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. . % ?? I ticJm l" 11 urn ibiiitmtfmmrtw^trniniiit!r"rtmribttn ??? ?11 in i?ttm?iiwiii m?mi?? ??mmmmmn>??? wmamssstts** w , ^t/t T^icmwi ? ? # VOL. 2. , ABBEVILLE, S. C., TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 18<S0. NO. 43. The Presidents of tlie United States (in SnccoHsion) and their Various Opponents. First Washington was chosen the "(Jood and the Great," Next Adams tlie "Federalist" became ruler of State, Defeating Tom Jefferson an old Democrat. Who desired the chair in which Washington sat, Then Jefferson a second time offered his name, And defeated John Adams at his own little game, And a^ain was elected in IH0-1, Over C. C. i'iuktiey by quite a large score. James Madison then followed in 1803, Passing i'iiikney again and Clinton his mate, Again was elected in 1S12, Leaving !)? Witt Clinton laid upon the shelf, In IHKi Monroe entered the ring, A ,.,1 L?,I It... .. I.\wl. ..T> .. Kinjr, In 1H20 he ai^am took (he chair, Heatinj; John Quiiicy Adams iji the race "fair , and square," I Then .1 <>li 11 Quincy Adams in the year "twenty-four," Heat Jackson, Crawford and Clay to he sure, Bui "Old Hickory" came to the front in the year "twenty-eiiiht," Turned the tables on Adams and settled his fate, And ajrain was elected in the year tliirtyt wo Over Clay, Wirt and Floyd and heat the whole crew, Next Martin Van Burcn in the year thirtysix Left Harrison, Webster, Mangum, and White in a fix, Then Harrison in 40 our ruler was made And back in his "own coin" Van liurcn was paid, But Harrison in just ouq month passed away, And left President Tyler the sceptre to sway, In the year 45 James K. I'olk took the chair, And defeated "Clay" und "Btirney" the ambitious pair, Zack Taylor in the year 48 then was chosen, t Over Smith Lewis Cass and Martin Van Burcu But he poor old fellow did not, live out two years, So lei' the office for Fillmore wifli all of its cares. In the year 52 Franklin Fcarce made it hot, For Hale, Webster, Broome, Troupe, und old Winfield Scott, I He carried the day as you plainly can note ^ By almost the entire "Electoral Vote," Buchanan in ii7 then took his seat o And Fillmore, Freemont and Smith met defeat, ' Old "Abe Lincoln" next in the year sixtyone ll Mid the storm clouds of war his reigning bejrun, (1 Leaving far in the rear Stephen Douglass, and llell, And Hreckenbridge also the story to tell, 8] He then beat McOlellau in the year sixty- r four, By a popular vf te of four hundred thousand ni or more, And he lived until April in the year sixty? . five, r: And but lor Wilkes llonth might have vet r, ll.MMl " l Andy Johnson then followed a*d tilled out the ol "term" Tho they agreed to impeach him he stood his ground "firm," h The "Uads" they accused him of changing his "coat" I' But failed to convict him l?v '"one single ir Vo,u?" . * ol Ulysses S. Grant in the year sixty-eight "u lleat Horatio Seymour by the decrees of tj Fate, And again took his seat in seventy-4hree, M Beating O'Couner and Greely as slick as ?Jj could be, . Adding Hendricks, and Jenkins, Drown, Davis and Hlaek, \ Coming out clear ahead of the whole yelling pack. mnv ivuuienoru nays 111 seventy-six. Played on old Sammy Tildcu his tricks of la this race too was Cooper and Walker ami Smith, llut their "hope" like poor Sammys proved til only a myth, Vor the Itads under Haves were determined 1 ( to rule, w Or send the wlxdc county away down to t?Uool, James A. Garfield took his seat in March (]{ eijrhtv-ou.e, llut in about afx mouths his short race was run, a? lie fell by the hands of Charles liuileflu the Crank, O.'vinjf the ollice to Arthur the next one in rat.k, ' Thank Ilvnvcn?at ,last in the year eightyfive " lc,. From Radical rule?we've had a reprieve And 1'rvsideiit Cleveland with his mighty w< arm. * nr "Will shield the whole country from political 1 harm. W. i all bo A Travesty Upon Justice. , I " I ' st< ^Correspondence News and Courier.] XinktytSix, June 21.?The Ferguson '|*j murder case has ended at last, tho jury ,,c ' finding a verdict of not guiltyv This su, makes the fourth trial of this case. 1 (]? ?ni sorry to say that one of our Ninety- |ie Six men was on the jury, llow they ,it. could 11 nd such a verdiat is more than (;c nine-tenths of Abbeville's sons can see. th, That, though is with them and their ten God. To irivf? von siiim1 i 1 *:i ??t* flw?! O ' / jurv, it is said, by one of their number (jij that while they were in the jury room, fr<J having tho case under consideration, une js of the men' asked the name of "that large S(;i lawyer who made such a big speech.'' j. | When he was told that it was Solicitor \ Orr, he asked which aide he was on. He j ''r th?u wished to know who \V. C. Benetjatt was, and asked if he was not on thejeis same side. He was informed that Mr. j j Benet was defending the prisoner. Can, the country expect anything better wi'h S'M such a jury? Abbeville County has a doj stain now upon her fair name that will mr take time to erase, if it can ever be done at all. It is a good joke on Messrs. Orr and Benet that one of the jurors could not toll from their speeches which N side thoy represented. On tho other ahnnd it is sad story to go out against our of. old county that we have such men to sit on oar juries. Hv /r i * v " [' ' . - ' , . r... , s*'. . Health Hints. However much eminent doctors may, in their own example and person, violate the simple laws of health, they are true to science, nature and common sense when writing books or "delivering lecture?, worthy of their reputations. At :i recent sanitary convention, l)r. Frank Woodbury told some wholesome truths, which are none the less timely and important although they may fal' upon d~nf ears, llis principal note of warning was against the use and abuse of stimulants, which are so commonly resorted to in place; of exercise, cleanliness, diet and pruity. The progression is from quinine to bromide, to chloral und the numberless sedatives that have morphine as a disguised basis. Instead ;>f cleaning their premises and sweetening their homes, people complain of malaria and resort to drugs. All th? con 5<*m(<iii arising nom nervous dyspepsia mist be cured, they imagine,- not by asting or deleterous substances and Inids, but wholesale swallowing of lhosphatcs and other drugs. l>r. Woodjury says : "Instead of feeding and looping properly, the excitable person akes morphine in surreptitious ways, nstead of inhaling the fragrance from he fields mid orchards, the fine lady akes a whiff of ether to compose her lervas." Scores of tons of bromides are aid to be used every year in this counry ; a ton of chloral a day, sa}*s Dr. Yoodbury, is consumed in America and England. For a large part of the abuse he doctors are held primarily to blame, 'hey do not appear as a body to have eon on the alert to forbid the filling of pium, morphine, chloral and bromide reseriptions over again by patients who ad found solace in illness and continue lie use of prescriptions long after the octor's last visit had been paid. The learned lecturer fills considerable [)ace enumera'ing the patent devices | >r patching up the constitutions of men nd women who would consume the intents of a whole apothecary shep ( it her than forego the dissipations of ishionable existence and the gluttony f the table. i Laying such blame as may properly eloug upon the members of his own '< ^ rofession, he acquits them of discredit i i the mattter of nostrums that are usu- | ly nothing but commercial specula- ; | ons, the glittering baits of modern |, iperstition?a superstition that, is, in a ( lib re lit form, as powerful and ridicu- ( ius as that of any tribe in the core of friea. Along with the crusade against strong t ink. let there be an equal^' earnest i t kurt (.* ? * - - ....v .<> vmv; ill.11, miiri I II IUII1 Jlt'I'illlC'U J. hich is tloiii<juitc n much harm. Let , o wrwiijr hftbits of life bo corrected. t| jople who do ns they please and eat | ^ hat they please, having no concern out lood and how to prepare it for the , gestive process, will inevitably fall into t rvonsness, depression. sluggishness* -j id many other ills, which cannot be ( red by the drug store. Bishop Xeuunn, who will some day be declared a , int. used to tell the hoys ho eared for ,, *s they ate, in reason, the better they 0 juld feel. One of Mr Gladstone's s ecedents fo? his children in order to lain great age, with vigor of mind and dy, was to eat sl.iwly and make use n l> teeth as the best friends of the |( jutach. People- laugh at these wise unseliings, but they pay for their folly ^ le hardest thing in God's world is to t children and grown people to ohrve the simplest laws of their being u it are the conditions precedent ?' ti alth. .hist as the preachers almost j spair of converting mankind to real a> ?spel holiness, so parents mourn to see |( ,?ir offspring perversely resist all M>llinirn of KlUtilinin Q-- " ..Jjj.vu.u t.lJIVIIUIHiC. j; We arc convinced thut much of the . rst of alcohol and morphine conies fc m the vitiation of the stomach, ^vhich rendered more or loss insane by con- ^ nt abuse. The halo, graceful, power jy old age of Gladstone, Holmes, icsson and George Bancroft is more rihutahle to sense in eating nnd exer- ! e of tin* body than arithing else. Men 0 Manning go to pieces in what j ^ >uld be their prime, because of fatty I P generation arising from pampered isclea and torpid livers.?Amjiislfi sf 1 ronicte. 01 it Innyof the blotche*, pimples, and other ^ ctionsof the skin are caused by the efforts ol the system to cast oil' impurities, which ,1 njrtu'tho Inaction of the liver and kidney?. . uiiii i i the system. Dr. II. McLean's ,n er and KMney Btlm is the desd remedy. tr + ' J V-'S1' J* Suutter County School Fund. [Sumter Wutohnijm.] In tho proson'm- 11 of the Sum* or Grand .Jury wo find tho follwing paragraph which wo would like tho Watchman to explain, as it denotes a most gratifying condiCion affairs worth)' of imitation in other counties. "Tho School Commissioner report; an annually increasing surplus county School fund, amounting to over .f5,(XX) and tho public Schools in an improved and progressive condition." How was tho "{ '">.(KJ() accumulated ? llow much is paid to teachers of 1st 2nd, and 3rd, grades ? Our esteemed cotemporary will confer a favor bv answering those questions."'?Aiken Ji'c.conlcr. The above questions are easily answered. For the last six or eight years the trustees in a number of School I Districts of the County, have each year I laid by a small portion of the anonnt i placed to the credit of their Districts, j until the present gratifying condition of j affairs has been attained ; and about i two-fifths of the teachers' checks can be j cashed as soon as issued. The various boards of trustees have authority to do this and it to be regret- i ted that all have not dene as some few* in Sumter have in this matter. If each School District in the State had reserved ten per cent, of the amounts appropriated for school purposes?commencing in I87S?the schools would now all j be running on a cash basis. The School taxes to be collected next Fall are intended to defray the school expenses which have accrued since Nov 1885. llad this laying-up process been followed up the above named taxes would be used to pay the school expenses for the term coinnfeucing next Xonvmhcr; the j last year's claims havipj* been already settled. Another advantage, wonlu result had ] this plan been adouted. The School 1 Commissioner according to t)io present' nrrangement has to make a division (on i paper) of the school funds before they !' are collected and even before the assess- ; inent is made and there are any number : ^ i)f elements of uncertainty in such a i ( computation ; whereas were the taxes | paid in advance that official would know j precisely the amount to be given each District. We noticed some years a'.ro, when : ' 0 M better informed on school matters than it present, that in some counties whenever any funds were left over from ? he last year the Commissioners would ?sk for .special* legislation to allow the j Treasurer to carry the balance over to .he coming year. We have always j bought such unnecessary, and our School Commissioners in Sumter have f lever hesitated to carry forward balances ^ ind place thcln to the credit of the new 1 i 'car. ^ In reference to the amounts paid the lifierent grades, the various board of ? rnstees exorcise their own discretion, 'lie salaries vary from $15 to $25 for lie most part though sonic few teachers ? eceived $40 or $50. In some Districts n lie grade is not considered at all so l! inch being paid for the school. Our 1 otompoiary will see from these latter w tatcmcnts that we are not as well ora- 11 anized as we might be. Our school term lasts from four to five lonths, and in one District seven J lonths. In conclusion we will say that the nblic schools of Sumter are not in as rogressive a condition as the friends of 111 ilueation would desire. A compariso ith a number of schools in others counes has satisfied us that we are not e/iind them but we are not as advanced p < we might bo. We do not pretend to sr >cato the blame but it is patent to all t)1 nit the public school system has but f|: ttle hold on the popu'.ar heart. We C)l ish wo could put Sumter County t|, rward as a proof of the wisdom of our st hool system, but cannotdoso just yet. f0 [ay be that good time is coming in the re itur<>. On Tuesday last lion. \V. (,\ lionet. of *? hbevilo, delivored the address before nt >o ?:raduating class of the Lnurensville '!l etnale College. 11 is snhject was "Km- P' loyment of the Time between (ji*aduaon and Marriage," and although a vwwhat novel subject, his address was ^ le of the finest and most appropriate, has ever been our privilege to hear.? [r. Ilenot is no stranger to the people h) ; Laurens. A polished scholar, and an di< oquent orator, and address from him ?*! isures a lull houRe and a raro literary jj? eat.? Laurens Advertiser. Ba Newberry Speaks. Xkwiikuuy, S. C., .I uno 21, I88G. J'jdilor Press <m<f Homier : Not all the voters of New berry lr any means approve of the position o one of our local papers in appealing t< count}' pride in selecting a candidadt< for Congress, and in appea'in;; to tin farmers of tlie various counties to unit* on the candidate of its choice as a faun or in preference to a man like .1 udg< (,'othran because he is a lawyer. \"or> many of us, and those whoso votes would weigh most were it the custom t< weigh votes instead of counting the*", agree with President Cleveland and Judge Cothran that "public ollico is si public trust,'' an<l that candidates foi office should be sought solely with regard to their character and capacity for j performing its duties. Our other local paper the (Jhscrra*, I judge is about right when it says a pretty large contingent of our voters are not satisfied with either of the candidates from our county, a.ul if they have opportunity of doing so, will show this by their votes in the primary election. This is what makes the opposition to the primary so strong with the friends of certain candidotes. They know their men have no chance in a primary, but hope by manipulation to succeed in a convention. I do not have the pleasure of knowing Judge Cothran personally, or his views on the various important questions pending in Congress, and which are likely to be the leading issues for next few years. llut from the general reputation ot the man, I should have far more confidence in his acting wisely on them, than I should have in any other candidate whose name has been mentioned. The time has passed in our opinion for 'old war horses," and ' spoilsmen.*' lYe now require instead enlightened statesmanship. We want representatives who look to the future, not past; who favor Civil Service Reform, tarilf reform, and sound money ; not men who would still J have us "sulk in our tents," and light over again the battles of the war. We have some members of this kind now in Congress, and it is to be hoped that not Duly that they will be returned, but also Lhat their hands will be strengthened by :he election of others of like character, is I have little doubt Judge Cothran .vould be. 1 am an and ardent friend of .he "farmers' movement." and expect jreat good from it. l^ut if it is to be lsed to excite one class of our people igainst another, and to pit "old war lorses" against such men as Judge Cothran because he happens to be a awyer, it willl do harm instead of rood. Let us insist on having the nomnntion by primary election and I have >ut little doubt Judge Cothran's noinilation will be assured, and that you vill sou quite a considerable "continent from Newberry." X. NoTK BY THE KniTOK OK TIIE P. & IJ. ?We would correct an error into which ur correspondent seems to have fallen aniely : That Judge Cothran himself < not "a war horse." The .Judge has a L'cord which is second to none. He ras mustered into service as a private i Orr's Ililles at Sandy Springs in .July boi. ne was with lijs command from 1 int time until the surrender, except ' neb times as he was unable for duty. ' [c was severely wounded at Second tanasses, Chancellorsville and Xoel's tation. and surrendered with his comland at Appomattox in 1805. 1 Convicts on a Strike. ( IIai.kiom, X. C., June 10.?On the ittshoro Railroad there is a pang of sventy-three convicts employed. Yesrdny sixty-four of these convicts re- ( ised to work. The officer in charge une here and had a conference with S io penitentiary authorities, which re- 1 ilteu in his returning with a large rce of extra guards. The convicts ? fused to come out of stockade or 11 ork. Instructions are to give no food ? it \ r l- Ti a iihinu wno ruiusu to worn, u is a " >w and curious phase of the convict ^ bor question. The men mako no com- 81 aint of their treatment or fare ; they ^ mply decline to work. They are very l' osely guarded and it is thought that e means taken will prove successful. n le ringleaders will be punished. tl cl When the liver and kidneys are disordered al 3 bowels become inactive retain the badly, jr rested food from the stomach, and absorb* letericus matter, which thns poisoning the lod gives rise to other serious derangment s. h >e Dr. J. II. McLean,s Liver and Kiduey hn. b i'.} [ '}.< ' <) * r ' 'Ajfe''-'' '"vv *"'* ^ iii m i ?pbwb?wb?p?p??mw?wl iii i?o? A (iifl to 3Irs. I'levehmd. li On the marriage of the President sev- c oral citizens of Charleston contributed and purchased as a present for the bride tl P a beautiful silver vase with an interior it } lining of gold, and decorated on the out- p side with raised work of artistic design, pi The vase was accompanied by the fol- fc lowing note : w Chaim.kston, Soi tu ( acoi.ina,/ T May ul, 18.S<>. S tl J/v.v. (trocar Cle'vchnul, I ho While J louse, ]V tish i nylon, 1). Madam : The undersigned ciji/.ens of 0j ' Charleston, South Carolina, who feel Sl 1 that in this they represent tho senti- at ' uionts of the whole community, ask a 1 your accept nice of the accompanying ar souvenir. jj, It is intended as a token of the high sj( esteem and regard in which Mr. ('love- fj( hind is held in this city, by reason of 1PC his ability, his true manliness. and his constant fidelity to his obligations under the Constitution anil laws as the I'resi- sa dent of these reunited States. atj Vou have our heartiest wishes for :n, your complete happiness as the wife of one \vin>, in his election, brought tidings ja] of peace and good will to sixty million vc, people. sll We have the honor to be, Madam, laj ; very respectfully, your obedient ser- co var.ts. sj, F. \V. hawson. Andrew Simons, Ij(-' Henry Uuist, F. *V, Wagoner, rul 11. 11. DeLeon. William M. liird, ne K. II. Frost, Win. K. linger, C. C. 1'inckney, .1 r., Bernard O'Xeil, th< Geo. W. Willliams, dames Simons. .1 it k si.?>?n . i i>~i - i i?iu\. ID u , i niv lludolph Seigling. M. Israel. un James S. M urdoch. far CTQ] The present was made quietly and j with no intention of giving it publicity, ^ hut the following graceful reply from . the President, acknowledging the reception of the vase, induced the gentlemen ^ ; to make the matter public : ! Exkci'tive Maxsiox, > 'j Washington, June 12, 188G, \ C'apt. J<\ IK. Dawson. tj|C My Dkau Sin : 1 desire, through you, to express the sincere thanks of Mrs. stu Cleveland and myself for the magnifi- nm cent wedding gift which the bride has ^ received from citizens of Charleston. I ^j()j have asked the privilege of thus coinmunicating our joint acknowledgement ^jie of this present, because the delicate and thoughtful attention of my wife has naturally given rise to grateful emotions. and because it affords me an op ^ portunity to express my appreciation of ;,/fM llio kuul words with which the donors relor to myself and my performance of public duty. ccr. You and your associates who liave ^ j united i 11 tlie letter accompanying your t(? gift can hardly realize the comfort i derive from tho assurances, therein contained, of confidence and esteem. rl' The letter and the gift tahe their villi places in my new household, and for all the time will serve for reminders, not only com of the happiest incident of my life as a Cou citizen, but of tU? further fact that in coni in)' official character the humble efforts tice I have made to assure good government unji to tho people and complete reconcilia- one [ion between all sections ol the land are suel considerably and pleasantly recognized had l?y my fellow-countrymen. nian Yours, very sinccrely, he k CiuovKit Cleveland. im- tl The citizens making the present are j pen] .0 be congratualated on their thoughtfi.l . Iuu ind well timed testimonial of the wide 'steem entertained for Mr. Cleveland. glad Waking lip the Farmers. of tl law, To the Editor of the News and coun Jourier : one 1 As chairman of the committee on or- cnn animation of the late Farmers' Conven- guar ion I am in receipt of a number of lot- s0 1 ors in reference to the future conduct whal f said organization, and as another Suet lembcr of the committee is in receipt nn(j f similar inquiries, I ask for a short shee (IVII JVfcbVl U1 L-A|I1HIIUIIUII, lllltl 11 IS UUC oth to parties writing to me an I to myi?lf to say that my delay in answering j 'as caused by severe personal afHiclon. v Fc The committee on organization is not ow charged with the duty of aiding in ic formation of clubs and county assoiations; the president of tho convention th^"jr ppointcd one man in each county to aid ness i i this work. It is expected that the "nr^t fficial statement of the convention's bv th oings will bo published in the June ulletin of the . department of ogricul- for *a no by reference to which it will bo Ben, who .was appointed to the tlisharge of that duty. The organization is not "launched for ic campaign" nor is- it expected "that will die out after the election." The urpose of the convention was to perL'tuiile the organization It arranged to >riu a State association next November, hich it is hoped will be permanent, he representation from the counties to to State association next November is > be on the basis of representation in u: uuuerai assembly, and may be ected by a county mass meeting. But trely it is not necessary to argue the [vantages of organizing, Let there be club in every township or community, id an association in every county in e State ; let there be a general discusnn of the convention's recommenda>ns and the farmers' interests, and all >od men may dismiss their fears, for fore the November meeting of the ate association thoy will have reached fe conclusions ns to the importance of opting them or the necesity of rejectg them. It could scarcely be expected that so pge a both' as the late Farmers' Conntion, in attempting so much in so ort a time. should fail to make miscos. The recommendations of the nvention are submitted to the conleration of the farmers of the State, t them organize,.pass upon them and uler their verdict at the associrftion xt November. ' Because a farmer is not in favor of all j convention's recommendations is t sufficient reason why he should not lentifv himself with less he thinks the organization of the mors is sufficiently dangerous, on leral principles, to justify its being ottled. I submit that the better way uld be to join the movement and aid shaping the policy. E. T. Stackhoukk. iittlr Hook, S. 0., Juno 19, 18H(i. 1'he Abbeville County Normal School 1 be held at this place on the 20th to i 23rd of July. The exercise of the rning of each day w'U consist of the dy of history, arithmetic, geography, 1 all other primary studies, conducted members of Faculties of the two leges. In ihe afternoon the school 1 be under the immediate control of School Commissioner, Mr. Hodges, ich will be devoted to the Associatoiv rk. In the evening lectures by some tinguished lecturer. Music will be nished at intervals by a choir organl for the occasion under the leaderi> of Dr. Kdwards. Our citixon* urill called <m ni'.xt week in order to astaln how many hoarders they run _> during the Normal. The hoard of rhers of course wili he paid.?A. 11. ixbytcriati. t he acquittal of Ferguson in Abbel? last week upon the fouith trial, for murder of llenediet, is one of those ?picuous instances in which the rts of our country are brought into tempt liy the failure to mete out justo offenders. If there eve^was an istifiable murder, we belivu this was of them, and there is no excuse for i a verdict. <vccet?t that the dpfomhi'ni money ami influential friends to age his trials, while the poor man illed had none. Such verdicts low?e respect and confidence which the ?le feel in our Courts.?Anderson, dligencer. ?e Ferguson case is over and we are of it, but we do think the verdict 10 jury was contrary to justice, the evidence and the good of tho itry. The right of trial by jury is of the grand principles of republiform of government and the safed of our rights and liberties. If ittle regard is piid to evidence.'' t guarantee has the innocent man ? i decisions Ret at naught the law make trials by jury a farce and r nonsense.-Mcdormiclc Advance r. John C. Ferguson, the supposed lerer of Benedict, was acquitted week.?A. 11. Presbutminn. ? ^? rgnson, who killed Benedict at villi!, has been tried the fourth ,: and acquitted. Justice mourns.? wee Courier. ?'t. a appose if jou have that pain through ght Ktae and shoulder blade, thatyellowt?f skin and whites of the eyes, and appearance of the tongue, that these ttionB are of little account, or will depart emselves; much better take Dr. J. H. tn'a Homoeopathic Liver and Kidner b and remedy the trouble. 26c. per vial. le bj all druggist*. * i-M fy-ffjk; ' j$|i