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by*cline:scales & langston. % OXJK STOCK OW STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES let more Complete than Ever. T XN FACT you oen buy. from us almost anything that the market will afford. We are now selling? Hard-Head Cabbage, Beans, Squashes, Potatoes, Onions, Beets, And all of the Vegetablea grown here?bf our own growth. Now on hand one Car Load of y l> FINE GEORGIA MELONS. v All of which, we offer at prices that will defy competition. D. S. MAXWELL & SON, _ No. 5 Chiquola Place. MAtHfNe?Y! PRO&RESS! Staam Engines ^^^^^^^^^^^k ^?^m ^S THE CELEBRATED -TTST y I With Feeders and Condensers. ?THIS GEN partakes of the BEST FEATURES in others, and corrects the DEFECTS in all. RUBBER and LEATHER .BELTING, Sold under a positive guarantee that will protect every buyer. S&* By recent special contracts with Manufacturers we are in shape to com? pete with the world. All we ask for is a fair opportunity and no favore. HARDWARE, CUTLERY, ' IMPLEMENTS, &c, In such quantity and variety as to give as the lead not only ia Anderson but in *hi? State. ? DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, AND FINISHED BUILDING LUMBER, A SPECIALTY. SULLIVAN HARDWARE GO. Buggies, Baggies, BUGGIES! 111 m E HAVE NOW IN STOCK AND ARRIVING DAILY A LARGE STOCK OF BUGGIES. Tyson & Jones' Celebrated Buggies, Made in North Carolina, are the best sold in this market. They are superior in -material, style, workmanship and finish to any other maty, and present, with their elegant silver mountings, a very neat appearance, besides combining durability and , strength with lightness and easy riding qualities. In fact, there cannot be said too ; much in their praise, and all we ask is for you to come and see them before buying I elsewhere. ;; The well-known Eaydock Rice Coil Spring Buggies, ' Of which we have sold so many during the past two seasons, have given universal satisfaction, and the demand for them is constantly increasing. They are conceded to be the easiest riding Biggies made, and less tiresome for long distance travels fi theo any other. We keep a complete stock of these constantly on hand. Besides the foregoing we haves variety of other manufactures, and are tbere , fore prepared to suit all classes of trade. - Prices Low and Terms to Suit Purchasers. We also keep a large assortment of all kinds of? HARNESS FOR SALE. Before buying elsewhere be sure and call and examine our stock and prices. SYLVESTER BLECKLEY COMPANY. for Infants and Children. "Castoria Is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. Arche?, M. D., Ill 8a Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y. ICastoria cares Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di? gestion, Without injurious medication. Ths Cehtaub Compact, 77 Murray Street, N. T. cotton going higher. WE are gfod to be able to inform our friends and customers that Cotton is bound to go up, if you will not be in too bisr a hurry to sell. In the meantime you can bay all kinds of? Groceries, Fireworks and IXZmas GS-ootls f aH binds aa oheap or cheaper than anywhere in Town from? Yours, wRk %anks for past patronage, E,W.TAytOB&CO, T^??H^'COI/?MN, All Communications intended for thisColnmn should be addressed to C. WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An? derson, S. 0. MEMORY GEMS. He who lives for himself alone, has very little to live for. Be willing to do your duty, and do it I willingly.! ' ' At Cooks and Starr, on the S. V. R. R., I are two good openings for schools next year. The members of the State Teachers' Association will be entertained by the people in and around Anderson, during the meeting of the Association. We publish below a very interesting letter from the pen of Miss Lizzie An? derson, one of our beat teachers. Will not other teachers follow her example and give us contributions ? If every one would bear his full share, the burdens of this life would not rest heavily on any one. However, it alwayB has been, and we suppose it always will be, that some must bear the burdens while others go free. LEI'S HAVE NO SUMMER SCHOOLS. We again request the Trustees in the various Districts to be very careful in reference to the Summer schools. In moat of the Districts, with only two or three exceptions there are not sufficient funds to run a school long enough to do any permanent good. We would much prefer letting any unexpended balances go into next year's funds, and thereby save borrowing every year. Borrowing money for schools shortens the term, and now is a good time to get at least a little ahead. There will be no money with which to pay for Summer schools until about the first of January. And it would be much better not to run a abort Sum* mer school than to run it on a credit, which will have to be done in all the Districts, except Brushy Creek, Broada way and Williamston, and in these there are only enough to run a very short time, Bay from four to six weeks. For these reasons we think it decidedly better not to have any schools this summer further than we are able to pay cash. We he* lieve this to be for the educational inter* est of the Districts. THOUGHTS FROM A TEACHER. To the Editor of the Teachers' Column: Sometime ago you requested the teach? ers to furnish something for their column during the vacation. I will try to com? ply with your requst, (thermometer 98? in the shade) and Bend you a few ran? dom thoughts, some of which were sug? gested by the last meeting of the Teach? ers' Association. One teacher could Bee very little ad* vantage in the use of the new arithmeti? cal cbartB,'and it was not his fault that he failed to get a practical illustration of its advantages. His idea was that the dots on the first few pages would have a tendency to cause the child to count on his fingers. I think one great advantage in its use is to prevent that very thing. The child, who did not thoroughly acquire the facts of numbers when he began its study, is the one that uses his 'fingers to reach a fact in the advance study of arithmetic. The charts afford so much drill, that pupils may soon ac? quire the facts aud give them without the slightest hesitation. I find the use of objects very helpful with beginners. I have them apply tbe facts learned from the chart by means of little problems made by themselves. They soon acquire simple relations of numbers, also use of fractional parts. Sometime one sees older pupils divide or multiply just as tbe book says without and reason about it, not thinking what the figures represent. They have been trained to figure work instead of tbe study of numbers. The charts aid the teacher in forming a good foundation for the study of arithmetic. Want of time is a drawback in using chart drills for separate classes. I com? bine them much as possible, making the drills more difficult for older pupils than for littles ones. I&jegard to methods of calling on pu? pils to recite, I much prefer to question the class, and call on individuals for an? swers, to the use of the consecutive method. On the exclusive use of tbe latter, I am reminded of a story told by a Sunday School teacher of your city. She taught the child's catechism to a class of email boys. They sat in the same order every Sunday. Once it happened that one of them was absent. She began as usual at tbe bead with the first question, "Who made you?" and received this reply: "Tbe little boy that God made is not here to day." By clinging too closely to the above method, we teachers some? times receive just such odd replies. It is also a temptation to pupils to give their attention only long enough to answer tbe questions addressed to themselves. I do not keep an individual class record, but keep a record of the class as a whole on the black-board, a star (*) indicating a good lesson, a ring (o) not good. In class work I try to use questions and suggestions that will cause the pupil to think for himself, and not let the book or teacher do it for him, for, by Bimply trying to recall the words of the book, he will gain very little. I find pupils who spurn questions not io tbe book. They imagine such questions spoil a "beauti? ful" recitation, or perhaps it is too much trouble to think out tbe answers. But often we are too hurried and do not give them time enough to think. Every good thought is produced slowly, and takes more Lime than singing out the words of tbe book.' I want pupils to speak as nat? urally in the class as they do in conver? sation, and avoid that expressionless monotone, or that tiresome interrogative tone. Experience has taught me this: if in my own mind there is a feverish, disturbed condition, the pupils are likely to partake of it, and their work is? not bo good. I find also that sharp, stern words of command will sometimes cause very unamiable replies, perhaps ending in a fit of stubbornness, while a pleasant re ANDERSON, S. O, que?t will be obeyed mach more cheer? fully. The tone of our voices is sure to find an echo. Pleasant words fall like sunshine in the garden of the school? room, but harsh ones fall like frost, with? ering many a tender plant. The teacher has innumerable opportunities of apply* ing the golden rule. I have found it a good plan in school management to talk with the pupils near the close of school about our day's work, behavior, &c. Sometimes I ask such questions as these: "Have we done our best work to-day ? Have we made our school pleasant? Have you been polite and kind to each other ? To your teacher? Have I treated you well? Have we been quiet and orderly to-day ? Or, what has there been unpleasant to? day ? Any sulky, disobedient, deceptive, or disrespectful pupils? What is thought of a school where the boys use bad lan? guage and fuss with each other? Are you a help or hindrance in making a good name for our school ? In what way can we make it better, &c? We talk also of the effect of regularity and punct? uality, and often refer to our ideal school ?a very good one with nothing to mar its usefulness. We speak of a sense of honor and self-respect that we should have, also that the eye of the Great Teacher is ever upon us, and that we should strive to do only that which He approves. Should we try to teach a child that which he does not like, and his parents disapprove? It is true we can not do much for him contrary to his likes and to the wishes of his parents,* but, unless patrons permit their children to take part in all the exercises of the school, they are tearing it down instead of help? ing to build it up as they should. They destroy the confidence of the child in tbe teacher's knowing what is best for him, besides exerting a bad influence on the others. The progress of the child does not lie with the teacher alone. In the matter of attendance much harm is done by parents sending their child to school one-half or one-fourth of his time, He only gets enough to muddle his brain. "A little learning," &c. If parents could only be teachers awhile, and see what such a child lacks (not in book knowl? edge) they would never permit anything except sickness to keep a child from school. Some parents act as though they considered every other thing first, and school last and least of all. If the child has no work at all to do, nowhere to go, he may trot off to school. I am thank? ful to say that the majority of patrons do show that they appreciate Bchool advan? tages, and, if they continue to help the teachers, and the teachers continue to help themselves by attending teachers' meetings, &o, the schools will become more and more a power for good. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for securing the State Teachers' Association, and hoping that all our teachers can make it it convenient to attend, I remain Your sincere friend, Lizzie H. Anderson. Anderson, S. C, June 29,1891. The U. S. Treasury Books Show a De fielt. The bottom has been touched at lasr. The treasury books show a deficit of nearly $8,000,000. It is a humiliating exhibit and is directly chargeable to republican finan ciery. During the eleven months of the pres? ent fiscal year, from July 1st, 1890, to June 1st, 1891, the net reduction of tbe public debt was only ?27,645,862, and the reduction occurred during tbe first seven months of the fiscal period. Since February the actual increase of the pub? lic debt is $2,544,363. The outlook for the next fiscal year, beginning July 1st, is very bad. The treasury is practically bare and the receipts under the McKinley bill are all that Mr. Foster will have to depend on, unless he confiscates the gold reserve. When Mr. Cleveland turned over the presidency to Mr. Harrison, he left an available sum for current obligations equivalent to 8194,000,000. The average surplus during Mr. Cleveland's time amounted to $100,000,000, about one half of which was applied annually to reducing the public debt. What Mr. Foster will do to put a bet? ter face on the treasury affairs remains to be Been.?Atlanta Journal. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of the Intelligencer will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that ia Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a consti? tutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving tbe patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work, The proprietors have bo much faith in Ub curative powers that they offer One Hun? dred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggistf, 75 cents. ? The large steam plow that was start? ed up in China, Cal., lately, will run day and night, and will plow Bixty acres every twenty-four hours. ? Scientists say that the orange was originally a berry, and its evolution has been going on for more than 1,000 years. How did the scientists find this out? ? A correspondent of the New York World says: "I once knew a man here in New York who used to raise chickens on the top of his house. Everybody laugh? ed at the idea of his being able to make it p. success, but I have bought eggs and chickens from him many and many a time, so I know that he did. He built a railing of slats all about the edge of the roof, so that the chickens could not fly over. He had plenty of freBh earth on tbe floor, and in one corner a coop where the roosts and nosts were, and in another corner an awning was stretched for shade;" THURSDAY MORE THE FINAL FIGHT HERE. Greenville the Bnttle Ground where Giants Strove. From the Greanville Newt. The recent death of Dr. James 0. Fur man, at Greenville, S.O., recalled the last campaign for the secession of South Caro? lina, in I860. The final battlefield was Greenville, that district being the last to yield to the secessionists in their gradual march from the seaboard to the moun? tains. Benjamin F. Ferry was the able and acknowledged leader of the unionists of that county, as well as those who were scattered ehewhere in the State. To win Greenville to the cause of secession, was to make the entire delegation from all parts of the State to the secession con? vention, which met in Columbia in De? cember, 1860, solid for separation from the Union. To defeat Perry and convert the Unionists, was to reclaim Greenville district, and bring it under control of the secessionists. The writer, being a native of Green? ville, and a student of Furman Universi? ty at that time, took part in the stirring events of those days, and has vivid re? collections of them still. Politically, as well as geologically, the State of South Carolina has long been divided into low country, middle couutry and up country. Charleston, in the low country, has been called the birth place and hot bed of secession. The majority of the middle, as well as lower sections, where the wealthiest planters and slave owners lived, seemed to have been nega? tive secessionists, while some of the up? per, and more mountainous counties were controlled by unionists in the days of nullification, from 1830 to 1860. Jackson and the unionists of those days had a scattering number of followers m the middle and lower portion of Carolina, led by such men as James L. Pettigrew, of Charleston. There were found even women to fight for the Union in the days of nullification. The first blood shed in the secession war is said to have resulted from one woman's stabbing another with a pair of scissors in heated debate on nullification. But one by one of the upper counties yielded to the secessionists, till in 1860, only Greenville remained in its majority for the Union. The secession minority of that county, up to 1860, was by no means insignificant in number, ability, or leadership. They well knew their battleground and the strength of the Unionists, led by the gallant Perry. The secessionists campaign of 1860, for the capture of Greenville County from the Unionists, and from Perry'b leadership, was almost perfect in its plans, as well as in its accomplishment of the plans. The two parties of the County met early in the Spring of 1860, and formed their plans, and when the time came to select candidates for dele? gates to attend the State Convention to decide the question whether South Caro? lina would leave the Union or not, the Unionists nominated a delegation, head? ed by Ex-Governor Perry, while the se? cessionists selected a man in their midst who had never before taken any active part in the politics of the County?the Rev. Dr. James C. Farman, president of the university in Greenville, and a prom nent leader in the Baptist denomination, whose membership was very large in Greenville County. Doctor Furman lived in Greenville until recently, and was a member of the faculty of the denomi? national college he endowed and built up in Greenville years before the war. His father, the Rev. Richard Furman, D. D., was a soldier in the Revolution of 1776, and long the pastor of the Baptist Church at Charleston, where his son, James C. Furman, was born and educa? ted. So when this gentleman moved from the low country to Greenville, about the year 1850, the secessionists, unawares, re? ceived into their party the captain under whose leadership they were destined in 1860 to capture Greenville county from the Unionists. How dissimilar the two opposing lead? ers, Furman, the secessionist, and Perry, the Unionist! In person, Furman was almost as small and as delicate as a wo? man, while Perry was a tall and stately mountaineer. IV.rman was pious, refin? ed, modest, nnassuming and spotless in character, while Perry was bold, aggres? sive, proud and domineering, a promi? nent lawyer and a trained statesman. Furman's silver tongue had been devoted to the preaching of the gospel and the instruction of young men in his universi? ty ; Perry had started his public labors in the days of Andrew Jackson, had slain an antagonist in a duel, the diffi? culty growing out of political controversy in nullification days, had been the lead ing lawyer in the up-country for years, and had held the voting majority of his county in his hand. Intellectually they were both of the first order. Ab speakers, they had few superiors. Though of dif? ferent Church relations, and opposing political partieB, Furman and Perry were devoted personal friends and co workers in all progressive and benevolent move? ments. They fought the closing battle for secession and principle, each believ? ing he was right. Perry visited nil parts of the county, and spoke ably against se? cession ; Furman left his pulpit and his chair in the college and followed Perry, speaking in favor of secession, swaying multitudes in his favor wherever he spoke. The speaking closed prior to the day of election, in a great mass meeting in the court house hall in the town of Greenville, gotten up by the secessionists. Furman was the lion of the day. He had converted thousands of unionists who had embraced tha secession cause, at the various voting precincts in the county. To carry the town was the object of the masB meeting of secessionists. The day came. The procession formed at the col? lege. Doctor Furman, surrounded by other members of the faculty, marched in front, followed by the students, of whom the writer was one. Next follow? ed multitudes of secessionists. Perry's law office stood on the main street nearly opposite the court house. From the win? dow of his office he viewed the exulting secessionists as they moved along the street and flowed into the court house. It was as he saw the procession, headed by ministers of the gospel, that he said: "Father, forgive them, they know riot (TNG, JULY 16, 1891 what they do," meaning the secessionists. It was this same Perry, who, a few months later, the State having seceded, wrote to the governor: "The State is go? ing to the devil, and I must go with it." The crowd having assembled in the court house, the speaker of the day, Doctor Furman, addressed himself to the task, and delivered a powerful speech, about two hours in length. Taking up the Calhoun argument in favor of State rights, he met the uuionista by arguing that the general government bad no right or power to keep a State in the Union against the free will of the majority of the people of such State, and that any State choosing and decreeing to leave the Union could do so as freely as it entered the Union. He said the time had come when the people of South Carolina, and the whole South, should assert their right to secede?that if South Carolina would lead the secession movement, the other Southern States would follow. The cli? max of Doctor Furman's speech was the conclusion, in which he asserted, with dramatic force, that no war would follow secession. "When our northern brethren," said he, "see that we of the South are in earnest, they will yield when they realize that separation from the Union is a real? ity. One State's seceding will be a pro? test so powerful against the aggressions of the abolitionists that they will com? promise and settle the difficulties by peaceful measures. "If South Carolina will now unani? mously decide to withdraw from the Union," said the speaker, "I verily be? lieve that, as small and feeble as I am, I could stand on Fort Sumter and keep back, with a broom stick, all the yankees who come to fight us." When Doctor Furman had finished with this statement, which he certainly believed, every unionist who heard him, seemed to change his mind and become ready to vote with the secessionists. "If secetaion is meant only as a protest against the abolitionists," thought the unionists, of whom I was one. "If there will follow no war, but a peaceful and final settlement of the long pending dif? ficulties, then let us make the protest in the form of separation from the Union." Alas I how sad were we mistaken. But this was the firm belief of ninety-nine persons out of every hundred, in 1860, that no hostilities would follow secession. TlLMAN R. G?INES. Life In Japan. In a letter to one of the News and Cou? rier staff, dated Kobe, Japan, June 10, 1891, a well-known young Cbarlestonian, whose initials are "A. J. S-," and who is making an extended Eastern tour, writes as follows: "I arrived in Japan about three weeks ago and according to promise will try and give you some idea of its people and customs. The country as a rule is moun? tainous, picturesque and quite healthy. The natives are most interesting, polite, good uatured and obliging. Taking them as a class the women are far supe? rior to the men in looks, in fact they are quite pretty and exceedingly neat, a Japanese girl not thinking her toilet complete without the daily bath. "In regard to the hotels, they have a great deal to learn ; an exception to this rule, however, is at Fujuia, Hot Springs Mujanosbeta, which are kept in an excep? tionally first-claBs style. One does not 'fee' at Japanese hotels, but when leav? ing, if so disposed, you give one of the girls a email sum; the money thus obtained is kept in a safe until the end of the year, when it is divided pro rata among the lot. When leaving the hotel you are escorted to the 'Jiniriksha' by the proprietor and ten or fifteen of the servants, who bid you farewell in a most respectful manner, keeping up a contin? ual bowing until you are out of sight. "The Japanese do not observe the Sab? bath but twice a month. The working class have holiday, when, if ao disposed, they can worship at the temples, which, by the way, are beautiful specimens of ancient art. While at Nikko I witnessed the annual fete of the gods. After tbe ceremonies in tbe temples a procession Mas formed of over two thousand men. First in line were the dancing girls, fol? lowed by men personating wild beasts; then came tbe sacred ponies, priests, archers and standard bearers. The sacred shrines were next in order, being carried on the shoulders of 200 men, fol? lowed by more animals, birds, and last, but not least, the 'holy monkey,' who seemed to appreciate the importance of his position. "Another of the sights for travellers is the Japanese theatre. The style of architecture is similar to ours, with tbe exception of the stage, which is revolv? ing. After an actor has performed his part he steps into a small circle formed in the middle of the stage (which re? volves on a pivot) and is thus slowly removed from view. The acting is of a very silly order and after a time becomes quite monotonous "I cannot close my letter without re? ferring to the Jinirksha coolies. These remarkable fellows think nothing of drawing their little carriages (with your? self and satchel) forty to fifty miles a day. They can be hired for the small sum of ten cents an hour. As am now so far East I have decided to go around the world. My route will be Japan, China, Malay Peninsular, Ceylon, India, Suez, Arabia, Italy, France. England, and then back to America. Our Old Fire Company. "That waa a gay old company that we belonged to, Joe, away back in '68, when you and I 'ran with the machine.' Do you remember that big fire in Hotel Row, one freezing night, when fifteen people were pulled out of their burning rooms and came down the ladder in their night clothes, and how 'Dick' Greene brought down two 'kids' at once?one in his arms, the other slung on his back? Poor 'Dick!' He got the catarrh dread? fully, from so much exposure, and suffer? ed from it five years or more. We thought once he was going in consump? tion, sure. But, finally he heard of Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, and tried it, and it cured him up as sound as a flint. I tell you, Joe, that catarrh remedy is a great thing. It saved as good a man and as brave a fireman as ever trod shoe leath fir." Fortunes on the Farms. After contending with and overcoming many difficulties the farmers of South Carolina appear to be reaching solid ground. Marion farmers are making great improvement in agriculture, fruit culture and stock raisiog. Lancaster is giving much attention to grapes and tobacco. Florence has demonstrated that the finest bright leaf tobacco can be grown in that locality. A Lancaster planter expects to realize $2,000 from ten acres in tobacco. Unusual attention is given to fruit culture and live stock in Hampton County. A pear orchard of 1,100 trees is a feature of a farm near Lawtonville, in Hampton County. The progressive planters of Clarendon are rivalling those of the fer? tile Fee-Dee region. The entire western part of Clarendon is exceedingly produc? tive. Sumter is improving her agricultu? ral methods and producing fine crops of cotton, corn and small grain. Lexington is fast substituting thoroughbreds and high grade stocks for native scrubs. Berkshire pigs have driven out the "pine rooter." A bale of cotton to the acre in Lexing tox is not now uncommon. Farm lands in Aiken show considerable increase in value, a good indication of flourishing farmers. Oconee is making great agricul? tural progress, especially in fruit raising. Walhalla ships large quantities of grapes to outside markets. Blooded stock, horses and cattle are as common in this County as scrubs formerly were. The financial condition of Marlboro farmers is excel? lent, and all the lands are in a high state of cultivation. Horry farmers are giving 1 much attention to stock-raising. New farm houses and fences, improved agri? cultural implements, and the great atten? tion given to stock-raising prove that the farmers of Darlington are thrifty and prosperous. The completion of the Char? leston, Snmter and Northern Railroad will afford better railroad facilities to the farmers of Darlington and many sections of the County will plant melons for mar* ket. Darlington stockraisers usually car? ry home many of the premiums from the State Fair offered for stock. Stock rais? ing is a growing industry in Georgetown. As the immense pine forests of Williams burg are denuded of the timber the land is put into cultivation, and this has largely increased the cultivated area, Lands in this section have been highly fertilized and well cultivated, and the production per acre in cotton has increas? ed from a fourth of a bale to three-fourths and a bale. Fruit culture is increasing I also and is profitable. Grapes are shipp? ed to Northern markets three weeks earlier than from other parts of the State Improved farming methods prevail in Union County. Blooded stock has large? ly superseded the native. Agricultural improvement in Laurens County is marked. Fruit culture and the breeding of fine stock receive much attention. Spartanburg farmers show the improve? ment of their methods by terracing lands, close attention to farm details, the exten? sive and general use of the best farm ma? chinery and the breeding of thorough? bred live stock. The farmers of Beaufort raise their own supplies and are conse? quently prosperous. Anderson County farmers are said to have more money in the banks than those of any other section in the State. Whether or not this is true it is strictly accurate to say that they are progressive and happy. Grape culture is an important industry and is increasing annually in value, In all parts of South Carolina the farmers are in better finan? cial condition than at any time since the war. The big cotton crop of last year would have mad them independent of factors and commission merchants if the high prices for cotton early in the season bad continued. The condition of the cotton crop at this time is not so promis? ing as last year, but any loss of acreage or reduction of product will doubtless be made up by the enhanced price of a short crop. Lands in every section are appa? rently increasing in value in consequence of the great industrial development of the State. Assessors' reports to the Comptrol? ler General show considerable increase in the value of personal property over last year, and altogether it may be said tbat the farmers of South Carolina are as prosperous and progressive as any other class of our citizens.?News and Courier. An Old Woman's Blessing. An elderly woman, whose face was drawn with lines of illness, entered a Fourth Avenue car near the Grend cen? tral station the other day. Every seat was occupied, some of them by men. A gloved hand presently rested on the new arrival's arm, and with a simple, "Here's a seat for you," the elderly woman found herself in a comfortable place vacated for her by a young woman of striking pres? ence and rich attire. The elder protested while she thanked the one who had given up her own for her, but the younger smiled and said it was a pleasure to do eo slight a eervice. And she looked as if she felt it a pleasure. Several men promptly offered their places to the young woman, but she politely declined them. When the young woman left the car further up town every face was turned to look after her, and various kind and flat? tering remarks were made about her. Struck by the extraordinary interest ta? ken in her, the elderly woman, who had been the special recipient of her gra ciousness, said to some one near her: "You all admire her as she deserves, but do you know who she is ?" "Why, ye3, that was Mrs. Cleveland," was the response. "Oh, my, to think of my taking a seat I from her?" said the.elderly passenger re \ gretfully. "Well, an old woman's bless? ing will iiiways go with her."?New York Time3. Bncklen's Arnica Salve The best salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe? ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil? blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros. VOLUM] A Plea For Free Speech, To the Editor of the News and Courier: A member of the Farmers' Alliance and endorsing its purpose and intent, I do not consider myself bound to surrendej either conscience or intelligence to the behests of any man or party within tbe Alliance, nor do I so construe ray obli? gations as a faithful member of that organization. Profoundly impressed with the conviction that many of my brethren need enlightenment of the discussed sub-treasury question, it is manifestly unreasonable?to use a mild term?to claim a majority of members of the Alliance as in favor of that measure. Primarily our organization is an edu? cational one. The original promoters and founders of the Order were undoubt? edly right in demanding that the farmer should cease to be a blind and helpless waif and that in the face of the many powerful forces arrayed against him he should be placed in a position to combat effectively all iniquitous obstacles to his legitimate welfare and progress/ Briefly, the farmers have gone to school and are learning rapidly much that is steadily lifting them up to a place where, shoulder to shoulder, they are finding themselves possessed of power which, conservatively exercised, will sooner or later obtain solid and lasting benefit. I say, "conservatively exer? cised," otherwise the issue will be more than doubtful, and it is just here where the caution festina lente?hasten slowly? is peculiarly appropriate. As already said the Farmers' Alliance is prominently an educational institution. Our farmers are receiving and assimilat? ing much valuable knowledge, but every honest Alliance man will confess it? they do not know everything, and it would be rank folly to give them credit for that profound experience and states I manship which alone can qualify them to judge broadly and soundly ou such a question as that of the sub-treasury. And yet some of our brethren who are enthusiasts in favor of this scheme would demand a blind and unquestioning en? dorsement of it by every Alliance mem? ber 1 A "majority" thus exhibited would simply indicate a meekness and submis? sion on the part of vastly many which would be greatly more deplorable than praiseworthy, as it would plainly indi | cate a pitiful acceptance of a situation the merits of which ignorance?if blame? less ignorance?must render them inca? pable of comprehending. In view of the magnitude of such ques? tions as that of the sub-treasury, ques? tions the wise and careful solution of which means safety and prosperity, and tbe rash and impetuous solving more than a possibility of far reaching disas? ters, especially to the farmer, is it right is it not flagrantly wrong to keep silence and not utter a word of warning ? To conclude, the situation clearly demands that advocates on both sides be heard and that no Alliance trade mark be allowed to prejudice the calm and deliberate discussion of the pros and cons. To my brothers of the Alliance, to whose manhood and independence these words are addressed, I would simply say take care and "go ahead" only when you are?from your own ability to judge? "sure you are right." I necessarily do not shield myself be? hind a fictitious name. Henry Eubanks. Qrcenville County, July 3,1891. Are Yon Beady. Ready for service. Ready for sacrifice. Ready to own your faults. Ready to lift up fallen people. Ready for downright hard work. Ready to give up your prejudices. Ready for war with the whisky mon? ster. Ready to do small jobs in out of the way places. Ready to shorten up your prayermeet ing speeches. Ready to be as tender to fallen women as to fallen men. Ready to make your vote and prayers point in the same way. Ready to stand alone in a cause you believe to be right. Ready to say a good word about peo? ple or say nothing at all. Ready to consecrate your one talent to the cause of righteousness. Ready to make moral cleanness a con? dition of the young man's admission to your home. Ready to speak an inspiring world to the pastor, and to carry one end of his heavy load. Ready to be called "peculiar" when you will not do things 'society' has ordained as proper. Ready to limber your dignity a little for tho sake of saving tbe man who thinks you altogether too stiff. Test This Everybody. The Listener observed a very curious and interesting thing the other night. He had occasion to wait for an evening train in the Columbus avenue station. As he entered and sat down there were already eight men and two women sitting on the benches, and, having nothing bet? ter to do, the Listener noticed that every one of the men had his leg crossed over his right knee, while it was sufficiently apparent in case of the two ladies this Btate of things was exactly reversed. As the Listener was meditating upon the reason for this curious circumstance a lady and gentleman entered and sat down; and immediately Ihe gentleman put his left leg over his right knee, while the lady joined .her sisters in the room in exactly the same attitude. By and by more men came, and more; and every one of them put his left leg over his right knee, till there were actually seventeen men sittting in that positiou in that little waiting room. Only one more lady came, but she too followed exactly the example of the other women. Seventeen men and four women fn one room, all with ono knee over the other, but the women's in reversed directions. Is there auy physiologist who can explain why this should be so? ? A Hope (Ind.) cow gives fifteen gal? lons of milk a day. E XXVI.- -NO. 2. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? The religion that has no joy in it does not come from God. ? Faith fears nothing. Faith and trial are the best of friends. ? The poorest man on earth is t^5oce who has the fewest trials. ? A child horn without eyes is at? tracting the attention of New Yorkers] ?Ihe only people who are discontent ed are those who are not doing their whole duty. ? A man at Oakland, Cal., is paying] a fellow-citizen ?100 a week not to speak* to him for a month. ?Maud Evans, of Beaver Falls, Penn.,1 who is only sixteen years of age, has a| third set of natural teeth. ? "Now, Jennie, let me see whether^ you know your lesson. Tell me who first! discovered whalebone." "Jonah, .*IJ guess." ? "Ma," said a little girl, "Wi wants the biggest piece of pie, and I sink I ought to have it, cause he was eating pie two years 'fore I was bornded." . ? Daughter?"Father, Mr. Hendrlcks is a very bright young man." Father? "He must be. I notice you never have I a light in the parlor the night he calls." ?The ordinary watch gives 116,144,000 - j ticks during a year. This information is furnished by the Jeweler's Circular to save the people the trouble of counting the ticks. ? An Indiana woman very rightly * sues her husband for a divorce for put^| ting a mouse down her back. She said i she could stand most anything but an * outrage like that. ? James Bartley of New London, says M he has just spent thirty six hours in a whale's belly. It is an open question now whether James more resembles g Jonah or Ananias. ? "Do brutes have a language ?" ask? ed the president of the Millville Literary circle, at a recent meeting. "Do they?'7* replied the secretary; "you ought to hear my husband when he loses his collar butr^ ton." ? A bride was arrayed in her wedding :'f finery and 200 guests had assembled at Keyport, N. J., when she received a notev^; from the groom that he couldn't he pres? ent, as his wedding clothes didn't fit_^ him. ? Frederick Dengler, an old and ec? centric miser, was found dead-in his hovel at Lima, 0-, having evidently been dead for several days. His wealth, which he had deposited in the various banks, is estimated at $29,000. ?In China all the land belongs to the State, and a trifling sum per acre, never altered through long centuries, is paid as rent. This is the only tax in the coun? try, and it amounts to but about sixty ..cents per head. I ( ?The longest suit of hair in the world / is perhaps that which grows on the head ,' of Miss Asenath Pbilpott, of Gainesville, Texas, ber'a trailing on the gronnd when she stands nearly four feet, measuring in - all ten feet, seven inches. ? A syndicate of young Charleston--* speculators went in stro'Dg--*33-ijull8 oo-^ cotton some time ago. The staple kept going down, and last week the last of their margin was consumed and the bot? tom dropped out. They lost about $60,000. ?"Marie, what are those things on that' . tree?" "They're blossoms." "Ob, does ? the tree drink ?" "No, of course not. What put that in your head ?" Why, I heard grandma tell mamma that drink? ing was putting a beautiful blossom on papa." ? It is an old story of the Scotch Presbyterian who said: "That the devil _ is had you can tell by his very name; for, if you take away the d, it is evil, and take away the de it is vile, take away the dev it is ill, so that he is an ill, vile, evil devil. ?There is a mountain of coal in Wild Horse Valley, which has been burning for more than thirty yesrs. It sends up dense volumes of smoke, and at times the ' gas from it is almost suffocating, even at a distance of fifty to seventy-five miles from the burning coal bed. ? The Alliance platform adopted sev? eral days ago at Grand Forks, N. D., makes no mention of the Cincinnati platform. It demands a 100 cent silver dollar and the taxation of mortgages, and favors an income tax, prohibition and woman suffrage. The Alliance also in? dorses the Ocala platform. ? The Boston Traveller, Republican organ, is authority for the statement that Republican money went into South Carolina and was used to defeat Hamp? ton and elect Irby to the United^States Senate, and that "much more extencYed? preparations are being made for the next campaign under the skillful leadership of ex-Gov. Long at the Boston end of the line and of J. H. McLane of Columbia, S. C, at the other end." It adds that "McLane's Alliance tendencies would shock his Boston associates under ordi? nary circumstances, but they are willing to join hands with him and tolerate the crudities of the Alliance to beat the Democrats." And there is nothing else on earth in the way of either "crudity" or rascality which the Republican party would not tolerate to "beat the Demo? crats." That which shocks it "under ordi? nary circumstances," becomes very mild and agreeable when it can be turned to the help of the Republican party. Mos-, by, of the "black flag," and Chalmers, the butcher of Fort Pillow, "shocked'^ it very much until they went over to iKe Republican party, since which time they have not only been "tolerated," but re? ceived with honor. The readjusters of Virginia shocked them immensely until Mahone, elected as a Democrat, sold himself to the Republican party and became an honored leader. In short, the Republican party always and under all circumstances acts upon the maxim laid down by Senator Sherman that "any thing is justifiable in morals which will hurt the Democratic party."?Nashville American._ Entitled to the Best. All are entitled to the best that their I money will buy, so every family shouldj have, at once, a bottle of the best famil remedy, Syrup of Figs, to cleanse tht system when costive or bilious. For salej in 50c and $1.00 bottles by all leading' druggists.