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4wir DEVOTED TO POLITICS, MORALITY, EDUCATION AND .VO TIE GENERAL INTEREST OF TilE COUNTRY. VOL. Vl PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 18T. NO. 52 WSENiNEL 18 PUMLISHED EVERY THURSDAY. BY D. F. BRADLEY & CO. Terms of Subscription. One Year... ................ . 1 60 Six Months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Advertising Rates. Advertisements insorted at the rate of $1 00 per square, of (9) nine lines, OR LF.Bs, for the first insertion, and 60 cents for each subse quent iusextiom. Contracts iade for TUnS, SRIX or TWELV months, on favorable terms. Advertisements not having the number of insertions marked on them, will be published until forbid and charged accordingly. These terms are so- simple any child may understand then. Nine lines Is a square one inch, In every instance we charge by the space ocoupied, as eight or ten lines can be maie to occupy foui or five squares, as the advertiser may wish, and is charged by the Space. SM Advertisers will please state the num ber of squares they wish their advertisements to make. SW Business men who advertise to be beneltted, will bear in mind that the 41ENTINEL has a large and increasing cir Gulation, and is taken by the very class of persons whose trade they desire. [By Request.] That "Blessed" Sewing Machine. "So yo"'ve bought a machine! I'm so glad," says a friend: "Now, for help with my work, upon you, i'll depend, It will get through the sewing, I'll warrant my dear, In less than a week, that once took you a year. IIere, I've brought you some things to run through, for I know, That with those blessed comforts, its nothing to sew. I left all for you to arrange and to bast e, It's a trifle to do. Good bye. Pray make haste!" A 'trifte,' and 'nothing,' I wish that was true For she'll blame if I can't, never thanic if I do. Showing plainly by looks, if she don't say it quite, That she's not even pleased, and there's none of it rigbt! People think my machine an automaton, or That I'm one myself, else they'd spare me, I'nf bure: Just winding It up will not make the thing go, And an imp-not an angel-oft guides it, I know. Then I'm nervo o day, so I'm sure it won't Irpn, And I've got something else that I want to get done. Ah, well, let me sot it in order, and sce If it won't, for this once, have somne pity on me! Snap! snap! oh, the tension's too tight, I suppose. Crash! orashl It's too loose, by the loops that g I throws' And this cloth is so stiff that the thread cuts andwears, But then, whon its fimsy, it pulls through and tears. this needle is bent, so the seam wont run straight, And I've turned up the point of that one on the plate. This must be too large-but that's surely too small W hat can be the matter? It wont work at all! The shuttle Is empty, perhaps. No, its not! The threcad may be caught, or else conmc to a -knot. That wiry glace's the very worst kind, Tis half off the spool, around everything twined. 4That's fixed. Now what breaks it? I cannot conceive! Thbeloove.heck is right, the hook's smooth, I Dut no one could sew with such horrible thread: And as to thuis clatter, 'tis splitting my head! 'Tin shrieking for oil,-I must take off the .plate, Does working frork everyone up to this state? But where is the sorew--driver? Not vanished, I pray, * With the guage and the wrench! Something goes every day. This stitch is too short, for tis cutting the ' - stuff; Too long now,-tis never, alas, just enough! *fool all the stitches it makes--in my back, And it aches, 'till I'm sure when I straighten 'twill oraok; This sena Is alldrawn, that stretchues-oh me! If this Is a blessing what can a curse be? The band is too loose, for 'tis slipping around, Must, every two inlches---new troubles be * found? I'm bothered to death with this troubesome ~t work? 9 TIhere, i've brt the needle, by giving that M'' ut I'm sure it Is moro than Job's' temper c ould stand, And I' got through much more, If I'd done it The basting, adjusting, and fixing, consl,ume What tim. is not wasted In.fretting, and flume. To say that I hate this machine, 'Is too mild; SWhat's that? I must stop for its driving ud * wild. [Yrom the Keowee Courier.] Usury Laws. The discussion at Anderson upon re-enacting the usury'laws in South Carolina was long and exhaustive. The newspaper correspondents footed up the discussian on the first day as a dog fall. On the next day Col. Mc Master took up the argument against the law, and in the larguage of the Charleston dailies made some strong points, a specimen of which we give below, and from which all fair mind ed readers may judge how feeble must be the hands of those who ups hold the present oppressive interest: Col. McMaster wound up his speech with a general retroilpect of the argumeut, bringinging in one striking illustration of the value of free money. It was that on one oc casion in Columbia, R. K. Scott lent a man $10,000 for one day, and charged him $1,000 for the loan, and the borrower realized $3,000 by the transaction. Ex-Mator T. J- Wood ward intorrupted the the speaker, to ask if tho borrower would not have made more money it' ho conild have horrowed the $1,000 at 7 per cent. Col. McMaster at once made the very obvious reply tLat he would not have got the money at all. Can any one believe the illustra tion was imore than a mere specula tion in which one man fleeced anoth er? How far did it differ from gam,i bling in fact and in its efects? Can any one believe that the State was enriched one cent by the profit made by Scott or by the borrower, or that anything of valie was created? Is it policy or wisdom to loster or encmur., age such a spir-it of speculation ne the oneO mntCflioned? I we had been a good keely playcr and had borrowed $10,000 at a high rate and in one light had made $3.000 the illustra ti won u(d bo conplete and the val UO of tihe fruits to the State as great, doubtlesis, as in the speculation lllud ed to. Individuals may by fortunate strokes rise from p)overty to endden wealt h, b)ut then in8tanices are rare and are to be deplored rathier than encouraged; fi>r they are dolusive baits to entice the nat ive energy and thrift of very mnany fromi legitimate industries into the path of speculation and ruin. Blesides, wealth thus ac quired is only the transfer of proper' ty from one unfortunate to a more fortunate person, leaving no indus try developed, no wealth created and noc benefit resulting to the comnmuni, ty or State. General wecalth, result ong from the internal development and utilization of the nativo resonrecs of a State, the improvement of hor systems of agricultuire and tho econ, omizing of tiumo and labor, is a slow growthu, feeding on wvhat it creates and constantly enlarging and extend ing its benefits. When it exists in a State you will find no such specula tions as the one mentioned; for the spirit and enterprise of the country, with its capital, are engaged in the' walks of productive industry. A State should discourage anid drive away the wild sidrit of speculation, which the barter and sale of money creates. The profit of one ini such case is the loss of another, and there is a general unrest in all industries and pursuits. We want the slow measured treadl of honest industry encouraged, and it is this alone which can revive our State. Speculation, unrest, activity of exchange may leave to our cities a glamour which attracts, but in timo their business, under' a fixed value of money and the prosperity it would engender, would become more profitable and far more satisfactory. Instances, such ats that add uced, prove nothing for the present law, while their oces. sioinal existence prove much a gainst it. We lay down one simple proposPi tion which we hardly think can be answered. States are compoe o individuals, and what is true of indi viduals should be true also of States, Now we say if any: Individual goes into a business, the annual income from which is ten per cent. on the capital invested, and the business is run on capital borrowed at IS per cent. interest, it is inevitably true that in a short time the interest must cat up the capital and profits alike and leave him penniless. If the in di vidual has himself furnished a part of the capital, then in process of tine the money lender will absorb both his own and the capital of the bor rower. If upon the same plan every citizen of the State should burrow capital from abroad at 15 to 18 per cent, and realize as an income from 8 to 10 per cent., it is clear that the State would grow poorer, and in pro cess of time the entire property of the State, land chattels, dogs, cats and every thing would become the property of foreign capitalist. Now we are an agricultural people, and we ask the judgment of every candid mind, based on experience, do or can our people realize more than 8 to 10 per cent. from their farms, and do not the large majority realize less than six per cont? The answer must be that the income varies from 5 to 8 I.or cent annually. Now as an ag ricultural people can the introduction of foreign capital into our State prove of benefit to our people at the present rates of interest Will it not on the contrarylecessarily impoveriLhi the State and should not its introduction for loan be discouraged or the rate per cent. fixed, as to enable the tar mers to use it profitably? We do not and should not want money at an iziterest which will ruin us. This proposition is based upoi the idea that every citizen of the State does busiiiess on borrowed capital, and while thii is not true, the ec dif fers only in degree and not in kiid. Every citizen who borrows money at the high rate mentioned impoverish es the State to thme extent of his pri vate loss and this loss must be made upl by the productions of the unon borrowing class. It cannot be other Wise. If the capital used be home money, the effect is little less delete terious, for the farming class are kept in poverty while the coffers of the money lender are filled to overflow ing, only to be used in the injury of' the great industrial awocation of the State. Who will invest in land, or farm, or build h)ouBssor put up manufaictories, while he can realize more profit from loaning the money? The capital for taxation is reduced, prosperity is r'etar'ded and no one ben efited, except the moneylender. it ies may thrive with a ho!llow and showy prosp)erity, lending out to the farmers supplies at high rates anid at the end( of each year harvesting the whole crop. The losses by such mxer chants in the general want of pros pority nearly equal their profits from their good customers, and Lhus their growth and wealth is slow and doubt. fuli. There is, however activity in this kind of business and they oppose a slow steady growth to wealth under laws fixing the value of money, and believe the change would ruin thoem, and strive and generally succeed rn making the farmers believe the change would ruin them. T'o whole thing has been and wih contine to be a hand to mouth system of living every body r'emaining poor and be ig forever preveno1ted from bottoring their conidition. T1he lien law has been repe)aled, and now let its t win sister in evil be r'emovcd by re-enact ing the usury lawvs. It is folly to talk about capital going abroad if interest be restricted. Where would it go? Are there not minerals, tim ber, water powers and native resour ces without stint ink South Oarulina, which need developing and which would paUy aL handaome profit to the inve8tmu1?t Gapital would be luans ed bereiat living rates of interest or invested by the holders, which would bo"far better for the State. It ia equally idle to say the law would be evaded, for there is no law that is violated and no punishment sufis uiently great to deter every persion from violations of law. The areat body of the people would regard and obey the law, and the present evils would be mitigated. This is all that can be effected in any country and as to any wrong. Hot Work at Gettysburg. COL. W. W. WOOD IN THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES. After the line of battle 'ad been formed, the commanding oflicers of regiments were sent for to brigade headquarters to receive instructions which had already been given to the brigadiers by Gen. Le in ;person. After tey returned to their regi ments, all company officers were as Semlibled at regimental headquarters, and" then explicitly and carefully told what work the divisions had to (10, and how;it:was expectod to do it. These instructions wore in turn com municated by the company officers to the men, and thus;before a shot was fired, the humblest private knew the plan of battle and the surroudb ings as well as the commanding General himself. No disguises were used, nor was there any underrating of the diflicult work in hand. All were informed that Cemetery Heights naturally a very strong position, and heavily defended by the enemy's in fantry and artillery, were situated directly in our front and only some half mile from the crest of the hill behird which wo then wee-,IQ; that it, had beenl stormed and Ukemi the day before )v ()n'federate0 troops but culd nut be held, and that Gencral Lee rogardud it as the key to the e111iy's position, which, it taken, en(dl the war. We were to remain where we were until scouts couldl born up thme houses and stacks of straw in our fronit whi ch might im.. pede 01' disorganize the advance, anid after that was done a signal of two guns would be fired, and then all our ar'tiller'y would open on Cemc tory IIeights, and continue firing on it until the batteries there were si.. lenced. When they were silenced our guns would cease firing, and thereupon every man, without furM thler orders, was to go for ward. We were told also that long lines of in fantr'y, which we could see wxere in line to the right and left of us, and somewhat to the roea', Would advance in echelon to our1 supp)1ort, at thle same pace and time with us, and thus all poss5ibility of an attack onl o''r flanks w~ould be pre~vented. This infiormalt ion was especially gratifying to theO Fourtceenth Virginia Re~gi' ment, to which I belonged, anId which that day was tihe extreme right regiment of the line. It I remember correctly, Pickett's Division and the attillery were all in position by 11 a. mu. The battle, however, did not begin for some hours later'. The day was clear and bright. There was nlot a cloud in the sky, and the SunI, fro1n whose rays theore was 1no shelter, shone in t.ensrely hot. Thiere was no waler near' us, and nIot knowing how~ suoon m.'e battle ightizI begin, 1no det:ails coe'ld be sent for any . Th~oeaanteens which had been lilled at the last water we passed, were soon emp jtied, and there was great sumffering from thirst. Biut there was no help for it. It hand to be endured. Whmileu waiting for the expected signal, we saw Generals Lee, Longstreet and Pickett, riding up and down the line, and occasionally approaching the crest of the hiill to take a look at the euemy's position. It was thlen whispered amnong us~ thait L'>ngstreet disapprov'ed of thet l)ronosQed cbarge and had earnestly protested against i it. His protest was heard, but over. I ruled by the council of war. 1 At 1 p. m. a signal shot was fired I from a Confederato gun, and in tw, e IminuteS[afterward another. It was < the preconcerted signal, and on hear e ing the first gun overy man threw t himself flat on the ground in ob)- I dionce to orders. The echoes of the E 3ound of the second gun had not died v away when all the Confederate ar- t tillery at that part of the field s opened firo upon Ceinetery Heights I with a salvo the like of which had v iever been heard in America til' I then. The Federal batteries must bave been surprised, or else greatly a lamaged by it, for it was several muinutes before they replied to it. Yet when they did reply'their fire was very effective and deadly, and 3eomed to be fully equal to that of v the Confedorat9s. I am not going I to attem)t to doscribe that duel, so to speak, between the Federal and Confederat 0 artillery, each Com11poSed on tlij occasion, so it was saidl, of moie tHu a hundred guns. To do sO would 1) to fail. I confe9 that my pen is unequal to it, and I do not I believe that any pen could convey an ade, uate conception of it. The smok( iom the Confederate batteries, althot -h they were but a little ways fl on 1,1e, soon obscured them from any sight. This smoke was lit up by red, angry flashes of flame as the successive discharges left the muz zles of the guns. The firing was so ra)id and continuous that the report of a single gun could not be distin guished. Over the space intervening between the infantry and artillery frequently passed some mounted of ficer and his staff-notably once General Loc, and soveral times Gen crals Longstreet and Pickett. The Federal battCries worO returning the Conl federate fire with groat vigor, and when Gen. Lee passed over the ground it was being swept with a deadly hail of every missile known to the nomenclature of artillerists. 11is apipearanco at a place (f such inmminent danger both thrilled and horrified the line, and the men shou ted to him to go away to shelter. Always regardless of himself when1 duty called, but mindful of the lives of others, he had but one attendant with him. When the men yelled to him to go away he took off his hat in acknowledgement ot their affect ion-i ate solicitude, and then rode on with out quickening the pace of his noblo t gray. Major James E. Dearing, chief of artillery of Pickett's Division, had h)oasted that the flag of his battalion Thould not on that day touch the 1 ground. Accompanied by his flag bear er, he galiopped incessantly from one end of the line of guns to the other, chieering' the cannoniers by his presence, arnd giving them directions whecre to direct their fire. While galloppinig along the li ne, at full speoed, a little in advance of the color bearer, a round shot struck and killed the horee of the latter, and threw him to theoground. .Maj. Dears ing turned anid saw his flag falling, but, so quick was he that, before it had actually reached the ground, lhe seized it from the standard-boarer, and tihroughiout the remrainuder of the battli can tied it hiinself. Tis gal--~ hmt et, crfomedin full v iewv of the lie ofQ ba:ttle, wasf' greeted with ruch a (Confederato yell ars not ovenI the inf ernual roar of thme guno conl d drown. Ge n. Pickett, w hiile tarry ing unniceessar'ily long, as some of his staff thought, at a point where the death missiles came thickest, was urged lby a captain of' his staff tot move to some otbor portion of the fild where the danger' was niot soI great, and op)erations could b~e equal% las well directed. The captaini said to him: "(n'uern, I don't believo f that even1 a fly could live hero t... ninutes." Strange to say, that al-. hough.throughout the artillery corrn )at and the subsequent aharge Gen. ickett most recklessly exposed him elf, yet neither he nor any member of his staff was struck. The General fterwaird said to me that-on the day fter the battle he felt that lie would lave no right to resent the insult if omo one should accuse him of cow rdice, because be was not among he killod, wounded or 'capturgd. For," said he, "when men hear that hiost my entire division perished, mnd that I escaped harm, tbey will )o loth to believe that I did my luty." The charge was never brought gainst him. The Nodel Love Letter. The following is a letter received iy a young lady of this County, ehich we publish (withholding the ndy's name) VERBATIM ET LIERATIM July the 49th PIOKENS CO S. C. A. D. 1939 Miss - : I seat my self to drop ou a few lines to warn you that your Nay of living must soon clang you Lto two sweet a creature to live the ifo you[are living though I ;im not ,vell acquainted*iwith you I love you learly and I tell you now I am going o have yon except something power-. ul hapens to me it I cant get you by raiir mnoas I will by fouls ones you. Oiall not walk the long road to Iny longer than this year to fret your ife a with blockheaded children I Love you Heaven knowns how well day and night I have thought of you as the only being I could ever love the only one who coul make this lif worth enjoying and if you are ever caught and carried away by forco you must not be frightened for you will bo broughl to mo I am going first to try how and easy way will do and if I cant come outright in that way I will try the other I have no doubt but what I could win your affections by going to sen yon like I ought to but There isithings in the way that [ cant como but when ever I get cady I ami comoing for you and I will love honor and cherrish you I will fight toll lies an~d steal for you if t be required and if I hapen to be a ittle Mormnonish you shall be (re% ~ined) I had bettor close I recon by elling you that I am coming for you ust as uick as I can make the ar 'angements thmat I have to make be a rediness and have your mind made pl for you no not in what hour of he night the thief cometh I will close >y telling you I am going for you mrd when I como to yon I am going ;o take yon or die in the attempt Memento) this that I am going to mvyo you your unknowvn lover'. GUSrAvus GnANnY. O GRADY. AN ExriREMEry NaRROW GAUG1s [ROA.-A Massachusetts paper says 'rTho t wo feet guiage r ailway bet ween P>illerica and Bodtord will soon be inisheod and its pas~senger' cars, no0W m ild ing at Laconia, N. II., will be a lecided novelty; as they will have a 'Ow of single seats on each side. The 'oad is eight and one half miles long Lud will cost about $50,000, or less han $6,000 per mile, being only one >ighth the cost of ordinary rail 'oads." Mrx. P~endleton, in) lhi ColumTbus speech, arraignbd the Republican yrty as a party "fresh from the rape >t the Presidoney." Compared with .he issue p)resentogl by thlis arrain~~ nlont, other questions are of* mero >assing moment. The mass of houn' int voters beolieve that the first duty >f the A merican people at the next 'residential election will bo to put lhe brand of p)opular execration upon he fraud that was perp)etrated at the ast. Younig man), you can1 go up hill as asa you please, but go down hill low.