Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, May 08, 1895, Image 3

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E?ff?field Advertiser Tl'OS. J.ADAMS,.EDITOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1895. Work commenced last week at the shuttle and bobbin factory in Oconee sounty. Sumter county expects to raise no less than a million pounds of tobacco this year. The womans suffrage campaign was opened at Seneca on last Thursday by Miss Yates of Maine. A home for widows and orphans of indigent whites, is to be estab lished at Beaufort, by the ladies.' Col. Clark Howell, of the Atlan ta Constitution has accepted an invitation to del iver an address at the State Press Association in Sumter in May. The Anderson Board of Trade has called a mass meeting of the citizens of the county to consider the building of a raihoad from An derson to Knoxville, Teun. Mr. E. H. Aull, President of the South Carolina Press association, was in Atlanta last week, looking over the grounds of the Cotton States and International Exposi tion. The South Carolina Press Association has accepted the invi tation to visit thc great fair du ring October. A grea'- many cf the press editorial association of th; different states contemplate similar trips, and it is probable that most of them will come to At lanta during October. Aiken, Edgciicld, McCormick. Some action should be taken by Aiken and Edgefield looking to the extension of tbe Cumberland Gap road to meet the Knoxville road that is soon to show its head over the mountains via Rabun Gap. Charleston is backing a route but it leaves Aiken out, being an ex tension of the Carolina Midland via Batesburg. The most dirpct route comes by Aiken and the matter should be properly agita ted.-Aiken Journal and Review. Well said contemporary, aud a read from Edgefield to McCor mick, about 22 miles, would give us, Aiken and Edgefield, not only a connection with the Ku xville road of which you speak but with several other road?, the Seaboard Air Linc among others. What say you brother Carpenter of the Mc Cormick Times, shall we build the road? . j Thc Lord Bond Matter. INVESTIGATION COM PLKTED-WHAT MK. THURMOND SAYS. The special committee of the House of Representatives, delega ted to investigate the claim of Samuel Lord, receiver, agaiust the State, to have bonds issued by the Legislature, aggregating $106,000 in :ieu of bouds alleged lo have been stolen by Federal troops in 1S64, yesterday completed its ex amination. Hon. J. Wm. Thurmond of Edge field, one of the committee, was seen by a Register reporter, as he was taking the train for his home. In reference to the matter he said: "We have given this claim a thorough investigation. I am al ways willing for the State to pay her honest obligations, but in my opinion the Samuel Lord claim is utterly destitute of merit and I think it will be an easy matter to convince tho Houso ot* Represeu tives that such is the case. Of course, it would be a ?ask, impos sible to perform, to convince the Senate that a bill providing for an appropropriation ora bill of a j similar nature, should not pass. That body should be called the House ot Appropriations. "I propose to fight the claim to a finish, and my reasons for so do ing will be embodied in the re port which I shall make to the House at its next sitting."-Reg ister April oOth. That lovely furniture .Mrs. - . showed us yesterday came from Ram sey & Bland's. If you have put oil' buying those curtains, there is still a chance to do so at Ramsey & Eland's. Tell it in Gad), if you want to, for it is rrue that Ramsey & Bland sell goods dirt cheap. If you trust luck you may loose, but if you trust to Ramsey & Bland's taste and experience you will always have cause to bo pleased. It is not baif as hard tocare for your buggy as it is to get one: hut you ca i save dollars by buying in tho lirst place ol'Ramsey & Bland and then by observing their advice regarding the proper care ol' it. Illinois proposes to tax bachelors, for their failure to propose to lovely women. That serves them right. A l l men should marry, and the married men of our town should trade with Ramsey S\ ELis-th If you were Victoria you could, ol' course, have a silver mounted buggy, upholstered with gold cloth and set with diamonds, but you would no more think of using it "than of going to bed with the crown jewels for a nightcap. The truth is money can't buy a better buggy than our $50.00 buggy. There is years ot freud wear in em and they are built right. The material is lirst-class lin- springs soft and yealding, thc triming is beauti ful. Ramsey A: Bland. Hats-Straw and felt in greal vari ety and varied styles-cheaper and better than ever before, at .JAS. M..Conn's. HOW I LOST MY HAIR. A NIGHT OF HORROR Di A BRAZILIAN FOREST. The Thrilling Story of a Young Confederate (by tho Way an Edgefield Boy) Who Went to Brazil After the "Wai te Escape Reconstruc tion. The Charleston Sunday News. RIDGELAND, BEAUFOJ.IT COUNTS, April 12.-Just after the Avar we were all infected with a ?pirit of unrest and dissatisfaction; with a love of adventure and a desire for investigation. I sailed to Brazil to find a better home if possible and escape Reconstruction. We touched at Para, on the Amazon, Bahia, Pernambuco, and Rio Jan eiro. After spending some time there I decided to go up the coast in company with about thirty per sons, also from the Soutb, to form a settlement on the Rio Doce (Sweet River) in the Province of Espirito Santo, (the HoW Ghost,) where I met with this adventure. The proposed site for the settle ment was about forty miles from the mouth of the river, which was too shallow for steamers; dugouts and rafts navigated it, but with no regularity. There was only the thread of a trail, used but seid nu by the few Indians who lived at the river's mouth. At 3 p. m. we disembarked on the beach just in side the bar, men, women and chil dren, with a general collection of household effects, machinery used by people settling a new country, blacksmith tools, mills, wagons, etc. We had a very imperfect knowledge of the language, (Por tuguese,) and the few Indians re fused to understand our questions or to help us in any way to com municate with the place up the river. We had little to eat and no protection fi om the tropical sun, and were exposed to the sea if a storm should arise. Seeing the dangers of thc- situa tion (though but 19 years old) I spoke to the leaders of the party as to the importance of sendiug some one for help. No one would consent to go through the forest, knowing absolutely nothing of thu trail or its dangers. I offered to go with anyone, but none would agree to accompany nie. The next dav I concluded lo go alone, be lieving I could go through in a day. I went to the only Indian hut near by. Signs and my im perfect Portuguese made bini un derstand my wish. He th n went with me to an almost impercepti ble trail leading into the fores! and made nie understand that was the way, and it was ten leagues. The next morning as soon as 1 could see 1 took u small piece of dried beef and a little farina. I was soon swallowed up in the grandest tropical forest the imag ination ever pictured. The sun's rays never reach the earth ; the superb forest trees, reaching to a. great height with branches inter laced, were covered with parasite vines, reaching downward, when they touched the earth to lake root growing up again, the whole intervening space being filled with palms, cactus and ferns of every conceivable shape, color, and va riety. The novelty, the impressive sol itude, the wonderful variety of color, gave me at first a sensation of greatest pieasure and gratified delight, but soon the dangers of my task began co appear. The trail was becoming more and more indistinct, sometimes almost im perceptible ; but I would not go back. As the day wore on I be came somewhat discouraged. No living thing was visible, only the swish of a great snake or tire in quisitive gaze of a monkey peep ing through the leaves, nor could I tell where I was going or when I would get there. The path in many places was obstructed by fallen trees. I would have to crawl through on my hands and knees to keep right. The t/ail was often made invisible by overlap ping ferns and dwarf palms, when I only felt it with my feet, some times with my hands. About noon I saw through an opening in the forest the sparkling river shining in the sun. Xenophon's pleasure at sight of the sea could not have been greater than mine, as I then knew I was on the right trail. Going to the waters edge I anx iously loo.ced up and down the river to see if possibly any human habitation was in sight. Nothing met my gaze but the rich green growing to the waters's edge, an alligator basking on a sand bar and a lazy armadillo sleeping on a log. Eating ni}' frugal lunch I hopefully resumed my now weary way. About 3 p. m. I heard a shower falling on the tree tops above my head, but none fell on me for half an hour, when, falling from leaf to loaf, the smaller growth be came wet. I was soon drenched, and to add lo m\ discomfort I saw no sign of any human life. Night was now approaching, when what did I hoar but the familiar crow ing of a cock in some distant farm yard. I stop aud with bated breath earnestly listen for it to bo re peated, when in the far distance but in another direction, I heard that sound I had heard so oft be fore in distant Carolina. My heart boat with renewed courage and hope, knowing that there must be some road leading to this settle ment. Fearing it had escaped nie, I go back, but in vain. I hesitate, almost decided to leave the path to Hud tile shelter of a house; if I leave the path and fail to find a house it is one chance in a thou sand if 1 could find the path again. Fortunately for me I kept ni}' head and the path. 1 learned af terward the supposed rooster 1 heard crowing, whoso note was tho same as our farmyard cock, was a Brazilian bird. It grows dim md slowly dark, and i, a boy, and alone and unarmed save for a long hunting knife. My only courbe was to wait till morning. Cut ting a pile of palms and fa run 1 he down, but not. to sleep. My Illili clothes were wet and the night- air damp. I was not afraid, though anxious and expecting to be at tacked by something before morn ing. Once I heard the scream of a Brazilian lion or panther and the rustling of some small animal in the bushes. At the earliest light I went forward, wet, chilled, and hungry. About 10 a. m., evi dences of travel were seen. The trail widened into a road. I came to a clearing, then a bouse and ?. sugar plantation, where an Indian gave me a cup of refreshing coffee. Col. Gunter, of Alabama, bad bought a farm and fifty slaves and was the head of the colony. When I got to his house I was met by his daughter. They could scarcely believe I had come alone or slept in the forest. I was taken to the kitchen, the only place where a lire could be made, as the}' have no use for it anywhere else. Hot colt'ee and food were prepared for me. The lady insisted that I should take off my wet shoes and socks. Hot walor was brought by a negro slave and this fair Ala bama lady, kneeling by the tub, begau to wash my feet. Gently but firmly I resisted her kind ef fort. Looking up into my face she said : "It is an honor to wash your feet. You don't know what you have done or the risk you ran. You will be sick from the dangers you incurred." In a week I was sick with Brazilian fever. When I got up again my hair came out by handfuls. J hat is why lam now bald. 1 ll. Q. A. 1 CORRESPONDENCE Scmplironicus Docs Not Favor Woman Suffrage.-Not by a Kcitt Fail. EDITOR ADVERTISER : I believe all thinking- men agree that lh?? < question of woman's suffrage is < ono of the coming issues, lt has not only been agitated in the ; north-west, the political hot-bed | of the Union, bul is even attracting attention and gaming adv?calos ? in South Carolina. "The Woman's! Equal Rights" party represented J < by Mrs. Nebeett is stronger in ibis State than one would iniagi ti", having an official organ in the Ab beville Medium, and gaining over such scholars and orators as Col. Ellison Keitt, the noted political i eran':. Even the Greenville Nows ? hopes that Mrs. Nebeett's move- i j ment will beal the cancer which ?has bi en gnawing the vitals of our Slate .-ll these year--. Others think that by allowing the women to vote, we can obtain a white ma jority. Some strong-minded wo men "prate" about "inherent right," "slavery in a free land," 1 "Gods latest and best creation," etc. Col. Keitt in a flowery effu sion some weeks ago, lamented ? tho fact that blushing maidenhood and charming widowhood should bo powerless to secure a redress of grievance at the ballot box. I purpose to set up objections to several positions taken by this learned doctrinaire, but do not wish by so doing to draw down on ! my luckless pate the relentless fury of some new-fledged Jean D'Arc. The gallant Col. says that the presence of the ladies would pu rify our much-to-be-deplored elec tion methods. The foul-mouthed lout with his clubs, knives, and pistols, says he, would disappear. He seems to think that her very presence would make these brutes recoil with shame. That they (women) being less corrupt than men, would be more likely to cast an unbiased ballot. Now has a woman an inherent right to vote? The responsibility attached to voting seems to be en tirely overlooked by garrulous fanatics on the subject of wo- ; man's suffrage. Yoting for a cer tain law, carries with it the duty of defending that law on the bat tle field, if necessary. Yet if wo men were to vote and carry a cer tain measure, their actual civil i duty would end there. With a man it would be diff?rent. If the law or legislative enactment 1 caused disturbance and war, the ] men could be forced to answer for i this law on the field of strife, ( while the women would be under . no such responsibility. Would that i be fair? Some may say a man j ought to submit to this inequality j through gallantry to the fair sex. | But this is a mere evasion of the | question. Our government gives < equal privileges to all. This is a | peculiar genius of our government ] equal privilege, equal responsi- ] bility, equal burden to all voters. , Would a woman's presence pu- j ri fy the election machinery. I . don't see how it could. It might j restrain a stray oath now and then, but the swearing and drink ing is not so very prevalent at the polls as in days of yore. Most men I frown down this sort of thing. Left to themselves, men in the ] process of time will make such conduct cease to be a reproach to ' our country and people. But even 1 granting that men were mere brutes around the polls, would the presence of women retard them in i their vicious course? Nay, verily, h-.-w often at public gatherings have we seen the sense of modesty of our fair women insulted by hoodlums and black-guards who seek such occasions io display their low breeding? Not even the influence of woman can touch men i without shanie. Giving women the right, of fran- 1 chise would be drawing them away from their rightful sphere. 1 Col. Keitt even with all h s flowers of rhetoric culled from every field of literature, eau not set aside cold 1 farts. Mix the pure and the im pure and the result will be impure. Once put aside the charm thal chivalry has thrown around the fair sex, and the experience of the ages teaches us the consequence such women MS Mrs. Leus**, who bas (iiguratuly speak jug) assum ed man's attire, and divest-d her self of every womanly charm. What would be the condition, of our homes, if ali our women acted as Mrs. Lease acts? Some may ask how is woman to secure a redress of grievances? This question IO?CH half its ter rors on a close inspection. Wiu.t grievances? Are any special efforts being made to impose on women? Have women ever been legislated against as a class in our country? (The men dare not undertake it.) Our legislature can pass no bill of attainder ; and can only legis late on property when every pian'e property is affected alike. Hence, it is au impossibility to impose on the women without Troubling the men adso. Men are not apt to in flict a penalty on themselves just to spite Col. Xeit's old maids and charming widows." See what Tennyson says: ".Man for the held, and women for toe hearth ; Man tor the sword, and for the needle she; Man with the head, and woman with the heart ; Man to command, anti woman to obey." Augusta Evans Wilson says: ;iWonif-u shoul i have as little to do with politics as men with darn ing stockings or making puff paste." These two high authori ties, joiued to the fact that few cromen ever read any political economy, that none have . ever vritteu a book of note on politi cal Fcience, thal the very idea is revolting to chivalrous men, all hese things ought to settle this ;exed question. SoiriiRoxicus. f tonis from Dennys.-The People Over There Expecting thc Mea sles From Newberry. AV.ar finishing my lessors I re ire lo my room, to give you a few items from this place. The farmers are busy planting cotton and corn. Mr. Joseph Ri llehnovr has cotton up and ready for chipping. "General ?reen" has put forth and gives promise of an abundant crop. The people of this section are expecting 'In; measles anv time from Newberry ; lhere is said to be nbnut s< vei! hundred case?in New berry village and also the mumps. Mi-, lia mp! on Crouch has been iii for some time with chills and fever. We have a very nourishing Sun clay school ai Xnar. consisting *>f about thirty pupils. ??lr. "?PT E. Griffith is superintendent, and Miss Mamie Boukuight teacher. ll is a bout time for picnics to begin, and there is lo be ono at Perrys Cres* Roads, the second Saturday in May at. the closing ol Prof. R.*F. Fullers school. Tho cold weather and snow kill ed out the birds, but didn't g-t tho hawks, you can hear the chickens squalling and the women hollering and shooting in every direction. Mr. Jess Conley and Mis^Trau nie Wells were united in marriage at the residence of the brides mother Mrs. Wells, April 21st 1895, by Rev. Mr. Vaghu. Miss Mattie Forrest is very ill, has been confined to her bed for four months. More anon. FARMER GIRL. Dido Proposes Some Questions tor School Teachers to Answer. I notice with great pleasure your willingness to aid the public generally. Now I ask that you give space from time to time tc questions which I may ask. This will be done especially to aid teachers, and I hope as many as possible will send answers, but an swers from such Solons as Ped agogue will not come amiss, and will doubtless prove edifying to us lesser lights. The very complimentary re marks of "Si'luda teachers" in re gard to School Commissioner Lott stimulate us to expect some im provement in the old system. These questions will be selected from first class educational maga zines and will be given every oth er week, leaving the alternate week for reply. My next questions will relate to 'Civil Government." Doubtless many of our "First C-rade" teach ers were surprised to find "Civics" 3ii their examination papers, and yat a teacher should be familiar tvith every thing pertaining to civ 1 life. A normal school is the most important thing in contem plation. Thc beet method of ob ainmg one must be thoroughly liscussed. An annual meeting of :eachers, to discuss methods and listen'to lectures would be of untold oenefit to them, as well as others ivho would attend. The lethargy m every vocation seems to need irousing, but most of all in train ing our children. METHODS ANO SCHOOL ECONOMY. The following questions arc of fered this week : 1. What should lie the desired purpose in school training? 2. In education what powers are lo be cultivated, and in what or .it-r as regards I i nie? ."). (a ) In win:' ii'*- s ihn po'.ir ing-in-proeos? of educa'i-m con sist ? (I)) Whal an- some of its faults? .i. Explain the process of sub tracting 400 from OOo. ?. .Show two ways of finding nie greatest common divisen of 48, 60, S i. (>. The pupil asking assis! a nee should not bc frowned upon: Why? 7. Nani" requisites in the teach er for good government. 8. Name two of the advantages ulainied for liv sn lenee mot hod of leaching reading. ?). What is the leacln-r's only effective remedy for iiS'dasH worry? 10. Mention prune of the inju rious ellees of hume criticism of the teacher. DIDO. Cotton "Blight. Tests made by the Alabama Experiment Station and elsewhere prove conclusively that - Kainit Prevents cotton blight. Planters can prevent the immense loss caused annually by this disease. Send for our pamphlets. They are sent free. It will cost you nothing to read them, and they will save you dollars. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Street, New York. THESOUTH NORTH AMERICAN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO LLOYDS. -(oj H. A. SMITH, General Co. Ag't. for Edge field. . THE LLOYDS system, established in 1G8S. (over two centuries ago) by Edward Lloyd, is made now more thorough inri perfect through regular business progression. A LLOYDS COMPANY HAS NEVER FAILED. MANY PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN ARE IN IT, because, as business people, they are bound to accept tho sav ing feature of the Lloyd?, coupled with equal, if not greater reliabili ty than LS oil'eied by any other insurance in existence. The Lloyds oller a uniform cut of fifteen per cent, on the old line prices, .-ind in caseof excessive rates having been made, they give even greater relief than this. Among our policy holders in Edgefield we name :i few: Jones ct Son, E. J. Norris, Alvin Hart. W. B. Penn, Mrs A. E. Lewis, Mrs. S. A. Dozier, Jas. A. Bennet, R. P. Holloway, R. L. Fox. The most prominent Northern corporations and concerns, well known in the South, are in the Lloyds, such asAustin, Nichols & Co., Simpson, Crawford & Simpson. Postal Cable & Telegraph Co., of N^w York, Jordan, March & Co., Edison Electric Light Co. of Boston, Speckles Sugar Refining Co., J. B. Lippincott cv; Co. of Philadelphia, P. Lorri lard ct Co., of Jersev Citv, Armstrong, Calor & Co.. Burnell ife Co. Henry Swinboiti & Co., Daniel Miller & Co, of Baltimore. IN SOUTH CAROLINA the largest concerns are in it. Applications for Insu rance received at The ADVERTISES Office. May 1, 1895. ii JOHNSTON and EDGEFIELD, DEALERS IN Vehicles of :ill Kinds, FURNITURE and COFFINS, Jan. 29-1S9?. Fine Harness, Saddles, - HARDWARE. Pratt sui lui Golton Ci ii Presses L?BESE sus st EI? ?pp m ?oos. ? ftV-sr* { IRON WORKS AND L*UWf Dr'- WU i SUPPLY COMPANY. AUGUSTA, GA. Machinery and Supplies. Repairs, etc., Quickly Made. Get our Priens before von bm:. WM. 06MWEI6ERT & kio., m J JEWELER - HAS FOU THE HOLIDAYS THJ? H?XK8T STOCK OK Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry ?i 11 cl @ilver ]>?oVelt:ie?9 Ever displayed in the city. When visiting the city you are invited to inspect our stock and ?ret prices. RELIABLE GOODS OisELY", COU. JUi O AI) and 7 TU S TT EE 7\ - -1 CC Cs TA, CA F .DO YOU THINK! LEV/IS F. yVvILIGAR. 937 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA., IS SELLING AN OAK MANTEL FOR $3.00, AND ONE WITH A 15x24 GLASS, A TILE HEARTH, A TILE FACING, AND A BRONZE FACING FOR JUST $17.00. YOUR ATTENTION I - - IF YOU -NEED--= Coot Steves, Stove Pans, Stove Pipe, Tinware, fell Biicte E-AHsTOlT GROCERIES, Loaded Shells, Canned Goods, Confeetionaries. Evaporators Repaired or made to 0rderT\ LARGEST COOK STOVE FOR THE MONEY. Coffee Pots, Milk Buckets, and Covered Buckets made from the best ol' Tin in the market. Repairs for Cook Stoves I sell, kept in stock. Call on or address CJrLVS.^L.A/USTIJNT, W. D. OUZTS, ELMWOOD, S. C., Ox Money to Loan. bot Ii City and improved Coun try property. Kur information, Call ind see K. C. PADGETT, V^nt Atlanta Nat. Building and I Factory at Langley S. C., Loan Company. . & . COTTON YVANTED.-The La ngley M a n uf ac turi ng Com - pan)' will pay Augusta prices lor Cotton delivered at their om pan v, March -2l>, '?:?. until further notice. FI ELB & KELL <y^<y Sroad. Street s.i?i<1 9JL6 jones @ A i ro'crsT A, O A. WE SELL ALL THE COUNTRY PEOPLE THEIR BUGGIES, HARNESS AND WAGONS. "WHY?" Because we give them the best goods for the least money. . Here Is Another Easter Novelty, A STERLING SILVER GARTER. STERLING SILVER GARTER. Sf Mt n That there isa place in Augusta where YOU can get something nice and tempt ing to eat in the FANCY GROCERY Line? DOSCHER & CO., carry a full line of the latest Home and Foreign Delica cies, When you visit Augusta come and see us. Prices will picase jrou. DOSCHER & CO. GOG BBOAIDWAY, Augusta, - ? G-et. ALWAYS IN THE LEAD, 0. TAILOll-FI'J CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.. Have now in store their entire FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF CLOTHJNG Tile largest stork ever shown in Augusta. We aim to carry gomia wliic.i are not only intrinsically good, hut which also, in pattern, style, and finish, gratify a cultivated and discriminating taste, and at the same time, we aim to make our prices so low the closest buyers will be our steadiest customers Polite attention to all. A call will be appreciated. I. C. LEVY & CO. TAILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, GA