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Ewmotoujs Department. Brother Gardner on Marriage.?"I understand," be^an the president, as the meeting opened in due form, "dat quite a number of de members of dis club am gwine to be mar'ied doorin' de summer. Dat's all right, an I wish 'em much joy, an' shall be glad to witness the obsequies of each and ebery one. But, I want to say a few words in gen'ral. In de fust place, am you j^wine to marry for love or fur a sort o' bLzness partnership? If you answer fur love, let me warn you dat you doan't mistake de sentiment. Many a young man who thought his heart torn by love has plunged into matrimony to diskiver dat he simply had an admiration for a $30 set of false teeth an' a high instep. If you answer fur a sort o' bizness partnership, let me warn you not to expect too much. Yo' won't love de woman, an' she won't trust you. It will be a sort o' hoss trade in which both parties will be cheated and both continyer to be mad about it. You kin git along arter a fashion, an' people who see her on your arm at a circus won't know how you fight at home. "If you mus' marry, let common sense hav' a show in de transakshun. Doan 'go off" yer feet because yer meet a gal who can sing Ike a robin, smile like a rose, an' jump off de street kyar widout boderin' de driver to stop. A wife will have much to do besides singin' an' cultivatin' dimples. If you am gwine ter marry, ax yourselves how fur $11) per week will go when divided up fur clothes an' pervisnuns an' house rent an' fewel an' incidentals. Befo' you fall in love wid a gal who looks too sweet fur anythin'in red |plush sacque, kinder figure on how many such duds your income would afford her. Befo' you am all broke ober a gal who plays de pianner, talks French, Saints landscapes an' reads poetry, jist sit own an' figger who am to cook yer meat an' taters, patch yer cloze, darn yer sox an' make $12 buv $lo worth of things. Befo' ye let apa'r o' nashin' eyes an' a cunnin' dimf>le captivate ye, look aroun' a little an' see f de owner has got a temper like a wildcat. Mariasre am a lottery simply beease people take each odder unsight an' unseen. Let us now prognosticate to bizness."?Detroit Free Press. Served Him Right.?Colonel Bogle visited the office of a daily paper and the next day the paper contained an item headed "Colonel Bugle." This made the old gentleman very angry, declaring the paper misspelled his name purposely, substituting Bugle for the purpose of shov^bg that he was a blow. He went to the ^Jfce, and after a short interview, left with w handful of the reporter's hair. He was arrested and taken before the police judge. "You did not nave sufficient cause to put a bald head on so young a man," said the judge. "It was evident that he did not purposely misspell your name." "It was the second offense, judge, that caused me to jump on him. I am a plain unassuming man, and I don't want a young feller to monkey with me. When I went into the office, the young feller kindly gave r me a seat, and when I explained to him the mistake, he seemed much concerned. "Colonel," he said, "you can't blame me, for you can readily perceive that it is not an error of the heart." "Why can I perceive it?" "Because," he continued, pointing to the erroneous caption, "it is an error of the head." v "Nobody can shoot such a pun at me, for I am plain and unassuming, and I arose in just anger and lifted the young man's hair." "And you served him right," said the judge. "I discharge you and fine the vile young man."?Arkansas Traveler. A Suspicious Box.?The dynamite scare has taken possession of the officials at Washington. At any rate this is the inference to be drawn from the following story, for which the Critic vouches: A suspicious looking Irishman attracted considerable attention in the park back of the State Department, one afternoon, by his peculiar movements. He carried a little queer shaped box, and the impression soon got abroad that he was a dynamite fiend, who intended to blow our International Courtesy Department into smithereens because of its alleged sympathy with England. A watchman and several spectators soon closed in upon the mysterious Celt, and the former gruffly demanded: "What are you doing here?" "I won't tell yes," quietly responded the Irishman. "Then I'll arrest ye." "And phat for, sure ?" "On suspicion." "On phat's that?" "Suspicion. Sneaking about the grounds with that queer box. What are ye doin' with it anyway?" exclaimed the watchman, excitedly. "Ah, yez bladerskites; yez are afraid, are . yez? Why, I'm jest catching sum grass Hoppers lor me canary oircis." Where the Difference Was.?An Arkansas man had located in Texas on a few rich .acres, and after a year or two of indifferent effort at farming, got discouraged, packed his household goods in a wagon, and started back to Arkansas. His dilapidated team, consisting of a Mexican pony and a Texas steer hitched together, were pulling the load leisurely along the road, when he met a neighbor, who saluted him. "Helloa, Clayton! Which way?" "I am going back to Arkansas." "What for?" "Oh, I am tired and discouraged. I can't raise any crops here; the country ain't worth a cuss for farming." It is altogether too hot." 14\\7^11 mon nnnooro +a liotro >V Clij lvu? iiiio iiian iv xuvvv mighty fine crops," said the neighbor, pointing to a neat house, and the clean, tidy-looking acres surrounding it, that were carrying a fine stand of different kinds of small grain. "Yes, that is so," said the Arkansas traveler; "but, d?n it, Perkins, the man is a Dutchman." # ? ? The Pear James Did Not Take.?After a long search in the pantry, the other morning, Mr. Jones called his son James and the following conversation took place: "James!" "Yes, pa." "There were seven California pears in that cupboard. Six of them are gone. Do you know anything about it?" "I never took one of them." "Sure?" "Certain, pa. Wish I may die if?" "You wicked, bad boy; how often have I told you never to use such an expression ? Here comes ma; let me see if she knows anything about it." Mamma says she saw James take at least five of them. "You little rascal! How dare you tell me you never took one, and here is only this little one with the grub eaten side left?" "'Oh, pa, don't hit me. I said I didn't take one of them?and?and?and that's the one I didn't take." Pa relented. Wanted Perfect Rest.?She wanted perfect quietude when laid to rest in that silent city of the dead. The neoropolis of her dream was not the vaunted piles of stone and the coquetry of landscape gardening, but a very different siesta. She made the following request to her friends here: "Do not lay me down by the rippling brook's side, lest babbling lovers wake me from my dreams, nor in the beautiful cemetariesin the valleys, Jpst sightseers, con ning over epitaphs, distract me; nut let my last sleep be under the counter of the merchant and the business man generally, who never advertises. There is the peace which passeth all understanding, and a deep sleep on which neither the buoyant footfall of youth nor the weary shuffle and drag of old age will ever intrude."?Cheek. Too Much Haste.?Gazing upon the rugged mountain scenery near Austin, a young lady remarked: "How strange that all this beautiful world should have been created in the short space of six days!" "It does look as if it wasn't finished yet," remarked the matter-of-fact young man ; "it looks for all the world as if it had been thrown together in a hurry. 11 would have looked much more womanlike if it had taken three or four weeks to finish the job properly. Nothing that is done in a hurry is well done."?Texan Siftinr/s. jibe J?tw and Jive side. NEATNESS ON THE FARM. Intelligent observers have generally noted the fact that.in every rural neighborhood the prosperous fanners are almost invariably those who keep their buildings painted, fence;; in good repair, and their fields free from stone, weeds and rubbish. Of course, it may be said that men who have plenty oi money can afford to spend it for keeping up appearances. But this is evidently not the full explanation of this coincidence of facts. Men wno make money, especially in farming, are least inclined to pay it out merely for show. It may be safely put down as a general rule that work performed by most thrifty farmers is in the direction of profit; hence, as neatness commonly goes with thrift, it is quite as like to be one of its causes as one of its effects. There are exceptions to this rule, as to all others. Some farmers accumulate money still more rapidly, not by increasing their income, but by a system of grinding parsimony, by robbing themselves and cheating their families to put dollars in their purse. These are not examples to be imitated. The aim of most reasonable men is not only to make money, but in the meantime to live in a reasonable and comfortable manner. To accomplish these objects it is not difficult to prove that neatness is essential. There are many reasons why habits of neatness in farming lead to success. Such habits are non^ too common, and in every business the men who do their work in the most thorough manner get the best pay. The world is full of poor work ; that of necessity can only be poorly paid. The farmer who grows his crops among weeds can never sell nis grain at the highest market price, while the extra, aire neeuea 10 secure absolute purity is sure to be proportionately well paid. Farmers understand this well enough, as is shown by their periodic endeavors to secure pure seed for sowing and planting. If we go to almost any market we will find that the bulk of crops are more or less mixed, and therefore unsalable for seed and undesirable for any purpose. Almost every spring there is an active demand for seed barley, free from oats or other varieties of barley, and not infrequently farmers buy from seed stores, paying from two to four times the price at which they sold their grain the fall previous. In almost any neighborhood a farmer who will grow pure seed of the various grains will find a demand for his entire stock at prices enough better than market rates to assure him a profit. When we are told that farming is not profitable, the implication is that reference is made to the common slovenly method. The fancy kinds of farming, such as growing seeds and garden vegetables, nearly always pays those who intelligently conduct them. Yet seed growing and gardening are really as true farming as growing hay or making butter and cheese. They are only better paid beaiuse they cannot be conducted without close attention to details, and it is in this that neatness consists.? American Cultivator -4- ? ? - Clearing the Garden of Weeds.? Our gardens are pest beds of weeds, and they need a year's fallow and working to clean them. This thoroughly fines the ground and favors the thorough incorporation of manure, securing thus a clean soil with an increase of growth and a full yield, wfticn cannot possioiy De nau wnere weeus are striving for the mastery, to say nothing of the labor required to subdue them, which is a whole season's work, the same work to be repeated each year. It does not require much manure, the working of the soil favoring enrichment. This does not necessarily deprive the farmer of a garden. Let him select another piece of ground and put it in order, which is readily done by simply plowing and fining the soil and applying what manure is needed. Sod maybe treated successfully by plowing it as deep as it will allow in clay soil, and if followed by the subsoil plow all the better, providing the subsoil breaks up mellow. In sandy or alluvial soil deep plowing is all that is required for workipg and pulverizing the soil when rotted. This must be done the fall previous, and finished with a coat of manure, to be ready to work up nicely in the spring. If the manure is clean there will be comparatively little trouble from weeds, as a new plat is usually freer from the pest and gives better satisfaction than the old, the produce growing more healthfully and thriftily, and leaving the ground in excellent condition to grow other crops.?/''. O. in Country Gentleman. What an Egg Will Do.?For burns and scalds nothing is more soothing than the white of an egg, which may be poured over the wound. It is softer as a varnish for a burn than collodion, and being always at hand can be applied immediately. It is also more cooling than the sweet oil and ' * " 1? 1 A ^ I cotton wmcn was xormeriy suppuseu to ue the surest application to allay the smarting pain. It is the contact with the air which gives the extreme discomfort experienced from the ordinary accident of this kind, and anything that excludes the air and prevents inflammation is the thing to be at once applied. The egg is considered one of the best of remedies for dysentery. Beaten up slightly, with or without sugar, and swallowed at a gulp, it tends, by its emollient qualities, to lessen the inflammation of the stomach and intestines, and, by forming a transient coating on these organs, to enable nature to resume her healthful sway over a diseased body. Two, or at most three eggs per day would be all that is required in ordinary cases; and since egg is not merely medicine but food as well, the lighter the diet other wise and the quieter the patient is kept the more certain and rapid is the recovery. Benefit of Applying Salt to Land. Mr. Thompson, a veterinary surgeon of England, has paid great attention to this during the past thirteen years, having watched the effect of something like 5,000 tons of salt applied to land. He found on pasture that it had the power of preventing such diseases among animals as cripples or rheumatism, red water, fluke, loupin^ ill or scours in calves, etc. Sheep brought down from the I liilis tn wintpr in pasture bordering 011 the ocean were much more healthy than when kept on inland pastures. Halt destroys snails, small mollusca and other minute animals, at the same time it so greatly improves the herbage that stock will forsake fresh pasture which is alongside of salted, when able to get on it. In a discussion of thissubject by others present at the meeting, they contended that although salt was very beneficial, it did not always prevent the above diseases.?Rural New Yorker. The Pulse of Animals.?In horses the pulse, at rest, beats forty times, in an ox from fifty to fifty-five, and in sheep and pigs about seventy to eighty beats per minute. It may be felt wherever a large artery crosses a bone, for instance. It is generally examined in the horse on the cord which crosses over the bone of the lower jaw in front of its curved position, or in the bony ridge over the eye; and in cattle over the middle of the first rib, and in sheep by placing the hand on the left side, where the beating of the heart may be felt. Any material variation of the pulse from the figures given above may be considered a sign of disease. If rapid, hard, and full, it is an indication of high fever or inflammation; if rapid, small and weak, low fever, loss of blood, or weakness. If slow, the probabilities point to brain disease,and if irregular, to heart troubles. This is one of the principal and sure tests of the health of an animal. -r W llir n ? . r,r.n n . how "JUJHAAB \JTKAfS5 ^A?Li!i WUT UJ1 Egypt.?Writing from Buckhead, >S. Q.. to the Southern Cultivator, in regard to the history of the "Means Grass," Mr. T. D. Feaster says: "This grass is better known here as the Egyptian grass, as it was imported to this place from Egypt in hemp seed, by Col. Thomas Means, father of ex-Governor John H. Means, between the years of 1795 and 1800. The grass came up with the hemp seed and grew so fast and luxuriant that he A ^1 1- ? ? ? " -1 rt C'AITf A/1 DAmA i V? 1 n gtunereu UltJ SCCU auu dv/vvgvi juiuc in ma garden. It is the thriftiest grass I ever saw, being waist high now. It is good for hay and pasturage. My plantation joins the Elace where it was first started, and I have een well acquainted with the grass since I was a boy, nearly sixty years ago. The "Means Grass" grows best on red or mulatto land, and hogs do well on the roots in winter. j IfjtottaBMttSi flfttfttUJ. COLORED MEN IN COUNCIL. | THE MEETING OF THEIR STATE CONVEN| TION IN COLUMBIA. Charleston News and Courier, j Seventy-three delegates assembled in the j A. M. E. Church, in Columbia, and were | . called to order by H. L. Shrewsberry, at half past 12 P. M., on Wednesday, the 18th instant. Shrewsberry addressed the Convention and read the call which had been made for it. The following specific charges are made in the call: 1st. Negro labor at the South is not fairly remunerated. Tho Southern negro is not protected by law in the collection of money due him. 2d. In most parts of the country the negro does not have a fair show in the public schools., :$d. The negro is not protected in his civil rights, tUn loti'u nouuo/1 1>\? Cnmrrouu Iium iuinuiliuiu^ HIP mnn j?c?oov\i ./j v?>. 4th. His political rights are ignored ; six and a half millions of people are without representation in Congress. 5th. The negro does not get his share of Executive protection and encouragement. Several nominations were made when H. L. Shrewsberrv was elected temporary chairman, and J. 31. Freeman secretary. On motion the roll of the several counties was called, the following delegates answering to their names: . TilST OP DELEGATES. Aiken?S. E. Smith, K. J. Dickson, L. W. Jones, Rev. W. H. Heard. Barnwell?Fred Nix, Jack Hankerson, P. B. McKnight, Ben Meyers. Beaufort?T. E. filler, Robt Smalls, Thomas Hamilton. Berkeley?D. T. Middleton, R.H.Jenkins, W. J. Bowen,R. L. Smith, Frank Bull, S. B. Thompson. Charleston?\V. II. Birnev, John M. Freeman, IT. W. Purvis, B. C. Brownell, S. W. Mckinley, M. C. Carter, G. O. Marshall, G. O. Parker, T. A McLain, R. W. Brown, W. D. Crum, J. A. Wragg. Chestertield?H. L. Shrewsberry, J. E. Hardy. Clarendon?W. P. Wailey. Colleton?W. F. Myers, J. TI. Blodgett, C. R. Bailey, W. Paul, J. J. Thomas, W. A. Chisholm. Darlington?Z. W. Wines. Edgefield?L. Cain, Davis Harris, Jr., David Graham, W. A. Raiford, August Glover. Georgetown?G. E. Herriott, B. W. Williams. Kershaw?C. C Levy, A. W. Powell, J. H. Johnson. Marion?W. A. Haines, A. II. Howard, Giles 1 F. White, Aaron Fryer. Marlboro?E. J. Sawyer, S. D. Beverly. Newberry?X. IT. Whitmore, Arthur Lane. i^ninrFatmrir?A M Tknt*lfir. T. lv. Desnorts. Richland?i>r. J. C\ Waters, S. Starling, A. M. Curtis, R. A. Steward, James Wells. Spartanburg.?O. C. Bowmer, J. P. Boyden, B. ' F. Means, J. W. Jones. 1 Sumter?J. B. Smith, G. W. Manning, R. II. Richardson. Union?J. S. Mobley, J. Cohen, F. Brown. ; Williamsburg?Win Scott, II. II. Mouzon. A committee on credentials was appointed and retired. J. F. Lopez was appointed sergeant-atarms, and Prof. 1). J. Straker was requested, to address the Convention. He was introduced by the temporary chairman and spoke at some length, dwelling upon the course of the negro through freedom and then through citizenship. He denied that the Republican party gave the negro freedom; it was the advancement of American ideas that freed them. He thought the convention ought to have been held in Charleston or some other place where the negro element, was strongest?not at Louisville, but was reconciled with the fact that it was to be held, at all. The unification of the races was the great problem in America, and that could be done only by the indepen aence oi tne negro nimsen, in pontics uim everytliing else. The South would never prosper until the negro was properly acknowledged. He wanted the convention to say something that would be remembered for years to come. The class of people who kept the negro from rising were not in the South alone; they are in the North also. These people inust be taught better, that no one place in America belongs to any one man. When there is a National Convention Mr. Carl Schurz marshals his German friends and he goes into the department of the interior. The negro too must have recognition as a race. He hoped the Convention would elect such delegates as would do honor to South Carolina and well represent her. The committee on credentials at this point returned and reported that all delegates were possessed of proper credentials, except Richland, which came with a contesting delegation. A motion was made that the delegation headed by A. W. Curtis be seated. This brought June Mobley to his feet, who said he opposed that delegation because it was the choice of a revenue ring. The colored churches were opened for the colored people to hold their meetings in, but he had heard nfnn r?n 11 and no meetings. He didn't in tend to be governed by these revenue rings. These revenue men had no more business here than a horse. There was in the Convention a set of ringsters and demagogues who had no business here, and if these clerks go up to Louisville they cannot represent the ills and wrongs of the colored people, but will do the bidding of those who sent them there. Mobley was interrupted a dozen or more times by different delegates, but he could not be suppressed until finally he was ruled out of order by the Chair. A motion was made to give botli sides ten minutes each in which to present their side of the question. E. W. Eider, (black,) in behalf of the las'; elected, or the "Engine delegation," as it is called, charged that the other delegation was a postofticeand a revenue ring crowd, and he wouldn't stand it. Scipio Starling and Andrew Curtis of the other delegation defended their cause. A motion was made to seat the Curtis delegation, which was carried. Shrewsberry vacated the chair and took the floor, and placed in nomination for permanent chairman It. L. Smith, the editor of the Palmetto Press of Charleston. Purvis made a speech, seconding the nomination. Smith took the floor and in a long speeen declined the nomination. The temporary organization was finally declared permanent. Upon assuming the; permanent chairmanship Shrewsberry in a few remarks thanked the Convention for the honor conferred. On motion the Rev. E. M. Pincknev opened the permanent Convention with, prayer. On motion of T. B. Miller, a committee of seven, on platform, was then appointed. Miller also made a motion that the rules guiding the House of Representatives be used in the Convention, which was adopted. The following resolution was read and passed, and a committee of seven was appointed to call upon the Governor and ask his aid in doing away with the system: Wh%reas, it is known that the most brutal and inhuman outrages have been perpetrated upon the penitentiary convicts, hired out to parties to work under contract, by the State; and, whereas, even the press of the' State, from all sections, have, time and again, denounced the atrocities committed to no effect and without result; and. whereas, it is proven conclusively that the system of hiring out the convicts to corporations and individuals is productive of the most direful results. Therefore, be it Resolved, That we denounce and condemn in. unmeasured terms the pernicious practice as 8. foul blot upon the civilization of the age, and demnnrl in filename of humanitv and justice, that the law under which the system operates be repealed at the next session of the General Assembly. Resolved, That the perpetrators of the fiendish acts of cruelty upon helpless and unprotected criminals deserve the severest punishment under the law, and we call for its speedy execution by the authorities and the immediate correction of the shameful abuses, which is a disgrace to the government and the peace and order of society. Resolved, That a committee of seven, one from each Congressional district, be appointed by the Chair to wait upon the Governor, present a copy i of theso resolutions, and urge the interposition I of his executivo authority for the immediate cor! rection of the abuses complained of. I T. A. McLane, of Charleston, offered a i resolution regarding universal suffrage. H. L. Shrewsberry offered the following j resolutions: Whereas, under tho operation of the present | school system in this State, the facilities enjoyed j are far too meager and limited to meet tho wants ' of tho people and effect the good desired ; and, j whereas, it is essentially necessary and highly I important that the most l iberal advantages shou Id ! be placed within the reach of all the children of j this State, to tho end that they be fitted and pro! pared to assume and discharge the duties and re - i j sponsibilities of citizenship in a creditable and j ; worthy manner. Therefore, be it Resolved, That we earnestly urge upon the suj perintendent of education and other school oilicers of this State to take such steps and devise ; such means as will secure a more protracted term J and extended privileges for the schools, thereby securing to the pupils thereof benefits from ! which some good will result. Resolved, That we earnestly urge upon and advis? the people to organise educational associations in each county, as auxiliaries to the aid furnished by the State, and suggest for the further promotion and advancement of educational interests that the teachers unite in organizing and forming teachers' institutes in their respective counties, and give their active co-operation and cheerful assistance in all matters looking to the elevation and upbuilding of the people. Resolved, That a committee of five be appointed by the Chair to wait upon the superintendent of education and confer freely with him on the question of an extension and enlargement of the school facilities, and the improvement of the present school system, the' better to secure more liberal advantages and decided benefits. H. J. Smith, of Charleston, read a long article declaring that the negro was grateful to the Republican party lor its freedom, but the emancipation of the negro was a Tif.i*. in nn.-nwi 1111 rl fli n T?/inl l 111 i on n nnrbr hnfl HCU IIHWUU , (Hiu UIC XWV|/WVIIUW?* ??1VV4 put white men into office whose only recommendation was the color of their skins, while the negro, the backbone of the party, was left out in the cold. The committees, were appointed, and the Convention at live minutes to four took a recess until 6 P. M. Both wings, in fact all the wings or factions in the Republican party, wre represented, Tom Hamilton, of Beaufort, being among the number. THE COMMITTEE'S REPORTS. The following were appointed the committee on address: Thomas E. Miller of Beaufort, F. C. Brown and \V. J. Bowen of ; Charleston, R. S. Smith of Berkeley, A. G. Townsend of Orangeburg, E. J. Sawyer of ; Marlboro, and H. W. Purvis of Charleston. The Convention reassembled at 6 P. M. The chairman of the committee made a verbal report 011 the Penitentiary, which was received as information. He reported that he had had a$ Interview with the Gov- , ernor, and that he had said that he knew that there had been abuses and he intended 1 to have them, and was now having them, 1 investigated. The chairman of the committee 011 education reported that the committee appointed to wait on the superintendent of education were cordially received; that the su Eerintenaent said tnat tne report iuny emraces his views as to the educational interest of the State, that he had intended to so report to the Legislature, and that he would attend the National Colored Convention at Louisville in September next to personally urge upon that body to recommend to Congress the passage of the educational bill which is now before Congress, and that the superintendents of education of the various .States would meet there for that purpose.' The report was loudly applauded, and on motion was received as information. The report of the committee on resolutions and address was then read. THE ADDRESS OF THE COMMITTEE. We, the committee appointed by the Convention on address and resolutions, beg leave to report the following: Fully recognizing the importance of the purpose for which we have come together and knowing the allegiance we owe in common to our country, can find 110 better opportunity of presenting our grievances than in convention assembled, believing that the principles of equal civil and political rights are vital to the interest of good government, and that they can only be enforced by the /'iirrvincr nnf. nf the nrinpinles engrafted hv our fathers in the organic law of our land as set forth in the Bill of Rights of our Constitution. Recognizing only the common brotherhood of men, we, as a race, are in- < d?bted to the Republican party for free citi- ' zenship and the partial enjoyment of the rights thereto. We believe that the full en- j joyment of each and every right can be ob- ; tained by the continuance in power of a par- i ty whose aims are to protect all and proscribe none. While acknowledging the benefits received, we are compelled to indict the Republican party for its omission in the past six years, as far as it relates to its administration in connection with our race. We condemn the action of the National Republican party in conferring every office of honor, emolument or trust upon the white men to the exclusion and detriment of our race. We wish the American people to under- . stand and be informed that we are cursed with the most damnable form of State Gov eminent to which a free people have ever ; QiiKin/>forI "R\r lofriulotinn tho riofVlt uctll gUU'JV/VVWU* f va*v vv? enjoyment of an honest vote and fair count < has been taken from us. The right of a fair trial by an impartial jury is denied us. The rights of our people in the civil and criminal side of the Courts are not protected. The verdicts of the juries and the sentences of the Courts are determined by the condition and color of the parties accused of crime. The lynching of our people for suspected offences has become prevalant in this State, and its tendency , being to disorganize and disrupt communi- j ties, promote crime and place law and order at defiance, we feel called upon to denounce in unmeasured terms such flagrant and so far unpunished violations of law. Our public school system is by 110 means efficient. The schools are in operation but a few months during each year. Inefficient teachers are largely employed for the sake of cheapness, and they say on account of poverty, not being able to await payment, are frequently under the necessity of selling tllUli l/'Ulillld CVL a V41 OtUUiiU X 11\_/ UV>aw VJUM.il tied tcacliers on account of their meagreness ] of salaries and the shortness of the session : of the schools, are forced to forsake the field : of instruction and follow other avocations. The present system of hiring out and working convicts on any other than public works we condemn. While we cannot deny the power of the Legislature to enact laws to the detriment of even convicts, yet we would set upon them the seal of condemnation and ask the Legislature to wipe out the iniquitous system at its earliest session. As representatives of that race most Victimized by the avarice and greed of heartless corporations and individual we thank the press of the State for the unanimity with which they have condemned and stigmatized this inhuman and barbarous system. All of which is respectfully submitted. Thomas E. Miller, H. w. Purvis, A. G. Townsend, It. C. Browne, E. J. Sawyer, Wm. J. Bo wen, t It. L. Smith. Tom Hamilton moved that the words ' Republican party be stricken out. It was a ( long time before his motion was seconded. < Tlie platform was again read, when it was attempted to rule out Hamilton and substitute Whipper; but the Chair ruled that Hamilton was a legally constituted delegate < tn the Convention. - Hamilton then proceeded with a long t speech to define his position and state why ^ he had made the motion. jj A delegate here interrupted Hamilton and ^ said he ought not to be listened to, as he had deserted the negro and should not be c allowed to speak here. The Rev. June Mobley wanted to ask a question, but Hamilton refused. Mobley said: "You better not. I'd show you up. You sold us out." Hamilton said: "If that preacher wants to preach he can preach when I get j through." Hamilton eulogized the negro j race, and thought they deserved something : better than being coachmen for white men. I He said that the negro was the equal of any | race of men on the globe, and much more! that was irrelevant to the question, and the chairman called him'to confine himself to the subject under discussion. The Chair here announced that Hamilton had had his say and that he must stop. rPl-*tk -?v?v% +rv c4vl lr/i aiif Tirrvrrl "Pn publican party" was then put, and the mo- j tion was rejected. The address was then ' adopted as above. The following is a list of the delegates 1 selected to go Louisville: First District?A. D. Danzler, W. H. Rirncy, | W. I). Crump; alternate, S. W. McKinlay. Second District?L. Cain, S. C. Smith, Fred i Nix; alternate, E.J. Diekerson. 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'.-Assess-'! . ;Assess- ' . jAssessA#e ' ment. ;| Ab<5' ment. !JAge* ! inent. 21 81 28 ! :M> ; 82 12 51 84 14 22 : 1 41 37 I 2 10 '! 52 ! 4 44 22 1 44 :w | 2 28 " 52 4 74 24 | 1 47 20 1 2 27 54 5 04 25 j 1 50 40 2 40 'I 55 5 27 20 i 1 53 41 ; 2.55 ,1 50 5 70 27 I 1 50 42 2 04 57 0 00 28 ! 1 59 42 2 72 f 58 0 42 20 ; 1 02 44 2 85 50 0 81 >" 1 o<i ' i- .? 11(1 (,,, 7 'iz .w 1 oyt *t.| *i M\r \j\r , .11 1 83 46 3 15 II 01 ; 7 95 32 1 89 47 8 30 jj 02 8 55 33 1 95 48 I 3 48 ,! <33 9 15 34 2 01 ! 49 3 66 04 9 75 35 I 2 07 ii 50 3 75 || 65 | 10 50 A membership for Two Thousand Dollars will aost one-third less than the above; for One Thousand Dollars, two-thirds less than theabove. Gen. E. M. LAW, Agent, Yorkville, S. C. Hon. A. H. H. Stuart, President; Hon. M. Hangar, Vice-President; C. L. Cooke, Secretary ; P. H. Trout, Treasurer; E. L. Edmondson, Greneril Agent; Dr. Carter Berkeley, Med. Examiner. S. E. MILLER, State Agent, Box 164, Columbia, S. C. July 19 29 tf F. HAPPERFIELD. FAMILY GROCERIES. MY stock of Family Groceries is complete, and consists of a full supply of new crop New Orleans Molasses, Cream Cheese, Hams, Rice, Pearl Hominy, Bacon, Lard, Coffees, Green md Roasted; Sugars?all grades, "Luxury" and ather brands of Flour. Fancy Groceries. A full supply of Fancy Groceries, eonsistingof plain and fancy Candies, Canned Goods of all kinds, Crackers,Spices, Extracts, Ac. MARBLE WORK. I am still conducting tiie Marble business and have lately received a good supply of Choice Marbles, whieh J am prepared to furnish in Monuments, Toinb-Stones or any other kinds of ivork in that line, at the most reasonable prices. F. HAPPE R FIELD. FOUNDRYAND "im. m~ lYxaciniie wnop. rHE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he now has in operation, on lis lot on King's Mountain Street, a FOUNDRY YND MACHINE SHOP, in which he is prepared o do all manner of work in light iron and brass fastings, and general machine work. REPAIROG, )f all kinds, promptly done on short notice, tteam Engines, and agricultural machinery of iny kind overhauled and repaired. Besides, any iinuci r>r u-nri- timt mnv lm wM.nt.eil in hisshon. lie vill attend any call for repairing stationary enrinos, doing the work on the promises, thus ob'iating the necessity of moving the engine. Prices reasonable. Terms, cash on completion >f thework. KDWARD THOMAS. May 10 1!) tf mm -TRADENORMAN'S I ^eOTBALIZ/W<j I 1 CORDIAL. I -MARK- 1 9 A SURE and effectual Remedy for the enro of K JX all irregularities and disorders of the Stom M aeh and Bowel*, whether In children or adult*. Kj RJ It Is occeptahlo to the Stomach without being offensive to tho taste. Kg M Promptly rollevlng Dysentery. Diarrhoea, Choi era Morbus, Cholera Infantum, mhJ Flux, Griping Pains, Flatulency, IfUjMMR Nausea, Acidity of tho Stomach, BSH ifijgyiBj Heartburn, Sick and Nervous ^B9K] Headacho and Dyspepsia. May HB9I Ik) used In all derangements of the Stomach and Dowels from relaxation of tho Intestines or a change of food or water. Be | NORMAN'S M I NEUTRALIZING CORDIAL | I Is as pleasant and harmless as Black- B 9 berry Wine. Does not contain Opium K and will not constipate. Specially recom* H mended for Seasickness and Teething jfl Children. jg fij Price 15c. and $1.00 per bottle, 9 Sold by all Druggists and Dealers in Medicine, H 1 EXCELSIOR CHEMICAL CO, 1 Sole Proprietors, rjgjgg EBBi Walhalla, S. C. U. S. A. EMM January 4 1 ly ~ Address, TAYLOR MFC. CO. j Wltait Mention thit I'aper.) Charlotte, N. C. June 28 L'li fitu* ? j ra SERGEANT I Farrar Turi LSA saw mills? ?a: PLOWS, STRA mimmuvu SLn* ~*Z = c~?-~z i ?><3* 1 ; i: - e a 5 ua >?? 2 c 2 > T c ~ c sf T a o -% 2 = v > X .2 ? s - - = 2 * .= 2 2 a = - V A 3 ~ 5 " 5 3 - ? 5 fa -5 pw ^53 5 25i i-2-S * ~ 2^-2? ~ ^ ~ ^ =w-a-oorc-s 3-2 S s^: =:f J x 3 = 5 S.'S t 2 - 0 ? ? 5 5^-s .jg| ?a8t2?l2.?!sS^SS J? ^111 !J Is^l I 111! "TR( We also manufacture the PALMETTO COO I the market. HEATING Wo make the ORGAN PARLOR STOVE in on in six sizes?from ?4.50 to ?14.00. PLANTERS' P The best material and workmanship used in the Send for Circulars and Price Lists. FRED. H. LONDON, Agent, HERNDON BROTHERS, Agents November 23 GARRY IRON RO< Manufacturers of all kinds of ? IRON ROOFING >ijjM CRIMPED AND CORRHJATED SIDIMI, Iron Tile or Shingle. FIREPROOF DOORS. SHl'TTERS m,fn r 1 Twi^irtm "*r a irrrn a /(mtrnnnn a TtlEj LAKWEjST ill Ail li f At III JtvEiIvS U L. M. Grist, Yorkville, S. C., will take or May 1(? THE HARTFORD Hewing1 Machine. JUST PEKFKUTIfiU. The Largest under Ann. The Lightest and Quietest. THE MOST LAVISHLY DECORATED. The Least Vibration of Any. A Galaxy of New Patents. Ball-Bearing Balance Wheel. Knife-edge Treadle-Bearing. Newest and most Elegant Designs in Stands and Woodwork. Positive take up. Perfect Stitch. The well-known and popular "FAMILY FAVORITE." Is also manufactured by us. For finely illustrated descriptions, apply to W. C. LATIMER Yorkville, S. C. W. G. REID A CO Rock Hill, S. C. WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, HARTFORD, CONN. February 8 6 tf THE LIGHT RUNNING DOMESTIC. THE best material; will do any and all kinds of work; complete in every respect; the largest arm ; the lightest running; most beautiful Wood work. Fully warranted for live years. Also, the PENNSYLVANIA, the best SINGER Machine made. Prices and terms reasonable. Call at my PHOTO-GALLERY, one door east of the jail and examine Machines and work. It will bo to your advantage to call on me before purchasing a SEWING MACHINE. I am prepared to do any work in the PHOTOGRAPH LINE to satisfaction, aiulat reasonable prices. J. R. SCHORB. YORK VILLE LIVERY AND FEED STABLES, NEAR THE COURT HOUSE, i| ARE now open and will bo kept in first-class j style with comfortable vehicles of all kinds, good Horses and careful drivers. BUGGIES AND PH.ETONS. Just received another lot of those nice Cincin- ] nati Leather Trimmed Buggies, warranted standard work. I sell no inferior work. Come and examine my full stock of vehicles before you purchase. FEEDINli. j You can have your horses fed as cheap as the t cheapest, at the'Yorkville Livery and FeedSta- < hies. ( WANTED. i Com, Oats, Fodder and Hay always wanted, (. and the highest market price, in cash.willbepaid. , F. E. SMITH. ( May 10 19 tf J "all healing springs company i WILL open their Hotels for the Season, on the 15TH OF MAY, with great improve- ^ ments in everthing calculated to promote the ? comfort and welfare of visitors. New Rooms, New Cottages, New Amusements, at the SAME MODERATE PRICES, which we have heretofore had. No pains will be spared to make this the most convenient and | | the most attractive resort for real oomiort and benefit, to be found. For particulars address . DR. F. M. GARRETT, Manager, , All Healing, P. O., Gaston Co., N. C. ( May 10 19 tf a APPLICATION FOR DISCHARGE. { NOTICE is horeby given that tho undersigned, c Administrator of the estate of R. L. LOVE, deceased, has made a tinal settlement with the j Judge of Probate for York county, and on J Saturday, the 11th day of August next, will make % application for a final discharge from liability as ? Administrator of the said estate. ? S. G. IIEMPHILL, Administrator. July 12 2S at* MANUFACTURING CO., SENSBORO, N. C. [ANUFACTURKRS OF bine Water Wheel, XD HEATING STOVES, NE MILLS, HORSE POWERS, W CUTTERS, ANDIRONS, G1S OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. )pic" cook Stove. C STOVE, which, for its capacity, is the best in b STOVES. . esize, and the "Forest Rose" HEATIXO STOVE RIDE PLOWS. ir construction, and they give general satisfaction Rock Hill, 8. C. Yorkville, S. C. 47 ' ly ofing company, .y IRO\ ORE PAINT And Cement. 152 TO 158 MERWIX STREET Cleveland, O. rffimKr yss- Send for Circular and Pri<-e m I List Xo. 75. F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. ders for the above rooiing. y * ly I C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains, from Newton, N. CM to Chester, S. CM taking effect at 7 o'clock, A. M., Monday July 16th, 1883: GOING SOUTH. Leave Newton, 7.00 A. M. Arrive at Maydon, 7.40 A. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 8.25 A. M. Leave Lincolnton, 8.35 A. M Arrive at Hardin's, 9.04 A. M. Arrive at Dallas, 9.32 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 9.47 A. M. Leave Gastonia, 10.02 A. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 10.30 A. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek, 10.39 A. M. Arrive at Bowling Green, 10.49 A. M. Arrive at Clover, 11.03 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville 11.45 A. M. Leave Yorkville, 11.55 A. M. , Arrive at Guthriesville, 12.20 P. M. Arrive at McConnellsville, 12.30 P. M. Arrive at Lowrysville, .'...12.49 P. M. Arrive at Chester, 1.20 P. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester, 2.50 P. M. Arrive at Lowrvsville, 8.20 P, M. Arrive at McConnellsvillo, 8.40 P, M. Arrive at Gutbriesville, 3.50 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville, 4.15 P. M. Leave Yorkville, 4.25 P. M. Arrive at Clover, 5.05 P. M. Arrive at Bowling Green, 5.20 P. M. Arrive at Crowder's Creek 5.30 P. M. Arrive at Pleasant Ridge, 5.38 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia, 5.55 P. M. Leave Gastonia, 6.10 P. M. Arrive at Dallas, 6.25 P. M. Arrive at Hardin's, 6.49 P. M. Arrive at Lincolnton, 7.15 P. M. Leave Lincolnton, 7.35 P. M. Arrive at Maydon, 8.20 P. M. Arrive at Newton, 9.00 P. M. G. R. TALCOTT, Supt. JAMES MASON, Div. Supt. July 19 29 tf JOB PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the best machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office,, we are prepared to execute all manner of JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices that will compare with New York or Philadelphia charges for the same quality of work and materials. We have recently made a reduction in prices ior iuo louuwing classes ui wurK, iu ? men we invite the attention of business men: KILL HEADS. ' For 500 For 100O Half-sheet Bill Heads, $1.50 $6.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 I Sixth-sheet Bill Heads 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet nill heads. We will till an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER. HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, 82.15 $3,25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of piuper, ami guarantee entire satisfaction in every mstance. We also give special attention to the printing of Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities, which we furnish strictly according to the romi \ rnmonta nt' Hia .TiiQtir?A? nf thp Snnrpnu> Court, and in proof readingexerci.se the utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, irom a visiting card to a large volume, and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any stvle of work desired. Address, L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C, November 30 48 tf CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST. AUGUSTA, GA. The Oldest Newspaper in the South. THE CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST is the oldest newspaper in the South, having been established in 1785. The CHRONICLE is progressive and liberal in all things, and is essentially a fair representative of Southern opinion and a persistent exponent ol Southern industries. While free from sensationalism and immorality, it is in no way behind the best of its cotemporaries as a purveyor of the news. The Morning CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST is an eight page paper of 48 columns. Price$10 per year; six months$5. Tqe Evening CHRONICLE AND CONSTITUTIONALIST is the same size as the morning paper. The price is 86 per year ; six months $3. This makes it the largest and cheapest eight page paper in the South. The Sunday CHRONICLE is a very interesting paper. It is an eight page fifty-six column paper. Price 82 per year. 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The Work is printed on good clear type, on rood heavy paper, is bound in cloth, and contains our hundred and eighteen pages. It will be sold it $2.25, either at my ollice, or delivered by mail.. Address, R. LATHAN, Yorkville, S. C. DENTAL SURGERY. THE undersigned would respect (MHk fully inform the public that he has ^-Uu_I_Lr fitted up a room in his residence in forkville, specially FOR THE PRACTICE OF )ENTISTRY, and that ho has associated with dm in the practice of his profession, Dr. A. Y. 'ARTWRIGHT, a young gentleman ofsuperior ttainments. One of us will be found in our oficeutall times. Calls will be promptly attended o at the residence of patrons in either town or ountry. In keeping with the general reduction of >rices, we propose to furnish complete UPPER ^.ND LOWER SETS, of the best material, for 120.00; SINGLE SETS, either upper or lower, 10.00; and for partial sets, more than two teeth. 1.00 PER TOOTH. W. M. WALKER, 1). O. S. June 14 27 tf