Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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.1. . . --- . . -?- - . . * .. What Is The Tariff Issue 1 . t ? aJutii-itf'le l/tciew o f the Qncntion of tfir //our. To the ti'/ttor of the .Iiknt /'reorder : \\ liv I lie protective tariff question has become one of perfilexiiy and confusion tosotr.eof our Dcuiocrat:c politicians I cannot well divine. There is nothing new in it. Nothing dangerous to our commercial prosperity in waging war .against it. in the contrary, it is well nigh as old as the llepublic itself. It has always been the distinguishing policy of the Peinocratio parly South to keep the tariff within reasonable revenue bounds, and, so far as our commercial prosperity is concerned, reason and experience both teach Its that all tar.lis for purely protective purposes ainzunt to class legislation ; arc unjust, iniquitous and dcstiuctive to every civilixed people. Ily such ti rill's we have almost closed the markets of the world against our manufactured ??c ntive sunjcciru our tailoring classes to all the evils of periodical stagimjuon of trade. We have fostered Communism, strnyed labor against capital, the poor against the rich, and rendered the siruggle of man nud woman on this continent for bare subsistence as arduous as in the overcrowded countries of (lie Old World. We have created moneyed princes, whose acquisitions are a standing threat to liberty, and have sunk into sordid penury millions whose wrongs and sufferings endanger the fa brie of society. We have tilled the lobbies of Congress with political pimps, corrupted our tioveruiuent, turned our representatives into base hucksters, and thrust a Stanley Matthews on the Supreme Bench, to equalize, as it were, ' the infamy of each department. Notwithstanding all this, sonic of our leading Democratic politicians ?1 will not call thorn .statesmen?seem to approach the tariff question Willi fear and trembling. They look upon an attempt to confine tariff to revenue purposes only as new and revolutionary, and consequently dangerous to the success of the Democracy. Do they know the history ol the country they process to legislate for? Arc they aware that up to the year 1810 the tariff was confined solely of revenue purposes? In that year, and for the first lime in ihe history of the llepublic, a tariff law was passed, having protection for its object. It was supported by men from all sections, among others by Mr. Calhoun. Its unfairness and selfishness were glossed over by appeals lo patriotic sympathy for tlose who in the war of 18I'd had embarked in manufactures lo ineet the wants of their fellow-citizens during the suspension of commercial intercourse with Europe. It was represented as a temporary measure. Alas ! it proved the entry of the Trogau horse within the citadel of our constitutional rights and liberties. It also proved the apple of discord which rent a once harmonious people into warring sections. The Act of 181") was far from popular in thcSouth, and Mr Calhoun had gor.u reason to regret tliat lie had aided to drive in this entering wedge?as witness his desperate retrograde movements against the t.\ritV law of 18'.'8, which culminated in nullification threats and the compromise of INT!. The Act of 181G was followe 1 hy tiiosc of 1820, 182 1 and 18.8, each Act more pronounced than its predecessors in injustice to tiic bulk of the American people and intensifying by progressive stages the popular discontent. One of your family, Mi. Drayton, of South Carolina, in the halls of Congress ironically pre posed to amend the title of the Act of 1828, so that it should read : ".l?t act to increase the duties upon certain imports for the purpose of increasing the profits o f err I it in lutimifiicturera." The Protectionists, however, had got the bill I at their feet, and from tiie fatal Act of 1810 to this day they have kept it rolling in the same j direction, regardless of the tears and sorrows of j sutlering millions, D is true that the doctrine of "tariff for revenue only ' has hitherto been j peculiarly '.lie distinguishing feature of the ' Southern Democracy, and hence, to a considera- j b!e degree, sectional ; but a great awakening | lias taken place amongst the masses of the North, who have been taught by sad experience that they have been deluded by the phantom of "protection to native industry" to support a party hostile to the best interest of society and the welfare of tli: human race?a party utterly regardless of all but its own aggrandizement. There is no other issue iv..rth contending for ny me nomocracy?all others tlwail" into insignificance licsiile it. Messrs. Dibble and Tillman, whose |>ar:ialiiy for Itandnll must rank I hem as Protectionists, may say, let us assail our opponents on the weak side. I.et us expose their corrupt practices. It won't do. The reply will he : Von are just as corrupt as we are. and a little more so. When your chimney has smoked as long as ours it will require sweeping too. We admit the foulness of ours, hut we can furnish our own chimney sweep. The (joverninent is safer in our hands than in yours. You are hungry and lean, and it will lake a great deal of public pap to fatten yon. We are in good condition, and less will do us." No, gentlemen, if yon wish to bring success to the Democratic h inner you must rise at least to the level of greal popular demands and light upon an issue which strikes at the very cristancc oftlic I'optiblican party?an issue which it cannot straddle or toy with?in which (lie lines of separation are as cleatly defined as that between the sheep and goalsof final judgment. Don't act like silly virgins casting luts for a husband, saying at each cast, "This year?next year?sometime?never," hut like tn?n with fixed principles :m I fixed purposes, believing in right and daring at all hazards to do right. Mr. Dibble's position on the turilF question causes ine no surprise, Hi* s* '* *,,c. '"tensely microscopic order, and not of the widely telescopic, nnd he hut follows honestly the teachings obtained from his contracted range of vision. Mr. Tillman's course, however, nu/.zles me. for I have always given Iiiin credit for breadth of intellect, wi le scope of political vision and a manly hardihood in ihe assertion of his views almost bordering on recklessness. Sou * verrons. II. M. Thompson. Willlslun, S. C., .Inly "21, lHR.'}. n Tub Loi isvii.i.k Knimsition.?Louisville, August 1.?To-day is a general holiday, there being no business done whatever. Willi t'le first streak of daylight crowds of people commenced pouring into the city from every point of tlie compass ntid trains were doubled up.? lly It o'clock the main streets were so full that it was difficult to pass along the sidewalks. The President rested well and was ready by 11 A. M. to lake his part in the exercises of the day. The Presidential party left the Halt House in carriages, escorted by a body of police and military organizations, and moved by the most direct route to the Kxposilion. Their way was a perfect i valion the entire distance, thousands of people cheering as the distinguished visitors passed I lie in. The great main building, capable of holding 20,(KKt people, was filled completely, niul the croWd was too thick forconifort. President iMipnnt, of the Kxposilion, welcomed (lie President nnd President Arthur gracefully res ]M)ii'it-u, uii<i C'Tiicin ifi ny staving ilie vnul inacliinrry nn<l pronouncing t lie imposition open. The crowd was wild with enthusiasm. The Presidential party leaves Tor Chicago tonight. The managers of the Imposition were most agreeably surprised at the unlocked for crowds on the first day. O . ? A Vkaii <?k Disasters.?The present year has so far been one of disasters. First came the destructive floods of the Mississippi, by which many lives were lost nnd a great deal of properly dest royed. Then came the cyclones hi the West and Northwest, destroying hundreds of urn* nn'i million* or properly. The drought followed, and now threatens the country with a scarcity of food and a great deal of sufluring. lti Kgypt the Asiatic cholera, the most terrible scourg" that ever afflicted the human race, has been raging for weeks, and the people over a large area of the Host are dying like poisoned rats by the thousand. And only a few days ago an earthquake on the Island of Ischia, in the Southern part of Italy, blotted two or three cities almost out if existence, and sent front two to three thousand human beings suddenly into eternity. ? Xcicbrrri/ Obtfrvtr. ? The ( hinesc language has no equivalent for bell, and the translators of the New Testament were much perplexed until a returned Chinaman suggested that San Francisco might do. {The aoitJitn ilnion ?men. lh It. .11. STOkKS. INI i I or. fo1 ? - 001 UNION. Fill DA Y, Al'liUST 10. I88ff. ' , SUBSCRIPTION?S3 00 PER ANNUM. f?" ADVERTISING. 0,1 One square or one inch, flrst insertion, - - - Jl.no ou Eacli subsequent insertion, ------- 73 ? l.ltx ial discount made to merchants and others adver* llsiiijr for six^months or l>y the year. ha | obituary Notices of ten lines or lev*. Inserted free. " " over ten linos,charged as Advertise- tie I motits. ., _ ho TAKi: AOTICE. l>? i Citations, Notices to Creditors and ,!l I Notices of Final Discharge must be ! paid for before they will appear in ! an our columns. ? I rr Our esteemed Sheriff lias been iinilc I "" 1 II n.loK ll.rt icnnll.A. - r -1 1 - " ,"V? q B?SX? The travel to the mountains on the S. t,u U. nnd 0. road has been greater the past month \ if i than ever before. | fri I - I o I - ? I K** CcAa- An extra quilt was necessary for com- 7 I fort Wcduesday night. Shawls were worn 011 1 * * x Sll ' the i?iuzzus 111 ilie evening. 1 tex)'" N'c arc pleased to stale that all the suf- ] lorers from Ice t'rcam poisoning arc out, and I" , able to eat their rations. of Yesterday every Lawyer'soflicc, but one, in ' in t his town was closed, and the day before every j pc practicing lawyer was out of town. I w ? " " ~ " I eo feu)'" \Yc have only this to say, that one ?f j (j i our printers lias been sick for three days this | week, which is the reason why wesend out our j : paper printed on one side only. ^ ^ Mr.'T. II. ('lark nil'*. his two motherless cliil- hi I droit, with .Miss Alexander, of Kentucky, arc sa ! spending a few weeks with .Mr Clark's vcncri.* 1 b!e mother and his sister, Mrs John Itodgcr. "1 Wittkowsky & Barueli. ! We have received a long advertisement from | ge > this immense and popular wholesale and Retail j aj| \ 1'ry Goods establishment at Charlotte, hut it j came too late for tins issue. It will have a ; | prominent place next week. j u, ' the New and Old Meet! j Our esteemed friend, Mr. J. C. Harris, has ' Tli ! sent us line specimens of his growing rfvveot j l'otato crop, accompanied l>y a tine one of last ' j year's crop, as sound and sweet as well kept "" ! potatoes arc upon the first opening of the bank. 15y this Mr. Harris has confirmed the testimony 1 of many others that sweet potatoes can be , 1,10 kept good and sweet from one crop to another. J^1.1 Going into Business. j Mr. Moll. Sloan called on us last Tuesday and b -f i bade us a long farewell, lie having determined th to settle down to business, like n good business ?| man, in the City of Columbia. Mc. will go into j v the Fancy Grocery, Fruit, kc., business with 1 i> Mr. Hubert Hlakcly, this Fall, and says the firui 1 wh would like to do a good business with the t oo- "K 1 W;v j>le of Union. We most cordially wish them jn abundant success. en? ? ? ? kel Sent up for Trial. fail U. S. Commissioner llolt has been kept pretty t,u busy for a week examining cases iu this town ,u( for selling whiskey without a license. nls The result of the examinations, so far, is two >m j persons, J- W. Smith, white, and Jack Cofield, cai colored, sent up to the District Coutt now in , | session at Greenville for trial. The enmtuis- c,? ; sioner lias a number of other cases in view, l>u I which lie intends to investigate, j Col. McKissick is now in Greenville ns the ca j attorney for the Gilmoro hoys, to be tried for ! counterfeiting, and will also defend the cases au ! sent from here for violation ofthc Revenue laws. c'' Oil * ^ SIM The Crops?A Gloomy Prospect. ,.x I i\ o nave own trying lor tlie past mouth to intitule the wt boy going through the graveyard, t inspire our farmers M w it li courage and hope w hile passing through the terrible no drought ami the other tin favorable vicissitudes which !e: ; their crops have encountered; hut our whistling is becoming very weak and faint, for the ghost of short ^ ' crops of hot It cotton and com is becoming more apparent an 1 alarming every day. ^ In this vicinity we have only ha 1 three good rains ; since the lltli of May, while the winds have been almost vl as injurious to the crops as the drought,and the extreme -S| | beat has so parched the soil as to prcveir all kinds of |0 cultivated plants from growing. Mvcn ill localities where | they have had more favorable seasons, the crops are now suffering badly for rain. All through the County the ' Corn on the bottom lands is uecdimt ruin to ?n?Ms It to tV , ,?- on inc coh, and a few more days of dry weather s, I will rut oil' that crop one-half. In all parts of the County the average of the cotton , is too small to give hope of more than h df a crop, and , in sonic large sections it cannot even do that. Those pi ( who have travele I tlirottgli the County tell us the out- |u look of the cotton in the fields is really sad. There arc hiindrials of acres of good land, well worked, with not a i stalk more than six inches hi=?h I ih? ?i?."i i pa-sod fur it I >"001110 out" utul nil August crop sj I "It lias done almiit all it can do," is the expression of i ninety out of every hundred farmer* we talk to about it j At litis time (lie clouds indicate rain, but they have i disappointed us s> often this year, with even better [, j promises, that we have given up placing any confidence (Jj j in Ih 'in. I t" The Church Herald. I)C j J>y the list issue of this interesting and val? wi ; ttulile church [taper, wo see that its publication t? office has been removed from Spartanburg to *e ! Winnsboro, and it will hereafter be under the editorial charge of Ilev. Frank lli'htm, who, pe the retiring Klitor, Ilev. J. I>. Mcl'oUough, ki says, "possesses special aptitude for this J'j. work." |jf Mr. McCollougli deserves llie highc.t com- en inundation from the whole membership of the an Kpiscopnl cliureh of this Diocese, for his enter- '' prise and great perseverance in establishing a m church paper for them, and for the marked abil- at ity, untiring and tjnsclfish zeal he has displayed "r in making it a welcome visitor, a pleasant and tin efficient worker for the cause of true hit ruiigiuu, in i le iioiiici ot tlie toiv Who have Wl aided and encouraged him in his labor of love. Mr. McCollough is a man of indomitable energy, di and has worked harder and done more in the t'0 upper sections of the State for the Church he j di loves than any other episcopal Minister in this I r? diocese; and we have often thought he was taxing his menial and physical capacities too j severely in adding to the necessary labors of ! n his Divine calling those of conducting the | f*i church paper. We arc confident the change j n will be beneficial to all interests concerned. | J Can't Back-oct Fly Nit.?The Newberry Next | ' 1 says : Mr. 1). ('. Flynn has bought the et.lire 11 slock of Mch'all & Sattcrwhitc, nnd has taken i charge at the stand occupied by the late (inn. Flynn is like an India rubbci ball?the harder you throw him down the higher he bounds. cj, And lie keeps on bounding too. wt ?? ?? w 1 Tho largest cow in America weighs 3,200 an pounds, and gives milk, in chase county, Ky. j Tli ... , c Tariff Issue. Wo have not heretofore thought il necestary us to make a public avowal of our personal nv.ctions upon the tariff question. We have rcftilly placed before our readers for their In* 'inatiou the most striking au 1 instructive arti!? from abier and better informed men than rsilf, upon that paramount question. We are the old school of anti-protectionists, and xvo ve carefully considered the questionitircoonecin with the changed state of affairs in the nth, but can find nothing iu it to shake our I lief in the old democratic doctrine of "a ' ,;tr r,,r " The democratic parly has always lost caste d foot-hold in tcinpoiizing with parties and inciples, and we have never lent our aid to y such belittling sycophantic movements. So strong are our convictions upon tho tariff j lestion and so important do we believe it to be | the best interests of the people at large, that I we had a father or any other near relnlive or lend who wished to be a candidate for coness and was in favor of continuing the present ! iquitous system of "tariff for protection," wo | ould feel it our bounden duty to oppose ltiin j tli all our power; and we cannot sco how Mr. j bblc and Mr. Tillman can reconcile their auti- > election principles with their vote for Mr. j andall, an avowed protectionist, for Speaker the House of Representative?, thereby givg to tho protectionists the control of the most iwerful element in Congress, the committee .of ays and means, ami the formation of any other inimittecs that may be at ail connected with e tariff question. When a Congressman sactices one of the vital principles of the parly at elected him to personal friendship, lie is ) longer a true and faithful representative of s constituents, and, in turn, deserves to be crtftccd by them. We hope to sec a wiso but emphatic tariff I'ariff Reform" plank in the democratic at form of 1884. The longer that question is pt from the decision of the people, thestronT will tho nrolpel.ioiii.ila f.iriif.. 11.- i I points in the government, against the people. In another Column will l>c fouml a concise (I ml in i ruble review of the tariff question, over e signature of II. M. Thomson, to which we vite the attention of our leaders. .?. ie loo Cream Poisoning. Mrs. It. T. Owens called us last Friday, 1 ii>k niueh aggrieved at the charges made that the late fortunate poisoning in this town wa* from "gross" nml ilpahlc carelessness on Ilie part of those who pre" reil the ice cream*" drs. O. informed us that slie prepared tlie custard, in ! same way and in the same vessels that she had prod it for weeks for sale at her saloon, from which no iiry came to any on '. he requests us to sav that it is Not TKUli that the tanl.or any part of it, was made one or two days ore freezing ami plaeed ill 111* churn hot, remaining re until it was frozen, or that it was hoilcd in a brass copper kettle, or that the churns were not carefully ailed. Hie says the custard was not made or cooked untq o'clock on tlie day of the Hop, and was then put into ite earthen pitchers and placed in water to cool, until * freezing commenced, about It o'clock at night. It s cooked in a perfectly clean tin pan that had been use for some time, rather than risk anew vessel. The itard was at no time put into either a brass or copper i tie. She was com palled to borrow some churns from nilicsiii town, and the night before the Hop she hud 'in tilled with clean water from tlie hotel well,and on ! next morning they were thoroughly cleaned and erwards all tlie parts were well dried. Mrs. Owe us o status that no one had anything to do with pi<far{the custard Imt herself, and rather than risk It in rules* hands, she remained at the hotel to stc the last am frozen, which was alsmt "2 o'clock ill the morningdrs. Owens is as much distressed as any one in tho Humility at tin- sail result from eating I lie iee cream, t indignantly denies that the sickness was caused by y carelessness or want of cleanliness on her part, e, however, is at loss in attempting to explain what ls?si the sickness. As a similar ease of poisoning lias occurred sinee, at lee Cream festival given by the Indies of the Ikiptist ureli at Camden, where over sixty persons were seri" sly aHeelisi, and as tlie authorities ol that town have it some of tlie iee cream nml some of the Vanilla tract used in flavoring, to Charleston to he analyzed, are in hope that tlie source will In- discovered ami rs. Owens fully exonerated front all blame. As it is, i one entertains the slightest idea that there was the ist criminal intent on tin* part of any one. - * ie Sunday School Convention. We lind it is impossible fur us to pulisli (he irectory arranged by thu loininitteo nt -lonesUc, fur billctting the delegates to the county uiday School Convention, to be held in thnt wn next Wednesday an 1 Thursday. Of course committee will be appointed to rcceux the jlegaiions and arrangementi made to conduct icm to the places lo which (hey are allotted, > that I here will be no confusion. We can say lo the delegations that it appears, y the Directory furnished us, the hospitable enplc of loncsviile will open oil their doors receive them, and will give the convention a >sl hearty and sincere welcome. There will no lack of hospitality, and no effort will he >ared to make all who attend comfortable. -o* le stale Koad Law. IJelow we give I lie section of the Stale Ro:nl ] uv that was incorporated in the General States which went into effect May, 188'i. Sec. 1080. All able bodied inalo persons bereen the rgos of sixteen ami fifty ?eors slinll liable annually to work on the public highays and roads not less than three nor more than reive days, under the direction cf the Overer of the district in which they may reside, i warning men to work upon the pul'ig roads, c Overseer shall make a list for the warner, quiring him to give nolico to oaob pore.m the ud of tool he shall use in working upon the ghways and roads. And it shall be the duty any employer to furnish to tho overseer a it containing the names of all persons in his uplnymcnt liable to road duty, whenever tho me shall be required of him by said overseer, pou failure of any employer to comply with ich demand, he shall be deemed guilty of n isdemean?r and upon conviction thereof before ly Trial Jusjicc shall pay a fine of ten dollars, ten days' imprisonment for every offense. The above section is so very plain, that we irdly deem it necessary to say anything by ay of explanation. We feel convinced that if thoyc liable to road ity would be more willing to comply with its quirements and not try so hard to dolge the 11y requi ed by law we would have better ads. ?-#-? Tlie Barnwell Sentinel says : "Tlio truck rms nroun<l may be put down as a failure, as arly every ono engaged in it lost money. 80 r as 11.e culture is concerned, the crops were success, but too many engaged in it, and the nsequencc is heavy losses. It may do for oridn, where these truck farmers arc more nn a month ahead ol us, but over here in iriiwcll County it won't pay : and we doubt if y hereabouts can be induced to try it another nr." ? Confi.ictiso 1'kaykiis.? At a Chilliwack urch. It. 0., last Sunday, a prayer for rain is read. To this prayer those parishoners lose hny had just been cut raised an objection d ofTercd counter-prayers for dry weather, ins far the dry prayer has prevailed. --- _/_ - - ? - Rutherford goes Heavy for Railroad. Tlio people of Rutherford county nro deter* mined to have a railroad, aud knowing thai it requires money to build a road, they called an election last week and voted to appropriate ?50,000 to the railroad enterprise. An additional tax of $50,000 has been voted, making the whole nmount subscribed by that county to bo $100,000. llut little opposition was manifested by the people to the appropriation and it was carried through by a big majority. They arc nofparticular about how the railroad is to come, but the $100,000 offered is open to bids from the Carolina Central, Union and Gaffney City line, or any other that will nccept the contract. With $100,000 awaiting it in Rutherfordlon, it is not going to take the Carolina Centrd long to reach that place. ? Charlotte Observer. The only links now missing in the chain to oring tho road this way arc those of Draytonville and_Union Townships. It will be seen by the above that the Carolina Central is expecting to take the $100,000 subscribed by Rutherford and make a connection. But lhe people of Huthcrford prefer coming t? Union nnd arc watching with great solicitude for sonic movement here that will encourage them todecidc upon this route. So far, we have called in vaiu for some action to be takeu in this Township. We have found no one willing to second our efforts to arouse the citizens to an appreciation of the advantages this road would give to a very large majority of the citizens of the County and its great importance to this township, and if the road is built on another route, leaving this town out in the cold, the loss cannot be laid at our door. - ? ? Ciikap AnVKKTistxa.?Wo received, a day or two since, a proposition from a certain advertising Agency of Baltimore, to advertise the Columbia Female College, one month, for which we were offered, in postage stamps, the astonishing price of sevrntyjive rents.' The said advertisement, according to our regular rates, is worth Jive dollars. When a Southern College has to resort to such a plan, and oiler such a price as this for advertising, it would seem that it is either hard pressed, or has become exceedingly economical. If the Columbia Female College is really not able to nav anv tnoro than the price offered, ami will state the fact directly to us, we may, through sympathy fur a struggling institution, give the advertisement a few insertions gratuitously.?Luurensrillc Herald. The J/en.hl is exactly right in refusing such picuyunish custom. Ami if its cxainplo were followed and adhered to by the entire press of the State, or even by a respectable majority, publishers of newspapers would benefit by it, and some of the sharpers wit) run advertising agencies would cease from troubling them with offers of this kind. If publishers, as a class, would just say to these cheap advertising bureaus that they must pay lair prices for advertisements they would soon come to it. Let them fix rates ihat arc reasonable?not too high or too low?but such r.Mes as they charge home advertisers; ami they will get about as much foreign advertisements as they get now. Hut it is no use for a few newspapers here and there to adopt a rule of this kind, if the rest of them continue to take these cheap advertisements, that in the majority of ca-cs arc not worth the trouble they occasion. The newspapers for the Stale should unite on this matter for their mutual protection and ocnelit. ? A'cwberry Observer. The same advertisement appears in our col umns, not for the pitiful sum sent to pay for it, but solely for the benefit of the institution, and we wrote to the President to that effect, further stating to hiin that we ; referred publishing it gratis for the institution to lukiug such a nitiful price from tut advertising agent. We now think wo did wrong in publishing It at nil. There 1s also n large advertisement running in the Times and a number of other country papers at a most ruinous price. We have tried hard to keep the advertising rate up to a fair nud reasonable standard, but all to no purpose. Often do we s.co in other papers advertisements that we have refused because ilie price "tiered was contemptibly small, In one case we contracted with nu agent to insert an advertisement for a certain sum, but the house refused to ratify the contract because the publisher of a paper in an adjoining county bad agreed to ptinlish it for 83$ per cent less. In ninety cases out of a hundred we do not even read the proposals of Advertising Agents but throw them into the tire. It will lie seen, on examining our advertising columns, that we u.i.e umi wnu j.iiit'ui meuiciue or outer foreign advertisements in them ; but on looking over (ho larger sheets of our neighbors we find frotn two to Ihree columns of such advertisements ? many of them having been refused by us. We could ?jll a page of our paper every week with tlicni, if we would tnke them at the prices and upon the terms offered. We kurw of nothing that does more to lower the dignity and weaken the power of the country press lhau "cheap advertising. It is making advertisers immensely rich and keeping the publishers miserably poor, and drives the best literary talcut out of the papers. ? . o - Strychnin*: in tiie Coffkk Pot.?8| arlanbnrg S. C., August 0.?On Friday last a diabolical attempt was made to poison the family of Mi. Andrew Daniel, a thrifty and respected family living three miles from the city. At the family bicakfast ft cup of coffee was lasted by Mr Daniel. who at once delected something wrong. Others tried the coffee with a like result. To make fresh coffee, the coffee pot was emptied into the slop bucket. Two dogs drank from the slops and within a few minute* were seized with severe convulsions, which would have proved fatal had not the poison been diluted and partially neutralized. This aroused suspicion, and on searching, a vial of st rychuine, procured some lime ngo for rat poisoning, was missing. Two negro men and the colored house girl were arrested and are now in jail. The coffee grounds are undergoing analysis by Professor Duprc.?Sjittial to Col. Rrgitltr. A Stormy Montii.?Sumo people still have faith in Vcnnor, and lor their solace and comfort we print the following predictions telling us what sort of weather we arc to liovo this month: 5-7.?warm to sultry entry of month, changing io cooler, cioii'ly nntl stormy weather itt end of week, with general rain falls and wind storms. 8-14, changeable weather, with frequent rain and wind storms and abrupt changes of tern perature. (.'lose of week warm to sultry, with severe thunder and hail storms in the majority of sect:ons. 16-21?sulllry heat, rains and thunder storms of daily occurence. Great deal of rain so far this month. 21-81.?storms continue with intensely hot and oppressive periods. The month ending cooler, wet and with high winds and gales. culorkit I'keaciikrs is Tkoiidli!.--Columbia, August 6.?Three negro preachers have been immurod in jail hero within a week. First there was preacher Whitnker looked up fot larceny : then proaolur Ahlridge confined for burglary, aid rolonscd on a "not proven" decision ; and now preacherCato is committed to a lonely cell for breaking the Seventh Commandment. The Rev. I'ater Oato, colored, and Maria Jackson, colored, wore cxnniined and committed to jail on Saturday night in default r.f $200 bail, by Justice Chrietzberg, to bo tried at the next term of court. The Kcv. Cato is very black. As the parlies live in the country the details of the harrowing affair arc not known here.? ^VVmw mid Courirr. Programme of tiie North Facolct Teachers' Convention, To he hehl al F.l Bethel on Friday and Saturday, September lilh and 15/A 1883, at 10 A. M. 1st. Address of Welcome?Cnpl. Jno. P. Jefl'eries. 2d. Organization. 3d. Enrollment of members. 4tb Importance of tlie Bible in the Public Schools?Itev. J. T. Gwinn. 5th. School Age and School Hours.?Miss N. J. JcfTcrics, Miss N. K. Uoudelock. Question Box. RKCK3S? 1 HOUR. AFTERNOON SESSION. Gth. Impor tance of the Classics?K. E. Britton. 7th. Better Teachers, How to procure then ?11. C. Sarratt and W. C. Whiscnant. 8th. How to ir.terest Parents in School Work ?Wra. JcfTcries, C. P. Muggins. Dili. Mow to teach, Arithmetic?M. L. Hunter and T. W. Giles. Question llox. AIUOI'BXMKNT. SECOND DAY. 10 A. M. praykr. 1st. Injurious Text books nnd Injurious Methods of Teaching?Miss A. I<. McColongh and Miss Hnchcl Malcomson. '2d. Address?Jns. C. JcfTerics. 3. School Government ? Ucv. .1. P. Pritchard. 4th. Use of Text Books?J. F. Ilrown. oth. Tho Teacher and his Work?D. A* Townscnd. Qucstiou llox. ADJOURNMENT. For tlie Times. Answers to Mr. E. 3. Thomas. Mr. Kiiitor: ? Please allow us space in your Columns to answer Mr. It. S. Thomas concerning the School, which has caused tho controversy between A. 11. 0., the School Commissioner nnd It. S. Thomas, and in which the latter asks the trustees to Explain, Ac. Our t.ni.r.1 l.ol.l ? mv... .. uiwiii.s tin ij iii iiiu j car of 1882 to niako arrangements for opening the Public schools. Mrs. Dr. Duller made application to our board tor the school which is a lineschool, between Fish Dam and Santuo. Our board had information that there wn9 another applicant for the school and deferred action' ami made arrangements for a joint meeting with the Fish Dam board, and found that they hnd already employed Mrs. 11. S. Thomas. Outboard acquiesced in their action. Later in the season Mrs. Butler made application again to our board to teach a school near the residence of Dr. Butler, because, she said, there were several children who would not altcud the school taught by Mrs. Thomas. Our board rcftJvfeJ the petition, upon the ground that the school of Mrs. Thomas was near enough for nil the children to attend. We learn, however, that she was employed by the Fish Dam board. Mrs. Butler had taught the schools several years previous to 1882 and held n first grade certificate of qualification. Our board paid Mrs. Thomas Ten (?10) dollars per mouth, and the School run -1 months. J. C. SARTOR. Clerk B. T. FROM A FIS1I DAM TRUSTEE. Mb. Editor:?1 wish you to allow measpaco in y?ur columns, to answer a few questions of II. S. Thomas's in your issue of July 20. 1 was a Trustee of Fish Dam Township Inst year, and think it my duty when called upon by tnose interested, to make a statement of ray actions while acting in that capacity. With regard to the two schools to which lie has refer encc : Mrs. Thomas was regularly employed by the trustees to teach the Heaver Dant school, at a salary of ?25 per month. There arc about 10 or 18 children in reach of that school, twelve of these attended Mrs. T's school. ( have been informed there wns a schoo' to tight, one and a half or two miles from Mrs. T's. school, in Santuc, very near the line of Fish Darn. 1 know nothing of the employment of the teacher, the number of pupils, the location, nor the time taught, only from hearsay. I was asked by one of the trustees to sign a pay certificate for a teacher of that school; 1 stated I could not do it. From the information I bad the school was taught in Santuc and the teachei1 not employed with my knowledge or consent, lie then said, "if you (1) did not he would not sign it." Sonic persons interested in school affairs tnoy want to know why that scliool was allowed to run four months- whilA ullwr o/>lif.<-ta two nnd tliroe. We decided to run tlie schools only two or threo months, in order to have funds for building purposes. Out of the unexpended school fund we allowed $">0 for that school. At ft meeting of ttic trustees at that point, it was decided not to build and, at the request of some of the patrons, we opened the school and expended the money for educational purposes. In conclusion, I would say there is apparently too much censure attached to our Commissioner, when rcnlly it is the fault of the trustees. I have found our Commissioner ready and willing to do what he thought best to promote the educational interests of his county. W. T JET Kit. FROM FISH DAM TRUSTEES. Mit.KntTi.it:?We have seen the recent controversy ia reference to Schools and will state that, as Trustees in Fishdnm Township, we employed Mrs. Ilntler to teaoh in 1882, nnd approved her certificates, as stated by the School Commissioner in his recent article in the Timr* O. W. HILL. W. M. ENGLISH. Amrrica and Switzrri.ani. Prkpariko to Skt a (loon Exami'i.k.? London, Aug 2.? In the j IfniiQA nf Commnfio ll?Ja ofi???AA- 1 v, ..a ?l.O unci I1UUII HIT. I', V (' | 0 Ashley, under coloninl secretary stated, that papers relative to indemnity t'er violence done to American fishermen at Fortune Hay wero being prepared. Government, he said, had received 110 nnswer from the United States concerning the proposition for Joint measures to prevent the recurrence of similar troubles. Mr. Coinings in a speech alluded to the proposed Convention between Switzerland and America, for the settlement by arbitration of any difference which may nrise between the two countries, and asked if the government would make treaties of a similar nature. Mr. Gladstone replied that Kngland was not prepared to take such steps. " - It?-??-?? A Railroad Triumph.?Galveston Aug '2. ?A special from Laredo says : The rebellion in the SIlIo of Tamnulipas, Mexico, has been j luellcd by troops forwarded recently from New Leon. The success of the operations is due in a measure to quick transportation by railroad. The authorities are much gratified at the success of the new method. * Vmuvhm is GnuprioN. ? Naples, July 81. ? Mount Vesuvius is iu a stale of eruption. Lava is descending from the crater in the direc. lion of the town of Torro l)el Greco, at the foot of tho mountain. The inhabitants of Torre del Greco aro fleeing to places of safety. The buria s of victims of the earthquake were continued throughout the day. Two hundred and eighty bodies were buried at Cnsamicciola, 90 at Locco, and at t"'orio. The latest estimate places the number of deaths at between 4,000 and u.000. As it would bo impossible to recover and bury all the bodies. Signor Oenalrt, Minister of Public Works, has ordered that, in view of the horrible exhalations from the decomposing remains, the nnrecovered corpse bo left where they lie, and liquid lime be poured over the ruins made by tho earthquake. Giisainicciola will thus bo converted into a vast cemetery. The search of the ruius for bodies . f victims of the earthquake on the island of Ischia was ?.???ii AH <i._ u-.J: ? ........mho iufi guv. .-?ii i iiu uuuivo rccovereu are buried immediately to j>revcvent mia*nm. Two thousand soldiers digging in the ruins saved 1,000 lives up to midday on Sunday and exhumed 24 persons alive on Monday. The only American known to havo been injured by the earthquake was a Miss Van Allen, and she is only slightly hurt . An eye witness describes the scene at the theatre nt Cusamicciola, when the cnrllsquukcr occurred, as an awful ono. The curtain hail just risen when a tremendous shock was felt. A fearful roar followed and the ground rocked like the sea in a storm. A great cry of terror urosc from the audience, who were thrown Into a heap, and a large number of them were buried beneath the timbers of the building, which fell upon them. Two more slacks occurred. All who could rushed outside of the theatre nml< hundreds of person clambered into the trees in the vicinity for safety. Most of the people?, however, escaped to the shore, where bonfire* were lighted as signals of distress. Ifi>*?dreds of bait uukC'J nieu and women, wild with terror and grief, rau to and fro among the ruins with torches during tho night, searching for missing friends, A Tkrriih.k Ixstanok of Icr Ckkam Poisoning?Camden August f>.?On Friday afternoon the ladies of the liaptist Church served ico cream in hehalf of their church, and a number of our people attended nnd partook of it. On Saturday physicians were summoned to attend nbout thirty of those who partook of ice cream o the previous afternoon, tlie patients having been attacked with severe pain in tho stomach, vomiting, headache, &c. Yesterday our physicians had fifty.nine patients who were taken ill from the effects of tlie ice cream taken on Friday, and to-dny there nresixty-five cases in hand. We have only tbreo practicing physicians here nnd they havo been constantly on the go night and day since Saturday. A consultation was held yesterday morning, bat the conclusion arrived at waj merely theoretical. From what 1 can learn the doctors seem to be of the opinion that this dire calamitv which lias befallen our community has been caused by arsenic poison, the symptoms indicating that such is the case. But one death has thus far occurred. A lit lie daughter of Mr. G. D. Shiver, engineer on the Cainden Branch, died 3 cstcrdav morning from thn effects of the poison. There are several others who are extremely ill, and fears are entertained that they cannot survive. This is a terrible blow to our people. A pall hangs over our town. Mr. Averifl, of the South Carolina Railway,, telegraphed here yesterday that should any mcdicnl assistance from nbroad be needed he stood ready to furnish a special train to bring it here free of charge. Our people appreciate' this kind offer. The town council of Camden will likely take this matter in hand and have some if the ice cream and the vanilla extracts used in flavoring the cream analyzed.? Cor. Newt and Courier. A beautiful lot of new India Linens, Figured' Lineu Lawns, Persia lawns, Victoria lawns, Bishop's lawns, Lace Muslins, Printed Muslins, etc., etc., at J. C. HUNTER & Co. ??? Attempt to Burn the Newherry Hotel.? On Wednesday last, about midday, while nearly everybody's nt'ention was attracted to the fir? engine, pumping (lie water out of the cistern t.elow tlie Court House, an attempt was made to set fire to the Newberry Hotel. Mr. J. K. 1*. Ooggans, who was unwell, was lying in his room, when his attention was attracted by tho crackling of flumes and by smoke coming through the transom over his door, and was about to give the alarm, when the chain! ermnid passed along tho hall and discovered a blaze in one of the unused dark rooms in the rear portion of the hotel. The inccndinry had taken an empty soap box of white pine, a pine board, paper and two split-bottom chairs, piled them together and set fire to them. When discovered the whole of oue of the chair bottoms had been consumed, as well as the paper, ntul the box, bonrd and remaining portion of the chair were in a big blaze. A brisket or two of water put out the fire. Ilail the fire not been discovered before getting under headway the consequences would have been terrible; for (here is no water of any consequence in the cistern, which is not yet completed, and the creek is so faraway that the hose would not reach the hotel.? Observer. Cotton Crop in this Mkmimiis District.?Tho cotton crop report of ihc Memphis district, which embraces North Mississippi, West Tennessee, North Arkansas, and Noith Alabama, as compiled by Hill, Fontaine & Co., for the month of July, says: Tne cotton plant, which was stunted by the cold spell of May 21 to 24, has never fully recovered from the damage then sustained, and tho drought which has prevailed ^ since early in July has prevented a heavy growth of the plant, and the injury has proved permanent. Under the most promising conditions of the weather during the next six weeks there will be a decreased yield in the Memphis district of at least 12j per cent., as compared with last year. The rains during the past few days havo doubtless afforded partial relief, but the growing cotton crop continues in a critical state and is subject to still further injury by unfavorable weather, while the smallness of the plant warrants fears of great damage in the event of an early frost. The nobbiest line of Spring and Summer vdolhing in town. We call particular attention to this department, and can fit any one. Suit? varying from $8 to $20. Also a fine stock of Kni'intr I I n I a arwl Ana hnn/l.aauian C'w 11 o ? and see us. J. C. HUNTER & CO. * Educating tiik Nkobo.?Nashville, Tenn.r August 2.? I)r. A. O. Hnygood, agent of the John T. Slater educational fund, delivered, At Mount Eagle Sunday-school Assembly on Cumberland Mountain to-day, an address on thoeducn- _ lion of the negro. It Is tho strongest appeal for the cause of education of the colored race, based on the necessities of moral and good citizenship, humanity ar.d Christian duty, ever delivered by a Southern speaker. lie stated as a practical proposition that every child, white or black, should have from its parent or from the Government equal chances for elementary edit-, oalioq in conimou schools, whioh to be efficient and reach the case must be hacked by the Government. ?? ? A Firb at Tiiomasvilln Ga.?Macon. Ga., August 2.?The Mitohell House, a well-know^ Holol at Thoniasville. was burned this morning. Insurance on the building and furniture $(>6,-; 000 boss $46,000. Lyman, dry goods and groceries, on the ground floor of the hotel, lost $12,000, insurance $0,000 ; Reese, druggist, also suffered. His loss is covered by insurance. J. Forbes, furniture stock, lost $6,600. Insured for $1,600. Lynoiiinu in Louisiana.?New Orleans. August 2.? Last night a crowd assembled at the jail in Mayersville and demanded the keys from the sheriff, who refused to surrender them, They then broke in the door and took out D. \V. I'resscll, who w.is under arrest for outraging a girl nine years old, and hanged hint in the conrt* limmo vflpil