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fee*. > f '"'■v •• jQSiUMgSBi THE CHARLES E. R. DRAYTON, 3Iana?:er. AIKEN, S. C., TUESDAY^ JUNE 10, 1885. VOLUME 4.—NUMBER 34. Professional Advertisements. MY NEIGHBOR. D. S. Hesdkkkox. E. P. Hexoersox Henderson Brothers, ^.TTOltlfpYS AT Lav, Aikkn, 8. C. Will (tractiee in the State and United Staten Court* for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. O*o. W. Cuorr. J. SlLU iiL-M.AP. Croft & Dunlap, ^TVQBXETS AT I.AW. AlKEX. Jam** Alpricu. Waltkb Amulet. Aldrich & Ashley, Attorneys at Law^Vikkn^B. C, ^ Practice in UiP Spite and United /States Court# for SonMt Carolina. W. Quitman Davis, Attorney at AU?bn. S- C Will practice in the Courts of tills Circuit. Hpecia attontiou givpu to Collection** ‘I am twenty-two,” she said, grave- •pation. 8!ie was a ▼ ry handsome' woman—for, though unmarried and k-. evidently young, no one would have j “Only six rears, then!” thought of calling Miss Knowles aj “Only six years!” she echoed- warawnp«aa«yg Some wise man—I forgot .who—has called a boarding-house, a little world, made up, like the great world, of odds : girl,—and there was much more than “ only sj .rages! Thatchild is just be- aud ends, where you may find a gen- k.»autyinherface;therew'asameaning , gj nll j n g Hfe^ a ,,d j j»> ins at your right hand and a fool at your left—My left-hand neighbor, in the case I am recalling, was not a fool, but a Frenchman; and ray right —well, my right-hand neighbor was something more perplexing, morein- terestiug than a genius, for it was—a woman. . I am an engineer by profession, and had been sent to L—=?*«", to superin in every line, a meaning which sug< gested that hers had been no ordinary or easy life. Hut though a set face, it was not a hard one, and attracted in spite of itself. ‘'Miss Knowles, I think it is too un kind!” said the person who had inter- “And you—?” I repeated, as she paused, lost in thought, apparently. “I—must be going to my scholars,” she rejoined, with a quick look half- suspicious, half-mischievous, at me, as sh« started up. “Tiresome little animals, as Mr. rupted us, one of the prettiest little j Thorne rightly called them,” said I, 0. C. Jordan, Attorney at Law, AiRHy. C Claude E. Sawyer, Attorney at Law, Aiken, 8. C j. w. DEVOUR* Aikem 8. C. ». woodward Aiken, 8. C. DeVore & Woodward, Attorney at Law, Aiken, 8, C. Will practice in all the Courts of this State. Edwin R. Cunningham, 641 Broad St., - * ^.yousTA, Ga. Commissioner of Deeds for South Carolina, New York, Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Rhode Island, District of JLkriumbia, and Notary Public “with Dewing of and Probating peal Pap 'apers “a specialty 99 Dr. Z. A. Smith, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, VAUOLUSE, - - - S. C. tW~Oft)pp npar Depot. Dr. B, H» Teague, Dentist. =r—OFFICE ON- Bichland Avenue, Aiken t Ej, C. Dr. J, H. Burnett, Denttat. —OFFICE \T—=r (Jraniteyille, Aiken County, S. 0. Dr. J, R. Smith, Dentist. OFFICE AT WAlistoi}, Barnwell County, S. 0. Will attend calls to the country, 0. P. Doolittle, Q1LDER AND PICTURE FRAME Mannfacnrer, /lie Jackson St. 4uou|gT4, Ga. picture Frames Made to Order at Short Notice. NEW MOULDINGS CQNHTANTr /,r RECEIVING. Re pqua fildi .1 to i ng a Specialty. Old Frames new. Qld Pictures Copied and Enlarged. W- A. RECKLING COLUMBIA, S: C. =OIOTDKBS sent can be enlarged tp J- any size, and will be returned for inspection. If unsatisfactory no pbarge. Correspondence solicited. J, A. Wright, rBOOT AND SHOE At the 0)d Post Office qq llich}and Avenup, The hesjt of material used, and any tyle of lMM)t or shoe made to order. qeo. w. Wiiiiimis JIOUSE, SION AND F/ffJSCO PAINTER! Graining mid Marbling a specialty. Mid Furniture polished and made as good as iipw, tJ""Ottiee No. 7, Umstqirii ]llock. Orders solicited. iq (Jroft’s W* H* Hargraves tend the laying of a new fine pf rail. It was my first dinner in Mrs. Apth- waite’s boarding-house, and I looked with a stranger’s curiosity down tjip long table at the double row of faces no ope of wkiob ( huid seen before that Qt»f sent only, just at my right was vacant, but the knife aqd fork laid about the napkin indicated than ts owner was expected to take posses sion. "Miss Knowles is late again to-daj , remarked a young man opposite “Those tiresome little animals keep her out of all conscience.” My mental wonder as to whether the lady could be coqnected with menagerie was answered by Mr. De blay, the Frenchman at my left. “My faith f” he exclaimed, “I aston ish myself that a lady such qs cettc belle Mademoiselle Ncailles is not before this restricted to one scholar -life-long, b!pn eqtendue!” he added, diverting liis spoon from its legitimate use to kiss it with a flourish. “Why don't you try her with the proposal, Deblay? She seems to smile more ou you,” said, with a just perceptible sneer, a man next to the fipst speaker. “Oh, mop Dleq}” cried Deblay, “she smiles, yes; but a smile os bright and pold as sunshine on an iceberg. Ah, it fs a bad counsel you make your friends, M. VebstereJ” “That’s because he 11 kps to see ’em in the same fix as himself, eh, Web ster?” slyly said the young man who had spoken about “little animals.” The remark evidpptly contained a meaning unwelcome to Mr. Webstet. His black eyebrows came closer to gether, and liis heavy mustache gave an impatient jerk, as be said, hastily, “Much obliged, I’m sure, but I’m not over anxious for smiles from nobody knows who—” “Gentlemen, gentlemen, I call you to order,” said a stout man further down who had pushed aside his soup plate and wap busy mixing a dish of salad. “Of the dead and absent—-you know the old proverb,” jujst, men me aour upeueu, mm •• woman entered. I own my curiosity was roused by the preceding conversa- tioq, and I followed hor with my eyes as she walked nearly the length of the long table to the vacant seat; but, owipg to the light, I could dis tiuguish hardly anything more than tfiat her movements and the outlines of her figure were unusually graceful. As she reached m> sfdP ? FQ se a,1 d drew back her chair, for which little attention she thanked me with that same cold smfip=-J could now per ceive—of which the yoqqg French man had spoken, and his simile seein- pd to ine one less fanciful than at first. It is my theory that a first-rate en gineer must have something of the artisf iq him, Npw, J may say, with out undue vanity, that I was a first- ratp engineer, and I suppose it was this artjstic something which was so strongly impressed by the sort of harmony in the voice, gesture, and whole presence of the woman beside me. My curiosity had changed at once into interest i J cast about in my mind how to make her more aware of qiy e^istoqee thip? she ijad us yet the qjr of being. “There docs not appear to be any master of ceremonies here,” I began, “ so we must introduce ourselves— since we are to be neighbors. Permit me to present qjj-spJf as George Den vers, an engineer, and very much at your service professionally or other wise,” { binmdered on, not very well knowing what I was saying for she had turned her eyes full on me, ami they made me lose iny head a little— “And you?’! I’Misa Knowles, a drawing-teacher,” she "answered, not exactly shortly, but briefly. But I would not take the hint. I tyqqted to make her look at me again. I took yp the glass of water before me. “This is rather a cold element for plt-dge offering, Miss Knowles,” I said, “but at least it is a pure one. Suppose we drink to neighborhood and friendship.” I had succeeded school-girls I ever saw,leaning forward from our side of the table. “You haven’t spoken a word to me yet. I do believe you’ve forgotten that we’re engaged!” “By Jove! Mi** Knowles is to be Ami vied!” It was Webster who said t tids, and the mqrked way in which he said it made tljie speech a rude one. Deblay perhaps thought so, for he said instantly: ? ‘Ofi, n»on Dieu! Mecp Noailles and Mees Morrell are to be envied and blamed alike, botli the two! It is cruel of your sen to nionopolize itself against us miserables, you hear, made moiselle Morrell?” If one had fancied Miss Knowles’ f.ice hard, hp would have changed his mind in watching the smile with which she answered the laughing young girl, a smile out of which the ice had melted and left pure sunlight “No ? I’ve not forgotten, Rosa,” she said; “but you know of old I never kiss aqd tell.”. It was a peculiarity of this woman’s THE £2HEKRY-IjIPPEI> GIKL. Henry ami J >hn Quincy Adan s Ridding lt>r a Kiss. C*<rp, in Commercial Loader. It was at a dinner given to the American Commissioners, after the conclusion of the treaty of A Western Man at Dinner. Prom tiie Commercial Bulletin. Those who had not “tipped the wai ters received but tardy attention. It Temperance in Georgia. Savannah News, June 10th. The State Temperance Convention meets in Atlanta to-day. It is proba- The Civil Service Iniquity. . Abbeville Medium. One of the greatest humbugs of the day is the Civil Service Commission rising too. As we entere<I~the hall, the street door was just closing~Du Webster. “Wifi that bo a match, do you think ?” I asked, the sight of him re minding me of the subiect. “Good heaven*!” exclaimed Mi*s Knowles, stopping short and gazing in my face—” Rosa—Miss Morrell and Mr. Webster do you see any reftl reason for question. “Only human nature in and—if you will excuse my so of yoqr little friend—Miss Moi nature in particular, I don’t think it I was In Webster’s place, Uffhould dispair,” “Rosa is thoughtless, but I cannot •£ believe—” she did not finish her sCh- tence, but with kqit brows walked ofT, declining, as she invariably did my company on the way. That evening as I was smoking in rqy window, J heard Miss Knowles’ voice from the next room, Miss (llient. Henry C/ay was sitting in the seat of honor at] the right of the table, and immediately opposite him wassitting John Qb'incy Adams. Mr. Adams seldom nade a joke, and when he arose an Ispoke as follows about Mr. Clay .tli re was no man in the party more as lihnded thanjQlay.'' '8aid Mr. Adams:! “Wetiave at la chanced that one of this class, a big, I ble that the attendance will be large, : organized under tbe act of Congress of huge ! and that every part of the State will i 1883. last finished the busii convent/ that ourj ant, I my) think ij family i but which called us to this n, and I am glad of it. ,Not iations have not been pieas- think it is high time that Mr. Clay shoqld depart. I the interest of himself and 'it-he should goat once, Be- ntlemen, at the hotel at both stop there is a serving maid y4ung, rosy and fair to Jook q*jii s f a i r gjrj W as met by Mr, u>i* morning, just in the hall outside q£ my room, and I distinctly lir her a 5-franc piece for ft single 'kiss from her cherry lips. a g^od girl, she scorned his offer, and tore lierself from his embracing ftrm8,»Bd ran down the hall. gffijjiilMault was so unexpected that Clay blushed to his temples and was for ft ukoment at a loss for a reply. As John Qu ucy Adaus was closing, how ever, hefijoted the well-known weak- —as I had oocasjon later repeatedly J approached the window, which must to observe—that whatever she said or have been open, for I heard eve8 did, she could not help being remark- word distinctly. able, so much her personality made “No, Rosa, J certainly do notf itself fefi; id everything, 8he inqde I Jike bin*. J distrust his face; it is that quotation from the common little cruel and cowardly. If the choice were song just as anybody might have [ really between the two, I would say if Morrell’s. She had apparently just *u“ ra °]w^^ul!'of a’atXand'lr 1 ' done, carelessly and manifestly with out a thought of efibet, yet J do qot believe there wgs a man at the table who heard it from her lips quite un moved. Even Webster lifted his eyes to her with a kind of sullen admira- ;ion, a tribute which be was as unwiil- ng to give as she was to receive, but which was forced from him against his will. My pledge of friendship, I am con strained to admit, did not advance me as I could have wished with Mi** Knowles. A certain degree of pro gress she allowed me to make,' it was a kind of disagreement which thousand times sooner Mr. Deblay 1 than Mr. Webster, for at least—” But when it came to names I. thought it was time make sbme signs of existence. I gave a slight cough; the window was instantly closed and I heard qo iqore, It appeared, however, that I had not been the only uninvited listener to this fragmentary scene. The next minute Webster came out the farther corqer of the balcony, where he had been sitting, too deep in the shadow to be perceived until he moved His face, as it came into the light, wore an expression that certainly served me most,and which cume'about justified Miss Knowles’ opinion n this way: One evening I had been “So that’s her little game!” be m.ut- reading to her and had just closed the tured, “But if I don’t manage to get hookas twilight came on, when my I the odd trick of her, by ” and with attention was attracted by a new ly I an oath he brought down his hand on married pair in the balcou* Hhe regar 8he did look at me again, her eyes resting qn my face with an indiscribable expression. “You are a bold man, Mr. Denvers,” J she said finally, “to offer that pledge | to mi utter stranger. Why, I might be—anything? a thief or murderer, for what you know!” “Oh, pray allqw me more skill in All Kinds of Sheet Metal Work,; physiognomy,” said I, thinking the Tifi hoofing, Iron Roofing ! ! w ! ,l 1 ,e 1 how l lu ‘ r words cl,ime * 1 in ^ 01 ° ; with those of \\ ebster a minute ago. Qutter* and Conductor*! Roqfti Rc- j “You believe iq physiognomy ? So jxtiml anti J’ttiutctj! Mill (fttfl Eacz j do I,” she said; then, us if repenting —Manufacturer of- "jfory Work! Hot Air Furnaces, Yen: filatora, <£e. EM AYING every facility for con ducting our business' with dis- li and satisfaction, I respectfully licit a share of the patronage df Aiken and the sqrrouuding country. W* H. H4RGKAVE8, 541 Broad 8t., Augqsta, Ga. fl/e Place for Bargains, J. C. gtaulcy & Bro., Dealers iq— j pHINA,GLASS, EARTAENWARE And llouac-Furnishing Ooenla! COLUMBIA, SC. of even that slight impulsiveness, she resumed the old tone: “Still, sup pose after all I were to tqfli out a des perate character—what \yoqld you say then?” “I should say, with one of our New York jqdges, that there must have been “attenuating circumstances,” I re plied, laughing. She smiled, and reached oqt her hand tn a glass: “Very well, ‘to neighborhood and friendship’ then, sjqceyou choose tq run the risk!” This little dialogue had been carried’ on thus far under cover of a rather noisy discussion opposite, but litre some one spoke to Miss Knowles, and I was obliged to content my self with observing her. I did who, regardless of the double row of houses, were indulging in some of tliose demonstrations peculiar to the honeymoon. It would only have amused me, as usual, but for the effect it had on Miss Knowles. I shall never forget her look nor tone—the mixture of pity, contempt and some thing that was almost like envy, as she said under her breath—“She thinks it will last!—poor little fool!” Involuntarily a quotation from the volume wo had been reading together came to my lips: “I too have been in Arcadia!” I should hardly have known that I had spoken aloud, but for the way in which she turned on me. “What suggested that to j’ou?” she said imperiously, “Tell me I in sist!” “The expression of your face just now,” I answered smiling. “There was a whole romance in it.” “Indeed!” she rejoined, with ade- liberate emphasis contrasting with her former adruptness, “that must be an agreeabje pastiiqe, tpyiqg to surprise faces otf their guard! Perhaps you are going to favor me with other reve lation^ gained jn the same way?” Aside from the sudden, most un welcome conviction that| had indeed chanced on some jarring chord in the past, I was so taken back by her cold and cutting manner of speaking as to be literally without words to reply. I could only look at her, but she under stood my look, I suppose, for the next moment she said, in a very different tone: “I beg your pardon, sincerely, Mr. Denvers, you have a right to your thoughts, and it was I who forced you to explain them. Only”-»-andslie gave a forced smile, “take my advice, don’t waste your time in studying my face; the romances you might read thera^’eald not be good for much in any sense. And now forgive me!” And she reached out her hand to me. I took it and held it a moment while our eyes met. What she read jn mine I don’t know, but whatever it was, it did pot appear to please her, for she drew her hand away quickly with a slight frown. Still, as I said, after this, though she djd nor admit me to any more real intimacy, her manner was less formal and more friendly. Meantime, while I was, as I hoped, making progress in her good graces, events were working to bring to the surface the latent feud between her and Mr. Webster. T.iat amiable iren? tlenmn had taken to devoting himself somewhat demonstratively to Miss Rosa Morrell, to the discqnifiture of M. Eugene Deblay, but not of Miss Rosa herself, who, like most school girls, was an arrant little ilirt, and had not the slightest objection to any number of strings to her bow. 8o she did not check Webster’s rather pro- qounced felicitations on that occasion qf her sixteenth birthday, but replied with a look at once shy and saucy, and quite enough to turn any head not turned already, as she went oft" laughing to schoql. M<** Knowles looked after with a kind of wistful tenderness. “Sixteen to-day!” said she. “What must itseem like to be sixteen, I won der!” “One would think, to hear you, there was a hundred years between ___ opt constantly busy mopping up the • Wh ile the attention of the table offbiplomats was so directed *y, ho pulled out his hand- kerchief<t»aiid wiped his eyes with a significant imitation of Mr. Adans’ - Jl^ He then slowly rose and , as he looked up and down the table, aiid finally fixed his wonderfu orbs on Sp. Adams’ face: “What the gentleman opposite' me has said is true; It#s true that the girl was very beautiful And it is true that her lips were ver| tempting to me, The story of my failure to pick the clier- •ries is alio true as far as it goes, but the who»> story lias not been told, did offer t ^le maiden five francs for kiss, bui^as^ attempted to take it she broad-shouldered fellow, with whiskers, a regular basso profundo voice, rougli clothing, and a head of hair like a buffalo’s frontlet swagger ed in, and, with a free and indepen dent air. took an unoccupied scat at the dinner table. It chanced that there figured upon she hill of fare that day roast bear meat, which was served as a sort of rarity, and just as the newcomer sat down was ordered by a party of three gentlemen opposite, who were prompt ly served. “say, waiter,” said the newcomer “bring me some’er that b’ar meat.” “Yessir,” said the white-jacket at tendant, who left, but gave no further heed to the order The Western man sat quietly in his place for five inimutcs, the chairs on eithersideofhim having been immedi ately turned up lest some guest equal ly objectionable to the head waiter might get in at th..t point. After sit ting five minutes fie grabbed hold of a waiter who was passing behind him. “Say, have you got any b’ar meat for dinner?” “Yes, sir,” “Well, bring mo some, and quick too, for I’m hungerier’n a hound.” Away went the waiter, but didn’t return, and the color began to mount into the face of the backwoodsmen. He gave a third order, which was treated with the same sublime con tempt. Patience could no futher go: he seized hold of the heavy’dining- plates that were laid on the other side of him and dashed one after the other down violently upon the table with a crash that smashed them into pieces, be represented. Temperance is a live issue in Geor gia. About everybody has an inter- Dorman B. Eaten, a rank radi cal. is at the head of it, by appoint ment of President Arthur. He Ima been pouring out his wrath on the edi- est in it, either directly or indirectly, "tor of the Newberry Observer who re- The progress it has made is simply marvelous. The temperance people cently exposed the absurd, partisan and ignorant Board of Examiners in have control of 97 of the 137 counties this State which was made up of Wily [To &e Continued next week, ] not find it tiresome occu- you!” said J laughing Another Shooting Scrape. Rock Hill Herald. June 11th, On last Sunday evening, near Me Connellsville, a row occurred at a negro church, in which William Crawford was killed and George Beck ham dangerously wounded. It ap pears that there was an old grudge existing between some parties from Yorkville, and some of the negroes of the community, and that this time was chosen for settling it. Whisky flowed freely, and pistols were con spicuously displayed on both sides. George Beckham, it appears, snap ped his pistol several times at China Deas, firing at him once, but missing him. He then turned and fired at Win. Crawford, who was walking away, the shot taking effect in Craw ford’s back. Qeorge Beckham was also shot by some unknown person, and afterwards taken to a thicket near by, by the C*'a\vfQrd party, and stoned qntil if was thought that life was ex tinct. He is still alive, however, though in a critical condition, having, a serious wound in the thigh, several cuts in the back and being badly bruised, \yiqt Crawford died from the effects of his wounds on Monday evening. So much fertile ready pistol in the hands of ignorant negroes who cannot appreciate the value of human life; and soj much for the statute against car rying concealed weapons as to its effect in this State. This law is a dead let ter, and why? Because the people make it a dead letter. \Yho ever hears of a iqan being reported for car rying a concealed weapon until some mischief is committed therewith? Unless the people make up their minds to have this law enforced—for it depends upon them whether or not it will be enforced—it had better be stricken from the statute-book, be cause good and lavv-abidding citizens will need to be armed in order to pro tect themselves against the unexpect ed assaults of these lawless aggressorsq- who contemn a law lacking in the ele ment of punishment. sprang from my embrace and indig nftntly etclairnod; “Do you think I am sachAi fool as to give, you a kiss for five fcaiws, when I’ve refused that old gentlemfn across the hall, whooftered me20 wftb tears in his eyes?” The laugli wife turned on Adams. He took the joked ugrily, and for several days 1UL j tp > 1 ever, woiTFto liini amt apologized, saying he had been dumbfounded by Adams’ remark, and that the more so because it contained more truth than fancy. The learned Recorder of Dublin re cently said: “If you had silt here during this week at criminal sessions, and heard what I have heard, you would understand the objection I have to increase the drinking accoinmqda- tiou in Dublin. Iq every case the same. These public houses are the mamifac‘orie8 of ga rioters; and their prosperity represents the misery of the people. I say that openly and ad- Ad visedly. change. I cqnnqt help Here is an alleged extract from an opinion of Judge Mackey, father of the American consul under arrest. “My son is a very religions young man. He says his prayers every morning and practices with a Colt’s navy revolver the balance qf the day. His mother, mindful of his spiritual welfare, has sent a Bible. I, mindful of his bodily welfare, have just for warded to him two excellent revolv-t ers that will shoot like a cannon. I am of the opinion that in tiie country where he is located a revolver is of more practical use than a Bible.” This definition of a “very religious young man” is original if not correct. Gubernatorial Timber, Fee Dec Index. The Anderson Journal says: “It is rumored that Gen, John Brat ton,Col. John Peter Richardson, Hon. George D. Tillman and Lieutenant Governor John C. Sheppard are ali looking forward to the Democratic nonination for Governor next year. This may not be so, and at tiie same time it may be true Rial several Others are standing ready to take the same.” The above timber will do very well, but the cry now is, according to some of the papers of the 8tate, for a new deal. If so let it be from garret to cellar; from the highest to the lowest. There is a good deal said about a “ring” in the State, and while we take no part in such a charge, vet it is well for the democracy of the State to avoid the appearance of‘rings”and ring rule. A very excellent way to do this, and purge tjio public service, is to have a new deal now and then. The above gentlemen, except Gen. Bratton, have held office almost' con tinually since 1870. They are worthy men, but they have an advantage and a disadvantage. They have the ad vantage of having shown their com petency for the positions which they held; tbc^iiavc the ^disadvantage of having been in office so long until they feel they have acquired a right to office, and are subject to the pre judice with usually obtains against of ficers who have served for a long term. — Unless opr views change, we shall advocate new deal, and ask for men fresli from the people. Such men will be better exponents of the will of the people than those who from long ser vice are apt to conclude, they, and not the voters of tiie State, rule. brought the head waiter and two or thiee others to him in an instant, and started some of ids immediate neigh bors to their feet in alarm. “Look hyar,” said the cause of this alarm, seizing the head wai er by the arm, “kin I get waited ou in this hyar hotel and hev what I kin pay for?” “Certainly, sir; yes sir, said the head waiter, squirming ineffectually in the grasp of the big left hand of the Westerners that held him in an iron grip. “Wall, then, do you see that?” slapping down a teu-doliar gold piece with his left hand, and then, throw ing back tiie upper part of his coat, from one inside pocket of which pro truded a revolver and from tiie other the handle of a lingo bowie-knife, u.. ® weapons; el you "100 a "plate" o' that b’ar meat here in two minutes I’ll rub sonic of you out,” Released from his grasp, tiie head waiter retired and in a moment more a plate of the desired delicacy was placed before him, Vnything else, sir?” said the now obsequious waiter. “Yes, take that,” pointing to tin* of the State, ami they arc in a fair way to get control of all of them ex eept the few in which the large towns are located It will not he denied, perhaps, that temperance lias been of incalculable benefit to the counties which have adopted it. It would he difllcult to find any onowhp is dianosml to be just who will say that the counties which have prohibited or restricted the sale of intoxicating liquor are not better off than they were before they placed themselves on the side of temperance. They have a more prosperous and thrifty appearance, and their ex penses for the trial and care of crimi nals and paupers is hardly a tenth of what it was under tiie practically free liquor system. It is astonishing how large a per centage of all the crimes committer can be traced directly to whiskey and it is certain that drink is the most active agent in filling poor houses, lunatic asylums and pauper graves. The strongest arguments, perhaps in favor of temperance in this State is that the counties that have tried don’t want to go back to tiie oh) sys tem. They are so well satisfied that they are willing to contribute their time and money to bring other coun ties under the temperance influence It may be that planters and other citizens of the governing class in the temperance counties were forced in the beginning to embrace temperance in self-defense. They found - that whiskey rendered negro labor unrelia ble and practically worthless. The cotton plantations and turpentine farms were ceasing to lie profitable because they could not be workfed as they should be for the want of labor ers w T ho could be depended upon. As the negroes became thriftless the number of criminals increased, and, consequently, the burdens of the tax payers became heavier. The evil ef fects of the teinptingdranishops were not confined to the negroes. The white people v'erc, to a Certain ex tent, domoralized and impoverished. iloiV.nun ia ni.w Of course many well meaning peo ple oppose the temperance movement under the idea that it interferes with their personal liberty. But the tem perance people do not ask for laws preventing people from using spiritu ous liquors in their own homes. Their aim is to prevent the sale of whiskey, wine and other intoxicating liquors as gold eagle thatstill remained ou the j beverages, and thus remove the temp- table, “and bring two bottles of chain pague and four glasses.” When the wine came, one of the bottles and three glasses were passed across the table to the three gentlemen opposl to. “Gentlemen, I apologize for inter rupting your dinner, but I had to do suthin’ to get waited on by these infer nal niggers. Won’t you take a drink with me?” It was thought best to humor him. A Long Life Ended. The death of Mrs. Emily Tubman, of Augusta, removes one of tiie most notable and venerated eharacti rs of the century. Born in Virginia in 1794, sh » was 91 years of age at the time of her death, and for at least half a century hud occupied a prominent place in the community as a noble and charitable woman. Left wealthy by her husband, she never married again and during her long life used a large portion of her ample fortune in deeds of charity. Many young men owe their education and start in life to her and hundreds of poor peqple had their sufferings relieved througi* her unos tentatious goodness. No appeal for a worthy object was ever disregarded. It is believed that she spent at least A Negro’s Ingenious Plea. Three years ago Zeb Parker, a ne gro, robbed the store of C. L. Smath- ers at Pigeon Valley, Hayward Coun ty, N. C., of $1,500 in money, nearly all that amount being iq silver, Par ker was caught and convicted, and sentenced to thirty months’ impris onment at hard labor. It was known that he had disposed .of the money, and unsuccessful attempts were made to induce him to disclose its hiding place. He was taken to Western North Carolina and has worked out his sentence. His term expired two weeks ago. When he was discharged Mr.Bmathersshadowed him, and,after being home a week he was followed into a mountain, where he was seen to take something fiom under a large rock. He was arrested and searched, and $25 in silver was found on his person, and the remainder of the money was found under the rock. Parker insisted that, because of his imprisonment, the money belonged tohini, and cited the ease of a negro who, while going to be baptized, stole an axe and hid it in the sand, and, after baptism, said his snis^Q^D for given and tiie axe was his property. tation to drink them. Of course their influence is thrown against the use of intoxicating liquors as beverages by anybody and in any place, Iwl' they attempt to exercise power only to the extent of preventing general traffic in them. There appears to be a disposition in this State to mix temperance and poli tics. There are those who would like to use the temperance inlluence to advance their ambitious purposes. Be- ore the temperance leaders allow themselves to be drawn into thewhirl- jkjoI of polities it would be well -for them to consider whether it would not be wiser to let the temperance niove- ment stand ou its own merits, A Boy With a Bulge, From the Detroit Free Press. “No, my son,” he replied, as he put on his hat, “you can’t go to the circus.” “But why, father.” “Well, in tiie first place I can’t fool away my money on such things.” “Yes, but 1 have enough of my own.” “And in the next place it is a rough crowd, the sentiment is unhealthy, and no respectable person can coun tenance such things.” ‘ But, fath—” “That’s enough, sir! Youcan’t go! I want you to enjoy yourself, i>ut you must seek some Thore respectable amusement.” An hour later a curious thing hap pened in the circus tent. A boy climbed to the top flight of seats and sat down beside a man who had just •finished a glass of lemonade and was der and Wallace two colored Republi can politicians and Lcaphnrt who de clined to serve. The supposed object of the law was defeated by such ap point men Is and the Observer very plainly showed up the iniquity of tbe whole thing. Eaton did not vindi cate these appointments but indulged in a tirade of foulau’d unseemly abuse of tiie editor of the Observer. The whole system of Civil Service is rotten from the top to the bottom. No mat ter how much good political theorists may have expected from the law, its practical operations have been dis gusting. With incompetent Boards of Examiners, manipulated from Washington, merit has been retired and tbe most obnoxious partisans have monopolized all the important offices of the Government. We never favored the larvv and wo now have stronger objections to it than ever, since we have seen more of the evils flowing from its enforee- ment. The last Legislature endorsed the system in a series of resolutions whieh were forwarded to President Cleveland. We are happy to say that we opposed the measure. It was a grave mistake.' Our chief objections, however, will be better expressed iq the following, extract from the New York Sun: “This whole civil service scheme, which is copied from the British sys tem, is intended to create a permanent officeholdiug class, and to deprive thp people of a fair share in the public honors and trusts. The fathers of the republic favored frequent changes in office, as a safeguard against the cor? rupting influences 'of long possession # of power. They fixed the Presiden tial term for four years for that rea son, and the people have never per mitted any President to enjoy more than two termr.’ The first stage of this experiment is now in progress, and the results are far from being satisfactory. If the law stands, the next step, also in im itation of the British practice, will probably be to establish a civil pen sion list for all civil officers. These permanent ofilceholders.must not only ht-provided for bountifully from thp physical vigor, but they must also be retired with liberal pay for doing noth ing the rest of their lives. has left the neighborhood. lighting a cigar. He had his plug Smathers took the money aqd Parker hat on Uie b;ic . k of his hea ,j and seem ed to be enjoying himself hugely. It was father and son. The father had gone straight to the grounds from din ner, and the h‘>y had run away. They looked at*oach other for half a minute, and then the boy got in the first blow by whispering: “Say, dad, if you won’t lick me I won't tell mayou was here?” The father nodded his head to the agreement and the great spectaelar parade ill the ring began. Fault on Both Sides. .Selected. Many a mother grows old, faded, and feeble, long before her time, be cause h«-r boys and girls are not thoughtfully considerate and helpful. When they become old enough to be of service in a household, mother has become ao used to taking upon her shoulders all the care, that she forgets, to lay off the burden little by little, on those who are so well able to bear it. It fs partly her owq fault, to be sure, but a fault committed out of love and mistaken kindness for her children. 925,010 a year in charity, a sum total of over a million of dollars during her Editor Dana says there is ope fact life. Besides these charities she con- which ought not to be forgotten by any tributed largely to public works. She j statesmen or journalist of tiie Demo- built the Church of the Disciples of Christ, at a cost of over $100,000, and presented it to the congregation. As her estate is estimated to be worth over a million of dollars, she was prob ably the richest woman in Georgia. Under the provisions of her husband’s will $100,000 of this goes to the city of Augusta. It will be long before the town looks upon her like again. cratic party in New York, and tiffs is that at the last election, tiie Presi dential election of 1884, the Democra cy, while enjoying the advantage ofj Tiie Augusta Ghroqiele says: “The appointment of Hon. R. M.T. Hunter to an obscurp Virginia coilectorship recalls a venerable and familiar figure from retirement, and furnishes a de serving and impoverished statesman with employment. The President lias made an upheaval among the Re-ad juster postmasters in Virginia, and has placed good men in office all round. THe President may enlarge his prun ing knife into a tomahawk ami go through the Southern States on a a plurality qf 1,047, really cast only, ... ... . i o* . » 563,018 votes, against QOS,955 cast by ; ^ping tour, with wholesome effect.” other parties. Thus the Democrats! • - “ — - were in a minority. They bad 40,997 fewer votes than tiie party arrayed araiitst them. It is estimated that the itase-ball (dubs of this country will cost the people $ 16,000,000 this year. A Female Fiend in Chester. Palmetto Yociuan. Amy White, colored, was lodged in jail at Chester on Saturday morning, '.barged with the outrageous crime of issaulting and attempting to take tho ife of a four years-old child. She was nursing for Mr. Randolph Jordan, the father of the child, who lived in the neighborhood of Fort Lawn, and had employed the accused for many years. The facts are briefly these: On last Thursday she struck the child on the lead with a piece of fence rail, drag ged it into the stable, choked and oth erwise abused it. While engaged in this fiendish work she v?as called to' the house by the mother of the child, leaving the little innocent victim of icr cruelty in the stable, she went to the house aqd attended to the matters required of her^ She then returned to the stable and finding the child stiil iving, began stamping it with her feet. She was again culled by the child’s mother, who happened to be near the stable, and fearing detection licked up tbe child and went to the iou.se. On being asked in regard to tiie bruises on the child, she replied that it bad been kicked by a horse, but as a part of her cruel treatment of the child had been seen by a colored woman, she made a full confession of ler guilt, and said it was her inten tion to kill the child. Tiie child, ou ecovering consciousness attributed its injuries to Amy’s mistreatment, ’he accused confessed in jail that she burnt Mr. Randolph Jordan’s hoqso ast spring. Until she made tiff* con fession she was not even suspected of having perpetrated thisdistnrdly deed. On being asked to give her reasons for burning the house ami assaulting tho child, she said she did if for devil* meut. She is about Iq years of age. Tiie child, while iq a critical condi tion, is expected to recover. Sweeping the Kascals Out. The Washington correspondent of tiie New York Sun says: “The new broom is going to do some sweeping. Unless all sign* are at fault there will be more removals, transfers, and ai*- poiiitinents in the departments litre in the next thirty days than there have been in the first three month* of the new Administration. The re movals will all be for cause. Some will be made for tiie sake of economy, some because of rascality, and many on account of the inefficiency of the incumbents, or their lack of interest in Democratic reform. Tiie new ap pointment* will be governed strictly by the civil service rules so faras those rules apply. Where they do not come under the rule, heads of departments will make their own choice from lists of honest and efficieqt Democratic applicants.” The frightful prevalence ofdrunken- ness and the enormous increase of the driuk-tratfic can no more lie ignored as a civil question than a* a moral. I passed yesterday a new haunt of temptation, where carved wood* and rich upholsteries showed »q expendi ture of thou-.ands of d< liars; the community ha*got to foot those hills in tl** shape of families imp >vcri died, and labor destroyed, and paupers manufactured.—D/\ CujUr. ■ * 1 1 . ; . 1 S| in