Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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There are few; persons- "v ing who recollect the 16; but European and Am, i-.a. _ta represent it as having been phe nomenal in almost every particu lar. In New England the year went by the name of "eighteen hundred - and - starve - to-death," and the summer months are known in history as " the cold summer of 1816," so remarkable was the temperature. The sun's rays seemed to be destitute of heat and all nature was clad in a sable hue. Men and women became frightened and imagined that the fire in the sun was being rapidly extin guished, and that the world would soon come to an enc. Ministers took the phenomenon for the text of their sermons,and pseudo-scientific men talked of things they knew not of, while the fanatics took advantage of the occasions to form religious organizations. The winter of 1815-16 was very cold in Europe, but comparative ly mild in this .;ountry, and did not in any way indicate the se vere weather that soon prevail ed. Even the almanacs were si lent, and although the usual ii dications, "about now look out for cold weather," or " this is a good time for snow" were enter ed in the regular portions of the book devoted to the winter pre dictions, those used for chron icling the pleasanter months had no such alarming warnings. January was mild, so much so that for days the people allowed their fires to go out. as artificial heat made the buildings uncom fortably warm. This pleasant weather was broken by a severe cold snap in February: but this low temperature passed in a few days and a warmer condition, similar to the month previous set in. March "came in like a lion, but went out like a lamb." There was nothing unusual in the cli matic conditions of the month which differed from those gener ally found in the windy season. April was the advance guard of this strange freak in tempera ture. The early days were warm and bright; but as the month drew to a close the cold increased until it ended in ice and snow and a very high temperature. To those who delighted in balmy May days and loved to watch the budding flowers the May of 1816 was a bitter disappointment. True buds came, but so did the frost, and one night laid all veg etation a blackened waste. Corn was killed, and the field had to be made ready for another plant ing; but the people's astonish ment was complete when they found ice formed to the thickness of half an inch in the pools. June, the "month of roses" was this year a month of ice and des olation. The "oldest inhabit ant" was surprised, for never before had the mercury sunk so low in the tube in these latitudes in the last month of spring. Frost, ice and snow were com mon. Almost every green thing that had taken advantage of a few warme days to develop was killed and various kinds of fruit were nearly all destroyed. One day the beautiful snow fell to a depth of ten inches in Ver mont, seven inches in Maine and three inches in Massachusetts and Central New York. Matters were beginning to be interesting. People were undecided whether to spend the winter in the South, or atr the seashore and mount ains. One day the latter resorts were desirable and the next would decide in favor of the for mer; but on the whole the Son thern climate was :preferred. July was accompsined by frost and ice, and those who celebrat ed the. glorious Fourth, "not wisely but too well" found an abundance of ice handy for im mediate use the next morning. It was not very thick, not more than one-seventeenth of an inch: but it was ice, and it caused the good people of New England, New York and some sections of Pennsylvania to look grave. That month Indian corn was dlestroyed in all but the most favored locations, and but a small quantity escaped. Surely August would put an end to such cold weather; but the farmers as well as hotel pro prietors were doomed to disap po 'mnent. The midsummer month was, if possible, more cheerless than the days already passed. -Ice formed even thick er than it had done the month before and corn was so badly frozen that it was cut for fodder and almost every green plant in this country as well as Europe was frozen. Papers received from England stated that the year 1716 would be remembered by the generation then living as a year in which there was no summer. What little corn ripened in the unexposed states was worth al most its weight in silver, and farmers were compelled to pro vide themselves with corn grown in 1815 for the seed they used in the spring of 1817. This seed never cost so much, being diffi cult to get even at $5 per bush The last month of summer was ushered in bright and warm, and for two weeks the snow~ almost frozen people began to thaw out. It was the mildest weather of the year, and just as the inhabi CASTOR IA For Tnfints and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought tants got fairly to appreciate it' old Boreas and Jack Frost came along and whitened and harden ed everything in their path. On the 16th, ice formed a quarter of an inch thick and winter cloth ing that had been laid away for a few days was again brought forth and wrapped round shiv ering humanity. By this time I the people had- given up all hopes of again seeing the flowers bloom or hearing the birds sing, and began to prepare for a hard winter. October kept up the reputation I of its predecessors, as there was scarcely a day that the thermom eter registered higher than 30 degrees. November was also extremely cold, and sleighing was good the first week of the month: but strange to relate, December was the mildest and most comfortable month of the entire year, a condition which led many people to believe that the seasons had changed about. Of course, the cold spell sent bread stuffs to an unheard-of price, and it was impossible to obtain for table use many of the common vegetables, as they were required for seed. Flour sold in 1817 in the cities for $15 per barrel, and the average price of wheat in England was 97 shil- t lings per quarter.-Boston Daily 1 Globe. WANTED-SEVERAL PERSONS OF CHAR acter and good reputation in each state (one in this county required) to represent and adver tise old established wealthy business house of solid financial standing. Salary $18.00 weekly with expense% additional. all payable in cash each Wednesday direct from head office. Horse and carriage furnished, when necessary. Re ference. Enclose self-addressed stamped en- t velope. Manager. 316 Caxton Building. hica go. -6-26tI Probing Vote of the South. Washington, Dec. 18.-Wide misapprehension exists as to the relation of the Moody and the t Crumpacker resolutions for deal ing with the Southern represen tation problem. It has been assumed that they amounted to practically the same thing, when, in fact, they are almost opposites, as may be seen by the effect of the two on the Southern members. Mr. Crum packer's resolution assumes, without further inquiry, thati disfranchisement of the colored population in the Southern 1 States is a fixed fact, and pro ceeds to apply a reduction of representation accordingly. Mr. Moody's resolution is one of in quiiy of representation only as an alternative, in case the South is found to have been ingenious enough to accomplish these dis franchisements without violation of the federal instrument. Het is not willing to take for grant ed that the existing Southern 1 plans are necessary, or to accept the situation as something with which the federal laws must be put into harmony. Southern Pemocrats have 1 never been afraid of the Crum packer resolution, because they could at once ask the Northern representatives how they knew the extent of unconstitutional disfranchisement, and what they1 proposed to do. The Moody resolution, however, has stirredr them to united action, and con ferences are already in progress. Mr. Underwood of Alabama, who recently gave up a place on the ways and means committee to go on the committee on rules, .4 did so, it is understood, for the purpose of leading this opposi tion. The Southern men as a rule realize the terms of the Louisiana Constitution much better than Northern men do, and are less inclined to have its meaning laid bare in Congres sional debate. They fear that they cannot hold their North ern Democratic associates in a contest over an inquiry into the Louisiana instrument, which, however, is merely typical. John R. Thayer; for example, a Democratic member from the Worcester district, is not certain that he shall follow Mr. Under wood in this battle. -Mr. Thayer says that the stupidity of the Southern people in bringing this issue sosquarely to the at tenion of Congress passes all bound; he thinks they could have found ways of "controlling"1 the negro vote, without flying in the face of the Federal Con stitution. He believes the Louis- ~ iana Constitution would be held by the United States Supreme Court to be in violation of the ' Federal Constitution, and that this should be the settlement of the question. The attitude of Southern Re pubicans is always interesting~ in such controversies. They are much more favorable to action on the lines now proposed than they were toward the force bill of a decade ago. Representative Dayton of West Virginia. typi fies their feelings when he says that while his State is now Re publican, if there should be a '-slip up" any year, the Demo-r crats would promptly utilize their power to eliminate the ne gro, just as has been done in Maryland. Mr. Dayton is ac cordingly very ?arnest for action - on the Moody resolution. ' C C The House Republican caucus on the subject will be held after' the holidays, when both the Moody and Crumpacker propos als will be submitted by their authors. As the former's plan is the more conservative of the ~ two it will doubtless receive the support, by preference, of thosea Republicans who want to do nothing at all, and hence the chances of its success are good. Beas the Ihe Kind You Ha2ve AlwayS Bought t Idle talk has a pecuhi way of (e The Lone Yule-Tide. Vhere spend ye the eve of the Holy One's birth, )h. child who habt, wanderrd away from my hearth? 'he joy if the Christaias-tide ill, all the earth Vhere pass ye the Yule of the year? 'here stands a lone fir in the field of the dead, edecked with frost tinsel. beside thy white bed: 'or candles. the glint of the stars over head kut still is thy chamber and drear. f one of yon stars could but guide me to thee, 'd follow its beams to the uttermost sea: 'd hang thee my gifts on some Para dise tree, f death would hut let me anear: mother of Christ. by the love that ye bore, 'he Bethlehem babe. by the Christ we adore. )h, find ye my motherless child. I im plore. nd give her thy love's Christme.s cheer. -Harper's weekly. O A 3 W 4 TL X A. Be t The Kind You Have Always Bought A Democrat in Spite of Them. The Congression Record, con aining a full and accurate ver atim statement of the McLaurin illman incident in the senate ast Monday, is to hand. From ['he Record, it appears that aris ng to a question of personal rivilege, Senator McLaurin laid are the conspiracy by which :ertain Democratic leaders are rying for personal reasons, to -ule him out of the party and de )rive him of the right of service )n the committees of the senate. lis speech was mainly'a review )f his course as a senator who iad been pledged by his consti uents not to be governed by )arty caucuses on questions af ecting the public welfare. He lid not say a great deal that he ias not already said; but what ie did say was forceful and con incing. His political status he lefined as follows: "In my state ve have but one political party, Lnd inside of that party we have primary system, which is reg ilated by law. Under that pri nary system we have the widest atitude of thought and freedom >f discussion. . This has been orced upon us by the peculiar onditions which have existed ince the war. I have repeatedly ;tated on the stump and else here that all I wanted was an )pportunity to go before the )eople of South Carolina and >resent my views to them upon he great public questions of the lay, and let them pass upon hem. I have said. and I say igain, that if they think I am rong I am perfectly content to top right there and let my po itical career end. But I claim hat as a right. There is no Re >ubican party in South Carolina s you understand a party else vhere, and so long as the rights yhich wd enjoy under our pri nary system are unabridged and eft open there is no necesity for ny other party in that state. ['his is all that it means. To me reedom of thought, freedom of ~peech, and liberty of action are orth more than a seat in the enate or any office under this oernment." In the course of s remarks, he also took occa ;ion to say: "I will not be driven rom my party and I'will not be orced into any party where I do uot wish to go. "-Yorkville En lurer. 'S=1s=== from the Northern Wood arein Pyny-nalsam, the certain cure for coughs. He Was Too Greeni. When in a certain country dis rict a month or two ago, says a usiness man, having an idle ou~r, I strolled into the county ~ourt room, where I witnessed mn amusing scene. The justice, a big, pompous >fficial, with a voice like a trom >one, took it upon himself a ex mine a witness, a little withered >ld man, whose face was as red mnd wrinkled as a herring. " What is your name?" asked he justice. " Why, squire," said the as onished witness, " you know my ame as well as I know yourn." " Never you mind what I know r what I donX't know," was the au ion given, with magisterial everity. "I ask the question a my official capacity and you're iound to answer it." With a contemptuous snort the witness gave his name, and the uestioning proceeded: " Where do you live?" " Wal, what next?" ejaculated he old man. " Why," he con inued, appealing to the laugh ag listeners, " I've lived in this own all my life, and so's he," ointing to the justice, "an' to tear him go on you'd think-" "Silence!" thundered the irate agistrate. "Answer my ques ion or I'll fine you for contempt f court." Alarmed by the threat, the itness named his place of resi ence, and the examination went -What is your occupation?" "What do you do for a liv "Oh, git out, squire! Just as you don't know that I tend ardens in the summer seasonf nd saw wood in the~ winter?'' "As a private citizen I know :, but as the court I am not sup osed to know anything about ou," explained the perspiring astice. " Wal, squire," remarked the uzzled witness, "if you know othin' in it, you'd better get out. nd let somebody try this case hat's got some sense." The advice .may have been -nord but it cost the witness for Getting The Old Man's Consent. "It was settled sometime ago that he was to marry my daugh ter," said the father of a girl of the period, "but it yet remained for the young man to get my consent. 'It was merely a for mality, however, as I had cut no figure whatever during the cam paign, my girl arranging matters to suit herself without consult ing me or my wishes. "Now, I remember with what trepidation I had approached my wife's father when I asked him for her hand, and I made up my mind that when that young man showed up to ask me for my daughter's hand I would have revenge, not only for what I had to pass through when I urged my suit, but for being shoved into the back ground during the pfesent proceedings. "Well, he called at my oftice yesterday, and I told my office boy to admit him and leave us alone and see that we were not disturbed. "4 'Just dropped in, said be easily, declining to take a seat, to tell you that I am going to marry your daughter the middle of next month. It will be an in formal affair, so you may consid er yourself invited without furth er notice. Good day.' "Before I could catch my breath he was gone, and when I complained to my daugter about his treatment of me, all the com fort I got was that I could con sider myself fortunate in getting an invitation, as it was to be an exclusive affair. "-Detroit Free Press. Easily Explained. On a certain hot summer day a celebrated naturalist entertained a company of distinguished savants at dinner, at the conclu' sion of which all went out in the garden. . In the centre of the grounds there stood on a pedestal a large glass globe. One of the guests happened to touch this globe, and found to his amazement that it was warmer on the shady side than on the side turned to ward the sun. He communica ted his discovery to the other guests, we at once proceeded to verify the statement. What could be the cause? An animated discussion ensued in the course of which every im aginable law of physics was made to account for the strange paradox. At length our scien tists agreed that it must be so owing to the laws of reflection, repulsion or exhalation, or some other law of physics with~a long name. The host was, however not quite convinced, and, calling the gardener, he said to him: "Pray tell us why the globe is warmer on the shady side than on the side turned to the sun?'' The man replied: "Because just now I turned it round for fear of its cracking with the great heat. "-London Tit-Bits. Urban Stupidity. - "Henry." said Uncle -Amos from Upcreek, who was visiting his city nephew, "who's that man in the house on the other side of the street? Every morn ing he stands in front of a win dow an' shaves himself. He's done it now for three days hand running." "I suppose he has done it every morning for the la'st ten years, uncle," replied Henry. "Has he lived there all that time?" "Yes, and longer than that, for all I know. I've been here only ten years myself." "Who is he?" "I don't know." "What does he follow?" "I haven't the slighest idea, uncle." Uncle Amos put on his hat and went out. In an hour or two he returned. -"'Henry." he said, "that chap's name is Horton. He runs an insurance office downtown. He's worth about $25,000, owns the house an' lot, belongs to the Presbyterian church, has three bys an' one girl, an' he's 46 years old. I've found out more about him in an hour than you have in ten years. Blamed if I don't believe livin' in the city makes people stupid. "--Chicago Tribune. Health and Beauty. A poor complexion is usually the re sut of a torpid liver or irregular.ac tion of the bowels. Unless nature's re fuse is carried off it will surely cause impure blood. Pimples, boils and other eruptions follow. This is nature's meth od of throwing off the poisons which the bowels failed to remove. DeWitt's Lit tle Early Risers are world famous for remedying this condition. They stim ulate the Jiver and promote regular and healthy action of the bowels, but never cause gripi'ng, cramps or distress. Safe ~ills. The R. B. Loryea Drug Store. Isaac M. Loryea, Prop. Some signs are suspicious. For istance, "I. Steele, Dry Goods." LAUN~DEY. Hotel Sumter STEAM LAUNDRY, TIMMIE HOWLE, Agent. All linens kept in reasonable repairs FREE OF CIIARIGE. - I will call on my regular customer-s for their- laundry. Part ies desiring laund ry work done in first class style will do well to entr ust thei- goods to me. TIMM~IE HOWLE, MA.NNTNG. S. '. South Carolina Co-Educational Institute . C . 1.) EDGEFIELD, S. C. OLDEST AND LARGEST CO-EDUCATIONAL COLLEGE IN THE STATE. Over 300 Students enrolled last session, representing 10 States. Young men under strict military discipline. Faculty composed of '21 College and University graduaes-9 men. Thorough Literary Courses leading to the degree of B. E., B. S. and A. B. Superior Advantages offered in the Departments of Music. Art. and Business. Four Magnificent, well equipped buildings. Thousands of dollars recently spent in improvements. From $100 to $140 covers expenses in Literary Department for the -entire school year. During the past session 167 Boarders were enrolled. A large number of applications were rejected for want of room. Additional room will be pro vided for the coming session. If you contemplate attending our College, write for catalogue and applica tion blank to F. N. K. BAILEY, President, EDGEFIELD, S. C. Next Session Begins Thursday, Sept. 26, 1901. BRING -YOUR JOB WORK TO THE TIMES OFFICE. W E TOL D YOU SO. In our Fall announcement we redieted a late and consequently a.short season, and we believe the results so far have proven the truthfulness of our prediction. We have a very large stock of goods which we are anxious to convert into money and will do so on as reasonable a margin of profit as legitimate merchandising will justify. We have no special sales for special days, but propose ma king every day from now until Christmas one of special sales. We realize that the needs of our country friends next year will be much_': more than usual, owing to the failure of.the corn crop, and we are willing to Sacrifice Our Profits That we may be able to assist them.' We can't buy corn with Clothing, Shoes and Hats-IT TAKES MONEY therefore every dollar you spend with us ENABLES US TO HELP T Would do credit to an exclusive city store. Here you will find Suits to fit from the SMALLEST to the300 POUNDER. - Our buyer bought 200 Boys' Suits, sizes, 5 to.15, un der the Hammer. Goods worth from $1.50 to $2, but the price paid for them justifies us In selling them at. ~~ There are several styles. Co'me early or the cheh may be gone. -- Oar better grades of Boys' Suits from $2 up have DOUBLE SEAT and DOUBLE KNEE. Evry mother knows where a boy's pants first give away, so ths feats~ ure oughf to bie appreciated. We have Boys' Overcoats, sizes 5 to 12 $ o$5 years, from.............. ....... T Youths' Overcoats, sizes 12 to 19 Q)'f - years, from................4.J TOv. Our line of MEN'S OVERCOATS is probably the larg etand best assorted'you - will find to select from. 25 20l ____ The prices run from...... . TO PvJ The man must be very fastidious indeed who cannot getsa Suit to please him in our establishment. Our line embraces a fall stock of Plain and Fancy Wors teds, Meltons, Cheviots and Granites, in Slims, Stout 25s A 2Q and Regulars, from..... UT ~ If you; need an extra pair-of Pants you. will find our stock a good one fromi which to '750 PE select, as we carry them as high as ' .J AR We had about 200 pair slightly water damaged in transit. . There were some worth $2 per pairjnone f less than $1.50; we put them all down at.7J~ While we are devotink most of this ad. to CLOTHING, bear in mind we are not neglecting our Dry Goods and Shoe Stock. . .;. You will find these departments thoroughly UP-TO-DATE, and no bet - ter values for the money to be had in the city. Our facilities heretofore prevented our carrying as complete a line of stc -LADIES' CLOAKS - As ortrade required, but we have no hesitancy in saying now that our stc ilcompare favorably with any in -the city. From a $1.50 JACKET to a $20 AUTOMOBILE COAT. *We can suit yuRemember, we will NOT BE UNDERSOLD, and our motto shall be: " Sell as cheap as we can, not as dear as we might." O'DONNELL & co., utr Av -4T1 RS