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Edeef ield Advertiser Tl?OS. J. ADAMS,.EDITOR WEDNESDAY, AUG. 7, 1895. The election of Hon. W. J. Tal bert to the presidency ot* the Con stitutional Convention would seem lo be a logical sequence to bis election at the head of the Edge field delegation-at the head by nearly four hundred votes. Isn't it about time that taxes were being reduced? This was one of the big, bright promises of the Movement in the beginning, and had much potency iu making it go. We make this query uot iu anger, not in wrath, for we are one of the charter members of the Movement, but simply ask for in formation. We believe the Legislature at its last sitting made no appropria tion or provision for paying the managers of the Constitutional Convention election. In this con nection we would remark, in the language of Marcus Curtius just before he jumped into the hole, "Will not Rome howl on this ac count also?" Our statement of votes received by the various candidates, pub lished herewith, is not exactly what the executive committee an nounced cn last Thursday, be cause at the time of such an nouncement, Rinehart No. 3 had not been brought in. Our figures are those of the executive com mittee plus the belated box. These ligures, however, do not disturb the result. We still have the same elegant, six-in-hand team? and all white horses. One of our low-cou nt ry ex changes,.complimenting; Edgefield on her delegation to the constitu tional convention, says, "if Edge field had only sent M. C. Butler she would have sent 'em all." Not so! Edgefield has quite a number of the old boys yet in the back ground and of the younger ones from eighteen to thirty-five years years of age, we have tbree hun dred and fifteen hitched out in the woods, and they ruu the gamut in mental calibre all the way from mediocrity to Jim Tillman. The Columbia Register says that Ben Tillman's "great popularity in Edgefield sufficed to procure a nomination for George Tillman." Stuff and nonsense ! The Register simply does'nt know what it is talking about cr is talking with ~somebotryV~?ls?~'~ mouth. George Tillman was elected because a ma jority of the voters in the primary wanted him and these voted tor him almost against his own pro test. No ! the vote received by Mr. Tillman in the election just over was his own individual strength in the county. Handicapped as he was by untoward circumstances and environments, and not being either a reformer or conservative, he ran ahead of two of the strongest reformers in the county. Clear the Kitchen. In the language of another, the six delegates Edgefield sends to the constitutional convention will not be swiugers-on to anybody's coat tail. They will each one tote his own skillet. Each will carry down to Columbia his own ideas, stand to his own guns on his own lines until Tlie stars do wander darkling in the eternal space-rayless and pathless And the icy earth swings blind and blackning in the moonless air. Aud about this time o' day it will be in order for the universe, "and thc balance of mankind," to stand from under. Thc Result ol the Election. In the elections held in Edge field County on Tuesday the 30th of July, the total number of votes polled was 23 38 Of these W. j. Talbert rec'd 2020 B. R. Tillman, 10 07 W. H. Timmerman, 10 13 R.B. Watson. 1470 J. C. Sheppard, 14 41 G. D. Tillman, 13 56 J. M. Gaines, 13 17 . J. B. Suddath, ll 52 N. G. Evans. 10 84 S. McG. Simkins, 000 The first six names are the del egates to the Constitutional Con vention, four of whom are reform ers and two conservatives. There will bea competitive examina tion on the 2:;d of August in this coun ty under the charge of the County School Commissioner fora scholarship in Furman University worth fifty dol lars (?0;, an amount sufficient to pay tuition for one year. The appointee is to enter the lowest college class. For further information, catalogues, etc., address, CHAS. h. DURHAM, .Secretary of Faculty, Greenville, S. C. The Hayner Distilling (Jo Springfield, Ohio, ship liquors di rect lo consumer. Write for price list. Wagons and buggies beautiful in pattern and finish, cheap in price but not in workmanship For sail by Ram sey & Bland. j THECAJPTA1X OF OUR SAL VATION A Greater Than Lee or Jackson or Perrin. The folio??lug beautiful loiter from Judge J. S. Cothran, was road before the Abner Perrin Camp at Centre Springs on last Thurs day : CAPT. GEORGE B. LAKE, EDGE FIELD, S. C. : Dear Sir ; Owing io the pro tracted sitting of the Court of Ses sions here, which will not adjourn until this evening, and as the civ il business will not begin until Monday, I find greatly to my re gret, that it will be impossible for me to be with you on Thursday next. I have several cases to be tried next week, and the parties interested could not and would not understand or excuse my de fault. I have th? greatest desire to be with you for many reasons. I doubt if there is any one liv ing now who had longer or more familiar acquaintance with the great soldier in the adoption of whose name for your Camp, you have honored yourselves even more than him. We were school boys together at "Big Hungry" from 1S41 to 184G and in the same classes. After the fashion ot country boys we played, fished, hunted, frolicked, and fought together the mimic bal ties of life. In after years our path:', though in the main divergent sometimes crossed, until the great si.ruggle ensued in 1861. Tho fortunes of war placed us in the same brigade in the grand army of northern Virginia, whose magnificence he helped to make up. Impatient of the inefficiency of many of the regimental superior officers, he chafed and fretted for a time, but when promotion came, as it did, every quality of a great commander shone forth conspicu ously in him. I was not at Gettysburg whore he won his spurs, having been wound ed at Chancellorsville, but it was a well known fad In the army af terwards that if Col Perrin, com manding the advance, had ben allowed to push forward his brig ade to Cemetery heights after tak ing the town of Gettysburg, as he bogged to bo allowed to do, then, "Another sight had seen that moon. From Kate's dark book a leaf been toni. And Flodden had been Bannockburn." During the winter of 1S63-4, owing to thc? enforced absence from wounds of the gallant Mc Gowan, Gen'l. Perrin was assigned temporarily to the command of our brigade and encamped with us near Orange county court house . jin til-tko-WHMIJ ?uiy u?TfrET brigade commander, when Geni. Perrin was assigned to the com mand of Wilcox's Alabama brig ade and took it into action at the Wilderness on the second day of the battle, May 3rd, '64. Heth's division supported by Wilcox's began the fight on the plank road about 3 o'clock p. m., and after a desperate struggle and willi varying fortune, held their ground until night put an end to the bloody conflict. The odds were against us, and the federal troops Hushed with their advan tage renewed the battle early the next morning on the same ground. .Just at sunrise, after a forced march from Gordonsville all of the night before, the head of Long street's column appeared on the field and took up the unfinished fight. Their dash, their elan, their martial mien, the glinting of the early rays of the sun upon their glittering arms made up a sight never to be forgotten by those who beheld it. "It were worth ten years of peaceful life To have seen that stern array." Among the foremost brigades of the corps was that commanded by Perrin who rode at its head. The light of battle illuminating his face, he looked the very embodi ment of war. Calling me to his side he said, "I intend to come out of this figld a Major General or a dead Brigadier? These were the last words I ever heard from his lips. The battle opened with un common fury, Longstreet was shot down at a critical moment, the gallant Jenkins was killed, and amid the irreparable losses the Army of Northern Virginia had cause to lament none greater than Perrin, the bravest of the brave-its "dead Brigadier." I had intended to make the bat tle of the Wilderness and its illus trious "dead Brigadier," the sub ject of my theme in addressing you at your meeting, but again I have to regret that it is not to be my privilege to bc with you. There are other reasons of a per sonal and a special nature which add much to my desiveto attend your camp fire. The early years of my life were spent in Edgefield District and hut for what was al most an accident, my eyes would first have seen the light within her borders. I know her people well, their virtues and their faults, and whilst like all mortals, they are not exempt from the latter, I can say of a truth, that even these all lean to virtue's side. It may be that at some meeting of your Camp in some ensuing, year, I may he permitted to re deem my promise to meet with you. My feelings for you will never grow cold, nor will the rr colloetion of the events which you commemorate ever fail, nor time, nor distance, nor circumstances, nor anything else be able to dim the lustre which shines around the name of your chieftain, and my lifelong friend, the lamented "dead Brigadier.,; I bea to be remeii herod by each and every member of your Camp. Our ranks are rapidly thinning as the years go by. Il wi li be but a little while until the lastsuevivor shall be called to cross the river and rest with bis comrades under the shade of the trees upon the other side. The great majority have already passed over, and my heart's d.-sire and prayer to God is, that each OLC of yon, who bas not already done so, may enlist under the banner of a greater Captain than Leo or Jackson or P?rrin, even the Captain of our salvation, from whose servie*? there is no dis charge, for there shall bo no more death, no more sin, no more toil, uo more trouble-and He shall wipe all tears from our eyes. Faithfully and affectionately Your friend and comrade, J. S. COTER AN. Greenville, S. C., July 27. Notice of Election. MANAGERS or ELECTION TO ELECT DELEGATES TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. AN ELECTION will be held at the several precincts established by law in Edgelield County on Tuesday, August 20th 1895, lor the following described officers, to wit: Six (6) dalegatcs to State Constitutional Convention Tlx; polls will open at S o'clock a. m., and close at 4 o'clock p. m., nt the close of the election the managers shall immediately proceed io pub licly count the ballots. Within three days thereafter tho chairman of the board of manag ers, or one of them to be designa ted by tho board in writing shall deliver to the commissioners nf election tho box containing tie' containing the poll list, the ballots and a written statement ol the re sult of the election at his precinct. The managers shall administer !o each person offering to vo'.e on oath that he is qualified to vote ai said election, according to the Constitution of the State and that he has not already voled in said election. Oue of I he manager." hereinaf ter appointed shall, previous to i he day of election, procure from il." commissioners of election ih" ba' lot box, papers and registration book for his precinct. The board of managers for < - ; : c: 11 precinct shall meet on or before thc day of ejection and organize themselves into a board of managers by elect ing one of their number chairman and some suitable person as clerk. Tho chairman may then adm in in ter the oath prescribed in article Ii, section 30, of tho constitution and the oath against duelling to each member of the board and the clerk; and the clerk may in turn ad banister the same oaths to the chairman. The said oaths may be administered by any other ofli cer authorized to administer oaths, and shall be filed in the office of tjie^clerkof Qssjtl *o\- X?jajaftBb TlelTTamTTJeneral Sessions. The voting shall be by ballot, which ballot shall be of plain white paper two and a half inches wide by five inches long, clear and oven cut, without ornament, description, mutilation, symbol, erasure, or mark of any kind whatsoever ex cept the names of the persons vo ted for, which names shall be writ ten or printed, or partly written or partly printed, and if printed, in black ink, and such ballot shall be folded so as to conceal the name or names thereon, and so folded shall be deposited in a box to be constructed, kept and disposed of as hereinafter provided, and no ballot of am- other description found in any ballot-box shall be counted. At each precinct a space of in closure, such as the managers deem proper and sufficient, shall be railed off, or otherwise provided with an opening for thc entrance of the voter at ono end or side, and an opening at the other end for bis exit, as a polling place. But one voter shall be allowed to enter any polling place at a time, and no one except the managers shall be allowed to speak to the voter while in the polling place casting his vote. Each clerk of the poll shall keep a poll list, which shall contain a column headed "Names of Voters," and the name of each elector vo ting shall be entered in such column. If, in counting, two or more like ballots shall be found folded to gether compactly, only one shall be counted, and the others destroy ed, but if they have different names, all shall be destroyed and none counted. If more ballots shall he found in thc box upon opening it than there aro names on thc poll list, all the ballots shall be relumed to the box and throughly mixed together, and one of the managers or clerk shall, without seeing the ballots, draw therefrom and immediately de stroy as many ballots as there are in excess of the number of names on the poll list. The following named persons have been appointed managers of the election for delegates to Con stitutional Convention, to wit: Edgelield-T J Lanham, W E Doboy, L J' Covar, J P Bates, clerk. Meeting Streel-J \ Cogburn, J S McDowell, E L Stevens, M B Hamilton, clerk. Trapps Store-\V H Stallworlh, clerk, A P Ouzts, it P Holloway, J W Aiton. Pleasant Laue-C H II Wil liams, W A Strom, G G Wett, A J) Tim merman, clerk. Johnston-R S To wi c.s J YV Hester, A JI Smith, J G Mobley, clerk. Haltiwanger's Store.-Jesse II Coleman, M L Wheeler, S M Coop er, J 0 Towles, clerk. Holstein's X Roads-W E Bod ie, PURS LIQU We have mude a Specialty < for private Consumption. As we reasonable tigure than any dealer cc Our Specialty is our Celebra! " Harve Which wi? furnish at .$3.20 p We make no shipment of 1 different brands. AB we sell on ? remittance must accompany order. 0BT Write us for Complete DISTILLERS, 1 Remember we Prepay all Ext. J W Wise, M E Smith, A B Wat son, clerk. Merri wether's Hall-P B Lan ham, H H Towns, J M VV Glover, ; H L Bunch, clerk. Perry's X Roads-J W Herbert, J L Oxner, W F Huiet, clerk. Coleman's X Roads-L B Blease, H H Ellis, Som Sample, Giles! Chapman, clerk. Cheathain'a Store-W M Corley, W P Branson, J H Reel, P W Cheat b a in, clerk. Landrum's Store-D V Harris, J G Herd, D W Wheathersbee, P B Carpenter, clerk. Liberty Hill-H Q Talbert, C W Barres*, W G Sheppard, J W Miller, clerk. lied Hill-A V Morgan. P II Busaey, G W Johnson, A J Mc daniel, clerk. Mt, Willing-J M Long, Ii M Herl?ng,Oscar Strom, J l? Padgett, clerk. R i c h a r d so n v i 11 e-John M cC 1 e ? - lon, J 15 Michell, W D Allen, W W Sa'cher, clerk. Trentrm-.J K Betti?, F M Lep pard, C A Long, J E Colgau, clerk. Ridioboth-Milledge Whatley, .i f; Belgier, J 0 Seigler,EC Winn, clerk. Modoc-J B Thurmond, \V Mc Daniel, Tom Merri wether, John Brimson, clerk. Kiuurd's Store-Geo T Ether edge, S A Price, John '.Vest, Gary Ca ugh tn an, clerk. Plum i J ranch-J W Blackwell. .1 K Freeland, J C Sanders, F P V. ells, clerk. One of the above named manag ers from each box will call tm the board of commissioners at Edjip fieldC.H., between the 10th flay of August and 18th day of Au gust to receive ballot box, poil list and instructions and be qualified. Signed, J. B. DAVIS, E.H. FOLK, S. B. MAYS-' Com m is sn-rn rs of State Elec tions. THE STATIS ALLIANCE. The eighth nnnual meeting of the FARM??8 STATE ALLI ANCE of South Carolina will con vene in Cclnmbi? ;>'A Wednesday, Angus' 28. County SecretarU;s are hereby requested lo send irmv.cdiafclyju this uiuce the t?nmes and post office address cf tho delegates elected. It is desired thal all the County Alliances in tho Slate bc daly rep-! resented. Business of imp.irt.ince will be transacted. J. W. REID, Sec. F. S. A. of S. C. Harvest Home Rye-0 years old $3.20 per gallon, all expr?ss charges prepaid. The Hayner Dis tilling Co., Springfield, Ohio. Save time, money and doctors' bills. Go where you please, when you please, as fast as you please. Find pleasure, health and economy all in one. Rambler Bicycles are the acme of mechanical perfection. Strong, du rable and reliable, with not an ounce of useless material. The Rambler is the wheel for record breakers and for pleasure seekers. Various models, all the same price I -Sioo-catalog tells all about them -free, of course. s GORMULLY & 1EFFERY MFG. CO., ' WASHINGTON. O. C. For Old Gold and Old Solid Silver; also Surplus Wedding j Presents in Sci id Silver bought. ! Address Julius R. Watts & Co., Jewelers, *>7 WHITEHALL ST., ATLANTA, GA. THIS IS FREE BOOKAN Pure liquors for family uso, The Hayner Distilling Co., Springfield, Ohio. Subscribe lo the Ed^nfiel 1 AD VERTISE K. ORS FOR FAMILY USE. ! i -(o ?)- j >f furnishing absolutely pure WHISKIES, WINES, BRANDIES &c.,l aro distillers, an? in a position to furnish rt better arl ide ut K more] ,n alford to do. ?i st llorac Rye" Six Years Old I er ga'lon and prepay all express charges. ess quauity (lian i wo gallons, bul ord co s may bc? divided Hmong j i very close margin wu cannot allow time on shipments, cons?quent ly j Trice List, Reference &c, icc. THE HAYNER DISTILLING CO., M PORTE RS & WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALERS, BOX 290, S FRI N G P I 12 L D, O H I O. iress Charges. THE SOUTH AND NORTH AMERIC AN NEW YORK AND CHICAGO LLOYDS. .(ol in. A. SM ITH, General Co. Ag't. for Edge field. THE LLOYDS system, established in 168S. (over two cen1' ries ago) by Edward Lloyd, is made now more thorough and p-. feet through regular business progression. A LLOYDS COMPANY J [AS NEVER FAILED. MANY PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN A RE IN IT, because, as business people, they aro bound to accept th' sav ing feature of the Lloyd?, cou plod with rqnal, if not greater reli. '?iii ty than id oriel ed by any oilier insurance in existence. The L'oyds otter a uniform cut of fifteen per cent, on the old line prices, s?; -I in case of excessive rates having been marie, they give even greater i? lief than this. Among our policy holders in Edgide-ld WP naine a ?nw: Jones it Son, K.J. Norri.-5, Alvin Hart. W. B. Penn, Mrs A. E. J vis, Mrs. S. A. Dozier, Jas. A. Bennet, R. P. Holloway, R. L. Fox. The most prominent Nortbwn corporations and congrus, widl known in I lie South, arc in I lie Lloyds, such as Ansi in, Nichols it Co., Sim-son, Crawford ct Simpson, Postal Cable ct Telegraph Cu., of ?w York, Jordan, March oe Co., Edison Electric Light Co. of Boston, Speckles Sugar Refining Co., J. B. Lippiucott & Co. of Philadelphia, P. Lorri lard ct Co., of Jersey City, Armstrong, Cater it Co.. Burnell tv Co. Henry Swiuborn & Co., Daniel Miller ct Co, of Ballimore. IN SOUTH CAROLINA Ihe largest concerns are in it. Applications for Insu rance received at The ADVERT?S KU Office. May 1, 1895. JOHNSTON and EDGEF?ELD, DEALERS IX Vehicles of all Kinds, FURNITURE and COFFINS, Jan. 29-1895. Fine Harness, Saddles, - HARDWARE. TS" a ? LULU U?IL?H Ulli!) Will 1IUO0?D. lei m Steeg of. Sipes, CQeep ans Good. \?D A DPI J IRON WORKS AND VI BAKU (SUPPLY COMPANY. AUGUSTA, GA.. Machinery and Supplies. Repairs, etc., Quickly Made. Get our Prices before you buy. WM. SeHWEieERT & 0o., -RELIABLE J E AV E L E KS 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 fine Silk Ribbon. STERLING SILVER SPOONS and FORKS lower than ever before. Watch and Clock Repairing Promptly Attended to by Competent Workmen. COR. BROAD and 7 TH STTEET, AUGUSTA, GA WHAT DO YOU THINK! LEWIS F. yWILIBAR. 937 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA., IS SELLING AX 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. Palmetto Business College, WILLISTON, S. C., Next Session Begins Sept. 26, 1895. One of the most complete Commercial College* intheSou'h. Tuition rates reasonable. First class board $8.00 per mouth. We have large and comfortable Dormitories that will accommodate one hundred and fifty boarding students. Military regulations. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed. For further particulars, address. J. R. A. Whitlock, July 1G- ff. PRESIDENT. Wofford College, JAS. H. CARLISLE, L L, D., Pres. WOFFORD COLLEGE FITTING SCHOOL, A. G. RE M BERT, Head Master, Expenses for one year, from $150 to $200. XT , o . 1 ? rx , 1 ion- ! I'll alwavs be giad to see my lr ie Next. Session begins Oct.. J, I8?I0. J , ' - , 0 i- . J _ , 0 ,, ' i and lo make more friends. - I-or Catalogne, address FRENCH BEEF. -(0) My name is Norman: On the Grampian hills My father feeds his (luck. The report that 1 had gone out of business, or contemplated that step, isa mistake. I am still on the ground floor and have reduced the price of beef to 5 and 8 edits. friends J. A. GAM EWELL, Spartan burg, S. C. July 30-2m. Attention, Hussars. ltNS regular quarterly meeting of the BtljjellHd Hussars has IHMMI post poned lo Thursday, August 22nd, al Lin? Pavilion, Lanham s Spring. Hy order L. R KKU.NHOK, Capt. \V. IL Ryan, O. Now is the time to take he Advertiser. To make more friends Pc sell more heel' And sell more heel* To make more friends. NORM AN YOUNG B LOO 1). French Chef. OSBORNE'S ANO V rs mi Telegrrnitliy, .*. iifusm. <.a. Ko theory. No text books. Actual business from ?iv of entering. College goods, money and biixincs. pupers used. R. K. fare paid to Augusta. Write (br handsomely Illustrated uttulogue. 1 New Goods! iNew Goods!! mm J. TTS I i GK ia \rf li! Xv *r I? y i That there isa place in Augusta where von eau get something nice and tempt ing to eat in the FANCY GKOCERY Linc ? 3d % DOSGHEE & CO., carry a full line of the latest Home and Foreign Delica cies. When you visit Augusta coule . . and see us. Prices will please you. DOSCHER & CO." GOG BROADWAY, .sta. ts W > r cc O s > O te' ? a. s -?s-g s ?M I H a ? E if B LEAD /. C. LE?Y ? CO., I TAILOR.FI'J CLOTHIERS. AUGUSTA. GEORGIA.. Have now in store their entire FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF CLOTHING Tlie largest stock ever shown in Augusta. We aim to carry goods whic.1 are not only intrinsically good, but which also, in pattern, style, and finish, gratify a cultivated ami discriminating*taste, and at the same time, we aim to make our prices so low the closest buyers will he our steadiest customers Polite attention to all. A call will be appreciated. I. C. LEVY & CO. TAILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, GA YOUR ATTENTION ! JU1 YOU I^iEED....:,.,.. Cook Steves, Stove Pans, Siove Fiji, Tinware, Well Buckets, ZFAISTOIT GROCERIES, Loaded Shells, banned Goods, Confeetionaries. Evaporators Repaired or made to Order: LARGEST COOK STOVE FOR THE MONEY. Codee Pots, Milk Buckets,and Covered Buckets made from the best of Tin in I he market. Repairs for Cook Stoves I sell, kept in stock. Call on or address CHAS. A. AUSTIN, crounsrsTonsi*, s. c. i