The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 03, 1882, Image 1
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Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1
SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1882.
New Series-Yoi. II. Ko. 9.
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STATE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
' r":-:X T * ?br* Governor:
COL. HjDGHr S., THOMPSON,
Of Richland,
..^v j^j?b*T?CisHfc??iif Governor : ?
BON; JOHN1 (Xe SHEPPARD,
Of Edgefield.
-."xFor, Secretary of Stated'
TON.rJ: N: LIPSCOMB,'
Of Newberry.
. jFbr Attorney General:
C: ?aCH^EDSON MILES,
Of-Charleston,
.fbr ?ate Treasurer:
JOHN P. RICHARDSON,
Of Clarendon.
, for Comptroller General:
#-m E. STONEY,.
Of Berkeley.
Ijp&r ?tofe Superintendent of. Education :
COL. ASBtFRY COWARD.
Ot York.
r JFbr Adjutant end Inspector General :
i G^?X^f:>IANIGA?LT,
f ?A. 1.0? Georgetown.
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^.QO?SVX TICKET.
COL. JOS. H. EARLE.
For Representatives.
R. D. LEE, F.J. MATES,
H. E. L. PEEBLES, D. E.. KEELS.
?fa? County Commissioners.
Wi ??iv COOPER, ?. R. W. JENKINS,
R. E. MTJLDROW.
'Z'J- ; i FOTI Judge of<Ft)obate.
* "*r . * COL, r. V. WALSH.
*\?br School Commissioner.
g ?1 ; U-D?GGS WILDER.
Sui1 Mal MooL
THE EXERCISES of my School
will :be resumed on the FIRST
?MONDAY'of SEPTEMBER. *
Decidedlyy my School was the
'moiC^adranced Male School in
Fowo, last session.
I refer to W. E. B.Haynsworth, Esq., Hon.
T.B. Fraser^ Solicitor I>argan, Dr. China,
G. E. Haynsworth, and a hundred or more of
ayforaerpttpils. T. P. McQUEEN.
I ?ept.Ur,-;.
SOOTH CAROLINA COLLEGE
- Win Open October Sd, 1882.
COURSES OF STUDY-General Science,
Mechanics and Engineering, Agriculture,
. Classical Course, Latin Course.
PARTIAL COURSES, in: English Studies,
Practical Mathematics, Practical Agriculture.
Students admitted to any Course for which
they are prepared, f T
? ^XV?TIOX FREE.
Ancua! Fee of $10 for repairs. Board, in
private families, from $12 to SI5 a month.
Excellent board in messes at froto $8 to $J0.
Entire expenses need not exceed $125 ; and
ought not to exceed $175, .
For further information, address
BEXJAHIN-SLOAN, SecV of Fac'y,
' Aug 22 Columbia, S. C.
FlMAy: E?STIT?TE,
\ . STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
?PENS SEPTEMBER 20th, 1882. One
of the First Schools for Young Ladies in
in the United States. Surroundings beauti?
ful. Climate unsurpassed. Pupils from
eighteen States. TERMS among the BEST
ia the UNION. Board, Washing, English
Coarse, Latin, French, German, Instrumental
; JlniicV*?;- for Scholastic year, from Sept. to
Juno, $238. For Catalogues write to
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Staunton, Va.
LAND FOR SALE.
>...-.>>?' . . ?
A DESIRABLE SEA-SHORE. PLACE in
. XJL Berkely County, 18 miles from Mount
Pleasant, containing 800 acre;, part in culti?
vation. Situation beal th v and laud produc?
tive. Fish and game plentiful.
Also my place tn the edge of Sumter, con?
taining 30 acres, with 6-ropm dwelling, and
kitchen sad pantry.
Alias small farm in the coan tr v.
I f^?Js?~ J i N. G. OSTEEN,
Aug 8 _Sumter, S. C.
1 My Frienfe ad ile Pile.
SAVING REEN APPOINTED PUBLIC
WEIGHER FOR" THE TOWN OF
ES VILLE, I am prepared to discbarge
the duties of said appointment, and will also
weighrand-gire certificates of Cotton weights
and other produce entrusted to me. I also
ofler facilities ia connection with above, not
heretofore offered in this County. Feeling
amured a triai will give satisfaction,
I am, very respectfully,
. . . -; ALBERT G. WARREN,
/Sept 19_At Mayesville Depot.
Belleioite Cotton lauf \ Co.
"~ ~ BATTING
PREPARED m ROLLS
COMFORT?, QUILTS A2??D
- s~ MATTRESSES.
?OLD AT. THE FACTORY AND BY
merchants in Sumter at 10 cents per
?d?r-*.'-i'
- Liberal discount to the trade alloted.
- > ? ? > : * D. JAMES WINN,
*_8spt 1*-ly President.
TO CONTRACTORS.
OFTI CE OY TH S
' GEORGETOWN AND LANES R. R. CO.
GaoaGKTows, S. C., Sept. 1, 1882.
PROPOSALS ARE INVITED UNTIL
October the 31st, prox., for the ccn
Stractiaa.of,the,rcad bed of The Georgetown
ead Laues Rall Road, as covered by surrey
and estimate of Maj. Geo. W. Earle, Engineer.
For sp?cifications and all other informa?
tion address the undersigned. The company
resort ? the right to reject any or all bids.
? P. R. LACHICOTTE,
Sept. 12-?t. . President G. & L. R. R.
LAST NOTICE.
LL persons indebted to the the late Firm
. of DARR V OSTEEN, are hereby noti
that they must PAY UP, or make ar?
rangements to do so before November 1st
"oWrci?ccounts will be placed in the
' I of * Trial Justice. Settlements can be
with either pf the undersigned.
^%m?? H. L. DARR, *
tA t882. N. G. OSTEEN.
\ WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND
AUGUSTA R. R.
CONDES SED SCHEDULE.
. TRAINS GOING- SOUTH.
DATED
Sept. 24, 1882
No. 48, 4 No. 40
DaUy. I Daily.
Leave Wilmington.
Ar've Flemington
; Ar've Marion...... ..... .
Ar've Florence..
Ar've Sumter. ......
Ar've Columbia... .
10 10 pm
11 3? "
1 28 am
2 20 ?
4 35 ?
6 40 "
11 10pm
12 17 ?
2 02 am
2 4T "
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. 43,
Daily.
No. 47,
Daily.
Leave Columbian...... -.v.. ...... ?H) 00 pm
Ar've Sumter.......12 05 u
Ar've Florence.. 100pm 132am
Ar've Marion....... ... 1 46 ? 2~38 ?
Ar've Flemington...-. 3 43 " 4 54 ?'
Ar've Wilmington.^. 5-15 t: 6 20 "
Train No. 43 ttops at all Stations.
Nos. 48 and 47 stops only *t Brinkley's,
Wb?tev?ile, Fl?nr?ngton; Fair Bluff, Marion,
Florence, Timmonsville, Sumter, Camden Junc?
tion and Bastover.
Passengers for; Columbia and all points on
C. & G. R. R., C., C. &. A. R. R. Stations,
Aiken Junction, and ail points beyond,st?auld
take No. 48 Night Express.
Separate Pullman Sleepers for Charleston
and for Augusta on trains 48 and 47.
All trains run solid between Charleston and
Wilmington.
TH ROU SE FR Kt GB T TRAIS.
Daily, except Sundays.
Leave Florence-...._--.12 00 a m
Leave _ Sumter -:.?~. 4 05 a in
Arrive at Columbia.-.-.. 7 25 a m
Leave Columbia........- 6 40 p m
Leave Sumter..... 10 10 p m
Arrive at Florence--- 12 50 a m
LOCAL FREIGHT-(Daily except Sunday.)
Leave Florence.......... 6 00 a m
Leave Sum ter.........-;-........ -...ll 00 a m
Arrive at Columbia ...... 3 00 p ia
Leave Columbia......- S 00 a m
Leave Sumter.-.-.-.. 1 00 p m
Arrive at Florence. ... .-... 6 00 p m
JOHN F. DIVINE. General Sup't
NORTH-EASTERN R. R. GO.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,
NORTHEASTERN RAILROAD CO.
CHARLESTON, S. C., Sept. 24, 1882.
On and after this date the following Sehe?
dole will be run, Sundays included :
Leave Charleston. Arrive Florence.
7 50 A. ar-.12 30 P. M.
S 30 P. at-,............... 1 20 AM,
7 00 P. ac..11 10 p. M.
Leave Florence. Arrive Charleston.
, 2 40 A. ai..6 50 A. v.
2 00 p.: H...... .6 45 P ac.
Leave Lanes.
2 15 A. ac..7 20 A. at.
Train leaving Florence at 2 40 A. M. will
stop for way passengers.
CENTRAL RAILROAD SCHEDULE.
Leave Charleston. 8 30 p m
l( Lanes.~.ll 30 p m
Arrive at Sumter....-...*....-... 3 10am
Leave Sumter_.._12 IO p na
" Lane's. 4 03 p m
Arrive at Charleston. 6 45 p ni
P. L.CLEAPOR, J. F. DIVINE,
Gen'l Ticket Agt. Gen'l Sopt.
THE SUMTER
M asi l?i|l Associatif
WILL HOLD ITS
Third Annual Fair
On tho 24th, 25th, 26th, and ^7th,
OF OCTOBER 1882.
APROSPEROUS Agricultural Season
gives promise of libera agricultural
exhibits, and a large attendance.
Many new and interesting features will be
introduced, and every effort will be made to
render the Third Annual Fair a complete suc?
cess.
There will be Foot Races, Plooging Match?
es, Glass Ball Shooting, Bicycle Races and an
exhibition of Fancy Riding on Bicycles.
The- Madison Square Dramatic Company
will perform their celebrated play "Esmer?
alda," on Wednesday evening the 25th Octo?
ber, at Music Hall.
Premium Lists containing all particulars
will be mailed to the principal Planters,
Manufacturers and Merchants, in the Coun?
ties of Sumter, Kershaw and Clarendon.
The good people of these and adjoining
Counties are earnestly solicited to send arti?
cles for exhibition. CHAS. H. MOISE,
Sec. and Treas., S. P. & A. A.
E. W. MOISE, President.
July 18_
SALE OF COUNTY FENCE,
OFFICE OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
SUMTER COUNTY.
* - SUMTER, S. C., Sept. 18, 1882.
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COM Mis?
sioners of Sumter County will receive
bids for the purchase of the RAIL FENCE
ON EASTERN COUNTY, LINE,, from; Ker?
shaw line t > and on Clarendon line. Bids may
be made for one mile or less, as desired, until
October 16th, 1882. If not then sold, said
fence will sold,"at PUBLIC ~ OUTCRY ON
MONDAY, "OCTOBER 16th, 1882. Sale to
continue from day to day until all the Rail
Fence is disposed of.
The Board still have some Barbed Fence
Wire to dispose of at 8 cents per pound.
Direct bids to T. V. WALSH,
Clerk Board County Com'rs.
By order of the Board.
Spirit of the Times and Advance, copy.
Sept 18 _" 4t
CHARLESTON IRON WORKS,
ESTABLISHED 1844.
Machinery and Mill Supplies*
Largest Stock in the Santa.
Place your Orders with Us at
.Manufacturers' Prices
-AND
SATE AGENT'S COMMISSION.
Parties having Machinery to Repair
will find it to their interest to
send as their orders.
GEO. W. WILLIAMS, Jr. & CO.
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Sep 26_'_lm
MILL SUPPLIES, &c, &c,
Consisting in part of
INDIA RUBBER AND LEATHER
BELTING-,
HEMP AND INDIA RUBBER PACKING,
Lace LeatJter, Oilers, Wrenches,
Machinery Oils,
Circular and Upright Mill Saws,
FILES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
Ponches, Babbit Metal, Solder, Block Tin,
Lead, and Gin Bristles,
-ALSO
Pratt's Celebrate! Cotton Gins,
FEEDERS and CONDENSERS
Furnished at Manufacturers1 Frices
in this city by
JOHN C. DIAL,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Sept 12 3m
THE HISTORY OP YANKEE JIM,
One scorching afternoon in July,
185-, the Hangtown stage creaked
slowly over the plank roadway form?
ing the principal street of Sacramento
City, finally coming to a full stop in
front of the El Dorado Hotel. It had
not actually stopped before the usual
knot of idlers were collected to stare,
as they had done year in and year
oat, at the dozen or so dust-begrim?
ed passengers who alighted, and
wbo began thrashing themselves like
men who had been out in a heavy
fall, of snow, instead of having just
finished the hottest and dustiest
sixty miles of road in America.
This particular stage usually made
connection with the day boat for
'The Bay,' as San Francisco was uni?
versally termed in the interior ; but
on this occasion it had come in too
late by an hour at least, and the boat
was consequently at that moment
twenty miles down tbe river. Upon
learning this "disagreeable piece of
intelligence, the belated travellers
scattered, grumbling at a detention
which each took good care to explain
could never have been worse timed
or more inconvenient to himself than
upon this particular afternoon.
One traveller, however, stood ap?
parently nonplussed by the situation
for a moment or two longer, until his
eye caught the word 'Bank'. in big
golden letters, staring at him from
the opposite side of the street. He
crossed over, read it again from the
curb-stone, and then shambled in at
the door. He knew not why, but
once within, he felt a strange desire
to get out again as quickly as possi?
ble. But this secret admonition pass?
ed nnhe'eded.
Before him was a counter, extend?
ing across the room, at the back of
which was a solid wall of brick.
Within this was built the bank vault,
the iron door of which being half
opened discovered bags of coin piled
upon the. fioor, and shelves from
which the dull glitter of gold-dust
caught the visitor's eye directly.
The middle of the counter was occu?
pied by a pair oftall scales of beauti?
ful workmanship, in which dust was
weighed, while on a table behind it
were trays containing gold and silver
coins. A young man, who was writ?
ing and smoking at the same time,
looked up when the door opened to
admit the person of whom we were
speaking To look at the two men,
one would have said that it was the
bank clerk who might be expected to
feel the presentiment of evil. Really
the other was half bandit iu appear?
ance. *
In the solitary individual who has
just entered the bank we shall de?
scribe not one mau only, but a type
of the thousands who, like migratory
ants, passed and repassed the great
highways leading to the mines of the
Golden State. ?le was a bronzed,
bearded, and weather-beaten hombre,
dressed in a faded 'woollen shirt,
pantaloons secured at the hips by a
belt, and tucked loosely, within a pair
of rainer's boots, a broad-brimmed
felt hat that had been hastily crushed
upon his head, and a pea-jacket dang?
ling from his left shoulder like the
short cloak of an ancient caballero.
The haft of a bowie-knife protruded,
leady to be grasped, from his belt ;
and when he walked, a big 'six-shoot?
er' flapped against his right hip at
every step. The man seemed a walk?
ing arsenal ; but had the well-dressed
young person behind the counter
been searched, a 'Derringer' would
have been found in his pocket, while,
a revolver lay convenient to his hand
underneath the counter.
Although he was. alone and un?
noticed, yet the stranger's manner
was undeniably nervous and suspi?
cious Addressing the cashier, he
disjointedJy said : 'I say, mister, this
yer boat's left ; can't get to 'Frisco'
afore to-morrow V (inquiringly)
'That's so/ the cashier assented.-?
'Well,7 continued the miner, 'here's
my fix : bound home for the States'
(dropping his voice) ; 'got two thou?
sand stowed away ; don't know a live
hombre in this yer burg, and might
get. knifed afore morning in some
fandango. See V
'That's so/ repeated the unmoved
official, Then, seeing that his cus?
tomer had come to an end, he said,
'I reckon you want to deposit your
money with us V
'That'sthe how of k, stranger.
Lock it up tight whar I ?in. come for
it to-morrow/
'Down with the dust, then/ observ?
ed the cashier, taking the pen from
behind his ear and preparing to
write ; but seeing his customer throw
a weary glance right and left, he
beckoned him to a more retired part of
the bank, where the depositor very
cooly divested himself of his- shirt, in
each corner of which five fifty-dollar
'slugs' were knotted. An equal sum
in dust was then produced from a
buckskin belt, all of which was re?
ceived without the least comment
upon the ingenuity with which it had
been concealed. A certificate in due
form was then made out, specifying
that James Wildes had deposited with
the 'Mutual Confidence and Trust
Company/ subject to his order, two
thousand dollars. Glancing at the
scrap of crisp paper as if hardly com?
prehending how it could be an equi?
valent for his precious heap ot coin
and du6t upon the counter, Jim heav?
ed a deep sigh of relief, then crump?
ling the certificate tightly within his
big fist, he exclaimed : "Thar ! I kin
eat aud sleep now, I reckon. Blamed
if ever I kuew afore what a coward a
rich man was !'
He then started for the door, hesi?
tated, came back to the counter, and
asked the clerk, in a confidential
tone : 'I say, what might be the val- j
ley of that buzzum-pin of yourn ? The j
old woman at home might like some
kind of a trinket, you know.'
The clerk eyed the questioner
sharply, carried his hand hastily to
the diamond cluster flashing in his
shirt front, and said, shortly, 'Sixty
ounces.'
Jim gave a long whistle, and went
out in search of a night's lodging.
Our man, who had acquired among
his. fellow-miners the nickname of
'Yankee Jim,' had been a sailor b<
fore the mast. When the ship'
anchor touched the bottom, he wit
his shipmates started at once for th
'diggings,' where he had toiled fe
two years with varying luck, br
finding himself at last in possessio
of what would be considered a littl
fortune in his native town. We se
him now returning, filled with th
hope of a happy meeting with th
wife and children he had left behinc
But while Yankee Jim slept sou nc
ly, and dreamed blissfully of pourin:
golden eagles into Jane's lap, hi
destiny was being fulfilled. Th
great financial storm of 185-burs
upon the ?State unheralded. Like
thief in the night the one fatal wort
passed over the wires that shut th
door of every bank, and made th
boldest turn pale. Suspension wa
followed by panic, panic by ruin am
dismay. Yankee Jim was only ai
atom swallowed up in the general an<
overwhelming disaster of that day.
In the morning he went early
the bank, to find it shut fast, and ai
excited and threatening crowd surg
ing to and fro before tbe doors. Mei
with haggard faces were talking am
gesticulating wildly. Women wer<
weeping and wringing their hauds
A sudden faintness came over him
What could it all mean ? Mustering
courage to put the question to a by
stander, he was told to look and rea(
for himself. Two ominous words
'Bank closed,' were posted on th<
front of the building.
For a moment the poor fellow coule
not seem to take in the full meaning
of the calmity that had fallen like i
thunderbolt from a clear sky ; but ai
it dawned upou him that his little for
tune was swept away forever, anc
with it the hopes that had opened t(
his delighted fancy, the blood rushed
to his brain, and his face grew purple
Then he fell back in a fit, deprived ol
sense or motion.
The first word he articulated when
he came to himself was, 'Home.5
Some kind souls paid his passage tc
San Francisco, where the sight of the
blue water, and of the big ships gal
lantly riding at their anchors, seemed
to revive him a little. Wholly pos
sessed by his one idea of getting
home, he shipped on board the next
home-bound steamer, going aboul
his duty like a man half stunned,
and who sees, without comprehend?
ing, what is passing around him.
?The sailing of a homeward-bound
steamship was one of the events o?
those days. To say that the whole
city turned out to witness, or rather
to assist at, her departure, would
hardly be an exaggeration. On board,
all was bnstle and hilarity. Oo shore,
jests and good-byes popped like
champagne corks. Those who were
going were the secret envy of those
who were left behind, in whom this
scene aroused that passionate, that
uncontrollable yearning for the old
home beyond the mouutain-peaks, be?
yond the seas.
liv own knowledge of the chief
actor in this history began at four
o'clook in the morning of the third
day out from port. The California's
engines were suddenly stopped.
There was a hurried trampling of feet,
a rattling of blocks on the deck, suc?
ceeded by a dead silence-a silence
that could bo felt. I jumped out of
my berth and ran on deck. How
well I can recall that scene !
The morning, cold, damp, and fog?
gy, was an utterly dismal one. A
pale light struggled through the heavy
mist, but it was too thick to see a
cable's-length from the ship, although
we distinctly heard the rattle of oars
at some distance, with now and then
a quick shout that sent our hearts up
into our mouths. We listened in?
tently. No one spoke. No one
needed to be told what those shouts
meant.
The huge black hulk lay silent and
motionless. Although the gloom hid
it from us, the near viucinity of the
coast was announced by the roaring
of the surf, distinctly audible in that
death-like stillness. We could not
even make out the mast-heads for the
fog in which they seemed dissolving.
But in the vessel's wake stretched a
half-luminous streak of phosphorescent
foam, until it mingled with and was
lost in the colorless vapor overhanging
the black and torpid tropic sea.
Down this luminous track, and into
the gloom beyond, our eyes were
strained to discover the secret of the
hour.
How long it was I can not tell, for
minutes seemed hours then ; but at
last we heard the dip of c s, aud the
boat shot out of the lb? within a
biscuit's toss of the ship. I remem?
bered that, as they came alongside,
the upturned faces of the men were
gastly and pinched. Ono glance
showed that the search had been in
vain.
The boat was secured, the huge
paddies struck the water like clods,
the heavy floating mass swung slowly
round to her helm. But at the in?
stant when we were turning away,
awed by the mystery of this death
scene, a cry came out of the darkness
-a yell of agony and deepest horror
-that nailed us to the deck. May
I never hear the like again I 'Save
me ! for God's sake save me !' pierced
through and through the silence till a
hundred frantic voices seemed repeat?
ing it. The cry was so near that
every eye instinctively turned to the
spot whence it proceeded-so near
that it held all who heard in breath?
less, in sickening suspense. Had the
sea really given up its dead ?
Before one might count ten, the
boat was again manned and clear of
ship. I recollect the figure of the
first officer as he stood erect in the
stern-sheets, with the tiller ropes in
his hand, peering into the fog. I can
see the men springing like tigers to
their wotk, and the cutter tossing on
the seething brine stern like a chip.
Then the fog shut them from view
again. But never more was that
voice heard on land or sea. It was
the last agonized shriek of returning
consciousness, no doubt, as the Paci?
fic closed over Yankee Jim's head.
At eight bells we assembled around
the capstan at our captain's call, j
when the few poor effects of the lost J
man were produced. Iiis kit con?
tained one or two soiled letters, a
daguerreotype of two blooming chil?
dren hand in hand, a piece of crum?
pled paper, and a few articles of cloth?
ing. I noticed that while smoothing
out the creases of this scrap of paper
the captain became deeply attentive,
then thoughtful., then very red. Clear?
ing his throat, he began as follows :
'It's an old sea custom to sell by
auction the kit of a shipmate who
dies on blue water. You all know
it's a custom of the land to search for
the last will ol a deceased friend as
soon as the funeral is over. The man
we lost this morning shipped by his
fo'castle or sea name-a very common
thing among sailors ; but I've just
found out his true one since I stood
on this spot ; aud what's more, I've
found out that he had been in trouble.
An idea strikes me right here that he
found it too heavy for him. God
knows. But it's more to the point
that he left a wife and two children,
whose sole dependence ?ie was.
Gentlemen and mates, take off your
hats while I read you this letter.'
The letter, which bore evidence of
having been read and lead again, run
as follows :
'Oh, Janies I and are yon really
coming home, and with such a lot of
money too ? Oh, I can't believe it
all ? How happy we shall be once
more ! It makes me feel just like a
young girl again, when you and I
used to roam in the berry pastures
hand in hand, and never coveted any?
thing in the wide world but to be
together. You haven't forgot that,
my lad, have you ? or the old cedar
on the cliff where you asked me for
your own wife,'and the-heaven over
us and thc sea at our feet, all so
beautiful, and we 6o happy? Do
come quick. Surely God has helped
me to wait all this long, weary time,
but now it seems as if I couldn't bear
it another day. And the little boy,
James, just your image ; it's all he
can say, 'Papa, come home.' How
can you have the heart to stay in that
wicked place ?'
When he had finished, some of the
lady passengers were crying softly.
He then read the fatal certificate of
deposit, holding it up so that all
might see.
'Now, ladies and gentlemen,' he
went on, 'you've heard the story, and
can put this and that together. When
we get to Panama, I'm going to
write a letter to the widow. It's for
you to say what kind of a letter it
shall be. That's why I've asked you
here. Now, purser, pul up the cer?
tificate of deposit.'
'How ' much am I ; offered-how
much ? said the purser.
Ten, twenty, forty, fifty dollars
were quickly bid. Then a woman's
voice said seventy, and then the bid?
ding ran up to a hundred and fifty.
It was knocked down to a red-shirted
rainer, who laid three fifty-dollar pie?
ces on the capstan, saying, as be did
so : 'Taiu't half enough, cap. Sell
her again-sell her again.'
The sale went on, each buyer put?
ting the certificate up for sale again,
until the noble emulation covered the
capstan with gold,
'Stop a bit, purser,' said captain
M-, counting the money. 'That
will do,' he continued ; 'the sale is
over. Here are just two thousand
dollars. The certificate of deposit is
redeemed.'
A Scarcity of Sulphur.
There was a big advance in match?
es in the market a few days since, as
many of our readers are aware.
Shortly after the advance a salesman
for one of our wholesale grocery
houses called upon a Kentucky cus?
tomer, and after taking his order the
merchant asked :
'What caused the big jump in
matches f I see they have gone away
up in the east V
'Yes they are held at a high figure
now. There is a great scarcity of
sulphur.'
The merchant chewed at the corpse
of a dried herring a few moments and
then asked :
'Scarcity of sulphur? What's the
cause of that ? Mines petering out V
'Oh, no. Why, can it be possible
that you haven't heard the news?'
'News ? What news ?'
'Guess you haven't seen a late pa?
per. Terrible accident on a. Chicago
line a few days ago. Three hundred
democratic editors were on an ex?
cursion train, and it went through a
bridge, killing every one of them.'
'My God, that was terrible !'
He reflected a moment and asked :
'But see here, what's that got to
do with the match market ?'
'Why, you see, Satan was short on
sulphur anyhow, and the enormous
order he sent up just swamped u3 !'
and he walked away, leaving the
merchant reflecting.-Evansville Ar?
gus.
In the Mountains.
Dialogue at a summer hotel in Ashe?
ville: 'Ma?' 'What dear?' 'Is that you,
maV 'Yes.dcar.' 'Pa ?' 'What dear V
'Is that you, pa V 'Yes dear.' 'Good
night, ma.' 'Good night, dear.' 'Good
night, pa.' 'Good night, dear.' The
dialogue bad been repeated at intervals
of fifteen minutes for two hours when an
elderly man in the adjacent room, who
had been trying to sleep all the time,
rolled out of bed with a thud, climbed
up into the transom, and putting his
head out, shouted at the top of his lungs :
'Yes, it's me, maw, audit's me paw;
now go to sleep, you confounded little
brat, or i'll come in there and chaw you
up !' Five minutes later a holy caira
brooded over the house, and the low,
melodious rumbling of the French Broad
was all that was heard.
A boy was taken out of a canal in
London. Ile was still alive, and the
opinion of experts, who testified at the
inquest, was that he might easily have
been revived. A physician was sum- :
moned, but he refused to respond, be- :
cause nobody would guarantee the pay- \
ment of his fee. When a humane man i
was found it was too late to do any :
McLane at Winnsboro'.
rCorrespondeDce of the News and Courier.]
WIXNSBORO', September 25.
When the Democratic mass meet
ing was held at Winnsboro' on the
22nd ult., Maj. Thomas W. Wood?
ward, the county chairman, read a
printed notice from W. W. Russell,
chairman of the Greenback State ex?
ecutive committee, announcing that
the candidates on the Greenback
State ticket would address the peo?
ple of Fairfield county, and extended
an invitation Lo all to be present.
Among the distinguished passen?
gers on the 8 o'clock freight train
were J. LTendrix McLane, the Green?
back candidate for Governor, accom?
panied by his little daughter and Dr.
Durham, poll tax politician and mon?
grel candidate for superintendent of
education. Dr. Durham got sick and
went to bed almost as soon as he
reached the hotel.
As the day wore on the Democrats,
clad in red shirts aird well mounted,
flocked into town from all parts of the
country until the courthouse square
was thronged with a yelling and en?
thusiastic crowd. Major Woodward
was promptly on hand, and held a long
and earnest consultation with the
Greenback nominees. They proposed
a division of time, agreeing that the
Democrats should be heard if the
Green backers wore allowed tho open?
ing and closing speeches. Major
Woodward su omit ted this proposition
to a number of Democrats and it was
finally adopted. But during these
conferences the Democrats grew rest?
ive and more excited every hour, and,
led on by a few men who had been
drinking heavily, the thoroughly in?
censed throng surged around the
hotel and demanded a sight of Mc?
Lane. Major Woodward went to the
courthouse and made a patriotic ad?
dress, counselling moderation and
good order. His speech was receiv?
ed in fine temper ?nd the prospect of
fair weather was good. Returning
to the hotel he went to LcLane's
room on the third floor, completed
the arrangements for the speaking,
and locking arms with the desperate?
ly nervous Greenbacker, he made a
start for the courthouse, where the
speaking was to take place. As soon
as they reached the head of the stairs
in the second story McLane was
roughly collard by a drunken man and
jerked around. Major Woodward
promptly rescued him and turne&.into
a narrow passage which led to the
hotel parlor. Just as this flank move?
ment was made another man, frenzied
with drink, gave McLane a kick. As
soou as the party had reached the
parlor, the door was shut and a strong
guard of Democrats was stationed at
the door to prevent any act of vio?
lence. As soon as this was done and
quiet had been somewhat restored.
Maj. Woodward with pistol in hand,
and quivering all over with anger,
went to the hotel balcony and made
another ringing address, telling the
Democrats that they had placed him
at the head of the party in Fairfield,
and he demanded of them that thev
ml
keep the peace and abstain from every
act of violence. Many of the most
prominent men in the county rallied
to Major Woodward7* support and
determiued thal they would see that
McLane and his party had a fair show?
ing. But the discomfited Greenback?
er refused to leave the parlor. Col.
Abney went to the court bouse, taking
with him the majority of the Demo?
crats, and left it to a vote whether
McLane would be allowed to speak
if he (Abney) should have the reply.
The proposition was carried unani?
mously, and another effort was made
to get McLane to speak. He refused
all invitations and kept his seat iii the
parlor. Col. Abney renewed his pro?
position to the crowd from the hotel
balcony and again it was agreed
to, but with loud yells of 'no' from a
squad of men who were wild with
drink, and the excitement of the oc?
casion. They crowded the passages
of the hotel, they massed around the
parlor door, but were kept at a safe
distauce by the firmness of the guards.
Mounted on chairs and boxes they
struggled to look through the tran?
som At the shaking sinner within the
parlor, and could not be quieted.
At last, with a tremendous serge) the
parlor door was bur6t in, and but for
the prompt and steady resistance of
Maj. Woodward and .his aides vio?
lent hands would doubtless have been
laid on McLane. Finding that all ap?
peals were vain, at last the Sheriff
was called and with the aid of a
policeman he speedily cleared the
hotel of all belligerent persons.
PUBLIC RECORD OF J. HENDRIX MCLANE
COLUMBIA, S. C., September 26.
The behavior of J. Hendrix McLane,
the Greenback candidate for Gover?
nor of South Carolina, at Winns?
boro' will not surprise those who arc
familiar with his record. On accept?
ing the nomination for Governor,
with uplifted hands and eyes ?xed
on the ceiling, he declared : *'I will be
Governor, or by the Eternal we will
have a military Government." This
harmonizes about as well with his
conduct at Winnsboro' as his oaths
and threats years ago agreed with his
conduct when the hour of danger
came. Throughout his life McLane
has been metaphorically,
THIRSTING FOR GORE,
and nothing but blood, and oceans of
it would satisfy him as long as there
was DO danger that what he invited
would come. The contrast between
the protestations of the man and his
conduct, and the recollection of his
treachery, will go far to account for
the rude manner in which lie was
treated by a few undisciplined Demo?
crats at thc Winnsboro' meeting.
Thc home of J. Heddrix McLane
is at Feastervillc, in Fairfield County. :
Ile is without education and a miser?
ably poor speaker, and his whole
political career
GIVES THE LIK
to his present empty professions of
fair dealing, free speech and political i
reform. Whenever and wherever
McLane has been able to prevent it,
there has been neither free speech
nor fair play in South Carolina. The i
colored people of the State have nev- i
er had a more heartless enemy thar
he, and if he did not make a coloree
graveyard of South Carolina, it was
only because he could not keep his
courage up to the sticking point
when the critical moment came.
y CLAN'S AS A KUKLUX.
Years ago when rumors of Kukluk
ism filled the air, J. Hendrix McLane
paraded himself ostentatiously as one
of thc band. He avowed himseli
ready to undertake anything that was
demanded of him. But asa matter
of course nothing was demanded.
McLane had succeeded howe^er, in
scaring himself by his stones of his
exploits, and when the Kuklux pros?
ecutions began he fled from the
State and remained absent for 6ome
years.
lu 1876 he returned to South Car?
olina and
JOINED THE RED-SHIRT DEMOCRACY,
being just as violent then in his de?
clarations of hostility to the negroes
as he had been lu Kuklux times. He
went far beyond the most extreme
regular Democrats in the county.
McLane declared that Mf the negroes
could not be taught any sense,
it should be beaten into them/
and Mat armed men ought to be post?
ed along the highways to shoot them
down if they attempted to go to the
polls. Of course the Democracy had
no taste for such proceedings as these,
but the fact remains that McLane
advocated
PROSCRIPTION AND BLOODSHED
and must be presumed to have been
sincere in doing it. Duriug the cam?
paign he was president of the Feas
terviile Democratic Club, and secre?
tary pro tem. of the Democratic ex?
ecutive committee of the county.
All accounts agree in saying that he
was the most extreme man in the
county, and that the Democratic lead?
ers had as much trouble in restrain?
ing him from attacking the poor col?
ored men in those days as Maj. Tom
Woodward had in keeping the exu?
berant Democrats from kicking him
more than once at Winnsboro' yester?
day. McLane was adjutant for Maj.
Woodward in organizing tho clubs in
Farfield Comity, and the order book
containing his crooked chirography
is still in existence.
A few years ago McLane had in
his possession a gun which he claim?
ed to have captured in a . raid which
he made on the colored people in the
spring of 1871. At that time a negro
company had been organized in Fair?
field County and was drilling at night
The roads were picketed by the com?
pany and the neighborhood was con?
siderably alarmed. An attack was
reade upon the company and one
negro was shot. Whether McLane
shot him or not I am unable to say,
but ho claims to have beeu the hero
ofthat raid and Boasts of his prow?
ess on that occasion. Yet was
he
ALWAYS DISPOSED tO RUN
when trouble came.
In 1878 he organized a Greenback
Club at Feasterviile. At one of the
meetings a squabble took place, and
McLane fancying himself in danger
retreated to the Universalist Church.
The story is that he ran so fast that
a bag of Fiat money would have
found a secure resting place on his ex?
tended coat tail. Before the election
of 1882 McLane urged the Feaster?
viile Democracy to pass a resolution
binding every Democrat to refuse em?
ployment to any negro who would
not vote the Democratic ticket, and
he demanded further that the Demo?
crats should evict from their houses
and throw ont into the road every
negro who remained contumacious.
The more conservative Democrats re?
sisted this proposition and it was
voted down. The night before the
day of the election he tried to get a
squad of Democrats to go into um*
bush and
SHOOT DOWN THE NEGROES
as they wended their way during the
night towards the polls. One of his
Kuklux exploits was to place a coffin
with a blood-curdlifcg inscription at
the door of Wyatt Coleman, who was
at the time a trial justice. Coleman
tracked McLane to his house and
openly accused him of having done
the work, which McLane did not
deny.
Mr. R. J. McCarthy, sheriff of
Fairfield County, gives the following
account of
ONE OF MCLANE's ELECTION EXPLOITS:
"On the night before the the elec?
tion in 1875 I was sent to Feaster- j
ville with United States Marshal
Grant who went there for the purpose
of manipulating the election and to
arrest any man interfering with the
election. On that night Wm. Peake
and Israel Bird were sent to Feaster?
viile with Republican tickets for dis?
tribution. They called on Grant to
protect them. When we got to
Feasterviile wo stopped at the house
of Major Fosset, which McLane had i
converted into a pei feet armory.
About 2 or 3 o'clock in the morning
the negroes began to - come into
Feasterviile in squads of 100 and 200, j
firing their p.otols and hurrahing for
Chamberlain. McLane, who was in
command of the Democrats at this ]
place, gave orders to slop the ne- j
groes and intimated that if they didn't
stop they would bc ambushed and
shot down. Grant. Trim, myself and
several others met and halted the
negroes and asked who they were,
when a deputjr United States mar?
shal, named Green stepped out into
thc road and made the necessary ex?
planation. We told them our orders,
and told them if they did not disperse
and go to the polls quietly McLane
would have them killed. McLane-s ;
policy was to ?
KILL TOE NEGROES j
ont and exterminate them. Jle
avowed his purpose to be to get a I
Democratic majority by killing ne- \
groes if he couldn't get it in any I
other way." s
Such is the man whom the colored
voters of the State are asked to sup- j
port. I
A BULLY, A BRAGGART AND A SNEAK. j
A man who vowed that he would .
be Governor of South Carolina or ! i
have a military government, but I <
slinks away at the first hint of dancer Li
^ c
. . - -,-' . I
at Winnsboro'. A man who wanted
to throw the colored people ont into'
the road, in 1876, if thiey ?id not.
vote the Democratic ticket, and who
ie now hugging the negroes to his
breast and Howling against the De?
mocracy.
WHO CAN TRUST HIM?
Certainly the colored people ought
not to repose any confidence in one
who has been so bitter an enemy amt
who worked so actively for their
overthrow. They have had "rome
sense beaten into them." The honest
white people of the State cannot vote
for him, for he has neither the ability;
nor the will, nor the manhood to
serve them faithfully. 'A patriot
without principle, a loader 'without a'
party, a reformer without character, "
A POOR MISERABLE PRETENDER,"
hoping to build np his own fortuned
at the expense of public decency, ?T;
Hendrix McLane merits the derision
of every honest citizen of South Car?
olina, white or black, Democrat or
Republican. q. ?
Preventable Losses on th?
Farm.
Waldo F. Brown writes, among other
good suggestions, thc following in the" ^
American Agricidturist for August : "?
The kcepiog of old cows long past'
their prime is another thing which large?
ly reduces the profits of the farmer.
We have found quite a. large per cent
of cows, whose wrinkled horns .and -
generally run down condition, show that
they have long since passed the point
of profit. A few years ago, these.cows
would have sold at full prices for beef,
now they will sell only for Bologna at
2 els-, per pound. Thus cows have, in
a majority of cases, been kept, not be?
cause they were favorites, or even be?
cause they were profitable, but from
sheer carelessness and want of fore?
thought. Another fruitful cause of
loss to the farmer, is attempting " to
winter more stock than he has feed for.
Instead of estimating his resources
the fall, and knowing that he has
enough feed even for a bard winter, be
gives the matter no thought, and March
finds him with the choice of two evils,
either to sell stock, or buy feed. If he
chooses the former, he will often sell for
much less than tbe animals woald have
brought four months earlier, and if the
latter, will usually pay a much higher
price for feed than if it had been bought
in autumn. Too often he scrimps the
feed, hoping for an early spring, and,
so soon as he can see the grass showing .
a shade of green around the fence rows,
or in some sheltered ravine, turns his
stock out to make their own living.
This briogs one of thc most potent causes
of unprofitable cattle raising'; namely,
short pastures. The .farmer who is
over-stocked io winter, is almost sure to
turn his cattle on his pastures too early
in the spring, and this generally results
in short pasture all summer, and con?
sequently the stock do not thrive as they
ought, and in addition, the land which
should be greatly benefitted and en?
riched, is injured, for the development
of the roots io the soil, must correspond
to that of the tops, and if the latter are'
constantly cropped short, tlie rootsTnost
be small. The benefit of shade is lost,
and the land is trampled by the cattle'
io their wanderings to fill themselves,,
so that it is in a worse condition thin if
a crop of grain had been grown ,on ifcf
From all these causes combined, there .
is a large aggregate of loss, and it is thej
exception to find a farm oe which on<
or more of them does not exist, and
yet without exception, they may be
classed as 'preventable,' if thought, and
practicable common sense are brought'
to bear in the management.- %
Sews and Gossip.
Confederate bonds arc- beginning to'
look up again. .
Texas cotton is promising, bat twenty
five days late.
News from across the big poae"r-S3ys*"~"r
Sarah Bernhardt is seriously ill. *
It was James Gordon Bennett him?
self who interviewed the Saltan for the*
New York Herald. ?
Paul Boynton, the swimmer, figures'
up that he has saved s?venty-two per
sons from drowning in his day, and the'
largest reward ever offered bim was
silver-plated watch worth about $3.
Decrease of the public debt for Au?
gust $16,000,000. During the next
two months the Government will dis?
burse ?41,500,000 in payment of called
bonds, interest on the public debt and
pensions.
Henry Ward Beecher says that if he
was a newspaper man be wouldn't be?
lieve in anything or anybody that had
in ax to grind. Yes Henry, and there
ire lots of things that newspaper mea
don't take oiuch ??tock in.
It may bc creditable to the Washings ^
ton police that more instances-, of in-;
suits to women are detected there than
in any other city cf equal size in the
country, but at the same time it does*
not speak very well for our statesmen.
The cook at tho White House daring'
the illness of President Garfield, wants
io know why her name has been omitted
from the list of employes who are to re?
ceive extra compensation. This is a
remarkable oversight, perhaps due t?
,he cook's lack of cheek
*I often cross the street to avoid ?
meeting a man,* says Mr. Beecher,
'not because I have anything against
aim, bat simply I do not feel like speak?
ing to him. I suppose all men arc this
way.' It may be, but the question if?,;
is this the right spirit for a Christian to .
Manifest.
The wearing of jewelry is going ont
>f fashion in England. It is regarded
ts vulgar to bc seen with a display of
ewels, unless it be on great occasions ? _i
Bare arms and throats are the rule J^-^
'ashionable society, the wearing of/fcan
;lcs, bracelets, and chains being left tc
hose who do not follow thc newest'^
styles.
A young fellow asked another at a
3all if his girl were there. 4Yes/ said
ic, 'do you see that girl dressed in
pink ? 'What, that splendid woman
erith such magnificent eyes ? Yon don't
?ay so. How iucky you are ? ? Just so. >
Of coarse I am. Well, roy girl is the
one next to ber.'