The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 14, 1892, Image 1
BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON.
ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 14, 1892.
VOLUME XXVI.- -NO. 41
SEASON OF 1892.
Womens,' Misses' and Childrens' Fine
OXFORD TIES!
Duchess, Langtry, Brighton, Elite, Souvenir,
Theo, Adonis, Everett and Southern Ties. ?
Juliet, Strap, House and Opera Slippers.
YACHTING and LAWN TENNIS SHOES.
jas. p? gossett & co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Boots and Shoes,
Anderson, S. C , under Hotel Chiqnola,
THREE CHEERS FOR TARIFF REFORM
A1NX>
FREE COINAGE OF SILVER.
THESE WILL HELP YOU, BUT
CHAPMAN
Will put money in your pocket if you will call
and see his Goods and Prices.
My'STOCK IS NOW READY FOE INSPECTION, and I ask the Trading
Pablic to call and examine-my Goods before baying. My stock was bongbt with
(he HARD CASH, and I have?
SOME RARE BARGAINS
To offer the people of Anderson, thereby aaving them money on every dollar's
worth of Goods yon bay from me. To my old customers aod"friend8 I would say
that I am in a better position to save them dollars and cents than ever before.
My Stock of Prints is - ? ?.Fascinating.
My Stock of Canton Cloth is.Beautiful.
My Stock of Delhi Cloth is.Immense.
7t p My. Stock of Ginghams is.? Lonely.
?^v My Stock of Cord Du Roi is- ?. Wonderful.
My Stock of Embroideries is.Surpassing.
My Stock of Laces.Beats the world.
jfi My Stock of Wool Dress Goods- There is none better.
My Stock of Braid is.The Latest.
My Stock of Shoes.Beats the World.
In fact my entire Stock is pretty,
Bought Cheap, and
Will be sold Cheap.
COME AND SEE ME.
W. A. CHAPMAN, Agent,
Next to Masonic Temple.
WANTED!
MaGS, HIDES and BEESWAX by PEOPLES & BURRISS, at good prices.
SECOND HAND STOVES
At gocd or better than most of the new ones now offered yon, which we are offering
at a low price. We hope you will bear in mind that we deal in?
Tin, China Crockery, Glassware,
And EVERYTHING in the House Furnishing line, and at prices that cannot be
beat by any one. Price elisewhere, then come to see us and you will be convinced.
TIN BOOKING.
GRAVEL ROOFING and
GUTTERING,
Promptly done by experienced men.
Yours very truly,
- , PEOPLES & BURRISS.
DON'T FAIL TO VISIT
11 m
DEALERS IIV
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING,
BOOTS AND SHOES, .
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
FRUITS and CONFECTIONERIES.
i$r We are selling Goods CHEAP, and will treat you
right.
Give us a call.
Yours truly,
E. W. BROWN & SONS.
HOW TO SAVE MOM!
You can Says Money by Buying your
School Books and Stationery at
COLLINS' BOOK STORE.
A full line of School Books, Blank
Books, Stationery, Pictures and Picture
Frame?, and other goods too numerous to
mention, all at the lowest prices,
PHOTOGRAPHS.
My Photograph Galiery has been lately
refitted with all the latest improved appara
? tus for making Pictures of all kinds, from
the size of a postage stamp to life size in
the finest finish. Portraits enlarged toanv
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prices. Don't forget this if you want a
nice Phcto.
Respectfully,
J. H. COLMNS.
MONUMENTS
' ? and ?
TOMB STONES.
Hav IXG purchased the Marblo Busi?
ness of the late T. M. White we aro pre?
pared to supply all Marble Work prompt?
ly, in good style and?
AT LOWEST PEICES.
Give us a call on North Main Street, by
the Railroad Bridge.
WHITE-& CO.
Febi8B2 SI ,' Sm
TEj??HE}f$'GdLUMN,
-flER All communications intended for
this Column should be addressed to C.
WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An?
derson. 8. C.
memory gems.
Be true to thy God, and then it must
follow, as surely as the day follows the
night, thou can'st not be false to thyself,
thy country nor thy fellowman.
"Thou shalt not tahe the name of the
Lord thy Gcd in vain."
We are tryiag to arrange a program
for the next meeting of the County
Teachers' Association. At this meeting
we expect Bome very fine work, and if we
can secure the services of those we now
have in mind, it will certainly be worth
attending. We would again express the
desire that every teacher in the County
would attend. The program will proba?
bly appear next week.
Miss Maggie Evans and Mrs. Lucile
Baker have a school that is certainly
doing good work. We-epent a few hours
there recently and enjoyed the time very
much. They bare some as bright and
quick pupils aB can be found. They
seem to have a comprehensive and clear
idea of their work. The girls are cheerful,
happy and studious. We were very
much pleased with their work.
We can say the atmosphere ??f our
school rooms is steadily improving; it is
more moral, more permeated with the
real essence of Christianity; there is a
stronger demand for a higher grade of
men and women. It is rare to hear of a
teacher involved in any disreputable act.
They are better educated, using the term
broadly. The people are more jealous
about committing their children to the
care of strangers than formerly.
In the recent examination of teachers
we were impressed with the clearness
with which some of the applicants ex?
pressed their thoughts. We noticed also
that some of the applicants left out some
of the questions, and frequently parts of
questions. The questions were better
than any we have seen since we came
into office. There were some that were
very searching, and of course some very
simple. We trust that each applicant
has looked up every answer and knows
what grade the answers given justify.
A new school district was established
by the County Board of Examiners at
their recent meeting. It will be known
as school district No. 18, and includes
iLe town of Pendleton, with the sur?
rounding country for about three miles.
The people asking for said district ex?
press the purpose of establishing a high
school at.Pendleton that will run for ten
months in the year as a public school.
We are always glad to aid in advancing
the educational interests-of any commu?
nity.
We visited Miss Ella Todd's school not
long since. This' school is just outside
the corporate limits of the city. We
were really surprised to see so many
children in.this school. They were ac?
tually crowded. This is pretty good
evidence of Miss Todd'a work. Her at?
tendance is constantly increasing. She
has been long io the work, and we have
never heard a word of complaint from
her patrons. We were very much pleased
with the recitations while we were pres?
ent. 8 _
Mr. B. E. Nicholson, the teacher at
Flat Bock, is meeting with decided sue
cess in his efforts to build up a school at
that place. His attendance is large, and
he is doing a good work. The patrons
have shown their interest in the educa?
tion of their children by employing this
teacher for ten months. The pupils are
making good progress, and from what we
could gather they like their teacher.
The patron8 are also pleased. They have
a good house, but rather small. It is
well furnished with patent desks. We
are glad to^o such genuine improve
ment in the cause of education. We
congratulate the people on such a Btep
forward. _ .
Io it possible for the teacher as he goes
into the school room to have some of the
"eternal verities" of human growth in
his mind and at bis command ? Should
not his chief ambition be to attain to un?
derlying principles, and build and oper?
ate on them ? Is his need, his supremest
need, -that of "a way of teaching," a
method, a device which must vary with
each temperament ? In attempting to
deal with the unseen human mind,
which is undoubtedly more complex than
any machine, must be not have some
clear idea, bo to speak, cf its general
structure of its mode of operation, of the
causes tbat propel it into action ? These
are but a few of the questions that will
come up when the business of teaching
is seriously considered. Teaching is op?
erating alocg the lines of the Creator,
with the Creator, for the Creator, who is
above all boards of education and their
commands.?School Journal.
HONOR LOLL OF TOWNVILLE HIGH
SCHOOL FOB MARCH, 1392.
High School Department?Emma Far?
mer 98 4, Mamie Harris 98 2, Annie
Compton 9S.0, Grace Thompson 97.9.
Lizzie Grant 97.7, Lillie Grant 97.7,
Janie Benjamin 97 6, Kate Sharp 97.2,
Frank Farmer 9G 4, Vandiver Sharp
9G3; J. V. Johnson 96 0, Daisy Moore
95 9, John Wright 95 8, Cheves Ligon
94.6. Emma Compton 912, Jack Harris
93.9, Alice Harris 93 7, John Sharp 93 7,
Qua Grant 92 7, Edgar Farmer 91 6, Jim
Granc 90 2, Burder Ligon 90.1.
Primary Department?Lida Johoflon
97 3, Mary Ligon 97.0, Jim Harris 96 4,
Lillie Wright 96.1, Calhoun Boggs 96.1
Willie Harris 95.7, Pearl McCariey 95 4.
Dock Bo^gs 95 0, Leila Wright 94 9,
Winfieid Ubarp 94 6. Zora Mt.ore 94.4.
Fiuva Boggs 94.2. Coke Wright 94.2,
Wayman B>egs 93 7, Clara Hunt 93 1,
John Buras 91.8. Teacher, Miss Kate
Holleman
We belwve in compliments when they
are richly merited. We have the bent
girls and boys we have ever taught.
This epeaTs well for our patrons, for
when children are properly trained at
home, they are very little or no trouble
at school. The morals of the people of
Townville and community are good, and
this is a cheap place for those to send to
school who have to board their children.
J. F. Rice, Principal.
PAET3 OF THE BODY.
By Lizzie M. Hadley, Lowell, Mass.
Bo you know wbat we think
Is better than play ?
'Tis the curious lesson
We've studied to-day.
We've learned that the body
Each one of us owns,
From the head to the tnes,
Is all built of bones.
That some of these bones
Will bend, as you know ;
See our shoulders go this way,
Our fingerH move so.
To these places that bend
Each one of us points,
And we all have been told
To call them onr joints.
See ! I shake my head,
Tben all of us bow,
And tbese are our neck-joints
We're using just now.
I point np, and tbeu down
Right and left we all go ;
'Ti? our shoulderjoiuts now
We are moving you know.
Our hands touch our shoulders,
And sides then, so free;
'Tis elbow joints this time,
We are bending you see.
We turn now our bands,
And shake them?so,
By moving our wri?t joints.
Do yon see bow they go ?
We'll open our fingers
And then shut thorn all,
And these places tbat ic/id
We finger-joints call.
Then deep in each thigh,
Is a hip-joint, you eee;
And here is a knee-joint, ,
Way down in each knee.
Next down near my foot
Not quite to the ground?
Just here In my ankles,
Are ankle joints found.
Are these all ? do you ask ?
No, just one thing more;
If you count up my toe joints
You'll find them a score.
We've told you the names,
And what each joint can do;
Of the kinds of tbe joints,
?There are only two.
In each shoulder and thigh,
Ball and socket joints go; .
The others are hinge-joints,
I'm sure we all know.
? They all show the wisdom
Ol One up above,
Who fashioned our bodies
With tenderest love.
In His word Bent to guide,
We know that He tells
* That o?r bodies are temple*)
Where He ever dwells.
Jost Pegged On.
There died down in the Neosba valley
not long ago a man known for miles and
miles around as Old Joe Kimpton, Bays a
Kansas City' paper. Old Joe came to
Kansas in 1856. He brought weak lungs
with him from the "ager" swamps of In?
diana, but he plugged along and was ail?
ing off and on for a number of years,
when he was "took down" with long fe?
ver. It went into quick consumption
and one of his longs was gone before he
knew it. The dectors gave him np and
didn't think he could live through the
winter. But he just plugged along and
allowed he'd pull through somehow.
The children were little tots then and
Joe bought a bunch of calves that Bp ring
and said he guessed he'd have them any?
how for the children to go to school on.
The doctors told him he couldn't possibly
get through the next winter and he made
his will. He hung around tbe house and
coughed most of the time, and the chil?
dren helped him about the chorea in the
cold weather. He had his spells and
everybody thought be would die, but Joe
he just plugged along and allowed he'd
pull through somehow.
The next year, and the next, and the
next, he bought calves and steers and
pulled them through somehow. Summer
afternoons he used to sit in front of the
long, low farmhouse, built of addition on
addition, thinking and coughing absent
mindedly. He waB a Democrat, and his
chief dissipation was his attendance on
the Oounty conventions every year and
the State conventions when they came.
He got to be known as a large cattle
buyer, and strangers who saw him would
look and wonder which undertaker
would get him. But old Joe used to take
a grim delight in counting up the doctors
who had given him up, and had since
died of natural causes themselves. Ev?
ery winter he would have his spells, and
every winter he would tell tbe doctors
between his coughs that he would juat
plug along and pull through somehow.
He had attended the funerals of ten
doctors whose bills he had paid for pro?
nouncing him beyond hope and for tip?
toeing in the room to tell him they
feared the worst. He had a bad spell
last winter. They said it was the grip
combined with the old cough; but old
Joe Kimpaon didn't 3ay anything, though
he took their medicine with tbe old re?
proachful look, as if to say tbe old words.
Old Joe was getting along in years when
he died. He was sixty-two and most of
the lime enduring constant physical Buf?
fering. Yet he seldom complained. All
over Lyon County and Morris County,
where tbe old man was known and lived,
be will be missed. His peculiar case
may pass into tradition and child stories
may grow from it about a kind, grim old
man who couldn't die.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole f ystem, when entering it through
tbe mucous surfaces. Such articles should
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten fold to the good yon
can possibly derive from them. Hall's
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J.
Cheney &' Co., Toledo, 0., contains no
mercury, and is tacen internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur?
faces of the system. In buying Half's
Catarrh Cure be suie you get the genu?
ine. It is taken internally, and made
by
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, 0.
BQmSold by Druggists, 75c.
Testimonial free.
? He is powerless who fights p.galnst
GoJ.
THE COTTON TRADE,
A Snngnlne View of the Prospects of the
Staple.
It is believed by many well-informed
dealers in cotton tbat the true solution of
the Southern situation is to be found in
the cheaper and cheaper'annual produc?
tion of larger and larger cotton crops un?
til the United States, with cotton at 4 or
5 cents a pound and ajcrop of twenty
million bales, will have starved out the
cotton growers of all other countries and
will hold the monopoly of production for
the whole world, which will keep pace
with the yearly increasing consumption.
The News and' Courier has been requested
by one of the Charleston factors who
holds these views to publish the follow?
ing paper from tbe annual statement of
the Memphis Merchants' Exchange,
written by C. P. Hunt, of that city, on
February 29:
"A careful review of the movement and
prices of cotton since the first of Septem?
ber will, we think, furnish food for reflec?
tion, not only to people directly interest
ed in tbe trade, but to all those engaged
in corelative and collateral pursuits. At
tbe beginning of the season, or say on
the first of September, 1891, middling
cotton was quoted in the principal mar?
kets of the world as follows: Liverpool,
43<3; New York, 8Jc; New Orleans and
Memphis, 8jc. Since that date prices
have continued to decline, and to-day
Liverpool is quoted 3 11 16; New York,
7 1 16: New Orleans, 6}, and Memphis
Oh for tbe same grade, showing an aver
age decline of about two cents during the
time mentioned.
"That the price is very low?possibly
below the cost of production?is conce?
ded, and the cotton wiseacres of the
world, and those most affected by the re?
sult, are busily engaged, not only in solv?
ing tbe cause, but in trying to find a rem?
edy that will effectually cure the evil.
By moBt people over-production is as?
signed as the sole and only cause of tbe
present deplorably low prices, and Con?
ventions of merchants, planters and Al
liancemen are being held all over the
South for the avowed purpose of induc?
ing a smaller acreage and lessening prt
ductiop.
"That over supply is in pan the cause
of the depression we admit, but it is cer?
tainly n'?f. the B'ile and only c*us<?, and,
in our opinion, it has only accentuated
and accelerated a decline, which tr.utt
have transpired in any event In periods
of great financial distress, or national or
sectional disaster, those who suffer >eem
satisfied to trace their misfortune to some
one conducing cause, and seem to forget
tbat * combination of conditions may ex?
ist, h!l of which have conspired to the
general result. Such, at least, in the
present iustunce, seems to have been tbe
case. Following four years of financial
and commercial activity came the disas
trous cotton season of 1890-91 Prior to
that time, and beginning in the spring of
1886, there arrived a period of prosperity
and buoyancy such as the world has rare?
ly seen. 0?>al, iron, grain, cotton, stocks,
bonds at,d real estate all participated in
tbe general elation. Gigantic enterprises,
speculative and commercial, were inaug?
urated, and in many inbtatices successful?
ly concluded. Success enthused the com?
mercial and financial element to tbe ut?
most verge, and speculation was rampant
throughout the world. Old lines were
abandoned, and new and more specula?
tive methods prevailed. Foreign capital
bought out the stock yards of Chicago,
and the beer breweries of Milwaukee.
New minea were developed in Alabama
and Tennessee. Coke ovens and rolling
mills were erected all through these
States, and new cities sprang up from
abandoned old fields as if by magic. The
capital of the world wa* taxed to keep
pace with its enterprise, and inflation and
speculation were tbe order of the day.
Even prudent, conservativeEnglish bank?
ers caught tbe contagion and, no longer
satisfied with a legitimate 3 aod 3 per
csnt. on undoubted collateral, advanced
millions of pn?nds to a wild cat South
American republic on wild-cat securities
and at wild cat rates.
"Thus were millions of money with?
drawn from the legitimate channels of
trade and placed in the possession of wild
gaucheros aod adventurers, who do not
lend money for any purpose whatsoever.
Such a condition of a flairs could have but
one termination. The bubble had filled
to inflation and it burst. This transpired
about the beginning of 1891 and since
then has ensued a period of liquidation!
Coal, iron, cotton and securities of all
kinds have felt the effects, and we are
now Buffering 'pour cause.' Grain, owing
to a famine in Europe, a big demand at
high prices, and an abundant crop, has
alone escaped tbe general shrinkage in
values.
"The decliue in cotton, superinduced
by the causes mentioned above, has no
doubt beeu intensified by the enormous
crop and abundant supply, but to entire
ly eradicate the cause of depression we
must look beyond a mere question of re?
duced acreHge. Tne Southern planter is
fitted by nature, education and surround
ings to plant but one crop to any exteut,
and that is cotton. We say to him,
therefore, raise all tbe grain, meat, vege?
tables, etc., tbat you may need for home
requirements. Place yourself absolutely
independent of Northern hog and grain
growers, and then plant all the cotton for
market you possibly can. You have your
mules, your implements and your lease?
holds You know how to raise cotton,
and you don't know how to produce any
tning else to any marke:able extent,
therefore rai-<e cotton, and rake ail you
can. Eeduce the cost of production and
not the production itself. luaugurate the
use of cultivators, cotton pickers, and
other economic labor and money saving
machines. Lenrn to produce cotton at
four to five cents per pound. Run India
out of the market. She is twice as far
from all the commercial centres as you
are. The cohI of transportation and in?
surance on her product is double, and In
dian cotton worth from two to three cents
per pound less than American.
''Do these things, we say, and the pro?
duction of America will never keep pace
with the consumption of tbe world. Even
at six cents per pound cotton will be ap?
plied to a thousand uses .never before
thought of. Experiments will be made
with it in every branch of thread and
textile manufacture. It will supply the
sacking and baling stuffs of the world. It
will largely supplant the use of jute and
hemp. (Indeed, we understand tbe jute
crop of India has proven a failure this
year; that the price is abnormally high
and that over 20,000 bales of American
cotton have been shipped fo Bombay to
make cotton bagging to cover the India
crop.)
"These are only a few of the many
uses it will be put to. Experiments will be
tried with it in every department of trade?
and with India out of the race and the
cost of production lowered, planters will
find out that a crop of ten or even
fifteen million bales will not be too much
for the requirements of tbe world. Once
let the trade discover that cotton is suited
for uses to which it has not heretofore
been applied, the trade will continue to
apply it to these uses even at a higher
price, and tbe consumption will continue
to grow even at increased values. When
this shall have transpired, and trade re?
vives, the planter will find that he can
market a crop of ten million bales on
.just as profitable a basis as he has hereto?
fore marketed seven millions. Then how
foolish it would be for the South to aban?
don or reduce the' production of a pro?
duct which can only be produced in-the
South, and go to raiaiog something that
can be produced throughout the whole
country, from Canada to the Qulf of
Mexico. Fancy us iu competition with
the great Northwest in the production of
?wheat and corn, and then imagine, if you
can, what would oe the price of these ar?
ticles at the end of the first season's ex?
periment. A few years ago it was evi?
dent to tbe dullest apprehension that con?
sumption was rapidly outstripping tbe
production of the world. 1 he American
cotton crops of 1886 87, 1887 88 and
1889 90 were 6,505,000, 7,046,000 and 6,
938,000 respectively, an aggregate of 20,
489,000. These were, up to that time, the
three largest average crops on record,
and yet on the first of September, 1889,
tbe visible supply of the world had run
down to*832,000 bales. To show how
great had been the increase in consump?
tion during the fifteen or sixteen years
preceding that period, we will explain
that the cotton crops of 1869 70,1870 71
and 1871 72 were 3,122,000,4,352,000 and
2,974,000 respectively, an aggregate *of
10,448,000. and yet the vi-ible supply on
S-pternber 1, 1892, Hmnunterl to the
enormous figure of 2.124,000 It will be
thin shown that notwithstanding an in?
creased vield of 10,041,000 in the com
paratfve years mentioned there was at the
end ol that time a decreased visible sup
ply uf 1,292,000, or say an increased con
sump'ion <.f over 11,333,000 balfs
"For the balaoce of this season we can
see but Mule hopt? for any material ad?
vance in prices. With famine in Russia,
social disturbances in Germany, bad trade ?
throughtont Europe, and the low (.-rice of
silver, and the enormous stocks of tbe
world now impending nver tbe market,
there is nothing in the near future upon
which to predicate a revival of trade, or
a more sanguine view of the situation.
Still, cotton will disappear at a price, and
when tbe conditions improve and trade
once more asserts itself, the world will
wonder what has become of tbe enor
mous stocks which now confront us from
all aides.
"We repea', therefore, be constant, be
courageous a-.d out of our present adver
aity will com* a new order of things, far
superior to the old, which will add to the
power and growth and riches of the South,
and leave us, as of old, God's chosen
people, ruled over by that most potent
of all mundane potentates, King Cot?
ton."
Tbe Pistol Grip.
"The question is often put to me," said
a lady whose opinion in matters of eti?
quette is wholly competent, "whether it
is ever permissible co take a young lady's
arm in acting as her escort on a prome?
nade after nightfall. Unhesitatingly and
peremptorily, no Not after nightfall,
nor by daylight, nor at any other lime.
An invalid may lean upon tbe arm of a
young woman ; a grandfather, if be is in?
firm, may.avail himself of a similar sup?
port. Broadway policemen seem to have
acquired the right to propel his charges
across that thoroughfare by a grasp upon
the arm, but these are the only persons
so privileged. For an acquaintance, a
friend, or one who aspires to a still near?
er place, to take the arm of a young wo
mau when walking with her on a public
highway, is inexcusable. You may be
sure nothing will so quickly offend her
good taste, although she may lack tbe
social skill to resent and avoid it. And
the spectacle itself is most unpleasing.
To see a young woman pushed along, a
little in front of her escort, by his clutch
upon her arm, is neither suitable or pic
turcsque. It reverses all preconceived
ideas of gallau'.y. The fair should lean
upon the brave. Virile strength ought
ever to support feminine frailness. Offer
her your arm, young man, every time and
never under any circumstances commit
tbe undue familiarity and offence of tak?
ing her*."?New York Sun.
Oh, this ringing in the ears,
Ob, this humming in the head,
Hawking, blowing, snuffing, gasping,
Watering eyes and throat a-rasping,
Health impaired and comfort fled,
Till I would that I were dead !
What folly to suffer so much with ca
tarrbal troubles, when the worst cases of
chronic catarrh in the bead are relieved
and cured by the mild, cleansing and
healing properties of Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. It purifies the foul breath, by
removing tbe cause of offence, heals' the
sore and inflamed passages, and perfects
a lasting cure.
' ? The man who has never needed to
have any teeth pulled is the loudest in
advising the sufferer to "brace up like a
man and have the thing out at once."
? The ruling sensation in London,
England, at present, is the extraordinary
leap made by a man named Milram Nig,'
who jumps 250 feet from the top of the
Aquarium and lands on his feet on the
bare floor. He wears the costume of an
American Indian, and his rapid descent
is broken by some patent arrangement in?
visible to the audience.
"We Fools of the South.? ^
The above is tbe title of an editorial io
the GreeDville News of Saturday. The
article is so replete with truth, and ex?
presses our viewa so fully, tbat we insert
it here and ask our people to read it,
ponder if, and then grapple with the sit?
uation like men, free from prejudice.
There is a great need for statesmanship,
patriotism and unselfish devotion?for a
leader or leaders possessing these quali?
ties. t
Looking at the present political condi?
tions in the South and remembering that
the same kind of thing now going on has
gone on io all ages, we may well wonder
tbat (he human race has made ao much
progress, that so much good has come
from so much bad.
Here we are in the South flying at
each other's throats on free silver and
anti free silver, sub treasury and anti
sub-treasury. In Alabama Kolk and
Jones are fighting desperately. In Loui?
siana it is McEnery and Foster. In
North Carolina, Georgia and Texas tbe
third party has been thoroughly and
fully organized.
What foola we are.
Demagogues are stirring strife aod
working harder to make class issues than
they would work for the salvation of
their own bouIb. The South needs of
all things capital to develop aod build
up her resources and such confidence in
the stability and character of her State
governments as will invite capital and
immigration. Yet no effort is spared to
create prejudice against capital and its
representatives. Every energy is being
devoted to divide us in hostile classes?
to force one part of the white people into
a position where tbey will have to choose
between practical disfcanchisement and
abandoning their party. Every effort to
heal these breaches, to bring-about com?
promises while it is yet time, to get our
people together, is met with showers of
abuse and derision. The men who at?
tempt it are pointed out as public ene?
mies.
And the shadow of the force bill is
hanging over us all thelioie.
If a Republican Congress and President
are elected next fall tbe force bill will
come and the negro masses in Southern
States will be backed by federal bayonets.
Take South Carolina, for instance. A
nice position we are in now to meet tbe
furce bill and a determined radical effort ?
In 1876 we won because we were all
together. Rich and poor, country and
town, rode and worked together. The
people turned out as one man and offered
their lives ani gave their votes. The
rich poured out money to make tbe fight,
with. The lawyers were ready to defend
men accused of political offences, to rep-v_
resent the cases of the white people in
tbe courts without fee or promise
What shape would we be in now ? We
are being taught to hate and distrust
each other. Revenges are being planted
in our hearts. Unless there is a change
for the better, trouble, if it comes, will
find us powerless. Not only are we una?
ble to do anything to increase the pros?
perity of our State and hasten her pro?
gress, but we are practically helpless to
prevent her from slipping back into tbe
clutches of the radicals.
Two yean ago we could tell the Re?
publicans to pass th*ir force bill if tbey
choose ; that it would accomplish noth?
ing against a solid, united white race.
We can not.eay so now.
Perhaps it will come out all right.
People have struggled through daogers
as threatening, through trouble as thick,
and have continued to go forward. On
tbe other bad, people who persisted io
folly and blindness and following falsa
leaders have decayed to destruction.
In every, part of the South every man
who really loves his country and people
who can see beyond a little office or a
temporary grain or the gratification of
bis hatreds or prejudices should give bis
every effort to preparing the people for
the trial tbat may be just ahead. Never
has there been a more urgent demand for
wisdom and patriotism than there is now.
Demagogues and cranks and agitators
ought to'be suppressed by tbe strong
force of public sentiment. Tbe people
of all opinions, positions and classes
ought to come together with mutual con?
cessions and fair promises that we may
be ready to present a Bolid front when
the assault comes.
An Amusing Anecdote.
Some time ago an amusing little anec?
dote was related about the German Crown
Prince while having a lesson in grammar
from his tutor. Ooe is now being told
about the second son of the imperial
couple, Prince Eitel Fritz. The emperor
ia exceedingly strict about his son's be*
havior at table. Not long ago little
Prince Eitel Fritz, using bis fingers in?
stead of bis knife and fork, was corrected
by his father several times to no purpose.
At last the emperor's patience was ex?
hausted, and be said:
"Children who eat with their fingers
are like little dogs that hold their food
with their paws. If you use your fiogers
again you must go under the table, the
proper place for little dogs "
Tbe little prince did his utmost not to
forget this time, and used his knife and
fork like a man ; but all at once be for?
got again and began using his fingers.
"March under the table," said his father,
and the boy crept under as bidden.
After a little while tbe emperor, thinking
the prince very quiet lifted up the table
cloth and peeped underneath. There sat
little Prince Eitel Fritz undressed. His
father asked him what he meant by un?
dressing himself. The child answered,
"Little doge don't wear clothes; they on?
ly have skin."
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? Grasshoppers attain their greatest
size in South America, where they grow
to a len* h of five inches, and the wings
spread out ten inches,
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Why JJot?
A dealer brmnrht a lot of beef cattle
into Charleston on Wednesday, which
we wish every farmer in South Carolioa
could see and study for his own benefit
and that of the dwellers in tbe towns and
cities of the State. They were fine, fat
animals, were raised in Abbeville Coun?
ty, and the dealer brought with him a
paper signed by W. B. Milwee, president
and treasurer of the Greenwood Oil Com
pany, which records tbe weights of the
cattle when they were bought by tbe
company and when they were sold, and
certifies that they were fed exclusively
on cotton seed meal and bulls. The
record of weights at date of purchase and
at date of sale, March 25, for each ani?
mal, is as follows:
Lbs. Lbs. Inc.
No. 1.Dae. 14- 765 Mar. 25?1,050 285
No. 2..._Dec. 18? 775 Mar. 25?1,045 270
No. 3....Dec. 28-1,000 Mar. 25-1,170 170
No. 4.Dec. 28? 575 Mar, 25? 710 135
No. 5.Dec. 28? 690 Mar. 25? 980 200
No. 6.Dec. 30? 590 Mar. 25? 760 170
No. 7.Jan. 8? 610 Mar. 25? 830 220
No. 8....Jan. 8? 675 Mar. 25? 875 200
No. 9.Jan. 8? C90 Mar. 25? 905 215
No. 10 ...Jan. 8? 700 Mar. 25? 875 175
Total increase.2,130
Tbe greatest increase exhibited, it is
seen, is in tbe case of No. 5, which
gained 290 pounds in 89 days or at the
rate of about 3} pounds per day. The
smallest increase was in the case of No.
4, which gained 135 pounds in the same
time or at tbe rate of about 1} pounds
per day. Averaging the time for all, the
herd gained at the rate of nearly 25
pounds a day, or at tbe rate of nearly 2?
pounds per head per day?or, to put in
tbe strongest way, at tbe rate of nearly 10
per cent per month. The feed, as before,
stated, was exclusively cotton seed meal
and hulls, the daily ration being a quart
of meal and a peck to a ba'f bushel of
hulls, (accotding to the animal,) mixed
dry and fed night and morning?the coEt
being 12 cents per bead per day.
Practical farmers will employ these
facts and figures in their own calculations
for their own instruction. Tbe general
lesson to be dra.vn from the calculations
we have made, however, is plain enough
for any farmer who understands simple
arithmetic, and is simply that there is a
fair profit in fattening even common cat?
tle for market on cotton seed rneal and
hulls. Hundreds of thousands of pounds
of beef grown in other States are sold in
South Carolina every year. A great deal
of it is brought from the shores of the
lakes and from beyond tbe Mississippi
Ri^er, and some of it is very far from be?
ing of the best. There is no reason why
this trade should not be captured and
held by cattle raisers within tbe State,
great'y to their own advantage and that
of their beef-eating feliow-citiz9nsin tbe
towns, as well. ?
Another .point is worth considering,
and we hope that some one of our farmer
correspondents who is of a mathematical
turn of mind will consider, and grve his
fellow farmers tbe benefit of bis calcula?
tions. Tbe price of cotton is very low
now, and the average returns from tbe
lint on an acre are very small. We
should like to have our correspondents
say bow much the value of the product
of tbe acre would be increased if every
pound of the seed grown on it were con?
verted at the nearest oil mill into meal
and hulls and fed to beef cattle on the
farm, and the manure returned to the
soil on which tbe crop was grown ? The
oil mills are plentiful and easily accessi?
ble now. It might be useful to make the
indicated calculation very carefully,
since if it should prove that thtre is a
good profit in raising beef on the new
system, there is no reason why our farm?
ers should not export thousands of tons
of beef to Northern and European mar?
kets, and at tbe same time solve the
vexed problem of how to mate cotton
growing pay.?News and Courier.
rTh?n a Revival Is Needed.
When nobody is helped by going to
prayer meeting.
When tbe preacher has to look at the
pews to see who is in them before he
opens his Bible.
Whenever there is trouble in the
choir.
Whenever there are unconverted
teachers in the Sabbath school. ?
When the only way by which money
can be raised for Church purposes is by
getting up a festival.
When tbe prayer meetings become dry
and formal.
Wheu there are people in tbe Church
who are not sure they have been convert?
ed.
When it is hard work to raise the pas?
tor's salary,
When nobody wants to sit on the front
seats at prayer meeting.
When leading people in the Church
are not on friendly terms with one anoth?
er.
When parents are not much concerned
about the spiritual condition of tbeir
children.
' When people begin to shake hands
with the tip ends of their fingers.
A Fresh Fish Story.
A man while fishing suddenly fell into
the water. A fellow fisherman of benev?
olent aspect promptly helped him out,
laid him on his back, and then began to
scratch his head in a puzzled manner.
"What's tbe matter?" asked the by?
standers. "Why don't you revive him ?"
"There are sixteen rules to revive
drowned persons," said the benevolent
man, "and I know 'em all; but I can't
call to mind which comes first."
At this point tbe rescued man opened
his eyes aud said faintly: "Is there
anything about giving brandy in the
rules?" ?
"Yes."
"Then uever mind the other fifteen."
?London Figaro.
? "What kind of a man is he?good,
bad, or indifferent?" "Well, that de?
pends on who teeters on tbe other end of
the plank with him." "How so, sir?''
"Well, if you size him up alongside
Judas Iscariot he looms up middling fair,
but when you come to sit him down be?
tween such fellows as you an' me, Jedge,
he does dwindle terrible surprising?be
does, fjr a fact."
All Sorts of Paragraphs.
? Courage fails whom God no longer
supports.
? Colorado has a newspaper called
The Watermelon.
? All the t*ees of the tropics except
those imported from colder climates are
evergreens.
? Be honest in your convictions, main?
tain them with firronees; but don't fall
out with your friend because be does not
agree with you.
? Early Risers, Early Risers, Early
Risers, the famous little pills for consti?
pation, sick headache, dyspepsia and ner?
vousness.?Wilhite it Wilhite.
? The curious information is given
tbat tbe crown of England, which is val?
ued at $500,000, has been in pawn four
times, once for $10,000.
? She: It is always the unmarried
man who knows all about tbe women.
He: Yes, I bave noticed that tbe man
who knows all about women won't marry
them.
? Mrs. L. R. Patton, Rockford, 111.,
writes: "From personal experienco I can
recommend De Witt's Sarsaparilla, a euro
for impure blood and general debility."?
Wilhite & Wilhite.
? Join in any movement which will
have a tendency to elevate the standard '
of excellence of tbe horses of your neigh?
borhood. An increase in tbe value of the
horses will bring many dollars into a
community.
? A letter mailed at Mobile, Ala., on
December 29,1840, has just reached its
destination, Kalamazoo, Mich. It was
not a valuable letter, and there is no ex?
planation of its detention. The man who
wrote-it has been dead three years.
? We ttuly believe De Witt's Little
Early Risers to bo the most natural, most
effective, most prompt and economical
pill for billiousness, indigestion and in?
active liver.?Wilhite <fc Wilhite.
? A man who died in Cincinnati, O.,
a few days ago, it is said, had not a single
hard substance in bis bedy which would
indicate tbat be bad possessed such a
thing as a bone. Even bis skull was of
about the same consistency as India rub?
ber.
? According to a recent reckoning, a
human being of either sex, who is a
moderate eater and who lives to be 70
years old, consumes during tbe "days of
tbe years of his life" & quantity of food
which would fill twenty ordinary railway
luggage vans.
? "Late to bed and early to rha will
shorten the road, to your home in the
skies." But early to bed and a "Little
Early Riser," tho pill that makes lifo
longer and better and wiser.?Wilhite <fc
Wilhite.
? One of tbe drawbacks connected
with Queen Victoria's lofty station is tbe
law tbat forbids her reading documents
or receivlug any letters except from her
own family until tbey have been scruti?
nized by the person in charge of tbe roy
al correspondence.
? A Portland (Ore.) exchange says
that a resident of that town has tbe tail
of a rattlesnake in his possession con?
taining fifty four rattles and a button. It
seems incredible tbat a rattlesnake could
attain the 8ge o;f fifty four years, yet the
rattles were there to prove it, and were _
seen by numerous citizens.
? It is a fixed and immutable law that
to have good, sound health ono must have
pure, rich and abundant blood. Tb6re is
no shorter nor surer routo than by a
course of De Witt's Sarsaparilla.?Wilhite
<fc Wilhite.
? At Athens, Ga., a farmer came along
with a hen, and meeting an Athens mer?
chant they soon drove a bargain, and the
hen was left at the merchants' store. Tbe
farmer went off, saying tbat be would call
by a little later and get the money. He
had hardly gotten out of sight when the
hen laid an egg. Then farmer soon came
back and demanded tbe egg in addition
to his pay for the ben. Tbe merchant
paid him for fhe hen, but refused to turn
over the egg to him. This caused much
argument and soms feeling between the
parties. The dispu'.e is apt to get into the
courts.
? Bright people are the quickest to re?
cognize a good thing and buy it. We sell
lots of bright people the Little Early Ri?
sers. If you are not brighttheae pills will
make you so.?Wilhite tfc Wilhite.
? Inquisitive city people in-the coun?
try sometimes find small satisfaction in
catechizing little country boys about their
nam68 and affairs. A "summer boarder"
once said to a small boy dressed in aging
ham waist, long trousers and bare feet:
"Hello, little boy 1 What's your name?"
"Same's as pa's," said the little boy.
"What'B your pa's name?" "Same as
mine." "I mean, what do they call you
when they call you to breakfast ?" "They
don't nuvver call me to breakfust." "Why
don't they ?" "Cause I alluz git there
the first orte."
?JIf dull, spiritless and stupid; if your
blood is thick and sluggish ; if yonr ap
petito is capricious and uncertain, you
need a Sarsaparilla. For best results takG
Do Witt's.?Wilhite and Wilhite.
? Many people promise anything you
ask of them, but make a small matter of
keeping their promises. They entef into
engagements with you to do this or that,
to meet you o- call on you at a certain
time or to do so some favor for you, and
utterly fail to fulfil their engagements.
Surely we ought to keep sedulous watch ?
over ourselves in this regard We ought
to be faithful to the promises we make,
cost what it may. It is a noble thing
when we find one whose promises we are
as sure of as of tbe rising of tbe sun ;
whose simpleast word is as good as his
oath ; who does just what he says he will
do at tbe moment he says he will do it.
This is the kind of faithfulness God
wants.
? It is a truth in medicine that tho
smallest dose that performs tho cure is
the best. De Witt's Little Early Risers
arc the smallest pills, will perform the
oure, and are the best.?Wilhite <fc Wil?
hite.
? In the five years of iifebetwte i the
ages of 20 and 25 the mortality of un?
married men is 1,174 in 100,000, and of
married men only -597. From 25, to 30
tbe numbers respectively are 1,396 and
865. These figures are derived trom the
death registry of Scotland, but the pro?
portion of the bachelor to the benedict
death rate is believed to be about tbe ?
same in this country. Taking tbe whole
of the married men and the whole of the
unmarried men, from the age of 20 to the
end of life, it is computed tbat the Uvea I
of the former average 59J years, whjle
those of the latter only 40 years?a dif- I
ference of 19} years in favor of married I
men; that is, marriage increases the av- Jt
erage c-ration of man's life by one-half, I
lacking six months. r