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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1893. _ - r-? ----- 4> VOL. LVIII. NO. 39. SIXTY YEARS AGO. 'XM?. OLD NULLIFICATION DAYS. T?e Giants Enraye in Battle. Smith Carolina Kent Asunder. Spartanburg Spartan. Mr. Editor, Dear Sir: In con tinuing ray history of Nullification in South Carolina, it created great excitement in 1S93. Both sides held meetings at most of the cross roads and pu ?l ic places all over the State. Even the churches took part in the discussions of the day. The newspapers villified one an other severely. Both sides had fourth of July celebrations all over the State. In one of my former communications I gave an account of how the Union part} celebrated that day in Spartanburg. I will give a newspaper account of how the two parties celebrated the same day in Charleston. Each side hi*d its own place of meeting. Th3 Union party had Wm. Drayton for orator of the day, the Nulli fiers had Senator Kayne. Judge Huger, Mr. Pettigru, and Mr. Le gare made speeches on the Union side, and Gen. Blair wrote a letter on the Nullification side. Governor Hamilton and Mr. Trumbull made speeches and Gen. McDuffie ' wrote a letter. - i All their speeches consisted of arguments for and against Nullifi cation. Kayne's was very able and was said to exceed his effort in the ' Senate. He gave the complete form of Nullification and called it the "Beautiful Theory." Your readers may have read it. Judge Huger's speech was able. The sen timent that he gave in conclusion ' was classic. I remember part of it. "Honor of Carolina! Who ?nnm istera- at thy altar?-Why-is itI, that points to Carter's Mountain, j when to Mount Vernon we ought to i go?" He closed by saying that if Ihe _State went to Carter's Moun tain for advice, the dayc of South Carolina chivalry were numbered. Gov. Hamilton's speech was bril liant; Trumbull's was very vin dictive and mostly directed against Gen. Jackson who, he said, had written to the Union party that he would have the Nullifiers dispersed at their meeting. Pettigru's ad dress was judicial and argumenta tive; Legare's was literary; Mc DufhVs letter was able, but he could not convey the lightning fire ' of his eye to paper; Blair's letter was able. The sentiment Blair 1 sent was "the Federal Union, it 1 must be preserved." He stated he got the sentiment from Gen. Jack son. Jackson wrote a short letter. He made no allusion to what Trumbull had stated, and closed by saying the Federal Union must he preserved. The parties challenged each other to a joint debate. Some place in Williamsburg wes select ed; Gen. Blair and Judge Rich ardson on ono side ; Governor Hamilton and Mc Duffie on the other. Both sides claimed the vic tory. McDuffie stated that Judge Richardson was an excellent au thority on the bench for the ad ministration of law. He said he had. been thirteen years in Con gress and had turned his attention entirely to na1 ional affairs, and thought on subjects that came be fore Congress. He had a belter chance to investigate them than Judge Richardson had, and of course thought his side right. The October election was approaching. Each side had an organized ticket in every county in the State. I will mention a few ol:' tho most distinguished orates that were sent out as missionaries to edify the voters ; Hay ne, McDuffie, Ham ilton, and Preston, all first rate men on the Nullification side. Judge Huger, Smith, Richardson, and Gen. Blair on the Union side. I will only notice two of them, and give my authority for what I eay about them. I will only take time to class McDuffie at the head of any list that this continent has produced. Ile made a speech in Richmond in 1844 when his body had become a physical wreck, to a convention of young men's demo cratic clubs from every section of the Union. Ritchie heard that speech and pronounced it Clay's obituary, and said it beat anything of modern times. Ritchie was garded as the ablest editor in Union, and he belonged to the w of the democratic party that posed Calhoun. B. F. Perry wr a pamphlet in " 1S33 entitled "P trait of the State Nullificat: Convention." He noticed all 1 prominent members. He gav general sketch of McDuffie a closed by stating that he sat th teen years in Congress without equal in either house. I hope tl some of Major Perry's sons w republish that production of th< father. Major Perry knew th during the thirteen years, he spo of, that such men sat in Congre as Andrew Jackson, John Quin Adams, "William Henry Harriso Martin Van . Buren, John Tyh James K. Polk, Franklin Pierc James Buchanan, John C. Calhou Henry Clay, John Randolph, Rid ard, Mr. Johnson, Daniel Webste Thomas H. Benton, and scores < others ; all most distinguish? men. Forsyth, of Georgia, ac Preston of this State were there. I have, Mr. Editor, selected Bia as the leader of the Union part; Col. Preston stated of Blair, thoug only self-taught and educated, thu he could bring as strong Janguag to support any subject he chose t advocate as any liviug man. Co Preston, it is known, could neve be elected to the lower House c Congress. The Congressional dis trict he wished to represent la; joining Blair's district, he sal that Blair's influence reached ove enough in his district to preven him from being elected. Blair wa the only Union man in the Stat returned to.Congress in 1832 an< consequently was the most influen tial Union "man iu the State. Hi was represented as a man of man] eccentricities, and a'wagoner b] trade. In physical proportions h< measured seven feet iu height weighed three hundred and sev enty-six pounds. B. F. Perry saic when he saw him in the complet* uniform of a brigadier. J^gra? that he looked like he m_i^^|?^rh? son ot .MarsTThe~~Frenc^-^p^lft ?,t Washington, when heg&?&tiiBt? ?aid he resembled General Kleber and called him the American Kle ber. Blair'0 worst hallucinatior was that he liked liquor too well A bar keeper grossly insulted him Blair knocked him down and con tinued to hit him. He heard some thing like a ?un snaping in hit rear. He looked round and the bar keeper's wife was repriming a huge musket. The General's chiv alry would not allow him to com bat a woman, and it was said that he took leg bail. The General went to a theatre at Washington and soon got into a snooze. "When he awoke he did not know where he was. He im agined that he was in the midst of a snow storm in a dark forest. A beautiful lady came tripping along. A ruffian appeared and showed signs of robbing her. Blair com manded him not to molest her. The ruffian paid no attention. Blair's pistol rang out, the ball passing through the would be actor's immense head of hair. The actor shouted "Murder 1" called for a plattoon of police to arrest Gen. Blair of South Carolina. Twelve men it was said approach ed, armed with muskets, six on each side. As he rose he struck with both arms each way, knocking down all. He had seized one of the guns and cleared the house. The joke was so good he was only fined five dollars. In his uoxt exploit his finances were effected more. Duff Green, editor of a paper called the United States Telegraph, called the Union party of South Carolina a baud of Tories that had disgraced the name of the Union, Blair met Green on the street and knocked him down with the little end of his cane. The General's fine in this case was three hundred dollars Duff Green was still alive during the Confederate war auu frequently could be seen passing on the rail road from Branchville to Augusta. He was a very tall man. I have heard Captain Bird of Greenwood say nearly fifty years ago, the Cap tain was considered an expert in any thing that related to cotton farming, that Mr. Calhoun's son, tbat married Duff Green's daughter was then making 1200 bales of cot ton a year. Gen Blair's great size when ha was driving a wagon to Columbia, attracted Dixon Lewis's attentiou while he was attending the South Caroliua College, and he made Blair's acquaintance. He ! expected at a future day to be a larger man than Blair was. Lewjs after he quit college studied law in Charleston, and there he re newed his acquaintance with Blair who frequently drove his wagon into Charleston. Lewis when he completed the study of law went to practicing law in Alabama. Blair had quit wagoning and be came a sheriff. One of Blair's prisoners broke jail. Blair fol lowed him to Alabama. While there he jumpt up Lewis again. Lewis about this time became a candidate for Congress and was elected. He looked over tho re turns of the Congressional election in South Carolina, and he saw that Blair had beat Governor Manning for Congress. This was in 1828. They met in Wash ington and expressed great sur prise how they got there. Lewis said he came in the stage, and that his great weight opened the joints of the stage so that his sur plus flesh worked through the cracks, so that when he got to Washington it wore off thirteen or fourteen pounds of his flesh, and asked Blair how he got there. Blair said he came in the same wagon he had seen him drive, he took the road that led through the piney woods region. His greatest trouble was to keep himself prop erly balanced. If too much weight got on one wheel he could look out and see it begin to smoke. He remedied that by jumping out, picking up a lightwood knot and squeezing enough tar out of it to extinguish the heat and smoke. Blair had a duel once. He sat at breakfast at the same table at which the man did he was going to fight, and served notice on hun that he would kill him that day. It was claimed that he had an in terview with the man's mother he was going to fight. He promised her that he would not kill her son, but would hurt him some. The parties met in due time and both fired. Blair's man missed him. He hit his man where he said he would, but not in a v?al^ari.-T^ :nof/all tho men- concerned in.'^the Nu ll inc a-i tion controversy, and I have been more minute in the description of the two lenders for the sake or brevity. John Quiucy Adams made a speech at Quincy, Mass., the same day, the 4th of July, that the speeches that I have spoken of were made in Charleston and Spartan burg. Adams's speech was intended to be a reply to Mr. Cal houn's masterly exposition that had been published in the Pendle ton Messenger over his signature. Adams's speech was like all his writings. He went to European countries, mostly England, for his authorities. He proposed to show that Nullification was not new, and quoted attempts that had been made to nullify in England cen turies before the time spoken of. Randolph said his effort to reply to Mr. Calhoun was like firing a pocket pistol at Gibraltar. He wrote a hymn to go with his ora tion and it was sung that day. Seward in his life of Adams gives the hymn but omits the oration. I must now, Mr. Editor, bring the campaign to a close. Trumbull that I spoke of did not live long after this time. The Columbia Hive honored him with the short est obituary I ever read. It stated that Robert J. Trumbull was dead. It was said that he was a native of Florida, born of English parents, and came near being lynched in Charleston in 1812 for beiug found a Tory. The second Monday in October the State organized with two full sets of candidates. Spar tanburg, Greenville, and all of Blair's Congressional District and one parish represented by Stroble went Union. Every other district and Parish in the State went Nulli fication. York county, that went Union in 1830 by 18 votes ma jority this year gavo twenty votes majority against Union. Shortly after this the York Sena tor resigned and Judge Smith was put in his place. The Judge ran half a dozen votes higher, beating his opponent 25 voies. My old frtend, Dr. Wallace, was badly beaten in Spartanburg. Farrow, a Revolutionary soldier, brother io the ex-member of Congress, fared no better than the Doctor. Col. Taylor, a not? d soldier of tho Revor lution, was put on the Union tic?-et in Richlind and badly beaten. When tho votes were couuted in Spartanburg, Major Dean who was an aid to Governor Hamilton, mounted th ouch and read the Governor's proclamation, calling the Legislature together. UNCLE GEOEGE. 1 An Edgefield Man Suggests. AMi other Tillman lor Govern or."$*i - Greenville News. I would like to suggest theHo? George D. Tillman, of Clark's Hi|| for Governor of South Carolin!. He is a philosopher, a statesmepj. and a scholar, a man who has haft the time, the opportunity, the i?? clination, and learning to make statecraft a life study. It is known; of all men how well he has suet ceeded. ?j We would.have in George l|| Tillman a broad-minded, liberal Governor. We would have a Gov% ernor of the whole people. Vii would have a man who would nevell dodge upon any measure, bujjj would do his whole duty regardless of politicians. We would have sf man of whom we could say, as one! great statesman said of another;! "Nothing little or mean ever carnet near his head or his heart." And; above all we would have for Cx6v* ernor asure democrat and an hori4 est man. All men of all faction^ could and should support him. He spoke for and advocated the; free coinage of silver and the re~ peal of the tax on State banks three years before we had the Alli ance. He opposed President Cleve land's Wall street financial policy during his first term. He has thought and worked ahead of the people and Alliai.ce for all that is reasonable and best. He is a farmer He has now and has always had the best interest of the whole peo ple at heart. I know Colonel Tillman is not a candidate, but believe if the pa pers and the people throughout the Stat? would call to him, he would respond. Let the office seek him. He is worthy of it, and would do honor to it. We State VomcT??ter upon a period of j its greatest prosperity. : .' ? - j H. H. TOWNES. Poverty Hill, Edgefield Co. County Convention. Following is the call issued by thc County Executive Committee of Young Men's Chirstian As sociations: EDGEFIELD S. C., June 6,1S94. DEAR BRETHREN : The time is approaching for the fifth county Convention and seventh annual rally for Young Men's Christian Association work in our county. Gradually this movement has de veloped, patiently the problems have been studied, and nowr as never before the work is being organized and maintained in the villages and country places. Gratified for the measure of success, wiser for the mistakes and failures, ready to learn and determined to work, let us gather again for friendly counsel and divine guidance. The Convention will be held in Edgnfield village on Friday, Satur day, and Sunday, the 20th, 21st, and 22nd of July. Every Associa tion is urged to send a full delega tion of active members. Evangeli cal ministers and young men, members in good standing of Evangelical churches, art- extended a cordial invitation. . The prayers of all Christian people are asked in behalf of this gathering for the eternal welfare of the young men of our county. Fraternally, A. S Tompkins, Edgefield, Jas. T. Bacon, Edgefield, A. J. Norris, Edgefield, D. B. Frontis, Johnston, M. M. Brabham, Edgefield, ii. F. Dorn, Parksqille, W.E. Lynch, Edgefield, W. S. Jacobs, Edgefield, L. R. Gwaltney, Edgefield, J. II. Burkhal'ter, Parksvillo, J. Wm. Mitchell, Batesburg, J. W. Hil], Edgefield, Whit Hailing, McKendree, B. L. Caughman, Mt. Willing, E. J. Mims, Edgefield, John Lake, County Secretary. Trashy Medicines. Many such flood the market. Botanic Blood Balm is a con scientiously compounded medicine the result of forty years practice by an eminent phybieian. It is the best blood purifier ever offered to the public, and is guaranteed to cure if given a fair trial. Try it for all skin and blood diseaees^in cluding catarrh and rheumatism in its worst form. One bottle of it contains more eural' - - 1 diug-up virtue than other kind. Try "1 ble." Soe advert? where. AN UNUSUAL PHENOMENON The Sun Hiding Behind a Haze of Dust for Three Days News and Courier, June 12th. During the past three days a dense dust haze has partially ob scured the sun. It was first notic ed on Saturday last, when the blue ness of the sky became quite dim toward evening. The haze in creased in density all of Sunday and during Monday, when the sun disappeared entirely from view be hind a high bank of dust haze for thirty-five minutes before its usual time of setting; also twenty-one minutes before its time of setting yesterday. The haze, decreased slightly in density yesterday. .(Tuesday.) though not enough to prevent the "orb of day" from be ing seen without smoked glass. That this lack of transperency of the atmosphere is not due to haze alone is an assured fact When seen by a Reporter Mr. Jesunofsky gave it as his opinion that the present drought plays an impor tant part in the produceion of this phenomenon. The dust-haze, he says, is more dense in the upper than in the lower cloud region. As the earth becomes dryer the dust, particles increase in buoyancy from lack of moisture, and have a tendency to rise. The general circulation of the atmosphere over this' and the neighboring States during the past six days was very sluggish. The only source of its disappearance will be the final movement eastward of the area of high atmospheric pressure which now covers the Carolinas and Geor gia,"succeeded by a southwesterly glow of the upper atmosphere, at tended with a light rainfall. Of the latter there is little prospect in the immediate fnture. It may also, b.rnoticed that all outdoor cbjeots, ; Except a few Jow-scudding, weB-, roiifi'd-snramer cloiids from the east and southeast for an hour or two late on Sunday and Monday mor ning, no clouds were visible during the entire occurence. The whitish yellow hue during the day and the deep purplish-red of the sun an hour after and before sunrise and sunset were frequent ly commented upon. The moon appeals of a deep orange. ABERDEEN, 0., July 21,1891. Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga. DEAR SIRS-I bought a bottle of your P. P. P. at Hot Springs, Ark., and it has done me more good than three months treatment at the Hot Springs. ' Have you no agents in this part of the country, or let me knowhow, much it will cost to get three' or six bottles from your city by ex-, press. Respectfully yours, JAS. M. NEWTON, Aberdeen, Brown County, 0. NEWNANSVILLE, Fla., June 5, "91. Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga. DEAR SIRS-I wish to give my testimonial in regard to your val uable medicine, P. P. P., for the cure of rheumatism, neuralgia, dyspepsia, biliousness, etc. In 1861 I was attacked with bilious muscular rheumatism, and have been a martyr to it ever since. I tried all medicines I ever heard of, and all the doctors in rea:ih, but I found only temporary relief ; the pains were so bad at times that I did not care whether I lived or died. My digestion became so im paired that everything I ate dis agreed with me. My wife also suffered so intensely- with dyspep sia that her life was a burden to her; she would be confined to her bed for weeks at the time ; she also suffered greatly from giddiness and loss of sleep. Some time in March I was advised to take P. P. P., and before we (my wife and I) had finished the second bottle of P. Pi P., our digestion begau to im prove. My pains subsided so much that I have been able to work, and ain feeling like doing what I have not done before in a number of ypars. We will continue taking R P. P. until we are entirely cured, and will cheerfully recommend it td all suffering humanity. I Yours very respectfully, J. S. DUPRISS. Mful line of Straw Matting, or Japanse, at 35c per tarasey cfc Biand's. Ladies ' -<~ examine, Roger Q. Mills's Droll Story of a Midnight Attack. Mr. Mills tells some droll stories of his military experience. One, which he is apt to relate when the company is congenial, refers to his first essay in the art of war. He belonged to a "critter company," which was on its way to Arkansas in charge of a drove of cattle in tended for the army of Sterling Price. The command halted one even ing on the edge of a piece of tim ber. The cattle were "rounded up," as usual, guards were posted, and the tired troopers went to sleep as soon as they had dispatched their supper. In the middle of the night Mills was awakened by a sound the like of which he had never heard be fore. It seemed to him that the entire Union army on horseback was heading for the particular spot where he lay. The noise of flying hoofs was interspersed with shouts and pistol shots, and alto gether the racket was deafening. Mr. Mills was sensible then, as now, and, besides, he had not had any military experience to speak of. It took him about thirty tec onds after getting thoroughly awake to reach the lowest branch of the tree at whose foot ho had slept, and fifteen seconds later he was hidden in the foliage. The up-roar continued about ten min utes. Private Mills hugged the limb on which he was extended until he could hear nothing except the thumping of his heart, and then concluded to reconnoitre. Slowly he passed from limb to limb, and finally reached the ground.' in every tree? "The cattle had stampeded," Mr. Mills said, in concluding this tale, "and every mother's son in the es cort acted on his first impulse, and took to a tree. I have often wondered what the enemy would have done had there been a bona fide attack, and our brave men had disappeared so quickly as they did when that racket broke out." Eastern Water-Venders. In Oriental lands,in spite of soma modern innovations, there are still many localities where water is a costly luxury and the possession of a well a thing greatly to be desired. Wells have become links in the history and landmarks in the topo graphy of many places in Palestine and throughout Arabia. They are usually excavated from the solid limestone rock, and are arranged so as to be easily accessible to the water-carriers, who are generally women. In the cities, towns and villages, a familiar figure is that of the water-seller, who passes through the streets and highways with his loaded water-skin strapped across his muscular shoulders, crying his wares to the passersby. These skin-bottles keep the water won derfully fresh and cool for many hours ; but to a European or Ameri can, accustomed to an abundant supply of excellent water, and to cities where public fountains toss tho crystal liquid across lawns and gardens, the draught from a water seller's cup in Cairo, Jerusalem or Joppa would seem unpalatable and even nauseating. Hore is what Mr. Carlisle said a little more than a year ago: "If there are any bonds issued by this administration it will be done with some other mau than myself as Secretary of the Treasury." And yet fifty millions of bonds of the first issue have already been put out, and the second issue of fifty millions moro is already in sight, and still he is tho Secretary of tho Treasury. But since that time the Wall street devil has taken him up into a high moun tain and shown him all the glories that he might have if he wou'd fall down aud worship it and issnre some bonds and after awhile issue some more. Big stock Saddles, all prices, just received at Ramsey & Bland's. Will almost make your pants laugh to ride on one of them, .the.'. moon 'oi?u?; y aa tbere^w^lrTO Judge Gary's Plain Talk on the Liquor Business. ABBEVILLE, S. C., June 5.-Court convened "* here on last Monday morning, Judge Ernest B. Gary presiding. He made a strong charge to the grand jury, and among other things said : '.Mr. Foreman and gentlemen of the grand jury: Before going to your room to consider the matters already before you, I deem it my duty to call your attention to a matter that has just been brought to the attention of the court offi cially. Through a communication just handed me it is stated that there are three open barrooms in the town of Abbeville actually en gaged in the sale of whiskey. If this be so, Mr. Foreman and gentle men, it is an open and flagrant vio lation of the law of the State. The Supreme Court of South Carolina has recently decided that there is no authority ir this State to li cense the. sale of liquor. As long as that opinion of the Supreme Court stands, it is the law of the land and should te respected by every citizen of the State* If you permit the law lo be ignored in one particular, you will find difficulty in its enforcement in another. You owe it to yourselves and to all law abiding citizens to use your best efforts to see that the law is rigidly enforced, for it is the experience of all civilized countries that the surest way to prevent crime is to attend strictly to the enforcement and execution of the laws. With what grace can you prevent those who are now being tried for a vio lation of law in one particular and tamely ignore the fact that "present truly all such mattes as shall come io your knowledge." And I trust it is not necessary for me to dwell upon that portion of your obligation/which enjoins you "to present no one for envy, hatred, or malice ; nor shall you leave any one unpresented for fear, favor, affection, reward, or hope of re ward." I trust in conclusion, gen tlemen, that as public officials you will give thies matter a thorough investigation." Judge Gary presides with grace and dignity and has made a fine impression upon our people. SOME ALL EDGED DIALECT. A New York Reporter Attempts to do a Little Dialect Writing and Showing His Acquaintance With Bowery Toughs and in this His Dialect is .Correct, hut He Can't Talk Southern Talk Worth a Cent-The Atlanta Constitution's View of South ern English. Atlanta Constitution. In the New York Recorder's re port of Gov. Tillman's recent ad dress before the prohibiton meet ing on Staten Island, we find the following bits of alleged dialect: Some person remarked about the governor's big cowboy hat. "Yah, dat a great hat," he said. .'Dat yah's the only passport I ever carried." He then told the story of how he got lost in Madison Square, New York, during the Columbian celebration, and how a big police man showed him back to the crowd. "I raised dis yah passport." said he, "and said, 'Hold on, yo' officer dis yo's Farmer Tillman, Governor of South Carolina. I want to go on the grand stand.' Well, it would done yo' good to see the policeman open the lines and let me through.' Just before closing the Governor said: "I want to take a hand pri mary to see whether I win or lose. How many of yo's against me, and want total prohibition or neither?' About fifty hands went up. "Now how many's with me on the dispensary question, to take a half loaf, if we caut't get all?" Nearly every hand in the entire audience went up. "Dar 1 dar 1 I tole you I'se got 'em. It's with these little hand primaries I've won every time, and I'm going to do it again in Novem ber, and Farmer Tillman will rep resent the good old State of South. Carolina in the Senate. Goodnight ! Because Governor Tillman and other, prominent Southerners do not ape the pronounciation of the Miss Nancys of the Boston school ' of culture some of the Northern newspapers take a delight in mak ing them talk like the "Brudder ' Bones" of a ministrel show. The Recorder reporter may thank his lucky stars if ho ever acquires the South Carolina Gov ernor's command of pure and vigorous English. It' is in the South,'where the native Americans constitute" 98 per cent of the popu lation, that the purest English is spoken. The Southern standard of prounciation is the best, and Prof. Fowler admits it in so many words in his "Universsty Grammar." But the Recorder's raw humorist does not deserve a serious rebuke. He may poke fun at the Governor, but he cannot fail to be impressed with the fact that the orator captured a crowd of two thousand people who were opposed to him at first, and at the close of the meet ing had them almost unanimously. on his side. Dates of Campaiirn Meetings, The State Democratic Executive Committee has fixed the following ~ as the dates of the campaigu meet ings: Yorkville, Tuesday, June 19th. Chester, Wednesday, June 20th. Lancaster, Thursday, June 21st. Camden, Friday, June 22nd. Sumter, Saturday June 23rd. . Chesterfield, Tuesday, June 26th. Bennettsville, Wednesday, June 27th. Darlington, Thursday, June 28th Florence, Friday, June 29th. Marion, Tuesday, July 3rd. Conway, Wednesday, July 4th. Georgetown, Friday, Julv 6th. Kingstree, Saturday, July 7th. Maiming, Tuesday, July 10th. Bonneau's, (Berkley) Wednes Barnwell, Tuesday, July 17th. Aiken, Wednesday, July 18th. Edgefield, Thursday, July 19th, Lexington, Friday, July 20th. Winnsboro, Tuesday, July 24th, Orangeburg, Wednesday, July 25th. Columbia, Thursday, July 26th. Newberry, Friday, July 27th. Laurens, Saturday, July 28th. Union, Tuesday, July 31st. Spartanburg, Wednesday, Au gust 1st. Greenville, Thursday, Aug. 2nd. Pickens, Friday, Aug. 3rd. Oconee, Monday, Aug. 6th. Anderson, Tuesday, Aug. 7th. Abbeville, Wednesday, Aug. Stb. Governor Tillman said in Charlotte where he stopped on hii way to New York that things were pretty dry in South Carolina-and then, correcting himself, he said : "If you refer to whiskey I come from about the wettest State in the Union."_ Insurance Agency. t t t * * * t + ? f I beg to inform f f the public that f \ I have estab- f f lished an In- ! * surance agency * * in tho town of * * Edgefield and * * am now prepar- * * ed to issue poli- * f cies of Insur- f j ance of all kinds.f f If vou want a f t t t * * * t ft Fire, Accident, Employers Liability, Public Liability, Steam Boiler, and Plate Glass Policy, t t + * * * t t t j Call on or write j f to me for full in- f f formation. The f f CompauiesI rep- \ * resent are all old * * and reliable * * ones. I will be * * be glad to serve * * those wishing * \ Insurance of auy f f kind. t f l t ** * t t i Policies Written at Trenton and Johnston, W. J. McKERALL. Don't forget that Ramsey & Bland deal in hard ware and farm implements. They defy competi tion. Their store is calculated to please all tastes.