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: JP?BL2SSS.7 EVERY THURSDAY. K F. OLINZSOALES, 1 Enrroas akd Jj. -W. 0. LANGSTON, ] Pbofbistobs. WEDNESDAY JULY 20, 1882. TERMS : ; -ONE YEAR,.??_. : 3IX MONTHS. pONSERYATIYE MISS MEETING AU Democratio citizens of the County ' of Anderson who favor the election of tht> Conservative Democratic State ticket, ^headed by .Sheppard and Orr,, are earn 3 fly- requested to meet in the Court Cause, iu ti e City of Anderson, S. C., Wednes(lay, tho :27th inst, at 11 ilock a. m., for the purpose of no min a t 5 candidates for tho State Contention, ? consider the question of nominating ates for 1;he Legislature, and to insider such other business as may >me before the meeting. ?' ? ?. Addresses by Horn J. L. Orr and oth 5,-will he dellveiod on that occasion, [ all persons are invited to attend the aeeting and listen to the addresses. ' By order of the Conservative County cecutive Committee. E. B. MURRAY, Chairman. H: H. Watkcns, Secretary. Tillman favors apro^rtyjqualification >i which will deprive thous j of poor white men from voting at When Sampson Pope withdrew from h? Congressional race did he exercise are political sagacity, or did he respond ike a little man to the dictate of the fcaucua^l Tillman accuses Sheppard and Orr and U the Conservatives .of being "Repnbli ans at.'heart." Tbl? is nice talk from a nan who is seeking a Democratio noml? ationon a Thir? Party platform!;* ? r- ? - The future proijress and prosperity of le State depends on the success of the ifonsOrvative tioket. Anderson -Connty las never'failed \o do her fall duty. Let 8s sons rally on .Wednesday next. The aggressive honesty of Grover leveland makes him popular in everj ,&>k an#? corner of the land. TTta sincer l\> of purpose is never questioned by men ?ho love truth and hate shams. The Advocate claims to be a Democrat newspaper, yat in the last two or reissues it publishes thorough Third rty articles, one of which came from inois and advised the farmers not to aiSttr.Clavelanii. 2&eT?lmanite primary i? Newberry Qy showed about 200 votes after two ^rte? The following ticket was put up: r the Senate, the Rev. J. A. Sligh, t the House of Representatives, John )uncan, Cole L, Biease and W. D. Che Topeka.(Kaa.) Capital, a iRepubli l paper, says: "Mr. Cleveland deserves \ confidence of his party and the re? set of the country because ho has the trage always and everywhere to say ^what he is, and because he is something ^definaeand intelligible." Tributes like l%his from opposition papers mean a great [deal. .' ? _ |: Will the people allow a "caucus" to >name the candidates for whom.;they must ;yoto ? Common rumor hath it that some : tho candidates are running because the lous suggested." them. Others are ig on their merits with no secret ical combination backing them, aps you can feill *he "cauous" candi pdato from the otter. Which will you irote for?__. t was Ben Terrell who orgarfijed the ce in this State,, and at that time s vociferous in proclaiming his loyalty the Democratio party and in assuring people* that the order was anon-polit organization. Be it remembered, also? he is one of the most enthusiastio and eminent members of tho Third Party which met at Omaha a few (eeksago. The St." Louis Republic remarks that if he Republican managers want to hold * negro vote this' election they had bet ? try taf get up a bull movementon cot Having been disappointed in the flforty acres and amule," tho cotton-patch 2s cannot bo expected to keep vot ?g the Republican ticket on hoecake vith^ut any bacon. And present prices j^otton mean dry hoecakes for a good j; many of them. Every speech that Go v. Tillman makes | Dves that he i* not a friend to the poor He favors a threeVdollar poll tax ( a property-qualification to vote, j i are good things to save money to ions and put more power in the jda of wealthy men. Tillroan favors 3g away with the lien law, which I forco four-fifths of tho white tenants gantry to go to work in compe i^oit with the negro wage hand. I ?-? I ^wo years ago W. C. Benot, the big [dude lawyer of Abbeville was the most Jitter-enemy the Alliance or the farm* fers* movement had in this Congressional KDiatricf/, but now he endorses Tillman, xd 4ho friends of the latter will readily f^llow^every word he utters as the One thing- is sure, Benot either . in his speeches two years ago or is ig It now. Such a man can do noth jg for the farmers. If men were better understood there l ^vould be less of distrust and doubt as to ['..the honesty of their motives and parpo | ses, A man of good character will Bel . domly be abused where he is known, un ?le?s.by a dishonest person. It is impor '1 ntihat men seek to find each other out. man should be oondemned by his fel until he has trustworthy evidence to [justify it. Too frequently we condemn prith no evidence or with such only as is ieliable. "Tho proper study of man * kind is man." ^^ba| Chauncey M. Depew, the man ?y?ho renominated BeDjamin Harrison for ^the Presidency, thinks of Mr. Cleveland: ?TS I am to name tho typical American, ?the man who loves and believes in his country beyond everything else?the man If ho^ determining once in what direction Kins duty leads, cannot be swerved from fHiho path?the man who is doggedly per? sistent in what he believes *o be right? the man who thinks not of self, but of J.his country and its needs, I would name i?rover Cleveland. What ho has accom? plished is the very highest tribute to ie possibilities of American citizen i Rey. J. B, Middleton, of Caraden, asts that Friday, the 26th day of Au be observed throughout South Car na as a day of lasting and "prayer for o peace of the State;" that there be a eneral suspension of business on that and that all the people being assem f in the Churches, enter into a pledge i carry any coi.cealed deadly weapon. Middleton fuither suggests that on r, August 28, the ministers of the j preach sermons especially directed , the prevailing spirit of lawlesness rath Carolin;.. These suggestions ? wise and propor. It is time the pulpit Iwas. beginning to support the press in its ^pbrts to prevent p, ifi punish ari<ne. WON'T SAME THE MAN. When we inquired of the Advocate what it meant by a reference to a gam? bling and drinking Baptist we had the right to do so. That unfortunate and mysterious fellow has been repeatedly luj;ged before the public in articles in which politics was the topic Knowing of no individual of that description who has anything to do with this campaign, and believing there is none such, we ask? ed for information as to his identity, and stated that if the Advocate really knew of no snoh a character, then the logical inference was that that imaginary, drink? ing and gambling Baptist was used as a disguise over which to apply opprobrious epithets to all Baptist people. If the Advocate knows the individual it carefully guards his name, while ad? vertising bis vices, and the same mystery surrounds the reference as before that paper published a column or two of statements intended to be explanatory and whining reproaches at this paper for criticising its indiscreet reference, to say the least of it. Up to date every reader must judge for himself whether the sins of some unfortunate Baptist were alluded to, or whether, in the absence of that in? dividual, a specific allnsion was made which was intended to include the whole. We could not bring ourselves to believe that the Advocate had in mind either Mr. Hiott or Mr. Sheppard, both prominent Baptists, who are candidates on the Con? servative State ticket. The sobriety and morality of these gentlemen are known of all men. The faot that they were placed in nomination by a Convention of citizens of the highest character, men? tally and morally, is sufficient guarantee of that* The drinking and gambling Baptist must be a Conservative, otherwise the Advocate would not so cruelly expose his shortcomings io the public eye. Yet, where are we to find him? Is there an? other Baptist on the Conservative ticket ? But he wouldn't be there if he was ad? dicted to those vicious habits. Who can he be ? We will have to give it up, but will continue to wonder what the Advo? cate meant, anyhow. As to this paper owing the Advocate an apology, that was a mere ruse to mislead and to create sympathy. The Advocate didn't expect an apology. It should do the apologizing act It owes it to either an individual Baptist or to the whole denomination for calling attent ion to what it must know to be the sins of tho one, or supposes to be the sins of the othjr. We are fortunate that our intelligence and discernment cannot bo accurately es? timated by the Advocate's measure. The frog in the fable made a vain effort to measure the size of the ox by its own standard, and disastrous results folio wed to the frog. We are willing for the same tribunal to which the Advocate has whim? peringly appealed to judge of the correct? ness of what we have said in regsird* to this matter, and as an aid to the pnblic.in determining what was meant, the follow? ing clipping from last week's Advocate may throw additional light on the sub? ject: "I noticed in the Intelligencer not long since, a man who wanted to see a -man that could plough an ox in a new ground without swearing. < If he'll come up hero I will show nun a man that plou two last year and I am sure he did not swear and he is not an evangelist nor a fool Baptist" The above was written by one of its correspondents and is published without comment by the editor. SUCCESS AHEAD. The Conservatives have not been boast? ing much but they have been working bard, and now they have good reason to believe that the August primary will give their ticket a good majority over their opponents. Anderson County, which has been hitherto conceded to be & Tillman Coun? ty, and reckoned by some as a Third Party County, has made most encourag? ing strides toward the Sheppard and Orr columns, and there is reason to believe that' by the time of the primary onr County will not only go overwhelmingly Democratic but will give a good majority for the Conservative Democracy. Oov. Tillman has furnished abundant evidence that he has been a failure as Chief Executive of South Carolina, and hence that the Conservative ticket should be elected. ? His mismanagement of the Coosaw matter cost the State over 9100,000. His efforts to control the Judiciary and the legislature, and his abuse of individ? ual members of those departments and of the latter as a whole, are evidenoe that he is inordinately ambitious and tyranni? cal. His proposition to make the poll tax three dollars and to repeal the lien law prove him an enemy of the poor man. His acceptance of froe passes and his sale of cows to the asylum bring in dura? tion his honesty. His profanity and indecencies of speech ?tamp him as a blackguard. Ever sine? he has sought office, which began in about 1886, he has been a stirrer np of strife and 'passion between neigh? bors. Since Ben Terrell made him swallow the sub-treasury scheme and Col. Yon mftTis ran him from the stand he has eve? rywhere been declared a coward. ' He wanted to fasten a system of govern? ment on the Counties that was not only impracticable and tin wise, ? but would have proven a failure. He wants the power to remove Sheriffs at will. It is just such follies as these that the Conservatives are fighting, and there are many not enumerated above. The man who cannot find a sufficient reason for casting his influence and vote against Gov. Tillman has sorely become so joined to bis Idol that his eyes have been blinded and his ears made deaf, and he deserves pity rather than censure. . Formerly a combination of politiciano for self-advancement was a ring. Now it is a "canons." A difference in terms, not hi character._ Columbia Slate: Things Governor Till? man would like to do to help the poor man?the "wool-hat, one gattos boy," to j whom he refers so often in. his speeches: 1. Make him pay a poll tax of 83. 2. Sell him to a contractor to work the public roads eight days a year, while the man with ready money pays 81.50 commuta? tion tax. 3. Put a property qualification upon his right to vote. 4. Abolish the lien law so that he can't get advances and will have to work for wages in his wealthy neighbor's field. Tillman and a coat-tail Legislature will give him these blessings and many more of the same sort, and the "one-gallus boy" should be encouraged to stick to the "poor man's fri'snd g_ ' The Carolina Spartan says that accord? ing to Tillman and his imitators our State will soon be scarce of Democrats. Till? man declares that all who opposed him two years ago are not Democrats. He says they are ''dogs," "moccasins/ "Haskelites," worse than negroes. His Adjutant-General, Farley, declares that all who supported Tillman two years ago and who are now opposed to him are traitors and cowards. According to their way of thinking the only Democrats in the State worthy of the name are Tillman ?and those who think and act as he does. Is that the way to bring about peace and harmony? Will that course keep the white people together and insure white supremacy? About one-fifth of all the voters or t!ie State are Tillmanltes. Shall thev >>'? -fate to and tyrannize over all the ot :- ? A freo people will pip; test * i Goo. R. Wendling, the lecturer, says that while he was delivering his address on Stonewall Jackson, in Kansas City, Mo., some timo ago, when he reached the point where Lee, driven hack by the Union advance, called to his men, ''Rally behind tho Virginians; there Jackson stands like a stone wall!" a man in the gallery rose up, his face on Are with en? thusiasm, and shouted Glory to God! As he shouted he seized his hat and sent it sailing over the audience, and in an in? stant, to quote the time-honored phrase, pandemonium reigned. For five minutes tbe audience cheered and yelled with a vigor that rattled both Wendling and the windows. Have the delegates who represented Anderson in the May Convention?the same in whioh Grover Cleveland was de? nounced as false to the Democracy?con? vinced the people that they voted like Democrats on the resolutions proposed by a Richland delegate denouncing the for? mation of a Third Party in thin State and those promulgating Third Party princi? ples? Some of them are now candidates "subject to tbe Democratic primary." Voters may find some amusement in hearing explanations. They will be va? ried, with contortions to match. The fact is that the Committee to which tbe reso? lutions were referred reported tbem un? favorably and the Convention sustained the Committee. Howling Down. Editor Intelligencer: This thing of howling down and throttling free Seech is undermining and destroying e fundamental principles of our Amer? ican institutions, and is threatening our civil liberties. ? The very principles for which our illustrious forefathers fought and died, and the very soil which is con? secrated with their blood, is desecrated by the howls and tramp of a wild and in? furiated crowd of American citizens. Men of Carolina, stop and think 1 'Can yon be trne to yourselves, yonr God, and your country when you refuse to hear argument on State questions and will madly oppose men and measures simply upon the ground of prejudice ? Would j yon, as honest men, be willing to render I a verdict in a case in Court when yon had heard but one aide of the case? I an? swer for you?no. Then are you willing to oast a vote' in an election when you have heard but one side of the question ? Think for a moment and your answer will be no?no. Yonr verdict in Court would probably affect but one person, while your vote shapes the destiny of your State. - "Breathes there the man with aoul so dead, Who never tc himself hath said. This is my own, my native land?" , J. P. G. Into a Trap* The question of how to keep the negro out of our politics was for a long time a living one in this State. It was at last solved by Edward McCrady, of Charles? ton, with the present eight box and regis? tration law. 'if By the way, not as strictly part r* this subject, but as an independent observa? tion, has anybody noticed how the men who did most for the State daring and since 1876 stand in this present contest? James L Orr was tbe first man of the Wallace house in the storming of the State House that year; John C. Sheppard was ?l?se behind him.' Samuel Dibble led the forlorn hope in the fight for Con? gress in the then black district. Wade Hampton is on the same side with them. Edward McCrady, who devised and intro? duced the eight box law and gave ns a guarantee of peace and security so long as we stick together, was the first signer of the thirteen call. But, to return: The eight box law made ns safe so long as there was white unity. From a condition of doubt and anxiety and a new fight every two years we pass? ed into a feeling of serene security and South Carolina was taken out of the doubtful column and put in the list of States surely and always Democratic. As a chronio kicker, a neighborhood oracle who could improve everything while knowing but little of the mots of anything, B. It. Tlliman, in 1888, sought to improve on the eight box law. Ina letter to the News and Courier he urged as one of the things to be done by a con? stitutional convention the adoption of a property or educational qualification for voters. His .friends talk of his nerve. ? He said1 at Bamwell that if he believed a thing was right he would do it if every man in the State was against him. But h6 hasn't had the nerve to propose or support on the stump as a candidate what he propos? ed and supported in the newspapers as a citizen who would (he promised) accept no office but that of trustee of an agricul? tural College. The last Senate adopted a resolution call ins: a Constitutional Convention. A proposed amendment requiring that the work of that Convention be submitted to the people was defeated by Governor Till man's friends and supporters. The reso? lution failed in the House?the "drift? wood" House?only because a two-thirds majority could not be mustered for it, tbe anci-Tillmna men standing fast against it. If Governor Tiilman is re-elected "with a Legislature to suit him," which he de? mands, the poor people of this country may find that they have been led into a cruel trap. The governor has shown and spoken his purposes. They are plain. ? If he controls the Legislature the Co u u ty Government Bill, proposed and de? feated in the last Legislature, will be pass? ed. j The governor will then have control of ! the Legislature, of the Courts, of the j ' County Governments. He will have the ' appointment of aU the township road commissioners, who will make the I County Government and control all con? tracts of the commissioners of the poor, [ of the jury commissioners and trial justi? ces. With this power in his hands and the I appointment of election commissioners ! and control of the party machinery he will control the election of members of the constitutional Convention. What does he want that Convention to do? > Make a three dollar poll tax. Fix it so that unless a man he a cer? tain amount of property or has a certain degree of education he shall not vote, shall have no voice in the choice of his government. The poor white people are being led into a trap by the loud talk of the farm? ers' government and popular rule. They are being put in a position where they will be helpless slaves, denied a vote, subjeot to the will of the rich or educated, deprived of all privileges but paying a tribute of three dollars a year for the schools and being sold to contractors eight days in every year for work on the public roads. There is cunning claim that the whole thing is against the negro. Thousands of negro farm hands working at ?9 a month would rather stay in jail twenty days and be fed and lodged than pay their $3 poll tax. Abolish the eight box law and fix an educational or property qualification. Then the white man, who cannot come up to the standard must pay 83 a year to help the sons of colored parents to go to school and learn enough to vote while the white man is turned from the ballot box and left without voice or power. We are doing very well as it is. Every white man has his vote and the State is surely Democratic under the eight box law. Do you want white men and Democrats to be denied tbe right to vote because they are poor or have been unable to find means to lsarn to read or write, while negroes who have gathered property or education under tbe government white men fought and have paid for walk freely to the polls ? Do you want tbe laboring men of this State to be subicccted to a three dollar poll tax ? Do you want free white men and South Carolinians to be given into slavery eight days a year at fifty cents a day, while their wealthier neighbors take their ease by paying 81.50 commutation tax ? It you want all these things and war against money and corporations to keep and drive both out of tk?* State Vote foe B. R. Tiilman for Governor.? Greenville News. ? Col. Powell, of the United States ar? my, is authority for the statement that among the Cheyonnes a man is nevor permittted to speak to his mother-in-law except through tho intermediation of a third person. ? On oxamining tho field glasses used at the observatory on Mount Arie, situa? ted near the summer resorts, West Ba? den and French Lick, it was found that one of tbe field glasses had an impres? sion of flowers in both lenses, like a neg? ative. It must have been caused by lightning, as tho glass was left on the upper platform of the observatory, and the impression is of Buch flowers as are growing on Mount Arie. The quality of the glass is not impainH ut all, though the impression seems to c.o ulnar through the lenses. To The Farmers. Friends and Fellow? Citizens: I hope you will not consider me presumptuous in at? tempting to address you through the col? umns of this paper, or in any other way, but as I am in a position to appreciate your situation in the present campaign, I hope you will do me the honor of consid? ering, just for a few moments, what I will havo to say. Thero is one growing evil in South Car? olina which threatens the peace and pros? perity of the State; an evil which every peace-loving citizen, man and woman, should resolve upon stamping out of ex? istence. The evil which I refer to is the growing prejudice between the County and the town. That this thing does exist and is growing and becoming more inten? sified daily, no one will deny. That the situation is becoming dangerous and alarming is proven in every polit? ical discussion, and at every cam? paign meeting. Now, gentlemen, I bold the opinion that this prejudice must be overcome and put under toot before we ?townsman or countryman?can or are capable of casting a icyal vote in tbe com? inp elections. Some one is responsible for thin evil, but it is not my business here to Bay who it is. We should not stop to en? quire who net tbe bouse on fire, but tbe tret duty is to put out tbe fire, then ap Srebend and punish the guilty party. u*t so in this case. Let's not stop to fasten the blame upon uny one just now, but all join hands in crushing out the evil nod time will not be slow in laying tbe charge at tbe guilty man's door. Now, bow are we to get at the trouble and to etop it? The first blow should be hurled at tbe men who are attempting to sow tbe seeds of discord, be tbey whom they may?Tillmanites or anties. The town and Ccuuty should unite and refuse to support any man for office who would, for political purposes, attempt to array one class against another. ''United we ahmd, divided we fall" should bo our watch-word, and every man who attempts to divide ns shonld be looked upon and treated as an enemy. Tbe class agitators once put under foot, fellowship and broth? erly love, once characteristic of South Carolinians, would in due time be re-es tshlisbed and tbe dead past barv its dead. J. P. G. ShlloT? Puffit. As it 1b raining now, I concluded to write you a short epistle and give yon the news in brief. The farmers are busy fighting tbe grass, and if sunshine does not make its appear? ance tbe grass will gain tbe victory. Laying by corn seems to be tbe order of the day. Concerning politics, we are very near equally divided, but I am still bowling for Sheppard and Cleveland. I think A. L. Smith was right When be composed that beautiful poem, "Hard Times." ' I heard a young lady say she was waiting to get a chance to propose to him, but be is so sby he won't come in a mile of this place. Come up, Smith, she has the prettiest flowers of anybody around here. Sadness ss pictured on the faces of tbe girls. They are downcast about the bachelors' club. All their ef? forts to dislodge it seema to be vain. Girls, getan extra move on yourselves. Some [ of you have crossed the robicon, while others are just verging on its slippery banks. Come around to my cabin. I am in the market, but I do not claim to look ?8 well as some of tbe boys. I can eat as many beans as ajy man. I will have to stop, for the flies are playr irur leap frog on my balded seat of learning. Watermelons will soon be ripe and tbe -boys will take moonlight promenades. When I lay by I am going to write oftener. Kildee. Cross Roads Items. Miss Rosa Geer opened her school at this place Monday. If It keeps on raining cotton will be injured a great deal. Corn is good. August will soon ..bo here, and you tennis players should revive the club. The boys should have some amusement to keep them out of mischief. There is a young man of this place who would like to be informed when it will be preaching at Trinity. He has a new buggy. Can't some of you ladies tell him ? It is leap year, and some of you might have an opportunity to become his qaeen. I was glad when I read how the Pelzer boys broke up the "Gideon Band." My Old lady just jumped right cn the Shep j pard party and is now hollering for Sheppard for all she is worth. I Sing a song of six pence, v Josh Ashley drinking rye, F The Gideonites went to Pelzer And got baked in a pie; When the pie was opened Rube began to sing, Watson is a big bird Who won't get a thing. If any one wants to enjoy a hearty laugh get the Pierce to wn boys to sing that parody on Mary's lamb. Cross Roads is on the move, She is coming to the rack, The boys white-washed The Tiilman crowd and whipped Morgan Pack. Uncle Josh. Cray ton Items. Your correspondent from Eureka, Mr. E??tor, made a few mistakes recently, I think. First, he says I seemed very proud of my Tiilman community. I did not say so in my communication. He says be la proud to say that his community is di? vided. Isn't it a mistake for a thinking, intelligent man to make such expressions at euch a time as this? Is it not a mis? take to criticise the whole movement be car.'ie one does not like the leader. Again, he says tbat be does not like bo much boBiiism as Tiilman and his ring desires. Now, we think if he could have seen tbat famous convention of twenty-one, tbat met in Columbia some two years ago, be would have seen more bosslsm in two hours than he has seen in tbe farmers' movement in two years. The wet weather is doing serious damage to the crops in this community. Cotton on sandy land is failing for want of work and sunshine, and corn on the bottom land is badly hurt from overflow. The farmers are becoming downcast over the situation. One of our young men, Mr. C. W. C. King, has left ub for Piedmont. We hope he may soon find out that Piedmont is. not the place for him, and tbat be may return to ub decided to stay on tbe farm. Miss Bannah Williams, of Greenville, has been visiting at her aunt's, Mrs. Susan Alewine's. Miss Lou McGee, of Honea Path, was on a visit to her brothers last week. The Sunday School at Bethany la largely attended, and much interest is manifested in the lesson. To "Ears and Eyea" I say your guess is correct. Yours, <&c., for "equal rights to all, and special privileges to none." Zach. More Facts About Flat Bock. Mb Editor : In your issue of May 25th last was published a communication from me giving a history of the establishment and organization of Flat Rock Church. In it, among other things, I stated that the Presbyterian and Baptist denominations owned eight acres jointly, and I also stated who were the. original Trustees, and who are now the Trustees. This communica? tion called forth another communication signed "Fist" in your issue of June 30th, in which it is stated that Grief T?te holds the title to four acres of this land. This may be true, and I do not doubt it, but I do unhesitatingly say that he would have a lively time enforcing possession and ownership. In the deed from Joseph Hall to Joab Hall, the four acres, being part of tbe eight acres claimed by the two denominations, was expressly reserved. Hence Joab Hall nevet had title to these four aores, and it logically follows that he could not convey what he did not have. Besides, these two congregations since 185G have claimed and exercised owner? ship over this land, and, if for no higher reason, hold it by adverse possession. Besides, if Mr. T?te baa titles they would be in trust for said denomination. So much for this assertion as to who are the Trustees. In tbe communication signed ''Flat" my name is not mentioned as one of tbe Trustees. In reference to this, all I have to st.y, is that under act of tbe General Assembly of South Carolina, I vas ap? pointed one of tbe Trustees, that I have continued to act as such Trustee, and es I have not resigned or been removed from said Trusteeship, I still regard myself as uot/untus officio, and expect to discharge the duties of Trustee to the end. As matter of information, 1 will state that tbe present building was erected by subscription in 1856; tbat Aaron Hall was tbe contractor, and his books show that the Baptist paid towards the erection of said Church the autn of $58.25, the Pres? byterians paid $181.75, which w8h insuffi? cient to complete the Church by about $50, which sum Aaron Hnll furnished himself. The Joseph Hall referred to was my father. He was a Baptist, liberal und charitable in his views. I am very proud of his memory. "Flat" related several things, but for? got, to tell tbat they bad a 'Squire and a Nomrv Public, both of whom together f ini .-t comp^"??, a parable. "Flat" should tir hu m) tbat > e is right and then go ahead. ? w> A Card, Messrs. Editors: Allow mo through your columns to thank the people of An? derson County for their many encourage? ments whilo canvassing the County for Sheriff. But sickness being in my fami? ly, will prevent me from going farther into the race, and, therefore, I withdraw. Respectfully, D. E. Carlisle. Union Meeting. The Union Meeting of Third District, Saluda Association, will be hold at Now Prospect, on fifth Lord's day in July and Saturday before. Introductory Sermon?Sunday 11 a. m., by Rev. O. L. Martin. Query:?Why is it particularly the duty of Baptists to contribute to Missions? Speakers, Rev. W. B. Hawkins, Prof. J. M. Hamlin, Rov. O. L. Martin. Missionary Sermon?Sunday 2 p. m., by Rev. H. M. Allen. C. O.Burriss. The Sunday School Union of this Dis? trict convenes at New Prospect Church Sunday July 31st at 9.30 a. m. programme : Devotional Exercises?W. M. Riley. Subject for Discussion?The day's Los son. Speakers?L. P. Smith, E. P. Earle, and W. P. Holland. Speeches limited to 20 minutes each. General Discussion?Speeches 10 min? utes each. Address by W. F. Cox. Subject: "Connie Maxwell Orphanage."?20 min? utes. W. E. Lee, Sec. Com. Union Meeting. The Union Mooting of the' 2nd District, Saluda Association, will meet with the Church at Williamston, on Friday, July 29th. The following program has been pre? pared : Introductory sermon, by Rev. M. Mc Gee, at 11 o'clock. Friday p. m.?To what extent are Christians responsible for lawlessness and increase of crime??Rev. G. M. Rogers and J. B. Watkins. Saturday a. m.?Devotional exercises at 9.30 o'clook, conducted by A. R. Cox. The duty of our Churches in the Cen? tennial Movement of Missions?L. "VV. Campbell, Rev. N. G. Wright and Rev. D. W. Hiott. ' Saturday p. m.?The temperance cause, as it presents itself at present.?J. J. Cope land, C. E. Horton, atid Rev. R. W. Burts. Sunday a. m.?Sunday School Union meets at 9.30 o'clock. Lecture upon the lesson of the day by W. E. Owens. Address by J. E. Harper upon subject of his own selection. Missionary Sermon by Rev. L. M. Rice. By request of Williamston Church and other brethren of the Union, this meeting has been called for Friday, instead of Saturday, as was previously arranged. It is earnestly hoped that all who can will attend, and that we shall have a pleasant and profitable meeitng. C. E. Burts, Chairman of Committee. The Requisition Honored. Governor Tillman usually likes to take knotty questions by the horn and deal with them summarily, but he has just given up one that he does not hesitate to say is too much for him. All will remember that some time ago he received a requisition from the Gov? ernor of Georgia for the extradition of a white man named Simpson, who resides . in Anderson County. The case was per? haps the most peculiar one that has ever come before any Governor, involving questions of interstate comity that have probably never before been raised. The charge that the man was wanted on was assault and battery. He shot at a man who was in a boat in the middle of the Savannah river, he standing on the South Carolina shore. When the Governor received the re? quisition he was sorely puzzled and an? swering the Governor of Georgia that he would give it his most careful attention he referred the questions involved to the Attorney General for his investigation and opinion. It also proved too much for that official, and he yesterday gave a verbal opinion to the Governor, the substance of which was to advise him, that inas? much as the case involved so many ques? tion on fine points as to the jurisdic? tion of States, that had never been adju? dicated by any court or tribunal, it would be best to honor the requisition and let the parties fight it out and settle it in either the courts of Georgia or this State. The Governor has decided to act in ac? cordance with this opinion and the re? quisition will bo honored.?Columbia State. A Shocking Accident. Princessanne, Md., July 17.?Chris? topher C. Ball, a farmer living about a mile and a half from here on Manokin River, yesterday morning was the happy father of nine children, six boys and three girls. Yesterday afternoon four of his boys were drowned while swimming in-the river back of his farm. The names of the victims are: Willie, aged 10; Lewis, 15;. Thomas, 12, and John, 10. These, with their brother, George, 11 years, went in swimming. George was the last to go in. When he began to wade out he saw his brothers were in trouble. He hesitated. Ho thou saw his brothers drown, one after anoth? er, within twenty feet of him, and he was poweiless to assist them. The current was running very strong, and the water was very deep. / The only person besides the boy to witness the sad accident was a colored man on a hill some distance away, but he was too far off to give assistance. The bodies of the boys were recovered during the night. TiUman's $3 Foil Tax. Governor Tillman advocates the ?3 poll tax. It is ill-advised, because: 1. It is at variance with tho theory of taxation, viz: that he who has much pays much; he who has little pays little; he who has nothing pays nothing?henco it is equitable and unjust: 2. Because a largo per cent, of tho ne? groes would evade it?every whito man would have it to pay. Whito men have a permanent habitation?negroes move about every year and thousands escape tho poll tax. 3. Because it makes the burden too great upon the poor. It is easy for the rich to pay?it is hard for the poor. The man worth ?100 pays the same as a man worth 3100,000. 4. It makes the poor pay for the educa? tion of the rich, while the"reverse should be. 5. Because if $3 is better than SI, then ?5 would be better than ?3, and ?10 better than ?5. If taxes are to be raised this way, abolish our present system and levy the amount por capita. 6. Because many negroes would go to jail for a while rather than pay the ?3, and the taxpayers must pay their board while in jail. We fail utterly to see how it relieves the poor man.?Abbeville Press ami Banner. ? Pedestrian Stouo walked from San Francisco to New York, 3,324 miles, in 28 days. During the trip ho wore out ten pairs of shoes, threo suits of clothes and lost twenty pounds. Bad roads bothored him. He finished his journey, tanned by tho sun, but in perfect health. Now try This. It will cost you nothing and will surely do you good, if you have a Cough, Cold, or any trouble with Throat, Chest or Lungs. Dr. King's New Discovery for Consump tion, Coughs, and Colds is guaranterd to give relief, or money will bo paid back. Sufferers from La Grippe found it just the thing and under its use had a speedy and perfect recover}'. Try a sample bottle at our expense and learn for yourself how good a thing it is. Trial bottles free at Hill BroH. Drug Store. Large size 50c. and $100. Specimen Cases. S. H- Clifford, New Cassel 1, Wia.. was troubled with Neuralgia and Rheumatism, bis Stomach was disordered, his Liver was affected to an alarming degree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly reduced in flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, of Harrisburg, JH.. bad a ruuning sore on his leg of 8 years' standing. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters und seven boxes of Buckleij'e Ar? nica Salvo, and his leg is sound and well. John Speaker, Catawba, 0., had five large Fever s ores on his leg. doctor said he was incurable. One bottle Electric Bitters and one Box Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him entirely. Sold by Hill Bros. Winthrop State Normal College, COLUMBIA, S. C. THOROUGH training and practice in best methods ot teaching. Faculty composed of instructors of extensive and successful experience in teaching teachers. Open tj white girls over 17. Session be? gins September 28. Graduates secure good positious. Each County given two schol? arships?one worth ?150 a session and one of free tuition. Competitive examination August 5 at Coin ! House of each County. Address P. B. JOHNSON, President, Co? lumbia, S. C. July 20.189? 3 lm* ? Tho Macon Telegraph givos an in? teresting description of > tho farm of Mr. ?W.O. Wadley, in Burke County, Georgia. He has 2,000 acres in corn, 1,700 acres in cotton and a splendid Jierd of cattle. He raises everything on a big scale. Ho has already threshed 2,500 bushels of oats from this year's crop and has several barns filled to overflowing with oats in the shock besides. One of tho most in? teresting things about the placo is the re? sult of Mr. Wadley's experiments in the matter of raising earn. Tho rows in a portion of his crop are six feet, another seven feet and another ten feot apart. The corn in the ten-feet rows was given eighteen inches in the drill, and this promises by far the best yield of the lot. Mr. Wadley's idea is that corn must havo plenty of room for the air and light to strike it, or it will be dwarfed. mit m nimm ,??????^m??ia? ANNOUNCEMENTS. For Clerk of Court. I hereby respectfully announce myself as a can? didate fo r tho office of Clerk of Court for Ander? son County, S. C-, subject to the Democratic Primary. M. P. TRIBBLE. For Auditor. I respectfully announce myself as a candidato for tho office of Auditor of Anderson County, sub? ject to tho Democratic Primary. B. F. WILSON. For the Legislature. The friends of ge0e6e E. PRINCE, Esq., pre? sent his name as a candidate for the Legislature, subject to the action of tho Democratic Primary Election._ For Coroner, The friends of MILLEDGE B. JACKSON re? spectfully announce him as a candidate for Coro? ner, subject to the action of Democratic Primary Election._ For Solicitor. I hereby announce myself as a candidate for re-election to the office of So licitor of the Eighth Judicial Circuit of South Carolina; subject to the action of the Democratic Party In the Primary Election in August next. M. F. ansel: For County Commissioners. W. P. SNELGROVE, of Fork Towhship, Is presented to the vo ten of Anderson County as a suitable person for the offico of County Commis? sioner, subject to tho Democratic primary. The friends of SAMUEL O. JACKSON respect? fully announce him as a candidate for County Commissioner, subject to the action of the Demo? cratic Primary. Mr. Jackson is a thoroughly practical young man, and -would manago the County affairs in a practical way. We are authorized to announce Capt. B. C. MARTIN as a candidato for re-election to the office of County Commissioner, subject to the ac? tion of the Democratic Primary. For School Commissioner. The friends of COLUMBUS WARDLAW re? spectfully announce him as a candidate for re? election to the offico of School Commissioner, subject to the Democratic primaries. Mr. Ward law has made a most zealous and efficient officer, as the condition of our public school system will verify. For Sheriff. I hereby announce myself as a candidato for Sheriff of Anderson County, subject to the Demo? cratic Primary Election. NELSON R. GREEN. To the Vqtkks of Ahdekso3 Couhtv : I an? nounce myself as a candidate for the office of Sheriff?subject to the Democratic primary elec? tion. Respectfully, D. E. CARLISLE. ? The- man who expends his be3t thought and effort in reforming the world is certainly worthy of his reward and our esteem, but the ugly truth is he does not always pay his debts. Notice to Creditors. "VTOTICE is hereby given that a meeting j-i of the Creditors of A. G. Means, Jr., has been called for 10 o'clock a. m. on Wednesday next, 27th inst., in the office of Tribble & Prince, in the City of Anderson, S. C, lor the purpose of electing an Agent, &c. GEO. E. PRINCE. Assignee. July ivy, 1892._3_1_ INSURANCE! IAM prepared to issue Al Policies on first class Gin risks, Cotton, and all other kinds of Country and City property, in the best of Insurance Companies, and shall be glad to furnish rates or any other information concerning the Insurance bus? iness. Call on or address J. H. Von HASSELN, Anderson, 8. C July 20,1892_|5_3m "VTOTICE TO CREDITORS. JlN All persons having demands against the Estate of Mrs. Sallie Gantt, dee'd, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. C. E. HARPER, Ex'r. July 20, 1392_3_3__ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the Estate of Dr. P. A. Wilbite, deceased, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within th? time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment F. T. WILHITE, Ex'r. July 20, 1892_3_3_ NOTICE TO CREDITORS. All persons having claims against the Estate of Dr, John W. Crymes, dee'd, are hereby notified to present them, prop? erly proven, to the undersigned within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. T. J. CRYMES, Administrator de bonis non. July 20,1892 3 3 BUISTS' TURNIP SEED. CROP 1892. NOW READY. A. N. T0DD & CO. BOWLING GREEN BUSINESS COLLEGE. Next Term leglnB September 5,1892. A School of Business, Short-baud. English. Type-writing, Telegraphy, Penmanship. 8end for information. CHEERY BBOTHERS, Propri? etors, Bowling Green, Ky. July 7, 1892 1 3m ? M DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTHING, HATS, SHOES, BACON, MOLASSES, FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEE. -AND BUGGIES AND WAGONS. GO TO IN order to reduce our Stock of Buggies we have greatly REDUCED PRICES, and are uow offering liberal terms. "Our Special Pet" is the 'Tyaon & Jones Buggies." The beBt in the market. Call and see them. We are also agents for the McCormick Ha vesting Machine Go's. Celebrated STEEL MOWERS, to which we invite your attention. Yours trnly, SYLVESTER BLECKLEY COMPANY. JESSE R. SMITH. a. a. BRISTOW. WHEN YOU CO TO GREENVILLE Call and see the Handsomest and Newest line of Clothing^ Tiats and Furnishings, To foe Found in the City, Or send US an order, which we will gladly fill, and if not satisfactory to be returned at our expense. SMITH & BRISTOW, Clothiers and Furnishers, Greenville, S. C. The Chattanooga Cane Mills and Sorghum Evaporators. The BEST CANE MILLS made for Horso, Steam or Motor power. The Latest Improved SELF-SKIMMING EVAPORATORS. They save labor, and improve the quality of the Syrup. Prices JReducjed. We uro Headquarters for Upper Carolina on nl! kiwi* i>f MACHINERY, and are better equipped than ever to supply wants in thW line. Never fail to get our prices. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO JEiJLBERTQIV, G?. We have just received the Handsomest line of GENTS' AND BOYS' STRAW HAfS! South of Baltimore, and can undersell any house in the City, Also, a line of Ladies' and Misses' OXFORD TIES. ALL WINTER COODS MUST GO, BEGABDLESS OF PRICE. Yours, anxious to please, O. B. VanWyok, The Shoe and Hat Dealer. THE TERRELL CULTIVATOR! A. On*- XjOhxI Just 7?t'coivcd-Pricc Heduced. Andekbon, S. C, March 14, 1SP2?M emirs. Cunniogheiu & Humphrey*, Anderson 8. C?Gentlemen: I tried one of youi Terrell Cultivators last year, and can cheerfully recommend it to any one wanting a good implement. I would not lay it aside for anj Cnltivulor I have use !. Will want five or nix more this Spring. Yours truly, 8. A. JONES. Akdkbson, C , March 10,1892?Messrs. Cunningham <fc Humphreys?Gents: The Terrell Harrow loncht of von is the best implement I have ever had?would not be with? out it for twice the price- It hreak* the grouud thoroughly, and leaves it in fine con? dition. Rwueclfully. D. 8. MAXWELL. , 100 DOZEN TERRELL HEEL SWEEPS, lOO DOZEN HANDLED HOES?1st Quality. RAKES, SHOVELS, SPADES, FORKS, POTATO DRAGS, And all such goods that are seasonable, BROOKS and other COTTON PLANTERS. ANY RAT TRAPS. DID YOU SAY ? Why, yes, we are headquarters for the Celebrated Morty Trap. Price $1.25 each. Yours truly, CUNNINGHAM & HUMPHREYS, 16 South Main Street. ' This is the Time of the year that Housekeepers find it hard to get what they want, but if they will call at D. S. MAXWELL * SON'S, IVO. ?> CHIQ?OLA PLACE, They will Find Anything* they may Want! iHEIB K'iu* I? coroplrte in CANNED GOODS, DRIED FRUITS, and, in feet. EVERYTHING in th? line of FA-lTOir GBOGBBIES. 25,000 Cabbage Plantsr?t^&M* soon be ready. DON'T FAIL TO VISIT !>*-.. AIDERS IN STAPLE AND FAKCY GROCERIES, F??iT?' ?.:id CONFECTIONERIES. ?ar We are selling Goods CHEAP, .oid will treat you right. Give us a call. Yours truly, E. W. BROW? & SONS