Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TELS SUKTEK WATCHMAN, f?tabttaiie? April; 18S0. "B? Just and Fear not-Let all thc Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's thy God's, and Truth's. TUR Titu? SOUTH ROS, E*tabliglie? ?u??, 1866. Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881.1 SUMTER, S. C., TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1884. New Scries-Vol. III. No. 5L ; Ptfbilabed ovory Tuesday, -BT THE Watchman' and Soidhron Piddish?ng Company, ?:> SUMTER, S. C. TERMS: ?wo Dollars per annum-in advance. ADTKRTISEKSXTS. One Square, first insertion.$1 00 fi very s ubseque n t insertion. 50 > Contracts for three months, or lodger will be made at red aced rates. AU communications which subserve private Interests will be charged Tor as advertisements. . Obituaries aud tributes of respect will be ? charged for. L> \ ? v Marriage notices and notices of deaths pub I i?stot? free. . For Jdb Work or contracts for advertising ?ddreS3 Waiehinan awl Southron, or apply at tbe Office, to N. G. OSTEEN, . - ? Business Manager. UNMADE HAT." We knew by tbe clouds to tlie Eastward , H was going lo rain that day, As? there was tbe whole of the meadow lot . All spread with the fragrant hay, - ?a? the rVrndtgrew darker and larger And, hard though I was working, - It seemed that the hay was lost. if y ?arm Was a small and poor one, " And the bay-crop was all I bad, Air? I could not afford to hire a man, f For the times were very dull and bad, And matters were looking dreary . For me that summer day, When ? heard a sweet Toke behind me : **?-wOrfie^p yoVgel ih the hay !" my neighbor's daughter Molly, Who lived just across the road, Aud soft was the light in thc down-cast eyes, And the blush on ber cheek that glowed. I gladly accepted thc service She offered iu friendly way, And there by my side that af tern ooo - . She helped me gather the buy. She was no Soe-judy feeble, - Thoegh ber arms ?ere pm mp and whitey And abe raked all day with me, row for row. Till thc fall of summer night, And thea, when we ceased our labors, 5 And the hay was stored away, From the depth of my heart 1 thanked her Ric her kindness to me that day: And I look mSr home to ber cottage, Bet-1 didn't pause to woo, - .Add leaked not her hand in marriage, . Which 1 know she thought I'd do, I left her there at th? gateway; Beneath tbe branches brown, And fiona her looks 1 know she was Tfemfadtfe^fr'gifi in town. fFrom Bill Arp's Scrap Book.] TRE ORIGINAL BILL AEP. Some time in tho Spring of 1861, when thc boys were .hunting for a -fight, and loll like tliey could whip ail creation, Mr. lincoln issued a pro clanKAtion ordering us all to disperse nod retire within 30 days, and to quit cavorting around iu a hostile aud ' belligerent manner. 1 remember .writing an answer tb it ns though I was a good Union niau and a law-abiding citizen, and was willing to disperse; if 1 could, but it was almost impossible, for the boys were mighty hot, aud the way we made njr our military companies was to send a man down the lines with a bucket of water aud sprinkle 'em as lie came io 'cm, and if a feller sizzed like hot iron iu a slack-trough, we took h'm, and if he dident sizz, wc dideut take him ; but still, neverthe? less, notwithstanding, and so forth, j if we could possibly disperse in 30 days we would do so, but I thought he bad better give us a lillie more ; -rime, for I had been out in an oki ! field and tried to disperse myself aud ! couldest quite do it I thought the letter was pretty j smart, and read it to Dr. M iiier and Judge Underwood, and they seemed to think it was right smart, too. Abotit that time i looked around and eaw Bill Arp standing at the door with bis mouth open and a merry glisten in his eye. As he came for? ward, says he to mc : "Squire, arc yon going to print thal ?" :tl reckon I will, Bili," said I. .* What name are yon g wi ne to pot to itr*" said he. **idon't know yet," said I; "I havent thought about a name/' Then lie brightened up and said: "Well, 'Squire, I wish you would put mine, for them's my senti? ments ;" and I promised him that I ] would. "Sq I did not rob Bill Arp of his good name, but took it on request, . and now, at this late day, when the titos* bas covered his grave, I will record some pleasant memories of a tuan wliose notoriety was not exten? sive, but who filled up a ?ap that wat? ope?, and who brightened up the flight of many an hour in the good old j times, say from 20 to 30 years ago. j Ile was a small sinewy man, weighing about 130 pounds, as active as a cat, as quick in movement as he was aetive, and always presenting a bright, cheerful face, lie had au j amiable disposition, a generous heart, j and was as brave a mau as nature makes. Ile was ?rt liurab?e man and unlet? tered in books ; never weht to school but a month or two in his life, and could neither read nor write; but still be had more than his share ol common sense, more th in his share of ingenuity, and plan and contrivance, j ntorejban his share of good mother- j wit C d good humor, and was always j welcome when he came about. Lawyers and doctors and editors, j and such gentlemen of leisure who j used to. in the good oid time, sit around and chat and have a good time, always said, "come in, Bill, and take a seat ;" and Bill seemed grate fill for the compliment, and with a conscious humility squatted on about ti?lf thc chair and waited for ques tions. The bearing of the man was one of reverence for his superiors and thankfulness for their notice. Bill Arp was a contented man contented with his humble lot. He never grumbled or complained at anything ; he had desires and ambi? tion, bot it did not trouble him. Ile kept a lerry for a Wealthy gentleman, who lived a few miles above town, on tbe Etowah river, and he cultivated a small portion of his land ; but the ferry was not of much consequence, and when Bill could step off to town and hear the lawyers talk, he would turn over the boat aud the poles to his wife or bis children and go. I have known him to take a back seat in the court-Iio?se for a day at a th; and with a face ail greedy for eui taiument, listen to the learned spec es of tho lawyers and the charge the court, and go home happy, a be able to tell to his adiniriug tam what Judge Underwood said, a what Judge Wright said, and C Alexander said, and what the Jud on the bench said, and if there w any fun ?hr anything that was sa Bill always got it, and never for? it. When court was not in sessi be still slipped off to town and wot frequent the lawyers' offices and 1 ten to 'em talk, and the brighter t talk the faster would Bill chew 1 tobacco, and the brighter his litt merry eyes would sparkle. lie h thc greatest reverence for Col. Jol ston, his landlord, and always sa that he would rather belong to h than to be free ; "for," said I "Mrs. Johnston throws away enou< old clothes and vittels to support n children, and they are always ni< enough to pick 'em up." Bill Arp lived in Chulio distric we had eleven districts in the count and they had all such names as Po skull, aud Blue-gizzard, and Wp skin, and Shake-rag, and Wild Ca but Bill lived and reigned in Chuli Every district nacl its best mau those days, and Bill was the best nu in Chulio. He could out run, on jump, out-swim, out-rastle, out-rid oat shoot anybody in Chulio, au was so far ahead that everybod else had given it up, aud Bill reigue supreme. Ile puUon no airs aboi this, and his neighbors were al! h friends. But there was another distri< adjoining, and it had its best mau tot One Ben McGinuis ruled the boys ( that beat; and after awhile it bega lo be whispered around that Be wasn't satisfied with his limited terr tory, but would like to have a ema tackle with Bill Arp. Ben was {pretentious man. He weighed abot 165 pounds, and was considered regular bruiser ; and lie, too, lik Bill Arp had never been whippec When Ben hit a man it was generali understood that he meant business and Iii? adversary was hurt-badi, burt, and Ben was glad of it, an vaiu of it. But when Bill Arp hit man he was sorry for him, and if h knocked him down, he would rathe help him np and bru? h the dirt off hi clothes than swell around in triumph Fighting was not veiy common will either. The quicker a man whips ? fight the less of it he has to do, am both Ben and Bill had settled thei standing most effectually. Bill wa satisfied with His honors, but Bei was not, for there was many a Rans} Sniffle who lived along the lim between the districts, and carriec news from the uno to tho oilier, am made up the coloring, and soon it was narrated around that Ben and Bill bai to meet and settle it. The court-grounds of that day con sisted of a little shanty and a shelf The shanty had a dirt floor and i puncheon seat, and a slab for tin '?quire's dvckei, and the shelf wa? outside for the whiskey. Thc whiskey was kept in a jag, a gallon jug, and that held just abott enough for the day's business. Mos) everybody took a dram in those days, but very few took too much, unless, indeed, a dram was to much, lt was very uncommon to see a man drunk at a comity court-ground. Pistols were unknown, bowie-knives were unknown, brass-knuckles aud sling? shots were unknown, and all oilier devices that gave one man an artful advantage of another. The boys came there in their shirt sleeves and galiusses, and if they gol to quarrel? ling, they settled it according to nat ure. When Col. Johnston,' who was Bill Arp's landlord, and Major Aver and myself got lo Chulio, Bill ?rp was there, and was pleasantly how? dying with his nabors, when sudden? ly we discovered Ben McGinuis rampoosin around, and every little crowd he got to, he would lean for? ward in an insolent manner and say, "Anybody here got anything agin Ben McGinuis?-Ef they have, 1 golly, I'll give 'em five dollars to hit that ; I golly, 1 dare anybody to hit that," and he would point to his fore? head with an air of insolent defiance. Bill Arp was standing by us and ] thought he looked a little more seri? ous than 1 ever had seen him. Frank Ayer says to him, "Bill, I see thal Ben is coming around here lo pick a fight with you, and 1 want to say that you have got no cause of quarrel with him, and if he conies, do you just let him come and go, that's all." Col Johnstau says, "Bill, he is too big for you, and your own beat knows you, and you havu't done anything against Ben, aud so 1 advise you to let him pass ; do you hear me. By tli?s time Bill's nervous system was all in a quiver. His face had an air of rigid determination, and he replied humbly, but firmly, "Col. Johnston, I love you, and I respect you, too; but if Ben McGinuis comes up here oulen of his beat, and into my beat, and rr.e not having done nothing agin him, and he dares mc to hit him, I'm going lo hit him, ii it is the last lick I ever strike. I'm no phist puppy dog, sir, that he should come out of his deestrict to bully me." I've seen Bill Arp iu battle, and he was a hero. I've 6een him when shot and shell rained around him, and he was cool and calm, and the same old smile was upon his features. I've seen him when his first born ROM was stricken down at Mau assas, and he was near enough to see hint fall face foremost to the foe, but I never have seen him as intensely excited as he was that moment when Ben McGinuis approached us, and, addressing himself to Bil! Arp. said, "I golly. I dare anybody to hit that." As Ben straightened himself np, Bill h t fly with his hard, bony fist right in his left eye, and followed it up with another 1 don't know how it was, &nd never will know ; but ? do know this, that in less than a sec? ond, Bill bad him down and was on ? him, and his fists and his elbows and | his knees seemed all at work, lie j afterwards said that in's kuoe6 wor] on Ben's bread-basket, which knew was his weakest part. 1 hollered enough in due lime, wh was considered honorable to do, i all right, and Bill helped him up ? brushed the dirt off his clothes, ; said, "Now,Ben, is it all over beta us, is you and me all right ?" A Ben said, "It's all right 'twixt j and uae, Bili ; 1 give it up, and 3 are a gentleman. Bill invited hands up to the shelf, and they too drink, and Bill paid for tho treat the generous victor, and he aud I were friends. I was not at the big wrestle tween Bill Arp and Ike McCoy, 3 had heard so many versions of it tl one night, while we were sitti around the camp-fire, I insisted hearing it from his own lips. Si he, "Well gentlemen (he al wt accented the men,) ray motto has ways been to never say die, as Ue Jacksou said at the battle of New < leans, and, all things considered, have had a power of good luck in r life. I don't mean money luck, by ni cans, for mo^ of my Jifc I've be so deu poor that Lazarus would ha resigned in my favor, but I've bc in a heap of close places, a'd son how always come out right-side < with care. "You see, Ike McCoy was pcrha the best rasier in all Cherokee, aud jest hankered after a chance to bre a bone or two in my body. No1 you know, I never hunted for a li nor a fuss in my life, but I nev dodged one. I didn't want a t with Ike, for my opinion was that 1 was the best man of the two, but never said anything, and jest trust? to 1 uck We was both at the barbyc and he put on a heap of airs, ai strutted around with his shirt-coll open clean down to his waist, ar his hat cocked up on one side of h head, as sassy as a Confederate qua termaster. Ile took a diam, and thc stuffed himself full of fresh meat ? dinner. Along in the eveuin it wi no ra ted around that Ike was going I banter me for a rossel, and shoi enuf he did. The boys were all u for some fun, and Ike got on a stum and hollered out, 'I'll bet ten dollars can paster tho length of any man c the ground, and I'll give Bill Ar five dollars to take up the bet!' ( course there was no gettin around iii like ofthat. Thc banter got my bh?o up, and so, without waitiu for cor? mony, I shucked myself and wont ii The boys was all poweriully excitei and was a bettin every dollar the Could raise, and Bob Moore; the fe 1er I had licked about a year before said he'd bet twenty dollars to tc that Ike Would knock the breath outc me the first fall. 1 borrowed th money from Col. Johnston, and wall ed over to him and said, 'I'll tak that bet.' "The river was close to the ring and thc bank was purty steep, had ou an old pair of copprass brilcl PS that had been seined in and drie< so often they was about half rotten When we hitched, Ike got god britches holt and lifted me up au* dowu a lew times like I was a child lie was tho heavies?, but I had th most spring in me, and so 1 jest le him play around for some time, lim ber like, until suuden?v he tonk ; notion to make short work of it b) one of Iiis back-leg movements. Iii drawd me up to his body and lifted mt in the air with a powerful twist Jest at that miuit his back was cIos< to the river bank, and as my lee teched the ground I giv a tremen dious jerk backwards and a shove forwards, and my britches bustec plum open in thc back and tore cleat offen my bread basket, and Ike fol from me "backwards and tnmblec down the bank into thc river "ker chug." Such hollerin as them boy* done I reckon never was focara before in all them woods. I jumped in and helped Ike out as he riz to the top. lie. liad took in a quart or so of wale: right on top of his whisky and barby cu,and as he set upon the bank it all como forth like a dost of ippecak. When he gotton over it he laughed sorter weakly and said Sally Ann told him albro he left home he had belter let Bill Arp alone, for nobody could run against his luck. Ike always believed he would have throed me if britches-holt hadn't broke, and I reckon he would. One thing is certain : it cured Ike of braggin, and it cured Bob Moore of bellin, and that was a good tiling." Bill was lull of mischief, and his indulgence in practical jokes some? times led him into trouble, but he always managed to get out. Col. Johnston says thal one lime a young man stayed over-night ut his house, and had occasion to cross the ferry next morning. He was from Charles? ton, and had on a pair of linc boots and a fashionable hat, and a white vest and kid gloves, and was alto? gether quito dandy-like in his appear? ance. Bill came over with the ferry? boat and eyed the man with a look of surprise and contempt. The young mjyj asked him it his boat was entire? ly sale, and isisted on having every drop water bailed out for fear of muddying his boots. Bill showed great alacrity in complying, und when the boat was nearly across, and the young man was standing near thc gunnel, looking down into the water, thc long pole that Bill was managing caine suddenly but gently against his shoulders and keeled him overboard. Bill did not hesitate a, moment, but jumped in after him and quickly pull? ed him up into tho boat again The youth was dread fully alarmed, and very grateful for ii i 3 sale deliverance. Ile? went back to the Colonel's house for some' dry clothes, but before lie left insisted on rewarding Bil? for saving his life, but Bill generously refused to receive anything. Col. Johnston says lie is satisfied thal Hill keeled Lite vonni; man over on 1 * ? purpose to spoil his clothes, bul Bil! | always denied it. When we were ii? camp near Ma- ! naesas, while General Gardner was in command. Bill took thc General a? lot of beautiful honey, Which was '?. highly appreciated, and while he was j enjoying il at thc breakfast table an ' old man came up and in pitiful lau guage informed how some soldier,' came to his house last night an< robbed him of all his honey, t\vclv< hives in all, and they worth five (lol lars apiece, and now he was ? ruin?e man, and thc girls couldn't git m clothes, and thc coffee was out, aiu and the old 'oman was sick, and sc forth. The General was a Wes Pointer and a strict constructionist and he was proud of his regiment So that evening at dress parade, h( made '"em a nico little speech about ? soldier's honor,,aud about this hone} business, and wound up by saying he didn't know who stole the honey ant he didn't want to know, and ht wasent going to try to find out bu! he wanted every man, who was will ing to help pay thc old man for Ms loss, to step five paces to the front. Bill A rp was the first man to throw up his hat and holler, "Hurrah foi Gen'l Gardner," and marched for ward with enthusiasm. The whole regiment stepped forward and joined iu cheers for their noble General, while Bill, without waitiug for orders, went down tho line with his hat, say? ing, "put in boys, put in, the General is right ; let's pay thc old man and git the gals some clothes. 1 golly, Hie gals must have clothes." They made up about ninety dol? lars, and the old man was paid and went his way rejoicing, and thc remaiuder of the fund was turned over to the hospital. Bili's company knew very well that he was thc ring? leader of tho theft, ano? they laughed aud shouted to see his zeal iu making restitution. While in camp at Centerville, dur? ing the bitter winter of '61-2, the orders against contraband whiskey were very strict, but still thc soldiers managed somehow to keep in pretty good sperits. One day a six horse team from Page county drove into camp loaded down with sixteen bar? rels of very fine apples. The hind gate was taken off and a barrel set down and thc head knocked in, and the boys bought them quite freely. After awhile another barrel was set down, and in course of time Col. Towers observed that Bill and some others were quite hilarious, and he suspected there was something wrong about that wagon, and pro? cured an order from Qen'l Sam Jones to examine it. On inspection he found there was a five gallon keg of apple brandy in six of tho barrels, and thc kegs were packed around with apples. The General ordered ? confiscation. He sent a keg to each of the five regimental hospitals, and had the other keg sent to his tent aud put under his cot. Bill Arp did not seem to be pleased with the distribution, and wagged his head ominously, lie was on the de? tail that was to guard the Generara headquarters that night; and so, when the next morning the General concluded to sample the brandy, and sent down for a few of us to come up and join him in a morning cocktail, he suddenly discovered that the keg was gone. Cpl. Towers was there and sent for a list of the guard, and when he saw Bill Arp's name, he quieJly remarked : *1 understand it now.' All doubts were removed, no search was made, for the Genera! en? joyed the joke ; but that night the keg was replaced under the cot, willi about half its contents. Bill said he was 'always willin' to tote fair and devide with his friends.' This is enough of Bill Arp-the original, the simon pure. Ile was a good sohlier in war, the wit and wag ol'the camp fires, and made many a homesick youth laugh away his mel? ancholy, ile was a good citizen in peace. When told that his son ?vas killed he looked no surprise, but simply said : 'Major, did he die al! right?' When assured that he did, Bill wiped away a falling tear and said, with a choking voice : 'I only wanted to tell his mother.' You may talk about heroes and heroines ; I have seen all sorts, and so has most everybody who was in thc war, but I never saw a more de? voted heroine than Bill Arp's wife. She was a very humble woman, very, and she loved her husband with a love that was passing strange ; ? don't mean to say that any woman's love is passing strange, but I have seen that woman in town, three miles from her home, hunting around by night for her husband, going ?utii ono grocery to another, and in her kind, loving voice inquiring *is Wil? liam here V or *do you know where William is?' Blessings on that poor woman ; 1 have almost cried for her many a time. Poor William, how she loved him. How tenderly would she take him, when she found him, and lead him home, and bathe his head and put him to bed. She al? ways looked pleased and thankful when asked about him, and would say, ?he ?3 a good little man, but you know he has his failings.' She loved Bill and he loved her; he was weak and she was strong. There are some such women now, I reckon, 1 hope so. 1 know there aro some such men. Henry Clay's Good Humor. Henry Clay was fond of thc light skirmish debates, in which his imper turable good humor frequently gave him an advantage over his antagonists. On one occasion, when he was replying to a somewhat heated opponent, a sud? den squall came up and rattled tho window curtains so as lo produce a considerable noiso. The orator stop? ped short in thc midst of his remarks and inquired, aloud, what was thc mat? ter; and then, as if divining the cause of the disturbance, he said: "Storms seem to bc corni it;; in upon us on all sides." Tho observation, though triv? ial :is relate?!, was highly amusing un? der tho circumstances which gave ri.ie to it, and from tho manner in which it was uttered. Mr. Clay rarely failed to rivet thc attention of his audience, and to reward it. His enunciation was clear and melodious, and he expressed strongly what he deeply felt. Ho was not overcautious in his choice of phrases and epithets, ? hen st; ;aking of tiie usurpations of thc incumbent of I the presiden tia! chair, or one of the i **ic:in nuU hungry parasite?" who Hat- j tcred and misled Lim. He was always j happy in his illustrations, and no one could tell a good story with better ci- | foot-Hen ter?ev ?'oore. / 1 [Editorial Correspondence.] Another Arkansaw Traveler. HOT SiTvi?GS, AUK., July 8, 'SI. Messrs. Watchman and Southron : I presume this is the proper way for one to address you who is so far away from home. lu fact I feel like thc fellow who went from north Georgia down to Atlanta. Ou returning home he told bio companions about thc houses aud stores that he saw, together with all thc wonderful things, and then wound up by remarking, "I tell you what, fel? lows, if thc world's as big tothcr way as it is the Way I went, she's a whopper." So feel I, over herc beyocd thc Missis? sippi, half way across thia glorious Ariierieau continent, and if pen, paper aud patience hold out, 1 am going to have an experience meeting with you, and tell you what I have seen aud suf? fered. On thc morning of June 30th, I roll? ed out from Sunter in ?ood order, and | at 10 o'clock reached Augusta, cn route for Macon, whither a lady of my ac? quaintance in Sunitrr had preceded me. Thc Georgia lt. ll. was a new route to me, and its coal-burning engines, filling eyes, ears and nose wjth cinders, an unmitigated nuisance, thc road is shut iu on each side by a barb? ed wire fcucc to keep cattle off pf thc track. At Cam ak 1 discuibar&cd to change cars for Macon. After thc train had been gouc about 10 tiiiuutes towards Atlanta, thc Macon train iiot being ready to start, I happened to put my hand to my head, and found that my travelling cap-was in good position, but my beaver-a new ouc, too-was aboard of the Atlanta train. Now. said I to myself inwardly, I am stuck for ?6. But I hurried over to the tel? egrapher's house, roused him from bia dinner, and, by a streak of good luck, got my hat back on thc down train, for which the Macon train was waiting. Thus relieved, I proceeded towards what seemed to bc a hotel. A number of Methodist preachers who were re? turning from a conference at Augusta were at the dinner table-among others a Mr. Smith and a Dr. Adams, who were belaboring a youthful II' brew, at a high theological rate, concerning his religious inconsistencies and his lack of forbearance towards Jews who profess Christianity, They went it hot and heavy, two against one. Finally the Hebrew said, "Well, I guess I will have to be damned ; but Fd rather have ingersoll's oration over his brother read at my funeral than anylhiug I've ever seen." Dr. Adams expressed his regrets at this statement, aud told about a man whom bc once met on the ear?, who denied a hereafter and despised all doctrine of a future life. His reply to him was : "My friend, you lower your? self to the brute. ?ou ought not to be in this car ; you ought to bc iu the truck nrovided for mules and horses." About, that time, he said, some occ cried out : "Put a halter ot; him," and the skeptic went out discomfited. Thc Israelite, however, didn't seem to catch on, and I afterward heard him say in the car, "Those-follows thought they'd make something out o' me !" Thou thought I this is a free country, a land of religious liberty, thc home of tito free, and all that, or words to that effect. At 6 P. M., I roached Macon setting on her seventy hills, more or less. This city is growing in every direction. Houses to rent are going up every whore, and yet thc demand is not fully sup? plied. Kcal estate is very high, and land sells by thc foot-sometimes by the inch. Herc the Baptists of Georgia have Mercer University, which is said to bc a good school, lt is a kind of patent, adjustable arrangement, with rotary movement, aud turns out preachers and lawyers, aud just such other articles as you may call for. There's a joke going around in Macon about a Mercer student, an incipient clergyman, who at thc last mooting of thc Georgia Bap? tist State Ootivc'!;tiou was applauding Mercer's many merits, and wound up by saying it was far sup'-rior to the State University at Atheus-superior in every way and had a much better and abler faculty, while there sat old Dr. Mell in thc chair as moderator, a leader amoug Georgia Baptists, and thc Chan? cellor of thc State University. I dont know what he said, *but ? guess he thought it was a pity for a mau to bc a fool just for want of a little sense. The Wesleyan Female College of Macon, controlled by the Methodists, is a fine school. Mr Scncy of New York, who went down in the Grant & Ward failure, gave ?125,000 towards its erection. Now, poor fellow! he is comparatively penniless. Thc Georgia Methodists should get up a donation party for him, and help him out of his strait. The main tower to this building is 170 feet high, aud displays at night a magnificent electric light from the top that shines for miles around. Sev? eral of these lights over tho town take the place of gas street lights entirely. At 7? on WedDcsday I was off for Atlanta, armed with a copy of the Telegraph and Messenger, and with Hoe's Novel, 'Barriers Burned Away.' I can't afford to read novels much, but I find thom a great help ou a lt. ll. train, cspi ially when it is crowded as that ono was with all mauuer and make of militia going up to Rome to a fifteen days encampment. At ll SOI was in Atlanta, and made fur tho Markham House, where I met Mr. Howes, a trav? elling salesman and step-ucighbor-iu Iaw of miue by marriage. Ile wanted to confer upon mc the freedom of the city ; but I was compelled to decline, telling him 1 was making for thc set? ting sun; so, after a pleasant talk, 1 adjourned to the dining hall, and re? freshed my inner mau on beef and cab? bage, veal, Irish stew, vegetables, Tapioca pudding, lomon custard, black? berry pic, ice-cream and a few other such light articles of diet ; and at 2 1*. M. was off for Chattanooga, passing through a fine hill country, dotted with pleasant looking towns every lew milos. But, to tell thc whole truth, by this tiiiic I h id become so much engrossed with my book, 'Barrier's Burned Away,' that I didn't care whether 1 pa^ed over rbe hilts, around them or j through tin m. As 1 read pago after j page, I realized rcjavoriesccut chills creeping over me Thc story of tho j gi?a: CLicsgo fire ?tined ?be. Fleet ? Dennis' love for Christine Ludolph his putting the captured shoes on her delicate feet-holding her afloat in thc lake to avoid thc flames-all these things got the better of nie, and I j thought-well, a body needn't tell all 1 he thinks. It might crowd the news? paper. While I was thus dreaming in thc land of fiction, I was suddenly apprized ! of thc fact that I must remove to attoth t er scat. A boy with a half-pound of grease on his face and a twelve year old girl pouring water Ob flic floor for her dog to drink made that section of thc car unpleasant; so I moved on into moro genial surroundings. At length, as ? followed Fleet and Christine, and wished several times to slap her beau? tiful face, the god of day weot down upon the changing scene, and I had to pass thc twilight hour in looking around, trying to read human faces. Nobody seemed to be happy. A man was sittiug behind me with a pretty curty-haired child of seven years, whose mother, h? told mc, was dead, and he was taking her on to Chattanooga. When I look? ed down into her pretty blue eyes, and thought of her helpless and motherless condition, I felt my heart go out towards her. Does not our human helplessness similarly elicit the mercy of God? Herc well rest until next week. C. C. BROWN. Our last look was into the quiet eyes of the motherless child, while tho,i rain was rolling on to Chattanooga, just abotit dusk, Lookout Mountain rose upon the horizon. Once, when a boj-, my parents had carried nie to its sum? mit. I remember that I found there some shoe-shaped indentation in thc rock, and running lo my father, I told him I had found one of Samson's foot? prints. I didn't know then that the gentleman named was not a Dative of Chattanooga. Passing by tho moun? tain this lime, I could not birt recall many of my childish fancies abd revive thc memories connected with thc moth? er and father who have now forever climbed the higher mountiaus to bc with God. Making my way as rapidly as I could, I had no time to stop and visit thc places of interest, and so moved cn with thc train, crossing the Tencssce Uiver, just as Lookout Mountain died away tn thc dimness of thc night. About ll o'clock, I commenced to look around for a place to' roost, as the chickens would say. There was a sleeper attached, out tho conductor} said it went no further than Nashville. My hack-feathers commenced to rise. 'Captain,' 1 said, 'wont you turn this scat for a poor traveller vuii is bound to thc train for thc night?* '? would, sir, if L had a key.' I felt like present? ing him with a whole bunch of keys. At length he advised mc to leave the train at Nashville, go to a hotel, and sleep uutil the next train at 7 A. M. This, he said, would put me in Memphis at thc same hour, and save a six-hours tedious stay-over at McKenzie. I felt like giving him a mild hug for this able piece of advice, and as the train reach? ed Nashville. I leaped upon the terra jinna of this sublunary world, aud commenced to look around for a hotel. Within less than fifteou minutes, I was in bcd, and after rendiug the last chap? ter of 'Barriers Burned Away.' leaving Christine, the heroine, with her arms about the neck of Fleet, her lover, tell? ing him of lier love, I committed my weary self into tho hands of thc Al? mighty One, and 'fell on sleep.' At til A. M , a porter knocked loud enough at my door to awake au Egyp? tian mummy, and I arose to my toilet. I got along well enough until I come to examine my collar. One would have thought thc upper edge of it had gone into mourning, it was so black. My trunk had gone on towards Memphis, and accepting thc situation, I turned the collar inside out, and proceeded to a breakfast of beef-stew with onions, becf-stcak, chicken leg, and other such light food. At 7 o'clock, the *ingiuc gin a couple Of koffs,' as the backwoods? man said, and ot we went through a country of hills and stouc fences, where once the blue and gray had butchered aud bayoneted one another without mercy. Thc way thc train thundered aloug4over bridges, culverts and trestles was refreshing-that is, to a man bent on suicide, I presume. It made me feel like our fellow towusman W. M. Graham felt wheu he ran down from Atlanta to Augusta on thc lightning express. They were whirling along at the rate of fifty miles au hour. The trees looked like a green wall and tho telegraph poles like fence posts three feet apart. Graham was holding light? ly, but resolutely, to his seat, wheu the conductor came along. 'Captain,' said ho, 'is this the best your train can do V 'No.' said the captain, 'we're a little behind now, but when we get down where thc road is better, we'll make up ' The prospect then was that, after a bit, they were going yet faster, and Graham said he iuwardly agreed to get off of that train if it ever stopped long ebougli to give him a chance. I guess it didn't stop. Well, Kiys one of your subscribers, what about the crops along your route? To tell the truth, in case 1 have failed iu thc linc heretofore, I am uot compe? tent to write about crops. I had as soon see a patch of fennel weed as a patch of cotton. I only noticed after 1 got out of Georgia that there was much grain and little cotton Thc com ws.s very small, only one field presented a stalk as high a? thc mule that was plowing it Most of it averaged about eighteen inches. As I caw the poor mules pulling up the steep hills, tho plowman bending half way over to bal? ance his equilibrium, I got off an inter? nal apostrophe, applauding the low and level lauds of our Palmetto State. As wc drew nearer to thc Mississippi, thc Mather of waters,' the sweep of thu hills grow longer, cotton aud corn larger, the cattle sleeker, and passen? gers, much to my discomfort, more numerous. At McKenzie I ellan ged to the grand trunk line of the Louisville and Nashville K. B., and went skim? ming over the earth in a cloud ot cui? d?is. At Milan, 1 ha l to undergo tho inconvenience of another meal, aud I I bt^an to realize that this thing of eating j a seventy-five cent meal three limes a day waa a big job. Here, however, 1 j tiruok a Hoi Spring* companion, with i his foot, bound up in red flannel, and at 4 : 20 I\ M., thc train went screaming into Mein pb is. My o?d friend from j Carolina, who used to awake a mission- j ary echo from the 151 uc Ridge to the | sea, Hov. A. W. Lamar, stood awaiting j me on thc platform, looking just as he j did before he became a city pastor. Lamar and myself are said to look very i much alike, and on ono occasion a I hack man in Columbia dunned mc for ! Lamar's fare, lie is now pastor of thc j Central Baptist Chureh at Memphis, j aud is prospering in his work. His j church edifice is a vast structure, not ! yet, complete, and the basement is used | for worship. The tower, built of brick and iron, cost ?10,000, which ought to have been expended on the other parts of the building. Eleven thousand, dollars are required to complete trie building, which Lamar hopes' to raise as soon as possible. Un Friday, which #ad thc famous 4th of July, we climbed into a buggy and 'did' the city. The old wooden pavement has entirely given place to stone. The pavement was once made of block? of wood turned ends up. Thc hoofs of the horses dugout holes iu these, and thc raiu filled them with water, thus keeping thc city filled with thousand of disease-breeding pools of stagnant water. After the fearful epidemic of '78, the wood was replaced by stone, so that now, the sewerage also having been improved, thc sanitary condition of the city is said to bc fine. At thc dining hour after doing thc whole city or a large part of it, wc rode ! up to Deacon Boltou's house to break J bread with him. ? succeeded in break- j ing a good lot of bread and other things. I Mrs. Bolton was a very pleasant and genial hostess. She had been through several yellow fever epidemics, and gave mc heart-rending accounts of its ravages. In 1878 three fourths of all thc persons who re? mained in the city died. The nurses she said, were hired, ?rid only remain? ed there to make money. In her mother's home, the family of eight were all down at one time Some of them never got u?. The nurses sat in an ad? joining room and played cards for amusement. Corpses jostled one another along the streets, and the dead were buried in trenches ; so that some of the first families to this day do not know thc graves of their loved onc?. ? When Dr. harnham, the pastor of thc Central Church, lost hissons, there was no one but himself to lay them out, no one to order c\duus, no one to fol? low them to the cemetery. A pall of gloom and sorrow rested upon thc city, aud, they say, one cotfld smell the disease in thc atmosphere. No portion of thc city escaped. High on the hills among thc bou-tous atid elites, the re? morseless monster came, am3 death held high carnival in almost every home. In thc mitist of all this saduess some amusing incidents occurred. lu one j home the husband died, iu thc absence j of thc wife, and the hired nurses, not j having a very refined sense of taste, j buried him in his Mardi Gras suit-red ? calico, knee breeches, plumed hat and j iiilled shirt, and when the wife return? ed and asked about him, they told, with ! tvidcut pride, how nicely he looked, i barring that his plume would'nt lie down 'very nately.' Of thc Central j Church members. 05 remained in the town, and of these 50. I need nut go over this horrid reeord. ] Ou Fridsy evening, after forcing our j way through the midst of six thousand j people, wc got a ride of eleven seconds j o? a roller coaster, which machine 1 j have not time to describe, afld ot 5 the ; next morning was off for Little Rock, j At Memphis the Mississippi is about a j mile wide! In times of flood, it is 40 ! miles across Standing as I did, upon j the bluff where it Is said De Soto dis- ? covered the river,- one would imagine j that he could easily sw?m thc stream ; ? but the current runuitig at the rate of j five miles, per hour, and the distance j across so deceiving, doubtless the task J would be difficult. Opposite thc high i bluff on which Memphis is built, thc j land is very low, and the water marks ? are high up on tho trees. The Iv. li. ? to Little Kock runs through the deso? late morass, and in time of freshet ali travel is discontinued by this route. There is no bridge herc across the stream. Thetraiu is pushed dowuward to the stream, and ou to a steamboat with double tracks ruuning through j the middle of it. Six coaches, three ? on each track, arc thus carried over to ? the other shore, where auothcr engine*! takes them out. Some 25 miles from Memphis, at . Forest City, we got breakfast. At one o'clock we roached Little Kock, and I Hot Springs at 4:15 Now let's all j take a rest, C. C. BROWN. Neighboring Counties. Kershaw Gazette : Married, ou July i 3rd, 1884, by Rev. J. E. Rodgers, j Mr. J. D. Outlaw to Miss M. D. liol laud. -Thc picnic given by thc | Kershaw Guards at Mulberry last Fri- j day was a graud success, a large uum- j ber of persons being prcseut to enjoy j the pleasures ot thc day. -A negro mau was showing a real, live alligator on thc streets last Thursday, lt was captured cast of town and mea? sured about 3 'cut in length. It at? tracted considerable attention, und had j thc poss?der bceu of a speculative ? turn, he could have made many a ; nickle by exhibiting is to thc curious, j -We learn that the heavy and con - ! tinucd laius of la^t week proved disas- j trous to milling property iu some per- j tions cf the county. The dam at | Du Bose's Mill was broken and about j o*? foot of it carried away. The dam j at .Maj. Adams" Mill was saved by cut- j ting it and letting the flood of water j pass through. The dani at the old j Kirkland mili, on Gum Swamp, was j also broken and carried away. Tiio Cobb county cyclone was in thc ? shape of au enormous globe. Its mo- ! tion was rot arv. The globe was black j as smoke, wbiic vivid lightning Hashed i from it. The stem was run up to tho i globe and down again, and seemed to .lather additional toree by such action. ; i'hc whole was euclrcioti by a crimson cloud, grand and beautiful lo behold. The noise of tho cyclone was similar to j thai iua.de l>\ acoai-buruer eugine.- ' BavantUiK News. . . 1 What Our Editors Say, "Chin?se" Gordon's Death. Wilmington Star. We hope that the report that Geo. Gordon has been murdered is untrue,, and yet no one uccd bc surprised if it io true. Gea. Gordon, is by odds, the most conspicuous military figure in the British army, f?is fife is ex? tremely romantic aud full of adven-, turc. His Chiue?e campaigns read* like a chapter from the5 book of some oricutal dreamer. Ris experienced and trials in Afric? are very exciting.. The most engaging feature of Oordonl is his deep piety, his unfaltering, trust in God, his indifference to the future. He is as spiritual and eon sccr??ed a disciple as havelock or our own 'Stonewall' Jackson. He places thc most unreserved confidences in Jehovah believing firmly that all things will work for his goodr iu time and eternity. With filial, trust he has placed his handin God's aud is willing to be lcd by Him in all things and in all his ways. For auch a Christian hero to die at the. hands of such' barbarians would, bring a great sorrow to' the. Chris-, tian world at large. When his life is better kuown to thc genera! readers be will loom up a grand hero. Before the news of Gen Gordon's. death had reached London there was thc greatest excitement over the re? ported fall of Khartoum (where Gor? don was) and the indebtedness of the. great Englishman for his safety to the tender mercies of a wild Arab.. The Egyptian Confer?nce sank into iusiguinoance by the side of such news. Now that the rumor conies of the murder of Gordon the excite-, nient becomes almost Scree, and it wirf bc the signal of the downfall of the Gladstone Government. Tho English felt humiliated at the capture of Gordon, and because the Gov^ ern mont sent Wraf (6' deaf h and conk? ?fot ?efivcr htm, and now that he is. reported murdered a wild wave of anger will burst over England sucli as has not been felt tit seen t? a generation,, and because, as thc New York Times says, 'the cause of Gurdon has come fe be indent ?ned in the public miud with, the 'prestige and with the honor of England.' Upon tho safety of Gordon depends the perpetuity of the Gladstone Gov emmcct. Let UK hope for the best. Better issn the Eight .Bios LaV; Newberry Herald. ??T readers will iib? be o?o?de?1 it wc say a few more words eu the5 subject of negro education. The* Abbeville Press anil Banner really believes that education degrades* rather than elevates thc negro, and that it leads him to commit crime, ft shows that thc majority of ne? groes convicted at certa?u ternis of Court at Abbeville, were guilty of crimes which they could not possibly have committed, fiad they been totally ignorant. Prominent among these crimes is forgery. Our contemporary thinks, therefore that those who advo-' cate the free education of the negr? arc iu?icting a grievous wrong upon the State. If thc Press and Banners views arc correct, and cducatiou docs lead the negro to commit crime, education is better than the eight box law as a; political expedient and if carried on will practically disfranchise the negro' voter. Many patriotic citizens who" thiuk that thc negro is uot a safe fac? tor in a free government, have becu nuable to' ??ve?t a way by which he could bo taken out of politics. The Press and Banner solves the problem. Educate him. Thc argument, based upon tho; Press and Banners opiniou, wouloT run iu this line: Education leads negroes to commit forgery aud other infamous crimes, anet sends them to the penitentiary. By the laws of our State, every per? son convicted of an iufamous crime, is deprived of the ?lective franchise. Therefore, education disqualifies the. negro for the exercise of the right of suffrage, and renders him less trouble? some by removing him from the poli? tics of thc country. Education in this Viow, is a better political scheme than thc eight box law, fer while that law is practically au educational qualification 1er suffrage, rendering thc iguorant unable to vote, education disfranchises thc intelligent negro veter ! There are bad Democrats who would regard the Press and Ban? ner s positiou as a strong argumeut for* negro cducatiou. Carolina Sj'Jrtan. During political campaigns certain* words and expressions came into u*?e# which arc very significant. ? 'sore? head' is a defeated candidate, who gets into the sulks and refuses to work for hi* party. Such ineu always get ashamed of themselves. A 'kicker* is one who opposes tho acts of thc con? vention, or primaries and is always fitxliug fault. A 'niug-wump' is a 'kicker,' that kicks when it will do no pood whatever. A 'copperhead' is a; Northern Democrat, who sympathized with thc South during thc war. A .scalawag' is a Southern Democrat, who. deserted the ranks in the dark days of reconstruction and went into thc rad? ical party for money or office. An 'in? dependent' in the North is one who is' allied to no political party, but always* votes for his personal friend or the best man ; oue year voting with one party j thc next with tho other. In the South the 'independent' is not quite bold enough te become a straighout scalawag, but is. an independent at first aud soon" develops into a first class scalawag. - ? o - "Every man is thc architect of his own tomine," remarked a prosperous man to his friend. "Yes/1 was tho re-' ply; -'the architect's plans are always beau'itullv drawn, but what miserable failures some min make iu building af? ter them." Mrs. Reeves, the wife of Sim Reeves, said the other day: "Why, ladies come to me and say. *1 have a daughter who sii i;s weil. I want hor io appear ix? puMic Mow loni; do you "think it would take to train her-nine months?' 'Nine years, madame. Even a boot-"* maker takes seven.' "