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i^VOL. XLY. WINNSBORO, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1888. JB I NOT THOU, BUT J. It must have been for one of us my own To drink this cup, and eat this bitter bread. Had not my tears upon thy face been shed. Thy tears had dropped on mine; if I alone Did not walk now, thy spirit would have known 32y loneliness, and did my feet not tread This weary path and steep, thy feet had bled For mine, and thy mouth had for mine mada moan. | And so It comforts me, yea, not in vain, L To think of thy eternity of sleep, L To know thine eyes aio "tearless though mine weep; And when this cup's last bitterness I drain B Ono thought shall still its primal sweetness keep: H Th^ll haiirit. f.hA nnrl T t nr'/Tr-inrr r%alri ? ?Philip Bourko Mars to a. ^rtfrother's Keeper. i A WOfiilFS WORK OF LOYE MD DUTY. J ST HART Iiant CATHESWOOD, f Author or "Craque o" Doom," " Stephkn Guthrie," "Thb Lone man's Cabin," and Other Stories. McArdle stood with his hands in his over | ccat pocKets untu tue air grew ausner around him. He walked down hill slowly, knowing fiow Phcebe raust shrink at the supper table, how the constraint would drive her upstairs, and .how shocked Mrs. Holmes would be if she knew what he had said to Phcebe. A variety of stings kept him smarting, and he occupied so much time in his sauntering that it was night before he saw the lights of Greensburg. Gurley turned his mare's head toward the hill road as McArdle passed the Mounds, ^^^gtaapexchanged a word, barely dis tinguishjg^mg each other's faces. Kg aiCArcue coma picture uuriev's norse ] ?! standing by the Holmes hitching post. But i Bp: ?e could not picture Phoebe looking out at it W from her chamber window as she did, and P. hesitating to answer the caller's demand for r herself. "Oh, the wonder palace!" whispered Phcebe to her unresponsive window-sill, her voice hissing softly through the darkness of xne room. "J. must pus my neaa into it ior a minute and imagine things. I must pretend I am a little happy. In the wonder palace I have always been a girl like Miss Fawcett, and a friend has come to call on me, and I am just trailing down stairs in a long soft - . dress to meet hi? the friend. It is sunny r weather, and I have flowers by my ^vaist and m my hair. And now I am just reaching out my hand." She opened her eyes, the wonder palace being shattered by a noise outside. At first ft appeared the Iriend was riding away, as friends so often r ao ouisiae 01 wonaer paiaces; out wnen ne I silhouetted himself against the lighter background she saw it was her brother Thane White. Phoebe threw her window up and penetrated the distance betwixt them with a low but distinct calL He looked over his shoulder and drew rein. The young mare moved resentfully and kept describing uneasy half circles. "You are not going to do that," said raceoe. "Come down here," he replied, cautiously beckoning. "If I leave the window you will gallop off. ' But don't think I'll not telL" He uttered a derisive hiss. "I'm open to argument," he replied, "if you're quick.1' WZ a | Hcuse ?ave HSy. I put my to borrow a OP/s your fault all He along the road the Shouldn't raise anything. WRi things, up." Hr&elp," said Phoebe. BSdrilbe out of sight befora yg? j HRtv your breath again. This is a HRter. Tell you what I'll do, though, il K insist. I'll sell you the horse for a hun m. srnt a r WUUUuaio. A uva uvj ^ J ^MH5uJreu~uollars hid away. 'Taint safe to BHBait, but I'll wait on? minute, while you HHBring out the monay." B? aThane, it's no vaq to tell you Thorn** BSsd I are destitute " H "Not a bit. I doa't want this horse pae? ? Mpcularly, but I must have him or mo Kcni can buy me off cheap this t?^-Snd I^Bril honestly clear. There's a in this ^^ neighborhood I don't want^r^a-ve see me." |H "How many times you 'honestly f cleared'?" "A good many- <But I'm telling you clear - truth. It ai^^heaitny ior uci c uvn* kTv | here's <* 'good horse and the equipments thrown in going for less than half price, cash in hand. Rupand fetch your money once, run and leutx your money twice"? "I will," sai<?-Phoebe, desperately. "Down to ^e gate," he stipulated. "I want a Z& start if you're goin' to do any tiling j*ean." gjv? ran up-siairs, gTupeu m <* uui^u 4>dwer, took out a sealed envelope and held it up against the window light. Then, set ting her teeth she slipped down again. "(Set off," and give me the bridle in my said Phcebe, when Thane reached ' " .om the saddle for her envelope. He laughed, but dismounted, looking suspiciously toward the house. The sittingroom curtains muffled their lamp-light, but Bandv's back-kitchen candle flared out on ^ " ~ ?-A -.V <3 ??sVi AW or?i^ tne wooc-pue wmie sue wasucu uuuca ouu soared among the rafters of the tune called Hebron. *'I keep the bridle myself, my lady," said Thane, "till the money's counted out." JPya&erBess at this point utterly rebelled ^against liim, or whether Phoebe frightened her, she reared directly over Thane and flung hisi by her bridle off his feet. Snort BXORTIN'G A-YD NEIGHIXG, HE CLATTERED CP -liir. cujiiy. ing and neighing she clattered up the avenue, bringing Gurley out of the house followed by Torn Holmes, who paused on the step with Mrs. Holmes in the doorway bct;iud li:m. "Never uiind," called back Gurley. "She li let me catch her when she gets over her fright. Something's frightened her.'' ' Likely story!" exclaimed Tom Holmes. 'I knew that mare'd have some trick, and now you see she's unhitched herself.. Shall I come and help you?" "No," replied Gurley, laughing. "I won't have vou. She's just up here in a corner. Shut the door. Mrs. Holmes "will gateh cold." <;You better let me help you," repeated Tom Holmes, with merry laziness, withdrawing into the house as he spoke. "We don't want you rolling about here in j our way," responded Gurley. "Ho, Bess; come here," he coaxed, walking towards ^ 59 favorite, &? the dosing door wiped to tablet of light from the ground. But as he approached he traced another figure beside Bess, holding the bridle. "I hf;ve her," said Phoebe. "You didn't come out for that!" exclaimed Gurley. "Here she is. Hold tight to her bfidle, Mr. Gurley." "Oh, Bess is no runaway. At least, she wasn't before you put a premium on her capers. I am obliged, to ner lor cringing you down-stairs. May be I've been persecuting you vrith calls lately. "No!" said. Phoebe, earnestly. "No? Take my arm back to tbo bouse, won't you? There's a harrow or part of an old wagon-bed wrecked hereabouts, and the starlight is hardly strong enough for us to see it. I know the bearings pretty well, tVirm o-Vi " "Mr. Gurley, -will you do a great, great service for me?" "Don't you know I would do anything in the world for you?" "But this is so risky, so dangerous, I ought not to ask it. I want you to take me to Mr. Barker's. I am afraid to stay here 1" "Afraid?" said Gurley. There he stopped, without dwelling even in thought upon the probable cause. "You are not arraia or Jtsess, anynow," ce observed, with a slight laugh. "Or her present saddle, either. Will you ride her and let me lead?" "Oh, thank you." "Not at all, I assure you. And I know you can mount from the hand. That's it. Are you at all comfortable now?" "Yes," replied Phoebe. I feel safe already." "She must learn to walk, and she hates it," said Gurley, as they started, Bess giving an impatient jerk at her rein. I am having a lady's saddle made. Jr'syche Fawcett offered me hers, but it is hardly modern enough, so I'm having one mad? according to my notions. You said you'd ride with me. -But I scarely expected we'd set out this way.'" Phoebe laughed. "But I'm glad she hates to walk. "When you go home, ride fast. There might be something on the road." "I did have an adventure below here," said Gurley, recollecting. "Some fellow tried the crank of grabbing my bridle, but I marked him, and he'll probably get excused from chapel for a few days." "What is that by the gate?" breathed Phoebe, shrinking toward the horse's neck. "Nothing but a bush." "Oh, yes; I remember." "Our eyes will soon be accustomed to the dark. I don't believe I know the best rout? to Barker's. They live off the main road, don't they?" "Yes, and if we turn into the woods hera by the school-house there is a sled road which will lead us." Into the woods near the school-house they accordingly turned. The night air made a far-away aeolian sound among tree limbs, and beyond the Hollow, Guy's dogs could be beard barking at intervals. Phoebe cowered once or twice again, btit the sentinel object ahead of them always proved to be a stump instead of Thane. She glanced backward, suspecting that he had followed them; he had disappeared toe soon after Bess overthrew him to be far off. As Gurley's and Bobs' feet trod undisturbed ahead, however, Phcebe's confidence returned. "If you come to ham on my account," she said, ill would not know how to endure it." "Do you think these woods are full of wolves and robbers?" laughed Gurley. "As bug ago as my jacket days they hadu't aven a wildcat to make them interesting. Painter is the only monster that is sup nosed to haunt " them now. Have you auy twiap on? Aren't you cold?" V 'Must a little cold, but I hadn't noticed it \7self. I did not step for a shawl. And a^at will they think when they find you are wj? wltfiout any overcoat i" jjontfcey'Ll think l'ia chasing Be. 3 toward 1 "TiWble," replied Gurley, in amusement, her siVs fortunate I snatched up my hat. "It w:Vou must let me wrap this around Here: Riders." He halted Bess. your sho?\s it?" inquired Phcpk?? hut the "What bis shirt-sleeves ws*? token enough, gleam of woe't take .your oo3t, Mr. Gur"Indeed,w, I will ^ If >'ou don't put it ley. Indee\go h^k ^ the dark by myself.^ on again I'll^nis^t. [t is not a OA "cuiuoo I am chilly. "As/^Sl^ase,'' said Gurley, throwing it JiS5 arm and moving on. "It does yn^of cigars. I feel like a grand wood fcKopper stalking along this way." "It wasn't cigars. You know it wasn't cigars. 1 want you to put it on, please." "Here," said Gurley, "is a conflict of wills. The fine-tempered but firm inelastic woman's will, and the big brutal man's wiUIf he gives way he creates a dangerous precedent, and in this case makes himse^ contemptible." "It isn't any conflict," said Pb^ebe. "I'm only beggingyou to do as I want you to." "That's the artful way in which the wornnn'< Tv-iii a rift rates." lauehed Gurley. "But I will obey you," he added, with gentle seriousness, "even in this case, because your slightest wish is going to have a life-long power over me." "No," gasped Phoebe, feeling her heart close its muscles as with a grip. "Yes. My place is at your bridle rein." He turned his face up toward her, his eyes smiling through the dark, and threw the ooat around his shoulders, buttoning it un-' der his chin. "I don't want to be too warm while you are not wrapped at all, though." "And that's a man's obedience," said Phoebe, in a strange voice, which she could; not make playful. uYes; his loyal obedience." They moved forward in silence, save the sound made by walking. Phoebe felt the blood beat in every part of her body. The ?" 3 ~ ittolwav. ViQ-iri n cr sueiLennx wuyu? ?ccin&u >vui v. spice of odorous barks and the breath of the1 first spring flower in the air. "1 never have been on this path before," said Gurley. "Have you?" "No, never," breathed Phoebe. "Oh? what am I saying! I have been through these woods often." "I'd like it," he continued, "if we were going straight on to Heaven knows where. Some happy vailey, may be. So far as my interest in the matter is concerned the rest of creation may go by the board. This is an unusual ride, isn't it! How keen the starlight is. Two going down to Egypt to escape Herod." | "I feel quite safe from Eerod," said Phoebe, ruDDJng an agitaxeu paim uu u?o ueck, -'with. you. Bui there isn't any happy valley or pleasant end to this ride. It's a very , unhappy valley. And your place is not at my bridle rciu." "The existing fact disperses that statement." "But I mean anymore." "Now is always the beginning of hereafter," said Gurley. "I am here now. Let a stronger man put me out of my place if he can." "Listen!" said Phoebe, sitting alert. "And don't you see somebody coming yonder?" As they crunched on, feet approaching ,v-m oicrv ori.l tivn fitnirfts wav ered, now together aud now apart, as they picked tinner footing about the roots of wayside trees. Gm ioy a deep breath of regret as ! !lv r4. t ?'.i V Uii.i .! t. "U S .*.!*. U>ui ili'ti. 1 KllO'A MS voice." "Whom have we here'"' demanded the easier, as trie parties emv?un.-n;u . Dther. "Ob Mr. Barker. 1 was coming to your aouse. And you are going away." "Yes, but you save us a walk, Miss Phoebe. We were setting out to see you. Is this young Gurley' Good evening, sir, good evening." "Good evening," responded Gurley, carrying iiis white sleeved hand to his hat i:i ialut ing the master's wife. -It V. 1:? ericg ;o have a convoy sent out Tor u^> MLs Phoebe has been trembling through the A-coas, but she ought to feel safe in the heart jL a party like this." ' Why, you surely didn't expect to be, molested, child?" said Mrs. Barker, with a pang of anxiety in her tone. "I didn't know," hesitated Phoebe.. ".Need you go any further now, Llr. Surley? I can walk; it's but a step. You uye9,?my place is at your bridle rein." :an ride . fast throujjti the woods going back, and watch the dark places along the road." ; l'He will proceed with us to the bouse,". said Mr. Barker, decidedly. ' Certainly I shall," corroborated Gurley. "You shouldn't turn me off as a bad es;ort the moment you can better yourself, to finf^nuntar dark ulaees alon? the road and so on." "You'll want to see the fire," said Mrs., Barker. "Seems as if neither of you has on warm enough things." "You got my note, did you, Mr. Barker?" inquired Phoebe, as they entered the cleared space and sa^t the cabin's bay win-' Sow wavering with pleasant firelight. " I got no note," replied the master, striding in the lead. His wife walked by' Bess' right side and held the girl's hand in', her woollen shawL ; "Hut I thought that was why you were' joining. 1 seut you a note and wanted to v.'vn ft. wa.s liertessarv for me to see' jrou." "We heard tales," explained Mrs. Barker, in a low voice. "And he thought, and 1 did, iou, we ought to go over and see you." "Then you were coming anyhow?before [ told you any thing," said Phoebe, bearing heartily upon Mrs. Barker's hand. "1 got no note." the master repeated, :hanging his emphasis. "But impressions were received. There seems to be a demoralizing spirit abroad." Phoebe knew h? ivas casting a quelling look around the hni-i-nri as around a. large school-room. "And I considered it was time to investigate.. and bring proper authority to bear on thft ring-leaders." Tbank you," said Phcebe. They came up in front of the house, and she was lifted down by Gurley. She begged that Bess should be put in the stable instead of tied carelessly to a tree. Therefore the master, carrying the padlock key, piloted Gurley to his log barn, where the cow had her stall and was sighing that low tune cattle seem to breathe to themselves over the cud. "Orcutt is in bed," said Mrs. Barker, drawing: chairs before the fire and shaking away some of the ashes with which she cautiously smothered the boldest flames before starting. "You don't look as pale as I expected to see you. but your eyes are too big." 'I've been stretching them open of nights," said Phoebe. "I haven't beensleeping as peacefully as your boy since we talked here the last time. The log house and all the plans are gone, Mrs. Barker. And much?much worse." "Never you mind. Wait till become? ra' We didn't relieve what woarraTbut he's teif. it ?md you must tell him the whole , krox-oie." Wheu he came in and threw his army overcoat on the deer-antlers and saw Gur HE STOOD AT THE ENTD OF THE MANTEL. ley placed in his own throne before the fire | and Phoebe in the rocker, he stood at the end of the mantel and said: "Now, Mrs. Barker, we'll have a taste of that root-beer you bottle away for the blood in the spring. My blood has been heated lately and I think it needs medicating. Mr. Gurley, 1 never had the pleasure of sprouting your jacket, but your father before you has run many a race with me; he was a l^nrr lonraro/1 Inn CT-winded fellOW. and fail' iU ,uuO-'vSS-l o a wrestle. 1 know something of your stock, and I suppose you wouldn't be where you are to-night if you didn't mean to befriend this young lady." 4,I think I've declared my friendship to her, sir." "Heh?" said the master, keenly interrogative. " And it's certainly a loss to me that I've never been here before, to cultivate the good will of my father's old friends." 411 didn't mean that," said the master, with massive sincerity. "The generation coming in never runs after the generation going out. But you're welcome for his sake." Mrs. Barker brought not only the rootbeer but a platter of nut-calces. These she portioned 011 her flowered plates, and poured the beer into tumblers as heavy as lumps of quartz. This liquid might have been a tap of the very juice then coursing upward everywhere from the earth; it suielled so ripe of wood odors. " There's all the roots and barks in it," explained the master's wife, "boiled down and strained, and cleared with yeast. And it saves a doctor bill every spring." "Now, Miss Phoebe," said the master, standing on the health with his tumbler held before him and his nut-cakes bandy on the mantel, "you're not to feel that you're on trial.'1 1 want to be put on trial," replied Phoebe, keeping her eyes on the plate in her lap. i; Let her eat her bite in peace first, Ogre," begged Mrs. Barker, pulling a splint-bottomed chair to the corner opposite her husband and sitting down with her own refreshment. "Then she can talk. The poor child, she never came here that she didn't have to stand an examination of some kin (J. ' j I'd rather speak at oni"e," saiu rmeuc. | " Tell us the rights of it, then, in as few i words us you can, but remember you are 1 not going to say any thing which will alter our impressions about yourself." 44 1 hope not, Mr. Barker." " Certainly not," he affirmed, coming down with a mastiff-like crunch upon a nut cake. 44 It's my older brother who has followed me here. And he is," said Phoebe, with effect, "just out of prison." 44 Oh, dear!'' murmured the master's wife, "that's worse than Thoi uey." 44 t Hnn't know what I should have done if j Xhorney hadn't been the boy he is," ob| served Phoebe, with maternal dignity. Gur I ley smiled at her. j " Stick to the analysis of the sentence an.i omit rules and explanations," commanded the master. ''Miss Phcebe, what turned this brother to bad courses, and what bearing has his conduct had on your past history?" i4I don't remember when he e%'er turned to any thing else, and once his conduct bore so heavily on our history that I thought I would end my part of it. It was when I first grew sure?that he meant to; make us ?worse than he.was." Gurley's great stump chair .faced abou * ^ T> .. A, TM /U A WitU a ]ei'K towara ioe rat-iter. Dutruucw met the older man's eyes, continuing: "I could not get out of the trouble that way, though, and leave Thoruey. I've lived right ahead." ''Have you no recollection of your parents:" "Only a glimmer, like fancying you 6ee a star between clouds." "In order that we may thoroughly understand your position, iliss Phoebe, give us a skeleton outline of what you do recollect." "I recollect first, Thane's whipping [me J and Thorney doubling his fists at him. We j were ui a great nuiw I dim to me. "When I was seven or eigtxt years old we lived in Pittsburgh at an orphan asylum. Thane was gone for several years. I knew afterwards he was serving out a sentence. A ludy in Alleghany City took a liking to me aud had me j among her children to help nurse. She got & place for Thorney, too, right across the street, because I was unwilling to be quite away from him. But folks were never so ' kind" to him; and the rude talk he heard staved in his mind. You can not cultivate Thoraey," Phoebe admitted, dropping her siucereglancs to the level of Gurley's eyebrows. "I lived in that family until I was in my teens. They were refined people and taught me almost lilre a daughter. I don't let myself think their name aloud, 1 made iueh a poor return for ali their care. Thane came back. I was studying regularly and the lady said I could in time be a governess. Bat he followed me when 1 was with the children on the street. He could take Tborney and make a thief of him. I was jsung and foolish. That was four years ago. I thought w? could run off from him, and tried it. Before I really went the children and the children's mother used to look at me so. And the servants whispered behind my back. I guess she was discouraged when she got a hint of Thane, for she said before that Thorney was bad enough. I ramembered that when I took Thorney away without telling her. For you see I didn't know then it was useless to run; and I was not convinced until we tried it so many times. We didn't run very far at first. We went into the country to a Dutch fanner whom the asylum matron knew. They made us work hard, but let us go to school in the winter, and the next summer I taught school near by. Thorney kept on working for the farmer and we saved every cent except what we bought clothing with, and it was well we did, for Thane hunted us out. I bought him off that time and had enough money left to bring Thorney and me to this State. I thought if we went to another State he mu?*- lose track of us. We went to the Dutch fanner's relatives, and I taugrn, scnooi mere ana xnorney wornea. We staid a year before Thane found us. Every time he found us ie took our money." "And no on? protected you I" said Grurley. "No one could." "Couldn't!" ro?red the master. "Wait till the scoundrel comes around here." "You -couldn't have allowed tp-.bJitcicmail you," said Gurley. "Any ^Jouldl < understanding your relative position'< have driven him off." ? 1 ("TO BE coyp^EPj | VHt*r sawyers. I ??I jjavo &ear&" 8ays the Washington ' correspondent of the Philadelphia Record, "tvo good stories of Pettigrew, ( of South Carolina, the great lawyer and } Unioni**. Se was practising at one time ( befo*> a judge who was a Presbyterian * 0f^ne straitest sect and a very hard- < working officer. It came to be Maunday- ( rhursday, and Pettigrew and the Episco- j palians and Roman Catholics thought j bey would like an adjournment of court J iver Cjooa rnaay. -remgrew wau wjieu-1 idjourn over to-morrow." ' 'Wliy should 1 ie court adjourn over to-morrow, when 1 ;he docket is so crowded?" asked the < - 1 " ooid PfltHfrrOO "( /!. [ |Uagfc). " JL>WttUOC, oaiuxgvw^iun) morrow is Good Friday, and some of ns ] ffould like to go to church." "No," said the judge, decidedly, after a moment's ] thought, "the court will sit to-morrow as ] usual." "Very well, your Honor," re- 1 plied Pettigrew, adding as he turned 1 iway, "I know there is a precedent; for ^ Pontius Pilate held court on the first 1 Good Friday." J The same judge was a great stickler J for etiquette; and when, one hot July ] day, Pettigrew came into the court-room ] o Wont />nof anil vollow nankeen trou- 1 IU a wvmv ^ .. _ _ _ sers, the judge took him sternly to task, 1 asking him whether he did not know > that the rules of that court required its J counsellors to appear in "black coat and trousers." "Well, your Honor," said Pettigrew, innocently, "I submit that I am within the rule; for I have on a black coat and trousers." "But tht-y're not black trousers,'' insisted the judge;' 'black "* ' * -t. _ll coat and thousers means tnai doui suau be black." "Then," said Pettigrew, "I call jour Honor's attention to the fact that the sheriff of this court is in contempt of its rnle9; for they require him to attend upon its sessions in a cocked bat and sword, and, while his hat seems to be occked, his sword certainly is not." The -^mni-ft flbont trousers. JUU^C ??AV* ? its use for kidxey8. Jesup, Ga., May 26, 1887. -r 1 T n.-,?PXwir>rr (vAIfl lrilln<VU i navu utwu cuudiiuj, ? j disease for a month past, and the pain in my back was very severe. My occupation requires a good deal of writing at night and I suffered all the time. I saw one man who said he was cured by using Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. B.) and i commenced using it, and the pain ia a great deal less. I have only used two bottles and believe it will effect a cure by the uaa of a few more bottles. Yours respectfully, J. E. Coleman. pure blood 16 of priceless valce. The Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.: My Dear Sir?I have, for sometime past, - ? r, tpw :a? used Jts. is. J5. as piuxuci ui wc UiUVU | arid to build up the system generally, and consider it without exception the finest remedy of the kind in the market. Yours with best wishes, Abthub G. Lewis, I Editor Southern Society. I " PIANOS AMD ORGANS. One thousand Pianos and Organs to c!oae out by October 1. Ail Organs and Pianos sold at ca?,Ii price, payable November 1?no interest?delivered to jour nearest depot. Fifteen days trial. Organs from $24 up; Pianos from $150 up. All instruments warranted. Send for circulars. Buy now and have the use of the instrument. Remember we pay freight both ways if the instrument don't suit. Prices guaranteed less than New York. N. W. TRUMP, Columbia, S. 0. A youthful applicant for graduation, on hotner asked, the other day, "What doe^ I history teach?" answered, "That the United States never has been whipped, and never will be." THE SECOND CAMPAIGN MEETING ! SPEECHES BY THE CANDIDATES AND *' OTHER PROMINENT GENTLEMEN. 1 Public Queutions of an Interesting Character Dlscussee Before the People. ( (From the News and Courier.) j The second of the public meetings appointed by the Democratic State'Ex- j P. .iwmiffno tttqa l^nlil a j UVUIU T t- Wl 11 I HiVVW TT CmO UV1U UU VIAWU' ville on Tuesday the 23d inst. Capt. G. G. Wells, in the absence of County Chairman B. F. Perry, presided. Governor Richardson was introduced, and was received with applause. He I spoke in substance as follows: 1 GOVERNOR RICHARDSON'S SPEECH. 1 He said that he had been quite un- j well and cable to address his audi- ? ence a9 he l%jfeoped tc^do, but he could 3 not "attempting- atleaet to i meet the demands?of?tiia occasion, i There was something which thKBiknitar i in the presence of a South Carolina an-' .* dience, for Carolinians, whether they1 i lived in the centre or on the borders of the State, were vet one ueoDle with one i pride, one hope," one destiny. Ho: didjL' not intend to Bay here at this 1a$e day, ' t twelve years after Hampton's4jr?at vie-! t tory, to stow fif axe by figurepapllar by L dollar, that the Democrats who oonsfc.-: e tute-our State Government e: -cel in the L honesty and ability of their-admrnisto- i tion the aliens and robbert/ of tifie^la h Radical days. It could nor' be that the h Governor of South Caro^na, or any s other officer, was required to go over the State 'and maintain su-h a proposition. He man who rttempted, the Governoreaid, to deal ^ith facts and c figures of moment to the people of this h State mud assure the public of their ac- ^ curacv or stand convicted as unworthy ci of public confidence. [Applause.] p As at Hodges, the Governor took up n the charge that the present State Gov- n ernment was practically as oppressive o as that rubber Government, which was, u overthrown in 1876, and it did not take r< long by an attractive combination of g, eloquent words and equally eloquent ? numerate to drive th? slander from any la lodgement in the mipds of his hearers. 1 " 1" -**1 finortAAA MAR IHIS UECUfcSIUIl UI/ juaac9u\j*so rraa j masterly Instead 0* th? 828,000,000 debt which we had'^fore 1876, our in-' _ debtodctsswasnowJ'^S^.OOO.OQti^naatl E of whici would Tall " le Let t/ie State Gocontinue to 5 be maiaged with fidePv and conserva-' ag tism, aid this debt ooS^d be refunded at* rvc 4 per (snt, effeoting'Sn annual saving' vi of 312COOO. "That'^economy," com- cl mentec the Governo^ These savings of shonld.be enough, he *gdded, to establish, wihout the Clem#?o bequest, two first-cliss agricultural a^uegeB. Ref^ring to the Till^n charge that the expenses of tha^ate Government A in 18S5-S7 were $224000 greater than 1878-19, he said tb^tthe individual who made ?he assertion did not know enough about :the matte#- to sustain his own up charge,If he h$d understood the mat- lif J^g^aeaumed-to understand it* he inj r?*e seen that instead of an in- ye '^^OOO^here bad been one of an jnce in man <ide a diiier- fir >and doJ*^6^01 oveT * dxed thou- tan irgnme/^ a8?illst bimself in his own iru liable a^fc ^ not consider him as re- coj In spc Daviea's arithmetic. pr. jharges^11^ of recklessness of the cai m(j ^ made by would-be statesmen foi 2oven?irants for political power, the arc foffiiTA/1 h-rioflp ti"? tVio fo/vf inf kftf OTTg'4 *W1W**WV* WW "**v ***VW -""y 0ff in one of our counties a am janaiaa ^ gtete genate had ac- an< ^"V.aobleand true public servant, frij tha >r Sugfa. S. Thompson, of steal- an* Dg xue fj-om the Executive lov f ^Sh'u Aiter declaring that the charge no f baseness against such a man was onl even of denial, Governor of RiobardsbSfcSj^ that the man who oonld son ltter Buch ajt aoi?1 nation like that against att< m honorable offioeiJT*a himself capable 1 jf committing the deeiti.he charged, tab rhis sentiment was enthusiastiaJly ap- yoi ^landed. _ bef Considering the difference in the ap- ma propriations between 1876-87, Gover- J sh ? ^ - - A nil Viio I iir* nor isicnarason cuu uoi u-uj^ uut ou ma UJi figures, but explained that the increase wi was caused by the new appropriations w< tor the militia, University, Citadel, com- pc pletion of the State House aud the pub- pc lie debt. Each of these appropriations to tie successively took up and showed the reason for. There was particular ap- wJ plause when he alluded to the militia co appropriation. But one thing stayed tii the hand which, in one section of the fu State, was ever ready for the torch, and di that was the presence of the gallant a < bovs whose white tenta were on yonder th hill to-day. ar He resented the imputations cast upon th the Legislature by the ultra agitators of th the day, and presented proofs of the th industry and constant striving after ar economy of itamembers. 1 - 1- rinllafTQ fha frrtr. rs. A3 LO tXlt) V/lomouu uuu^v, ernor repeated bis declaration made at wi Hodge's, that he was in favor of the CI widest education in schools and colleges, ni and his approval of the acceptance of sn the mnch discussed bequest if it should ly prove a valid one and tiie people wauted th it. South Carolina was no longer a df pauper and need stand at no door to to beg for clothing, bodily or intellectually, cl but what she adopted should be under ai her control and used for her people and them only. [Applause.] p< He appealed to the people of the State fr to educate their sons, to touch not a e^ sincle institution which they had, but sc to build for all the youth of South Car- m olina. The old State did not need to c? devote all her care and love to one class, sc "Upward and onward should be the cry c< of education," said the Governor, "until every Anglo-Saxon son of South Carolina shall be a cultured man, aye one who walks his native heath a very prince among men." [Great applause. ] The Governor's speech lasted one ? hour. After an air from the Greenville Cornet Band, Lieutenant Governor P Mauldin was introduced by Capt. Wells ,, as one honored by and honoring his county and State. ft LIEUTENANT GOVEBNOR MAULDIN. Governor Mauldin spoke very briefly indeed, asking to be excused on account a, of physical disabilities, but, as always, f< * ? -r+x-nshlI TWinf nis womb were voir muw w wv The address of Governor Richardson, r he eaid, would go straight to the heart* of this mountain people. It was worthy ^ of him and of his people. Honest criticism of public men and officers was ^ a right to be cherished, but cynical criticism for the sake of criticism was to v be condemned, and the people of South Carolina would always render their ver- ^ diet for honesty and truth. For the 0 benefit of the candidates for the Legis1 nwioflnf >IO fnlH ft Httlft IttLlil )TUU ncu.o ^/iwwviiv, **w ?^ story o i tiie Irishman who on his return a to the "ould counthry," after a sojourn in the United States was asked what c sort of a place America was. "A fine counthry," was his reply. "Ye can z do as ye plaze over there, but the devil av it is to make make the other people do as ye plaze." [Laughter and ap- i plause.j The moral, the speaker said, was that there should be mutual concessions, because it was always a hard matter to make other people think or do as one thought or did himself. The next speaker was CAPT. F. W. DAWSON, of the News and Courier. After some graceful introductory remarks, he said: "Why am I here? Not as a candidate for Governor or Lieutenant Governor, ilthongh the meeting was ordered for the purpose of heaiing from such genLl ? Te T T 1 - i . /I iiemeu. xi j were a canaiuaie ior uov?rnor ? don't think I could beat Governor Richardson, for 1 don't think he ought io be beaten. [Great applause.] So long, idded Capt. Dawson, fls I am connected ffitli a paper, I shall pot bo a candidate tor office. I am here because I have felt ;liat a citizen fonlly slandered would lere be welcomed to tell th& truth before lis accuser and ?sk for a verdict, such as ?ou all wonW ask when the great ac:ounting day shall come. [Applause. J; Vly accuser is not iiere. J. suotua only epe^his fanlt, and a grievous fault it s & S6uth Carolina, were-I-feo-_say_nuelir^rd-ia iiifi-absence which I would notaj in his presence, but I shall meet him 'ace to face, thank God." [Applause.] . fCapt.-Dawson then briefly discussed >ublic aSurs, and in conclusion said: < 'When, ray friends of-\Greenville, you :nd a government wlych is essen- i ially the concrete expression of the pub ic will, is attacked bitterly and in its < ntirety by any man aspiring to political i sadership, you may depend upon it he i 3 a false prophet, and that if you follow lim in any m^jper or upon any device, $ ie will lead you and your people to de- i tiuction." [Great applau&e.] t GEN. JA1IES W. MOORE. * I Gen. James W. Mcores State Demo- f i-* - riL.: ??*** "?i rawc v^murman, was next caiiea on ana I e made a "brief and stirring address, t rhicb, however, the limits of this report s annot afford space to. He made a I leasantand graceful reference to^the v liiitia, uttered word* of cheer as to the f ational campaign, recalled the lessons ? f 1876, touched upon the essentiality of nity and told an appropriate story. The i jvolution of 1876, said he, would nCver t 0 backwards. As the sentinel of the s democracy at his post he could say "All c 1 well," and with your help all will be 3 ell. # _ a COL. E. IV. EDWAlitW 11,1-1"Ti intwvilnflo/l HaI "R W I d wards, of Darlington, who spoke at c ogth and with ability upon education. ^ !e then referrtd to the subject of the f< fricultnral college, announcing his de- b rtion and faith, and elaborating his tl ewe on the subject. Col. Edwards deared that he was not a candidate for ti fice. lc The meeting then adjourned. ft ? C1 DON'T FKIGHTKNCUILDREN. ' ni h: Shock (or Their Blinds May Result In More 111 Ultimately Than Blowij. (From Good Housek> eping.) The influence that is brought to boar tL k>n a child during the first decade of vs c win nave a ueciueu eiiecL lii ueLernilil- st g his power of self-control in later w. are. It is in the home moro than in st y other place that this influence must st be exercised, and upon nurses, gov- al lessees and parents devolves thisjrnost sh portant duty, a responsibility which, " of usidered in its true light, becomes a or Lvilege and a sacred trust, A child to inot understand the "why and where- fo: 6" of many things which to an adult ur ) rsrfectly plain and intelligible. He be imid, and naturally shrinks trom sights _ I sounds which, to him, are strange 1 unaccountable. To in any wav ?hten a child is not only thoughtless E1 1 cruel, but the act itself may be fol- ' red by serious results. For one to sav harm was intended, and that it wis 1 iy in fun, is no excuse. It is oi some se* the ways in which this abuse is wa aetimes offered and their consequent we sndant evils that I wish to speak. Th Chere are some people who seem to M< e a morbid satisfaction in frighteniug H. mg chilc1 .1 by suddenly appearing J. ore them vith the face hidden by a pri sk or the itire body covered with a th< eel'at the t me time utteriug loud and of inaturl sounds and gesticulating in a of \f\ ftTltl tmonntK -wv u*c*.u.u v* VVWWIVUttliV V?-*S ) find a person u><-> 13 so regardless of Fl( issibie accidents as nt. to hesitate to dei >int at a child a gnu or pW.??,i fej(TU strike him with a knife or hatches0 |>a The setting of a strange dog upon one 10 already shows signs of terror at the n? ustant barking of the animal is some- -K nes followed by unexpected and pain1 results. Jb'or little acts of disobeence children are sometimes shut up in re dark closet or temporarily confined in ol e attic or cellar. At other times they 4-^vl.J r>4 /-vvi no a f /vKncifo HI e tuiu OtliUX^O OWilW U L ^Liv/ovo auu ? reatened that, if they do not behave B ey will be sold to the ragpicker or a* at wandering gypsies will steal them ti Ld carry them away. m These and other such frightful appa- d: tons are of barbarism and superstition, liich should have no place in the b tirifltian light and intelligence of this S neteenth century. And not only this; vi ich scenes, stories and threats are gross- P indecent and deliberate falsehoods, F te nature of which the child will some * ly understand, and he will be very likely > form a just estimate of the moral tl laracter oi those in whose confidence s< Vin-nasiv Iia firmiv believed. I' It is also to be remembered that it is w Dssible that a child may be so often o ightened in one way or another as to ^ rentnaliy weaken his character,and even C metimes produce a deplorable state of 0 ental imbecility; and there are many uses on record where a child has been *1 > frightened as to cause insensibility, P invulfiions and death. c c " A Proverbs About Thnuder. _ Y If the birds be silent, expect thunder. t. If the cattle run around aud collect tosther in the meadows, expect thunder. v If the clouds grow rapidly larger, ex- n ect much rain and also thunder. v Two currents in summer indicate a lunder. If there be many falling stars during clear evening in summer, expect thun- , er. c Increasing atmospheric electricity oxi- ^ izes ammonia in the air and forms nitric cid, which affects milk, thus accounting s >r the souring of milk by thunder. Thunder in the evening indi .^ates much ain. When it thunders in the morning it . all rain before night. Thunder ia the north indicates cold c reather. Thnnder in the north indicates dry reather. Thunder from the south or southeast . ndicates foul weather; from the north r northwest, fair weather. j With a north wind it seldom thunders. , Much thuuder in July injures wheat ,nd barley. Thunder in the fall indicates a mild, >pen winter. Distant thunder speaks of coming ain.?Boston Journal. Even if you run for it, it is ten to oue f anybody ever catches the 12.50 train. SOME UiNTv^FOR FARMERS. Wonders .4^coinj>ll?l ?. J. in France on "Small Lots of Ground. (From the Atlanta Constitution.) Man naturally wants the earth, or at ast that part of it which adjoins his his particular estate, but he makes a great mistake when he engages in farming on an extensive scale. Prince Krapotkine, who has made a careful study of the subject in France, gives a number of instances in the country districts around Paris, where com paratively ignorant farmers have made pmall market gardens enormously productive. One farm is mentioned by him of two and seven-tenths acres which produces annually 125 tons of market vegetables of all kinds. The owner of this farm* by building walls to protect his land frdm' cojci winds, wnitenmg tne walls to secure all possible radiated heat, and by the constant and judicious use of fertilizers has his little farm in a productive condition fvom the 1st of January to Hhe last of December. By simple aijri inexpensive means he has practics^y locatedi^ ?atin the tropics. " .".J"* A French gardener does not care whaf tin^ ni oai'1 *mfl* tta?.w?^i>5 MUN* V* WVU AAU bWUIN TT iVIUi JuLO.^.VTUUlU be satisfied with an asphalt pavement, because he makes his soil, and so musbof it, that lie has to sell it to keep his place from being gradually raised above the level of - the surrounding country, when a farmer once understands the laws ^^oliemiatry' he^itts no ^difficulty in nafcmg sofl^hat contains all'the materials needed for pTant life. Prince Krapotkine speaks"-of one jardener Who has covered half an acre vith a glass roof, and run stream - pipe# supplied bp a small boiler -unier the jround sheltered by this covering. The eault has been that he has cut every day 'or ten months from 1,000 to 1,200 large mnches of asparagus, a product which-' itidei ordinary conditions would require is ty acres of land. But this result hsis >een surpassed by an English farmer, eho has made a one-acre mushroom arm vield him an annual income^ of !5,000. , Under the French method of cjtlture i .v'ouid be pos? uie to roaKG oijjfeqaare uile support 1,000 bumnn he^gs. On uch a scale of productive t'^pacity this ountrv would, support a of Jjnock 0ff . ^conditions, it will e seen tnat we are in no' danger of havag an overcrouded population for many enturies to come. There is no reason 'by our Eastern farmers should go West >r mere elbow room. Their great drawback is not the want of more land; it is -?o H^OSOCCI/in AF +AA rrtMrtU -?.V> Vt IASU UiUUU UltUU* In some localities in Switzerland the aveler on the plains or in the valleys >oks up to a towering precipice 2,000 1 >et above head. When he laboriously 1 imbs to the summit, expecting to find ^ othing but a bare rock, he sees before im the smiling expanse of productive 1 elds, with pretty cottages dotting the ndsc-ape. The peasant proprietors 1 arted with only the naked rock under iem. They carried the rich soil of the I ilieys in baskets on their backs up the < .Luuuutaui axu.1', muu wclll to WOrii ith a will until they Iran formed their 1 erile patches iuto blooming gardens. ; The success of European farmers with I the forces of nature againsi them c ould be an inspiring lesson to our tillers soil. The American omaJl farmer has ' ily to nixito brain Work-wilLLund work? make himself independent and com- c rtableif not rich. But ,wi*iJ5ut this lion of the brain and hand there can * no great-axrf-permanent success. v THK EDITORS IN COUSC1L. V c action of Officers of the Press Associaion The Next Meeting to be Held in Co- ? unibia?Major Holmes's Address. q fTRF.F.NVnVLTr. .Tfllv 9.n Th#? m?mvr>?r jbion of the State Press Association t] a held at the Court Hon.se. There Q re present Capt. F. W. Dawson, of ie News and Conries, Capt. Franz 3 ilchers, of the Zeitung, the Rev. Sidi j Browne, of the Christian Neighbor, a C. Bailey, of the Greenville Enterise and Mountaineer, T. B. Crews, of ^ ; Lmvensville Herald, J. E. Boggs, a the Pickens Sentinel, Ootavus Cohen, the Charleston "World, ?T. A. Hojt, of gi Baptist Courier, C, H. Prince, of the g, )rence Times, A. S. Todd, of .the An son Journal, S. A Nettle?, of the inning Times, J. W. Holmes, of the ^ rnwell People, J. B. Bonner, of the formed Presbyterian, M. E. McSwee- T W the Hampton Guardian, W. W. . P ^n'ativSt^v Couri^?nd MP* w Tbo journal and Conner. iguiar routine bn??ufc ^ough their tl iicers made their the various :oved aLd carried that here?? Jj. wa8 fc aal dues shall be collected. Hessrst, holmes, Petty and Boggs were selected , i a committee to draft suitable resolu008 of tribute to memory of several tembers of the Association who have ] ied since tne last meeting, 1 The following officers were ncanimousr elected for the nest year: M. B. Mc- j weeney, president; Charles Petty, first j ice president; J. E. Boggs, second vice resident; J. !R. Bonner, secretary; i ranz Melchere, treasurer, and Capt. ' W. Dawson annual orator. Capt. Dawson made the suggestion ( lat?permaneut place uf meeting be . ilected, and that Columbia be chosen, t was decided that the Press Association . ill hold its next meeting at Columbia ' n December 13, 18SS, daring the ses- ! .on of the Legislature, at which time ! lapt. Daw.son will deliver the annual ration. Capt. Daws in, who is connected with iie Charleston corporation intending to lace upon the market ty pe-eetting marines, gave a full and interesting ac ount ot tlie wording 01 mis macuiae. ill seemed to think the improvement ery practicable and that it will revoluionize the press. M*jor John \Y. Holmes, of the Barn?ell People, who had been chosen annual orator, delivered bis address, which ?as well received by his fellow journlists. It is said that the climate of Russia las shortened the days of every Ameri:an minister ever sent to that country. L'he Hon. Cassius M. Clay who was once ent on that mission, still survives at the ige of nearly ninety, but Mr. Ciay is an exceptionally tough man. The evil of marrying in haste is shown iy the experience of Mrs. Gilbert Austin, >f New Haven, Conn., who recently narrieS Mr. F. C. Hurt, a perfect itranger. The bride had about ?35,000 md th3 groom had nothing. The two eft for the west, and in a few days the jusband got about half of his wife's noney and skipped. Mrs. Ilart is bitterly disconsolate, but it should console tier to know that her scoundrelly hus bana am noi uw .awt wn. The Hotel at All-Healing Springs is properly named the "Mountain View." Crowder's Mountain is in full view from the building. Of course this location makes the Mountain View a very cool place even in the hottest summer time. See advertisement in another colamn. ; THE FREE WHISKY PLAXK. ^ Wluit a R?*pabftcan Stump Orator " *''^9/^^ Expect Daring the Campaign^' *1 (From the Philadelphia BecorcL) % Congressman S. S. Cox in his tariff speech in the House of Repreeenativda ; thus depicted the prospected trials of a Republican stump orator in' the coming political campaign: How can you go out and answer the questions pertinent to this campaign without entangling alliance and oonfu&ed ideas? Some taxpayer, tired of your productive exactions, asks: "Why sliould only 2,738,895, people, the pets of protection, be favored at the expense of over 70 per cent, of their 60,! >000,000 fellow-citizens?" 1 What for? The voice from the still? warm with the tears of widows and or- phans?hoakily answers:-" "For 3?r69 Whisky!" -Ji . .. "Why should we not cheapen doStec* Wan sets and carpets by admitting wool free, since the woolen mUJg have^capa- . V i 000, OOO.pW^fee raised** honS" - The answer cdife^Uke the bteat of a ; -tr thousand flocks: ^Before, ciothef, or blankets, or carpets, take free whiskyf^ Bat savs an honrvrahlA mm a*nt R* Ijpan from Minnesota: - I - "Worthier, UlIIli, audjuului, B to my migo, would it be to give o!H pie, th%* toiling masses, cheaper ilM cheape;> fuel, cheaper, clothing afl cheaper shelter, cheaper, because rele^H I sed from the heavy and unnecessary bar- I den of high tariff taxes." "Pshaw!" says the hide-bound pro tectiofust, "these articles must remain taxed i to vindicate the 'American system/' AUCU ojououi lino aa XhO gOIiiUB tree "WTUSKy. A taxpayer inquires of you: "Have not the Amcriwin people paid in sixty yearsoyer $20,000,000,000 in the hope of geltmg goods cheaper byandby after the infants have attained their maturity? What, my Republican brother, will you now lo?" rrh? 1?4-u? -? "-r> ' - i.uo uiwi/uot miH' 'exB,, -rree wmsKy." "Has invention done nothing for us?" asks the impoverished mechanic, "What do yon show us as the result of oar American genius for a century in machan-. ics?" The answer comes: "We tender you* the worm in the still, the fin est invention of the devil. It may take away your brains and impoverish your families; bat protection must stand! We ofler you, untaxed, cheap, free whisky!" Another inquirer asks: "Whv do vou not take the tax off my coat of 'revermbla nap?" The answer comes: "protection first, but always free .whisky." An eld lady of West Virginia asks, with anxiety: "Why most I pay 60 cents in addition to every dollar for the crockery from which I drink my sassafras tea?" "Ah!" says the protectionist, "is not whisky better than tea?" A series of questions and answers night be fired off in the following order: "Are you going to allow that reduction proposed by the Mills bill from 47 per sent, duty to 10 on carpets?" "No, but we will repeal the tax on ciga'AftAC fnr TAntiff VVAWO *?-? -v* j vu^jij WWJCj OUU BUU llOO whisky."* " " "Won't you support the reduction >f 10 per cent, on cotton goods?" ** "No, but I would love to lower th$ fhisky fa*," . " "No; I wont condescend to help anyj >ody but those who want the cost gfl rhisky reduced." ' 'Please help us reduce the tax on cftfl I roolen cloth from 89 per cent, to 4?fl ent, as Mills proposes?will yon ? "No; I do not want to engage inV [ling else till 1 have taken the tax ents a gallon from whisky." fl "We are making a last effort to 3* tie duty on wool hats from 54 per ?fl H !heap hats. Won't you help us?" "No, sir; the Republican platform fl oesn't say anything about cheap hats, jfl t does advocate taking tax from whisky, S ad I stand by the platform." ? "The worsted goods for my family is ixed 68 per cent. Help me pull that own to 40 per cent., will you not?" "No, sir; let your worsted goods go to rass! Whisky is more than a dollar a allon. I want to take the 90-oent gaitn tax off of it." "Now, my friend, the Mills bill prooses to take eleven and one-half millions * x off of sugar; won't you help us to ass it?" ??_ "No, for it don't propose to cheapen x hisky 1 cent, "It makes salt free. Won't you favor tat?" "Is salt whisk\ ? Salt ain't in our plat>rm. stove of which our fcia made, free; won't you roofs 'Tin is not in the platform; wlxteiy-ir "It makes lumber for onr- homes To keep us warm free. Won't you favor "No. ? want to legislate to warm the inner man, not the outer one. Give ua free whisky." When these questions are answered, let me read as a summing up to the gentleman what was said by an old farmer friend of mine in Iowa. He had evidently been perusing Sydney Smith on taxation: "I never wore any clothes that were Qot increased in price by this policy of , making an almshouse of every possible factory. I used to rise on Sunday morning from my humble cot in a log farmhouse, throwing off the bed clothes taxed 40 to 100 per cent., and, donning my clothing, taxed 35 to 100 per cent., eat my taxed breakfast from dishes taxed 45 per cent., on a table cloth taxed 40 per cent., and when the Sabbath bell* taxed 35 per cent., sounding its inviting notes, I took my Bible, taxed 25 per cent, and went to the church built of lumber taxed 20 per cent, and there in a Sunday school song book taxed 25 per cent, (ana all these taxes paid to the objects of my charity, not to the Government), Lread: " Far out upon the prairie How many children dwell Who never read the Bible Nor hear the Sabbath bell'" [Great laughter and applause.] What is the relief my old farmer friend recieves from you and your platform?" "Free whisky." Does this give comfort to his family, his purse, or his soul? Now, you gentlemen want to go among the men, women and children of this country and say: "We will not take the tax off of cheap clothing, cheap lumber, cheap food, but we will take the tax off of whisky, to make it cheap and common, and more hurtful to soul and body." Is not that an inspiring issue for a party of moral elevation? > Oh, gentleman, it is the old, old story. You gentlemen must have often heard it sung? Oh, what a tangled web We weave When first we practice to deceive! v ? ? I The Hon. Georcro W. Darsran. the present incumbent, has bean nominated for Congress from the sixth district, I There were only three ballots, ' v - -yy.r-'