The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, October 31, 1894, Image 1
BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. " ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1894. VQIJJMEXXIX.---NO. 18.
AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR MEN and BOYS ! .
To Secnre a Good Suit of Clothes at a nominal Price !
ARE YOUC , a
IN < In regard to where you shall buy your PALL SUIT ? If so, coneult the best dressed men?they
DOUBT { ?H tell you B. 0. EVANS & CO.
f TO BUY NEW CLOTHING ?
TO BUY STYLISH CLOTHING ?
you vTO BUY YOUR SUIT CHEAP?
TO SECURE A GOOD FIT ?
TO BE WELL DRESSED ?
do
wish
tThen cWf, hesitate, but go to?
B. O. EVANS & CO,
.. The Leading Clothiers, Hatters and Furnishers.
SAEJBSMES?BELTON O. EVANS, formerly with C. F. Jonea <k Co.; JOHN M. FLYNN, formerly with Meaos Co.
The Successftd Advertizer!
Is the man who writes something the
people will read, and reading, believe. In
:i this age .of education and enlightenment,
when men read and think for themselves,
all that stun" about "selling goods cheaper
than your competitors bny them," being
the "only competent dealers in the line,"
"handling better staff than anybody
ebe," ?Sc, ia mere clap trap, and subjects
the writer and the firm back cf it to the
contempt of all right-thinking people. The
man who has something to offer, and then
tells the folks about in a plain, business
way, is the man who "gets there," and
setting there, stands.
Lots of people bandle Paint. Some
handle one kind, bo me another, but they
ai? realize, if they have any business sense
st all, that in order lio make that business
a permanent success; it is absolutely neces?
sary to give the people the very best ma?
terial This we have tried to do, and at a
price.that puls it in the reach of all.
In this connection we call attention to
the fact that crops are about laid by, time
is plentiful, iihd a little paint not only
freshens and beautifies, but improves won?
derfully the sanitary condition of the
promises.' If your house is all right may?
be the fence needs a coat. A little Paint
would keep that old buggy from Ming
down, and the wagon might last a year or
two longer by spend ing seventy-five cents
or a dollar in Paint on it.
Remember this, the longer you pat it
eff the mors it takes end the less good it
does* Remember another thing, it costs
just as much, and takes just as much time,
to have cheap paint pat on as it does good
Paint. Always buy the best, even if yon
pay more for it.
HILL BROS., Druggists,
ANDERSON, 8. 0.
HiiGieifiilBMOo.
MASONS'SUPPLIES,
276 EAST BAY,
CHARLESTON, S C, .
IMPORTERS OF
ENGLISH PORTLAND CEMENT,
AKD DEAXEUS IN
Eastern and Southern Rook Lime,
Bosendale Cement,
* ST. Y. Plaster Paris,
Hair, liTtths, Shingles,
Tilts, Biicks, Fire Clay,
AU a?es T O. Pipe,
Best Fu'l Size Fire Brick,
ft^'ipiooffing Slates,
' AND Ail
BUILDING MATERIAL.
-Telephone 291,
Aug 22,1034 8 0po
W, L. Douclas
^t1! CUiftF I SI THE BEST.
VlTU?E* NC SQUEAKING.
95, CORDOVAN,
FRENCK& ENAMELLED CALK
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$ 3&S POLICE, 3 Soles* .
?LADIES*
" SEND FOR CATALOGUE
WB-DOUO.LAS,
BROCKTON/ MASS.
Yon car were money, by purchasing W. L.
~-- Douelas ShcoB,
Because, vre are the largest manufacturers of
' advertised shoes in the world, and guarantee
the value by stamping th<t name and price oa
the bottom, which protects yon against high
prices and the middleman' o profits. Our shoes
'? equal custom work in style, easy fitting and
wearing qualities. We have them sold every,
where at lower prices for the value g^venthan
?nv other make. Take no substitute. If your
dea te r cannot supply you, we can. Sold by
O. IP. JUNKS Sc CO.,
>v>'- r ANDERSON, S. 0.
GEERIBROS., Belion, S. C.
. "VTOTICE TO CREDITORS.
JJi All persons having demands against
tie Estate of W. A. Brownlee, deceased,
-\are hereby notified to present them, proper?
ty^ proven, to the undersigned, within the
time prescribed by law, ana those indebted
t > woke payment.
SEMUEL D. STRIBBLING, Ex'r.
^\ Bichland, S C.
Ort 2t ?)t ' 17 8
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Application for Charter.
NOTICE is hereby given that we, the
undersigned Corporators, will apply
to tha next session of the General Assem?
bly of south Carolina for a Charter to
build a Railroad from Greenwood, South
Carolina, via Due West, Anderson, Town
ville and Westminister, a 0., to the South
Carolins and Georgia lino at or near the
point where the Bine Ridge Railroad
cresses said line, to be called "The Green?
wood. AndersonSand Western Railway."
Ji. C. Maxwell, T, F. Rlley, J. K. Darst,
J. S. Bailey, J. G. Simmons, B. W. Cobb,
H. P. McGee, M. B. Clinkscales, G. F.
Tolly, D. C. DuPre, W. L. Darst, R. B.
Wilson. W. B. Millwee, D. A. P. Jordan,
J. W. Wideman, R. 8. Galloway, Geo. E.
Prince, C. A. C. Waller; Corporators.
Aug 22, 1891_3m
Application for Charter.
'VTOTICE is hereby given that we, the
Jjv undersigned Corporators, will apply
to the next session of the 3eaeral Assem?
bly of South Carolina for a Charter to
bnild a Railroad from Greenwood, South
Carolina, by way of Cokesbnry, Pelzer
and Piedmont, to Grqpnville or Easley,
South Carolina, to be called "The 8aluda
Valley Railway."
?. O. Maxwall, T. F. Riley, J. K Durst,
J. S. Bailey, J. G. 8immons, B. W. Cobb,
D, C. DaPre, E. A. Smythe, T. J. Ellis,
W. L Durst, R, B. Wilson, W. B. Millwee,
D. A. P. Jordan, G. W. Connor, J. C.
Moore, G. B. Riley, J. L. Orr, T. E Pol
hU'i, Corporators.
Anc 22,1894 8 3m
m^mmim ?????? . u
Railroad Charter.
NOTICE is hereby given that we, the
undersigned corporators, will apply
to the next General Assembly of South
Carolina for a Charter of a Railroad run?
ning from Piedmont, ia Greenville Co ,
to Abbeville C. H , by way of the Towns
of Pelzer, Williamaton and Belton, and
from there to AbbeHlie C. H. by the most
desirable and practicable route.
J.C. Klugb. W. C. McGowan, W. A.
Templeton. Dr. J. A. Anderson, A. M.
Erwln,.J. E Wakefield, R. B. A. Robin?
son, T. L. OlinkRCiles, Jr., J. T. Asbley,
G. W. 8nllivao,.E. A. Sraythe, Jas. L. Orr,
J; T. Rice, L. D Harris, R. A. Lewis, Dr.
J. W. Wideman, M. B. Clinkscales, R. C.
SHSKEM UP AND LETGO GROCEEY!
WE beg to announce to our many patrons in Anderson and throughout
the County that we have moved our place of business to the elegant and
commodious salesroom?.
IN HOTEL CHXQUOLA BLOCK, NO. 5,
Formerly occupied by D. S. Maxwell & Son. We will be better prepared
than ever to supply you with the BEST GROCERIES at the lowest price
consistent with the quality of Goods given. We haven't disappointed you in
the past, and hope to do even better for ycu in the future.
No compromise nor winking at adulterated goods. Strictly pure food at
popular prices. Come and see us. We are ready to make things lively.
Shakem up and letgo,
J. A. AUSTIN & CO.
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, ETC.
Iron King and Elino Stoves at Prices you cannot affjrd to be
without one.
W B have just received a nice assortment of Goods in our line, and we are going to
sell them at prices to suit the people and times.
It will pay yon to inspect our varied Stock and Prices.
We take pleasure in showing and pricing customers and visitors our Goods,
whether>ou wish to buy or not.
Soliciting your future want?, and thanking you for past favors,
I remain yours, &c,
JOHN T. BURRISS.
P. s. ?Parties indebted to me by Note or Account will accommodate me
very much by coming In and settling as eooii as convenient.
Respectfully,
JOHN T. BURRISS.
HARD TIMES I
Such a Thing is Never Talked of Down our Way I
Everything is so Wonderfully Cheap!
JUST THINK:
A Choice Family Flour for $2.75 per Barrel.
A good fair Molasses at 15c. per gallon.
Best N. 0. Molasses at 35c. per gallon.
And everything eke in the Grocery line at very LOW PRICES.
On SHOES -we Guarantee to Save You Money. ?
We h ave given this line our special attention, and all we ask is to come
and see what we have.
Remember we are selling A. A. yard-wide Sheeting at 5c. per yard.
Your very truly,
D. G. BROWN & BRO., No. 17 Peopled Block.
. P. S.?We are still handling our famous "Sweet Mash" Tobacco. Come
and give it a trial. D. C. B. & B.
WHY PAY RENT ?
When you can buy a Home on the Installment Plan.
THE Home Land and Improvement Co. Las plsced in my bands for sale
a most desirable property, which will be sub divided to suit purchasers at ex?
tremely low prices. The terms and conditions will be the most liberal ever before of?
fered to people of -moderate means, in fact, any one earning wages will under the plan
be able to secure a home.
Wita the opening of several new streets this property known as tbeEyins Tract
will be made more accessible and very much nearer to the square.
THE PRICE OF $75.00 PER LOT
Is very insignificant if you consider that the bulk of the tract is within the Corpora
ate limits, in a town of over 5,000, with tbe grandest prospects of more than doubling
her population ten years henre.
DO NOT DELAY, but cail early to soenre choice lot*, as quite a number are al?
ready spoken for. m
Parties wishing to buy or sell othe^ properties will And me on Weit side of Public
Square in D. Levy's Red Star Clothing House.
For full particulars apply to or call on
O. GEISBERG,
Real Estate Agent.
A REMEDY FOB HARD TIMES!
? DESIRE to inform the trading, public that I am now reducing my Stock
for the Fall season, and for the next few weeks will offer great inducements
to Cash buyers. Come and see my Stock of
Family and Fancy Groceries,
Canne 1 Goods,
Confectioneries,
Tobacco, Cigars, Etc.
And I will please you in prices and goods.
GL F. BIGBY.
$1.50 $1.50
THE BARGAIN OF THE YEAR.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A DRIVE IN
MEIST7S PI2TE HATS.
Your Choice of the Lot, $1 50
Had we bought these goods regular we would have to sell them at three
dollars. No two Hats alike. All the latest shape and colors.
B@? Whenever we get a Bargain we give you the benefit.
TAYLOR & CRAYTON.
$1.50 $1.50
THE BILLOT OP THE POOR MAN,
Larry Ganlt Says It Must be Protected.
From the Pcidmont Headlight.
The editor of this paper wishes to
state his position on the Constitution?
al Convention question so that it can?
not be misunderstood or misinterpre?
ted. In the first place, we are not
opposed to the calling of a Constitu?
tional Convention, if convinced that
the people really desire to incur this
exptnse ; and we also believe that it
is necessary and important to either
amend our present Constitution or
make a new one. But just at this
time with cotton at less than six cents
a pound, and our farmers pressed to
pay debts, we very much doubt the
wisdom of expending the large sum
necessary. We have lived under the
old Constitution for about thirty
years, and can afford to do so for
awhile longer and see if times will not
get better.
In answer to this the advocates of a
Convention argue that a Constitution
will save many times its cost by tak?
ing from the blacks a great portion of
their school appropriation and give it
to the white children. Now, no one
more earnestly favors, than the editor
of this paper, a more equitable divis?
ion of our school fund, and we further
believe that, after nearly a third of a
century of emancipation, if the colored
race cannot ^'tote their own skillet,"
that they should not require the
whites to educate them longer. But
We must remember that our upper
counties, where the whites largely
predominate, do not so keenly feel
this injustice as the lower black belt;
yet, at the same time, it is our duty
to protect all sections alike. But the
negro, under our registration laws, is
practically disfranchised and plays
out an insignificant part in politics.
Should such an amendment be pro?
posed, or even a new Constitution sub?
mitted to the people containing this
provision, it would be carried over?
whelmingly by a popular vote. It will
take two years at least for the United
States Supreme Court to settle the
constitutionality of our register laws,
and which will give us ample time to
regulate this school business.
Another argument is that the Con?
stitutional Convention is a Reform
measure and was advocated in our firfet
demands. This is true ; but we must
also bear in mind that the rule of the
people and the will of the people are
the mudsills of the Reform party, and
we do not believe that it was ever in?
tended that the organic law of our
State should be overhauled without
giving the voters an opportunity to
say whether or not they sanctioned
the proposed changes. When we dele?
gate to one hundred and sixty-nine
men a power belonging to the whole
people we trample a sacred covenant
with the voters under foot, and give
to the world an example of concen?
trated power such as no State in our
Union has ever dared to assume.
It is said that it is optional with the
Convention whether or not the new
Constitution be submitted to the peo?
ple for ratification or rejection. And
this is our most serious objection to
the same. We insist that it be made
obligatory on the part of the members
of the Convention to submit their
work to the voters. We well know
that it will never be done otherwise.
This new Constitution will not be
framed for the especial benefit and
behoof of one hundred and sixty men,
but for the whole people of our State,
and every legalized voter should have
a voice in saying whether or not he
will accept it.
But the principal argument in favor
of a Constitutional Convention is
that we must disfranchise the negro
vote so as to prevent the Antis from
using him in 1896. Since the adop?
tion of a general primary, where every
white man has been given the right to
cast his ballot direct for the candi?
dates of his choice, the danger has
passed, for the color lines were never
so strongly drawn in a Southern State.
No party, and no faction, will dare
appeal from such a decision, for it
would mean a direct and open bid for
the negro vote, and you could not
carry 3,000 white men in the entire
State. Such a bug bear is nonsense,
and will not deceive any intelligent
voter.
Now, let us argue this a little and
see if we cannot convince, our Consti?
tution-supporting friends that while
disfranchising the black man they are
also imperiling the suffrage of a cer?
tain class of our white population.
There are but two ways in which we
can possibly deprive the negro of his
right to vote : Through an educational
or property qualification. You cannot
discriminate in law, and a statute that
applies to the poor and ignorant negro
must apply with equal force to the
poor and unlettered white man.
Let us suppose that the first propo?
sition is acted on, and a property
qualification for suffrage is adopted by
that Constitutional Convention ! Do
you know that fully one-third of the
white population of South Carolina do
not own $100 worth of property ? Yet
such is truly the case, and we would
build up in South Carolina a money
oligarchy, just such as the people
overturned in 1890. Yet such would
j be the case. And when you once
restrict suffrage it will never be re?
stored, for experience has taught the
people of this State the tenacity with
which a deposed faction will work to
recover what they have lost. Dis?
franchise the poor white man and
those in whom his power has been
invested will never again relinquish it
without a struggle.
The second proposition is to have
an educational qualification, like in
Mississippi, where, before a man can
vote, he must read a certain clause in
the Constitution of his State under?
standing]}-. Now, in the middle and
lower sections of South Carolina,
nearly every white man is educated,
for they owned their slaves before the
war and schools are numerous. But
with regret we say that it is not the
case in our upper counties. Take
Spartanburg, for instance, and there
are many poor and uneducated white
men among us. And it is not their
fault either, for they had to work hard
for a living, and were not born with a
silver spoon in their mouth, as were
their more fortunate neighbors. In
one precinct above the Air Line Road
there are eighty odd white voters who
do not kno\v a letter in the book,
while Dr. Miles, of Hobby's, tells us
that he recently had occasion to get a
paper witnessed and to his surprise
found thirteen white men who could
not sign their names. And among
these unlettered voters you will find
many of our best citizens.
Now, when we place an educational
clause in our Constitution, you take
from these people the dearest right
they have ; the suffrage given them by
the land of their birth, and their rich?
est inheritance. Take from the poor
man his vote, and by that act you
strip him of the only fireguard that
he has?the armor which protects his
rights and liberty?and you make of
him a serf to his more fortunate neigh?
bor. It would be like depriving a
soldier of his gun upon the field of
battle, and requiring him to face steel
and bullets armed only with the wea?
pons that nature gave him, brawn and
blood. And just here let us say that
when an attempt is made to take from
the poor white men of South Carolina
their ballot you by that act fan into a
blaze the flame of anarchy.
But even admitting that the party
now in power will so distort the law as
to disfranchise the negro and let the
white man vote, when both are labor?
ing under the same political disabili?
ties ! But what guarantee has the poor
and the uneducated white man that
this "kindness" will continue ? Sup?
pose that a party gets into power
whose interest it is to disfranchise the
poor man so as to increase the politi?
cal Btrength of the educated or rich
man ? Under the proposed change in
our Constitution this can be done, and
that voter can't help himself. Who
knows when some political revolutions
may take place in South Carolina by
which the wealthy class may regain
power and the Reform party be over?
thrown ? When this is done you will
quickly see the lines drawn upon the
ignorant and poor white as well as
black man, and he will be made a
politcal serf. But so long as that
voter is armed with the ballot he has
a weapon with which to fight his bat
tics, and he won't have to depend on
the carprice or manipulations of any J
faction that he may vote.
Our advice to the poor and unlet?
tered voters of South Carolina is to
hold on to your ballot like grim death
to a dead negro, and don't let any
body of men take this right from you.
With a free and untrammelled ballot
you can fight your own battles; but
draw the suffrage line against the poor
or uneducated classes, and you are no
better than a slave. It matters not
what our Reform leaders may advise,
the Headlight intends to stand by the
poor white voters of South Carolina
in this fight, if it ruins our business ;
and we do not believe that any true
friends oo the common people will ad?
vocate a Constitutional Convention,
and that certainly imperils the suffrage
of the poor white man, and without
giving him an opportunity to vote in
the matter.
But the advocates of the Constitu?
tional Convention say that his sacri?
fice of a few must be made for "the
good of our movement." It was the
votes of these same poor and unedu?
cated white men that gave birth and
success to our Reform party, and they
are as true to its principles as the
needle to the pole. If it be necessary
for the success for this great move?
ment to strip the coat from the back
of that poor voter and make him face
the cold of winter in his shirt sleeves, i
why take off that coat and Ire will not
complain. If you must tear his shoes
off, do so, and he will uncomplainingly I
follow the plough with his bare feet. I
But for God's sake, leave him his bal?
lot ! When you take this from him
you take his all and place honest and
true white men in the same boat with
the sea island negro, and thus degrade
and humiliate him. Any change in
our Constitution that must d?prive
the poor white man of his vote should
be entitled "An Act to make political
serfs of poor white folks and niggers."
We have been threatened with the
loss of 2,500 subscribers if the Head- j
light did not support a Constitutional
Convention, as our "leaders favored
it." We do not know how our "lead?
ers" stand on this issue, but no man
is our keeper, for we act on our own
honest convictions. If it costs us the
last patron on our books, we shall tell
the people the truth, and advise them
conscientiously. We went into the
Reform Movement not to further the
political ambition of leaders, but to
promote the .happiness and the
welfare- of the whole people; and
also to preserve unto the majority the
right to rule their State. It is the
poor and the humble that need friends
and adviseis, and we shall stand by
them if it ruins us. The poor people
of Spartanburg County have kept the
Headlight alive with their quarters,
and we would be a recreant indeed did.
we give our aid and countenance to
any scheme that will deprive them of
their right to vote.
It is an insult to the Anglo-Saxon
race to assert that South Carolina will
ever again submit to the rule of the
African. We wrested our Govern?
ment from the hands of the negro
when he was backed by Federal bayo?
nets ; and now that we have the bal?
lot-boxes in hand, and all the power
of Government at our back, it is the
height of folly to argue that unless we
take the vote from the poor ignorant
white man the negro will knock us
down and capture the Government.
The negro race is out of politics, and
since the adoption of our direct pri?
mary no faction will dare appeal to
him.
We are told by those Convention
advocates that they will arrange to
protect the vote of the uneducated or
poor white man, in the event that he
is disfranchised by the new Constitu?
tion. We are unwilling that frpe-born
white American citizens shall become
dependent upon any man or political
faction of men to be allowed to vote. I
The Constitution of the United States
gives him the ballot, and he should be
permitted to exercise this right and
power without bcin- beholden to any
man, or the violator of law. It is an
honor and a proud privilege to cast
your ballot as the law directs ; but it
is a degradation to an honest man to
have to evade the laws of his State, or
secure the connivance of some one
else, before he can vote ! And it is
argued that only a few white men will
be deprived of their suffrage under an
educational qualification. While this
is not true, for it willaflect thousands
of voters in South Carolina, and every
man of them a true Reformer, even
admitting that there is only one white
man in our State but can read and
write ! Now, is not this one man's
ballot as dear to him as the vote of a
Governor or Congressman is to that
Governor or Congressman ? And is it
not robbery to deprive him of that
ballot and without permitting him to
say whether or not he is willing to
make the sacrifice?- If our Reform
Movement must be perpetuated by
such acts of injustice then it should
go down.
And another reason that we oppose
any educational or property qualifica?
tion to suffrage. The upper counties
of South Carolina are the white belt,
and in this section do you find many
poor and unlettered men. Under the
new Democratic Constitution of our
State every white voter will be given
an opportunity to cast his ballot for
the oindidatcs of his choice. Now
when we make these discriminations
we simply weaken our own political,
strength to enhance the power of the
middle oad lower tjers of counties,
Under this proposed provision in the
new Constitution ten white men will
be deprived of their vote in upper
Carolina where it is taken from one in
the black belt.
The farmers of Spartanburg County
do not want any new Constitution
unless it is submitted to themjfor rati?
fication or rejection, as they will show
by their votes on the 6th day of No?
vember next. They are not willing
to place their own political liberty and
their future, as well as the rights of
their children, in the keeping of six
men without the right of appeal, it
matters not who they be. The de?
mand to first see the new Constitu?
tion, so that they can tell whether or
not they like it. And just here we
will state that our Reform party, now
in complete control of the Govern?
ment, cannot afford to endorse such a
concentration of power and trample
under foot the fundamental principles
of our organization as to create a new
Constitution for South Carolina, and
force the people to accept it whether
they want to or not. It will disrupt
and destroy our great movement to
attempt such a thing, for it would
belie every pledge and pretention we
have made. The Reform party is the
party of the poor and uneducated, and
to preserve unto them their ballot
secure and intact should be our great?
est care.
We would like for the advocates of
a Constitutional Convention to use
our columns to give their reasons and
refute the arguments we have made.
If they can do this we are ready to
change to-morrow. We want for our
people all the light they can get on
this subject, for it is the most impor?
tant issue that has ever confronted
South Carolina.
Why not, as a compromise, let the
Legislature that meets in December
frame a new bill called a Constitu?
tional Convention, and requiring that
it be submitted to the people for rati?
fication or rejection ? Within ninety
days' time a vote can be had on it and
the Headlight will agree to support it.
But we are not willing to trust the
suffrage of our people to a few men,
but shall insist that every voter read
that Constitution for himself, and
then cast his ballot for acceptance or
rejection. There are about three
white men registered in our State to
one negro, and there is no danger of
the blacks defeating the Convention.
Even the Antis want the Constitu?
tion changed, so their papers say, and
if an acceptable instrument is framed
they will support it.
We are not opposed to a Constitu?
tional Convention, but we are too true
a Reformer, and love our people too
well, to see the fundamental laws of
our State changed, and the suffrage of
honest white men imperilled, without
raising our voice in protest.
A Cit;z- n of Greenville Drowned.
Greenville, S. C, October 23.?
A telegram received here to-day from
Capt. 0. P, Mills, of this city, dated
at Brevard, N. C, brought the news
that T. C. Gower, of this city, was
drowned his morning while bathing in
the French Broad River.
Mr. Gower was 73 years old, but
a man of remarkable vigor of body and
mind. He owned a beautiful place in
the French Broad Valley. His home
ran down to the river and he was pas?
sionately devoted to swimming, having
often remarked that the water could not
get too cold for him. He went from
here to his summer place last Mon?
day, accompanied by Capt. Mills.
Probably he left Capt. Mills at the
house and went to the river for a final
plunge, as he was to have returned
here to-morrow. It is known he went
alone and the theory was that he was
taken with cramp. The body was re?
covered.
A. G. Gower, a son of the deceased,
started from here over the mountains
this afternoon carrying a casket and
an undertaker.
The deceased was one of the most
prominent men of this city. Green?
ville is filled with monuments of his
public spirit and energy, and he prob?
ably did more to build and develop
the city than any other one man. He j
was a native of Maine, but came here j
fifty-odd years ago. He was the lead-!
cr in establishing the Greenville coach j
factory, built the Main street bridge
over Reedy River, established the
street car line and city ware house,
and purchased land for Springwood
cemetery, was a leader in building the
beautiful Washington Presbyterian
Church and creating the system of
graded schools. In fact, there is
hardly an improvement or enterprise
in the city in which he did not have a
prominent and active part.
He was a volunteer in the Confed?
erate army and remained in service
throughout the war. He was aide on
the staff of Gen. S. S. Crittenden, of
the United Confederate Veterans. At
the time of his death he was a mem?
ber of three firms, actively in business
here, besides being president of the
Greenville Street Railway and Ware
House Company, actively interested
in lime works at Gaffney City and
having other enterprises in operation.
He owned and rented out more than
one hundred houses in this city. His
estate will probably realize from $50,
000 to $75,000, and he is thought to
have carried a large life insurance.
Two policies, already known, amount
to $15,000. He was an elder in the
Presbyterian Church. His widow and
seven children survive him. Super?
intendent Crosswcll, of the Southern
Express Company, and Capt. O. P.
Mills, president of the Greenville
Fertilizer Works, married his daugh?
ters, and Frank Hammond presidentof
the People's Bank, of this city, is his
nephew.
The body will be brought over the
mountains by private conveyance and
buried here. News of the accident
caused a profound sensation and uni?
versal sorrow here. Mrs. Gower is a
cousin of Governor Tillman.
Deafness cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the car.
There is only one way to cure deaf?
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafnest is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lin?
ing of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube is inflamed you have^a rum?
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the inflamma?
tion can be taken out and this tube re?
stored to its normal condition, hear?
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten arc caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed con?
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by
Catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circu?
lars: free.
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BILL ABP'S LETTER;
Arp'a Homily on the Combination of; Ha
?SW-Emlllty and Poverty.
^ ? tmri
Atlanta Constitution. j???^?
In every community that has popu?
lation large enough to divide there
arc circles of society, circles of poli?
tics, circles of secret associations and
circles of the church. The first and
last named especially embrace the
wivc3 and daughters of the commun?
ity. "Women make up society and are
more particular than men about who
they admit into their circle. These
circles are graded like the pupils of a
public school?graded according to
wealth or education or occupation.
The dividing lines are not fixed nor
well defined, for sometimes a poor
woman who is smart and well manner?
ed and of good family is admitted into
a higher circle. I know a very bright
and beautiful lady who once was rich,
but is now a milliner, and yet she is
never omitted, never slighted by the
charmed circle, as it is called. She
mingles freely with those above her
and those below her. This is the trib?
ute that all classes pay to refinement
and good breeding. A good woman
who has been well raised and has a
good education can live in a place that
is higher than the aristocracy of wealth.
She has more social influence in the
church or out of it than all the swells
whose diamonds are their chief pass?
port, and when she dies she has more
mourners at her funeral.
But I was ruminating about the
church society?the good will and
charity that prevails in church circles
among all its members. If they don't
mingle together on week days they do
on Sundays, for the charity the church
'teaches brings all its members on a
level. Among Christians (I don't
mean pretenders or hypocrites) there
is no aristocracy. A soul is a soul
and the humblest on earth will take
the highest place in heaven. I am
not going to preach a sermon. These
thoughts were provoked by a little
episode that happened in our church
last week. Our preacher and his sis?
ter went to keeping house. They
dident have much to start on and we
were behind with his salary. Our
country churches are always behind.
For forty years I have been hunting
for a church that was not behind. So
it was whispered around that our
preacher had to borrow money to buy
a cooking stove and he dident have no
more furniture than Elisha had in his
little room that the Shunamite woman
fixed up for him by the wall. He is a
sort of half yankee?born north and
educated south, and his sister has
been teaching school up there. He is
smart and handsome and humble and
the most devoted man in his calling I
ever saw. The poorest people in the
town and vicinity know him, for he
has been to see them, and everybody
loves him just because he loves every?
body. He owes a balance on his edu?
cation and has gone in debt for some
books, but we dident know it. All of
a sudden we found out that he was
distressed financially. We told him
when he came that if the Lord would
keep him humble we would keep him
poor. But at last our church people
became aroused. The ladies impro?
vised a donation party and the men
hustled around and raised his back
pay and so last Friday evening the
good things began to roll into the
preacher's house,. The ladies of the
town sent flour and coffee and tea and
rice and oatmeal and sugar and syrup
and canned goods and some furniture
and everything else nearly, and the
country members sent chickens and
turkeys and lots of potatoes and pick
els and jellies and all sorts of good
things, even down tg popcorn and per?
simmons from the children. I never
saw the like for two people. We are
afraid he will quit preaching and open
a family grocery. When the first load
came he told the drayman it was a
mistake?he hadent ordered any such
things and he must take them back.
But the drayman smiled a smile and
said: "I is gwine to leave em here
anyhow?dat's what dey told me,"
and leave them he did. Soon another
load came and then another and there
was nobody's name on anything. The
poor man was bewildered. He had just
bought a twenty-five-pound sack of
flour and here were 250 pounds more.
"What did he say?" I asked of a dray?
man. "He never said nothin', but he
looked sorter imposed on." That
night our people began to drop in on
the parsonage unawares and by 8
o'clock the house was full of men,
women and children. They found a
hearty welcome, though they were
not asked to take a seat, for seats
were scarce. Everybody was happy,
for they had done a good deed, and
deeds always make us happy. The
ladies slipped a purse of $20 in the I
sister's hand and the men another I
purse of ?80 in the preacher's hand, j
which was enough to pay his back sal- J
ary, and then we bade them good night
with good wishes, and all went home, |
where there were chairs enough to go \
round. That's the way to do the
preachers. It lifts him up and renews
his zeal and increases his faith. I'll
bet there isn't another preacher in the
state who dares to be like ours in one
respect. He dares to play baseball
with the boys and is by far the best
player in the town, for he was captain
of a team in college and likes the sport.
"Now boys," said he, "I will be i
to play with you, but you must prom?
ise not to use an oath nor an unkind
or ungentlemanly expression during
the game." And they promised.
After the game was over he thanked
them and invited them so cordially to
come out to prayer meeting that night,
that they went. His gentle influence
over our town boys is always for their
good. They respect him and admire
him and go to preaching more than
has been their custom. And Paul
said unto Timothy: "My son magnify
thine office." Our preacher magnifies
his office and dignifies the pulpit and
inspires reverence for the sacred place.
Our preacher can beat anybody marry?
ing anybody except himself that I
ever heard. But he is young yet and
will find a help-mate- in the sweet by
and by if not before. Preachers and
doctors have to be married to be a
grand success. Saving life and saving
souls are the highest callings in. the
world, and if people dident get married
there woulJent be any fit to be saved.
Every unmarried man who has passed
the meridian of life is a comparative
failure. He is uncomplete. He is a
.suspect and has to be watched. David
Bennet Hill may get to be president,
but he is incomplete. So was Buch
auan and Fillmore. The first lady of
the land should be a president's wife?
not his niece. But a preacher should
be very careful in his choice, for the
poor woman will be criticised as much
as her husband, and won't have any
chauce to fight back' in the pulpit.
She shouldent be a leader of society?
that is of its fashions and frivolities.
But she should be social and cheerful
and bright. Nobody likes a meek and
sad-eyed woman. I know a minister
in a distant city who married a very
fashionable woman and it hurt his in?
fluence in the church. ?
Bat still a minister's wife may smile
Once or twlco in a while,
And still be a woman without guile.
Bill Arp.
Boy of a Hundred Scars.
At the Rosebud Indian agency one
may sec at the trader's store of
Charles Percival Jordon, a man now
approaching middle age and who made
his record as a hero when a boy. He
is a full blooded Sioux, of the Minnc
coujou tribe, squat of figure and home?
ly of face. A great scar traverses his
forehead from the ccii black hair on
the left side down to where there
should be an eyebrow over the right
eye. In place of that natural appen?
dage there flares another scar. Notice
him as he displays gaudy calicoes or
brilliant silk handkerchiefs to the
men and women of his own race who
throng before the counter on what is
known as "issue day," and you can?
not fail to observe the absence of two
fingers from one hand and the thumb
from the other. The "manhood
name" of this humble clerk in a fron?
tier store is "The Swimmer." Before
he received his adult title, which is
only granted to braves of the Sioux
nation after they have undergone a
most hideous test of endurance, he was
known as "The Boy of a Hundred
Scars."
It was when but fifteen j'ears of age j
that "The Swimmer" performed a
deed of heroism as notable as that of
Horatius who kept the bridge of Rome
"in the brave days of old." In theearly
'6()'s this immature lad formed one of
a hunting party of his tribe. The
band was composed chiefly of old men
women and children, for the braves of
the nation had made a rendezvous
preparatory to going on the warpath
against their hereditary enemies, the
Crows. In their chase after buffalo
the hunting party ventured south of
the Platte river and encountered a war
band of their foes. They fled north?
ward and reached the ford a little in
advance of their pursuers. The Platte
is a wide and shallow stream, filled
with quicksands, and the ford at which
the fugitives essayed to cross was a
passage so narrow that ai; one point
they could progress only in single file.
Hot on the trail came the painted and
whooping Crows. At the center of
the watery way the lad now known
as the Swimmer paused and cried to
his companions: "Hurry northward
to the warriors' camp, I will hold the
ford until they come." He was naked
to the waist and kneedeep in water.
He had two old-fashioned Colt revol?
vers and a bowie knife. Thus equip?
ped, the hold lad faced the onrushing
enemy, while his friends urged their
way toward safety and assistance.
The Crows plunged into the water and
greeted their single foe with derisive
yells, expecting that he would flee
upon their advance. But there he
stood, stern, immobile and impassive,
until the narrowness of the ford
forced his hunters into single column.
Then the revolver in his right hand
flashed out a tongue of flame. An
unseen bullet sped straight to the
heart of the leader who fell into the
swift and treacherous current, and
was followed by his frightened pony,
which sprang from the ribbonlike
pathway, only to~be swallowed up by
the terrible quicksands. Than came
a battle royal. Over each other's
shoulders and from beneath the necks
of their horses the furious Crows sent
volley after volley at the heroic lad.
Several bullets took effect and the hur?
rying waters soon became tinged with
his blood. After his first shot he had
eleven leaden messengers with which
to reply to the deadly message of his
enemies. When, years later, he told
me the details of this wonderful com?
bat, he said he was sure he missed his
aim but thrice. The revolvers emp?
tied, he threw them into the stream,
drew his Bowie knife, and chanting
the death song of his race, dared his
foes to close combat. On they came
one by one, for the narrowness of the
way would allow of no concerted rush.
And as they came the lad gave blow
for blow. In what he thought to be
his first and final fight he displayed
the coolness of absolute desperation.
Knife wounds covered hinrfrom head
to waist. An arrow had pinned his
left arm to his body, but this
he tore loose. And still he fought,
and still he chanted his death song.
Just as a terrific blow had laid opeij
his forehead he heard an inspiring
cry. I was the wild, shrill war whoop
of the Sioux. Racing down to the
bank at the height of their ponies'
speed came a hundred braves to the
rescue. They reached the exhausterl
lad, and the foremost brave, springing
from his steed, took his place, while
another bore the young hero to the
shore. After that the struggle was
short and decisive. The Crows were
pressed back to the south bank, and
when they made a stand, suffered
practical annihilation.
Previous to this the boy who kept
the ford had been known by his first
name, given to him when he was a
baby?that of the Maon Gazer. Three
months subsequent to the fight, when
he had recovered from his almost
countless injuries, the Minnecoujous
gave him his second name?Wah-te
gis-ah-sin?the boy of a hundred
scars. Later on he became known as
the Swimmer. Now that his fighting
days are over he earns a modest living
as a clerk in Jordan's store and the
whites with whom he deals call him
John Davis.
But neither the lapse of time nor
change of condition can efface those
glorious scars received by the lad who
stood ready to die fighting for his peo?
ple.?Fred G Dayton, in Constitution,
Jr. _? m_
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which insures a cure in about one
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Cuts and bruises should receive imme?
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more." "Why, dear?" tenderly in- eg
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The teacher keeps changing the words
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?? In the family ein*1?, little Mary,
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who had ceased to pray in his family, i
and said to him with quivering lips, it
"Papa, is God dead?" "No, my child;^
why do you ask that ?" "Why, papa. .
you never talk to him now as you used:
to do," she replied.
? A hundred tons of cat's tails'^*
were recently sold in one lot in Lon-<J
don for the purpose of ornamenting i
ladies' wearing apparel. Assuming
that an average cat's tail would weigh
a couple of ounces, this would mean zk
that no fewer than 1,792,000 pussier:-!
had been killed just to supply this one, f
deal.
? Hicks?That wasn't a bad pres?
ent that Tom got frora his wife's fath?
er as a wedding gift?$2,400, $100 for |
each one of the bride1is years. Wicks-r' *
I should say not; neither did Tom
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guess. "No?oh, no; only he couldn't
help saying, half aloud, 'What a fool I
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she's a day.' "
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? "Sairy Ann," he said, with a
touch of asperity in his voice, "What .;:
is it?]' asked the president of the
Bingville Association of Emancipated
Women. "Any woman that can't sew
on a suspender button any better'ijffl
you did this one couldn't discharge
the duties of sheriff nohow. An' I'm '
durned ef I'll vote fur ye."
? "I say, Robert, what is it that is
dearer than life, and freer than air;
the rich man wants it, the poor man'
has it, the miser spends it, the spend- ;
thrift saves it ?" "Give it up. What
is it ?" "It's nothing. Nothing is
dearer than life, nothing is freer than
air. The rich man wants nothing, :
the poor man has nothing, and the '1
spend-thrift saves nothing."
? "I hate to see a woman with
rings in her ears 1" exclaimed the
good deacon; "they ain't natural 1
If it was intended for women to wear
them she would have been born with
holes in her ears. The first woman .
didn't wear rings, I'll be bouud."
"No," remarked a quiet little man in
the corner, "nor anything else."
The discussion was adjourned without
delay.
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? "I should like to be excused,
your honor," says a man who had been *
summoned on a jury. "Whatfor?" ?
"I owe a man $10 and wish to hunt
him up and pay it." "Do you mean',
to tell the court that you would hunt
up a man to pay a bill instead of wait?
ing for him to hunt you up ?" "Yes,
your honor." "You are excused. I
don't want any man on the jury who_
will lie like that.
? Samuel was before the bar of
justice for having purloined divers
and sundry pullets from the coop of
prominent citizen. "Didn't you know'
it was wrong t? steal those chickens?" ::\
asked the judge. "Yessuh, yo' hon?
or." "Then why did you do it ?". V
"It's disher way, yo' honor," replied .
Sam, striking the attitude of a mar?
tyr, "I ji8' done hit to take away
tem'tation fum de paf ob my neigh,
bors, yo' honor."
? A day or two since Albert Mil- ^
ler of Pittsburg, was sentenced to two ?
months' imprisonment for kissing his
sweetheart, on the public street.
Served him right. A man who would
do a thing of that kind in public ought'
to get a whole year. He should have
waited until be got home. It's a thou?
sand times better in a dark room, or
hallway than in the blazing light of the
sun.
? Georgia has turned out a 119
pound pumpkin. It grew upon a vine
that covered one and one-fourth acres
and had 113 pumpkins that weighed
7,435 pounds. The biggest one was.
4i feet long. Mr. John A. Tomber
lin, of Irwin County, grew it in 1893.
At least the Atlanta Constitution says
so. South Carolina grows some large
pumpkins itself and can probably beat
Georgia. But it cannot beat the Con?
stitution's story.
? The printer is generally rated a
pretty bad sort of fellow, but his con?
duct generally consists of vice and
not crime. The following shows that
before the law he has not proven so
bad as some people. Of three thous?
and, eight hundred and ninety con?
victs in the State of Texas, there is
not a printer or newspaper man. There
are ministers, doctors, bankers, bar?
bers, photographers, bar keepers,
cooks and members of all other pro?
fessions and calling.
? A St. Louis drummer, who was
traveling in Texas, was very much
surprised the other day to road in the
papers that his-wifc with whom he had
always lived-in perfect accord, and to
whom lie had transferred all his prop?
erty, had sued for and obtained a di?
vorce. He wrote to ask her why in
the world she had taken such a step,
and she replied that it was all a mis?
take. He hurried home to see about
it and found that he was really di?
vorced. It seems that his wife had
employed a lawyer to petition the
court to make her a feme sole, and on
the same day another woman had em?
ployed him to get her a divorce. He
got the two mixed up so that tie
court had divorced the wrong one.
The unlucky drummer is afraid to go
home to live until the decree of the
courtis annulled, or he and his wife
can be remarried. The lawyer is just
now the butt of his professional breth?
ren,