The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, August 19, 1885, Image 1
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VOL. I. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1885. NO. 47. J
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Richmond a*.d danville
RAILROAD
Pmitenatr DtparlmttW.?|On and after May
10th, 1886, passenger train aervice on the A.
and G. Division will be as follows:
Northward. No. 51* No. 53t
Lrave Atlanta 6 00pm 8 40 a marrive
Gainesville 8 08 pm 1032 am
Lula a 8 33 p m 10 55 a m
Rabun?Gap junc A. 9 18pm 11 25 am
Toccoa c 0 53 pm 1156ain
Seneca City d 10 56 p m 12 51 p m
Greenville e 12 27 am 2 23pm
* Spartanburg f 1 42 a m 3 34pm
Gnstonia g 3 50 am 5 26 pm
charlotte A 4 40 am '610 pm
Soitthtcard. No. 50* No. 52f
Leave charlotte 3 00 a m 1 80 p m
arriveGaslonia 3 50 a ni 141pm
Spartanburg 5 57 a m 3 34 p m
Greenville 7 13 a m 4 56 p m
Sencca city 8 54 a m 6 '27 p in
Toccoa 9 55 am 7 29 p m
Rabun Gap junc.. .10 37 a ru 8 22pm
Lula 1107am 8 49 pm
Gainesville 11 33 am 9 20pm
Atlanta 1 40 p m 11 30 p m
'Express. tMail.
Freight trains en this road all carry passengers;
passenger trains run through to Danville
and connect with Virginia Midland rail
way to ail eastern cities, ana at Atlanta witn
all lines diverging. Vo. 60 leaves Richmond
J 25 p in and No. 51 arrives there 4 10 p m; 52
leaves Richmond at 2 00 am, 53 arrives there
at 7 00 a. m. The local freights ftop at above
stations from 20 to 30 minutes.
Buffet Sleeping Corn without
rhavge: On trains Nos. 50 and 51, Now
York and Atlanta, via Washii.gton and
Danville, Greensboro and Asheville; on
. trains Nos. 52 and 53, Richmond and
Danville, Washington, Augusta and New
Orleans. Through tickets on sale at
. , Charlotte, Greenville, Seneca, SpartanV
burg and Gainesville to all points south.
Houtnwest, norm nnd east. A connects
with N. E. railroad to and from Athens;
b with N. E. to and from Tallulali Falls;
c with El. Air Line toandfiom Elberton
and Bowersville; d with Blue Ilidge to
- and from Walhalla; e with C. and G. to
and from Greenwood, Newberry, Alston
and Columbia; f with A. & A. and S.,
U. & C. to and from Hendernonville,
Alston, &c.; g with Chester and Lenoir,
to and from Chester, Yorkville and Dallas;
h with X. C. division and C.. C. 8c
A. to and from Greensboro, Raleigh, <frc
Edmund Hkhki.ky, Supt.
M. Slaughter, Gen. Pass. Agt.
A. li. Hives. 2d V. P. and Gen. Man.
onrrii ninnuvi
? railway company.
Commencing Sunday, May 24th, 1885, at
6 0ia m, i'tttsenRcr Traiii* will run an follows
until further notice, "Eastern time:"
Columbia Dicitinn?Daily.
Leave Columbia 6 30 a m 5 27 p m
Due at Charleston 11 06 a in 9 10pm
WEST?DAILY.
Leave Charleston 7 20 am &20pm
Due at Columbia 10 45 li m 10 00 p m
Ditition?Daily except Sundays.
Leave Columbia 9 30 a m 5 27 pm
Due Camden 12 14 p m 7 42 p m
WEST DAILY, KXCirr arS'DAT.
Leave Camden 7 00 a m 3 55 p m
Due Columbia 9 35 a m 10 00 p m
AHji'uta Division ? East Daily.
Leare Columbia 6 30 am 5 27 pm
IVm ? A ' ?1 IA ?A MA _ -
t 1'uo au^usit ii t? a oj iu jo p.ni
west daily.
Leave Augusta 8 05 a m 4 45 p m
Duo Columbia *.1045 am 10 00 pm
O nntetioiu
Mad* at Columbia with Columbia and Greenville
railroad by train arrivinir at 10 45 a. m.
and departing at 5 27 p. m.; at C'olumbia
Junction with Charlotte, Columbia and Aufrusta
railroad by same train to auU from all
points on both roads.
At Charleston with steamers for New York
*n Saturdav; and an Tuesday and Saturday
with steamer for Jacksonville and points on
Rt. John's river. Daily with Charleston and
Savannah Railroad to and from Savannah
and all points in Florida.
At Augusta with Georgia and Central railroads
to and from all points West and South:
at Ulackville to and from all points on Barnwell
railroad. Through tickets can be purchased
to all points South and West by applying
to D.
McQueen. Agent, Columbia, S. C.
John R. Feck, General Manager.
D. C. Allkk, Gen. Pass, and Tiekct Ag't
COLUMBIA AND
GREENVILLE RAILROAD.
On and after October 5. 1884, I'abbknokb
Trains will run as herewith indicated upon
this road and its branchet*.
Daily', except Svndav?.
No. 53. UP PASSENGER
Leave Columbia S. C. Junc'u 10 45 pm
" Columbia C. k G. D 11 10 p in
Arrive Alston Iz 10 p in
" Newberry 1 U p m
Ninety-Six: 2 47 p m
Greenwood \ 3 09 pm
Hodges... 3 33 p m
Helton... .r......... 440 pm
at Greenville., C 05 pm
No. 52. DOWN PASSENGER.
Leave Greenville at - 9 50 a m
Arrive Helton 11 13 a m
nodges 12 23 p ni
Greenwood .12 48 pm
Ninety-Six.. . 132pm
Newberry 3 02 p m
Alston 4 10 p m
'* Columbia C. & G. I) 5 15 pm
Arrive Columbia SC. Junc'n..... 5 30 p in
FABTANBl'RO, CVIOS * COLUMBIA BAII. ROAD.
NO. 53. UP PAHHKKOBR.
Leave Alston.. IS 52 p m
" Union... ...... 3 55 pm
- npariinDturg, n.u.cu.depot.ft 50 p ro
MO. 52. DOWN PA88KNOEn.
L? re Spart'g R. A D. Hepot .... 10 35a m
" Hpart'g S. U. k-C. I)?pot ..10 50 am
? Union... 12 50 pm
Arrive at Alston..* 3 40pm
'LAUBBN8 BAILBOAD.
Leave Newben-y * 3 30 pin
Arrire at Laarens C, H 6 50 p m
Leave Laurent* C. H 7 40am
Arrive at Newberry 11 10 pm
illRVILLI BRANCH.
Leave ilodfres 3 45 p m
Arrive at Abbeville 4 45 pm
Leave Abbeville, .t 11 00 am
Arrive at Hodfes 12 00 p m
BLUB BIDOK BAILBOAD AKI> ANDKRHON BBASCB.
M*f? Deuon 4 45pm
Arrive Anderson & 18 pro
l'endlctob 4 50 p m
" Scncctt ? G 40 p ni
Arrive at Walhalla 7 03 p in
Iietve Watliella 8 50am
Arrive Seneca 9 15 * m
** Pendleton : 9 52 a in
** Anderson....'.... 10 S3 am
Arrive at Belton .11 08a m
CUNKECTIOXS. j
A. With South Carolina railroad to and from
Charleston; with Wilmington, Columbia and
Augusta railroad from Wilmington and all
C>iat? north thereof: with Charlotte, Columa
and Augusta railroad flrom Charlotte and
U points north thereof. B. With Asherille
and BaarUaburc rdUroad from and for points
{ ' Westers S. Carolina.'^. With Atlanta and
CfcjsrUtte dit Richmond And Danville rahwav
for Atlanta and all p^inl* Mtliiad west.
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?J0NDEN8ED TIME CARD
Magnolia Passenger Route.
In effect March 15, 1885.
GOING 80UTH.
Leave Laurens *5 20 ? m t8 50 a m
" Waterloo 6 06 am V 55 a m
" Greenwood 7 00am 216pm
Arrive Augusta..... .10 45 a m 7 45pm
Leaya " 10 50 am 10 00 pm
Arrive Atlanta 5 40 p m 6 40 a m
Leave August*.. 11 SO km
Arrive Beaufort '.6 20 p m
Arrive Port Royal 6 35 pm
" Chaleston 5 50 pin
, " Savannah 7 00 pm
" Jacksonville 7 00 am
GOING NORTII.
Leave Jacksonville *8 50 pm
44 Savannah 6 45 am
Leava I'orl Royal 7 35 am
" lleaufort 7 47 am
" Charleston........ 7 5? am
Arrira AiifriiRti 1 &A ntn
Leave Atlanta fB 20 pm
Arrive Augusta 6 10 am
Leave Augusta *2 SO pm 8 15 am
Arrive Greenwood 6 10 pro 11 40 am
" Waterloo 7 04 pm 3 30 pm
" Laurcnu ...,7 50pm ^ 4 40 pm
Daily t Daily except Sunday.
Tickcts on sale at Greenwood to all points
at through rates?baggage checked to destination.
Connections made at Greenwood
with C. A G. R. It. K. T. Charlton, G. P. A.
Augusta, Ga.
ILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA
RAILROAD.
Going Sou h No 48 no 40
Leave Wilmington 9 30 p m 11 10 p m
Arrive at Florence 150am 2 20 am
Arrive at Columbia 6 40 a m
Going North Mo 43 no 47
Leave colnmbia 10 00 p m
Leave Florence..., 4 50 pm 1 62 a m
Arrive at Wilmington... .7 40 p m 6 10 a m
Train no. 43 xtopn at all stations, nor. 48
and 47 stop only at Brinkley's, Whitcville,
Flemingtnn, Fair Bluff, Marion, Florence,
TimmoRsville, Sumter, camden Junction ard
Eastover. Passengers for Columbia and all
points on c * u r b, o, c * A r k, Aiken Junction
and all points bejond, should take no. 48,
night express.- Separate Pullman sleepers
for Charleston and Augusta on trains 48 and
47. All trains run solid between Charleston
and Wilmington.
^TLANTIC COAST LINE,
PASSENGER DEPARMMENT,
?i inning ion. j\. cM .it ig. 1X85.
FAST LINK between Charleston and
Columbia and Upper South Carolina.
CONDKK8KU SCHEDULE.
OOIKO OOIKO
WEST. XA8T.
7 20 am Lv.... Cliarluaton.... Ar. 8 05 pm
8 34 44 44 I.anes 44 7 38 44
8 33 " " Sumter 44 6 37 "
10 40 pm Ar... .Columbia...... Lv. & 27 "
3 02 44 44 Winnsboro - " 3 48 "
4 15 " " Cheater 44 2 44 "
6 05 " 44 ....Ynrkville 4* 11 45 am
7 01 " 44 ....Lancaater 44 7 00 44
456 ' " ....Rock Ilill " 2 02 pm
6 00 " 44 ....Charlotte 44 100 44
12 58 pm Ar... .Newberry Lv 3 10 pm
2 5 2 4 4 44 ....Greenwood 44 1 2 59 44
6 00 44 44 .... Lntirena :.. 44 9 10 am
5 01 44 44 ... Anderson 44 10 27 44
5 45 44 44 '....Greenville 44 10 00 44
6 4 5 44 44 .... Walhalla 44 83? 44
4 20 " " ....Abbeville. "1125 "
3 27 " 41 ....Spartanburg.... " 1825 pm
7 15 " u ....Hendersonville.. " 7 00 "
Solid Trains between Charleston and Columbia,
8. C.
J. F. 1)1 VINK, T. M. EMERSON.
Gcn'l Sup't. Gen'l Pas. Agent.
SPARTANBURG AND
ASHKVILLE RAILROAD
On and after Apr. 6th, 1885, panaensrer
trains will be ran dailv. except Sundar, between
Spartanburg and Hendersonville a#
follows:
UP TRAIN.
Learo R.k D- Depot at Spartfcnburfr 100pm
Leave Spartanburg, A. L. depot 8 10pm
Leave Saluda . #20 p m
Leave Flat Rock 7 00 pm
Arrive Henderaon vilie 7 15 p m
DOWN TR^IS^,
Leave HenderaonTille.. "s-\ 7 00 an
Leave Flat Rock 7 15 am
Leave Saluda .7 50 am
Leave .4ir Line Junction 10 15 am
Arrive R. k D Depot Spartanburg 10 20 a m
i rains on inra roaa run o* Air-i.ine time.
Both trains make connection* for Columbia
and Charleaton via Spartanburjr, Union and
Columbia: Atlanta and Charlotte by Air Line.
JAMES ANDERSON. Superintendent.
t. p. thomson. j. w. thomson
IJ1HOMSON &. THOMSON,
Attorneys at Law,
Abbeville, S. C.
tQyOfficc in rear Mr. Lee's.
June 8th, 1885-tf. x 100
QALHOUN & MABRY,
A torncy s and Counsellors at Law.
abbeville c. h., 8. c.
. Office formerly occupied by Judge
Thomson. tf-50
L. W. PERRIN. T. P. COTIi It AN.
pERRIN k COTIIRAN,
Attorneys at Law,
51 Abbeville 8. C
jgUGENE B.OAHY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
62 Abbeville, 8. C.
JAMES 8. PERRIX,
Attorney and Counncllor at Law.
Abbkvii.lk, C. H., S.'C.
mf'no. 1 O'Neill's Range.
Jan. 38, 1885.tr 53
rort. r. hemphill. wm. p. cam.ohn.
JJKMPHILL Se CALHOUN,
Attorneys at Law,
' abbeville, 8. C.
Will practice in all the Court* of the
State. v 54
0ENTRAL HOTEL,
Mm. M. W. Thomas, Proprietors.
- Broad BtrMt, Aajruafa, 0?. 4$
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SsK suai&'&fcis
HOW TO ?EEP COOL.
A Few Tlmelr Suggestions About
Keeping Cool Daring the Hot Day*
of August from One who Keeps Cool.
These long summer days the sun
pours down his heated rays with lavish
generosity, and the merry mercury goes
to greet them with a merry hop, skip
and jump that will soon explode the
theory that "there's always room at the
top," unless * thermometer tubes are
| lengthened. While the sun and mercu1
ry are having their little picnics, poor humanity
is bathed in perspiration, struggling
with a palmetto fan, madly mopping
its crimson face, and inanely asking,
"Is it hot enough for you ?" At
such a time as this an expedition in
search of the Noirth pole could have no
terrors and dwindles into a baso holiday
excursion.
How to keep cool becomes the allabsorbing
question, and suggestions are
ahnost as numerous as are men who can
tell you just how to cure a cold or a
sprained ankle. On one occasion a gen*
tleman, who had gone to sleep with a
mustard plaster and waked up with a
blistered back, tried every remedy at
hand in the house without relief, and
at Ust. in an agony of suffering, sent fora
doctor. After being gone for what
seemed an interminable time, the set ant
returned with the message, "put
cream on it," and the suffering man who
had been writhing for an hour under
application of cream, was almost be*
side himself.
To have some one give us as an unfailing
formula for keeping cool a system
of living, under which we daily
Swelter, is almost as exasperating as the
cold croam prescription in the foregoing
instance, and perceptibly elovatcs our
temperature. Bat while in Ruch weather
as we have had this summer it is impossible
to keep cool all the time, still it
is not difficult to prevent suffering from
the heat. If you can't be cool it is well
a- t
to uo as eooi as you can, and a lew suggestions
arc appended below, which, if
followed, will enable you to bear with
coinplaccncy the fierce heat of th#
pleasant weather.
Horace Greely says : 4*The way to
resume is to resume." and we may pro
mulgate as a theory equally simple and
eficacious the way to keep cool is to
keep cool.
The mind hs3 an-immediate and all*
powerful effect upon the condition of
the body, and nothing so heats a person
as to get excited and to fume when anything
goes wrong. Let you life be qui<
I. Keep a cool head and your body
will not suffer with the heat. If you
hear that a man says he is going to murder
yon about something you have said
or done, don't worry yourself into fever
neat in anticipation or tne interesting
event, but glance back over the years of
your existence and think how often that
threat has been made and how few times
it was ever carried out. Don't allow
yourself to get in a passion. If your
collar button fall, it is sure to roll under
the bureau. If you put your shirt on
and find you can't get your head
through, then quietly remove it and unbutton
the collar, but don't tear it to
flinders aed swear; that will not improve
the shirt, and will 'make you so
hot that the water would sizz if you got
under a shower bath. In all cases hold
your temper and be perfectly serer.e?
| in short, keep cool.
TUB BATH AXD DIET.
I Next to keeping a cool head, two of
tbo most important agents in tho war
with old Sol are the bath and diet.
fn this sultry aid oppressive weather
I the hot bath is of all others the most
cooling. No matter how heated the
system, water as hot as it can possibly
be endured with soap and a rough washcloth,
is the safeit and most efficient relief.
To prevent any enervating effects
take an instant's plunge in cool water.
Persons who live a sedentary life and
having no opportunity for taking noeded
exercise, can overcome the difficultly
having a pair .of light dumb bells in
their room and using th'emi night and
morning. This exercise should be taken
with the body stripped and with
the windows open so as to be as much
as possible in tho open air. It should
.not be violent or exhausting, but sufficient
to sufficiently stretch the muscles.
As soon as it is over talfe a plunge in
cool water. If a bath tub is not accessible
then sn ordinsry foot tub and a bath
sponge will answer the purpose, if yeu
stsnd in the tub snd squeeze the sponge
over the hosd and shoulders.
A 1 a. --i! _ * -
auoui eating ana annKing no nxca
law can bo laid down?different temper*
amenta require different diet, and what
is harmless for ono person proves disastrous
to another. There iB one rale,
howevor, that all can follow with advan<
tage?don't eat too much ai:d never go
hungry. Nothing more thoroughly
banishes comfort and causes warmth
than overcrowding the stomach, trbilc
headaches are produced and tho body
made more liable to the attacks of' dig.
ease by going with the stomach empty.
Salads, flak, eggs, vegetables and fruit
are the best ' diet?Httle meat ttfan?
kind is needed^ and no Tat should be
.
eaten. Never eat afteryou have enough.
Don't eat anything just to save it?it is
costly economy.
About drinking, no two persons
agree, but it is well to avoid brandy,
rum, whiskey and all strong alcoholic
drinks.* Soda water, ginger ale and light
wines may bo taken with less detriment,
while iced milk, iced tea, iced coffee and ,
iced lemonade are the moat wholesome.
Drinking should be regulated by one's
thirst just as eating is by the appetite.
If you are thirsty, drink, if not, don't
crowd your stomach j?st because a
friend asks you to ''haTfe something.'1
It is not well to drink too much at a
, time or upotv an empty stomach. When
suffering frofn continuous thirst a single
hwiiiuw 01 ?oia wtnr ieui tor t moment
in the mouth before swallowing
will do moro good than tojirink a cupful.
This can be repeated as Trequent as the
thirst demands with6ut wing harm. To
drink *a cupful each fltifa crowds the
stomach and increases y<W*r discomfort.
A lemon squeezed in palf a glass of
water pnd drank without; sugar will often
allay thirst, and tafeen night and j
morning is an almost sup* preventative
f malaria.
Dress neatly and let. yftur collars and
cuffs be always fresh and unsoiled. A
lady once wrote in the writers album
"the consciousness of beiAg well dressed
affords a peace of mind aid serenity of
soul that religion can never give."
?: ^..14. r? ??-? ' I
.. ,.uvut ijuite turn i?r lavro is no
questioning the Tact that neat dreaaing
improves one's feelings. Don't spend
your time looking at the thermometer
and talking about tho weather ; the leas
you think and say about the weather
the better for you. Sotno people can't
stay in the room with a thermometer
without one or the other boiling over,
so let the signal officer take your observation
for you. He is paid to do it,
and takes special prido in the achievements
of the mercury at either end of
the tube. Don't mop vyour face and
hands with your handkerchief. You may
irritate the aurface and increase your
(ilicnmrnri oti<ti limn
?? v?vu ?UUVi VU i UIIUUUrH^t'
conversations on the weither, and under
no circumstances answer a man who
asks "is it hot enough for you ?" . We
believe in uniform courtesy, but you
are perfectly excusable for snubbing a
person who would ask such a threadbare,
tiresome and exasperating question.?A*jji/*la.CiuQriicic.
ttirls
gwtauriag f**" Prises.
Philadelphia, August 11.?An immense
crowd assembled at Gloucester,
on the jersey side of the Deleware, fust
below this city, this afternoon, to witness
a swimming match among the girl
pupils of the Almond street baths.
Eight young women were to contest, but
st the last moment four of them lose
th*ir courage. The tallest one lliss
Lottie S. Clair, was formerly a New
i oner, qui nan resiaeu at rnilactelphia
for several years* Sho has short black
hair that curl* about a well shaped head,
I a pair of large hazel eyes, and a saucy
mouth. She is 22 years old, 5 feet 4%
I inches in height, compactly i>uilt, and
weighs 120 pounds, lty her side stood
Miss Mamie ClaytAn. She is a blonde
and won the sympathy of the crowd by
natty appcarance in boy's clothing.
Large ?blue eyes, a clear complexion,
with plenty of color in her cheeks, and
her long wavy hair .falling down uTer
her back, made her look like a w*ter
nymph. She is 5 feift 2 inches in height,
tips the scales at 127 pounds, and ix well
formed and a striking picture of a well
developed woman. The smallest and
youngest of the quartet, Mis* Molly
Murray, is * trim-built little woman of
20, with gray eye*, regular feature*, and
a firm, xet mouth. Her neat figure and
determined air secured her many admirers,
who backed her aa the winder,
odds in one esse being given. Head and
shoulders above Miss Murray stood the
fourth member of tbe quartet. Miss Mamie
Brooks* She is 5 feet 8 inches in
height, with long, dark brown eyes, and
stoutly built, weighing 120 pounds AH
of the contestants were drossed in dark
nary blue suits of knickerbockers and
blouse, with short arms and lov-cut
necks. The cloth used was very light,
made tight*fitting, like jersey*, and without
skirts.
The coursc Isid out was from Haggerty's
float to an anchored quarter-mile
boat and return, hut the tide being very
strong the distance wag somewhat lessened.
After a rain endeavor to clear
the courxo of Innuinnrablc craft of all
kinds tlie'word was given, and thu pretty
swimmurs divud' into the river amid
hearty and prolonged cheering. A dozen
yards had notbeen covered when little
Miss Murray took the lead, vrith Lottie
St. Clair second, Mamie Brooks third,
and Mamie Clayton last. Whop, the
bright blue ribbon that held in ulicc lit.
tie Misa Murray'* h*ir If ailing they
cheered and cried, "Uo it, little one!"
The "little one" swam Htcadily, with a
short, quick stroke (hat sent her through
the water quickly, and the gap between
her and th* uthers gradually widened
ntil'ove-eight of amilv liad been eot?
crod. Atthts point Mamie Clayton,
who had held fourth pUte fSrtn the start;
' * h' ? * * r" * . .v
passed Mamie Brooks, and before half
of the intervening distance to the turning
boat had been covered had caught
up to and passed Miss St. Clair. Her
long, steady stroke was beginning to tell
and brought her closer and closer to the
"little one," who was still leading. The
crowd called on their favorite to spurt
just as Miss Clayton came abreast of her,
and Miss Murray responded by again
widening tho gap between them. A moment
later, however, and Mibs Clayton's
long strokes brought her again beside
the leader, and at the cheering of the
crowd both young ladies responded by a
fine spurt that kept-tbem head and hoad
for several yards. Neither seemed to
gain on the other, when suddenly the
crowd's favorite, Miss Murray, turned
pale and with a gasp sank from view.
A1 moat instantly a boat waa over the
spot where sho had sunk, and ready
hands erasDed her flrmlv when thn w?n.
peared and drew her aboard in a dead
faint.
Daring tho excitement that this produced
Mills Clajtoa, who had stopped to
see if her plucky little adversary wap
saved, was overtaken by Miss St. Clair,
who had always been a good second.
Miss Clayton and Miss St. Clair, almost
abreast, reached the quartor-mile boat in
4m. Is; and 4m 3s. respectively, and
started on the return, Mibs Brooks making
it in 4m. lis. On the return qurtei
Miss Clayton's even strokes soon placed
her safely out of leach of Miss 8t Clair,
snd in 9 minutes and 18 seconds she
reached the goal amid the shouts of the
multitude, Miss St. Clair coming in an
easy second in 11 minutes, and Miss
Brooks third in 11 minutes, and 32 seconds.
The prizes were then awarded,
Miss Clayton taking the first, Miss St
Clair the second, and Miss Brooks the
third. Miss Murray, who had fainted,
was after some effort brought to the land
and taken home.
PRESTON S. BROOK'S SON.
He Speaks of "The Little Aflfalr" of hit
Father With Simmer.
"That," said Mr. H., a's we passed
along Main street, "is the residence ol
Preston S. Brook*, Jr.," and being in the
lead, ho wheeled to the left, landing us
at tho front door. Mr. Brooks is a
large, well regulated gentleman, about
28 or 30,'who seems in no wise to have
inherited the belligerent nature ef hit
father. Graduating here (from South
Carolina).several years ago. *nohle this
son of an illustrious siro' found his fate
in a pretty Tennesseean, whom he wedded,
the twaiu settling amid the classic
shades, the husband establishing a dry
good store at the station. The portrait ol
the deceased Preston S. Brooks hang son
the parlor wall, revealing a typical longhaired
Southerner, dark complexion,
fierce, and swarthy of expression.
"I could never see," remarked Mr.
Brooks, "why that little affair of father's
created such a wide interest. There
was nothing about the business very extraordinary.
However, of course, it all
happened before uiy day and 1 cannot
enter into the spirit of the interest il
arouse!. I am for the old flag and an
appropriation, and can say the Union
esto perpetua, and to the North and
oouui auico mat 1 love my whole country."
He showed us a gold cup presented to
hiK father by citiaens of Abbeville in
1856, not long before his death; also a
very heavy, handsome a word, in a heavy
walnut case and beautifully ornamental
xcabbard. This was presented by Company
D, Palmotto Regiment, during th?
Mexican War, in recognition of Capt,
Brooks' kindneaa and gallantry. Thf
family lost this sword during the war,
and bad no knowledge of its fato foi
over 20 years. Last year Mr. Brooke
was surprised to receive the long lost
relic from General 8heldon Guthrie,
who wrote that hearing of the son'i
whereabouts, he determined to return
the sword to ita legal owner. This it
tk. ? A?-4 ' >1. ? ?J ? -A r
*uv uiBb nwv VHV UfCUWBUUlCOS I|1T?
been published, because Gen. Guthrie
enjoined silence. ui do not," he wrote
"whh to pose ss a magnanimous restorer."
He failed to esplain how he cuai
in possessisn of it, adding only thai it
wss "picked up during the "war." An
other one' was presented bj citizens oi
Columbus. Ga. This is very flnelj
carved. Inside the inscription is th<
etching of a palmetto tree, underneath i
snake in coil the motto: "Rivilers Beware."?Sewanee
Letter to the Nath
ville American.
The Farmers' Association.
Tho State Agricultural Socity, whicl
recently met at Bennettsville, amonj
others, passed the following resolution
That H is the sense of this meeting
tint only agriculturalists should b<
elccted on tho Board of Agriculture."
Tho question here arises who are ag
riculturalUts ? To what claas ia th<
restriction limited ? We have what ii
known in ftouth Carolina ae farmera
planters and agriculturalist*; the>
we have >'mechanica, 4m*nufa*tqren
lawyers, doctors, uiarchanta, preachen
and laborers who are- likewise farmers
Let lis see-how Webster defines th<
. ;iiart5k??6?ig?H^ ' v ? x?!b9&1*\* ' " "i
three first named. A farmer is one who
farms : as one who hires and cultivates
a farm ; a cultivator of leased ground; f
a tenant. Again one who is devoted to t
the tillage of the soil; an agricultural- I
ist; a husbandman. The word has ?ev- I
eral other meanings, but not germain to l
the question. . <
A planter is one who sets, plants, in- 1
troduces or establishes ; one who assists 1
in colonizing in a new and uncultivated (
territory. One who owns a plantation, i
Agriculturalist is one skilled in the I
art of cultiva'.ing the ground ; the hus- i
bandman. The farmer is always a prac- <
titioner ; the agriculturalist may be a 1
mere theorist. ]
It will.be seen that the primary mean- j
ing of farmer is a tenant or actual culti- <
vator or the soil; a planter is the same 1
or may be one who merely owns a plan- ]
tation ; while an agriculturalist may be <
either or neither, but a mere dreamer or i
theorist. Does the term agriculturalist
include these three classes ? If so, i
then the doctor, the merchant, the me>
chanic, the lawyer and every class, who >'
nBrno * 2a * * ?
, ..... . .?w 10 lukiuucu Mia no one csp i
object to the term. Does it merely, illelude
those who fall under the deflni;
tion of the term ? If 90^. then drones,
1 dreamer*, politicians and such like only
1 come in. Who does it include? If
only the actual tillers of the soil, the
field laborers, {ton three-fourths of the
[ land owners ?f the State are excluded.
n.f.? >1 *
uviuvo uiu WW WfJ MQ many planters,)
i men who own hundreds of slaves, hired
t an ov??**er, lived in splendor and rarely
i saw their farms. In reality they wore
t mere consumers. producing nothing.
We have now in this and many other
, counties men Who call themselveB far,
mors who take hold of the hoe or plow
i as seldom as we do. They rent part of
, their land, hire a few hands and have
1 part tended, but only direct. We affirm
that nine-tenths of the professional
men of the State do the same thing, for
no protesBion will alone support m fami|
ly except in cities In fact if you want
to And a good farmer, you must general*
Iy seek him among professional men.
. Kurman, of Georgia, who has done is
much or more for the farming interest
, of the South than any one man, was a
^ lawyer. In our own State Chancellor
W. D. Johnson, though following this
' profession, was and is now one of the
largest and most successful farmers and
landowners in the State. . Mr. Calhoan
h :
was a lawyer, then a statesman, butal*
ways a most successful planter. Mr.
Burt, of Abbeville, was a superior farmer.
Mr. Aiken, who formerly was the
head of the Grange, has been a politi.
cian since the war and could not attend
to his farm. Are such men to be excluded
? To come nearer home. U
McClanahan the lean a farmer because
be practices medicine ? From all we
know and have heard of him, nine*
tenths of the farmers could learn of
liim for years. Is Dr. Doyle, a success*
ful farmer, the less a farmer because a
- doctor ? We might instance numbers
of others, but as we propose to continue
this article next week we will stop.
, We propose to write of mechanics and
, merchants hereafter, not that as an editI
or we fee! agrieved. but.in the interests
, of* unity and of the public welfare. Wc
want our County and State Agricultural
, Society to prove a success and have nn
i delusiveness. _lf the spirit of that
t resolution waB crrried out, perhaps one
half of the body which passed it weuld
I Ka CTi?l 11/laH VAll tL'anf mw\A A ?Tt
the help you can get, and as the farmers
are in the majority, they can elect
, whom they please to office, but do not
i liy your rules exclude any class.?if?o(
wee Courier.
Carlisle's Clesa Sweep.
Washington, August 10.?Several
\ days ago when Speaker Carlisle stopped
( over in Washington en route to the
, Grant funeral, he received a call from
, Gen. Curtin, of Pennsylvania. The ei.
i Governor stated that Mr. Randall would
, not be a candidate for the Speakership,
and that he (Curtin) desired the honor
) of presenting Mr. Carlisle's name to the
j caucus as Speaker for the Forty-ninth
Congress. Governor Curtin added that
f if this privilege were aooorded him he
r would move to make the nomination at*
} animous, inasmuch an it was not at #1$
i probable that Mr. Carlisle would have
any competitors for tho place. The
Speaker expressed his gratification at
Governor Curtin's suggestion and assured
him that the tender was all the more
flattering, coming, as it did, from so
prominent a member of the opposite
inviiuiii mv |?? v*wanv?a ?v wj a w ?v ma [
Kentucky friends in regard to the mat:
tcr. and nignifled hja willingnoss to acS
cept the Gorernor'a offer if it could poe5
aibly be arranged.
> Be fkoefht the Plate! waa Kaipty.
1 AwDKRitow, August 11.?Walter See*
i aerd, a tad about ten yeara old, while
1 1 ' OT8w.
c*d en tally ahftt
I part of Wi abdoaMa. Hia wAnad ia
4 considered very aoriova.. He tboafht
i the piatot'WM eaapty.
* ' ' ..
Grant's Genius.
It has been said that Grant had no
genius; that it, no intuition by which
:o discover a great fact or to lay out for
limself a new and great course of action.
[ have eaid that his mind was not inven*
.ive, but 1 do know of one course of i
:onduct adopted by l)im, an emanation , , \v
'rom his own mind, for, so far as I have i >' &>
ead in history, it wag never before in
bat form adopted by any great con*
nander, and il certainly was not done
-Vtf ?*? ??? _?? 1 ?? * fc* m
aiij viuur ^enemi in our war. it did
lot emanate from the Secretary of war
jr the President, so far as I hare an y
Knowledge or suspicion, and was explained
to myself by Qrant, who had
just then been made General-in-Chief
>f the armies, and came to Fort Monroe
to explain the plan of the IWture campaign
against .the enemy* so far as I
iras to have part w>th ihem, in Virginia
in April, 18M.
His proposition was that the enemy
should be conquered fcy continual attrition
and infflictinc loss in every way and
Wearing out their resources as fast as
possible and at how^Ver great cost, relying
upon our own more abundant moner
ana men to bring oat? successful result.
He said that he would attack the enemy
at all times and under all conditions, even
at the risk of losing more men than
they did, as we could ^fiord to lose more;
and as the rate of death by disease and
hardships indent to camp life was far
greater tha$. the loss of men by bullet
and shell, he thought, upon the whole,
that if the w%r could pressed on and
ended shortly the loss of life would be
l?sf^ and the expenses would certainly
be less than those of a longer continued
war. He s^iil. further, that tho enemy,
occupying the interior lines of defenses,
could hold on with less men than we
must use and that we must lose more
than they would in driving them from
their defenses, but they could not retrieve
their losses asire jcould ours.
He spoke to me. as Commissioner ftT 'J
Exchange of Prisoners. He aaid thai , 1
every Confederate held by us was one ' f *
man less to them, while, even if wdj?
changed, we should, not get one map jf* . >:
meet the one we gave,, because
men were in good condition and
at once to go back into the field,
our men. were in iuch a condition
it would take months for them to
peratc mo as to come back, if they sj5p3wfe^'-> ;
did come back into pur jurmies. Bii&t
he suggested to me not to -refeewwBSp^sEi^
exchange of prisoners,. but to
bsrrsss the operation as only to change
the sick and, wounded of wiBEr
aides, and to that policy hi ?dh?nd^ffl
throughout the campaign of 1884.
This course taken bj him pat an end
to the rebellion, and he held to it until,
in the spring of 1865, Lee had neither
men nor, rations to /eeji them upon, nor
could the Confederate! aupplj him with
either, and then came Appomatoz and ^
the conclusion of the war. r^T"
This seemed to me then a stroke of
genius, but it reqnire^^a^amantine nerve
and iron will to carry it oat?J}. F*
Butltfa Eulogy at LowtU.
A. Clerkship.
F. Werber, Jr., EsqH has received an
appointment to a $1,000 salary clerkship
in tho treasury department at Washing*
ton. The fact that he was appointed
wiiuid eigniuays aiier n;a examination
is mn evidtnce thai tbe civil aenrice commission
and the, department war* not
slow to recognise the remarkable quick- ]
ncsa and fitneaa of the candidate for this
position. The appointment will gir%
general saUefectio;i, Mr. Warber haa
peculiar adaptability for the dutiei of
the office to which ha ha# heen assigned*
by the, virtue of hi* thorough knowledge
of the higher brapchea of mathrnetiej
and of the sciences. In fact he is eminently
qualified far.a much higher office
'In the gilt of, the |oTermn^" asiT
when the official at headquartera find
out what is in him, ten to one that he
will he promoted. Ua enjoys the proud
diatinction of being one of the moa talented
of Newberry's young sons, inherit-.
ing the knowledge ability of bta father.
He will leaveTop hi* new field of labor
aa anon aa eomplteing arangennte to
do so .?Herald and Newt.
? ??*- "? ? A
Col. T? J. Moore, of Spartanburg ^
County, hu about 30 acres planted la
tobacco, and says that that far it bat
given him no root* trouble than an equal
meroige of cotton. Tho time for topping
iji, however, BOW at hand and topping
end picking off the worm* is perhaps
the most troublesome part of its culture.
It comas, however, in
when crops aro laid by, and tabor is , >
plentiful. Col. Moo*S- says tlias 1|M
crap in the world whtyh will bettor 1
dovetail with other crops and 6ms afhrd
constant employment for farm laborers'
then tobacco. It is set oat When 0m
groond is too wfMo pjoagh, or boo;
it M fOMM pnn?tjMUiy }n the nmmt ?3
when Am is - nothing iIm to He dene. H
end fathered end ootoT the wej in line ?
when the* [?|
henid be i**?. Tob**ce U ^beMjr H
not Move proftt?Hle th?n rMton when 9
|w<J*W<i hni when work*d in ewiete. JB
tion with cotton ?ni jr*in the pn*ee<l? ?|