Horry news. (Conwayboro, S.C.) 1869-1877, September 02, 1876, Image 1
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^ W. 1?. JOII.NSOX. J. M. JOIINSO.V
f. r. til ATTI.K.UAI M.
JOHNSONS IQUATTLEBAUM,
? ATTORNEYS and (Mt^'SKLOliS AT LAW
Conwayboro, S. C.
J OS. T. \VAi2ilI,
Attorney at Law and
soi.i< i ron i\ Egi;iTY,
Will practiett in the court* of Mat ton, I lorry
and Oeorgetown.
<im,? AtcoNWAYiu>no<s. o.
Nov 1:1, It-M-lf.
rp OlLLlvSPUv,
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Attorney and Counscllcr at Law
Will give prompt attention to nil busi nog
entrusted to his care.
CONWAYBOUO, S. L.
In no, 2, 1871.
rpOLAK A: IIART,
Commission Merchants,
152 KUONT 'STltKKT,
NEW Y< UK.
I.iboiul advances ina<U* on consignments
N aval Stores, Cotton. &e.
Orders receivo Promnt Attention.
I'ucxccplionablo references given North and
South.
J. U. Tji.au J. II. Il.vitr.
of X. C. of S . C
T ).\ WILLIAMS,
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UKAt.Kltn 1.1
<; KN K11A L M KUC11A N !>IZ K,
MANUFACTURER OK NAVAL STOKES
COM MISSION^ M KUCII ANT.
aniT'
FORWARDING AGENT.
07"" SiHScial attention given to tho buying
ami gelling of Ton 'limber.
HULL CHEEK, 8. (7.
J. CJ. HOOZlllt
WITH
EDMONS T.BROWN,
WIIOI.KS.VI.K I)KAI.KIt IN'
MEN AND HOYS'
Hats, (laps A SI raw <*oods,
A I,SO
Ladies Misses and Children's Ilats,
No. T5 Uaynk Sr.
CHARLESTON,, S. C.
Ojipoxile Chnrle.slon Hotel.
nov 13. tf.
$ 30, sTl 1,638.60.
Liverpool & London & Globe
Insurance Co,
Total Assets $30,511,033.60
J. M. JOHNSON,
Agent, Marion, S. C.
C. 1\ QtJATTLKBAI'M,
Ast. Agent, (Jou waylioio, S. C.
feb 12?tf*.
Encourage Home Pennle and
Home Enterprise.
Geo. S. Hacker,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
'1 IIK (WI.V DOOR, SASIT AXD~BLI\D
Factory owned and managed by a Carolinian
ill I liSu / All <rii a ??o lit no/1 Tni'ioo
Cash.
Always on hand a lar<ye Stock of Doors,
Sash, blinds. Mouldings, brackets, Scroll and
Turned Work of every description. Class,
Wliitc Leads, and builders'' Hardware. Dressed
I.unilrcr and Flooring delivered in any
portion of this State.
inarch ll-ly.
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VOL. 8. CONWA
Ou < ho Door Stop. \
Wo were slltln . on the door stop? I
1 remeiuber it so well; t
She was half in shadows hidden t
Save where the moonlight, fell, h
And tlie dear head resting
I
With Us wavy, soft brown hair,
Tho face 1 thought so fair. ' '
\
1 know we talked but little,
And at last beneath the stone,
We hoard the cricket chirping
So clearly all alone,
Till my heart had mustered courage
To tell her (lien and there,
How for her sweet sake truly
'Tivanlil fill flitixrc .l.i I ,l ,.-.i
Then came the soft, shy answer, i
As lier shilling eyes dropped low, }
"My heart is mine no longer, ^
"l'was yielded long ago?' ?
And even as slw doomed me *
To misery and pain, ^
The soft chocks tilled with dimples,
Gathered o'or and o'er again. I
llow well 1 now remember (
That, turning fast away, ,
1 would not heed the whisper ,
That softly bade me stay, j
Till. .0 tlaj low gate turning, ,
ller faee one more to see,
I saw the tear drops shining ,
lit the eyes that followed me. <
Ah! then with heart tasc heating,
To her side I turned again,
"Oh, tell me, Madge, my darling,
lias my love been all in vain?
You do not love another?
Your words were only play?
Ix>ok up and answer truly?
Madge, must 1 go away?*'
Again the dimples gathered, <
K'cn while the moon's pure light !
Betrayed the teais stiil shilling, <
Like teai drops soft and bright,
"My heart was mine no longer;
] have given it, 'tis true; I
W'hycouill you not have waited'.'
because?ah! L meant you!"
q ? m * w wwpimii
OlT!t MONTHLY NEW VOKli FASHION
LETTER.
DY MADAME RADIX.
NEW VOltK FASHIONS.
Mv fair readers will oblige mo by
interpreting tlio above caption in an
extended sense, and by attaching to it
a intie.h wider syndication than would (
at first appear, both as to place and as j
to the range of articles in which lash- ,
ion is observed. I sympathise fully
with the righteous indignation which i
would he leh by any woman of fash- ;
. .1 i / ... i 1
ion :ii. inc moiigiib oi uemg iounu i
within city limits at tho present time, :
and niy remarks upon dross, therefore, j
should he understood as applying especially
to what one may see at Newport,
Long branch, and wherever else
may he thought genteel at the present
time. New York fashion, indeed, is a
poor affair, compared with the styles
at fashionable resorts, and to tell the v
truth moreover, the getters np of j.
New York fashions have discarded c.
all ideas pertaining to summer, and
are toiling in anxious thought over j
what the morrow will bring forth;
that is to say, what will he worn next s
winter.
ijatiiin'o suits ;l
Among the various pitfalls which i
besot the career of an innocent minded ii
man, I know of uoiio more dangerous 1
than a becoming bathing suit. In the "
first place it is so perfectly different t
from other devices, which from oft "
repetition have become unprofitable, t
that his attention is at once arrested, h
A cardinal point is thus gained, and if t
that suit he wisely chosen, as to the A
result, why, there may be "millions in c
it." There is a look of such artless ?
simplicity; the falsities of crinoline, t
flounces and tfie like discarded, nor n
could any one imagine that a more v
fatal danger lurked in such sweetly I
unpretending things as Turkish pan- ii
telets, a blouse waist, and a short Bkirt t
roaching to the knees. n
MOUNTAIN COSTUMES. *
In my humble opinion there is 110 j
more sensible1 creature in the world,
at the present moment, than the Giii
of the Period as she goes on a mountain
excursion. Siie puts 011 a short
skirt of serge, grey or black, anil over- 'I
dress in keeping; tfie comfortable
bleus waist confined by a broad belt,
to which is attached a satchel, and
whatever other conveniences she may
require (luring her campaign; stout
shoes, a broad brimmed bat, and
gloves of undressed kid complete a
costume which is captivating by reason
ol its entire appropriateness. r
HOW TO BE 8TYI.ISII. I
If you cannot be "Centennial" ll
"Oriental"?if you cannot wear some- 1'
thing which your grand mother wore
at the Republican Court, then the next ^
best tilings is to wear a Persian or aii v
Indian something. Ii you are at a 1
loss to know mvbat, I will make the ('
mild suggestion ol a set of tiger's j 11
claws, which arc just the. "loveliest"
things 1 know of. No make-believe ?
claws, but the genuine things, remind- &
ing you, on a larger scale ol your (bar
pussy. We have them in all sorts of 1
-A_n Indepoi
Y HO IIP, S. C., SATU
vays. For a brooch, a mammoth j
law, with a golden tiger sitting in a
ticturesquo attitude on tlio top; lor i
naeelets, successive claws joined together,
and in beautifully graduated
iy.es, etc., etc. I cannot imagine any*
liing more tenderly suggestive of the
lonevmoon, and ho tar as uppropria- ,
eness is concerned, they certainly j
vould ni ike adnurihlc bridal presents,
mm nows.
If one is too poor to wear tiger's!
laws, or to pretend to have had a '
*ieat grand-mother, the next thing 1
vould suggest, would lie to wear a !
;ood many red hows. Now, it is realy
wonderful about those red hows?
foil can stick them anywhere, it. don't
natter?you can wear a red belt il
>*ou want to, and it' yfln can find a I
vide one of your grand-mother's bid
iway anywhere, why just put. it right |
>11, an I ho sure that you have done a :
vise thing. I'onncts too, are some ol j
hem lavishly trimmed with red rib><<n,
and as lor the red cherries, 1 i
eally could not count them. Ac*
.munis from Paris tells us that over 1
here they are having red dresses and :
ed parasols. Hut, please now, don't
inagine every one ol us going about
Irossed oft in red, or wearing red hats.
What 1 mean to say is that a great
leal may be worn without looking
louspicuous.
Viewed philosophically, there is a
IVfltiAn fur ciiuli i ??i *! * I ?? **
, V...V,.. XMVII I'lll Ulllll V. II l?> till'
ibs'enee of all other positive coloring
11 <lrexs. One sees everywhere such!
lelieary, or such sobriety <?t tint, that
t does seem a necessity to have something
more decided, and nothing is
prettier than the dashes ol red which
ire to he ohsci ved in the midst ol
juiel grays and browns. This is dress
fabrics, while as to ornamentation,
mougli has been said.
FASHION IN KL'liXISlllXr.
As 1 hinted above, the sway ol
asliion is hy no means conlined to
natters ol dress. The present seaion
ol their nhsense from the eity is
,ho time chosen hy our wealthy peo)le
Tor relitting their elegant man- j
dons, the selection ol furniture and
lecorntions tor wliie.h has become ill- j
nost as much subject to the behests
>1 the imperious goddess as is the
urve of a hustle or the precise angle
>f a bonnenl. So great are her cnnoach
meats in this direetion that no
irticles, great or small, may now go
m?> the union cn regie which does not
?hey her laws ol harmony or contrast,
h orn the loot stool to the piano not ling
must interfere with the seinnietry
>t tin; whole. The hitter article has
?eretoIore been supposed to maintain
Is position by virtue ol the old saw,
'Ilaudsonte is as handsome does," hut
n tliis new era modest merit is not
leld Hiillieicnt, for all occasion.
The bare outlines and sombre color
vhich have characterized the pianos ol
i century are not, indeed, banished
ntirelv, but the demands ol improvcncut
have resulted in the introduction
>1 beaut}' and grace into their ouivard
appearance to a hitherto un:nown
extent. The spirit of this
ltango has been ear'y and fully
aught hy onr New York house ol
Iardman & Co., who have attained
ucli wide and sudden prominence
ince the opening ot the Centennial
nd who, beside I heir standard styles
.re casing many ol their wonderful
nslruir.ents in a variety ol rich and
iovel ways. In tluir specialties of
\ulor ami upright (i rands, the eU'ecls
>1* maple, walnut, inlaying, ebony, ami
lie various novelties which they exoutc
lo order, enhance greatly the atractivcucss
of their work ami have
Mil their share in building the reputfiion
of the name. Of course llardman
k Co., in common witii all other first
lass makers, produce the plainer
tylcn, but if wealth and culture desire
ho outside appearance to correspond
iiore neatly with the internal merit,
rliy should they not he gratified ?
t not only serves to adorn their drawng
rooms but tends to popularize
hings of beauty and is, therefore, as
nuch in tho interest of Art as ol
'btshion. Next month I shall be able
announce at least a portion ol the
'all styles.
OUR RADIX LETTER.
'he Brooklyn Bridge ? Throwing
over the First Wire? Particulars
of I lie (Jrent Enterprise?Our Colossus
?A Good Hand for u Mother.
[From Oar Own Correspondent.]
Nkw York, August 25, 1870.
liy tlio lime this cornea beforo your
eaders a notable step will have heen
uken in the progress ol our big bridge
o Brooklyn. iioth the enormous
iers being at last completed and the
ist injunction against its continuance
issolved, the lira oi the week will
ituess the spinning ol iho first
hrc-ads across the stream, from one j
izzy height to the other, and iroin
liat point the work will go rnppidly
jrward lo completion. iSomo ol tlie
randeur ol tins enterprise may be
athered from a lew statistics.
The work was commenced in Jan.
s70, f/j that the laying ol' I lie foundu
v ~ .
Nf
nrlent Journal.
It DAY, SEPT KM 15E It
lioo .tixl building the |?i?*alone
haft l?ecn the work ot over live yours.
The foundation rest on i ho hoIuI .
vook 78 leet below the high water
murk. A description of the ;
laying ol these foundations would
in itself make a very interesting
letter?tlio launching and sinking of
tli?? threat caissons, weighing4),000 tons
apiCCC, IMC COtllllllOU 1>I (III! WOJ'klllell
working away' down under llio liver,
in air sutliciont ly condensed to hold
back llio mud and water ami consequently
ho dense as to intoxicate those
who breathed it and to make the
lamps blaze with dangerous fierceness
? these ami many other details would
possess <_;rcat interest, but space forbids
more than a mention of the salient
points. The bridge being u suspension
one the strain comes entirely
upon the "anchorages" or. either side,
and i be two piers. These anchorages
are great masses of masonry bolted together
ami to a heavy louiiilauon with
heavy iron bars ami clumps running
in every direction. These will be
fastened the ends of the four mam cables
which are to bear the weight, of
the bridge proper. These cables seem
to lite the most stubendous feature of
the whole structure. Kach one will
be li'leen and a halt Indies in diameter
and will he composed oi Ut.'5()0
small steel wires, twisted together.
Perhaps it may strike some reader that
such a cable will be pretty heavy. Let
\ us see. The wire to he used weighs
( one pound to every fourteen feel in
length and as there are to he G, ">(>?>
strands in each cable, every fourteen
leet will weigh G,:MlO pounds, or !.'? )
pounds to llio loot, as the dist nice
between the anchorages is .'1,500 fed,
or more than twice the distance between
the piers, a cable reaching
straight across from one to the other
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lint as they have got to be longer to
go it|? over the piers ami as there are
lour ol then) insle:i?l ol one, the total
weight will he 0,800,000 pounds or
3,400 tons, lint how are such masses
ot metal going to lie put up over the
towers? That question, I con less,
would be apt to bother any one til us
il we had the matter in charge, but
the engineer, Uocbliug, obviates this
serious diliieulty arranging to take the
small strands tip, one by one, and
make the cables in their proper places.
It is as easy when you know how, as
it was Columbus' friends to make an
egg aland on the end alter he had done
it lor them; but it isn't every one who
could have suggested the plan.
I'ho piers, which have thus lar been
the only visible evidence ol progress,
now tower alolt in grand completeness,
looking like the opposing tronls
ol two mighty cathedrals, the double
roadway openings in each slan ling for
tioihic windows. From the liver to
topmost piece ot iron work is 'J75 feel,
ami the structures themselves are
about 5o by lot) loot an the base, tapering
slightly toward the top. The
roadways will be 135 feel above high
water in irk. To stand at tin; bottom
ol one ol these giant piles and look upward
w'dl make giddy any but the ,
steadiest head. From this position the
top seems actually to pierce the clouds i
The staging upon which the workmen
travel up and down its endless sides
narrow down to a point in the vast i
perspective and the workmen themselves,
when they can be discerned at
all, look like ants?as, doubtless, we j
ol the earth appear to them. On the
top o! each are llio ' Vadilles," as tin; I
grooved irons arc called on which the
big cables ride. These saddles arc in
pioportion to the rest of the work,
weighing 1;i tons apiece, They have
got to have some solidity to stand the ]
weight which will rest on them when
all in finished, a weight estimated at
nearly 10,000 tons, one halt of which
will bo the bridge proper or part be
tweor. the two towers.
The wires which are now about to i
be thrown across will be light ones, I
used only tor drawing over the small ;
cables that are to support the temporary
foot bridge for the workmen, hut
their stretching will he an interesting
sight, as being the first act ol tire final
section of the work. Three years J
from the day on which thai occurs, if
all goes well, the bridge will bo ready
for the crowding travel which will
thenceforward possess it.
The cost of this magnificent bond of
union between the two great cities
which are possibly destined, through
its influence, to become ultimately
one, was originally estimated to be
eleven and a halt millions, including
the vj^Iuo of the land to Ire condemned
for thi; approaches. Up to the first
ol this year, however, very nearly six
millions had been expend* d, and neither
tower even, wis finished. So a
new estimate was then made, allowing
over a million and a half more
than the original one, and this, it is
hoped, will not have to be further increased.
To reach the bight of the roadway
at the water's edge by a sufficiently
iiwfa?nl it .1
j ...ww..v .v uruiiu iiui;tPK;il"Y to
go back hall a mile on Clio New Voik
hide ;nyl in ri* than oik* ibird of a mile
hi lirooklyn to comim i c building tlie
appioaohca. |>y Dm means the deoliviiy
on either ?ido w.ll be made ho j
ws.~
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2. 1870. NO. 84.
genilu hh t<? present no obstacle to the
passage of teams oi horse ears.
It will ho a glad day lor IJrooklyn
when this bridge is op-rued. To show
ot what importance she considers it, it
need only lie stated (hat she pays twothirds
ot the hill against New York's
one-lldrd. The present system ol lertinge
is uncertain and really danger.
| oits in winter, and at all limes is so
objectionablo to many people as to
; deter them lro?u making llrooklyn
| their resilience. The new uveuuu ot
communication will remove that objection
and will repay the city iis share
! nt I hi< i>v iii>iis(> nimiiv liini's over.
Like Munich 11?I 1 )c?molil of to-day.
ami like Khodes ol ohl, New N ork is
to have I km* Colossus. Light alter
tlio Franco-Prussian war tlu? French
I governinei L to show i's gratlitudo
lor luvors shown that sufVering realm
ami in furtherance o-l the reciprocal
j good feeling which has existed be!
t vein the two countries ever since the
struggle in which the American Kcnglo
was hatched, voted to give to our metre
no lis a colossal hioiif.e statue ol
' i I
| Liberty to stamt helore our watery
gates ami hear alolt in its mighty
! hand a beacon to warn off danger,
while it. slum1 1 greet with a symbolic
I welcome the voyager to the homo ol
| tiie S;ar Spangled l? inner. 1 >uI great
bodies move slowly, and thus it, was
' not id! last I.ill or several years alter
the pass-joe of 'Ins laudable resolution
that we began to hear much about
! steps toward its practical carrying out.
Then it was that, alter choosing IJcd,
lev's Island as the site ot the rwonuni'nt
work was actively commenced
ami soon the papers teemed with paragraphs
relating to the progress of the
work in tie* Parisian studio, where the
figure was being modeled. So rapidly
have opi-rai ions been pushed that there
have been received this week at the
Custom House; eight enormous boxes,
containing as many sections of the
gignaiie, female who is hcnccf xrward
to preside over our harbor. At last
I accounts only t wo of these boxes had
1 been landed, one ol which contains the
| right hand and wrist and the second,
the lurch which the hand will eventually
hold. This hand, while not exactly
the sort liiat a fond lover would
I ii i
j till II L*? WUI1I?I 111" .1 I Ivo I vl V v
godsend Id any mother with a numerous
ami i urbtilent offspring; for, besidode
being fourteen toeL long it is
six or seven fori, broad and weighs a
good many pounds, and I hav.o no
doubt that tn any little ease of family
discipline, a little of it woul.l go a
good way. 1 haven't been able to
'iml anybody who could give me the
correct dimensions of the finished
statue, but it your readers are general
; lv familiar with comparative anotomy
(as 1 doubt not is the ease) the foregoing
figures together with the fact that
the thumb nail on this little "flipper"
is two feet long, and will afford them
data enough to enable them to caleu;
late the total height to a nicety. The
eight big boxes, forming the first instalment,
contained one arm only, the
(i'-igbt on which, (rem Havre to New
York, was -i trifle under &iO(l.
Radix.
The Slate. Ticket.
(ten. Wade Hampton, the chosen
standard bearer ol the Democracy it.
the coming campaign, muds no introduction
to ilie people ol South Carolina.
Horn in Charleston, ho has passed, as
his fathers did before him, the greater
portion of ins life in Richland, and re.
piesented that county several times iu
the Siate Legislature. l'poti all the
I exciting questions which agitated the
Ssl ! I > iii'i.i'iiiiK lit llii> vi- i r ( > . li I [ I 111 I I ?
|MV..V.W ... ...v .. ton
on'crtained moderate views; but
when the; South 11?ani11->l? ? 1 hy iis action
that the people wore united noon
evircmu nieiiMires, lie acquiesced in
their decision ;?n 1 devoted himself and
his lorione to their service. As Colonel
ol the Hampton Legion he entered
active service, ami through his merit
and conspicuous gallantry rose to the
raiik ol Lienteiiani-Ceneral. When a
Stale (loveriiineiil was organized
under authority ol 1'iesident Johnson,
the gubernatorial nomination was
offered to him and refused. Notwithstanding
this, (iovetuor Orr, the
regular candidate, received a majority
ol only a lew votes. In 1808 (Jeri.|
Hampton participated in the National
Democratic Convention which nominated
Seymour and lllair, and two
years later canvassed the State for
Carpenter ami duller in the Reform
campaign. Since then ho has devoted
his attention to private atlairs. Al.i
.i. u ii i i?.?
intuitu v J 1*11. i i <1111 jiiuii nan um its'"
douce iii Columbia ho owns large tracts
of land in Mississippi, whore, as
lonaniH and laborers, ho has settled all
that remain ot his former slaves, and
between whom and himself the best
relations exist. Called by the State
to the trout Cen. Hampton will lead
the most vigorous canvass ever
made in South Carolina. Politically
iie is in (nil accord with the National
Democratic pariy, accepts the constitutional
amendments without reservation,
and il elected will he the Governor
ot the whole people.
The lion. \V. I). Simpson, of I
Laurens, the nominee for Lieutenant- !
- fill
\ i>\ i;iiTisi-;.\ienTS
' inserted pt >1 ?>i? r >qii:trr< f?#r tint, xu4
iil t\ ???s tin i vul#**o?|i|oi?r insertion.
(>n<> iii?*I> *ii1 constitute a sijnw
whci)i<r in brevier or display typi; less lima
, an inch v. ill be cliaiKCil 1? ;? a sipl'sio.
Morrlu;;' niuices Ihsc.
I l >c.it Ii* ;iiil ! 'u nc in I notices free,
i Kclii|ious notices of one s<|iiaiv tree,
| A liUrul discount will lie iiisi'u to tho to
\vbo?e i"l\ crtisnuents arc to be kept iu lor
' 'three months 01 longer.
<-aovci not, built in tho profession ot
law aiul in tlio political field, ban
achieved deserved distinction. Ho
represented Laurens County in the
Legislature before the war, and in
1S0S defeated A. S. Walloco for Congress
by a majority of 4,201 voles. A
partisan rule of the House .prevented
liiin, owing to his political d:*ahilii'u s,
Iroui representing the district. Col.
I Simpson's nomination adds inue.t
! strength to tho ticket.
l ol, K. M, Sims, ol York, was Adjutant-General
ol Gary's llrigndc ?!ni ii?i^
11*0 war, and alter tho war repia s< r.ird
Lancaster in tlio State Senate. J J? 'u
j now a cilv/.on of York, a pronriicnt,
member ol the Patrons ol 1 lusliamlry,
a geutluimin ol high culture, .ami very
popular.
Gun. James Con nor, a loading inerhljur
ol the liar of Charleston, was
I' niled States District Attorney n?r
South Carolina Irom the yuar Jv .?7 t-?
the timo of secession, when lie entered
the service ami roHu to tlio rank of
lirigadicr-Genoral. lio was a member
of tho Convention of 1805, culled bv
nroolamation ol tlm President of tlio
j I'nilud States to reconstruct tlu' Statu.
, Since then ho lias not taken any action
' part in politics until the present campaign.
In May ho was uiiniuniouHly
! chosen Chairman ol the State Kxeeu.
tivoCouiioittoo. The enthusiasm with
( which his nomination as Attorney
General was greeted hy the ConvenJ
tion is an evidence of the gratification
with which it will bo received hy the
people.
I (ion. .lohnaon Ilagood, of Gavn well,
tire candidate tor Controller (leneral, is
a leading representative of the planting
interests of the State. He served
with conspicuous gallantry during tin*,
war, was u member ol the Legislature
in 1805, and has since then entertained
Conservative political views. For
several years ho was President of the
State Agricultural Society, While
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"Marie! what's that strange noise at
the front gate?" "Cats, sir." "Cats!
Well, wbeu I was young cats didn't
wear stove-pipo hats and smoke cigars'*
"Times aro changed, sir."?Chicago
Journal.
A Massachusetts jury has decided
that a dog owuer shall pay 8/200 to
the father of a boy who was bitteu.
m
X.v... UHJoyH gOMCI'Ul pOplllarily,
Jus local stiength is peculiarly
great. The extraordinary executive
ability shown in the management <>f
his planting interests proves him to be
singularly well 'pialilied lo discharge
satisfactorily the duties of the olliee
for which he is nominated.
Cnpt. S. L. Luaphnrt, o( Uiehland,
was Comptroller-Cunoral in 180.0, and
was succeeded by Noagle in 1H08. lie
has many friends, and his fitness for
the responsible position to which h?
lias been nominated is un<iu>estioucd.
Underbid nmnagment all letuks vsill
l>e stopped in the treasury.
Maj. Hugh S. Tlmmpson, for Mfranr
years, both as Professor in the "Stiiio
Military Academy ami as principal >'i
tiic Columbia iMalo Academy, has bet it
connected with tho educational interests
of the State. Mis past and present
success in his profession indicate hint
as the light man in the right jVUv'-s
Under him the chaos existing in tii.>
tree, school system would soon be reduced
to order.
The Stale ticket closes with Maj. 1\.
W. Moisc, of Sumter, the nominee lor
the Adjutant and Inspector (icueralslnp.
Maj. .Moiso is one of the niowr.
successful lawyers of his section and
a lilc-long Democrat. Although previously
offered ollieo ho has always
declined up to the present time to sc.
cept ay nomination. I lis acrpiieseer.ry
now is a proof of his willingness t ?
work for the redemption o? his Stat -.
This ticket, if elected, will In a
guarantee to tho Stale of all the re.
forms so sadly needed, and a plodg i
of peace and protection Lo cv 1/
; honest, citi/.cn o( the Common wo a' ' ,
' regardless ol race or politics, as wrii
| as a terror to evil doers. The c.vidi|
dates nominated have been disiingui-o
od lor moderation in their vie .vs.
They have a military record, because,
as was well said i ? the Couve-ntioi.,
the manhood of the South was engaged
in the struggle. Hut having rouow?l
their allegiance in good faith, they a I
the white citizens of the State w i i
them will uphold to the last the C?...slitution
of the United States and of
South Carolina. For such candidal* ,,
on such a platform, all honest patriotic
citizens can vote.
Netc-t and C'twi r.
Dusticoyhd iiv Lioiiinino.? !,;ghtning
jdays havoc in the oil regions.
The following is a statement, in hiirels,
ol the oil destroyed by lig iinin {
in Pennsylvania since April 12, Is* 7
Parker, April 12, 40,000; Sligo, April
13, 1,000; Oil City, Jane 3, 44,000;
Petrolia, Juno 8, 300; l'otrotenm <X'ii~
in1, Juno 13, 300; lirudlord, June 13,
25,000; Troulman, Jane 17, 3,0(K>;
Fair view, Juno 26, 24,000; Kynd
Farm, July 2, 200; Pittsburg, July 9,
12,000; Mtlleriown, July 1 1, 22,075;
Pittsburgh, July 12, 7,500; Heaver
City, Inly 12, 1,200; Dilk Station,
July 20, 04,809; minor fires, .4,000Total.
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