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JOSEPH W. SHELOR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
WALHALLA, S C.
?IL7J practico in all thc Stato
Courts and United States
Court.
Oflico on thc Public Square.
Mardi 12. 1880 18
J. S. COTHUAN I ?W. J. BTRIHLINO,
Abbeville, S. C. J \ Walhalla, 8. C.
COTHR&N & STRIBLING
Attorneys-at-Law,
WALHALLA, S. C.
IVILTJ practico in all the Slain and United
M States Courts. Oflicc in tho Judge
of Probate's Office.
November 0, 1879 GUly
^THT PITCHFORDT
^L,-ttox,ao.c?y-wA.-t-Xji?<-^i?'f
OFFICE ON COURT HOUSE SQUARE,
CLAYTON, Orsu,
WILL givo prompt attention to collec
tions und all other business confided to
him.
May 15, 18V9 20-ly
WM. 0. KEITH. JOHN S. VERSER,
KEITH & VERNER,
.A TTORNEYS AT LA W AND
Solicitors in Equity,
'Will practice in tho Slate Courto on thc
Eighth Judicial Circuit and in tho United
iitato.? Court
Office OH Public Square, Walhalla, S O
Jon 0, 1870 8 tf
H. A. li GIBSON,
? IT OR NE Y-AT-LAW
AND
TRIAL JUSTICE.
"Will give prompt at
tention, -to any and. all
^business entrusted, to
him. Office on Court
Honse Square, Wal
halla, S. O.
' .February 12, 1880 13wly
?FOHN ANSEL,
(CABINE T MAKER,
UPHOLSTER
AND
HAS for salo and on hand what oyory ono
ncoils sooner or later:
COFFINS ANO CASK HTS,
CASKS IIV CASUISTS,
COFFINS Willi or Without.
,Ctlno?os.
Fiiilmlmiiig Pidillie Itnrial
UIM\* of tho most improved pat toms in tho
knited States.
Prices reasonable, according lo Ibo limop.
Soptombcr 11, 1879 48-1y
si X* S ip t WSmn Hl?i? \k
[tfroin tho Now York Sun.]
Crrmtl's I* av i iii thc Great
Fr; uni.
WASHINGTON, Maroh 14.-Tho lettor I
from Mexico recently printed in tho Sun
giving tho viows of Gun. Qrant in regard
to publie afluir?, puBt ?nd present, OB gath*
ercd from oonvcrsatious with him and his
purly on tho trip from Huvatia to Vera
Gruz, is interesting in many respects, but
especially no io reference to bis part in
consummating tho great fraud. That
portion of tho letter deserves attention
because it rel?tes to an event of the gravest
obaruoter, tho full history of which has yet
to bo written. Tho letter soys:
"When, nt tho lust election, tho commis
siou declared Mr. Hayes President, Gen.
Grant took decided steps to lin ve him inau
gurated, His preparations wcro complete
to USO military foroo in coso tho Democrats
attempted to enforce tho claims of Mr.
Ttldon; that gentleman, tho recalcitrant
Democratio Senators and Mr. Jv inda ll
would havo been immediately arrested and
imprisoned in Washington, and any Stato
governments that objeetcd would havo
bcoa seized by tho military.''
This statement is truo in tho main, but
it docs uot oontain tho wholo truth by any
moans. Tho military prcj ar uions are
mudo to hingo upon tho action of "tho
i commission which declared Mr. Hayes
I President," when in fact they wcro organ
ized long before the commission Was created
or even ooncoivod,
Tho conspiracy to stool tho Presidency
dates from tho hour when Zach Chandler
soot out bis falso and infamous despatch:
"Hayes has 185 voteB and is elected." He
knew, ?nd oil thc world knew, and Hayes
himself made thc admission in a speech to
his defeated friends ot Columbus, that Mr.
Tilden bad been fairly, legally aud peacea
bly clcoted by u majority of a million of
white and colored voters and by a majority
io the Electoral Colleges.
To overthrow tho popular will was tho
aim of tho conspirators, and Chandler's
telegram wos tho kcy-noto to tho most mon
strous arima in Amcrioan history. Upon
that foundation alone tho fraud was built
up, after tho election was over, and tho
result had been reoorded. What followed
was made to fit thc necessity of the oase.
Tho devioc of tho visiting statesmen origi
nated with John Sherman. Their purpose,
to "seo a fair count," was illustrated by thc
foot that they were oil chosen from ouc
party, and were all interested io defrauding
Mr. Tilden of his rights.
Thc scandalous corruption at Now Or
leans, and tho bargains with tho returning
Hoards of Louisiana, South Carolina and
Klori ia have passed into history. Thc
cipher telegrams havo revealed that ino
returns of these tbrco States wero mude
wholly dependent on tho action of Wells
and Anderson, because all were necessary
to completo tho iniquity, and they all were
to stand or to fall together. Hence thu
extraordinary efforts of John Sherman
und the means employed by him to make
that pivotal point secure ut uny cost. How
well lio succeeded is known, and tho prides
be p lid in publio patronage are proven by
thu official rocords of all tho departments ut
Washington, and of thc principal Cuctom
Houses and Post Oifloes and internal reve
nue u[bees all over tho oouutry, where
the thieves, forgers, perjurers and chief
conspirators are living in luxury nt tho publie
expen?e.
lt wos never intended by tho conspira
tors at uny time or under uny circumstances
to ?How Mr. Tilden to bo inaugurated as
President, or for tho Republicans to givo
up power, except at tho cost of civil War.
Tho troops wero collected at Washington
to eon front Congress Somo of thom were
brought from the remoto frontiers. They
were placed on a wur footing dircotly under
ibo command of Gen. Sherman, who was na
deep in the conspiracy ns his brother, John
Sherman, was known to bo. it was a
family afluir, so far us they wo concorned.
Outside ol their personal intercut., it Was
an afluir of tho Republican party, seeking
by desperation to bold tho Government,
tho Treasury, and tho offices, and to keep
their dangerous secrets of corruption ?nd
tbiovory from being revealed by ti chango
of administration. With Tilden in the
White Houso, exposure and ruin wore
inevitable, even if other departments had
boen fired, ns tho navy wus, three several
times in as many weeks. They could not
destroy all tho rcoords of long years ol
plunder.
If tho Electoral Commission could by
ony possibility bavo deoided for Tilden, it
would not havo helped him in tho least, so
far os tho conspirators wero ooncorocd In
that ovent, tho Senato would have delayed
tho count until tho last hour of tho 3d ol
March had boen tolled, and then, there
being no cleotion, a President pro tempore
would havo stopped into tho White House
on tho morning of tho 4th, protected by
Cram's bayonets. And there was anothei
oontingenoy, by which Grunt was to hold
over, Mcxicau fashion, and to perpetuate
his Presidency.
This is not tho timo nor tho place tc
discuss Mr. Tildcn's p ? rt in this ohaptor ol
eventful history. Hut it may bo said thal
ho relied with loo much trust upon cxprotod
aid from Mr. Conkling, Cen Butler ont]
Mr. Drexel, nud other influential Republi
cans, who woro high in tho con?d moo ol
Gon. Grant and in tho councils of tho Re
publican party. How it was possiblo for
Mr. Conkling to espouse tho omiso of Mr,
Tild?n without an irreparable rupturo of hi?
own political tics scorns past understanding.
Hut tho belief in that support was known
to bo ono of tho greatest reliances of the
Presidout oleot boforo tho meeting of Con
gress, io tho winter of 1876-77. And it
is tho only explanation that nan bo con
ceived for tho absence of any plan of con- i
certcd action, or of any suggestion of prac? i
tiool polioy, ut that time, when the leader
of tho party was looked up to for Home i
definito and well considered programme.
Mr. Colliding mado no secret of his
opinions concerning tho fraud in Louisiauo,
but ho never proposed to moko them scr
viaoablo to tho interest of Mr. Tildou.
Indeed, ho and his friends expected to turn
thom to his porsonol account. A plan was
formed to throw out tho voto of Louisiana
by detaching a sufficient number of Repub
lican Senators, whiolt would hove prevented
"a majority of tho whole number of clooiors
appointed," os required by law. Several of
tho oorpct-baggors, who had no fuith in
Hayes, and others were in this iopidc oon
?piracy, tho purpose of which was to mako
Mr. Conkling President pro tempore of tho
Senate, ond neting President of tho Unitca
States, until a new election could bo held.
When the knowledge of this ochemo came
to Mr. Morton's cars ho claimed precedence
over Mr. Conkling and appealed to the.
carpet-buggers to stand by him as ho hud
stood by them
Lato on thc Sunday night prcoedinc tho
vote on Louisiana the friends of Conkling
became convinced .that their littlo go Ute
could not succeed, and on Monday morning
tho Senator from Now York found himself
suddenly called to Baltimore, and skulked
away from tho rcoord. That wu? his con
tribution to tho great fraud.
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Tho State Dorpooracy
CONSTITUTION OP TUK DEMOCRATIC VARTY
OF SOUTII CAROLINA.
Tho 'Constitution of tho Democratic
party ot South Carolina, which was
adopted by tho Stuto Convention, oud
wont iuto forco in tho campaign of 1878,
?3 as follows:
ARTICLE J.. There chall bo ono or more
Democratic Clubs organised in each election
precinct, each of which Clubs shall have u
distinot title, MTho-Demoorotio
Club," and shall elect a Bresident, a Re
cording and Corresponding Secretary, und
a Treasurer, oud shall have tho following
working committees, of not less than three
members each, viz: A Committee on Reg
istration, an Executive Committee und euch
other Committees as lo caoh Club may
seem expedient.
AKT. II. Tho meetings of tho Club
shall bo frequent alter tho opening of thc
canvass, und somo member of tho Club or
tho invited speaker deliver on address ot
euell meeting if practicable.
ART. Ill Thc Bresident shall have
I power to call an extra meeting of tho Club,
and- members of thc Club shall consti
tute u quorum for (ho transaction of busi -
ness.
ART. IV- Thc Clubs in each county
I shall be held together and operate undo!
thc control of a County Executive Commit'
I tee, which shall consist of ono mcuibci
from ouch Club, to bc nominated by the
respective Clubs ond elected by tho County
Convention, and euch other members af
tho Convention may odd.
Too Executive Committee when elected,
shall appoint its own officers und fill all
vacancies which moy urisc when thc Con
vention is not in session. Tho tenuro ol
ollioc of tho Executive Committeo, shall
bo until next general campaign, unless
sootier removed or suspended by tho Count)
Convention.
Tho present County ExCouLvo Commit
tees shall continue in office until tho first
I meeting of the County Conventions undct
this organization.
I ART. V. County Democratic Conven
tions shall bc composed of delegate;
elected by tho several Local Clubs-ont
delegate for every Club, and an -additions
delegate lor every twenty live (25) enrollee
members- with tho right to each Count]
Convention to enlarge ur diminish (he rep
resentation according to circumstances
This Convention shall bo called togctho
by tho Chairman of tho Exccutivo Com
mittee, under such rules us caoh county mu]
adopt, und v/hon assembled shall bo on Mot
to order by tho Chairman of tho Exoentivi
Committee, and shall proceed lo elect fron
among its members u Bresident, uno o
moro Vice Presidents, u Secretary am
Treasurer. Tho Convention shall proooei
to business, and when thc same is truns
neted it shall adjourn eine die
ART. VI Tho modo and manner o
nominating oundidutcs for county offices u
for delegates to tho Stato, Judicial an
Congressional Conventions shull bo regula
ted in each county by thc respective Count
Conventions.
ART. VII. Tho State Convention shol
be composed of delegates from caoh count
in tho numerical proportion to which tho
oounty is entitled in both branches of th
Qonornl Assembly.
ART. VIII. The officers sholl bo
President, ono Vico Bresident from cac
Congressional Distriot, two Secretaries an
a Treasurer.
ART. IX. Tho Stoto Executive com
wiltoo shall bo composed of three froi
caoh Congressional District. Tho dolo
g.ites Lom tho counties comprising th
Congressional District to nominate th
candidates from that district, and thc Con
vontinn shall than proceed to an clcotion.
ART. X. Tho Exeoutivo Comm.itte
shall oloet its own Chairman and ollie
officers, and shall mcot at the call of th
Chairman or any fivo members, at suo
timos and plaoos as ho or they may ap
point.
ART. XI. Tho Exc?utive Committee
?hull Im vu power, by tho voto of a majority
jf tho wholo Committee, to calla Conven
tion ot' tho Democratic Part; of tho Stato
tt such timo dud place OB it may desiguato;
ind is oharged with the execution and di
rection of tho polioy of tho party in tho
State, HU bj cot only to this Constitution,
tho principies dcolared in the platform, and
Kueh instructions, by resolution or other
wise, as tho Stato Convention moy from
timo to timo adopt; and sholl continue in
office for two years from tho limo of elec
tion, or until tho assembling of tho next
Stoto Convention for tho nomination of a
State ticket, unless superseded by thc no
tion of tho Stato Convention. And if any
vacancy bo occasioned by death, re
moval, or other cuuso, tho Committee 6ha)l
have power to fill tho vuouooy.
ART. Xii. Whoa tho Stato Democratic
Convention assembles, it eholl bo called to
order hy the Chairman of tho State ExccU
tivo Committee, shall eleot a temporary
President, and shall proceed immediately to
the ?lection of pct'iuuucnt officers and tho
transad iou of business.
The Convention, when it has concluded
itu bu-iuess, shall adjourn sine die. And
when a Convention is called by tho Execu
tive Committee, such Cotivcution shall bc
compos?e! ot' newly elected delegates.
A ur. XIII. Representation io Judicial
and Congressional Conventions shall be ou
tho same basis as in Stuto Conventions. A
majority of delegates shall bo present at a
Convention to constitute a (purum for
aomiuating n caudidatc cither lur Congress
or ?Solicitor. Tho delegation of each
county in a Compressional or Judicial Con
vention shall have power to fill any vnoanoy
in tho delegation,
In every Convention to nominate a can
didate for Congress or for tho ollieo of So
licitor ft majority of tho votes shall be
necessary to a choice, and the vote sha.ll bo
token viva voce and recorded, unless there
is but ono candidate, in which event the
vote may bo taken by acclamation. As
soon as a Congressional or Judicial Conven
tion hau nominated thc party candidate for
Cougrcss or Soliotor, it shall adjourn sine
die, and whenever a candidate to fill un
unexpired term of cither ellice hos to bo
nominated, it shall bo done by a new Con
vention of delegate1! fresh from tho people.
Tho Exccutivo Committeo of each Con
gressional District or Judicial Circuit shall
consist of ?.ho several County Chairman of
tho respectivo counties composing such
District or Circuit, which Committee, s?mil
oleet its own Chairman, Sccrctury nnd
Tronsurcr, who shall continuo in ollieo for
two years in ? Distrist and for four years
in a Circuit, respectively, or until their
successors shall have bcon clcotcd. It
shall i equi rc thc consent of a wujori'.y or
thc wholo Kxccutivo Committeo in any
District or Circuit to call a Nominating
Convention.
Thc Executive Committee of onch Di*
trict or Circuit shall bo specially olurgcd
in its discretion, except as hercio provided
and sut.jecl to thc State platform,ns well as
under thc supervision ot" tho State Execu
tive Committee, with thc conductof every
election for congressional Representatives
or Solicitors in such District or circuit, and
said committee shall meet ut thc call of thc
chairman or of ?ny three members at snell
times and placea as ho or they moy ap
point.
Ejch congrcssionul convention sholl meet
?thin its Congressional District, and each
Judicial Convention shall meet wit bin its
circuit.
AIIT. XIV. This Constitution shall not
*o into force until tho Stato oampuign of
1878.
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THK FIFTEEN GAME_Yunkeedom is
in a cruzo over thc "Fifteen Game," a
puzzle.that everybody is trying to work out.
Some havo gone craiy over it, you moy
joy, and thc puzzlo meets with on enormous
mle. Thc puzzle consists of a littlo box,
with sixteen blocks in it, numbered from 1
io 10'* The number 10 is takeu out, leuv
ng one vuoani space. Tho remaining
S ficen blocks arc then placed so that they
lo not rango in numerical order, and thc
[Kizzie is to arrange them in numerical order
t?y moving them around in tho box without
lifting any of them out. That is all, but
is the combinations of which tho secret is
japablc ore something over l,3U7iC7'i,808,
J00, it requires n deal of putienoc. The
following diagram shows thc position of tho
alucia alter thc problem is solved:
1 % 8 4
5 0 7 8
0 10 ll 12
13 14 15
Any ono cnn make thc game lorliimsolf
>y cutting tho little quarters from rt oigar
jox, or by dividing tho bottom of asquoro
)?stuboard box, first into quarters nod' thon
nto sixteenths, and using tho lid of tho
)OX, which will, of courue, just fonthill
hom. Or it can bo ployed with counters
m a quarter section of a checker board.
There arc 21 counties in
mstoi'ft North Carolina in which
herc is not a singlo Presbyterian
church.
Tho South Carolina Press Asso
ciation meets in Greenville in
Tune,
Acts of tho General AsBombly
AN ACT further to amend tho law in
rofcroueo to tho drawing, cmpanncling
uud form of service of juries.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by tho Senate
and Ilouso of KcprcsontutivoB of tho State
of South Carolina, now u)ct and sitting in
General Assembly, and by tho authority of
tho samo,
That hereafter tho Board of Jury Com
missioners ip tho Boveral counties in this
State shall, in making up their annual jury
lists in thejr rcspCotive counties, put upon
their lists tho cameo of all suoh persons os
tho said Board shall doom competent and
freo from all logul exceptions, without re
gard to whether suoh porsons so placed
upon said jury lists live within five miles of
tho Court Ilouso or moro thou Ovo milco
from tho Court House.
SEO. 2. That tho grand abd petit jurors
drawn from said lista, afi hereinbefore pre
scribed, shall bo summoned by tho Sheriff,
and shall uttood and servo according to tho
exigency of tho summons.
SEO. 3. Thut hereafter tho Clerks of tho
Courts in tho several counties in this State
in empauneling Juries No. 1 and No. 2 for
tho trial of causes io tho Courts of Common
Pleas shall piuco tho names of all tho petit
jurors io attcudanco upon the courts, writ
ten or printed on slips of paper of tho oame
size, into a hut or box, aud therefrom shall
draw, no in tho triul of felonies in the Court
of Sessions, und tho first twelve iso drawn
shall constitute Jury No. 1, and tho next
twclvo EO drawn shall constitute Jury No.
2, and those remaining undrawn shall bo
tales jurors, who sholl bo drawn in liko
manner when needed in tho progress cf tho
Court.
SEO. 4. That from and ofter tho first
day of Juno next, whenever tho terms of
tho Courts of General Sessions and Common
Pleas in tho Counties of Edgcfiuld, Barn
well, Marion, Aiken, Williamrburg, Hamp
ton and Collotoo shall bo for two or moro
weeks, no petit juror sholl be required to
servo moro than one week nt any term of
thc said Courts, that thirty six jurors shall
bo drown ia thu manner provided by law,
to serve for tho first week, and a like num
ber slinl 1 bo so drawn to serve for euch
subsequent week of each torin of Baid
Courts: Provided, that whenever a jury
shall bo charged with a ease such jury shall
not bo discharged by rer.sou of anything in
this act contained until a verdict shall have
been found or ? mistrial ordered in suoh
Oase. That separate writs of venire shall
issue for tho jurors drown to servo for cooli
week of said terms of Court.
SEC. 5. That in oaso at any time ofter
tho passage qf this oot it ahull bc brought
to tho attention of tho resident Circuit
Judge of uuy circuit that on irregularity
has occurred in tho drawing of juries for
any Circuit Court within his cirouit, or
that any act has been done whereby tho
vulidity of any juries drawn or to be drawn
may bc questioned, it shall bo lawful for
suoh Cirouit Judge to issue his order to
th. Bourd of Jury Commissioners of thc
county for which said Circuit Court nhall
bo held at least Cftcen days before tho
bitting thereof to proceed to drwv
jurors for such term or to toko suoh
measures as may bo necessary to correct
suoh error.
SEC. G. That all acts and porto of nets
inconsistent with this act arc hereby re
pealed.
Approved February 20, 1880.
AN ACT to amend on act entitled "An act
to establish uniformity in thc Sessions of
the Cirouit Courts," approved 9th Juno,
A. D. 1877, so far as relates to thc Cir
ouit Courts for tho County of Edenfield
and tbs Circuit Courts for tho Eighth
Circuit.
SEOTION }. Be it enacted by the Senate
ohd Ilouso of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Aspotubly, nnd by thc authority of
tho oame:
That an not entitled "An not to establish
uniformity in tho sessions ot tho Cirouit
Courts," approved June 9th, 1877, bo, nnd
thc same is hereby, amended by striking
out ni1 of Section 5 which relates to the
fittings of Courts ot Edgeficld, in Edgefield
County, end insert in lieu thereof tho fol
lowing, to wit: Tho Court of General Ses
sions at Ecgcfield, for tho County of Edgo
lield, on the first Monday in March, third
Monday in Juno and first Monday in Octo
ber, and tho Court of Common Pleas nt tho
3omo pince on second Monday iu March
and second Monday in October.
SEO. 2. Tho said oct to bo further
amended as follows, to wit: Striko out Seo
tion 8 of said oct ond insert in lieu thereof
tho following; Section 8. Tho Cirouit
Courts of tho Eighth Cirouit shall bo hold os
follows: The Court of Genoral Session ot Ab
bevillo, for the County of Abbevillo,on tho
First Mondays in February and Juno and
tho third Monday in February and Juno
ind third Monday in .October, and tho
3ourt of Common Pleas nt tho sumo plaoo
>n tho Wednesday following tho first Mon
lay in February and tho third Monday in
Dotobcr. Tho Court of .Gonoral Sessions
it Anderson, for thc County of Anderson,
)0 tho fourth Monday in February, tho
leoond Monday in Juno and tho second
NJondny ofter tho third Monday in Septem
?er, nnd tho Court of Common Picas ut tho
ia mo pince on the Wednesdays following
,bo fourth Monday in February nnd tho
icoond Monday after tho third Monday in
September. Tho Court of General Sessions
it Wnlhulln, for tho County of Goonoo, on
ho seoond Monday in March, (be third
Monday io Juno ond tho first Monday in
September ?nd tito Court nf Common Pions ot
,ho same placo on tho Wednesdays follow
ng tho socond Monday iu March and Scp
>
tomber. Tho Court of General Sessions ft(
Piokoue, for tho County of Piokena, on tho
fourth Monday in Maroh, tho fourth Moo
to Juno and tho third Monday in Septem
ber, and the Courts of Common Pleas at
tho same plaoe on tho Wednesdays follow
ing the fourth Mondays in Maroh and
September. Th? Courtt>f General Sosslona
ot Greenville, for the County of Greenville,
on the first Monday after tho fourth Mooday
in Maroh and tho first Mooday in July
and tho first Monday after tho fourth Mon-^
duy in October, and tho Court of Common
Pleas ut tho samo plaoo on the Wednesday
following (ho Grat Monday after the fourth
Mouday in Maroh, tho first Monday ia
July and tho Wednesday following the first
Mouday after tho fourth Monday in Octo
ber.
SEO. 3. That so tnuoh of oil acts and
parts of aots as ero inconsistent with this
bo, and (ho samo aro hereby ropoalcd.
Approved February 20, 1880.
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PttEDESTiNATION.-An old-r-time Baptist
preaoher io this city, who has retired from
active Gospel preaohiog, but who still keepa
a firm eyo on thc faith, hus just had a littlo
experionoe with a colored man that oauses
him to think very seriously. Mooting tho
oolored man tho preaohor said:
"Dave, if you don't bring that saddle
home I'll have you put in jail."
''What saddle is ycr 'furren ter'/"
'.Tho ono you Ptolo from mc."
"'Foro do Lord, I ncber stolo ycr saddle."
".Yes, you did. 1 saw you when you
took it off of tho yard fenoe. I boliavo PU
bu ve you arrested anyway.''
?'Look hean, yoVso a Baptist, isn't ycr?"
"Yes, aud Ph havo you sent to tho
prison."
"Well, so is I, an' now ketoh do pi'nts
ez I gin 'em to yer. Dar is jes' so mac^
saddles in dis world .whut is ter bo stole,
and dar's jed' so many men what is tor
steal dese saddles. Dis is predespcrnation.
Now if yer eaddlo happens to be one ob,
do predisposed saddles, and I happons IQ
bo one ob do predisposed men, kin I help /
hil? Dar waa J udna, fur instance. Ho '
oouldn't help trayin' de Saviour, oeso do|
Saviour said, 'Judas, sop in dis dish und
go and'tray me.' Hitwu'u't Judas'fault,
onsc ho was ono ob de predisposed, BO
'tended fruio do foundnfion ob dc wcrl'."
"'I don't want o religious discussion, '
Davo. lt isn't tho eaddle now that I caro
so muoh about, lt is that you told mo a
lio in Baying that you didn't steal it."
"Well, den, parson, 'sposo I toke back
de lie an' keeps do enddlc?"
"A lie onoe told always stands. You
havo lied to me, you scoundrel, and ?
believe it ie my duty to havo you arrested.'?
"Parson, dar's jes' o certain amount ob
lies ter bo tolo in dis world, an' cf l's ono
ob de men what is predisposed to tell ono ob
dcoo lies bite not my fault, an' I can't help
hit."
"You go on now and got that saddle or
I'll swear out a warrout for your arrest.''
"I'll do do bes' I kin, purfoo, but dar's
?ea* a certain amount ob etolo saddlcB ter bo
returned io dis worl' If Pac ono ob do
predisposed men, an' I b'licvea I ia, you'll
[Ino ycr saddle hangin' on do yard fence
bout sundown dis evenin."
[Little Rock {Ark.) Gazette.
BUSINESS PROSPECTS AT THE SOUTIT.-y
Tho South is advancing rapidly. Now
(hot tho whites have to make their own
living, they seo and fcol tho necessity of
having proper implemento to cultivate and
improve their country; railroads and oanala,
to facilitate all commercial transactions;
ti J ill? and factories, to manufacturo all thoy
jon at home; schools and oollogos, that thoy
jan educato their children, which will
issist them in developing all their resources
jf industry. These oro all ooming, and
will only tako timo to bo brought to per
fection. Thc South should excel in auo
jeasful agriculturists, because they can
(york tho year round on their forma, and
itook docs not need tho oaro or shelter that
t has to have iu tho Nortlj. In tho con
.ral and Southern localities they can raise
wo crops a year-ono no a green orop to
snrioh tho soil. Success awaits tho immi
grant iu proportion to his industrial and
ioonomical habits. It was formerly an opin
oo that tho climate was a bar to any
?xtensivo usc of whito labor. It has boco
"ully tested and acknowledged that labor in
he open air is feasible in oil portions of
.he Knuth, except in tho very low, swampy
tnd malarious localities Tho whito labor
o increasing in tho rural dlstriots overy
year, while negro labor is decreasing. As
tho uegrooa like to bo together they prefer
corking in towns and villages; consequently
Lho towns and villages aro overstocked with
tiogro labor, and tho laboring classes of tho
whites oro flooking to tho oouptry-ao now
there arc many localities where tho work if
Jopo wholly by tho whites.
[Chicago Tribune.
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CINCINNATI, March 18.-It i$
reliably reported in railroad cir
cles hero that lho Atlanta and
Charlotta Air Iii ne has purchased
tho road from Knoxville to Mays
yille, and that tho long contenir
plated road through Kuluin Gap?
Ga., will be built at once.
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