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ABBEVILLE, S.C.
Wednesday,Nov. 19,1884. |
Not Such of a Ground Swell after all.;
Governor Thompson, in roply to the'
question a3 to what effect the election ofj
Cleveland and Hendricks would have up-]
on tho business interests of the country, j
uinong other things makes tho following
statement to the .Vtiws aid Courier :
"This election is more than a mere party
trininph. Won by a combination of
the Democrats with honest Republicans,
tho election is a protest against the corrupt
practices which, in their long lease
of power, the Republicans lime permitted
to increase until the very foundations
of the Government were endangered,
'i'ho demand for reform and i<>r honesty
In tlio administration of thcGoverninent,
has come from tho people iu unmistakable
language."
Nobody, we boliere, has a higher appreciation
of the benefits to bo derived
by the South from Democratic rulo at
Washington than we have, but it seems
funny to us to see tho Governor of the
State of South Carolina assigning any
nuch reasons as ttie aoovo ior lue recom
Democratic victory, when it is a notorious
fact that, there never was, in tho history
of the nation a contest before tho people
which could have been much closer, and
In all probability that closeness of the
voto nevor will occur again. If six hundred
of the floating voters of Now York
had changed their votes from Cleveland
to Rlaine, tho Republicans would have
been victorious. It would seem that
with a voting population of twolve hundred
thousand, that a majority of eleven
hundred did not show much of a "de"tnand
for reform and for honesty in the
"administration of the Government."
This small majority was in a St?te which
Is reasonably Democratic at any time by
lifty thousand majority, and which Stato
last ynar in its "demand for reform and
"horesty" in the administration of it3
own State government gave Cleveland,
when a candidate for Governor, a major?
ity of one hundred and ninety thousand.
Tho recent close vote does not iook to us
much liko a severe robuko to "corrupt
"practices in ofllco."
Another matter. Ohio, which has furnished
as ninny statesmen in the last
twenty years as any State in the Union,
gavo in the Presidential cloction a mujority
for Blaino which was greater than that
which that Stato accordod to the RepubJicans
in the State oJoction a month ago.
Not much of a "protest against corrupt
^ "practices" by tho State of Ohio. How
nbout Massachusetts and Pennsylvania ?
Did any "protest against corrupt pracv&trw
"tices" come from these Slates ? Did any
pronounced "protest" come from any
Northern State? Wo havo no evidence'
of a great Democratic victory in any one
of them. * |
?|sr*r' Wo tako no stock in that other funny |
remark about tho "very foundations of,
"tho Government being endangered."!
The government to-day is stronger than
it ever was, and it is not possible for us
to conceive of any possible contingency
!thnt would in. any way undermine or
overturn or ondangor the 'foundations"
of the Government.
The fact is, in our opinion, "corrupt
practices" had not one thing to do with
the result of tho recent election.
Wo fully ngree with the Governor in
nil he says about the "cffect the election
"of Cleveland and Hendricks will have
"upon tho business interests of the coun"try."
The benefits which the South will
derive from a change of administration
cannot bo fully appreciated or overestimated.
An Unseemly Quarrel.
Tho Neu-s and Courier is severe on the
Augusta Chronicle because of the action
of Its proprietor, the Hon. Patrick Walsh,
in sending a congratulatory telegram to
John Kelly of New York for his share in
tho recent Presidential electiou. The
Augiuta Chronicle is bitter in its repty? :
both editors, wo think, descending too
near vulgar personal abuse. Mr. Walsh
Jiau as mucu r?gui 10 express 111s
opinion of the public acts of John Kollj''
? and Tammany as he or C'apt. Dawson had
to criticise the political course of any
other citizcu.
We think the New York news, as published
in the Neus and Courier a day or;
? ? two atler its onslaught on the Augusta
Chronicle, proved most conclusively the
correctness of tho position assuinod by Mr.
Walsh in thanking John Kelly for his
faithful efforts to elect Cleveland, while
' i
the some news refuted most clearly and
most positively the charges of treachery ;
which tho News and Courier had made!
ugainst John Kolly. It was tho county !
Democracy, and not Tammany which
deserted Cleveland.
But tho facts in tho case, or the merits
of tho original controversy are lost sight
? of, in the bitterness of the personalities.
Those able&nd oxperinced daily journals,
published at important trade centres,
quarrel with that malignity snd irrelevant
personalities which would ill-become
inexperienced country editors, who may
not have learned that other editors are as
conscientious and as patriotic as themKclves.
It is a waste of breath for onej
editor to make imputations against another,
and it is true, as a rule, that th^
weakness of any cause is tnado apparent
by tho exhibition of temper. We think
> after old charges, assertions, or insinuai
1 ions, have boon made about two thouHand
times, that the public aro entitled to
n rest on that particular subject. We
think that we have had enough of tho
I "aaking up of old things" against the
Sew* and Courier. Those who cannot
win by striking square out from the
shoulder on the merits of question need !
not think to win before the public by descending
to ill-humorod (not to use a!
harder word,) personal flings. Tho Augusta
Chronicle, to our mind, had tho
right of the Kelly question, tho correctness
of which, was clearly susceptable of
proof, and yet ip the face of incontrovertable
facts, it so forgots itself as to show
even wora# temper than the Xacs and
Courier. The editor who is most courte?ous
is, as a rule, tho victor, and wc be-1
licvo the man who does not lose his temper
more often makes a favorable impression
on the public. Hard names and
ugly charges may possibly hurt the man j
at whom they aro hurled, but tho man j
ivhn is rpHiifprt to that violation of the'
rules of polite sor-iety is sure to be hurt j
in the estimation of u dispassionate publie.
"37"?The Figure of Fate.
Tblrty-sevon individual votes of the
people of Tennessee decided the election
of President Polk. The thirty-seven electoral
votes of tho colored people of the.
South eloctod Cleveland and defeated |
Blaine?Cleveland's majority over Blaine j
being 37. If the Republicans had notj
enfranchised the Negroes the Democrats \
could not havo won tho victory ou the 4th j
of November.
The Republicans, in order to perpetuate
toeir power in office enfranchised the j
Negro as their ally. For sixteen years
tho Negro was true to his party, but now
the Negro gives his strength to tho Democrats,
and tho Republicans are overthrown
after sixtoen years of unprece
dented oppression or tne wnue meu or
the South, Now since the Negro is
aligned on tho side of good government,
the Republicans who mado a tool of tool
biro for their own aggrandizement, may
well regret their folly in strengthening
the arms of tho Democrats. 37 is tho
fateful figures.
For Attorney General.
Mr. W. C. Bcnot's name has been mentioned
in connection with the office of
United States District Attorney, now filled
by Judge Samuel W. Melton, which
? will be vacant when Cleveland is inaugurated.
Mr. Benet's welj known ability
and experience as a lawyer eminently fit
bitn for the office, and hi9 zeal and success
in tho cause of Democracy, as Coun- I
ty Chairman, and as Presidential Elector,
justly entitlo himtowome recognition
at llie bauds of the incoming President.
Something New in Klccltons*
We publish in another part of tho Pre.*?
and Banner, a remarkable editorial from
the Aiken Journal and Review. An election
on tho Prohibition question was advertised
to tako place at tho general election.
On this question eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven votes were cast? one
thousand and ninety-one for "No License"
and sovon hundred and seventythree
for "License," being a mnjoritj- of
three hundred and eighteen votes for "No
License," and yet tho Journal and Review
demurs bocause it was not a majority
of all the men in Aiken county, including
the negroes. The idea of 1,001 not
being a majority of 1,807 would not hold |
good in this county. Tho rule which !
prevails here Is to give tho olection to 1
j whoever receives n majority of votes 1
cast for any particular efflce. At our second
primary elections no man ever gots '
a majority of all tho Democrats iu the
county?tho winning candidate getting '
only a majority of the votes cast?and we
venture to ask tho Journal and Review 1
if any man ever heard of an olection being
held on the plan which hesuggests, of
requiring a candidate to get a number of
| votes which should exceed half the total
nnmhnr nf riti^nns Hint, msv live within
tho bouuds of the election district. As
far as we have heard tho majority of tho
ballots always iudicates the choicc of the
pcoplo.
Tho imputation against the Rev. Mr.
Cuthbert will not help tho Journal and
Review. Its own statement is a sufficient
refutation of its charges.
Upon the whole, we do not recollect to
have seen any nowspaper assume a more
untenable position than that token by the
Journal and Itnicv.'. We are not now
speaking as to the merits of tho question
of Prohibition, but as to the validity of
the olvjections urged to tho recent election.
Taking the Journal and Review's
own statement?and that is all that wo
know of it?the Prohibitionists have fairly
won tliei r victory.
But oven admitting that thcro was
something in the objection to tho small
vote, it is fair to presume that those who
did not vote did not object to Prohibition. '
It would certainly lie no stretch or tlio
imagination to suppose that Hie sonti- ,
inent of those who did not voto was divided
about in the samo ratio as was the
sentiment of those who did voto. I
If the same rule wero applied to the ]
candidates who run for office in Aiken '
county b fore tho primary eloction, it j
would no doubt be scon that quite a tium- ,
ber of men who were declared elected <
had not received a majority of tho "2,800 1
tc 3,000 Democrats of Aiken connty," to
say nothing of the "colored voterB who <
are a part of tho people." <
The Best Machinist in the South. !
Tho Columbia Yco7iian in a recent issue J
of that paper pays a dosefved notlco to (
Major John Alexander, of tho Congaree i
Iron Works. Major Alexander is por- '
haps the best mechanic in his lino of bus- ,
iness in tho South. In our opinion, he
certainly has no equal in tho State. His <
prices are liberal and his work Is always '
firstclass. While Major Alexander ex- ,
hibited only a straw cutter at tho State ;
Fair, upon which bo took tho Grst pre- \
mium, his shop yard was full of the most, j
splendid, porfect moving machinery to bo
found in the State, and to which he invi- |
ted an irspection by the public. He
would have taken his machinery to the
Fair ground, but as he always takes the (
premiums ho was afraid that he would (
discourage competitors, ne kindly kept
his machines away in order to give wor- (
K?t Ituf Inco mnphani/>o o
Tho Columbia Yeovian in speaking o' J
the Congareo Iron Works recently, says :
Heavy Castings.?We are often mis- <
taken when we form tho impression that ,
we have to?o North lor obtaining articles
of the trade and manufacture. Some 1
months ago a larco contract for heavy I
iron wrrk was offerod by Mr R. W.
Johnson, one of our prominent builders,
who is now constructing the central
building of the State Lunatic Asylum,
and in which he Is to use eight large and
heavy fluted columns of tho Ionic style,
each column weighing about 6,00') pounds
and beinj: 18 feet 2 inches lone, 3 feet 5J
inches at the base, and 2 feet 9} inches at
the top. It was thought that it was impossible
to do this job here, and that tho
order would have to be sent to some
Northern foundry ; but Maj. John Alexander,
of tho Congareo Iron Works, undertook
to fill the bill and up to time has
successfully cast six of these columns.
He showed us through his works and |
explained the manner in which such a
job has to be done in order to excute it
property, and we were struck with the
large preparation which had to be made,
and tho many minute details required
for it. The Major has two largo cupolas
which will melt iron enough in the space
of from forty to sixty minutes to cast ono
of these columns, and his is the only s
foundry in tho city where such a job can r
be done, as it takes both of theso cupolas t
to molt the iron in time for the casting.
It is well worth the while of any ono to|r
go and see this work. We congratulate: f
our friend, the Major, on his success. {
There will be another column cast one
day this week. *
The fcieclion or a Democratic fresi* 1
dent. J
No peoplo ever rejoiced more at any '
event than have the Southern people at
the election of a Democratic President. 1
That election seems to have taken the I *
whole country by surprise. The Repub-j
Means never once dreamed of the possi- (
bility of such an event, and very few of
the Democratic citizens believed that
they would be victorious. The colored
people, while we wore rejoicing and giv- iug
the greatest evidence of gratification i5
at the result, wero not ready to believe!)
that Blaine had been beaten. They be- 1
lioved, and many of them still believe, 1
that the Republicans, as they did in '70. 1
will yet devise some means by which
they may cheat the Democratic party out j
of thoir victory. In the minds of sotno!s
we have roason to believe there is a lin- (
gering fear that they would bo re-en- j,
slaved, in caso a Democrat should bo <
elected, and to avoid such a contingency |
quite a number of thein are talking of
going off to Arkansas and Louisiana.
They do not seem to understand that j
these States are under local Democratic ,
rule, and that the citizens of those States: t
are subject to the same restraints and the j (
same protection from Washington that I '
we are in South Carolina. Under misap-1
prehensions ot this kind, no doubt many j
Hard working colored men will tako their
leave of us in many parts of the State.
With a few months of a wise Democratic
administration at Washington, the':
negroes at the South, and nervous Re-j'
publicans at tho North, will learn that jj
Democratic rule means good government J
fur all classes and conditions of mon iu 1
every part of the country. Tho North-,]
ern Republicans who accede to Demo- <
cratic rule much in the same spirit that :j
they would transfer the Government of;1
this country to some foreign power, and ! |
the Southern negroes who fear re-enslavc- !
nicnt, will soon learn the groundlessness i
of their fears.
The Emancipation of tlic White Poo-:
pie of the South.
The suspense is over and the Demo-;,
cratic nominee has been elected Prcsi-j1
dent of the United States, and thcro is ;
the greatest rejoicing throughout tho||
Southern States at the emancipation of
tho white citizen from tho tyranny und .
misrule which has run riot for the last!
twenty years. Tho blessings which shall
accrue to tho whole people will be in
their freedom from persecution by alien
oflicers of the Government and bytrai-j
torous citizens who may obtain tho oar of
Government spies and hungry cormor-i
ants who may come to prey upon tho liberty
and material wealth of our citizens.
Who can estimate tho blessing that shall j
follow the removal from < fllco of snoh
men as Melton, 15 ray ton, Tuomy, Taft,
and others of that ?*lass? Our own eiiiZ3i)s
will hereafter (ill the important office?.
Worthy widows of patriotic sol-!
diers, who are competent to till the post!
offlccs, will not now be removed to give
I i
place to notorious political enmies from j
tho ranks of the black race, and who aro
also notoriously incompetent. We will,
henceforth regard the Government at'
I W&snington rs the Government to which
tho whole pooplo may look for protection.
It will no longer be a Northern
; Government to oppress the South by unjust
laws and iniquitous oppression.
! The removal Irom ollice of tho GovernI
inent spies will well repay us for all the
! efforts which we have made lu nU tho
| cloetions since'76. 1
In a Horry to Get Tarrant Out.
At tho last term of Court Trial Justice'
Tarrant was found guilty of misconduct '
in ofllee, and sentenced to pay $50 and bo
imprisoned one week in the county jail.
From this decision Tarrant appealod to
tho Supreme Court for a new trial. By "
consent of the Solicitor his Honor, Judge |
Aldricb, ordered the Clerk of Court to
hold the papers until tho caso had been !
heard in tlio Supreme Court, and the decision
had been filed. As it was impracticable
to get a special session of the 1
Supremo Court, to hear this imortant
caso, some little time was necessary in
which to roach a final judgment in thoj
matter. Tho caso, wo believe, is boing 1
pushed with duo diligence, and wo bopo
that tho public may bo willing to give the
old man tho pnviloge of testing tho cor- !
redness of the verdict and tho validity I
of the trial. 1
Tho following intoresting correspond- <
anco on tho subject will no doubt bo read 1
with interest by our Greenwood friends,
some of whom it soems are greatly stirred
up on tho Tarrant btisiiios* :
ff. Ii. Blake's Threatening Letter to
ClerU Zelgler.
Greenwood, S. C., Nov. 15th, 1R54.
Major M. O. Zeiolkr,
Abbeville C. H.. S. C.:
Dear Major?There Is much complaint here
that you have not executed the order Court
requiring a copy of I ndiclrnent of J. It. Tarrunt
to be Kt-ni to the Governor Immediately
(See Statute, Sec. 2T50), on receipt of which lie
is to declare the ofTlce vacant. Tarrant Is still
\ssu:nlng to discharge the functions of his
sfUce und says he has orders to go on. I
tiopo you will not entangle yourself with this
matter by delaying to comply with the order
jf Court.
Please inform me by next mnll of the true
5!ata of things. If I hear nothing, I will liuve
:o communicate with the proper ollloer on
the subject. I hope jon appreciate my position
In the mutter since Beliefs tirade
Rgainst me. Your friend,
W. K. BLAKE.
Clerk Zelgler'* Dignified Response.
IV. K. Ilr.AKE, Esq.,
y>car <StV?I tbunk you for your kind solicitude
In my behalf In not wishing me enangled
in the Tarrant case. but ut the same
time profess 10 know something of my duty
ill the matter and expect to act according to
my own views In the premises.
1 think you will find that I bare authority
ind reason for iny course.
Yours very respectfully.
>1. G. ZEIGLER.
rHE CURSING OF TOWN MAR8HALS MUST
BE STOPPED.
rite Town Marshal of Lanrcns Shoots
to Death a Retreating Negro.
A fatal shoo'/mg affray occurred at this
place last Sunday morning about half
past 10 o'clock. It seems Irom the ovi- ,
.1 ? tl.? ,1,.? ? 1
iUlK'Uttt IHC IIUJUU'"!, UKU ? liv^iu %jj V..V
name ?f Oris Little was abusing and
cursing the town authorities for having \
irrosted anotlior negro for carrying a concealed
weapon, and finally drew a knife
upon one of the town marshals, Mr. \V. <
Nolson, and made an effort to use it. '
The marshal, it seems, attempted to get !
jut of the way, retreating several steps, l
closely pursued by said negro. Nelson |
finally dodged to ono side and drew his .
pistol, when his pursuer wheeled and
itarted backward. Nelson, however, I
when he whoelod to one side, instantly
fired, the ball entering tho left side in (
:ho region of the spine, passing near tho
lower appox of the heart, causing death I
in about fifteen minutes. An inquest |
was held bofore Trial Justice Miller, the j
v erdict of the jury being, substantially,
that the deceased, Cris Little, cainu to his
loath from the olFects of a pistol shot in '
Ihe hands of W. A. Nelson. i
Nelson gave himself up Immediatelj', (
ind was placed in jail. He was carried to .
Xovberry to-day, and will make applica- 1
tion before Judge Pressly. for bail, who I
is holding court at that placo.?Laurens- (
ville Herald. ,
Of course the town marshal will gel
bail in a nominal sum, ana will most ,
cheerfully go through the form of a trial.
Negroes are always the aggressors but .
:hey seldom are fast enough to kill any
body. Tho similarity of circumstances j
ittonding the killing a negro is getting
monotonous. The same recital of particulars,
it seems to us, would suit for al- |
nost nnv one of thecasesof neirro-kllline. .
We hope that our peoplo since the
;lection of Cleveland, may not assume to \
ihoot down negroes as though they wero
unclaimed beasts of tho field. We have
had about enough of nogro-killing.
Thankspirlng' Day.
The President of the United States and
;he Governor of the Stato of South Caroina
have each appointed Thursday, the
!7th of November as a day of Thanksgiving
to Almighty God for the many
jlossings which have been vouchsafed to
is during the past year, and it would
)e proper and right for our people to oblerve
the clay in such manner as will
jive evidence of our gratitude to the
Siverof^ood gifts andgrace3. Our crops
lave not been very abundant, but in
>lher respects wo have enjoyed manifold
jlessingR, and the Southern peoplo have
:reat reason to be thankful because of
:ho prospect of an early restoration of
hat civil government which will guartnteo
the fullest protection to this people
>f whatever rare or nationality.
The noisy crowds have mado hilarious
icclamations of jo\' at the prospect of tho
rutiion ol our hopes, and wo think it
unincntly right and proper that tho
Jhristiun people of every denomination
ihould give humble and hearty thanks
o Aimigniy won lor me prospect 01 a t
ipeedy deliverance of the South from the
land of tho oppressor.
It is earnestly hoped thot all of our
hurchcs may bo opened on that day,
md that the peop'.o may be invited to asernlile
that they take part in appropriate
levotioual exercises.
Terrible War.
The Keowee Courier and the Seneca
Free Press are engaged in a quarrel so
iharp, that wo expect the whole earth to
be torn up between Seneca snd Wahalla.
[t all came about by a misunderstanding
lbout the turn-tablo of tho Blue Ridge
road.
Charleston is making a proposition
,o change the present arrangement for
seating members of the House of Representatives.
While wo do not know the
notive which prompts the move it
3">mes from Charleston, and our members
should be on tho alert.
Reports come to us to the effort that
:h? engineer on tho Savannah Valley ]
Railroad had said that additional
ivill bo required to linish tho grading of
;liat road.
rHE NOBLE OLD LAURENS VTLLE HERALD.
[n Spite of Floods and Drouths, the
Scarcity of Money and llnrd
Times Ibe Old ' Herald" Still
Prosper*.
(Laurennitle Herald.)
With this issue the Herald begins Its Thirty
Sinth Volume, It Is peculiarly gratifying to
De able to nay that, notwithstanding de(iruc.ive
drouths and floods or the past two
>vnrs-, and tlie ueni-rul stringency of money
nutters, the Herald enter* the present volume
ivltli bright prospecis before li?Willi a better ; i
p.iylng advertising patronage Hnd a much i i
larger subscription list than It ever had at any 1
tluic during the past thirty-eight years of lis. I
L'Xititenic. and Us list of subscribers is steadi-1 ]
ly Increasing. We say this in no spirit of L
boasting, but rather to express our recogulLion
of the feet, unci return thanks to a gen- 1
irousanu Intelligent public. We shall strive n
!o merit a continuance of this patronage. I
Uur best enorglts shall be exerted to that end.
tn consequence of Increasing advertising pat- (
ronage Wc expect to enlarge our paper, and t
will do so as s'On as tlie necessary arrange- i
munis can be effected; and If wo meet the, i
success anticipated as reasonably probable j I
during the present .-eason. It is our Intention ; I
10 procure a power-press, us cur edition lias < ]
become too larue and laborious to be printed j I
upon a batid-pre-s, as It now in. With this u
Htldition to our facilities we shall also add ! ]
other improvements. We are determined j I
that if hard, constant, untiring effort can1,
accomplish It. to make the Herald equal to!i
any couotiy paper In the Slate. This is nu j
uue of progi ess, as well In Journalism as In i
other business pursuits, and the Herald Hi>all <
be kept abreast with the limes. i <
The most prominent leaders of the Repub-'
ilcaii party in Anderson County during the''
past campaign were tho negro school-teach-;
o s?men who ?ain every cent they make
f uui the Democratic tax payers of the County
.?A ndersun IiUeh igcncer.
And tho only disturbance that was raised
on election day in this county, was
instigated and headed by a colored school
toalicer.
Phovisioss.?'The principal features to
noted In the provision market during the
pas: week are ihe decline In bacon, a decided
11 n In cuLba^e. adecliue In sweet notaloes
and ont'.nued scarcity of cjjgx. quotations
at as follows: Young chickens, wagons, 8 to
W/i rents, stores 10 10 jo cents; old chickens,
wngons, 15 to 20 cents, stoics 'JO to 2j cents,
t utter, wagons, 12J3 to 1"> cents; bacon 7%
ccnts; Irish potatoes, wagons, 5) cents, stores
60 cents; sweet potatoes, 25 to 30 cents, stores
40 to "j0cents; onions, wanons, 75 cents, stores
Si: old corn, wagons, SO cents, stores CO cents;
new onn, ?agonsU.r> to 70 cents, stores, 75 to
8'l cents; apples, wagons. 60 to 75 cents, stores
73 conts to SI; cabbage, wagons 7 to 8 cents,
stores 10 to 10 ccnts.--Greenville Xcws.
Men Who Mcst go.?The election of
Cleveland will compensate the people of
. outh Cam irn fo nil their trouble and ex-i
p i.bj in-lie late cluctiun by the removal of'
thre.- specimen ladical officeholders, if it. did j
nothing inore. Those three men are District- '
Aitoincy fc-ainuel W. Melton, the renegade
Ju"\ packer; Taft. the hl.t*r aud vindictivei
Charleston postmaster, and internal Revenue
Collector E. M. Urayton, who has filled our
mountain comities with his malicious under-1
strappers to harass and annoy the honest pco-1
pie of those countle-- m >r- than to ferret out i
the criminals,?.Anderson IrtteHiycnccr.
*
TEE COUNTY CHAIRMAN'S ADDRESS
fo the Democracy of Abbeville
County.
Fellow Citizens and Democrats of Able
ville County :
I cannot refrain lrom congi atnlating
von on the great victory achieved by the
National Democratic party, of which j'ou
form a part. The long campaign has
ended ; there is cause no more for anxiety
or suspense; tho Democratic noinineo
lor tho Presidency has been elected; j
Grover Cleveland will take possession of!
the Whito Ilouse on the fourth of next I
March. I
So signal a triumph, of importance so
stupendous, and with eonsoquencos and
possibilities for good so varied and vast, j
may well take away one's breath. Ac-1
2Uitomed for twenty 3'cars to the tyran- J
ny of a hostile government at Washing-;
ton, and to tho petty and moro railing;
Lyrannios of Fedoral officials at home,
it la hard for tho South, and especially
Cnnll. pMrnlinn nnnrnl^tul i
comprehend the change that at last has
surely como. It is a rovolution,?with- j
>ut battle and blood, but more sweeping
in tho changes it will bring and more
Fraught with blessings to tho victors than
many a revolution brought to a successful
clo?e through blood and firo.
It is tuo property of the conqueror to
be magnanimous. In tho hour of triumph
wo have duties to perform. Foremost
among these, is our duty to tho ncjro.
The defeat of the Republican part}'
lias stunned him. His whole political
life since his enfranchisement has taught
liiin to look for Democratic failuro and
Republican success. Not to Blaino himself
lias the election of Cleveland dealt so;
crushing a blow as to tho iaithful Republican
negro. It was not simply tho unexpected:
to his mind it was tho impossible.
Timid and ignorant, and now deserted
by the men who for so long h ivej
misguided him, he stands stupefied and!
cowed, and knews not where to turn to,]
nor what to look for. Fearing ho would
be remitted to slavery, ono old negro in
Mississippi Las committed suicide.
Dreading that all tho evils foretold by
their radical leaders will now come to
pass, many negroes think of leaving this
mate and i*oine to the West.
Let us, white men, nt once disabuse the
negro's mind of nil his groundless fears.
'TIh excellent
To have a clant's strength, but it la tyrannous
To use It Uku a giant.
Lot us show the negro at once that the
Southern white man has no desiro to
ibuso the power whicli a Democratic victory
has given him. It is our duty to tell
tho negro that he need fear no evil: that
the election of Cleveland means political
peace, and pcrfcct peace betweon tho
white man and the black ; that all race
conflicts and troubles had their sourcc in
politics, and that the death of the radical
party means the restoration of good feeling
and mutual trust. Good fooling and
mutual trust botw icn the raccs existed
before tho war, continuod during the war,
and somo of it has survived tho evil days
3f political hostility and radical misrule,
in spite of tho poisonous falsehoods, the
bitterness and discord so cunningly and
successfully sown in the negro's mind by
Lhe carpetbagger and tho demagogue.
Wo can bring back now that era of good
Feeling, for the negro is of a cheerful temperament;
ho enjoys sunshine and laughter
more than politics pud olflce-sooking.
Bj' kindness and gontleness on our part,
by honesty and fair dealing, we can soon
prove to the negro that thoSouthern white
man is his best friend, understands him
bettor, is better used to his ways, and
treats him bettor, than any other man
North or West. The negro has worked
with us and for us in completo confidence
md friendliness as a laborer in the field,
in artisan in the workshop, and a servant
in our homes: it is in our power
now to induce him to work with us and
for us with tho same confidence and
friendliness in the Gold of politics. This
lie will do when he finds that tho radicals
were false prophets when they predicted
lis return to bondage, that Democracy
brings peaco and good order, that tho
public schools are open to his children,
?nd that he hRS equal rights with the white
man before the law, that he may worship
3od in the way he likes best, and that his
lumble log cabin is his castle where he
may sit under his own vine and fig treo
with none daring to disturb him or uiako
lim afraid.
Treated thus, he will return to the alegiance
he forswore in 18GS; he will be
>ur trusted friend and neighbor as he was
rinriiiir tho war; mid should tho
political adventurer ever revisit this State
,oply his pestiferous calling, the negro
ivill turn a deaf ear to tiio voice of the
jharmer, charm he never so wisely.
I tako this opportunity to give my
nearly thanks to the County Exeeutivo
Committee for their constant and valuable
co-operation in the arduous labors of
he campaign now closed; to the' Red
Shirt companies|of Abbeville County,
Evhoso enthusiasm did so much to arouso
;he lukewarm Democracy; and to all
;he local Democratic Clubs for thoir
;hc6rfully answering every call to duty
n a campaign which began in apathy
md listlessness, but which ended inglowng
enthusiasm and success. We again
tiave just cause to bo proud of Abbevlllo
bounty. She has taken the foremost
place in the campaign of 1884 ; she had
.he largest meeting, she had the largest ,
lumber of meetiiiKs, she had tho largest
lumber of Redshirts, her Democracy was
:be best organized, and she gavo the 1
State and National Democratic ticket the
argest majority, of all her sister counties
n South Carolina.
w n nrvrT
*1 ? V, W1J4.1 JJ * ,
County Chairman.
Abbeville, S. C., Nov. 19, 18S4.
COTTON AND CORN.
How tbc Crop Compares With Last
Year's.
Washington, Nov. 12.?The November rcurnsof
the cotton crop to the Department of
\grleulture relate to the ylelu per acre, and ,
ihow I he effects of the long continued drought !
n inducing the production. The lateness of '
,he killing frost has less ettect than usual In
;nlart?!ng the yield, as the vitality of the
Mants wus too neaely exhausted to produce .1
:op crop. The drought had not been broken
it some points on the gulf coast at the date of
he returns. The Indicated yield per acre Is
ower In nearly evciy year than In the census
rear, which was one of average production,
riie lowest yields nre now, as then, In Florida,
jcorgla, Alabama and Texas. The reduction 1
h this yeur very marked in Louisiana and
\rkansas, the region of the most productive
xitlou lands.
The returns by States Indicate a yield per
itr** as follows, the figures belli:; frUblret to
modification by fuller retuns; Virginia, lbO
bs.; North Carolina, 175; South Carolina,
152; Georgia, 135; Florida, JO.'>; Alabama, 100;
Mississippi, 175* Louisiana, 190; Texas, 143;
Arkansas,200: Tennessee, 1GU.
The Indicatlods point to a crop somewhat
larger than tliat of 1&S3, gathered in an tinusjally
line condition, as good color, unstained
uy storms and free from trash and dirt.
The returns of the rate of yield of corn Iniicate
a product somewhat in excess ot eighteen
hundred million bushels, or an average
rale or a small fraction nuove -j ousneis per ,
icro. Tlie best yields, as In 18SJ, it) what has
been designated tlie great American desert, in
Ihc vicinity of the hundredtli meridian, have
produced heavy crops of maize of high quail-1
ty. That line of longitude has ceased to bean |
nbpolutc barrier to corn production or general;
farming. The rate of the yield in Nebraska I
being 3S.5; Kansas, 88; Iowa.35; Missouri, 34; I
Mlnncssota, 3?.5; Ohio, 41; Illinois, :w; Indiiina,
29; Michigan, "7; Wisconsin 24.5; Kentucky,
vfi.
The pacific const returns a yield of 33 bushels
in Washington territory; California, 3D;
Oregon. 28.
The Southern States report, a yield of 22
husnels In Maryland; 20 in Tennessee; 1SJ in
Arkansas; l(i In Virginia 15 In Texas: 13 in"
Mississippi and Alabama; 12 8 In Louisiana;.
11 in Georgia, and less In other Stales.
Tlie New Kngland States average nearly 33
bushols; New York returns 3J bushels, and;
and Pennsylvania 31.
The quality of the corn Is better than In |
1S83. Nearly everywhere and In the North-:
orn belt ii is worth 25 to 75 per cent more.
The potato crop is nearly an average yield
of SO bushels per acre, and exceeds 190,000,000
bushels.
Psalm of the Lost.
Tell me not in mournful numbors
That the coming man is Hlalno.
For the grand old party sluiubera,
Never to awake again.
now we nopea in muu nepiemuer,
Confident tliro' years or gain,
Thm the voters In November
Would Dot ninko our wishes vain.
Hollow seems the fame onco bonsted,
Mocking seem the phalanx hold?
Voiceless seem the lips thul toasted
"lilaine" before thu vote was polled.
Fast the echo of tho slogan
Dies out like tho^c deur, ilea l days,
Lost to sight are Maine and Logiui,
Lllie poor, old, forgotten Hayes.
Lone our Bark steers up "Salt River,"
On lis decks igrand old crew,
Watch 1 lie While House lights that shiver
Dimly in our saddened view. ,
In the years oncoming voters i
Alay repent the fated votes
That now doom us to be "HoateiH,"
"Gang ftulec" in paper boats.
s
THE FIGHT IS FINISHED, j
I 1
CLEVELAND CARRIES NEW YORK STATE
"OFFICIALLY."
The Blaine Managers Lny Aside their
Wind-Bay and Vacate their Headquartern
? Professional Betting
Men Paying Up.
[Spcciul Dtipalch to the Sunday Ncws, \
Nkw York, November 15?Midnight.?Tho
Blaine managers now unreservedly con;ess
thai Ihejig Is up. and Ihey havo humbly luld
aside their wirid-bag. To-morrow they ?ay
they will vacate their headquarters and tbiiH
end the campaign. The vole 01 this .State in
now officially counted, although the returns
In three counties aro not yet eeriltled. This
is owing to the vote on local candidates not'
having yet been canvassed. When thin Is
finished, which will be either Wednesday or
Thursday at the latest, then the signatures!
will be officially alHxed. 'J'herc is, however,
no possibility that the vote as now reported
can bo changed u single vote. Tlie Republicans
know this, and therefore unanimously
concede that Cleveland lias carried the State.
There Is yet a small difference concerning
Cleveland's plurality. The Democratic State
Committee figure it utl.WS. the Timcx's figures
on l.lo5, tho World at 1 .l'J7, while the .Sim
roots it at l.tifti. 'I bis p'urality Isiiased on tho
vote cast for Orland Ottendoricr, the head
of tlio electoral ticket, who was scratched In
some localities ami who Is therefore one or
two hundred behind the other thirty-live
electors. Cleveland's actual plurality, therefore,
is about 1,200. The Democratic 8tato
Committee to-day closed up their headquarters,
having finished the light. The National
Committee's headquarters will be kept open
liiru week longer, In order to settle up the
odds and ends of the canvass. To-night the
professional betting men begun lo pay oil,
and by midnight hud settled a majority of
their bete. J. B. I'.
THIB SETTLES IT I
Blaine Foils Into Line?lfc Acknowl-i
edges IIis Defeat, Submits Gracefully
and will Devote his Time to
Finishing the Second Volume of
his Book.
Boston. November 15.?A ppccinl to the
Herald from Augusta, says: Mr lUainc regards
the official count In New York as practically
settling the Presidential question.;
Blaine, it In stated on the best authority, re-i
celved tills afternoon a telegram from New ;
York announcing the completion of the o(H-'
elal canvass in that city and Informing hlin
that Mit* plurality for Cleveland In thatstatc
would be 1,137. The same aulho Ity says
Blaine accepts the result very cheerfully,
and has no regrets growing out of liN connection
with the campaign. He ttcls that he
made a good fight, and he gracefully bows to
the verdict of the American people. Hebe-i
lieves the Republican party will prove true to
Its grand pust, and Will lnerea.se lu strength'
with the coming yeais. lie expects thnl in
1N8S it will again he called back into power.
Bluiuo leaves lor Wellington the middle of.
next week, where his family will spend the]
winter, lie has leased the "Sargent House," |
in Farm gut.Square, Hiid will shortly resume
his work on the second volume ol "Twfiity
Years in Congress." '1 he volume will ready
by next J ui:e for publication.
JTay Gould's "Tribune" Falls Into:
Line.
Nf.w York, November 15-1 A. M.?The
Tribune gives Rlalne a plurality of o7,7-H outside
of Vew York and Kings countlc.s, with
Krleand Greene counties complete, but not
otllcinlly deciarid. In Kings county they
give Cleveland lo,.'0 plurality, and in New
York county 43,0(il?making his j>lurullly In
tlic Stale 1,076.
Steve Elkins Thrown up (he Sponge.
Washington, November 15?The National
liejmblican pri 11 Is Hit following In Its N"w
York money article: "Elklos telegraphed
his Mends last night that he conceded New
York Slate to Cleveland by about 1,200 pluraliiy."
* ^
Senator Hampton Spencli in Columbia.
Senator Hampton wn?welcomed by a mighty
buret of applause. When at last the enthusiastic
yelling hud subsided, tho Senator,
speaking with great emotion, ca'd: In 1x70,
when United Slates soldiers with crossed bayonets
stood on this stop to keep the freeman
ofSouth Carolina from entering their own
capital, you remember the great crowed like
this that surged up to thin entrance nnd
would have swept those troops away like
chafl before the wind; and you remember
lhall appealed to you to art like Carolinians,
and restrain yourselves, and that I pledgcil
you that the rule of the people would be upheld,
and Hint If I were not allowed to take
my scat as Governor of South Carolina we
would go back under military rule. [Tremendous
cheering. I That contest then wag
lng is now waging In the Slate of New York.
[A voice: "I'm galil of It!"] Hut I believed
thai, upheld by I lie large hearts and strong
arms of ilie Democrat?)' of America. Cleveland
will take Ills place. [Loud cheering.]
When,a week ago, you hud a celebration bere
of Cleveland's election, I did not participate
In It. I was once much amused by the remnrlr
nf nn nl?l unlilinr ftimtif. tup ftiili! Iio
"Hunptonlsa mighty cautious old fellow,
and lie never went Into a thing until ho was
sure it wns nil right." Now. on Thursday
night I wns not. here, because I was not sure;
put now I am here. GroverCleveland Is elected
President of the United .States, | tremendous
cheering,] and he will l>o Inaugurated on
the 4th of March, [great Hpplause.) and then
we will nave peace in our homes and prosperity
in South Carolina. 1 havealways said that
we could not have tills until a Democratic
President should he elected. I have, believed
that the election of a Democratic President
would he the one thing under of the two races,
put l>y the providencc of God together on
our soil.
My distinguished colleague alluded to the
talk about putting the colored people back
into slavery. Their preachers are telling them
this. I tell the colored people of South Carolina
and of the South that there Is no more
possibility of their being put back Into slavery
than there is of you or I being put there.
The eolorcd people, If they will think for
themselves, will find that the i onstltution of
the United States prohibits slavery for all
time to come, and I solemnly believed that a
National Democratic triumph means a new
emancipation for the colored people of the
South. [Great applause.] I pledge inyscll for
the Democratic party, and before my old constituents
I say that If I bclJovod the party
would tiike from the colored people cue political
right I would leave it myself. |Great
cheering.] I believe my colo/ed tilends wilt
tlnd In the coming years that the Democratic
party of the South will be the best friends
they ever had. I believe the minds of the
colored people will be emancipated as their
bodies were twenty years ago, and that they
will realize that their best friend;- on God's
earth are tl.e true men of the Democratic
party. [Applause-] I need not tell you my
friends, how proud I ain to sec you here,
how proud I am, after twenty years of waitina
to seen Democratic victory in the Union,
when South Carolina, the State \vho--e name
was a by-word and reproach, whose piopcrty
was the prey of Ine scalawag and the scoundrel,
that Stale has contributed to Cleveland's
election n larg'T majority mail any inu inrce
States In the Union. I need not tell you how
my heart swells with prlile. [Great am latise.]
What other people ever bore the trials and
temptations you have done? No threats, no
United States bajoneis, no sutterlngs, no
trials, no bribery eoulil turn vou from tlic
faith of your farthers! And now after twenty
years of walling, you assemble around the
Capitol where Calhoun and McDullle honored
the stale, and reap the reward of you cuorage
acd steadfastness. My friends, I congratulate
you! iTreinendous cheering.) 1 was
always proud of being a South Carolinian,
and J utn prouder now. No States deserves
more crediufor her cmtuiance In the right
underall trials and temptations.
Senator Hampton then contrasted the material
and political Condition of 6'onth Carolina
in IHi'Uand IHS1 and gave praise to those
men and wotueu who had etfccted the change,
'l'hank God, there was nevor a woman <>i
South Carolina who mi ned agalnsi her. Do
not forget the lesson of '70. We won because
we stood then shoulder lo shoulder. Let
there not he from this day to the last of time
one trollor in Soutn Carolina. Stand together
for rluht and God and your country, and
you will be free forever. [Long continued
cheering.]
How Milk Spreads Infection.
Dr. Krnest Hart of London obtained the
following (acts after much diligent search In
oflicial records and medical journals, as well
as by dlreet inquiries. His attention was
first called to the suliject by the well known
Marylcbono epidemic of typhoid fever in
1873, In which Ills own houc.shold and those
of many of his friends were aitacked. In
conjunction with the late celebrated Dr.
Murcklson lie tracked down that epidemic
with great sagacity and Indomitable energy.
(Since that lime, scarcely eleven years a^o,
fifty epidemics of typhoid fever have been
traced to contaminated milk, fifteen of scarlet
fever and seven of dlptheria in England
alone, causing 8,cases of typhoid fever,
SIX) oi scarlet fever and .'<00 of dipthcria.
As regards typhoid lever, the most common
way in wlilch tiie poison reached the mill;
was by ihe .-oakage ol the specific germs or
matter typhoid excrement Into ihe well water
used lor washing the milk cans, and
fraudulently diluting the milk. In twentytwo
out of the fifty outbreaks of typhoid
fever this mode of Infection was dlsilnctiy
traced. In at least ten other cases of lyphold
fever and lour ol yea. let lever the nurse atfon.ll.m
lli/i ilnl: i,i,p<niiu I,1,11 M!| 11 V ills'n
helped In the dairy and (o milk (lie cows.
Foul hands and soiled clothes limy have mil'llced
to distribute the poison lo the milk. In
one cose the same dish cloih was u>ed lo wash
the milk cans and the cups, plates, dishes, eet.,
used by llie sick person. Jn another ease the
body linen ol the palienl was washed at I lie
same place where the inilk cans were rinsed.
Jn many instances the milk cans were taken
Into the house and almost into the rooms in
which the sick persons lay, viz: that they
were carried into the kitchen which opened
directly Into the sick room, and there they
were washed and dried. In other cases unclean
linen from the sick persons was thrown
upon or side by side with the lids of the milk
cans. This carelessness and slutll.shness.
dangerous cnouch In typhoid fever, Is still
more in scarlet fever, in which much branlike
dust is thrown otflrom the body of the
sick persm. There Is so much discharge
from the throat and noseln diptherla patlenl6
that much bed and body linen is apt to bej
soiled by it. ami" towels, haiidkerchieis, pll-,
low cases, sheet/, dc.. convey ilio disease toj
the wasiitubaiid to washcloths.
The evidence In all these outbreaks was]
very strom; and In most of them unassailable.?
Correspondence yew York Times.
Let Us Have a Direct Vote.
[Sunday Dispatch.]
Some of the most prominent journals of the '
country are advocating a change in the meth I
od of electing presidents. The idea Is a popu-!
lar one and should meet wit h du? consldera-1
tlon. The history of I he past campaign and
the result of the election show too plain lv to
admit of argument that a change is demand-1
ed. Why should not the Constitution br so !
amended as t>> provide lor a direct vote by the '
peoi'le? This, as the Boston Herald wisely:
suggests, would accomplish three very deslra-,
ble results.
It would doaway with the cumbersome and
outgrown machinery of the electoral colleges;
it would give to ovcry voie Its due weight In
tho election of a President and It would pre
vent the demoralizing and corrupting struggle
for the control of 'doubtful" .Mates. The
electoral college does not fulfill the purpose
it *? ?!? rtfwlfmnit iiml hi,v nnmc to hA
an aciironous nuisance. Under the present
system, every vote Hhovc a majority In any
State If practically of no account. Twentytwo
thousand votes in Massachusetts do not
count for Mr. Blaltio, and 40 00IJ In Kentucky
do not count for Gov. Cleveland. Every citizen
ought to he entitled to have his vote
counted tor President. A direct vote would
put a stop to such scandalous campaigning as
has been seen in Indiana, Ohio, New York
and New Jersey for the lust two elections.
The can vass would at. once become national
If a vote In one .stale were worth as much as
a vote in another, and the desperate and corrupting
scramble tor electors would be done
aua.v wllh. The details for iiggreynting and
declaring the result of the Stale certltlcates of
the popular vote would be h-ss ditllcull than
are the present arrangements for state, electoral
colleges and u count of the votes by Congress.
|
a0 cm j
If you want a nice tilting over or under
shirljjo to Cunningham & Tompletou's. j
-mv ;>
C "'. %'T! ' '*r?1 " -
THE TEMP2BANCE QUESTION IN AIKEN.
The Anti-Prohibitionists After Being
Defeated in the Election now Want
to liaise the Cry of Foul Play?
Charges Which Blast Convince Ev
cry Unprejudiced Mind of Thelv
ErroneousncMS?A new Idea as to
9IoJority?l,091 Votes for "Jfo Elcense,"
773 Votes for "Elcense,"
and yet the Aiken "Journal and
Review," Thinks the "No Elcense"
Party did not Poll a Majority.
(A iken Journal and Review.)
On behalf of the Kxrcutlve Commlite? of
the friends of Prohlblllon, Messrs. C. E. R.
Drayton, L. Cutbbert mid J. C. Browne, nn
nounces the lollowlne nn Iho vote on tho question
of "liccnse" or "uo license" :
No Licence 1,001
License 773
Majority for No Liccnse - 318
In the Recorder of November Uth. tho committee
s.iys :
"It now only remains for the Representatives
of the people In Legislature assembled
to confirm this venllct by tha passage of an
Act proscribing tho sale of liquor wlihln the
bordors of Alkon cour.ty. It Is hinted that
technical objections will he raised, and that
all tho opposition that money can procure
will be used to defeat the passnge of such a
bill."
And aarnln. "If the attempt Is made to
thwart the will of tho people??n Indicated by
theotflclxl return?we sorve notice upon those
whom It mny concern, that no effort will be
r-?>??-/wl l.*r Mm f?*lnmlu r\t Pr/ihlhltlnn urtra
upon our next Legislature by every honorable
means Hint human Ingenuity can Bluest the
necessity for a Prohibition l>*w for Aiken
county, and we enteituln no doubt of success."
Let us take up n part or the first paragraph.
"It now only remains for the Representatives
of the people In the Legislature assembled to
confirm this vertMct by the passage of an Act
pro?crlblncr the sale of liquor wltbln the borders
of A Mien county."
What will of the people? There are from
2,800 to 3,000 white Democrats in Aiken county,
and does 1,011 voters represent the will of
the prople of Aiken county T We should say
not. Besides this, have not the colored voters
who are? part of the people, been disfranchised
and not nllowcd to voto? Does that
represent the "will of the people z"
Now for a part of the second paragraph,
what docs It say J "If the attempt is made to
thwart Ihe will of the people as indicated by
the official returns, we serve notice upon
those whom It may concern" that they will
urge the Legislature to puss a prohibition law
for Aiken county.
The Rov. Mr. Cutbbert In his address hoforc
the Prohibition Convention that convened In
Aiken on October 15th, s:iid "that If they (the
Prohibitionists) did not secure ii majority ol
the voters before the Primary on November
4tli, they would not present their prtltion to
the Legislature.*' What does he now aav ?
That the petition will te presented to the Legislature
for action.
Put the Democratic voto before the Primaries
at the low estimate of 2,000, it would take
1S01 voters to form a majority of the voters
before the Priinaiy. How are Mr. Cuthbert
and his co-workers going to reconcile his
statement on October loth with his and their
utterances on November 11th.
If they had stated that they would presenl
their petition on receiving a majority of the
voles cast on November tih, there would have
been hundreds of votes cast besides the 77:1
c.ifit aealnst it. but the oppo-ltion relied ou
the lirst statement at d bellevlntr that "No License"
would not receive a majority of the
Democratic voiers of Aiken county, abstain
pel from voting. Wo therefore trnv Hint the
Representatives of Aiken county yhould not
supi oit In the Leginltturc u petition utt'cctlns
the whole county that ?Iid not receive a ma
Jorlty of It-s Uyal voUrs?nor even of Hie Democratic
i*ity.
In <!onclU''lon we would sny we are opposed
to the movement of making Aiken county
dry bee in i-e It Is depriving our citizens of t
liberty guaranteed tbem by the coi^tltutiou
of the United State*.
Burial of Blaine.
Not a drum was bemd, not a bund wax nigh
As bin corse to lb.- ciaveynrd ihoy hurried,
Not :i lihilnlte mmiaured a campaign lie
OVr tho urave where tho I'iuwcd Knlgbi wai
buried.
They burled him diirkly at dead of night,
The so-lg with n fence rail turning,
B.t the llockloi: Valley c<>ul gat light
And a KcnneOec Journal burning.
No unrlues c"(fln Inclosed his brcngt,
Nur Iii rhret nor in thioud thay wntind him;
But he luy like u "SUitesin.-.n" taking bis rest,
With the Mulligan Letters around him.
Few find short were the pmyera they snld.
For siiC i they h:nl ceased to remember;
but they bitterly swore at tbelr leader dead
Ou that cold, chill i igbt lu November,
Tliey thoucbt as tbey hollowed his resting place,
Of our tangled lortign relations;
Of Peruvian Uoud*. the McSwi oney Case.
And bU note to American Nations.
Lightly they'll talk ?>f the spirit that's tone,
And o'er his had tecord upbndd blm;
But null) he'll rt-ck. if thoy'ii let h<m sleep on
In tbe grave where his loiters hive laid blm.
But half of their heavv tnsk was dune.
When a cook emwt d the hour fur retiring:
A Uemocntilc muster nruui. d by the guns
Which the piople were Joyously firing.
Slowly and sadly ihoy laid him down,
And beside blm, to tell bis sad story,
Placed a white plug: hat, n p utne and a cone,
Aud lelt bitn alone with his glory.
License or No License.
(Newberry Observer.)
We think it would have been better to post
pone the contest over "license" or "no II
cense" until next yeur?nn off-year in poll
tics. Those who are lending the movemen
for prohibition, however, think that now li
the time; thnt pqblio sentiment is how rlpi
for tha change, nod ihut, therefore, it Is no
wine 10 delay. As the contest Is to bo mad-'
the Observer takeslts sland on the sldo o
"No Lli'onsp," and will do what It can* In i
fair nnd legitimate way, openly and above
board, for the success of the cause. We hav<
not the least doubt that, socially, religiously
momlly, and from a business standpoint
Newberry, town and county, would be bettei
off und"r tlio ' no license" system. Thos<
who think otherwise lire entitled to theli
opinion", and we do not cull In question jidj
man's motives. While tho pai>er Is in favoi
of "no license", lis columns ore open to boil
sides for a free discussion of the mutter. W<
hope and hellcve that ihe contest will be t
friendly one on both sides, and will be con
dueled fairly and squarely and without anj
bittern ess.
The Cow is Queen.
A few years ago many people stood ready U
claim that eottou was king, Indeed there an
many gasping slaves to day who claim th<
same thin!:. Statistics are abundant bj
means of *vhlch this claim can hp In part al
least, substantiated, but. very few people seeir
desirous of claiming that King t'otlon evei
did much to Improve society, education, 01
condescend to flglil such a vulgar thing as t
mortgage. Cotton may be klm: or not Just ai
ncitple cure to think. We don't believe he Is,
but we believe that the good old cow Is queen
and thai with a gentle royal purpose she It
seeking to build up the land thai iheold mon
arch ba-. wasted. There Is very little style
about the old cow. She steps slowly ant
clumsily about her business. Mil she inake?
the business p'iyj well. She plods along Ir
heat or cold, wet <>r dry, eating what Is elver
her. ft-ellng Interested enough In the family
lo look out for the dairy Interest clreunv
-tances that would discourage any other II v.
lnu creature; and when she is petted and fed
and eared for as she should be, she respond!
like a queen. She should he crowned with r
new milking pall and an extra feed of meul
The uooil old cow 1ms piild for morf farnti
than any other known production. She li
the mother 01 all our neef. In many a house
hold she cat'-hcs the wolf on her horns anc
tosses It far from the door. She lias turned
the tide of our agricultural prosperity In
many parts of the country from a downward
course In rlslm: grain or cotton toan upwnri
uml prosperous one in risini: stock, grass and
hny. Flowers and grass spring from beneath
hcrf-'cton the molsi soil. The old cow dou'i
stop tp enthuse over them, but converts them
Into good, solid, hard cash. King Cotton ma;
well tremble w hen he sees Queen Cow march
Ing in his direction. She comes marchlns
alum; in advance of belter schools, betiei
mora's. belter farms, better men and women
The cotton field will burst forth into grass ai
her touch, and contentment and lwpplnesi
will leap out of her milking pall. M:ty liei
shadow never grow less.?Home Farm unci
Factory.
The Agricultural Don't.
Don't settle down to the belief that rec
clover won't grow on the farm. Try It.
D.in't believe that berries and the largei
fruits are not wholesome In the family, bu
save health and obtain pleasure cheaply, bj
planting all that will grow.
Don't (Is the fence partly to day with f
promise to do it better ncxL week. That tinn
does not come until damage to be regrettet
has been done.
Don't be content with half a crop when t
lllllC more liour Will iiriin: ? iuii crup.
Don't try to act something out of nothing.
Don't whU too much on the weather.
Don't go off dlssatislied because you don'i
get rich by running in a yeur or two.
Don't discourage your children by constan
com pin hits about your farm business.
Don't buy a new farm lool until you knov
Ju?t when you can puy for it.
Dou't uo IlshlnguB lung as the axo and hoe
need sharpen In if.
Don't forget that if you waste no time ir
attending to them, your crops will grov
nights and .Sundays.
Don't abolish farm accounts, but. make eacl
cultivated field pay something above ex
penses annually.
Don't forget that a very few acros In frul
will often pay all tho expenses of an averagi
iamily.
Don't use "cuss words" with any expecta
Hon of making them inend broken harness.iSoiUhcrn
Cultivator.
Removals Front Office.
In reply to a gorernmenl employe, a
Washington, who was probably making hi)
calculations on being relieved when Presl
dent Cleveland took his *cat, Mr. Georgi
William Curtis sends the loltowing:
?|\ve-jt Nkw Duigiiton. statkn Island.
>?ov. M, Dear Air: I have your tetter o
the 12th. There Is 110 -Joubt that Mr. Cicve
Iv.nd will encounter a treniendous deinuji
for a clean sweep. Hut I think (hat wlilh
changes will and ou^ht to be made for per
fecily legitimate reasons, he will respect boll
the letter and spirit of the relorni law, ant
iliat non-political ofileers who have been hon
est and elt'ocll ve In the dischaige of their du
ty, and wno have no) mis used their position!
for puny or political ends, will not be aibiira
rlly dlsiniss?d for political reasons. Ui cour6(
I have no authority to .-peak for Mr. Cleveland.
My lalth Is founded upon some knowl
edg'- of his characier and conviction. Trulj
yours, Okokok William cuiitis.
In our speech, no less than our conduct W(
are constantly sowing what we shall roap 13}
our words we do >;ood or harm toolhers. Anc
great, alike. Is the tjood or the harm that wc
may do. "Death and life are in the power ol
iho innirups " But the blcslnif or curse that
our tongues are to others, iliey arc even more
surely and ltdly to ourselves. "A man shall
be tilled with the increase of his lips." Words,
habits of speech, are living seeds which art
sure to spring up ami bear fruit which tlieli
subject shuil gather und eat. The Injury thai
Is done by false speech or proud speech 01
Impure speech will never fall to come back
upon the head of him who uttered It. By
careless speech a man, like a child with a
shaip blade, Is likely to wound others, but is
certain to wound himself. So the man oirlghl
speecli "will be satisfied with good by the
trutt of his mouth." Watering oihers, he
shall be watered also himself. In (Ills life
und In lliat which is to como our experience
will be largely the result, of our own doing?a
r. aping what we ourselves sowed. And very
many of the seed-, whose sweet or bitter Irutt
we shi.11 never cease to eat, will have hoen
S'.wed by our tongues.?Associate Itcfonncd
I'resOi/lcriuu.
"Red rock" bottom prices, at the new
store of Quarles & Thomas.
II you waiitagrod boot or shoe, coat
or vest, punts or hat. Don't fail to price
them at the store on the corner. (Juarles
<t Thomas,
Master's Sale.
Charles P. Roberts, as Administrator,'
I against Lula R. Wakefield, and others.
j By virtue of an order of sale made in
the above stated caso by the Hon. A. P.
! Aldrich, Judge Second Circuit, on Slst
(day of October 1S84,1 will sell nt public
outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on
1st day of Doccmber 1884, that being
Sale Day, witbin the legal hours of sale,
thefollowing described property, situate
in said State and County, being of the
Real Estate of W. M. Wakefield, deceased,
to wit: All that lot or parcel of
land, in the town of Ninety-Six, having
j a depth of
Ninety-Four Yards and a Width of
Fifty Yards,
t
and bounded by lots of W. H. Perkerson,
J. A. Moore, and others. Also, that lot
or parcel of land, containing
One-Twentieth of One Acre,
more or less, and bounded bv lands of W.
{I. Perkerson, the above described lot,
j. a. Moore, ana oy (Jambridge street.
TERMS OF SALE?One-half the first
lot cash, the balance in twelve months,
secured by mortgage. The whole of
the purchase money of the second lot
cash. With loavo to purchaser to pay all
cash od both lots. Purchaser to pay for
papors.
M. L. BONHAM, JR.,
; Master.
Nov. 7, 1884, 3t
Master's Sale.
A. F. Calvert as Administrator, etc.,
against Martha Hagau, etal.
|By virtue of an order of sale made in
' the above stated case by the Hon. A. P.
i Aldrieh, Judge Second Circuit, on 3rd
iday ot October, 1884, I will sell at pubI
lie outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on
jflrxt day of December, 1884, within the
I i legal hours of sale, the following described
property, situate in said State and
I County, being of the Real Estate of
George Nickles, deceased, to wit: The
| two story buildinK in the town of Hodges
[ with the lot od which it stands, containi
ing
Three-Fonrth8 of an Acre,
more or l(sa, bounded by lands of G. M.
I Hodges, and W. A. Moore, and by the
Public Street. Also, that tractor parcel
l ol laud, containing
\ Two Hundred Acres,
more or less, and bounded bv lands of J.
A. Ellis, J. F. Keller and others.
TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash,
balance in twelve months with interest
? from day of sale, secured by bond of purchaser
and mortgage of premises. With
leave to purchaser to pay all cash. Purchaser
to pay for papers.
M. L. BONHAM, JR.,
Master.
Nov 6, 1884, 3t
Master's Sale.
Joseph Ellis, and others, against Margaret
McAdams, and others.
By virtue of an order of sale made in
the above stated case by the Hon. A. P.
Aldrich, Judge Second Circuit, on first
day of November, 1884,1 will sell at public
outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C.,
on first day of December, 1884, that being
Sale Day, within the legal hours of
sale, the following described property,
situate In said State and County, being
the Real Estate of Robert Ellis, deceased,
to wit: All that tractor parcel of land,
containing
Seventy Acres,
(
more or less, bounded by lands of H. P.
i McQde, Robert Pratt, estate of James
* Todd.
? nn?D?fO nr 01T f t,.lf ? <?
I iuiv;uo v/r oauu?vucuau vuv j/ui>
cliaso money to be paid in cash, balance
i in twelve months, secured by boDd of
* purchaser and mortgage of premises.
, Purchaser to pay for papers.
J M. L. BONHAM, JR.,
* Master.
r Nov. 6, 1884. 3t
I Master's Sale.
' M. E. Brown, and others, against John
S. Brown, as Executor, and others.
, By virtue of an order of sale made in
the above stated case by the Hon. A. P.
A Id rich, Judge Sccond Circuit, on 31sl
day of October, 1884, I will sell at
public outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C.,
.>n the tirst day of December, 1884, within
the legal Hours of sale, the following
described property, situate in said State
1 and county, being or me tteai instate 01
j Rebecca R. Brown, deceased, to wit: All
| thai tract or parcel of land, containing
| One Bmidred and Thirty-Two Acres,
" more or leas, hounded by lands of J. E.
1 Calhoun, M. J. MeColvey, C. A. White,
l and others.
j TERMS OF SALE?One-half cash,
i balance on a credit of twelve months tse[
cured l?y mortgage. Purchaser to pay
l for titles.
| M. L. BONHAM, JR.,
I Master.
| Nov. 6. 1884, 3t
\ Master's Sale.
Nelson T. Sassard, and others, against
Susan Sassard, and others.
t
' 13 Y virtue of an order of sale mado in
the above stated case by the Hon. A. P.
Aldrich, Judge Second Circuit, on 1st
day of November, 1884,1 will sell at pub'
lie outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on
r Sale Day, 1st day of Decembor 1884, witht
in the legal hours of sale, tho following
described property, situate in said State
i and County, heingof the Real Estate of
1 Henrietta Sassard, deceased, to wit: All
i that tract or parcel of laud, containing
Two Acres,
L
more or less, bounded by lands of Margaret
Sassard, W. A. Clark, R. H. Ward'
law, and others.
i TERMS OF SALE?One-half tho purj
chase money in cash, and tho remainder
' in twelve months secured by bond of
, purchaser and mortgage of the premises.
- Leave to purchaser to pay all cash.
t i"liruun3?r hj pay mr tmus.
8 M. L. BONHAM, JR.,
Master.
" Nov. 6, 1884, 3t
Master's Sale.
? Martha I. Wardlaw against W. P. Wardj
law and Q. H. Wardlaw.
r J3y virtue of an order of sale made in
the above stated case by the Hon. A. P.
; Aldricb, Judge Second Circuit, on 31st
- day of October 1884, I will sell at public
I outcry at Abbeville C. H., S. C., on the
* first day of December 1884, within the lei
gal hours ot sale, the following described
j property, situate in said State and coun
?\r Violnir of l.lm Pf>n1 Flshltfl of W. P.
, VJ , W- --
" Wardlaw, to wit: All that tract or parcol
of land, in the town of Abbeville,
containing
i Four Acres,
r more or loss, bounded by lands of W. T.
!' McDonald, It. E. Hill, and Magazine and
' Bueua Vista stroets. The said land will
i be sold in two lots, as follows: The front
i lot with two acres, more or less, and all
' the buildings thereon, fronting on Magaziue
street. Tho rear lot with two acies,
more or less, fronting on Buena Visla
street to the rear of 11. 15. Hill's lot.
; TERMS OF SALE?One-third cash,
i and the balance in twelve months secured
by mortgage. Purchaser to pay lor
titles.
M. L. BONHAM, JR.,
Master.
| Nov. 6, 1884, 3t
I Dress Flannels.
ONE of the leading articles for ladies Winter
dresses. All colors at
It. M. UADDON A CO.
| Kept. 'U, ISM, tf
A
Vy wv . .. . ' 'Xf'-V- *rA/y
TBI CM'
-SENSATIONIN
ABBEVILLE!
IS CAU8ED BY THE WONDERFULLY
Low Frlcea that
P. ROSENBERG & C(l.
Are srlllng their extensive FALL ond WINTEE
STOCK. No one should fall to uUe
them a cull when In need of any GOODS
kept by them, tbey are determined to give ^
ENTIRE SATISFACTION
IN WHAT THEY SELL YOU.
Their stock of Men's Youth's and Boy's
CLOTHING Is to be sold .so that every one'
Good Clothes
ata small cost.
The way they will sell SHOES and BOOTS of
all kinds, Is a
Wonder
In itself. GENTS HATS aid CAPS In great
variety, and ns cheap an you could wlab, LADIES
DRESS GOODS
ALMOST GIYIN AWAYTheir
STOCK of DRY GOODS, NOTIONS
TRUNKS, JEWELRY,
ROGER'S TRIPPLE
PLATED RILVERWARE, GROCER fE8,
HARDWARE, SADDLE^, and JBRIDLES,
CROCKERY etc..
Ik complete and mnrkcl down to salt the
times. They will Mil you a package of tlie
best CALICO, enough to make a quilt for
Twenty-Five Cents,
and have other great bargains too numerous
to mention. Call at once and be suited.
F. ROSENBERG & CO.
Sept. 24.1881. tf
PALL AND WINTER GOODS
?:o:?:o:?
Constantly on Hands
a Large Assortment
?of?
Dry Goods,
Notions, Domestics,
Hats,
Clothing, Boots and
Shoes,
Groceries, and
Nearly
Everything
Wanted
by the
Trade.
W. JOEL SMITH & SON,
Abbeville, C. H., S. C.
. Oct. 1. 1884, tf
Guns! Guns!
Breach Loaders
and
Implements
Shells, &c.,
at
the CORNER
QUARLES & THOMAS.
Sept. 24, lc84, Cf
Seal,
Mcllwaine
& Co.
JJaVE on band almost every variety of
CARRIAGES,
BUGGIES,
and
WAGONS,
which they ofler to their customer* on the
mostudvuntageous terms.
LPAIBM A SPECIALTY.
With the best of workmen In every branch oi
our business, and nn abundant supply of
lumber, iind other materials, we are prepared
to ilo hII kinds of repulring in the very twist
manner, at the shortest notice and nn the
most iirMommodatlng terror. All work fully
warranted.
SEAL & McILWAINE,
Washington Street.
THE
Branch House
OF
CUNNINGHAM & TEMPLETON
-AT
Verdery is Full of
FALL and WINTEB
GOODS of ail KINDS.
Prices as LOW as the
LOWEST. Give them
a CALL.
Sept. 24, 18S4, tf
Estate Notice.
PARTIES Indebted to tbo estate of Edwin
Cox, deceased, must settle without delay,
and creditors will preccnt their claims
to EDNA COX,
Administratrix.
8ept. 17, 1881, tf
Two Hundred Bushels
rust proof red oats
FOR SALE BY
W. H. PARKER.
i Sept. 17, 1884. tf
.
Our Stock of
DRESS eoods will be aitractlve embracing
ninny of tlie new ful>rlquos that arc
Just out. Trimming? to match all the dress
goods. R. M. HADDON A CO.
' Sept. 24, 1881, tf
Debtors and Creditors.
ALL persons having claims acainst the
Kfltato of Dr. \V. C. Norwood, deceased,
will procnt the same, and all iiercons Indebted
are requested to inalte immediate payment.
MRS. M. E- NORWOOD.
Administratrix.
Sept. 17, 1881. tf
Satin Duchess
FOR party drew>e?. There is nothing equal
to the "Sutia Duchess" price veiy modI
crate. K. M. HADDON A CO.
New Store!
NEW GOODS!
0
WE WOULD CALL TUB ATTENtion
of the publio to the fact that we have
just completed oar new store and have
received a good assortment of
Dry Goods,
Notions, Sho s, ;
Groceries, Hats,
Domestics, &c.
GOODS given in ex change for COUNTRY
PRODUCE.
Give us a Gall.
6ALL0WAY & SON,
Due West? 8; O.
October 22, 1884' 3m
PERKINS
COMPANY,
MANUFACTURERS OP
DOORS,SASH,BUNDS,
MOULDINGS,
BRACKETS,
Yellow Pine Lumber, Etc. .
Estimates cheerfully rendered. Address t
Perkins laiiMii Co,
516 Calhoun Street, Augusta, Gs.
Oft. 8, 1884. ?m. __
.
*
Jt
":C
Are Opening
Their Large and Well
Selected Stock of
All Kinds of
GOODS.
And are Beady to
SERVE THE PUBLIC
AT THE
LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES.
Wilt Advertise More in Detail
Next Week.
Sept. 17, 1884. tf V
ilfli
' - * y,
IirE PRESUME that the tact la r*nrratlr
VI known that w? keep constantly on
band n full aapply oI tbe pnr<wt Drug*, Drar>
elRt 8un?tres. Patent Medicine*. Chemical*.
Pain to, Oil, Kan (j Good?, htatlonery. Totoaoco.
Bemrn. Ac. Fr<yh *oodi eonatantly arriv
| Ing. To be noli! at prices to suit the time*.
SpooUl fluures to PRACTICING PHYSICIANS.
Would like to call the attention of ?
the local and country Doctors to the feet that
wo keep a full supply of Sharp it Doom's Elixirs
of Calynuva, iron and Strlrbnia. Iron
Quinine, and Strlchnln, Pepin Bismuth and Strlchnla.
These are the best tonics sold.
You know what you are taking and we guar*
an lee every bottle to be as represented. ,
Pleusantand nourishing food for )be sick.
Sea Moss Farina and Lleblg Extractor Beet. .
At lost we have not a cure fbr Nearslrla?
Frellgh's Uemedy?aura core for Neuralgia,
Rheumatism and other pain Ail affections.
DEATH TO THE INSECTS!
By using the Persian Dalmatian Powders
you may free your animals, fowil, house* and
plants, of bed bugs, moths, flies, worms, ruach*
os, mo*qultos, ants, fleas, bird 11 or and other
Insects. It makes them skip. Harmless to
mankind and animals.
Hhve Just received a large, vnrle<l and sen.
erally selected lot of Tooth Brushes. Any
style and price from 10 cents up. Hair, Hhaving
and Infant Brushes. Hoaps, Soaps, Soaps.
Colgate Palm 8<iap? Elder, Flower and Rose?
the clieai>e>t and h?*t h.mi> h??u*ekeej>er? ?*n
use. Turkish batb50ccnisados<-n. Colgate
Palm 25 cents a pound. Russian Batb, WhlU
Rose, Pansy, 7th Regiment, 6 cents a box.
Olve us a call and don't forget that you can
get a delicious drink of
Ioe Soda,
for 5 cents a glass at the DRUO EMPORIUM
If you don't believe It try It.
SPEED & LOWRY.
June 25,1884, tf
M milEl MDIllDI
m inju luniwn;
Under the
New Hotel
Will be Found
New Fall Goods
at . .''I
Low Prices
by
QOARLES & THOMAS
A KViOTTlllA. PI. n.
Sept. i\, 18M, tf
OIN" CINNATI
REPOSITORY
ABBEVILLE, S. C. ".
PERSONS WANTING
WAGONS,
BUGGIES,
HARNESS,
WHIP*,
HALTERS,
BUGGY CUSHIONS.
AXLK GREASE, "
PLOW GEAR,
RIDING BRIDLES.
HA ME STRINGS, AC.,
win no won 10 can oeiore purcnaaing, as i
will not be undersold.
THOS. BEGG8.
March 14, 1883. tf
COTTON WEIGHlMr
I HAVE Just bought a fine set of HOWE
SCALE capable of weighing 4 Ions and
have removed my old scalc*. replacing thera
wiih Die Howe putent. celebrated for accurate
and lust weights. If you wl*h your cotton
wclened promptly be sure to romemberthe
placc and call ou me.
j. s. hammond.
! Oct. j, m tr
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