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THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1892. THOS. J. ADAMS, - - - - .- - EDITOR _ TETUE OF THE CASE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Corporation Lawyers, Bank Presi dents, et idomne genus, Plaintiffs, against ? ? The People, Defendant.. ". . - -The -above stated cause was -en tered upon the - docket, March 24, "'?892, and" is now "called fdr trial. The defendant being both the judge and jury in the case, we may conclude with reasonable cer tainty that he will decide in his own favor, unless he be a bigger fool than we suppose him to be, or unless he be bamboozled or de bauched by the plaintiffs.. Sheep Democrats is what they call 'em. . , ", H ============' ? One objection to the Thirteen's ticket ia that it has' too much tail. * - Our Edgefield County Conven v- tion meets on Monday, the 2nd . day of May. v_ fl The Hon. W. S. Allen is the i. campaign committee-man for the rj antis" in Edgefield county. The Hon. T. R. Denny was the Edgefield manon the comir*t+ee to make nominations in the Thir teen convention. We understand that some of the antis are trying to draw back even now after they have put' out a ticket-the water's so c-o-l-d, they don't want to plunge into it. ' When Little Boo Peep lost his Sheep And didnt know where to find 'era, He let 'em alone, And every durn?d one of 'em went home And voted for Tillman. - j^uite.a "sprinkling" pf. our peo ? pie who were and are opposed to * Tillman," say they will be hands off. in this race. They say they "don't want to swap the devil for ! \ jaj witch uj?less they can get a right smart boot." They are not Sheep Democrats." - A ?,-> - " ' ' ' ? - -" One of the original three blind mice of 1890 has kicked clear out o the ..brotherhood, if we couljci . use: foich'.'an expression about a blind mouse. This leaves only a ' pair, both males, and the race must " '. *^Le ^uTheru Baptist convention will beheld in : Atlanta on May j 6-13 next. For this occasion the Richmonotand Da?yill?" will sell reduced rate round trip tickets to .Atlanta and return at the rate of I one first class fare for the round I trip. Tickets will be on. sale May ?6 inclusive, good re: a. lung until /May 17fh,'1892. Edg?f?eld has quit making sen sations, and .has gone into the .Inteiness ^.of making Governors. AugiTsf? Chronicle: You are mistaken, contemporary, w#'ye Bimply enlarged our scope, jtat continue business at the- old stand, f j Jio pent-up .Utica confines our powers, 1 The whole unfunded universe is ours. ( : The State Sunday school conven tio? will be held at Marion April 5 t? 7, and a programme of the meeting has been issued, which promises well for the interesting character pf the exercises at the gathering. A special feature will be made of a normal teaching < department for the instruction, of ] ^"Sunday school teachers " and superintendents. " > . " * The political -chess board in Sonth'GaroEhk' now" presents the. ^remarkable anomaly of both can- j \ .'didates for the gubernatorial chair -practically the unanimous se-1 ( .lection of their respective factions . -hailing from one and the same ( "county. Such a thing has certainly 1 '^Jieyer, happened before in the his tory of this State, nor of any \ other so far as we are advised. The Register says . that "the 11 people of South Carolina are not deceived, and understand that the t bitter fight made upon Governor f Tillman is directed at the men who elected him to office. Intime \ of battle, the enemy always seek T to strike down your leaders, and c demoralization follows. If Gov- 1 ern or Tillman can be defeated, j there is hope that his supporters ? can be separated and routed " \ There will be a convention of all the Confederate associations t of the South in New Orleans on c April 8; The Convention is called * for tue purpose of effecting a I reunion, of . the.. -Confederate j soldiers and their wives and daugh ters. Gen. John B. Gordon, is president of the Confederate 11 Veterans of the United Siate, and will deliver the opening address, while Senator John W. Daniel of ^ Virginia, will'make-the oration of t the day. j Wo have ascertained beyond peradventure that the anti-Till nanites in Edgefield county are lot Sheppardites by any manner )f means. Great excitement reigns in Athens Greece, and rumors of an approach ing revolution are heard every ?rhere. It is said that people in the interior are arming. In Athens the principal streets are occupied by crowds, " discussing the situation. The King is ohargedwith endeavoring to follow in the footsteps of his brother-in law, the .Czar^. and to substitute Russian rule for the constitutional | government of Greece. BILL AND JIM. Bill and: Jim hadn't met since the "little crowd" met on the 5th of March. Last Tuesday on our public square they struck up. Bill thinks Jim knows everything and Jim agrees with him. Bill:-"Jim, what is a.Sheep] Democrat?" Jim :-"Well, Bill, I can explain that better by an illustration, You know, if you're going along the road with a dog and pass by a sheep pasture the sheep will all run'to the fence, poke th?ir heads through, and look "vigrous" at the dog, as much as to say 'If I could just get to you I'd tear you all to pieces.' But you let down the bars ! Them sheep will fly-they'll burn the wind, and if the dog takes J after them they'll lie down in the corner of the fence and bleat they give up without a struggle [ and are ready to be eat up." Bill :-"That's a fact, Jim ; Pve seen the durn fools do it many a time ; but what's that got to do with Sheep Democrats?" Jim :-"Well, it's the same way with some of these Sheep Demo crats. ' They do that way. You know Orr was nominated by the Thirteen's convention for Lieuten ant Governor. He commenced to ? shake his head and look "vigrous" | at Tillman right away, and said : 'Why, damn him, I can eat him up ? in two minutes and a half.' " Bill :-"Did he say that about Ben?" ^ Jim :-"He certainly did, and Ben heard about it, and what do you reckon he did?" Bill :-"Dunno. 'Spec he went for him." Jim:-"That's just what he did do. He sent Orr a challenge for a joint debate at Greenville, Orr's! own dunghill, on the 16th of April." Bill :--"What did Orr say?" Jim-"Orr wrote Ben a letter and told him 'he'd study about it.' Bill:-"Study about it 1 Why, he ought to have studied about it | before he went into it and looked 'Srigorusly" at Ben.'^_ TVay with the oneep Democrats ; they go into a thing and study about it afterwards, when study- j ing about it won't do them any good." Bill :-"Did you ever see a Sheep Democrat?" Jim :-"Yes, and I'll give you a sure way to tell 'em. They all have a film over their eyes and long hairs growing in their ears, the consequence is they don't . know a good thing when they see ; it." Snap Shots from the Columbia! Register, It is the rule with coak-fighters that you cannot pit a game against dunghill ; but a "blinker" (i. e., ? one-eyed game-cock) is privileged to enter against any breed of ?hicken. The people of South karolina will enter their little Edgfield "blinker" against the big Shanghai of the Piedmont ; and at | ;he first touch of his Democratic ?jaffs you are going to see the stage ( ?overedwith dunghill feathers. ] It is all right for 'people to < irray the "cultured classes" and born gentle, men" against the jommpn . people ; but it is a aeinous offense for the masses to iccept the challenge and stand ;ogether. 11 Candidate Sheppard will think ;he War of the Roses haB broken nit afresh when he tackles the tax jayers of York and Lancaster for ?heir votes. We notice that the Thirteen's ionvention is trying to follow in Tillman's'tracks of two years ago. Cyclones never travel the same )ath, We wdiild suggest to Candidate Sheppard that he make his open ng campaign speech in Shaw Township of Edgefield county. The taxpayers will give him a [ t var m welcome. Since the same men who so bit arly and persistently fought the t Clemson College have gone to work } md swallowed the buildings, i' pounds and all, it will be necee- c ?arv for the next Legislature to s nake an appropriation to erect an- t >ther institution, unless we can t rescue Clemson from the Straight- y rat maw. It won't do for our i armer boys to grow up in ignor- j3 mee, or they might nibble ai such ^ jaits as the Thirteen's Convention s hrew out for their fathers' votes. a The primary fot the delegates !! o nominate State .officers don't T some off until the last Thursday a n August. From the running s ?tart that the News and Courier ^ las taken, it will get out of breath . jefore the campaign fairly openB'. ^ The News and Courier speaks of e Tillman being "weighed in the v >alances." Yes, and there were d >9,000 organized Democratic voters s n the balances with him, and D hey are there yet. His opponents g vere also "weighed in the bal- t races'" and found to bo Inde- b jeri den ts, s PEASE Al HOMINY. THE OPPOSITION WAN! ONLY THE OFFICES. NOTHING ELSE DEMANDED BY T CONVENTION. ? rheir Previous Demand for Direct Primary Laid Under t Table-What Does It Mean? We "clip the- followingaccoi 3f the Thirteen convention fr< the .Columbia ^Register : "Whom the gods wish to desti they firBt make mad." It may not be true that ? supernatural power desires t destruction of the oppositon to t present administration, but it certain that the opposition 1 gone mad and is bent on its o^ destruction. The convention of the immor Theirteen has met and carried ( Its previously arranged programe They gave proof of their madn< by expressing their confidence the people and recognition of thi choice in 1890, and th nominating candidates to def? the people's choice ; but as t immortal Flanagan once remark? "What were they therefor if L for offices?" . Although there . were fr elements at w >rk, it is evide that the stronger one had lost i faith in the claims of blue bio brains and intelligence, and t platform is a complete surrend of all their old doctrines, and attempt to defeat the people taki ing up their demands. They made a further surrenc by failing to make any derna for a direct primary, althou having said ? much about it th could not ignore it entirely, a made a mild suggestion. There is evidence of shrewdnc and generalship in some of t proceedings, but for a conventi called for the purpose of restori to power the. men and ideas whi once dominated the State, it pi takes largely of the nature ol farce. The convention was ve applausive; it applauded an every-and-no-thing, Gen. Ham ton and Colonel Orr were i idols. Their most trival wor were greeted with applause, loi and prolonged. Ex-Governor Richardson w given a loud burst of applause wh he handed in the names of ? delegation. It was evident th to the convention' the new issu of the day were unknown qua tities and that they were st looking at back number issues ai trusting in the leaders of oth days when circumstances we entirely different. General Edward McCrady calh the convention to order, and tl Hon. Samuel Dibble, of Orang burg, was elected^chairman^ i m county represented in the conve; tion was appointed to consider s resolutions and prepare a pla form. Gen. McCrady having propose the appointment of a commits to suggest a ticket to the convei tion a lively scene ensued, a nun ber of the delegates preferir nominations from the floor, an one delegate going so far as to ca the originator of the resolution crank. But McCrady, undauntei declared it wasn't the first time h bad been called a crank, and th apshot of the racket was that nominating committee receive power to name a full State tickei This was undemocratic and de jlared such on the floor of th jonvention by G. D. Bryan, o Charleston, and others. Upon invitation Col. Orr, ' an< )thers, addressed the convention Later the committee on r?solu ions reported a platform whicl vas adopted. The nominating committee next eported their ticket as follows : Governor, John C. Sheppard, Sdgefield. Lieutenant Governor, James L )rr, Greenville. Secretary of State, L. W. You eans, Barnwell. Attorney General, W. Perry lurphy, Colle ton. . Treasurer, E. R. Mciver, Arlington. Comptroller General, J. B, lumbert, Laurens. Superintendent of Education, lev. D. W. Hiott, Anderson. Adjutant and Inspector General, V. W. Dixon. York. The nominees present expressed heir thanks Mr. Sheppard leading ?ff thus : Mr. President and Gentlemen of he Convention : I can lay my hand ipon my heart and say that this s one time in the history of onventions when the party ought the man. 1 had not he slightest idea that the hightest Lonor in the gift of this Convention ?rould fall upon me. Every feei ng of gratiude that rises in my leart at this honor that you give 9 'suppressed by the sense of re p.risibility that I am about to ssume. To be the choice of such , body of men : to be the successor >f Wade Hampton, of Johnson lagood, of John Peter Richardson nd such m en [applause] in the ervice of' South Carolina is an lonor of which any man might ustly bo proud. In accepting the lonor with which you have ntrusted me I give my pledge that rhen the ides of November shall [awn and that flag be furled there hall be no etai^ upon it. You aay go home to your people and ive them my assurance that in he canvass that is now about' to ie entered upon by the people of South Carolina I will make no charge that I will not prove andno promise that I will not keep ; it shall be my especial pleasure to care for the credit of South Caro lina ; which is dear to,the people of .South Carolina; as.dear to the 'commonest as well as to the richest citizen. Every man rich and poor, lofty and humble, are personally interested in the maintenance of the credit of South Carolina in the markets of the world. Gentlemen, being associated upon _this.. ticket-, .with" the gentlemen whom you . have placed beside me, and upon being inspired by the words of. wisdom and conservatism which haa been read from this desk, I do "not, be lie ve, Lean not believe, I will not believe until the result is known that it will not receive the ap probation of the people of South Carolina. Thanking you for this great honor, and giving you my pledge that I wiil perform the duties which have devolved upon me to the best of my ability I bid you gratefully goodnight. Another stroke for Cuban independence is said to have been planned and there is a story that an army of 8,000 exiled Cubans has been organized in Florida and New York to move on the island. The State of the 27th inst., was a phenomenon in the fact that it had not a word against Gov. Till man. There were two ' elaborate and charming editorials, "War with England," and . "A Notable Reunion." On tho contrary, ? very sprapathetic little piece anent the illness of Gov. Tillman's wife and daughter. It may be that The State is not very much of a Sheep Democrat after all. Governor Tillman's family seems, to be sorely.afflicted. MrB. Tillman, who has beeh'seiously ill for some . days, does not seem to improve. Now the- Governor's . youngest daughter, Miss .Lona, has con tracted a case of pneumonia and is in a more critical condition than her mother. The Governor is kept constantly at their bedside--The State. . A Pertinent Ouery. . It may be pertinent to ask why, in the ' name of all that is reasonable, is it any more dangerous to society for a woman 1 to neglect certain wifely duties once in I eluded within her sphere of action tlian i for a man to shirk all home responsibil ities except that of growling about the things the womaa leaves undone? Now, in the humble homes which tho man writer and lecturer extols BO eloquently, where the ideal wife looks well to the 1 ways of her household, the husband kindles the fires, sweeps the walks, splits the kindlings, brings up the coal, does the marketing and lends a hand on ! Mondays. Who kindles the fires in the city households?_ "Who scrnba the stoop and pavement? The man servant. Who mends the broken lock or re duces the refractory hinges? The locksmith. Who does the marketing and settles the bills and hears the growling because they are larger than they were last week? The wife. What particular ?se is the city hus* band in the household anyway? "Just to pay for things and find fault," one exasperated wife says. And why is it so much more to be de plored that the wife doesn't do her own cooking if she can earn more money at something else than that the man should not make his own trousers and split the kindlings evenings instead of going to bis club?-New York Sun. OBITUARY. KILLED on Monday, the 23rd of May, 1863, H. A. STROM of company D. 14th Regiment S. C. V. Pew .have fallen since the commencement of the late struggle more lamented than he was. A soldier from the earliest date of the war no duties were too heavy for his willingness to perform. What a record is this! A regiment of friends -a regiment of mourning hearts-no enemy to exult over his untimely grave. Sunshine and brightness seemed always to follow him, and whilst looking on that happy face it was almost impossible to believe that f> ght of sorrow, or suffer ing, or death, could come near him. But alas, poor G?s has fallen ! God in his wisdom has removed? him from a world of sin and sorrow to one of everlasting% happiness and peace. Long will he be missed by his friends and comrades, and longer will he be missed by his father and mother. Those who have drunk from the same bitter cup can alone understand*.and ' sympathize with his bereaved parents and sisters and brothers, to whom he ! was everything that a devoted son and . brother could be. May God comfort them! Beloved ones mourn not for , the lost one. Imitate his bravery and his Virtues, and strive to meet him in that happy land where we trust his ! spirit is now basking in the sunlight of God's favor. . Forget thee ! Yes, when life shall cease to thrill this heart of mine, But not till then can I forget one look or tone of thine. Oh, no ! It mingles with the sound 1 of everything I hear, And think ye I can forget him I ever , love so dear? ' . "Forget thee" is a bitter word; I 1 would it were unsaid : < Forgetfulness is not with life, but : with the silent dead : ( I then may cease to think of thee as i earthly mortals do, But oh, we'll meet I trust in heaven with hearts unchanged and true. i T. J. S. ( ANNOUNCEMENTS ! FOR OoivGitE:??. i The friends of Col. W. J. TALBERT, ( recognizing his ability and fitness, his 1 Christian virtue, and the deep interest manifested by him in the welfare of \ the whole people-his known opposi tion to monopolies-his advocacy of ? a better system for circulating the cur- i rency of this great country-his in- ? terest in ?the general welfare of the eople and especially of the farmers, ereby announce him as a candidate ' for election, under the Democratic ? rule, to the House of Representatives j of the United States from the Second Congressional District of South Caro- ' lina. MANY CITIZENS. Subscribe to the Edgefield AD- ( VERTISER. W. * F. * STRIC Successor to STROM & STRI -THE LEADER ?IN Hardware, Sto^ Good Goods. Cheap fo: - Call to see me, at th? Opera Tr. W. F. STRICKL TXTE are receiving SPRING GOODS every day and will be glad to . . have'the public come and see them. We do not require you j to buy but only wish to satisfy you that we have a nicer selection than you can get elsewhere in' the town. Also that We Guarantee Prices. Everything has come in except Dress Goods, Gloves, Hosiery and Embroidery ; these goods we are looking for every day. We will have a LARGER and MUCH NICER line of DRESS GOODS this season than ever. :< We have added Mantua Making to our business. Miss Amoss, a celebrated dress maker from Baltimore, will preside over this depart-1 ment. Remember we guarantee every dress to fit. Our terms are STRICTLY CASH. SHOES! SHOES!! We will also carry a large line of Ladies' and Gents' Shoes, the best,, without any- except ion, that has ever been brought to this place ; having bought close and discounted every bill we care nothing for completion. Try us and see ! Zleplayrs and Sillas. We have added Zephyr? and Embroidery Silks to our stock ; come and see them before they are picked over as they are selling very I fast. OTTR TTRIOE^. We will not quote prices or mention, nt this time, the different kinds of goods we"carry in stock, as we keep everything that is wanted in a first-class dry goods store. You will save money by trying us all we ask is a trial and we will convince vou. PEARCE & ALLEN. JU And Spectacles, FOR A LARGE ASSORTMENT AND LOW PRICES, -GO TO R. 1^. FOX. Edgefield, S. C. DURING ---MaroL^^ 11 will sell EGGS to persons in Edgefield county at $1.60 per sitting of 13. Send for illustrated circular, showing SHOW record. Fanners can dono better I than to PLANT a few chickens this year. HENRY JP. COOK, GRANITE VILLE, S. C. WE FURNISH THE BOOKS YOU CARRY THEM AWAY. GEN. GRANTS MEMOIRS ORIGINAL $7.00 EDITION, FOR SO 0<?]N:T<S ! No book has ever had such a sale in the United States as General Grant's Memoirs. Over 650,000 copies have already gone into the homes of the rich, but the subscription price of $7.00 has placed it beyond the reach of people in moderate circumstances. 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