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Facefield Advertiser Ti IOS. J. ADAMS,.EDITOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 3,1895. The Mass Meeting:. The Democratic Mass Meriting which assembled in the Court House on Monday of this week was presided over by Hon. W. li. Tim mel man, A. E.Padgett. Secretary: Various resolutions were offered looking io a division of delegates to- the constitutional convention between the two factions. Gov. Sheppard's resolutions proposing an ((jual division wore tabled; so were Mr. J. M. Gaines's, proposing that in thismatter Edgefield wait to seo what the action of tho con servative counties would be in tbe matter of a division of delegates, so were Mr. B. B. Evans's and Mr. L. J. Wiiliams. Tho following howe vor, offered by Col. B. B. Watson, were passed, and are for the time hoing the law of tho party in this county. Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention and wo hereby recommend, that the white voters of Edgefield County support at tin? primary election the ablest and lost mon regardless of political factions. Besoiutions were also offered commending tho action of sundry citizens in Edgefield on last Wed nesday in dealing with Col. Dar gan. They were offered by Maj. B. B. Evans, and aro as follows: Resolved, That the question of White Supremacy is paramount to all others, and the Democracy of Edgefield, in Convention assem bled, endorse the actions of those of their fellow citizens, who, du ring tlio past week, prevented a speech from being delivered, which was calculated to bring about bad blood between the races, and thereby dostry tho peaceful rela present existing through i al tho community. We recog nize th" principle that free speech is a righi belonging to every man, but we will sternly repress any fire-brand who socks to stir up the negro to political activity. DARGAN DONE L P. On Tuesday last pursuant to no tice, Col. J. J. Dargan of Sumter came to Edgefield to speak, to pro mulgate his latest ism. He spent the nighj in our town. On Wed nesday morning he made li's ap pearance on our streets. About 10 a. m., a number of our citizens, from tho county and town, assembled in the law office of J. Wm. Thurmond. Esq., and the matter discussed, dec?ntly and quietly, as to whether he should be allowed to discuss a subject that would' in the opinion of many peo ple in Edgefield County precipi tate a very bad state of af-j fairs and perhaps bring about riot and possibly bloodshed After due deliberation it was agreed that a committee be selected to wait on Col. Dargan to know ex actly and definitely what ho advo cated and what he would say if permitted to say anything, so that there could be no doubt on the minds of any. In accordance with Ibis programme, the following gen tlemen wore seioctod on tho com mittee: Sharii? W. H. Ouzts, Treasurer W. L. Stevens, D. R. Durisoe, Esq., li. P. Holloway, E? R. Steadman aud E. L. Byan. Those gentlemen waited on Col. Dargan and presented the follow ing bill of indictment and and asked if it was a true bill : "I. fer oise, have gone to the negro." -Dargan in reply to Evans. "Thai I am neither ashamed, nor airaid. nor in any degree reluctant, but rai lier ?rlory ingoing to the ne gro."- I>argan in reply to Evans. UI favor placing negro representa tives, according to competency, on each county ticket. This will give minority representation to that race and thus enable us to make a constitu tion by all the people for all the peo ple."-Dargan in The Freeman. "Universal suffrage for women and men, rich and poor, black and white, now and always.',- Dargan in The Freeman. Tho committee asked if tho above utterances and publications appearing in last week's ADVERTI SER were his. He replied that they were. He was asked if ho expec ted to be allowed to teach such doctrines in Edgefield. He said he had his doubts about it. Thc committee then told him that he would not be heard if'he under took to speak as indicated by the above utterances. He asked if thc right of froo speech was to be de nied him, the committee replied that he could speak bul lie would not be hoard. He said nc did not wish to be hurt. Tho committee as sured him that he would not be hurt, no personal violence.wouJd be offered bim bat he would not be heard. lu conclusion he said that if six men will ask me to speak ? will inala- the attempt. With this thc committee left. In ibo meantime quite a crowd say fifty mon had gathered in front of the office of tie- Edgefield Chron icle whore Dargan was. After a few minutos of delay he came down and commenced to address tho crowd, and right here tho regular performance began, over which w drop a beautiful curtain covered with staT3 and asterisks: * * * * * m ? * * ? * ? * How ra nell better this-a little guying a little horse-play a little rough tongue lashing-than not to have nipped this thing in the bud? not to have stopped this dangerous crank Dargan in his mad career of stirring up bitterness between black aud white where all wa8 peace before. All is well that ends well. We cali it a "horse play," be cause it was a lcctle rough to be "named for a colt. Dargan bas himself alone to biaine, for ir the language of Un cle Remus "Ff ho never had cr come here, he never would er been here." With Dargan's escape and esca pade let Edge field be content. It might have been worse. It could'nt have f een better-for him. And one man in the horse play on last Wednesday called Dargan an infernal isosceles triangle-a hyphenated dam-phool. That Dargan is a fire brand ie abundantly evident from the num ber of negroes who gathered in our 'own on Wednesday las) to hear him speak. Freedom of Sprech ia all well enough, but the license to enunci ate incendiary, riot, breeding tenets, a la Dargan, is not down in the bill of rights as handed down to us by the fathers. It may be a matter of interest to know that the "committee of safe ty" that escorted Dargan to the dej>..t on last Wednesday was not composed entirely of reformers. som? being conservatives. Victor Hugo said that the battle of Waterloo set back the clock of European civilization one hundred years. Edgefield did not propose that Dargan should set back her Waterbury even one day. You don't treat kindly the man who is about to set your house on lire, do you? Or, the mad dog that is about to inject his poison into your veins? Why then should we waif until this crazy fool Dargan invoculates the body politic with his virus before we hold him up? So long as Dargan was a harm, le&s crank be went his way unmo lested, but when he became a dan (/erous one, in default of a lunatic asylum iii Edgefield, wc had to put him in the nine hole. Lucky loon was he ! The Dargan douche was a sock dolager in that it advises all such gad-flies as he that old Edgefield is rockribbed in her determination to sustain end maintain her ancient manhood and that the Anglo Sax on aloue can rule within her terri tory-none others need apply. Thc "horse play" with Dargan on last Wednesday may have been a little rough, but it was to Edge field county people a choice of evils. They thought it better to "do up" Dargan once and for all than to Ix; irretrievably "dono up" by him and his later on. Edgefield escorted Chamberlain if annis, beyond her borders in 1S76 because he advocated the per. manence of negro domination in South Carolina. lu 1895 Dargan received the same treatment be cause he advocates a restoration of that rule. Have those editors who blame Edgefield for her treatment of this latter-day John Brown for gotten the "Iron Heel" and "The Prostrate State?" "If any one had assured us that there was as savage a country on tho American continent as Edge field Count}' we would not have believed it. But seeing is believ ing/'-Sumter Freeman, Dargan's paper. If a little well-simulated savag ing had the effect of sending Dar gan back to the swamps of Sumter it is well that if went no farther than simulation. How to Kill Nut Grass. From an experiment covering two year.-, I am conviuccd that in four, or at the longest in five years, the worst nut grass field can be reclaimed entirely from the pest by planting it in oats in the fall, and as soon as the oats are taken off in the spring replanting with cow peas broadcast. This ro tation of crops gives thc grass no chance at all to speak of. The advantage of planting fall oats in stead is twofold; it exposes many ol the nuts to the freezes, in the winter, which kills them, and be sides being thicker tho oats get. au earlier start of tho grass in the spring. For thia succession of crops I am prepared to maintain that Iii?:' nut grass is not. a "post," as it does them no harm, and in thc course ot' bein;; killed out adds a considerable amount of vegetable matter lo the soil; bul. with any other crop sad experience teaches me that nut grass "that is born of sudden, both along lime to live, ami is lull of misery for the farm er. It co .lie th up and is cut down like a flower; it fleeth not ??s il were a shadow, and ever continu elli in one stay.' - Hayseed, in News and Courier. REAPED WHAT HE SOWED. Dargan Furnished Precedent for His Treatment in Edge-field. Columbia Register. Editor Register: lu the year 1876, Col. John J. Dargan, accom panied by a crowd of white men, invaded a negro meeting in Ihe country where ono Samuel Lee was speaking to his own color and broke it up, pulling the said Lee of the stand and marching him to Sumter. The claim was that Lee was making incendiary harangues against the white people. All hon or to the true men who squelched the firebrand in 187G. In tho year 1805, one John J. Dargan attempt ed to do the same thing ii; the town of Edgefield. Ile is un doo btly a firebrand iu tho State, urging the negro to the front. His speeches are calculated to encour age the negro to aggressiveness against thc whiles, and we say al! honor to the white nen who squelched him in Edgefield. Bul we cannot find words 'sufficient to condemn the men who used abu sive epithets towards the ladies cf Colonel Dargan'? family. They should be condemned by ail par ties and banished into everlasting disgrace and ever}' one who meets them should smile 'hem. Dargan has mort' than once head ed a mob or tried to du so, one time at least against regular com missioned officers of the State. JJ" is a veritable bull-dozer, and need it be surprising, Mr. Editor, when we assert that there are thousands of good and true whi'o men in the State who are not wauting assist ance from the negro that rejoice iii ilu-ir hearts that this biter has ;?! last been bitten. Since writing thc above weare reminded that when J mig" Bucha nan signified his intention of mak ing Sumter his home, this same Dargan said in his "Asllum Ga zette" thal he expected that some of thc citizens of ?uniter whould bow and cringe to the Judge, hui it would be more tu his liking if he wou'd be received with ;i show er of decayed eggs, or words lo that effect, ls ii nota fitting re tribution that Colonel Dargan should only escape a like indig nity by the presence of a minister of the gospel and his wife? Ob, Colonel, remember that he that sowelh the wind will be sure to reap the whirlwind. WHITE MAX. Sumter, S. C.. June 29., A Trip to Tri u i ty College. [r.Y E. B. CRAIGHEAD,] Southern Christian Advocate. It will give pleasure to hundreds of South Carolina Methodists to know that Juc C. Ivilgo is doing a groat work for the cause of Christian ed ucation in North Carolina. I was at the Trinity commencement and know whereof I speak. When Prof. Jvilgo assumed thc duties of president, the outlook for the col lege was by no means Haltering. Now no Southern college lias a brighter future than Trinity, North Carolina. Methodism has rallied nobly to the support of the grand old institution. Ministers, lay men, alumni-everybody is enthu siastic over the work ol the past year. Never have I known a col lege president to win such generous support il so short a time. Wher ever President Ivilgo lectures on education, large crowds, including people of every class, gather to hear him. His enthusiasm is con tagious. He has infused his own faith into tho hearts of thousands. Trinity has tho warm support of both pastors and people and is sure to prosper. To do first-class work a college must have endowment sufficient to keep a good faculty. This endowment Trinity will have. During the past few years the "Dukes of Durham" have given the college .$180,000. Quite recent ly Mr. Washington Dukes propos ed to give the college $50,000 on condition that tho North Caroliia Methodists raise 75,000 more. Pres ident Ivilgo thinks he will secure both sums in a short time. Dur ing my stay in Durham, Mr. Ben Dukes, son of Washington Dukes, called on President Kilgo, told him ho must "fix up" tho campus during the summer, remarking that he had put in the bank $5,000 for that purpose. The next day $3, 100 was raised for thc new chapel, $2,500 of which was subscribed by Ben Dukes. The fact is tho rich men of North Carolina are liberal. The unaffected simplicity, generos ity, and goodness of the Dukes, fa ther and son, deserve the warmest admiration. President Kilgo has never asked them for a cent. They see that he is doing a great and good work and aro ready at all times to support him. Would thai old Wolf ord, than which is no moro deserving institution any where, had a few such friends! That Trinity during the next ten years will ha ve an endowment of a half million, I firmly believe. With this and the loyal support of 100,000 Methodists, trinity will be to the South what Amherst and Williams are to New England. With a beautiful campus ol sixty acres, with a magnificent main building costing $80,000, a colli inn or students' dormitory costing $40,000, mal and comfortable houses for professors, Trinity needs a hu ger endowment and this Presi dent Kilgo will secure, il he doe.s not kill himself with overwork. Trinity has a good faculty. With PURE LIQU We have made a Specialty < ?ir pr?vale Consumption. As we reasonable figure than any dealer C? Our Specially is our Celebra! " Harte Which we Furnish at $3.20 P "We make no sb i pine nt. of 1 different brands. As wo sell on s remittance must accompany order. Write us for Complete DISTILLERS, I Remember we Prepay all Exp the exception nf Prof. Pegram, who lias served the college faithfully for twenty yours, they are all you:ig men, scholarly, energetic, enthusiastic, in love with their work and the college. The graduating class was large, not so large however as the splen did class just sent out by Welford. Th' ir speeches showed careful training and wholesome, vigorous thought. Durham, lin- seul of the college, is a growing town of about 8,000 inhabitant :. lier people are noted for their hospitality and are justly proud of their college. While in Durham 1 spent a few hours in the palatial home of Mr. .i. S. Carr, who Inn given large sums lo Trinity and other colleges and who,lint recently gave ?flO.?OO tu iii!- new Methodist University at Washington. The Greensboro Female College is in a most prosperous condition. Her unrivalled cum nus of sixty acres and spacious buildings make it an attractive place for North Carolina girls. President. Peacock proposes to make Greensboro keep pac?.1 with Trinity. Kilgo and Pea cock make a leam. Pure liquors for family use,The liny uer Distilling Co., Springfield. Ohio. Ultra Conservatism Illustrated. Mai inn Stwr. "A little one-gal lus fellow, way nut in the country, was driving a cow and cult dowi. the road, it was one ol' these here little hard, nubbin' calves, The little fellow ?'trove the cow and calf without any trouble until he met a big old steer in th--road. The tore" passed the lime of day, and then when the boy tried to drive the cow on the steer drove too. He tried to run the steer back, and finally got him away from the cow, but. the calf followed him. Than he t-ied to head off the calf, but the old steer struck into a trot and the calf, j with tail in the air, lit out after 1 bim in a dead lope. The boy was unable to catch him, and as he tir ed a parting rock at him he yelled out, 'Go it you dumed little fool. 1 guess you will learn some sense when milking time comes.' When 1 see some of these fellows running around thc State after the Ultra steer, leaving the Conservative cow, I feel like saying, 'GD it durn you, I guess you will learn some sense when milking time comes.' " Send dels iv. stamps to flu;Hay ner Distilling Co., Springfield, Ohio. They will send you an ele gant leal her bound memoranda book. STYLES "Rambler Bicycles ?.?.Ol rt There is only one price on Ramblas. Sioo is enough for the best bicycle that was ever built. "More than ?ioo is too much. Ramblers are made to combine lightness, strength, speed, ease and durability. You can break them if you try, but ordinary wear lias no perceptible effect. You are groping in the dark if you buy without seeing a Rambler catalog. Postal will bring it. GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO. ^ WASHINGTON, D. C. V County Alliance. T _ UK Edffelleld County Alliance will a.I at ridgefield oil Friday tin* Pith July inst. Senator Tillman and (lol. Talbert will be present mid make ad dresses. New o (liciers are tn be elected on that dav. S. M. SM ITU. Pres. CA. .Inly 2, IssC FRENCH BEEF. -io) M y naine is Norman : < in t he < frampinii hills My fal her l eeds his l?oek. The report l ha I i bad ?OIIP oui ol' business, or contemplated ''hut step, is- a mistake. I ; nt si iii im the ground Moor and kavo reduced the price of beef lo ? Mid S <.. nts. 111 always be glad to seo my li lends and lo make ni.KT fi ?ends. To make more. lYh'iidx -ell more liuei A ntl - .! ! more beef Tn umke more friends. NORMAN VOl'NGI?LOO?). French Chef. HASKELL, M V S TA I.I IOX, SIM ahave n '.med, will stand the se.isun al Midland's Siaiili Kdgelield, for $10.00 IliMirauee. $l?>.00. (J. W. Wi SK, .J i;. liddell dd, C. If. July 2,-21', ORS FOR FAMILY USE. ! ? -(o i) if furnishing absolulely pure WHISKIES, WINES, BRANDIES &c, are distillers, ure in ;i pos i I ion lu furnisli a belier article :il ?1 in* ?r?j LU afford to do. led st Home Rye" Six Years Old i cr gallon and prepay all express charges. ess quanily limn I wo gallons, bul orchis may I" dividid Rniruip i very close margin wj cannot ?How time on shipmenti?. cmi&'qiteiiiU Price List, rt efl ;re 11 oe &c., &c. THE HAYNER DISTILLING CO., M PO RTE RS & WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS, BOX 290, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. ?ross Charges. THE SOUTH AND NORTH AMERICAN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO LLOYDS. --(0) H. A. SMITH, General Co. Agt. for Edge field. THE LLOYDS system, established in 1GS3, (over two centuries ago) by Edward Lloyd, is made now mon1 thorough -md portal through regular business progression. A LLOYDS COMPANY L AS NEVER FAILED. MANY PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN ARE IN IT, because, as business people, they are bound to accept th? cav ing feature of the Lloyd-, coupled with rqual, if not greater reliabili ty than l.H offered by any other insurance in existence. The Lb" ds offer a unifurni cul nf fifteen per cent, nu the old line prices, and in case of excessive, ralos having been made, they give even greater r< lief than this. Among our policy holders in Edg'dield we name a i??w: Jones it Son, K.J. Norris, Alvin Hart. W. B. Penn, Mrs A. E. L< v?t?, Mrs. S. A. Dozier, Jas. A. Bennet, II. P. Holloway, It. L. Lox. The most prominent North-rn corporations and congrus, well known in the South, arc in I h M Lloyds, sind: as Austin, Nichols, ec Co., Simp.-on. Crawford it Simpson, Postal Cable & Telegraph Co., of New York, Jordan, March & Co., Edison Electric Light Co. of Boston, Sprechles Sugar Refining Co., J. B. Lippincott & Cu. nf Philadelphia, P. Lorri lard it Co., ol'Jersey City, Armstrong, Ca tor it Co.. Burnell it Co. Henry Swinbom & Co., Daniel Miller it Co, of Baltimore. IN SOU TH CAROLINA I he largest concerns are in it. Applications for Insu rance received at The ADVKRTISKH Ollice. May 3, 1S95. SSS* iii CP ?319 I JOHNSTON and EDGE?TELD, DEALERS ?N Vehicles of all Kinds, FURNITURE and COFFINS, Jan. 29-1895. Fine Harness, Saddles, - HARDWARE. Fri id Art Cotton Gi ami ht? Large StocK D? Eijoips, Cpep BQQ GOOS. B? Dn J IRON WORKS AND ArtU l SUPPLY COMPANY. AUGUSTA, Gr A. Machinery and Supplies. Repairs, etc., Quickly Made. Got our Prices before you buy. WM. SeHWEieERT & Bo., -RELIABL E J E W E Liv It S Has all the Newest Goods of the Season in Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, LADIES SHIRT WAIST SETS in Gold and Silver. LADIES FINE SILVER BELT BUCKLES wirb fine Silk Ribbon. STERLING SILVER SPOONS and FORKS lower than ever before. Watch and Clock Repairing Promptly Attended to liv Competent Workmen. COU. BROAD and 7 Til KTTEET, war STA, GA LEWlS F.//ULIGAR. 937 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, G A., IS SELLING AN OAK MANTEL FOR $3.00, AND ONE WITH A 35x24 GLASS, A TILE HEARTH, A TILE FACING, AND A BRONZE FACING FOR JUST $17.00. ' 3, ?tes EGG'S, $100 TO $2 50 Prat SKTTIN?. W. D" OUZTS. ELMWOOD, S. C., un For Old f?old and Old Si lid Silver; also Surplus We.bli..g j Presen OSBORNE'S s> AHO 10??*?%2Sk*i< ?isiil To?o{rrn|>liy, Ancnsln, Gn. Ill SCllU Oliver OOUgllt. 1 Xo theory. No text liookH. Actual bulnOM from Address Julius R. Watts & Co., Jewelers, fi7 W111TKIIAI.L ST., ATLANTA, GA. , ile y nf catering College pood.i, money und bushiest I pupen used. H. R. fare imid to AugURta. I Write tor handsomely illustrated catalogue. Subscribe to tho Edgefieb VBBTISKR. AD New Goods! New Goods!! That there isa place in Augusta where rou 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 yon visit Augusta come and see us. Prices will ?l?ase you. I>O@OHI3:R & co. GOG BROADWAY, T. I IL 0 li- FI7 < yL O THIER S, ?UGUSll - GEORGI^ \ Have now ::: store their entire FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF CLOTHING The largest stock ever shown in Augusta, We aim to carry goods whic.i are not only intrinsically good, but 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 Polit? attention to ali. A call will be appreciated. I. C. LEVY & CO. TAILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, GA YOUR ATTENTION ? I2T "STOTT _T53 EED--- - Cool Stives, Stove Pis, Stove Pipe, Tinware, Well Buckets, FA3STCY GROCERIES, Loaded Shells, Canned Goods, Confeetionaries. Evaporators Repaired or made to Order. LARGEST COCK STOVE FOR THE MONEY. Codee Pots, :\.'ilk Buckets,and Covered Buckets made from the bettor Tin in the market. Repairs for Cook ?Stoves I sell, kept in stock. Call on or address CHAS. A.. -A.TJ STIN, Cr?KClsTST?IT, S. C.