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E?gefi?ld Advertiser THURSDAY, MAY 5,1892. THOS. J. ADAMS,.- EDITOR Bail?"" mn ? II. . . g' ALL O VER THE STATE. On last Monday County conven tionB were held in every county in South Carolina and the following went solid for Till m an : Abbe vi ll e, Aiken, Anderson, Barnwell, Beau fort, Berkeley, Ches ter,Chesteriield, Clarendon, Darlington. Edgefield, "Florence, Fairfield, Greenville, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Kershaw*" Lexington, Laurenr, Lancaster, Marion, Marlboro, New berry, Oconee, Pickens, Orange burg, Union, Williamsburg, York -but, beloved, we are tired ; let us tell you the balance next week. Spartanburg went solid for Sheppard. THE MAY CONVENTION. On last Monday the delegates from the various local clubs met in our court house and proceeded to organize. Hon. W. H. Ycldell was made 'chairman, without opposition, and P. N. Timmerman Secretary. Af ter the organization was complete the following resolutions were offered by Dr. W. H. Timmerman and supported in an able speech. They were seconded and cham pioned by Messrs. R. B. Watson, Ernest Gary, P. B. Waters and L. J. Williams : "Whereas, we the Democracy of Edgefield4 County in convention assembled haye unshaken confi dence in the integrity, administra tive ability, patriotism, and states manship of Gov. B. R. Tillman. Therefore, be it resolved : That we hereby heartily commend him for renomination to the distinguished position which he now so worthily and faithfully fills.'^ ' The debate of the convention was on this resolution, but the friends of Gov. Tillman were so clearly in the right and so largely in-the majority that it was a com plete walk over, The Antis could not stand up before the fiery elo quence of Gary, Watson and Wil liams, the logic of Timmerman and Waters, and the Governor was endorsed by a vote of 117 to 32. The next thing in order was the nomination of delegates to Colum bia. Upon the motion of J. G. ???bleythe following were elected , hy acclamation : s. B. R. Tillman. W. J. Talbert, J. H. Edwards, J. M. (raines, W. H. Timmerman, R. B.Watson, Z. Crouch, ' L. W. Reese, J. M. Kinard, W. H. Yeldell, J. J. Kirksey, E. Gary. Notting but a poor sinner, but he cleaned up the pharisees. . t*And the common people hear<4 . him gladly." Dr. Joe Kirksey says it is an other bad case of "extremely even ly!"_ Capt. Phil Waters's speech bristled with logic and he drove the nail home every time. The vote on the resolutions en dorsing Tillman were 117 to 32, or about4toi. Is there any "ex tremely evenly" about that? The Edgefield Chronicle will say this week that the Convention at this place on last Monday was . "extremely, evenly divided," or words'to that effect. Col. Bob Watson is a magnetic speaker, and when his clarion voice would ring out it electrified the boys and they made the walls of ?he old court house ring again. Col. Bob Watsob, Dr. Hodge Timmerman, Maj. Ernest Gary and Capt. Phil Waters sheared the sheep in the convention on Mon day. Edgefield don't care how yon shear 'em, gentlemen, so you shear 'em even-"extremely even ly" will do. 'm^mTmmmaaamaammmmmmZ / Maj. Gary told a delicious little anecdote about two brothers and two flocks of goats. The point of the anecdote was that John Shep pard is a very good sort of fellow, but that just now he was muster ing with a measly and mongrel set and we can't take him. There is one word which expresses Gov. Tillman's pre-eminence over all big competitors, and that word is "map." It means vigor, vim, apprehension, comprehension, viriliy, nerve, dash and anything else necessary to the ' unhorsing and dehorning of his adversary It has always been a matter of astonishment to me, said Col. Watson, turning his eyes towards a group of antis, that while great men are often too modest to grap ple with even small subjects, small men are ever ready to take hold of great matters. The cap fit fomebody, and the little some body all "swunk up;" he curled np on the floor and the subsequent proceedings interested him no Dr. Timmerman got off a good one on a little anti in the conven tion last Monday. The little fel low brayed like a long-eared jack ass while the Doctor was speaking. The Doctor turned to him and said: "You may bray loud and you may bray long, but you'll never get the fodder." This hit brought down the house again and the jack-ass didn't bray any more. When Ben Tillman, the great commoner, gets through with' his reforms in the political world of South Carolina, and has satisfied to the utmost the demands of the people in this line, we hope that he will become an evangelical preacher, and turn his batteries on unregenerate man in the moral world. We are satisfied he could out-Jones Sam Jones him self. Th? Newberry Observer says in substance that the Supreme Being is on the side of Ben Tillman. Such being the case, contemporary, don't you think you have, in opposing him, bitten off more than you can chew? Ben was a daisy before, but since you have given him such a Helper it is about time to let him go in. Pass the word down the line to the News and Courier and Greenville News. The Columbia State, having said that the ADVERTISER sjyled the Sheppard-Orr combination, "the Radical ticket," we pronounced the charge untrue, whereupon that paper comes at us again thus : "We .are unable to see what it (the ADVERTISER) can hope to gain by such a denial since every one who read it saw the words 'The Radical Ticket' placed as a caption over :its article on the Conservative ticket. Editorial headlines are editorial expressions." The AD VERTISER had no article on the Conservative ticket in its colunns, and as a consequence no headline referring to such article. The State has put its other foot in it, and now has both feet stuck hard and fast in an inveracity Now, what are you going to do about it? Any plunging, rearing, or kicking will only get you deeper in. By way of variety, confess that you too are a "poor sinner" and let it go at that. The reports in the daily papers of our State that there were from 2,000 to 2,500j>eople at the meet ing of 'Saturday last, ' are inconceivably and monumentally absurd. Why, we have not more than 3,500 white voters m the country, and if there was a Saluda man in the crowd of Saturday, we did not see him. One thousand would cover the last man, including the 150 ladies. There were about one thousand people here-fewer possibly-and these one thousand, in Ftheir political sympathies, were ex tremely evenly divided between Tillman and Sheppard.-Edgefield Chronicle. Everybody is wiser than any-, body, or as the shrewd Talleyrand used to say of Voltaire and his skepticism, "There is somebody whp has more brains than M. de Voltaire, and that somebody is everybody." All the people of Edgefield County know more of the size and relative proportions of the meeting of the . 23rd than the Edgefield Chronicle, and they all say there wasn't any "extreme ly evenly" about it, but we con gratulate our contemporary that he has at last dropped the ad jectives and taken to adverbs, which, although they are still very misleading, have the merit at least of not being "nawsty." Last week G .v. Sheppard at tended a meeting of the Bar Asso ciation in Charleston and while there was interviewed by a re porter of the News and Courier, and among, other things;'expressed himself as being highly pleased with the results of the Edgefield meeting, at which he thought the audience were about equally divided, but if there was any ad vantage eitLer way it was on his side." We publish this utterance of Gov. Sheppard not for the purpose of intimating moral obliquity on his part, for the ADVERTISER is not just now engaged in dealing dam nation round the land-that seems to be the especial prerogative of our contemporary across the street, but we do so that the pub lic may understand how difficult it is for a man to act as judge in his own case. We think Gov. Sheppard believes he was stating an absolute verity when he said the "audience was equally divided, but if there was any advantage either way it was on his side." Ii is rather unfortunate, however that the Governor,, believing as he did, did not ask for a hand pri mary, for if he could have in thie way shown that his friends al that meeting were even approx imately equal in numbers to those of Tillman, the moral effect o? such a showing of hands would have been worth thousands ot votes to him. All hail Leonard J. Williams, who, although a nephew of Gov. Sheppard, has aligned himself on the side of the people and spoke fervently and eloquently in their behalf, but didn't he wallop Till man Denny? Scott Allen's boldness in the convention on Monday excited the admiration of even his political antagonists, But Scott is on the wrong side of the fence. By na ture and by training he is on the side of the people. Come over, Scott, and be of us and among us. The ADVERTISER saw Ben Til < man's star when it first arose and twinkled low down on the pol?tica horizon-saw that it was bright and good-has followed it until it shines.effulgent in the zenith and shall follow it - so. long as it holds its present course. Mr. Payne Replies. the as in to political speak in [Hon. W. E. Ear le, Washington, D C. DEAR SIR : I received your letter [ of recent date, and would say ' did not intend it to be understood that I was giving a verbally I accurate report of Orr's speech on the occasion referred to in my I article in the Cotton Plant, but only intended to give its ^sub stance, which I did as truly as could from my recollection. But the question is, not what he said there or what he said any where else, or what was tire action of the very able Abboyille Bar, or the action of the Legislature, or I any or all those things, added to your own personal aud intimate relations with him. All those things have no relevancy to the central question, "Did he betray his country?" The verdict of the people from the mountains to the sea at the ti me was an over whelming affirmative. Nothing has transpired since to (change or modify that verdict ?and he stands to-day in I judgment of his countrymen the only man of prominence the State that could be found cast his fortunes with the recog nized enemies of his country. Now if that be true (and I do not think you will deny it), let me ask you is it the proper thing for his son, however worthy, to come forward and propose to rule the country that all the people be lieve his father betrayed? You are well aware of the fact that our State was overrun by a horde of the most merciless and unprincipled incendiaries that ever followed the fortunes of predatory leaders since Warren Hastings and his desolating bands swept over the plains of the I Carnatac, and you are also aware of )the fact,fhat Ex-Gov. Orr was one of that horde, and a leader at that. Now the "wonderful sagacity" (of which you ? your lotter to me) that would land a man in the camp of such a crew as raided our State in those bitter days is precisely the kind of "political sagacity" that it has I always taken to make what the ! world has always called a /traitor," 1 And you will further permit me 1 to remind you that the driving out of the State of this???pernicious robber band (of whom Gov. Orr was one of the leaders) is precisely what constitutes Wade Hampton's greatest glory, and entitles him to the measureless and unstinted gratitude of his countrymen. I have written nothing for the impeachment of any one. Col. Orr may be, and doubtless is a very worthy gentleman; he may be a kind neighbor : he may be all that the best man could be, and I yet his aspirations in this matter will alwayfi have some features that somehow seem to cause a jar in the harmony of the "eternal fitness of things.'' I think his friends have been much to blame for placing him in a position that makes a reference to his father's record inevitable. It may seem wrong to you as the friend of Gov Orr to have the old Latin saying "De mortuis nil nisi bonum" disregarded, but you j must remember humanity has a great deal of human nature in it and it has always been and always will be just as it is now in relation to matters like this. Aud wei certainly have unimpeachable authority for visiting the "iniquity of the fathers on the children," however unfortunate and seem ingly unjust it may be to the children. Very truly yours, JOHN M. PAYNE April 25,1892. P. S. I would have written sooner, but I am a very old man (in my seventy-eighth year), and have been a little more unwell and weak than usual, but I hope what I have written will be sufficient if not altogether satisfactory. Suppose the son of Benedict Ar nold had come to New York when peace was declared and offered himself for Lieutenant Governor! What would, the people have done about it? Yet Arnold would have betrayed his countrymen to their peers, and not put them under the heels to their former negro slaves. "The iniquities of the fathers shall be visited upon the chil dren."-St. Matthews Herald. Ruskin : Every man is always being helped by everybod.y, for [his gift is to get good out of all things and all persons. UNCLE RANDALL'S RELIGION. Air-"Come Thy Fount." Dis here yearth warn't made for trouble, . Nor for 'penten' you was bom, Some poor sinner at salvation Is 'er gwine to hear the horn ; An' some folks dat played de tlddul Will git sure a higher place Den dem folks dat wars dey 'ligion On a solemn, ceitful face. A Short Sermon. Berlubbed bredderu and sistern, le subject ob disebenin's discourse im abarice-in. other words itinginess. Dar's lots ob stingy folks in bery kermunity, but de wust case tf abarice ebber I heered of was lat of a man in Alabama. He ried ter pawn a coat ob tar and edders dat had been presented ter, tim by his neighbors. I has heered ob anudder casd lat was mos' as bad. <?A chiln lrank about a pint ob kerosene by ni s take, and his mudder, who was , mighty/close ooman, ran a wick lown de chile's froat and used lat infant for a lamp. Yes, breddern and sistern, dar's . gennerman ob my erquaintance rho am afeared to buy a lead pen il, bekase he can't be puffectly hore dat de lead reach ciar fru t. Dar's a man libben in western 'exas who Paris greened his tater lugs ter deff, and den he raked ip dar carcass and tried, em ober , slow fire in orden ter git de 'aris green outen' em ter sell it iack ter de drug stoah. De stingy man allers miserabel, f he walkf around he trimbles .-hen he remembers dat he am ,-earin out his shoes. Ef he 'sits lown he wares out his pants, and lat makes him wish he i was lead. Fashionable folks am not all lerry extravagant. Ef y er looks nto a ballroom yer kin see for erself dat de wimmen folks cut hings down gess as low as ?ossible. Some ob de rich men am as lose as de closest. I read in a taper dat a faithful workman, ngaged in some kind ob extra [angerous work, hurt his hand nighty badly. When the doctor ras tendin ter de hand de oreman came in a hurry and ays: "Sam, what time wa?* it k'hen yer got hurt? I wanter :now when ter dock yer wages." Man ain't de only stingy nimile Hits tm? man will run rter a dollar, but de dog will un arter a scent. Heah ! Heah ! At ae same time I don't beraeeve n a mau bein too generous< for de torn ob plenty will soon empty nles6 hit's corked wid erconemy Don't be singy wid what don't Ost yer nuffin, sich as petiteness nd good adwice. When you am in de temple ob e Lawd y^r should cast aside all tinginess. Don't be like dat eller when he is asked ter sing )le Hundrer chuna off Ninety and line, bekase he wanted ter make 1 >er cent anyhow dese hard time. deacon Snodgrass will please ?ass de hat. Kemembei dat de j&w? lubs a cheerful gibber. Texas Siftings. Max Muller; There may be imes when silence is gold, and peech silver; but there frTTfrimes, il so when silence is death and peech is life-the very life of Pentecost. Anon: God makes the earth iloom with roses that we may not >e discontented with our sojourn lore; makes it bear thorns that ve may look for something better jeyond. Kingsley: Do to-day's duty, ight to-day's temptation ; do not veaken and distract yourself by coking forward to things you cannot see, and could not under hand. Hugh White : When you make i mistake, don't look back at it ong. Take the reason of the hing into your mind, and then ook forward. Mistakes are less ens of wisdom. The past cannot >e changed. 'ne Spring is Upon Us, And we are receiving this week a lice line of Spring Calicoes, Ging iamsf etc. Call and examine tnem. Very truly, W. H. TL* RX KR & Co. ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR CONGRESS. I beg to announce myself a candidate for the >eroocratic nomination for the Fifty-Third longress from the Second Congressional Dis riet, and respectfully solicit the support of such f my fellow-citixens as have confidence in my bility and determination to uphold the dignity f the State and the rights of the people. ROBERT ALDRICH. The many friends of Col. W. J. TALBERT, re ognizing his ability and fitness, his Christian irtue, and the deep interest manifested by him n the welfare of the whole people-his known pposition to monopolies-his advocacy o' a bet er system for circulating the curr?ney of this reat country-his interest in the general wel are of the people and especially of the farmers, ereby announce him as a candidate for election, nder the Democratic rule, to the House of Rep esentatives of the United States from the Sec nd Congressional District of South Carolina. MANY CITIZENS. FOR COUNTY TREASURER. The friends of J. C. CAUGHMAN have agreed bat the public may know all the meanness he as ever committed, therefore, we respectfully om?nate him as a candidate for County Treas rer, pledging him to abide the result of the pri mary election. Ile having lost a leg in the late rar, and we knowing him to be a Christian gen leman, heartily recommend him for said office, 'o his political enemies we insist on two things: st. That you circulate no false report?, and. That you tell of no good act of his life. -j&r. ?OR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. The friends of .Capt. L. CHARLTON, appre iating his faithful service in the late war, as veil as during the past political war i>trife of .ur country, and knowing that he isa straight mt Democrat hereby announce him as a candi, late for the office of School Commissioner of Sdgefield county-pledging him to abide the re mit of the primary. The friends of the Rev. P. P. BLALOCK snowing him to be an enthusiast on education, md fully competent to perform the duties of School Commissioner, respectfully announce liini a candidate for that office, and pledge him to abide the result of thc Democratic primarle?, md to support thc nominees of thc party. FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. The friends of G. W. MEDLOCK respectfully present his name to the voters of Edgefield minty for the office of County Commissioner, iud pledge him to abide the result of the pri nary election. According to promise given to my friends two 'ears ago, I oiler my name to the voters of ?dgefield county for the office of County Com (tissioner. I will abide the result of the prinjary lection and will support all the nominees of bc Democratic party. M. L. WHEELER. SOM.LL, IN- THE HARDWARE, .of Every -MAKING A SPECIALTY OF - Hardware, Stoves, General House F I am in a position to make you better prices than any house in towi W. F. STRICKL Hew Spring and SumeHiylisT Our entire stock of Spring and Summer Goods, recently purchased in New York by one of the firm, has been received, opened and is now ready for inspection. We have tried hard to buy a stock of Goods that could be sold at prices that would satisfy our customers, even if money is scarce. Note particularly the quotations below, which give but a very small idea of what we really have. First-class quality of Calico at 4/ and 5/ yard. GINGHAMS.-Large stock of Ginghams at low prices. Real nice, yard wide Bleached Homespun, at 6?/ yard. 10-4 Bleached Sheeting at 20/. As good 10-4 Bleached Sheeting at 25/ as sold heretofore at 35/ yard. BED TICKING.-A large assortment of Ticking, from a very cheap mattress Ticking to the best feather Ticking, at prices that can not be undersold. PANTS GOODS.-Large stock of Cottonades and Pants Jeans from 10/ yard and up to the best grades. Elegant stock of Cassimeres, "ants Linens, Apron Linens, &c. DRESS GOODS.-We are showing an immense variety of styles and patterns in Dress Goods. Persian Mulls in beautiful patterns. Punjab Percales. Black Muslins in all the novelties. Challies, Nuns Veilings, Henriettas, Serges, Black Silk Grenadines. Beautiful Dress Goods at 6?/. An elegant line of Dress Goods Trimmings. WHITE GOODS.-Checked Muslins at 5/ yard. Victoria Lawns at 5/ yard. 50 pieces of India Lawns at 10/ yard, really worth 15/ laid Organdies at 10/ y^d, that have sold heretofore at 20/ yard. Our White Goods BL is by far the largest and most complete we have ever exhibited ; and we are determined to save money to all who give us an opportunity to do so on these goods. HAMBURG EMBROIDERIES.-Immense stock of Hamburg1 Edgings and Insertions, embroidered on Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss Muslins, from ? to 12 inches wide, at 3/ to 75/ yard. It is a known fact that we have always had a large, beautiful and cheap lot of these goods, and this lotis superior io any stock we have ever shown. RIBBONS.-A tremendous large stock of Ribbons, in all shades, and our prices are as low as eau be found in any city. LACES.-We are showing an elegant stock of Laces at very low prices. 12 yards Torchon Lace for 10/. BUTTONS.-We are ottering in this line every desirable and fash ionable style of Button in the markot, embracing Pearl, Steel, Ivory, Crochet, Silk and Jet Burtons. All sizes, and at prices lower than elsewhere. Dress size Pearl Button? for 5/ dozen. CORSETS.-A very large stocl 1 all the best makes of Corsets at the lowest prices. HOSIERY.-Large stock of Hosiery for Misses, Ladies and Men at very low prices. KID GLOVES.-First-class quality and in late shades at reason able prices. Doilies, Table Linens, Table Oil Cloths, Crash, &c. TOWELS.-A very large stock of Towels at ?/, 10/, 15/, 20/ and 25/. We can sell you for 25/the prettiest Towel we have ever sold. It is really a 40/ Towel. Examine our stock of these goods before buying. BED SPREADS.-Large stock at low prices. HANDKERCHIEFS.-A large stock of Handkerchiefs for Ladies and Gents, very cheap. FANS.-Lovely Fans at one-half their real value. SCRIM.-A large assortment of Scrim, from 7/ yard up. STATIONERY.-Large stock of Static- always on hand. 5 qrs. of real good writing paper for 20/, sold usually at 10/ qr. Remember that we can always sell you a 2 oz. bottle of first-class Machine Oil for 5/. GENTS SHIRTS, Cuffs, Collars and Scarfs. For 25/ we will sell a regular 50/ Scarf. Examine our stock of these goods before buying. Large stock of Parasols and Umbrellas, cheap. SHOES.-A large and well selected stock of Shoes. We have a line of Shoes that will please any one as to quality and prie We sell a great many of our Shoes guaranteed, and mean exactly what we say. If they are not all right, we will have them repaired or give a new pair in exchange. A full line of the celebrated Zeigler Shoes. Everybody knows what Zeigler Shoes are, For elegance, comfort and durability, Zeigler Shoes surpass all others. Look at our beautiful Oxford Ties for $1.00 ; also the lovely Oxford Ties made by Zeigler. If you wish to save money, examine our stock of stock of Shoes be fore buying elsewhere. It is impossible to give, in an advertisement, anything like a full idea of the immense amount of goods and the quantity of bargains in our present stock. Don't go to Auqusta. We can do just as well for you, and in some things better. Besides you will save your expenses and the extra, trouble. ?t .VIN HART & CO., THE FARMERS LOAN AND SAVINGS B ANK OF EDGEFIELD. DIRECTORS: I A. J. NORRIS, W. H. TIMMERMAN, W. H. FOLK, I J. H. EDWARDS, N. A. BATES, W. R. PARKS, W. F. ROATH, T. A. PITTS, A.E.PADGETT, OFFICERS : A. J. NORRIS, President. W. H. TIMMERMAN, vice-President. A. E. PADGETT, Cashier, FOLK ? FOLK, Attorneys. TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS. SAVIHGS DEPARTMENT: Interest allowed on deposits in the Savings Department at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum-when allowed to remain six months or longer-computed July and January. Any amounts received on de I posit in the Savings Department, from 10 cents upwards. aprl5 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, Ml Loaf Bread ils, Bests, Pies, Cate, Etc., Etc. By buying tiekets you get TWENTY-FIVE loaves for $1. MRS. M. A. E. CAMPBELL. Builders' Material ^^AUGUSTA, GA Will till your orders promptly for LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, HAIR READY ROOFING, WINDSOR and ACME CEMENT PLASTER, FIRE BRICK and FIRE CLAY, HARD BRICK, SALMON BRICK, and PRESS BRICK LEAD ! Description. urnishing Goods ti. Compare prices. AND, 25 Dowlaw Cotton Plant ers .$ 3.76 Ga. Double Plow Stocks... 2.15 Dixie Boy Plows..... 1M Grain Cradles. 2.75 Cotton Hoes. .35 Stoves.$9.00 to'50j00 100 Kegs of Nails.. basis.. 2.40 j Tools of all Kinds. Plantation Supplies. Etc. SLIGHTLY ? DISFIGURED BUT STILL IN THE RING m And can do your Job Work inTevery conceiv able shape and style. Come and examine our large stock of finest -<6 WA BILL HEADS, LETTER HEADS, 51 ENVELOPES, I NOTE HEADS. 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