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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDEKSON, S. C. WEDNESDAY MOKNING, AUGUST 3, 1892. VOLUME XXVIL?NO. 5. JESSE B. SMITH. A. A. BRISTO W. WHEN YOU GO TO GREENVILLE Call and see the Handsomest and Newest line of 01?thing3 Hats and Furnishings, To toe Found in the City, Or SEND US AN ORDER, jvhich we will gladly fill, and if not satisfactory to be rt jfarned at our expense. smith & bristow, Clothiers and Furnishers, Greenville, S. C. VINEGARS ! We have Lai Vinegars the very Best Qualities obtainable and at ' Reasonable Prices. Apple Cider Yinegiar?four years old. White Wine Vinegar?extra quality. Claret Vinegar?for table use- ? *, West India Spiced Vinegar?our specialty. Oar Spiced Vinegar is made from Fare Grape Wine Vinegar, boiled down witb West India Spices. The combination of imported Spices for the production of this Fine Vinegar has been skill fully made, after many years of experiment. The result is an absolutely perfect Spice Vinegar, retaining tbe delicious flavor and delightful fra? grance of West India Spice. It is the only Vinegar you can heat, warm or boil that will throw off the same fragrance and flavor as when cold. Especially desirable for Metis and Vegetables. When used to make Spiced Beef or Spiced Onions it will satis? fy the most fastidious taste. , Taylor & crayton, 42 Granite Row. ? to close ? SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, \ In order to clear out all kinds of Goods to make room for a new Fall Stock. M. WE have decided to make the people of Anderson an offer to secure good, first-class Goods AT AND BELOW COST. WE MEAN JUST WHAT WE SAY-all Summer Goods to go regardless of what they are worth. Embroideries, Laces, Lawns, Muslins, Bedford Cords, Challies, And, m tact, a nice clean Stock of Spring Goods. A big; lot of EEMNANTS, all kinds oi Goods, to close. Now is your time to get the Childrens' Winter Clothes cheap. ? s&- Come and see me. w. a. chapman, Agent, Next to Masonic Temple. LITERALLY WASHED WITH BLOOD. Police do their Duty without respect to Persons. The Wall Still Coyered with Bloody Gore. .Ch E fight was on South Main Street at the Bazaar and Ten Cent Stores of 0. S. Minor & Co. It was an attack of the combined forces of seven other merchants t n the famous C. S Minor. They fonght in defence of their prices, which they claimed had been crushed out of all respectability by the said C. S. Minor, and t aey fought with desperation to restore the former priese, but down they go in the dead of the fight, and their blood on oar Store-front only is left to tell a pitiful tale of woe. Stranger than Strange. One man claimed that v:o had reduced the price of Pants to 25c. and|00c. per pair?lees than OMt to make. We don't care. Another claimed that we sell the best quality Mason Fruit Jar at less than he can buy the second quality. We don't cure for that, either. Another said oar 10c Hosiery was the same that he had to sell at 15c., or two piiir for 25c, and that we sold his 15c Snspenders at 10c, and his 25c Suspenders at 15c. Well, what of that ? Another man believes that we are selling his 40c Caps and Saucers for 30c, and his 35c Plates at 25c. Why should we care ? A certain millinery man thinks we have kaocked him out of more than a band red sales. We don't have to pay a milliner, and he don't believe we pay for oar goods. ' What concern is that of his ? Another man claims that we sell Tobacco at a starvation price. Has he any right to object ? These are some of the complaints made against us. We ask you whotte busi? ng i<t it, if not that of onr customers and ourselves ? Can't we make Bueh figures ?4 we see fit without being hounded down and forced to fight for our lives ? We'll fij;h t to the death?we'll put their blood on our walls and their scalps on our doors, and tbeir customers in- possession of undoubted bargains. Say, would joi wash tt at blood off the wall, or would you let it stay as a warning ? Yours for Spot Cash, , C. S. MINOR, THE, BAZAAR and the 10c. STORE. M ILLS, EYAPOBATDRS AM COTTON GINS ! WE are agents for the Celebrated Kentucky Cane Mills and Hall Self Feeding Cotton Gins. It will pay any person to call and see our Ma? chinery and get our prices before buying, as we feel assured we can save you money, and can sell you on easy terms. We can bottom and repair old Evaporators, making tbam as good as new at a small cost. We also manufacture Smoke Stacks, 8park Arresters and Suction Pipes, which every Ginner should have, as it saves time, labor and expense. Cor Stock of Stoves, Tinware, Crockery and Honse Furnishing Goods is complete. We have a large supply MA80N FRUIT JARS and TIN CANS which are goiDg cheip. It will pay you to buy as soon as possible, as Fruit Jars are going to be scarce and Ir'gher latter part of season. Call and see our Cherry Seeders, Apple and Peach Pealers?something that every honsehold should have. It eaves much time and labor, and are so very cheap. When you oome to Town be sure to call and see us. We will make it to your in? terest to buyyour Goods from us. We still buy RAGS, HIDES and BEESWAX All kinds ROOFING and GUTTERING done on short notice, and in a thorough workmanlike manner. Yours very truly, PEOPLES & BURBISS. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. The undersigned, Executors of . .?onviue.s.c. . AndersoE,s.i;. : the Estate of A> w Smith, deceased, "E* . ?1? ?. n ?* ? 4-4-1 , ! hereby give notice that they will apply to JC''M10 06 ?UatllBD&llDl, 1 the Judge of Probate for Anderson County "? ._l\. ^ i J_ c a _?4, i onO A?a * ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ANDERSON, - S. C. April 88,1892 *}} 3m on the 15th day of August, 1892, for a Final Settlement of said Estate and dis? charge from their office as Executors. B. H. GREER. L. A. WILLIAMS, Executors. July 13,1892 2 P TflA?H?$'?0I,UMN All csmmunications intended fo this Column Bhould be addressed to C WARDLAW, School Commissioner, An deraon, S. 0. Mibb Eddie L. Davis is at work in her Bchool in Rock Mills District. The pa? trons of that school will rue the day when they give np Miss Eddie. We regret to lose Prof. J. W. Qaines. He goes to Westminister for the next term, having resigned the principalship of the Williamston Male High School. We wish that every teacher and pupil of Anderson County could Bee Tallulah Falls. The sights at that place would quicken their energy and interest in the study of geography and nature generally. Miss Lizzie Brock's school at Wood* land, in Bel ton District, closed last Fri? day. She has clone good work and de? serves the applaudit well done. Among our teachers none are more faithful and energetic than Miss Lizzie. Miss Minerva Drake, one of the most energetic and enthusiastic teachers in the County, will have charge of the Con? crete school during the next year. She has secured a good place, and the people of Concrete have secured a first class teachsr. ^^^^^^ While in Columbia we met Mr. Henry A. Johnson, who was for several years a teacher in this County, but is now Clerk in the office of Superintendent of Educa? tion. Mr. Johnson is one who will make his mark in the world. He deserves success, and will achieve it Mr. W. M. Eiley is teaching at New Prospect school during the summer. This is his old home, and his employment shows that he is appreciated by those who know him. Mr. Biley is a young man of character, and full of promise. We shall be glad to see him rise high in the service of the Master, to which ser? vice he has consecrated himself. This is awfully hot weather to expect much work from children in the school room. Let me beg the teachers not to expect too much. The little fellows are humans, just as larger people are, and can get hot and tired just as quick. Give plenty of recess, and make school just as live and pleasant as Dssible. Do not tax the energy and strength of the chil? dren too much. We would again urge the teachers to investigate the claims of a little book entitled, "Ethics for Young People," to a.place in every school. We need to teach the children more of right doing, more of their relations to the family, Church, school, County and State, and especially more of the relations tiiey sub tain to their fellow beings of every class and calling. It is published by Ginn & Co., of New York. Mr. L. M. Mahaffey will have as bia assistant doing the next term Mies Bet tie Earle. This gives the people of the Bethany school two teachers of the bent kind. Both Mr. Mahaffey and Miss Esxle are teachers of high standing, who know how to do good work and are full of energy. We are glad to see this for? ward movement by those people. Noth? ing pays better than a good school. Money spent in that way gives back good results. We congratulate the people and the teachers on their mutual BUccesB. The State Teachers' Association was in every way a success, The attendance was large, and the interest showed far better work in the future. The addresses and papers were exceedingly well pre? pared, and showed careful research and study. Anderson County was pretty well represented. We had the pleasure of meeting Miss Helen McMaster while ia Columbia, and we feel sure that the teachers of Anderson County will be glad to hear tha; she is in the enjoyment of good health and full of life and energy. She had many pleasant things to say of her trip to Anderson, and spoke in the very highest terms of the teachers of this County. We had the pleasure of meet? ing again many of the teachers who were here last year, and it was a pleasure to hear their praise of Anderson and her hospitable people. ? "Golden Medical Discovery"-cures those diseases which come from blood impurities?scrofula and skin diseases, sores and swellings. But does It ? It's put up by the thou? sands of gallons, and sold to hundreds of thousands. Can it cure as well as though it had beeu compounded especially for you ? Its makers say that thousands of peo? ple who have had Tetter and Salt rbeum, Eczema and Erysipelas, Carbuncles and Sore Eyes, Thick Neck and Enlarged Glands, are well to day because they used it. Suppose that this is bo. Suppose that a quick-witted man was far-seeing enough to know that to cleanse the blood was to cleanse the life. Suppose that by many experiments, and after many failures, he discovered this golden key to health, and that blj faith in it for you ia so strong that you can go to your druggist, buy a bottle, and if it doesn't help you, you can getthemoney returned?cheerfully. Will you try it. The remedy to have faith in, is the remedy the makers themselves have faith in. Gov. Tillman's declaration that Goy. Sheppard and bis party were Republicans brought forth the following reply from Col. Youmans in his Manning Bpeech: "In his speech at Kingptroe four years ago Tillman said protection was the principle of the Republican party. Anti-tariff is a contention of the Democratic party. In 1835 Tillman said free trade was a barren idflality, and at Barnwell in 1887 he said that tariff reduction was not going to remedy the evils. I told him that he ac? cordingly disagreed with the whole theo? ry of Carolina statesmanship, and bo said yes, that he was in favor of protection and against taritT reduction. To-day he tells you "protection is the doctrine of the Republican party. Here is a man ad? vocating the very backbone of that which h(',has termed the doctrine of tho Repub? lican party." *N HONEST INQUIRY. [Note.?The following article was written for the People? Advocate, and was tendered to the Editor of that paper for publication, but he declined to publish it.] Mft. Editor s There may be no break in the lines from your point of view, but vre can assure there is at least a few con? scientious voters that supported Governor Tillman two years ago as a reformer that to day look upon him with feelings of distrust, if not aversion, owing to an ev? ident want of consistency. Now, as we belong to that class of voters who not only supported him in his canvass, but also cast our ballot for his election, we feel free of prejudice when we say that he has utterly failed to come up to our ex? pectations as a reformer, and, therefore, cannot get our vote on the 30th August. Our attitude towards the Governor from the first was like that of a great many others who bad no especial admiration for his personality, but believed him to be honest and sincere, and incapable of doing a thing that he villified and abused others for doing, and, that he would not, for the sake of a paltry sum, place him? self in the same category with those whom he bad denounced au bribe takers, and yet it must be confessed by all that he did this very thing. It must also be confess i ed by some of us that this is not what we call "rugged honesty." Furthermore, we would add that it certainly must take an abundance of brass ar d cheek for a can? didate to face a constituency with this reproach upon him. We don't believe that Anderson County could produce the man who would be willing to "face the music" under like condition. If she has, however, we have some curiosity to know who he is. It will be remembered that one of the most important features of Tillman's platform contemplated not only a reduc? tion of offices, but also a Scaling of sala? ries, which the Governor promised faith? fully to carry out, provided that a Legis? lature was elected that was in sympathy with him in this reform. Now, in order to make a sure thing doubly sure, some of tie knowing ones met together, and, unknown to some, and to the great dis? satisfaction of others, uominated a ticket To one man this looked so much like the "ring rule" that had so recently been de? nounced in the canvass, that he bolted the ticket and ran a race on his "own hook," but was, of course, defeated. The regular nominees were elected which were known to oe "simon pure" reformers. With this outfit it was believed that there would be no wabling nor twisting, and that the Governor would move right on without baiting or moving till the salaries of all officers were reduced and some abolished altogether. It is needless to say that this part of the platform has been a complete failure. The people have ceased to talk about it, and I don't suppose now that there is any one foolish enough to be? lieve that it will ever be done, if, indeed, it was ever seriously contempla? ted. There may have been some difficulties that stood in the way of this reform that the Governor did not understand when he was canvassing for office. Certainly the people did not understand it, and, of course, they were in this respect sorely misled. Again, when Governor Tillman was a candidate for office two years ago he told the toiling masses that they were paying more than an equitable; proportion of taxes for the Bupport of the government. Now, we thought at the time that this was not only first rate campaign thunder, but that it also contained a fair propor? tion of truth. We really felt that dis? criminations had been made in our laws against the poorer classes, and that more than a just proportion of the burdens of government had been laid on their shoul? ders. We also entertained some faint hope that these burdens would be bo ad? justed by the reformer that no one would have any just cause for complaint. Bat has it been done ? Has any steps been taken or advised to be taken by the Gov? ernor that leads in this direction ? If so, we confess our ignorance of the fact. We are powerfully impressed with the con? viction that if the recommendation of the Governor had been carried out and materialized into law by the "driftwood" Legislature, the taxes of the rich would have been decreased, and the taxes of the poor increased, some thirty, some sixty, and some an hundred fold. The poor white men can aligD themselves with the Governor in voting, but when it comes to tax paying of necessity be must align himself with the poor negro with an in? creased taxation. Oh, what consistency 1 What immaculate patriotism I What sanctified unselfishness on the part of the Governor to recommend to the Legisla? ture a three dollar poll tax for the educa? tion of t he poor and illiterate masses 1 It does really seem to us, to say the least of it, that it is about the easiest and cheap? est way an office seeker ever paid off a debt of gratitude to an admiring constit uency, even if it does not equalize the burdens of government complained of. . We sometimes hear the farmers' move? ment spoken of as the "laboring man's party." Surely this can't be true, or else the wrong man is at the head of it. All labor organizations know that the rich will take care of the tax on property, and they simply demand that you must not tax my labor, and yet in the face of this fact, the leader of the "laboring man's party," in South Carolina has proposed a tax on labor u n parallel led in any State in the Union or out of it, and we challenge the Edior of the Peoples' Advocate to produce it. Just here we wish to make a statement, and then ask a question. A few years ago there was considerable contention over our present road law, and some bad blood was the result. Some of the poorer men complained bitterly because they felt that the law was inequitable, unjust and op? pressive. A few of the big farmers, how? ever, took the position that they were paying a tax for the education of the poorer classes, and that they should in return work the public roads, even if they did not receive the full benefit of this tax levied upon them. Now, what me want to know is this: What is property really doing for the maintainence of our public schools ? We are aware of tha fact that there is a two mills tax on property for this purpose. We are also almost certain of the fact that there is an income to our State from our phosphate mines which belong neither to the rich nor to the poor, but to the whole people, and which, if applied to our public schools, the two mill tax on property could be reduced without injury, and which wonld leave the man of property with but a poor claim that he is helping to educate the poor. Now, we think the Governor is familiar with the fact, and if he really thought that the toiling masses had been imposed upon by the "rlngsters" and free pass riders, and the poor needed some more schooling in order to have a higher appreciation of their rights, why did he not advise the Legislature to levy a tax on property equal to the income from our phosphate mines for our public schools ? Then the masses would have received what belonged to them, and the rich would have done something for the maintainence of our public schools, and Governor Tillman would have shown some consistency. From the best infor? mation we can get the amount collected on our property for the benefit or' our public schools is about $300,000, and the amount of income to our State from our phosphate miues is about $200,000. Now, it ia clear to our mind if there was no constitutional difficulties in the way, all tax on property might be removed ex* cept about 3 of a mill, and our schools suffer no injury, provided, however, that which belongs to the masses and from which they receive no benefit could be substituted in its place. It will be seen at a glance that this is quite a small sum to balance against a three-dollar poll tax, At least, it looks so to us. When the three doll poll tax was first brought to the attention of our people, it was hard to make some believe that the Governor had advised snch a measure, bnt when it was ascertained that it was a sure fact, then the opinion was expressed in a kind of j grave-yard whisper that it was done to "catch the nigger," and we beard one man say that it caught him where the hair was'very short. Now, let us show you that it catches the white man where the "hair" is still shorter. If this law goes into effect, a three-dollar poll will be lev* ied on both whites and blacks. The whites will pay their tax but many of the negroes will escape it, just as they do the od c dollar poll. But when it comes to the division of this money, it must be divided out per capita as though all bad paid. Now, is it not clear that the poor white man, instead of getting any help from the three-dollar poll tax, would actually be paying to help educate the negro, and that, too, from his hard earnings ? This wo aid be a poor "catch" indeed, and we challenge the world to dispute it. As the law now exists anyone has the right to invest as much money as he pleases in the education of his children and re* ceiviog its whole benefit. We wonld not accuse the Governor of trying to "catch" anyone, nor of any unfairness whatever, except that it is an unreasonable tax on labor, and should be resented as an insult to those who placed him in power. Mr. Editor, you remember that when I approached you a few days ago and told you that I couldn't vote for Gov. Tillman, you asked me "if I could afford to vote for a drunkard and a gambler ?" Now, what I want to know is this: Did you mean to say by this that Gov. Sheppard was a drnnkard and a gambler ? We have been told that he is a deacon in the Bap? tist Churcb, also a Sabbath School teacher, and withal an honorable, high toned man. He is also President of a Bank at Edgefield, S. G., and these insti? tutions require men of the highest order of integrity, and we must believe that Sheppard is just that kind of a man, un? less the contrary can be proven. Will you be kind enongh to throw a little more light on this subject? When we asked you a few days ago if you would publish a commu? nication from us, you replied, "It would do no good and that Tillman would be elected, unless the Day of Judgment should come off first." Of course, the day nor hour of that great and notable day no man knoweth. Good men, how? ever, tell us that it is near our doors, and who known but what it might come off on election day. Should this be the case, what do you think would become of Till? man and some of his most devoted fol? lowers? It might be worthy our while to study this problem a little. As for our own part we can say in all candor that if that is the day upon which we will be called upon to give .an account of our stewardship we had rather be found with a ballot in our band for a man of integ* | rity than for one whose principal stock in trade is slander. I am perfectly willing for the Lord to Bee our ballot on election day. In conclusion, we would say we are a farmer and favor all men, means and measures that will help the toiling masses. We will also say that we had nothing to do with the candidacy of either Tillman or Sheppard, but inasmuch as we either must support the one or the other we will take the latter, because we believe him to be the wisest, the truest, and the best, and a man upon whom all could depend for fair treatment. Will you answer the following ques? tions : 1. Do you advocate a three dollar poll tax as a measure of relief to the toiling masses ? 2. Can you point to a single State in the civilized world whore a public school 3jatorn is maintained, and find labor tax? ed so much and property bo little, as it would be in South Carolina if the three dollar poll tax become a law ? 3. Would you, as a pious Presbyterian, like Gov. Tillman as a leader on the Judgment day? Junius Junior. Bucklens Arnica Salic The best salve in the world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe? ver Sores, Tetter, Chappad 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 Bale by Hill Bros. ? What is that which j'b used in America only twice ? The letter A. Lawyers as Legislators. Editors Intelligencer: "Reform," in the Peoples Advocate of the 18th, Bta ted that Lawyers are not eligible to seats in the House of Commons in England. "Reform" is certainly mistaken. The only time they were ever excluded was at the Parliament held at Coventry in 1404. In our Legislature the business is very much aided by having a lawyer in each delegation, a lawyer on each Com? mittee, and the Judioiary Committee composed entirely of lawyers. Without them the work would be slow and, per? haps, more of it unconstitutional, B. Will they Kick? Editors Intelligencer: It seems strange that we farmers are so slow to understand what is to our best interest, but when we consider the cause of our slowness to understand we should not be censured so rashly, for when our friends (or those who profess to be) tell us that capital and all other combines are work? ing against our interest, and that our government is rotten to the core, is it not time to kick, and kick quick and hard? Where are the set of men that would not let their power be felt ? Surely not those who take any Interest in their business. We farmers did kick, and we have more right now than ever to kick, and do it in such a way that this generation will not forget it. We were not posted as to the workings of the government. When such startling revelations were made to us it was our duty as citizens of the State we love to see to it that our grand old State of South Carolina should be puri? fied, and that the lustre of her name should shino fo rth in its purity, and her honor made to shine so clear that her Bister States will look upon her in admi? ration. And who was more competent to bring to light; the existing corruption of which she was charged than the man who made those charges ? and that man was B. R. Tillman, who we expected to bring to light all the hidden corruption that existed in our State government, and to punish the offenders, for he is a man of back-bone?one who fears no man? (does he fear God ?) Where is the cor? ruption exhumed ? Now, brother farmer, here comes in our responsibility, for which we should be censured or acquitted, according to the way we dispose of this momentous mat? ter. We must and will sit as jurors on those charges. What is the evidence rendored? Have you carefully exam? ined both sides ? Are yon biased ? Are you willing to give justice to whom jus? tice is due ? Are you at war with other lawful avocations ? Are you determined to be honest with your fellow-men ? Do you want something for nothing, to the detriment ct others ? Do you want the innocent to suffer and the offender to go free? I think surely you, as thinking men, will leave no room to be censured by justice. One of the charges is that the former administrations wore bought over to the railroads by free passes. Was that prov? en ? Did not the accuser, B. R, Tillman, revel more in this infamous deed (if in? famous it be) than any other Governor ? Another is that theStategovernment was rotten to the core. Has he proved it to be correct? If so, where, is the proof after eighteen months' search ? Where is the proof? What has he done to the name of our beloved State ? Has he not slandered it to all the world ? Should he not be indicted for slander, and made to pay for it at the hands of the oiu?ens of the State for injuring its reputation? Brother farmer, for your sake, and for the sake of the State, turn from his slan? derous tongue and cast your ballot against such a man. You may think previous administrations have been heavy, yet the present will add thereto; and, indeed, will he not say (at least in deeds): My predecessors' yoke has been heavy upon you, yet I will, make it still heavier . whereas my former predecessor chas? tised you with whips I will ohastise you with scorpions. And as for capital, how can we do with? out it as long as our bacon, flour and corn is to be shipped from the far West? Truly, it takes capital to build railroads and to run the same. If it was not for capital what would you do with your cotton ? You could not eat it, you could not exchange it for food. If it was not for capital wo would be in the worst fix ever known to man, and yet we listen to slick-tongue strife-breeders to the detri? ment of all classes, and set aside a man whose namo will be honored as long as State rights exist, and put a man in his place who is seldom at his post of duty. Brother farmer, if ever in the history of South Carolina we had an occasion to kiok now is the time, and B, R. Tillman is the object. Surely he has less sympa? thy for the poor man than any man of our State, or any other, who has received such honor at our hands. The reward he wishes to give us for our fidelity is to tax us three dollars per head, and if we can? not raise one dollar and fifty cents make us work eight days under a master; and to cap the climax have us disfranchised on account of our poverty and disadvan? tages we have had to encounter. If in the face of all this we will not kick, and kick with power, will we ever kick ? A Farmer. $100 Reward. $100. The readers of this paper will be pleas? ed to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the on? ly positive cure now known to the medi? cal fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu? tional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surface of the system, there? by destroying tho foundation of the dis? ease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing i ts work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of Testimonials. . F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. IgySold by all Druggists, 75. In tho campaign of J890 Capt. Tillman cried, "Reform, Reform," from one end of the State to tho other. That word was the slogan of his parly. Let us see how "reform" has wor ked: The total State tax collected during the first year of Till man's administration is larger than any sinco the Domocrats recovered the State in 1870, oxcepting only the fiscal year ending 1884. It exieeds tho taxos of the year beforo by nearly $9,000, and the year before that bv $36,000. He declared he would save the State $100,000 the first year on the phosphate industry. Ho not only failed to do that, but the State has over 9100,000 less in the treasury than if he had never been made Governor of the State, because of his unbusiness-liko management of that m .tter. We hope to bo delivered from Tiliman's "reform." BILL ABP'S TALK. The Sage or Cartenville Tells of his Expe? rience, Atlanta Constitution. Atlanta is a nice town, and I love to go there and comfort our boys and mingle with my friends, but I reckon 1 will have to stay at home. I can't keep up with Atlanta society. It is demoralizing and I keeps me on a strain. Every time I go I discover some new custom or fad or fan* cy, and it makes me conscious of my an? tiquity. If I dine out or take tea with old friends there's a lot of things round my plate that I don't know what to do with, and it keeps me uneasy for fear I'll make a blunder. If there are two knives I don't know which one to eat with, though I found out later that one was a butter knife. That is a very late tad. There were three spoons, which, like faith, were evidences of things not seen. It takes a great deal of faith, for there were disheB handed me to partake of that I couldent identify. I declined all the strange things and explained to the host? ess that I was not very well and had to diet myself. Iced tea used to be a fad, but that has gone out, thank goodness. Sometimes I have to do shopping for my folks, but I think they have recently de? termined to discharge me. Not long ago I was requested to get a pair of Oxford ties, No. 2, letter D, and the gentleman clerk showed me some with spring heels and said they were all the style now, so I supposed it was a right fresh fad, and as I dislike these high heels, I bought them. The indignation of my female family was supreme, and as I took them back and the clerk apologized by saying he thought I wanted them for a school girl. Next time they wanted a storm dirge blazer No. 84. The clerk dident have the storm dirge, bnt bad the latest thing out, just fresh from New York, and persuaded me to take it. It proved to be a twilled flannel, stitched with cotton thread, and so I had to take that back. There is one good trait about my family. If they can't get the very thing they want they won't take a substitute and sometimes I can't find the precise thing. Some of the old men seem to be very fond of standing around the fashionable stores on White? hall. I found my friend George Adair leaning against the marble casement at High's beautiful front. I thought he was waiting for someone who was inside, and so I paused to keep him company and noticed how fondly he saluted the beau? tiful ladies who went in and out. He seemed to know them all, and remarked that many of them bad known him ever sirjce they were children, and he looked npon them with paternal affection. I caught the contagion, too, and lingered at the threshold, and as we slowly walk? ed away his beaming countenance seem? ed to eay, "I have thee not, yet I Bee thee still." Farewell, sweet darlings, till I come again. My boys have a friend in Atlanta who has uncommon regard for me. I say un? common, for it is not common for young men, especially society men, to take much interest in veterans. I know ho feels an interest by the way he did. He invited me to ride with him and view the suburbs. I wanted to take the first train for home, but to please him and my boys I accepted his kind invitation. I thought he would come with a genteel phaeton and a pair of gentle hones and safe dri? ver and that I could luxuriate with ease and comfort. I had heard that 1 had a very fine turnout, and anticipated one that hnng low with but a step to terra firms, but when he drove up to the curb? ing at Dr. Westmoreland's office, I hard? ly knew what the contrivance was. It had two stories and no veranda?a double decker?with seats for two on top and seats for nobody down below?a kind of English hunting wagon?that perched a man up high enough to see a deer or a rabbit half a mile away and to shoot him over a hill if necessary. The lower story was cased up like a caison and had apart? ments for ammunition, solid and fluid and extra guns and a dog or two. It was empty and opened behind like a bread wagon. My friend gave me no time to deliberate or I should have crawled in the rear, but be said, "Get up major," in a very kindly tone of voice. There were no steps and no ladder. I dident want to mortify him or show the white feather so I climbed on the hub and then to the top of the wheel, and from there I don't know how I did get to the pin? nace, but I had hardly settled myself when the concern began to move forward with great alacrity. I suddenly discovered that there was no dashboard to catch a man?no nothing bnt a sloping footboard for your feet to brace against. There was no sidearmB to hold on to and.the motion of the concern was like the old time stage coach?backwards and for? wards?rocking like a cradle, and there was no salvation for me except the weight of my corporosity and to keep my feet well braced against the sloping foot? board. He seemed to know to handle the lines, but the off horse was a terror and for half a mile he cut up scan clou b. There was a contraption to the concern that was called a hood, but it was down and that gave me a chance to grab the ribs, which I did with my left hand in a spasmodic manner. The off horae dan? ced and pranced furiously and my friend walloped him like he meant business and talked all the time ?& unconcerned? ly as if we were in a funeral procession. I felt like we were and that the funeral was mine. Back and forth the concern oscillated but I dident oscillate with it in graceful undulations and ever and anon had to duck my head to dodge the drooping limbs of the shade trees. Peo? ple stopped to gaze and I thought of John Gilpin and his famous ride. I saw some ladies smile but I don't know whether they were pitying mo or admiring my friend. We passed the street cars and crossed and recrossed the iron rails time and again, and ground the fire out of the Belgian blockB. "Major," said he, "a lady on that car threw a kiss at you." Kisses were of no consequence just then, but I would have given $10 to have been in the car beside her. I was ru? minating about being precipitated among the horses' heels or down npon the cruel stones that lined the pavement. I thought of dislocated hips and broken boneB and hemorrhages and a cofljn. for one. "Oh that I w&s down in the cai son," I sighed. Handicapped with avoir dopois and gravity, I couldent jump ten feet in safety for there is no spring in my muscles?no flexorj and reflexors to make up for lost motion. By and by the horses got subdued and I made bold to draw a long breath and to inquire who lived here and who lived there until we got to the clubhouse at the exposition grounds and stopped to rest and to call for lemonades. From there we rode to Jackson street and then to In man Park and then our elevated transport was re? versed and we started back to the city. At 7 o'clock we reached the curbstone from whence we started. I descended from my perilous roost with great care and caution and full of gratitude to my Makerand many thanks to my friend for his good intentions, but with a mental reservation that I will never get caught , in such a trap again as long as I live. No more of your elevated transports for me. i I'll take a slide first, or a wheelbarrow. They wanted me to see the city, to over* ; look the pedestrian herd that perambu? lates the sidewalks, but the elevator at I the Equitable is overlook enough for me. ( But I got even with them without in? tending it;. My friend came up home I with me and one of my boys that night and my folks had a late sapper for us all, and we had music and song and a good time and retired to blessed sleep and happy dreams. I never noticed their shoes. I never look down mnch nohow at folks' clothes, and so when the morn* ing came I sent our colored institution up stairs and told him not to wake the gentlemen, but to get their shoes and black them. "Shoog" is a young darkey 'who has just enough sense to try to do what you tell him. In about half an hour he came in to where I was reading and aaid, with a mournful tone of voice: "I dun do best I could wid dem shoes, but to save my life I coulden git all de red offen 'em." That settled it. He had blacked their tan ehoes that cost $7 a pair. The young gentlemen kept hid out most of the day. They dident go to church, and next morning left on the daylight train. "Shoog" left Boon after the catastrophe for parts unknown. He told the cook that "dem' gentlemen look at him like dey gwine to kill him." We used to wear tan shoes "endurln the war." Sometimes we couldent get black leath? er and had to use it fresh from the tan vats. It is no brand new thing. Indians have been wearing it from away back. But it is the fashion, you know. Bill Arp. Lawrence W. Foumans. Fairfax, S. 0., July 19,1899. To the Editor of the Saate: As my neighbor, Col. L. W. Youmans, has been denied a respectful hearing at some of the campaign meetings and treated as though he were an enemy to the interests of the people, I feel constrained to write a brief sketch of his life and what he has done for South Carolina, which I hope every white voter in the State will read and then consider whether or not he has bee a fairly and justly treated. Lawrence Winkler Youmans was born at Gillisonv: lie, S. C, the 13th day of October, 184-1. At the breaking out of the war be was a student in the South Carolina College. In 1862 he stood at the bead of bis class, but left the college without graduating to enter the army. He entered in Oapt. H. C. Smart's com? pany as a volunteer April 14,1862, which company afterwards was Company F., Third Begiment South Carolina Cavalry. After remaining with this command (which was on the coast near Bluffcon) for some time he was, at his own request, transferred to Company N., First Begi? ment South Carolina Infantry, McGow an'a Brigade, then in the trenches at Pe? tersburg, Va., where he remained in p ?? tive service until the surrender at Ap? pen at tor, stacking his rifle with a bayo? net on it and with an unhealed wound upon his person. After the surrender he walked to his home near Black Creek, Beaufort county, where he arrived late in the spring of 1865, and shortly afterwards married Miss Mary A., the beautiful daughter of Mr. Bussell Stokes, to whom he had been engaged for some time, and commenced the battle of life as a farmer. Sherman's army' had destroyed and carried off almost everything in the shape of stock and provisions, but his father-in-law let him have a mule and he set out with his crop, doing almost everything with his own hands. He would plough all day and cut and peel pine poles for a house until late at night, and finally built a "two pen" log dwelling and outhouse mostly with his own hands. He succeeded well with his farm, which grew larger in course of time, and by 1871 he had accumulated some money and bought a plantation in this commu? nity (lower edge of Barnwell County), and commenced farming on a larger scale and also commenced business in copartnership with his brother A. P., the latter attending to the store and L. W. the farm. Both branches of the business succeed? ed remarkably well, and the two brothers have kept buying land from lime to time until they now own about 4,000 acres of the best in this section. Col. Youmans has 1,000 acres under cultivation this year that ha worts with wages hands, over 600 acres of it in cot? ton, the first crop of its extent ever raised in this section, much of it being five feet high and some higher. He also has over 800 acres in corn that is very fine, and besides this be has tenants who are cultivating 600 acres of his land this year. Col. Youmans took an active part in politics in 1874 when E. K. Scott was running for u second term as Governor, but his party was defeated. In 1876 he again threw himself into the campaign with all of his might and soon became the recognized leader of his party in lower Barnwell. He was nominated for the House of Representatives that year with Col. Rob? ert Aldrich, Maj. John W. Holmes and Messrs. I, S. Bamberg and M. A. Boun tree, and they were elected afcer the memorable Hampton campaign and became members of the famous Wallace House. During the sessions of the Leg? islature of 1876 and 1877 Col. Youmans introduced the bill that became a law making the legal rate of interest 7 per cent, (op to that time lenders charged what they pleased) and the bill (which also became a law) to make it a peniten? tiary offense for cotton factors to fail to pay over the proceeds of cotton to the parties shipping it to them, and later on when he was State Senator he procured the passage of the act giving landlords a prior lien for their rents and the act tak* icg off the tax on agricultural produce. It was through his instrumentality that the bill known as the "phosphite mo* - nopoly bill" was defeated in 1887. Col Youmana was a private citizen from the end of his legislative term 1877 until 1885, when he received the nomination for State Senator. After a hotly con* tested canvass with Col. Robt. Aldrich, his only competitor, his election followed and it is well known that he served his constituents and State well in that august body. As a business man, every debt he ever contracted has been met promptly and paid at 100 cents on the dollar. His record as soldier, as private citizen, as a business man and as a legislator is simply unassailable, and why he should be re? garded by the farmers of the State as their enemy is beyond my honest com* .. prehension. Although Col. Yonmans' business in? terests have been very exacting on his time and attention, he has nevertheless been a hard student, and has burned the "midnight oil" freely, and lit is doubtful i if there is a South Carolinian to-day who more thoroughly understands the tariff and monetary questions that are agitat ing the minds of the people all over the United States to day, than he does. Neighbor. All Sorts of Paragraphs. ? When conscience forsakes a man the spirit of God does bo, too. ? No nation can be destroyed while it. possesses a good home life. ? The rice crop for 1892 will be fifty . per cent, advance of any previous" year.' The crop will scarcely fall short of8,000,* 000 bushels. ? Twin brothers, residing at Arcadia, Ind., celebrated their eightieth birthday recently. They married twin sisters, who are now seventy-five years old. ? A camel will work seven or eight days without drinking. In this he differs from some men, who will drink seven or eight days without working. ? Railroads continue to fall into the hands of the receivers, and the Third party continues to demand that the gov? ernment buy them and tax the peoplo to run them. ? There are two kinds of unhappy people in the world?those who are sad because they are not known, and those . who are miserable because they are - known too well. ? The custom cf shaking or giving bands can be traced to the days of the ancient Israelites, and was intended to signify peace, to swear friendship, prom? ise alliance, or give security. ? When the weeds are thick and high, ? the corn has a sickly growth. So when \ the worldly pleasures fill the .mind, the divine life in the soul has a sickly growth.. ? Illinois is calculated to have lost on crops and other property by this year's floods nearly $14,000,000; Iowa, between $1,000,000 and 12,000,000, aud Missouri ?$15,000,000. \ ? James B. Wills, of Mount Sterling, Ky., has been struck by lightning for the - fourth time and still lives. James soems to bo one of the few Wills that cannot be broken. ? A man in Georgia bought a pig the other day and took it home. It did not relish its new quarters and returned to its former owner, "swimming half a mile across a pond in its journey." ? The estate of 10,000 acres on which Mr. George Vanderbilt is erecting a ba? ron ical castle in North Carolina repre? sents 40 farms, which were bought from the mountaineers at a total cost of fully $600,000. ? Mr. Dowling, u Minneapolis man, manages to transact businesi!, though all broken up. He has an artificial left arm and both legs, and Idas nothing but the stump of a thumb to his right hand. His artificial rig cost him six hundred dol? lars. ? A mixture of lard and snuff is the California remedy for lice on stock. This ointment does not need to be applied to the entire animal, but a ring of it, two or three inches wide, made completely around the neck, will have the desired eff/ect. ? Farmers in Kansas are having great difficulty in getting hands to harvest the enormous wheat crop, which will exceed that of any previous year in the history of the State. It is asserted that 20,000 men could find employment in the grain fields. ? David Shone, a mountaineer, who lives on a farm near Montrose, Pa., was unable for a long time to '?ccouctfor the., strange actions of one of his mules. A close investigation showed that a common mouse had made its nest in the animal's ear. ? At a small town in Kent a gentle? man employed a carpenter to put up a ? partition, and had it filled with sawdust to deaden the sound. When it was com? pleted the gentleman called from one aide to fT,e carpenter on the other: "Smith, can you^hear me ?" Smith immediately answered: "No, sir." ? Rev. J. B. Kisler, a Holiness preacher at Toccoa, Ga., was arrested as a leader of a band of robbers who opera* ted extensively at Seneca City, S. C. Two years ago Kisler was a successful preach* er, and lived with his wife and children in North Georgia. Through some un? known cause he drifted away and turned criminal. Several months ago the ex preacher organized a band of robber^i Seneca City, S. C.; and they committwS various depredations. Kisler, when taken to the station house, pleaded hard for a drink' He declared his ignorance of his whereabouts and stated that be did not know the day of the year. "I don't know anything," he said. "I've been drinking of late. I couldn't help it. There is so much evil and wickedness in the world, and I have been guilty of a great deal of it recently."