The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, June 22, 1886, Image 1
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CHARLES E. U. DRAYTON, Manager.
AIKEN S. ( ., TUESDAY, J#E 22, *880.
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KING LUDWIG A SUICIDE.
HIS PHYSICIAN* 1> K O AV X K l»
TUYIXU TO SAVE HIM.
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will probably take place Saturday.
Die Allemeine Zeltzungsays that it
is impossible without violation of the
Evidences of u Hcsperate Struitirle on
the Shore of the Duke Into Which
He Plunged—The Demented Hrothcr
of the Dead Ituler Proclaimed King,
hut the Regent to Rule.
Munich, June 14.—King Lndwig,
who was recently deposed from the ; peals to the I Itraniontane press to
Bavarian throne, committed suicide I deter judgment, and says that the Diet
will not embitter the situation need
lessly.
SOME VERY CONVINCING EVIDENCE
THAT KING ECDWIG \VA S INSANE.
Munich, June 17.—Among the doc
uments which have been submitted to
The town is draped in mouritfng. ; party, and will do all in my power
The troops were held within their to promote its success, and tiiat I have
barracks to-day. not voted before at this election.” A
The remains of King Ludwig have refusal to take this pledge,orany part
arrived here, and have been deposited of the same, shall be a good ground of
in the Marter Kapelle. Prof. Reu-! challenge and rejection,
dinger will hold a post mortem ex- Wlien for any cause a voter shall
animation to-morrow. 1 he funeral ! i, e t_), e jj ana g e |.g may ac-
WASH IX’CJTOX liETTKK.
SliAVTlS AJ
N'Ci THE SEMI NODES.
Indians in 5|e
Who Ho|.
In certain
Florida Everglades
(Jegrocs in Dondage.
f the more southern
cept or reject tlie vote thus ofTered
In gither ease it shall he the duty of
the Managers to haveentered on their
The physician jumped into the water
rescue the King and was also
drowned.
The medical commission which ex
amined the King report that he had
ordered the members of the Ministe
rial deputation, headed by Count
Holstein, who called upon him to pro
cure his consent to a regency, to be
flogged until they hied and then to
have their eyes extracted. Before his
death the belief was spreading among
the common people of Bavaria that
the King’s deposition was illegal.
The people did not believe lie was in
sane. Precautions had been taken to
prevent the populace from rising to
restore the King.
MUNICH IN 01.00M.
King Ludwig’s suicide has cast a
deep gloom over Munich. Now it is
s.*eu plainly that the people were
deeply attached to the King, and evi
dences are everywhere manifested of
popularjiorrow caused by his tragic
death. The police have issued the
following bulletin: “The King quiet
ly submitted to the advice of the med
ical commission and left for Berg Cas
tle. Yesterday evening his Majesty
went out for a walk in the park in
company with Dr. Gudden. Their pro
longed absence caused anxiety at the
castle. The park and shores of Lake
Starnberg were searched. The bodies
of the King and Dr. Gudden were
found in the water. Both showed
slight signs of animation. Efforts to
r store life, however, wore unavail
ing.”
THE NEW KING.
At 10 o’clock this morning the Gen
erals of the Bavarian army met and
took the oath of allegiance to King
Ludwig’s brother Otto, who at once
assumes the title of King under the
name of Otto the First. Pie is three
~yotAget lira11 Iving i.*t<iv. Igr
having been born April 27. 1^48. Otto,
however, ''ill be simply nominally
King, as he is menially incapable of
government, and Prince Luitpold, his
uncle, will remain regent. The Gen
erals of the army' have u ken the oath
of allegiance to Prince Luitpold as
regent. The Bavarian troops took
oaths similar to those sworn to by the
Generals.
THE KING’S QUIET DEMEANOR.
King Ludwig promenaded yester
day morning and quietly conversed
with his attendant on the bench in the
deer park, near the point of the lake
where a oliyard is posted forbidding
persons to land. King Ludwig and
Dr. Gudden dined together in the
evening. The King.was composed in
demeanor. He ate rapidly, finishing
the meal in half an hour. After the
King and his physician left the castle
together the attendants were ordered
to remain in the castle. At 11 o’clock
last night the two bodies were found in
the lake fifty paces from the shore in o
feet of water, near tiie bench upon
which the two sat in the morning.
A STROGGIiE.
Dr. Gudden must have been forced
beneath the water during the strug
gle, the King’s foot marks were trac
ed further than the doctor’s. Theum-
brcllas of botli and the King’s coat
and overcoat, which had evidently
been torn from his body, were lying
on the bank of the lake. The dead
King’s finger-nails exactly fit scratch-
eson Dr. Gtidden’s face. In asworn de
position, dated June 8, four physicians
who examined King Ludwig unani
mously declared that lie was gravely
deranged,his :.ff etion taking theform
known to lunacy experts as “para
noia,” which is ineuiable; that fur
ther decay was certain; that the mil
ady absolutely deprived the King of
free volition, and that it would pre
vent his governing for the lemainder
of his life. This deposition was sign
ed by Drs. Gudden, Hagen, Grashey
and Hubrich.
THE EIGHT IN THE WATER.
There are evidences that a violent
struggle occurred in the lake between
the King and Dr. Gudden ir. the en
deavor of the latter to rescue his pa
tient. Many footprints can be seen in
the soil at the bottom of the lake near
where the bodies were found, and
there are several bruises on Dr. Gud-
don's face which were probably made
by the King’s linger nails. The
marks consist of two large and two
small scratches on the right side of
the nose and forehead. These signs
show beyond doubt that a struggle
took place.
The King, before plunging in the
lake, divested himself of his two
coats, which were found on the bank
and led to the discovery of the bodies.
respect duetothedead King topubiisb j poll-Jist a statement of the circum
the particulars ot his malady. R ap-; stances and of their action therein,
and also the names of the candidates
voted for or offered to be
voted for by the party
challenged. The matter shall then be
decided by the County Election
Board, whose decision shall be final.
14. On the closing of the polls the
Managers shall proceed immediately
and continuously to count the votes,
in the same manner and under the
same regulations as are prescribed 1)3’
law for tiie general elections in South
Carolina.
lo. When the votes shall have been
at 6 o’clock yesterday evening. He
bad gone out for a promenade In the
park of Jierg Castle, accompanied by
Dr. Gudden, bis physician. The
King suddenly threw himself into
Rtaiiiberg lake and was drowned. J the Diet Jo prove the insanity of the
late King Ludwig is a decree of the
dead monarch sentencing all the min
isters to death, copies of which were
sent to all the members of the govern
ment, and a decree sentencing a num
ber of ministers to banishment to
America. Affidavits of thirt3’ persons
have also been submitted in which it
is stated that tiie King injured j
them l>3' throwing at them knives,
oiiina and glass. There is also a docu
ment relating to a proposal of the King
to form a Cabinet, with his valet as
president.
The late King Ludwig left no will.
Dr. Sehleiss denies givingan opinion
upon tiie King’s condition orpublish-
inga report in the newspapers. Hesa3 >
that chronic inflammation of thecore-
bral membranes justifies tiie theory of
Ludwig’s insanit3', and that the nor
mal condition of the cerebellum ex
plains the facult3’ of tiie clear judg
ment possesed b\’ the King in spite of
the fact that iu other respects his
mind was diseased.
Regulations of I’riinacv Elec
tions for the Democratic l*ai -
f3' of Aiken County.
1. "Within a reasonable time before
the day fixed b3’ law for anv' general
election, it shall be the duty of the'
Count!’ ExecutiveCommittee,through
its Chairman to notify the President 01-
other presiding officer of each Town
ship Club, to hold a Primaiy Election
on the'Fourth Tuesday in JuL' of
each election 3’ear, for the nomina
tion of persons for the several offices
to be filled, and a general notice shall
also be inserted in a newspaper pub
lished in the County.
2. Immediately upon the receipt of
such notification, the President of
each Club shall, b3’ means of couriers,
or such other manner as lie ma.y
deepi—nracticnMe. .notify tliq 'ricm-
bers of the time and place or sucii
election, as set forth in the notifica
tion from theCounty Executive Com
mittee.
3. On the day appointed for the
Primary Election, each Club shall as
semble at the time and place sneciiied,
and shall be called to order l>3’ its
proper otfieer.
4. The poll for the Primai’3 r Election
shall open at 9 o’clock A. 31. precise
ly and close at 4 o’clock P. M. precise
ly.
•3. At each club poll there shall be
;hree (3) Managers of Election selec
ted as follows: one appointed t>3' the
County Chairman, one appointed by
the President of the Club, and out-
elected by the Club. The election of
manager 111113’ be held at an3’ time, ac
cording to the convenience of the
Club; Provided, That anv vac a 1103’
occurring in the Board of Election
Managers shall be filled ’03’ the Club.
G. Before entering upon their duties
the Poll Managers shall severall3 T sub
scribe the following pledge: “I sol-
emnly pledge nvv’self, on honor, that
1 will faithfully perform all the duties
incident to 111 v position as Manager of
Primary Election. ”
7 The County ExecutiveCommittee
shall furnish each Club with a suita
ble ballot-box, with a lock, for the safe
keeping of which the President of the
Ciub shall be responsible.
8. Within fifteen (13) d:i3’s before
the da3’ fixed for the Primary Election,
the Scoretni’3’ of each local Club shall
begin the preparation of an alphabeti
cal list of all the enrolled members of
the Club; and three das’s before such
Primary Election lie shall complete
and close such list and deliver the
same to one of the dul3’ chosen Man
agers of Primary Election: Provided,
That no person shall be enrolled who
failed, without sufficient cause, to
vote the Democratic ticket in 1878;
Provided farther, That such white
Democrats as have come of age since
EVIDENC ES OF SORROW
then, or shall he of age b\’ the second
day of November next, or anv known
Democrat who shall have come into
theCounty since said date, shall not
be prevented bv anything herein con-
tuid from being enrolled. Anri pro
vided further, That no person who has
refused to register, according to the
laws of the State, shall be so enrolled.
9. On the opening of the polls the
ballot-boxes shall be emptied of all
contents, and exhibited thus emptied
to those persons in attendance on the
polls. Tiie boxes shall then be closed
and locked, and shall so remain until
the' polls are closed.
10. Tiie Managers shall keep a poll-
i list and a tally-list, and for this pur-j any
pose nia3" choose a clerk from the
I club.
11. That ballots used shall he either
printed or written, or partl\' printed
and partl3’ written, and shall contain
the names of the persons voted for
From our Itcgular Correspondent.
Washington. June 10, isso. |
When the President and his wife !
1 returned to the White House on l )lirt * of Kloila negroes are held in as
;Tuesda3' evening, the usual routine ; striek bond* I as ever Ur-3’ were be-
was at once resumed. The President’s fore the grei (war in any part of the
corres
pondent of ill St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat. Slave# survives, however, on-
WMAT RII.Ij A III* SAYS.
STiiilj Tilt'S i'INIi AND llOl'ING.
...... ... a ,csmii.-111, a tore me grei|WHr 111 anv pan «
| desk is heaped high with letters of j count Tampa (Fla .) c
every description. Several bushels 1 T . , ,
.... 4- poudent of ill St. Louis Glohe-1
counted, the Managers shall make
out. in duplicate, returns showing the
number of votes cast for each person
v »ted and tiie total number of votes
east. One of these returns shall be
deposited in the ballot-box, and the
other .shall lie delivered to the Secre
tary of the Club, to l»e bv’ him filed
with the records of the Club. The re
turns shall be signed l>3’ all the Mana
gers, who shall likewise certify to the
same.
l(i. The ballot-box containing the
ballots, the poll-list and the certified
return of tiie Managers—together
with anv’ other papers tlie3’ may deem
proper to include—shall be, as soon as
practicable, forwarded, secure^’ lock
ed and sealed, and sent to the Couut3’
Chairman. For the purpose of thus
forwarding, the Managers shall select
one of their own number to act as
messenger.
17. The qualified voters in each,
township shall, at the same time tha^
they-elect their Managers of Election,
vole for and elect an Election Repre
sentative, under the same rules and
regulations provided for the voting for
nominees of the Democratic party;
that is, if aii3’ candidate lias received
the pluralitj' of the votes cast, he
shall be declared elected, and shall
receive a certificate from tiie President
or presiding officer to that efiTeet,
countersigned b3’ the Secretaries. The
representatives ot all tiie townships
will constitute the Election Board of
the County, whose duties and powers
shall be as hereinafter defined, to wit:
The3' shall serve until their successors
have been elected, which shall be
overv i-Roi'n:'C- vra-.v thev’shlLrC irr-'-n
their first meeting, administer to each
oilier tiie folowing oath, to wit: “I
do solemn^’swear and affirm that I
will discharge the duties imposed
upon me as a member of the County
Election Board honestly and in good
faith, looking solely to the honor and
welfare of the Democratic part3' and
the just claims of Individual candidates
when involved.” The3’ shall be judges
of the election and qualification of
their own members; they shall pre
scribe such rules for the conduct of
their own business as tiiej’ may deem
proper; two-thirds of the whole num
ber will constitute a quourm; they
shall receive the returns of the Mana
gers of Election, sum up and declare
the results of the Primary Election;
ilu‘3’ shall sit as judges of the election
in all contested eases, and their judg
ment thereon shall be final.
18. At 12 o’clock 111. on the first
Thursua3’ following the election the
Election Board shall meet at Aiken to
aggregate the vole cast and
discharge their other election
duties, and shall continue in
session until tlie3’ have completed
the sime, when the election shall be
publicly declared. All boxes not de
livered to the Election Board l>3’ 1
o’clock p. m. of that da3’ shall be ex
cluded from the count, or not, in the
discretion of the Board; and those
who receive the highest number-of
votes for tiie respective offices shali
be declared to be the nominees of the
Democratic part3' for such offices.
19. The declaration of the result of
the Primary Election shall be com
municated bv the Chairman of the
Executive Board to the President of
each Township Club, and shall like
wise lie published in u newspaper
printed in the Count\’.
20. In ease of a tie arising at the
election, theCounty Election .Board
shall have the casting vote and de
clare the candidate.
21 No votes shall he counted for
ain’ candidate unless lie shall first
have pledged himself in writing, ad
dressed to the Executive Committee,
or in a card published ij^ a County
newspaper, to abide 1)3’ and support
the nominations of the Democratic
part3’, and not toaccept either a nomi
nation or .an office from any source
other than the regularly constituted
Democratic organ i/at ion.
22. Within five 3) du3’s before the
Primaiy Election the Coii!it3’ Chair
man shall notify the Managers of
Election of the aspirants who have
of congratulations 3 T et remain to be
read. Mrs. Cleveland will have a
weeks occupation lookingover thepres
Iv
among
ents, which embrace everything imag Seminole tit e who still have their
Liable, from costly jewelry and sil ver j h()me in tL * vomls and everglades
southeast o lie Caloosahatchie river.
ware to a basket of fruit, and bunches
of flowers. These latter, it is feared
will not be so fully appeciated by tiie
recipient as U1C3' would have been a
week ago.
It is rumored that Miss Rose Cleve
land will pass the summer in a Con
tinental trip through Europe. She
will also remain at the White House
to assist the new mistress in jier social
duties, and will at once resume her
literary work at Holland Patent. She
will spend some time in a visit to Fol-
sondale. Arangements are also being
made for her marriage with Congress
men BenLeFevre.of Ohio,and siie will
spend the summer on the shored of
Lake Superior. Her further move
ments will be noted with interest.
Though late in the season, the Pres
idential nuptials have awakened an
interest and life in social circles here.
The bride is winning golden opinions
from all, and seems to have no nerv
ous apprehension over the ordeal of
her lii'e at the Executive Mansion.
The President lias received a num
ber of callers since his return, but
Mrs. Cleveland has not been at home
to visitors. On next Tuesday evening
however, a state reception will be
given at the White House, to which
the cabinet, the diplomatic corns, the
chief justice and associate justices of
t he Supreme Court. Cougress, the of
ficers of the army and navy, tiie heads
of certain bureaus and the ladies of
their families will be invited. Mr.
Cleveland also intends to give the
public an opportunity to meet and
greet his wife, at a formal reception,
to which the public is invited without
cards, is announced for the following
Friday night.
The report that Ex-Senator Davis,
is an aspirant for the portfolio which
Mr. Manning has resigned, was de
nied by Senator Kenna, of West Vir
ginia, tiie other day. Said he: “Mr.
Davis is a good man for the position
but I do not think he would accept
it even if it was ottered him, which
is not likely to happen. The President
is sincere in thinking that aftei’a few
months’ recreation and rest Mr. Mau-
...rrgrrti 1H‘fine s11 TTfe;’Jr.-iTjsiu
te few rcB»nauts of the
Does Prohibit ion Prohibit'? Action ol the Stoekholth*rSlof (In'Uat-
Wdxon Advance. O lina.t ...nlH-rlaml Gap ami Phicago
llaiiroatl—Court at Abbeville.
In a conversatioif with Major „ , „ ■
... • a .. , • Aeirx and Conner.
Smith(“Bill Arp”)about tne workings
of prohibition in the Sate of Georgia, A rbk\ ili.k. June 10. 1 here "as a
he said that it had been in force in his j large meeting of the Stockholders of
his county (Bartow) for more than j l * ie Carolina, Cumberland Gap and
a year, and the people* were content. I * hk-ago Railroad ( omi>an\’ held in
It was carried ly 011I3'two majority in
a total of three thousand four hun-
’I’iiitarj' Election
]!'a h Ha Cottrir i
The Coiigr* s annul canvass
Tor Congress.
lOf/t inxf.
in this
District preseiils maiy aspects of in
terest. The eliort to nominate ft can
didate for Congress 1>3' priinary elec
tion is stronger than ever before,
especial 13' in NewbeiT3' and Abbe
ville. The convention of Abbeville
dred votes, but would be carried now
b3* two theusand.
Its influence for good over the 3'oung
men of that community cannot be
measured. All see it and all appre
ciate it. The Young men who were
of a convival nature and drank
with their visiting friends say tlwy
are glad the temptation is no longer
(infc;Ci1-ijy*'!'chi , jr^ff o* 1
health to resume his duties,and until
it is fully demonstrated that it is not
Mr Cleveland will not trouble himself
to search for a successor. The report
originated, of course, in the fact of the
recent social relations between thePres
blent and Senator Davis at Deer Park.
But when the latter urged Mr. Cleve
land to spend his honej'moon there,
he promised him that he should not
be troubled (.y political aspirants, and
iie has kept his word.
Oleomaragarine has held the floor
in rlie Senate during the week. The
contest has been between the Com
mute on Agriculture and the Com
mittee on finance as to the question
of jurisdiction. Messrs. Van Wyck,
Miller, of New York and Blair earn-
estly contended that the bill should
go to the Committe on Agriculture
Messrs, Aldrich, McPherson, Beck,
Vest, and Butler insisted that
it should go to the Committee on Fi
nance as a revenue bill. Senator
Beck says the bill will raise $10,000,-
000 of revenue. The bill was filial^’
referred to the Agricultural Commit
tee by a majority of one.
The emphyes of tiie bureau of en
graving and printing are worried
over the report that Chief Graves is
preparing a list of some two-hundred
and titty uafiies of persons to be dis
charged on the 1st of J11I3'. The cause
assigned for this wholesale dismissal
is the fact that there is no work,
•since last March the emphyes of the
numbering division, counting and
seperating rooms, and other divisions
of the bureau have been working
on half| time because of the fail
ure on the part of Congress to pass
the bill authorizing the printing of
one and two dollar silver certificates.
Mr. Graves was sorry for the em-
phyes, and inaugurated the furlough
instead of a discharge in the hope that
Congress would do something. But
nothing has been done, and the end of
the fiscal 3'ear will find the
bureau without work and
without funds unless the President
urges the passage of the cirtificate
bill.
Palmetto.
till!-
Church bells have been sending and the different offices, in the same I among its members a committee
forth muffled peals throughout the
day. Excited and sorrowing crowds
of people thronged the streets despite
manner as prescribed b3’ law in the
case of Stale and Count}’ elections.
12. Before being permitted to cast
faith, the following
ot,.... .«,
j.lcd
‘ I sol-
a heavy rain. Thousands surround-. a vote each person shall tyke, in good
ed the palace awaiting the issue of
proclamations in regard to iho succes
sion to the throne. The corpse of the
monarch will shortly be brought to
Munich and laid iu state in the
old castle chapel. The churches of
the city have been crowded all duv'. plc^ and purposes of the Democratic
.•tin
member of tiiis
qualified voter of
ken Countv, or will ho.-obv the next
• *■ *
election; that I believe in the prinei-
enrol It d
a legalL’
Town-hip, Ai-
Iiialilied themselves for the posi
tion of candidates, and voles east for
ther person or persons shall not
he counted; Provided, That a 113’ fail
ure, ty accident or otherwise, of the
County Chairman togivesueh notifi-j
cation, shall not be construed to the j
detriment of aiy candidate.
23. Each local Club shall elect from I
of |
five, to be known as the Committee }
on Registration, whose dut3’ it shall
be to revise the list as made out ly
the Secretary of the Club as soon as it 1
is completed, and such list, revised as ,
aforesaid, shall be the* only one used I
ty the Managers of 1
21. In all
provided for the Statutes of the State
regulating general elections shall
govi; 11.
The Penalty ot* Profanity.
The average small boy of the present
da3’ is seldom at a loss for something
to sa\-, even in the most embarrassing
situation. Bobb}', a precocious youth
of six summers, had been indulging
in profanity, and in order to escape
the punishment for which his mother
had made preparations, he crawled
under a barn and remained there in
a state of siege for the greater part of
tiie aftermoon; When his father re
turned at night and learned how mat
tens stood he made his wa3’ with much
difficult3', under the barn iu search of
tiie 603'. “Hollo, pa,” said Bobb3'
cheerfulh', as his sire approached*,
3’ou been swearing, too!”
There are tany families of the red
men who, th'ugh perfectly inoffensive
so far as tlj^wjiites are concerned,
maintain a lignified independence of
the general^vs and administer their j before them. Cartersville never had
own affairs :£a way strongly reminis
cent of paildirchnl tradition. The}’
live princips&Y by the chase and upon
the fish of rhich all Florida waters,
lakes, streams and seas, are extreme
ly prolific; ud for vegetable food they
depend up<p small patches of ground
cleared heh^uid there, as fancy may
dictate, froi/year to year. Tiie culti
vation of Lese patches among the
poor membors of the tribe is carried
on b}' their yomen, but the more pros
perous of fie Indians have their
negro slaver upon whom they devolve
all the hart labor of cultivation, as
well as thu CNv items of menial drud
gery incident to their simple methods
of living. I,.
It is curitps to observe the degree of
pride these^eminoles take in the fact
that they ai) slave-holders. They are
perfectly avure that the white people
of the county are forbidden to hold
slaves; thaj every negro throughout
the South v^io once had to pay obedi
ence to a btudmaster had been freed:
but they dojv’t seem to understand that
either emftji'ipalion proclamations A
enactments or constitutional amend
ments have any application to them
and their ^jiggers.” Hence, they re
gard thenf-cives as a race of beings
more higli'y privileged than the
whites—vrfctdcrats who alone are rec
ognized as; (having rights of proper
ty in an Uiferior race. Nor is there
apparent among them the faintest
suspicion Jpat their assumed rights
can be questioned by the law. Slave
owning anil slave trading among
themselves conducted as openly as
ever it waa > ; 11 South Carolina or Ala-
bama thirt/ or forty years ago, and
even wher* they visit the towns
to exchange their peltries for powder,
clothing, e vokery, and other neces
saries the; o a c a s i o nail y take
with thc^^k their black bondsmen,
that may happyn to become necessa
ry, but partly also, to enchance their
appearuneeof dignity and importance.
Only a few weeks ago one of this class
a full blooded Indian, claiming the
rank of a Seminole chief, came to
Tampa to buy stores, bringing with
him a youngnegress whom he point
ed to with pride as his own property
remarking at the time: “Me big chief,
heap bigges than white man, white
man no slave, onlv Seminole have
slave. “Several people of Tampa,
both white and colored, tried to inter
est themselves on behalf of the black
girl, hoping to induce her to assert
her right to freedom and to remain in
the city where a home would have
been provided for her; but she knew
no language hut Seminole, and all ef
forts to ni£)de her understand were
fruitless. 'She took fright, too, at the
well meaning efforts, and breaking
from those who would have persuad
ed her, fled to her master, and taking
hold of his skirts, could not be induced
to detached her hold all the time he re
mained in Tampa. It is but fair .to
add that since that singular event
news has^een received that the chief
has promoted the poor girl from the
position of slave to wife, an honor,
which she of course, has to share with
two or three others."
Two Miserable Sinners.
Harjicr's Magazine.
At a revival in Rocky Hollow,
Deacon Budd arose “to relate his
experience,” and gave himself a very
hard name, and, and so did every
body else, that he did not deserve the
half of it. But it was thy style for the
Saints to give themselves a setting
down for the benefit of sinners, and
Brother Budd played it for all it was
worth.
“Yes, brethren and sisters,” he said,
in conclusion, “I’m sech a pore, mis’-
able sinner that it’s a wonder the Lord
lias marcy on me, and let’s me live. I
feel as if I hnin’t 110 business in sech
a meeting as this, and mv place is in
the corner behind the door.”
Sister Briuey, who was a widow,
and suspected of a fondness for the
widower, Deacon Budd, arose and told
her stor}-, and a sad one it was. There
had never been such an utterly un
worthy object, such a continual monu
ment of mercy, as Sister Briney, if
her showing up of herself was to be
taken for truth,
“Yes, brethren and sisters,” she
said, at the windup, “I’m such a pore,
mis’able sinner, that it’s a wonder
I’m allowed to stand here. I feel as
if my proper place is behind the door
along with Brother Budd.”
Newspaper Thieves,
Marion Star.
The newspaper fraternity congratu
late themselves over the new postal
law recently put in force by the post-
office department. It makes the tak
ing of a newspaper and refusing to
pay for the same, theft, and any per-
a Youug Men’s Library nor a Yoimg
Men’s Christian Association until
whiskey was abolished.
Major Smith says that the country
boys used to come from town late Sat
urday nights and pass his house shout
ing and singing and running their
horses, but that never happens now
and if tiie beasts could express their
delight the horses would neigh and
the mules would bray and the oxen
would low and the dogs howl and al
together send up a myraid of voices to
the high heavens in commemora-
uon of the day that made their bur
dens lighter. A man takes a drink
and then thinks his horse or his mule
feels revived and ought to go faster
and so lie spurs him 01
whips him along the road.
The drinking man who drives his ox
team to town not 1111 frequently leaves
them out in the cold until late in the
nigiit waiting for the owner to come
from the grocery and drive them
home. Even the faithful dog lies un-
dert he wagon wondering when his
master will come.
Sumter County School Fund.
Sumter Watchman.
“In thepresentment of the Sumter
Grand Jury we find the following par
agraph which we would like the
the Courthouse at this place last ni..h( , unanimously adopted resolutions ill
favor of sceiiringa candidate for Con
gress by this method. Nothing can
The meeting was called to order !>}’
Col. R. F. Bowen, acting president o(
Watchman to
expfi
tin, as it denotes
Killed by a Falling Pine.
Charleston, S. C., June 17.—Thos
J. Bass, a prominent citizen of Marion | sou guilty of such action is liable to
county, was instant!}’ killed last even i criminal proceeding.- the same as if he i it is patent to aii that the public school
a most gratif3’ing condition of affairs
worthy of imitation in other counties.
“The School Commissioner reports
an annual]}' increasing surplus Coun
ty School fund, amounting to over
$5,000 and the public Schools in an
improved and progressive condition.”
How was the $5,000 accumulated?
How long are the schools kept open?
How much is paid to teachers of 1st
2nd, and 3rd, grades? Our esteemed
cotemporary will confer a favor by
answering these questions.”—Aiken
Recorder. ^
The above questions are easily an
swered, For the last six or eight
years the trustees in a number of
School Districts of the Count}', have
each year laid b}’ a small portion of
the amount placed to the credit of
their Districts, until the present grati
fying condition of affairs has been at
tained; and about two-fifths of the
teachers’cheeks can be cashed as soon
as issued.
The various boards of trustees have
authority to do this, and it is to be re
gretted tiiat all have not done as some
few in Sumter have, in this matter.
If each School District in the State
imd reserved ten per cent, of the
amounts appropriated for school pur
poses—commencing in 1878—the
schools would now all be running on
a casli basis. Tne School taxes to be
collected next Fall are intended to de
fray the school expenses which have
accrued since Nov. 1885. Had this
laying-up process been followed up.
the above named taxes would be used
to pa}' the school expenses for the
term commencing next November;
the past year’s claims having been al-
read}' settled.
Another advantage, would result
had this plan been adopted. The
School Commissioner according to
the present arrangement, has t» make
a division (on paper) of the school
funds before they are collected, and
even befoie the assessment is made,
and there are an}' number of elements
of uncertaint}' in such a computation;
whereas were the taxes paid iu ad
vance that official would know pre
cisely the amount to be given each
District.
We noticed some }'cars ago, when
better informed on school matters
than at present, that in some counties
whenever any funds were left over
from the past year, the Commission
ers would ask for special legislation
to allow tiie Treasurer to cany the
balance over to the coining 3'ear. We
have always thought such, nnneces-
say, and our School Commissioners
in Sumter have never hesitated to
carry forward balances and place
them to the credit of the new year.
In reference to the amounts paid
the different grades, tiie various
boards of trustees exercise their own
discretion. The salaries vary from
$15 to $25, for the most part, though
some few teachers received $40 or $50.
In some Districts the grade is not
considered at all, so mueh being paid
for the school. Our cotemporary will
see from these latter statements that
we are not as well orggnized as we
might be.
Our school term lasts from four to
five months, and in one District seven
months.
In conclusion we will sa}' that the
public schools of Sumter are not in
as progressive a condition as the
friends of education would desire. A
comparison with a number of schools
in other counties has satisfied us tiiat
we are not behind them, bur we are
not as advanced as we might be. We
do not pTetend to locate the blame hu*
the road.
The object of the meeting was to re
organize and elect officers, and to
hear a report from Win II. Schofield,
the financial agent of the road. A
quorum of stock was represented.
The following resolution of confi
dence in Wm. H. Schofield was vot
ed :
Perotved, That our faith and confi
dence in the zeal, imlustiy and integ-
rit}’of William H. Schofield, the fi
nancial agent of this compaii}', is un
shaken.
This resolution was offered by Judge
Cothran, and was carried after consid
erable opposition.
A resolution was offered ly Mr. W.
H. Parker protesting against the vip-
lation of a traffic rebate contract made
iy Agent Schofield with the Nash
ville Railroad, and directing Mr. Seho
field to have his protest properly en
tered before the officers of the Louis
ville and Nashville Railroad Compa
ny. The resolution was passed.
The following officers were elected:
President, Col. It. E. Bowen; vice-
president, Dr. T. G. Croft; directors,
Lewis Jones, R. W. Haduon, J. S.
Cothran. H. J. Epting, Wnr. Me Par
ian, 3V. W. Saw}’er, A. II. Gregg, T.
C. Cain and J. H. Duckwoi th.
The Ferguson ease is now occupying
(hetimeof theCourt. Gen. Youmans
is on hand to assist in the prosecu
tion.
Mr. W. C. Bonet is still in the race
for Congress from tins count}'. Judge
Cothran is at home nOw. His candi
dacy is received with enthusiasm.
The contest in this district is getting
to be quite interesting. Gen. R. It.
Hemphill will have no opposition for
the State Senate. Candidates lor the
House of Representatives, and indeed
for all other offices, are veiy scares.
Farmers vs. Lawyers.
Edgefield Monitor.
We have been with the farmers ir.
all their legitimate efforts to improve
their condition and secure their rights,
but we doubt the propriety of singling
out the members of the N!gal profes
sion and treating them as the most
prominent and troublesome lions in
their path of progress and prosperity’.
A lavvyer ncr-u not, necessarily and a»
a matter of course, be auy more to
blame for pursuing his profession
within legitimate limits than a farm
er or a mechanic. There are good and
bad men in all callings and profes
sions, and lawyers should not be cen
sured, as a class, because there may
be some black sheep among them.
Let the farmers and the learned pro
fessions join in their efforts to promot e
the public good and each will find his
own interest conserved therely. Far
mers frequently have use for lawyers
and they and ever}' other calling and
profession are dependent upon the
farmer in the end. We are all in the
same boat, and our interests, aims and
ends are, in the main, identical, and
we should not complicate our purposes
or retard our progress iu fulling out
b}' the way.
be fairer than this plan. It enabha
each voter to make his own choice.
The convention plan may be so
abused that it will not represent
scarcely aty one. It is alleged that
the primary plan will inure to the
advantage of the large counties to the
| detriment of thesmall ones. The fact
j i-- the convention plan inures to tiie
advantage of the large counties. They
send delegates to the Congressional
Convention representing the Demo
cratic and Radical voters alike, and
this gives Abbeville as well as New
berry, an improper advantage.
If the primaiy system is adopted
onl}’ Democratic votes can be polled,
and Oconee can doubtless poll as
I many of these almost as Abbeville,
j Hence the primary system will be
found most advantageous to the Dem
ocratic counties. The representation
of Newberr}' in thoconvention would
la; based on Radical and Democratic
votes as in the case of Abbeville.
And the fact is, as wo understand it,
t here are more Radical voters in Ab
beville and Newberry than there are
Democratic voters.
But the facts, as thev’ exist, ought
to lie considered. There are candid
ates for Congress pn Abbeville, New*
beriy and Anderson. Tiie convention
33'stem enables a bare majority, m
each count}’ to cany it for any par-
.icular candidate. The primary plan
enables each candidate to receive
votes in his own county and also in
the counties where helms opponents
as well as iu counties where there are
no candidates.
There is one other consideration:
In .South Carolina wo have one politi
cal party only. There is no oppor
tunity, therefore, for the people to
hear both sides of political questions
discussed, and we are suffering from
political inertia, with the prospect of
dry rot in the future. When a priin-
aiy is ordered the candidates can go
before tiie people make known their
principles, and then the voter can
make his choice. Under ever}’ view of
the case the primary system for coun
ties, as well as for Congress, has many
advantages which commend it to the
people. The politician generally fa
vors the convention plan, because it
can be manipulated to suit his devious ^
ways; bo! weenmi"! • iio> tfie f*sw-•
pie can be induced to adopt such a
doubtful method.
Ben Hill on Duelling.
WillmingtQn Star.
Alexander Stephens was no match
for Ben Hill on tUestumpaudso begot
mad and challeugodBen. Duelling was
popular but Ben was brave all through
and all over and so he said ho would
not fight. He told little Alec that he.
was a memberof the Christian church
and was no lypoerite, and would not
appear before bis Maker with blood
on his hands that he had deliberate!}’
shed; that he had a wife and children
to support, shield and protect, a con
science to guard from remorse and
a soul to save from hell, and that
Stephens had none of these incum
brances, and, the contest being un
equal, he declined tiie wager.” An
old soldier—a Confederate Captain
who was in many fights—said to m
yesterday that the paragraph copied
from an excellent contemporary, the
Intoxicants at the Communiou
Table.
National Temperance Advooatc.
It is gratifying to note the increas
ing thoughtfulness and care of pastors
officers and members of churches con
corning the use of alcoholic, intoxicat
ing wine as a communion symbol.
Canon Wilberforce is reported as say
ing that he “had known terribly real
and undoubted instances in which
men, bv partaking of wine from tho
sacramental cup. had been started on
their downward course to a dishonor
ed grave,” He added that “if it came
to be a question whether the wine or
the Christian should be banished from
the table of tiie Lord, he could m t
hesitate for a moment as to which
should go. From the sacramental
table over which he bad morejimmedi-
ate control intoxicating wine bad now
long been banished, and in this he be
lieved they were carrying out the true
spirit and meaning of the sacrament.”
It is quite time for all churches of
every denomination Lo banish the in
toxicating wine-cup from the commu
nion-table, as from the tables and
sideboards of their individual mem
bers.
Fayetteville Observer-Gazette, rela- • , ,
, .! 1 • I bow sadlv \ou arc missed. Hie
live to duelling expressed exactly his j ” ' * t
views. Tiie point is, if a man ddes I
not intend to fight if challenged he
he should do nothing to justly provoke
the sending of one. Duelling is a relic
of barbarism—of mediceval darkness
but it—did make men behave them
selves.
The Barnwell People of the 3rd in
stant, says it is rumored tiiat Hon.
Clinton Ward, a member of the Legis
lature from Edgefield, will oppose
Uncle George Tillman for Congress
V’eclip the above item from one of
our exchanges which has been going
the rounds of the i»ress. Col. Ward is
one of the largest farmers in the
State and cultivates nearly a thous
and acres and would he the right
man, for the farmers as he is deyoted
to the fanning interest of the people;
but we apprehend tiiat he will not op
pose Mr. Tillman. Col. Ward lias a
peculiar fitness for the office of Super-
iutendaut of the Penitentiary, having
faithfully and ably served in the ca-
“Stop My Paper.’*
An exchange says: “After you get
on your ear, and make up your mind
t > ‘stop’ your paper, to make tho edi
tor feel humiliated, just poke your
finger in water and then pull it out and
look for the hole. Then you will know
man
who thinks a paper cannot survive
without his support, ought to go otF
and stay awhile. When he comes
back he will find that half his friends
didn’t kuowhe was gone. Theothcrhalf
didn’t care a cent, and the world at
large hadn’t kept any account of his
movements whatever. You will find
tilings you cannot endorse in every
paper. Even the Bible is rather plain
and hits some hard licks. If you were
to get mad and burn your Bible, the
hundreds ot presses would still go on
. j printing them ; and if you were to stop
your paper and call the editor all sorts
of ugly names, the paper will still he
published. And what is more, you’ll
sneak around and borrow a copy of it
every week from your neighbor. It
would be much better to keep your
vest pulled down and vour subscrip
tion paid a year in advance.”
Do not fret, murmur and complain,
and by all means do not take up tho
idea and insist on it that people u're
pucity of director for several years. | not using you properly, that } t ou de-
We nominate him for this position serve more notice than you get, and
knowing tiiat the State will suffer: that if you are not better attended to
loss in his Edgefield you will break away and g > into som»
no loss in
Chronic ic.
ect loll,
particulars not herein
mg wlitle watXiu ; liki’nugii the wo sis j had stoieit goods to the am •nnt of tin
to tiie poai oifice If/ a large pine tree
falling upon him. The body was hor
ribly mangled when found at mid
night. He leaves a wife and
siu.il: chi.drvn.
subscription. It is, therefore, not
a very shrewd scheme to take a news
paper from the nustoffice for a year
four j and then inform file editor that you but ca
' never ordered it sent you. 1 that g<
system liUi but little hold on the pop- j The energy and
u'ar heart. We wish we *couhi | dnlily and consta
put .Sumter County forward as a proof ! and consuiuiog 1 :
of tiie wisdom of our school sy.*tem, pbant worship A*.it
mi not do so jii->t yet. Maybe, . love for one mun,
devotion
icy and
• 1 01 and
tl :
good time is coining in tiie future, it is.
■ into a woman
...:ke it tiie thiii!
kind of so!itude. Do not do till.-, .or
if people see you are incorrigibly . ct
upon it, they will let you go, and u.'L-r
a little forget you, wb.leyou wifi pej-
ish iiuder the influence <;f a ■ *'f-con-
aumiug hiticrncfs. Aiaml. , ii nuts
is doing his dmy lie inti iii}c±t y
enough to keep hi 1 duti ful.