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¥ .nory 9o Gen. M.tnf- :ort on the "IMou- W ai^fCourlcr. tqsBOETOWK, AugOst 17.—To-day ^ wei^ flyiug at half-mast from all [public trailduigs on account of ij^eiljyucejif the death of "Llusu^BB'Tieucral A. M roHowing article the Georgetown Eu- >w: in. A. if. M'anigattU” ftwo wars sleeps in the hi v- C© dead. gallant soldier 5l>le gentleman has gone to The knowledge of tha llneas ofGen.A. M. Maui- jertain extent prepared >r the fatal termina- IStolligence which was 1t*f GeMgetown on Moudaj' tjjat he . hreathiug his none the less the cuuae of pro- ;nd universal Enmny., There ►aps, no man in the county tliom had crystalliatKl a of ijppular a^mjation, Ki3flp_hii^i.l re-- ecom- orgot^vn’s sons ini", deajjxou the bat- Cx* % js exalt- go % uou- ili liis ur- {utly manners and nsofft-ih patriotism d him to every'class and gcxSety. FiT-m Hie inou;i- le sea Wirougl^it Hie Statu own aud loved as antuiself- ian and st.dnkss gemiem.'.n. je Will he moist with unshed adiy Will trouble with im- ing when the flews of his received. Gen. Muiugault rtyf tw* ctio Lost Canse. He hie life fl/r his beloved State. oubt that the pa'm- Vfa 1 arfd dangerous wound lie receiv ed at th\ battle of Frau kiln hastened if itdlcMio b cause ids deatli. He puuc« fuli^ briyi^tetl ids lasf at 1 o’clook t'fei'dey m-oyiiiig.” 'jlanlgtmJtVdOiVth had been ted ■ ^ttTT i Grotesque Exr»e<Iiont3 Caused by the Uearthof Ijeatlier. David Dodge, in the Atlantic Monthly The dearth ol leather also drove the people to all sorts of grotesque expe dients. Sole leather especially, ow ing to the difficulty which, the small tanneries experienced in the produc- tiou, was extremely scarce. Wood, which had long been worn to a limi ted extent by the slaves in some local ities, now came into general use in the making of shoes. A wooden shoe was amf^.jg the very 2-rst' inventions patented under the Confederate gov ernment. In the beginning a consid erable variety of shapes .prevailed. Some could do no better than dig out a rude wooden roceptable for the foot, a travesty on the sabot worn by the French peasants, a strip of leather be ing attached to the top, by means of which tiie clog was secured to the ankle. Hut by far the best and most comfortable style, and one which was adopted whenever the additional lentH (j .ired was to be had, was a s>" . of ash, willow, or light wood to which full leather uppers were fastened with tacks. At first these were made so thick, in order to insure durability, that among their various other effect - ' was that of add ing very sensibly to the stature of the community. Eater on it was found better to make the solo thinner, and protect them from wear by nailing on their bottoms light irons, similar in esaurily tin by f.Iajbr J. U. ri.fko ranking military ofli- [loc /unty, for a detachment ion’s Me a of Win yah to at- yth. Island* and escort *» dead general with j the steamer Plan- ’nents had been made Sg the body to Charleston, is to be interred in the fumi- hig ground. At ha{f-past 5 this morning the following pent/ under the command of rl ’r^P boa* led the tug Jf. South Island; Capt jieut. O. J>. Skinner naan, Surgeon G. E. id Privates McG. Car- raway, John'W. yDavis, Herbert E. Smith and Jos. It Tucker, jeompanied by the follow 'apt. G. It. Congdon, Inncjfivn, S. ^imanuel, Itenj. Mun- tlie body was >©. t w e e n military escort, ms as the bier eacral Manigault low, wq^ is an invalid, lUdren,ffWo sous and a |VTNS IX CHARIiESTON. [luns of tiie late Gen. Arthur lit, adjutant and inspector ]fe State, w ho died at South Georgetown, on Jfxday h the city yesterday on which arrived the afternoon, stopped at Southern jody was taken of! rlate residence of 32 Mec ting street, fat SerVue.i \,>U] bo held at Church aMu o’cloeK tins will be cqiiJucted very to Young - Christinas. set daily private .)ipray remember ^rcsent^fci^ that he hems Aieb. xi Ivor m*Tect d:u#:. private Bl and whread, re- ^od is spoo loii!_ ie to believe am 'Ko sayM. I believe Foegina wil h the nogieet »uie.s. Joliii v: o ; b lirofess to a-ktiod for any lot want. Tell him the iTself, however bad it |u; and then ask him for ike, to forgive jou what you tko you whaf'you ought lv: 24 let a day pass without something. - Every night , Jesus has done for you trself. “What have lay for him? Matt, v: herj yon are in dWLbtas to a flitor wrong, go to >our down aud r.sk Goa r t; Col, iii: 17. If you prodBjf. Horn. ^ristianity because re fore la re to ist act tv him shape to horseshoes. They were nec- noisie t shoes ever worn, the approach^ of their wearers at a good round distance. When the air was clear and the ground frozen, one. was by this means kept well apprised of the movements of his immediate neighbors. Especial ly did their telltale clatter make v,Tw.n the abomination of the negro in his nocturnai rambles. The dismay of nervous people and earJful house wives, their ettect indoors wad indeed something terrific, though after irons came into vogue and lessened the im pacting surface the clatter wai toned down to tlyjtnp aTHorse. Nor were they mu^Pfe.sa destructive to floors, while carpets sipi- ply did not exist in their wake. De spite the scrubbings and scourings N of a quarter century, tbeir marks are yet to be seen in some houses. The use of vo/Jen bottoms for shoes was by no means confined to the negroes. They were worn by the majority of laboring people, as well as by many of both sexes who had* been reared in affluence. The scarcity of the last winter of tho war drove whole families into them, except the little feet which could not be trusted to steer such craft, but box'c liieir share of martyrdoo.n by being imprisoned indoors throughout tho live long dreary month. Great skill and caution were requi site to keep a foot in wooden bottoms at all. A queer spectacle it \yas, too, to see one’s fellow-being stepping gin gerly around, as if their were univer sal misgivings as to the safeness of tiro earth’s crust. Brought to Justice for a Crime Com- mitteU in IK7-4—Witnesses ■vvliolicpt Silence Because '..'hey v.ci'c not Questioned. Mews and Courier’. EdoEFi ET/D, August 6.—The most important ca-se of the session up to the present time occupied tho atten tion of the court all day yesterday and this morning up to Lslf-past 11. The salient points are as follows: On tho 24th, Mr. John W. Eagron, a re spected planter of this county, was ambushed while riding towards his home from Trenton station, in com pany with Mr. Itaudolph Smith, ami was instantly killed. On that day he had drawn about $230 on some cotton. As soon as the shots were fired his horse ran from under hi maud the mule on which Mr Iiaud< /phSmith was rid ing also became frightened and ran away. Mr. Smith secured the 1 assis tance of several or’ Mr. Lagrone’s Neighbors and they proceeding to the s/ot where the deceased had been shot and found him lying stretched on the gjound, with arms at full length anil ids pockets turned inside out. Several negroes were suspected, but the strongest evidence seemed to be against Wright Weldon, a negro, and he was taken into custody, but es caped while on his way to jail. After being at large tor nearly twelve years he was recaptured in Ai ken County and lodged in jail here last March. An indictment was made against V,’right Weldon, Daniel Eind- scy and Phillip Beady for this mur der. The grand jury found a true bill again't Wgldon and no bill against the otbejrs.* Dr. D. P. Eagrone, brotli- deceasadjteetif.ed that he had "vssession of Wright vent sizes of shot, \.t, which were er of tli gotten from tlur Weldon nvo fl buck and duct identical with th(TL,which had pene trated the head, back and shoulders of the deceased. Several colored witnesses of the State swoguthat Wright Weldon vol untarily told them, on the night of tiie murder, that lie had killed Mr. Eamaxuor aoxd 4l»-»t they had not anything about it to anyone all these years because they n’ere not asked about it. NViey Banks, colored, tes tified that a few days.after the killing Wright Weldon gave her a bright looking pocket'eook to keep for him; that she kept it all night without looking in it. but the next morning she took a peep in it and discovered that it contained a big roll of money, and that a piece of money had blood on it. She didiPt say any’- thing to anybody about this because sire wasn’t gsked. The next morning she ga'-’o the pocket- book with uli file money in it to a col ored man named Lewis By an, who. came up to the house and said that Wright Wei Jon had sent him for it. Lewis Ityan corroborates her iu that. He says that he met Wrighp^Veldon coming towards his kown^ . sun-up and that he asked him, the witness, to go to Nancy’s house and ask her f>r that pockctbook lie had left with One may forget his j hcr the nl8 i 3t before. Hebron, first feat with firearms and even his first exploit on skates, but never his j first fight on—or, to be accurate, bis j upon it. fifst abduction by—wooden bottoif^^.p }, e rr. pocketbook to Weldon,, know what was in it, as He further testifie; If the soles, which in a clumsy at tempt to fit the foot were shaped like rockers, where once set in motion, they persisted in inexorably tilting one forward, especially in descending a hill, till volition was utterly lost, and nothing short of an ascent or a fall could arrest them. However, in time they became comparatively manageable, one getting able to choose his own path, as well as to have some small voice in stoppages. Uppers were made of such random pieces of leather, or anything bearing the faintest semblance of leather, that could be lighted on. Carriage curtains aud buggy tops were acceptable. In some eases old morocco pocketbooks were converted into children’s shoes; while many ladies managed to fash ion themselves a sort of moccasin out of tho most heterogeneous aud un promising materials. Woe to the careless wight who suffered his sad dled horse to stand out near church, store or post office after nightfall! The chances were that when he went to mount he w ould find that some one gave him the -book Wright Weldon voluntarily told him that he bad killed John Lagroue, but he (the witness) had never mentioned these occurrences all these eleven y’ears past because he wasn’t asked about it. These are the principal links in the chain that has been drawn around the prisoner’s neck, and will be drawn still closer and tighter by the sheriff on the date that w ill be fixed by the Judge. The jury have just rendered a verdict of guilty. Cultivation of the Sunflower. Columbia Ilcgiiler. Mr. R. P. Mayrant of this city planted largely Of sunflowers this sea son and tire crop has turned out fine ly. He has several varieties, the fin est of which is the “Mammoth Rus sian,” which attains a v'ouderfully large growth. Dir. Mayrant says' he has raised flowers twenty-two inches in diameter and that he has found them very prolific. “What is you object in planting sunflowers?” “It is stated,” said he, “that the had appropriated his saddle skirts for sole leather, unless he had forestalled seed make an oil equal, if not superior, i an act by appropriating them to that on? Li:ns< A Good Stojry. President Van. Burenk sou, larly known as Prince John, man of great natmal ability, lawyer, and a ready Wit. On one oc casion lie hiul taken some technical legal advantage by r.hieh his oppo nent's client in action was non suited. The man was furious, and declared Iris purpose to g;\e John a piece of Some Greenville Ideas—Questions to be Propounded to Candidates for the Legislature. At a meeting of fho Greenville County *’a-tuers’ Association, held Monday the 9th instant, a constitution was adopted, announcing the objects of the Association to be improvement and education iu agri culture, the dissemination of use ful iinformation among its members, to encourage frequent and social in tercourse among the farmers of the County and State, to petition the Legislature when occasion or expedien cy demand it, aud to urge the passage of such measures as wiii promote the best interests of tiie no U> industry of farming. A X'esolutiou, offered by Capt. Leon ard Williams, was passed adopting the following questions to be pro pounded to all candidates for the Sen ate and House in the primary-cam paign now open. The question may be taken as iudiclive of some '‘Green ville ideas:” E Are you in favor of withholding for the px'esent appropriations for the completion of the State House, grant ing supply enough to p‘reseve it from deterioration? 2. Are you in fayor of an unquali fied abandonment by the State of ail interest iu the Columbia Canal? 3. Are you in favor of the abroga tion of the Citadel Academy? 4. Are you in favor of abolishing free tuition in tho‘South Carolina University and giving greater elficien cy to the Department of Agriculture in said institution? 5. Are you opposed to voting ap propriations for the the establishment of a separate Agricultural College?. .0. Are you iu favor of a general re- duction of the salaries of all public of ficers, State and County, and also of tire contingent fund usually appropri ated ? 7. Are you in fa ror of taxi ug stocks bonds, mortgages and mobiles, thq same as other species of property, and. enforcing* an enlistment of the same wioro t4;?p v^ 11 8. The Penitentiary and* royalty on phosphates ought to be sourced of large revenue to the State. Are these managed with the hightest efficiency for this result? If not, are you favor of reconstructing the methods of man agement to secure the highest income to tho Stale, having regard, as far as the Penitentiary is concerned, to the humane treatment of convicts? The resolution as adopted provides that candidates for the House and Sen ate be requested to answer the above through the press or on the stump. It is quitqjikely that there will be some laughable dodging; but every man of them W'ill have to face the music if he wants the farmers to vote for him. ‘real ke good S'"" '<-',.>1^,1 t|. H swam stove wood. T years ago-^id below Colu ids mind when he saw him; he would wither him. Happening to see John one day at Downing’s standing at the counter, he boldly confronted the- Prince, aud, being a small man, look ed up at him fiercely and burst out: - ; Mr. Van Buren, is there any client; 1 - *y tamby h n -‘ every year so lew and mean, or any case nas-L^** been laid up from cbills, tv, that-yon won’t undertake to out strange to say they had none as fend hirafti it?” “I don’t V<u- long aa I phoned sunflowers.” to olive oil, and I have planted them as an experiment.—The Olive Cotton i^eed Gil Company has agreed to press out the oil and make a practical test of the matter.” “What other uses can bo made of sunflowers?” They make splendid feed for stock, and horses and cattle are quite fond. ^ „ JIC of them. I have ascertained that the f oat “"j’of her leaves when cured make a fine for age, and tho seed which are greedil devoured by flock, are absolutely best cure for hide-bound ever knew of. The st which grow very h Law i\>j. Layman. Purchase" of a Railroad ticket: Where it is provided by statute that “a charge cf ten cent may be added to the fare of any passenger where the e is paid upon the cars, if a ticket ight have been procured within a reasonable tine before the departure of the train.” It is held that the language “before the departure of the trian” does not require that the office shall remain epen up to the in stant the train moves off. Sft/nioipal use of Highways: Tak ing and layiutt out land for a street or highway does not gi\\3 a municipali ty—city or town—the right to erect and maintain structures thereon. Master and Savant—Inleiligcnce: Where a man in charge of a team of horses left them to engage in an un lawful personal combat it .- as held that the- employer was aflected with the negligence of his hired man in leav ing the horses and could not recover for the damage done to the machine to which they were attached. Improper Mail Matter: dealing an obscene letter does not remove it from tho scope of section 3,893 of the revised Statutes, which prohibit the maifing of every obscene writing,print or other publications of an improper character. Promise t) Pag One Gold:" Till following “Two years from dale, for ceived, I promise to pay to J.J8. King or bearer, one ounce of gold,” is not a negotiable note, but a simply a con - tract for the delivery of merchandise, Husband Act ing as Agent for Wife: A married woman, through her husband, acting as her a^^t, bought stock in a coal mv&oZ cor poration at an exorj^ht * Pr-k, after which her 0 an office.’of ’ 0il > of the mom’' ^ iiie d; lectio, O/ince of writing, value re cony lui< ft el' ns paid with the <.jl in Oehaif of eld that she was Father Sherman of Brooklyn Said to Have Been Led Astray By Another Briest. Acir Yorh 'Mail and Express, Aug. 10 Michael Sherman, the father of the priest Wm. J. Sherman, was ar raigned before JusticeCourtney to-day on tiie double charge of drunkenness and of carrying a revolver without a permit. Judge Courtney is sitting at the First Police District Court in the absence of Justice Walsh, who is now enjoying his vacation. Mr. Sherman was fined $1 for drunkenness, and was held under bail to appear on Friday morning to answer to the charge of carrying firearms without permit. It is expected that lie will then be dis charged, as there is really no charge against him except this partic ular one, and he is considered to be slightly demented because of the dis grace which has fallen upon him. As he appeared in court this morning with dishevelled hair and beard, he was clearly more than half insane. There are more ugly stories. float ing about concerning the young priest who has just left Brooklyn. The re port to-day is that the assistant priest of a South Brooklyn Catholic Church will be tke next person to be hauled over tho coals. In those who are in a position to know^ay that Father Hand is responsible for tiie downfall of the young man. Fa ther'Hand is one of those priests who are to be found only in the novels of Charles Lever. He is present at almost every horserace ht Brighton Btach; he is a rare mas ter'of tho noble game of poker, and as a judge of good whiskey he is not surpassed in the city of churches. He is tall and handsome and is well known among the men about town in Brooklyn as a sport. Sometime ago he was in trouble because of ids connec tion with a well kr^uvn Hqnor store in Brooklyn, and got out 6£ the difli- culty by testifying that he simply be came bondsman for the owner of the place iu order that he might secure a license. It was .charged and is still believed that he was part owner of the saloon. This priest took tho young man no\v a fugitive fronvjustice under his patronage. * ’Bhermijn was never a man of strong character or morals, and his companion controlled him. Fatkef Lane, the pastor of the Visita tion Church, is one of those rare men who believe every one as good as himselt, and did not know what was going on. In the meantime Mr. Sher man was being initiated into tiie mys teriesof poker, of horse racing and of whiskey. Less than two years ago a reporter of the Mail and Express was present in the parochial residence on Verona street, and TillieMcCoy was also pres ent among several others. The princi- pal'features of the evening vvereFaiher Blank’s attention To tho bottle and Father Sherman’s i, mention to Tillie McCoy, and Frank Bush tiie variety uotor, who was present aud who, was a school mate of Mr. Sherman. That night as the guests were leaving tiie house, a well known Brooklynite said: “Father Lane does not sec what is going on here, but I think that a big scandal w ill come out here one of these days.” “It has leaked out that Sherman is in Canada. His father is half insane and his mother is almost crazy. Paralyzed for Blasphemy. Siman Wilcox.a well-to-do farmer of Bradford Junction, Ohio, is a maniac, his mental malady being ap parently the direct outgrowth of a stroke of paralysis visited upon him, it is generally beloived, by tho Al mighty as a punishment for blashphe- inous language uttered by him on Thursday the 22J. ulc. Wilcox’s farm, with others in the vicinity, was visited by a heavy storm of wind and hail on Thursday after noon, which beat down and ruined al most all bis crops. Wilcox was ab sent from home at the time, and he re. turned and surveyed the ruin in the fields about him he gave vent to the most fearful oaths, cursing God for al lowing and* causing distnfbtj Lii the midst of his ravings* ^ f . ( the earth, and when his found neighbors ran to his sufficing from a str>^ ijn from the On attempting £0 hot aliout enrtn the^ f° l l>v.ud not tread upon it and the end of a pole a he was pushed away was and blackened. Wilcox was ually got home, where, Thursday night, he went crazy and is now a maniac, writhing continuously In ter rible agony almost hclplesg. His Friends Hard at Work Trying to Save Him from the Penitentiary. Georgetown, August 19.—A re mittance of $300 was made to-day to Charleston to Mr. Williamson, pcstof- fice inspector, on account of the defi ciency of Postmaster W. J. Moultrie of Georgetown, leaving a balance still due of $153 02, which Moultrie’s friends are still at work to pay up and expect to clear it up to-raorrow. The Farmer’s Encampment. Secretary’s Ofeice. { Pomaria, S. C.*, Aug. 7 ISSGf At the annual meeting of the State Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry of South Carolina, in Charleston, Feb ruary 4, 1SSG, Worihj Master, James N. Lipscomb, brought to the attention of the Grange the most wonderful success of the Grange Encampment held annually at William’s Grove, Penn., and be urged that iu view of tlfe great good accomplished by these annual gatherings of the farmers of the country, that this Grange should lake action looking to the establishmentof a similar encamp ment in our State. There upon a committee was appointed to take the matter in hand as location, and when other action as would secure per manency in the enterprise, and to in vite the co-operation of the State Agi icultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina to carry out the ob jects desired; also the State Grange of North Carolina, Georgia and Tennes see,and the State Agricultural Socie ties of these States. Tne matter of location for the en campment was the first for considera tion. There were four points bid- dingfor the location, afl making liber al propositions, butafter a careful and disinterested survey of the several points submitted, the committee ac cented the proposition coming from Spartanburg as possessing equal natural advantages to the others, and decidedly more in railroad lines oper ating under different systems. Spartanburg City is growing rapid ly in population and resources, is in full view of the Blue Ridge mountains a salubrious climate, near Glenn Springs, noted for its mineral v/aters where hundreds annually go to recu perate their debilitated health, as spores wilt attest from personal exper ience. The City of Spartanburg is also within a; few hours ride of Ashville, N. C. Tiie Pomona Grange of Spartanburg county, the citizens of the county gen erally, as well as the citizens of the city, are taking an active and earnest Interest in the enterprise, agreeing to erect suitable buildings on ample grounds provided for them and lay a side track for the accommoda tion of trains coming to the encamp meat. As soon as the co-operation of the States named is secured, work will be commenced. In addition to the action of the committee, the following was sub mitted and unanimously adopted at the Joint Meetitigof the Slate Grange and State Agricultural and Mechani cal Society at Columbia, August 5th instant: Whereas, the committee appointed at the meeting held in Charleston, February 4th, 1896, for the purpose of locating the Inles-Siate AgrivvPnrfd Encampmenl have completed their work by locating said Encampment iu Spartanburg county, therefore, be it Resolved, That this Joint Meeting raving j request the Board of Agriculture to allow the Honorable Commissioner of Agriculture of this State to make an It is claimed that if Congress had remained in session much longer the President’s health would not have stood the strain to which it was being subjected. There is no doubt that tho President docs too much work that might ju»t as well be done by subor dinates. Sunday-school Teacher—“Johnny, do you understand the parable of tho sheppard and his sheep? Johnny—“Yes, sir.” “If you little children are the sheep what am I.” “A big ram, sir.” Ex-Speaker Keifer lias withdrawn from the contest for tho Republican Congressional nonination In the Eighth Ohio district.and no tears of re gret appear to have been shed. It is usual to shed tears over a political corpse that h.as been laid to rest as long as the Keifer corpse has. Dr. Carver, the champion rifleshot, seems to be in misfortune. An auc tioneer last week sold his personal effects by order of court. A hand some watch given him by the Prince of Wales sold for $400, a diamond pin, said to have been presented to him by the Emperor of Germany, sold for "j there $500, and 13 fine guns for $1,000. Father Ryan died a madman. An article iu the Southern Bivouac says he neglected ins person to an extent to greatly affect his health and he died as a result. The Augusta Chronicle says: “He literally went to pieces in iu instant. Delirium seized him, then frenzy. Out of his eyes the light >f genius departed aud into his brain swarmed hallucinations of war, pes tilence and famine. Here it is. Wo challenge contradic tion. Tiie saloon is a curse wherever found; a peril to boys and girls; a hiir Irance to good morals religlon'or edu cation ; it makes people miserable, out casts, andoutlaws: it sleeps- away of legitimate trade. Only a heartless man could - rtwn’au establishment and perpetuate such a. curse upon his neighbors'.—Tempo ranee "Worker. C: H. Stubbs, of Lumpkin, caught* chicken-in a pea field a few flays ago that had mated-vitU a purl ridge and was roaming thi ougn the woods and making strenuous efforts to learn, to whistle. Mr. Stubbs carried the cbfck en homeland turned it loose with his fowls, but it was so wild it immediate ly took the woods again. He went into the field where hefound the cu riously matched pair and heard the par (ridge disconsolately whistling for its lost mate. The Savannah News says: ‘Some of i he Atlanta anti-prohibitionists are frying to break prohibition down in that city before it has been given a fair t ’. They are afraid, probably, that it will eventually prove to be a -success, in which event it would be come permanent. They want, there fore, to get rid of it while there is still a chance to 'do so. There is no doubt that prohibition is a good thing for Atlanta. She mav lose her whis key and beer trade, but other trades will supply the place made vacant bv those two articles. Atlanta need n get excited over the probability/^ 4 ** 14 the good people, who ac- customed to get their Atlanta, will hayetn whiskey. Sayanm ‘ to supply thji TUY1NG TO KILL A BKKSIHEXT. A Would-be Murderer in Montevideo Mobbed to Heath. Montevideo, August 18—As the President of thcRepubllc was entering tho theatre last nigh some miscreant fired a revolver almost point-blank at bis head. The ball entered the Presi dent’s cheek, inflicting a slight wound An inflidated crow dattacked thewould be assassin and maltreated him so terribly that he died shortly* after wards. ■ ■ ' ' ’ A Way to t>e “Heard xuid Felt.** Swnincrnille Herald. Alluding to the farmers, and the interests which they would like to have advocated'and furthered in the General Assembly, The AlKKN Re corder eays: *- — “If their interests have been neglec ted it is becausgMWf-the persistent folly of sending meflS-to represent them lu thp Legislature who are unable to ob* tain a bearing In consequence of the lack of general information and proper eduerftidn. The fanners of South Carolina can always make themselves heard and felt w hen they send dele gates to the Legislature who are cow pelentto represent them.” We don’t know how many farmers were in our last Legislature who, according to The Aiken Re corder, were lacking in general in formation and proper education, but there never was a time in the history of our .State when it became more nr* gent for the farmers to select from among their ranks those men only who arc known to be fully com petent to act as their representatives; We hgve entered upon a new era. Tho necessity of amending and annulling some of our law's, and of enacting < thers in keeping with the require ments of the people, can only be met by tjjose in the legislature who are well informed, tliat is to say, who havt bean educated to know the wants o the farmers especially and needs o others who are alike interested in th. , _ , .good of the commonwealth. Th ev.e,y luxury from tho f« n ..l,es touch- Eecoedek is rlght when lt pom,, t c l by H and Uopposes . every branch ..p ropMt „ Iue „ tl o n M aa thelaver powt. by which alone the horny-haudecT exhibit of the minerals, timber, and products of the State at the first meet ing of said Society to be held ii\ year 1SS7. * . This statement is presented ‘ . „ . c. Mnauen- informalion of all interest to the riate, and lliid .viil increase you say you would di on •»e \ ■ terprise of such grer the agriculturist when fullv esi^'V ^ . , , ,, ‘/t!i5 development of the tne means fe' , r. , \j0f die Siate. vAat resource#^ \y. Hodlo'vay, Secretary. ny Victoria Dislikes Gladstone. Fforr the St. Stephen's Gax'zctfc. The Queen’s dislike of the G. O. M. you! Yes a t him that wit rume of! orporationi lot estopped^ the acts ofher Iui£ - iu>r.A.,c, y^Smcer cf the corporation from o^aing~by bill in equity a reces- the contract for fraud on the iart of tho vendor’s agent. r years agv . ai*d off m^Krta, as plantedrecommenfl/^ for that :n feel, said John, stopping to pu^Tm and* other oyster; then beiipPY his reply confidentially dra\)d*T “What have lathe’little u you been d rcoran is.tne w’er.fluiest W^T Washington, ay* it is said tie has given away less than . 13,900,000 in char its. lie began life as a clerk in lib finher’s sime ttore, and his fating was a shoemaker. f Son4.-r Advance says: Why is ‘You think they will pay aa a crop ?” Burnt to Death. Orangeburg Times and Democrat. Ella Sanders, a colored girl, aged about H years .living on Russell street," ju-.t beyond Railroad Avenue, was accidentally burned to death on Wed nesday, the 11th instant, Ly the ex plosion of a kerosene oil can. Her parents went ttu*? day on an excur- ih’oQ.fntees Tillman with refero nee „to uUn:i whiJi W ‘ v Yes, sir; I am satisfied of that, a good crop next ; 3iou to Cb^rlestc u, leaving Ella and e ier citizens -tave! nuIn ^ er nf oLhor children in the hoa/w. In ntteinptiug to kindle the fire at noon ♦he unfortunate girl caiv- and intend to plant season. Fever'll otl tried them, ana also largely uaxt year.” intend to plant It appears to be u very difficult mat- , ter to convict Dr. Wo-vl/ow of he;’ sy.! If tiie difidcrent i f _v> nods keep on try- Ingp-iiUn In thQ ma'd. irvty .theeced iu ytt 'teC/V bringiug trine of lessly poured the oil from the can upon the wood, which suddenly ignited and soon enveloped her in flames. She lived several hours in great agony after the accident. .’ voe present Ml »(e Democ ratic I^fckut -• Ilf like “the flowers thai, biomn-in 4he Misj l»tnnfiVr to whom Mr. Kaige-ispring?” Because k - “bad n Thing- left $:00,000 Hinds will, is spesfliig U “ to with that thing. Tra-lj. sammer abrqsfti at Vkhy. Gen. Fitz John Porter Las received tardy justice aud been put ou the retired Us! of the army. Now let Gen. t > J-^'^a-be re Whiskey Killed Him. I?ock Hill Herald. Last Thuriday night two. negroes from Charlotte arriv edat the house of. Prince Steel, colored, bringing with them a jug of corn whiskey. They placed it in a Corner and early next morning when the family and the vis itors were absent, Jimmie, 11 years old, soa.of Pfinec Steel,got hold of the jug and drank freely of its contents. A short whiie afterwards it was no ticed that he seemed to be intoxicated but no special attention was paid to him, aa it was supposed he would soon bo all right. At 12 o'clock he was still in a deadly drunken condi tion an l a rnessonger wan dispatched for Dr. T. M. Da Bose, w ho hurried to tho bedside of the boy, but nothing that he could do could revive the child ami at uigfit he died. It is. supposed he drank about a pint of whisket’. Saturday morning an inquest was held over the body by Trial Justice S. M. Fewell and a verdict rendered that the boy died of alcoholio poison. dates from 1808, and thereby hangs a very pretty taie. The bill for the dis establishment of tiie Ir<sh Church having passed through Parliament' only required tho Sovereign’s man date to become law*. It chanced that Mr. Gladstone rt [wired to Windsor on the day that the bill was fonvarded for signature, and was admitted to audience with the’Oiiecn. As is w - eil known, Her Majesty was averse to the essential principle of the hill, and while willing to concede reform, was strenuously opposed to the destruc tion of the Irish Church. She ex it! o for deaths.” _ “You are a noble man, George “My darling you do not know me yet.” “Well, dearest. I do’nct wish you to die for me, but I tell you what you can do for me to show your af fection.” “What is it my darling? Shall I pluck tho star3 from the cerulean dome ? SluJ 11 say to the sea, ha! ha! cease to flow for my love w ills it? Shall I tell you bright, and inconsis tent moon that, is glinting the hill tops w ith her light, that she must not shine on thy. face too roughly—ha!” ‘No,George, no’sheemilllngly said, do not w'ish you to attempt such impossibilities. All I ask of j'ou is this” “Yes, my darling.” “All I ask of you is this—Don’t call again.” Au Important Killing. Judge Hudson made au important ruling in Newberry In regard to hear ing cases at Chambers. He decided that it was necessary to have the or pressed this much to Mr. Gladstone, written consent of the parties them- aad, as tho Premier thought, showed selves endorsed ou the paper in the great reluctance to affix her signature i case of adult parties, and of the Jenny Lind’s daughter, who is said to possess ft fine voice, though not as dfro.n polities and sol-marvelous as that ofher modicr, is go- r justice. ing to visit this country. to the bill. In his eagerness Mr. Gladstone blurted out, “But, Madam, you must sign.” The Quean flushed and rejoined with marked indigna tion, “Sir, do you know wiio lam?” “Yes, Madam, the Queen of England. Bat does your Majesty know who I am? lam tiie people of England.” It is needless to say that the Queen summarily brought the audience toa close, and in a few' curt words dismiss ed her Prime Minister and ba le him learn better manners, hliuce then .she lias scarcely made any pretence of concealhu; her personal antipathy the G. O. M. to Throat Cut l»y a Crazy 15 a roar. Providence, R. I., August IS—This afternoon Patrick H. Mct.'arron, a barhar, cut i'.e throat of James Cros by while shaving him. Crosby ran into the street, but died on the side- walk, McCarrron has been subject to fits of dementia, and a physician last month advised that he be taken to au asylum fer treatment. guardian ad litem of Infants. The consent of attorneys, he holds, is not sufficient under tho statute to transact any business at Chambers. Under this view of the law he declined to sign some o-d«rs that tho attorneys desired passed. An Unfortunate Error. “By an unfortunate typographical error,” explains the contrite editor pf a Dakota paper, “we were made to last week that our distinguished towm- mau. Professor Kennedy was about to rig up a nobby babboon for tho com fort and enjoyment of his daughter on her wedding trip over the prairie. What wo meant to say was a nobby balloon. We write this with our left hand, while lying on our spare bed with one eye entirely closed and the other hand painted, and an inverted chair across our stomach for a writ ing-table. The extent of our regret for the blander may be measured by the difficult lea we have surmounted i penning this esplanatlo^^D'" sons of toil may be able to accnmplisl much that they desk©; and it is als« - yery right in suggesting that they should send delegates to lire Legisla ture who can enlist attention and ob tain a hearing, if uqcessary, oh every matter of moment. Proper education means, however, something more than, being educated to kflow the wants of the people, to some extent, ft means an ability to cope with any In the halls of legisla tion on measures of public impor tance, where there are conflict# of opin ion always. A representative should therefore be no sniatterer. The higher training he has had, educationally., ripened by some experience, the bet ter representative ho would make; aud just such men as these are indii- pensable in the make-up^of all Bti governments. ThG/armpit could helped in this way by/Un infiueiu that w’ould be feR/^they be wide' awake and cast t^ir votes inteW- gently. In-tho ep^tog eleetkwrthey skeuld select men, aud tire wisest, \xy* truly^ represent’ tb^ir . v ie W a^nerwise what would become D f iwmr interests that have t|ceu eo dig neglected ? * » Pickens Prohibitiau. Pickens sentinel. i ‘ Tho salutary effects of prohibition as it is in this county arc admitted on all hands, but on the part of a few there is some desire to have the ques* tion submitted to the voters. Out of the nine questions which our Liberty correspondent thinks will bo pat to the candidates for theHenato atjdHouse at tho Liberty meeting, four are in regard to ke whiskey question. Tho candidates have all expressed them-* selves in favor of local option, that if there should be a division of seuti* ment on the subject the qutMstion of license, dr no license, should be sub* mitted to the people. But the matter seems to bo of so little import, that It has not been particularly discussed. So far as we know nothing has been said as to the propriety T , or improprio^ ty of repealing the prohibitory law s governing the towns iu this county and leaving them to local option. Tflis is what local option as it now stands means. This will not do foi small towns, for in a short time, a suf ficient. number of irresponsible non tax-paying voters could be imported to vote license. But if the question were submitted to the county the re sult would make no change In the present state of affairs whatever. Public sentiment overwhelmingly supports the law as it nov| stands. Undemocratic Toadyism. Detroit Free Press. Since Sir Walter Scott preserved the wine-glass from which George III drank a health at Abbotsford, and the Canadian girls bought vials of the water in which the Prince of Wales washed his hands, there has been 1\o specimen of toadyism qlUt 1 # &o strik ing as the Washington people In pew behind Mrs. one communion cup the other, from which taken of the s&cramC* A Call fur jjUOyUOO,' Wash rvfrtaSM treasury lo-<^ redemption * The call matu follow ing iu number*: F, 194 to origin 1,522 $1,000, - y A A 9g| iSLr