Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I a:a prepared to offer to my CLOTHING, HATS, X' . -ANDGEM'S FL R-\1SHIXG GOODS, Enables roe .to buy everything a gentleman needs Tor bis wardrobe at great advantage, thereby giving my customers the benefit of my experience at low prices to suit their demand. I have cn band every stylo of Sack Suits, from the cheapest to the best, every style ot Frock Suits, from the cheapest to the best, in Cutaways sizes for lean and fat people. Every style ot Prince Albert Suits in Broadcloth, Corkscrews, of fancy colors to suit evervbodj. # OVERCOATS. Of every style and description, from the cheapest to the best fabric, at low prices. Young Men's Suits, From 14 to 20 years, in great variety, at Bargain Prices. SCHOOL SUITS, From 12 to 18 y ears, in endless variety, at lower prices than anybody. Childrens' Suits, From.4 to twelve years, in knee and long patts, ei.tk-r in two or three pieces, from $1.2.3 a Suit upwards. PANTS, Of eyery style and quality from 30c. a.pair and upwards. The largest assortment in r this city, \ NECKWEAR, The largest assortment in this City. UNDERWEAR, In white and scarlet fabrics, from the lowest to the very best in Camel's wool, in the city. ? . > 4%-rv .i i m;uirv n TKim VALISES, All) SAHHfiLSJ It Sr:?FJi I Fti'titLLAS, ' at especially low figures. '^For particulars call oa lb. EPSTIXT, \ Und^r Oolu.ml>ia Hotel. Sept. 7-tf ?LOAN AliO EXCHANGEMI1 OF SOUTH CUttlll. vm ?: STATE, CITY AYD COl.YTY DEPOSITORY. COLUMBIA, S. C. Paid lip Capital $120,000 j Surplus Fund 25,000 j Undivided Profits 22,500 Transacts a general bankiug busiuess. s Careful attention given to Collections. SAVIYf. DEPART.HEST* Deposits of $1 and upwards received. Interest allowed at the rate ot 4 per cent per annum, payable quarterly on the first days of January, Apui, July and October. A. C. HASKELL, President. JFLITIS IT. WALKER, Cashier. June iy-iv FARMERS and MILLERS * -OF ? JLEXt.YG TO A* TOX7 C^UST 3Uy y Pratt, Winship, ami Brown Gins, Boss Cotton Presses, arid Liddell Saw Mills, ! Stationary and Portable Engines & Boilers, j Cane Mills and Evaporators. Cotton Seed Crushers, Hullcrs, <?c., Shafting, Belting and Pulleys. Ali of the best make, material, and work- I manship, ut lower prices than elsewhere. ; From W. H. GIBBS, Jr., C:ty Hall Building. Columbia, S. C. COMMERCIAL BANK. Ai _ COLUMBIA. S. C. ( Capital Authorized $100,000 Capital Subscribed $56,500 ? ;' ' Transacts a Banking and Exchange business. Keceives. Deposits. Iuterest allowed on Time Deposits. Books of subscription still open. Safety Deposit Boxes to rent at per annum. v ~ C. J. Iredell, . James Iredell, President. . Cashier. Ixo. S. Leaphart, Vice-President. Nov. 28 ?ly BROOM, WD \r\linil PROF. G. A. LUCAS, Principal. OPENS ITS SECOND SCHOOL SESsiou September 2, IKStt. This Institution offers unusual advantages to those seeking an education at home or preparation for college A thorough curriculum o??nglish, also Latin, weWSTFrench, BocdeHtbt-ping, ?Vc., will be taught. .Miss Mamie Ford, an accomplished young lady .of Columbia, will give instructions in Music aud Stenography. Board in good families at very reasonable rates. TUITION Farmi One to Three Dollars per month, according to grade of pupil. For fft'rtner particulars address G. A. LUOASjff'rincipal. or * M H. Witt. ' ' ^ ? Chairman Board of Trustees, "* New Brook land, S. C. * August 21-3'Ul =^.<...... % "# ,, THE EDITOR. * BEFORE. ,? Who in his sanctum sits up late, And strives, witb sentences of weight, To set to right affairs of State? The editor. Admire him! Who deeply molds the puWfc thought? For money who can neverbe bought? Who always 1 or the right has fought? The editor^ Respect him. Who notes what great men do and say, And files obituaries away When they shall die to print next da)? The editor. Revere himl cure for cough or cold, f V Who suffers patiently and long And seldom uses language strong? The editor. Don't chide him! Who ignorance must ne'er confess, Who knows of all things more or lessor what he don't know sure can guess? j The editor. Consult him! When youthful talent seeks to rise. Who views its growth with friendly eyes, i Its merits quick to recognize? The editor. Oh, bless him! J after. Who doth good judgment study lack, Who has of taste not e'er a smack? Who sent my little poem hack? The editor. Coniound him! Chips from Our Workshop. y* - * Judge C. P. Townsend, of Benn ettsville, S. C., was married to a Miss Henly of Chatham county, N. C.. on j 2nd of October. The handsome new desks for the ; Legislature have been received, and will soon be arranged on the boor of | the State House. \ Take the news home to Mary, and j tell her rav cough has "one, and that ; %. O O 7 a 25 cent bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough ; Syrup did the blessed work. Many cases of rheumatism, which i have resisted the skill of t he profession, j have promptly yielded to that won- ; J IL, 1 a.Jtt OnlT-Q^ATl Oil 9S uei i U1 I CilltTLlj, uanauuu vii. ? ^ cents. When you see a person trying to'I play the fool, and yo^T hear it rrOne strong,2 well-directed blow j sends the nail truer to its home than j a dozen coaxing t^s. One tit an earnest word carries more weight than a whole yard of high-fiown elo- ' quence. When tossed on the angry wave of : the sea of trouble, a good motto is: ' Never give up the ship." But when the ship manifests the tendency to ' sink, it is a wise move to swim out and not go down with the wreck. The trouble with people nowadays j is thev give much attention to the v O exterior, to the detriment of the interior. They think more of the sack than thev do of the grain. The con% o sequence is there is much poor grain parading in fine sacks. The assessment of property in the various counties of the State, per sonal property, ?44,531,027, of real estate $84,515,944, and of railway property ?17,243,373, making a total of ?145,290,344.?being an increase of ?3,304,190 over last year. It is not too broad an assertion to say that there is more money sunk annually by the people of South Cor olina by hauling their produce and their supplies over mud holes, clay hills and sand beds than the entire tax. State and county, amounts to. The Yorkville Enquirer, of the 28th ult., says that on a wager of live dollars, Gus. "Witherspoon, col ored, ate seven dozen eggs between 9 a. m. and 3 p. m. The eggs were fried. He won his bet, but was dead in two " days. ~ \ % Up to this date, the foureen phosphate mines in the State of South I Carolina for eleven months' have mined 220,815,92 tons of phosphate rock. The royalty paid to the State is ?1 per ton. The amount thus far i paid in is ?200,805,91, learing a bal ance of ?14,010.01 to be paid. The Cumberland Gap tunnel, just completed for the eastward extension of the L. <fc N. railroad, is notable not only for beifig one of the long| est in the world, but also from the { fact that between the time a train enters and makes its exit it will have I been in Kentuckey, Tennessee and ! Y'rginia. Few children can bo induced td ! ltlivsh* without a struggle, 1 i VL? ik> woiiuer?moj? drugs are extreme!y ^au seating. Ayer's Pills, on. ^the - contrary, being sugar coated, are eagerly swallowed by the little ones, and are, therefore, the favorite family medicine. tr\ "Never a rose without a ihBm is an axiom possessing much truth. It follows, then, that the thorns were created for the purpose protecting the bush. . So do we human i life -that the beauties in tiRfpart and i: 7 * * ?* & > ^ * * mind are preserved by the thorns of unshapely bodies, unbeautiful faces or lack of wealth. Too much importance can not be attached to the cultivation of a cheerful disposition. Much of our happiness depends upon whether we have a merry heart that doeth good like a medicine. As the sunshine dispels darkness, so a happy nature makes trities of troubles: sees golden sunsets instead of portentious clouds, and the bow of promise ever span ning the future. A Commission has been issued by the Secretary of State for the incorporation of the Berkeley Canning and Manufacturing Company, to be located at Mount Pleasant. The purpose of tlie company is to carry on the business of canning fruit, vegetables, shrimp, etc:., and the manufacturing of ciates, cans, etc., to contain the same. The capital stock is ^20,000, to be divided into 200 shares of the par value of 8100 each. The amiual statement of the Amer ican cotton crop of 1888 and 1889, by Alfred B. Shepperson, statistician of the New York Cotton Exchange, is out. Mr. Shepper. son makes the total crop 5,-. 939,284 bales. 497. 00 pounds per bale, against 488 05 pounds per bale the previous season, and the excess in weight malr^s the ci*op equal to 7,067,271 bales of the same weight of the previous crop, and thus the largest crop ever produced. The for eigji exports were the largest on re cord, while the consumption bv do mestic mills was within 1,008 bales of the largest ever known. There has been a falling off in the consumption at the North, but this is maue up HI lUt* >XIUHl; mui mv lutal amount of cotton used in this country is about the same as for the previous year. i ? ? ?? A Healthy GrowthAcker's Blood Elixir has reamed a firm the Amerie^L people and is ^?rVTv\h'jIV ' ""*. >>= ?^^si\\ve'cur(' 1 or": ill aukt. Diseases. The medical fraternity indorse and prescribe it. Guaranteed and sold by Dr. M. Q. Heudiix, What a Pretty Woman is Tired Of. I am tired of a woman who cultivates her brains at the expense of her heart. f Tired of men who don't take care of women. Of clothes made by a machine that rip when you pull the string. Of men who climb over you between the acts, tear vour gown,make v O you cross, and knock over the bonnet j of the woman in front of you. Of children who are dressed in j silk and lace rather than in flannel, ! and who wear more jewelry than they do good manners. Of mothers who think children a . ' nuisance. j Of hearing Providence blamed for | one's own mistakes. v Of the continual claim that women I are not paid as well as men when I they do as good work. Of sewing 011 shoe luttons and ! sharpening lead pencils. I am tired of almost everything | except the American girl, good look | ing men, chocolate, hot bread for ] breakfast, broad nibbed quill and a ! big sheet of paper to write 011, fox i terriers and babies. Given a nice, sweet plainly dressed baby, from the | cannibal to an angel in heaven, there | is a keen appreciation of it. It has all the virtues of sweets and fox ter I riers. and its possibilities are greater, i And yet so wicked is the world that, ! shame upon it, the babies can be j bought cheaper than either the dogs ! or the bonbons. Tha Distance to Hell. A person by birth, wealth and edI ucation. who should have been agen; tleinr n, I u. was not, [went to see a i coal mine. The miner took him down ! as a Christian, and was much pained ! by the profane language used by the I visitor. As they descended the shaft j tliev felt it getting hotter. At last I % ? ! the- heat became so great that the visitor said "Dear me, it is terrible hot! I wonder how far it is to hell?' L'-I don't know the exact distance, sir,1 r.'ulied 1 lie Chnsjflan miner, gravely "hiffifa one lurfcsef. the chain gives I way yodSHiWbe there in a minute.' -v"~ This^^ajn answersmeans pi i^.arousmpfifche profane*gentleman f/ r | sense of his perilous condition. ' Ii 1 the ease of every unconverted mat therms'only one step?a break?he | twixt'him and death, "and after deatl | the judgment." I Pay for your paper. We are need . j ing the money, c The Miscarriage of Justice. Baltimore Sun. The multitude of cases in which. : justice is baffled by the disagreement | of juries in criminal trials through- j i out the country is increasing to such | an extent that convictions for a capi! tal offense, instead of being the rule, j . , i even where the testimony is clear to j the ordinary mind, is becoming an ' I exception. One great difficulty of j | our criminal courts is to get any jury , j at all. In the tirst place, most of the J i men who are summoned to do jury ; duty resort to every possible plea to I - i I get excused. In the next piace, i ' even when called upou to serve, there j is frequently an indisposition evinced ! | by some of them to consent to a ver ! j diet that shall involve the penalty of ! I death. The young New York ruffian j j boasted that hanging was "played : j out" did but express the belief of ; I his class, and especially of that class J which has *'a pull" on the politicians, j although the boast in his particular j | case was faial to him, as it ! I has been more recently to several j j others. Our laws are lenient to f ! criminals. To have formed an opinI ion with respect to the case excludes I a man from sitting on a jury. Intel- j ligence and conscientiousness and the ability and desire to bring in an ; 1 - ... 1 . I Tj , -J | impartial verdict ana to ne govcrueu j only by the testimony are but too of I ten a fatal bar to his acceptance, j | If the prosecution will take him, the I defense will challenge and reject him, ; j and the process of weeding out goes j Von until either the challenges are ex- j I hausted or the defense has got some i men on the jury on whom it thinks ! it may rely. If we add to this tlu< I | delays interposed in coming to a j ! trial and the not unfrequent spiriting ' away of one or more important wit- : nesses, it is obvious that when the i - . accused person has friends in the ' community interested in saving him \ from the consequences of his crime and who have money enough to fee I ? o able counsel in his behalf, his chances j of going to the penitentiary are ! sniaH and of his suffering capital i J i'II"'1V ' r nH 11 i*"* i | the Governor to commute the extreme penalty into imprisonment for a long ; time or for life, with the ultimate and by 110 means unfounded hope of 1 a pardon after serving some time in ; "' icAn Tn fva.o-rfl.-nt cases the efforts ! 1'""""- - n are to bring about a disagreement of j the jury, and the frequency of such j disagreements is one of the most ? I common facts in our criminal alinals. ! A "hung" jury generally presupposes j a second trial, and a second trial I 1 either an acquittal or a verdict mvolving a light sentence. It would not be true to say that it always im%/ * plies a miscarriage of justice, but in | the majority to such trials it is tantamount to it. The only criminal on whom justice is impartially administered is# the man for whom nobody cares, who has no money and no friends, and it generally happens that those who have the money and friends to help them belong to the most vicious and least desirable element of the population. Guard Against the Strike, And always have a bottle of Acker's English Remedy in the house: You cannot tell how soon Croup may strike your little one, or a cold or cougli may fasten itself upon you. One dose is a preventive and a few doses is a positive cure. All Throat and Lung trouble yield to its trart nicnt. A sample bottle is given to I you and the Remedy guaranteed by | Dr. Jtf. Q. Hendrix. | July 31-9-20. I I Why the Leaves Turn. "Probably not one person in a I thousand know why the leaves change their color in the fall." remarked an eminent botanist the other day. "The common and old fashioned idea is that all this red and golden glory , we see now is caused by frosts. A tviiP mul scientific explanation of the causes of the coloring of leaves ! would necessite a long and intricate - discussion. Stated briefly, and in - proper language, those causes are ' these: The green matter in the tis' sue of a leaf is composed of two colors, red and blue. When the sap I ceases to flow in the fall, and the na> j tural growth of the tree ceases, oxij datioii of the tissue takes place. Un{ der certain conditions the leaf i changes to red: under different con1 i ditions it takes on a yellow or brown 1 ; tinty This difference in color is due 1 j to the difference in combination of I the oiiginal eonstifuents of the 1 i green tissue and to the varying cor; dition of climate, exposure and soil. | A dry, cold climate produces more brilliant foilage than one that, is damp and warm- This is the reason * * that bill' American autumns are so ( much more gorgeous than those of England. There are several things about leaves that even science cannot explain. For instance, why one of i two trees growing side by side, of 1 O O the same age and having the same < exposure, should take on a brilliant i red ii? the fall and the other should i turn yellow, or why one branch of a 1 tree should be highly colored and the j n v rest i>f the tree have only a yellow i tint, are questions that are as impos- * sible to answer as why one member t of a family should be perfectly i liealtl^ft'id the other sieklv. Maples < and oak* have the brightest colors. { ?? 1 The Hard Problem. , . 1 ' - New England Evangelist. i I know of a l>oy who was preparing i to ent& the Junior class of the New i York University. He was studying 1 trigonometry, and I gave hini three 1 OXamjiJes for his next lesson. The < following dav he came into mv room ? o t- ? to demonstrate his problems. Two < of them he understood; but the ] third,?a very difficult one,?he had i not performed. I said to him, "shall < I help you?" , < "No. sir! I can and will do it, if ] you will give me time." i I said, "I will give you all the time ] you wish." 1 ' * tf The next day, he came into my j V" room to recite another lesson in the , same study. -Well, Simon, have you worked , that example?" "No. sir," he answered; "but I can and will do it, if you will give me a ; little :&ore time." , ' "Certainly, you shall have all the , time you desire." "* I always like those boys who are ( determined to do their own work; for they make our best scholars, and men, too. The third morning, you should have seen Simon enter my room. I knew he had it, for his face told the whole story of his success. Yes^he had it, notwithstanding it 1 ' - 1 41AA OA. nad/cosi mm imuiy nuum ui mr .-.it Ye*ental labor. Not only had him,Tjie had begun to develop mathematical powers, which under the inspiration of '"I can and I will/' he has continued to cultivate, until today he is professor of mathematics in one of our largest colleges, and of the ablest mathematicians of his years in our country. My young friends, let your motto ever be, "If I can, I will." A Child Killer. I Another child killed by the use of I opiates given in the form of Soothing Syrup. Why mothers give their chil dren su.'li deadly poison is surprising ( when they can relieve the child of its i ; peculiar troubles by the use of Ack- ] : er's Bab; Soother. It contains no j ! Opium cr Morphine. Sold by Dr. M. Q. Heidrix. ^ 1 The Carolina Fruit-Growers < i r I A Conibiation to Look After the In teres of the Men who liaises j the Frit. c At the invention of Fruit-grow- j I ers, whic. convened at Blaokville , | last weet and which organized a I Fruit-gmvers Association, Mr. P. H. s ! Loud, J. of Willistoh, was appointed r | to visitne several towns in the fruit ? I holt ait organize sub-assomatia^s. j. j Recent! he went to Graham and i succeed^ in his mission. Friday he j will he i Aiken and will visit Barnwell so* time next week. Everv' * ( i, where T fruit and melon growers ^ 1 ! are alivto their interests, and are I ! determed to have what belongs to F ' . V ! them. They will demand terms j from tbrailroad men and hold the j commism men to a strict account. I In cascitisfactorv terms cannot he ; agreed pon they are determined v ! not to ise any melons or other u I " p i fiuit frtliipment. The Bociation proposes to raise I funds lassessing each of its memj hers lOnts upon every acre planted, j and to ike the number of acres | plantedst year by each one as the n i standajby which to make the as! sessme: The melon men are assured ouecess, and the probability o1 is that "xt year there will bo an a( over piuction. However, "in union p] | there in* strength," and there is ^ | no douthat much good will be ae { complial. The raising of fruit and ; UJ | melons market is a growing in- I j d us try couth Carolina. j 1 I ? j W: Mr. Cmer: "Well I suppose you ! an ' find a gt many Burprisea in mar- j tli | ried lifem't you?" j Mr. ounghuaband: "Rather, th I Way, iM only Ih 1 other day I fo fouud dhat she was fonder of In , j onions^ ice cream." th Colored Compstition "With White Labor. Lancaster Review. But the negro problem is to be riewed from other standpoints than ;hat of the farmer. There is a wide lifference between the educated and .medueated negro. As soon as the legro acquires some "knowledge of oooks" he deserts his cotton patch md seeks other means of makng a livelihood. As yet but little is seen of him in the mercantile or professional world, but as a mechanic he .s makin^Jiimself felt all over the South, 'in some communities he has ictually arivon the white mechanic to the wall aud is making a comfort ible living at prices 2f> and 50 per ?ent. less than the white man can fr? xi-.o-L- tViv AVhv ? Because t costs little or nothing to live, and lot because he is a more skillful workman than the white man. Where I the latter is required to spend two iollars fpr the support of himself md family the negro can get along m fifty cents. The white mechanic nas to feed and clothe himself, wife md children and pay house rent, all 3ut of his wages; but not so with his colored campetitor. The wife of the tatter probably cook for you and you usually furnish your cook with a liouse on the premises to live in. Thus the negro saves house rent and is fed by his wife. His children me fed in the same way and if any are large enough they are hired Dut too, and thus help to swell the income of the family. He buys good second-hand clothing for which he pays little or nothing. It will be seen, therefore, that his daily expenses I are practically nothing when compared with those of the white me chanic. And while he may do infe rior work, it in nevertheless a fact he is gradually elbowing the white mechanic out of the way, in many places at least, accepting work at prices at which he is literally impossible for the white mechanic to live. A Sharp Scheme. -y gross From the Atlanta Constitution. A surprising rumor comes to us through a high, if not reliable source. It is said that orders will be issued to the takers of the next census to omit as largely as possible the counting of negroes, so that the representation of the South in Congress and the electoral college may he diminished. It is said that this has been agreed on as the Republican policy?the Republicans affecting to believe that the negroes* are not permitted to vote, or that their votes are not r^nmifpil?nrwl lml H in it Hint Hipv nvp thus disfranchised, that they ought not to be counted in the census that is the basis for representation. There is 110 doubt that the negro ft'ill assist at this work, if it is under :aken, and that they will avoid the census as far as able, even if there is 10 deliberate plan to leave them out. rhe Reverend Love, the negro Dreaeher, who was assaulted at Bax ey, said the matter had been largely lisoussed by the negro preachers at [ndianapolis, and that they were manimously in favor of disfran hisement of the negro, and would idvise this course were it not for the legroes in such State as Ohio, I11 liana and New York, where they lold the balance of power We Can and Do luarantee Acker's Blood Elfxif-for it Las been fully demonstated to the ?eople of this country that it is supeior to all other preparations for 1 1.* Ti ' 'A* - - uoou diseases, xi, is a positive cure r>r syphilitic poisoning, Ulcers, Erupions and Pimples. It purifies the hole system anil thoroughly builds p the constitution. For sale by >r. M. Q. Hendrix. Fred Bridges. From the Columbia Register. The matter of free bridges on the \ >ad leading into the city from Lex- 1 tgton was brought up by Mr. Jas?r jMiller. He spoke at some length 1 the great benefits which would ^ crue to Columbia by removing the | resents obstacles to trade between tc people of Lexington and tl is ty. The present arrangement, he ged, was in the nature of prohibi on of the people there trom trading 're. It placed a tax on that trade ^ id erected a wall between the city ? J n id those who would be glad to do ? eir trading here. iVTr. ^Miller gave it as his opinion at the lower bi idge could be bought 1 about $25,000 and the upper a idge for about $15,000. He 1 ought a committee should be ap- ? pointed to secure the signatures c f the business men of the city and from the tax payers asking the Legislature to pass such a bill as passed the Lower House at its last sessi< 11 and failed in the upper branch. That bill provided for the purchase of the bridges by money raised 011 bonds to be issued by Columbia township and certain townships in; Lexingt< 11 county, the expense of the purcl|&se being borne by the said townships proportionately to their ability and their interest in the matter. ^Captain Desportefc <$j*yorejd .the idea of ' free bridges but ' thought the appointment of committees and the adoption of resolutions would-not accomplish it. The only question was how to raise the money necessary. Mr. Miller spoke further on the subject and said that such a petition as he proposed was alxrnt to be circulated in Lexington and such a one should be circulated here. As he understood it, the bill ne had referred to covered the whole matter and gave the tax payers of the townships interested a chance to vote 011 the question of whether they would agree to an issue of bonds for the purpose designed or not. . ~ President Iredell directed the special committee on bridges, appointed some time ago, and of which Mr. Miller was chairman, to attend to the matter and arrange for the circulation of such a petition as had been proposed. Happiness and Contentment - Cannot go hand in hand if we look 011 the dark side of every little obstacle. Nothing will so darken life arid make it a burden as Dyspepsia. Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets will cure the - ft t\ n worst iorm ot JL>yspepsia, <^onsump tion and Indigestion, and make life a happiness and pleasure. Sold at 25 and 50 cents by Dr. M. Q. Hendiix. A?Oooi Suggestion. Jud^e Aldrich last month addressed few farewell remarks to the Laur term of court. He stated that that would be the last time he would preside over court at that place; that he would not allow his name to be presented^4 for re-election and that his term would soon expire. The Judge whose judgment has always proven good, took occasion to suggest as best for the State that it be divided into four circuits for the trial of all sessions business, and that four judges be elected to try criminal cases alone, and that they meet and hear all appeals from the Sessions Court. Also the election of one or more judge for the Supreme Court, and that one of the Associate Justices of this court be required at each term of the Circuit to take his position in the circuit, his place on the Supreme Bench to be tilled by one of the Circuit Judges. He also mentioned the fact that neither of the Judges of our present Supreme Court had ever presided in the Circuit Court. Another Alliance Company. A declaration was recently filed with the Secretary of State, on the 15th, and a commission issued for the incorporation of the Newberry Alii ance Warehouse Company. The capital stock is to be ?3,000, divided into 000 shares of ?5 each, and the company proposes to establish warehouses at Prosperity and New berry. The corporators are: J. A. Sligh, Jos. L. Keitt. It T. C. Hunter, John B. Fellers, J. T. IjLCjx^son. L: i^i^iTT^errv Halfa7?e. midJoIih"" F. Banks. Last Friday evening lightning ] struck the dwelling of Elias E. Kennemore, (Buck. )savs the Pickens i Sentinel, breaking several sash, shivering one sill and breaking many of the dishes. A plate from which a colored man was taking his supper, was broken, but he escaped unhurt, bis tuft of hair proving a better protection than lightning rods, which in Lis case was inefficient. . Rev. Mr. Tillman, is mow at Willis on. Barnwell county, and is battling or the good of those people, by open 1 ng up a hot campaign against the ] vorld. the flesh and the devil. " 1 < The latest now is that the water 1 .* i ?f a Texas artesian well makes peo- 1 >le dance who drink it. This is * lothing. It is said that we have 1 rater near here when drank of freely 1 rill mak a "fellow fight his granny." 0 ? -. v To make your stove look as good s s new, use Lust.ro Stove Polish, only i 0 cents a box, ready ^prepared. at I he Bazaar. II What Shall We Do with the ITe?ra? ? W News und Courier - '* .>** ^ . There are too many colored people in Hie Southern States, and. tliei* . . number is multiplying every, ysar. ft ; It is the estimation that the next J census will show that there are ten mil- *: lion negroes in the United* States, and that fully eight million 'of "this number live in the South, ^^cen- ^ :still*~mrther " fecrSSey twenty years it is probable tnat th^e will be at least twenty million neoroes in this country, more than three-fourths of whom, unless some plan shall be adopted for the distri bution or deportation of the race, will be living in the South. The question for present consideration is, what shall we do with the negro? If he remains here he will ruin him self and the South. The civilization of this section of i lie country is in peril: the future prosperity of the negro himself is involved in the issue. Intelligent and thoughtful colored men, who have given the subject the slightest study, are impressed with ' the momentous consequence of the situation. White supremacy must be maintained in the South, and it will be maiiriained by fair means or unfair means. Congress Cannot Sjet| tie the question by enactment of un constitutional laws; and a standing army in the South could not drive the white people of this section into submission to the negro denomination. The Southern whites and the Southern blacks know full well that^the white man will never surrender his right to rule, and the sooner this fact is recognized by the lawmakeia e the sooner shall we* have peace and harmony between the races. During the last few months quite a number of Southern journals have been discussing the subject in its practical bearings upon the political life and material, development of the South. These journals have not accepted the views of Cape Cod philanto blind their eyes to the situat 1911 as it is in the South. The only hope for the South is in the dispersion "or distribution of the excess of our colored population. The exodus oremancipation of half the colored people in the South would be best for them and best for us. They should not be sent out to hunt for homes, but some % proper provision should be made by the Government for their settlement upon Government lands and under conditions which would innure to their benefit. The Government owns vast tracts of fertile lands which should be se apart for colored ?: j.? f 11. ? eimgraiiiM uom iuf ouuiu. ' The Greenville Neica has calculated the cost of the emigration of one million colored families, representing five million of population. It would have the Government grant to each of these colored families forty acres of land, and to furnish to each emigrant familv a mule. The land would cost the Government nothing, The mules would cost ?30,000,000. The cost of transporting five millions of emigrants- would be ?25,000,000, and the appropriation of ?100 apiece for each family, 'for the purchase of faim and other equipments and provisions would be ?100,000,000. The total cost to the Gov^ eminent for cany in g out this plan would be in round numbers ?155,000,000. The News says: - "We could spare the land from surplus temitory now available, and hardly miss it. There is nearly enough surplus now in the treasury to supply a ^^7 ^ ~ > 7 posed new homes. K $ It would pay the Government to attempt to solve the race question in ' this way. It would relieve the South from a constant source of trouble, *JS and it would give the negro-a* new . mfe start in life under the most promis- "" ing conditions. Thoughtful colored , men are not unmindful of the dif^j culties of tlie situation in the South. In an address before the colored Baptist Convention at Indianapolis, on Wednesday last, the Rev. L. T. Huffman, of Tennessee, said: "I am sick of the South, and I wish theie was somewhere for our people totind i*nfiirrc> rmf nf if " Tliprp ovp '""h" w"v v" "* ministers in South Carolina whb -admit that it would be best for the state if there could be a thinning out )f our colored population. There are mndrcds of white men everywhere hroughout the South who are impressed with the necessity of removng the excess of the negioes. Sooner ti* later they will have to go or the rliite people will have to go. Which hall it be? He is the most powerful who has limself in his power. A JV?