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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.
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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
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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.
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pqua
fildi
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ng a Specialty. Old Frames
new.
Qld Pictures Copied and Enlarged.
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COLUMBIA, S: C.
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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
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Graining mid Marbling a specialty.
Mid Furniture polished and made as
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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,
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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.
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