Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 25, 1892, Image 2

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TBBS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., TH?R^DAY, AUGUST 25, 1892. VOL. LYU. NO. 31. ' NARHCY m TfflMSSEE. :. .-=i- - BINING REGION IN THJ^-ANDSOF A MOB. : MILITIA SURRENDER TO THE MINERS, WHC Capture and BurnXJonviet Stock ades- A Battle -Hoging at Coal Creek. _ *' KNOXVILLE, Tenu., August 17. An-archy reigns iupreme in the mining regions norttiof this city. The excitement here-is intensified and heightened by lack of definite information, the wires having been cut. The mob is hf"actnai posses sion of the property of East Tonnessee railroad Un the neigh borhood of Coal Creek and Oliver Springs. They have cut the jyires in numerous- pl?cesf torn up the tracks in every direction and captured every locomotive in the minirlgf'regions. ?f At a late nour last night moro than a thousand- miners captured three locomotives and several empty coal cars at Coal Creek, and forced the engineers to take them to Oliver Springs, where about ninetv-five convicts were employed in the mines of the Cumberland Coal Company. They arrived at Oliver Springs about 4 o'clock this morning,* and at once planned an attack on the stockade, where the convicts were confined. About 7 o'clock they assaulted the stockade, and a lively battle proceeded; This was defended by fifty picked guards and a company of thirty-eight militiamen. Two campanies of National Guards en route from Chattanooga, via II ar ri mao, were compelled to take the sidetrack a few miles from Oliver's, on account of displaced rails. Hundreds of shots were exchanged, but no one was injured. The guards and milicia, seeing that it was useless to combat a force of 1,000 infuriated men, quietly surreiftlered. Tjhe convicts, -guards.' and soldiers were loaded on a train of flat cars, and the engineer, at the point of a Winchester rifie^was compelled to pull the train out in the direction of Knoxville. The stockade was then burned to the ground. Arriving at Cl it ton, permission was obtrfinecT from the ' railway officials . tot bririg^the -.convicts to this city. The train, which was the only one in or out for twenty-, four hours, arrived in Knoxville about 3 o'clock, and was soon surrounded by an immense throng of the curious. A special train left the station at 5 p. m., taking the convicts to the ml in prison at Nashville. Four convicts escaped between Oliver and this city. Communication with Coal Creek was restored this afternoon. The line was no sooner reopened than the miners took peaceable posses sion of the office at Coal Creek, and to prevent the dispatch of regular business they .filed thou sands of words of matter. They paid for all messages at regular rates, and the company could not refuse them. The miners have two or three operators employed, and it is utterly impossible to get a mesage* through with any ting like accuracy or speed. Passengers on a train just ar rived from Coal Creek say that Camp Anderson at that place, the only point in the State where convicts are at work, will be taken to-night. The assault will take place before midnight., so they say. More than 1,500 miners are massed at Coal Creek, all heavily armed, They have captured the two companies of militia sent to Oliver last night. They locked the soldiers ina warehouse at Clinton this \ morning, then marched across the mountain to Coal Creek. When the proposed assault on Camp Anderson v is ' made to-night they will force tho captive soldiers in uniform to march at the head of the column, and have sent word .to the offifcers in command of their intention. They believe tfcat the officers ol the camp will refuse to fire on them as long as the soldiers^are in front. Thc minera held a meeting this . afternoon, and\Beveral ^warlike speeches were ma?V Those in a position to know saVthat Camp Anderson will be defended to the last. \ THE FIGHT AT OLIVER 8PKN?S. NASHVILLE, Tenn, August^._ Last night's fight a ; Ol iver Sprigs was a desperate affair. Seventeen . . \ * \k\ Vi. ' ?. ? - . . m ? hundred miners attacked the stockade. The troops there had been reinforced by the military company from Chattanooga, and offered a stubborn resistance. According to the best mf?rmation obtainable, twelve men were killed and twenty wounded an the engagement. After an hours lighting, the military, being greatly outnumbered, surrendered. They were placed under guard, and, with the . convicts, : were marched toward' Knoxville, The wires are cut abd communication is unreliable. A mass meeting of miners was held at Cba??reek this "morning, at which ?? w?s resolved to" Attack the stockede at that- point and drive off the convicts and soldiers. The Knoxville companies of militia aro stat iou at Har rim an, and will await reihfpr??mets before attempting to do anything. A dispatch .from Chattanooga says that 3,000 men have volunteered as milita and will go to Coal Creek this afternoon. Threats bf lynching Governor Buchanan, if he ventures into this section, are freely made. The Governor is still "waiting for development." It is not likely that he will leave Nashville. The convicts and soldiers from Oliver Springs arrived at KnOxvile under a heavy guard of miners. They were at onca placed in box cars and started for Chattanooga. A special from Harriman, dated 12:10, says: "Maj. Chandler of the Knoxville troops has just ar rived from the Oliver Springs', and reports.'that the guards and soldiers iiave been captured by 1,800 miners. An attack was made at 1 o'clockj in which the State forces tvere completely overpowered. No lives were lost." Governor Bu'channan has ordered the sheriffs of surrounding counties to summon p?sssees of 500 men md repair to Oliver. The militia at- Harriman and?? these possees will move on Oliver to-night.. One if the miner leaders, it is said, baa been Jailed. _____ \x_^_ TENNESSEE TO ARMS !" CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., August 17. -Bulletins posted in the leading buildings of the city tell the fol lowing story : Tennessee to arms! Will you illow your State to be disgracod? The miners have captured sold iers. Let volunteers come at once. Lieutenant Royster is in the ar mory, ready to receive volunteers. Bring any kind of weapon you may uave. A thousand people stood in the frizzling rain reading the bulletins. Terror was added when Ooh Woolford wired from Harri man that the thirty Knoxville soldiers had been captured on route to Oliver Springs. Wires ?vere cut and no one could say jfhat fate they would meet. Mayor Andrews wired Col. Woolford not io leave Harriman with the boys if he - doubtedvhis ability to put ap a skillful fight, and the dispatch, together with the story if the capture of the Knoxville boys, caused instant demoraliza tion among the troops, and they are badly phased. It is estimated that 3j00? armed miners are in the field in East Tennessee, and the fight against the troops is uneven, to say the least. Governor Buchanan has not offered to assist the little knot of men ; from Chattanooga, and no other State troops are even thinking of going to the mine district. Citizens are very indign ant at the Governor's course,- and loud threats of lynching the Gov ernor are freely made on the. Btreets. A corporal's guard is trying to corral the unwilling military and get them into the armories, gome have been arrested, but very few can be-found. Some of the citizens are forming companies to leave at 5 o'clock'" for the'scene ot the trouble and all kinds ?f weapons are being gathered for use in the fight, which is sure to come, The trouble with getting a boy to hoe in a garden is that he digs up so many grub worms they tempt him to run off and go fishing. 'An aluminium launch, pronelled by a naptha engine, has been built at Zurich for service on the lake. The outer surface of the vessel is not painted, but is polished. Only the hull of the craft is of fcliminium, and ) et the saving in weight is 35 per cent on an ordinary boat. THE MISSISSIPPI METHOD. How They Managed to Get Bid | of the Negro Vote. NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 15.-The new registration of Mississippi, upon which it will vote at the com ing election, shows that the negro has been substantially eliminated from th? politics of the State. The negro' vote has been cut down by the new Constitution fram 145,000 to 8,615, and now it cannot elect more than a few constables in the entire State. The colored " regis-' trati?n contin?es to decline at every election. At the Congresr sional elections two years ago there * was a colored majority in one county, Bolivar. That is now gone, and'Bolivar is now white, like the others. The negroes cannot elect ? a single member of the Legisla ture, or a single officer of any kind except justice of the peace or con- } stable. The negro vote for Congress ; will be less than 1,000 in each dis- " trict except in the shoestring dis trict, composed of the negro coun- J f ties along the Mississippi, where the registration amounts to 1,800 ) and the vote may be 1,200. In Lowndes county one negro in * each 310 of the male negroes over 21 years of age is registered. In Yazoo, which, of old, gave a Re- ' publican vote far up in the thou-1 sands, there are only nine colored | voters registered, or one to each 650 possible voters, while in Noxu bee, which beats the record, there I If are four colored voters registered, |1 or one to each 1,340 negro men. There are more negroes in Noxubee than these four entitled to the bal lot ; but they have lost interest in elections of late, and a large num- ' ^ ber of them have refused to avail themselves of the privilege of the ball?t offered'them and have failed I to register. The reduction in the negro registration and vote of Mississippi has been brought about by the adoption of the new Constitution, which greatly alters tho electoral franchise in Missisippi. By limiting the franchisey to those who^^^reKdriind writ?. 110,000: negroes, or four-fifths of the col ored vote, were disfranchised. T^'e'-provision which''; requires the' prepayment of the;--poll -tax has had "another deterrent effect. . The illiteracy provision cuts off 10,000 white voters also, and asi that was'thought to be a hardship the famous "understanding clause" was inserted, by wMch any illiterate voter can obtain his bal lot hy'proving-that he understands the Constitution. A - section1 ;of that organic law is read td him' by the registrar and if he can properly explain it he is entitled to vote. This provision'will Continue only to 1896. The ignorant voters have six years in which to learn to read and write, If they do not learn in that time they are permanently disfranchised. Of the 120,000 illiterate white and colored voters only 2,122 have availed themselves of '.."the understanding clause," or, rather, only 2,122 have passed a success ful examination of their knowledge of the Constitution. Of these 1,037 are white and 1,085 colored, showAj ing that no i discrimination risl allowed "on ae?unt of race or| color." Besides these colored voters who get the franchise under the "under standing clause," only 7,530 were registered as able to road and write and having paid their taxes, making a total of 8,615 colored against 68,127 while voters, or a grand total of 76,842. It will be noticed that the new Constitution has materially cut down the white vote also, perhaps one-third, but not to the same extent as that of the negroes. At the ordinary rate of voting in Mississippi, that State will cast between 50,000 and 55,000 votes for President and Congress this fall, with a Democratic majority of: between 40,000 and 45,000. New York Sun. Shooting Btars have given rise to many strange beliefs. According j to a sentimental legend current among the Lithuanian peasants, there is aftached to every new-born child an invisible thread, which thread ends in a star. As soon as, the child dies the thread breaks and the light of the star is quenched j as it falls to the earth. Another version of the same legend say3 that every one has his light in heaven, which, when he dies, goes out, and in its place a new one makes its apperance, as men are constautly being born. Some CampaignThunder. Abd it came topase in the rei gi of John Peter Ri cnardson, governo of the province of South Carolin; in the1' fcrarth1 year of hisreign' tba the people, the wbrking-?e?pi?, be came restless and dissatisfied wit! the ' ring-rule government. And they arose-as oner man*: am ?wor? by the-virtue of the :ballb box they wcrald'h?ve no'n?ore ring rule in South Caroling'and ? tb'ey by their ballotS? called % R. ,filjl man to* be 'governor in the stead o Tdho Peter. An?i' fli?'rei^ bjf Till man being so equal arid just fha ;he banks, ? the, railroads, ark corporations and combinations o japita? were called oh to ? pay? ?ai jq?al portion1 bf the1' 't?xetf to'?up ?ort the r'??jgn ?f'Tifiman*? administration. This highly incensed the shy? ocks and money lenders, and ir he reign Of Tillman,' and in thc irst and s?co?d years thereof the; -ose in revolt against Tillman's government;to this day, and. the; ?ailed a council of thirteen of thc Pharisees and said unto Tillman : We know your demands are just, he people have been oppressed foi mr benefit, but if we let you reign ?ver us we will have to bear equal mrthens with tue people, which viii ruin our rule and cutshort mr profits and the working people >e as good as we are ; therefore we iannotdoit. But if you will let is rule we will call thee a good ellow, and we will harmonize vith you and give you peace and inity. But if you will not let us nie we will call vou a demagogue, i scoundrel, a stirrer up of strife. Ve will go in the, courts abd mjoin you from collecting taxes rom us, and so cripple you, and )el it tie your administration that it (rill drive capital away, and -you an't run the government or efund the State debt, so as to tri ve you out of our way. iWf Fill call upon Haskell ;1 we will oih'?ur forces with Hi*/ W<> w?]l plit the party, arid if we ule^wSjwiUruin. ?But Tillman 3 being a. mr onv?ctio?s'~5h?T ~?r~?ooa~ -.?? ; r se ense, said ; unto th?ih : Te t?iy cannot consent to this wickednt -. will yet make the people of my ?rovince equal before the law. I oust not be a respecter of per ons, but must give equal rightte 0 all, and special privieges to (one. This greatly incensed the money enders, the railroad and factory orporations, the shylocks bf all lasses, and they being"* stiff iecked and rebellious people, .ssembled themselves together,, nclnding the . thirteen, in high ?laces; smoked their cigars, drink ng'their fin?'liqnors,' c?ttmg up! 1 jgh *tu hbles '; thev sware by. *the. lat wood s of Edgefield and .th?; lilis and ! hollows -of j Piedmont hat Tillman shall rule no more b rever. ' And it will came to pass during he reign of Tillman, in the second rear thereof, that the thirteen ssued a proclama tion denouncing r i 11 m an and everything tending o Tillman, and warning em doyeea ot banks, railroads, fac ones and others that they were xpected to work for: the Edge ield herder and the' Piedmont jhanghigh, and in case of refusal heir places 4;might be -vacated-r; he Shanghigh knowing V6ry well hat he, if the people are left done and untrammelled, could not ommand a corporal's guard's' vote, .nd they began to cast about for nea ns to smite Tillman.-both .hip. md thigh, and as for these wool tats we will not that '? they should ule over us. Cutting: Affray in Hamburg. A bloody and serious stabbing ,ffray occurred at ll o'clock* Mon lay night near Sh mall's bar room n Hamburg. Theo Plunkett, a -oung white man of this city, was langerously stabbed in the left emple by Cal Head, also white. The cut was two inches long and >ne inch deep, and the main irtery was severed. Plunkett was )ro tee ting an old white man whom lead was abusing and about to issail, when he was murderously it tacked. There are fears of fatal esults from the effects of the vounds, which may cause hem >rhage or lockjaw. Head was irrcsted afterwards in Augusta md is in jail here, and will be ?eld until a requisition is received :or his return to Carolina. A man has his clothes made to fit him. A woman makes herself St her clothes. C. A. CONVENTION. ame of the Convention ' at Meeting Street, (?'10,11, 12, 1892. . SATURDAY. lOf^?lock; Prayer and Praise Bervice ; 10 ^, Temporary Organization. 1^5 Aiidrees of Welcome. l^ yi^at May We Expect from This ..^Convention, and how may each .delegate best perform his part?t Convention conducted by fe Ponders?ii, of Atianta, Inter pftiiofc; Secretary. f^?W.'P. M., Prayer Service, L. jM.Grwiby. 2:50, Permanent Organization. f9?30,nReport of County Commit tee, ; j', ,?;4, Address-Rev. Wm. R. Atkinson D. D., of Columbia, toi T;30P.M., Meeting of County Committee. I 8UNDAY. 9 :15 jConsecration Meeting ; regular Sunday School and Church Services as usual. 2:30 P. M., Song Service-J. LeslieyAndrews. 2:50, Address-"The Young Men's Christain Association Move ment,-' H. P. Anderson. 3:30, Reports from Associations and iReport of Committee on County Committee's Report. 4:15, Address-W. A. Wynde. MONDAY. lOofclock, Bible Reading-W. D. Lain master, of Augusta. 10:30, The Executive Secretary, T. B. Lanham, Edgefield. ll, The Ladies' Committee-A. T. Jamison, Charleston. ll :30, The Young Men of Our County-A. S. Tompkins. 12,,..County Work in South Carolina-John Lake. 2:30.p. M., Devotional Exercises. 3:0O, Business Session. 3:30, Address-Is there a Real Need fbr the Young Men's Christ ian Association? A. T. Jamison. . 4:30^PareweirExercise8. -: ^??i?wlii co?^y hy Mr. Jar,, "i - Bacon. Gospel livrons to'sRty, Mo, Aug? ?5-At Smithville, ::?>ar hore, ' r ;utvoun j , u xolliitfi, Wuu ?jilCC?LIlU killed by hie son because the father had disgraced himself by getting drunk. The son then killed himself. No previous trouble had occurred. South Carolina Blood. MARION, S. C, Aug 15.-A fatal difficulty occurred in the fork sec tion of'thisicounty Saturday night between" M.. R. Hays and Neal Hays; fwtf young whit* men, ;aged aboUt'^'years;an!? closely related. Neai^Hays was, instantly kill? d by a stab in the heart. The other w&e shot in the head, and is ex pected td die. Neal was a son bf Alexander Hays, who fled the State some years ago for the kill ing of fDeputy Sheriff Page. A Son's Awful Crime. CARMICHAEL'S, PA., Aug 15.-A tragic murder occurred hear yes terday, 1 the horror of which may be increased by homicide and suicide. Thos. Morgan, a young man of 27. years, objected to his father, John Morgan, remarrying. The two.quarrelled, and yesterday morning; as the three daughters and the son were remonstrating with their father, the son' fired at bis parent. The shot struck his sister Callie in the neck. Then the son chased his father and fired six bullets into him. Both father arid daughter are expected to die, and it is feared that the son will kill himself. Snatched from Death. ABRURY PARK, N. J., Aug 15. The very heavy surf was responsi ble for several narrow escapes from drowning yesterday. The nearest apprach to a fatal accident occurred to Mrs. Ada Battin, a young, pretty and rich widow from Philadelphia. She is an expert shimmer, and went out beyond the ropes where several huge rollers broke over her in quick succession, exhaustiug her strength, and as she showed signs of distress the bathing roaster swum out with a rope to assist her. Before he could reach her she had gone down twice and was just disappearing the third time when he caught hold of her hair, and with the help of two other bathers succeeded in dragging her to the shore. After some time she was restored to consciousness, and is fast recovering from the shock. The Prohibition Convetion. The County Prohibition Conven tion wag called to order at 152:30 P. M. in our Y. M. C. A. hall on Monday last. At, the temporary organization the following names were enrolled : Edgefield-A. S. Tompkins, Rev. A. B. Watson J. F. Che?tham, W. P. Strickland, T. J. Lanham, S.;B. Mays, J. M. Mays,|?X. K. Allen, J. H. Dantelou, John Lake, J. T., Mime; F. R. Timmons, H. B. Galiman, W. H. Burrell, "W. JD. Allen; F. R. riinmon8 J jp.', S. Timmons, Charlie [Sheatham. Longmires-Rev. P. P. ; Blalock, W. H. Yeldell, W. A. Che?tham, 3.'Bl Bushnell. Holmes-P. H. Bussey. Ridge Spring-R. B. Watson, N; VV. Brooker, P. D. Brooker, W? J. Padgett. Cold Spring-Dr. J. H. Burkhal ker, Meeting Street-J. M. Shaffer, r. T. McManus, W. E. Turner, C. r. Dorn, C. M. Hart. Pleasent Lane-B. W. Timmer nan, Lemuel Harling. Ropers-P. B. Lanham. Cleora-A. L. Brunson. Parksville-L. F. Dorn, J. C, Morgan, J. B. Nelson, H. M. barnett, P. E. Crawford, W. A. D, Blackwell, Cliutonward-J. G. Mobley, D. P. Bodie. Johnston-J. M. Wright, F. M. | < Warren, J. C. Lewis, L, B. Asbill. Cloud's Creek-E. W. Goggans. Trenton-M. D Loach, N. L. Broadwater, J. L. Smith. Vaucluse-O. B. Whitlock. N. W. Brooker was elected | j Chairman of the Convention, and Fohn Lake was elected Secretary. Cap. L. D. Childs, of Columbia, hen made a stirring address which iompletely captivated the hearers. The following Couuty Executive Committee was appointed : W. F. Strickland, J. C. Morgan, J. E.p schumpert, P. 0. Barnes, E. H. -Ul_3 Tho follow: o*. tO be k;:wn as]."' bi; "'K'j?iybtfi Committee," Via;-}) V. '. ? .' Uli ii?;.?': ...*?.-Ar.'iA M. ^yerrg; ('ind a C?-t>k. h P.i>, Lanham. Sopers, it J. Qt. Morney, joiw?w?, \ C. B. Laffittee, Ridge Spring, W. H. Yeldell, Longmires, R. Broadwater, Rehoboth, J. C. Morgan, Parksville, G. M. Smith, Johnston, J. T. Mims, Edgefield, ?S. B. Mays, " Rev. A. G. Collier, Plum Brsnoh, J. M. Schaffer, Meeting Street, P. W. Barnes; Mt. Willing, T..R. Denny, Johnston' T. ?H. Clark; Trenton, W. E. Turner,. McKendree, , Jno^R.-Wataonj Ridge Sprint? J. W. Etheredge, Red Bank, J. W. AitonyRo?a, A. L. Brunson, Cleora, P. H. Bussey, Holmes. G* W. Turner, Vaucluse, P. J. Prince, Collers, P. B. Watson, Clinton ward, Winfield Scott, Scott. Each of these is to select four >ther names at his own precinct o assist in the conduct of the novement. After the Convention had adj ourned, the Executive Committee ?eld a meeting to discuss the )olicy to be pursued. This work is strctly inside of he Demociatic ranks. Our Share of the Spoils. Congress has appropriated the bllowing sums for expenditure in South Carolina. Charleston harbor, $225,000, and ?ontracts may be entered into for he entire completion of the pro ect of improvement ; Georgetown ?arbor, $12,000; harbor at Winyah Jay, $100,000; Edisto River, $7, ?85 ; Great Pee-Dee River, $10,000 ; Jantee River, $30,000, to be used n snagging and in making a new :ut between Estherville and tongo Creek ; Waccamaw River, 110,000; Wappoo Cut, $10,000; rVateree River, for maintenance, !2,500: Congaree River, $5,000; Hingo Creek, $3,000; Little Pee )ee River, $5,000; Clark River, 52,500; Beaufort River,$12,500 In addition a survey of Lvnch itivcr is ordered with a view to its lltimate improvement should the mgineer report it to be necessary. This is the complete statement )f the appropriation for South Carolina and vicinity. It can be teen that few new public y orks ire authorized. All, or nearly all >f the money is to be spent on pro ects already under way. Programme of the Baptist Asso ciation. BRETHREN : At the last meetinj of your executive committee tin following programme for the Asso nation at Bethany was adopted and also the following apportion ment for State Missions : PROGRAMME FOR ASSOCIATION. . 1. Meet at 10 o'clock a. m. an< organize. 2. Introductory sermon by Rev Gr. W. Bussey or T. J. Rook. In termission. 3. Report on State Missions. 4. Report on Colportage. 5. Report on Home Missions. 6. : Centennial report. 7: Missionary sermon by Rev J. N. Booth or J. P. Mealing. 8. Orphanage. 9. Report on Foreign Missions 10. Temperance. 11? Education. Your committee recommend thal the statistical reports. from thc churches be read when letters an presented. APPORTIONMENT FOR STATE MISSIONS .Antioch. $20; Bold Spring, $40 ; Bethany, $35; Clarks Hill, $20; Dornsville, $10; Gilgal, $20; Edgefield, $60; Berea, $10; Little Stevens Creek, $45; Modoc, $15; Mountain Creek, $50; Parksville, ?550; Mt. Zion, $25; Red Oak Grrove, $25 ; Republican, $20 ; Re aoboth, $25; Red Hill, $25; Elorns Creek, $25 ; Plum Branch, ?15. W. H. YELDELL, Chair. Ex. Com. Longmire8, S. C. It requires $7,000,000 ey?ry ;weuty four hours to run Uncle Sam's government. A woman is good because it }omes natural, men are never realy good until they have tried jeing bad and found that it didn't my. No such corn crops have been .aised in this section of Georgia ind Carolina as will be harvested vithin the;next few weeks. It beats ill former records. "Goodness gracious, child! That Dook isn't fit for you to read." "It is just the thing for this rOQtlicr Tr?OT?ina, Tf io an AnXi^Ul uily ..viokr.d thutir keeps the cold .hills ran:;-:?g over nie all tho ?me "---Ihdifcnopolis journal. %?:.t? i'i.-.fV..- ?Sr ,~ .? ?vr. i..- - , . fOMe'S iXVur VO'J liAfl V;?-. srda r *? 1 ?mg il'j LSwkowpor-ic was rery nice indeed. I want another me but from the same goose, .emember.-Truth. Briggs-Spriggins had a hard iime the other day. He put a x>rous plaster on his chest and ;hought he would try to get it off )y .getting down on the carpet and libbing himself back and forth. Origgs-Did he succeed? Briggs-No. The carpet came ip.-New York Herald. 1 : Dora (at the seaside)-Aren't r?ou: engaged yet? . Clara! ((disconsolatelyJ-^Indeed ['m not, and I won't over be if I. day in this foggy place. Whynot?" . "I can't keep my bangs in curlr eng enough for a man to pro wse."-New York Weekly. SAM JONES writes a letter from Urbans, Ohio, where he is conduci ng a big camp meeting. In one mragarph he says : I have had but little to say on political questions. .Aman who s not a republican'in Ohio stands ibout the same as a Third party nan in Georgia, and you know hat he who dallies with Demo cracy in Georgia is a dastard, and ie who has any doubts as : to her, mme diately damned. To Sehool Trustees. Section 1 of an act of the Legisla te, approved Dec. 22, 1891, reads as ol lows: Be it enacted by the Senate and louse of Representatives of the State f South Carolina, now met and sitting n General Assembly, and by the ?u hority of the same, That the trustees if the several school districts in the 0 nnty shall report to the County Au :itor the names of all taxable polls in heir respective districts, and said Au itor shall enter the same upen the tax uplicate to be furnished the County 'reasurer. That said names so fur 1 i shed shall be published annuallyjin newspaper published at the county eat once a week for three consecutive reeks, and where there is no paper lublished at the county seat, then in ome other paper having general em ulation in the county. Under and by virtue of the authority onferred by said section I all upon School Trustees of all the chool districts in Edgefield county to nake to me at once a full and complete ist of persons in their respective dis ricts who are liable to poll tax. J. B. DAVIS, Co. Auditor. "all at Jas. M. Cobb's. 2,000 yds. of those beautiful new tress goods, Pine Apple Tissue, Gren da Tissue, Cheveron Shirting, Organ lies, Cambric, French Outings for Shirt Waists, Embroidered Skirts, )emi Flouncing and Laces. All new nd cheap. 100 pair of Oxford Ties ust in. New Goods every week. PUT DOWN BY THE DOG MOW A REVOLUTION WAS SUP PRESSED BY A PLAYFUL PUP. Tb? Ball Pap Thought There YT IIB a Grand Opportunity to Have Some Fun and Started In to Enjoy Himself-Con* ?teraatlon Amoco; the RevolutionUts. Another revolution aaa been sup pressed in Hawaii, and the supporters lof the queen are congratulating thom selves on the strength of the govern ment Other people recall the fact that the first. Wilcox rebellion was suppressed (by a baseball pitcher after the king had ; been driven to the royal boathouse for I protection. A few who know are also telling the merry tala of how Harry ! Gillies bull pup put down a revolution, ' saved a throne and scattered the leaguer tag armies of the rebels-all in the opera bouffe kingdom of the Colorado Madu fe*. This is the story George Nagle tells: "We were at the islands a year or two ago-Harry Gfilig, Prank Unger, my self and Pierrot. Pierrot was Harry's bull pup, the joy of his owner's life, the pride of his heart. He was a fierce, bloodthirsty looking brute, and when ever a true sport would pass him Uiu covetous regard which the man would show for the dog would make tho cold chills of apprehension play leapfrog in GUlig's spinal marrow. As a matter of fact, though, Pierrot was as playful and quite as harmless as a kitten. He never bit anything in his life except the sweet breads, chateaubriands and such deli cacies with which his indulgent owner pampered him. "Well, at the islands David Ealakaua was king-and a kindlier man never lived. He showed us marked attention; arranged feasts in our behalf, made me governor of an island for a day, and lost his money to us at poker. He spent nearly as much time at our cottage as he did at the palace, which was close at hand. We grew to have a genuine re gard for him, because, whatever his faults, he was every inch a king in the generosity of his impulses and the love which he bore for his subjects. "There was a condition then prevail ing at the islands somewhat similar to that preceding the arrest of Wilcox, Ash ford and the other conspirators. Dis content muttered on the corners. An in definable strain was in the political at mosphere. Without knowing why, tho : onlooker felt that rebellion might set the alarm bells ringing at any moment. The wrecking of a government might ?have been precipitated by the jostling of a man on the sidewalk. "The. king was uneasy, though he kept a smiling face and his customary I affability. Feeling as we did toward him, we shared in a measure his anxiety, and awaited the denouement with fe? ; veris h im Da ti enc e. "Tho esmy was giving trouble. ir bad ielt its iv}w?r by ?".i?;i:.?.; ?cwn (with the [aid o? fch*? LvaeosU pf^cht-r)tbe frst r'> iil cox revolution, li beoaroe cnr-...^' nal 'r \?t?i?i ?.i.m?m?;b. dad ti?- lang ? .. : '." .v.-v.bb'S-iffc. h:.io- . . ..... ... alys? ?eyesj ? .-.??. .. . -^cers. ~>uC i hough pmali, it ia ono militari* prop of tho island kingdom, and it has relatively as much power and importance as the kaiser's i marshaled millions. And so it was tho i when fierce discontent and whispered denunciation were rife in the army the people's faces blanched and appr?hen sion mingled in the merriest rout. "At last it came. One night, as Gil li g and I sat on the porch of our cottage, we heard 'the roll of the stirring drum* land the clangorous marching of armed unen. " 'The revolution bas begun! The army is marching on the palace P shouted Gillig. "Being a brave, aggressive man, Harry grabbed a revolver and started on a run for the.palace inclosure. Being more or leas of a fool, I suppose, I ran after bim without any revolver. Being a dog, Pierro* ran after ns both. "When we reached the palace we found 'the entire army just drawing into line in front of ii There was all the thun der of the captains and the shouting which a man's heart could wish. The army had come to make a demand on the king, and was prepared to enforce it with bullefand bayonet. "Now pretty much everything on that trip had been arranged for Pierrot's amusement. So when he saw the glori ously caparisoned army drawn up in tho glare of the palace lamps he supposed it was there as a part of his fun. With a bark and a bound he started to enjoy the army. "Wow! ?.When Pierrot started for the army the anny saw him coming. With his bow legs, wide jaw and red, overhang ing jowl, he seemed a ravening beast His onslaught was qniok and noisy. "The army stood its ground a moment and then began to beat a retreat. The retreat was in an instant a rout The rout became a scramble, with the dog take the hindmost for every man's motto. TMs was all the more fun for Pierrot. He gave expression to his joy in wild yowls of delight Every few moments a gorgeous officer or slightly more sub dued private would come leaping through the trees in 'a yellow cloud of fear,' Pierrot playfully cuffing his heels until attracted by some other scattered rem nant of the leaguering host '.The/rebellion was suppressed, Kala kaua was maintained on the throne and Hawaii was again at peace-all on ac count of Harry G?lig's bull pup."-San Francisco Examiner. Karly English Umbrellas. Two centuries ago the umbrella was known and used as a sunshade. Ben Jonson and Beaumont and Fletcher al luded to it In 1712 it was used as a rain protector. Gay in his "Trivia" speaks : of the "mnbrella's oily shed," which was recorded as a kind of sou' wester material more serviceable than gingham or silk, which was used in its Construction at that period.-Detroit Free Press. Always ask for "J. M. Cobb's" $3.00 Gent's Shoes and $2.00 Ladies' Shoes, We buy these goods in such quantities as to be able to sell you for $1.00 per pair less than you can find them any where. Our "Crown" brand for $1.25 and $1.50 cannot be duplicated either in quality or price outside of our store. When you want a good calf lined shoe or genuine Standard Screw brogan call for Marcy Bros. goods Bold only by J. M. COBB, Sole Agent. Subscribe to the Edgefield AD VTRTI8ER.