The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, April 06, 1886, Image 1
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CHARLES E. R. DRAYTON, Manager.
AIKEN S. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 6,
VOLUME 5.—NUMBER 25.
REMOVAL TO
TEMPKKANCte IN SCHOOU*.
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r V REPAIRING A SPECIALTY <V
JUOm£*C.0o. CMAJUJL £-00
267 Kin« Street, Opppsitc Masonic Temple,
CHARLESTON, So. Ca.
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AND HIH SIltTliMSIlIM, MODS
»85. New Goods, Fall Trade. 1885
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lugs
./jndow Shades and Luce Curtains, Wilton, Velvet, Brussels,3-ply In-
U Carpets, Hearth Bugs. Door Mats, Art Carpet, Window Khades of every
e and Color, emhraelng all the New .Styles, Cocoa, Caton and Napier Mat-
;s, Floor Oil Cloths and Linolaums.
Lace Curtains, Window Cornices and Poles, New Walnut, Cherry, Ash
Ebony and Brass Cornices and Poles. Turcoman Curtains and Draperies.
Upholstery Goods. Raw Silks in a variety of Patterns. Fringes in ail Colors.
Hair Cloths, Cane and Gimp and Buttoms. Wall Papers, Borders and
Decorations.
Just Opened For All Trades:
Oil Paintings, Engraving and Chromos. Brooms, Dusters, Baskets, Door
Jats, Walnut and Rubber Weather Strips for Doors and Window, to keep
out cold, and ail sold at Lowest Prices. '
JAMES C. BAfUE & SONS,
Chronicle Building, 714 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
Bondarant, JopHny & Co,
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x Manufacturers of
ALL KINDS OF BRICKS!
Proprietors of the Old and Popular
DeLAIGLE AND AUGUSTA BRICK YARDS, establish ' J in 1S20! Esti
mated production since then 2o0,000,000 Brick! Quality and color unsur-
passed North or fjouth. Large stock always on hand. For information,
address
EjQNDURANY, JOPLING & CO., Augusta, Ga.
GIN RIBS! GIN RIBS!
I HAVE 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!
Ti<£YP£NDLETOHjt7oij.iaa7T"flNDjrMasa^£YwoRKS
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Nos. 615, 617 and 619, Koi.lock St., - - AUGUSTA, GA.
CHAS. F. LOMBARD, Proprietor. WM PENDLETON, Sup’t.
McElree s Jewelry Palace,
.WILL BE REMOVED TO ITS NEW LOCATION ON KING STREET,
^ (OPPOSITE MASONIC TEMPLE) ON THE 18TH INSTANT.
^UTie Building has been Specially altered and repaired by Mr. McEIree. The
ceiling raised and frescoed jn oil—a new plate glass front of antique design,
’surmounted by double sows of small squares of colored glass which ha:
srod in this section «f conn try.
During tire next TEN DAYS 'to 18th instant.) ho otters the entire stock in
his store under the Waverlv House at YOUR OW X PRICE, MAKE YOUR
SELECTIONS AND NAME YOUR PRICE is all that is necessary to effect
a sale. , ,
Remember tins thing last for these TEN DAYS only, after that we make
the prices.
McElree’s Jewelry ^alace,
254 KING STltEKT, - - - - OHAIILEHTO.V, S. C.
PETERXiN GROSSED COTTON SEED.
1000 Bushels For Sale !
I would Vespectfullv inform tlie farmers of Aiken and the adjoining
Counties, that 1 have oil hand 10(H» B USD EL§ OK PETERKIN CROSSED
COTTON SEED for Halo at the following re;i*nnul>le prices for Cash or Ex
change, Viz.: 80 cents per bushels (ot 30 pounds) delivered at Aiken depot
—75 cents per bushel delivered at my burn—or I will Exchange 1 bushel of
PET ERKIN SEED for Three bushels of any other Cotton Seed delivered at
my barn 2}4 miles fpom Aiken.
This Seed is very prolific and was planted by me in J884, oi) 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 63 acres (notwithstanding the
ravagesof the Catcrpiller and excessive rains, followed by drouth)
f 1
.00 Pounds of Lint Cotton from 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 Ihit; cotton. My entire crop averaged this figure.
Rekkhencks.—Mi Hedge T. Hollev, Jr.. & Bro., who ginned my entire
crop. Also, Messrs. Lewis Bradweli and Jolm N. Wigtall wlio planted
ibis year some of the same Seed. .Address
DANIEL CEOSLAND,
Aiken, S. C.
Nov. 24,1885.
KRED BAKER, President.
JOS. S. BEAN, Cashier.
THE AUGUSTA SAVINGS BAASK,
-OF AUGUSTA, GEOUGIA.-
Casli Assets
Surplus
$300,000.00
50,000.00'
Catechisms mi Beer and Alcohol Intro
duced in Some Colored Instltu*
t ions.
Savannah Neiv*.
Mr. J. N. Stearns, of New York,
Secretary of the NationalTempernnce
Association, has been Canvassing Sa
vannah and other cities of the South
recently in the interest of text-books
on temperance, to be used in schools.
One of the publications he is intro
ducing is a “Catechism op ReerJ' ahd
another is a “Catechism on Alcohol,’'
both bv Julia Colman.
About eighteen ' ^ates and Territo
ries of the Unite States require thc-
public uchool children t*> be instructed
on temperance. Thfe 'catechisms on
temperance Are used in the Beach and
Hayes institutes, of this city, and in
the Atlanta university, the Clark uni
versity and several other educational
institutions in the South repreaentihg
a large scholarship' of young colored
men.
The first question in the catechism
on alcohol is:
“What is alcohol ?" »
“A liquid poison,” is the answer.
“Is it fouqd in nature?”
“It does not seem to be found in any
tiling that God has made.”
The work is arranged in the same
manner throughout—questions and
responses. Seperate chapters are de
voted to the origin of alcohol, decay
ed drinks, distilled drinks, first effects
of alcoholic drinks, alcohol an(j
disease, alcohol and’crime, etc.
In the list of decayed drinks are
mentioned cjijer and wines of all
sorts. They are calIbd decayed, it is
explained, becaused they are made by
letting the juices of the fruit stand
and decay or go to pieces. The cate
chism on beer explains how beer is
brewed from grain. Under the analy
sis of beer is the question,
“What is honest beer?”
A. “That which is made from water,
grain, hops and yeast only.”
It is expressly stated, however, that
by “honest beer” it is not meant that
aiiv kind of beer is good and whole
some, but that it is unadulterated.
The proportion of alcohol is put at
.rom 2 to 12 parts.
“Is the adulteration of beer com
monly practiced?” is one of the inno
cent questions.
The reply is that the practice “is so
common that it is difficult to find any
honest beef- bebr on sale.” The most
frequent adulterations of beer are de
fined as “water to dilute it and salt to
bring up the taste.” Salt is also put
in to make the drinker thirsty so that
he will buy more beer,” say's the
writer, and she adds: “This is a serious
fraud, becaused beer is called refresh
ing and good to satisfy thirst. The
f’ree lunches offered in beer saloons are
usually highly salted to provoke
thirst, and the pretzels 1 are sprinkled
with salt instead of sugar.”
The student is also correctly in
formed that tobacco, opiijm,’hemp and
coculus indicus, a poison berry, are
sometimes added, and when hops are
scarce quassia, strychnine and cocu
lus indicus are substituted.
Another question under this head
is: “Why do men drink sucliadulter
ated stuff?” * ’
The answer is: “Because the brew
ers and dealers contihue to make each
of his own customers think that his
beer is honest, and that it is (inly his
neighbors who use adultbraltions.”
In 'a galhin of beer there is about 12
ounces of solid matter. This solid
matter is declared to be mostly gum,
sugar and Imps. It is nearly indiges
tible and not worth so much for food
as a penny loaf. The student is taught
that beer drinkers grow fat because
beer fills the blood with waste matter
which is deposited between the mus
cles or wherever there is room for it,
stuffing out the skin and making the
drinker look plump
Osiris. King of Egypt, who intro
duced a 4 , 'l | 7l? m$<J e Qf barley 1960 B.
C., is credited' with the invention
of beer. Tacitus and Pliny', about the
beginning of the Christian era. spoke
of the Germans having a liquor made
of barley’ or wheat and fermented to a
spirit. *In the history of beer the stu
dent learns that, beer was introduced
into England by’ the Romans proba
bly abour the- time of Caesar’s inva
sion. It 'continued ‘th£ prevailing
drink in England until about 1700
when the English took to drinking
gin oil a }arge scale. Beer was intro
duced into America by the Puritans
in 1620, who brought some over in the
Mayflower. Thu early colonists of
New England, however, could not
raise grain enough for bread for some
years, and the short crops starved out
beer. About 1850 the use of beer be
gan to increase rapidly in the United
Skates.
Rheumatism, liver complaint,
Bright's disease and other diseases arc-
caused by beer drinking says the cate
chism, and a number of eminent au-
thorifres are quoted upon the effects of
beer upon health.
The purpose of the text books is to
correctly and fully inform young peo-
ple of the nature of liquors, and the
efleet uiboLoi has up'on the mind and
health.
C. C. G. & C. It. It.
Abbeville Medium March oOth.
On last Thursday the stockholders
of the C. C. G. <fc C. R. R., meet at
Greenwood. Col. Bowen acting pres
ident read a letter from Mr. Schofield
the financial agent, in New York, de
tailing tlie progress of ins negotia
tions with the Louisville & Nashville
road and with Mr. Taimage and ask
ing that tlie meeting adjourn at the
call of the president not later than the
1st of May.' DlV motion this time was
extendid to the loth of May. It was
clearly the sense of the meeti ng
that this should he the last delay ami
I if Mr. Schofield's plans hud not suc-
, ceded we would fry another measures.
; We are not one of those who have
been too ready to join with our
enemies in deriding Mr. Schofield and
his efforts. This is a gigantic enter
prise and takes time to accomplish it.
But we do think that if by May 15th
lit has not succeeded iu the efforts ve
should take steps to regain control oi
the road and its franchises.
interest on Deposits of Five to Two Thousand Dollars. Sums of One Dolllar
and Upward Received.
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pircctors—James A. Lofiin, E. O’Donnell, Eugene J. O’Cornner, Alfred
Raker, E. R. Schneider, W. B. Young, William Sohweigcrt, JCdger R. Derry
Jules Rival, Joseph S. Beam, J. Henry Bredenburg.
DOWN TOWN GREEN MARKET!
CAN SUPPLY
FAMILIES WITH FIRST-CLASS VEGETABLES,
THAT IS:
NOLTHERX CABBAGES. TURNIPS, BEETS, CABRQTS, ONIONS.
POTATOES, APPLES, BANANAS, ORANGES, LEMONS,
COCOA NUTS, NUTS, RAISINS, CITRON, CURRANTS, Ac.
— ALSO
SELECTED GROCERIES IX GREAT VARIETY!
Goods Delivered at the House. Call at the
VILUtlA BASEEY AOT CONFEGTIOKERY !
I W. T. HOFFMAN.
\ .-.V.iXVK. - - -- - - - - AlIvKX, p. C.
Local Option.
]Valholla Courier.
The Local Option feature of the
temperance movement (by counties)
is rapidly growing in favor. Tlie Leg
islature of Virginia has just passed a
law for tlie State and the Governor
lias signed it. Mississippi has done
the same thing. South Carolina will
do the same thing, we believe. The
last Legislature refused all such ac
tion, but it otily postponed the matter.
It is certain‘that the next Legislature
will be formed largely’ of those who
are pledged to a Local Option (ebunty)
law.’ The measure is just and reason
able and the people will demand its
favorable consideration. We hope to
see the issue distinctly made in every
county in the State iii our nex!t elec
tion.
rREMEXTIMEXT OF DEATH.
4^ Carious and Interesting Incident
in the Family History of the
Bayards.
The subject qf presentiment con
cerning death aiid fatality in families
spnkeii of in Hancock’s case recalls
some sad points in the Bayard history
Few &hliiies'have been more deplet
ed by sudden d^ath than the Bayards
and in many instances there have
been fore-warnings and presenti
ments. It is said that Miss "Bay
ard wrote a letter indicating
her approaching death, Thpre are
now in Was^|ngton''many old naval
officers ^hd'remember the interest
ing circumstances attending the
death of Miss Bayard’s corisih’, Chas.
C. Bayard, at Mount Vesuvius. He
was the favorite sqn of Richard Bay
ard. of Philadelphia, whose father
and Secretary Bayard’s father were
brothers, th 184.j, while on board the
United States ship 'Congress in com
pany with several young friends
from on board, he made the ascent
of Mount VeteuViUs. It Yras the same
Congress that went down in Hamp
ton Roads before the Merrimac, and
in the party was the same Joseph
Smith, who as commandet of the-f/on
gress had hi* heart' taken off by a can
non ball and of whonl his father said,
when he heard that the Congress was
taken: “Then Joe is dead.” In the
party also was Lehman B. Ashmead,
of Philadelphia, with whom young
Bayard afterwards went to .Jerusalem
to visit the Holy SepdlcYirt. While
there they both had tattooed on their
arms by'an old dragoman the her
aldic arms of Jerusalam,with the date
of thejr visit." In the case of young
Bayard the tattooed qrb'ss developed
virulent features, festered and finally
he became sick, and the arm became
greatly swolen. Hecontinually de
clared that he would die, and even
after if. appeared to grow entirely well
he was in the habit of saying to Mr.
Ashmead and other friends: “This
arm will be the death of me yet.”
Ten years afterwards Jyoung Bayard
left for a cruise in the Votumma as
flag lieutenant of compandor Morris.
Before leayiqg 'he took a sad fare
well f)f iijl nia friends here and
declared to on6'and all that “they
would never see him again” He was
very dejected aud de-q on lent, 'fen
years to a day from his pWvio'a eisit,
n company with young L’arroll Tuck
er of Maryland, and a lew friends, tlie
Columbia being at Naples, he made
the ascent of Vesuvius during an
eruption. With him was Rear Ad
miral Simpson and Rear Admiral
Calhoun, who were then Lieutenants.
He had the arm «f a Prqsiau army
omeeV.”He/wks quite gayj Just near
tlie Hermitage, where he had halted
ten ynars before, the party stopped,
near the crater. As ihey were turn
ing a mass of lava and rock struck
young Bayard bn the arm were he
had been tattooed, cutting fearfully
and obliterating the cross, and before
tlie party could reach the foot of the
volcano lie died. 1 n'.tJthe’r" is still
living, upwards of Wine’iyVbUrs of age.
His body is buried near the foot of
Vesuvius.
South Carolina vs. Charleston.
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Columbia Record.
“Richland,” the pohnnbia corres
pondent of the Augusta Chronicle, in
a special ft). IJiat paper speaks
of the controversies between Mayor
Courtney, of Charleston, and Dr. Kin-
loch; also of another controversy be
tween the former gentleman and the
Charlestoil delegation. “The mem
bers of the delegatioiii” lie sii^s, .“Show
that it costs nearly as piuch to meet
tlie expenses of’tne'city government
of Charleston as it does to run the en
tire Sfate government of South Caro
lina,' including fhe salaries of State
officers', Judges and \He expenses ot
the Legislature. This statement, if
correct, proves one of two tilings:
That the State government of South
Carolina is very economically con
ducted or the government of the city
of Charleston is very extravagant.
Judgement should be suspended until
tiie Mayor’s figures are furnished, and
they will jro doubt pyt a very differ
ent face on'the Matter.”
“Richland” is right. When Mayor
Courtenay’s figures are furnished they
will show the matter in a very differ
ent light. They will show that there
is a vast (Jifterencfe between the ex-
penditurefi of the citv and Slate for
any given time, and will also show
that every dollar has been honestly,
economically aud 'iudiciously ex
pended.' We itiake this prediction
without khow-liig anything more
about the matter than has already
been published; but we know the man
and tlikt js"‘enough. We khow that
Mayor Courtendy Is as true as steel
and the soul of honor. Like pure gold
he will not sustain injury in passing
through the present ordeal. The man
who does right has nothing to fear,
and those who are making the attack?-
upon him will find that their weapons
will cut backwards. The sum and
substance ’ of >fayor Courtenay’?
offending in one instance seems to
have been that he dared to call public
attention to the fact that ptisoners
were being transported to Columbia
at $40 apiece. "Tbid i3 k fact, and all
the Charleston delegation can say
about th'j matter will not shut the
people’W''mouths nor cause them to
"ihink less of Mayor Courtnay for tell
ing the troth, aud what as the Chiei
Magistrate of tlie city of Charleston
he had a right to tell.
‘‘ \\ ith regard to the trained nurses,
it seems that several of them, aftci
passing through Ui'eir course, located
in other States, and MayorCourtenay
protested against the public funds be
ing used for training nurses unless un
der certaiit conditions.
There is b'ue thing certain, and that
is that the Hon. W. A. Courtenay is
the most efficient Mayor that Charles
ton has ever had, ancf tjie Charleston
ians are so well aware of this fact that
they liave just refused to allow him
to resign from the position. They
offered to grafft hihi a failoUgii to re
cuperate his health, but woiild not al
low him to resign. This dou’t look
very much like Mayor Courtenay has
been burdening thfe people with heavy
(axes—at anv rate they seem willing
to stand the Dufdeo. 1 ' '* ! ‘'
Anderson Journal says: TJi.e
scourge of measles is' spreading
lias broken out in
try operatives in
G-ecnville suffered terribly from the
4.sense.
(In Greenville, ami I
i Seneca. The facto
Signs of Mental Dcrangeu^ent.
Philadelphia Call.
. * * i : » • 4 ■ *
Mrs. Flunket; ' ‘.‘Jam getting un
easy about my husband’s intellect—
or his memory, perhaps I should
say.” ' '
Mrs. Dorsey; \Tu what way?”
“I asked him for $50 and he gave it
to me without a word.”
“Why, that w’asstrange! But what
led vou feel ‘Concerned about his mem
ory?” “ ''
- “Why the fact that he didn’t ask
me what I had done 'Vith J,be 50 cents
he gave me last week.” '
Johnston Monitor says: The meet
ing called in the interest of the Caro-
linaCuniherlaudGap andChicago Rail
road on Friday atGfrfeenwood Was not
a success. Mr. Schofield was n«t pres
ent, and the metling adjourned over
ti!l the loth of May. Some impa
tience ami disntisfaeiion was iiianiiest
e*l by 1 nose present.
A CARD FROM MR. I
THE FARMERS’ CONVENTION.
Another Farmers’ Name)
Authority.
l[] r afyalla Cou
Messrs Editors: I notice in a re
cent issue of your paper my name
connected with a call for au agricul
tural convention for Oconee county,
based upon a call for a similar conven
tion of the whole State. The use of
my name for thfe Statfe call is entirely
without my authority, but inserted by
a friend in the county call, under the
impression that I favored the objects
designated in the call.
After carefully weighing the matter
I have decided flpon the following
course as the'better plan for our coun
ty, fiairielj% to discountenance the
present movement of Mr. Tillman for
the following reasons, viz:
The object is not the advancement
of agriculture, as if pirirpbrte to be
upon its face, InR h political move
ment in > disguise to overthrow the
present adiuiuirtration.
Second, it tends to degrade the pro
fession of ugricUlturfe 'W' injecting
politics into the vfery'bksem the agri
cultural societies.
* Third, it tends to the disruption of
the Democratic party.
Therefore I do not-favor £he call for
a convention, but prefer to fight in
the ranks of the Democracy to correct
a great many evils, which I think
needs the careful consideration of
every good and prudent man in the
county who desires an economical ad-
minis'tration of the ’government of
the State.
I could conceive of no greater evil
to befall our State than class legisla
tion. Our representatives should be
men of broad ideas, soaring above the
petty desires of each iud jiff dual, and
make such la<v8 aS‘arc 'adapted to the
interest of the whole State.
In conclusion I will say to my agri
cultural friends in the county that I
will never ofe if} advocating
any measure tjiijff wM enhanc'd: their
interest,''Whep jt is based upon a frank
and square proposition! ‘ ’
1 ' John W. Shrlqr.
TuqAbqo, S. C., March 22, 1886.
“Innocuous Desuetude’*
Augusta Chronicle
We Chronicle expresses the hope
that tills phase of President Cleve
land will never find an illustration in
the Democratic party as a political
organization.
The change in the Governnjent was
not to be confined to tlie otficte of Pres
identj it Wqk not'to be‘njereiy a
change in the* h^ads of departments;
it was not simply to be a change in the
consular service and diplomatic
corps; but it was to be a change in
every office of the Government where
any honest and capable Democrat
could be found to fill the vacancies
created by the removal of Republi
cans.
a time when the sixty qr seventy
thousand offices that'it covers were
filled by Repul)fichiis almost exclu
sively. No man who was a professed
Democrat could hope for an office un
der a Republican administration. In
order to obtain one he had to deny his
party allegiance and bury his politi
cal convictions. -Is not this true?
The civil service law was a cunning
ly devised scheme to keep Republicans
in and to keep Democrats out, when
they had 'returned to their father’s
liousetd'ad^rfffiifefer its affairs.
But nobody K'sked‘the Presidont to
violate this Civil Service latv—jyhat
Democrats wad ted and whult they had
a right to expect, and wliat honest Re
publicans out of office, the rank and
file of the Republican party expected
—was that every Republican office
holder—the thirty or forty or fifty
thousand ityjih who held offices not
covered by the civil service,—would
he asked to resign or be suspended by
President Cleveland and their places
given to competent Democrats.
This was tlie President’s blunder.
His failure to remove Republicans
was a reflection upqq the hopegty'and
intelligence of his Pwh party aud a
great disappointment to the Demo
crats who elected hirij to office.
This was the caus4 of his trouble
with the Senate. Senator Ingalls
told the truth when, speaking for his
party, he said let the president come
out and say thu£ removals are made
for political reasohs'and we will make
no actious opposition to the appoint
ment of any good Democrat nominat
ed for office by the President. The
Democrats are fairly entitled to tlie
offices aud the Republican party
is willing that they should be filled
by capable Democrats.
Tlie Chronicle has great respect for
the President’s integrity personally
and officially, but while admiring the
lofty purposes that animate him in
his efforts at reform, it rtfiapproves
of his policy. If we'liv.ed in a blessed
state of perfection, where parties were
unkown and offices were not needed,
his theory would be admirable.
The President’s utopian scheme to
anchor the Mugwumps and to mqke
proselytes from tiie Republican ranks
reminds us of what a French officer
sa <1 to an English officer,' in' reference
th the charge of the Six Hundred, at
Balaklava, when he asked him what
.,c thought of the Light Brigade. The
French officer replied: “It is grand,
sublime, magnificent; but, Monsieur,
it is not war.” ' “
The President may think that his
civil service policy, in keeping Dem
ocrats out and Republicans in, is very
beautiful, but it is not politics. If his
election meant oue thing more than
auother it was that a Democrat should
be President, and 1 that all the office?
in tiie gift of tlie Administration
should be filled by Democrats. The
failure to place Democrats in office
can not be construed otherwise than
as a reflection upon 'the intelligence
and capacity of Democats.
Tills mugwump, namby-pamby,
hermaphrodite policy if persevered in
Can haVe but oufe effect, aiid that is to
divide aiid Weaken the party. What
we most riefed to weld the Democratic
party and render it invincible is an
honest add bcurageous Andrew Jack-
soti administration of the affair^ of
the Government. Let us have' Dem
ocrats on guard iu every 7 position, and
no spies or informers in office to be-
trav us to thfe political enemy in the
hour of danger.
If President Cleveland perseveres
in his “Mugwump” policy, the great
Democratic party will be doomed to
“indbcuous dts'rtetude” and inexcusa
ble defeat. President Cleveland has a
right to terminate his own political
career, but he has no right to assas
sinate the opportunities of the Demo
cratic pkrt^ for perpetuating its power
iu controlling tlie affairs of the Gov
ernment.
ithont Old Barnwell Calm and Serene.
Barnwell People.
Two weeks ago the Peoi
that “a meeting be held
3aleday to elect delegates” to the con
vention called to meet in Columbia
on the 29th Inst. We believed then
aud our opinion is still unchanged
that a convention of conservative,
representative'' farmers, who have no
politic’af''Ambitionsand aspirations to
gratify and no revenges fo reap would
be productive of good, ndt by i naugu
rating all thfe 5 visionary reforms
preached and promised by the apos
tles of the new deUf/but, by giving to
the members of the convention an ac
curate knowledge of the condition of
public affairs and public seutimeut.
so that they might be convinced that
the jeremiads of Mr. B. R. Tillman
and his eq-adjijtors are not correctly
repsentative of the State and its af
fairs. But our suggestion seems to
have fallen flat and as yet it has elic
ited no respoti'Se‘of approval. And in
trying to learn why ihey have not been
aroused t|y the summons of the new
Moses, we have made abetter acquain
tance wlth'publlc feeling that has led
us to approve tlie strong,
sound common sense of the
masses wfy 0 hav^ not been led astray
by his gloomy platitudes. A care
ful analysis of the call for tlie con
vention shows freejuent inconsisten
cies, and an examination of the re
cords of the callers, so far as known,
reveals the fact that, only a few of
them have been and are representa
tive farmers. Only one of them, so
far as we remember, has been inti
mately connected with the State Ag
ricultural ’SofeietV. wb'iCli was, to the
Democracy of the State during the Re
publican era, the best and only sub
stitute for the Legislature and which
revived at its annual meetings the
knowledge that good men and women
all ovefetne State, wefe watting and
watching for the first opportunity to
redeem 1 ' tb'e conrttnon wealth.—Why
did not these ninety-two gentlemen
now solicitous for the welfare of the
farmers, come to the front iu thos^
troublous times? • • •
And the \yrongs and grievances of
which ‘they complain can easily be
cured by ordinary agencies without
resort to heroic, revolutionary thiat-
meiit. Men must‘alw'ays have some
body or sbmething tb blatt^eerjpedlally
so when' tlhies are hard. Then any
change that promises relief is risked.
Now a liitlefexcursion through the his
lory of the State since the restoration
of Democratic rule will show that the
agriculturists have had such control
ling representation as was, until re
cently, entirely satisfactory to them.
No man complains of tiiat and if they
want more their demand will be grati
fied ami the followers of other occupa
tions will be content. Of 3 Governors
electeil during that time, directly by
the people—two have been farmers
and o'iie a teacher, nncj Hkb propor
tions havfe prevailed LVother positions
whehe iW'specfar training or adaptu
tloh has been required. 'The attempt
to array different professions and oc
cupations against one another might
be childish in other communities and
conditions, but it is simply, purely
and inexcusably criminal in South
Carolina at this juncture—for “united
we stand, divided we fall,” lawyers,
merchants, farmers and all, and the
cold shoulder, 90 far given by the peo
ple of RarrtWell to thfe shufflers of the
new’dehl, shows that they Tealize it.
If, contrary JO ‘ Ajtpearancesf, there
should be r a nhfeetliig next Monday,
worthy $ bb rfegarded as representa
tive by its numbers and character, it
will be well to consider the propriety
and advisability of electing delegates,
but, if there should not be such a gath
ering, it will not be right for a corpo
ral’s guard to assume to represent tlie
people of this county.
And now and hereafter it will be
Cause for Vexation.
New York Times.
Florida Hotel Proprietor (to stew
ard:) “Has that aljigator ordered
yesterday got hire yet?” "
Steward: “No sir.”
•£rQt>rletor (angrily:) “Well, this
j* a little too much and a new hatch
of Northern invilMs just arrived.
You will have toscralch stewed terra
pin offthe bill of fare.”
REDMOND'S GALLANTRV.
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“Throwing Dust iu the Eyes of a
Class whom they Call In
sane.”
The folJoying extract from a letter
by a farirtfef' to the Columbia Register
h interest!fig:
“With htAvlsh to impugn the mo
tives of ‘Khy “man, I would ask the
farn^cs to'iiferbfully study all theut-
terfliKs 1 ,’‘bbtl'i'jn the “call” and pre
vious letted tihft am satisfied that an
impartial aiid cool examination of tlie
mass of charge’s, assertions and pre
tended facts'will-convince them that
the farmer’s welfares’ is quite a secon
dary matter, and that their so-called
convention, If held, \vlll simply be a
political'caucus of s.oqie aspirants for
offi'ces.for which'’they may or may not
bb qualified, and which they hope to
fea&h by throwing dust in tlie eyes of
a class whom they call Insane. It re
main^' tvith the farmers to decide
whetjbef’or'hot they will attend a con-
ventiAVf Called uhder such flattering
terms and full 6Fmisstatements. Can
they, without sacrificing all self res
pect, join such a body when its organ
izers have declared’a^ain and again
tiiat for ten years past ayarmers’ Leg
islature and executive officers,and the
“minions” of both, “muny of whom
are farmers ,” have been robbers, in
competent, corrupt and oppressive?
Are tlie charges true in any single
case? If not proved, will the mass o'
honest farmers tamely submit to such
an insult to themselves and to the
men who/n they have chosep from
time to time? Will they actually join
hands with their traducers and help
to place them in office? These ques
tions deserve our serious attention,
and no doubt have occurred to thous
ands before this will meet their eye.
Gordon for Governor.
Augusta Evening Xcws.
It is rumored that General Gordon,
having completely failed in his great
railroad schemes, has come back to
Georgia to enter politics, and that hi?
old partners, Joe Brown and Col
quitt, will give him the Governor’s
chair.
That Gordon has faijeej in }iis rail
road schemes is evident’. He started
to run a line to Charlotte Bay in
Southern Florida, wji^u H. B. Plant
paralleled liis line and completed a
road tothe same point whileGordon is
hot'one quarter of the distaneb. That
he is about to run for Governor seems
quite as certain, for the minor create,
a big sensation', ’This sensation 'is
nothing, however, to the racket and
rush which will follow if Joey B. aud
Colquitt give thelV orders. The small
S oliticiarrs who have been making
lates and pledging support to various
candidates, will have to rub out and
point their little guns just as soon the
bosses say. We will wait and see how
the only great and organized howitzer
in tbis'section will trim its fuse and
firing apparatus. L^t the music and
the fun begin!
He Kicks the fttufTing Out of His As
sociate for Insulting Some Ladies.
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Easley Messenger March 26th.
While Major Redmond is known as
the “Moonshiner's Chief” he is also
noted for his gallantry to the fair sex.
While riding ift a wagon going over to
Georgia the other day, in company
with another man from this county,
when near Townsville, passing a
crowd of ladies in the road his com
panion used disrespeit'ul language.
Taking the reins ami driving hastly
by, the Major asked the fellow what
he meant by such conduct. Reciev-
ing an impudent reply, Major Red
mond kicked him out of his wagon
and left him to retrace his steps'home
ward on foot, while he drove, on tak
ing his extended trip alone.
The Blair Hill.
Augusta, Chronicle.
Washington, March 31.—Tlie Post
analyzes the vote on the Blair bill, re*
ferred to the Labor Committee, and
concludes that the bill will not pass. A
majority of the Republicaus favor the
bill and a majority of tlie Democrats
oppose it. But the Democrats 'fefthe
South most effected by it are over
whelming iu its favor. Any one
would suppose from the Post’s article,
which was written by Henry Jones,
well-known in Augpsta, the majority
of the Southern'" deflators wefe con
spiring against the Constitution and
preparing to demoralize tlio South.
Most of the Northern Democrats who
oppose tliis bill vote to squander mil
lions of dollars in pensions to their
own section, but grudge every dollar
that goes South- The friends of the
Blair bill admit the difficulties iu its
way, but will try to counteract them.
What effect its possible final defeat in
tlie House may have on the fortunes
of tlie individual members can only
be conjectured.
MISCELLAN EO US.
“Here Johnny, what do you mean
by taking" Willie’s cake away from
him? ' DitinT ybu l)a^e a piece for
yourself?”" '“Yes, trot'you told me I
always aught to take mV little broth
er’s 'Fart 1 .’’’ 1 ‘ : ’ 1 1 f- 11 *
The Winusboro News and Herald
says) ’When the Farmers’ Conven
tion " shall he organized, the body
should be relieved of every man who
will not pledge himself not to run for
any ottice in 1886. Would that be too
violent and exhaustive a purge?
Jefferson Davis has fixed April 28th
as the date of his lecture in Montgom
ery, Al., in behalf of the monument
to the Confederate dead. Next day
after tlie lecture lie will lay the corner
itone of the monument.
The 4 u g, l )Sta Chronicle says: Thir
teen 'months have elapsed since
t lie inauguration of President Cleve-
laiidj’and there are blatant and ob
noxious Republicans still holding im
portant Federal offices in Georgia.
Who Is to blame for this? Have we
not holiest ail'd' capable Democrats to
cake their places?
The real estate of Atlanta was assess
ed last j’ear at $21,000,000 and this
year it is assessed at $22,500,000. Five
hundred thousand dollars of this is
credited to new buildings and im
provements. Tlie increase of a mil
lion dollars is a /shade under 10 per
cent olj the property touched. Some
of it is raised more than 10 per cent.
Some of it is raised less than 10 percent
but neaVfy all of it has been raised in
some degree. The assessors found
lialf amiiliou of improvements with
out any difficulty.
A leading idea with the Knights of
Labor is to secure tlie enactment of an
eight-hour law, and yet we find them
demanding that tiie general delivery
at San Antonio post office be kept
open until 8 p. m., “in order to accom
modate the laboring class.” As tlie
postal clerks there are already said to
work'frcm 14 to 16 hours out of each
24, the additional burden thus sugges
ted looks absurd. "They had better
join tlie Knights and kick for tlie eight
hour plan-— Victoria (Texas) Advocate
The River and Harbor Appropria
tion bill, as completed by the House
Committee, makes a total apprnpria-
iou of 715,164,200. The following is
3>uth Carolina’s quota:
Harbois—Charles ton, including Sul
livan’s Island, $250,000; Georgetown,
$5,000.
Rivers — Ashley, $1,060; Edisto,
$3,000; Groat Peedee, $20,000; Salke-
hatchie, $20,000; Santee, $25,000; Wac-
camaw, $15,000; Wap poo Cut, $5,000;
Wateree, $7,500.
WInnsboroNews and Herald says:
“Mr. B. R. Tillman disclaims all de
sire for public office. Rut he ought to
be made to take one. He ought to be
sent to the Legislature, and' be made
to sit there, nolens Uolens. Mr. Till
man is tlie self-appointed leader of a
movement which he alleges has its
irigiu in all maimer of evils in tlie
idmiustration of our State Govern
ment. • He ought to be made to “face
:lie mnuic” in the Legislature, and
there, upon his official responsibility,
try to correct the evils which lie seems
to think so numerous and so patent.
When yon visit a printing office
I never examine pieces of copy or
glance over the proof-sheet*, for
. these things are private. You will
’ find what you are desired to know ill
the paper when it Is issued.
We, perhaps, did Recor
der an unintentional wrong in ascrib
ing to it tlie allusion to our “Mug
wump President.” That we saw tlie
article quoted, there can be no doubt,
but in tlie confiision of papers on an
editor’s desk,we might have got it else
where, and given the wrong credit.
We hope the Recorder will see it in
that light and excuse us for the blun
der. We have no• desire or inclina
tion to misquote'our contemporaries,
or put words in their mouths which
they did not utter.-^-JdwHfiJon Monitor
It is worthy of note ttyat Mr.
Joseph Pulitzer, editor of tlie New
York World, has sent to the govern
ors of the New York hospital a check
for $5,000—the amount of his first
year's salary as Representative in
Congress’from" thq ninth district.
This donation is tb'be used in endow
ing a permanent' bed in the hospital
for sick k'td disabled newspaper work
ers." Bo trie of the papers charge that
Mr. Pulitzer has not earned his sala
ry since he has not attended in his seat
regularly, but no doubt he lias as fully
earned it as some who have attended
regularly the sessions of the House.
Bombody points out that the year
came in on Friday and will go out on
Friday, and have fifty-three Fridays.
Two months in the year cojne in on
Friday and two go out on Friday.
There are five months in the year
that have five Fridays. The ohases
of the sun change on five Frida;, s. Tlie
phases of the ra >on change five
times on Fridajq and the sun was
eclipsed on the 5th of March, which
fell on Friday. The longest day in
: the year and the shortest both fall on
• a Frl lav. People who have a sii|»er-
: rti iojs prejudice against Friday will
.he apt to see strange coiiicidettce* iu
IM9
tl.is.
Shull the Primary Mysteiu
Made General.
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Columbia Register.
As you have already *et the ball in
motion to substitute the priniarv elec
tion in lieu of tne convcnlhuv for the
nomination of municipal offh ei-s, and
thereby dispense with the wire puli-
eN, political tricksters, Ac., and se
cure tlie choice of the poopife for tho
various offices, would not the same
iulo apply with equal force in nomi
nating State officers? Certainly all
must agree that the primary mode ot
nominating all officers, both State and
County, would be a great improve^
ineut upon the convention plan, for
every man, from the humblest -sphere
to the hlghcfst. Would have an equal
voice in the selection of their officers,
who are the paid servants cf the poor
pie. Indeed, w’ould not the change go
far to tqidge over the troubled waters
aud threatened conflict between far
mers, rings, add professional men.
Where everybody has an equal voice
hi selecting an officer, and a bad se
lection is made, then everybody is to
blame at)d no one can justly complain.
The great objection to conventions (a
that they are so often managed, con
trolled andmauipulated by ahrewdpol-
iticians forseltish endsaud the voice of
a whole people stiffed. The State
Convention is generally composed of
about three hundred and twenty dele
gates, average of nine from each
county. These three hundred and
twenty representative men are cloth?
ed with authority to nominate all
State officers, which is equivalent to
an election for a voting population of
two hundred thousand.
The election which follows is sim
ply a confirmation of tlie I’esult of the
state Convention, and so the conven
tion virtually elects the State officers.
Is this democrat 16.
The Newspaper.
It was Burdette who sajd: “Sup
pose a newspaper mart 1 , "etfery time ho
hears of a'mah'whtf severely criticised
him or his paper'ln public, should re
taliate by holding up to the public
gaze the criticiser. Why, the criti-
ciser would think lie had lieen terri
bly outraged and would thirst for the
editor’s gore. Then the poor quill-
driver would get shot or shoot some
body. That patient beast of burden
the country journalist, never does
this except under severe provocation.
It isn’t because he is afraid to do it,
but he isn’t mean enough. He allows
men t» go around trying to destroy his
business. He hears ids paper called a
worthless i heet because the editor is
doing duty and has stepped on some
body’s toes.”
Summary of the Strikes.
Bradstreet’s statislcs of labor strikes
for the week shoW that notwithstand
ing the great pow wow at St. Ixtuis
the number of men on strike and tlie
number thrown out of employment
by the action of strikers is 9,500 less
than it was two weeks ago. Tlie
enumeration does not include the
strike of tlie eloakmakers in New
Y r ork city, which is regarded as a
temporary affair. Tlie number of
strikers on the Gould Southwestern
system is 5,235, and tiie number of
non-strikers rendered idle is 4,!0K.
Tiie most extensive strike now in
progress is that of the bituminous coal
miners, 17,600 men being out now,,
against 21,480 two weeks ago.
TheRev. \Vm. H. Milburn Is tho
famous blind chaplain of the House of
Representatives. He is a brilliant
preacher, a choice story teller and a
genial man of the world. HU prayer
on Monday morning in opening the
day’s business surprised many mem
bers of that bodv, but gratified a great
many more. He invoked the inter
position of God to r',4 the land of
gamestefs. whether at cards, dice
stock or wheat, in bucket shops or
board of trades, and to lead the people
to kno.v that money making" other
than by the *wt?Ht of the face was con
trary to H’ v s 1 i*s. On m itiou of Mr.
B lUerworth, of O'rio, second by Mr.
Weaver of fown.the prayer was order
ed to l»e inserted in tlie Record.
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Forever-
Chicago, March 28.—While the
two have been trying to do something
for Chicago in a revival way Chicago
has done something for the two Sams.
A fortnight ago Sam Small publicly
announced that he'would smoke no
more cigarettes, a form of vice which
had subjected him to a good deal of
criticism. Rut Sam Jones continued
to smoke his corncob "pipe and chew
navy twist. To-night, however, at
the end of his sermon, Sam Jones re
nounced tobacco in every form amid
applause greater than has marked any
of his much applauded sermons. Al
ter remarking that he consecrated
himself to God 18 years ago, Mr..
Jones said: . . /
“Down in my country I have never
beei> in a soul’s way that I know of.
In a hundred different instances I
have been notified that a habit you.
are given to is a stumbling block ,
souls in tliis city, and I want to sa.y o>]
this congregation to-night, from, s«m
day till we meet up 'n liep.ve».i fc Jou
can tell this world thatSaui Jotmo has
got no habit that is a stm/ibUn*; Mock
to anybody. For your pr ayes* ?ujtd tor
your sympathy I am girateriiL, asiid if I
don’t do any good in Chicago-thank
God Almighty she hp,s done tfi© poor
little pale Southern pre*ohte'r some
good for the balanc e of his.
Oratory Highly Apf*.V/fe«iated.
Boston Records
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The recent railroad blockade recalls a
story UiatadistingutshedMuinegentle
man tells against himsel. Some years
ago he was making a journey down
East when his train became snow
bound. It way thpn evening and there
was no hope of prioress until daylight.
But near at baud was a little village
which boastedivpublic hall. It was sug
gested that tiie-'passengers aujourn u.
to the hull and listen to an address
by their distinguished feilow-trav'd •
ler.
He finally consented to do his part:
the hall was wanted and lighted,
and Hie lecture tooflr place.
The next day the gentleman was
approached by a sturdy young yeo
man who said:
“You are tiie man who made the
spech last night, ain’t you.”
“Tlie identity having been duly
established, he went on:
“I want to thank you rur it. I don’t
know when I’ve enjoyed niyfeplf more
than I did while v*>u were tillRing.*’
Tlie orator experienced the genial
glow >vhich unconventional' aud un
sought praise is wont to insplYf» and
he cordially took the honest tejiow’s
h uid.
“Yes,” tlie j’pung man continued,
“it was a good thing. You see, my
girl was on the train, and while you
were lecturing she and I had tlie car
all alone to ourselves.
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