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Edenfield Advertiser THUS. J.ADAMS,.EDITOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1895. The Orangeburg Patriot says : "Samps will not tell where he got thc stuff." Goff's gray ganglion must be awfully muddled by this time, if he has kept up with the criticisms of his decisions iu the press. We Reformers are tryiug to fire the Tillman heart by cussin' out old Goff and the antis are trying to work themselves up to the high frenzy notch by hurrahing tor Hampton. What fools we mortals be! Columbia secures the Epworth Orphanage. Bids were sent in to j the committee ou location from Spartanburg, Union, Rock Hill, Manning, Chester, and Charleston. The money value of'the offer made by Columbia was between twelve and fifteen thousand dollaes. The New Yolk World charges that another big bond issue by the Government is one of the proba bilities and that the Belmout Morgan syndicate, the same that made eight millions out of the last bond issue, is expediting this issue. Next Tuesday evening the Cen tenary Church negroes of Charles ton, uniter the auspices of tho Colored Ministerial Union, have arranged to hold a thanksgiving] service to God for''vouchsafing the favor or Judge Goff's decision de claring the registration law un constitutional." We publish in another column the proceedings of the State Dem ocratic executive committee which metin Columbia last week. A gener al primary was determined on for tho election of delegates to the constitutional convention, a deter mination that ought to please ev erybody conservatives and Re formers alike. The railroad commissioners of this State are now in the city of Washington where they will meet the commissioners of all the other states jointly with the inter-state commerce committee. [By-the -way, will some friend of these commissioners tell us in what way they are helping to earn their salt or anybody's else.] Attorney General Barber has gone to Washington to institute habeas corpus for the release of j Beach, the Charleston constable who was fined $300 by Judge Simonlon for contempt iu seizing liquors. This will no doubt bring up the whole matter of the consti tutionality of the Dispensary law before the highest tribunal in the land. The coffee crop of South and Central America this year will be about 10 per cent, short of the crop last year, according to statis tics received here. Thc Brazilian crop last season was 7,1000,000 j bags and the new crop is estima-j ted at considerably less. The Mexican and Central American crops are increasing yearly. The world's consumption of coffee last year wns 11,367,250 bags, of which the United States was first as a consumer and Brazil first as a producer. The best advice we can offer in the present state of affairs in this State is simply to stand by the Democratic ??'rtg. The blame, if an}- there be, for being in the low grounds of political tribulation, does not belong entirety to either! side. Both have sinned against good citizenship and both should bc forgiven. Let us get together. Goff's injunction may be a bless ing after all if it should bring about this result, In any event we see no great bugaboo in Goff's decisions. We carried the elec tion in 1876 in 1880 in 1882 with oul a registration law" and as a matter of course wo will carry it again. The number of white men in South Carolina who will appeal to the negro against their own race and blood is infinitesimally small. The Baptists of Baltimore are busily preparing for thegr?at Con vention of the B. Y. P. C. A. which meets in that city July 18th.- The ''Evangel says: The Entertain ment Committee has done ils work faithfully and has secured accom modations for ali the thousands that wili com". It is estimated that (her-- will be at least 1-5,000 delegates, as tho Committee has already received advices from 12,000* people. It may, in fact, run up to 20,000 or 25,000, there is no telling! If tho Baptist hosts make up their minds on the mat ter the figures will be nearer 25, 000 than anything else. The great tent holding 10,000 people bas already been secured, and the locality will probably be in the vicinity of Druid Hill Park, though the papers have not as yet been signed. No better locality could be selected, as it is conve nient to all the lines of cars oper ating in our city." '.New Zealand Under Female Franchise." Under the above heading an ar ticle appeared in the February number of the Nineteenth Century from the pen of R. H. Bakewell. In her address ic our Opera House on Monday night of this week on Woman Suffrage Miss Clay called attention to New Zealand as hav ing "Womans Suffrage and, in ferential!}', to the good it was ac complishing there. We have not the space to publish the whole of Mr. Bakewell's article, but we may give his conclusions. After a de scription of the scenes at the polls in which large numbers of women participated, he sums up as fol lows : "It seems to be the general opin ion that, whatever may be the changes made in tho personnel of the Ministry, the colony is now committed for three years lo a course of extreme Radical legisla tion. The Opposition is power less. All the most powerful mem bers have either been defeated, or, like Sir John Hall, have given up politics. We must trust to beer and the banks to save us from ab solute ruin. The men elected are nearly all. with only one or two exceptions, of the most uneduca ted class in the community, eithei the lowest bourgeois or mere car pet-baggers. They have displaced men of education and experience. Such are the results of the Female Franchise ! It is to he hoped that it will be a warning to English Conservatives. We shall proba bly for some years to come be a dreadful object-lesson to the rest of the British Empire. * * . The one little 'rift within the lute' is the election of BO many members pledged ti) the repeal or alteration of the Government Licensing Act. A PRIMARY ORDERED. THAT IS THE ACTION OF THF STATIC DEMOCRATIC COM MITTEE. July ."?O the Hay and all White Democrats to bc Allowed to Participate.-Much Talk ot* an Extra Session but the Question Dropped. Regixter. The Democratic Executive Com mittee met in the Secretary of Stat ;'s office at 9 o'clock, a full membership being present. This being one of the most important meetings in its history great in terest whs taken in its delibera tions. As matters of so much moment were involved, it was thought best to discuss the political situation with closed doors. Before this was done, Senator Irby stated that at Mrs. Neblett's request he had promised to give her a hearing before the full com mittee. He appointed Messrs. Donaldson, Watson and McSwee ny to inform Mrs. Neblett and the friends with her that they would be cordially received by the com mittee. Mrs. Neblett, Mrs. Bad ham and Misses Rion and Feaster entered the room, while the com mittee rose. Senator Irby introduced Mrs. Neblett, who spoke in substance as follows : "Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the Committee, I am pleased to appear before you. Never be fore in the history of the State have women appeared before the Democratic Executive Committee, and I hope it is the herald of a glorious day for South Carolina when women take part in the se rious business of State. The wo men now offer themselves to you to do as best you may for us and yourselves. Women have the wel fare of th-i State at heart as much asmen. They have as much at stake. They have at stake their property, their children and the honor of the State. The women are anxious and willing to help in this time of dire distress." Senator Irby slated that it was not necessary to state the reasons why he saw fit to call the commit tee together. The session would probably last long into the night. The Democracy was now confront ed by the gravest crisis of its ex istence in South Carolina. The strength of our position, as well as its weaknesses, should not be dis cussed in public. He suggested that some committeeman make a motion that the committee meet with closed doors. Mr. W. D. Evans moved that the sessions be held in secret, which was carried. Senator Irby stated that on ac count of the law points involved he bad taken the liberty to get Colonel Robt. Aldrich and the At torney General to consult with him, and he suggested that they bo invited to sit with the com mit ter., which suggestion was adopted. He further suggested that if any County Chairmen were present that they also he invited to be present. Solicit jr Henry of Chester was the only one in the room, and he ivas asked to remain. .Mr. W. I). Evans moved that Senator Tillman and Governor I*]vans be invited to attend the ses sion of the committee. Messrs. Ly les, W. D. Evans and ?turgie were appointed to inform hem of the action taken. They replied lhal they were engaged with the Winthrop Trustees, if their services were needed t would como. The doors wore t closed and the deliberations gun. One of the gravest questions fore the committee was whet lu was necessary to call an ox!rn sion of the Legislature. Tl was considerable difference opinion oil the subject and the bate was long and exhaust As far as could be learned I Robert Aldrich advocated the tra session in order that it sho enact some election law that valid and thus remove any 1( cloud that might hang around acts of the convention. Some member thought tba asking for an extra spssioi might be a reflection on Gover Evans, who was opposed to it. was determined to ask the Go1 nor in. He stated to the comr te?? that he did not see tho net sity of an extra session. His p was to goon and hold the conv tion and allow everybody the ri to vote. He thought that any might be passed would be c tested in the court and there 1 a possibility of a fatal delay the convention. He said, howe1 that he wa? ?..pen to argument i if the necessity was shown lo 1' he would call the extra session day. Senator Irby asked whether would not be better to have session and provide for any qn tions of legality that might ai as to tho acts of tho convent! He believed something of the ki should be doue. Mr. Stanyarne "Wilson was the opinion that tho Legisla!) could not help ont matten-. G had declared the registration p of tho- convention Act uncom tntional, but that did not af? the Convention itself. Senator Tillman did not fa' calling the Legislature. Pie thout the best plan was to thorougl arouse tho members of tho pa and keep (bein on the walch nigger foes as well as white on Tho best thing todo was to orde primary and conyince the Cons vat ives that it was going to bi straight, fair,square election a thus do away with discord a dissension, and allay tho fee I i of antagonism among th" p"op He was opposed to stirring iii) | litical heat by tho passage ot n laws. Almost?any registration I; C' uid be knocked np or crippli in reason or without it. Giw fair primary and ask tin- O servatives to come with ii?, ai with a united, harmonious fro we could win. Some one asked him what if I Conservativos did not como io. which tho Senator replied iii: wo might as well prepare to fig and maintain white pupremni and our heritage at all hazarrj and incidentally remarked th in that case the same thing th is properly supposed to break loo in Georgia would be upon us. It was proposed by a memb that a committee of seven be a pointed to consult with the Gove nor and .f the emergency arose request him to call an extra ce sion. If they disagreed then tl whole committee would meet. Th met with Senator Irby's endorsi ment, but Governor Evans cai that he didn't want any sue thing. He was the Governor ( the whole State, and while h would naturally seek advice froi the D^mooratic committee, still h would act as he thought best an he could see no good in a sub-con mitteo. The question was the dropped, when Mr. Stanyarn Wilson introduced resolutions ar. pointing a primary for July 30, a which all white Democrats quali fied to vote, who will pledge them selves to support the nominee and will go to the polls, will b allowed to participate. An e??or to prevent negro Democrats.votinj was rejected. The following is the provisioi for a primary : A primary of the Democracy ii ordered in this State on tho 30tl day of July next, at which oven white voter in this Stateshall b< entitled to vote, who shall make pledge to the managers conduct ing the election that he will sup port the nomi^eesof such electioi: on the day of the election to bc hold on the third Tuesday in Au gust for delegates to thc State oom stitutional convention. Each county executive commit tee shall appoint three managers and one clerk to hold such elec tion, two of the managers shall be Reformars and one manager and the clerk shall be Conservatives or vice versa. The polls shall be opened from 8 a. m., to 4 p, m. Each candidate for the Const i tutioual Convention shall at least ten days before tho said primary ploction file his pledge with the Chairman or Secretary of the County Democratic Executive Committee that he will abide the result of the election and support the nominee of the party, and not vote for any candidate who has failed lo sign such pledge shall bo counted. To prevent the single popping of candidates no vote for delegates shall be counted which does not contain tho names of delegates who have signed fha pledge of the same number as the number of dele gates to which said County is en titled under the Act calling the convention. The second primary shall lie held on August loth, if necessary, according to tho rules of the par ty, and tho same managers shall serve. All existing rules of (his com in it lee heretofore adopted are hereby re affirmed, wheo not inconsistent with the foregoing. The counties of florry and L? x ington having already acted under the previous resolutions of this committee aro exempted from the operation ot' these resolutions un less they shall hereafter determine to act in accordance therewit h. On motion of Mr. Jordan ol' Ai ken tbe lol lowing was adopted: The Stale Democratic Execu tive Committee recognizing the fact that lhere are factional dif ferences existing the Democratic par'y earnestly suggests to the Democrats of the State to ignore such factional diff?rences in the election of delegates to the Con stitutional Convention and lei each candidate stand on his merits. The committee adjourned at 2:l? a. m. The following bit of informa tion will be read with interest hy the cid Confederate surgeons: Dr. J. D. Robinson, who performed the first amputation in the war of secession, died Saturday at Wor cester, Mass., aged 75. The oper ation was performed upon Ja*. F. Hanger, a Confederate soldier. It will not be long before the pictures of Messrs. Goff, Pope, Caldwell and Douglass will adorn the walls of every negro's house in South Carolina. We also look for the erection of a monument, to the memory of Sampson Pope by his colored admirers. Having fail ed to attain all the- glory he desir ed through white chaunels he, like a madman, now seeks it through others.-Barnwell Senti nel. G. W. Crocker in the North American Review makes some surprising statements about fire insurance. This class of insurance costs in the United States more than twelve times what it does in France, shout seven times what it costs in Germany, and four times what it costs in England. The relative cost, of' $100 worth of in su ranee in various countries fol low?, and will provo suggestive: Franco, 8 cents; Germany, 15 cents; England, 25 cent??; Aus tralia, 30 cents ; Austri. 3S cents ; Russin Gl cents; United Staten. 100. The only genuine goldbug we have yet heard of in Georgia is the old fellow at Gainesville who has $25,000 in gold . buried where no one but himself knows, and he will not give away the secret. He is a real goldbug. If there is an other one in Georgia h" keeps the fact carefully concealed. Th" sil vi-rbua'organs, how?ver, fear that Georgia is full of gold bugs.-Co lumbus Enqnirer-Snn, Silver Stars vs. Gold Bugs, Ex?Sennt.)r John J. Ingall*, of Kansas, ;sa Statesman out nf a job," as li*1 styles himself, has kopi iiis eves open and on the look ev?*r since the political cyclone biew bini out of the United Slates Sen ate. He is evidently expecting another storm. H<? said to an Il linois-reporter the other dav. "I have just return'-d from an extended trip over the country, and after a broad survey of the situation, am inclined to be Hove that if the question were submit ted to a popular vote, there would be a majority for bimetallism rn every State in the Union; In oth er words, it has been my observa tion that the people are in favor of the use of silver a:> one of the money metal?* of our . system. I am inclined to be apprehensive that if the Republican and Dem ocratic parties continue to juggle with the question, advocates nf free silver may eweep the coun try at the next national elec tion. "I perceive that the contest in your State is of national impor tance. I deprecate the unyielding and uncompromising attitude of the Eastern people, who are de manding an adherence to the gold standard and are heaping abuse on those who favor bimetallism. I believe that a man can be a bi metal list and s patriot, as well as a man who holds to the gold stan dard. I am afraid that the un bending attitude of the East may eventually lead to a sectional sep aration. I believe it to be the his tory of parties that, not the full measure of what they wanted was attained, and that tho safety and prosperity of the country lies be tween tho extremes of silver mon ometallism and the ultra gold standard. I feel that it is time for the Republican party to take a wise, patriotic and comprehen sive view of the situation." The silk worm has a formida midable rival in the personage of Dr. Len uer, of Zurich, who has patented a process and formed a company for the manufacture of this commodity, artificicial silk. By a simple chemical and me chanical process the inventor has succeeded in converting wood pulp, cotton or jute waste, when mixed in the form of a liquid pro duct, into an unbroken thread of even diameter and any length. The thread, as thus spun by the mechanical silk worm, can says the Scientific American, be twist ed into any desired diameter. it Clued Them. This is the story of the way in which a Boston man cured his children ol* a senseless habit of speech : One evening this gentleman came home with a budget of news. An acquaintance bad faned in bu siness. He spoke of the incident as "deliciously sad."' He had rid den up town with a noted wit, whom he described as "horribly entertaining,'' and lo cap the cli max, bespoke of the butter which had been sol before him in a coun try hotel as "divinely rancid." 'fpo young people started, and tun oldest daughter Sli(l: "Why, papa, f should think yt u were out of your heail." "Nut in lim least, my dear," he said, pleasantly. "I'm merely try ing to follow tho fashion. I have worked out 'divinely rancid' with a good do;J of labor. It seems to me rather more effective than 'aw fully tweet.' I mean to keep up with the real, of you hereafter. And now," he cou tinned, "Jet me hell) rou to a piece ot* this t-quis i ti vd y tough beef." Adverbs, he says, are not so fashionable as they were in hi? family. Why Horses Eat Dirt. A striking ins!une of animal instinct, or ''horse senso," is re vealed by tl'.e actions of an old horse owned by Henry Koot, a prosperous farmer of Wissabickon. Mr. Root's horse has been trou bled for roon'hs with rheumatism of the entire ho ly, and all the treatment of learned veterinarians failed to relieve the suffering ani mal. One day, upon being turned into the meadow, the horse pawed up the loose earth with its hoof and stooped down to lick up the dirt. Almost immediately the beneficial effects were noticeable, and ever since the rheuatic horse has taken his daily dose of mud to tho extent of nearly a half peck per day. He is almost entirely cur ed.-Rh il adel phi a Inquirer. New {roods to arrive I Iii? week at t lie New York Racket Store. Cobb's is still Headquarters tor Shoes and Clothing at low prices. Dude suits complete, $1.75, at New York Racket Store. THE SOUTH AND T NEW YORK AND i -(i H. A. SMITH, Gener field. THE LLOYDS system, wt nidi* ago) by Edward Lloyd, is math through regular business progressi NEVER FAILED. MANY PRO IN IT, because, as business people jug feature ?d' the Llovd*, coupled ty I han lit efl'eied by any ot IHM- ?ns oiler a iinii"??rni cut of fifteen per c case of excessive rates having been than this. Amor.'.' our policy hob Jones it Son, E. J. Norris, Alvin ll Mrs. S. A. Oozier, Jr.H. A Bennet, '. most prominent Norih-ni corporal the South, .'ire in lin- Lloyds, cueb Craw foul i?; Simpson, Instill Cable Jordan, March & Co.. Edison Kb-ei Sugar liefining Co., .1. ii. Lippiuco lard & Co., ?d' Jersey C'i'y, ArniH Henry Swiiib'H n & Co., Daniel Mil CAROLINA the largest concerti* f rance rwived al Th" ADVERTISE!! May 1, 1895; -DEAL] Vehicles of all Kinds, FURNITURE and"COFFIN: Jan. 29-1S95. Pratt ni insta Cc Lange SM D? im LOMBARD 1 AUGUS Machinery and Supplies. F g??0~ Get our Prices before yoi WM. SeHWE -RELIABLE Has all the Newest G Diamonds, Wa LADIES SHIRT WAIST SE FINE SILVER BELT BUCKLES SILVER SPOONS and FORKS lo' Watch and Clock Repairing I Workmen. COR. BROAD and 7 TH S TTE WHAT DO ? LEWIS F.. 937 BROAD ST. IS SELLING AN OAK ? WITH A 15x24 GLASS, A ' AND A BRONZE FACING W. D. GUZTS, That lovely furniture Mrs. showed ns yesterday sume from Ram sey & leland's. If you have put off buying those curtains, there is still a chance to di) j so at Ramsey ?fe Uland'*. I Tell it in Gath, if you nant tn, for ii Is true Iliac Ramsey & Bland sell I goods dirt cheap. j If you trust luck you may loose, but ?if you trust to Ramsey & Blinni's taste ? and cxperien a you will always have j cause to he pleased. j ?! is not lia.f as hard focare for your buggy .".s it is to get one; but you ?an m ve dollars by buying in the lirst j place of .Ramsey & Bl nd and then bv observing their advine recanting the proper care of if. Illinois proposes to tax bachelors, for their failure to propose to lovely women. That serves them right. All men should marry, and the married men of our town* should trade with Ramsey & Bland. If you were Victoria you could, of courte, 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 je\v<is for a nightcap. The truth is money can't buy a better buggy than i*:.'r $50.00 buggy. There is years of g- od wear in em and they are built right. The material is first-class the spriogs soft and residing,'the triming i-.beauti ful. Ramsey & Uland. Gents summer suits, $1.00 to $12, at New York Racket Store. Gents gauze under shirts, i."> to ?Oe, at Xew York Racket Store. STORTH AMERICAN CHICAGO LLOYDS. al Co. Ag'i. for Edge hr?d ?ti 1G8S: (over two centurief n now more thorough uni perfect on. A LLOYDS COMPANY HAS Mi NE NT P>U SI NESS .AJENARE , they ure I numil fri accpt the PttV wiih '(jual, if not greater reliabili 11 ra nee in exietenc-?. The Lloyds .?nr. on I tie old line prices, und in in?1I hey Rive even ^realer relief I'-rs in E(lg"field we name a few: ?tri. NV. i>. Penn, Mrs A. E. Lewis, Fl. 1\ Holloway, Ll. L. Fox. The inns ?nd eoii3*?rns, wnll known in HS A nfl i ti, Nichols & Co., Simpson, & Telegraph Co., ?d' Now York, i ric Light Co. of Henton, Spn-ckles u & (Jo. of Philndelphin, P. Loiri ronj?, Calor & Clo.. Burnell & Co. 1er & Co, of Baltimore. IN SOUTH ire in it. Application? for Insu Oflice. d EDGEFIELD, BBS IN Fine Harness. Saddles,. S, - - HARDWARE. 9 Lr i s jes, ieap eeo Gooa. IRON WORKS AND SUPPLY COMPANY. Repairs, etc., Quickly Made. i buy. J6ERT & OO., JEWELERS cods of the Season in tches, Jewelry, TS in Gold mid Silver. LADIES with fine Silk Ribbon. STERLING ?ver than ever before, 'romptly Attended to by Competent VT. - AUGUSTA, GA MILI6AR. , AUGUSTA, GA., ?ANTEL FOR $3.00, AND ONE FILE HEARTH, A TILE FACING, FOR JUST $17.00. 'wm ELMWOOD, S. C., New Goods! New (loods OT* 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 ^^?^ieg^JEEhon yoiireail Aug BTU and see us. Prices will please you.^i D08CHE? & CO. 60S BEOADWAY, FOR THE Best'Accident Policy In The World, LAXJIJ OIN" W. J. McKERALL. A'GT., EDGEFIELD, S. C., [?^3 When you Want Gilt Edge Fire Insurance ^JgJ CALL ON ME. POLICIES WRITTEN CORRECTLY. ALWAYS IN THE LEAD. /. C. LEVY & CO.; j TAH.OR.FJ7 CZOTBIBBS, AUGUSTA. - GEORGIA,. Have now in store their entire FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF CLOTHING The largest stock ever shown in Augusta. We aim to carry goods wliic.i are not only intrinsically good, but which also, in pattern, style, and finish, gratify a cultivated anti discriminating taste, and at the same time, we ann 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 YOUR " ATTENTION ! -:^riIF YOU JNJEED ==j Cool Steves, Stove Pans, Stove Pipe, Tirae, Well Bietete; F-AJSTCTSr Q-BOCBBIES, Loaded Shells, Harmed Goods, Confeetionaries. Evaporators Repaired or made to Order. LARGEST COOK STOVE FOR THE MONEY. Coffee Pois, Milk Buckets,and Covered Buckets made from the best of Tin in the market. Repairs ror Cook Stoves I sell, kept in stock. Call on or address CHAS. A.. AUSTIN, CTOI-IiTSTOIsi*, S. C.