourth grand prize, and each <
are correspondingly elated.?Bottoa Cau-JM
rier, July 2. .
The Verdict Unanimous.
"W. D. Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Inu teg. j
tifies: "I can recommend Electric [sitters
as the very best remedy. Everyn>ottle '
sold has given relief in every easel one i
man took six bottles, and was cuf|.e(j 0f (
Rheumatism 01 ten years surname." '
Abraham Hare, Druggist, Bellville q^'0 :
affirms: "The best selling medicinefj jjavg iver
handled in my twenty yearsfl eXD . 1
rience, is Electric Bitters." lhous?n(j3^f I
others have added their testimony,jso that ]
the verdict is unanimous that Elecf^c Bit- 1
ters do cure all diseases of the Liv?r xid- i
neys or Blood. Only a half dollar^ bottle 1
it McMaster, Brice & Ketchin'i. Drue 1
Store. * (
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A. TRIP TO TEXAS.
NUMBER TWELVE. j
The city of Sherman, th2 county seat i
if Grayson county, is well laid out
vith good, wide streets, a number of
vhich arc ornamented by nice shade
rees; the silver maple predominatng,
as it is a much prettier tree thau
he Umbrella China or Elm, both of
vhich ycu also see here. It is located
m high, rolling laud, which gives it
latural drainage, nature thus com)ining
with art to make it a pretty
)lace. A population estimated at
,welve thousand, the last census giving
t ten, here finds active and lucrative
imployment, and has gathered around
hem all the modern city itnproveneuts,
such as street cars, electric
ights, gas, water works, etc. By an
^lightened ana Jioerai poncy iuuy
lave induced three railroad companies
to locate their lines through 'he
>ity, thu3 giving them competitive
ates to all points North, South, East,
>r West, by which to ship their grain,
iay, live stock and cotton, as weli as
mabling them to land goods at the
nimimum sum, and last, but not least,
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secure to me iraveuug [mum, aui^v
md comfortable accommodation,
oolite attention and cheap fare, tickets
selling at three cents a mile for lirst;Iass,
two and one-half for second class
passage. The manufacturing interests
;oneJst of four large Hour mills, threo
;orn mills, several foundries, round
.iouse and machine shops of one or
more railroads, cotton compresses, ice
factories and a cotton gin, which is
ilso an oil mill, said to be the largest
pn in the world, turning out daily
two huudred bales of cotton. This
furnishes employment to a large force,
md during our stay the puff, pulf of
ihe engine did not cease day nor night,
except the Sabbath. The public buildings
are substantially built of brick
ofn-na ovp finft snpeimens of
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architectural beauty. The most noticeable
of these is the'Court-house, in the
centre of the square, two hotels, the
Dpera house and two public school
buildings. The last named deserve
more than simply a passing- notice.
Both are large, three-storv brick buildins,
planned by an experienced aud
capable architect, and ornamented
with galvanized iron trimmings, made
right in the city. A sight of these
enables one to forgive the seeming
Willi VYU1V/U IUV/ c* f
points them out, for they are trulymagnificent.
These, together with
Austin College for young men, Slierman
Female Institute and Female
College, Prof. La Tellier's school for
boys and girls, and the academy under
the control of the Catholic Church,
gives this the name of the city of
schools. It was our good fortune as
well as pleasure to form the acquaintance
of a number of the solid, sub
stantial business men of this city. In
order that oar friends maykuow who to
write in case they^should ever wish to
do so,we will give the names of some of
these: J. P. Gei*en, who has the honor
of being the lord mayor of the city;
Lewis <fc Evins, real estate dealers;
James Harrison, of the firm of Pittman,
Harrison & Co., the largest
grain dealers in North Texas; Roberts,
JIardwicke & Taylor, hardware deal
ers, all three of whom are fine gentlemen,
and showed us considerable attention,
for which we are grateful.
A. F. Goode, Profs. J. C. Edmunds
and Wharton, of the Austin College;
Tom Randolph, the boy president of
the Merchants' and Planters' Bank,
who was made cashier before reaching
his maturity, and had to have his dis-kv-an
act-?the
Legislature: R. A. Chapman, vice-"
president of the same concern; Capt.
R. J. Cunningham, fromj Liberty Hill,
of this State, holds the position of
county treasurer. From his books was
obtained the following information:
Grayson county has an area of 960
square miles, with a population of
50,000. Horses and mules 16,763;
cattle 45,607; sheep 16,44; goats 518:
hogs 25,217. The county is out of
debt, pays as it goes and the taxes for
all purposes are eight and one-half
mills, or less than one per cent. Being
accustomed for several years to go
behind the ventures in our own county
we compared the returns as shown by
the books with the prices asked us for
land as a purchaser. We found the
asking price to be about three times
the amount on which taxes was paid.
From our limited observation, we
would say that the tax valuation is
about one-half of the true value.
The real estate dealers gave us a ride
every day into the country, assuring
us that it made no difference whether
we made a purchase or not, as they
were anxious to let strangers sec their
country. About one-third of the
country stands in original woods,
consisting of oak, hickory, elm, ash,
pecan and other timber, the remainder
being rolling prairie. The farms
were well tilled by v^hite labor and
devoted mainly to grain and grass,
those nearest the city having a considerable
area devoted to frait. We
noticed one orchard of twenty-five
acres, which was all the land owned
by the proprietor, who made a support
for self and family by cultivating
the spaces between the trees and from
the sale of his fruit. The owner of
one farm wishing to show us his wheal:
wr\ f*r-rr\ riAOfc Otul Ctoivl
UC1U JJUiiUU U [J HYV ^VOtOj uuu oiuuu
ing on one while his hired man stood
on the other thus pressing down the
wires, invited us to drive in. We
were driving two horses, and taking
the old gentleman in, wc drove right
over and through this wheat field of
one hundred and sixty acres. A
better idea of the fertility and beauty
of these fields can be given the reader
by simply stating that they have
yielded the present season, of wheat
twenty-five bushels, some fields giving
forty-two per acre, oats seventy-five
to eighty-five bushels. Corn is estimated
at from forty to fifty, and cotton
at one bale per acre. We noticed that
rv?l\r email nrpas wprfi nlailted in
cotton, and asked a renter why this was
so. The reply was that more cotton '
wonld compel! them to stop the children
from school. But we have finished
the work which we had in view,
and not wishing to abuse the hospitality
so freely extended, we a?;ain
bid adieu to our new made friends
some of whom actually go with us to
the depot, and set our face homeward.
Upon application at the railroad office,
[ am informed that the inter-State
commerce bill will prevent me trom
jetting a through ticket. "We buy as
for. ooof oo vco ran hv VtiV of
Houston, Sfew Orleans, Birmingham
md Atlanta, and make oar way to
Carolina. The fields of sugar-cane,
rice and irrigated corn of Louisiana,
is well a* the cities; above-mentioned,
might each form the basis of a commutiicatmnj
but these letters have already
lenstffensd out beyond our intention
^expectation, we having no idea of
^writing a book." And now kind
readers our talk is done, in.uiiat manuer
it is for you to say.' We have
mentioned many ^things which perhaps
in themselves sound trivial, but
which appeared to us to be necessary,
in order to give a true pen picture of
of the country and its people. We
have written" without fear, favor or
hope of reward, and with the desire I
of inducing no man to leave the old ,
State which we all love so dearly, the
mention of whose will ever fill us* with
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the tenderest emotions. ? na regret
fvc sever the lies of friendship which
iave been cemented by an intercourse
)f more than twenty years, and go
g??m?QMBcnroca?ggmjBiiBf
forth to seek social, religious and educational
advantages without which
life is but a burden, and which we can
in the old home no longer enjoy.
"With a sigh fur those who love me,
And a smile for those who hate;
And whatever sky is above me,
With a heart for every fate."
We bid yon, Messrs. Editors, aud
your readers, a fond and affectionate
adieu. j. v.
OUK EXCHANGES.
(J[anning Times.)
Fred Scott, colored, was tried on
Monday for failure to do road work,
and fined five dollars, lie p'.ead as an
excuse that he was a Bishop of the
Free Will Baptist Church, but the justice
and a theological expert faiicd to
recall any such office in that denomination.
Several other parties were
arraigned for this offence, but they
were acquitted for the reason that
they were not properly warned.
(Pee Dee Index.)
So far no complaint has been made
of boll worms or caterpillars in this |
county. In Sumter, Jiamptou, urange- |
barg and perhaps other countics these J
enemies ot the cotton plant have made
their appearance. It is to be sincerely
hoped that Marion will cscape the
ravages of these vermin. While the
buik of the crop is already made still
there is time for the cotton to make
and mature a good deal more, which,
with favorable conditions, it will do.
( Aiken Recorder.)
On Sunday morning the dead body
of a negro man who was identified as
Primus Wright, of Hamburg, was
found lying on the south side of the
South Carolina Jiailroad track, a few
hundred yards on the west side of
Horse Creek, by persons on a Sunday
fishing excursion from Augusta. The
railroad authorities were quickly notified
and a special engine and car was
sent to Graniteville for the coronerHe
was carried to the place and an inquest
held, when the jury returned a
verdict that the deceased came to his
death by being struck by the pilet of a
nnesanffni- nncrinr> TcViilf Ivincr on the
-J-~0 I
track, and exonerated the railroad ;
company from all blame. Wright's
head was split in twain, and the body
was found lying within two feet of the
rail. The body was taken to Hamburg,
where a "large crowd of negro
friends soon gathered. It is though!,
by raauy that Wright was murdered
with an "axe or some heavy instrument
and then laid near the track in order
to create the impression that his death
was caused by the train. The truth
of this theory will probably never be
known.
(Edgefield Monitor.)
"While a night meeting was going on
at Sardis Church, near Sit. Willing, on
Thursday night, a thunderstorm came
up and a mule belonging to Mr. Joel
Minick, which was hitched to a tree
near church, was struck by lightning
ai:d killed. Mr. M. M. Ilolston, who
was sitting at one ef the windows of
the cnarch, was slightly burned on
the neck by a current of the fluid.
(Edgefield Chronicle.)
'On "Wednesday, our Clerk of Court
received from Judge "Wallace the
order admitting Jones to bail?in the
sum of ten thousand dollars?with not
less than two nor more than four
sore sureties. We are willing to believe
that Judge Wallace has done the
best he could under the law. We
suppose Jones can give the bond. The
sureties are to justify in twice the
sum. The law by which such a murderer
as Jones goes at large, ought to
be amended as soon as possible, to
meet such cases. And here will be a
bond which it wouldJbeJbppve our
"grsfrtrjary or a "ftpAo.iafccommittee" io'
look narrowly ialo?very narrowly.
(Yorkvdlc Enquirer.)
For some time past Inteudant
O'Leary and a number of other citizens
have been obtaining information in
regard to the expediency of providing
a system of water works for Yorkville.
An estimate has been received from a
contractor putting the cost of suitable
works at a sum not exceeding $7,000.
This estimate includes 6,600 feet of
four-inch pipe, a steam pump, tank,
hydrants for ?re purhoses, ctc. The
matter will be canvassed with the view
of ascertaining what steps are necessary
to ensure the success of the enterprise.
(Sumter Advance.)
The true way to build up a town is
to talk it up and not talk it down.
Then pationize everything at home
conrlinrr alirrtarl TllPn flH
xuoi^au vi uviiu4i<Q MMWU ?
vertise liberally the advantages you
have to offer. Give your local papers
all the work you have to do.
Most of our merchants are now in
the markets, laying in their supplies,
and now is the time to plant advertisements,
so as to attract the attention of
the people, and start the volume of
trade this way as early in the season
as possible. Starting in time will do
o arcai- /IaoI
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POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel of
purity, strength and wholesomeness. More
economical than the ordinary kinds, and
cannot be sold in competition with the ;
multitude of low test, short weight alum !
or phosphate powders. Hold only in cans.
Royal Baking Powder Co., 10G Wall
St., N. Y.
bold by McMaster, Brice & Ketchin,
Grocers. ilchSfxly
TIT! A_
100 LBS. HYSON TEA,'
J
BOUGHT FAVORABLY, AND OF- 1
* FERED FOR SALE AT50c., <50c., i
70c. AND 80c. PER POUND. ]
ALSO, <
10 ISS. POULTKY F0WD3E, 1
IN BULK, AT FIVE CENTS AN
OUNCE, AT THE DRUG
STORE OF
W. E. AIKEX. 2
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ATemWeSrecalOgsralioa j
A FATAL MISTAKE. I
! a
The Cleveland (Ohio) Fress, ?
of February 23d, 1883, pub- i?
listed an account of a fatal j 6
surgical operation which caused J
a great commotion among med- iSl
ical men throughout the whole i
country, Dr. Thayer, the most ;
eminent surgeon in Cleveland, j
pronouncing it scandalous. It j
appears tliat a Mrs. Xing Lad |
been suffering for many years j ^
from some disease of the stom- j ?
UC1I. YVUUUU HcIU. XW131UI CJJLU I ,j
I
treatment of all the physicians .
in attendance. The disease c
commenced with a slight de- ;
rangement of the digestion, I
with a poor appetite, followed ! ^
by a peculiar indescribable dis- i
tress in the stomach, a feeling l
that has been described as a
faint "all gone" sensation, a J
sticky slime collecting about --i?
x?-l"L ??? .j n
me tee tu, causixj^ ii
able taste. This sensation, was
not removed by food, but, on 1
the contrary, it was -increased. 1
** 1
After a while the hands and J
feet became cold and sticky? ?
a cold perspiration. There
was a constant tired and lan- i
guid feeling. Then followed a J
dreadful nervousness, with
gloomy forebodings. Finally
the patient was unable to retain
any food whatever, and
there was constant pain in the
abdomen. All prescribed remedies
failing to give relief, a
consultation was held, when it
was decided that the patient
had a cancer in the stomach,
and in order to save th e patient's life
an operation was justin- ?
* "?* 1? - - j-1- - c\o.i i
a Die. iiccoramgiy, on mo zzu i c
of February, 1883, the opera- c
ticn was performed by Dr. \
Vance in the pres nee o? Dr. I
Tuckermaa, Dr. Ferrier, Dr. j
Arms, Dr. Gordon, Dr. Capner, 0
and Dr. Ilnlliweli of the Police
Board. The operation consist- 1
ed in laying open tlio cavity
of the abdomen and exposing ,
the stomnch and bowels. When a
this had been done an oxamin- \
ation of the organs \v:& made, 1
7 Cl
but to the horror a:id dismay
of the doctors there was no cancer
to be found. The pa- i
tient did not bav? a cancer, o
VvLeu itx? t.li-0 judical men J
discovered that they had made ,
a terrible mistake; but they '
sewed the parts together and
dressed the wound that they
had made, bnt the poor woman 1
sank from exhaustion and died
in a few hours. How sad it i
must be for the Lusbsnu of tliis 1
poor woman to know that Lis
wife died from the eirecls of a
surgical operation that ought 1
never to have been performed, i
If this woman had taken the
proper remedy for Dyspepsia T
and Kervous Prostration (for ,
this was what the disease really 1
was), she would have been living
to-day. Shaker Extract of i
Hoots, or Seigel's Curative 1
Syrup, a remedy raade ex- T
T" *i r
pressiy lor jjyspepsia or mai- i
^estion, lias restored many such
eases to perfect health after all I
other kinds of treatment have a
failed. The evidence of its S
efficacy in curing this class of b
cases is too voluminous to be e
published here; but those who ?
read the published evidence in si
favor of this dyspeptic? remedy a
do not question its convincing n
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nature, ctn-.l tL; article lias an
extend v. |
MEvV 1 EEIV4LS 1
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?AT? D
S. S. WOLFE'S. r
i
!
\\J & carry the largest stock of Teas in {
u the place, ajicl sell at low figures.
Coffees and Sugars, at prices not to be i
undersold. Rice, flour, Grits, Meal, New
Orleans and West India Syrups.
Just opened, the very finest Lemons.
CANNED GOODS.
Salmon, Sardines and Lobsters and Oysters.
We have Three-Pound Cans Boast
Beef, large and small Cans Corned Beef,
small ana large Cans Beef Tongue? /cry
fine. Potted Ham, Turkey and Chickens,
Fresh Cheese and Maccaroni.
JUST RECEIVED.
Quarter Boxes Raisins, Currants and
Citron. Powdered Sugar and Spices of
ill
ALSO, ^
Oat Ileal. Farina, Ilice Fioar and Sago.
S"e\v Iluta Baga Turnip Seed, ail of which
will be sold cheap for Uisli.
S. S. Vv'OLFE. ^
WIDE ATtVAKE.
"TAKE CARE OF THE CEXTS,
;ne cioiiars win uikc care 01 uiL-m&civcs.
rt"e have been told we are the only house
n town that practices exact change. No
jenuriousness; our goods are marked at
Sew Idea Prices (small profits). The odd Pl
:ents belong justly to the customer. We as
say it. One hundred cents saved will
juv 120 boxes matches.
J. il. EEATY & BRO
BREAKFAST ST KIPS,
SUGAR-CURED. WHO SAYS TIIEY
ire not nice? Xo one. L<
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CAPITAL PRIZE, $150,000.
i; Yi'e do hereby certify that ire supervise ^
rearrangements for all the Monthly and
'cni-Auirtnl Drawings of The Ixmuiana
'lute Lottery Company, and in person mange
and control the Draftings themselves,
nd that the tame arc conducted icith honity.
fairness and in good faith toward all
artt-cs, and ire authorize the Company to
se this ccrtif.catc, isith the facsimiles oj our
'gnaiures attached, i lis advertisements." v
Commissioners.
We the undersigned BanJcs and Bankers a
.illpay all Prizes draicn in The Louisiana i
'tate lotteries which may be presented at
ur counters.
- il. OGLESSV. I'rcs. Louisiana, 2fat. Bk. js
'IICIiUK LAXAVX, Pres. State Nat. Bk.
L. BALDWIN, Pres.New Orleans Nat. Bk. *
IAP.L KOHN, Pres. Union National Bk.
T
| , NPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION! ?
U OVER HALF A MILLION DISTRIBUTED.
jouisiana State Lottery Company.
Incorporated in 18(38 for 25 years by ..the
iC.^isIature for Educational and Charitable ^
lurposes?'with a capital of ?1,000,000?to
irfcicb a reserve fund of over $550,000 has
ince been added.
By an overwhelming popular vote its
ranchise was made a part of the present
itate Constitution adopted December 2nd, l
L 1). 1879.
The only Lottery ever voted on and en'orscd
by the pcopte of any State.
It never scales or postpones.
Its Grand Single Number Drawings take jjgfl
ilrtce Monthly, and the Semi-AKnoal
Drawings regularly every six months
June and December).
ASS'LEXDII) OPPORTUNITY TO ^
,V1S A FORTIJXE. NINTH GRAND - "W
>RAWJNG. CLASS I, IN THE ACADEMY OF ^
i I'SIC. NEW ORLEANS, TUESDAY.SEPTEM- 1
>EU 13,1SST?208th Monthly Drawing.
yi * -r-v-i-m a r "rfcr^trf'n ^-t ^/v aa/\
liArliAJj rjdixjc;, <piou,uw.
OTICE.?Tickets are TEN DOLjAKS
ONLY. Halves, ?3. Fifths, ?2.
tenths, ?1.
LIST OF PRIZES.
X CAPITAL PRIZE OF $150,000. .$150,000
1GRAND PRIZE OF 50,000.. 50,000 ^
1 GRAND PRIZE OF 20,000.. 20,000
2 LARGE PRIZES OF 10,000.. 20,000
i LARGE PRIZES OF 5,000.. 20,000
20 l'RIZES OF 1,000.. 20,000
50 (To 500.. 25,000
100 do 300.. 30,000
2'jO do 200.. 40,000
oOO do 100.. 50,000
APPROXIMATION PRIZES.
100 Approxi't'n Prizes of ?300.. ?30,000 *""?
100 do do 200.. 20,000
100 do do ' 100.. 10,000
1,000 Terminal do 50.. 50,000
:.l"9 Prizes, amounting to ?535,000
Application for rates to clubs sliould be made
inly* to tiic offlce cf tie Company In New
>r:eans.
For further information write clearly, giving '
ull address. POSTAL NOTES, Express \
iloncy Orcers. or New York Exchange in ordllary
letter, currency by Express (at our exicnsc)
addressed
51. A. DAUPHIN,
New Orleans, La.,
r X. A. DAUPHIN*.
Washington, jl). C.
Address Kegistered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK,
New Orleans, La.
RFAiFMRF^ That the presence or
Generais Beauregard 4
md Early, who are in charge or the drawings,
5 a guarantee or absolute fairness and lnteglty,
that the chances are all equal, and that
to one can possibly divine what numbers will
Lraw a Prize.
j&^MESISJER that the payment of all
>rf-A.1S M" ARAWrn 3V FOFR
l'ATIO.Vi\L BAXRS ot New Orleans, and
he Tickets oro-^tgiitd hy the President or an
nstltution, wiic^e chartered rights are recogtlzcd
In ihe highest Courts, therefore, heware
it any imitations c? anonymous schemes. t.
kjatii Caroili>:4r~fianVay
nOiDIEXCIXG'SUNDAY, JUNE, 12,
U 1837, at G.10 A. M., Passenger Trains
vill run as follows, "Easterr time:"
TO AND FROM CHARLESTON.
EAST (DAILT).
depart Columbia.. G.50 a. m. 5.33 p. m,
)ne Charleston 10.35 a. m. 9.45 p. m.
Y.-EST (DAILT).
Jepart Charleston. 7.00 a. m. 8.00 p. m.
)ue Columbia 10.43 a. m. 9.45 p. m.
TO AND FROM CAMDEN.
EAST (DAILY EXCE1T SU2JDAY.) ]
a. m. a. m. p-m.
)epart Columbia. ..6.50 7.45 5.00 5.33
p m. p. m. p. m. p, m.
)ue Camden 12.52 12.52 7.42 7.42 '
V.'EST (DAILY SUXDAY EXCEI'TED.)
a. m. a. m. p. m. p. m. 4*
)epartCamden 7.45 7.45 3.S0 3.30
a. m. a. m. u m. u m.
)ue Columbia 10.25 10.45 7.30 9.45
TO AND FROM AUGUSTA.
EAST (DAILY).
)epart Columbia.. 6.50 a. m. 5.33 p. m.
)ue Augusta 11.40 a. m. 10.25 p. m.
west (daily).
)epart Augusta... G.10 a. m. 4.40 p. m.
>ue Columbia 10.45 a. m. 9.55 p. m.
CONNECTIONS ?
lade at Union Depot, Columbia, with V
laiumbia & Greenville Railroad by train
rriving at 10.45 A M, and departing at ^
. 33 P. Also, with 0. C. & A. Railroad
y same train to and from all points on ,
uth roads.
Passengers take Breakfast and Supper at
'.ranchviile and Columbia Depot.
At Pregnalls to and from all points on
lutawville liaiiroad. At Charleston with ^ ^
Learners for New York, Jacksonville and '
oints on St. John's River on Tuesdays W
nd Saturdays: with Charleston and Sayan- 1JE
ah liaiiroad to and from Savannah and v
oints in Florida daily.
At" AtKTMcfn with (-La/wrrin or?/3 1
w MAVM VVX'ijjltt *4A?Vl VUUUA1 I
:ailroads to and from all points West and
outh. At Blaekville to and from points
ii Barnwell Railroad. Through tickets
in be purchased to ail points South and j
rest by applying to u
X102S' DEPOT, Agent, Columbia, S. C. M
DUX B. PECK, General Manager. B
. C. ALLEN, Gen. Pass. & Ticket Agt, X j
Charleston, S. C. 0
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In addition to my stock heretofore J
i hand, I have just received a carad
of fine ' 4
'r i
HESTERS MORSES AXD
JUICES, J
'Inch I ofler at reasonable prices. I
ill also exchange for
00> STO K. ~
Parties wishing anything in this line ^
ill do well to give" me a call before ?
irehasinsr, as I will guarantee both 1
to quality and price.
A. WILLIFORD, f
WTV\xt).nRn ? n ^
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FAMILY GROCERIES,
ALL Kixrs. T1IE BEST GOODS. C
iwest prices. J
J. il. BEATT & CO,