Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Arl>or Day. S.C.,Oct(?l^r IS, 1S9S. HHHHgHB School Officer* and Teachto yonr attention, tliat observe its provisions, Ionian AoU: ion 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of ^ * "" - - li: . itjarolwa. mar me iree puuuc schools of tfris Stale shall ob?erv? * the third Friday in November of each year as Arbor Day, and on that day the school otlieers and teachers shall conduct such exercises, engage in 'tie planting of such shrub?*, plants, and trees as will impress on the minds of the pupils the proper talue and appreciation to be placed on flowers, ornamental shrubbery and shade trees^^^pproved the 16th day of the be ob nee theit KS&HEfiBEnsttSfllflmHIHHHKKiitir County who conn fflnKfflMHgwfflM^ Super I * tabu RK9HDHR?ffl8E9nHHV(e and anmbmbb|^^hhrhh^v mayheld, ?f Education. the Biggest Tents. L?/^v /tkiM pai% t k APA IBWHK|V.JIU UlllUIUI MINI ^M^Mcusey; which sapient I ffiMgftit dictum we supgaESBthe remark tha' the BEgBnosl generously re j shining truth ac > l^phe most shining shek- ! mHhe head-centers of the BB) Forepaugh and Sells Hit America's Greatest Kvhich are to make their isolidated appearance at} era. S. UM on Friday, No-' r 18, take the same view of: *6 situation is eviaencea in ine BmM&H?!B<usuaI efforts they have made to ?Bp^^|?Degt cater to thearenic wants and JB||W wishes of the little folks, by adPP^ffiMtding to the calendar of holidays ' ffijp -what might be termed "Children's l$| Day.*' Converted into a huge! ?1 \ play-ground for this purpose, the h| ^ grand arena of the great hippo ?|| drome, the three rings, the aerial HI field, and the two elevated stages mm ^ j? fairly overflow with the funniest ?[: of clowns.and grotesques and the 5|lf j, wisest and most waggish of beasts. There is a school of wonderfully B|| trained Alaska seals an/^sea lions,. an/4 <v\n\ir* o'AnhunU a I I# UCSUViU^ t*IIU VVIIIIX- ^ V. troupe of twelve noble Great Dane dogs, cunning ponies, ludicrous monkey actors and jockeys, pig professors, collegiate donkeys, j merrv-andrew bears, learned birds, | performing goats and mirth-provoking and astonishing creatures, j troupes and families. The most diilicult ups and downs of this life are keeping expenses'] down and appearances up. It is difficult for a woman to keep a secret; and I know more than one man who is a woman. An old business sicn in Phi la Ide'phia, many years ago, read: j "William Shot and Jonathan Fell." \ . _ i The best government is not that which renders man the happiest, but that A'hich renders the greatest number happy. ; It is a man's chamber, and not .1 | his pohtican of religious opinion, that gives him a standing among i jueu in all communities. j ?% .4 \ K' * sfe 111! Mil Ml [Continued from first page ] Tin: SKQUKL. Phoenix, S. C., via Greenwood. | Nov. 0.?Six more lives have beet* j forfeited as a result of the election riot here yesterday, while two oth :er victims o! the political fend arej | hanging between life and death. I as a result of wounds received yesterday nnd last night. Armed 1 men are guarding the town to j night, and further bloodshed is i I expected, as the whites are deter-' mined to avenge the murder of | Mr. Boaz Etbridge bv the negroes yesterday, the killing of whoini precipit ated the rioting, which has j so far resulted in eight deaths,; with a possibility of several more, j The situation is most acute; as the negroes are said to be arming] and preparing to give battle, in; which eve1 t great loss of life will ( p-11 - I CM IOW. Last night, two of the negroes implicated in the killing of Mr. Elhridge were captured and immediately executed by the thoroughly enraged white men. This morning four others were captured, and, after establishing, beyond doubt that they were also implicated in the killing of Mr. Ethridge, they were taken inside the town, hanged to convenient limbs, and their bodies riddled with bullets. I he lynchers maae no euori ;u concealment today, and their action is generally indorsed by pub lie sentiment. A Brain Burnisher. Already The Record's prize con test has ex Jled much interest and solutions are coming in daily. I his is a pleasant and instructive pastime for the long: winter even ings, and we want all of our readers to take a hand in it. Absolute impartiality will be shown in ati'orili mr t ha nriras In nutkinrr <???< r?" - p* out lists write only on one side ol paper. Do not sign name to list of words* bat put it on separate sheet. When received at this office every list will be numbered, sealed in an envelope also numbered, and kept until the term of contest has expired. A record of nam's and A umbers will be carefully kept. The judges in deeiding the contest will not know the names of the competitors. They will hand us the winning numbers which we will compare - with our list of names and numbers and promptly notify the fortunate ones. In the first issue of The Record alter the contest c'oses. ihe names of the successful competitors will be published. Remember one dollar entitles you to a gue^s whether you are an old or a new subscriber. Send in your guesses. Mrs. Slocum (to her husband's chum)?Tom, I wish you'd break i Jim of playing poker. The chum ?I did break him only last night. The latest wrinkle for weddings' is the substitution of rose leaves', for the time-honored rice thrown I after the newly married couple. Wise men are instructed by j reason; men of less understanding' I. .. . . .I L)V experience; tlie mo*t ignorant bv necessiiv; and the beast by j nature. Norway is the only country in the world which is not increasing! its annua) yield of cereals. The reason is found in climatic condi-: tions. "How come you nei\ f said tlie visitor to a prisoner in the penitentiarv. "I was brought hereby my convictions,*' was the firmly: spoken reply. It lias been truly said that most | of us eat. too much and sleep too j little; we read too much and think ! too little; we work loo much and enjoy too littlee. Send in your guesses. \ SOUTHERN WOMEN VOTED. B If Tliey Owned Property and Were Un- Al married. They Could Vote. Kentucky, which in lS-?3 mndo I voters of widows and spinsters who were holders of teal estate, only ful- D( lowed tbo footstei* of Maryland, M cc which had done the same thing 30 cv years before. I have not the authorities at hand which would enable ir3 8] to give exact dates, hut about the st year lfcSO unmarried women who were holders of real estate to a given ei amount were eatitlxl to vote, ami h< did very generally exercise the right ? of franohiso. ; ?' In colonial days the states of the tl: south generally made theownershi;) fe of property a requisite to the e.xer- ft ciso of tbo right of franchise, while tl the New England colonies generally ai made church membership a ueces* U1 sary qualilication cf the voter Fob lil lowing the idea that only property holders shoulft vtfte. it was a natr.ial step to conclude that all property w holders should vote. Maryland, cr therefore, decided that where the g' ownership of property was vested in cc a woman who had not a husband to cl represent her she should l<o a voter. P 1 have many tunes heard mv gi grandmother tell of voting during iu tho days of her widowhood and de- se scribe the manner ? f exercising the ti franchiso in those days. There was ni but one voting place j:j the county, and all the voters were rcjuireu in 1-1 go to the county town to cast their d< vote? She lived in the county of '1 Talbot, and the voting place for tha tii entire county was Custom the coun-; hi ty seat. There was no easting of a bullot, nor was the system like the fit viva voce vote which prevailed iu Pf Kentucky until n few years ago, but df the candidates for otiice eat in the election room, and each voter w..s expected to look them over and so t*1 lect the one for whom ho or she doeired to vote, and the clerks made a 01 record of the decision- Candidate* a for state odices wero expected to have representatives ia each county. J'( These were leading people of the st party to which the candidates be- P( longed, and each one was expected & to bo well qualified to discuss the a meritsof the candidate ho represented. In those days the elections last- *'1 rd four days in order to give ample time for every one to get to the vot- Ce ing place. Some time late in the forties the spirit of pi ogress required r3 a sweeping away of the barriers which the property qualification had set up, and a constitutional convcn- i tion decided jn favor of giving the ^ ballot to every white male voter C!: who had reached the age of til years. As the right of u woman to vote was based on the idea of property quali- 'a fication when that was swept away 'lf she lost tho ballot. 1:1 I merely recall this fact to show tc that Maryland, which was the first * colony to guarantee religious liberty 01 . - .1 . tii to all uer people anu wmcn iook me first steps toward securing the pres- ^4l ent constitution of the United States, was also the lirst to givo the ballot to woman.?Boston Transcript. tb Took an Uiifuir Advantage. ! fcU Down in Clarion county. Pa., there be need to live a man named Major to Green, who had a half brother named John Green. Each spent thfi greater jiart of his life in thinking up jokes to play oil on the other, e* and when John Green died the oeo;:? 01 was thought to be about even. K A plain stone was erected over tl John's grave by his family, and eu it beneath his name amHhe dates oi th his birth and death was carved this fu simple inscription: in "He lived a blameless life." Sr But after it bad remained that way for a week or two somebody tb added, "Until the year before lie died, when be learned* to play the accordion." Major Green passed to the great ^ beyond a few months later, and if itt generally thought by people who b; knew them that he had the last nlaugh on John when they met on cc the other side.?Cleveland Leader. 1^ lo Educated Paupers. tl) An indication of the progress of th classical learning among the massed cl was aftorded u few days since when an inmato of an oast end workhous] b< called upon a bookseller to ask whether he had any knowledge of ao mythology. In answer to a question 12 as to why such an inquiry should he kt made the pauper said: "Well, our hi chaplain last Sunday spoke of the Y mother of Achilles dipping him in pt the river Lethe. Now, if my mem- C< ory does not fail me, the < aaplain was wrong, for it was not tho Lethe, but the Sty;s, into which Achilles was dipped, making all but the heel ni of him invulnerable." mo oook in seller assured ?be pauper that bt was right aud his spiritual instructo* tt wrong, and the former left the shoj highly delighted.?London .News, j #r (. Appreciative. 1 c(. "What a beautiful specimen of in- vc laying," exclaimed the guest. "Yes,-" replied Air C'umrox as he put his hands behind and tiptoed complacently, "iiut that isn't any- m thing. You ought to havo seen tho i ut outlay it represents." ?Pittsburg in Dispatch. %i % MUlWWWIIil * > i WW RUIN ON A COWCATCHER. fter He Get OfT Tli?-rc Was a Lively li.xr Hunt. Not long ago as a railroad train us passing tl.iMi gli W'.idrr's cut. >ur Olcut Ktin, Pa., the engineer as astonished to see a Mack hear lining around a sharp curve. The * ??...? 4V. .... ic li.iriilr ii n >iniauu?? ii.hi u.rn i.- ii.u-.ij .0111 tor a u:;tn to stand aside and low an engine to {.ass without liking him. Bvuin was more amazed than the igincer. Instead of ste; ping aside ? reared on Ids haunches and awnit1 events. The locomotive was ruling less than ~<J miles an hour, for ie place is a dangerous one. I'pon eing the bear the engineer shut off earn and applied tlie biakcs, but 10 distance was too short to e. cape i accident.' The cowcatcher slid rider the hind legs of the Liuteaiid ftori him oft' the ground. Thinking all trouble was over, the igineer put on steam ouce more, 1... - ..i;... 1 I c inif un* iiiuiiKtu v_ii1111ix. 14 ?Mui'i ii*v> ib window and stole along the lard rail to find out what bad hemie of the hear. He was there, asping the cowcatcher, tlie lowei nt of bis body just grazing the ound and bis head almost reachg the bottom of the headlight. lit cir.ed to undcrst; nd that the only ung be could do was to hold fast, id he did so during tlie inn to the ?xt station, ten miles distant The atiou agent was standing at the ?pot door as the train approached, he sight of a fill grown bear on ie cowi^itciitr fairly took away liis eath. As soon as the engine mine to a nndstill bruin slipped from bis :rch and made a break for freemi. Thistook hini straight toward .e agent, who dashed through the >or, slaniCTd it shut, leaped iroiiffh the rear door and went nn 16 street .it a furious rate, calling it: "Bear! Bear! Somebody get gun!" Soon the town was in a turmoil, a dling crowd following in hot pur lit of the bear, some of the boys dting him with stones. Suddenly big shepherd dog bounced out of yard and dashed after the bear, ruin paused but a rui: :to or two, it when he passed on the reel) dog id no tuture interest intheprocdings. At the street cc.aer a lawyer caring a double barreled gun came ee to face with tl.o bear, but the tt? r turned down the neflre.-t alley. The crowd increased and encircled ie frightened animal, making csj>e impossih.e. finding himself at ly, bruin backed up against the irn, rearing 011 his haunches. The wyer sent two builds into the ;ar, whereupon the wounded s;:.ial charged the crowd. One urchin 11, was trauir.led upon and bad a g broken. The lawyer si;: l td a:iher hullet into Lis gun and sent, ie shot through brum's head acid lished him. By this time thec-ugineernnd firef> 1 r1 Will tliM f.irl tluit a train ud of passeugcrs were waging ut ,e station and hurried back aiul reined their uliiciul duties after a :ar hunt of about ?u minutes. Bos11 Transcript. Kr*it;iit-u to It is l ate. A French oflicer, conducting an tploring expedition recently up leof the rivers which flow into the ongo, tells the following pathetic ory of a negvo slave: One night while we wore in camp ere came from the jungle a youth1 voice crying out to our boatman the Yakonia tongue: "Hollo, mgos! Do you know on tho Ubnnli the Yakonia chief Dembasi-i of ,e village of Dimassa?" "Yes, wo know him." "Is he still living?" "He was living when we left banqui." "Ho is my father. When you see m on your return, salute hi in for e. Tell him that his ran, now he une a man, has not much to contain of in his situation, hut that he ?gs for his native country, his fair's village and his friends. Tell iem that 1 am a slave of the Sango lief and that he treats me well." "How came you here!" asked the >atman. "My father, debtor to n Bougbou, hi me to his creditor eight times ! moons ago. From market tomar't 1 have passed through many inds, to finish here oO moons ago. ou will give my message to my sople, will you not?" Youth's ^mpauion. A Long Lived Knee. Deacon Rumnose Who says heer n't healthy i Look at the Gorans. Mrs. R. I was not aware tnat l IK } >H'iC CJVVriJUUiHUl^ IWii^ UVCU. Deacon R.?That's 'cause younevread the papers. Look at this: "A erman ritie company is- soon to ilebrnte its seven hundredth anniirsary."?New York Weekly. A Mean Imputation. With some women devotion to a ean husband is merely ail obstitto determination not to admit havg inado & mistake.?Chicago Recti | mtnmmnrnitnnrnmiitnw Can you tell mo how it is t soil mort- goods than other? I r \ SI " r ?2?? J 1 >( < ;)use Ihov always keep and sell at the lowest prices, and < 11 you don hi I hts statement jn-l ci see tor yourself' what bargains t dous stock of Fall and A inter go York City. Millinery goods of all kind .? 1 /. I } ' I.! \ . t ? . AV t? \ / it irmc r\ I I 111 Ul/I/Il.^, VVV?. Wl II/IJ r* w? 1% N.iTirK A FEW OK TI ? gp~ Cotton a'I color-;. -j>n< Hi; inch b.'<t Si*: I>1 nnl Home*!* * Standard Prints Other Prints Mi inch Wiilc lVrcals <?Z ?ii ' Hh'ach Iloine-run q . J ?ril! 1 )rj. .ver? from l."> cti Nice 1\ cal Shirts V ortli -U) cts. With Collars | y- Mei's Prolan Sh from !?0 ct<, Poys" ' " 7"?ets, l.a iit's' Shops f ? :.! .,0 cts . i p~ Chi Ire'i*-'?lioc- >Voiu 2o?-;-. io?. , %Z Men's suits t'n i ; 00 in-. y ihtys " ."iticts. up. i . A 5 La A l>iir stock < f. Furniture to Fitz, Fee Saddles, Name and all hind< Tiinvaiv, Crockery, and Glass kinds. Stoves of all kir Is and s | numerous to mention. The Broadway ! 3.1 uiUUiUuuaUaniUtfilUUiUi r ST w, & J ? Z - ' Ji:'?^ ? ^ '.: "3 K_f 3 < V.v'' >,r>3 R V - 5 rf '< n x v O ' 4\ a i % <Sa2^ p w I Didn't Last. "I thought you said it was a casi of !ove at first sight?" "I did, but she.soon got her sec ond sight and v/oakeuod on me."* Viotro.t Free Press. The moro I 1 ve. the more I love this lovely w rid; feel more its Author in eacL little thing?in all that s great. But yet I feel my immortality the more.?1Theodore Parker. A man's full mental power is not reached before the age of 23, and the development of talent is most marked between the ages of 30 and i 45 years. You may depend r on it that he fe a good man whose ii timate friends are all irood and who e enemies are decidedly bad. -l^va.er. Iliit Scheme. "I have come," said the yoanp ! man, "to ask you to let me have your daughter." "Never!" shouted the millionaire. "Thanks!" answered the other as he hurried away. "Up to this time ehe has refused to smile upon my suit. When I tell her that you object to me, she will be mine." Chicago Record. ? \ mimmmtnmmmmmmfmn hatthe RACKET STORE always A Uelh W1.^W ^ \ > iro.xl floods, and I he latest styles. L'ompelition does not affect them, ill ai 11 D KKDI)iCK"S store and hey can offer you in their treinen<wl< ftnit l?!i< in<> i?-rivt?(l I'm n New s, including ladies'trimmed Hats, all kinds. [1EIR PRICES BELOW. to r?l? for l^rts* ^5 in - - - - (a) 4}* t-;. ^2 - (a' 4fcts. - (a 34&-U't*. r^S (it ttcts. ^2 (a; !4icts. ^3 < to - - BOut.s. CZZ - - (a) 2-<t>r ^2 & Cntts Worth #1.25 Soil UOots. 2 . 1111. ... ~*^f SO#; ~ l>e sold low down. Bicycles, / . ss, Cane Mills, ? of Groceries. iware. Cartridges, Pistols, Guns, all ize3, and a great many other goods too r Racket Store, ). REDDICK, . Proprietor. ^ aaaaaaaaaaaaaaauaaua iM ROBERTS' Cash Dry Goods Store. IES MS HIS KEEK. vnrrls nt White Plaids and stripes at *x\ 8 dozen National Ties, in latest ! styles. Tecks. Four-in-hand and Bows* White Pique at 10 and loic. Pillow cases a? ">c and 7c. Dewey Pillow Cases at 10c; II. S. Pillow < uses at 12H'. colored Shirts, well made, of good ' Cheviot, at :tje. And other good?. When taking stock we always find some goods we are willing to reduce t o move them. 8 One hot ofWadiGoods, reduced from 12h- to One lot of Hats, reduced from "?0e to 41 .Tic: one lot of Hats reduced from 2.*>c to 2o<\ One lot of Colored flirts, reduced j from 81 to 7.K-. FURNITURE DEPUHBT. Walnut Suits, ten pieces $f?5 to $08. <>ak Suits, ten pieces, $17 to $05. Walnut War irobes $20 to $28. Oak Wardrobes $10 to $20. Oak Sideboards $12 to $30. Oak Extension Tables$.? to $3. Imitation Oak Extension Tables ; $3 50. Parlor suits $23 to $30. Kitchen Chairs 25c. Chamber Sets $2 19 to $6. Easels, Hammocks, Chair Cushions, Stair Oilcloth. & Window Shades 10c. to ?l 25. i Mattii.es at 9. 12. IS, 2n, 22. 25c. i Carpet Remnants 00 and DOe. All Wool Ari Squares $4 75 to $7 75. <j-foot Jute Rugs 9Se. ; Buell & Roberts, 'I ' 5)3 AM> 575 S1RKET Corner Cannon Street. Charleston, S. C.