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LAI KENS C. LIM S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1886.
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8 cxialou.
To tho Editor of tho Nows nuti Couri
er: Your editorial in the Tho News ?iud
Courier of Docomhor 24, headed "Tho
samo Old Trouble," is in tho main just
nnd appropriate, but at the annie time it
in misleading. For instance, speaking
of the bills emanating from tho l'armera
Convention, und which have boon either
postponed, amended out ol' all shape, or
slaughtered outright in the Senate, you
say:
"Who is responsible wc need not nay.
Tho Senators will be prepared, of course,
to explain their action to their cnn.
stituents when the proper time ennis,
and they will doubtless i>c givi n the op
portunity. But whatever their reason,
good or had, thc fact, remains that tho
quarrel of thc fanners, il' the have any,
in willi their own representatives. T?10
nonagricultural members of tho Genend
Assembly have been willing and ready,
SS they havo abundantly shown, to grunt
every request and adopt every plan
which the farmers should agree upon for j
the advancement of their peculiar inter
est, and to give to thom tho control of
their peculiar affairs. Thc failure i:<
chargeable to tho tuen whom they havel
selected and elected to carry out their
plans, and tho settlement must bo lindi
with those who nie responsible for tho
failure "
You may rest assured thal ?hey will
bo ''given thc opportunity to explain"!
und that "settlemeut will be had" with
sonic of them when again the farmers
get n chance. If thc "farmers' move
ment," which hus created snob a stir
among tho people, is really a demand of
the masses for reform und the correc
tion of abuses, and an expression of a
desire to see our rights as fanners re
spected, it will continue to grow and
spread, rather that) dwindle and die, und
will have much to do with shuning thu
future policy and polities of this malo.
But let that be as it may. I only sci
out to show you that, while correct us to
the. House, your editorial is calculated to
mislead when you say thc farmers in (he
Semite arti alono to blame
Ami in ortler to make this clear I will
show the complexion of our present Son.
ato as rogards occupation, lt is com
po. id a? follows:
Lawyers ir.
Earitiers. I j
Doctors :t
Preachers ......
Editors and printers . j
Merchants. 1
Total . .05
-of whom 20 aro now ?onntors und lol
arc old Oin 0, two of the new ones sers
lng unoxpircd tormii,
Now, thc hill of all others in which .
thc fanners iver.-mest deeply interested,
and which they desired to novo passed
most was thal unlitrgiug tho board of
agrieult.oc anil reorganizing tho ngricul
html d?partaient. 'I Ids tin Senate post
poned, by a vott Of '-i! to li, Oil thc
flimsy pretext, us voiced hy Senator'
Yoiimans, that thoy "wnuted ni ?ru timo
to investigate this important matter."
Tho April Convention hud d in luded it.
Thc November Convention bud demand
ed it. Tho matter hus been thoroughly
discussed for it year or ?u ne i t the '
press, und charges of extravagance and I
of incompetence, or neglect ol duty on
tho part "1 thc board, [.roven. But these j
.Senatoria! lawmakers aloin needed
..litoro time to investigate," Well, wo !
hopo they will improvo tho two years
olovon Ol them liaVO got before tile next .
election to st inly tho matter utld be pre
pared to give gootl reasons for their j
votos whon oaken. If, indeed, your re
porter bo correct in saying thu "Agri- j
cultural Senators wen iulluoncod Ivj a
determination not to submit to Tillman i
dictation," it will bo a pitiful excuse for ;
having refused to comply with thu
wishes ttl'the farmers of thc Statt ; und j
un acknowledgment of having allowed
personal motives lo govorn their action
.rather than a dosiro to legislate for the
public good. Ntl member of the (?en-j
.ural Assembly, either Senator or Reprc- |
?tonthtive, can truthfully say that I was
tither obtrusive or dictatorial in pro
denting to tbcra tho measures asked by
tho two Farmers' < ?onvontions, rind it will
be left to tho farmers all OVi r Hie State
t.. resent in a proper way tho imputation
that Tillman alone constitutes tho
'?'Fanners' movement."
Jiut if tho agricultural Senators ro
souted "Tillman dictation," what indi:
(?need tko oHior Senators? I will now
proceed t< ' ow that thu farmers in the
Senate are not alone to blame for de
ferring this bil). My old friends, tho
lawyers, took advantage of the fuss
?iiie?cl up by Messrs, Yoemans and
Welford to plant u sly dagger in Till
man's tiitle ami slap their agricultural
constituents who have joined tho farm
ors' movement in tho face This is
shown by the rob', as follows:
/hr th?tponftntnt, Ofcuputi
Met/?*""- Ihdl farmer.
Bietvumn Mor'nt A hotel
keepd.
Black..Doctor.
Hy ni , Doctor.
Erwin ... farmer,
Honiphiil . Lawyer.
Howell ..Lawyer,
i/.Jar .Lawyer.
Kennedy .Lawyer.
MeM aster .Lawyer.
Moore .Lawyer.
Munro .Lawyer.
Patterson Lawyer.
Kimmo .Lawyer
Hey nolds .Lawyer.
Smith .Farmer.
.Smythe Lawyer.
Wi/igiird Parn? r.
Wc fiord Eainur.
William* 1 'reacher.
Venman - . .Mor'nt and funner.
-total 21, of whom oloven aro lawyers,
six aro farmers, two arc doctors, ono is a
paeaohor and one is a merchant,
This looks very much like tu? "eli
j^aivby of lawyers, ..I whom I have
?spoken ito of ten korotoforo, tlid it? Jt
looka very mindi like tho non-agricul
tural members t?f thc Sena??', at all
ovonta, are willing to sneer at anti spit
upon farmers'elfor's to obtain "control
of onr jiceuliar artair"." Il thc six farm
er Senators controlled the fifteen non?
.agricultural Senators in their action, it
-5a tho first instance on record of an ngri
.ouStnral tull wagging thc levai dog. I.
the ifarmors wbOae votes aili th?ta nu n
ifo tho ttejjato have any self-romped, ll
I they have-any manhood and a proper
sense of resentment; if they aro uot the
doge they uro taken for, they will, win n
; tli" time comes, see to it that tho nun
vho thus contemptuously put this in
dignity upon them are properly reward
j ed. lt" we cannot reorganize tko agri
cultural department, we eau reorganize
tho Semite. The farmers of the Shit'1
are fast sinking to tho level of serfs
j hewers of wood and drawers of water fur
others, An oflloiont and representativo
board of agriculture, together with an
I agricultural college to aet as a pioneer in
mapping out the new .system of farming
; we are compelled to pursill ere wc can
expect nny chango fqr tho l>ottor, could
I do much to aid and assisi them to re
cover their lost prosperity, Hut, those
six agricultural Solons and their (Iltoon
professional associates say to thom in
[effect: "You don't know what you want.
Wo will Coldinne to tax yen to support a
department of agriculture which you do
not feel ?8 beneficial to your interests as
now Conducted, because WO like it. Wc
will vote your money to support tlc
South Carolina College and Citadel be
cause wo think those schools oro al wo
need; but your Agricultural College is a
humbug. Wc know it. 'Wisdom will
?lie with us.' So wc will not even spend
your own money to investigate the mat
ter ami h t a commission report so we
can act intelligently.-'
lt maj be said the farmers in the Sen
ate were divided, as they were six for
and six against the bill. Then if the
professional men in the Senate hud
needed light as to the wishes ol' the
farmers ot the State, if thc actions of
two funner.-, convention had no weight,
the almost unanimous vote by which the
bill pas asl tho House, composed largely
of farmers, should huve made thom h?si
t?t' to postpone it.
lint I have my own opinion as to how
this thing was brought about. I visited
Columbia three times during the recent
M : sion of the. Legislature. 1 kopt my
oyes and ears opon, I learned a great
(h al that would be of value to ibo peo
ple if I had timo to tell it, un i I will,
when occasion oilers, let out some of the
"true inwardness" of what I saw and
learned. I could tell why und how thc
hopes of tho people ns regards roforme
and reduction of expenditures, .Vc, ro
suited only iu tho cutting off of a beg
gaily thousand dollars the Lieutenant
Governor's salary. I could show thal
once an abuse is planted and takes' root
in South Carolina it is harder than nut
grass to gel rill of. Hut just now 1 wil
? lily give my belief as to why tho Sonata
postponed the bill tu reorganizo tin
agricultural department. Of course
some of the Senators voted against it
bee./.se of tie ii resentment against
"Villmar, dictation," for Mr. Gonzalo
says so; sonic voted-t?vo at least-bo
CUU6V they never vote against ono of tin
Senators from Charleston, bo 1 am told
others voted against it because 1 an
credited with having had much to d<
with thc slaughter of the < olumhii
Canal and the liing wanted revenge
though, to tell the truth, 1 um totally
innocent in that matter. Some volet
against it because fanners and ..farmers
movement ," stink in tin ir nostrils. I'm
thc real causo, though many Senator
?lo aol know il perhaps, is that tin
phosphate interests of the Stat? ure eon
troll? d by tho department of agriculture
and Hie Coosaw alimug Compuy is to?
Well .satisfied with thc present manage
tn? nt of that interest to allow a chang
if it could proven! it !
Why a board of agriculture shouli
have anything to do with collcctinj
mining royalty, farmers bf ordinary in
telligoUCO cannot understand. We ?1
not see the connection between tin- tw<
but perhaps some of those who starte
this thing, and some of those who kee
it up, can give us light. This board ?
agriculture, which is liked so well, h.
spoui $ 170,(100 since its creation in Issi
and wc would hive some on?' to tell t
what benefit it hus been to us farmer
who pay for it alone. Will som?; Sena to
"agrh'ulturuhst" or otherwise, nnswei
Or will some member of the board te
us? I>. lt. TILLMAN.
Hoper's, S. C., January J, LSs7.
AMII ll Kit HAPPY .?Kill .
A ( nilii<-<-t ir ut (Dai liman KbipoH Willi ll
Rm ploy rr'? DattRJitr-i'.
The villagO of Bedding, ( ?mu.,
greatly ?'xcit?'?l ?iver thc elopement <
Miss Eunice Hill, daughter ot Ibo mo
prominont and wealthy citizen of tl
placo, with her father's coachman, Frei
erick Hicks. Hicks is twoitty-SOVt
years old and ia said to be a vory ?li
agreeable looking young fellow,
appears that Hicks had been in the ci
ploy of Mr. Hill for about ton monti
during which time Mis? Hill fell dospc
ably in love with him. Tho young lad
who is accomplished in every w a v,
faultless form nnd very beautiful, w
not only the bollo of tho village, but
all the neighboring towns. She tung
u doss in Sunday school in her lathe
church and luul many luluiircrs. Sot
months ago thc conduct of Miss ll
and the couchman caused much villa
gossip and it dually reached thc fattie
curs. Ile was highly indignant a
threatened to kick Iiis coachman fri
his premises. Hut Miss Kindee begg
him not to, as it would create a som
lion, and she Huntly succeeded in havi
the servant retained. Recently Hick
conduct toward Miss Hill was so obji
tionablo that the girl's father said
must go.
Tho Coachman secured a situation ii
livory stahl?', but kept np a commnni
lion with Miss Hill. Lust week he eat
to Mr. Hill's residence and begg?xl tl
gentleman to take him back into his s
v??v. This Mr. Hill refused to ?
While thc two men were in oonversati
Miss Eunice nniotly stole out of t
house and got into her lover's carrin
as per arrangement. Tho couple ?lr?
at once to Brewster's, a neighboring i
Iago, where they were married witln
delay. The father of the girl is groa
enraged over tim affair.
Another "mammoth cave" is report
I his time in Missouri. Tho first oxph
don was only a partial one, but tool
.vera! chambers And was prosecuted
a ?h.stanceof a ?piarter of a mile, end f
Othet chamber; and labyrinths of pi
ces lay beyond in ?eyeral din eti?
t be scenery is reported to ho indes
ably beautiful, tho abundant stnlact
?ind staglamites assuming all sorts of I
I.i'd io shajios.
"Tho Lost Chord"-Tho wood nih
hem yuin pile overnight
1NIHSTKY or TIIK HOL'TII,
Til? MurVollOHH l'rir;iv.. ot thc Your I
issi, -ii Kitriiniwcs an\ k'ciir, Kv cu of the
Lilli WolMll'lllll l)OCIl<l?a
Eu ita annual review ol tito industrial
progress of tho South, tho Baltimore
Manufacturers' Record paya that 1880
waa the most remarkable- year in immy
respecte in tho history of tho Southern
States, and more accomplished for the
prosperity and progress of the whole
South than over before in any year.
This is shown iu tho enormous invest
ments of capital in industrial enterprises
and in tlu- growth ol couHdonco among
Northom and Ku-opean investors in (In
stability of tho South's iron and other
manufacturing interests.
Tho amount of capital, including tho
capital 'dock of incorporated companies, j
represented by now manufacturing and
miuiug enterprises organized or char
tered at tho South during 1880, includ
ing tho onlargcmont of old plants und'
tho rebuilding of mills, aggregates $120,
220,000, $00,812,000 in 1885, divided
among States, as follows:
Slate?. 1880. L885.
Alabama , .? 10,848,000 $7,811,000
Arkansas . 1,524,000 1,220,00(1
florida. . 1,050,000 2,010,000
Georgia 0,500,000 ti,000,000
Kentucky 28,40-1,000 18.303,200
Louisiana 2,240, OOH 2,118,500
Maryland . 8,705,000 0,0(10,800
Mississippi . 771,ono 7i*d..'.00
N. ('anilina . 007,000 028,000
S. Carolina 1,208,000 850,000
Tennessee 21,240,000 2,002,000
Texas . 5,004,000 11,232,000
Virginia. 8,514,000 ?{,314,000
W.Virginia. . 8,885,000 12,050,000
Total ...$120,220,000 $03,812,000
The development of iron manufactures '
employs thc hulk of this new capital. '
Other interests as well as iron, however. J
are being rapidly developed. I ucl Uti Ci I
in tho list of new enterprises < rganized
in thc South during ISM! were: ?8 iron
furnaces, 50 icc factories, 08 foundries
and machino shops, many of them of I'
largo size; 1 Ressemer steel rail mill, '.!''> I '
miscellaneous iron works, including non ! ,
pipo works, bridge and bolt works, otc;
8 Btove foundries, JI gas w orks, :'. I elec
tric light companies, ll agricultural im-1
plement factories, 171 mining und quar
rying enterprises, IC? carriage alni wagon ? '
factories, 0 cotton mills, 28 furniture
factories. 42 water-works, 58 tobacco
factories, H2 flour n ills, 118 lumber
mills, mot counting small portablo saw
mills,) including saw and pinning mills,
sash and dom- factories, Btavi . hand lc,
shingle, hub and spoke, shuttle-block ,
factories, otc. : ?li addition lo w li ?oh I bore
was a large number of mibccllai rons r*n- i i
terprises. One of tho most gratifying I'
features of the South's industrial
progress, nays tho Manufacturers' ito- 1
cord, is a witle diversity of now indus- ]
tries that are developing all through that
section,
i
\ I.Coi n.INO CltOSIMUUTY, |i
( From ta? Newt MI I Courier, i
It is exceedingly gratifying, of course, '
to read the stud men! made b\ the Haiti-1 1
more Manufacturers' Mccord m evidence
of thc wonderful di vclopmont of mann- 1
factoring in tho South din ing the past
year. The total increase of investments ,
in all kiuds of enterprises in tho South*
om States during 1880 is shown to hoi1
nearly $08,000,000, and i' is claimed I
with truth, upon thc basis of these
figures, that tho year which is now i
closing bas been thc most remarkable m i
many respects ill tho history of the i
South. '
It will not escape attention, however, i
that the development of iron manufac- j <
tures is credited with thc employment . i
of tho bulk of tho new capital, about
$30,000,000 ol* the total increased invest- i
ment being divided among the three :
States of Virginia, Tennessee a: d Ala- I
bama, while, a decided falling "?y is <
shown in tho States of YV? st V irginia i
ami Florida. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mis
sisMppi and North Carolina barely hold i
their own. There is much ground for
gratification in view of thc development i
of the iron industry in tho States whero <
it has taken such a hold, but. it would bo I
far, far better for tho South if thc devel
opment were more general ami more
equally distributed. The imp. ins given i '
to the iron business, it is conceded, |
conics from without, and the profils |
from that business will largely e,o ont of
tho South. While a good deal of money
has doubtless buen made by Alabamians
and Tennessceans, for instance, in dis- t
posing of their lands, the bulk of the
profits has gone to speculators who
bought up the lands in large blocks and
at nominal prices. Tho control of the i
lands, moreover, has passed forever out :
of the hands of thc people who live on ?
them, and tho enterprises which have
been founded bv small home capitalists
in thc mineral districts aro rapidly pass
ing into the possession of outsiders, as
has been reported in several conspicuous
instance),
Another and certain result ol tue great
rapidity with which tho production of
iron in thc South is increasing is that
tin; production of the same metal in thc
North must be cheapened enormously,
or else thc South will eventually monop
olize the iron industry, lt is too much
p. expect that thc ?ron manufacturera of
Pennsylvania, for instance, will eonsont
to have their business crippled in either
way. lt ia probable, therefore, that
these will soon come forward and oak
for lower dutios on coal to enable them
to compete successfully with tho South
ern districts; and, when thu demand is
mate, the Kamlallites and other Pro
tectionists will hesitate no longer about
striking any sort of blow at the Alabama
and Tennessee coal and iron mines and
iron manufactur?e than they would
hesitate now to destroy tho sugar in
dustry of Louisiana, if 'lie votes ol' the
Louisiana Representatives were not
courted by their sclllsh allies,
Tho vory prosperity of the iron in
duntry at the South, in short, is fatal to
it/- continuance, unless it passes into the
bauds of Northern owners, and the ne.,
ly converted Protectionists in tho South
ern iron producing State . will Ibid in
the end that they Imvo Hold ont tho true
interest of the South and of the country
for a pri/.e that will crumble in their
hands, or pans into the hands of non
residents as soon as it becomos worth
tho taking
Michael Davitt has traveled over ten
thousand miles, delivered forty-eight
speeches, and been man ?ed, ail in a
period of lesa than ten weeks.
I'tl* KUTI 'S Ml A ROU.
I.?>i.-nil Alexander'* trtivluun Um )mitl<
or <iot(ynbui*K In Junuurj < eiitury.
In tin- January number uf tho Century
are articles on tho third day's tight at
Gettysburg, by General H. J. Hunt and
\). P, Alexander. From tho latter's ac
count of Pickett's charge wc quote as
follows: "At exactly ono o'clock hy my
watch the two signal guns were heard in
quick succession, hi another minute
every gun was at work The enemy was
not slow in coining buck at us, end the
grand roar of nearly the winde artillery
ol both armies buist in ou the silence
almost as suddenly as tin- full cotes ot
an organ could lill a church.
The artillery of Knell's Corps, how
ever, took only a small part, 1 believe,
in this, as (hey were too far away around
the town. Some of theta migld have
done good service from positions ho- j
tween Hill and l'?woll, OU lilading the i
batteries fighting us, The opportunity
to do that was the singlo advantage in
our having tlio exterior line to compen
sate for its disadvantages. Hut our line
was so far extended that all ot it was not
well studied, and tho oilicers of euch
corps had no opportunity to examine
each other's ground for chances of co
op, rut .\o work.
.. rho enemy's position scened to have
broken oui with guu;t everywhere, and
from Hound Top to Cern otory Eiill was'
bla/.ite: like II volcano. The air seemed
full of missiles from ' very direction.
Tho severity ol' tho tiro may bo illustrated
by the casualties in my own batallion
under .Major Huger.
"before tho ennuouade opened 1 had
made np my mind to give Pickett Ike
order to advance w ithin fifteen Ol'twenty
minutes after it begun. Hut whou I
looked ut tho full development of tho
enemy's bath ries, and knew-that his in
fantry was generally protected ? rom our
Uro 1 \ stone walls ?iud swells of tho
ground, I could not bring my sci I to give
Lhe word, lt seemed ontdness to launch
infantry iulo that lin?, with neatly thrco
iiuurlcrs of n mile to :;o in tho midday
July sun. I let th. fifteen minutes pass, '
ind twenty, ami tuen y-live, hoping
vainly for something lo turn up. Thon
I wrote to Pickett: "If yon aro coming
it all you must come ut once, or I eau
not give you proper support; bul the
rummy's lire hiv not slackened ut all; at
least eighteen guns an-still (Iring from
the ct nu ti rv itself." l''ivo minutes after
scuding that message, thu enemy's Uro
suddenly bogan lo sluokou, and lue guns
in tho cemetary limbered up and vacated
lin- position.
"Wo Confederates often did such
tilings as that to save, our ammunition
ror uso against infantry, but 1 lu I nev? r
before stan thc Federals withdraw (heir
gillis -.imply to save thom up for the
infantry light, Sil sind, 'Il he ?loes
not nm irish batteries in then- in live
minutos, this is our light.' f looked
inxioufly with my glass, ami tlio live
minutes pass? il without a sign ol lifo on
the deserted punition, tdill swept hy our
lire, und littered with dead men and
horses and fragments of disabled curri
tige. Then I wroto Pickett, II gently:
'For God's sake, cum- quiek Thc
l ighteen guns are gouo; come ?puck, or
my ammunition won't h t mo support
you properly.1
"I afterwards heanl from others what
took place with my lind note lo Pickett.
"Pickott took it 10 Longstreet. Long
street read it, and said nothing. Pickett
said, 'General, BIIOII I atlvauco?1 Long
drool, knowing it had to he, bul unwill
ing to give the won), turned his face
iway. Pickett saluted and said, 'I am
i?oing to move forward, sir," galloped off
to Ins division and immediately jmt it in
motion.
"Longair? e'., leaving bis staff, carno
Mut alono to .vhcrolwos, Ii was then
danit I. IO p. m. [ explained the situa
.ion, feeling then more hopeful, but
?fruid our artillery ammunition might
iud hold out for nil we would want.
Longstreet said, 'Stop Pickett, immedi
lU'ly. ami replenish your ammunition.'
1 explained that it would take too long,
md tho enemy would recover from tho
?Ib ct oui lire was thea having, and we
lind, moreover, very little to replenish
with. Longstreet said, 'I don't want to
make this attack. I would stop it now
hut thal General Leo ordered ii and ex
pects ii to go on, I don't see how it can
uccecd.'
"I listened but ?lid not thin "tier a
word. Tho battle WHS lost if wo stopped.
,\mmuuition was far too low to try any
thing else, for WO lind been lighting
three di vs. There was a chance, and it
was liol my part to interfere. While
Longstreet was still Bpeaking, Pickett's
division swept out of the wimd and
bowed tho bill length ?dits gray ranks
ind shining bayonets, UH grand a sight
as ever a man looked on. Joining it ?>u
thv loft, Pettigrew stretched farther than
I could see. Goncnil i >iek Garnett, just
Dirt of tho sick ambulance, ami buttoned
lip in an old blue overcoat, riding at tho
head of his brigade, passed ns and sa
luted Longstreet. Garnett was a warm
personal friond, and wo had not met be
fore for months. Wo had served ou tho
plains tOgothor b' fore tho war. I rode
with him a short distance, and then we
wished Cooli other luck and a good*byo
which was our last.
"Then I rode down thc line ?it guns,
selecting mich as i ud enough ammuni
tion to follow Pickott's advance, and
starting thom as fast aa possible. I got,
L think, fifteen or eighteen in a little
while, and went on with them. Mean
while, the infantry bud no sootier de
bouched mi tho plain than all the
enemy's line, whick hud been nearly
silent, broke out antill with all ita but
teries. Tho ( ighteon gnus were back in
tho cemetery, and n storm of shells be
gan bursting over und among our in
fantry. All of our guns, silent as tho
infantry passed between them, reopened
when tho lines hail got a couple of hun
dred yards away, but tho onomy's artil
lery lot ns alono and tin tl only at the
infantry. No one could have looked at
that advance without feeling proud of it.
"but ns our supporting guns advanced
wo passed many a poor mangle?! victim
loft in its trampled walo . A terrific in
fantry tire was now opened Upon Pick
ett, ami a considerable force of the
enemy moved out to uttm k tho right
tlsnk of his line. We bulbed, unlimlier
ed, and Opened Uro iijam it. Pickett's ;
men never halted, but opened tiro at
close range, sv.arnie?! over tho fi ne, s
and among tho onomy's guns, were swal
lowed up m smoke-and that was tho
laat of thom. Tho conflict hardly scene d
t?? last live mimites beforo they were
melted away, aud only disorganized
btragglors woro coming back pursued I ?
a moderate tire. Just then Wilco , s
brigade passed by us, moving to Pickett's
support? Them WUK no longer auything
to support, and with tho keenest pity ttl
tho usoloss WOStti of life I saw them ad
vance. The men, ns they passed us,
looked bewildered, as it' they wondered
what they wi re expected to do, <>r why
they were there. They were soon, how
ever, halted and moved back."
story of H Ueorglti To WM, Tr ut1 bul Terrible.
1 was recently in a small Southern vii
loge; tho county was Anti-Prohibition,
and of the four stores two were bar
rooms, or whiskey shops, ll was uo
common sight to BOO staggering men and
orowds going and coming from those
shops. On court days, for tho county
court house was there, many mi tl instead
0? eating good wholosomo food for din
ner, would go to thu har aud dj ink theil
dinner. Just think, a dinuor o? this vilo
huming poison; were they lil men to
judge their fellow nun.' a thousands
times no. But while I sojourned at this
placo, I know three bright promising lit
tle hoys, aged four, the and B?X. Then ,
there ware two others, little ones, seven
months and two years, each having ?
nurse, young colored (.uris, lino day at
dinner WO were at the hotel, the oldest
boy haid Mama, .Mr. Barbcr-shop mau,
i the pro uri i tor of tho barroom also out
hain called US and gave as all some cider.
Liz took Clyde and tho baby too, and ho
made every one 01 ink even the littlobaby.
Tho Mama said, I will punish you and
your brother for going. 1 strictly for
bade it. Th? little boy said Liz, (tho
oldest nurse i said come on, your ma
won't care for nw? i t cider, and " ?rs. Max
lets Mi-, Walter go. Mr. and Mrs. .Mux
wei0 all present: and I'll not forget the
look of horror these words brought to
Mr. Max's face. He was a strict Presho
terian minister, Walter, their one little
lamb: he turned to his wile ami said,
Udna is this true; doyen let Wattergw
to this drink shop? She replied, U0
weat there to get his hair cut, mid brother
Ralph said ho was to.? young for any
harm to <;omc of it. Ile mid, why don t
Von seo even the baby is ii?.! lou young,
rho man knows his part well. Ho begins
with tho tender young babe, briugin ;
them up, Cultivating a taste tor if. bail
ing thora for his own aim, I nm horrified
that m this fair village there is such rile,
black crime, and our beautiful boy, Oh!
I shuddor; I wished t>> say when lie bi
catii? a mun, Walter has nover : et fi i I
in a dram shoji, and nov. I cannot, little
did I dream of this, so young. Why,
I'd lot Ilia hair groa long upo!, his sin ud
ders, and I'd punish him uv rely il ho
knew it was a whisk) sh..-.. I'M na, I ..i .
surprised ar you, his mother, nearest to
him on earth ; you v\ Un should ho ever so
wary ami watchful of this ovil. I tun
deeply stirred within me. W alter, nover
set loot in this mau ., shop Uglliu, un i
never taste or take anything ho offers
you. If 1 hear ol you doing so, I shall
punish you severely. Tho ol..er two
mothers showed equal distress for th. ir
bi.ys. Tin mother of tho babe especially,
to think, as tho good minister ?aid, bc
waa bringing up oven the bubla - to love
his drink, liar fn her drank awuy reason
and life, under this -ame man's intluence,
and her only brother on the verge ol
manhood; Oh! she trembles to tiiinb
what will be his fate. Is this fitful gaiety,
this bright bloom upon his young faoe,
the bloom und gaiety of youth'.' SI .
tremble's and prays Clod it may bo, ami
not tho fatal poisoning bi..om and gai? t \
of strong drink. I'.dna, Hod watch nut
guide your fair boy. And tho wi 1 ?wei
mother of the otln r two, the two oiliest
may sim uevor oxporioueo the deep soi
row of socing bor boys intemperate, < >h
village, Oh! county, banish alcohol fl'Oli
your land, from your people, am! yoi
banish these fearful crimes thai aro HOT
racking you with deep distress, then yoi
will see progress and prosperity, win n
now ?H dilapidation and non-progro sive
ness. Whisky your curso: trombl
for your children, tremble for Uni
future. Lo yon recognize lins tm.- j.ie
ture? lt is os it really occurred! ( leorgi
Tem pera nee Advocate.
Waaia in Um Kio lo n.
Waste in the kitchen is vory often groa
from apparently trivial sourc< H.
In cooking meats, thc water is throw
out without removing the grease, or th
grease from the dripping pan is throw
away.
Scraps of meal an- throw ii aw ij .
Cold potatoes are left t i sour and Spoi
Dry fruits ure no! looked all? rand hi
como wormy.
Vinegar and sauce are I - -11 standing in i
Apples arc left to decay fur want <
"sorting over."
Thc tea canister is h fl open.
Victuals are left exp? iscd lo bo eaten b
mice.
BonOS of meut iud the CiU'CiVSH of ttl
key arc thrown away, when tho) cool
bo used in making food soups,
Sugar, teu, coffee and nee are ear
lossly spilled in the handling.
Soap is left to dissolve and ..?ste ;
thc water.
Dish towels ar?' used for dish cloths.
Napkins aro used for dish towels.
Towels aro used tor holder?.
Brooms and moje arc md hung up,
More cou! is burned than necessary l
not arranging dampers when not uah
thc lire.
Lights are left burning ivhcii not, use
Tin dishes are not properly,olonnsi
and dried.
flood now brooms aro used in sent
bing thc kitchen Moors.
Silver spoons are ired in scrape
kettles.
Cronin is loll to mold ami Spoil.
Mustard is left to spud in tho cm
etc.
Vinegar is allowed to stand until I
lin vessel becomes corroded and .-poi >
Pickles become spoiled bj tho loaki
out or evaporation Of tho vinegar.
Pork ?pods for want of salt, and h.
because the brine wanbi scalding.
I lams becomo tainted or Ulled wi
vermin for wind of care.
Cheese molds and is eaten by mice
vermin.
Tea and coffoo pots sro injured on t
stove.
Woodenwaro is uuscaUled and left
warp and crack.
?. .>
All apprehensionr? touching the san
of stoves using gasoline for fuel aro
at rest by the improvements observa
in tho Front VepOT Stove. For furt.l
particulars, seo advertisement.
\vjSA\*zt.j-r--TTrnmmMiMMiTM r??nr>?CT>?Wrai*>ri
1)1 < ?IN . I lll'l HAM t,
?.> T. \. I'owtltu'ly, <.. ?tl. \V.. ul th?
KtlIlg liff I.Mimi .
Tho growth of mu-(.nier ami th . notice
taken of it hy thc press o? tin- kind hus
awakened au interoat lu tho labor novo*
mont among mon who bavo novor given
tho (ptestiou of organization a thought.
Thousands of mon an- knocking for ad
mitt ance; thoy are actuated by all sorti
M? motivos. Among thc number who
would like !<. becomo members, 1 lind
. 111111 - : t fow liquor dealers, nut! 1 mu
written to every day to know "it"
pauuot hr admitted; it is true, be is en
gaged in tile liquor traillo, Or bis wile
jells liquor, or ho is in wme way coo
li. .-I' d with tin- rum intercuts, but we
know Ii** would mano a good member'"
Tho decisions of tho ?enornl Master
Workman uro now published in hook
inn. Turu to tho pages of thai, book
md you will seo decision utter decision
m tito eligibility of those connected with
tho saloon I ?usiuoss.
I >ne of my correspondents asks why 1
?ex r id thc decision of my predecessor;
kho decision remisas follows:
....J. Mon of good report, respectable
iud honorable keepers of roadside inns,
for the bona lido entertainment o? trav
lers and their animals, with bi d and
loard for tho same, connooted with tho
real int. real of tbe locality in whick
bey live, do not come under the ela^si
lieatiou of saloon keeper and liquor
Ai aler, and may bo admitted to rn- tuber
ibip under tho "IttW of tho ballot. '
lt i.^ true that uty iii ci.sionsure iii COU
?liol with tho above, but it was through
io disrespect to brother Stephens that 1
nade them. Tiley uri- as follows:
4,il7. All agent for y ny In mor estuh
isbmcut (bo that establishment whole?
udo or retail,' or Ito bc tho agent, manu*
ac tu ic or dialer) is UOt eligible to mom
?oral ii p."
"85. No person can be u mouther ol
bc Order whoso wife sells liquor. Jh
mist i ititi r gi ! a divorce Dom bi \vif<
.r from this organization. The lattci
MU bu grunted in th? shape of an hon
?ruble w itbdruwal curd."
"SO, Uiuusellers e.VN NOT bc tubnittet
0 membership, and un member ougagei
H the business of rumsolling, directly
a indirectly, wi ie thor by barrel, gallon
inuit, pint, or gill, who solis either bj
ums. ti lu pe?-son or in proxy, must ap
. ly ii>r .uni bo granted a withdruwa
aril; aud if be neglects to make appli
ut iou th< ref or, al one.: the IhrcordUlf
ieeietury ol' tbe Local Assembly sind
lotify inm Ids neglect, and .1. tin
icxi meeiing a withdrawal Card shall Ix
Kstied to tbe brother."
1 "07. If during tho interval bctwooi
he i h ellon .md initiation ol a candidat
ic engages in thc liquor traille, oithe:
r ! . own purpose or of another, bei
lisqualiiicd, and cauuot bo oovorod will
mr shield."
"Jil. The manufacturer of he-.- dhu
Hs, the proprietor or owner of tb
newe ty) is not eligible to inonibershir.
fhe men employed in Hie browovy ar
eligible to membership. If you turnt
inges v?.s."), Proceedings of General Ai
.ciniily ot IMSO, you will get an Iden <
vhy I oppose Hie admission of tin io Ol
{aged in tho honor traille. Our Qrd<
;unnot he benetioial lo the liquor denk
iud the laborer."
ff the reader will examino No. 2.1 can
idly he will si o that if allowed to stun
is lav. it would opon thc door to over
.iimseller in tilt! land. Tho man wk
iee]is a saloon on broadway. New VTorl
s tho "ki epor of a roadside mn. un
ip to tho present time no ono bas beard
nan engaged in tin liquor business at
mt that he wai mit "respectable ?Ul
louorable, "
I0v< ii with the law .e. now stands
iiu pesteretl every tiny with inquirii
ind upped* from Assemblies here an
here to giv? a decisiou on the odvisl
uiity td admitting some one who lias t
nteresl in a liquor establishment. A
;orta of excuses in order to open tl
loors ot' the Knights of Labor ?o tl
lealer in spirits. To-day I lind theft
owing on my desk :
".Mr -1-is a good-nature
lin ral mun, and very favorable to n
Inc of our iiiemhers, while in hi pla
ipoke rather unreservedly of the allai
if tito Order. Mi -hus gained
\ now ledge of our st cn ls. Wo ure of tl
?pinion that a dispensation from you
dlow us to initiate Mr.- won
.ettie the dlllioulty."
This is my answer to thal request:
viii never grant a dispensation lo ui
nun engaged m a fulling likely to bril
liscrcdit to tho Order, lu frequent!
his man's place a member lososliiswi
1 he gets UltO the l h ill I' lui Will 1)0 it
K>silion to do moro injury. I do i
?ure how rood natured he may be, tl
icloiigs to his trade. The spider W?1
>o considered good-natured by the p
ion who saw hun invite the My into 1
tarier, but ii Mr. l-'ly could get ont
he purler his testimony WOtlld coliv
bo spider of hoing "good-natured"
i purpose. This mau muy be hoer
mt if other nu n WCI'0 not idiots
iOltlll liol he so \( ry liberal ou t
nonev they stole from his wile a
'luid to give I" him. Ile liiuN he libel
?ut you cannot alford io bo, bcoausoj
lave given lo Hie saloon keeper yt
innings.
I um asked il a young mun Worki
or himself, over twenty-one years
Ige, may become a member if bis lat!
?ells drink. I have no objections
mob a. person, but if his presence in
Vsaombly is likely to kati ono pen
nlo his tallier s "purlor" w ho would
itherwise go thoro, then 1 am oj?po
0 his coming m.
I regret lo note tho narrow inter)
al ? li given to my rulings. lt is
lie saloon le eper I object lo, it II
lltluoilCO Of rum; und if I know I
h admission of any man or wor
viii lend men nih? saloons, I um of opin
hat his place is outside. My decisi
vere alt made with a view lo protect
he Order anti the canso of labor,
inly do 1 oppose tlic man who Bells,
he man who thinks as well. I bftVC
ISM for a man when ho is drunk, um
my one can point out to mo a lie
leed, a manly act, a noblo acliieveni
lorformed hy a drunken man. T
gladly apologize for all tim hard th
1 bavo saitl of the drunkard.
I liavOStood at the foot of tho gal
nut have soon the drop fall from
tenth the foot Ol men who were
quids in all things but ono - they d
? i get drunk, and w bile drunk they t
mittet) murder. 1 have aeon mun
hefts, burglarios, all orimea comm
?y mon who wore drunk, but havo
I to soc a mun who oirioks perform au act
that other mon could applaud, unless ho
commits suicide.
THE CONFEDBUATE VET? lt A Nit.
What tho Stul?- of South Carollun HMS
Dona loi- their support.
i South Carolina [umished moro soldiers
to the armies of the lute Confederacy, in
I proportion to lier white population, than
j any State in the Confederation of seced
? iStates, which is, however, only
natural, considering tho fuct that acces
sion had its birth in her borders. She
; hus also done less toward relieving her
maimed und wounded soldiers than any
! Southern Stute. Tilia is, perhaps, owing
to the fact that tho Stute was longer uu
? der thc cont nd of tho carpet-bag regime
I than other States und that showas prob
1 ably tho worst-plundered States in tho
South under that plundering reginio.
Soon after war, when tho Hirst Legisla
ture met under Governor Orr, and be
fore the enfranchisement of tho black?,
HU Act waa pasted providing for tho fur
nishing of artificial limbs for those of
her soldiers who bud lost ti leg or an
arin in thc service. I nder this Act dis
abled soldiers received from $100 to
$200 each, the necessary funds being
appropriated annually. lt is to tho
credit of tho carpet-bag Government
that this appropriation, about $10,000
annually, was never withhold.
When tho Government reverted to tho
whites by thc revolution of 187*1 an at
tempt was linnie to provide pensions for
tito disabled soldiers, but Hie State waa
too poor, aud tile one-armed and 0U0
leggcd Confederate soldiers in the l?eg
isluLun were always the most strenuous
in opposing tho measure. Every year
since 187? half-dozen or moro Acts have
oren passed appropriating specific suma
ranging from $20 tb $200 to maimed or
disabled Confed?rate soldions, euch Act
being, however, a specific appropriation
for an individual named. Nu general
pension Act bas ever been passed. At
the recent Bossiou, which closed on i)c
ccmltcr 21, au Act waa passed enlarging
tho provisions ol w ind is known as tho
Artificial Limb Act, and extending its
ben? lits to person;, who huvo resided in
the' State for ten years, whether they
w? re natives or not. This is about ail
that bas ever b on done foi tho maimed
soldiers of the State.
I IIE HAND or ooo.
\ lt I ns ph oiu or Curses Mi- ('rca lol mid In
siri? lion ITO li Ca ru I j -I?.
Doi'oi.AK, <i\., January 4. "L hopo
that Clod may paralyze mo" worn tho
Motels sp ikon by William burkett. At
once his han la dropped to his side, bis
legs refused ko uiovo and his eyes rolled
.\ildly around, iii- pruyor waa answered
.i . be stooel parly zed on tho spot where
but a few minutes before bo was a mag
nificent type of physical manhood. Ho
tried to speak, but ins tongue would not
move'. Half a dozon men, who wore
present, were rendered motionless by
the ovident visitation of tho hand of
God. When they recovered self-pos
session they tenderly moved the utllicted
mun to bis residence, ii hall milo dis
taut. When Miss Rhody Burkett saw
tho plight in which ber father WOB
brought home the screamed und fainted,
and died a few days Inter.
For years Mr. burkett hud been tho
ferryman nt tho liawkiusviUe road cross
ing of the ( lomulgCO Liver, ile was of
giant physique, with long gray locks,
and became' especially noted because of
tho brace of revolvers which he kept,
strapped to bis waist. Ho was a great
hunter, und the', ferry being in tho
mitist of a swamp, ho was convenient to
un abundance of game. From those
who lived around bim it is lem ned that
bo was fearfully profane. Whenever bo
sighted gume and was culled oft" from it
by au alarm from the ferry he would
pour out such a volley e?i oaths as would
make tho tlesb of ordinary men crawl,
lt was while in one of these profane
spells that be cursed his Creator, and
wound up with the. expression above
quoted.
Tho i: ws soon spread through thc
country, and scores of people called to
see tho victim. Ho was at brat Com
plete ly prostrated) but .subsequently was
enabled to take u few steps, whoa ho
would fall. When spoken to ho replies
in un inarticulate mumble', ami acts in
the most idiotic maunor. Tho physicians
CAD uscrihe no natural causo for bis
alUiotion, but admit thal it is n visitation
ejf God. Tho preachers in tho neigh
borhood have used tho incident iu theil
sermons with great effect.
A l-'oarful Itailroud Accident.
A dreadful acoidonl occurred near
Ti flin, Ohio, ut four o'clock em Tuesday
morning. The tied train on tho balti
more anil (?Ino Railroad, which loft
New York about 0 o'clock Monday tor
Chicago, with live- conchos and four
Bloopers, all woll Ulled with passengers,
oollidcd with an eastern bemud freight
train.
The fast truin was abo il I i i tty minutes
lato and wus running nt tho rate of sixty
miles au hour. Lushing liopublj , n
sundi station, like n ?lush, it maned along
to a curvo ono mile wost of that town,
when suddenly the- engineer saw UH
freight truin limier full headway withui
one hundred yunis of bim, (j,. ai 0nci
appiiud tho brakes and revoraed tho cn
gun , but it did no goe.el, aud tho ncxl
instant the crash came, telescoping tin
coaches and piling them up on cool
other. To add consternation to th?
horrible. HCOnO lire broke out in th<
smoking cai ami soon spread to tho otho
cars. Many wore killed outright, wh?
etiler.., wedged in among tho brokoi
oars, were slowly consumed by th
llames.
Tho acoidonl was duo lo u rnisundoi
: landing ol truin orders. Anothor stab
mont in that tho engineer of thc Creigh
train was druuk. Tho whole number c
passengers was 06. Tho number of bille
wus 20, with many wounded.
Thomas Stevens, who is making a tou
of the world on a bicycle, and who a tv
days ugo waa supposed to be lost nomi
where in China, lias been hoard from I
Hong h..i ig. lio ruports se ?me prott
rough expericnoos, and expects soon t
bo in San Francisco.
( >no of the (meld and biggest nugp?e
of gold ever found in California i A O
exhibition in San Francisco. It is i
largo as an ordinary derby hat an
weighs thirty-flvo pounds t,??y. It
worth $20 an ounce and vs almost pu
gold.