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A m ■ • -XV -a -- S' V 1 i) n l 1 i> X\4Jiji±V CHARLES E. R. DRAYTOX, Managw. AIKEN S. TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1SS6. VOLUME 5.—-NUMBER 23. REMOVAL TO REPAIRING A SPECIALTY MMUA.MXG.Q*. CxAMUtS.O* 267 King Street, Opppsite Masonic Temple, CHARLESTON, 'So. Ca, :0 *- McElree s Jewelry Palace, v^ILLBE REMOVED TO ITS NEW LOCATION ON KING STREET, (OPPOSITE MASONIC TEMPLE) ON THE 18TH INSTANT. The Building lias been Specially altered and repaired by Mr. McEIree. The celling raised and frescoed in oil—a new plate glass front of antique design, Surmounted by double rows of small squares of colored glass which lias a pleasing and strlcking effect—no other store front like it in the United States. .The interior Is like a FAIRY PALACE and worth a journey to see, and Mr. McEIree is now'at the North selecting an entire New Stock. The Ware for salcwfil be in keeping with tlieir surroundiqg^, ahead of anything ever Of fered in this section «f country. During the next TEN DAYS (to 18th instant,) lie offers the entire stock in his store under the Waverly House at Y OUR OWN PRICE, MAKE YOUR SELECTIONS AND NAME YOUR PRICE is all that is necessary to effect a sale. ‘ Remember this thing last for these TEN DAYS only, after that we make the prices. McEl ree’s Jewelry Palace, 254 ^ING STREET, - _ - - CHARLESTON, S. C. Ti PETERKIN CROSSES COTTON SEED. 1000 Bushels For Sale ! I would respectfully inform the farmers of Aiken and the adjoining Counties, that I have on hand lOOO BUSHELS OF PETERKIN CROSSED COTTON SEED for Sale at the following reasonable prices for Cash or Ex change, Viz.: 80 cents per bushels (of 80 pounds) delivered at Aiken depot —7o cents per bushel delivered at my barn—or I will Exchange 1 bushel of PETERKIN SEED for Three bushels of any other Cotton Seed delivered at )xiy barn 2}.j miles from Aiken. This Seed is very prolific and was planted by me in 1884, on a portion of my crop with such gratifying results, that in 1885 I planted my entire crop with this Seed. I have realized this year from (13 acres (notwithstanding the Yay^'R'eSrof the Caterpiller and excessive rains, followed by drouth) 4(H) Pounds of Lint Cotton front Each Acre. Cotton from PETERKIN CROSSED SEED, gins easier than any other Cotton and makes a net return from 100 pounds of seed Cotton of 40 pounds of good lint cotton. My entire crop averaged this figure. , Refehencks.—Milledge T. Hollev, Jr.. & Bro., who ginned my entire crop. Also, Messrs. Lewis Brad well and John N. Wigfall „ who planted ^this year some of the same Seed. Address DANIEL CllO SLAND, Aiken, S. C. Nov. 24,1885. CARPETS AND HOUSEFURNISHING GOODS -o- / 1885. New Goods. Fall Trade. 1885 Window Shades and Lace Curtains, Wilton, Velvet, Brussels, 3-ply In grain Carpets, Hearth Rugs, Door Mats, Art Carpet, Window Shades of every size and Color, embracing all the New Styles, Cocoa, Caton and Napier Mai lings, Floor Oil Cloths and Linolaums. Lace Curtains, Window Cornices and Poles, New Walnut, Cherry, Ash Ebony and Brass Cornices and Poles. Turcoman Curtains ami Draperies. Upholstery Goods. Raw Silks in a variety of Patterns. Fringes in all Colors. Hair Cloths, Cane and Gimp and Buttoms. Wail Papers, Borders and Decorations. Just Opened For Ail Trades: Oil Paintings, Engraving and Chromes. Brooms, Dusters, Baskets, Door Jats, Walnut and Rubber Weather Strips for Doors and Window, to keep Out cold, and all sold at Lowest Prices. JAMES G. BAILIE & SONS, Chronicle Building, 714 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Bondurant, Jopling & Co, -Manufacturers of- ALL KINDS OF SCKS! Proprietors of the Old and Popular DeLAIGLE AND AUGUSTA BRICK YARDS, establish id in 1820! Esti mated production since then 250,000,000 Brick! Quality and color unsur passed North or South. Large stock always on hand. For information, address BONDURANT, JOPLING & CO., Augusta, Ga. GIN RIBS! GIN RIBS! I IIA YE secured Patterns and propose to furnish RIBS for all makes of Gins at reasonable prices. CASTINGS of all kinds in Iron an Brass at short notice. Special attention given to Repairs. Satisfaction guaranteed! Nos. 6J5, 017 and 619, Kollock St., - - AUGUSTA GA, CHAS. F. LOMBARD, Proprietor. WM PENDLETON, Sup’t. ALFRED BAKER, President. JOS. S. BEAN. Cashier. £ AUGUSTA SAVINGS BAs\ s K, OF AUGUfC'^, GEORGIA. Omh Asset? Surplus - $300,000.0% 50,000.0U\ Interest on Deposits of Five to Two Thousand Dollars. Sums of Oi\e Dolllar ' ‘ r " and Upward Received. ‘ -o- ifircetors—James A. Loflin, E. O’Donnell, Eugene J. O’C'ornner, Alfred Baker, E. R. Schneider, W. B. Young, William Schweigert, Etlger it. Derry Jules Rival, Joseph S. Beam, J. Henry Bredeuhurg. DOWN TOWid GREEN MARKET! CAN SUPPLY FAMILIES WITH FIRST-CLASS VEGETABLES. THAT IS: NOLTIIERN CABBAGES. TURNIPS, BEETS, CARROTS, ONIONS, POTATOES, APPLES, BANANAS, ORANGES, LEMONS, COCOANUTS, NUTS, RAISINS, CITRON, CURRANTS, &c. ALSO SELECTED GROCERIES lit GREAT VARIETY! Goods Delivered at the House. Call at the VISNN'A BAKERY AND CONFECTIONERY ! W. T a HOFFJV1AIV5. . PARK AVENUE, - AIKEN, S. C. THE GIFT OF THE GAB. When a person is gassy and frothj and smart, And is very much given to blab, There’s a very old saying that hits him quite tart. It is, “He’s the gift of the gab.” So when you h^ar orators spouting away. With false words like those on a slab, Don’t think him a saviour with some thing to say, He has only the “gift of the gab.” For a very queer world is this, broth ers of mine, A.nd its humbugs you rarely can nab; For a great many rascals as patriots shine, Because they’ve the “gift of the gab.” —liosion Budget. POPULAR, SOCIETY SENATORS. Senator Hampton the most Popular of the Senators with the Ladies. From a Washington Letter, Of the Senators perhaps the most popular in society is Wade Hampton, of South Carolina. He is the typical Southern gentleman—handsome, de ferential and chivalrous. His manner towards women is the quintessence of chivalry. He bows to any one of them, qo matter what her rank, with all the profound deference with which a monarchical subject lowers the head before the throne. In fact, Senator Hampton is one of those men who honor women simply because they are women and would fight and die for them for the same icason. This, at least, is his reputation among those who know him well. His colleague, Mr. Butler, spends a great deal of time iii social amusements and is well liked, though Ids domineering ways are not agreeable to some persons. Mr. Evarts, of New York, is admired for j,iis polished manners. Senator Mor gan, of Alabama, can make an ini mitable bow. Mr. Saulsbury is still receiving fhe homages of numerous youthful aspirants for his venerable hand; at least, he receives more than a fair share of tender glances, on ac count of his alleged intention to take unto himself a wife during this Ad ministration. Joe Brown, of Georgia, is a favorite with very young misses on account of his resemblance to the pictures of Santa Claus probably. Sen ator Blair, of New Hampshire, is the idol of the old maids who have given up matrimonial aspirations and taken to the temperance spreading and other good works. The handsome {esthetic Morrill is admired by young ladies who wear eye-glasses and use big words. Frye, of Maine, finds favor with mothers, who point him out to their dissipated boys as a shining ex ample of temperance and good morals. The Assault on Bishop Beckwith Greenville News. The assault of certain Atlanta news papers on Bishop Beckwith and the court that tried the Rev. D/. Arm strong is the most indecent thing we remember to have seen in print. The body of reverend, learned and spot less clergymen, sworn to do their duty and sitting m judgment on their brother, are abused and derided as if theywere corrupt and drunken police court magistrates because tbeir ver dict does not accord with the popular feeling, formed in adygppe and ignor ance of the evidence and without knowledge or power of comprehen sion of the church or her spirit and rulesf. \Ve agree with the Augusta Chroni cle that the verdict and sentence are evidence of a lofty spirit and splendid cou'age in the diocese of Georgia. The congregation of St. Philips is tlie strongest in some respects in the dio cese—strong in numbers, social power and wealth. It was known to be solid- idly behind its rector, who was ope of the most brilliant ornaments and most powerful preachers of his church. But the church silenced the preacher and cut off the congregation to vindicate her purity andrjd herself of the appearance of evil. That ac tion is not a triumph for the Episco pal church alone. It is a triumph for Christianity and will strengthen every church, because it will silence scoff ers and tell the world that the princi ple of purity is yet strong among Christians and that violation of it de prives the offender of the fellowship and countenance of our organized churches. sinner of agriculture, since the estab- tliat department, has been 1880, O Farmers in the Legislature. News and Courier. In the address recently issued “To “the Farmers of South Carolina,” calling for a convention to be held at Columbia on the 29th of April next, the following statement was made: “We constitute the State and yet we “do not govern it; nor are the laws “administered in our interests, and “few are passed for bur benefit. We "pay taxes, but there is no further use “for us.” This address was signed by ninety- two persons, a majority of whom are practical farmers: The declaration which we have quoted above is a reit eration of a complaint which has been heard from time to time during the past eight or ten years, In fact, there has not been a time in the history of this State for the last fifty years when a similar claim lias not been made on behalf of the farpiers. We simply wish now to call the attention of the fmners themselves, and of all others who may be interested in the move ment for a “new deal.” to some facts which should be kown to every p >r- son in the State, and to say again, as we have said before that, having 70 per cent, of the “popu “lation of the State, and at least half “of the remainder being directly de pendent upon the farmers for the means of livelihood,” the farmers themselves have it within their power to correct all the evils from which they now sutler. There lias not been a Legislature in South Carolina since 1--76 which was not elected By the far- mevs. There has not been a Governor or Congressman, or State official elect ed in South Carolina sincel876who has not been elected by the farmers. That is to say, without the votes of the far mers no public official coul4 have Been elected in this State except in the county of Charleston. Let us see what representation the farmers have had in the.executive of fices'of the State Government. In 1876, when the Democrats v-ere restored to power, there were thr%e farmers on the State ticket. Hampton, the Gov ernor, Sims, the secretary of State, and Hagood the comptroller general, were farmers. In 1878 the comptroller genet*] and the secretary of Estate were far mers. In I860, the Governor, the secretary of State, the comptroller general, the treasurer and the adjutant general were farmers. In 1882, the secretary of State, the treasurer, the comptroller general and the adjutant general were far mers. In 1884, the secretary of State, and j 1 comptroller general and the adjutant j 'general were farmers. The coininis-' agr lishment 01tl a farmer. It will be seen that the farmers have had a fair representation in this de partment of the State Government, The farmers have also had two able representatives in Congress since 1876 —Col. D. Wyatt Aiken from the Third District, and'Col. George D. Tillman from the Second District. The House of Representatives is com posed of one-hundred and twenty-four members, and we give below a state merit showing the number of mem bers from each county arid the num ber of farmers who have been mem bers from the year 1880 down co the present time. This imforination which we give in tabular form, will be of considerable interest at the pres ent time, and will dispel, we hope, the claim that the farmers of the State have not had a fair and just repre seutation in the lower House: Counties Members 1884. 1882. Abbeville 5 2 3 Aiken 4 3 2 Anderson 4 3 2 Barnwell 5 2 1 Beaufort 3 1 2 Berkeley 5 4 5 Charleston ......12 2 2 Chester 3 3 3 Chesterfield 2 1 2 Clarendon 2 1 2 Colleton 5 5 4 Darlington 4 3 3 Edgefield 5 4 5 Fair tied 3 2 ' 1 Georgetown 2 1 _ 0 Gscenville 4 2 ‘ 3 Hampton 3 1 1 Horrv 2 2 2 Kershaw 3 3 3 Lancaster 2 % 1 Laurens 3 2 2 Lexington 2 2 2 Marlboro’ 2 2 I Marion 4 3 3 Newberry 3 2 2 Oconee 2 1 1 Ornngburg 5 4 3 Pickeus 2 1 1 Richland 5 3 3 Spartanburg 4 2 1 Sumter 4 3 2 Union 3 2 1 Williamsburg 3 3 2 York 1 2 2 Total 124 78 73 71 This statement; which is approxi mately correct, snows that in 1880-81 there were in the House of Represen- tatievs 71 farmers; 1882-83,73 farmers; in 1883-84, 78 farmers. It will be seen that there has not been since 1880 a single session of the Legislature in which the farmers have not had a safe working majority in the lower branch of the Legislature. In the Senate, in 1880, there were 17 Senators who were farmers. In 1882 there were 17 farmers, and in 1884 there were 16 farmers in the Seiiate. It will be seen that in this branch of the General Assembly the farmers since 1880 have had an equal representation. And now a word about the work ot the Leigslatufe. In 1881 340 Acts were passed, of which 46 directly af fected the agricultural interests, IulS82 the total number ef Acts passtd was 179,of which 16 were upon subjects ap pertaining to agricultural interests. In 1883, 283 Acts were passed, of which 37 were passed for the benefit of the farmers. In 1884,181 Acts were passed, of which 18 were passed for the benefit of the farmers.' In 1885, 257 Acts were passed, of which 35 were for the bene fit of the farmers. For the five years ending in December last, 152 Acts have been passed bv the General As sembly for the benefit of the farmers an average of more than 30 Acts a year. All of these Acts, in fact, wore passed directly upon the petition of farmers, or upon representations made to the members of the General As sembly that the agricultural interests demanded the legislation provided in these Acts. Having a clear majority in the General Assembly, and being able to secure •whatever legislation they demanded, it is evident that ii the farmers had desired more or any other legislation they could easily have secured it It should also be re membered that a majority of all the Acts passed by the Legislature have been Acts for the incorporation of rail roads, and manufacturing and other industrial enterprises in which the farmers have been as much interested as any other class of citizens. It is assumed that the farmers who have been sent to Columbia were the best representatives that could be found in tliej),' various sections. They were elected as farmers, were elected by the votes of farmers, and if they have failed in anyway to do their duty to the farmers, it necessarily fol lows that the tanners themselves are to blame for any lack of such legisla tion as they needed or required. Having, as we have already shown, and as the leaders of the farmers’ movement claim, a clear majority of all the voters in the State, it is evi dent that, working within the lines ot ttie Democratic party, and controlling the election machinery in all of the counties, the farmers have the remedy for their wrongs safely within their own hands. The Lancaster Review has made an investigation as to the occupations ol those who have filRd the offices of Senators arid Representatives from that county since the year 1832. Dur ing that time Lancaster county has had ten Senators, nine of whom were farmers and one of whorii was a law yer by profession. During the same period Lancaster county lias bad twenty-seven Representatives, of which number twenty-one were far mers and six lawyers. It would be in teresting to know just how the record stands in the other counties. These facts are given in order that the people may have a clear concep tion of the relative strength of the far mers in the General Assembly, and also in order that they may judge for themselves as to the merits of the movement which is now in progress. Stiff Neck But Tender Heart. From the New York Times. It was Gov. Hubbard’s daughtei Nellie who set the fashion for rich men’s daughters to elope with their coachmen. Her willfulness was the brilliant man’s greatest grief. He presented to the world a calm de meanor and apparently & placid soul, but bis hearing did not frankly tell thestorv of his life. He suffered more bitterly than his friends and compan ions suspecteq. On one occasion a rumor was current that he had be come reconciled to his daughter, and that she was some into his household again, and a newspaper reporter was assigned to investigate the re port. He found Gov. Hubbard in the law liberary of the State Capitol. “It is not true,” said the Governor, calm- 13'- “It is not true,” and he went on readh.gr the law book before him. He dismisses the subject just as he might have sent a book agent about his busi ness, but a miriute or two later ns the newspaper man looked down into the library from the gallerv above, an altogether different sceeoe presented itself. The strong man stood in {•. niche by one of the tail bookcases, hi> head in his hands, crying tike a child heart broken. Alone he was himself. The Blair Bin. Carolina Spartan This measure is again before Con gress. It is “an act to aid in the es tablishment and temporary support of common schools.” It proposes to make an annual appropriation, for eight 3*ears after its passage, from the United .States Treasury to secure the benefits of common school educa tion to all the children of school age in the country. The money so appropria ted is to be annually divided among aud paid out in the several States and Territories in that proportion which the whole number of persons in each who, being of the age of ten yerrs and over, cannot write, bear to the whole number of such persons in the United States. The computation is to be made according to the census of eighteen hundred and eighty. In the United States there are 6,239,958 per sons of the age of 10 years and over who cannot write. Of these, 369,848 are in South Carolina. Sonth Carolina’s pro rata share will be about./iee and uine tenths per cent, of the amount appropriated, The following table shows each annual appropriation, South Carolina’s share and an esti mate of what Spartanburg county’s part of South Carolina’s share would be. This county estimate is based on the proportion that the school fund of our county bears to the school fund ofthe State, whici), we suppose, will he our State authorities, method of apportioning the fund should the bill become a law. Appropriation, South Caro- Spartanburg Una’s share County 1'ait 1st. year $7,000,000 $413,000 $17,895 2d. year 10,000,(KX) 590,000 25,570 31. * “ 15,000,000 885,000 38,350 4th “ 13,000,000 767,000 33,235 5th “ 11,000,000 619,000 23,000 (itli “ . 9,000,000 531,000 23,125 7th “ ' 7,009,000 413,000 17,895 3th “ 5,000,000 295,000 12,73.5 NARROWING THE GHAGE. BUSY SCENES IN THE RAILROAD CAR SHOPS. Total $77,000,000 •},543,(X)0 196,800 As the design of the act is not to establish an independent system of schools, but rather to aid for the time being in the development and main- teunace of the school system estab lished by local governments and which must eventually be wholly maintained by the Sates and Territo ry wherein they exist, it is provided no greater part of the money appropria ted shall be paid out to any 8tate or Territory in any one year than the sum expended out of its own revenues or out of moneys raised under its authority in the preceding year for the maintainauce of common schools, not including the sums expended in the erection of school buildings. So while South Carolina would be enti tled to amounts above shown, she would not get her full quota for the years from the second j-ear to the sixth years botli inclusive, unless the State would pay of her own resources, within those years, an equal amount for sup port of her pommon schools, which would be more than the State has ever yet paid out for such purpose. The friends of this measure are ac tive and confident. They think it will pass hath houses. In some of the Southern States teachers are getting up petitions. Why shouldnot the teaeheie of Spartanburg county work for tlie cause in the same way?* Let every teacher, white or black, man and woman, who reads this article, copy this petition or write a better one and get every man and woman in the community to sign it and then mail the paper to Mr. Perr 3’. To the Hon. Wm. IIPerry member of Congress from the \th District of South Carolina. We the undersigned, citizens of Spartanburg county, believing that lhe best interest of oup State and na tion demand increased school facili ties which only the National Govern ment can at present furnish, and that the safety and security of the public school system throughout a large por tion of our county depends upon such aid, do most respectfully,but earnestly urge you to support, in the present Congress, the bill known as the Blair Educational Bill, or such other meas ure a3 may seem to you best fitted to secure tlie desired end. Respec t fu 11 y s u b mi Red, “Of the $77,000,000 appropriated by the Blair Bill to educational pur poses, South Carolina would get $543- 000. Shall we have it? The answer to this depends largely on our reat Y'ou must work for it, if you expe get it What a vast amount of ibis sum would do our State! 1 can any one having at heart the fare of his own .State, his own ne borhood, his own children, oppose] granting of this sum by the gen government to be disbursed by own officials? We are willing to] government improve our rivers struct our harbors, build our cut houses, but will not permit it to pay for the education of our child] This is strange logic and notiU consistent. Jefferson was not a of Federal interference and we ar afraid to follow Jefferson.” Wm. S. Morkiso] Parson Smith’s Horse and Rattlesnake. There are still a number of rs snakes to be found in the woods ii South. They are not denizen swamps, as many persons are unacquainted wUh snukeo suppose, but are lovers of nice places in highlands. A snake ist to be found on the edge of the roa bridle path under a berry bush, w he lies in ambush for the bird, whej it be early or late, that comes to tlie berries. The traveller thr< the pine lands is never surprise hearing a rattle, but unless is a snake hunter he doesn’t st< investigate. If his horse smells snake his rider doesn’t have tim stop. Parson Smith, ofGumtownei (S. C.) tells a story of an attack o norse by a rattlesnake. The parson was riding along a bridle path through the country where houses are as scarce as Christians in a city. His horse was jogging a long at what is •'ailed a “eamp-ineeting trot,” when tiro. Smith heard a rattle from a bush on the roadside. He touched his steed gently with his heel, and i bought that he had passed the snake. In a second, however, his horse gave a plunge, and then another. The parson thought the animal had just realized the proximity of the snake. Another plunge and he found hinself unhorsed. He clung to the bridle, and as the horse reared and plunged in the road he discovered a 6-foot rat tlesnake attached to the animal’s tail. The snake had struck at the horse as it passed, and his fangs had become tangled in tlie long, strong hair. The frantic animal broke away from the parson and dashed off at a lightning speed, and was soon out of sight. The parson walked to the nearest house, where ho spent the night. The next morning the snake was found a mile or more away from his den, dead, kicked and beaten almost to a jelly by the terrified animal in his efforts to get away from it. The horse was caught ten miles beyond still shiver ing from fright. How Locomotives and Cars are Changed to Suit the Narrow Gauge Track Which will 1h* Adapted in May—The Machinery that is Used— Many Improvements Being Made. Savannah News Tlie machine shops of all tlie South ern railroads are busy at work getting ready for the change of guage to be made May 31 and June 1. The Savan nah, Florida and Western Railroad Company aud tlie Central of Georgia are as busy as any. Away down to the southeast of t he passenger •<'$ ait of the Savannah, Florida and Western is a mound of car wheels wiiich from tiie upper end of the yard looks like a miniature mountain. The Central’s v-urds around the machine shops are full of axles and wheels. May and June are not the busiest months railroads have by any means, and a large proportion of tbeir rolling stock usually lies idle during those months. Tf possible the guage of every car and locomotive that can be spared will changed before the tracks are changed. It is intended to move the rails three inches nearer together in two days. The rojuis yupuing cast and west will change the first day and tiie roads running north and south will change the second day. To turn down the car axles though and slip tlie ties of the locomotives will take a good many weeks. For a year most of the roads have tured the shoulders down one and one-half on all the car axles that went into the shops. The rims on the locomotive wheels are three-quarters of an inch wider than tha tires. This permits the tires to be slipped in on the rims, but a steel tire fits a locomotive wheel a greatdeal tighter than bark does a tree. Tlie way the workmen get the tires loose before pushing them over on the rim is an interesting. process. The machine shops of both the roads run ning out of Bavannah u$e the same method, and it is said to' be the one in general use. The plan was ex plained over at the Central shops yes terday afternoon. But ip tjic west side of the round house is a simple ar rangement consisting of an air force pump, several Feet of rubber hose and several more feet of.2-inch iron pipe bent in a ring so that it would just about fit around the tire of a locomo tive’s bigdriving wheels. There were other rings of pipe to fit tlie smaller wheels. After raising the carriage of a locomotive by jacks the trucks are slipped out ami into a convenient po sition, with the axles raised, so that the wheels do not rest upon the track. The iron pipp is slipped around tlie fire and gas is turned on in the pipe. The under side of the pipe is punched full of small holes, and tiie gas pours out of these places like it does out of a gas-jet. When the gas is first light ed it does not make a very intense heat, but when air is forced in at a strong pressure b3' the pump, tiie gas burns fiercely anil the wheel seems to have a tire of fire at white heat. In a few minutes, as the tire gets hot, it expands, and with clamps the tires are dextrously pushed over % of an inch. When that is done to botli wheels on an axle the guage is l> d inches smaller. That is only half enough, however, and some turning has to be done on the locomotive axles after all. By immense hydraulic pres sure to the hubs the wheels can be pushed up on the axles until the gauge is reduced to 4 feet 9 inches—within half an inch of tlie standard guage. All this changing is costing the rail road companies heavily, but a great deal of tiie outlay in machinery, etc , now reckoned in the narrow guage ac count, will be serviceable hereafter, or as a railroad man put it yesterday, will come in handy afterwards.” As the alterations in the cars and engines are made, a number of im provements are also made. For in stance, the passenger cars on the Cen tral Railroad are being provided with Miller platforms ar.d couplers, larger wheels in some instances, and the let tering “Central Railroad” is being discarded and “Central of Georgia” substituted. In the case of the en- anv of them are being pro- are Al- Coi gross will pension Mrs, Han cock. un- Ifind >ad, full the At hat the the majority of the people, both white and black, in favor of prohibition ar.d according to population about one to ten in the North. In Alabama the outlook was most promising, whilst in Georgia Qiit of ore hundred and thir ty-four coiiiitie3, one hundred and seventeen had enacted prohibition laws. Mr. Kt. John confesses that he “never met £, more generous-hearted cr hospitable peorde,” and that his “prejudices have given place to ad miration” and bis “life-long hatred to love for such people.” There is a lesson in this confession from Mr. St. John for other public men of the North who are full of venom towards the South, without knowing the true condition of affairs down there. proachlng tnis edifice along a dusty road two political teams are travelling The first is a somewhat delapidated wagon drawn bv a spavined mule and an aged bx. The driver is Moses Tillman, arrayed in his priestly robes and bearing in his hand a rod, •’ which ' seyvej ' the purpose of a flag-staff, upon tlie lop of which a serpent represents tlie ban ner of tlie organization. In the front of the wagon, at Moses’feet are the stone tablets with the commandments The wagon is filled to overflowing. This crowd is called the “Lost tribe of Israel.” Tlie wagon is evidently overloaded, as one wheel is leaving the axle and tlie motive power is rap idly becoming exhausted'. Riding rapidly in tlie rear Is ! the Master of tlie State Grange mounted on anew bicycle, to which is attached a stout wagon by a rope. The rider calls out to the travellers in front of him to “pile Ir, bqt no'Moses for me,” while above his wogoh a sign indi cates that the seats therein have been reserved for all “simon pure Gran gers.” The author clearly thinks that tiffs team will win tlie race. Near by, but still in the rear the free trader is pushing his hum ble wheelbarrow, not yet having age or financial strength enough to own a wagon. Off' in tiie distance, on a hill, in full view of the contest be low a few farmers have gathered to meet the convention. They are weary of waiting. They have respond ed to the call and they are ready to save their beloved State from tlie im pending evils that have been pictured to them by the agitators. They are about to conclude tliaj, it has been a false alqrm. when one of the most watchful Of their num ber observes the procession below, which should have been coming in tlie direction of tbe convention, head ing directly for the Governor’s man sion,and turning excitedly to his com panions declares ‘.‘they have tuck tlie wrong road by thunder!” The pic ture is a good burlesque on the situa tion. Inefficient Representatives. Abbeville Press and Banner. We believe the wishes and interests of the farmers have been disregarded and neglected because of the ineffi cient representatives whom they have sent to the General Assembly. We further beliov'e the farmers are direct- ly responsible for their griev ances. Instead of electing from their own number delegates to tiie Legisla ture, their rights would be secured if they selected a Representative for his perabilitj 7 his educa tion his honesty his keep con ception of right and wrong, ids knowl edge of tlie law, and his ability to in terpret the meaning of the work of the Legislature. The insane idea that inexperienced men of any pro fession can go to Columbia, and stand tiie peer of tiie ablest men in the State have brought all the trouble of which wc complain. If a man is sick, he sends for a physician. If a man needs legal advice, he goes to a law yer. It is utter and absurd folly to ask a ffian to frame a law, when he could not execute the simplest form of contract. It is sense less to send men to the Legislature who have not to some extent tlie pow er of eloquence and tlie ability to grapple with the most learned. A cross-roads good clever fellow with out a knowledge of the law, has no business in tlie Legislature, where he would be run over by the giants which are sent there by (Charleston. Charleston always sends men to the Legislature who have power and influence, and it is the lack of e'qual ‘ ability in oiir re presentatives that enables them to run rough shod over us. We be lieve that any talk that lawyers are not as honest, as patriotic, and as faithful to trusts, as any other class of men is either idiotic or malicious. Lawyers should be chosen to make our laws: to stand up for our rights; ond to protect us from the aggressions of those able and influential Repre sentatives who are faithful to their own local trusts, no matter how the up-country may be affected. If the farmers will vote for the men who are most able to serve them in tlie Legislature they will in future be saved the necessity of making the extremely humiliating confessions contained in the call for a farmers’ convention. Don’t Do It. Bill Nye says: “Don’t attempt to cheat an editorof a year’s subscription to his paper, or any other sum. Cheat the minister, cheat the doctor cheat anybody, everybody, but if you have any regard for fit lure consequences don’t fool with an editor. You will be up for office some time, or want some public favor for yourselfor some of your friends and when your luck is a thing of beauty and a joy forever,the editor will open upon you and knock your aircastle into a cocked hat thetirst tire. He’d subdue you and then you’d cuss yourself for a driveling idiot, go hire some one to knock yoli down, and then kick you for falling. A Wholesale Lynching. Nkw Oki.kans, March 17.—A spe cial to the Picayune says: News of a terrible tragedy enacted at Carrollton, an interior town twenty-four miles southwest of Grenada, was received ^iere this evening. Fifty men rode into town and repaiud to the Court- iiouse, where thirteen*' negroes were awaiting thedr tritff. Tlie while men walked into the Court-room and shot ten negroes dead sj.iid' mort illy wound ed the- other three. Tht shooting grew out of the attempted tsyassina- t on of James Liddall, a prominent citizen, who w’as shot and seriouslj' wounded by these negroes several weeks ago. “Tuck the Wrong Road by TL»:u- rter.” Maj. L. A Ransom the talented oor-' respondent of the Augusta Chronicle, describe a cartoon on the farmers agination whieli lias recentlj been presented to him in tbe following manner: “It is the work of a Newberry artist The scone is iaid in the country, but In the distance is *cti a large and ! handsome building. Tiffs .building for the purpose of the laditicinns i-j called an agricultural eoliege, hut it is ’ actually the Governor’s mansion. Ap The Barnwell Court. News a)id Courier. Barnwell, March 17.—Only a few misdemeanor cases have been tried in this Court so far, most of which re sulted in convictions. The grand jury has just been discharged, and again they throw the liquor cases overboard, returning no bill in all cases, not- witlistanding the witnesses say thal they testified before them to direct sales, when they saw the liquor drunk and money passed. The Negro Question, Abbeville Press and Banner. Tlie question cf the “future of the negro” seems to be attiaeting some attention just now. Our own opinion is if we would give more attention to our own race, and cease to bother about the negro, we would come out better in tbe end. It matters little to us what becomes of the negro. The question is, what is your condition, my friend? The negro will be likely to take care of himself, and if he does not, it is a matter of his own cencern. Let us not assume to be his keeper. Prohibition in Putnam County, * Georgia. The Way of Life. Prohibition went into effect in this county in the spring and summer of 1882—now nearly four years. By this time tlie results should begin to show up the effbets. . 1. It is claimed by ^he opposers of Protiibition that it injures property. It was claimed by them, then, that it * would riffh Putnam county. Bonteof us had tlie faith 'to b&lieve, and the courage to declare it, that there would be au increase of property valuation. It was our priviledge a few daj's since to meet with a gentleman of intelli gence, onbe a citizen of Eatonton— did business there—wlio lias very re cently changed his home to Midway, Baldwin county; we refer to Mr. Robt. Adams. lie tells us that in f ierson, lie went t > tlie Tax Digest and ooked fOc himself, and during these four years the tax valuation of prop erty in that county has Increased $234,000. Does that look like ruin? He took special pains to examine its effects on tlie colored people, and finds tliiit liieir real estate has increas ed during this time 25 per cent—hav- inggont up in four years from $66,000 worth of property to $83,000. 2. It was claimed by the opposers that taxes would be oppressive, and the people could not stand it. Let us see: In 1881 tbe rate was four-tenths of one per cent.; in 1885 it was.three-, tenths of one per cent. Hence, a coming down of ene-fourth. Does tiffs look like ruin ? 3. They claimed that it would ruin trade in the town. In the Bouth tho cotton receipts are tlie best index ns to the growth of a community. Eat- onton, the county seat mid center of trade, then and now, received in 1881, 12,000 bales; in 1885, up to this tima, 17,000 bales. Bo tbe trade has not been diverled. 4. As to the moral effect on tho peo ple it will take eternity to reveal. Four and live years ago it was very hard to get a jury that would give a verdict against crime; but now, it is woe to the man that may be brought witli evidence to convict. It always pays for both worlds to take God’s side of every question and leave tiie result with Him. You may put it down, wIi^ikjMJiL find a man in the experience oTthe blessing of full salvation, .you will find a temperance man, yea, he is a prohibitionist. Let all our people come up (o tha work, and labor until Georgia is v A Green Younar Girl. Washington Critic. She was young, she was greeff, she was very new in Washington. At a recent swell affair she had gone with the crowd into the refreshment reom. Presently an elegant looking waiter for all the world like a foreign ambas sador, bowed politely before her aud murmured: “Is there any one waiting on yon, Miss?” “Sir? Sir? she stammered in a star tled embarrassment. “Pardonnez moi. Is their any one waiting on you ?” “Oh?” she said, blushing brightly. “No, sir, n«t in Washington. But when I’m at home I’ve got more beaus than any other girl in town.” MISCELLANEOUS. The fund for Mrs. Hancock foots up $40,636. The President is like the accumula ted frieght on the railroads lu the Southwest—hard to move. The collection taken at the Metho dist Episcopal Church at St. Augus tine, Fla., last Sunday aggregated $1,000. Senator Butler always takes a coupe at the east front of the Senate wing. Mr. Sabin, of Minnesota, usually shares the coupe and the fare. Lieut. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, is 55 years of age. With the exception of Gen. Miles lie is tlie youngest gen eral officer in the regular army. ; Senator Edmunds is said to be pe culiarly sensitive to newspaper criti cism. Why, then, does ho not so con duct himself politically as not to bo liable to newspaper criticism? William M. Evarts and four class mates fifty years ago started the Yale. Literary Magazine which is not only the oldest college periodical, but tlie oldest monthly of any sort in America. A Michigan county has imitated Pike count3', Pa M in having a pretty girl for I>eputy Sheriff. Jt is feared that tlie jail will he full of young men until her term of office expires. The colored politicians in Washing ton endorse the Matthews appoint ment as an honor to their race. As Matthews is nearly white, it is hard to say what portion of the honor be longs to the full blooded negro. Jefferson Davis has accepted an in vitation to lecture in Montgomery in behalf of the monument for the Con federate dead. He has made an exception in this case, and will speak in April. There is said to be a movement on foot to organize a servautgirls’ mutual protective association. • One of the first tules, it is understood, will be that no mistress is to be permitted to fuss around in tlie kitchen while tho servant girl is present.—The Cook. It is said in tlie Philadelphia Record that friends of Mrs. Hancock are ex pressing surprise that neither Mrs. Grant nor Mrs, Garfield have subscrib ed to the fund for Mrs. Hancock. Tho Grant family even failed to send a representative to the General’s funeral “This is’ Senator Voorbces, I be lieve?” said a Washington trump to the Tall Sycamore of tlie Wabash re cently. “It is,” was tile reply. “And I think you are .:i favor of the urgent deficiency?” “I am.” “Ah! Then give me a quarter, Senator, for I’m the worst case of urgent deficiency you ever saw!” Tlie quarter came. Kansas, South Carol'ua, and West Virginia have tho smallest ratio of sa loons to population. Our farmers are manly, indepen dent men and know how to express and enforce their convictions. They arc not children in leading strings. “Co-operation among farmers is not objectionable.” By no manner of means. It is, on the contrary, lauda ble and desirable. Lawyers have their bar associations, doctors have their medical societies, merchants their exchanges, artisans their unions, and so ou. Even editors, neighbor, have our press association! By all means, then, the fanners ought to have their associations. But don’t try to make them believe they are :Ish- maelites, whose hands are against erervliody and azainst whom ITcvery- bndi’* liand. The people/4 rum to suspect that si c : talk is riot likely to be productive any g***l.—.1/k* eiffc Messenger, Id. '‘■4 * * tf'— # . -s'? ^