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THE SENTINEL. D. F. BRADLEY. Editor. PICKENS C. H1., S. C.: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1881. T1EREMS: For subscript ion, $1.50 per annum, for six months, 75 cents; strictly in advance. Advertisements inserted at one dollAr per square of one inch or less for the first inser. ion and fifty cents for each subsequent In sertion. Liberal discount made to merchants and others advertising for :six months or by the year. Obitnary Notices and Tributes of Respect charged for as adverlisements. Announcing Candidates five dollars, in advance. Xiy- We will commence in a few days to send out to our subscribers who arG behind on their subscription, a statement of their accounts. We mean no insult by this, but we need money, and hope all will respond promptly. Our machine needs "ile" and it can not be run without it. "The Conciliation Plan." Thero is no paper in the Stato that we have a higher regard for than the Greenvillo Daily News, nor is there any community of citizens in tho Stato in whoso patriotism wo have more confidenco than in thoso Demo crats in Greenville who aro see onding the effirts of tho News to bring about a "roconciliation" between the white and colored voters of the State. But gentlemen wo doubt your judgment. Was it not upon this very lino of policy proposed by you that tho "Reform" movement of 1870 was3 inaugurated? Then we proposed to "conciliate"-divido offices with the negroes. What was the result? Wo remember very distinctly that our "Reform" candidate for Governor in sisted that the Domocrats of this County should give somo Iadical ne gro a placo on our ticket. This we wi.sely refused to do. But in our sister county of Anderson, his wishes wero acceded t09, and a negro was put on the ticket for tho Legislature. Is it necessary for us to remind our Greenvillo friends of the result of that campaign? We were over'whelmingly defented in the State and our friends in Anderson lost everything. Dis, gusted Democrats remained at home; disaffected D~emocrats united with the .Republicans under the convenient disguise of "Independents," and swept overything before them. John .R. Cochran became the political dictator of the coun ty, went to the lower ilouse of the Legislature, and from that Ilouso to the Senate. The broach thus caused in the Democratio ranks was not healed until 1876, when the D)emocrats decided to abandon policy and fight for principle. Then it was that victory perlched upon our banner, and so long as we make princilo the corner stono of our political structure, we need not fear' its flight. But our esteemed cen temporary presents the following fact for our considera tion: "From a table published in the Ab, bevillo Press and Ban nor it appears that only eight counties of the thirty three in this State have a majority of whito voters. Of the remaining twen, ty-fivo there are only seven in which there is less than 1,000 majority of colored voters. Each of the remain ing seventeen has a colored majority of over 1,000, some of them reaching 6,000 and 8,000." Did not tho same fact exist in 1 876 78 and 80 when the D)emocrats swoept everything before them? But instead of this being an argument in favor of ad opting a f usion (convenien tly called "roe conciliation") policy, it is to our mind the very strongest reason why an op posito policy should be persued. So long as the negro remains politically solid it necessitates a sinilar solidity on the part of the wvhites. .,The only way to maintain solidity on the part of the whitos is to make white suprom acy the insignia of our p)oliticall faith. Thore is no use of blandishment,, or falso lprotonses. Analyze the polities of this State in any way you please and you will find (this result--white man against negro and negro against white man. This is a deplorable con dation, we admit, butL why is it so. Because under the teachings of the carpetbagger, the negroes Were taught to hate the native whites and to spurn any overtues bold out to him by the them. This necessitated similar ao, tion on the part of the whites, an'd we knuow the results, the negro went to the wall politically, and the white man came out conqueror. This will always be the result in a contest of this kind, and in our opinion there is no method by which the political solidity ci the neuro can be so effectnally broken up as that of white solidity. The welfare of the negro and white man %Iike depends upon white supremacy. rho preservation of social order as vell as that of the civilization of our 'ace depends upon it. These ends ,an only be accomplished by solid toncert of action on the part of the vhitos. Being naturally the superior lace, possessing the education, expe 'ienco and property of the State, with the machinery of the govern ment in their possession, they can al ways influence, by fair and legitimate means, onough colored votes to give ,hem a majority, a hostile Federal rlovernment to the contrary notwith., standing. This can be done with 'clear conscience and clean hands." Once the negro is convinced (and he is becoming more and more con. vinced every day of his life) that the whites are determined to maintain their dupremacy, he will at once abandon tho color line and cast- his political fortune with his white neigh bor. When this is done (and in our opinion, by adhoreing to our straight. out policy, it will not be long until it is done] there will be a reorganization of partios on other issues than that of tho color line. Then the policy of our Greenville friends might be adopted with good results. But until that Limo it will not do. There are huns Ireds of white men in everyicounty in Lbe upper portion of the State, at least. who will not,under any circumstances, vote for a nogro. You may call this [)olitical prejudice, or selfishness if you wish, but ie a fact, and there is no use in denying it. Adopt your "con ailiation plan" and place a negro on Lhe Democratic ticket, in these upper rounties, and you will soo an opposi sion ticket elected every time, well seasoned with white Radicals for the Legislature. With the loss of the votes of disgusted Democrats, the 3tate ticket would be lost,and with the whito Radicals from the upper section Tind their dusky allies from the o ow or section of the State, the Liegisla-. buro, and consequently the judicial Jepartment of the State, would alwo >o lost. This in our opinion, would >e the result of your "conciliation lan," and you had better abandon it, or,"it is better to bear the evils we rave than to fly unto those we know tot of-" Whenever the negroe's moral ind intLellectual qualifications enti tie uim to offieo, we have no ohjoctions~ o giving iit,,o him, but we are, like 2o1. Alken, and as stated by us in our Former article, "irroconcila bly opposed Lo giving the negro politieni recognli ion because he is a negro." Concealed Weapons. Thce have beon several arrests in different parts of Llhe Sta to of parties for violating the concealed won pon la w This is one of the most wholesome lawvs passed by the Legislature, an d if rigidly enforced, will be of almost in, calculable benefit to the morals and peace of the State Mr. WV. L1. Wait has assumed edi torial control of the Greenville Ad,. vertiser. The numbers of the paper received by us' since Mr, Wait took charge of it proves him to be a pleas% ant and vigorous writer. The Ad vertiser is a good paper, and we wish it abundant success. Our able Representative in Con,. gross, Col. Aiken, spoke against the tbill to refund the maturing United States bonds. lie favored applying the money in the United States Tr'eas ury to the payment of the bonds as thoy fail duo, arguing that a reservo for the redemption of United States notes is not necessary, because thoso notes are everywhere as good as coin. The News and Courier in com-. men ting on Col. Aikon's speech says: "Trhey (the United States notes) would not be as good as coin a single day, if it wore made apparent that the Government could not redeem thomn in coin on presentation. The notes are at par now because they can be exchanged for coin at any time, aind while this is the case it is more corivonient to use notes than coin, and equally safe. The proposal to apply the annual surplus revenue to the payment of bonds is equally im, practicable, in our opinion, because it procludes any reduction of Federal taxation. A reductien of taxation now is more important than the fu-. ture extinction of interest on the debt. Lot the next generation bear and pay a part of the cost of rotorin the Union."* Char'lestona is to have a big steam notton manufatmr. Te Frenoh Broad Railroad. The Board of Directors of the At. lantic and French Broad Valley Rail.. road Company held a very important meeting on last Thursday, says the Anderson Intelligencor. They do. termined to remove the convicts to Williamston or in the vicinity, and commenco work on that section of the road, the section between Pickens and Easley being now nearly com pleted. They also, by resoluLion. de cided to send Col. D. F. Bradley, one af the Directors, and Capt. Win. J. Kirk, Chief Engineer and Superin tendent, to Cincinnati and other points to represent the interest of the Road. Those gentlemen will leave for Cincinnati in a short time. They propose working vigorously to ao complish the completion of their Road and securo direct through connection between Cincinnati and the Atlantic Coast. The Directors of this Com pany have .shown great ability and energy in their work up to this timo, and have proven eminently successful. They are now taking an important step, the result of which may prove very advantageous to the intercsts of the Road. Letter from Washington. [SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF TIE SENTINEL] WASIIINOTON, Jan. 24, 1881. Tho Houso, after an all night ses sion on Friday night, did not feel dis posed to do anything on Saturday, so at half past one o'clock, adjourned over until to day. The Houso has passed the* pension, fortification, na val, military academy, Indian, army, consular and diplomatic appropriation bills. Tho postal bill has been ro ported to the IousO, and its consido. ration is now pending. It is expected the coming wok that the District of Columbia and tho Legislativo, Ex cautive and.J udical appl0ropritlLion bills will be disposed of. Then conea up thc Sundry, Civil and .Delicicncy bills. Departmenit of Agriculture and Htiver and Ilab~or bills. It will depenid great, ly upon thei speed mnado in passirg these bills, wh'1ethoer an extra session w ill be called or rnot. Now thatt it is assured that the new Ilouse will beo Replican'~ii, conitesto~d election cases will be the order ot the day. It, will have more contested cases before it than was ever brought in one Con gress, if all who have sig rifled thecir l~Ipr posI) contest seat~a (10 so. Five ot. of the six Democratic Mecmbers from Missis~sij'1pi have been notitied that, their seats will be con tested by RepubI ilicansi. Several con, tesited ca'ns w ill comUo ny fromn Ala btm tee f rom Lou isiania, th ree from South ina rulitna, onto fromt Flori da, one from Arkansas. I wo) from VYr. gitnia, one0 or two fromn North Caroli-. na, and in fact thoe majority of seats from tho Sout hern StatLes will be cons tested. It is thbe general im pression that, the Republicans will unseat a goodly number of Member's from the South, in the next Ihouse, and nearly overy man who ran for Congress in the South, na a Republican) no matter as to how many votes he received, has given notice of a contest. Outside of Congressional matters, Washingtbn just now, is very dull, there is a lot up in the wild hunt for office. Thlis is very marked. The departments are not Overrun by office seckers as usual, nor do they ref rig erate their beuols in the President's anti room as they did a few months ago. It is not supposed for a moment that there' are not as mnany people wanting offico as over but they arc holding back to tackle the now ad, ministr ation. The timoef kt of the present administration is too abort to justify any oxtra exertion of the of fice seekers. The reprosontatives of the rural press of Ohio, are now in the city, the guest of the Ohio delegation and the numnerous citizens of that State who are in Government employ hero. Their visit has been saddened by the sudden death of one of their numBer. CORDWAINER. State Laws. An Act to provide for a Public Guard ian of the Estates of Minors, Idiots and Lunatics, and to define the powers and duties of such Guard ian, and to fix his liabilities. W hereas, much in convenience an d (lelay frequently arises in the settle ment of the estates of deceased per-. sons for the want of a general guar., dian of the estates of minors, idiots and lunatics; and whereas It is often found Impossible to findt a competent and responsible person who is willing to ansume un~ Saut. nd wher..- for the wanL of such guardian the estates of such minors, idiots, and lunatice aro rendered unproductive, and are in danger of being wasted, if not wholly Voat; now, therforo, Be* it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sit ting in General Assembly, and.by the authority of the same: Section 1. That the judges of pro bato for each county in this State shall be required to act as the guar dian of the ostato of minors, idiots and lunatics, in their rospec tivo coun-, ties, where such mir.ors, idiots and lunatics have no general or tostamon, tary guardian or guardians, and where it is made satisfactory: to appear to the Court of Common Pleas or a J udgo of said Court at Chambers, by petition filed for that purpose, that no fit, competent and responsible per son can be found ,who is willing to assume such guardianship, and that the Judge of Probate bo appointed as such guardian, and his sureties, shall be hold responsible upon the official bond of such Judge of Probato for all estates of such minors, idiots and lu natics receivedj by Judgo of such Probate. Sec. 2. That tho'application for the appointment of the Judge of Probato as such guardian shall be made by the father, mother, husbarnd, brothor, executor, administrator, or other per. son interested in said minor, idiot or lunatic, and shall state the name and age of the minor, idiot or lunatic, the charactor and value of the estates of such mincr, idiot or lunatic, and that such minor, idiot or lunatic has no general or testamentary guardian, and that no fit, competent or rcsponsiblo person can be found who is willing to assumo said trust, and shall be sub, scribed and sworn to by the party making the applicaticn. Sec. 3. That tho Court or Judge hearing such application, if satisfied that the int erest, of the mUinlor, idiot, or lunatic would bo best, surmc'ved by such appoin tme~nt, shall endorse on suc apliction , anu ordelr alppointLin~g the Judge of Probate such guardiani, and authorizing him to receive the e~states ol sutl uh iior, idiot or Ilnatic, and1( to. signt andI~ teal all necessary and proper releases and discharges relat ing theroto. Sec. 4. T'imt the Judge of Pr obato no appo))'inutedtFI m shl hav e all tbc pow-~V ers and be subljected to all the liablji, ties of' guardians aippoinrtodl by the Court of Probate, and shmall be enti tled to like com~)pensation. Sec. 5. That the Judge of Probate for each county in the State shatll an nually at the first term -of the Cuurt of Common Pleas, in and for his county, and of ter if required by the presiding judge of the circuit, su bmit in .open court a report, under oath, of all his acetings andl doings as such p~ub lic guardian, which report, if satis-, factory, shall be approved by the p)residling judge by endorsement there on, and shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said coun ty. Sec. 6. That the annual report of the Judge of Probate as public guar,. dian required by Se'ction 5 of this Act shall state the name of' each minor, idiot, or lunatic, the date when ap poin ted guardian of such minor,idiot or lunatic, tho value of the estates of such minor,;idio t,, or lunatic, of what the same consists, the amount and character of the investments, if any, and wvhen and by whom made, and what amount, if any, remains unins vested, and the amounts received and p)aid out sinoe last report properly vouched, and such recommendations as he may deem most to the advan. tage of his wards respectively. Sec. 7. That all investments made by the Judge of Probate as public guardian shall be made under the di rection and with the approval of the presiding Judge or the Judge of the Circuit, in which said Judge of Pro bate resides. Soc. 8. That all orders of discharge of the Judge of Probate as public guardian shall be granted by the pro.. siding -Judge or thbe Judge of the Circuit in w hich such Judge of the Probate resides, it being made satis., factorily to appear that a full and fair accounting has been had with the parties entitled to the estates receiv, ed by hinm as sueh guardian. Sec. 9. That the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas shall keep a sepa% rate journal of all proceedings and orders relating to maLtters of the Judge of Probate as public guardian, and shall keep all books, papers and records relating to the same in a ses parato ftnnrtment in hin offiae natly put up in packages and ondorsed, and the said clerk shall bo entitled to charge and receive for the servicos as rendered the same costs and fees which ho would be charged for similar services ,rendered in the Court of Probate. Sec. 10. That the Judge of Probate retiring from offico, or in case of the death of the Judge of Probate, his ex ocutor or administrator, shall turn over all monoys, bonds, mortgages, notes and other choses in action, and also all books, papers and other writ, ings in his hands, custody and control, as such public guardian, to his suc cessor in office, who thereupon shall assumo all tho duttios of such publ!ic guardian, and bo investod with all the powers and be subject to all the lia. bilities of such guardian. Sec. 11. That all costs for all pro, coedings under this Act shall be the samo and none other than for similar procoodings in the Court of Probate. Approved December 24, 1880. MIRACULoUs POWEt.-Tho Forest and Stream has it: 'To preservo health use Warner's Safe Remedies. These are almost of miraculous powor in re~ moving diseases for which recom monded. The wonderful curative qualities they are possessed of is vouched for by tens of thousands.' A DB SHO WVIN 0 Barnum's Hippodrome THE MOST WONDERFUL SIOW EVER seen in Pickens has just arrived. Among the various Articles in this Show and which can be purchased at the LOWEST CAS11 IL CES, are all kinds of Staplo and Fancy Dry Goods, HATS, CA IS, FANCY ARTICLES, LETIR TOILETi*' SO APS, IHARDWARE, CUJTLERlY, aund nil kinds (f O rocries need~ed for famtily use. I u rat~n everyt hing kepit in a First ('lass Geuneral M er, chaindise IEstablishmnent can bo bound here atL bottom pruices. FRES II COlHN MEAL w'll always be fotund on hand for sale0. T1 Il lS SiI (1W can be foundo across the ot reet opposite thu Onurt liotue, tl the OF Griffin & Newberry. AGENTS ALSO FORl D)IXIE GUANO, jan #:, 1881 1.5 T'E 'AMURERl' M OA F'ROK: PICKENS C. 11., 8. C., .Jan, 81, 1821. J)Y authior i y fr'om, Comptr~ ol ler General1, Ianoic ICIS hereby given, thati theo lands. hieret ofore ad vertise: 1 to be~ so ld as 1)Die c uet, will niot he sod the 1 st.~o luday in Februnary, istant, but, in l ieu t hereof all parties ow nn Or havi ing an interest. thein~ii miay redleoi~ t: e same oun or 1.y the 31st day or Moy 1881, as provide.i in t he A. A. appruve~d De.. comber)0 21, 1880. U. F. MORIGA N, T'reasturer Pilckns Counity. feb 3, 188I 20 8 S A LE. J WILL sell to the huightest, bidder for cash, at. Pi.ekens Court hlouse, on Saleday in February 1881, all that PLANTATION OF LAND on the East side of Twelve Mile River in Pickens County, adjoining lands of Chtris Robinson, the Temperance Madden place and others, containing 400 acres more or less, and known as the Folger or Keasler place, This is the same tract conveyed by N. M Madden to T. W. Folger, andl aftewardi mortgaged by T. W. Folger to WV. G. WVhild, en, and which was subsequently sold by the Sheriff of Pickens Connty under a judgment of foreclosure of said mortgage to ine as agent of WV. 0. Whilden, and under this sale I will convey all my right and title acquired uinder said deed of the Sheriff. 0. WV. Taylor, Esq., at Pickens C. 11. will give any information required concerning the titles, and sell thte same in mty absence. JULIUS C. SMI1111, Agent. jan 20,_18S1 18 3 I IBA - AGENTS WANTEl We want a limited number of active, energetic business canvass era to engage in a pleasant and profitable business. Good meni will find this a rare chance To Make Money. Such will please answer this advertisement by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what bumsinessj they have been: entgaged in. None bitt those who inean business need ap ply. Address FINLEY, IAVEY & CO., Atlanta, Ga. Pbatents for Iinventins. E. WV. ANDERSON. J. C. 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Tus SUN long ago discovesed the golden mean between ro. dundant fulness and ulnsatisfactory brevity. II, Much of that sort of newvs which do.. ponds less upon its recognized importanoe than up~on its interest to mankind. Frosa morning t~o morning TuJN SUN prints a con tinued story of the lives of real mien and we. men, and of their deeds, plans, loves, bate., and troubles. This story is more varied and more interesting than any romance that was ever devised. Ill. Good writing in every column, and freshness, originality, accuracy, and decorum, in the treatment of every subject. IV. Honest comment. Tn. SUN'S habit ia to speak out fearlessly about men and things.. V. Equal candor in dealing with each pe,.. .3 litical party, andl equal readiness to commend, what is praiseworthy or to rebuke what is: blamable in Democrat, or Republican. VI, A bsolute independence of partisan er-, ganizations, but unwavering loyalty to true Democratic priniciples. The Sun believes that the Gover nment which the Constitution gives us is a good one to keep. its notion of duty is to resist to its utmost power the efforts of mien ini the Republican party to set up anoth er form of government in place of that whiol exiusts. The year 1881 and the years imme., diately following will probably decide this supremely important contest.. The Sun be., lieves that the victory will be with the pe. ple as against, the Rings for monopoly, the Rings for plunder, and the Rings for impe, rial power. flos Onr terms are asflo:' For the Daily SUN, a four page sheet of twenty eight columns, the price by mail, post paid, is 55 cents a month, or $6.50 a year; or, including the Sunday paper, an eight page sheet of fifty-six columns, the price is 66 cents8 a month, or $7.70 a year, postage paid. 4 .The fiunday odm on of THE SUN is also furn. ished separately at $1.20 a year, postage paid T1h% price of the WEEKLY 8UN, eight pages, fifty-aix columns, is $1 a year, postage paid. For clubs of ten sendin g 10 we will send an extra copy free. Address I. W. ENGOLAND, Publisher of y'MS SUx, New York City, dee 16,.1880 r6