Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, March 21, 1894, Image 3
THOR.-.T. ADAMS. PROPRIETOR
EDGEFIELDr.S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1894
VOL. LIX. NO. 8.
CORRESPONDENCE
[For the ADVERTISER.
"Wafcteatoy" Writes a Letter to
His Nephew's Folk? and
Thanks Them for Lae
'Taters.
DEAR JOSEPH, CALLINE, AND LIT
TLE MISS BETSEY: Tin Bible says,
"Remember the Sabbath day aud
keep it holy," but I wish I had
planted them seed 'taters on Sun
day A. M. you were so good, prompt,
and kind in sending to me. It is
said that "cold 'taters on ones
own table is better than roast meat
on his neighbor's," but I fear I
won't have hot nor cold 'taters for
our tobie if she and the little ones
don't let them seed 'taters alone.
You see as how it was this way:
One of our little ones had been
quite sick for a few days and none
of the family went to church Sun
day except your "Nunkie" and
you see the 'taters arrived late
Saturday P. M. and it took some
half dozen or more raw ones to
satisfy the little ones, right away
And Sunday for dinner she had
baked'taters, 'tater po, (but they
were rich 'taters) 'tater pudding,
and 'tater custards, and I only re
marked at the dinner table (for
we had company ),I believe I would
have had a few fried 'taters and a
few roasted 'taters. And then I
begin to think, and I thought a
man can't prosper till he gets his
wife's leave, and a thiifty wife is
better than a great income, and a
good wife and health is a man's
best wealth. Bless their hearts,
what would we do without them?
And it is said they like to have
their own wa}', and the proverb
says: "A wife ought to have her
will during life, because she can
not make one when she dies." And
a true wife is her husband's better
half, bis lump of delight, his
flower of beauty, his guardian
angel, and his heart's treasure.
She is the light of his home and
the comfort of his soul. *
So \ eut 'taters like the balance
of the family Sunday, 'taters for
breakfast, 'taters and 'taters,and
'taters for dinner, and 'taters for
supper. And one of the little ones
woke up in the night and cried for
'laters, or the 'taters made it cry,
I don't know which, (but I think
it was the last "which") as it eat
several raw ones, poor little thing.
And we all dreamed of 'taters,
and I dreamed I had one
lying across me as big as friend
Dan Ouzts, and in a desperate
effort to get it ofi', I woke and
quietly (or as quietly as I oould,
for I was considerably disturbed)
I got up and took what few seed
'taters there were left and carried
them to a secluded spot away un
der the hill ou the extreme corner
of my little farm and there I placed
them under the ground for future
reference. And now she and the
little ones are sorely perplexed to
know what become of the balance
of them seed 'taters.
Now, in conclusion, for there
must be an end to everything, to
simply say "Thanky" doesn't seem
would exactly do. And to wish
you all may enjoy much of this
world's good, as we did the 'taters,
wouldn't exactly do for great in
conveniences followed the pleas
urable enjoyment of that bounti
ful feast of'tater*, caused no doubt
by the quantity eaten and not the
quality of the 'taters (for they
were exceedingly fine]. Bul: it is
said all s-weets have their bitter.
And now quiet, or comparative
quiet, once more is bad at "Wild
Woodi." But I do say, may a kind
Providence grant unto each and all
of you great success and happiness
in and through this life and eter
nal rest and peace in thc sweet bye
and bye. All send love to you all,
and believe me, very truly, respect
fully, and fondly
Your Nunkie,
WATTENTOY.
P. S.-She says and the little
ones say, "Come to see us and I
would be proud, glad, yes come
please, and I would shavp, kill a
goat, keep the little ones home
from school, and all take holiday,
even to the cream-filly, "Ginger
snap." The old roan "Ellick" he
he is gone.
Truly, W.
The strong man held up the
piano on his chest. He also had
the strength to support the player
-but then ! Alas ! Tho player
played "D.aisy Bell," and with a
groan the strong man collapsed.
It was too much for his strength.
Tho last straw had brokan the
?amel's back. 1
OFF FOR A PROMISED LANE
Colored People from Atlanta
on their Way to Liberia.
REV. B. GASTON THEIR PROPHET.
Recently Acquited ou a Charge of
S wi ndling Nesrroes, He's Now
Hailed as "tho Master."
Thirty-ei^ht Georgians arrived
in New York Thursday midnight
on the steamship City of Augusta.
They are colored and are bound for
the "Promised Land." At least
that is what Daniel Brown, Presi
dent of the African Emigration
Movement, who is at the head of
the party, calls Liberia, where they
expect to settle.
4,It is the best country this side
of heaven," said Mr. Brown.
About half of the party are men,
the other half women and chil
dren. Most of the men are old,
while the children are very young.
All come from Atlanta. They left
that city Monday, and 3,000 people
were at the station to eee them off.
The Rev. B. Gaston, who has lived
in Liberia from 1886 to 1891, and
who has been busy for nearly three
years in the South inducingpeople
of his race to emigrate to the
"Promised Laud," was to meet
them here and take charge of them
on the long sea journey.
At noon Friday the entire party
was still on board the City of Au
gusta. The men and women were
looking very solemn. The Rev. B.
Gaston, their promised tuide and
mentor, had not appeared. For
hours groups of men, women, and
pickaninnies watched on the ships
deck, gazing at the city and the
sea. Then a big, thickibodied,
bushy-whiskered black man step
ped up the gangway. The crowd
uttered a shriek of delight that
startled the deckhands. There was
a rush for the newcomer. A tall
young woman got to him first. She
threw her arms around him and
squeezed him and kissed him a
half-dozpn times.
' 'The master's come ! The mas
ter's come!" she shouted. ''Oh,
he's here! He's here! He's here!
Pie's here! He ain't forgot us!
He's come ! He's here ! Mr. Gas
ton's come !"
Then she released Mr. Gaston,
and ran around and shook hands
with her companions. All the
others, men as well as women, hug
ged and kissed Mr. Gaston, and he
returned the hugs and kisses. He
was complete master of the crowd.
They hailed him aB a Messiah, and
we?e ready to follow him to the
Njrtb Pole if he said so. So mel
ancholy a half hour ago, they
beamed all over with unctuous de
light now.
"Bless you, my children, bless
you,', said the Rev. Mr. Gaston.
"You're all here, bound for the
Promised Land. The Lord don't
forget his children. He watched
over you, an' he will watch over
you until your long journey ends.
We are in the hands of the Lord,
au' he will protect us."
It waa evident that Mr. Gaston
was a master spirit, and there was
no more sadness on the City of
Augusta after his arrival. The
entire party sailed Saturday morn
ing for Liverpool in the American
liner City of Berlin. At Liverpool
they will be transferred to a vessel
of the British and African Steam
Navigation Company, which will
take them to Liberia. They pay
$75 apiece for the journey from
Atlanta to Liberia.
The Rev. B. Gaston is pretty
well known in this county. He was
recently tried in Atlanta on the
charge, of swindling negroes, but
was acquitted. It is said that he
is closely watched now by the At
lanta authorities, who intend to
see whether he is deluding the ne
groes. He told a reporter that all
the Liberian immigrants were
happy, which statement differs
from some of the reports from that
country. He said that the people
would go to work raising coffee and
fruit.
How toKill Nut Grass.
John Astell.
I have seen several inquiries
lately for a method of killing nut
grass. I used to think the only
way to get rid of it was to move off
and leave it but I hive found a
better method of treating il. I
had about one acre of very rich
garden land thoroughly seeded
down with it. I could raise a win
ter or early spring crop but it
would choke out any corn or cot
ton crop I could plant.
Five years ago I raised a crop of
Irish potatoes on it, then planted
it in corn. Before it was large
enough to hoe, it was a mass of
green nut grass, and to get it out
of the hill I pulled up nearly all
the corn. I* was very dry at the
time, and by the time 1 was
through, my corn was nearly all
dead, but the grass was doing finely.
1 concluded to try heroic treat
ment on it. So I took a Planet
(Jr.) cultivator and tore up every
blade of corn and grass in the
field, using a hoe around the
fences.
In about four days a new crop
came up. Then I cultivated it the
other way, always in the hot sun
The fourth time I plowed lt deep,
and I got another pretty good
crop of grass started, which I
cultivated as before.
In one mouth, I think, I had
sprouted and killed every vestige
of it, a?j not a stalk has appeared
since, and it has been plauted
corn or sweat potatoes every
since.
You can take this for what it is
worth, but the only waj to get rid
of it is to keep it from seeding,
either top or root, and cultivate
and ^germinate all dormant saed
and kill them by cultivation in
the dry hot weather o? May and
June.
SKINNED HIM ALIVE.
A Xegro Literally Flayed and
Burned in Kentucky.
BAEBOURSVILLE, Ky.-From Har
lan County there comes a reliable
story detailing the terrible torture
which Len Tye, a ne^ro was com
pelled to suffer for his inhuman
crimes.
Tye is the brute who, about a
year&go, murdered Miss Bryant
on the railroad between Jellico
and Williamsburg, and for which
he was hanged only long enough to
try and make him confess. He did
not confers at the limo, however,
and waB allowed togo, and little
has been heaid of him since until
this report comes from Harlan
County. Tye went there siLce that
time and kiduapped a young girl,
a farmer's daughter, and kept her
secreted for a long time, until a
party of hunters found her in the
woods tied to a tree. They lay in
wait for the fiend, and were soon
rewarded by his appearance, when
they tied him and proceeded to
skin him alivt*.
Before he was dead his last vic
tim built a fire upon his head, and
thus he was roasted alive while his
skin was being peeled from his
body.
Tye confessed to the murder of
Miss Bryant, it is said and also to
having taken three other girls in
Kentucky and Tennessee, and kept
them the same way he did the
Harlan County girl until they
died for want of shelter and pro
tection.
Railroad Taxes.
WASHINGTON, D. C., March 14.
Mr. Dearmond (Dem), of Missouri,
from the Committee on Judiciary,
reported to the House to-day, with
the recommendation that it pass
a bill to prevent interference in
the collection of State count)'', and
municipal taxes assessed against
corporations. The measure, the re
port says, is desigued to put cor
porations that are in the hands of
receivers appointed bi' judges and
courts of the United States in the
same condition with respect to
the collection of these taxes as if
no receiver existed.
Rank Treasen.
The Columbia State says :
''If the statement attributed to
President Cleveland that the pass
age of the Bland bill will be de
structive of the repose which now
surrounds the fiuancial condition
of the country was really made by
him, it is an unfortunate remark.
Tho 'financial repose' of the coun
try is the repose of stagnation.
The money centres may be satisfied
with this 'repose' but the rest of
the country isn't, and the sooner
the President understands that the
better it will bi for him and his
party. A veto of that bill, ap
proved by four-fifths of thc Demo
crats in Congress will give an im
petus everywhere. The repeal of
the State bank tax may be ob
jected to on the same ground ; but
it has toc?me. Prosperity for the
country is better than 'repose' for)
Wall street." I
IT COMES AT L AST !
A Grand Victory for Gov
ernor B. R. Tillman.
OLD MAN SIMONTON HAD TO COME
To Time My Son-Hurrah for
B. R. Tillman and the r
Reformers.
CHARLESTON, Mareil ' 13.-The
State gained a decisive victory
over the railroads in the United
States Circuit C>urt to-day, when
Judge Simonton filed a decree in
the much litigated railroad tax
cases. Last year the assessment,
on all the railroad property was
arbitrarily ?aised by the board of
equalization. The railroads refused
to pay the taxes on the increased
assessment and carried the case
into the United States courts.
They, however, tendered the
amount of taxes on the old assess
ment. The case decided to-day
'was brought by D. H. Chamberlain,
receiver of the South Carolina
Railway, to test the constitution
ality of the asseesment made by
the board of equalization. The
court, in a lengthy opinion, decided
that the assessment was not uncon
stitutional and orders th6 receiver
to pay to !.he State the balance due
and a'so costs of the action.
THE JUDGMENT.
A Vivid Picture of-the Great
Day, hy a Negro Preacher.
The most wonderful sermon I
ever heard, said a business man
recently, in conversation with a
.Pittsburg Dispatch reporter, * "was
delivered by a colored preacher in
South Caroliua, shortly after the
war. I happened to drop into a
large gathering of colored pe?ple
one night and was informed fchaf a
new preacher was about to tried, by
The preacher arose back of a pu-r-'
pit that had-been improvisrrt
from a barrel turned bottom up
ward, on which was a lighted can
dle stuck in a bottle. He began
to read the Bible, but stumbled at
every word, spelling some through
out before pronouncing them. A
man in the rear said, ' Go ahead
with your sermon, and the preacher
ceased reading. He stood up at
length, and in the dim flickering
light of the lone candle looked
more like an apparition than a
mau. His subject was "Thc Judg
ment.'' Here came in that wonder
ful imaginative power for which
the colored race is noted. In going
about during the war he had be
come imbued with the military
spirit, so he began by giving a
vivid word picture of the hosts of
heaven lying in their tents asleep
the night before the judgment day.
Then he worked up to a point
where the bugle sounded to pre
pare for tho descent upon a sinful
wrorld. He pictured the heavenly
hosts hurriedly running out of
their tents to form in line of bat
tle with the Great Commander in
front. Then he described the still
ness that reigned when all was
ready, awaiting the command to
advance. By this time the who le
congregation, including myself,
were sitting with nerves strained,
excited in the extreme, and
as the preacher described the
tramp, tramp of the mighty host
approaching the earth. I saw
several members, terrified, get
under the benches. He then fol
lowed a courier coming down from
t ho d isl ance, who reported, "Death
on a white horse" as having ap
peared far away. When the
preacher described the Commander
detailing a squad of his soldiers to
"Go capture Death," a terrified
groan came from the audience.
Finally he brought the army of
heaven down to earth just be
foro day break, and had them
resting on their arms, awaiting
Gabriel's trumpet. He pictured
at length how quiet everything
was, then putting his hands to his
mouth he imitated the bugle call,
which so terrified and completely
unslung his audience that the
greater portion of it arose hurriedly
and rushed out of the building. In
all my life I have never heard a
sermon that had such a startling
effect upon congregation.
He-What a sad faco that wo
man has.
She-Yes, poor dear. She must
have either loved and lost, or
loved and got him.-The Water
bury.
??n?ral ."Da Gama Escapes
ll ob-a French Steamer.
AMIRAL MELLO HAS DESERTED
_
His followers-If Caught They
iWiHinall Probability be
Court 'MartialledV
Rio JSK JASAIRO, M?rch 14.
Florino** Peixoto is triumphant.
s.Ins?rg?nt vessels surrendered
la%t night without having answer
ed with a sir.gle gun shot the
nonfading" from the hill to b?t
ie- -"f?port that ".Admiral da
. v . . .
Gairrahad fled was confirmed this
mitring, He sougjft safety on the
French crirWr iVfagan.
. The Amewcau 'officers of the
goyernnfeut-w?r ships came ashore
th|p 'afternoon. ' They report that
th? ?rews of the" vessels are well
and delighted that<hiey got through
wi?hout a* figpi. Excepting the
oncers, nobody aboard "Peixoto's.
men-of-war seems to have been
eager for a battle.
In coming up the harbor this
morning the government fleet sa
luted-the United States flag and
Rear^dmiral Benham. The United
States fleet'will "disperse soon.
The, men aboard the American
war ships are in excellent health.
The eiid of Insurgent power in the
harbor has been welcomed with
joy iii the city. Exchange has im
proved 25 p^r cent. Business is as
usual. Not a symptom of disorder
has appeared in the city.
The. pecfp?e are' preparing io
celebrate' the collapse'of the in
'siirreotion. The'Aquidaban and
Repufelicaj which "constitute about
all tbat-iSoJeft of^the Insurgent
causare*.reported' to be irSi^S.outh
Brazil ra&. falters. Both "arofJsaid
to ^^8??l.e4,.; v ., *f .
. A^^rai'sJtf^lp, has just been
s^^^^ir?;?ti?^.i?{ ".Mon tey ideo.
He has deserted his followers as
Admiral da Gama deserted his
officers and men on the harbor
fleet.
The Insurgents sailors here will
be pardoned. The officers will be
court martialed.
How Jimmy Tended the Baby.
I never could see the use of
babies. We have one at our house
that belongs to mother, and she
thinks everything of it. All it can
do is to cry, and pull hair, and
kick. It hasn't half the sense of
my dog, and can't even chase a cat.
Mother and Sue wouldn't have a
dog in the house but they are al
ways going on abont the baby, and
saying, "Ain't it perfectly sweet?"
The worst thing about a baby is,
that you're expected to take care of
him, and theu you get scolded af
terwards. Folks say, "Here, Jim
my, just hold the baby a minute,
there's a ?ood boy;'1 and then, as
soon as you have got it, they say,
"Don't do that ! Just look at him !
That boy will kill the child! Hold
it up straight, you good-for-nothing
little wretch 1" It's pretty hard to
do'your best, and then be scolded
for it ; but that is the way boys are
treated. Perhaps after I'm dead,
folks will wish they had done dif
ferently.
Last Saturday, mother and Sue
went out to make calle, and told
me to stay at home and take
care of the baby. There was a
base-ball match, but what did they
care for that? They didn't want to
go to it,and so it made no di?Ti renee
whether I went to it or not. They
said they would be gone only a
little while, and if the baby waked
up, I was to play with it, and keep
it from crying, and "be sure and
not let it swallow any pins." Of
course I had to do it. The baby
was ?ound asleep when they went
out; so I left it just a few minutes
while I went to see if there was
any pie in the pantry. If I was a
woman, I wouldn't be so dreadful
suspicious as to keep everything
locked up. When I got back up
stairs again, the baby was" awake,
and was howling like he was full
of pins. So I gave him the first
thing that came handy, to keep
him quiet. It happened to be a
bottle of French polish, with a
sponge on the end of a wire' that
Sue uses, to black her boots, be
cause girls are too lazy to use the
regular brush. The baby stopped
crying as soon as I gave him the
bottle, and I sat down to read a
papor. Thc next time ,1 looked at
him, he'd got out the sponga,
about half of hie face was jet b
This was a nice fix, for I 1
nothing could get the blaci
his face, and when mother (
.she would say the baby was s
ed and I had done it. Now 11
an ail black baby is ever so n
more stylish than. an all vi
baby, and when I saw that
baby was part black, I made
myjmiud that if I Hacked it
over it would be worth more I
it had ever been, and per]
mother would be ever so n
pleased, so I hurried up, and |
it a good coat of black.
You should have seen how
baby shined ! The polish driec
soon as it was put on, and I
just time to. get baby drei
.again, when mother and Sue c:
in. I wouldn't lower myself
repeat their unkind laugu
When you've been called arnur
mg little villian, and unnati
son, it rankles in your heart
ages. After what they had sai
me, I didn't even seem to rr
father, but went up stairs w
him almoft if I was going
church, or something that di<
hurt much. The baby is beai
ful and phiny, though the doc
says it will wear oif in a few ye)
Nobody shows any gratitude
all the trouble I tock, and I
tell you it isn't easy to black a b
without getting it into his e
and hair. I sometime think il
hardly worth while to live in t
cold unfeeling world.
How They Loved Him.
Washington Post.
"Gen. Robert E. Lee once t
me of an ovation he received tl
touched him more than any dei
stratiou ever made in ?is hone
said the venerable Judge White,
Virginia, to a Post man at the 1
tional. Following closely on I
surrender of the Southern arr
the ' commander:in-chief of I
Confederacy went to pass a seas
at the home of his particu
friend, E. R. C?cke, who 1<
November ran as the Popnl
'?eaR'dl^ai:e--tor .-Governor .agan
Col, O'Ferrall. After a few wee
of the most hospitable and e
gant entertainment General. I
was called to the presidency
the Washington and Lee Univi
sity. Bidding his kind frien
adieu he started for Lexington <
horseback and alone. He had go
some miles and was passi
through a rather dreary stretch
wooded country, when he espied
plain old countryman mounted i
a sorry nag coming toward hil
As they passed each other bo
boired as is the fashion wh<
straugers meet in out of the wi
places, but the old farmer in tl
homespun suit started hard at tl
soldierly figure as though n
emite certain of recognition. 1
went his way a little further, the
turning his horse around, caut?re
back and soon came up with tl
General again.
"I beg your pardon, sir, but
this Gen. Robert Lee. Did I ev<
meet you before, my friend?"
"Then the old Conf?d?ral
grasped the chieftain's hand au
with the tears streaming down h:
face said: 'General Lee, do yo
mind if I cheer you. The Genen
assured him that he did not minc
and there on that lonesome pin
bordered highway with no "One els
in sight, the old rebel veteran wit
swinging hat lifted up his voie
in three ringing rounds of hurrah
for the man that the Southlan
idolized. Then both went thei
wa)" without an other word boin
spoken."
BANK OF CHESTER ASSIGNS
Depositors Protectcd.'and Stock
holders "Will Lose Nothing.
Columbia State.
CHESTER, March 13.-The Bani
of Chester made an assignment to
day to protect the creditors at large.
It was through due consideration
of the directors that such a course
was taken. The depositors will be
paid off in full and the stockhold
ers will not suffer, as the assets are
sufficient to protect all the liabili
ties. President J. J. McLure had
just returned from New York where
he had gone to raise the necessary
cash funds to carry on a satisfac
tory kbusiness and the inability to
procure enough funds to tide over
the summer months ciused the as
signment. Owing to the tightness
and scarcity of money, collections
on the notes maturing at this time
of the year could not be made.
The assignees are John J. Hemp
hill, and J. Lyles Glenn. The ac
tion of the board of directors is
approved of by tho whole commu
nity.
*
MAY LYNCH GOV. WAITE.
The People Worked Up
to a Frenzy.
WILL HOLD THE HALL IF IT TAKES
Dynamite to do It-The Military
Gathering from all
Over the State.
DENVER, March 15.-The politi
cal fight waged by Gov. Waite cul
minate^ to-day in the most ex
citing scenes, and mob violence
was imminent many times during
the day. Fortunately the common
citizens was calm and collected,
and the prompt action of leading
citizens, in leaving their business
and appearing in solid bodies to be
in time to consider the situation
carefully, caused a delay that prob
ably prevented bloodshed, and the
probable assassination of Gov.
Waite. In all probability, had a
shot been fired, a mob would have
quickly formed, and have captured
the Governor before official assist
ance could have reached him.
At 6 o'clock the intelligence that
the Governor had called upon Gen,
McCook, to preserve the peace, set
tled all fears of a contest between
the militia, and the police, backed
by as fearless a lot of deputies,
sworn in by the sheriff as could
possibly be gathered together.
Soapy Smith's crowd of sports
had been sworn in as deputies, and
they were placed at the hall to
await orders.
From 2 o'clock until long after
dark a dense mass of humanity
empacked in front of the City Hall,
and upon the streets adjacent.
They cheered and chaffed and
joked, yet did not hesitate to ex^"
press indignation at the situation.
IN MOTION TO ATTACK.
On Fourteenth street the First
Regiment of the Colorado National
Guards stood flanking the Chaff
""Light-Artillery, consisting of -four
gattling guns, with cassion, filled
with, ammuntiou. Their positon
commanded the entire front of the
hall, and once the militia was un
der motion for the attack on the
hall, when Secretary Lorenz ar
rived with a message from the Gov
ernor to stay the attack for half
an hour, to permit a conference
looking toward a peaceful settle
ment.
From that time until the United
States troops were called out, the
most intense anxiety prevailed.
All sorts of rumors floated about.
The sheriff issued au order to ar
rest the militia and take their
arms away. A friend of the deposed
members of the fire and police
board went out of the City Hall to
apply for a warrant to arrest the
Governor.
A committee of the most in
fluential citizens were arguing with
the board, with the mililia, with
the Governor and with .the police,
but nothing was accomplished.
The Governor declared he would
order the militia to fire upon the
City Hall regardless of crowds of
spectators, and the police board
within maintained their position
to resist attack.
"What is your name?" asked the
police magistrate. The prisoner:
"I stutter a little and with your
Honor's permission I'll spell it
0, double t, i, double you, e, double
1 ; double you; double o; dee,"
whiskers on the prisoner were
shorter than the moss on this
chestnut, but the clerk made the
proper entry without any trouble,
and so eau you.
The new pastor of a country
church said to one of his Deacons :
"I find that Brother Linkum has
very liberal religious views." "Yes"
replied the Deacon, "Brother
Linkum is more liberal in his
views than in his contributions."
-Chicago Standard.
W. N. BURNETT
Successor to GEO. B. LAKE,
CYCLONE & FIRE INSURANCE.
Office over Bank of Edgefield.
Peterkin-Cluster.
PETERKIN-CLUSTEK COTTON
SEED, for sale or exchange. Ap
ply to H. II. BUTLER,
Edgefield, S. C.
or ADVKRTISEU Office.
GEO. W. CROFT. JAS. H. TILLMAN.
Croft & Tillman,
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS,
EDGEFIELD, (Ms Building) S. C.
j?^Will practice in all Courts of
South Carolina and Georgia
FOR THE THOUGHTFUL.
SELECTED.
Egotism is an unhatched devil.
To a mule's ears a mule's voice
is music.
Read about Jesus, how he suf
fered and died for you.
Believing the word of God will
always give rest and peace.
There is no such a thing as the
right use of a wrong thing.
It is the one who will not forgive
who is always in the wrong.
It. takes dark days to show us
that we really do trust in God.
Trials never weaken us. They
only show us that we are weak.
No mau can have a Daniel's God
who is not willing to go to the lions
den.
All cannot be rich, but all may
become well off by being con
tented.
Days which begin in darkness
and storm often end in a glorious
sun-set.
God has promised that the man
who will have mercy shall re
ceive it.
Faith is the one thing that makes
the Christian seek after he has lost
everything else.
Living without a plan is as fool
ish as going'lo sea without a com
pass in the ship. .
Paul preached resurrection as a
truth, lived it as a fact, and waited
for it as a hope.
You can never pay your debt to
God by money you have stolen
from your neighbor.
Don't be always asking who
Cain's wife was. It is none of your
business. Don't be always hanging
around the whale that swallowed
up Jonah. ' If Jonah had minded
his own business the whale would
not have touched him. Ii you
.don't mind yours you will be swal-.
lowed by a worse vvbale.
Tillman's Fidelity to Duty.
Frank Leslie's Weekly.
Governor Tillman of South
Carolina is by no means an ideal
personage, but he has displayed
some qualities as an- executive
which must commend him to the
approval of law abiding citizens.
His course in reference to the en
forcement of the Dispensary law
has certainly shown that he is
absolutely fearless in the per
formance of what he conceives to
be his duty. This law has been
stubbornly resisted in Charleston,
where something in the nature of
a conspiracy against it and the
officers with its execution has
been organized by the liquor in
terest. It is said that spies and
spotters dog the steps of the con
stables and harass them with
threats of personal vicleuce ; that
thia defiance of the law is encour
aged in more influential quarters ;
and it is this state of affairs which
provokes Governor Tillman to
agressive action. He meets the
bulldozing of the liquor sellers
with this declaration: "The law
will have to be obeyed. I will
stop illicit whiskey-selling in
Charleston if it takes all the mili
tary and constables in tho State
to do it, and even if we havo to
kill a few of these Italian cut
throats aud bulldozers." There is
no mistaking the meaning of this
declaration. The Governor is not
wise, perhaps, in his talk about
killing, but he is right in his de
termination to maintain and en
force the laws, and if ho should
actually employ tho military, as
he says he will if necessary to do
so, and those who defy him should
become victims of his displeasure
and their own folly, right-minded
people would overlook his intem
perance of speech in their approv
al of his fidelity to official duty.
TOBACCO!
TOBACCO!
We have a fine lot of excellent
quality-Virginia and North Caro
lina Chewing and Smoking. We
invite you to examine our goods
and see our prices, We will save
you money. We have a fine lot
put up'in CADDIES OF 10 AND
12 POUNDS for the convenience
of our farmers in supplying their
hands.
JAS. M. COBB. ?