The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, March 26, 1890, Image 3
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Wednesday. March 26. : : j
New Advertisements.
Rabnn?Moses Clowney.
Money to Loan?Alston & Patton, ;
Columbia, S. CFound?J.
Law McCrorey, Glad- j
Notice for Final Discharge -Thos.
W. Brice, Administrator.
Registration Notice?James Pagan,
Supervisor of Registration.
?ISO for an outfit.
- Try it?canning.
?How about keeping farm accounts
this rear?
?Try to farm better in 1890 than
ever before.
?Get the best reading matter for
your family.
?This if the year in which to make
genuine progress.
?New York State had forty-five
Farmers' Institutes last year.
?The Bank has hail new curbing
put in the well just in the rear of its
building.
?In Shades, Chairs, Lounges and
Beds we will give you special bargains.
* j. J. Gkrig &" Co.
?Mr. S. T. Clowney has sold his
fine horse, "Wagener, Jr.. to Mr. M.
M. Buford, of Newberry.
?The grist mill of Mr. Robert
Clowney, in the Halsellviile section
was blown down by the storm.
?Don't neglect the Prize Clubs and
Institute. Xow is the time to prepare
for the prize, both county aud State.
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?Air. jomi i^arnerou, m.-;u >? nut j
Oak, lost about twenty-five sheep on j
Saturday night by the train running j
over them.
?Attention is called tojthe Institute i
now, because this is the time for! .
planting and if you want; to send an j ]
exhibit you can have some little pet spot
of ground. ,
?Those who fail to attend the dis- 1
cussions of Farmers' Clubs and Insti- '
tutes "miss it;'? for they are great .
instructors in rural affairs, so says the ]
New York Evangelist. * j
?School Commissioner Duke, we
are glad to report, is very much im- j
proved and will probably be in town
iii tJie course or a weeK. ]
?Mess-* 6. Alston & Patton, of Coluin- 1
bia, inform the people of Fairfield, iu ]
this issue,, that they are preparad to
negotiate loans on improved real
estate.
?The carriage house of Mr. Murray 3
Kirkland near Monticello and a lium- >
ber of large trees in front of his house 1
were blown down by the storm on 1
Saturday afternoon. i '
?Mr. O. R. Withers having had uu '
attack of the grip could not stand his (
iiitennediaie examinations at the Urn
verity at the regular time, but has ^
- i -i 1
Since SlUOU U1CIII UIIU tUiiita unui^u
with distinction, a grade not easily
attained.
?The case of the State nr. Banyan
Lemon indicted for assault and battery
was tried before Trial Justice
Cat heart on last Friday. Lemon was
found guilty and sentenced to pay a
fine of two dollars and costs or imprisonment
in the county jail forfive days.
He paid the line.
? Capt. Hinuant has in his office a
very peculiar freak of nature. It is
a chicken sent him by Mrs. T. C. |
Watt. The chicken has three eyes, two j -
bills, and two tongues; the body is i
natural. It is dead, but will be pre-! (
served in alcohol and probably sent ,
to the Agricultural Department.
?Ail the fertilizers, oil and meal ,
manufactured at the oil mill has been
disposed of. The demand for the pro^
ducts is constantly increasing beyond j
the supply. The press plates will arrive
some time this week, and it is
expected that the null will resume j,
work again 011 Friday or Saturday, j j
?Don't neglect the prize Hubs and j
the Farmers* Institute. "We hope! ^
every farmer in the county will plant ,
something to exhibit at the Institute! (
next time. The last one was verv \
good?good enough to take ofF the ,
county prize at the State fair?but we
should like to see the next one even ,
better. Certainly every section of the .
county should be represented. It is
held in the interest of Fairfield County .
and not for any one locality
?Now is the time to buy furniture
cheap. AVe intend to close out our
g entire stock.
* J. J. Gekiu & Co.
?The municipal election will be
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held 011 the first -Monday in Apni, aim
the books of registration will be open
on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
preceding-. Some very important
issues must be met, among them the
appropriation of money for the benefit
of the graded school and the question
of high or low license. These questions
should be freely discussed, and a
meeting should be held soon for that
purpose. Everybody interested in the !
welfare of the town should study:
these issues and come to the meeting j
prepared to express himself intelligently.
If the meeting is held, it is
hoped that everybody will corns out;
and not wait until the whole thing is
over and then come up glint ling.
?The Board of Equalization met on
Tuesday. "We have one of the most
intelligent and conscientious boards
in the state. The individual members
are not prompted by narrowness of
mind and selfishness, like many other
boards, but seek to make a fair equali- j
nation of property between the town- j
ships: no one advocates for his own }
*.^-,,.1.;,, Aft<?r attend
4.V VAViUciiv; . -
Ing to a great deal of business, que?-,
tions were directed to each member of !
the board relative to the prospects of j
the crop this year. Each member i
reported that the fanners are better I
prepared for planting than they have !
been in many years, and that a great j
ileal of corn "has already been put in ;
the ground, but the grain crop is not i
<r> rn*omis!n<r.
lJueklen's Aruiae Salv?.
The Best Salve in the world for (Juts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores. Tetter, Chepped Hands, Clnllblahis,
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no p-.'y reqvired It
is guaranteed to give perfect 3-.it: *factiu'?,
or money refunded. 1'rioe 23 c?nts p?n
box. /or sale by MciiisV; l*rice &
io?am???nwn i ? ?ok
Death ok Mrs. R. (J. Stewart.?
Mrs. R. C. Stewart, of Longtown,
died on Monday, the 17?h inst., and
was buried in the cemetery at the
Longtowu Presbyterian Church. Mrs.
Stewart leaves a husband three ehil- j
dren.
Ladies' Memorial Association.? j
We are requested to call a meeting- of j
the Ladies Memorial Association for
Thursday afternoon at live o'clock at
Mr. Gerig's. It is hoped that the
meeting will be attended as arrangements
for memorial day will be dis-!
cussed. i
Dkatii.?Mrs. II. \\\ Long-, formerly
of Fairfield, but for the past
tliirty years a resident of Florida, died
about tiro weeks ago near Ocala,
Florida. The deceased was a sister of
Mr. W. B. Gilbert, and her acquaintances
here will learn with sadness of
her death.
Mrs. Sallin Smith, daughter of
Mr. C. A. A bell, died at her father's
home on'the 17th inst. and was buried
at Sandy Lercl Church on the following
Tuesday. We extend our sympathies.
* A rv? f?r A A1?A?\ fill! /iff* locf
K^A2\.? lilC lUiiiftiu n j en uu
season, and there was a decrease in
ihc number of cases canned, as compared
with the previous year, of 366,372
ca>es. We are told that from 400
to 600 bushels of tomatoes may be
iaiied on an acre, and a Is? Unit $lol)
Till purchase an outfit lor canning
them. Now is the time to make your
plans for having vegetables enough to '
run a cannery. If a start Is not made
now ii cannot be made ,vJtil next year,
and thereby a whole year is lost.
Talk about it and let's try the ex peri
merit.
"Will the Yvi*xg Ladies Hkui: i>o !
Likeavisk? -Forty-seven girls of Ply-!
mouth, Pennsylvania, have formed"a j
Young- Ladies' Protective Union, j
When a young man pays attention to
Due of the members, a committee of
three is appointed to find out what is his
standing, moraHy and financially. If
:he lover is all right, his good qualities
ire reported to the young lady in the
presence of- the club. If not, she is
info: .ied of it in private. If he is
found to be a black sheep, and she
continues to receive his attentions, she
is dropped from the club.
"Will our young ladies form a society
like it? With this kind of Society and
the B. 1*. U. "Winnsboro would be
bomb-proof against marriages.
A. M. E. Chukcii.?1The Way man
M. E. Church. Winnsboro, S. C.,
is reported in a prosperous condition.
Since January ten have joined on proaation,
three converted, and many
have been leiustated. There is a flourshing
Sunday-school under the direction
of J. 1J. Wade. A branch Sunlay-school
was recently established at
Middlesex, (o be known as Blooming
[lose A. M. E. Sunday school. The
lours of service are as follows: Sunday-school
at i? a. m.; preaching at 11
i. in. and at 3 p. in., and some of the
classes meet immediately after preacbng.
Preachinsr also at 7.30 p. m.
ruesday evening class meeting; 1 burslay
evening prayer meeting. On Frilay
nights before the first Sabbaths
ove feast. Every lirst Sunday In the
month the Ilolv Communion is adminThft
spcond Quarterly con
Terence witl meet on the iSih of April.
Personal.?J. J. Gerig left town
Friday morning fo-r Florida, where he i
will engage in business. We are very
sorry to lose liini and hope that he
will meet with every success in his
new home. If rumor be true Jake
has a special attraction out there and
i'i? +Jw?f +nn Manni' }>PSt, wishes.
114 UlUl IVV tJMs; VM.
Mis* Pet Mackorell, of Blackstock,
is visiting her sister, Mr*. H. Y. Milling.
Miss Mattie Mackorel! arrived on
Tuesday from Camden, where she has
i>een visiting for several weeks.
Hon. O. W. Buchanan, who has
been in Washington for several weeks*
returned home on Monday. Mrs.
George D. Tillman came with him.
Mr. D. R. Flenniken, of Columbia,
was seen in town on Sunday.
Miss Jennie Lee McMaster, of
Columbia, paid relatives a visit of a
few hours 011 Saturday.
Messes. J. G. McNnltv, of Yorkville,
and Thomas Fitzpatriek, of Lancrster,
are iti town.
A PRIZE DRILL ASD HOF.
The Gordon Light Infantry, at their
meeting on last Monday night, decided
to have a prize drill some time in May
and a big hop 10 follow the awarding
of prizes. The G. L. Fs never undertake
anything of this sort without
making the aflair a sjcccss, and if they
fail this time it will certainly be the
first. The famous Italian band, of
Charlotte, will be engaged to furnish
the music, invitations will be printed;
in fact it is going to be quite a "tony
blow out.' The arrangements for the
occasion are in the hands of a committee,
that will do to count on. The
committee consists of Lieut. Seller,
Ch'r., Sergt. McDonald, Sergt. Doty,
privates, C. K. Douglass, W. D.
Gail lard, li. B. llanaban, E. P. Mat
tnews.
The company is now in a good con- j
dition, and, as previously announced, I
wil! attend the unveiling of tlie Lee |
monument in Richmond.
The library for tiie company promises
to be mi excellent feature. Harper's
jfoh/h/i/, The Cent'-rtj, Pmk\ Detroit
Free Press. I/nrjirr's Weekly, Scientific
American, Ontimj, Frank Leslie's
Weekly, Youth's Contpanion, are some |
ot the periodicals and magazines that ,
will be rectived fro in lime to time.
The I'ulpit ami the Stage.
Kev. F. M. Shrout, I'astor United Brethren
Church, Blue Mound. Kan., says: "I
feel it my duty to tell what wonders I)r.
King's Sew Discovery has done for me.
My Lungs wert, badly diseased, and my
nowiiiinnuN thonoht i could live on'v a
few weeks, i took five bottles of Dr.
King's New Discovery and am sound ami
well, Gaining 20 lbs. in weight."
Arthur Love, Manager Love's Funny
Folks Combination, writes: "After a thorough
trial and convincing evidence, I am
confident Dr. King's New Discovery fur
Consumption beats 'cm a^lr and cures
when everything else, fails- The gieatest
kindness I can do my inany thousand
friends is to urge them frktry it." Free
trial bottle atMcMaster, Bri?e A Ketchin's
A BIG STORM.
A furious wind storm followed by
rain passed over the town on Saturday
afternoon at o'clock. A few hours
before the mad cloud was .seen in the
west, the atmosphere was very heavy;
iudeed it was very warm, ami the: appearance
of the angry ci??ad forewarned
those on the* streets thai it was
high time tc teek *hel:ir. Tin; wind
wa? exceedingly powerful, not siu*passed
in strength in tbi* county for a
number of years, not since the cyclone
of :SG. It lasted only a few minutes,
and all that was lacking to ina?ce it a
cyclone was the torsional motion of the
wind.
The greater damage was done in the
northern part of th>- town, the wind not
being near >o >eveie in the lower part,
and it seems from report* of damages
that we were on the ragged edge of
what in some places was it terrilic
cyclone.
As far as possible a 1 x-t uf damages
has been made, though from the nature
of the case, it was impracticable to
ascertain all losses. Below is given
some picked up. here and there.
Two hundred feet cf fencing between
Dr. Quattlebanm's and J. M.
Smith's.
J. W. iiolick, had his chimneys
blown down, and the falling chimneys
broke tbe roof in, considerably. No
fire could be made in the house on
Sundav.
C. A. Dougfoss' chimnevs blown
down and several rafters broken.
J. D. McCarler lost leveral panels
of fencing.
U. G. Dcsportes lire or six panels of
fencing.
A. Williford. some fencing.
Mrs. T. T. Robertson, fencing. Dr.
D. E. Jordan, a stable demolished.
W. C. Bealy lost a d( zen panels of
fencing.
Fence Lei ween W. 15. Gilbert and
R. P. Lntnpkin blown down.
S. S. Gibson, fenfcing.
J. F. McMaster, large panes of glass
broken, although the blinds of his
house v/cre closed. A number of fruit
trees blown to the ground.
II. A. Gail lard, some fencing.
J. M. Beatv, window sashes blown
off hisi residence.
Mrs. Priscilla Kitchen, a few shingles
off her house and some window
panes broken.
Dr. R. B. llanahan, a considerable
portion of garden and lot fencing demolished.
J. Q. Davis, a few panels of garden
fence.
J. G. Jordan, kitchen chimney.
There are doubtless other losses of
which we did not hear. It will be
seen that the individual losses do not
amount to much, but the total loss
will bo considerable.
IXSUJiAXCK?A VALUABLE TOL1CY.
( Tri- Weekly 2fcicn and Herald, .1[arch 22.)
An adjustment of Miss Gaither's
loss by fire has been reached at last,
about sixty days after ;be fire. The
trouble in the way of an earlier adjustment
was that the; contractor and
adjuster for the company fixed the lo^s
at about $1500, while Miss Gaither's
representative and contractor estimated
the lo*s to be about $2S00.
This was a wide difference and the
parties interested could not get any
nearer together, A third contractor
was called in, to whom it was left,
and he nlaced the loss at $2500. The
insurance policy was for $2000 and as
the adjustment'fixe,s the loss at $2500
Miss (iai.'her will get the full amount
of the policy. Mr. J. O. Caldwell,
agent for the company, has forwarded
the papers and is daily expecting a
check for the amount.
The delay in tLie adjustment, which
has been as annoying to Mr. Caldwell
as others, has had the effect of causing
considerable discussion in town. It
was conceded by almost everybody
that the loss was way over $2000, and
as the assured could not collect the
policy on her loss, confidence in the
insurance companies was disturbed.
This company has enjoyed the reputation
of being liberal in its settlements,
and we presume it is as liberal
as any of them. But there ought to
be a rained policy law. The State of
New Hampshire has such laws and
they aru working along finely. By a
valued policy is meant a policy for an
amount Agreed upon by the parties to
it at the time the risk is takeu, and
which shall be the basis of settlement
in case of fire. The ass & red would
then know thai if burned out the
amount of the policy would be paid
hiiB, less the salvage, and he would
not be fcubjcc'ed to the risk of receiving
only a part of the amount upon
fho nrornimn lis: nnirl fnr
years, perhaps. Those companies are
rich corporations, eome count their
a'sets by the millions, and when they
come in contact with a single individual
the odds are all on one side. A
valued policy law could in no way
harm the couipanits and it would certainly
protect the assured against the
arbitrary methods of some adjusters.
A X EXPLAXA TIOX
By tlif Company'* Adjuster of Miss Gaitlicr'*
Loss.
(Tri- Weekly Xctrs and Herald, March -25.)
Messrs. Editors: Since the adjustment
of Miss Gaither's loss by lire has
been so widely discussed, I feel it due
to myself to explain the matter. In
your last issue it was stated that the
estimate of the company's adjustei
was $1500. It wa? more.
When we met to decide the matter.
I agreed to <jivc her which.
with about ?lo0 or $200 worth of
* * ? 1- - - 1 1 11
DI'ICK 311(1 rocs on 11:11m. wuum i
amounted to the insurance -$2000.
The estimate of Miss Gaither's contractor
was $2800 without depreciation
for the age of the house. Ii
also included $:X?0 worth of ]>ainl
(which was not on the house) ami
about $1-30 worth of b-ick and rock
Fix the depreciation at 15 per cent,
the same as mine. Fifteen per cent ol
$2s00 amounts to 420. which, addei
to -the $300 for paint and $150 foi
materials ^n hand makes $870. Tak(
S
$*70 from $2800 and it would reduce
. the estimate to $1000.
I suggested that., to balance any
overcharges that he might have made
, for work, or any undercharges I
might have made for the same, we
place the loss at $1800.
To this he would not agree, so the
..w? Ai-nf /..illn/1 In -wlin fivftd the
llllMi man Mao ?.ai?vn *
loss at $2500' without looking over
either estimates, or making one of big
own.
I make this statement, not to reflect
011 any one of the parties concerned,
but simply to explain my share of the
transaction, and because the statement
referred to in your last issue would
lead to a wrong impression of
THE COMPANY'S ADJUSTER.
[It not being our wish or intention
to lead to a wrong impression of The
Company's Adjuster we again called
upon Mr. J. C. Caldwell, agent for the
company, in regard to the Gaither loss.,
and he informs us that "the contractor
and adjuster for the company
tixed the loss at about $1500," the very
words used in our report referred to in
the above communication.]
Gratifying To All.
The high position attained and the
universal acceptance and approval of
the pleasant liquid fruit remedy Syrup I
of figs, as the most excellent laxative
known, illustrate the value of the
qualities on which its success is based
and are abundantly gratifying to the
California Fig Syrup Company. *
IX DISTRESS.
An Ajictl and Worthy Citizen.
Messrs. Editors: Our venerable
friend \V. W. Ederinglon is in distress
and this is my excuse lor asking you
to publish the following private letter
written to me by him.
1
Ijr. J l. illu jia.-?i C.K..
At Dr. Film's, March 12th, 1800.
j Mi/ Dear Frinul: 1 wrote to Dr. W.
E. Aiken ami W. II. Kerr Esq. as thev
first suggested to G. B. Pearsen to tell
uu?that the only way my MS. history
of Fairfield cjuld be read was to
have it published in Thk News and
Herald. I then wrote Maj. Woodward?and
Cap!. Lyles,tells me he approred
of the plan, and would try to
carry it into practice. Please further
[ the plan if you approve. They pro
pose getting subscriptions 10 aia ;ne a
little. I am as pour as I can well be.
I am now confined to my room with a
skinned knee, having hurt it stumbling
in the dark with cramp in my
legs, which oficn attacks me at night
I am feeble besides. I am distressed
very much fearing I will be left without
a home in the event of Dr. Fant's
demise. He is no belter?the doctor
having quit giving him medicine.
Please do what you can for me.
Please keep a subscription list in
your store. Fifty cents a piece would
help much. Yours truly.
V/. Ederington.
THE STARCH coyvxyrjox.
To the Editors of The Xetrs and Herald:
You requested me a fortnight since to
give you the sentiment of the Democrats
of this (the Gladden'? Grove)
section in regard to the Tillman movement.
All that time I had heard but
few expressions in regard to the matter,
but recently have had business
that brought me in contact with many
of our hef-t citizens, and I find that
they are almost to a man opposed to
nominations by the March Convention.
'JLH6V UISO IllUUIS'vlica as
absolutely opposed to the Tillman
movement. Daring a conversation on
the subject with one of the most substantial
farmers of the Pea Ridge section.
he said: "When Tillman first
began his charges of lraud against the
Democracy I waited patiently to hear
some particular instance mentioned,
or some proof that it did exist; but
although I followed his speeches as
closely as I could, not one (lid he ever
nrnrp "
I" "
Tnc Oakland Club is almost to a man
opposed to the movement. Who has
callrd this convention of the farmers?
a politician of the shrewdest type; a
man who has been an office-holder for
a number of years, and one who also
puts himself in the unenviable position
of charging fraud upon the Democracy
of our State, without being able to
prove that it does exist in a single instance.
Billy Mahone degraded and
ruined the State of Virginia with a
movement after this order. He wss
once one of the most prominent Demoocrats
of that State. J. Hendrix Mc*
t qi.o rcne in the vear J7G a ram Dan t
???-* < - ?
Democrat. lie is now a Republican
of the vilest type, and the very mention
of his name is odious to the white
people of our State.
Both of the above-mentioned men
were disappointed office-scekei s in the
Democratic party. Both began alike
by charging fraud when none existed.
The strength of B. 11. Tillman and
George Washington Shell is over-estimated,
and I think the Msrch Convenes
tl ,, nil I hr.c? o-mitloinpn.
null Will 511. vtvy ?I II ? ,
although it. will bo composed of many
men who do not represent the large
majority of the farmers; as for instance
the delegation from this County,
elected by 39 votes, when there are at
least sixteen hundred white Democratic
farmers in the County.
The people tire and become disgusted
with empty charges of fraud with
no proof to back them, and they realize
the fact that they originate from
office seekers. The present Governor
of the Stats is a farmer?a Simon-pure.
The State Treasurer is a farmer. The
Superintendent of the Penitentiary is
a farmer. The Superintendent of Education
it a farmer and a professor.
Seventy per cent of the Legislature
are farmers. Over half of our Con;
gressmen are farmers.
t Verily if we are to be led by Messrs.
Shell and Tillman on empty charges of
fraud against our own government we
are indeed ihc fuols which the latter
' mentioned gentleman pronounced all
f?io ftirmiM-a df the State to be in his
!*peechc< in >dc during the lust canvass,
lie eyidenily considers the l'anners
; lools he would not have the audacity
to-aiterapt to lead the in as he doe?.
lie is the most violent agitator that
South Carolina has irer known and
his whole effort at clas< legislation and
his policy throughout is in my opiniou
undemocratic. It is amusing lo hear
ihe puffy little politicians talk of Tillman
and the frauds that are being per
I petra'Cii ov me uemouruuv. iu =cc
uien who are popular only in their im
agination I Strung on]v in their indi.
vidual vote, talk and write as if they
= control a whole community!
j They represent only themselves, but
unfortunately they have too much conceit
to realize the tact. We have the j
i best government on the face of the!
%
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earth, and it is run on the most economical
principle.
We bare less crime committed within
lhe borders of South Carolina than
in auy other State in the Union?only
nc delinquent in every 5GS inhabitants,
as compared with one in every
in UToeeQAhiicAtfc oiirl in flCPrv
222 in tbe State of New York. Tbis
fact speaks volumes for the government
of our State especially when it
is considered that 54 4-10 per cent of
her population are illiterate.
Our State officers receive less salary
in proportion ihan any other State in
the Union. There is not a branch of
the government out of which an unworthy
dollar can be made. Then
where does this cry for reform originate?
From ihe demagogue and the
office seeker. You only asked me for i
an expression of the sentiment of this
section. Excuse the digression, and!
strike out my individual opinion if yon
sec fit. John G. Moblky.
TUE TOWS OF JSLYTUEirOOT).
Its Past and Present?Tlie Hotbed of Secession
and Democracy?Exports of
Cotton, W'otd and Turpentine?A Successful
Business Man-?Other Things
About the Town.
The town of Blytliewood is situated
in Fairfield County on the Charlotte,
Columbia and Augusta Railroad, two
miles north ot the icicnianu ^oumy
line, seventeen miles north of Columbia
and ninetecr miles south of
Winnsboro, the county seat. This
place was formerly called by the distinctive
name of Doko, so named by
General Philip P. Cook, who lived
near by, and was one of the most
prominent men in that part of Fairlield
County. The first tank on the
railroad after leaving- Columbia was
.<* T*/\1-/-w on/1 1 PnnV 11 sac] to
4.11 jyVAV? auu WX.VV. ?>.
say that was why he christened the
place Doko, which being interpreted
means "the iron horse drinks." In
1849 the first whistle of the locomotive
was heard in Doko, and the tank,
which is still used to give the iron
horse drink, was supplied with water
by the same party, Mrs. Sarah"YVooten,
who is now supplying it.
Doko continued to be the name of
the station and postoffiee until 1878,
when, upon the application of Dr. S.
"\V. Bookhart and other prominent
citizens, the Legislature of the state
passed an act of incorporation iu
which the name given was Blythe-wn/vl
As fJr.np.val Cook stood SDOE
ser for this station of Doko, Dr. S. ~VV.
Bookhart stood sponger for the town
of Blythcwood, and though the iron
horse continued to take drink here the
latter more euphonious name was
given to town and postoffice, by which
name they are known to-day.
Located in the sandfiekl section of
Fairfield County Blythewood enjoys
that great blessing, good health, which
always accompanies the sighing of
the majestic long leaf pines, and its
snow white sands never fail to recall
those happy days of childhood, when
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pleasure.
The people of the Blythewood neighborhood
have always been staunch in
their allegiance to Jefferson 011 Democracy.
and all through the dark days
of radicalism this precjut never failed
to send up a democratic majority, in
which particular it was unique.
It is also related that Doko was
the first place in the State to secede
from the Union, having passed secession
resolutions before the Conven
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severing our connection with the
Federal States. Be this true or untrue
as many and as brave men volunteered
in the confederate army from this
neighborhood as from any other part
of the Stated Capt J. D. Hogan, of
Hampton's Scouts, than whom this
Confederate General said he would
rather lose a whole regiment, lived
at Blythewood until a few years ago.
For some time prior to and after the
war Blythewood Female College was
successfully conducted by Dr. S. W,
iJookliart, principal.
The first municipal election was
held, under its charter, in Blythewood
in January 1879. Two tickets were
nominated^ one by the advocate of
license and the other br those opposed
to license. The no license people
were successful and Capt. J. D. Ilogan
was duly inaugurated first Intendant
with a council board in full sympathy
with his riews in this particular.
At that time Blythewood had two
business houses, J* ~\Y. Starnes and
McNultv & "Wardlaw.
At present the mercantile business
of the town is conducted by W.J.
Johnson. J. "W. Ii. Peay and J. M.
Raines. "W. J. Johnson commenced
business about 1880 by buying out
McXulty 4fc "Wardlaw and immediately
opened out a lien butiness. Coifring
directly from his farm, Mr Johnson
had to learn the business from the
start, having- no experience as a merchant,
but by pluck and an application
of business methods he soon began
to realize a success, and has built up
an annual business of fifty thousand
dollars. The other merchants, J. "W.
R. Feav and J. M. Raines are doing
a good business and a successful future
is predicted for them.
Blvtlievrood ships annually about
800 bales of cotton. The distance to
Columbia being so short buyers are
brought into close competition with
tho?e of that city, and the prices
paid at Blythewood range with those
paid in Columbia. Besides her cotton
rror> Blvthcwood ships many cords
of wood, the wood dealers come up
from Columbia with chartered trains
and carry it oil by the traiu load.
The wood shipped, is mostly oak and
hickory, from the undergrowth,
which make a superior quality of lire
wood. Pine wood is also sold for
railroad purposes.
Being in the pine belt, Blythewood
is also a shipping point for the naval
store products of adjacent pin us rest j
nosa forests. The soil about liiytnc-1
wood it ware* and well adapted for
orchards,, of which there are several
in town and vaciniiv. From these
peaches are shipped north every year.
Among her enterprises are a flour
mill, a grist mill and two public gins
owned and operated by Boney Bros.
The methodist congregation have
vffpntlv erected a commodious church
within the corporate limits, and the
baptist have a church just beyond the
town line?. The presbyterians, who
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have 110 church of their own. worship
in the methodist church.
The health of the town is presided
over l>y I>rs. Campbell and Abney
who enjoy the entire confidence of
their patients.
Mr. .T. M. Haines is in charge of the
postoffice. and Mr. J. M. Blair is
telegraph operator and railroad agent,
j The Blythcwood Farmer's Alliance
has a large membership, and has been
of much assistance to the farmer?.
the noutii of woman.
Major Woodward for Governor.
Brother Formers: Female prescience
may not be always as far-reaching as a
man's, but it is certainly quicker and
less fallible. Then, too, we find in
woman the very best and safest of
advisers, and it were well for men it
they more often barkened unto her
counsels. This is sometimes true in
civil as well as in the ordinary concerns
of life. Great men have not unfrequentlv
ascribed their success, not
only in the field of letters, but even in
the political arena to the advice ar.d
help cf their wives. Such being the
case, when a woman then, though she
be only a farmer's wife, dares to assume
the role of adviser in affairs o
state and to sound forth a note of
alarm, methinks it would be no reflection
upon the wisdom of their lordships,
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iftbe lords of creation snoniucanu nan
to ponder. The advice of Farmer's
Wife in last week's News and Herald
to farmers is to mr mind most sensible
and opportune. There is danger
ahead, brother farmers. It may be
seen in the renewed spirit of bitterness
and antagonism on the part of Republican
leaders toward the South. We
had hoped that all discord between the
sections was being forever entombed
and that we were going to have a new
North?new in truth and justice to the
South?as well as a new South. But
the recent unfriendly utterances and
partisan rulings of the present Republican
Congress plainly teach, if they
teach anything, that all such hopes are
"baseless as the fabric of a vision."
They are not satisfied with us yet
There is too much of the old alloy of
secession and rebellion leit in 11?. We
need further purification to fit us tor
national fellowship with such saints as
ihey. So they would put us through
the crucible of reconstruction and
carpet-bag rule if they could. Do you
remember those day?, brother farmers,
with their hellish saturnalia of misrule
and robbery and oppress'on? Could
yon consent to their return? Would
you be willing to wear again a yoke
so humiliating and degrading? No'
not if you be men and hare tbe spirit
of freemen.- Let u?> then pause and
deliberate. Are we not going loo fast
in this matter of nominations? Is
there not always danger in too much
haste? May we not thereby inflict
irreparable detriment upon the Democ
racy? the grand old party that in the
days of our darkness and chains
i is* trance, and to which.
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and to which a Ion?, we arc to look1 for
continued safety and good government
in the future. Let us do nothing then,
brother farmers, to jeopard its unity
and solidity. Let us hazard no nominations
outside the regular channel.
We can send farmers enough to the
convention of the State Democracy to
look after our interests there. Remember
we arc not fighting the Democracy.
The Democracy is all right.
"VVe are fighting trusts and all measures
and combinations that oppress the
farmer.
I am not fond of writing, brother
farmers. I never had the disease
"cacoethes scribcndi" but I cannot close
without heartily re-cchoing the senti
merits of Farmers Wire in reiercucc
to Hon. T. W. Woodward. I say yes,
let's make him Governor. I know of
no man who would bold the reins or
guide the helm of State with more dignity
and grace and honor than he. In
him are happily blended all the qualities
of mind and heart that should enter
into the structure of a State's Chief
Executive. Besides, he merits it; for
if, in estimating a man's worth, wc
take into account the services rendered
by him to his County, whether as private
citizen or in an official capacity,
then Hon. T. W. "Woodward, to put'it
mildly, has hardly a peer in his claims
upon our people. During the days of
Yankee garrisons, the commandant at
Winnsboro remarked of him that if
Fairfield hail more such men it would
be all the belter for the County. This
shrewd Yankee measured him accuratelv
and appreciated his worth.
Shall the people of Fairfield do Jess.'
Aokicola of -112.
?A few Bedroom Suits left which
have been marked down to the lowest
figure.
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; ADVICli TO MOTHERS.;
Mrs. WinsloWs Soothing STKur
snould always be used when children are
cutting teetli. It relieves the little sufferer
at once; it produces natural, quiet sleep
by relieving the child from pain, and the
little cherub awakes as "blight as a button."
It is very pleasanl to taste. It
soothes the child, softens the gums, allays
all pain, relieves wind, regulates the
bowels, and is the best known remedj for
diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or
other causes. Twenty-five cents a bottle.
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VILLIFOEI
j OPEXIXG VP OF THE WATEREE. <
i The following petition, signed by a j
number of citizens of the Wateree I
| section of the County aud others, has j1
i been forwarded to Congressman Perry. '
! The opening up of the Wateree rirer |
I would give shipping facilities to the j
i farmers of one of the most fertile parts '
, 1 (
; of the County who are now aiongi,
j ways from a railroad. The develop-]]
j ment of these lands would add greatly ;
I to the wealth of the County, in fact '
I some of our best lands lie along the
I banks of this river, and transportation ,
! facilities is all that is needed to develop <
! (hem.
|
j We hope Congressman Perry will ,
i be able to help in the matter. !
State of South Carolina, i ;;
I County of Fairfield. | ]
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| To the Honorable ine scnazc auu, xivusc j
| of Representatives in Congress ass em- j1
bled:
We, citizens of the Counties of Fair-!
field aud ICerabaw, living along and in j
the vicinity of the Catawba and Wateree |
liiver, humbly and reipectfully peti- j
tion your honorable bodies to appro-!?
priate from the treasury of the United j
States a sum of money sufficient to i
deepen the channel of said river and !
make it navigable for light draught j
steamers from Camden, now the head i
of navigation, to the UatawDa jeans, a;
distauce of about forty miles. A corps j
of governmentenginecrs, under orders j
from your honorable bodies, has made i
a survey and in their report show that J
the undertaking is altogether feaiible |
and the cost of same not unreasonable.!
The reasons that prompt us to make j
this petitien are, to give us much-;
needed, better and cheaper facilities j
ior transporting uui jjiuuuvc iu uui-.
ket, place us in direct communication !
with the seaboard, to enable up to develop
this, one of tbe finest agricultu-!
lal sections of the country, hayiug no j
railroad nearer than from ten to twenty
miles to bring us within reach of a
marked for the various kinds of timber
along the river now going to watte
and elsewhere in great demand.
Also and particularly te develop the
many fine water powers along its
course, especially the magnificent
power at the Catawba Falls. All of
which are undeveloped and unutilized
merely for the want of transportation
to the markets of the world.
Your favorable and speedy action in j
the premises will lay us under lasting!
obligations, and we will ever pray, etc".
Jno. D. Harrison, Representative;
Saml. McOormick, J. P. Jones, L. T.
Wilds, and others.
Ay OTHER VOICE FROM BEAU
CREEK.
Messrs. Editors: Two communications
have appeared in The News axd
Herald recently, signed "Pine Not"
and "Oak and Hickary", respectively,
upon which I desire to comment a
little.
"Pine Not" puts his forth as emanating
from Bear Creek and expressing
the sentiments of the people of
/.Ammnmttr "WftTC" thic lnnlrS llfcft
Li Jill ^UlllUlllUlljr ^V|f .vvmv ?? , ,
the tail wagging the dog, or some knot 1
or bump 011 a log swaying the entire
tree in the political breeze. Of course
such ''knot or bump" has the right to
express his opinion, but it is no more
than that of any other individual, and
an entire section should not be held
responsible for it. In addition to this, 1
it is extremely doubtful if the article
in question was written by a citizen of
Bear Creek, and this belief is based
upon some investigation and no incon
siderable knowledge of its inhabitants.
But be this as it may, the writer
thinks he speaks ex cathedra when he 1
says that the good people of Bear
Creek will not endorse any communication
in which such personalities as
those by "Pine Not" are the main .
things indulged in, especially when
' behind the shelter of a fictitious name.
I will now try to follow "Oak and
| Hickory's" advice and "answer a fool
j according to his folly." lie evidently
| seems very much aggrieved at the whole
i race of1 knots." "stumps" and "rocks"
j found about Bear Creek, and attacks
! the whole business more savagely than j
the famous Don QuLxotte did the wind |
mill. He then singles out one poor
innocent knot or stump whom he unjustly
suspacts of beingr "Pine Not"
: and hurls a particularly demolishing
j fling at him. Rev. Sam Jones says it
| is always "the hit dog that hollers,"
| and "Oak and Hickory" makes folks ;
j think he must have been hit by "Pine
Not.' from the way he howls.
!
Wc have a gracious plenty of the
articles mentioned by "Oak and Hickory";
in fact. \to glory in the excellence
of our pine products and the
! flintiness of our rocks. They are only
; equaled by our common sense, politeness
and good looks, and if "Oak and
Hickory" will come down and imbibe
some of these commodities he will be
COmC a ocucr II uwi a wiser uiiiu.
While vfd don't do;e in our smartness
we are not sd ignorant as we may
sometimes appear, and while we may
not be able to read a "sign board" or
newspaper, we can read some of these
! little one-horse, disgruntled politij
cians pretty readily. As Ben Tillman
j would say," they are after "potatoes."
I We are* surprised at "Oak and Hick
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Dry's" twitting us about Harrison's
2lectiou. Why, our daddies knew old
''William Henry" got in and Tyler
too, and we ourselves have heard of at
least two since then and both of them
got shot too.
I am glad to haar that the farmeis
between the Atlantic and Pacific are
?oing to do wonders, but I think those
betweeD the Waterce and Broad would
3o well to accomplish something in the
financial line. They need to have
more money in their pockets, bigger
and fuller bams and more numerous
and better schools much worse than
they do mor e demagogues and politics.
Before concluding, I beg leave to
state that the Democracy of Bear
Creek is still "all wool and a yard
wide," and it is the opinion about
here that the mantle of genuine old
Simon-pure party methods is still
abundantly thick enough to protect us
from Radicalism, extravagance or corruption
without crawling into any of
Lhe flimsy, dangerous shells offered as
substitutes. pike ldcb.
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J. LAW ITcCROKEY,
3-26x1 Gladden's Grove, S. C.
Notice for Final Discharge.
I WILL apply to J. A. Hinnant, Judg?
of Probate for Fairfield County, on j
Tuesday, the 22nd day of April, 1890, l
for a final discharge as Administrator of
the estate of P?. C. Clowney, deceased.
THOS. W. BRICE,
3-22j 1x3 * imiaistrator.
iiONBTTOlLOANii
WE are prepared to negotiate loans on
long time in sums of 5500 and upwards
en improved farms.
Paities having lands to sell will do well
to address us. For full information ad
aress
ALSTON & PATTON,
13 Law Range, Columbia, S. C.,
Or N. W. BROOKEK, Esq,,
2-26x6m Ridge Spring, S. C.
REGISTRATION NOTICE.
ACCORDING to law the Registration
Books for Fairfield Countywill
be opened on the first Monday in
April, 1890, at my office in the store
of R. M. Huey, and on the first Monday
of May, June and July. Those
who hare changed residence should
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have become of age since last election
should register in order to be entitled
to vote.
JAMES PA.G-AN,
Supervisor of Registration.
3-25fxtd
NOTICE TO^CKE DITOKS.
ALL persons holding claims against the
estate of Margaret B. Pickett, deceased,
will pleass present the same, duly
attested, on or before the 1st day of April,
1890, to the undersigned; and all persons
indebted will make payment to
EUNICE OASON,
2-1311x3 Executrix
NOTICE FOE FINAL DISCHAESB
TWILL apply to J. A. Hinnant, Judge
Prnhata for Fairfield CountV. OH
Monday, the 14th day of April, "l890,
for a "final discharge as Administrator
of the Estate of lnneous Pope, deceased.
J. W. BO LICK,
3-13f 1x3 Administrator.
F. H. McMASTER,
ATTORNEY- AT-LAW,
COLUMBIA, S.
All le^al business attended to promptly.
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