The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, August 20, 1890, Image 2

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| Tlie F,iirfidi News and Herald. | ] PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY !' ^v_ _ ! 1 -BY- j, "ia>., - anH _ T-T- Co I , VVs? - TKH.HS IX ADVANCE: ' l??r. - - - Sl.JO | | Vx >UutliK, .... j ? _ ^ ...^ _ ..^ r _ W fX DOUtfLISS, ) | > hiiitor*. J AS. t$. DAVIS, ) a d ve!t Tisrxu ha res. ca su .- j >!!? dollar a square fur tl?? first inser- ! ?:i and fifty c. its for each subsequent I nstrtiou Spreul rates for contract ad- j vertisers. { >1 M*ri:i?i4 ami death notices fre*. KeguUr rates c r.tr;?e.l for obituaries. Orders for J??l> \.V??rK solicited. WIMN'SBORO, S. C. i ii? Wednesday Ansrust 2?. : : : 1890 j FOlt GOVE UXOR : JOHN BRATTON An a >|>eal will be takeu in the case of Turner. The C. F. & C. II. 11. will not run parallel with a single line, but will ' make connections with at least tifteen roads. Co.y!'EiTix<; lines are what we want. We have only two railroads in the county and they both belong to the >aine system. Wkk No town will at?i : t the attention of great bu>iut*.-s if its inhabi ^^^mply tit down and wait f>r Mk^jurn U:?. HMPWvaTitJatone. will not 3| ^P^^)lac? wrih *.s >nev. The peomu<t nave ? !.?- * *, nerve and pluck t'? inakf ?he b-<t c?t w h it uamre has Rivets ili? in About the Lot. <f. own section of iLe ! * \ county i* t<> be found very line timber, j x. The l.\ F & C. 11. 11. would be the making of that section of the county. Wouldn't it be well f>r the people d>w?: th?*re to look into the matter? The AsfiieuUurtl Department at Washington has sent out i!iO*t enc?h raging reports for this year. The cotton crop for J n!v is estimated at a fraction below 90 per cent. It is probable that the crop, if the seasons continue favorable, will reach as high a?; V. _ 8,000,000 bales. ^ ^?y ? . I At ihe rrgnpgr?i< ? the j Alliance, in the comity, we publish to day a letter from Ilobr. E. Park, of Georgia, .declining to become ti.e candidate of the farmers as a class. The reasons he gives are worthy of serious consideration, and though intended tor the pccple of Georgia should excite a peculiar interest in this HH? Mn. Geo. P. Mokton, vice-president and general manager of the Cape ' Fear and Cinciunatti Railroad, says that if the people of Fairfield will show the right spirit, lie will guarantee that the road, will be constructed wmi. from South port, N. C., to Winnsboro within twelve months from the day of signing the papers. lie seems to mean business. Now let the people take hold of the matter in a busiiess way and show Mr. Morton that iltcij mean business. Now is a good time for the Board of Trade to operate as a most important adjunct for the business interests of the town. "Winnsboro has complained time and again of the evils which will, from all time to come, grow out of the existence of only one outfet to outside markets. We would suggest that the Board call a meeting at some early day, and invite a conference of a number of our leading farmers for the purpose of discussing the advisability of the road is proposed by the Cape Fear & Cincinnatti Railway Company. SkY?i:\l gentlemen propose manufacturing ice at ttie oil mill. This sirikes u? as a good idea. There can be no doubt of the fact that many of the to\vlife above ns would get iheir ice from this place. Iii?ht heie i? illustrated the necessity for another railroad. A* it i.s we are nearer many towns than Columbia, but when git * come* to transportation Columbia ha? the advantage. The more the C. F. & C. li. H. is thought of, the more forcibly are we struck with she great advantages it would give Wini.sboro. TuEFHF"uers' Institute is some time Wt al now's a Yer- g??d time to a what > oil are jroing to . .'(y^Last \ear many people said tti^'t/iey would have been glad to -fisve contributed to the success of the Institute but knew nothing of it until a short time before hand. The com* mittee thi< year, has gone to some expense in i>suing pamphlets giving iu detail tin: object of the Institute and a lull list of the premiums. Kemember lhat iver\ body is iavited to join the Society?the Jadies a* well as the men. We shall from time to time remind our readers of this important wort so that they will be in no position to claim a want of information as to the time,etc., of holding the fair. Although many reports are circulated in the newspapers to the effect that Vance will have a hard time to get hi# scat in the Senate ntxt time, ^ yet a passu:? vUit through Norih l Carolina will not fail to impress one with the strong hold Vance has on his people. At a campaign meeting in JNorth Uaroiina a lew uays ago 11 wss really amusing to see how anxious two rival Alliance candi-late# weie tc endorse Vauce with the strongest language. Etch seemed to fear the other would say the sweetest things about Zcb, as he is familiarly called by h's constituents. Vance ha? done valuable service for North Orolina, both at home and in Washington, and his peopie doubtless appreciate him. IF YOUR HACK ACHES Or you arc all worn out, ?pal!y jood for nothing ^ ^^tisj^ner&^de^iliy^^Try^^ ?i "vrill cure you. and gire a g,ood appetite. Swfl by all dealers la niedieiae. Jk ? L'uiiutural Rcpre?si?? ia Population. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, in his ?pvec!i <>n the larifl' l>ill, {.'Oints out :fj??,,t f..frc vrhir.!i have muii) * ti J flii umv . ...... been c-pi^vj hy the tariff. One of the tno.-t >tiiking i-s tlie effect of the economic system upon the growth of population. Elkana Watson, a New York merchant, in 1815, estimated the future population of the United States for each succeeding cen>n< year down to and including 11)00. llis figures were veiifl.d mo.-t sigularlv by the by the census reports until the beginning ?>t' the tariff economic s>stein. Below is yir&i Watson's table tuade in 2810 t*> which attention U called by General Francis A. Walker in the Eticvelo: :e lia IJritannic:?: i i Year, j Watson's j Cmsus Difference?. . estimate. | returns . j ISO...1 S,(?2G,7:tl 9(;:?,822X 8,088 1830... 12,S33.H45 12,866 G2i? X 32,385 1840... 17,116,526: 17.0GG.45;}? 47.073 1850 .. 2X, 18"?,368: 23.191 876 X 6,508 lwid .11 75::.824 31.443.321 ? 310,503 1X70...' 42.328,432; 38,558,371 ? 3,770,001 1880... 50,420,24 If 50,155,783? 0,284,458 1890... 77.260,989 f05,000.000 ? 12,2X0,980 1900... 100,355,985,f SO,000,001) ? 20,355,935 f Estimated. Of course, as Senator Jones state?, it can't be Mated positively that the tariff has been the sole cause of the failure of Wat>on*s figures to hold out, yet it has had a jfreat deal to do with it. The Ans?Nt Convention. r.? _ ? a /. ...... ine-AUgUM, IVIIVCIIUUU ?i*5 IUIIVU by the Executive Committee for the purpose of deciding whether delegates to the September Convention should be elected by primary or by conventions and for the purpose of deciding that question alone. Under this call the delegates to the Convention were elected by the Democracy of the State. "When the Democracy elected delegates to the August Convention, in iVrt ihtoiirf* of pYm'fisscd instructions to the contrary, those delegates had no authority is do any thing- more than decide the question of primary or no primarv, and, therefore, the action of the convention in electing a new Executive Committee and in adopting a new constitution is beyond its delegated powers, and, therefore, null and void so far as the Democratic party is concerned. There can be no question of the fact that the majority of the delegations were not giren authority by their principal, the County Democracies, as agents to elect a new Executive Committee, for in very few of the counties wa> anything- said about doing anything more than to decide the question of primary, aiid .sOxmi tlio electwLili the different counties under the cal of the State Executive Committee, th< presumption is thut no greater power; were intended to be conferred thai were contemplated in the call. So Col. Iloyt and his committee ar< still at the head of the Democratic party and the constitution remains a: it was. *3 m It 1? Still Chairman Uuillard. T..e Slate Convention was decidedlj a Tillman Convention, and it is no surprising that Lis delegation frou Fairfield were given seats in the Con vention. The ti^lit made by Mr Dougla-s was a strong one, and tin n..A44A.. i , supporters 01 ueu. orauui; owe mm i debt of gratitude. Might nude righi in the convention, and his concln?iv< reasonings fell on deaf ears. The main question, however, which so seriously affects the pu?v organizatioi in Fail field has not been settled. S( far as the county organization is con cerned it leinains in statu quo. Wt hold to this view : 1. Be.cause the cftate Convention die not, a? a Ciere matter of fact, pass 01 the legality of the respective organlz* tions in this county?uidn't even un dertake to do so. This was nut withii the scope of the issues made f??i the dtci>ion of the ?onvt?tion?(lit sole i"?sue was: which delegation hould be seated and not who was am had a ri^ht to be the County Cnairmai ot Fairfield County. 2. Since the nature and kind o constitution eich county shall adopt i: left *olely to the Democracy of th< respective counties; and the Count} Executive Committee, before the or ganization of a county convention, is tiie last court oi reson, me owe i^on retnion is \ri hout jurisdiction in i question of interpretation of the Coun ty Constitution, nor could it have hac jurisdiction in deciding who is th( County Chairman. It ou!d nt> tiiori have undertaken to do this than the Supreme Court of the United State* could undertake to construe the Stat* i Constitution alter our State Supreme Court hud clone so. 3. Only one of the many acts of the regular County Convention was called in question, and in so questioning the legality of naid act, to wit, the election of delegate?, the issue was uol who wai tl.c head of the party. 4. While the decision of ihe Stale j Cui vetiiion may have incideutaliy ex| pressed its preference lor the Lylei committee, yet it had no right 10 do so; for it was not the i??ue to be decided and was nothing more than an arbiter dictum and not binding upon any one. 5. The case, if it be true that a caucus previously decided it, was unfairly beau) and outrageously decided. The case was prtjudged by a packed convention. It was a foregone conclusion before the cammittee on credentials was even appointed, and, we believe, before the Conveution was temporarily organized. If there was ho mure potent reason the dictum of the Convention would not be and must not be binding. * Capt. Gaillard is still the Democratic County Chairman and he must remain sO. Blood Poison Is rery liable to follow contact of the hands or face with what is known as poison ivy, especially in hot weather or if the body is perspiring freely. The trouble inav subside for a time, Anlw fn unr>p<tr in ftfforr.lpafpH fill'in when opportunity offers. The great purifying powers of Hood's Sarsaparilhi thoroughly eradicate every trace of poison from the blood, as the cures it has accomplished conclusively show. It also cures scrofula, salt rhtuui and all other affections arising from impure ? I Running Thoughts. The crows are very encouraging, j - - - A ! and the harvest will soon be at hand, j i The dull hot summer days will soon j j be over, and it is hoped that the j J chronic jrrnmblcr and the incessant kicker will pass away with them ! Last vear was a bad rear. All busi* - 1 l - I ness was seriously damaged in mc i failure on the farms and there was some excuse for a little grumbling: and kicking and nearly every one did his share. | This year, it jooks us inougn iniug* j are going- to be much blighter, and j the town kicker?and there are some j in every town?ought to forego the j utoflsnra of kicking this one rear at | least, and resolve now while the busi- j ness prospects are so good that lie j will not be so sensitive in the flank, j but will join the majority in building j up and not the minority in pulling ; down. 4 11 if - Al?,1 .Alt me lusgruuueu iicvpicuiciivnApected to pass through a metamorphosis all at once. That would be too good a thing. But if they flnd it absolutely against their constitutions to participate,. actively, in promoting the interests of the town ami county, do let them go off by themselves and doirt be a stumbling block to somebody else who wishes to lend a helping hand in the work. This is a splendid time to sit down and think what you can do this l'all to keep as much of the proceeds of the sale of our crops at home. The oil mill must be run again this fall, and it would be well for every one interested to devise some plan to make it more profitable. Think about if If spmris that the outlook in the manufacture of oil alone is not very encouraging-. There is a great deal of power lying idle down at the mill* Can't somebody think of some way to utilize it next summer, or use it to the greatest advantage this winter? How the mill can be best operated is good food for thought. It will not be long before the stock -1 1 w*ll iioiuers III U1C CUWOII XUUIUI ? Hill 1MIV to determine what must be done with that enterprise. The large crop will materially aid in this business, and steps should be taken at the very beginning of the fall to increase the capital stock. "Won't the farmers take a hand in this? T^-rw^lj^rfT^c^itt the country and * j the town were learning ti?i- thev can't 51 live to themselves, and if any jvill 5 take the trouble to look over the Statt 1 he will iind that those towns and couiv ties are most prosperous where there is 5 unity of action between the farmer! 1 and town folks. > Darlington is a notable example oi this. There the farn._i^ are amon< the most numerous and among tlx largest stockholders in the oil mill am 1 cotton factories and other concerns 1 AVc were told by a gentleman frou Darlington a few days ago that how ever divided the people of Darlingtoi 1 might be on some questions, they al 1 ways join hands in promoting tl< 1 business interests of the town anc 1 county. That is the right spirit, and it ii I - i y ' tae oniy way avc may nupu iu miwccu ' "Won't tlie people of Fairfield do tin 1 same tiling? Do it, and there will 1)< ) a marvelous change in the old county Our people, all classes will becom< J prosperous and it will be no trouble t< have new railroads traverse our count j * and immigrants will come to us with 1 out our begging, all sorts of cuter prises will spring up, multiplying ead year, our educational fecilities will bt 1 improved, our homes more cheerful and our bank accounts will increase Work together and we will be a fai j happier people. i ? *""" m Constitutional C^ufstioiiH. r The Constitution of the State Dcm ocratic party provides that in even election precinct there shall he one 01 more Democratic clubs. It declares in Article 4 that the elubs in cadi county shall he held together and operate under rhe control of a County Executive Committee. Article it dirt cts that County Dcm' ocratic conventions shall be composed * of "one dele gate fur every club ami an J additional delegate for every twenty' five unrolled members." ' Tlie county constitution yires the 5 Executive Committee the power to 5 require the roll of each club to be filed with the Executive Committee a ' certain number of days before the ^ convention. ! The conclusions to be drawn from ' these sectious th; as follows: - The right of Democrats to form clubs is inherent. Doubts may exist 1 a* to the propriety of sub-dividing clubs, but there can be none as to the 1 constitutional right of sub-division. ' There can be but one county organi' zation. All the club* in the county oj.oll Ji*?M tmrothr>i* ami f.rmf.rolled by a counly executive committee. There cannot be two committees or two county chairmen. The number of delegates in the county convention is fixed by a plain and simple law which every one can understand. The only trouble that can arUe is a* to the facts as to the number of legally enroiled members belonging to each club. To provide for this each club is required to file its club roll with the executive committee (or its clerk) so that the number of delegafes to which it is entitled can be ascertained. This is the fairest provision that, could be made. Otherwise clubs might be tempted to elect more delegates than they are justly entitled to, br deciding all doubts in their own favor. In the recent Sumter Convention it was claimed, and not denied, that the delegates present repretemed a nominal membership of 3,600, whereas the real strength of the county is very much less. The Abbeville couuty club votes on a nominal membership of 3,700, whereas the largest , primary vote ever cast was about ! 2.800. Other instances might be cited to show the necessity for fome accurate examination of club roll3 and adjustment of club strength. Whs shall decide this qu^tion? ''laii'v not the convention It i> true th:?t anal?i?;y l<a<l> r?? ;h-v conclusion that the convention .-hail be "jud^e ?>t' the election, quilifici'ion ?i : ?> i.nt iUIU ll'lliim Wi l?" iiiVUMMt , analogy gives no warrant for it to fix its own members or apportion its.own delegates anions the cpveral clubs. This apportionment i>. ulu'ays fixed by gome outside authority. Some Slate constitutions fix absolutely the quota of cach county in the Legislature. Others provide fur periodical reapportionment, always to take effect at the election succeeding the ajipoiliota/tent, in order to prevent members Irom meeting together awl apportioning the seats among themselves. So, the United States Constitution provides that ne Congress shall make the appor UOllIlieiii iiiiu u.iiry u um? vuci> , which .-lull not apply until the next succeeding Congress. What would be the consequence 31, after the present census, every State would take upon itself to assume what its represenaiion ought to be and elect members to Congress? In a close contest between Republicans and Democrats we can well imagine each State stretching its representation to the utmost jusiiflible limit and trusting io luck to make a combine in Washington to keep in power. This would- Ke chaos. Xhe analogy holds perfectly. i\o conniv convention where party feeling inns high can safely be allowed to lix its own membership. This must be ascertained in advance and the clubs must adhere to the apportionment. They are operated "under the control of the executive committee." That committee therefore is the proper body to make the apportionment. The qualification and election of members is a diHI*rent thing altogether, ami hv analogy should be left to the *"" *' - ; r* - - convention. That i?, there can be 110 contest in convention as to the number of dclc^aies from a club, bat there can be a decision by the convention whether a certain member N duly qualified or was properly elected. The fact that the County Executive Committee appointed a sub committee of both parties, aud this sub-committee made a unanimous report, allows iliat the committee was acting fairiv and squarely and in the interest of peacc and right. Its action was the proper thing, and the County Chairman was strictly in the lino of duty in miing that the report of the committee must be received. AX ISTEltESTIXG LETTER. . I'oiuts About the Agricultural Soci"jYj "if* Rock Hill?A Good Suggestion W~0 Green*, brier ami Mossy Dale?Tbe of tli< Vftfc??? of Glenn Sprinc^y.yewa aml Gossip ^r^grr^l^Tu^ ?,? at This Popn? lar ri:.ce. 5 Glenn Springs, S. C., August 12.? As a respite from politics, your readers may enjoy some rambling dots of E what has been to your correspondent a * very pleasant trip. } Leaving "Wimlsboro on the Gth inst. i my first stop was at Rock Ilill to at. tend the summer meeting of the Agri1 cultural Society. Owing to the wet - weather and disturbed condition ef i the State, this was not nearly so well - attended as usual: but the essays and i discussions were entertaining and in i structivc. As the proceedings iiave ? been published in the Xcics and Courier. . I shall give only some points gathered i in private conversation, j Mr. Rogers, the pioneer of tobacco . culture, in South Carolina, interested ; the audience by his talk on that sub> ject, particularly in his statements ol r Uie lurgu pruuia resulting nuiu mimi gent management and proper soil in - connection therewith. While cireumi stances prevented my having a private ; chat with this gentleman, I was fortu, nately thrown with another gentleman, . who is probably the largest grower of the "weed" in Florence County. From his declaration as to character of soil required for tobaceo growing, I am satisfied we have lands in Fairwonl<i warrant thf4 OYnpri meat, at least. A sandy loam for the surface, and a porous yellow clay subsoil are prime ; requisites. This land should be only of medium fertility naturally, but 1 should be heavily fertilized with ' fertilizers similar to those we use for ' cotton. The growing is simple enough, the curing is what requires experience and intelligence. Last year in the ' Florence tobacco neighborhood were 1 sixteen tobacco planters, with fields ran or? i iff from four to thirtv acres in . this product. But of this number one only failed to make any money; and the fact that he did not loose induced ; others this year to enter the business. The Ycry lowest profit made by any of ; the remaining- fifteen was forty-five dollars per acre, running from this to over two hundred. The yield of one field of six acres sold for twenty-four hundred dollars, nearly two thousand clear. Mr. Rogers allowed a reporter for the Courier-Journal to examine his books under promise not to publish tne mxonnauuit gamcu, owing w> forgetfulness this promise was broken, and the reader of that paper learned that Sir. Rogers' profits in three years 011 twenty-six acres of tobacco were thirteen thousand five hundred dollars. Some of his tobacco brings over one dollar per pound. | Ten dollars an acrc annual rent has been offered by North Carolina farmers for land in this section. Sales of this year's crop have already been made at gratifying- prices. In view of the above inducements, I would suggest to the farmers in Greenbrier and Mossy Dale sections to club together and make a trial of the culture 011 their lands, which. I should think, are adapted for the purpose. jLiiegrcaiusLCApciisv: wumu be the salary of an expert?about $40 per month. He could, however, attend to several different crops. Another subject -was slightly discussed, which interested me far more than the above, viz., underdrainage. I had the privilege of spending a considerable time in the -company of Maj. Ilinscn and Capt. Rivers, of James Island. These gentlemeu have revolutionized the system of sea island cotton raising by means of under draining. Before the war two hundred pounds of lint was considered a fine yield. Maj. Ilinsoirs crop last year averaged 420 pounds and sold for over 30 cent*. Without the tile drains anything like this yield would have been impossible. These lands are very level, and while tile draining pays so" handsomely on them, it might not pay on ours. On this point I have, as vet."been unable to get any infor raation, but am anxiously continuing the search, especially, as it is claimed that the drains not "only alleviate the effects of a ^ret spell, but also of a drouth. As one of their advocates claimed, they are like whiskey in the i opinion UJL IJK- IIJUII >Y Xiu 1?K1VC9 11 111 cold weather to get warm, and in warm weather to get cool. In other words, a porosity is established in the soil, forming numbers of minute conduits | which serve as downward channels j (for water) in wet weather and upward i ones in dry weather. The display, of thorough bred stock j was tine in number and quality. I i regretted, however, to see, (as is the ease with us) so little attention paid to the raising of mules. The colts hoi no- nrincimllr of racing and trot ~ O L'-- I -- c ting stock. Leaving the young city of Jiock Ilill I came by way of Charlotte and Spartanburg to this celebrated watering place. The hotel and cottages are crowded to their utmost limit: Nearly 300 guests are seeking health and pleasure here. The waters have gained such a reputation that they are shipped constantly to all parts of -lie United States, anil even to Canada and Europe. The value of annual shipments runs from ten to fifteen thousand dollars?a gold mine for the yiupt iCLUI The lite here in this delightful weather, without being exciting, is very pleasant. In such a crowd yon may select your company and discuss any topic, religion, law, agriculture, politics or the ladies. There is 110 formality or re-traint, and thn dressing is very plain. Every thing tends to produce a feeling of "hoinenesa" and repose. II the choice of governor for the State were left-ti? the guests, Bratlon would lead the field by an overwhelming majority. There are a few Tillman men here, but they seem uneasy, out of their element, as it wore. The natives around here, however, are solid for Ben, although many of them have not voted since '76. From Fairfield the visitors are Miss Macfie, Miss Milling, Mrs. Thomas Ketchin and son, Mr. It. J. &c Car ley and your correspondent. Newberry leads in the number of guests; Orangeburg and Charleston probably coming next. Malaria sends her victim? here from the low country, and dyspepsia hurries them hitherward from all parts of the South. The efficacy of the wafer in | battling with these diseases is attested hv raanv remarkable cures. The following extract will b.j of interest, as a contrast to the new regime cf political aspirants. ''There were from the opening season of 183S up to the war, in 1860, many men, frequenters of Glenn Springs, who made the history of South Carolina. In ante-bellum days the Constitution of the State did not allow its ? hiet Executive during his term of office to leave the State, and the Governor was glad to fix, for several weeks each summer, and often lor the whole season, his headquarters at Glenn Springs. Judges, United States Senators and Representatives congregated there, and some important decisions of the Supreme Court wore written out 311(1 moiv I than "ohe~otate paper of importance drafted in the shadow of its walls. "Slowly talking up ami down the campus, in the times in which we speak, summer after summer, was to be seen the tall, wasted form of Chancellor Harper, the beautiful Integrity ! of whose private life adorned the office : which he filled. Every one recognized Jud^e Harper as a truly great man. His legal opinious were quoted in English and European Courts; and it was his strong intellect that coined ' from the inalienable sovereignty of ihe . States the doctrine of the right of secession. Calhoun grasped the idea ; and became the earnest apostle of the political creed, thereby forfeiting all honr> of national honor.*. ,%Col. Wm. C. Preston, the silvertongued orator, was a brother-in-law of Hui pe.'a, and always a strong 1 Union man. After leaving the Uni. ted States Senate he was made pre?i[ dent of the South Carolina College. He al wa> s spent a part of his summers at Gleun Springs. He u^ed to say 1 that in spite ot his partiality for his L native Virginia, he was forced to ad. mit that no waters of the Old Domin: ion built up his broken down nerve force as surely as the waters ot Clenn ' Springs. l "Judges Butler, linger, Cheves, . DeSaussure, the Johnsons, both Chan, cellor and Judge, Eluiore, Seabrook, Hayne, Laborde, Barnwell, Pickens, ' O'Neale, men of all 6hades of thought , and profession, came to drink and be ; healed. 4Ah! gentlemen!' said Col. Preston, 'trunk }ou not Ponce deLeon made a mistake in his bearings: had lie come up higher he liiigni nave fount', here the waters for which he . searched ??' "It was in 1847 that the survivors of the Palmetto regiment, heroes of Monterey and Rcsaca de la Palma, came to . recruit Irom wounds and the effects of the hardships of the Mexican war. Gladden, Eves, Cary, Styles, Brooks and others carried off the honors, petted and admired by all. Any civilian was thrown over mercilessly to give a dance to owe of the Mexican volunteers." s. I'KKSIDKNT PAKIi'S LKTTKK. He Deprecates Bringing Farmers' Organization.* into Active Political Conflict witli other Important Interests. (Southern Cult valor.) Tlic Secretary of the Club, at the request of many members and friends of the organization, publishes herewith the forcible letter of President Park, in which he declim s to run f ?r the Legislature in hi* county. As our club is non-political in every sense, we simply pubii h this letter, in response j 10 J'ClJUCSld KM 111 rto uiaiKi </J information, as it will rnaeh ilie public too late to att'cct any of the candidates interested in the race. Captain K. E. 1'aik, Mhcoii, Ga.? Dear Sir: Tne undersigned, represent ing a lar<re body of tl.e Farmers' Alliance of Bibb county, as well as others not connected with that body, respect j fully ask the use of your name in the ; Democratic nomination to represent Bibb county in the next Legislature. Hoping to have thi< request granted, we are truly your friends, t t fJnffnrd. S. S. Sweet. ' IL A.NUbet, IJ. F. Onslev, I \V. II. Ca?on, 11. A. Johnston, D. G. Hughes and other*, j Messrs. Gufford, Hughes, Nisbet, Ous'ey, Sweet and others?Gentlemen: I have received \our invitation to ' allow inv name to go before the Demo1 cratic voters of Bibb county for nomi' naJion to represent them in the Legisj latuie of Georgia. The gratification which this mark of your confidence .and respect gives me i is greatly increased by the fact that the ! suggestion of my name in this connec' tion originated with my friends among 1 the members of our County Farmers' j Alliance, aud has been graciousjv seconded by many merchants belon?r| ing to the buard of trade of Macon, as ; well as by member* of the Knights of 1 Labor of our city. j Under different circumstances from those which now surround our politii cai situation, I would perhaps deem it my duty to accept such a nomination, and, if elected, to devote all my facul- j ties to the promotion of the best aud highest interests of the city and coun- j ty, which interests are, in my opinion, i closely identified with the welfare and I . / Highest of all in Leavening Power. ARSOIlf honor of the entire commonwealth of Georgia. L sun constrained, however, by a deep concern for those interests, to decline your invitation. I was the first accepted member of the first sub-Alliance formed in this county, and have given to it my unwavering and loyal support. The Aii;.i.i/?a hoc huon tlirrniorlinnt. the* Sfafp i AlliUllVV VVV?i V .... of the highest service io the agricultural interests ot the people of Georgia. Its objtcts as announced when organized, and in adhered to up to a very recent period, whilst having! reference more particularly to the! improvement of the agricultural cou-J dition of the people, were in j entire harmony and co-operation; with all the other great concerns of the community, whether mercantile, manufacturing or mechanical industries, or pertaining to legal, literary or other professions. It commended itself to the respect, confidence and support of every class by the enunciation of its purpose to abstain frouv all political computations., intrigues and j tactions. The tendency to convert, or, I might! sav uervert. such a noble organization j into an engine or political power, and the selfseeking of aspirants fur political office, is, in my judgment, a sad disservice to the interests of the State, and especially those of the farming class. In the first place, its inevitable effect, if not its avowed purpose, as stated by some of its leaders, is to segregate the agricultural class, to sever its connection with all other classes, and to claim for itself the control of the State government, and its federal relations as - * - - ? ? AVAIiksJTTA Sn^h I US UWil I'AUIUSIIb piviv^du IV. a pretension will, sooner or later, [ place all the other classes and interests of society in an attitude of reciprocal | antagonism to all other classes, which will prove more numerous and controlling than is now imagined by the advocates of this pretension. It can have but one repair, namely: Internal discord in a State among .vhose people harmony of sentiment, unity of purpose and concert of action has now, more than at any other lime, become a matter not of principle alone, nor of policy alone, but or actual self-preservation and existence. In the second place, even if s'nccessI iul, which, at the m>st, will beshortj lived, the principle upon which such a success WOUill oe ?a.-cu ts miav ai.u vicious. Ttie essential characteristic of a republican form of government is, lhat political authority must be drawn Ifffyn the whole body politic, and all parts must conii ifmie f<>' 11rat..-111 i, tv. The cxchisi??n of any portion from (lie power that ought to be comj moil to all, and the impropriation ol that power to one class alone is not liberty, not Democracy, but the very essence of tyranny. To fhft tl.ini ni:iiu?. I Jo not share in the district ami j-a!ousy of other higher and noble vocations, Mich as our merchant?, lawyers, bauker?, city i physicians ami oilseiv. which are I nought to be excited and >pread among j our people. j In reading a recent spcech ol the most active leaders of this movement against a lawyer, as a proper representative in Congress by reason of Ids non-identification with the fanning interest, I am forcibly reminded of the glowing tribute paid by Edmund Burke in the British parliament to the services rendered to the cause of independence by the great American lawyers and the great American planters of that day, and characterizing the combination of two such . classes as an invincible factor in the cause of American liberty. And I am also reminded of the effort that was once made in Georgia to eliminate Alexander A. Stephens from our -national representation in . Congress i -uru.,4 UCCllUSO I1U WilS il JilVV>CJ. U 1AU.L U bright page in the history of onr State would have been expunged had tliat appeal to their prejudices not been rejected! I would rejoice if the appeals now being made to the same prejudices of the farmers of Georgia would meet the same fate. Who would obliterate from the history of Georgia the records of her great lawyers?Crawford, Berrien, Ben Hill, Cobb and others?names which history will not let die? Nor can I forget, in this connection, that the great law reform of Georgia, instituted by the j great jurists of the ^tate, preceded by i a half century the law reform moveJ nient in England lead by Lord Brougham and other great statesmen of that realm. This movement to exclude lawyers and other professions from the great employments of trust, responsibility and honor is unjust, and instigated" by aspirants for office, whose only hope for political preferment is the supposed gullibility and I prejudices of the peoplo The success of these men will be only temporary.' ? * i j.ii :n i.? ! una IIICU* auwiliau Win uu m ,inu um complete and humiliating. I mean no offence to any man, but when in this crisis of our affairs I hear a man as a seeker for office atj tempt to foment discord in our State, I and to array one class against another I cannot repress the suspicion that he is not the friend of either class, but the enemy of both. Entertaining these views as to the importance of union and harmony among our people, and differing as I do from many of my good friends iu the Alliance as to the effects of the sub-treasury scheme now urged as a condition of political support and suffrage, and which scheme has been condemned by the most enlightened and purest statesmen of the whole frtnntrv. and has not the sanction of a | single man of eminence us a political j thinker, or large experience as a legisj lator, a fact which should, of itself, j make its noisy advocates more modest ; if they "were less ignorant, I am com; pelled" to respectfully decline your j flattering request to use my name as a | candidate for nomination.* Very truly your friend, lioiiERT E. Park. Endorsed by the Press. "For several months past the readers ! tliic lmvn seen each week | VA """ r~x-? speciitl reading notices, showing the wonderful cures effected by Swift's Specific, better known as S. S. 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YOU AKE HEREBY suinuioi&^fe^ quired to answer the Complaint in this action, which is filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers., at ih?-ir office, >o 0 Law Range, Winnsboro, South Carolina, within ,)-nro nft-j.r th?? s?rvi(? hereof. 114 IttUlfJ U ... W. -r-- - r exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will .ippi} to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. Dated llt-h Juiv, A I). 1X5?0. A. S. & \V. D. UoUuLASS, Plaintiff's Attorneys. To the Defendants Cassandra II. Kabb and E?' win J. llabb. as Trustee of the estate of suid Cassandra II. Kabb: Take notice that the Complaint and Summons in this action, of. which Summons the foregoing is a copy, were filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Fairfield County, in the State of South Carolina, on" the eleventh day of Julv, A. D. 1890. A. S. & W. "L>. DOUGLASS, Plaintiff's Attorneys. 7-13x6t Winnsboro, S. C. SHERIFF'S SALE. Sa'e of Real Estate for Delinqoent Taxes for the Fiscal Years commencing November 1,18S>, 1887 and 18X8, 'under sn Act of the General Assemby, 1887, Page 80 i, No. 429, approved December 24, 1887, entitled "An Act in Relation to Forfeited Lands. Delinquent Lands and Col'ection of Taxes. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, i coskty of fal rfield. $ BY virtue of executions issued to me by ibe C junly Treasurer of Fairfield County for the fiscal yeais 1SS6,1887 <and 1888, dated respectively, February 1,1888, January 17, 1889, and February 10, 1890, in accordance with the above entitled Act, I have levit d ou and will sell on Monday, 1st day of September, 1890, in front of the Court Ilouse at Winnsboro, S.' C., at 11 o'clock A. M. the fol owing described lots, pieces or parts of land in Fairfield County, S. C,: Towxsmr, No. 4, Oakland. Mary J. lioulware, fis*ai year 1S88. 21G acres. Watehee Township, No. 5. John Quar es, fiscal year 1888, 240 acres. Beir Creek, No. 0. Estate Samuel Tea-, fiscal \ea s 1886, 1S87, ISSS, 42 acies D. E. Perry, fiscal years 3X87 and 18S8, 48 acres and'i building. Jemcinsvii.le, No. 11. Dr. John Wallace, fiscal y?*ar 18x8, 2,100 acres and 14 buildings. Jackson Creek, No. 12." W. S. -UoIilieUi, nscai year i ;.-v>, ;.-,u acres and obui dings. Mt. Zion, No. 14. M. F. McDona'd, fiscal \ear 1.J8X, 1 ot J building, Zio;i St. ' School District, Xo. 17 Estate Jemima Cook, fiscal y?ar 1887, 325 f cres. School District, No. 18. Weston 0. Bookman, fiscal years 1886, j 1887 and 1888, 82 senv. 1 Terms?(.'ask. i l?. Y. MILLING, August 4, 1890. i>. F. C. i ( SHERIFF'S SALE. i BY virtue of an i-xei-uti->n 1o m*' direct 1 ed, I will offer f??r >?ue before the ] Court llonse door in Wlnnsboro, i>. c*. qll. J the ? I ' FIRST MONDAY IX SEPTEMBER 1 next, within the lj'inil hotjrs of sale, to the highest bidder, for cash ihe fol.owingdescribed property, to wit: All thac certain tract of land, lying and situate on Little Kiver, in the Coun'y and J State aforesaid, containing J SIX HUNDRED AND SEVKN'l Y-TIIREE AND J ONE-FOURTH ACl'.KS, M mor<? or 1<?>s, and bounded by land's (MM W. P. Gil.son. Lilt!" Hi er, and lands <^H Mrs. ?. F. Lyles and others, ai.d liaviyH such special shapes aud marks as represented by a plat of resurvey by W. D. Elken, and dated the 4tjH November, lSTfi, hnown as the "jOT| Place" Levied upon as the propeity of Stn H Gibson, deceased, at the suit of Th |M Younginer vs. Ilayne Mclileekin, as 9 tor of Stephen Gibson, deceas^B PtObt. U. Jennings as Adrainist^^^^B Henry A. Gibscn, deceased. IX. Y. MILL* Sheriff's Office, ? Wicnsboro, S. C\, August 8,1890. flj 8-9-3t ^^5 Tins PAPER FtiSStA jLd^ertiniaj Bureau (10 Sprooe St VwsB oatractf ?*y be made l*f V J jB j 8 -W ONE CASE MCALLISTER'S ^ HfrnVinnr Uirfl Fnnfl lilUbililg, Uiiu ruuu ,-w ONE BARRIv, Glenn Springs later' ON DRAUGHT. Jx. A. WHIT K. Patrick Military Institute, i 7 4vnpt><r?v s; r XT EXT SESSION BEGINS SEPTEMberlT. Beautiful and he iltliy location. Full corps competent instructors. "* Terms reasonable. Apply for catalogue. COL. J')HN B. PATRICK, 8-12tx2v , Principa'. lliiret? 01 Soil Carolina, V ' AT COLU3IB1A, S. C. Gra<lu2U* course. Uu'ier-jrra?Jiwit?? courses x> for (k'tfrees?3 literary ami (> seientin-i. 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