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BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S C , WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1886. VOLUME XXX. NO. 34..gW
EDMUNDS FIRES HIS GDI.
THE ATTACK ON THE ADMINISTRATION
FORMALLY MADE.
The Judiciarj Conimittoo Rppor(? to
the .Senate, Asking Condemnation
of the Executive Hranch for its
Refusal to Furnish Information as
to Removals in the Civil Service
of the Government.
"Washington. Feb. 1U.?When "the reports
of committees" were iitmouiiced to t>e in or<ter
In the Senate to-day. Senator KJmiimis
rose audsaid: ,4Mr. President. I am instruct*
<*d by the Committee on .Judiciary to whom
was referred the letter of the Attorney-General,
with authority to r> port with open doors,
to make a report with sundry resolutions,
which I ask may be placed on the calendar.',
Mr. President pro tern., does the Senator de-!
sire to have them read ? Senator Edmunds: j
Vrwtir ini t the Senator lrom Alabama, (.Mr.!
Pugit) desires to make a remark."
Senator Pugh : "From the minority of the
Committee oti the Judiciary, as to the report
portjust made, 1 desire to state that they
knew nothing of the contents'of the report
until it was n-ad to the committee this morning.
The minority desire to prepare a report,
in which they will present their views, and to
enable them to do so t liey ask until Monday
week within which to prepare a report, and it
3s understood that the majority report and the
resolutions accompanying it will not be called
up for consideration until we net leave to
tile a minority report. The litne given us to
<do so is not to extend beyond next Monday
week."
"Senator Dawes: "Can we not have the resolutions
read ?"
The Committee's Resolutions.
Chief Clerk Johnson read the.resolutions, as
follows:
Resolved, That the foregoinz report of the I
Committee on the Judiciary be agreed to and
adopted.
Resolved. That the Senate hereby expresses
its condemnation of the refusal of the Attorney
General, under whatever Influence, to
. -send to the Senate copies of the papers called
for by its resolution of January 25. and s?-t
forth in the reports of the Committee on the
Judiciary, as in violation of his otlicial duty
and subversive of t he fundamental principles
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<>I loe uuvmnucuiiuiiuvi uiu gvw |
t rat ion thereof.
Resolved, That it is, under these circumstances,
the duty of the Senate to refuse its
aid vice and consent to the proposed removals
if officers, the documents and papers in refer-1
ehce to the supposed official or personal mis- j
conduct ot whom are withheld by the Execu-1
live or any head of department,-when deemed I
Tieces-ary by the Senate and called lor in considering
the matter.
Resolved, Tnat the provision of section 17.14
of the Reviseil Statutes declaring ' that persons
honorably discharged from the military
or naval service by reason of disability, resulting
from wouuds or sickness incurred in
line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments
to civil offices provided they are found
to possess a business capacity necessary for
the proper discharge of the duties cf such office,'
ought to be faithfully and fully put inio
execution, and that to remove or to propose
10 remove any such soidier whose faithfulness,
competency and character are above reproach
and to give place to another who has
siot rendered such service is a violation of the
spirit of the law and of the practical gratitude
the people and Government of the United
States owe to the defenders of constitutional
liberty and the integrity of the Government.
All of which is respectfully submitted,
[Signed.] Geo. F. Edmunds,
John J. In galls,
S. J. R. McMillan,
<?ko. f. fioak.
.1 auks F. Wilson,
V. m. M. Eva kts.
Snnnthr Rntipr* "Tk there a renort accoinna
iiyina those resolutions?"
The President pro tern.: "Yes."
Senator Butler: "Is it to be printed?"
Senator Edmunds: "Certainly it will be
printed under the rules. I >isk that the report
of the committee, us well ?s the resolutions,
be print'd >u the Record also."
* The President pro tern.: "If there be uo objection
that order will be made."
The ('omiidUoc Report.
Anions: other things the report says:
The important question is whether it is
within th?* constitutional perogattva of either i
house of Congress to have access to theoilicial |
papers and documents in the various public j
offices of the I'u ited States created by laws!
enacted by themselves. It may be fully ad-|
milted that, except in respect of the Depart- j
men! of the Treasury, there is no statute!
which commands the head of any department j
to tra nsmit to either House of Congress, on i
its demands, any information whatever eon-j
corning the administration of his department,
but ttie committee believes it to be elear that, j
irom the very nature of the powers entrusted j
<by the Constitution to tfee two Houses of Contress,
it is necessary that either House must
have at all times the right to know all that officially
exists or takes place in any of the departments
of the Government.
When the Constitution wan Formed.
So perfectly was this proposition understood
^before and at the time of the formation of the!
Constitution, that the Continental Congress,
before the adoption of the present Constitution,
in establishing a Department of Foreign
Affairs, an-d providing tor the principal officer j
thereof, thought it tit to enact that **11 books,
records and other papers in that office should j
be open to the inspection of any member of j
Congress, provided 'hat no copy should be ta- i
.ken of matters of a secret nature, without
* pecial leiive of Congress. It was not necessary
to enact that Congress itself should be en-I
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l>llieu 10 1 iisi'CKliuii <u (laucio, 101 umi
right was supposed to exist iti the very nature;
ol things; and when, under the Constitution,,
the department came to be created, although ;
the provision tha' each individual member of,
Congress .-hould have access so the papers w;?s
oiniited (evidently lor reasons tiiat will now \
be quite w=?ll understood,) it was not thought;
necessary that an altirmaiive provision should
be inserted giving to the Houses of Congress
the right to know the contents of public pa-!,
pers and records in the public offices of the
country, whose laws and whose utticers they t
"were to assist in creating.
Xo Parallel Case Iinonn.
It is believed that there is no instance of the J
existence of civilized governments, having!
bodies representative of the people of States, j<
In which the right and power of those repre-'
tentative bodies toobtain in one form or another
complete information as to every paper j
and transaction in any of the executive departments
thereof," even though such paper.*- j
might relate to what is ordinarily an execu-'
tive function?if that function infringed upon j
.any duty or function of such representative'
bodies. Qualification of this general right, i
muy, under our Constitution, exert in thecase;
of calls by the House of Representatives ior'i
papers relating to treaties, etc.. under consid-11
ration and not yet disposed of by tlie President
and Senate.
The committee feels authorized to state, after
a somewhat careful research, that, within
1 he foregoing limits, there is scarcely in the
history of this Government, until now, any '
v instance of a refusal by the head of a department
or even of a President to communicate
official facts and information, as distinguished !
from private and unofficial pap rs, motives,!
views, reasons and opinions to either house of
Congress when unconditionally demanded.
Ind-ed, the early journals of the Senate show I
great numbers of instances of direction to l lie |
Leads ot departments to furnish papers and
reports, upon all sorts of atlairs, both legislative
and executive.
Procoilents for the Demand.
The Instances of requests to t he President
and commands to the heads of t ho depart-!
ments by each House of Congress from those I
days until now for papers and information on 1
every conceivable subject of public affair are!
almost innumerable: for, it appears to have'
been thought by all Presidents who have carried
on the Government now for almost a century,
that they were, under the Constitution, \
duly hound to furnish to either House papers i
called for, unless, as lias happened in very'
rare instances, when the request was coupled
with an appeal to the discretion of the Presi-!
<lentin respect to the danger of publicity?to j
send the papers if, in his judgment, it should I
not be incompatible with the public, welfare.!
Even in times of the highest party excitement,
as in 1826 and 1*41, it did not seem to on-,
cur to the Chief Kxeeutive of the United |
States that it was possible that any official
fads or information existing either in the de- ;
part ments created by law or within his own
possession could, save ?s before stated, be
withheld from either of the houses of Congiess.
although such facts or information
sometimes Involved very intricate and deli- {
ate matters of foreign affairs as well as, some-,
times, the history and conduct of officers con-i
nected with the administration of affairs.
Practical CoiiNtruetioqi or (he Constitution.
Alter citlns: a Ions array of precedents benr-i
Ing upon the question at issue the report pro,
ceeds.
Uut Jt would seem to be needless to array]
i further precedents out-of the vast mass that
j exists in the journals of both Houses, coverj
ing, probably, every year of the existence or
the Government. The practical construction
of the Constitution in these re>pecbs, by all
; the branches of the Government for so long a
j period, would seem to seltle what are the
rights and powers of the two houses of Congress
in theexercise of their respective duties,
covering every branch of tiie operations of
the government, and it issubmitted, with eon-1
fiilence, that Mich rights and powers are indis- I
pt-nsabie to the discharge of their duties and
J do not infringe any right ot the Kxeeutjve.
j and that it does not belong to either the heads
of the departments or to the President himself
to lake into consideration any supposed
motives or purposes that either House may
I have in calling for such p;ipers, or whether
! their possession or knowledge of their contents
could be applied by either House to use'
ful purposes.
Reviewing tlic XoiniantioiiM.
j It appears from a table herewith submitted
j that out of about 1.1m nominations sent to the
Senate duringthe 11 i>t thirty days of this ses!
sion, thai is ironi the ll'rst Monday of Dec.
issd to the 5th of Jan. Gt:i were nominations
of persons proposed to be appointed in
the place of otiieers suspended, and proposed
to be removed (of whom It is known that
some are soldiers) and in respect to whom the
action of the Senate in advising and consent- j
ing to the proposed appointments would ef-1
feci removal, ami in respect to whom the iaiinre
of the Senate to advise and consent to
such removals and appointments would result
in restoring tliem to the possession of
their offices sit the end of the session, except
in cases in which the terms of some of them
should have previously expired.
Wlint Outfit to be Known.
Is it. not desirable and necessary to the proper
performance of its duty that the simple
lacts in regard to what has been the conduct
of these officials, as well as in regard to the
conduct of the persons designated 10 perform
their duties has been, should be known to the
Senate? Have these suspended officials or
any number of them been guilty of misconduct
in office or of any personal conduct making
them unworthy to be longer trusted Willi
office. If they have, it would seem to be clear
that every consideration of public interest
and of public duly would require that the
facts should be made known in order that the
Senate may undcrsiandingly and promptly
advise their removal, and that a most careful
scrutiny should be bad in respect of selecting j
their successors, as well as in rsspeet to providing
better means and safe-guards by legislation
for administering the laws of the United
States.
Simplest Form of tlie Proposition.
Reduced to its simplest form, the proposition
would be that neither the President nor
the h? ad of a department is bound to communicate
any official paper to either house of
Congress which might draw Into question in
the minds of the members the wisdom or the
..f iiUufiinn {tut. tcommitine is
of the opinion that-ln matters of this nature
the Senate has little concern with the reasons
either of the heads of th? departments or of
the Executive, but it lias large concern that
its own reasons and grounds of action should
rest upon and he drawn from the solid truth
The Serate, if it does its duty and preserves
the independence that belongs to it, must act
on its own reasons and judgment and not upon
those of the President, however valuable
they may be. If the truth regarding the eonduet
of these ollieials and designated persons
were known, the question of the Senate would
be not what were the reasons or motives of
the Executive, but whether the facts themselves,
as they took place, would furnish it
with sufficient reasons for giving or withholding
its advice and consent to the proposed
changes.
Quoting* President Cleveland.
The report quotes irom President Cleveland's
message that portion devoted to civil service
and proceeds to say:
This highly and important and valuable official
communication in the presence of W3 1
suspensions from office, would seem to lead to
the condition that this number of civil officers
of the United State?- selected to be suspended
and removed had been so derelict in
the performance of their functions or guilty |
of such pers >nnl misconduct us to put them in
the category of untuithful public servants, deserving
dismissal by the President and the 1
Senate and the condemnation of their countrymen.
In such a state of things we think I
that a common sense of justice and fair play ,
that is so much prized as we believe, by the
people of the United states, would require
that in some way this large body of men
should have an opportunity to know the sub-1
stance of their aliened misdoings, in order I
that they may either admit their guilt or, de- !
nying it, explain their conduct or show that
the accusations against them were selfish and
wicked pretexts, set up for the mere purpose
of obtaining their susnension and ultimate
dismissal from office, hi order that others, less 1
capable and worthy. might at once receive the
honors and emolument of their places. It is
known to every Senator that so far as the Senate
has had to do both with removals and appointments,
it lias, for a great number of years
hcen its practice, when any officer or person
was before it for removal or appointment,
against whom any serious accusation had
been made, which would, if true, influence
the action of the Senate in the case, to cause !
the person concerned to bo informed of the
substance of the complaint apainst him and
jjive him opportunity to defend himself; and :
it is known that, at this very session, a very
eonsiueiable number of instances of that
kind have occurred and are daily occurring.
How Is the Senate Proceeding"?
If the Senate is proceeding upon afalseprin ,
ciple in such instances, it is hisih time that its
course iu these respects should be reversed, .
and that, hereafter, it should act upon such
accusations without any knowledge other
than that derived from the accusers >.nd leave
the victims of such injustice to console them- ;
selves with the reflection that all parties are <
now engaged in an effort to reform the Gov- ,
eminent. Why should the facts, as they may '
appviir from papers on file, be suppressed? Is ,
it because that, being brought to light, it (
would appear that malice and misrepresentn- ,
tion and perjury are somewhat abundant, or
merely that faithful and competent and hon- ,
orableofficers have been suspended and are
proposed to be removed, under the advice of I'
the Senate, 111 order that places may tie found !,
lor p;triy men, necause mey ?we '. m ij mt-w, i? ;
special objects of party favor? How does iti,
happen, in this time of reform find purer I,
methods In the Government, tirst. fr>r the time
it is thought important Hint liisto. ic and ?cl
ministrntive facts relating to the official and
personal conduct of officers of the United ,
(states shou'd lie withheld and that the Administration
of the Government should proseed
with secrecy and mystery as great as in
the days of the Star Chamber!
Rotpect for the Executive.
The high respect and the consideration that j
the Semite must always have for the Executive
would make it reluctant to adopt either
theory. Hut at pr? sent an Impenetrable veil Is
remains, and as the committee is unable to!
suggest any other solution of the riddle, it
must leave it until this v< il is lifted and the
operations of the Government shall again be !
known
Fur All Wlio Die.
It hath been said for all who die
There is a tear.
Some pining, bleeding heart to sigh
On every bier;
Hut in that hour of pain and dread l
Who will be near I
Around my humble couch and shed <
One farewell tear?
]
Who'll watch the fast departing ray
In deep despair, j
And soothe the spirit on Its way
With noly prayer ? i
What mourner round my couch will come , i
In words of woe, I >
And follow me to my long home, i i
Solemn ainl slow ? I
When lying in my earth bed i
In icy sleep. )
Who tli>*n l?y pureaffection led i
Will come and weep ? <
By the pale moon implant the rose
Upon my breast, i
And bill it elieer my dark repose,
My lonely rest? i
Could I but know when I am sleeping
Low in ilie around
One faithful heart would then be keeping
Wateli all around.
As if some gem lay shrined beneath
That cold sod's gloom,
'Twould mitigate the p?ngs of death
And lUht the loiiih.
Yes, in that hour if I could feel
From hails of ylee
And beauty's presence one would steal
III seeieey
And come and sit or stand by me
In night's dead noon.
Oh, I would ask of memory
Xo other boon.
But ah, a lonelier fate is mine,
A deeper woe;
From al! I've loved in youth's sweet time
I soon must go ;
Draw round me my pale robes of white
in a dark spot.
To sleep thro'death's long, dreamless night,
JLoue and forgot. I
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BOASTING A POLITICM
Je. r. tilman's letters are discussed
in a quaint way.
Mrs. Hif;water Enlightens Ilcr ICnsbnntl
011 the Statesman's Movements.
Editor Press and Banner:
As I was sitting quietly last Friday night
at my house, thinking of our farm and my
old horse Jim who is got the distemper, iny
old woman all of a sudden says lo me in a
loud voice, "Mr. lligwuler, who is this here
Sal Parks a writin to the Press and Banner
about X3. It. Til ruin ?"
This sorter took me unbeknowin like to
myself. "Well, old woman," I says, "I don't
know."
"You never knows anything what's goin'
ou in the world, Mr. Bigwater," says my old
woman, "because you never read the papers."
So she says, "Mr. liigwater, I am no scholar
with the pen, but I wants you to write to this
here paper for me and tell the Editor that
l his here Sal Parks and her old man Is mighty
smart and correct, but they don't know all
about this Mr. Tilinan. 'Why,' says she, 'Who
is this It. Tilinan ?' Yes, that's what she
asks. Her John could have found ruore'n he
diil by looking a little further."
"Now, Mr. liigwater,' says she, "don't you
r < A1 l.i ?K4o \xn~rx M %
H1U ?? II I'll 1 ICJld $ Ull lllill tula il?'l ?s AUJ
Tilman has dyspepsy. You needn't look at
me and shake your bead that way, 'cause I
know what I knows." When my old woman
talks like tliat she means business and I
dassent dispute her word. So she goes onto
say, "You knows he is got the dyspepsy as
well as me. and if you would read what he
says about the farmer, you would say as I
says too. This dyspepsy makes hini sorter
kinder nervous and keeps him restless like,
you know, and mad with every body, and
hisself too. He h;ts the political Jim Jams,"
says she, "brought on by this dyspepsy and
disappointment. I knows how these things
is" says she. "lie keeps on working up himse'f
till he thinks he knows more about- (arming
than you, Mr. Bigwater, and that General
McGowun, Gov. Thompson, M. C. Butler.
Wade Hampton and the rest, of our bis: tanners
is nowhere and don't know as much about
lurming as you do. Who's been and imposed
on us farmers '! Who had this blamed priority
of liens law passed?"
When my old woman .*ald this she jumped
up and tore the paper in two and she was
mighty hot, I tell you. After she hud cooled
down a little, she says, "Yes, I says, who's
done it? Nobody Is imposing on the farmer
but the luruicr himself. The farmers passed
this law. Now tnis same Tilmun, as 1 says,
has the political jim jams and wants olllce
and you know he dues, Mr. Blgwater, and
don't you deny it. He thinks he will fool the
farmers by all this here big blowing, but. as
long as I lives, he shan't tool you Mr. Bigwater.
No," says she, "the women tanners
must not let their husbauds be made fools of,
to put no man in ofttce. The men for political
of lice must be men who ain't got the dyspepsy
and they must be men who do not try
to fool anybody with all this writing about
nothing and h agricultural College, and a
whooping himself up all the time. This is
what Sal Parks' old man should have told
her.-'
"What does this here Tilman expect to do
when he gets in oiliee ? Thai's wha I want
to know. Yes, I can tell you what he wants
to do then. Why he wants to do like the rest
of them win u they gels a big office. He
wants to'sit in a easv chair and live hisrh.
draw liis pay and set up a agricultural College
all to be paid for out, of our tax money.
Yes, sir,"' says .she, "put this man in ofllce,
Mr. Bigwater, and as long as lie remains there
the farmer will hear nothing from him about
organizing and imposing on,and we will have
to pay t he same taxes as we pay now. This
is a fact, Mr. Bigwater, and you sit there and
look just like you did not believe a word I
say. I'll beta dollar this here Tilman don't
make a living on his farm and this stirs up
his liver like and sets his pen agoing."
.Says she again, "Mr. By wafer, I says our
farmers arc no Moses in the bull rushes and
they ain't 110 such tools as some people like
Mr. Tilman thinks they is."'
"Mr.Bigwater." says she, "I want you to
answer me some questions and put them
down on paper too." I sees my old woman is
^ot her dander up, so I says, "1 will if 1 can."
"Then answer me this. Where does Mr,
Tilman want to live?"
Says I, "At home old woman."
Says she, "Mr. Bluwater are you crazy ? After
all 1 have said can't you see he wants to
live in Columbia, in the new State house or
somewhere near there ? Now, Mr. Bigwater,
what does he want to dc there ?"
"Well," says 1, sorter timid like, "lie wants
to farm there."
"Ofllce! ofllce !! office !!! ofllce !!! !" she
says, louder'n a church bell with her mouth
up agin my car, and i?he says on, "Mr. Bigwater,
you are the biggest old tool I ever see."'
This sorter upset me as it come on all unbeknowin
like to inc. so 1 says, "old woman how
is he going to net there ?"
"How?" saysshe, "why by all that writing
he is a doing about the farmer and a agricultural
College. Can't you see thai ?"
Well you see, 1 thought he would go there
find get his ollice on the ears and not in the
newspapers, but my old woman knows.
"Mr. Bigwater." says she, "when he gets office
what will he do ?"'
"Have nobody but farmers in office," says I,
"and have 110 taxes collected and have a agricultural
College free for us larmers."
Saysshe, "Did anybody ever see such a old
fool as you, Mr. Bigwater ? As I says to you
beiore, lie w ill forget all about the farmer, ttie
ngricuittiral College and taxes, ile will draw
his pay. have a good time and put lawyers
iiiul doctors and Mich like folks in office."
Then she go?-s on talking quiet like and not
noticing nif, "This man is sure to font these
here thick skull men farmers if it wasn't for
the women folks. He won't do anyhow, and
I intend to raise my voire from the bnllrushes
( gainst him. Vanity will kill him yet. lie
thinks lie ought to be president of this whole
country and the only wiy he sees to net there
ur anvwhere else, is to play upon the credulity
of the farmers. Flint's it, and I knows it."
Thinks 1 to myself, well my old woman is
right and I will drop.this man. After sorter
ruminating like to herself for a while and a
working of her lips like, she goes on in the
same way, "The reason the men farmeis don't
know any more'n they do, is because they
jon't read the papers, sal Parks is a smart
me and she had to read to her old man 'about
lhis here Tilman afote he got roused up like.
The Lord knows what would become of Mr.
lily water if it wasn't for me to warn him
ngainst these conniving politicians and stieh
like men. No, sir. they shan't fool Mr. Bigwater.
No, sir, Summithy Bigwater is no fool
if she is a woman and the wife of a farmer.
Yes, there are a good many B. K. Tilmaus
right here at home and" says she, "I hope Sal
iiul her old man will ask what tlicy are and
what they want."
"Mr. Bigwater," snys she, aloud, "now yon
write this down, don't make a fool of yourself
for any man living and especially for one
who thinks everything rotten and wrong but
liimselt."
With this she goes on into the kitchen like
she had got rid of a great load,and 1 went out
to see how old Jim and his distemper was tretriniroii.
It. BIUWATlili.
Facts About Pitetiiiioiiio.
[I/'til's Journal of Health.']
Pneumonia usually begirs with a chill, intense
and prolonged, generally at night, and
followed by a corresponding high lever and
sharp pains in the siJes. The disea.M> is very
rapid in its progress, reaching a erisis in from
live lo six days and soinetiines causing death
within three days. I'sually but. one lung is
nlfected, and oMen the disease is eontined to a
"ingle l(the. A person may have "double
pneumonia,".or pneumonia of hoth lungs,
!ind recover "from it. hut the chances are
gainst him. When the disease spreads to all
i?I" the lung lohes death is certain, and the
patient can not breathe and dies of suffocation.
The diseased lung, at ttrsl. intlamed,
soon becomes hard and leathery and incapable
of performing its natural functions. A
curious 'act is that usually no second chill occurs
when another lobe is attacked, and there
appears to he no relation between the amount
L>f Intig allected and the intensity of the
symplc ms. -\U pnysicians ii;rrci' in sayin^i
that. the disease is not contagious, hut may be
epidemic, ami it has been noticed that it is developed
under tiie same conditions asdiph-l
therm?that is, the conditions which product*
diphtheria in the young are apt to cause
pneumonia among adults.
Without speculation upon these diflerent
theories, trom what has been said in which all
auree it is plain that anythim: which lowers
the vitality of the system is conducive t<> the
disease and should be carefully avoided.
Overwork, ell heir physical or mental, has
much to do with it and this explains why so
many business men and brain workers become
its victims. Sudden changes of the
weather and draughts of all kinds a?e also to
be guarded airainst. In a word, live temperately,
dress warmly, avoiding all manner of
imprudences, and you need have no tear of
pneumonia.
There will be an election for one Warden in
our Council, on the 27th inst., to till the vacancy
created by the resignation of A. l\ Shirley,
whose health has failed to such an extent as
to render him unable to attend their meetings.
We hope he may yet recovcr his health.
?Jluncu J'alh 1'luindvalcr.
SOUNDINGS ABOUT COKESBURY.
Xew RaiIroa<l??Bri?Ie-Gpooins?Pretty
Women ? "Raised" Cotton ?
Lovely Visitors?Where One of Abbeville's
Colonels Goes in Dull
Times.
CoiCESnuitY, S. C., Feb. 22, 1885.
A meeting of tlie stockholders of the Atlantic
Greenville and Western Railroad was held
in ('okesbury on last Saturday for tlie election
' of delegates to Green vilie on the 2T>th of February.
A meeting will be held there on that
date to ratify the amendment to the charter
and attend to other matters demanding attention.
The delegates elect were: Jno. McFall,
Jas. Cochran, Dr. \V. T. Jones. As alternates:
C. L. Smith, G. \V. Connor, W. A. '
Moore.
Our council lias fixed road duty this year at
twelve days or commutation tax of $1.50.
Mr. J. D, Scott is stopping tit tiic "liivers
House,"* Hodges.
One merchant has boucht this season nine
bales of cotton in the seed. No doubt much
of this was "raised" from the trinhouses and
fields of farmers, after dark. Those who lose
In this way will be glad to know that next
year a license of $5.00 must be paid by uny one i
buying cot ton in seed.
Mr. A. M. Aiken has terraced his farm near
town. He used "McCurrys Land Leveller" 1
sold and endorsed by Mr. J. I,. Huglicy one of 1
the most prosperous farmers in the comity.
Mrs. A. 10. >.anee of Waterloo who has been '
spending some time with her sister, Mrs. N.
B. Goodman, returned to her home last week.
Mrs. G. \V. Taylor of Pickens is visiting her
father Hon. D. Wyatt Aiken.
Mr. B. Glass, now of Columbia, was at home j
for a few days but returned to his post on 1
Monday. Mr. Glass will one day bearailroad
king if merit, attention to business, and do- 1
votiou to duty meets with the promotion it j
deserves.
We are glad to lenrn that our old friend '
Thos. J. Syfan was married last week in Eas- <
ley, S. C., to'a young lady ot that place. They <
have our good wishes for a long 11ip.
During the pleasant weather of la*t week I
every body was busy sowing oats or gardening.
I
Mr. Drayton N. Lane a popular young man J
of Newbery was in town last, week In interest
of a Baltimore clothing house. Mr. Lane <
makes friends wherever he goes, which ena- ]
bles him to sell goods easily.
Col. L. W. Smith spent Saturday and Sun- f
day with friends in town. He always comes
to Cokesbury when Abbeville gets dull. 1
On Monday evening the 22nd appropriate 1
services were held in the Methodist church. f
One of the arches supporting a front column <
of the Conference College building has par J
tially given in, leaving things in a very dan- I
gerous condition. The column has not fallen 1
but is without proper support and a strong I
wind might cause it to tumble. The directors '
will no doubt take action towards repairing it <
us soon as material cun be obtained.
CADMUS. '
HOW AN EDGEFIELD FARMER MADE TWO
BALES TO THE ACRE.
? !
"A Successful Plan of Raising Cotton.*'
Last year I took one acre of my middle cotton-land
which formerly made about four or i
live hundred pounds of seed cotton per acre. 11
Well, I concluded to try a new plan. Therefore
I broke this acre of land thoroughly
twice, the first time in .March, and the second, j
in April. Then I laid otF the rows 3)4 feet j
apart, very deep, and put in the drill two twohorse
loads of compost (cotton seed, acid and
stable manure); then 1 drilled two sacks of (
t?tono Acid on top of that, (all in the drill;; .
then I listed on it and bedded it, the old way i
and having done that, I opened the rows with i
a sinaHl plow and then checked ii 3 feet apart
with same plow. I then planted it on the 4th
of May with the I'eterkin cotton seed, putting !,
one dozen seed in a hill, then covered with a j
board.
In a few days, the cotton was up beautifully. |
I then run around it as usual, hoed and thin-1
ed to three or lour stalks in a hill, and after i
letting it stand that way a few days, (till the
first week in June), I plowed across the rows, j.
running around it close, both ways, before;
Ipiivin*' t.h?> nntli. i ,
The third week in June, I ploughed it with i'
a sweep, leaving the middles unploughed, and j
ihen thinned to one stalk in the hill, exeept j
the outside rows, where I left two stalks. The j
last week in June 1 threw two furrows from |
the middles, lapping the dirt all around the
cotton, the wide way, and in about one week |
or ten days, I threw out the middles lightly j
with a sideseraper. All the while, the cotton j
looked green and grew rapidly. It stood the]
drouth fifteen days longer than my other cot- j
ton. It suffered only the last week of the i
drouth, while the other was completely parch- j
ed up?ami when the rains came it grew visiorously,
and spread out, lapping In the rows.
Some stalks bore more than a hundred bolls, |
and without topping.
It did not open <iuite as soon as my other?
hy two weeks. It kept green all the while till i
Jack frost euine nnd nipped its buds.
I got 550 pounds seed cotton going over It. the I
first time the loth September. 200 bolIs
weighed 3 pounds. The second time going |
over, I got 600 pounds, and after picking all, !
tlie acre yielded 1,830 pounds seed cotton. If
all had opened, I would have gathered at least
2,000 pounrts. But the bad weather in the hit- j
ter part of the season caused it to ruin. This j
1,8">0 pounds seed cotton yielded 740 pounds
lint. It was a line staple, and made a beautl- j
ful sample. !
One bushel of seed will plant two acres. I|
expect to plant all my farm on this system,1
this year. As I have about 20 bushels of seed I
more than I shall need to plant my farm, I !
will sell to any one wishing to get seed, for!
one dollar per bushel.
Respectfully,
J. II. RISER.
Etheredge, Edgefield Co., Fed. (!.
Let the IJoys Help.
"Why is it that noys are allowed to sit around
a house doing nothing, while their over-worked
mother is slrugirlina: against nature and j
fate to do about half the work waiting for her j
hands? Only the other day we saw tlm'eii
1 nnm !i liln.linriit'll tiriVK lniinoriiiEr about the ! I
house, not knowing "what to?do"with them-iselves,
while tlioir mother, tired and pale, was j j
trying to do all the work for a large family h
and company alone. Not a boy's work to h
help about ihc house? Why not? Is therei,
anything about washing dishes that will in- j
.jure him or which he cannot learn to do well ? j,
?or about making beds, or sweeping, or set.t
ing the table, or washing, or ironing, or cook- j
ing a plain meal of victuals? On the contra- )
ry, there is much to benefit him in such work, j
tlie most important, of which is the idea that. } |
it isn't manly to let the "weaker vessel ?" car- j i
ry all the burdens when it is possible for |
strong young hands to help. Most boy* would i (
gladly help in the house If they were asked to j j
do so and were taught how to do the work ,
properly. Many a smart hoy wants to help!(
his tired mother, hut doesn't know how be-j.
yond bringing in the wood and water and j
shoveling a path in through the snow. That L
done, she iells him to go and play while she n
plods wearily on. Not boy's work! Korl]
shame! It is a positive harm to hoy's moral L
character to allow him to think it right to be
idle while his mother is staggering under her .
burdens. I.et the hoys help, and those who
can't get help "for love or money," as they often
write us, will see their troubles disappear.
Hon- to Itui?e Cotton.
1 Correspondent Lexington Dispatch.)
I as'.c farmer to try my plan in raising cot-i 1
ton: Break your land deep in January orji
February in rows with a turn plow. Let the j*
rain lull on it ami draw all the sediments in I
the furrow where you will plant your cotton, j I
Heap up your lot and stable manure about i
three or four weeks before you put it down. '
Put a layer of lot manure, a layer of stable i
manure, a light layer of cotton seed, and a j'
layer of sail; two hundred pounds of salt and | i
? l\i?pl?i.f? tt\ fnill' i 1
l>vru i-.Y *i*?ua yipnrn \u vin/n n* w? ?.?? ???.. ,
acres is plenty. I made lour link's of cotton '
on four acres of land by this plan. I left six '
rows in the tield without anything under it
and. it would have taken live acres of it 1o
make one > ale. Don't run any furrow when
you put down the manure, let the sediment
remain unbroken.
Some people beliere in guano, I don't. Ten 1
younds to an acre is all! I ever used, that I ]
rolled my cotton peed with, and I believe it 1
paid as well as one hundred pounds would.
Hut some people are like the old woman who '<
took one pill; she said if one did .so much (
good vhe would take a dozen; so she did and
.she had enough of pills, and I think some of j
our larmer.s have enough of guano.
1\ J. UI7CKER.
A Warning to Xejyroes.
The one hundred and fifty negroes, beguiled
from their homes in South Carolina by railroad
emigrant agents last week. yi*.d who
passed through Augusta, have been stranded
upon the streets of Jackson, Mississippi, penniless,
with all their baggage held by the railroad
com panics in pawn for their fare. This
should be a lesson toothers when approached 1
by the agent. South Carolina has suffered
considerably -the present Winter from the
depredations of these railway agents, and the
negro should not permit these agents to beguile
them into going West. It Is only done
to get the railroad fare?that's ail. The poor
negroes In Jackson now no doubt wish I hoy
were back in their old South Carolina horoes^
A K!? SIVMILLBII CITY
THE NEW TOWN OF LOWNDESVILLE.
Its Contest iYith the "tttwn Proper''
is Going on While the Track of
the Road is lieing Laid.
LOWNDESVILLE, Eeb. 22,1896.
This quiet little village has recently been
thrown into a state of excitement hy wild and
vague rumors as to when the Savannah Valley
Hailro id would reach its borders. Last
Saturday quite a number of country people
came to town and there seemed to be considerable
business goins on. Early in the morning
It was reported on the streets that the
railroad forces would be at this place in two
weeks, and they were now at. work near-Hester's
depot. Later In I lie day one good old citizen
vowed and declared that he had heard
the whistle of the cars early that mornimr
while calling up his hogs, but afterwards
found ouOhat it was Trutter Shoals on Savannah
lliver.
These reports seemed to be credited by a
good ninny or the nearers and tne news fell
upon their ears, awaking them as though
thoy had been asleep. The market opened
firm, but closed quoting real estate twentyHve
per cent, In advance. The advocates of
the "new town" were "down in the mouth"
about raising funds for building the depot.
While the advocates of the ''town proper"
were resting easy on their oars
Having inquired into the matter, I have it
from good authority that the work on the
railroad is not completed within the newly
Incorporated town of Mount Carmel.
When a man comes to town the first question
he asks is, what about the town being
moved? The answers are varied. The depot
Is to be situated Just beyona the incorporate
limits. Itisalmosta conceded fact that the
iepot will be built at the present location. In
case it is, the town will be divided and
Lowndesville will soon beset upon her "seven
tii IN."
The advocates of the "new town" contend
that the business will have to be transacted
nearer the depot in order to save dray age.
rhat the public good will demand the change,
and that their site for a town is much the
prettiest. If there is any other reason in favor
of the "new town," except personal reasons.
I have failed to hear of them.
The advocates of the "town proper" have
for their motto, "competition is the life of
trade," and as there are at present four stores,
six store rooms, three churches and the Acadjmy,
all conveniently situated In the "town
proper," they seem to think that it could not
tie as easily moved with a "four horse wagon
i n a day " as some seemed to think. Resides,
the Post Office is situated in the centre of the
'town proper," where all the country roads
converge, thus a Hording' convenience not only
to the citizens, but to all the surrounding
D/Minti?v Tn thprA whnnl/l hp n. 4inp\v
town" established at, the proposed place, it
would be impossible to have the post office removed
as the citizens of the ' town proper,"
who are overwhelmingly in the majority,
would heartily protest against such a move.
The contest promises to be lively and there
seems to be no lack of determination, or the
"sinews of war" on either side. The Inhabitants
of the surrounding country surmounting
the lofty hills that command the town on
ill sides-are now viewing the thickening combat
from afar, yet their eager looks and martial
tippearance show that each man is ready
to rally to his colors whenever the signal for
reserves is given.
To the advocates of the "new town" I would
say. plank down your money and you will
tind plenty who will dance to your music.
To the advocates of the "town proper" I
would say, remember that while your record
of mighty deedsln the past will no doubt be
i precious heritage to be handed down to posterity,
it won't build or stock store houses, so
geutleuieu, down with your money.
JUVENTUS.
, 0^ s
Waking:, Saving anil Applying ^Iaii
lire.
A writer on the above subject in the Nationxl
Stockman concludes his article with the following
summing up:
1. Make and stive all you can, having quality
as well as quntity in view.
2. Enlarge your bams, house all your stock,
(mild ii manure shed and slop all the wastes
tnd leaks.
3. Study what your soil and the crops you
;row need, and then, as best you can, feed so
is to make special manures to meet this demand.
' 1-4
'1 'ilioroilgll acquaintance niui inwi-Mra U1
plant growth is necessary for judicious manuring.
Apply fertilizers within reach of
plant rootlets, be it their nature to run near
the surface or down deep into I lie ground.
5. The time to apply manures must be governed
by the method of preserving it, toacondderable
extent, but be sure and avoid putting
it oil till a busy season of tho years when
trains and hands are needed in cultivation
ind harvesting crops.
0. Depend mainly on the barn for your'manure
supply. Stable manures do double or
triple duty : they not only supply plant food,
hut have a mechanical or chemical action
that brings out tlie fertilizing qualities of the
soil, a very important item.
7. The problem of farming consists in making
tho soil increasingly fertile. Manure is
the farmers' savings bank, and if more of
them would have heaps of it every Spring to
spread upon their lands, instead of money at
Interest, they would prosper better in the end.
8. There are many reasons in favor of drawing
and spreading manure as fast as made;
we have more time than in the Spring; a day
now when can be had at low wages, is made
Is made to save a day then of higher wages; a
team can draw, when the ground is frozen,
two or three :imesasmuch as on the soft or
muddy Holds then. The manure being evenly
spread while containing all its richness,
fresh from the stables, much more evenly disIributes
this plant food, and it is a fact that a
better result always follows the Winter application.
How to Avoid Pneumonia.
[Carolina Spartan.]
At I HIS SCilKOIl ?)l lilt; j cm a icn iaocn wt i
pneumonia limy be expected, and <il'ten tlie
Heartiest and strongest inen are stricken down
with this disease. Such men go forth on the
(arm to labor and they strike with ail their
might until dinner time. They are heated up
lar ahovethe temperature of the air or ground.
At noon they may sit.dowa in a tireless room
for half an hour or stand or sit on the cold
ground to hike a little rest, and the body becomes
suddenly chilled. Or in the evening
when ? hard day's work has been done and
the body warm and relaxed, they start homeward
in shirt sleeves and before they know it
the cold chills are running over them and a
bad cold, or pleurisy, or pneumonia will follow.
Then to provide against these sudden
shanees let the laborer carry his coat to the
Held, and as soon as he knocks otf for dinner
>r night, let them put it on. He should keep
comfortable at these hours, If he has to wear
in overcoat. A man may work in light clothInt.',
so Ions as he keeps the heat up and it will
not hurt him. It is the sudden cooling otf
that, brings on disease. Take care of your
health for that is belter capital than ready
money.
The Old Trick Which is Worth but
Little.
[Greenville News. \
The Abbeville Messenger reports that the lawyers
for the defence in the Ferguson ease devoted
much of I heir time to abusing the news-!
papers. This is a variation of the oid trick of |
itiusing the prosecuting attorney. The prose-!
ruling attorney was there, however?some |
Hundreds of pounds of him?and the news pa- j
pers were not there.
Hot it is all right. TMo attorneys lor rergu??n
and proprietors of the grand and petitI
ii)!il patent can talk hut lour times a year,'
while the newspapers can relieve their feelings
from Mlty-t wo to three hundred and sixtyllvo
times. We really think the proseeu- i
lingattorney would be the cheapest game in,
the end.
A SUiuaway .Hatch.
[ Ui'C'jn villi: yews. J
T. J. Hyfati. conductor on the Abbeville,
branch of the Columbia and Greenville Kall-j
road, was in this city at the Exchange Hotel!
last night with his bride, who was Miss Lillie
L. Gossett yesterday morning. Mrs. syf.in is j
i daughter offStjulie Gossett, of Kasle^, who|
objected to his daughter's marriage. She I
went to ride with Mr. Syfan on yc>terday, ac-1
[ onipanied him to a preacher who performed i
the mnrrhmc ceremony and then came on j
here with her hu?i>and. The happy couple j
hail their happiness made complete last night:
by a telegram from the bride's lather ex pros- I
ing his loigivcness and inviting them to return
to his house.
To Rebuild the Cleveland Etlock.
The workmen have begun to clean the
brlcKs of the broken walls of the Cleveland
Block and made much progress. It is now
definitely determined to remove the old buildings
at the corner of McHee avenue and put!
up a handsome row of six brick stores from 1
the corner to the buildiim now used by J. C. C. j
Turner. The new buildings will be substantial
and the stores will be divided by strong
tire walls going well above the roof so that a|
future fire in any one of thetn will be confined i
to the building in which it begins. I
LEWIS R. DANTZLER.
Distinguished for Gentleness of JInn?
tiers, for Fidelity to Principle,
and for MOdesty of Deportment.
"To live in hearts we leave behind,
Is not to die."
So that though our kind-hearted and generous
Triend, L. R. Dantzler, Is gone forever from
human vision, he still lives?lives a blessed
reality In our mind's fondest memories and
our heart's truest affections. I whs his friend
younger in years it is true, and I beg this poor
boon of adding my testimony to his own true
worth. The gentleness of his nature, the
modesty of his manners, and the retirement
of his life, tended to obscure, in the minds of
the casual observer, those r?re qualities and
estimable traits of character of which he whs
possessed. The beauty and excellence ot his
life did not consist In great deeds by which
his name was published in newspapers and
heralded on thelipsof unthlnkingniultitudes,
but in the amiability of his temper, in the
sweetness of his disposition, in his disinterested
love for his friends and neighbors, in
the abounding benevolence of his heart, and
in his many nameless acts of favor and lovintr-kindness
habitually given to ah. Many
there are in the community in which he lived
who would gladlyjoin ine in this feeble tribute
to the memory of a good man whose life
was full of good deeds.
"Sure the last end
Of the good man i? peace! How calm his exit!
Night dews fall not more gently to the ground
Nor weary, worn-out winds expire so soft."
Mr. L. R. Dantzler was a native of Orangeburg
county, and connected by birth with
some of the nrst families in the State. When
a young man he left his native county to complete
his education at the then flourishing
Cokesbury Conference School in Abbeville
county. After a few years of dllligent prosecution
of his classical course at the Conference
School he was graduated and immediately entered
upon the realities of an active life, not,
however, before uniting his heart, fortune,
and destiny with one of the lovely daughters
of the late honored General G. W. Hodges.
Henceforth he adopted Abbeville county as
his home and lived among us until the 13th
day of October, l.XiS, when, after a few months
of patient suffering and waiting on the Lord,
In the 55th year of his age, he died "in hope
of the glory of God." He leaves behind him
a wife aud three sons. H.
Due West Items.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian.
Sir. J. H. Wren went to Augusta last week.
Dr. Kills Is resting from his labors this week.
Maj. Nance had a flne lot of mules in town
last week.
Js it iashionable for young ladles to chew In
church?
Mrs. Jane Young returned from Alabama
la?>t Friday.
Mr. A. D. Kennedy is busy putting the
streets in order.
The Rev. Mr. Pearson visited Greenville
elt.v this week.
The Chicora Savings Bank at Pelzer, is
ready for business.
Some of our medical students are expected
home next week.
Mr. Vermillion, of Donnalds, is studying
photography under Prof. Lee.
Rev. G. H. Carter preached in the Baptist
church last Sabbath morning.
Miss Lulft McKay, of Greenville, returned
home last Wednesday afternoon.
Dr. Latlinn went over to king's Mountain
last Friday. He returned on Monday.
Miss Josie Chiles came in Wednesday afternoon
on a visit to her sister, Mrs, J. B. Bouner.
?
The Celebration of the Euphemain Society
will be held Friday evening, weather permitting.
Mr. Josohy Denck, sr., of Columbia, is in
town tuneing toe pianos at the Female College.
Miss Anna Bell Miller has gone to Lima,
Greenville county, to take charge of a school.
Mr. M. B. McGee, of Walnut Grove, worshipped
with the Baptist congregation last
Sabbath morning.
One of our "country cousins" seeing the
Town Council on an inspecting tour, inquired
if that was the "c.ioinet."
Miss Carrie Todd returned home Wednesday
at. noon, after an extended visit iti Green- j
ville County. S. C., and Doruville, Ga.
Mr. J. H. Wren has made a simple and complete
window pocket for inserting weights,
which he is thinking ot patenting.
Hon. M. C. Butler has accepted an invittation
to deliver the Anniversary Address at
Wofl'ord College at the Commencement in
June.
Friends of Mrs. Wright, who lives near this
place and who has recently suffered a fracture
ol the thiht:, were soliciting aid in her
behalf this week.
For several weeks we have missed the McCormick
Advunce. Last week its pleasant
face greeted us again, being brighter than oefore.
It is now a worthy competitor of our
other exchanges.
The middle of February is always looked
for with much auxiety by the students of
ErsKine. It is then that au account is rendered
unto them oi all their idle and busy
moments for the past four and a half mouths.
A correspondent of the Aews aiul Courier
from Chester says that the Rev. Mason W.
Pressley, of that place has been called to the
pastorate of a church in Philadelphia, and is
now giving this eali due consideration.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Allen, of Grcenvil e,
have been down on n. visit to Mr. Allen's
parents. Mr. Allen is the Junior partner of
the firm of Allen Brothers, of Greenville,
which stands second to no grocery house iu
the city.
Rev. T. M. Lowry, of the Presbyterian
Church, who has been preaching in Mississippi,
has been called to a church in Philadelphia.
Mr. Ix>wry graduated irom Erskine in
the closs of Ifvf'J.
We regret that we have overlooked this
plea>ant item: Mr. W. D. Stone, of this
place, was married on the 2uth of Januarv, by
tht;"Itev. George Summer, to Miss Kate
White, of Chester. S. C.
Below will be found the names of the participants
in the exorcises of the Celebration
of the Euphemian Literary Society in June:
Senior Orator, T. W. Sloan, Junior Orator, J.
H. Mofl'att; Debaters, J. S. Stribling and It.
. ? Un/vl%I..U
VJ. X VVJ/I'
1). G. Phillips will represent the Eupliemlan
Society as Junior Essay 1st in Lindsay Hall
during Commencement. I. J. Canterbury
will represent the above named Society aa
the Sophomore declaimer at the same time
and place.
Mr. Hubert McK-iy, of thin place, has Just, received
a dispatch saying that his brother
John is dying.
Mrs. Josephine Polhlll and her sister, Miss
Zany Hawthorn, came back to this place
from Macon, Git., this week. After an absence
of eighteen months in Macon they express
themsel ves as being very glad to reach their
old liomeauain. They friends here extend to
them a hearty welcome, and express the hope
that they may never leave us again.
The cards are out announcing the marriage
ot" Miss Minna R. Penick, of Moorseville, X.
C., to Mr. John II. Keid, of same place, Wednesday
evening, February 17th, at 7 o'clock,
in the Presbyterian church. Miss Penick is
pleasantly remembered here by a host of
friends. She was a teacher ir? the Female
College for two years.
Handsome and Popular Young- .Han.
Ea.slcy Messenger.
One of Abbeville's young men came into
our town on Tuesday night and on Wednes
day afternoon captured one of the beiles of
Easley, as the following announcement will
slu>w:
Married, on the 17th instant-, by the Itev. J.
W. llulcliins, Mr.Thos. syphan, of Abbeville,
to Miss Lillle Gossett, daughter of J. It. Gossett.
Esq., of our town.
The groom Is the handsome and popular
young conductor of the Abbeville branch of
the G. It. It., and is one of Abbeville's most
promising sons. The bride is the third
daughter of our our esteemed friend, J. It.
Gossett. Esq., and Is unliable, kind and lov
' ..,,,1
lug. iMiiv many jimis 01 imjijjun.00 imu
pleasure attend them.
???<1^? ?
Th<> AiiNuor.
Forgot ton yon ! well, if forgotten
lie thinking through all the long day
How tin' slow seromls drag since I left you?
Days seem years now that you arc a way!
If count ing each moment with longing
For the oiu? when I'll S"e you again?
If this he forgot ton?you're right, dear,
And 1 have forgotten you, then !
Forgotten you ! Well, if forgetting
lit; residing each face that I see
With eyes that mark never a f- ature
15ur yours as you last looked at 111c!
Or hearing, through all l he strange babble
Of voices, now grave and now Kay,
Only your voice?ean this be forgetting?
Yet 1 have forgotten, you say.
Forgotten you! Well, if forgetting
P.h looking with all a full heart.
With a yearning half pain and half rapture,
For a time when we no more may part;
If the wild wish to see you, to hear you,
To he held in your arms once again?
If this bo> forgetting, you're right, dear,
And I am forgetting you, then!
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W. 1?.Todd, a brother ot A. S. Todd, editor
of the Anderson. Journal, died in Anderson
1 Friday morning of pneumonia.
THE FBEE-TRADBBS MOM. -jf
SOUTH CAROLINA'S ASSOCIATION HARD | |
AT WORK.
Bnsiness-Llke Session of the Executive
Committee in ColnmMa Yes*
terday?A Call Issued for June 2?
A War to be Waged on South Car- 7 ' jj?
olina Congressmen who are not
Free-Traders.
Columbia, S. C., Feb. 20*?[Special.!?The
South Carolina free traders mean business aa . 1 -d
tlietr proceedings in Columbia to-day show.
The Executive Comniltlce of the Association
met at 12 o'clock with a full attendance. Prof.
R. Means Davis, of the South Curollna College,
was elected ehnirmnn of the committee. . '
The committee decided to call a convention *v7 a
to mpet in this city, June 2. The following ' 5
gentlemen will reud essays on the subject
mentioned: , .'4J
Gen. Edward McG'rady, of Charleston^ w!H ' iM
S resent a brief account ol "The Origin aad ' '.>^53
rowth of Protection In the United states." .
. Mr. W. C. Benet. will give a ''History of thfo
Free Trade Struggle in England."
Col. John It. Pope, of the Reaiiter, will dl?-' .
cuss "South Carolina's Record on the Taritf ' ~
Question."
Hon. W. R. Davis, of Chester, will" show .'*$a
"The Relation of the Taritf to Agriculture."
Mr. N. G Gonzales, of the News and Courier,
will ixplaln the "Duty of the Press In the '
present Free Trade Agitation." ''v-Si
The ehalrraan of ttie committee was ih6tructed
to address an open letter to thef
.South Carolina Senators and Representatives ^ S
inviting them to a discussion of the tariff
question in connection with the Free Trader Association,
as early us possible, and at such I
place as may bo convenient. The Congress-1 '.:.jAa|
men will also be requested to give an account '*?
oi the steps that have been and are to be taken
In Congress in regard to the tariff qnes- ;5
tion, in order that the people may be enligh- , Vj
tened on that subject.
The National Free Trade League will assem- v,<3
ble In Washington about March 5th. Col. J.
J. Dargan, the South Carolina member, is ex- ' :;5w
peeted to represent this State, but as it is posslble
that he may not be able to attend, Colo- . '
nei W. F. McMaster was elected alternate.
The free traders propose to make a vigorous ' & v93
campaign for the purpose of affecting Cott- . ' .; :??
gressional nominations in this State. They
nave no desire to displace the present mem* . -^S
bers if they are in accord with the views ol . ffigj
Mm froo ira/itr? hnf. nt.hf>rivisfi thev will meet AaM
with opposition.
Col. Dargan has accepted an invitation! to ::\V|jg
speak in Brooklyn, March 19, before the club of
which Henry Ward Beecher is President* v
He will aiso deliver several addresses In Gon? ;4H
nectlcut.
How to Marry.- . .
The following is a Philadelphia physician'"*1 ' %
advice to a young man prospecting for a wife: ; ^3
When the adult age is reached?what? Ak
truly us every positive requires a negative,
every knife its fork and that opposltes attract* . Sg
so, too, with the '"genus homo," like birds : m
they must mate, nnd it is not good for man Jo r Jg
be alone. The great event of a man's life la to
seek and secure asweetlbeart and then have a -; $9
wedding d?y . Now, to choose a proper wife
and companion is the puzzle ol puzzles irt .Vj
every man's experience. Some choose fotf ^
beauty, others for accomplishments, and
blandishments, some for wit and manners,
and the average ycung man for money and
family, but after all love supported by pru- * ;t:
dence and discretion, other things being
equal, shonld act as the all inspiring motive. >&jn
Happiness follows love and wealth cannot
buy happiness, but happiness is an attribute
beyond purchase.
It is safe for us to say nowadays far too , , . j
many mothers are culpable for encouraging '>3
matrimony when thpy know in their heart of. ' Vi'jjgfi
hearts that their daughters are subject to or
ganic disease; this is to be severely deprecated
and frowned down upon .wherever seen,
On the other hand, the presumptive swaiu . /.
who contemplates Hymen's knot and is
himself a shattered wreck is nothing short of . 9
a criminal. ' .
Marriage is indepd a serious question. vli
Next, the salt of common sense is an itn* . i.fca
portant necessity. Since marriage resolves
into a permanent covenant instituted by God* is
-* - ' - ^on/? ?Af lflra u . -
I l<> ue UHUVCIJ ?J?ujr u.y uv.uir, uiiu uu? ..UV ? . - loose
pair or shoes that can be put on in th?
morning and removed ut night, It Is an Jsrae
that should occupy the meutal, the moral,
the spiritual, the practical and the consequen- * -)*
tall deduction of all thinking people to the
soberest decree. The civil law may separate
but it cannot sever.
A divorce is a blot on the page of history
and about it there is always a bad smelt.
Any one who espouses the conjugal yoke
with the prosnect of divorce ahead weds an
igniifatuus. Hence a man should choose hi*
wife as did the sainted Primrose of "Vi'-ar of 'V&
Wakefield" memory, who choose his as she
chose her wedding grown, not for fine, glossy
surface, but lor qualities that wonld wear >"^4
well. A woman is either the fortune or
bankruptcy of a man's future.
All tailors cut the coat according to the
cloth, which suggests how young#folks should . >;yj
consider the circumstances ol each other. It
Is wrong for a struggling young man, without
money or influence in the world, to wed a
f;irl of attlnence and wealth, fostered in the >?3
ap of luxury by kind and loving parent*. ,, /&
! when the sameconditions cannot beextendeu , ? .s
her in the future; tint then it is wrong for
her to encoyrage such a young man unless
she is willing to share his struggles and misfortunes
as an equal yoke-fellow and companion.
The word wife means weaver, i. e., a . ;*
wile along with her husband in the w'eb of "*23
There are too many young girls brought up
under the present regime of society, so tailed.
who by indulgent mothers, become imhoea
with false notions, and flitter their time in
learning useless trifles, until their muscle*
atrophy and leave them mere automatons to
pose for the entertainment of visitors like
over-dressed parlor dolls under a glass c?se,
The.v luce, powder, aft'ect frivols, study how
to make conquests, etc; In 6hort, assume alt
the evils of prevailing fashion. These crea
tares die yon i>g of tight lacer's liver or ennui.
Young men beware! . '
There is no object so fascinating as a-pretty
fact.d, intelligent wnmnn, but then a woman
to commend herself as an eligible candidate
for matiimony should he useful as well as
ornamental. A model wife is nn economist.
a bread saver, while her husband Is the breucl
winner.
A little domestic drudgery is a homely antidote
against disease and often makes a line
wife and mother out of a mere hot-house
plant. I advise a thorough knowledge of
kitchen economy (l)ody's Domesticity), for
far too many girls nowadays enter marriage
long before they have even learned to spank
a pepper box.
Any one who follows this counsel will not
go astray.
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THE ABBEVILLE MEDICAL SOCIETY.
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Credit to the Medical Profession.
Associate Reformed Prcxbyleriun.
There is in this County (Abbeville) a Medical
Society that docs credit to the profession.
At the Inst monthly meeting, the following
resolution was heartily adopied:
"Whjsiseak, We believe tiiat there are certain
drug stores in the county of Abbeville
I that are selling whiskey, therefore he it.
I "Resolved, That as a Medical Society we dis|app?oveol
this action of such druggists, and
1 that we will not patronize such drug stores."' ? \i
j If this be what is called by that ugly namei
"boycotting" then we say it Is a good things
We commend the action of the Abbeville
I Society to all similar organizations. The
1 luiclniu nnnilM hnnd
jlinyf
I _ ^
I WOULD HAVE DONE CREDIT TO A CITY
DAILY.
A High Complement to the "Press
and Banner."
Sumter Advance.
When the case against John Ferguson for
murder w s called for trial recently, the Solicitor
made a motion lor a change of venue. A
full report of tlie proceedings on this motion
including Ihe arguments of the lawyers on
both sides was given by the Abbeville Presn
(Mil JlmiHf)', covering eight columns of closely
printed matter in small type. This exhibition
of enterprise and energy would have
done credit to a city dally.
The men in the I'resx and Banner office
worked all night to get up this report. The
1're.tH and Annner is succeeding well, and deserves
to, for if there is a man In South Carolina
who knows how to run a newspaper,
brother Wilson Is the man.
Some ot the fertilizer companies are considerably
exercised on account of several of the
newspapers in the .State having published the
list of tl.ose brands of fertilizers reported delicient
in the last annual report of the Commissioner
of Agriculture, and heading the list
I "Fraudulent Fertilizers." Home of the companies
threaten suits against these papers for
i libel.
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