The people. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 1877-1884, June 05, 1884, Image 2
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UKBS8T COUNTY GIROJUTION
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litmSUAY. JUNE 5, 1KM4
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Tbfl Sf»ly» is elcnner now than it lu«
tlecu r*r years. All the loadin'; Uudufli
-t.-: • w*
*?*il u Al'Hdtl jiK.» Il| .e
-Stf-
■Ukk
'•*. <v
■ ■ hrttifci
are at Chicago.
fr'en. JiiImI A. Early objeota to the
hniMing of houtefi f<*r needy C'onlcsihtrate
eoldiers with Yankee woik v Tf^nbly
he *i*he«thcy woi^d invest ami lewe it in
Ltuiiinna Tjottery tickets.
It i> pleasant to sec that some of the
L. st paperh in the State agree with us in
thinking that there- are higlt privates ns
ooft:petent us ColoneUt and Congressmen
to be delegates to State and National ton-
vent ions.
Qen. Beauregant s hook on the kite
War is said to he thu beu' ve* piriiTi'liTdr
When it eease* to take the (icnernt might
very profitably publidi
inner workings cl th
i historv of th
liouisiiui i State
Lottery and his eouueetloit with it.
The National Uepuhlicati (’onmitiou
to itowtr ate candidates for Prewdaut and
t'ice President met in Chicago on Tues
day. No results have been reached yet
as the convention finds out
hut as s'am
who are the meanest two men in the p 'r-
tv of great morn! ideas they will he nomi-
D aod.
Eighty odd I'cim/erttio Cougrcosmctj,
Monisou men, have declared in cold
print that Tnt ifl reform must he the load ■
k ihe*attalag*Mtiuud cam-
pdgu. As for out single self We wotiln
p'ace ntorc faith in thS common sense ol
forty odd farmer* th»|i in the ireuius ol
the aforesaid Procrustean thcoiis's.
\ correspondent expressed llicqj'in*
loti U>t week that in our anxiety regard
ing national we had given loo little at
tention to local politics. l>oetors will dif
fer. We submit in reply that we have
never known a like number of man so
sorely in need of and so slow to take ^ood
advice as the so-called leaders ol the Na
tional Democratic paity. At homo mat.
ter- have gone on very cntutottably since
1870 and our faith is strong that there
will bo no backsliding for years to twine.
m«Wlo um fcf harry.!
^ ' A sreond convention to elect delegate*
I to the Ftato cbtivcntioti wiB be nece**ury
mid at (lint time delegates to the Jndi-
eial and Congressional Conventions edn
( be mors satisfactorily tlmseu. The peo
ple have not yet decided * ho is their
ehoice f>r cnodidatt; fur Congroi*. 1«-
ihany t lubs the matter ha* not boon con
sidered and the convention would cstab-
lUh a dangerous mid undemocratic pro-
t!rdrnt by arrogating to itself the right
to run the party and guess nl its wishes.
In Edgefield the Congressional nouiiiia<
lion lus been made the lead.ng issue of
the campaign. * t* has been tboroughly
discussed and twelve of the brut men in
*
the county have l cen elected to the Con*
gressiunnl convention. In AiKcn the
-Mine i-sue Inis been triad# and -v c learn
from execHcut authority that at the
County convention an tiext Kaitirdiiy
spoeial care will he u*cd in deeting an
able delegation to'lie Congkesslonal con•
vention But io’ llarnwell ihere huiheen
no general consideration of the mm ter.
PmrdwtTt and the owH nf tW »a#ftuivfc.
conimitU'e united in telling the people
precisely what was csgeoted to be done
next Thursday and they did not attend
their club meetings simply because of a
lack of iuluresl iu the routine work that
was to be done. Now cm the eight del
egntes of the Barnwell dub, elected when
only eighteen out of two hundred mem.
present, assii|mi ur proHuau; to
say who should bo nominated for Con
gress us the elroic# of tVe chib? Can
the seven delegates of the \\ illistoti club,
tL'etx-d-ivlicii-i-LirJtyjthrce uul-.o£..uuc-
fiumhed and ninety uicmliers were pres
eut, say who is tlic favorite of tlm nn-
jority. Wc an: very much mietukcu iu
our meusuie of the candidates if they
want or wouhl accept a snap judgment
nomination. The people believe in fair
play mid a free light. Lit us wait until
all the present vud prospective catidi
date- have bad equal chau cs to present
tli#ir claims for puhlic support and we
and light, the afcfttitt little city ol Peoria 1 a* an hwiie, experience ha* demonstrated
that ia doing such a tbHriug businesa t it cannot be done. Pitch all such hum-
the
Unction of high winc« and hr>y*, htre
and l liar# an irate member of tlm whiskey
under thd exiting tax laws, iu fb# pro* ] bugs to the dogs—or feed it to the still-
Tho brutality with which some North-
t-rn editors and their Southern imitators
luvo commented on the hist act in the
Caili tragedy justifies the rogietful belicl
that there are worse men among us than
the broken li. arte l old father whose last
voara are otic long sorrow or the dead son
vlmat Ufo has been paid far the twiny
emus of a reckless career. The s.i\Thg
of the hcatheiTS “Of the dead say uoth-
lag bat go6d**~ts worthy of regard among
IkHipIo elaiuiijig to he Christian#.
In reply to the solidhitiong t f his
friends Major O. IE Lartigue, in an ad.
•Ires* to the Pemocracy of the Second
pool that lus buined hit iiLgers in the
unexpeetrd upshot of Speaker Carlisle’s
ul< ctioo, namely, the defeat of the %hii-
key bill. Ifilchonld piore n* sllegcu
by Mr. White, of Kentucky, that Con
gressman Morrison had an interest in (he
vvhii-koy bill hitu«elf—bot altogether un
like w hat Mr. Oliver thought he found
in Mr. newitt’s projected (atiff bill in
the matter of wire aui“yjtw materi*!#,’'
that go into the iminufnclure of the same
by Cooper, Hewitt A Co.—so much the
worse for Congressman Morrison. But
the home of “revenue refurm" sages, the
classic land of corn whiskey and T-rsils,
wid not follow the ambitious chairman
ways atid mciuia committee into the
dim Tartarean icaltii of horizontal reduc
tion that all tin: world undefttand).
Then what does thU perturbed spiiit
of llu whi-key pool propose to himself at
Chicago!. -Thfitf. it A ta.'ifTdor. ftjycnue
fed swine. There is nothing so success
ful ns success; and that Utlia Ohio plat*
form, pure and simple. Let U be accept
ed aud indorsed at Chicago. We cannot
dig up the dehd ; let the dead past bury
the dead. Over horizoncal reduction the
entire North hqs written an epitaph—let
To the South p ditica!
it rest in peace
isoluti-n is her bane and there is but one
road leading out of it—a perfect union
of her own strength, and a harmony on
the iKMieffnd the man with the President
.
making States at the North. This is not
Mr. Morrison’s “tevetiue reform',’’.nor
yot Mr. Carlisle's “free trade,’’ but the
platform of Virginia, New Jersey, Pehn
syknnin aod Onio. We knew of Bnn-
dalTin Hoadly’s victory in Ohio. He
was there
The wire bridge to Coving
ton brought net Cailisle across the turbid
-V Allrxdali:, 8. C., Muy 80,1884. *
Editor J’cojilc:
Manhood revolt* at the tactics adop
ted by the friends of some of the Hen-
atotlal aspirants tosttlvauce their chan
ces of •uceees. One may lavish the
moat fulnnme compliments upon hie
choice and injure no one elsn Hot
when tin-y matte warped and crooked
attacks npin prominent gentlemen,
(such as was ma le by a Ulackville eor-
lospoudeMtof the Auuosta Ctnoutcle
upon MhJ >t Y.Mimutie) simply because
they view th' tn as poestt'le olmtuclee
iu the pathway of thei* favoiite, they
shock tho sei.se of piihflo propriety,
and not only injure th* ir cause among
the fiiends of the party attacked but
by auch sinister methods prejudice It
in tii- ey< e of an intelligent public.
I do not think it Ifiptorpif just here
to say that MaJ >r Youinausbae a large
and iacreasiiig tmsiuess, sufficient to
engage all df his time un i atteu ion
and that it is his desire to ke* p out of
p'llitics. His position may be more
cotrectly stated by quotingrematksof
his made some time ago on declining
a renoaiinutioii.lo the cliait mau-bip of
hi- glu 1 '. lie f*hJ,. “T.bat lu_ c mmeu
pasturaqr The Barnwell
5C6ntStore
I wilt pasture cattle at one dollAf a head
|per montn. li. 11. EASThKLiNU.
June i -gw.
Siockti Ider.-,’ Meciiag.
J Is receiving ercry day a new box of odds
i and euds fo' sale at prices unheard of before
In flirnwell county. This bos consicu cither
The annual meeting of the Ht'K-k holders of si ilionery, fancy goods, crockery, lis-
of the FuirjDouitt'Manuiactuiing Con'pnuy ware, hardware, Hhoes hats, Jewelry, books
will be held at their office at Fairmuuut on.* or.ilry goods. It im useless to name prices
Wednesday, the 1 l|h iu»t. • here, as the goods being below the unerket
J. WniLDSK IVotHiwxai), President. : are sold each day as they arrive. AHwo ask
J. Hauoou Armstuoso, Secretary. yon is to cat! on us whenever you visit 1 Barn-
<c
iJUHe'l Iw
Candidates.
-X.Canb iiot exfeediDg ouc nqutre ine rted under
tlii* litud ft»r Five Dollars, IN ApVANVF.
will be right .tutl ready to^Hbrivc on to
victory.
tditor /Vonfe :
'i he Edgefield Denioerjt, Imvo ejected
their lu st men delegates to I he Congtcs-
sional convention and 1 hour that Aiken
will foi.nw r-uii next Faturday. They
think: it doesn’t make much dilTcrenec
a ho goes (o tho Stale Convention as the
retiouiiualioii of the old -ticket seems to
be genet ally agreed upon, hut they wait
mui who can talk wctTund work well for
Mes-ti. Tiilnvm and Croft. Th*' w all
very well, looking at ihtns’s as the
but in my opinion wc ought to setidlo
all our convent ions thu very be* 1 men
we have. Coatiuoit tu n-o requires that
ol us »ud duty an 1 patriotism - demand
of them that tltev should go w hen called
upon.
I think there are wind-hakes in scvetal
planks of the State platform that need
patching by utasicr noikuion. Too IVc-
fj'iently plulfonns are like ready made
clothing, cheap hut had fits. Tho aver
age delegate goes to Columbia for the
CongroesioUal District,-which will h#
{honor and in hW ansi, tyttr economize
tound iu anoUicr coiuum, has announced
hiiusclf u candhl itc tor (’ougrcsH. The
pressure of impertttvc obligations (orc!c^
u* to posti»omratitil nixt week *ny edj^
tariol expresaiuu of opinion, hnt wc ask
our reader# in the meantime to give to
his address that candid and careful con*
sf lemtiun which is due to the views of
So dUti iguished a gentleman.
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Several exchang-'# quote Thf. I’fopi.e
s* thinking “that the rabw^fur Cungfesi
from thi# district will be between Mr
Tillman and I’ol. Croft.'' Dttr brethren
vf the quill have misunderstood some
very plain, uuamhiguous English, ^‘c
did say that who the present indication
of the situation but left ample room for
tho iufen'ncc tint at least ouc other entry
might be made. The rcaoo of pr prie y
tW prevents oor telling the public that
ifr. so and so wilt, it is said, court Mi s
this uud that loops u# from publidiing
every rumor tlut wc hear. U is hcttei
to be fair than to bo sm-alionah
.a#--:
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It way be true that iTen. Gra-'t \va>
never a tiuly greet-or truly good tnas,
hut his fiuauuia! full is a very «aij cpi-
Kalv iu tho history of tho human familv.
1 hat the General of tho victorious ar
mies of tho Great Republic in the most
momentous years of a century fftll of
trrout events and twice its t’hicl Magi#,
tkiuc, should be the partner el such a
tiiau as Ferdinand Ward will go very far
toward destroying human faith in hu.
V
8-
' TC8T*3 paw of hi* pamieY buTThe
eaieless'iess with which ho permitted ibis
groat name to lie used ax *_ decay for
those who fufited in him and his for-
tunes will not Ik: pardoned by the vic
tims who have been plucked so crwvTy.
We at# souy ibr him and the American
people.
Tho Coutity cihiventfon which meets
on oext Thursday shouM confine it.sclt
•triptijr to Re woik witlt^l in the[‘»«es, *t the general electimi it will
and got. home he vote? w ith the majority
only, hut that powerful octo-#yllabie ut
terance is c qiyriglit to ihc invincible
locks of Wattgraou, and, besides, it is far
t *o glittcriug a generality for the litro-
vious Morriaou, and points no uiurul and
adonis no talc to tlie.newe/rendering of
revenue reform, horizontal rmluctiou, and
the covert allmiou that it can tes to the
preservation of the whskey tax is found
far too inexplicit for the issue that must
ho met then and there. A dilemma here
meets Mr, Moyison upon his native
Ji£ah,;.,tkarciiUm.radruftLiitua-.QlillL
tioU, which, of course, cannot stand hoii*
zontal reduciiou wiiliotn notice; aud
there 4s the corn wlii.-key monopoly,
whicli won’t stand, if it can help it, tho
abolition of the internal tax. And yet
the preservation of this internal tax must
soo i drive the surplus up to a point which
wdl demand reduced duties as th : only
remedy which Can be applied to its own
reduction, whether such redaction will
increase the revenue from imports so as
not to relieve the surplus, no doctrinaire,
not cVcu Professor Perry or tint eminent
social scientist, Henry George, cun tell.
Something must give way, that is m:ini
feet (jT c ur-'c it must not he the wills
key tax, for tint would rnhi the whiskey
ring, and chairman Morrison would nev
er listen to that. Better defer, better
never pay, better anything than disturb
the rightful sway of the whiskey ring.—
Better cut off the duties, sliee them of!’
as no would a watermelon. Aud there’s
tho rub for (he author of the hofixuital
bill. The republican homo of this sage
has leader# like Logan, who, while egg
ing on the dmiocratie whiskey men and
their little lamb, horizontal reduction, are
prepiringto pronounce openly lor pro
tection for the \ Sake of protection to the
.-uhstuutiu industries of the State, audio
carry it with a rush next fall on that doe
trine, even as Haskell’s di-trict in Kan*
sa« (w’t ch makes no iron but only grown
food for non-producers) recently shewed
a hundrcdjf'ei' tent, increased republican
majority over the last election on the
point blank is-uc~of protection against
waters of the dividing stream to fight
that battle. Put for Oliio and the pivot
tal States her neighbors and homogene-
««—o*Matex. the battle now would be
Vultl.
Cotrtipiion must be cleansed, or it wil^
involve all sections in a common ruin.—
Administrative reform wou in 1878.—
Adtniuistrjtive refmui lias quickened as
an i-#uc with an experience, more recent
than agreeable. The man who shows in
his own life and record a fitness for the
profession of the platform, from a lati
tude surli as cannot prejudice tho chnu-
f-Cs of his election—that is the man. Let
u- have him. Let the song of the siren
FOK THF -H.>4T»:-
Ths ran it friend* of Hubert Aldrich, K»<j, In
Barnwell eoustf dealn* to iihcw hi* name before th*
l>m*crutlc primalii» Cor Countr Senator at the i n-
*uin|{ clertien Thia nomination i* cntirelr unao-
iiriteil br tlm recipient, and even perhaja contrary
wi'h the ('ttier young trieb ' f the iitab-'
he eutered actively in the can p tlgn i f
76 to aid tu the overthrow of tlm then
existing governmei tul <leh» ichery,
that he hud kept tight traces In politi-
cal harness evei siuce, un i that n w
htlil ttri'io
Hunl upon some Blenncrlia-i'cti’s isle,
hut heard no more iu the councils of ihe
Let the South present u solid
his private business haring beenac
oompltsiiod uud the State goverumeut
permanently restored to the hands of
hs proper custodiHus bis mission iu
politics was ended.’’ He fuithermoie
said ••ihut the snuggle In ’76 was a
c uitest fur tbe duunoatiou of race;
that now the o nlest was between pro-
miuei.t Dem ciMts, ns to who should
till the public < dices, and bavlng little
t»iSte or inc.iuuiiou for such excitement
be desired to be regarded as Uavtog
withdrawn flour tbe active p"liti'.s of
tbe county.’.’
His obt-iinuey in refusing to allow bis
fri’-nos to use bis name as a candidate
for tbe Senate, lu which bis patriotic
caiivdsa of W
tOatiou deoiu tbai th* TiUl iutereat aud poUtical
standing of the comity tlewaad it,
Printer paid. U: NT VOTERS.
Feeling that lotclt gent representation will be se
cured to the county by bia election, we, without de
tract inc from thi- inert t* ofauy aspirant, rc?pwtful-
tywnnwnrt't.ATIttsiW T. 1 rtlSItfWSjfV.li# *>*ii*'T 5
wetl and see the Ixtrgnins tre offer you that
day. We arc receiving a# fast ss published
all tho late music and new book#, and moro
than half of the, music we etfii sell you at five
edit* s sheet and the Holies nt the same price
and can order for you any music or books
that we have not in stock at Ihe publisher s
lowest prices, and in m my ease# much lower.
Times are hard this year and save what you
can b/buying from us.
Parker s Hor.e and Caitle Powder scTTs
everywhere at twenty-five cents a roeknge,
weh rvea 1-trge lot on hand, we warrant eve
ry paper to be s >uud and good, but as they
j are selling riowly wc have determined to let
them go and put the money ikto something
, )#e So come and get a package at TEN
TENTS before they ore all gone
We also have on hand a quantity of Bar
ker's Nerve and Bone Liniment and Bar-
ker’» Liver Pills, two a* good medicines as
there |ge under the sun, which we offer way
below usual prices
fell I-4
dulntc Ibr th- 8-hate at the approa-hia? jirimary
eketiou aud bind him to abide by its ivsulu.
BLACKY 1LLE.
, [Printer Jiald.
FOR THF I.FttlwFATtlKF.
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front, witli Ikt own best interests at her
heart. A tariff plank'thul not pro
duce a tariff scare as flic Morrison b 11
had tvell nigh done, and as Wuttersou’s
vague utterance.! did iu 1880; deliver-
nnee to the hunted moonshiner; destruc
tion to the whiskey ring ; no sui pluvfor
political plunder; uo more i ifices than
wc can help—turn tho rascals out. That
is the ticket: in that sign we conquer.
The Many friend* of (.apt. VV. !L KELLIXGKH
thronglimit Ihe county tak- pl-a-ur- iu announcin);
bini a cutiuklale fur (he House of Kcpmusnlalivca.
aud pledge him tu abkl. (b-d-cislun of th- p. tinary
clei-Uun. BANNUt COUNTY,
1 Printer paid.
Th- friend.- of M. K. kiULuN V, from all a -lion* of
tlic county, unite in announcing him a candidate for
ilie House of R-prv#ento(ivc*, subject to the decision
of the I)eiuocr*Ui pflii'iiry -Itvil'm. Ub friends ask
<». II. F ir.
and wiud* up work iu a hurry. Now,
without iimiing any thvidious dictine-
tious, 1 would like to teo #tnh men as
Judge Maher. G- v. Ungootl. Geo. L *\.
Ashley, Capt. 1. fci. Bamberg, Spann
Huinmond, Dr. lieury Kearse, Laeius
Tuo'c, Wytnau Jwnny, Dr. H. C. Hub
the issue the demo rat? chose it* make i f
free trade. Thor, why should Hand til
and the other “traitor# ’ anti “fools’’ vote
course in lire canvass oT FU st-etus
justly to have entitled him, has been *ud expect for him that aeuerotis support and ap-
a llh<l*tqu>iUtmeDt. to bis ft lends. bnt proval which juatice give* to the tr«« and failbful
In this (lay of inters- office seeking public servant. H-ha*Wntn.e to hU party aud
th.v call bur feed th- mot-tespeet fur pe.pt- in stormier time* than these andiaatill wor.
one Wbo •docs tiuLlicftitc e 111ce» thy of tUt tn,,t and eaoMcnc^t.h vrhletv he has
AMM s.
A titorgia editor sajs that five m> n
Jo to-8'Utb-rn 8tate« now lead tbe
newspapers where one man fead tbetu
t -n yt-ars ago. F nir of tbese uiou we
venturi: to soy borrow.
U*cLf honored in f
j-.ai:n\vlli. couxty.
(IViulcr paid.
Addrcww ul'ibe llou
(New* ntuK'ourler.)
Bla< kvii.le, Barnwell t’i. S. C.
May 31, 1884.
To (tie Ihmrfcranj of th - S rond Con-
qrtu onul Didrut, South Carolina:
iu respouse to tl:c inquiries made bv
some of my friends, as to my cuiidnlaov
for Congress, 1 beg to answer that a
uotniualion would give mo gient pleas
ure, but that 1 have no desire t » extort
the sujport of u iBanincil couveniion
tbrougli it# delegation simply as a Barn
usd auio.
If tho Barnwell convention endorses
me, from any real or snptyoscd fitness uu
my part lor the position, and instructs its
deleg ition to support me, indepeude >tiy
of aRfo’itical comhinatious uud oompto-
mt'C#, I am wUliug to allow my nainc to
be hrough*. before tbe District Notniinf
itig Convention. ;
TARIFF QTRgTtONS.
\ I favor a tir ff to raije revenue for tho
legitimate support of the Givcrumcnt
and for this only, a uniform impost t n
all art icier, raw and matiniaetured, nee
ersarich and luxuries, except sueirus
may he Used in diffusing education and
information, including philosophical add
sc e itific sQparaUis. , .
1 would advocate the atlrtption hy 'fin? v
A country t’ftl w h° wa9 tf-At•
ed to Ice cream for the fl ft time was
asked by her ‘young wan’ lu'W sbe
liked ft. ‘It tasted pretty K<»'d,’ wi.e
the reply, ‘but 1 always ptof-r my pud
ding hot.’
A vroitby old lady eff rs the f<'||"W-
ing advice t«* pirl-: ‘ l\ beu-ver a f* I-
Inw pups tbe question, ilon’t blush and
B are at your feet. Just throw jour
arms ur"uu I bis tuck, loo.- him full in
the fac •, an i commence 1*5 tatk Abu
tbe luridture.’
-w~»rr i mara n
Th- many frt-rxU cf J-tMES E. DAVIS, E*q.. fully
oppro ioting hi, kj.l-ndhl Ul-nts, tin I -w iiuiustry
aiutcrnTr)’, and -tainlcs* iut-gjitj' and -nfid-nt of
hi * ability tn rvpr-s-ut the tx »t inter.-Is of the
ctuinty hnnurohly in th- I^ci-lalur- antjotin—him
■ tft> a candidate for the ifous - if K pir*> ntalives Slid
pl*dgc bini to abide the dcci-ioa of the Ihrmocrutic
primary olcction. MANY VOTERS.
i Printer i*i<t
Th-many friends of Major HENRY J. KKARSE
rr-p - tfully aanounce him a- a randidulc for r.
election to the la-vi-tntur. and |«hd.-- him to ahi.lc
hy Ih- d-eUton of the IVtBOrrati,' Primary Khvlion.
[Printer —
E OU 4 I.I SCU 4>F 4 4>l It’l'.
IF YOU W ANT A
It AM unto, 8. I\, May 2 HI.. IMW.
If th? of my rJj.ht :4rm in n-ar rntitlc^ iu
my f‘llow-citU^ ut l tfully
asn MiJ Mi|*p4>rt Ivr (!• ik of C«iuit uk ih- n^xt pri
innry. an*] mysvlf to ahidt* tbe results tbervof.
! >*y ttnti. s ai^- sHfb ns lo dvpHve no* **f 4he pb’asure
| of vixitinv' my friemU Imt I ft*s 1 that ! lire mood;
Good Gullett Gin
| fr i minded and r.ns-t.ral- pc .pi aud that l!«y
S unn<l ree I. MITM.VELSON B!iiV:ls*ille. S.
j t , who willinsU you one cheaper than any
triBHpikB Bosctlng ftlRUSB a primyple,
• rts, Col. T. II* Johnson, Gcorp’c-rt.
I ..lie:, Dr. J. B. Biaek, Sr., I*cvj|s
Iluglitvt, Ac., Ac., sonttomtr Statecou
vention 1 i-ay ?ach men been use wc
have many others ss good a? they-are
uud became none of them arc, *to Gr as
I have heard, candidates for office. 1
know that 1 am augge-tiug black eyes
fur several ambitious and worthy young
men, hut let them tairy at Jctieho until
their he,nls eruw,?how that they are
faithful stewards of small tru.-U ami after
a while the people wil! make them rulers
over many thing#.
Hair Tin.
Biackvillc,‘Lid June, 1881.
FrnctU’ikl l*wIIUc« bb«1 a Slajuare
IlSHIIt'.
t
[From Ihs NsshviJU American.]
When the whiskey ring contingent
pots to tkicago, with “Horizontal Bill
M trrtsoa at its head, we are given to
understand they intend to have it out
with llandall ami hi# forty obstruction-
is #. Mr. Handall hails from that para
di#c of ‘ fouls’’ and “traitors” and
'‘damned seottndrels,' tn the gospel ac
cording to Morr'worT, tho ‘•barnaele”
State of i'eansjIvRiiin. Chicago is the
man virtu*. Wc do net doubt that he] UKtro M is wf lhc of lninoi . 8 , the sa-
c*#d *oil of rages amf- statesmen • hkc
liiou’# hill and why are they proposing
to try the issue of the oholiriou of tire in
ternfil tax, and go before tie: peop : c with
it, when ftets liKiTthc o ?
To the mind of tho average Southern
Democrat it looks a far nr >rc sensible
thing, all things ejusidered,lo avoid the
meshc# of the whiskey ring, a# R-tndall
arid hir co-cpemling fritrrth' did, the
tnates and d jlusions, the practiccd-rulo#
of its Ucpubtieuii allies. Better to (Th:
miud of such a mau it seems to tcniplify
the revenue, eliminate the whiskey ring
out of politic# altogclher, and irniim: the
J.»td of sure-footed men like Kiifd^ and
Htmlall, with the victorious Ohio pint
form n.s a has:#, make “revenue reform”
real reform—not a hivtiug and a By-wtytl,
au ca#y road to political ruju, and tjhe
pirpctuity of a party whose strength is
altogether alien to Southern soil, and ha#
no visible sympathy with its hitcrosts or
it# wan's. Free trade as a sentiment is
well enough, but free trade a* a fact is
■rot a possibility in this country. It is not
a necessity n^r u policy for the South at
this time. Free trade with the internal
tax preserved would he treason to the
Constitution of the country, about which
s* many lives have been lost, so much
treasure wasted. It would he tlic very
acme of monopoly. Free trade in this
country is the breath of the doctrinaire—
vox ct pryterca fTthrl
Mr. Morrison himself'. Now, Iliinoi#
make? more of that highly reprehensible
product that carries the life-blood of com
merce through the continents than blight
ed uud benighted I'cmtKjlvnuia herself
Ifthcssgd of the whiskey bill «ud the
hero of horizouUl reduction can manage
to demonstrate that ho cuo carry hi# own
political bailiwick with Lim, cither into
the convention or afterwards, nn Li# own
cell of the executive eommitfec—the re
nrggsBicitien of tbe party and the eleo
i of delrgutc# to tbe Statu Couveotiow.
i ll what the people expect sod if «>*br
i to will be work cuoqgb
prove to a wondering world a ma'ter of
extreme sorpriso. The muta strength of
toy muvomcnl Mr. Morn won and hi# pe-
make, Fill center very
i a? a buttnc of beat
WXM
Ai . T.'
of a gntditiil approach (during the' next
two Fresidential term.-) tu a tariff on a
revenue Imm# by raising and lowering
the present tariff tt l it .-hall be urilbnii,
thus giving nn sudlhTj disturbance tu the
established pyrsuits of the country.
FEl)KRAI. AID TO EBOCATION.
1.1 lav# great doubt ns to the proprie
ty of tl
lie passage uf the Blair till oruth
er similar mtusttres. I oppose it a# a
“grab game," and tear that it is ton ureat
when Lee bur endeted at Appomittox*
Tariff revision i# no issue; it is an iuci
dtxday wasTcaJ . C old znay be cufed if the putieot will
dent to the 'ugh: and the progress of among newspaper mec.
event#. An equitable adjustment of tho
schedule of dutios is no more “protec*
tiotf as a priucip'c than “revenue re
form,” SQ-eaUcd. It is an net of simple
jiHtice ai;tl ncce#sity—uo’tuorc, If Mr.
Ho wilt’s revised tariff’shall exempt “raw
»4
maleriaU ’ it 44 protectg M (he m iuufitct^
tired products. There is not enough lu
this kind of thing to keep the country
standing ou its head. What is now
wanted la: “Turn the rascalsot^tX'-r-
Uow to do thia is tbe iasue. With “free
trade” - and trash about “revenue n&m”
a stride forward io tho cunsoliuatioo of
thu Governmeut, and tiiat it, may give
further excu-e tor Federal' ilitcifcreoces
i i St ite aff.iir#.
Bui if the present public school sy#
tern is to be retained and the two mili
educitiunal tax continued, I thinkJt may
be wc 1 to puss the Blair huh with the
hupc that when the appropwiatiou# under
it have been expended the people will
have been educated up to such a p-dut
and the general prosperity of tho people
#u established that ..they may uced no
Government uid; but may be able to ed
ucate their own childreu cud dispense
with the two mill tax.
THE INTERNAL REVENTE fcTSftN.
% I would be glad to sec tho whole in
ternal revenue system, as practiced by
the General Government, ah» ished, aud
the individual 8tatcs, in accordance with
the sentiment of their . citizens, cpllcet
such revenue from similar sources a#
might be deemed proper.
Without argument, rc.-pcctfu'lyJ sub
mit my view* for your consideration.
G. B. Lartigue.
*" -*•»———— * ' * - '
TLe.Journal of RtaitiL uays that
vat nothing for a (Jay or two. This
may account for the scarcity of colds
Washington, May 25—The news of
tbe death, at. Lockport, N. Y , of the
daughter of ex-cOngresemaQ Dick
Crowley, received here this tvonfng,
has shocked e6ctttyp®''ple here, where
she has betij such u favoiite. Nearly
a year-ego she was engaged to Allan
Arthur, the President’* eon. He broke
the eogagemeDt without (toy appereat
reason. Tho young lady never recov
ered from the tnortiftcstfoo attendant
op-'n thU.We^on, During th* tost
year she h—tsptdly ff»*i fined, ooMump-
tloo set 1», aod as early as lost txU the
phy ekhsos Could gtwc go ttojp^
V -7
one r^c.
Nolle,' lu ( Ltlilurs.
rredito. - # of the estate of M. IS. Snare*, de
ceased, are lu-rel-y notified to 1 eatler-tm
ueadaetl acoonnl of l!i' ir dentHt.'l-., du 1 }' •*•’-
ie*le-l. 10 the undersigned at lit!, reeM-nor in
d?larkvil!c,,.S. f.. itir+ulljtartie# indebted to
said etnuo »rc requested to come forward
and make jjVuiiipl juayioeius
A. Bl'ISr, Admi.iiilntor.—
juneS »w
)
LXEt UriVK DEFaKTME.NT,
flytlCB OF C'>MI , r»oi.!.Ktrf5t:#*R\t. V
CeUEBMA .•< C.,M«r 2Uth. 11*84. )
The Inetirsnce liccnie issued to Messrs.
Cinn-leT; Sawyeri Ik*. (C- i) Nawyer, J. L
l>avi.* aod F. H. <'leech, a- Aitentt of the
Merchant,s Insurance ompany tor ItnrnwclV
cauniv. b-ivii-* bernjcsyiceye.J nt request of
ihe HoingT*ffice. this t ompany has now no
Ajrout inUurnweil cuumy authorized to do
Lusine# fur it. "
W V STONFY.
juntfi I w
Corrptroller UeuerAl.
Orrica o* Conxrv .Commissioskbs, 1
Bahkweli.C H,, 8■ C, 5une -Id, 1884. [
Noiice is hereby giran that After Saturday,
the li'th inst., excepihy special order of the
Board,,uu la.ioni wlft Le issued to pauper*
who do u t liv at tlia I’ovr House,—
M-rchonti* ami oiliers w!i* have heretofore
furnished rsiion* tepappere are hereby no
-ified to discuntiiuie. doing #0 a« itccuunis
.-ab.-cqueut toihirt dale will not be paid Alt
pan per# are hereby notified tosppenr nt tne
office of the Commissioner# on Frid.iy. the
13th inst., for aasig uiem to room# in the
new I'oor floi*e biri dirfg#.
By order tf the Board.
WALTER 8. E WES. Clerk.
a ill evueider mr ebuqp..
Very l!.»|v ctfidly,
a. v Eaves.
[rrlliter pai#.
U th- uiaon-r iu ahich i harr ill*, tmr^.d my -ft
rial diiti-*, an# my part «erricet l« ihe !*rm«cra<-T,
sr- J—nt-.d Ly n.y f-ll-w -itis-m ;.»<!■•*--, hn; of re-
r—{iiiiton, 1 will gratefully apoe.i-tat- tliair -npporl
in the -umii.^ primary -U* li-u r<.rll>c u!H<v uf CI. rk
of th-C--urt and i.l.d^c P- siAt- the r—ult
thereof. W. GILMORt; SIMMS.
|Friiit-r |Sid
The nisny fri. Bdi ufr. K OAfiVIN .mimun— lilm
* i-a-didm- for l.i-il uf Court and I.lurt—
*hide thr di-ciaion of the li..itiucrailc primary cl e-
U'.n. (J'riBtcr p*iJ.
■ UU >IIFHIFF.
I rtspeetfuliy announce myself a candUIa'ti- for the
Democratic nuniiiiatlou fur the oifie.i of SH-rilT *1
bare well etraUty. 1 |.ledire urys li tu lx--rued hy
.Ihe MMilt* uf ti.e Frlmary eluittun. tu suppurt th
u'iniiuees of tj-: part; and hot (u iu'- ej.t eUtrr a
LoraiBtUiea or au olfiWfiroui any source other th*u
the regularly ergsnixtd Deraocratie r.arly.
Printer paid] —J. W. LANCASTER
J > *
**Tbt r W*TfT frtm4!i of-A-ot C C. RVSJI re-pertfutty
sna-iunee him c* * candidate tor Sheritf of Barnwell
' uunly »nd f"l-d„'- Idm to a bid- by thu dccialus of
rhe Deraocialic Primary Election.
; |IM«.*»rf«H
FOK AFblTOK.
jou want a
FINE WATCH OU CLOCK,
STERLING SILVERWARE,
RICH JEWELRY,
FINEST QUALITY TABLE CUT-
= LKRY,
OR SPECTACLEST"
Fend your order# to or call at
Jas. Allan & Co. 4
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*
8g7 king street,
CHARLESTON, S. C.
iar.-’f
Robt D, White
-and—
GRANITE WORKS,
MEETING STREET,
(Corner Uorlhvck*# Allej)
(J 11 A. 14 L. n;w*'ro N. 18. 4J
junert- ly
Allen <& Go.
liar .md l{cstaurant<
Opposite FogtofEcc, August#, Geoigia.
F. M. MIXSOX is managrr for thi#
house ai d solicit# thy JUG nod other
tradv of the conuty. opt J
Dr. J. XL Smith.
Opt:n»i »v«» (.iiri MeciiHi.ioal
DIgNTIST*
HAH ■Ii:i<4>i A >ft> VTUbFl'TlGV.
Will pifictice nt the following places at
lime, mentioned ■-
B.t.Msrau —BeginningthcArst Monday in
euh month Mint run inning for ihe following
t wu'week.*. Office«t the lUrij'g llniel
" 1 Wn.T.T#riry^=Ti)e third and fourth week in
cacL month. Office over SmitFit I>nig Store.
—: . .. aprh'.-ty
AUGUSTA HOTnL-
UltOA.II HT.^CJ4JV7MXA,0 A.
€
The friend* of lapt. G. (I. Uli.EY take pleasure In
lUYIP BESHTSCIIK*.*.
I
JACOU L JACont.
llEITStilKl
Coihii.R, Fiiriiishins Goods and Hols,
B’or Mon, 'V'outh'# and Hoys,
.Hu. 344 KIdb Afreet,
Charleston. - - * S- C*
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June#)
Andiior’s NcIxt.
Towaehip Apprnirer# will meet nt the
Auditor’# office fi'rthe purpoee of appraising
property iu their respective Town-laps oa
the days fixed belew.
Appraiser# for Alleodaie, Bull fond and
Bivitloc meet on th* ”4.I> day ufciune.
^ppraieera for Bennett Spring#, Four Mile
nd tireat Cypress meet tn tbc25tb June.
Appraiser# for fieorg' 's Creek, Barnwell
aud Biaekville on U*»Lb June
Appraiser#for Wnliataa. Itoccraary, Rad
Oak aud Kichhu d oa 2*ih June.
Appraisers for Three Mile, Sycamore and
Buford’# Bridge 2Sib Juua.
' Appr#i»erb lor Bamberg, Fub Poud and
Midway 80ih June. , '
Chairmen of Township Boards acd all per-
#one having comp'aiot* of over-assessment
to make wid taxe nolice mat the County
Board of Equalisation (to whom all such com
plaints must be . adc) will meet at tbe Court
House ou tne 1st Tuesday fa July next.
ieOi^LINGf,,
Mauiihecurer and Dealer in
Foreign and Dom^Uc Figure, Tobacco,
NNFFF, P1PFM, BTr.
N*. 844 King Struct, Choriostoa, 8. C.
>a44 .
Bumran-uig hiai a* a-au'li.late for t’mii'ly Auditor
at tbr uppr-ci-hing primary rWctlnn. rn# pl.rigc irlni
to abide by lu mult*. IliRN WKI.K
. Fiinter |Kild,
Fur Mrliool i’uminiM-iioi.rr.
The fri-nd* of Dr. J. J trn »NNON take yl"**ure
In annmmeing him a. * randidite fur School Uum-
misrl'iner *1 the appruH-hieg primary (iMtiun, aud
pkug- him tu abkl- by iu mult* -a*
ItARNWEIX.
I Frln ter paid.
— —
A* a candidate for the Domoci-atic nomination for
#-h»olComiiii»*li'S-r I pl.-lge myself to abide the
decision of the primary el-el ion, to rnppurt tbe nom-
dn-ea uf tbe |H.rty and u«>l to accept a noiniitatiou or
au otte# from any source other than the regularly or-
ganized Democracy. A. BUMF.
—Print# r paid.
Many votarsof Farnwcll county will support W.
W. HART for «rhi*oi Oommlsaloner. He is a faith
ful and ancceaeful teacher in the luibl'e achoola and
a. such we commend him to ibe suffrage of bia fel
low-citizeB*, pkdglnf him to abide by auch rule* and
regulation* as msy be act forth by the Democratic
party of Barnwell county. —Printer paid
For C'omaiy 4'oMsaalMslomrr.
I reap ct fully announea mysolf a candidate for re-
election to the office of County Commiaaioner, aub-
ject to the d.elision o ihe I>< mot-rail- primary elec
tion. I pledge myaclfto support tb* nominee* of the
parly and not to accept either a nomination or an
office, rmmxn'o. aoorce other than the regularlyJiy-
ganised Democratic party.
W. W. MATTHEWS.
V- {Primer paid.
•f
I reapcetfuUy snnouacc myself * eandldste for Ike
ulfice of Couuly t'ointnisaiancr. I pledge myself to
sblde by the result of the primary election, to sup
port the nominees of (he party and not to accept
eliher a nomination or an office from any source
other than the regularly organised democracy.
Pi iuierpsid. J. W PlilI,UP8.
Hr. Editor: Ffcaac announce aa a candidate for
tiounty Ceminiaaioncr DAVID W. DYtHES, of
George’s Crank. A good and true man, who will, if
doe’ed, dacharg* tbodutU-* of that rcapon-ible office
faithfully aud io snveVrnt will abide hy tbe decis
ion of tbe Democratic palmary elect ton. 7 -
MANY VftTERR
[Printer paid.
Mr.. Editor: Pitaae announce Mr. JACOB 9-
RKNTZ a candidate aod auitaU- person fog County
Oommiasionef for RoniwaU County, subject to eut
Primaries, and oblige MANY V0TKR5.
FUk IW, May lltb. 1*81 [Printer
• NEAR hAlERoAD CR^SHNO.-
Bar find Bittiertl Room: in the Be#r. Choice
W tires and I iquors #lw»s on h md. -
I’lan, Altemive ServauU, Large and well ,
Veutilnicd Ituouis. — —
ELECTRIC
LEWIS & n()C)LI r r LE, riu rjtirr >R8.
G. W. EVANS Liftk.
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J3m IDm -
Ken Davies
m
Barnwell#
Slnco t^he laat diij of tlie oW year I
havp been tllHiffnily afranging n »nr-
prltt* for my ftieoiftt and tbe general
public and
TOE SI/O W OTJCXS TO-DA Y
Fre<’ afro lesion nnd preat bargains are
nfferctl t<> alfwho have cash to spend.
New lines of Dry sml Dress Goods,
Notions, Booti- and 8hors for all Ages,
sexes and cfrciunstancewat city prices. ’
Straw hats in endless etylcn at all pri
ces for farmers, flshen.yen and tbe fair
sex. Uodwr the new regime tho8e air-
Mi to^stroug drink must send to tbs
cities for liquors, but there is no use
for any sober minded citizens to hunt
better bargAiun than I offer: They
cannot be found in any market, urban *
or suburban, within a hundred miles
of Barnwell.
My stock of Groceries is always full,
fresb and first class and Is rold at pri
ces that will cure tbe sesrdty of cstob.
The ladies will find novelties that
are kept by no ot her dealer in this sec
tion. The men can get ill articles nec
essary for carrying ou their farms or
mechanical avocations. The little folks
wiH find en ryt blog from fishing tackle
to French candy, and 'everybody wilt
find courteous treatment end s warm
welcome and tbe TRUTH at
Ben Davies’
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