Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, December 01, 1892, Image 1

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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1892. VOL. LVn. NO. IO. OH, WHY SHOULD THE SPIRIT OF MORTAL BE PROUD? PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL BEQUEST. Ob, why should the spirit of mortal, * be proud? Like a swift-fleeting meteor, a fas^-flying cloud; A flash of tbe lightning, a break j of tho wave ; Man passes from life to his rest J in the grave. The leaves of the oak and the wil low shall fade ; Be scattered around, and to gether be laid ; And the young and the old, and the low and the high, Shall moulder to dust, and to gether shall lie. The infant a. mother attended and loved, The mother, that infant's affec tion who proved j ^ The husband that mother and in fant who blessed, Each, all, are away to their dwellings of rest. The maid on whose cheek, or. whose "brow, in whose eye, Shone beauty and pleasure-her j triumphs are by; And the mem'ry bf those who loved her and praised, Are alike from the minds of the living erased. The hand of the king that the septre hath borne ; The brow of the priest that the ] mitre hath worn ; The eye of the sage and the heart | of the brave, Are hidden, and lost in the, depth of the grave. /The peasant whose lot was to sow, and to reap ; - The herdsman who climbed with his goats up the steep ; The beggar, who wandered in search of his bread, Have faded away like the grass that we tread. The saint who enjoyed the com- j m un ion of heaven, The sinner who dared to remain unforgiven, The wise and the foolish, ihe| guilty, the just, Have quietly mingled their] bones in the dust; . V, -,. ^o^lik&>?thd T!oweir8 of the weed ^St withers away to let others 'succeed; Sp the multitude comes, even those j ?we behold, To repeat every tale that has often been told. For we are the same our fathers have been; We see the same sights our fathers have seen ; We drink the same stream, and| view the same sun, And run the same course our| . fathers have run. The thoughts we are thinking our fathers would think ; From^ the death we are shrinking our fathers would shrink, To the life we are clinging they also would cling; But it speeds for us all like a ^ bird on the wing. They loved, but the story we can not unfold ; They scorned, but- the heart of the haughty is cold ; They grieved, but no wail from their slumbers will come ; They joyed, but the tongue of their gladness is dumb. They died, aye, they died 1 and we things that are now, Who walk on the turf that lies over their brow, Who make in their dwelling a transient abode, Meet the things that they met in our pilgrimage road. Yea, hope', and despondency, pleas . ure and pain, . We mingle together in sunshine and rain ; And the smiles, and the tears ; the songs and the dirge, Still follow each other, like surge upon surge. 'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath; From the blossom of health, to the -"'paleness of death,. From the gilded saloon to the bier and the shroud Oh, why/should the spirit of mortal be proud? Following the Cotton Market. AUGUSTA, Ga., Nov. 24.-All the large cotton mills located here ad vanced the price of their brown goods owing to the^ieavy demand for them and the market advance in the price of cotton. They are quoted as follows: Four-quarter yard goods 5 cents, seven-rigths goods 5?, three-quartor goods 4?, thirty-inch drills 6 to 6?. The advance in goods has not, however, tip to this time been equal to the advance in cotton, but the mills are demanding full prices- for new contracts, as they have sold all stocks on haad. DEPARTED GLORIES. -- . Gov. Tillman Recommends the Revocation of the Charter. It looks as if the days of Ham burg are numbered. Las t year citizens of the place endeavored to have the charter revoked on account of the Sunday liquor traffic, and now comes Gov ernor Tillman in his message and directs the attention of the Xor olin? legislature to the little 'Burg across the river in the following words": ^ "There are a few complaints in regard to the infringemeht of the law prohibiting the sale of liquor on Sunday, and notably in the town of Hamburg, opposite th? city of Augusta, which abuse be came so. great and notorious that, after repeated complaints, I com missioned a state constable to investigate the matter and several arrests were made. This place (Hamburg) while nothing more than the ghost of its former self, witn a very small population still retains its charter of incorporation. The remedy against such abuses,, which are not likely to be res trained by publication, would be to repeal the charter, and this I recommend. Hamburg is in reality but a. {?host of its former self. Deserted houses and unfrequen ted streets : grass, growing in the road-beds, unpaved sidewalks and a general air of indolence attest this fact. Ne more a\ the wagon trains of. three states find their way hither to do the season's trading and camp for days on the adjacent hills with farmers spend ing money freely, presenting to the eye a most pleasing scene of buiness activity. - All this has passed away, and to day instead of being the pride, Hamburg has become an eye-sore to the state, and the Nadvice" has been given out that her last day shall not be-far distant. Somo of Augusta's richest fami lies date their prosperity from the ^oodvdfi>yB^M^P^^*a^?^ bably tue descendants of the .mer chants of that time will sigh for their departed glories. Yesterday a Chronicle rep?rter Wandered on the other side of the river, to see what impression the Governor's message had made on the citizens and found them all unanimous in their, protestations against the revocation. Intendant Louis Schiller w?? greatly exercised and declared that the county's- tax returns would be considerably lessened by the proposed legislation and that the town would be left completely at the mercy of tho rough ?l?ment of both Augusta and Carolina, without the slightest semblance of authority to check any lawless ness that might arise. Hamburg's charter was renewed by the South Carolina legislature about the year 1878 for a period of twenty-one years and the official is of the opinion that no action will be taken by the state lawmak ers until that time shall have ex pired. The town DOW has a populaton of about five hundred sours; with nine bar rooms and a cock pit, the latter two branches of trade being the chief commen?ai resources, lt is claimed by all with whom the reporter convere?d that Hamburg is no more disorderly than. any other Caro lina town ^ud that violations of the whiskey law no more frequent. Be this as it may, Govornor Tillman is of a different opinion and prosposes ao stop the whiskey traflic entirely, for Carolina law allows the sale only in incorporated districts and a withdrawal of the charter means a long dry spell for our neighbors across the river. Efforts will of course be made to retain the charter, but as to whether a petition for the retention would be successful or not is a very debatable question. In case of the latter state of affairs obtaining many a thirsty Augustan will have to retire on Sunday night without even wetting his whistle" a single time-Augusta Chronicle. Some Interesting Figures. AB each hour has gone over the heads of Bepublicans since the eventful Tuesday many things have leaked out. It was announced in the Sun a week ago that Presi dent Harrison and his cabinet had contributed to the campaign fund $42,000. The Sun was not at lib erty at that time to state exactly ?who contributed. There is no h now in announcing that Presii Harrison contributed $40,CKX tue $42,000. Every Rep?blica this country will be amazec learn that the members of cabinet contributed only $2,00( It is known now that'the e: amount of the campaign fu raised by the friends of the publican National Committee $3,600,000, and yet the Hon'. T lHenry Carter, chairman of committee, must shut up his s to-day and return to Monti leaving $50,000 in debts heh him.-N.T. Stn. How Some Old Sayings Ori Hated. IT seems strange ta speak of United States as "Brot Jonathan," and the wonder is 1 it eier begun ; but on inquiri into the matter we And that custom arose from an ordin remark made by General Wa ington at thc beginning of Revolutionary War. On going Massachusetts to organize 1 j army, he ' found it shot ammunition and all means defence ; and no one could sugg any way out of the difficul Something must be done at oi for the public safety ; and Gene Washington, who had great c( fi den ce in the jadgment of G< ernor Jonathan Trumbull Connecticut, said in thisdilemn "We must consult Brotl Jonathan on the subject." "Brother Jonathan" was eqi to the occasion, and us suppl ii many of the lacking neeessitie and afterward during the wai became the custom in a emergency to say, "We mt consult Brother Jonathan." time the name became applied the whole country, and it pleasant to know that the gre Washington himself was t originator of it. "Robbing Peter to pay Pan j was first used when Westminsl Abbey was call St. Pete: ! CaJ&edral, Money being teeded I settle the accounts of St. Pau Cathedral, it was taken by tho in authoriiy from St. Peter's qui to the dissatisfaction of the pe pie, who asked; "Why rob ? Peter to pay St. Paul?" Over U hundred years afteward, the sayi: was again used in regard to tl same churches at the death of tl Earl of Chatham, the city London declaring that so great statesman should be buried in i Paul's, while Parliament insist? j that one' so" noble in every wi j would be more properly pl ac? amid the dust of kings : Westminster Abbey, and that n to bury him there would be f the second time "robbing St. Pet to pay St. Paul. "The Abbey ve: justly carried the day. "There's many a slip 'twixt tl cup and the lip" is a very ol saying, and was first uttered t the King of Samos, au island j the Grecian Archipelago. Th: King, Anc?eusby name, planted vineyard and treeted rhe slav? who cultivated it so badly th; one of the told him he would nev< live to tast the wine made from i When the wine was ready, and cup of itrpoured out for the Kinj he sent* for the slave who ha prophesied his death, and aske him what he thought of hi prophecy now. The Blave replie "There's many a slip 'twixt th cup and the lip'{-and just as h had spoken the words Ancaeu received warning that a wild boc had broken into his vineyard an was runing it. it Putting dow tha wine untasted, he rushed O? to attack the boar, and was killed Harper's Young People. To Allow State Banks to Issue Bills. ATLANTA, GA., NOV. 18.-A bil has been introduced in th Legislature to allow State bank to issue bills. It provides that th Governor, the State treasurer am comptroller shall be a commissioi to have engraved and printed in i manner best calculated to guan against counterfeiting at expensi of the bank issuing them, sud notes as said bank desires, af te said bank deposits as collatera State or municipal bonds to ai amount equal to the notes. Th< law is to take effect as soon as the Governor is notified that Con gress has repealed the act levying a tax of 10 per cent on the circula tion of State banks. Subscribe to the EdgefieldAD IVERTISEB. ? , A NEGRO LYNCHED. The Third Party Managers Ii citad Him to His Crimes. CHARLOTTE N. C., Nov. 18. Special.-Last Tuesday J)eput Sheriff Melvin Livingston, of Rici mond county, accompanied by M McGrit, left Laurinburg anne with warrants for the arrest < Duncan and Arch. McPhatte two'negro meiTch'arged with rail ing a disturbance aud fighting ? the polls on election day f jr th purpose of having the vote of certain precinct in Spring Hi township thrown out when th returns were made. This schem was concocted by a Third part leader by the name of Cooley, an it is said he prevailed on thes two negroes to do the dirty worl When Livingston and McGri reached McPhatte r's,Duncan Mc Phatter appeared at the door witl a gun in his hand. McGrit COY ered the nego with a pistol, an< Livingston proceeded to read th warrant. While Livingston wa reading the paper McGrit savi Arch. McPhatter draw a Win chester rife and point it at Liv inga ton's head. McGrit turned ti shoot Arch. McPhatter, and aa h did Duncan McPhatter struck Liv ingston with the but t of his gui and knocked him senseless to th? ground. Arch. McPhatter turnee to where Livingston lay, andpoin ting the barral of the gun at his neel fired. The ball took effect in Liv ingston's neck, and death quickie followed.- Both of the negroei then opened fire upon McGrit, bu without effect. Mr. McGrit rai to his buggy, after emptying hil pistol, to get a gun, when the he groes ran and made their escape. As soon as the news of the tragedy reached Laurinburg, Sheriff Smitl of Richmond county, with a posse of fifteen .men, started in pur suit of the murderers. They weni to McPhatter's house and sur rounded the cabin, and as they die so Duncan McPhatter jumpec through a window and ran. About . JJur^.shois-wero^edat him^ai he escaped unhurt into a swam; nearby. At night the same posse wentjto ,Arch McPhatter's houses and found him concealed in abed. When tjie negro TOBO from the bed he began firing and sprang through the door. It is thought that Arch McPh?tt?r was shot twice, but he made good his escape. Richmond county has been in an intense state of excitement since the murder, and up to yes terday at" noon all trace of the men was lost sight of. The posse, how ever, did not give up, but kept roaming through the woods and in swamps in pursuit of them. About 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when they all had become tired and worn out, a shot was heard tc ring out in a swamp that wae surrounded by the men in pursuit, and a voice was heard to say : "Don't shoot,. I will give up, come and. take me. The band of men at once went to the spot and found Duncan McPhatter lying on the ground wounded in the leg and arm. The negro was taken at once , to Laurinburg and placed in the lock-up, and a guard of forty firmed men surrounded the caeaboose. At 12:45 this morning a quiet, determined crowd of at least -two hundred men boarded Captain ' W. J. Hall's train at Laurinburg with McPhatter, with the intention ( of carrying the prisoner to Rocking , ham to be jailed. Captain Hall , says that there was not a drunken . man in the crowd : that all was quite, and that the ladies in the ? car did not know that the mob . was on board. When the train \ reached Laurel Hill, the ?leader said that j he thought it best to make quick work of the murderer, and suggested that they stop at Laurel Hill and swing him toa limb. The suggestion was received : with general satisfaction, and the 1 crowd got off the train to ac ' compish their work They proceeded ! only a few hundred yards from \ the station, a ropo was procured 1 and in twenty minutes after the train had proceeded on its western I journey Duncan McPhatter was i pleading with God to rescue his , sinful soul. He acknowledged the crime and said the leaders of the Third party were the cause of the murder, and i said that they should be punished, i After he had finished his talk, he , was placed on a horse, the lash was applied to the animal and it jumped, leaving the negro's body > dangling at the end of the hang man's rope. The crowd loaded their guns and stepped off short a distance, and as thc command fire was given two hundred bullets pierced the negro's body. PAPA'S LITTLE BOY. i . . ;,-r - Perhaps, Why Fathers Become Brematurely Gray. ______ Charring as is the merry prattle of innocent childhood, it ?B not particnlarly agreeable at about 1 o'clock m the morning, when you are "dew for sleep." Themare young and talkative children who have no more regard for yoiff?f?elingB, or for the pro pr ie ties of life than to open their peepersWith a snap at 1 or 2 A. M., find seek to engage you in enliven ing dialogues of this sort : "Papfl" You mink you will payjno heed t?o the| imperative little voice, hoping (that silence on your part will kfiep the youngster; but again the bojfof three pipes out sharply : ' "PapjaP "Wefi?"you say. ,.j "Yo|'wake, papa?" ?YeH' true.' I hear that you are," you say itr^sarcasm. "What do you wapiti "Ohjfnuffin." 1, lie still and go to sleep, t sleepy, papa." , I am, young man." u? I isn't-not a bit. I say, L?" )U was rich what would you i?" l't know-go to sleep." "Wouldn't you buy me nuffin?" picy BO ; now you-" it, papa?" Ll, a steam engine, maybe; go to sleep." a whistle that would ?papa?" 3, yes; now you--" would the wheel s go round, yes (yawning). Shut your J eyesjgiow." "l|_y, papa." Ni<jahswer. V?&pa!" ?Trfell, what now?" ^^you-'fraid of the dark?" , "No" (drows?y). "I isn't either, papa." "Weill" "I want a jink." "No, you don't." "I do, papa." Experience has taught you that there will be no peace. until you have brought the "jink," and you Scurry out to the bath room in the dark for it, knocking your shins against everything in the room as you go. ! "Now, I don't want to hear an other word from you to-night," you say, as he gulps down a mouthful of the water he didn't want. Two minutes later he says : "Papal" "Look here, laddie, papa will ?ave to punish you if-" "I can spell 'dog,' papa." "Well, nobody wsnts to hear you spell it at 2 o'clock in the morn ing." "B-o-g-dog ;isn't that right?" * "Yes, yes ; now you lie down, and go to sleep instantly !" "Then I shall be a good boy, won't Ij papa?" ! "Yes! You'll be the bsSt boy On earth. Good-night, dearie." "Papa!" "Well,well! What now!" "Is lyour little boy?" "Yes, of course." "Some mans havn'tgot any little toys; but you have, havn't you!" "Yes." "Don't oou wish you had two, free, nine, 'leben, twenty-six, nine ty-ten, free hundred little boys?" The mere possibility of such a remote and contingent calamity so paralyses you that you lie speechless for ten minutes, during which you hear a yawn or two in the little bed by your side, a little figure rolls over two or three times, a pair of heels fly into the air, and once or twice a warm, moist little hand reaches out and touches your face to make sure you are there, and the boy is asleep, with his heels where his head ought to be. Please Explain. The News and Courier and other papers of its wav of thinking immediately after the late election put forth the claim that the wing of the Democratic party in this State to which they belong carried South Carolina for Cleveland, and yet. as the Columbia Register points out, "in the face of this statement, the figures show that while Charleston gave Brawley about 4,600 votes in the Con gressional primary, when the genera] election came around that same'city polled l?ss than 2,400 votes for the Democratic nomi nees 1 How is this explained? The returns show that the Reform Democrats of our State, who opposed Mr. Cleveland's nomi nation, gave him South Carolina's electoral vote." This certainly ira had showing for the city in which the News and|Courier is published, and that journal ought to c?me out and expiain why the votes Maj. Brawley received in the primary were not cast for Grover Cleveland in the general election. It should do this or hush about the wonder ful things it and its friends did to to elect Cleveland.--Ex. Cheaper Clothing. One of the many benefits of the recent Democratic triumph will be to give the people cheaper cloth ing. The tax on wool has been called the keystone of the protec tive system. Well, the keystone must come out. Whatever tariff bill the Democratic Congress may pass, it is certain that" it will abol ish the tariff on wool. The Dem ocratic House of the present Con gress passed a bill to that effect, but it will, of course, never be ac cepted by the present Senate. The Senate will be regenerate after the 4th of March, and then will be ready to respond to the demands of the masses, rather than to those of a few protected monopolies. The tax on wool is absolutely indefensible, even from a protec tionist standpoint. It benefits no American industry, while it in-s creases the cost of every woolen garment which our 65,000 people wear. The price of American wool would be better if the tax on for eign wools were abolished, because in almost all our woolen manufac tures domestic and foreign wools aro mixed. Free wool will un doutedly increase the quantity and variety of the woolen fabrics made in this country and thus save the demand for home grown wool. The United States is about the only civilized government which maintains a tax on raw wool. The Dry Goods Economist recently made a full investigation of the subject and reached a conclusion which it expresses as follows : "In view of the brazen attempt at further oppression of manufac turer and consumer alike, it may be interesting to note what other nations do in regard to the admis sion of wool grown without their own borders : Great Britain, raw wool free, Austria, raw wool free ; Denmark, raw wool free ; Italy, raw wool free ; SWeeden,raw;wool free ; Roumani*, r?w wool free ; Turkey, 8 per cent, ad val or um ; Spain, 110 per cent, per pound; Germany, raw wool free ; France, raw wool free ; Bel gium, raw wool free ; Norway, raw wool free ; Holland, raw wool free ; Portugal, 2 per cent, ad valorum ; Switzerland, .03 to .06 of a cent per pound. "These figures are taken from a report of the French Tariff Com mission. All these countries have practically free wool, despite the fact that for the most part1 their hard-pressed governments want every cent of revenue which they can squeeze out of taxpayers. Are McKinley, Lawrence, Delano <fe Co. right and foreign nations all wrong? Or are we a nation of "chumps" for tolerating these greedy parasites upon our woolen manufacturing industry?" The day of shoddy is passing. The time will soon arrive when the poor, as well as the rich, in this country can wear good, warm, hon est woolen clothes. The Democracy is the party of the people.-Atlanta Journal. For every variety and phase of the many diseases which attack the air passages of the head, throat, and lungs, Ayer's Cherry Pectoral will be found a specific. This preparation allays inflammation, controls the disposition to cough, and prevents consumption. Cleveland can unite and streng then the democracy of the union. He has the power. May he be moved to use it wisely.-Green News. The use of Hall's Hair Renewer promotes the growth of the hair, and restores its natural color and beauty, frees the scalp of dandruff, tetter, and all impurities. If you want to please a man chatch him in a crowd and ask him some question that he is smart about. OLD RELIABLE FOB SAXE. It Will be Auctioned Off to tb e. Highest Bidder. CHARLESTON, S. C., Nov. 23.-In the United State Circuit Court Judge Simonton flied his decree tooday ordering the South Carol ina Railroad to be sold fdr the benefit of its creditors at the suit of Frederick W. Pound, Henry Thomas Coghlan and others. Judge Simonton holds that the road can not be sold in parcels, but mu?t be sold as an entirety, and that under the circumstances surround ing the roads an early sale of the road as an entirety is not only ad visable, but necessary and proper upon the failure of the railroad company to pay into the registry of the court, first, the amount of $48,798, due on bonds of the Louis ville, Cincinati and Charleston Railroad Company; second, the sum of $235, 804 due on a mort gage held by James McCalder and others as trustees; third, the sum of $5,381,782 due on the first con solidated mortgage of the South Carolina Railroad Company ; four th, the sum of $1,698,116 of the second consolidation mortgage debt ; and fifth, a a um sufficient to pay the costs and expenses of the case. The roadkill be advertised for sale. Daniel H. Chamberlain is ap pointed a special master to make the sale at a public anction, to the highest bidder, at the United States?Custom House in Charleston at ll o'clock on the morning of April ll next. The special master cannot re ceive any bid for a less sum than $1,000,000. The master can re quire bidders to make a deposit of $100,000 before entertaining their bids. The court will hereafter direct how the payments of the balance of the purchase money shall be made. This railroad is one of the most important in the South. The Louisville and Nashville people will probably, bid for the property. Upon the filing of the decree to day, McCormick ? Hag?od, re presenting Wheeler H. Peckham of New York, on behalf of certain first mortgage bondholders, moved in open court tor leave to appeal? The motion was granted and an appeal allowed. It is not known whether or not this appeal will act as a stay to the sale of the pro perty. At the August primary, accord ing to reports before us, Sheppard received in Charleston county 3696 votes and Tillman 862 mak ing a total vote of 4558 and giving Sheppard a majority of 2834 votes. At the general election Novem ber 8th, Tillman received in Charleston county ah estimated vote of only 1350. So 3208 men failed to vote for Tillman the Democratic nominee for Governor. At the general'.election Cleve land received in Charleston county only 1499 votes. Subtract this from 4558 the vote cast in the Au gust primary and you find that 3059 men in Charleston county failed to vote for Cleveland the Democratic nominee for President. OE course the 862 Tillmanites roted for Tillman at the. g?n?ral election. 1 Take that number from 1350, the estimated vote received by him, and you find that only 488 Antis roted for Tillman and 3208 of the Sheppard men did not do so. ... The Tillmanites stood by the nominees of the party and you may put it down that the 862 Till manites of the August primary voted' for Cleveland. Take this from 1499, the Cleveland vote, and you will find that only 937 Shep pard men voted for Cleveland leaving 3056 who did not do so. At the August primary Hon. W. H. Brawley received 3384 votes for Congress. Take Cleveland's vote of 1499 from thia and you find that 1885 of Mr Brawley's suppor ters failed to vote for Cleveland, admitting for the sake of ar gument that not a Tillmanite voted for Cleveland. Now we haven't the hardihood to charge that there was any cheat ing done at the August primary but it strikes us that the boasted claim that Charleston heartily supported Cleveland has no found ation. If the August figures aie correct Charleston did not do her duty on Nov. 8th, and there are no two ways about it and all boast ing about party fidelity from that quarter should cease.-Abbeville Medium. Thousands of lives are saved annually by the use of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. In the treatment of croup and whooping cough, the Pectoral has a most marvelous effect, lt allays inflamation, frees the obstructed air passages, and controls the desire to cough. A KAIN MAKING CAMPAIGN. Gen. Dyrenfortli's Party Prepar ing: for a Battle With Nature. SAN ANTONIO, Tex.-A meeting of business was held at the board of trade rooms to-day, and it was decided to raise a fund of $2,000 to add to the $1,000 fund already provided by the Govern ment for the rain-making expedi tion and expend it in the proposed experiments here this week. Gen. R. G. Dyrenforth and party ar rived here to-day. It is expected that everything will be in readi ness by to-morrow for beginning the experiments. The Hon. J. M. King, in speaking to-day of the project at the business men's meet ing,* Said : "There are a great many inter esting minor details connected with the work, but speaking in a general way the first step to be taken is to send the two profes sional aeronauts to a height of two miles. They will be supplied with a complete set of scientific instru ments for taking the direction of the clouds and the humidity of the atmosphere. They will learn the point at which the hot and cold air cross each other, and decide upon the most favorable elevation at which to explode the balloons. The balloons will be exploded by means of a slow match. The con cussion will be tremendous and may be heard for a distance of twenty-five miles. By means of the slow*match process the explo sion can be timed to a few seconds. The roselite and other powerful explosives will be fired on the ground and bombs will be shot into the air. All this will be done simultaneously and continuously until rain is produced, which re sult will be brought about by the mixing of hot and cold air, causing condensation and precipitation of the moisture. It will be a grand and powerful display and well worth coming hundreds of miles to see. Scientists will be in at tendance from Dallas, Fort Worth, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis, Minneapolis and New York. The Governor of Minnesota is very much interested in the proposed test and has signified his intention of being present. v All the railroad companies of tte country whose lines traverse or penetrate arid lands have informed us that they will have representatives on the ground, who will make a report of the success or failure of the ex periments." CLEVELAND PUEDING CUT. It Weighed 271 Pounds, and the First Slice Soldior #110 RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 24.-The 271pound Cleveland pudding was cut with appropriate ceremonies to-night, under the auspices ofthe Union Democratic Clmb, of which William H. Culliugworth is president. Gen. Peyton Wise presided, and introduced B. B. Munford, Esq., who i:: the absence of Senator Daniel, welcomed the audience. The privilege of cutting the first slice in the name of Grover Cleve land was auctioned off, and was bought by james D. Patton for $110 ; that of cutting the second slice was bought by Leon Schwarz child for $46. . After the cutting a banquet was given, and toasts to "Cleveland," "Stevenson," "Virginia" and "Richmond" were responded to. Each pound of this immense pudding represented a Cleveland elector. South Carolina. Now that the danger has passed we do not mind stating that we had serious apprshension at one time that South Carolina would join the Third party. We confess that we felt alarmed about the growing discontent among Demo crats in our sister State. There was a restlessness among the peo ple that showed,great discontent and dissatisfaction with the then existing condition of affairs, but now fortunately for the future gov ernment of South Carolina, the election of Mr. Cleveland has re moved the distrust and discontent ment and fully reconciled and re stored the people to full fellowship with the Democratic party. The men who had a great deal to do with holding the South Caro lina All i an cernen in the Demo cratic ranks were Senator Irby and Governor Tillman, and for their influence and their services they are entitled not only to the grati tude of Alliancemen, but of all South Carolina Democrats who be lieve that party integrity is essen tial to party supremacy,--Augusta Chronicle.