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TIE NW EDUCATION. CLEMSON COLLEGE-ITS ORIGIN ANE OBJECTS. A n A ddress eli Ivered by President Strod< ilefore the State Agricultural and Me. cianical Society at its Summer Meeting inl Qrangeburg. When I received from your secretary the honor of the invitation to address you I might very well have asked to be excused in view of the eingrossing nature of the great work at Fort 11111, the daily superintendenco of which is my duty. But as I did not then beg to be excused, in 1,y great desire to meet you I must now proffer as an excuse for the study and care that is lacking in my paper, and which should bo due this body in any matter presented for its consideration, tit the work there is so full of perplex ities and responsibilities that only mo ments of snatched opportunities could )e used for this service, and these mo ments have been all too rare for the prop er preparation of a paper lor this occa sion. Too fresh in the minds of all are the events which led to the founding of Cleni son College to need now a minute histo ry of' its beginning. Thomas G. Clem son, the son-in-law of John C. Calhoun, died in April, 1888, leaving by his will 814 acres of land, with Fort I1ill, the old home of John C. Calioundand about ,8(,000 in money and interest bearing sto.k as a bequest to the State for the iotindina of an agricultural college. it cerjain conditions were accepted by tile Le( gislature. THlE REVEN VES O1 THE COLLEGE. finally the bequest was formally atccepted, an(, in sympathy with the ecViuig ol iany in the State, the Legis lature furthermore granted certain funds coining from the General Government, :m1td the proceeds of a certain small tax e.Vic(l onl those interested in fertilizers, as n ainnual income to sustain the Col lege. These combined sources of rev. t uie were found to yield between seventy andsventy-five thousand dollars annually, and to place the College at once oil i footing ot equality with the richest institutions of learning in the Sout. The matter of a building fund was not at once arranged, as the amph annual revenue, part of which might be le.,ally used for buildings, was thought sullicient to provide against immediatc eiibi)arrassuent. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The boa. d of trustees, composed o seven gentlemen appointed by Mr. Clem son as a selfperpetuating body, and o six others elected by the Legislature fo terms of four years each, met,'organize( aod took up their great responsibility One of their *irst acts was tie electioi of an executive committee. to represon the board in the intervals between thei regular meetings, which could not b trequent with the board composed o gentlemen living in widely separate parts of the State. Thle next act wa the election of a president of tile Colleg to be a representative of tile executiv coninittee for all current business whic had to be transacte( in the two weeks intervals, which final y became the se pleriods between thle meetings of tile coin mnittee. Thus tile plans of the Colleg albong all its lines of growth and pr< gress replresenlt by the organization th work of the members of the full boar< ? who have given their time anId devotio to the great task. Provided for by th lir-seeing mind of' Mr. Clemson againi the dangers of sudd(en changes in th board( of trustees, the College has bee from the beginining under tihe inifluenc of a steady p)olicy which has had as it ruiing princible the foundiL'g of' one < the greatest institutions of its characte in the Southi. A G001D FOUNDATioN. As the rep)resentative of the executiv committee, wvhich in its turn represent the fuller management, I am by you cour'tesy here today to tell you wha wordis of hope anld promise they wish t4 iso out through you to the expectanl youth of the state; to tell you by wha methlods they expect that the scutiment of' honor, tile spirit of thoroughness, ani thle cultivation of a pure ambition ma; be made to blend in an educational sys temn with that training of' the hland, th4 eye and the brain that is to form the nev edlucation. As all must recognize tha 110 insatituition in tile South can aspire t4 the first rank that ignlores as the basi clement of Southern manhood a love o truth and honor, p)erhiaps it is needles to assure you that this will be a founda ion st.one in Clemson College. Alonf withl this more chilvairous element wil go~ hanid in hantid in the character build Ing attempted there the forming of thos4 habits of prom ptness, accuracy, thoroug ness and reliability in regard to all re - sponsibilities that make the successfu mlan. The cultivation of the esprit de corps will be looked to as tile saf'eguar( of the College. Its graduates will g< lorthl with that tie still attaching then o the alma mater that wvill teach thien to p)oint with hionorable p)ride to thd source of the instructionl that moulde< them for usefulness; and on her to thenm ats her most precious children destinect to bring ho.norable reputation for bei althful work. THlE M.1 iITARY FEATURJiE, In the military system, which b)ecomes a part of the College ill connection with the Federal grant,, will be p)lanlted the (discipline of the institution. There till be no loss here to the student boy whlose farm exercises will grow into manly shIape in tile exercises of tile (daily routine, whilst the mind of Southern youth will naturally turn to thoughts o1 thlat past of his country's history that 'yields much to stir tile blood and to tend to the enriching of thleir hobler impulses. T hIay will not be taught to be the unthink ing machines to prop the supports of fu ture tyranny, whilst they draw thleir in spiration from tihe record of that citizen soldiery that has reddened tIle turf on many a field in America in patriotic con btest's for constitutional liberty. In tihe buttoning into the tighlt uniform will be felt the college training thlat braces intc erectness and takes the slouch out of the ploughboy's step, and withl it the slonel~ out of the mental gait that encumberi all progress. TWO LINES 01F STUD)Y. In Its grand departments tihe Colleg -is to be shaped on two distinct lines e instruetlon, leaving a chioice betweel agriculture and mechanic.. The latte will naturally precede a development int all the difficult forms of techlnological ic struction that may terminate In th hIgh technical p)rofessional lines tha may offer careers of the greatest distinc tion to the talented sons of farmers o others. T1tE PLACE FOR FARMIER8' SONS, SOn the agricultural side will be on th widest field that can be arranged V -the fairmer's aspirations in tha *The room for expnsion her seems to be unlimited when science and a practical aris are to be applied to agri- r culture. The field opens with the study t of animal and vegetable life in all their b> forms, the broad field of biology. t In the vegetable world we have the plants c both useful and noxious and the ways of c nursing the one into thrifty life and stif- fq ling the other to an untimely end. Then v come the various methods of propaga- ti tion of plants, where their lfe and rapid ii multiplication are to be desired, by seed, c by budding, by grafting, etc. In these e practical arts of the fields the flarmer m boys will indeed feel at home. Their t< growth in scientific thought will go hand tl in hand with the applica~tions in the field a itself'. If they learn to bud and graft, it for instance. they will learn it in a way a that wil! enable them to use it practically & and to transfer their knowledge from the College fields to the home orchards. Thus they will be the mediums for the c transfer of the sciences and arts tau git H at the College to the people in their dis tant homes. t MISSIONARIES OF PROO RESS. It six hundred boys return from col- L lege to their homes each year, think a what missionaries of progress will bo i spread over the State to orighten all S the ideas of these homes. These farm- I er boys will have heard with quickened a pulse the lectures on agricultural science r that will brighten as on a background t all the dark ages of their past life. THE MAkING OF A MAN. Let us follow one typical farmer boy from field to college and through its courses. Ile loves the dear old home, with its tender-faced mother and grai ite-souled father. le passes along the I countryside where war has perhaps left t its cruel stains, and by the cities where silent streams proclaim the absenc-ecf I the genius of progress. le se3- in the t distance the blue hills that mark Caro lina's western boundary. Ile reaches Fort lill and is on ihe ground once hal lowed by the tread of the great Calhoun. lie joins his :adet icomrades, already a noble six hundred. In all the stir around hini he notes eaniestness in the features and bearing of those who ad dress him. There are echoes of the "'1salm of Life" in the air he breathes. Other hemes in Carolina, as sacred as his, have sent their jewels most precious to the State's shrine of the new educa tion. lIe feels the quickened pulse of a new life. Ile begins to grow with a new growth. His letters home tell the dear ones that the separation which brings such ouportunities is robbed of its pangs. Noble buildings buoy up his aspirations. Ardent, thoughtful, re sponsive natures in teachers and com rades bear up the burden of home-sick ness. lie enters his classes and begins the great work of his life, the changing of an unthinking man into a machine of intellectual power. Ile loves with a new love the unselflish hearts at home which may have planned through great privations for the hope of the house. From year to year the same home sacri lices keel) the boy, of' whom they !row but prouder, amid the scenes that nur ture high Intellectual and moral growth. Finally the man, no longer a boy, re turns to the old homestead. It' he is still a farmer, what a power for good to I the old people at home. If lie has bud (ed into splendid development along some ot the high lines of technological Seducation, who will regret the money in snapmng the rude country mind into such new powers for usefulnessy e THEW NEW EDUCATION. , The new edlucation will he scholarly a in its own line, andl will breathe with e new hope) and1 endecavor. The man is t made a scientific farmer, but learns to e use hiLs brain according to the methods; :i of' reason. We will not search the pagesi e of Virgil for fiirming directions of' today, I or turn back to even more recent times f in the South for experience that is to r dir'ect us in the future. When we turn to the p)athietic past, with its reccent pic tures of' affectionate loyalty on the part 01o our late slaves, we are touched with a a feeling of sympathy for the weaknesses < r of these our 01(1 helpers in the old way. t Necessity is upon us with harsh chianmzes, andI we must find new substitutes for the I t o01(1 (ull serfdom that encunmbered the L eciltivation of the soil in turning to the 1 ne0w agents which are claiming tihe mas I tory of' the world and opecning new realms of enchantment. Slavery is gone, -andl, whilst there still remains as its l)prodiuct that master race which hams won the adlmiration of the world and forcedi U the respect of its enemies, we know that the South must look to its youth, filledi :with the inspiration aind ambit,ions of' I f the new education, to sustain' tile o0d(1 name. A i"ORTUNATE LOCATION. Fortunate was it for the youth of the I Stato that it came into the i'nind of the owner of the 01(1 home1 of' Johin C. Cal hiouni to dedi3cate that spot of all other's to the use that would m'tke it forever the, most affective agency mi markingt tile character of the State's noblest son on those who were to hear the burden of sustaining her nhme in the wor.id of' t thlought and action. His was the life of the farmer of that day with all the dis advantages of slavery upon it. While it ruLinedi the soil we see that it, mighlt I mxake the noblest of' men. TIlE MECIIANICAL, AnT'S. With the agricultural trust, as its firist, and highest the board hias properly plaicedl its emphatic impress05 also upon01 the secondi dlepartment of' the College, which calls up in the resources of' the mechanical arts for that mental isei p)line andi tramning which are t,o make ar race of most useful meon to co-operatei wit,h thlose of' the field to press the Stat,e to the foremost ranks of' success. Agri- I cult,ure and manufacturing should always go hland In hiand. TIhe field andl factory must co operate where the best condli tions for prosp)erity are sought. The tendlencies of a p)urely agricultural p)00 1)10 to concentrate on the trade connected wit,h the raw p)roducts of tile fIelds ai'e a to be striven against by educating the c whole people mnto twto great industirial f lines of human eflort. The resulting ac- d thon and react,ion between the two forces I will be a wonderful stimulant for both, t In the division of bram labor and in the f gireat diversity of human talent as com monly displayed is foundl the great op portunity of healthful progress f'or indi viduals and States.d MANUAL LABOR REQUIRED). Strong is the State as is a braced struc- Ii ture which has within its own framing i~ a the footin?s for its bracing. So the tl f' board, in the broadest liberality that the ai means at their disposal will nermit, aim b r to make the College all it should be, as a the place whzre the youth of the StAte - may learn the mechanIcal arts along V a with the agricultural. Mr. Clemson in d t the, advice of hIs will named two col- Y - l6ges as patterns to be followed where " the manual labor system is an integral 0 part of the courses. The board of trus- ~ tees have followed the spirit of the will C I and have directed mannal labor to ae > exacted of all students, with pay for all 0i work not simply educatonal. The two si Shours of' labor exacted ach ay of all t tudents will in the agriculturial depart ient yield nearly a dollar a week and hus bear about half the expense of oard. A student may thus safely at Dnd the College who can but buy his lothing and books and pay half the net ost of hs ho4rd. With this manual .ature will be preached the gospel of rork and that hil above all ignoble .ilugs stands the dignity ofrlabor. There i no lesson that our Southern people an more profitably learn than that the nuoblement of labor will till their fields rith noble workers. May we not find Siminle in the song of the reaper, in le hot days of his labor, the spirit of a entiment that might emblazoni a shield IheraldrV, and that with the ring of the nvil there may chime the ring of the ,ul of the humblest artisan? EI)UCATIONA L 31i8SIONARIEs. It is contemplated by the board to all upon all members ot the faculty to ssist in spreading the sciences and rts of its curriculum over the State hrough the medium of various insti u2s throughout the year. In the imat er of drawing, for instance, which is he very basis of technology, the public vhools of the State can, as a rule, provide to preparation, as the teacheri them elves are without the necessary train rig that would enable them to give in truction on this line. This instruction iay be given in a most economical form hrough the medium of institutes. Lhus later preparation in this and other ines may be exacted of pupils who come ip to the College, and valuable time nay be saved in the higher institution. lemson College must take as its pre >aratory schools mainly the public chools in the country. This is a low tate of preparation as a basis, and will brow an immense amount of work on or lo w er depart ments at 1irst. We can iot exact of the farmer boys a prepara ion tbey have no chance of getting as natters now stand. A better grade of )ublic schools in the country is a crying vant that we must all recognize, anA nust help to better. As long as the ieccessity the College itself must pro ride a way to bring its students up to a ollego basis. So far as is required by the rules kdopted for registration, it is only ne :essary to write to the president of 'lemson College Fort Iill, S. C., the me and age of student desiring to mnter, his parent or guardian, with post >llice, county or State. A fair appor Jonment will be made among the coun ies in adopting any rules to limit the iunmber of students to be taken. No more stringent rules will be adopt 3d in regard to entrance into the prep tratory department than would be reia ionable for boys who have had no high er opportunities than those of the ordin try public schools in the country. But io merely prinary work will be done at the College. All who register will be duly informed by circular of al changes imatie by the board affecting their in terests. The College will be distinctly igricultural ansl mechanical, and not a rival of the purely literary institutions >f the State. The board has yet to pass ,n the details of the curriculum before .hey can be published authoritatively. OVE'AC SIX RlUNDIMEA) APPLICANTS. It was generally made known, I be 'ove, by the late speech of the Gover ior at the laying of the corner-stone, hat applications for registry on the iooks qf the College, even then, six nonths before the opening, exceiided ilx hundred. A large number have been antered since, and persons well-posted p)redict that even one thousand may ap ply by the time the College opens its nioors. All niames will be continued to be registered until the board adopts somie plan of dliscrimination or pre icribes a limit. As has been said by high authority the record is unparalleled in the history of colleges, and shows a union of the w~hole people of the State lid argutes well for their hiighe'st inter 3sts. Not only for the State but for her ieighbors also will this picture of a initedl front in the cause of industrial 3d ucation prove the lesson, teaching >y' exampille, that in unlion there is trength. A (1lXI' MIlssION. If Carolina, the fair beauty of the outh but thirty years ago, as an elo uent tongue once said, "set uts the ath to Stygian horrors with the splen lor of her smile." she may now redleemi ,he trust of leadership she then placed ni pawn by lighting the way to the L.ly'sian f ieilds of a radiant prosp)erity. TilE IELD RiEFORE T1liE aIOP, Th le appropriations on the part of the -state by no means covered the crowd tow to be considered. If this should tnexp)ectedly in the end redutce to a ower number the crowding throng tow seeking to enter college, we can he nure that still enough will be left to nake the first year's wvork at least a >rilliant experiment. At lirst the me hanical side of the College may not be 'ulily appreciated, but as the years go Jy there will be growing interest there. L'hie labor in the shops must be classed it fIrst as purely educational andl not alliug for p)ay. 'l'hose entering on this ide shiould understand this di fferece id avoid disappointment. The coun ry boys who may most need help from he prostration of all the aigriculturail ndlustnies at this time wvill lind the ar angements of the College to favor heir neceds. It is wvell that the natural conditions it iirst wvill tend to throwing a much rreater nmber into the agricultural lepartment than the mechanical. This viil relieve the apprehensions of the atrmners who might think that there vas a dlanger of losing their special :ollege after all their work to secure it.1 ''Te farmers will soon see that flhe noechanical features of t he institution niean only gain to them, when they per-. eave that the new openings thuts ar aniged for the overcrowding wvorkers 1 na agriculture cani only result in great- I r opportunity for all. The great Im- i etuis that wvill be given to factories of I1 kinds wvill relieve the ranks of the igriculturists whilst. they increase the ainks of those who will lbe on the other and consumers of their products-. TIlE NEI1 01F TiEciNRiA L TruAmNINo. lhmit howv the youtn of South Carolinma Llas suffered in the past and mutst still uiffer for the lack of techniological edut ation for need of a sullicient support rom the State or endowment ! E very enominational college shoutld beg ronm its friends for a (Iepartment of his kind. There cannot be too many acilities in this the new edutcat,lon. 'his suggests to me to state that among he many noble workers at Clemson is no who has the highest respect of hose in charge there, and It is almost a t ally remark as to what that man rould De worth to us and to himself if, e had had the training of a techanolog :al school. iIe will have it, thanks to te good fortune that placed Clemson L his door amid made him one of its uilders. UNSELIiSH PATIOTS.j On February 1, 1892, the hoard of ustees propose to throw open the< ors of the institution to welcome the ruth of the State. They have recently ected a partial faculty from material< fwhich they could safely judge, and ostponed a few chairs to another oc asion when their Importance might be 110 wed the fuller range of choice cdue 1 > them, In this and all previous work< tes gentlemen have shown themselves I gnall unselfish, and they will con- I fln o bear all unjust criticism with that nobid patience that in the past has beat attested the purity- of their inten tions. AN APPEAL TO THE FARMEtRs. Farmers of the State, in your hands, where lies the power of numbers, is placed the great trust to Clemson Col lege. Guard it as a sacred trust that promises a future for your children, which would not hold them unwillin serfs to the &oil when their tastes and talents, which are God-given, may point to other lines, If your boy be a born inventor, oh, grant hin, I pray you, the opportunity to obey God's will! Crush not the bud, when but liftins the crust, and destry the plant whose riper years might fill with plenty the garners of home and State. Appeals will be made you in darkened hours to turn and rend the present nursling of your care. Pray God that in no hour of blind (listress your insanity. if it comes, may raise ,your hand to strike that cruel blow. .''hink not that I name an impossible evil. It is the history -of these institu tions. If any people ever have cause to act,in maddening despair it is the op pressed farmers bearing the buIrdets of all classes. In the hour of your fond nursing guard yourselves against that other hour that. may come with its tempests of despair. AFTER THE FIGHT. The Mayor Finem Mesre Gonzate8 and Glbbei4 Fofty Dollars Each. COLUIM III A, S. C., Aug. 5.--The ex ciLenient over the Tighe Gonzales en counter has about subFided and things in newspaperdom have returned to their normal condition. Yesterday morning soei interest attached to the proceed ings before the mayor, and when thp cases against Messrs Gonzales. Gibbes nd Tighe were called the little Court room in which his IIonor dispenses municipal justice was crowded to its ful lest capacity. By request of Mr. Gonzales, who desired to leave the city 3 esterday morn inL tor (lenn Sprinrs, the eas against him was first disposed of. IIe made a brief statement. saying that he had re ceived an insultinv letter from Mr. Tighe and went over to his oflice and struck him. lle pleaded guilty to the assault and may.)r itposed a fine of $40, which was promptly paid. and Mr. (Conzales immniediately left the Court, room. Mr. '1ige's case was then called, and Sheeit' lowan was sworn and testified substantially to the facts as contained in the legister's account of ti . afl'air so far as related to the encounter between Messrs (,onzales and Tighe, but went more into detail in regard to Mr. Gibbes'e connection with the matter, the gist of' it being that Mr. (ibbes was there as the iriendl of Mr Gonzales to see fair ply, but makiu uo hostile de nionstration except a passage of words hIetwecn himself', Mr. Tighe and Mr. V. C. Cathicar. Messrs Geor_-e K. Wriaht and W. C. Cathcart were also exanined, eliciting no new facts connected with the main issue, the e vidence of lr. Cathcart bear ing more particularly on the words that passed between Mr. Gibbes and himself in relation to his carrying the note to Mr. Gonzales. A colloquy then anstied t between the Mayor and Mr. Gibbes as to wherein the latter had committed any breach of the peace. and the mayor said in substance that lie could conceive of no greater attempt to bring alout a row andl thereby cause whlat might have been a bloody all'ray, than for two stalwart mn, one armed with a st,ick and tile ot,ber with a cowhlide, t.o go down the st,reet together with the dlellberate p)ur pose0 ef making and1( attack on another and a smaller mian. G ibbes replied that lie did not carry the stick to assault any one with, antd had1( no inltention of dloing anything mIore thani prevenlting outsidle imt,erf'erence. The11 mayor behd t,hat, t,he action of' Mr. (iibbes was essentially a breach of' t,he I peace, and so viewing the matter, im- I posed a lineci of $40, which Mr. Gibbes I p)aid under nlotice of appeal. The case against Mr. Tighe was dis mnissedl, anti this endled the prioceedinfgs In the Maory's Court. --legister. GAMBLED HIS LIFE AWAY. Sensational Suicidoe of a Drumner in Au gustai. AUcUS'rA, Aug. 5.-Mr. l'ope Crouch, (I a drummter travelling for ,J. L. Fried- 'I man & Co., ot l'aduceah, a vinegar andi I wine house, commritted suicide at the: P'lanters' ilotel fast night by taking a drachm of morphine. The dead man was not (fiscovered until 3 o'clock this aftternoon, when the chamnbermtaid wvent to clean his room. Mr. Crouch was lying on the b)ed in his under clothes. lIis tace was blue, his limbs rigidl and his body cold, indicatitng that he had been deti several hours. On his bureau was found an empty vial labelled mnorphiene, together with two letters addressedl one to his wife. Mrs. I'. N. Crouch, at JTohnston, S. C., wvhich was his home and where he lived, and the other "To my dear dirummer friends." The note to t he drummers was 01)en- I Bd and read. It was ant appeal to lhe(1 Ilrtimers to look after his family, anid(I saying severe trouble caused him to ar snd his life.a At the c!or'oner's iniltest this after Iloln his letter' to his wvif Iwas openied. It gave tile cause of his rash act lIe said that simice he left,. 11 JohstonI aist Naturday he had drawn from his iouse $d(00, and hlad lost it ini the gatmb- T"' ing hells or Augusta. lie said that ast month lie hiat lost &t001 n this city, md1( if lie couikd have gotteni out of this rouble he wold have reftormned, but ie coulid see 1no way out of it other T~' han ini death. lie adlvised his wife to onisult a lawyer and make tihe wininers >t htis mtoney give it u p to her, wvhich th ie said, shie could (10. lin conclusion he be loped his sad endilng wVould be a lessotn ,o all young men tnot to touch a card mad he implored God's blessing upon' us wife andl( child. Mr. Crouch was about 35 years oldi. lie was last seen alive at 1 o'clock this nornmg, when lie went to the hotel to so to bed. iIe arrived here last Satur- I1 lay night. IIis remains were carried o ,Johnston, S.C., to night for burial. Crouch's exposure of the gambling loulses in Augusta has createdi no littl' teonsationi here to-night, though it is lot thought that the gamb lers can be grosecuitedl on the stringth of the let. er, andl It Is said that the coroner had 10 right to open1 a private hetter whitch vas addressed to Crouchi's wife.-News mnd Courier. Alliance senasation. ~his afternoon prints a sensation in Al iance circles. JI. 0. Wynn, business ugent of the Georgia State Alliance ex :hange, is 8said to be $20,000 short In is accounts. The directors appointedl V. A. hiroughiton, treasurer of the ex ~hange, to examine his books, anrd the Ii hiortage was discovered. Mr. Wynn is ( indier #5,000 bond. Ills bondsmen met v his atternoon and have arranged bo 0 )ay all -the shortage. The exchange* laims the shortage Is out-and-out de 'alcation. Wynn makes the atatement hbat the shortage is due to a clericaler or and a loes or vonch&s.re THE TRIANGULAR FIGHT IN OHIO. & Third State Ticket to Enter the Field Today. SPRINGFIELD. 0., Aug. 5.-When he People's Party convention was called o order today by lion. 1I. T. Barnes, it least 450 delegates occupied seats in he beautifully decorated hall. A more )rderly and intelli.. ent convention Is ieldom seen. Many ladies were on the loor of the hall and several of them oc :upied seats on the stage. The proceed ugs were opened with prayer by Joshua ,rawford, and Chairman Barnes then ead letters of encouragement from Sen ttor Pell'er and ion. 11. Gaithers, mem >er of the national committee of Ala >ama. Hugh Cavanaugh, of Cincinnati, was ntroduced s temporary chairman, and vhen lie advanced to the front of the itage he was greeted with hear-,y ap. ?lause. Cavanaugh said this was the nost important couvention held by any )Hrty for many a year. It is composed )f men who have no axes to grind. We ropose, said he, to serve notice on don nating parties that they have terved )Ut their time. We diler from both the )ther State conventions which have been ie)d this year, notably from the one in Jolumbus, in that we have not so many ienatorial candidates In the field. We ire here to represent a principle which nust in the end pravall. Politicians imve been sayin(, "You till the soil and ve will attend to politics." Cavanaugh said that John Sherman, ike Ingalls, would be relegated to pri late life. "If the Mansfield iceburg uilly understood his position lie would ay, with Woolsey: 'Had I but served he people with half the strengtb I have ierved Wall street, it would not now eave me in my old age.'" H1. B. 1utchison was selected as temporary ecretary. Various committees retired, md pending their return to report Rob rt Schilling addressed the convention. kA er receiving reports from committees, ,he convent,ion adjoulned until to-mor ow. Tle committee on resolutions has >wen wrestling with a platf'orm since 3 . ml., and at 10 p. im. adiourned until oimorrow moraing without having eachied a conclusion. The sticking 'oints are the prohibition, land tax and arm product loan features. The city lstricts insist that a prohibition plank Nould cost the party thousands of votes, md they will fight it to the bitter end. legarding a ticket, everything is chaos. 'here are a dozen candidatt, and their espective advocates are not sanguine. L'here is beneath the surface considera. >le feeling between the Federation of ['abor men and the Knights of Labor, vhich causes the farmer element to sus )ect both. Pianos and Organs, N. V. TRuMP. 134 Main Street Co ubilla, S. C., sells Pianos and Organs, lirect from factory. No agents' com iiissions. The celebrated Chickerin 11ano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated or its clearness of tone, lightness of ouch and lasting qualities. Mason & [1amlin Upright Piano. Sterling Up Ight Pianos, from $225 up. Mason & [aminl Organs surpassed by none.Ster ing Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument uaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' rial, expenses both ways, if not satis.. actory. Sold on Instalments. Rheumatism Is cured by P. P. P. P'ains and aches in the back, shoulders, .1 tnees, ankles, hips, and wrists are all * Ltttcked and conquered by P. 1'. P. 6 L'his great medicine, by Its blood leansing properties, builds up and trengthens the whole body Rheumnatism.-JTamres Paxton, or Sa ainnah, Ga., says he had Rheumatism o bad that fiw could not move from lie bed or dIress without help, and that me triedl many remedies, but received hO relief until he began the use of P. P. ~. (Prickly Ash, Poke RLoot and Potas ium), and two bottles restoredh him to The importance of purifying the >)ood cannhot be over-estimated, for vithout p'tre blood you cannot enjoy foodl heahh. P. P. P. (P'rfckly Ash, joke Root and Pottassim) is a mirac lous blood purifier, performing more ures in six months than all the sarsa arillas and( so-called blood purifiers ut together. DO YOU WISH TO 31E 13ONN OF YoURn OW.N e.NhfOINE. IEN BUY THiE TIHOMAS STEAM PRESS AND SEEDh COTTON ELEVATOR. It is the most perfect system in uise, un ading cotton f roni wagons, cleanilng and livering it into gins or stalls. Cotton eos niot pass through fan and press re Ires no pulley nor belts, It saves time d money. TALBOTT & SONS' VGI NES ANDI BOILERS, STIATION &RY AND) PORTABLE. OLD DO t LBOTT SAW MILLS, IMPROVED FRICTION AND ROPE FBHCD $200 Tro 1600 LJUMMUS AND VAN WINKLE COT. pr )N GINS AND COTTON P'RES$Fi. re We oifer Saw MilI Men and Glnnors most complete outfits that can be s uight and at bottom prIces. b r. C. BADHAM, GENERAL AGENT,T COLUMBIA, 8. C. rI'll TALBOTTI ENGINE IS THE~ -- 'ST Feb 19-ly. LDVIOE TO WOMEN If you would protect yourself ' from Painful, Profuse, Scanty, T( Suppressed or Irregular Men-- At struation you must use Ia tal B3RA DFIE LD'S , FEMALE R EG U L ATOR CABrUnSVrLL3, April M,1IE6. This will certify that to ore of may onediatef ~i, after ha vg safered for eafrm estralEr IVKlarity, sing treated without 6..4 t~ ysicians kteo Ws?rly wonderful. w.c ctae BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO.. ATLANTA, GA. 35& 412 5W4115 DZUQexa', L GRBAT OEZR THAT MAY NOT AGAIN 13 REPEATED, 0 DO NOT DELAY, "SBIEE IIE THN RON is HOT." Write for Catalogue now, and say what >aer you saw thla advertisement In. Remember that I sell everything that ;oes to furnishing a home-manufactur. ng some things and buying others in the argost p ible lots which enables we to vpe out all competition. 1ERE ARE A FEW OF MY START LING BARGAINS A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full ilze, 15x17 inch oven, fitted with 21 piecest >f ware, delivered at your own depot,U Ill freight charges paid by me, toi )nly Twelve Dollars. A Again, I will sell you a 5 hole UookiuI Range 13x13 inch ovon, 1Mx26 Inch top, lt - ;ed with 21 pieces ot ware, for TRI IEEN DOLLAV S, and pay the treight to veur depot. DO NOT PAY TWO FR1CE3 FOh YOUR GOODS. I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit, walnut frame, either in combination ui banded, the most stylish colors for 33.60, to your .ailroad station. freight paid. I will also sell you a nice Bedromos ut musistiug of Bureau with glass, 1 high ad Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centre ble, 4 cane seat chairs, I cane seat and back rocker all [or 16.6u, and pay I reigis to your depot. Or I will send you an elegant Bedroom uit witji large glass, lull narble top, 101 30, ana pay Ireight. ice winuow shade on soring roller * 00 .tIegaut large walnut bday clocl, 4.0* Walnut lounge, 7.00 Lace curtains per window, 1. I cannot describe everymiiug In a smuali advertisement, but have n iminense store ontaining 22,wo feet ot floor room, with ware houses and factory buildings in othei parts of Augusta, waking in all the lar Wgest business o1 this xiu under one man lagelent in the bouttieru btates. 'i hese torwiand warehouses are crowded witi p tie chvicest productions of tie best tacto 4 ries. MAy catalogue coitalinig IlilustrtioI 1. gOUOs will e mailed It you will JLiUI) say Where you Oaw ta advertisenent. ay freight. AdUress, L. F. PAUGETT, 1kroprietor Vadgett's rurniture, otovt anu rIrpot buore, 1110-1113 iJrOad OeeL, ALUkX(1bi. k3A u q Nrr~dicineA MN AND WOMAN. C! P wil: purify a'id vitalize your J! rI :o R f -a ..1tild give your p.romaivi-tt railroa,d m .r de&n at- pa -itn ii i -mYering with '-'.--i.,, 11n-1p E ti' an I1I*IdjI h m sn' sa 1 a . hi nover felt io wto!l in hl!t it,e, I. W1 It Could livetfr , it . :f...t. J t wl . gnq 11 1 ''1 f A .%r tired out fr . -- . - an to LI43 eVIIlIIuImI1tnt, t4jL di P. P. P. If yu arufeih hadche indiestion,. ald ut of sortand take P. P. P. If your dsuf- ith orgavos eedttongu, P. P. P. IFor ldr Pisn Itheda,tistScon. dodc (t id or alari, thonakreal P.P.P. oPrickysAh, PokRoo a o ilnd Poassum.s eo TheaOl bes looria,ierno emwold.e LImPA iate, hlsaekegisa Solo ropritors SA Prik S A,Pk Rot h Tebst B booo urifier nd th orld, Meicn We r lth Manufactrs,adSlePo LI'hi W is the tim of theya he syste guire a NOTi UnSte OaURSfer JURRtock of Ir MIXe,UE-.. is anBod PDrgistsr andSriesMlacpete Weare cltes ufactilngyur rdcandnePot excelled,th tie sofct yer ptrone. - he Murray Drug Coe, COL U MBfA, S. C. College for Women, COLUMBIA, 8 C. I or: Second soholastic year begins September pap 1891. Full corps of Professors and achiersin Acadeile, Collegiate, aulsle, 't and Medical D)epartmients. Young H Lies intending to prepare for tile Medkcal ofossion %-11l find it to) their interest to ce the or.e year's Preliminary Course in didcine at this college. Most beautiful 3unuds and comfortable home In the uti Fo cirecular and catalogue, apply REY. WM!. RI. ATKINSON, ID. D. ug 2-2m. Before assuring your life, or Iuvesting your mou. ey, examine the Twenty Year Tontine Polieles of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE: United States, Policies maturing in 1891 realize cash returus to the owners, of amounts varying from 120 to 176 per cent, of the money paid in, bealdes the advantages of the Assurance during the whole period of twenty years. The following is one of the many actual cases maturing this year: Endowment Policy No. 64,925. Issued in 1871, at age 27. Amount, f5,000. reinlum, 1239.90. Total Premiums Paid, ,798. R E S U L T S at end of 'Jontine Period in 1891: &SH1 SURRENDEI VALUE, $8,449.45, (Equal to *176-10 for each $100 paid in premiums, which is equivalent to a re turn of all premiums paid, with interest at 7% per cent. per annum.) Or, in li0eo cash, PA I D-UP LIFE POLI Y FOR VI,470. (Equal to 1405.80 for each $100 paid in premiums.) OR1, A LIFE ANNUITY of 1033.55 One fact is worth a thousand theories bere is no Assurance extant in any com. ny which ccmipares with this. The uitable Is the strongest company in the uirld and transacts the largest business. For further information address or apply the nearest agent of the Society, or write rect to W. J. RODDEY, GEEPNAE. AGEITM. April 8-lim ROCK lILL4, S. C. :IE LARGEST STOCK MOST 81(ILLED WOItKMBN, LOWEST PRIUEC8 soeth Carolinl Marble Woi), i.F. H. HY ATT, s the best place in Meth Carolina or ithern States to secure se.isfactioni in ierican and Italian Marble Work. All us of Cemetery Work peciality. TAHLETS, II EA USTON ES, MONUMENTS, &c. end for prices and full information. F. H. HYA TT' priily 1 COLUMBIA. S . . ilning Machinery inl Stock, A lull Car-Load of ILOR SEED) COTTON 'ELEVA TORLS. Three Car-Loadls of PRNATT GENM. IIROWN AND WINsilP GINS, ENGINES, BIOILING, BELTING, ETIC. Ilo (m hand in Charlotte, N. C., a large BONN IEMMEN * AND NEW ERLA ROIL~EJs, lace your orders befor,, the rush; bottom es guzaranteed. First clan, goods. W. HI. (I1BBEis, Jn., & CO. COLUMBIA, S. C. irst Class Work. V ery Low Prices. upgies, Carriages, RLoad Carta, W agons, ,Warranted Second to none. iquire of nearest dealer in these goods, eud for Uatalogna-...Mentionling thie )LLER & ANDERSON iGY7 CO.. ROCK HIL~L.8 U.. NrmuA 306 w.umum, *?s*r. pmuppa4i'su. sbim.0