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?LEO WEE COURIER. PUBLISHED EYEEY THURSDAY MOKXIXG. B. A. THOiCPSOX D. A. SMITH. B. T. JAY>->IS. BY THOMPSON, SMITH & JAYNES. TERMS: For subscription, $1.50 per annum, strictly in advance; for six months, 7-3 cents;*for four months. 50 cents. Advertisements inserted at one dollar per square of one inch or less for the first insertion and fifty cents for each sub sequent insertion. Obituary Notices exceeding five lines. Tributes of Respect, Communications of a personal character, when admissable. and Announcements of Candidates will be charged for as advertisements. Job Printing neatly and cheaply execu ted. Necessity compels us to adhere strictly to the requirements of Cash Payments. WALHALLA, S. C. : THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1892. Our esteemed contemporary, the Enterprise and Mountain! . r misconceives our position when it says that we "'as sume too much in saying that any man represents the whole reform wing of the party, for this cannot bc ascertained except by actual count. There are many hundreds who favor retrenchment and economy in our public affairs who do not subscribe to the doctrine that a par ticular man is necessary to their success at this time or at any future Jay. Reforms do not hang upon the lives of office-seekers, but upon the majestic will of the people." We have never yet subscribed "to the doctrine that a particular man is necessary" to thc accomplishment of reform in our government, and neither do we contend that Tillman is such a "necessity" in the present extremity. But some one must stand as an expo nent of retrenchment and reform-such an exponent is a ..necessity:'* while it is a matter of minor importance who leads the reform hoses. At present Tillman is the leader, ami despite some personal characteristics, which militate against him, his strength as .such exponent is commensurate with that of the reform wing of the party. Had we the power to choose a leader, we certainly would make a different cindee, for several reasons. But this power is not ours, and if the people again centre upon him as the standard hearer of the reform movement. .South Carolina will have two more years of Tillman's reign. This being true, it becomes necessary to elect a sound, safe i and conservative Legislature-a reform j Legislature-but not a Tillman Legisla- j ture. It . "ll be a sad day for ."south j Carolina should Tillman ever he given a Legislature subservient to his autocra tic wilL Hut the good sense of the peo ple, whose '"majestic will" is supreme, will never permit the subversion of the Legislative to the Executive Department, nor the subjection of the .Judicial to the Executive. We have an abiding faith in the honesty and sovereignty of the people. One may fool some of the peo ple sometimes, but no one can fool ail the people all tiie time. The people of ?South Carolina will never bc deceived into electing a Legislature willing to grant any Governor al! the auto cratic power which Tillman asked at the hands of the last Legislature. If so, it would be a virtual submission to the rule of one man: and thi.s wc shall never see among a people so wedded as we to self-government. So long as we have capable and conservative legislators, no Governor can do much harm. By con fining the Executive to his legitimate sphere, the old ship of State will sail safely on. whether Tillman or Anti be at j the helm. The Farmers' Movement. lated and adopted by the Marra (... ..-rn- ; lion of Farmers that "suggested" Mr. Tillman for Governor. The second, third, fourth, fifth and ninth sections of the platform, have been practically <>r specifically carried out by the last Legis lature. The first, sixth, seventh, eighth, tenth and eleventh sections, contain liv ing issues, and should he made the basis of the ensuing campaign in this State for all political offices: 1st. Democratic unity to bc preserved by settling ali differences inside the party lines. 2d. Demands election by primary of delegates to the State Convention. 3d. Demands reapportionment <>f rep resentatives by counties. 4* h. Demands abolishment of Board bf Agriculture, and everything pertaining #to Agriculture to be ander control of Clemson College Trustees. 5th. Demands that South Carolina Col lege shall be liberally supported as a j classical and literary institution. *<;th. Demands reduction in size and shape of School Districts. 7th. Demands rigid economy, abolish ment bf useless offices, reduction of salaries for State and county officials. >th. Demands that Railroad Commis sion bc given all necessary power tb pro tect the people, without injury to the Railroads, and that Comm?s?doners be elected by the people. ;"h. Demands a survey of Phosphate territory, and Board oi Phosphate Com missioners to take charge of Coosaw and Pl osphate ititerests generally. '"th. Demands a Constitutional Con vention. llth. Demands canvass of State and counties by all candidates. A Primary for State Offices. As there is so much said and written about a primary roi State Offices we take tics occasion to explain the working ? of the party law as it now stands: The primary election this year will be held o. the host Tuesday (the 30th day) of Au gust. Each voter will vote for Delegates to the State Convention. Congressman, Solicitor. State Senator. Representatives, and County Officers, including Master and Trial .Instices. Oconee County will send six deb-gates to the State Convention, which will con vene in September for the nomination o? State Officers. These delegates will be elected in the primary election..instead of by the County Convention, as hereto fore. This differs from what is called a straight primary in that the people vote for delegates to thc State Nominating Convention, and not directly f<>r ( '< ?vernor and other Si ate Officers. The privilege of voting directly Wi Governo- is ,v :. anded by those who arc opposed : . Tillman and bis meth< ls. But "tiie constitution of the Democratic party provides for the election of dele gates by primary, and it further provides that no amendment can be made in this organic law except by the State Nomi nating Convention, under the law and the terms of the call. The approaching May Convention cannot so amend the consti tution as to provide for a straight or direct primary for State Officers, how ever desirable it might be to both wings of the Democracy. Every member of a subordinate Club or voter in the primary is required to pledge himself to abide the result of the primary and to support the nominees of the party. Earn voter at the primary election shall take the following oath : " I do solemnly swear that I am duly qualified to vote at this election, accord ing to the rules of the party, and that I have not voted before at this election." Concerning Scandal. The News and Courier, of Saturday, ; says the Greenville News contains an account of a personal difficulty in Sum ! ter county growing from the circulation I of a local scandal. Only a few days be fore a man was killed at Florence because j he had resented the spreading of scan dalous stories against his daughter. There appears to be an epidemic of it In nearly every town and city in the country there is an evil undercurrent of alleged news which does not go into the newspapers and is passed from mouth to mouth, each story becoming bigger, blacker and uglier as it goes. If these things were printed or pro claimed upon the street corners it would be better, in some respects. Usually the victims and chief sufferers from scandal are the last to hear of it Persons have often pone months with a deadly ar.d constantly thickening atmosphere of sus picion and false accusation about them, unconscious of their danger and loss, unable to defend themselves because left in ignorance. We are becoming entirely too loose in these matters in the South. It used to be different. Social rules were strict and the man who told a scandalous story of another man was expected to doitopenly and publicly and to make it good or take the consequences; while any man who mentioned a decent woman's name ex cept in the most respectful manner was immediately regarded as a blackguard. It is to be hoped, however, that people are to be influenced by something nobler than the fear of the shot gun or rawhide. It would be a good scheme if all of us, regardless of denominations, would observe thc season of lent in abstinence in the matter of gossip concerning the al ta i rs and affecting the characters of other people. Perhaps after forty days of rigid practice in keeping our mouths shut, when we can say no good of people, closing our ears against evil and using some effort, when occasion offers, to destroy scandal instead of giving it the streugth of our endorsements, we might contrive to go through the year in the same praiseworthy course of life. The old story books tell us of knights who performed prodigies of valor and endurance in rescuing ladies fair from the keeping of dragons and the unwel come affection of giants. We have thought sometimes that these might have been originally intended not as narratives of facts or random romances, but as allegories applicable to every age and illustrative of honorable and knightly labor ready to the hands of every honorable and knightly man, even in this day of practical life and undeco rated prose. Certainly there could bc no wc u se or more dangerous dragon than slander. It lurks and poisons and strikes everywhere, is ambushed behind smiling, fair faces, at every turn and crossing, ["he old dragons were said to have breath s<- loathsome that all-the air around them was tainted with death, and in our time very beautiful mouths are sometimes as deadly in their exhalations of whispers. It is a dragon with all the most dan gerous qualities of the myths. It can make itself invisible or change its shape, can make a coil of death about its vic tim .visile preventing res:stancc, can fol low from one side of the world to the other, over sea or land, its course can nol be tracked or discovered, nor can it bc hidden from or escaped. It can be killed and no-man or woman can do higher, nobler or better-work than kill ing it Plain, hard truth, honest common sense? the charity that thinketh no evil a td th<- cl.-ar light of day are the means which i; can nearly always be killed. If cars are closed against it and lips refuse t<> whisper and shoulders refuse to shrug and eyes to look at it, it cannot travel far. Four times in 'ive astern and honest protest or piompt, straightfor ward, frank enquiry will scotch it. It lias blighted innocent lives, lias driven om ivnjrn LL. le to dev-1 used mere heartaches, more undeserved suffering, more tears and \\-?- and desparation than any other one thing. If the good women and chivalric men of every community will enlist in a crusade against it. using some or all of thc methods above suggested, the moral atmosphere will be purified and this woi ld will be very much better and safer, m.-rc wholesome and more comfortable than it is. Colonel Orr at Anderson. On Tuesday last some of the people of Anderson met in the Court House for the i purpose of electing delegates to the con-1 vent ion to be held in Columbia to-day. Tbc meeting was organized, and was addressed by E. li. Murray. Esq. At che conclusion of his speech there were loud ciics for '*'< ?rr!" . ?... ri'" and the giant of Greenville rose ami walked up to the front amid great applause. Ile said he appreciated deeply thc welcome of his old home: he enjoyed meeting the friends whom he had known as boys, and he congratulated them on coming out and! taking an interest in this movement. It was no child's play and not to gratify feeling. All come to seek means to bring about peace and prosperity instead of ruin and disgrace. (Applause.) This could not be done by calling people hard names, but by finding and removing the cause of t!ie trouble, lie said he wanted no ..thee and had no candidate he wanted t.. foist upon the people. If the people did not have a -bange of government they would go to rack and ruin. (Great aj>?.lause.,) At no time since '76 had the State been in a more pitiable condition than now. His relations with Governor Tillman had always been pleasant, but nobody should allow that to prevent them from seeing that as a Governor he was an absolute failure. (Applause.) The serious trouble had been caused by Till man'smodeoi elect:.)- ;cring. He under took to make himsel Governor by vitu peration and abuse. (Applause.) This method was all wrong, and if he is allowed to go on we have not seen our darkest day yet. We cannot stand still; e. e must go nj. or down, and we are going down. This sort of tactics lowered man's estimate of man. Tillman obtained office by arraying class against class, say ing the State had been robbed for years by the aristocracy, and the laboring men, farmers, had bad nothing to do with I;. Ile promised a direct primary from ( Governor to Coroner, and now that he is Governor he refuses it. To this and every other pledge he made lie has been utterly false. He has proved himself unworthy of trust. Everybody had a right to support Tillman if they l>elieved him to be working for the right, but if he has fooled them once, they should not allow him to do it twice. Colonel <>rr said he had some sympathy for a man who had been fooled once, but he thought a mana fool himself who was fooled twice by the same trick. (G^eat applause.) I Tillman claimed that he did not have a Legislature to suit him. If a Governor had said such a thing as this ten years ago it would have been considered the most sublime audacity. The speaker would never believe that the people of South Carolina would elect a Legislature to follow bb adly the dictates of any one man until he saw it. Tillman attacked the judiciary, and performed the unpre cedented feat of criticising a Judge" ! decision in his message to the Legisla ture. Give him Tillmanites. for Judges and Tillmanites for legislators and South Carolina will have gone to the devil. (Great applause.) Tillman wanted tb b? dictator. Because of Tillman's mismanagement the State would lose ?150,000 in not being able to fund the State debi at 4 per cent Speaking of the low price our bonds are quoted at, Colonel Orr said that because they were so nearly due was no reason whatever for the low price. It was on account of Tillman's inability. He had no ability to do good even when he wanted to. Had no ability, except to abuse the people; (Applause.) At Clem son College no work was going on because Tillman had promised the people in his campaign that no taxes should be levied, because he had a row with the Secretary of the Interior about $24,000 which was coming to the college from the United States and because by mis management he had locked up $8,000, the cash paid on the Agricultural Hall. These were examples of his incapacity to manage and his inexcusable ignorance. (Applause.) South Carolina had never had as many law suits in its whole exist ence since the first Englishman set his foot here, as it has had during Tillman's administration. The railroads had re turned their property and the Comp troller Genera" had raised it. They, at the proper time, offered to pay taxes on the original assessments, but every Trea surer in the State but one had been in structed not to receive it, and now South Carolina is placed in the pitiable condi tion of going into the United States Courts to make the railroads pay the taxes that Tillman refused. (Applause.) Tillman had said he was glad he was not a lawyer. For the sake of the pro fession Colonel Orr said he was glad too, as there were enough black sheep in it already. (Laughter.) The speaker said Tillman should have allowed the Coosaw Company to go on mining rock until the Courts had decided whether their lease had expired, instead of losing $120,000 a year while the matter is tied up in the Courts. A man who would manage so and abuse the Coosaw Company for campaign clap trap is not capable of directing the affairs of the State. (Applause.) Colonel Orr criticised Governor Till man severely for abusing former Gover nors for too free use of the pardoning power, and pardoning himself more con victs than any Governor since '76, save one. He characterized it as prostitution of office. He asked the meeting to send dele gates to the convention who believed in white supremacy, who would tell the convention that the up-country wants a primary and who want no more dividing out of offices by Tillman. Irby and Shell. Colonel Orr promised to abide the result of the primary or convention and prayed that "God forbid us another such Gover nor." His speech was followed by tre mendous applause. A Dispassionate Review of the Politi cal Situation and the Grave Prob lems now Facing the Democracy of South Carolina. To the Editor of the Xcics and Courier : In reply to your letter requesting my views among others as to the political situation in South Carolina I would say that absence from h >me and professional engagements have prevented earlier atten tion to it. I would prefer to stand mute, but as my views are sought I shall frankly give them, however unimportant or unin fluential they may be. We are certainly in a most unhappy political condition, and from present appearances the hope of reuniting the party in the near future is dim. The opponents of the administration are divided as to thc policy to be pursued, and the letters published in your paper show that no two of them agree as to the solution of the vexed problems which are presented and fail to blaze out a path by which we can emerge from our politi cal wilderness. I shall not attempt j -to bc apprehended that, in j thc differences of opinion as to the pol icy, j there is a converging. towaraVan intoler-1 nni-e which, if crvst,, iii produce disharmony among those who are not administration people, and yet abided the action of the September Convention of 1S90. It is to be taken for granted that among the opponents of the present administration there is a common pur pose to heal, if possible, the unfortunate division now existing and reunite the party, while their opinion is uniform that a change in the Executive Depart ment would be beneficial and conducive to the best interests of the State. They hold that Governor Tillman's adminis tration is a failure; that he had the opportunity of giving the State a broad, conservative, non-partisr.n administra tion, an opportunity which rarely comes in a political life, and could have con tributed more than all others toward? reuniting the party. But he has n- c ' done so, and they hold him chiefly respo: sibli for the present unfortunate condi tion of affairs. Very naturally there is a strong conviction among a large num ber of his opponents thf;t he should be opposed, and vigorously opposed. Others equally earnest and patriotic believe in not opposing him by an active campaign, but to make the fight for the Legislature on the ground that with a Legislature even measurably stronger than the pres ent one (which, notwithstanding three fourths of its members were his follow ers, refused to legislate according to his behests or pass his pet measures) he would be still more handicapped, and at the expiration of his second term would cease to be the potential factor he now is, and that without active opposition by an opposing candidate he could not so infuse his personal influence into thc canvass in the counties as to secure a Legislature to do his bidding. To ascertain which of these divergent views prevailed in the several counties or how far he had lost ground, would it not have been more prudent, before deciding on a line of "vction, to have had a conference of one more representa tive men from each county, instead of thirteen gentlemen, however able, patri otic and desert ing, undertaking to decide what should be done? This is said in no fault-finding or captious spirit. Be this as it may, they have acted and issued a call for a convention embodied in a most conservative paper and proposed to act within the party lines. Was not this call for a convention unfortunate? They followed the example of Shell and his allies, who called the March Convention of 1890. That convention was righte ously condemded and its promoter* denounced because their action was not warranted by party law and usage, and it was generally held by their opponents that the then State Committee should have disciplined its promoters and "sug gestee." It was not done, and was the beginning of other violations by them. ? hold that there is no authority that can call a convention of the Democratic party except the State Committee, nor is there any provision for any iring or fac tion of the party, or any nnmber of Dem ocrats, to call one. Any namberof them may meet in conference and request whomsoever they may see fit to ?onie cut as candidates, or mass meetings rr ay make such a request, and certainly any citizen may announce himself, and run for office, but there is no authority to have a convention, otherwise than is con stitutionally provided, formulate a plat form or devise rules upon which it is proposed to conduct a campaign. I believe in a strict construction of party law and following o? party usage. Any other rule must inevitably lead to the destruction of party discipline. It will not do to say "fight the devil with his own fire. " This is an i nconsistent maxim for those "who are insisting on strict con struction of the constitution. Nor is it a splitting of hairs. A political wrong, a departure from the right and only safe path by one set of Democrats cannot jus tify like conduct by another. This is my view, and while my judg ment as weighed against the gentlemen who called the convention may not weigh a feather, yet I feel I would stultify myself if I did not s J express myself. I shall, however, if the convention sug gests candidates pledged to abide the result of the contest give them my ear nest support. I say pledged to abide the result, because any other course is j destructive of party organization and j efficiency. I so acted in 1S90, and shall do so again wherever the Nominating j Convention in September shall declare | the nominees. Up to that time if candi dates are in the field let them make every effort to secure the nomination by that convention. Political agitation is healthful, but when the September Con vention speaks it is the voice of the party, and the minority, on whichso ever' side it may be, should submit, as "what is sauce for the goose should be sauce for the gander." To ascertain which side has a majority j by a direct primary for State officers j would ce-tainly be desirable in this exi gency, for, as Senator Butler has well said, let us find out where the majority is, and abide by it, but, as a rule or pre cedent for the future, we must be care ful not to sow seed for future trouble for the sake of a temporary expedient. It is a fact that there is a majority of | the Democratic party of the State in what is known as the up-country, and it j is increasing by the influx of population. Would not a direct primary for State officers throw the selection or nomina tion of such officers in the future to this section, as it is human nature to exercise power when it can be done, and, to say the least it is a great temptation? Will not this in the future revive the now defunct sectional feeling? Is it not safer ! and more conducive to harmony, aye more just, that the party equipoise should be maintained, so far as the middle and low-country r- e concerned, by having a ] primary for delegates to the State Con vention? I merely throw out the sug gestion under an apprehension of future trouble. As to the approaching convention ordering a direct primary, if a demand for it is refused, I fail to see anywhere any authority for it. However desirable it might be, will not such a course make confusion worse confounded, produce greater disharmony and eventuate in all probability in permanent and irremedia ble division? As to the conduct of the campaign, unless County Conventions j disregard the arbitrary rules of the State j Committee, which under the constitution they have a right to do, as they alone are empowered tc establish such mles, is there any other course open except to make the contest under these rules, trusting to rectify the wrong in the Sep tember Convention? A few words in conclusion. The time has come when every patriot must consider the necessity of maintaining our supremacy and the status of the State in the National Demo cratic party. Let us not in our diff?r ences and contests overlook these para mount considerations. J. D. KKNXKDV. Camden, March 7. McELREE'S WINE Of CARDUI for Weak Nerves. Information Wanted About the Water ! Powers io South Carolina. The Board of Managers of the World's Columbian Exposition, at its meeting in Columbia on the 11th instant, assigned to me the duty of getting full information as to the various water powers in' the State. I, therefore, beg through, you and the press generaliv throughout the State to call attention tc all who can give me any information as to the ? estimated horse water powers s?;.sceptibte~"of ??;^: ' zation, where situated, its proximj to a railroad and the price of land pei acre for building purposes. I ask the immediate attention to this matter in order that thc information may bc brought to the attention of visit ors attending the exposition, and, if pos sible, as one of the several means of in ducing capital to come to our State. I believe it can be shown that South Carolina is the peer of any State iii thc Union in her natural advantages for manufacturing purposes. Belying on kind friends for their as sistance in this matter. Truly, THOMAS W. HOM.OWAV. POM ARI A, S. C., March 17, 1802. BLACK-DRAUGHT tea cures Constipation. Rev. Charles Ii. Willeford, of Union county, has been excluded from the Bap tist church at Santuc and deposed from the ministry, on account of his confession to the church that he had used the name of another illegally in a business trans action. Ile insisted that the forgery of the endorser's name was not done by himself, but he received the benefits of the transaction. Mr. Willeford has left the State, and writes back that he is gone forever. He made several drafts upon banks in Laurens and Clinton, which were spurious and not honored, and when he reached Atlanta he gave a check on Laurens endorsed by Rev. R. A. Sublett, formerly of this State, which was not paid at Laurens, and Mr. Sub lett loses $25 on this account. Mr. Willeford was in good repute until thc forgery was discovered a few weeks ago. and it is supposed by friends that his mind is off its balance. Try BLACK-OBAUCHT tea for Dyspepsia. What the Census Determines. One of our exchanges concludes, after studying the census, that probably no one who has not obtained information on the subject could make a reasonable guess at the number of places in the United States containing one thousand or more inhabitants. The guesses by the uninformed are usuallv from 10,000 to 15,000, but the United . .ates census dis closes only 3,715. Moreover, there are only 2,552 that have a population exceed ing 1,500. At the other end of the line the returns are no less remarkable, for there are only seven cities with a popu lation exceeding 400,000. There is abundant room for growth in these cities and towns, but the places with 1,000 or more population already contain 41 per cent of the total population of the United States. The larger cities, it appears from the returns, are growing j more rapidly than the country at large. Thus in 1880 there were 286 places hav- j mg 8,000 inhabitants or more, the com bined population of such places being 22 per cent of the whole. In 1.890 there were 448 sueh places, containing 20 per cent of the whole population. Ladies are Unfortunate, Because the higher they rise in society j the weaker they find themselves bodily. Risley's Philotoken controls the nerves, aids nature in her various functions, and thus combats with the many ills of wo- j mankind successfully. If your druggist has not got it he will order it for you for $1 a bottle, from Chas. F. Risley, Whole sale Druggist. 62 Cortlandt Street. New York. Send for a descriptive pamphlet, with directions and certificates from many ladies who have used it and can't gay enough in favor of Risley's Philotok?n. In the February number of Nature Notes, Mr. Robert Morley vouches for the accuracy of a story which seems to indicate the possibility of very tender feeling in monkeys. A friend of Mr. Morley's, a native of India, was sitting in Ids garden, when a loud chattering announced the arrival of a large party of monkeys, who forthwith proceeded to ..jake a meal off his fruits. Fearing the loss of his entire crop, he fetched his fowling-piece, and, to frighten them away, fired it off, as he thought, over the heads of the chattering crew. They all fled away, but he noticed, left behind upon a bough, what looked like one fallen asleep with its head resting upon its arms. As it did not move, he sent a sen-ant up the tree, who found that it was quite dead, having been shot through the heart. He had it fetched down and buried beneath the tree; and on thc mor row he saw, sitting upon the little mound, the mate of the dead monkey. It re mained there for several days bewailing its loss. STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, \ LUCAS COU>*TY. y FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that be is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY & Co., doing business in the city of Toledo, county and State afore said, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. " FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this Otb day of December. A. D. 18S6. j I A- W- GLEASON-. \ Z^Zi ' Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is aken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testi monials, free. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, O. Zl?F* Sold by druggists, T?c. The Supreme Court has decided thc cases of Messrs. W. Mc. Sherrard aud F. A. Spellman against the Richmond and Danville Railroad in favor of the plain tiffs. It will be remembered that these gentlemen sued the railroad for damages for putting them off thc train some four years ago this side of Newberry, and the jury gave Mr. Sherrard a verdict foi $933 and Mr. Spellman one for $G0O from which the railroad company appealed and this decision of the Suprcme Court confirms thc decision of the Court below and these gentlemen will get their money. McElree's Wine of Cardu? and THEDFORD'S BL^CK-DRAUGHT are for sale by the following merchants in Oconee county : Darby & Co., Walhalla. Norman Drug Co., Walhalla J. W. Quillian. Westminster. H. 13. Zr.r.merman, Westminster. Ii. II. Marrett, Fair Pla>. Haley & McGuffin. Oakway. W. H. Hughs, Richland. Mitchell & Lunney, Seneca. S. J. McElroy & Co., Seneca. Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others shan their happiness with them. An avowal of poverty is a disgrace t< no man: to make no effort to escape it i> indeed disgraceful. Experience and suffering, ?orrow anc discipline, arc the gates through whicl knowledge and wisdom are obtained. Thc residence of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illuminate the walls of the chamber. The married man who interrupts whih his wife is giving him a curtain lecture only delays the time of his going to sleep In Washington, on the 20th of March .Stephen Knaves, colored, while riding : spirited horse around the White House lot. South of the Executive Mansion was thrown from the animal, and, strik ing on his head, broke ins neck. The barge Sylvan ian ashore on Trin ?ty Ledge, off ?ie coast of Yarmouth. >-*-- . w, March 21. Thc crew and live wer'? drowned the remainder getting ashore. Thc ves sel afterwards drifted olT the ledge and went to sea with nobody aboard. The dwelling ?>f aman Ky the name ol Leahey, who resides near Springfield. Minnesota, was destroyed by fire on thc 21st instant. Five of his children were burned to death, and beabey himself probably fatally burned. His son. agec 14. pulled him out of the llames. The American steamer Indiana late1} sailed from Philadelphia with aboui 4,0o0 tons of pain and flour, the gener ous gift of thc citizens of that nobh town to thc suffering people in Russia The railroads transported the cargo free and all who dealt with it. from truck men and stevedores down to insurance companies, rendered free service. Th h ship was soon followed by thc stearne: Missouri, from New York, carrying about 3,000 tons more of meal and dom to the famine-stricken Russians, the non ero US contributions of Western miller! and farmers. The use of tie steamei was also given free of charge, by th< Atlantic Transport Line. The total con tributions to thc Russians, so far, react the sum of about half a million dollars There was great rejoicing when the ves sels reached Russia. A Household Remedy FOR ALL BLOODANDSKIN DISEASES Ba Ba Ba Botanic Blood Balm U Pr t r/?e SCROFULA, ULCERS, SALT IT. Hires RHEUM. ECZEMA, every form of malignant SKIN ERUPTION, be tide* being efficacious in toning up the system and restoring the constitution, when Impaired from any cause. Its almost supernatural healing properties justify us In guaranteeing a cure, if directions are followed. OEUT CDCC HLUSTRATED O tfl I rK Ct "Book of Wooden." BLOOD BALM CO.. Atlanta. Ga. FITS CURED .Wsasrra, S. C., Dec zo, 1891. Sir:: I trish I could let all who are suffering from any Serve disease know just how good your remedy is. My son used lt one yer-_ and is now the stoutest child I hare. With mar.7 thanks, I remain yours, , H A. TATE. Gneiss, PA., Dec 43,1891. I hare not had one of my bad spells since I com menced taking your medicine, six months ago. THURSY ELMORE. PHILADELPHIA, PA., Jan. a, 189a. I personally knott- of two cases of Fits, one case of SL Vitus* Dance and one of Ner vous Prostration cured by this remedy. CA. WOOD, Treas uro American Publishing House. If yon are afflict*! with Fits, fft. Titus* Danes, Insomnie* or any .other Nerve trouble, we will send you One Bottle Free, all charges prepaid by to. Give Age, Port-Office and State. Address HALI CHEMICAL CO, fest PM,, Pa, Rectal Softes, The holler of the East Gordon Lumbei I Company's Mill No. 2 blew up on thi 21st instant, at East Gordon, Michigan instantly killing six employees and in; ur lng, probably fatally, four others. Thc mill is a total wreck. Capt. J. ?. Johnston. To all whom it may concern: I take pleasure in testifying to tfie efBcaciou* qualities of the popular remedy fur erup tions of the skin, known as P. P. P. J suffered for several years with ar unsightly and disagreeable eruption or m v face, and tried various rei . dies rx remove it, none of which accomplished the object until this valr.ible preparador was resorted to. After . aking three bot ties in accordance with directions I arr now entirely cured. J. D. JOITXSTOX. Of the firm of Johnston & Douglass, Savannah. Ga. P. P. P. Saves Life. SAYS WILL LIVE FOREVER. A prominent Savannahian, formerh superintendent of a railroad, says: "J was crippled in my feet and arms so thai I could not walk without crutches, noi eat without haying a servant to feed me ? I tried physicians everywhere, but to nc j purpose, and finally went to New York I where my doctors, at one time, d?cid?e to amputate my arm. but found tha' course impracticable, on account of < wound I had received during the war I returned to Savannah a complete wreck and my case seemingly hopeless As s ? forlorn hope I began to take P. P. P. and am rejoiced to say that after usin< three bottles my limbs began to straightci out, my appetite and health soon returned and I now feel like a new man: realb as if I had been made over apaiu, and a if I could live forever-so long ss I cai get P. P. P."' This gentleman will not give his nairn for publication, but authorizes us to refe anybody to him for a verification of thes? facts, who will apply to us. Yours truly, LIPPMAX BBOS., Wholesale Druggists. Proprietors of P. P. P., Savannah, Ga. A Wonder Worker. Mr. Frank Huffman, a young man o j Burl i linton. Ohio, states that he had beei under thc care of two prominent physi clans and used their treatment until h was not able to get around. They prc nounced his case to bc consumption an? incurable. Ile was persuaded to try Di Kind's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds and lt that time wa not able to walk across the street withou resting. He found, before he had use? half of a dollar bottle, that he was niue! better; he continued to use it and to-da; is enjoying r^ood health. If yon hay any throat, lung or c'icst trouble try il We guarantee satisfaction. Trial bottl i free at thc Norman Carroll Co.'s drug ! store. Electric Bitters. This remedy is becoming so well know and so popular as to need no s^ecin mention. All who Lave used Electri Bitters sin?: the same song of praise. J purer medicine does not exist, and it i . guaranteed to do ali that is claimed [ Electric Bitters will cure all diseases o the liver and kidneys, will remove pin: pies, boils, salt rheum and other ?ffe? tions caused by impure blood. Wi] drive malaria from thc system and pit vent as well as cure all malarial fevers For cure of headache, constipation an indigestion try Electric Bitters. En tir satisfaction guaranteed, or money r< fonded. Price, 50 cts.. and $1.00 per bo. tie at the Norman Carroll Co.'s drugstore Bucklers Arnica Salve. ' Thc best Salve in the world for cat' I bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fevc sores, tettcf, chapped hands, chilblain; I corns, and all skin eruptions, and pcs , tively cures piles, or no pay re?mired. 1 is guaranteed to give perfectsatisfactioi , I or money refunded. Price, 25 cents pc ; ; box. For sale by the Norman Carroll C'? Consumption Cured. .: An old physician, retired from prartie? ' having bad placed in his hands by a East India missionary the formula of . simple vegetable remedy for thc speed and permanent cure of consumptioi . ; bronchitis, catarrh, .asthma and all thro: II and lung affections, als?? a positive an . radical cur?-tor nervous debility anda ' ; nervous complaints, after having teste . its wonderful curative ??owers in thoi ? sands of cases, has felt it his duty t make it known to his suffering fellow: , Actuated by this motive and a ?K-sire t . i relieve human suffering. I will sen?! Ere of charge, to all who desire it, ?bis r.< cine, in German, Fren " I full directions for prep . .Sent by mail by addi-er-j"0**'*! Qdqi sr . naming this paper. \M- A. NOYES, V ! Powers' Block. Rochester. N. Y. j New Advef?sejrients. rllOTICE. ! O ALE<?" HOUSEHOLD FUKmTJBJ 1;kJ CARPETS AND MATTI NG.?j. o j MONDAY. 28th of .March, at the res i dence of M BS. E. A. KELLERS, in Mu . j way. March 24. LS92.-22dt j DENTISTRY : Dr. G. C. PROBST. Batist OFFICE in Hast end of the old Norma Drug Store on Main Street, Walhall; S. C. office hours : s..:o A. M. to 1 P. -V . and !'.:>'? 1'. M. to ii P. M. March 24, 1S92. Organs for Sale. WE wiil sell two C< UINTSH ORGAN cheap for cash. They are ?ood .n new. Have been in use only a yea: Don't fail to see them if you want a goo Organ at a bargain, ( all at our office. THOMPSON iV JA YNES, Walhalla. S. C. March IT. 1892. 11-tf CITATION. IX TUE COURT OK PROBATE. BY JAMES SEABORX. Judge of Probat* WHEREAS, Lucinda James has mad suit to me to grant her Letters of Ac ministration of the Estate and Effect of John James, deceased These are, therefore, to cite and ac monish all and singular thc kindred an creditors of thc said John Jame deceased, that they be and appes before mc, in the Court of Probat?, to be held at Walhalla Court IIous? S. C., on Saturday, the 2?ith day < March. 1S92, after publication lien of. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, t show cause, if any they have, why th said administration should not be gran ed. Given under my hand and seal this tl Sthdayof Mai ch. Anno Domini ls?.ri. TL. S.J JAMES SEABORN. C. C. P. & G. S. Ex-Ofhcio Jud^e ? P-obatc Oconee County. March 10. 1892. 10-2t ?0 ALL persons indebted to the Estate < Elizabeth Ma?ee, deceased, wi make payment to me. and those bavin demands"against said Estate will presei the same to me. legally proved, withi the time required by law. E. C. MARETT, Administrator. February 25, 1802. U-4t Notice to Creditors. Miles N. Sitton, Plaintiff, ] In Comme vs. I Plea*. S. J. McElroy & Co.. and j Complain others, Defendants. J for Belie) PURSUANT to an order of His Hone J. H. Hudson, Presiding Judg February term. 1S92, in the above stat? action, it is ordered that the creditors < the said S. J. McElroy & Co. do presei and prove their claims against said fir before me, at my -office in the Cou: House, at Walhalla, S. C., on or befoi the 16th day of April, 1892, or else 1 barred of participation in the assets < said firm in the hands of the receivi appointed in said action. J. W. HOLLEMAX, Master. Master's Office, ) Walhalla, S. C., March 2d, 1892. 9-6t Master's Sala. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, J C'OO'TY OF OOONEK. ( ES COMMOX PLEAS CO CUT. ?Rosaline Hudson. 1 Complaint for Plaintiff, j Claim anJ Da Vs. }? livery of Personal Robert A. Gilmer, ? Proprrty. Defendant, j PURSUANT to an order by His Honor. J. H. Hudson, Presiding Judge, Feb ruary Term, 1S92, for Oconee county. I will sell, at its present site or location, near Cleveland, in Oconee county, at public auction, to the highes: bidder, on TUESDAY, the 15th dav of April, ISO*, at ll o'clock A. M., ONE ERIE CITY FOURTEEN* HORSE POWER ENGINE, mentioned and described in the pleadings in the above stated action. TERMS : Cash. J. W. HOLLEMAN. Master. March 10, 1892. 10-4t Master's Sale. STATE OF OUTH CAROLINA. { COUNTY OF OCOXEE. } IX THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Louis E. Connor, Plaintiff. ) Compta hit Vs. ' > for Warren M.Crenshaw. Def t. ) Foreclosure. PURSUANT to au order of His Honor : J. H. Judson, Presiding Judge. Feb ruary Term, IS92, for Oconee county, I will sell, before the Court House door, in Walhalla, S. C.. on salesday in APRIL, 1S92, within the legal hours of sale All that certain piece, parcel or lot of land, situate in the corporate limits of the town of Walhalla. County and State aforesaid, containing three acres, be thc same more or less, and commonly known as the Hodge lot. TERMS OF SALE-One hundred and sixty-one 17-10<> dollars and thc costs in cash; the .sum of one hum; ed and forty six 2>100 dollars, payable on the Sth day of November next; Cae sum of one hun dred and thirty-live dollars, payable cn thc.sth day of November. ls'.?:i: and thc sum of one hundred and seventy-three 75-100 dollars on the sth day of >'ovem ber. 189-L Cred-'t portion to be secured by note and mortgage of the premises. Purcaser to pay extra for papers. J. W. HOLLEMAX, Master. March 10, 1892. KMt MAGNOLIAS ! vrv. X\ have a lot of well-rooted bushes of this line and showy evergreen at fifty cents each. Well acclimated and will outlive those brought from warmer locali ties. Call on JOEL BEARD, or leave orders with S. N. PITCHFORD. Walhalla. S. C. February 23, IS92. DO "YOU READ? j If so, this Offer is ( Intended for You! ?I t. j WK HAVE .MA DE SPECIAL AB2AXGEMEXTS wrr;r THE .WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, The Great Southern Weekly, published at Atlanta, by which we are enabled to oller it with our paper for ONE YEAR for only $2. This offer lasts only a short while. Now is vour chance to set ALL THE NEWS OF IKE WORLD AND YOI li IIO.H?; PAPAR AT A VKRY LOW PRICE. Every clubbing subscription ar this rate is entitled to a chance at The Con stitution's $10,000 Distribution for 1S?)2, details of which will lie found else where. This is thc most remarkable combi nation offer ever made. Every home should receive it> Local Paper tirst. and after that, it should have the host Ceue ral Newspaper, bringingcverj week the news of tin- world, and overflowing with the choicest special features, such as the Weekly Constitution, published Atlanta, (ia., and haring a circulation of 106,000. $2 Gets Both Papers. Tin Store, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE PUB LH' to call and see my stock of TINWARE, _ -f its' _ i cpr '. . . - , ..: '-. .r . . - \ STOVES, ETC. All Tinware manufacture:! at home and guaranteed. Roofing and Guttering a specialty. Beeswax taken in exchange for Tin ware. &c. Repairing Tinware as usual. Yours very truly. .J. T- KAUFMAJVJV WALHALLA. S. c. February 25, IS?2. D. OELK Store -IS Headquarters -FOR Seasonable Goods. DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. SPRING STOCK ARRIVING DAILY. HARDWARE AND FARMING IMPLE MENTS. >r IA Complete Stock of Groceries. A FINE LINE OF CAXXED GOODS. )f it m Irish Potatoes^ Extra Fine. rt ? IF YOU WANT BARGAINS, THET >f r ARE GOING AT THE STORE OF D. OELKERS. February 4,1S?2. 5-ly GREATEST "LMM SALE U EVER ATTEMPTED BY - rx THE CITY OR STATE. OWING TO THE DIGRESSION 0F " the money market and of the price of cotton. I hnve decided to close out my stock REGARDLESS of THE COST. This is earlier than any bouse ?.as ever attempted such sales. The usual time is February. Counter No. 1 conta:ns 2."0 Suits that sohl for 810 to v.-'ll now be sold for 87.30 cash for your choice. Tin's is the best offer ever made in this city !.> any house. Nu odo's or ends., but a good run of sizes. This is vour opportunity to invest it you want a DARGALS*. Counters Nos. ? a::d contain 500 Snits in Sacks and Cutaways, formerly sold rxom 815=to $25; now you can have your choice for $10 cash. These count ers show values that have never been offered by any one. No trouble to make a selection or get a perfect fit in these Tailor-made Garments when ; a have the regular ran of sizes to sei? ct from. 1 want money and the room. This stock must bc sold, and if you are judges of bargains, you will not delay, but come and help 1 ove them. In addition to the above I have placed J.*>o [.airs of PANTS on a counter, which seid at 85 and $6; now you eau take your choice for $3.30 cash. This is the best line of BARGAINS IN PANTS. Remember these goods are new. of this fall's stork, and will bc sold for cash. None of these snits are allowed to go out on approbation. M. L. KLNARD, 120 Main- Street, COLUMBIA. S. C. j December 24,1S91. Bargains, MS*} Bargains ! Reduction in Price OF FURXTTURE, CROCKERY AND GLASSWARE. WARDROBES, BU REAUS, BEDSTEADS, MATTRESSES, TABLES. CHAIRS. SA FES, SPRINGS, : CRADLES, CHILDREN'S BEDS, TRUN I DLE BEDS, COFFINS. Will be sold at . the lowest figures. j CUrs and SAUCERS. BOWLS and PITCHERS and a fine lot of PORCE LAIN PI.ATES will be s..ld at a bargain. All GLASS and TINWARE at ?ow ?prices, and one lot of BEAUTIFUL GLASS at a little more than HALF : PRICE. On hand we have LADIES" HATS, [FLOWERS and RIBBONS. OSTRICH : TIPS and PLUMES of latest styles. Also, some WOOL ROLLS, and 1.000 PAPERS FRESH GARDEN SEEDS. S. M. VA NW Y CK' ? CO.. West Main St, Walhalla, S. C. January ?1, IS92. Ended I HAYE JUST RE< El VED A LARGE ! AND FLESH STOCK ? >E Seasonable Goods. SHOES, SHOKS ! In SHOES I cannot and v. ill not be un dersold. So when you need SH< ?ES five me a ead. as I handle nothing but S< ?LID SHOES. My stock of V inn Orv ?nflifci,iu,**w?*" J^?uUsaid ui du pounnus " f,."..... ??niiod rt?UOWi? DUS A?'1 For the Fanners-Plow stocks. Plow Handles, Blind ?iridies. Plow Lines Lack Bands, ?fee, very cheap. Just received a Cai Load of FANCY FLOUR. which wu! be sold very cheap; ' Fresh GdJden Seeds and Seed irish Potatoes. 1 also have a ince linc ?.:" TRUNKS, ranging from 50 cents to $0.00. Call and see my Goods and get prices. Yours respectfully, C. W. PITCHFORD. February l?. 1S02. New Goods. The Norman Carroll Co. >A. RE receiving their Spring- and Summer Stock of Shoes, Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery, &c. CLOTHING : . A pretty line of WHITE and CREAM ; DI.'ESS coons, very cheap. HARNESS, SADDLES. BRIDLES and j all parts of same. HARNESS OIL. I A large lot of JEWELRY, SILVER j CHINA and GLASSWARE, cheap. : Remember thc OLD RELIABLE NOR MAN'S DRUG STORE. PURE and FRESH DRUGS always arriving. RIO COFFEES an.l TEAS cheap at NORMAN'S. February 11, GOODS CHEAP -TO SUIT THE HARD TUES! IF YOU ?VANT GOODS CHEAP TO SLIT THE HARD TIM Es. CALL ON C. W. BAUKNIGHT. I AM XoW RECEIVING MY SPRING ST< ?CK. WILL HAVE A NICE LINE OE DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS IN A F SW DA vs. SHOES: SHOES: My stock of SHOES is large md varied, which I can and will < ll very low. I have a lar^e stock of ? FARMING IMPLEMENTS, and always carry a large stock of GROCERIES, which I sell at " ery close figures. I keep a nice lot of GARREK SEEDS! Call-on aie when you come to town and I can interest you. Very respectfully. C. W. BAUKNIGHT. February IS, 1*92. Tens: Casi ii ?mtt. WARREN PRIESTLY, Barber. January 21,1892, S-8aj