The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, October 22, 1891, Image 1
"LET YOUl LIGHT 811.IN"
iRm & IR
WILL FURXISH THE
KEROSINE OIL
AT 13 CTS.
---PER (iALLON
Go and See tlir Wonderful
Bargains.
FOOT'S OLD STAND.
E STA-BIISHED 1865_-7-7777=
THE ALLIANCE TAX.
What the Farners Pay for Political Instruc
tion and Driving Away the Darkness
Do the Returni Justify the
Outlay.
[Greenv.lle News.]
It is none of our business as the
money does not come out of our pockets
and every man has a right to spend his
own as be likes, but we are moved to
wonder by the great sums of money
paid by alliance members in the way of
dues and fees. The initiation fee is
fifty cents and the dues are a dollar a
year. This is not much. The dues are
equal to a mill tax on a thousand dol
lars worth of property. Yet many of
those who pay it cheerfully would pro
test vigorously against an increase of
their taxes by the same amount. Fur
thermore, the members of the Alliance
are usually men who comlain much
of the army of office holders drawing
salaries, fees and expenses from the
people. Yet the first practical effect of
the alliance is to create a multitude of
new officials with salaries and fees. In
this State the State president receives
$200 a year, the secretary $800, the treas
urer $200. The State lecturer is paid $3
a day while on duty. The members of
the executive and judiciary committees
receive the same. All of these are like
wise paid their necessary traveling ex
penses and the cost of postage and sta
tionery for official correspondence. Offi
cers and delegates of the State Alliance
are paid $1.50 a day while going to and
returning from the State Alliance and
in attendance at its meetings, and mile
age.
Men who complain of the cost of State
government and the numbers of office
holders, who jealously watch the use of
every dollar of public money, create a
new State government of their own, a
new brigade of office holders and a new
tax. In this State we suppose the Al
liance men pay from $35,000 to $50,000
a year to support the order. What do
they get? What has the order done for
them?
As we understand, the State and
county exchanges are separate from the
State Alliance and supported by sepa
rate funds. We can see how they can
be of practical use to the farmer by sav
ing him money in the handling of his
goods. We can not see how or where
the regular machinery of the order
helps the members. Nor do we know
.ihere all the money paid in goes to.
No doubt it is honestly passed from
hand to hand, from sub-Alliance to
county Alliance and so on to the State
and general organizations. It looks as
if there should by this time be a large
sum accumulated somewhere for some
purpose. Taking the offices, fees, sala
ries and allowances as provided for by
the State constitution of the order, we
can not figure the expenses of the State
Alliance at more than $10,040 or $12,
000 a year. If there are 2.5.000 paying
members, which is, we suppose, a very
low estimate, the income ought to be
$2.5,000 a year at the least.
Now we would really be glad for such
in formatiol' as the obligations of mem
bers allow them to give the public. We
would like membees who feel that they
have received the value of their money
and time in practical results from the
order during the last year-aside from
the operation of the exchanges-to tell
us how they received it.
There is an army of lecturers abroad
being paid salaries and expenses to
teach farmers and others politics. Some
of them are men who no farmer would
y pay twenty-five cents to foi- advice on
any subject. Some of them, no doubt,
have been failures as farmers, business
mnand otherwise. Very few of them
have had the experience or sudy or are
make thmlaesof men or masters
of thought or teachersof political ecor.
omy yet their teachings, lectures anid
speeches are all an outsider can see thai
the Alliance rank and file get for their
money.
Nor can we see where anything more
practical is offered. Alliance men pay
their tax and are instructed to work
and vote for the sub-treasury and other
-demands. In the first place,a
- 't ny of them who pay do not
* ?demnands. In the second,
' to facts anid figurei
diemna*'is a long
.ecould select
-se oif re-pre
ce.
ove:rnl4
some
thtth r~er shal
onesde ad atetabsnes
.vn poities. ou hav the majri
in hi cuntyndca gti fr t
mon n meaure fo lik wrehout
big salaried organization and army of
lecturers at day wages to tell you how.
Demand that the Alliance undertake
something it can do and do now to bet
Ler your condition-to help you get
better result from your farm or to buy
your goods cheaper or help your fanii
ly. If it can not or will uot do that
pull out and keep your money in your
pocket.
Watterson's Prose Poem.
Henry Watterson is one of those
happy, eloquent natures Which grow
tender and sentimental npon any oc
casion. The spirit of the company he
is in largerly colors his thoughts and
influences his expression. So it hap
pens that at a banquet given in Chicago
last Thursday night we find Henry
Watterson weeping touchingly over
the memory of Gen. Grant and add
ing the most exquisite tribute that was
offered at the unveiling of the Grant
monument. The chandeliers at the
Palmer House were very bright on
the evening of the banquet of the
Army of the Tennessee. Judge Gre
sbam, the orator of the day, was
there, as was Editor Joseph Medill,
James Whitcomb Riley and Henry
Watterson. Mr. Watterson was the
second speaker. "The War Is Over;
Let Us Have Peace," was the toast,
and his words aroused a perfect tum
ult ol enthusiasm among the men who
many a time in years gone by had
dodged Confederate bullets. Mr. Wat
terson, in his speech, paid thii tribute
to Gen. Giant :
I came here, primarily, to bow my
head and to pay my measure of hom
ag3 to the statue that was unveiled to
day. The career and the name which
that statue commemorates belong to
me no less than t you. When I fol
lowed him to the grave-proud to ap
pear in his obsequies, though as the
obscurist of those who bore any official
part therein-I felt that I was helping
to bury not only a great man, but a
true friend. From that day to this
the story of the life and death of Gen.
Grant has more and more impressed
and touched me.
I never allowed myself to make his
acquaintance until be had quitted the
hybite House. The period of his polit
ical activity was full of uncouth and
partisan contention. It was a kind of
civil war. I had my duty -to do, and I
did not dare trust myself to the sub.
duing influence of what I was sure to
follow friendly relations between such
a man as he was, and such a man as I
knew myself to be. In this I was not
mistaken, as the sequel proved. I met
him for the first time beneath my own
vine and fig tree, and a happy series of
accidents, thereafter, gave rne the op
portunity to meet him often and to
know him well. He was the embodi
ment of simplicity, integrity, and
courage ; every inch -,general, a sol
dier, and a man ; but th a circumstances
of his last illness a figure of heroic pro
portions for the contemplation of the
ages. I recall nothing in history so
sublime as the spectacle of that brave
spirit, broken in fortune and in health,
with the dread hand of the dark angel
clutched about his throat, strugglng
with every breath to hold the clumsy,
unfamiliar weapon with which he
sought to wrest from the jaws of death
a little something for the support of
wife and children when he was gone !
If he had done nothing else, that
would have made his exit from the
world an immortal epic !
A little while after I came home from
the last scene of all I found that a
woman's hand had collected the insig.
nia I had worn in the magnificent,
melancholy pageant-the orders as
signing rme to duty and the funeral
scarfs and badges-and had grouped
and framed them ; unbidden, silent
ly, tenderly . and when I reflected that
the handt- that did this were those of a
loving Southern woman, whose father
had fallen on the Confederate side
in the battle, I said :"The war
indeed is over ; let us have peace!'
Gentlemen, soldiers, comrades, the
silken fo)lds that twine about us here
fo)r all the:ir soft and careless grace, art
yet as strong~ as books of steel ! They
holdi together a united p)eople and
great. naitiona for, re.alizing the truth at
laM,- wi th nof wo,unrds to be healed and
nio stings of defeat to remember-thie
Mouth says to the North, as simply and
a. truly as was said 3000 years ago it
that far-away meadow upon the mar
gin of the mystic sea : "Whither thot
goest I will go; and where thou lodg
"st I will lodge ; thy people shall be m:
people and thy God my God."
'woman's Suffer-age"
swhat a witty woman called tha
u i' cd of life which all middle-age
a d;i through, and during which s
h aen;.iy to think they mius't suff'er-tha
, ore intended it so. The same lad:
i ed : "If you don't believe i:
S-woman 's sufT'erage,' there is one ballo
Iwhich will eflectuxally' defeat it-Dri
Pierce's F'avorite Prescription." Thi
is true. not~ only at the period of mid
dIe life, but at all ages when wome1
suffer from uterine dliseases, painfu
irregularities, infIlamimat ion, u lceratio:
or prolaipsus, the "Favorite Prescrij
tioni" s' strengthens the weak or di:
eased organs and enriches the blood
thait years of health and enjoyment ari
Sadded to life.
The'1~ aproni strings of an America
Cmomi r are nmade of India rubber. iI<
g boy belongs where he is wanted.-Ol
v~er Wen dell Hlolmfles.
itSuecess in life is the result of pusi
-. and energy. If the blood is imnpu.
r and sluggish, both body and mind lac
.vigo.. To cleanse and vitalize ti
bl>od and imip art new life-to the sy
etemn, nothmng else has such a marveloi
DEATH OF GEN. W. H. F. LEE.
A Brave and Distinguished Confederate Of
ficer Gone to His Rest.
[Special to News and Courier.1
ALEXANDRIA, VA., October 15.
Gen W. 1-1. F. Lee. second sou of Gen.
R. E. Lee died, at his home in Ravens
worth, Fairfax County this evening,
aged 54. On receipt of the intelligence
of his death all the bells in the city
were tolled. He had faithfully repre
sented this district for two terms
in Congress and was member-elect
of the next House. The cause of
his death was heart trouble and
dropsy.
EFFECT OF TH E NEWS IN WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, October 15.-The
news of Gen. Lee's death caused pro
found regret throughout this city,
where he was well known and sincere
ly loved. He served on the District
committee with Mr. Hemphill, of
South Carolina, and was a devoted
friend of Col. Elliott, who was his col
lege chuln in Harvard.
R. M. L.
Gen William H F Lee was born at Ar
lington,Va.,May 31,-I837. In 1857, while
completing his education at Harvard
College, was appointed second lieuten
ant in the 6th regiment, United States
infantry, and in 1858 he accompanied
his reg:ment in the expedition to Utah
against the Mormons, commanded by
Col. Albert Sidney Johnston. He re
signed his commission in 1859 and re
turned to Virginia, and took charge of
his estates in the county of New Kent.
In 1861 he raised a company of caval
ry and joined the Army of Northern Vir
ginia, served in every grade successively
from captain to major general of caval
ry; was wounded at Brandy Station -in
June, 1863; was captured in Hanover
County and taken to Fortress Monroe.
In 1863 he was transferred to the United
States prison at Fort Lafayette, where
he was confined till Marah, 1864, when
he was transferred to Fortress Monroe
and exchanged. He immediately re
turned to his command and served
throughout the campaign of 1864, sur
rendering with Gen. Lee at Appomat
tox. After the war he resumed the
management of his plantation, on
which he continued to reside till 1874,
when he removed to Burke Station,
near Alexandria, where he died.
He represented his Senatorial district
in the State Senate for one tercl, de
clining a renomination; he had been
president of the State Agricultural So
ciety, and was extensively engaged in
agricultural pursuits. He was elected
to the 50th Congress, and was re-elected
to the 51st Congress, and again to the
52nd.
THE RAILROADS WILL FIGHT.
They Will Not Accept the COILOn Rates as
Fixed by the Commtission.
ISpecial to the Register.]
CHARLESTON, S. C., Oct. 1.-It is
learned on good authority here that
the South Carolina, Richmond and
Dan ville and Atlantic Coast Line Rail
roads will fight the new cotton rates
adopted by the consultation and afe
only waiting the decision of the Ri<:h
mond and Danville road to file the
necessary papers to take the case into
court.
No official notice has yet been re
ceived by the railroad authorities for
the Commission. If the Richmond
and Dan ville- people go into it the
the fight will be a bitter one. It is
said that the rate fixed by the Com
mission is 20 per cent. lower than be
fore.
Connecticut's Smallest Baby Dead.
NoxRwALl(, Oct. 1.-Connecticut's
smallest baby is dead. It passed quietly
away last evening arnd was buried this
morning in a miniature grave near its
home. The midget was a girl, and its
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Baroleo,
live in a big tenement on Chapel street.
Mr. Baroleo is an Italian, and his wife
is a pretty Irish girl. They were mar
riedl four years ago. The husband is a
shoe dealer and is the proprietor of a
prosperous little business on Main
street. When his child wvas born it
weighed rine ounces only, and on the
day of its death, two months later, it
weighed less than a pound. The baby's
head was smaller than a league base
ball, and its legs were so small that an
ordinary finger ring could be slipped
over its foot and passed up* the leg tc
-the thigh. The arms were no larger
than pipe stemns. The midlget fed on
milk from a spoon, a few drops only
being all it required at a tinme.
tLand Poor.
[Dover Jo4urnal.]
.Thousands of farmers are "land poor'
and1( will remain so to thre end of their
t lives. How absurd it is to pile up
-treasures in many more times land
than can be prop)erly operated. The
wise and happy mien are those operat
1ing small farms to their fullest capa
city and enjoying life as they go along,
Holding on to a section or two may o1
,may not be a good thing for one's chil
e dren or grandchildren, but it certainl~
keeps moany a man's nose to the grind
stone continually. The nomber of acre!
n properly worked that will .insure thi
r old folks a good, comfortable living
i- allowing themf to take a trip or soml
sort of recreation once every year o.
two and a small surplus over the cosi
h of educating their children, is the size
-e farm to have. Many men who couk
k easily be well to do, however, prefer t<
re be always head and ears in deCbt ir
order to add more acres to their alread;
too large holdings.
BtILL ARV-S EETTER~.
The Older He Grows the More Money He
Wants-Traveling oboervations.
[From the Sunny South.]
It's just awful to get along without
money. It looks like the older I grow
the less money-l have and the more it
takes to get aloig and keep up with
the wants of the family. An old friend
told me the other day that St. Paul
made a mistake, or else the translators
did, for it was the lack of money that
was the root of all evil and not the love
of it, and he said also that the best
bond to bind the family together was
for the old man to have a healthy
bank account. A surplus that could
be drawn upon when the children were
in need. I don't admit the truth of
either proposition, but I do say that
money is a good thing to have in the
family, and I wish that everybody had
a surplus that was honestly earned.
I would risk our preacher on that, I
wish his saiary was $2,000 instead of,1,
000.
About this time of the year my wife,
like a prudent woman, begins to men
tion incidentally along the wants of
the family and how the beds need re
furnishing, for the sheets are about
worn out, and will be obliged to have
some new blankets and the girls must
have some winter garments and the
whole family will ijeed shoes, and she
winds up by saying "and you need
undershirts and socks a decent suit of
winter clothing. You look right shabby
and it don't become you. At your time
of life you ought to dress more like a
gentleman. You have worn those pan ts
until they ara right slick and they have
drawn up and are baggy at the knees.
I was right ashamed of you last Sun
d-ty."7
"I can't keep up with my expenses,"
said I, "I owe some money, and they
are dunning me pretty hard. I don't
know how we iWll get along this winter
unless something turns up. But I am
hopeful and trusting in Providence, for
He has never failed us yet." The next
mail brought me letters from Arkansas,
inviting me to visit Pine Bluff and a
fair at Warren and offering me $300,
and as Mrs. Arp perused them she
said, "Well, William, that is all right.
You say money is so tight here you
had better accept the offer and go
where it is loose, but you must take
care of yourself. You know that you
can't stand what you used to."
So in due time I took the train for
Chattanooga, and it is really a plea
sure, a luxury, to ride on Mr. Thomas's
road. From there I took a sleeper fox
Memphis over the Memphis and Char.
leston railroad, and was agreeably sur
prised to find how much that road ha
been improved since I last travelle
over it. We made the 300 miles ir
eleven hours, and thai is fast enougl
for anybody. At Memphis I took th(
Little Rock train for Brinkley and Pine
Bluff. We left the depot at 7 o'clocl
p. in., and soon stopped at the river t<
wait for the ferryboat. And we dih
wait, for the boat was bringing a circus
across, and we never got off until
o'clock. It took us another hour t<
cross, for the river was very low, and
they had to dodge the sandbars. An<
when the locomotive backed down t<
pull us up from the boat it carried uj
the first three cars very well; but wher
it backed down to take up the passen
ger cars and had pulled us up abou
half way an alarm was given that thi
headblock of the sleeper was pulling
out, and just such a rumpus was neve
heard. "All hands to the breaks
somebody cried, and the engine comn
menced backing, backing, backing, an<
before we knew it we were all on th
boat again. But I tell you it was alarm
ing, especially to the sleeper, for if tha
headblock had have pulled out tha
car wvould have never stopped untili
run through the ferry boat and into th
river.
Well, it took another hour to repai
the headblock and make the connet
tions secure, and at last, about 11 o'clock
wegot off, and then such a road.I
is just a sin for any State to allow suce
a track to be used. The cars actugll:
jump off of the very trestle. You ca
feel the jump and they sway sideway
like an oscillating engine and mov
along with the double wabbles. Strang
to say, these trains hardly ever jum
the track, and I can't explain it unles
it is as a man said, the track is straigi:
and the wheels have got used to tb
bumps and hollows. We were due:e
Pine Bluff at 1 o'clock, but never g<
there until day-light, and it was a lon
andI miserable night. "Sorrow ei
dureth for a night, but joy comethi
the morning," and so I went to be
thankful and relieved and slept for
few hours. The Truelock hotel is
good one, and( I enjoyed it, and
when I was ready for breakfast I too
my seat in a luxurious dining roor
and was presented with a giltedge bi
of fare, and I picked out a poterhous
steak and break'ast bacon, and sat
sages, and cream toast, anId eggs a
Truelock, and potatoes a la somethin:
else, and coflee, etc. Thinks I to mn'
self, I'll take a liberal variety and e:
what I like best. I never noticed 11
little figures away off on the miargii
I thought I was in a hotel, I dic
Well I partook of the well cooke
Iviands, and the polite and attenti'
waiter stood by and fanned me like
was a prince. When I had finished I
laid a slip of paper by my plate and
saw $1.25 marked on it in plain, lari
figures. Then I glanced at the gil
edge card and saw the little figures a<
jncent to every thing I had ordered., at
I considered myself the injured perso
I never said anythlin g-nc a word
Sbut with lordlyv mien I walked up)
like a gentleman. But I shall always
think that the landlord ought to let
the guest know in some way that he
lodges you rnd that the other felwr
feeds you. I knew there was one way
to get even with him, and that was to
do without dinner, which I did.
I like Pine Bluff, though I didn't see
the pine nor the bluff. The pine has
been cut down and the bluff caved in,
but it is a delightful little city of 12,00)
or 15,000 people, mostly black and mu
latto. The town is well laid off and
solidly built up, and the streets paved
and thesuburban residences spacious
and home like. New and handsome
houses are going up all the time. The
streets are crowded with wagons loaded
with cotton and the negroes throng the
sidewalks and laugh and joke and
spend their money free. A fine-look
ing mulatto named Wiley Jones owns
all the street car lines and is said to be
worth a quarter of a million, and says
he would give it all to be a white man.
He is highly esteemed by the white
people, and lends all his influence to
keep peace between the races. This
county sends three negroes to the legis
lature. Pine Bluff handles more cot
ton and does more business for its size
than any city in the west; everybody
seems to be prosperous and their busi
ness increasing. I wanted to see Mr.
Howell, one of the eight brothers who
were raised near Rome, and who are
now running eight compresses at differ
ent points tnd have made fortunes.
His place of business was pointed out
to me, but when I called for Mr. How
ell a good-natured gentleman said his
name was Howell, but he was. not the
man I was looking for-"You wish to
see the Georgia Howell, but I am bet
ter stock than he is, I am from South
Carolina." Most everybody here is
from Georgia, or South Carolins, or
Alabama. The native-born citizens
are very scarce and very young.
Now if a man can stand the negroes,
and face the conflict that may come,
Piue Bluff is a good place for a young
man to come and settle down to busi
ness, but some thoughtful citizen told
me that there could be no general pros
perity until they got rid of the negro.
Their rich lands would never bring-a
fair return until a white population
cultivated them. It is all cotton, and
for miles along the railroads you see
nothing but immense cotton fields and
negro shanties. On these farms there
ought to be raised cattle and sheep,
and hogs, and fruit, and there ought to
be little tbraving villages with churches
and schoolhouses; but there is nothing
but miles of cotton and that is badly
mixed wi. weeds and grass, for the
negroes don't give it but one plowing.
I have heard that Pine Blufl is sick1
but I saw no signs of it among her peo
ple. I never stood up before a more
i healthy looking audience nor a more
cultured one.
And now I am here in Warren,
which is not far from the Louisiana
line. It is just 100 miles from Pine
Bluff and it took us just thirteen hours
to make the trip on one of Jay Gould's
roads. It took us seven hours to make
thirty-eight miles of it and that is the
fastest and the only train he has on it.
IBut for good company, who were used
to this style of railroads, I should have
been desperately mad. As it is, I could
with great satisfaction, have Jay Gould
tied in that car and made to ride mn it
every day for a month. Arkansas needs
a railroad comnmissiin badly. Gould
Sdoes exactly as he pleases out here, and
Scares no more for the comfort of these
rpeople than he does for a drove of hogs.
Warren is in a different county.
-Only about one-third of the population
are negroes, and they give no trouble.
BThe exhibits at the fair show that
-white folks run the machine, and are
improving their stock and emulating
each other in raising corn and oats
and potatoes and hay and fruits of all
kinds. The country is filled up with
good, old-fashioned, su bstantial people,
rwho still believe in a God and a Provi.
dence; and in virtue and temperance
and a judgment to come.
t ~BILL, Aar.
A delightfully dainty kind of-farm
ing, more elegantly rethestic than grow
ing lilies in Bermuda and almost as
profitable as raising checks and bani
enotes, is that of Mr. Timothy Hopkins
pof Menlo Part, California. In a grove
of giant oaks Mr. Hopkins has a five
tacre patch of violets of the rarest and
emost beautifu1 varieties-double whites
~double blues, sky blue, and one variet)
,which is blue with a faint dot of red or
one of the petals. The violets are
Splanted in rows two feet apart, an
under the cool shade and in the lea
dmould soil they attain perfection. Fog
six months a year the grower ships at
aaverage of fifty bunches of violets dail)
to San Francisco, and thbe returns ar<
not far from the same number of (101
nlars.
Both Saint and sinner.
~It troubles the sinner and troubles the
asaint,
It's a troublesome, trying and nast2
g compllaint,
-Don't think it icurable ; I tell youi
itain't.
Excuse the gram mar ; it's the trl*
I'm after, whether gramatically or uu
~gramastically told. The truth is, tha
1catarrh can be cured. The proprietor;
dof Dr. Sage's C'atarrh Remedy offe
$500 for an incurable case of Catarrh ii
the Head.
TimE SYMP~ToMS OF CATARRH.,
iHeadache, obstruction of nose, dis
charges falling into the throat, some
times profuse, watery and acrid, a
others, thick, tenacious, mucus, puru
- lent, bloody, putrid and offensive; eve
- weak, ringing in the ears, deafness
id offensive breath, smell and taste im
paired, and general debility. Only:
'few of these symptoms likely to b
- resent at once. Dr. Sage's Renmed;
to can-the worst cases. Only 50 cente
11 Sold by druggists, everywhere.
AFTER 99 YEARS.
A Spartanburg Lady Heir to $5O,0o0-That
is the Report and It May Prove True.
[Spartanburg Herald, 1tth.]
Yesterday it was reported on the
streets that Mrs. Carrie I leming, of this
city, widow of the late Rev. W. H.
Fleming, had, by the death of a revela
tive in the North, fallen heir to half a
million dollars. The Herald has gath
ered the following facts in regard to the
matter:
Just ninety-nine years ago, a wealthy
resident in New York city named Ed
wards, a near relative of Mrs. Carrie
Fleming, of this city, died. At the
time of his death for some reason he
desired that none of his immediate fani
ily shouid share in his estate, so he cou
tracted that at his death all the prop
erty he owned in New York city, con
sisting of twenty-five acres of land,
much of it already improved along
Broadway and Wall streets, should not
be sold but leased for a term of ninety
nine years. This was done and it is
said the record of the transaction is
completed.
Mr. Charley Hoke, a brother-in-law
of Mrs. Fleming, is equally iuterested,
and is now is New York pushing inv(-s
tigations. Their attorney, Judge Wyck
liffe, of Walhalla, is also in New York,
and as thp lease will expire this year,
they will take steps at once to recover
the property.
Mrs. Fleming was a Miss Martin, of
Greenville, and it is through her
father's relath 3 that she is connected
with Ed wards. It is estimated that
in the event this claim is established
the share of each of their heirs will
amount to something over half a mil
lion.
A BADGE FOR THE BABY.
The Vanderbilt Association's Present to
Little Miss Cleveland.
[Special to Register.]
CHARLESTON, S. C., Oct. 15.-The
Vanderbilt Benevolent Association of
Charleston has sent to ex-President
Cleveland a very handsome souvenir
badge of the association for his little
daughter Ruth. When the baby was
born the association passed a resolu
tion of congratulation and directed
that a souvenir badge be especially pre
pared and forwarded in the name of
the association to Miss Cleveland in
compliment to herself and as a mark
of our high regard for her honored
parents. The badge is of gold and of
the finest workmanship. On the ob
verse it contains the monogram of the
association and on the reverse side it
says "Ruth, October 3d, 1891."
The Engrossing Clerks to be Hanled crer
the Coal.
[Special to News and Courier.]
COLUMBIA, October 12.-It may or
may not be good news (according to
the application thereof) that the en
grossing department of the Legislature
will .be reorganized this session. The
depa!.ment is under the control of the
Attorney General and he proposes to
take a hand in the appointment or
endorsement of the clerical force, the
limitation of the extra force and, in
general, to secure more work under the
existing rules. It is not to be inferred
from this statement that any violeice
will be done to the appointment or
recommendations of the solicitors, or
that clerks will be summarily dismissed,
but they can be on the qui vive for
something tolerably interesting and in
which they will be the "subject matter
of official discussion,', so to speak.
Words of Commendation.
[Edgefield Advertiser.1
Prof. D. B. Busby, A. M., President
of the Emory High Schol, writing to
us on t. matter of business, has the
following to say anent the Butler-Wat
son debate at Batesburg:
"I am pleased with the position of
our two papers at the County seat on
the Butler-WVatson and kindred sub
jects. Men of proven efficiency like
Senator Butler, whose services have
always in peace and war been at the
call of the country, deserve something
Ibetter than seems to have been showr
at B3atesbutrg. In these perilous times,
the highest hopes of the country seem
Ito me to consist in a strict adherence t<
Democratic principles, to which the
fundamental principle, of the sub
treasury scheme are evidently diam;etri
cally opposed.
Very truly yours,
r D. B. BUSBY.
In Memoriam.
He came with a poem, and dire intent,
An up the sanctum stairs he went;
Hope and a smaile on his face were blended.
assend
wlhih
ner
the
this
H le bearded the editor in his lair,
A nd began a reading h is poem fair ;
SBut the editor stop'd him before he had ended
- -4Yankee BlIade.
CFalling of the hair is the result of in
action of the glands or roots of the hair
-or a morbid state of the scalp. 'whic]
m a benredi by Halles Hair Renewer
SAM JONES AND A JUDGE
A Georgia Grand Jury Hastens to Say Ho
Judge Maddox Is a Good Man.
[New York Sun.]
ROME, Ga., Oct. ll.-The Rev. Sam
Jones of the team Sam Jones and Sam A]
Small has met the Grand Jury of this fa
county, and the verdict seems to be in
that he was worsted. A month ago gr
they conducted a series of meetings .
here. Jones surpassed the record in his th
denunciation of the morals of the peo- he
ple. He boldly declared.that gambling "r
was universal; that perjury was the a:
rule; that officers were criminally neli- ad
gent of duty; that debauchery reigned
supreme in all circles. The result was is
the formation of a Law and Order Club da
by the admirers of the two evangelists, to
whose purpose was to wipe out the M
sinful character of the city. Two weeks he
Ater court convened. In his charge to ca
the Grand Jury Judge Maddox created
a sensation by saying: ai
"It h-- ueeu charged by two minis- fol
ters of the Goe'pel that certain specific tg
crimes were openly committed here, m:
and as a consequence a Law and Order
Club has been organized. So long as an
this court exists there is no need o1 pl,
such a club. You, gentlemen of the 14
Grand Jury, are the only Law and bij
Order Club necessary. It is your duty go
to investigate these enarges. You can pl,
have those men who make the charges du
brought before you, and they will be hs
compelled to prove what they charge to
or to stand convicted of slandering the ,"
people." da
The Grand Jury at once summoned en
Messrs. Jones and Small to appear be
fore them and substantiate their re- be
markable statements. Small has been b
in Massachusets campaigning for the gi
Prohibition candidate for Governor, th
but Jones responded on Thursday. He gi
spent an hour with the Grand Jury- hs
The Court House was surrounded by a ac
thousand.people awaiting the exit of h(
the preacher, who invited the reporters cu
to meet him so that he might tell what tu
had occurred. He launched into an st
abusive criticism of Judge Maddox, in
timating that his punishment upon ,
offenders did not come up to the mark, nI
and that he had let off certain young b
men lightly for obvious reasons. Judge er
Maddox heard of the remarks, and said sa
the intimation that he had protected st
the men referred to was absolutely and
wilfully false.
The culminaticn came last night. On
the adjournment of court the Grand
Jury wished "to express their admira
tion for Judge Maddox as a man and sc
as a Judge, upright, honest, and con- 9
scientions in all his official acts." When o:
the foreman had finished reading their ve
report Judge Maddox said: "It grieves I
me, gentlemen of the jury, to feel called it
upV--"tice a ma.tter that has tran- a
spireJ4 1,zmnity recently in I o
regard to me. I hav - pig thei
bench for five years. It has been re-|s
ported in the newspapers that I have :fi
violated the oath of my office by making o
the fines too light upon certain young
men of Rome'-charged with gambling, re
and it has been insinuated that I have
done this because they were men of sa
means, or, as they had been called, 'fat
rabbits.' " G
Here Judge Maddox related the cir
cumstances of the trial of the young v
men in question, and then he continued:
"I am publicily accused of having vio- si
lated my oath. It has come to a pretty
pass in this community when no man's r
character is worth anything to him in
defence against the utterances of cer
tain parties. Another Grand Jury holds
a session nex.t week, and those parties
who freely charge that these young :
men were criminals and cut-throats
will have another opportunity to make
out their cases."
L.The Grand Jury asked that they
might retire. In a few minutes they ~
came back with this: "We, the Grand
Jury, having learned with regret that
severe criticism has been made on the
act of his Honor, Judge Maddox, in
-reference to certain fines imposed on
parties who pleaded guilty to gaming,
contrary to law, hereby endorse him
fully in this nr.'ter and believe that
his fine was just and right according to
the light before hin.."
Col. Assmann Resigns.
[Lexington Dispatch.]
As the resignation of the office of
Clerk of Court by Col. Wmn. J. Ass
man, is a matter of public interest, and
unjust rumors have gained circulation,
it is but proper to say, that, from what
we can ascertain, his liabilities, both
yrivate and ofiicial, are amply covered
by collaterals, and his bondsmen are
also secured. Col. Assmann has held
the office for nineteen years and has
leen a most efu1cient and courteous
official, and we regret that he has seen
proper to tender his resignation.
Trifles.
[From the Hebrew Standard.]
A Parisian wit once defined experi
ence as a comb that one became pos
sessed of after having lost one's hair.
Blinkers-Hello, Winkers. I hear
you married a w6man with an inde
.pendent fortnne. Wingaers-No-o; I
married a fortune with an independent
woman.
People who are constantly saying
"what is due to society" often forget
altogether whbat is due to themselves,
to say nothing of what is due to tb'
butcher and baker.
He-I wish you would sing that
dear old song, "Back ward, Turn Back
ward. O Time, in Thy Flight." Sweet
Girl-I might wake mother up by
'singing ; but I will turn the clock back
if that will do.
ELIGIBLE TO THE ALLIANCE4
r Father was a "Month" Farmer, but
Miss Hanna is True Blue.
[New York Herald.]
LINCOLN, Kan., Oct. 11.-When the
liance swept the State of Kansas the
mers of this district placed in nom
&tion and elected to the office of Con
essman a preacher and farmer, Mr.
Lker. It was asserted by many of
a new Congressman's enemies that
was what is technically known as a
aouth farmer" and his aspirations as
armer's candidate brought out much
verse criticism from the opposition.
While it is liossible that Mr. Baker
not an active farmer there'dan be no
ubt about his daughter being eligible
a seat among the Alliance people.
iss Hannah is nov runninga farm of
r own near the town and has been
ring for it for several years.
She located and entered it herself,
d has done all the hard work on it
the last four years. She is but
'enty-four years old, yet she takes a
in's part and does a man's work.
She has a woman hired to
d in the heaviest season of work em
)ys a man to assist in cultivating the
) acres which she has brought to a
gh state of excellence. Miss Baker
es to theffeld in a man's gart and
)ughs and sows, attending.to all the
ties usually followed by a man, and
s made'money ever since she began
do the work. She has never been
mpelled to borrow a dollar, - and to
y owns the farm, debt free, with an
ormous crop on it.
She li~d the farm well stocked at the
ginning from a sum of money she
s been saving since she was a little
rl.~ She raised chickens and sold
em during her girlhood and reli
3usly put the money away until she
Ld enough to give her a good start,
id then she took the farm and made
r start. She now has140acres under
Itivation and 20 acres in a wood pas
re, on which be has some very good
ock.
She was unfortunate enough last
eek to be bitten by a rattlesnake while
oughing a new piece of ground, but
r prompt attention she soon recov
ed, and is now at work again and
ys it will take more than a snake to
op her from working.
'by He Wanted His Perlimmous broom.
[From the Alabama Soldier.]
With the immortal Stonewall Jack
on, straggling, especially during a for
ard march, was an unpardonable
frence; but there was one instance in
hich it was promptly condoned.
uring one of the forced marches, along
i the summer of '62, through the pine
ad 'simmons regions, he stopi.d to
DnsUlt with some general officers un
il the whole command had passed
5detance. Riirin or
-ont, be discovered a private of his
Id brigade up a simmon tree.
"What are you doing so far in the
ear?" cried the GeneraL.
"I am eating 'simmons." said the
>ldier.
"Why, they're not ripe," said the
leneral, with some sarcasm.
"I know it," said the'soldier. "I
rant 'em green."
"Why do you eat green 'simmons?"
tid old Blue Light.
"To draw my stomach up to fit my
Ltions," said old Web Foot.
The Life I'd choose.
f I to choose the life that I
Would like to lead were free,
'll tell you what, my girls and boys,
My choice would surely be;
sot that of lady rich and proud,
Who but for pleasure cares,
Vho dwells in stately mansion and
The rarest jewels wears,
Vith many servants at her call
And all that gold can buy
hat's not the life I'd choose, my girls,
Oh, no, my boys, not I. .
for that of one by genius set
Above the work-day crowd,
)f whose great gift, whate'er it be
The whole wide world is proud;
tround whose brow a wreath is twin
ed,
The laurel wreath of fame,
knd who, wherever she may go,I
Is met with loud acclaim,
Vhile with each other eager throngs
To do her honor 'vie
rhat's not the life I'd choose, my girls,
Oh! no, my boys, notlI.
'or, to my mind, a dreary thing
Is idle, costly mirth,
knd splendid dress and jewels seem
To me of little worth.
and laurel crown, I fear me much,
May be most bravel,y worn,
And yet hide, 'mid its shining leaves,
To wound the brow, a thorn.
and then both wealth and fame must
' bear
The public ever nigh,
s,o neither would I have, my girls,
Oh! no, my boya, not I.
A country life for me, my girls,
On some old farm, my boys,
Where many trees make pleasant
shade,
Far from the city's noise;
Where I might watch the sowers sow,
While birds sang loud and sweet
[n early spring the fresh plowed fields
With oats and corn and wheat,
And soon thereafter leaflets 'green
Above the mold des.ry
Db! that's the life I'd choose, my girls',
Indeed, my boys, would I.
Where I might hear the low of kine,
The hum of busy bees,
The whirr of insect wings, the sweet
Feint whispers of the breeze,
And see the fruit on tree and vine
Grow riper day by day,
And smell the honeyed clover tufts ,.
And fragrant new-mown hay.
Beneath my feet the grass-green earth,
O'erhead the vast blue sky
Oh! that's the life I'd choose, my girls
Indee~d, my boys, could I.
-MfARGARET ETINGE.
Bring us your cotton to be ginned,
we do the unloading at
tf Oil liill Ginneryl