The Aiken recorder. [volume] (Aiken, S.C.) 1881-1910, February 22, 1887, Image 1

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CHARLES E. R. DRAYTON, Mimascr. AIKEN'S. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1SS7. m* VOLIHE ft.'T-.’ Save Your SVioney and Shop By WlailjGRANT’S PERILOUS ESCAPE.] WINE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. THE SENATE DEFENDED t »UL\J* Lt4AM^S iZ<i7 KING STIUiT, UsffiATlfc.I'STON, S. (’., - (Opposite Masonic Temple •(): Great Special Sale 77 :(): 4»,00 Pieces of A. A. Silver PlsYtod Flatware. &<*., &e. :<): 0,000 pieces of Rogers A. A. SIKVEIt-PLATED FLATWARE, bought at a'n immense reduction from regular prices, to elo^e out eertain pattern whieh they are not going to make again, and which I am selling at the following prices; My J’lice. 2'»0 sets Teaspoons ^1 2r> ]2osets J uidesi>oons 2 o<) l/jOsets Table Forks 2 50 76 “ Dessert.borks 2 2.> 75 *‘ Dessert Spoons 2 25 100Soup Ladles, each 2 00 100 Oyster Ladles 1 50 100 Gravy Ladles 1*0 100 Fish Knives 2 00 100 Cake Knives 2 00 100 Pie Knives 2 00 *3’ Regular My Regular Price. Price. Price. $2 OOi , 100 Crmnb Homjjers 2 (K) 4 50 4 OO 1 |2j0 Sugar Shells 45 1 00 4 00- '500 Rutter Knives 45 *1 0) H 75 100 Pickle Forks 4"> 1 00 8 75 100 Oyster Forks* 45 10 ) 4 IK) 250 S ilt Spoo'll.< 2.» 50 3 00 250 Mustard Spoons 55 75 2KK) 5<K) Nut Picks 1H , • 36 4 00 -500 Fruit Knives 25 50 4 00 50 doz t’ble k’ves,doz 3 50 5 00 4 0<) 150<loz T’blO K’ves 200 3 75 i’be above Goods are tlie very best finality of Silver, plated on Niekle Silver, and are jierfect hi every resjnet, ami only sold at these Low Prices in order to close the entire lot out fjuiekly. Every piece Is warranted to wear from live to ten years constant use in’any family, if properly used. C3?"Send for Catalogue, giving prices of Watches, Jewelry and other pilverware, ami buy where you get the best value for the Cash Money. JIMO. McELREE, Proprietor. TII S. G. S. is the cheapest and the best and the- only Specific Fertilizer for small grain the maru^i. \SHLV- ASM ELEMIiNT, a very cheap and excellent non-aminoni* ui rrtiliz^ /or small grain crons, fruit trees, grape vines, <kc. ASHLEf COTfON AND CORN COMPOUND, a complete fertilizer for these two crops, and also used by the tnieher.s near Charleston for vegetables. A.-i/ILP/T COMPLETE GARDEN FERTILIZER, specially adapted to roses, w,cranivi;*i3, pansies, flowering annuals,.&c. CB^For to*/ns, directions, testimonials, and for the various attractive and iiifltrtwii »e public ations of the Company, address, The Ashley Phosphate Company, ‘ u'hariesiyn, - - ,S C. "OFFICIAL ANALYSES PROVE OUIi GOODS TO BE ABOVE THEIR G UA RA N TEE. ’ WOIVE OF THE GOODS -OK THK- HAVE EVER BEEN OF . 1* ITALICIZED P>Y 'e THE STATE DEPARTMENT VGRICUETCKE AT COLUMBIA. Wamlo AmiisoniaUMl Feriiiizor, Acid Phos]>]uite, IMssoIvcd 3{oiie, Kainit, &c. FOR SALE BY 'I »x PRESIDENT AND GENERAL AGENT, o EXCHANGE STREET, REAR OF POST OFFICE, OIHI-^IR-LSSTOInT, to- o. r rn saved ;tv tiii: uoi-ka<;e and DEV OTTON OI’A FRIEND. laMler to tleneral Orant From Gen era! .lolln A Kawlins, Ills Cliiet'ot* Staff, AfYerwurds Hik Secret ary of War. Tlie New York Suit pnhlishes the following letter, written by the late General John A. Rawlins, and ad dressed to the late General U. S. Grant, dated “Before Vicksburg, Miss. June Glh, 18G3, one o’clock, a. m.:” “Dear General: The gryat solici tude I feel for the safety of the army leads me to mention that which I had hoped never again to do—the subject of your drinking. This may surprise you, for I may be, (and I trust I am), doing you an injustice by an unfound ed suspicion, but if an error it better ha on the side of his country’s safety than in fear of offending a friend. I have heard that Dr. McMillan, at Gen eral Sherman’s a few days ago, in duced you notwithstanding your pledge to me, to take a glass of wine, and to-day, when I found a box of wine in front of your tent and proposed to move it. which I did, I was told you had forbid its being taken away, for you had intended to keep it until you had entered Vicksburg, (hut you might have it for your friends; and to- uigiit, when you should because of the condition of your health, if nothing else, have been in bed, I find you just where the wine bottle had been emu tied, in company with those who drink and urge you to do likewise, and the lack of your usual promptness of decision and clearness in expressing yourself in writing tended to confirm my suspicions. “You can have full control of your appetite and let drinking alone. Had you not pledged me the sincerity of your honor early last March that you would drink no more during the war, and kept that pledge during your re cent campaign, you would not to-day have stood first in the world’s history as a successful milita.y leader. “Your only salvation depends upon your strict adherence to that pledge. You cannot succeed in any other way. As I have before stated, I may be wrong in 1113’ suspicions, but if one sees that which leads him to suppose a sentinel is falling asleep on his post it is his.duty, to arouse him; and if one sees that which leads him to fear the general commanding a great army is being seduced to that step which he knows will bring disgrace upon that general and defeat to his command it fails to sound tlie proper note of warning, tlie friends, wives and children of those brave men whose lives he permits to remain thus imperiled will accuse him while he lives, and stand swift witnesses of wrath against him in the da3' when all shall he judged. “If m3’ suspicious are unfounded, let my friendship for 3 011 and ui3 r zeal for my county* be m.y excuse for this letter; and if tho3 r are correct^' found ed, and 30U determine not to heed the admonitions and the nn^ers of this hasty note I13’ immediately ceasing to touch a single drop of a 113' kind of liquor, no matter b\’ whom asked or under what circumstances, let 1113-im- | mediate relief from dut.y in this ilepart- | men! he the result. I am. General, j 3’our friend, John A. Rawlins.” The retained copy of this letter was CTidorsed In- General Rawlins as fol lows : “Tins is an exact copy of a letter given to the person to whom it was addressed at its date, about four miles from our headquarters in the rear of Vicksburg. Its admonitions were heeded, and all vent well. John A. Rawlins ” Scooped I>3' ji Hook Agent. Anti' rsoii Journal. A very dashing blonde woman, about several years or more of age, sud denly blew in upon this coinmunit3’ last week like a whirlwind, and, witli- j out the formali 13’ of an introduction, ] called b.y name the several county officers, lawyers, merchants and others, tapped them persuasively on the shoulder, told them that tlie.y were nice Mrs. Cleveland Takes Cold Waler aud AY ins Praises. i „ ,, ' A RATTLING G<H>D LETTER FROM From the Erin } or!; . rtbunr. | SENATOR L \V. YOU M A NS. Washington, Februar3'5.—At the; dinner given Ivv the President aud ! Of Barnwell Farmer Tillman Shown Mrs. Cleveland to the diplomatic corps on Thursday evening, forty out of the forty-one plates were marked by glasses for seven wines. At Mrs. Cleveland’s plate there were a goblet of ice water and a glass for Apolli- nnris. This silent expression in favor of temperance by the mistress of the White House ought to satisfy the strongest advocates of total abstinence even in the Women’s Christian Tem perance Union. There has been some curiosit3’and a good deal of honest interest to know what the President’s young wife would do in this regard when the ordeal of the diplomatic dinner presented itself. It has been known that among her friends Mrs. Cleveland never touched wine, and it lias been quiets whispered that she would have the courage to decline it on official occasions. EarK' in the autumn the wifeof s*ecretar3' Whitney gave a luncheon in honor of the Presi dent’s wife. Such after, certain reso lutions, said to have been adopted by the Temperance Union, were pub lished in some of the newspapers. They were in effect a request that the President’s wife should commit her self to the cause of temperance by frowning down the use of wines at social entertainments given h.y official people. She was called upon to he an example. Referring to this a few da3 r s after, when talking with a vis itor, Mrs. Cleveland said: “It seems incredible that these resolutions should he genuine. The3’ know how I feel about it, and need no words from me to prove that I am in favor of temperance. Miss Frances E. Wil lard is a dear personal friend of mine, and she knows so well what my feel ings are on the temperance question ” up in His True Colors -Tlie Writer “Takes 110 Stock in the AA'ae ofthe Masses Upon t he Classes*’ |>r Tin- tlal ami Several Others Come 111 lor a AA'arm Jacket. To the Fflitor o f (hr New.? anti Con- rier: During the several weeks just passed the State Senate has been in debted to several champions of the agitation known ns the “farmers’ movement” for attention, more mark ed than either respectful or compli mentary. The example of dealing in opinions has most certain^- been set, and I feel warranted in staying that personal regard, at least so far as .Sen- t-lor Wofford and myself are con cerned, has not prevented them from being expressed overly pointed. I •therefore feel at liber 13*, without in tentional disrespect to an3* one, to re view the field, attempt to take care of !H3’self, and “render unto Ciesar the tilings that are Ciesar’s.” The first and second allots were fired from ihe editorial columns of he New.? <aid Courier, a medium through which the farmers have been informed that they constitute three-fourths of the voting population of tlie State and that all of the offices can be had l>3’ them just for tlie taking. This jour nal, with characteristic license, first charges the .State Senate with (he perpetration of “an ancient legislative trick,” and suggests that like a set of simpletons its members have fallen «*■ victims to a common trick, and have been wheedled 113- crafty insinuators to the effect that “A,” as an archer, or “B,” as a hullsfoot, has been trying to intimidate them. In further com menting upon tiie action of the Senate in tiie postponement of the bill to reorganize the Department of Agri- The first dinner at which Mrs. | oultim 'i this journal goes on to say that this bill was not of “Tillman dic tation,” unless the respectful present ation of the opinions of a large bed3* laps some of these Senators ary ^ - not So anxious for bftice as elTher tlie I haps the constituency of some of the. 4 e Senators, “dogs” though tho3* 11133* be, have turned a deaf car to the howling. 4 of Capt. Tillman, and have rejected. 1 with “ontempt and disgust, his gospel, i preached with tho design of alienating the affections and destining the con- , fide nee of our people in a government • of their own choice—one which has given them peace and security, re stored to its pristine standard o’ur public credit, and reduced taxation to a minimum scurdeK’ exceeded by any State in the Union; whieh, composed as it is ami has been of the ablest ami purest of our citizens, commands the confidence, esteem and respect of all who have 3113- respect for themselves. Nor are the3', perhaps, in the leading strings of 003' disciple of Henry George or compeer of AV. W. Russell. Perl ditiou to wh:u . had already done, a ommh tee to further invest igate, wit li- jlgauee, '.rvihjcr.sncso'atKl dopen Jciice. The fact is. Ui* c >\*<’nm<iuL, so lar out .‘1113* limit as to what this investi-: from being uhiijhnufili of the jlutdio gallon was to cost. Indeed, so far as I weal,in transecudiug its prope*sphere the provisions of this resolution wore to asHsi our ncoplc. has.Lv/iproiiefii of concerned, the committee thus ap pointed could have traveled tlie whole year until the next session and have total planter aiid UfiAirmnn ftf’lhb SCn- Xcw* and Courier or Capt. T.llman, |tf e C( ' mmiittee on Agriculture I ap- Clcveland presided as hostess wa*; given two weeks ago to tlie Cabinet. The absence of wine glasses from her plate then was less observed, as it was well known to most of the guests that she drank no wine. It was perhaps a 1 eas3* tiling to drink cold water when thoguests were personal friends, and not to drink wine was no lest of moral courage. Mrs. Ha3’es, it will l>e remembered, included her diplo-j matic guests when she drank water and gave them no wine. Of course it caused offense. Diplomats who have all their lives drank wine at home have no notion of drinking ice water when invited lias made no out. Mrs. Cleveland mistake if indeed she has not profited l>3' Mrs. Hayes’ error. The President gave seven wines to the diplomats and had the seven him self. But Mrs. Cleveland, just across i the table, “drank her cold water 1 0f l utl ^ h'.cor. bravely and sweetly, and looked too lovely for anv-thing,” as one of the guests said the next da3*. “There were wine glasses to the right of her aud wine glasses to tlie left of her,” of agriculturists can ho treated as such. This bill emanated from section “6” of a series of resolutions intro duced in the April convention by Mr. Tillman, and was claimed by him before the Senate Committee on Agri culture as a slice 011I3* the loaf he wished. It appears to me that this statement of the News? and Courier can be combated with pretty good authorit3* l>3* quoting from its edito rial columns of May' 3: : * r The agitation which led to the call of the convention was organized by Mr. Tillman, and his leadership has l)p-.*i recognized from first to last. It can scarcely be doubted that if he had oilered an hundred resolutions instead of eleven the3 T would have met with That more was not done Li said another guest, “tiie Haytian Minister with seven on her right and Secretar3’ Bayard with seven on her left, but still she did not falter,” laughing,- but with approval in his voice. It would seem that Mrs. Cleve land’s courage to take what she felt to be the right step at the beginning was veiy genera 113’ admired b3* the foreign guests. It was so simply and gracefully done, and so naturally, that while observed it nevertheless created no surprise. It seemed to be long to her as a woman who has from time to time proved herself a strong character. The Women’s Temperance Union can have no further doubts and could ask for no more practical illus tration of temperance principles than that which the pretty mistress of the White House gave at her first diplo matic dinner. There was no half-way action, not even tiie form of glasses at her plate. But the plain,•openK' ac knowledged admission that if all the world drank wine she alone weiild drink cold water. There is much wine and punch would suppose, or they might have accepted tlie proffered coaching of tlie lattel*. with the assurance of “getting in on the home stretch.” The third relief appears in the field over the signature of “Poor Farmer.” I regret to sa3* that I feel in diffy hound to take him at his cwn est imate, ami very much commiserating the condition of atpy one “who is blind^’ groping in old paths to the poor house,” will brielty dismiss him with the parting admonition to forego his expectations of quails and manna from agrieultprul colleges, to depend on his own exertions and look for nothing from the Legislature hut pro tection for person and propert3*, elbow room and an equal chance. For the revelation of the fourth se cret, “that tlie Senate had made a mistake in the postponement of the hill to reorganize the Department of Agriculture,” and “that its reasons for such action would not hear the light of investigation,” the public is indebted to the wisdom and kindness of Dr. T’ndal. When we reflect that Dr. Timlal was the President of the April convention, a body which, judged h3* its own action and remarks of its members, was too dignified to j be addressed I13* Governor Thompson, and which the News and Courier con sidered Ca-pt. Tillman’s convention all the wa\’ through, and in which, ac cording to the correspondent pf the New.? and Courier, there was no such thing as regular or precise voting, but everything was carried 1)3* a hurrah, we will perceive, no doubt, that the digiiit3’, independence and decorum which surrounded tlie position of its President ampl3* qualified him to as sume the role of mentor to the State Senate. Not to “light an;.* of (he leaders or disciplesof ihi “Tillman movement,” we next introduce “Marlboro Farm er,” who trti^y sa3*.*i we all can’t lead, and thinks Mr. Tillman was the 0UI3’ man who had the nerve, if not tlie brain, to speak out when all others were silent and too much afraid of the oligarchy to assert themselves. He goes on to castigate Governors Thomp- wet-nnrsing, undermiiuvI (heir self- ndlanee and dwarfed I belt* V;*!?^ of manhood ninFhrttcptrtitlonce. Taught expended many thnupamla of djuUars. to reH* upon homestead exiov/puons Thrd. Of the three coiuplainD, t lie and Hon hiw#, many* of Uiein In tfieir dissatisfaction. of Capt. ffiliuiau and enervated condition now turn their his allies lias lieen manifested niojf'PVes to Capt- ’11)1 id An-prefttmtftbly plainly, perhaps, towards the post- w * , l 1 H*® expvctattnii ot qtiwilt Mid p mcrmiit by the Senate-of the hill to reorganize the Department of Agri culture, the passage of whieh, says Dr. Tiudal, would make the “farmers’ movement” one of tlie departments of the State Government. Shortly after the introduction of this bill into the House, and some time by tlie convention, it is explained by our correspondent, was because he did not desire more.” “Wo are im pelled to accept the conclusion of our correspondent that it was Capt. Till man’s convention all the wa3* through | son and Richardson, the oligarchy rather than a convention fairh* repre sentative of the true needs and wishes, the plaits and purposes of the farmers of the .State, as farmers,” Will not tiie New* and Courier re view its editorials of Ma\* 3d and 4th and lighten up on the “inftdligont farmers who have not been carried awa3* In* tlie hurrah of Use convention or 1)3* a desire for change merelv* for the sake of change,” and who. endors ing tiie sentiments of the New.? and Courier to the effect that “designing politicians who would build them selves up on the ruin of other men’s reputations are not worthy of public confidence,” did not vote to slap the present efficient, patriotic and trust worthy* Hoard of Agriculture in the face In* an unceremonious dismissal, merely for the sake of change and to allow a chance for Capt. Tillman and his crowd to get in ? and the Senate, and says: “When we asked for bread thc\* gave us a stone.” Well, 1113* friend, you don’t think the South Carolina Senate is a bakery shop, do you? It did the very best it could for you. In spite of the insist ence of Mr. Tillman that the phos phate ro3*alt3 r should lie doubled, the nioiiev to come, in the end, out of the farmers’ pockets, these “weak-kneed j law-givers” stood firm and gave you a “stone” that you might make 3’our own “bread” out of your own field. In a resume of this chapter of fault finding we note three specific com plaints against the Senate: The emas culation of tlie bill providing for experimental stations; the rejection of the resolution providing for a trav eling committee to investigate tlie niodu.? operandi of agricultural col leges in other States; the postpone ment of the 'hill to reorganize the I)e- Witli my respects to the consistency 1 partment of Agriculture. First, the j and my compliments to the cheek ; ,, *H 1° provide for experimental sta- an 1 dash that would charge the Senate i tions was maimed in the House and of South Carolina with the perpetra- drinking in Washington; but there itioii of tricks and thimblerig games, are plenty of women in official life 1 after the “little fellows” at the Globe who will rejoice at the step taken by ! Hobd in Augusta before the last State the President’s wife. A Senator's Convention, when the pea was found wife said a week ago: “I want to give eoeded in inducing about twenty-five tii nner parties and receptions; 1 want its original design frustrated 1)3* an * for t wo stations uinieiiw <>* .(lie, im ut first intended. The intention of the framer of this hill was to have it follow in its passage the hill to reorganize the Department of Agriculture, and that the .flOjOOO of them to buy books alleged to he of her own production at $2 apiece. to entertain 1113* friends. We can afford it and we would like it, but 1113* (JENEHAL AGENTS, Central Wharf, : Charleston, S. C Most of them have since wrapped the | husband and I are opposed to wines Ashepoo Fertilizer, Eutaw Fertilizer, Comassie Fertilizer. Carolina Fertilizer, Ashepoo Wheat and Oats Specific, Ashepoo Dissolved Bone, with Ammonia and Potash Ashepoo Acid Phosphate, Palmetto Arid Phosphate, Eutaw Acid Phosphate. -1>KA I.KKS IN- Cotton Seed IViea!, Ashepoo Floats, ASHEBOO ASH ELEMENT Importers of German Kainit, Ashepoo Bone Ash. WM. U BIRD &CO, WHITE 3 WINDOW GLASS, ETC. AGENTS FOR HOWES STANDARD STALES AND MARVINS SAFES. For th«present at 175 East Bay, - - . CIIRLESTOX, S. C. I books up and solemnly laid them uwa3*. It is a fact that Hugh Wilson, 1 of the Abbeville Rres? and Banner, \ came to Anderson on the same train 1 with this woman, but whether he 1 brought her here through a spirit of : revenge or simpl\* wanted to hear her : sav* again that lie was good looking j lias not been explained. Hiiten bv a Mail Cat. | Fairfield N< ws and Herald, F< h. 9. We learned on Monday that two of Dr. J. A. Scot’s children, a little bov i and girl, were bitten on Sunday l morning last by a mad cat. It seems : that the little girl arose in tlie morn- ^ ing before her parents did and soon ; encountered the cat and was bitten, | her little brother followed the eat into the yard to kill it an 1 was him self bitten. Dr. Scott is a well known physician who practices in Gladden Grove section of the 001111(3*. His main* friends will regret to bear of 1 his misfortune, \\ Inch will doubtless prove a source of much aniu»\*anee. We hop.*, however, that nothing scri- : ous will follow. Dr. M •Glvnu’s friends have hired a hail. This means that an active cam paign is to be begun at once to secure his reinstatemeat in the parish of St. Stephen’s. Even a hail won’t accom plish that object unless he takes tlie hack track 011 the land question. Tlie law of England which requin k .ill marriages t<» take place before twelve o'clock (.noon), was enacted be cause after that time of da\* the bride groom would be apt to be too much intoxicated to enter an3* contract. and I have not t he courage to enter tain without tLcm.” under the wrong thimble, I shall pass 1 on to the second douglffy warrior who j approaches the breach, the inevitable 1 a lM )ro l >, '* a fiM * ,e expended under the (’apt. B. R Tillman, whose record, I 1 auspices of a new Board of Agriculture think, in point of disregard ..ml dis- upon one station, with the view ol respect for others, and in Ids mani festation of chock, far exceeds his gifted precursor. Like the Pharisee avowing that truth and right oi old AstomsSiiiii*' Success. It is the dut3* of ever3* person who | ;llL . i,j s jr U i ( |ing stars, aud calling upon lias used Boucher'? German Syrup to | (jod to witness the sincerity of his let its wonderful qualities he known to their friends in curing Consump tion, severe Coughs, Croup, Asthma, Pneumonia, and in fact all throat and lung diseases. No person can use it that at | motives, he nevertheless assert 1 “public morals are at a low ebb, j “patriotism and public spirit seem 1 °* lost virtues,” that “political leprosy ; rounding ! now permeates our entire govern- making it a basis for the ultimate establishment of an agricultural and mechanical college. The hill to reor ganize the Department of Agriculture having lieen postponed I13' the .Senate, and the amendment to this bill having been adopted l>3* tiie House contrary to tlie expectat ion of its author, thus that symmetry of its sur- proached Dr. ’iindal, the author of the bill, to ascertain wlmt was sought to he accomplished I13’ it. When in formed that the object was to increase tlie Board of Agriculture and to pop ularize it by bringing it closer to tlie people, I proposed, if lie would modif\* the hill so as to increase the board by the election at the then present session of the Legislature of an additional member from each of the five unrep resented Congressional districts and the election of five more at the next session, when the terms of the present board would expire, and we could act without an3* disrespect to the present board, I would unite with him to se cure the passage of tlie bill; but posi- tively declined, after wlmt I consid ered reckless and fallacious charges of extravagance and in com pete hey re peatedly preferred against the present Board and Commissioner of Agricul ture, to support 3113* measure looking to their curt and unceremonious dis missal from office. I further proposed to Dr. Timlal, if it was the real interest of the farmers he was seeking, to in troduce a joint resolution instructing the State Treasurer to refund to the Department of Agriculture nil 11101103*8 arising from the license tax, whieh had been expended for general State purposes, to be applied by the Boa it 1 of Agriculture for the benefit of the farmers, upon experimental stations. I soon became aware, however, that instead of the advancement of the real interest of the farmers through the regular channels of legislation, the first and immediate object sought tp be accomplished Iw the prime factors of this agitation was, as Dr. Tindal has since so lucidh* stated in his in terview with a reporter of the News and Courier, published on the 21t|i TtTfT, fo place th<? B^M-VLoif Agriculture at the head of the “farmers’ move ment,” as it is called, to act in the capacity of a bureau for the organiza tion of the farmers, upon a plan so thorough and complete as to com mence, like tlie organization of the I)emocrac3*. with clubs. Imagine such an organization perfected. The De partment of Agriculture converted into a bureau of organization, with its headquarters at Columbia,maintained and supported by taxes levied by the General Assembly, flanked and sup ported b3* county organizations kept intact, as Copt. Tillman proposes, bv a small bonus from the county* treas ury, and based in turn upon th.* or ganization of the farmers into clubs. “Hie entire fabric permeated,” with the teachings of Capt. Tillman, to the effect that the present government is not 011I5’ extravagant, imbecile and incompetent, .clouding its shortcom ings in the d3*e of the eikttie-fish, hut callous and indifferent to the interest and welfare of the farmers. TN en, not in vain, might these self-sacri ficing apostles who disclaim aiqy de sire for office, ami profess to eschew politics, propose to spread their nets and enter the “political mill pond, and enter it deep at that.” ninmia. Well* iBs»y-he remark that he ferls deeply rJre * hcav)** refepontd- bilities resMng u»ou hi>h,-a& h grCtG ninny have vague ami unretmonabJu ideas of something wonderful or great being accomplished by hi&oepiventlnii. Under his leadership they hune been taught to regard! the nuUadmifiisita- -ustha cans* pf efr wdbsT^ttfltliMtfwl* tlu* medium of experihumtal BBAMns; u chnn'/e of boards, of an agriotritvral college, or a reorganization of the gov ernment, or in some other mysterious way, tbe3* are to be given permanent relief and great future benefits, while Mr. Tillman and his crew are prepar ing for a refreshing hath in the pleas ant waters of the political mill pond. To me it appears hut little less than Criminal to dissatisf3* and enervate our people by t|iis continual goMde about their poverty aud the hopeless- mss of their condition. Instead of fostering a spirit of independence by exhorting them to rely on their own exertions, to teach them to- attribute the unsatisfactory results of indolence, extravagance and a lack of thrift to the disregard and imbecility of the government. There never has been in tills country but cno method of solving the problem ho.v one was to get his pork and beans, and that is to work for them. The Legislature does not feed merchants, lawyers or doc tors, aud neither by expcrimontAl sta tions, reorganizations of boards nor agricultural colleges will it any more feed the far inert than Capt. Tillman and his crew can lift themselves over the IVnee by their hoot-straps. In conclusion, I think 1 volpe the sentiment, of the intelligent aid re spectable fanners of the State when I sa3* I have no sympathy with Mr. Tillman in tiie conduct of his move ment, nor do his resolutions, promul gated and adopted by the April con vention. reflect my views, and his reckless and disrespectful charges against the State Government se£in more like tlie ravingsofa fanatic than the utterances of a man equipped do lead a 113’ class of our citizens. On behalf of tiie farmers of the Htate I feel warranted in saying that though we may he “fast sinking to the level of serfs, hewers of wood and drawers of water,” we are not yet prepared to claim brotherhood with the laboring classes of the North. Taking no stock in tlie war of the masses upon the classes, wo cannot lie rallied by the traducers of our past Democratic ad ministrations and the disciples of “Hem*3* George” to contend against tlie ablest and purest of our public servants and our own government. L. W. Youma'kb. Sanders, S. C., Feb. 8, 1887. MAYOR HEW ITT ON THE KNIGHTS Some Hound Views on the Labor Question Very Clearly Expressed. Nt:w Yohk, February *10.—A t*. the annual dinner of the Btationer’s Board of Trade to-night a letter of regret was read from Mayor Hewitt, who is yet confined to his house. Mr. Hewitt writes thus: “Just now ihe city is suffering and seems likely tosufler from a new form of despotism, b3* which not only em ployers but employees are deprived of all fiee agency, and are made subject to tiie control of a secret body, where originated and of whom composed no one seems to know. I do not believe that the people of tflfs country, es pecially its intelligent workmen, whose 1 ight to organize for mutual »ul- s uer , vantage no one denies, will long con- deep at ttiat." *'hat 1 sn |j m jt themselvestothein- powerful all3* of Mr. Tillman, who has tolerable oppression of strikes and been coquetting i 11 a jack-in-the-box b >ycotts, and in refusing to earn daily way with this “political debutante,” b, ; t ‘ ad s,t lhe , , wi11 of * secret body, . , , *, , , , i whose mandates are given without might not be elected to the l mted j,.. llu { f rotn whose orders States Senate? \Ve do not wish to lie I there seems to he no appeal. While I considered at all pointed, as assur- would maintain the right of men to ances have been gratuitously* given from certain quarters that there is “no combine.” We know Mr. Tillman would not have an office because theie is not “much love of self in him,” and lie lias alroad3* “told the de’il to get organize in their own way for their j own protection, 1 would insist upon the right of other meu, who do not choose to connect themselves with the a-sociations, but prefer to act as free lances—if you choose—to exercise their undoubted right of in dividual choice. Least of all is it behind him, ’ Nor would Dr. Tindal i to be conceded that one set of men have an office, because he rays he I shall deprive other sets of men of the “does not” mean to improve the po- ! r . l - ht8 i >f lal ’” r dwtrine re- , ... „ , , * ! duces tree labor to the condition 01 htioal condition 01 the larmers. *.o | stfI .|,j, ) |,| u lore intolerable than that when the oligarchy is defeated, the j which prevailed in tlie Middle Ages, ring broken up and the government j There will be no security unt:’ the in- purged of its present incompetent, j imbecile and extravagant officials ami cleansed of thei** cuttle-fish d3*e, the offices will have to be filled by the dupes who havo been recruited by assurances of “getting in on the home telligcnee of the community is arous ed and a decision bi lived at on tlie part of employ’ers that they will not permit aii3* p. rtion of their men to be coerced in the tight tojoiu, orto refuse to join, trade associations. I would not discourage such associations, but on tlie contrary I shall hope to see the without immediate relief. Three I rm-ntal fabric,” and charges the State doses will relieve ai)3’ ease, and we ! (Government with iiicnmpctenc3', im- hecilitv and extravagance. Self-eon- ^ ie Senate proposed to do except to consider it the duty of all druggists to failure in the his own fanr, he farmers of the State recommend it to the poor, dying con- J fessedlv a miserable sumptive, at least to try* one bottle, as [ iiiana <r euiciit of 80,000 dozen bottles were sold last! „ • . 0 , . ,, ,. ’ , . , •.,••11 aspires to load ttu vear, and not one ease where it failed * . . , , . was reported. Such a medieineas the ! *' 0 direct our agricultural atl.iirs. German Sip’uyt cannot be ten widelv i Rosing before the public* as the great known. Ask your druggist about it. : apostle of retrenchment and financial crudely* amended in the hurry of legislation, was sent to the stretch ” The disciples of tins latter j time when masters and workmen S nate, incongruous in shape and in-; day* school extol the advantages of will belong to such organizations in- correel even in its phraseology. All organization, apparently* regardless of Glided to piniiiote the weltaie of the 1 - ” 11 . . trade 111 which they are engaged the tact that there are now t:i exist-j •pj H .,. u may be ut times differences of strike out the provisions f,.j- the travel- ! ence two organizations of the agricul-; opinion and even strikes; but it is in Sample bottles to try, sold at H) cents. Regular size, 75 cents. .Sold by all Druggists and Dealers, in the United States and Canada. When persons enter the downward course of iniquity they have no inten tion of going far, but one step prepares the way for a second, and that for a third, until ere they are aware they are ruined for both worlds. As an old writer truly observes: “Many have i sty’les the agricultural members of tiie yielded to go a mile with Satan, who Senate who did not vote to his liking never intended to go with him twain; on certain hills, when lie was met at hut when once in tlie way with hint, “Philippi,”“agriculturalSolons,’’and have been inveigled further and fur-. illt imatcs that thffir a-Mimed wisdom Iher, until they know n >1 how to leave j will die with them, and joins ihe New* him. Thus lie leads poor oreat urcs j Courier in lire gratuitous asser- down into tlie depths ol sin, by wind- !,.... . . ing stairs, so that thev see not , he t,on tl,at a r ‘* cko ‘‘ ,n K'vHI he liad with bottom and end of that to which Hu-v them f. r their action when again they reform, he formulates a series of reso lutions, which, according to the esti mate of the News and Courier, with “their new-fangled schemes,” would add to the “burdened necks” of tlie “poverty-stricken, debt-enslaved, t *ix- ridden farmers” of the Slate .t'»M),u 0. With native modesty* he threatens a reorganization of the Senate, and with accustomed courtesy lie derisively ing committee, which, I will stale in passant, was an amendment proposed by* a Charleston lawyer, aud not con templated in the original hill, and which amendment on the part of ti e Semite was afterwards accepted by the House, was to make the bill conform to its altered surroundings—the at- tem; ts to etl'« et which I think were afterwards improved upon by* a com mittee of eonfeii nee with the approval of the Senate. Second. Also tie rejection by the Senate <<f Representative Brav. lev’s resolution providing for a traveling committee to investigate the practical open ti ms of agricultural colleges in other Slates, the Senate ha I already q u t e —(j,,. Agri- tolerable that, under any circumstaii* m.\ ices, the business of a whole coixnnu- z.leciiaiiical Association . , . ] nity shall he arrested because seme tural intercsls of tlu cultural aud and tlie Grange. When the organiza tion of the latter was in process its |.nice which requires tlie saeri merits were similarly magnified, hut ; the echo has nearly* died away anil ! the lesson lias been taught that tin material prosperity* of the farn er de- I ends far more upon individual enter-1 over ruling power is the law, wh prise, energy and thrift than upon organization. We are t<dd that tin* object is to get us out of old nils. The trouble is we are already out of the old ruts and into tiie new ones of indolence, credit nul extravagance. We should be relegated to the old ruts, where all classes relied on their own exertions man may iinmagine he IniHUgrie.*- flee of thousands of people, in order that he may get rights that ought to be r>e- j cure I to him by law, and confirmed 1 in Ihe Courts if they be denied. L other words, in this country the 01 7 overruling power is the law, wh establishes Use will of tile pconle, 1 any attempt to establish any. ot tribunal than the Courts, and e»; ially irresponsible and secret tri n ils, can only bring on tiie paral. of industry and the ruin of the v class whose interests are at stake. The President lias all >wed the appropriating $400,009. a year to 1 . passed a bill the provisions of which j and did not expect the Legislature to instructed the Board of Agriculture to ' provide for them—when men were in dustrious and frugal, and paid their way as they went—when we had no bottom and end of that to which tiiey idem >• r their action when again they .1 ' are going.—Church Mcssenyrr. appear before their constituency. Per- i take into careful consideration the plans, specifications, cost, »fce., of the erection of an agricultural college, and did not see the propriety of pass- homestead laws to debauch the finan cial integrity of our people, and no vide arms and equipments for u.’. ilia to become a law without his » : nature. The constitutional limltuti /, of ten days within which lie shot)'* have neted' on this hill expired Sat. day. It is believed to have been oversight as he was not known to o- ing this resolution, appointing, in a I- lien laws to beguile them into extrav- 1 jeet to any of its provisions.