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. rill] COUUIEK. py. jft^i^rii fetl?>Trir&"c<>.. WallM?lia, m* OJ " THURSDAY, MVRCH 80, 1882. ' ?uijg-a-B-'-.i... ? 111 t1 t? y .j-ii._.ti_L1 ijjt1 tiSy For subscription, $1.50 ptr annum, tidly in advance; for six months, tb cents. ftigT* Advertisement* inserted at one dollar per square of one inch or less for the first insertion ?ndfi/ty cents for each subsequent insertion. ioT Obituary Notices exceeding five lines Fribubc* of. Respect, Communications cf ft per-, tenal character, when admirable, and Announce ments of Candidates teilt be charged for as adver ts isetnenU. "t * '^ST ^'""W neatly and cheaply executed t@T Necessity compels us to adhere strictly ? tho requirements of Cash P,ayments. Our Local Affairs' The rcoon t present m ont of the grand jury has brought prominently beforo tho people several important and interesting subjoots, " and theso we proposo to consider in this and perhaps future issues of tho COURIER. First. The publie schools present them selves at overy turn. Thoy are vital to tho people abd the grand jury is right in en deavoring to Utiline them to tho fullest ex? tent? l?rom its organization to tho present the Sohool Commissioner'* offioo has boon looked opou as a fifth wheo! in a very im? perfeot and incongruous system. There fore, in our county, it lum limped its woy along without tho sympathies of the peo? pie, chiefly because of the expenso at tached to it end token from tho freo sohool fund. In truth, without imputing blame to any one, it has no vcr boca properly organ ized and furnished with books and furni ture. We are glad to seo, however, that this is to be remedied, and tho offioo, which scorns now to be a fixture, ?B to bo put in good working condition. Books and fur? iii turo aro to be furnished, so that (Lo ihr oumbonts of tho offioo may do tho best pos eiblo with tho means at their command. There is a prospect that Congress will aid thft States in educating tho ignorant. If this is done, and tho lund is plaood at tho , disposal of tho State, much good may bc accomplished by intelligent application of tho fund so appropriated. Second. Our county jail is not very Bafo, but porliaps it is as good as tr wooden struc ture can bo mude. It is certainly very un comfortable in cold weather, only one room being warmed by an ordinary ohimnoy lire. Oftentimes, wo regret to say, tho jail is full, not only of men, but sometimes a few of ' tho gentler sex, Gnding their way into it. Now, thero can't bo muoh comfort iu tho jail. lu Hummer it is badly ventilated, thero being only a few very small windows. In . winter discomfort and suffering is obliged 1 to take place, because the majority of tho prisoners have no chanco to even see, muoh less feel, tho comfort and ohcerful effeots of tho Aro. Wc hopo the jury and tho'County Commissioners will bo able to deviso a plan whereby tho prison can bo made reasona bly com for table and healthy, both summer and winter, and this without much ex penso. Humanity in this dirootion de mands something at our hands. Tho Fed eral Government uses tho jail for its pr'iBO oors and ought, in common fairness, to aid in making it comfortable. Third. Tho public roads and bridges always demand attention and consumo the time and taxes of tho people in keeping them in a passable condition. Wo do not want to increase our county taxes and thero is really no necessity for it. But oro wo not In condition now to build moro durable bridges with tho usual amount in haud? Wo think it is good economy to do so, and we kopo tho Commissioners will givo tho sug gestion reasonable consideration. Tho grand jury soy truly and well that work on the publio roads should bo moro sys tematic That, first, tho people must know what constitutes a publio road, (und this information will be given when tho laws aro printed and distributed,)'and, second, that ?County Commissioners in tho summer and /all should inaugurate a system of publio road working that will economizo tho pub lio labor of the county, and also put thc publio roads in the best possible condition and keep thom so. There is moro or lees complaint that tho road hands are Une qually divided-that some work moro than1 Others. If this is true, it may result from the location of the roads nu woll as from the road workers. Tho townships above us have a number of road? difficult to koop in repair, when, at tho samo timo, tho hulk of the road labor may bo in tho townships be - low us. Be this as it may, tho effort wit'110 doubt be mado again and ogain to equalize tho labor on tho publio roads. It is not an easy thing to do, and probably oaunot bo dono oven as proximately as tho road au thorities dcoiro. Tho condition of tho public roads aro attraotiug attention throughout tho Stato, Before tho war our publio roads woro gene rally in good condition. They aro improving mw and wo want to see them made butler from year to year. A correspondent of tho Anderson intelligencer contribuios somothing ia this dirootion, which wo print for tho benefit of all oonoorncd: " ' Vour.K ?. Evory oversoer shall bo hold ro-1 spoailblo for tho faithful and economical 'repair of highways in bis jurisdiction. Soe that fcl\ bis hands begin und quit labor at the tame Wmo, und that each one performs tho samo amount of work during tho day, according to pavaonal' ability. Lay off and direct the hana? to do euoh work as ho may deem oooesaary to tho economical ropair of bia road section. HA Bj,all treat his hands respectfully and kindly, but firmly and authoritatively. Ho baa no right to fry or excuse any default or short coming of hands, Ma duty la to make a noi* 0f defaults and TOtorn ?ho party to the higher authorities for legal adjudication. HULK 2. All hands liable to toad duty aro bound to do full and faithful <Uj?? work, aooordiog to ability and by the order and direction of tho overseer of tho section In which they reside. j H? Lt 9. Roads should bo ditched on each aldo wherever water will ruo, the looae dirt (brown ; to the centre and leveled so aa to carry the Water from tho road on .the ahortest line into the aldo ditches, which most slope from their bottom upward to tho Centre of tho rond. Sand accumulated in side ditches should be thrown to tho centro two or three 11 ut es a year and spi Cad Over tho clay road to bardon it. KofjB 4. Water breaks should not be in* troduood when they can possibly bo disponsod with. And ull loose rook over one inch squnro -should- be romoved. and nono of turgor sliio used id repairing tho road. Water should never be allowed to stand on any part of tho roadbed. AULS 5. Water should never bo diverted from the road and wantonly direotod Into cdltivoted Holds nor into timbered lands. No unnecessary display of work should be made near a dwelling House, and hands should never manifest an unbecoming familiarity with orchards and watermelon putobes located along tho roadway. Walhalla Featale College-Anni versary Orator. GEO. B. C HOM KR, ESQ., a talented young lawyer of tho Newberry bur,- and ti graduato of Nowborry College, will deliver tho nuuiVersary address boforo the Philophrenfnn" Society of tho Walhalla Female College at the commencement exercises ou Thursday, Juuo 22, 18S2. Mr. Cromer is well known to our peoplo mut we autioipato a rnrc treat in listening to bini again ns in days gono by, when ho was plodding his college days ia our town. Ho is a fine scholar and good speaker. Wc congrat?lalo tho Society in scouring suoh n promising young muu as its anniversary orator. Death of Wm- Bearden. WILLIAM BEAUDKN, tho old gunsmith, died suddenly at his residence, near Oakway, in this county, on Monday, thc 20(h day of March, 1882, of disease of Ibo heart, aged nearly seveuty-lwo years. Mr. Dearden was a native of tho oounly, having boen boru, lived aud died in tho same neighborhood. Although Mr. Dearden had never held any public position, he was well known to many of our citizens. Ile had been ? member of the Duptisl Church for moro than forty-six yoars, his declining years having boen made happy by reason of his long eonver.se and sojourn with the church. Mr. Dearden reared a considerable family, his wife and seven children having survived him. In his youth he learned tho trade of a gunsmith and followed it moro or less during his long lifo. There is a lesson in thc lifo of Mr, Dearden from which (he youth of the country may profit: Ho commenced lifo io thc section of country where he died, (hen known as tho least fertile, und by patient, labor and economy ho made a good living and accumulated something to smooth tho downward road of lifo. Mr. Ucnrdcu lind many friends, who, with his family und relatives, sadly mourn his death. * Death ol* .VohDB Dowis. John Dowis, another ono of our oldest citizens, died on Tuesday on tho Coffee Hoad, thrco miles above Walhalla. Ho was a ittlo over eighty-two years of ago and had boen through life nu honest, sober und inn Justrious citizen, accumulating by lubor und economy a fair living, besides bringing up eight children, most of whom he survived. Mr. Dowis lived for n fow years in Anderson Dounty, and wo believe resided in Georgia a short timo, but most of his lon?', lifo was spent in old Piokcns District, where ho had many friends and acquaintances. Up to within a few years ho was stout and healthy nnd was ublo to go about over li ia farm and to Wullmllu, until some two months prior to his death, nnd even last week, ho rallied juffioicntly to como to town in his buggy, lie could neither read no? write, but was a man of sound judgment and a good friend and neighbor to thoso about him. Such men, succeeding under his disadvantages, and thore aro but fow who do, with a good edu cation would havo left a murk behind them. Ho had been a member of the Baptist Church for many yoars, and in Muy, 1877, connected himself with tho Walhalla Baptist Church by letter. Our Colleges^ "D. P. V.," tho Greenville correspondent of tho Charleston News and Courier, writing under dato March 20, says: "Adgor Collcgo is on tho high lido of success. It has n faculty of educated and talentod professors, and Dr. J. lt. Riley, the President, is an excellent excoutivo officer, a Christian minister of high rnnk, a courtly and ngreonblo gentlomnn, a refined and cul tured educator, a strict disciplinarian. Ho is withal so mild and gentle in manner that ho commands tho respect, confidence and esteem of all tho students. To him tho col logo is largely indebted for its measure of success and usefulness. Tho graduating class this year will contain nino members a larger nombcr than havo ever boforo graduated in a singlo year. "Tho Walhalla Female Collogo is con ducted by Rev. J. P. Smoltzor, and is meet ing with gOod SUCCORS. Commencement exorcises in both colleges will take placo in Juno." Southern Cotton and Produce Exchange. The Riohmond (Virginia) State says that Messrs. William 0. .Ervin and James D. Evans, lato of South Carolina, havo estab lished a Cotton and Produce Exchange in our city for tho purposo of executing orders for futuro dolivorins of cotton in Now York and prodoco in Chicago, which is not only an indication of enterprise, but something that will bo a groat convenienco to our people nod afford them tho samo advantages offered by tho New York and Chicago brokers, ns they make contracts nt prices quotod on their bulletin boards and secure themselves and customers by covering immediately through tho New York and Chicago Exchanges, thoroby saving their customers tho expense of telegraphing and rumbling thom to do business with greater dispatch. Nooootraot can bo mode for less thno tho minimum amount prescribed' by tho New York and Chicago Exchangee, Jionoo thoy aro onablod to cover in ovory instanco, aud no risk is earriod by thotm These young mon havo come boro well rooommondod by promir.ont mon in a position to know their character and financial standing, nnd thoy will doubtloss recoivo a liboral patronage by the people of Riohmond and elsewhere. Protecting tho Ballot Box. 6 O MK FRIENDIiY OOllUESPON?EN?jE ?B TWKEN MR. BKEWSTER AND A DEMO CRAT. WAsiiiNOToN, March 28.- ^ho follow ing lottor was written by Attorney Ucucral Brewster to Dallas Sand era, Assistant Dis trict Attornoy of tho United States ot Charleston, S. 0.: WASHINGTON, Maroh 18, 1882. My Dear Mr. Sanders: ? have jost received a short note front you, together with a pasaogo oat from a South Carolina poper. It Was my inten tion to day to have written to you. I huvo tho most delightful reports ubout you, aod they havo given satisfaction to everybody hero. I knew you would suit theso people, and tho purpose 1 bad in sending you to South Oaiolioa, for your souse of honor aud public duty and tho appreciation of tho obligations of your profession would lead you to livo strictly up to the lino of tho most rigid requirements of official und professional duty without regard to party; and on the other hand, your own pro nounced position as a Deuioorat would pre vent the community in which you now oro from questioning the motives of your no tions os they oro said to have done in a hypers critical and unfair way ull who were not of their thinking in polines. By-the by, I was upon tho point of writing you a lotter this vory day upon u [subject that concerne mo very much and I desire you to convoy what I now write to M . Melton, and read every word I do write. If I were not ubout to write to you I would writo to Mr. Mcltou himself. An investigation has boen recently hud herc in Wallington io tho contest between Smalls and Tillman io tho llo?so. 1 Bend you now forthwith by this mail a printed copy of tho proocediogs aud testimony and argu meut that was sent to mo ouly yesterday. I desire your attention to it aod Mr. Mel ton's attention to it; nod I expressly re quest you to my to Mr. Melton that it is my dote rmi nation to havo these matters thoroughly investigated and closely pursued. Tho right of suffrage must be protected, no matter who saliers. I wish Mr. Melton to bo to'd by you that L expect that ho will prosecute forth with tho most important persons who have becu concerned in these attempts to defeat houcot elections by fraudulent or forciblo means. 1 say tho hi fliest and most respon sible people uro those whom I desire to bo first prosecuted aud first pursued. There will bc uo example if merely insignificant persons uro taken hold of. Those who stand high iu tho Community and have thus vco turcd to violate thu law and encourage otb? crs to do it, arc tho very poisons to bo first prosecuted, aud, if convicted, punished in a signal way. Then things will begin to change, and thc voters will bo encouraged to Vote according to their convictions, nod those who do vote will feel satisfied that their votes have boon duly counted and sur render cheerfully to un honest result. I am very much iu earnest about this, for I huvo heard hero what 1 cannot credit, that it is currently said in South Carolina thal the only persons who will bc prosecuted will bo u few insignificant odd obscure per sons. Such prosecutions L ! will not con sider ns being those that jounce requires to bo instituted and pursued. Tho criminal Court House'should out bo used only for tho punishment of tho obscure. It mini uot bo tho poor man's court house. All who violato tho law, and especially funda mental law, such us tho right of Buffrngo, must bc mode to feel tho terrors of that law. Tlio abuse of tho right of suffrage, such os is charged to have been perpetrated in South Carolina, is a practical treason against thc dignity of thc people und thc fundamental principle of their power, and it must bc signally punished. At ihis point I have paused and rc read my letter. I wu3 ubout to send it off to you, und ns I rend it over 1 saw that through it rau a pretty sharp tone of reprobation of this supposed attempt to pursue tho poor and obscure, and to permit tho prosperous und important to escupe thc prosecution that they merited, thc prosecution for the offeooe they were charged with having com tn i tl cd. I Beo nothing in my letter that ought to bo modified, for I am deeply in earnest about all this. You aro u Democrat und very properly sympathize with your party, aod I tulk to you with ii little moro vigor bo oau80 you oro n Democrat, and also, became wo enjoy such close personal und friendly relations. I wish to express my Republican convictions npon this subject; but, irre* speolivc of my Republican convictions, I intend more emphatically to indio atc how important all of this is to both sides, that there should bo fair play-fair play all around. There is no just judgment ol populur will io uny clcctiou that is con - trolled or biased by foroo or fraud, ond I do insist that both Democrat! and1 Repub licans should have their faces set ns Hint against any abuses against thc fi co and fail uso of tho ballot box. Col. Mellon.I desire shall read this, and 1 Would write directly tn him upon this sub ject if it wore not that it Would look Uki on official admonition, that to n certain cx< tent was prompted by n belief in thc ruino that I huvc beforo repeated, to wit: thu tho poor nud obscure were to bo pursue* and tho conspicuous nod prosperous wore ti csoapo tho judgment of tho law. 1 Woul< not in any wuy impeach him, and, therefore I will uot write even a lotter in tho kindc? spirit, that might be coustrned as givin color to such imputations, for I believe, s tho people bcliovo and hopo, that he will d Inn duty. 1 am with grout rcspeot yoi friend, BENJAMIN HARRIS BREWSTER. Under dato of Muroh 21 Mr. Sunde roplicd: When I roached Columbia last mon! Judge Moiton instructed mo in my visits tho various counties to soloot tho strongct oases against tho most important and ir influential mon-not to tako tho little fe lows. You will seo by tho list enclosed th tho men wo proposo to try ero, except fro Barnwell County, tho managers' of eleotio that is, tho election of offioers wi carry on tho clcotioo on tho di of olootion Uko tho judges and i spootors of election in Pennsylvania. Tin wo havo o 0H80 from Sumter County ogaiu tho Board of County Canvansora; they u tho men who count th? roturo from tho v i ions prcoinots of their respectivo oounti and forward it to tho Hoard of' State Ca vasscrs. ATTORNEY (?KN KU A ii UUKWSTKU'H JNDIOT MKNT OK OVR WHOLE PKOPLB, Tho letter of Attorney General Brewster on tho subject of the political prosooutioos in Hou th Carolina, published yesterday, is an Extraordinary production.' . Apparently Mr. Brewster has been a faithful reader of Stalwart to'egrams aud is o student ot Stal wart affidavits. The conclusion that ho cowes to (offioially) is that the South Caro lina Democrats aro a set of horrid rasoals for whom banging is too good. For their benefit he creates u crime hitherto Unknown under tho Constitution and laws of tho United States Tho Constitution declares that ?treason against tho Uoitcd Statesshull consist ONLY in levying war against them, or adhering to their enemies, giving thout aid end comfort." Mr. Brewster, however, declares that "tho abuse of tho right of suffrage, such as is charged to hava beeu perpetrated io ?.South Carolina, is practical TR KA SON against tho dignity of tho people This is truly in tho Gruot-Sticridun vein. Wo may well anticipate tim!, nt tho noxt meeting of tho cabinet, Mr. Brewster will bo assured by his col'cuguo that "all of us" approve of his course. What if there have been frauds ot elec tions in South Carolina! Have there not been sickening frauds, by Republicans, in Pennsylvania, Air. Brewster's State? In his own City of Brotherly Lovo the elec tions, uudcr Kc publican rulo, have been a miserable farce. Hut such au abuse of the right of suffrage is not treason there. Mr. Brewster would not dare to talk in tho ho? roio vein to tho election rogues in Philadel phia, in Now York, in Boston, but does not hesitate to shake his venerable list at the honest people of South Carolina. Yet tho people whom Mr. Brewster arraigns have tho sumo rights that thc people of uuy other have, and aro subject to tho very same laws, deeply as tho Attorney General muy regret it. Thc troublo with Mr. Brewster is that ho does not realizo that the war is over, lt is evident that he hus made up his mind that every dark and devilish ohargc levelled against thc people of South Carolina is true to tho lotter. As wo arc all guilty, whore is tho need of going to tho trouble and expense of a prosecution nod tri . 1 ? Wo nd viso Mr. Brewster to send to South Car olina the braggart Sheridan (who is in war what the present Attorney General is io law) and leave him to deal with tho South Carolina "banditti" in tho way that ho pro posed to deal with tho white people in Lou ?siana, whom ho branded 118 ''banditti" and whom he was anxious to dispose of by drum head court martial. In this fashion, and in no Other, can u whole people be indicted as Attorney General Brewster desires. The people of South Carolina, tho Demo erais, have no voice in determining who shall and shall not bc tried in thc United States Courts, lt is not their choice, if "merely insignificant persons," us Mr. Brewster sneeringly calls them, aro to bo brought from their homes, at this busy sou son, to confront the hirelings, who would moor away their freedom. Why does not Mr. Brewster strike higher, if there aro toy citizens in South Carolina higher than tho sturdy yeomanry of tho State? There is thc State Executive Committee of tho Democratic party. In ovury County there is, likewise, on Executive Coinmitteo of thc party. Tho members of these committees uro us innocent or ns guilty us tho citizens who hnvo been picked out. Nay, if wrong has been dono anywhere >n Smith Carolina, in the d?termination to keep tho Guvci li ment pure and respectable for whiles and blacks alike, tho whole of the while people uro responsible. What is done for us, and in our nu ino, is done by us. Tho causo of tho accused Democrats is thc causo of tho wllilQ people ot SoUtll Carolina. Mr. Brewster makes it so, mid wu take him at his woid. Wo wa ut and wc need no mercy, no con sideration. Justice, wo shall have. Our hope isthat tho District Attorney will ar* rest and bring to trial hundreds of citizens from every part of tho State. Whether they are guilty or not is of no consequence, ns Mr. Brewster's doctrino is I hut every South Carolinian is guilty until ho is proved to be innooent. Not, however, the accused citizens of South Carolina, but thc laws of the United Slates, Republican institutions will be ou trial ! Thoo we can meet Mr. Brewster on equal ground, defending, against him and his subordinates, thc right of our peoplo to "a speedy nud publie trial by an impartial jury" uudcr tho laws ho scouts and tho Constitution ho ignores. Charleston Rews and Courier. ?Chicago Intor-Oconn,] Perils ot flic Deep. Tho world renowned swimmer, Capt. Paul Boyton, in an interview with u newspaper correspondent ni thc son-horo. related the following incidents in bia experience: Reporter-"Captain Boyton, yon must have soon a largo part of tho world?" Capt. Boyton"-"Yea sir. by thc aid of my B uhber Lifo Saving dress 1 have traveled ovor 10 OOO milos on tho rivers of America mid Europe; have also been presented to tho crowned heads of England, Franco. Germany, Austria. Belgium, Italy, Holland, Spain and Portugal nod hnvo in my possession forty two medals nod decorations; I huve (ince times received the order ol knighthood, and been elected honorary member ot committees, dubs, orders nod sueiotios." Bop? uer-'VVcio your various trips ac companied by much (lunger?" Capt. Boyton-"That doponds upon what you may call dangerous. During my trio down the river Tagus, in Spain. I lind t< .shoot' ono hundred and two waterfalls, thc highest hoing ubout eighty-five feet, and in numerable rapids. Crossing thc Straus of Messina, I had three ribs broken in u figln with sharks; un i coming down tho Somalie n river in Franco, I rceeived it nhargo of abo from no excited and startled hunt-minn, Ab though all this wns not very plcuennt ant might bo termed dangerous I four nothing more on my trip than inteiinc cold; (f>r a long us my limbs aro freo nod easy and no cramped or benumbed, I um all right. O hilo I carry a stock of St. Jacobs Oil in III; littlo boat (the. Captain culls it 'Baby Mine and has stored therein signal rockets, (ber momctcr, compass, provisions, oto.) and have bul littlo trouble. Before starting mi f rub myself thoroughly with the article nu ita action on tho m?selos is wonderful. Pro? donstunt oaposuro I um somewhat subject t rheumatic pains and nothing would eve benefit mo until 1 got hold of this Oren Corm un Kctncdy. Why, on my trnvols have met peoplo who hud booen suffering wit rheumatism for voars; by my advice tho tried tho Oil and it cured them. I woul sooner do without food'for days than bo with out this romody for ono hour. In fact, would not attempt n trip without it." Tho CaptniH booamo. very enthusiastic o tho subject of St. Jacobs Oil and wo lo Pianos an ? M w \ te w *3 pq ra o o g oa o a v?5 ? n ^ to W a H "f S H g 2 ? 3 g J s g ? g Over lOO Ivlagnij -TO BE I Manufacturer's HOTT ZS ITOTTR If you can't pay all cai nient plans. One price lowest. Catalogues fre Li, Or McSmith Music E him citing instances of tho curativo quuli'icR ef tho Grout Qornian Remedy to u purty nrouiid him. Hon. J), Wyatt Aiken on "Freo Trade." TOUT MADISON, S. C., March 27, 1 ?>82. EotTOHS CouniRR: I linvc rend with quite ns much attention ns it deserves Itio speech of lion. D. Wynlt Aiken in Congress on free trndc. Mr. Aiken may liuve some friends who think tie is a stnteeninn, but (he country nt large regard him ns n demngoguo to whom a salary is quite as much of ti consideration ns n principle. His hobby is "free trndo," nud whnt ho lins lo sny nboiit il lins often been better staled by abler men. It is thcrcforo notliing new; but ns il is n question that is of Vilnl importance lo tho > people of South Carolina mid of tho whole j South, il cannot bc too thoroughly discussed, and you newspaper men would render (he Si nt o | ii service lo keep your renders well informed ' upon I he question nud bring it lo their attention j iu ntl its bearings. ] Now, if lhere is n State in Ibo Union or a spot on enrth (lint nt tho present moment enjoys absolute und unlimited "freo trade." (lint pince is South Cnrolinn. Hero tho working nud effect of Hie system cnn bc plainly seen nod clearly studied. Wc have il in both I henry nnd practico Its effect nnd bearing on every In dustry cnn bc clearly traced, nnd as il lins been bul n (cw yearn since she enjoyed or was cursed willi n large degree of protection, (lie opportu nity for comparing (he iwo By al ema is plainly williin (ho memory of the most of your renders. "Buy whero you cnn buy cheapest," is Ibo motto of Die free trnder. Weil, wo mo doing Hint. Wo are buying our bacon nnd flour nnd corn nt thc West, our clothing, hals nnd shoes nt thc North, nnd everything that we cnt, wear or consumo we buy fur nwny simply bocnuso we cnn buy them cheaper than wo can produce them at homo. At the present limo we pi educe absolutely nothing but colton, nnd only that beonuso Ibero is nobody clso to produce it nny cheaper. Wo nro in tho enjoyment ol' absolute "free trade," nnd under it tho Western mun makes our wagons, plows, furniture, steam engines, threshing machines nnd almost every nrtio.c of wood or iron timi wc usc, nnd then linds lime lo rniso our bacon, wheat nnd corn, Thc Northern men furnishes tho balnnco of our wnnts. Oo in nny store nnd look around you; cnn you pul your hand on n single article they have nol produced or mime a single article, not nlTeclcd by climate, I hui we need or consume, tlint they cannot produce cheaper or helter limn wc eau? This is not wholly our fault. We hnvo simply taken advantage of tho privilege of "buying where wc cnn boy cheapest," and Mic Western mid Northern mon have grown rich hy our purchases mid they have ruined every locnl industry und stilled every ellon lo produce (hese things ul home. The construction of railroads nnd cheap freight rates have mnde this (liing possible. In fact without legislation or consulting thc wishes of (he people it lins brought "free trude" willi nil (ho name implies lo our doors. Having tried it would it not be well to nsk, "Is it n good thing?" Docs nny nnlive of South Cnrolinn take any special pi ido iu I li o fact that nil his fine wagons nnd engines und machines nre ma.te by other people? That his mcnl nnd brend uro raised by other bandst That lo him and his neighbors is left thc poor privilege of raising colton nt ten cents a pound to pay for all tho things he amy unod or wnnt? Ho must rniso codon or emigrate. That is tho only choice li? lins. He might like ever so much and bc well filled to build sic.un engines, saw mills, or pursue some mnniilncturiug industry, bm "free trade" says no, we can buy these Illings cheaper elsewhere, and (lint is the policy of our peoplo. It is hut a few years since that manufacturing hud some slight protection in South Cnrolinn. Railroads were few, freights wore high und thc loreign product wns in some degree baned out There were ?mall manufacturing establishments scattered over tho country that produced tho furniture, the plows and wngons and other tools needed by Ibo people. Tito moucy now sont elsewhere, for i h ese things was (heil kepi ni homo. Diversified employment wns given io ninny persons nnd lhere wns some oilier oppor tunity mid employment except Iho eternal cot Ion, but tho "free tindo" lins driven nil this from nuning us. A wngon shop in Greenville n few yenr8 sineo used lo build live hundred fnrm wagons a year and now their principal business consists in rcpniring (ho Western wagons, with which tho land is filled. I hear inuoli talk about manufacturing industries being built up among us, bul I do not seo them. A furniture factory wns recently built in Greenville, but il stands idle simply beonuso thc Cincinnati ni nu u incturcr can undersell him nt his own door. A lillie protection lo this industry mighi have given oinploymcnt lo nviny people. Not less than Unco thousand peoplo are engaged in oilier Suites in making Hie In mit um wu buy every year. Would ii nol he u good Hiing lo give employment lo timi many people at home? Wo send lliiriy millions of dollars each year to thc North and West lo pay lor thums wo ought tn produco ut homo. Hui (ho polioy of freo Irado lorbids this Wu oonshlcr it n groat wrong lo encourage a home industry. Wo pre fer to pay our money to strniigcrs rather than our neighbors. Wn may dislike tho Yankee i and think very ill things of him, bul wo beg j iiiio to lake our money willoh wo hnvo worked ao hurd for, because, iib "freo Irado." Well freo Irado has built up great industries ni the North and West lo supply Hie South with nil its needs, nnd when il has stripped us of what little we li ivo loft, wo will begin to apprccinto Us he ii ell ta-to oilier people 0. J. GREEN E. cl Or^an?d loent Instruments SOLD AT Factory Prices. ?XftEB TO BTir. sh, try our easy install to all, and that the very e. Address E. NOR?YCE, [ouse, Greenville, S. C. "A Trip to Georgia." OAKWAY, S 0., March 25, 1882. MESSRS. EDITORS: As I promised last week lo give yon account of a Sabbath spent in Atlanta, I will begin by saying that I visited several church buildings in tho carly part of the 5tb day nf this instant, boforo going to preaching. Thc church buildings are very large nod commodious and aro well nttonded, often filled to ovctflowing, although I was told that not more thnn ono half of tho pcoplo in thc city nllcnd preaching. I wont to Trinity Church (of ihe Methodist E. South) nt ll A- M. and heard Dr. Kendal preach in a Folid, earnest and simple munnor, on tho necessity of urovivulof religion. At 2} IV M. I attended the mass meeting of tho Juve nile Good Templars. Tho hall was paoked with people Tho children who performed their pnrt of the ceremonies did it well and enlisted great attention from the audience, engaging their sympathies and co-oporation in ibo groat Work of reforming tho drunkard und caving bis family from want and dis grace lo porno extent. The grout champion of the temp?rance work, Mr. Tbrowor, and his wife ns zealous ns ho is, moots the op provnl ol many thinking men and women in Allanta, also in other parts ot tho State. At night I attonded tho Protestant Methodist Church and heard Hov. Mrs. Oliver preach un excellent sermon. Sbo is well eduonted nod epeaks in earnest and with much power. Tho grcnt church privileges of Atlnniaaro grand. Tho street curs go from ci rly morn until 10 I*. M. evory day. Tho poor mules and constant drivers look like tboy would bo tho better of rest on Sundays. Tho drug moros aro opened all day on Sundays. Tho street? on Sundays aro crowded nearly as much nB on weekdays. So goes tho world. Sunday night at 12 M. I got aboard of train on Central Huilroad for Sun Hill via Macon. J. ii. S. WORKINGMEN -Boforo you begin your heavy spriog work after n winter of reloxu lion, your system needs oloansing and strengthening toprovent un attack of Ague, Billions or Spring Fever, or BOIIIO other Spting sickness that will unfit you fer a seusoo's work. Yrou will Bnvo time, much sickness und grenl expense if you will uso ono bottle of Hop Bitters in your family this month. Don't wait.-Burlington llaickcyc. Well Said TUB KKOWRB CoutiIBR has this short but timely admonition: "It is tho duly of every goad man to inspect Ibo moral conduct of tho man who is offered ns a legislator al our elec tions. If thc people wish for good laws Ihey may have thuin by dooling good men." Let the press generally tako up this subject nnd argo the people lo scleot men of moral in tegrity for every position in tho hind, nnd wo will hnvo good men in office, (he laws will bo enforced nnd the schemes and plans of rings mid office seekers will como to naught. Christian Nciyhbor. (Chicago Tribune] Mr. Ira Brown, thc enterprising real citato man, nttttCH that ho could and would say a good word for ibo St. Jacobs Oil. which bad cured him nf a severe attack of inflnmatory rheumatism thnt all otbor trcutments had tailed oven to ul lay. New Aflvertisemen ls. Homestead Exemption VJ OTIC E Is hereby given (hat Mrs. Ary Cobb, il widow ol' John lt. Cobb, deceased, has made application lo mc lo appraise nnd set off for the bon oil I of herself and her minor chil dren a homestead in thc real and personal est?t o of her said deceased husband on Monday, tho 1st day of May, 1882. IUC II A RD LEWIS, Muster Uconec county, S. C. March .10. 1882. 10-61 NOTICE OF* Final Settlement YJOTTCE ts hereby given that application will ll ho made lo llichard Lewis, lieq,, Judge of Probate for Oconeo county, for leave to inuko n final settlement of tho estate of Jesse Gibson, deceased, in llio Court of Probato, nt Walhalla Oourt House, South Carolina, on Friday, tho ' 5th day of May, 1882, and that thereupon letters dismissory do issue to bim. Creditors and tho heirs-at-law of said deceased will nike due notice und govern themselves accord ingly. WM. S. G LUNN, Administrator. March 30, 1882. 19-4t BRIDGE TO LET. OFFICE OF COUNTV COMMISSIONERS, WALHALLA, 8. C.. March 20, 1882. 'Pill? undersigned County Commissioners of 1 Ooonee County will bo prosont nt tho bridgo over Little Uiver, nt or nour A. B, Grant's resi dence, tor the purposo of letting to (ho lowest responsible bidder tho ro building of that brldg?, nt 10 o'clook A. M., on SATURDAY, i ho Ht li dny of April next . Specifications for (he bridgo will bo shown on that day. Witness our bands nnd seals Muroh 20, 1882/. f-^-> M. NICHOLSON; \ ii s. \ w. w. MOSS; I j JOHN" It STEELE, / County Commissioners Oconeo county. ? Test-J. S. VKUHKR; Clcrki / Maroh 23, 1882;. 18-8t