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Edsrefield Advertiser THUS. j. ADAMS,.EDITOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 17,1895. Thc action ol' those conserva tive counties in this .State that gave the reformers J fair share of the delegates to thc convention '.vas g?n?rons, noble, wise-the very qumtesence of wisdom. Is Edge field to be outdone along these lines? Our people are confessedly first in war, shall he content to play second fiddle in peuce to say uoth . iug of tooting third trombone in tho ''hearts of our countrymen?' Let us toot for peace! The band will piny, "come down angels, trouble the water." Charleston Does Well. The Democratic executive com mittee of Charleston County has acted with wisdom and some dis cretion in earnestly recommending to the citizens of Charleston and all the other counties in the State "a division of delegation between tho two factions of tho Democratic party with a view to obtaining a constitutional convention which will represent the whole Democra cy of ?ho Stale." This is high and patriotic ground, nnd we re joice that Charleston lias boen led so far in the right path. It will have a salutary influence upon other counties where the Reform ers tire in the majority, and we expect that much substantial good will cone.'from this voluntary ac tion ou the part of Charleston Democ ra I s.-G ree oville >! ou n l a i n eer. Charleston conserva* ives have acted well their part and Edenfield would like to follow suit nnd di vide her delegation to the Consti tutional Convention fairly and justly between the two factions. As yet, however, only uno conser vative has been nominated in these columns for th'1 high and respon sible position of delegate; and of course h'> will be elected beyond the shadow bf a doubt, for Edge?ie?d could never fail to re cognize a record so much to be admired, a record that has made him preeminent in ali lier affairs and all lier counsels. We allude to the lion. -JohnC.Sheppard. Richland lia.-: Done '?Voll ' Ata meeting of th* Richland county democracy on last Satur day it was determined, after a full and free debate, to divide the del egation of that county to - the cori _stilutional convention between the two factions giving three delegates to the conservatives and two to the! reformers. This action of course * gri'ives the Columbia State and its adherents and puts tiiat county along with Charleston, Greenville, Sumterand other counties in the forefront for "peace on earth and good will to men" and is not only sentimentally but prac ti call y "peace and unity"-the kind that the best people of this Slate have been looking for. hoping for. pray ing for. How can Edgefield alford to be less generous? Are not we of the white inc? .-ill brothers? Is there anything to be gained by a longer continuance ol strife and bickering? There are a few, very few, wo believe, conservativos who like iii'; Columbia Stale would keep forever at ii on thc same old line of denunciation and vituper ation of ?lie opposition, without ; rhynie or reason. Cn tho other hand, there are not many reform ers in Edgefield County, a' least, who .-(ill see anything tobe gained , in harping on the same old string. Thc rece?? downfall of Dargan and Dargauism in this county show that both factions here know of a supreme danger lying in wait for our people. Let us get togeth er-a sterotypod phrase but none thft less to be heeded. ff we ....!. divide our delegation justly between tho fact ions, let it be dour-, and above a!! let us send to the constitutional convention, without regard to politics, the six best men in old Edgefield; and our sons and daughters will here after rise up to call us blessed. Campaign Meeting. The Edgefield County Campaign Meetings as ordered by the County Executive Committee are as fol lows : Holly? Ferry, July 16th. Mt. Willing, July 18th. Cood Hope, July 20th. Mountain Crr ek. July 23rd. Red Jii?, July 25th. Edgefield, C. ii.. Ju ?y, 27lib Late Literary News. '*0, will he pain.' III? iii<* way 1 want, As honaj a< a girlie, Or will he paint i man uah tyke, And bc (I-il to Mr. >;<.!.!i' But .-.i ill and on and which ever ii is, Ho is a canty Keri ie. Tim Lord protect HM- back and ii erk Ol honest Mr. Nerli." This, one of lae last verses i vcr written by Robert Louis Steven son, ts in reference to the portrait of h ?mself,which is given to th'1 public with his verse for th" first time in the July COSMOPOLITAN. The lines might have come from tho pen of Burns, and are inimi table in their way. The portrait was declared by Stevenson him self to be the best ever painted.of him. lu this same number of the COSMOPOLITAN Rudyard Kipling tells an Indian story, to which Remiugton adds channing illus trations; Mrs. Burton Harrison mata's a, serious study of New York society in 'The Myth of the Four Hundred," and Kate Doug las Wiggin contributes a story of one of the most delightful of Welsh retreats. The COSMOPOLITAN was with this number reduced to ten cents per copy, and as a conse quence, notwithstanding its large edition, it was "out of print," on the third of publication. CORRESPONDENCE Woman Suffrage and Prohibi tion Discussed. ?Mit. EDITOR: I have written for your paper rather largely of late, but would not have your readers think I am trying to forge into publicity or aiming at boring them, but am writing in self defence. If 1 have a conrroversey with any ono. I would rather have it out face to face. In newspaper dis cussions then; is a constant, shift ing of position which is disgust ing to a plain truth-seeking man. Several weeks ago your humble scribe wrote an article against fe male suffrage, bringing forward as his principle argument the fact that women would be drawn from their sphere by voting, quoting Tennyson nial Mrs. Wilson as to what womans sphere is. Along comes Dido who asks in an air of condceonsion : ''What is woman'* sphere?" and receiving as an an ans wer tho word home, she in her next effusion of "gush" is as silent on this point as Sahara beneath the terrors of tho king of day. She nlso turns up her nose at the idea ol mo- being foolish enough lo quote Tennyson or Augusta Wil son on anything. Seeing her er ror, she begins to "crawfish" most execrably and say that Tennyson and Wilson were her favorite au thors ! Do people often use such terms about their favorite au thors as Dido used some time ago? If an author should commit such a glaring solecism on common sense as Dido claimed that those two did when they used the words I quoted, a sensible person would at once discard, them. Dido says over-much about (nie Mrs. Bevilda G. Wa 11 ace. 1 wonder if this M rs. Wallace gained her marvelous in fluence over ber husband at the poils or in the homo circle. Would she have been the model mother shi appears in lien Hur (accord ind to Dido), if she had spent lier time and energy on politics? Could she have "raised to a noble man hood, Gen. Lew Wallace and two other sons of her husband," if she had spent her time in political clubs and laying schemes to carry the.rabble and riff-raff on certain measures. Dido charges me with saying that 011I3' 20 per con! of the men drink. I said no such thing. I did say that only 20 per cont of the women had to suffer r.t the hands of drunken men. and common sense will boar me out. In my own community less than twenty per cent of the men are what you might call drinking men, and not one is that most damna ble of all God's creation, a wife beater and persecutor. However, inore than 20 per cent of our male population may drink; lam not concerned about that. But how many men who help to drink up Dido's gallons immeasurable, are without any family connections whatever. Much of the liquor which Dido tells us about, is swal lowed down by clerks, railroad men. tramps, adventurers, rich old bachelors and widowers, outcasts from socieh*, aud numberless oth ers-all men without wives and without family tics. Of course much of this whiskey is consumed by married mon. bul a largo part goes in the way 1 have indicated above. So Dido if you should make a thorough canvass of tho country, you would not lind over twenty per cent of our women trou bled by drunken husbands; fora large part of those countless gal lons, is drunk by unmarried men and it has been estimated that at least twenty per cent of the whiskey tn this country is consumed by aban, doned women- This statement will not seem strange when we consider the fact that in the South negro women drink as copiously as the men and in the North there is a class to take the place of our ne gro. Since Dido is still clinging to her old hobby of prohibition-I will answer her by quoting as near ly as possible from memory a few words spoken by Den Tillman to ibo prohibition convention which bo addressed last year. "Von or any other Eet of men or women can never frame a law strong enough to prohibit the manufacture and nee of whiskey." I saw this in lin: News and Courier. Ile never ut tered a sadder or truer saying. Like Dido, 1 was at tin; time- Mr. Till man spoke an ardent opponent ol' lhe Dispensary law on the ground lhat it did no! go far enough, l>ut wi bcd prohibition for four mouths ;> fi ! was convinced that tho Dis ; usury was the thing. Prohibi* lion always has failed and always v.fi! ?V!. I defy Dido lo cite'a G gie instance ?Aviiere a drunken . ?.cn has been metamorphosed . sober people by simply en acting .x prohibition law. 1 bat? M. ikey as bad as Dido, but we .'?. :.;<>} shu- our eyes to stubborn '...eli. "1 hat moral suasion about ."..??.I: Dido spoke .so sneeringly RUCI Fo c? uti n piously, is ibo only fe hops for those who are charged Wl?i thc keeping of boys from drsukards graves. Prohibition is 't. illusory phantom, a Heeling im ag? on thc desert sands. Those r,bc depend on this phantom alone to BATO their boys, viii one day lind out that the track of thia: phantom is strewn with drunken-' nos.3 and woe., while in the far dil lance this pleasing ignis fatut mocks its notaries still. As lon as there is a desire or thirst in person for strong drink, there wi he a way found to satisfy thal d< sire ; as long as men crave whiske they are going to have it. The 01 ly way to stop the evil of drunker ness is to extinguish this desire b "moral suasion." Once the crav jug is extinguished, liquor will g of its own accord, and not before Dido says I am as poor a com forter as those men that worrie poor old Job. I was not aware be fore that I was trying to com for anybody. On th? contrary, ra, exposing Dido's sophisms au? would be arguments, I imagine wa not very comforting to that worth; especially. What is more absurt than a woman's burying her nail in a man's neck and then expec him t o turn round and com for her? My assertion about the wo man's suffrage agitators neglect iug their own homes is borne ou by common sense; for it is impos Bible for a housewife's affairs to b< going on smoothly while she is of making speeches and traveling about over thc land. Maybe charm ing Dido is one of those high fliers ''ono cannot always sometime tell." Dido comos again with he statement that, woman has an in born right lo vote. Sin1 qualifie; it somewhat from her original dog matic certainty. Her position ii about this: Woman has this in born right but it does'nt r. atun until she is twenty-one. Who ovo hoard of a riebt maturing? If ? right is inborn, it should be oxer c.sod from the hour of birth ; elsi the person is defrauded of hi: rights until he gets them. A Slat; would I?" committing a crimina action in withholding <in litbon right to vole from any one ni ain time. Tillman says. "Voting ii no natural right." it is a gift ul tho State. Nobody has ever ben sill}'enough to doubt this maxiu before. If voting is a natural, in. born right, why dues the State oj S. C. have registration law? Whj is not every man permitted to voti whether lu? is registered or not: According to Dido's idea of inborr right, would it not be criminal ii disfranchise tho negro? So Dido if women ever are allowed t<? vol? it will not be owing lo an inbon right, but to the bod nt y of Wv State. Dido charges us with allowing politics to become dirty, and snyf women would clean things up Instead of cleaning up tilings they would onlv make things worse They would swell the number ol oflice seeker*. With an increased office 'nuntin- gang, rottenness and frau-1; would inevitably com" on apace. If politics are too rotten for Di do's girls they are unlit for lu i boys. She doesn't mean all she says I' n sure. She would be will ing for her boys to hoe cotton all day with a crowd of negro follows; would she allow her girls lo do the same? Her boys can go wheio they please around in her vicinage and her mind is easy ; is it not neces sary for a girl to have a bodyguard whoo she goes about? She will say : "Oh this is the result of a di li?r ent nature in boys and girls." Ex actly; and this diff?rent nature which carries with it certain priv ileges and disabilities, ought to keep women out of political squab bles. Dido says that I put a wrong construction on her language touching her" statement about "ig norance" hoing one reason for en franchisement. Sbo used the lan guage J quoted and I took il for what it said. If Dido's words c o n v e. y some recondite meaning beyond the usual sonso of English words, she should say so ! She also charges mo with calling woman's courage "moonshine." This is another mis statement, I applied the term "moonshine," not to woman's cour age but to Dido's wild statements. But there was ono point 1 brought out upon which sho was silent as a tomb and that wa;-, if women vote they must pay poll tax and work the roads. Why didn't she tackle that? Why has she not said some what moro about "rightful sphere |" why does'nt Dido tell us how wo men propose to put down drunk enness by voting? Whould she pass a law to stop every drop al the Slate lino, thou she would vi olate the interstate commerce law. Would she pour out every gallon when it arrived, Samps Pope would give her tits. Perhaps her law would put down liquor by moans of a standing army. Who would keep this army up? Dido's whole cry is putting down whiskey; how does she propose to put it down ; be moro specific. Why didn't she say something about, property car rying with it tho right to vote? She says woman has an inborn right to vote, but does'nt prove it. lier whiskey ligures is tho only thing she attempts to argue, bul sho oilers no remedy to g i vi." a leal of hor statemauship. 1 would like to visit my opponent's homo and see what Mr. Dido says about wo man's suffrage. Dido had better stick to hor I a m i ly of eight than be yearning lo vote. Let Mr. Dido do the. voting. 1 suppose Dido thought 1 could'nt road her little display of French ! The burden of proof always rests on the innova tor. r?ow for Dido to make -i plausible showing for hor side, abe must (?ROVE the following: Where won't.n's suffrage lias been tried they have belter laws'/and less dis turbs.nce (she mus! brin;: forward (ffvori authority); That prohibi tion doc* prohibit ! That women will dean up corrupt iou in poli tics (she bas mini i I lcd I hat ihey would have lo hear cursing and blackguarding ut Ihn polis, and couldnt stop such conduct, in her first piece); That law can slop mci'.'drinking than til'.' church; [That voting will protect women from scoundrelly husbands; Thal women eau devote as much atten tion to train iug up their children with their minds iel! of polit ical rtrife as they can will? -an eye sin PURE LIQU We have made a Specialty i for private Consumption. As we. reasonable figure than any dealer ci Our Specialty is nur Celebra " Harve Which we furnish at $0.20 p We make no shipment of 1 different brands. As we sell on ? remittance m list accompany order.1 ???3?"" Write us for Complete DISTILLERS, I Remember wc Prepay all Ext. gie to their duty; That what they get out of politics will be worth as much to women a? certain immu nities they now enjoy oti account of their dependency but which they will lose when they become inde pendent. Now Dido, which image had you rather your children should keep in memory's pictured lialls-a strong-minded worn au strolling to the polls or a patient mol her seated in the nhl arm chair, teaching ber children liie "way of life" and helping Ibera to lisp the evening prayer? SEMPHRONIC'PS. THE CAT PIECE. Sheriff Ouzts*s He joinder, Sur rejoinder, J?iii! Kclmtter. Mr. Bacon, in last weeks Chron icle, bas again exhibited his weak.-, ness'in anticipating and attempt ing to outline, as he thought, the most salient points of defence to his recent harangue upon our in u?fensive heads. There is nothing in his malicious articles bur. what has been successfully refuted. Ile feels no doubt that he is securely sewed up us il wjre in a strong canvass bag, and now reminds me nf a mad cal m a bag with ils hair turned iii'- wrong way wriggling writhing and mewing tu get ont. Better ?ie still, 'iwill be belier for you. \V. ji. Ol /.TS. July 12, 1805. Harvest Home Rye-li years obi $3.20 per gallon, all express charges prepaid. The Hayner D^t tilling Co., Springfield, Ohio. AT THE GATE. . ..CAN DI DATES.-., The friends of .Senator B. ll. Till man nominate him for a seat in thc Constitutional Convention. De will, abide the primary. FRJKNDS. '. Lieut-Gov?rnor W. H. Ti m merman will be supported by many friends for the position of delegate to the Consti t ni ional Convention, ile will abide the primary. FUKNDS. The friends of the lion. W. ll. Yel dell respectfully present his name to the voters c." Kdgfdield County as a delegate to tile Constitutional Con vention, lie will abide the primary. Ka i KN ns. Kx-Cov. Jno. C. Sheppard will oblige many friends of both fartions by mak ing thu nu-?' for the Constitutional Convention. Ile will abide the result of the D?mocratie primary. FRIENDS. The friends and admirers of N. G. IC vans, Esq., oller his name as a most suitable person to represent Edgelleld County in the Constitutional Conven tion. ll?' will abide thu primary. * F IO ENDS. It is in the tires .md rims that Rambler excellence is most apparent. They are less likely to burst or br?ale than any others, and are most easily and quickly repaired. All styles Rambler Bicycles-$100. None better at any price -none so good for the same or lets. Catalog free. ^ GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO., J WASHINGTON. D. C. 4b They Must Go ? For thc next: 30 days we will close out our C Io thin a Stock sit 25 pcrcc.it. discount. Now for bsirgsiins. J. M. Cobb. July i)-lin. WE PAY CASS For ()!.! Hohl ?nil Old Se!id Silver; also Surplus Wedding ['resents in Solid Silver bought. Address Julius R. Watts fi Co., Jewelers, ".7 WMi nni.w.i. Sr., ATLANTA. OA. THIS IS ?)TANUM^^MAIi5 FREE BOOKAN?'|#^.^PRICE LIST A^ki? N ?S "BINGHAMTON. NM ORS FOR FAMILY USE. .-(o.O r?f tarnishing absolutely pure WHISKIES, WINES, BRANDIES &c, are distillers, are in a posit it-n lo furnish ti better arl ?elf at :i nu?re m afford to do. ted st Homo Rye" Six Years Old or gaJJou and prepay all express charge?. esB quauity timn two gallons, but ordern may be divuUri muong i very close margin ?re cannot allow time on shipment*, consequent lt Price List, Reference &c, tte. TUP: HAYNER DISTILLING CO., IMPORTERS?& WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS, BOX 290, SPRINGFIELD, O H I o. )ress (Charges. THE SOUTH AND NORTH AMERICAN [.NEW YORK AND CHICAGO LLOYDS. -(0) H. A. SMITH, General Co. Ag't. for Edge field. THE LLOYDS svslem, established in 1G88, (over two centurion ago) by Edward Lloyd, is made now more thorough ind peri'i l through regular business progression. A LLOYDS COMPANY HAS NEVER FAILED. MANY PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN ARE IN IT, because, as business people, they ?ire bound to accept the sav ing feature of (he Llovd?, coupled willi rqunl, if not greater reliabili ty than io off el ed by any other insurance in exitdenc. The Llo.tds olfer a uniform cut ol' (?flnen per cent, on the old lin? prices?, and in case of excessive ralefl having linen made, I hey .?rive even greater relief than thi.-. Among our polict holders i'1 Edjeeiinld we name n fe<\ : Jones Oe Sou, E. J. Norri?. Alvin Hurt. \V. !'.. Penn, .Mrs A. E. Lewi.*, Mrs. S. A. Dozier, Jas. A. Bennet, R. P. Holloway, R. L. Fox. '\ be most prominent Northern corporal ions and concerns, well known iii the South, ?ire in the Lloyds, such ?is Ansi in, Nichols & Co., Simpson, Crawford <fe Simpson, Postal Cable &. Telegraph Co., of New Yo: lc, Jordan, March it Co., Edison Electric Light Co. of Boston, Spreckl/'S Sugar Ren liing Co., J. 13. Lippincotl & Co. of Philadelphia, P. Lorri lard &'Co., of Jersey Citv, Armstrong, Calor ct Co.. Burnell <t Co. Henry Swiubom & Co., Daniel Miller ct Co, nf Baltimore. IN SOUTH CAROLINA I he largest concerns are in it. Applications for Insu rance received at The ADVERTISER Office. May 1, 1895. JOHNSTON and EDGEEIELD, -DEALERS IN Vehicles of all Kinds, - - Fine Harness, Saddles, FURNITURE und COFFINS; - - HARDWARE Jan. 29-1S95. ai Large SfocE of Ewes, ?fl?ap ei$ GooO.. E ARi/SDA bn ? IRON WORKS AND t.UiV!DAKU c SUPPLY COMPANY. AUGUSTA, G-A. Machinery and Supplies. Repairs, etc., Quickly Made. tfST* Get our Prices before you buy. WM. SeMWEi?ERT & 0o., -RELIAB L E JE W E LE ll 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 with line Silk Ribbon. STERLING SILVER SPOONS and FORKS lower than ever before. Watch and Clock Repairing Promptly Attended lo by Competen! Workmen. COB. BH0 AD andi TilSTTKE1\ - AUGUSTA, OA LEWIS F. AVILI6AR 937 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA., IS SELLING AN OAK MANTEL FOR $?.00, AND ONE WITH A 15x2-1 GLASS, A TILE ll EARTH, A TILE FACING, AND A BRONZE F-ACING FOR J I; ST $17.00. Palmetto Business College, WILLISTON, S. C., Next Session Begins Sept. 26. 1895. One of tho most complete Commercial Colleges in the Sou'h. Tuition rales reasonable. First class board .$8.00 per month. We have large and comfortable Dormitories that will accommodate one hundred and tiffy boarding students. .Military regulations. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed. For further particulars, address. J. R. A. mitlock, July 16- If. PRESIDENT. 48 That there isa place in Augusta where YOU eau get something nice and tempt ing to eat in thc FANCY GROCERY Line ? DOSCHEIl & CO., carry a full line of the latest Home and Foreign Delica cies, When you visit Augusta come and see ns. Prices will please yon. soe IBIROAZDWAIT, S" CH s ft M I PO S > rx r O J n J7CC3I /. ??. ??W ? fl?,, 7'. 1 TL OR. 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