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> ' DKVOTBD TO POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND TO TUB GENERAL INTEREST OP THIS COtlNTKY. >??J* J???M
VOL. V. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY MAY 4, I8TG. NO 1
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A AII11 U11 lUcl 11U11
Mr. Editok: Liberty Station is tho
* youngest of tho throe towns on tho
Ait1 Line in Pickens Connly, but according
to ago, has built up as rapidly
as cither of Iior elder Bisters. It is
r located midway between Easley and
Central, on an elevated plain, and
about the centre of tlio County, on a
line running from East to West. Thie
town is only a year old, but yet eho
can boast of sonic four or five stores,
a hotel, a steam saw mill, an aca>
dcuiy, two blacksmith shops and a
wood shop. Tho Messrs. Greor tiro
the proprietors of one of the shopsand
bid fair to become quite an acquisition
to the place. One of tho
v brothers left his native State just
after tho war, and settled in Illinois,
the Egypt of America. Here l.o followed
farming for several years,
realizing a handsome return for his
labor from those fertile lands, of from
^ 50 to GO bushels corn per acre. One
of tho crop years, however, proved
almost a total failure, from excessive
rains, not making enough corn to
feed bis horse through the winter.?
Although a rebel Southerner, Mr.
Greer informs us that for the most
part, lie was treated kindly, espeei^
ally by the Union soldiers. If at any
time, ho was taunted with his S >uthf
em peculiarities, it always came from
a stay?at home, not a soldier. It
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our larinurs wouiu near iur. Vireer
talk about the cholera meet of the
West, it would add another strong
indi.cement lo raise our own bacon,
it we desire it fiec from the taint of
?. disease. He has returned to his
old native State, to conti Unite his
mite to restore her to her f-mier
prosperity, and make a comfort able
support for bin iainilv.
The steam mill is owned by Messrs.
Wood and o'heifi, and is a great con
venience to liio town. They c:m turn
out from 5,000 to 7,000 foot of lntn?
* ber per day.
Tlio town has boen incorporated,
and the citizens Iiiivg lionorcl the
Hon. W. E. llolcombe as their Inv
tendnnt. This was a lilting testimonial
to the energy of Mr. lloloombo,
in es'ablisliing the depot and gettihg
the town under way.
The people of Liberty have shown
a cornmondablo zeal in <ho cause of
education, by building a comfortable
building for the academy, and seen0
riQg the services of one 80 compe*
tont as Mr. Julius Boggs as principal,
4 This is cortaiuiy a step in tlie right
direction, and older towns might
learn a useful losson therefrom. Let
tho church and tho school house
tftand together.
This town is competing with E isley
for tho new mail rotito, claiming thai
they are more on tho direct lino to
Pickens 0. II., and thence across the
t mountains to Brevard, N. (J., whoro
it should eventually terminate. We
euppose in this, as in many other
generous rivalries between town*,
tho longest polo knocks down tho
persimmon. T. II. 11.
Women need exercise in more
ways than riding or walking, oven;
they require to use their lunula unci
arme, to throw out their cheats, to put
the whole body in motion. No health
lift, no gymnastic is half so good for
this purposo as making bods, and
sweeping, dusting and arranging
rooms. Thou thcro is eon ething
* peculiarly agroenblo in tho thought
that an intelligent hand touches and
smooths sheets and pillowp, ovuns
everything off nicely, romoves with
cnro dust from vases, bottles, books,1
and Bfccrot nooks and oornors, leaves
tho toilet apparatus in order, and
takos away wliatovcr is unsightly.?
Tho timo required is very little ins
deed, when the work is dono with
regularity, nnd the satisfaction is
iramonso.?Jennie Juno.
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The'New World's Fair.
a gumps j? of faikm6u1nt i'akk?a
scenic of kncfl antmknt.
Philadelphia, April 1G.?Tbo
great eh?\v is near at hand. In a
little more than three weeks tho
gates of tho Centennial Exhibition,
which wero shut yostorday, in tho
face ot tons of thousands of JL'hiladel
phians, will bo opened to the people
of all tlio world. That they will be
hero remains no longer a matter of
doubt. The Exposition ia a bigger
thing, after all, than most of us over
imagined it would be. The Hoosier*
who laut fall after a cursory examination
of Memorial Hall, the only
building at that time advanced towards
conrpletion, and a glaiiQo at
tho foundations of tho magnitieont
structure which havsio ncoarisen, ro
marked in my hearing, 'Why this
hone thing hasn't no show 'longsido
of our State Kuir," would bo astonished
today it ho would do just as 1
did this beautiful spring morning,
take a stroll through the lour hundred
and fitly acres of enclosed
iri'iillllild wliiii'iiiiii flii.i llm if rnn hiqt
fc>- ?
of tlio world's fairs ,U to bo bold.?
think of a plantation railed in, laid
out in grassy plots and glistening
lakeo, intersected with asphaltuin
paved v.alks and levol roadways, a
domed everywhere with statues*
fountains, ti ees, siirubbory and rare
a:ul blooming exotics, and containing
five magnificent palaces o 1* marble
si (1 iron, and wood and ^l;is*, around
which cluster many scoro of other
structures, all notable for their architectural
oddities or excellencies. To
give Carolinians an idea of the immensity
in which everything is lost
or d waited that id not oa a eoi"8sa]
sea'u, lol mo tell von that your Sj.lon
did Capitol at Columbia emiid bo
stowed awav in one halt of Memorial
or Art Hall; that the latter coukl lw
contained twenty times in machinery
llall, and tlial tho last named is only
two thirds as large as
T1II? MAIN EXHIBITION 11UIMHNO.
Imagino one mighty striicture
throe quarters of a mile in length,
and a series ot edifices which, if
placed in line, wonl l actually extend
lor miles, and you will have a slight
conception of tho magnitude of tho
coming show. Some of the bu'dings
? till of them will impress the average
man an imposing and artistic?
are models ot architectural ability.?
Horticultural lhili, which has jusl
been completed, is tho only specimen
of the Moresque order 011 this Continent,
and with its rich parterres and
b' illiant groups of exotics will be one
of the chief Attractions of the cxhibi
?
tiuii. Memorial Hull, however, of
which no doubt you liavo been engravings,
is decidedly more imposing
on paper than it U in actual appearunco.
In tlici shadow ol ilts mommolh
neighbor, thu inuin b.aiding, it Inn u
decidedly insignificant look; tho un*
favorable impression whic i, at lirnt
blush, tho Bight s*.or will naturally re.
cuive, being only roinoved by a
stmll through its wide corridors anil
elegant Dalit*. IJesulo-', this building
doatined to bo a permanent lands
mark ot the Exposition bite, and a
monument ot American enterprise
and energy, ia by no moans a Hample
of American architecture. Its design
is but a copy of Continental
plans, and its architect is a foreigner
The cast zinc libels upon the national
?creumc9, lio ot ibe bald bead, wliio'i
disfigure each c >i nor of tho roof, no'
only are unworthy of tlio building,
but are calculated to bring tlio i\mer
ican eagle into bad repute. Bo mucu
for tlio genornl features ot the exhibition,
with which you are probably
us well acquainted as I am. The
cbango that
TUB ADVKNT OF TIIB OBNTBNNIAL
haa inado in this prim Quaker to win
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really Incredible. The formerly almost
dosolato streets now at all hours
of the day and night rival in their
crowded condition New York's
Broadway in ita gayest mood. The
city's monotonous architecture is bes
ing diversified and enlivened with
scores of handsome now substantial
hotels, a dozen now theatres, blocks
of immense buildings of all descriptions;
all beiuer ranidlv iinnliml tr.
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completion. Flags of all nation6
waw trora every window and housestop,
and tho strango and brilliant
costumes of visitors from every por??
tion of tho civilized, and oven some
corners of tho so called uncivilized
world, mingle with the Quakor's
drab costume and our country cousins
homespun garb. VVIiat however, is
more convincing proof that Philadelphia
is rapidly being converted iuto
a bustling metropolis is tho fact that
hnillltfl fif vina mill npiminnlit.f ?
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springing up lilco mushrooms, destined
probably, however, to a more
;?ermanent existence. Strangers who
hanker after 6uch temptations will
perhaps find that toot pits for the unwary
arise at too frequent intervals
h?r the maintenance ot their ChrisMan
equilibrium. Already are the
most noted and desperate criminals,
not only fruin all portions ol tho
'country, but even from Europe, flock
ing to Philadelphia, and already has
their foreign handiwork been recog?
nized. In order that the polico an
uiiiiiK'8 may cope with them, deteclives
from overywliero will l>e detail
ed for duty i\t the Centennial. Three
of London's slyest of the tly gently
arrived in town yesterday, and before
long every Eur >pean power, with
tho cxccpti /it of Franco, will be rep
i\8oi>ted here l?the shrewdest polico
officials. In looking ovor the linr
of exhibitors ft' d at tho display already
made I am sorry to say
SOUTH CAROLINA
makes, in comparison with other
States, but a poor figure. Evon the
prize bale of cotton cotrles from Ten*
ncsseo, and no S >uthern State with
tho exception of Maryland, if it can
bvj called a Southern State, makes a
collective display. Amid tho nu?
lueroua odd and beautiful Statu buil
diu<>B, bo South itt only represented
by Arkansas' handsome structure and
1 am not informed that any other
Southern State contemplates tho erec tion
of an edilieo. Propositions to
exhibit this or that oddity by SouthI
erners are not, ho.wever wanting?in
fact, ridiculous communications from
all portions of tho country deluge
I the Centennial Commission, and somo
I C . 1 a . ? - > %
I 01 mem arc of the most laughable
nature. O.ily a few days since, lor
instance, an cnthnshstic individual
wrote Director General Graham a
letter from Shelby, North Carolina,
requesting his approval of a schoino
to exhibit a' iho Centennial fifty of
the nglieat men in tho world. As a
guarantee of his ability to furnish at
least one of tho ugliest number, tho
ingenious Shelbyito forwarded his
own pboU>grapli. Tho director general
was convinced, but that letter
still remains unanswered, Virginia,
unaided and alone, oners to furnish
at least one hundred Centennialquilts
ot the (lueerest patterns iinuginaable.
It would be unfair, however,
at this early date, to pa*9 judgement
upon the display ? f the South. Not
one of all t.ne Stairs has as yet, such
is the tardiness of the American ex
hibitoi'8, filled the spaces requested
by and allotted to them, and a few
have not as yet forwarded i\ single
article. Hon tli Carolina oxhibits
chiefly from Charleston, already arc
Bcatteied nb >nt the Jloora of the groat
structured. Those exhibitors, hows
evor, who American like, are procrastinating
until the last moment,
will find that the summer will haye
far advanced, and thousands of visitera
'done'' the Exj'ositiou and re
nirnca home before their displays are
completed. One of tlio distinctively
Southern features, ot which at pr.cs^
out,owing to its undnjsltod state I am
unable to give a detailed "description
will bo
TIIK OLUB I10U8K,
which is beingprectcd by an Atlanta
gentleman. From present appearance
it will bo an imposing and crod
itablo etr ucturo. It will bo capable
of accommodating (ivo bnndred
guests at dinner. It ia intended tlint
tbe dislyjs sball be Southern, the
cooks and waitora from tho samo section,
and colored, while the bar will
dispense mint juleps and other tip?
pies popularity supposed to bo beet
adapted to the Southern palate. I
suppose no letter about tho Centennial
will be complete without a reference
to tho hotel accommodationsRest
assured that they will be ample.
T*l- i ? i -
iuo now noeia mat uavo been built
or are building number legion, while
boarding and lodging bouses have
been opened by the thousand. The
Centennial authorities believe that
150,0C0 strangers cart be provided for
hero every day for tho next six
months; an'd I have means for know*
ing that these figures pre not exagger~
ated. Tho Centennial Lodging LLouse
Agency, an enterprise directly connected
with the railroads, will alone
take care ot 20,000 persons. Tho
concern bus made unangoinonis with
the boarding and Edging housekeepers
ot the city, by means of
uhw'.li f'.mmmiQ nr<i v i il! n <? <* ? ?
? 1 r,v- - e *"
can be purchased at all the railroad
ottiooa in I lie United States, Canada
and Europe,'whero excursion tiekuts
are authorized to bo sold. Tho holders
o! tho coupons will be taken to
their quarters previously engaged as
soon a* they ariive in the oily, and
111118 a vast amount of confusion*
double and annoyance bo avoided.
Now about priceo. They will be
high of course, but not extortionate*
and tho vioitora will have an oxcecdinirlv
vnriAil nrir*n lint from vvliir?li
- d j ? r*,wv ",w,w *> ? wv
cllOUBO.
TIIE OnAROES 1'EIt I>AY
will bo all tbo way from 81.50 to
probably not more than 80. You pay
your monoy and you takoyour choice.
Regular firat class hotola in tbo heart
of tbo city Will not charge you a pons
ny moro than their ordinary pricoaIf
you dosiro apoeial accommodations'
however, you must not shrink from
tbo oxponao. I hoarofauitoa of rooms
handaomoly lurniahod which wiJI noxt
month not their owners moro than
tho ontiro house ronted for during tho
past year. Tho arrival of steamships
with foreign exhibits is almost of daily
occurrcneo, and sometimes a pair of
tho loviathans puff up tho rivor side
by sido, Tho St. Laurent, from
Franco, which arrived on Friday,
brought 1.325 casos of exhibition
goods, including tho celobratod 13 a rtholdi
fountain to bo placod hot ween
tho main building and Machinery
llall. An additional installment is also
expected from Italv. inoludinf? soma nf
tlio treasures of tho Vatican. Pio
Nono, howovor, lofuses to allow the
precious works of llaphuol and Mich**
aol Angolo to bo romovod from tho
(^uirinal Palaco to risk tho perils of an
oooan voyago. Piul.
I Low to Si'eijti It.?Tho fates arc
against our .lloscoo. Somo onjjmy of
his has brought to light an old story
about John C. Calhoun, to tho effect
that whon ho was a candidate lor tho
Presidency ho was induced to visit an
old negro woman who had a local
IV|>uvuviuh ?o ? |?iu|iuu>, ;mur UX"
amining tho linos of hit) hands, nho said:
"Massa Calhoun, you nor no othor
man whoso nnmo boginw with a C can
bo President ot tho United ?Sta'r "
It is ulno rocnllod that tho fnilur of
Mr. Calhoun, Mr, Crawford, Mr. t.;lay
ami Mr. Cass havo confirmod this
prediction. This sooms ominous to
Mr. Conk ling. Lot him spell it mit
a K.
How to mako a good thirg last?
inalco everything olso first,
The Indiana Democrats. . ?
Tho
following is the platform adopted:
i
The Democracy of Indiana declares
their fidelity to all tho provisions of
tho Federal constitution, to a perpct- |
ual union of tho States, to local self
govornmont in every section, to all
public trusts and obligations, to tbo
lionoBi payment of tho public debt, to
t.ho preservation of tbo public faith, to
tbo maintenance of frcoschools and to
tbo puro and economical administras
lion of tbo Foderal, Stato and municipal
govornmonts. Thuy contemplate
witb alarm tbo distress that provails,
tbo widespread financial ruin
that impends over tho pooplo and the
corruption that pervades tho public
sorvico, and tboy chargo that ihoso
ovils are tho direct results of tho personal
government, unwise legislation,
vicious financial policy, the great contraction
of tho currency and tl?e extrava^anca
and selfishness of tho party
and its officials who havo bo long
held unchecked oonlrol. They invite
all who bolievo in and earnestly dosiro
ollicial purity and fidelity, tho ad
juabiuuui' ui uuanciai questions upon ft
sound basis, having ft regard for Lho
interests and wolfaro of tho whole
pooplo and not a class, and tho recognition
of tho final settlement of a!!
questions submitted to tho arbitration
of lho sword to unito with them; thus
doelaro
1. That tho civil 8cr\ ice of tho government
has heeomo corrupt and is
made tho object of personal gain, and
it is tho first duty which tho people owe
to themselves and tho government to
restoro tho tests of honosty, capacity
and fidelity in tho selection of porsons
to (ill all public positions.
2. Tho repeated exposures of corruption
in the administration of over}
orancn 01 public affairs call for continued
ami thorough investigation, not
only that corrupt practices may be
brought to light and guilty parlies to
pun shment, but also that it may bo
made oloar to tho people that thoir
only remedy for reform is by making
a general and thorough chango.
O MM. ~ i 1 ^ -
< >. x mit rutruuuiimcni. nnu oconomy
aro indispensable in Federal, Slate and
municipal administration, as an csson*.
tial moans toward lessening the bur-*
dons of tho peopio, and wo commend
tho efforts of tho majority of the
Houso of Representatives for tho ro~.
duction of tho expenses of tho Federal
government to a just standard, and
their determination to lessen1 tho
number of useless offices.
4. We believo in our ancient doc*
trino that gold and silver are tho truo
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UIIU o?iv uaoi.-j sji liiu uuiiutrj'j ?i11Cl Wt*
arc in favor of measures and policies
tlmt will produco uniformity in value
in tlio coin and paper money of
the country, without destroying or
embarrassing tho businoss interests of
the people.
5. Wo oppose tho contraction of tho
voluino of our paper currency and
dcclaro in favor of tho adontion of
measures looking to tho gradual retirement,
of th^ circulation therefor of
circulating noted issued by authority
of tho govern men t.
G. Wo 1 eeognizc with patriotic satisfaction
the vast rocuperativo oner"
gies with which our country is ens
(lowed, and wo observe that, in spite
of tho interference with tho laws of
commoreo winch has been practiced,
our currency has improved in proportion
as our wealth has increased and
! t ttn cmnun /\f itnl Snnitl n n<t ImhmI nnott .
Ill KJ OVIIOV) V/l lUUIWII.U It II < I I WUll I HLUIJ
rily i)an boon confirmed. Wo nro,
therefore, of tho opinion that a natural
return o specie payments will he
promoted by tho increase of national
wealth and industries, by the assuranco
of harmony at homo and peace
abroad, and by strengthening our
public credit under a wi.so and ccono*
mioal administration of our national
affairs.
/. i mo logai lonuor noien consuiuio
a nafo currency nnd ono especially
valuable to tho d.obtor cIahhch bocauso
of its legal tondor quality, and wo domaud
tho repeal of tho legislation onuotcd
by tho ilepublioan party providing
for its withdrawal irom circulation
and tho substitution therefor
of national banltf JShpot'. '
8. Tlio act of Congress for the resumption
of ppeeio payments on the
lut of January, 1879, was a party
moasuro dovi?od in Bocrct caucus for
party onds and forcod through tho
llouso of Representatives without tho
allowanco of amendment or dobato
under party discipline. It paraly/.os
industrv. crent.na fliutriiei Afiim
turns the laborer niul producer out of
employment, is a. standing threat upon
business men, and should at oneo bo
ropcalcd without any condition whatever.
0. As Democrats wc may indulge in
laudable pride at the groat success of
our common school system, which had
its origin in Democratic policy and its
development in Democratic measures.
Wo will stand by and forever main-,
tain our constitutional provision which
guarantees our common school fund
from diminution and misapproprias
tion, and its uso only to support non
sectarian common schools, and wo
denounce* as enemies of tho schools
I. J T 1
tho Republican politicians who, for
paMy ends, have sought to bring
them into political and sectarian controversy.
10. Wo believ'o that a liccnso law
j properly guarded is tho true principlo
| in legislation upon iho liquor traffic.
11. It is not the right of nnv political
party to inalco the just claims of
Union soldiers, their widows and children,
the subjects of paitisnn controversy,
for such lights arc inoro sccuro
when protected by all the people, and"
are endangered only when thrown ipto
the politic"I arena by demagogues.?
Wo will stand by and maintain their
rights to honors, to pensions and equal
bounties, not as partisans, but bes
causo it is our ploasuro and duty as
citizens.
12. That the jurisdiction of Federal
Courts in civil causes has been po ox
tended as to becomo bnrdensomo to
tho pcoplo by increasing oxponses and
Compelling thoin to try their causes
at places remote from their homes.
13. Wo approve tho bill which re^
contly passed tho IIou.so of Itepresentativoa
prohibiting members of Con?
gro^s and all oflicors and employees
of tho United States from contributing
monoy to influence elections.
1 I. Wo aro opposod to the assumps
tion by Congress of tiio debts of tho
?1 - *
iuu ui v^uiuinuia, which wcro
contracted by tho lulo corrupt ring,
and wo bcliovo llio govern montahould
pay hor equal uiul just proportion
for loc:1.! iinjivrtwnHi^nt i.li?; same as
other .ownprg ,of property, and no
moro.
15. That the people of Indiana rc?
cognize with pride and pleasure tho
eminent public service of tlio Hon.
Thomas A. Hendricks; that in all
public trusts ho baa been faithful to
duty, and in his public and private
life puro and without blemish, Wo
thorofore declare that ho is our unil...
I) i -- -e
(tiiiuivwn v/uuiuu iui iuu x rumuuuuy ui
tlio Unitod States.
10. Thai iho delegates to iho Democratic
National Convention this
day appointed are hereby instructed
to cast thc v<>to of this State in said
convention as a unit in such mannor
as iho majority of iho delegates may
detcrmino.
17. Thai \vc are opposed to tlio
paymoni, 01 any partot tho rebel debt
or any payment whatever foreman*
oipnted slaves or tho property of
rebels destroyed in war.
,,
2 0' Air. ?.J. II. .Randolph, living
near Santuo, has shown us a solid gold
ring, which, from tho engraving, it in
151 years old. This ling was p'.owod
Uji on tho Cowpons battlo ground,
twenty years ago, and af lerwni ds Bold
to Mr. .!. II. Randolph, Sr., of Groonville,
who gavu it to his eldest son,
Mr. \V. J Uandolph, who in turn
gave it to lii.s eldest, Ron, Mr. J. II.
Kandolph, tho present ^wnor. On
tho inside ol the ring Oie following
ungrammatienl Bontonco is plainly
engraved: ''Thitf andyegivor is yours
forever, 1722."?Union Times.
Tho trouble with General, Behcnek
in too many "antes;" with (iencral *
Uelknap, too many "posU."'
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