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Edgefield Advertiser THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. THOS. J. ADAMS,.ED'TOR Larry Gantt puts Gonzales in the soup every day. Brethren, Orr is still "studying about it." If the judge knows himself and he think? ho does, there will be a bigger ground swell for TiL?n?n in Edgefield county this year than in 1890. Sheep -ftiid the goat a-going to the pasture, the goat told the sheep to walk-a little faster. The sheep wouldn't do it, when, Ww, the goat struck him in the short ribs and knocked him in the gully. The year 1892 will go down to history as the first and only year in all the annals of time in which a politico! campaign was lost and won before a single campaign gun was fired, for, to use the language of Col. Pope Hagood, "Tillman is already a-set-tin' in the cheer." COOS AW IS NO MOKE. In another column will be found a dispatch from Washington to the effect that the Supreme Court of the United States has decided the Coosaw case in favor of the sovereign State of South Carolina ; and thus once more the rights of the peopl? as against monopolies are vindicated, OUT LUKEWARMED LUKE. Elsewhere we publish extracts from a number of papers in the State on the nominations of the Thirteen convention. During a newspaper experience of sixteen years we have never known a ticket for State ofiices to evoke so little enthusiasm and so much lukewarmness from press and peo ple as the Sheppard-Orr combina tion. Hence we have headed these extracts a "Chorus of Lukewarm ness," indeed St. Luke would, had he lived i:i this day, have hidden his diminished head in shanie that the followers of the Sheppard Orr combination had out luke warmed Luke himself. THE 23RD OF APRIL. At the grand mass meeting to be held at Edgefield on the 23rd of April, Gov. Tillman will give an account of his stewardship, He willatook his Edgeigfii. ^?$tu.. ento'square in the eyes on that" day anc'. tell them what he has accom plished for the good of his State and peoples and what he has failed to c?o, and ; and the why will be the biggest word in tho diction ary to the antis befo 3 Ben gets through with it. The whole Shep pard ticket has been invited to meet Tillman on the day named, and show wherein he has failed to do what he promised to do, Let them be ar d appear at the place appointed and prove their charges against him and his administra tion or forever hereafter hold their peace. Gov. Tillman has been bottled up, his mouth closed, during his incumbency of the gubernatorial office, and his enemies, taking ad vantage of this status, have poured hot shot, shell and shrapnel into him when he could not send a sin gle broadside in return. But henceforth to the ides of August, his pen and his tongue are his own and the fur and the splinters are bound to fly. THE FARMERS PLATFORM. The following are the demands made by the Farmers' Movement in 1890. Of these about half have been attained, the others will be the issues for the present cam paign : 1. Democratic unity to be pre served by settling all differences inside the party lines. 2. Demands election by primary of delegates to the State Con vention. 3. Demands reapportionment of representatives by counties. 4. Demands abolishment of Board of Agriculture, and every thing pertaining to Agriculture to be under control of Clemson Col lege Trust?es. 5. Demands that South Carolina Collegejshall be liberally supported as a classical and literary institutions. 6. Demands reduction in size and shape of School Districts. 7. Demands rigid economy, abolishment of useless offices, reduction of salaries for State and county officials. 8. Demands that Railroad Commission be given all necesary power to protect the people, with out injury to tho Railroads, and that Commissioners be elected by the people. 9. Demands a survey of Phosphate territory, and Board of Phosphate Commssioners to take charge of Coosaw and Phosphate. interests generally. 10 Demands a Constitutional Convetion. IL Demands canvass of State and counties bv all candidates. LET IT BE A ROUSER. EDGEFIELD OPENS THE BALL. GRAND RALLY AT EDGEFIELD ON THE 23D OF APRIL. Tillman and Sheppard, Orr and Aldrich, Younians and Benet, Gary and Murphy, Are All Invited. In obedience to the call of County Chairman Ernest Gary, twenty members of the Demo cratic Executive Committee met in the court house on Monday the 4th instant. The object of this meeting was to point out the changes made in the constitution of the party with a view to re-organizing the differ ent clubs in accordance with such new constitution. At the conclusion of the routine business Mr. J. M. Gaines, a sturdy and intelligent Democrat of Gray township, offered the following resolutions : Whereas, The Democrats of this county Will be called upon in the coming campaign to decide ques-' tions of grave importance affect ing the welfare of cur State, and Whereas, It is of the utmost consequence that our people should at an early day be fully informed on the questions involved, to the end that they may act intelli gently and for the best interests of the .State. Resolved 1. That this commit tee call a mass meeting of the citizens of Edgefield county to be held at Edgefield C. H.. on Satur day, the 2ord instant. Resolved 2. That all Democratic candidates for ?State offices be, and are hereby invited to be present at said mooting and address our peo ple on the issues involved in the coming ?State campaign." There will be an end of all things human, and an end of Till man no doubt, sometime and somewhere, but the end is not yet, at least not the either end. A CHORUS OF LUKEWA RM NESS. There is no "aristocracy" about the Sheppard ticket. It is com posed of representatives of tho people.-Alliance Monitor. If the members of the '92 March Convention s:and to their pledge to fight within party lines and abide the result., some of the Straightouts will have to vote for Gov. B. R. Tillman in the general elecjioft^Prgss anjL'p.iqporter^_ ... The personnel ol' the ticket nominated is good, but it is not one calculated to alienate many votes from the Farmers' Movement. If the Convention had headed its ticket with a strong farmer and Alliance man it would have stood a better chance of dividing the farmer vote. As it is yon will find that the farmers are going to stand as solidly together as they did two years ago, The platform adopted by the convention is an able and conser vative document-evidently too conservative to suit the extreme opponents of the present adminis tration.-Lancaster Review. The fight is on, and both sides are going to work for victory, and wy say to the friends of the present administration, who are the standard-bearers of the people, that if they expect to hold the advantages that they have already gained they will have to wake up, as the opposition are now going to make a death struggle for power. They have on their side all of the old-time politicians,the disappoint ed office-seeker, the sore-heads, and an element longing for some political cyclone to come along that will drive the Democratic ship upon the Republican shoals of disaster and ruin.-Manning Times. The Herald will support this ticket, but this shall not hinder us from doing full justice to the present State officials, especially the Governor.-Darlington Herald.' We submit again that when the canvass does begin it should be one of calmness and reason, and not of passion and personalities: It should be ari appeal to the judgment and common sense and ; not to the baser feelings of men. I -Anderson Intelligencer. It is worthy of mention that three of the nominees or "sug- 1 gestees" are signers of the call for the convention and were delegates ? to it : to-wit, Messrs ?Sheppard, Orr i and Youmans. i "What are we here for if not for 1 tho offices?"-Chester Reporter. Let us examine the ticket : For Governor, John C. Sheppard of , Edgefield, a lawyer-barik-president railroad-attornay. Mr. Sheppard i has made money, and report says ] as a representative of the people ? in certain lawsuits against rail roads in Shaw township, ridge field County, and York aub , Lancaster counties, the people , paid a big fee, but the railroads 1 won. Mr. Sheppard is worth | possibly .150,000.-Pee Dee Index. Now, that there may be no ( misunderstanding about it, we take this occasion to say at the beginning that, unless somethings occura to change our opinion i during thc progres-? of the campaign, we shall vote for Shep pard and his ticket. We would be very glad to vote for some men on "he Tillman ticket ; but as the office of Governor is most important and as we believe Mr. Sheppaid would make the better Governor, and as we are not likely to have a direct primary, we shall have to vote the ticket in its entirety which is a very good ticket, bnt for reasons partly personal, we would prefer, a combination licket.-Newberry Observer. Notwithstanding the direful pre dictions by organs of the dominant element that the March conven vention would J& a flat failure, the nomination* made by that convening have been received with quiet satisfaction all over the State.-Anderson Journal Hon John C. Sheppard ran once against Richardson for Governor. He was supported by the Reform element. He is now against his old friends and supporters and cannot expect them to vote for him.-Abbeville Medium. We consider ex-Gov. Sheppard one of the best campaign speakers in the South. He is without doubt one of our ablest men and his training in deliberative bodies has made him one of the readiest and most effective men in a personal ^controversy we ever knew. He will be a hard man to handle on the stump ; and we differ with many others in saying he is properly placed at the head of the ticket. With Tillman and Sheppard in the field, we predict the coming campaign will truly be a campaign of education, and we sincerely pray it will be a campaign of dignity and peace Union Times. The ticket "suggested" by th? conference is composed of promin ent gentlemen, of high character and ability, and most of them of more or less experience in public service. Rot they belong to thc old regime-have been in public office, know how sweet it is, and want another taste.-Laurens Her ald. The present indications all point forward to a lively cam paign. The struggle for supremacy will be hard, and viciorv well earned. Rut we are all good Democrats and will accept the fortunes of war in good faith, and support in November which ever ticket may be nomiated either by primary or convention.-Colleton Courier. As there are very few sheep raisers in Berkeley the Youruans-ry of this County are not Orr-fu. ly in need of a Sheppard. Mot;t of them being tillers of the soil a Till-man is in demand-Sum merille News There is to be no abusive epithets to be used by the conservatives in this campaign. .AU-the -friends-ofr-the movement are requested to go armed with the platform. It is a calm, i'ober statement of the situation. Those who are not with us are against us, and M*e are determined to grant to every opponent what we claim for ourselves-the right to judge men and measures on the facts. Pickens Sentinal. The work of the convention is before the peqple. The entire proceedings give forth assurances of the calm, conservative, and determined purposes of restoring peace and harmony and political unity to the Democratic party of the State,-Clarenden Enterpise. The nominations, or suggestions rather, made last week are, so far as we know, good men. The Herald and News has been on record for two years tor John C. Sheppard for Governor, and we shall advocate his election, or rather nomination. The other names on the ticket are good men.-Newberry Herald and News. Tillman or Sheppard, which will you take. Discuss this matter cooly and calmly, as there is no use of "flying clear off the handle," no matter how determined you may be in your advocacy for your man or cause.-Lexington Dispatch. We really do not believe that a more thoroughly representative and harmonous body of Caro linans ever assembled at the Capi tal than was there last week. The object of this assembling is well known to all our readers. It means the possible defeat of Gov. B. R. Tillman and the balance of those who enjoy State positions in the name of the Tillman party. Jno. C. Sheppard, of Edge field, the nominee for Governor, while not The Sentinel's choice, is considered the most available man, and, therefore, we-to use a common expression-will not kick.-Barnwell Sentinel. The March convention has passed into history. Litle or no enthusiasm has been aroused and few changes have been made among the voters. Tillman is as strong as he was before the convention met, and Sheppard and Orr, with the other gentlemen on their ticket, are no weaker than they were before the "suggestions" wer? made. The men who constitute the ticket are good and true Democrats and representaive Carolinians, and are too well known to need any extended notice.-Hampton Guardian. The administration organs speak of the peace and unit)* nominations as the "Sheep ticket." The adminstration may probably be designated as the goat ticket because whenever the head blates the tail vibrates in frantic and ecstatic applause.-Greenville News. The candidates of both factions of the D?mocratie party for Gover nor, are from the sann* county. How will the voters of Edgefield manage to divide her vote? We will see, and we shall.be su prised if the largest share of the division doesn't fall to B. R. Tillman. Denmark Times. A ticket was named in Columbia by the conservatives last Thursday, in which J. C. Sheppard of Edge field stands at the head for Gov ernor, and J.~L. Orr of Greenville for lieutenant governor, and so we have Tillman from same county' as Sheppard, both of whom will be leaders in the contest. We ar? sorry for such a state of affairs in the state, but-we do not'propose to help whip the. fight for either party. We have no axe to grind, and if we did we would hardly know on which stone to lay ft. Neither of the men is our choice, and if either gets it, it will suit us.-MeComick News < Ex-Governor Sheppard has once been . Governor for a 'few months, having filled out the unexpired term of Gov. Thomp son when that gentleman received a Federal appointment, and he proved himself a safe ruler, and Tillman andhis friends can't bring, a single charge against nim, except by unsupported insinuations. -E asl ey democrat OCTOPUS OVERTHROWN.. The Coosaw Case Decided For * ThcState-Tillman's Tri- ... umphant Vindication WASHINGTON, April 4.-The U. S. Supreme Court to-day affirmed the judgment of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of South Carolina in favor of the State of South Caro lina in the suit against the Coosaw Mining Compans. - This is acaso of greatjimportance to the State and involves its right to control the phosphate rock and. phosphate beds in Coosaw River' which are ex coed i ugly valu able. Thc Coosaw Mining Company claimed that in 1870 the Legis lature of South Corolina made a contract conferring on it a per petual grant to the exclusive mining of all phosphate rock and phosphate deposits in thc- Coosaw River. The State cont 'lided that by its Act the Legislature had granted the Coosaw Company exclusive rights for only a limited period, namely, until the expiration of twenty-one years fixed in 1870, when the Coosaw Company was given the right (but not the exclusive reght) to mine phos phate. This period expired in 1891. The court to-day, in ail opinion by Justice Harlan, holds that the Act of 1876 did not give the Coosaw Compny a perpetual :md exclusive gr; nt, but merely an exclusive grant for the balance rf the twenty-one years covered by the original contract of 1870. IN NO MAN'S . Two shaina were walking on tho strand Ono starlit night in no man's lund; Two shapes that during earthly life Gave bato for hatu in deadly strife They met. Swift forth their falchions flew; Each pinued the other through and through: Vet neither fell. Again they strove For mastery, and madly drove To right and left their falchions bright. Nor hound norcry profaned the night. Through corselet, casque and visor, too, As through the air their swift blades new: Until amazed, they stood aghast. And on the sands their weapons cast Then laughed they both at mortal strife. The passing dream of earthly life. And clasping each the other's hand. They walk the shades of no man's land. -James Clarence Harvey in Academy. A frofessional Mousecleaner. A woman in this city has a certain numl>er of customers, all of whom are neilsons of wealth and willing to pay her well. She goes to the house of each customer at stated periods and removes all the furniture, curtains and pictures from the drawing rooms. She then di rects the cleaning of the rooms and the furniture, taking care that the latter is not scratched or injured in the handling, and that all blemishes are removed by careful oiling. All the furnishings are then replaced according to her ideas. As she has excellent taste, she manages to create a good impression each time, but never duplicates a setting. She suggests the removal of unnecessary pieces or the addition of odd bits that will fill out her plan, and keeps the customer informed in regard to the changes of styles.-New Yo rk Sun. A Parrot That Spells Its Name. A bright parrot is owned by the Misses My?rs, daughters of Benjamin Myers, of Kingston. It says its letters from A to I, can sing a few verses and spells ita own name, pronouncing it by syllables like a schoolboy.-New York Telegram. Durability of Ancient Ink. The labor required in making the man uscript books of ancient days was far beyond the understanding of the men of the present day who possess all the modern adjuncts to that art. As these books were intended to Last for many years, answering the same purpose as our printed tomes, the great desideratum in their preparation was durability. As a natural consequence, those who made them not only selected the best quality of parchment or other material to write upon, but also paid particular attention to the quality of the ink used in such work. ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR CONGRESS. I The friends of Col. W. J. TALBERT, , recognizing his ability and titness, his 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- ' rency of this great country-Iiis in terest in the general welfare of the people and especially of the farmers, hereby announce him as a candidate for election, under the Democratic ' rule, to the House of Representatives of the United States from the Second Congressional District of South Caro- | Una. MANY CITIZEN'S. HAMLET. ! Our jack, "ll AMI.KT," will, after date, stand tl.e soring season at Mr. Eidson's | at Fruit Hill. , STOCKHOLDERS. 4-7-92-1 ni W. * F. * STRIC Successor to STROM & STE: ; -THE LEADER IN Hardware to\ Good Goods. Cheap fo Call to. see jue, at the Opera E W. F. STRICKL TA^Eure receiving SPRING GOODS every day and will be glad to - have the public come and see them. Wc do not require you to buy but only wish to satisfy you that we have a nicer selection than you can get elsewhere in the toTvh." 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 havel a LARGER and MUCH NICER line bf DRESS GOODS this season than ever. ""' . ' ' ? Mantau JVIabl?.ingr. . We have added Mantua Making to our.business. Miss Amoss, a celebrated dress maker from Baltimore, will preside over this depart ment. Remember we guarantee every dress to ?t. Our terms are STRICTLY CASH. SHOES ! SHOJE3 ? We will also; carry a large line of Ladies' and Gents' Shoes, the best, without any exception, that has ever been brought to this place; having bought close and discounted every bill we care'nothing for Completion. Try us and see ! : Z?iplxyrs and Sillas. We have added Zephyr? and Embroidery Silks "to our stock ; come and see them before ther Are picked-over ?s- thev aro selling very fast. * ' OUTR PRICKS. We will not (mote prices or mention, at this time, the different kinds of goods we carry in stock, as we kee]) everything that is wanted in a first-class dry goods store. You will save money by trying us-J all we ask is a trial and we will convince you. PEARCE & ALLEN. And Spectacles, FOR A LARGE ASSORTMENT AND LOW PRICES, -GO TO JU. FOX. Edgefield, S. C. DURING March, April, and May I will ?ell EGOS to persons in Edgefield county at $1.50 per sitting of IS. Scud for illustrated circular, showing SHOW record.- Fanners can dono heller than to PLANT a few chickens this year. HENRY IR. COOK, GRANITE VILLE, S. C. / WI FURBISH TH! BKS TOO CARRY THEM AWAY. GEN. GRANT'S MEMOIRS ORIGINAL $7.00 EDITION, FOR SO C?NTS ! 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. If 650.000 people have been willing to pay $7.00 for Grant's Memoirs, there must be a couple of million people in the United States who want them, and will jump at the opportunity to buy at the low figure here offered. We will send you General Grant's Memoirs, publishers' original edition, best paper, cloth, green and gold binding, hitherto sold by subscription at $7.00. For 50 cents and absolutely a proposition such as has never been mode in the history of book publishing. The two splendid volumes of Grant's Memoirs, of which 650,000 copies have already been sold not a cheap edition, but the best-for 50 cents ; provided you send your subscription to the ADVERTISER for one year, and also a subscrip tion of $3.00 for the Cosmopolitan Magazine, the brightest and cheap est of the great illustrated monthlies, itself equal to the best $4.00 magazine. If, however, you have Grout's books, the Cosmopolitan's oller will permit you to take instead, Gen. Sherman's Memoirs, two volumes, sold bv subscription for $5.00 Gen. Sheriden's Memoirs, two volumes sold by subscription for $6.00 Gen. McClellan's Memoirs, sold by subscription for $8.75. Gen. R. E. Lee's Memoirs, sold by subscription for $3.75. All of these are bound in cloth, green and gold, in uniform style with Grant's Memoirs. The Cosmopolitan and Edgefield ADVERTISER are sent postage pre paid, but the postage on the books at the rate of half cent per ounce, i must be remitted with the order : Gen. Grant's Memoirs, U6 ounces, 48 cents; Cen. Shoriden's Memoirs, 92 ounces, 46 cents; Gen. Sher man's Memoirs, 84 ounces, 42 cents : Gen. McClellan's Memoirs, 52 ounces, 26 cents; Gen. Robt. E. Lee's Memoirs, 56 ounces, 28 cents, or books can be sent by express at tho expense of the subscriber. Send at once $3.00 for year's subscription to the Cosmopolitan, $1.50 for year's subscription to the ADVERTISER and 50 cents fora set of memoirs-$5.00 in all- to v hich add postage on the particular set '. of Memoirs selected. Cheap ?ditions and reprints have been frequently offered by periodicals as premiums to subscribers, but nw vcr before has an origi nal subscription edition on beet paper, and in cloth binding (sold ar retail at $7.00), been reduced to fifty cents-probably less than the cost of the binding alone-and presented to the readers of a magazine upon receipt of fifty cents. Such an offer will never be made again. No publisher could af ford to make it unless he wished to presenta magazine which lie felt sure had only to be introduced to retain its permanent place on the family book table-a magazine just as interesting to the young boy or girl as to the oldest grev head. THE COSMOPOLITAN gives in a year, 1536 pages of reading by the ablest authors in th*1 world, with over 1300 illus!rations by clever artists, a magazine whose field is the world, and as the best test of merit is success, its growth from 16,000 to 100,000 copies within the past three years, best attests its worth. If you are not acquainted with the magazine, send a postal card to the Cosmopolitan, Madison Square, New York City, for free sample .opv. 1 Send all orders to the EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER, Edgefield S. C. i KL A ECKLAND. -es, IvtC\ r Cash. louse Corner. .AND. 11 CARPENTERS TOO NAJ S. B'LDERS HARDWA PLOWS, PLOW CASTINGS, SHOVELS, HOES, FORKS, STOVES, TINWARE, ?fee, A. J. NORRIS, J. H. EDWARDS, W. F. ROATH. 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Come and examine our large stock of finest ti m mm V: m ES 1 BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS, ENVELOPES, NOTE HEADS, CARDS, We guarantee you as good work as you can get in Charleston, An gusta, Columbia, or any other city, and will do it cheaper than any of the above named cities. g YOU DON'T SEE WHAT YOU WANT SI FOR IT.lv Give us a call and see for yourselves. All work promptly done. ADVERTISER JOB OFFICE. Fancy Grocery, Bakery, Confectionery, No. 3 Tompkins Avenue. I have just received a line of EXCELLENT, FANCY, FAMILY GRO CERIES that I will sell as low as I can, to live. CONFECTIONERY, I have also a full assortmentment of CANDIES of various kinds, fresh and good. Jellies, etc., etc. BAKERY, My BAKERY is in successful operation, from which I will send out and deliver at your very doors, every day, Sundays excepted, W IM Bread, Mis, Rusks, Pies, Cakes, Eic, Etc. Ry buying- tickets you get TWENTY-FIVE loaves for %\. MRS. M. A. E. CAMPBELL. 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