Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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T H R M S Published every Thursday in ora lug. For subscription, Si.M? nor annum, strictly bi advance; for six mouths, 7.*> cents; for four months, 60 cents. Advertisements inserted MI one dollar nor square of ono inch or less for tho Hist insertion ami fifty cents for each suh% sequent insertion. Obituary Notices exceeding live lines. Tributes of Respect, Communications ol' a personal character, when adudssablo, and Announcements of Candidates w ill1 lie charged for as advertisements. Job Printing neatly and cheaply execu ted. Necessity compels ns to adhere strictly to tho rCquiromonts of Cash Payments. To Miine Omi s, li ll?* True mol Ii ?Mu M follow RH th? Night tho Dar, Thou CnuH>l Not Then Kc l ui?, to Any .Hun, HY THOMPSON, SMITH ?ft J AYN ISS. WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, DECIOMIIEK H>, 1881?. VOLUME XL NO (il -IT ST RECEIVED' A big 1" Hiing in Full Stock of Dry Goods and Notions. Trimmings, Plushes, Volv?tino, i&o., in bright mid latest colors and stylos at tho usual low prices. KIO BHITBB F ?lt C?MM* ('loar of bunts Wooden Hackets, 2 for 25o. Rig Tin (Covered Hackets at 5o. (Tinware at cost.) Decorated Tin Chamber Nets at $1.50. Dwights House Soda at bo. or 0 pounds for 2f?e. Hest (?loss Starch, 2 packages for 5e. (?ood Cl reen and Hlack Teas, at 25c per pound. Hest Imperial, Voting Hyson, (inn Powder and English H rea k fast Teas at 50c. per pound. Host. Oolong Hlack Tea nt 75c. per pound, hoggetts Hlended Tea at 75c. per pound. Kine uncolored Japan Tea in beautiful Haskets, Y5e. each. Hare, Wholo Hean, Parched Kio Coffee at 2?O. Carter.s Ink in I quart bottles at only 50e. -lohn Moore's Sons One Horse Plows at ?5(4.50 John Moore's Sons Two Horse Plows with Holling Coulter and Guage Wheel complete, very cheap. AH stei>le Spades ?ind Shovels at only 05c. each. Big Bargains in Buggie Whips from 15 to 7f>c each. Pocket Knives, Tabb' Cutlery, ?V.c., largo stock, very cheap. Pest Home-made Molasses, :> gallons for si. Good Laundry Soap ?it lc. per pound. Toilet Soap, li cakes for oe. Adamantine Candles ?it 'Joe. per dozen. New Moli ci ay Goods. liol..MKS A C< ) NT'S KAN CV CAKES, vi/.: Social Teas, Iced 1 hmey Cakes, Lemon, Kancy and Sugar Jumbles, Vanilla (Crisps, New Vork Teas, Honey Jumbles, New Orleans (Chocolate Jumbles, Mixed Cakes, &e., &c, at only 20c per pound. New Valencia Raisins, 20o. per lb. Loose Muscatel Raisins, 20e. per lb. Citron, per pound, 'Joe. New Currants, .'I pounds for 2?C. 25 Chees?', bought before tho rise, o pounds for 50c. Imported fresh M ?locaron i, sold ?it 15c. per pound. Evaporated Dried Apples, sold at 5c. per pound. Large fresh imported Prunes, sold at 10c. per pound. Dav is1 Raking Powder in cans, at only 25c. per pound. This Raking Powder is equal to Royal Raking Powder. While Heans at ?1.50 per bushel. Mixed Heans at $ 1.00 per bushel. New Corn at 50c. per bushel. Cow Peas nt 75c. pei' bushel. Pearl Harley, I pounds for 'Joe. Good Raking Soda at 5e: per pound. Canned Corn !' icf at 12-Je. per pound. New Sugar Corn al 10c. per can. (Jood Sardines, in olive oil, I boxes for 2;">e. Large ', pound boxes Sardines at only 10c. Kresh Lobsters al 20e. per can. Cure Mustard at ?I5c. per pound. 1 pound full weight Oysters, I (U*. per can. 2 pound full weight Oysters, .! cans for 50c. Dried Chipped Heel", 25c. per box. 1 pound fresh Mackerel at 15c. per can. Pot ted ll nm, Schrimps, AV. Dessiccnfed Cocoanut, 20c. per eau. Ass??ried .1 ams, 25c. Marmalade, 20c. Nelson's Idaline, 20c. Rennet, 20c. Sausage Seasoning, 15c. Package Mince Meat, 15c. Prepared Ero nek Mustard, 10c. per bottle. Can Pears, I fie. Pine Apple, 15c. Pure Krui I Tobi Chewing Gum, ftc. per box. Tomato (Catsup, .'!(.(.. per bottle. Worcestershire Sauce, 20c. per bottle. Large quart bottles Queen Olives af 25o. per bottle. Larg?' quart bottles Sweet .Mixed Pickles, 35c. per bottle. Large quart bottles .Mixed ('how-Chow al 25c. per bottle. Good Mixed Cucumber Pickles at 10c. per bottle. The tines! Pickled White Onions af 20c. per bottle. Krosh Horse Radish al 15c. per bottle. Pepper Sauce ind C?pres at I fie. and 20c. per bottle. I [orso ford's Dread Pr?parai ?on ?it I Oe. and 20o, per package Warner's Safe Yeast at 10c. per box. GREAT REDUCTION OE PRICKS ON Salt, Khmr, Meal,. Sugar, Coff oe, Hice, I lacon, Lani, I lams, 1 romilly, Spices, etc., Al Low Prices Pools Shoes ami Rubbers, Tull slock. Rubber ( 'oats, all sizes. Genuine Persian Reversable Rubber Coals, can ho worn ?is ulsters overcoats. Stoves, Rangersand Heaters. Hardware, Agricultural Implements, Crockery ami Glassware. Paints, ods, Varnish, Glass, Putty, &c. Very respectfully, 0. H. Sdiumacber, Walhalla, S. C. t /:. 'Goods pucked and delivered free. California Lotter. COHN INO, TKIIOMA, COUNTY, CAI.., November '28, 1889. MKSSUS. EDITORS: One year lias elapsed since I wrote my last letter for tho dear Cou ni KU. Since that time I have traveled extensively and have learned a great deal about thc "Golden Slate," that I would like to communicate to inquiring friends in South Carolina; hut to do 80 would require too much space in your pa per and also too much of my time to write it. However, I will ask a col umn or two and take tillie to write a few more stray thoughts. Last winter wo had abundance of rain. The rivers were very high and but for the levees our beautiful valley would have been ono vast sea. The Sacreiuenlo was some ten miles wide where I was. We had a linc time spearing lish ill the alfalfa lields. They had gone out as thc water rose. After the waler subsi ded niillions of geese and ducks caine ill to eal what wheat had not boen ruined by the water. Munchers were forced to employ men to heard them off, else many acres would have been literally eaten up. Some ranch ers, keep from one to four men, fur nish boise, gun and ammunition and pay per month for bearding off this destructive tribe, How would such employment suit our South Ca rolina boys, who hunt all day for a few gray squirrels and rabbits? When spring Came the rain ceased, tho game loft and we were delighted with our home on tho Sacreincnto, where winier, so far as cold is con cerned, is seldom known, and where fruit and dowers are enjoyed all the year. In August I took a ?fiO mile drive to a Quarterly Conference, crossing the Sicra Nevada .Moun tains, passing tho base of old Mt. Shasta, which is the culminating peak of the Sieia or Coast 1 tango Mountains. There we had iee, and old .lack Eros! occasionally left his snowy trail all over the little val leys. Il was a treat to bc 80 near Shasta, with its snow clad peaks it has two- rising in wildest grand eur to an altitude of over 14,00(1 feet, (owering over us ami the sur rounding mountains, lifting theil snow covered summits lo tho sk'ta and asserting (he majesty of Shasta the father of mountains. I wonk like to tell your renders of our tom through these mountains, hut as tin profit and delight of travel aro like duties and responsibilities, not trans ferable, I will say no more at tilt! time. Our Annual Conference met ii September and I was stationed noai the mountains and amid the foo hills. Sinei- I caine hero we have ha< abundance of rain, hut it fell in : few days and then a season liki sweet balmy springtime followed For more than a week we wore till recipients of a bright ami genial sun shine, alternating with the molloy light of tho moon, revealing to tin eye hy day and by night bea ll ti flt little valleys surrounded by towoi* mg hills and lofty peak- and a fev linus whitened with the frost o winier. Such scenes would doubt less rekindle the sacred inspiratioi of Xclio's poet. Such visible mani festal ions of ( dal's power in the na turill world gives us some c?lICCp lion of the invisible manifestation of his power in thc spiritual world Methinks that the human henri is higher pinnacle than either Nebo o Shasta's lonely bights upon wino! the sacred poet might pen his linc of Cod's mysterious care of a huma soul. Amid such beautiful scenes of na turo and among such n kind peopl us 1 have been providentially throw among, your writer is moro than di lighted lo work and God is with u in our work. Our new Meld open up encouragingly large and nilen live congregations at every servici Xow, Messrs. Editors, I know m letter is growing lengthy, so if yo will allow an answer to a few ?neill ries from friends, and some the) whom I know uo(, I will close, Al ter the publication of i '\ letter la. year, letters from different parts < Oconee caine freighted with que lions. So ! will now answer then Heller late than never. 1st, /'ria oj' /.mn/. Lands ai worth from (?i.??fi lo il0,000 p< acre, owing to soil und location. "Jd. ('/ininti . We have all kind from freezing in August lo a wanui of l'20 ?ll the shade. You eau lix hore in stiikiiu distance of hot an cold. 8d, i'roilitrtioiis. Every thin almost thal grows will Moorish her Of course wheat, harley and raisins arc the staple products. Wheat is worth now from f>0 to GO cents per hushed. Laws. NOW you have mc. Well, we have rt line whiskey law. Sel dom lind a hotel hut leswell supplied and wherever people live, as a rule, king alcohol is a welcome citizen. Theil WO have no Sahhath law anywhere. All do as they please. A great many plow or haul or work. I :.>? if California was exempt from all moral obligations to ohserve thc day. Wc have a .Inc school system. Almost ovory district has from Oto 10 months free school. Many are teaching now vdth from live to twelve pupils. The law requires live if school is kopi up. Teachers are paid from $60 to $126 por month. Usually *0f? to *00 por month. Other laws, so far as I know, are all right, Morals. Well, like the climate, we can find any sort we want. Ow ing to thc place or vicinity. 7'V.sA. At this season the rivers team with trout, weighing from 5 to 30 or IO pounds. Game generally. W e have every thing from a lyon or hear to the horned load. We have plenty of venison. In a word, it is almost impossiblo in speaking of California as a Stale, to lie or tell the whole truth about it or its people. The host way in lind it out is to como and see. Respectfully, J, I). DOUSUY, Of Pacific Conference. -* . Jefferson Davis. To our Republican contemporaries wc suggest that the time is ill-cho sen for saying unpleasant things about the late Jefferson Davis. lie was a man who was honored and hclovod by almost half the coun try. That alone, among a fraternal people, is sufficient reason for refrain ing from harsh comments oh his life, while yet sorrow is fresh in the hearts of the people of the South. And to say that Jefferson Davis was almost universally beloved and respected in thc South is not to east any imputa tion on tho loyalty of the people of that section. He was to them a rep resentative-almost to the last-of a cause which once had their passionate devotion. They have long aban doned that cause; buried it fathoms dceji; hut looking upon the graves that ?lot their hillsides, who can blame them if tender memories still cluster around it? And the circum stances were such that these tender memories seemed incarnated in the figure Of .Jefferson Davis, stately and dignified even in its humiliation. No man in American history, with tho possible exception of Benedict Ar nold, has hoon subjected to so much opprobrium. Hut surely in the hour of his death we can th) him the jus tice that he was hid the leader of his people, no more culpable than they. How was he more blameworthy than thousands of Others? Ile was the most conspicuous of tho Southern leaders, hut only because he happen ed lo he the elected head of a govern ment which tho Southern people were unanimous in supporting. Jefferson Davis shared with all tho South the responsibility for se cession, hut it is not easy to sec or to say why he was worse than the others. The war was ended long ago, and hy common consent thc re united people are dwelling together in brotherly love. Why single out one man and heap upon him the sec tional hatreds that ought to bc bu ried ? This, milch cnn bo Sllid of Jef ferson Davis. Ile was a gentleman. No mai), however hitter his political animosity, over went out from the. presence of this "man without a country" Without feeling impressed with his gentleness, courage, sinceri ty and personal honesty. Whatever oise he was, he was at least mt hon est and sincere man. Ile thoroughly liol ie ved in the righteousness of tho cause he led. Let .Ic ff orso n Davis rest in peace, His mistake was tho mistake of tho whole South. Arid n.uti Who [.vcr sang "We'll hung deli Davis to t sour apple tree" ever wished him i more .ori'owful fate than actually liofoll him. Twenty years of ohlitor ition is no light punishment for a man of brilliant talents and high political ambitions,-Mouton aluin. When a man's temper gets the liOtu. of him it reveals the worst of lietn. LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS. IIOUSK) DKCKMHKlt 0. Mr. lionet presented the I>i 11 to provide for the building and mnin tainanee of the Clemson Agricul tltrnl College of South Carolina. It was referred to the committee on agriculture, who subsequently made a favorable report on it. The bill appropriates the income from one-half of the agricultural scrip, also, three fourths of the pri vilege tax on fertilizers now on hand, the same amounting to about ?38,000, and three-fourths of the privilege tax which may be here after collected, It also authorizes the sale of the experimental farms at Columbia and Spartanburg, the proceeds of tho sale to bo applied to the support of tho college, bul leaves tho Darlington experimental farm intact, lt also calls for the "sinking fund,1' to be applied lo the support of thc college. The Act to gb into effect as soon as the executors named in the Clemson will have (urned the property over to the State. The *8,000 called for by the Act passed al tho last session to be immediately made available for ex penses, architectural pians, etc. Among the new bills introduced were t be following : Dy Mr. I tey ward-To make it ti misdemeanor for any tenant to re move, sell, or in any manner dis pose of any property in tho premi ses Indore the rent has been paid, without the consent of the landlord, The House then adjourned as ft mark of reaped to thc memory ol lion. Jefferson Davis, after passing appropriate resolutions of condo lence and expressing their respect, love and reverence for the dead hero of tho Confederacy, as voiced by Haskell, Croydon, O'Drien am McKissick. lu thc Senate bul little business 0 a local eba rael cr was done, and af ter a brief session, adjourned by eon curring in thc resolutions of tin House relative lo the death of Jcf ferson Davis, after hearing and clo quent eulogy on his lofty ch a rac tc by Senator Smythe, On Saturday, December 4, in th House, lin- day was mainly consume? in discussing the special order-th bill of (?encrai MeCrady, relating t the hiring and leasing pf convict and thc establishment of an ctlginoc bureau-with the amendment to i relating to the working of prisonci confined in tho county jails. No business of general important' was done. In thc Senate, Senator Maso among the new bills, introduced on to prohibit the sale, furnishing, gi\ mg or providing cigarettes or an substitute therefor to minors. When the bill to amend Sectio 101)8 of thc General Statutes, n biting to homestead, was reached, hot legal contest arose. The bi provides that "no waiver or tl right of homestead, however solem made by the head of a family at ?it time prior to the assignment of ll homestead, shall defeat tho hom stead provided lorin this Chaptc Provided, however, That no right homestead shall exist, or bc allow? in any properly, real or person) aliened or mortgaged, either bofo or after assignment by any person < persons whomsoever, as against tl title or claim of tho alienee or mot gagee, or his heir, or their heirs assigns.'" There was a spirited debate o\ tho bill to reduce the salarie State oflicors, dorks and employe* After considerable discussion thc li was made a special order for Mo day. On .Monday, December 0, tho sala reduction bill was killed in the Se ate by a majority of one vote In the I louse on Tuesday, Dece ber 10, the following measures general hileros! passed a soco reading : Hill lo require (he construction suflicieut ?ishways in the dam acr< the Savannah Uiver and I'CSpOCti an Act to incorporate thc ICdgolh Cotton ami Woolen Mmiufactiiri Company ??' 1 the Acts amendait thereof, ami instructing tho Comm sumos of Agriculture to remove t obstructions cm said wutk caused said dam, if tho roquirments then art; not complied with. Hill to amend Section 177? of I General Statutes relating to i form of conveyance of real estate Hill to amend Chapter XVIII the General Statutes, by insert! Sections 070a, 070b, OTOc, provtdi for q arautining the State by ht figflh.st disease ami infection, In the Sonate thc following hills A^ero killed. A joint resolution to provide for the calling of a constitutional con vention. On thc questions of passing this joint resolution the vote stood as follows : Yeas-Senators Hell, Byrd, Don aldson, Edwards, Erwin, Ferguson, Fields, Mason, Magill, Mect/.e, Moody, Patterson, Popo, Heady, H. M. Smith, Wilson, Woodward-17. Nays-Dozier, Howell, Kennedy, Moise, Mooro, Munro, Murray, Rhanu', Sojourner, Vcidior-10. So thc joint resolution, failing of the two-thirds votes required by the Constitution, was rejected. Hill to repeal nil Acts or parts of Aol? relating to agricultural liens for advances or supplies. When the hill to make uniform the salaries of tho ollieial stenogra phers of certain judicial circuits came up for consideration Senat >r l'ope proposed l<> Substitute for Sec tion 1, which related to the salaries, and was thc only provision of the hill, a section making the stenogra phers' notes binding on the judges in the case. After considerable discussion, the bill as amended, passed, ll provides: "That hereafter the testimony, rul ings, and charges of the Circuit Judges of this State in actions tried before any one ol' them as taken down by thc ollieial stenographers of the several Judicial Circuits ol' this Stale, shall be binding upon the said Circuit .Fudges of this State and all other persons, unless tho Circuit JtidgC and tho counsel on each side shall agree upon a correction of the same in any particular. "That thc Stenographer of the Third, the Fourth, the Fifth, and thc Sixth Judicial Circuits ol' this State shall receive the same salary as is now paid to tho Stenographers ol' thc Second, the Seventh, and the Eighth Circuits, lo wit : The sum of twelve hundred dol?ais per annum; and that the Stenographer id' thc Third, the Fourth, the Fifth, thc Sixth, and (he l?ighth Circuits bc al lowed the sinn of three cents pei hundred words for notes of testi mony and proceedings ol' trials fur nished as now provided hy law." The bill relating to the tare or bales of colton passed a third read ing, ami was ordered lo a third read ing. The hill ns passed reads: "The custom nf making a dodllC tion from the actual weight ol' bale: of unmanufactured colton, as an ul lowance for breakage or draft there on, is abolished; and all contract: nuule in relation to such cotton shat he deemed and taken as referring l< the true ami actual weight theron without deduction; and no tare sha! he deducted from thc weight (d' sud bales of cotton except the neilin weight of the hagging and ties use< in baling said cotton. And whoi bales ol' cotton are covered wit! seven yards ol' standard cotton bag ging and six iron lies, the actual tar shall he, and is hereby, fixed at six teen pounds, and when hales ol' col lon are covered with seven yards c standard jute bagging and six iro ties, the actual tare shall be, and i hereby, lixed at twenty-four pounds. Wednesday the 11 th instant w: devoted hy our law makers to Indi ing appropriate memorial services t thc honor and memory of Jel'forso Davis. Addresses were delivered h Ex-Governor llago?d, Judge IIa: kell, (?en. John liiatton ami (lei .lohn 1). Kennell y. COKUM ni A, December 1*2.-Tl Senate gave much time to-day I discussions mi legal questions--ol on the bill to limit the right ol' do\ er and another oil thc separat*! c tales of married women, both i which were rejected. Senator Woodward's pet bill forbid members of the General A soinhly from accepting free pass was passed. Thc bill ol' .Mr. Mason, ol' OconO to forbid thc sale id' cigarettes minors was passed and sent to tl I louse. lilllie House the session was busy one but devoid ol' excitcmci Tho principal discussion was on Ci onel MeCrady's Convict labor b which was filially passed after heil shorn of all its original features c eept thc first section providing f the purchase of a penitentiary fat to cost forty thousand dollars and bc paid for out of thc earnings the convicts, Thc Senate adjourns over to ( morrow, but the House basan c\ ning session, Mypoeraey is thc necessary hurd of villainy. KEOWEE COURIER, [WKKKI.Y,] - KSTAIILISIIUO \T Old Pickens in 1840, -MOV Kl) TO- 7 Walhalla in 1868. Destroyed by Fire June 21st, 1887. Re-Established August M _1887. ?ill Ail?. TKI.I.S Ol' HIS IIOYIIOOI) AND ITS TRIALS, I wish I was n boy mid had ns much man's sense as T have got now. It makes me right sad to see Carl and his schoolmates plotting and planning for their Saturday frolics. F want to go with them, but I can't, i sec them cleaning out their guns and loading up their shells and pat ting the pointer dog and talking so merrily about thc birds they are go ing to kill, but I can't go. I want Lo climb a walnut tree and shake tho limbs and hear the music of thc wal nuts rattling' down. 1 want to go chestnut hunting and cut off thc top limbs with a hatchet or if the trees ure large and tall show my skill in knocking tho burrs down with sticks as I used to do on thc obi academy hill. Wo boys used to take our bundle of slicks with us to school and bide them under the house until playtime. I want to go 'possum hunting hud hear the music of tho dogs on tho track and the welcome bark when they had treed one of the dusky varmints up a 'sinimon tree or a black gum or under a (day root. What a glorious frolic it was to cut him down or dig Ililli out and then split a slick for his curly tail and and shoulder him and move on for another victim. I want to go coon hunting and see the fight. 1 want to go rabbit hunting in thc snow. I want lo climb a muscadine vino and hunt for black haws and May pops. I want to go lo tho mill and run a horse race back and cry "school but ter" tis I pass the country school house on tho way. Then the boys would lay for us the next time and surround us and attack us with ?>t mks and rocks and trash poles and lbe way we ran thc gauntlet was thrilling. 1 think of ?ill these youth ful frolics when I soo these boys start out and I want to go, but I can't, I'm too old, my time's out, I couldn't koop up. Thc spirit is willing but tho Mesh is weak, very weak. If makes mo puff and blow lo run or fox trot a hundred yards now. My logs aro overloaded with corporosity bul my anns are all right. I can chop wood on a wager with most any man and win it. It was a rough young life in those lays, rougher than it is now, for wo didn't wear shoes much, nor coats, nor undershirts, nor drawers, and a homemade cap or a sealskin cap would last two or three yours, and then be handed down to the next boy. Sore toes and stonobruiscs and burrs in tho foot or splinters in the lingers wore common to every boy, for there was no aristocracy then. Three yards of nankeen and a shirt and a pair of galluses set a school boy up pretty well for summer, and :i suit of country jeans and a pair of shoes was mighty line for willtor. Our mothers cutout garments and made thom ?Hid it didn't cost more than five dollars a year for a boy, all told. Hut now it takes .about three suits a year of store clothes for tho boys. Then there aro ten dollars more for hats ami shoes. And there ire collars and cuffs and cravats and handkerchiefs and gloves and gold huttons and so forth. 1 went into a store in Atlanta yesterday to buy mo ( coat and a young man measured me and got out a coat and put it on and bo said it lit mo beautifully and I said it didn't and he said it was not tho fault of the coat but my shoulders wore awkwardly built. I asked him if he thought I was de formed, ami ho said no, not exactly deformed, but out of tho proportion, and so I departed those coasts. I tried another store, and they jerked inc into a bobtail cutaway, and said it was jusi splendid, I looked so nob by and genteel. I told him I wanted ?I frock coat-a black cloth frock i-oat and lie curled up his lip and said tlint nobody but lawyers and preachers wore them now, and they lidll't have my size. So I departed those coasts and kept on trying until 1 got what I wanted but had to have I he sleeves cut off a little to suit my inns.-Atlanta Constitution. Kpoch. Tho li niigltlon from long, lingering nial pain ul sickness lo robust health marks an epoch in ho lifo of tho individual. Such a remarkable iVCnt is treasured in tho memory and thc agency vlicicliy (he good health has hoon attained is gratefully lilcsicd. Uenoo it ls that ?<> much s hoard In pl also of Klee tr lo Hilton, go many feel they OW0 their restoration to health, to tho iso of tho croat alterativo nod tonto. If you ufo troubled willi any disease of kidneys, liver ir stomach, of long ur short standing you will Ul roly lind relief hy the use of Kleetrlo Mittori*, {old nt 600. (ind $ I per hettie at Norman Drug 'o.'s dr ug store. You should subscribe for this pupor >y all moana.