The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, December 31, 1891, Image 4

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Ojr 1-iFE.AND,DATH. We.'talked of life and death. She said: "Whichever of us two first dies, Shall ane back from among the dead And teach his friends these mysteries." She died last night, and all this day I swear that things of every kind Are tryiAg, trying to convey Somne message to my troubled mind. I lobked up from my tears erewhille; That white rose dying in the cup Wa gazing at loe with her smile, It blushed her blush as I looked ip. It paled then with an agony Ot effort to tell me aught Tl at would, I think, bring peaco to Ine Nor ould I but guess; and I cannot. OM t And when the-vind rose at my door, TV It clamored with a plaintive din, Like some poor creature begging sore To be let in: I let it in. It blew my light out: round my head It whirled, and swiftly in iny ear Uad whispered soiething cre it lied; It. had her voice, so low, so dear. The looking-glass this live-long day Has worn that ciious, meaning alr. I feel it vhet I look away Rellecting things that are not thure. For hours no breath of wind has stirred, Yet bends the lamp's flatme as if faned; 'lihe clock says o'er and o'er a word, But 1! I cannot understand Alliance ToIvcv, OF COURSE.. 'The tmoney power is entirely satisfied with the result in Ohio and New York. No matter whet.her Dentocrats or Re pliblicans bob upl) east of the M ississippi, Wall street rides on top of the vic TI, AT's wil.\1 THEiY AIZE 01NO. When the banker buys a bond that bonddraws him interest. That is an in vestment. '[hen why should the gov ernient i-sie that banker 9 per cent of the value of lisi bond in imoney to loan,to the people at I big rate of in lei st ? T l(. people should think about t hese <Iuestions.-'I. II onest Dollar. Til 1. AND 1.OAN PLANK. 'I'lTe illoilelit lotlts ..lm tile goveri ment shall be granted upon the itnt proved lands of the coitry, that iio lolit tile lands will be in demand. 'very body will ftih it desirable to have propelt y that is good sceurity for a govertinment loatt. Tho hilnd-loatn schemie N the sieet, anithor of aIll our1 hopes. Everv intelligeit farier will StilA by it.- -lhv Monlitor. 'ltel the itverage (Congressmnan learls that it is t lie ditLy of i' mgrvss to fpotect, the people against the spolia ti1011 of lislire-A atnd sellish, sotilless corlporatiolw; by ali ed in\%asions, they will have l-arlied a little inore than tht seem to know at Ies: it. 'I'he people need pro! eit loll ton t erili Illore thlall olitsidle vilveinies ;at, this jIIIu *.1titre of 'tIr history. -.\rkliixs 'ilitier. 4)ll, *11 1 W O IA ls w 1 11 : - i-. , Whelm-nev,er y-oi pin dowu a Sonthi-rn Colgressmaw nas to is views on national bariks Ie will very retily declare that he is oppos(d to ite. I f yol III plush iiin he will t-Clare I i avo' of O he re pell f their clhirters. I I vol will then make himi iteclar.f how he will sup) lv the :mbqlitittv ftr the natioitml bank circiflation that would be withdrawn, he '%ill never aiis.ver. Whv? Ile is Miiply fixing to do aIotbillg itn that diruction, aud the next t ime eli wants to be elected he will h1 -e a 1d1t. Now is the time. Make thim shw ny or shut ll-A lianie lit -aid. Fti!A N<'l: A .Ot)E0 t(-:1 I 'S. AIltough thlerto is a ci r- alaflt n & diitit of $fhtil prcapiitas inl Franl[ce, -mid the rulhing rate of ini tt 13'.p'er cenit, t here is less compi)j t, of' stringency ini mnonetary ..affaire. A proposition is he -tore t1~islat'ave body of the country for ie gove-rnmenit to loan tmoney to farmers on their lands at 2 per cent ini - terest, and it is likely to becotme a law, though not very mulch necessity exists for It. France has long sice learned that a high rate of initerest is tout (onl. ducive to the prosperity of her- atgricutl ture, and inisteadi of allowaing a set of cormtorants to feed uapon it arid destroy it, as has been done iln A tmerica, every mnt.r is given. .lesides such tavorable legislation as is kept upon01 hter statultes, an appropriation of' ! 30,000,000 atniual 13' is maitde to enicoutrage and( decvelo)p her agricultuire. France is a inodel for lti.-A rkansas F"o'rmer. Th'lis cunt!ry 1Iis ite thrtoes of a mottey lamine, anmd the mtasses of the peoplet can realize 1no pr-ospetrity unltil it shall be relieved. IIlow thits relief shall coet anid how it shall lie s(eured, are the ulueCstion for th topublicists of this coutn.ly to siettle. Th'le lIepublican idea is to reduce t he volumtie of culrrenley. -[lie Clevelatnd ideta is to destroy thle "dlishonest inoney'," which means the same thing. The mrasses of the people do not etibrace either of these rem'nedies, for they are not reedies, bitt aggra vators of the mtalaidy. it woutld seetm to be mfontutmental chee~k for any set of meni to offer thtis remtedy to) atn intehli -gent petople, but these are two leading ideas as political pannees lotr fte ills I rottn which the hody' poilitic is sutfferinig. It requ'ires v'ery litt,le percep)tionl to re ahize that the dem)and( is not, mfet an id can tnever be fulifilled by cit h'er of't hue remedies.- - Alliancie i Ierald. C'rutsado of L'r:anks{. saiys that liuissell Sa&ge, wvhom the btomb btroI er, Nor:r'oss, tried with dynamtite (h o out of $1I25,!0010, hais aini bea 4)We tened in a siiir w;ay . Siue 'N or - cross Ii1. tnpted toii5t1 asststmhe the ven - er-able ~inancier, Mr. Sage has ire:eivaeud - nearlyl,t00 loAuiromu erank,s in till parts 01' the9 -'a'e :ri Stat's, antd evenct Iromi .Iraucpe. -iaum were in othier ian e:uages than lintgiish. T[he only * thing Mr. Sage did was to tll Inspiector .iyir nles. Th'le inspector said that lie would begin a "'crank crusade.'' lie petsuadhed *Mr. Sage to give ihim some of the letters, or copies or them, andh trantslattons of f'oreign ones. With the doing of that, Mr. Sage restedl content. SSaturday eVening, ai few'a minutte after .o'clock, there was ma ring~ at the dloor what &One of the etvants went to the .fejr to ihE.tandhtig 0on the stepts wais ia yountg ~cet eSbf rather uncouth appiearantce. Thetat ill, "Is this No. 509 I"ifth ave prisoir Scarefly had Bile spokeni when such .Shumnpedh before hier and cried, "I pecomo to kill Mr. Sage.'" The ser' ant was astounded, for but an instant. then she exclaimed, loudly, "WVell, YOU got right out of here.'' Thte man said as:ala, "I have come to kill Mr. Sage." yThe servanit told him to gel, out, S Just then Mr-s. Sage came to the door, The man asked if she had got his letter demsnding $2 600,000. She re pled that she hddnot. Hie said that if' he did not ge the -money he would blow up the 4 u1se. 'Mrs. Sage ran at him, and hockgd him and pushed him down the & ps. Thei police were notified, and -tome ha. ben c1loie-ywatchad everi .J. AN ADDRESS Bv President Stokes to the Allianceien of Nouth Caronina. The follow%lg alddr-ss has been is sited to the Alliaticomen of South Car olina by lion. .1. W . Stokes, Pre>ident of the State Alliance: I need not tell you that sore distress prevails throughout the br.rders of our State among all laboring people, bvit especially among agricultitrists. The line prices : year ago stimulated activi- I ty and onlil(tWIece, and with bounding hope they iii many cases passed the t limit of prudence in contracts for for tilizers aid labor. in most sections of the State the crops are very Bhort, while the receipts at the ports woulI indicate not only an unprecedented but an incredible gener al yield. Large fertilizer contracts, a short crop, and prices below the cost of production, while the manufactured article has actually advanced in price, tells the story with very many of our people. From mountain to seaboard their plaint distresscones up to this of. lice; but to the honc%r of those who write it inust be said that there is little of the spirit of repining complaint. The spirit of those who write is the spirit of those masses for whom they write. To the everlasting credit of our peo ple, be it said, In most cases they are paying ip their contracts just as far as their limited crops will reach at pro v,ailing ruinous prices. The spectacle of an industrious man surrendering his last blade of fodder and bushel of corn tow ard tie li<luidation of his debt, con p0s admiration even in the abstract; but wien that man turns his steps homeward empty-handed to an empty corn-crib and Ilour barrel, knowing that he must look into trusting eyes, brim ining with anxiety and foreboding, or dulled into dumb patience under bur dexs long endured, inevitable, the case assumnes a tragic phase. A hard thing to (1o, that: but it is a superio thing, because it is the right thing, the honest thing, the manly thing. The contract was to pay to the extent ot the crop; and the contract should be mnetas imade. It matters not that in some cases there was extortii; or that, the living for which the pro dutct, of a whole year's labor aid( indus try was pledged was a meagre living of the plaiinust sort. The contracts wiere made that way and should be mnet as mad~ te. I'his is the right course; and it, is also tht! best )olicy. Accomiodation8 for another year will be i.jorn easily ob t.ained it the accounts for this year are (iiitably adjusted. It puts matters in btt hilsinless shape to close the ac. comit for I he year bly settlemeit, even i tihe efs f the eus!omwr re<(ii ire the 1e-ow-l1ning olf the nwcoitnt nlext d1ay. I I -ust, howeve, that. as far as possible, mlur fivoide w%Ill mvold going into deb't nvxt. yvitr, vveil if thewy liave to hire oit for . season or for a whol year. Ixt ls take cousel wittl each otlher It i s. ..on ofi sore distr.ss -a coim mon 1 sulformg sihoild inake a common VISC.a nnun1n IMIl huns'. Le't ourli Itolde clIng closer together nd thus SI r-VIgLte1 C:Lch L others hand, and (ling el(. r to oir oganizatIoI. Irea wrongh been hleaped itpo n agri clture. under which it is languiLibig (Or pmilug Ior life. Shall we desert I.Ie nly 'rg;uuition that proisies hIelp? Shall u' tsert its principles and sub mitt in duntb pItience ike beasts of bur uiti, bcan our efforts to help otir Scllves i-ve stirred Iip opposition ? .tither ht us knit ourselves together w ii -. closer liv. take coitrage from the riait o!)isiiness of our cause, aitte-id ouir iiu ' ling:, discuiss t hrese broader ilues t louis as we'tll as ouri indtividual needss, oni a1 so)lutioni will be fouind in Gocd's own g.ood time. "All t hinigs comte to him i who enn wvait'' is an old proverb. N o'~ rii'stioni IS sett lea unltil it is settled right. We know thait existing ctond(i tions are unequainl ; and1( no man of intel li genmt nionesty main tainus that they are' .right . The general ennecensus of' opini on is t liat they are not ight, ho'wever wide ly they mnay di!fer as to thu causes and tle iemevdit's, aid a general awvakeninig oi thle piubbei conscionce uipon a given matter, is the sure precu rsor of' better tinugs. Attemnid1 te meetini gs, thetn, antId dis' ('1ss t bese broaid <1ue.st ions of priincipile as well as your inodiviAduial ills and needs. Let the stronger Jock arms with the we iker and thus make a stronger union, that will tide us over the imi penidig crisis. D o all IhIns; Ih't especilly should each Al mneeC imatn attendi( his ,sub at the last me-et ig in D)eceiiber'; let e.ach talk I reely to tnt' end tht dlelegate's to the C'ointiy Alliance inay lie posted fully as to the condtitions anid needs of his mem bers. As sooni as delegates are appoinit ed hl.t tihe secret ary be inistrn:-ted to send( thi in ames arid post ollices to this ot' lier. Thetn lt't every member, w'hether de legate' on no)t attend the J1anniary meet ing oi his County Alhlianice. Matters of tspeciaz miterest will he there presented, am! it is hoped that every membi er, who pIossibly cant, will be there. Let the Jian nary meet ig ot the County Alli ance be' a general rallying ground, to t he endl that in the molt itude of' counsel the .sat ety of olr people may be assured, ail the propt'r measures tof relie'f be de vised frocm the di Iliculties thait enyiron us. Brethlreii, let, is all hear' with lorti hide thle evil thay, bear hike inen the hut-dens we cannot shake oil, do0 our duit y. With an abidinig faith in the righteousness andl justice of our princi ples, and ini the t'xistence of our God, a rigihteouus and just author o)1 the a ffairs of men,. we shall obtain the relief' we' seek. L et us at tend the D ecemiber meetIng 1 of the Subs antd the .January meeting of t he Coiint y Alliances, as far as possi ble: i:d ben<tl ou r thuought and eff'ort to the 'stabl ishimnt of. bettor things. I 'res. S. C. State AlIliance. I I arigebuirg, I )ceemter 12, 1891. An, U'gy Rtepolrt I enhetd. Thhe Augusta lIvening 11 erald, of' ther l h instanit, p)ubished( the following: t "I I e l iev. iThoimas L,eitch whose ser- ' mus durning the past two years have I start led siners ini South Carolina and f Gecorgia arid put ithem on the way t tuwardls c:onver-don, tell himself by the t roaldsideo last -night. While savimng i mny fromi ruin by Ite fatal thirst for I whiskey, he himiself' was not able to I standl the temptation, and1( last night t was orderedt cut of the Augusta hotel c for drnkenness. T1he f'all of this gen- I' tlenman Is to be deplored, for had he re- e mnained on the righlt llie and continued t: hIs evangelical ser vices he woul have ti done an immenise anmount of good." Ii As will be seen, the above report was S taken from an Augusta paper' anid the ti saime stomy was telegraphed to other n1 papers. Rlev. L. 1L. P'ickett of Columi- 13 bia, S. C., iniformed the llecord of that bi city that the report is not trute. Mr. tl Plckett was in A ugusta on tire night in y (uest,lon and says th at he wvau in Mr. 0 Leitch's ccompany until after 9i o'clock and up to that time he was in his usual condition and he does not believe that p any thing could have occurred after p that to induce the evangelist to become si drunk. Mr. Plckett and Mr. Leitch n had both been attending the North a Georgia Conference and had returned i to Augrnsta from the sessions. tl A REPUBLICAN RALLY. k S1ut4 U4nvn1ion Called to Mteet Next April. COLUMMA, S. C, Dec. 18.-I is re >orted thal a small number of Itepub icans flrom all parts of the State held a onference in this city recently and or ,anized what shall be known as the- Re iblican State Central Committee. The pecial duty of this committee will be o orgaitize a plai of campaign for 1892. ;teps wrre also taken looking to the or anization of a Congressional commit .eo to call a Congressional convention ,o elect delegates to the National lIe iublican Convention which will be ield at Minneapolis June 7th, 1892. It s claimed that there was an infusion of iew material into this movement. Among those mentioned as being resent were Simeon Corley, of Lexing ;on, J. Ilendrix McLane, of Bosting, V. L1. Clayton, of Columbia, C. G. Mem ringer, of Charleston, Frank Nichols, )f Greenville, Jas. E. Harmon, of Lex Engton, J une Wigg, of Beaufort, E. M. toeblor and J. C. Hunt, of Union, F. N1. Prickett, of St. Matthews, 0. it. Bowen, Kershaw, P. C. Johnson, Col umbia and W. .1. Mason, Greenville. All of these parties are white except Wigg, Johnson and Mason, and it may be said in passing that most of them itre postmasters or hope to be some of these days. N ow this heterogeneous congregation or aggregation, whose political opin. ions, when sifted, are no doubt as varie gated as they are themselves, would like either to to it themselves or be instru montal in shaping the politics of this State. God forbid. They claim that there are many white men in this State who are genuine Republicans. There may be but they only show up about Pederal olicesharing time. It is also Iield by these political solons that the people of this State ought to be divided into two :Jistinctively political parties. That's the case now but it would ap pear as it these organizers are looking Lo.xards a third party, which is to be made up out of any and everything which is in opposition to the Democrat ic party. The precluding of the organ lzation of a worthy Rlepublican party mas detarded the development of the inatural resources o' Ilie State. W'ell if Lhat ain't good, then I never, no iever. And again; people can't be happy and prosperois undier a race party or one [)arty idea. Shades of '71. A fter getting oil a goo:l deal more of Ahis kind of still an earnest appeal is nade to the worthy and intelligent -olored man, hilt it is safe to say that he worthy aid intelligent colored men Af this State will not lend their aid to miy moveient in which J. 11(ndrix ,Nlciiane is a -hiiing light. A State 'onver iion of tile part.y is called to nev i i I his vity on A prii 12th, 1892. to !et foir delegates al. hirge to the Nia ionll Iep liblicanl Coivention which vill nioet at Nliieapolis .1 une 7Lh, S92. l'h c:llI for this conveition is sigined >y ('hairnua I . W. 'owler, N'ice 'hair nian -'. NI. Stoeber, Ti-asurer W. 1'. ainii, IHecording Secretary Jackson uirts. ('orcesponing Secretary I'. folison. Ih t1e above conllstit ute the e. wnii%e comiittce of the new party. register. W1Imer,e thle Mon,ey G(.s ('uIA' \i cm.\, S. C., Dec. 19.- -The bill o inake appropriations for the ex >enses ol the State Government for the ,oiniig year came up in tile House >n Wedtiesday. 'l'he following is a tabumlated statement of thle appropria 14ons provideCd for in the bill: l'xeciut ive depairtment... .... . . ,915 miadicial d(epartmfent .... . ... . . 6,400 IIealth dlepartmenlt.... .... .... 11,00 l'ax dlepartmenti.... .... .. .... 25,40X S'outh Carolina College . ... .. ..I 41,00 .itadIel Academy.... .... .....20,00 lailin College................,500) Win' hrop Training School.....5,250) l 'enitentiary..................;,540) bunatic Asylum............... 97.;50 D)eaf, Duimb and Bilind......... 15,915 ';atawv ba Indians.... .... ......8K) I nterest public debt . ... ... ....383,000) Vu blic printing . ... .... .. . .... 20000 laims passed by L4egislatmeo... 3,000 l'ralnsp)ortation of convicts..3,000 ~overnor's mansion.... ........500 .ighting the State I louse..... .1,300) [eating the State Ihouse... . ....900 'ensions........ ........... .. 5,5 laniagers o1 electIon .... .... ..15,000 'hosphato Commission ... ...... 5,890 .dvertising. electors.... ....... 2,000 .entingent fund: Governor.................50 Senate....................... 600 Ilouse....................... 500 Treasurer.... .... ......... ..200 Comptroller General.... ...... 200 Secretary of State.... ...... ..175 Adjutant General............100 Attorney General.... ........100 State Librarian.... .... ......125 State liouse keeper...........100 Supreme Court.... ...........200 l'ngrossing department.... ....200 Total.... ...... ......8854,115 iegislatutre app)ropriation bIll: Senate.... .... .... ....1 1,066 Ilouse.............. 27.340 E'ngrossing departmu't. 3,247 Tiotal...............1,653 Grand total..........895,768 Pnaimu Timomni Arund.m Th'le State, of last Monday, publishes lie following account of a swindle that i'as playedl on the people of Coilumbia: 'A week ago three neatly dressed men amme to Columbia and took quarters at he Waiverly Ileouse. Now they are ~one, andl when this is readl many unsus ecting Colombians wvill be poorer but much t hue wiser. M rs. Tuirner, the pro wietre.ss of the boardIng house, had1( aeni pushing the young men for their >oard bills, w~hmen yesterday morning hey skipped oit at daylight aund took lheearly train for Augusta. When they ame here they at once began to canvass lie city for pictures to enlarge. They euired 50 cents ini advance, anid wen't o almost every residence in the city. 'hey took a large number of orders, it a said including one of the Governor's amily. WVhen Airs. TIurner wvent iinto lie room ye.strday morning she found his note lying on a pile of sixty-two hotographis, some of' them showing the ices of the most prominent people in he city: "We thaink the owners of hiese pictures very much for their 50i ents. They can have their pictures ack, as we are too poor to have them nilargedl." When Mrs. Turner read di she forgot her own loss and1 enjoyed 10 prFospcts of the iun there would be u niany households today. To T1he tate representative she said: ",Just all the owners of these photographs for ie that if they will conme to the Waver house they can have their facos back, utt not their money." We are glad that le three rascals were caught and caged rhiile trying to work their little game n the people of ]iatesburg. Tiui NEwv ORILEANs DELTA says the rofits of the LouisIana Lottery coin any are $30,000,000 a year. It is not irprising that the lottery men are iaking a hard fight to hold their grip, ad it looks very much from the reports I the primary meetings recently held sat they have it THE CIRCULATION FRAUD. Chu ftopurt of the Investigttinig colnuilt too Prenelkted and Adopted]. COLUMnIA, S. C., Dec. 16.-lu both >ranches of the General Assembly to lay the report of' the jMit committee Avhich hus investi-gated the alleged Iraud v3 to the award of alvertismng to The tregister. as the paper of larg_est circula Lion In Celui ,a. was )resented and Adopted. The report is as follows: COLUMBIA, De0. 16, 1891. To the ll9norable Senate and House of Representatives: G ENTLEM EN:-The committee of the two IIouses appointed under a concur rent resolution to investigate the charges of fraud that have been made In public prints in the award o'the advertisement for the public printing, respectfully re port to your honorable bodies that they have examined the general statutes of the State of South Carolina and find tha t it is require(d of the clerks of the two bodies to adverties the call for proposals for the public printing In a daily news paper in Columbia and Charlestion hav ing the largest daily circulation. and that the said advertisement shall be published on the first'day of the sesesion. They further find that the two clerks selected a practical printer to decide the question between the two Columbia pa pers, viz.: The Register and The State, and that no objection Was made to the appointmenlt. And they further find that, so far as the Clerk of* the Senate and the Clerk of the Ilouse of' Representatives are con cerned, no fraud has been practiced by either of them in the appointment of their representative, or in the award of the advertisement. They have acted entirely on the r port of their appointee, that report being as follows: COLUMBIA, S. C., Nov. 12. To Dr. Sampson Po.>e, S. C.. and Gen. J. W. Gray, C. II. I.: GENTLEMEN:-A s your special agent to ascertai.i t..c c:,. dation of the daily papers published in Columbia, I find, from evidence given me, that The Co lumbia Register has the laruest circula tion. Respctfully, etc., [Signed] V. M. Ito)1Es. Your committe further repoet that they Iind th above report of W. M. Rtogers was false, and that from evidence before your committec the daily circula Lion of The State, on Nov. 12, 1891, was 327 copies, and that of The Register 1014 copies. And your committee condemn the ac tion of W. A. Rogers in practIcing fraud itd deceit upon tile clerks of the Senate ind Ilouse orL Representatives. Icepectfully subnitted, Chairman. A. If. W I L,- ums, 1I. F. Aim oi-r, Col.i. l'. BILEASE. .-,ince the above report was w1itteii 11)d siguedN W. '. ltocrs re(quested a bIcarmlly and submitted the following Ailidavit: South Carolina, lichland County. Personally appeared. WT. M. iRogers, wto being duly sworn, says: The evi luce submitted to ine by Mr. C. II. Beard, bookkeeper of The Register, as Lo his eirculation were the subscription Ljoo.s of the daily and weekly and city route books and mail hits. My atten timn Was not called as to whether the names on thie books were expired or uinexp)ired subscribers. If there was any Irad or deception it was niot on my parlLt, and f':o:n the evidenice furnished no I based my report. W.. M. OIoaEns. I(iauiY S. Tui-En., Notary Publc. DUPED BY HIS BROTHERS. Hlow ai C'iimani of Couiaiih, WVau Ind.uced to Go Wes't. CorInilA, S. C., Dec. 19.--Lewis Stroyer upl to a coupIle of' months ago was a comparatively prosperous man md livedl with his.family in peace and zontentmuenit. Now lhe has not a cent if this.world's goods and his two broth 3rs are responsible for his condition. l'he story of his rise in life and his fall is an interesting one and is here liven. Stroyer was a p)rivate in Sher nuan's army and wais with that General when lie captured this city and burned it dto the ground and1 left its people liardlly a thin g but the ground upon which they waliced. Stroyer did rnot go on with the army, LIut staidl here, thouigh what induce nents could have madle him (do so prob ibly lie himself could iiot tell. But he staidl, and after things quieted do wn he went to work and b,y industry and( frug ility he got quite a start in lif'e. iIe was m man of goodl business instincts andl gradually added to his possessions until 1e gained a f'air comp lete.lce. lie owned store back of the State HIouse, where ie did a good businesqe and also owned i small farm near the city, which >rought him additional income. That was his condition up to about nine veeks ago. IIe had never told his amily wvhere he was and1 they supposed ie was dead. But it happened that his two brothers Iritted to this city nine weeks since md accidlentally discovered their long ost brother. TJhe reunion wats a hap >y one and many were the Inquiries nade on either side ats tc p)ersonal e'x eriences since t.hiey' a' last miet. The ~wo brothers told Mir. Stroyer of their omo in Ohio; how they andl their f ath r had "struck it rich" and ownedi meveral oil wvells; how tihe "old man" onged to see his face again and by such ~alk finally persuanied him to go to ~heir ;homie in Ohio andl share the for tunes produncedl by the oil wells. Air. 'troyer decided to go and sold all of his property in this city at a sacrifice of ibout fifty cents on tihe dollar. OiIo went to Ohio and sa w, and was dlis gusted, tosaty it mildly, at the deception practiced upon him by ii brothers. The oil wells wer' a myth, or about the samte thing as 'ar as paying handsome Ly is conicernie'. iIe found that he had b)een at grer& expense in taking his fam ily to Oh' o and after stayinag there a while he dieterinedl to come back to South Carolina, because, lie said, "that was the poorest country in thme world." lie came back and1( when lie got here he found that the proceecds of the sale of the property had dwindled away to nioth ing. Ile will make a new start and hopes to retrieve his fortune, which ill who read the story wvill sincerely hope) lhe may.- -lecordl. THiE PATENT 0OF THE BELL telephone will expire In England in 1892, and would expire in this country about the tame time, but tha company is making mn effort to extend their monopoly by .'irtue of another pate~ t which they iave been granted. M ~. Benthuysen, who Is said to be an expi rt on the sub ect, says the courts will hot allo w this, is the original patert covered the whole, iIe thinka the invention will de free to public '4eafter the expira t ion of the origiie( patent. SENATOR PLUMB, OF KANSA8, (lied suddenly I -. Washingtonm last Sunday. Fhis redue c the Republicon majority ni that haly ne vote. A Bad Bill Killed. The special committee appointed to reapportion the Congressional districts of the State, in accordance with the recommendations of Governor Tillman, reported a bill for the considera tion of the House. A majority of the committee were not in favor of making any change in the lines of the districts at this time, but made a report in obedience to the instructions contained in the resolution under 'which they were appointed. The following table, which we take from the News and Cou rier, shows of what counties the several districts as proposed in the bill were composed and the populatlon of each district by races. FIRST DIsTRICT. White. Colored. Edgelield ........17,055 32,203 Allken..............13,576 18,244 Barnwell........14,010 80,602 Hampton .... ...... 6,807 13.737 Beaufort ........... 2,563 31,553 54,011 126,339 Colored majority...........72,328 SECOND DISTRCT. White. Colored. Colleton..........13,870 26.410 Orangeburg ......16,585 33,808 Lexington........13,705 8,475 Newberry ........ 8,880 17,554 52,10 86,247 Colored majority.... .. . ..34,207 TiMM;RD DI)STRiCT. White. Colored. Charleston ....... 24,637 35,200 Berkeley ......... 7,661 47,766 Georgetown...... 4,020 16,837 1Iorry............13,639 5,817 Marion ........... 14.434 15,524 64,391 120,94 Colored majority..............5,553 FOURTH DISTRICT. White. Colored. Richland ......... 11,825 24,994 Kershaw....... 8,440 13,921 Clarendon........ 6,915 16,318 Sumter...........11,717 31,884 Fairfield ......... 7,051 21,548 - 45,948 108,655 Colored majority .............. 62,717 FIFTi[ DISTRICT. White. Colored. Marlboro......... 8,859 14,641 Darlington.......11,i159 17,474 Florence ......... 10,400 1.1,627 Chesterlield.......10,902 7,565 Lancaster ........10,338 10,422 Williamsburg..... 9,250 18,525 61,4('3 21,846 Colored majority........21,846 sTHxr DIsTiiICT. White. Colored. Spartanburg .....36,729 18,652 Laurens.......13,072 18,538 Union............10,874 14,489 York ..........18,038 20,33 Chester......... 8,443 18,217 87,156 90,629 Colored majority.............. 3,473 SEVEN''i[ DISTIICT. White. Colorea. Abhey,ille .........15.120 31.727 Anddrson .......25,174 18,522 Oconee ........... 13,641 5,045 Pickens .......... 12,194 1,195 Greenville........27,371 16,936 93,500 76,425 W hite majority.................17,075 The following statement shows the p-pulation of the several districts by race under Act of 1882: White. Colored. First District.......5.. .5,790 66,119 Second Ditrict.......51,266 85,482 TPhird D)istrict .... .... 2,783 68,780 Fourth D)istrict. .. .. ..79,633 87,597 Fifth District........54,140 67,168 Sixth~ District........57,957 73,426 Seventh D)istrict..... . .1.536 155,70 Total...........391,105 601,382 T1hie followmg~ rough estimate of the voting population in each district was made by the News and Courier in 1882 upon the basis of 1 voter for every 4% persons in the case of the whites and 1 in five in the case of the colored peo ple: White. Colored. First Itistrict... .... .11,953 13,223 Second DI)strict........11,392 17,096 Third District.........13,952 13,750 Fourth District......17,696 17,519 F"ifth D)istrict........12,031 13,433 Sixth D)istrict.........12,879 14,085 Seventh District .... ...7,008 31,152 Upon the same basis the following statement will show the voting popula tion in each district under the proposed Act: White. Colored. First District..... ....12,002 25,267 Second I)istrict..... ...11,560 17,249 TIhirdl)istrict........14,309 24,188 Fourth District.-..-....10,210 21,773 Fifth D)istrict..........13,646 16,650 Sixth District.... .. ..19,360 18,125 Seventh District....20,777 15,285 As the News andi Courier 8a.3s the bill turned the State upside down and inside out and worked an entire change in the political relations of the differ ent counties to each ether and to the State at large, while it made a black (district of every district in the State except the 6th and 7th (districts and changed the positions of these two dls. tricts from the lower to the upper belt of counties. It etfected a complete alter ation in the political geography of the State, and solidlled as far as practica ble0 the negro vote in the coast coun ties. When the bill came up in the llouse it was promptly killed, and we present the above figures to our readers to let them see what a nice mess we would have been in politically speaking had the bill become a law. A Sp,1it In The P'arty. NE.w ORLnTEANS, Dec. 16.-The lot tery question has caused a split in the Democratic party of' the State. It is the most serious that has ever occurred in Louisiana. Both factions of the lottery wimg and the anti-lottery wing held caucuses last night in Baton Rouge, Tihe caucus of the latter lasted necarly all night and was very exciting. It was finally dlecidedl to ask the lottery men to put an anti-lottery plank in the party platform, threatening to bolt ii it was re iected. It was rejected, and the bolt1 was declared, The State central committee met this morning, but none of' the antis attendled. The committee appointed hunted up) the absent members and were told that they had left the p)arty for goed and hiad started a new party, and wotdd hold a separate convention. The regular D)emocratic conventon, composed of' pro httery men, met at Pike's Hall. Fifty parishes and wardi were represented and 5441 delegates wore present. The antis met Winh thirty-nmne parishes and eleven wYards andl 474 dlelegates in at tendance. Both conventions dlevotedl themselves mainly to organizing. The Regulars will nominate ex-Oovernor MciEnery and the antis will vote for Mr. Adams, ipresident of the .Farmers' Alli ance. THmE CiRCULATION QUESTION be tween the two Columbia papers has been settled at last, The State has a circulation of 3,270 and the Register a circulati on 0" 1,044. We are glad that the matter aas been settled according to the pn6lea of right and justic. A OBAT OEEMR TH BE REPEATCD, So "STRIKE WHILIC THE T Write for Catalogae now, 'T AAI paper you saw this advertis 2%3nember that I-sell everyt. ".* te to furnlshlng a home-manu ing some things and buying others I largest possible lots, which enawes iwi wipe out all competition HERE ARE A FEW OF MY START LING BARGAINS A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full size, 15x17 Inch oven, fitted with 21 piece:. o ware, delivered at your own depot, , all freight charges paid by me, for : uly Twelve Dollars. Again, I will sell you a 5 hole Cookit' Range 13x13 Inch oven, I8X26 inch top, lit ted with 21 pieces of waro, for THIR TEEN DOLLARS, and pay the treight your depot. DO NOT 'AT TWO VRIUES FOR YOUR GOODS. I will send you a nice plush rarlor suit, walnut frame, either in combination o banded, the most stylish colors for 33.50, to your .ailroad station, freight paid. I will also sell you a nice Bedromos ul consisting of Bureau with glasi, 1 high head Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centre table, 4 cane seat chairs, 1 cane beat andl back rocker all for 1o.50, and pay f roigliI to your depot. 'i Or I will send you an elegant Uedroomll suit with large glass, full marble top, for 4 130, and pay freight. Nice window shade on spring roller $ So, legant large Enut VA day alclock, 4.04.. Walnut lounge, L.00 Laco curtains per window, 1.09 Icannot describe everything in a small advertisement, but have an imuiense store ntaining 22,600 feet of floor room, with are houses and factory buIldings in other arts of Augusta making in all the lar-; est business of this kind under one iuan gement in the Southern States. These storetsand warehouses are crowded withl the choicest productions of the best ato ries. My catalogue containing illustrationsi of goods will be mailed if you will kimdiy say where you saw this advortisoment. . paty freight. Addrems, L. F. PADGETT, Proprietor l'adgett's Finuiture, Stove and Carpet Store, 110-1112 road Street, AUGUSTA, GA. C 61-ON 8ARPLTlPROVHD O*niE ( E P.'J II I ( A "r "'UA 1. TE T --:0: At the gin o, Mr. F. H. REoerl- In ich land Coundy, just before starting h1is Sailor Elevator oie balk had been ginned by the old idethod. J ust after starting the Eleva tor another bale was ginned from the same pile. Without knowing this fact tie cotton buyer offered one cent per pound more for the bale ginned with the use of the Eleva tor. Read the statements of the buyer and seller: COPY. 'Ihlis will eertify that of two samples ol cotton offered us today by M1 r. Rowan Rose the market value of one exceeded that ol the other by one cent per pound. ISigned.) .D. CRA WFORD. & SONS. Thiss will c y. h two bales of cotton offered as above were boilh from the same p)ile of sed cottenl, audl ginned In the same gin. One was carriedl to the gin in baskets and one through the Sailor Seed Cotton Elevator. (Signied.) J. RI. ROSE. Th e best Gins. Presses, Elevators,1 Engines and the best macliunery of al kinds, for sule by W. H. GIBBES, JR., & CO,. CoOLUMnIIA,S. C. THE LARGEST WTOOK. MOSTI SKILLEI) W4GRKMEN,j~ k.OWESTr PRtICE% P. H. HY AT T, PROPREITO,s. Is the best place in South Caroina or southuern States to secure satisfaction ini Imerican and Italian Marble Work. .W' ilnos of Cemetery Work SspecialIty. TABLETIS, H EA DSTONESz,. MONU flEN1y, &c. Send for prices and: sill lnf prmatl* s. F. H. H YA T'l A pri 8 1 OLUMIiA. S. UI. ( PA RO. rproes D'0MnLpnin lce SVNA.G C S i.E )O YOU WISH P UY TxE THIMMS k ' A jR SNEED COTTO(l. ' AT'Ol.[ It is the luoseat eodt. bading cotton from wag, lelivering it into ginls or..'m lu use, 1U ees not pas. thro:4h fan al cleanlin; and Ivares no pulley not belts. 10ts. couMqu nd money. - press ro -s tuae TALBOTT & SP XNGINE1S AND .OILERS, STATION Air AND PO'iTABI.:. OLD ou. TALBOTTS SAU MILLn, IMPROVyED) FRI( TION AND ROPE FED 52-J0 TO Ul0 LUMMUS AND VAN kVINKLE COT. TON GINS AND COTTON PREss3. We offer Saw 2ill Men and Ginnors the most conpleto outti'i that can be bought and at bottom price-3. V. C. BADHAX,j G ENEMA L.AGENT, Cofr1 A, S. C.* TIlE TAl,BOTT ENGINE 1i 111.K BEST Feb 19-lv. U ALL SKIN -AN are,ette, Pid pt etc DIFFHAN BF.08., Prper. , rrs L a lo, 1 NSAI l , ergo woman' seet talls we.. off1 IOTHER'fS FRt~END b.fl remedy. whichn if, usedo,. adwo directed,for t f tsPan HorrradRs oLf ,f bth mthe adI'W childor, sto. answohao WsdiVStify WoArelorsn to firctat terte. MOTHn' S FRIEND K o tswlh In emed.y wiif srod moolstnni nte both mither onf hit two houre man ho dido alted with therif..a EA' Fnio. t a ing to tntMot.hers. oin gofd M pri $4.50 pro t,S.d onv II aYI ll -truggists. ook~ oIlS Mot. tw ilir thaA h i DFIED EtLc.r Cih ow lant, av-ee Lees)rvil 10tOl r Cl)tlegefMz. CaRiARY.,,GADEM, (4 .LCIOO,G. si bhy seas Gulure proking, DreU eijg om rest l Ecr onomy,bo Weekl all drudie. Ninek tachers Eurolnet,as Lsvrmrlln Celoinlee. N 'lroaltu l loctiont, 700 i fee t, boeth tiof hsa C40tureetabv Cook,lsub.a tig J)adiesti Ecnlbrwt theelent. ytollege Nin teahers Etat l tha t ast yeae r youngiles o tireuce expnes Sadies mald thisgy last e. Epno barrrooteraryerourse andnboardlfor(ten hon-loths 00 f130; mua, ;boCokkeep-i '(ung, llg $ in.tNex Stsess thn openskSeptembe vsio. for youalgu lad tdreseepom* by dlng mL.9l wr. SeAY ntEe .oM., P'resldent, Sep 9SmosLeesville, 8. C First Class Work. V ery Low Prices. Buges, Carriage', Road Carts, Wagon', ett., Warranuted Seconad to none. Inquire of ureareat dealer In these goods, ne send for Catalou-Mtoing thlt leaper. HOLLER & ANDERSONP