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I * A LETTER OF HIS n The following letter written 1 by the late B. H. Massey, a ; member of the famous Wallace ] House, which was found among i his effects by his son, Mr. Henry 1 j Massey, will be of interest to 1 our older citizens who knew i him well. Mr. Massey was an i uncle of our townsman, Mr. T. M. Hughes, and did heroic work in York county for the rej^demption of the state from radical rule. Mr. Massey's service in the house was during the time of the dual government in Columbia, headed by Hampton and Chamberlain. The letter lr is as follows: Dec. 2, 1876?9 A. M. Drakeford, Massey & Co., Fort Mill, S. C. We were in session all night and likely to remain so for several days. The Republican side was very stiff yesterday evening, but tempered down considerably last night and seems to be very quiet this morning. Discussions have ceased on both sides at present. We think we have exhausted that point. We are now trying other and I hope more effective means. The military failed to appear to put us out yesterday, and now the impression is they will not eject us from the halL If they do not, we are masters of the situation. The Republicans did not canvass the votes yesterday for governor, according to their LDrougnu in, and no good force 1 or leaven be lost. The country i appointment, postponed until z o'clock today, and 1 don't think 1 they will reach that point to- 1 day. The difficulty with us is 1 we have no recognition from 1 the senate, they having recog- 1 nized the other side of the 1 <m,' house. If we are under the ne- i cessity of retiring from this hall we will have to create a senate < before we can operate. We have 1 12 Democratic senators seated and three who have not yet been ; seated. That number does not1 I constitute a quorum, conse- t quently we would not have a < lawful assembly; but if the < worst has to come to the worst < we will have to take that course j i and organize a bogus senate. I; That we are trying to avoid if i possible, and that will be our 1 last resort, for we are now in < % PROCLAMATION! j < : "*Of the New Village, and the , New Country Community, as < Distinct From the Village. This is a year of bumper crops, of harvest-home festivals. Through the mists of thd ? . v happy waning year, a new vil-'? lage rises, and the new country i community, in visions revealed ; to the rejoicing heart of faith. ; And yet it needs no vision to> see them. Walking across this ] land I have found them, little ganglions of life, promise of ] thousands more. The next 1 generation will be that of the ' ( eminent village. The son of the | ] farmer will be no longer dazzled and destroyed by the fires of . the metropolis. He will travel, ] but only for what he can bring ; back. Just as his father sends ; half-way across the continent i for good corn, or melon seed, so I he will make his village famous 1 by transplanting and growing < this idea or that. He will make < it known for its pottery or its < processions, its philosophy or < its peacocks, its music or its j swans, its golden roofs or its . great union cathedral of all < faiths. There are a thousand 11 miscellaneous achievements \ within the scope of the great- < hearted village. Our agricul- 1 tural land today holds the plow- < boys who will bring these bene- 1 fits. I have talked to these 1 boys. I know them. I have .< m seen their gleaming eyes. 11 * And the lonely country neigh-' 1 borhood, as distinct from the l village, shall make itself fa- i mous. There are river valleys that will be known all over the 1 land fyr their tall men and their 1 milk-white maidens, as now for i their well-bred horses. There 1 " tire mountain lands that shall . < cultivate the tree of knowledge, 1 as well as the apple tree. There 1 are sandy tracts that shall con- j 1 stantly ripen red and golden 1 citrus fruit, but as well, philo- ( sophers comforting as the | a moon, and strength-giving as < the sun. 11 These communities shall have ( their proud circles. They 1 shall have families* joined hand in hand for generations, 11 ^ to the end that new blood and 1 new thoughts be constantly 1 1 11? 1 TORIC INTEREST IS d< ol the bounds of law, and our ob- b< ject is to remain so. One thing w [ can say, that if we should .fail Sj it will not be our fault, for this t house is determined to stand up g< for our rights as long as there ^ ~ 1 TA is a, glimmer ui nope. n is a is 3ad sight to see 64 intelligent ti gentlemen on one side and 55 S negroes and five mean, low j(| white men on the other side as- ci sembled in the house of representatives of this state?a sov- S] sreign state of the United States?arrayed against each )ther, and sometimes to all ap- S< pearances ready to kill each )ther. Then, again, we are aughing and talking together, >n friendly terms, as we are at \\ :his writing, as General Walace, our speaker, and Mackey, ()j ;heir speaker, are now sitting aughing and talking together. 1 o'clock p. m.?The Republi- hi :an side has just passed a reso- te ution postponing the counting tl )f the votes for governor until ti< Mondav. 2 oVlorU r? m ? , ^ WJ 2 o'clock p. m.?Hamilton, a cr legro from Beaufort, now re speaking in favor of Hampton; Sc ilaims that Chamberlain has w lot received a majority of votes ind that he is not elected, ft Hamilton is a Radical. Myers ai is also with us on the same principle. Democrats bright- K ming up. Republicans depress- pi 2d. A Q ' /-?1 /A/lb * 1 o \j viutr jj. in.?ureui excite- tG ment. Another man sworn in el oy our speaker. We are getting ti the advantage of them. We find p: they have been claiming a mem- s\ r>er from Barnwell who has not ti jeen here yet. We received a iz telegram stating that this el member had not left home yet. ti The discovery of that fact pro- gi luced great confusion amongst \\ :he Republicans. tf 7 o'clock p. m.?Rather quiet ai it this hour. Myers of Beau- P< fort is now speaking on our side. There seems to be a gen- fs jral depression on the Republi- re lan side, whilst the Democratic rn dde brightens. We expect to tc remain in the house tomorrow, sf ind until we gain our point, if Cf lot driven out by the military, PJ which we now think will not be rn lone. B. H. MASSEY. bl P< ir community shall awaken illus- iri trious. This by faith, and a; itudy of the signs, we pro- r? rlaim!?Farm and Fireside. The South is True. We have been waiting for (1 some one to say it for us and John Fox has done it. Mr. Fox is a native of Virginia, and is a ! 01 Southerner of the old school t.\ ind a gentleman. He is of that m school of which Thomas Nelson qi Page is the head. in the February Scribner, Mr. ai Pox, in his serial "The Heart of m the Hills," gives Colonel Pen-1 si Melon's arraignment of his be- [ sj loved state?Kentucky: 111 "The earth was too rich here m ?it made life too easy. The ot horse, the bottle of whiskey, I lil ind the plug of tobacco were m ill too easily the best?and the hi pistol always too ready. We've , at seen cartooned through the tt world with a fearsome, half- , ee contemptuous slap on the back. | lo Our living has been made out m ^f luxuries. Agriculturally, j n< socially, politically, we have ! dc ?one wrong, and but for the te American sense of humor the 1 re *tate would be in a just, nation- s> wide contempt. The Ku-Klux, be the burning of toll-gates, the pi Ooebel trouble, and the night-1 riders are all links in the same 1 it chain of lawlessness, and but d( for the first the others might hi 1 * u?i, nave neen. I5ut we are, in j is ipite of all this, a law-abiding fn leople, and the old manhood of G .he state is still here. Don't cc forget that?the old manhood be s here." ri That expresses sentiments >ve wished to voice but have hs :>een unable properly to frame I' nto words. Living has been pi :oo easy in South Carolina. All b< >ne had to do was to scratch the ace of the earth with a plow M ind plant a few seed and wait ? Ol* the hiirvpyt Ruf , wwv. iiatill C I las rebelled and man must at< lelve deeper to get the riches1 yo vhich her fullness would indi- [u ;ate lie hidden there. This is aa he day when agriculture is be- ei coming a science, a profession, lot ?a mere routine of chores, jto And as life has been so easy a" :o sustain, so have shiftless be labits begot some things of T1 which we are ashamed, one of hem being a distate, a disincli- q] lation, a disregard and a posi- an ^ . * THE LANCASTER N1 ve dislike for education among ime classes. But, as Mr. Fox lys, we are a law-abiding, orjr loving people, despite some ' the representations that have jen made by men in authority ho have paraded a very poor )irit before the world at large, he hearts of the people are >od. The old manhood of the South V* OVA C%Vwl r? wb nviv, aim, men t\ me preuicon, some day, it will assert itslf, and the feet of our brazen ol of today will be seen to be ay.?Anderson Daily Mail. ELECT POSTMASTERS BY PRIMARY ELECTIONS mate Adds to Appropriation Bill Amendment Calling For Method of Selecting Fourth Class Otticers. rashington Dispatch, 13th. Primary elections for election fourth class postmasters are 'ovided for in an amendment > the postollice appropriation 11, which the senate commite on postoflices today added to lat measure. The considdraon of the bill was completed r the committee, but on ac>unt of the necessity of gathiing information relating to ime of the changes, the bill as withheld from the senate. The amendment regarding urth class postmasters was lopted. as a result of a sug isnon Dy senator r>ristow of ansas, although his original -ovision was much modified, s agreed upon by the comniitie, it will apply only to fourth ass offices and it will be oponal with the postoflice deirtment, as to whether the rstem shall be put into execuon. In that event, it authores the hoi ling of primary ections and when such elecons are held, it is made obliitory upon the department to ipoint the person receiving le highest number of votes nong the patrons of any given istoffice. The committee also passed ivorably upon an amendment squiring the reweighing of the ails next September, in order > arrive at a basis of compenition to pay the railroads for irrying the business of the ireel posts. Another amendent repeals the much-criticised ue-tag law, which gives the istmaster general discretion i delaying second-class mail latter. ., A MODEL HUSBAND Prize winning article in Baltimore Sun.) Having had for 22 years the lly model husband in captivir, I will not have to draw on y imagination to answer this lestion. He remembers flowers, candy id all anniversaries. He gives e a private bank account and lows no curiosity as to how I lend the money. He admires e more in my new gown than y old ones. He never admires her women?audibly. He <es the ties that I buy him so ueh that he asks me to keep m supplied. He talks business id politics to me as freely as lough I were a "mental iual." He does not drink, beng to clubs nor tell me how to ake a salad dressing. He is )t "funny" at my expense. He >es not expect me to laugh ofin at the same joke. He is a ;al father to our children, rmpathetic and "chummy," dieving more in example than *ecept. With all these amiable qual icn, ne l.s iar irom being tin-| ir my thumb. He is head of is house. Although my word law in small affairs of "the m," I could as easily wheedle ibraltar from its position as I1 mid influence him against his itter judgment or his sense of ght. In fact, all the praise which is been showered upon the resident-elect might be apied to my model husband and i hopelessly inadequate! L. W. BARRETT, ajestic Hotel, Atlanta, Ga. No Need to Stop Work When the doctor orders yuf to op work It staggers you. jtcan't, >11 say. You know you jjfe weak, n down and failing iiyfiealth day ' day, out you .must Jfork as long you can stand. VV^at you need Is ectrlc Rittflrs Jo give tone, rength and ylgu^to your system, prevent t)feak^ down and build >u up. ttbn'lrbe weak, sickly or ling wljten^Mectrlc Hitters will i ineflt Vlni/frum U"> ? ...... w.v> NIDI UOSO. lousanifsXiesH them for their glorii8 heaUlTand strength. Try them. /ery bottle is guaranteed to satisfy, lly 50c at Lancaster Pharmacy id Standard Drug Co. \ I?.W PFDDTT A DV tn imo Li VT X' XJUliU iVIV X IV I?3. PHILOSOPHY OF A LIFE ) There are characters so great i that their memorials are trib- J utes to those who rear them. It I it so with Abraham Lincoln, Ij whose birth was celebrated last Wednesday. To preserve a fame that is undying, the appropriation by Congress of $2,000,000 was not needed. As proof of a nation's grateful appreciation it was wise and generous. We hear much these days of philosophy, most of it not understandable. There are societies that study profundly and profess to comprehend. These circles are small and the results that they gain are uncertain. But the philosophy of a life like Lincoln's takes hold upon millions; it abides in the hearts and minds of men; it influences nations; it inspires whole races. ... wuipiuiouii witu iL wnai other is worth while? Born in wretched poverty, an ill-favored child upon whom and whose parents our learned professors would have frowned, and always poor, he has been numbered with the greatest of the earth. Never in his lifetime regarded as an orator, he is enrolled among the most gifted pleaders On of all ages. ur8 Never educated, never widely i }ty read, never a traveler, he is the conceded to have been one of bel the wisest of men. tlfe Never a trained soldier, he cjig commanded in war greater armies than any monarch or ^ general. an( Never having had more than the local celebrity as a lawyer, he as had conceptions of justice that p.u were unknown to distinguished arc jurists of his time. y0l Never assuming to be a the statesman or an economist, and never until his call to the presidency a successful manager of any enterprise, he became a ruler who will be celebrated forever for wisdom, sagacity and firmness. Monov 1 V?A n h f /> M " - me iiuimn ui u verse, i; he has given us poetry in prose that is imperishable. The humblest, the least asser tive of men, it fell to him in an hour of crushing responsibility as commander-in-chief, by the sovereign stroke of a pen, to \ \ put human slavery in the way If of extinction. [J There is no obscurity in the philosophy of such low, rich or poor, wise or simple, strong or Zfl weak. It is the flesh-and-blood (jZ life, the life of struggle, sorrow d and achievement. Its lessons ip are for all. \V What have science, reason and recondite theory to offer in i place of such a life? Nothing but words, most of them mean- \ ingless!?New York World. The Greatest of Living Repub-, licans. It is to be regretted that the hard-and-fast rules of our choice of Congressmen by districts are to deprive the conn- 4 tVv nf tho arlvir>oa aC W. V..V ??vl> IWCO WI fjv^cpli V.I. Cannon. He is the greatest of ! all living Republicans. Whether his party is in a majority or a minority, he belongs in the House of Representatives and ' should be there as long as he lives. In England such a man ] could not be retired while his party controlled a single constituency. Mr. Cannon is the greatest of , living Republicans because in point of service, ability and consistency he outclasses all his associates. He adheres to the whole body of the party's faith. He abates nothing. From Lincoln to Taft, whether upholding human rights or sacrificing j ' them, the party in his estima- j tion has been right, and he "J would not evade responsibility for one of its acts. While The World has not ! been able to agree with Mr. Cannon very often, it respects his courage and his freedom from cant and humbug. Many , a more dangerous partisian has made greater prtentions to piety and virtue. In its present temper the country is properly inclined to turn its back upon < Mr. Cannon's party, but the part yitself never needed him < more than it does today.?New York World. - < ii(un ar>iri Ut'clUSt 1 Rl ForKbsuUs , OYSTEI \ I S ' " 3 I 7 / > Rug Reasons ly/a few years aj?o were not commonly used and natr' there jire rea^Jhs lor their rapidly increasing nonular in tnc lirstjfrtace, when you buy a rug you know just how / complete Dtfftern appears. Then, the designs are the most lutiful oL^ll floor coverings, because the master designers of ; workj/nave been working on them for centuries, and the ligmr'bf a rug take in the whole floor coverings instead of a ajrpattern as is necessary in matchirfg a carpet. Another thing, there is no troublesome matching or fitting 1 no work fn putting them down. When you want to take im up it is done in an instant, so you can clean them as often desired instead of once or twice a year. Besides, when one 't of a rug becomes worn it is a simple matter to change it >und and thus get the full amount of service out of it. When j move or want to change them from one room to another sy always fit. LANCASTER IARDWARE CO. FROST PROOF CABBAGE FUNIS Wl, GUARANTEED TO SATISFY CUSTOMERS 1\. FROM THE ORIGINAL CABBAGE PLANT GROWERS J lABLT JERSEY WaREJ'UJRI. . CliAULI -7 N ! < r.; ,E TYPE. 8' CCT JHIOS. ' ALOl . T . ... KT iliMK.ll "if/ CkrjRfu M ' Pi.1 llMd V.ru'ly. flkuBoiMMleA Larftjt ar.ii G.L.I C.t.hM. ^ J t CO'-"'r.'ir-ri Estabtlshcd^dGO. Paid in Capita) Stock $30,000.00 ^<BT Wo ffrew the first ElfbST PfTOOF PLANTS In ISC*. Now havo over twenty thousand satisfled customer.-:. \V?'ta|p'e crown Mild ioIiIiwmv v.i: n-f plant* than nil other person* in the South*-rn State* eonit?lne?l. Wit/f H<t:tu cur pi: ' i ium . c or w o scn?l your money back. Order now. Ifflstmolosi-tthotfiilonl it! vnni?o.w.il.,rt ? . ...... ... -Et. iw rLi\iiuttHW ? . ...... . .... , . e n i cany ?. inoiivru, una inoy are ine ones that sill for the niosUKhlliey. we iOW three tons of cabbage seed per season. Earn Yjxfr Plants fcr a Slight Ssrvice?Ask Us How IESfuoniFyabbmS?i ? rostauoJMid .0 cents pit 100 plants. Iiy r\prt>s, buyer paying express charges, which under i -wchibrite Is very low. 500 l.>r 11.00; 1,000 to 4,000 ?1,S0 per thousand; 5000 to 9000, J1.S5 per I ihouglnd; 10,000 and over 11.00 per thousand. WM. C. GERATY, CO., Box 194 Yonges Island, S. C. We have an enormously large stock of C "Everything For the) Building" - We are badly crowded for storage room. A i | large part of this various material was bought , before the recent advances in lumber prices, m ; This being the time of year when farmers can & !Duikl add Ft-pair?wc are going to make spec- f ial prices for cash as an inducement for quick 9 business. 9 Better "get busy" we are afraid we can < ' | never sell lumber so cheap again. i We can save you money on "Everything 1 , : for the Building" especially SHINGLES as j : ' well as make a little profit for ourselves. Moore Lumber & Mfg. Co. : | "Everything For the Building." 1 EsL-1885 ^ Dft CPDTI I !TPn\